The following was originally posted on CDC Public Health Matters Blog on May 16th, 2011 by Ali S. Khan. There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. Thatâs right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens youâll be happy you read this, and hey, ...
March 22, 2012 - On this day in 1903 , Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought. While in 1978, one of The Flying Wallendas died after falling off a tightrope that was stretched between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This was the date (in 1844) that things were supposed to wind down with Christ's official 2nd coming, according to 7th Day Adventist Wil...
March 20, 2012 - Welcome to the Vernal Equinox , the first day of Spring! On this day, a person standing on the equator can see the sun directly pass overhead. And at the North Pole, the sun skims the horizon, signaling the start of six months of non-stop daylight. Also on this date: 1727 - English physicist/astronomer Sir Isaac Newton died in London at...
"His name is Jack, please keep him well." That's how the world begins for Jack. An orphan left on the doorstep of an orphanage. But certainly not unloved. He was adopted and had a very nice, if somewhat dull upbringing. This was the hand-written message on the back of a photograph left on him as a baby. The photograph of a man ...
March 19, 2012 - Psychiatrist and scientist Wilhelm Reich believed he'd discovered a form of energy , which he called "orgone." But on March 19, 1954, a judge issued an injunction calling for orgone energy accumulators to be destroyed, and the banning of Reich's books containing statements about this energy. Several tons of his publication...
March 16, 2012 - In ancient Rome, today's date marked the beginning of Bacchanalia , a wild and mystical two-day festival that celebrated the god Bacchus (known as Dionysus to the Greeks). "In pre-Christian Italy it was common practise to hold rites in a Sacred Grove. Making music was integral: drums, tambourines, castanets, pipes, trumpets an...
March 15, 2012 - March 15th, known as the " Ides of March ," was made infamous when Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman senators in 44 BC. Legend has it that Caesar was warned by a clairvoyant to "beware the Ides of March," an exchange that was immortalized in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar . Also on this date, 27 years ago,...
March 14, 2012 - On this date in 1950 , the FBI unveiled the first installment of the '10 Most Wanted' list. Aimed at raising awareness of the bureau's most challenging cases, nearly 500 fugitives have appeared on the list over the last 60 years. Serial killers Andrew Cunanan and Ted Bundy as well as James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luthe...
March 13, 2012 - It was on the night of March 13, 1997 that the ' Phoenix Lights ' were seen in the night skies over Phoenix and beyond. This huge triangular formation of lights was reported by countless witnesses, some who called in to Art Bell that night. Gov. Fife Symington , who initially made fun of the incident, belatedly publicly admitted he, too, saw the l...
March 9, 2012 - The Strange Case of the Helicopter Crash Today in Strange On this date in 1934, Yuri Gagarin was born. Gagarin would go on to become the first human to both enter space and orbit the Earth. Seven years following his historic achievements, Gagarin died in a helicopter crash, The cause of the crash that killed Gagarin ...
March 8, 2012 - Kissing a total of 4,444 women in the space of 8 hours, John McPherson of Newcastle set the Guinness World record in 1985, even though his goal was to kiss 5,000. And on this stellar date in 1975, the cartoon known as Partridge Family 2200 A.D. last aired on CBS.
March 6, 2012 - On this date in 1899, Bayer received a patent for their new pain reliever-- aspirin . Pharmacist Felix Hoffman was said to synthesize heroin and aspirin in the same month. In 1950, Silly Putty was introduced as a toy by Peter Hodgson. Packaged in plastic eggs, the one-ounce pieces of rubber-like material could be used to t...
March 5 2012 - Happy Multiple Personality Day! On this day in 1982, the Russian space probe, Venera 14, after a four-month journey, plunged its descent vehicle into the Venusian atmosphere, sending back images of the planet's surface . March 5th is also "Multiple Personality Day," which according to Holiday Insights is "an ...
Our final release in the Fate and Fangs: Tales from the Vampire Family series may have come last month, but that doesn't mean the bloody train of virtual decadence has slowed! Both The Vampire Family and our Fate and Fangs novellas are now listed at the new virtual database for all things literary vamps: The Vampire Book Realm! http://www.vampireb...
2008 UR Based on the classic story " The Colour Out of Space ", Colour from the Dark marks the third film from director Ivan Zuccon based on stories by H.P Lovecraft , and the best one since his last adaptation. Each film based on Lovecraft only improves from the last. This film was a great choice for Zuccon, once again doing the film in English, ...
