The study is based on interviews with over 2,100 people aged between 16 and 25. Young people who have been unemployed in the long-term are also more than twice as likely as their peers to believe they have nothing to live for, the study said. LINK

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At least eight people were injured by the storm, in which winds reached 150 kilometres (93 miles) per hour. French utility company EDF said about 100,000 households on La Reunion – which is on red alert – had no electricity. LINK

If you’re looking for wholesome activities for your kids, you might be considering something like 4-H.  Geared towards an agricultural lifestyle, the 4-H Youth Development Organization seems like a great way for your child to hang out with other kids who are interested in more than the latest TV reality show. Doesn’t this sound great?  LINK

If you want to use solar panels to power your home in the desert fringes of LA County, you will pay $100,000 to connect to the distant grid (which you don’t actually need) or else get kicked off of your property by heavily-armed Nuisance Abatement Teams (NATS). LINK

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Anytime anything happens to Muslims, especially at the hands of Americans, our so-called Christian President Barack Hussein Obama is quick to condemn the actions.  He’ll issue public apologies to Muslims worldwide and demand that the Americans responsible be punished to the fullest extent possible. LINK

When Philip Duncan noticed mysterious bright flashes outside his Christchurch hotel window during the early-morning 7.1 Darfield earthquake in September 2010, he didn’t know what he was seeing. . LINK

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President Obama’s Kansas speech is a remarkable document. In calling for more government controls, more taxation, more collectivism, he has two paragraphs that give the show away. Take a look at them. LINK

Mother Teresa Catholic secondary school is turning a second-floor office into an Islamic prayer room — the first high school in the city, private or public, to do so. LINK

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