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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VIDEO: Mobile phone hits 40th birthday :: Forty years ago today, the first cellular mobile phone call was made by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22012720#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
SSE fined record £10.5m by Ofgem :: Energy supplier SSE is fined £10.5m by Ofgem for "prolonged and extensive" mis-selling, the regulator's biggest ever fine for a supplier.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22011717#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
On Kaggle, GE finds data science solutions for patients and pilots :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/fPRKBzivq_w/story01.htm
Ignition raises $150M fund, opens Silicon Valley office, to back enterprise IT :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ynzZ7NMmC9k/story01.htm
Marketing automation boom continues with $75M Marketo IPO :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/w74PlSs6664/story01.htm
Cyprus agrees 'challenging' plan :: Cyprus has agreed to a set of "challenging" measures, the IMF says, that will release a 10bn-euro international bailout.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22014500#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Linden Wolbert, A Real Life Mermaid With A Passion For Ocean Conservation [PHOTOS] :: <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>Linden Wolbert traded in her desk job for a chance to become a real life mermaid.</p>
<p>With help from a special effects artist, Wolbert helped craft a 35-pound silicon tail that cost $15,000 and took seven months to make. Her company, "Mermaids in Motion" was born where she has been the resident mermaid at environmental fundraisers, children's birthday parties and celebrity parties for Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake and Shia LeBeouf, <a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/linden-wolbert-on-what-it-s-like-to-be-a-real-life-mermaid-183853163.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">she told Yahoo</a>. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/linden-wolbert-real-life-mermaid-passion-ocean-conservation-photos-1168125
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Hayden Panettiere Breast Implants? Actress Sparks Plastic Surgery Rumors In Bikini Over Easter Weekend [PHOTO] :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hayden-panettiere-breast-implants-actress-sparks-plastic-surgery-rumors-bikini-over-easter-weekend
Body Found In Towed Car In North Carolina Three Days After The Accident :: <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 body was found in a car being towed away from a crash scene in North Carolina. Police discovered the body of Carolyn Ann Watkins inside her crashed 2000 Pontiac three days after the accident was first reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/body-found-towed-car-north-carolina-three-days-after-accident-1168123
I Was Adolf Hitler's Food-Taster: 95-Year-Old Woman Speaks Of Wartime Ordeal :: <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>Adolf Hitler did not trust too many people – and he always lived in fear that someone would try to kill him. Like kings of old, he even had someone taste his food to check for poisoning.</p>
<p>One of those food-tasters, Margot Wölk, is still alive.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/i-was-adolf-hitlers-food-taster-95-year-old-woman-speaks-wartime-ordeal-1168071
Digital Public Library of America will launch on April 18 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/IqpoRtSmBzM/story01.htm
Texas Rangers Pitcher Yu Darvish Loses Perfect Game Bid With 2 Outs In 9th Inning [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 frameborder="0" height="224" src="http://mlb.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id%961061&width@0&height"4&property=mlb" width="400">Your browser does not support iframes.</iframe></p>
<p>Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish came painfully close to perfection on Tuesday, losing a perfect game bid with 2 outs in the 9th inning.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/texas-rangers-pitcher-yu-darvish-loses-perfect-game-bid-2-outs-9th-inning-video-1168059
Investors launch £4bn RBS claim :: Thousands of investors launch a compensation claim for up to £4bn against Royal Bank of Scotland and four of its former bosses.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22013724#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
US Private Sector Job Growth Slowed In March To 158,000 :: <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 private sector added only 158,000 jobs in March, <a href="http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2013/March/NER/NER-March-2013.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADP announced Wednesday</a> – lower that the 205,000 <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/economic-calendar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bloomberg New consensus estimate.</a></p>
<p>However, February's private sector job total increase was revised higher to 215,000 jobs from the initial estimated 198,000-job gain.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-private-sector-job-growth-slowed-march-158000-1168043
VIDEO: SSE fined record £10.5m by Ofgem :: Energy supplier SSE has been fined £10.5m by the regulator Ofgem for mis-selling gas and electricity
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22012278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Brent Crude Oil May Contract -Forecast by Daytradeideas.com :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/brent-crude-oil-may-contract-forecast-daytradeideascom-1167989
VIDEO: Welfare reforms: Winners and losers :: The Chancellor claims 9 out of 10 working families will be better off as a result of the changes to tax and benefits, coming into effect this week.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22014188#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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