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Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) today awarded $23 million in grants to support the national network of 31 Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPI) and the Community Policing Consortium (CPC). The COPS RCPIs are strategically located throughout the country to address the community policing and crime prevention training needs of law enforcement agencies and communities in all 50 states. The CPC is a Washington, D.C. based group comprised of five leading national law enforcement organizations: the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Police Executive Research Forum, the National Sheriffs' Association, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and the Police Foundation. These organizations combine their expertise to deliver innovative training and technical assistance to law enforcement and communities.
The grants awarded today will be used by the RCPIs to administer training programs that enhance integrity practices and policies within law enforcement agencies, further trust and cooperation between police and citizens, and emphasize homeland security and emergency response planning. Since the RCPIs were created in 1997, 210,000 law enforcement personnel, community members, and government leaders have been trained. The CPC will use its funds to continue the delivery of community engagement training and technical assistance, in addition to several national programs that will benefit law enforcement executives throughout the country.
"As the nation's law enforcement agencies seek more effective methods for protecting our citizens from crime and the threat of terrorism, adequate training is of vital importance. The funds awarded today will provide police and sheriffs' departments in every region of the country with access to innovative training and technical assistance resources that have been developed to address the specific challenges of that region," said Attorney General John Ashcroft.
"9-11 and other recent events have taught America that we can be more effective fighting crime and preventing terrorism when law enforcement and other sectors are prepared to work together to ensure our collective safety," said COPS Director Carl R. Peed. "The Regional Community Policing Institutes and the Community Policing Consortium are excellent resources for training that emphasize collaborative partnerships and mutual trust between police and the public."
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Johnston attended and played both baseball and basketball for Ohio State University. Known for sweeping hook shots from the pivot, this 6-foot 8-inch former minor league baseball star played eight NBA seasons with the Philadelphia Warriors. His athletic talent helped him to lead the NBA in scoring (1953-55), rebounding (1955), and field goal percentage (1953, 1956-57). After a career-ending knee injury, Johnston became coach of the Philadelphia Warriors and the Pittsburgh Rens of the American Basketball League as well as the Wilmington Blue Bombers of the Eastern Basketball League.
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Law and Behavioral Science: Removing the Rationality Assumption from Law and Economics
Russell B. Korobkin
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Thomas S. Ulen
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California Law Review, Vol. 88, 2000
U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. 00-01
As law and economics turns 40 years old, its continued vitality is threatened by its unrealistic core behavioral assumption: that people subject to the law act rationally. Professors Korobkin and Ulen argue that law and economics can reinvigorate itself by replacing the rationality assumption with a more nuanced understanding of human behavior that draws on cognitive psychology, sociology and other behavioral sciences, thus creating a new scholarly paradigm called "law and behavioral science". This article provides an early blueprint for research in this paradigm.
The authors first explain the various ways the rationality assumption is used in legal scholarship, and why it leads to unsatisfying policy prescriptions. They then systematically examine the empirical evidence inconsistent with the rationality assumption and, drawing on a wide-range of substantive areas of law, explain how normative policy conclusions of law and economics will change and improve under the law-and-behavioral-science approach.
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A public hearing was held at the Aug. 5 commission meeting concerning the issuance of a Level III conditional use permit for Carnotite LLC. The uranium mine is located in the Tidwell Bottom area 3.5 miles north of the Hanksville exit. Michael McCandless, planning and zoning administrator said if more than five acres will be disturbed then a Level III permit is needed. A public hearing must be held before the permit can be approved. The planning and zoning committee held a hearing and approved the request and it was reviewed by the planning and zoning office and approved.
The mine will be in a previously disturbed area. The trucks will come from the mine and onto a county road where the uranium will be taken to the White Mesa milling facility in Blanding. Carnotite has their Bureau of Land Management permit and their permits from the State of Utah. The county's conditional use permit requires that the mine be fully reclaimed within a year after operations cease at the site. The reclamation bond for the project is already in place. The operation would like to start as soon as possible and will employ a couple of people along with the owner.
The commission approved the conditional use permit.
In other commission business, Commissioner Gary Kofford recommended the public lands department draft a letter to the state which the commissioners will sign dealing with the opening of SR-29 for ATV traffic. Currently the forest service is issuing citations to those riders who ride on or along the highway as they leave Joe's Valley marina on their way to ATV trails. Commissioner Kofford said there have been many requests for this problem to be addressed. He has talked to UDOT and they said a letter would help.
Sheriff LaMar Guymon said down to Moab there is a 4-wheeler trail all along the state highway and it doesn't cause any problems and he wondered why those traveling SR-29 to the trails in Joe's Valley couldn't be allowed to travel along the road.
One problem that might be an issue is the state has several roads they would like to give to counties and the Joe's Valley road happens to be on that list.
Mark H Williams said the ATV group met with the state and forest service and wanted to put a trail along the road and they found a place for a bridge for an ATV crossing, but nothing ever came of it.
Kofford said he thinks the solution is to lower the speed limit and just put the ATVs on the highway.
Ray Petersen, public lands director thinks there is a need for the county road above the switchbacks to be designated as open to ATVs also. Most of that road is in Sanpete County.
The commissioners waived the building permit fees for Huntington City for projects that include a skate park, splash pad and soccer field.
The commission approved the interlocal cooperative agreement to allow Grand County to join the Eastern Utah Television and Technology Association. This association was formed to deal with the digital TV requirements which come into affect in 2009.
The Swinging Bridge kiosk contract between the State of Utah and Emery County was approved and the kiosk will be in place some time in September.
Every year the contract for the law enforcement services to the forest service needs to be renewed. The renewal was approved with an increase of $1,067.
Out of state travel was approved for Mike McCandless to attend an economic development conference in Denver. Bill Howell from the AOG office invited McCandless along and will pay his entry fee and transportation. The county will pay for meals and lodging only.
The commissioners agreed to withhold the checks for Commissioner Drew Sitterud for his cell phone reimbursement while he is on administrative leave. County Attorney David Blackwell has a call into the Attorney General's office to see if that's how the situation should be handled. Commissioner Kofford said until the court case is resolved then the county will not pay those expenses.
Changes in the pool contract included the paint for the ceiling and the installation of an ultraviolet sterilization system which will kill cryptosporidium for $44,000. The paint change was a cost difference of $1,708.
In personnel actions, 3 percent increases were approved for Tammy Tucker and Mark Debry. County Attorney Blackwell requested a $6,000 yearly increase for Deputy County Attorney Brent Langston. The money to prorate the increase for this year will come from the drug seizure money budget. Blackwell said Langston has 22 years experience as a prosecutor and has had no significant pay increases since he's been with the county. The commission approved the increase. Kofford said they can use the drug seizure money this year, but at budget time the increase should be budgeted for in the proper place.
Dixie Swasey, county recorder would like to begin advertising for a part time scanner, the summer help she has used will be leaving the position.
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[sighing-type noise] Browsing the shelves of the video store, I came across this and picked it up simply because I remembered Aamir was in it. And so I found myself in a bad case of wrong movie, wrong time. When you're feeling confused and sad about relationships, don't watch a movie like this; if you're like me (and I think you might be, a little bit, since you enjoy Bollywood-type depictions of emotions), the sadness and hurt of these people are going to get to you in a way you wish they wouldn't, even though the story bears absolutely no resemblance to your actual situation.
This seemed a well-acted film; I appreciated its moments of humor; I squealed with delight when I could hear the Beatles in the background of the birthday party (Beatles and Aamir, all in one scene? What else could I ever want?); the little boy was the least annoying film child I've encountered in a long time; I was pleased that I couldn't completely write off either of the adults, despite their questionable choices, showing a more nuanced situation than we usually get in Bollywood. And that's maybe why it was difficult for me to watch - it's the subtle and complex parts of life that stay with you longest, that are the hardest to find your way in. That mean the most.
Aside to costume person: Aamir rocked the undershirt-as-shirt thing. (No, I won't call it by its more common and completely vile name.) Somehow it added to the rumpled, tired, devoted thing. The OC is ten years late on that.
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WASHINGTON — One reason Washington optimists say President Obama and congressional leaders will cut a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year is confidence that despite the public disagreements, there are private negotiations moving along behind closed doors.
Don't bet on it, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday. "Frankly, I thought we would be accomplishing more in the real talks that are going on privately, but I can tell you — being aware of those — that there's nothing going on privately that's not going on publicly," he said. "We've wasted an enormous amount of time here, sparring back and forth in public. And it strikes me it's a good time to get serious about the proposals."
The two proposals on the table are dueling initial offers by Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to reduce the deficit by about $4 trillion over 10 years by heading down two different fiscal paths.
OBAMA: President calls GOP 'fiscal cliff' plan 'out of balance'
A deal is necessary to avoid the expiration of all the George W. Bush-era tax cuts Dec. 31 and the triggering on Jan. 2 of painful across-the-board spending cuts amounting to $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The combined effect of the two without any action by Washington threatens to throw the economy back into a recession.
MARKETS: Stocks end lower as investors keep eye on 'cliff'
The president's plan relies more on tax increases for earners who make more than $250,000 a year and fewer spending cuts, as well as requests for more stimulus money and permanent authority to increase the U.S. debt limit without congressional oversight. Republicans want to cut more spending, particularly on entitlement programs such as Medicare, and leave tax rates alone but raise revenue by overhauling the tax code and enacting changes such as raising the eligibility age for Medicare.
Outside advocates fanned the flame of optimism Tuesday at a conference hosted by Fix the Debt, a bipartisan coalition of business and Washington interests that advocates for deficit reduction. Somewhere in the middle of those two proposals is a middle ground, they said. "I think everybody knows that they just don't want to take the first step and admit it," said former senator Bob Packwood, R-Ore., who helped draft the last major overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 1986.
Packwood said he saw two ways to reach a deal: for President Obama to bring a coalition together at Camp David and tell them, "We're not coming out until we're agreed," or for congressional leaders to quietly and quickly hammer out a deal and pass it before the end of the year.
Congressional leaders have resisted suggestions of a Camp David gathering. Boehner said after the election that any deal "won't happen around a campfire at Camp David."
Deficit hawks such as former senator Judd Gregg, R-N.H., a former Budget Committee chairman, are wary a deal will be reached. "I think there's a clear path to an agreement if the president and the speaker want to reach one," he said. "On the other hand, it appears to me views are hardening."
Gregg, who withdrew himself for consideration as Commerce secretary during Obama's first term, said he believes the White House is to blame for the impasse.
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Gene Sperling, director of the president's National Economic Council, offered a different view. In a speech this morning, he said, "Recognition that we must raise rates on the highest-income Americans stands today as the critical key to unlocking the door to a bipartisan budget agreement." Republicans continue to oppose individual rate increases.


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What portion of a whale's total body length is its tail?
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A whale has a head, body and tail, but because of its sleek form it's hard to tell where one part ends and the next begins. The tail of a whale accounts for one third of its body length.
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What is an obvious reason that scientists believe whales were once land-based animals?
Fossils have been found of whale like creatures with tiny legs that could not possibly support their weight.
Whales have vestigial hind legs buried in their flesh.
Both of the above are reasons that scientists believe whales evolved from land animals to living only in water.
Fossils have been found of whale-like creatures with tiny legs that could not support their weight and modern whales still have vestigial hind legs buried in their flesh. Some studies conclude that whales were once four-legged animals with hooves.
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What is the name given to a method employed by many whales to find prey and locate obstacles in the water using sound waves?
Echolocation is the process where a whale emits a series of clicks from its mouth or from organs in its head, the sound waves radiate out in the water. When the sound waves reach another animal or some obstacle, they bounce off and travel back to a whales ears, the whale calculates the time this takes to find the distance and direction of a target.
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Question 6 of 20
What is the behavior called when whales slap the water with their tails?
Whales sometimes slap the water with their tails and it produces a tremendous splash. This stunt is called lobtailing and experts make guesses that they do it for mating purposes, communication, a warning or just plain fun. No one really knows for sure.
Question 7 of 20
A whale is an oxygen-breathing mammal, so how does it breathe when it spends most of its time underwater.
A whale extracts oxygen from the water and surfaces only to blow out water containing carbon dioxide.
A whale opens a blowhole to breathe as it breaks the surface and then closes it before submerging again.
To breathe in air a whale will surface, flex a muscle to open its blowhole at the top of its head and then inhale. When the whale relaxes muscle, the blowhole closes so it can submerge again and this all happens very quickly.
A whale inhales oxygen through its always-open blowhole just after it ejects water that came in while submerged.
Question 8 of 20
What is it that allows whales to eat while submerged without drowning?
A whale's lungs are connected as with land animals, but a flap seals the mouth from the windpipe when submerged.
Air pressure in a whale's lungs prevents water from entering during feeding while submerged.
A whale's lungs and windpipe are connected only to its nasal passages and not its mouth.
Whales have lungs and breathe air -- just like other mammals -- but their windpipes are not connected to their mouths.
Question 9 of 20
Why do whales squirt seawater out of their blowholes, if their blowholes are always closed during submersion?
Whales do not squirt seawater from their blowholes at all.
The spout that we see is caused by exhaled air that is warmer than the surrounding air at the water's surface. As it shoots out the ejected air rapidly cools and the water vapor in the exhaled air immediately condenses into a liquid, giving the appearance that it is water spraying.
Whales squirt seawater from their blowholes as part of their mating ritual.
Whales only squirt seawater from their blowholes when they feel threatened in order to intimidate a threat.
Question 10 of 20
When an experienced whale watcher observes a waterspout, what can they tell about the whale that created it?
Experienced whale-watchers can identify the sex of a whale simply by its distinct waterspout.
Experienced whale-watchers can identify the species of whale simply by observing its waterspout.
Since each species of whale has a uniquely shaped blowhole, they also have a distinctive spout shape. Experienced whale-watchers can use the spout shape to identify any particular species without any other clues.
Experienced whale-watchers can identify the health of a whale simply by observing its waterspout.
Question 11 of 20
Into how many groups do scientists divide whales?
Scientists divide whales into two groups. There are baleen whales and toothed whales.
Question 12 of 20
Non-toothed whales have developed something called a baleen to allow them to catch their food. What is a baleen?
A baleen is a wide plate in a whale's mouth that has hundreds of round openings to trap fish from seawater.
A baleen is a wide plate in a whale's mouth that looks like fishing net.
A baleen is a wide plate in a whale's mouth made up of hundreds of long blades to trap fish from seawater.
A baleen is a wide plate in a whale's mouth formed with hundreds of long blades made from the same material as our fingernails, called keratin. The blades are up to seven feet long and form a sieve that the whale uses to filter small animals such as krill, plankton or small fish from seawater.
Question 13 of 20
What do whales drink?
Whales drink from the seawater when they swim.
Whales get their water from the food they eat.
Whales get their water from the food they eat, just like all marine mammals. Whales cannot drink salt water, as it causes dehydration in tissue.
Both of the above are ways that whales drink water.
Question 14 of 20
What do whales do to stay hydrated if they do not have food readably available from which to derive water?
Whales will drink what they need from their blubber stores.
Whales actually drink the water they need from their stored up blubber when food is not plentiful enough to provide their hydration needs. A thin whale not only risks starvation but also could die from thirst.
Whales will seek out fresh water springs often found close to shore or at the bottom of the ocean.
Whales are often found drinking at fresh water outlets of large rivers, which can extend more than a mile offshore.
Question 15 of 20
What is the round-trip distance of the longest migration of a mammal, which is completed by a gray whale?
10,000 miles
Gray whales migrate all the way from the Bering and Chukchi Seas in the Arctic to southern California. It is the longest migration of any mammal, with a round-trip distance of some 10,000 miles (16,000 km).
8,000 miles
6,000 miles
Question 16 of 20
What is another popular name that blue whales are affectionately called?
big blue
gentle giant
sulfur bottom
The name sulfur bottom comes from the fact that the underside of the blue whale commonly becomes coated with yellowish microscopic algae. Blue whales swim at a top speed of about 30 mph (48 kph) but they still cannot shake off that algae or the name.
Question 17 of 20
How much of the tiny shrimp like krill can an average blue whale consume during the summer feeding season?
over 14,000 pounds
over 10,000 pounds
During the summer feeding season, a blue whale may devour over 10,000 pounds (4,536 kilograms) of krill a day.
over 7,000 pounds
Question 18 of 20
Do whales have good eyesight?
Baleen whales have good eyesight especially in dim underwater environs but toothed whales do not.
Blue whales and other baleen whales have good eyesight, but unlike humans the baleen whales have eyes that are flattened in the front. This eye shape is better for seeing in a dim, underwater habitat. Toothed whales do not see well at all.
Both Baleen and toothed whales have better than average eyesight underwater.
All whales rely more on sound to locate food and obstructions than they do on eyes.
Question 19 of 20
Are killer whales dangerous to humans, especially swimmers or divers?
Killer whales are noted for attacking whaling boats, swimmers or divers and are very dangerous when in the wild.
Killer whales did not get that name by accident so beware and get out of the water if one approaches.
Killer whales are simply a huge dolphin and if treated with respect will act in kind toward you.
Killer whales or orcas are simply huge dolphins and usually act like dolphins, showing affection to humans and even saving humans from shark attacks. Like any dolphin, killer whales will become agitated and annoyed if humans overdo playful roughhousing and can give you a nasty time.
Question 20 of 20
About how much weight can mother blue whales lose while nursing their infant?
as much as 150,000 pounds
as much as 100,000 pounds
A mother blue whale may lose as much as 100,000 pounds (45,400 kilograms), or a third of her body weight, while nursing. Baby blue whales consume up to 50 gallons (189 L) of milk every day and grow by as much as 10 pounds (4.54 kg) every hour.
as much as 80,000 pounds


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Its amazing how intensely people fixate on things they dont like. It seems like most people like *disliking* things more than anything else.
I really cant stand the endless ranting against "emo horror" or whatever other moronic cliche "the l33t" need to use to validate their own importance as they denigrate something they claim to not even have any interest in.
How can a handful of titles *ruin a genre*?
To anyone that isnt an imbecile, the answer is they cant. I read a ton of vampire, horror, etc fiction and none of it is the "urban fantasy" type stuff.
WoD, Secret World, etc are *urban fantasy*. "Emo blah blah" that the idiots rant about (Twilight et al) is *also urban fantasy* but skewed towards a specific demographic.
NONE of that is horror. There is PLENTY of *actual* horror fiction. More than ever in more mediums than ever. Last I checked Steven King and Peter Straub are pretty well off. Only in the lunatic asylum that is geekdom/fandom/geek blogs is Twilight such a big world destroying "issue". Ironic that the people that hate it are more consumed with it than the people that LOVE IT.
IF a horror MMO cant work, it is because:
1) "horror" is not defineable. NO ONE agrees on what is "scary" because its entirely objective. And to make it worse, every idiot is 100% sure THEY are "right". So if they slept through paranormal activity, thats because it "IS NOT SCARY!" NO ability to accept that for SOME people THAT is scary and HOSTEL (for example) IS NOT.
2) there are 1000 different things that 1000 different groups find "scary", and NO concept is universal. There is also a HUGE group of "genre fans" who need to pretend that they dont find ANYTHING scary (everyone knows this type... no matter what it is, they have to claim they were neither scared nor moved... Concentration Camp footage from WWII supposedly puts these empty vessels to sleep) As a result of this... there is NO AUDIENCE
3) with a genre that breaks down to a niche within a niche within a niche all essentially unable to be satisfied, there is NOT a lot of economic opportunity
4) the very nature of horror is about isolation, risk and finality. the very nature of an MMO is about progression, repetition and competition. NOT impossible but VERY tough to make a persistent and massively multiplayer game that, by definition, cant have an "ending" and that allows every player to experience everything (otherwise they come to these forums and rant and rave that everything is "unfair") and have the "game" still work as a game
IF a horror MMO is impossible (and I STILL think it is... NO reason why a Silent Hill MMO couldnt work... it would be bad ass), it would be for THESE reasons. Not because Twilight is popular. How idiotic.
Originally posted by mlambert890
How can a handful of titles *ruin a genre*?
1) "horror" is not defineable. NO ONE agrees on what is "scary" because its entirely objective.
When a genre that is defined by classics becomes a trend that is defined by massively and temporary interest, the whole market for the genre becomes saturated and then put asside for a decade which is irritating to the fans of the classical genre...
also, you must have meant SUBJECTIVE instead of OBJECTIVE.
"They're (vampires) now ruined forever, and any MMORPG based around them is going to be so chock full of Bellas and Cullens that the collector's edition is going to include a box of tampons and some glitter."
great line
well i totally agree with Coyote and in fact, you can pull all arguements through to all games (whether MMO or have a multiplayer part to it).
funny thing is, i found 1 game (actually 2, the sequel is not bad either) that can stand out and really make things as tough as it gets.
Demon's Souls (if you never heard of it, look it up)
It's not really horror or even an MMO at all, but that is probably the best and closest shot to a very scary, unforgiving game as can be. You can see other players run around...as ghostlike figures... they scared the crap out of me. Dark Souls looks even better, is also totally scary and hard but still, nothing beats the original.
If they could give this in a bit more MMO feel, i think that Demon's Souls might be the only one sticking out and making it. (although it is a console game too btw...wish there was a pc version...)
rest my case.
Originally posted by idgarad
Originally posted by Ubermeh
Originally posted by Ozmodan
Completely disagree, your reasoning is flawed. Just look at WOD, been selling games for a long time. The secret world will be a success too.
First time you really messed up Coyote.
WOD was a leading contirbutor to the emo angsty horror genre.
Secret world maybe a success but not because it is scaring the shit out of anyone.
One Word: Toreador.
Interview with a Vampire wasn't emo enough for ya, we had to suffer through 9 years of writing and countless clan books inspired by that Anne Rice humbug. There were enough D-bags larping all over the Mall of America with that Masqurade. WoD was about as scary as Leslie Neilson playing Dracula.
Suspense and tension are needed in horror error. Without the ability to control the pace and environment (which single player games can do versus an MMO) you can get that. Even in small 5 man environments you can. But the moment you are about to work up to a point of intense suspense and terror some D-bag will be spamming "wtb 50 holy water for 30 gp. PST with offers" every 3 minutes or immersion breaking moments of "Need 2 Vamp hunters and a Witch Doctor to run Vlad's Crypt. 400+ Gear Score only please."
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Excuse me? I can't disagree with what you wrote more. Pretty sad you can't make your point without a mod editing it.
If CCP can ever get WOD published it will be a hugh success. The secret world will also be a success, because it is not another theme park like SWTOR.
^above: while I hope TSW is good too, there is no indication that it is anything other than a thempark also. On a sidenote to this sidenote: one of its locations is an actual themepark.
How can he know there hasn't been an attempt at a real horror mmorpg. Gore maybe but not horror, I don't see any Ravenloft games being produced and World Of Darkness has been abandoned by CCP, by abandoned I mean they will never make it. So were still at Zero then. But ask yourself this, are there any scary single player rpgs? Then you say well you cant make an mmo like a rpg, well that didn't stop Bioware did it? Seriously have someone actually produce a horror mmorpgs of any sort, and get back to me. But one things for certain, it wont be a themepark or a typical one, probably an iffy Sandbox at best, it couldnt be done in a traditional way. I could explain why but I dont have 3 pages.
Why would a horror mmo have to have such generalized monsters. Its not like new ones cant be created. I mean you could have possessed people, serial killers, etc.
Great read!
Listen to what the man says: Its not the genre, its the people. A new mmorpg, be it a horror or HobbitsAndElves will be treated in the very same way by too many people. we want something new - but not too new. Many players are burnt out on themeparks and dont realise it, instead asking for the impossible - a fix that still thrills... So hop on the treadmill and see if the newest still can mesmerize you - it wont, btw.
If we could get that browser based zombie mmorpg, "urbandead" 3d it would take off. I haven't played it in a year because busy life, but it was fun. You choose a "class," such as military (start with m16), nurse/doc (med kit) and you have a certain amount of energy to do tasks. Anyways, I like the thread.
Time to fix this genre.
I don't think it's unreasonable to make a horror MMO, you just have to focus on what scares people. You make the character design very intricate and difficult. Let people spend hours upon hours creating there character. Only give them one character slot. Let them play till level 30 and then introduce permadeath. When a person has invested a few weeks or more into a character, and the prospect of having to reroll is on the line, they'll jump if a bug sneezes.
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.
Of course a horror MMO could work. You won't be frightened by it possible not even immersed but it could definitely work. You may ask "Then what's the point?". The point would be to make an entertaining game. Lets face it not much scares you these days. That shouldn't stop people from making such a game
A zombie survival sandbox game, where you create your own community, with its own defenses and an AI that randomly throws mobs at the settlement you have to defend against, not to mention gather provisions from the world around you sounds pretty awesome to me. The asshats mentioned are part of any MMO and that doesn't stop those MMOs from being successful.
Buuuut if you want to go to the extremes, then you could always have preset dialogue options from drop down menus to use and buddy codes to open up chat between certain individuals, just like games like Wizard101 if you are afraid of Chuck Norris jokes to ruin your personal roleplay and immersion.
You are right about one thing Mr Coyote..The Walking Dead has indeed turned into an emo fest rather than a zombie apocalypse tv show
this has by far been the worst column post I have seen on this site.
The problem is that the OP is thinking within the box, within the lines of themepark MMO's.. Ofcourse a themepark styled MMO would NOT work by a longshot in this modern MMO age. Howver, that does not mean that a Horror/Adventure MMO is doomed to fail from the start.
A horror themed MMO is in fact a great idea with great potential, if it would be in the hands of a capable producer/developer who is willing and capable to innovate. Look at Amnesia, one of the scariest games ever created. Now Imagine that game but an open dark world in which you cannot fight, only run and hide. A world like this has to be well designed, contain a limit on players and be non instanced to work... but the potential is there.
Heh-heh. Likely more true than not.
A Horror MMO couldn't be built around the typical shoot-the-duck-at-the-carnival dynamic most mmo's use, with players running around mashing the SHOOT-EM key frantically. At anything that moves while staring glassy-eyed and drooling lipped wonder at a DPS meter, brain cells slowly collapsing by the dozens then winking out.
A horror based mmo would work for the right segment of the gaming community if it was based more on mystery, puzzle solving, tracking of clues and uncovering of things, intermixed with combat. "The Name of the Rose" kind of stuff.
Any rate, good read and probably accurate (in general) of the Human Condition nowadays.
Wherever you go, there you are.
While I enjoyed reading this and I have to agree on many aspects of it, you are wrong about it would not work. Bit ago a game came out called requim bloodymare, it was a god aweful attempt to make a horror inspired fantasy mmorpg. However it had some unique aspects to the game that made it worth noting. One we all know that horror occures at night when was the last time you saw micheal Myers kill at night or Freddy go on a killing spree at noon. Or vampires and werewolves attack in broad daylight. It just doesnt happen. Requiem had monsters everywhere you went but at certain times you would enter night time and Special monsters would apear, they had better loot drops and were rather nasty to take out on your own...The same mechanic could be applied to another game with a far better story line.
Now story line. You will need one that is relevant and known. Only one I see being able to do this is is something in the Hp lovecraft mythos, or possibly a vampire hunter d based game...though I lean more to the cthulhu mythos as it provides a wide array of places to investigate battle and quest in.
When night comes things would come lurking out of the dark and the only sanctuary would be day light. Plus Im sure we could get some good voice acting by Dean Stockwell, For those that dont know Dean stockwell is one of the only actors to do two cthulhu based movies, and would be kinda a treat to the fans.
But the principle of a horror mmo could be done but you would have do it right....
Zombie survival mmo would not work as there would be no such things as boss raids,
vampire mmo could work but you would have to expand to other things that go bump in the night
A space base horror mmo could work as sci-fi can come up with alot of nasty creatures
serial killer mmo would not work as you cant kill the slasher over and over and over they always come back and it would be to much like the movies...
so yes there is a possibility for a horror mmo to work, however with out some developement done correctly with some fans assisting I dont think it could survive.
Any MMO will work as long as its done well. Another run back and forth across the map, "guildie", grind till your hand hurts doing things other people are too intelligent to do, so you can have "gear" which gives you a complete advantage so you can prove your innate "skill" this has been done before 100 times and failed as many, game will not succeed no, regardless of meaningless theme.
I can see they are trying here, but they are trying all the wrong things, the corporate way. They are trying to give you what they want to give you based on their own inventory, as opposed to giving you something that is unique, that you, yourself would like to play. Some games are going to fail, but anyone that doesn't try soemthing new from here out, will not even stand a chance. Slapping a new theme on the same old crap serves no purpose other than wasting everyone's time and money.
The idea that "fans" are going to make a game is stupid. All you get is the same crowd demanding the same tired time sink theme, that I want to be a boss in the game because I cant succeed by myself so here what you have to give me or me and my ilk will troll the game to death formula which has ruined every game out there. What they need is someone who actually has some vision and knowledge of what can be done, before this whole industry is part of the past which seems where we are going anyway. Games 30 years ago had more creativity, now its all about recurring revenue, or, not suprisingly, the lack of. Everyone has the right to make a living, but you should stick with something you have talent and knowledge of, not something you think is going to make up for all the bad past decisions you made.
The day all the little game boutiques became corporate buyouts is the day the industry went from being enjoyable to being a complete ripoff. Not unlike so many other industries in the US.
With permanent death and cutting player interaction to its bare minimum a good horror mmo would be possible. Oh, and another thing, it needs to be unfair or truly difficult.
Kinda like "realms of the mad god" i guess, but horror instead of just adventure, an enfasis on surviving, not on killing.
Originally posted by nuttob
There is Requiem already out there, and I think that's about as close as your going to get for a horror MMO.
what? Requiem? that's just a fail game, nothing in it, NOTHING that can be considered horror, in fact Requiem= Lineage 2 with grinding sesions anoyong from the blood poping from them when they dye.
Any mmo would work if it was done right.
Total fail of an article. But i guess the little kids might like it.
If a horror MMO is going to succeed, you have to control the ambience. One of the things you can do is control the chatting system. Make the chatting system relative to your location and not for the total area. Have it to where people within a specific radius is capable of hearing you, and not the entire server or faction. Also, the game needs to take a page from Guild Wars and make it zoned instanced. When you enter a safe area, you can meet up with additional players and plan out your next incursion back into the city. You can also set it up so that in these instanced areas, it's possible to meet up with additional players, but in a randomized variable so that you're never meeting up with the same people outside of your party. Or make it so that you can group with multiple people or even guild mates and only they are the ones that can come into your area outside of a city zone.
Also, you need to keep the grouping small. If you are doing a party, no more than 5 people total in the group. And make it to where you can hire NPC. Having a leveling system won't help as no matter what level you are, the areas just need to be horrific period. So randomizing the spawns would help add to the ambience. If you are going to use some sort of leveling system, you need to make it on a "use basis". Meaning, the more you use a shotgun, the more experienced you become in it. The more you have to repair weaponry, the higher skill you become, and the more likely you can affect the overall product you are working with. Ammunition does need to be finite, same with healing supplies, etc. But if you are using an instanced system like Guild Wars, this is easily controllable.
To truly be able to keep with the "WOW" (and not meaning World of WarcrafT) factor, you need to keep the size of the game relatively manageable. If you can interchange between city and country settings, then you have a chance of keeping things more random. The biggest hurdle you have to get over will be "How do you keep players playing?" The game would have to expand. Add more cities, newer monsters, or even more powerful monsters. Also, don't just limit yourself to a single area, but add to it by adding larger cities. So say the game starts off in New York, if you add cities through monthly or periodical updates like WoW, you add cities close to New York. Example: Add New Jersey or Albany or Buffalo and add small cities from there. With each city, you increase the difficulty. Instead of running around against mindless zombies, maybe the based zombie is more like the de-evolved humans from I AM LEGEND. You make it so that each city has a completely different monster group.
You also need to take into account what humans would have done to combat the infestation. Say North Korea has decided that with this infestation, it's now time to attack the United States so they have occupied the West Coast, and destroyed cities with Nuclear weaponry, but inadvertently caused the monsters to mutate into strong creatures.
So the idea from a Horror MMO is possible, and would be awesome if done right, but it would have to be an ever changing game. You don't NEED permadeath to add to the ambience, but it would help if you did have a server or two that were permadeath like Diablo 2's Hardcore play style.

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Who said the Secret World was supposed to be "scary" like survival horror? I don't think that was ever implied?
It's horror themed, and I'm sure there will no doubt be some very spooky moments throughout the game, but by no means is the whole game supposed to be like Silent Hill in 1999....
Flawed article, imo.
Requiem is a horror MMO. not a horror like silent hill, but its considered a horror mmo
But I like Vampre Diaries...
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The Real Problem with China's Ghost Towns
We've all seen the reports on "ghost town" developments in China, showing acres of empty high-rise apartments and vacant shopping malls. These barren towns seem particularly ironic in a country planning to move 250 million people from the countryside to cities in the next 20 years. But this massive, unprecedented demand has been distorted by a number of factors unique to China. Flawed financial incentives for cities and developers, along with the poor phasing of services, amenities, and jobs create most of the problems. In addition, China's emerging middle class is very comfortable (perhaps too comfortable) investing in real estate, so people often buy apartments in incomplete communities but don't move in, expecting that values will rise, or that they will live there someday. The result is a string of large, empty developments that remain speculative investments rather than real homes and communities. [See-through buildings are the worry now, but the real problems may come when they are full.]
While it's hard to get data on vacancy levels in China, there are certainly many anecdotal examples across the country. An all-too-typical example is Chenggong, the new town planned for 1.5 million just outside of Kunming in the west. This freshly minted city boasts the growing Yunnan University, currently with 170,000 students and faculty; a new government center; and an emerging light industrial area. Under construction are the city's new high-speed rail station and two metro lines connecting the historic city center.
Courtesy Peter Calthorpe
The town has been growing at a robust 6% a year. There seems to be lots of activity to prime the pump, but even here there are scores of vacant buildings. Why? Foremost is Chinese tax policy: there are no local property taxes so cities derive most of their income from developing land. The incentive is to lease large tracts of land (land sales are illegal in China), even if the market and complementary services aren't ready. Without an ongoing property tax, the long-term viability of the towns is a secondary consideration. Compounding this, the average Chinese worker, with their high savings rate, needs investment options. Lacking a transparent stock market, most workers prefer to own real estate if they can, both as an investment and as future home for a child. They often buy with cash, and with no debt and no property tax it's easy to hold empty apartments. Additionally, the country has yet to see a drop in real estate values so the properties seem safe. (Sound familiar?)
In addition to these buy-now financial incentives, the transit in Chenggong isn't complete, and many of the town's services and schools are yet to come. Consequently, many people purchase apartments but stay in their old homes until the new community is complete or their child marries. The good news here: these tax, investment, and development policies can be easily corrected, and in fact the central government is considering new property taxes, limits to second home speculation, and a more strategic phasing of infrastructure.
Perhaps more significant than these market irregularities and flawed policies is the long-term viability and health of the new towns. Most development in China takes the form of superblocks with towers in the park-style gated communities. At up to a quarter of a mile to an intersection and often eight lanes of automobile traffic across the street, walking and biking in these districts is difficult and dangerous. Driving then skyrockets worsening congestion, air pollution, carbon emissions, and household costs. In Jinan, a study showed a quadrupling of auto travel in the newer superblock developments.
In addition to these growing economic and environmental issues, these developments—some containing more than 5,000 dwellings—hold the seeds of rapid social decay. As we experienced in the West, this urban pattern isolates people in huge impersonal landscapes that lack identity, safety (no "eyes on the street"), community, and a human scale. We demolished a generation of social housing built on this model, and I believe the Chinese eventually will too.
Courtesy Peter Calthorpe
Fortunately, Chenggong is experimenting with a new model of urban planning. With support from the national government and planning by the China Sustainable Transportation Center, our firm is redesigning 2,500 acres in the central district of the new town. The superblocks have been broken down to human-scale, traditional courtyard blocks. The streets are smaller and more frequent—and many are auto free or dedicated for transit. Parks are smaller but closer and safer with housing overlooking each. Mixed-use buildings with sidewalk oriented shops and cafes rebuild the street-life that was once a hallmark of older Chinese communities. And ultimately jobs will balance with housing, avoiding the "bedroom community" disease that eroded suburbs all over the world.
This new pattern is in its "pilot" phase with government officials studying the results and policy implications. But there is every reason to believe timely corrections can be made, both in the incentives that distort the market and, perhaps most important, in China's new cities. Creating the appropriate design DNA as well as the proper economic incentives will profoundly impact the long-term social, economic and environmental viability of urban centers that will be the largest and fastest growing in the history of mankind. For all of our sakes, let's hope China gets it right.
Peter Calthorpe, a Berkeley-based architect and planner, heads up Calthorpe Associates. He is a founding member of the Congress for the New Urbanism and the author of several books, including his latest, Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.
The reason for the Chinese town councils' enthusiasm for building is not the tax collected by the city. This might be the official reason, but there is a deeper and more important reason. The members of the party in the city have personal interest in land development. Developers, city officials and bankers all get together to apportion the bounty every time there is a development. Many of the properties are either dished out to the city officials or nowadays their relatives, or other favours come their way. The same goes for the state banks which give the funds for the building - the amount to build is over-estimated and this all comes back to all concerned. My point is that it is this corruption that is driving the insatiable need to build; and whether the city collects taxes is totally irrelevant.


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Don was born in Cleveland on October 22, 1921 to Louis and Mary Jane "Matt" Larsen. He was one of seven children. His dad owned a farm north of Elmo. They lived on the farm on weekends and in Cleveland during the week. The farm gave all of the Larsen children a chance to learn to work hard. After their father died in 1966, the children continued to run the farm. Don has always had farming in his blood and worked on the farm from a very early age until the family farm was sold in 2000.
Don went to work in the Spring Canyon coal mine when he was about 20 years old. He also worked for a short time at the McKinnon Mine in Huntington Canyon. Don employed at Kaiser he held many jobs such as a motor operator and loader operator. He became a face boss, mine foreman and mine superintendent before his retirement from Kaiser.
He also worked on the new long wall mining machines and was sent to Germany and England to learn about the operation of these revolutionary new mining machines. After his retirement from Kaiser, he was hired by American Coal as a long wall consultant at the Deer Creek Mine when the first machines were being installed there.
LaRue was born on Jan. 4, 1926 to Ernest and Effie Stevenson. She was born in Columbia and was raised there along with her four sisters, Viola, Jean, Barbara and Eileen. Her father was a coal miner in the local mines.
She lived in Columbia until she was married. Don and LaRue were married Sept. 29, 1943 in the Manti Temple. They lived in Cleveland until 1946 when they moved to Sunnyside. They lived there until 1956 when they moved to Price.
After their children were older, LaRue went back to school to get her degree in elementary education. She was an honor student when she graduated from CEU in 1965. She then went to Utah State University to complete her degree.
LaRue taught second grade at Price Elementary until her retirement. She touched the lives of many students and many students still remember her with invitations to weddings, graduations, etc.
In 1996 Don and LaRue decided they wanted to spend their retirement back in Cleveland. Along with the help of family members, they tore down their old family home and put a new modular home in its place. Don lost one brother and two sisters in childhood and more recently, a brother Kay. One of the blessings of living in Cleveland is being able to spend time with his brother, Dee Larsen and his sister Sherma Gardner and their families.
Don and LaRue have three children, Judy Rowley of Huntington, Dr. Brent Larsen and Brad Larsen both of Scottsdale, Ariz. They have 11 grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
They spend their free time helping family members, working in the Church, landscaping their yard and visiting with family and friends. LaRue always has time to fix big family meals including her wonderful homemade bread and rolls. She also finds time to share her talents in writing and poetry. Don has enjoyed restoring his 1949 Hudson.
They are enjoying being back in Cleveland.
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The passing of a brother is never easy and doubly hard when it involves one with as much life and vitality as Charley. Several groups of people helped make this last week bearable and I would like to take a moment to tell them how much they are appreciated from the bottom of my grieving heart.
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I can't decide if Fran Drescher's dress is supposed to be ironic.
Not a good color for her, in my opinion. Rich jewel tones are better for her. Ruby, emerald, amethyst.
Anna Gunn looks like a summer evening. Fab.
Sammy L is married? Huh. Never knew that for some reason.
Lucy Lui why do you have a can of aerosol dusting spray while looking so fancy?
Thalia makes me want to find a pair of shears and cut off that ridiculously unnecessary train.
Fran. I still heart you, you lovable peachy nanny.ReplyCancel
Sting is looking more and more like Max Headroom (Evo/Devo, fellow clones)
Lucy! No BUNueno!
Wayne Brady…I would tear you up.You would have my number in a second and get the digits, moments later ; )
Beth looks great.ReplyCancel
Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?
IMO, best Chappelle Show sketch ever.ReplyCancel
Wayne Brady, just so talented. Love, love, love him!
Skinny pants on men just look like their balls are shoved up alongside their Adams Apple, and "what dick??" Hate the look, always have, time to move forward.
Fran looks gorgeous. Lovely figure. Color could be better, but hey, whatever.ReplyCancel
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TUPELO – Attorney Jason Shelton formally entered the race for Tupelo mayor Monday.
The 36-year-old Tupelo native hopes to succeed Mayor Jack Reed Jr., who is not seeking a second term, and said he wants to build on the momentum the city has generated over the past several years.
"Tupelo remains a place of great people, tremendous resources, and unlimited opportunity," Shelton said in announcing his candidacy. "I am passionate about Tupelo and ready to build upon our past success with a new round of energetic leadership in City Hall."
He will run as a Democrat.
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I think its time for the Evening Dragon....!
Also I don't know if even everyone teamed up together could take Madara down, after all hes an immortal who escaped Edo Tensei and repairs instantly and has limitless chakra... I think they might need to either seal him in the moon himself or figure out a way to cut the tie to Edo Tensei.
Exciting chapter! But I do really hope Bee steps up his game and starts acting like the 8-tails already... Naruto is only 1 more tail and already is helping everyone out lol
A pie in the sky?
I don't know what's with Bee now. At the start of Tobi vs the jinchuuriki fight it was Naruto looking a great big fool with Bee having to bail him out (along with Kakashi and Gai) but since Bee went full Bijuu he just became more and more useless. I mean ok an octo-bull don't got legs but it's like since he got horn-snapped by the 5 tails he's been rooted to the spot such that Naruto is having to bail him out. It's as if his ability to attack has been cut to nearly zero which is a shame considering the extent to which he owned team hawk in his first appearance, but I guess Naruto's growth wouldn't be as clear if Bee was kicking just as much ass beside him.
Bee is mostly acting like a fortress, which the good guys can retreat to. His powers in his human form aren't that useful in this fight, although his lightning pencils could be useful for forcing Obito to warp. I wonder what the extent of Bee's injuries are at this point... is he still bleeding from the chest?
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
And Zero, I agree completely that Kakashi could use a sword like Samaheda, or a Forehead crystal like Tsunade has.
I suppose Samaheda shine brighter in the hands of a villain who doesn't care whose chakra he steals.
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This recording pays homage to the late Per-Olof Johnson, the Swedish guitarist who was G÷ran S÷llscher's teacher and inspiration. Johnson's importance in stimulating guitar players (and listeners) to explore the rich repertoire of music for the lute and the vihuela cannot be emphasized enough. In order to perform this music as faithfully as possible to (and often straight from) the original lute tablature, in the 1960s Johnson together with the Swedish guitar-maker Georg Bolin developed the alto guitar, an eleven-string instrument, with the six highest strings tuned like a Renaissance lute, five bass strings tuned diatonically, and a shorter string length than the classical guitar's. For the classical guitarist this instrument unlocks a huge repertoire of attractive music from the 16th to 18th centuries, as G÷ran S÷llscher demonstrates in his interpretations on this disc.
The first printed lute tablature books were published in Italy as early as 1507, and during the entire 16th century the Italian lutenists as well as their music had a powerful influence on the rest of Europe. Italian lute music dominated both in quality and in quantity. Many Italian lutenists were employed at foreign courts, for example Alberto da Ripa, who earned his living in Paris. However, "Il divino" Francesco da Milano was the most important and best known of them all. His music and, above all, his fantasias and ricercares are found in many sources outside of Italy. Francesco was a great improviser, and the profound effect his playing had on listeners is well documented by his contemporaries. Simone Molinaro and his Intavolatura di liuto, published in 1599, mark the end of a glorious century of Italian lute music. One of MolinaroÆs finest and most popular pieces, the Ballo detto ōIl Conte Orlando", was arranged for orchestra by Ottorino Respighi in his first set of Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, published in 1917.
Lute music was also published in southern Germany (as well as in Hungary and Austria) in the first decades of the 16th century. During this period the Humanist movement inspired a pedagogical aim in the German lute composers. Arnolt Schlick, whose tablature book Tabulaturen etlicher lobgesang und lidlein, was published as early as 1512, and Hans Neusidler produced fine examples of this combination of pedagogical ambition with straightforward but first-rate and occasionally powerful music.
The foremost Spanish vihuelists of the 16th century were Alonso Mudarra, Luys Milßn and Luys de Narvķz. Their music was mainly published in printed tablature books; very little is found in manuscript sources. Most of the vihuela books are also pedagogical works, and Luys Milßn attaches to each piece a short description of relevant technical matters. His FantasĒa de consonancias y redobles eloquently demonstrates how well this pedagogical ambition can be incorporated in music of high quality. Alonso Mudarra's famous fantasia, "which imitates the harp in the manner of Ludovico", is a rare example of the imitation of another instrument and sounds modern in its use of dissonance. Luys de Narvķz's Canci¾n del Emperador is a good example of the much-loved tradition of transcribing vocal works for a plucked instrument and his Quatro diferencias shows him as perhaps the first master of the variation.
France is less well represented by lute music from the 16th century and it is not really until the 17th that French lutenists achieved significant European influence. The four attractive Branles de village by the prolific Robert Ballard, with their suggestive drone bass evoking the rustic hurdy-gurdy or bagpipe, date from the beginning of the 17th century and were published in 1614. Ballard belonged to an important family of music publishers, and his music already has one foot in a new and increasingly successful tradition, one in which French lutenists would soon occupy the forefront.
England contributed little to the development of the lute in the first part of the 16th century, but beginning with the Elizabethan era musical creativity seems to have exploded among its madrigalists, virginalists and lutenists. The "golden age" of English lute music lasted from about 1580 to 1610 and yielded a large body of music of superb quality - ambitious and complex works as well as popular dance and song pieces. Peter Philips's fame rests on his vocal and instrumental music, though there is no proof that he actually composed for the lute. Many of his works, however, were transcribed for the lute, as was common practice in the 16th century. His joyful, sad and magnificent Chromatic Pavan and Galliard is a good example of the successful translation of music from one instrument to another. Antony Holborne was not only a lutenist, but also composed for (and probably played) both cittern and bandora, two metal-strung plucked instruments much used in consort music of the period. Holborne's music is both polyphonic and melodious, with great rhythmic variety.
John Dowland was the outstanding lute composer of the Elizabethan period and, perhaps, of the entire Renaissance. He embodies the "golden age" of English lute music. His musical output was vast and varied, and he moved freely between the genres of his time, from straightforward tunes to complex works of the utmost magnificence. Among his most famous compositions for the solo lute are his chromatic fantasias, and perhaps the greatest of these is his Forlorn Hope Fancy, a work of strong emotion that can deeply move its listeners. It is among the most striking pieces in the entire lute repertoire. But Dowland also composed many smaller pieces, joyful, enchanting and appealing, often dedicated to noblemen. This programme concludes with one of the most sensual (and unusual) pieces written for the lute: Dowland's My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard, to be performed by two players on a single lute. The visual effect of this work, possibly designed to be played by a seated woman with a man standing behind and embracing her in order to be able to execute the second part, must have been quite remarkable .
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