11-Mar-2013 13:21 How

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:• 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).• 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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How Ukraine joining EU could help :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/uQy3lcExTKs/

How science confounded the year's gloom :: Higgs boson and landing Curiosity on Mars are just two of the great achievements of the past 12 monthsIn a year that saw Britain suffer double-dip recession; when crippling debt has risen to threaten a record number of households; when the nation faces losing its triple A credit rating; and the economy of the entire planet continues to flounder, it is hard to find many reasons to be cheerful. The human species, which has made so much of its sparkling intellect in recent decades, could fairly be accused of having made a recent hash of global affairs. It is a justifiable criticism, though it ignores some intriguing contradictory evidence. We forget that some affairs went well in 2012. Indeed, when it came to scientific achievements, the year turns out to have been a sparkling one. Interplane...
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How a bad fantasy baseball team turned Nate Silver into America's top data nerd :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/MGC-Thc7Les/story01.htm

"Finding out who your real friends are": How David Carr views paid content :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/O7KO04em3nM/story01.htm

Lean government? How HHS is following Silicon Valley's lead :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3JW9Wii7oqw/story01.htm

Samsung Galaxy S4: From Features To US Release, A Final Roundup Of Rumors Before March 14 Launch :: <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>The Radio City Music Hall in the New York City is all set to welcome one of the most talked-about Android smartphones to hit the market ever – the Samsung Galaxy S4 – on March 14.</p>
<p>However, even before its release, the upcoming handset has already created a lot of buzz among the tech enthusiasts around the world, with many people even believing that the device will help the South Korean tech giant outshine the Apple iPhone.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-features-us-release-final-roundup-rumors-march-14-launch-1117970

How SDN is disrupting the networking landscape :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/f-Y9kqbxaEo/story01.htm

Sony's Sir Howard Stringer to retire :: The chairman of Sony, Sir Howard Stringer, is to retire from the Japanese technology giant in June after 15 years at the company.
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How will the web change in 2013? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/-kuK-5OpGRM/

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