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A culture clash writ small, messy, and real

"Operation Filmmaker," the sad, funny, obsessively watchable/avert-your-eyes documentary opening today, doesn't just illustrate the truth of the saying "No good deed goes unpunished." It spreads the punishment around, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

[hs]'Seoul Digital Culture Open' Being Held at Sangam DMC

Seoul City is hosting "Seoul Digital Culture Open (sedco.sab.kr)" on June 17 to 22 in order to present the operation of Digital Media City (DMC) to its citizens. The event is being initiated by the enterprises with in the DMC a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Culture of bullying in hospitals, court hears

A father has detailed a culture of bullying and threats in South Australia's public hospital system during an inquest into the suicide death of his autistic son. Rowan Wheaton, 18, hanged himself in April 2006, months after moving into sup [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

InBev's Chief Built Competitive Culture

Back in February, Carlos Brito, chief executive of brewing giant InBev NV, summarized his business philosophy in a talk at Stanford's business school, his alma mater. "To dream big or dream small takes the same amount of energy," [...]

Posted On : Jun, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Scotch doffs its kilt and embraces cocktail culture

I expected tartan, tassels and heady aromas at the single-malt “nosing” last week. What I didn't expect was mint juleps. “These are very good,” said a kilt-clad Charles MacLean, the Edinburgh-based author of nine w [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Culture gets a new definition by BBC

The BBC is to launch a TV campaign promoting the new series of The Culture Show and its 101st episode, featuring personalities including Boris Johnson, Nigel Havers, Carl Barat and Adrian Chiles discussing cultural issues including EastEnde [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Royal Palm Beach prepares to celebrate community's cultures

The village is gearing up for its sixth annual Cultural Diversity Day from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at Veterans Park, corner of Royal Palm Beach Bouelvard and Sparrow Drive. "It's to promote awareness of our diverse cultures throu [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

A city rich in culture, but poor nearly everywhere else

It may be the current European Capital of Culture, but Liverpool still has serious problems. The statistics that confirm the city as the country's capital of deprivation prompted the Health is Wealth Commission, a non-governmental organi [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Exchanging cultures - Japanese sister city group welcomed

While here, a delegation of Japanese citizens will make a special trip to the University of Evansville to learn about an intensive program for teaching English.It's just one of many stops the 10 residents of Tochigi City, the sister city [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Asian cultures on display at day for family heritage

Detor, who lives in Gates, said the annual Memorial Art Gallery event is a good chance to revisit her native Vietnamese culture, but it's the opportunities it offers her 9-year-old daughter, Elizabeth Gibb, that she really relishes. Detor a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Appropriating Sub-cultures: Read About It, Then Watch It Hap...

Interesting coincidental postings last Thursday on two Core fave blogs--Design Observer and io9--that gain an added dimension when viewed one after the other. First, Steven Heller at Design Observer constructs this impassioned (though fam [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Bosnian Refugees in America: New Communities, New Cultures

PhD., Hamilton College Associate Director for Community Research for the Levitt Public Affairs Center, has co-authored a book with Reed Coughlan, PhD., titled "Bosnian Refugees in America: New Communities, New Cultures" pu [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Culture club: Student performers try to broaden minds with d...

As Kevin Slattery and his Hazelwood East High School classmates performed Saturday in the crowded lobby of the Gateway Arch, he hoped the program would be as meaningful for the audience as it had been for him. Slattery, a senior, had just [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

by Catitonaugh-Rosalinda Ramirez, MCSP, NCAC II, CCA, CP IV

The age of managed care has brought with it an emphasis on performance review, utilization review and accountability. Federal and state requirements are pushing toward standardization of services. As substance abuse counselors, we called ou [...]