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Weekly News Roundup: July 22

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Check out these interesting articles on kids and technology!

—Parents will enjoy these iPhone and iPad apps (Parents.com)

—Mom’s Facebook Community Helps Diagnose Her Ailing Son (Mommyish.com)

—New regulations for food, beverage advertising toward children (Healthkey.com)

—Using touch screens and apps to treat autism (mercurynews.com)

—The Internet Is Making Your Kids Think Differently, Not Less (Mommyish.com)

—Teaching Angry Birds In School (neatorama.com)

—Infographic Shows Top and Bottom States for Science Education (livescience.com)

For the latest on kids and technology, visit the Spark blog!

Meet Manny Mandrill!

Manny the Mandrill gets embarrassed very easily. If he falls from a tree, drops some fruit, or even looks at a girl, his face and bottom turn even brighter shades of pink and blue. Because of this, Manny gets teased a lot. The other Madrills call him Blue Bottom or Pinky Pants. This embarrasses him even more. It’s also very dangerous. Running around the jungle with a bottom glowing like a neon sign is a sure fire way to attract hunters. Manny has tried making banana leaf skirts or covering himself in mud. Both efforts did not help much, but Manny thinks he might be on to something with his new fashions. After all, who cares if you drop a few bananas if you look glamorous doing it?

Want to be friends with Manny? You can add him on Facebook!

Sophie Seal

Check out Sophie Seal in her natural habitat!

Here is some info on Sophie:

Sophie the Seal lives in the artic with hundreds of her closest friends. Like all seals, Sophie can hold her breath for two hours or more! This is very useful when swimming, but Sophie thinks her seal friends do it a bit too often. In fact, it seems that when anything goes wrong, the other seals will just hold their breath and wait instead of doing anything about it. When there’s a killer whale circling the ice, what do they do? Wait it out. What about an oil spill? Hold their breath and hope someone will clean it up before they all starve. Sophie is sick of waiting. She wants to make things better! Can you help her convince the seals to take action before it’s too late?

Want to be friends with Sophie? Add her on Facebook!