Is namaste better than hand shake?
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COVID and Culture: Is Namaste or Bowing Better than the Handshake?

Ever since SARS I have felt reluctant to shake hands and touch objects like subway handrails. Now that we are deep into the first round of the pandemic it’s worth asking questions about how we will interact in the future. Is the handshake doomed? Will people drop the custom and replace it with namaste or bowing?

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Podcast Launch Features New Year’s Resolutions

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Ancestry Project podcast. The first episode is “New Year’s Resolutions” and features student and teacher PDF and audio streams and downloads (free MP3 download for registered users). The episode discusses an article by psychologist David DeSteno. In the excerpt, read by Mike Simpson, the concept of…