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...belong to "Generation Disappointment" [July 20]. I have a badly paid job which does not fit with either my studies or my expectations. The global crisis has hit Spain especially hard but we should have seen it coming. The Spanish obsession with buying property has also helped to drive us where we are now. That is the reason why, unlike most people, my husband and I have decided to rent an apartment on the outskirts of Madrid. We are happy with our decision: it gives us more time to save for a mortgage and it gives us freedom to move...
...month, my host parents transport their plastic waste to the collection site near city hall – except, of course, on the second Thursday of an even-numbered month, during which plastic bottles, and not common plastics, are collected. Before they do this, however, they must drive to the nearby supermarket to purchase city-approved trash disposal bags, without which garbage is not received. Each bag costs 30 Yen. And, of course, they must also be sure to remove plastic coverings and bottle caps (considered common plastics), and remember to wash the bottles thoroughly. They repeat the process...
...Read "Too Young To Drive...
...Burmese Buddhist temples, he says. So since the fall, Naing has been traveling the country, explaining to Burmese groups that the Census counts everybody - citizen or not - and that the data collected aren't shared with other parts of the government, like immigration or taxing authorities (common fears that drive down response rates among many minority groups, including blacks and Hispanics...
...funny thing is, people flocked to it, lured by the stunning isolation. And they still are, although these days, O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, as it's known, is a comfortable two-hour, 75-mile (120 km) drive southwest from the Queensland capital. (See pictures of Australia...