tisdag 5 november 2013

06-Nov-2013 08:32

'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

Indonesia growth at four-year low :: Indonesia's economy expands at its weakest rate in four years in the third quarter as a result of slowing exports and subdued domestic demand.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24831172#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Toyota ups full year profit forecast :: The world's biggest carmaker, Toyota, raises its profit forecast as the yen's weakness and cost cutting measures help lift its earnings.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24831164#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Apple Details Government Requests For User Information For The First Time; US Tops Request List :: <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 Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), for the first time on Tuesday, disclosed the number and type of requests it received from governments worldwide for user information, and joined the league of big technology companies that have protested the U.S. government's stance restricting companies from revealing official requests for user data.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-details-government-requests-user-information-first-time-us-tops-request-list-1457280

Researchers Discover New Black Hole Candidate In Milky Way Globular Cluster :: <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>A team of researchers at Michigan State University has discovered a new stellar-mass black hole candidate in the globular cluster called M62 in the Milky Way galaxy. The discovery was made using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array telescope in New Mexico.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/researchers-discover-new-black-hole-candidate-milky-way-globular-cluster-1457266

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

BAE Systems to cut UK shipyards jobs :: BAE Systems is to cut potentially more than 1,000 jobs from three of its UK shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun in Glasgow and at Portsmouth.
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>
</div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bill-de-blasio-elected-new-york-city-mayor-first-democrat-20-years-1457168

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/

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>
</div></div></div>
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

06-Nov-2013 06:29

'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

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 await news of job cuts.
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>
</div></div></div>
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

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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes Illinois Legislature, State Poised To Become 15th To Legalize Gay Marriage :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Following months of intense lobbying from both sides of the debate, Illinois lawmakers narrowly passed a bill Tuesday that would <a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/11/05/illinois-house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">legalize same-sex marriage</a> in the state. The bill will become law as soon as Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs it, which he is expected to do. Same-sex couples would be able to get married starting June 1, 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/same-sex-marriage-bill-passes-illinois-legislature-state-poised-become-15th-legalize-gay-marriage

Christie Re-Elected In NJ Race :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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 10:20 p.m. EST:</strong> Christie delivered his victory speech in Asbury Park, thanking New Jerseyans and saying, "I am one of you."</p>
<p>The governor invoked the "Spirit of Sandy," the way the state came together to overcome natural disaster a year ago. </p>
<p>In a possible reference to future national ambitions, he said New Jersey's record of bipartisan cooperation should be a model for Washington, drawing cheers. </p>
<p>"A dispirited America ... angry with dysfunctional government," looks to the Garden State for inspiration, he said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/christie-re-elected-nj-race-1457136

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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

06-Nov-2013 05:28

'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

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>
</div></div></div>
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

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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes Illinois Legislature, State Poised To Become 15th To Legalize Gay Marriage :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Following months of intense lobbying from both sides of the debate, Illinois lawmakers narrowly passed a bill Tuesday that would <a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/11/05/illinois-house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">legalize same-sex marriage</a> in the state. The bill will become law as soon as Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs it, which he is expected to do. Same-sex couples would be able to get married starting June 1, 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/same-sex-marriage-bill-passes-illinois-legislature-state-poised-become-15th-legalize-gay-marriage

Christie Re-Elected In NJ Race :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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 10:20 p.m. EST:</strong> Christie delivered his victory speech in Asbury Park, thanking New Jerseyans and saying, "I am one of you."</p>
<p>The governor invoked the "Spirit of Sandy," the way the state came together to overcome natural disaster a year ago. </p>
<p>In a possible reference to future national ambitions, he said New Jersey's record of bipartisan cooperation should be a model for Washington, drawing cheers. </p>
<p>"A dispirited America ... angry with dysfunctional government," looks to the Garden State for inspiration, he said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/christie-re-elected-nj-race-1457136

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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/

Earnings News: Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA), Twenty First Century Fox Inc (FOXA) [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"><p>U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh a series of corporate earnings and mixed global economic data.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/earnings-news-tesla-motors-inc-tsla-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-foxa-video-1457108

Miley Cyrus Pens 'Open Letter' To Ex Liam Hemsworth: Will He Take Her Back Again? :: <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>Miley Cyrus may finally own up to her part in her recent spilt from former fiancée Liam Hemsworth. <a href="http://pagesix.com/2013/11/05/miley-cyrus-writes-open-letter-to-ex-fiance-liam-hemsworth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Page Six</a> reports that the former Disney star is apologizing for her wild ways via an open letter to Hemsworth – one that she hopes will open his heart again.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/miley-cyrus-pens-open-letter-ex-liam-hemsworth-will-he-take-her-back-again-1456658

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

Better late than never: Apple's reluctant entry to the surveillance debate and what it means :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/o5B64iovmJY/

Ways to plan a hi-tech wedding :: How to plan a hi-tech wedding
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24759238#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Marvel Comics Introduces New Superhero: Muslim Teenager, Kamala Khan :: <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>Marvel Comics is further broadening the diversity of its characters with a new lead character, Kamala Khan. Khan, according to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/books/marvel-comics-introducing-a-muslim-girl-superhero.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, will be a Muslim teenager living in Jersey City, N.J., who discovers a vast array of powers. G. Willow Willson, the series writer, told the Times Kamala's story would be "about the universe experience of all American teenagers, feeling kind of isolated and finding what they are."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/marvel-comics-introduces-new-superhero-muslim-teenager-kamala-khan-1456914

06-Nov-2013 04:27

'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

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-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><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>
</div></div></div>
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-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>Fox News has 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

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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes Illinois Legislature, State Poised To Become 15th To Legalize Gay Marriage :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Following months of intense lobbying from both sides of the debate, Illinois lawmakers narrowly passed a bill Tuesday that would <a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/11/05/illinois-house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">legalize same-sex marriage</a> in the state. The bill will become law as soon as Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs it, which he is expected to do. Same-sex couples would be able to get married starting June 1, 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/same-sex-marriage-bill-passes-illinois-legislature-state-poised-become-15th-legalize-gay-marriage

Christie Re-Elected In NJ Race :: <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 9:10 p.m. EST:</strong> With 23 percent of precincts reporting, Christie is leading Buono 57.5 to 41 percent. </p>
<p><strong>Update 9 p.m. EST:</strong> The leaders of the Republican Governors Association said Christie's win proves Republicans can win in "every state."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/christie-re-elected-nj-race-1457136

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/

Earnings News: Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA), Twenty First Century Fox Inc (FOXA) [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"><p>U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh a series of corporate earnings and mixed global economic data.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/earnings-news-tesla-motors-inc-tsla-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-foxa-video-1457108

Miley Cyrus Pens 'Open Letter' To Ex Liam Hemsworth: Will He Take Her Back Again? :: <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>Miley Cyrus may finally own up to her part in her recent spilt from former fiancée Liam Hemsworth. <a href="http://pagesix.com/2013/11/05/miley-cyrus-writes-open-letter-to-ex-fiance-liam-hemsworth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Page Six</a> reports that the former Disney star is apologizing for her wild ways via an open letter to Hemsworth – one that she hopes will open his heart again.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/miley-cyrus-pens-open-letter-ex-liam-hemsworth-will-he-take-her-back-again-1456658

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

Better late than never: Apple's reluctant entry to the surveillance debate and what it means :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/o5B64iovmJY/

Ways to plan a hi-tech wedding :: How to plan a hi-tech wedding
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24759238#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Marvel Comics Introduces New Superhero: Muslim Teenager, Kamala Khan :: <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>Marvel Comics is further broadening the diversity of its characters with a new lead character, Kamala Khan. Khan, according to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/books/marvel-comics-introducing-a-muslim-girl-superhero.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, will be a Muslim teenager living in Jersey City, N.J., who discovers a vast array of powers. G. Willow Willson, the series writer, told the Times Kamala's story would be "about the universe experience of all American teenagers, feeling kind of isolated and finding what they are."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/marvel-comics-introduces-new-superhero-muslim-teenager-kamala-khan-1456914

Sony Exec Clarifies PS4 Features Via Twitter: PlayStation 4's Blue Line Is A Color-Changing Light :: <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>Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has taken to social media to answer questions about the PlayStation 4 (PS4), which launches on Nov. 15 in the U.S., and on Nov. 19 in Europe. Yoshida, the president of worldwide studios at Sony Computer Entertainment and head of first party game development.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sony-exec-clarifies-ps4-features-twitter-playstation-4s-blue-line-color-changing-light-1457036

06-Nov-2013 03:27

'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

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

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-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Virginia governor's race between Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe remained to close to call more than an hour after polls closed, networks said.  </p>
<p>With 39 percent of precincts reporting, Cuccinelli had 50.4 percent, McAuliffe 42.5 percent and Libertarian Robert Sarvis 7.2 percent.</p>
<p>Exit polls, however, had McAuliffe slightly ahead.</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/

Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes Illinois Legislature, State Poised To Become 15th To Legalize Gay Marriage :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Following months of intense lobbying from both sides of the debate, Illinois lawmakers narrowly passed a bill Tuesday that would <a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/11/05/illinois-house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">legalize same-sex marriage</a> in the state. The bill will become law as soon as Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs it, which he is expected to do. Same-sex couples would be able to get married starting June 1, 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/same-sex-marriage-bill-passes-illinois-legislature-state-poised-become-15th-legalize-gay-marriage

Christie Re-Elected In NJ Race :: <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 8:45 p.m. EST:</strong> Democrat Barbarta Buono has conceded the race to Gov. Chris Christie.</p>
<p><strong>Original story: </strong></p>
<p>Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has been re-elected, CNN and the Associated Press declared the minute the polls closed at 8 p.m. EST.</p>
<p>In Virginia, the governor's race between Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe remained to close to call, networks said.  </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/christie-re-elected-nj-race-1457136

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/

Earnings News: Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA), Twenty First Century Fox Inc (FOXA) [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"><p>U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh a series of corporate earnings and mixed global economic data.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/earnings-news-tesla-motors-inc-tsla-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-foxa-video-1457108

Miley Cyrus Pens 'Open Letter' To Ex Liam Hemsworth: Will He Take Her Back Again? :: <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>Miley Cyrus may finally own up to her part in her recent spilt from former fiancée Liam Hemsworth. <a href="http://pagesix.com/2013/11/05/miley-cyrus-writes-open-letter-to-ex-fiance-liam-hemsworth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Page Six</a> reports that the former Disney star is apologizing for her wild ways via an open letter to Hemsworth – one that she hopes will open his heart again.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/miley-cyrus-pens-open-letter-ex-liam-hemsworth-will-he-take-her-back-again-1456658

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

Better late than never: Apple's reluctant entry to the surveillance debate and what it means :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/o5B64iovmJY/

Ways to plan a hi-tech wedding :: How to plan a hi-tech wedding
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24759238#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Marvel Comics Introduces New Superhero: Muslim Teenager, Kamala Khan :: <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>Marvel Comics is further broadening the diversity of its characters with a new lead character, Kamala Khan. Khan, according to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/books/marvel-comics-introducing-a-muslim-girl-superhero.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, will be a Muslim teenager living in Jersey City, N.J., who discovers a vast array of powers. G. Willow Willson, the series writer, told the Times Kamala's story would be "about the universe experience of all American teenagers, feeling kind of isolated and finding what they are."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/marvel-comics-introduces-new-superhero-muslim-teenager-kamala-khan-1456914

Sony Exec Clarifies PS4 Features Via Twitter: PlayStation 4's Blue Line Is A Color-Changing Light :: <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>Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has taken to social media to answer questions about the PlayStation 4 (PS4), which launches on Nov. 15 in the U.S., and on Nov. 19 in Europe. Yoshida, the president of worldwide studios at Sony Computer Entertainment and head of first party game development.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sony-exec-clarifies-ps4-features-twitter-playstation-4s-blue-line-color-changing-light-1457036

UK visa help for foreign executives :: Foreign businessmen with "strong links" to the UK will get extra help to expedite their visa applications under a new Home Office scheme.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24827404#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

German home school families refugees in US :: Will the US deport German home-school families?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24804804#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

06-Nov-2013 02:25

'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

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/

Earnings News: Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA), Twenty First Century Fox Inc (FOXA) [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"><p>U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday, as investors continued to weigh a series of corporate earnings and mixed global economic data.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/earnings-news-tesla-motors-inc-tsla-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-foxa-video-1457108

Miley Cyrus Pens 'Open Letter' To Ex Liam Hemsworth: Will He Take Her Back Again? :: <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>Miley Cyrus may finally own up to her part in her recent spilt from former fiancée Liam Hemsworth. <a href="http://pagesix.com/2013/11/05/miley-cyrus-writes-open-letter-to-ex-fiance-liam-hemsworth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Page Six</a> reports that the former Disney star is apologizing for her wild ways via an open letter to Hemsworth – one that she hopes will open his heart again.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/miley-cyrus-pens-open-letter-ex-liam-hemsworth-will-he-take-her-back-again-1456658

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

Better late than never: Apple's reluctant entry to the surveillance debate and what it means :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/o5B64iovmJY/

Ways to plan a hi-tech wedding :: How to plan a hi-tech wedding
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24759238#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Marvel Comics Introduces New Superhero: Muslim Teenager, Kamala Khan :: <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>Marvel Comics is further broadening the diversity of its characters with a new lead character, Kamala Khan. Khan, according to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/books/marvel-comics-introducing-a-muslim-girl-superhero.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, will be a Muslim teenager living in Jersey City, N.J., who discovers a vast array of powers. G. Willow Willson, the series writer, told the Times Kamala's story would be "about the universe experience of all American teenagers, feeling kind of isolated and finding what they are."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/marvel-comics-introduces-new-superhero-muslim-teenager-kamala-khan-1456914

Sony Exec Clarifies PS4 Features Via Twitter: PlayStation 4's Blue Line Is A Color-Changing Light :: <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>Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has taken to social media to answer questions about the PlayStation 4 (PS4), which launches on Nov. 15 in the U.S., and on Nov. 19 in Europe. Yoshida, the president of worldwide studios at Sony Computer Entertainment and head of first party game development.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sony-exec-clarifies-ps4-features-twitter-playstation-4s-blue-line-color-changing-light-1457036

German home school families refugees in US :: Will the US deport German home-school families?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24804804#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Online retailers move into High Streets :: The online retailers coming to a High Street near you
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24728406#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

'How I Met Your Mother' Season 9 Episode 9: The Musical Episode Will Be Done Entirely In Rhymes :: <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>Season nine of CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother" has had its ups and downs thus far, but the most bizarre episode is yet to air. Actress <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/cobie_smulders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cobie Smulders</a>, who plays Robin Scherbatsky, told E! Online that the show plans to air an episode told entirely in rhyme. Smudlers told E! exclusively, "We just shot an episode where the entire thing is a rhyme. And it was so much fun. It's like every second line is a rhyme. It varies; you gotta watch it."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/how-i-met-your-mother-season-9-episode-9-musical-episode-will-be-done-entirely-rhymes-1457080

Phosphorus: Farming's dirty secret :: Agriculture's insatiable demand for phosphates
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24823266#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Canadian School's 'No Touching' Rule Angers Parents, Policy Bans Kindergarteners From Tag, Holding Hands :: <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>A Canadian school's new "no touching" policy is angering parents, who say it takes "zero tolerance" too far. The policy bans kindergartners from playing tag or holding hands and even specifies "Star Wars light-sabre duels," according to <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/touch/story.html?id�24456" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Province</a> newspaper of Vancouver.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/canadian-schools-no-touching-rule-angers-parents-policy-bans-kindergarteners-tag-holding-hands

San Francisco's tech-in-government startup program almost ready to announce finalists :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/TGijoDDj2Js/

Chelsea – Schalke: Prediction And Preview For Champions League Clash :: <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>Questions still remain over Jose Mourinho's impact in his second spell in charge of Stamford Bridge as well as Chelsea's Champions League progress as they prepare to host Schalke on Wednesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/chelsea-schalke-prediction-preview-champions-league-clash-1457078

Google wants to build maps that customize themselves based on what they know about you :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XjJV-dm7U60/