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Here are the articles I’ve been reading, saving and meaning to post this week.

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NYTimes Blog -

Jill Bolte Taylor – When a Brain Scientist Suffers a Stroke

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Huffington Post

How Miracle Fruit Will Change Everything You Taste

Ladies, Don’t Fall Into the Bone Mineral Density Osteoporosis Trap

The Sound Of Your Soul

Nanotechnology Cancer Treatment: A New Tool In Radiation Therapy

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BBC News

Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil

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Jesus Wept (lack of health care in USA)

Rules for apologizing (communication and etiquette)

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Associated Press

Volcano Erupts on Galapagos Islands

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23/6

News for Kids: Hillary’s High School Horror Show

(okay, not really health and science, just human psychology and group think)

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Another Comment about 100 Free mp3 Downloads for $4.95 on eFolkMusic

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As you know, I am a great fan of eFolkMusic. There are hundreds of folk music artists on eFolkMusic from a wide array of musical styles. And now, it’s even easier to get in on all the good music there (and, download it to your computer or ipod, too!).

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I have 39 songs on eFolkMusic (in the digital albums Weird Duck, Hungry When I Wake, Lean In For A Kiss). 26 of those songs are free to members. If you are a member (one month costs only $4.95), you can download any of those 26 songs and any other member mp3s up to a total of 100 mp3s every month. And, if you don’t use up all the 100 downloads, and you renew for the next month, you get rollover download credits, like rollover cell phone minutes. It’s a pretty cool deal.

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I also have one song which is free to everyone (members or not), Lean In For A Kiss, in the Vol 3 Digital Sampler. (And, you can download songs by 11 other artists and bands, too.) The information for acquiring those songs is after the fold.

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Support Folk Music for $4.95!!! eFolkMusic, Of Course! :)

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Check out this list of tracks…

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Support Folk Music for $4.95!!!

Join our nonprofit now and access to our “member download” library of over 1800 full length, stereo MP3s! Check out this list of tracks…

More benefits for annual supporters

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At the end of Memorial Day 2008 …

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I hope all who are in our armed forces on this day are alive and unharmed. I thank all who currently serve and all who have served before.

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In this country, we disagree about what is a ‘just’ war, but we appreciate and honor the sacrifice of those who serve this country in the armed forces.

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Thank you men and women in uniform.

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From Konagod, a video tribute to veterans who are homeless.

My song “Hungry When I Wake” (about being homeless), on MySpace and eFolkMusic.

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About The Flag Pin, and Obama’s Refusal To Wear It Saying It Doesn’t Matter

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The Moderate Voice

Knock, Knock.

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More About the California Ruling For Marriage Equality

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From Huffington Post:

Erica Jong -Hurrah for Gay Marriage

Lane Hudson – Bowing to Fear, candidates ignore historic nature of CA decision

Nathaniel Frank – America’s Ongoing “Separate and Unequal”

Ellen Challenges John McCain On Gay Marriage: “You’re No Different Than I Am”

Robin Tyler – My Reaction to the California Marriage Ruling — As the Plaintiff

Fox News

This is not about the ruling. It’s about homosexuality in nature, as a natural occurrence in nature. What’s amazing is that Fox News would even report this story.

Good-As-You

Video: Wendy Wright is, in fact, wrong

Ellen and McCain: A Gay Ol’ Time

Gas prices? Housing bust? No, no — it’s gay ‘I do‘s

Video: CA ruling — do Georgians find it peachy?

And why shouldn’t our existences be summed up in four talking points?

Time

Viewpoint: What the California Gay Ruling Won’t Do

Will Gay Marriage Help the GOP?

The New York Times

Same-Sex Marriage and Racial Justice Find Common Ground

Ruling May Revive Gay Marriage as Issue

Marriage Partners

The Moderate Voice

Gays, God, and Government: Self-righteousness in the State Capitols (Guest Voice)

Opinion

Opposing view: The court got it right

Associated Press

Calif. clerk hopes to have 1st legal gay marriage

Comedy Central

Stephen Colbert Interviews Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins (video)

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Arianna Huffington Has Finally Said Something Good About Hillary

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I thought it would never happen, but it has. Never mind that it is in the context of discussing Hillary losing the nomination for the Democratic Party, Arianna Huffington still said something good about Hillary. I’ll give her credit for that. Hillary Clinton’s Defeat: A Historic Triumph

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More about Hillary from The Moderate Voice: Hillary Clinton: Her Critics and Admirers…

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These Guys Are Funny (Red State Update)

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[WARNING: NOT FOR WORK]

I just saw this over at Good-As-You, a comedic interpretation of the propaganda on certain ‘news’ channels. And, here are the Red State Update guys on their own page.

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Discover Nathan Pacheco now, and stay ahead of the curve!

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I believe Nathan Pacheco will be the next worldwide music sensation!

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I want everyone to hear his beautiful voice.

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You can see and hear Nathan Pacheco at the official Yanni sites:

http://yanni.com/voices/nathan/index.aspx

http://yanni.com/voices/nathan/galleries_nathan.aspx

http://www.myspace.com/yanniofficial

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Visit the Nathan Pacheco fan pages and show your love for Nathan!

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On Facebook: http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=19195586102

(a fan site)

Join the group and leave messages to and about Nathan and his wonderful music!

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On WordPress: http://nathanpacheco.wordpress.com

(a fan site)

Leave comments for Nathan. Tell him how much you love him.

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On Myspace: http://myspace.com/nathanpacheco

(a fan site)

Add yourself as a friend and leave messages to and about Nathan and his wonderful music!

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Nostalgia? Television Commercials From Years Back

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Coffee

folgers marriage-saving coffee

Kool-Aid

“You can give your youngsters a lot of pleasure with Kool-Aid”

Make friends with Kool-aid. Make Kool-aid with friends. (with Bugs Bunny)

Soft Drinks

“Now it’s Pepsi for those who think young.”

Chewing Gum

Yummy Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum

Shaving Cream

Nothing takes it off like Noxema Medicated Shave.

Combination Videos (multiple commercials in each video)

Nine 1996 – 40 Years Of Television – Old Commercials

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International Day Against Homophobia May 17, 2008

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I’ve never heard of this before. The International Day Against Homophobia is tomorow, May 17, 2008. From the website, it looks like it’s based in Canada.

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The focus this year is Health Care Workers. I wish them well. This is certainly a worthy focus. All people should be treated with dignity and respect. This applies when seeking health care, too. I am happy to see that someone is addressing this issue. Education is a good place to start.

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Annual campaigns to combat homophobia focus on a different scope of activity each year. The goal of the Homosexuality is not a sickness! campaign is to reach all healthcare workers and professionals.

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The 2008 campaign highlights gay and lesbian health issues. Just like any other citizens, gays and lesbians need to receive health services free of discrimination.

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Read more from the web page after the fold.

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Flowers, Beauty and Music Above All Else: GLADIOLAS, stained glass, nathan pacheco

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The post about flowers hidden about my yard last summer and the post about my first stained glass piece are consistently high on the list of posts viewed on this site. (Is it because everyone loves flowers and stained glass?) The other post that is usually at the top of the list is the “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” post.

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Yesterday, Nathan Pacheco passed “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in the daily searches and views. I am happy to see that. Nathan is a fine man with tremendous heart and talent. If you don’t yet know about him, visit the Yanni website and click the Yanni Voices tab. Happy listening!

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Top Posts

Absolutely beautiful letter, thoughtful and well written, from an Oklahoma high school senior who lost his mother in the Oklahoma City bombing terrorist attack (to OK Rep. Sally Kearn who said gay people are worse than terrorists), 747 views

With A Rebel Yell, She Cried Mow, Mow, Mow, 738 views

Don’t Worry. Be Happy., 719 views

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Top Searches

GLADIOLAS, stained glass, nathan pacheco

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Most Active

With A Rebel Yell, She Cried Mow, Mow, Mow, 60 views

Nathan Pacheco: The Man With the Beautiful Voice Writes and Performs With Yanni, 44 views

My First Stained Glass Piece, 32 views

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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS on The Moderate Voice

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[UPDATE: Read Dr. E's most recent posts on The Moderate Voice.]

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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS has been a columnist for The Moderate Voice for more than a year, but I have not linked to her columns in any recent posts. I do not have a good reason for that, since she has much to say, and I enjoy her stories and analysis.

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Her book Women Who Run With the Wolves was what informed me of her storytelling and therapist’s view of the world. From the day I found it (a few years after publication) until many months later, I read and reread the stories she told and her interpretations of their meanings. She is a wise voice in a world where we are too often lacking in wisdom.

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This evening, I started looking back through the archives of her columns in TMV and began copying links to add to this page. The list became longer and longer.

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The list below is not the complete body of Dr. Estes work on TMV, but it is a start. Visit The Moderate Voice to find more of her columns and to read the work of the other fine columnists.

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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS is a therapist, a story teller and a writer (among other things). In many of her columns on TMV, she tells stories and analyzes human behavior as it relates to current events in the USA and around the world.

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Here are several paragraphs from one of her columns.

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‘Barack is Not White, Barack is Not Black’ The Possible Gift in Being Bi-Racial

March 18th, 2008 by DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, TMV Columnist

Barack is, like I am, like many others of us are–for lack of a more graceful word– we are Bi-racial. Cross-racial is probably a slightly better, but still awkward term. That is, we are born twinned: one of each of two or more races is inside us. The blood of often opposing groups, runs in our cells, our bloodlines. Barack’s mother was Caucasian. His father was an African from Kenya.

People who are bi-racial are never without their twin. Never. Our twin is both ‘other’ and ‘I” at the same time. It’s a potentially tempestuous but also often transformative situation… if we give ourselves to working out its puzzle over our lifetimes.

Above is a painting by the master of brushwork and figurative art, Lucien Freud. It speaks to me and to many others who are bi-racial, because as you see in the two men on the bed, we are in “a relationship we cannot leave,” a lifelong relationship with our, often historically adversarial, bloodlines.

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Cruise on over to TMV and read for awhile.

Polar Bear: The Lost Story

Endurance, The Word: A Lost Story

This Is West Virginia

This Too Is West Virginia

Rest Well. Day Is Done

Prayer For The Suffering Chinese

When A Good Mother Sails From This World

Mother’s Day and The Mistaken Zygote: If You Have a Mama From Mars

The Fierce Origin of Mother’s Day: A Lost Story

Mother’s Day: A Lost Story

Than Shwe: This Child Is Burma’s Only Future: Do Not Let An Entire Generation of Burmese Children Be Wiped Out by Your Inaction

Burma: The Government’s Idea of Bringing Aid to the Groaning Masses of Maimed and Dead

Rest For A Moment

And You Thought Sister Mary Ignatius Was Strict: Not Allowed to Vote In Indiana: The Nuns’ Story

Two Presidents for the Price of One: Co-Presidents Michelle, Bill and Cindy

The Last First Lady: Transition from Society Balls, to Just Balls

PETA Speaks About Eight Belles Being Driven To Fatal Injuries on Track

About Indiana: Twelve Mostly Beloved Oddities About Hoosiers

Disease Control Hugely Boosted In China by…The Olympics?

A Moment of Rest Away From The Whirling Whir of the World: A Lost Story

Can Any Candidate Take Us Out of Oceania and Back to the USA? Or Is That Solely Up To Us?

Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Shakespeare: Relentless War Silences Those Who Demanded Peace

Hillary Clinton and the Negative Mother Complex

A Martian Speaks on What Some Call “Whoredom”

Culture on the Couch: Obama and Wright: One’s Own Brother as Destroyer

Rush Limbaugh, Charlie Brown and Our Cowboy Senator Salazar

Has Any Candidate Noticed? The Investigative Storytellers Have Gone Missing

Election Psychosis

What Is A Destructive Cult? Who Joins? Warren Jeffs and Brother Hide Behind Women’s Skirts

The FLDS Church Based on Polygamy Now in Court

Clinton, Obama Debate, Schmebate

President Bush’s Plans for Greenhouse Gases; The King Midas Story

Pope Speaks for Planet, Because Care of Earth Critically Tied To Peace on Earth

Bush, The First Catholic President?: Some Think Pope Approves George Bush’s “Use” of Catholic Social Teachings?

Dr. E. from TMV, is a New Columnist for The National Catholic Reporter

Louis Farrakhan Endorses Obama at “Saviours’ Day” Event in Chicago: A Tale of Who Shall Be King

Michelle Obama: Those Who Say: “I Ain’t Voting For No Nigger”

Fidel Castro; The Man in the Green Suit Turns

Candidates Fight to Be Underdog, A Great Risk: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Burma: The Heartbeat Is Still Alive Underground

Ernie Pyle, The WWII Grunts’ Storyteller

For The Night Riders: Bloggers Across The World Who Write at Night

The Next President: The Nation Cannot Survive Another Erl King Carrying Off Its Leader

Fred Thompson Turns Back: Candidates Going Forward Have Fire in the Belly

Mike Huckabee, Ads, Picket Lines: Cunning Like A Frog? Innocent Like A Mouse? A Lost Story

The Lost Story of New Year’s Day: The Old Man and The Child

Christmas Eve 2007: The Call Comes

Walter Adler: Assaulted for Being a “Dirty Jew” …and The Traveler from Samara Still Lives

Torture: Did the American Psychological Association Collude With Torture of Human Beings?

Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas: Thankful for Family Elders… and Sobriety

Our Hometown: Night of 100 Cats, and Belle Gunness

Hugo Chavez: Students Forced Masked Soldiers to Shoot Them?

Veterans’ Prayers: A Hidden Part of Warrior Life: Veterans Day 2007

Veterans Day 2007: Our Brothers and Sisters On the Job

The Forgotten Ones: The Vets Who Wander Still, Veterans Day 2007

Kristallnacht: The Night of Shattering Glass, 9 November 1938

2007 Weblog Awards for Best Comic Strip: The Top Ten

Gay Rights: The Religious Who Teach Non-violence, Non-condemnation of GLBT

Abortion: What It Takes To Make It To Earth

Torture, Arson, Flood, War: Some Vitamins for the Soul

Our Home Town: Seed Corn Shall Not Be Ground

Burma: Than Schwe’s Irrevocable Public Shame

Burma: The Robes With No Monks in Them

California Fires: Post-Trauma Recovery List

Elections: Men Too Emotional to be President? Women too? Curious Clues in the Constitution.

Burma: How Things Are

I can’t do any more! She has written much. Go and read. TMV

** And, now it’s morning May 16, 2008. I’ve been up all night listening to Nathan and reading old posts by Dr. E. It looks as if she may have been up all night, too. There are two new posts this morning.

Elections 2008: Bridge

Sleep, Perchance to Dream…

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In The News Today … California Supreme Court Rules For Equality

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Links from a few stories about this ruling:

Associated Press

California’s top court legalizes gay marriage

Huffington Post

California Gay Marriage Ban Overturned: Major Updates

A Victory for Equality: California Affirms the Freedom to Marry

Good-As-You

BREAKING: The CA Supremes totally rule!

Degeneres-de Rossi: I now pronounce you hard to pronounce

Wherein homo-hostility turns herbicidal

Video: Victory is just so much more fun

Truth Wins Out

Ruling Undermines ‘Ex-Gay’ Propaganda And Lets Potential Recruits See The Truth About Same-Sex Relationships

Pam’s House Blend

California Supreme Court Ruling: Thumbs UP On Marriage Equality

We Won in California!

America Will Be…

The Moderate Voice

On miscegenation and gay marriage

California court overturns gay marriage ban

The Advocate

The Community Reacts: California State Senator Sheila Kuehl

Related and Other Topics:

The Advocate

Sally Kern: A Star Is Boring

Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub

Father of a Gay Son Speaks Out

Science Blogs

Michael Medved says something dumb

Pam’s House Blend

Sally Kern condemns campaign for workplace fairness

Huffington Post

Hillary Should Stay in Because She Can

Politico

Conyers: ‘We’re closing in on Rove’

STL Today

Internet Pioneer, Privacy Hero

The Moderate Voice – DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS

Polar Bear: The Lost Story

Endurance, The Word: A Lost Story

Videos:

Huffington Post

First Borowitz Report Video Ever! (who’s going to tell Hillary?)

Olbermann To Bush: “This War Is Not About You…”

Top Bill O’Reilly “Inside Edition” Spoofs, Analysis

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Visit the new Nathan Pacheco tribute site (fan site) on WordPress

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This photo is from Yanni.com.

Nathan is writing for Yanni and singing with Yanni.

Listen to his beautiful voice and fall in love!

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Visit Yanni.com, watch, listen, rise to the heavens.

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Visit the Nathan Pacheco fan site on WordPress.com.

And, become a friend on the Nathan Pacheco * fan site * MySpace page.

And, join the Nathan Pacheco Group (fan site) on Facebook.

And, leave comments to show your love.

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