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Deep Tracks is fast becoming MTV. And that is not a good thing.
Several years ago -- and several hundred dollars ago -- I discovered Deep Tracks. What a wonderful concept for a radio station. When I heard Batdorf and Rodney (Batdorf and Rodney, for cryin' out loud!!) and Rory Gallagher and Strawbs and Garland Jeffreys, oh my gosh, what a musical delight. Throw them in with Traffic and Kinks and Stones and Hendrix and Dylan, and it's musical heaven. I was hooked. I have been ever since.
Radio can be such a joy. Part of that is the anticipation, wondering what's coming next. What will they play? Who is that? Do I remember it? What memories does that song bring back?
And then . . . Deep Tracks started playing . . . shows.
This weekend it's all Pink FLoyd all the time. What were you thinking?
Your DJs had it right originally: A little intro and outro and just play music. What caused you to change? What were you smoking? You had not just a good thing, but a wonderful thing, and you are ruining it.
Last week on the way home I heard a discussion of politics. Politics for god's sake. And don't get me wrong; I'm not complaining about the political slant. It was my slant. I agreed. But it was talking. Where was the music? It went on and on and on.
Right now I feel like I'm being cheated. Give me a good reason to continue my subscription. Why should I not just plug in my iPod, which is filled with the same stuff as your playlist? Sure, that takes away the surprise to a certain extent . . . I know what I bought . . . but I know no one will be talking. (Except for that one Todd Rundgren cut . . . and oh yeah, Neil Young at the Riverboat; "Heh, heh . . . thank you, crowd.").
If I want talk I have loads of FM stations, or NPR. If I want an hour of the same group in concert, well, I saw all the Don Kirshner's Rock Concerts. Been there, done that. Give me one cut, then move on.
Used to be that if I didn't really like the cut that was playing, at least I could anticipate something different next cut. No more.
Just give me the music. That's what you were good at.

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The cleanup bill for Thursday's South Sound oil spill now exceeds $1 million, and investigators still haven't figured out who's to blame.
Oct. 19The cleanup bill for Thursday's South Sound oil spill now exceeds $1 million, and investigators still haven't figured out who's to blame.
"It's safe to say the investigation is not on the verge of finding the responsible party," said Larry Altose, a Department of Ecology spokesman.
The bill surpassed $1 million as of midnight Sunday and is likely to mount as cleanup crews continue to mop up residual oil that washes onto Vashon and Maury islands, Altose said.
Ninety percent of the cleanup money comes from a federal oil industry tax. The rest will be billed to the state. If authorities identify the source, the responsible party could be forced to compensate the state and federal governments.
Coast Guard agents have issued subpoenas in connection with the investigation, but Altose said that doesn't mean anyone has been asked to appear in court.
He described the federal subpoenas as a routine investigative tool, part of the paperwork needed to board ships or interview potential witnesses.
Altose also denied media reports that have suggested the list of suspect vessels has been narrowed to two. Some of the ships in the area at the time of the spill are headed to Alaska and others to the Far East. The Coast Guard plans to meet the Alaska-bound ships when they reach port and use diplomatic channels to get access to the other vessels in Asia, he said.
He refused to say whether an analysis of the oil has allowed investigators to determine what kind it is. He implied that a more specific description of the oil might compromise the investigation, and also repeated previous statements that it might be a mix of oils.
As for the cleanup, the focus narrowed Monday to the beaches, where 83 people picked up debris and soaked up oil with absorbent materials.
In all, 21 miles of South Sound beaches were touched by the spill, which was first reported to the Ecology Department at 1 a.m.
Thursday. The worst of the spill hit six miles of beaches on the south ends of Vashon and Maury islands.
By Monday, the only spill remnant still visible by air was a small, isolated patch in Ollala Bay, officials said. Crews didn't try to recover remaining oil floating on the surface because it was not thick enough to collect with skimmers, Altose said. The number of birds and seals rescued did not increase Monday. Over the weekend, rescuers picked up one oil-soaked Western grebe from the Des Moines fishing pier and took it to a Progressive Animal Welfare Society rehabilitation facility in Lynnwood.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Crimestoppers hotline has received at least 25 spill-related tips, which have been forwarded to Coast Guard investigators, said Ed Troyer, a Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman. Crimestoppers has offered a $3,000 reward for information leading to the source of the spill.
State and federal cleanup officials, plus King County Parks Department officials were scheduled to meet Monday night with Vashon and Maury Island residents at the McMurray Middle and Chautauqua Elementary schools.
Officials were invited by the Vashon & Maury Island Community Council on behalf of residents upset about the spill.
© 2004, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.


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Team Lunch @ Midori
>> Saturday, September 5, 2009
Date: 28 August 2009, Friday
Venue: Midori Japanese Restaurant, Putrajaya Marriott
Occasion: Team Lunch
Overall comment: Ambiance was actually very nice :) The food was not too bad (I'm comparing with the only other Japanese restaurant at a hotel that I've eaten in, Genji@Hilton, PJ) & the prices were actually not too high as compared to Genji. I reckon you pay for the quality that you want to receive ;) I'm not too sure if I will come here with my own initiative since it's not all that cheap & not all that nice...hahaha...I may probably just save up & pay for something better ;)
Halal: Yes
Every Technical Services team will gather for a time of food & fun. The team that I was in decided on a lunch gathering instead of a dinner gathering, since most people will be in office during the daytime & have family commitments after working hours. Around 23 of us headed to Putrajaya Marriott for a Japanese lunch at Midori Japanese Restaurant. It is believed to be one of the better ones around our office.
We were usher to a room when we arrived at the restaurant. The entire restaurant's ambiance is quite nicely done up - very 'woody' & despite the traditional Japanese feel, there was a modern touch to the restaurant.
The room where we were ushered to...
Here are some of the food items ordered. Sadly, I didn't manage to note down the actual name of each dish, nor did I manage to capture the menu :( *sigh* When I'm eating with a group of colleagues, this will be the case cos some people just can't understand why I need to take photos of the food that we eat...
Here's what I had in my Midori Box Set:
There was raw salmon, tuna, & white tuna. In my opinion, the fish slices weren't fresh enough. I actually had quite a hard time swallowing them & didn't really enjoy it. I couldn't finish it & had to offer it to a friend who helped me whack it up! *sigh* There was no 'fresh-sweet' taste of the fish :( I was quite disappointed...
Thank goodness the sushi wasn't as difficult to consume. Although the fish slices weren't very fresh, eating it together with the sushi rice made it much easier to go down the throat.
Simple rolls that tasted quite nice. I was too full to finish it all though :P
I find these being the best in the box! Fresh vegetables & prawn enveloped in deep-fried light & crispy batter :) Awesome!
Nothing much to shout about. It's a very clear & simple stew-like dish, that's actually quite bland in taste. The vegetables & mushroom were soft & easily eaten.
JChun said the taste of the dishes were alright, but the seafood could be fresher...
Lian said there was no 'wasabi' taste as she was expecting something pungent & green like the wasabi that we take with the sushi/sashimi...
Frankly speaking, I was quite disappointed with the Goma Ice Cream. The taste was actually quite fragrant, but the ice cream wasn't smooth - feels grainy. The 1st time I had Goma Ice Cream was at Genji @ Hilton, PJ, so I will tend to use that experience as my benchmark. I was hoping for something better from Marriott or at least of similar quality. (man, Genji should pay me for praising them so much! *lol*)
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Putrajaya Marriott® Hotel
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Tel: (+603) 8949 8888
Fax: (+603) 8949 8999
Operating Hours: Open for lunch and dinner
Dress code: Casual
Info: A la carte and set menu available. Japanese buffet lunch (Sunday only) and dinner (Saturday & Sunday) also available.
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Apple (AAPL) maintains tight control over its employees to ensure that secrets stay within the company, but it can only do so much once manufacturers come into play. Parts and specifications leak constantly, and third-party case manufacturers always seem to be among the first to seek out specs in order to get a jump on the competition. Flickr user "Rouser" has managed to get his hands on cases for the upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad mini, and by comparing them to the iPhone 4S and a third-generation iPad case, he gives us a good idea of exactly how Apple's fall lineup will take shape this year. Apple will unveil its iPhone 5 during a press conference on Wednesday and the iPad mini is expected to be revealed sometime in October. An additional photo follows below.
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Decision : CONF 002 X
SOC: Old Havana and its Fortifications (Cuba)
Old Havana and its Fortifications (Cuba)
In spite of a very well developed institutional structure, conservation efforts are seriously hindered under the present conditions in Cuba. A severe hurricaine struck Cuba in March 1993 causing serious damage to the site. Emergency assistance was underway for the restoration of the buildings surrounding the La Plaza Vieja. The monitoring mission recommended that World Heritage assistance be given to housing rehabilitation. The Committee commended the efforts of the State Party to safeguard the city and the important role on the national and regional level of the National Conservation Centre.
Context of DecisionWHC-93/CONF.002/5
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Decision Code: CONF 002 X
Themes: Conservation
States Parties (1): Cuba
Properties (1): Old Havana and its Fortification System
Year: 1993
State of conservation reports:
1993 Old Havana and its Fortification System
1993 Old Havana and its Fortification System


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GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore
Day three in Roseburg OR was hosted by a new club, the Rogue Valley Kennel Club, but the BIS winner was the same as the day before, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore. Also reprising their finalists roles were the Sussex Spaniel, GCH CH Seamist On A Windward Tack RN, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, GCH CH Soletrader Donald Duck, & the Smooth Fox Terrier, GCH CH Slyfox Sneaks A Peek. Rounding out Robert Stein's BIS ring were the Akita, CH Blackngold Witchy Woman, the Papillion, GCH CH Zeilacon Butch Cassidy at Draco, and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, GCH CH Winsorcastle's Foxlore Tymeless. Encore has pretty much stayed close to her Pacific Northwest home since winning the Poodle Club of America's National Specialty back in April in Maryland. Nonetheless, she and handler Tim Brazier have amassed 17 BIS along the way.


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Sure, a properly written article with targeted keywords in strategic places can help you rank in search engine results pages (SERPs).
But do you know that your website's content should not only consist of text. It must also contain pictures for more appeal.
Then again, this is not the only purpose of placing photos. You can increase the likelihood of driving traffic to your site through these.
"How", you may ask. The answer is simple—optimise them for Google Images. This way, you can rank for related queries.
So how does it work? Check out these ideas.
1. Place keywords
Like on-page optimisation, you need to place the right terms in the following:
- Filename – You cannot expect the spiders to spot your content if its name consists of digits and/or alphabet letters such as DG1234.jpg. Generally, the users look for info by typing in a word or phrase in the search box. You are more likely to rank in the top rows (given that Google shows one page for the results) by creating a filename such as google-image-search.jpg or seo-tips.jpg.
- Alt attribute – The main reason you require an alternative text is to help the spiders with easy indexing and crawling of relevant words, especially since they cannot detect image content. When you place keywords or key phrases (with each word separated by a dash), you have a greater likelihood of ranking high in the results.
On the other hand, it allows you to provide people with visual impairment a chance to understand your content. How? The screen reader (software application) interprets the information you added to the photos.
- Description – While your pictures get along just fine without this, the users will have more idea what your content offers if you come up with a brief and illustrative phrase.
2. Use JPG as filename extension
According to an optimisation website that experimented on various extensions, JPG images performed well in SERPs. Additionally, the administrators stated that this outcome was maybe because you can compress the photos to lessen page load time and that JPG is readable by all browsers.
The site owner also suggested that you stick with 1-60 kilobyte since anything beyond this tended to slow down the page's loading speed.
3. Publish unique, fresh, and high-quality pictures
Doesn't this tip say enough already?
Well, let me elaborate its importance. By adding your content with such images, your webpage looks different from the billions of other pages online.
So can you be original?
Simple, choose those which you have taken or created yourself. You can get ideas from your Pinterest account or you can use Photoshop. However, you have to remember that this strategy is mostly applicable if you are blogging.
If you have an e-commerce website, you can take pictures of your products or you can hire a professional photographer to provide you with high-quality shots.
As a bonus method, you can use Google Trends to find out which photos rank well in search results.
4. Upload several images
I'm guessing you re-read this statement, right? And you are probably thinking that I might be wrong.
However, I am not.
Remember the SEO site I was telling you a while ago, its team also discovered that a page with plenty of photos performed better in SERPs compared to those with one or two. So, it goes to show that more is preferable.
As a note though, you must ensure that you follow the first three tips to boost the likelihood of ranking. What is more, take advantage of lazy load or super cache if you use WordPress as your blogging platform.
Final Insights
What do you think? Are these tactics easy?
Now, you have to know that these are not the only things you can do to generate traffic through Google Images. If you ideas apart from the ones I have given, feel free to share it with us.


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Irvine, CA (PRWEB) June 29, 2012
Local business search engine optimization provider 29 Prime has announced the launch of online services tailored specifically to the needs of professional flooring contractors. By offering specialized online marketing content to clients providing residential and flooring services, 29 Prime hopes to expand its user base to an even more diverse range of clients.
With more consumers than ever making use of the internet and search engines to find local businesses, 29 Prime assists small business owners seeking prominence on these directories and helps them find a larger audience of potential customers. Clients who purchase 29 Prime's basic search results package receive front-page placement on the world's most popular search engines. The company also creates SEO-tailored profiles on social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube as optional add-ons.
29 Prime's specialized flooring service SEO services will include content written just for clients in the field, including custom keyword phrases, blog posts and media chosen specifically to increase the search engine rankings of businesses offering carpet installation, hardwood flooring installation, flooring repair services and more. These professionals can also expect quality client care from representatives who are familiar with the care options they provide.
The SEO provider plans to expand its custom services to include content for small businesses in a range of other industries, including painters, attorneys, auto body shops and more. Clients in each field will receive personalized service designed to put their best foot forward online, as well as continued assistance to ensure that they stay ranked on the front page of Google's local search results.
Business owners who are interested in learning more about 29 Prime's services can visit the 29 Prime website or call for assistance at (949) 777-6616 for information on their local search results package.
About 29 Prime
29 Prime is a leading innovator in the Search Engine Marketing industry. Fueled by the proprietary Prime Marketing PlatformTM, their service is geared toward optimizing small and medium-sized businesses for the most popular search engines in order to increase visibility and customer traffic. It has grown in record time to become the premier SEO provider in Southern California, and is currently implementing a massive expansion of its sales force.


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Buying a home can be very stressful and complicated with all the paperwork, acknowledgements, representations and agreements that are required, as well as the normal process of due diligence that most buyers and some sellers want to include.
As a buyer, you normally enter into an agreement of purchase and sale which tends to be conditional on your ability to obtain financing and/or doing a satisfactory property inspection. We realize that with multiple offers you will be required to do your due diligence in advance of an offer presentation, as your chances of winning a bidding war with a conditional offer are slim at best. A lot can happen from the time your offer is presented and accepted subject to your conditions and thereafter that will result in your agreement becoming null and void. Should this occur, there are many processes in place to get back your deposit and to return the property actively back on the market for sale.
First, let's review what the buyer is faced with on these failed agreements of purchase and sale. Normally there is a requirement for a good faith deposit that accompanies your offer. This is essentially held in trust by the seller's listing agent pending the termination or completion of the agreement. These funds are insured by the regulators up to fixed amounts such as $100,000, but the exact amount should be verified before providing your buyer deposit.
If you are not satisfied with the inspection report and/or fail to acquire financing, then you will be faced with aborting the purchase agreement by signing a mutual release form, which you will need to sign in order to get your buyer deposit returned. The mutual release is required to be signed by all of the parties, including the seller and agents. Should the seller feel that you did not pursue your conditions in good faith, they may not feel inclined to sign the release, in which case you would be forced to pursue the return of your monies by legal means. However, most agents will ensure that these mutual releases do get signed and executed, as the industry operates on the positive treatment of buyers and sellers. For deals where conditions go unfulfilled, the agents usually want to move on to ensure that only the successful deals do proceed, particularly since agents only get paid for their services on final completion.
The sellers of these unsuccessful deals have to contend with the fact that their properties were reported sold conditionally on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). During this hiatus period, it is unlikely that other buyers will consider submitting an offer. Sellers should realize that during this period they are technically off the market, waiting for their conditional buyer to firm up or then be forced to reactivate their listing to the marketplace. The fact that a condition such as an inspection is not fulfilled may cause the seller to review the report and possible deficiencies, as this could create a perceptive problem for other potential buyers afterwards who are interested in your property. The sales activity of your property on the market is fully disclosed to everyone, so conditional sales where the property gets back on MLS again may be viewed by potential buyers as having issues. You must ensure that you as a seller deal with these possible concerns and shortcomings.
The seller should make sure that their agent reruns the listing on MLS and probably have another agent's open house to spark some renewed interest in the property. You may need to consider a price reduction, possibly less than what you sold the property for conditionally. The good news is that on conditionally reported sales on MLS, the sale price is not reported to the public, which is important because you don't want this information being bandied about among buyer agents who might have prospects for your property.
After the failure of your conditional sale, you have to be positive and just restart the process of marketing your home for sale. Of course, exercise caution when you have a conditional offer to consider: ask yourself whether the conditions that the buyer is hoping to satisfy are realistic and reasonable. If not, let them satisfy them first and then come back to you with a firm deal, which is the best course.
Stephen Moranis, B.Comm., MBA, FRI, CMR has been active in the North American Real Estate Industry for more than 40 years. He is a former President of the Toronto Real Estate Board and a former Director of the Canadian Real Estate Association.
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The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) released on Monday the results of its coordinated examinations of broker-dealers throughout the United States, identifying BDs' top five compliance violations.
NASAA also recommended 10 best practices for broker-dealers to consider.
A total of 236 examinations conducted between Jan. 1 and June 30 found 453 types of violations in five compliance areas, NASAA said. The greatest frequency of violations (29%) involved books and records, followed by supervision (27%), sales practices (24%), registration and licensing (14%) and operations (6%).
About half (44%) of the examinations involved one-person branch offices; 23% were home offices; 20% were branch offices with two to five reps; 11% were branch offices with more than five reps; and 2% were non-branch offices.
Based on the exam results, NASAA recommended several best practices to help BDs improve compliance. Here are the top five categories of BD compliance violations, along with NASAA's recommendations.
Top violation category No. 5: Internal audits
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Branch office audits. Develop a branch audit program that includes a meaningful audit document/plan, unannounced visits, a means to convey audit results, and a follow-up plan requiring that the branch take corrective action.
Top violation category No. 4: Maintenance of customer account information
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Customer complaints. Upon receipt of a complaint, firms must acknowledge the receipt, conduct and document a thorough review of the customer's allegations, and, if necessary, update the broker's Form U-4.
In situations where the firm discovers wrongdoing, the firm should redress customer harm. Timely reporting and remediating customer harm are some of the factors under NASAA guidelines to determine if the firm is entitled to credit for cooperation.
Top violation category No. 3: Correspondence/E-mail
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Correspondence, both electronic and hard copy, must be effectively monitored by the BD. This includes a system of capturing and maintaining electronic, business-related correspondence sent by sales staffers from websites and social network service providers outside the firm. For additional guidance, refer to FINRA Notice 11-39.
Advertisements. Advertisements and sales literature MUST be fair and balanced and MUST be approved by the BD and/or FINRA. Seminar notices/advertisements, programs, seminar materials utilized, and guest speakers must be approved by the BD. In instances where brokers routinely conduct seminars, a supervisory representative of the firm should randomly attend the seminar for compliance purposes.
Top violation category No. 2: Suitability
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Suitability. Broker-dealers must develop effective standards and criteria for determining suitability. State regulations and FINRA Rules 2090 and 2111 require registered persons to "know your customer" and receive training sufficient to demonstrate knowledge of products pre-sale.
Working with seniors. Baby boomers are moving into retirement, and as individuals age, cognitive abilities begin to wane. BDs and their registered representatives should develop procedures/best practices for handling accounts of "senior" investors. A number of recommendations relating to these best practices are contained in joint reports issued in 2008 and 2010 by NASAA, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Top violation category: Failure to follow written supervisory policies and procedures
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Develop, update and enforce written supervisory procedures. BDs also should ensure that staffing and expertise are commensurate with the size of the BD, type(s) of business engaged in by the firm, and the individual responsible for specific procedures.
Selling away. BDs must ensure that adequate procedures are in place to address private securities transactions (selling away). If this activity is permitted, the firm's written supervisory procedures should be adequate to monitor this activity on an ongoing basis. The BD's procedures must have a mechanism to conduct a meaningful review of the request and in the instance where the request is denied, a process to determine the broker is/has not engaged in the activity.
Outside business activity. The firm should have a supervisory procedure in place to address its approval/denial process and a requirement that the broker promptly report any changes to the approved outside activity. Written outside business activity requests from brokers must be received, reviewed and approved by the firm prior to the activity. The BD and broker are required to report the outside business activity on the broker's Form U-4.
Exception reports. Introducing dealers should obtain the necessary exception reports from the clearing dealer to ensure proper compliance. Upon the generation of exception reports, all BDs must document and resolve "red flags" in a timely manner. BDs that rely solely upon conversations with brokers to address exception reports without contacting investors may subject themselves and supervisory staff to regulatory and/or legal action.


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Yucatec Maya language
|Màaya T'àan
|Native to
|Mexico, Belize
|Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, northern Belize
Native speakers
|770,000 (2000)[1]
|Official status
Official language in
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|Language codes
Yucatec Maya (Yukatek Maya in the revised orthography of the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala), called Màaya t'àan (lit. "Maya speech") by its speakers, is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. To native speakers, it is known only as Maya – "Yucatec" is a tag linguists use to distinguish it from other Mayan languages (such as K'iche' and Itza' Maya).
In the Mexican states of Yucatán, some parts of Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas, and Quintana Roo, Maya remains many speakers' first language today, with approximately 800,000 to 1.2 million speakers.
A characteristic feature of Yucatec Mayan (and all Mayan languages) is the use of ejective consonants – /p'/, /t'/, /k'/. Often referred to as glottalized consonants, they are produced at the same place of oral articulation as their non-ejective stop counterparts – /p/, /t/, /k/. However, the release of the lingual closure is preceded by a raising of the closed glottis to increase the air pressure in the space between the glottis and the point of closure, resulting in a release with a characteristic popping sound. These sounds are written using an apostrophe after the letter to distinguish them from the plain consonants (e.g., t'àan "speech" vs. táan "forehead"). The apostrophes indicating these sounds were not common in written Maya until the 20th century but are now becoming more common. The Mayan b is also glottalized, an implosive /ɓ/, and is sometimes written b', though this is becoming less common.
Yucatec Maya is one of only three Mayan languages to have developed tone, the others being Uspantek and one dialect of Tzotzil. Yucatec distinguishes short vowels and long vowels – indicated by single versus double letters (ii ee aa oo uu) – and between high- and low-tone long vowels. High-tone vowels begin on a high pitch and fall in phrase-final position but rise elsewhere, sometimes without much vowel length; in either case this is indicated in writing by means of an acute accent (íi ée áa óo úu). Low-tone vowels begin on a low pitch and are sustained in length; they are sometimes but not always indicated in writing by means of a grave accent (ìi èe àa òo ùu). Also, Yucatec has contrastive laryngealization (creaky voice) on long vowels, sometimes realized by means of a full intervocalic glottal stop and written as a long vowel with an apostrophe in the middle, as in the plural suffix -o'ob.
Like almost all Mayan languages, Yucatec Maya is verb-initial. Word order varies between VOS and VSO, with VOS being the most common. Many sentences may appear to be SVO, but this order is due to a topic–comment system similar to that of Japanese. One of the most widely studied areas of Yucatec is the semantics of time in the language. Yucatec, like many other languages of the world (Kalaallisut, arguably Mandarin Chinese, Guaraní and others) does not have the grammatical category of tense. Temporal information is encoded by a combination of aspect, inherent lexical aspect (aktionsart), and pragmatically governed conversational inferences. Yucatec is further unusual for lacking temporal connective such as 'before' and 'after'. Another aspect of the language is the core-argument marking strategy, which is a 'fluid S system' in the typology of Dixon (1994)[4] where intransitive subjects are encoded like agents or patients based upon a number of semantic properties as well as the perfectivity of the event.
The Maya were literate in pre-Columbian times, when the language was written using Maya script. The language itself can be traced back to proto-Yucatecan, the ancestor of modern Yucatec Maya, Itza, Lacandon and Mopan. Even further back, the language is ultimately related to all other Maya languages through proto-Mayan itself.
Yucatec Maya is now written in the Latin script. This was introduced during the Spanish Conquest of Yucatán which began in the early 16th century, and the now-antiquated conventions of Spanish orthography of that period ("Colonial orthography") were adapted to transcribe Yucatec Maya. This included the use of x for the postalveolar fricative sound (often spelled as sh in English), a sound that in Spanish has since turned into a velar fricative nowadays spelled j, except in a few geographic names such as "México".
In colonial times a "reversed c" (ɔ) was often used to represent [ts'], which is now more usually represented with ⟨dz⟩ (and with ⟨tz'⟩ in the revised ALMG orthography).
|m [m]
|n [n]
|b [ɓ]
|p [pʰ]
|t [tʰ]
|k [kʰ]
|' [ʔ]
|p' [p']
|t' [t']
|k' [k']
|tz [tsʰ]
|ch [tʃʰ]
|tz' [ts']
|ch' [tʃ']
|s [s]
|x [ʃ]
|j [x]
|h [h]
|w [w~v]†
|l [l]
|y [j]
|r [ɾ]
† the letter w may represent the sounds /w/ or /v/. The sounds are interchangeable in Yucatec Mayan although /w/ is considered the proper sound.
|Yucatec Maya
Pronunciation of
western Yucatán,
northern Campeche
and Central Quintana Roo
|Normal translation
|Literal translation
|Bix a beel?
|Bix a beh?
|How are you?
|How is your road?
|Ma'alob, kux teech?
|Good, and you?
|Not bad, as for you?
|Bey xan teen.
|Same with me.
|Thus also to me.
|Tu'ux ka bin?
|Where are you going?
|Where do you go?
|T(áan) in bin xíimbal.
|I am going for a walk.
|Bix a k'aaba'?
|What is your name?
|How are you named?
|In k'aaba'e' Jorge.
|My name is Jorge.
|My name, Jorge.
|Jach ki'imak in wóol in wilikech.
|Pleased to meet you.
|Very happy my heart to see you.
|Ba'ax ka wa'alik?
|What's up?
What (are) you saying?
What do you say?
|Mix ba'al.
|Mix ba'ah.
Don't mention it.
|No thing.
|Bix a wilik?
|How does it look?
|How you see (it)?
|Jach ma'alob.
|Very good.
|Very not-bad
|Let's go! (For two people - you and I)
|Let's go! (For a group of people)
|Ba'ax a k'áat?
|What do you want?
|(Tak) sáamal.
|Aasta sáamah.
|See you tomorrow.
|Until tomorrow.
|Jach Dyos bo'otik.
Thank you.
God bless you very much.
|Very much God pays (it).
English words derived from Yucatec Maya
The word "shark" almost certainly derives from Yucatec Maya xoc.[5] The OED still describes the origin of shark as "uncertain", noting that it "seems to have been introduced by the sailors of Captain (afterwards Sir John) Hawkins's expedition, who brought home a specimen which was exhibited in London in 1569." These dates, however, helped establish its recently discovered etymology, and very few dictionaries have had the chance to update this entry.
Use in modern-day media and popular culture
Yucatec-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio stations XEXPUJ-AM (Xpujil, Campeche), XENKA-AM (Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo) and XEPET-AM (Peto, Yucatán).
The 2006 film Apocalypto, directed by Mel Gibson, was filmed entirely in Yucatec Maya. The script was translated into Maya by Hilario Chi Canul of the Maya community of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, who also worked as a language coach on the production.
In the video game Civilization V: Gods & Kings, Pacal, leader of the Maya, speaks in Yucatec Maya.
In August 2012, the Mozilla Translathon 2012 event brought over 20 Yucatec Mayan speakers together in a localization effort for the Google Endangered Languages Project, the Mozilla browser, and the MediaWiki software used by WorldHeritage and other Wikimedia projects.[6]
Baktun, the "first ever Mayan telenovela," premiered in August 2013.[7][8]
See also
- ^ Yucatec at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Ley General de Derechos Lingüisticos Indígenas
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yucateco". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^
- ^ Jones, Tom (1985). "The Xoc, the Sharke, and the Sea Dogs: An Historical Encounter". Fifth Palenque Round Table, 1983. The Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ Alexis Santos (2013-08-13). "'"Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects get Maya language translations at one-day 'translathon. Engadget. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ^ Munoz, Jonathan (2013-07-09). "First ever Mayan telenovela premieres this summer". Voxxi. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ^ Randal C. Archibold (August 1, 2013). "A Culture Clings to Its Reflection in a Cleaned-Up Soap Opera". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo (dir.); Juan Ramón Bastarrachea Manzano (ed.); William Brito Sansores (ed.); Refugio Vermont Salas (col.); David Dzul Góngora (col.); Domingo Dzul Poot (col.) (2007) [1980]. Diccionario Maya (5a ed.) (in Español). Mexico City [Mérida, Yucatán]: Editorial Porrúa [Cordemex].
- Blair, Robert W.; Refugio Vermont Salas; Norman A. McQuown (rev.) (1995 [1966]). Spoken Yucatec Maya ((Book I + Audio, Lessons I-VI; Book II + Audio, Lessons VII-XII). Program in Latin American Studies. Chapel Hill, NC: Duke University—University of North Carolina.
- Bolles, David (1997–). "Combined Dictionary–Concordance of the Yucatecan Mayan Language" (revised 2003). Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI). Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- Bolles, David; Alejandra Bolles (2004). "A Grammar of the Yucatecan Mayan Language" (revised online edition, 1996 Lee, New Hampshire). Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI). The Foundation Research Department. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- Bricker, Victoria; Eleuterio Po'ot Yah; Ofelia Dzul de Po'ot (1998). A Dictionary of the Maya Language as Spoken in Hocabá, Yucatán. Salt Lake City:
- Brody, Michal (2004). The fixed word, the moving tongue: variation in written Yucatec Maya and the meandering evolution toward unified norms (
- Curl, John (2005). Ancient American Poets: The Songs of Dzitbalche. Tempe:
- McQuown, Norman A. (1968). "Classical Yucatec (Maya)". In Norman A. McQuown (Volume ed.). Handbook of Middle American Indians, Vol. 5: Linguistics.
Language courses
In addition to universities and private institutions in Mexico, (Yucatec) Maya is also taught at:
- OSEA - The Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology
- The University of Chicago
- Leiden University, Netherlands
- Harvard University
- Tulane University
- Indiana University (Minority Languages & Culture Program)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- The University of North Carolina
- INALCO, Paris, France
Audio course materials are available for purchase at
- The University of Chicago Digital Media Archives
- , by Robert Blair & Refugio Vermont SalasSpoken Yucatec Maya
- Spoken Maya Lessons by Robert Blair and Refugio Vermont-Salas can be borrowed in Microfilm and Audio Cassette format through Inter-library Loan services with the University of Chicago. Microfilm Collection on Manuscripts on American Indian Cultural Anthropology, Series No. X, Reels 65 and 66 (1965-1966).
Free online dictionary, grammar and texts:
- FAMSI © 2001: David Bolles
- University of Quintana Roo, 2009 (pdf)
External links
- Language articles citing Ethnologue 16
- Language articles citing Ethnologue 15
- Language articles citing Ethnologue 14
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