Tag Archive for ‘Facts’
From the Desk 07.03
Share Xpat Magazine March, 2007 The definition of ‘Lookism’: discrimination against or prejudice towards others based on their appearance The average hourly earnings of men with “below-average looks” and “above-average looks” compared to the national average in North America respectively: -8.9% and +5.4% The average hourly earnings of women with “below-average looks” and “above-average looks” [...]
From the Desk 06.12
Share Xpat Magazine December, 2006 The fastest elevators in the world : Taipei 101′s high speed lifts, which travel at 17m per second The world’s tallest building : Taipei 101 at 509m tall The world’s largest proposed building : Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE, expected to be completed in 2008, will be 800m tall Price [...]
From the Desk 06.09
Share Xpat Magazine September, 2006 Tyco executive Dennis Kozlowski’s brother-in-law’s defense for an extravagant bachelor party held for his son with Tyco company money: “It wasn’t like a three-ring circus…there was only one dwarf.” World Record for the longest “midget toss”: 11 feet 5 inches1 Event at which the record was made: British Midget Tossing [...]
From the Desk 06.06
Share Xpat Magazine June, 2006 Volume of soft drinks consumed by the average North American in 1999 : 48 gallons Top grossing soft drink company in the world : Coca Cola Number of human rights violations against union members, including unfair dismissal, abduction, torture, and murder, alleged to have been committed by Coca Cola in [...]
From the Desk 06.02
Share Xpat Magazine February, 2006 Taiwan’s religious affiliations: mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% Population of China: 1.3 billion Worldwide Membership of the Catholic Church: 1 billion Number of Asian conversions to Catholicism since 1978: 54 million Nicknames earned by Pope Benedict while working for the Congregation for the Doctrine [...]
From the Desk 05.12
Share Xpat Magazine December, 2005 Speed of winds from hurricane Katrina (mph): 160 Speed of winds from Supertyphoon Haitang (mph): 145 Proportion of New Orleans underwater at the time of writing: 80% Largest case of genocide in history: the destruction of the Native American community — between 2 and 100 million people exterminated Number of [...]
I'm a travel writer and photographer currently based in Tainan, Taiwan where I founded and edited Xpat Magazine, one of Taiwan's largest and longest-running expatriate periodicals. My writing and photography has been published in various print and online publications including Taiwan Today, the Taiwan Fun Magazine Group, and TransitionsAbroad.com. I speak English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese (to varying degrees) and am available for assignment. I can be reached through the form on the contact page of this website, or at xpatmatt (at) gmail.com.
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