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Demonstrations change Jerusalem culture of centralized prote...

Jerusalem has seen much larger demonstrations than the housing protest that took place on Saturday night. All those, however, were rallies that were organized by large organizations that brought participants to Jerusalem by bus from Tel A [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Norwegians in US hope culture isn’t affected

As Norwegians living in New England watched the death toll in their home country climb, they said they hoped the violence that rocked Oslo on Friday afternoon would not change its deep-rooted culture of peaceful solidarity. Anders Behr [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Business Cards and Business Etiquette

Understanding business etiquettes help you to deal confidently with your customers and business acquaintance and build up a good rapport in no time. The scope of business etiquette is vast and beyond the scope of this article, however, we [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

British sport's boom and bust culture

There were two major events in London's Battersea Park on Wednesday night: the first was the Sport Industry Awards and the second was Sky Sports News presenter Charlotte Jackson's dress. Enjoyed by hundreds of party-goers and talk [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Free fete focuses on culture

The biggest arts and culture festival you've never heard of is coming to your neighbourhood, the city down the road, and scores of other towns, villages, and metropolises across Canada. Vancouver artists and performers sang and d [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

First Annual Jerusalem Season of Culture to Launch Summer 20...

This summer, Jerusalem will be home to one of the most ambitious cultural projects in the history of the Israeli arts scene. Unveiled in Jerusalem by Artistic Director Itay Mautner, the Jerusalem Season of Culture (JSOC) will produce an [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Frontier Culture Museum's Wool Days are shear fun

It was haircut time for the Frontier Culture Museum's shaggy sheep Wednesday and supervisor of interpreters Alex Tillen stepped up for the task on the opening day of Wool Days. It takes him about a hour to clip a sheep, using hand sh [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Boozy culture leaves us worried

ANXIETY about Australia's boozy culture has increased sharply, with a survey suggesting more than 4 million adults drink in order to get drunk. Four in five Australians also say the nation has a problem with alcohol abuse - up from 5 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Culture Works leader focused on community

Martine Meredith Collier will bring a national arts funding perspective to her role as the new president and chief executive of Culture Works, the Dayton area’s united arts fund. As director of development and membership the p [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Culture glorifies abusive men, disregards women

Another season of MTV's "Jersey Shore" has come and gone, and what do we have to show for it? For me: indigestion and a bit of shame from watching a dozen hour-long episodes chronicling an abusive relationship all in the na [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Japan tsunami seriously damaged Matsushima cultural site

Partly because of its deep Shinto and Buddhist roots, Japanese culture exhibits a distinctive aesthetic relationship to nature. Rather than an assembly of individual parts seen and experienced in isolation, nature is a dynamic whole witn [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Pirouettes launch Russian cultural invasion

Since the idea of a Festival of Russian Culture in Switzerland was officially welcomed by the two countries’ presidents in Sochi last year, preparations have been underway to create a diverse and stimulating programme. “ [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

'Parents must expose kids to Indian culture'

In this age when computers and playstations lure kids more than learning music and dance, parents must take the onus of motivating the conventional activities to expose children to Indian culture, says violin maestro L. Subramanian. &quo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Ghana must make its culture attractive

Efo Kojo Mawugbe, Executive Director of the National Theatre of Ghana, has called on government to make Ghana's culture more attractive by positively projecting it as a living identity of the state. He said culture is currently perce [...]