An interesting article by the BBC profiles the increasing problem with coastal communities driving up the unemployment figures, as surfers attempt to collect unemployment as long as possible, so they can continue surfing. An interesting view on the surfing community. I can understand wanting to surf (I’m a surfer myself) but the best waves are [...]
SFGate.com profiled a few women who have immigrated from India to America recently, and found out how life in a country has been for them, at home, while their husbands are off working.
Reema Shahani, 26, who holds a master’s degree in human rights, fills her day looking for recipes online.
Varkha Chellani, 37, a former [...]
Stephane Torriglia flew in from Spain about a month ago to check out a row house for sale on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and declared it the “perfect” buy for someone like him, a foreign businessman with euros to invest.
“The idea is we’ll convert our euros into dollars,” Torriglia said. “We can rent the [...]
Dogs running amok through people’s picnics. Owners not picking up their pet’s droppings. And mutts bowling over cyclists and little children.
These were some of the concerns raised by residents who oppose the push by the City of Sydney council to open the city’s parks to dogs.
But with 73 per cent of the 1527 public submissions [...]
Have a look at this:
“Australians are still heavily dependent on cars to get around but a few more of us are getting public transport to work. Almost every household recycles or reuses some waste, but every Australian produces 1.6 tonnes of rubbish each year, most of which goes straight to a tip. De-facto relationships [...]
