Cindy Ord/Getty Images Who could say no to a face like that? Get a pet a home, but first realize that owning a pet is a commitment. Enrich your family with a pet Now that the holiday season draws to a close it is a good time to visualize how you see your life unfolding in 2014. Some of you ...
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Second worst year for jailed journalists on record
AFP/AFP/Getty Images Thousands of Turkish people gather in front of the offices of Armenian newspaper “Agos” during a commemoration ceremony for slain journalist Hrant Dink ,who was killed by a gunman on January 19, 2007. NEW YORK — For the second consecutive year, Turkey jailed more journalists than any other country, with Iran and China close behind in an annual ...
Read More »Oxford Dictionaries name 'selfie' as 2013's word of the year
Pope Francis in the first ever ‘Papal selfie’ [AP/TWITTER] The word beat rivals twerk, binge-watch and showrooming to unanimously be voted the word of this year by editors of the Oxford Dictionary. Research from the revered dictionary suggests usage of the word ‘selfie’ has increased by an incredible 17,000 per cent in the past year. An Oxford Dictionaries statement said: ...
Read More »Recycling closed-loop shower is cleaner, greener, and can save you $1,000 per year
A Swedish company has launched the OrbSys recycling shower — a new kind of shower that saves up to 90% of the water and 80% of the energy consumed by a normal shower. The shower achieves such huge savings by being a closed-loop, recirculating system, much in the same way that astronauts aboard the International Space Station re-use their waste ...
Read More »Belgium’s ex-king: Broke on $1.2 million a year
Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images King Albert II has raised the ire of citizens and politicians by asking for more allowance. Belgium’s former king has asked for money after complaining that $ 1.2 million a year was not enough to live on. Former monarch, King Albert II had asked for an increase in the amount of money he gets from the tiny ...
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