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25 Fascinating Charts Of Negotiation Styles Around The World. Language is only the most obvious part of the global communication gap. Different cultures also have distinct approaches to communication during meetings and negotiations, as described by British linguist Richard D. Lewis, whose best-selling book, “When Cultures Collide,” charts these as well as leadership styles and cultural identities. Lewis, who speaks ten languages, acknowledges the danger of cultural comparisons in his book: “Determining national characteristics is treading a minefield of inaccurate assessment and surprising exception. There is, however, such a thing as a national norm.” In support of cross-cultural studies, he writes: “By focusing on the cultural roots of national behavior, both in society and business, we can foresee and calculate with a surprising degree of accuracy how others will react to our plans for them, and we can make certain assumptions as to how they will approach us.

And the rest in brief, paraphrasing and quoting from “When Cultures Collide“: Man Creates Tiny Motorcycles By Taking Lighters Apart. Awesome. After spending copious amounts of time on the internet, you may feel like you’ll never learn something new ever again. “That’s it,” you think. “There just aren’t any more original thoughts out here.” If you’ve ever got to that point, you’re about to be proven wrong. One man picked up two household lighters, but he didn’t see just lighters. Instead, inside he saw something hiding… so he found a way to bring it out with his bare hands. Get ready for awesomeness. This is what you get when you disassemble 2 lighters. And with some creativity, those little parts become something much cooler. With some planning, an ordinary household lighter can transform into something much cooler.

See where it’s going? Tiny, awesome minibikes. It’s amazing what’s “hiding” inside of a normal lighter. Each of these were created solely with parts found in a lighter. Adorably awesome. And to think, it started with this. It’s amazing that creativity can come so naturally to people. Source: Reddit. Inilah Program-Program Bea Siswa Penuh Studi di Luar Negeri. Ten great crops to grow in containers.

When growing in small spaces, you want a lot from the crops you grow. You want them to give you plenty to eat, to taste amazing, and ideally to look great, too. After experimenting with over fifty different vegetable crops, here are ten I’ve found to be amongst the very best. (Herbs and fruits to follow another day). What are yours? I’d love to hear what your favourite veg to grow in containers are in the comments at the bottom. No.10 Tromba Squash Tromba squash tastes like courgettes / zucchini but climbs fantastically (great for small spaces!)

Tromba (or tromboncino) squash is a great alternative to courgettes in container – as climber it takes up much less space. No. 9 Nasturtiums The queen of the edible flowers – so bright and cheery in the container garden and adds flavour, zip and colour to salads. Nasturtiums will brighten any home No. 8 Chillies If you like chillies and have a sunny space, chillies are a top choice. No. 7 Oriental greens Number 6: Runner beans Number 2: tomatoes. Tanaman Taman Fungsi ganda (1) Freezing Fresh Lemon Slices, Lemon Juice and Lemon Zest. Remember my hefty harvest of lemons from the other week? Of those 60-plus lemons, I put up over half of them in less than an hour and none of it involved a jar (well, just one jar, but not in the way you think). The trick to preserving all those lemons in a flash? Freeze them! Lemons are indispensable in the kitchen, but rarely do I ever use a whole lemon at once.

How many times have you wanted just a slice of lemon in your water, or found a recipe that calls for just a tablespoon of lemon juice? After a slice or a squeeze, I’m usually dismayed to find a forgotten, puckered-up lemon wedge in my fridge a week later. But no more. To freeze lemon slices that you can drop into drinks, lay them out on a cookie sheet and set them in the freezer for a few hours. I like to add a slice or two for a little zip to iced tea, or to cool down a too-hot tea. To freeze lemon zest, I use a Microplane to quickly and finely grate the peel. Why Chinese parents don't say I love you. The awkward father and daughter bond... from Eat Drink Man Woman. One of my parents’ favourite ice-breakers is, “So, have you eaten?” It doesn’t matter what time of day it is or which meal, specifically. Rather than asking each other how we are, we’d end up spending most of the time describing our dinners over the phone. Like many Asian families, we’d become incredibly proficient at reading cryptic emotional signs.

From time to time, my sister and I would wonder whether it’s time we started challenging the awkward PDE (public display of emotion) policy at home. A scene from the film Eat Drink Man Woman. Plus, there’s always the possibility that too much affection could backfire. Advertisement One viral video from Anhui TV station showed what happened after a group of Chinese university students told their parents ‘I love you’ for the first time in their lives. In this sense, the nuance of parental love is often better expressed through action. 16 Foods That’ll Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps.

By Andy Whiteley Co-Founder of Wake Up World Looking for a healthy way to get more from your garden? Like to know your food is free of the pesticides and other nasties that are often sprayed on commercial crops? Re-growing food from your kitchen scraps is a good way to do it! There’s nothing like eating your own home- grown vegies, and there are heaps of different foods that will re- grow from the scrap pieces that you’d normally throw out or put into your compost bin. It’s fun. And very simple … if you know how to do it. Just remember … the quality of the “parent” vegetable scrap will help to determine the quality of the re-growth. Leeks, Scallions, Spring Onions and Fennel You can either use the white root end of a vegetable that you have already cut, or buy a handful of new vegetables to use specifically for growing. Simply place the white root end in a glass jar with a little water, and leave it in a sunny position. Lemongrass Lemongrass grows just like any other grass.

Ginger Potatoes. I-BEAM DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE. The Pallet House project by I-Beam Design, was initially conceived as a transitional shelter for the refugees returning to Kosovo after the war. These people needed an immediate alternative to the typical tent solution that could potentially transform into a new permanent home over time, even without access to sophisticated tools and materials. It has since become our aim to also develop the project as a more permanent housing solution to serve not only refugees in disaster stricken areas but also as a modular, prefabricated solution to affordable housing everywhere that can improve people's lives, the environment, society and even inspire greater diplomacy among the various cultures of the world. The Pallet House is an inexpensive, efficient and easily realizable solution to the problem of housing people displaced by natural disaster, plagues, famine, political and economic strife or war.

The Pallet House is made of wooden shipping pallets. Photos by Peter Miller. 25 Rules for Mothers of Sons | Life Out of Bounds. Build Your Own $20 Outdoor Cob Oven: weekend projects — Homegrown & Healthy. Copyright Law - Patterns. The Ultimate Flat Packing Mannequin | Benefits. The Mannequino is made with a patented zipping design which zips in minutes and comes apart in seconds easily and quickly requiring minimal storage space when not in use. What are the benefits? 1. Do you or your company exhibit your garments at trade shows nationally and internationally and need that extra edge to enhance your product offering? Do you pay a fortune shipping mannequins around the World, or do you omit them from your visual merchandising options at shows because of the high rental costs and shipping costs?

Mannequino is ULTRA PORTABLE and it saves you money in airfreight and shipping costs when you take part in trade shows year in year out. As you maximise on space saving with a Mannequino, you can take more revenue generating products (e.g. stock) to sell at your shows. You can buy a Mannequino here. 2. Because the Mannequino is so light weight (weighs just 400 grams!) The Mannequino will save you a considerable sum if you own many stores nationally or internationally. 3.