09-Apr-2013 20:04

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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Woman reshaping world's skylines :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BL59zV-xrbE/index.html

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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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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New York Knicks' Iman Shumpert Forced To Remove Adidas Logo From Hair [PHOTO] :: <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></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/new-york-knicks-iman-shumpert-forced-remove-adidas-logo-hair-photo-1181037

Thatcher's UK-U.S. bridge building :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/2A8LVmFTda4/index.html

Sandra Lupo, Former Hooters Waitress, Forced To Wear Wig After Brain Surgery, Lawsuit Says :: <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 former Hooters waitress is suing the well-known restaurant chain, claiming that she was forced to quit her job after the scar from her brain surgery made it too painful to wear a wig.</p>
<p>Sandra Lupo, a 27-year-old Missouri resident, had waitressed at a Clayton, Mo., Hooters since 2005, when she was diagnosed with a cranial mass last summer. Lupo received her manager's blessing to take a leave of absence in order to deal with the mass, which required surgery.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sandra-lupo-former-hooters-waitress-forced-wear-wig-after-brain-surgery-lawsuit-says-1181035

Report: Flights set to be bumpier, costlier :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/gV57JaGzFIM/index.html

AOL's new publisher tool to compete with Google, Armstrong says its back in "ad tech game" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/d0KRBeg4Pq0/story01.htm

Care.com sparks IPO speculation with hire of veteran public-company CFO :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Aks4-raU9Xk/story01.htm

Lone Star College Stabbings: Suspect Caught, Another At Large; As Many As 13 Injured At Texas Campus :: <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>A suspect has been caught Tuesday afternoon in the Lone Star College CyFair campus stabbings, where as many as 13 people may have been injured on the Texas school's campus.</p>
<p>The Harris County Sheriff's Office said there may be another suspect who has not yet been apprehended, the Houston Chronicle <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Suspect-detained-in-Lone-Star-College-campus-4420907.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lone-star-college-stabbings-suspect-caught-another-large-many-13-injured-texas-campus-1181029

The Empire acquires the rebel alliance: Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/aOcoR6jT8DA/story01.htm

What's In A Slap? It Depends On The Culture, The Participants And The Intent :: <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 local government minister in India has deemed that slapping a lazy civil servant in public is acceptable.</p>
<p>The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported that Dayanand Mandrekar, the civil supplies minister in the western state of Goa, said during a budget session of the state legislative assembly: "Sometimes officials do not do any work properly and do not listen, too. Then… they should be slapped."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/whats-slap-it-depends-culture-participants-intent-1181005

South Caucasus and Central Asia the focus of W.E.F. :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/R2HbCFtUc6s/

Bill Clinton, Sort Of, Joins Twitter As 'PrezBillyJeff' With The Help Of Stephen Colbert [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>Bill Clinton joined Twitter with the help of Stephen Colbert. Colbert signed Clinton up during an interview that aired on Monday's "The Colbert Report."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bill-clinton-sort-joins-twitter-prezbillyjeff-help-stephen-colbert-video-1181001

Did Thatcher sow the seeds for today's crisis? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/lFD424Wd6Lg/

Ex-HBOS chief to return knighthood :: Former HBOS chief executive Sir James Crosby asks to return his knighthood and says he will forgo 30% of his pension.
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Branch announces simplified version of commenting and conversation site :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/MFZtcZ4SjBY/story01.htm

AppGratis: Apple approved our iPad app a week before removing iPhone app :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NMpI9tOUigk/story01.htm