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  AlterNet: Election 2004: Fear Factor
Fear is a powerful motivator, but can be trumped by hope, courage, toughness and confidence.
Therefore, we must "take our country back." There is fear mongering underneath these appeals too as in the fear of losing social security and so on.
But that fear mongering is too "small" and weak to be effective.
www.alternet.org /election04/20290   (787 words)

  
 NBC.com > Fear Factor
Fear Factor is looking for energetic, enthusiastic, and outgoing singles.
Test your fears and your friendship on this special edition of Fear Factor.
All applicants for Sibling Fear Factor must be at least 18 years of age.
www.nbc.com /Fear_Factor/apply.shtml   (696 words)

  
 LiveScience.com - Fear Factor Gene Discovered
With the discovery of a fear factor gene, announced today, scientists have moved a step closer to being able to moderate extreme reactions to fear and also soothe trauma victims.
Fear plays a key role in survival, so all mammals have an efficient memory system to deal with it.
It controls fear of predators, heights and others that are considered instinctive, as well as fears that are learned through specific events.
www.livescience.com /humanbiology/051117_fear_factor.html   (647 words)

  
 Fear Factor: Unleashed Review for Game Boy Advance - Gaming Age
In the best case scenarios, these projects are given to the development team that possesses a strong passion for the source material, who understand not only how to translate it into video game form, but how to make it fun.
Though I wasn't privy to the negotiations regarding the Fear Factor license, the letter grade to the right of this column should help to indicate what camp I believe Fear Factor: Unleashed falls into.
The stunt, which involves eating a bowl of maggots, would always send my Fear Meter skyrocketing and immediately fail me once my character swallowed, no matter how carefully I balanced the meter or the amount of maggots in their mouth.
www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=gameboyadvance&game=fearfactor   (773 words)

  
 The Fear Factor - The Core of A Desperate Society
My level of fear was certainly not normal and neither were the bad dreams and the mental snapshot of my brother.
Furthering my resolve that fear was the culprit contributing to violence was the realization that fear experienced under certain conditions may persist in an individual for a lifetime.
Fear Factor is the result of my interest and research in these issues.
www.thefearfactor.com /introduction02.html   (1333 words)

  
 Fear Factor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Next season, "Fear Factor" will ditch Los Angeles and head out across the U.S. invading cities and towns to challenge fans to face their fears in an actual Fear Factor stunt on the fans' home turf - their house.
The tradition of "Fear Factor's" outrageous prizes for proving that "fear is not a factor for you" will continue for "Home Invasion" winners.
The iconic "Fear Factor" will now pit two-person teams against each other with a variety of extreme challenges in exotic locations -- in the hope of taking home cash prizes of at least $50,000 and more-- for new multi-episode, multi-week competitions.
www.film.ri.gov /fearfactor.html   (546 words)

  
 July 12, 2004 (Fear Factor) - Message Board - ezboard.com
Fear has been and will be a key theme in the Presidential election.
We are all too aware of how important those rights are, particularly given the fear that all parents take into the advocacy process for their children.
We cannot displace the fear that comes with each step but we can carry the certainty that each step is made with courage and with the goal of helping the child.
p078.ezboard.com /fourchildrenleftbehindfrm17.showMessage?topicID=336.topic   (732 words)

  
 The Fear Factor Books
Fear is a universal problem that transcends age, sex, colour, beliefs, and profession.
The Fear Factor is designed to be both a source of encouragement and a counselling tool.
It is written for anyone who is passing through the valley of the shadow of fear, living with an unhealthy level of anxiety, or held captive in the darkness by this spiritual stronghold.
www.thefearfactorbooks.com /?page=about   (194 words)

  
 Fear factor Christian Century - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In a nice twist on the nature of modern fears, the chemical agent about to be released in Gotham is a hallucinogen that causes people to see in others their worst fear.
As an adult he mastered his fear and returned to the same well, burrowed through to the bat lair and built his bat-cave there, making his home in what was once the source of his worst dread.
The film also explores the legacy of a great family name, the fear of disappointing a father's memory and the possibility that one could both honor that memory and disappoint others who care about it.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_15_122/ai_n14890041   (804 words)

  
 Fear Factor | PopMatters Television Review
And while I can't say that Fear Factor is a particularly scary show to watch ("gross" is probably the more accurate adjective), there is just enough of a thrill in seeing the contestants freak out to keep a good number of viewers tuned in.
I think it is this idea that works in Fear Factor, and in any show that trades on scaring the hell out of someone as a selling point (most recently, MTV's Fear and Fox's Murder in Small Town X).
Fear Factor perfectly plays off the voyeurism we've become used to with TV -- looking without being caught.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/f/fear-factor.html   (1204 words)

  
 Reality TV Magazine: Fear Factor
Next season, NBC's "Fear Factor" is leaving Los Angeles to spread out across the U.S. and invade cities and towns in order to challenge fans to face their fears in an actual "Fear Factor" stunt on the fans' home turf – their house.
Fear Factor airs on NBC on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 8P.M. ET time.
Fear Factor airs on NBC on Monday, May 30, 2005 at 8P.M. ET time.
www.realitytvmagazine.com /blog/fear_factor/index.html   (3869 words)

  
 USA WEEKEND Magazine
But today, "Fear Factor," NBC's hit reality show, has taken over the cable cars and is using them for one of its trademark fear-inducing stunts, timed to celebrate the series' 100th episode, which airs Monday at 8 p.m.
"Fear Factor" is the name for the show, but it's all about competition and being able to put up with disgusting things."
A trained martial artist with a background in kickboxing, tae kwon do and, most recently, jujitsu, he knows what it's like to stare down an opponent with his own physical safety on the line.
www.usaweekend.com /04_issues/041107/041107fearfactor.html   (501 words)

  
 Fear Factor in Early Prostate Cancer - Cancer information (cancers, symptoms, treatment) on MedicineNet.com
The researchers spotted three factors that seemed to be big influences on the men's treatment choices.
The first factor was "profound fear and uncertainty, often corresponding with a desire to receive treatment as quickly as possible," write Denberg and colleagues.
The third factor was relying on stories (anecdotes) about other people who had had prostate cancer.
www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=63306   (704 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'Fear Factor' back, and bigger than ever   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Factor also is changing from single contestants to teams this season to provide more emotional drama.
Family Fear Factor was shot at Universal Studios Orlando, featuring Shaquille O'Neal co-hosting a stunt in which parents drop from a helicopter into the water and their kids fly down a zip line.
Psycho Fear Factor pits two-person teams against each other in the house from the classic film Psycho and the Bates Motel on the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2005-12-05-fear-factor_x.htm   (503 words)

  
 Fear Factor News
Fear Factor News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
A local family got their 15 minutes of fame this week on the NBC show "Fear Factor." In October, a show crew came to the Rockford Township home of Michelle Oglesby and Brent Seymour, under the guise of getting...
The pace at which NBC gross-out reality show "Fear Factor" went from hit to miss was staggering.
www.topix.net /tv/fear-factor   (671 words)

  
 FanboyPlanet - Fantasy Booking: Fear Factor
For the purposes of this season finale, all the previous Fear Factor winners return for a chance to compete for the one million dollars.
Fear Factor will not be held responsible if the contestants break the law to acquire the ear.
Fear Factor: 5 Sure, it could just be crabs, but it could also be herpes.
www.fanboyplanet.com /goodson/fantasyfearfactor.htm   (978 words)

  
 Fear Factor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Poland, Polsat broadcasted Fear Factor - Nieustraszeni.
But the show was a hit and it is set to return for a second season either at the end of 2006 or early 2007.
In Indonesia, the local version, "Fear Factor Indonesia," airs on RCTI.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fear_Factor   (2957 words)

  
 GameSpy: Fear Factor: Unleashed
Fear Factor: Unleashed puts gamers inside the action of the hit TV show, and features 15 spine-tingling stunts that will test gamers' steadiness, stomachs and nerve.
Contestants' phobias play into their success or failure as they struggle to maintain their "Fear Meter" and win the competition.
With fiery explosions, bone-crunching wipeouts, and endless action, Fear Factor: Unleashed will prove whether fear is a factor for you.
pc.gamespy.com /pc/fear-factor-unleashed   (173 words)

  
 The Fear Factor to Promote War and Trample the Truth
In egregious efforts to divert media attention from relevant revelations of foreknowledge of the 9/11/01 attacks, the Bush administration appears to be forcing the fear factor on the American people.
Evidence is emerging from sources in South Carolina that a unit of the South Carolina National Guard was suddenly informed in July of 2001 to prepare for a mobilization exercise to be held on September 14, 2001.
Rather than allow the public to learn about critical information surrounding the events that led us into the "war on terrorism", the arm-chair soldiers of the Bush administration are selling the fear factor to cover their butts and launch the United States into a "first strike" war with Iraq.
www.commondreams.org /views02/0614-02.htm   (971 words)

  
 Fear Factor on NBC - Fear Factor Spoilers, Episode Guides, Message Board | TVGuide.com
Fear Factor on NBC - Fear Factor Spoilers, Episode Guides, Message Board
A critic-proof reality show in which contestants perform extreme (and not infrequently gross) tests, from getting into a pit filled with scorpions or rats to walking through a burning building to eating a sheep's eyes, in hopes of winning a grand prize.
Fear Factor Pictures, Cast, Episode Guides, News and More on Starpulse.com.
www.tvguide.com /tvshows/fear-factor/100158   (330 words)

  
 The Fear Factor - baltimoresun.com
For Garcia and others who profess a mortal fear of insects - entomophobia - the emergence of billions of periodical cicadas across Maryland this month has turned life into one uncomfortably long episode of Fear Factor.
In a study published this month in the journal Biological Psychiatry, Martis and a team at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that compared with healthy volunteers, animal phobics displayed slight differences in some areas of the brain, such as the paralimbic cortex, that are linked to anxiety.
Someone with a fear of spiders, for example, might be asked to look at a picture of a spider, then hold a plastic one, and then sit in a room with a caged spider, until the arachnophobe is finally comfortable holding the object of his angst.
www.baltimoresun.com /news/nationworld/bal-te.ms.fearfactor31may31,0,6313623.story?coll=bal-news-nation   (1130 words)

  
 The Fear Factor - The Core of A Desperate Society
Whether you choose to accept it or not, fear is a part of your everyday life.
Fear is so subtle in most people that they are controlled by it and may never recognize
By examining how the brain processes fear, it becomes possible to unlock the true sources and reasons for violence, hate, racism, sexism, substance abuse, intolerance and other societal ills.
thefearfactor.com   (459 words)

  
 Fear Factor (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
6- 4 605 3 Jan 06 Psycho Fear Factor (1) 125.
6- 5 606 10 Jan 06 Psycho Fear Factor (2) 126.
6- 6 607 17 Jan 06 Psycho Fear Factor (3) 127.
epguides.com /FearFactor   (1826 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: Asian news and current affairs - Cashing in on the fear factor
For all these reasons, immediate fears about a clash with Iran, a possible spreading of war to other oil regions in the Middle East and Gulf of Mexico hurricanes have dissipated, and the price of crude oil has plummeted.
If no progress has been made by year's end on the diplomatic front, expect an acceleration of the preparations for war already under way in the Persian Gulf area (similar to the military buildup witnessed in late 2002 and early 2003 prior to the US invasion of Iraq).
This will naturally lead to an intensification of fears and a reversal of the downward spiral of gasoline prices, though from a level that, by then, may be well below $2 per gallon.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Global_Economy/HI28Dj03.html   (1602 words)

  
 Fear Factor: less gross, more stunts - TV Squad
Family Fear Factor, because scaring the kids is a good thing, where Shaquille O'Neal hosts as parents and kids perform stunts like jumping out of a helicopter.
I can understand the FEAR part in stunts like being in a cage with whatever creature you fear most, but from most of the promos I have ever scene the show should have been titled Gross Factor.
I have been a fan of Fear Factor since the beginning, but always preferred the stunt portion of the show to the gross-out portion.
www.tvsquad.com /2005/12/06/fear-factor-less-gross-more-stunts   (697 words)

  
 Fear Factor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Both girls were soon swimming towards the ultraboat clutching their Fear Factor flags.
As a vegetarian for over 12 years, I might add that this was the first Fear Factor stunt that actually made ME want to puke.
Since there were only two teams left and only two stunts left, Fear Factor had split the prize in two so both teams could compete to the end.
tiptontwins.com /gpage.html   (1982 words)

  
 IGN: Fear Factor
Fear Factor: Unleashed will give those players with normal stomach control the chance to compete in some "grueling" challenges to get to the next round.
"Fear Factor has proven to be a consistently popular series for NBC," said Kim Niemi, Senior Vice President of Video, Music and Product Development, NBC Enterprises.
"Fear Factor is one of those properties that is begging for intensely fun, action-packed video games," said Jim Perkins, president and CEO, ARUSH Entertainment.
pc.ign.com /articles/403/403837p1.html   (613 words)

  
 The Fear Factor: Phobias
From aviophobia, the fear of flying, to zelophobia, the fear of jealousy, the list of phobias that harrow the human mind runs long.
The key to distinguishing a fear from a phobia is that that while most people get the jitters if a spider crawls on their arm, people suffering from arachnophobia -- the fear of spiders -- are physically and/or psychologically impaired by it.
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was describing phobophobia -- the fear of being afraid.
www.webmd.com /content/article/91/101085.htm   (439 words)

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