François Grin (.doc): “On balance, the rates of return to English are likely to decline in the long run, in the same way as the ability to read and write, having become commonplace, no longer attracts wage premiums. Therefore, people will have an economic incentive to invest in the acquisition of additional languages, and it…
There’s a much-needed piece by Manuel Trallero today reminding us that, while we busy ourselves with the victims of 11-M and the Civil War, politicians of all complexions have quietly left the survivors of the 1987 ETA attack on the Hipercor supermarket up on Meridiana to rot. (Via Notes al marge.)
Si has enviat una targeta a algú a Anglaterra aquest Nadal, hauràs hagut d’utilitzar un codi alfanumèric de set caràcters com PO16 7DZ. Aquest codi s’utilitza per a dividir els 27 milions de bústies al Regne Unit com segueix: exemple unitat geogràfica nombre PO àrea (Portsmouth en aquest exemple) 124 PO16 districte 2.932 PO16 7…
Disputes that in England might be settled by single combat (thanks Transblawg) are often resolved here using anonymous notes left in the entrance hall: We request of a resident of this building (specifically of the rear façade) that out of consideration for the [right to] rest of the remaining residents she moderate her tone of…
The info now includes links to a map and transport information, since no one seems ever to have been to Cornellà, even when José Montilla was still mayor.
