Halloween History and Traditions

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Girls Just Want to Have Fun movie of 1985) was one of many dance movies of the ’80s, following Flashdance and Footloose. The film with Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt is also available as DVD. Cyndi Lauper‘s version of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” does not play in this film. Instead a tepid cover of the song by unknowns Deborah Galli, Tami Holbrook,... 

Air France Flight 447 Airbus A330 Broke Apart in Sky

Air France has said about Flight 447 that the jetliner broke apart in the air there is no hope that anyone survived. According to French newspaper Le Monde the jet was flying too slowly ahead of the crash, Reuters reported. Meanwhile photos shot shortly before the aircraft crashed appered in the web. The source says: The photos shown here were taken by a passenger in a B737 (wasn’t it a A330?) The... 

teenage gunman went on a rampage in Germany

One day after that terrible shooting in Alabama, where a gunman shot dead 10 people then killed himself, a 17 year-old German man went on a rampage at his former high school in Winnenden today. He entered the school at about 09:30 local time, dressed in black combat gear and opened fire at random. Fifteen people have been killed, nine students and three teachers at the Albertville secondary school... 

Green Acres theme lyrics

Green Acres Lyrics – Green Acres Theme Song Lyrics Green acres is the place for me. Farm livin’ is the life for me. Land spreadin’ out so far and wide Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside. New York is where I’d rather stay…. Soul Man lyrics / Blues Brothers Coming to you, on a dusty road Good loving, I got a truck load and when you get it, you got something So... 

Chimpanzee attacks woman near Stamford

The monkey attack by a chimp who once starred in an Old Navy commercial happened on Monday. The pet chimpanzee was shot and killed by a Connecticut police officer after he mauled a friend of its owner. Travis, the chimp, went berserk and had to be stabbed by its owner and shot multiple times by the police. The 200-pound primate, attacked the 55-year-old woman as she visited her friend and chimp... 

Winter Solstice 2008 – rituals and traditions

Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year and the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere occurs this year on December 21 at 12:04 Universal time. It also marks the beginning of winter. In the Southern Hemisphere December 21 is the day of Summer Solstice, longest daylight… Depending on the shift of the calendar the event of the winter solstice varies some time between December 20 and December... 

Diwali greetings!

Diwali, Divali, or Hari Deepawali is one of the major Indian and Nepalese festive holidays. Divali celebrations are spread over five days in most of North India. All the days except Divali are named according to their designation in the Hindu calendar. The Five days of Diwali: Dhanatrayodashi or Dhan teras Naraka Chaturdashi Lakshmi Puja (Pooja) Govardhan Puja (Annakut) Bhaiduj (also Bhayyaduj,...