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Mom and Consumer Group Sue McDonald's For Luring Kids with Happy Meal Toys |
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Thursday, 16 December 2010 22:14 |
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 ![]() ![]() By Meredith Melnick Wednesday, December 15, 2010
In conjunction with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Monet Parham, a 41-year-old mother of two, filed a class action against McDonald's on Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court, claiming that the fast food chain's practice of giving away toys with Happy Meals is a form of deceptive advertising to children.
The CSPI also claims that McDonald's uses Happy Meals toys to circumvent parental control, and to teach children to want unhealthy, calorie-packed foods that are high in salt, sugar and fat. "Marketing to kids is an end-run around parental control," Stephen Gardner, CSPI's director of litigation, told NPR. (More on Time.com: Study: Fast-Food Ads Target Kids with Unhealthy Food, and It Works)
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Facebook Had 7.5 Million Users Under 13 Years Old, Consumer Reports Says |
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Friday, 13 May 2011 22:15 |
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By Brian Womack - May 10, 2011 11:59 PM
Facebook Inc., the world’s most popular social-networking service, had 7.5 million U.S. users who were younger than 13 in the past year, a violation of the site’s policies, according to a survey by Consumer Reports.
More than 5 million of the users were under age 11, according to the Consumer Reports “State of the Net” survey. In addition, Facebook exposed more than 5 million U.S. households to some type of “abuse,” including virus infections and identity theft, the survey showed. About 1 million children experienced bullying on the site, Consumer Reports said.
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What If Yemen Is the First Country to Run Out of Water? |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Thursday, 16 December 2010 00:52 |
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Experts cited by CNN say Yemen could be the first nation to completely run out of water in a few years, a prospect that does not bode well for its young population of 24 million that is expected to double in 20 years, or anyone worried about the rising influence (and ability to get bombs on planes) of an al Qaeda branch in one of the Middle East's poorest nations.
In Sana'a, which could be the world's first capital city to go dry, the population is growing at a rate of 7% per year as people flee from the parched outer reaches of the country. Part of the problem is qat, an addictive plant like chewed by about 75% of men in Yemen that takes a whole lot of water to grow. In places where vineyards used to be, farmers now are growing the more lucrative qat, which uses five times the amount of water as grapes but can be harvested and sold relatively quickly after it's planted.
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Managing money: Teach them finance in school |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 23:05 |
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 2010/03/03 YU KIN LEN, Petaling Jaya THE National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) needs RM3 billion a year to fund its loan facility. It is expected to have a RM48 billion deficit by 2020 if existing borrowers do not repay their loans.
Fifty per cent of Malaysians who have filed for bankruptcy due to credit card charges are below the age of 30. It seems that young people these days are unable to manage their finances. |
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NO TV WEEK at Kota Kemuning Kinderlands (27th April 2011) |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Saturday, 30 April 2011 04:46 |
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Kota Kemuning,: What did the children do during NO TV WEEK when they were not watching television?
Most had gone to the playground. Others had spent more time chatting or playing games with their brothers or sisters or even their parents. Some had spent more time reading or done some coloring or drawing or even helped to wash their family dog. Yet others had helped their moms fold clothes, cook or even wash up.
These were some of the reports from the 5 and 6 year old from the Kota Kemuning Kinderland Kindergarten. On the 21 April 2011, each 5 and 6 year old at Kinderlands, was told not to watch television during the whole week that is until the 27 April, and to record in a report card, what they did instead of watching television. On the 27 April, the last day of the Campaign, they presented their reports.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 30 April 2011 04:52 |
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