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		<title>Comment on Expatriate Taxes &#8211; 13 Mistakes to Avoid This Tax Season by Expat CPA</title>
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		<dc:creator>Expat CPA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If anyone filed for the late extension, make sure you file soon. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatriatetaxreturns.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.expatriatetaxreturns.com&lt;/a&gt; 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If anyone filed for the late extension, make sure you file soon. <a href="http://www.expatriatetaxreturns.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.expatriatetaxreturns.com</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Language, Culture, and Beyond by markelh1</title>
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		<dc:creator>markelh1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 15:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ron - thanks for your comments, nice to connect!  I took a quick look at your blog, and it\&#039;s great, thanks for sharing your experiences. 
 
You might also want to check out our Expat Coach Association at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theexpatcoachassociation.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.theexpatcoachassociation.com&lt;/a&gt; - we\&#039;re a growing organization, and definitely want to reach and connect expats, so feel free to stop by any time! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ron &#8211; thanks for your comments, nice to connect!  I took a quick look at your blog, and it\&#8217;s great, thanks for sharing your experiences. </p>
<p>You might also want to check out our Expat Coach Association at <a href="http://www.theexpatcoachassociation.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.theexpatcoachassociation.com</a> &#8211; we\&#8217;re a growing organization, and definitely want to reach and connect expats, so feel free to stop by any time!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Language, Culture, and Beyond by Ron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 09:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post, Heather (and also enjoyed Anne&#039;s additions)! I&#039;ve been looking around for &quot;ex-pat oriented&quot; blogs, and found yours. I&#039;m an American living and doing business in India (after 20 years of living and working in Latin America). This is a new challenge, and I&#039;ve begun blogging about it, hoping to connect with others that are facing (and hopefully enjoying) the intrigue and challenge of living away from home. I enjoy what I see here on your site, and hope you&#039;ll check out my blog and give me some tips! Keep up the good work, Heather!  -Ron.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post, Heather (and also enjoyed Anne&#8217;s additions)! I&#8217;ve been looking around for &#8220;ex-pat oriented&#8221; blogs, and found yours. I&#8217;m an American living and doing business in India (after 20 years of living and working in Latin America). This is a new challenge, and I&#8217;ve begun blogging about it, hoping to connect with others that are facing (and hopefully enjoying) the intrigue and challenge of living away from home. I enjoy what I see here on your site, and hope you&#8217;ll check out my blog and give me some tips! Keep up the good work, Heather!  -Ron.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Language, Culture, and Beyond by markelh1</title>
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		<dc:creator>markelh1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 18:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Anne - love your comment, thanks!  Just discussed it with my host family, and they chuckled, agreeing that they are more oriented to the negative than the positive.  I\&#039;m sure we could have an intense discussion about the two cultures, and speaking styles (direct vs non-direct) that would surely influence each of our responses...Thanks so much! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Anne &#8211; love your comment, thanks!  Just discussed it with my host family, and they chuckled, agreeing that they are more oriented to the negative than the positive.  I\&#8217;m sure we could have an intense discussion about the two cultures, and speaking styles (direct vs non-direct) that would surely influence each of our responses&#8230;Thanks so much!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Language, Culture, and Beyond by Anne Egros</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anne Egros</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting post Heather. You are perfectly right about this special use of the negative form in French. But you may have noticed that French won&#039;t use superlatives like &quot;great&quot; or &quot;wonderful&quot; for little things as often as  Americans do. French are well known for their critical thinking and there is more emphasis on the negative that on the positive in conversations. If you ask a French person &quot;comment ca va ? &quot;, the equivalent of  &quot;How are You ?&quot; people are more likely to answer with a complain while in the US people almost always respond: &quot; I am fine thank you! even if terrible things happened to them. Compared to my son who is truly bilingual  English/French since birth, I can see my limits.  I may call myself fluent in  English but native speakers have richer vocabulary and understanding of specific cultural contexts. The good thing is I am an avid learner and really enjoy perfecting my understanding of the American culture through its language(s). For example I am really interested to learn colloquial expressions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting post Heather. You are perfectly right about this special use of the negative form in French. But you may have noticed that French won&#8217;t use superlatives like &#8220;great&#8221; or &#8220;wonderful&#8221; for little things as often as  Americans do. French are well known for their critical thinking and there is more emphasis on the negative that on the positive in conversations. If you ask a French person &#8220;comment ca va ? &#8220;, the equivalent of  &#8220;How are You ?&#8221; people are more likely to answer with a complain while in the US people almost always respond: &#8221; I am fine thank you! even if terrible things happened to them. Compared to my son who is truly bilingual  English/French since birth, I can see my limits.  I may call myself fluent in  English but native speakers have richer vocabulary and understanding of specific cultural contexts. The good thing is I am an avid learner and really enjoy perfecting my understanding of the American culture through its language(s). For example I am really interested to learn colloquial expressions.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Global Healthcare Comparison by Regain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Regain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi! I&#039;ve been following your weblog for some time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from  New Caney Texas! Just wanted to tell you keep up the good job!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi! I&#8217;ve been following your weblog for some time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from  New Caney Texas! Just wanted to tell you keep up the good job!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Lessons Learned From My Own Moving Stupidity! by plumber manchester</title>
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		<dc:creator>plumber manchester</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had been recently researching this for a course undertaking and have to suggest it is one of the best blog posts I have come across - so thanks for posting.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had been recently researching this for a course undertaking and have to suggest it is one of the best blog posts I have come across &#8211; so thanks for posting.</p>
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		<title>Comment on &#8220;Inception&#8221; &#8211; Is the End Real or Leonardo Dicaprio&#8217;s Dream? by markelh1</title>
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		<dc:creator>markelh1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, great info, thanks!  </description>
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		<title>Comment on &#8220;Inception&#8221; &#8211; Is the End Real or Leonardo Dicaprio&#8217;s Dream? by Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>s if you didn&#039;t know what the spinning top ending really meant! Still, if there&#039;s a glimmer of doubt in your mind, check out what Sir Michael Caine says about it here. Requisite WARNING: SPOILERS alert is flashing red now. 
 
Ok, so if you hark back to the ending, you&#039;ll remember Cobb was reunited with his children and father (Caine) in a sob-alicious final scene. As his usual style dictates, he spins the silver top to double-check he&#039;s back in reality, but doesn&#039;t care enough to watch whether it ever stops spinning (thus, representing he&#039;s in real life). 
 
Caine let slip with the spoiler-goods when he appeared on BBC Radio to promote his autobiography. This is what he had to say about director Christopher Nolan&#039;s ending: 
 
    &quot;[The spinning top] drops at the end, that&#039;s when I come back on. If I&#039;m there it&#039;s real, because I&#039;m never in the dream. I&#039;m the guy who invented the dream.&quot; 
 
There you have it, final confirmation the ending was exactly what you suspected. I still maintain my stance that Nolan should&#039;ve done a Ridley Scott and filmed several different endings to puzzle us with&#8212;or that Caine&#039;s character should&#039;ve placed his hand on the spinning top, breaking the motion himself and denying us the chance to see it wobbling slightly. Also, he should&#039;ve kept his piehole trap-door shut too. [BBC via ScreenRant] </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>s if you didn&#039;t know what the spinning top ending really meant! Still, if there&#039;s a glimmer of doubt in your mind, check out what Sir Michael Caine says about it here. Requisite WARNING: SPOILERS alert is flashing red now. </p>
<p>Ok, so if you hark back to the ending, you&#039;ll remember Cobb was reunited with his children and father (Caine) in a sob-alicious final scene. As his usual style dictates, he spins the silver top to double-check he&#039;s back in reality, but doesn&#039;t care enough to watch whether it ever stops spinning (thus, representing he&#039;s in real life). </p>
<p>Caine let slip with the spoiler-goods when he appeared on BBC Radio to promote his autobiography. This is what he had to say about director Christopher Nolan&#039;s ending: </p>
<p>    &quot;[The spinning top] drops at the end, that&#039;s when I come back on. If I&#039;m there it&#039;s real, because I&#039;m never in the dream. I&#039;m the guy who invented the dream.&quot; </p>
<p>There you have it, final confirmation the ending was exactly what you suspected. I still maintain my stance that Nolan should&#039;ve done a Ridley Scott and filmed several different endings to puzzle us with&mdash;or that Caine&#039;s character should&#039;ve placed his hand on the spinning top, breaking the motion himself and denying us the chance to see it wobbling slightly. Also, he should&#039;ve kept his piehole trap-door shut too. [BBC via ScreenRant]</p>
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		<title>Comment on &#8220;Inception&#8221; &#8211; Is the End Real or Leonardo Dicaprio&#8217;s Dream? by Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think he is dreaming but some of your points are flawed; 
 
Point 2 and 3 make no sense, of course they dont talk to each other, they are meant to be a group of strangers on a plane that have just been in another passengers dream, who is aware of that type of work as he has a militarised subconscience. If he realises they all know each other and he recognises them from his dream Inception will not work surely, so pounding beers and giving high fives around the baggage area is going to fuck things up royal! And he speaks to the border guard. 
 
Point 6, Grandma is out of shot, in the kitchen perhaps making a tasty sandwich for her grandchildren. 
 
Point 7, upon taking and subsequent completion of job his new &#039;boss&#039; Saito says he would square everything or he can take his chances with his company. And even if they were not aware of his change of circumstances they would not search for him at home as they would still think he is living in exile away from the States. 
 
Point 8, the kids are older and wearing different clothes. 
 
At the end of the day its all open to interpretation but if you listen to the sound of the totem at the end of the film it sounds as if its just about to fall, then the screen goes dark, so what does that mean? 
 
Also with the nature of the films Limbo, its filled with the subconcious of the last person who was there in the shared dream, and thats his dream world with Mal where they spent a life time building that city, so how could he radically change it so quickly and with such detail? And before you mention that time moves slower, he went to find Saito who was there for 90 years(?) to get him to wake and honour the arrangement and then they are back on the plane so when could the re-building have happened? And we can remember seeing him get on the plane so its not one of those &quot;do you remember how you got here&quot; moments of the film. Its possible as a dream he can control it but where to put Saito in this? And if Saito was conscious in the baggage area within the context of a dream surely he would be freaked out going from being an old man to young again and start voicing this concern? 
 
Is he dreaming? I dont know, but some of your points I dont believe indicate that he is.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think he is dreaming but some of your points are flawed; </p>
<p>Point 2 and 3 make no sense, of course they dont talk to each other, they are meant to be a group of strangers on a plane that have just been in another passengers dream, who is aware of that type of work as he has a militarised subconscience. If he realises they all know each other and he recognises them from his dream Inception will not work surely, so pounding beers and giving high fives around the baggage area is going to fuck things up royal! And he speaks to the border guard. </p>
<p>Point 6, Grandma is out of shot, in the kitchen perhaps making a tasty sandwich for her grandchildren. </p>
<p>Point 7, upon taking and subsequent completion of job his new &#039;boss&#039; Saito says he would square everything or he can take his chances with his company. And even if they were not aware of his change of circumstances they would not search for him at home as they would still think he is living in exile away from the States. </p>
<p>Point 8, the kids are older and wearing different clothes. </p>
<p>At the end of the day its all open to interpretation but if you listen to the sound of the totem at the end of the film it sounds as if its just about to fall, then the screen goes dark, so what does that mean? </p>
<p>Also with the nature of the films Limbo, its filled with the subconcious of the last person who was there in the shared dream, and thats his dream world with Mal where they spent a life time building that city, so how could he radically change it so quickly and with such detail? And before you mention that time moves slower, he went to find Saito who was there for 90 years(?) to get him to wake and honour the arrangement and then they are back on the plane so when could the re-building have happened? And we can remember seeing him get on the plane so its not one of those &quot;do you remember how you got here&quot; moments of the film. Its possible as a dream he can control it but where to put Saito in this? And if Saito was conscious in the baggage area within the context of a dream surely he would be freaked out going from being an old man to young again and start voicing this concern? </p>
<p>Is he dreaming? I dont know, but some of your points I dont believe indicate that he is.</p>
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