2007 Word of the Year
January 24, 2008
The American Dialect Society chose “subprime” as 2007’s Word of the Year at its annual convention Friday. “‘Subprime’ has been around with bankers for awhile, but now everyone is talking about ’subprime,”‘ said Wayne Glowka, a spokesman for the group and a dean at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia. “It’s affecting all kinds of people in all kinds of places.”
The choice signifies the public’s concern for a “deepening mortgage crisis,” the society said in a statement.
Several people lobbied for “green,” which “designates environmental concern,” but the term has been around for years, he said. The word topped the 2007 “Most Useful” category, one of numerous subgroups the society choses.
Heath Ledger Found Dead
January 23, 2008
Actor Heath Ledger, the gifted leading man acclaimed for his role as a gay cowboy in the film “Brokeback Mountain,” was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug overdose, police said.
Police spokesman Paul Browne has confirmed Perth-born Ledger, 28, was found dead by a housekeeper at his apartment in the trendy SoHo neighbourhood.
“We are investigating the possibility of an overdose,” Mr Browne said.
According to Mr Browne, the housekeeper found Ledger at 3:26pm (7:26am AEDT) and tried to wake him for his appointment to have a massage.
Chinese Authorities Shut Down Porn Site
January 23, 2008
Chinese police have shut down a Web site that sold real-time porn and arrested 33 people, according to the news Wednesday, part of a campaign which led to the shut-down of 44,000 Web sites and arrest of 868 people last year. China launched a crackdown on online pornography and “unhealthy” Web content after Chinese President Hu Jintao said the country’s sprawling Internet posed a threat to social stability.
The site was based in Taiwan and the customers watched pornographic performances that were staged in China, Xinhua news agency said.
“This operation started up in the second half of 2006 and took in more than 1 million yuan ($137,000) in just three months,” it said.
Girl Thrown Out of Bus For Wearing Leash
January 23, 2008
Tasha Maltby, 19, told British newspapers she was the “pet” of her 25-year-old fiance Dani Graves. She was lead around by a leash by her boyfriend, considering herself a human pet after the driver kicked her off his bus. Pictures of the girl are probably as you expected, Gothic-style clothing, a lot of black, silver buckles on a silver chain — which the driver of a bus from the firm Arriva took exception to.
She told the Daily Mail newspaper Wednesday she was thrown off and told: “We don’t let freaks and dogs like you on.”
Meet The Atomic Family
January 23, 2008
This pictures are bizarre, if not troubling. Gas masks in the World Wars were made as a result of poison gas attacks that took the Allies by surprise. Early gas masks were crude as would be expected as no-one had thought that poison gas would ever be used in warfare as the mere thought seemed too shocking. Still, it happened and everyone had to wear them. Adult gas masks were black while the masks for the little ones were more stylish, resembling ‘Micky Mouse’ with red rubber pieces and bright eye piece rims.
Meet the Atomic Family!
Caring for a Baby 101
January 23, 2008
In case you’re a young mother or father and you having difficulties in putting the baby to sleep or feeding him, these instructions are the clearest you can get. Here are some do’s and dont’s when it comes to caring for the baby!
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