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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A new iPhone may be on track to arrive this summer :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/0kq_GRc07Xg/story01.htm
Sponsored post: The future of BI for Hadoop is here :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/EB8FO9ILGuk/story01.htm
Three Energy Stocks with 25 Percent Potential Upside (ACI, CIE, HAL) :: <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 research report from <strong>UBS</strong> (NYSE: <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/ubs#NYSE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UBS</a> <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/UBS/NYSE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) features a list of stocks that the analysts not only recommending buying, but which they feel have at least 25 percent potential upside from current levels, despite the markets being near all-time highs.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/three-energy-stocks-25-percent-potential-upside-aci-cie-hal-1166485
DataRPM scores $250K, introduces Google-like big data searching :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/u4e7358loVA/story01.htm
The road to HD Voice on mobile phones is a bumpy one :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_TZiSDsja98/story01.htm
'Jew In A Box' German Art Exhibit At Jewish Museum In Berlin Causes Controversy [PHOTO, 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 German art exhibit about Jews is stirring controversy.</p>
<p>The exhibit, "The Whole Truth, everything you wanted to know about Jews," opened this month and runs until Sept. 1 at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Commonly known as the "Jew in a Box," the exhibit has a Jewish man or woman sitting in a glass enclosure for two hours a day answering visitors' questions about the religion and its people, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/29/provocative-exhibit-at-jewish-museum-puts-jews-in-box-to-answer-visitors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AP reports</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/jew-box-german-art-exhibit-jewish-museum-berlin-causes-controversy-photo-video-1166401
Anti-Rape Underwear: Lingerie Can Shock Sexual Offenders, Send Emergency Alert Signals Through GPS :: <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>In light of the Delhi gang rape where a <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/delhi-gang-rape-victim-dies-singapore-hospital-977186">23-year-old woman was brutally raped on a bus and later died</a> in December, Indian citizens are <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/delhi-gang-rape-victim-global-reaction-983484">taking action to prevent tragedies</a> like this from ever happening again.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/anti-rape-underwear-lingerie-can-shock-sexual-offenders-send-emergency-alert-signals-through-gps
Ohio Woman Ariel Knights Suing Akron Women's Medical Group After Abortion Results in Healthy Baby :: <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>An Ohio woman is suing her doctor after giving birth to a baby following a routine medical abortion the <a href="http://http://www.ohio.com/news/local/mother-delivers-healthy-baby-and-lawsuit-after-unsuccessful-abortion-1.381495" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akron Beacon Journal</a> reported Tuesday.</p>
<p>After the birth of her first-child, 22-year-old Ariel Knights was discovered to suffer from uterus didelphys, a condition where a female has two uteruses, making it deadly for her to conceive and birth another child.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ohio-woman-ariel-knights-suing-akron-womens-medical-group-after-abortion-results-healthy-baby
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 Tops 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 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>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-tops-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
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