… improvement in my feeling of effectiveness as a software developer. I attribute that feeling, in large part, to getting comfortable with public speaking.
Software development professionals usually work in teams; intra-team communication is …
July 3, 2010
July 2, 2010
Important EURO 2008 News
… possible to make a little more of your stay by being mobile and getting yourself a hire car. In fact for many people Austria is about Skiing or perhaps romance in Vienna but there is so much more to the country.
However, all that is …
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How To Enjoy Opera – For Real
… has to know beforehand to enjoy a GOOD opera fully that it all fits into the three-hour format of Ricardo’s “Getting Opera†Course, with time to spare (our live seminars feature questions-and-answers sessions and a fifteen-minute coffee-and- …
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Hello From Austria: Arrival And First Impressions (II)
… of about 800 to 1000 metres.
There was still a bit of time left before our dinner plans, so I hopped into my little rental car for a country driving tour. I went past the village of Gutenberg and the Goller Mountain to the mining village of …
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June 22, 2010
Destined to Fight Hitler
… Then ROTC became mandatory for most students. Classmates were beginning to volunteer for military service, with an increased chance of getting a better assignment than waiting to be called up in the draft. At age sixteen, I could not enlist unless I …
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June 21, 2010
Bear Any Burden – Chapter 13 Excerpt
… have a good time. We’ll go into Znojmo.”
“All right, that’s a date,” Karol said.
“Okay,” Hans said, getting more serious. “Now, let’s see your passports.†Karol handed them over. He took two seconds to look at Karol’s passport …
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June 20, 2010
An Immigrants story
… white-toothed banter, and air infused with romance. I admit, I had an impossibly cute Italian boyfriend before the airport bus arrived at our hotel; good thing we both spoke broken English. The two months in Italy awaiting permission to enter the …
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June 18, 2010
Panama Quality and Cost of Living
… Quito Ecuador in position 141. Mercer does this survey using 200 different criteria such as cost of husing, food, medical, transportation and so forth.
Discussion – Panama is going through a housing boom. Most of the new homes are not yet …
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June 14, 2010
Planning An Austrian Adventure
… ’s footsteps can be easily followed, from the beautifully baroque buildings of Salzburg to the Hapsburg palaces of Vienna.
Let your Austria car hire adventure take you through a landscape of sweet snow covered log cabins in Tirol, to the …
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June 1, 2010
Indonesia
… and ply the Bali – Banda Aceh route; many are air-conditioned with reclining seats as well as TV with video programs. Cars can also be hired, for longer out of town trips, from taxi or car rental companies.
Inter-island ships are …
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