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Huge Australian Steer Goes Viral (But Pssst … There’s A Bigger One In Canada!)

Joyce Grant — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:43:50 +0000

Knickers the steer has caught people's interest, around the world.
The 6'4" steer is so much bigger than the cattle he lives with that he has become an Internet sensation. Knickers lives in Australia and weighs 1,400 kilograms. An average bull weighs about 1,100 kgs.
Tyne Logan, at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) told reporter Jacqueline Lynch about an enormous Holstein Friesian steer he had seen. She went along to see for herself just how big Knickers is. On the ABC website, she says Knickers was "pretty intimidating when all of his 1,4000 kilograms first came lumbering through the gate towards me."

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Facebook CEO Answering Tough Questions From US Government

Joyce Grant — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:03:06 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg, the high-profile creator and CEO of social media website Facebook, is being asked a lot of tough questions by the US government.

US Senators were asking him how Facebook uses the personal information it collects on people who use the popular social media website.

When people join Facebook and use it, they provide lots of information on themselves. Companies pay to use that information when they post advertisements.

If they have information about a person -- for instance, whether they have kids, or where they like to go on holiday -- they can do a better job targetting ads at them. That makes the person more likely to buy the product that's being advertised.

That's only one way companies use people's personal information. Other people, who may be less honest, can sometimes use personal information to try to take advantage of people.

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The Truth About Tech

Monique Conrod — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 03:03:38 +0000

Some of the people who created many popular apps are telling kids to put their phones away--at least, a bit more often.
The Center for Humane Technology is made up of people who used to work for big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter. Now they want kids to stop using those apps and websites so much.
In early February the Center, along with Common Sense Media, launched an awareness campaign called the Truth About Tech. Its goal is to teach students, parents and teachers about the dangers of spending too much time on smart phones and tablets.

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“Fake News” Is Hard For Kids To Spot

Joyce Grant — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 01:50:59 +0000

There is a lot of "fake news" on the Internet. A new study shows that many young people in the United States have a hard time telling "real" from "fake" news.
Fake news is exactly what it sounds like. It's an article that may look just like any other news article--except that it's not true. Unfortunately, many people can't tell the difference.

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New Barbies Have Different Body Shapes Than Before

Joyce Grant — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:44 +0000

Barbie dolls have a particular look to them. They're thin, tall, long-legged... and virtually unlike any real human being.

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World Economic Forum Aims “To Improve The State Of The World”

Joyce Grant — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:28:38 +0000

Last week, politicians and business leaders from around the world met in Switzerland to “improve the state of the world.” The meeting is called The World Economic Forum and it happens once a year.

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Outpouring Of Support For France

Joyce Grant — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:45:12 +0000

People around the world are expressing encouragement and support for the people of France. In particular, for the people in its capital city, Paris.

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Toronto Police Officer’s Random Act Of Kindness Goes Viral

Joyce Grant — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:42:05 +0000

Toronto police officer Mark Borsboom is a bit amused by social media -- he doesn’t quite understand what all the fuss is about.

And his opinion hasn’t changed, now that a photo of him has gone viral.

The photo captures the officer doing a simple, good deed—tying an elderly man’s shoelace for him.

Borsboom was on a paid-duty assignment, helping cars leave a parking garage, when he was approached by the man, who asked for his help.

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Google Wants To Be More “Diverse”

Joyce Grant — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:33:47 +0000

A major company says it wants to become more “diverse.”

Diverse in this case means it wants to hire more workers who come from different backgrounds or have different genders or are from different cultures.

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Mystery Unfolding At Western University

Joyce Grant — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:00:20 +0000

There’s a terrific mystery in the library at the University of Western Ontario.

But it’s not a novel. It’s a trail of mysterious notes that have been left in the books in the university’s Weldon Library.

Mike Moffatt is an assistant professor of Business and Economics at Western.

On March 9 he took an economics book off the shelf and was surprised when an envelope fell out of its pages.

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