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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU negotiators remain hopeful of a deal later this month on the bloc's next long-term budget, despite differences of opinion between Germany, Britain and other major financial contributors.
Talks on Wednesday between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister David Cameron failed to produce a compromise on the budget plan, worth a proposed 1 trillion euros (801.2 billion pounds) between 2014-2020.
While both countries want to cut the spending blueprint proposed by the European Commission, London is pushing for a deeper reduction than Berlin by insisting on a real terms budget freeze.
"There is still an important distance between Britain and Germany on the overall figure, but I don't rule out some convergence before the summit," said one EU diplomat involved in the negotiations, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Hopes of a deal at the November summit - which could drag on for three days - appeared to recede last week when Cameron was defeated by opposition lawmakers and rebels in hos own party who voted for a real terms cut in EU spending.
The government had already threatened to veto any summit deal that went against Britain's national interests, and the parliamentary setback appeared to further restrict Cameron's room for manoeuvre at the talks.
"People will now know that we are serious when we talk about the need for a spending freeze," one British government official said.
While many governments share Britain's desire to limit their contributions to Europe, Cameron could find himself isolated at the summit if he is unwilling to look for a compromise.
"Everyone wants Britain to be a part of the EU, but the question is whether we will pay any price to keep them with us, which is something Cameron needs to consider," said another EU diplomat who also insisted on anonymity.
"Does he have the political capital necessary to keep saying no, no to the budget, no to banking union?"
One element that experts say could play a decisive role in winning Britain over is a deal to further limit EU administrative expenditure.
While only a fraction of the total budget is spent on officials' salaries and pensions, the perception that EU civil servants are immune to the deep public sector cuts imposed by national governments has fuelled resentment.
At the last EU summit in October, Cameron said that 16 percent of the Commission's 30,000 employees earned over 100,000 euros per year.
"What we've done in Britain, we have cracked down on central administration, the costs of Whitehall, on the numbers of people employed to release money for things that are more important, and we need to see in the budget proposals that sort of rigorous approach," he told reporters.
But governments face opposition from the Commission - which says the 5 percent reduction in EU staff it proposed for the next budget period is sufficient - and civil servants themselves.
Thousands of EU officials went on strike on Thursday to protest against the prospect of deeper pay and staffing cuts as part of any government deal on the budget.
Sylvie Jacobs, the head of the largest union of EU officials the Union Syndicale Federale, said the strikers accepted that the cuts already proposed were necessary, but that governments should not go further in search of extra savings.
"What we contest in the Commission proposal is not to make economies as such, because we can't live in a bubble, we know what's going on around us in Europe, so we're quite aware that everybody has to comply to some extent to an austerity policy," she told Reuters.
"But some member states have proposed cuts which are so drastic that we feel there will no longer be a Europe left, or at least not the Europe that we came to work for."
Asked how their strike would be viewed in Greece, where the parliament approved a fresh round of austerity cuts on Wednesday, one EU official protesting outside the Commission headquarters in Brussels said: "Just because they have problems, it doesn't mean that we can't fight for our rights."
Additional reporting by Robin Emmott; editing by Ron Askew


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ABC Family Orders a Third Season of Hit Original Comedy Series "Baby Daddy"
Burbank, CA (March 22, 2013) - ABC Family today announced the network has green-lit a third season of its hit original comedy series, "Baby Daddy." The order came just as production wrapped on the second season of the series, which premieres on ABC Family, Wednesday, May 29, from 8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT, after an all-new episode of comedy "Melissa & Joey."
"Baby Daddy" premiered to ratings success in its first season as the #1 new cable comedy of Summer 2012 in key female demos, winning its time period across ABC Family's core Adult 18-34, Adult 18-49 and Millennial demos. Together with "Melissa & Joey," "Baby Daddy" has made ABC Family summer's cable comedy destination on Wednesday nights. The series stars Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Derek Theler, Tahj Mowry, with Melissa Peterman and Chelsea Kane. "Baby Daddy" is created and executive-produced by Dan Berendsen ("The Nine Lives of Chloe King," "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," "Hannah Montana: The Movie"). The multi-camera comedy shoots in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles.
"'Baby Daddy' was an immediate success when it launched. Based on the creative strength we saw during production on Season Two, and how the episodes, storylines and characters are developing, we decided to double down on this hit show and keep it in production for additional episodes," said Michael Riley, president, ABC Family. "We have a great deal of faith that our brilliant creative team and wonderful cast will continue to warm our hearts and make us laugh each week."
"Baby Daddy," the #1 comedy series in ABC Family history, follows Ben (Bilodeau), a young man in his early 20s living the life of a bachelor as a bartender in New York City with his buddy, Tucker (Mowry), and his brother, Danny (Theler), a professional hockey player. Their lives are turned upside down when they come home one day to find a baby girl left on the doorstep by an ex-girlfriend of Ben's. After much deliberation, Ben decides to raise the baby with the help of his friends and his protective and sometimes over-bearing mother, Bonnie (Peterman), and his close female friend, Riley (Kane), who has had a secret crush on him since childhood. Riley is hopeful that Ben will finally take notice, but she doesn't realize that Ben's brother, Danny, is harboring a secret crush on her.
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The U.S. launched a new campaign of airstrikes against ISIS in Libya on Monday, NBC News reported.
The "precision airstrikes" were conducted in support of Libyan government forces (GNA) that are attempting to drive ISIS from Sirte, a city between Tripoli and Benghazi, the Pentagon and Libya's official government confirmed.
tThe U.S. is targeting ISIS military "infrastructure such as tanks, high-caliber weapons, and command and control nodes using precision ordnance," a senior U.S. administration official said.
Prime Minster Fayez Seraj, leader of Libya's United Nations-backed government, claimed the first airstrikes caused "sever losses to enemy ranks."


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There wasn't a dry eye in the house at IRONMAN Western Australia when Adelaide's Kevin Fergusson delivered on his three year promise to his mate Sid James to make him an IRONMAN. Read More >
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President Obama takes oath, calls for 'a new era of responsibility'
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took the reins of power from George Bush today, using his inaugural address to stake out a new moral high ground for the nation in the eyes of the world.
His 19-minute speech capped a frenzied morning in which the National Mall was packed and Washington came to a standstill. As the nation's first black president, he called for acceptance among clashing ethnic and religious groups at home and abroad.
"Let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled," he said.
His words came under a clear sky, as more than 1 million people packed the National Mall and U.S. Capitol this morning, according to the Associated Press, which based its estimate on crowd photographs and comparisons with past events.
His speech — coming after a rousing performance by Aretha Franklin — brought a huge roar from the audience. People around town tuned in as well: At the George Washington University Hospital emergency room waiting area, the staff and patients — some sitting in wheelchairs — clapped and cheered after Obama took the oath.
Watching the speech on a single TV in the waiting room, some wiped the corners of their eyes as Obama pledged to restore the United States' legal and moral standing in the world.
The speech took place a few minutes after noon. But by then, the day had already been long.
It started early, well before dawn, as people boarded buses and subways, mounted their bikes, or got out their best walking shoes for the long trek to the inauguration zone.
As early as 3:30 a.m., lines formed in suburban parking lots for the Metro subway system. Metro started running trains at 4 a.m., and the first ones were packed.
On a bicycle trail that winds along the Potomac River from suburban Maryland to downtown Washington, scores of bicyclists were riding in the dark — many of them without lights.
Downtown Washington streets were blocked off, with checkpoints rimming the Mall and Capitol. Thousands of National Guard members, police and other security workers managed checkpoints and street corners.
Vendors were out in force, too. By 6 a.m. outside the Dupont Circle Metro subway station, Lee Williams of Baltimore struggled to hawk his commemorative Obama T-shirts. He'd been on the job since 11:30 p.m. Monday.
"I ain't sold two," complained Williams, who retreated to his car to warm up when he got too cold.
People passing him by were intent on their destination: a prime spot on the Mall, even if the only view was of the JumboTron television screens.
By 7 a.m., near the Department of Labor in Northwest Washington, nearly 5,000 people were already on the streets. They were young and old, black and white. Some were dressed in their finest, while most were bundled up in parkas or other heavy coats. Everybody was calm, waiting for the security teams to start clearing people through.
More than a mile away, a sea of passengers exited a Metro stop as officials barked to "keep it moving!"
The crowd promptly picked up the chant as they rode up the elevators to emerge in the Capitol's shadow.
"Keep it moving," they chanted. "Yes we can!"
By 9 a.m. — still three hours before swearing-in — alerts went out that Mall was basically full east of 14th Street, and that people still working their way downtown should aim further west. At the same time, security checkpoints were straining to handle the massive crowds.
By 10:50, President George W. Bush and President-Elect Obama were on their way, traveling in a massive motorcade up Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol, where Hollywood stars such as Denzel Washington and Dustin Hoffman awaited the ceremony alongside their fans.
"It is an amazing day and I will pass this on to my children, grandchildren, generation to generation," said Barbara Morrison of New York City, who waited with a crowd estimated at 10,000 near one security checkpoint. "I never thought I would see this day."
Whatever the enthusiasm, the day was tempered by the cold, with the wind chill throughout the morning about 10 degrees, and the temperature in the low 20s.
Near one Metro stop, a group of six students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology huddled around a map, breath steaming, trying to figure the best way to the Mall. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the computer science majors shrugged, they had a GPS device. But taking it out to use it was too chilly, said Andrew Sutherland, 19.
"My hands are just too cold," Sutherland said.
A few people milling around downtown carried anti-Bush signs. One said, "Bush your time is up." But mostly people came to celebrate the inauguration.
"I've lived in this city for 23 years and never seen anything like this," said Michael Fener, who spent the night in his downtown Washington office with his wife.
"We just wanted to be part of something special," Regine Fener said.
For Jeff and Susan Larry of Chicago, it was the end of a long journey.
The couple began volunteering for Obama nearly two years ago, shortly after the Illinois senator announced his candidacy for president. They traveled to seven different caucus and primary states, knocking on doors, passing out fliers, making telephone calls and even giving speeches.
By Tuesday, Jeff Larry, who runs a venture capital firm in Chicago, could hardly contain his glee. "I have danced more in the last two days than I have in the last 20 years," he said.
At the same time, he struggled to find the proper message for his three children, also at the inauguration.
"I'm constantly walking a fine line between making it a big deal and not making it a big deal," he said. "You can't expect 7-, 10- and 13-year-old black children to internalize all the history we've gotten over the 47 years we lived and what our ancestors gave us. These kids see a different world. So this is way more impactful for us than it is for them."
It was a sentiment echoed by many others, particularly African Americans of the civil rights generation — many of whom never dreamed they would live to see a black person elected to the nation's highest office.
During the swearing-in ceremony, Cincinnati native Dorothy Darby and her cousin Yvette Edwards, of Baltimore, cried and Edwards shouted words of praise when Obama placed his hand on Lincoln's Bible. After the ceremony, the two women walked as far as they could down First Street, then they took a break, leaned against a building, and watched the crowd pass by. As they sat, they contemplated the gravity of the moment.
"I have been working on this campaign for two years," Darby said. "I wanted to follow this thing through to see the first black man elected president. Barack has shown that this is everyone's country. A place for the blacks, whites, Hispanics, Asians, Indians. Now we are truly a melting pot."
Also contributing to this story were Halimah Abdullah, Barbara Barrett, Erika Bolstad, Les Blumenthal, Lesley Clark, William Douglas, Jonathan S. Landay, Warren P. Strobel, Tony Pugh and Tish Wells.


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Throughout the summer, Career Services has been busy preparing for the upcoming fall semester. As summer break winds down, an increasing number of employers have been in touch with us as they look for part-time, full-time and internship candidates. If you're seeking a position, you certainly don't want to miss out on these opportunities! Here are a few things you can do now to prepare for the fall recruiting season:
• Got a plan? First things first. Before you start your job or internship search, do you know where you're headed? Perhaps you recently declared your major and have ideas about possible careers, but haven't really explored your options. By having a goal or general direction in mind, it will help you develop a more effective resume and target your job or internship search. Visit with a staff member in Career Services if you need help narrowing down your options or developing a plan.
• Develop or update your resume. If you created a resume last year, review it carefully. Does the same information apply? Does your objective accurately reflect your search? Have you added your summer employment or internship to your resume? It might be time to delete older information (such as high school involvement) and include relevant courses or projects you've completed. We have guides and resources on our website to help you develop or update your resume. Remember, our staff can review your resume to help you effectively market yourself to employers.
• PRO – Phoenix Recruitment Online. Be sure to upload your resume into PRO. Not only is it required to participate in on-campus interviews, but it also allows employers to find you if they conduct a resume search in the system. You will also want to update your profile in PRO – check your contact information, major, anticipated graduation date. Set up a search agent – this tool in PRO will notify you be email when new openings are posted in the system. Instructions for uploading resumes, searching for jobs and setting up a search agent are located in the Resource Library in PRO. (TIP: Look at the tabs on the left side of the screen – click on "Resource Library" – and find the "PRO User Information" folder.)
• Attire. This might sound simple (and it is), but do you have appropriate attire if you'd be invited for an interview… let's say… tomorrow? Sometimes students are caught off-guard, receiving an interview offer sooner than they had anticipated. Avoid the last-minute scramble and make a great first impression. Check your wardrobe to see if you have at least one interview appropriate outfit. We have tips to "Dress for Success" on our website at http://www.uwgb.edu/careers/skills/dress-for-success.asp
• Know (and utilize) your resources. Career Services has a comprehensive website and hosts various workshops and programs throughout the semester. We also coordinate visits for employers who hold information tables on campus, conduct interviews, and attend our job & internship fairs. And don't forget – our staff members are a valuable resource, whether you're exploring your options, developing your professional skills, or making connections with employers. You can view the our workshops and programs at http://www.uwgb.edu/careers/skills/calendar.asp and our a complete calendar of programs, employer visits, and campus interviews is available in the "Career Events" section of the PRO system.
On behalf of the staff in Career Services, best wishes for a great start to the Fall 2012 semester. Please connect with us as you have questions!


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Redmill Rules
It has been noted over the last couple of years anglers have arrived with large bags of what are being called Cell Boilies. These have been purchased on the internet for as little as £6.50 a kilo. This is not a good quality bait, I doubt it is Mainline Cell but is a bad imitation. So from now on all Mainline baits bought to Redmill must be in a sealed Mainline branded bag to ensure they are genuine.
If you are not sure please contact me before your trip.
Alternatively you can try the new Redmill Protein and Nut extract bait. It is a superb quality bait and there are good discounts for bulk orders.
Lastly can all anglers note that weigh stations does not mean we supply scales. Please bring your own.
The fish in Redmill are in immaculate condition and the rules are there to make sure they stay that way. The high quality anglers visiting Redmill mean the rules can be kept to a minimum.
For the weighing of fish please use the recovery slings provided.
Weigh all fish on the weigh station with mats or cradles beneath. This is safer and will give you a far more accurate weight
When transferring fish into the weigh sling ensure there is a cradle or mat under the fish at all times
For photography of fish captures, always kneel to hold the fish which should be done only over the carp mat or cradle - never stand up holding the fish.
If the fish flaps whilst holding it, simply bring the fish into your body then place back on to the mat or cradle,
Wet the fish up from the bucket provided, and start again.
All fish should be returned to the lake using the recovery sling provided.
Our fish are in wonderful condition and we mean to keep it this way, so following these steps will avoid any damage to these quality fish.
Large unhooking mats, carp cradles and recovery slings are available free of charge to all anglers. (deposit of £40 or 50 euros required). There are also weigh stations in each swim. Please take advantage of this and use them to make weighing fish safe and accurate.
We are here to make sure your week is enjoyable and you catch some fantastic fish so please ASK QUESTIONS.


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Days before Greenwich visit, Prince Harry cheered
The throngs swooned but Prince Harry was having none of it.
As the prince began a week-long visit to The Colonies -- including a Wednesday appearance in Greenwich -- enthusiastic crowds have gathered to get a glimpse of royality.
The British soldier-prince is spending most of his week in the U.S. honoring the wounded and the dead of war, a salute that began Thursday at a land-mine exhibition in Congress at the side of one of America's most storied wounded warriors, Sen. John McCain. Accorded heart-throb treatment, the prince was all royal business.
As he entered the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building near the Capitol, the prince was greeted by a roar and shouts of "Harry!" from a crowd of about 500, nearly all of them women. They filled a roped-off hallway and stairway with a view of the exhibit, hoisting their cellphones and tablets to get a picture. Harry didn't visibly react except to give what appeared to be a polite wave.
McCain, with a laugh, said he told Harry "I've never seen, in all the years I've been here, such an unbalanced gender crowd."
On Friday, Harry visits Arlington National Cemetery, meets comrades in arms at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and flies to the 2013 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., where more than 200 wounded servicemen and women from the U.S. and Britain will compete.
If you're hoping to get a glimpse of the prince when he's in Greenwich Wednesday forget about it.
He'll be at an invitation-only charity match at the Greenwich Polo Club pitting the 28-year-old British royal against some of the sport's top talent, including Nacho Figueras, the face of Ralph Lauren, will be by invitation-only, Greenwich Time has learned.
There are no tickets for sale for the May 15 Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup, which will benefit children in the severely impoverished African nation of Lesotho, a situation that drove Harry to co-found his own charity.
The Huffington Post reports that Connecticut's elite have been clamoring for tickets to the match, reaching out to any possible "in," from relevant charity organizations to journalist acquaintances. "We've gotten calls to be a flag boy," Peter Brant, founder of the Greenwich Polo Club. "I don't think anyone sees Prince Harry all the time on the social circuit," he told the New York Times.
In Greenwich, the youngest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana will play for the Sentebale Land Rover Team, while the Argentine model/polo player Figueras will captain the St. Regis Hotels & Resorts team.
Brant, the polo-playing newsprint magnate who is married to former supermodel Stephanie Seymour and owns the Greenwich Polo Club, will also compete against the prince's team. The charity event made its debut in 2009, with Harry falling off his pony during a match on Governors Island in New York.
While in The States, the Prince is expected to behave and will be all business.
As for the prince's reputation for cutting loose on occasion, McCain joked that the British diplomatic reception and dinner later Thursday evening was sure to be a "wild and raucous affair."
On Thursday night in Washington, British Ambassador Peter Westmacott hosted a dinner for about 30 guests after a reception for 170, many connected with the mine-clearing HALO Trust charity. Harry sat between Teresa Heinz, wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, and the ambassador's wife, Susie, for the dinner.
The prince spoke in support of the trust, a charity his late mother, Princess Diana, had held dear.
"My mother, who believed passionately in this cause, would be proud of my association with HALO," he said. "In her special way, she adopted it as her own. She would join me -- along with all of you, I'm sure -- in praising HALO for the amazing work that it has done over the past quarter-century, and in hoping that one day soon its humanitarian work will be done."
Diana highlighted the trust's work when she was pictured wearing a face mask and protective clothing during a visit to a minefield being cleared by the organization in Angola in 1997. Her son said that at any one time, the group has 7,000 people deployed in the field, "striving to protect people and banish the fear that pervades the lives of millions around the world."
Before visiting Greenwich, Harry will also visit parts of New Jersey afflicted by Superstorm Sandy and stop for events in New York City.
The Greenwich appearance is Harry's last public appearance before crossing "The Pond" for home.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Tongva people
Mrs. James Rosemeyre (née Narcisa Higuera), photographed here in 1905, was one of the last fluent Tongva speakers. An informant for the ethnographer C. Hart Merriam, she was the source of the widely used endonym Tongva.[1]
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Many lines of evidence suggest that the Tongva are descended of Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples from Nevada who moved southwest into coastal Southern California 3,500 years ago. These migrants either absorbed or pushed out the Hokan-speaking peoples in the region.[2][3] By 500 AD the Tongva had come to occupy all the lands now associated with them.[2] A hunter-gatherer society, the Tongva traded widely with neighboring peoples. Over time scattered communities came to speak distinct dialects of the Tongva language, part of the Takic subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family. There may have been five or more such dialects (three on the Channel Islands and at least two on the mainland).[1] The Tongva language became extinct in the twentieth century, but a reconstructed form continues to be spoken today.
Initial Spanish exploration of the Los Angeles area occurred in 1542, but sustained contact with the Tongva came only after Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was constructed in 1771. This marked the beginning of an era of forced relocation and exposure to Old World diseases, leading to the rapid collapse of the Tongva population.[4] At times the Tongva violently resisted Spanish rule, such as the 1785 rebellion led by the female chief Toypurina.[1] In 1821, Mexico gained its independence from Spain and the government sold mission lands to ranchers, forcing the Tongva to culturally assimilate. Three decades later California was ceded to the United States following the Mexican–American War. The US government signed treaties with the Tongva promising Script error: No such module "convert". of land for reservations, but these treaties were never ratified.[5] By the turn of the 20th century, the Island Tongva had disappeared and the mainland communities were also nearing extinction.
The endonym Tongva was recorded by American ethnographer C. Hart Merriam in 1903 and has been widely adopted by scholars and descendants,[1] although some prefer the endonym Kizh.[6] Since 2006, there have been four organizations claiming to represent the Tongva Nation: the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe, known as the "hyphen" group from the hyphen in their name;[7] the Gabrielino/Tongva Tribe, known as the "slash" group;[8] the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians;[9] and the Gabrieleño/Tongva Tribal Council.[10] Two of the groups are the result of a hostile split over the question of building an Indian casino.[11] In 1994, the state of California recognized the Tongva "as the aboriginal tribe of the Los Angeles Basin," but no group representing the Tongva has attained recognition by the federal government.[5] In 2008, more than 1,700 people identified as Tongva or claimed partial ancestry.[5]
The first record of an endonym for the Tongva people was Kizh (also spelled Kij), from 1846.[12] Although subsequent authors[13] equated this with the word for "house" (also often spelled kizh), Hale gives the word for house as kītç in a list where the language was called "Kīj", suggesting that the words were distinct.[14] The term Kizh was generally used at that time to designate the language, and the first comprehensive publication on the language used it.[15]
In 1875, Yarrow indicated that the name Kizh was unknown at Mission San Gabriel. He reported that the natives called themselves Tobikhar, meaning "settlers", and spoke almost exclusively Spanish.[13] In 1885, Hoffman also referred to the natives as Tobikhar.[16]
The word Tongva was recorded by Merriam in 1903 from a single informant. He spelled it Tong-vā; by his orthography, it would be pronounced /ˈtɒŋveɪ/, TONG-vay.[17]
The name Tongva has become increasingly preferred as a self-designation since the 1990s,[citation needed] although either "Gabrieleño" or "Gabrielino" is part of every official name.[18] The Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel on their website say that Tongva means "people of the earth."[19] There is no independent evidence for this.
The Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians have disavowed the name Tongva and accepted Kizh as the correct endonym. They have argued strongly against the use of "Tongva".[20]
The territory which in historical times was occupied by the Tongva had been inhabited since at least 8,000 years ago. A prehistoric milling area estimated to be 8,000 years old was discovered in 2006 at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains near Azusa, California. The find yielded arrowheads, hearths and stone slabs used to grind seeds as well as tools and implements, but no human or animal bones.[21] The Chowigna site in Palos Verdes, California, excavated in the 1930s, dates back 7,100 years or more.[22]
In 2007 and early 2008, over 174 ancient American Indian remains were unearthed by archaeologists at a development site of Brightwater Hearthside Homes in the Bolsa Chica Mesa area in Orange County, California. This land was once shared by the Tongva and Acjachemem tribes. The site was in legal limbo for years before Hearthside was given permission to start construction of over 300 homes. The Tongva and Acjachemem Indians are in dispute over the remains and how to handle them.[23]
As speakers of a language of the Uto-Aztecan family, the remote ancestors of the Tongva probably coalesced as a people in the Sonoran Desert, between perhaps 3,000 and 5,000 years ago.[24] This was a center of that language family.
The diversity within the Takic group is "moderately deep"; rough estimates by comparative linguists place the breakup of common Takic into the Luiseño-Juaneño on one hand, and the Tongva-Serrano on the other, at about 2,000 years ago (comparable to the proliferation of the Romance languages of Europe).[25] The division of the Tongva-Serrano group into the separate Tongva and Serrano peoples is more recent, and may have been influenced by Spanish missionary activity.
Recorded history
The first Europeans arrived in the Los Angeles area in 1542, when Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo reached San Pedro Bay, near present-day San Pedro. Cabrillo stated that his ship was greeted by indigenous people in canoes.[citation needed]
The Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was established by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in 1771. The Tongva/Gabrielino population numbered about 5,000 at this time.[26] Well over 25,000 baptisms were conducted at San Gabriel between 1771 and 1834.[citation needed]
The earliest ethnological surveys of the Christianized population of the San Gabriel area, who were then known by the Spanish as Gabrielino, were conducted in the mid-19th century. By this time, the pre-Christian religious beliefs and mythology were already fading. The Tongva language was on the brink of extinction by 1900, so only fragmentary records of the indigenous language and culture of the Tongva have been preserved.
Along with the Chumash – their neighbors to the north and west – and other tribes along the Pacific coast, the Tongva built seaworthy canoes[citation needed] which they called ti'at. To build them, they used planks that were sewn together, edge to edge, and then caulked and coated with either pine pitch, or, more commonly, the tar that was available either from the La Brea Tar Pits, or as asphaltum that had washed up on shore from offshore oil seeps.[citation needed] The titi'at could hold as many as 12 people, their gear and the trade goods which they carried to trade with other people along the coast or on the Channel Islands.[citation needed]
The library of Loyola Marymount University, located in Los Angeles (Westchester), has an extensive collection of archival materials related to the Tongva and their history.
Contemporary tribe
In the 21st century, an estimated 1,700 people self-identify as members of the Tongva or Gabrielino tribe.[5] In 1994, the state of California recognized the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe (Spanish: Tribu de Gabrieleño-Tongva)[citation needed] and the Fernandino-Tongva Tribe (Spanish: Tribu de Fernandeño-Tongva),[citation needed] but neither has gained federal recognition.
The Gabrielino/Tongva people do not accept one organization or government as representing them. They have had strong internal disagreements about governance and their future, largely related to plans supported by some members to open a gaming casino on land that would be considered part of the Gabrielino/Tongva's homeland. Gaming casinos have generated great revenues for many Native American tribes, but not all Tongva people believe the benefits outweigh negative aspects. The Gabrielino/Tongva Tribe (sometimes called the "slash" group) and Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe (sometimes called the "hyphen" group) are the two primary factions advocating a casino for the Tongva nation, with sharing of revenues by all the people. The Gabrielino/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel is the primary faction that does not support gaming. None of these organizations is recognized as a tribe by the federal government.
History of organizations and casino dispute
In 1994, the Gabrielino/Tongva of San Gabriel filed for federal recognition. Other Gabrielino groups have done the same. The Gabrielino/Tongva of California Tribal Council and the Coastal Gabrielino-Diegueno Band of Mission Indians filed federal petitions in 1997. These applications for federal recognition remain pending.
The San Gabriel group gained acknowledgement of its nonprofit status by the state of California in 1994. In 2001, the San Gabriel council divided over concessions given to the developers of Playa Vista and a proposal to build an Indian casino in Compton, California. A Santa Monica faction formed that advocated gaming for the tribe, which the San Gabriel faction opposed.
The San Gabriel council and Santa Monica faction sued each other over allegations that the San Gabriel faction expelled some members in order to increase gaming shares for other members. There were allegations that the Santa Monica faction stole tribal records in order to support its case for federal recognition.[27]
In September 2006 the Santa Monica faction divided into the "slash" and "hyphen" groups: the Gabrielino/Tongva Tribe and Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe. Tribal secretary Sam Dunlap and tribal attorney Jonathan Stein confronted each other over various alleged fiscal improprieties and derogatory comments made to each other.[28] Since that time, the slash group has hired former state senator Richard Polanco as its chief executive officer. The hyphen group has allied with Stein and issued warrants for the arrest of Polanco and members of the slash group.[29]
Stein's group (hyphen), the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribem is based in Santa Monica. It has proposed a casino to be built in Garden Grove, California, approximately two miles south of Disneyland.[30] In September 2007, the city council of Garden Grove unanimously rejected the casino proposal, instead choosing to build a water park on the land.[31]
Land use issues
Controversies have arisen in contemporary California related to land use issues and Native American rights, including those of the Tongva. Since the late twentieth century, both the state and the United States governments have improved respect of indigenous rights and tribal sovereignty. The Tongva have challenged local development plans in the courts to protect and preserve some of their sacred grounds. Given the long indigenous history in the area, not all archeological sites have been identified.
Sometimes land developers have inadvertently disturbed Tongva burial grounds.[32] The tribe denounced archeologists breaking bones of ancestral remains found during an excavation of a site at Playa Vista.[33] An important resolution was finally honored at the Playa Vista project site against the 'Westchester Bluffs' near the Ballona Wetlands estuary and by the historic natural course of Ballona Creek.[citation needed]
In the 1990s, the Gabrielino/Tongva Springs Foundation revived use of the Kuruvungna Springs for sacred ceremonies. The natural springs are located on the site of a former Tongva village, now developed as the campus of University High School in West Los Angeles. The Tongva consider the springs, which flow at 22,000 gallons per day, to be one of their last remaining sacred sites and they regularly make them the centerpiece of ceremonial events.[citation needed]
The Tongva have another sacred area known as Puvungna. They have believed it is the birthplace of the Tongva prophet Chingishnish, and many believe it to be the place of creation. The site contains an active spring and the area was formerly inhabited by a Tongva village. It has been developed as part of the grounds of California State University, Long Beach. A portion of Puvungna, a Tongva burial ground on the western edge of the campus, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since 1992, developers have repeatedly tried to build a strip mall in the area. The Tongva petitioned the courts for relief, which blocked the development.[citation needed]
Traditional narratives
Tongva/Gabrieleño/Fernandeño oral literature is relatively little known, due to their early Christianization in the 1770s by Spanish missions in California. The available evidence suggests strong cultural links with the group's linguistic kin and neighbors to the south and east, the Luiseño and the Cahuilla.[34]
According to Kroeber (1925), the pre-Christian Tongva had a "mythic-ritual-social six-god pantheon". The principal deity was Chinigchinix, also known as Quaoar. Another important figure is Weywot, the god of the sky, who was created by Quaoar.[35] Weywot ruled over the Tongva, but he was very cruel, and he was finally killed by his own sons. When the Tongva assembled to decide what to do next, they had a vision of a ghostly being who called himself Quaoar, who said he had come to restore order and to give laws to the people. After he had given instructions as to which groups would have political and spiritual leadership, he began to dance and slowly ascended into heaven.[36]
Astronomers have used the name of Quaoar to name a large object in the Kuiper belt, 50000 Quaoar (2002), and named its satellite as Weywot (2009).[35]
From the Spanish colonial period, Tongva place names have been absorbed into general use in California. Examples include: Pacoima, Tujunga, Topanga, Rancho Cucamonga, Azusa, and Cahuenga Pass.
In other cases, toponyms or places have been recently named to honor the indigenous peoples. The Gabrielino Trail is a 28-mile path through the Angeles National Forest, created and named in 1970.[37]
A 2,656-foot summit in the Verdugo Mountains, in Glendale, was named Tongva Peak in 2002, following a proposal by one Richard Toyon.[38]
Tongva Park[39] is a 6.2-acre park in Santa Monica, California. The park is located just south of Colorado Avenue, between Ocean Avenue and Main Street. The park includes an amphitheater, playground, garden, fountains, picnic areas, and restrooms. The park was dedicated on October 13, 2013.
Notable Tongva
- Chief Red Blood Anthony Morales, chairman and tribal leader of the Gabrieleño/Tongva of the San Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians. In 2008 he received the prestigious "Heritage Award" from the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.[citation needed]
- L. Frank, artist, author, indigenous language activist
- Juana Maria, the last known speaker of Nicoleño and the last surviving member of her tribe
- Adele Perez Dominguez, (b.1917), at age 97 is one of the last full-blooded Gabrieleño-Tongva tribal elders; she is the great-granddaughter of the lineal chief Captain Romero and great-aunt of chief Red Blood Anthony Morales.[citation needed]
- Julia Louise Bogany, a Gabrieleño/Tongva Elder, and a member of the San Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians in the San Gabriel Valley.[citation needed]
- Irene Verdugo, also known as Irene Valenzuela (b.1919), one of the oldest living descendants of the San Gabriel band of Mission Indians.[citation needed]
- Reginald "Reggie" Rodriguez, (b. 15 October 1948–d. 17 February 1969) a Vietnam War hero.[40] Reggie Rodriguez Park in Montebello, CA is named in his honor[41] and is a 11 acres (4.5 ha) area on which is located the Reggie Rodriguez Community Center, noted for its unique architecture and providing a central location for activities for the at-risk youth population in the city.[42]Reginald was a direct descendant of the San Gabriel Mission Indians (Tongva) with family buried on mission grounds.
See also
- ^ Alternate spellings include Gabrielino and Fernardino.
- ^ Spanish names did not always differentiate between communities or ethnic groups. For example, the Spanish referred to both the Tongva in the San Fernando Valley and the nearby Tataviam people, who spoke a different language, as "Fernandeño."
- ^ a b c d e f Lepowsky, M. (2004). "Indian revolts and cargo cults: Ritual violence and revitalization in California and New Guinea". In Harkin, M. E. Reassessing revitalization movements: Perspectives from North America and the Pacific Island. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 1–61. ISBN 9780803224063. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ a b Sutton, M. Q. (2009). "People and language: Defining the Takic expansion into southern California" (PDF). Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 41 (1–2): 31–93. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ Kerr, S. L.; Georganna, M. H. (2002). "Population replacement on the Southern Channel Islands: New evidence from San Nicolas Island" (PDF). Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium (Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History): 546–554. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Castillo, E. D. (1994). "Gender status decline, resistance, and accommodation among female neophytes in the missions of California: A San Gabriel case study". American Indian Culture and Research Journal 18 (1): 67–93. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d Oropeza, J.; Scott, J.; Yee, L.; Davis, M.; Karnette, B. (January 31, 2008). "Senate Bill No. 1134". California Legislative Information. Legislative Counsel of California. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Not Tongva". Kizh Nation. Gabrieliño Tribal Council, San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe
- ^ Gabrieliño/Tongva Nation Tribal Council
- ^ http://gabrielenoindians.org/Site/WELCOME.html
- ^ Gabrieleño/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel
- ^ "Battle over a casino plan divides Gabrielino Indians" Los Angeles Times (November 26, 2006)
- ^ Hale, Horatio. 1846, Ethnology and Philology. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN. Open Library
- ^ a b Yarrow, H.C. 1875. "Report on the operations of a special party for making ethnological researches in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, Cal., with an historical account of the region explored." Appendix H 13. p. 556 in Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year 1876. Google Books
- ^ p. 556
- ^ Buschmann, Johann Karl Eduard. 1855. Die Sprachen Kizh und Netela von Neu-Californien. Berlin: Kŏnigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Abhandlungen: 501-531.
- ^ Hoffman, W.J. 1885. "Notes on Hugo Ried's Account of the Indians of Los Angeles, California," in Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Vol 17, p 26.
- ^ McCawley, William. 1996. The First Angelinos. Malki Museum Press.
- ^ Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians, Gabrieleño/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel, Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe, Gabrielino/Tongva Tribe of the Los Angeles Basin
- ^ "'Tongva' means people of the earth, in our language." website of the Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel (tongva.com), September 2001.
- ^ "Not Tongva", Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians
- ^ "Prehistoric mill", USA Today, 3 March 2006; [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14007712.htm Mercury News[dead link]
- ^ Frazier, Sara. "Protohistoric burial practices of the Gabrieleno as evidenced by the comparison of funerary objects from three Southern California sites" (PDF). Solstice Archaeological Consulting: 169–176. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Will Huntington Beach homes sit on ancient burial ground?", Orange County Register
- ^ Jane H. Hill, "Proto-Uto-Aztecan", American Anthropologist, 2001.
- ^ Victor Golla, California Indian Languages, University of California Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4, p. 178f.
- ^ estimate by Kroeber (1925), p.883
- ^ Christine Pelisek, "Casino Nation - Indians and tribal war over a club in Compton", LA Weekly, 8 April 2004.
- ^ Capitol Weekly
- ^ Capitol Weekly
- ^ News: "Lawyer drives casino plan", Orange County Register
- ^ News: "Garden Grove City Council votes down casino proposal", Orange County Register
- ^ Schwarzberg, Robert; "Displacement of the Gabrielino-Tongva Indians"
- ^ Williams, Jennifer L., "Grave Disturbances: Been Digging Lately"
- ^ Kroeber (1925) pp. 623-626 has fragments of myths, with comparisons. McCawley (1996) includes previously unpublished narratives collected in 1914-1933 by John Peabody Harrington, pp. 174-178. Heizer (1968) notes that Hugo Reid's letter of 1852 contains what he describes as a kind of Orpheus legend.[clarification needed]
- ^ a b Lakdawalla, Emily. "Two new names in the solar system: Herse and Weywot", The Planetary Society. 12 Nov 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ Williams (2003), pp. 30-33.
- ^ "several existing trails were renamed to make a 'new' 28.5 mile trail in 1970" (adamspackstation.com)
- ^ Carol Chambers, "One Man's Crusade to Take a Peak Into History", Los Angeles Times, 13 August 2001.
In September of 2002, Mr. Toyon was successful in lobbying congress in Washington, D.C. and in Sacramento, to persuade the U.S. Geological Survey to officially name a prominent peak in the Verdugo Mountains, Tongva Peak, in honor of the first people of the Los Angeles basin. Later that year, the peak was dedicated and the plaque that names the mountain sits imbedded in a boulder on the summit of Tongva Peak in perpetuity. TERA (The Eagle Rock Association)[1], January 2006
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://www.virtualwall.org/dr/RodriguezRJ01a.htm
- ^ Montebello, California#cite note-42
- ^ https://archrecord.construction.com/subscription/LoginSubscribe.asp?cid=/projects/BTS/archives/public/ReggieRodriguez/overview.asp
- Bibliography
- Bean, Lowell John and Charles R. Smith. 1978. "Gabrielino" in Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 8 (California), pp. 538–549. William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-004578-9/0160045754.
- Heizer, Robert F., ed. 1968. The Indians of Los Angeles County: Hugo Reid's Letters of 1852. Southwest Museum Papers Number 21. Highland Park, Los Angeles.
- Reid, Hugo. (1852), The Indians of Los Angeles County, full text available online at Library of Congress
- Johnson, J. R. Ethnohistory of West S.F. Valley, CA State Parks, 2006
- Johnston, Bernice Eastman. 1962. California's Gabrielino Indians. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles.
- Kroeber, A. L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C.
- McCawley, William. 1996. The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles. Malki Museum Press, Banning, California. ISBN 0-9651016-1-4
- Williams, Jack S., The Tongva of California, Library of Native Americans of California, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8239-6429-1.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tongva.
- Tribal council websites
- gabrielinotribe.org Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe
- tongvatribe.net Gabrieliño/Tongva Nation Tribal Council
- tongva.com Gabrieleño/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel
- Other
- Tongva (Gabrieliños) archives at UCLA.
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum; online collections database; use 'search' to see many Tongva artifacts.
- Tongva Exhibit, Heritage Park, Santa Fe Springs, California
- Gabrieleño-Tongva Mission Indians, KCET


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Celebrities Speak to the importance of writing and the National Day on Writing.
Nancie AtwellTeacher and author Nancie Atwell talks about the importance and power of writing in the lives of young adolescents.
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T.A. BarronT.A. Barron explains how writing is a great way to explore and travel. Are you ready to start the adventure?
Glenda BurgessNovelist Glenda Burgess speaks about how to help the writing find you.
Fran ClaggettTeacher and author Fran Claggett shares a poem illustrating the journey that writing is.
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Sarah DessenAuthor Sarah Dessen talks about how writing has been the one consistant thing in her life.
James Cross GiblinChildren's author James Cross Giblin talks about the satisfaction of writing a good sentence.
Adrian FogelinChildren's author Adrian Fogelin explains how curiosity is the basic key to writing.
Betsy FrancoBetsy Franco, author of children's books and young adult novel Metamorphosis, Junior Year, reflects on how writing keeps her sane.
Emily GoodmanFirst-time children's author Emily Goodman discusses how writing clarifys her thinking.
Laurie Halse AndersonAuthor Laurie Halse Anderson explains the reasons why she loves to write.
James HoldenFormer English teacher and author James Holden talks about writing on tennis.
Christine Jennings DixonAuthor Christine Jennings Dixon talks about writing as a means for personal discovery.
Jacqueline JulesTeacher, librarian, children's author, and poet Jacqueline Jules describes her passion for writing a poem.
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Gail Langer KarwoskiWhat is writing like? It's like "giving a giant hug to the universe", says children's author Gail Langer Karwoski.
Cynthia Leitich SmithChildren's and young adult author Cynthia Leitich Smith speaks of how she writes both what she knows and what she likes to read.
Sarah McCoySarah McCoy, author of The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico, talks about how "a day without writing is like a day without food."
Pat MoraFormer teacher, university administrator, museum director, and consultant, Pat Mora, discusses the reasons why she writes.
Katherine PatersonKatherine Paterson speaks about the gift of readers she's received from her writing.
James PattersonAuthor James Patterson discusses how he writes and offers suggestions for those who wish to become writers.
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Ockero, an island of 12,500 people that gives its name to an archipelego in the Kattegat between Sweden and Denmark just north of Gothernburg, wants to take advantage of government incentives to build an 18-turbine wind farm next to one already approved at neighbouring Kungalv.
The combined project would consist of 32 turbines sited two kilometres offshore.
The proposed site avoids shipping lanes and a nature reserve but has attracted opposition from local crayfish fishermen who said it would disturb fishing grounds. Other objectors also said the wind farm would be visually intrusive and damage the island's appeal to tourists.
As a result, the island decided to visit the 60MW Scroby Sands project on England's east coast. The project was launched in 2004 and has helped bring skills and facilities to the Norfolk coast.
Chairman of the executive board of Ockero municipality Arne Lernhag said he became aware of the Scroby Sands offshore wind project as a participant in the EU's North Sea Power Cluster offshore wind-research project.
"When we realised Scroby Sands had attracted similar objections and was a similar project to the one we are proposing in Sweden we decided on a fact-finding trip to the UK organised through through Powercluster and hosted by the Orbis Energy centre in Lowestoft," he said.
"One of the key messages was how to communicate the economic benefits of a wind-farm development to the local community, which is what happened at Scroby Sands," added Lernhag. "In the case of Ockero, where the islands are served by infrequent ferries, we are suggesting to the community that a direct benefit from having a substantial offshore wind farm nearby would be investment in improved communications."
Lerhag said that research undertaken at another Swedish wind farm in inshore waters near the Orsund Bridge which links Malmo with Copenhagen in Denmark showed that after initial disruption during the construction phase, the fishery habitat around wind turbines had actually been seen to improve.
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October 20, 2011
Recognized as best: University earns five Continuing Education Central Region Awards for outstanding programs, staff
Submitted by Communications and Marketing
Kansas State University programs in horticultural therapy and food science and a Division of Continuing Education staff member are among the recipients of honors from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association's central region.
The university received five awards at the association's 2011 central region conference, "Finding Opportunities in Crisis," Oct. 12-14, in Clayton, Mo.
The honors include:
* Horticultural therapy graduate certificate, Innovative Credit Program Award. An emerging profession and practice, horticultural therapy is a method in which a trained horticultural therapist uses live plants and the growing environment to heal and rehabilitate people. The 15-credit hour certificate program is offered primarily online and meets the demand for distance learning programs in horticultural therapy.
* Food science program, Mature Credit Program Award. This collection of online programs, ranging from certificates to master's degrees, provides the fundamentals of developing, processing, manufacturing and marketing safe, wholesome and attractive food products. It is nationally recognized and certified by the Institute of Food Technologists. The online program's enrollment numbers are comparable to the largest food science programs that are offered on campus at U.S. institutions.
* NurseryWorks Conference, Innovative Non-credit Program Award. This on-campus conference on nursery production meets a need to bring continuing education to growers in Kansas and improve production practices -- lowering environmental impact and increasing plant quality -- that can result in higher revenue for nurseries in in the state. Part of the conference is at the K-State Gardens.
* Kansas State University Music Symposium, Mature Non-credit Program Award. Offered for 23 consecutive years, this symposium brings high quality, affordable professional development to all music educators, including instrumental teachers, vocal/choral teachers, private studio teachers and general music teachers.
* Rosanna Vail, communications specialist in the university's Division of Continuing Education for the last five years, received the Continuing Education Support Specialist Award. Vail prepares content for news and feature stories, advertising copy, newsletters, electronic communications and manages marketing projects in the division. She is a professional member of the association and has co-authored an article in the Continuing Higher Education Review, the association's professional journal.
Division staff also presented two break-out sessions at the conference, including "Bad Times Never Been So Good," about the development of a grant funding model for online program development; and "Striving for Excellence in Online Teaching: Three Models," about faculty development methods, course construction techniques and quality control in online teaching.
"Kansas State University is an active institutional member of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association," said Melinda Sinn, director of marketing and communication services in K-State's Division of Continuing Education. "These awards and our involvement at the conference showcase the university's investment in continuing education efforts as we continue to lead in the region and the nation.
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the customer has made configuration changes to the software and nothing has worked, made the switch from Y800 to RGB24 in the settings of the camera and does not work, the camera after the update remain emitting a very bright pattern that does not allow to scan anything. The rainbow pattern is generated by the camera of the cellphone client. he attempt to return to the older versions of the program, but did not work.
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The largest thoracic surgical organization in the world, STS has a membership of over 4,100 that include a significant majority of all board-certified thoracic surgeons in the United States and Canada. The Society is directly involved in issues of concern to all thoracic surgeons. Membership in STS offers a number of benefits including: a newsletters from the Secretary of the Society covering the efforts of the Society's leadership on related issues; a complimentary subscription to the Society's monthly journal, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery; a personalized certificate of membership suitable for framing; and complimentary registration and discounts on travel to the Society's annual meeting.
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All of our wire is entirely US-made, from the copper to the braid.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Lexiles
Many parents have had the experience of their child coming home with a Lexile reading level, but do you know what it means?
Here is a handy list of the most frequently asked questions about Lexile scores, their meaning, and how to find books at a particular level.
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What is a lexile?
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A lexile is a reading level determined by examining the difficulty of text based on vocabulary and sentence structure. (Most text fall between 200 and 1800.)
What does it mean when someone reads at a certain lexile?
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The lexile is the score a student has received using the Scholastic Reading Inventory. This number indicates the level at which your child reads.
What does a lexile tell me about a book I have not read?
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The lexile can only tell you about the comparative difficulty of the sentence structure and the level of vocabulary. A lexile does not give any information about the age appropriateness of the text. Because of this, close attention should be paid to content when selecting books for children. For example, the adult book, The Firm written by John Grisham, and the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, both have a lexile of 680.
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At this time MetaMetrics, Inc. has approximately 140,000 books lexiled.
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Web Sites to Search for Lexile ScoresNoveList Plus database
(Available through Library's web site) This reader's advisory resource assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. Searches by author, title, and keyword. If the book has been lexiled, the score will be listed.Lexile website
Official website for lexile scoring. Searches can be by title, author, keyword, ISBN, or lexile range.Destiny Library
(School District of Palm Beach County Learning Tools) Choose Destiny Library from the menu on the left hand side of the page. Select your child's school. Search by keyword or select Reading Programs if you are looking for Lexile, Reading Counts, or Fountas and Pinnell titles for your child's school.


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1. Check the information on the start list. Make sure your name is spelled correctly and that your TriClub
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NAIA Division II Women?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Karyn Bixler of College of Saint Mary (Neb.) has been named NAIA National Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Bixler was selected based on her performances from Jan. 14 - 20 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group winners.
Bixler helped the Flames to a 3-0 week with wins over Haskell (Kan.), then-No. 3 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) and Central Christian (Kan.). Against Haskell on Jan. 15, Bixler scored 14 points, collected six rebounds and dished out four assists. In the 70-65 upset victory over College of the Ozarks, snapping the Bobcats 24 game conference winning streak, Bixler filled the stat sheet with 20 points, seven rebounds, four steals, two assists and one block. On Jan. 19, against Central Christian, Bixler scored 14 points, which broke College of Saint Mary's careering scoring mark. She also collected nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks in the contest. She currently has 1,345 points for her career.
The 5-foot-10 guard from Omaha, Neb., averaged 16.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game. Bixler shot 60.0 percent (15-25) from the field.
Nationally, Bixler ranks 21st in total steals (59), 24th steal per game (2.8) and 24th in total blocks (29).
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Jan. 29.
Nominees: Rachael Kruse, Indiana Tech; Janelle Rust, Tabor (Kan.); Kim Johnson, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.); Skylarr Shurn, Saint Francis (Ind.); Trenia Barbee, Asbury (Ky.); Orielle Thomas, William Penn (Iowa); Nadia Givens, Southeastern (Fla.); Katie Gonnering, St. Francis (Ill.); Rainey Story, Virginia Intermont; Carly Jensen, Jamestown (N.D.); Tara Vanweerdhuizen, Corban (Ore.).
2012-13 Composite Award Winners
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Finished his first season with the Gauchos with 189 at bats in 59 games. Recorded 45 hits and 13 walks for 25 runs, 20 RBIs, 4 doubles, 1 triple, and 1 home run. At catcher, swept up 330 put outs (second highest on the team), 71 assists, 24 runners caught stealing and 5 double plays. Against San Diego (4/24), nailed 4 hits, including 1 home run, for 4 RBIs and picked up 5 put outs and 2 assists. Earned Honorable Mention for the All-Big West team.
High School: played his HS ball at Mira Costa High for Head Coach Cass Olson and the Mustangs…also played football earning 5 total letters…played both Catcher and OF…led his team to a Bay League Championship…also earned All League and All Area honors
LA Harbor College: played catcher for the Seahawks and Head Coach Derek Nicholson…made the Deans Honor Roll…also played alongside fellow Gaucho Marc Venning at LA Harbor
Personal: Born on August 2, 1992 to his parents Don and Roxanne in Long Beach, CA…has 2 siblings Harrison (16) and Taylor (23)…currently resides in Torrance…majoring in English…aspires to join the Peace Corps…favorite team is the New York Yankees…favorite athlete is Ray Lewis…favorite movies are Half Nelson and Blue Valentine…favorite novels are A Farewell to Arms and Of Mice and Men…favorite writer is Ernest Hemingway…favorite band is Bon Iver…enjoys listening to music


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Each night I tell the kids in Spanish to go pick out their clothes for the next day of school. It's a phrase they've heard a hundred times or more,
"Vaya a buscar tu ropa para mañana."
Last night my younger son answered me back, "I already busca-ed mi ropa para mañana."
Do you see what he did there? He added the English "-ed" suffix to make it past tense. Unfortunately, in Spanish this is not how we conjugate verbs so he should have said, "Ya busqué mi ropa."… Even though his Spanglish answer is only understandable to English-Spanish bilinguals, I still think children are clever linguists to come up with such silliness without much thought.


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Full disclosure: How SEC's conflict mineral rule could affect you
Full disclosure: How SEC's conflict mineral rule could affect you
Editor's note: The Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), a project of nongovernmental organization As You Sow, has been working for years to develop global value chains at the raw commodity level that are accountable to the people and natural habitats they touch. RSN has coordinated a multi-stakeholder group of companies, NGOs, and investors in submitting joint comments to the SEC regarding conflict minerals. This is the first in a series of four pieces about the subject that RSN will be contributing to GreenBiz.
Last week's vote by the SEC requiring companies to come clean about conflict minerals brought up a whole new set of questions: Does my company have to disclose? If so, how?
Although the law only covers four minerals – tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold – one of these minerals, tin or cassiterite, is practically ubiquitous across a range of industries.
Companies across several industries will start to see changes. New internal policies, systems, tools, and collaborations will be needed to comply with the finalized legislation.
NGOs are already looking at how this law could be applied to other products and other regions, such as Peru where there is fighting going on over a proposed gold mine. So even if your company does not have to report to the SEC under this ruling, be on the lookout for possible future reporting requirements.
Photo of conflict-free coltan mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo courtesy of Patricia Jurewicz.
Here are the basics on which companies will have to disclose:
- Companies that currently file an annual report with the SEC (whether they are US or foreign).
- Companies using any amount of of one of the four minerals in their products (draft versions of the rule considered setting a de minimis), or minimum amount a company would have to be using, but the final rule requires all companies to report.
- See RSN's product category chart at the bottom of this page for guidance on products that include product minerals (not a comprehensive list).
- Companies who work with plastic of PVC should take note since organo-tin has been identified in trace amounts as a stabilizer in those materials. Apparel and footwear companies should investigate their products carefully.
- Companies who work with one, two, or all four minerals – all are treated equally. Reporting on gold is no different than tin, tantalum, or tungsten.
- Companies that manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products containing these four minerals must disclose.
-The way the SEC defines "contracting to manufacture" translates into the company needing to have a degree of influence over the design or manufacturing of the product.
-Retailers do not have to report on products they sell from another brand
-If a retailer has a private label product for which it does not supply design elements, and therefore the retailer is only affixing its name on "generic" products (which other companies can also sell), the retailer will not have to disclose.
-Similar to retail, if a cell phone provider has its name on a phone manufactured by another company and the cell phone provider does not specify design elements, it will not have to disclose.
-Companies that determine its minerals do not originate from the region of the DRC, or that their minerals are from recycled or scrap sources, will still have to disclose. They will have to outline their process for making those determinations in a document called a Form SD, but will not be required to file a full Conflict Mineral Report.
-Mining companies do not have to report
Products that contain conflict minerals (Source: Responsible Sourcing Network)
Some of the above clarifications by the SEC still leave room for interpretation. For example, if a retailer like Wal-Mart is selling a private-label television, how does the SEC know if Wal-Mart negotiated specific design elements for that TV or not?
How this aspect of the rule will impact retailers' reporting remains to be seen. Most likely, most responsibility will be put on human rights watchdog groups and sustainable and responsible investors to note private label products and analyze if retailers will have to report on them.
This legislation and the details of the final rule are of great interest because it has the potential to impact how consumer products are manufactured.
The conflict mineral rule is a groundbreaking case study of the how legislation can play a role in supporting transparency and accountability in the supply chain.
There are still many questions to be settled about Rule 1502, but it is already clear that a new transparency paradigm has arrived. It is just the beginning, but it is here -- so the sooner companies embrace and prepare for this expectation, the better.


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Tribology and lubrication
Reduce bearing friction and wear, prolong service life
The chemical composition and mechanical properties of the reaction layer formed by the interaction between the lubricant and the bearing steel strongly influences the performance of bearings. Therefore, understanding the composition and mechanics of reaction layers is very important for SKF. Understanding, predicting and controlling the working conditions help reduce bearing friction and wear, and prolong service life.