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It?s vacation time: let?s close up!
2008-05-01 15:45:00 Whilst we all love our vacation time, we all assume that places that thrive on tourist business will be open during the holidays. That’s not always the case in France where many attractions are closed today because it’s Labour Day (May 1st). Although many people will be eating out today, a number of restaurants choose this ...
Cross Cultural Differences and Alternative Medicine
2008-04-06 01:51:00 I know it has been a while since I last wrote. Been a bit busy lately. And in my moments of downtime I’ve found myself doing a different type of writing. I’ve been writing some fiction. Mostly because it’s a bit therapeutic. Anyhow, back to Medical School related matters. On Friday we had two guest lecturers ...
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You?ve moved abroad and need a bank. Which one should you choose?
2008-03-14 12:50:00 It’s obviously impossible to name a single bank which you can choose simply because no single bank operates in every country of the world. There are some general pointers as to how to go about choosing your bank though. One school of thought is that you should choose the local bank with the most branches in the ...
Romanian Cultural Differences - A Blessing Or A Curse?
2008-02-03 00:00:00 Romanian cultural differences are not a recent issue. Romania was divided in the past in counties - each of them wants to prove their superiority. In general, they are very proud of their native region and that is why they do their best in order to prove to their peers that their region is ...
Cultural Differences in Jobs Around The World [Digg]
2008-01-25 14:48:00 Cultures and laws in different countries can vary quite largely. Here in North America, we have to abide by laws that do not discriminate against age, gender, race, etc. On the other hand, other parts of the world have different laws, where they do allow for this.
Cultural Differences in Jobs Around The World
2008-01-25 14:45:00 Cultures and laws in different countries can vary quite largely. Here in North America, we have to abide by laws that do not discriminate against age, gender, race, etc. On the other hand, other parts of the world have different laws, where they do allow for this. I recently saw an ad for a Male Office Assistant and Female Receptionist to work in Pakistan. I'm not familiar with the laws of that particular country, but this comes to show how diverse our world really is. I have created a screenshot of the ad, since the job will be filled and the website will no longer represent it: I live in Canada, where cultural diversity is very strong, but still has certain rules and regulations that does not discriminate against certain criteria for hiring a person. I believe that as long as the person is qualified to do the job, they should be hired. I understand that there are cultural differences, which varies from country to country. ...
Isn?t it strange how American vacations apply worldwide these days?
2008-01-21 20:52:00 As it’s the third Monday in January today, it’s Martin Luther Day. Well, more or less, as America is, as we all know, a country that’s built from a whole bunch of separate countries (ie states) and therefore it doesn’t have a standard name in all 50 states and indeed wasn’t a holiday in them all ...
Where do they get all the money?
2007-12-30 19:50:00 One thing that’s very noticeable in Valencia is that everywhere you see employment vacancy signs which implies quite a strong local economy. As in other places in Spain there’s building work going on just about everywhere but it doesn’t seem so intrusive as it does in some cities (notably Madrid) with many quiet areas around the ...
Cultural Differences as Influences on Approaches to Obesity Treatment
2007-12-27 00:02:00 Culture influences all human behavior and dialectically shapes social institutions and social interactions among populations groups and individuals. Culture has many definitions, but all embody the underlying concept of implicit and explicit guidelines that are inherited and shared by members of a particular society or societal subgroup . These guidelines define ??how to view the world, how to experience it emotionally, and how to behave in it in relation to other people, to supernatural forces or gods, and to the natural environment?? .These cultural perspectives are identifiable and transmitted from one generation to the next through distinctive symbols, language, and rituals. Of particular relevance to cross-cultural treatment issues, cultural influences on behavior tend to be relatively invisible. Certain types of behavior seem universal, natural, and nonnegotiable to those influenced by a given culture .In fact, the influence of culture often becomes evident only when cultural ...
Is Poland invading Northern Ireland?
2007-12-18 19:00:00 I’ve been going back and forth to Northern Ireland for quite a while now but in the past year it’s started to change quite dramatically. For instance, the elve taking the money for the Santa photos was Polish and just about all the waiters/waitresses in the hotel were Polish. In fact, Polish workers are seen just ...
Why don?t the Spanish eat breakfast?
2007-12-08 12:44:00 As usual when there’s a Spanish holiday, we were pretty much completely full over the last couple of days and yet nobody took a breakfast! In some ways that suits us as it gives us a bit of a break from the need to get up very early to do the breakfasts. But why don’t they take ...
Where do you get that motivation to keep going?
2007-12-03 22:43:00 It’s all very well saying that you need to have various personal characteristics to get on in business or indeed in life but not everyone starts out with the full set of those personal characteristics in their arsenal. Of course, that’s fine unless you find yourself, say, wanting to start a business but don’t have that ...
Dating A Filipina: The Cultural Differences
2007-11-22 00:00:00 In the first place, men and women were created differently from each other and even if you marry a woman from your own country, it still takes effort to make a relationship work. When a foreigner dates a Filipina lady whose background is totally different, it means both must double their effort for things to ...
Cultural differences in the way people book a hotel
2007-11-06 15:55:00 We received an interesting e-mail from one of the European offices looking after consumer affairs last night. They’re writing on behalf of a Spanish couple who booked with us last July but who didn’t turn up. Ordinarly, that would mean we’d have billed them as a no-show but at the time the booking system had a technical ...
Can?t speak much French, can?t speak any English and won?t speak Spanish
2007-11-06 10:18:00 With the rapid rise of the Catalán language just over the border in Spain the problems in communication with those coming north have been magnified considerably. Starting earlier this year we began to receive guests from “Spain” who could barely speak French or English and simply refused to speak Spanish. Since we don’t speak Catalán we’re ...
American isn?t English
2007-10-12 09:33:00 Most of the time we just take it for granted that American is pretty much the same as English and at least that we know the differences (color not colour, check not cheque, etc.) but some differences in interpretation can cause problems. The main problem we have is with our pickup and dropoff service. This is ...
Tool boxes
2007-08-22 09:35:00 Tool boxes are the male equivalent of hand bags. You hunt around for ages for one and just after you’ve bought the “perfect” one for you (usually at some totally extortionate price), you see an even more perfect one at half the price. Car Guy Garage is therefore brilliant as you can see a wide range of ...
Tool boxes
2007-08-09 11:03:00 Tool boxes are the male equivalent of hand bags. You hunt around for ages for one and just after you’ve bought the “perfect” one for you (usually at some totally extortionate price), you see an even more perfect one at half the price. Car Guy Garage is therefore brilliant as you can see a wide range of ...
News & Current Events :: Cultural Differences Can Be Overcome With Time
2007-05-04 23:49:00 Author: Eric Subject: Cultural Differences Can Be Overcome With Time Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 5:49 pm (GMT -4) Cultural Differences Can Be Overcome With Time International (MNN) -- Yesterday we said that some short-term missions can be vacations. But there are many organizations that offer more than that. Trans World Radio offers one- to two-year trips for those fresh out of college or retirement who feel called to do mission work for a short period. "A one- to two-year commitment isn't as daunting as saying, ‘I'm going to give the rest of my life, my career to missions.' Many of our short-termers decide this is something amazing, this is really where I feel God is calling me," said Heather Johnson of TWR. Most of TWR's short-term mission trips must be one- to two-years because of the nature of the work. "We're a huge fan of the one- to two-year assignments," said Johnson. This extended time allows the excitement and nervousness to level o...
DIY in France
2007-05-02 10:57:00 DIY is one of the most popular activities in France if the constant flow of traffic into the DIY (bricolage) shops is anything to go by. One reason for this is that it’s next to impossible to get anyone to do odd-jobs here so many more people are forced down the DIY route than would otherwise ...
Jupiter in Sagittarius: Cultural Differences Around Display of Emotion
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