December 2008 Newsletter

December 2008 Newsletter

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From the Editor of DanielMcCree.Org:
December 31, 2008


As we round out the year of 2008, I want to take a moment to express our sincerest thank you to all of our visitors and supporters. Your contributions have made DanielMcCree.Org the place it is today.
Over the past year, the foundation's mission has been to continue with the causes that Daniel held so dear to his heart.

In June, we acquired BellevillePride.com, and established an online presence for the very first Pride Celebration in Southern Illinois. In that same month, MCCGSL purchased the property at 1919 S. Broadway in the Soulard Neighborhood, and began renovation of the 30,000sq ft facility to house the church offices, and soon worship space, and the physical location of The Hope and Help Center.


In September, we began working with MCCGSL in the development of The Hope and Help Center online, (www.hopeandhelpcenter.org), which serves the entire region with information and resources that are available in our area. These topic include everything from Housing, Employment, Health & HIV info, as well as Spritual Guidance, and referral services. The Hope and Help Center is an outreach of MCC of Greater St. Louis, and was funded in part by the Missouri Foundation for Health. DanielMcCree.org continues to maintain and develop services through this ministry.

December also brought several new developments, including the expansion of the BellevillePride brand, and the observance of World AIDS Day 2008. Daniel McCree had a panel on the Heartsong Retreat Quilt, which was presented to the "Names Project", on behalf of MCCGSL's Ezekiel Project. Daniel was also actively remembered at the Church-wide event, in October; as well as observances at MCCGSL on Nov 30th, Christ Church Cathederal and Bethany Place of Belleville, on December 1st.

As we approach the new year, we are excited for many new things we have upcoming in 2009.
With the anticipated completion of the new church facility, in Spring;, and Belleville's 2nd Annual Pride Event, will take place in JUNE. We have had only intial contact with SWIC, regarding art exhibits, but we are likely to further discussions in 2009.

Each of you have become part of the "D-Vine", and I encourage each of you to not only share our website with others, but to consider ways you may support our mission, through your own work within our community at large. Over the past year, I have been amazed at the feedback we have received from visitors around the globe, who continue to enjoy and be influenced by the creative works of our dearest friend Daniel. It has been an honor to be a part of the Vine, and I look forward to the coming year. Our December & Year-End Site reports will be published in the next few days, be sure to check them out!

Sincerely,
Colby Kluthe, editor- DanielMcCree.org
editor@danielmccree.org

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Happy Holidays from DanielMcCree.org

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The editors of DanielMcCree.Org, and volunteers of The Hope and Help Center, wish you and your loved ones a joyful Holiday Season, and may you be filled with the warmth of spirit, and Joy as we share this special time of celebration of God's Love, and birth of Jesus.

We have been honored to serve the needs of our community in 2008, with several new developments, such as The Hope and Help Center, and are looking forward to new endeavors in the new year.

We wish to thank each of our supporters and visitors, that have made DanielMcCree.org a place to share, and care for one another.

Warmest Regards,

Colby , editor- DanielMcCree.org / The Hope and Help Center

editor@danielmccree.org

webmaster@hopeandhelpcenter.org

I recently found this video from around spring 2008

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Download Original File at: http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

Featured Artwork for December!

Daniel McCree Original ~ 2005
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November Site Reports Now Available!

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We have Completed the Site Reports for November 2008, as well as the Newsletter.
Both are Available for Download, at http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

Also Download Previous Newsletters and Site Reports, and much more at: http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

World AIDS Day 2008

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Daniel McCree will be remembered in several ways in the coming days. His name has been added to the "HeartSong 2008" panel of the AIDS QUILT, which will be contributed to the Names Project in the coming weeks. This panel was exhibited on Nov 30th, during the 11:30 Services at MCCGSL.

December 1st, 2008 will mark the 20th anniversary of observing World AIDS Day.
Our beloved Daniel McCree will be remembered at observances throughout the city. On November 30th, MCCGSL will observe World AIDS Day, in conjunction with the Ezekiel Project minsitry. This observance includes a reading of Names from the MCC community, as well as an exhibit of a new panel for the AIDS QUILT.

On December 1st, at 7pm Christ Church Cathederal will host the World AIDS Day in St. Louis, including performances from the Gateway Mens Chorus. As well as a special time of remembrance and reading of names BEGINNING AT 6PM. We encourage everyone to attend! Daniel will be remembered as a part of this service as well.

As the editor of DanielMcCree.Org, I am proud to represent Daniel at these events, in remembrance of both the Hope and struggle that Daniel endured during his lifetime. As the Spirit of Daniel McCree lives on in each of us, he is also remembered by many others throughout our community worldwide.

For more information about these events: visit www.HopeandHelpCenter.org

Happy Birthday Daniel !

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Daniel McCree was born on November 21st, 1979 in Chester, IL. He is remembered by many loved ones around the world this day. Especially his closest Family and Friends. Daniel remained very close to his Grandmother, Mother, Sister, and many others. His closest friends are throughout the United States, and still others around the world.

In Daniel's Own Words:
"A silent stare is what the outside world must view while I'm walking through this.
My life's work has been to record my story in my own way using whatever avenues communication or _expression will serve the purpose. "

From DanielMcCree.Org
"There are so many stories about how people came to know Daniel.
Each of them as unique as Daniel himself. It would be like him to refer to everyone in his life as a sweet grape on his grapevine. -And he savored each and everyone of them.

One theme remains true of each individual story, and that is that anyone who met him would assuredly be changed.
There was no other way- "But you must! It is necessary..." he would say, and it was just that simple."

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New Art Exhibit Today!

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In Celebration of Daniel's Birthday (November 21, 1979) we have brought out some

NEW ARTWORK, we have never shown before!

**ALSO UPDATED** The Photos Collection has been updated as well.

Here are some Quicklinks: http://danielmccree.org/artcollection.aspx

http://danielmccree.org/collection.aspx

New Artwork for November

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As we prepare to celebrate Daniel's upcoming Birthday, we will be exhibiting several NEW peices to the gallery. Here is an example. Look for the update on November 21st.

Download Original Video File

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DanielMcCree.Org Exhibits the 2008 Birthday Tribute!

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October Site Reports - DanielMcCree.org

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We have completed the Site Reports for October 2008. These reports detail the traffic statistics for the domain: DanielMcCree.org. These reports will be available for download at:

http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

We will publish a SPECIAL EDITION of our Newsletter on November 21st, in celebration of Daniel McCree's Birthday (11-21-1979)

In Brief:

DanielMccree.Org received 723 Visits and 1,534 page views.

Visit us Online for more detailed information!

October 2008 Newsletter

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Notes from the editor:

Many things have taken place during the month of October, and we are proud to announce several new developments. We recently updated NEW ARTWORK to the Art Gallery, and making its landing page debut today: Daniel's Birthday Tribute Video!

Playlist.com, the platform used for the music at DanielMcCree.org, has been undergoing BETA testing of a new format, and has resulted in less favorable performance of the playlists for the past week. We expect these issues to resolve themselves in the next few days, but we apoligize for the inconvienence.

October brought the debut of THE HOPE AND HELP CENTER, an online resource ministry of MCCGSL. MCC of Greater St. Louis, was proud to announce more than 1 million of the Capital Campaign's Goal, has been pledged by 78 families thus far. This is still short of the total 2.8 Million Goal, however tommorow, during the CELEBRATION SUNDAY, the members will learn about our next "milemarker" on this journey.

October 25th, The Building Together Team, hosted a Church-Wide Event at the Planetarium, More than 300 people attended the event.

As a part of the Keynote address, Rev. Carol Trissell, made special tribute and memorial to Daniel McCree, as one of our church family members, that have gone to be with God. I was very proud to know that the members of MCC have also devoted themselves to remembering Daniel, as he was so passionate about the ministries of MCCGSL.

**There will be a special edition of the NEWSLETTER published on NOV 21st, as we observe and celebrate Daniel McCree's Birthday. For it was a beautiful day on November 21, 1979 that Daniel first graces the playground we call earth. And his mother Kayla Kistner embarked on a Faith Journey of her own in raising and encouraging Daniel along his pathway.

The Novemeber 21st release will have several updates, including new ARTWORK, and news developments. (how Daniel's sprit continues to live on in each of us) We will share a few great stories.

We thank each of our visitors! and especially our Subscribers! We encourage each of you to SHARE our Feed with everyone you know, continuing the growth of the "D- Vine"

OUR FEED LINK: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DanielmccreeorgNewsletter

Sincerely,

Colby Kluthe, editor- DanielMcCree.org

colby@danielmccree.org

Sneak Preview Video

A special Tribute For Daniel McCree
published 10-21-08 (in preparation for his Birthday)

This Video will be featured on the Landing Page at www.DanielMcCree.Org Beginning November 1st, in honor of Daniel's upcoming birthday November 21st.

Subscribers get a sneak preveiw :)

Remembering Buck Postawko this Oct 21st

James (Buck) Michael Postawko (12)
December 9 1994 - October 21 2007

Fenton, MO (Suicide while at home)
Buck Postawko is only ONE of the more than 1,700 LGBT youth that commit suicide each year. As the editor at DanielMcCree.Org, it was Buck who inspired much of what the website is today. And I have come to know Roxanne, his loving mother- through her work with virtual memorials.

I invite everyone to learn more about this boys amazing life!

http://danielmccree.org/postawko.aspx

The Hope and Help Center

www.HopeandHelpCenter.org
Many of you already know what an honor it has been to have developed DanielMcCree.org. For in knowing Daniel, my life would never again be the same as it was. Over the past year, the website began to take on a life of its own. It was Daniel, that insisted I return to MCCGSL nearly ten years after I first visited. And in his untimely death, much as in life, he was very persistant as to what I was to do. Including the development of his website, and my involvement in MCC churches. Daniel himself, took a 45min train ride, and a 3/4mile walk to get to St. Johns nearly every Sunday. So MCC really became my church home through knowing him.

So I was of course honored, when I was asked to take part in the development of The Hope and Help Center, as a way to further the causes Daniel himself felt so strongly about. Let us not forget he took in a homeless woman, and tended to spend his foodstamp money on his neighbors.
So the powerful concept known as THE HOPE AND HELP CENTER, is a ministry of MCC of Greater St. Louis, and hopes to become a community resource center for anyone thay may be in need. Once again, it too has taken on a life of its own, opening up possibilities not yet imagined.

I wanted to take note of the websites Launch, and know that Daniel's spirit has once again shown itelf through the Holy Spirit within each of us.
Sincerely,
Colby editor@danielmccree.org

See Also: http://buildingtogether.mccgsl.org

New Artwork for October!!

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We have brought out some fresh new peices of Artwork, never before seen!! You must check them out!





Here is a QuickLink: http://danielmccree.org/artcollection.aspx





(There are SEVERAL new Peices!!) More next month :)





Sincerely,


colby - editor@danielmccree.org

Sept 08 Site Reports now Available!

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We have finished the site reports for September 2008.

Now available for download at : http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

These site reports are a calculation of the website statistics, including how much traffic the website received in a given month, by number of visitors and page views. It also shows what websites refer the most visitors, as well as keywords used in search engines to find DanielMcCree.org.

We have published these reports since the website began in July 2007.
I think what amazes me is the keywords... somethings are words that are so unique, it amazes me how they find Daniel's memorial website. It is important to note: Site Reports do not tabulate traffic on mirror sites, or on the RSS feed / Blogspot traffic. Only traffic on the central domain is calculated. However, these are reflected under the domains which refer, you can see what traffic is arriving from them.

In Brief, the month of September DanielMcCree.org received 852 visits, and 2,101 pages viewed.

This is a little less than the month prior.
The domain sending the most traffic: 1st & 2nd place is internal traffic (within DanielMcCree.org) 3rd place is GOOGLE, bringing 92 visits and 235 page views.

Now available for download at : http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

New Original Writing!

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New Writing added for October!

This original work, was written on October 02, 2005. I recently discovered it crammed in a box, and printed out on canary yellow paper. He signed it "The God Show", thus I decided to title it that. It was a curiousity for me, where he would have come up with that, so I did a bit of research to find it was a popular conservative radio show on the air at the time. We have also included on the page, a relatively new exhibit of sketchwork.

Here is a QuickLink: http://danielmccree.org/godshow.aspx

Updated VIDEOS-

"Come On Up to the House"- A new Tom Waits video has been added to the landing page, and is defintately worth seeing!

Happy 40th Anniversary UFMCC! And 35th to MCCGSL!

We have updated the MCCGSL page as well, and they have made new video sermons and features available. Here is a QuickLink: http://danielmccree.org/mccgsl.aspx

NEW ARTWORK WILL BE EXHIBITED OCTOBER 1ST!

You can catch a sneak peak, if you scroll way down the landing page.

Daniel titled it "Concept". Here is a QuickLink: http://danielmccree.org/default.aspx

Video Archives:

As you know, we often change the video features throughout the website. Beginning in September, we began the process of developing a reference page to keep track of videos, no longer featured. To watch previously featured videos, visit: http://danielmccree.org/videoarchives.aspx

HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED YET?? Dont Miss Us...

Here is a QuickLink: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DanielmccreeorgNewsletter

Whats NEW??

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We Have updated several things in the past week, including new video's on the landing page. This video, was "related" to another one already at DanielMcCree.org, and upon viewing it- I heard Daniel's voice, say again as he once did...
"God's Army is Androgynous", and knew immediatley, it should be the updated feature.
It's absolutely, worth a look, as well as the related videos.
Here is a Quicklink: http://danielmccree.org/default.aspx



"Building Together"

On September 7th, the congregation and friends of MCCGSL met at 1919 South Broadway, St. Louis, MO (63104) in a groundbreaking ceremony for what is to become the new site of Metropolitain Community Church of Greater St. Louis.
"Building Together, a place to call home" is the concept behind the forthcoming capital campaign.


Here is a Quicklink: http://danielmccree.org/mccgsl.aspx
www.mccgsl.org

Tom Waits Video - Currently featured, " It's Alright With Me",
an obscure song with a bit of a darker side, this video, you may not actually like,
however- it is very much Daniel, and can be enjoyed for 'artsake' if for no other reason :)
Here is a Quicklink: http://danielmccree.org/default.aspx

News from the Editor:
September has been an interesting month, with many exciting changes. The tranformation taking place within Daniel's church home, and journeys which continue for each of us.
I recently received a letter from the Director of Arts, as Southwestern Illinios College, where Daniel attended school 2006-2007. We are in discussion of donating an original piece of Daniels artwork, for display and instruction on the campus of SWIC, in Belleville, IL.
It is our intention to donate only (1) peice to the collection, and will update you as details become available.

Sincerely,
Colby Kluthe - editor@danielmccree.org

Featured Artwork

Newly Featured Artwork :

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This original work, is untitled, but remains among the original collection.

It does have a three demensional aspect to it, with the feather-like head of the bird.

Here is a quicklink: http://danielmccree.org/artcollection.aspx

August 2008 Site Reports Now Available

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We have completed the August 2008 Site Reports. These reports detail all of the traffic statistics including where visitors arrive from, and how. It also details what pages of the website are requested most often, as well as keywords used in search engines to reach the website. It is important to note, site reports do not calculate the visitors to BLOGSPOT, but only the domain DANIELMCCREE>ORG.

These Reports are available for download in PDF format.

Here is a QuickLink: http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

September 08 Featured Artwork

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"Harvest to the World" - Daniel McCree

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR UPDATES TODAY, and become part of the "D-Vine"

This artwork is part of our original collection, and has been featured over the past year. It is perhaps the most widely distributed peice of artwork in our collection, and yet we have never truly singled it out as a featured peice.

We are glad to present it in the Gallery and will be added to our "featured list" for the month.

Here is a QuickLink: http://danielmccree.org/artcollection.aspx

**WHATS NEW for September?

* Landing Page Updates! We have updated the art selections, as well as a return of "Walk On", on the Landing Page.

** "Broken Bicycles", this Tom Waits video was recently added to the Landing Page.

**Updates to the BUCK POSTAWKO page.

We recently received a letter from Roxanne Postawko, the mother of the twelve year old, who also ended his own life in 2007. We have been honored to have a "special place" for Buck, at DanielMcCree.Org. (http://danielmccree.org/postawko.aspx)

**COMING SOON**

AUGUST SITE REPORTS will be available for download in the next few days. An Announcement will follow.

In the month of August there were 1,407 visitors, and 3,725 page Veiws.

Traffic details includes only the domain DanielMccree.Org, and does not account for traffic on blogspot (www.danielmccreeorg.blogspot.com) traffic is NOT monitored from this domain.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR UPDATES TODAY, and become part of the "D-Vine"

Latest Updates in August

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NEW ARTWORK-- D's Sketchwork, a NEW ART SECTION is now on exhibit! You will find a selection of several "never before seen" orginal works from Daniel McCree.

Here is a quicklink: http://danielmccree.org/sketchwork.aspx

NEW VIDEOS - We have updated one of the videos on the "Landing Page", to include Tom Waits' song "Broken Bicycles", this song too, was among Daniels Favorites. You will also notice updates to the music playlist, bringing back some old favorites, but also adding a few new songs, which were among Daniel's favorite.

NEW SERMONS NOW ON VIDEO!! The communications team at MCCGSL, have added two new sermons this week, one entitled "Cup of Cold Water", reminds us how important the act of Hospitality is to a "Christ-centered" life. VEIW them today! http://danielmccree.org/mccgsl.aspx

MCCGSL Announcement! Septemeber 7th, 2008, MCCGSL, will commence with a groundbreaking ceremony for our new facility at 1919 S. Broadway. For additional info, visit online at www.MCCGSL.org

NEW DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE- Over the past year, we have collected related items for preservation, and are in the beginning stages of presenting these for download. Most recently, an update to the article on Daniel, featured at UNIVERSAL LOVE, a website from the U.K., which has become part of the "D-Vine".

**We also wish to offer our thoughts to Rev. Jeff Bert, as he continues his ministry with the congregation of MCCSF. Your talents are a blessing to both St. Louis, and your new church home in San francisco,CA.

Have you completed your subscription to our Newsletter? Dont miss out- visit us today, and sign up to receive our updates by either RSS reader, or by email.

ALSO visit our recent additions to DanielMccree.Org:

NEW WRITING- "Indemnify the Effort"

NEW ARTWORK "Spirit of One", newly exhibited in August.

As always, we thank each of our visitors, and regular readers, for keeping our dear friend Daniel's memory alive and well. I know this website has been theraputic to not only myself, but to many family and friends around the world.

**Our next update is anticpated for September 1st, and will include our Site Reports for August.

I can proudly tell you that DanielMcCree.Org, has received more than 4000 visitors since July of 2008, averaging more than 100 per day! Each of your visits, and support is indeed a blessing for those who knew Daniel, as well as those, who only now "getting to know" him.

Sincerely,

Colby, editor- DanielMcCree.Org

editor@danielmccree.org

New Original Artwork

"Spirit of One" , makes its debut exhibit today. Daniel painted this very quickly on the floor one night in my apartment around April of 2007, We are glad to present it now in the art gallery.

Here is a Quick Link: http://danielmccree.org/art6.aspx

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Here's Whats New- (or 2)

DANIEL MCCREE ART GALLERY
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From the editor:

We've updated a few things this past week, to Including new Videos, Artwork, and also Recently added new original writing.


Here are some quicklinks:

http://www.danielmccree.org/effort.aspx (NEW WRITING)


http://www.danielmccree.org/triplets.aspx (RETURNING FEATURE VIDEO)


http://www.danielmccree.org/sketchwork.aspx (NEW ART SECTION)

**New Videos have been included to the Landing Page, including "Ol '55" from Tom Waits. This classic, was among Daniel's favorite songs, and has been on the playlist since late last year. Also see "Gocchur Rings?", a video tribute to the olympic swim team.

**NEW ARTWORK- as you know, we are always finding new peices of Daniel's original artwork, and have actually yet to exhibit all that remains in the collection today. So you never know when something new may pop up. Currently we are "bringing out" a sketch he drew on graph paper. The book at one point included various mathematical equations, D-QASHUNS if you will.

**A great Story- As you may also know, the website has long since participated in a linkshare site, to help us find new readers. LinkReferral, at one point made up 40% of our readers, today there are more visitors, and thus less a part of our readership. At any rate, we often receive "reviews" regarding our content.

This was actually the second time this question was raised, in that we do not "Banner" throughout Daniel's site, how exaclty he passed away. In both cases, the visitors were compelled to "find out", and became frustrated, its not written in black and white. I was more than happy to explain to the why.

For those of you who may wonder yourselves- Its planned that way. Because Daniel never saw life in terms of "Black & White", but a larger mystery, one must actively seek the answer to.

I first tell them, that it would be EASY for us to simply write it ourselves, but preferred to let Daniel tell the story in his own words. And leave them with the friendly challenge, that the whole story is there.

And we too, feel there are much more important aspects to his life than the impulsive decision that was made. I think for me, this website has offered the "opportunity" for anyone willing to seek, to find the answers. Not only to that simple question, but much more.



"Down the Rabbit Hole", as we would say. (Alice in Wonderland/What the Bleep)




Depends on how far down the rabbit hole you want to go... :)









Thats the "D-Vine" we're talkin 'bout http://www.danielmccree.org/









Sincerely,




Colby editor@danielmccree.org





The Rabbit Hole begins down here, you read this entire letter, here is your "secret Link", of stuff hidden in the closet right now: http://danielmccree.org/aidsdaze.aspx

New Artwork & Writing added Today!

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http://www.danielmccree.org/

Updates From the Editor:

Here are some of whats new for the month of AUGUST:

NEW FOR AUGUST:

ENDIMNIFY THE EFFORT

We have added some never seen before ORIGINAL WRITING, entitled

"Endimnify the Effort", a wonderful short poem, about who daniel was on a quest to find.

Read it Now

Tripletts of Belleville

Returning after being hidden away for several months. "The Tripletts of Belleville" have made a return. This obscure animation was originally featured on Daniel's Myspace page, and

has been a part of DanielMcCree.Org since its launch in July of 2007.

WATCH THE CLIP

Whales & Orgies

This video clip (nearly 10min long) was also original to Daniel's Myspace page, and tells a story about a grafitti artist, who has an interesting take on life. It combines both whales and art, meaning it was among Daniel's favorite videos on YouTube at the time.

WATCH THE CLIP

ALSO ADDED IN AUGUST: Never Seen before Original Artwork!

If you havent visited the Art Gallery recently, you may have missed some new additions. This Original Work, accompanies the newly added writing "Endimnify the Effort"

We Invite Everyone to Visit and become part of the Vine.

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Get Updated by Email--

Bulletin from the Editor:

As we continue to "Make this place for Daniel", we update the website quite often-- Wanna be the first to know? Subscribe to Email Updates.

Our goal, to keep you fully up to date, as content changes. Dont worry, you wont be receiving an email every day, but when something noteworthy changes-- you'll be notified.

To Subscribe, simply visit us online, and look for the SUBSCRIPTION link.

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We also offer updates, by reader, simply look for RSS icon.

Sincerely,

D's Cheeze

July 2008 Site Reports NOW AVAILABLE

August 2, 2008 www.DanielMcCree.Org


The Monthly publication of the Site Reports are now available at http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx



July 2008 Site Reports, published today!

This report tracks the websites traffic details, keywords used to send visitors to DanielMcCree.Org, as well as a photo capture of what the website looks like at the time of publication. If you have not checked these out, you may be suprised by the sites popularity, as well as changes that have occurred over the past year.





As always, we encourage each of our visitors to "Become part of the D-Vine", visit often and tell us a story, either of times with Daniel, or how Daniel has changed your life either in life or death.





Sincerely,


Colby - editor@danielmccree.org

July 2008 Newsletter - DanielMcCree.Org

News From the editor: July 22, 2008
http://www.danielmccree.org/

'The mission of DanielMcCree.Org is to share with the world,
the creative works and spirit of Daniel McCree,
foster a dialogue for those who were moved by his life,while promoting the 7 Arts of Power: Literature ,Performing Art,Visual Art,Design Art,
Decorative Art, Technological Art and Spirituality'

July 2008 NEWSLETTER DANIELMCCREE.ORG
From the Editor:
Remembering Daniel McCree (November 21,1979- July 23, 2007)

I would like to take a moment to thank each of our visitors,
and especially those who have contributed to the development of
DanielMcCree.Org.

We are always on the lookout for childhood
photos and any stories you wish to share.
For myself, and perhaps you may agree, the past year
has been one of great challenges, and enormous changes.
As we observe the final week of July, let us remember fondly
the time god gave to each of us to share with Daniel,
as breif a time it may have been.
It is my firm beleif that he continues to influence each
of our lives, and I know in my heart-
he watches over 'the grapes of his vine'.

Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to exchange
stories and share new memries with both Daniel's family, as well as
friends and loved ones who knew Daniel throughout his life.
Each time I hear from one of you, it reminds me again why
DanielMcCree.org is so important.

I began the site on a promise to Daniel, and have found inspiration
from the occaisonal 'newly found' artwork or photos that is contributed
from people like you. In some cases, I have heard from people who knew
Daniel well, but had simply lost track of him. Sadly it was thru the website,
they learned of Daniel's passing.
You know he traveled extensively, and certainly had a talent for making
friends wherever he was.

I encourage each of our visitors to continue the dialogue and
contributions, as we continue to share 'This Place for Daniel'.

He will live on, through each of us, and the spirit in which he carried himself
all the days of his life.

Sincerely,
Colby Kluthe, editor

St. Louis, MO http://www.danielmccree.org/

In the month of June, DanielMcCree.org had 898 visitors, and 2,435 page views.

*Since July of 2007, DanielMcCree.org has been viewed by more than 7,500 with 29,014 page views to date. (for complete traffic details, and past newsletters visit:

http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx New in JULY 2008: Regular visitors may notice updates throughout the site.

We have updated videos on the landing page,
to include 'David the Gnome' this video is the opening credits
to Daniel's favorite childhood cartoon.

Also updated:

About DANIEL: now exhibits a new original video/slideshow featuring never before seen artwork and photos.
**This feature is located under ABOUT DANIEL, as well as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW6TDqg1VtY
Tom Waits (video page): includes a new video originally broadcast 11-19-1976
http://danielmccree.org/waits.aspx
Those of you who knew Daniel well, may see just how much influence this musician/poet had on him.

I also want to make special note of the song Fish & Bird, by Tom Waits,
as a part of the updated playlist.

UPCOMING EVENTS :

RE: June EVENT-'Belleville Illinois VERY FIRST Gay Pride'
Belleville held its first ever Gay Pride event on Saturday, June 21,2008
with more than 300 attending.
The event was held on 2nd street between W. Main and A street(s)
outside of Club Escapade, which is located at 133 W. Main street.

_Coming soon: www.BellevillePride.com

(submit your favorite lgbt business or organization today!)



**ONLINE SERMONS** MCCGSL now has its own page!
And with the hard work of the MCCGSL communications volunteers,
we are proud to present featured sermons in VIDEO, as well as weekly audio sermons.
I highly recommend you check them out!, in Fact if you live in the St. Louis area,
consider this your personal invite to join Daniel's Spiritual Family for worship on Sunday.
112 Sydney Street, 63104. Services begin at 11:30. 'Come all- beleiving as you do'.

Daniel was very active in the MCCGSL community, insisting that I come to church with him.
His level of devotion was for him, going to MCC entailed more than a mile of walking,
and a 45min train ride. (often making him late), but NEVER a reason not to come.
Webcasts are available to the visitors of DanielMcCree.Org at:
http://DanielMccree.Org/mccgsl.aspx
For more information visit- www.MCCGSL.Org

**NEW VIDEOS** We have updated video selections, and even returned a few previously featured.
Most NOTABLE- Check out TOM WAITS, daniels favorite musician, and also DAVID THE GNOME.
**DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE** Have you missed previous issues of the newsletter?
Or are interested in details of the websites visitors and traffic?
These are now available for download online, as PDF files. (NOW IN COLOR)
http://www.danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

We invite everyone to visit or re-visit us, and see what's new. www.DanielMcCree.org For additional information, or to participate in the foundation, contact: editor@danielmccree.org
For Traffic Details, visit the 'Downloads' section, where detailed reports are published monthly. URL: http://danielmccree.org/downloads.aspx

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