Now, when I think back on all the places we lived; Singapore, Cyprus, Taiwan, Germany and France, some of those people we knew well are no longer together and some are gone. Yet the memory of a specific moment of friendship and fun surfaces instantly with the mention of a familiar name...
and Giovanni, from the North, were treated like foreigners who were missing the privileges that a long-standing family would be given, especially considering that the majority of the vineyard owners back in the 1960s were the multi-generational noble families who, many times, placed a famous an...
Further, given the average Canadian college tuition is only $6,800 a year, we would no longer have to contribute $30,000+ a year inour son's 529 college savings plan. We could easily afford to pay $27,200 for four years in Canadian university tuition from the money sitting in our on...
According to the Cyprus Statistical Service, 48,000 people -- almost six percent of the population -- now depend on food banks run by the Greek Orthodox Church, municipalities or individual donors. The crisis has given risen to a spirit of solidarity likened to the shock of th...
This was the kind of man whom Paul met in Cyprus in the person of the governor Sergius Paulus, or at Corinth in the person of Gallio. Certain smaller provinces might be administered by men of another order, who were neither filled with the senatorial traditions nor had passed through the ...
Passage from the UAE into the Omani enclave of Madha and into the UAE’s counter-enclave of Dahwa inside remain free of controls for locals and foreigners alike. On Cyprus, locals from two villages enclaved inside the British territory (and military base) of Dhekelia move about freely, and...
[I]n Deuteronomy, [the ban] extends to all loans, excluding trade with foreigners. The word “foreigner” is interpreted in general as “enemy” and, armed with this text, Jews employed usury as a weapon, as other people’s needs could be transformed into submission. . . . The prohibiti...
I almost thought you were serious, until the bit about Taiwan “overflowing with foreigners”. Jonathan K May 1, 2014 Reply I lived in Taiwan for 12 years and lived it. The only thing that changed it for me was the massive influx of people arriving from the UK, SA and Canada because...
To encourage international tourism, Singapore relaxes the tax laws for foreigners. The country is also known for its exciting hotels, including its newest tower featuring an infinity pool, a rooftop pool, with no visible boundary, whose water seems to flow endlessly....
Savings are ravaged by inflation and zero interest rates. Technology is eliminating unskilled labor at $15 per hour. And outsourcing is killing white collar and high paying blue collar work. Also, just in case there’s anything left, HB1 visas are allowing foreigners to replace American workers...