23-Oct-2012 04:31

The report by a working group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director considered the future of the nation’s biomedical research workforce. The goal of the study was to ensure “future US competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research by creating pathways through undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral training” that attract and retain the best scientists and prepare...
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Debate: Tax, jobs, misperceptions :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/EzmFyex6hDw/

Starbucks' taxes under scrutiny :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4P0Ev4J0jxw/

Mantel wins historic second award :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ZyNUnGmGhDk/index.html

Space leaps draws advert cash :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/GpjgR4olWbk/

Want to get teens interested in math and science? Target their parents :: (Association for Psychological Science) Increasing the number of students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math - the STEM disciplines - is vital to national competitiveness in the global economy and to the development of a strong workforce. But the pipeline leading toward STEM careers begins leaking in high school, when students choose not to take advanced STEM courses. Now a new study goes beyond the classroom to examine the unique role that parents can play in promoting students' STEM motivation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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Frankfurt's Animal Lounge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/hsx1sa00ieU/index.html

Frankfurt Airport in numbers :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/iaGE8oDgW3E/index.html

Tokyo's seven minute miracle :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/omw5Ha2lkJA/

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:&bull; Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).&bull; E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Investing in our future: White House honors Dr. T. Berry Brazelton :: Investing in our future means investing in our children.
That's the message that Boston Children's renowned pediatrician T.Berry Brazelton wants everyone to hear, loud and clear.
Brazelton was one of 11 individuals from Head Start programs around the country who was honored by the White House on June 18th as a "Champion of Change." The Champions of Change program is part of President Obama's Winning the Future Initiative. If anyone has spent his life thinking about our future, it's Brazelton.
Along with guiding millions of parents in raising their children, Brazelton collaborated with Ed Zigler and Julius Richmond to create Head Start, a comprehensive early education program for low-income children that, as he says, gives "every child a chance to make the American dream come ...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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GrainCorp weighs ADM takeover bid :: Australia's largest grain merchant, GrainCorp, says it is reviewing a takeover offer from the US agri-business group Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
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Barry Weiss On Britney Spears' Defamation Case: Sam Lufti Was A 'Gofer, Like A Personal Assistant' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Music executive Barry Weiss says he was Britney Spears' "lifeline" during her well-documented meltdown and never heard that she had a new manager named Sam Lutfi.</p><p>Barry Weiss, who was the head of Jive Records, Britney Spears' label, testified Monday in Lufti's defamation suit in Los Angeles that the only time he spoke to Lufti was when he asked about Spears showing up to an appearance for her "Blackout" album.</p></div></div></div>
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Asian Shares Creep Up As Earnings Season Begins :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Asian shares edged higher Tuesday but sentiment was cautious, after global shares faltered overnight on weak corporate results and outlook, and with Asia's corporate reporting season under way.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/asian-shares-creep-earnings-season-begins-851751

Being Popular in High School Leads To Earning More, Being Happier Later In Life :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It literally pays for people to like you. In a new study, the more popular kids in high school ended up earning more than their less-popular peers.</p><p>Much like fashion trends from high school, one would think that popularity would go out of style once the real world calls. Being prom king or queen would be useful only for a short period of your life and after that, actual skills would be more useful and your job security, or salary, would be based on how well you actually did your job. Well, that's not always the case, as the most popular people also earn more.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/being-popular-high-school-leads-earning-more-being-happier-later-life-851745

News Corp. Denies Bid For LA Times, Chicago Trib :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is denying reports that it's trying to purchase the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune – reports that ran in those papers themselves.</p><p>"Reports that News Corp. is in discussions with Tribune or the L.A. Times are wholly inaccurate," <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Julie-Henderson-profile.html">Julie Henderson</a></strong>, a spokeswoman for the company, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-20/news-corp-denies-talks-with-tribune-or-l-a-times-newspaper.html" target="_blank">told Bloomberg News</a> in an email.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/news-corp-denies-bid-la-times-chicago-trib-851737

VIDEO: Angola targets Asia for investment :: Angola has established a sovereign wealth fund to use profits from exporting resources like oil, and investments in Asia are high on the agenda.
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Obama Up By Tiny Margins In 3 Polls :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>National polls released Monday before the last debate continued to show a basically tied presidential race, with President Barack Obama holding a tiny lead over Mitt Romney in most of them.</p><p>In Gallup's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/polls/50857c4febcabf6014000135">daily tracking poll</a> of likely voters. Romney led Obama 51 to 45 percent. Romney lost a point since Sunday's daily tracking poll, while Obama's numbers remained flat. Gallup has consistently showed Romney polling much better than other surveys.  </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/obama-tiny-margins-3-polls-851693

VIDEO: Australia's Graincorp weighs offer :: The Australian grain handling firm Graincorp is considering a buyout offer, worth about $2.8 bn, from the American agriculture business Archer Daniels Midland.
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Intel v. ARM: The Chromebook performance battle :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lLwnDRoasEg/