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...Thailand does offer one other option. Unlike in Indonesia, foreigners can own condominiums outright, which explains why apartment complexes are popular in Phuket. Nonetheless, the real lure of Phuket is a villa of your own, preferably with a private infinity pool and ocean view. From 2006 to '07, at least 2,300 high-end residential units were launched in Phuket, and roughly 970 more came up for sale in the first half of this year, according to Colliers International. Prices have skyrocketed, with new buyers from India, South Korea and even Central Asia driving up demand. At the Trisara residential...
...They built their house on the beach," says Tim Morris, an analyst with stockbroker WiseOwl.com. "Now that the storms have come, they can't help but watch their house subside into the ocean." And Macquarie? More diverse sources of revenue mean "it's better built to weather the storm," Morris says. But the borrow-to-buy infrastructure model "is dead in the water...
...added that the effects of this Catch-22 situation are not limited to the United States. As aerosols are removed and the Atlantic Ocean warms, the dynamics of the whole atmosphere may change, according to Leibensperger...
...parents raised us, but it seemed at odds with what I learned about Columbus in school 10 years ago. I distinctly remember being force-fed a thinly-disguised nationalism in the form of songs, rhymes, and plays. I remember it was 1492 that Columbus sailed the ocean blue, that he was a humble Italian sailor, and that he discovered America. All in all, it seems as though we have moved away from this glorified account of Columbus’s exploits. But if we are so far removed from the towering cultural invention of Columbus the hero, why does Columbus...
...what they are: cultural embroidery, not historical fact. For modern Americans to believe that Columbus was a hero and an honorable man is as ludicrous as modern Romans believing that Romulus and Remus were really raised by wolves. The image of a dashing Columbus crossing a storm-tossed ocean to bring knowledge and Christianity to the savages of the West may be hard for some to abandon. Indeed, it is always hard to see a god come crashing down, even a false one. I, however, would like to think that we have moved far enough beyond the age of imperialism...