In Mental Health Crises, a 911 Call Now Brings a Mixed Team of Helpers — And Maybe No Cops
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In Mental Health Crises, a 911 Call Now Brings a Mixed Team of Helpers — And Maybe No Cops

by: Katheryn Houghton

Originally published at KHN.org

By the time Kiki Radermacher, a mental health therapist, arrived at a Missoula, Montana, home on an emergency 911 call in late May, the man who had called for help was backed into a corner and yelling at police officers.

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Quick Find: Ahmed Bukhatir – Islamic Nasheed Singer
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Quick Find: Ahmed Bukhatir – Islamic Nasheed Singer

REPOST: Another gem of a find is in the music of Islamic singer AHMED BUKHATIR. The first song I hear was an English nasheed* called “Forgive Me.” Even though the English isn’t very well put together the essence and the emotion is felt. The video for the song shows Ahmed coming in contact with various children, one with no leg, another with no sight, and one with no hearing. When he realizes these things his words, “Oh God, forgive me when I whine” A subtle and strong song about how we complain about things in life and when we come to the realization of other people’s suffering, we must humble our selfs about trivial things.

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Quick Finds: Litefoot – Native American Hip-Hop
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Quick Finds: Litefoot – Native American Hip-Hop

REPOST: Was roaming around YouTube looking up Native American artists and found LITEFOOT, probably the first Native American Hip-Hop artist I have heard of. Litefoot has been in the music scene for close to 20 years now but might be recognized best as Little Bear in the movie The Indian in the Cupboard as well as other movies including Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Kull the Conqueror, Song Of Hiawatha and The Pearl as well as other movies and TV appearances.

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Interview – Otep Shamaya
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Interview – Otep Shamaya

REPOST AND EDITED: This interview was done when I ran a small fanzine years ago. Only a few video interviews are posted here.

First posted 7/2/2011. All the others are lost or only available in print. Link to full interview no longer available. Only this short print is available sorry.

Interview 6-30-2011 Musician, poet, animal rights and human and gay rights activist and soon to be Internet radio talk show host Otep Shamala spoke with Crossroads Music Magazine on the last leg of the Atavist Tour with fellow label mates Blackguard, Sister Sin and Destrophy as well as Austin, Texas band One-Eyed Doll while they played Theo’s Billiards in Corpus Christi the last day of June.

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FILM REVIEW: “Inside Job” Documentary (2010)
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FILM REVIEW: “Inside Job” Documentary (2010)

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REPOST: When it comes to banking and the economy I am pretty much an idiot. When the economic crisis happened back in 2008 as well as how it occurred, I was a bit clueless on what happened and how it happened. “Inside Job” is a well put together documentary going step by step in getting the layman, such as I, in understanding what happened with the Markets and how millions of people and billions of dollars virtually disappeared because of the actions of a few bankers and politicians.

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Tom McDonald – “Castles”
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Tom McDonald – “Castles”

Verse 1
I see you at the liquor store leaving with the cheapest can of beer on the shelf
You ain’t living on the street, but you barely making rent, and I relate because I’m struggling myself
I see you smile at the clerk while you fumble through your purse, I just wish I had a little more to help
I imagine where you living, how you feeling, what you love and who you’ll be if you can make it out your hell
I see you at the bus stop, looking at the sidewalk, smoking half a cigarette, waiting for a ride
Kinda limp when you walk and look away when you talk, you’re ashamed, I can see it in your eyes
Probably got a NASCAR shirt and a car that you love, but you’re here ’cause you’re too afraid to drive
It’s been almost ten years since the day that you crashed, can’t forget about the little boy’s life

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‘WandaVision’ echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere
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‘WandaVision’ echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere

What is Marvel if not mythology persevering? WandaVision Images/Disney Plus

By Michael Nichols, Martin University

During a flashback scene in Marvel’s Disney Plus show “WandaVision,” the superpowered android Vision comforts his wife, Wanda Maximoff, after the death of her twin brother. “But what is grief,” he tells her, “if not love persevering?”

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Missing Texas Chiropractor and Strange Incidences of Holistic Practitioners
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Missing Texas Chiropractor and Strange Incidences of Holistic Practitioners

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REPOST & UPDATE JUNE 18, 2021: Last article about Dr. Towery was updated last year June 11. Here is the news link…
Leads exhausted but hope remains for missing Victoria chiropractor.

Links to his website below are no longer available.
The Reddit Page with more info.
The Charley Project has further info.

UPDATE May 22, 2017: Dr. Towery’s vehicle was found Sunday May 7th and the only lead police have offered is that he was possibly last seen talking with someone on the rural road his truck was found.

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Stateless
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Stateless

by Leo Babauta

Every day, we are dealing with a thousand things, overrun by emails and messages and tasks and chores … and it can become overwhelming and shut us down.

I’d like to talk about an idea I’ve been working with, called the Stateless Protocol.

It’s meant to reduce the overwhelm and help us to focus and be more present.

Let me explain the idea, then we’ll talk about how to apply it.

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The Physics of Consciousness
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The Physics of Consciousness

By: Jason Lincoln Jeffers

REPOST: Quantum physics posits that nothing really happens in the physical world unless a conscious mind observes it. In other words, consciousness must perceive what it creates in order for that creation be real. This theory can be corroborated in the dream world. When we dream, we create our dream and perceive our dream at the same time. We do it so seamlessly that we are unaware that we, are in fact, the dreamer.

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Bad Things Happen to You Because You Are Attracting Negative Energy – Let’s Change That
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Bad Things Happen to You Because You Are Attracting Negative Energy – Let’s Change That

By Belinda Daly:

What is Law of Attraction? Well Law of Attraction is the belief that you completely draw everything to you – good and bad.

Remember this does not mean that if something bad happens to you that you wanted it to happen to you. What I am saying is that, for some reason, you have ingrained the belief in your inner being that something bad is going to happen to you so inevitably something bad actually happens to you.

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Duality Vs. Polarity
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Duality Vs. Polarity

by: James Renford Powell
REPOST: The one concept that above all others plagues human beings, and has done so for all of recorded history, is the concept of duality. It is a hidden enemy, created in wrong thought (relative consciousness), and fed by fear. It has divided the world of man and has been the instrument of more death and destruction than all the terms we commonly use to describe evil. And yet the people of the world, as a whole, continue trapped in the same belief pattern. What is this thing called “duality”? Virtually every Church and most of the religions of the world have propagated this idea in their doctrine. Why is it such a pervasive idea, and why has it attracted such a following?

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Do Yoda Proud: Meditation 101
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Do Yoda Proud: Meditation 101

by Dr. Janette Marie Freeman – http://www.janettemariefreeman.com

REPOST: Meditation is most commonly associated with monks, mystics and other spiritual disciplines. However, you don’t have to be a monk or mystic to enjoy its benefits. And you don’t even have to be in a special place topractice it. You could even try it in your own living room!

Although there are many different approaches tomeditation, the fundamental principles remain the same. The most important among these principles is that of removing obstructive, negative, and wandering thoughts and fantasies, and calming the mind with a deep sense of focus. This clears the mind of debris and prepares it for a higher quality of activity.

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IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE – Civil War featuring Killer Mike and Brother Ali
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IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE – Civil War featuring Killer Mike and Brother Ali

Intro
Like anybody, I would like to live — a long life; longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. So I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord – MLK Jr

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Five Heavy Metal Songs That Made Me Realize the Reality of Death.
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Five Heavy Metal Songs That Made Me Realize the Reality of Death.

REPOST: Yeah, I’m one of those long haired Metal-head types that grew up listening to aggressive music, getting into the mosh pit at concerts, stage diving into crowds, and a bit of headbanging at times. One thing that drew me to Heavy Metal was the depth of some of the lyrics in some of the bands I listened to. I contribute music in being one of the main vehicles that made me question the reality of life as well as death. Below is a small list of songs that made me open up to the understanding of the last aspect of life….Death.

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DOCUMENTARY – Kumare’ (2012)
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DOCUMENTARY – Kumare’ (2012)

“Today I embrace illusion to find truth”
What is truth? What is illusion? This documentary/film explores the question of what is real and what is fake in understanding what a spiritual master is. Film maker Vikram Gandhi goes undercover as a Hindu guru to seek those answers and finds more about who he is as well as the reactions of his ‘followers’ when he unveils his true self.

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