tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780Sat, 26 May 2012 14:17:52 +0000Expat AdviceWork OverseasCultures and CustomsOn AirExpat LifestylesJamie DouglasLive OverseasAsset ProtectionInvest OverseasExpat FinanceHot TopicsRetire OverseasExpat HealthSusan BeverleyVisa InformationExpat Success StoriesReal Estate OverseasExpat ExtremeQuestion and AnswerJulie R Butler<a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/search/label/Invest%20Overseas">Invest Overseas</a> - <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/search/label/Live%20Overseas">Live Overseas</a> - <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/search/label/Retire%20Overseas">Retire Overseas</a> - <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/search/label/Work%20Overseas">Work Overseas</a> - <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/p/free-newsletter.html">Free Newsletter</a>http://www.expatdailynews.com/noreply@blogger.com (Susan Beverley)Blogger732125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-4016506154128876102Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:19:00 +00002012-05-25T12:36:13.491-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HQ-r9dALm3Q/T3vK2UeXoMI/AAAAAAAACcY/ARmIRQp9EY4/s1600/government+propoganda+against+marijuana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" nda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HQ-r9dALm3Q/T3vK2UeXoMI/AAAAAAAACcY/ARmIRQp9EY4/s320/government+propoganda+against+marijuana.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have now had three presidents in the Unites States who, admit it or not, have partaken in the consumption of various illegal drugs.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Bill Clinton would have never been elected had it not been for the fact that compassionate medical marijuana use was on several state ballots, getting the youth vote out and giving him the winning edge in California. Most of us probably remember his infamous declaration that he tried cannabis, but didn’t inhale. Once elected, he did nothing to stop Reagan’s misguided War on Drugs; if anything he made it worse.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><br> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><br> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Then came Bush the Younger, who was a confirmed alcoholic and mass consumer of cocaine as well as abusing prescription pills. But he prayed himself well and went on to start two disastrous wars that have cost untold lives and misery. He further increased spending for the War on Drugs, while the Afghani poppy fields yielded the highest production on record. (We’ve got to be kind to those warlords that are helping us, you know, that Northern Alliance.)</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/04/united-states-global-war-on-drugs.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-4016506154128876102?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ftRYCGaFGhc:5M86ky-fPi4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/ftRYCGaFGhc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/ftRYCGaFGhc/united-states-global-war-on-drugs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)7http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/04/united-states-global-war-on-drugs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-6097465828217984477Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-04-03T10:15:38.354-03:00<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Ft1OORP3mk/T3r34nvm-pI/AAAAAAAAAvs/G05xK5kbB2Q/s1600/drilling+oil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Ft1OORP3mk/T3r34nvm-pI/AAAAAAAAAvs/G05xK5kbB2Q/s200/drilling+oil.jpg" width="195"></a></div> <span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">“What the British can’t see won’t bother them” was the response from the British Ambassador to Spain when asked about the recent news of the authorisation of an oil company to explore for oil off the Canary Islands.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">Although mindful of the creed of most Ambassadors to be “All things to all men” (such is the world of diplomacy), it is understandable that the Ambassador was not in a position to criticise the decision of the Spanish Government. However, to many Islanders, as well as environmentalists in Spain, his inappropriate and ill timed comment at the time of the announcement was regarded as unhelpful at best, and insensitive at worst. </span></span><br> <span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;"><br></span></span><br> <span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">The islanders are bothered.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;"> </span></span><br> <br> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/04/drilling-for-oil-in-canary-islands-are.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-6097465828217984477?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=E20mtOSwZ70:irWoGtUVoBY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/E20mtOSwZ70" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/E20mtOSwZ70/drilling-for-oil-in-canary-islands-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News)2http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/04/drilling-for-oil-in-canary-islands-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-2833654253738606898Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-04-02T00:00:02.402-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CU6H8IMlyOA/T3jt34yxF5I/AAAAAAAACcI/PSNAgtUqVok/s320/Monet_House,+Normandy,+France.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">The French republic is in for a possible change in direction, after all the €uro crisis management was abdicated by Nicolas Sarkozy to the new Iron Lady, Angela Thatcher, sorry I mean Merkel, of Germany. His administration is facing serious and legitimate challenges in three weeks, on April 22, when the first round of elections is scheduled to be held.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">As is usual before any election, mudslinging ensues, but there seem to be some problems haunting Sarkozy this time around that he is not really addressing.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">One of those issues is the fifty million €uro election financing he received from Muammar Ghadaffi to finance his last election. It could very well be the reason behind those ferocious attacks launched by the French Air Force in order to destroy any and all homes and offices once occupied by the Ghadaffi clan. That plan of course did not work, and there are now documents and deposit slips in the public domain. So his best weapon at the moment is to not even lower himself to address these ludicrous accusations. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Très bien Monsieur Presidente!</i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/04/funny-things-is-happening-on-way-to.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-2833654253738606898?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=1ZTarFeUOis:W8IHAkYMdfk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/1ZTarFeUOis" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/1ZTarFeUOis/funny-things-is-happening-on-way-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/04/funny-things-is-happening-on-way-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-4517763085819073222Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:09:00 +00002012-03-30T00:09:16.957-03:00Expat AdviceJamie Douglas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="175" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f220q9PeOLg/T3UjSk7fdFI/AAAAAAAACcA/S-FVaq8fQZw/s200/Rotavirus_Reconstruction%5D.jpg" width="200"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Life as an expat invariably involves communicating your love, thoughts, and rants utilizing the internet. Most of us have become so used to using it for talking to our families, banking, getting the news, and so much more. But almost every computer is vulnerable to being hacked in one way or another. Every website you want to access will leave a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">cookie</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, most of the time benign, so it can recognize your computer when you return to their site.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">While Apple users live in a world of their own, as Apple’s operating system is more immune to attacks than Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, since the beginning of personal computing, Windows-based computers have been successfully attacked, hijacked, and infected with viruses and worms to no end. Every day brings new problems mostly from the former Soviet Union, and there are dozens of firms out there wanting to sell you bullet proof vests for your machine. </span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/how-good-is-your-anti-virus-program.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-4517763085819073222?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=muJVvMV_OD8:OWMeMdivF2k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/muJVvMV_OD8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/muJVvMV_OD8/how-good-is-your-anti-virus-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/how-good-is-your-anti-virus-program.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-1725423083009155914Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:19:00 +00002012-05-25T12:50:32.206-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-91khqL18wgQ/T3RTFGKJnWI/AAAAAAAACb4/z71rrLEjYaI/s1600/fever.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="195" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-91khqL18wgQ/T3RTFGKJnWI/AAAAAAAACb4/z71rrLEjYaI/s200/fever.bmp" width="200"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">About every two to four years, a lot of people in the USA get the big itch to leave the country. The four year cycle being the more prevalent one because it coincides with the presidential elections, when every one of those bastards promises a chicken in every pot, whether you are vegan or not, no tax increases, massive job creations, ...and by golly, by the end of my second term we will have a manned lunar base so we can go forth where no man has ever gone nor should ever go: Mars, the desiccated hematite planet. (I have to say that while I have always been a great advocate for the advancement of science, I have yet to find a practical use for the Red Planet. Any science experiments that require low gravity or no gravity can be safely carried out on the international space station.)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Back in a country called the United States of America on Planet Earth, by this time of the year, the incumbent is sitting pretty while, in this particular election cycle, the wannabees are busy tearing each other to shreds, looking for dirt in every nook and cranny that the other candidates have ever traversed, no matter how trivial. It is mandatory that every candidate wear his religion and unwavering support for Israel on their sleeve, making sure to attend every AIPAC-sponsored event, along with holding press conferences in front of temples they don’t belong to while continuously assuring the voters that they are more Christian than all others combined, especially that cultist, what is his name?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/expat-fever-do-you-have-it.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-1725423083009155914?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=MJ-vK_6ZIoQ:nwOyXHWPFuU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/MJ-vK_6ZIoQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/MJ-vK_6ZIoQ/expat-fever-do-you-have-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)7http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/expat-fever-do-you-have-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-5422540157078184058Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-04-03T10:19:51.643-03:00Live OverseasJamie DouglasRetire Overseas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wy4DK1Nzeek/T3JtX3PT8aI/AAAAAAAACbw/8q69ShkIvS4/s1600/Irish+Eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wy4DK1Nzeek/T3JtX3PT8aI/AAAAAAAACbw/8q69ShkIvS4/s320/Irish+Eyes.jpg" width="233"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">There is a new standard for when Irish eyes are smiling. After suffering bravely through being one of the PIIGS, being the first one of them to grab the steer by the horns, and doing what was necessary to work toward an honorable recovery, the country just won the Irish Sweepstakes, literally.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Providence Resources Exploration Company announced almost in conjunction with the Patron Saint’s Day, that they found a massive oilfield off the coast of Cork on March 15, 2012. This is the first time that any sort of commercial oil and gas discovery has been made off the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Cork"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">Emerald Isle</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Barryroe, as she has been named, is a mere 300ft deep and has already started to produce 3,514 barrels of Norwegian quality sweet Brent crude per day (over a million US$ every 3 days), and as a by the way, it is also gifting the Irish with almost 3 million standard cubic feet of gas per day. Come next winter, the Irish should stay warm and toasty.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/when-irish-eyes-are-smiling.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-5422540157078184058?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=IlAt6AyT_5s:HkKZH_F6oWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/IlAt6AyT_5s" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/IlAt6AyT_5s/when-irish-eyes-are-smiling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/when-irish-eyes-are-smiling.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-2234239586557175577Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-04-01T22:18:38.910-03:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9HSrSR861Jk/T3Dg4VvvLpI/AAAAAAAAALI/YiGdw0yud3w/s1600/Akaisha+global+family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9HSrSR861Jk/T3Dg4VvvLpI/AAAAAAAAALI/YiGdw0yud3w/s320/Akaisha+global+family.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Akaisha Kaderli with her global family</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">“Here, try this.” </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">“Oh, no thanks. That’s ok. I&#39;m good.”</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">It’s so easy to say “No” to new things. We get comfortable in our lifestyle, our viewpoints, and in our expectations. Trying something new just upsets the applecart. And who wants to do that? </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">We have our favorite hangouts, the foods we like the most, TV shows we prefer, and our cherished ideas of how our future should be playing out… But meanwhile, Life continues to offer us alternatives that don’t fit into our plans, so we say “No.”</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><br></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"></span><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Being afraid of the new</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">It can be frightening to place ourselves in novel situations, meeting someone out of our social circle, or even trying out a new menu item.  And it sounds so silly or even annoying to suggest “Just say Yes to Life!” </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"></span></div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/just-say-yes.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-2234239586557175577?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ZaUzgmqT3Ew:2tKHd6RC8os:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/ZaUzgmqT3Ew" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/ZaUzgmqT3Ew/just-say-yes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Beverley)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/just-say-yes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-5232091946204594784Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-04-04T22:53:07.328-03:00Julie R ButlerExpat Extreme<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=expatdailynews-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=0307956350" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">by Julie R Butler</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">There is a new novel on the bookshelves called “The Expats,” by Chris Pavone. It’s billed as a mystery thriller.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Of course, a story about an ex-CIA agent turned stay-at-home expat mom could not possibly represent the normal experience of most expats. However, the themes will be recognizable to many expats, particularly the “trailing spouses” who have been there and felt much like Kate Moore, the protagonist, regardless of where in the world their expat experiences have taken place.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/books/the-expats-a-thriller-by-chris-pavone.html">Janet Maslin of the New York Times</a> uses the word “mundanity” to describe the ennui that has enveloped Kate. A sense of creeping malaise is not uncommon for spouses who leave behind a network of friends and/or careers of their own in order to accompany the working spouse to their overseas assignments. The transition from a stimulating work environment to the humdrum routine of domesticity can be difficult enough for many people in their home countries; but add the element of isolation that being in a foreign culture often inflicts, and the effects can become stifling. It takes a great amount of effort to make meaningful connections in the community when there are language and cultural barriers, while less challenging options are limited to a circle of other expat moms and couples. What is meant to be a move to expand one’s world can end up shrinking it, unless until one is able to reach out to the broader community.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/spies-and-lies-and-expats-oh-my.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-5232091946204594784?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=0x8-MZtp-2Y:6bP6bZp3ZO0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/0x8-MZtp-2Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/0x8-MZtp-2Y/spies-and-lies-and-expats-oh-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/spies-and-lies-and-expats-oh-my.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-2142038912796812203Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-23T00:00:05.746-03:00Cultures and CustomsJamie Douglas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3yVpzu3DiII/T2vZcRasuGI/AAAAAAAACbg/kiCCZyfvYEc/s1600/Napoleon+Crossing+the+Alps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" gea="true" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3yVpzu3DiII/T2vZcRasuGI/AAAAAAAACbg/kiCCZyfvYEc/s320/Napoleon+Crossing+the+Alps.jpg" width="272"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Well, it had to happen! Just as sure as fall fell upon the southern hemisphere on March 20, Europe’s lovely springtime has arrived; along with the rest of the northern hemisphere’s, I should add. While it is </span><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/wonders-of-changing-seasons.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">grape harvest time</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> in the latitudes where I am, Washington D.C. is enjoying the wonders of the Cherry Blossoms, which arrived a little early this year, while in Europe, after having suffered from a very schizophrenic winter, the little Marguerites and crocus flowers are pushing the loose dirt out of their way to turn the formerly bland wintery fields into a polychromatic wonderland.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">For those of you with a cultural hunger, there is also an abundance of polyphonic offerings to be had in cities and towns across the continent. The concert and theatrical season is now entering the spring season as well, with most of those wonderful old buildings offering a second or third set of performances.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Museums are also joining in, offering amazing exhibitions that are traveling through their cities.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/springtime-in-zurich-is-springing.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-2142038912796812203?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=_lOsvrb_uFo:8nSmuD88VNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/_lOsvrb_uFo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/_lOsvrb_uFo/springtime-in-zurich-is-springing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)1http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/springtime-in-zurich-is-springing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-5203258133533694389Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-24T13:26:18.373-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gxPsObbmjuw/T2p3IcnttNI/AAAAAAAACbQ/gtBVi-QL6h4/s1600/Eiffel_Tower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gxPsObbmjuw/T2p3IcnttNI/AAAAAAAACbQ/gtBVi-QL6h4/s200/Eiffel_Tower.jpg" width="169"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">At this very moment I am writing this, one of my favorite nations is under siege from a lone lunatic gunman while the elections are turning out to be quite a spectacle. So I opened my fan mail today, and found this very polite letter from a woman who lives a mere nine km from France. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hello Jamie,</span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have recently been given the access details to The Expatriate News and there have been fairly numerous articles from your good self about France, their upcoming elections, Airbus, the random shootings in Toulouse, adjusting to living in France, etc. Living in the Mendoza area in Argentina I am not exactly sure what your background and experience is relative to France because you are somewhat off base in some of your pronouncements which are covered quite nicely in the general press in France and Europe. </span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Are you French, have you ever lived in France, do you speak French? As one who grew up in French Canada speaking both French and English and has lived within 9 kilometres of France for the last 25 years, it seems odd that you focus many of your articles (at least the ones I have seen so far) on France when you live in South America. </span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Why not tell us more about the delights of Argentina in particular and South America in general rather than trying to &quot;teach grandma how to suck eggs&quot; when it comes to France? Incidentally, and despite your advice to the contrary, Sarkosy will retain his Presidency and the problems of Airbus are not like you represent at all!</span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Bonne journée!</span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Dear Reader,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/french-turmoil-and-elections-in-gaulle.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-5203258133533694389?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=ZvfS-ozcAqs:OPbNxpoznuQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/ZvfS-ozcAqs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/ZvfS-ozcAqs/french-turmoil-and-elections-in-gaulle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)1http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/french-turmoil-and-elections-in-gaulle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-2367161680325230051Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:29:00 +00002012-03-21T00:29:03.562-03:00Julie R ButlerExpat Advice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" eea="true" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GHQC6Dm_7uI/T2lKuFU2vpI/AAAAAAAACbI/BhxxitrHjzI/s320/A+Kuchipudi+dance+performance+is+accompanied+by+Carnatic+vocalisations.jpg" width="240"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">by Julie R Butler</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">It can happen to anyone traveling or living in a foreign culture, even those who are the most enthusiastic about exploring some of the different ideas and ways of doing things that are out there in the big wide world. Of course, each individual deals with the experience of navigating the unfamiliar differently, so the duration and force of the waves of disorientation vary greatly. In general, culture shock is broken down into four stages. One of the most important ways of dealing with it is to recognize it when it is happening to you. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Like so many other aspects of life, first, there is the honeymoon phase. This is a time that is filled with fascination with the newness, excitement, and wonder. You rejoice in the exotic and the romantic. The act of discovery is a thrill. Enjoy the exhilarating ride, because honeymoons don’t last forever.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">The next phase has many names, but I like the title “settling in” best. As the thrill of the new begins to wear off, anxiety seeps in. Feeling disoriented is not fun anymore, only frustrating. You are finding that connecting with others is not easy, making you feel lonely and a little homesick for the comfort of the familiar. As the reality of your situation replaces the rosy romantic sheen that colored your new world at first, understanding that this is merely a difficult phase of the settling in process will go a long way toward helping you direct your attitude in a more positive direction rather than allowing yourself to become disillusioned or letting anger toward others build up inside you.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/dealing-with-culture-shock.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-2367161680325230051?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=vPBoc3dR1qw:ZDzgLK74EcY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/vPBoc3dR1qw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/vPBoc3dR1qw/dealing-with-culture-shock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/dealing-with-culture-shock.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-828114185986729611Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-20T00:04:04.864-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-61ZQB172BPY/T2fup9Wub5I/AAAAAAAACaw/NzeMUm9OHks/s1600/Toulouse_Capitole_Night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-61ZQB172BPY/T2fup9Wub5I/AAAAAAAACaw/NzeMUm9OHks/s320/Toulouse_Capitole_Night.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Sarkozy and the Elevated Terror Threat</span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">France has been hit by thee back to back mysterious “terrorist attacks” out of the blue, all having been carried out by gunmen on a scooter with faces darkened out by helmets.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">On March 15, three soldiers were attacked, two of them killed while the third one expired of his head wound later. This comes on top of the murder of an officer the week before. Then on Monday, there followed an attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, when again, it was gunmen on a motorcycle who opened fire outside the Ozar Hatorah secondary college, killing a Rabbi along with three children and severely wounding another. Now it must be made clear to my readers that two of the soldiers killed in the second attack were Muslims, and that the first headlines released by several French as well as British news outlets immediately claimed it was a racist killer at work. French prosecutors have now confirmed that the killers in the third incident used the same bike as in the other two attacks and the guns used are also allegedly the same.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/troubles-in-toulouse.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-828114185986729611?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=fpXZLRjLZM8:v5iRSHI_x18:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/fpXZLRjLZM8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/fpXZLRjLZM8/troubles-in-toulouse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/troubles-in-toulouse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-4084453335601761053Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:30:00 +00002012-03-19T01:30:00.071-03:00Expat Advice<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LAom52ePIEk/T2YUXFY-ZrI/AAAAAAAAAvc/_sRlTVdgnEo/s1600/Embalming+anyone_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LAom52ePIEk/T2YUXFY-ZrI/AAAAAAAAAvc/_sRlTVdgnEo/s320/Embalming+anyone_.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="Body"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">The unexpected phone call from the mortuary in Las Palmas immediately took my attention. Was I in a position to pay the outstanding account at the mortuary?</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">  </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">This really was not the kind of call that anyone would wish to receive first thing in the morning, and particularly when one is struggling to make sense of the world before coffee.</span></div> <div class="Body"> <br></div> <div class="Body"> <span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">I assured the very pleasant lady at the other end of the line that I had no previous knowledge of their service and that, no, I did not have any kind of account with them, nor did I have one that was due for payment. However, I assured her, that I would keep her number on file - just in case I needed a spot of embalming in the future. One just never knows when such services might be required. The very nice lady even offered to send me a brochure about their range of services...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="Body"> <br></div> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/embalming-anyone.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-4084453335601761053?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=h77Ef1OpPQc:Jbk_2BTIN34:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/h77Ef1OpPQc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/h77Ef1OpPQc/embalming-anyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/embalming-anyone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-4381321318978539151Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-05-25T12:49:59.026-03:00Expat LifestylesJamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wleeYndSmSg/T2JmO9_Zk-I/AAAAAAAACao/EocmlO_Sb94/s1600/MegaUpload_FBI-Banner%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img bea="true" border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wleeYndSmSg/T2JmO9_Zk-I/AAAAAAAACao/EocmlO_Sb94/s320/MegaUpload_FBI-Banner%5B1%5D.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Many of us living in faraway lands miss the banal fare that our homeland’s networks are offering on a daily basis. Whether it is soap operas from Venezuela, BBC dramas, or any other feel good, connecting-you-to-home show, the ubiquitous Simpsons or South Park dubbed in a foreign language just doesn’t quite cut it.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have a TV. It is resting comfortably, screen down in our storage room. But for many, being hooked up to the satellite means being connected to the world. No matter where in the world you are, satellite dishes are everywhere. They are on the balconies of exclusive high rises as well as appearing as permanent garden fixtures from Amazonia to the Sahara Desert. </span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/expat-tv-viewing-online-legal-or-not.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-4381321318978539151?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=QMQKV3eSawE:01W78QwKzSc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/QMQKV3eSawE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/QMQKV3eSawE/expat-tv-viewing-online-legal-or-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)1http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/expat-tv-viewing-online-legal-or-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-3288428264618231792Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-15T12:49:12.790-03:00Asset ProtectionJamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img bea="true" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewo-39OVAEI/T2FNgmnblXI/AAAAAAAACag/5lQnolYj9Wg/s1600/goldman+sachs+tower,+jersey+city.jpg"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Woke up, Got out bed, had no need to drag a comb across my head (lack of substantial mass), but I opened my mail and went to my usual sites, and I’ll be damned, there was a banker at Goldman Sachs and Co. who has a conscience! His name is Greg Smith and he was the executive director of Goldman Sachs’ <em><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal;">US equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.</span></em></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Greg has been with the firm for many years, having started there as an unpaid intern over 12 years ago. One could safely surmise that Mr. Smith has some insights into how these evil greedy firms work. While the US Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations are people, a decision that will forever taint the legacy of the Roberts Court, corporations are people without a conscience, without allegiance to anyone except the mighty buck.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/goldman-sucks-and-so-do-most-other.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-3288428264618231792?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=U-gST8kovVY:wDH8OD0JcsM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/U-gST8kovVY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/U-gST8kovVY/goldman-sucks-and-so-do-most-other.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)2http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/goldman-sucks-and-so-do-most-other.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-7879651878032348107Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-14T00:20:02.680-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h6LK-6L_JZ8/T1_9yLuLhII/AAAAAAAACaY/GYbyG1m-ABw/s200/French_stele_memoriam_bomb_karachi_8_may_2002_in_chrebourg.jpg" width="200"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Just in time for the coming first round of the French elections, which pit Angela Merkel’s lapdog, Nicolas Sarkozy, against his socialist opponent, François Hollande, a juicy scandal that has been making the rounds for several years is resurfacing. According to usually unreliable sources, ranging from the U.S. Department of State (no comment) to the Pakistani Intelligence service known as SIS, to the Hindustan Times, The Malawi Voice (Madonna’s favorite place to buy babies), and the regular news outlets of the world, Sarkozy’s election win in 2007 was financed by the very man who Sarkozy successfully led the effort to dethrone and assassinate.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">It is being alleged that the money was funneled to him through Panama, which of course would make a lot of sense, what with one of the most corrupt regimes in power there and more per capita banks than is really necessary. It should be noted however that most of those banks are not doing business with ordinary people; rather they are a conduit that holds secret accounts in their computers.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/did-he-or-didnt-he-sarkozy-and-50.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-7879651878032348107?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=t6_EKZCBVbw:bVYe9oic-0g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/t6_EKZCBVbw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/t6_EKZCBVbw/did-he-or-didnt-he-sarkozy-and-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/did-he-or-didnt-he-sarkozy-and-50.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-6391436365628762258Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-13T00:00:05.685-03:00Cultures and CustomsExpat LifestylesJamie Douglas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wine_grapes03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fYuHfPuRITc/T16uUyGIGiI/AAAAAAAACaQ/aWBzegYbYII/s320/Wine_grapes.jpg" width="212"></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span id="goog_1300900595"></span><span id="goog_1300900596"></span>By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here we are, in central Argentina, anxiously waiting for cooler days and even cooler nights, just about a week away from the autumnal equinox, but still suffering from daytime highs hovering close to 100° F on many days. Meanwhile, the axis of the earth has shifted imperceptibly to bring the northern hemisphere closer to the life giving sunlight and longer daylight. This can only mean one thing: Springtime is coming!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Particularly after the Siberian Express that clobbered Europe, which was so devastating for so many, the thawing of the soil, the gradual recovery of the grass and the occasional daisy’s popping up, the crocuses neck’s unfolding out of the gardens, and the little buds starting to reveal themselves on the branches of the trees signal that the migratory birds will soon enough bring their songs back into your hearts.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Down here, we had a magnificent summer, with a bountiful harvest of fine fruits, fortunately without the devastating hailstorms that accompany the hot season here at times. The peaches are full of nectar, the plums a lovely dark purple, with apples and apricots complementing all of the melons and fine vegetables still growing in the fields. And best of all, they taste like the fruits they resemble instead of the plastic you get in US supermarket!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/wonders-of-changing-seasons.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-6391436365628762258?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=55mHWGiT0Es:iUBbnz_ENow:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/55mHWGiT0Es" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/55mHWGiT0Es/wonders-of-changing-seasons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/wonders-of-changing-seasons.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-4294113236927238557Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-12T00:00:00.611-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pKb5f7GH7mU/T10omfUZoDI/AAAAAAAACaI/PnzNN1hxvH0/s1600/Three_Surveillance_cameras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="162" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pKb5f7GH7mU/T10omfUZoDI/AAAAAAAACaI/PnzNN1hxvH0/s200/Three_Surveillance_cameras.jpg" width="200"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Last Friday, March 9 2012, I wrote a piece that touched on the </span><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/thinking-of-moving-to-france.html#more"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">French elections</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> and in small part the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Schengen accord</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">. For any prospective migrant to Europe from countries outside of the Schengen Zone, life and obtaining residency has been made much more difficult. The signatories to that treaty include virtually all of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe-Mapv2.gif"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Western Europe</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, with the exception of the British Isles, which for the nomadic expat, or even expats wanting to settle anywhere in the zone or even in the UK, create, at times, insurmountable difficulties.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Now enter the coming French elections, where outgoing President (my prediction) Sarkozy is flailing at straws, just like many politicians in the USA, by blaming the downhill slide of the economy and the country’s general well being on those evil immigrants, but this time from within the Schengen Zone. </span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/france-their-upcoming-election-and.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-4294113236927238557?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=g57AnnwbfWU:4Ce3VCdprc0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/g57AnnwbfWU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/g57AnnwbfWU/france-their-upcoming-election-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/france-their-upcoming-election-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-5681816588708310844Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-09T00:00:00.551-03:00Jamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="144" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_7EWRs-LmXA/T1lT_HaUkzI/AAAAAAAACZ4/KdX3ZW-6SgE/s320/Palais_elysee.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel’s favorite lap dog, is running for his life. His lack of backbone in dealing with the Euro crisis has left the door wide open for the socialist candidate François Hollande to spank him severely in the coming April 22 elections with a runoff on May 6.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">With his almost certain defeat looming at the hands of the French electorate, he, a descendant of Hungarian immigrants himself, has suddenly declared that France must close its borders to all the immigrants who are causing all the hardships being suffered. (Mostly by the immigrants)</span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/thinking-of-moving-to-france.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-5681816588708310844?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=2CA270PRHII:xwJxFJE32X4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/2CA270PRHII" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/2CA270PRHII/thinking-of-moving-to-france.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)4http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/thinking-of-moving-to-france.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-5742539581161237286Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +00002012-03-08T04:00:01.065-03:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__cu1rPw-bk/T1NmPiuX3wI/AAAAAAAAALA/-tglJoUt6UI/s1600/The+European+Family.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__cu1rPw-bk/T1NmPiuX3wI/AAAAAAAAALA/-tglJoUt6UI/s320/The+European+Family.png" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> By Barrie Mahoney</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I admit to being a proud European. Although English born and bred, and I still love the United Kingdom, including Scotland if it remains part of the Union, I do not regard myself as being particularly English or British, but European. I know it is not a particularly popular concept at the present time, but I am proud to be European.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Just mention the EU to many Brits and you will probably be greeted by a shrug or a scowl; it is often regarded as a necessary evil, at worst, and as the price to be paid for being part of one of the World’s largest trading blocks, at best. Even the poor old Eurovision Song Contest is now a major target for the Euro cynics<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="_GoBack"></a>! Major infrastructure projects, which have received considerable funding from the EU, usually prefer to ignore that minor fact. I contrast this to Spain and the Canary Islands where projects, both large and small, proudly announce that they are funded by the EU, and usually fly three flags, the Spanish flag, the Canary Islands flag, as well as the European Union flag.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br></div> </div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/european-family.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-5742539581161237286?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=pYQR6JktDq4:Oza-HtKnyPY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/pYQR6JktDq4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/pYQR6JktDq4/european-family.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Beverley)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/european-family.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-6817711979190067409Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-07T00:00:06.498-03:00Asset ProtectionJamie DouglasHot Topics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="260" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iiMaxkYD5QY/T1atA9keL0I/AAAAAAAACZg/Ko2VzdeTbxg/s320/El+Greco,+Christ+Driving+the+Money+Changers+from+the+Temple.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">This is another in an irregular series about your money. You may not think so, but anyone who is invested in a pension fund is directly affected by what is happening in Greece as well as last Sunday’s largest municipal bankruptcy ever, the </span><a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-05/business/31124938_1_municipal-bankruptcy-jefferson-county-bond-debt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">Jefferson County Alabama one</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, which was three times as big as Orange County’s was. The monies that have been misappropriated many times are funds of insurance companies and retirement trusts.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">In the case of the Greek debacle, the victims will receive 30% of their money back, in about ten years, if all goes as planned. (With Greece it never does.) The Hellenic Republic has done it! In their race to the bottom that started when they joined the €uro common currency zone, they finally succeeded by obtaining the coveted “C” rating, the lowest bond rating possible by Moody’s. In a deal with private investors, it has been agreed by all parties that said investors will be fleeced for 70 cents on the €uro.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/greece-oh-greece-and-goldman-sachs.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-6817711979190067409?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=6Bifn3atuQA:67rthmOoENQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/6Bifn3atuQA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/6Bifn3atuQA/greece-oh-greece-and-goldman-sachs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/greece-oh-greece-and-goldman-sachs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-8764222342712660108Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:02:00 +00002012-03-06T12:45:55.208-03:00Cultures and CustomsExpat LifestylesJamie Douglas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-acPx3OCC5ak/T1VP3wz_yII/AAAAAAAACNw/3Tam3eLEDp0/s320/resized+vendimia+image.jpg" width="214" yda="true"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">It has been two years since our nomadic expat wanderings, you know, the kind where you never make plans but sometimes other plans interfere with yours, almost took us to Mendoza. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Case in point: Pretty much exactly two years ago, while looking at all the options Uruguay has to offer, we arrived at Tres Cruces, the main bus terminal for all of Uruguay, located in downtown Montevideo. While having lunch at our favorite bus station restaurant, La Mostaza, I saw where one of the international bus companies offered service to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Bolivia. Immediately after consuming my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">milanesa de pollo,</i> I strolled over and bought us two tickets for the overnighter to Córdoba, Argentina. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynewslatinamerica.com/2011/03/cordoba-argentina-photo-essay.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Loved Cordoba!</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> But I also wanted to see Mendoza. I had heard so much about it, but at the last minute I was warned that we probably would not find accommodations because it was the weekend of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vendimia,</i> one of the world’s largest grape harvest festivals with over 500,000 people attending, and the town would be packed. So we skipped it and went to Patagonia instead.</span></div> </div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/visit-to-one-of-worlds-largest-grape.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-8764222342712660108?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=CrY0zd5XQEQ:bJshICtV89Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/CrY0zd5XQEQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/CrY0zd5XQEQ/visit-to-one-of-worlds-largest-grape.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/visit-to-one-of-worlds-largest-grape.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-9216074317040815605Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:08:00 +00002012-03-05T00:08:23.720-03:00Julie R ButlerExpat Advice<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>  <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q5Nd9TSXMIc/T1QtIe3yVrI/AAAAAAAACNo/StgjtKIe7VE/s1600/2012+ebookweek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q5Nd9TSXMIc/T1QtIe3yVrI/AAAAAAAACNo/StgjtKIe7VE/s1600/2012+ebookweek.jpg" uda="true"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ebookweek.com/">http://www.ebookweek.com/</a></td></tr> </tbody></table>  <span style="font-family: Georgia;">by Julie R Butler</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">This week, 4-10 March, is<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <a href="http://ebookweek.com/Specials/specials.html"><span style="color: purple;">Read an E-Book Week</span></a>.</i> And if you are Canadian, congratulations: you get a whole <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Read an E-Book Month!</i> It is a perfect opportunity to try out this amazing technology, if you haven’t already, because sellers of e-books and e-readers throughout the universe are joining in the celebration with promotional offers to get everyone in the spirit.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">E-books are a miraculous and wonderful invention for expats, allowing one have the content of many of those comforting books that have been constant companions, helping you along the road of life that you know you should not bring abroad with you. Unfortunately, the wet tropical climates in so many popular expat havens, such as Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, and parts of Mexico are not kind to books and many other personal treasures, so they are best left somewhere safe. And, of course, moving a bulky book collection might also be an issue for those who are not moving by the container load.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/expats-get-ready-for-read-e-book-week.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-9216074317040815605?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=6IRkgyC8piI:H8zNswYuHSI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/6IRkgyC8piI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/6IRkgyC8piI/expats-get-ready-for-read-e-book-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/expats-get-ready-for-read-e-book-week.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-4556791697695667352Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-02T00:00:01.922-03:00Expat FinanceJamie Douglas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S3MEC6jgYn0/T09qpUpxo6I/AAAAAAAACNg/f8haHJFTOnE/s1600/Banknotes+with+of+5000+in+different+currencies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S3MEC6jgYn0/T09qpUpxo6I/AAAAAAAACNg/f8haHJFTOnE/s320/Banknotes+with+of+5000+in+different+currencies.jpg" width="205" yda="true"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">By Jamie Douglas</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have written much about this subject, but still am not able to quantify a comprehensive response to the most important question confronting expats worldwide. It is very important that we recognize that we are not all alike, just because we are expats. There are some in our group that are very well off financially and hopefully will not aspire to my lofty goal, which is to die broke, meaning that I will have used up all my resources in a last attempt at terminal travel gluttony. My idea of departing the planet is very simple: while flying at 38,000 feet on Air Tahiti Nui between Papeetee in Tahiti and Auckland, New Zealand in business class, after having had a tremendous meal with appetizers and desert and sampling some fine wine, I put my seat in the lay flat position and sleep away. From that altitude, and being over the Pacific Ocean, I will surely make it very difficult for Lucifer to come extract his just dues.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">There are several types of expats: There are those who left their countries for political or ideological reasons such as myself; those who had to leave because the pensions are not sufficient to cover a decent way of life; those who have sufficient means, but are looking for a different lifestyle, mostly by relocating to a more favorable climate; there are those who are on the lam from the law, ex-wives, illegitimate children, child support, or other massive debts; and last but not least, there are those delusional souls, mostly elderly men, who migrate to exotic tropical locales to start over from scratch with their new 17 year old child brides. But let us not forget all the expats who are enjoying life, or so I hope, by having been made a VIP in their corporate hierarchy while being transferred to exotic locales such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Accra, Siberia, or best of all, becoming the exclusive sales representative for IKEA in Outer Mongolia. Enjoy the ride! </span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/will-your-money-last-as-long-as-you.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-4556791697695667352?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=hTii440RLs0:Abx2VTCU7Eg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/hTii440RLs0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/hTii440RLs0/will-your-money-last-as-long-as-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/will-your-money-last-as-long-as-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277503599848378780.post-813933019175079727Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-03-05T21:15:32.954-03:00Julie R ButlerExpat Lifestyles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZxRLtz8gEk/Tt2mCk-RdcI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/DtDD5JbYXSU/s320/books+with+globe.jpg" width="320" yda="true"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">by Julie R Butler</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">The last time I wrote about this topic was back in September of last year, but perhaps it is in the spirit of the Slow Living Movement itself that it has taken me this long to follow up on the concept. But this will always remain a subject that is near and dear to my heart, having been fortunate enough to have hooked up with an expert world traveler who has been kind enough to drag me along and teach me all about the ways of the wanderer on a road to who knows where.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Another very fortunate factor for all of us at this time is the way that travel for us now older people has evolved as we have all aged. As I mentioned in my </span><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2011/09/slow-tourism-stopping-to-smell-fruity.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">previous article</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, so many of those youths who took some time off in order to see the world before getting themselves settled into careers and family lives never really lost their passion for travel, and so different kinds of travel opportunities have become available, moving away from the group tourist packages that, once upon a time, was the norm for older travelers who wanted to see the world but were weary of venturing off from the sense of security provided by such all-in-one junkets.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br> </div></div><a href="http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/more-nomadic-expat-slow-travel-ideas.html#more">read the full article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5277503599848378780-813933019175079727?l=www.expatdailynews.com' alt='' /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?a=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExpatDailyNews?i=Uuj0eJJZQBU:zW0nVmfM9eY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~4/Uuj0eJJZQBU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExpatDailyNews/~3/Uuj0eJJZQBU/more-nomadic-expat-slow-travel-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Expat Daily News Latin America Editor)0http://www.expatdailynews.com/2012/03/more-nomadic-expat-slow-travel-ideas.html