Background Kaitlyn Hunt is an 18-year-old girl, a former student at Sebastian River High School in Florida, who is faced with two felony counts of “lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16” after the parents of her 15-year-old girlfriend pressed charges earlier this year. The girls began dating in November 2012, when Hunt was 18…
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Check out this very touching performance by Attraction, a dance group from Hungary. Who knew shadows could inspire such emotion.. http://youtu.be/CvQBUccxBr4
How many ways can you think of right now to pick up a paper clip? A group of researchers did an experiment to ask a same group of kids this question over a number of years, and quite surprisingly, these kids come up with less and less answers as they grow older. Is education stripping…
“‘The quake zone urgently needs tents, quilt, instant food, drinking water and medical goods,” the charity posted to Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. “Please try your best to donate cash.” In response, hundreds of thousands of people quickly posted emoticons giving the government-run charity a literal thumbs-down.’ – BBC News Why would Chinese people do…
We were learning the Vietnam War in social class the other day, and we learnt about how average American citizens strongly opposed the war at that time, because of the unnecessary damage that would be done to all the victims and their families & friends. A couple of days later, I came across this poem…
The Ya’an earthquake occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya’an, Sichuan, about 116 km (72 mi) from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the same province heavily impacted by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 7.0 by China Earthquake Data Center, Ms 7.0 by Russian Academy of Sciences, Mw 7.0 by Geoscience Australia, Mw 6.6 by…
Are you tired of getting waken suddenly by your sharp alarm clock sound every morning? Well, you should be. Researchers have shown that being woken up suddenly like that can be very harmful to your health in long term. Then, you may ask, what is an example of a healthy way to wake up? Researchers…
Recently, the game Candy Crush Saga has became extremely popular that, unfortunately, both me and my mom got super addicted to everything Candy Crush (we even bought Fuzzy Peach lol). Therefore, when I came through this article while scrolling through my facebook news feed one day, immediately I thought of sharing it with you guys. 1.…
As summer is approaching, more and more people start to crave for some ice-cream on a warm afternoon. Here is a simple recipe for your own homemade ice-cream to enjoy for the summer. This is my favorite ice-cream recipe because it does not require any “high-end” electronic cookware–no ice-cream machine, no electronic egg-beater, all you need…
Vaseline is one of the most basic lotions and – well, there is really nothing fancy about it. However, its simplicity has actually made it more useful than other products. If you are bored with just using it as a lotion, check out some of my favorite ways to use it more creatively (which makes…
While Tori’s hair tutorial isn’t helping a lot of people, the video itself was surely a huge hit because it was SO FUNNY. Check out Tori and her hair tutorial on Ellen and have some lol moments! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x4rRb8IMU0
I am sure that you have that bunch of Asian kids in your school that talk about Anime all the time. It seems like that they are having so much fun but unfortunately, even though they are speaking English (sometimes they would not be), you may still feel like you don’t understand a word they…
I have always disliked documentaries (you know especially those ones you watch in social class…ugh), so when my friends were telling me about A Bite of China, I was not too excited about it. “But it’s about Chinese food, you like food right?” “Sure.” I said, clicked on the link she sent me. And it…
Oreo has been one of my favorites since childhood! Not only because it is delicious, but also because it can be eaten in a few different ways. You can eat it as a whole, or eat the filling and the biscuits separately, or dip in milk. The choices make eating Oreo more fun than just eating ordinary cookies. After we…