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Friday, March 13, 2009
They Still Haven't Found What They're Looking For: More U2 NLOTH
"U2 don't want to show us the certainties we humans make of religious experience after the fact; they want to show us actual religious experience in all its imperious, weird, transformative power."
I think she's right about that. I think this album (especially) provides more of a phenomenology of religious experience than an interpretation of it. The lyrics are written from the on-the-ground perspective of lived experience. They are not written in what we might call the theoretic mode, which comes after the experience has been filtered through a particular hermeneutic grid.
Life, it is often said, is always lived forward but only understood backward. This U2 album is very much written in the forward direction, not the backward. But if that's so, then I don't think we can say that the face looking back at the guy at the ATM machine in Moment of Surender is the face of Jesus, as one commenter at U2 Sermons does. From inside the story I think it's ambiguous just whose face is staring back at the character. I think even the identity of the unknown caller in the song by the same name is, from inside the story, also ambiguous. Is it God? Is it a wrong number? Who is it? The ambiguity of the identity of the caller is supported by Bono himself who says exactly that in the book that accompanies the deluxe editions. He himself asks, "Who is it that's calling? Is it God? Who?"
I think we've got to be careful about saying what lyrics mean or to whom the characters in them mean to be referring. As a piece of art the lyrics are open to myriad interpretations which, though they may be radically different, can all be faithful to the lyrics. From within the narrative of the album or the songs themselves, however, I think the source of transformation in MoS and UKC is shrouded in mystery.
One more thought. Also over at U2 Sermons Beth has a beautiful post titled Dhikr in which she talks about the Sufi influences on NLOTH. One of the things she suggests in her discussion is that there's not as much ache in NLOTH as there is in previous U2 albums. She says,
"U2 often used to give us quite a lot of lament alternating with dazzled foretastes, or the two married into a kind of ache. But there is not much aching on NLOTH. The album is more settled and assured on both ends; its quest is to dwell in reality, not drum up drama, and yet it seems more confident than ever that there is a realm of very palpable connection with God available now as well."
Well, I dunno. I think the very title of the album, together with the future orientation of many of the album's moments, suggests otherwise. I think this album no less than previous ones drips with what the Germans call sensucht, a perpetually unsatisfied longing and yearning, an ache, at the center of the human condition. Indeed, I was just talking with students last night about this in connection with C.S. Lewis. Lewis claims in Surprised by Joy that sensucht, more than anything, was the central story of his life. I believe this to be the central message of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. The band members may have in fact been found by God, but they still hadn't found what they were looking for. That's sensucht. And it's there in White as Snow. It's there too in Cedars of Lebanon
This shitty world sometimes produces a rose
The scent of it lingers and then it just goes
That just about says it all, doesn't it? That just about summarizes all U2 albums: it's a shitty world. But sometimes it produces roses. Enjoy the roses, because soon enough their fragrance will be gone. And the longing will return. The ache, in fact, is never fully massaged away, ever; at least not on this side of the Silence.
So NLOTH, no less than U2's other albums, is radically this-worldly. But insofar as it is I don't think it's any more settled or assured than previous albums. Life in the sound is intrinsically unsettled. It's characterized by darkness and punctuated now and again by real but fleeting glimpses of the Divine. Love may have the last word and a few beautiful penultimate words. And joy no doubt gets in its two-cents worth, too, between the already and the not-yet. But the scent of them both lingers and then it just goes. And so we find ourselves always longing, always yearning, never settled.
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- Beth said...
Thanks for the links and the very thoughtful responses. What you say about the importance of ambiguity, and of not seeking to find "the" meaning of a work of art is so important -- and often missed by Christian U2 fans, who can jump to the assumption that every lyric is in some way naively autobiographical. (One of our running-joke policies when we were editing material submitted for our book was "whenever possible delete the word Bono.")
I don't mean by any of the comments I've been making that on NLOTH U2 are picturing a promised future that has collapsed into the present -- without that eschatological tension there'd be no U2 -- or that they have ceased to include themes of being troubled by fallenness/injustice. (Given a lead singer whose day job is being the unpaid CEO of an international network of non-profit and for-profit organizations that exist for no other reason than to change the world, I doubt that will happen anytime soon.) By definition, yes, we don't find what we're truly looking for in this life. But for me, I still don't believe I hear anything on this album with the intensely felt aspirational ache of, say, "All I Want Is You," "With or Without You," or "When I Look At The World."
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If Freedom is a Buck O' Five, how much does hope in China cost?
I can't pinpoint the exact amount, but it seems as if the stakes are getting raised, with this new law in China:
John Locke proposed the idea of a social contract between people and government, in which:
" Social contract arguments assert that individuals unite into political societies by a process of mutual consent, agreeing to abide by common rules and accept corresponding duties to protect themselves and one another from violence and other kinds of harm"
Honestly, if a government allows children with mental disabilities to exist without care, and leave them to a single woman to take care of, is this part of the government contract we entered?
Hopefully this isn't due to any poisons from adverse chemicals put in sustenance.In comparison to 1950, it feels that the communist government has lost its luster.

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Rio de Janeiro, May 12 (IANS): Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has named inexperienced pair Jonathan Rodriguez and Diego Rolan in his preliminary Copa America squad as he seeks attacking reinforcements in the absence of striker Luis Suarez.
Bordeaux forward Diego Rolan, 22, has just six caps to his name while 21-year-old Benfica's Rodriguez has five, reports Xinhua.
Suarez will miss the June 11-July 4 tournament due to a nine-match international ban for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during last year's World Cup.
French club Paris Saint-Germain forward Edison Cavani leads an attack that also includes Spanish side Espanyol's Cristian Stuani and English team Hull City's Abel Hernandez.
Tabarez will cut his squad to 23 players before the tournament.
Defending champions Uruguay have been drawn in the same group as Jamaica, Argentina and Paraguay.
Uruguay squad:
Goalkeepers: Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad), Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray) Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama)
Defenders: Matias Aguirregaray (Estudiantes), Sebastian Coates (Sunderland), Mathias Corujo (Universidad de Chile), Jorge Fucile (Nacional), Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Alvaro Pereira (Estudiantes), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica) Gaston Silva (Torino), Emiliano Velazquez (Getafe)
Midfielders: Egidio Arevalo (Tigres), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro), Walter Gargano (Napoli), Alvaro Gonzalez (Torino), Nicolas Lodeiro (Boca Juniors), Camilo Mayada (River Plate), Guzman Pereira (Universidad de Chile), Cristian Rodriguez (no club) Carlos Sanchez (River Plate)
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Thursday Tales: At the Spinning Wheel
"You move too fast," she muttered under her breath.
I sat on the doorstep with a cup of tea and watched her spin. "Hmm?"
"You move too fast. Life, you think you have to chase after it. That if you ever stop moving, it will go on without you and you'll miss some great thing that it has to offer. But you're wrong. You miss it when you never stop. Life will come to you. When you're always chasing after it, you miss all that lies around you."
She waved a hand to cut me off. "Life is in here." She tapped her heart. "In the people you love. In the people who love you. Quit moving." She grunted and nodded, pleased with the speech.
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MILLBURN, NJ – What do you get when you to put together dancing Nazi Storm Troopers, a gay director and a greedy Jewish theater producer from the Bronx? Add to that an oversexed immigrant secretary from Sweden, a "Black Irish" cop and the Village People. No, it's not an acid-laced Halloween party in bizarro world or a combined campaign rally of Trump and Clinton supporters. It's opening night of The Producers at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ.
The ingeniously clever, Tony Award-winning musical that insults, without really insulting, had its opening performance last night at the Paper Mill Playhouse followed by a cast party at Charlie Brown's Fresh Grill in downtown Millburn. The deliberately raucous and raunchy musical was refreshing to watch and thoroughly entertaining, particularly since so much social commentary these days have gone over to the dark side of politically correctness. The no holds barred script and the ever so talented cast poked fun at practically everyone and every institution, even the Paper Mill (you'll have to see for yourself).
Those who have seen the musical that opened on Broadway in 2001 with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick or the 1968 satirical comedy film starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder won't be disappointed as the essence of Mel Brooks' manic imagination and genius remained wonderfully in tact. The show also retained Paper Mill veteran Susan Stroman's fantastic original direction and choreography, where she won two of the record-breaking 12 Tonys won by the musical in 2001.
This Broadway classic tells the tale of Max Bialystock (Michael Kostroff), a struggling theater producer and his protégé/accountant Leo Bloom (David Josefsberg) as they raise $2 million from old, sex starved ladies, to produce the worst musical ever to be seen on Broadway, with the hope of failing so miserably that they could walk away with the oversubscribed investments of the show's backers.
The two manage to secure the exclusive rights to the worst script they could find written by former Nazi Franz Liebkind (John Treacy Egan) and convince the flamboyantly gay and worst director to have ever lived Roger De Bris (Kevin Pariseau) to direct. With script in hand and help from Roger De Bris's "common law assistant" Carmen Ghia (Mark Price) and Max's secretary Ulla (Ashley Spencer), the motely crew are well on their way to produce the greatest fiasco on Broadway. Unfortunately, their ridiculous and offensive musical, Springtime for Hitler, becomes a hit!
It seems nearly every scene is filled with song and dance. Under the brilliant direction of Don Stephenson and amazing choreography of Bill Burns, the multi-talented cast pulls off every number with seamless effort and as if they've been doing it for years. In fact, Michael Kostroff has done The Producers for years and several times, seven times to be exact. He brings incredible energy to the role of Max. The most amazing evidence of this, if I had to pick just one scene, is when he lands in prison and recants to himself his journey there. Evoking the same emotions from previous scenes Kostroff performs a trailer of sorts, combining lines from many earlier scenes into one. Kostroff treated us to a Tony Award-winning performance.
David Josefsberg is new to The Producers, performing the role of Leo Bloom for the first time, though you wouldn't know it. The Broadway and Paper Mill veteran made Leo an empathetic, quirky and funny character, someone we can all connect with emotionally. Can't get his "I want to be a producer" song out of my head. By the way, Josefsberg is a local boy too. He lives in South Orange!
Ashley Spencer certainly has "got it" and "flaunts it" with a loveable style and undeniable charm. Playing Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swanson (and that's just the first name), you couldn't keep your eyes off her when this formally trained ballet dancer took to the stage.
The crazy, Nazi screenwriter Franz Liebkind who wrote "Springtime for Hitler" is played by John Treacy Egan, a five-year veteran of the Broadway company and who has played several parts in past productions including Franz, Max and Roger. Incredible voice and convincingly funny, especially when he's on crutches and has a Lugar in his hand.
By far the most hilarious and witty pair to take the stage is Kevin Pariseau and Mark Price playing the roles of Roger De Bris and Carmen Ghia, respectively. The one-liners and comebacks kept the entire audience in stitches; I haven't laughed that hard at a show in years. Pariseau's costume resembling the Chrysler Building showing his off his hairy, unshaved legs; Price's unforgettable hand gesture when going off stage and his unique gait were priceless.
Obvious credit for the popularity of The Producers goes certainly to its creator and comedic legend Mel Brooks. However, what made the experience at the Paper Mill so especially wonderful and set it apart from every production of The Producers I've seen is the unique collaboration of new and veteran actors of the show, and even some from the original company. This was Paper Mill's first-ever production of The Producers and they've certainly put their personal touch on this Broadway classic. It truly is a CAN'T MISS show. BRAVO!


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Commander of the Dark Horn
Gruff and oddly old fashioned, Commander Silom is an overbearing, irritable leader who has moved up the ranks by his keen methodology and prowess for proven war tactics. He stands by the seasoned American phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." He disapproves of newer, less tested combat techniques and will fight anyone who disagrees. He leads the Dark Horn, a small combat unit designed to maneuver with speed and vigor which is hailed for its many victories against small brigades of the angelic host.
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He is commended by the Consul for his ability to equip any soldier in his platoon, but at the same time is ridiculed by the other legions for obtaining not only Kolom, who is seen as the worst marksman in demon history, but also Ruphio, his asinine, but skillful, aide. Because of this partnership, and the fact that Silom is expected to transform these demons into compliant, top notch soldiers, he secretly despises anything that has to do with the Consul, and will do anything to get Kolom and Ruphio off his platoon and far away from himself. He balks at the fact that he and Kolom have similar sounding demon names.
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Istanbul nightclub attack: What we know
Thirty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday when a gunman stormed a popular Istanbul nightclub and sprayed bullets at revellers celebrating the New Year.
Here is what we know about massacre claimed by Islamic State, the latest to rock Turkey after a bloody 2016.
– The attack –
The assailant shot dead a policeman and a civilian at the entrance to the Reina nightclub and then went on a shooting rampage inside, officials said.
The gunman then fired off four magazines containing a total of 120 bullets around the club, as terrified guests flung themselves into the freezing waters of the Bosphorus in panic.
He ranged through the kitchen and lower and upper levels of the clubs and reportedly shot victims in the head with his Kalashnikov.
On Monday, the Islamic State group said one of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack, which reportedly lasted seven minutes.
– The attacker –
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the attacker escaped and was now the target of a major manhunt, expressing hope the suspect "would be captured soon".
Soylu said the assailant had changed clothes inside the club before escaping, leaving a weapon behind.
His name has not been revealed but images appear to confirm he is male.
Hurriyet daily said investigators believe the gunman may be from the Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan.
The attacker may be linked to the same cell that in June carried out a triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport blamed on IS that left 47 people dead, the paper added.
– The venue –
The attack took place at the swanky Reina nightclub in the Ortakoy district on the banks of the Bosphorus on the European side of the city.
There were reportedly as many as 700 people celebrating the New Year which had chimed just over an hour before the shooting.
The club is one of Istanbul's most exclusive nightspots. It is notoriously hard to get past the bouncers who seek out only the best dressed.
Television pictures showed shellshocked revellers in party dress — men in suits and women in cocktail dresses — emerging dazed from the scene of the massacre.
– The victims –
Thirty-nine people were killed with another 65 being treated in hospital. Four of those injured were said to be in a serious condition.
There were 12 Turks killed and 27 foreigners.
The victims, including the 65 injured, came from all over the world including Iraq, France, Lebanon, India, Germany, Jordan, Russia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and elsewhere.
The youngest victim was Lian Nasser, 18, an Arab Israeli from the northern town of Tira who had come to the city with three friends and was having fun before the night descended into carnage.
– Terror in Turkey –
After a bloody 2016, the authorities were on their guard and at least 17,000 police officers were deployed in the city for the New Year festivities.
Turkey has endured bomb attacks at an airport, a suicide bombing at a wedding and an attack near a top football stadium last year.
The carnage has been blamed either on Kurdish militants or the Islamic State jihadist extremist group.
Last month, the Russian ambassador was shot dead at an Ankara art gallery by an off-duty policeman shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) and "Don't forget Aleppo".
The Turkish army is waging a four-month incursion in Syria to oust the IS group and Kurdish militants from the border area.
Rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and what is considered its radical offshoot the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) have claimed a spate of attacks since the collapse of a ceasefire in the summer of 2015.
– The reaction –
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement that with such attacks, "they are working to destroy our country's morale and create chaos".
US National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said Washington condemned in the strongest terms the "horrific terrorist attack".
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed their condolences to Erdogan.
"It's hard to imagine a crime more cynical than the killing of civilians during a New Year's celebration," Putin said.
Merkel said: "In Istanbul they committed an inhumane, sneaky attack on people who wanted to celebrate the turn of the year."


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Mamata kick-starts Kolkata's 'London makeover' (Lead)August 2nd, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) In a step towards fulfilling her poll pledge of sprucing up Kolkata to match London, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday kick-started an ambitious project for beautification of a stretch along the Ganges.
The pilot project, to be completed in six months, will involve beautification of a one kilometre stretch along the banks of the Ganga river. Later, the project will be extended up to nine more kilometres along the river bank, upto the city's southern fringes.
"We have plans of beautifying Kolkata for a long time. We have taken up London as the theme. This project will propel eco-friendly tourism," said Banerjee.
"We have seen big roads in London. But we have space crunch in Kolkata. But if we plan it, we can make the city more beautiful," she said after inaugurating the pilot project at Millennium Park on the river bank.
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Indian Railways have teamed up with the state government for the project that aims to turn the riverfront into a heritage cultural zone.
D.C. Mitra, project coordinator of RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Services) - the agency engaged in preparing the master plan on river front beautification and its uses - said: "A 15-20 metre wide pathway will be made along the one kilometre stretch."
The cost of around Rs.36 crore for the pilot project will be borne entirely by the state tourism department.
"All the ghats that come under this one kilometre stretch will be fully restored as many of them are in very bad shape," said Mitra.
He added that a comprehensive plan formulated for the overall project by the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, has identified nodal points for cultural and entertainment centres, which would be part of the scheme.
The project also includes setting up of a cultural node in the northern fringes, 'Kolkata Square', an open-air theatre, and a 'Water Shrine' along the river.
A 'Kolkata Eye', inspired by the London Eye ferris wheel, besides places for meditation, food outlets, parks, an art gallery and museum, as also landscaped paths are part of the overall project.
There are also plans of setting up a Gateway of Kolkata near the iconic Howrah bridge and a literary square known as the 'Bengal Renaissance' near Mayer Ghat at Bagbazar.
Banerjee also blamed the previous Left Front government for siphoning off central funds sanctioned under the Ganga action plan.
- Mamata inaugrates Ganges riverfront project - May 25, 2012
- Mamata kick-starts Ganga beautification project - Aug 02, 2011
- Mamata-Antony meeting on important Bengal projects - Aug 18, 2012
- Spiritual group prepares to clean entire Ganges - Jun 17, 2012
- Bihar clears Ganga Expressway Project - Aug 08, 2012
- Mamata inaugurates International Financial Hub - Mar 10, 2012
- Spanish-Vietnamese couple bike to India for green cause spot - Jun 03, 2011
- Patna to have its own Marine Drive (With Bihar roads story) - Jul 11, 2010
- World Bank loan to clean the Ganga - Jun 13, 2011
- Lit up with art, music, behold the Yamuna - Nov 14, 2011
- An eco-tourism park to come up near Kolkata - Jul 20, 2011
- Australian artist chronicles the Ganga's journey - Jul 16, 2010
- Post-Puja, Yamuna battles immersion onslaught - Oct 07, 2011
- Rs.1,300 crore ADB loan to Kolkata municipality - Feb 03, 2011
- Mamata announces plan to revamp Bengal's medical infrastructure - May 31, 2011
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The 2014 RAMI (Rockford Area Music Industry) Youth Charity Jam will be Saturday, April 5, at Tebala Shrine Center, 7910 Newburg Road.
Sponsors for this event are RAMI, Kim and Ruth MacCloskey, Beetcafe.com, Rockford Area Arts Council, Barker Recording Studio, Guzzardo Performance Music, The Rock River Times, Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and Tebala Shrine Center.
Doors will open at 5 p.m., with the first performance taking the stage at 6 p.m. Advance tickets are $5 per person, $7 at the door. Children younger than 12 are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased from participating performers, Postal Shoppe at Edgebrook or online at ramiawards.com.
Performances will be by Ashley Bjork, Audio Rewind, Duality, Justin "Boots" Gates, Momentary Affliction, Audio Abduction and Samantha Hayworth & Joseph Cannell.
First-place winner will receive $300, 10 hours of recording time, and will be invited to perform at the 23rd RAMI Awards Ceremony Friday, April 11. Second-place winner will receive $250 and third place $200. The performers selling the most tickets to the event will receive $100.
Proceeds from this event with be applied to the Kim & Ruth MacCloskey/RAMI Scholarship Fund, administered by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois. For more information, call (815) 546-3021.
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Tips for Submitting a Successful Rebate
Many people don't bother to mess with rebates, but it really is a great way to get free products and save money. Many times companies offer rebates on new products, or as a way of getting people to change their loyalty from one brand to another. Sometimes stores offer rebates as a way of getting you in their store to spend money. For the most part companies count on the consumer either not submitting the rebate at all, or messing it up so that they won't have to pay. You do need to be very careful when submitting rebates, so I have some tips to help you submit your rebates successfully. I have never had a rebate rejected.
- Read the fine print. All that small writing at the bottom of the rebate form is very important. It tells you exactly what you need to do to get your rebate.
- Make sure you buy the exact item the rebate is for. Many times a rebate will be for a specific flavor or style of a product. Buy the right product and you are well on your way to getting your rebate.
- Follow the instructions. Some rebates require the UPCs to be submitted as well as the receipt. Some want just the receipt. Sometimes you have to copy the UPC numbers on the form. Some companies will accept a copy of the receipt, while most want the original. Make sure you follow the instructions and everything should be fine.
- Purchase your product within the dates given on the rebate form. Rebates are generally for a specific time frame and you need to make sure your purchase falls within this window or it will be rejected.
- Submit your rebate on time. There are also dates that rebates must be submitted by, so make sure you get it in the mail on time. I always take care of my rebates as soon as I purchase an item so I don't forget about them.
- Make photo copies of everything. This way you still have all the information if the company has a question and you also have proof of what you mailed. I take a copy of all UPCs, receipts, rebate forms and the envelope showing the address I mailed it to. I write on the copy when I mailed the rebate.
- Keep track of your rebates on your calendar. The thing about rebates is you can't count on getting your money back quickly. Usually it takes 6-8 weeks, sometimes up to 12 weeks. This is a long time to try to remember what you are expecting. Quickly jot on your calendar when you expect the rebate by and when that time comes you can watch for it in the mail.
- Follow up with the company if you don't receive your rebate. Many times rebates can fall through the cracks, or maybe the company hopes you will forget about it. If the time frame has passed in which you should have received your rebate, call the company. This has happened to me and once I have called I have always gotten my rebate quickly after that.
- Don't count on the money and don't buy something you can't afford just to get a rebate. It takes so long to get the rebate that I consider it bonus money when it comes. I make sure what I am buying fits into our regular budget so that I am not overspending. Rebates get stashed in our savings account to cover something fun.
- Look for rebates all over the place. I recently submitted for a rebate on a bottle of wine. Many times rebates are on food and toiletry items. Earlier this summer I submitted for a $50 rebate on some clothing. There are frequently rebates on appliances and electronics as well. Keep your eyes open when you shop.
- Factor in the time and cost of postage and copies before deciding to submit for a rebate. For me anything under $2 is just not worth it for me. A stamp and copies cost at least $.50 for me and my time is worth something as well. You might have a different price point that would work for you.
- Don't buy something you don't want or need just to get a rebate. I consider this a waste of time, products and resources.


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Soooo, Gwyneth Paltrow was a smokeshow last night at the opening of Tracy Anderson's Flagship Studio in Brentwood, California. The actress was there to support her longtime friend and trainer and rocked a short, purple, Victoria Beckham dress to do so.
News: Find Out What Gwyneth Paltrow Allows Her Kids to Eat!
But more importantly, do you see Gwyneth's legs? Day-um! Tracy Anderson's method has her looking seriously toned and we're not mad at that. Plus, those bright orange and black Michael Kors color-blocked heels are everything.
Watch: Who is Victoria Beckham Working With to Get In Shape for Summer?
What do you think of Gwyneth's hot number? Sound off in the comments below or on Twitter @OKMagazine!


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There are three general types of reports: a) House and Senate Reports (deal with proposed legislation and issues under investigation); b) Senate Executive Reports (treaties and nominations); and c) conference committee reports (differences on legislation between the House and Senate have been committed to conference committees to work out a settlement). For legislative history research, a committee report is an essential document because it explains the text of the bill and reasons behind the legislation.
American State Papers (L5 law library and Online): 1789 – 1816
ProQuest Congressional: 1817 – date. See also United States Serial Set (online and at MUDD Library)
LoC American Memory web site: 1823 – 1873
Proquest Legislative Insight: 1929 - forward (in progress) for legislation that became law.
USCCAN (Print and Westlaw): 1941 - date, selective coverage
CIS fiche set (UES in law library): 1970 - date
LexisNexis (HMTL): 1990 - date
Thomas / U.S. GPO (PDF): 1995 – date


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Even as a young girl Elisa Espinoza enjoyed helping others feel beautiful.
That's why opening her own salon is like making her dreams a reality.
Espinoza opened Elisa's Beauty Salon in the Eastway Center in Sunnyside on July 7.
She had been leasing a station at Lupita's Beauty Salon for the past three years, but the salon's owner earlier this year said the shop would be closing.
"That's when I started looking for other options," said Espinoza.
Working as a hairstylist and cosmetologist is not her only job. Espinoza also works at Sun Valley Elementary School in food services.
She needed the option of flexible hours if she was to continue cutting and styling hair.
In her search for a suitable location she found the empty store at Eastway Center fit her needs.
She had to purchase the equipment and products she needed, but is proud to own a business that bears her name.
"I enjoy all aspects of making people feel beautiful," said Espinoza.
She said she has been licensed for the past three years, but has been fixing hair for others since she was a child.
Now, Espinoza knows all the techniques that make what she does a fine art.
Elisa's Beauty Salon is open from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Children's haircuts cost $8, men's cuts cost $10 and women with long hair will pay $12 for a haircut. She uses Chi hair products.
Espinoza also provides coloring, highlights, waxing and perms.
Currently she is the only employee working at the salon, although she plans to bring another stylist on board soon.
For an appointment, call 391-8284. Walk-ins are also welcome.
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What Are the Best Dairy-Free Cake and Frosting Recipes? Good Questions
Q: I have a dear friend who just turned 30 and I would love to make a birthday cake or cupcakes for her. But she is deathly allergic to dairy.
Other than boxed cake (yuck), could you recommend a nice recipe for dairy-free cake and frosting?
Sent by Ekatherina
Editor: Ekatherina, also look for vegan recipes since those will of course not contain any animal products at all. We'll throw this one straight out to the readers. Do you have good recipes for wacky cakes (no dairy involved) or meringue frostings?
Related: On Birthday Cake for Breakfast
(Image: HAPPY BIRTHDAY (found at a thrift store) by Flickr member stOOpidgErL, licensed for use under Creative Commons)
Published: Aug 20, 2009


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ARP4761 - Wheel Brake System (WBS) Example
From AadlWiki
General Information
- Related standard(s): ARP4761 - see http://standards.sae.org/arp4761/ and AIR61160 - http://standards.sae.org/air6110/
- Model on github: https://github.com/osate/examples/tree/master/ARP4761
Model version
There are two models:
- Simple version: one model that shows the ARP4761 example (for details, see Simple version of the ARP4761/AIR6110 example)
- Advanced version: one functional model and one implementation model. The implementation is then bound to the function and populate the fault-tree and safety analyses (for details, see Advanced version of the ARP4761/AIR6110 example)
Capability demonstrated
- Fault Hazard Analysis
- Fault-Tree Analysis
- Error-Model Consistency
- Formal Verification
Importing the Model
The model can be imported from github. To do so:
- choose File->Import.
- select Git and Project From GIT.
If you do not have the GIT feature installed in your OSATE product, you may be interested by the following tutorial: Installing GIT feature in OSATE2.
Enter the URI https://github.com/osate/examples.git as shown below.
Then, when the git repository is imported, go to the git perspective. You can find the perspective buttons on the top-right on the Eclipse environment, as shown in the following picture:
Select the examples repository, then, the working directory and make a right-click on the ARP4761 folder and select "Import Projects". Then, you will be able to import the ARP4761 project into your Eclipse workspace.
Model Details
Each version (simple and advanced) are presented in the following:


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Srinagar: Licences of 41 medicine shops in the Valley were suspended and show-cause notices issued to six others today for allegedly violating various laws.
"Licences of 41 medical shops have been suspended for violation of various provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, while show-cause notices were issued to six such shopkeepers," a spokesman said.
The Drug and Food Control Organization, Kashmir, has launched an inspection drive across Kashmir and inspected 249 medical shops during the past three days, the spokesman said.
The department has also lifted 324 drug samples so far from government and private health establishments, medicine wholesalers and retailers for analysis, he said.
Drugs were also seized from a medical shop in Bemina locality of Srinagar as the shopkeeper did not have a valid drug sale licence, he added.


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Weddle's Syndicated Content:
Next Practices
The Web is crowded with articles extolling the best practices for finding a new or better job. I've contributed a few of those missives myself. Recently, however, I heard a fellow describe best practices as "stuff that used to work." In other words, by the time something has become a best practice, it's likely also to have become obsolete. What's the alternative? Next Practices.
Next Practices are emerging ideas that have a positive impact on your job search. They are not widely known or even accepted, but that's part of their value. They enable you to stand out from the herd. And, in today's crowded job market, that's an important advantage, in and of itself.
No less important, Next Practices address the world as it is, not as it has been. They are effective because they are timely and on point. They deal with the situations you face, not those that were faced by job seekers a decade ago, or five years ago, or before the Great Recession and Lousy Recovery changed everything. To put it another way, Next Practices correct best practices.
Unlike best practices, however, Next Practices are not fixed. They aren't etched in stone as if they were social commandments. They are fluid and frequently in flux. They are correct for the circumstances we face today, but they may have to morph to respond to the changes in those circumstances that will inevitably occur tomorrow and the day after.
What are some of these Next Practices? The two below will give you a sense of how they work.
Don't believe what you're told about a college degree.
What's been the best practice for the last twenty years? Go get a college degree and your career success is locked in. It was good advice in the past; it's the kiss of death today. If you have any doubt about that, ask the 53.6 percent of college graduates under the age of 25 who are now unemployed or underemployed.
What's the Next Practice? Go get a college degree and a degree in career self-management. Learn how to be an expert in a field of study that interests you and an expert in putting that expertise to work.
There is a body of knowledge and set of skills involved in preparing for and then continuously succeeding in the job market. Sadly, you won't find either offered on most U.S. college campuses these days; the faculty doesn't consider them important enough to warrant inclusion in the curriculum. Contrast that view with the one in China, where such a course is a requirement for graduation.
What should you do if you've been out of college for awhile and are in transition? Find a career counselor or coach with whom you're comfortable and tap their wisdom. Invest the same level of effort you devoted to acquiring your college diploma (minus all the social stuff), but this time you'll be getting an education that will actually help you find a job and lead a successful career.
Don't rely on accomplishments to set yourself apart from other job seekers.
What's been the best practice for the last twenty years? Feature your work accomplishments on your resume to make it stand out. It was good advice in the past; today, however, employers expect more. They no longer believe that excellence in the past is a predictor of excellence in the future.
What's the Next Practice? Add a new section called 'What I Learned' to each job description in the Experience section of your resume. Use it to list the top 3-5 new skills or areas of knowledge you acquired through doing your work. From an employer's perspective, it's that personal growth that is the best insurance you will continue to deliver superior performance on-the-job.
Why are these two changes so important? Because the half-life of your expertise is shrinking by the year. Don't believe it? Think about this: for the first time ever, in 2008, we humans created 4 terabytes (4 times 10 to the 19th power) of new information in just one year. That's more new knowledge than was created in the first 5,000 years of human history. So, the only way to land a job and hang onto it these days is if you see yourself as a work-in-progress, and highlight that person to employers on our resume.
Putting a check mark in the Education box and touting the success you had in your last job are the quintessential "stuff that used to work." If you want employers to value your expertise in today's workplace and believe you will contribute that value to their success, you have to do what works today. You have to use Next Practices.
Thanks for reading,
Visit my blog at Weddles.com/WorkStrong.
May 2012
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Brilliant! Watch Holtby's stunner for Spurs
Lewis Holtby might have had a difficult start to his Tottenham career, but the German midfielder is now right at home at White Hart Lane.
Liverpool target Traore set to leave Anzhi
Liverpool have been given the green light to land long-term target Lacina Traore after he was told he can leave Anzhi in January.
Chelsea set to complete Eto'o signing
Chelsea expect to complete the signing of Anzhi striker Samuel Eto'o before Monday's transfer deadline after giving up on trying to land Wayne Rooney.
Chelsea have made Eto'o offer, says agent
Chelsea have offered Samuel Eto'o a one-year deal to move to Stamford Bridge, according to the player's agent Claudio Vigorelli.
Samuel Eto'o snubs Chelsea to stay at Anzhi
Samuel Eto'o has turned down the opportunity to move to Chelsea this summer after committing his future to Anzhi.
Reds offer Willian bumper wage package
Liverpool are ready to offer Willian £110,000-a-week to move to Anfield this summer as Brendan Rodgers closes in on the Anzhi star.


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In the early summer of 1994, Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years of exile. Staying with friends in St. Petersburg, I watched his progress on television: He flew first to Vladivostok and then took the trans-Siberian train westward, stopping in small towns and cities along the way to connect with the people.
His arrival in Moscow coincided with steady rain, but thousands of Russians came to hear his speech. Excitement pulsed in the air. My hosts had read Solzhenistyn's "Gulag Archipelago" in carbon copied typescript in the 1970s, made on an old typewriter with a dash substituting for the letter D. The sense of contrast between his public appearance and that old hidden life was stark.
Solzhenitsyn is one of the heroes in Solomon Volkov's new book, The Magical Chorus. The "chorus" is made up of dozens of writers, musicians, artists, dancers, and theater and film directors, each an important touchstone in Russian culture.
The subtitle is somewhat misleading. "A History of Russian Culture from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn" does not quite cue the reader to expect what Volkov immediately clarifies in the introduction: He wants to outline the struggle between "culture and politics" in 20th-century Russia, and the effect of this struggle on individual artists.
He claims that his book is "the first of its kind in any language" – and certainly as a summary of the fate (often death in obscurity) of the long list of artists he includes, the book is an important contribution. Volkov is ideally suited for the task, having written other important books on Russian cultural figures such as Dmitri Shostakovich, Joseph Brodsky, Anna Akhmatova, and George Balanchine.
One of Volkov's recurring themes is the way that writers continually posed themselves as moral alternatives to government leaders. Volkov sketches out Leo Tolstoy's conflicts with the Czarist government. He relates how Maxim Gorky, a protégé of Tolstoy, tried to influence Stalin's campaign to create the "Socialist Realist" model of literature and how Gorky intervened to save the lives or careers of numerous less-favored writers.
Volkov describes Solzhenitsyn and his confrontations with Khrushchev and Communist leaders during the Brezhnev period, and later notes how the writer's dramatic role failed to "take" with Boris Yeltsin.
The book's chief weakness is its ambition to include absolutely every important Russian cultural figure whom Volkov thinks Westerners should know about. Many writers are allotted anywhere from two or three paragraphs to two or three pages without a vivid evocation of their life and work, which will probably leave many readers wanting much more information.
Reading the book reminded me, at points, of a time when I watched the film "Russian Ark" with a friend who had never studied Russian culture – I could identify all the names, neuroses, and historical debates, while my friend felt left out.
However, a word of advice to readers who may feel excluded at the beginning of this book: persevere. Volkov offers a unique perspective from his position as an eyewitness: He had close friendships with many of the people he describes and his work is filled with an insider's insights.
Over the course of the book, Volkov shares the gossip about the fight to get the Nobel Prize for the "correct" Soviet writers – and the consternation when the prize went to the "wrong" writer, such as Ivan Bunin, Boris Pasternak, or Solzhenitsyn. He describes going to parties in the 1970s thrown by his peers who were also children of government officials – and discovering forbidden books on their parents' shelves.
The moral authority commanded by Russian artists in the face of a totalitarian regime has inspired people around the world. Yet, as Anatolii Pristavkin warned in 1994, this should not make us conclude that "it is best to do your creative work in prison."
Volkov occasionally fails to go as deep as a reader would wish. By taking Solzhenitsyn as the measure of Russian artists, he avoids a deeper analysis of the model of the artist as moral compass. When he wonders why there was no flowering of culture after the Communist era ended, his nearest answer is that Russian culture fragmented into competing pieces (just as in the West), losing its moral authority.
Perhaps another writer will build on Volkov's work, probing even more deeply into the social and political dynamics of today's Russia.


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Brighton Michigan Real Estate Buyer Agent Receives Wolverine Savings Award
The Home Buyer's Agent of Ann Arbor is Southeastern Michigan's largest buyer's real estate company and the oldest Exclusive Buyer's Agency in the state of Michigan.
Brighton, Michigan, April 28, 2009 (PressReleasePoint) -- Laura Degovanni, an exclusive buyers agent helping real estate buyers in Livingston and Western Oakland Counties, received the Wolverine Savings Award today for helping a home buyer complete a very difficult transaction and save over 24% of the purchase price.
"The Wolverine Award was created to recognize buyer agency work that greatly exceeds the norm in terms of tenacity and focus. Many real estate agents would have told the buyer to give up on this transaction. What Laura did was explain to the buyer the risks and the effort involved at each milestone and then let the buyer decide. The buyer really liked the home and each time decided to move forward." said Jon Boyd, Broker for the company. "Laura did an outstanding job and we want to recognized it."
The transaction reportedly was a short sale and included a home owner who left a large quantity of junk in the home, a listing agent who couldn't keep his transactions straight, a home that had a major foundation problem, a listing brokerage who routinely misrepresented the terms of the purchase contract, and a selling lender who often seemed misinformed. Any one of these issues could have derailed a normal purchase process.
The Home Buyer's Agent real estate company serves Brighton Michigan and the surrounding areas including, Howell, Hartland, South Lyon, Novi, and Farmington Hills. They help a broad variety of real estate purchasers from first time condominium owners to luxury home buyers, and they measure their success in dollars saved, not dollars sold.
"In situations like this real estate buyers often end up stressed and frustrated. What Laura did allowed the buyer to stay focused, rational and relaxed throughout the process." Concluded Boyd.
The term "exclusive buyer agency" is defined by the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents as: A company who only represents home buyers. The company never represents sellers and the company never lists property.
The Home Buyer's Agent of Ann Arbor is Southeastern Michigan's largest buyer's real estate company and the oldest Exclusive Buyer's Agency in the state of Michigan. It has helped thousands of home buyers save millions of dollars on their home purchases. Since Exclusive Buyer Agents only represent home buyers and never sellers, these companies avoid the conflicts of interest of traditional real estate companies and offer home buyers 100% loyalty.
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- WPX Energy continues making progress towards becoming a diversified energy producer.
- The E&P firm is still more impacted by the price of natural gas taking a big hit from the price decline in that commodity.
- The company has some interesting negative implications for oil.
- Investors should remain focused on WPX Energy for the catalysts related to natural gas.
Read the full article on Seeking Alpha.
Disclosure: Long WPX. Please review the disclaimer page for more details.


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|Oh, you are so brilliant a writer. Fang and I are entranced.
That's why I am so mad at Jeff Eastin I could spit. Eastin created White Collar, one of the few shows that made me wish I still had TV. I own seasons 1 & 2 on DVD. The way season 3 is going, however, putting it on my WishList remains doubtful. The reason is that the show's writers have (in my opinion) committed the aforementioned Cardinal Sin.
Let's take just one random episode, say Scott Free, fer instance (though every episode this season suffers from Cardinal Sin Syndrome. But I digress...):
In this episode's opening scene, Peter bursts into Neal's apartment early in the morning, surprising him as he's making breakfast for his girlfriend, Sara, who has spent the night. A ridiculous exchange takes place in which Sara and Neal react with all the dignity of a couple of bumbling teenagers caught fooling around in the parents' sedan.
Really? This is what we get from a female character who repossesses luxury goods and thwarts insurance fraud by whacking the bad guys with a stick?
"Yes," you may say, "making a strong female character act like a blathering Homecoming Queen borders on the criminal. But male writers do this so often it's hardly a cardinal sin. It's more like an indulgence."
|Your bungling irks me. And you made Fang's head explode.
I suppose ... But the whole "bursting into Neal's apartment at inopportune times" gag is played out with woeful predictability. The viewer knows it's going to happen. Wouldn't you think Neal would get a lock -- and use it?
One of the tenets of the entire series has been that con man Neal Caffrey is the best of the best, and only FBI agent Peter Burke has the chops to beat him -- and then, only barely. The first two years were spent building the case for Neal's criminal genius.
Now, don't get me wrong, the first two seasons have plot holes you could pilot a Nazi U-boat through, if you were so inclined. But the characters were so convincing -- so consistent -- that the viewer willingly suspended disbelief and followed in their wake.
For inexplicable reasons, however, this third year has been all about finding ways to pull loose threads and unravel the mythos of Neal's character. The writers have committed the Cardinal Sin of taking someone they've spent two years building up as brilliant and making him insufferably, unforgivably stupid.
With a capital "STU." I present Exhibit A:
Neal and sidekick Mozzie meet up with the Plot Point of the Week; a 20-something kid who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, who the feds are calling "the next Neal Caffrey," much to Neal's dismay. Knowing this kid is trouble, they take him to Neal's apartment. Which is in a big ol' mansion filled with tons of expensive stuff. Because, evidently, that's where you go when you have someone you don't trust and are lacking a budget for another set.
|If I close one eye, maybe I can see your motives for this travesty...
In Season 1, Neal called in a favor to a friend and was able to put on a kick-ass rooftop party for the glitterati within hours. Now, the writers want us to believe that the only place in the entire city uber-smart Neal can take the brat while they work out a plan is his own home?
An all-night writers' drinking party is the only explanation for how this move was justified as a reasonable thing the character would do.
"Sinful, maybe. One of the Writer's 7 Deadly Sins (Laziness), perhaps. But not a Cardinal Sin."
Oh, there are so many other examples I could point to in just this single episode.
For shame, writers! For shame! Neal's new name should be "Stu." And Peter's could be "Pid."
But the capstone is in the final scene.
Neal has finally gotten a bona-fide, unbreakable alias. It's perfect. It's permanent. He's had it less than 24 hours.
So where does he put his new passport? Not in a safe. Not a lock box. He doesn't open, say, a safety deposit box in his new name and keep his ultra Top Secret Important document there. Nope. Not our criminal genius.
The writers expect us to believe that he takes his new passport to his home and hides it in a hole in the wall.
|Aaaaauuugh! You have betrayed my trust! I shall never forgive you! Never!
Well, butter my behind and call me a biscuit. S-T-U-...
In a single episode (sadly, in nearly every single episode) of the third season, the main characters behave in ways that are woefully inconsistent with their own history. Which is all the more unforgivable because there are about 64,000 ways to have written a story that was equally, if not more, compelling while refusing to heap a ton of stupid on the characters' heads.
Now, thanks to these 43 minutes of screen time, Sara doesn't deserve a grown-up relationship. Peter deserves to lose the manifest. And Neal deserves to get caught.
More to the point, both actors and fans of the series don't deserve such sinfully sloppy writing.
Take care -- take GREAT care -- when writing that you treat your characters and your audience with respect. Because it's much easier to make a fan than it is to regain one...
All photos by Alvimann, courtesy of MorgueFile.com.


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The adventures of a West Coast Canadian gal living it up in Germany for a year.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Top 10 List - What to know for your Olympic event
After an eventful experience last night at the ladies moguls event at Cypress (including an emergency trip to the first aid tent to be treated for hypothermia and hypoglycemia), I have some words of wisdom to share so that you can fully enjoy your Olympic experience.
1. Vancouver mountains are cold and damp - bring lots of layers of clothes, emergency blankets, toques, mittens, warm scarves, ponchos and hand warmers! Also, wear your whole ski outfit (or the equivalent) if you have one - snow pants and jacket and warm pants underneath as well as real snow boots with a few layers of socks.
2. The first aid tent is manned by a great team of paramedics who are there to help out in a jiffy as I learned the hard way (after collapsing with hypothermia)!
3. Be prepared to stand in lines outside, waiting for your bus for long periods of time.
4. Bring a warm seat to sit on in the bleachers, preferably made of foam, or something that will shield you from the cold.
5. They say don't bring food, but last night at Cypress they ran out of hot food and people were waiting upwards of 2 hours to get food! If you have any conditions like hypoglycemia, diabetes, or you just need food bring granola bars and snacks and don't let security take it away from you. Too many people were in the first aid tent last night because of lack of food.
6. You are allowed to bring up to 2 bottles of sealed water - do it! At the outdoor venues there are no places to fill up empty water bottles and believe me, you don't want to wait in the food line for water!
7. Expect crowds, and some disorganization.
8. Apparently the time on your Olympic bus network ticket is irrelevant so show up earlier than the 30 minutes prior to your bus time that they originally told you - it's a free for all!
9. Bring cowbells and other noisemakers to outdoor events - they'll save your voice! :)
10. Apparently you aren't supposed to take photos with any camera that "looks" professional so be careful if you are bringing your snazzy camera - just don't look like media.
Enjoy the event! It was wonderful to see Jenn Heil win silver and two other Canadian girls ski as well. Bring your flags and your Canadian pride too! :)
1 comment:
- Enviro Girl said...
Great tips, Kris! Let's hope we don't have any reasons to visit the first aid tent in Whistler!
- February 21, 2010 at 5:28 PM
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Carnie Wilson has endured a lifelong struggle with her weight. After gaining and losing, and then gaining again, the singer is telling OK! how she's finally not only shed the weight, but how she also plans to lose even more lbs. in her journey down from 208 pounds!
Wilson told OK! that she's shed another 17 lbs. since her last interview, which appeared in OK!'s June 23 issue. The star–who famously had gastric bypass surgery in 1999 which caused her to shrink from 300 lbs. to 146 lbs.–bravely admitted to OK! months ago that following the birth of her daughter Lola,3, she gained much of the weight back, finally reaching 208 lbs.
Then in June, Carnie told OK! that she had dropped back down to 193 lbs., this time by following a strict diet and excercise program.
And still seems to be working! Today, Carnie tips the scales at a much trimmer 176 pounds and says she is thrilled she lost a lot of the weight while doing her new CMT series, Outsiders' Inn, a sequel to Gone Country in which Carnie shares a rustic living experience with other stars including Whitney Houston's ex Bobby Brown, and The Brady Bunch's Maureen McCormick.
Incredibly, Carnie says she lost weight during the June TV shoot despite the fact that she was constantly cooking for her reality show castmates.
"I lost 11 pounds while we did it," she says. "I would taste and spit [it out]. I cooked really fattening food. I love feeding people."
But while living in the reality house, Carnies emphasized, "I made my tofu, my vegetable. I'm on this wonderful healthy path now."
The singer says she's come up with a lot of new low calorie recipes. "I'm doing a lot of squash soup and roasted yams with a little splenda, cinnamon, lemon juice and vanilla."
Carnie, who told OK! she wants to lose an additional 35 pounds, added, "I'm feeling so good, very energetic. I want to get pregnant [again]."
In the meantime, Carnie plans to start a clothing line for plus-sized women.
"I have a lot of really great ideas that women are going to be really relieved and happy about, inspired by my experience of being morbidly obese and all sizes," she says. "It's going to be beautiful."
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The protracted deadlock regarding NET and non-NET fellowships may soon be over as a review committee set up by the HRD ministry in October to look into the feasibility and expansion of the benefit to students is expected to submit its recommendations to the ministry within two weeks.
The report will have far-reaching consequences for all universities. The committee members were initially supposed to submit the report by December-end.
The final fourth meeting of the five-member panel — whose mandate includes considering economic criteria for stipend, expanding coverage to state universities, establishing a transparent system for money transfer — will be held on January 16, committee chairman Gautam Barua told this newspaper on Thursday.
"Our last meeting will be held on January 16 and the following week we will submit our recommendations to the ministry of human resources development," Prof. Barua said.
Surprisingly, there has been no representation from students to the committee despite HRD minister Smriti Irani's assurance to hear them out when she met Occupy UGC protesters in November, who have been picketing at the UGC Headquarters in Delhi for the past 75 days over the mandate of the committee and fellowship issues.
"We will keep in mind students' demands which we know through the media," Prof. Barua said.
The interest of students will be paramount, another committee member told this newspaper on condition of anonymity.
Protests started last year in October after the UGC announced to scrap non-NET fellowship. Students want research stipend increased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 8,000 for M.Phil. students and from Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000 for Ph.D. scholars and expansion of non-NET fellowship to state universities.


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Scott R. Furlong is dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatory policy and interest group participation in the executive branch, and he has taught public policy for over twenty years. He is the author or coauthor of numerous book chapters and coauthor of Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Laws and Make Policy, 4th ed. (2011), with Cornelius M. Kerwin. His articles have appeared in such journals as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, Administrative Studies Quarterly, Administration and Society, American Review of Public Administration, and Policy Studies Journal.


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The home game this Saturday against Imperial Medicals 16/02/13 will now be played at Wormley Playing Fields.
The pitches can be accessed by parking at the wormley playing fields car park and walking past the football pitches to the back which joins on to the back of wormely school.
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I can't say enough about the weather this week. As much of a skier as I am, this spring like weather has indeed hit a sweet spot with me. As if there were much of a winter around here anyways, right mother nature? I swear, she has really been some kind of mother this year, not much of one to me! I've been begging and begging for snow, dancing my legs off into extreme amounts of pain, only to get a mere few inches that's gone the next day. Not exactly the kind of snow I was dancing there for oh mother of mine high in the sky!
I've made the most of whatever winter we did have. I skied endlessly up north most days in the northern Berkshires and in the Green Mountains of Vermont. This week, however, has made me start getting in shape for my next sport of choice; mountain biking. Yes, from skiing to biking, I'm all about conquering those mountains in some kind of form! I've been at the gym faithfully all week long working one on one with my personal trainer who's getting me in shape for post ski season. There's a specific line of workouts dedicated to getting you ready for the next season. As a professional skier, its important to maintain good shape.
Today, my personal trainer kicked me square out of the gym. With temperatures climbing close to seventy degrees, and noting that I had already been at the gym for little over three hours, I was kicked to the great outdoors to enjoy an afternoon of mountain biking around Burr Pond in Torrington. Ever been there? It really is quite the place this time of year. For starters, its not as busy as it during the summer months. The tranquility will really reel you in, and so too will those gusty winds kicking about. Burr Pond is one of my favorite Torrington destinations. You can't beat bliss!
I drove around the entire park trail today which encompasses all of Burr Pond. Normally, this run would take me at least a good 45 minutes, today well over that considering we are in mud season here in the Berkshires! Mud is everywhere from the recent snow melt. Riding through the mud isn't as bad as it sounds. In fact, its quite entertaining as you're kicking up the mud and trying to dodge boulders at the same time. I believe I already painted the picture for you of just how entertaining it could be!
So, as all of us around here throw open the windows and gear up for spring, lets not forget to venture out to some awesome Litchfield County destinations to get in touch with the great outdoors again. After all, with the winter we had, we deserve it!


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Gaza will not be "livable" by 2020: UN estimates
(PRESS TV) A report launched by Maxwell Gaylard, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory, Jean Gough of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Robert Turner of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) forecasts a worsening situation for the population living under an Israel-enforced blockade, which rights groups have called an "open air prison."
"Gaza will have half a million more people by 2020 while its economy will grow only slowly. In consequence, the people of Gaza will have an even harder time getting enough drinking water and electricity, or sending their children to school," said Gaylard.
The report highlight Gaza's acute water crisis, noting that Gaza's aquifer may become unusable in as few as four years and may suffer irreversible damage by 2020. It implicates sewage and fertilizer pollution as well as high saline levels in water. While it mentions low levels of water in Gaza's aquifer, it does not mention Israeli use of Gaza's underground water supply. The report also highlights that the already densely populated area will only become more so. The population of 1.6 million people today is set to skyrocket to 2.1 million people in 2020.
"The substantial population growth rate will thus add some 500,000 people to a living area which is restricted and already heavily urbanized. Fundamental infrastructure in electricity, water and sanitation, municipal and social services, is struggling to keep pace with the needs of the growing population," it states. The report urges the end to the blockade, saying, "Gaza needs to be open and accessible to the world."
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Of course, it's Israel's fault…I mean, how could it ever be the fault of Hamas and the Palestinian leadership…How come Egypt doesn't come to their aid?… But of course, it must be Israel…
Remember, it's Hamas who wants to destroy Israel…And Iran, and Syria, and all the other radical Islamic assholes on the planet… They could care less about their own people…All they want to do is kill anyone who doesn't agree with them… Nice religion…


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Chiechi House
This house was built by John and Jane Campbell around 1880. The home and surrounding property were originally part of a group of Northrup Avenue lots called the Sainsevain Villa, owned by Pierre Sainsevain, a French immigrant. They were located at 820 Northrup Avenue in San Jose, near the intersection of Interstate 280 and Lincoln Avenue.
The land was sold several times, ending with Michele Chiechi in 1913. He had come to the United States from Italy during the 1890s and, in 1913, was joined by his wife and five children. The Chiechis were prominent Santa Clara Valley orchardists who grew apricots and walnuts on the acres behind their home. When Michele died, he left the home to his daughter Grace, who invited her brother Nick and his family to live with her. The Chiechi family remained in the house on Northrup Ave until 1973, when it was moved to History Park.
- View archival images of the Chiechi House and Chiechi family from History San José's Collection.


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Seattle user group, Feb 13: F# on iOS with Xamarin Studio and Mac
If you are in the Seattle area, come by the Microsoft campus February 13 at 7pm for a talk on creating F# iOS apps using Xamarin Studio on Mac. Details on the group's meetup page, here: http://www.meetup.com/FSharpSeattle/events/159071122/. For more information regarding F# on iOS, see http://fsharp.org/use/ios/. Abstract: Xamarin.iOS lets you create iOS apps using F#… Read more
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Obviously, if I choose to vote for a third party, I must have some reason for doing so. I imagine that such a vote has some value, or the potential to do something. In this case, that value is not "He might actually win this election." Instead, I expect such a vote to play a part in shaping the future political landscape of America in one of two ways:
- It creates more discussion and awareness for the Libertarian party, giving it a chance to receive even more votes in 4 years. Maybe those votes then translate into even more discussion and awareness, allowing the Libertarian party to be a serious contender in 8 years or more. In such a way my vote today can be magnified in a positive feedback loop.
- A more realistic reason: Even if the Libertarian party never makes it as a serious contender (See this video for an explanation. Our voting system will always be a two party system), it may force the mainstream parties to begin to discuss new ideas. (e.g. How is it that none of them are willing to discuss the similarities between marijuana prohibition and alcohol prohibition? etc.)
- How likely is it that my vote for one of the two main parties matters?
- How strongly do I feel that one of the two main parties is better than the other?
So on one side of the balance I have the value I place on my third party vote, and on the other I have these two things, which don't weigh very much in this election. If Pennsylvania was more likely to matter, or if I really loved one candidate and hated the other, I might have voted differently.
That's how I decided to vote for Gary Johnson. I thought about it logically. I did not vote this way because of some one-liner quip like "A vote for the lesser of two evils is always a vote for evil."
What do you think about third party votes?


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The latest attack on the Internet and on computers in general is Nicholas Carr's book, "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains."
Carr and other digital alarmists make a case that seems plausible, at least on the surface. They argue that the advent of the Internet and the proliferation of new communication tools trap us in a shallow culture of constant interruption as we frenetically tweet, text and e-mail. This in turn leaves us little time for deep reading, reflection and serious conversation — pensive activities traditionally thought to build knowledge and wisdom.
The alarmists cite the concept of "neural plasticity" and talk of technology "rewiring" the brain to convince us that the new distractions make us not just less willing but less able, on a physiological level, to focus.
Whenever you hear that something is changing your brain, you ought to be worried — or at least the person telling you wants you to be worried. But does a cultural change like this necessarily entail a fundamental change to the brain? Most of the evidence these critics offer is anecdotal: They report feeling less able to concentrate and think clearly now than they did before they started frequenting the Internet. But it could be that they are less able to concentrate now than they were 10 to 15 years ago simply because they are 10 to 15 years older.


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There might be shorter wait lines in the near future as Arizona's ports of entry get an influx of additional officers.
The two border crossings in Nogales will get 120 officers, while 25 will be assigned to the Douglas port and another 25 to San Luis near Yuma, U.S. Rep. Ron Barber announced.
"Customs and Border Protection officers are essential to the smooth flow of legal goods and commerce across the border," said Barber, a Tucson Democrat who is on the House Committee on Homeland Security. "I have been working to ensure that as we work on border security, we also ensure that we have economic security — which is possible only if ports are staffed so there are not excessive wait times."
Business and political leaders in Arizona have voiced criticism that, while multimillion-dollar upgrades are underway at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, there had been no discussion of increasing the staffing.
"A remodeled Mariposa stands to be an expensive white elephant, which is why a bipartisan effort to ensure that needed officers are deployed to Arizona is so important," Glenn Hamer, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said last month.
Barber and seven of his colleagues in the Arizona delegation — Republicans as well as Democrats — sought additional CBP officers for Arizona in a letter written a month ago to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, saying that cartels are increasingly smuggling through ports because of a buildup of Border Patrol agents elsewhere along the border.
The 170 officers fall short of the 500 Barber and the delegation had asked Johnson to assign to Southern Arizona, but Barber said it was a first good step.
The Mariposa port is scheduled to be complete this year. It will have eight commercial truck lanes and 12 passenger lanes.
It is the 10th-largest port in the U.S. in terms of commercial vehicle traffic. Most imported Mexican produce comes through Nogales.
Last fall, the Arizona Department of Transportation began work on Arizona 189 from the port to Interstate 19 in anticipation of increased truck volume once the port opens.
ADOT is adding new turn lanes from Arizona 189 to northbound I-19 and widening the interstate's entrance ramp.


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The weather was perfect. The bands were awesome. And the crowd was ... well, it could have been bigger.
The final "official" head count, according to MAHA Music Festival organizer Tre Brashear, was 4,000, "slightly down from last year."
A disappointment, and yet, by all other accounts, this year's MAHA, held last Saturday at Stinson Park in Aksarben Village, was a success, certainly from a fan perspective. I realized this about 15 minutes into the Guided By Voices set, standing in a crowd of T-shirts and sunscreen and Coors Lites snuggled in red Kum & Go koozies, the sun just peeking over the western horizon after a long day of warm light, slight breezes, temperatures in the upper 70s -- a perfect day weather-wise. Everyone I spoke with thought MAHA was flawless. The bands and the stages and the sound were fantastic. You could not have asked for anything more. Except, of course, for more people.
The review: In addition to Guided By Voices, which flawlessly tore through a set of their finest ("14 Cheerleader Coldfront," "I Am a Scientist" "Hot Freaks," "The Official Ironmen Rally Song," you know, the classics), the other main stage standout was -- strangely, unexpectedly -- J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Seated with an acoustic guitar on his lap, looking like a worried Mr. Natural in nerd glasses, long gray hair blowing in the afternoon breeze, Mascis leaned forward and played a blistering set that drew from his solo work and D. Jr. catalog, highlighting his intricate, ornate, gorgeous guitar work. His voice, a craggy, weary, heart-broken moan, sang of personal yearning. his guitar didn't gently weep, but soared. Undeniably beautiful, but at the same time desperate and utterly depressing. By mid-set, it was actually bringing me down.
Mascis contrasted greatly with what came right before -- So-So Sailors on the "second stage," located to the left (south) of the main stage and sounding somewhat better, thanks to an easing of volume and the natural earth barrier behind it. You could argue that the main stage sounded slightly overblown, overdriven, just plain too loud. By the end of the evening my voice was ragged from having to scream to talk to the person next to me (no matter where I stood in the Stinson compound).
So-So Sailors was the second stage's highlight, along with Noah's Ark Was a Spaceship, which has people asking if they're the best unsigned band in Nebraska. The other local stage highlight was Lincoln instrumental prog act Machete Archive, a band perfectly suited to cover Rush's 2112 if only one of them knew how to sing. OEA talent show winner The Big Deep and Lincoln electronic dance/groove act Somasphere rounded out the "little acts."
Des Moines' The Envy Corps launched the "big acts" on the main stage shortly after 1 p.m. to a smallish crowd that was still 10-fold larger than the typical early afternoon crowd at last month's multi-million dollar Red Sky Festival. The Reverend Horton Heat followed with an omnibus career-spanning set of indie rockabilly. Local superstars Cursive, featuring original drummer Clint Schnase, was the most bombastic (and loudest) of the day. To me, it was worth thirty bucks just to hear them do "The Martyr." So-called "headliner" Matisyahu's electronic reggae rap closed out the evening to a dwindling crowd (despite the half-priced beers).
Overall, a great day in the park for any indie music fan. Still, "from an economic perspective, the day was just OK," Brashear said. "We had good ticket numbers, but we found that people didn't stay for the whole day, which hurt our food/beverage/merch sales. People came just for RHH, or just for Cursive and GBV, or just for Matisyahu." The "coming and going" is likely a symptom of MAHA not being a true "festival" -- a multi-day event where people have to commit (due to traveling and camping) to stay for the duration. For MAHA to expand to something like that next year (and yes, there will be a next year) the festival will need to find a presenting sponsor, which it lacked this year.
Maybe the day's biggest winner was Stinson Park. "The fans LOVED it," Brashear said, "but (we're) not sure what Aksarben Village thinks about us." He said more volunteers were needed for after-show cleanup. "We had too much mess left over when the Farmer's Market started the next morning."
Then there's Aksarben Cinema, who I'd been told was livid after discovering during last month's Playing With Fire concert, also held at Stinson, that they had some sound leakage problems that caused Harry Potter fans to experience Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings from their theater seats. The buzz Saturday was that the theater, which is the central village draw, was going to put its foot down for future festivals.
During Matisyahu's set, I walked over to the theater and chatted with the kind gentleman stationed at the ticket-tearing gate and asked if they'd had any noise complaints. He said a couple patrons mentioned something, but that was about it. He suggested I find out for myself. "The auditoriums closest to the park are probably 5 and 6," he said. "Pop in and see."
So I did. The Smurfs movie was playing in No. 5. I stretched my eardrums as much as I could, and thought I heard something, maybe a low rumble, but I couldn't be certain. No. 6 was seating for Harry Potter. Pre-movie commercials and music were playing. Again, I heard nothing. Matisyahu wasn't "Cursive loud," but they were certainly earplug loud.
Instead of fighting it, the theater needs to figure out a way to tie into MAHA, that is if it's held in the park next year. If it were up to the fans I spoke with, it would be. They all said they preferred Stinson's cool grass lawn to the sun-baked concrete slab of Lewis & Clark Landing. But for MAHA to grow into a real multi-day festival, it will need to find some place even bigger and better than both of those locations.
Lazy-i is a weekly column by Reader senior contributing writer Tim McMahan focused on the Omaha music scene. Check out Tim's daily music news updates at his website, lazy-i.com, or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ulster to rule in Interpros
The red hand of Ulster has ruled the Golfsure Interprovincial Championship with an iron fist for the best part of a decade now and John White's talented side is again the hot-favourite to smash the opposition when the 53rd edition of the competition tees off on Wednesday at County Louth.
The other three provinces will be giving thanks to the heavens that Holywood's Rory McIlroy and Clandeboye's Jonathan Caldwell will miss the matches after their call up to Walker Cup duty during the week.
But even then the Ulster side is a formidable-looking squad featuring three of the four provincial champions in North of Ireland winner Gareth Shaw, East of Ireland king Richard Kilpatrick and South of Ireland supremo Darren Crowe.
Add to that the presence of Ulster Boys champion Paul Cutler, young guns Fergal Rafferty, Stephen Crowe and Ciaran McAleavey, the muilti-talented Nicky Grant and Conor Doran and the experienced Michael Sinclair and you have a power block that is more than capable of winning the title for the third year in a row and the seventh time in nine years.
Team captain John White is "quietly optimistic" that his boys can pull it off on the pristine fairways of the famous Baltray club, which is hosting the event for only the second time since its inception in 1939.
But what is it that makes Ulster golf so strong?
"I think the coaching programmes are good up here," White said this week. "And you also have the benefit of the junior coaching programmes and the players that feeds into the senior set up.
"I look to my three provincial champions as the leaders of my team. Darren, Richard and Gareth will be playing all six games. I can tell you that now for sure.
"Darren has had a very strong second half to the season and he has been striking the ball particularly well.
"Winning the South was very important to him, very much so. But he put in a tremendous performance in the North as well by getting to the quarter-finals. He only lost to Shane Lowry by one hole and Shane, of course, got to the final and won the Irish Close as well.
"Richard is disappointed not to make the Walker Cup team and he is really looking forward to playing in the Interpros again this year.
"Paul Cutler had a great start to the year when he beat Rory McIlroy in the West of Ireland championship and Fergal Rafferty is another very good young player.
"I am quietly optimistic because we have a good team. But the other teams are very good as well and have great players too.
"It's going to be another great championship but there is nothing set in stone. You can never taken anything for granted in matchplay.
"We are obviously disappointed that we have lost Rory and Jonny and we wish them well in the Walker Cup squad sessions. But we still have a strong side and we are going to have a great battle with the other teams.
"I have been in charge of the team for the last two years and having won those two we are hoping for a hat-trick. We are looking forward to it."
Ulster will have a three new caps on the side in Cutler, Rafferty and McAleavey but they will not be taking anything for granted when they take on a new-look Connacht team that features four debutants.
Team captain Pat Killeen is certain that his side illustrates the steady development of the game in Connacht twith no fewer than three members of the Boys and two of the Youths Interprovincial side which competed in Donegal at the end of July.
The newcomers are Claremorris's Stephen Healy, Athlone's Kelan McDonagh, Galway's David Scully and Strandhill's Tommy McGowan, who caused a sensation at Rosses Point at easter when he stormed into the semi-finals of the West of Ireland championship.
Experience is also well taken care of with West winner and South of Ireland runner-up Joe Lyons ably assisted by Gary McDermott, Damien Coyne and former Youth International Cathal O'Malley, who reached the latter stages of the North and South.
Big-hitting Michael Lavelle from The K Club, who has been in great form all year and David Scully, anchor man on Galway's All-Ireland winning Senior Cup side of 2006 make up the ten man side.
One of the debutants hoping to make his mark at Baltray is 17-year-old McDonagh from Athlone who earned three and a half points from six in the Boys Interprovincial Championships at Donegal in July.
Connacht finished third that week, beating Munster on the final day and two-handicapper McDonagh is hoping to use Baltray as a stepping stone to greater things.
"I've applied for one of the Paddy Harrington Golf Scholarships at Maynooth and if I get in I'm sure it will do wonders from my golf," he said. "I'd love to do psychology, which is something I use a lot in my golf.
Munster and Leinster have again produced two top class squads. Skipper Frank Gannon will be looking for serious performances from internationals Lowry, Simon Ward and Niall Kearney with Mullingar Scratch Trophy winner Paul O'Hanlon, Cian Curley and Andrew Hogan certain to add some firepower to the side.
Former Sunderland and Shamrock Rovers striker Stephen Grant of Birr will also make his interprovincial debut, completing a fairytale journey from total beginner to plus-three handicapper in the space of six years.
But they will face a serious test when the meet Munster in the first round of matches. Skipper John Carroll will be relying on the likes of Limerick's Pat Murray, Rosslare's John Morris and Dougla's Karl Bornemann to grind out the victories.
But he can also look to South of Ireland semi-finalists Stephen Moloney and quarter-finalist Cian McNamara for big performances. Irish Youths champion Seamus Power and Cork's Gary O'Flaherty have also been playing well while Peter O'Keeffe and Clancy Bowe and newcomer Thomas O'Flynn of Fota Island will be keen to impress the Irish selectors preparing to choose the side for the next month's Home Internationals at Co Louth.
Nicky Grant (Knock)
Ciaran McAleavey (Banbridge)
Darren Crowe (Dunmurry)
Stephen Crowe (Dunmurry)
Paul Cutler (Portstewart)
Conor Doran (Banbridge)
Richard Kilpatrick (Banbridge)
Fergal Rafferty (Dungannon)
Gareth Shaw (Lurgan)
Michael Sinclair (Knock)
Captain John White (Co. Armagh)
Non-travelling reserves:
Rory Leonard (Banbridge)
Ryan Boal (Scrabo)
Damien Coyne (Tuam)
Stephen Healy (Claremorris)
Michael Lavelle (K Club)
Joseph Lyons (Galway)
Gary McDermott (Co. Sligo)
Kelan McDonagh (Athlone)
Tommy McGowan (Strandhill)
Ciaran O'Connor (Athlone)
Cathal O'Malley (Westport)
David Scully (Galway)
Non-Travelling Reserves:
Shane K. Kelly (Ballinasloe)
John Neary (Galway)
Cian Curley (Newlands)
Niall Gorey (Lee Valley)
Stephen Grant (Birr)
Andrew Hogan (Newlands)
Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin)
Dara Lernihan (Castle)
Shane Lowry (Esker Hills)
Neil O' Briain (Royal Dublin)
Paul O' Hanlon (Curragh)
Simon Ward (Co. Louth)
Captain – Frank Gannon (Co. Louth)
Manager – Denis Feeney (Malahide)
Karl Bornemann (Douglas)
Clancy Bowe (Tramore)
Cian McNamara (Limerick)
Stephen Moloney (Castletroy)
John Morris (Rosslare)
Pat Murray (Limerick)
Gary O'Flaherty (Cork)
Thomas O'Flynn (Fota Island)
Peter O'Keeffe (Douglas)
Seamus Power (West Waterford)
Non Travelling Reserve
Stephen Loftus (Ennis)
Team Captain - John Carroll (Bandon)
Day 1 draw: Ulster v Connacht, Munster v Leinster.