North East England translation firm, Williams Language Solutions, won Best Digital User for Online Learning in the very first North East Digital Awards.

The ceremony celebrated the achievements of businesses and organisations that have recognised, developed and used digital techniques to generate and maintain an effective online presence.

The awards were open to three separate business types – digital users, suppliers and innovators. In total 52 other businesses received recognition for their excellence at the ceremony which took place on Thursday 15 May.

Williams Language Solutions won the Award for its website, which is an interactive e-space providing translation and editing services, language courses and cultural training. Its functionality provides instant access to a wide range of programmes, learning materials and resources to users from across the globe.

Stefania Williams, Managing Director of Williams Language Solutions, said: “I am absolutely thrilled to win Best Digital User for Online Learning. Business etiquette is part of […]

A transnational multi-year research project that aims to explore the political articulation of the notion of cultural translation in artistic practice. Through a number of arts and exhibition projects, discursive events and networking practices from 2005 to 2008, it also aims to research cultural translation in political social movements.
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The project brings together online audiences in the United States with site-specific audiences in Berlin, at the site of the original Berlin Wall.
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“SUMADIJSKI OPANAK” is a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization founded in 2007. year on the initiative of a young and perspective man, Uros Derota, the president of the society, and which besides preserving national treasures, culture, and tradition, has for its mission to stop the continuous trend of young and perspective people leaving abroad and to inspire young people to take over the social responsibility and activity in their local environment.

“SUMADIJSKI OPANAK” became a member of International Dance Council CID – UNESCO in 2008. and succeeded in including Serbian folk dance into national dance. As a member, “SUMADIJSKI OPANAK” represents the whole Serbian folklore – it consults with UNESCO, national and local Government, as well as international organizations and institutions.

Organizing festivals, creative workshops, courses and congresses, “SUMADIJSKI OPANAK” represents an all-included organization, in the sense that it evolves on a different level from its members; it is connected with Cultural and […]

This project explored how the European work culture changed as the European Union expanded to include new accession countries. It did this by commissioning photographers from each of the project partner countries to exchange with a photographer from the associate partner countries to create images that explained the working lives of that country’s community. It then shared the results through a series of conferences, exhibitions, publications and the internet.
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I’ve mentioned dancer Lisa Bufano in my ‘first of the first blog posts’ here… but only as my remark that she is cool… well, let’s make a small scan of her art profile and work… without using the word cool, because that’s an inevitable fact!

Lisa Bufano presented at Extravagant Bodies Festival 2007 two dance pieces: one with choreographer / dancer Sonsheree Giles from the AXIS Dance Company entitled ‘One Breath is an Ocean for a Wooden Heart’ and the solo piece ‘Five Open Mouths’ choreographed by Heidi Latsky, a long-time collaborator and principal member of Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company.

During her college years she was a semi professional gymnastic and a go go dancer… Lisa Bufano was 21 years old when she got a rare bacteria infection which led to the amputation of both her feet and fingers… she graduated animation and sculpture at the School of […]

My try to make a record is starting to form. Two producers found, in fact my own brother which I havnt had any musical collaboration together with since our youth, wants to produce on of the songs….I even got a release date for the first two track single. august 30.
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Part of Lap dog are recorded.Psycopathic personality is written as Fuck, shit and so are I own my woman.

Four song about the world of today.

To make it short….read the longer blog on Art review http://www.artreview.com/profile/PerERiksson
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LabforCulture is delighted to congratulate Pieter van Kemenade (aka Pike) for his nomination for the “Contribution of the Year Award" by the eZ Awards/ Nordic Open.

The awards are a major part of the Nordic Open in Skien, Norway. In 2007 it was the largest open source conference in Europe and they hope it will continue in 2008.

Pike has been working with LabforCulture as our technical developer for the last two years and his work has largely centred on development using the Ez open software.Pike will be visiting the conference in Skien this week and we wish him luck on Friday the 25th!

The conference is looking at the fast developing scene of open source software and mobile phone technologies, which was also the focus of the LabforCulture Assembly in November 2007. For further information on the conference go here and to see all the nominations go here.
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www.emc-imc.org was relaunched a few days ago!

New layout and levels allow more accurate information and a better overview of matters running at the European Music Council and its member organisations.Don’t hesitate to send us your feedback and comments!

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