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Songwriting is a powerful form of expression that allows musicians to convey personal feelings, describe the feelings of others and even draw attention to political and social issues. In order to communicate their point of view, songwriters must successfully write lyrics using rhyme scheme, metaphors and poetic devices and compose music employing melody, harmony, and form. In this class, students will explore different song writing techniques used by female musicians from the 1960s until now in order to understand distinct musical styles and interpret point of view within cultural and historical terms. Students will analyze and contextualize the lyrics and music of the Crystals, Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith and Sara Bareilles, gaining new insight into the diverse roles that women play in the history of rock and roll.
Related Standards: English Language Arts, Social Studies, Music-Fine Arts
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Lauren Onkey talks to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Smokey Robinson about the art of songwriting.
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Queen's students come from every imaginable background – small towns and suburbs, urban highrises, First Nations communities, and from more than 120 countries around the world. At Queen's, you'll meet people like yourself and others who are very different. Your fellow students will be among the most interesting, creative, and provocative individuals you will ever encounter. They will challenge you in class, in conversations over meals, or in late-night discussions in residence rooms, and shift the way you see yourself in the world.
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- Diversity and Equity Task Force: Establishes plans for implementing recommendations; develops strategies for enhancing diversity and achieving educational equity goals
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If you have back pain, you are probably more focused on making it stop than on finding the cause of the pain.
But back pain can be caused by many illnesses and conditions, including stress or injury, being overweight, improper lifting, pregnancy, and diseases such as fibromyalgia and arthritis, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Learning about possible causes can help you get relief from the pain and possibly prevent it in the future.
Back sprain or strain
This kind of pain typically begins on the day after heavy physical activity. Muscles in the back, buttocks, and thighs are often sore and stiff. The back may have areas that are sore when touched or pressed.
Protruding disk
If you have disk disease, you may have severe pain in the lower back. If a disk compresses a nerve, the pain may spread down one leg, and that leg may feel weak. The pain usually gets worse during bending or twisting.
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Pain, numbness, and weakness affect the back and legs. Symptoms get worse when you stand or walk, but are relieved when you sit or lean forward.
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In addition to back pain, you will have stiffness and difficulty bending over. These symptoms usually develop over many years.
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This condition typically causes sudden, intense pain just beneath the ribs on one side of the back. Your urine may be cloudy, tinged with blood, or unusually strong or foul smelling.
The duration of back pain depends on its cause. For example, if your pain is caused by strain from overexertion, you may be able to return to your normal activities gradually over a period of several days or weeks. Other conditions, such as spinal stenosis, may require surgery and longer recovery times.
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To determine the cause of your pain and the best treatment, your health care provider will ask about your symptoms and medical history. He or she will examine your back muscles and spine to check for pain, muscle tenderness or weakness, stiffness, numbness, or abnormal reflexes.
Your symptoms and the physical examination may give your provider enough information to diagnose the problem. If your back pain is related to more serious disorders, or doesn't improve over a few weeks, you may be referred to a specialist, such as an orthopedic surgeon, neurologist, or arthritis doctor.
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The Yadkin County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve participation with the State Employee's Credit Union Public Service internship program during their March 18 evening meeting.
The program will provide rising sophomores and juniors enrolled in the University of North Carolina and North Carolina Community College systems an opportunity to spend the summer in the county manager's office learning the ins and outs of county government.
"This will authorize me to sign an agreement with the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union saying that we are willing to participate in this program," said county Manager Aaron Church. "This program will give the county $2,500 for accommodating an intern if one is chosen to spend the summer in our offices and will also pay the intern $2,500 for the summer."
The program is an effort by the Rural Center and the New Generations Grant accepted by the county last year. The grant encourages young adults ages 18 to 30 to obtain relevant education for available jobs in the county and maintain their residence in Yadkin.
According to the Rural Center there are already hundreds of interested applicants from 64 different counties from across the state. Several of those students currently live in Yadkin County.
"This program is encouraged to engage youth and keep youth in Yadkin County," Church said.
The board voted 5-0 in favor of approving the county's participation.
The board had no other action, public hearing or public comments to address.
Tanya Gentry, deputy clerk announced that there is a vacancy on the Child Fatality Prevention/Community Child Protection Team and a vacancy on the Joint Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee.
The board is seeking suggested appointments for both boards.
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--- Joe Motzko: Ranks first on the team and second in the AHL with 20 goals in 33 games this season ... Leads the team and shares ninth in the AHL with 33 points ... Paces the club and shares second in the AHL with nine power-play markers ... Tallied six points (4G, 2A) in his last four games, which includes potting a goal in all four contests ... Ranked third on the Wolves and 14th in the AHL with a career-high 70 points in 72 games last season
--- Jeff Hamilton: Leads the team with 17 assists and ranks second with 22 points and five power-play goals despite appearing in just 21 games this season ... Tallied at least one point in 14 of his 21 outings with the Wolves, which includes four multiple-point outings - three of which were three or more ... His average of 1.05 points per game ranks first on the team ... Recorded eight points (3G, 5A) during a season-high six-game point streak from Dec. 13 to Dec. 26 ... Posted nine goals, 15 assists and 24 points in 58 games with the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes and nine points (3G, 6A) in nine AHL matchups with the Albany River Rats last year
--- Brett Sterling: Ranks second on the team with nine goals and third with 20 points in 21 games ... Ranks fifth with 11 assists and is tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals ... Netted five points (2G, 3A) in his last four games ... Recorded a goal in three NHL games with Atlanta this season ... Ranked second on the Wolves with 38 goals and 71 points in 70 contests last year
--- Ondrej Pavelec: Leads the AHL with a 2.07 goals-against average and ranks third in the circuit with a .925 save percentage ... Posted a 6-5-1 record in 12 matchups with the Wolves this season ... Appeared in 11 NHL outings with Atlanta this year, registering a 3-6-0 record with a 3.55 goals-against average and .884 save percentage ... Recorded a 33-16-3 record in 52 outings with the Wolves last season ... Led rookie goaltenders and ranked second in the league with 33 wins, the second most in franchise history
--- Spencer Machacek: Shares first among Wolves rookies and sixth on the squad with 14 points (5G, 9A) in 30 outings this season ... Ranks seventh on the team with nine assists and shares second with a +9 plus/minus rating ... Led the Vancouver Giants (WHL) with 33 goals and 78 points, which ranked 14th in the league, in 70 regular-season games last season
--- The Wolves have held their opponents to 88 goals through 33 outings this season (2.69 per game), which ranks second in the American Hockey League and includes allowing two or fewer goals in 19 contests (14-4-1-0).
--- Chicago lost for just the second time this season when entering the third frame with the lead on Saturday; the Wolves have posted an .882 winning percentage when leading after two periods this season (15-2-0-0).
--- The Wolves have allowed 21 goals in the second period this year, the fewest in the AHL; Chicago is outscoring opponents by 12 markers in the middle frame this season.
--- The Wolves have potted 11 man-advantage markers in the last 10 games; Chicago ranks 28th in the league with an 11.7 percent efficiency rating on the power play (21 of 179).
--- Chicago has allowed a power-play goal in five straight games, including a season-high four to Milwaukee on Saturday; the Wolves rank 28th in the league with an 80.4 percent efficiency rating on the penalty kill (148 of 184).
--- The Wolves will be collecting various items to be mailed to troops serving overseas during home games on Fri., Jan. 2, Wed., Jan. 7 and Sat., Jan. 10. Donation suggestions include: iTunes Gift Cards, new DVDs, phone cards, new video and computer games and other gift certificates. Everyone who brings in an item will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win a 2008-09 team signed helmet and other Wolves prizes
Sat., Dec. 27 Milwaukee 5, (at) Chicago 3,
--- The Wolves carried a 3-0 lead into the third period before the Milwaukee Admirals' offense awoke and sunk the ship with five third-period goals to steal a 5-3 victory at the Allstate Arena Saturday night
--- Forwards Spencer Machacek, Joe Motzko and Steve Martins potted goals for Chicago
--- Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec posted 20 saves in the loss, which includes holding the Admirals scoreless for the first 44:48 of the game
Fri., Dec. 26
(at) Rockford 6, Chicago 2
--- The Wolves fell behind 1-0 just 23 seconds into the contest and never could recover as the Rockford IceHogs skated off with a 6-2 victory at the Rockford MetroCentre Friday night
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Update (September 2008): After two years, Google has released an open source browser. It's called Google Chrome and you can download it from http://www.google.com/chrome. This post has been written for April Fools' Day 2006.
You want a browser that doesn't use all your RAM.
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You want a secure browser.
Internet Explorer is not secure.
You want a fast browser.
Opera is fast, but not that fast.
You want a cross-platform browser.
Safari is definitely not cross-platform.
Netscape cares about JavaScript - they invented JavaScript.
Presenting you Google Browser, a fast, versatile and secure text browser for the Internet. Google Browser is free, already out of beta, and the installer has only 1.68 MB.
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It's been 20 years since Jon Lemerand has been in Toledo. On Aug. 17, his band Locoweed will perform at Forester's on the River, at The Docks.
"To be somebody my age, and still have contact with guys that you were doing something with back in the '70s, it's a miracle we still have the stamina and ability to get back together," Lemerand said. "It's going to be a real reunion, not just for the band, but for a lot of people affiliated back in the '70s. … We were one of the first bands to do what we did back then, so we got a certain amount of notoriety and it's exciting to see how much enthusiasm there still is for people who are in their 60s now."
The show will include all members that have ever been in the band, totaling 15 men. Scheduled to perform with Lemerand on vocals is Dave Athanas on lead guitar, Dave Cubbedge on steel guitar, Don Binkley on bass, Mike Malone on rhythm guitar and Rick Gerbeck on drums. Other former members tentatively set to perform include Jeff Williams, Dennis Gwynn, Dick Lange, Andy Vargo, Tom Galvin and Rodney Parker.
"We're just going to have a party," Malone said.
The band will play mostly covers — the covers they did back in the 1970s. Malone said there is a nostalgic feeling attached to playing with the band again.
"Getting Jon back is going to be such a great thing because … it's been a long time since I've seen him," Malone said. "We'll rehearse on Wednesday, have margaritas on Thursday and party on Friday and play on Saturday."
Malone said playing again is just like old times.
"When you spend [a] two-year period on the road with someone, you go through the good and the bad times," Malone said.
The band originally formed in the 1970s, pioneering the country rock sound, Malone said. The sound was different from the disco and pop rock sounds in Toledo at that time.
"It's not exactly country and western and it's not exactly rock 'n' roll," Malone said. "It's somewhere in between there."
The band toured during the late 1970s, but broke up in 1981. Since then, band members have formed or became a part of other bands. Malone still plays with Locoweed locally, but no more than eight times a year, he said.
"We're to that age where it doesn't matter," Malone said. "We just enjoy playing the music."
The band reunited in 1992 at the former Ottawa Tavern. The upcoming show at Forester's will be the first time Lemerand has played with the band since the last reunion. He has lived in California since then.
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Not only excited! I´m already subscribed to iTunes match and enjoying it a lot!
Apple Launches iTunes Store in Brazil & Latin America
Apple has announced they're rolling out the iTunes Store to Brazilian and a number of Latin American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
iTunes in the Cloud is available today for free in Brazil and Latin America and iTunes Match is available today for a $24.99 annual fee in Brazil.
The iTunes Store in Brazil offers over a thousand movies to rent or purchase, with many in stunning HD, from major studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures. The iTunes Store in Brazil now joins the revolutionary App Store™, which offers more than 500,000 apps to consumers in 123 countries, reaching hundreds of millions of iPad, iPhone and iPod touch® users around the world. Customers have downloaded more than 18 billion apps to date.
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Apple Launches iTunes Store in Brazil & Latin America
O que o Canadá ou a Inglaterra tem que o Brasil não poderia ter? Lembre-se que o Brasil é a oitava economia do mundo e o Real é uma das moedas mais valorizadas do mundo nos últimos anos! E isso a Apple viu!
E vai se acostumando a ler em português, pois será ainda mais importante nos próximos anos! Para você que não sabe ler em português:
What Canada or England is that Brazil could not have? Remember that Brazil is the eighth largest economy in the world and Real is one of the world's most valued currencies in recent years! And that Apple saw!
And very surprised for being the second country to have iTunes Match! Probably is some type of compensation for wait so long and for all our effort on creating accounts in other countries just to be included lol :)...
Now I would like to see a real Apple Store on some place at Brazil!
"Brazil before Canada or the UK?"
You should get accustomed from now on...
Sure, it is quite nice to finally have an iTunes store in Venezuela with movies and music!
It would be nicer if payments could be made with our national currency instead of $
In an interview here an apple executive said that local currency is coming next year, and also gift cards on stores. At least he said that for Brazil.
Now they need to open Apple retail Stores where i can buy my IPhones Unlocked xD
"Brazil before Canada or the UK?" As a Brazilian, i found that to be kinda offensive. Better think twice before people misunderstand what you meant.
As for the release, I'll be more excited when the games categorie goes online around here... Brazil doesn't suck, politician around here does.
Meant no disrespect. Nothin' but love for Brazil here.
Was just for apps (and no games in Brazil, because of some law regarding age classification that apple and gov dont agree).
Music, films and so on, just now. Many people in Brazil however created accounts on US or any other country just to use it.
That makes sense, probably you are right.


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Approximately 1,400 employees of Savannah River Remediation, the liquid waste contractor for the Savannah River Site, are furloughed until further notice. About 360 employees will remain to maintain facilities.
Savannah River Remediation President and Project Manager Ken Rueter sent an email notifying employees of the furloughs on Thursday. The email states the furloughs are a direct result of the federal government shutdown.
"Although the Department (of Energy) has been able to fund some continued activity for this contract following that date, the continued lapse in appropriations is having a significant impact on continued operations requiring us to make certain employment decisions," Rueter's email reads. "Therefore, some Savannah River Remediation employees will be furloughed until further notice. Like you, we do not know how long this shutdown will continue."
Employees with positive time bank balances can use their balance or can take time off without pay. Once the leave bank balance is reduced to zero, they have been instructed to enter "Time Off Without Pay." Employees with negative time bank balances must take time off without pay.
Affected employees are encouraged to visit www.srs.gov or call the Site information line, 803-725-SITE (803-725-7483), for more information on when to return to work.
Following the announcement, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., introduced legislation to fund the DOE offices of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration in accordance with prior years' levels.
"SRS plays a tremendous role in protecting our national security and should not be forced to limit operations," Wilson said. "By introducing this legislation, I am hopeful for its passage so that our national security projects will remain intact with a full workforce."
The furloughs come less than a month after Savannah River Remediation announced 465 layoffs to its staff.
Savannah River Remediation is comprised of a team of companies led by URS Corp. with partners Bechtel National, CH2M HILL and Babcock & Wilcox. Important subcontractors for the contract include AREVA, Energy Solutions and URS Professional Solutions.
Derrek Asberry is a beat reporter with the Aiken Standard news team and joined the paper in June.
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Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton is currently looking for a new place to set up shop since the new government center on University Parkway does not include space for his department.
The issue is currently being considered by County Council's Judicial and Public Safety Committee, which includes Councilmembers Sandy Haskell, LaWana McKenzie and Chuck Smith.
McKenzie said the committee's search for a new location is only preliminary at this point, but an early examination shows it may cost between $250,000 to $500,000 to find a suitable spot that could be renovated.
"It's simply a rough estimate at this point," McKenzie said, noting budget constraints have relegated the search to buildings already owned by the County.
A number of spots are being studied, including the York Street annex, which also houses EMS and the County's Building and Grounds offices, and the Graniteville Community Services Building, which serves as the County's e-waste center.
Currently, the coroner's staff and office space are split into three different areas.
The office's administrative responsibilities are located in the Aiken County Courthouse, while evidence is stored at the County's Emergency Services Headquarters, located on York Street.
Additionally, Aiken Regional Medical Centers offers space to essentially serve as the County's morgue.
Carlton said centralizing staff and space would alleviate time restraints and make his department run more efficiently.
"Ideally, we would like to be under one roof. It would certainly make more sense," Carlton said. "It would prevent a lot of driving and additional time and effort on my investigators and myself in terms of trying to manage a case."
Carlton and his staff are not included in the new facility due to concerns over privacy and security, according to Aiken County Administrator Clay Killian.
"It needs to be in a public place where people can come to, but it also deals with secure, specialized services," Killian said.
He pointed to the need to have refrigeration units, storage availability for evidence and the right space for staff to inform those impacted by incidents in the county.
"Most of the time, they have to go out in the field when an event occurs and notify next of kin," Killian explained. "People then have to come by and pick up death certificates, personal effects and items like that."
The coroner's office is called for violent, sudden and unattended deaths, including all accidents, homicides and suicides.
Killian noted that, due to the sensitivity of such investigations, the County wants to find the perfect fit as far as office space.
A time frame is not in place at the moment, but he added the County would like to pinpoint a spot "sooner rather than later."
"It would benefit us all to find a logical place for the office and to centralize all his functions into one spot."
• Michael Ulmer covers the county government beat for the Aiken Standard and has been with the newspaper since March 2013. He is a native of North Augusta and majored in political science at the University of South Carolina.
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A genealogy blog focused on families settling in East Tennessee and the Northern Neck of Virginia with explorations of Rusyn roots.
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Teeter Tottering through Genealogy
How we define ourselves changes with each generation. In my family, ethnicity has been a complex issue. My father's family came from an area where borders and rulers changed so frequently during the 20th century that it seems tidal. Political turmoil dictated that family ties were interrupted for decades, languages and the role of the church were forcibly changed. Meanwhile, first and second generation Americans and Canadians defined an ethnicity as Carpatho-Rusyn that had been referred to as Lemko, Ruthenian, Rusnak or Rusin by earlier generations. Discussions of the ethnicity can become heated. Are my cousins today in Slovakia or the Ukraine Carpatho-Rusyn? Many here say yes. Many of them said no. And it seems to me they have the right to say just that. Their lives were transformed by the fall of the Soviet Union and are being redefined by their developing nations and nationalities. If they chose to focus on that and not on their grandparents and great-grandparents lives, so be it. Their own children and grandchildren may feel differently. But surely they have the right to define themselves.
Can adoptees choose which family they belong genealogically? I think so. Genealogy is far more than genetics. Not all adoptees long for information about their families of origin. One adoptee I know has a pat but pointed response to those questioning why he doesn't seek out his biological parents, "Why look for trouble? Healthy families don't give their children away." Harsh, perhaps, but heartfelt. Is he hiding his adoption? Not at all. It's out there for all the world to see. Would I look? Absolutely, but it's not my life.
How do we research people or issues that cause pain to the living? I may be darkly fascinated by the raging alcoholics littering our family trees but not everyone is. For some the stories are reminders of their own lives and not something they want to reflect on or share. And they shouldn't have to. Do I record the stories? Yes, and I share them with anyone who expresses interest. Do I publish them? No.
Recent DNA testing has provided some unexpected results and I am torn as to how to proceed. As a woman, none of the tests are mine. I am dependent on others. One result in a family I am researching has a haplogroup B which is clearly African, something that supports several 19th c. census listings of mulatto. Rather than provoking discussion or interest, the topic has simply disappeared. I haven't forced the issue, and maybe everyone else is doing the same, but I wonder how far should one push others to examine topics they may not want to examine? Another test for surname group showed no matches to that surname, but several matches to another surname. The cousin tested has stopped responding to my emails. I want to explain that it's great information, that it could indicate a name change, an adoption just as easily as an illegitimate or adulterous birth. Whatever happened may have been generations ago. But it could have happened very recently. He's not interested in pursuing any further testing. And, reluctantly, I think I have to move away from this project.
In all cases I am recording the information. But at this point I am not sharing it unless it is clear the person is ready to hear what I have to share. It's a balancing act, weighing respect for the living with my research into the past - and I don't always feel well-balanced.
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I would have your reaction and be fascinated by the results as well as proud. But that might not be the reaction of my relatives. The Carpatho-Rusyn thing is interesting, too; people at our church give all sorts of responses to the question. Have you ever read Sister Joan Roccasalvo's study? She also got some interesting responses.ReplyDelete
I have not, Greta. I've seen her work on the Plainchant referenced, but not a study. Can you point me the right direction? I'd like to read it.ReplyDelete
Well, now I am feeling like a crazy woman, because the only one we have here at home is the plainchant one, and I cannot find any mention of the other online, but my husband backs me up - he was also sure that there was such a book (I believe I have seen it quoted elsewhere). I'll have to ask our priest-scholar friend next time we meet up with him.ReplyDelete
I'll keep my eyes open, too. I'm sure between us we'll find it. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Gotta admit! Your comments brought an immediate smile to my face!ReplyDelete
You see I struggle with the very same questions & issues I pose to the broader community. I'm just not selfless enough to stew on them alone, so I toss them out to you, my genea-family!:-)
And yes, we do -- to some degree -- become the keeper of secrets too. Or at least, I have. There are stories I've chosen not to tell. However, I am also a firm believer in knocking the wind out of a secret by setting it free!
The difference for me in respect to the color line is that African-American researchers have no other access to certain aspects of our lineage without the willingness of the descendant who owned our Ancestor.
That said, if a descendant decides not to share information related to mixed race, you've protected your family history by preventing my ability to ever truly know mine.
For me, my work is as much about righting historical wrongs as it is family preservation.
When the line is drawn, I want to be on the side that stood for what's right and that is colorless.
Thank you for making me think this AM!:-)
WoW! The Mike Mozingo story is mesmerizing indeed! How'd I miss this one?! LOLReplyDelete
Good post. I have been fascinated with the information that has been coming out of the DNA testing, and many years ago, found a challenge with a family that I found that the person they thought was the parent wasn't. Didn't stop them, they chose to follow the line they wanted. That is okay, a friend of mine once said, I chose to align myself with those I like.ReplyDelete
I just like truth.
Delighted I brought a smile to your face, Luckie. I owe you a few more. I'm not sure you know how seminal reading Sandra Taliaferro's and your posts were in my decision to start publishing some of my research here and on WeRelate.com.ReplyDelete
And I agree with you and hummer regarding the need to get the information out there. Fortunately, the DNA tests have been published and the census records are public. It's the dialog that has vanished. I'm mulling over how to start it up again.
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Is there a possibility Obama has spent so much time with his contributors in Hollywood, where affairs are commonplace, that he is now confused about the meaning of foreign affairs?
It sure seems that way when the whole world is aware of the Sept. 11 date but we do nothing to secure our embassies in hostile parts of the world and even ignore warnings of a dangerous security situation.
We hear about the murder of four Americans, including a U.S. Ambassador, and our primary news media covers up the pictures of his brutally beaten body being dragged through the streets of Benghazi. What a supreme white-washing.
Ten days later our president is still blaming a video, made by a crackpot, for causing this attack while, his own administration is acknowledging this was planned terrorist activity.
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Even worse we remain the major funding source and host to the U.N. as well as continuing to send billions of taxpayers dollars, or money we borrowed from China, to many of the U.N. members like Libya, Syria and Egypt, while they openly show us the proverbial finger by voting against us more than 75 percent of the time.
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I would still probably catagorize TSW as Urban Fantasy.
When I think of Science fantasy I think of Star Wars,, a princess locked in a castle that need saving, young hero with a destiny guided by an old wizard. With he help of a lovable rogue they face an evil black night who once apprentenced under the old wizard.
Where is Urban Fantasy is Modern times with a Magic twist.
Either way I am not sure who is saying there are no fantasy elements to TSW, just that it isn't the typical high fantasy setting, (Elves, Dragons, Evil Wizards)
TSW has magic and swords (Fantasy) It has Cthulhu type monsters (Horror) and it is set in modern times, (Urban)
TSW is a mixture of things put together in a way that is fun. I have some criticism for the game but the setting is not one of them.
Originally posted by Beauman
The genre could of been anything, the game needed a hook. The game didn't have that hook, even if it had been ordinary fantasy with goblins, elves and all that it still wouldn't have drawn the players. There is no hook, there is nothing new it's all been seen before in some form or other.
There's a guy on the TSW forums that will insist that the game is of the Super Hero genre if you ask him. I mean, you get powers, you fight bad guys. You have a secret identity. He wants funcom to release capes and masks and unitards so it will be even more like what it already is.
Speaking of tards, it's not a fantasy game, either. Just because there's this thing called "Urban Fantasy" that shares an 'f' word with another genre, doesn't mean much. Yeah, it's got magic and shit in it. If you really want your genre categories to be so broad that "it's got magic and shit in it" makes something fantasy, then that's your problem. You end up with there being like, 4 possible genres.
In the end, there's only one criteria that matters. if somebody comes up to you and says "What's the setting of The Secret World?" and you answer "It's a fantasy game," then you're being a misleading nincompoop. You can argue semantics and technicalities all you want. In the end, that's all that matters.
Originally posted by Uccisore
My point is, the OP is setting up paper tigers. Who is arguing that there are not fantasy elements in the game? It takes a little from everything, that is the point of the game.
Fantasy has a specific meaning when it comes to genre. It means Dwarves, Elves, Dragons and princesses. If a person says it isn't "Fantasy" that is what they mean.
Fantasy and Urban fantasy have to different meanings.
They OP is trying to say, because people say it isn't a "Fantasy" setting, they are some how saying there are "No fantasy elements to it" that is just wrong.
Who is saying there are no fantasy elements ? Who is the OP dissagreeing with? Where are all these posts making this claim?
Originally posted by Johnie-Marz
Yeah, I agree with you. There's fantasy elements just like there are superhero elements, just like there are horror elements, and so on and so forth. Some mild cyberpunk elements too, now that I think of it.
I suspect the OP's motivations are something like this- if he can defend the position that this is a 'fantasy game', then he can defend the position that the game 'isn't original'. And that's the sense in which calling it a fantasy game is misleading. There's a difference between what a word means, and what people think when they hear a word. I suppose the OP is trying to insist upon one so he can exploit the other.
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2) There is skill based progression, you gain skill as you use them or as you gain exp.
3) There is item based progression. You progress by aquiring more powerful gear.
4) there is rep based progression. You gain rep with a faction which offers you benefist with the faction.
TSW does not have the first, Level based progression. It does have both skill based progression and Item based progression.
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because there are vampires there, and they are real : /
The 'level based progression' argument is exact the same as the 'fantasy' argument. People who want to say the game isn't original will streeeeeeeeeeeetch the technical definitions of 'level' or 'fantasy' until they can make the terminology fit, so they can in turn say "this is a fantasy game with level-based progression".
Play with words all you want. The fact, however phrased, is that the game's two most original features are the setting and the progression system. Saying otherwise isn't fooling anybody who is familiar with the game, and serves only to mislead those who aren't.
Originally posted by Uccisore
Yeah, I agree. It is sort of like arguing with a chick (No offense) Instead of hearing what you said and meant, they will latch on to one single word, twist it out of contect in the worst possible way, then claim you meant the opposite of what you really said.
Originally posted by Johnie-Marz
Chicks, liberals, and strangers on the internet tend to argue that way because it's the easiest way to win without actually knowing what the hell you're talking about.
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Originally posted by fallenlords
The game is not perfect, and FC is not reinventing the wheel here, but to me, playing a multitude of roles in one single toon, that is freedom from the conventional classes in MMOs. II don't have to log to get an alt that can fill the role my group needs, everything can be done on 1 single toon.
As for levels, gear level is very different from character levels. Ragnar and company promised a game with no character levels, and they actually delivered that. I can always put on a set of gear QL 3 and the starting zones are challenging again. or I can put on my QL10 gear and I can be overpowered in those same zones. Again, they are not reinventing the wheel, but they actually delivered a game with no character levels. It's kinda like what GW2 did with the downscaling, but I think TSW does it better providing options to play how you want to play the content, and to me, again, that is freedom, and they delivered on that promise.
Now you're free to express your opinion, and it's perfectly fine with me if you believe the game is not special, or if you think Ragnar is full of it, but to me, the less than stellar sales only prove the game is not popular, because the world that Ragnar delivered, again in my opinion, is a superbly crafted story-driven experience in a modern day setting, filled with mystery and supernatural stories, legends, and myths, and that makes the game very special indeed.
I waited many years for a game like this, and I am quite pleased to be a part of this world that Ragnar created, and yes, that includes bugs and issues, etc.
The game is not for everyone, and indeed might have a very limited audience, but for that small audience, intended or not, it truly is a gem of a game.
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People, typically the fans, will trump the game an non-fantasy due to the setting to try to give the game more weight.
But the game is fantasy, making it a modern time setting does not make it non-fantasy. It has all the creatures of fantasy, it has swords, magic, all the properties of fantasy but is held in a modern setting. Want a non fantasy game? Look up EVE and Planet Side 2.
Originally posted by Uccisore
Two most original features of the game are setting and the progression system. Now you see why the game didn't sell. If the setting has mass appeal then you are on to a winner, well no the setting does not have mass appeal. If the progression system is that far advanced that it is termed revolutionary, a word Tornquist likes to use, then perhaps that would of been a draw. But you scratch the surface on that and you can see levels and classes reworked - in fact opting to get away from traditional levels could be argued has been detrimental to the whole game.
Like I said before where is the hook to this game? I don't' see the hook anywhere. It needed to do something exceptionally well, PVP for example, or capture peoples imagination 'fus-roh-dah'. It didn't do any of that and for all his spouting I think Tornquist is the liability on this venture. His vision was not a popular vision, he is determined to take the game in the direction he wants to go. Funcom as a company have never listened to their users. The future is anything but bright and I don't think it's the genre at fault at all. Even if it wasn't popular a genre can become very popular if it captures the imagination of people.
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Originally posted by fallenlordsOriginally posted by Uccisore
? TSW doesn't have levels or classes, at least not as you see them in most MMO's. In most other MMO's, when you selected to be a priest or pure healing class, you can't be a tank or AoE nuke, and not all the available skills ingame are free for you to choose from. Sure, there have been other MMO's that didn't have that class structure, where you could pick your own skills and build your own role, but all in all they've been a very slim minority: when you pick your class, you get your list of skills to pick from and that's it, other ones won't be available to you. Same with levels. TSW has a progression system, just like other MMO's that don't use character levels. But once again, MMO's without (character based) levels are very, very rare.
The hook in the game is the different setting that hasn't been done like that in MMO's yet, incl the atmosphere that provides its own richness to quests, exploring and dungeons. It's not everyone's thing, just like scifi in modern literature is far less mainstream than fantasy, or how a game like Amnesia, one of the better horror games, is still more niche than other mainstream horror games. So be it. I like it, that the MMO scene has come to offer more variety in themes and setups than it did in former years.
Originally posted by smh_alot
Been discussed over and over again, TSW may not have traditional levels or classes but it does contain both in a different guise depending on how you look at it overall. Certainly what Funcom produced in this area was certainly not worth the wait.
If the hook is the genre, then why pick a genre that has such a niche following. Don't they want their game to do well? If the only hook is the genre, pick something that has a bigger following like mainstream fantasy. It kind of makes no sense in this instance to rely on genre as the hook. What it needed was a game mechanic that would draw people to play the game and ignore the genre. Half the problem with TSW is the genre not being appealing to many people apart from Tornquist and a few chums.
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Tsw really doesn't have classes
It does sort of have cunningly designed levels
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If tsw has classes. Eve has classes.
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As has no doubt been said multiple times so far in this thread, it's urban fantasy.
There's a shed load of books in classed as urban fantasy these days, some of them are pretty good.


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