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Top 10 Creepypastas With a Halloween Theme If you're a horror fan, you've likely come across the word 'creepypasta' at least a few times. These modern-day equivalents to folklore have been circulating the world wide web for nearly a decade, gaining in popularity when The New York Times did a story on them in 2010. (LINK 1) Many creepypastas are stand-alone stories, but there a few main characters like "Slenderman", "Jeff the Killer", and "Laughing Jack" whose stories are carried on by both…

The introduction of computer graphics and extensive use of technology into the film making process has led to the loss of film making as an art form. The Wizard of Oz is considered one of the best visual movies ever made and yet it was made with only limited technology and the creativity of the movie makers. The movie made in 1939 by MGM Studios was a film interpretation of the 1900 published book written by L. Frank Baum, and for the most part directed by Victor Fleming. Dorothy a lonely,…

Did you ever want to do something but you're to scared to do it? Did you do it? How did you feel afterwards? Just do it. Its okay that you feel scared, in the end it will most likely be worth it. At least that is how I felt going down to the Field Of Screams. Going down to Lancaster, PA, where the Field Of Screams is located, was really nerveracking. I felt a mixture of being scared, nervous, excited. These emotions combined makes you feel as if you want to throw up. Afterwards I was…

Our society craves bold and beautiful people who seem beyond mediocrity, so never fear the qualities that make you rise up and stand out. Leverage off them and make them work for you. And once you find yourself on centre stage with all the lights on you, be sure to constantly come up with new ways to surprise and delight your audience. Never grow stale or conform too much or you will fade into the grey cloud of the crowd where nothing really exciting happens. Scarlet Mirror Activity 1. Take…

When most people first hear the name Van Gogh, they think of the Van Gogh portrayed by popular culture – brilliant, tormented, and driven to insanity by his artistic dedication. Yet this portrayal of Van Gogh fails to acknowledge his role as a social critic – a critic considerably influenced by his socioeconomic circumstances. Even modern-day art historians, those people deemed most likely to consider Van Gogh from every possible viewpoint, often reject this facet of the artist. They instead…

A dirt road called Half Breed Drive stretches out of Auburn, Nebraska for just a few miles, through endless cornfields, past a single mailbox. But its history runs deep, with an origin story stretching back 185 years, long before Nebraska was a state, or even a territory. This road traces the top of the western boundary of the Half-Breed Tract, a failed reservation for people rooted in two cultures but welcome in neither. The story that follows only amounts to pieces that I’ve stitched together…

Background: Buddhism is considered to be a path of spiritual development that ultimately leads to the insight of the true nature of reality. To Buddhists, meditation is a way of changing yourself in order to develop admirable qualities such as awareness, kindness, and wisdom. Buddhism is all about experience. The experience developed among the Buddhist tradition over many years has lead to a resource for all those who wish to follow such a path. Such a path ultimately leads into Enlighten.…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…