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Oceans Apart Despite the seeming similarities - balmy islands in Southeast Asia with international airports, abundant marine life and plenty of cafés serving espresso and freshly baked croissants - Bali and Phuket offer vastly different real estate experiences. First off, Bali is much cheaper than Phuket. Because the Indonesian island...
Asia's premier island escapes did not always profit from their coastal charms. Phuket came into its heyday in the 19th century when Chinese tin miners exploited its mineral-rich hills. Later, fortunes were made in rubber trees. The island's main city was originally inland from the Andaman Sea...
Businesses, homegrown and foreign alike, also face several problems that are unique to Saudi Arabia. The quality of the local workforce is poor, owing to an education system that has long placed religious studies above science and math (unlike that of the élites, who are often Western-educated). Reforms...
There are two kinds of food lovers: the elitists and the egalitarians. The first are the people who go on to become food critics and restaurant reviewers. They are the food snobs who know what they like and are unrelenting in their opinions. The egalitarians, on the other hand, are...
In school, mathematics just isn’t cool. Long division, standard deviation and the hypotenuse seem be, at the very least, a source of ennui for most students. Sadly, this harmful contempt for math has produced an educational culture that lacks both the enthusiasm and foundational support to produce...