“Kids enjoy the Van Buren County Fair” plus 1 more |
| Kids enjoy the Van Buren County Fair Posted: 18 Jul 2010 08:55 PM PDT KEOSAUQUA, IOWA -- In spite of the heat, the Van Buren County Fair has continued on this week. Fair board member Miles Boatman said while the heat has caused stress on some livestock, it has not had an effect on any of the events. Sunday was kid's day at the Van Buren County Fair. Kids could enjoy a number of different activities from a "splish splash science show," to games, to soaking people. "Mainly we have a dunk tank over her for the kids to do. There are games to play over here behind me. There is the science guy and the wildlife deal and just other events going on for little kids, or for any kids I guess," Boatman said. Boatman said the fair continues to grow annually and they have 30-40 more 4-H'ers involved this year. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |||
| 75% of Taiwan kids have bad online experiences Posted: 19 Jul 2010 02:19 AM PDT | Kids and teenagers aged between 8 and 17 years old in Taiwan are spending an average of 15 hours online per week, almost four hours more than the global average of 11.4 hours in leading nations. As many as 75 percent of them have been exposed to negative experiences online, according to the latest Norton Online Family Report. The survey reveals that Taiwanese kids' major online activities are slightly different from those of their peers worldwide. Up to 75 percent of kids here are customarily playing online games, followed by Internet browsing, 58 percent; chatting with friends, 55 percent; and doing homework or studying, 50 percent. For kids in major nations, 83 percent are frequently playing online games, followed by Internet browsing, 73 percent; doing homework or studying, 71 percent; and chatting with friends, 67 percent.Three in five children in Taiwan have had strangers try to add them as a friend on a social networking site, and 25 percent have encountered an online stranger who has tried to meet them in the "real world." Up to 10 percent of them have had the experience of being approached by strangers in the chat room while only 45 percent of parents are aware of such incidents, according to the survey. Children in Taiwan have higher negative online experiences than the world average of 62 percent. Seventy-five percent of them have encountered negative only experiences, including having been exposed to violent or nude images online, 39 percent; encountering strangers who attempted to seduce them into doing bad things, and 11 percent; being victimized by online bullying. On the positive side, up to 57 percent of children in Taiwan are aware of many common sense rules for staying safe online, higher than the world average of 48 percent. Experts advised parents to spend more time with their children for wider variety of more interesting activities as a way to alleviate Internet addiction. Other practical and useful measures include discussing with children a reasonable allocation of time for online activities, establishing a habit of taking a break for every 30 minutes, showing care for their online contents, gaining more understanding about the identities and backgrounds of children's online friends, discussing with them about security issues when interacting with friends online, and discussing on ways of avoiding leaking personal data. - The China Post/Asia News Network  Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | ||
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