Tag Archive for ‘Statistics’
An Interview with Gary Arndt of Everything Everywhere
Share Ranking travel blogs is a tricky business. There is no way of knowing exactly how much traffic a blog gets, and how long visitors stay for, unless you’re the administrator of the blog. There are several tools you can use to rank other peoples’ blogs, but none are completely accurate. However, whenever I read [...]
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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