02-Apr-2013 23:24

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 &#8211; 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:&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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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&#039;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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For Facebook, it's not about their phone; it's about you and your phone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/J-tXC1jDB-c/story01.htm

New CEO's plan for About.com: same business model, more flash :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lnlX55EyrKk/story01.htm

Tesla to offer leasing option for Model S :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/BKsyln0QC04/story01.htm

VIDEO Barcelona 2-2 PSG: Highlights; Late Flurry Of Goals Sees Paris Saint-Germain Escape With Draw From Champions League Quarterfinal First Leg :: <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>Blaise Matuidi's deflected effort with almost the last kick of the game salvaged a 2-2 draw for Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal with Barcelona.</p>
<p>The goal was the culmination of a frantic final 11 minutes in which Zlatan Ibrahimovic had cancelled out Lionel Messi's first-half effort before Xavi put Barcelona back in front from the penalty spot in the last minute of the 90. But Matuidi's fortuitous strike gives PSG a huge boost heading to Camp Nou next week, although Barcelona remain heavy favorites to progress.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/video-barcelona-2-2-psg-highlights-late-flurry-goals-sees-paris-saint-germain-escape-draw-champions

Dow Jones and S&P climb to new highs :: New York's Dow Jones share index sets a new all-time high, as does the broader based S&P 500 index.
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Prince would Sue U 4 using Vine :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_GXt2Gshs94/story01.htm

BlackBerry Z10 Features: BlackBerry 10 Can BBM Anything You're Watching, Even If It's Porn :: <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>BlackBerry <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/blackberry-z10-release-date-disappoints-bbry-stock-sinks-price-drop-coming-1152165">released its BlackBerry Z10</a> smartphone at the end of March, and within just one week of availability here in the US, customers have discovered (the hard way) that the new BlackBerry 10 operating system has some sharing features that private users may want to toggle 'off.'</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/blackberry-z10-features-blackberry-10-can-bbm-anything-youre-watching-even-if-its-porn-1166817

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Cleared By SEC, Agency Says Social Media And Fair Disclosure Is OK [FULL STATEMENT] :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-cleared-sec-agency-says-social-media-fair-disclosure-ok-full-statement

Facebook Timelines Lawsuit: How Will It Affect The Redesigned Timeline And News Feed Features? :: <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>
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-timelines-lawsuit-how-will-it-affect-redesigned-timeline-news-feed-features-1166701

Argentina Suggests It Could Avoid US Courts In Its Debt Repayment Plan :: <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>Argentina's deputy president, Amado Boudou, says his nation will find a way to pay its exchange creditors regardless of the outcome of what a U.S. District Court in New York rules in the coming days.</p>
<p>President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner also suggested selling the presidential palace in Buenos Aires to keep repaying creditors who agreed to restructure the country's debts, according to Reuters.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/argentina-suggests-it-could-avoid-us-courts-its-debt-repayment-plan-1166465

Tesla, Fisker, and what could have been: A tale of two electric car startups :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/i9H8cuFwrFc/story01.htm

Colony Collapse Disorder: EPA Approved Pesticide Linked To Mass Bee Deaths :: <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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has conditionally approved thousands of under-tested pesticides, including one linked to the mass decline in bee populations, also known as colony collapse disorder, according to a recent report from the National Resources Defense Council.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/colony-collapse-disorder-epa-approved-pesticide-linked-mass-bee-deaths-1166671