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- Nova Scotian's ensemble visits Irish Cultural and ... - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Sino-Latin cultural differences make investors wary - Xinhua News Agency
- Cultural understanding - not shouting at kids! - 7 Days UAE
- School DVD wins 'Telly' - Minneapolis Star Tribune
| Nova Scotian's ensemble visits Irish Cultural and ... - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:16 PM PDT Dance music from the Celtic lands involves more than Irish reels. Learn about the sounds of three nations at 7:30 p.m. Friday when the Chris Norman Ensemble brings the music of Maritime Canada, Scotland and Ireland to the Parlour of the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave. Chris Norman recalls 9,000 years of flute tradition with this show, playing the ancient wooden flute rather than the orchestral silver flute. The Nova Scotia musician draws from Celtic music and the sounds of Cape Breton as well as Renaissance music. Bassist Kris Saebo has performed with a number of classical and contemporary groups, including the Alaska Native band Pamuya. Tickets are $12 at the door. - Jackie Loohauis-Bennett Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Sino-Latin cultural differences make investors wary - Xinhua News Agency Posted: 18 Apr 2010 07:21 PM PDT
The following is an interview between Global Times (GT) reporter Wu Mian and Wu Baiyi (Wu), deputy director of Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science, and Osvaldo Rosales (Rosales), director of International Trade and Integration Division, ECLAC, on the opportunities and challenges in the relationship between China and Latin America and Caribbean. GT: What are the current economic relations between China and Latin America like? Wu: The economic models of China and Latin America are highly complementary. Latin America still has the advantages of low-cost raw materials, which has helped it to survive the economic crisis and revive its development. China will soon become the second largest export destination for Latin America, and we are delighted about that. The cooperation between the two should be built on fair and mutually beneficial ground. According to our statistics, imports from China contributes to around 6 percent of the general economic growth in Latin America. This provides great support to the stability and natural growth of the economic index in Latin America. Rosales: The current trends show the progressive importance of China in international trade flows, not only with Latin America, but also in the global arena. China has allowed Latin America to maintain its export flows, basically commodities associated to natural resources, particularly during the recent global economic crisis. Notwithstanding that Latin America was better prepared to handle a crisis this time thanks to good institutional governance and fiscal and monetary policies, China provided critical support in maintaining its levels of demand. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Cultural understanding - not shouting at kids! - 7 Days UAE Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:32 PM PDT
| Dear 'Best behaviour'. I totally agree regarding education of both expats and tourists on cultural behaviour in this country to avoid problems. Clear instructions on what is tolerated and what is not. Most know you have to be 'decently dressed', but where do you draw the line? My 11-year-old step-daughter recently visited and innocently walked too near a mosque in a summerdress when a man furiously yelled at her to "go away - don't go near that mosque dressed like that you *****". I thought the whole idea with religion was to be a nice person, have patience, forgiveness and understanding and I'm not quite sure why you would scream such terrible things to a child. He could simply have explained to her why, in his opinion, she upset him by walking to near his mosque in a summer dress. In the European country that I come from, we bend backwards to please everyone from different religious and cultural backgrounds trying to accept that everyone is different and have different habits and needs... We have had to change and adapt a lot throughout the whole system of our society to make everyone happy. I think in every country where so many cultures live together we have to all be patient with each other and although everyone visiting knows they are guests in another country and has to respect the local laws, tolerance and understanding still have to work both ways. Name withheld
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| School DVD wins 'Telly' - Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted: 18 Apr 2010 08:32 PM PDT A longtime business publicist whose exotic-travel bug morphed into educational tools for schoolkids has won a national "Telly Award." Cultural Jambalaya, a nonprofit that uses international photography to promote understanding, was founded by globe trekker Gail Shore, whose self-funded solo treks focus on the traditions, rituals and religions of threatened cultures around the world. Shore's Cultural Jambalaya and the producer, Twin Cities' Tremendous Entertainment, won the Telly in the non-broadcast educational and cultural category for their DVD "Windows & Mirrors." "After many years of traveling the globe, particularly to more-remote and lesser-known places, I began to realize that these photos and stories held the power to bring cultural understanding and acceptance to a larger audience," Shore said. "Windows & Mirrors" includes images from distant regions including Myanmar, Bhutan, Namibia, New Guinea and Tibet. The DVD and online study guide, available at www.culturaljam.org, was developed to meet state teaching standards and is intended to spark imaginations and interest in diverse cultures. In the Twin Cities, the native tongues of students include some 100 languages. "The more we know about each other's background, history and religion, the more respectful we can become of one another," Shore said. The Telly Awards, which considers 13,000 annual entries from around the globe, uses a judging panel of 350 industry professionals to honor the work of ad agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators and corporate video departments. Movin' on upLittle Canada-based St. Jude Medical Inc. has made it into an exclusive club for the first time: It's now a Fortune 500 company. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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