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STILLWATER, Okla. —
West Virginia's first year in the Big 12 Conference will end with a bit of controversy.
An anonymous tip to The NewsPress late Tuesday night, followed by in-depth research, shows the Mountaineers baseball team has played 57 games — one more than the NCAA maximum of 56.
West Virginia posted a spring record of 31-25, the Mountaineers should only have played 55 games this spring after playing an exhibition game in the fall.
In a release on the official West Virginia athletics website on Oct. 21, 2012, the Mountaineers played a "15-inning exhibition against Potomac State ... in which the Mountaineers came away with an 18-4 victory, out-hitting the Catamounts 17-11" following an alumni game.
By NCAA rules, a baseball team must deduct an appropriate number of games from the 56 games allowed in the spring based on any exhibition games played in the fall practice period. Per that rule, West Virginia should have only played 55 games in the spring, but competed in the regular 56 — giving them 57 games played for the 2012-2013 school year.
An attempt for comment from the Big 12 Conference in regard to the matter was eventually replied to after hours and directed The NewsPress to West Virginia officials and the NCAA for comment. As for the status of the Mountaineers in the Big 12 Championship, which begins Thursday in Oklahoma City, the e-mail reply stated the status is not affected "unless the NCAA were to inform WVU is ineligible for post-season competition, and that has not occurred."
An e-mail was sent to the NCAA for comment but had not been returned as of press time.
West Virginia's compliance department responded to the inquiry and told the NewsPress that the university is aware of the violation and said it is not a major violation that is reported to the NCAA — that it is instead a violation that is processed through the conference office.
Keli Cunningham, associate athletic director for compliance at West Virginia, said that the violation will not prevent the Mountaineers from competing in either the Big 12 conference tournament or the NCAA postseason tournament. She said the oversight will not affect any player's eligibility and the only repercussions will be a forfeiture of two games next year — meaning WVU will only be permitted to play 54 games instead of the NCAA maximum of 56.
West Virginia has been in Oklahoma City since facing Oklahoma State in the regular season finale last weekend at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium where the Cowboys won two of three. The Mountaineers open the conference tournament at Bricktown Ballpark against Kansas at 4 p.m. Thursday and will take on OSU at 4 p.m. Saturday.


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Moody's: Sequestration Threatens Not-For-Profit Hospitals
The 2% Medicare reimbursement cuts mandated by the federal sequestration over the next 10 years pose a big threat to not-for-profit hospitals, says a report from Moody's Investors Service.
In its report, "The Sequester Series: Sequestration's Medicare Reductions Present New Headwinds for Not-for-Profit Hospitals," Moody's finds that not-for-profit hospitals are generally vulnerable to the cuts because they rely heavily on Medicare reimbursements. Hospitals are especially at risk if they have not already budgeted for the cuts or made spending adjustments in preparation for reduced Medicare payments.
"Among all Moody's-rated not-for-profit hospitals, Medicare reimbursements accounted for a median 43.7% of gross patient revenues in 2011, a percentage that has risen steadily for several years. Barring material Medicare reform, this percentage will continue to increase as the U.S. population ages and becomes eligible for Medicare whilst increasing their utilization of healthcare services," says the report.
Sequestration mandates roughly $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade with $85 billion of those cuts to take place by October. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimates that it will reduce reimbursements to healthcare providers by $11 billion in 2013.
"The cuts exacerbate an already challenging operating environment for not-for-profit hospitals as many already face low revenue growth from both governmental and private insurance payers," the report notes.
Sarah Vennekotter, Moody's assistant vice president and analyst and lead author of the report, says not-for-profit hospitals are at financial risk because Medicare is typically their largest payer and more payment reductions are on the horizon.
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Mary McKenna, Executive Director of Southeast Texas Hospice, spoke to Mrs. Smith's Leadership Class at St. Mary Catholic School on Friday. She talked to the students about the care that hospice provides terminally ill patients, explaining that hospice not only cares for the physical needs but also the psychological, social, financial, and spiritual needs of the patient and their family in the comfort and privacy of their own home.
McKenna, who is a 1968 graduate of St. Mary High School in Orange, told the students her inspiring story - the story of a young woman from Orange, Texas who went to Washington D.C. and testified before Congress to help get new laws passed that allowed hospice care to be covered by insurance and medicare so that millions of people could receive compassionate care at home during their final days. She explained how this was one of her most nervous moments in life, as well as one of her proudest achievements.
Sharing her thoughts on leadership, McKenna told the students that she believes a NO is only a YES in disquise, and that if you can picture it in your mind and you believe it in your heart, you can accomplish anything. She told the students that she can't wait to hear about their future achievements and the great ideas and contributions they will one day give to the world.


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Catholic newspaper draws rebuke from bishopBy MARIA SUDEKUM
The Associated Press | March 10,2013AP Photo
Editors Toni Ortiz, right, and Teresa Malcolm look over page proofs in the newsroom of the National Catholic Reporter in Kansas City, Mo.KANSAS CITY, Mo. A newspaper known for unflinching coverage of the Catholic Church scandal was rebuked by a bishop in its own backyard after calling for his ouster.
Its a battle that illustrates tensions between U.S. bishops and groups that call themselves Catholic but arent sanctioned by the church.
The National Catholic Reporter, an independent Kansas City, Mo.-based weekly, called for Bishop Robert Finns removal or resignation in September, after he was convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse.
Finn, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, later wrote in an editorial in his own diocesan newspaper that parishioner anger is growing over the NCRs challenges to Catholic orthodoxy on topics ranging from the ordination of women to contraception.
In the last several years, church leaders have been trying to shore up the religious identity and mission of organizations that call themselves Catholic, including trying to bar groups from saying they have ties with the church if bishops believe the organizations stray from church teaching. Conflict over the issue intensified in the 2008 presidential election, when some Catholic advocacy groups backed Barack Obama despite his support for abortion rights.
Finn, who declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press, wrote in his editorial that a local bishop first asked the paper to remove Catholic from its name in 1968 to no avail.
In light of the number of recent expressions of concern, I have a responsibility as the local bishop to instruct the Faithful about the problematic nature of this media source which bears the name Catholic, Finn wrote in The Catholic Key.
While I remain open to substantive and respectful discussion with the legitimate representatives of NCR, I find that my ability to influence the National Catholic Reporter toward fidelity to the Church seems limited to the supernatural level.
Thomas Groome, professor of religious education at Boston College, said he was surprised Finn was picking such a public fight. Finn is the highest-ranking U.S. church official convicted of a crime related to the sex abuse scandal.
The misdemeanor charge stemmed from the case of an area priest who pleaded guilty in August to producing child pornography. Finn and other church officials knew about photos on the priests computer six months before they turned him in.
Groome said the Catholic Church benefits from publications such as the National Catholic Reporter.
There are all kinds of ways the churchs position has evolved, and if thats to happen you need publications like the NCR that raises critical issues, controversial issues, and I think it does that respectfully with a sense of faithfulness to the churchs core teaching, he said.
NCR, founded in Kansas City in 1964, has been widely lauded for its coverage of the church and garnered widespread recognition for its reporting on child sex abuse in the 1980s. The newspaper, which has a circulation of about 35,000 and is available online, has won several awards from the Catholic Press Association, including for general excellence for 13 straight years. The CPA, while independent, works closely with church hierarchy, according to Timothy Walter, CPAs executive director.
We dont present official teaching, and we dont pretend to, said the newspapers top editor, Dennis Coday. What we do is report on whats happening in the church. And part of whats happening is dissent and questioning, and thats what we report about. And thats why we remain Catholic and continue to call ourselves Catholic.
Coday said the question for the paper is: Are we upholding the deepest values set out in the Gospel, the message Jesus preached?
Finn is not alone in complaining about NCR, which has also called for the church to reverse its teaching on womens ordination and supported re-examining the churchs approaches to contraception and sexuality.
Canon lawyer Edward Peters, the Vaticans expert witness in U.S. sex abuse lawsuits and an adviser to the Vaticans highest court, said in a recent blog post that Finn was too kind in his remarks about NCR and noted that other groups have stopped using Catholic in their names.
Peters said the newspaper has carried on a steady tirade against ecclesiastical authority in general, and against numerous Church teachings in particular, for several decades.
But the last few years have seen a shrillness that should discomfort even its dwindling number of friends, Peters wrote.
The tension between NCR and Finn likely wont resolve easily because its tied to an ongoing battle over authority in the church, said the Rev. Thomas Reese, senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University.
The vision of the Vatican and the hierarchy is that the Catholic media should support and ... promote the positions taken by the hierarchy, said Reese, who was removed from his position as editor of the Jesuit magazine America in 2005 after it published stories on topics including gay marriage.
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Gov. Butch Otter says he must have a show of public support for increasing revenue for roads and bridges before hell support such a plan.
I doubt very, very much if in (2014) there will be an action an action to the point of a legislative conclusion meaning passage of those bills, Otter told the Idaho Associated General Contractors on Friday.
Otter said hes determined not to repeat his experience with Students Come First, the school reforms enacted in 2011 but soundly rejected by voters in November 2012.
If our process is anemic, if our process doesnt reach out and correctly identify the problem, then all I can tell you is I went through a miserable election night as we were losing all three of those propositions, Otter told the AGCs winter meeting in Garden City.
Otter made it clear he wont support a tax increase as he seeks his third term next year with two serious challengers, Republican Sen. Russ Fulcher of Meridian and Democratic Boise businessman A.J. Balukoff.
I just want you to know that were going to take some time, Otter said.
Otter asked the contractors to help fund a $45,000 poll by the James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research at the University of Idaho.
I would hope that you folks would recognize that the information that we can get would be valuable to yourselves and your future direction and your future growth, Otter said. My first priority is going to be: What does the public say about it? Do they understand exactly what were trying to do?
Among the questions Otter said he wants the poll to ask are: Do you believe that we need more money for our highways? And do you believe that our bridges are in disrepair? What sort of revenue stream do you think we should be looking at?
Wayne Hammon, executive director of AGC and Otters former budget director, said contractors will help pay for the poll, saying stakeholders met Wednesday to discuss the effort. The McClure Center has committed $10,000 for the poll of voters on transportation policy.
All of us talk about it all the time, but we live in the bubble of the capital, Hammon said. Out on the road do people see this as a problem? And if so, how big of a problem?
In June, the AGC reconvened its Idaho Transportation Coalition to jump-start a funding debate Otter initiated in 2008.
Otters effort to raise about $175 million annually failed in 2009 when the House rejected six fuel tax increases. The last fuel tax and registration increases came in 1996, after floods wrecked Idaho roads and bridges.
A task force convened by Otter reported in 2010 that state and local highway funding fell $262 million short of meeting annual operation, preservation and restoration needs. Annual capacity and safety enhancement needs were underfunded by $281 million a year. Idaho has about 5,000 miles of state highways and 34,000 miles of local roads.
Some proponents, including Association of Idaho Highway Districts Executive Director Stuart Davis, held out hope that the 2014 Legislature would increase funding. After Otters remarks Friday, Hammon acknowledged that wont happen.
We are looking at 2015, Hammon said.
The 2014 Legislature begins Jan. 6 and Hammon said the coalitions focus will be hearings in the transportation committees.
Well consistently talk about it and educate lawmakers and thatll filter back out to the public, he said. And at the end of the session, well have this poll so well kind of know what our work is next summer.
Marty Peterson, executive director of the McClure Center, said pollsters will be in the field for most of January, making up to 4,000 calls to reach 1,200 respondents willing to take a 15-minute telephone survey.
The poll is aimed to have a 4 percent margin of error in each of the Idaho Transportation Departments six districts. Statewide results are tentatively planned to be revealed at a joint meeting of the House and Senate Transportation committees on March 18, Peterson said.
Peterson is retiring this month. Priscilla Salant, director of U of Is Office of Community Partnerships, will be interim director of the center.
Salant is working with the College of Agricultures Social Science Research Unit on the poll. Detailed results from the six ITD districts are expected in April, Peterson said.
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ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION IN DECEMBER 2014 RULE 5 DRAFTGilberto Abreu, RHPGioskar Amaya, INFJohn Andreoli, OFDelbis Arcila, OFJose Arias, RHPJeffrey Baez, OFFrank Batista, RHPZach Cates, RHPHunter Cervenka, LHPPin-Chieh Chen, OFGerardo Concepcion, LHPWillson Contreras, CWes Darvill, INFTaylor Davis, CZeke DeVoss, OFAlberto Diaz, LHPC. J. Edwards, RHPKevin Encarnacion, OFP. J. Francescon, RHPVictor Garcia, LHPDustin Geiger, INFAnthony Giansanti, OFJae-Hoon Ha, OFMarco Hernandez, INFMichael Jensen, RHPEric Jokisch, LHPAustin Kirk, LHPMatt Loosen, RHPRafael Lopez, CJeff Lorick, LHPBarret Loux, RHPDillon Maples, RHPAndrew McKirahan, LHPTrey McNutt, RHPAlberto Mineo, CYoanner Negrin, RHPCarlos Penalver, INFFelix Pena, RHPIvan Pineyro, RHPAustin Reed, RHPVictor Salazar, RHPTayler Scott, RHPRock Shoulders, 1BRubi Silva, OFBrian Smith, LHPElliot Soto, INFAntonio Valerio, CYao-Lin Wang, RHPBen Wells, RHPTony Zych, RHP
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Players in bold have allegedly signed. Anyone after the 10th round signed for over $100K counts against their draft money as well.
If the player has yet to sign or there's no media report on the bonus, the third column is the recommened slot money.
Currently the Cubs have paid $8,754,000 out and have $15,810 of their draft pool money left before having to worry about losing draft picks.
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CF Albert Hernandez singled and doubled and drove in two runs, and five Cubs pitchers combined to throw a two-hitter, as the DSL Cubs #1 defeated the DSL Tigers 7-3 yesterday afternoon on Dominican Summer League (DSL) Opening Day at Baseball City, near Boca Chica, DR.
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In other DSL Opening Day action, Miguel Gonzalez had three hits and drove in two runs, but the bullpen could not hold a 4-1 8th inning lead, as the DSL Orioles/Brewers co-op team took advantage of five errors to rally and edge DSL Cubs #2 5-4.
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Thanks, it looked like his HR was on one diving down from Teheran.
RH power hitters are today's scarcity in MLB and with Bryant, Baez, & Soler the Cubs could have a killer lineup and/or some amazing trade chips for the TOR starters they don't have in the system.
His ERA last year was 4.98. He ranked 42nd out of 43 NL qualifiers. He was also 42nd of of 43 in WHIP.
This year his ERA is 5.64, which is a distant 50th out of 50. He is also dead last by a sizable margin in WHIP.
That's not unlucky -- that's consistency over a year and a half.
Good Prospect Watching in-person for the E-Man this week.
O&B, to answer "Mendy's" handling of off speed stuff, he did not seemed fooled much when I was in attendance at Friday's game. The kid seems like a gamer. But 1st time through the league so we'll all see soon how he responds.
May bad - Paul Blackburn.
Both guys are a little Black...
Soler 3/5 with two homers for the Smokies today. Starting to wonder just how good he might be if he can stay healthy for the rest of the season (mentally, I've all but written him off for not being on the field much).
I thought Corey Black was pitching for the Smokies?
JD said that they've been running the curve ball at him consistently, and obviously he's (so far) doing quite well regardless. His first game he looked horrible on a couple - but might just have been day 1 jitters.
Javy Baez with a Futures BOMB on a curveball. 2-1 World in the 6th off Lucas Giolito
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I've only seen AA bat a few times. He makes things look a little effortless. He almost knocked one against the wall in the ninth. Has anyone been able to tell if he is hitting breaking stuff?
Thanks for the explanation. I don't care too much how he does this year. Assuming the Cubs keep him, it would be nice to have have a turn around year next year, since he should be able to eat innings. If he could eat innings and just step it up a notch he wouldn't be bad rotation filler, even though obviously not worth the money.
Not to mention a connoisseur of orange juice and a rabid homophobe.
Cubs score 6 runs Saturday and 7 runs Sunday and are not competitive in either game. EJax is 50th out of 50th (and a lot worse than #49) in NL starting pitcher ERA -- TWood is, I believe, 48th. Brutal to have them pitch back-to-back. Get ready for a fun second half!
futures game pre-game starting on MLB Network.
it's a lot like cubs baseball the past few years...it's an exhibition that doesn't matter much.
k.bryant interview (all fluff)...he seems to be amazed he's actually playing with m.ramirez.
After that dinger, going to make myself an AA celebratory drink.
He's like the hitting equivalent of not-Edwin Jackson
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You are walking down the street on this Friday afternoon when you bump into something. You look down and notice that you just kicked a lamp of some sorts. You reach down and notice that it's quite dirty, so you start to rub it and notice that it is quite shiny. Suddenly, smoke starts coming out of the lamps opening and POOF! A magic genie is kind of floating in front of you. At least you hope it is a magic genie because otherwise the guy standing in front of you is a little scary.
But anyway, it is a magic genie and he says to you, "Your wish is my command. I can give you three wishes."
Because you are such a big Twins fan, your first wish is to become the GM AND Manager of the Minnesota Twins for one day. Voila! Suddenly, you're sitting in the GMs office at Target Field, wearing your Twins uniform with a lineup card in front of you and a cell phone, ready to make transaction.
Wow!! This is really happening (for this blog's purpose only. Again, we reiterate that TwinsCentric and Twins Daily are in no way associated with the Twins and can not actually give you that kind of power).
Suddenly the genie is back in front of you and says, "Congratulations! You have two more wishes."
Real quickly, you make your two additional wishes. There is suddenly world peace and your bank accounts each have ten figure balances.
All is right in the world, yet, you still are the Twins GM and Manager for the next 23-and-a-half hours. You have just a couple of rules.
What do you do?
1.) You can't fire the current Twins GM or the current Twins manager. It was agreed that they would return to their individual posts at the end of the 24 hour period.
2.) You can only make three transactions. (Granted, one transaction can be "option Players, X, Y and Z, and recall Players A, B and C.)
3.) The genie is no longer helping you out, so if you were to make trades, they have to be realistic. In other words, you can't trade Jeff Gray and Matt Maloney to the Tigers for Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander.
What would I do?
Decision #1 - Option Chris Parmelee to Rochester, Promote Drew Butera.
I'm sure I'll take heat for this one, but I really believe that Parmelee needs to play most every day. Although he's keeping his head above water in the big leagues, I believe he needs at least a couple more months. Sending down Parmelee would create a situation in which Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Ryan Doumit would be able to play most every day. Morneau would need to play some 1B and DH. Doumit and Mauer would catch, play 1B and DH. Butera would allow Gardy to feel comfortable with those three players playing every day. Butera should get no more than about 2 plate appearances a week.
Decision #2 - Keep Francisco Liriano in the rotation, Option Liam Hendriks, Add Anthony Slama to the 40 man roster and promote him, and put Anthony Swarzak in the rotation.
As you can see, since I am believing that this is a rebuilding year, I want the young players to get time in Rochester to work on a few more final things. I would have all of them (Hendriks, Parmelee, Revere, Benson, Tosoni, Diamond, Guerra, Dozier, up by July). This transaction gives Liriano his last attempts as a starter. It allows us to see if Swarzak can be a starting pitcher. It gets Anthony Slama back on the roster (hey, if his lone problem has been throwing strikes, he is no worse than Jeff Gray and Slama actually gets strikeouts).
Decision #3 - Do NOT sign Brandon Inge.
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Aside campus activities, all the other areas described are okay. The campus has no frequent activities and so boring most times.
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In his much heralded, but likely never implemented, report into financial market short-termism this year, professor John Kay neatly encapsulated the structural problems of investment intermediation.
'It is hard to see how trust can be sustained in an environment characterised by increasingly hyperactive trading, and it has not been,' he wrote in the 112-page indictment of the financial services industry.
In an outstanding year for financial sector scandals this point was nicely demonstrated by Libor, the exemplar criminal conspiracy among a crowded field of criminal conspiracies. The manipulation of the offered rate would never have happened if banks did not have derivative desks that stood to profit by gaming it.
At root, Kay called for a world of financial businesses small enough and localised enough that they would be incentivised by the level of trust that clients and counterparties placed in them, rather than however many basis points they were able to squeeze out of a given transaction.
Politely put, this is not a foreseeable outcome. The government's detailed response was reducible to the statement: 'Many of professor Kay's recommendations, principles and directions are not for government but for market participants'.
The British Bankers Association essentially ignored the report, while the Association of British Insurers has spurned one of the few ideas in it to receive active government backing – a forum for long-term equity investor engagement.
For such a high value piece of research, which created almost unanimous agreement among market observers, the response has approached a pat on the head, and it is hard not to conclude that the vested interests opposed to it are aligned closely enough and are powerful enough that it is destined to gather dust on a very long shelf of 'good' but 'inconvenient' ideas.
There is an alternative to top-down imposition of course, and at least a handful of smaller banks have cashed in on their reputational dividend over the past few years, actively marketing themselves as the City equivalent of a cottage industry, selling banking as it was in more innocent times.
Most high profile of these has been Arbuthnot Latham, which has near doubled its share price over the last year on its deposit-financed programme of lending expansion and the listing of 25% of its retail banking division.
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Indigenous peoples of Mexico
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|Total population
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|Nahuatl, Yucatec, Tzotzil, Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Huichol, Totonac and other living 54 languages along the Mexican territory, as well as Spanish.
|Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic, with an Amerindian religious elements, including Aztec and Mayan religion.)
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|Other Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Mexico, in the second article of its Constitution, is defined as a "pluricultural" nation in recognition of the diverse ethnic groups that constitute it and in which the indigenous peoples[2] are the original foundation.[3] According to the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, or CDI in Spanish) and the INEGI (official census institute), there are 15.7 million indigenous people in Mexico,[4] of many different ethnic groups,[5] which constitute 14.9% of the population in the country. The number of indigenous Mexicans is judged using the political criteria found in the 2nd article of the Mexican constitution. The Mexican census does not report racial-ethnicity but only the cultural-ethnicity of indigenous communities that preserve their indigenous languages, traditions, beliefs, and cultures.[6]
The indigenous peoples in Mexico have the right of free determination under the second article of the constitution. According to this article the indigenous peoples are granted:
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- the right to apply their own normative systems of regulation as long as human rights and gender equality are respected;
- the right to preserve and enrich their languages and cultures;
- the right to elect representatives before the municipal council in which their territories are located;
amongst other rights. Also, the Law of Linguistic Rights of the Indigenous Languages recognizes 62 indigenous languages as "national languages", which have the same validity as Spanish in all territories in which they are spoken.[7] According to the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing (INEGI), approximately 5.4% of the population speaks an indigenous language - that is, approximately half of those identified as indigenous.[8] The recognition of indigenous languages and the protection of indigenous cultures is granted not only to the ethnic groups indigenous to modern-day Mexican territory but also to other North American indigenous groups that migrated to Mexico from the United States[9] in the nineteenth century and those who immigrated from Guatemala in the 1980s.[10]
- 1 History of the indigenous peoples
- 2 Demographics
- 3 Development and Socio-economic indicators
- 4 Notes
- 5 References
- 6 External links
History of the indigenous peoples[edit]
Pre-Columbian civilizations[edit]
The pre-Columbian civilizations of what now is known as Mexico are usually divided in two regions: Mesoamerica, in reference to the cultural area in which several complex civilizations developed before the arrival of the Spanish in the sixteenth century, and Aridoamerica (or simply "The North")[11] in reference to the arid region north of the Tropic of Cancer in which few civilizations developed and was mostly inhabited by nomadic or semi-nomadic groups.[citation needed] Mesoamerica was densely populated by diverse indigenous ethnic groups[11][12] which, although sharing common cultural characteristics, spoke different languages and developed unique civilizations.
One of the most influential civilizations that developed in Mesoamerica was the Olmec civilization, sometimes referred to as the "Mother Culture of Mesoamerica".[12] The later civilization in Teotihuacán reached its peak around 600 AD, when the city became the sixth largest city in the world,[12] whose cultural and theological systems influenced the Toltec and Aztec civilizations in later centuries. Evidence has been found on the existence of multiracial communities or neighborhoods in Teotihuacan (and other large urban areas like Tenochtitlan).[13][14]
The Maya civilization, though also influenced by other Mesoamerican civilizations, developed a vast cultural region in south-east Mexico and northern Central America, while the Zapotec and Mixtec culture dominated the valley of Oaxaca, and the Purepecha in western Mexico.
Colonial Era[edit]
By the time of the arrival of the Spanish in Mesoamerica, many of the diverse ethnic civilizations (with the notable exception of the Tlaxcaltecs and the Tarascan Kingdom of Michoacán) were loosely joined under the Aztec empire, the last Nahua civilization to flourish in Central Mexico. The capital of the empire, Tenochtitlan, became one of the largest urban centers in the world, with an estimated population of 350,000 inhabitants.[11]
During the conquest of the Aztec Empire, the conquistadors, only ten to the millions of indigenous peoples, used the ethnic diversity of the country and exploited the discontentment of the subjugated groups, making important alliances with rivals of the Aztecs.[11] While the alliances were decisive to their victory, the indigenous peoples were soon subjugated by an equally impressive empire. Wars and forced labor were accompanied by the spread of European diseases previously unknown in the New World. Pandemics wrought havoc, killing between 90% and 95% of the pre-contact population according to some estimates.[11]
At first, the colonial system imposed a system of castes, in which the indigenous peoples were marginalized.[15] Nevertheless, a cultural symbiosis took place: the indigenous peoples adopted and syncretized Roman Catholicism, and a new ethnic group was born: the mestizo, of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.
Independence from Spain[edit]
As the New Spain became independent from Spain, its citizens decided to name the new country after its capital city, Mexico City. Mexico declared the abolition of slavery and the equality of all citizens under the law. Some indigenous individuals integrated into the Mexican society, like Benito Juárez of Zapotec ethnicity, the first indigenous president of a country in the New World.[16]
The greatest change, however, came about as a result of the Mexican Revolution, a violent social and cultural movement that defined 20th century Mexico. The Revolution produced a national sentiment that the indigenous peoples were the foundation of Mexican society. Several prominent artists promoted the "Indigenous Sentiment" (sentimiento indigenista) of the country, including Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera. Throughout the twentieth century, the government established bilingual education in certain indigenous communities and published free bilingual textbooks.[17] Some states of the federation appropriated an indigenous inheritance in order to reinforce their identity.[18]
In spite of the official recognition of the indigenous peoples, the economic underdevelopment of the communities, accentuated by the crises of the 1980s and 1990s, has not allowed for the social and cultural development of most indigenous communities.[19] Thousands of indigenous Mexicans have emigrated to urban centers in Mexico as well as in the United States. In Los Angeles, for example, the Mexican government has established electronic access to some of the consular services provided in Spanish as well as Zapotec and Mixe.[20] Some of the Maya peoples of Chiapas have revolted, demanding better social and economic opportunities, requests voiced by the EZLN.[citation needed]
The government has made certain legislative changes to promote the development of the rural and indigenous communities and the preservation and promotion of their languages. The second article of the Constitution was modified to grant them the right of self-determination and requires state governments to promote and ensure the economic development of the indigenous communities as well as the preservation of their languages and traditions.
The number of indigenous Mexicans is judged using the political criteria found in the 2nd article of the Mexican constitution. The Mexican census does not report racial-ethnicity but only the cultural-ethnicity of indigenous communities that preserve their indigenous languages, traditions, beliefs, and cultures.[6]
The Law of Linguistic Rights of the Indigenous Languages recognizes 62 indigenous languages as "national languages" which have the same validity as Spanish in all territories in which they are spoken.[7] According to the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing (INEGI), approximately 5.4% of the population speaks an indigenous language – that is, approximately half of those identified as indigenous.[8]
The recognition of indigenous languages and the protection of indigenous cultures is granted not only to the ethnic groups indigenous to modern-day Mexican territory, but also to other North American indigenous groups that migrated to Mexico from the United States[9] in the nineteenth century and those who immigrated from Guatemala in the 1980s.[10]
Population statistics[edit]
According to the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples (CDI) there are 14,850,000 indigenous people reported in Mexico in 2010,[21] which constitute 13% of the population in the country. Most indigenous communities have a degree of financial, political autonomy under the legislation of "usos y costumbres", which allows them to regulate internal issues under customary law.
The absolute indigenous population is growing, but at a slower rate than the rest of the population so that the percentage of indigenous peoples is nonetheless falling.[8][22][23] Indigenous peoples are more likely to live in more rural areas, than the Mexican average, but many do reside in urban or suburban areas, particularly, in the central states of Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala, the Federal District and the Yucatan peninsula.
According to the CDI, the states with the greatest percentage of indigenous population are:[24] Yucatán, with 62.7%, Quintana Roo with 33.8% and Campeche with 32% of the population being indigenous, most of them Maya; Oaxaca with 58% of the population, the most numerous groups being the Mixtec and Zapotec peoples; Chiapas has 32.7%, the majority being Tzeltal and Tzotzil Maya; Hidalgo with 30.1%, the majority being Otomi; Puebla with 25.2%, and Guerrero with 22.6%, mostly Nahua people and the states of San Luis Potosí and Veracruz both home to a population of 19% indigenous people, mostly from the Totonac, Nahua and Teenek (Huastec) groups.[25]
The majority of the indigenous population is concentrated in the central and southern states. According to the CDI, the states with the greatest percentage of indigenous population are:[26]
- Yucatán, 62.7%
- Oaxaca, 58%
- Quintana Roo, 33.8%
- Chiapas, 32.7%
- Campeche, 32%
- Hidalgo, 30.1%
- Puebla, 25.2%
- Guerrero, 22.6%
- San Luis Potosí, 19.9%
- Veracruz, 19.2%
Development and Socio-economic indicators[edit]
Generally, indigenous Mexicans live more poorly than non-indigenous Mexicans however, social development varies between states, different indigenous ethnicities and between rural and urban areas. In all states indigenous people have higher infant mortality, in some states almost double of the non-indigenous populations.[25]
Some indigenous groups, particularly the Yucatec Maya in the Yucatán peninsula[27][28] and some of the Nahua and Otomi peoples in central states have maintained higher levels of development while indigenous peoples in states such as the Guerrero[29] or Michoacan[30] are ranked drastically lower than the average Mexican citizen in these fields. Despite certain indigenous groups such as the Maya or Nahua retaining high levels of development, the general indigenous population lives at a lower level of development than the general population.
Literacy rates are much lower for the indigenous, particularly in the southwestern states of Guerrero and Oaxaca due lack of access to education and a lack of the educational literature available in indigenous languages. Literacy rates are also much lower, with 27% of indigenous children between 6 and 14 being illiterate compared to a national average of 12%.[25] The Mexican government is obligated to provide education in indigenous languages, but many times fails to provide schooling in languages other than Spanish. As a result, many indigenous groups have resorted to creating their own small community educational institutions.
The indigenous population participate in the workforce longer than the national average, starting earlier and continuing longer. A major reason for this is that significant number of the indigenous practice economically under productive agriculture and receive no regular salaries. Indigenous people also have less access to health care.[25]
Indigenous groups with a population of more than 100,000[edit]
|Indigenous peoples of Mexico
|Nahuatl (Nāhuatlācah [naːwaˈt͡ɬaːkaʔ])
|(Yucatec) Maya (Maya'wiinik)
|Zapotec (Binizaa)
|Mixtec (Tu'un savi)
|Otomi (Hñähñü)
|Totonac (Tachiwin)
|Tzotzil (Batzil k'op)
|Tzeltal (K'op o winik atel)
|Mazahua (Hñatho)
|Mazatec (Ha shuta enima)
|Huastec (Téenek)
|Ch'ol (Winik)
|Chinantec (Tsa jujmí)
|Purépecha (P'urhépecha)
|Mixe (Ayüükjä'äy)
|Tlapanec (Me'phaa)
|Tarahumara (Rarámuri)
|Source: CDI (2000) [31]
¹Number of indigenous peoples that still speak their Indigenous language
Indigenous groups with a population of more than 20,000 and less than 100,000[edit]
|Indigenous Languages of Mexico
|Mayo (Yoreme)
|Zoque (O'de püt)
|Chontal Maya (Yokot)
|Popoluca (Tuncápxe)
|Chatino (Cha'cña)
|Amuzgo (Tzañcue)
|Tojolabal (Tojolwinik)
|Huichol (Wixárika)
|Tepehuan (O'dami)
|Triqui (Tinujéi)
|Cora (Nayeeri)
|Mame (Qyool)
|Yaqui (Yoeme)
|Cuicatec (Nduudu yu)
|Huave (Ikoods)
|Source: CDI (2000) [31]
1Number of indigenous peoples that still speak their Indigenous language
Indigenous groups with a population of less than 20,000[edit]
|Indigenous Languages of Mexico
|Tepehua (Hamasipini)
|Kanjobal (K'anjobal)
|Chontal of Oaxaca (Slijuala sihanuk)
|Pame (Xigüe)
|Chichimeca Jonaz (Uza)
|Huarijio (Makurawe)
|Chocho (Runixa ngiigua)
|Ocuiltec (Tlahuica)
|Pima Bajo
|Jacaltec (Abxubal)
|Kekchí (K'ekchí)
|Lacandon (Hach t'an)
|Seri (Comcáac)
|K'iche' (Quiché, Q'iché)
|Motocintleco (Qatok)
|Kaqchikel (K'akchikel)
|Paipai (Akwa'ala)
|Tohono O'odham (Papago)
|Cocopah (Es péi)
|Kumiai (Ti'pai)
|Kikapú (Kikapooa)
|Cochimi (Laymón, mti'pá)
|Kiliwa (Ko'lew)
|Other groups2
|Source: CDI (2000) [31]
1Number of indigenous peoples that still speak their Indigenous language
- ^ "Población de 3 años y más en entidades federativas seleccionadas y su distribución porcentual según condición de autoadscripción étnica para cada entidad federativa, sexo y condición de habla indígena". Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010. Cuestionario ampliado (in Spanish). INEGI. 2011. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Indigenous peoples" is the preferred term in Mexico to refer to the Amerindian ethnic groups in North America
- ^ Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Art. 2
- ^ Defined as persons who live in a household where an indigenous language is spoken by one of the adult family members, and or people who self identified as indigenous ("Criteria del hogar: De esta manera, se establece, que los hogares indígenas son aquellos en donde el jefe y/o el cónyuge y/o padre o madre del jefe y/o suegro o suegra del jefe hablan una lengua indígena y también aquellos que declararon pertenecer a un grupo indígena."[1])AND persons who speak an indigenous language but who do not live in such a household (Por lo antes mencionado, la Comisión Nacional Para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de México (CDI) considera población indígena (PI) a todas las personas que forman parte de un hogar indígena, donde el jefe(a) del hogar, su cónyuge y/o alguno de los ascendientes (madre o padre, madrastra o padrastro, abuelo(a), bisabuelo(a), tatarabuelo(a), suegro(a)) declaro ser hablante de lengua indígena. Además, también incluye a personas que declararon hablar alguna lengua indígena y que no forman parte de estos hogares [2])
- ^ "Síntesis de Resultados". Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas. 2006. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ^ a b [dead link]National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples
- ^ a b "Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Indicadores seleccionados sobre la población hablante de lengua indígena, 1950 a 2005". Inegi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ a b "Kikapú". Cdi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ a b "Aguacatecos, cakchiqueles, ixiles, kekchíes, tecos, quichés. (Chiapas)". Cdi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ a b c d e Hamnett, B (1999), A Concise History of MEXICO, Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK
- ^ a b c Manuel Aguilar-Moreno (2004) A Handbook to Life in the Aztec World Facts of Life, Inc., USA
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- ^ Colonialismo y modernidad: la enseñanza del español en la Nueva España, "...El racismo y la estratificación de la población de la Nueva España fueron las características de la organización social del Virreinato..."
- ^ "Seminario sobre Participación y políticas públicas para pueblos indígenas". Cdi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ "Programa Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas 2001–2006". Cdi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ Hamnett, Brian (1999) A Concise History of Mexico, Cambridge University Press, UK, p. 3, "... the Maya inheritance has been appropriated by the national states to reinforce their historical identity and legitimacy."
- ^ Pobreza y patrones de exclusión social en México[dead link]
- ^ Oaxaca se moderniza, p. 56, "Se trata de una terminal de cómputo, parecida a un cajero automático, que en español, mixe y zapoteco ofrece el servicio de..."
- ^ "Preliminares.p65" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ "INEGI: Cada vez más mexicanos hablan una lengua indígena - Nacional - CNNMéxico.com". Mexico.cnn.com. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples". Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ "Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas. México". Cdi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ a b c d http://www.inegi.org.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/censos/poblacion/poblacion_indigena/Pob_ind_Mex.pdf
- ^ "Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas. México". Cdi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ http://www.cdi.gob.mx/cedulas/2010/YUCA/yuca2010.pdf
- ^ http://www.cdi.gob.mx/cedulas/2010/QUIN/quin2010.pdf
- ^ http://www.cdi.gob.mx/cedulas/2010/GUER/guer2010.pdf
- ^ http://www.cdi.gob.mx/cedulas/2010/MICH/mich2010.pdf
- ^ a b c "Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas. México". Cdi.gob.mx. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- CIA [US Central Intelligence Agency] (2008). "Mexico". The 2008 World Factbook (online ed.). Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency. OCLC 34199805. ISSN 1553-8133. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- Lizcano Fernández, Francisco (May–August 2005). "Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI" (PDF online reproduction by UAEM). Convergencia (Toluca, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). Año 12 (38): 185–232. ISSN 1405-1435. OCLC 61659674. (Spanish)
- Martínez Novo, Carmen (2006). Who defines indigenous? Identities, development, intellectuals and the State in Northern Mexico. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
- Martínez-Torres, María Elena; Rosaluz Pérez Espinosa; Aldo González Rojas (2008). "Mexico" (PDF online edition). In Katherin Wessendorf (compilation and ed.). The Indigenous World 2008. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs yearbooks (ISSN 1024-0217). Alejandro Parellada (regional ed.). Copenhagen: IWGIA, distributed by Transaction Publishers. pp. 78–89. ISBN 978-87-91563-44-7. OCLC 30981676.
- Navarrete Linares, Federico (2008). Los pueblos indígenas de México (PDF online facsimile). Pueblos Indígenas del México Contemporáneo series. México, D.F.: Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas. ISBN 978-970-753-157-4. OCLC 319215886. (Spanish)
External links[edit]
- Comision Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas (Spanish)
- Consejo Nacional de Poblacion (Spanish)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (Spanish)
- Mexico and Southwest USA – Native Y-DNA Project
- Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México (El Colegio de México)
- Virtual museum of the indigineous languages of Mexico


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I didn't see that one coming. The big surprise on Monday's powerful episode of "House" wasn't that Meat Loaf (credited as Meat Loaf Aday) did such a fine job as a patient on the medical series..
It was that Dr. Lawrence Kutner, played by actor Kal Penn, apparently committed suicide. I say apparently because Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) was skeptical and thought he might have been murdered.
But a Fox release today confirmed it was suicide.
Kutner didn't die before our eyes. His body was discovered in his apartment alongside a gun by two members of the House medical team, who didn't see suicidal tendencies, either. The actor didn't have a role in the episode, which (from next week's preview) may complicate the relationship between Dr. House and Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison).
It is only natural to wonder if Penn left in a contract dispute or because of unhappiness with his role.
But according to Entertainment Weekly, the actor is leaving to work for the Obama Administration. The magazine quotes him as saying he will become the associate director of the White House Office of Public Liaison.
What did you think of Kutner's death and Meat Loaf's performance?
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Last updated at 14:54, Thursday, 05 April 2012
A judge warned of the impact of "bare-chested" yobs attacking each other after two men admitted their part in a street row.
Judge Gerald Chalk said Andrew David Cully and Nathaniel Storey, both 23, had gone "too far" after an argument with another group.
Carlisle magistrates heard that Cully's girlfriend was attacked by the group in Carlisle city centre on November 4. There was a conviction for this assault.
Cully, of Wilson Street, off Newtown Road, Carlisle, and Storey, of Brookside, Raffles, Carlisle, admitted using threatening words or behaviour.
Judge Gerald Chalk said: "Bare-chested men trying to run into each other and punch people in the head makes people not want to come into Carlisle city centre at night."
Both were given a six-week curfew and a 12-month community order.
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FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) -- A former state senator who claims politics played a role in his arrest for drunken driving has won another round in court.
A Fond du Lac County judge has dismissed a charge of refusing to take an alcohol breath test against Randy Hopper. The dismissal comes a month after a jury acquitted Hopper of drunken driving.
Hopper's attorney argued the witnesses who reported Hopper swerving on Highway 151 last October had signed recall petitions. The Fond du Lac Republican voted for eliminating collective bargaining for most state employees and was recalled from office. Defense attorney Dennis Melowski pointed out the state never introduced the dash camera video of Hopper successfully performing a field sobriety test.
The Reporter (http://fondul.ac/Iq3foq ) says a special prosecutor agreed to rely on the trial record for the refusal case.
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TENINO, Wash. - State investigators determined a Tenino Councilman violated state ethics laws while working for the State Department of Labor and Industries.
Robert Scribner used his position with the state to access personal information and financial records of Tenino employees, including Mayor Eric Strawn, according to the investigation.
A Labor and Industries spokesperson said before he could be punished Scribner retired from the state.
His last day came 10 days after the investigation was completed in August.
The spokesperson said the violation could have been a "firable" offense.
Scribner was not available for comment Tuesday.
Last week Tenino's mayor was accused of getting oral sex in a Tenino police car in the parking lot of a Lacey strip mall.
Strawn said he was only kissing a woman, and was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Strawn told KING 5 he should not have been kissing the woman in a city vehicle.
Tenino's mayor said Scribner's incident was much worse than his, and he wants Scribner to resign.
Strawn expected Scribner, and other council members, to ask for his resignation Tuesday night.
Strawn said he is not going to quit.
Earlier this summer Strawn asked for the resignation of another councilmember, Frank Anderson.
Anderson owes the City of Tenino more than $100,000 in unpaid fines and utility bills. He remains on the city council.


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Thanks to Google you can download some awesome Halloween pumpkin templates. But why stop there?
Why not dress as up as the Street View Pegman this Halloween, stick a video camera in your pocket, record people's reactions to your scary costume and put the videos on a Google Map?
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August 2, 2014
Rev. Robert Herald, a beloved Catholic priest who served numerous parishes throughout the Brazos Valley, has passed away after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.
He was born in Pennsylvania and received a Masters degree from Seton Hall University in 1970. After entering the seminary, he was ordained a Catholic priest in 1989, serving the Diocese of Austin until his death.
Fr. Herald practiced his faith at St. Mary's in Hearne, St. Ann's in Somerville and St. Joseph's in Bryan. He was also a pastor in Austin, Mexia, Rockdale, Gatesville and Waco.
Those who knew Fr. Herald say the highlight of his religious career was serving as a prison chaplain in Palestine.
Services will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church, 402 West First Street in Hearne.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 11, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Most Rev. Joe S. Vasquez, Bishop of Austin, will hold a Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 12. Fr. Herald will be laid to rest at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Hearne.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Seminarian Education Endowment at the Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Austin.
He is survived by his brother John Herald and his sister Marian Herald Speid; his half-brother Edward O'Brien; and numerous nieces and nephews all from New Jersey.
Rev. Robert Herald was 65 years old.
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By BRADEN LAMMERS
JEFFERSONVILLE — Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., is touring the state and making a push to create a more skilled Hoosier work force.
Donnelly is again sponsoring the America Works Act, which would designate existing federal funding toward educational programs that would allow workers to acquire industry-recognized credentials. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Donnelly sponsored the bill along with Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., in 2011. The bill died in committee.
But another push to build a more skilled work force is underway.
Donnelly's first stop on his "Closing the Skills Gap Tour" Tuesday was at American Commercial Lines, Inc's manufacturing segment, Jeffboat.
"When I was here about a month ago it was clear one of the great needs we have in Indiana ... is to continue to increase the skills of our workers," he said. "The more we can do to train people to get them to a place where they can walk into Jeffboat on day one and be able to have the trades and skills necessary ... the better off we'll be as a state. We'll be more attractive to employers."
Due to the skills gap, an estimated 600,000 high-skill jobs across the country remain vacant, according to a press release sent out by Donnelly ahead of his visit.
Along with his visit to Jeffersonville, Donnelly's tour will take him to five communities across Indiana. Other stops Tuesday included Evansville's branch of Ivy Tech Community College and the College of Technology at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. The senator visited Eli Lily in Indianapolis Monday and plans to visit Aptera in Fort Wayne on Wednesday.
He explained by passing the America Works Act, federal dollars would be used to make sure that people have the skills and talents necessary to be able to contribute from day one at a workplace.
"There's a need for even more workers here and we see that throughout our state," Donnelly said.
The need for a skilled labor force extends beyond the manufacturing work behind done at Jeffboat. He cited places like technology companies in Indianapolis and a medical device manufacturer in Warsaw as other companies that are in need of more skilled workers.
"What we'll be able to is see for every dollar how is that dollar going to be used to increase employment to increase the skill levels of workers," Donnelly said. "Ivy Tech is a perfect fit for that, some of the vocational schools around here would be a perfect fit as well. It would be targeted at those places that create provable skills and provable employment opportunities," he said of where the funding will be directed.
With a more skilled work force, the expectation is that jobs and companies would be enticed to locate in Indiana.
"We've had situations here in our state, because there weren't enough skilled workers, a number of employers have had to bid back-and-forth for the people who are there," Donnelly said.
If a more skilled work force was in place in the state, not only would more companies and businesses locate in Indiana, but the pay would also be more competitive, he argued.
"So, I think the wage piece in large measure for manufacturing jobs like this takes care of itself, and our job is to try to make sure we have value added to people," Donnelly said. "And when they have those value-added skills, they have the opportunity to have two or three job offers as opposed to hoping that they can find something somewhere."
He was also asked about the request made by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address to raise the national minimum wage to $9 and whether or not that would play a role in directing federal funds to train and locate a more skilled work force.
"What we're trying to do first and foremost is get the skills level up," Donnelly said. "What we see is when the skills level goes up is that the wages go up with them, so it's almost a situation that takes care of itself."


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