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.
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Ed tech startups compete for modest prizes from Gates Foundation, Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XPMtNoIqKRQ/story01.htm
Apple's Q2 Earnings Foreshadowed by Weak Foxconn Results :: <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>Is <strong>Apple</strong> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/aapl#NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AAPL</a> <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/AAPL/NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) about to a report a disappointing quarter?</p>
<p>The Cupertino, California-based tech giant will report its fiscal 2013 second quarter results on April 23. This is exactly three months after the company reported a <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/01/23Apple-Reports-Record-Results.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">record-breaking first quarter</a>, selling 47.8 million iPhones and 22.9 million iPads.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apples-q2-earnings-foreshadowed-weak-foxconn-results-1184281
14 Stocks to Watch if Marijuana Becomes Legal :: <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 2012 elections witnessed the first two states to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Colorado and Washington.</p>
<p>Since then, other states have <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/02/new-polls-and-votes-suggest-marijuana-legalization-unstoppable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">taken action</a> toward legalization and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/07/marijuana-legalization-poll_n_2257106.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">most polls</a> now show more than half of Americans in favor of legalizing recreational use of marijuana and regulating it similar to alcohol and tobacco.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/14-stocks-watch-if-marijuana-becomes-legal-1184277
Ribbon announces in-stream Twitter payments so you can purchase while you tweet :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zOIlKb378kc/story01.htm
Joe Ellis: Tennessee Man Finds $3,800 In Dumpster, Gets Major Reward :: <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 Tennessee can collector is being recognized for dumpster diving etiquette.</p>
<p>Joe Ellis found $3,800 in a dumpster behind a Speedy Mart in Murfreesboro, decided to return it, and got a hefty reward, <a href="http://www.wkrn.com/story/21913750/man-returns-3800-cash-after-finding-it-in-a-dumper?hpt=us_bn8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WKRN reports</a>.</p>
<p>"That really shocked me," <a href="http://www.newschannel5.com/story/21925564/man-returns-4000-found-in-dumpster" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ellis told News Channel 5</a>. "That is the first time I found that kind of thing in the garbage like the, money."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/joe-ellis-tennessee-man-finds-3800-dumpster-gets-major-reward-1184197
High School Teacher Gerald Conti Quits, Writes Viral Resignation Letter Blaming 'Data Driven' Education System [TEXT] :: <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>After 27 years at Westhill High School in New York, teacher Gerald Conti is <a href="http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/westhill_teacher_jerry_conti_a.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">calling it quits</a>, decrying the public education system and proclaiming that his profession "no longer exists."</p>
<p>In an impassioned and poignant letter to the school district's superintendent, which he posted on his Facebook page and has gone viral, the 62-year-old social studies teacher explained his disappointment and reasons for leaving.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/high-school-teacher-gerald-conti-quits-writes-viral-resignation-letter-blaming-data-driven-education
For Foursquare, why being mayor isn't enough to build a business :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lRbQTFA4KcE/story01.htm
As smartphones get bigger, could Android's user base get smaller? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/V4v1ClWW9bw/story01.htm
Radamel Falcao Transfer News: Manchester United 'Best Placed' To Sign Atletico Striker Ahead Of Chelsea And Real Madrid :: <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>Manchester United are in prime position to sign Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao this summer, <a href="http://www.marca.com/2013/04/10/en/football/spanish_football/1365576620.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">according to Spanish publication Marca</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/radamel-falcao-transfer-news-manchester-united-best-placed-sign-atletico-striker-ahead-chelsea-real
Israel Operating In Syria? New Report Points To Signs Israel Is Providing Medical Care To Wounded Rebels :: <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 report from <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/israel-and-palestine/130409/israel-syria-golan-heights-security-fsa-assad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GlobalPost</a> indicates that Israeli forces have been operating in "a non-combat capacity" beyond the demarcation line in the Golan Heights. The Israelis seem to be in the area to identify and provide medical care to wounded Syrian rebels.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-operating-syria-new-report-points-signs-israel-providing-medical-care-wounded-rebels-1184121
Hundreds of Morrisons jobs at risk :: Nearly 700 jobs could be cut at Morrisons supermarkets as manual cash counting is replaced with machines in back offices.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22093818#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
London Market Report :: Shares end higher for the third consecutive day, boosted by strong Chinese economic data and a surge at the start of Wall Street trading.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Karachi: A Flourishing Stock Market In A Blood-Soaked Pakistani City Spiraling Out Of Control :: <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>Karachi, a teeming metropolis of some 18-million people on the coast of the Arabian Sea, embodies everything that is wrong with Pakistan – it is overcrowded, chaotic, corrupt and filled with violence and chronic power shortages.</p>
<p>However, Karachi also boasts one of the world's best- performing stock markets – the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) racked up a 49 percent return in 2012, making it one of the best-performing bourses in the world that year.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/karachi-flourishing-stock-market-blood-soaked-pakistani-city-spiraling-out-control-1184071
OPEC Again Cuts 2013 Oil Demand Forecast :: <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>OPEC cut its 2013 <a href="http://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/publications/MOMR_April_2013.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">global oil demand forecast Wednesday</a> – the second time the multinational producers' group has reduced its estimate in two months – on renewed concern about the euro zone and Japan economies.</p>
<p>The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which produces more than one-third of the world's oil, now expects 2013 global oil demand to increase by 800,000 barrels per day – 40,000 less than its previous estimate.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/opec-again-cuts-2013-oil-demand-forecast-1183915
Daily Summary on USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, AUD, CAD and NZD :: <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><strong>• Dollar nears 100 yen mark </strong></p>
<p><strong>• Commodity-based currencies continue to strengthen</strong></p>
<p><strong>• Fed minutes point to possible end to QE</strong></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/daily-summary-usd-eur-jpy-gbp-aud-cad-nzd-1184067
Dutch uncover large-scale meat fraud :: Dutch authorities say some 50,000 tonnes of meat sold as beef across Europe since January 2011 may have contained horsemeat.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22098763#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Bedbugs No Match For Kidney Bean Leaves; Eastern European Folk Remedy Proves Effective :: <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 bedbug infestation is a pain in more ways than one. To even have a hope of taking your domicile back from the invaders, you have to use costly measures like freezing, heating, or professional pest control. Many over the counter methods, like sprays or bug bombs, <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/bedbug-bombs-are-duds-yet-still-shelves-702089" target="_blank">have been proven ineffective.</a></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bedbugs-no-match-kidney-bean-leaves-eastern-european-folk-remedy-proves-effective-1184019
Tesla messes with Texas, over how to sell its electric cars :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/wMlTnCK5kvE/story01.htm
IMF downplays inflation risks :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/FoeAZiEG6Wg/
European markets at close: 10.04.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/5EI0zM4alLo/
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