for my acufolks:

BBC posted this recently, saying that acupuncture increased the odds of implantation by 65% with IVF (invtro fertilization). I always like to see science backing up my favorite alternative medicines, so I wanted to make sure that you've seen it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7233500.stm

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And the Archbishop of Canterbury's comments on Sharia law in the UK continue to spark drama:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7239409.stm

Once again, I think it is amazing how people can read the same statements and interpret them in such vastly different ways. When you add to that the suspicion about Islam which verges on hysteria at times, I suppose it's a recipe for uproar.

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As I've been feeling somewhat creatively dried up lately, today's dailyrumi resonates with me, especially the last bayt:

Birdsong brings relief
to my longing.

I am just as ecstatic as they are,
but with nothing to say!

Please, universal soul, practice
some song, or something, through me!


version by Coleman Barks

Hopefully the Eurasian ensemble will be inspiring tonight.