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Pitching headlines Reds' prospect pipeline
The process of developing talent in professional baseball is vastly different than in other major American sports such as basketball or football. Most of the players taken in the First-Year Player Draft last week likely won't play at the Major League level for a few years, and many will opt to forgo the pros for now to play in college.
Once the Draft ends and the players who want to sign eventually do, Reds director of player development Jeff Graupe, along with his staff and scouts, is in charge of guiding and evaluating the club's Minor League talent.
The process of developing talent in professional baseball is vastly different than in other major American sports such as basketball or football. Most of the players taken in the First-Year Player Draft last week likely won't play at the Major League level for a few years, and many will opt to forgo the pros for now to play in college.
Once the Draft ends and the players who want to sign eventually do, Reds director of player development Jeff Graupe, along with his staff and scouts, is in charge of guiding and evaluating the club's Minor League talent.
And according to Graupe, there's plenty of talent to work with in the Cincinnati organization.
"I really tip my cap to our scouting department," Graupe said. "They've done a tremendous job. They just finished up the Draft, obviously, and I know they feel good about that. I'm excited to see another class of players. They've done an extremely good job, and it's been a lot of fun to work with them."
While it's impossible to fully evaluate the 2013 draftees just days after they were selected, plenty of selections from recent years have begun to set themselves apart from the rest.
Two pitchers in particular from the 2011 Draft have stuck out to Graupe, including one who already has had his first taste of the Majors.
Tony Cingrani -- rated the Reds' No. 3 prospect by MLB.com -- climbed up the Minor League ranks quickly after being taken in the third round in 2011. After spending time at the Class A advanced and Double-A levels last year, Cingrani started 2013 with Triple-A Louisville. Shortly after, he was called up to the big leagues in place of the injured Johnny Cueto and did not disappoint. In six starts, the 23-year-old left-hander went 2-0 with a 3.27 ERA. With Cueto hurt again, Cingrani was back in the Majors for Tuesday's game against the Cubs.
Cincinnati's first-round pick in 2011, right-hander Robert Stephenson could follow a similar path, Graupe said. Unlike Cingrani, who played in the Rookie League in 2011, Stephenson didn't get started until 2012. In his first full season with Class A Dayton this year, Stephenson has gone 5-3 with a 2.97 ERA. Most impressively, the Reds' No. 2 prospect struck out 85 batters while walking just 17 in 66 2/3 innings.
"I think Robert Stephenson is going to be right up there with the top Minor League arms at the end of the year," Graupe said. "He's been 96-100 [mph] all spring with two secondary offerings, and he's been striking out guys at an impressive clip without walking anybody, so he's doing a good job of being efficient in the zone with power stuff."
Pitching is one of the strengths of Cincinnati's farm system, but Graupe said the Reds also boast a number of athletes in the Minor Leagues. None have made a bigger impression than the club's No. 1 prospect, Billy Hamilton.
Hamilton -- a 2009 second-round pick -- caught everyone's attention last year when he stole a professional record 155 bases. Starting last fall, he made the move from shortstop to center field, and it's paying dividends so far.
"Defensively, he's been off the charts," Graupe said. "When talking to our Triple-A staff, all they can comment on is how other teams have been impressed, which I think is a great barometer for a player's success. He's done a great job of taking away extra-base hits, and his bat has been developing this year. He got off to a rough start, but he's fought his way back, and I'm excited for what the second half will bring him."
Through 58 games this season, Hamilton was batting .246 with 19 RBIs and 33 stolen bases. He has drawn 24 walks, and Graupe said he's persevered through hitting slumps at every level before finally taking off.
Graupe pointed to two outfielders in Dayton -- 57th overall pick in 2012, Jeff Gelalich, and international free agent Junior Arias -- as other athletes to keep an eye on in the future.
That Class A outfield in Dayton is a formidable one, with the 49th overall pick form last season, Jesse Winker, also playing for the Dragons. Winker came in with a reputation as a pure hitter, and he hasn't disappointed. In 55 games this season, the 19-year-old has hit .307 with 40 RBIs, 37 runs scored and 34 walks.
"It takes a lot of time and focus for a young hitter to learn not only the strike zone, but his own strike zone; what he can do damage with and which pitches he's better off taking," Graupe said. "For such a young guy, [Winker] has had an advanced approach that's been impressive to see."
With most prospects, it takes years to reach the highest level of baseball, and various factors can determine the exact time period. Neftali Soto was taken in the third round by the Reds in 2007, and by '11 he was with Triple-A Louisville, where he's been ever since. The biggest problem for Soto is that he made what appeared to be a permanent move to first base in 2010, and Cincinnati already has a pretty talented player there in Joey Votto.
In his third season with the Bats, though, Soto has played at third base in 30 out of his 53 games, committing six errors at the hot corner.
"It's one of those things that started as an experiment, and Neftali did a great job of buying in and dedicating himself to it," Graupe said of Soto's move to third, where he played 96 games in 2009. "He's now to the point where he's playing an average Major League third base, which is only going to give him more and more options for potential playing time in the future. I've been very impressed, not only with how he's played it, but how he's committed himself to it."
As the the Reds prepare their prospects for what they hope are successful careers in the Majors, Graupe said each player needs to be treated differently. And although fans often want to see immediate results, patience is a must.
"[Reds senior director of amateur scouting] Chris Buckley always says that timing is key with a lot of these guys," Graupe said. "It's important to know when to coddle a guy and when to push a guy. I think it's important to be patient enough to let the guy see the league they're in a few times and see what adjustments they're going to make to a player. This whole game is about adjusting and having people adjust back to you and see you react. It's important to learn how to do that."
Jeremy Warnemuende is an associate reporter for MLB.com.

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With AMC's great period drama "Mad Men" returning April 7, we can't wait to find out what's next for Don Draper and the rest of the SCDP gang. But since the network is (as usual) mum on details, we're forced to comb through these photos to see if they contain any clues. Pour yourself a drink and join us, won't you? — Dave Nemetz, Yahoo! TV


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Conservapedia proven right, again: "So it turns out the speed of light might not be constant after all." [1] See Question #10 in Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness (May 7, 2007).
The fourth urban public school district in New Jersey will be taken over by the State on Monday, with Gov. Chris Christie displacing the authority of the local school board. [2] And many students still won't be able to read the Bible or anything else.
Marriage will be in the dock this week before the Supreme Court. [3]
The NRA says that Michael Bloomberg, a limousine liberal, "can't buy America" with Bloomberg's $12 million ad blitz for gun control. [4] Will any Senators switch their vote?
Creation evangelism. What is it and why does it have its place at the Christian evangelism table?[5]
Reddit atheists are being challenged to take two mental fitness tests.[6]
We know that many Facebook users suffer academically.[7][8] Does the same apply to Reddit?
An evolutionist is offered a series of debates in the spirit of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. Will he back down or accept the debate offer?[9]
It is spring but heavy snowstorms and "baseball-sized hail" are the weather [10], demonstrating again how silly the liberal claims about a crisis in global warming were. Will Al Gore refund the fortune he made from his alarmism?
The bean counters now have to admit it: a strike by the nation's doctors is in the making. On this, the third anniversary of Obamacare, this is the most ominous sign of its eventual failure. [11]
Jay Leno tried so hard to be "mainstream", even cheerleading for same-sex marriage. Now Leno needs to try hard to find a new job. [12]
Does Darwinism make people smarter? [13] Also, homeschoolers academically pummel evolution indoctrinated public school students!
Prediction comes to pass: "The collapse of Darwinism-promoting public schools has begun just like we predicted. 61 Chicago public schools are closing their doors."[14]
Don't believe the propaganda from the education establishment. Kids are dying for the truth about abstinence and want to hear about it in school. [15]
Give it up, pro-aborts: "North Dakota Legislature Passes Abortion Ban." [16]
A United States Army retired general confirms: Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction after all, and had them trucked out to Syria. Where the regime has used them in its civil war. [17]
The Eurozone crisis is not over. European socialism, atheism and Darwinism are in for a tough slog. [18]
A Tea Party activists contrasts Sarah Palin's performance at CPAC-2013 with that of liberal washed-up actress Tina Fey. [19]
Setback for liberal claptrap: largest mass closing of public schools in history is announced in Chicago, including 54 schools and 61 school buildings. [20]
"Music from Heaven, to the Bible, to the mike, back to Heaven," by Bishop Bert[21]
Why a literal reading of the Genesis is surging in the world. Why a literal reading of the Genesis will increase in the Western World. [22]
Causes and consequences of the low fertility rates in the West and East Asia. Its effects on religion, politics and economics. [23]
Anglican Communion News Service reports that religious affiliation is seeing a marked global resurgence. Global atheism and agnosticism have been shrinking since 2000. [24]
Can atheists outsmart God and turn this around? [25]
Nobody is born a homosexual. Homosexuality is a sin and it is chosen.[26]
"'SNL' Alum Norm Macdonald Bullied into Silence for Being Religious ... Atheists and secularists won't be satisfied until they bully every last religious person into silence." [27]
A ringing indictment of abortion, and especially those who practice it as well as those who allow it.' [28]
In light of the latest hate crime hoax at Oberlin College, activist Bradlee Dean takes aim at others who stage "hate crimes" against themselves. [29]
Cyprus pulls back from actually seizing bank deposits. But the damage is already done. Watch the prices of gold, silver – and lead. [30]
Liberal claptrap about gun control fails to win enough votes: "Reid guts Senate gun control bill" because there are not even 40 votes for it. [31]
Attention evolutionists and atheists: Can you pass these mental fitness tests or are you a dull evolutionist/atheist? [32]
Be truthful now. Did you pass these two mental fitness tests?
A film documentary on militant atheism titled Martyred in the USSR: Militant Atheism in the former Soviet Union has a $450,000 budget. Two big waves hitting the unseaworthy SS Atheism in 2013.[33]
The film is sure to generate controversy and spread by word of mouth.
Japanese architect Toyo Ito has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize, the world's most prestigious award for architecture. Ito's buildings, many in his home country, have won praise for their fluid, airy beauty and balance with nature. [34]
The government of Cyprus breaks faith with the people, by threatening to seize money out of bank accounts to pay a tribute levied by the European Union. Could that happen in America? [35]
RINO Backer Karl Rove -- who has harmed the Republican Party more than anyone -- still insists that a pro-life comment by Todd Akin was "reprehensible", and Rove barks at Sarah Palin too. [36]
Is Barack Hussein Obama guilty of countrycide, the deliberate destruction of a country by attacking its institutions, history, and sovereignty? A Tea Party activist says yes. [37]
The employment rate of evolutionary biologist PhDs is 19% or less. Help cut the employment rate of evolutionary biologists by 50%.[38]
Liberals, join with environmentally enlightened conservatives to reduce the number of evolutionary biologists. Help heal our planet!
Overachievement by Christians, again: more than 10% of the teams qualifying for March Madness are Christian schools, despite their lack of funding by government which their competitors receive. [39]
Obama Administration: "If Request Were Made for International Monitoring of Papal Election 'We Would Take It Very Seriously.'" [40] So next time liberals will insist on being in the Sistine Chapel to "observe" the voting???
Is the internet marketing of EvoWiki being run by baboons?[41]
Is there evidence that Creation Ministries International has momentum and is on its way to be a creationist powerhouse in the the USA?
North Dakota passes landmark bill to curb abortion: when that heart starts to beat, you deal with a life. Period. [42]
Abortion vs. miscarriages.[43]
Germany unveiled a balanced budget a full year ahead of when it was required. The cultural legacy of the Protestant work ethic is still going strong in Germany.[44]
Germanic efficiency and the Protestant work ethic will pummel evolutionist slackers in 2013.
Is a run on secular, European ideological quackery looming?[45]
The revolution in creationist video making production is continuing. New Zealand creationist produces a gorgeous new video with beautiful nature pictures and relaxing music. Send your unsaved loved ones to the video.[46]
Also, Project 200 plus keeps expanding.
Senator Dianne Feinstein shows more ignorance of, and disdain for, the Constitution of the United States. [47]
Conservative Rand Paul wins the CPAC straw poll, as the older RINOs strike out. [48]
Why did Barack Hussein Obama recoil in horror from a tasty meal? Because his designated Presidential Taster didn't show up. What does that say about Presidential security—or paranoia? [49]
Now that we have a new Pope, a Protestant minister takes a candid look at how Catholics, Protestants, and atheists read the New Testament, a Letter from God. [50]
A question for this Easter season: Is there compelling evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ?[51]
Also, Djw0071 is returning to the Question evolution! campaign and he wants to train others how to make fantastic creationist videos. Is he a budding Shockofgod and/or PPsimmons?
The new Latin American Pope and the future of Darwinism.[52]
Also, Latin American history, European history and the Eurocrisis show that global Darwinism is going to diminish in influence.
March 15, 2013 (the Ides of March) was a grand day for Christianity and the biblical creation cause.[53]
Also, the prayers of a righteous Christian creationist lady availeth much.
You never lost the right! That is, the right under the First Amendment to pray in any setting, even in a school. [54]
Liberal New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez could not make the Dominican Republic call-girl case go away. Now a grand jury is looking into things. [55] [56]
Vatican decries "left-wing elements" attempting to smear Pope Francis for not stopping a crackdown by the Argentina government against two Jesuit priests.
Conservative Rand Paul "arrived on the stage to Metallica's 'Enter Sandman'" at CPAC. [57]
"Jeb Bush asks to be left out of CPAC straw poll" for president. [58] He's probably afraid that conservative Rand Paul will defeat him.
More liberal censorship: "Biden press staff demanded student reporter delete photos." [59] Liberals rely on controlling and censoring information so people do not learn the truth.
Beware the sweet talking guys, masters of propaganda in any age. [60]
"'Humble' Pope Francis picks up his luggage, pays hotel bill." [61] Why can't Barack and Michelle ever do that??
Bad news for liberals in the election of Pope Francis: "Many people may not like what he says about gays or abortion." [62]
Beware the Ides of March evolutionists. Beware the Ides of March![63]
What would happen if creation evangelism and Christian internet evangelism teams were to start using start of the art methods to promote their messages on the internet? Would Wikipedia lose even more web traffic?[64]
Richard Dawkins went from militant atheism to agnosticism. Now Dawkins says he is a "cultural Christian". We know what is coming next: Richard Dawkins declares that he is a young earth creationist![65]
Much to the dismay of evolutionists, Darwinism will be skewered again. The expansion of creationist outreach into the blogosphere in 2013 will be a magnficant thing to behold![66]
Will political conservatism AND biblical creationism make big strides in their blogosphere outreach in 2013?
Conservative Cardinal Arinze's likelihood of becoming the first black Pope increases, as no one attains a majority on the first ballot. [67]
Is the Department of Homeland Security playing the kid in a candy store? Or preparing to meet civil disobedience with brutal force? More perspectives on the excessive ammunition buys, and tanks for American streets. [68]
Setback for liberal totalitarianism and attempts at a nanny state: "judge shredded nearly every legal argument advanced by the mayor's lawyers and tossed" limousine liberal Michael Bloomberg's soda ban. [69]
$100 million sell-out to Big Oil: "Al Gore is defending the sale of his television network to Al Jazeera, saying that the Qatari government-run network is 'honest-to-goodness' news." [70] And liberals believed what he claimed about global warming too.
An American professor at a private university encourages Christians to spread the Question evolution! campaign.[71]
"Papal contender joins fight against Obama birth control mandate." [72]
Christianity is moving away from Darwinism.[73]
Journalist says the number of anti-evolution bills is currently skyrocketing in the USA. The pace is going to quicken! [74]
The White House stopped all public tours, but will bring in two useless "stars" to give command performances for Michelle Obama's birthday. And these people were supposed to be egalitarians? [75]
Achtung atheists and evolutionists! Germanic efficiency is entering the Christian blogging community in 2013. [76]
A former screener at the Transportation Security Administration tells the obvious: the TSA is a waste of time and money. [77]
The lamestream media are stunned by Jerry Falwell-founded Liberty University's qualifying for the "March Madness" NCAA basketball tourney, calling it "unlikely". [78]
Why isn't the liberal media championing the selection of the first black Pope by the conclave this week? [79] Because Cardinal Arinze is a conservative.
If the evolutionist Barack Hussein Obama is serious about improving the U.S. economy, he should call the young earth creationist Governor Rick Perry whose state is prospering.[80]
The Bible and biblical creation belief is very friendly to private property and private enterprise.[81][82]
Conservapedia proven right about media bullying: African American Dr. Benjamin Carson observes, "The bullies are ... especially the media who like to just beat on anybody who doesn't toe the line ... they suppress freedom of speech." [83]
Who visits the Question evolution! campaign blog which has received over 350,000 page views?[84]
Also, Russian creationism is seeing tremendous growth and an anti-evolution campaign is expanding into Russia. A creationist sent a member of a Question evolution! campaign group a picture of Vasily Zaytsev's sniper rifle.
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) actually says it's "legal to hunt humans." Crazy? No. She's just being just another legislative aristocrat. [85]
An enthusiastic new Question evolution! campaign volunteer is "definitely interested" in helping to advance the campaign.[86]
Creation.com saw about a 14% increase in web traffic in the last 12 months. Supporters of Creation Ministries International want to help increase the web traffic of Creation.com by about 75% in the next 12 months.
How many Christians will there be in 2050? Does history show that reducing Darwinism increases Christian evangelism?[87]
Also, advanced copies of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students has been sent young people in America, Canada and Australia and the initial feedback is very positive.
How does the record of Barack Hussein Obama stack up against the indictments given in the Declaration of Independence? [88]
Are we headed for another stock market crash from quantitative easing? [89]
A historical perspective on communism and socialism, from Ronald Reagan and the Founding Fathers. [90]
Rand Paul continues to draw praise, even from unlikely quarters, for his filibuster over the drone warfare program. [91]
Dr. Duane Gish, a creationist pioneer and winner of over 300 debates with evolutionists at college campuses, went to be with his Creator at the age of 92.[92]
Dr. Gish endorsed the Question evolution! campaign and wished to see it "propagated widely". His vision will be implemented in 2013 via the publishing of a Question evolution book and a widespread dissemination effort. [93][94]
An agnostic is given his second comeuppance. A debate challenge gauntlet is thrown down again.[95]
The biblical creationist community is deepening ties with the internet evangelism community. American internet evangelists are giving tens of millions of gospel presentations per year and their endeavors are expanding.[96]
Rand Paul goes to Washington, in a scene right out of a motion picture (this one). Did he achieve his goal? You decide. [97]
"Another one bites the dust," writes an ABC blog (!) about the resignation by another Dem Senator. [98] The language used by the lamestream media blog suggests even the media want change in the Senate.
A young Christian woman explains why homosexuality is evil and harmful. [99]
The reality of genetic entropy cannot be ignored. Dr. John C. Sanford responds to a pigheaded evolutionist.[100]
The state of the American evangelical church and its future. Is its future bright or gloomy?[101]
Give it up, pro-aborts: Arkansas bans abortion once the unborn child develops a heartbeat. [102]
Creation Ministries International said there was a "huge response" to the Question evolution! campaign in 2012 and they are building on the response with a "Evolution's Achilles' heels" documentary.[103]
A Question evolution! campaign group says the campaign will be spread far wider and to greater depths in 2013.[104]
U.S. to send delegation to Chavez funeral [105]
Did Barack Hussein Obama "jump the shark" on the sequester? Is he now trying to make the whole government live up to the lie? [106]
An atheist website has been overrun by baboons?[107]
"There is divine justice," observed a Venezuelan after the government acknowledged Hugo Chavez's death. "That man made our lives horrible." [108] But the commies will be brutal there in holding on to power.
A popular activist lambastes the Mainstream Media and gives some instructive history on it. [109]
An atheist website which backed down from a debate offer, appears to be struggling in 2013.[110]
It's time to man up atheists and debate Shockofgod and his biology major friend on the 15 questions for evolutionists.
2013 is already starting out to be a very BAD year for Darwinism and atheism. [111]
Creation.com is now a 68,867 ranked site which means it is the 68,867th most popular website in the world according to Alexa. That's even better than February. Citius, altius, fortius!
New Jersey runs a gun buy back program and, as is typical, brings in "pieces" of junk while doling out tax money to criminals. [112]
Hugo Chavez dies. [113]
Bill O'Reilly's latest book project, Killing Jesus, will be less than edifying if O'Reilly doesn't even believe the Bible. [114]
The BBC is spinning tall tales about the early history of the earth and their tales are not credible.[115] Given the UK's deep indebtedness, couldn't British taxpayer money be spent more wisely?
"More than 60 state and local Texas lawmakers signed a letter urging the Boy Scouts of America to maintain policies that support 'family values and moral principles.'" [116] It's no mystery why more people move to Texas than any other state.
Another sign that British Darwinism and British atheism will be brought to their knees.[117]
Like the Joker, the president just wants to sit and watch the world burn. [118]
"Then, from Egypt to Israel: Now from Russia and the U.S." by Bishop Bert [119]
Crisis hitting Darwinism, atheism and agnosticism - Eurocrisis is causing secular Europe to have falling fertility rates. [120]
Biblical creation belief grows in economic hard times plus can do well in prosperous countries.
Professor at a leading American university says secularism, as a social movement and political worldview, has been in a downward trajectory over recent decades in the United States [121]
The agnostic and British academic Eric Kaufmann says "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of Protestant Europe and France". Also, Kaufmann writes that secularism "appears exhausted and lacking in confidence".[122]
Conservative Florida legislators stop RINO Governor Rick Scott's attempt to impose ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion on the State. [123]
Massive ammunition buys, innocent-lady practice targets, tanks for urban warfare on American streets, and the de facto President says, "I am not a dictator." An analysis: [124]
"Canadian researchers have succeeded in side-stepping an obstacle of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle" and advancing the prospect of quantum computing. [125] The underlying chaos in this world is an example of Biblical scientific foreknowledge.
Lady creation evangelist keeps spreading the word about Creation.com. [126]
Overrated Sports Star Tiger Woods finishes tied for 37th place, and "on the sixth hole ... he hit his drive so far to the right that the ball was never found." [127]
Hollywood crashes: "Estimated total receipts tumbled 35% from the same three-day period last year, making this weekend the sixth in a row that ticket sales have been down compared with a year ago." [128]
Swiss voters to liberal-run Olympics: get lost, we are not going to pay to have you in our country. "Bid organizers say the project is finished after residents of Graubuenden canton (state) voted Sunday not to approve funding." [129]
Mitt Romney still tries hard not to be socially conservative: "The idea that ... the primary made me become more conservative than I was just isn't - isn't accurate." [130]
Weird and oppressive, the atheist North Korean dictator fails to keep a Christian leader from growing Christianity in North Korea.[131]
Colorado company tells gun control Dems that it will move to another state if the legislation passes. [132] Texas and Wyoming welcome the company, which employs hundreds and generates $85 million in annual business, with open "arms"!
What a creationist group did in Texas, they will do in Louisiana - tenfold.[133]
Will the Louisiana evolutionist Zack Kopplin accept a debate offer or will cowardly evolutionists convince him to back down!
Did Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, say that 170 million jobs would fall to the great sequester? Really?!? [134]
The Republican creationist fertility advantage is growing. [135]
More evidence that UK Darwinism is heading towards extinction.[136]
Religious immigrants putting a strain on UK midwife services. White, liberal Darwinists have empty baby cribs.
Is the two-party system merely a gambit to divide and conquer the people? An offbeat activist makes a compelling case. [137]
"The sequestration order implements 9 percent cuts to non-exempt domestic accounts and a 13 percent cut to defense accounts for the period of March 1 to Oct. 1 this year." [138]
This Sunday, March 3rd, 2013, the History Channel (USA) will premier the first of five 2-hour episodes of the "epic docudrama," The Bible.[139]
"Kill that baby!" The sick, twisted games liberals play in public universities. [140]
Even Brits are getting fed up with the liberal drivel that has crept into their schools from American leftists. British kids don't even know what The Nativity was! [141]
Liberal claptrap from Harry Reid: "we cannot solve the problems of this country with cuts, cuts, cuts." [142] Logic dictates otherwise.
A Christian lady is a very excited creation evangelist. She says, "this is exciting." [143]
Why is young earth creationism so exciting and Darwinist dogma so boring?
Is free speech vanishing? A NASCAR driver is suspended indefinitely for what the bigwigs considered to be an "intolerable and insensitive remark" - and they won't say what the remark was! [144] But the driver said his remark was "in no way meant to be disrespectful or insensitive to anyone."
New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie was caught canoodling with Michelle Obama, in the seat of honor at the 2013 Governor's Ball. This further suggests that he has switched sides. [145]
"Sequester cuts are here to stay." [146] Wasn't the president spending time on the golf course with Tiger Woods recently, rather than leading??
Bitter atheists/evolutionists continue to persecute Christians in North Korea. [147]
Richard Dawkins hides in his intellectual bunny hole when asked to criticize the God of the Koran.[148] See also: Atheism and cowardice
The medical missionary Dr. Robert Gurney turns from his old earth views and now advocates young earth creation belief.[149]
Public school values: a high school sophomore catches a long-time teacher stealing money from students' backpacks, and the principal tells the student to delete the video. [150]
Pope Benedict XVI: I offer a warm and affectionate greeting to the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors who have joined me for this, my last General Audience. [151]
"Key provisions of Voting Rights Act appear in jeopardy after high court argument," the lamestream media admit. [152] Massachusetts has lower percentages of black turnout than the South does, yet liberal politicians pretend that federal control of southern elections is still needed.
The Super PAC of limousine liberal Michael Bloomberg pours in $2.2 million to elect a gun control candidate in a heavily Democrat congressional election in Chicago. [153] Too bad for Bloomberg that most Americans are not fooled by that.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie prepares to switch sides – by first going along with Obamacare Medicaid expansion. [154] [155]
Dems focus on Texas to try to make it a swing state with their "Battleground Texas" initiative. [156] How will conservatives respond?
Facebook continues to be the cesspool of the internet: "Lawmakers ask Facebook to remove pages 'exploiting Newtown victims.'" [157]
The Ten Commandments survive another legal challenge, which evaporates when a plaintiff hits the road—literally. Hint: a nomadic plaintiff lacks standing. But a nomadic Ten Commandments will bring The Message out to even more people. [158]
Evolutionary biologists, no jobs for you! [159] See: Worst college majors
The lamestream media insist that it was Fidel Castro who appeared sitting in the Cuban parliament, for only the second time since 2006 when the very sick, elderly Fidel had a major operation and vanished. [160] The lookalike didn't say anything publicly (avoiding a voice comparison), and his height was concealed too (the real Fidel was quite tall).
A poignant tribute written by a young woman who fled communism in a boat, and was saved by Brothers to the Rescue before the Good Samaritans were murdered by commies working for Castro.
"'The House of David,' fact or fiction: Now Revealed" by Bishop Bert [161]
Another noted activist offers a strategy to reach that most vital demographic: the young. This, he says, is the way to end tyranny. [162]
College students compete with high school students for low-paying jobs: "48 percent of college graduates who find work end up with 'mal-employment,' where they work low-paying jobs that do not require a college degree so they can pay back their student loans." [163] Enrolling in the Worst College Majors doesn't help.
More "duh science" from liberals: Joe Biden announces that the government will study the impact of violent video games on youth behavior. [164] Wow, who would have thought that video games might be harming kids???
Conservative Ted Cruz observes that the "longest lasting legacy" of President Obama will be to assist in creating new Republican leaders. [165]
Human Events went the way of the RINO Backers, publishing commentary that bashed pro-life Todd Akin, and now it "may close" if a buyer cannot be found. [166] Perhaps running away from the abortion issue is not the future after all?
Liberal censorship strikes again: the influence of the homosexual agenda forces Tim Tebow to cancel a speaking event at a church.
Is Google attempting to patent liberal bias? "Well-known sites, such as CNN, tend to be preferred to less popular sites, such as Unknown Town News, which users may avoid," a patent application by Google states. [167] Will other liberals need to pay a royalty to Google to be biased??
Newt Gingrich calls Karl Rove out for what he is: a machine politician. [168]
Clergymen say Nana Oye Lithur lacks morals to be a Ghana Minister. [169][170]
Why are so many homosexuality apologists and homosexuals so overweight? See: Homosexuality and obesity and Lesbianism and obesity
Unhitched: A book criticizing the late British-American atheist Christopher Hitchens has been published. Also, see the video Christopher Hitchens a Wasted Life.[171]
Liberal claptrap continues to collapse: "New York Times looks to sell Boston Globe." [172]
Gun control is about confiscation, not reasonable safety measures. They know their measures won't work, but do them anyway. And in unguarded moments, they show why. [173]
Those who doubt the existence of God often deny other truths too: "Lance Armstrong declines to meet deadline imposed by USADA to come clean under oath." [174] His admissions/denials on Oprah Winfrey's show were not under oath.
"Retail gasoline prices have climbed for 33 days in a row," and "experts" are clueless why. [175]
Texas teen scores victory in an abortion battle. Court rules the 16 year-old cannot be forced to kill her unborn child. [176]
It is the Democratic Party that has a "war on women". Colorado State Assemblyman Joe Salazar thinks women should go to "safe zones" or use whistles when they "think" they are about to be raped, and not have a concealed hand gun. [177] See also: [178]
"A Plea for Men (but it doesn't come about by a plea!)", by Bishop Bert [179]
Does evolution turn people into Christians? Does creation cause people to lose the faith?[180]
Theistic evolutionists haven't provided a good explanation of why a loving God would use a cruel method to create.
An answer to old earth creationists, alias progressive creationists or theistic evolutionists, from a young earth perspective. [181]
"W.H. press corps: 'Extreme frustration' over 'having absolutely no access' to Obama." [182] That's because golf courses do not allow teleprompters to tear up the grass, and Obama can't speak coherently without one.
An open letter to Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, urging him to veto a slew of gun control bills the legislature is now considering. [183]
The lamestream media avoid mentioning Super Bowl champion Matt Birk because this Great Conservative Sports Star is an outspoken critic of same-sex marriage. [184] He's started in every NFL game for his team since 2006.
Another perspective of the New Jersey firearms bill hearings that ended badly for liberty. [185]
Sequestration will force $85 billion in long-overdue spending cuts, as Dems offer nothing but liberal denial in reaction to them.
The Nature of peer review: Known creationists blacklisted at major journals.[186]
There will be a new Pope. Will Darwinism have less and less influence within Roman Catholicism? [187]
Setback for liberal indoctrination by public schools: a school board in Canada considers reducing to only a four-day week. [188]
The Mainstream Media are acting like Officer Barbrady: "Nothing to see here! Move on!" When in fact there's a lot to see, and people need to watch out. [189]
With communists and the liberal media insisting that Hugo Chavez is alive and recovering, despite disappearing for two months after checking in very sick to a Cuban hospital, why isn't Barack Obama wishing Chavez a speedy recovery?? Amid its promotion of Chavez, the New York Times admits that some question whether Chavez is still alive. [190]
Is an atheist wiki cowardly backing down to creationists? The atheist website has yet to accept a debate offer to debate the 15 questions for evolutionists. [191]
The debate gauntlet has once again been thrown down. Will the editors of this wiki be man enough to accept this debate challenge?
More liberal claptrap by Nancy Pelosi as she opposes an automatic congressional pay cut: "I think it's necessary for us to have the dignity of the job that we [are] rewarded." [192] Congressmen need high salaries to boost their self-esteem???
Liberal "math" still can't get around the fact that a certain liberal political party has a problem with numbers. It's proven beyond any doubt that with Democrats in control of Congress, revenue goes down, the surplus disappears, and the deficit goes up. [193]
Pro-life advances: "Arkansas May Pass The Nation's Most Restrictive Abortion Ban, Even Without The Governor's Support." [194] Arkansas is one of five states in which a simple legislative majority can override a governor's veto.
"Mark Twain, the ice storm, and Jesus Christ" by Bishop Bert [195]
The Second Amendment is our most important Constitutional liberty. A Tea Party activist reviews the Constitution and other laws, and also asks: why is the Department of Homeland Security buying billions of rounds of ammunition? [196]
Blimey! The United Kingdom viewership of Creation.com is up 62.37% since September 8, 2012. More Brits are sick of evolutionary rubbish![197]
The agnostic and former militant atheist Richard Dawkins loses a debate at the University of Cambridge by a vote of 324 votes to 136 votes. [198]
Ashes are administered at D.C. Union Station to a welcoming public: "Some almost charged over when they saw the untraditional pop-up chapel in the crowds, cutting off other commuters." [199]
Executive orders cannot carry the force of law. But Barack Hussein Obama hopes they do. An activist tells what's wrong with that. [200]
People are rejecting liberal claptrap: The audience for Obama's State of the Union address plummeted by more than 20%, nearing his record low for all of his speeches. [201] Nearly 10 million Americans turned off their TV when Obama appeared.
Conservative Senator Marco Rubio is a "loser" and "a token slave boy" according to "a top assistant to a Univisión news boss," the Spanish-language network. [202] Fair and balanced media??
The Olympics, caving into political correctness, drop wrestling from its program, while retaining joke sports. [203] A war against wrestling has been waged by feminists at the college level under the proportionality test, causing elimination of hundreds of those teams too.
Russian parliamentarians, led by State Duma Deputy Vyacheslav Lysakov, have proposed a change to the Secondary History curriculum to include faith-based alternatives to Darwin's evolutionary theory.[204] Is secular Europe next?
POPE BENEDICT XVI WILL STEP DOWN Cites Age as Reason for Decision With Few Precedents. [205] [206]
"What Does 'Tautology' Mean? Education Secretary Doesn't Know." [207] In wasting time, Dem Sen. Al Franken's odd remark prompted the admission.
The high cost of the global warming hoax: inadequately prepared power companies that waste money on green energy leave "more than 345,000 still without power after Northeast snowstorm." [208]
"Honoring Christ, now and then" by Bishop Bert [209]
Will Charles Darwin's former residence, Down House, be converted to a Creation Museum?[210]
The Museum of Scientific Atheism in Leningrad was restored to a church by order of the the former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Looking back at how C. S. Lewis, though he began as an atheist, came to question, then to reject, evolution. Hint: evolutionists still have not learned any lessons. [211]
Looks like Conservapedia was right yet again: Evidence suggests it was not a faulty relay switch, as the lamestream media claimed, which caused the 35-minute Super Bowl blackout: "Relays don't fail on their own, or it's relatively rare," observes an expert. [212]
Obama Administration approves "wind farm developer to move on project that could kill 8 – 14 bald eagles per year." [213] Where's opposition by "environmentalist groups" - perhaps their agenda is not really to protect vulnerable species like bald eagles after all??
An asteroid will make a close pass at earth. And in so doing, it makes the case for the Great Flood. Hint: if it formed as the evolutionists say it formed, it could not come back this close to earth. [214]
Snowstorm hits the land of the biggest promoters of the global warming hoax: New York City and Boston. "1 to 3 feet feared." [215]
Is your wallet a little lighter these days? It's called the increased costs of Obamacare: [216]
Inspired and motivated by leftist hate. The shooter at the Family Research Center last year pleads guilty, and admits he was motivated to do so after seeing it listed as "anti-gay" at the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center website. [217]
This particular connection - and "hate" map published by the SPLC and touted by CNN - was ignored by the major news media. [218][219]
Great conservative sports star Curt Schilling says that the Boston baseball organization tried unsuccessfully to get him to do drugs. [220] That's pathetic when administrators are pushing drugs.
Barack Hussein Obama orders drone warfare against American citizens abroad (thus far). And the Mainstream Media barely say a word. With some notable exceptions. [221] And by the way: it is unconstitutional. [222]
Neocon Fox News Channel, pathetic on the social issues, purges the wrong people in a desperate attempt to halt its ratings slide. [223] Fox has been the platform for RINO Backers like Karl Rove.
Clash Daily's Steve Sheldon, a self-described "lifelong shotgunner," offers details on why Barack Hussein Obama's alleged skeet shooting photo looks staged.[224]
Breitbart.com comments on Barack Obama's Skeetgate.[225]
Obama's "skeet shooting" is about as convincing as Michael Dukakis' "tank commanding".[226]
Barack Hussein Obama engages in fake skeet shooting![227]
Obama's "shotgun is aimed straight ahead, where all skeet shooters we know of, including ourselves, follow the arc of the clay once the shooter yells 'Pull!' Shooting straight is simply not doable, unless he is shooting at the person releasing the clay from its boot housing." [228]
Tea Party to Karl Rove: Thank You Very Much! [229]
Gun control is not about guns; it's about control. Josef Stalin understood this, and now even Joe Biden had to admit it. [230]
Al Gore's disastrous book tour: a breath of fresh air! [231]
"Magnitude 8 Quake Near Solomon Islands Triggers Tsunami," yet liberal denial persists about how increases in large earthquakes are a counterexample to an Old Earth. [232]
A former Girl Scout shares some of her memories. WARNING! They are NOT pretty. [233]
A week of speechmaking for school choice is not enough, says this activist. Now the real work begins. [234]
As Barack Hussein Obama continues his attack on the Second Amendment, a long-time activist steps forward to defend it. [235]
As the Boy Scouts prepare to take their vote, a Tea Party activist reminds them of some disturbing history. [236]
The Superdome, powered by heavily regulated electricity, 26,000 LED lights, pushed by green energy zealots...just what could go wrong? [237] The whole world is now a witness to it!
"Nearly half of college students who graduated in 2010 are holding down jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree, while 38% are in positions that don't require even a high school diploma." [238] Worst College Majors and Obama's economic policies are two big reasons.
Harvard Kennedy School Panel on Davos Forum: "'The mood of the meeting was absolutely different from last year,' said Felipe Calderon." [239]
Is government replacing the church, by using tax money for things that tithes are supposed to pay for? And whose fault is that? Might it be ourselves, for letting this happen? [240]
Barack Hussein Obama did not really change his Contraceptive Mandate. The basic idea is still in place, and now he tries to separate faith from business, by order of the government. [241]
"Gallup: Conservatives Outnumber Liberals in 47 Out of 50 States." [242]
"Sensitivity training will start post-Super Bowl after the anti-gay remarks made" by a 49ers player. [243] The homosexual agenda is at odds with the right to free speech.
Mark Levin pretends to defend the Constitution but will allow no protest of its most serious breach to date: that de facto President Barack Hussein Obama is not a natural born citizen. [244]
Liberal Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey has much to explain. But why did New Jersey's voters wait until he did something like this (assuming it's true) after he violated the Constitution so many times? [245] UPDATE: The former leader of the effort to recall Menendez from the Senate made this statement.
A former Eagle Scout calls on the Boy Scouts of America to reject calls to allow open homosexuality in the ranks of its members and adult leaders. [246] UPDATE: The head of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays weighs in on the same subject: [247]
A Tea Party and education activist has this message for those concerned with failing schools: stand on your own two feet! Includes a resource for homeschooling. [248]
Another major "missing link" of evolutionism fails.[249] If there is one thing evolutionists are good at, it is failing!
Is Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) who challenged Barack Hussein Obama to a skeet shooting contest, better at skeet shooting than Obama? Was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis better at skeet shooting than Obama? [250]
Despite claiming to skeet shoot, Obama can't provide any witnesses or other evidence that he has ever engaged in skeet shooting.
Question: Why are liberal girly men so afraid of guns and skeet shooting contests?
"The Matzah Ball and the Sign of the Cross," by Bishop Bert [251]
"College Students Get Stung By ObamaCare." [252] And students in the Worst College Majors are hit particularly hard by the huge increase in premiums, as they have little future income.
Is a coup d'état in America in the offing? Here is the evidence; you can decide. And maybe persuade your local sheriff to prepare to fight it, if he hasn't already signed on to do just that. [253]
A children's morality play about makers and takers – in real life, with no script. [254]
Australia has its largest ever creation supercamp. Global creationism is expanding via international networking.[255]
The response from a group of young people attending the creation supercamp was "overwhelmingly positive".
Ken Cuccinelli observes that Justice Antonin Scalia is not conservative enough anymore. [256] Cuccinelli is likely to defeat the liberal media and win the governorship of Virginia, a key swing state.
A Tea Party activist calls the Mainstream Media on two major reporting failures – including the Sandy Hook massacre. Read it; it might surprise you. [257]
In the battle over biblical authority there is a key position that is critical to hold against the enemy's attack, and that position is the age of the earth. [258]
101 evidences for a young earth and universe.[259]
An analysis of Barack Hussein Obama's inauguration speech: [260]
Obama's tax increase causes consumer confidence to plummet to only 58.6, far below its value of 100 when Ronald Reagan was president. [261]
The terrifying mindset of Hillary Rodham Clinton: [262]
The "hockey stick" hoaxter whines about the funding given to opponents of global warming. [263]
Why does a butterfly have the face of a snake on its wings? Check out these examples [264] and ask yourself if it's either 1), the animals involved knew exactly what they were doing - which smacks of a higher intelligence - or 2), God created it.
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Drones: toys or terrors?
Readily available devices being used for agriculture, to create videos of homes for sale, and potentially armed attacks
At The Hobby Center in Danbury, Karl LaLonde, the store's owner, holds the Proto X in the palm of his hand.
It's the size of a fairly healthy tarantula. LaLonde has decorated it with an orange piece of plastic shaped like a bird's beak.
Switched on, its four tiny propellers spin. Under LaLonde's control via a joystick, it lifts off the counter and scoots around the store's airspace. The Proto X costs $50.
"You can get a camera to fit it," LaLonde said.
It's the smallest of the many UAVs -- unmanned aerial vehicles -- LaLonde sells. Business is good. He's selling a lot, in different sizes and shapes.
Except for one thing ...
"Don't call them drones," he said. "People hate that name."
But drone seems to be the word that's sticking, at least in people's minds. The devices are readily available; Amazon sells them. So do hobby shops like LaLonde's. They're being used increasingly for many different things, from agriculture to creating videos of homes for sale.
And potentially for human bloodshed: that was the alleged intent of El Mehdi Semlali Fathi, a Moroccan national arrested in Bridgeport on Monday. The FBI recorded Fathi talking about outfitting a remote-controlled plane laden with explosive to attack a Connecticut federal building and an out-of-state school.
"No," according to Joseph Acosta, owner of Build Right Fly Right in Wallingford, who has served as a consultant to United Technologies and Yale University.
"Yes," according to Michael Balboni, who served as the senior Homeland Security and law enforcement official in former New York Gov. David Paterson's administration.
Of course the United States has used larger, more powerful military drones to attack and kill leaders of al Qaeda. Which is why some people, including hobbyists, don't like the name `drone" -- it has a deadly connotation.
Connecticut currently does not regulate drones or UAVs. There are, however, Federal Aeronautics Administration regulations governing their use near airports, said Kevin Dillon, executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority.
The FAA is expected to issue broader rules on the use of drones in 2015.
"That's what everyone is waiting for," Dillon said.
Terror toys
There are major obstacles to converting the smaller, hobby-shop domestic versions into flying bombs.
"There are platforms available that can handle payloads of 10-15 pounds," Balboni said. "But there are challenges."
Still Acosta and Balboni said with the proper training, programming and equipment an explosive payload could be detonated from a distance.
The technology has advanced quickly in recent years. The use of a GPS now allows a person to input coordinates which will automatically send the device within seven feet of a building. A "pilot" on the ground wearing special goggles can use a model drone's onboard camera and computer program to control the device from a distance. Many of the models have several propeller-like rotors that allow the device to hover in place, or dart about.
Acosta said training to use the miniature drones is essential. He spends as much as 40 hours training a new hobbyist out in a barren field. An urban setting with high rises and wire-strewn poles presents a whole other set of issues.
So is this a future terrorist modus operandi?
John Pike, Global Security.org's director and terrorism expert, said it is a concern.
"Fly it up to the front of a building at a time when there is a gaggle of people outside, have it detonate -- and you'll get attention," Pike said. "We have amazingly low tolerance for casualties in a terrorist event."
Members of the White Hills Flying Eagles Radio Control Club in Shelton believe such a terrorist act is conceptually possible. The device, however, would require at least an 8-foot wingspan, a gas-controlled engine, a 300-foot runway and a very proficient operator.
"There's a long learning curve," said Carmen Luciano, the president of the club, whose members fly in good weather on a farm in White Hills and on Wednesday nights starting at 8 p.m. in the Shelton Community Center gym.
"You just can't pick up a transmitter and expect to fly," Luciano said. "In a minute you'd be on the ground."
Spies in the skies
Efforts to control drones in the state have stalled out.
State Rep. James Albis, D-East Haven, proposed legislation that would regulate drone use by law enforcement agencies, requiring them to get a warrant to use drones for surveillance. Some fear that airborne robot spies may pose a very real threat to privacy in a not-to-distant Orwellian future -- unless the law intervenes.
Albis' legislation died this year -- but there is a working group in the Legislature's Judiciary Committee that's hoping to write more comprehensive legislation for 2015, he said.
"There are many meritorious uses for drones, but there are opportunities for abuse," Albis said. "We want to see their responsible use."
The American Civil Liberties Union in Connecticut supports the legislation.
ACLU staff attorney David McGuire said in testimony before the General Assembly that given the ability of small, camera-bearing drones to fly from above and hover next to a person's house, it's necessary to regulate them.
This technology is here and now, McGuire said.
"There are manufacturers ready to sell to police departments," he said.
Danbury Police Chief Al Baker said he started seeing companies marketing drones at police trade shows around 2011.
"They used to be really expensive," Baker said. "But now the price has really come down.."
Both Baker and Danbury Fire Chief Geoff Herald said they could foresee many uses for drones in a public safety setting -- searching for missing persons, or getting an aerial view of a fire or a large crime scene.
"It won't happen this year or next year, but it's definitely going to happen," Baker said.
"It would be much less expensive that getting me a helicopter," Herald said
It remains unclear, though, who controls the commercial use of drones.
The FAA had asserted its right to do so, banning the commercial use of drones in 2007.
But in March, an administrative judge with the National Transportation Safety Board ruled the FAA did not have any right to institute the ban, because it never followed the proper rule-making procedures in creating it.
The FAA is now appealing this decision.
But Peter Sachs, of Branford, called the decision a "scathing" rebuke of the FAA.
"They never had the right to regulate drones," Sachs said.
Good drones
Sachs is a public advocacy attorney. He's also a pilot, a drone enthusiast and a member of the Branford Volunteers Fire Department.
In January, when a fire broke out in a quarry in Branford near a shed storing explosives, Sachs used one of his drones to fly over the fire to get a better idea of what the blaze was doing.
"It was the first time a drone was used at a fire in Connecticut to give the department information," Sachs said.
Craig Woolsey, professor or aerospace and oceanic engineering at Virginia Tech -- who is involved in drone research -- said he works near the Appalachian Trail. People regularly wander off the trail and get lost every summer,
"It would make a whole lot more sense to send a drone to look for them, rather than hundreds of people," he said.
Drones in agriculture would allow farmers to send a UAV out in the field; scout the field with a camera for plant disease; then apply herbicides or fungicides selectively, rather than treating an entire field, Woolsey said.
"They may even be used in vineyards to scare away birds," he said. "In France, they're using them to map strip mines."
"They've been used in Japan for spraying crops for the last 20 years," said Missy Cummings, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke University, who also heads the Humans and Automation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sachs, of the ACLU, finds himself opposed to the regulatory approach his agency supports with Albis' legislation..
"The sky is a public place," he said -- just as a sidewalk or roadway is.
He does foresee the need to have drone operators learn some aeronautical knowledge, as well as have liability insurance.
Sachs said incidents like the alleged Bridgeport flying bomb plot fan the flames of fear and calls for bans on the use of drones.
He noted that the attack on the Boston Marathon in 2013 involved a common kitchen pressure cooker.
"There hasn't been any call to take pressure cookers off the shelves of stores," he said. "People fear what they don't understand."
Other threats
Cummings, of MIT, also said what surprises her is that people are so concerned about privacy issues with drones, while ignoring those same risks when they use cell phones or go on Facebook.
"The government can find out much more about you through your cell phone," she said. "Rather than banning drones, we should be looking at the entire range of electronic surveillance. Drones are such a tiny part of that."
But Cummings said she has an entirely unscientific observation proving people are getting more educated about drones and the possibilities they offer.
"I was on the Stephen Colbert show two years ago, speaking in favor of drones," she said. "I got a lot of hate mail. One called me evil. '
"A year later I was on the Jon Stewart show," she said. "I got some hate mail, but no one called me evil.
"Then, I was on `"60 Minutes" a few weeks ago," Cummings said. "I only got one piece of hate mail. It's becoming clear there are a lot of good applications for these things."
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Description: This guide provides a simple way to complete lossless backup Blu-ray Disc to MKV, MP4/MOV format keeping multiple audio tracks and subtitle streams on Windows or Mac(Mavericks included).
Most Blu-ray Discs include multiple audio and subtitle tracks so that people from different countries who speaking different languages can enjoy same movies in their native languages. For the purpose of playing Blu-ray movies on HD media players such as Popcorn A400 and WDTV Live Hub, you need a proper Blu-ray Ripper converter to assist with the process of ripping Blu-ray Disc to MKV/MP4/MOV file with multiple audio and subtitle streams and you can easily switch audio and subtitle tracks with freely chapter switching.
Pavtube ByteCopy, a new released BD/DVD backup and ripping program, supports to preserve multiple audio and subtitle streams and leave out unwanted ones, retain chapter information, allow editing videos, etc. Here we present you a brief instruction about keeping multiple audio and subtitle streams when backing up Blu-ray Disc.
Step 1. Load source Blu-ray Disc
After successful installation of free ByteCopy, launch it, click "Add Disc" icon to add source Blu-ray/DVD Disc from disc driver. Or load from BD/DVD folder or IFO/ISO file.
Step 2. Choose output format.
Click the Format button, and you would see lots of profiles listed. To keep multiple audio and subtitle tracks from Blu-ray Disc, you are recommended to choose "Multi-track Video" > "Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV (*.mkv)" for output.
Ps: New ByteCopy provides two more output formats that extract multiple audio streams under "Multi-track Video", they are Multi-track MP4 and Multi-track MOV besides encoded Multi-track MKV, but the video in these profiles are encoded.
Tip: If you want to remove unwanted audio or subtitle stream from original BD/DVD for output, just unselect the box in front of it.
Step 3. Convert Blu-ray Disc with multiple audio and subtitle steams.
Click the Convert button to start converting Blu-ray to MKV/MP4/MOV with original subtitles, audios and chapters you choose. Find generated MKV files by clicking "Open" icon and you can transfer and play Blu-ray Disc with multiple audio and subtitle streams on your HD media player.
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Since attending Anticipation, I've been reading a fair bit. Here's a list of recently finished books, and some initial thoughts on each.
- Steel Whispers by Hayden Trenholm
This is the sequel to Defining Diana, which was nominated this year for an Aurora Award. I reviewed Defining Diana earlier this year. Steel Whispers is a much faster, tighter, gripping novel than Defining Diana. The mystery is much more immediate, and makes for an improved read. Hayden did a great job here. I plan on finishing up a more in-depth review of this novel shortly.
- Birthstones by Phyllis Gotlieb
Sadly, Phyllis Gotlieb passed away earlier this summer. This is the first of her stories which I've read, and I was pleasantly surprised by the depth in this slender volume. This novel explores themes of power and exploitation, both in the feminist, and post-colonialist settings.
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
This is my first read of the Martian Chronicles. Fanciful stories, written well before the moon landings. These stories are whimsical, but with a hint of sadness.
- The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
This was great. It doesn't quite meet my definition for steampunk, as there is no real focus on technology. With a Victorian setting, political dissension, and interaction with historical figures, it comes close. This story also falls under the secret history genre, rather than an actual alternate history. It's an excellent tale, masterfully written. I'm looking forward to reading more of Powers.
- The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
I can see why Philip K. Dick was often compared to Pynchon. Crying is a very postmodern novel. It's fast and frenzied. I'll need to read this one again before I can get a better idea on what I think.
- Extraordinary Engines edited by Nick Gevers
I had started this some time ago, but finally finished off the last few stories. My favourite story in this anthology is Petrolpunk, by Adam Roberts, although he seems to be mixing together too many elements in a simple story. In general, Extraordinary Engines was entertaining, but as a new work anthology, I find the title "authoritative" to be misleading.
- Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters
What a gritty, dirty steampunk novel, with elements of clockpunk. Very entertaining.
- Escapement by Jay Lake
I plan on writing a longer review of this one shortly. I found the plot more engaging than in Mainspring. However, the three plotlines took a long time to engage with each other. Escapement also did not engage the same feel for swashbuckling wonder that Mainspring did. Entertaining, but left me wanting more.
- Federations edited by John Joseph Adams
A great idea for an anthology. There were a number of good stories in here. I especially enjoyed The Culture Archivist by Jeremiah Tolbert, The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousness by James Alan Gardner, and The Shoulders of Giants by Robert J Sawyer.


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Hi all,
My Question in Detail :-
I am working on web-crawler project, for that we are executing the webpages using the HttpClient4.0 beta2.jar API.
Basically it's a multithreaded application, and we are following the client server approach in our project.
we are fetching the url's form the database, and exceuting the urls using the java HttpClient.execute( ) method.
Code snippet as follows:
HttpGet get1; DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(); String body = null; URL url=new URL(html.GetURL().trim()); html.Sethost(url.getHost()); HttpResponse preresponse=null; ResponseHandler<String> handler = new BasicResponseHandler(); preresponse = client.execute(get1); StringBuffer source=new StringBuffer(); HttpEntity entity=preresponse.getEntity(); if(entity!=null) { InputStream is=entity.getContent(); BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); String line=br.readLine(); while(line!=null) { source.append(line+"\n"); line=br.readLine(); } br.close(); is.close(); }
when we start our application all the threads perfectly crawling the web-url, but after some time suppose 4 to 5 hours or more , some of thread gets blocked , after executing the statement
"StringBuffer source=new StringBuffer();"
and they didn't crawl futher any of the url's. We have also generated the log file for the Thread status after every 5 minutes, the thread which gets blocked, has still in the Runnable State, also in addition we have also caught all the exception of java.io, java.util., org.apache.http.client. packages. and write all the exception in the log file with the time and the url, but there would be no log generated in our log file.
Please help me
Thanks & Regards
Rakesh Yadav


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The MoU plans to synergise the individual strengths of AAI and Saab for joint research and implementation of pan India automation system
GN Bureau | January 24, 2019
To focus on mitigating challenges of aviation growth and enabling the 'Flying for All' vision, the Airports Authority of India has inked an MoU with Saab, a company serving the global market with world leading products, services and solutions from military defense to civil security.
The much hyped 'double engine' model of governance on which the BJP is seeking votes has utterly failed, and Mumbai and Maharashtra have had to face some of the worst effects of economic slowdown, former prime minister Manmohan Singh has said. A lot of problems facing Maharashtra
A three-term Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay Raut is the Shiv Sena spokesperson and its voice in parliament. He is also the executive editor of Marathi newspaper Samana, started by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Raut spoke with Geetanjali Minhas on his party's seat-sharing agreement
Ashish Shelar, 47, was the president of the Mumbai city unit of the BJP, before he became the minister of school education, sports and youth welfare in the Maharashta government this year. He has represented the Vandre West constituency in the state assembly and seeking re-election. In a chat with
The Nobel Prize in economics for 2019 goes to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty." The prize, known as "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel", was announc
Prime minister Narendra Modi has accepted president Xi Jinping's invitation to visit China in 2020 for their third informal summit after Wuhan and Mamallapuram, indicating both sides' realization of the importance of the mechanism which gives the two leaders of the Asian giants an opportunity t
Dharma: Hinduism and Religions in India By Chaturvedi Badrinath Edited by Tulsi Badrinath Penguin, 194+ xiii pages, Rs 499 How to live: That is the most fundamental question of human existence.


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The Best Defense is a Good Offense
The WT4911 Wireless Outdoor Siren is a fully supervised wireless siren designed to work with the Alexor and Impassa Wireless Panels. The WT4911 combines form and function to provide improved protection against intruders, before they get the chance to enter the home. With its powerful 105dB sounder, the WT4911 will enunciate unwanted entrance to property and premises. The accompanying security strobe light also provides a visual warning and deterrent upon activation. The WT4911 distinguishes between burglar and fire alarm by emitting different sounds for each and indicates arm and disarm squawks.
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The WT4911 siren can be installed anywhere outdoors (or even indoors, for those requiring a louder siren) fast and easy. A large surface area on the siren allows for security company logos, increasing brand presence and awareness.
Secure, Continuous Communication with Added Benefits
The WT4911 offers 2-way wireless and continuously supervised communication with the Alexor and Impassa Wireless Panels. The signals between the WT4911 and the panel are fully encrypted, prohibiting unauthorized interruption of communication between the two. If the WT4911 security strobe siren is disabled or tampered with, Alexor and Impassa Wireless Panels will immediately be signaled and the appropriate transmission will instantly be transmitted to the monitoring station. Additionally, one of the other sirens (either indoor or outdoor or Alexor's onboard siren itself) installed on the system will make up for the absence of the WT4911. Up to four sirens can be installed on the Alexor and Impassa Wireless Panels.
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How Will Venezuela Transition After Chavez?
As crowds gather for Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's funeral, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies professor Dr. Riordan Roett discusses what's next for Venezuela. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... I see a live shot Caracas Venezuela ... where citizens by the hundreds of thousands like they are coming out to a final goodbye President Chavez who died earlier this week but the funeral the pomp and pageantry of the funeral one of the details of which are actually were still a mystery man hours beforehand ... the funerals only half the story ... obviously the the the other half is what happens next in this country but such a prayer I would talk about the political struggle between hula Chavez and his successors ... what do you make of the power vacuum ... we don't know is a power vacuum yet to issue is going to be one ... to story there some contentious news about whether or not ... when Trina duo should become the acting president or whether the president of the National Assembly should become the acting president ... it appears as though it will swear in the vice president and acting president sometime today during the ceremonies ... oh four presidential race ... and what the ... what of the opposition I know there's going to be an election within the next month within the next thirty days ... how do they run as the opposition party and dinner they were when the ... holiday ... how would a real war with the reforms to the VL Chavez revolution be ... Dish who ran last time against ... them now and ... she stressed insurers will probably be the opposition candidate he's the ... governor of the city that I'm that one of the largest states in ... Venezuela I he will probably run and lose ... it if you want a very difficult time governing ... sch and all institutions in Venezuela are known to the study assembly ... the ... courts ... and all the local governments are in the hands ... of the tiny stoves ... and ... plus expanded a little dose of our regionally ... or a new president Chavez was was dying he was sick this income as a shock ... what are the implications regionally ... a very serious and a center ... would John is a great deal in the oil money sending some to the ... highest ... petroleum to countries like Cuba on into the care of me and ... the Astro TV a program of it is willing to very import one of the report islands in the European ... and of course for the island of Cuba ... all ... and the logical ties between Caracas ... and a bottle a very strong willed were imprisoned John dishes like ... I mean President Chavez obviously populist a lot of people clearly down there like the revere him ... fourteen years the role the country you think it was a very good ruler ... a general rule are very popular rule of a terrible her work ... there's inflation or a food shortages ... here is a lack of physical infrastructure ... of oil production has dropped because of the no investment in the oil industry ... body was a typical populist demagogue ... and you got what you saw ... that doctor I appreciate time thing since spending a few minutes of those this morning


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Helen Smith
Helen has been researching her family since 1986 when her Mother lamented the fact she had never known her Grandfather, George Howard Busby. Helen found some information and a newspaper photo of him, was hooked and has been addicted ever since with research in Australia, England and Ireland.
She is researching the surname Quested anywhere, anytime and has registered the name with the Guild of One-Name Studies.
She is the author of Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms and has written for a number of publications including 'Inside History', 'Australian Family Tree Connections', Forgoten Times, other family history journals as well as scientific publications. She is the author of a number of blogs which can be accessed via http://helenvsmithresearch.blogspot.com.au/ and you can follow her on Twitter @HVSresearch
Helen has spoken to a wide variety of audiences nationally and internationally including Genealogical Society of Queensland Day Conferences, Library Technician Conference, Unlock the Past March and November 2011 Cruises, Unlock the Past Expos and Roadshow and numerous family history society meetings. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. Helen is President of Southern Suburbs Branch of the Genealogical Society of Queensland.
Professionally, she is a Molecular Epidemiologist specialising in Public Health Microbiology and has a strong interest in infectious diseases and Public Health through the ages.
She has a Graduate Diploma in Public Health, Bachelor Applied Science: Medical Laboratory Science and Associate Diploma in Clinical Laboratory Techniques. She is currently studying the National Institute of Genealogical Studies: English Certificate.
- Genealogical Society of Queensland
- Queensland Family History Society
- Oxfordshire Family History Society
- Kent Family History Society
- Genealogical Society of Victoria
- Guild of One Name Studies (registered name Quested) and is the Queensland Regional Representative for the Guild
- Association of Professional Genalogists
- Genealogical Speakers Guild
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- Choosing a family history program
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- Distressed Weavers Emigration Scheme
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- English Probate Records: Wills and Where to Find Them
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- How I use my computer for family history: Other favourite programs I use
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- No Medicare for them: How our ancestors accessed health care
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- Organising your family history
- Parish chest records
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Ngā Puhi
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Roi was born and raised in Southland province in the South Island of New Zealand, although his whakapapa (genealogy) is the Te Mahurehure hapu (sub-tribe) from the Hokianga in Northland on the North Island. In 1983, he received a three-year apprenticeship to the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua, where he learned to carve with the adze and chisel and graduated with honours. He has carved on four whare whakairo (carved houses), which fuelled his passion for perfecting the technical aspects of his art and led him to learn about the ideology and spiritual aspects of carving.
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Detecting Irregular Gravity
By Catherine Clabby
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, a collaboration by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, captures variation in Earth's gravitational pull
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, a collaboration by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, captures variation in Earth's gravitational pull
You are forgiven if you assume that Earth's gravity is uniform all over the globe. Most people probably do. But Earth's variable mass results in differences in the planet's gravitational tug. Launched in 2002, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, a collaboration by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, captures such variation and how it changes over time. Two synchronized satellites on the same orbital plane constantly record minute changes in the roughly 220-kilometer distance between them. The gap shifts slightly as the mass in the ground beneath the satellites changes, with higher densities pulling one spacecraft away from the other. Project scientist Michael Watkins at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California told American Scientist associate editor Catherine Clabby what GRACE has revealed so far.
A.S. What was innovative about GRACE's design?
M.W. GRACE is the world's first mission designed specifically to measure the Earth's gravity field at high accuracy. Most importantly, the team realized that the gravity isn't just something you measure once, as most people had thought. By watching changes in the gravity field, we can learn about large-scale, climate-related changes in the Earth's complex water cycle. Those changes primarily move the mass of water around, which we can track through their effects on the gravity field. These phenomena are difficult to observe with any other remote-sensing technique, which is what makes GRACE unique. The main technical enablers were the development of advanced tracking systems, both the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the microwave signals between satellites; the development of precision accelerometers; and general progress in development of small satellites. The "pixel size" GRACE can capture is a few hundred kilometers across.
A.S. How do you ensure that all you are measuring is Earth's gravity?
M.W. We fundamentally measure the gravity by how it affects the orbits of the satellites, which we measure by both GPS technology and directly tracking the distance between the two satellites. There are a handful of small changes in the orbits that are not due to the gravity, like a tiny residual amount of atmospheric drag, even in space. We measure those with one of the world's most accurate accelerometers, which was built by colleagues in France. Finally, we account for the effect of the Moon, Sun, planets, tides—all those things. Because the data analysis can get fairly complex, we generally use supercomputers to get it done.
A.S. Has GRACE produced any surprises?
M.W. The extent of mass loss in polar ice in Greenland, Alaska and West Antarctica surprised many people. The total has been in the hundreds of gigatonnes per year. Similarly, the depletion of groundwater in several areas such as northwest India was larger than expected. In addition, the very large earthquake in Sumatra in 2004 was large enough to be detected by GRACE, which provided interesting geophysical information about the quake.
A.S. What has GRACE clarified?
M.W. I would say mostly how climate changes affect the large-scale movement of water around the globe, which we didn't know well before. We also learned a few things about the long-term average field, which helps oceanographers analyze radar altimetry data. We'd like to get the resolution down from a few-hundred-kilometer "pixels" to something smaller, which would help us observe groundwater changes in smaller river basins and small ice streams.
A.S. What is GRACE expected to achieve in the future?
M.W. GRACE will continue to extend the duration of our observations of the Earth. One thing that makes climate research so difficult is the number of things occurring at once in the Earth system. It takes time to sort out the incredibly complex interactions of ocean, atmosphere and biosphere. It's difficult to do that with only a few years of data. Many scientists say decades of data are a necessity.
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