cultural differences

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• Finding Discontinued Perfumes

  
  Cologne Perfume Fragrance — Authority: 125
  There are few things more heartbreaking for a perfume lover than to have a favorite scent end up among a manufacturers discontinued perfumes. Its like suddenly having your favorite food no longer available, or your favorite TV show going off the air. Or, horrors, having your favorite makeup brand disappear just when ...
  1 day ago

• Cultural Differences In Understanding Deadlines

  
  Cindy King - Cross-cultural marketer and international sales strategist — Authority: 417
  Cross-Cultural Differences I recently got myself into a little bit of trouble in misinterpreting instructions on a deadline. Now this is my fault because I tend to scan most of the information I consume online. But the instructions were not very clear and explicit either and I naturally assumed the most obvious ...
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• Fellow Oz player’s father accuses Hewitt of being racially prejudiced

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Melbourne, Jan 3 (ANI): Former world number one tennis player Lleyton Hewitt, who is on a comeback trail, has been accused by the father of a fellow Australian player of being racially prejudiced against the youngster.Bernard Tomic and his father believe Hewitt is prejudiced against them because of their Croatian ...
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• The Holidays

  
  Correr Es Mi Destino — Authority: 120
  Holidays Cookies at the Byward Market Are you guys on holidays yet? Seems like it. It’s pretty quiet these days, except in malls throughout the city where people apparently have a blast buying the gifts Santa didn’t bring them. Alright, let’s talk about holidays then! The other day, I was reading ...
  6 days ago

• Aaaand it’s a wrap

  
  Our Shiputzim: A Work In Progress — Authority: 474
  If you thought my Torani communities post was controversial – and based on the comments, apparently some people did – just wait until you read the following: Sadly, over the past few years, we’ve witnessed the development of a very disturbing trend here in Israel. I have no idea if it’s spread ...
  6 days ago

• k&k episode 304 UNPLUGGED - the one where they contemplate cadeaux and coal... and stuff...

  
  katia and kyliemac original version (VO) — Authority: 114
  Were still excited about the holiday season in episode 304 , and get to chatting about how Christmas is celebrated in different countries, eating coal, tags on Christmas presents and visiting (or not) private castles. This episode was brought to you by the word "le charbon" (coal).
  6 days ago

• HH and Sneaking Around

  
  Our Shiputzim: A Work In Progress — Authority: 474
  The latest edition of Haveil Havalim is available here . Special thanks to Baila for including my post on Torani communities . And on a related note, the following incident occurred a number of years ago. Sitting at our  Shabbat table here in TRLEOOB * , an American guest told us that she ...
  1 week ago

• Are those sexy Russian brides really looking for marraige

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 477
  When you are searching through the profiles of the Russian dating sites, probably your eyes are popping out of your head: So many beautiful model looking girls, and so many beautiful bodies! You might ask yourself,? Well The simple answer to this question is, yes, they are real, eligible and beautiful! There are ...
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• My Office Setup: A Desktop and a Laptop

  
  Shanghai Tech Writer — Authority: 120
  My Office Setup: A Desktop and a Laptop is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer On my first day of orientation at Googleplex in Mountain View, I got a Lenovo ThinkPad T61. I had a choice between a Mac Pro Book and a Lenovo ThinkPad. I considered a Mac but decided against it because I’m more familiar with the ...
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• Christmas in Hong Kong: Absolutely CRAZY!

  
  Prospere Magazine: In Work ... In Life... She Prospers — Authority: 130
  Christmas Eve at Pacific Place Mall, Hong Kong   In most parts of the west, Christmas is quiet.  Stores are closed and people are spending time with their family.  Not so in Hong Kong.  Though Christmas is celebrated commercially (kids see Santa, homes often have trees and of course, malls and streets are ...
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• You just might be a Religious-Zionist

  
  Our Shiputzim: A Work In Progress — Authority: 474
  (Subtitle: Thinking out of the Chareidi box) “The only reason I’m not making aliyah is because there are no communities in Israel where I’d feel comfortable living and no acceptable schools for my kids. I mean, everything is just so polarized there!” If I had a shekel for every time I heard a ...
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• How To Express Your Emotions (Or Not) In Other Cultures

  
  Matador Abroad — Authority: 506
  Feature Photo: Lin Pernielle Photography Photo: arwen-abendstern “You can’t bring that to the table here,” he said. My boyfriend wasn’t talking about forbidden fruit. He was pointing out my tendency to visibly (and sometimes audibly) wallow in negative emotions publicly. My habits are taboo in a ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Tuareg Children and Their Donkeys

  
  Esther Garvi — Authority: 127
  It’s wintertime here in Niger. Some days are temperate and sunny while some are cold and dusty (especially around dawn), but the bush is just as enjoyable as ever. We meet more people now that the millet fields have opened up to the nomads, who are bringing their animals south from the northern pastures. Not ...
  2 weeks ago

• being older than dirt and other stuff

  
  New views of New Zealand — Authority: 422
  Its very  seldom that I tell anybody my actual age because its just a number and I really dont want to be judged by it. I have always told the children that I am older than dirt--which makes them titter and satisfied with my answer. Well, before we moved, we took some flowers to our neighbor. On the way back, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Potlucks and Race

  
  Blackgirlinmaine's Weblog — Authority: 121
  With the holiday season underway and financial times tough for many folks, everyone is looking for a way to celebrate the holidays without breaking the bank. One of the suggestions that seems to come up often for planning a get together is to make it a potluck style meal. Now obviously the benefits of taking this ...
  2 weeks ago

• Peer pressure making teen boys turn to diet pills, body waxing, tanning

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, December 20 (ANI): Peer pressure is making teen-aged boys use tanning booths, take diet pills and have their bodies waxed, even though they know it’s unhealthy, a new study claims.Dr. Jay Yoo, a Baylor University assistant professor of fashion merchandising studied 155 boys, with an average age of 14.3 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Discretion and Circumspection

  
  Just Above Sunset — Authority: 126
  Being one of those awful people who just does things because they sound interesting, when circumstances allow, there were those trips to Paris once or twice a year for a time – a few weeks alone there, just walking around the December streets and grooving on the Christmas windows and the guys from North Africa on ...
  2 weeks ago

• In minus eight degrees, Akshay runs for Canadians

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Dec 18 (IANS) Bollywood star Akshay Kumar announced here Thursday that he would make a cross-cultural film on Canada with ice hockey as the theme even as he ran in bone-chilling temperature for the Winter Olympic torch relay. .“I love ice hockey, and I am in the processing making this [...]
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• Immigration will impact population

  
  The South Chicagoan — Authority: 432
  The Census Bureau is altering its projections for the U.S. population by the year 2050 in large part because of the immigration rate. The changes aren’t drastic. They don’t really change the long-term picture of a nation that is less Anglo than the nativist elements of our society would prefer. IN FACT, THE ...
  2 weeks ago

• Aliyah memories: Make yourself at home edition

  
  Our Shiputzim: A Work In Progress — Authority: 474
  The following incident took place soon after we made aliyah, when I had yet to master the local mores. But now, some 11½ years later, I’ve obviously become quite the expert on Israeli social conventions. And if you believe that, I have an unfinished bridge to sell you… **** A then-little ...
  3 weeks ago

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