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Sacrosanct Cultural Use?
Berlin :: Germany | about 4 hours ago
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I say you are quite wrong that any and all behaviors claimed to be intrinsic parts of "cultures" are, and should be, off-limits to criticism by members of other cultures. Using that same logic, the military response to Hitler would have stopped at the...
Tags: political correct, Hitler, foreigners cultures, Germany, Berlin, Adolf Hitler, Culture, Chancellors of Germany, Beer Hall Putsch, Political correctness, Homophobia, Freedom of expression, Antisemitism
Old Man Hosni Has Got to Go
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has got to go. He has outlived his usefulness. For a long time, I've been hearing that his son, Gamal Mubarak, would succeed him. If that's true, then I'd like to pre-empt this succession by saying, "Gamal has got to go."Old...
Public service guarantees,
London :: United Kingdom | about 18 hours ago
Credibility It is only to be expected that comment on the government’s conversion in its new legislative programme to public service guarantees in the health service and schools, and a statutory commitment to relieving child poverty, should reflect the prevailing...
Tags: public services, services guarantees, child poverty, United Kingdom, London, Politics, Society, Human Rights Act, Public policy doctrine, Vexatious litigation, Culture, Economics, Human rights
TCEB promotes Creative Economy concept
Bangkok :: Thailand | 2 days ago
Credibility European event for the meetings and incentive industry, and is held every year in Barcelona. Europe and beyond, under the 'Team Thailand' concept," he added. Free! Thailand Business News Update , Stock Market , SET Index , Invesment Information and more.
Tags: Thailand Business News Update, Thailand, Bangkok, Business Finance, United States dollar, Euro, Rice, Cent, Thai baht, Economy of Thailand, Lao people, Loei Province, Khene, Tai peoples, Isan, Laos, Labor, Technology Internet, Farang, Negative feedback, Innovation, Culture, Control theory, Cybernetics, Feedback, Asset, International factor movements, Capital flows in Japan, International economics, National accounts, Balance sheet
Money won't fix poverty
Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Robin Cowcher Empowerment is the key to ending the shocking conditions endured by some Australians. W HEN I met Elsie she was squatting in the raw dirt of an open field, surrounded by all her belongings, which bore the dents and scratches I have seen...
Tags: Human Rights, Australia, Sydney, Politics, Society, Stand Up and Take Action, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, Development, Culture, Social Issues, Empowerment, Discrimination, Utopia, Poverty by country, Indigenous Australians
Children be protected from abuses: Fehmida ...
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 4 days ago
Credibility Staff Report Islamabad�Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza on Friday said that children are the hope of mankind and continuity of human race and needed to be protected from degrading living conditions, violence, drug trafficking, child labor and...
Tags: Dr. Fehmida Mirza, beings protection, Pakistan, Islamabad, Human rights, Politics, Society, Fahmida Mirza, Torture, Human rights abuses, Crimes against humanity, Culture, Social Issues, Labor
Govt urged to adopt child rights legislation
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 4 days ago
Credibility Sharmila Faruqui said that the present government attaches top priority to this issue and scrutiny of existing legislation at the federal and provincial level is underway with a view to ensuring that domestic laws are in conformity with the convention,...
Tags: Pakistan, Karāchi, Politics, Society, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's rights, Culture, Economics, Human rights, Civilian Complaint Review Board, Refugee, Social Issues
Winner Takes All, Long Tails And The Fractilization Of Culture
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility It's a nice theory, with some interesting statistical modelling behind it. And, I've always been interested in "winner takes all" economies, since the guy who taught me Econ 101 literally wrote the book on "winner takes all" economics. That said, I think...
Tags: winner takes, recommendation engines, long tails, San Francisco, Subculture, Culture, The Long Tail
Our partners
Berlin :: Germany | 5 days ago
Credibility Post Amsterdam is a network organization with excellent contacts and experience in the worlds of media and culture. The foundation exists since 2006 and its goals are the furthering of journalistic and cultural quality in a European context through organizing...
Tags: Council for European Studies, European Film Academy, Germany, cultures policy, frankfurt books, books fair, europeans film, Frankfurt Book Fair, Berliner Festspiele, Czech Republic, Berlin, Goethe-Institut, Eurozine, Deutsche Welle, Culture, Frankfurt am Main
North Korea: : UN condemns North Korea and Myanmar for human rights violations
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | 5 days ago
Credibility The North Korean deputy ambassador to the UN speaks of attack of political enemies. The motion against the Burmese regime approved by 92 votes in favour, 26 against and 65 abstentions. A UN General Assembly Special Committee has condemned North Korea...
Tags: North Korean, human rights, rights violations, North Korea, Pyŏngyang, Burma, Military dictatorship, Naypyidaw, Politics, Society, United Nations Human Rights Council, Blasphemy, Culture, Social Issues, Religion Belief
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