Investing in Kids Isn't Rocket Science :: The Millennium Development Goals challenged the world to cut extreme poverty in half, dramatically reduce child mortality, and make primary education universal, but Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill say the world can do more.
In their report, “Changing Children’s Chances”, released by the World Policy Analysis Centre on Wednesday, Heymann and McNeill map the world’s commitment to essential development needs of children in terms of the official laws, policies, and programmes that exist at the national level.
Based on an extensive understanding of international agreements and norms, Heymann and McNeill identify eight critical areas of need – poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...<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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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)
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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:• 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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Can social media predict the future? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/tXuokIQ_9pw/index.html
Oprah: Being a brand is difficult :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/-DCXfYvummA/
From Apple CEO Tim Cook to Ted Nugent, entrepreneurs rock at State of the Union VIDEO :: Who are you going to call when you want to show you're committed to building an economy where innovative companies thrive?
The CEO of Apple, of course. That's what President Bill Clinton did when he invited John Sculley to sit in first lady Hillary Clinton's box at his first State of the Union address in 1993. And it's what President Barack Obama did when he invited current Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit in first lady Michelle Obama's box at tonight's speech.
For Cook's sake, let's hope this honor works… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
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Take This Job and Love It! :: In a down economy, when your job loses its lustre, it's worth taking a new approach to it. (Source: Psychology Today)
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Spending on Physician Services Crawls Out of RecessionSpending on Physician Services Crawls Out of Recession :: A slowly improving economy helped explain a 3.6% increase in spending on physician services in 2011 compared with 2.8% in 2010, says CMS. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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Osborne: Welfare criticism 'rubbish' :: Chancellor George Osborne defends benefits and tax changes and calls criticism "headline-seeking nonsense".
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Stauskas 102 3-Pointers: Michigan Basketball Star Nik Stauskas Hits 102 3-Pointers In 5 Minutes [VIDEO] :: <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><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lAJl7Tgk97I" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>Suddenly, Michigan basketball star Nik Stauskas' impressive shooting touch from beyond the arch makes a lot of sense.</p>
<p>In August 2011, Stauskas, then a prep school star at South Kent School in Connecticut, posted a YouTube video in which he makes an incredible 128 3-pointers in just over six minutes, including 102 in a five-minute span.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/stauskas-102-3-pointers-michigan-basketball-star-nik-stauskas-hits-102-3-pointers-5-minutes-video
New Xstrata-Glencore merger delay :: Xstrata and Glencore once again push back the date for when they expect to complete their merger, after Chinese concerns.
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Dead Woman Found In Grand Canyon Identified As Kaitlin Anne Kenney, Missing Colorado Woman :: <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 body of a young Colorado woman who <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/woman-missing-grand-canyon-parents-fear-kaitlin-anne-kenney-dead-photo-1019834">disappeared</a> during a private rafting trip in the Grand Canyon in January has been recovered.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dead-woman-found-grand-canyon-identified-kaitlin-anne-kenney-missing-colorado-woman-1165873
Nuage Networks SDN aims for easy connections in the rack and beyond :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/V5Vi0Sce6dc/story01.htm
Samsung's reported Galaxy Mega to be a 6.3-inch smartphone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/4M4ix1-0VdE/story01.htm
Bill Gates, investors, back sodium battery startup Aquion Energy :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9q_M3NZXsNE/story01.htm
Sponsored post: Beyond screens: What does the "post-smartphone era" mean? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/mSa1YcXR220/story01.htm
Amazon Smartphone: Online Retailer Hires Charlie Kindel, Former Member of Microsoft's Windows Phone Unit, To Release 'Secret Project' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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>Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: <a href="http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/AMZN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AMZN</a>) may be looking to expand into the smartphone market as the world's largest online retailer has hired a former member of Windows Phone unit of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq:MSFT).</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/amazon-smartphone-online-retailer-hires-charlie-kindel-former-member-microsofts-windows-phone-unit
Dancing Sea Lion Shows Birds Aren't The Only Animals With Rhythm [VIDEO] :: <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>A dancing sea lion is upending some theories about animals and rhythm.</p>
<p>3-year-old sea lion Ronan's ability to shake it to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Down on the Corner" and Backstreet Boys hit "Everybody" is detailed in a new paper from UC Santa Cruz researchers published Monday in the Journal of Comparative Psychology. You can see Ronan cutting a rug in this video from the researchers:</p>
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Robinson Cano, Jay-Z Team Up: Yankees Star Fires Agent Scott Boras In Favor Of Rapper :: <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>One of the best players in the MLB and one of the most influential stars in music are teaming up.</p>
<p>Robinson Cano has reportedly fired agent Scott Boras and replaced him with rapper and business mogul Jay-Z.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/robinson-cano-jay-z-team-yankees-star-fires-agent-scott-boras-favor-rapper-1165853
The Orange County Register's new owners want to reinvent newspapers from the ground up :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ksTCUrNFd80/story01.htm
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