In the 1960s, Steven Halpern began experimenting with music for de-stressing, relaxation and meditation. Friends, colleagues and fans pleaded for recordings but the record industry could not understand the unique style. They thought chakras were some kind chocolate.
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New Age Music Grows Up: the history, qualities and emergence of the genre in America
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 5 May 2008 - 5:20pm.Pangea Day -- A day the World Comes Together
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 5 May 2008 - 4:18pm.
May 10, 2008 is Pangea Day, when Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked live to present a program of 24 international short films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music.
The marriage of Science and Religion
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 3 May 2008 - 7:03pm.Among the five Nobel Laureates who have endorsed the book, "Thank God for Evolution," Craig Mello, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine. Mello, offers, "The science vs. religion debate is over!
I Agree, We Disagree: Conflict is a cultural problem, resolution takes behavioral skills
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 22 April 2008 - 12:19pm.Radical Collaboration coaches Jim Tamm and Ron Luyet have taught conflict resolution skills to individuals, employees, corporate teams and the military. Their clients include the State of California; Hewlitt Foundation; Catholic Healthcare West; Boeing; U.S.
Hope Rising for At-risk Youth
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 18 April 2008 - 5:47pm. Science & SocietyThe cost of providing a safety net for at-risk youth is $5,000 per year; the cost of housing a San Quentin inmate is $60,000 per year. Which would you prefer?
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What's your reaction when you see a young person begging for money, living in a park or under a freeway? Do you think, "Why don't you just get a job? In and Out Burgers pays $11.00 an hour. I'm not buying your beer." I admit to my own uneasiness and temptation to judge, and I also wonder what has happened to this young person that made them drop out? Who crushed their spirit?
In 2003, M. Wald and T. Martinez conducted the Stanford University study "Connected by 25: Improving the Life Chances of the Country's Most Vulnerable 14-24 year olds." In that mouthful of study, they concluded that, "In our society, almost all youth require support until they have connected successfully with the labor force, which generally does not occur until the mid-twenties." Stanford also found that high school dropouts, those in the juvenile justice system and incarcerated youth are unlikely to reach age 25 without becoming homeless.
Weighing in on Chocolate
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 17 April 2008 - 8:43pm.Despite Deepak Chopra's and Andrew Weil's approval, some still think chocolate is sinful. But, in my theology, sin is when there is no chocolate.
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A Seussian Salve for Computer Woes
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 17 April 2008 - 4:20pm.Ever wonder who really wrote the Seuss-like poem that tells us "the socket packet pocket has an error to report?" Well, Dr. Eugene Ziegler, aka Dr. Zseuss, wrote the piece when his grandsons "significantly rearranged the resources on my Macintosh."
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Secrets about one of the fastest growing sites on the internet
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 29 February 2008 - 11:18am.The site had 10 million members log on from the official launch August 2007 to the end of the year, and 2 ½ million in January 2008. Forty percent of the traffic is international. September 18, 2007, Mashable.com reported: "GodTube was the #1 fastest growing website in the US for the month of August ...
Mike Farrell – raw, tenacious, principled
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 27 February 2008 - 4:58pm.Mike Farrell – raw, tenacious, principled
Mike exemplifies a boy-to-man who dares to feel and learn his way through challenges, sorrows and joys to success as a confident, grounded, emotionally sound individual. Praise runs free through this review; but if anyone can say it isn't deserved, do step forward.
Feel to Heal: Silencing Feelings begets Violence
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 17 February 2008 - 2:19am. Science & Society"Crime procedurals, like 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' indexed highest among all genres of programming, retaining 95% of their viewers through all commercial breaks during the hour." (In other words, the audience stays glued to the tube through bathroom breaks.)
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Ben Stein roused by Suppression in Science
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 15 February 2008 - 4:00am. Evolution"Scientists are supposed to be allowed to follow the evidence wherever it may lead…This attack on scientific freedom was so egregious that it prompted a congressional investigation."
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Healing the Cosmic Wound
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 9 February 2008 - 8:22pm. PhilosophyDr. Mani Bhaumik, co-inventor of the technology that lead to Lasik surgery, experienced a spiritual rebirth born of 'an absence of want, a compulsive consumption - a queasy feeling of being overfed and undernourished at the same time.'
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Mani Bhaumik, PhD, has written a memoir called "Code Name God: The Spiritual Odyssey of a Man of Science." In 218 pages, he has also presented social commentary set in recent history and present day; a juxtaposition of world religions; a lay-person's science textbook; and a case for healing the cosmic wound by re-uniting science and spirituality.
Bhaumik was born in Bengal, India in the midst of the struggle for Indian independence. He was delivered onto the mud floor as the sun set, but according to the caste system of the time, only one from the "untouchables," the lowest rung of the social order, could cut the umbilical cord. Help did not come until dawn. What some would consider a sacred honor, their culture considered a lowly task. Such, Mani says, "is the foolishness of the social and religious barriers we erect against one another."
Bhaumik survived colonial oppression, epidemic, famine and cyclone to earn a PhD in physics from Indian Institute of Technology and a Sloane Foundation fellowship for postdoctoral work at UCLA. He has earned international recognition and a monetary fortune as co-inventor of the laser technology that made LASIK eye surgery possible. Bhaumik was once profiled on the "Lives of the Rich and Famous."
Stem Cell Research Lays a Golden Egg
Submitted by Diana deRegnier on 6 February 2008 - 4:15pm. Science & SocietyThousands of times a year, a single cell extraction from an embryo is performed to screen for genetic diseases. As of January 2008, the cell could be allowed to divide and the copy used for research without harm to the embryo.
Current federal funding is prohibited for experiments that injure or destroy human embryonic stem cells and is limited to cells extracted before President Bush's declaration of August 9, 2001. Meanwhile, four hundred thousand embryos are sitting in clinics waiting to be implanted in the mother's womb or to be discarded – a practice of which no one has raised a disapproving eyebrow.
However, rapid advances in stem cell extraction methodology are quickly laying ethical issues to rest. As of January, 2008, stem cell research has laid a golden egg. Thousands of times a year a single cell is taken from an embryo to screen for genetic diseases. Advanced Cell Technology now has the capability to allow the cell to divide in a laboratory dish and use the copy for stem cells.








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