tisdag 5 november 2013

06-Nov-2013 07:30

'No‐one actually goes to a shop and buys them do they?': attitudes and behaviours regarding illicit tobacco in a multiply disadvantaged community in England :: ConclusionsNational strategies to reduce illicit tobacco may have limited impact in communities during a recession and where illicit trade is part of the local culture and economy. There may be potential to influence illicit tobacco use by building on the ambivalence and unease expressed around selling to children. (Source: Addiction)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridv69927&cid=ct_15_2_f&fid955&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fadd.12332

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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

Serial Blasts Reported Outside China's Communist Party Office In Taiyuan In Northeastern Shanxi Province :: <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"><p>Serial blasts occurred on Wednesday in front of the provincial headquarters of the Communist Party of China, or CPC, in Taiyuan, the capital of northeastern Shanxi province, killing one person and injuring eight others, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p>
<p>The blasts in Taiyuan, which is located more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) southwest of Beijing, took place at about 7:40 a.m. local time (6:40 p.m. EDT on Tuesday), and is suspected to have been caused by "self-made bombs," Xinhua said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/serial-blasts-reported-outside-chinas-communist-party-office-taiyuan-northeastern-shanxi-province

'The Voice' Top 20 Perform Live: Recap Of Tuesday Night's Performances [SPOILERS] :: <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"><p>The fifth season of <a href="http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/artists/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Voice"</a> premiered on NBC Sept. 23 with the first blind auditions, and another first for the show started Monday, with live performances by the top 20 contenders that have made it this far, beyond the battle rounds.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/voice-top-20-perform-live-recap-tuesday-nights-performances-spoilers-1457198

Apple lists government data requests :: Apple reveals details of requests it has received from governments across the globe to share customer data.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24830712#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Workers await news on shipyard jobs :: Workers at BAE Systems shipyards on the Clyde and in Portsmouth are waiting to hear further details after some 1,000 job cuts were predicted.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24827221#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Apple Continues To Dominate US Smartphone OEMs In Q3, Samsung Follows With Marginal Quarterly Growth :: <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"><p>Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) maintained its position as the leading smartphone maker in the U.S. for the third quarter of 2013, followed by Samsung (KRX:005935), which trailed by 15.7 percentage points, according to fresh industry statistics released by comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) on Tuesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-continues-dominate-us-smartphone-oems-q3-samsung-follows-marginal-quarterly-growth-1457220

Portland, Maine, Votes To Legalize Marijuana Possession :: <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"><p>Portland, Maine, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass a city law that legalizes marijuana possession. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/portland-maine-votes-legalize-marijuana-possession-1457216

Newly Discovered Ancient Antarctic Ice May Reveal Earth's Past Climate Conditions, Scientists Say :: <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"><p>Scientists believe they have discovered a region of Antarctic ice that may date back 1.5 million years.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/newly-discovered-ancient-antarctic-ice-may-reveal-earths-past-climate-conditions-scientists-say

Colorado Approves Tax On Marijuana :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Colorado voters handily approved a state ballot measure imposing special excise and sales taxes on recreational marijuana Tuesday, The Denver Post reported.</p>
<p>With 65 percent of the vote in, the measure was winning almost two-thirds approval.</p>
<p>A pleased Mike Elliott of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group said, "The passage of Prop AA means Colorado will have a strong and well-funded regulatory system."</p>
<p>Several local marijuana tax measures also were winning big.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/colorado-approves-tax-marijuana-1457184

Microsoft Finalizing CEO Replacement Shortlist To Include Current Ford Executive Alan Mulally :: <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"><p>Microsoft Corp. is close to settling on its final list of candidates to replace Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/microsoft-finalizing-ceo-replacement-shortlist-include-current-ford-executive-alan-mulally-1457162

Microsoft warns of hacker attacks :: Microsoft warns that hackers could exploit a "vulnerability" in its operating system to gain user rights to the affected computers.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24814999#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bill De Blasio Elected New York City Mayor, First Democrat In 20 Years :: <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"><p><strong>Update 10:55 p.m. EST: </strong>With 19 percent of the vote counted, de Blasio had 71.5 percent to Lhota's 26.2 percent.</p>
<p>Original story:</p>
<p>Democrat Bill de Blasio has been elected mayor of New York City over Republican Joe Lhota, the New York Times, CNN other media projected minutes after the polls closed at 9 p.m. Tuesday, based on exit polls.</p>
<p>De Blasio, currently the public advocate, will become the city's first Democratic mayor since David Dinkins, who defeated by Rudolph Giuliani in 1993.  </p>
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bill-de-blasio-elected-new-york-city-mayor-first-democrat-20-years-1457168

Bud Light Hotel To Float Into NY Aboard Norwegian Cruise Line For Super Bowl 2014 :: <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"><p>What do you get when you take a 4,028-passenger cruise ship, slather it in beer logos, deck it out with beer swag and sail it into New York Harbor? Why, the floating "Bud Light Hotel," of course!</p>
<p>Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) -- the (surprise: not American) parent company of Bud Light -- announced Tuesday that it would open the doors of its Bud Light Hotel in "an unexpected location" this year: the Hudson River. Next to the Intrepid Sea, Air &amp; Space Museum at Pier 88 on the west shore of Midtown Manhattan, to be exact.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bud-light-hotel-float-ny-aboard-norwegian-cruise-line-super-bowl-2014-1457138

Close Race For Virginia Governorship :: <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"><p><strong>Update 9:48 p.m. EST:</strong> NBC and Fox News have called the race for McAuliffe. With 91 percent of precincts reporting, the count is now McAuliffe 46.8 percent, Cuccinelli 46.5 percent and Sarvis 6.7 percent.</p>
<p>Sarvis will fail to meet the 10 percent mark that would have gotten the Libertarians a permanent ballot line. </p>
<p><strong>Update 9:30 p.m. EST: </strong>McAuliffe has closed to gap to 3,000 votes. With 88 percent of precincts reporting, the count is now Cuccinelli 46.7 percent, McAuliffe 46.5 percent and Sarvis 6.8 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/close-race-virginia-governorship-1457152

The jobs of the future belong to data scientists and user experience designers :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LEb0xau5CQQ/

Are technologists trying to solve the wrong problem? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ILmSYuWKVpI/

Crowdfunding lets you test the market for your product before you even make it :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3qT_AAeSVxg/

LA wants to pave its streets with gigabit broadband (on somebody else's dime) :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_vKiVBf79YA/

Elderly investors in £24m carbon con :: Small investors, particularly the elderly, are warned by ministers to avoid a scam involving carbon credits, after more than 1,000 are duped out of a total of £24m.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24828797#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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