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A patient’s own blood has been used to make personalised stem cells, which doctors hope can be used to treat a range of diseases.

The team at the University of Cambridge says this could be one of the easiest and safest sources of stem cells.

In a study, published in the journal Stem Cells: Translational Medicine, the cells were used to build blood vessels.

However, experts cautioned that the safety of using such stem cells was still unclear.

Stem cells are one of the great hopes of medical research. They can transform into any other type of cell the body is built from - so they should be able to repair everything from the brain to the heart, and eyes to bone.

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Coursera

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We are a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.

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Banking Degree Programs

Find out more about online banking degree programs. This page explains what the courses are, what employers expect, and what you can expect to earn.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

21 Great Minds on What It Means to Be an Entrepreneur

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Everyone defines the qualities of an entrepreneur differently. Are they creative, confident, driven or just plain insane?

See what 21 of our guests think and how they define an entrepreneur. From Mark Cuban, Sheryl Sandberg and Jimmy Wales, to the founders of Practice Fusion, Socialcam, Parkme, 99Designs, our favorite Valley Girl Show guests offer up some of this great advice.

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Spark Looks to Light Up Room with Smart Lights

Spark by Spark Devices screws into any standard light socket. Using a smart device users can dim lights, bring lights up when your alarm goes off, or flash the lights when a text or e-mail is received.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Sports Psychology Masters Degrees

A Sports Psychology Masters Degree enables you to motivate and educate coaches, parents, athletes, fitness professionals and other interested stake holders about the psychological aspects of sport. Find out more …

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Understanding Student Development and Diversity Online Course

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This free ALISON online education course will be of great interest to professionals in the education sector who would like a greater knowledge and understanding of student development and diversity, and to all students who are interested in development and diversity in education.

Understanding Student Development and Diversity is originally from and published by Global Text Project and has a duration of 2-3 Hours for the average learner.

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MedCottage Brings Elder Care Home

The MedCottage by N2Care allows families to keep their aging loved ones close to home by by installing the 288 square foot buildings on their property. The mEdCottage will reportedly retail for around $85,000.

Described as a “state-of-the-art hospital room,” the MEDCottage is equipped with sensors that alert caregivers to problems and medication reminders via computers, the website said. Using “smart robotic features,” it can also remotely monitor vital signs, filter the air for contaminants and communicate with the outside world.

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iPad Wins 88% of Black Friday Tablet Traffic [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Nearly nine in 10 consumers who shopped online via a tablet during Black Friday used an iPad, a new study suggests.

The IBM 2012 Holiday Benchmark report indicates the iPad brought 88% of traffic to the mobile web on Black Friday — more than any other tablet or smartphone. It also made up 10% of total online shopping.

The data comes from the company’s IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, a cloud-based platform which tracks more than a million e-commerce transactions each data and analyzes data from 500 U.S. retailers.

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Masters Teaching Programs

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In order to teach in public schools in the US, you need to have passed a suitable program of study and obtained teacher certification (licensure). This page provides details of masters teaching programs, where they can be found, what the career and salary prospects are, and more …

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Online Programs for Nursing

Find out about online nursing programs, what is involved, the schools where you can study them, what jobs there are, what the salary prospects are, and more ..

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Studying an Accounting Program

Find out about on campus and online accounting programs, what the courses are, what employers expect, certification, and what you can earn.

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Where to Study Elementary Education Online Degrees...

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Learning Real Life Lessons in the Virtual World

How does a virtual world carry over into kids’ real life? Contributor Rebecca Levey has tips that can help.

“Here’s a news flash: your child is most likely going to online places he or she shouldn’t. Like my daughter. She ended up as a scantily clad avatar dancing with a virtual man in leather pants in a virtual club in a virtual world. Only when her virtual dance partner asked her to remove her virtual top (an action, by the way, the site does not allow) did she tell me where she had been. Why did she tell me? Because she was freaked out and afraid. But also because I’ve made it OK for her to tell me about her online activities.”

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16 Flipped Classrooms From Around The World

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16 Examples Of Flipped Classrooms from around the globe - offers links to different teachers’ blogs that show their experiences in using a flipped classroom environment.

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4D Recordings Show Unborn Babies Yawning In The Womb

Researchers from the the University of Durham have captured fetuses yawning in the womb using 4D ultrasound scans. 4D is the term for a 3D image of the fetus moving in real-time.

For a long time, some scientists have argued that fetuses simply open their mouth and do not yawn.

With these new scans, British researchers say they can tell the difference, and that more than half of the 15 fetuses recorded on video were yawning. Yawning, in turn, provides clues about the health of an unborn baby.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

How Small Businesses Can Win the Web [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Between their Black Friday Best Buy expeditions and Cyber Monday mania on Amazon, many holiday shoppers plan to celebrate Small Business Saturday this weekend.

Conceived in 2010, the “holiday” puts the spotlight on local mom-and-pop retailers. If you’re looking for info about which small businesses have the best deals, however, you might not find it online. More than 60% of small businesses do not have a website, and many that are online do not show up in search results.

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Psychology Programs

Want information about psychology programs online? This page will tell you about their content, where to locate suitable programs, the prospects, and more …

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Paul Bloom: The Psychology of Everything [video]

Paul Bloom, Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology, Yale University

Give Paul Bloom one hour, and he’ll teach you “the psychology of everything,” illustrating some of the most fundamental elements of human nature through case studies about compassion, racism, and sex. He discusses some of the biggest questions in the nature versus nurture debate, including “Are we hard-wired to care about others?”

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10 supplements you can take today to enhance your intelligence

One day, we may be able to make ourselves superintelligent with futuristic biotechnology. We’re not there yet, but for the impatient among us there are still some things we can do to give us that little extra bit of brain power.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

REACH to Rewire your Brain

Until recent years, the story of your brain was pretty discouraging. When I was getting my degree in Cognitive Science in the 1980s, I was told what you may have heard: you are born with billions of brain cells. Your brain sets like concrete as you become an adult. Neurons die throughout your lifetime, and then you die. So suck it up!

Brain wiring

Neuroscience is rewriting the story of your brain to be much more encouraging. Neuroplasticity is your brain’s ability to rewire and restructure itself due to learning and experience. Few scientists believed in neuroplasticity until recent years. Now the consensus is clear: under the right circumstances your brain physically and significantly changes throughout your life.

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CardioNet diversifies with new event monitor

CardioNet, one of the oldest companies in the mobile cardiac arrhythmia monitoring space, announced the launch of a new product last week, the wEvent wireless event monitor.

“This new wireless device provides physicians a much improved replacement to their traditional event monitor,” CEO Joseph Capper said in a statement. “The wEvent, unlike existing event monitors, offers wireless transmission of symptom and activity reporting, providing a higher level of patient convenience and better quality of information.”

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New E-Textbooks Report Student Study Habits

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Students may no longer enjoy the luxury of slacking off in privacy because of new electronic textbooks that report their study habits.

Teachers can track the time spent reading e-textbooks and see the notes or highlights made by students through the new service offered by CourseSmart Analytics. Three U.S. universities and colleges have signed on to test the e-textbook service before it becomes widely available in 2013 — a way to identify students who need help and gauge the e-textbooks that hold student interest.

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Murder Suspect McAfee Blogs While on the Run From Police

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Fugitives generally try to keep a low profile while running from the police, but murder suspect and tech entrepreneur John McAfee has done the opposite: He started a blog.

McAfee, founder of the eponymous anti-virus software company McAfee, launched “The Hinterland,” a blog detailing his experience hiding from authorities in Belize, on Saturday. He is the prime suspect in the murder of an American expat named Gregory Faull who was shot in his San Pedro Town home two weeks ago, Gizmodo reported.

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Monday, November 19, 2012

English Vocabulary and Pronunciation Online Course

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This free ALISON online English language course will be of great interest to all learners who already have a basic knowledge of the English language and who want to further improve their vocabulary and pronunciation skills to be able to communicate more effectively.

English Vocabulary and Pronunciation is originally from and published by Classbites and has a duration of 1-2 Hours for the average learner.

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Canada's first US health IT accelerator could be a job generator

As healthcare providers implement the changeover to electronic medical records and meaningful use requirements, the opportunities seen by health IT companies aren’t restricted to US businesses.

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Using Just 10% of Your Brain? Think Again-Neuromyths

Popular neuromyths about how we learn are creating confusion in the classroom… “No, you do not, in fact, use just 10% of your brain, and “learning styles” make no difference in the classroom. Psychology professor Christopher Chabris discusses these and other “neuromyths” with WSJ’s Gary Rosen.”

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Project Management Degrees

This page explains more about project management degrees, provides links to suitable schools where you can take them, outlines the prospects, and more …

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Charging a Credit Surcharge Will Cost You Customers

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In July, card issuers and banks reached a $7.25 billon settlement with merchants. As a result of the settlement, nearly seven million merchants in the U.S. will receive paid damages and lower processing interchange fees for an eight-month period. The settlement, which is viewed as a major ‘win’ for merchants, also allows merchants to surcharge the customer when they choose to pay with credit.

To surcharge or not to surcharge -– it’s the question you’ll need to answer.

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Learn How Not to Die With This PSA [VIDEO]

Ever set fire to your hair? Or, better yet, sell both your kidneys online? Hopefully not — those are really bad ideas.

A new PSA by the Melbourne Metro highlights those mishaps, among others, in an animated sing-along.

The video, called “Dumb Ways to Die,” is part of a campaign to help prevent train-related deaths in the state of Victoria, Australia — a region that suffers from an alarmingly high number of train accidents each year. The overall message: be smart, be safe.

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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Online BSN Programs

Find information about what is involved in studying a Bachelor’s in nursing, the colleges where you can study an online BSN, the jobs, the salary, and more…

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Monitor Your Diabetes Using These Digital Tools

Diabetes is a chronic condition that results from defects in insulin production, insulin action or both. There are two main types of diabetes. Type 1 usually occurs before the age of 20 and is a result of the pancreas no longer making insulin. This type of diabetes requires taking insulin and possibly other medication. Type 2 diabetes, often called adult onset diabetes, is the most common form of diabetes and can be controlled with proper diet, medication and exercise.

The National Diabetes Education Program, through the National Institutes of Health, points out that you may know what to do to manage your diabetes, but putting those steps into action in your daily life can take some work.

Having a smartphone might make monitoring your glucose numbers and carbohydrates throughout the day a bit easier. Don’t have a smartphone? There are a number of web tools, too.

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YouGiveGoods Takes the Leg Work Out of Giving a Helping Hand

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With Thanksgiving less than a week away, food banks are struggling to figure out how to keep up with the need for donations this time of year. In some areas of New York and New Jersey thousands of people remain out of their homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. All too often, as the news cameras leave, the donations sometimes slow down.

How can you help? Perhaps you’ve thought, “I’ll buy a few extra items while I’m grocery shopping” but never do because you don’t know where to take them. Maybe you simply don’t have the time or can’t get to a shelter.

A start-up called YouGiveGoods is hoping to remove that barrier and get more items flowing to those in need. You simply go to the site, pick the area or drive you want to assist, and purchase what’s needed from the comfort of your warm home.

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Is Teach for America Good for America?

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The concept sounds ideal: An organization recruits and trains top college graduates and professionals to provide an excellent education for kids living in poverty. But is the program as great as it claims to be? The answer is not as clear as you might think. Please take a look at this infographic on Teach for America.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Open Yale Courses - PSYC 110: Introduction to Psychology

Open Yale Courses - PSYC 110: Introduction to Psychology. This consists of 20 lectures given by Professor Paul Bloom. What do your dreams mean? Do men and women differ in the nature and intensity of their sexual desires? Can apes learn sign language? Why can’t we tickle ourselves? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, religion, persuasion, love, lust, hunger, art, fiction, and dreams. We will look at how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, and how they break down due to illness and injury. (from oyc.yale.edu)

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Social Media Denial Common for U.S. Businesses

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New research finds that 72% of businesses that use social media do not have a clear set of goals or a clear strategy for their social media platforms.

This lack of direction is happening despite the fact that 60% of Americans use some sort of social media, according to the Pew Research Center. Businesses, however, are not convinced that social media is anything more than a fad or a temporary phenomenon.

Rob Ployhart, a professor of business administration at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, believes that the skepticism of businesses comes directly from the fact that they have not been able to see data showing the return on investment from social media.

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The Cost, in Dollars, of Raising a Child

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We all know raising kids is expensive, but few people know exactly how much it costs.

Without excessive expenditures, surely people like us could raise a child for more than the $435,030 the government estimates but less than the $776,000, $1 million or $1.6 million guessed at on the pages of the Wall Street Journal. Right?

I had hoped so, but my estimation of what my spouse and I might spend – and, crucially, what we might lose – having a child ended up being more than those estimates.

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6 Online Tools to Help You Quit Smoking for Good

Walking away from tobacco can be one of the hardest things to do in life — Like Mark Twain once said, “Quitting smoking is easy, I’ve done it hundreds of times.”

In honor of Thursday’s Great American Smokeout and Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we have rounded up a few online resources to help you kick the habit.

By giving up cigarettes for good, you can lengthen and add to the quality to your life. The annual Great American Smokeout encourages the estimated 43.8 million U.S. smokers to banish deep-set wrinkles, yellow teeth, smoke-soaked clothing and elevated risk for cancer by quitting tobacco.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Nursing Studies - Diet Therapy Online Course

This free ALISON online nursing studies course will be of great interest to all professionals in the healthcare sector who would like to acquire a greater knowledge and understanding of diet therapy as a key factor in maintaining overall body health and wellness.

Nursing Studies - Diet Therapy is originally from and published by AMEDD Center and School and has a duration of 2-3 Hours for the average learner.

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Graduate Programs in Business To Enhance Your Career

Graduate programs in business are the most popular choice by students. They can give you that promotion and status you’re looking for. Find out more …

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Pinterest Introduces Business Accounts and Tools

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Pinterest paved the way for greater business participation on Tuesday with the launch of a new set of resources designed just for them.

Companies will now be able to create business accounts, which allows them to enter just a business name — rather than a first and last — and verify their websites using a hidden line of code. Once the code has been recognized, businesses will receive a verification badge on their Pinterest profile pages. It’s not quite as good as Twitter’s profile verification — it would still be easy for someone to impersonate a company on Pinterest by verifying a URL that was similar but not owned by the brand — but it’s a start.

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Does General Education Matter?

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Nearly 60% of Americans believe that U.S. colleges and universities aren’t doing enough to prepare students for the job market and that colleges’ lenient general education requirements are to blame. Furthermore, 90% of employers believe colleges need to raise their student achievement standards. Take a look at this infographic on the value of general education.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Oyster App Brings Ebook Library to Your Pocket

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Though Apple and Amazon seem to have the ebooks market cornered, another startup has entered the digital books space to broaden readers’ selections. Oyster, a startup located in New York City, recently announced plans to launch a subscription-based book app, tailored specifically for smartphones.

The first round of Oyster’s financing -– $3 million — was led by Founders Fund, but the startup is releasing few details on its anticipated product. Eric Stromberg, Oyster’s CEO and co-founder, says the team is currently focusing on iOS and developing contracts with some publishing houses.

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Live Abroad for Free, With a Little Elbow Grease

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Traveling abroad is the new road trip. Twenty-somethings are crossing foreign borders, now more than ever, through study abroad programs, summer vacations and backpacking trips — the world is huge, after all, and there’s no better time to experience it than when you’re young.

But if you’re looking for a more long-term trip — say, six months or a year overseas — accommodation and money become huge concerns. Sure, you can save up for cheap hostels and crash with friends when possible, but ultimately, your spend-to-earn ratio catches up to you. Constant spending without a steady income only lasts so long.

A website called Workaway helps resolve that. The site, founded in 2003, helps unite aspiring travelers with hosts abroad. The selling point: travelers are put up for free in exchange for work.

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Dropbox Hits 100 Million Users

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Dropbox now has 100 million users.
Drew Houston, the company’s founder and CEO, took to the Dropbox blog to announce the milestone, touting how far the cloud storage company has come in the five years since he came up with the idea for the company because “I forgot my USB stick at home.”

Since then, Dropbox has raised $250 million in venture funding and is said to be valued at around $4 billion. Dropbox has also faced some pretty stiff competition in recent years, from startups like Box and SugarSync, as well as from tech titans like Apple, Microsoft and Google, all of which have launched their own cloud storage features.

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Masters In Substance Abuse

Masters in substance abuse programs are increasingly popular amongst students. But where can find one suitable online programs? Find out more …

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Health Care Administration Degree Programs