Concluye hoy Universidad 2014

Luego de cuatro días de intercambios referidos a la actividad académica y profesional concluye hoy en esta capital el IX Congreso Internacional de Educación Superior: Universidad 2014. Inaugurada oficialmente el lunes último en el teatro Karl Marx, la cita comenzó sus debates en el Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana el 11 de febrero, con la participación de alrededor de tres mil delegados de unos 60 países.



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Tigresa causa pánico en la India

Yace agazapada al acecho mientras sus posibles víctimas recogen leña o llevan el ganado a pastar o trabajan en los cultivos. Se ha abalanzado sobre personas a plena luz del día, arrastrándolas silenciosamente a los bosques o los cañaverales. Cuando los pobladores encuentran a los desdichados queda muy poco de ellos, restos mutilados, sangre reseca y algún par de zapatos.



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Hits and Misses

College graduates now out-earn high school grads by 70-80%. College graduation, in contrast, has barely changed. Why is that? Similar issue: since the economic returns to a stable marriage are massive, why has the divorce rate soared among working class families? Democrats back “Copper” plan; it has lower premiums, but more out-of-pocket spending.



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Justice Department’s Losing Battle Over Deportation Waivers for Permanent Residents

For more than five years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has defended a policy that deprives long-term, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the opportunity to apply for a waiver that would allow them to remain in the United States. The waiver—known as the 212(h) waiver (referring to section 212(h) of the immigration statute)—permits permanent residents [...]



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NAFTA to save monarch butterflies?

Carter Roberts, Omar Vidal: President Obama and leaders of Canada and Mexico need to restore monarch habitats.



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Whose Blood Is It Anyway

Many patients’ group and their allies understandably cheered a new regulation that just came about as a result of many years of advocacy: Nationwide, patients now have a “right” to access their lab results directly. The “right” to receive test results directly from labs now ranks equally with the “right” to get our medical records. […]



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Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

HHs still using CGI as a contractor on the ObamaCare website. One of the largest and most meticulous studies of mammography ever done: The death rates from breast cancer and from all causes were the same in women who got mammograms and those who did not [and] one in five cancers found with mammography and […]



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