Jan and all, I was so taken back by this statement: "My husband and I went to a class the other night (nothing to do w/ bf), and the instructor gave us a sheet of paper in which business people from three cultures (American, Japanese, Arabic) identified and then rated what they considered to be the 20 top nationalistic traits of those cultures. Unsurprisingly, the first one for Americans was freedom - the second was independence. In both the Japanese and Arabic, family appeared in the top ten. No where in the top 20 for Americans did family appear in any way, shape or form. ." What is more important than family to them???? I have to know. Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC, RLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html