How are people in the USA?

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Phạm Hồ Thanh - Talk

Some people ask: “How are people in the USA? What’s the difference between them and Romanians?”

I liked a lot Jim Bagnola‘s answer to this question (very approximate quote): there are a lot of differences between individuals. Some people have special particularities, tempers, and personalities. The generalization “Americans are like that” tends to be false.

On the other hand, there are some studies that can show differences. Sure, you won’t get a specific answer, there are like differences from various parts of Romania, like they are from a US State to another, or even within a State, or even in various spaces within a city.

But there are some studies that give insights on how the “average” American differs from the “average” Romanian.

But Mr. Bagnola is right – you’re more likely to meet some extremes, rather than the average. Personalities matter more than things related to the culture of a country.

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Cel mai bun jurnalism din România premiat în cadrul Galei Superscrieri #12

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Cel mai bun jurnalism din România premiat în cadrul Galei Superscrieri #12

Superscrierea anului: Investigația „Prețul tăcerii. O investigație în contabilitatea presei de partid realizată de Victor Ilie, Mihai Voinea și Cristian Delcea – jurnaliști Recorder

București, 18 mai 2023: Cele mai valoroase materiale jurnalistice publicate în 2022 în România au fost premiate aseară în cadrul celei de-a XII-a ediții a Galei Premiilor Superscrieri, eveniment organizat de Fundația Friends For Friends și care evidențiază în fiecare an vocile puternice din jurnalismul românesc.

Anul acesta au fost nominalizate 46 de materiale (presă scrisă, audio, video și foto) la nouă categorii de concurs: Civic Influencers, Debut Jurnalistic, Presă Locală, Reportaj, Investigație, Opinie, TV & Video-jurnalism, Audio/Podcast și Fotojurnalism (Fotografie documentară și Fotografie de news). Alături de acestea, au fost acordate Premiile Onorifice și Premiile Speciale.

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Primul summit de sustenabilitate din România, Biz Sustainability Summit, debuteaza pe 22 mai, la București

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Primul summit de sustenabilitate din România, Biz Sustainability Summit, debuteaza pe 22 mai, la București

Biz organizează primul summit de sustenabilitate din România: Biz Sustainability Summit. Sub motto-ul „BE THE CHANGE”, acesta debuteaza luni, 22 mai, de la ora 10:00, la Grand Hotel Bucharest.

Biz Sustainability Summit va aduce în fata publicului sesiuni inspiraționale, dar și prezentări aplicate ale unor strategii care funcționează. Invitați din toată țara, dar și din străinătate, vor discuta aplicat despre cum deciziile de acum pot modela viitorul  într-o direcție corectă.

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Follow-up: Conference – Norm and usage in the Romanian language II DOOM3 Case Study (2023.05.15, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

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Follow-up: Conference - Norm and usage in the Romanian language II DOOM3 Case Study (2023.05.15, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

On May 15, 2023, took place, at Université Libre de Bruxelles, the conference “Norm and usage in the Romanian language II DOOM3 Case Study”.

From the schedule:

Academic Book presentation

  • Daiana-Theodora Cuibus – Directrice generale de l’Institut de la Langue roumaine Universite Babe-Bolyai de Cluj-Napoca;

Panel

Sébastien Chonavey, Sofie Barthels

Interbeing Project: Forests without Frontiers – Nico de Transilvania and Dr. David Thomas

Thematic literal moment

Université Libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Campus Solbosch, Salle des Marbres (AX.1.216)

Moderator: Cristina-Alice Toma

Moderator: Prof. Liuba Ciubotaru.

Organizers:

Below, photos and videos from the event.

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Targets and objectives for Kazakhstan – do they aim high enough?

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Targets and objectives for Kazakhstan – do they aim high enough?

Abbreviations used in this document

  • FDI – foreign direct investment.
  • GDP – gross domestic product.
  • GNP – gross national product.
  • IMF – International Monetary Fund.
  • KRU – Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine.
  • PPP – public-private partnership.
  • SSR – Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • UK – United Kingdom.

1. Introduction – the aim of this essay

By writing this essay, we (the author, Olivian-Claudiu Breda) tried to better understand Kazakhstan and its people, the Kazakhs, by doing some documentation work on the country. We looked at sources of information in English, primarily books, but a few websites and scientific articles, also.

With the data we gathered, the next aim was to see if the reforms and objectives that happened after 1990 were solid enough so that the country could develop quickly but in a sustainable way. But how could the country develop if, first, the people that are part of it don’t have a mental model of success?

We tried to find out if Kazakhstan sets a high-enough target that its mental model of success helps it and will help, in the future, be successful.

We selected below some of the findings from various sources. We tried our best to create a united view of the story.

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This wouldn’t disturb me, but someone else

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Lyylyn Ylyal - Arguing?

Let’s say someone tells me – “In my opinion, you did wrong. This wouldn’t disturb me, but someone else”. How would I interpret this?

How would the person know that someone else would be disturbed by my act? Likely, they were offended by it, but don’t like to admit so.

So, whenever someone tells me “This wouldn’t disturb me, but someone else”, I tend to think that I actually offended that person.

What would differ would not be the action (to disturb), but the reaction (I choose to stay calm).

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Raluca Hagiu, Director of Communication and PR at Ivatherm, Lucia Antal, Head Of Research And Development at PRO TV, Camelia Cavadia, writer and Managing Partner at Fabrica de PR and Andreea Irimia, content creator at Think Healthy, share the importance of professional failure for a successful career at the XVIIth edition of Fuckup Nights Bucharest

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Fuckup Nights Bucharest

Bucharest, 15th May 2023: Raluca Hagiu, Communication and PR Director at Ivatherm, Lucia Antal, Head Of Research And Development at PRO TV, Camelia Cavadia, writer and Managing Partner at Fabrica de PR and Andreea Irimia, content creator at Think Healthy, share their stories of professional failure at the XVIIth edition of Fuckup Nights Bucharest.

Link to event page »

The event will take place on Thursday, 25 May, starting at 18:30 at Stup. Participation is free and can only be done by registering on the Stup platform, according to availability. The event is organized by DiFine PR in collaboration with Stup.

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