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	Urban Myths, Legends, Hoaxes: Debunk Your Life
		Urban Myths: Love The Legends, But Hate The Spam
		Perhaps the most common urban myth of all time had to do with a bottle of Coca Cola.
		Intestinal gas is composed primarily of hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide, with the CO2 being by far the largest component.
	www.urbanmyths.com (1995 words)

	Urban Myths
		According to About.com an urban myth is a “term used to describe an apocryphal – and actually false – story that plays on a general assumption or feeling shared by many, usually of fear or distrust, and that usually claims to expose a public danger (1).
		Urban myths usually push the lines of believability, and when one really tries to piece the story together and figure out the origin, he finds that it definitely does not prove to be true.
		According to the myth, the FDA forced Kentucky Fried Chicken to change their name to KFC because the chickens they served were really not chickens at all because they were headless (Weise 1).
	w3.uwyo.edu /~jviles/myths.htm (1314 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: (Glossary)
		Urban legends are a specific class of legend, differentiated from "ordinary" legends by their being provided and believed as accounts of actual incidents that befell or were witnessed by someone the teller almost knows (e.g., his sister's hairdresser's mechanic).
		Urban legends are narratives which put our fears and concerns into the form of stories or are tales which we use to confirm the rightness of our world view.
		Pseudo-ostension is the act of deliberately acting out an existing urban legend (e.g., children secreting pins in their Halloween treats to throw a scare into the community or pranksters in Pulaski, Virginia, placing syringes in payphone coin return slots in 1999).
	www.snopes.com /info/glossary.asp (1150 words)

	Urban legend Summary
		Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor).
		Urban legends are sometimes repeated in news stories and, in recent years, distributed by e-mail.
		Urban legends often are born of fears and insecurities, or specifically designed to prey on such concerns.
	www.bookrags.com /Urban_legend (2077 words)

	The development and change of the urban myth with the Internet
		Urban myths have been around about as long as mankind has been able to communicate.
		This may have an impact on the effect of urban myths, that by losing their originality they lose the constant reshaping that makes them a living and fluid form of communication.
		Urban myths are a form of folklore that is always changing and being modified.
	www.units.muohio.edu /psybersite/cyberspace/folklore/urban.shtml (1401 words)

	Urban Myths: Table of Contents \| Macmillan Computer Sciences: Internet and Beyond
		An urban myth, also known as an urban legend, is a fictional tale that circulates widely, is told and retold with differing details, and is supposedly true.
		Urban myths can be created for entertainment and illustration of a point or are created by people who do not remember the exact details of a story that they have heard or read.
		Urban myths have been around since the beginning of humankind's history, for they almost certainly developed out of every culture's oral traditions.
	www.bookrags.com /research/urban-myths-csci-04 (792 words)

	Urban Myths - AskTheBrain.com
		Urban myths are generally stories about something bad happening to some person or animal that is purported to be absolutely true by the writer.
		Urban myths and legends have been with us since times beyond remembering and are likely to be with us well into the future.
		There was stunned silence and we all recalled the urban myths of travellers lured to the wilderness and mugged at gunpoint.
	www.askthebrain.com /myth_urban-.html (329 words)

	One of the Latest Urban Myths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Skeptical minds want to know,” we knew we had a candidate for “urban myth of the month.” There was only one small problem.
		“Urban myth” is a term used to describe an apocryphal – and actually false – story that plays on a general assumption or feeling shared by many, usually of fear or distrust, and that usually claims to expose a public danger.
		The star shouts, “Down!” and the two little old ladies dive for the floor and throw him their purses before they realize he is telling his dogs to sit.
	www.answers.org /issues/urban.html (1329 words)

	Mythbusters - Discovery Channel
		It is clear that the urban myths that Jamie and Adam recreate for sport, curiosity and diversion do not always deal with the depth of the unconscious.
		The urban myth occurs in a parallel dimension in which the improbable is even considered to be credible.
		Could it be that to materialise the invisible, as experts in the topic state, the myth must be used socially: it must serve to create a symbolic universe, to make it real, and from there be able to connect it to the world.
	www.discoverychannel.com.au /mythbusters/urban_myths/index.shtml (468 words)

	Urban Legends
		An Urban Legend is usually a (good / captivating / titillating / engrossing / incredible / worrying) story that has had a wide audience, is circulated spontaneously, has been told in several forms, and which many have chosen to believe (whether actively or passively) despite the lack of actual evidence to substantiate the story.
		I believe that Urban Legends developed at a time when the increasingly rational world had come to reject stories of what we now consider to be truly fanciful things as a part of everyday knowledge.
		Urban Legends may be created by people who misremember the details of a story that they have heard or read.
	www.marshall.edu /sociology/nilles/classes/311/powerpoint/urban.html (651 words)

	UofM Urban Myths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These urban myths are a part of the great tradition and history celebrated by the students, alumni and staff here at this institution.
		The urban myths that we have gathered for this website were found by conducting interviews with orientation tour guides, students, alumni and staff.
		Therefore, the myth regarding the cube and its ability to generate electricity for the University stems from the staff in charge of hiring orientation leaders.
	www.umich.edu /~hist265/links/projects/2001b/myths/index5.html (252 words)

	Urban myth
		The stories that fall in the 'urban myth' category aren't limited to city life - they are those that are set in contemporary industrialized societies, as distinct from traditional folklore tales.
		One of the first of the 'urban myths', and surely now a classic, is the tale of alligators living in New York City's sewers.
		There are many references in print to 'urban myth' from the 1960s onwards but the first that I can find that uses it in the contemporary legend sense is in an alligator story from The Frederick Post, in August 1984.
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/urban-myth.html (710 words)

	Discovery Channel - Mythbusters - Urban Myths
		It is clear that the urban myths that Jamie and Adam recreate for sport, curiosity and diversion do not always deal with the depth of the unconscious.
		The urban myth occurs in a parallel dimension in which the improbable is even considered to be credible.
		Could it be that to materialise the invisible, as experts in the topic state, the myth must be used socially: it must serve to create a symbolic universe, to make it real, and from there be able to connect it to the world.
	www.discoverychannel.co.uk /mythbusters/urban_myths/index.shtml (409 words)

	Urban Myths New Media » Media
		Urban Myths New Media film en video archief.
		Je leest nu “Media,” een pagina op Urban Myths New Media
		UMNM bestaat uit een groep Euregionale kunstenaars die digitaal, interactief werk maken.
	www.urbanmyths.nl /blog/film-en-video (414 words)

	RPPI Policy Study 245 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Myth: Federal funding of urban freeways must be balanced by federal funding of urban mass transit.
		The Subsidy Myth may have been valid in 1962, when the U.S. transit industry was still earning a profit[2] and total highway subsidies amounted to around $7 billion per year[3] (all dollar figures are in 1998 dollars unless otherwise noted).
		Turn-of-the-century urban critics worried that high residential densities were unhealthy and provoked crime; that mixtures of commercial and industrial uses into residential areas reduced property values; and that early transit systems were inadequate, inconvenient, and too expensive for many people to use.
	www.rppi.org /ps245.html (8007 words)

	BetYourBoots.com - Urban Legend Site Directory
		The Cat in Urban Mythology - Essay by Sarah Hartwell discussing the images of the cat in urban legends.
		Urban Legends: An Electronic Art Exhibit - A virtual gallery of multimedia artistic representations of urban legends, by Sarah Wichlacz.
		Urban Legends Reference Pages - Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, popular culture.
	www.betyourboots.com /urbanlegends.html (647 words)

	Urban Myths
		Urban Legend: "The Beast," a supercomputer in Belgium, is Being Used to Track Every Human Being on Earth.
		Urban Legend: The Christian Church during the Middle Ages promoted the idea that the earth was flat.
		Urban Legend: CBS is being forced to take "Touched by an Angel" off the air, because they talk about God too much.
	mysite.verizon.net /kurtvictor/urbanmyths.htm (798 words)

	Christian Myths and Urban Legends
		Urban legends are stories that sound good, but have no basis in fact.
		Urban Legend: "The Beast," a supercomputer in Belgium, is Being Used to Track Every Human Being on Earth.
		PandG was forced to change the symbol in the 1980s due to the persistence of this urban legend.
	www.new-life.net /myths.htm (1768 words)

	Urban myths and tall tales behind the big day - Opinion - smh.com.au
		Urban, wearing a hat, with his mother, Marienne, and Kidman's son, Connor, between them.
		Even the Aston Martin Keith Urban drove to Kidman's house and to her parents' place in Greenwich this week was a stroke of marketing genius for the car dealer Trivett Classic.
		And while the Urban clan - parents Bob and Marienne, along with brother Shane and his family from Caboolture - have escaped media scrutiny largely unscathed, even mingling in the crowd at Circular Quay watching the Socceroos yesterday morning, the same can not be said for the Kidmans.
	www.smh.com.au /news/opinion/private-sydney/2006/06/23/1150845377384.html?from=rss (1634 words)

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	Emailware.net - Urban myths
		Entry for urban legends, describing their structure, how they are spread, and their documentation.
		Urban myths and legends have been with us since times beyond remembering and are...
		Urban myths are generally stories about something bad happening to...
	www.emailware.net /urban-myths.html (337 words)

	10 financial urban legends - MSN Money (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Every now and then you read about a retiree snookered in a Nigerian bank scam, or some nitwit marched off to jail while still insisting the income tax is illegal, and you just shake your head and wonder who could believe that guff.
		This one is only partly myth, because it is true that people younger than 18 cannot sign a legally binding contract.
		This urban legend has an actual source: the police in Pasadena, Calif. A fraud-detection team had honed in on one such hotel key and notified each other before verifying whether it was standard practice in the industry.
	articles.moneycentral.msn.com /SavingandDebt/ConsumerActionGuide/10FinancialUrbanLegends.aspx (1077 words)

	Debunking financial urban myths (Page 1 of 3)
		Every now and then you read about a retiree snookered in a Nigerian bank scam or some nitwit marched off to jail, still insisting the income tax is illegal, and you just shake your head and wonder who could believe that guff.
		It doesn't help that rooted in many myths is the tiniest grain of reality, she adds.
		This one is only partly myth because it is true that people younger than 18 cannot sign a legally binding contract, so they can't take out a loan or sign a credit card agreement "You are legally an infant until you are age 18," Williams says.
	www.bankrate.com /brinkadv/news/advice/scams/20051003a1.asp (621 words)

	Excite - Search: Urban Myths
		urban myth is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them.
		myths and legends have been with us since times beyond remembering and are...
		myths are generally stories about something bad happening to some...
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	ACM Queue - "The Demise of the Waterfall Model Is Imminent" and Other Urban Myths: In software engineering, ...
		About two years ago, we asked ourselves the question, "What practices are really being used in the specification and design of software systems?" We were under the usual impressions about the demise of the use of the Waterfall model and the adoption of various best practices.
		These myths persist because we want to believe them—and because no data exists to refute them.
		Myth 1: The demise of the waterfall life-cycle model is imminent
	www.acmqueue.com /modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=110 (1756 words)

	Christian Urban Legends, etc.
		Christian Urban Legends are stories of events with a Christian theme that never happened.
		They are generally created by a Christian individual or group as a fictional account because they give concrete support to their beliefs.
		Stories that may be urban legends: Weighing a soul, relocated church, Coca Cola and the Mormons.
	www.religioustolerance.org /chr_cul.htm (508 words)

	Halloween Urban Myths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Of course, the threats never materialized, but they were spread throughout the Internet by people assuring their friends that the news had been passed on to them by a friend of a friend or close acquaintance.
		The urban legend continues to circulate, prompting students to move around in groups and be on the lookout for suspicious characters—probably wise advice on any dark night on college campuses throughout the country.
		Check a few urban myths and legends web sites to see if what you heard or read matches any of the classic hoaxes that have been around for decades—or new ones that have come up recently.
	www.a-traditional-halloween.com /traditions/ghost-stories-and-urban-myths.php (865 words)

	Facts Urban Myths Magical Cat (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	www.magickalcat.net /Facts-Urban-Myths.html (82 words)

	Urban Myths
		In the Web Line column for Issue 41 Tony Rogers discusses the urban myths that continue to spread through the Internet, offering some advice on how to disbelieve them.
		A good example of an electronic urban myth is the now notorious Nine-Eleven photo supposedly showing a man (“Tourist Guy”) on the roof of the World Trade Center tower oblivious to the plane approaching from behind.
		They are from a collection of such headlines at Net47 Presents Urban Myths and Legends.
	www.bikwil.com /Vintage41/Urban-Myths.html (735 words)

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