Diychica's Blog

How Kids With Autism Spend Screen Time

diychica — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:42:18 +0000

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) tend to be preoccupied with screen-based media.

A new study by Paul Shattuck, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, looks at how children with ASDs spend their “screen time.”

Source:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120125142210.htm

How to NOT be a jerk at the airport

diychica — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:04:16 +0000

Listen people, we’ve all got a plane to catch.

Manners still count, even if youre jetlagged or in a hurry.

Source:
http://matadornetwork.com/life/how-to-not-be-a-jerk-at-the-airport/

10 Roommate Red Flags

diychica — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:44:21 +0000

Ten ways to tell your roommate might be the best person to live with.

Source:
http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6698343/10-roommate-red-flags

How Poor Performance in College Sets Students Up for a Lifetime of Difficulty

diychica — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:54:16 +0000

College students not used to being asked to study are struggling in the real world.

Last year, a controversial academic report-turned book touched off a debate over whether college is worth the money.

Source:
http://www.good.is/post/how-poor-performance-in-college-sets-students-up-for-a-lifetime-of-difficulty/

Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

diychica — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:28:15 +0000

There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.

Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/low-iq-conservative-beliefs-linked-prejudice-180403506.html

Alien Hybrid Or Starchild Discovered In China? 2012

diychica — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:32:15 +0000

A boy has stunned medics with his ability to see in pitch black with eyes that glow in the dark.

Doctors have studied Nong Youhui’s amazing eyesight since hi…

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfs0R-7cS_s

Revealed: the secret to an enduring sex life – cups of tea

diychica — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:36 +0000

Sex life a bit lacking? Take heart: the answer lies not in scary-sounding toys or tantric techniques, but a nice cup of tea.

That’s the comforting view of leading marital therapist Andrew G Marshall. He explains how it works: “If you stop in the middle of love-making to have tea and talk to each other, it shows how desire comes and goes that sex isn’t just a race to the end. It allows you time to be intimate with each other. Sex which used to

Source:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/revealed-the-secret-to-an-enduring-sex-life–cups-of-tea-6293557.html

Landmark condom law for porn filming signed by L.A. mayor

diychica — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:24:18 +0000

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has signed into law historic new rules requiring porn performers to wear condoms while acting in areas requiring a city film permit.

The law is believed to be the first in the nation by a local government requiring condom use among porn stars, and is significant because L.A.s San Fernando Valley is the capital of the multibillion-dollar porn industry. Many porn companies have voiced opposition to the rule

Source:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/landmark-condom-law-for-porn-filming-signed-by-la-mayor.html

As Thousands of American Teachers Face Pink Slips, Teaching Is China’s Hottest Job

diychica — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:44:21 +0000

According to Asian Correspondent, school leaders showed up to a recent job fair in Hebei province looking to fill nearly 9,000 positions.

Source:
http://www.good.is/post/as-thousands-of-american-teachers-face-pink-slips-teaching-is-china-s-hottest-job/

Tainted Saint: Mother Teresa Slighted the Sick and Protected Pedophile Priests

diychica — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:02:40 +0000

Despite her humanitarian reputation and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa had set up a worldwide system of “homes for the dying” that routinely failed to provide adequate care to patients.

Notwithstanding these black marks on an otherwise sterling reputation, Mother Teresa,was never known to have been touched by the scandal that would rock the Roman Catholic Church in the decade after her death: the systematic protection of child-molesting pr

Source:
http://www.sfweekly.com/2012-01-11/news/mother-teresa-catholic-church-john-hardon-donald-mcguire-child-abuse-jesuits//