If you're cringing at the masses of trick-or-treaters roaming the streets this evening, then maybe you'll identify with Content Producer Bryan Alaspa's recent publication.

Check out his article From the Costumes to the Candy, I Never Quite Got the Whole Thing.

Want more? Learn how to put a religious spin on this Pagan tradition by reading dreahwrites' It is Halloween: What Is A Christian To Do?

And to everyone who loves this day, Happy Halloween!

Paula Neal Mooney has been dominating our new AC Mover's & Shakers list by writing well-researched, well-written articles and promoting her content after it's been published.

Paula shares the secrets to her online success in Increase Pageviews on Associated Content Using These Tips.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/77249/increase_pageviews_on_associated_content.html

Earn your AC Bonus Bucks. Apply these tips today!

Content Producer David Batterson has been publishing videos since May, including product reviews, movie trailers, and original music videos. He recently added a creative AC Commercial Contest entry to his growing video portfolio.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/886/ac_commercial_contest.html

Add your commercial to our contest today! If you have a digital camera, chances are you have the tools to create one. New to video production? Check out Tips for Your Web Video.

There's nothing better than greeting trick-or-treaters with a fun jack-o-lantern, and many people are celebrating the season with pumpkin-carving parties. But with Halloween almost a week away, will your work-of-art still be around?

It just might, if you heed the advice of Content Producer Scott Kessman. Check out his four great tips in How to Preserve a Carved Pumpkin.

View it here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/64208/how_to_preserve_a_carved_pumpkin.html

Now, if someone could just tell me how to get rid of the squirrels...

This is the perfect time of year for horror movies, and we have the perfect complement to Halloween-inspired entertainment.

Content Producer Suzanne Donahue landed an exclusive interview with Dante Tomaselli, a world-reknown horror screenwriter, director and composer.

Dante speaks about his artistic influences, greatest filmmaking moments and more in It's Time to Talk Terror: Interview with Dante Tomaselli.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/75476/blog_spotlight_horror_movie_director.html

By now, you've certainly heard of Sudoku, aka "the Rubik's cube of the 21st century." But do you know what it is?

Content Producer Shawn Grover guides us through the basics in his video tutorial How to Play the Popular Puzzle Game Sudoku.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/822/how_to_play_the_popular_puzzle_game.html

If you're like most people, chances are you have an ill-fitting pair of shoes in your closet. They fit when you tried them on (you swear), but now all they're good for is collecting dust on your shoe rack.

Despair no more. Content Producer William Eberhardt has over thirty years experience in the shoe repair business, and shares his wisdom in How to Stretch New Shoes: Tips From a Veteran Shoe Repair Technician.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/72285/how_to_stretch_new_shoes_tips_from.html

Did you know that Associated Content publishes a daily news podcast? First thing each weeday, Enigma Radio Network, winners of the 2005 People's Choice Podcasting Award for World News, submits a Top World News From the Daily Dig clip.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/audio/205/the_daily_dig_101806.html

Thanks to AC, Content Producer A. Bertocci got a sneak-peek at a new The Learning Channel (TLC) show. He was sent a DVD of the series three weeks before its October 22nd premier, and reviews the show in TLC's The Monastery: A Look Into the Cloisters.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71645/tlcs_the_monastery_a_look_into_the.html

In late September, AC's Stephen Sullivan received Wall Street Journal mention for his article on the Vintage Base Ball Federation. New Content Producer Gary O'Maxfield disagrees with Sullivan's article and sets the record straight in Historically Accurate Base Ball?

Vintage Base Ball attempts to replicate the 19th century version of the sport. According to both Content Producers, neither of the two organizing leagues play historically accurate baseball. It is also clear that neither lack devoted players and advocates. To quote O'Maxfield: "When passion runs deep, truth becomes disposable."


View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71552/historically_accurate_base_ball.html

Five years ago, Content Producer Gee Jae Arnold went in for her annual mammogram and received bad news. She openly shares her diagnosis and treatments in Breast Cancer Was My New Beginning.

Gee Jae also writes that being a cancer survivor became the inspiration to turn her life around. "The cancer was long gone from my body, but the fact that I was a cancer survivor was a constant source of subconscious encouragement and empowerment that kept me going even when I succumbed to depression..."

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/50921/breast_cancer_was_my_new_beginning.html

Paraskevidekatriaphobics are not having a good day. Their irrational fear of the Friday the Thirteenth prevents many from even getting out of bed.

So what's this superstition all about? Margaret Kohut sets the record straight in The Truth About Friday the 13th.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/70091/the_truth_about_friday_the_13th.html

Content Producers have been covering the Mark Foley scandal since late September.

Content Producer J.J. Jackson implies that the liberal media has created the Foley media storm in Shock and Confuse.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/70447/shock_and_confuse.html

Content Producer Johnny Moon reports from the other side in Mark Foley's Disgrace in Another Nail in the Republican Coffin.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/67994/mark_foleys_disgrace_is_another_nail.html

CP Matt Nimerosky has dominated his office football pool the past two weeks, and writes about it in Picking an NFL Winner Is Easier Than You Think.

His logic concerning Edgar Allen Poe locked in a room with a panther, BBQ sauce deriving from tomato paste and how The Royal Tennenbaums stunk just may lead you to dominance in your pool.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/72298/picking_an_nfl_winner_is_easier_than.html

Learn what life is like for Content Producer Znuage. She openly writes about living in a hearing-centric world with a hearing disability in The Worst Thing About Being Deaf.

View it here:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/67373/the_worst_thing_about_being_deaf.html

Who doesn't dream of heading to Hawaii for an extended vacation? Netanya Stutz' recent AC article might help make your dreams a reality.

Netanya shares excellent traveling advice in Volunteer for 1-3 Months in Kalani, Hawaii. For a limited fee and 30 hours of volunteering a week, you can get free lodging, food, yoga and other activities. Sound too good to be true?

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/61926/volunteer_for_13_months_in_kalani_hawaii.html

The New York Times referenced AC today. Times Blogger Andrew Das wrote about The Mighty MAC today in his blog, The 5th Down.

The Mid American Conference has five quarterbacks starting in the NFL, and Das refers to David Obad's MAC Quaterbacks on Attack as one theory behind this success.

View it here:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5693/mac_quarterbacks_on_attack.html

More than a billion Muslims around the world are currently observing Ramadan through fasting, prayer and charity. Some are also observing the eighth anniversary of Al-Fatiha, the largest and most successful organization for GBLT Muslims.

"About 26 Muslim countries explicitly condemn homosexuality in their criminal codes," writes Katia Grimaldo in Ramadan and Al-Fatiha Give Gay Muslims Two Reasons to Celebrate October. "But there is hope on the horizon."

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/45671/ramadan_and_alfatiha_give_gay_muslims.html

Next month voters will hit the polls and decide the fate of key gubernatorial, House and Senate races across the U.S. As Election Day nears, many citizens want to rally around their candidates of choice. If you've been thinking of getting politically involved, check out Stephanie H. Dray's Election Time: How to Pick a Candidate to Volunteer For.

Stephanie, a political activist and former communications lawyer, lends great advice for partisans, one-issue voters, those who live in battleground states, as well as others.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/65109/election_time_how_to_pick_a_candidate.html

October is officially here, and folks have already started to scour the Web for costume suggestions. AC has published some great Halloween content in the past few weeks - from crafts to costumes, from trick-or-treating to safety tips.

No matter what your size, you'll find an idea on AC. Temporarily larger than normal? We've got you covered with Raquel Keaton's Creative Maternity Halloween Costumes.

View it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/11493/creative_maternity_halloween_costumes.html