Pygmania

so i was getting a post ready about how much we really need to watch black orpheus and then when i went to add it to our extra-official film list page thing ...well black orpheus was already there. i don't even know why i'm making this post now.

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Winter Storm Brutus: Why We Named It Winter Storm Athena: Why We Named It [Athena knocked me down the Subway steps this morning. It's true.] NEW YORK — Winter Storm Athena, which stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy, pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving a blanket of thick, wet snow that snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines, but didn't appear to add much more to the devastation. More winds are expected through Thursday and commuters may have to brave lingering snowfall. "We aren't out of the woods yet in terms of the winds of this system," Tom Niziol, winter weather expert for The Weather Channel, said Thursday morning. "Once again, I want to reiterate that without Sandy, we may not have named this storm. However, one of our main reasons for naming events is societal impact. With so many people still under recovery efforts -- even well inland -- the combination of heavy, wet snow and wind prompted the decisio...

Inspired by "List of animals with fraudulent diplomas" http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Incorrect_predictions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_performance_timeline_comparison_%28women%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_dogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mythological_dogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatchamacallit_(candy) . . . *drumroll* . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Mudkip

  The pidyon haben , ( Hebrew : פדיון הבן ‎) or redemption of the first born son , is a mitzvah in Judaism whereby a Jewish firstborn son is redeemed by use of silver coins from his birth-state of sanctity. The redemption is attained by giving five silver coins to a Kohen (a patrilineal descendant of the priestly family of Aaron ).             It says in Numbers: And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites ... And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the L ORD , as the L ORD commanded Moses. The Shulkhan Arukh states that when a Jewish woman gives birth to a firstborn male by natural means, then the child must be "redeemed". The father of the child must "redeem" the child from a known Kohen representing the original Temple priesthood, for the sum of five silver Shekels , or equiva...

Prende was a goddess of love in the Albanian folklore. She was the wife of Perendi and referred to in Albanian legends aszoja e bukuris ("the queen of beauty"), while her sacred day was Friday. When Albania became Christianized in the early Middle Ages, Prende was identified by the Catholic Church as Saint Anne, mother of Virgin Mary Albanian: Shënepremte or Prende, known in Gheg dialect as Prenne or Petka. The zana e malit is an Albanian mythological creature (Albanian: Zane or Zëre in southern Albania) ("fairy of the mountain" in English), zana (as a definite noun), or zanë (plural) of pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin. Its etymology is related to Latin Diana its also simil ar to the Bardha. The Zana are thought to have observed the speeches at theLeague of Prizren at 1878.   In Northern Albania and  Kosovo   every mountain was said to have its own zana, who appeared as a fair maiden found bathing naked in mountain streams .  The zana is believ...