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BATON ROUGE — A local lawmaker's drive to recreate the Artificial Reef Development Fund as a constitutional program won the unanimous favor of the Senate Finance Committee Thursday.
BATON ROUGE — A local lawmaker's drive to recreate the Artificial Reef Development Fund as a constitutional program won the unanimous favor of the Senate Finance Committee Thursday.
Faced with early opposition from Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, negotiated a compromise prior to the hearing that resulted in a neutral position from the administration.
Allain's Senate Bill 128 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would let voters decide if the rigs-to-reefs program should be pulled out of state law and provided the extra protections of constitutional law.
If the legislation is approved by the Legislature, voters will have their say on the Nov. 4, 2014, ballot.
Allain said after the meeting that the administration only requested the effective date of the amendment, if passed by voters, be Dec. 25, 2014.
"It's a Christmas gift for the reef fund," Allain said, adding he was told the date is related somehow to the budget process.
Rep. Eric LeFleur, D-Ville Platte, asked why an election couldn't be held sooner, and Sen. Norby Chabert, R-Houma, said he was interesting in exploring the same possibility with the administration.
"I was told the administration would object to that," Allain said, although he added after the meeting that the first opportunity would be November of next year, unless a special election is needed before then. "I don't want them fighting me on this."
Jindal has proposed transferring $20.6 million from the reef fund to fill holes in his budget that takes effect July 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year.
Allain said the fund may only have $14 million in it by the time the fiscal year begins, and the administration could potentially take that instead, thus leaving it temporarily empty.
The budget has a $1.3 billion revenue shortfall, and the reef fund has been a giving target for the administration when that has repeatedly happened in the past, amounting to $45 million taken from the fund since the 2009-10 fiscal year.
While Allain said he has personally asked the governor not to move forward with the latest transfer, his legislation would only protect the fund from future raids.
"Having been an avid sportsman and fisherman all of my life, I've seen the benefits of the rigs and iron in the Gulf for underwater habitats," he said.
If the constitutional amendment is enacted, the administration would still be allowed to withdraw money from the fund when crafting its 2014-15 budget next spring, if it chooses to do so and the Legislature approves the move.
Gifford Briggs, vice president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, said the state program needs all the protection it can get as the federal government accelerates plans to decommission so-called "idle iron" in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil and gas companies save money not having to haul their rigs to shore and a portion of the savings go into the reef fund.
"The integrity of this program is very important to our membership," he said.
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is considering litigation over the past transfers and the latest if approved, but members say the administration has offered to find a way to repay the money.
Negotiations are ongoing, they say.
Both the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and the Coastal Conservation Association offered support for Senate Bill 128.
The legislation will be heard next by the full Senate.
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1 Source: Gartner, "Predicts 2015: The Internet of Things," December 30, 2014.
2 Source: https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=84745&referrer=marketing and http://www.raritandcim.com/blog/who-owns-worlds-largest-data-centers-infographic
3 Source: "Worldwide Solid State Drive 2014-2018 Forecast and Analysis: The Need for Speed Grows," IDC, June 2014.
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Last weekend, the Formula One circus hit Abu Dhabi as part of the yearly Middle Eastern swing. As is traditional at the end of an F1 race, you get to drink delicious, delicious champagne.
But in an Arab nation, there is no alcohol allowed. So what do you drink then? Some sort of of rosewater.
It's non-alcoholic, but it's still carbonated, so the top three can spray champagne all over each other. It just doesn't taste like Champagne, which Fernando Alonso found out the hard way.
He reportedly said "Mmmmmmm....ohhhhhhhhhmannnnn."
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When Christina Mailhos ran for first selectman of Willington in 2011, she promised to "hit the ground running."
She didn't anticipate a scenario in which running away from zombies would represent one of the challenges of her time in office.
Mailhos and her town made news recently when a company that runs one-day zombie 5k obstacle races pulled out of town, complaining that Willington had loaded up the permit application with burdensome requirements in order to get rid of them.
Reed Street Productions stages "Run For Your Lives" races around the nation. Participants register either as runners or zombies. The zombies are made up to look like animated corpses. They chase the runners through a 5k obstacle course trying to snatch "life flags" from the runner's belts. The obstacles include a water pit that appears to be filled with blood, a section of the race where artificial smoke makes it hard to see the zombies and a maze — with zombies in it.
Or you could just go for a quiet bike ride somewhere else.
Believe it or not, this is an incredibly winning formula. As Mailhos says, "Obstacle and adventure races [sometimes known as mudders] are the fastest growing fitness trend." She should know. She's actually run in a couple of them. And then you throw in zombies — who are experiencing a very stinky, filthy, bitey Golden Age right now — and you've got two completely legitimate ways to give yourself a heart attack.
In the popularity lies the problem. Depending on whom you talk to, "Run For Your Lives" would have brought anywhere from 5,000 to 7,000 people into Willington. The higher number exceeds the actual population of the town, which as Mailhos points out doesn't even have its own police force or a resident rural state trooper.
I'll spare you the details of how the whole thing fell apart. From one point of view, the system worked. Connecticut is full of these small towns whose residents are in close contact with their leaders, and there's a lot of pressure on those leaders to protect the residents from disruptions and unpleasantness and traffic and noise. Tellingly, Mailhos belongs to A Sentinel Party, which sounds a little Stephen Kingish but which seems to be a town-specific fusion party of Democrats, Republicans and independents who are all about watching out for Willington.
People don't live in Willington because they crave excitement and surprises. It's a Town of Steady Habits within a State of Steady Habits. From another point of view, this is yet another edgy, lively activity that is going somewhere else (Rehoboth, Mass.) because we can't get out of our own way here. First the gun manufacturers leave. Now the zombies.
Mailhos insists she's not anti-zombie. In fact, she says, "I was all for it." But the event was big enough, she says, to trigger Willington's natural instinct for caution, slow deliberation, t-crossing and i-dotting. And Reed Street was rushing them. (I tried to talk to Reed Street about this, but they weren't available.)
Speaking of rush, one of Reed Street's corporate partners is Cracker Jack'D. Were you even aware that the century-old Cracker Jack brand has been re-purposed by Frito-Lay? The name has been changed to reflect the adrenalized tempo of our times, and there's a whole bunch of new 21st century flavors like "Zesty Queso" whatever that means. One Cracker Jack'D formulation is the Power Bite, which is actually infused with large amounts of caffeine. So at an event where you're chased by zombies, you can probably get free samples of something else that will make your heart race. What an age this is! No wonder people move to Willington.
It's an era of new challenges for municipal leaders. There's also that councilman in Maine with indestructible dome placed over his town.
It would be a shame if Connecticut lost all chance of zombie tourism on one swing. There are better places to have this event. Downtown Hartford on a Sunday morning just screams out for thousands of runners pursued by zombies. Actually the scattered few people walking around downtown Hartford on a Sunday morning are often actual zombies. They'd join right in.
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They say [It is said] that travelling broadens the mind. I certainly agree with this popular saying as I am myself a keen traveller. Going to different, perhaps far-off places gives you an opportunity to expand your knowledge about the world and people.
["certainly" sounds better than "surely" here.
"It" at the start of sentence three -- it is too far removed from the first sentence to be used to refer to "travelling". We need to make it clear we are referring to "travelling".
The question is, which is the better way to travel: alone or with friends? The answer will vary according to personal preferences.
[New paragraph -- different topic: travelling alone]
There are those, including myself, who enjoy solitary travelling, while others find such an idea rather unappealing. I personally truly love long trekking trips. During such excursions, you have a chance to get away from it all, to reflect on life and ponder on more serious existential issues. Being alone and undisturbed on a walking track allows you to do that better than if you were with others. Some prefer this as a form of detachment from daily routine.
On the other hand, there are those who can't imagine being completely by themselves while travelling. For bubbly personalities, for example, the sheer idea of being alone for a longer period is just inconceivable. They would feel rather restless not being able to open their mouth and talk to someone.
[Again start a new para for this -- change of tack.
The sentence starting "One of the reasons ..." is a tad overlong]
There is also the issue of safety. Some say that is more advisable, out of pure common sense, to be accompanied by someone while travelling, and being on one's own abroad is rather risky.
[Avoid using the same word twice on the same page. You have "sheer" twice within four sentences, so I have put "pure common sense.]
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One of this fall's big programming events wasn't actually broadcast on TV. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a live-action series geared toward the launch of the new Xbox 360 video game, has become a hit for YouTube, where it runs on the young male-oriented Machinima Prime channel.
YouTube is taking on the traditional TV model in a big way, with the help of major stars, original programs like Halo 4 and big events like Felix Baumgartner's space jump, which broke YouTube user records on Oct. 14. A year after YouTube parent Google unleashed an aggressive $100 million initiative to launch around 100 original programming channels (and committed $200 million to market the channels), viewership on the platform was up 11 percent year-to-year in September.
It's a slow build, and so far YouTube's original programming initiative hasn't produced a hit that was big enough to enter the public consciousness. But according to newly released comScore data, YouTube users spent an average of 419.1 minutes watching video in September, compared to 378 minutes in Sept. 2011.
Google is apparently encouraged enough to invest more money in original YouTube channels, although this time the company is doing it more selectively. The company confirmed this week that among the 100 or so previously funded channels, about 40 percent would receive additional funding. Channels not making the cut may still continue, but on their own dime.
YouTube credits the increase in time viewers spend watching videos to the longer-form clips, which are being programmed by the likes of Modern Family's Sofia Vergara (the young Latino-targeted NuevOn), The Office's Rainn Wilson (the meta-physical channel SoulPancake), CSI creator Anthony Zuiker (Blackbox TV), Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels (AboveAverage) and producer Jon Avnet, whose scripted channel WIGS produces short-form dramas starring Jennifer Garner, Michael C. Hall, Dakota Fanning, Stephen Moyer and others.
YouTube's top 25 channels average more than one million views a week, and 20 of the channels now boast more than 100,000 subscribers. "What we set out to do was really kick start online video," says Jamie Byrne, global head of content strategy. "We've been successful in bringing great creators to the platform."
That includes Avnet (Black Swan), who had been kicking around a web series idea with Rodrigo Garcia (In Treatment) when the YouTube opportunity arose. WIGS programs, which all take the name of their lead characters, include Blue, about a prostitute (Julia Stiles) who caters to kinky clients; and Christine, which follows a woman (America Ferrera) on a night of speed dating.
"Our pitch to talent essentially is, 'Here's where the world is going, do you want to be a part of it?'" Avnet says. "We've got a lot of actors who think highly of us, and agents and managers who — despite the fact that their clients aren't making any money — aren't sabotaging our efforts to do this. The actors have been calling it 'actor therapy.' It's without frills, you come in, you learn your lines and you work. We're going to be able to generate some very interesting stuff with some interesting people."
Brian Robbins, who a decade ago produced signature Nickelodeon shows like All That, is now behind the youth-oriented channel AwesomenessTV. Robbins says he's simply going to where the teens and tweens are now. "I saw my kids' viewing habits and how they were just as comfortable watching stuff on their iPhones as they were on the big flat screen in the living room," he says.
AwesomenessTV runs sketch comedy clips starring a troupe of young performers, but also premiered an ambitious drama, The Runaways, that Robbins says would fit in on a network like The CW. A second season of The Runaways is about to premiere. "I look at it and go, 'I can't believe this costs what it costs,'" he says. "There's no difference between that and any show on The CW."
Machinima, the No. 4-ranked YouTube channel operator, is now making news by partnering with Universal Cable Prods. to run Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, the long-awaited prequel movie to the Syfy series. The two-hour event, cut into 10 episodes, launched Nov. 9 on Machinima Prime and will eventually air in 2013 on Syfy. Such a move is unprecedented.
Making original programming for online is obviously not the same as producing for TV, as Hollywood veterans like Avnet and Robbins have learned. For one thing, celebrities aren't a guaranteed draw. "You think, 'Let's get this star from Nick or Disney and give them a show by themselves,' but that doesn't necessarily translate," Robbins says. "But you get the right YouTube talent and mix it with one of those stars, that's the right secret sauce that works."
Robbins says younger viewers are accustomed to seeing videos done in "vlogger" style (when talent looks into the camera and speaks directly to the viewer). "When you and I watch TV we lean back," he says. "When people are watching things online they're leaning forward and participating. It has to be immediate, it has to grab you."
Avnet says he's still figuring out how to attract viewers to this little portion of the web. "And then the question is, how do you build an audience in this world, because it's obviously very different than what we're used to, where you're spending $100 million to do a series on a network or $30 million to do a series on cable."
Although the budgets are miniscule compared to broadcast or cable, WIGS productions are fully unionized. "It was an expensive decision," Avnet says. "We've created a couple hundred jobs. Our goal is in the third cycle to pay people a cable wage. Not the top dollar, but it would be something they could live in Los Angeles with."
Adds Robbins: "We spend less money than we would on network TV. But we're also free to take more risks and experiment. I'm putting up three pieces of content seven days a week of the year."
Avnet is also still waiting to see how to determine what's a hit on YouTube. "When you get a video with 400 million views, yeah, it's a hit, but who's making money on it?" WIGS has lined up sponsorship deals with advertisers like Unilever, American Express and Geico, but Avnet doesn't rule out eventually going to a paid subscription model like HBO.
Would Avnet or Robbins ever consider moving one of their YouTube franchises to a traditional TV or film platform? Not now — but never say never. "There's no question we could sell some of these," Avnet says. "And we may. But not in the next week or two. I think the bigger we get, the stronger we get, and the more their value is."
The producers behind the YouTube channels say they believe it's just a matter of time before users adapt to more long-form programming. "It's really my main focus right now," says Robbins, who's planning a new musical dramatic series, featuring top YouTube talent, for next year.
Says WIGS' Garcia: "The web is increasingly a platform where things are becoming of quality. It's not just a place for cats on skateboards anymore."


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By Ben Jervey • Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 09:00
If you spend any time at all reading online articles or blogs about climate change (and of course you do, you're here), and you like to punish yourself by scrolling down to the comments, you know how quickly the anti-science shysters and merchants of doubt pounce.
Having posted hundreds upon hundreds of climate-related items over the past decade or so, I can practically predict the canned comments before they're posted. Pay any attention to them, and you'll pretty quickly come to realize that the same talking points surface again and again and again.
There's a good reason for this – the climate denial communications machine is very well funded, and has plenty of shadowy channels to help funnel this disinformation into comments sections and Facebook feeds and Twitter and everything else.
Well now there's a great new weapon that the pro-science crowd can use to help fight the good battle against climate disinformation. It's called Reality Drop, and it dropped this week from the good truth-tellers at the Climate Reality Project.
Basically, Reality Drop uses competitive gaming techniques to combat climate denial online. It combines the best of science-based written arguments, with this new gaming mechanism to really encourage users to spread climate truth.
There already exist a handful of great resources for combatting the boilerplate "hot air" arguments of the denial crowd. Skeptical Science has long been a must-use tool, with science-based arguments tailor made to rebut the most common climate denial myths. (And, in fact, Reality Drop was developed in collaboration with Skeptical Science, whose creator John Cook long ago made all of his website's rebuttals "open source" for anyone to use.) Along similar lines, our friends at Grist have been publishing the very-useful "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic" series for years now.
Reality Drop serves not only to deliver the science-based content, but provides really clever and effective web-based tools for any adherent of climate science to better engage in online "discussions" (I'm trying to be civil here) and make sure that the truth shines through the – how should we say? – PR pollution that's clouding climate science. Check out the video explanation:
Introducing Reality Drop from Climate Reality on Vimeo.
So, in essence, users can find posts online where disinformation is being spread, and "drop" some scientific reality into the conversation. The science-based rebuttals are tailor-made for all of the most common "copy-and-paste" denier talking points.
So, say you find a comment by "earthisflat365" on a National Geographic article about Greenland's ice sheets that says, "…but Antarctica is gaining ice." Click over to Reality Drop and find the relevant rebuttal – here it is – and drop some reality.
You don't even need to stumble upon the myths and lies yourself. Reality Drop gathers a bunch of links daily to posts that could use a dose of truth. Here's how Maggie Fox, President and CEO of the Climate Reality Project, describes the tool in action:
Each day, we feature a roundup of climate news from around the world that demands a response. Some articles may contain misleading quotes from a climate denier. And in other cases, distortions of the truth are polluting the comment section. Reality Drop matches each article with the appropriate climate fact. To respond, you simply go to the article, take the response from Reality Drop, and put it into your own words. In only a minute, you've helped change the conversation.
So far, there are 106 myths cataloged on Reality Drop, each one complemented by a thorough, science-backed rebuttal with an abundance of links to actual research and primary source material.
It's more than a one-stop shop for combatting disinformation – it's a game in which just by playing, we all come out winners.
Benjamin Haslem replied on Permalink
Interesting idea.
I just wonder how long it will be before Anthony Watts etc and their cheer squads memorise the cut & paste reality drop responses and then attack the poor person who posted them. That could scare many people away who are not used to the trolls in this 'debate'.
I haven't look at all the features of Reality Drop yet, so I am speaking from some ignorance.
Still, it's a good case of trying beat them at their own game but with science on your side.
With watch with much interest.
I'm pretty certain they already are.
I've been keeping text documents to cut and paste and 'drop in'. Its not like they are saying anything new… (In fact these days they are saying less.)
Oddly, it was 'them' who gave me the idea. One Troll in particular had a very consistent set of typos (inappropriate spaces and comas). Combine that with the fact that you are looking up, providing the exact same response to the same person, for the 4th time… Hmm.. cut and paste that will make this easier.
We had Bob Armstrong here a while back, and I'm positive he was using a technical jargonizer, to spew all over the forum. (The idiot never answered any questions.. and just walked away when he realized he was too stupid for this crowd.)
Here's his drivel. Notice the commas. (I'll even wager they were testing an early version of an auto responder of some kind.)
lara jorgensen replied on Permalink
Don't you guys think it's just a bit sad what the Reality Drop site is actually offering? They're basically saying, "You don't even have to think for yourselves, just paste our little messages in answer to any and all dissent about AGW".
At least most non-troll "denialists" do their own thinking.
Benjamin Haslem replied on Permalink
@Maybe it does risk being disingenuous but I know plenty of denialists or sceptics (if you wish) who don't do any thinking or research for themselves and just sprout memes they've picked up on or in certain media outlets or blogs.
I guess it's just an attempt to combat that blizzard or misinformation. But at the end of the day, is any 'side' better than the other?
I agree...
However what's the difference between Watt's Up With That and Reality Drop? Hmm? Its not like there is any useful education on the entire site, right? Certainly not from its viewers. Right? Accountants, high school graduates, PR Agents?
Its laughable. And you guys are the joke.
The funny thing is that 2 years ago, links to Watts website were all over the place, but they got laughed at so much, and shredded so easily, that the trolls don't bother any more. Nadda. Watts and all his cronies are a joke. That's why you guys are afraid to mention them, their friends and all their laughable theories.
That essential fact Lara, is that you have zero technical knowledge yourself, and zero technical knowledge in your camp. If you did, you'd have something more to say than trying to shoot the messenger. Right?
All you need is one fact, just one. And you have none. Just one salient fact is all you need to send me packing.
You claim all chemistry and physics is wrong for no more reason than conspiracy theories. That's preposterous. Grow up.
Benjamin Haslem replied on Permalink
Sorry should have been @lara


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The future of global warming — a world of extreme storms, floods, droughts, rising seas, catastrophic change, species loss — is upon us today. The Wonk Room looks at the startling new scientific evidence that has come out this week, as well as how top environmental organizations — the Environmental Defense Fund and the National Wildlife Federation — have responded.
Each day brings new, troubling headlines: the drought in Australia has deepened; coral reefs are dissolving as the oceans acidify; global warming threatens giant sequoias with extinction; and the U.S. Climate Change Science Program reported that soot and smog pollutants from Asia could cause extreme heatwaves and drought in the United States by 2050. Further, September represents the height of the Atlantic hurricane season and the end of the Arctic summer — both of which are being catastrophically changed by global warming:
As the Wonk Room reported yesterday, top hurricane scientist Kerry Emanuel found that Hurricane Katrina would have been significantly weaker twenty-five years earlier. With storms Hanna, Ike, and Josephine following in Gustav's wake, Nature published a stark new study that shows hurricanes are getting fiercer:
As this year's Atlantic hurricane season becomes ever more violent, scientists have come up with the firmest evidence so far that global warming will significantly increase the intensity of the most extreme storms worldwide. . . . Rising ocean temperatures are thought to be the main cause of the observed shift. The team calculates that a 1 ºC increase in sea-surface temperatures would result in a 31% increase in the global frequency of category 4 and 5 storms per year: from 13 of those storms to 17. Since 1970, the tropical oceans have warmed on average by around 0.5 ºC. Computer models suggest they may warm by a further 2 ºC by 2100.
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Actually, if we don't sharply reverse our current emissions path soon, SSTs are likely to rise far more than 2°C by 2100. Indeed, we could easily see a 1°C increase in SSTs by 2050, and that means four more potential city-destroying super-hurricanes per year by mid-century.
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— Permafrost Boiling: BioScience published a study that found, "The thawing of permafrost in northern latitudes, which greatly increases microbial decomposition of carbon compounds in soil, will dominate other effects of warming in the region and could become a major force promoting the release of carbon dioxide and thus further warming."
— Greenland Melting: On Sunday, Nature Geoscience published a study that the rapid melting of the Greenland ice sheet could raise global sea levels three times over than previous estimates.
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Children's Hospital Oakland and UC San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital moved a step closer to an affiliation this week and said they hope for a final agreement by next summer.
The two hospitals signed a letter of intent to seek "possible joint operations," leaders of both organizations said in a notice to employees.
Details about how an affiliation would work and what it would mean for patients remain sketchy.
But it could help improve the financial performance of both institutions, making equipment purchases and upgrades easier, the letter said.
The two organizations may also combine their substantial research activities.
The letter to employees was signed by Dr. Bertram Lubin, president and CEO of Children's Hospital Oakland; Mark Laret, CEO of Benioff; and Sam Hawgood, dean of the UC San Francisco School of Medicine.
As a stand-alone institution, Children's Hospital Oakland has struggled financially in recent years, in part because it has lacked the resources available to hospitals that are part of large health systems.
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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team earned a 62-57 overtime victory against Sacred Heart on Monday night. A career-high 17 rebounds from junior Lauren Arbogast helped the Blue Devils (8-7, 2-2 NEC) even their conference record and move above the .500 mark for the season. Senior Jaclyn Babe was CCSU's leading scorer with 14 points, including 12 in the second half and overtime.
Gabrielle Washington of Sacred Heart (9-7, 1-3 NEC) hit a three with 52 seconds left in the game to put her team ahead by two, but Jaclyn Babe answered with a jumper to tie the game with just 17 seconds remaining. Babe's basket knotted the score at 49-49 and forced overtime.
In overtime it was Arbogast who hit the big shot, a three pointer with 42 seconds left in the game that put the Blue Devils ahead 59-55. The Pioneers scored one more basket, but Jaclyn Babe was able to hit three-of-four free throws over the final six seconds to secure the 62-57 victory.
Arbogast's 17 rebounds are the most for a Blue Devil since Justina Udenze pulled down 19 boards on Feb. 21, 2011. That performance was also against Sacred Heart.
Jaclyn Babe led the Blue Devils with 14 points. She was joined in double-digits by senior Kirsten Daamen and freshman Kayla Miller. Daamen had 12 points for the second consecutive game and Miller set a new career-high with 10 points. All three players did the bulk of their scoring in the second half and overtime.
The Blue Devils and Pioneers played a physical first half with both teams struggling to score consistently. The score was tied on three occasions in the half and the lead changed three other times.
Central was strong on the glass grabbing 25 rebounds compared to 19 for Sacred Heart. The Blue Devils also shot better in the period. CCSU posted a 34.6% shooting percentage and the Pioneers managed just 18.8% from the field.
Sacred Heart was led by Gabrielle Washington who scored 12 of her team's 16 points in the first period.
For the second straight game it was sophomore Kaley Watras who led the offense in the first half. She hit four-of-four shots and scored a team-high nine points in the first period.
The Blue Devils did the majority of their scoring in the paint with Daamen leading the way. CCSU outscored the Pioneers 32-14 in the paint for the game and the Blue Devils were particularly strong in the first half, outscoring Sacred Heart 16-2.
A major reason for the Blue Devils' advantage in the paint was the performance of CCSU's post players. Daamen and Arbogast each blocked two shots and back-up center sophomore Johnna Fisher came off the bench to block three shots. Fisher and Daamen also had four rebounds each.
Sacred Heart was kept in the game by its three-point shooting, particularly in the second half. The Pioneers shot 28.2% from the field in the game, but connected for 35.0% from behind the arc. Gabrielle Washington led the Pioneers with 24 points on 9-of-20 from the field.
The Blue Devils' victory extends their current streak to three straight wins in overtime games. All three have come this season. The Blue Devils are now 9-2 in overtime games under head coach Beryl Piper.
The lead changed hands 17 times in the game with 14 coming after halftime. The score was also tied eight times, including five in the second half and overtime.
As a team, Central grabbed a season-high 56 rebounds in the game. It surpassed the high of 53 that was set on Saturday against Bryant.
Arbogast was consistent on the glass throughout the game. She grabbed seven rebounds in the first half and eight in the second period. She picked up her final two boards in overtime. Her previous career-high for rebounds had been nine, which she had tied on Saturday.
Miller's eight rebounds were a career-high for her. It is the fourth time this season she has set a new career-high for points and rebounds in the same game. She also did it against La Salle, Rider and Miami.
The victory was the Blue Devils first home win over Sacred Heart in the six years under Piper. It is also the program's first home victory over Sacred Heart since a 55-42 win on Feb. 3, 2001.
The Blue Devils host Wagner on Saturday at Detrick Gym. The game is scheduled for a 1 p.m. tip-off.


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Cairo - Aswan. We start the day's sightseeing with a trip to the Egyptian Museum to see the dazzling antiquities of ancient Egypt on display there, including the amazing treasures of King Tutankhamen and his stunning gold funerary mask. This afternoon we take a tour of Old Coptic Cairo, where we'll find the Citadel and some of the oldest Christian churches in the world, including the Hanging Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and built in the 3rd century. This evening we board our overnight sleeper train to Aswan.
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Aswan. Arrive into Aswan and hotel check in. This afternoon we travel out of town to visit the mighty High Dam; a modern feat of engineering, the by-product for this immense construction is Lake Nasser-the world's largest artificial lake! We will also take a trip to the Philae Temple on Agilika Island, which is dedicated to the goddess Isis.
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Abu Simbel
Aswan - Abu Simbel - Aswan. It's an early start today as we fly south to Abu Simbel, possibly the greatest and most awe-inspiring temple of ancient Egypt, created to revere the mighty pharaonic ruler King Ramses II. The four colossal statues of the pharaoh himself guard the entrance to this mighty temple with its spectacular rock-cut facade. Returning to Aswan there's time to amble around the towns excellent souk and relax by the Nile before boarding a luxury Nile Cruiser.
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Nile Cruising
Aswan - Nile Cruising. Anchors away, as we set sail up the Nile. Relax, enjoy the facilities onboard and soak up the sun. We stop en-route to visit the unique, riverside temple of Kom Ombo, with its perfectly symmetrical architecture.
Overnight: Nile Cruising | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Luxor Temple by night
Nile Cruising – Luxor. Ancient Luxor is the final port of call on our cruise and at over 4,000 years old it's steeped in history and often referred to as the world's greatest open-air museum. This evening we view the Luxor Temple, which comprises of numerous pylons, columns, an inner sanctum and a giant granite obelisk. The temple is beautifully illuminated at night.
Overnight: Nile Cruiser | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Valley of the Kings
Luxor - Cairo. This morning we disembark the cruiser and tour the West Bank, home to the legendary Valley of the Kings, with its myriad of tombs, temples and monuments. The first monuments you'll see are the imposing Colossi of Memnon; these massive enthroned statues are all that remains of the temple of Amenophis. The often highly decorated tombs were constructed to once house the regal sarcophagi enclosed mummies of the mighty pharaohs awaiting their passage into the after-life. We also visit the Valley of the Queens (where the pharaohs' wives were laid to rest), the colonnaded Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the spectacular Karnak temple, which is dedicated to the Theban gods. This evening board the overnight sleeper train to Cairo.
Overnight: Sleeper train | Breakfast
Luxor – Dead Sea. Arrive into Cairo and transfer to the airport for a flight to Amman in Jordan (we can book this flight on your behalf). Upon arrival we transfer to the lowest point on earth - the Dead Sea; a natural phenomena, where you float like a cork in the intensely salt rich waters. The high concentration of mineral salts in the sea also gives your skin a fabulous detox!
Overnight: Dead Sea | Breakfast
Dead Sea & Karak Castle
Dead Sea – Karak Castle - Petra. Time for a bit of pampering - perhaps a day at a Dead Sea spa where you can indulge yourself in a variety of luxurious well-being treatments? Or simply relax in the sun by the Dead Sea , the choice is yours. In the afternoon of day 11 we drive south, visiting Karak crusader castle en-route to Petra.
Overnight: Dead Sea (1) Petra (1)
Petra – Madaba - Amman. The jewel in Jordan's archaeological crown is the Rose City of Petra , where you'll spend a full day sightseeing. Catching your first glimpse of the Treasury through the corridors of the siq, will be a memory sure to remain with you forever. We wander down the ancient Roman rock carved streets, exploring the Nabataean tombs, amphitheatre and other hidden treasures this once-lost city has to offer. If you're feeling daring, why not climb the hundreds of steps to Ad-Deir? Ad-Deir is better known as the Monastery and, with its impressive facade and the spectacular views, it is definitely worth the physical exertion! On day 13, you'll have the chance to revisit Petra before driving onward to St George's Church in Madaba to view the fascinating 6th century mosaic map of the Holy Land. Continuing to Amman.
Overnight: Petra (1) Amman (1) | Breakfast x 2
Roman Jerash
Amman – Jerash - Ajlun - Amman. Today we take in the magnificent Roman provincial city of Jerash. With its colonnaded street, theatre, nymphaeum and Temples of Artemis and Zeus. To make these spectacular 2000 year old ruins come to life you'll join the throngs at the Jerash hippodrome watching a 7 lap chariot race and battle re-enactment. We drive onward to Ajlun for a tour of the crusader era Saracen Castle built by the armies of Salah ad din.
Overnight: Amman | Breakfast
Today we bid farewell to Jordan and onward departure transfer to the airport.
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Over the past few years, the Twins have recalled several players from their minor league system. In 2008, the Twins received significant contributions from several players who have been promoted to the team within the last two years including Denard Span, Kevin Slowey, Alexi Casilla, Nick Blackburn, Glen Perkins and even September call-up Jose Mijares. The staples in the middle of the Twins lineup, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Jason Kubel, and Michael Cuddyer were all drafted and developed in the Twins system. The Twins have an organizational philosophy to build from within. The next time the Twins call up some hot shot minor leaguer, be able to impress your friends with how much you know about him! (Learn about the Twins prospects from Allen (Michael) to Yersich (Greg).
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Sep 6, 2009"First - And Best of It's Kind" Seth Stohs does an excellent job in this Prospect Handbook. While to some it may be paragraphs on meaningless teenagers, to others it is a glimpse into the future of the Minnesota Twins. Seth provides background information, in-depth statistics, mini-scouting reports, and prospect rankings. It is truly an excellent work, and will get a lot of work on my desk. I would give it five stars out of five, but an improvement that could be made for future issues is Seth's personal touch - his projection on where the players will spend the season, and how soon they could arrive in Minnesota. I have already had to use this guide many times, and would recommend it to any fan. It is a great work, and one that will hopefully be updated annually!
Aug 19, 2009"A Must Have" As an avid reader of Seth Stohs' website, I had great expections for the Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook 2009. I am glad to say that this book completely exceeded those expectations.Further, this masterpiece should be in every baseball fan's collection. Why? Because the thought-provoking player profiles and picture-perfect descriptions will cure any fan's winter blues and serve as a ubiquitous reference once spring finally returns. Everything you ever wanted to know about the future of the Minnesota Twins is contained within this book.Congratulations, Seth, on the amazing work.
Aug 3, 2009"Seth Book" Seth does a very good job. He is connected with these players. Box scores from a newspaper you cannot get the full picture. I love thumbing around this book. Who is the next Twins Superstar?
Jun 15, 2009"A Good Read and a Nice Reference" Baseball America has a successful and highly anticipated annual called a Minor League Prospect Handbook. Seth Stoh has a popular blog that focuses on the Twins Minor Leaguers called SethSpeaks.net. So should you expect an original effort or a rehash? A second question you might ask, is this strictly a reference book or does it provide narrative reading material? Rest assured this is both a fresh approach and fresh material. If you read the author's blog, you will find the book to be new material. If you look at prospect ratings, you will also find something different. Most, if not all off-season annuals consider prospects to be the top minor leaguers. With other approaches, this means you essentially get a filtered look at the available talent in the minor leagues, often just 5-10% of the players, and they are focused on their star potential. In this book there are 170+ entries on players that completed the 2008 season in the Twins... More > Organization. Each entry gives a couple of sentences to a couple of paragraphs that focus on what this player did in 2008 to position himself for a role, any role, at the major league level. When warranted, the author gives a longer history of the player. No favorites, no prejudices, and little or no space wasted on writing about why they won't make it. For the second question, I would say the book is both reference and narrative. The book is laid out alphabetically by player's name, so it does serve a reference when player transactions occur (Rule V, trades, etc.). But the entries are hardly cookie cutter copies of each other. The author has done a very good job in presenting short readable entries that vary enough to keep this reader engaged and eager to follow one entry after another.< Less
Mar 8, 2009"The only one of its kind" This is the first ever book to focus in depth on the Minnesota Twins minor league system providing profiles as well as a prospect ranking of all Twins' prospects in the minors. The profiles are lively and detailed and in addition to the batting and pitching performance numbers, which could be easily found these days, Seth provides excellent analysis on these prospects, lightened by anecdotal and biographical information. The players in this book are not just names, numbers and slashes, this book makes you see more of them. Seth Stohs is probably the single best person outside of those in the Twins organization to produce an unbiased and in depth analysis of the Twins farm system, since he has been very involved with it for years. Bonus: the book includes several other Twins' prospect ranking lists, in addition to Seth's ranking. A must have for a Twins fan. Buy one for yourself and put one (or more) under your tree.
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My Reaction to Yu Darvish's Near Perfecto
Dear Rangers fans,
It's 2:00AM as I start to write this post. I am beyond exhausted from the emotions of the last two days in New York but I cannot fall asleep. What just happened?
The MLB Fan Cave Dwellers were ready to explode. We were bouncing around as we watched Yu Darvish hit the mound for the bottom of the ninth. One out. Two outs. And then that fatal single up the middle between his legs.
My body fell to the ground in disbelief. But one thing I did remember in that moment was looking around at my fellow dwellers all on the ground with me. That a Blue Jays, Red Sox, Indians, Mets, Dodgers, White Sox, Reds and even an Angels fan shared these same emotions with me (well some more than others).
It is a strange feeling to feel sad after a win but the love of the game was evident in the cave. It's obviously not the outcome I wanted but it'll be a night I won't forget.
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The world of marketing and advertising is changing. Technology is making it easier to promote a product from the ease and comfort of your own home, and more companies are utilizing the internet and blogging for their business as a means of advertising. With this comes the change in consumerism as well. Customers don't just want to buy the product anymore, they want to buy the entire experience the product has to offer. People don't just want to buy coffee, they want to buy the whole coffee house experience: the aroma, the comfortable chair, a good book open in their laps and the familiar mug of smooth coffee by their side.
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In the network marketing industry, sometimes your blog and your online community is your main contact between you and your customer base or your prospects. You not only want to attract readers, you want to maintain a solid readership of potential customers. Your blog is a looking glass into your company. It's where people can see through and determine if your content is worthy of their readership, or if your product is of interest to them or someone they know. Keep your blog content relevant and professional and once you've written terrific articles, spend time on promoting them too. Blogging for business is a great way to spread your message and reach out to your online community.


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South by Southwest brought Coloradans down to do business, to network, to throw parties, to talk about their book. Here's a collection of photos of Coloradans, of SXSW'ers, and of the South by Southwest Interactive conference experience.
Jeremy Tanner, Marketing and Events Manager at MapQuest, tells attendees of MapQuest's two-day "Colorado Ranch" party what the plan is for the afternoon. The party was one tack in MapQuest's SXSW plan. Tanner limited the guest list at the Colorado Ranch party so to focus more on certain types of SXSWi attendees.
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This is the legacy Bug Tracking System for the POV-Ray project. Bugs listed here are being migrated to our github issue tracker. Please refer to that for new reports or updates to existing ones on this system.
FS#98 - Refactor Windows UI code for Unicode support
Opened by Christoph Lipka (clipka) - Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 20:34 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Thursday, 01 December 2016, 14:30 GMT
Windows UI code should be refactored to use _TCHAR throughout instead of char, as well as the corresponding string function macros, to head for Unicode support.
Note that for compatibility with the backend, it might be easier to use UTF8 throughout, and only convert to TCHAR strings in place where needed for display.
Whatever gets rid of the current hodgepodge. ATM the Windows UI code doesn't look like it will compile (and run properly) with any type of Unicode support at all.
This will likely be in POV-Ray 3.7.1.
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Reinventing Valentine's Day
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