Five hot spots for endangered languages identified
The Living Tongues Institute and National Geographic list five critical language loss areas. Amurdag in Australia is nearly extinct with a sole survivor, while eastern Siberia Oklahoma and the U S Southwest, and parts of South America including Ecuador Colombia Peru Brazil Bolivia, and regions of British Columbia Washington and Oregon face severe risks. Estimates show about 7,000 languages exist but one dies roughly every two weeks.
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Amurdag
Charlie Mungulda
Australia
Siberia
Oklahoma
Living Tongues Institute For Endangered Languages
National Geographic Society
U.S. Southwest
South America
Ecuador
Colombia
Peru
Brazil
Bolivia
British Columbia
Oregon
K. David Harrison
Swarthmore College
Officials report record supply of flu vaccine
Washington officials say the fall flu vaccine supply could reach as many as 132 million doses, the largest production to date. CDC director Dr Julie Gerberding urges vaccination for all who want to dodge a week of illness and complications from influenza.
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Washington
Julie Gerberding
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Iowa pushes to preserve old languages in Cedar Rapids and Meskwaki area
Iowa launches efforts to keep Czech and Meskwaki languages alive. The Czech School in Cedar Rapids teaches youths Czech language culture and history. The oldest ethnic school in the US marks its 137th year. Cedar Rapids and Spillville groups sing Czech. A new high school will offer daily Meskwaki culture classes. The Meskwaki Education Network Initiative develops multimedia curriculum with the American Indian Studies Research Institute.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
United States
Spillville
Jan Stoffer
Nussle seeks role as budget clash bridge in Washington
Former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle vows to bridge Bush and Democratic lawmakers over disputed federal spending as White House budget chief. He notes talks with Rep. John Spratt and Sen. Kent Conrad, while Congress stalls funding bills and a possible government shutdown looms.
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Iowa
Jim Nussle
Bush
Congress
White House
Nussle
House Budget Committee
Congressional
John Spratt
D-S.c
Kent Conrad
Dn.d
Senate
Office of Management and Budget
Jim DeMint
R-S.c
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