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I was tempted by the invitation--for about 20 seconds.
A friend was calling with a last-minute invite to the White House Correspondents Association dinner. Someone important had dropped out, and I was being summoned from the bench.
Yes, that's the same White House Correspondents Association dinner I've written about over the years, basically saying it was an embarrassment to journalism and needed to be mothballed ASAP.
There were three reasons to accept: the guy doing the inviting and his wife would be excellent dinner company; attending would be an act of delectable hypocrisy; and I could have filed a dispatch from the front. (Turns out I didn't need to; David Carr of the New York Times did an excellent job skewering the thing.)
But I had plans I didn't want to break, so I politely declined.
I have two major objections to the dinner. The first is that it suggests a coziness between newsmakers and the people who cover them that just isn't healthy. It reinforces the notion that the big-time D.C. press is simply a cog in the Washington political establishment. Didn't we get enough of that from the Scooter Libby trial?
This isn't such a good idea in general. It's a particularly bad idea now. On the one hand, we have a press corps that was badly snookered in the run-up to the war in Iraq. On the other we have an administration with an unrivaled contempt for the news media.
Let's see: Party with them, or run like crazy? Doesn't sound like a tough call.
The other problem is the carnival aspect, the competition for the get, the parade of (sort of) celebs, the coveted after-party tickets. It's one thing to go all ga-ga over the real deal. It's another to hang with the second- and third-tier names. If you're going to swoon, swoon big.
The choice of Rich Little as emcee hammer for the dinner was particularly sad. You know the backstory: Last year the job went to Stephen Colbert, who eviscerated the Washington press corps (go figure). The scribes were not amused, but the video was a graveyard smash on YouTube.
Once bitten, the association retreated--about three decades. Who knew Rich Little was still on the active list? He does impressions of people the guy from "American Idol"--one of this year's big gets--never heard of. For that matter, Time.com's Ana Marie Cox, the original Wonkette, probably never heard of some of them.
When news broke that Little had gotten the nod, my first thought was: What, Cliff Arquette as Charlie Weaver was taken?
Certainly a safe pick--you knew Rick Little wouldn't hurt any feelings. But it's also a bright neon sign proclaiming the complete irrelevancy of this event.
Years ago there was a guy at the Philadelphia Inquirer who was known as a "standing eight count." The dinner is beyond that. It's out on its feet. This is a TKO, and not a love TKO.
So no need to call once again for its abolition. It's already gone. It just doesn't know it yet.


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LONDON (AP) A Belarusian journalist who has criticized her country's authoritarian government has won a major freedom-of-speech prize.
Iryna Khalip, a correspondent for Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper, shares the 2013 PEN/Pinter prize with British playwright Tom Stoppard.
She was detained and beaten in December 2010 after demonstrating against President Alexander Lukashenko and alleged electoral fraud, and later convicted of disrupting public order.
The PEN/Pinter prize was established in 2009 in memory of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter. It goes jointly to a British writer and a "writer of courage" who has faced persecution.
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Stoppard, who scripted Oscar-winner "Shakespeare in Love," is the author of plays such as "Arcadia" and "The Real Thing."
He said Monday, "I started off as a journalist and I'm proud to share the prize with a brave reporter."

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text: Nov 20, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health ministry has ruled out H5N1 avian influenza in a cluster of 17 suspected cases in South Sulawesi province, countering earlier reports of positive hospital and university tests, Reuters reported today.According to an earlier report from the Jakarta Post, the patients—all from Sudiang subdistrict and most of them children—were hospitalized in Makassar with symptoms that resembled avian influenza infection. A hospital source had said rapid tests indicated the H5N1 virus and that officials were awaiting further test results from Hasanuddin University.A Nov 14 Reuters update on the suspected case cluster quoted Chandra Yoga Adhitama, the health ministry's acting director of communicable disease control, as saying the patients were hospitalized as a precaution after chickens died in the area. He also told Reuters that the patients' conditions were generally good and that their samples would be sent to Jakarta for testing at the health ministry's laboratory.Then on Nov 15, the Post reported that Halik Saleh, a spokesman for the hospital's avian flu team, said the university tests also indicated the patients had the H5N1 virus but that the hospital decided not to use either institution's test results and would instead wait for results from the health ministry.Lily Sulistyowati, a health ministry spokeswoman, told Reuters today that the patients' tests were negative for H5N1. She gave no further details.Reports of potential H5N1 case clusters raise concern because, if confirmed, they suggest the possibility of human-to-human transmission, which would increase the risk of a pandemic.News about human H5N1 infections in Indonesia has been sketchy since June, when the health ministry said it would no longer promptly report H5N1 cases and instead give only periodic updates. Some health officials have said the lack of timely reporting will hamper efforts to monitor the world's pandemic risk level.On Nov 13 the country's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, denied media reports that a 15-year-old girl who died in central Java had avian influenza. News services had earlier cited one of the girl's doctors and a local health official as saying tests from two laboratories indicated she did have an H5N1 infection.On some avian flu blog sites, participants have been translating reports from Indonesia's Bahasa-language media outlets to comb for new details about the suspected case cluster. According to some machine-based translations, which are sometimes difficult to follow and can be unreliable, two more patients linked to the cluster were reportedly admitted to the hospital. Also, some reports claimed that polymerase chain reaction tests by the university on the patients were positive for H5N1.Sharon Sanders, editor-in-chief of FluTrackers, a well known Web message board that focuses on avian influenza and preparedness issues, told CIDRAP News that her community hasn't been able to determine if the 17 to 19 patients are infected with the H5N1 virus, based on all of the conflicting information."We simply do not know what conclusions to draw based on the recent denial by the Indonesian Ministry of Health of the apparent H5N1 death on November 7 of 15-year-old Dewi Sartika, from central Java," she said.Sanders said the lack of transparency about the current H5N1 status in Indonesia is troublesome because the disease is endemic and current human H5N1 clinical samples are not being shared internationally. "We will continue to monitor the situation in Indonesia to ascertain, to the best of our ability, H5N1 status in Indonesia," she said.Mike Coston, a former paramedic and author of the Avian Flu Diary blog, another well-known site for news and analysis, told CIDRAP News that media reports of supposedly positive H5N1 tests give him pause, "but on the whole, I believe the rapid recovery of all 17 suspect cases argues against these being genuine H5N1 patients.""This highlights the folly of the Indonesian-stated policy of not confirming H5N1 cases as they occur," Coston said. "Even if these patients are negative, it makes it difficult to automatically take the government's word for it."See also:Nov 13 CIDRAP News report "Supari denies H5N1 caused girl's death"


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Welcome to "Backhanded Box Quotes," a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don't take that personal.
This week's review of measured disappointment and constructive criticism includes condemnation for a widely admired brand in independent games development, and sympathy for Hitler.
Minecraft Xbox 350
Released: May 9
Critic: ChodeyMitchell
• "The only way you would ever enjoy this is if you have never played Minecraft in your life."
Score: 2.
Sniper Elite V2
Released: May 2
Critic: ApocalypseBrown
• "Since my last review was deleted due to childish sensitivities and melodramatic over-reactions from amateur reviewers who either can't score games properly using decimal points or believe this game A.I is the second coming, to those professional reviewers who disgracefully rewarded this game a 4 when awarding Ridge Racer Unbounded a 9!"
• "[T]his is a rental at best though you're welcome to believe the sheep and waste your hard earned!"
Score: 6.
Critic: ShootTheZombie
• "I loved shooting a Russian sniper 200ft away from me in the eye."
Score: 6.
Fable Heroes
Released: May 2
Critic: S_Jake (Metacritic).
• "Six words: Like Castle Crashers minus the fun."
• "If you haven't played Castle Crashers, then download that instead of this steaming pile of mundanity." [Editor's note: That's actually a word.]
• "If you have, then go and play it again rather than waste you time with this."
Score: 4.
Backhanded Box Quotes will be an occasional feature of Kotaku's Anger Management hour, unless it isn't.


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Ad Libs: Facelift for Stanford totem polesUploaded: May 30, 2013
Outdoor art needs special treatment, even when it's made out of trees. Stanford's two totem poles carved and painted by Pacific Northwest artists recently got respectful facelifts by two fellow artists trying to preserve the original spirit.
Art Thompson's "Boo-Qwilla," which has stood in Dohrmann Grove since 1995, and Don Yeomans' "The Stanford Legacy," near Crown Quad since 2002, both needed cleaning and repainting. Enter the Cantor Arts Center, which detailed the project on its "Cross-Sections" website.
The Cantor's Elizabeth Saetta cleaned the towering artworks and added preservatives to keep insects away. Then came artists and husband-and-wife team John Livingston and Maxine Matilpi. Livingston was a longtime friend of the late artist Thompson, and he and his wife clearly have great respect for the art of the totem pole. The pair were careful to use only paint that matched the originals.
Above are before-and-after photos of "The Stanford Legacy," a totem pole that incorporates figures representing the Leland Stanford family. What do you think of the results? To read more, check out this Stanford Report article.
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Pedroia rushed into duty, but enjoys the extra work
Second baseman pinch-runs in first; Ortiz goes hitless in AL's All-Star Game win
NEW YORK -- Dustin Pedroia didn't get elected to start Tuesday night's All-Star Game, but he essentially got the chance to anyway.
Two batters into the game, Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano was belted by a pitch from Matt Harvey, causing a right quad contusion.
Out of the dugout came Pedroia as a pinch-runner, and he wound up playing six innings in the American League's 3-0 victory over the National League at Citi Field.
"It was fun," Pedroia said. "It was kind of weird going in there right from the beginning, but it was fun getting a chance to play with these guys. It was good to win the game. It was a great experience."
Pedroia went 0-for-2 at the plate, but he made a couple of nice plays at second base. David Ortiz, who started at designated hitter, was also 0-for-2 before being pinch-hit for in the seventh.
Both players were pleased to be part of an AL victory, which means that the AL East-leading Red Sox will have the home-field advantage for the World Series if they get there.
"I mean, I think we talked about it before. It's pretty important to the one team that's going to be in the World Series," Pedroia said. "Hopefully it's our team. It's good to win that game."
Before the game, Pedroia said that he would be ready whenever AL manager Jim Leyland needed him, but he never expected it would be that soon.
"Yeah, I was in panic mode," Pedroia said. "And then I just ran out there and 'Here we go.' It was a good time."
Considering that the Red Sox have been the chief rival of the Yankees for decades, Boston's All-Stars thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to watch Mariano Rivera pitch in his final Midsummer Classic.
Rivera came on for the eighth, and none of the other players took the field, allowing the legendary closer to get the spotlight to himself for a couple of minutes.
"It was pretty cool," Pedroia said. "It looked like he was kind of uncomfortable, but it was pretty cool. I had goose bumps the whole time. I'm sure a lot of people did."
Though Ortiz didn't make much of an impact in the game, he relished being on the big stage.
As evidenced by the rosters in this year's All-Star Game, some of the best talent in baseball these days is young. Ortiz, at the age of 37 and an All-Star for the ninth time, represents the old guard, but it's a role he clearly relishes.
"It's great," said Ortiz. "I like the fact that there's a lot of young, talented players in this room. It's not pretty much the same people over and over and over. You want the game to get better. You want people to get to know the new faces of the game, the future of the game. I've been having a lot of fun talking to most of the guys, like Mike Trout. A whole bunch of them that are here for the first or second time, and they're having a blast."
The only player at this year's Midsummer Classic who has been selected to more All-Star Games than Ortiz is Mariano Rivera, who will retire after the season.
"Yeah, it's a good feeling," Ortiz said. "Especially, those young guys, they always want to hear some stories and some things that the older guys have kind of done in an All-Star Game so they do the same things later on in their career."
Ortiz laughed when a reporter asked him about playing another 10 years.
"No, no chance," Ortiz said. "Not even if they offered it to me right now. No. no, no. I'm just going to keep playing the game as long as I'm happy and I'm healthy. I know I've been around for a long time and things are going well, but, man, at some point, things start catching up. And when it's time to go, it's time to go."
The third Red Sox All-Star, right-hander Clay Buchholz, was reduced to spectator status as he continues to recover from a neck strain that has kept him sidelined since June 9.
But Buchholz is glad he decided to make the trip to New York.
"Yeah, that's why I came here. I knew I wouldn't be involved in the actual game, but just being around in the Derby, watching it last night, that was fun and getting to be a part of this today, it's just a cool experience to be able to have," said Buchholz.
It has been a nice diversion from wondering when his neck will allow him to pitch again.
"It's nice to just take my mind off everything. It's tough to watch your guys go out and grind for a month, especially when I felt really good going into that," Buchholz said. "It is what it is, though. I'm fortunate to be here with these guys today."
Another treat for Buchholz was having his locker right next to former teammate Justin Masterson, who now pitches for the Indians.
"One of the best. Like everybody else in there, he deserves to be here," Buchholz said. "He's an awesome guy. Definitely fun to talk to and be around."
Buchholz enjoyed being able to talk shop with some of the best pitchers in the game.
Who in particular?
"Matt Moore and Chris Sale," Buchholz said. "I talked to them. They are great dudes. Obviously good pitchers. It's neat to hear everybody's take on all the guys you face. Those are two guys that throw hard and have been dominant. It's pretty neat to get to talk to guys like that."
With the All-Star festivities now behind them, the trio of Red Sox All-Stars will get a couple of days to rest before a challenging start to the second half.
The Sox will open with a three-game series against the Yankees at Fenway, followed by four with the Rays and three in Baltimore.
"That's a big test for us," said Pedroia. "Any time you're playing in the division, you find out where you're at, and it's a way to make up ground or lose it. Hopefully we play well and win as many games as we can."


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Disaster Recovery: Bad Things in BunchesBy Ericka Chickowski Print
After years of progress in disaster recovery and business continuity, advances are beginning to unravel in planning, communication and will. Is your company's risk management plan in line with the best practices in disaster recovery?
Bad Things Happen in Bunches
"It's not a trend that anybody in the industry would like to see," Sarabacha says of the growing gap between traditional IT disaster recovery and overall business-continuity management.
As he and other experts explain, when bad things happen to a company, it is almost always forced to mobilize all its recovery efforts at once, from the business and the technical side.
"Business continuity is quite often labeled an IT problem, but it isn't. It's a business issue," says Roy Illsley, analyst with Butler Group.
There are so many interdependencies between business operations and IT that risk managers must communicate with IT disaster-recovery experts in order to prepare appropriately, Illsley explains. For example, he often sees out-of-touch planners from the business side just assume that they will be able to count on their employees to work from home in the event of a disruption—without ever consulting IT.
"But if your capacity on the network is only allowing certain people to get in, you can't get everybody working from home," he says. "So, you've got to think of technology supporting what the business wants to do in the event of a disaster so that they can work."
Cooperation beforehand between IT and forward-thinking executives on the business side can be the make-or-break difference between staying afloat after a disaster or drowning in insolvency, Illsley says. One of the best ways to sell a comprehensive program is to look at a case where things were done right, he notes.
"Grolsch is a prime example of an organization that could have completely gone out of existence if they didn't have a full business-continuity and IT disaster-recovery plan in place," Illsley says.
In May 2000, after an explosive fire at a neighboring fireworks factory set Grolsch's primary brewery ablaze, the Dutch company was able to rely on a plan that not only had alternate IT systems back up and running in 48 hours, but also put the logistics to place to replace production with output from a secondary brewery and prearranged factory partnerships with other brewing companies.
"This example demonstrates that having plans to cover all of your major business processes is important, and that sometimes they are all needed together at once," according to a Butler Group paper on the Grolsch disaster. "The plans must cover technology, people and buildings, and be documented so that, in the event of a full-scale or partial disaster, the people responsible have them in hand when making decisions."
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Changes include higher diesel taxes, reduced pot penalties
Vermont lawmakers passed 89 new statutes this year, and dozens of them take effect with the start of the new fiscal year.
Beginning July 1, criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana or 5 grams of hashish disappear in Vermont and will be replaced by civil fines similar to traffic tickets.
"Operationally, as far as we're concerned, it really doesn't change much," said Winooski Police Chief Steve McQueen. "It's still contraband. We can still seize it."
Lawmakers increased penalties for texting while driving, and passed a measure requiring police to periodically scrub data from license plate readers.
Over the objections of truckers, the state tax on diesel fuel increased 2 cents per gallon Monday.
And the state sales tax will now be collected on cloud computing as well. Gov. Peter Shumlin fought to continue that exemption to encourage the software industry to grow in Vermont and said Monday he'll try to minimize the impact.
"We believe administratively that our tax department can write rules that will ensure the cloud tax is very, very limited in scope," Shumlin said. "That's what we'll try to do."
If you celebrate and get the munchies, don't share your food with bears.
That's because another of the new Vermont laws bans people from intentionally feeding bears.
And public officials convicted of certain crimes, including embezzlement, are at risk of forfeiting part or all of their retirement pension.
Yet another gives local and state officials new authority to inspect home-based breeders of dogs, cats and wolf-hybrids.


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Jason Smith and Rob Parker discuss what could be the saddest look in the NBA right now. Los Angeles Lakers have been in multiple trade rumors and reports to the point where it looks like the organization is willing to get rid of the entire team to acquire Anthony Davis.
The latest news is that the Lakers, the other day, pulled out of trade talks with the Pelicans in an effort to stop bidding against themselves. Unfortunately, the Lakers had a game against the Pacers and the Morale looks like it's at an all-time low. Check out this clip below of what looks like a clear separation of LeBron James from the rest of the team.
This game between the Lakers and Indiana Pacers that occurred last night ended with a final score of 94-136. To add insult to this Lakers loss, the crowd was heckling the team with chants of "LeBron will trade you" to Brandon Ingram and "You're not worthy" to JaVale McGee.
Jason Smith said the following:
The rest of the NBA is patting themselves on the back goin' 'we just played the Lakers. Their front office still doesn't know what they're doing. We let them leak all the names so now all these guys are out there and everybody is mad and now what's gonna happen? How do they all go back and play? They all hate LeBron. We just took care of one of LeBron's prime seasons in the NBA...one of the last elite seasons he has in his prime. Now they're no threat because if they don't make this trade, they're cooked for the rest of the season.'


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I'm that cynical, sarcastic, hypocritical self loathing masochist you rarely cross paths with. View all posts by Bharath Upendra
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So deep and meaningful, as usual! Trust me, every experience that we live through, comes to us for a reason. Nothing goes in vain! We just need to join the dots and understand the underlying lesson!
Memory lanes are the worst, especially the bad ones. 😝
Nice one, Mr. Bharath! 😊
Even the best ones sometimes. 🙂
Thanks, your holiness.
Yes, that's true, even the best ones. I stand corrected. 😊
Waah, 'your holiness' it seems. 😁
Yes milady, your holiness.😎
There are certain bloggers who got offended by my good english – bad english rant. So for them I'm a monster. Far from holiness. 😂😂
Well I'm not offended so you get to keep your holy side.😛
Your sense of sarcasm far exceeds mine, Ellen. Bless you.😂
It was a compliment.
Why's it impossible? I admit women are better than men in some aspects and vice versa. Aren't we supposed to be equal?
You see, Ellen, we're all the same no matter what differences we have between us and I have no problem in admitting the fact when one is better than the other.
And I really admire your sarcasm.😁
Yes, I've always believed that as well. But many men in Indian society still like having the upper hand. I'm not pointing at you, just speaking from experience. But see, you're such a nice guy. 😊
And I'm truly astonished/surprised/all-other-synonyms-of-the-word that you like my sarcasm. 😁 Coz I've always been criticised for having such a lame sense of humour. 😂😂
For the record, I like your sarcasm too, future saint. 😊😁
Humour that isn't lame isn't humour at all.😁 You're free to have the upper hand here, I wouldn't mind.
And I'm not gonna be a saint.
I'll get you for this.😡
I'm a sinner.😎
(My auto correct wanted it to be dinner) No sainthood for me, your annoyance.
I'm gonna tag you along if ever I plan to go near them, just in case. You can spread rumours but you can never make me one. I'll make you a nun instead.😎
Won't you help me fend off those brute animals? Save me?
Work your ass off and buy things only to give them up? Naaaah!
Can't nuns be sarcastic?
Spiritual sarcasm maybe?
Hehehe I don't think you need saving, I believe in you! 😂
I don't think it's bad to give up your possessions if it makes you happier. It's definitely not easy, but it's worth it if you're slowly dying each day because of them. 😁
And spiritual sarcasm? I think you just made up a new genre of sarcasm. 😂
I believe your belief in me.😁
I'm not giving anything up!
And yes ma'am, I just give names, you have to develop the concept.
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On Destination Truth, world traveler and intrepid explorer Josh Gates takes viewers off the map and around the globe in search of the answers to some of the world's most intriguing unexplained mysteries. This season's nine episodes are all ranked as the series' top nine most-watched episodes ever, led by the 1.9 HH rating and 2.5 million total viewers for the September 30 Ghosts of Chernobyl episode.
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Other than Denarius Moore and Rod Streater, it's anybody's guess how the wide receivers are deployed when the Raiders host the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday.
All were present and accounted for during the media window Friday, with Andre Holmes getting some extra pre-practice attention from a member of the conditioning staff as well as trainer Rod Martin as he works through what appears to be a minor hamstring strain.
There were some miss-steps in a 21-18 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, most notably two drops by Brice Butler (one which went straight to a defender for an interception) and a fumble deep in Raiders territory by Jacoby Ford that set up a touchdown.
Coach Dennis Allen, however, gave the unit a vote of confidence of sorts Thursday.
"I think we have a good, solid group of wide receivers,'' Allen said. "I don't know that we have that Calvin Johnson, Andre Johnson or A.J. Green type, but I think we have a real solid group of receivers and I feel comfortable with any of those guys we put in the game.''
Moore and Streater have gotten the most work this season, having played 336 and 327 snaps, respectively, as the starters. Then comes Butler (196), Ford (110) and Holmes (31).
Moore leads the Raiders with 27 receptions for 431 yards and four touchdowns, while Streater has 23 receptions for 319 yards and one score. Butler has nine receptions for 103 yards, Ford eight catches for 52 yards and Holmes has yet to catch a pass after being active in two games.
Holmes was talked up by Allen earlier this week as a big target who will be getting more time and offensive coordinator Greg Olson said it's been a weekly conversation about possibly having Juron Criner active and that it could happen this week.
A fifth-round draft pick in 2012, Criner has been inactive for all seven games.
Considering Ford's role on special teams, possibly the only way Criner could be active is if the Raiders sat down Butler after a difficult game since it's doubtful all six wide outs would be among the 46 active players.
Quarterback Terrelle Pryor said he still felt good about throwing to Butler, crediting his route-running and understanding of how to get leverage on a defender.
"This past game, he just had those two drops. It happens to the best of us,'' Pryor said. "I see the best receivers in the game dropping balls, wide open balls. It happens. Nothing's going to change about him for me.''
— No surprises as the media window closed for Friday's practice. Offensive linemen Tony Pashos (hip) and Andre Gurode (knee) were not on the field, nor was strong safety Tyvon Branch.
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When the food is done cooking, simply fill up as many containers as you can with whatever you prepared. Then, on each container, stick a piece of masking tape. On that masking tape, write what the food is and the date you prepared it.
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Not only that, if you're making a slow cooker meal at home, the cost per meal is going to be relatively low unless you're intentionally choosing recipes with expensive ingredients. This makes lunches quite cheap.
If you don't eat lunches in the workplace, this is still a good idea because it can provide convenience meals for you. You can just open up the freezer, grab the meal you want, and heat it up to have a low-cost, tasty, homemade meal.
One tip: you should generally eat these meals within two months of freezing them. The longer you let them sit in the freezer, the more likely they are to get "freezer burn," reducing their quality. Meals are generally still edible after the two month period, but they're best if you eat them within a reasonable time frame.
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In his sixth rehabilitation start for Triple-A Norfolk, left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits and two walks at Indianapolis. Wada struck out two batters and allowed a grand slam to Brett Carroll in the first inning. He's allowed at least three runs in five of his six rehab starts and has an 8.14 ERA with the Tides.
Wada, 32, had Tommy John surgery last May. He signed a two-year, $8.15 million contract with the Orioles before the 2012 season but has never thrown a pitch for the Orioles.
Wada's 30-day rehab assignment is scheduled to end Saturday. The Orioles will likely activate him from the disabled list and option him to Norfolk, where he will continue his comeback attempt from surgery.
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Outfielder Chris Dickerson, who jumpstarted environmental friendly initiatives in a previous major league stop with the Cincinnati Reds, teamed up with healthy living company Veritey to distribute 40 reusable 2.2-liter water bottles to his teammates and the Orioles coaching staff. Each bottle was labeled with the player's name.
Dickerson said he did the same thing with the Reds, and he has done it with high schools and universities as well. He hopes the next step is to install a filling station in the clubhouse to increase the convenience of using the bottles.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. - Authorities say a Columbus police officer was recovering at a hospital after they say he was attacked by a man wielding a sledgehammer.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/UgOWsq) that Officer Matthew Kennedy's condition wasn't immediately available after the Tuesday afternoon incident.
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David Einhorn, manager of the $10 billion Greenlight Capital Inc., said he found a recent dinner conversation with former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke scary.
"I got to ask him all these questions that had been on my mind for a long time," Einhorn said in an interview today with Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg Television, referring to a March 26 dinner with Bernanke. "It was sort of frightening because the answers were not better than I thought they would be."
Einhorn, 45, has been critical of Bernanke's willingness to leave interest rates near zero for more than five years. The hedge-fund manager has said the benefits of low rates diminish over time until they are more harmful than helpful, and that the Fed's stimulus has led to income inequality. Bernanke, a former Princeton University economics professor, stepped down this year after eight years helming the U.S. central bank.
In describing the dinner conversation at New York's Le Bernardin, Einhorn criticized Bernanke for saying he was 100 percent certain there would be no hyperinflation and that it generally occurs after a war.
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Bernanke responded "you are wrong" to a question about the diminishing returns of having interest rates at zero, according to the hedge-fund manager. The ex-Fed chief's explanation, Einhorn said, was that raising interest rates to benefit savers wouldn't be the right move for the economy because it would require borrowers to pay more for capital.
A spokeswoman at the Brookings Institution, where Bernanke is now a fellow in residence, said he was traveling and wasn't immediately available.
Einhorn said he was keeping an "open mind" about the new Fed Chair Janet Yellen. "I would love to see if she had a better reason for rates to remain at zero at this stage of the economy," he said.
The Fed's actions during the financial crisis have been praised by investors including billionaire Warren Buffett for helping the U.S. recover from the deepest slump since the Great Depression. Last year he described the Fed as "the greatest hedge fund in history" because of the money it's generating for the government from its bond-buying program.
"I'm not sure that is meant as a compliment," Einhorn said in response to a question about Buffett's remark.
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"We are healers. You are healers. All life is sacred, as is our connection to you and you to us. Wake up, humankind and take up your rightful place and heritage in the holy scheme of nature. We are not separate and have never been so. Paradise exists right here and right now. Paradise is this planet in it's beauty and perfection. We invite you to become one with us and recognize the perfection that you are and that we are. Remember, in protecting the Tree People, you are protecting your own species and all of life. This is what you are to do. This is your stewardship."
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"Progress through the calendar in sequence or choose a particular month to cultivate a relationship with these majestic spirits of nature. Perform guided meditations and go on journeys to discover the totems, guides, and deities corresponding to each species. Travel through the Wheel of the Year and learn about each tree's astrology, ruling planets, rune symbol, and ogham, its letter of the Celtic tree alphabet."
- http://www.old-earth.com/tree-chart.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_the_Year
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- http://www.whats-your-sign.com/celtic-tree-astrology.html
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"The Healing Power of Trees is your guide to living the principles of the Celtic tradition, tuning in to the rhythms of nature, respecting the land, and fulfilling your role as a steward of the earth."
Her biography says."Sharlyn Hidalgo (Seattle, WA) has been a practicing astrologer, dream interpreter, and tarot reader for over twenty years. She teaches classes on the Egyptian Mysteries and the Celtic Tree Calendar, practices Alchemical Healing, and has worked as a psychotherapist in agencies and private practice.Includes information on all 25 ogham letters, Celtic holidays, and how to conduct a tree-honoring ceremony.
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A druid was a member of the priestly class in Britain, Ireland, and Gaul (France), and possibly other parts of Celtic Europe and Galatia during the Iron Age and even farther back. Very little is known about the ancient druids. They left no written accounts about themselves and the only evidence is a few descriptions left by Greek, Roman and various scattered authors and artists, also stories created by later medieval Irish writers,.While archaeological evidence has been uncovered pertaining to the religious practices of the Iron Age people, "not one single artefact or image has been unearthed that can undoubtedly be connected with the ancient Druids." Various recurring themes emerge in a number of the Greco-Roman accounts of the druids, including that they performed human sacrifice, believed in a form of reincarnation, and that they held a high position in Gaulish society. Ancient pieces of literature also report homosexual activity and homo-eroticism taking place within Druid life, especially within the warrior subculture, but there is little other evidence to support this. Next to nothing is known about their cultic practice, except for the ritual of oak and mistletoe as described by Pliny the Elder.
The earliest known reference to the druids dates to 200 BCE, although the oldest actual description comes from the Roman military general Julius Caesar in his "Commentarii de Bello Gallico" (50s BCE). Later Greco-Roman writers also described the druids, including Cicero, Tacitus and Pliny the Elder.Following the invasion of Gaul by the Roman Empire, druidism was suppressed by the Roman government under the 1st-century emperors Tiberius and Claudius, and it disappeared from the written record by the 2nd century.
In about 750 CE the word druid appears in a poem by Blathmac, who wrote about Jesus saying that he was "…better than a prophet, more knowledgeable than every druid, a king who was a bishop and a complete sage. The druids then also appear in some of the medieval tales from Christianised Ireland like the Táin Bó Cúailnge, where they are largely portrayed as sorcerers who opposed the coming of Christianity. In the wake of the Celtic revival during the 18th and 19th centuries, fraternal and Neopagan groups were founded based upon the ideas about the ancient druids, a movement which is known as Neo-Druidism.
- According to historian Ronald Hutton, "we can know virtually nothing of certainty about the ancient Druids, so that, although they certainly existed, they function more or less as legendary figures.However, the sources provided about them by ancient and medieval writers, coupled with archaeological evidence, can give us an idea of what they might have performed as a part of their religious duties.
- "These men predict the future by observing the flight and calls of birds and by the sacrifice of holy animals: all orders of society are in their power and in very important matters they prepare a human victim, plunging a dagger into his chest; by observing the way his limbs convulse as he falls and the gushing of his blood, they are able to read the future."
One of the few things that both the Greco-Roman and the vernacular Irish sources agree on about the druids was that they played an important part in pagan Celtic society. In his description, Julius Caesar claimed that they were one of the two most important social groups in the region (alongside the equites, or nobles), and were responsible for organising worship and sacrifices, divination, and judicial procedure in Gaulish and British society. He also claimed that they were exempt from military service and from the payment of taxes, and that they had the power to excommunicate people from religious festivals, making them social outcasts. Two other classical writers, Diodorus Siculus and Strabo also wrote about the role of druids in Gallic society, claiming that the druids were held in such respect that if they intervened between two armies they could stop the battle.
Pomponius Mela is the first author who says that the druids' instruction was secret, and was carried on in caves and forests. Druidic lore consisted of a large number of verses learned by heart, and Caesar remarked that it could take up to twenty years to complete the course of study. There is no historic evidence during the period when Druidism was flourishing to suggest that Druids were other than male. What was taught to Druid novices anywhere is conjecture: of the druids' oral literature, not one certifiably ancient verse is known to have survived, even in translation. All instruction was communicated orally, but for ordinary purposes, Caesar reports, the Gauls had a written language in which they used Greek characters. In this he probably draws on earlier writers; by the time of Caesar, Gaulish inscriptions had moved from the Greek script to the Latin script.
Greek and Roman writers frequently made reference to the druids as practitioners of human sacrifice, a trait they themselves reviled, believing it to be barbaric Such reports of druidic human sacrifice are found in the works of Lucan, Julius Caesar, Suetonius and Cicero. Caesar claimed that the sacrifice was primarily of criminals, but at times innocents would also be used, and that they would be burned alive in a large wooden effigy, now often known as a wicker man. A differing account came from the 10th-century Commenta Bernensia, which claimed that sacrifices to the deities Teutates, Esus and Taranis were by drowning, hanging and burning, respectively.
Diodorus Siculus asserts that a sacrifice acceptable to the Celtic gods had to be attended by a druid, for they were the intermediaries between the people and the divinities. He remarked upon the importance of prophets in druidic ritual:
- "These men predict the future by observing the flight and calls of birds and by the sacrifice of holy animals: all orders of society are in their power… and in very important matters they prepare a human victim, plunging a dagger into his chest; by observing the way his limbs convulse as he falls and the gushing of his blood, they are able to read the future."
There is archaeological evidence from western Europe that has been widely used to back up the idea that human sacrifice was performed by the Iron Age Celts. Mass graves found in a ritual context dating from this period have been unearthed in Gaul, at both Gournay-sur-Aronde and Ribemont-sur-Ancre in what was the region of the Belgae chiefdom. The excavator of these sites, Jean-Louis Brunaux, interpreted them as areas of human sacrifice in devotion to a war god, although this view was criticised by another archaeologist, Martin Brown, who believed that the corpses might be those of honoured warriors buried in the sanctuary rather than sacrifices. Some historians have questioned whether the Greco-Roman writers were accurate in their claims. J. Rives remarked that it was "ambiguous" whether the druids ever performed such sacrifices, for the Romans and Greeks were known to project what they saw as barbarian traits onto foreign peoples including not only druids but Jews and Christians as well, thereby confirming their own "cultural superiority" in their own minds. Taking a similar opinion, Ronald Hutton summarised the evidence by stating that "the Greek and Roman sources for Druidry are not, as we have received them, of sufficiently good quality to make a clear and final decision on whether human sacrifice was indeed a part of their belief system." Peter Berresford Ellis, a Celtic nationalist who authored The Druids (1994), believed them to be the equivalents of the Indian Brahmin caste, and considered accusations of human sacrifice to remain unproven, whilst an expert in medieval Welsh and Irish literature, Nora Chadwick, who believed them to be great philosophers, fervently purported the idea that they had not been involved in human sacrifice, and that such accusations were imperialist Roman propaganda.
These practices and attitudes towards trees and Mystery Religions go back to Babylon, and I am sure they were well established before Flood of Noah. Satan has just repackaged the same lies and deceit in a new manner (environmentalism and New Age philosophies).
What does the Bible have to say about these pagan rituals? Plenty, and I will include the Scriptural references below.
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
(Deuteronomy 12:1-4 KJV)
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
(1 Kings 14:23 KJV)
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
(2 Kings 16:2-4 KJV)
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
(2 Kings 17:9-12 KJV)
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
(2 Chronicles 28:3-4 KJV)
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
(Isaiah 57:5-7 KJV)
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
(Jeremiah 2:19-20 KJV)
Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
(Jeremiah 3:5-6 KJV)
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
(Jeremiah 3:13 KJV)
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
(Ezekiel 6:13 KJV)
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
(Ezekiel 17:24 KJV)
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
(Ezekiel 20:46-47 KJV)
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
(Luke 23:28-31 KJV)
As you look at the Wheel of the Year in the above illustration, you will notice eight pagan festivals. I will now summarize what these festivals are and what they represent.
In most traditions, Yule is celebrated as the rebirth of the Great God, who is viewed as the newborn solstice sun. The method of gathering for this sabbat varies by group or individual practitioner. Some have private ceremonies at home, while others hold coven celebrations. The celebration of Christmas on the 25th day of December marks the choice by leaders of the early Catholic Church to adapt popular pre-Christian festivals concerning the Winter solstice.
Imbolc (or Candlemas) is one of four "fire festivals" of the Wheel of the Year. Among Dianic Wiccans, Imbolc is the traditional time for initiations. Imbolc is strongly associated with the goddess Brighid. Among Reclaiming-style Witches, Imbolc is considered a traditional time for rededication and pledges for the coming year.
Ostara (sometimes referred to as the vernal equinox), is celebrated in the Northern hemisphere around March 21 and in the Southern hemisphere around September 23, depending upon the specific timing of the equinox. Among the Wiccan sabbats, it is preceded by Imbolc and followed by Beltane. The name Ostara may be related to the word for "east". It has been connected to the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre (Nimrod's wife and mother Queen Semiramis) by Jacob Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie. In terms of Wiccan ditheism, this festival is characterized by the rejoining of the Mother Goddess and her lover-consort-son, who spent the winter months in death. Other variations include the young God regaining strength in his youth after being born at Yule (Christmas), and the Goddess returning to her Maiden aspect.
Beltane is one of the four "fire festivals" or "greater sabbats". Although the holiday may use features of the Gaelic Bealtaine, such as the bonfire (The Wicker Man), it bears more relation to the Germanic May Day festival, both in its significance (focusing on fertility) and its rituals (such as maypole dancing). Some Wiccans celebrate 'High Beltaine' by enacting a ritual union of the May Lord and Lady.
Midsummer is one of the four solar holidays, and is considered the turning point at which summer reaches its height and the sun shines longest. Among the Wiccan sabbats, Midsummer is preceded by Beltane, and followed by Lammas or Lughnasadh. Some traditions call the festival "Litha", a name occurring in Bede's "Reckoning of Time" (De Temporum Ratione, 7th century), which preserves a list of the (then-obsolete) Anglo-Saxon names for the twelve months. Ærra Liða ('first' or 'preceding' Liða) roughly corresponds to June in our calendar, and Æfterra Liða ('following' Liða) to July. Bede writes that "Litha means 'gentle' or 'navigable', because in both these months the calm breezes are gentle and they were wont to sail upon the smooth sea."
Lammas/Lughnasadh is the first of the three pagan autumn harvest festivals, the other two being the Autumn equinox (or Mabon) and Samhain. Wiccans mark the holiday by baking a figure of the god in bread, and then symbolically sacrificing and eating it. However, Lamas/Lughnasadh celebrations vary, as not all pagans are Wiccans. Wiccan celebrations are not based on Celtic culture, despite common use of a Celtic name Lughnasadh. This name seems to have been a late adoption among Wiccans, since in early versions of Wiccan literature the festival is merely referred to as "August Eve". The name Lammas (contraction of Loaf-mass) implies it is an agrarian-based festival and feast of thanksgiving for grain and bread, which symbolizes the first fruits of the harvest. Pagan/Eclectic Neopagan rituals may incorporate elements from either festival.
The holiday of Autumn Equinox, Harvest Horne, Mabon, the Feast of the Ingathering, Meán Fómhair or Alban Elfed (in Neo-Druidic traditions), is a pagan ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the God during the winter months. The name Mabon was coined by Aidan Kelly around 1970 as a reference to Mabon ap Modron, a character from Welsh mythology. In the northern hemisphere this equinox occurs anywhere from September 21 to 24. In the southern hemisphere, the autumn equinox occurs anywhere from March 20–23. Among the sabbats, it is the second of the three pagan harvest festivals, preceded by Lammas/Lughnasadh and followed by Samhain.
The Samhain is a Gaelic harvest festival held on October 31–November 1. It was linked to festivals held around the same time in other Celtic cultures, and was popularised as the "Celtic New Year" from the late 19th century, following Sir John Rhys and Sir James Frazer. The date of Samhain was associated with the Catholic All Saints' Day (and later All Souls' Day) from at least the 8th century, and both the secular Gaelic and the Catholic liturgical festival have influenced the secular customs now connected with Halloween. The medieval Goidelic festival of Samhain marked the end of the harvest, the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half". It was celebrated over the course of several days and had some elements of a Festival of the Dead.Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. People and their livestock would often walk between two bonfires as a cleansing ritual, and the bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames. Samhain is celebrated as a religious festival by some neopagans.
Most of the aforementioned holidays and rituals also had extensive sexual activities and orgies associated with them.
Unfortunately, in their attempt to get pagans to more readily accept Christianity, the Roman Catholic Church adopted many pagan holidays and rituals (in direct violation of Torah) in order to "Christianize" these holidays and rituals. It is not possible to "Christianize" a pagan holiday or ritual.
The Apostle Paul, in his second epistle to the Corinthians wrote. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
(2 Corinthians 6:14-18 KJV)


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Tycho 0.18.0 is currently in development. This page shows a preview of features which will be available in the 0.18.0 milestone.
List of bug fixes and enhancements in 0.18.0
SNAPSHOT builds
To try out the most recent snapshot build of 0.18.0, simply add the following snippet to your (parent) pom.xml, and set the property for the Tycho version (e.g. tycho-version) to 0.18.0-SNAPSHOT.
<pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>tycho-snapshots</id> <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories>
New and Noteworthy
Target Platform & Dependency Resolution
- (INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE) The build now fails if a p2 repository is referenced that has installable units from an old-style update site. These so-called "partial IUs" cannot be used for dependency resolution and used to be silently dropped from the target platform. This often lead to strange resolution problems (
bug 380438, question on stackoverflow). Now the build fails with a clear error message. If this incompatible change is a problem for your build, please report it on the tycho-user mailing list.


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