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Despite Fears, Affordable Care Act Has Not Uprooted Employer Coverage

Employer-based insurance has held firm for the last five years, and federal officials predict it will continue to remain strong.Original enclosures:

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Jane Goodall – Page – Interview Magazine

I remember I told the story about the chimp named Old Man who was rescued from medical research and lived with three females on an island with Marc [Cusano], who was looking after them. Marc gradually got to be friends with Old Man, although he had been told he’d kill him, that he hated people. Then, one day, Marc frightened the baby accidentally—he slipped and fell, and the baby screamed, and the mother raced over and bit deeply into his neck. The other two females rushed to help their friend. So here is Marc, thinking, “I’m going to die.” But actually, Old Man, who was so protective of the baby, pulled those three females off and kept them away while Marc dragged himself to safety. You know, if a chimp who has been abused horribly by humans can help a human friend in a time of need, how much more should we help the animals—and other people for that matter—in their time of need?

Source: Jane Goodall – Page – Interview Magazine

The Plight of Non-Islamist Muslims

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When it comes to Islam, terminologies can be baffling and hotly disputed. Muslims, Islam, Islamism, and radicalism can all be confusing labels. But with the escalating waves of terror flowing around the globe, it is paramount to demystify the fog of terms and highlight a wide segment of Muslims that nowadays are largely ignored amidst the frenzy of both terrorism and Islamophobia. Who are non-Islamist Muslims?

Islam is a religion that is followed by millions of people from various countries and races who identify as Muslims. Non-Islamists are a diverse grand collection of Muslims, with various sects and beliefs that believe in Islam as a faith, and the Prophet Mohamed as a messenger from God. They can be Orthodox Muslims (Sunni or Shia), or heterodox sects such as Ahmadi or Ismaili. They have lived in areas for generations or in many diaspora communities. What unites them all is their deep…

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Interview with The Economist – full transcript — Yanis Varoufakis

For The Economist’s site, where this interview with Jeremy Cliffe appeared. click here. YANIS VAROUFAKIS is a Greek economist who served as finance minister in his country’s Syriza government from January to September last year. After this approved the third bailout package, which he described as a surrender, he declined to stand in fresh elections and set about founding DiEM25, […]

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The National Park Service turns 100! — Aware & Fair

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The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016. One hundred years ago President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, and Yellowstone became America’s first National Park. It was the beginning of a worldwide national park movement. Find Your Park To celebrate the National Park Centennial, the National Park Service and National Park Foundation are… The National Park Service turns 100! was originally published on Aware & Fair

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Of Shark Rocks and Tropicbirds, and A Walk Along Ecclesdown Road — Petchary’s Blog

To discover a completely new place, a fresh landscape one’s eyes have never before seen. Not traveling the world, but right here on one’s own beautiful island. This is what we did recently, visiting new and familiar places in Portland. BirdLife Jamaica recently went on a special weekend excursion to eastern Jamaica. I dragged my […]

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الامل في جيل يصبو الى الحرية بالحياة لا الموت

نادية حرحش

دخلت مع بناتي ما يشبه النقاش البيزنطي عندما بدأنا الحديث عن ما يجري من سقوط يومي للشباب والشابات . لا اذكر المنطقة المسدودة من الحديث عندما صار كل منا لا يسمع الاخر متهما اياه بالتهاون او التعصب.

في لحظة ما، استعملت سطوتي كأم وارغمتهن على سماعي. لا انكر ان ارغامي لهن كان يخرج منه الكثير من القلق .مجرد دخول هذه الافكار الى عقولهن يرعبني . وككل مرة استعملت حيلة الام المعهودة باسترحامهن او خوفهن علي ، شعرت هذه المرة بإحباط اكبر.

كان الكلام يتمحور حول جدوى القتل الجاري. وكانت محاولاتي في تفسير ما افكر به من محاولات لمنطقة الامور بائسة تماما . كان ربما ذلك الصوت الواهن الصادر مني ضعيفا مقابل حماس الشباب والدم المتدفق فيهم نحو الحياة.

هذا ما حاولت ان اقنعهن به .. الحياة . بان الحياة هي ما يجب علينا ان نسعى اليه لا الموت .

وكان صوت البنات يعاندني متسائلا : ” هل انت ضد رمي…

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