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500 years after explorer arrived, a plenitude of Ponces
Published: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 8:51 p.m.
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You're about to see a lot of Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish conquistador and alleged Fountain-of-Youth seeker who "discovered" Florida 500 years ago.
Former state Rep. Lindsay Harrington, a Punta Gorda Republican, said he is a little disappointed that Florida is not doing more to commemorate Juan Ponce de Leon's anniversary.
As a lawmaker in 2004, Harrington passed legislation aimed at raising the visibility of the event in Florida schools. He said the measure was scaled back after he left the Legislature.
"My whole goal was to get school systems involved in an education process to make Florida more aware of Ponce de Leon and how he fit into our discovery and first attempt at a European settlement in America," said Harrington.
Harrington is a member The Royal Order of Ponce de Leon Conquistadors. The nonprofit promotes the Spanish heritage of Charlotte County and Florida by emphasizing de Leon's role, including his 1513 landing in Charlotte Harbor after he explored Florida's east coast and the Keys.
His group plans a March 23-24 celebration in Charlotte. He said it will be the biggest event the group has held in over a decade.
Harrington was involved in some of the planning for Viva Florida 500 events, although he said some suggestions — such as having state vehicles display bumper stickers — didn't materialize. He blamed some scaling back on the economy.
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You can catch him, singing and dancing with toothsome, sequined pirates, at the Florida State Fair in Tampa.
A drawing of his ship will zoom around the track at the Daytona 500 on the haunches of a Chevy Corvette.
It's a puppet Ponce in North Port and a live one at a Deerfield Beach Renaissance festival, where he will frolic with "wenches, fairies and singing merrymen," according to that event's website.
All of this is part of the state's Viva Florida 500 campaign, an effort that uses the anniversary of Ponce de Leon's arrival to promote the state — and, maybe a bit of history, too.
"It's a teachable moment and a marketing opportunity to highlight 500 years of history and cultural diversity — a claim that no other state can make," says Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner.
Will Seccombe, president of Visit Florida, the state's tourism marketing agency, says a TV commercial featuring — you guessed it — Ponce de Leon will encourage visitors to stay a little longer to participate in some of the Viva Florida festivities.
If one out of 10 visitors were to stay an extra day, Seccombe says, it could represent an additional $1 billion in spending and create 15,000 jobs.
So far, 200 major events are planned this year, with at least one in each of Florida's 67 counties.
Florida Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Nancy Detert, R-Venice, says she likes the campaign's emphasis on the state's positive side.
"This is a good opportunity for us to brand ourselves for all the fun stuff the state has to offer," Detert says.
The campaign has been in the works for at least a decade, although some recent talks centered on whether this was purely a marketing opportunity or perhaps a chance to set the historical record straight.
While the Florida Humanities Council provides grants for community efforts that educate people on the historical context of Ponce de Leon's visit and the cultural significance of the state's relationship with Spain, some communities are applying the Viva Florida mantra more loosely.
In Venice, for example, an annual guided tour of the South Venice Lemon Bay Preserve has been renamed "Viva Florida Scrub-jay!"
The state fair, which opened last Thursday, features a cow mascot named Ponce Moo Leon in a conquistador helmet, along with a chance for visitors to become fair "cowquistadors" for getting a map stamped at various locations.
But its Broadway-style production of "Zoom 'N Through 500 Years of Florida Fun" includes a shadow tableau depicting the lives of Florida's inhabitants before Europeans — along with the singing/dancing Ponce, actors extolling the glories of Florida citrus, and beautiful mermaids swinging from the ceiling.
One of Sarasota County's Viva offerings, scheduled for Feb. 27, is a guided walk of the Pocono Trail Preserve in Nokomis to highlight the history of Native Americans who once made it their home.
Several communities will celebrate Ponce de Leon's arrival, although it is disputed where he actually first set foot in the state. On April 2, a landing will be staged on Melbourne Beach, one of the communities that claims the site. The town will unveil a statue of the man of the hour, and hold a parade in his honor.
Meanwhile, the Florida Lottery has launched a new scratch-off ticket game — called the "Florida Treasure Hunt" — that also directs players to an interactive site where they can learn about the state's history while getting a chance to enter in a second prize drawing.
Some counties are blending hard-core history lessons with a little fun. The Polk County History Center on Friday opened an exhibit called "Spanish Pathways," featuring a lecture on North American Indian Studies by an expert from the University of Central Florida.
But refreshments were sangria and tapas.
In Viva Florida's planning stages, some discussions centered on whether activities should celebrate or commemorate Ponce de Leon's visit.
There is a difference.
Some Florida scholars voiced concerns that accurate history would be ignored in a pure celebration, while a commemoration would give residents and visitors a more nuanced understanding of history.
Theresa Schober, an archaeologist in Lee County, used Florida Humanities Council and Lee Trust grants to set up programs on "Making History Memorable: The Impact of Representation on Authenticity."
"A lot of what is going on in state is kind of kitschy," Schober says. "We want to bring an accurate history of Ponce de Leon.
"Many people get a sense of history from literature that might be false. We'll look at how we internalize imagery and stories about the past to construct our historical memory."
The first symposium, on Saturday, brought together leading literature and history scholars who have studied the writings and maps from the voyage of Ponce de Leon, Schober says.
Apparently, the cerebral stuff sells, too; as of Friday, Schober had reservations for all 95 seats and a long waiting list, and was trying to arrange to post the lecture online.
State officials also are trying to persuade King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain to visit Florida in the coming year, although that might prove a tough sell.
Last year, Gov. Rick Scott had to apologize to the king after repeatedly asking about a controversial elephant hunt in Botswana. The monarch had been roundly criticized by Spaniards for taking the trip when his country is in financial peril, but Scott continued to bring it up, becoming the butt of jokes in Spain and in the U.S.
So far, no one can pinpoint exactly how much the Viva Florida campaign will cost the state before the year is out. Visit Florida allocated $1 million for promotions, and some state employees are integrating Viva Florida efforts into their regular jobs.
The Department of State has not budgeted any funds for the campaign, but is inviting partners to help, says spokesman Chris Cate.
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The U.S. State Department announced on October 31st that the United States and its five partners in the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate have endorsed detailed action plans and nearly 100 collaborative projects. The Partnership is an innovative U.S.-led effort to accelerate the development and deployment of clean energy technologies through a voluntary public-private partnership among six major Asia-Pacific nations: Australia, China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. See the press release and detailed agreements on the State Department Web site.
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Doing business with two Chinese telecommunications-equipment makers -- including one with a growing Silicon Valley office -- could pose a security threat to the U.S. because of the firms' apparent ties to the Chinese government, a Congressional report warned Monday.
"Based on available classified and unclassified information, Huawei and ZTE cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems," according to the report by the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
In an interview with this newspaper last year, Huawei officials said they had 430 employees and planned to hire 200 more at their Santa Clara research center, which develops information-technology software and equipment to integrate computing, networking and data storage.
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Officials at ZTE, whose website lists a research and development branch in Milpitas, could not be reached for comment. However, a statement issued by Huawei vehemently protested the congressional report, saying the document "ignored our proven track record of network security in the United States and globally." Huawei also accused the lawmakers of obstructing Chinese companies from entering the U.S. market.
"Huawei is no different from any startup enterprises in Silicon Valley, and our growth and development relies very much on our entrepreneurial spirit, the commitment and hard work of our employees, as well as our unwavering dedication to innovation," the statement said.
In the interview last year, in which he denied a relationship with the Chinese government, John Roese, former head of Huawei's North American research arm, said the company was actively recruiting Silicon Valley engineers and programmers to help it challenge Cisco and other Western rivals. Roese left Huawei earlier this month to take a job with EMC.
A person from Huawei's local office who asked not to be identified said the company wasn't planning any changes in its U.S. operations as a result of the congressional report.
Huawei has been controversial for years.
In a 2003 lawsuit, Cisco accused the Chinese company's U.S. subsidiaries of copying the user interface, manuals and source code for Cisco's routers, which distribute data over corporate networks and the Internet. Huawei admitted that a small portion of its source code had been copied from Cisco and the two companies settled the dispute.
In addition, Huawei four years ago was forced to withdraw a bid to invest in 3Com, a networking company later acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), after U.S. officials said the deal could allow Chinese access to 3Com's technology. In addition, Huawei in 2011 backed away from a deal to buy the assets of 3Leaf Systems, a Silicon Valley cloud computing firm, after a federal panel again raised objections.
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Of Wealth Effects and Greater Fools
There's one thing that seems clear after this week: The Federal Reserve is going to keep pumping the markets up until all the bears and shorts are squeezed out, and all that's left are the greater fools.
By neglecting to make even a token cut to its QE3 program, the Fed delivered two main takeaways on Wednesday: The economy is not responding to QE3 the way the Fed would like, and the central bank plans to keep rates very low for several more years. The market delivered two takeaways of its own, too: just buy something already, and go short at your own peril.
"If someone tells me that the U.S. market is primarily being driven by genuine economic factors…I have to sit in my chair and sigh," Michael Oliver of the research shop Momentum Structural Analysis, wrote. "I won't argue, but I will sigh." The market is being driven right now by Fed policy, and faith, he said. "This is a unique historical market situation…make no mistake of that."
Mr. Oliver said that as a technically driven analyst he has to ignore his observations about the fundamentals. "Until and unless the massive momentum trend-defining structures below the market get broken - especially quarterly and annual – then this 'bull' trend remains on track. That is MSA's opinion. Regardless of reasons, sustainable or otherwise."
The Fed policy is certainly having one effect: The shorts are getting crushed this year, because Fed policy has made just about everything a winning bet. Momentum stocks like Tesla and Netflix have quadrupled. Stocks like Green Mountain and Herbalife are battering the shorts. Short activity is down by about half this year. What's left is a market that's betting prices will be higher tomorrow than they are today, and that there will be a willing buyer tomorrow. In investing circles, it's called the greater fool theory, and it drove the markets during the latter stages of the dot-com boom and the housing boom.
"Remember 1999, when markets ripped through Q4 because so many investors had bided their time waiting for the dot-com bubble to collapse earlier in the year?" Nicholas Colas, the chief market strategist at ConvergEx, wrote. "Cue the music, because this is beginning to look like the same market setup."
Even despite today's modest losses, the go-go, buy-everything market that's defined 2013 got a fresh life. The Dow is up 19% this year, the S&P 500 is up 21%, and hardly anybody dares whispers "correction," much less actually bet on one by shorting the market. But the so-called wealth effect looks more like a placebo effect.
Fed policy has been good for the markets, because the markets are the Fed's transmission mechanism. After all, you don't see central bankers standing on street corners handing out money (although, in a world of "unconventional" policies, that isn't necessarily a bad idea). The whole wealth-effect notion behind quantitative easing relies on the markets: The Fed creates credit, uses it to buy bonds from the banks, and the banks use that money to lend. Business expand, consumers spend, the economy grows, and off we go on our merry, prosperous way.
It hasn't quite worked out that way. The banks have generally parked that money on the Fed's balance sheet. There's been some activity: cheap credit has fueled a surge in auto sales, and sparked a modest rebound in housing. But mostly the Fed's money has just propped up asset prices. Economic growth has been halting, and most people have seen no improvement in their wages. Even in a world where fundamentals don't seem to matter, they still do, and nothing is more fundamental to economic growth than wages.
Wages are largely flat, and if inflation ever does pick up, wages will likely fall in real terms. Meanwhile, the Fed keeps pumping, and ratcheting up the risks.
"The longer Main Street takes to recover, the greater the risk of asset bubbles," Michael Hartnett, the chief investment strategist at BofA/Merrill Lynch, wrote in his weekly Thundering Word note.
At the current rate of recovery, another bubble seems inevitable. But try telling that to the greater fools.


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It's your last semester of college, and graduation is right around the corner! But before you get a major case of Senioritis, here are a few things to keep in mind before the big day.
- Schedule a meeting with your advisor to check up on your student record. You should have a chat with him/her to make sure that you're even eligible to graduate. Some things you should bring up are: Did I meet all of the requirements to graduate? Do I still have outstanding credits? Did I transfer those study abroad credits to my current record? Did my transcripts from the other university transfer successfully?
- Make sure there aren't any discrepancies on your degree evaluation. If you notice something funky, make sure to investigate and correct it before it's too late.
- Keep in mind that walking and attending the Commencement exercises may be different. If you still have more units to complete, you could technically just be walking in the ceremony, not actually graduating…yet.
- Double check that you don't have any outstanding balances with your college/university that would prevent you from receiving your diploma or transcripts. You don't want to have to go through the whole exciting process only to realize that your diploma can't be sent to you until you pay off that year you dormed on campus.
- APPLY FOR GRADUATION. (You'd be surprised at how many students don't know that you actually have to apply to graduate.) The school's registrar team basically audits your academic records to ensure that all of the institution's obligations have been met. For some schools, there may be a separate application for each degree you're applying for. Whether the application is online at your school's website, or at the advisor's office, or even in a folder on the 2nd shelf, in aisle 5 of the campus bookstore — make sure to apply for graduation.
- Attend your school's grad events! You can order personalized announcements, class rings, take professional pictures, order your cap and gown, and choose your diploma frame! It's where you can get all of your fancy grad stuff!
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - I think we can all agree that the best mornings are the ones where you wake up feeling energized and excited for what the day will bring. But as great as starting the day off feeling happy and motivated is, it doesn't take much for someone or something to trigger a negative emotion leading to a bad mood or irritated mind state.
How can these triggers change your emotions so quickly and how do you maintain a positive outlook when this happens? I wanted to share ways to keep a positive state of mind so you can wake up each and every day feeling energized with a positive sense of self, ready to take on the day and combat all the negative forces that will undoubtedly come your way.
Work out
Whether it's going for a run or lifting weights in the gym, exercise is one of the most effective ways to add energy and a more positive outlook to your day. Burdened with stress and frustration, working out is the perfect opportunity to release pent up aggression. Even a quick 10-minute walk outside can be enough to clear your head and raise your endorphins.
A very effective way to become a more positive person and to enjoy life more is simply to develop a habit of appreciating more. At times we find ourselves complaining about little insignificant things in life.
It's important to take a step back to appreciate and be thankful for all that we have. In general, we tend to surround ourselves with positive uplifting people; therefore, becoming this type of person will not only improve your overall outlook on life but will attract more positive people into your life as well.
Everyone responds to sound differently, but hearing your favorite music - whether it's Led Zeppelin or Fresh Aire - is instrumental when it comes to energizing, motivating, and relaxing you. Nothing is better than hearing your favorite song to put you in a great mood and take your mind off things, if only for a couple minutes.
Put on a blue shirt. Sounds strange, right? I read this suggestion online and was intrigued to try it out. Blue is naturally a relaxing color - which is why shrinks tell their patients to stare at the sky.
Interestingly, orange is the biggest irritant and red and purple suggest power. Therefore, if you wear blue, you are most likely to be relaxed and calm. Remember this next time you have a stressful day headed your way!
Lastly, "me" time is vital when it comes to staying positive. Find your own special place to gather strength. Whether it's at the lake, on the beach, going for a drive or exercising, don't forget to give yourself some much needed love and appreciation. We focus too much on others at times, which is therapeutic in its own right, but I think we tend to forget how important we really are.
Remember, you ultimately decide how you react to life and how you live it. Charles Kingsley wrote, "The men whom I have seen succeed best in life have always been cheerful and hopeful men, who went about their business with a smile on their faces, and took the changes and chances of this mortal lifelike men, facing rough and smooth alike as it came."
Share with me what changes your mood positively.
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STOCKTON - Two men were found shot early Saturday morning inside a vehicle in a commercial/industrial section of northeast Stockton, officials said Monday. One of the men died at the scene from multiple gunshots, according to a news release issued Monday afternoon by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.
The deceased man was identified as Christian Elizondo, 21, who was sitting in the driver's seat of the vehicle. The other victim, identified only as a 23-year-old man, suffered a single gunshot wound to his upper body and was taken to a hospital for treatment, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The vehicle was located on the west side of Cherokee Road near Newton Road, just west of Highway 99, about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. A witness who called authorities said the passenger told him there was a shooting and the driver was injured. Another caller reported it as a traffic accident involving a silver-colored, four-door car. A witness told deputies he saw a dark-colored sedan turn onto the southbound onramp to Highway 99 during the shooting, according to the sheriff's statement. There is no further description of any suspects or vehicles involved in the homicide, and no eyewitnesses have stepped forward.
"We have very little to go on," sheriff's spokesman Deputy Les Garcia said Monday. "This investigation is still ongoing."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Terry Renberg at (209) 468-4424 or text a tip to 274637; in the message area, type SJSO, a space and the tip.
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Dear Nebula Voters,
I know what your real purpose is with the nominees for this year's award. Don't think you can hide your secret, conspiratorial goals from me! I know what you really want to do is cause me immense angst by putting some of my favorite people up against each other in your various (nefarious!) categories. You know when it comes to awards I root for the people I know and like before I even consider anything else, because of course the people I know and like are all the greatest writer in the world, but what am I supposed to do when you, for instance, put VanderMeer up against Barzak in the novel category?!
I'm safe, at least, with the short story category. Jim Kelly is the only writer I know well there, so obviously he should win. Novelette is worse -- Paolo Bacigalupi is the one person whose short stories have caused me to write a long essay, and he's a really nice guy (well, as long as you don't burn lots of hydrocarbons in front of him. I tried digging an oil well at the World Fantasy Convention in 2005, and he threatened to punch me). Rachel Swirsky I've communicated with regarding Best American Fantasy (we reprinted her story "How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth" in BAF 2, and all of the BAF contributors feel like family to me, even if I never talk to them, which is mostly what makes them feel like family...) And then there's Mr. Bowes, who once attacked me with a stiletto-heeled shoe when I suggested that Cats is not the greatest musical of all time. I've forgiven him, even though Starlight Express is obviously the greatest musical of all time, and in learning forgiveness, I have learned to appreciate the man himself, and so of course I want him to win as much as I want Paolo and Rachel to win. Maybe they all can. (Voters! Coordinate your efforts to please me!)
Novella is actually easy, too, because the only person there I've met is John Scalzi, and he's alright, even if I remain dead to him.
But the novel category ... it's killing me. I'm going to have to freebase my entire collection of pill-bottle cotton tonight just to calm my aching soul. Not only are Messrs. Barzak and VanderMeer, two of my favorite people, present there, but Paolo Bacigalupi is hanging out in that category as well, and so is China Mieville with The City & The City, a book I adored. And though I don't know Cherie Priest, I know her editor, who is also one of my favorite people, and thus is, by definition, the greatest editor in the world.
Okay, Nebula voters -- I give up! Uncle! Please please please start nominating more works by mean, nasty people I don't like! Or at least people I don't know! I'm working hard to be a recluse, so it shouldn't be all that difficult to locate more people I don't know. It will save me agonized nights of writhing on the floor, my loyalties pulling me in all directions, my heart torn asunder.
What's that you say? It's not all about me? Yes, I've heard that before, many times. Conspirators always deny their conspiracy. I know the truth, though, and in the immortal words of Bob Dylan: "I don't believe you!"
Meanwhile, congratulations to all!
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I have to say that the list is pretty impressive. Unfortunately, i havent read as many (any) of them outside of the YA catagory. The Andre Norton Award is a toss up between Ice (great book if you havent read it) and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairlyand in a Ship of Her own Making. Both were fantastic, though the latter was produced as a donate-what-you-can project on the authors website. I think that's novel enough to earn it some points (and it was great). I'll be interested to see who wins.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2/24/2010 8:32 PM
(I don't know what you are being Judas about, but dammit you must be if you're going to throw Dylan in my face)
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Paula Deen says the woman who is suing her for racial harassment lied about her African-American ties.
Deen has filed documents pertaining to the lawsuit that might well destroy her career saying Lisa Jackson -- the woman who was fired from Deen's Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House -- is not connected to the African-American community, but is instead tied to the Hispanic community, according to TMZ.
D'oh. Too bad Deen didn't think of that before giving the deposition in which she admitted to dropping N-bombs more than two decades ago.
Jackson's claim was that Deen used the N-word while discussing wedding plans for her brother and restaurant partner Bubba's wedding. Deen reportedly discussed having black workers dress up as slaves in a 19th-century plantation-style wedding.
According to the website, Jackson's proof of her African-American ties was her partner's niece, who she claimed is half African-American. Jackson is asking for damages based on racial harassment, claiming she's an African-American adjacent.
Deen's new documents suggest Jackson's partner has admitted that her niece isn't black. Not even a little. She's Hispanic.
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VAIL - When Vail residents Mike and Emily Kloser get an early morning phone call from their daughter Heidi overseas, they never know what to expect.
But in Saturday's 7:30 a.m. call from Austria, they received some of the best news they've ever heard from Heidi - she'd made the podium in a World Cup event.
"This call was one you wake up to and are extremely happy to hear the news," Mike Kloser said on Saturday afternoon. "We're incredibly excited for Heidi."
The second-place finish - Kloser's first podium in World Cup competition - came after another top-10 finish last weekend, a seventh-place effort at the season opener in Ruka, Finland.
Kloser told her parents that her outstanding qualifying run, and the Kreischberg course itself (one of the flatter on the circuit), had her feeling good about her chances going into the finals.
"I qualified second, which is the highest I've ever qualified, so I went into finals really excited," she said.
Dual moguls World Cup competition pits athletes against each other in a head-to-head format on a jump-and-bump course, with judges scoring the athletes on technical turns, speed and aeriel maneuvers to determine a winner. Some formats have mogul skiers side-by-side only in the final rounds, with a seeding system used to determine those finals, but the format used at Kreischberg on Saturday was similar to NCAA basketball, where competitors were seeded down to a field of 16, followed by four rounds of duals.
Kloser went head-to-head against her teammate Eliza Outtrim in the round of 16, besting her to make it to the round of eight where she defeated the Canadian Chloe Dufour-Lapointe. In the final four, Kloser knocked out Austrian Brittney Cox to qualify second into the final round against teammate Heather McPhie.
"I had a bit of a sloppy run against Heather, but I'm really happy with my second-place finish," she said.
McPhie is undefeated in dual moguls so far this season, winning every matchup in Ruka, as well, where she defeated Kloser in the round of eight.
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It's Ansonia vs. Woodland again for league title
Ansonia has the title. Woodland wants it. The two teams will meet for the league championship for the second straight year tonight at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury at 6:30.
The defending champion Chargers (10-0) enter the game brimming with confidence after easily winning another Brass Division crown, with an average margin of victory of 35 points.
But the Hawks (9-1) come in with a division title of their own, edging out Naugatuck and Holy Cross for the Copper title and the right to play the Chargers.
Woodland and Ansonia did not meet in the regular season, but they still know each other well.
"Whenever you play (Ansonia) it's usually for something," Woodland coach Tim Shea said. "It's a great challenge to play Ansonia, and you have to play them most years if you want to win the NVL championship, and even in Class S, so we're looking forward to it."
Ansonia's only close call this season came in a 21-20 victory over Seymour. The Chargers committed six turnovers in that game.
"Obviously it's not something you come into the game planning on," Ansonia coach Tom Brockett said. "You can't turn the ball over that much. We just didn't make the plays that night, but were lucky enough to come out with a win."
The state's all-time career rushing leader, Arkeel Newsome, is the obvious star for the Chargers, but Ansonia is far from a one-trick pony.
Quarterback Jai'Quan McKnight and fullback Saiheed Sanders provide a nice compliment to the All-World Newsome.
If Woodland is going to have a chance to win this game, it's going to need to contain those three players, and the rest of the Charger's offense, and maintain ball control.
"We need to contain what they do on offense," Shea said. "They have a lot of weapons that come at you and dare you to stop them, so we'll do our best to do just that. We can't afford three-and-outs or making too many mistakes. We'll look to capitalize on their mistakes, keep the ball on offense, sustain drives and put some points on the board."
For Woodland, "it starts with (Tanner) Kingsley" said Brockett of the Woodland quarterback. "He's done such a great job this year. We need to keep them off the field, which is the challenge. They don't punt too often."
Another key will be won in the trenches — the offensive and defensive lines.
"It's huge," added Brockett. "The game starts up front and we need to win those battles."
The Chargers, who won last year's title game, 56-26, will also look to limit Sean McAllen's rushes.
Woodland's only loss came on Nov. 1 to Holy Cross, 37-18. But Naugatuck's win over the Crusaders' gave the Hawks another division crown.
With the CIAC playoffs looming, both teams have the potential to play five games between today and Dec. 14, and could meet again in the Class S tournament.
Currently, Ansonia is the No. 2 seed, while Woodland is ranked fourth in the class.
"Five games in four weeks is a lot, but I'm sure a lot of teams would love to trade places with us and have that in front of them," added Shea. "We're taking one game at a time right now, so we're focusing on Ansonia. After the game we have a short turn around and we'll get ready for Seymour."
Woodland travels to Seymour on Nov. 27, while the Chargers visit Naugatuck on Thanksgiving in their final game of the regular season.
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Woodland Alum wrote on Nov 20, 2013 7:29 AM:
" I have always been a fan of all my schools sports, attending most sporting events, since I was a freshman in 2003. 10 Years later and I still go to the games. My biggest regret is not trying out for the football team.
Over the past 10 years, I have missed very few games. And ive been fortunate to see Woodland win many times. Tonight I will not be able to attend, but I know this woodland team has one of the best shots of beating Ansonia. This Woodland team is the real deal, and for the first time in quite a few years, they have a large student section standing behind them. That's awesome to see.
Good luck Hawks, I know you can do it.
Woodland 28 Ansonia 24 "
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March 18, 2009
Appropriations Act Provides Nearly $2 Billion in New Funding for EERE
President Barack Obama signed an omnibus appropriation act into law on March 11, providing $1.93 billion for DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) for fiscal year (FY) 2009, which runs through the end of September. The funding represents a 13.5% increase above FY 2008 funding, which was $1.72 billion. Although FY 2009 started in October 2008, DOE and many other federal agencies have been operating under a continuing resolution, awaiting congressional action on the appropriations act. The continuing resolution held spending levels equal to those set by the FY 2008 budget, but that all changed in February, when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided a one-time injection of $16.8 billion into the EERE budget. Combining that economic stimulus funding with the FY 2009 budget yields a total budget of $18.73 billion for EERE, an 11-fold increase above FY 2008 funding levels. See the president's press release on the appropriations act, and see the article from the EERE Network News on the economic stimulus funding.
Of the $1.93 billion in new funding for EERE, the act provides nearly $169 million for hydrogen technology, including $3 million for fuel processors and $5 million for manufacturing activities; $217 million for biomass energy; $175 million for solar energy, including $30 million for concentrating solar power; $55 million for wind energy; $44 million for geothermal energy; $40 million for "water power," which includes both conventional hydropower and tidal and marine technologies; $273 million for vehicle technologies, including $25 million for the Clean Cities program; $140 million for building technologies, including $33 million for the Commercial Buildings Initiative and $25 million for solid-state lighting; $90 million for industrial technologies, including $7.5 million for energy-saving technologies for the steel, glass, and metal-casting industries and $25 million to support distributed energy, combined heat and power, and advanced reciprocating engines; and $22 million for the Federal Energy Management Program. Given the separate funding injection from the economic stimulus act, these funding levels are difficult to analyze, but they represent clear funding gains for nearly all of these technology programs, including a doubling in funding for geothermal energy and a four-fold increase in water power funding relative to FY 2008.
EERE's grant programs, international programs, infrastructure development activities, and other supporting activities also received funding increases under the appropriations act. The Weatherization Assistance Program received $200 million, while the State Energy Program received $50 million, adding to the $8 billion directed through these programs by the economic stimulus act. The International Renewable Energy Program gained $5 million in funding, while $6 million will go toward tribal energy activities. For facilities and infrastructure, the act provides $76 million, most of which will go to DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, including $41 million to complete construction of the Energy Systems Integration Facility. It also provides $5 million for the Renewable Energy Production Incentive and nearly $146 million for DOE program support and direction. The act also specifies that nearly $229 million in funds will go toward congressionally-directed projects, also known as earmarks, an increase of nearly 23% above the funding earmarks specified in FY 2008. President Obama has proposed new earmark reforms for the FY 2010 budget. See the full appropriations act, a summary of the appropriations for energy and water (PDF 44 KB), pages 33-34 of the energy and water section of the appropriations act (PDF 2.8 MB), pages 58-67 of the accompanying explanatory statement for the appropriations (PDF 18.4 MB), and for background, page 65 of the EERE budget request for FY 2009 (PDF 438 KB), which includes prior-year funding levels. Download Adobe Reader.


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HOUSTON --The Raiders and Houston Texans are proof you can't beat the NFL for plot twists and turns.
Who would have figured in September that undrafted free agent quarterbacks Matt McGloin and Case Keenum would be facing off Sunday at Reliant Stadium in hopes of righting the sagging fortunes of their respective franchises?
McGloin became the starter when the Raiders (3-6) downgraded Terrelle Pryor from questionable to out moments before boarding a flight for Houston on Saturday. He becomes the 15th starting quarterback for the Raiders since Rich Gannon had a career-ending neck injury on Sept. 26, 2004.
The Raiders are 0-4 on the road and 1-11 since Dennis Allen became head coach, with the lone victory coming last season against a Kansas City Chiefs team that finished 2-14.
Houston, considered an AFC title contender in the preseason, is 2-7 after winning its first two games and turned to Keenum after mistake-prone starter Matt Schaub was injured, keeping the job when Schaub got healthy.
At Penn State, McGloin stayed with the program following the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, the ouster of coach Joe Paterno and heavy NCAA sanctions. He led the Nittany Lions to an 8-4 record and 6-2 mark in the Big Ten last season.
"They faced some challenges his senior year and some adversity they had to push through and overcome," Allen said. "That's probably helped him as far as his leadership ability and how to lead a group of men. He's a good character kid and I think he'll be prepared."
Like McGloin in 2013, Keenum was not drafted in 2012 despite setting NCAA records for passing yards, completions and touchdown passes in the University of Houston's spread offense. The Raiders scouted Keenum, but like every other NFL team, didn't select him through seven rounds.
Keenum has seven touchdown passes and no interceptions since first appearing in Week 7 in a 17-16 loss to Kansas City.
"I thought he was a good player and had a lot of intangibles," Allen said. "He's probably not the biggest, strongest, fastest prototypical quarterback, but he's effective. He was effective in college and he's been effective in the NFL."
Allen, who is 6-7 in home games with the Raiders, is at a loss to explain the difficulties on the road.
Two of Oakland's better performances in the last two seasons came on the road, but both were losses -- 23-20 in Atlanta last season and 21-17 at Indianapolis in the 2013 season opener.
Others have been unsightly, most recently a 24-20 loss to the New York Giants that had team owner Mark Davis shaking his head when he entered the elevator following the game.
"It's not really a complicated process. There is no magic formula," Allen said.
In four road games this season, the Raiders lost decisively to Denver and Kansas City, with close losses to the Colts and Giants decided on late turnovers.
"It comes down to executing when the game's on the line," center Stefen Wisniewski said. "For whatever reason, we've done better at home than on the road."
Despite their record, the Texans rank ninth in the NFL in total offensive yardage (376.2 per game) and first in total defense (280.0). Their last three losses have come by a total of seven points.
A tumultuous season included head coach Gary Kubiak collapsing on the field Nov. 3 at halftime of an eventual loss to the Colts. Kubiak is expected to coach from the press box against the Raiders after defensive coordinator Wade Phillips took over in a 27-24 loss to Arizona last week.
"I know how to explain it -- it's called turnovers and sloppy football," Kubiak said by conference call. "We've lost four games by a total of 10 points and the difference in those games is a play or two, a turnover or two ... if you dig deep enough you can find out why. Those rankings can fool people sometimes."
The Texans have elite players on both offense and defense, with wide receiver Andre Johnson (62 catches, 850 yards, five touchdowns) and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt at defensive end (61/2 sacks overall, two forced fumbles and recoveries last week).
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.


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There's just something about award shows that draws me in. Everyone all dressed up, the red carpet interviews, the pageantry, the anticipation of the great moments, the sincerity of the winners' speeches. I can't look away.So I'm in heaven right now in the midst of awards season. The Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the Oscars, the Emmys ... I watch them all. This past weekend was the Grammys, and I'm reminded of something each year when I tune in. While the other award shows appeal more to fans of specific genres -- films the mainstream won't see or TV shows involving graphic violence -- the Grammys really provide something for just about everyone and reinforce the idea that music can be the great unifier.Every generation has its definition of what makes music "real" music. And the advent of recorded music created a now age-old tradition of parents telling their kids what they are listening to is NOT music. I made a concerted effort to stay current with my musical taste over the years with the hope that I would be able to break the cycle. I enjoy nearly every genre of music, with a few exceptions - like death metal and Celtic music. I can tell you who a lot of the young, current artists are and can usually sing along, as much as my boys will allow. In the car we listen to pop, rock, R&B and hip hop, though on this last genre I do have the right to change the station at any given moment in accordance with my "two swears, that's offensive to women" rule. And my ingenious plan would have worked if it hadn't been for that heinous electronic dance music. For the love of God, what is that noise? When The Teenager has that screeching, bass pounding compilation of sounds coming out of his room, it makes me want to run screaming from the house. I may be risking his future ability to hear, but at times I have implored him to plug in his earbuds.See? Dang it, I'm a cliche! My parents got an example of one my tirades on a recent visit. My mom recalled saying the exact same thing to me in 1983 about Adam Ant, who I still, to this day, say made fabulous music. And my dad recalled a memory that he hadn't thought about since the day it happened. He remembered his mother complaining about the music his older brother, Chuck, was playing on the record player. "That awful Benny Goodman!" And so the cycle began.Here's my issue with the electronic dance noise The Teenager is calling music. It's right there in the name: electronic. It's completely generated on computers. There's not a single instrument-created note in the songs. It hurts my ears. I know, I sound just like all the mothers who have come before me. Fortunately, I have back up on this. The Man Formerly Known As My Husband is fighting the good fight, as well. He complains that they aren't listening to real musicians, that they don't exist in the current crop of performers. He is the Kenny Loggins-Journey era, when the bands wrote their songs, sang understandable lyrics and played their instruments. He fears the boys will never appreciate actual instrument-created music and is trying desperately to interest one of them in the guitar. Little success so far, but we're not giving up hope. Don't tell Child Protective Services, but we might try deprogramming them by erasing their iPods and replacing all their music with '70s and '80s rock bands.However, the Grammys have a way of opening eyes and ears to different genres, helping those stuck in their listening ways to appreciate the next wave of artists, challenging their preconceptions of what music is supposed to be, and introducing the younger generation to those who came before them. The performances on the show always make it worth watching to long telecast. The pairings of classic artists, like Elton John, Sting, and T Bone Burnett with current performers helps bridge the divide between what was and what is.So while I will never curl up with a good book while Skrillex is playing softly in the background, I will purchase ear plugs and try to respect The Teenager's listening choices. (Even if it isn't really music.) Linda Stamper Boyne of Edwards can be contacted through email@example.com
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jigger 1
1A machine or vehicle with a part that rocks or moves back and forth, e.g., a jigsaw.
Example sentences
- The newly-diagnosed disease causes fingers to turn white and numb as a result of using hand-held vibrating tools such as pneumatic drills and jigger picks.
- Machines called jiggers and jolleys are used to make tableware in ceramics factories.
- With a working width of 4.5 meters, the HT jigger is the largest such dyeing unit installed in Italy.
3A small fore-and-aft sail set at the stern of a ship.
3.1A small tackle consisting of a double and single block or two single blocks with a rope.
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- What is needed is an incentive for fishers in New Zealand waters to use jiggers, a ban on trawling would do that.
- And no squid is safe from the Seattle squid jiggers who flock to the docks at dusk and stay into the wee hours of the night, hoping to catch a few.
4A measure or small glass of spirits or wine.
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- Require the use of jiggers or pre-measured dispensing systems, and buy high-quality shot glasses with pour lines marked on them.
- One drink is one can of beer, one glass of wine, or one jigger of hard liquor.
- Use a jigger or similar device to ensure that the amount of alcohol is consistent.
5 Golf , dated A metal golf club with a narrow face.
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- Clubs were named rather than numbered so I have jiggers, cleeks, mashies, spoons [and] mussel-backs all represented in the sculpture.
6Used to refer to a thing whose name one does not know or does not wish to mention: see them little jiggers?
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- Despite the funny name, this little jigger has a top speed of 395 kph (250 mph in the old money) and does the 0-100 kph in an unbelievable 3.2 seconds.
- To stick one of these little jiggers in the garage will set you back 2.6 million, or 2.7 fully loaded, as they say in the trade.
- The power to weight ratio is incredible, and riding one of these jiggers goes down as my all-time most frightening buzz!
verb[with object] informal
Rearrange or tamper with.
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- Feldstein mentions some revenue-neutral tax jiggering that could be stimulative, but that sounds like fairly ordinary tax policy stuff to me.
- That didn't stop them from paying $1.63 billion this week for Overture, a company whose specialty is selling the ability to jigger search results.
- It says it wants 10 percent minority representation, and then they have to jigger the system to figure out how to reach that number.
Mid 16th century (originally a slang word for a door): from the verb jig (the relationship with which is obscure in certain senses).
Words that rhyme with jiggerchigger, configure, figure, Frigga, ligger, rigger, rigor, rigour, snigger, swigger, transfigure, trigger, vigour (US vigor)
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HAWLEY - Join the students of the Lackawanna College Kiesendahl School of Hospitality and Tourism as they present their second annual student dinner at the Clubhouse at Woodloch Springs, Friday, April 4.
Every aspect of the event is planned and prepared by Lackawanna College students enrolled in the culinary arts and hospitality programs. This year's menu features a variety of Pacific fusion cuisine prepared with locally grown products.
Tickets are $40 per person and include a 6 p.m. cocktail hour and 7 p.m. dinner. A cash bar, music, and raffle will also be offered.
Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Kiesendahl School of Hospitality and Tourism Scholarship Fund.
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Saturday April 27, 2013
AMERICUS, Ga. – The nationally third-ranked and 2013 Peach Belt Conference regular-season champion University of South Carolina Aiken baseball team completed a regular-season closing three-game Peach Belt Conference road sweep of Georgia Southwestern on Saturday with a 5-2 victory over the Hurricanes at Hurricane Stadium.
The USC Aiken (41-9, 24-6 PBC) victory over Georgia Southwestern (15-31, 5-22 PBC) on Saturday allows the Pacers to close the regular-season having won 14 of its last 15 games. The Pacers have won a school-record tying seven straight away games. The 2006 USC Aiken baseball team also won seven straight away games at one point.
The three-game sweep of Georgia Southwestern also allows USC Aiken to close out the 2013 regular-season having claimed 11 of its 13 three-game series this season (Lincoln Memorial, Carson-Newman, Shepherd, Francis Marion, Flagler, Young Harris, North Georgia, Augusta State, Lander, Columbus State and Georgia Southwestern).
The Pacers swept three-game series from Lincoln Memorial, Shepherd, Flagler, Young Harris, North Georgia, Augusta State, Lander and Georgia Southwestern.
USC Aiken kicked off its third game win over Georgia Southwestern on Saturday with Branden Millhouse (Summerville, S.C./USC Upstate) being walked. Tyler Moore (Evans, Ga./Evans HS) then singled him over to second to place a runner in scoring position. After steals by Millhouse and Moore, Bryce Baur (Moncks Corner, S.C./Florence-Darlington Tech) was walked to load the bases for the Pacers.
Bill Gerstenslager (Solon, Ohio/Mercyhurst), who tripled in the contest, brought Millhouse home next by hitting a sacrifice fly to left field.
The score would remain 1-0 in USC Aiken's favor until the top of the fourth inning. JJ Loker (Elkton, Va. Spotswood HS) brought Baur home in the inning on a single to give the Pacers a 2-0 advantage.
USC Aiken would go on to add single runs in the top of the fifth, seventh and eighth innings. Georgia Southwestern plated two runs in the bottom of the ninth in its three-run loss to the Pacers.