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Index
For Volume Three - Issue Number Six - May 2001
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 Live
in Armenia ~ a place of culture, history, good people, and low cost of
living - Click
Here - Raffi Kojian writes, "Although Armenia probably
does not cross the mind of the average American very often, those considering
retirement or life abroad would do well to consider all this first Christian
nation has to offer. With an incredibly low cost of living, a variety of
climates, choice of city or country life, many sites to visit, virtually
zero crime and one of the world's most hospitable people, it has much to
offer anyone. As part of the Soviet Union, Armenia was one of the most
prosperous and advanced parts of the entire communist world.
Now, with independence and a depressed economy, it offers a chance to live
in a Western city for very little money."
Musings
on Living in Jakarta -
Click Here -
Jeannie Fairfax writes, "I live in a distinctly Indonesian neighborhood,
or, "kampung." And, although bordering Jalan Sudirman, one of Jakarta's
largest, most important thoroughfares, here in "Ben-Hill" (Bendungan-Hillerman)
I can safely wander the curving, crooked paths day or night and feel far
away -- in another world from the city." And with keen wit and intuitive
observation she tells about the push cart vendors selling fruits, vegetables,
dinners, houseplants, herbs, and about other people who make noise in front
of her house.
Birth
of a Freelance Travel Writer Abroad - Click
Here - Between train, plane, and car trips to all corners of
Europe, Anika Scott is at her computer at her home in Central Germany.
In this article Ms. Scott tells how she got started, how to get residency
and work visa permits, and how she puts pen-to-paper (or keyboard-to-bytes),
where she gets her ideas, and how she makes her income. Many resources
are supplied to help anyone who has the insatiable need to tell the stay-at-homes
about the ordinary and the extraordinary abroad.
Short-Term
Work Resources for 2001: The Key Employers - Click
Here - Escape from America Magazine presents this resource list of
short-term employment and volunteer opportunities compiled by Transitions
Abroad Publishing, Inc. The resource list compliments our articles in this
May 2001 issue. Transitions Abroad writes, "Remain determined in the face
of discouragement and use the reliable resources compiled each year by
Transitions Abroad to clarify what you want to do and determine what is
possible."
The
Mood of Southeast Asia - Click
Here - Harold Stephens returns to Escape from America Magazine with
an excerpt from his novel, Return to Adventure: Southeast Asia. Stephens
writes, "There are images so powerful you cannot forget them. The sounds
that came to me, at first, were inconsequential, until I minded them. When
you sit there long enough, you wonder if your senses are deceiving you.
I heard, very faintly, the echo of a gong somewhere far off. A gong in
the forest! In an instant more, it was clearer, and louder, and mingled
now with faraway voices. Then came the sound of a flute, and another, and
more gongs. I watched them grow from fuzzy silhouettes into focus, like
a camera zooming in on its subject. I could see them clearly now, all wearing
sarongs, white sarongs, and around their waists were scarlet cummerbunds
fastened with rich buckles carved in gold."
TWILIGHT
Zone - Click
Here - Teacher, missionary, screenwriter, Maurice Blaise tells of his
experiences in Liberia, Africa. This two page article written in descriptive
detail tells of human strife and love of life on the dark continent. Blaise
writes, "Each |
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"We are
all guilty of crime, the great crime of not living life to the fullest,
but we are all potentially free. We can stop thinking of what we have failed
to do and do whatever lies within our power. What those powers that are
in us may be, no one has truly dared to imagine. That they are infinite
we will realize the day we admit to ourselves that imagination is everything.
Imagination is the voice of daring." - Henry Miller
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a far away place, a new life filled with episodes that excite the senses
and tender your fullest creative potential.
 ou’re
swaying in a hammock on your own island in the South Pacific listening
to the song of the palms as the trades breeze through on there way westward.
ou’re
nestled into your rocker on your verandah deep in the rain forest of Southeast
Asia listening to the faint sounds of gongs and flutes and tiny bells in
the distance drawing nearer.
ou’re
on horseback at 19,000 feet above sea level when behind you a tremendous
cloud of dust fast approaches. You spur your horse and release the reigns;
leaning forward you draw your bow and arm it with an arrow, and in the
blink of an eye you're at speed with the cloud and merge with the sounds
of beating hooves and rushing wind and the great archers of the Tibetan
Plateau.
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 lose
your eyes. You're free to imagine. You're free to roam. You're free to
escape and live life to its fullest. The power is within. Hear the call.
Dare it. Escape now!
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morning, between
five and twenty containers of yellowish river water greeted them at liturgy.
The villagers believed in the efficacy of prayer. Peter's hand no longer
shook. He quickly dropped the host on her withered tongue. She was the
third and last recipient, from a total congregation of seven. Turning,
he ascended the altar's three steps. A rooster, outside the doorless, ocean
entrance, lined with large yellow and red hibiscus, greeted the rising
sun with a startling screech. As she receded, he returned to his thoughts.
No, it wasn't loneliness, male hormones, or friendship that had driven
him to seek out this Mona Lisa."
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Investing,
Business & Real Estate
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International
Variable Life Policy - Click
Here - Trevor Reynolds of Banner Overseas Financial services writes,
"The ILVP has been specifically designed as a Modified Endowment Contract.
An MEC that satisfies the requirements of Section 7702 and Section 817(h)
of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code 1986 allows the policy holder to obtain
significant tax savings on investment growth over a regular investment
or brokerage account. Providing certain regulatory requirements are met,
investment assets within the Policy will accrue completely free of income
and capital gains taxes."
Tax
Time with an Overseas B&B - Click
Here - Ron Winkles and his wife run a Bed and Breakfast establishment
in the Czech Republic. They spend about six months of each year in the
US and six months in the Czech Republic. Ron writes, "Our return on investment
has run about 5 to 8 percent annually, and we have had a great time making
a little more than stateside CD rates while earning a nice tax write off.
I was audited once by the IRS, the agent was curious and could not believe
a retired couple earning $55,000 a year could afford to live in America
and own a villa in Europe. Jokingly, I told him we saved money by not shopping
in Wal-Mart."
Foreign
Earned Income Exclusion for American Taxpayers - Click
Here - Thomas Azzara writes, "Under US tax law (i.e., Section 911 of
the Internal Revenue Code) , an American taxpayer and his wife can exclude
up to $76,000 each from their salary ($152,000 = total), provided they
live offshore at least 330 days of every year. This is called the "Foreign
Earned Income Exclusion", and is part of the Statutory Internal Revenue
Code. This exclusion is an annual tax allowance under US tax law, but you
have to live outside the US at least 330 days to qualify for it. The amount
one can exclude increases to $80,000 for fiscal year 2,002. for 2001 the
amount excludable is $78,000." Links to the online IRS Publication 54 on
foreign earned income exclusions are provided.
16th
Annual Premier Offshore Advantage Seminar - Click
Here - The 16th Annual Premier Offshore Advantage Seminar is hosted
by two of the world's most powerful private financial alliances - The Sovereign
Society and The Oxford Club. Those who attend the conference will
have the opportunity to meet and learn from over 20 international advisors.
Some of those present include J. Richard Duke JD; privacy expert and editor
of The Sovereign Individual, Mark Nestmann; Peter Zipper, Senior Vice President
of Anglo Irish Bank - Austria; Jack Sturgis, Vice President of DEXIA Banque
á Luxembourg; Michael Checkan, President of Asset Strategies International;
Bob Bauman, former U.S. Congressman and offshore author and A-Letter editor;
C.A. Green, Investment Director for the Oxford Club -- plus many more.
The cost of this four-day, event-filled seminar starts at $945 and will
be held on May 16-20, 2001 in the Bahamas.
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looking through a collectable store for those surprises that make the hunt
a pleasure as great the discovery. This is the fifth issue featuring the
classified. If reader feedback is any indication the classifieds
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