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Anyone who has taught EFL in an Asian classroom has likely experienced moments of dead silence in the room.
You ask a question and…nothing.
While the common assumption is that silence is a culture issue, many researchers have presented arguments that factors other than culture are the stronger influence.
One such study that questions the relationship of culture and silence is Ways to Promote the Classroom Participation of International Students by Understanding the Silence of Japanese University Students by By Soonhyang Kim, University of North Florida, (USA); Burcu Ates, Sam Houston State University, (USA); Yurimi Grigsby, Concordia University Chicago, (USA); Stefani Kraker, Queens College, City University of New York, (USA); Timothy A. Micek, Ohio Dominican University, (USA).
About the Study
In this study, the researchers asked 45 Japanese freshmen and sophomore English majors in a Japanese university two questions:
- When you ask a question of someone, how long do you wait for a response?
- Do you feel uncomfortable with silence? If so, why and what do you do to avoid silence?
For question 1, the data show that 20 of the 45 participants reported being willing to wait longer than 1 minute for a response.
For question 2, a fairly even spread of 16 participants feeling comfortable with silence, 15 participants feeling uncomfortable with silence, and 14 replying it depends. 12 participants indicated that if with friends, silence is not uncomfortable.
Questioning the Cause and Solution
While I appreciate the study and find the issue of silence in Asian classrooms very interesting as an EFL teacher in Asia, I have some questions.
First, based on the evenly dispersed answers for question 2 regarding comfort with silence, the researchers conclude that silence is individual, not cultural. Brooks Peterson defines culture in the following way:
Culture is the relatively stable set of inner values and beliefs generally held by groups of people in countries or regions and the noticeable impact those values and beliefs have on the peoples' outward behaviors and environment ( Peterson, 2004, p. 17).
While I understand why the authors made the conclusion that perhaps silence is an individual trait, I think it would be difficult to make judgments on culture based on 45 students in one university.
Furthermore, the study is suggesting implications for classrooms. The "culture of Japanse society" could be different than the "culture of the Japanese classroom." The authors actually hint at such in the following quote:
The results gathered from Japanese participants who were comfortable with silence suggest the importance of the degree of relationship. Talking was deemed unnecessary between individuals involved in an exchange if they were friends. However, if the relationship was more formal, as with a professor, they might feel uncomfortable (Kim, Ates, Gigsby, Kraker, & Micek, 2016, p. 446).
Second, I question one of the suggested recommendations to prevent silence-classroom icebreakers. As a former introvert, icebreakers did not make me feel more comfortable in a classroom. In fact, I found them quite tortuous. If silence is an individual trait as suggested, my experience suggests that icebreakers would not help. Icebreakers rarely, if ever, were the reason I found comfort in the classroom. I would be interested to see data to substantiate the effectiveness of icebreakers in the classroom.
Toward a Different Perspective on Silence
Despite some of my reservations, I do think the study offers a few important points for teachers working with students from other cultures.
First, silence does not mean a student is passive and not engaged. In many cultures, silence is a form of active engagement and active engagement does not always have to be verbal. I think instructors should be cautioned on how they perceive silence and the judgments they pass on students who are silent in class. The study offers this advice:
It would be acceptable to allow students to remain silent as long as they show other signs of active participation rather than pushing them to speak for the sake of speaking, especially if they are new to the U.S. classroom with the extreme initial stress in a foreign environment (Kim, Ates, Gigsby, Kraker, & Micek; 2016, p. 443).
Second, the study suggests that the interlocutor is the significant factor. In other words, the teacher can be in control of the silent situation. Although I questioned the suggestion of icebreakers, the other suggestions such as small group work, allowing students to write before speaking, and using technology such as online message boards are all techniques that seem to have potential. However, implementing a strategy does not guarantee success. For instance, just setting up small groups without any thought to the members may not work. For this, the authors give further advice for coordinating small group work:
For example, one student (who enjoys talking the most) can be the lead speaker and another one (who prefers to observe and listen) can be the lead note- taker. It is important for the teacher to recognize early on which students prefer silence or no silence in order to coordinate projects this way. (Kim, Ates, Gigsby, Kraker, & Micek; 2016, p 444)
Silence in the classroom can be frustrating for teachers who approach the classroom expecting open discussion. While some instructors may blame the individual or the culture, I think it would be more appropriate for the instructor to look inward for the solution rather than place blame.
Whether culture or an individual trait, a better understanding of our students and their silence will help both the teacher and the student feel comfortable in the classroom. Silence does not mean unengaged, and the student who prefers silence can still take an active role in the classroom.
I personally still have questions why there appears to be an agenda in the literature to prove culture is not the reason for silence. Perhaps it's because such views are used to discriminate against students? If that's the case, should we not be promoting more cultural awareness rather than trying to define something cultural as not-cultural?
Although I am still inclined to view silence in Asia from a classroom culture perspective, I believe my understanding of my students' silence, not how I define it, will determine my success in the classroom.
Kim, S., Ates, B., Grigsby, Y., Kraker, S., & Micek, T. A. (2016). Ways to promote the classroom participation of international students by understanding the silence of Japanese university students. Journal of International Studies, 6 (2), 431-450.
Peterson, B. (2004). Cultural intelligence. Boston: Intercultural Press.


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The incident happened at 239 N. 12th Street at 5:03 p.m.
Kelly Daxton told police that when he answered a knock at his door, he found three men standing outside -- one holding a gun.
Kelly told police that he struggled with the armed man to wrestle the gun away. During the struggle, the gun discharged and hit the building. The men fled the scene before police arrived.
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IGE's religious freedom programs are rooted in long-term relationships and practical agreements with government officials, policymakers, and faith communities in the United States and in each of the countries where we work. For example, we currently have signed agreements with local partners in Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. These agreements create mechanisms for respectful and open dialogue about the proper role of religion in each of these societies, as well as practical projects that promote respect and reconciliation.
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Just one year after implementing a new investment accounting degree track for accounting majors in fall 2013, the University of Southern Indiana's Romain College of Business is seeing great success from the program, which saw its first graduates enter the workforce this summer.
Beginning this fall, the more than 20 students enrolled in classes in the track will have even more tools at their fingertips through access to state-of-the-art software donated to the College by SS&C Technologies, a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services. The gift of nearly $1 million, announced in January, was used to establish the SS&C Investment Accounting Accelerator within the College. Software available to students this fall includes portfolio and partnership accounting for hedge funds and private equity funds; portfolio management of family offices, hedge funds, funds of funds and private equity funds; and private equity operations, data management and investor reporting.


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Most people don't like change – at least changes that are not initiated by them.
People resist change for all sorts of reasons – they don't like the changes, how it is being managed, and some feel overwhelmed by what is required.
But if you work in a leadership role, you will have learned that your job, at times, it to get people to do things they don't initially want to do.
But ultimately, it is people who make change happen. Without their cooperation, nothing takes place.
Here are five key strategies that tend to increase people's cooperation with change:
- Appeal to their rational mind: If people understand the reasons for the change, can see the benefits, and have clear direction, the general rule is that they will be more likely to cooperate, minimising disruption for your workplace.
But, when it comes to the benefits of change, consider what particular individuals who are affected by change most value. Many are motivated by the benefits to them personally (greater job security, learning new skills, less stress, being approved of by others). Others are more motivated by the benefits for clients (better outcomes or improved service delivery).
It is essential that the leaders of change understand the rationale, can 'sell' the benefits in ways that are meaningful to individuals, and ensure their people have clear direction about the actions required.
- Engage people at an emotional level: Those who are effective change leaders tend to also be effective in engaging people's emotions. Structuring the change message in ways that highlight the benefits for what individuals value is certainly a good start.
Another way of engaging people's emotions is by telling well-crafted stories – success stories where changes have made a real difference, failure or crisis stories if the status quo is maintained, and big picture stories of wider trends.
For example, in a school setting, a chart of statistics about a new teaching strategy is unlikely to be engaging. But success stories about individual children and samples of their work, both before and after the new teaching strategy, may well be more effective in engaging the teaching staff at an emotional level.
When crafting stories, remember that they need to be supportive of the changes as well as engaging at an emotional level. So you may need to test your story on others first. You might also consider whether visual prompts or props can be helpful in conveying these stories.
- Give people a say and some control over decisions that affect their work: The general rule is that the more people are involved in discussions and the more control people have over decisions that affect their work, the more cooperative with change they will be.
People have a greater say in group discussions about the change. This gives people the opportunity to be informed, ask questions and have input into the changes. This is best done when it is made easy for people to speak up, where honesty is encouraged, and people are supported in having different opinions. Team members who are reluctant to contribute openly in large group settings may be more prepared to do so in small working groups.
People have more control, though, when leaders delegate authority to key team members who can make certain decisions related to the change. These people are given clear expectations about the boundaries (financial limits, timeframes, limits of decision-making) over those matters in which they have authority. They are also clear as to when they need to refer matters to their supervisor.
High-performing workplaces tend to share the decision-making with the entire team, when possible. Discussions about challenges focus on, 'What solutions can we find? Or 'How are we going to make this work?'
- Supportive relationships: When people are unhappy about a change, they often need emotional support. But they also need practical support – perhaps in-service training, coaching or mentoring, or certain resources and equipment.
Here you need to remind people it is OK to ask for help and also touch base with people to see how they are going. You can safely assume that most people want to do their work well. But they may well need training, coaching or certain resources.
If you are not able to provide what people are wanting to do their work well, you can at least give people some of what they are needing – understanding, or actions by you, such as, advocating for what they want with senior management.
- Change the environment to guide the new behaviour: So often, when we are dealing with 'difficult' behaviour from colleagues, we are attributing responsibility to them for bad choices they are making. Although we are sometimes right, we are often wrong – as the environment itself may be contributing to the challenging behaviour.
I recall a manager who was disappointed at being labelled as unsupportive and unapproachable in a staff survey. Although he did acknowledge his tendency to be very task-focused on projects in his office. However, when he relocated his office to a shared work area, this environmental change produced more interaction by him and staff also found him more accessible. In the next survey, the perception of staff was far more positive.
It is often the case, that a change in the environment can produce changes in behaviour. Examples include setting up working groups, running training programs, revising systems, providing coaching, and putting up signage reminding people about the key behaviours that need to be practised.Changing things is often easier than changing people.
Consider which of the above influencing strategies are likely to be effective with particular individuals in your workplace. Remember that the more of these five strategies you use, the greater your influence.


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Hilton introduces Meet with Purpose to UK hotels to encourage higher levels of productivity through healthy food and energised practices for meetingsThe afternoon drop in productivity across the nation's meetings attendees is a well-known occurrence according to a recent survey, with 44 percent of respondents confirming they feel less productive between 2-4pm.
A recent global survey by Hilton, which uncovered the habits of British, German and U.S. meeting attendees, revealed that over one in three (34 percent) admitted to feeling drowsy or falling asleep during meetings after lunch.
Key reasons for the afternoon slump for Brits correlate with meetings that fail to provide nutriouts and energizing food or adequate breaks that allow attendees to be active. Supporting this, Hilton's international survey shows that most meeting attendees consider themselves active and healthy in their daily lives but more than half don't maintain this routine when on the road for meetings.
Brits show themselves to be truly addicted to their phones and laptops during meetings with over half sending unimportant emails or texts, one in five playing games or checking the latest sports scores.
Despite the drop, a staggering 86 percent of British meeting attendees recognise that activities as simple as a quick walk or mid-afternoon stretch help them overcome the slump and improve productivity. When it comes to food, 80 percent know that a heavy lunch reduces afternoon productivity and 72 percent of respondents prefer locally sourced, healthy lunches. Meeting attendees need a productivity boost but this is not presently offered.
Today Hilton extends Meet with Purpose to more than 400 hotels in Europe and UAE, including all UK hotels, following a successful introduction in the U.S. last year. The programme aims to address the needs of meetings attendees with a range of solutions to overcome productivity issues. Meet with Purpose offers meeting and event professionals with solutions to seamlessly and cost-effectively plan meetings with nutritious meals, exercise and sustainability elements.
What does Meet with Purpose offer to event and meeting planners?
• Mindful Eating – Commitment to meeting professionals to help them focus their menus on quality food over quantity - favouring seasonal produce, local ingredients, balanced dishes and sustainably sourced food.
• Mindful Being – The expert advice to introduce active moments into meetings when the drop is taking hold, as well as access to health clubs and spas, where available.
• Mindful Meeting – Reducing environmental impact and monitoring carbon footprints of meetings through Hilton's LightStay Meeting Calculator.
Michael Poux, General Manager of Hilton Bournemouth, UK says: "Hilton's research validates a challenge we've heard often from customers: Meeting attendees are eating healthier and exercising more frequently and want to maintain this lifestyle while travelling for business. Add to that, the business benefits of productive meetings when delegates are energised and refreshed. With thousands of meetings taking place every day across more than 4,700 properties worldwide, we are pleased to be able to make an impact through the introduction of Meet with Purpose. With this program, we are reinvigorating meetings to boost business outcomes, enhance attendee experiences and exceed client goals through our customisable programs with even more menu, exercise and sustainable solutions."


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Authors I have met on my journey. Getting ready for pictures!
Claudia Gray, Me, Kiersten White
Claudia Gray is a sweet heart. I have to say that Kiersten White is a blast. She is so funny.
Me, Lauren Oliver
Lauren Oliver is very interesting. It was great talking to her.
Me, Dan Wells
Dan Wells is hilarious. He handed out prescriptions. It made me laugh.
Debra Driza, Me
I was so excited to meet Debra Driza. I made the trip this day especially to see her. I was so excited and I couldn't wait.
Snarkles, Me
Yes I met Snarkles from Epic Reads!
Me, Amanda Maciel
Amanda is so nice. It was great meeting her and getting to chat with her about her debut novel Tease.
Me, Kevin Emerson
I loved getting to hear Kevin Emerson play. It was awesome. He is a talented guitarist.
Kiera Cass, Me
I was stoked to meet Kiera Cass. We also match in this picture which made everything even more awesome. Kiera is so funny and so adorable. It was awesome listening to how passionate she is about her books.
Authors I have met who I don't have pictures with.
Colleen Houck, Ann Aquirre, April Henry, and April Genevieve Tuchoke.
This is who I have met so far and I look forward to meeting more authors in the coming days, months, and years.


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by Margaret Spillett, Director of Communications/Editor of OSWEGO Alumni Magazine
Editor's Note: Professor Weeks was named to the SUNY Oswego Faculty Hall of Fame in Spring 2015.
John Weeks cupped his hands into a nest as he recalled the moment as a young child when he saw four bright blue robin eggs and learned that baby birds were growing inside.
At 91, he traced a lifetime of loving, teaching and preserving nature back to that defining moment on his brother's Albion, N.Y., farm.
Among his most prized accomplishments is the development of about 80 nature centers in New York State, including SUNY Oswego's Rice Creek Field Station.
"Back when I started, no one cared much about the environment," said Weeks, who worked as a biologist for the state conservation department before serving as a biology professor at SUNY Oswego from 1957 to 1966.
"I got in on the ground floor of what became a growing industry. Today, there are a lot of nature centers, and I was fortunate to have done a lot of the initial work."
In addition to Rice Creek, Weeks led the development at the Beaver Lake and Sterling centers, was the founding director of the Rogers Environmental Education Center in Sherburne, N.Y., and was director of the Centers for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods in Marcellus, N.Y.
He helped with the site plans at these centers, and perhaps, more importantly, he worked on programming that tied into the curriculum for a variety of learning levels.
Weeks, who advocated for SUNY Oswego to develop a field station, eventually convinced his fellow natural science faculty members and college administration to rally behind the idea. He worked with professors Leland Marsh and Donald Cox to develop curriculum for the future teachers who attended Oswego at that time.
"That was our first goal—to help teachers teach science better," Weeks said.
He took a sabbatical to oversee the development of the Rice Creek property, including the construction of a 26-acre pond. Although he said he loved teaching, an opportunity to transform the former Harry Rogers game farm into a nature center was too good to pass up.
Weeks said what pleases him most is to see the lasting impact of his and his colleagues' work, specifically having environmental science and preservation lessons worked into school curriculum and the state requirement for businesses to conduct environmental impact studies before building on a site.
"What was considered fuzzy-headed idealism back then is now considered necessity," Weeks said.
Today, he enjoys painting, and his works are on display at Rice Creek, Baltimore Woods and various locations across Central New York. His work has been made into note cards and even reproduced on a tie.
John and his wife, Esther, also spend time with their children, Denise Bush (SUNY Oswego Class of '71), Gary Weeks '72, Brenda Weeks '78, Donald Weeks (Oswego Class of '95 and Master's Degree in 1997) and Joni Weeks, as well as their grandchildren.
Listeners of the Oswego-based WRVO station recognize John Weeks for his weekly segment, The Nature of Things, which ran from 1982 through 2006, and are occasionally re-broadcast today.
Or the hundreds of children and adults he has led on nature walks and field trips might know Weeks for his iconic feathered hat.
"Because I'm so short, I put tall pheasant feathers on my hat and told people to 'Follow the feathers,'" he said. "Now, it's kind of become my trademark."
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What's more comforting than petting a soft cuddly cat and listening to him purr? Scientists have actually studied the effects of the sound of purring on humans, and they've discovered some interesting reasons why we respond so positively to purrs. Here's some background on why listening to your cat's purr may just be the best route to a happy and healthy life!
Cats purr in the 20-140 Hz range, which happens to be a very therapeutic sound range that contributes to our physical and mental well-being. What specific human aliments respond to the healing sound of cat purrs?
1. Stress: Petting a purring cat is a sure way to calm your nerves.
2. Breathing: The sound of purring eases dysponea (shortness of breath) in both cats and humans.
3. Blood pressure: Interacting with cats and hearing them purr lowers blood pressure.
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There is something very romantic about the vintage 1950's era. I have always been obsessed with the style of the dresses! So how about this chocolate polka dot midi wrap dress!
So, I realize it's August and that brown is not a summer color, but I couldn't help but step into this look for yesterday's Sunday Slay! I decided to keep with the times with three strings of pearls, and a pop of color with the shoes to make the outfit more easy breezy...Summereezy (that so didn't work, lol)
The dress was gifted to me by my fabulous, sister I love raiding her closet (SIMILAR).
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Funny Story. So these pictures were taken about five minutes before a torrential downpour, lol. If you look closely you can actually see some raindrops. I was of course going crazy because I didn't want my hair to get wet or my make up to run, lol!
You know what they say, great things are produced under pressure. This five minute photoshoot turned out pretty great :-).
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Legal Aptitude is an important section of CLAT exam. Here are some Sample Questions Legal Aptitude for CLAT. We hope it will help you in your exam. Answers are given at the end.
A) Property
B) Human body
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D) Social body
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B) is false
C) Depends upon the circumstances
D) Depends upon the degree of probability
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D) All the above statements are correct
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C) that another cannot claim any compensation
D) Both (b) and (c)
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B) Judicial decision
C) Enactments
D) All the above
Q10. 'Volenti nonfit injuria' refers to:
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B) A ground for initation action or torts
C) Not a defence in an action for torts
D) Both (a) and (c)
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Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by Compile 'em all, Jan 31, 2007.
Skype 2.5 is out. You can get it from the download page here.
I got it...its just like the beta (which had no stability issues for me)...skype 3 for windows now...we're always a step behind!
i have the skype 2.5 beta, but when i go press update, it does nothing....how do i update to the non-beta ? i guess just erase the beta & re-install the new one ??
The update isn't available through the Skype application's menu yet, but you can use the link to download the thing and replace the application.
I just installed it. It looks like the status icons are missing from the status menu. Other than that everything looks pretty similar to the 2.0 version.
love skype.. running the beta at the mo, must d/l the stable now... (never had issues with the beta though)
sms support, yay.
"If you havent yet downloaded the newest version of Skype for Mac, take a deep breath and then download it now. Since Beta weve fixed many bugs and made it easier to use. You can now send SMS straight from the History menu or see when your voicemail subscription expires in the My Account area. There are numerous other improvements that happened behind the scenes but make using Skype for Mac more pleasant than ever before.
Make a Video call in this version, and you will notice we have introduced a new video codec that significantly improves the quality of video calling. Power users can take this one step further, tweaking some settings. See Skype Garage for more if youre brave. (Requires changing some settings to Skypes xml files to give you near HD quality Video calls)
Weve even added a nifty little birthday reminder feature, to help you impress your Skype contacts (and secure an invitation to the ). We have also introduced clickable mood messages and a few new emoticons. Download and enjoy."
so what differences are there now between mac and pc skype? why is it 2.5 vs 3?
im glad to see we have caught up, thanks skype
dunno if there is even any differences anymore! most if not all features are on both
I'm not sure. What does their website say was added to version 3?
Cybix- I just downloaded Skype and subscribed to their Unlimited Plan. Works great. However, I had some questions so viewed the Forums and could not find all my answers so joined the Forums and wanted to ask a question. Forums there seem to be locked down since I keep getting an error. I have sent email to the Forum Support without a response. But anyways, maybe you can answer this one or somebody here can. I have Skype 2.5 on my MBP and 3.0 on my wife Windoze machine. We basically share the account since mainly she or I will be calling when I am on the road in Japan or somewhere. Can she be on at the same time as I or is there a need for a second account? Thanks!!
New features
I've found that the video is smoother on my sawtooth, even though my slow computer isn't supported.
Other than that, I can't really see any difference.
Got it. Seems to work fine so far.
Seems OK for me too (15'' 1.5 Ghz PB, 1Gb ram, 10.3.9), except for one small thing: when I click on the small clock on the top right, I can no longer resize the history columns, meaning that I can not see the duration of previous calls. It seems to be a bug, although a very minor one, and I am sure it will be fixed. Other than that, 2.5 all the way
I downloaded and ran skype for windows last night. It has so many more features than the mac version. Probably the most important feature is the ability to group contacts and hide/show them. At least I haven't been able to find this on the mac version.
I really don't see a difference between version 2.5 for Windows and 2.5 for Mac on the website but the version 3.0 beta has more, including the groups.
Ah. So I'm guessing (hoping) the mac version will get groups in v3.
I just downloaded, and used the SMS function for the first time (it may have been there in earlier versions, and I just didn't see it). Very nice, and FAST.
What phone handsets are you guys using with Skype?
Logitech USB headset/mic combo. Great sound.
I've also got a Logitech USB headset--the 350--and it sounds great.


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TRENTON >> There is an alarming trend that has grabbed the attention of legislators and doctors.
Black babies in New Jersey are dying at a rate of three times greater than their white counterparts.
On Monday afternoon, U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12) called an emergency roundtable meeting in Trenton to address the issue.
"While New Jersey has certainly has made strides in reducing the infant mortality rate and ensuring that we're having healthier births and healthier children, we do still recognize that the research is showing that the disparity in deaths that occur in the black community — even when we eliminate socioeconomic factors out of the equations — it's still something that is very prominent and needs to be discussed, addressed," Watson Coleman said at the meeting held at Children's Futures. "As a federal legislator, I need to hear from those who work in this area and know so much more than I could possibly know to be informed about what our role should be and one of the things that I should be championing down in Washington for the appropriate application of resources and the kind of research that needs to be done ... The reports indicate that in New Jersey black babies are three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies."
Watson Coleman, the state's first female African-American elected to Congress, was joined by special guest First Lady Tammy Murphy.
Murphy said the "staggering numbers have not gone unnoticed" by the Murphy administration.
"We are ready to work hand-in-hand with you to address the issues related to maternal and infant health and mortality," Murphy said. "We simply cannot accept the increasing rates of pregnancy-related deaths, especially in a state with for so long has stood on the cutting edge of medical progress and the life sciences. We cannot accept the fact that issues of maternal health and safety disproportionately impact women of color. We cannot accept the mortality rate for African-American infants that is three times that of white babies and a maternal mortality rate for African-American mothers in New Jersey that is five times more than their white counterparts. That's unacceptable."
The first lady said if the racial gap was closed annually, 95 more children would reach their first birthday.
"Saving these children and eliminating this gap is not only our moral cause — it can't make any of us feel good that there are 95 children every year who are lost," she said. "Being 47 out of 50th in the country in maternal deaths is just really alarming and a call to action. This is the type of moment that separates us as New Jerseyans. We must rise to the challenge and we must work corroboratively and we must really present solutions."
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Watson Coleman and Murphy were joined by a panel of experts who provided critical insight on the issue.
Rutgers professor Dr. Barbara M. Ostfeld, who is the program director of SIDS Center of New Jersey Program Director and specializes in pediatric psychology, said sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sleep-related infant deaths like accidental suffocation can be reduced through education.
A baby sleeping on its back and avoidance of bed sharing are ways to avoid unexpected deaths, she said, but it is not always followed due to environmental surroundings.
"If you're a black mamma in a high-crime area with drive-by shootings or substandard housing with infestations and you know that bed sharing can raise your risk of a sudden unexpected infant death, you have to weigh the comfort of knowing your baby is protected from a drive-by shootings or vermin, the baby's in the crib versus the risk of that baby in the bed," Ostfeld said. "Perhaps, in your analysis, being in the bed will be a safer thing, parents will tell us."
Sharing statistics, Ostfeld said 2 in every 1,000 black infants are born preterm in comparison to 1 in ever 2,000 white infants.
"Prematurity by our own research is a major risk elevator," the professor said. "If you are at the cutting edge of viability — 24 to 27 weeks — you have more than three times the risk of a sudden unexpected infant death."
Ostfeld said in terms of all-cause infant mortality or sudden unexpected infant death, New Jersey has among the lowest rates for blacks and whites.
"But our disparity is there just as it is around the country," the Rutgers professor said. "Our disparity is great because our rates are so low: why can't we do that with our black rates?"
Ostfeld pointed to poverty as a key factor, highlighting that black infants have more than 3 times the rate of poverty to white babies.
For example, Ostfeld said in Atlantic County there are 8 deaths per 1,000 live births. However, in Atlantic City, there are 16 deaths per 1,000 live births.
"If you're a black momma in Atlantic City, 29 shots per 1,000 live births say your baby is not going to make it," she said. "Poverty doesn't explain everything but it matters. If I eliminate poverty, if I level the playing field on poverty, on premature birth, on a few of those variables, the disparity in sudden unexpected infant death all but disappears."
Exposure to smoke is also a prevalent factor in black infant deaths, Ostfeld said.
"In substandard housing, if you don't but your neighbor does, guess what, your baby is smoking," the professor said.
Mothers who smoke also increase a baby dying of sudden unexpected infant death by six fold, Ostfeld said.
Rutgers University Vice Chancellor Dr. Denise Rodgers believes racism is another crucial factor in the disparity between mortality of black and white infants.
"The higher housing segregation contributes to poorer schools, poorer access to health care, poorer birth outcomes, increased violence in communities," Rodgers said. "The federal government and its policies contributed to housing discrimination. If we don't recognize that history, then we say, 'Oh, this is just a fault of people in the community. Oh, people are poor because they don't want to work hard enough.' It is a narrative that permeates this society without recognizing the enormous obstacles that the legacy of racism has left in terms of educational opportunities people have, job opportunities people have, housing opportunities people have, and the more we look at it — perhaps even more today — that legacy of racism rears its ugly head and we know that it continues to exist in this society."
Dr. Kemi Alli, who is CEO of CEO Henry J. Austin Center, has been a pediatrician in the Trenton community for nearly 20 years.
"Those moms love their children no less or no differently than anyone else," Alli said of Trenton mothers. "But then it also occurred to me, 'Why don't they do what I ask?'"
The Trenton health leader said patients often don't fill prescriptions and don't go to appointments when she gives them a referral.
"Part of it ties into this racism but racism has created this pool, which now there is a term for called a toxic environment, a traumatic environment that all of our inner urban cities are plagued with," Alli said, pointing to the Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) study, which sheds a light on the consequences of racism that leads to racial disparities. "When you grow up in a toxic environment, it actually changes the way your brain develops. Then you go on as a adolescent to make poor behavioral health decisions. Those decisions lead to all the outcomes we talk about: poor prenatal rates, teen pregnancy, truancy, higher rates of smoking, addiction, diabetes, hypertension."
Alli said doctors can screen for ACE and programs can be created to address the issues so youth can build resiliency.
"I can break that cycle when they are a child, if I can build resiliency when they are young, they are likely not to go down all these different roads that we're trying to figure out," Alli said.
Rodgers said adults who have suffered six or more adverse childhood experiences, have a life expectancy that is 20 years less than the average life expectancy in the country.
"The American Academy of Pediatrics has determined that just growing up in poverty is in of itself an adverse childhood experience," Rodgers said.
Lack of Services
Trenton has seen an exodus of services for prenatal care.
June Gray, a nurse at Children's Futures, said Planned Parenthood and Henry J. Austin used to provide prenatal care and St. Francis Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton used to provide that service and deliver babies.
"All of that's gone away," the nurse said. "The only gain in Mercer County that provides prenatal care is Capital Health on Bellevue Avenue."
Gray said most of the pediatricians and obstetricians have moved out to Ewing, Hamilton and Lawrence.
"Transportation is an issue," Gray said. "If you can't get to the doctor, you're not going to get your prenatal care. Prenatal care is important."
To curb the troubling trend, Rutgers Vice Chancellor Rodgers said discrimination laws must be stringently enforced.
"But we also can better in terms of training health care professionals, police force, all human services workers about implicit bias so we can begin to help those people who are there to help all of us to better understand," Rodgers said.
Rutgers professor Ostfeld said she hopes to see an infant bill of rights and a task force is created to address the high infant mortality rates among black babies.
"Let's fix this because the knowledge is there," Ostfeld said. "We can actually do something about this but we have to do it together."
Acting New Jersey Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson vowed to support fixing the problem.
"What we all collectively need to say and are saying is that these numbers are unacceptable and change needs to happen," Johnson said. "That's our charge and what we take away from this conversation."


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Orson Welles created the iconic radio drama, The War of the Worlds, in 1938. That program is still widely known today, but what makes Welles's larger body of radio productions distinctive and important?
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Who says this, religiously speaking?
Thu Dec 30, 2010 18:20
I mean, I'm very religious, but the only ones I've had contact with who share your views were rare whackos. That leads me to suspect your claim?
You forget, Uru Hammer, ...
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... that the most religious believers in God think THEY are right (or the Bible is right) and scientists are just unbelievers trying to disprove their faith. JMO, of course. Lots of others would...
Who says this, religiously speaking?
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Re: Who says this, religiously speaking?
Fri Dec 31 08:49
Guess I know more whackos than you do. Try Southern Baptists or Church of Christ for starters. :)
Do they make up "most religious believers of God?"
Fri Dec 31 09:43
I realize I'm being rather precise here, but I wanted to point out that the broad brush stroking all of us is not correct, or appreciated (I know it wasn't personal). Peace!
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My name is Evrim, I am a student at the Victorian College of the Arts, (The University of Melbourne); studying the Masters of Screenwriting. With a small group of other students, I'm working towards shaping and writing stories for film and television. I have engaged with many different writing formats, directing, film and theatre theory at university, and want to develop a strong voice as a female writer and filmmaker.
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Went out on a new route this evening and obviously miscalculated the distance ( or my speed) as I got the half way notice before being halfway home. So carried on running after "brisk walk now". I carried on for an extra five minutes and enjoyed it. I had better music and found that helped me run without struggling.
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I'm getting married in 5 weeks. It's not just a wedding. It's not just a party where all the people I love are in town for the first time in my life. It's not just a day. It's life. It's my life, with him. It's a MARRIAGE, not a ceremony.
And, believe it or not, it helps to realize this. Because it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or if my rehearsal dinner is changing venues. It doesn't matter if his sister just dropped out of the wedding party with no explanation (because, really? It's her loss…). None of this matters, because 5 weeks from RIGHT NOW, I will be Mrs. McGuffee (even if the social security office isn't actually aware of that fact…). I will be in that hotel room with my HUSBAND, spending the first night of the rest of our lives together. And THAT'S what matters. Not the decorations (though, yes, they matter), not the dresses, not the drama. But being his wife, and knowing that from that day on NOTHING can separate us.
5 weeks from tonight, from this moment, will be the happiest in my life. I won't be thinking about the cake or the food or how my reception manager is a total…not so nice term…. I will be thinking I'm the luckiest woman on the face of this Earth because I will be with him, not as boyfriend and girlfriend or affianced…but as husband and wife.
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GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: To bring you up to date, with the mood lighting behind me, George W. Bush now leads by 930 votes over Al Gore, with a 630-vote advantage in the overseas ballots. And we're going to go to Susan Candiotti in Broward County where recounting is going on -- Susan.
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Gene.
In fact, this is the fourth day recounting in Broward County. And we have a development here to tell you about. It's not the first time this topic has come up, but it has come up again with great vigor at this hour. A little while ago there was a discussion going on among the canvassing board members. There are three of them, two Democrats and one Republican. One of the two Democrats raised the point of revisiting the standard that the board is using to determine a voter's intent. Up until now this board has been using the so- called "two corner standard"; that two corners of the chad must be punched out in order for the board to determine which way the voter was deciding on which candidate, which candidate they were choosing. Now, there is discussion again about changing that, to allow a more liberal approach, as it were, to consider what have you've heard are the dimpled ballots, or the pregnant ballots where someone begins to punch through a hole but it doesn't go quite through to release the chad. And as an example of a ballot that this one board member was using, she held up one that clearly had, we are told, a choice for president. And on the rest of the ballot there were different punches that didn't quite go through, dimples you might want to call it. And she said, here is an example of someone who clearly made a choice for president. And in her view, they were intending to vote for all of these other candidates. And so, the Republicans are very much opposed to this. They said, hey, what are you trying to do? change the rules in the middle of the game here? So they have now taken a break. And they are going to revisit this once they go back in again. So the matter has not been resolved as yet. And gene, at this hour, we can tell you that with 161 precincts counted of 609 in all here in Broward County, Vice President Gore has picked up another 52 votes -- Gene.
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Compared to gel nail polish, the UV light exposure needed to cure shellac polish is also much shorter; you'll need to put your hands under the UBV lamp for only ten seconds after the base coat is applied. Exposure to EV light is also needed between every coat of color and the top coat, but only two minutes of exposure is needed for the shellac polish to set.
Shellac nail polish is easier and faster, too; after the top coat sets, you'll only need a quick shine with a soft cloth and some alcohol before you're ready to go.
Unfortunately, shellac nail polish isn't for everyone. Your natural nails and nail beds must be healthy. If they're damaged from using acrylics or from gel manicures or if they're peeling, beauty experts say that you should talk to a licensed, trained nail care professional. You won't be able to do a shellac manicure on your own either, as CND sells shellac nail polish only to licensed professionals.
So if you see shellac nail polishes or the special UV lamps being sold online, you'll know to stay away because these products are counterfeit. Your best bet to getting a proper shellac manicure is to go to a reputable nail salon in your area. These days, a shellac manicure costs quite a bit more than regular manicures because original CND shellac is more expensive than regular nail polish.
There's also a specific process for removing shellac nail polish. The process involves wrapping techniques using strong acetone. These wrapping techniques allow nail technicians to isolate the chemical to the nail color and make it easier to remove the polish from the nails. Other methods involving acetone-soaked cotton balls and aluminum foil is not approved nor recommended by CND, who cautions that improper removal of shellac nail polish can damage your nails and nail beds.
According to CND, any chipping, peeling, or nail damage may be caused by improper application of the shellac polish by untrained nail technicians. The specific instructions or application or removal might not have been strictly followed, too. In some cases, CND's shellac polish was reportedly used when, in truth, a copycat nail polish had been applied.
Concerns about UV exposure have also been addressed by CND. The company insists that it uses only low-watt UV bulbs that filter out most of the damaging rays. CND's special UV lamps have reportedly been scientifically tested to ensure the utmost safety for people who want to get shellac manicures.
Many companies have released their own versions of shellac nail polish, but the original manufacturer maintains that "no one will be able to duplicate Shellac's patent-pending UV3 technology or guarantee the same flawless wear and gentle removal."


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Millicent Hailes is back. The young London-based photographer whose powerful portrait of doll-like Josephine Lee aka. BabyAlmondEyes aka. wifislilangel from our interview with Millicent in the latest issue of Dry, should be familiar to all readers of Dry Magazine. Millicent's photography focuses on female beauty and to her beautiful women are strong, sexy and powerful. In her latest video for Dry, she captured the beauty of Playboy model Gemma Lee Farrell. We asked Millicent a few questions about the shoot.
What were your expectations about collaborating with Gemma Lee Farrell?
Millicent Hailes: I was very excited to meet Gemma. She seemed very lovely when we were speaking about the shoot beforehand and very open about ideas too.
I guess being a Playboy model would need a great amount of confidence. Did you sense that from Gemma while shooting?
Millicent Hailes: Yes I guess so. I am sure as a model you'd have to have a certain amount of confidence to meet new people and be in front of the camera. She was confident in a way that was endearing and very likeable.
How did the shoot happen?
Millicent Hailes: I found Gemma through Instagram and contacted her asking to shoot. We had a back and forth, talking about the shoot and swapping ideas.
What did you learn from meeting Gemma? Did she change any preconceptions you might have had about a Playboy model?
Millicent Hailes: I am not sure I've ever had any preconceptions about playboy models. I primarily wanted to shoot with Gemma because she seemed very sweet, fun, likeable, strong and of course to me, attractive.
Do you think too many prejudices and associations are related to nakedness?
Millicent Hailes: Yes of course, although it's all down to context. Being nude for art is different then being nude for porn, but that's another question altogether. The lines between now are so blurred, it's fascinating really to push it further.
I can see that you have worked mostly with young female beauty. What is the reason behind that?
Millicent Hailes: As I said above, I see beauty through strength, sexuality and powerful women so of course I'd want to surround myself with that and shoot what I love and am inspired by.


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RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Richmond police are crediting Facebook with leading to an arrest in the theft of six copper planters from the Jefferson Hotel.
Police posted surveillance photos of a suspect and vehicle in the thefts on Monday at 1:16 p.m. Less than an hour later a Facebook fan called detectives and identified the suspect as Brandon R. Slaughter, police announced Wednesday on their Facebook page.
Slaughter, 26, later surrendered and was charged with grand larceny in the thefts last week at the landmark hotel.
"Though the Department has received several crime tips via Facebook previously, this is the first time detectives are aware of a direct link between a post and an arrest," the department posted. "Thank you Richmond!"
The six copper planters are worth around $15,000, according to Richmond Police.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the man's identity to call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.
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Gov. Shumlin's decision not to seek re-election next year has accelerated the timetable for Vermont's 2016 election cycle. Prospective Democratic candidates for governor are expected to announce their intentions within the next few months, rather than wait until 2016.
At this time, the strongest potential Democratic candidates would be, in alphabetical order, Matt Dunne, Sue Minter and Shap Smith. Each of them would bring assets to the campaign, and each would also need to address weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
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Lt. Gov. Phil Scott has told reporters that he will make an announcement in the fall about his plans for 2016. Scott is seriously interested in running for governor, but he needs some time to work through issues related to the ownership and control of the business he co-owns and manages.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced last week that when the $10 bill is redesigned in the next few years, Alexander Hamilton's portrait will be taken off the front of the bill, to be replaced by an historically significant woman, yet to be determined. While I am all in favor of putting a woman on the U.S. currency, I do not believe Hamilton is the person whose portrait should be replaced.
Gov. Peter Shumlin's announcement that he will not be a candidate for re-election in 2016 was surprising not so much in its substance, but in its timing. Governors Dean and Douglas announced their decisions not to run again in August or September of the year preceding the election, rather than 18 months before the end of their terms.
Sen. Bernard Sanders officially launched his presidential campaign in Burlington this week. If the presidential election were held only in Vermont, Massachusetts, New York City and northern California, Sanders might very well win. However, voters from 46 other states will also vote for president, so it is likely that the person who takes the oath of office in front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017, will be either Hillary Rodham Clinton or whoever emerges as the Republican nominee.
There have been substantial differences between poll projections and election results in many nations in recent months.
Before last week's British election, the consensus of all reputable pollsters was that the governing Conservative Party and the opposition Labour Party would each receive around 33 percent of the vote and between 260 and 290 seats in the House of Commons. The Conservatives ended up with 37 percent of the vote and 331 seats, compared with Labour's 30 percent of the vote and 232 seats.
Last month, Attorney General William Sorrell filed a campaign finance complaint against 2014 Progressive lieutenant governor candidate Dean Corren. Sorrell claimed that Corren, whose campaign was publicly financed, received an illegal in-kind contribution from the Democratic Party — an e-mail blast estimated to have a value of $255 — and failed to report it. Sorrell's complaint sought $72,000 in fines from the Corren campaign for the alleged violation of $255.
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Arron Afflalo dropped a 3-pointer with 17.3 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Sacramento Kings to a 116-112 win Wednesday night over the slumping Cleveland Cavaliers, who lost for the sixth time in eight games amid criticism by LeBron James.
DeMarcus Cousins had 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings, who trailed by five in overtime before battling back. Darren Collison added 23 points for Sacramento.
After Afflalo's 3, James missed a deep 3-point attempt for the Cavs, who were then forced to foul Cousins. Sacramento's big man dropped one of two to put away the reeling NBA champions.
James finished with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and Kevin Love had 21 points and 16 rebounds, but it wasn't enough.
This was the Cavs' first game since James called the team's roster "top heavy" and questioned whether the organization was fully committed to winning a second title.


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The pH (low) insertion peptide (pHLIP) family enables targeting of cells in tissues with low extracellular pH. Here, we show that ischemic myocardium is targeted, potentially opening a new route to diagnosis and therapy. The experiments were performed using two murine ischemia models: regional ischemia induced by coronary artery occlusion and global low-flow ischemia in isolated hearts. In both models, pH-sensitive pHLIPs [wild type (WT) and Var7] or WT-pHLIP–coated liposomes bind ischemic but not normal regions of myocardium, whereas pH-insensitive, kVar7, and liposomes coated with PEG showed no preference. pHLIP did not influence either the mechanical or the electrical activity of ischemic myocardium. In contrast to other known targeting strategies, the pHLIP-based binding does not require severe myocardial damage. Thus, pHLIP could be used for delivery of pharmaceutical agents or imaging probes to the myocardial regions undergoing brief restrictions of blood supply that do not induce irreversible changes in myocytes.
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Eugene A. Sosunov, Evgeny P. Anyukhovsky, Alexander A. Sosunov, Anna Moshnikova, Dayanjali Wijesinghe, Donald M. Engelmand, Yana K. Reshetnyak, and Oleg A. Andreev. (2013). "pH (low) insertion peptide (pHLIP) targets ischemic myocardium." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(1), 82-86. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1220038110
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I am in the process of writing a new book, "The Fire Of American Spirituality" for which I have interviewed dozens of the most dynamic spiritual leaders on American soil. I now have many hours of audio files.
These recordings are both fascinating and inspirational. As the book becomes ready, I'll be sharing excerpts from it, as well as some of the audio files.
For now, here's the books' preface…
Preface: The Fire Of American Spirituality…
I CELEBRATE myself;
And what I assume you shall assume:
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
From Song of Myself – Walt Whitman
This book began as a deep curiosity about what, in the broad overview, is actually happening in American spirituality. My sense – it was only a sense and I wanted to learn just how accurate it was – is that the walls within and between the great wisdom traditions are collapsing. And merging with a whole dynamic development outside of all tradition.
What might I learn by meeting with a wide spectrum of teachers? The intention was to hear their perspective on the direction of American spirituality, learn about their experience – and fully draw out the most rounded, authentic, specific and intimate sense of these remarkable men and women.
How is spirituality actually lived in 21st Century America? Is there a Zen Buddhist life? A Sufi life? Regardless of these advanced practitioners' views and experiences, what is the actual texture and shape of their daily lives? Visionaries of the absolute, each dwells in the temporal world. How is timeless wisdom expressed in the personal, human experience of contemporary America?
If a teacher is married, how does she get along with her spouse? If he has children, what is the quality of his relationship to them? This very line of questioning is itself very contemporary. Eastern literature, ancient or modern, does not tend to explore descriptions of a master's relationships or personality. One might say that teachers in the East have been viewed as the mouthpiece of the Absolute, rather than as an embodied, living balance between the momentary and the eternal.
This is essentially a scouting report from the front lines of American spirituality. It discovered something quite remarkable, something that has never occurred before in human history. Certainly not anywhere near to the current degree.
Related to this inquiry was the desire to bounce off the widest possible variety of awakened people on American soil, to challenge and expand my understanding of myself and of the universe. The book-in-progress became a pass for meeting these compelling spiritual practitioners – not simply, as most people do, in their role as teacher but – as humans. In their living rooms.
This aspect of creating the book proved far richer, far more transformative than I ever imagined. Sometimes the fantasy is to go on forever, meeting one delightful person after the next, like a wondrous series of encounters.
Yet, to be clear, I did not actually choose to write this book. At a 2012 retreat in upstate New York near the Finger Lakes, surrounded by exquisite colors of October foliage, it chose me. A parade of wildly enchanting participants invited me to join them. I couldn't resist.
It is worth mentioning that although the new developments described here very much intrigue and inspire me, this work is not so much advocating for these shifts as reporting on them. With as much objectivity as is possible.
In part to that point, every effort was made to include the greatest possible variety of teachers – based both on personal intuition and on the sage suggestions of several dozen people whose own experience gave them a lucid vantage point from which to advise. Ages range from twenty-seven to ninety-five; birth places include five continents; their homes and teaching centers span the USA. These teachers emerged from Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Taoism, Sufism, Judaism, Native American shamanism – and no tradition at all. No-tradition refers to teachers whose teachings are free of any specific tradition, whether, like Echart Tolle and Byron Katie, they awakened outside of any tradition or, like Adyashanti and A.H. Almass, they trained within traditions then broke free of those forms.
The students of these teachers include gang members, CEO's of the planet's most successful companies, blue collar workers, victims of unimaginable trauma, ordinary middle-class Americans, American soldiers, the homeless, and major celebrities.
These meetings have confirmed the original premise: at the level of profoundest spirituality a fire is sweeping the country. A remarkable development, the walls within and between traditions are falling. For ten thousand years – from the beginning of Hinduism and Judaism in the clouds of pre-history, to the birth of Christianity and Islam – separate, monolithic religions have established themselves in contradistinction to the others. Buddhism was a movement away from Hinduism, Christianity from Judaism. Islam from Judaism and Christianity. Now, it appears, at least on the front lines, those millenniums-old structures are giving way and merging. You may say, well, yes, Vispassina Jack, Sufi Shabda and no-tradition Katie are dancing together, literally breaking bread together. But the vast majority of Americans – especially in highly popular fundamentalism – remain as strongly divided as ever. As later chapters will demonstrate, this is not entirely so. Moreover, history shows that when the most dynamic leaders are at the front line, though they begin as outliers they – Jesus and Paul, Buddha and Bodhidharma (Washington and Jefferson, Picasso and Matisse, Dylan and Elvis) – ultimately transform the world.
Three over-riding developments drive this evolution:
The world's dynamic center for wisdom teachings has shifted from the East to the West*.
American culture is having an incalculable impact on the great wisdom traditions.
The great wisdom traditions are quietly having a transformative effect on America.
Each of these three shifts, and the ultimate broad-stroke developments, will be addressed in this book, along with close-up looks at some of the most dynamic teachers integral to this transformation.


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