Being in Cosmopolitan Barcelona it would be easy to make lots of International friends immediately. However I made a point of avoiding the Expat crowd. I was keen to make local friends. I didn´t do Spanish lessons so it was important to make the most of every opportunity to speak to S...
Some of Gibraltar’s locally based industries also seemed to have a consistent need on certain skill sets such as those with experience in Trust and those who had held Company Administration posts. Needless to say, candidates possessing these skill sets tend to easily land a job. Work for Engl...
Unless you’re trying to join an industry so clandestine that it has no internet presence whatsoever, you need to be online in order to connect with potential employers. While the best way to do this is tocreate a personal website, LinkedIn is an easy way to establish an internet presence...
AIs can also write laws. In November 2023, Porto Alegre, Brazil became the first city to enact a law that wasentirely writtenby AI. It had to do with water meters. One of the councilmen prompted ChatGPT, and it produced a complete bill. He submitted it to the legislature without telling...
where bets will range between $50 and $100 per hand. It is impossible to say exactly what can be earned, though most professional players will make $100,000 and more each year playing blackjack. Of course, this does not reflect the amount of money that has been invested to yield the re...
Flaubert. But all men cannot have such mentors, nor can all afford so long an unremunerative apprenticeship. For some the better plan is NOT to linger on the bank, and take tea and good advice, as Keats said, but to plunge at once in mid-stream, and learn swimming of necessity. One...
If you’re using violence to say something, whatever it may be, all I’m hearing is “Shoot Me!” The fact that I do not do so is a testament to my self control by the grace of God.* While filling my gas tank this morning, the clerk was railing on (and on) about “Biden ...
There are dozens of restaurants to choose from and I won’t say that our choices are the best in the city, by any means, but we enjoyed these two restaurants very much: Gastrobar Vino –Cute wine bar on a quiet street, close to Hotel Aragon. Great menu and atmosphere and it feels ...
To be a professional welder, all a person needs is a high school diploma. To learn welding skills, an individual must complete the apprenticeship. Typically, most welders participate in a certificate program no less than six months. Consequently, they are given some entry-level credentials.Persona...
A lot of kids go off to college and then come back. It’s too expensive, maybe they should have taken a year at community college, maybe they should have done an apprenticeship instead. And that breaks my heart. So I ask the students to think about who they are and who they want to...