Siren

Siren or sirens may refer to:

Most common uses

  • Siren (mythology), a creature in Greek mythology
  • Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies
  • Animals

  • Hestina, a genus of brush-footed butterfly commonly called the Sirens
  • Siren (genus), a genus of aquatic salamanders in the Sirenidae family
  • Sirenia, an order of aquatic mammals including sea cows, Dugongs, and Manatees
  • Sirenidae, a family of aquatic salamanders
  • Places

  • Siren (town), Wisconsin
  • Siren, Wisconsin, a village
  • Siren Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica
  • Siren Rock, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
  • Music

    Artists

  • Sirens (American band), metalcore band from Terre Haute, Indiana
  • Sirens (British band), a Newcastle upon Tyne based girl group
  • Alexander Brandon (born 1974), American musician, known as "Siren" in the demoscene
  • Siren, a rock band featuring Kevin Coyne
  • Albums

    Siren

  • Siren (Roxy Music album), 1975
  • Siren (Heather Nova album), 1998
  • Siren (Susumu Hirasawa album), 1996
  • Sirens

  • Sirens (Savatage album), 1983
  • Sirens (On the Might of Princes album), 2003
  • Siren (video game)

    Siren (サイレン Sairen), known as Forbidden Siren in the PAL regions, is a survival horror video game developed by Project Siren, a development team of SCE Japan Studio, for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The story revolves around an interconnected cast of characters that possess a power which enables them to see and hear what a nearby character sees. The game was followed by a PlayStation 2 sequel, a reimagining for the PlayStation 3 and a film adaption.

    Gameplay

    Siren is divided into stages, each taking place in one of ten areas in the village of Hanuda, and organized chronologically in a table called the "Link Navigator". In order to complete a stage, the player must accomplish a primary objective that usually involves reaching an exit point, subduing undead enemies called "Shibito", or finding an item. Objectives in different stages are interconnected via a butterfly effect, and a character's actions in one stage can trigger a secondary objective in another stage.

    There are miscellaneous items scattered throughout each stage that give the player further insight into the plot's background. Once obtained, these items are archived in a catalog and can be viewed at any time during the game's duration. The game's player characters possess a psychic power named "sightjack," which enables them to see and hear what a nearby Shibito or human sees and hears, and thus pinpoint its position, as well as gain knowledge of their activities and of the position of obtainable items. The clarity of each target depends on the distance from the player character. Once a point of view is located, it can be assigned to one of certain buttons of the controller to easily switch between multiple points of view. However, the player character is unable to move during use of the ability and is thus vulnerable to attack.

    Siren (magazine)

    Siren was a bimonthly Canadian magazine, published in Toronto, Ontario for the city's lesbian community.

    The magazine was launched in 1995 by a women's collective of volunteers. Its popularity increased in late 1996, around the time the lesbian monthly magazine Quota ceased publication. It underwent a controversial editorial revamp in 2002, ending its association with its regular contributors in favour of a more freelance story and contribution structure. The magazine was quoted in a discussion paper released by the Ontario Human Rights Commission about extending rights for transsexuals. One of the columns that appeared regularly in the magazine was titled "Dykes n' tykes".

    Noted contributors to the magazine included Sheila Cavanagh and Debra Anderson.

    The magazine ceased publication in 2004 due to financial problems.

    References


    Word

    In linguistics, a word is the smallest element that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content (with literal or practical meaning). This contrasts deeply with a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of meaning but will not necessarily stand on its own. A word may consist of a single morpheme (for example: oh!, rock, red, quick, run, expect), or several (rocks, redness, quickly, running, unexpected), whereas a morpheme may not be able to stand on its own as a word (in the words just mentioned, these are -s, -ness, -ly, -ing, un-, -ed). A complex word will typically include a root and one or more affixes (rock-s, red-ness, quick-ly, run-ning, un-expect-ed), or more than one root in a compound (black-board, rat-race). Words can be put together to build larger elements of language, such as phrases (a red rock), clauses (I threw a rock), and sentences (He threw a rock too, but he missed).

    The term word may refer to a spoken word or to a written word, or sometimes to the abstract concept behind either. Spoken words are made up of units of sound called phonemes, and written words of symbols called graphemes, such as the letters of the English alphabet.

    Words (Bee Gees song)

    "Words" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. The song reached No. 1 in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands and China.

    "Words" was the Bee Gees third UK top 10 hit, reaching number 8, and in a UK television special on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fourth in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song". The song has been recorded by many other artists., including hit versions by Rita Coolidge in 1978 and Boyzone in 1996. This was Boyzone's fifth single and their first number one hit in the UK.

    Writing

    Barry Gibb explains:

    Robin Gibb: "'Words' reflects a mood, It was written after an argument. Barry had been arguing with someone, I had been arguing with someone, and happened to be in the same mood. [The arguments were] about absolutely nothing. They were just words. That is what the song is all about; words can make you happy or words can make you sad".

    Barry said in 1996 on the VH1 Storytellers television show that it was written for their manager, Robert Stigwood.

    Words (Anthony David song)

    "Words" is a song by American R&B singer-songwriter Anthony David, from his third studio album Acey Duecy. It features fellow contemporary R&B singer-songwriter India.Arie. The song peaked at #53 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, since its release. The song was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2009.

    Charts

    References

    External links

  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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    ... Dublin riots, he said changes have to be made to protect “democracy and society.” In other words, free speech is endangering society. This has been the siren’s call of censorship throughout history.
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