...George Lutz would later write a book alongside Jay Anson based on his experiences in the house. He was accused of being a liar and a con artist. It can be very hard to prove something you have no hard proof of or can even explain. Among many other hoaxes, The Amityville Horror story was labeled as such. A hoax cannot be easily disproved because there is no real evidence to follow by. So while the hoax is double-sided, not one side is more true than the other. Poltergeists activity can be often viewed as a hoax, with a person being entirely skeptical and questioning the function behind it and how it would even be remotely possible. It can also be viewed in a way in which the person believes, but doesn’t really understand the function behind...
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...husband, demonologist Ed Warren, the clairvoyant investigated some of the most famous and infamous paranormal hauntings around. Her most notable cases have inspired plenty of frightening flicks, including 1979's "The Amityville Horror" (as well as the 2005 remake) and next week's scream-inducer, "The Conjuring." At "The Conjuring" press junket in San Francisco, Yahoo! Movies recently had the chance to speak with Lorraine Warren, now 86. We asked Warren how the 1971 case of the Perron family in Harrisville, Rhode Island, which inspired "The Conjuring," compares with the horror that the Lutz family experienced in Amityville, New York back in the mid '70s. Warren laughed, as if there is no comparison at all. [Related: ‘My Amityville Horror’ Explores the House From Hell With a Former Resident] "Amityville was horrible, honey. It was absolutely horrible," she said. "It followed us right straight across the country. I don't even like to talk about it. I will never go in the Amityville house ever again. You don't know how long my career is; that's the only one." Warren's career is indeed long, as she and her husband founded the New England Society for Psychic Research in 1952, and have over 4,000 cases in their files. So when Warren says that the Amityville house is the one haunted house she won't return to, it's apparent that something terrifying went down there. That something horrific did occur at the house is not in dispute. On November 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronald...
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...The world has been impacted by them in many different ways. Television shows like Teen Wolf, Supernatural, and The Originals are three examples of how much the supernatural world influences our life bringing fictional entertainment. Movies such as The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, are three examples how supernatural has caused destruction in real historical events. Do supernatural beings really exist? I think that it all depends on what your definition of supernatural is. There are tons of proof that there is some type of supernatural force behind the mysterious phenomenon and spectacular discoveries. If we keep ignoring these signs, we will be unprepared for the future. If religion is so important, we need to do as our holy texts say and prepare ourselves for what really lurks in our darkest...
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...idea. Modern neuroscience has concluded that no consciousness could survive anything past death, and believing that the paranormal exists is going at the odds neuroscience has provided us. Fear of life after death is also an explanation for those who believe in ghosts. The idea of ghosts gives them support in their belief that when you die your body is not just lying in the dirt. There is also proof that sleep paralysis can make you believe in the paranormal. During a sleep paralysis episode, the person affected can become suddenly paralysed and experience strange hallucinations. Though the sound of this sounds scary and painful, the result is harmless. Sleep paralysis can also be related and possibly explain the happenings of the Amityville Horror that happened in 1974, where a man shot his entire family because he felt beings inside his house telling him he must do so. The effects of sleep paralysis match up and can explain why the father heard voices and possible saw figures throughout his house (French, 2014). Responses to haunted houses can be caused from anything in the surrounding area, but in most cases the experience is far more explainable than restless spirits. One possible explanation is infrasound, a sound of twenty hertz which is just beneath the normal human hearing range. At a medical equipment manufacturing shop, many workers reported that they had seen apparitions throughout the building and a researcher from Coventry University of England sought to find why...
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...really difficult for me. I have always been an avid reader and have always loved so many different authors. There are many questions I have about authors, their works and literature in general. For this paper I choose to write about someone who is a little more modern day; someone who everyone would be familiar with, regardless of whether they are a fan or not. I choose to write about the very famous author, Stephen King. Stephen King has always fascinated me, not only as an author but as a person. This is a man who seems to have an imagination that is never ending, with a soul and mind so dark, is it beyond compare. How else could you write and publish over 60 horror books? All of which are unique, intense, and ultimately terrifying. My question is, who is this person and what is it that inspires this creativity and horror? As a child, I grew up in a household of readers. There was never a time I that I can recall my mother, father, brothers, or myself not having one or more books that each of us were reading. My mother’s favorite author was (and is) Stephen King. There was something that intrigued me about this, though I was not allowed to read most of his works for the longest time; of course my mother was concerned that they would be inappropriate for me to read. This only made the intrigue of the author that much more. Once I was old enough to begin discovering his works, I started to understand the attraction. He’s book were like mental train wrecks; there were times when...
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...| 14 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 102.69 | 287.18 | 3,858 | 13 | Monster-in-Law | 23.11 | 82.89 | 3,424 | 16 | White Noise | 24.11 | 55.85 | 2,279 | 7 | Mr. and Mrs. Smith | 50.34 | 186.22 | 3,451 | 21 | Be Cool | 23.45 | 55.81 | 3,216 | 8 | Modigliani | 0.03 | 0.13 | 9 | 4 | Flightplan | 24.63 | 89.69 | 3,424 | 21 | Steamboy | 0.14 | 0.36 | 46 | 3 | Lost Embrace | 0.02 | 0.05 | 5 | 1 | Kung Fu Hustle | 0.27 | 17.08 | 2,503 | 16 | Howl's Moving Castle | 0.43 | 4.61 | 202 | 11 | War of the Worlds | 77.06 | 234.21 | 3,910 | 19 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | 0.02 | 0.42 | 22 | 6 | Lords of Dogtown | 5.62 | 11.01 | 1,865 | 4 | The Baxter | 0.04 | 0.04 | 47 | 1 | The Amityville Horror | 23.51 | 64.26 | 3,323 | 6 | House of Wax | 12.08 | 32.05 | 3,111 | 12 | Uncle Nino | 0.17 | 0.17 | 189 | 1 | Separate Lies | 0.07 | 0.85 | 127 | 6 | Thumbsucker | 0.09 | 1.23 | 330 | 6 | Sons of Provo | 0.03 | 0.03 | 7 | 1 | Kingdom of Heaven | 19.64 | 47.31 | 3,219 | 12 | Mrs. Henderson Presents | 0.06 | 4.36 | 260 | 10 | Casanova | 0.23 | 11.24 | 1,011 | 8 | The World's Fastest Indian | 0.40 | 0.87 | 121 | 2 | Alone in the Dark |...
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... 0.23 24 4 Fever Pitch 12.40 42.01 3,275 14 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 102.69 287.18 3,858 13 Monster-in-Law 23.11 82.89 3,424 16 White Noise 24.11 55.85 2,279 7 Mr. and Mrs. Smith 50.34 186.22 3,451 21 Be Cool 23.45 55.81 3,216 8 Modigliani 0.03 0.13 9 4 Flightplan 24.63 89.69 3,424 21 Steamboy 0.14 0.36 46 3 Lost Embrace 0.02 0.05 5 1 Kung Fu Hustle 0.27 17.08 2,503 16 Howl's Moving Castle 0.43 4.61 202 11 War of the Worlds 77.06 234.21 3,910 19 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 0.02 0.42 22 6 Lords of Dogtown 5.62 11.01 1,865 4 The Baxter 0.04 0.04 47 1 The Amityville Horror 23.51 64.26 3,323 6 House of Wax 12.08 32.05 3,111 12 Uncle Nino 0.17 0.17 189 1 Separate Lies 0.07 0.85 127 6 Thumbsucker 0.09 1.23 330 6 Sons of Provo 0.03 0.03 7 1 Kingdom of Heaven 19.64 47.31 3,219 12 Mrs....
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...Aprender a mirar la salud ¿Cómo la desigualdad social daña nuestra salud? Joan Benach / Carles Muntaner 1 Directorio del Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social Dr. Francisco Armada Ministro de Salud Dr. José Rafael Mendoza Viceministro de Salud Dr. Carlos Humberto Alvarado Viceministro de Salud y Desarrollo Social Dr. Oscar Feo Director Ejecutivo del Instituto de Altos Estudios en Salud Pública “Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldon” 1ª. Edición, Septiembre 2005. Todos los derechos reservados. © Joan Benach & Carles Muntaner © Sobre la presente edición: IAESP “Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldon” Publicado en 2005 por el Instituto de Altos Estudios en Salud Pública “Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldon”, Maracay, Venezuela. Esta obra está protegida por las disposiciones sobre reproducción de originales del protocolo 2 de la Convención Universal sobre Derechos de Autor. Se autoriza la reproducción y difusión de material contenido en esta obra para fines educativos u otros fines no comerciales sin previa autorización escrita de los titulares de los derechos de autor, siempre que se especifique claramente la fuente. Se prohíbe la reproducción del material contenido en este producto informativo para reventa u otros fines comerciales sin previa autorización escrita de los titulares de los derechos de autor. Las peticiones para obtener tal autorización deberán dirigirse Joan Benach y Carles Muntaner: carles.muntaner@utoronto.ca Depósito Legal: IF9042006102912 ISBN: 980-6778-15-4 Coordinación Editorial: María Mercedes Estrada...
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...updated: April 26, 2016 Logical Reasoning Bradley H. Dowden Philosophy Department California State University Sacramento Sacramento, CA 95819 USA ii iii Preface Copyright © 2011-14 by Bradley H. Dowden This book Logical Reasoning by Bradley H. Dowden is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. That is, you are free to share, copy, distribute, store, and transmit all or any part of the work under the following conditions: (1) Attribution You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author, namely by citing his name, the book title, and the relevant page numbers (but not in any way that suggests that the book Logical Reasoning or its author endorse you or your use of the work). (2) Noncommercial You may not use this work for commercial purposes (for example, by inserting passages into a book that is sold to students). (3) No Derivative Works You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. An earlier version of the book was published by Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California USA in 1993 with ISBN number 0-534-17688-7. When Wadsworth decided no longer to print the book, they returned their publishing rights to the original author, Bradley Dowden. The current version has been significantly revised. If you would like to suggest changes to the text, the author would appreciate your writing to him at dowden@csus.edu. iv Praise Comments on the earlier 1993 edition...
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...W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children w U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies Wo m e n ’s C o m m i s s i o n f o r R e f u g e e Wo m e n & C h i l d r e n N e w Yo r k W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children Copyright © January 2000 by Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1-58030-000-6 Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children 122 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10168-1289 tel. 212.551.3111 or 3088 fax. 212.551.3180 e-mail: wcrwc@intrescom.org www.intrescom.org/wcrwc.html w cover photographs © Rachel K. Jones, Marc Sommers, Sarah Samson, Holly Myers, Anne-Sophie Rosette, International Rescue Committee M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children seeks to improve the lives of refugee women and children through a vigorous program of public education and advocacy, and by acting as a technical resource. The Commission, founded in 1989 under the auspices of the International Rescue Committee, is the only organization in the United States dedicated solely to speaking out on behalf of women and children uprooted by armed conflict or persecution. Acknowledgments The Women’s Commission expresses its sincere...
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...12:06 Page 1 WOMEN, GENDER AND WORK People are not defined solely by their work, nor is it possible to ignore the effects of factors outside the workplace on a person's status at work. To seek equality at work without seeking equality in the larger society – and at home – is illusory.Thus an examination of the issues surrounding women, gender and work must be holistic. That means considering the role of productive work in life as a whole and the distribution of unpaid work as well as the myriad questions relating to employment. This important anthology brings together the thinking of leading philosophers, economists and lawyers on this complex subject. Selected recent articles from the multidisciplinary International Labour Review are assembled for the first time to illuminate questions such as how we should define equality, what equal opportunity means and what statistics tell us about differences between men and women at work, how the family confronts globalization and what is the role of law in achieving equality. There is an examination of policy – to deal with sexual harassment and wage inequality, for example, as well as part-time work, the glass ceiling, social security, and much more. A major reference on the best of current research and analysis on gender roles and work. Martha Fetherolf Loutfi has been Editor-in-Chief of the International Labour Review, a Senior Economist for the Brandt Commission and in the ILO’s Employment and Development...
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