Revenant A revenant is a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave to terrorize the living.[1] The word "revenant" is derived from the Latin word, reveniens, "returning" (see also the related French verb "revenir", meaning "to come back"). Vivid stories of revenants arose in Western Europe (especially Great Britain, and were later carried by Anglo-Norman invaders to Ireland) during the High Middle Ages. Though later legend and folklore depicts revenants as returning for a specific purpose (e.g., revenge against the deceased's killer), in most Medieval accounts they return to harass their surviving families and neighbours. Revenants share a number of characteristics with folkloric vampires. Many stories were documented by English historians in the Middle Ages. Analysis[edit] Medieval stories of revenants have common features. Comparison to other folkloristic and mythological undead[edit] Selected stories[edit] William of Newburgh[edit] William of Newburgh (1136?
Zombies and Tetrodotoxin Follow-up Terence Hines Volume 32.3, May / June 2008 In the July/August 2007 issue of Skeptical Inquirer, Costas J. Efthimiou and Sohang Gandhi (2007a) argued that Haitian voodoo witch doctors create real zombies by using preparations containing the poison tetrodotoxin (TTX). I will address several problems with the Efthimiou and Gandhi paper and then discuss the wider issue of whether TTX is a valid explanation for Haitian zombies, an argument first made in 1983 by Wade Davis, an ethnobotonist with a PhD from Harvard. Efthimiou and Gandhi describe a zombified patient who had been studied by a Haitian doctor. Also on page 33, they state that the body of someone suffering from TTX poisoning will “show signs of rigor mortis and even produce the odor of rot.” The claim that TTX produces the “odor of rot” is one I have not come across before. Wade Davis and the Zombies of Haiti Davis reports that the zombie state can be made to last for long periods of time. References Anderson, W.H. 1988.
The Identical Twins - Humour - SmirkingLoon.com Home > Humour Joe and John were identical twins. Joe owned an old dilapidated boat and kept pretty much to himself. Unbeknownst to him, his brother John's wife died suddenly. A kind old neighbor woman mistook him for John and said: "I'm so sorry for your loss. Joe, thinking she was talking about his boat said: "Hell no! She had a bad crack in the back and a pretty big hole in the front too. I guess what finally finished her off was when I rented her to those four guys looking for a good time. The old woman fainted. Contact us «The Bridegroom Fisherman | The Naked Car Crash» James Spader Prepares for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Continue reading the main story Video One overcast spring afternoon, was lurking in plain sight, standing on the stoop of the Greenwich Village townhouse where he lives, wearing a sport coat, a fedora and a bright purple scarf, smoking a cigarette and talking on a cellphone with the producers of his NBC series, “The Blacklist.” “Come, come in,” Mr. Spader said with eerie alacrity. Up a few flights of creaky stairs to the home of this mercurial 55-year-old actor, who has played many alluring characters over a four-decade span: the manipulative preppies of “Pretty in Pink” and “Less Than Zero”; the sexual misfits of “White Palace,” “Crash” and “Secretary”; the flat-out kooks of “Lincoln” and “The Office.” Like the man who inhabits it, Mr. Photo Yet even at a moment of maximum popularity for Mr. It is a weirdness manifest whenever Mr. When he discusses the narrative challenges of “The Blacklist,” on which he plays the reformed criminal mastermind Raymond (Red) Reddington, Mr. But, as Mr.
Bush Vs. Zombies Vampire Vampires are mythical beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures In folkloric tales, undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 1800s. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures, the term vampire was not popularised until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe,[1] although local variants were also known by different names, such as vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania. Etymology Folk beliefs Description and common attributes Creating vampires The causes of vampiric generation were many and varied in original folklore.
The Zombification Family Tree: Legacy of the Living Dead They're (Still) Coming to Get You... As if 1988 wasn’t already filled to the rim with Zombie Kin, it’s notable that this was the also the year of the first sequel to Return of the Living Dead, aptly titled Return of the Living Dead Part II. While billed as a sequel to the film that followed the original Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead Part II was more of a remake of Return part 1 (including the same two lead actors experiencing the same events again for the first time) than it was a valid continuation of any storyline. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) In 1990 the first official remake of Night of the Living Dead was brought to screens by writer/ producer Romero himself and director Tom Savini (famed makeup artist and frequent Romero collaborator). With the exception of 1993’s Return of the Living Dead 3 which furthered that series’ storyline and went in a new direction, the ‘90s were the beginning of a large drought in the ‘Dead’ series (official or not).
Schedule your own Movie Madness! With movie ticket prices reaching $10 and beyond in most theaters, moviegoers are in an awkward position these days. No one should ever have to fork over $10 to the evil MPAA just to see 85 minutes of whatever Hollywood is currently peddling as entertainment. So what is the avid, but principled, moviegoer to do? Movie Madness is the answer. However, constructing an efficient schedule is difficult at best, even for the most advanced Movie-Madnessers. Undertaking a Movie Madness is not recommended for pregnant or elderly persons. For more background, see this informative interview with Jeremy and Greg by cultureblues.com. Mobile Madness: Check out GamerSoft's free Android app for movie scheduling: Movie Marathon -- inspired by Movie Madness! CAVEAT Many movie theaters are not suitable for a Movie Madness. Yahoo does not endorse this. Powered by OKWS.
Three Myths About the Brain Photo Gray Matter By GREGORY HICKOK IN the early 19th century, a French neurophysiologist named Pierre Flourens conducted a series of innovative experiments. He successively removed larger and larger portions of brain tissue from a range of animals, including pigeons, chickens and frogs, and observed how their behavior was affected. His findings were clear and reasonably consistent. Thus the foundation was laid for a popular myth: that we use only a small portion — 10 percent is the figure most often cited — of our brain. But Flourens was wrong, in part because his methods for assessing mental capacity were crude and his animal subjects were poor models for human brain function. The myth persists, however. Myths about the brain typically arise in this fashion: An intriguing experimental result generates a plausible if speculative interpretation (a small part of the lobe seems sufficient) that is later overextended or distorted (we use only 10 percent of our brain). So please, take heed.
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The CDC want you to prepare for the zombie apocalypse - The Source - Latest news and updates from Boston.com If the world ends tomorrow, as some have predicted, could it come in the form of the living dead? Well, for those of you who have long been planning your zombie apocalypse survival strategies, Saturday, May 21 could be the day that you finally get to put them to use. And if you don't have a plan to battle the hoards of undead, the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has you covered. The CDC released a list of must-have survival items should the dead come back to life, including: Water (1 gallon per person per day) Food (stock up on non-perishable items that you eat regularly) Medications (this includes prescription and non-prescription meds) Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.) The CDC has even gone so far as to create a bunch of handy-dandy zombie-related widgets, such as the one below, that you can plop onto your website. 1.
Do The Math: 8 Reasons Harry Potter Is Greater Than Twilight Let me preface this by saying that I didn’t mind the first Twilight movie. It wasn’t art, didn’t have much to say, but it was dumb fun aimed at getting little girls’ body temperatures all warm, and I thought it was pretty amusing. Girls in the same row as me quoted lines that they knew would be recited on screen, they giggled at the sight of Edward, sighed at that really terrible “And then the lion fell in love with the lamb” line. Yet, somehow, I walked out fairly entertained. But then the Harry Potter comparisons started rolling out. So how is Potter better than Twilight? Christian Undertones > Christian Overtones It’s more than well known that Stephanie Meyer comes from a Mormon background. Dweebs > Emos Harry Potter fans and Twilight fans generally come from two very different worlds. Hogwarts > Forks There is no part of me that doesn’t believe that Hogwarts exists. Fairy Tales > Teen Tales One of the most important tools in the arts of literature and film is allusion. Hermione > Bella
I Was the Sick Passenger Private Lives: Personal essays on the news of the world and the news of our lives. I was the sick passenger on the No. 2 train, the one responsible for the line’s delay. It was I who kept New Yorkers from their destinations, and prompted the notice that thanked them for a quality they’re not known to have. It was a recent Tuesday evening, at the tail end of rush hour. In spite of the announcement advising otherwise, I was leaning against the subway doors. I pulled out Susannah Cahalan’s memoir about mental illness, “Brain on Fire,” and picked up where I’d left off that morning, Chapter 27: “Brain Biopsy.” The next stop was Wall Street. While we approached Borough Hall the doctor made an S-shaped incision with a scalpel. Lightheaded, I scanned the train for an empty seat. By the time I get there it will be taken, I reasoned. I went back to the book; the author was in the recovery room now. I thought, we’re going down. Photo A lady fanned me and asked, “Are you hot?”