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POPSJust Be Honest About Your Bigotry, OK? But neither story has proffered that up. So how do these commenters know the couples in question are illegal immigrants? Well, by their last names, of course. Santiago, Rocha and Barron must be indicative of the 100% ne'er-do-wells that crawl under or over a fence in the dark, dark night to invade the soil of the U.S., fostering hate in their hearts and evil in their veins, ready to do horribly heinous crimes at a moment's notice. According to 2007 data from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, 21.7 percent of maltreated children nationwide are from African-American families; 20.8 percent are from hispanic families; and 46.1 percent are from white families. So really, in the U.S., being from a white family nearly doubles your chances of being maltreated or abused.
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POPSIraq Culture Cheat Sheet Actually, it's called a "Smart Card", designed by the Federation of American Scientists and given to soldiers to be laminated and folded into handy pocket-size form. The entire document (including a guide to who-hates-who in Iraq and how surnames work) can be downloaded from their website . The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity released an updated version in May that's available in PDF form . These cards are nothing new. Similar ones were handed out during the Gulf War, Vietnam, and likely other engagments as well.
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POPSTo Name Their Kids, People Turn to Consultants
More: Moss, who admits that she had doubts when she first launched her personal naming service. "I thought, 'Who's going to want to pay us to help name their baby?' But a lot of people really need an outside, third-party, independent input. I was surprised at the demand." Albert Mehrabian, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles and author of "The Baby Name Report Card." "The reaction your name prompts from other people can help form your personality. For example, Chad scored consistently high in all categories, while Bud ranked low – including a zero in the "successful" category. The worst names he has encountered include Fayle, Farm, and Latrina for girls, and Cobra, Jane, and Swindle for boys – "equivalent in intensity to the effects of dressing a boy in girls' clothing, or dying a child's hair blue or pink," he states in his findings. Alfie, a derivation of Alfred, means "one who counsels the elves
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POPSWhat Else Happened During Woodstock So when you hear talk of the glories of Woodstock—the so-called “defining event of a generation”—keep in mind those 109 GIs who served nobly yet are never lauded by the illustrious spokesmen for the “Sixties Generation.”
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POPSWhat's In a Name? Articles like this drive me up the wall. Old school feminists fail to see that Generation X and Y may view the world differently from the Baby-Boomer ERA generations.
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POPSSurname Meanings Just like the first name site, only with surnames. It has most names I can think of. Good for wasting some time, if you're into that sort of thing.
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