Has Anyone Noticed: We No Longer Have a Government of Laws

This is called making it up as you go along: What the administration is doing today is probably best described as a tweak to the individual mandate: They are allowing anyone who purchases coverage during open enrollment (up through March 31) to not face a tax penalty for those three months they spent uncovered. This [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/has-anyone-noticed-we-no-longer-have-a-government-of-laws/

Daily Headlines: October 24, 2013

via The Latin Americanist http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/2013/10/daily-headlines-october-24-2013.html

Embratur Sets Up 13 Brazilian Tourism Offices Around the Globe - Huffington Post UK

Embratur Sets Up 13 Brazilian Tourism Offices Around the Globe Huffington Post UK ... Paraguay, Ecuador and Venezuela. For the Asian market, the Brazilian Tourism Office will be based in the city of Tokyo (Japan) and will aim to promote integrated tours within South America in view of the partnership with Argentina, Uruguay and ...

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La Industria Cubana se reorganiza buscando productividad y eficiencia

A partir de la necesidad de introducir mayor organización y en cumplimiento del Lineamiento 6 aprobado en el VI Congreso del Partido, dirigido a la separación de las funciones empresariales de las estatales de forma paulatina y ordenada, apoyados en la necesidad de que el estado cumpla su papel de rectorar políticas, se implementa en el mes de septiembre del pasado año 2012, mediante el Decreto Ley 299 la extinción del Ministerio de la Industria Ligera, y del Ministerio de la Industria Sideromecánica y en paralelo la Creación nuevamente del Ministerio de Industrias, cuya misión principal es proponer, y una vez aprobadas, dirigir y controlar, la ejecución de las políticas y estrategias para el desarrollo industrial del país.



via Cubadebate http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2013/10/24/la-industria-cubana-se-reorganiza-buscando-productividad-y-eficiencia/

Hundreds Of New Species Discovered In Remote Part Of Amazon Rain Forest ... - Huffington Post

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Hundreds Of New Species Discovered In Remote Part Of Amazon Rain Forest ... Huffington Post In fact, its Latin name, Allobates amissibilis, meaning “that may be lost,” alludes to this as the area where it thrives could soon be opened to tourism. wwf2 Apistogramma cinilabra - Peru. wwf3 ... Chironius challenger – Guyana and Venezuela | Found ... Purring monkey and vegetarian piranha among 400 new Amazon species

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North Koreans in Panama over detained sailors in Cuba arms case - Times of India

North Koreans in Panama over detained sailors in Cuba arms case Times of India On Tuesday, foreign minister Fernando Nunez said that 33 of the 35 sailors could be released during the diplomats' visit if prosecutors accept Cuba's argument that the crew did not know they were carrying hidden military materiel. But Caraballo had ...

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Árboles de ¿capullos?

La naturaleza es sabia y sumamente adaptable. Una muestra de la asombrosa aclimatación de las especies ocurrió en la localidad de Sindh, en Paquistán. La región sufre todavía de los estragos que dejaron las inundaciones del pasado julio, situación que impulsó a las arañas que vivían en la tierra a mudarse a los árboles y envolverlos con sus finas redes.



via Cubadebate http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2013/10/23/arboles-de-capullos/