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Conservative media invoke Wellstone smear in anticipation of Kennedy's service
Hannity on Kennedy's death: "a lot of this was the politicizing of -- remember Paul Wellstone's death?" Discussing Kennedy's death during his radio program, Sean Hannity asserted, "We've got The Wall Street Journal reporting -- and by the way, a lot of this was the politicizing of -- remember Paul Wellstone's death? You know, 'Let's do everything for Paul.' And we're now being implored to get behind Obamacare because it's what Ted Kennedy would have wanted." [The Sean Hannity Show, 8/26/09]
Savage fill-in Markowski on possible naming of health care bill after Kennedy: "It's political theater" like the "Wellstone memorial." Chris Markowski, filling in for Michael Savage on his radio program, took a caller who said that "if Ted Kennedy had wanted his name on this health care bill, I think that he would -- I would want to see where he said that in writing before he died. He had plenty of time." Markowski responded, in part, by asserting: "I don't think he's requested -- you got to understand, it's a show. OK? It's political theater. Like the Democrats thought that whole Wellstone memorial was going to -- it was going to force them to -- it was going to allow them to win the Senate race in Minnesota. This is political theater. It's a show." [The Savage Nation, 8/26/09]
Lopez on Kennedy's death: Wellstone service "turned into a political rally." The National Review Online's Kathyrn Jean Lopez wrote in an August 26 post to the blog The Corner titled "Re: The Politics of Ted Kennedy's Passing": "All politicos need to remember the Wellstone funeral when a well-known politician dies. Instead of memorializing his life, his service turned into a political rally. Some of the MSNBC coverage today I'm catching looks like a [sic] Obamacare convocation. Human life is about more than poltics. And politics isn't American Idol. Or, even, The Lion of the Senate."
Allahpundit "sure" Kennedy "eulogies won't be politicized at all." Hot Air blogger Allahpundit wrote in an August 26 tweet: "Looking forward to the Democratic line-up at TK's memorial service. I'm sure the eulogies won't be politicized at all."
Instapundit: "A Wellstone Memorial on steroids?" An August 26 post on Instapundit.com linked to a post by JammieWearingFool with the headline "A Wellstone Memorial on steroids? And how did that work out?" JammieWearingFool asserted in the post, written the same day, "While we have no doubt the Democrats will do all they can to exploit his death and will probably have a Wellstone memorial on steroids, we'll stay above that." The link on the words "Wellstone memorial" were to an October 30, 2002, Slate.com article describing Wellstone's memorial services as a "pep rally."
Noting "conservative talking point," Politico's Smith says "[i]t would seem odd to bar politics" from Kennedy's funeral. In an August 26 post, Politico's Ben Smith referred to the comments by Allahpundit and Instapundit as "a conservative talking point [that] is emerging to counter the the hope on the left that Kennedy's death will advance his cause of health care reform," and commented:
It would seem odd to bar politics from the funeral of an intensely political figure who took his causes so personally, but the Kennedy family, the White House, and Senate Democrats -- as well as their foes -- will be navigating complicated, and political, terrain in the days ahead, with real advantage to be won and lost on one of Kennedy's signature causes.
Franken debunked Wellstone smear in 2003 book
Al Franken: " 'This Was Not a Memorial to Paul Wellstone': A Case Study in Right-Wing Lies." In his book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (Dutton, 2003), Franken wrote:
Paul died on October 25, 2002, when his plane went down in Northern Minnesota. Sheila; their daughter, Marcia; his driver, Will McLaughlin; two other close aides, Tom Lapic and Mary McEvoy; and two pilots died with him. Four days later, C-SPAN, along with almost every Minnesota TV and radio station, carried a hastily-put-together memorial service for Paul, Sheila, Marcia, Will, Tom, and Mary. I was there. It was a beautiful memorial, sometimes incredibly sad, sometimes funny, sometimes rowdy, and sometimes political. Some people watching on television were offended. Some people were moved. But the right saw an opening. They took moments out of context, lied about the rest, and used it as a political club to attack the Democrats. It won them the Senate election in Minnesota and probably in Missouri, which means it gave Republicans control of the Senate.
This chapter is a case study of how the right lies and viciously distorts. It is the story of how the right-wing media repeats its fabrications until they echo into the mainstream press. It is a story of pure cynicism in pursuit of power. It is the story of how the lying liars took the death of my friends and invented a myth that changed the 2002 elections. [Pages 178-179]
"[T]en-second clips" created partisan picture. Franken explained that a eulogy delivered by "Wellstone's best friend Rick Kahn," "[o]ne of the eight eulogies that night," included calling on the audience to "win this election for Paul Wellstone." Franken noted that to those who "only saw the ten-second clips that were later repeated and repeated on TV, it looked like Kahn and the crowd were just being foot-stompingly partisan -- that Wellstone's death was being used for political gain." Franken continued:
But Kahn's speech was also full of phrases like "[our] hearts are now shattered" and "tonight we are filled to overflowing with overwhelming grief and sorrow." This speech was coming from someone who was crushed by the deaths of his best friend, his best friend's wife, his best friend's daughter, and three other very close friends. Yeah, it had some inappropriate moments. But I assumed that people would understand, and cut the man a little slack. [Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Pages 183-185]
Speeches not vetted by memorial organizers. Franken included the following statement from Ann Mulholland, who helped plan the memorial:
We asked each family to choose someone to do the eulogy. At no point did it ever cross anyone's mind to read the speeches. The day before, the people from the hearing impaired group asked, "Do you have any of the speeches?" I just laughed. They wanted to type the speeches in for the closed captioning, but we just didn't have anything.
On Monday night, our press guy said to me, "Oh my gosh -- this is going to be on TV. Should we be thinking about something?" By then, it was just kind of too late. [Page 192]
"Political" smear started by GOP operatives including former Rep. Weber, who later admitted "there was some very nice stuff" at the service. Franken wrote:
The morning after the memorial, I picked up the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and turned to the special section devoted to the event. It was titled "One Last Rally: Victims Remembered with Cheers and Tears," with a heartbreaking picture of Paul and Sheila's granddaughter, Cari, crying. There were two stories on the front page. One was about the event itself: "Overflow Crowd Pays Tribute to Wellstone." The other was about GOP spin: "Republicans Decry Service as Political." With the stories side by side, it was as if two different events had taken place. The real one, and the lie one.
Vin Weber was framing the Republican story line. "This was NOT a memorial to Paul Wellstone. This was a political event." Weber said that the event was a "complete, total, absolute sham" and accused the Democrats of "exploit[ing] Wellstone's memory totally, completely and shamelessly for political gain."
When I called Vin Weber to research this chapter, I asked him whether he had watched the whole event and whether he had seen any of the eulogies. He said, "Yeah, there was some very nice stuff." This candid Vin was a refreshing break from the lying Vin who talked to the Star Tribune in 2002. But Lying Vin had planted the story line: The memorial was a total sham, a political charade. [Pages 186-187]
Franken traces spin of memorial as "political event" through media. Franken documented the evolution in the media of the smear that Wellstone's memorial service was politicized. He traced the Republican spin of the memorial service as a "political event" from the Minneapolis Star Tribune to C-SPAN's Washington Journal to Rush Limbaugh and eventually to "the mainstream" with Tucker Carlson, who claimed on CNN's Crossfire that "a memorial service for the late Senator Paul Wellstone was hijacked by partisan zealots and turned into a political rally. Republican friends of Senator Wellstone were booed and shouted down as they tried to speak." But Franken undercut those claims in an interview with Carlson documented in the book. Under Franken's questioning, Carlson admitted he had not yet seen the tape of the memorial when he made those claims and was under the incorrect assumption that Kahn was not in fact Wellstone's best friend. Moreover, there were no "Republican friends of Wellstone" who spoke or attempted to speak at the funeral, a fact Carlson acknowledged in his conversations with Franken. Nonetheless, the myth that the memorial was a political event continued to spread throughout the media. [Pages 193-195]
Media similarly accused liberals of politicizing King's funeral, but ignored politicization of Reagan's
Media highlighted purportedly "partisan" funeral of Coretta Scott King. As Media Matters for America documented, the claims that King's funeral was "partisan" stemmed primarily from a tribute delivered by civil rights activist Rev. Joseph Lowery, which included a reference to prewar intelligence failures in Iraq, and one by former President Jimmy Carter, who made what many interpreted as a reference to President Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program.
But media ignored political elements of Reagan's funeral. President Ronald Reagan's funeral did not provoke similar scrutiny, despite clear political overtones. For example, the media largely ignored the fact that no Democrats were invited to speak at either the funeral at the National Cathedral or at a ceremony held on Capitol Hill two days earlier.
From the August 26 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' and Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:
HANNITY: And it is the degree to which the mainstream media has tried to, you know, not talk about his family, not talk about how he battled brain cancer, not talk about -- oh, well, some people did bring up the more controversial aspects of his life. But to the extent that it has been used by so many on the left to promote Obamacare, it is, you know -- that somehow, his death is added reason now to make its passage.
Now, I just -- we have Senator Byrd, according to the Politico, wants Democrats to rename the Obamacare bill after Ted Kennedy. I don't know if they want to call it "Kennedycare," and I'm not sure what the name is here, but -- "Ailing Senator Robert Byrd, one of only two to have served longer than Kennedy, suggests, in an emotional statement, renaming the pending health care legislation for the late Massachusetts senator. 'In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to the ideals, let us stop the shouting and name-calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform, which, I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American.' "
We've got The Wall Street Journal reporting -- and by the way, a lot of this was the politicizing of -- remember Paul Wellstone's death? You know, "Let's do everything for Paul." And we're now being implored to get behind Obamacare because it's what Ted Kennedy would have wanted.
From the August 26 broadcast of Talk Radio Network's The Savage Nation:
MARKOWSKI: We got Mike on the phone from Portland, Oregon. Mike, Welcome to The Savage Nation.
CALLER: Yeah, hello. My comment was that if Ted Kennedy had wanted his name on this health care bill, I think that he would -- I would want to see where he said that in writing before he died. He had plenty of time to say, "Hey" --
MARKOWSKI: I don't think he's requested -- you got to understand, it's a show. OK? It's political theater. Like the Democrats thought that whole Wellstone memorial was going to -- it was going to force them to -- it was going to allow them to win the Senate race in Minnesota. This is political theater. It's a show.
M.L.C. comment: I'll keep this short, funny when Saint Ronnie of Reagan died the right wing begged Dems, lefties and people that didn't believe in the Reagan myth to give them time to mourned and people gave them that. And when the Republicans and their allies in the right wing media used those two weeks as political ads and milk sympathy for the Republican party they bulk when people accused them of playing politics. With all that said the right wing can't grant the same for the Kennedy family, Dems and liberals, no one is asking them to like or love Ted Kennedy but if they want people to honor the memory of the second worst president ever to serve for two weeks. Give people that love and honor Teddy Kennedy the same respect.


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We always look to fulfil every order in full on time, but on the odd occasion an item is missing we will attempt to contact you prior to shipping. If your order is a Next Day service, and we cannot contact you, we will refund the missing item(s), and ship the rest of the order immediately.
Upon signing for the delivery you are accepting the correct delivery for your items, however, we do understand that you might not be able to open your package straight away so you have up to 48 Hours to advise us of missing / incorrect items.
Please note we do not compensate in any way for time spent waiting in for deliveries that do not arrive, we do however accept that in life, mistakes and circumstances happen that can unfortunately mean that your item may not be delivered next day as requested e.g. bad weather, computer error etc. If such mistakes do occur we will refund your postage charge in full and by agreeing to the previous sentence and proceeding with the order you accept that we have done everything we can to help you obtain the package.
For orders outside of the UK Mainland please specify your location when calculating postage.
For all international orders there may be an additional postage charge on top of that quoted. You will be contacted if this applies for your order. If the postage costs are too high, you may cancel your order at any time prior to dispatch.
For more detailed information please see our Returns Policy Page.
You can cancel any order that has not been dispatched. Please call our Customer Care team on 01484 644709 between 9:30am and 5:00pm or log onto the website and check the status of your order in your account.
If you do want to arrange the return of an item, simply call our friendly Customer Care team on 01484 644709 from 9:30am to 5:00pm and they will explain how to return the items.
Alternatively you can get in touch with us via our Contact Us Page.
If you are returning a product because it is faulty or something is wrong then we will pay for it to be returned to us. The Customer Care Team will arrange for cost you incur to be refunded.
You can return any item for any reason whatsoever, even if you have just changed your mind, within 14 days of receipt of the order. This is in addition to your rights under the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000.
We want you to be absolutely happy with our products and services, so we provide the simple Patrol Base guarantee: if on receiving your item you are unhappy with your item for any reason then simply send it back to us. We will replace or refund the item.
This guarantee ensures that if you are unsure about what you are purchasing you have the peace of mind of knowing that we are here to help. In addition, if you decide that you made a mistake or you change your mind then please send the goods back within 14 days of receipt. Sadly, this can only apply to standard range products; we cannot accept back any item that has been made to order i.e. Two Tone Airsoft equipment.
Upon signing for the delivery you are accepting the correct delivery for your items, however, we do
understand that you might not be able to open your package straight away so you have up to 48 Hours to
advise us of missing / incorrect items.
If you do decide to return anything for whatever reason then please get in touch with us via our Contact Us Page for a copy of our returns form.
If you do send goods back for any reason other than a fault you will normally be asked to pay the carriage charges, we would just have to recover the costs in our prices. We would rather be completely straight with you, keep our prices as low as possible, and just ask you to pay if you choose to return anything.
Any none faulty return must be shipped back in full re-saleable order with original undamaged packaging.
Finance options
Looking to buy an Airsoft replica, but don't want to drop all your money at once? Perhaps you want to spread your payments over time to keep a backup of money, or perhaps you simply can't afford the hit right now and want to spread it over time? In any case you can spread your payments to take away the pain of the initial hit of the purchase of a replica, or give yourself the ability to spend that little bit more and get that rifle you've always wanted!
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You can select finance during the payment process which will take you to the Omnicapital portal and allow you to complete a credit check at your leisure. Once your finance is accepted you will be able to complete your order and wait for the goods to arrive!
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — It could be brains. Or it might be intuition. Or it could just be luck. But whatever it is, it has allowed George Soros to read the market right over a long period of time. So when an investor of such legendary ability calls the top of the greatest bull market of our times, it is no great surprise that the world sits up to listen to what the man has to say.
In the first quarter of this year, Soros dumped around $800 million of gold. Should you follow his lead?
Not this time.
Gold is getting close to bubble territory. The price has rocketed upwards, and any asset that has been on a 12-year bull run has to be getting close to its top. The peak will come one day.
Every bubble has a blow-out phase — a moment when the price goes through the roof. Gold hasn't gotten there yet.
And yet every bubble has a blow-out phase — a moment when the price goes through the roof. Gold hasn't gotten there yet. The core function of the metal in the financial markets is to offer protection against inflation. And while plenty of people think spiralling prices are right ahead of us, that isn't the consensus view yet. That means the price still has some way to go.
Gold has, of course, been the trade of the decade.
Back in July 1999, it hit a 20-year low of $252.80 an ounce. The International Monetary Fund was a seller, and so were central banks in Australia and Britain. It looked as if time was finally being called on its role as the ultimate repository of value.
Ever since, it has steadily recovered. Last month, gold hit a record high of $1,575.79 an ounce. That's an incredible 12-year run. If you'd dumped your holdings of equities in the summer of 1999 — just as they were reaching the top of the dot-com mania — and switched into gold instead, you'd be reading this article from the terrace of a 30-room mansion on your own private Caribbean island. Short of founding Facebook, there would have been no better way to make yourself a fortune.
So there's certainly a case to be made for getting out now. Smart investors always sell too soon — it's the only way to avoid the carnage when the bull market collapses. In January, Soros called the gold bubble. "When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop, and they are developing at the moment," he told his audience at the Davos conference. "The ultimate asset bubble is gold."
Well, maybe. The problem with gold, for any cool-headed, realistic investor, is that as soon as you start to discuss it, you are entering the land of extremists.
On the one hand, there are the gold bugs, for whom the metal is the one true currency. It's been used as money for a few thousand years now, and against that kind of history a couple of months of rising or falling values don't make any difference. To them, no price is ever really high enough. If every other asset is being trashed by wicked central bankers printing paper money, why not just keep on buying? After all, it's bound to be worth more than those brightly colored pieces of paper.
On the other hand, gold's detractors are just as adamant that it isn't worth anything. Like John Maynard Keynes, they regard it as a "barbarous relic." Sure, you can make wedding rings from it, but apart from that it's useless. At least with copper you can make pipes, and bonds generate an income. But gold is mainly a psychological asset. It's worth something because other people think it is. There are no reliable yardsticks against which we can measure its value.
The truth is somewhere in the middle. Gold can certainly move into bubble territory, just like any other asset. But its core function is as a safe alternative to cash during periods of prolonged and destructive inflation.
And here's the important point. While plenty of analysts — including this writer as it happens — think we are heading for a period of steadily rising prices, that certainly isn't the consensus yet. Just take a look at the government bond markets. The yield on US Treasury bonds is still at record lows. The same is true of most European government bonds, apart from those countries that are already bust. That wouldn't be true if the markets were expecting huge price rises.
In reality, the markets are still priced for low inflation, even deflation. At some point, that consensus is going to crack. Central banks will be forced to raise interest rates — and potentially quite sharply as they wake up to the fact that inflationary expectations are getting out of hand.
And what will happen then? Bond markets will collapse — that's certain. Equity markets will wobble. The historical record shows that equities are a poor hedge against rising prices, and they usually do poorly when interest rates are rising.
Where is everyone going to flee for safety? To gold, of course.
As rates start to rise, and fighting inflation becomes the main task of central bankers rather than warding off another great depression, the price of the precious metal will soar.
That will be the blow-out phase of the 12-year bull market.
It might happen next year, or it might be 2013. And gold might hit $2,500 an ounce or $3,000. Or even more. No one really knows. Once a market reaches its final buying frenzy, the price can go anywhere, as anyone who remembers the Nikkei hitting 38,000 will attest.
That will be the time to get out. And for that reason, Soros has got his timing wrong this time. There will be a moment to sell gold — but it is still at least a year away.


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Snoop Dogg has had many memorable music videos in his career that have left lasting impressions on the music industry for years. His 2007 hit song "Sensual Seduction" took an interesting twist by taking his fans back to the 1970s.
Check out Snoop and his retro 70s style in this classic video. Come back March 29th (5pm PT/8pm ET), to watch Snoop Dogg perform an exclusive online concert live from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. This newest installment Live on Letterman is brought to you by AT&T – Rethink Possible.
Snoop Dogg – "Sensual Seduction"
Snoop's swag has always been so high that there's just no way it can be measured, on any scale, and he flexed this ability extremely well during this video. The images of Snoop wearing the old school get up and the voice synthesizer hanging out of his mouth are all classic scenes from this video. The funniest part of the entire clip was the beginning with the old VHS play button starting the scene off with Snoop on a cloud.
Mad TV did a hilarious parody of the song back in 2007, dealing with money opposed to the ladies.
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Basketball 3D Illusion lamp
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This Basketball 3D LED Illusion Lamp is a combination of art and technology that creates an optical 3D illusion and plays tricks on the eyes. From afar, you will see the design, but as you get up close, you see a thin acrylic sheet that's completely flat. It's bound to dazzle and impress your guests while always lighting up the room and your lives. This playful product combines man-made fibers with natural materials and produced using both machines and artisan handwork. Perfect for displaying in your bedroom, living room, office, as a night lamp or any way you want to use it. Choice of remote or without remote features.
- 8 Changeable color modes including Cyan, Blue, Green, Red, White, Yellow, and Purple as well as a flashing mode that displays all colors
- Touch button to easily change color mode
- Energy efficient long life LED bulbs
- Safe to touch. Does not overheat
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- LED Lifespan: 10,000 hours
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5 questions on Bergdahl
President Barack Obama's decision to swap long-missing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay has unleashed a fusillade of criticism from lawmakers, who have blasted the president's move as both reckless and lawless.
For the White House, it means answering uncomfortable questions about why Congress wasn't told of the deal before it happened — as federal law demands — and what went into the administration's media strategy, including fresh scrutiny of comments National Security Adviser Susan Rice made on a Sunday morning talk show.
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The president on Tuesday defended his administration's efforts to rescue Bergdahl from captivity.
"Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if he's held in captivity. Period. Full stop. We don't condition that," he said in Warsaw, on the first leg of this week's European trip.
( Also on POLITICO: Criticism of Bergdahl deal mounts)
His arguments are unlikely to put the questions to rest. There are worries about the deal and the precedent it could set for others in U.S. custody as well as other American service members who could be captured in the future. And the future of Sgt. Bergdahl is anything but certain.
Here's a look at some of the key questions about the Bergdahl-Taliban trade:
Bigger than Benghazi?
The prison swap is showing signs of becoming a major flashpoint with the staying power, at least within conservative circles, of Benghazi.
Republicans see the prisoner swap as representing all that is wrong with Obama, a go-it-alone president who negotiates with bad foreign actors and flouts the rule of law to achieve his own ends.
( Also on POLITICO: Rogers: 'A price' for U.S. soldiers)
House and Senate Republicans accused Obama of acting illegally, citing laws requiring that the administration provide Congress notice at least 30 days ahead of releasing Guantanamo Bay detainees. House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) pledged Monday to hold hearings, as Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) pressed for investigations in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Conservatives are also combing through the statements of Bergdahl's father to cast him as unpatriotic — and his son has been tagged as a deserter by some of his fellow soldiers.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) raised doubts Monday that Bergdahl was even in grave health — the reason provided by administration officials as to why they couldn't abide by the 30-day notification requirement.
( WATCH: What you didn't know about Obama)
"There's no indication of that other than what the president says," Chambliss said, "and I don't believe a thing this president says now."
The president's move to defy Congress also fuels Republican assertions that Obama is guilty of hypocrisy for railing against a raft of signing statements President George W. Bush issued disclaiming his duty to enforce aspects of legislation he considered unconstitutional.
One former administration official said that when Obama issued signing statements in recent years saying he might "interpret" the law to make sure he had flexibility to transfer detainees "swiftly," he was intentionally preserving his right to act in circumstances like the Bergdahl swap.
"The signing statement was put in for this exact thing," said one former official, speaking on condition of anonymity. "It's the strongest conceivable example of a commander-in-chief exercising his authority."
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday that Obama had never foresworn signing statements entirely, but simply argued that Bush over-relied on them.
( WATCH: What you don't know about Obama)
"It's often misreported that [Obama] somehow took a position against all signing statements, which was never the case," Carney said. "He made clear that there were times when it would be appropriate, but that the authority to issue signing statements should not be overused or abused, and that a president should exercise restraint. And I think if you look at his record in office — now five and a half years in office you'll see that restraint demonstrated."
What did Congress know and when did it know it?
Over the weekend the administration seemed to flaunt the fact that they had not complied with legislation requiring the president to give Congress 30-days notice before transferring prisoners out of Guantanamo. In a statement issued Saturday night, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he had just notified Congress of the transfer. In fact, the formal notification did not take place until Monday, congressional officials said.
( WATCH: Politicians and pundits react to Bergdahl exchange)
White House aides are now stressing that they had earlier briefed Congress on the outlines of a possible swap.
"We have been consulting with members of Congress about this effort, including the potential transfer of five Gitmo detainees, for years. I know this because I participated in many of those consultations myself when I served on the staff of the National Security Council. So, this should not have been a surprise to any of the members of Congress who have been…commenting about it," White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said Monday at a Center for Strategic and International Studies symposium.


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libplasma provides the Theme class so Plasma elements and other applications, such as KRunner, that need to graphically hint or theme interface elements. This is not a replacement for qstyle, but rather provides standard elements for things such as box backgrounds.
This allows for easy re-theming of the desktop while also keeping elements on the desktop more consistent with each other.
See also Creating a Plasma Theme.
Themes are stored in share/apps/desktoptheme. A theme is described by a .desktop file in share/apps/desktoptheme. The contents of which might look like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Theme done in the Oxygen style
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=The Oxygen Project
The X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name entry must contain the name of the subdirectory in share/apps/desktoptheme where the SVG files for this theme exist.
If you do changes to SVG files in your theme, make sure to update the version number so Plasma can properly refresh its cache.
Beneath this directory one will find the following file structure:
Theme elements are accessed by path. Whether this maps to literal paths on disk or not is not guaranteed and considered an implementation detail of Plasma::Theme.
Therefore, to access the dialog background, one might create an svg in this manner:
Plasma::Theme theme;
QSvgRenderer svg(theme.image("dialogs/background"));
It is generally recommended to use Plasma::Svg instead of QSvgRenderer directly, however. This is because Plasma::Svg uses caching where it can. Remember to call resize() on the Plasma::Svg before painting with it!
Plasma::Svg svg("dialogs/background");
Themes may optionally provide wallpapers to be used with the theme. These wallpapers must appear in the wallpapers/ directory within the theme.
A theme may also define a default wallpaper, wallpaper size and wallpaper file extension to be used in conjunction with the theme. The default wallpaper may either be installed in the standard location for wallpapers or may be shipped with the theme itself. The default wallpaper settings should appear in the theme's metadata.desktop file and contain the following entries:
defaultWallpaperTheme=<name of default wallpaper package>
defaultFileSuffix=<wallpaper file suffix, e.g. .jpg>
defaultWidth=<width in pixels of default wallpaper file>
defaultHeight=<height in pixels of default wallpaper file>
Animations written in Javascript can be included in the animations directory within the theme. To learn how to create such animations and expose them in your theme, visit the Javascript Animations tutorial.
If you use Plasma::Svg, changes to the theme are automatically picked up. Otherwise, you can connect to the changed() signal in the Plasma::Theme class. This signal is emitted whenever the theme is changed, which may be triggered by the user switching the theme used or system changes such as a composite manager becoming available.
The colors file follows the standard KDE colorscheme file format and allows a theme to define what colors work best with its theme elements. The colors in this file can be edited with the default color scheme module.
The most common use of the colors file is to ensure that text is readable on various backgrounds.
Here is a list of color entries in the colors file that are currently actively used in a Plasma theme:
Other colors in the file may be used by individual widgets or used in the future, so it doesn't hurt to provide a complete colorscheme file and is probably a safer strategy.
Currently also used by individual widgets, which should give a good idea of additional usage patterns:
Note that some of these may end up folded back into Plasma::Theme properly at some point.
All background svg's (except for desktop wallpapers) must have the following named elements, all of which will be painted at the native size (and can therefore be bitmaps), except for the center which will be scaled:
Some plasma components may use the above named elements with prefixes. For example the panel placed on the left side of the screen uses the "west" prefix (west-topleft, west-topright, etc.).
Additionally, the following elements can be used to control the rendering of the backgrounds:
From KDE 4.3 can exists an element called overlay (or prefix-overlay if to be appled to a frame with a different prefix) it will be rendered over the frame as a filigrane effects, with the rules given from the following mutually exclusive hints:
It is possible to apply colors from the color scheme to a graphic. A very easy way to reach this is by adding an element with the id hint-apply-color-scheme to the svg. In this case the rendered graphic gets converted to monochrome and colorized by the window background color.
A more flexible solution is available since KDE 4.6 by using css-styling. For this to work the svg must have a style-element with the id current-color-scheme. Before the graphic is rendered this element gets replaced by a style containing classes where the color attribute is set to the corresponding system color. Currently the following classes are defined:
In order to apply a color from a class to an element, its fill or stroke attribute must be currentColor and of course the name of the wanted class has to be in the class-attribute. Special attention is needed on gradients, as neither the gradient-tags themself nor the stop-tags accept classes. To still get the wanted result one can put a g-tag around them and apply the class to this.
Hint: If you want to use this new feature and still be able to use the graphics on older versions, you can set the color for ColorScheme-Background to #7f7f7f and place a <rect id="hint-apply-color-scheme" width="1" height="1" fill="none" /> below your css-code but before the closing </style>
If you don't want to bother with the source code of your graphics, you can use the tool svgmod for easily applying system colors. See here.
Themes get installed to share/apps/desktoptheme. Each theme is stored in a subdirectory with the following file structure
In the folder share/apps/desktoptheme/opaque the same hierarchy can be found: when compositing is disabled files in this folder are preferred over the corresponding ones listed above. Only background for top level windows are appropriate to go in this folder.
Since top-level windows will be shaped according to the transparency of the svg and window shapes don't support alpha-blending, if the svg has rounded borders they should have a shape that don't require antialiasing, like the following example.
In the folder share/apps/desktoptheme/translucent the same hierarchy is used: when the KWin blurbehind effect is enabled the file under this folder will be used if found. As the opaque folder, only elements that will be rendered as window backgrounds should be present in this folder, so the dialogs folder, plus the panel and tooltip backgrounds. When is possible to blur the background of the window, the graphics can be more transparent, keeping the window text readable.
In the folder share/apps/desktoptheme/icons, SVG files that contain scalable icons for use with application status items (e.g. icons in the system tray) are contained.
The default theme contains the following SVGs:
The files are named the same as the matching icon theme names or their prefix (both work, which is why "audio" matches for mixers, e.g.). Other icons can be added as long as they match the names of requested icons by the application status items.
Applications that use a function called setIconByName can have their icon in the system tray themed. Applications can have more than one icon (for example Konversation flashes between two different icons to hilight when your username is mentioned and Kpackagekit changes it's icon depending on the status of it's upgrade / installs). Theming these icons requires firstly that an application has been coded to use setIconByName, and secondly that you call your svg object by the same name (use ctrl+shift+o in Inkscape). Then you can just put your .svgz in share/apps/desktoptheme/default/icons (changing default to your theme folder name).
The following is an attempt to list known icon names that may be themed by this method. Please add any other known icon names and the object ID here to help other people making themes:
At the time of writing, KDE-PIM (Kmail, Akregator etc) do not yet use setIconByName and thus aren't able to be themed this way. Reportedly, this is is coming in Kontact 2.


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The conductor of the endocrine system is the anterior pituitary gland, nestled at the base of the brain. The hypothalamus sends special hormones called releasing factors to the pituitary instructing it how to manage the other endocrine glands. Then with its own set of directive hormones, the anterior pituitary guides your body's glands. The anterior pituitary also releases prolactin, a breast feeding hormone, and growth hormone.
The posterior pituitary, a neighbor but unrelated to the anterior pituitary, is responsible for two hormones: antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin. ADH helps you maintain arterial blood pressure during, for example, blood loss by resorbing water from your kidneys. Oxytocin contracts the uterus during childbirth and causes milk letdown during breast feeding.
Each endocrine gland plays a distinct role in your body, but these actions overlap and therefore affect one another too. When one gland is overly or under-active, other glands feel the effect. The same goes for you. When part of your endocrine system is sick, you most likely are too. Fatigue is one symptom that many endocrine disorders have in common. If you feel very tired or can't seem to shake your fatigue, see your doctor. Once you've discovered the source of your fatigue--whether it's endocrine related or not--there are many natural remedies you can try under the guidance of a professional.
Although part of the endocrine system, the pineal gland isn't a gland per se. This neuroendocrine body translates nerve messages into hormonal output--namely melatonin. This pineal hormone peaks in your body around midnight. Babies are born with scarce amounts of melatonin, perhaps accounting for their erratic sleeping habits. Levels, however, rise with age, top out in childhood and then slowly decline with years.
The pineal gland and melatonin are thought to keep your biological clock ticking. External cues like temperature and light, as well as endogenous messages such as emotions guide the pineal gland. In this way sleep, mood, immunity, seasonal rhythms, menstruation and even aging are regulated.
Synthetic versions of melatonin have recently been touted as nature's new wonder cure for fatigue, insomnia, depression, jet lag, cancer and old age. During her lecture on melatonin at a recent naturopathic medical convention in Aspen, Colorado, Anna MacIntosh, PhD, ND agrees this hormone appears to be a cure-all. That's also what frightens her.
Although supplemental melatonin doesn't seem to have toxic effects, it shouldn't be used indiscriminately. There's too much we don't know about this hormone yet, says MacIntosh. We don't know its long-term repercussions and whether it exerts subtle, and as yet, unmeasured effects. Because melatonin governs biological rhythms, will overuse or ill-directed use adversely affect you?
Melatonin is probably safe for insomnia and jet lag. If you decide to take melatonin, don't take it during the day--this will only aggravate your fatigue and sleeping problems. Instead take melatonin one hour before sleep. Better yet, preserve your own melatonin reserves by sleeping in a dark room, not turning lights on if you get up in the middle of the night and don't take ibuprofen late at night.


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Mario Takes America - CD-i
>> Friday, December 1, 2006
When Philips internally produced the famous Hotel Mario game for the CD-I, more companies were granted money in order to produce a CD-I game starring Nintendo's greatest mascotte: Super Mario. This was quite an exclusive opportunity, as Nintendo would never license their characters to a perceived competitor. While The Black Moon Project covered " The Lost Mario game " being "Super Mario`s Wacky Worlds" in 2004, less is known about a Digital Video project called 'Mario Takes America'. A Canadian investor named Howard Greenspan set up Cigam (Magic spelled backwards) Entertainment in Toronto. They talked a great story about Super Mario flying over the Statue of Liberty, travelling with dolphins over the ocean and more which has been highlighted in the UK CD-I Magazine once. The film crew even used a helicopter to shoot some of the more tricky sequences. These were the early days of Full Motion Video, so the development platform was not that stable in their defense. And while the concept was great, the execution was miserable. Other rumours include the mis-use of Nintendo's Intellectual Property in the way how Mario was treated in the flight over America. The so-called 'Edutainment' concept should add a level of teaching about the American culture which should propagate the status of the USA immensely. However, this title was supposed to be the edge of 'reality' with a real silicon graphics Mario which should be the first outing of Mario in 3D ever! The game concept was nothing else than impressive but unfortunately none of this came to happening; after the bankruptcy of Cigam in 1994 all the golden plans for Mario were cancelled. Early clips where shown at the CDi 3 Conference in New York in October 1993.
Along with the likes of Viridis (Producer of Zelda's Adventure on CD-I), Cigam existed of two very young developers who presented their own concept for a cd-i game to Philips Media Games. Philips was pretty excited, and granted them money to start on the project. Normally, companies were granted money after certain deadlines. But in this hard business, when Philips had confidence in a project, money was granted on forehand. Unfortunately, Cigam was one of those who just didn't meet any expectations in the end, and Philips had to cancel the project to prevent more money bleeding...
We will expand on the Nintendo titles on CD-I in one of the next columns or articles on The Black Moon Project .


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Things to do in summer around New Zealand
New Zealand is one of the world's road trip meccas – a rockin' combination of ultra cool urban cities, mad surf and majestic mountains.
New Zealand is one of the world's road trip mecca's – a rockin' combination of ultra cool urban cities, mad surf and majestic mountains. And while winter is the season of choice for snowboarders from around the globe, summer in New Zealand is a fabulous choice for a road trip, especially with companies such as Hippie Camper offering great deals.
It's snowtubes but not as you know them! Glide down a carpeted track around twists, turns, bumps and curves.
2. Boat cruises
New Zealand has heaps of beautiful lakes and some of the 'boat cruises' are a little more adrenalin charged than others – like jet boating.
3. Fishing
If you're travelling in a neato little campervan such as the Hippie Camper Hitop Deluxe you'll want to pack your rod and do a spot of beach or river fishing as you go – New Zealand's fish make a particularly tasty free feed.
4. Kayaking
With its rivers, bays and lakes, New Zealand offers unlimited kayaking opportunities, so get out there on the water and explore.
5. Festivals
'Kiwi's' are so glad when the winter chill subsides, they throw festivals all over the place! Hop on line and search for festivals along your road trip route – from mussels and music, to beer and bbq's, it's party time across the entire country.
6. Tramping
It's the New Zealand word for 'walking far and wide, and often high, in serious boots' but you can do it anywhere, any time. Stunning National Parks, wild coastlines, and rugged countryside – it's all here and ready for you to hit the trail.
7. City life
New Zealand's cities are a bit of alright. In the North Island, you'll probably pick up your motorhome from Auckland – spend some time exploring its urban cool. Other northerly cities include Napier, Hamilton, Hastings, Rotorua, and the capital, Wellington. From Christchurch in the South Island, you can drive on to Dunedin, Invercargill and Nelson, all with their own distinct cultures and groove, and Happy Hours in backpacker bars.
8. A bit of culture
Don't leave New Zealand without learning some of the traditional Maori culture and history. At the very least, touch noses with someone, once.
9. Lend a hand
Leave this beautiful country better than when you arrived – volunteer with a local organisation and make a difference.
10. Make like a farmer
Spend some time getting your hands into the fertile soils of New Zealand's farms. Programs such as Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF) love helping hands from happy campers, and summer is a great time to be out in the big outdoors.


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Face it: you love your application. You've spent weeks and months meticulously coding it and you LOVE it, just the way it is. You want to run it in the cloud and you certainly don't want to spend time redesigning it to work with a new cloud database technology or to perform well on the infrastructure of your cloud provider. When it comes to databases, we all know that performance matters. You want your application to run fast, really fast. How fast? How about 229 percent faster? Intrigued? Please read on.
We have been telling you about the progress we have made here in the Rackspace Cloud Databases team to deliver a high performance, high availability alternative for those of you looking to host MySQL databases in the cloud. Last week we also announced that the Rackspace Cloud is now powered by OpenStack, and as part of that, we launched the Early Access Program for Rackspace Cloud Databases. (By the way, it's online and ready to host your data today. There are no tricks or fine print, so bring your existing MySQL databases into our system as-is!)
During the past few weeks, we have been running initial performance tests on our service and want you to understand how our metrics look, especially when compared to Amazon RDS. Rather than simply telling you how fast we think the service is, we think its best to just show you what we did.
First, let us give you a little bit of background on the test process itself. We used SysBench, which many of you know is a popular tool for evaluating system and database performance for MySQL. SysBench has several test modes, including CPU, threads, memory, File I/O, OLTP, etc. We used the OLTP test mode, which was written to benchmark the performance of a database under transactional loads. The test involved point value queries, ranges, SUM(), ORDER BY, UPDATEs, DELETEs, INSERTs, etc. In other words, it tries to emulate the type of workloads your applications are currently handling.
Second, we tried to create two environments that are as close to each other as possible in Amazon RDS and Rackspace Cloud Databases to make sure we were as close to an apples to apples comparison in our test; putting special emphasis on dedicated system memory and compute power. We selected the Amazon RDS Small with 1.7 GB configuration and our Rackspace Cloud Databases with 2 GB configuration, and verified that in our tests we did not use more than 1.5 GB of memory. We turned binary logging ON for the Rackspace Cloud Databases environment, and selected a ratio of 75 / 25 for the read / write mix in the basic OLTP workload of SysBench. We also attempted to create a production-like environment for Rackspace Cloud Databases, simulating 100 percent CPU contention on the host and simulating disk I/O contention using standard I/O generation tools. We ran the tests for about an hour on each system.
We were pleased but not surprised when we saw that SysBench reported that Rackspace Cloud Databases performed 229 percent faster than Amazon RDS. As we told you from day one, everything we have been doing here has been focused on designing a service specifically for high performance and high availability in the cloud, from the way we virtualize our service to the way we designed the storage for it. See the chart below, where you see RDS with 84.87 transactions per second (tps), and Rackspace Cloud Databases with 279.58 tps.
This is only the beginning. You should expect more performance test results in the near future. In the mean time, sign up for our Early Access Program now.


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They Don't Get It: Unable To Take A Joke, Right-Wing Media Attack Obama Over "Moat" Comment
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Perhaps the reason most successful comics are liberals is because the right-wing media have repeatedly proven that they can't take -- or properly make -- a joke. They proved this point in the aftermath of President Obama's remarks on border security in El Paso, TX, yesterday, when he joked at Republicans' expense, stating that "they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Or now they're going to say we need to quadruple the Border Patrol. Or they'll want a higher fence. Maybe they'll need a moat. Maybe they want alligators in the moat. They'll never be satisfied. And I understand that. That's politics."
Unable to take the joke, right-wing media attacked Obama over the comment.
Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade discussed Obama's comment during the May 11 broadcast of the show. After airing a clip of the president's moat remarks, he stated, "I guess you're allowed" to mock Republicans. Co-host Steve Doocy responded to this by interjecting, "He's campaigning." Kilmeade went on to criticize Obama's steps toward immigration reform. On-screen text during the segment read, "Obama's Partisan Attack."
Fox & Friends was hardly the only right-wing outlet attacking Obama over his joke:
Jim Hoft: "Obama Mocks Conservative Americans at Mexican Border: 'They Won't Be Satisfied Until They Get a Moat With Alligators Along the Border.'" Hoft further called Obama's comments "horrible":
Obama mocked Republicans and rallied his astroturfed army at the border today in Texas.
The community organizer taunted conservative Americans saying:
"They won't be happy until they get a moat with alligators along the border."
He's a uniter.
HotAir: "Obama on immigration: These wingnuts want a border moat."
Breitbart TV: "Obama Mocks GOP on Border Security: 'Maybe They'll Want a Moat... Alligators'":
This was as the president was calling for bi-partisan support for comprehensive immigration reform.
The American Spectator: "Obama on the GOP's 'Moat with Alligators'":
The adult conversationalist then included this bit of "outreach" to the Republicans:
"So, we have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement. But even though we've answered these concerns, I suspect there will be those who will try to move the goal posts one more time. They'll say we need to triple the border patrol. Or quadruple the border patrol. They'll say we need a higher fence to support reform.
Maybe they'll say we need a moat. Or alligators in the moat.
They'll never be satisfied. And I understand that. That's politics."
Fox Nation: "Obama: Republicans Want a 'Moat' With 'Alligators' on the Border"
Drudge Report: Obama "Mocks Republicans who want border secured... 'Maybe They'll Want a Moat... Alligators'":
By contrast, Newsmax got that it was a joke: "Obama Jokes that Mexican Border Needs 'a Moat.'"
This list of journalistic gems only illustrates the president's point:
OBAMA: So one way to strengthen the middle class in America is to reform the immigration system so that there is no longer a massive underground economy that exploits a cheap source of labor while depressing wages for everybody else. I want incomes for middle-class families to rise again. (Applause.) I want prosperity in this country to be widely shared. (Applause.) I want everybody to be able to reach that American dream. And that's why immigration reform is an economic imperative. It's an economic imperative. (Applause.)
Maybe the right-wing media are just upset they didn't think of a moat first, but it seems that regardless of what Obama could have said in his speech yesterday, the fact remains: "They'll never be satisfied. And I understand that. That's politics."
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My lqs is doing a BOM applique quilt. There are fusible backed shapes all laser cut for the quilt blocks. I've been purchasing the blocks each month and so far we have six blocks. There are 9 blocks total plus wide side and end borders. I purchased the borders today. So, I have 3 more blocks to go and then I'll have the whole project minus the backing and batting. I am not able to take any classes on this quilt at the lqs because I am home bound with taking care of my mother in law. Do any of you know about on line classes I could take to learn this art? I love applique and thought this would force me to learn it. I think I'm somewhat intimidated. So far, the blocks are being stacked on my shelf waiting for 'someday,' because that's what I'm apparently waiting for. However, I am in the middle of a quilt for my granddaughter that's getting married in June. I just finished a baby quilt for my darling new grandson that is 6 weeks old. (number 19). I also am making a table runner and place mats and just finished a 2 year quilt. (yay!) So it's not that I haven't been doing anything.
I just got the mail and The Keepsake Quilter catalog came. The Applique quilt I'm going to be doing 'someday' is the Spring Bouquet Block of the Month in this catalog. I like the price I'm paying my lqs better the the price listed in the catalog! Anyway, any advice on applique would be nice to have. Thank you my kind quilting friends.


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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
AIKEN, S.C. – The No. 30 Georgia College women's tennis team (12-9, 7-5 PBC) dominated the Pacers of USC Aiken (12-7, 6-5 PBC) Saturday afternoon, picking up a valuable 5-1 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) victory.
The top tandem of Kayla Barksdale (Augusta, Ga.) and Lisa Setyon-Ortenzio (Paris) continued their great run with an 8-1 win over Margot Simon and Shauna Williams, improving to a team-best 15-6 on the season.
May Johnson (Sydney, Australia) and Leah Pridegon (Lawrenceville, Ga.) also picked up a victory at the second doubles position for the 'Cats, dismantling Franziska Regel and Julie Maline 8-2. Despite limited time playing together, Johnson and Pridgeon have combined to go 4-1.
The Pacers picked up a win at the third position, as Andrea Cediel and Gina Kothari toppled Ivana Marevic (Rottweil, Germany) and Michelle Lingner (Dunwoody, Ga.) by a score of 9-8.
The 'Cats rebounded quickly with a win at the top singles spot, as regionally-ranked No. 20 Johnson defeated Simon 6-0, 6-3. Johnson improves her singles record to 13-5 on the season.
Regionally-ranked No. 19 Setyon-Ortenzio dominated Regel 6-0, 6-0 at the second singles position, improving to 7-3 on the season from that spot.
Barksdale would close out the win for the Bobcats with a 6-2, 6-0 performance against Cediel at the fourth singles spot. The win gives Barksdale her team-best 17th win of the year.
The victory marks the end of the PBC slate, but the Bobcats will hit the road to take on Valdosta State University Tuesday, April 17 at 4 p.m. for a non-conference showdown.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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2006-07 W Basketball Media Guide
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View the complete 2006-07 Oklahoma Women's Basketball Media Guide. This 184-page publication is the official source of information on the Sooners produced by the OU Athletics Department.
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Brock Burke of Evergreen selected by Tampa Bay in 3rd round of MLB draft
Evergreen pitcher Brock Burke was selected by Tampa Bay in the third round of the MLB June amateur draft on Friday. Burke was the 96th overall pick.
The 6-foot-4, 180-pound left-handed pitcher had a 5-1 record with a 1.05 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 40 innings for the Cougars this year. On April 29, he recorded 19 strikeouts against Eaglecrest.
Burke was an Perfect Game USA preseason All-American honorable mention this year and he will be participating in the Rockies Futures Game on Sunday. He signed to play at Oregon in the fall.


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The Pittsburgh Steelers did enough to keep Emmanuel Sanders around for this season, and now they're thinking long term.
The fourth-year wide receiver told KDKA-FM on Thursday that after matching his one-year, $2.5 million offer sheet from the New England Patriots, the Steelers have opened talks with Sanders about a new contract.
"Of course, and those conversations are going on right now," said Sanders, who insists he never stopped thinking about himself as a member of the Black and Gold despite a high-stakes game of chicken that nearly sent him to Foxborough.
"The whole time I was thinking, I'm still a Pittsburgh Steeler, I was still out here in Pittsburgh," Sanders said. "It definitely came down to the wire around about (that) four o'clock, five o'clock area (on the April 14 deadline). I really started thinking like, 'OK, maybe they won't match the tender, I've got to be out in New England tomorrow, so should I start packing? Should I not start packing?' "
Losing Sanders would have left Ben Roethlisberger with Antonio Brown and a handful of projects to throw to. The quarterback lobbied the Steelers to re-sign Sanders, and his voice was heard. The Steelers historically don't do business with players who aren't on hand, but now there's plenty of time to hammer out a deal. Sanders isn't sweating it.
"You guys keep talking about the contract," he said. "You guys won't let the contract go, but you know, at the end of the day, I'm telling you that I'm honest when I say I'm not worried about a contract. The contracts will come."
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Just the facts, ma'amSeptember 21st, 2011 by admin
"Printed newspapers will thrive for decades to come," I hear publishers say. Kevin Slimp writes in his columns that this newspaper crisis is just like Y2K…nothing to worry about…just keep doing what your doing.
I want to believe it…I really do. But the data says something else. The data shows we need to begin now to adapt to a changing business model.
It's my view that the majority of today's community newspaper publishers are making ten year plans based on emotion, not facts. This view was supported recently at a state newspaper convention.
I sat in on a "mock trial" session where the future of print was to be decided by a "jury" of newspaper people in the audience. The "defendant" was By the year 2020, the majority of community newspapers will be electronic only and the "plaintiff" was Print will live on!
The attorney for both sides was Ken Blum, playing different characters, and arguing, as objectively as possible, for each side. After his arguments for and against, he left the room while the Jury debated.
From where I was sitting, both Blum and members of the jury used facts when presenting a case that print is on it's way out, but when it came to reasons print will live on, the arguments were based on opinions. The final vote was 28 to 12…print will live on after 2020.
We have an exciting ten years ahead of us, and things are changing quickly. We can't rely exclusively on what's worked for us in the past and we can't judge the industry by what we see out our windows. We need to look at trends in our industry, as well as other industries, to try to plan a course that will not only keep us in business, but allow us to thrive.
For example, I wrote a blog article recently, Let Your Fingers Do The Googling, talking about the death of printed Yellow Pages. In that article I mention how the city of San Francisco is not allowing the free distribution of Yellow Pages to residents unless they sign an opt-in card. How would that same ordinance in your city for your shopper or other TMC product, like special tabs, etc. affect you? It's important we look cross media, as well as what's going on nationally with papers, to make hard decisions.
The good news is we're not alone. There are many resources out there to give us the information we need, and today's publisher should be following them regularly.
A good example is Pew Research Center. They have a lot of stuff on there you can gloss over, but there is good research on the trends in our industry and the people who are our readers. Recently they published some very useful information, with nice pretty charts, showing how various age groups get their news today, compared with the past ten years.
When I saw the following graphs I flashed back to my advertising sales days, remembering the importance of the prime consuming demographic to local advertisers. These days I would set that age at about ages 20-60.
With this age group in mind, look at these figures:
According to Pew Research, 18 to 29-year-olds get most of their news online now, even beyond television and WAY beyond printed newspapers…um…21 to 65 percent.
For the 30 to 49-year-olds market, what I would consider the prime market for most advertisers, the internet hasn't passed TV, yet, but it's on it's way…and fast. But what matters more is how many more people in this key demographic get their news today from internet vs. printed newspapers. I'm in this group (barely) and I find it interesting how many people my age, who didn't grow up with computers, are really connected with iPods, smart phones and tablets. Most even play Angry Birds on one device or another.
For 50 to 64-year-olds print is still the primary source of news, but look at the angle of that jump from '09 to 2010…how long will it stay that way?
And now we get to your subscribers. Yes, I said YOUR subscribers. Most weekly and small daily papers I meet today tell me their average subscriber is over the age of 65.
There you go…if this trend holds, and the subscribers in this demographic stay alive, you should be able to keep these subscribers for a long time. There doesn't seem to be much threat of the internet taking over this group any time soon. But if you were to tell your advertisers that the majority of your subscribers are over the age of 65, would they still advertise?
If you saw these exact same figures for the population of our county, and they showed this type of growth in the Hispanic community, would you start a Spanish edition or pages of your paper? If you knew that 65 percent of the people in your county were over the age of 55, would you start a Senior page in your paper? If you knew that 65 percent of the people in your community were hunters, would you start a hunting page…or whatever? Point is, these are important numbers and shouldn't be ignored.
The majority of the people in your community are getting their news online! What are you doing to reach them?
Take these graphs and a box of crayons…draw the lines out further. Assuming there is NO CHANGE in the trend, what does the next nine years look like. Also take into account the attrition in the 65+ graph and it starts staring you in the face. Oh, by the way, these charts are pre-tablet, so throw that in the mix. Now all of a sudden, 2020 comes into perspective.
Someone in the "jury" commented that "nine years is a blink of an eye…I don't see it happening that fast." Brian Steffens, Director of Communications at Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, retorted "Nine years to us is the blink of an eye, but in the technology world it's an eternity." Good point. The iPad has been out barely more than a year. The iPhone has been out only since '07.
So what do we do about it? Get serious about your website. Get as serious about your website as you are about your Back to School tab, or County Fair tab, or Progress Edition. Get as serious about your website as you were when you launched your shopper.
I have a customer using my Atomic News Tools product who had empty ad spaces on her website. I asked her if she would ever publish an edition of the paper with empty spots or if she would fill them with house ads and PSAs. She immediately filled the site.
I have other Atomic customers who I've asked "Did you do a story on your new website in your paper? Are you promoting it? Are you getting the word out?" Many said "we never thought of it."
It's important we recognize the threat and potential of the internet and get busy making it work for us.
This isn't my opinion…there is a mountain of evidence to support that print will be dead by the year 2020 (read my article Viva la Print)
But what if I'm wrong? What if you put all this energy into a website and it's making you a additional income…and your print product is still strong. Wow. You now have an edition that's making money, targeting one demographic, while still making money from your established print product.
The jury vote determined that print is alive and well and will thrive for decades to come. I would like that to be true, too. I would like the businesses that have prospered for years on newspapers to continue to do so, as well. I love print. I love helping newspapers improve their print product while working faster…it's my business, too. But if I step away from my wants and look at the facts, I have to be ready to adapt in the direction of the trends…and that starts today.
This doesnt have to be seen as a negative – it's an opportunity. If I could offer news as it happens, without the cost and hassle of printing and dealing with the Post Office…at a profit…I would do it in a heartbeat. But just because internet news hasn't proven profitable by itself, yet, doesn't mean it won't. And if you wait until it IS profitable to get into the game, I'm afraid you'll find someone else has beat you to it.
Writer's Note: Click here for the complete Pew Research report.