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Dig That Radio
Hi there, my name is Kyle, but I'm pretty much known as "dropslash" around the internets. I was invited a while to take part in writing for The Backlog, but I'm just now getting around to it. Hey, I was busy! Anyway, I've been involved in the video game industry for about 12 years now and some of what I'll be writing here won't be exactly about playing video games as much as it will be about games and the industry in general. Such is true for the post you'll find below. Enjoy!
Ok, so this is a post I've been meaning to write for a while now. It's going to be long and it's going to be about a topic that is both generally universal and intensely personal. Music. Specifically, video game music, both original and inspired by, some of which will be included along the way. So feel free to fire up some of your favorite tunes, or jam on some of the ones here, grab a snack, and let's jump in.
Earth by Jesper Kyd from Assassin's Creed 2 [XBOX360]
It's an understatement to say that music plays a huge role in my life. It always has. I am one of those people who are just deeply affected by it. It builds me up and tears me down, it inspires me at its highest and squeezes my heart at its lowest. Music amplifies my moods, sways my feelings, and helps me give sound and voice to the life I find myself in. I am not a musician, but I do so greatly admire them. I am a listener, I am the kind of person that music creators create for. It is this relationship with music that drove me to be a DJ back in the day. To orchestrate, compose, and share the passion I have for the musical experience with others. Much as I think many people do when they are passionate about something.
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As I mentioned, I've been meaning to write this for a long time. The desire to do so stems from the belief that a sizable number of people from my generation have early, intense, musical memories stemming from video games (if they were available). I feel that these early experiences have contributed, almost unknowingly, to a new kind of musical discovery, one that was not possible in generations prior.
Musical taste discovery is an organic and intensely personal part of growing up and the methods and techniques you develop stay with you for your entire life. Music discovery has changed drastically in the past couple decades though. The amount of media we're endlessly exposed to now-a-days, combined with the accessibility of nearly infinite collections of digital music, pumped through dozens of services and outlets has made music discovery an almost passive activity. The digital revolution reduced music to a nearly commodity status while at the same time, making it more personal and important than ever. I'm sure I don't need to explain this, especially to anyone who grew up during those times, or who is even still invested in music today. The portable digital music player, and lets not mince things here, the iPod, drastically changed how we consume music. Easy access and pick and choose playlisting essentially killed the album (and put a huge hurt on radio). Suddenly we were all crafting our own personal soundtracks, the musical accompaniment for the movie of our lives. This is why I mentioned above that music has become so much more important in daily life, because we now have the ability to incorporate it seamlessly into that daily life. We can all now, quite literally, follow the beat of our own drum.
Halo Theme by Martin O'Donnell And Michael Salvatori from Halo [XBOX]
Ok, I'm getting a little off the subject here. What does this all have to do with video game music? Well, it goes back to the act of music discovery. When I was growing up, music was on records, tapes, and the radio. I begged for a dual cassette stereo when I was a kid so I could make mix tapes off the radio and from other tapes. That was how you made mixes and playlists back in the day. When CDs came around, I still made mix tapes, partially because Walkmans were indestructible compared to the glass houses that were Discmans, and, well, I had a cassette player in my car, not a CD player. Mix tapes blaring in the car were the definitive custom musical experience of the day. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's back up a bit to one of the defining growing up factors, learning about money. CDs were not cheap, so buying one was always a serious quality crap shoot. What if it only had one good song, the one you heard on the radio? Did your local record store have a listening station? If not, you were SOL and out a healthy chunk of change. It wasn't like you could jump on the internet to find out and it certainly was nothing like throwing $.99 at iTunes after a 90 second preview. This is why a solid music discovery channel, i.e. the radio, was so important, though the radio was usually the same top 40 songs of any given genre no matter what station you listened to. Without exposure to the music, there wasn't any way to know what was good and what wasn't and besides, we all had better things to spend our money on. For me, that was video games.
Starting to sense a theme here?
When I was growing up, it cost $2.49 to rent a video game for a weekend or $4.99 for 3 for a weekend. Bear in mind, this is the Cartridge Era, NES, SNES, and Genesis are the top consoles of the day. There were hundreds of games available and I grew up with two younger brothers, which basically meant that we had access to new video games every weekend. $5 to keep three boys entertained for a weekend. Deal of the damn century. But, we got more than just the video game when we popped it into the console, we also got the music that came with it. Sure, a lot of it was forgettable, but a whole hell of a lot wasn't. See where I'm going here? My experience with video games growing up probably fueled more musical exposure then all the radio I've listened to, and I wasn't even aware of it.
I can't tell you the first song I ever heard on the radio, but if you asked me to recite the music from World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. I wouldn't miss a beat, and I could effortlessly transition straight into World 1-2 complete with warp pipe noises. What was the #1 single of 1989? I haven't got a clue, but I can sing the theme from the Moon stage of Duck Tails on NES note for note. Or Stage D from Chip n' Dale's Rescue Rangers. Or Casino Night Zone from Sonic 2. Ken's Theme from Street Fighter II? When someone says "Classic track" I immediately think of "Bloody Tears" from Castlevania. The list goes on and on, and while some tracks, like the aforementioned World 1-1 theme from Super Mario Bros. have become nearly universal in the musical subconscious of well, pretty much everyone, there are thousands of tracks that remain a unique experience for the individual listener. No one can really explain why a certain track connects with a certain listener, but it just does. It's part of the magic of music, and all this was happening in the background while we were playing these amazing video games. We weren't renting them to listen to the music, but it was always there. It was, and still is, an integral part of the experience and something that has embedded itself in our collective subconsciousness. This something I believe that is somewhat unique to video game music, similar to movie scores. It's job is to be powerful and memorable, to create ambiance, to guide, to help immerse, to be part of the experience, but never at the forefront (barring the somewhat modern genre of music games).
Metal Man by Takashi Tateishi from Mega Man II [NES]
Of course, as games got bigger and (though some would argue otherwise) better, so did the music. The Playstation brought "real" music to games, in fact, it was a major selling point of the PS over the consoles of the day like the N64. Yes, the Sega CD did have a few titles that stand way out musically, like Sonic CD and Eternal Champions CD, the games themselves were mostly laughable. Video game music composers suddenly had the ability to create true, high quality, music for their games. Please don't get me wrong, the music from the Cartridge Era is probably more ingrained into the minds of players due to its quality and brilliant simplicity, but going from a midi keyboard to a full on orchestra, when it came to video game music, was a serious revelation. The CD Era also brought with it the ability to include licensed music to video games. I don't know about you, but for me the WipE'out" XL soundtrack was mindblowing. That, really, for me, marked the crossover in my life of video game music and real life musical tastes. That was one of my defining "Ah ha" moments of musical discovery growing up and it help set the pace for my taste in music for a long time. It would happen more often as time went on, like with Jet Set Radio, as "video game music" and "music" became one in the same.
The CD Era also brought one more amazing revelation with it. The "hidden" ability to separate the music from the game with a computer. Granted, we're still talking the early 90's here, so this was really space age kind of stuff. The PC revolution was still in an early upswing, but this new power to extract and listen to the music independently of the game (with the right know-how) was huge. This is something that would also start to define how I personally approached music, having digital control over it. I stuck every CD based game I owned into my computer in an effort to get the music off of them and in the process, learned a lot about how computers, files, and video games actually work. This was the start of what is now a massive personal collection of video game music. I can remember my friend Josh sent me the ripped radio station tracks from Grand Theft Auto III. It blew my mind. The ability to listen to a video games's music outside of the video game.
Sonic Boom by Spencer Nilsen from Sonic CD [Sega CD]
It's strange to think back to a time when music wasn't instantly available from dozens of easily accessible resources. When the internet was still young and dial-up was the order of the day. Downloading a JPG at 56k took forever, you can forget about a 4 minute audio file (usually a .WAV in those days). To a time when the music from video games was locked away as an exclusive part of the gameplay. Today you can fire up iTunes and grab dozens of video game soundtracks nearly instantly. Anything not on iTunes is probably on Amazon, or YouTube, or can be purchased from the developer directly. The value of the music has been realized, marketed, and monetized. There are tours and concerts that perform only video game music. Classic video game music, like much of the Cartridge Era classics, have broken free from the video game subculture and spread out to the public awareness.
But this isn't just a nostalgia trip. There is another side to all this. A side that is still slowly emerging, but a side that is arguably far more important than the enjoyment from just listening to the music from video games.
This is the part where we make it ourselves.
See, if we rewind ourselves back to sitting in front of Streets of Rage, Top Gear, or Final Fantasy during those early, amazing, days, for every 1000 of me that exist who grew up to love the music we were so subtly being exposed to, there is someone who grew up with the talent to create the music we were so subtly being exposed to. This is one of the truly exciting aspects of video game music today. That within the entire generation of people who grew up with these musical experiences, there is a subset of people who are now creating music that has been inspired by those experiences... and they are doing incredible things with those talents and influences. They are re-imagining and remixing, re-crafting and composing entirely original works based on the music that inspired them, even unknowingly, as they grew up. What's truly remarkable though is that the music they are now creating instantly connects them to a massive generational listening audience that shares those same memories, experiences, and feelings of inspiration. The potential to connect to the memory of a listener with a remix or rearrangement of track they grew up with and recall so fondly is as large as the world of video games itself. This is especially true for people who grew up before the era of internet games and social media sharing. It connects us in an amazingly heartfelt and core way. I sometimes marvel at the re-imagined versions of video game music I find online. I think to myself "Oh my god, someone else actually played this and thought the music was as awesome as I did!" Sharing that kind of inspiration and memory with someone who has gone on to possess so much talent and creativity feels amazing. It connects creative minds and creates an inspirational networking effect. A lot of times this has the ability to open the music to an even wider audience. When the music is so well produced that it's not even recognizable as video game music (which is still bogged down with a bit of a stigma) anymore because it stands alone as just an incredible piece of music. I can't even count how many times someone has asked me what they were listening to only to be taken totally off guard when I tell them it is from, or inspired by, a video game. This probably happens a lot for video game music fans but it is so important. It is, again, the merging of "video game music" and "music" in the collective subconscious. Some of today's incredible video game composers, like Jesper Kyd and Darren Korb, have pushed the boundaries and wholly blurred lines between "video game music" and "music".
Top Gear [Final Nitro Mix] by DJ Rayza from Top Gear [SNES]
Luckily, these days, we live in a world where the incredible music from, and inspired by, video games is easily shareable and enjoyable. A time where those who were, and are, inspired can share their creativity and inspiration with those who feel the same way. Music that can carry us back to the incredible experiences we had with the video games they're from and inspire us to seek out and explore new ones. To connect people who create with people who appreciate. Music has grown to be an integral part of video games, not just background sound, and there are genres of video games that incorporate their music into the very elements of game play. It was, and remains, an essential way to discover new music and musicians and looks to remain that way for a long time to come. I, for one, am thankful that there are so many people out there acting on their inspiration with their talent and continuing to create new worlds for us.
I have two personal playlists devoted to the music of video games, one general and one specifically for the music of Final Fantasy XI. Long after I've stopped playing, the music of Naoshi Mizuta, the lead composer for the FFXI expansions after Nobuo Uematsu left following the release of the initial game, still evokes incredibly powerful emotional reactions. Below you'll find my main video game music playlist, full of tracks that have been, and are, particularly inspirational for me.
Harmony of a Hunter
I also need to acknowledge that the motivation to finally write this post was heavily inspired by the fan created album "Harmony of a Hunter" by the team at Shinesparkers. It is an incredible example of talented people, inspired by video games, creating amazing and beautiful music. The effort, skill, and quality of the contributors and their music is simply awe inspiring. I'm not even a fan of Metroid (I've only ever really played Metroid: Fusion), but I am a fan of creativity, passion, talent, and great music. That is exactly what Harmony represents.
Melting Sun by Pyro Paper Planes from Harmony of a Hunter
8-Bit Theater: A Video Game Playlist
Name Artist Album
Way Back Home Bob Crosby and The Bobcats Fallout III
The Normandy Jack Wall and Sam Hulick Mass Effect 1
The Illusive Man Jack Wall Mass Effect 2 [Disc 1]
Creation Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan Mass Effect 3 - CE
Those Who Fight Further (FF VII) The Black Mages The Black Mages
Halo Theme [Mjolnir Mix] Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori Halo 2
More Than His Share Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori Halo 3: ODST [Disc One]
Finale Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori Halo 3: ODST [Disc Two]
Devils Never Cry [Full] Tetsuya Shibata & Shawn McPherson Devil May Cry 3
The Time Has Come Tetsuya Shibata & Shawn McPherson Devil May Cry 4 (Special)
Arthur (Haunted Graveyard) Tamayo Kawamoto & Hideyuki Fukasawa Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Dante (Devil's Never Cry) Tetsuya Shibata & Hideyuki Fukasawa Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Trish (Lock n' Load) Masami Ueda & Hideyuki Fukasawa. Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Metal Man Takashi Tateishi Mega Man 2
Dr. Wily's Castle 2 Takashi Tateishi Mega Man 2
The Moon Hiroshige Tonomura Duck Tails
Level AA: Neighborhood Harumi Fujita Chip n' Dale's Rescue Rangers
Twisted Reality Coil [J] Gitarooman
Tainted Lovers Coil [J] Gitarooman
Flyin' To Your Heart [E] Coil [J] Gitarooman
Metal Header Coil [J] Gitarooman Lives!
Derezzed Daft Punk Tron: Legacy
[WIX] Kavon Shardfist (Datareaper) Dev VJ Stars End
[WIX] Kkel Solaar (Stranger Wild) Dev VJ Stars End
Top Gear (Final Nitro) DJ Rayza [Remix]: Top Gear
Return Of The Omen Steve Jablonsky Gears Of War 2
Hope Runs Deep Steve Jablonsky Gears Of War 2
The Heat Is On [Heat] Aaron G. Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku
Magic Tower [Comet] Sakurai Tatsutaron Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku
Redemption Gackt Final Fantasy VII - Dirge Of Cerberus
The Whole New World [Lyric Version] Hideaki Kobayashi Phantasy Star Online
Can Still See the Light [Lyric Version] Hideaki Kobayashi Phantasy Star Online
Theme Of Gouki Hideyuki Fukasawa Street Fighter IV (CE)
Theme Of Ken Hideyuki Fukasawa Street Fighter IV (CE)
Theme Of Ryu Hideyuki Fukasawa Street Fighter IV (CE)
Main Theme Inon Zur & Stuart Chatwood Prince Of Persia (2008)
Grit's Theme Yoshito Hirano Advance Wars: Dual Strike
The Spirit Of Damascus Jesper Kyd Assassin's Creed
Venice Rooftops Jesper Kyd Assassin's Creed 2
Flight Over Venice 1 Jesper Kyd Assassin's Creed 2
Welcome to Kostantiniyye Jesper Kyd Assassin's Revelations
The Force Unleashed Jesse Harlin Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Daytime In The Backyard Laura Shigihara Plants Vs. Zombies
Gene's Rock-A-Bye Masafumi Takada God Hand
God Hand (English) Masafumi Takada God Hand
The Front Hall Masami Ueda Resident Evil 2
Sunset Riders MegaDriver Best of MegaDriver
Double Dragon (Main Theme) MegaDriver Best of MegaDriver
Katamari on the Rock ~ Main Theme Yū Miyake Katamari Damacy
Katamari on the Swing Yū Miyake & Yoshihito Yano Katamari Damacy 2: We Love Katamari
Everlasting Love Akitaka Toyama Katamari Damacy 2: We Love Katamari
Under The Stars Of Destiny Junichi Nakatsuru Soul Calibur 2
Sailing Theme (The Great Sea) Koji Kondo Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
[Metroid] Menu Theme Kenji Yamamoto Super Smash Bros. Brawl
[F-Zero] Mute City Taro Bando & Hajime Wakai Super Smash Bros. Brawl
[Kid Icarus] Title Hirokazu Tanaka Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Final Destination 2 Hirokazu Andō Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Great Bay (The Hyrule Overture) Koji Kondo Super Smash Bros. Melee
Fountain of Dreams (The Dreamworld Overture) Koji Kondo Super Smash Bros. Melee
Chill Hirokazu Tanaka Dr. Mario
Tetris: Type A Hirokazu Tanaka Tetris
Tetris: Type B Hirokazu Tanaka Tetris
Encounter (KCE) Sound Team Japan Metal Gear Solid
Love Theme Nobuko Toda Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Partiots
Love Theme (Action Version) Nobuko Toda and Akihiro Honda Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Partiots
Setting Sail, Coming Home Darren Korb Bastion
One Winged Angel (Advent Children) Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Battle 1 Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy IX
To Zanarkand Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy X
Pokémon Johto PJ Lequerica Pokémon
Fly Me To The Moon (∞ Climax Mix) Hiroshi Yamaguchi Bayonetta [Disc 1]
Bayonetta - Mysterious Destiny Hiroshi Yamaguchi Bayonetta [Disc 1]
Round 1, Part 1 (Go Straight) Yuzo Koshiro Streets of Rage 2
Ramses Tristan des Pres Eternal Champions CD
Jet Set Medley Hideki Naganuma Jet Set Radio
Town/Bloody Tears Select Start BA
Green Hill Zone/Marble Zone Select Start BA
Loco Roco Main Theme: Yellow Roco Nobuyuki Shimizu & Kemmei Adachi LocoRoco
Sonic Boom Spencer Nilsen Sonic CD
Melting Sun Pyro Paper Planes Harmony of a Hunter
Kraid's Campfire Ballad Sebastian Mårtensson feat. Kristin Björkebäck Harmony of a Hunter
If You Still Believe Dennis Martin & Takao Miratsu The Legend Of Dragoon
Swift Horse Koh Ohtani Shadow of the Colossus
The Bard's Song MarcstaR Final Fantasy XI: Limit Break
Scherzo di notte Yoko Shimomura Kingdom Hearts - Disc 2
Sanctuary Hikaru Utada Kingdom Hearts II - Disc 1
Sinister Sundown Kaoru Wada Kingdom Hearts II - Disc 1
Tension Rising Kaoru Wada Kingdom Hearts II - Disc 1
He's a Pirate! Kaoru Wada Kingdom Hearts II - Disc 1
This is Halloween Kaoru Wada Kingdom Hearts II - Disc 1
Labels: 2012, Chiptune, Composers, Design, Discovery, Gamecube, Genesis, Growing Up, iPod, iTunes, Microsoft, Music, Nintendo, Nostalgia, Passion, Sony, Video Games, Work
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The Model (Remastered)
The Man Machine (Remastered) 1978
Radioactivity (2009 Remaster)
Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster) 1975
The Robots (Remastered)
Trans-Europe Express (Remastered)
Trans Europe Express (Remastered) 1977
The Robots
The Greatest Switch Ever 2011
Minimum-Maximum 2005
Essential Albums
Artist Playlists
About Kraftwerk
During the mid-'70s, Germany's Kraftwerk established the sonic blueprint followed by an extraordinary number of artists in the decades to come. From the British new romantic movement to hip-hop to techno, the group's self-described "robot pop" -- hypnotically minimal, obliquely rhythmic music performed solely via electronic means -- resonates in virtually every new development to impact the contemporary pop scene of the late-20th century, and as pioneers of the electronic music form, their enduring influence cannot be overstated. Kraftwerk emerged from the same German experimental music community of the late '60s that spawned Can and Tangerine Dream; primary members Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter first met as classical music students at the Dusseldorf Conservatory, originally teaming in the group Organisation and issuing a 1970 album, Tone Float, in the U.K. Schneider and Hütter soon disbanded Organisation, re-christening themselves Kraftwerk (German for "power station"), beginning work on their own studio (later dubbed Kling Klang), and immersing their music in the fledgling world of minimalist electronics; their 1971 debut, titled simply Kraftwerk 1, offered a hint of their unique aesthetic in its earliest form, already implementing innovations including Schneider's attempts at designing homemade rhythm machines.
A series of lineup shifts followed, and at one point Hütter even left the group; however, by the release of 1972's Kraftwerk 2, he and Schneider were again working in tandem. Recorded without a live drummer, the album's rhythms relied solely on a drum machine, creating a distinctly robotic feel without precedent -- the concept of purely technological music was, at the time, utterly alien to most musicians, as well as listeners. A series of well-received live performances followed before Kraftwerk began work on their breakthrough third LP, 1973's Ralf and Florian; honing their many ambitions down to a few simple yet extraordinarily innovative concepts, their music began growing more and more revelatory -- even their clean-cut, scientific image was in direct opposition to the dominant pop fashions of the time. Kraftwerk's first album to be issued in the U.S., 1974's Autobahn, was an international smash; an edited single version of the epic title track was a major hit at home and abroad, and in America the previously unknown group reached the upper rungs of the pop albums chart. Performed in large part on a Moog synthesizer, Autobahn crystallized the distinctive Kraftwerk sound while making the group's first clear overtures toward conventional pop structure and melody, establishing a permanent foothold for electronic music within the mainstream.
Kraftwerk resurfaced in 1975 with Radio-Activity, a concept album exploring the theme of radio communication; indicative of the group's new global popularity, it was released in both German and English-language editions, the latter appearing early the following year. Train travel emerged as the subject of 1977's Trans-Europe Express, which marked an increased movement toward seeming musical mechanization; the line became even further blurred with the follow-up, 1978's aptly titled The Man Machine, a work almost completely bereft of human touches. By this time, the members of Kraftwerk even publicly portrayed themselves as automatons, an image solidified by tracks like "We Are the Robots." Having reached the peak of their influence, however, the group disappeared from view, the first of many extended absences to follow; they did not return to action prior to 1981's Computer World, a meditation on the new global dominance of technology -- a society their music long ago predicted and pre-dated. After topping the British charts with the single "Computer Love," Kraftwerk again vanished, enjoying a five-year layoff culminating in the release of 1986's Electric Cafe. By now, however, pop music was dominated by synthesizers and drum machines, and the group's stature flagged; but for a 1991 best-of collection titled The Mix, they remained silent during most of the decade. They finally released a new single, "Expo 2000," in late 1999, and surprised fans by announcing tour dates. On the recording front, Kraftwerk celebrated the centennial anniversary of the Tour de France with a new version of their 1983 single "Tour de France," and followed with a full album (Tour de France Soundtracks) in August 2003. The live record Minimum-Maximum followed in 2005. The Catalogue box set appeared in 2009, which pulled together eight classic albums from the band's career. Each title was digitally remastered, a number of the releases were treated to redesigned cover art, and it also included rare photographs not part of each record's original release. In 2012, the band performed their studio albums from Autobahn to Tour de France at New York's Museum of Modern Art. The following year they repeated that performance in Düsseldorf and at the Tate Modern in London. Over the next few years they continued to tour, which culminated in them putting out the live release 3D the Catalogue. The collection captured the band's live performances from 2012-2016, and was presented with a Blu-ray option that included high definition 3-D video. ~ Jason Ankeny
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Discussion in 'Trying To Conceive' started by tink, Sep 30, 2008.
oooooo i'm now in my 1ww and my boobies are showing signs of life !
just waiting for my ic hpts to pop thru the letterbox,then i can drive myself stupid for another week!
I'll be in the 1ww in a couple of days! I'll be testing Monday at the soonest. So Can I join you here? I'd really like to have someone to talk to during this anxious time. I was a poas addict and this time I am very determined not to start testing until 12 dpo. I had gotten a BFP @ 9 dpo in June and AF showed 4 days late on July 5th and then I got another BFP @ 11 dpo and af showed 1 day late. So I don't want to see a BFP to early and have her show up again!
Hey tink, you would be so proud of me, 10dpo today and I havnt indulged my POAS addiction, yippie. I did break down and order some IC on Sunday night so I'm like you, hoping the mailman brings them tomorrow but figuring that might be too soon to expect them, so probably more like Thur or Fri which will make me 12-13dpo so an excellent time to start testing! Got my BFP last time (MC) at 10dpo and felt the egg implant for sure on 9dpo.
Yesterday, 9dpo, I had cramps all afternoon and night and have had some today so REALLY hoping that my eggie implanting!!!! Can't wait for my test, trying REAL hard not to go to the store and spend too much money on FRER!
Nothing! I did have swollen bbs till today, but nothing at all. What about you?
WTG! I'm hoping to keep from testing till I'm 12 dpo. Your temps look great and you have what looks like a triphasic chart. Which most of the charts that have that are on pg ladies charts. So gl to you and I hope you get a !
I'm TESTING already!you think i would have learnt my lesson by now but i cant help myself!!!!


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One of the best ways to explore the peninsula and learn more about the places and attractions is on a guided tour. Get out on the boat, kayak, or segway, take a trolley, go fishing, or try a walking tour.
Boat tours give you a unique perspective of the environment and geology of Door County and are a must for every visitor. The water offers stunning views of towering bluffs and caves you can't see from land, and some of the county's most beautiful shoreline homes and boathouses.
Segway tours offer a way to soak in the scenery at a different pace than a hike or a drive. These are perfect for family outings with people of varying fitness and health levels who still want to experience the fresh air.
Door County Trolley tours combine food and drink with scenic vistas and historical storytelling. Find Door County's hidden ghosts, learn about the history behind our most iconic landmarks, and meet new friends as your jaw drops taking in stunning scenery.
You can also keep it laid back with a historic walking tour through Ephraim, a picture-perfect village of historic piers, churches, lodgings, and homes.
Check out these popular destinations for scenic tours that are sure to wow you with their beauty and expand your knowledge of the county.
Door County Bluffs are a big part of the peninsula's ecological scene as well as a popular site for tourists and are best viewed by boat or kayak. There are many places that offer bluff specific scenic tours or offer tours that include bluff visits.
These iconic Door County landmarks are not only great places for photo ops, but are reminders of the importance of maritime history to Door County's past and present. Door County lighthouses are best viewed from the water but many of them also offer walking tours of the grounds they are on as well as a look into the lighthouse itself. BONUS: The Door County Maritime Museum offers two yearly Lighthouse Festival tours that take participants on a tour of Door County lighthouses, even ones that are typically closed to the public.
Door County is home to eight wineries, each with their own unique styles and flavors that can appeal to many different palates. Visit and do a tasting and learn about the wine, as well as a vital part of Door County industry.
One of the best ways to experience wineries is via trolley. Door County Trolley offers a tour that takes you through the Door County Wine Trail to see different wineries. You can also tour the orchards by Segway.
While they aren't easy to see if you take a stroll through Door County, shipwrecks are a big part of the 'scenery' of Lake Michigan. The best ways to see these shipwrecks is with a guide on either a kayak or boat.
With five state parks, 19 county parks, and trails on the county, outdoor adventure is easy to find.
Experience the parks by hiking the many trails. If you want to get a little taste of the possibilities a fun way to check out nature in the county is on a segway tour.


So I did an award post a couple months ago, and a thought occurred to me while filling it out: why can't I make my own blog tag thingy? For one thing, I'd make sure all the questions are actually fun and thought-provoking, and can't simply be answered with a boring one or two word answer, which is often the case. Also, I'd get free publicity! And I'd provide all those suffering from writer's block some much-needed relief.
So I went ahead and invented my own blog tag, and here it is.
It's called the Little Engine tag, because why not? The picture above is to be included in all future responses to this tag, unless the blogger in question simply doesn't want to include it. In that case I am powerless to stop them.
I for one, hate when people call me "buddy." It just always feels condescending, even when it isn't mean to be. I also hate people call me "dumbass," for more obvious reasons.
One song that's been consistently in my head for the past six months is Where is my Mind? by the Pixies. I heard it on The Leftovers and I've been loving it ever since. It is the perfect song to bob your head to.
Right now I'd pick The Mostly Confused Teenager, despite the fact that she hasn't posted for a while. It's just that many of her posts like "Those Crazy American Commercials" and "Being French," are hilarious and well-written and I would like to get more of them, please.
There was a little kid in a wheelchair at McDonald's the other day who went up to the counter alone and asked for an ice cream cone. The problem was that he couldn't hold the cone and still steer back to his table at the same time, so my manager went over and helped him out, despite the restaurant being very busy at the time. This surprised me because said manager is usually a very rude, standoffish woman, but apparently she has a soft spot for handicapped little kids. (Then again, who doesn't?) So this was a nice heartwarming moment in an otherwise terrible day.
I regret buying an HP printer, because those are the worst, because I have never not had a problem with it since the moment I first set it up.
I also regret giving my friend one of my lottery tickets.
I for one would take my High School Musical 2 dvd, because Troy and Gabriella are my OTP. Then I guess I'd take some scissors, in case I need a haircut. Oh, and a pen cap to chew on.
Pfft, this is so easy.
Now for the bonus questions: (Remember, you can change these to something else if you write your own post.
Personally, I hope planking becomes a thing again. I find it hysterical. Remember this, anyone?
Mine would be: drive in theater, with the movie being Stephen King's IT: Part One. Obviously this would never happen, but hey, I could dream.
And now for the nominations. You could nominate anywhere from three to five people, or not at all. But because I'm trying to start a new trend, I'm going to nominating quite a few, and I'll be calling them out by name.
Engie, from Musings from Neville's Navel. I know you're busy with college and all, but screw college! This tag is much more important.
Liam, from This Page Intentionally Left Blank. I know you're busy battling pirates and sea monsters right now, but as they say, the pen is mightier than the sword. Likewise, this tag is mightier than anything you could possibly be doing, so drop everything and get on it.
Susannah from Susannah Contra Mundum, because of your Lilo and Stitch GIFs.
Gwendolyn, from Apprentice, Never Master, because you didn't actually think you'd be able to get out of this post unscathed, did you?
Shanti, from Virtually Read. I know you just did an award post, but technically this isn't an award post. It's an inconvenience more than anything else.
Katie, from Spiral Bound. You are my mortal enemy, and hopefully you'll expose a weakness by answering my questions.
Confused Teen from The Mostly Confused Teenager, because the blogosphere needs you back.
Kedslover from Alternative Sunny Days, because you are chiller than an ice cream cone.
Derek, from The Edwards Edition. Where you been, man? And don't use life as an excuse, because I already called dibs on that one.
Literary and Lovely, from Literary and Lovely. I approve of your use of calculators.
Evi, at Adventures Through Pages. This is punishment for posting almost as inconsistently as me.
Aspen at AKA The Author. I read you were sick with laryngitis, so I decided to make life worse for you by pressuring you into this.
Elm from Just Call me Elm or Something. If you were an actual elm tree, I probably wouldn't chop you down unless absolutely necessary.
Well, that's ten people. Hopefully enough to spread this tag across the universe. I probably forgot someone really important to nominate, so if you're one of those people I missed, I'm very sorry, and feel free to do this tag anyway, because you deserve it.
I'll try to get around to doing this tag! 🙂 Thanks.
Hey, thanks for including me in this. And if you ever find a drive-in theatre with Stephen King's It: Part One, give me a call. That would definitely be one of the best dates ever.
Just sent you a little email about this. Well, hopefully it was you, or some random person received it. Maybe it made their day though, so all would not be lost.
I threw a wish in a well.
Don't ask me I'll never tell.
I looked at you as it fell and now you're in my way.
I am a little concerned about that last question, though. I mean, my perfect date is February 11th. But I'm not sure how relevant that is or how it would help you.
Your days as an evil overlord may be numbered, I regret to say, for just by agreeing to do this tag, you have already exposed a key weakness.
And your perfect date being February 11th, I must say gives me some crucial information about you, mainly that you have poor taste in dates. I mean come one, February 11th? Gross. I'd have picked something classier, like something in early May, or maybe late September.
Don't worry, I'll give you flowers next time. I'll just need your address and social security number and they'll be ready to go.
Send the flowers to 32 Wallaby Way, Sydney, Australia. My minions will pick them up.
As for the social security number… *shifty eyes* you already know it… as I know yours… and I know that you don't exist and you have glasses! HA!
Wait, so if I don't exist, do my glasses also not exist? Or do they exist, and they're just floating around, attached to a non-existent body? Or was I right in my theory that you are an evil tyrant who sits upon a throne of lies?
Because I'll have you know that I do exist. I just breathed on a mirror a few minutes ago and it got all misty, so ha.
See, you only show up whenever, with no regularity! Just like Noah! You didn't even deny the Noah existence!
I probably will get around to doing this tag sometime soonish *adds to to-do list* I like the questions. And the pen clicking thing annoys me also. I once created a tag called the ABBA book tag, and it went far and wide, but some of the tag-doers decided I didn't understand the meaning of the songs* sigh* i'ts just a tag! things can be taken out of context. *coughs* anyway… If/when I do this, I'll probably write the same thing, but one thing I regret doing was jumping from nine metres into a waterhole, which everyone told be would be fun, but I was screaming as I fell and I strained my jaw and couldn't close or fully open my mouth for some days.
I'm sorry to hear about your tag-creating woes. I hope a similar fate does not befall me, although it probably will.
Yikes, that sounds horrible. Though I do admire your moxie (that's right: moxie) for being willing to do that in the first place. I like to think that I totally would've jumped in myself, no questions asked, but I most likely would've backed out, because heights are scary.
Woohoo! I eagerly await your response.
Well, I'm trying to be on my blog more, so, yeah, sure, why not? I'll post the link when I finish it.
I have not escaped unscathed.
Does this mean you're . . . glad about it?
Your welcome! Oh and just so you know, if you fail to post the tag within a week, twenty chin-ups will be added to your punishment. So get tappin'.
I'm afraid those twenty chin-ups might become a thing as it's been two months since I was tagged in this. I HAVE FAILED. But I'm *actually* going to publish it….soon.
You are forgiven, since I myself haven't exactly been posting on the daily lately. That being said, I still expect twenty chin-ups. And none of those lame half chin-ups where you don't bend your arms all the way, either. I want real, high-quality chin-ups here.
I'll get this up sometime this week.
Alright, finals are done. I'll fill this out for you.
And here you go. I filled it out on Medium, where more informal writing of mine gets published. I hope you don't mind.


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HILARY DUFF FILM REENACTMENT FESTIVAL Film Binge at Fringe
Perth comedian, Nicola Macri, uses her film degree and comic talents to give free reign to her complicated high school relationship with Hilary Duff in The Hilary Duff Film Reenactment Festival at FRINGE WORLD on January 23-27, 7:00pm at Lazy Susan's Comedy Den upstairs in the Brisbane Hotel. The festival features a trifecta of 'hilarious' Hilary movie reenactments in three shows: The Lizzie McGuire Movie on January 23 & 27, A Cinderella Story on January 24 & 25, and Cadet Kelly on January 26. Nicola sat down with CHERYL LIM to talk about her latest theatrical, audience-interactive, semi-improvisational offering.
Did your time at film school equip you to put together something like The Hilary Duff Film Re-Enactment Festival? I wouldn't have guessed it to be a specialist subject there?
Anyone who's taken even just an English class covering movies knows it can be hard to switch off your 'analysis brain' for a while, so you can't 'just enjoy a movie'. When you've done a whole film degree, that way of looking at things just becomes ingrained in your being. There's a certain understanding of narrative, storytelling, context and cinematic visual language that you can apply to anything, even a Disney Channel Original Movie. The show is more insightful than people might be expecting but I'm a big nerd so that's my idea of fun. Developing this show has been a really fun synthesis of my experience in film analysis, theatre and comedy. My degree certificate itself is making an appearance on stage every night. I gesture to it to emphasise the authority of my very good analytical points… the jokes have to stand on their own merit. I don't have a degree in jokes to back them up.
You're not the only Macri in your family performing in this year's Fringe – your younger sister Kiara will be in Kiara with a K, and older sister, Veruca Sour, will be in several shows including Sugar Blue Burlesque's Sugar Blue Shakedown and Instinct. In fact, all three of you will be performing in Kiara with a K, achieving #MacriBingo in one show! What are some of the benefits and challenges of doing shows with your own family members?
Not to sound too sappy but I'm seriously blessed to have my sisters. We each have our performance niches (comedy- me, burlesque- Veruca, singing- Kiara) so there's not really any competition between us, we're just able to support each other. We have very similar sensibilities and reference points which give us an instinctive shorthand that makes it a joy to work together. Kiara runs her jokes by me when she's writing her cabaret banter, and gives me tips when I want to sing in my acts. There's shades of rivalry but it only manifests in productive ways- we inspire each other to keep making and doing more and better things. If I haven't written for a while and meanwhile Kiara is starring in a musical and Veruca is performing in Singapore, I get antsy, which is motivating.
I'm trying to think of challenges but honestly it just rules. We're all each other's biggest fans and I'd rather work, create and perform with them over anyone else. Kiara with a K is going to be a really good showcase of all of us (as well as some more uber-talented cast members) and I'm very excited about it.
Growing up, were you a big Hilary Duff fan or quite the opposite? What inspired your re-enactment or 'tribute' to Hilary Duff?
I had a very complicated relationship with Hilary Duff. I remember loving watching Lizzie McGuire on TV, but all the guys in my high school friend group were in love with her so out of insecurity the girls made a big show of hating her (while the guys in turn carried pitchforks against Orlando Bloom). Now looking back and realising the motivations behind my stance, I refer to this show as the Internalised Misogyny Apology Tour. I'm sorry Hilary! You didn't deserve my bitter hatred!
The idea came pretty much out of the blue one day. I had been trying to write a different show and I saw a GIF from one of the movies and just thought "What if I just re-enacted a bunch of Hilary Duff films and that was my show instead?". It just seemed so much more fun, so I followed my heart. The fact that it led me to have to do much more work to write three separate 50-minute shows at once is just one of those terrible ironies of art, I guess.
Are there any quirks or traits about Hilary that are hard to emulate? What did you learn about her when you essentially tried to become her onstage?
I'm not really shooting for verisimilitude in my re-enactments, that would require much more expensive wigs. The Lizzie McGuire anxiety-stammer is too iconic not to emulate, though. It's very kookaburra-esque.
What is your favourite Hilary Duff movie and why?
The Lizzie McGuire Movie is very close to my heart as a half-Italian person (it's set in Rome) but my favourite is Cadet Kelly. I really don't know what it is about that masterpiece of bubblegum military propaganda that charms me so much. There's a central antagonistic relationship between Hilary's character and another female military school student that contributes to Cadet Kelly being mostly renowned for evoking a bit of a lesbian awakening in a lot of girls, so, yeah, actually, that's probably what it is. I get to flex my queer analysis muscles (#FilmSchool) for that one, and it goes to some weird intense places even outside of that angle. What better way to spend your January 26?
Do you have any more big ideas like this in the pipeline? Any other favourite stars of yours you'd like to have a go at next?
I'd love to keep doing this kind of thing forever but the anxiety of just making sure I'm in a copyright law safe zone (parody, satire, criticism, commentary: check!) has nearly killed me, so I'll be happy to return to the comforting legal bosom of fully self-generated stand up. Maybe when I can afford legal representation I'll get into some more movie-parodying silliness without a full body stress rash keeping me up at night (when I'm not having nightmares about being sued by Walt Disney's ghost).


Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs have revolutionized treatment of infectious diseases. However, even at the time of discovery, Fleming himself cautioned that resistance was a formidable and likely threat we might encounter if these drugs were not used judiciously. 89 years later, his concerns have proved warranted.
The most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that each year in the U.S., over 2 million people become infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics, leading to an estimated 23,000 deaths annually. It is clear we are in the throes of this threat and now is a critical time to respond in order to reduce the spread and impact. Resistance, however, poses a moving target, with new resistant microbes appearing and spreading across geographic boundaries more and more often.
In recognition of the need for urgent response and the power of sharing information, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is dedicating this year's International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), October 15-21, 2017, to raising awareness around antibiotic resistance (AR) and the roles of healthcare providers, public health professionals, and patients in combatting AR.
Local health departments (LHDs) can play an important role in the response to AR. Identifying the need for healthcare facilities to address this issue together, rather than individually within their respective facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages a coordinated approach to reduce antibiotic-resistant infections. LHDs are in an ideal position to facilitate this coordination.
LHDs can support their local healthcare partners by providing education and increasing awareness, assisting with the planning and implementation of stewardship programs, and encouraging inter-facility communication. A common strategy for increasing regional communication is by developing and participating in local collaboratives or coalitions. LHD staff at the Flathead City-County Health Department in Montana and the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department in West Virginia have successfully leveraged coalitions for infection prevention and fighting AR.
The Flathead City-County Health Department is fortunate to participate in the Kalispell Regional Hospital's Antibiotic Stewardship Committee. As a member of this committee, the health department has the opportunity to partner with the hospital on activities for AR prevention. While the hospital focuses on internal provider education and processes related to AR prevention, the health department has the capability to conduct community outreach regarding what the public can do to prevent AR. This outreach includes educating the public on when antibiotics are not necessary (i.e. viral infections) and how to use antibiotics wisely. Our goal is to decrease the demand for antibiotics by patients, decrease sharing of antibiotics, and increase the adherence to prescribed antibiotics. In addition to public education, the health department has a unique opportunity to be the hospital's liaison to other providers that are not associated with the hospital's network. For example, AR education can be provided by the Health Department to assisted living facilities, independent providers, and the local federally qualified health center. The Flathead City-County Health Department is still in the beginning stages of this campaign; however, we are confident that by collaborating with the hospital, we will be able to move forward in curbing the spread of antibiotic resistance!
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department (KCHD) Division of Epidemiology has been associated with the West Virginia chapter of APIC (APIC–WV) for several years. The members of APIC–WV are dedicated to directing, supporting, and improving the practice and management of infection prevention. The organization is very active throughout the state and a strong supporter of public health initiatives. Through the APIC-WV network, the health department has collaborated with infection preventionists on outbreak investigations, emergency preparedness exercises, Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases, and antibiotic stewardship campaigns. APIC–WV has supported public health in a myriad of ways and in 2016 the health department had a unique opportunity to enter into a collaborative agreement with them to develop a pilot program offering training for outpatient healthcare facilities that did not have access to staff with expertise in infection control. APIC members took the lead in developing the curriculum and providing presenters for the training while KCHD facilitated the training and provided logistical support. By sharing resources and combining the core strengths and expertise of our organizations we were able to offer training on the basics of infection control to outpatient clinic sites. In the near future, we plan to reenergize this project and join with the West Virginia Healthcare-Associated Infections Multidisciplinary Advisory Group to evaluate the feasibility of duplicating this training across the state. As Director of Epidemiology and Threat Preparedness, I am appreciative for the support of the West Virginia chapter of APIC.
Sharing messages from the promotional toolkit about antibiotic resistance and IIPW in your newsletters and via social media.
Downloading the infographic posters, logos, and web buttons.
Check out NACCHO's AMR factsheet and email infectiousdiseases@naccho.org to share the work your organization is doing to fight AR in your community.


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From Genesis to Genocide in Palestine : The Golem Is Not Jewish!
Tutorial by Zahir Ebrahim
November 18, 2009 | Updated May 15, 2010
'I am Anna Baltzer.
My first reaction when I heard these things by the way was complete disbelief.
I thought there is no way, there is no way that Israel is anything different from what I believe it to be, and what I know it to be.
When I met people who told me anything different, I thought well these are perfectly nice people, but they have been brain washed. They have been told propaganda. And I set out to sort of try and prove them wrong. To show them that I knew what I was talking about.
And as soon as I began to do some research, I realized very quickly that I was the one who is missing a lot of information on this issue.
And not knowing sort of who to believe anymore, decided to go there and see with my own two eyes what was happening in Palestine.
So that's what I travel around the country telling people about is what I found there.
I hope I can offer people a combination of sort of some of the basics of what's going on there, and then also some ways of going a little bit deeper into the history, and most importantly, where we can go from here.
I like like to start out by clarifying a few different categories that can be very confusing to people in addressing this issue.
I'd like to distinguish between what it means to be Jewish: so I am Jewish what does that mean. Somebody who is Jewish is somebody either of the Jewish religion, obviously, or the Jewish lineage. My mother is Jewish, her mother is Jewish, etceteras. It's a bloodline.
And that to be Jewish is different from what it means to be Israeli: an Israeli is a citizenship, and Israeli is a citizen of the state of Israel.
And that to be Israeli is different from what it means to be a Zionist: Zionism is the political ideology that supports the idea of a Jewish state in historic Palestine, sometimes no matter what that means in reality, and no matter what it does.
Anyway, these are different categories, Jewish, Israeli, Zionist. And sometimes they overlap in the same person, but they are not the same thing.
There are Jews who are not Israeli, like myself.
There are Israelis who aren't Jewish, about 25, about 20 percent of the Israeli population is Palestinian.
There are Jews who are anti-Zionist, who say this land should be for anybody who's been living there for generations regardless of what their religion or their ethnicity is.
And then there are Zionists who aren't Jewish. The increasingly influential Christian Zionist movement, largely based in this country that talks about fueling this conflict to bring about the Armageddon, the return of the Messiah. Again, not at all pro-Jewish, right? You know what happens to Jews in the Armageddon is not about preserving Judeism, it is Zionism.
So we see this distinction and it's very important that we see that distinction and that we express it when we are talking about this issue.
First of all, because there is no reason to associate anything that Israel is doing in terms of occupation, oppression, segregation, things that were pretty sobering that I found when I was over there. These things have nothing to do with Judeism.
And likewise, to speak out when we see people's rights being violated is not anti-Jewish.
It's not anti-Semitic. In fact, it's in line with the tradition of social justice that has been the pride of Jewish people as well as many other communities for a very long time.
So I wanna start out with that, especially because I know that people talking about this issue are often, sort of, these names are called at you, and it's absolutely absurd.
There is nothing Jewish about what Israel's doing, nothing anti-Jewish about speaking out when we see it happening.' --- Transcription by Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
Anna Baltzer: Life In Occupied Palestine
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And Where Does That Still Leave The Silent Spectators?
"One can expect demonic conquerors to burn and maim others' children while they proclaim 'never again' for their own, but one cannot accept the apathy of the world idly watching..." -- screamed the young canary in Palestine to no avail
Now hear the story of Palestinian Peoples (from Palestinians for a change)
"Somehow, the victim screaming in pain is considered biased, but their victimizers' description of their victims' plight is academic honesty and intellectual brilliance! ... When we give higher currency to conscionable dissent makers whose prime cultural affiliations are with the victim makers themselves, over those voices of anguish of the victims, we do both the victims and other well intentioned bystanders longing to figure out how to make peace with justice, a great disservice! ... The voices of the victims themselves describing their own fate are as potent, and as legitimate, as the Jewish moralist and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's description of what the Jewish victims faced at the hands of another monumentally criminal oppressors. Just as the victims' own description of their Holocaust outweighs any detractors and revisionist historians claims to the contrary - indeed even laws are being constructed in many Western nations to make it illegal to challenge the victims stories and the victims suffering and the victims version of what calamity befell them - so must the systematic genocide and depopulation, terrorizing, and inhuman subjugation of an innocent peoples in their own words must now replace the many Diaries of Anne Frank." -- The endless trail of red herrings
1948: Lest We Forget
Hasbara or Za'bara
My Personal Story of Dispossession and Suffering
The Persistence of a Palestinian Family
I am a rebel, not a refugee, do you hear me?
And Learn WHO did it to the Palestinians, and to the Jews, WHY, and HOW (from non Palestinians for a change)
The Balfour Declaration by Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild
The House of Rothschild is NOT a Za'bara!
What is the Iron Wall
Breaching the Iron Wall
Which god?
Contested Histories – Contested Narratives : It's only Beneficial Cognitive Diversity!
The Secret King of Zion – House of Rothschild and the new Roman Jerusalem
Rescuing a Failed Struggle From Its Narratives: A Response to Anna Baltzer
Rothschild Connection to World Government and Zionism: David Icke – Origins and Symbolism of the EU
The Jewish Genocides Against The Amelekites
Visit Lords of the Ring Rothschilds' Monument to Justice in Zionistan
"[And] Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for our son Joel and all the IDF soldiers, for al those who have come to fight the Islamic enemy."
And do visit the still ongoing Holocaust Museum in Palestine to witness that "Islamic enemy"
And so, finally, perhaps the thoughtful scratch their head
"Israel is not traumatized while committing such actions; but is traumatized while watching them"? -- Fri, 16 Oct 2009
How do the god's chosen people routinely get away with their saintly chutzpah?
With their repeatedly spitting and peeing on others?
With brazenly writing their own Mein Kampfs – 'The King's Torah'?
And without any effective repercussions to themselves?
With most of the world instead even joining them in celebration?
The odd moral-infighting aside that is: "A prominent rabbi of the Iranian Jewish community has urged his congregation to burn 'The King's Torah', a controversial book, which supports the murder of non-Jews. The Iranian rabbi, however, said on Monday that the book's message, in fact, directly contradicted the teachings of Moses. Rabbi Golestaninejad said the book was not based on the tenets of the Jewish faith."
And the troubled goy's unsurpassed eloquence aside that is, which sees only one devil amidst thunderous applause from its own flock: "Jewry is the international albatross now hung around the neck of the world. What glorious destiny might have been ours without it. What we might have earned, what we might have discovered, what we might have accomplished without its enervating and meddling weight."?
How is the entire world brazenly able to look at the finger pointing away at the moon, and yet only concentrate on the finger missing out all that heavenly glory?
That's How: by fabricating Zionism for a monstrous Hegelian Dialectic!
From Left-wing Reform Judeism of Moses Hess in 1828, to Right-wing Antediluvian Judeism of Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira in 2009 – is one continuous synthesis in every generation to suit any genius in the flock to be returned to the Promised Land.
By Hook or by Crook!
Like the WWF wrestlers hurling mortal philosophy at each other in the pig-pen to attract the mesmerized crowd, while all the time sipping at the same trough outside the shit-hole, it is fed from the same coffers.
Despite repeated attempts to solicit condemnation from the elders, their silence affirms this Nietzscheian truth.
As with the secret of Samson's indomitable strength, this golem's (almost hidden) source of power lies deceptively elsewhere!
And that is the real Samson Option!
Want to get rid of the golem? You gonna have to pay in spades. This takes more than just writing scholarly books and conducting research into who's right and who's wrong. It takes more than just exercising one's enormous lung-power in weekend protest marches on catchy slogans which automatically get incremented each Nakba commemoration: "Our DATE is 60 years LATE, we shall return." Instead of the voluminous lung-capacity, it's going to take unemotional brain-capacity – both "Mens et Manus" – to engineer the neutering of the golem, beginning rightly with one's own House of Negroe first. That's the only effective Way Forward:
Maps of 62 Years of Al Nakba, of deal making, peace processes, and Nobel Peace prizes
(The latest Palestinian Uncle Tom for the Nobel Peace Prize:
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti
see prediction here, its confirmation here, antidote here)
But don't get rid of the golem – and you are next!
If you are still unconvinced, please read my appeal.
And visit From Genesis to Genocide in Palestine to witness what happens when Anna Baltzer's categories, Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist, overlap in the same person – when it's calculatingly combined in one 'ubermensch' entity – while you remain silent.
Watch carefully one's own future-history unravel in the mirror of the poor canary of Palestine.
Source URL: http://print-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2009/11/genesis-to-genocide-golem-not-jewish.html
Source PDF: https://web.archive.org/web/2010/http://humanbeingsfirst.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/from-genesis-to-genocide-golem-is-not-jewish-revised-may152010.pdf
The author, an ordinary researcher and writer on contemporary geopolitics, a minor justice activist, grew up in Pakistan, studied EECS at MIT, engineered for a while in high-tech Silicon Valley (patents here), and retired early to pursue other responsible interests. His maiden 2003 book was rejected by six publishers and can be read on the web at http://PrisonersoftheCave.org. He may be reached at http://Humanbeingsfirst.org. Verbatim reproduction license at http://www.humanbeingsfirst.org#Copyright.
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National-level Boxer Allegedly Assaulted in Broad Daylight in Kolkata's Mominpur, Three Arrested
The incident comes days after former Miss India Universe Ushoshi Sengupta was harassed by a group of men while she was returning from her work.
Updated:June 28, 2019, 11:52 PM IST
Image for representation.
New Delhi: An international woman boxer was allegedly verbally abused and physically assaulted on Friday by a man when she was going to office in a two-wheeler, police said.
In a Facebook post later, Suman Kumari claimed that the incident happened at Mominpur area of south Kolkata around 11 am and when he sought help from a policeman standing nearby, he advised her to lodge a complaint to a police station.'
The post was tagged to the Kolkata Police which later said three persons were arrested in connection with the incident.
Kumari's assault came within a week after former Miss India Universe Usoshi Sengupta was chased and harassed by miscreants when she and her friend were returning home in an app-cab at night.
Kumari, who recently won the Taiwan Professionals Boxing Championship, said she was first verbally and then physically abused by an unknown man near her residence at Mominpore when she was driving her two-wheeler to office.
"The incident happened at around 11 am when I was going to office on my scooty and a man came in front of it suddenly in order to board a bus. I managed to apply breaks but the man threw abuses at me and got into the bus," she said.
Kumari is a temporary employee with the state agricultural department.
"I chased the bus and in the next stop asked the man why he abused me. He came down and started abusing me again and suddenly held my throat. I tried to draw attention of a policeman standing nearby but he did not come forward," the pugilist said.
"Still I have enough faith on Kolkata Police. So I request KP to look into the matter and restore Law and Order as much as possible. Then only my beloved city will be more safe for the women," she wrote on her Facebook wall.
The city police, on its Facebook page, said it registered a case based on her post and, after watching CCTV footages of the area, three people, Rahul Sharma, Sheikh Firoz and Wasim Khan, were arrested.
"We have identified and arrested the culprits within an hour Madam; and shall ensure that they are punished. Regards," the police said to the boxer in the page.
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All CIMS 11th and 12th grade students interested in taking the ASVAB (aptitude test used by the military) are invited to join the October 16th exam being given at Adelanto High School. Students need to provide their own transportation to and from the exam. RSVP in the CIMS Counseling Office.


With local berries at their peak it's easy to grab baskets of berries at a passing fruit stand, but you can also use frozen fruit for this rustic pie.
Cut butter into sugar, flour and almonds, using pastry blender, until you can easily shape into crumbs with you hands.
Roll out to about a 16 inch circle, using flour to dust as needed. Transfer with parchment paper onto pizza pan.
Brush pastry with some of the egg wash and spread with berries, leaving about a 3 inch border.
Fold pastry edge over the fruit, brushing top of edge with the rest of the egg wash. Sprinkle pastry edge with coarse sugar and sprinkle fruit with crumb mixture. Trim off extra parchment paper.
Bake in bottom third of oven for 15 minutes, then turn down the temperature to 350 F and continue baking about 45 minutes until juices bubble through the crumbs. Lightly cover crumb section with foil for final 15 - 20 minutes if they get too dark. Place pan on rack to cool to room temp or serve slightly warm with ice cream.
Yummy - never taken the time to make one,going to have to give it a try.
What a treat! I'd like some!


Cost: Sliding scale fee $15-$45.
During the Community Clinic acupuncture will be offered in a group setting. The appointment will consist of a brief intake with the doctor, followed by an acupuncture treatment. During the treatment you will be sitting in a chair in a room with other people receiving similar treatments.
This is a great way to try out acupuncture and refresh and relax at the end of the week!
Acupuncture sessions that are not part of the community clinic occur in a one on one setting, and allow for a greater depth and focus of treatment.
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What's driving personal auto claims activity?
What has been the most unexpected/surprising factor driving personal auto claims activity over the past few years?
"Drivers' inability to put down their phones. While smartphones have been prevalent for more than a decade, frequency and severity spiked as a result of the incessant pull of social media, the evolution of our culturally acceptable norms, and the rise of distracted driving."--John Matley,Insurance Leader, Deloitte's Future of Mobility Practice. CLM Fellow since 2017.
"The sheer volume of accidents in which one or more drivers have been reading or writing text-based communications at the time of the subject accident, notwithstanding legislation that many states (e.g. Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Delaware) have enacted prohibiting driving while texting."--Brigid Alford,Shareholder, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin. CLM Member since 2014.
"In my experience, we have noticed a higher number of diminished value claims from motor vehicle accidents than before. We also are noticing more 'creative' wage loss claims, particularly from rideshare driver plaintiffs. Finally, the number of traumatic brain injury cases seems to be going up."--Mark Conforti, Claims Litigation Counsel, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. CLM Fellow since 2013.
"In Georgia, I honestly believe the uptick in claims frequency is driven by personal injury attorney advertising and Georgia's collateral source rule, which has been expanded to the point of absurdity. The message here is, not only are you entitled to bring a personal injury claim, but also you are expected to bring one."--Jonathan M. Adelman, Partner, Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout. CLM Member since 2014.
Number of years in a row that the auto insurance industry has reported a combined ratio over 100.
Increase in private passenger auto insurance losses from 2006 to 2015.
Number of people killed by distracted driving in 2015.
Percent increase in bodily injury claims severity from 2005 to 2013.
Percent of respondents in a February 2017 National Safety Council survey who consider distracted drivers a major traffic safety concern. Only drunk drivers rated higher.


On the Twelfth Day of Christmas my true love sent to me . . .
My true love's name is Jackie and she helps to make me thin. She can help you too if you've emerged from the festive period with a belly like Santa's or you've just been a fat, lardy git all along. She comes from Bury and she lives in Calne but she's alright really.


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'Unsolved Mysteries' Is Coming To Amazon With Updates To Old Cases
By Juliet Bennett Rylah
Published Dec 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Perhaps you used to watch Unsolved Mysteries in the '90s, which was a fantastic way to nurture a hearty mistrust of strangers that would follow you like a shadow into adulthood. Or maybe that's just me. At any rate, Amazon intends to bring Unsolved Mysteries back to viewers next year, but not as a reboot. They're offering the original episodes hosted by late actor Robert Stack, with updated information to the old cases, the Wrap reports. From its foreboding synth opening to its grainy dramatic re-enactments, Unsolved Mysteries was a portent to the kind of true crime content modern audiences are heartily consuming today, like Serial, The Jinx and Making a Murderer. Unsolved Mysteries debuted in 1987 on NBC, and ended up on Spike through spring of 2010. The show featured a variety of hosts over its multiple iterations, but actor Robert Stack was the probably best known of the bunch.
FilmRise has acquired distribution rights to those original episodes of Unsolved Mysteries, and plans to offer them to Amazon viewers complete with pertinent updates and developments in the cases depicted. FilmRise did not confirm if that means some of the cases have been solved. Episodes from the most recent revival of the series, which aired from 2008 to 2010 on Spike and featured host Dennis Farina, are available on Amazon now, according to the A.V. Club. They, too, feature updates to the original cases. You can also read about updated and solved cases on a very robust Unsolved Mysteries wiki page here.
At least one case featured on the show was solved in Los Angeles last summer. The FBI and LAPD managed to capture former elementary school teacher Frank Joseph Montenegro, Jr. after 14 years spent on the lam. Montenegro was accused of molesting two boys who attended a summer school program in San Diego, but disappeared shortly after he was questioned. It was later discovered that he had convinced a friend into helping him rent a car. That car was found abandoned in Las Paz, Mexico, but Montenegro was nowhere to be found. He was apprehended in Brooklyn Heights after authorities received a tip indicating he had been living under a false name. An episode of Unsolved Mysteries featuring Montenegro's case aired in 2002.
Now, let that dramatic theme song take you back.


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Home Acquisitions Bollinger acquires Gulf Island's shipbuilding assets
Bollinger acquires Gulf Island's shipbuilding assets
Bollinger Shipyards CEO Ben Bordelon
Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards continued its pattern of growth by acquiring the shipbuilding assets of Gulf Island Fabrication in Houma, reports KATC. The deal positions Bollinger, based in Lockport, as the largest privately owned and operated domestic shipbuilder in the U.S.
Bollinger operates a dozen facilities offering marine repair, fabrication, new construction, engineering, machining, armature, dry dock, and sandblasting and coating services. Since 1985, Bollinger Shipyards has built 138 patrol boats for the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, in addition to an extensive portfolio of commercial offshore energy and inland river and harbor vessels.
In acquiring the Houma shipbuilding assets of Houston-based Gulf Island Fabrication, Bollinger will diversify its portfolio with the addition of towing, salvage and rescue ships for the U.S. Navy, as well as regional class research vessels for the National Science Foundation, according to a release from the Governor's Office. The Houma site brings to Bollinger a 437-acre waterfront facility with 198,000 square feet of existing operations, fabrication and warehouse space, along with four floating dry docks. See the full story.


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We had a report recently that mail from outside the Exchange organisation destined for Public Folders was being returned in the form of an NDR, but all other mail was flowing fine.
To explain the problem, here's a little background about the Exchange 2007 topology. We have two HUB servers that handle mail heading inbound and outbound of the organisation. Beneath that we have a lots of exchange deployments at physical sites with varying local configurations. To complicate things we have firewalls sat in front of these other deployments with some more strict than others. As we add more exchange deployments it can be a considerable task getting these firewalls adjusted to allow the new hub transport servers to communicate with the old, usually leading local administrators to notice queues forming on their sites.
I had all the information I needed to track the messages, so started by tracking the message at our two hub transports handling mail into and out of the system. The Public Folder that the message was being delivered to, only had one replica. I discovered that the message was being sent to what seemed to be a completely random hub server, not to the site where the replica existed. The messages were queuing there as the complaining administrators hadn't opened their firewalls as requested. Fine I thought, get them to open the firewalls properly, but I wanted to figure out why the message was being sent to this strange server in the first place.
1. Ranking by the age of the public folder database By default, public folder databases that have an age threshold of less than two days are not considered unless the age of all public folder databases is less than the threshold or the age is unknown.
2. Proximity The local server is preferred. If the local server does not contain a replica of the public folder database, a server in the same Active Directory site is preferred. If the local Active Directory site does not contain a replica of the public folder database, a server in a remote Active Directory site or routing group is selected as the preferred destination.
3. Cost If more than one remote Active Directory site or routing group contains a replica of the public folder database, the server in the Active Directory site or routing group that has the least cost routing path from the local Active Directory site is selected as the preferred destination.
In the long term, I'd want the messages routed directly from our two entry point Hub Servers, but in the short term point 1 stopped us from just creating a Public Folder Database to store only the Hierarchy for routing purposes, two days might have been a problem. I created the databases anyway.
Our AD site layout is fairly simple , its a snowflake design where all of the AD sites with connections to our central site had all the same costs. The quick way to resolve this was to drop the cost of a site where you wanted these messages to be routed via, this solved the problem short term until the mandatory two days expired until the newly created PF Databases could route the messages itself.


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Les 101 Dalmatiens 2 : Sur la trace des héros (Disney's 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure) est un jeu vidéo d'action, publié en 2003 sur console PlayStation, édité par Disney Interactive , Inc.et Eidos Interactive.

Système de jeu
Le joueur incarne Patch, l'un des 101 Dalmatiens, vagabondant dans les rues de Londres, au Royaume-Uni, accidentellement abandonné par sa famille lors d'un déménagement. Le jeu reprend l'univers du film homonyme. Ses frères et sœurs étant kidnappé par Cruella D'enfer, Patch s'associe à son idole de la télévision, Thunderbolt, afin de les secourir.

Le joueur traverse un univers de plates-formes en 3D en vue isométrique éparpillé en 29 niveaux. Il peut collecter plusieurs items (os, biscuits pour chiens, pommes, etc.), éviter les ennemis tels que les chats, les écureuils, voire les antagonistes du film (Horace, Jasper, et Cruella), et sauver la fratrie. Patch peut creuser, faire des roulades, aboyer, et sauter pendant son escapades à Londres et les villes avoisinantes. Le jeu comprend également des mini-jeux, ou niveaux bonus, durant lesquels le joueur doit par exemple collecter 60 os en 45 secondes à chaque quatrième ou cinquième niveaux. Les niveaux bonus terminent avec une cinématique sous-titrée tirée du film.

Développement
En 2003, une période durant laquelle l'activité vidéoludique de la PlayStation a grandement déclinée depuis la sortie de la PlayStation 2, Disney Interactive, Inc. et Eidos Interactive annoncent une collaboration pour la sortie d'un nouveau jeu vidéo basé sur les 101 Dalmatiens. Eidos s'était déjà occupé de développer Les 102 Dalmatiens à la rescousse !. Durant l'annonce, la société annonce la sortie du jeu le  en Amérique du Nord.

Notes et références

Jeu d'action
Jeu de plates-formes
Jeu PlayStation
Jeu vidéo sorti en 2003
Jeu vidéo développé aux États-Unis
Jeu vidéo Disney
Jeu Eidos Interactive
Jeu Backbone Entertainment
Adaptation d'un film en jeu vidéo
Univers des 101 Dalmatiens

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Theatre action at the Museum of Genocide Victims
Aukų street 2A, Vilnius, Lithuania
Museum of Genocide Victims is located in the former KGB headquarters where Soviet crimes had been planned and implemented for 50 years. The former interior details are kept and authentic interior is recreated in some of the rooms. Hundreds of people were cruelly tortured here and thousands suffered from repressions. The theatre action Unlocked Remembrances was a tombstone for these people and their relatives built from beautiful recollections without pathetic or pathos.
The genocide prosecuted in Lithuania by KGB still remains a fragile and painful topic to the people of Lithuania; it usually is expressed in the form of tears and fears. Therefore, while going a theatrical action in the museum of genocide, the main goal of the creators, was to look at this dark period of Lithuanian history through a new perspective, without tears or pathos, and so to encourage the youth to become interested in their history and respect it. In the former KGB prison, where there is a museum at this point, we did not tell storied of torture and suffering, but the stories of people's lives before they were imprisoned there. We tried to emphasize that people who were imprisoned there were not some abstract creatures, but were real people like you and I. By doing this we tried to engage the youth on this topic and invited them to honor the casualties not because you need to, but because you feel an inner desire to do it.
Creators: Dalia Kiaupaitė and Oskaras Valiullinas with Vilnius University Theater Drama Troupe students


When former New South Wales District Court judge, Duncan Munro, is found lying unconscious in a hotel room surrounded by evidence incriminating him in an affair, his close knit family are rocked to their core.
Marguerite Munro is unwilling to believe her husband of forty years has been cheating on her, but the evidence doesn't lie. Roses, champagne, massage oils, lingerie…it's obvious he was expecting a woman and she knows darn well it wasn't her.
Will Duncan regain consciousness and provide the explanation they're praying for, or will this be the end of Marguerite's marriage and the Munro family as we know it…?


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Ambush in the Community
Shelly and Will Clark
Majority Owners
Shelly and her husband, Will, have been a part of the ownership of the St Louis Ambush since its rebirth in 2013. They became majority owners of the team in 2016.
Shelly graduated Magna Cum Laude from Kent State University in 1997 with a Bachelors of Science in Education. She and Will started Cardinal Surveying & Mapping in 2003 and are both Professional Land Surveyors licensed in the state of Missouri.
Shelly and Will are involved in their local community and serve and support several local charities including Youth in Need, The St. Charles Library Foundation, Friends of Kids with Cancer, Sunshine Kids, Our Lady's Inn, St Louis Food Bank and many others.
Shelly currently serves as the CEO of the St Louis Ambush and oversees the day to day operations. She also serves on the Major Arena Soccer League Executive Committee as Secretary.
Under their ownership, the Ambush have experienced significant growth over the past four seasons. The team's win percentage improved from .050 in 2016 to .429 last season. Attendance also improved under Shelly and Will's tenure, growing from an average of 2,574 per game in 2016-17 (tenth in the MASL) to 3,096 (third in the MASL) last season. The team has produced two MASL Rookies of the Year, one MASL Defender of the Year and several MASL Honorable Mention award winners.
The Clarks have 2 grown children, Tyler and Annika. The family resides in Cottleville.
Jeff Locker
Jeff Locker became co-owner of the Ambush in December, 2019.
Locker is an experienced wealth manager, specializing in financial planning for individuals, families and business owners. After 10 years in the industry, working as an advisor, mentor, sales manager and partner at a previous firm, he began AXIUS in 2010.
Jeff excels at understanding a client's goals and then crafting a comprehensive plan designed specifically to meet those goals. He has even been recognized for his accomplishments by being awarded several industry awards, including the Five Star Wealth Manager Award and is a qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT).
Jeff attended Truman State University, and earned his bachelor's degree in Finance and a minor in Economics. He then continued his education by attaining the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) designation, the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) and FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 and 65.
When asked what was different about the AXIUS experience, Jeff immediately thought of an Abraham Lincoln quote that he feels embodies the AXIUS spirit. "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
Locker is a native of St. Charles County, where he still works and resides with his wife Heather and their four children. They also share their house with turtles and frogs, there's always excitement at the Locker house. Jeff is extremely active in the children's school, the Academy of the Sacred Heart. He is on the committee furthering enrichment and enjoys giving back to the St. Charles Community.
In his spare time, you can find Jeff on the soccer field, either playing or coaching. Jeff and his family love to travel, and he has been all over the world. He did the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and the original marathon in Athens, Greece. They often visit Disney World in Orlando, and they are hoping to take a Disney Cruise soon. Jeff is an outdoorsman, and loves spending time at the Lake of the Ozarks, fishing, boating, spending time on the water or golfing. Family game night is also a big hit at their house, you'll often find the family playing Clue, Shufflepuck or other board games.
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Georgie has got a new bed, but it's not like other beds. For each night, Georgie says the magic word and it whisks him away on a fantastic adventure. He loves his bed, but one day he and his family go on holiday, and when they come back, Granny has a big surprise for Georgie . . .