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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Conn. Priest Kevin Wallin Admits To Selling $300,000 Worth Of Meth, Owning Sex Shop :: <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 Connecticut Roman Catholic priest has admitted of earning more than $300,000 from methamphetamine sales that he performed out of his apartment.</p>
<p>Kevin Wallin, a 61-year-old priest from Waterbury, Connecticut, plead guilty to federal charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Tuesday. Wallin also operated an adult video and sex toy shop, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/suspended-conn-priest-admits-meth-charge-151427977.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> reports.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/conn-priest-kevin-wallin-admits-selling-300000-worth-meth-owning-sex-shop-1166329
Bank Of America Top Wells Fargo And JPMorgan In Most Consumer Complaints: CFPB :: <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>Of all the Banks in the United States, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: <a href="http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/BAC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BAC</a>) has by far the most unsatisfied customer base. According to a recent review by the <a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a> <a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaintdatabase/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">complaint database</a>, the bank has racked up the most consumer complaints to the CFPB since 2011 -- 20,512 complaints (and counting) to be exact.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bank-america-top-wells-fargo-jpmorgan-most-consumer-complaints-cfpb-1166345
Google Vs. Europe: Privacy-Loving Eurozone Nations Prepare For Battle With Data-Collecting Goliath :: <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>In what is shaping up to be a massive cross-continental brawl over consumer data in the digital age, authorities in six European countries are investigating Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) over its privacy policy.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/google-vs-europe-privacy-loving-eurozone-nations-prepare-battle-data-collecting-goliath-1166281
Emma Watson GQ Cover: Actress Channels 'Pretty Woman' In Sexy Shoot :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/emma-watson-gq-cover-actress-channels-pretty-woman-sexy-shoot-1166327
Dennis Lockhart, President Of Federal Reserve Bank Of Atlanta, Suggests QE Could Begin To Taper Off This Year :: <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 head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said Tuesday that the central bank's $85 billion per month bond buying could begin to be scaled back this year.</p>
<p>The Federal Reserve has said that it will continue its heavy bond buying, also known as "QE" or "quantitative easing," until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent from its current 7.7 percent. The policy aims to keep interest rates ultra-low and thus, theoretically at least, stimulate borrowing and business activity.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dennis-lockhart-president-federal-reserve-bank-atlanta-suggests-qe-could-begin-taper-year-1166183
Hamas Bans Co-Ed Education For Children Above Age Nine In Gaza :: <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 new law for schoolchildren in Gaza, passed down on Monday by the Hamas-run Ministry of Education in the Gaza Strip, stipulates that no men can teach at girls' schools, and boys and girls must be taught separately after age nine.</p>
<p>The laws will go into effect at the beginning of the next school year in September, and will apply universally to all schools in Gaza, including private, Christian, and U.N.-backed schools.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hamas-bans-co-ed-education-children-above-age-nine-gaza-1166241
Vodafone May Be Bought In A Joint AT&T-Verizon Communications Deal Worth $245 Billion, Making It The Largest M&A Deal In History :: <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>Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) are considering a joint bid for Britain's Vodafone Group PLC in a deal potentially worth about $245 billion, which would make it the largest corporate acquisition in history, according to a report published Tuesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/vodafone-may-be-bought-joint-att-verizon-communications-deal-worth-245-billion-making-it-largest-ma
Gay Sex Trap? The Strange Ordeal Of Michael Sarris, Cyprus' Former Finance Minister, In The Turkish North :: <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>Michalis (Michael) Sarris, the man who just resigned as finance minister of debt-ridden Cyprus in the wake of a contentious bailout deal, faced a very different kind of crisis a year and a half ago.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/gay-sex-trap-strange-ordeal-michael-sarris-cyprus-former-finance-minister-turkish-north-1166239
'Finding Nemo' Sequel, 'Finding Dory,' Will Star Ellen DeGeneres :: <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 href="http://www.pixar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pixar</a> and <a href="http://disney.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Disney</a> announced the sequel to "Finding Nemo" will star Ellen DeGeneres in her return to voice the titular Blue Tang with a bad memory. "Finding Dory," which has been unofficially called "Finding Nemo 2" by fans worldwide, will hit theaters on November 25, 2015.</p>
<p>Andrew Stanton, director of "Finding Nemo," will return to direct its sequel and Albert Brooks will return as Marlin, Nemo's father. The script will be written by Victoria Strouse whose first screenwriting credit was 2002's "New Best Friend."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/finding-nemo-sequel-finding-dory-will-star-ellen-degeneres-1166181
Fannie Mae profit point to US housing recovery :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/UksRB3bbOdk/
Google to Launch Android-Powered Notebook in Q3 2013 :: <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>In an attempt to gain greater control of the notebook market, <strong>Google</strong> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/goog#NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GOOG</a> <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/GOOG/NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) may release an Android-powered laptop in the third quarter.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130328PD205.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DigiTimes</a>, the company's existing line of notebooks -- known as Chromebooks -- will surpass the one million mark in 2013.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/google-launch-android-powered-notebook-q3-2013-1166187
MLB's big bet on mobile apps pays off on Opening Day :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/makXtDjCOwU/story01.htm
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