Folklore News
- Santa visits Wall Street, without a lump of coal Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 11:58AMAs I discussed in Sunday’s column , the stock market has had a rough decade. A bit of Wall Street folklore known as the Santa Claus rally, though, is pointing to a better outcome in the last year of the ’00s.
- Poem of the week: Windfall by Angela Leighton Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:47AM For Christmas week, when any financial windfalls we might have enjoyed will soon be spent, and the toys we spend them on may all too quickly break, "Windfall" by Angela Leighton ushers in a tentative mood of hope. The word "Windfall" has, of course, mildly negative as well as positive connotations in popular usage. The poem seems to denote a search for the links in a chain of images and ...
- Macca Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:05AMFRANK McAvennie’s reputation for scoring – both on and off the park – knows no bounds. But the moment he wrote himself into St Mirren folklore has more to do with an infamous Love Street miss that would guarantee him a place in the hearts of the Paisley legions.
- College briefs Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:26AMFord Motor Company The Ford Motor Company, including Gullo Ford – Mercury in Conroe, is awarding $1,000 college scholarships to up to 700 Future Farmers of America members. The program, equally funded by Ford Motor Company and Ford dealers, has awarded more than $5 million in scholarships to more than 5,000 FFA members.
- SENIOR CALENDAR Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:14AM Pixel Time Photo and Movie Classes, for ages 9 to adult, today through March, The Art Park, 7230 E. 29th St. North. Fee $96 for three sessions. Enroll online at www.pixeltime.com/familyfun . Classes meet 6:30 to 8 p.m. Topics include Photoshop Elements, today, Jan. 13 and 20, and Family Moviemaking, Feb. 2, 9 and 16. Cultural funding grants workshops, for nonprofit arts and cultural ...
- Poaching poachers Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 12:42PMThe tiger, living flame of the Indian forest, is dying out.
- Obama set to work on bailout plan Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 10:24AMWASHINGTON, D.C.: Barack Obama and his family were to spend their first full day in the US capital Sunday after the President-elect arrived here in time for him to work on an urgent economic recovery plan and for his daughters to start school.
- Food, sex, power and money add spice to spring semester at Lone Star College-Montgomery Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:54AMLone Star College-Montgomery is serving up some scrumptious —with a dash of spice— new course offerings in Spring 2009.
- The almanac Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:33AMBy United Press International UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.
- Industry buzz Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:27AMEYE ON HORROR: David S. Goyer rarely misses an opportunity to give audiences the creeps. Writer of the "Blade" vampire series, the horror movie auteur also worked with director Christopher Nolan to develop "The Dark Knight" story line featuring the...
- Club News Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 11:18PMThe Vietnamese-American Association of Fayetteville will host the annual Tet (New Year) celebration on Jan. 25 at the St. Patrick Church Social Hall from 6:30 to 11 p.m. This is the largest Vietnamese holiday of the year.
- UFO experience changes woman’s life Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:08PMMiriam Delicado has been on an incredible 20-year journey that began on the outskirts of 100 Mile house one October night in 1988.
- Port Kembla whale mystery Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:57AMA search has been carried out to find a giant humpback whale buried on a Port Kembla beach 15 years ago.
- MMFF draws raves, rants Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:14AMMANILA, Philippines—Are the movies of the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival really better than the previous years’?
- The great glow stick controversy Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 11:35PMI want to take this opportunity to put to rest a bit of contemporary campus folklore. Despite what you might have been told by tour guides, RCDs, RAs, and even staff or faculty members, Chancellor Wrighton did NOT invent the glow stick.
- The Jewish Museum Recaptures The Brilliance of a Vanguard Theater, Cut Short Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 11:13PMIgnatii Nivinsky, Fish (Costume design for The Golem), 1925, pencil, gouache, and watercolor on cardboard. Federal State Institution of Culture “A. A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatrical Museum”, Moscow.
- Twelfth Night Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:13PMAn annual seasonal celebration held in the Bankside area. It is a celebration of the New Year, mixing ancient seasonal customs with contemporary festivity. It is free, accessible to all and happens whatever the weather.
- World’s most expensive car discovered in garage left to relatives in a will Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:40PMRelatives of an 89 year old “mad“ doctor were amazed when they were left a garage in his will - and found the world’s most expensive car parked there.
- The History of Red Sankaasurs in Goan Kaalo Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:31PMKaalo, a form of Goan folk theatre is rarely performed in Goa nowadays. Special nights were reserved in Goan temples for the performance which would go on till dawn. Strong messages like victory of good over the evil, believing in god would be passed on to the audience through Kaalo.
- Doctor leaves secret £6 million Bugatti in his will Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 11:01AMRelatives of an eccentric doctor received a dream bequest when he left them a garage containing a 1937 Bugatti.
- The Top 20 Releases of 2008 Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:23AMLooking back on it 2008 was a pretty good year for movies, both theatrically and on home video. From big budget Hollywood superhero flicks to foreign films and classic movies the past year saw some great releases.
- Musical resolutions: Area musicians have big plans for 2009 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:16PMThe new year holds a variety of prospects for some of Rhode Island’s best known musicians, and they all look to 2009 with anticipation for different reasons.
- Jewish Heritage Month at Foothill College Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 1:00PMThe fourth annual Jewish Heritage Month is set to take place at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, with events that will run throughout the month.
- Spotlight: Soul Eater Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:19PMEven in anime, death is serious business. This is especially true when it comes to shinigami, the “gods of death” of Japanese folklore. From straight-up action series like Bleach to creepier fare like Death Note , these Japanese grim reapers are almost always shown as something powerful and intimidating, something to be feared.
- Remedies abound for hangovers Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:04PMCan wild guava leaf extract prevent or cure that New Year’s Day head throb?
- Remedies abound for hangovers Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:01PMBy DAVID CASSTEVENS W.C. Fields offered a vivid description of waking up the morning after. "I feel as though the entire Russian army is marching over my tongue in its stocking feet," the comedian and film star from the 1930s and ’40s said. Hangovers and New Year’s Day go together like Fields and his flask of gin. Today, hangover "remedies" sold in drugstores and online are as common and ...
- Ice Cream History Facts - Where Did This Creamy Cool Dessert Originate? Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 11:45AMThis is not ice cream as we know it, but it shows that the idea of “iced desert” has been around for centuries. The earliest kind of ice cream as we know it can be found from the Chinese with King Tang (AD 618) who had invented a method of mixing ice and milk into flavorful concoctions.
- Most Gender-Sensitive Film: ‘Baler’ Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 10:59AMMANILA, Philippines—Gender roles have a significant impact on how men and women relate to one another.
- Yellow Underwear Red Hot For New Year’s Luck Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 10:19AMTough times call for yellow underwear.
- Respect, admiration, destination ... Detroit?/By Mark Jalkanen Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 9:43AMWhen assessing team needs this offseason it is readily apparent that the Lions need everything and one day into the break they have replaced Millen with his right and left hands and jettisoned another coach.
- Local Lowdown Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:50AMHA NOI — The country’s five most popular rock bands will perform in the White Rock rock show at Giang Vo exhibition centre before the New Year’s Eve on Wednesday at 7.30pm.
- Lights, camera, action! Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:19PMLittle did Harrison native Liz Valentine know that when she set out to pursue a career in communications she would eventually find herself in front of a camera. It’s been a roundabout journey, but it’s one that has ultimately led her to what she refers to as her “niche.”
- Eligibility error ends Droylsden´s FA Cup run Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:34AMNon-league Droylsden were expelled Monday from the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player, a move that appeared to set the seal on one of the most bizarre ties in the competition´s recent history.
- MOST OF THE YEAR IN REVIEW Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:26AMWhat a year, huh? All things being equal, 2008 was kind of a doozy. Between hearing the word “change” 75 trillion times and watching gas prices skyrocket then drop like the bottom out of the economy, this past year felt a little more epic than most.
- Alphorn players break ranks to hit new notes Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:07AMWith her pierced nose and ripped jeans Eliana Burki is a symbol of anarchy in the Swiss alphorn scene.
- Followers say they enjoy rich symbolism of Orthodox Christianity Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:41AMOrthodox Christianity, little understood by many outside of the church, is rich in tactile spiritual experiences.
- Khalifa Attends Wedding Party in Dubai Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 1:55PMDUBAI - The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan attended here Saturday a banquet lunch hosted by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter to Shaikh Saeed bin Dalmouk bin Juma Al Maktoum.
- How Baldrick fell for a girl half his age - and found peace Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 11:44AM His love-life is as tangled as the plot of Blackadder. But British actor Tony Robinson has found peace with a girl 35 years his junior.
- Iranian music program attracts packed audience in Kuwait Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 8:22AMIran - Kuwait - Music Music program performed by Roudaki Music Group in Kuwait on Friday was enthusiastically received by the Kuwaiti audience.
- Shoe Tree in Sardis laced with mysteries Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 7:54AMSARDIS, Ark.—Old sneakers, hiking boots and cleats dangle from the limbs of a centuries-old oak that sits in a patch of dirt at an intersection in this rural Saline County community.
- Festive goat up in flames again Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 7:20AMA giant straw goat erected each Christmas in a northern Swedish town has been burned down - for the 23rd time.
- The Boys Cross Country Team Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:52AMJoey Jourdain Bishop Guertin Runner of the Year Throughout the fall, this junior from Hudson, N.H., was one of the main men for Bishop Guertin as the Cardinals tore up the Granite State courses to win the Class L and state championships.
- Packing some bite Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 3:27AMEven if marveling at "Marley & Me" on the big screen is still on your to-do list, here is a roundup of animal-centric books to curl up with during the holiday season.
- Race against time Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:17AMBROWNING — Seven Indian reservations ring Montana’s rim like islands in a river of mainstream culture. After resisting decades of concentrated effort to erase those islands, the tribes there are asserting their historic place on the map.
- Simply Magnificent Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 1:20AMMrs. Warner thought it was a beautiful performance with many appealing facets.
- Web ad spend growth set to plummet in 2009, says eMarketer report Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 2:38PMA new forecast has cut UK internet ad spend growth by more than 50% next year and predicted that the digital media sector will not fully recover from the economic downturn until 2012. By Mark Sweney
- Food, sex, power and money add spice to spring semester at Lone Star College-Montgomery Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 1:58PMLone Star College-Montgomery is serving up some scrumptious —with a dash of spice— new course offerings in Spring 2009.
- Explaining the origins of Christmas traditions Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 1:00AMMADISON — There is no such thing as an American Christmas.
- Bonfire builders brave weather to light up levee Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 12:24AMWesley Bourne, top, reaches down for another short log from his uncle, Terry Bourne, center, as Courtney Hines stands by while the bonfire builders put finishing touches on the stack of firewood 12 feet wide by 20 feet tall they were planning to set afire near Gramercy Christmas Eve. The Bournes built their design on the Mississippi River levee in front of the George and Denny Hymel residence ...
- Mistletoe: The Yuletide season’s romantic parasite Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 11:11PMMistletoe is synonymous with the holiday season and smooching sweethearts.
