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What is the name of this horror movie?

Could you please help me to find the name of this movie? This is all I remember about the movie:

A woman with her two childs (a little boy and a little girl) rant an old and big home. They soon learn that the home is a haunted house. In the last scene, the woman and her childs are running away from three ghosts. One of the ghosts is an old woman, the other is young but I don't remember anything about the third. The woman tries to kill the ghosts with a shotgun, but gunshot has no effect on them. At the end of the movie, it turns out that it is the woman and her child who are actually died and the ghosts are actually them (those three who were chasing them, I think, were previous residents of the home). One another minor thing I remember about the movie is that the childs fear light, and they should live in dark rooms. Thank you very much. 46.224.209.227 (talk) 08:04, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

The Others? ---Sluzzelin talk 13:08, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Running in golf

In golf, what is running? Young Tom Morris pioneered a rejection of the technique; Young Tom Morris#Playing style says Prior to this [his use of high shots with backspin to get over obstacles], the pure running approach, together with the chip-and-run, were the usual methods. I can't find anything relevant; Running (disambiguation) has nothing related to golf, while everything in <golf running> talks about a weird biathlon-sort of golf in which you're both hitting good shots and completing the course in the shortest period of time. Nyttend (talk) 22:08, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

it is when the ball is struck with no "English" or spin, so that you land it short of the hole and it just rolls on up...this is how most beginners/intermediate players strike a ball....you'll notice the pros (on approach shots or par 3s) usually put English on the ball (this takes years of practice) and can therefore land the ball anywhere they want on the green and then have it spin back toward the hole...this is hugely advantageous when dealing with difficult greens etc etc.....68.48.241.158 (talk) 01:20, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Glossary of golf#R covers the definition, but doesn't describe the use of backspin to control the run. A possibility for expansion by someone familiar with the technical details? Tevildo (talk) 07:52, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

I love the use of the word "English" here. 50 years of following golf and I've never heard that term used. But then I am English... Anyway I agree with what has been said, but what was described in the first answer is more accurately described as "chip and run". A running shot is when there is no flight on the ball whatever, it is played along the ground. A sort of long putt which isn't on the putting surface, if you like. It's usually found more on links golf courses, where the ground undulates and the fairways are quite short. Because of the undulation of the ground, if you were to chip the ball, you have less control over the direction of the ball after it bounces than if you were to hit a ground shot without allowing the ball to bounce. --TammyMoet (talk) 08:34, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

TammyMoet, see "English (cue sports term)". I assume that this is the intended meaning, as it makes sense in the context, and I can't imagine what else would be meant. I believe that it's not supposed to be capitalised; see the documentation for {{Not a typo}}, which is where I first encountered the term. Nyttend (talk) 15:27, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

That term refers to "cue sports" i.e. billiards and snooker, not golf which is played with clubs. And no wonder I haven't heard of it as we don't use it in England! --TammyMoet (talk) 17:51, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

yeah, I was kind of using the term generically which is why I put it in quotes....it's mostly used in pool; I've heard it used in table tennis, rarely I'll hear a golf announcer use if a shot puts an exceptional amount of spin on the ball...but the term is used generically at least in USA to refer to putting spin on something (but, yes, apparently didn't need to be capitalized).....68.48.241.158 (talk) 17:57, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

The cue sports term can be generalized to balls which change direction when in contact with a surface because they are spinning. The word "english" can be used in any context to mean that, though the word "spin" is often used in golf. If one has heard and understands the meaning of the word "english" with regard to ball spin, it is plainly obvious what it means in context of golf. Of course, if one has never heard the term ever, then one would not recognize its usage. --Jayron32 13:49, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

See also Chip and run technique. Alansplodge (talk) 10:52, 10 April 2016 (UTC)