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As the focus of a centuries-old territorial dispute, the Falklands have seen their fair share of diplomatic wrangling, heated debates and even a brief, bloody war. The archipelago is currently recognized as a British Overseas Territory by the West, though Argentina -- which is supported by its South American neighbors -- has never relinquished its own claim. If Uruguay were to horn in, the battle could get a lot more complicated but it probably wont.
In what is likely to amount to more of a footnote than a controversy, Juan Ackermann of Uruguay and Alfredo Villegas of Argentina wrote a book titled Las Malvinas: Son uruguayas? or The Falkland Islands: Are They Uruguayan? The book argues that the islands actually belong to Uruguay due to an overlooked agreement between Uruguay and Spain, in which Spain ceded the archipelago to the Uruguayan state.
No one remembers an 1841 treaty signed between Spain and Uruguay, said Ackermann, according to the Telegraph. "In that document, Spain cedes it the naval base's powers," meaning that under the treaty, Spain ceded the Falklands to Uruguay.
"Seventeen years later, Spain did the same with Argentina, but it couldn't give it something it's already given another. That is a very strong argument in favor of Uruguay."
Villegas added that Argentinean legislators also signed off on the agreement in 1972, without noticing the detail.
But Uruguay is unlikely to pursue the evidence since Uruguayan President Jose Mujica supports Argentinas claim to the islands.
That became clear last year, when a minor snafu erupted into controversy and highlighted the symbolic importance of the archipelagos name. Mujica had signed a decree that listed the dependent territories in South America -- in it, las Islas Malvinas, as Argentina calls them, were referred to as the Islas Falklands, a mix-up that amounted to recognizing British claims to the archipelago.
It was a small mistake, but the issue is so contentious that the Uruguayan Foreign Office was compelled to offer a statement reaffirming its alliances.
There is not a shadow of doubt when it comes to the Uruguayan support for the Argentine claim, neither any hesitation about its denomination, it said, according to the Buenos Aires Herald.
It may seem strange that this remote archipelago is the cause of so much controversy. Though cruise ship tours have recently boosted tourism in the Falkland Islands, they are far from paradisiacal. The weather is mild -- more chilly than warm -- and perpetually windy. The flora is dull, and the terrain is rocky in spots. Brightly colored buildings lend some charm to the quiet streets of Stanley, the islands capital city. Sheep vastly outnumber humans; penguins and seals are also in abundance near coastal areas. The lingua franca is English, as the vast majority of the population has British roots. There are no traffic lights anywhere.
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Happy about the countrys shrinking unemployment rate? You have the health care industry to thank.
Since the recession hit in late 2007, a huge proportion of the new jobs have been in the health sectorhospitals, doctors offices and nursing homes. All along, those jobs have been rising at a steady clip, while jobs in all other sectors have seen more dismal performance.Take a look at this chart, which shows the wide gulf between health care jobs and everything else:
If health care jobs had just held steady, the unemployment rate would be a full point higher. If they had taken a dive with the rest of the economy, the current unemployment rate would be 10.8 percent, according to an analysis from the Altarum Institute, which track health employment trends.
Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report showed the trend continuing. New health care jobs made up 14.6 percent of the total jobs added, and were among the top contributors to the overall gain in employment.
Health care jobs are across the income spectrum, including low-paid hospital janitors and highly paid doctors and executives. But many are the kind of middle class jobs with benefits and opportunities for advancement that are disappearing from other sectors. Factory work is on the decline, but nursing jobs are on the rise.
The American Hospital Association put out a big report last week, touting its members roles as local economic engines. But theres a limit to how much we can rely on the health sector to prop up our economy.
I examine the tradoffs in this week's National Journal magazine, available for subscribers.
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WASHINGTON The Obama administration on Friday announced a new accommodation for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control.
The new regulation attempts to create a barrier between religious groups and contraception coverage, through insurers or a third party, that would still give women free access to contraception. Whether religious groups will accept this new approach depends in part on the technical details of how its paid for.
The new health care law requires most employers, including faith-affiliated hospitals and nonprofits, to provide health insurance that includes artificial contraception, including sterilization, as a free preventive service. The goal, in part, is to help women space out pregnancies to promote health.
Religious groups which primarily employ and serve people of their own faith such as churches were exempt. But other religiously affiliated groups, such as church-affiliated universities and Catholic Charities, were told they had to comply.
Roman Catholic bishops, evangelicals and some religious leaders who have generally been supportive of President Barack Obamas policies lobbied fiercely for a broader exemption. The Catholic Church prohibits the use of artificial contraception. Evangelicals generally permit the use of birth control, but some object to specific methods such as the morning-after contraceptive pill, which they argue is tantamount to abortion.
Obama had promised to change the birth control requirement so insurance companies and not faith-affiliated employers would pay for the coverage, but religious leaders said more changes were needed to make the plan work.
Since then, more than 40 lawsuits have been filed by religious nonprofits and secular for-profit businesses claiming the mandate violates their religious beliefs. As expected, this latest regulation does not provide any accommodation for individual business owners who have religious objections to the rule.
The latest version of the mandate is now subject to a 60-day public comment period. The mandate takes effect for religious nonprofits in August.
Policy analyst Sarah Lipton-Lubet of the American Civil Liberties Union said the group was assessing details of the proposal, but that it appeared to meet the ACLUs goal of providing seamless coverage of birth control for the affected women.
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The leading healthcare analytics and business intelligence solutions provider has unveiled its online Healthcare Rapid Reads to provide insights into how an Enterprise Data Warehouse can solve specific challenges faced by CIOs, CFOs, CMOs and CMIOs.
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HCDs new Healthcare Rapid Reads outline the challenges faced by specific executive leaders and examines how an Enterprise Data Warehouse can provide them with opportunities not only to address their challenges, but also to empower their entire organization to make more informed decisions that can impact quality and costs in a positive manner.
The Rapid Reads are available and can be found at the HCD online Healthcare Resource Center, which provides free access to a broad range of educational information related to healthcare business intelligence, Enterprise Data Warehouses, industry issues, trends, challenges and solutions. The resources also include white papers, videos and data sheets for healthcare executives, information technology leaders, administrators, medical providers and other professionals.
The Rapid Reads represent the latest updates to the resources center, which HCD will continue to expand as it develops and provides useful content related to all areas of healthcare analytics in the clinical, financial, administrative, and research functions. The Rapid Reads address the responsibilities, challenges and opportunities facing each C-Suite professional and explain how an EDW can meet their needs. The Rapid Reads include:
The Rapid Reads can be downloaded at http://www.hcdataworks.com/resources/index.htm.
About Health Care DataWorks, Inc.
Health Care DataWorks, Inc., a leading provider of business intelligence solutions, empowers healthcare organizations to improve their quality of care and reduce costs. Through its pioneering KnowledgeEdge product suite, including its enterprise data model, analytic dashboards, applications and reports, Health Care DataWorks delivers an Enterprise Data Warehouse necessary for hospitals and health systems to effectively and efficiently gain deeper insights into their operations. For more information, visit http://www.hcdataworks.com.
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Future of Television, OTT, Social Media: Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard at MIPTV 201
From my 2010 MIPTV presentation, but still very accurate IMHO- Thanks to MIPTV for making this available via youtu.be "Social networks are the next broadcasters." Just one of the bold yet insightful predictions made by media futurist Gerd Leonhard in one of his typically colourful presentations, made at MIPTV in April 2010. Please note: you can now download most of my videos by simply subscribing to this iTunes video feed (via Blip.tv) gerd.fm Audio-only versions are being made available here: gerd.fm or on the web at http://www.futuretalks.com My vimeo channel is here vimeo.com (also allows downloads). Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.gerdfuturist.com CEO http://www.thefuturesagency.com Mobile apps road.ie The Future of Business blog http://www.futureof.biz Twitter: http://www.twitter.com about.me
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Ford Motor Company "futurist" Sheryl Connelly
A breakfast forum with Ford Motor Company "futurist" Sheryl Connelly, Responding to consumers and the marketplace, innovations in the automotive industry continue to unfold at a rapid pace. What are the hottest trends in automotive manufacturing and where are they leading us? What will the cars of the future look like, and how will these advances in technology and design affect the way we drive and use our vehicles? As manager of Ford Motor Company #39;s Global Trends and Futuring, Sheryl Connelly is paid to think about these questions full-time. With Ford since 1996, Sheryl analyzes trends that are shaping the cars of today and tomorrow. She collects insights from thought leaders in academia, health care, government and the corporate world, looking outside the automotive industry to understand what #39;s happening in social, technological, economic, environmental and political arenas and how these developments may influence car-buying consumers #39; values, attitudes and behaviors. A multi-disciplinary professional, Sheryl graduated from Michigan State University with a finance degree and earned a JD and an MBA from the University of Detroit-Mercy.
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MTO Summit 2012 - Speaker Presentation Abstract - Keith Suter - Futurist
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Andrew Hessel, Genomic Futurist
At this event, held in Geneva on 17 January 2013, we explore the power of open intellectual property (IP) systems and collaborative innovation models for tackling the global challenge of feeding 9 billion people. With farmers around the world facing ever-growing pressures such as climate change, depleting resources and changing diets and taste preferences, new tools and modern technologies are needed more than ever. What is the role of IP protection in encouraging the innovation the world needs? Can we find new solutions to facilitate technology access and increase collaboration? More information: http://www.syngenta.com
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Freedom-Andrei Nosov(studio versh/ super slow kitchen rant) 2013
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The Balochistan Freedom Movement on SUN Television Canada
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Sajna Tere Bina Dedicated to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by Freedom and Leela
Punjabi Song Sajna Tere Bina Dedicated to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by Freedom and Leela at NDP fund raiser Surrey BC January 26th, 2013. http://www.freedomandleela.com
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TIMBUKTU, Mali On the day the French came and the Islamists left, Hawi Traore folded up her veil and tied on a vibrantly colored wraparound dress. The next day, she wore heels. The day after, she got her hair braided and slipped on sparkly earrings.
And finally, on Thursday, the 12-year-old girl turned the music on her cellphone back on and danced in the streets, celebrating freedom from the draconian rules imposed by al-Qaeda-linked militants on this desert capital for much of the past year.
Four days since French commandos parachuted onto the sand north of Timbuktu and liberated the storied city from the Islamists, there is a growing sense of freedom particularly among women.
Their jubilation
Malian girl Azahara Abdu, who was allegedly sexually abused by Islamists, stands in her home in the newly liberated ancient city of Timbuktu. French-led forces have recaptured the city in their offensive against Islamist rebels.
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Freedom returns to Timbuktu after months of radical Islamic rule
On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up her veil. On the next day, she wore heels. On the day after, she put on her sparkly earrings, got her hair braided and tried her mother's perfume.
Finally on Thursday, the 12-year-old girl dared to dance in the streets, celebrating freedom from the draconian rules that were imposed by the al-Qaida-linked militants on this desert capital for much of the past year.
Four days since French special forces liberated Timbuktu, there is a growing sense of freedom particularly among women. The speed with which women have claimed back their freedom underscores one of the advantages the French hold against an elusive enemy on unforgiving terrain: The population here has long practiced a moderate Islam rather than the extremism of the militants.
Although Timbuktu has long been a code word for the ends of the earth, until recently its women led a relatively modern existence, where they were not required to be covered and could socialize with men. That changed abruptly last year, when radical Islamists seized control of the northern half of Mali in the chaos after a coup in the distant capital.
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When they first arrived, Hawi, a tall, fast-talking, sassy preteen girl, was just learning how to put on makeup. She learned the hard way to wear the toungou, the word for veil in the Songhai language. Her slender arm still bears the scar left by the whip of the Islamic police, her punishment for not properly covering up.
Her once-free life became increasingly restricted, as did that of her sisters and friends.
The Islamists showed no mercy, beating everyone from pregnant women to grandmothers to 9-year-old girls who weren't fully covered. Even talking to a brother on the front stoop of a woman's own home could get her in trouble.
Smoking, drinking and music were banned. So was playing soccer. The worst punishment was reserved for love outside the rules, and an unmarried couple who had two children out of wedlock was stoned to death in one northern Malian town.
Fatouma Traore lives on Street No. 415 in Timbuktu, the road that runs directly in front of the building where the Islamic Tribunal operated in what was once a luxury, boutique hotel. A leaflet left in the dirt in the courtyard set out eight rules for how women should wear the veil.
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HACKENSACK, N.J., Jan. 31, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freedom Home Healthcare, a leading provider of geriatric care management and in-home care for older adults, announced today that it has opened a new branch in North Brunswick, NJ. The company has two additional offices in Hackensack and Mt. Laurel.
"Since 2003, Freedom has been providing in-home health care services that enable older adults to age with grace and dignity," said Barbra London, Freedom's president. "With our newest location in central New Jersey, we are now positioned to provide care to older adults living throughout the entire state."
In addition to providing in-home care for older adults, Freedom also serves as an informational resource to other health care professionals. Throughout the years, the Freedom team of experts has provided continuing education seminars for social workers, nurses, long-term care administrators and assisted living administrators.
"We're excited to call central New Jersey home and to provide older adults living in surrounding communities with the exceptional care for which we are known," said London. "We also look forward to building relationships with local health care providers who share our commitment to excellence."
For more information about Freedom's services and locations, visit .freedom-homehealthcare.com.
About Freedom Home Healthcare
Founded in 2003, Freedom Home Healthcare (www.freedom-homehealthcare.com) is a premier provider of in-home care for older adults, their families and professional referral sources. The company's full spectrum of concierge-level services includes hourly, respite and live-in care, as well as long-distance caregiving and geriatric care management. With three offices located throughout New Jersey, Freedom provides both short- and long-term care.
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Spiritual Journeys With Celtic Spirit Spirit Dancer - Morgellons Syndrome Eugenics [01-29-2013]
The Spiritual Journeys Show With Celtic Spirit Spirit Dancer on Critical Mass Radio recorded on January 29, 2013 Guests: Conny, Cyndi Morgellons Syndrome Eugenics ""Alternative views, news and Interviews The pro-active station"" http://www.syncrenicity.com http://www.blogtalkradio.com criticalmassradio.co.uk
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Al Gore #39;s new ideological eugenics is spooky and right out of Margaret Sanger (Glenn Beck)
From "The Glenn Beck Program" (Thursday, January 31, 2013 edition)
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Ear pointing by Samppa Von Cyborg
Hey just a little intro to my little ear points done by the most amazing Samppa Von Cyborg. I #39;ll be making a more detailed video after I #39;ve had a decent chat with Samppa to make sure I cover everything correctly, but in the meantime please if you have any questions please leave them in the comments and I #39;ll do my best to answer them in the next video. Thanks for watching!!!
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Will she or wont she?
Can the womens fight everyone most wants to see ever come to fruition?
Is there any way to make the Ronda Rousey vs. Cris Cyborg Santos fight happen?
Cyborg says there is a way, but that UFC president Dana White is just protecting Rousey, trying to make the fight happen with Cyborg going into it handicapped.
I am not afraid of Ronda Rousey, Cyborg posted recently via Twitter. I will fight her anywhere anytime for free.
Everyone knows I barely make 145 (pounds), but I am willing to sacrifice and meet her halfway at 140.
White has said over and over again that the UFC instituted a 135-pound womens division and installed Rousey as the divisions first champion; period. They are not ready to add any other womens weight classes anytime soon.
Cyborg either wants to come in and fight for the title and get a big payday and fight the champion or she doesn't, said White.
Cyborg believes that White is holding his stance because he wants his new champion to have an unfair advantage.
I can't believe Dana White says I want nothing to do with Ronda Rousey, she posted.
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Has Cris Cyborg Made an Offer that Ronda Rousey and UFC President Dana White Can't Refuse?