egregious !!!
ZED!

zed.

Suz!
Eureka!
Egr? Hey!

damn.
love the music!

Good evening pups – we were just talking about Irish musicians, and here you have it.

Dixie Dregs – Country House Shuffle

Dam had I known I could have put lots of Irish music on fer ya on Saturday!! My youngest Daughter was born on St Patty’s day and until she left the nest we always had a big St Patty’s day/Birthday celebration on the 17th… Of course I made chili and I also had to make Corn Beef and Cabbage..

Wuhhh?!

Yer up late tonight darlin!

Nice to see you.

Slainte EG!!

Larue,

Here is some Pete Grant.

Hey Busted – how ya doing?

Slainte to you, emerson, very nice to make your acquaintance.

Brain broken…I was correcting someone who was babbling on about the Citizenship Clause, and they called me a wingnut because I disagreed with them.

It’s like “dude, get off my side”.

We missed you Busted!! Maybe in October??

Mini FDL history – doing posts for Late Late was how I got started writing for this place. [Well, reporting from the Libby trial, but that’s a different kettle of fish.]

I’d like that.
Right now I am suffering like crazy, it is still over ninety in here and I need to get some sleep.
Heat wave a comin’. 103 tomorrow, 105 Wednesday.

YIKES!

The pleasure was all mine. g*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHH7Lyo707Y

egregious!

Relativity, the band was great.

dam it is in the 60’s here right now!! was in the low 80’s today and very pleasant.

Paddy Keenan and John Walsh

Well Nahant, I’m more Scottish than Irish, but have enough to count for St Patricks Day. So many similarities in the music, as well as folk music from parts of France. You’d think we were all related.

Yep, seen that one . . . he’s got lots at his site I’ve tapped into over the years . . . *G*

EG! Nice Irish TOUCH!!!

Them reels and jigs are HELL to play on a dobro, but as MaryMac would attest to, Pete Grant does it all effortlessly!

Nice, nice reel, EG . . . they make it look so easy, not a lot of flyin fingers or elbows, economy of movement.

Real pro’s . . . thanks! *wave*

If you are a bagpipe lover, we are all related!

but but we are aren’t we??

I’m just saying…Watch This

Mary Mc, that is one fine music vid. I thank you most kindly.

A DIFFERENT Kind Of Irish Music!

Shane McGowan and The Pogues. Man I love that band. *G*

Lol. Double Irish on me Paders side.
They came from the Old Country from Ballymena, County Antrim in the 1850’s.

The other side is Swedish, German and All American, some of them were around before this place was a country.

Find Connie Dover’s “The summer before the war.”

Yep, one of the players Pete plays with over there and here in CA.

Often! A FINE pipes man, he is!

Yer showin the good stuff, MaryMac! *G*

Sure. My friend, Pete Grant plays with them. I heard them a couple of years ago up in Placerville.

Music means a lot to me but I don’t have a lot range. For some reason I will stick to the same ten or twenty songs for years. I lost my itunes on my computer a couple of years ago and it was great cause I had to go out and find more music.

What a treat – Finn & Horan – and egregious!

I may have more time on my hands to visit LLN fdl – Just wrote the last chapter of Saradise Lost.

Hahaha! Nice to see you, Spotts.
EG, great great music.

ET – that is *such* a good title. Thanks for all you’ve done, seen and unseen the last few years up there.

My daughter is graduating with her masters in nursing in a month.NO ONE in her class has found a job yet. I am trying to pull some favors from years ago in San Francisco to get her interviews. Doubt if that will work. She really wants to work at Marin General where she is doing her preceptorship.

Hey MrWhy, thanks for the video – cool stuff

Love these women

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-P15xujxoI

I find it weird that the same thing abounds; you frikking towel heads suck and so do you Irish dumbasses; somehow. Also.

Wishing her Luck Mary… My oldest son is an ICU nurse up in Portland at Emanuel..

We’re related, I’m sure.

Julie wants to learn one of their songs!! Don’t remember which one but She will learn to sing it!! Maybe we can get her to sing it at the next meetup!!

Sara just went up to Portland to have a look see but decided to stay in the bay area. I love Portland.

Mary, that’s pretty incredible, considering that there’s STILL a huge shortage of RN’s on the floors at health care facilities in the whole nation.

Now, at the MASTER’S level, she might not WANT floor shift work and compete with the import RN’s from other countries who work for less money . . . but I HAVE to believe there’s work out there!

My neighbor is an RN, he’s a specialist in diabetes care, is CTC and more and is working on his Master’s too.

He’s decided to get his Nurse Practitioner license as part of his MSN, and has a Doc’s office waiting for him to do his internship. He’s making $40 an hour or more now, and will double that soon.

If we need to hook up leads together for your daughter, I’d help enable that . . . lemme know.

Que?????????

Back to Don Young and other projects – like writing a HUGE backlog of music.

We had a party at our place yesterday for the progressive Alaskan bloggers. Diane Benson, Ethan Berkowitz (they ran against each other last year to go after Don Young), Bob Poe (he’s in the Democratic primary for Governor in 2010), Andrew Halcro (he ran against Palin in 2006 and is a blogger), Steve Aufrecht (blogs at WhatdoIknow?) and Shannyn Moore all made short speeches.

We stayed up really, really late, sitting around the new fire pit, drinking some very good wines.

Thank ye Margot, hope you’re feeling well this evening.

great place to visit but to live there no thanks they lose the Sun for way too long for me!! And the cold well just lets just say it’s the cold and he is no friend of mine!!

Everything has shifted. Many recent graduates are having problems. Many of the people who left the field with burn out are returning because their mates have lost their jobs. Hospitals are closing because patients are not insured. The light is going out in this country as the blue dogs pull the final plug.

Hi Mary
I have friend (last time I checked)she has 4 and 5 year old and 11 and 13 youngest is a girl. She has 1/2 income so house is ATM. She is thinking of retraning as there are no teaching opportunities. Considering nursing school ay local JC does she hava realistic chance She need $50K a year, at 45 of getting a job in two years?

Please say hi to Diane for me

The rain is a myth.

Well, SUZ said it was . . ;-)

yeah, that would be perfect for her, nahant! There are quite a few of their songs on youtube. When we watched their Christmas show from Dublin, not a dry eye in the house.

The pipes? Och aye, lassie

How was I supposed to know in advance to bring the Irish with me?

Cherish the Ladies – The Back Door

Wow, and I’m living next door to somone with his finger on the pulse of the industry, daily.

I may need to ASK him about these issues! He’s doing more than fine . . . interesting. I’ll report to ya direct by email after I speak with him . . . .

I’ve not HEARD about hospitals shutting down, not at all . . . but given the DEPRESSION we are in, to have a loss of jobs in healthcare should NOT surprise me at all . . . the middle class is getting beat, and hard, aren’t we.

Things are really tough right now for recent graduates. If (IF) we get health care reform then that problem will be solved. If she can get into school she should do it.

Goodnight y’all,nice to see you again.

I will let her know…thanks.

Well done et. I remember the end of WW2. Fireworks, celebrations… and then the magazine pix from the concentration camps. I was very young, but was told to remember.

I remember asking where the churches were. Nobody would would answer…. just shook their heads.

Beautiful high A at the end – thanks for this song

I sure will.

She seems to be mulling over going after Don again, but I’m not encouraging her in that so much as I’m getting ready to collaborate with her on a big musical project with words, based upon Diane’s play about the great Alaska civil rights pioneer, Elizabeth Peratrovich.

Yeah they call it Oregon Sunshine…

Every time another insult to the character and health of this country occurs at the hands of the powerful and greedy I feel that they are letting us know how little power we have and that they are going to god damn keep it that way.

If health care reform fails we seriously have to have a general strike and boycott the insurance companies. Stop the flow of our money into their hands. Stop the death of our citizens by their hands.

The rebel Irish in me is coming out.
That is Mary Margaret McCurnin to ya.

Tommy Makem Was SUCH A Hoss.

I add this one only because I love the music of Richard And Mimi Farina.

And I was looking for THEIR song, Tommy Makem Fantasy. Richard’s dulcimer, which rocks always, and Mimi’s autoharp. If ya heard it, you’d get Teh Irish in it, and the tribute to Tommy Makem.

But, I’ll offer this, instead, as a political statement. Cuz, We’re Still The Children Of Darkness, Aren’t We

I’m young, for an old fart. Yes. And Times Have Not Changed, All That Much.

We are once again, Children Of Darkness.

Namaste.

Well time to bail

Night Pups was fun!!

Oh yer clever ya lil Punaisin Quipper ya are . . .

Don’t eat the Brown Moss!!! *G*

We speak the same thoughts, ma’am. Bless ya.

I am off to bed, too. Good night everyone. See you tomorrow.
Good music tonight.

Yes thanks!

Night MaryMac

Me fadder still sings this one on March 17. Greatest Irish singer of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GGlZqFLla4

Guess I’ll be a wanderin too . . .

Leave yas wakey pups with one last Farina protest song from SO long ago.

Bold Marauder

Damn loss of BOTH of them way too soon . . . I miss their music . . .

none of the hospitals are hiring nurses around here……

I was in the hospital at Mayo over the weekend, low white count, low hemoglobin, dehydration and side effects of the chemo

ugh… Hope you are feeling better, katy

meanwhile, Jon Stewart just blew Bill Kristol away on health care (West Coast version)

nite pups. i’m out

(((katymine)))

I’m getting the feeling the thugs are starting to execute their game plan. This whole “2 white houses” run by Bush and Cheney is designed to cast Cheney as the villain and elevate the Bush family name from their current burial grounds. I believe that’s why Bush has been hiding while Cheney is battling for his reputation (such as it is.)

If he hides long enough and doesn’t embarrass his base in so doing, I have the feeling Jeb will be rolled out. Obama needs to get back to his base-us.

tell Congress to stay and work on HC reform. http://bit.ly/3dSkCt

When it comes to Hispanics and health care, the horror stories are well known. Less so is the mysterious phenomenon known as the “Hispanic Paradox.”

Again and again, we hear that the Hispanic population is disproportionately beset by the bugbears of poverty, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and lack of access to quality health coverage and insurance.

These unfortunate facts are indisputable. But what many people don’t realize is that, when it comes to the bottom line — that is, mortality — the news for Hispanics is good. Very good.

In the United States, Hispanics, despite their socio-economic hurdles, on average live longer than blacks by seven years, and whites by five years, says Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine at UCLA.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.co…..s_live.htm

So is the Swedes marry Swedes guy going to try to improve his gene pool now:)

http://vodpod.com/watch/187979…..er-species

For instance, the mortality rates of first-generation immigrants are consistently better than that of U.S.-born Hispanics. But he said the difference between these groups is seldom statistically significant.

More noteworthy, he said, are the behavioral differences between immigrants and the U.S.-born.

Immigrants, he said, are far less likely than U.S. born Hispanics to smoke, drink, do drugs and contract sexually transmitted diseases. Similarly, he said, U.S.-born Hispanics with high levels of education also tend to avoid these high-risk behaviors and their consequences.

Perhaps more surprisingly, another stark contrast between immigrant and the U.S.-born Hispanics is tied to infant mortality. Hayes-Bautista said that although both groups rate “extremely good” on this measure, the U.S.-born Hispanics have a 20 percent higher infant-mortality rate than that of the immigrants.

“U.S.-born Hispanics have higher income, higher education, are far more likely to have health insurance, yet their outcome (on infant mortality) isn’t quite a good as immigrant parents.”

My bold so despite For instance, the mortality rates of first-generation immigrants are consistently better than that of U.S.-born Hispanics. But he said the difference between these groups is seldom statistically significant.

Second generation Hispanics however have more wealth,cash and healthcare but our infant mortality rate
U.S.-born Hispanics have a 20 percent higher infant-mortality rate than that of the immigrants.
is 20 % higher

why?

The results from the 2000 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program show higher fatal work injury rates for Hispanic workers than for other racial/ethnic groups-rates that appear to be increasing even as fatal work injury rates for most other United States workers are declining. Non-fatal occupational injury and illness rates are also higher among Hispanic workers.

Employment distributions tell us that Hispanic workers tend to be more heavily represented in higher-risk industries and occupations than non-Hispanic whites and other racial/ethnic groups. The question becomes to what extent are these higher fatality rates explained by this disproportionate representation of Hispanics in higher-risk industries and occupations. Also, what differences can be seen between the experience of foreign-born Hispanic workers and native-born workers in the occupational injury and illness data?

http://books.nap.edu/openbook……38;page=43

I knew lots of moms who would wok pregnant until almost the last day in low paying jobs I really hope this is not the reason.

California and Texas are the two states with the largest minority population in the United States according to Census estimates. California-20.7 million and Texas-12.2 million.

http://hispanic.com/topics/hispanicpopulation.aspx

Hispanics tend to live in poor neighborhoods I wonder what pollutants these neighborhoods have in common? A state by state look at infant mortality might be interesting.

Given our lack of Healthcare I assume Pat Buchanan is looking for a Hispanic Mistress like Mark Sanford. Assuming he does not just dismiss the study or blow his circuits over the news.

It is ad when an ex VP gets more news coverage than his ex President I don’t think that has happened before.

In 2007, the Public Policy Institute of California found that the average lifespan of a Hispanic man in that state is 77.5 years, compared to 75.5 among white males and 68.6 among black males. The lifespan of Hispanic men was topped only by Asian men, whose average lifespan came in at 80.4.

In 2008, the National Center for Health Statistics released a study showing that the overall mortality rate for Hispanics in 2006 was 550 deaths per 100,000 people, compared to 778 for whites, and 1,001 for blacks.

Hayes-Bautista said that Hispanics in the United States are 35 percent less likely than whites to die of heart disease, and 40 percent less likely to develop cancer.

Immigration plays a factor, he said, albeit a small one.

For instance, the mortality rates of first-generation immigrants are consistently better than that of U.S.-born Hispanics. But he said the difference between these groups is seldom statistically significant.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.co…..s_live.htm

So drinking smoking other bad habits 2nd generation immigrants have is “statistically significant.” but our infant mortality rate goes up 20%? I assume it has something to do with America?

Morning, everyone

If you see a chemical refinery, you can be sure the surrounding neighborhoods are poor.

I’d like to know why the autism rate in children has exploded in the last ten years. I have no proof, but I suggest there may be a connection with the rampant use of cell phones.

How are you, PPDCUS?

I want them both in the headlines, and both in jail.

Good, thanks — looks like I missed tonight’s celtic festival. How’s everything there?

Some of the increase is explained by immigration. Hispanics have the highest fertility rate — about 2.9 — followed by blacks (2.1), Asians (1.9) and whites (1.86). But Hispanics do not represent enough of the population to fully explain the trend, and the fertility rate of U.S. whites is still higher than that of other developed countries.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..25_pf.html

Assuming by 2.9 for Hispanics and 1,86 for Whites means the number of kids they have well if 2 parents only have 2 kids assuming some kids die before they reproduce that is not enough to replace the population.
Hispanics work dangerous jobs as my comment @ 84 says 2.9 might not be that high a number then.

yeah, EG was the guest star tonight and set the pace nicely.

Misquote spraying may explain asthma rates nobody had it but one kid I knew growing up then I come back home seems every other kid had a brother or sister who had it.
Autism and pollution linked we do need a study Talk to Dr Kirk Murphy at FDL he is a Green Activist as well as a Doctor.

Morning Where are you at?

I scanned the thread … looks like everyone knows alot more than I do about Irish music.

California PDT

Attaturk is upstairs!
The Least Interesting Man in the World

PPDCUS was at nahant’s meetup. Good salad, BTW.

Morning for me means dawn:)

Thanks – Saturday was a great time. Nahant is a terrific host.

points to the a.m. timestamps – night all

can’t sleep, things?

g’nite

Ya know what PPDCUS stands for? (Just found out Saturday.)

Watching Richard Wolffe on Craig Ferguson (the funniest host on late nite.) I’m going to see Wolffe speak tomorrow in Corte Madera.

Well, that’s it for me. G’nite.

Nope?

Great tune just bought it off Itunes! I think the Lake should talk to apple the late late nite threads recommend so much good music I never would have heard that I download.

I never would have heard that I download.

the tune instantly