text: You live here for space, your kids (more space & good schools) and practicality. This gets you over the feelings of isolation, fog and existential anxiety. Otherwise the houses are zero lot line, late art deco into mid-century style with some renovated, others not. And while the homes that have been redone can be very nice (a larger-than-normal footprint helps) with spectacular views, the homes that haven't may well suffer from the area's dampness, moisture-related structural issues and potentially questionable building materials (like asbestos) due to the vintage of the area. One other potential consideration to be aware of is that some of the homes are on stilts and are located on curvy streets that are otherwise steep bluffs, so you are well-advised to investigate a structure's foundation and soil conditions as some parcels do have land subsidence risks that are typically excluded from most homeowner insurance policies.


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2019 Hospital Quality Institute Conference.
Hospital Quality Institute. October 14-15, 2019. Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA.
Quality improvement efforts built on respect, reliability, and resilience can enhance the safety of care delivery. This annual conference will present strategies and posters associated with these concepts and host a speaker roster that includes Dr. Tim McDonald and Dr. Alisa Khan.

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Usurping Congress' power
In a slick move, the Bush administration has usurped Congress' ability to write into law regulations to protect the public. The move came this week via an executive order that directed all federal agencies to brief the White House before any agency directive went into effect if the regulations had an economic impact of more than $100 million annually. The directive also puts a White House appointee as the gatekeeper over agencies that regulate domestic laws pertaining to public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy."The executive order allows the political staff at the White House to dictate decisions on health and safety issues, even if the government's own impartial experts disagree," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. "This is a terrible way to govern, but great news for special interests."It's great news for special interests because Bush found a way to delay implementation of regulations — if not prevent them — that would likely add costs to industry and businesses. How would it help industry? By creating another hurdle for agencies to clear before they can protect the public from things like air or water pollution streaming from industrial plants.Wesley P. Warren, program director at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a former staffer under President Bill Clinton, told the New York Times that the executive directive is "a backdoor attempt to prevent E.P.A. from being able to enforce environmental safeguards that keep cancer-causing chemicals and other pollutants out of the air and water."Furthermore, in deciding whether to issue regulations, agencies must identify "the specific market failure" or problem that justifies government intervention, and allow the White House to review "any significant guidance documents" before they are issued.In a perfect apolitical world, the oversight sought by the White House could be a good thing. As it is, agencies take the essence of a bill passed by Congress and craft the regulations necessary to put the law into effect without further oversight by that committee — giving career bureaucrats the final say in how the bills will be enacted. Businesses have long complained that too often those regulations are overly expensive and burdensome. Such oversight could improve the process.Under this administration, however, the intent is obvious: Bush threw a political bone to his conservative business supporters with the intent to delay implementation of regulations that could add costs to production. Such regulatory examples include over-sight of cigarettes and pharmaceutical products, or air and water pollution from industries such as coal-powered power plants or those producing heavy metals. Regulations do usually create added expenses to the industry being regulated, and not all well-intended regulations are well done. But it is also true that well-drafted regulations — such as those that prevent the creation of Superfund sites that the nation is still struggling to clean up — not only save society money in the long-run but protect our environment and public health as well. But this measure is not about working for the betterment of all Americans. It's about political pay-off, solidifying a conservative base, and garnering as much power within the White House as possible before they are turned out of office. It is, in short, another example of Bush's imperial presidency, and, once again, the president is dead wrong.


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Introducing Reiner Stach's acclaimed and definitive biography of Franz Kafka from Princeton University Press. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was an influential writer of the 20th century and Reiner Stach spent more than a decade working with over four thousand pages of journals, letters, and literary fragments, many never before available, to re-create the atmosphere in which Kafka lived and worked. This impressive biography was translated by Shelley Frisch. We invite you to read the sample chapters linked below.
Kafka: The Decisive Years
This period from 1910-1915, which would prove crucial to Kafka's writing and set the course for the rest of his life, saw him working with astonishing intensity on his most seminal writings–The Trial, The Metamorphosis, The Man Who Disappeared (Amerika), and The Judgment. These are also the years of Kafka's fascination with Zionism; of his tumultuous engagement to Felice Bauer; and of the outbreak of World War I. It is at once an extraordinary portrait of the writer and a startlingly original contribution to the art of literary biography.
We invite you to read the Introduction online:
Kafka: The Years of Insight
This volume tells the story of the final years of the writer's life, from 1916 to 1924–a period during which the world Kafka had known came to an end. Stach's riveting narrative, which reflects the latest findings about Kafka's life and works, draws readers in with a nearly cinematic power, zooming in for extreme close-ups of Kafka's personal life, then pulling back for panoramic shots of a wider world scarred by World War I, disease, and inflation.
In these years, Kafka was spared military service at the front, yet his work as a civil servant brought him into chilling proximity with its grim realities. He was witness to unspeakable misery, lost the financial security he had been counting on to lead the life of a writer, and remained captive for years in his hometown of Prague. The outbreak of tuberculosis and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire constituted a double shock for Kafka, and made him agonizingly aware of his increasing rootlessness. He began to pose broader existential questions, and his writing grew terser and more reflective, from the parable-like Country Doctor stories and A Hunger Artist to The Castle.
A door seemed to open in the form of a passionate relationship with the Czech journalist Milena Jesenská. But the romance was unfulfilled and Kafka, an incurably ill German Jew with a Czech passport, continued to suffer. However, his predicament only sharpened his perceptiveness, and the final period of his life became the years of insight.
We invite you to read the Prologue online:
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VATICAN CITY — After a press conference unveiling the newly restored Mausoleum of the Valerii family in the Vatican necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica, journalists were taken on a private tour of the underground burial chambers.
A handful of American journalists was accompanied by our intrepid guide, U.S. Father Jay Mello. He was ordained to the priesthood last year, is finishing his fifth year at Rome's North American College, and will be returning to his hometown of Fall River, Massachusetts this June.
Father Jay led us down the necropolis' narrow corridors and ancient lanes, pointing out the immense marble sarcophagi and stone tablets that marked many of the graves.
He told us all sorts of interesting facts, theories and discoveries made over the decades in this dark, dank burial ground.
Turns out this forgotten pagan necropolis was discovered when there was no room left for popes to be buried in the grottos directly under the basilica. Workers started digging underneath the grottos in 1939 to carve out a spot Pope Pius XI had indicated and "here they discovered the basilica was built over a necropolis," Father Jay said.
Restorers cleaned out and repaired the chambers which had been buried in dirt while scholars searched the tombs for clues — especially for hard evidence to back up tradition that says the basilica was built on top of the burial spot of St. Peter.
The Valerii mausoleum had a charcoal drawing that was visible in the 1950s but is now nothing more than a few ghostly squiggles. The drawings and words saying "Peter pray to Christ Jesus for the holy ones by your tomb" were determined by one scholar to be concrete proof that Peter was buried in the vicinity of this chamber.
Father Jay then brought us to the spot considered to be the exact place where St. Peter was buried after he was crucified nearby. Inside a small hole chipped away in a wall covered with ancient graffiti, you can see a plexiglass box filled with what are revered as the bones of St. Peter.
There are 12 boxes in there, Father Jay said, and one box containing the saint's relics is also tucked away inside the pope's private chapel!
He said after Pope John Paul II had been shot in St. Peter's Square in May 1981, he was still recuperating and unable to come down to St. Peter's tomb to pray on the saint's June 29 feast day.
So somebody went down to the tomb, Father Jay said, and brought one box of the relics up to the pope's private chapel in the papal apartments and as far as anyone knows the box is still there today.


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The question of these two approaches to music learning and which is better has long baffled students and teachers alike, and let's face it; we are always students and teachers anyway! The way we learn is in my opinion, really based on who we are, and what makes us tick, and that can be a million different permutations, for sure! I know that this also may simply be a "right brain/left brain" kind of thing, and we are usually predisposed to learning and reasoning music learning in one of these two distinct approaches.
I guess the main thing with music is that without an ear there's certainly no kind of learning that could ever really "take hold" with any player or student, but there's also no doubt that this is something that can be further developed and helped throughout the learning process. I know from my own experience that when I drive this idea home long enough with students, they eventually and finally understand the sound and note relationships, otherwise known as intervals. Theory is of course what all music is really made of, and a very good way of understanding what it is you are hearing, or what you want to play, but it's certainly something that is always left up to debate among musicians, and is in no way truly "etched in stone." Rather, as many sciences are, it's a constantly evolving discussion that continues to in a way, re-define itself. It's a little hard to explain, but it's akin to the way we can take a group of two or even three notes, and still have a discussion over which chord these notes really are defining! In a similar way, people who are into theory can always be found discussing just what key a song is really in! This has happened to me many times, and I can honestly say I've been able to even convince composers that their songs were in a different key than they originally thought! This kind of thing is a direct result of combining theory knowledge with ear knowledge and recognition.
So really the bottom line to me is that both theory and ear training are "joined at the hip" and you can't have one without the other. Music is a language, and the vocabulary of this "language" has developed and changed and continued to evolve over the centuries. People simply always made music, and one day, someone figured out that creating written music would be a good way of "recording" and taking down this information in a translatable form, so others could learn to play or sing it. At some point during this period, I believe the whole "theory" idea started to take shape, as the combination of having it written as well as being heard made the discussion of theory a reality.
Regardless of your leaning on this subject, or your opinions, it's clear that we can't avoid theory in music…..the only thing that makes it all possible however, is ear training, and simply developing the best instinctual approach to actually hearing what is going on theoretically within the music you are either playing or listening to! It's the ultimate musical journey, so go along with it, and enjoy the ride!
Once again, I must reiterate that actually teaching someone how to improvise is nearly an impossible task. Yet, there is something that I consider to be "the knowledge" when it comes to music, and if you have this "knowledge", you'll certainly be on your way to becoming a great improviser.
The knowledge I speak of is having the true ability to not only hear the note relationships, but to also acquire the understanding of hearing these relationships and intervals in advance. This is the thing you'll need to be able to "think on your feet", and to be able to hear entire passages in your head even milliseconds before actually playing them. That "thought process" that goes on when you are improvising is truly critical, and when you do have an understanding of the sound relationships of the notes, their emotional impact can even more be taken into account, and to heart.
And it is a matter of the heart, as this is what people are really hearing coming from you when you play. The act of improvisation is the ability to really "speak" with your instrument, and the learning process is like life itself, and what you learn as you go through life. There will be many mistakes along the way, and lots of "trial and error" as you begin to discover just what it is that will make your improve ideas really work, and also develop their own sound as well.
I know that since I had to learn on my own, and also learned from great improvisers, I was able to almost immediately acquire the kind of approach that was a "natural" one when it came to coming up with new ideas. Maybe it's the fact that these players who inspired me so much were great improvisers as well was what "fed" my desire and ability to do so much improve on my own…I'll never be totally sure, but when I was just starting out, I was so excited about the guitar, that I literally used to "dream" up licks on the way from school for example, that I just couldn't wait to get home and try! It's still basically that way with me, only the guitar has now become a "complete language" with which I can express myself, and I no longer feel or hear any boundaries at all between my feelings and what my fingers end up expressing for me.
So, as my students, and as my fellow guitarists, I certainly hope these points hit "home" for you, and that you always will try to achieve new and different things when you need to come up with fresh ideas on the guitar. It's the only way you'll ever truly develop your own style, especially one that is absolutely recognizable as the one and only you! Good luck!
I feel that it's important for you, as newcomers to the music world to realize how important it is to network and do gigs wherever you can. And by gigs I mean recording, sitting in, cover bands, original bands, solo gigs and whatever else can come your way. It's all experience, and experience is the one commodity you just can't put any kind of price tag on. It is what builds your chops, but also your character and your ability to handle many different kinds of situations. And believe me, I know from my experience that just about any kind of gig can and will come along!
I can recall doing some of the most outrageous things….playing with my band "Steel" outdoors in front of a "Chuck Wagon" restaurant in Philly, playing poolside during the Asbury Park riots in downtown Asbury Park, N.J., wearing Hawaiian leis and sitting and playing lap steel guitar in front of an opening of "South Pacific" in mid-town Manhattan, and on and on. Admittedly, some of these kinds of gigs can be a bit humiliating, but just remember that the alternative is most likely not gigging at all. At least you make some money (as long as someone doesn't "stiff" you!), and if you do a good job, it usually tends to always lead to something else that is even better. And of course, never forget that it's the experience of doing these gigs as a young fresh-faced rookie that later on turns into part of the resume' of a wise old "veteran."
I especially recall how when I moved to the town of Woodstock, NY, with its famous music scene I was sure to always do whatever gig I could possibly get called on to do, because I first of all knew that even in the smallest "dive" bar, I may get heard by someone who could really help me later on, and that this was a way that many of the finest musicians there would occasionally do gigs locally, just to do them! It seemed like many times people didn't even realize what great musicians they were being treated to. To them it was just another night out in the local saloon, with a band of musicians onstage that came from "somewhere." Of course, in the town of Woodstock itself there were several "hip" places to play where you really did get heard by the right people, and in many cases the audience was even fuller of musicians than the stage was! Another great thing about that scenario was that you'd never know who might show up and sit in with the band, and that person was very often me!
Many of these gigs were seemingly "fruitless", but they would often prove later on to actually make a difference in my reputation. It's amazing, but even to this day people will come up to me and actually recount some gig where they saw me play in which even I can't recall until giving it real serious thought! But the fact is that to them, I made a difference and they remembered me and my guitar playing! Isn't that all we can ever ask for as musicians…..to be remembered, and to connect with our audience!
There's no doubt about the fact that we as a breed certainly seem to learn the most by watching what others do. In the fine art of anything musical, it becomes especially complex in terms of our human capabilities to hear what someone is doing, and to then decipher and essentially translate what it is we are hearing onto our own fret boards. This ability of course, comes with experience, and when we hear a bunch of licks and passages we can't quite get a "handle" on, it's so important to listen for something we do recognize that we can "hang our hats on". This in turn, enables us to then at least understand where the player is coming from, and the vicinity of his/her notes will give us an idea as to which position on the guitar is being utilized.
I have used that technique forever, since I am a self-taught player and it's a skill that anyone really must have if they expect to be a true musician with "open" ears! Watching what others do is so critical, because let's face it, there are only so many positions and options on the guitar. The toughest and most flexible part of playing is the fact that many notes can be played in the same octave in many different places on the neck, even including harmonics. This gives us an enormous amount of choices, and should also help us "fine tune" our ears to exactly which notes are being played, and which neighborhood on the neck they are being played in! I have seen too many students try what I call the "search and destroy" mission where even though I'm sitting right there in front of them playing it, they keep searching high and low and all over for the note I am plainly showing them! I think this must be something psychological about people, and maybe it's also an ego thing that makes them a bit stubborn, but they are trying, often in a futile way to find a note that cuts them off from understanding the position they really need to find.
No two players process this kind of information alike, but there are definitely some who fall into similar categories with each other. The fun part is when you hear a player who no doubt has their true, own way of creating phrases on the finger board, and these players are the ones with very distinct approaches. Some of these players are the ones to really watch carefully, as the odds are, they are thinking and playing in places on the neck you may've not even thought of yet. It's just like reading an author who likes to work with words in their own unique was…no two can ever be that much alike.
So you can rest assured that no matter what you learn and who you learn it from, the watching and listening is essential, and regardless, it'll all still eventually come out sounding only like YOU! Happy learning!!
This translated in real music terms means that it may take very little to create a hit record or song, or it may also take very little even to create a great or famous guitar riff that becomes a part of a hit record that really "makes it." I mean, look at hit songs like "Wild Thing" or "You Really Got Me" for example; these songs are almost painful in their simplicity, yet it's in that simplicity that their true success actually lies. A guitar riff such as "Pretty Woman" or "Rumble" or even James Burton's "Suzie Q" lick are so catchy that they simply can't help but stay with you! You must remember, the general record-buying public could really care less about whether or not you are technically great or not….many of these "simple" licks were created and then recorded by some players of great proficiency, and were more works of "minimalist" art by complex players who chose to play it "the right way" and who could come up with the correct "part" for the tune. "Pretty Woman" for example, was played by the great Grady Martin, who surprisingly also played those wonderful and complex acoustic fills throughout the famous recording of "El Paso" by Marty Robbins! The two treatments and performances couldn't be more different, but it's the same player, just doing his job!
So, in essence, sometimes you must make "less" of what you know, and as many folks have always said, "less is more!" John Prine even once said to me, "Arlen, could you teach me a new chord, so I can write a new song?!" This blew my mind when he asked this, but I immediately got how in touch and to the point John was about what he could or could not do with his talents. In another case, when I was teaching Paul Simon privately, each lesson would turn into a marathon of songwriting, where he would call upon me to have complex answers to many of the songwriting issues that were facing him. He needed my expertise at a very high level, and most of all, needed the "collaborative" ear I could lend to the situation. Sometimes, a write is "too inside" the song, for too long, and needs a fresh set of ears to help them get over certain new hurdles when it comes to the song or idea at hand.
So the bottom line here is that it always pays to know more on the guitar, but many times it's the notes you choose not to play that really count! Less is more, more or less!!
I am not one for trying anything remotely difficult on my guitars…I prefer them in the hands of competent luthiers, but I know that for many of you, it is a hard thing to find a good repair shop or person, and the whole thing can be a rather agonizing and anxiety-provoking process. The first time I saw my '52 Les Paul apart and "naked" in Dan Armstrong's repair shop in NYC I almost fainted! So, it may be a good idea to start with some really simple guitar, perhaps a cheap "Pawnshop Prize" that may need a little or A LOT of TLC, and just try out some basic procedures on it. It's also a good idea to befriend a luthier who may be willing to take you under their wing to help show you some of the "tricks of the trade" too. Maybe you could even become a kind of apprentice who can really learn it as a trade that you can one day make money at! It's also exciting to try to do some guitar building on your own. These days, there are many "kits" that are available so you can start learning how to assemble and set-up solid body electric guitars. The easiest by far are the bolt-on neck kind, but you can eventually move up to the hollow body kind, as well as acoustics and even the toughest of all; archtops!
Still, I'd say the most important things are to work and build up slowly in terms of your guitar-repairing prowess, and you must really try to learn from some folks far more experienced than you. They will always be willing to show you how things are done the right way, and for sure, it'll be a rewarding experience for you to begin to do some of your own repair work! Good luck!
There's no secret that doing gigs and being on the road can really take its toll on an individual. It of course has its amazing rewards too, and that's what we do it all for in the first place, but it's so important to learn to "pace" ourselves in this lifestyle, so we can literally survive it!
I can recall that in my earliest days of touring I always seemed to immediately get sick the minute I hit any long stretches on the road. I really don't know if this was from sheer fatigue wearing down my immune system, being in and out of strange hotels and motels, being "homesick" (which I was, very often!), or just not enough rest. Whatever it was, it was totally consistent, and it made things very difficult for me for a long time whenever I did tour. I suppose it was also the close quarters of always being on a bus with the bands, not to mention how we all know how sick we can get from that awful recycled air on planes! I can even remember refusing to move into certain motels if I couldn't open a window in my room for some fresh air!! In one city (won't name it!) they actually couldn't find ONE hotel in the whole town where a window could be opened!!! So, I didn't do the gig there!
There's also a tendency to always want to "blow off steam" when you are on tour, because whether you know it or not, you're going at a very frenetic pace on the road, even if you think you feel like it's normal. It is most certainly not normal! As musicians we sacrifice an awful lot to be able to be out there and play our music for the people, and unfortunately, they think we are living some kind of lavish "easy street" life while playing out there….meanwhile, they have no idea, nor do they really care, just how tough it all is, and what we go through just to end up on that stage in front of them!
As time went on, I realized being on the road was not about all the "socializing", the girls, the jamming after hours, and all the other stuff that comes with it. Instead, it was far more about pacing myself, getting the right amount of sleep, getting some exercise and eating right. And most of all, staying in touch with home as well, so as to feel a "connection" and a "balance" between my life "out there" and my life at home. So, take my advice on this, and while you're still starting out, or very experienced, you can always benefit from these pointers and from pacing yourself on the road. No matter what, it'll always take its toll on you, it's just important that you make it as positive a toll as is humanly possible!
Happy trails!!!
As guitarists, we certainly love to play things with strings! As someone who wanted to play several guitar-related instruments that I was falling in love with, I rapidly went towards the idea of becoming a "semi" multi-instrumentalist! The reason I say "semi" is because I feel that as long as I have something with strings on it, I see it as "guitar-related!" This includes Dobro, slide guitar (which to me, is a different instrument!), pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Ukulele and mandolin. Now, I feel pretty proficient at all of them, but some more than others, of course. The main thing for you to think of when playing multiple instruments is the adjustment to how they are tuned differently. Many of the multi-instrument players of the old days, like Tommy Tedesco, for example, would play banjos, mandolins etc., but they'd always make them into something tuned like a guitar, so they'd be able to relate to the tuning, but while getting the authentic sound the producer wanted!
So, in this form of adjustment for example, a mandolin may be tuned E, B, G and D, as opposed to its traditional E, A, D and G. Same sound, different voicings. Most folks who are listening don't really know the difference, and it's usually on the player who knows the true story. I prefer to really know the new instrument, but it's always in relation to what I know already on the guitar, and how this new tuning and instrument relates to what I know on the guitar. This is especially true with the other 6-string instruments such as Dobro and also the slide guitar tunings, as we now must adjust our playing to accommodate the new voicings and structures that are imposed on us by the new tunings! It's actually a very fun process, and in a kind of "reverse" manner, we end up learning more about the guitar to begin with!
Getting used to the different physical properties of the new axes of choice is really one of the biggest hurdles, as for example, with the mandolin, you have 8 strings that are doubled up, and you certainly now cannot barely bend a string at all…..that's a HUGE difference for me!! Also, when dealing with open tunings, it's important to learn to play your chords in all their new positions and voicings. It's a little daunting, but certainly something worth learning! So good luck in becoming a multi-instrumentalist, and believe me, if it has strings, a guitarist should be able to do it!!!
Sometimes I am really the last one to know just how far and wide my influence has spread around this world, and it really at times makes me have to "take stock" of just what this all really means.
I know many of us have had similar experiences in terms of having a musical or otherwise influence on others, and there are many variations as well as "takes" on this process. I for one, having been someone who has spread his guitar knowledge all around the world, have never really been worried that I would create "another" Arlen Roth. Of course, it depends on the learner, the one I am influencing in terms of how far this influence goes, but most of the time for me it's in the "safety" zone! There are times, however that I must admit it can get just a wee bit disturbing, especially when I feel that someone is again using my licks, sound or ideas to make substantial gains in the world of music. Then again, this dissemination of knowledge has been something I've long been committed to so I really have learned to take even the heaviest of imitators with a grain of salt. Some of the harder situations for me have been when I have privately taught someone for a long time, and then they show that they were really only in it for the licks and tricks, and then they go off and take some of the very gigs I would've loved to have had myself!
I hear my licks and influence all the time on the radio and on recordings, and I just hope that someday all these players will eventually "tip their hats" to me, and cite me as an influence. It seems to be happening certainly more and more these days, and for that I am surely grateful! The Gibson lessons have certainly helped, as well as all my books, columns and Hot Licks videos and DVDs, but the main influence I want to have is through my actual recorded and performed music. It's in these realms that any musician would most prefer to have a widespread influence, for sure, but the act of "passing on" your knowledge is also something that your fans never forget, and are eternally grateful to you for!
This is something that I hope you will strive for in your life; to be the biggest and best influence you can be over others, especially in the musical and artistic departments. Somehow, it just always seems to mean the most to others when you really "touch" them, especially in their souls!
Well, we certainly had another great night and show at the famous Iridium Jazz Club in NYC! This is the famous club where Les Paul held court for so many years, fronting his wonderful Les Paul Trio, with Lou Pallo, who was at his side for so many years. You can't help but feel the presence of the great Mr. Paul permeating from every inch of the place, and all the great music that has been, and continues to be played there truly makes it a guitar wonder, and a true mecca for guitarists everywhere!
For myself, it's always an honor to take that stage, and this time I got to do it with my whole band, and to have my daughter Lexie on vocals. Another interesting thing about that club is the tradition of how many folks would travel from far and wide to see Les Paul. That seems to be continuing, as I had visitors from as far away as Boston, plus some people who even came down from Canada! There were people visiting NYC from France, Brazil and other countries as well, and I was signing autographs and shaking hands all night!
It's so good that they have continued to pick up on the Les Paul legacy there, and keep on bringing the audiences great guitar playing…it's such an honor to be a part of it, and they even had recorded albums of my set available by the end of the show, not to mention streaming the shows live on the internet, which can still be seen on Iridium Live! It's hard doing 2 shows, and just in case people were staying for the 2nd set, I tried to not repeat any of the songs I did in the first set, which for me is always the "real" show! Very hard to muster up the energy for that 2nd show, even though we did hit our stride about mid-way through that show.
As always, it was the greatest joy of all to take the stage with my daughter Lexie and to have her sing a few numbers. She sounded and looked great, and her new album will be released in April! My new album, All Tricked Out! Will be available in May, and it will be released at a party there at the Iridium! I certainly recommend if any of you ever want to come to NYC to definitely stop in at the Iridium, and see the "real deal "as far as great musical experiences go!! It just doesn't get any better than this!


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No One Will EVER KNOW
To quote absolutely no one, piping mistakes happen. A slip of the wrist, a miscommunication, a minor earthquake - for whatever reason, sometimes things go wrong with your order, and that's when many bakers get to practice their most undervalued skill set: sighing a lot and calling their managers.
Still, the good news is that professional bakers are, in fact, professionals, meaning these ninja-like icing sleuths can leap into action, repairing even the most heinous of cake crimes with a single, uh...
Never mind.
Granted, some of them can be a little more subtle than others:
(I did say "a little.")
Then again, erasing names on birthday cakes is the most common correction bakers have to make, so it goes without saying that they are really, really bad at it.
There are plenty of techniques besides the scrape & smear up there, though. Other options include:
- Airbrushed Blobs
- Icing Blobs
- Icing Blobs Of Unusual Size
- The Sprinkle Dump (Oy!)
And for a real clean sweep:
- Stick A Smaller Cake Board On Top Of It And Just Start Over
There's nothing quite like watching a master at work.
Scoff if you like, but these bakers do deserve our occasional sympathy. I mean, sometimes your piping bag runs out of icing, and then what? THEN WHAT??
Oh. I guess that.
And, sure, wiping off a bunch of red icing may have accidentally made Mr. Cookie here look like a blood-soaked serial killer, but let's focus on the important part:
So at the end of the day you can rest easy, bakers, knowing all your efforts have not been in vain.
And that's no mistake.
(Well, ok, it is, but you know what I mean.)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Department of Justice says the country's recession has resulted in an unprecedented rise in investment fraud schemes, and it is holding a regional summit in Nashville on the topic.
The event will be Wednesday at the Vanderbilt University School of Law and will feature speakers from the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Better Business Bureau and President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.
Nashville was selected based on the volume and nature of investment fraud schemes prosecuted by the U.S. attorney's office in Nashville. Victims will also share their stories about falling prey to these schemes.


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Commissioner's Award of Excellence
- OCTOBER 2013 WINNER - Janice Maginn, RN
Mental Health Crisis Center;
Category - Valor
Janice Maginn, RN at the Lancaster County Mental Health Crisis Center received the Commissioners Award of Excellence Award for October, 2013 at the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners meeting today. Ms. Maginn was nominated by her supervisor, Anita Leonard, RN, in the category of Valor.
In her nomination, Ms. Leonard noted that Ms. Maginn noticed a person struggling to breath and who had a foreign object in the throat. Ms. Maginn immediately came to the aid of this individual by performing back blows and abdominal thrusts. The individual literally was turning blue and unable to breathe, to the point of collapse. Her diligent efforts to dislodge the foreign object were met with success and the individual has recovered. The paramedics transported the individual to the hospital to ensure no other physical injury had occurred, and the nurse at the emergency department remarked on the intensity of the situation and was impressed with the efforts in responding to the event as well as the positive result.
Brent Smoyer, Lancaster County Board of Commissioners Vice-Chair, stated "Ms. Maginn's actions were lifesaving. She is typical of the dedicated and persevering employees we are fortunate to have working for Lancaster County. The Board is pleased to recognize Janice Maginn for her valor in literally helping to save this individual's life
The Commissioners Award of Excellence award recognizes employees who consistently provide outstanding service and work that demonstrates exemplary personal commitment to Lancaster County.


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Tokyo has replaced Luanda, Angola, as the most expensive city for expatriates, thanks largely to the strength of the yen against the dollar.
The title was bestowed by Mercer, a global consulting firm that looks at cost-of-living data in 200 cities to help international companies make personnel decisions.
Prices for some things in Tokyo—like a trip to the movies—are astronomically high in comparison to other cities, while other things, like monthly rent, are merely expensive.


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A mechanical arm, developed as a Small Business Innovation Research project, will help reduce injuries to government employees who are responsible for testing thousands of rounds of ammunition weekly.
The Virtual Shooter's mechanical arm and hand replicate major human bone and muscular structures during the firing process and should spare human shooters from stress injuries and chronic nerve and joint pain.
The Department of Homeland Security's Armory Operations Branch tests more than 200,000 rounds of ammunition and a variety of handguns annually before they are approved for use in the field.
"This repetitive firing takes a toll on the shooters and results in stressed joints, debilitating pain, and other physical injuries. The Virtual Shooter will go a long way in in reducing, if not eliminating, those injuries," explained John Price, program manager of the Science &Technology Directorate's First Responder Group.
The Virtual Shooter project was demonstrated in March 2014 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement armory in Altoona, Pa., where agents tested multiple weapons and ammunition.
Radiance Technologies, the commercial partner that developed the prototypes, demonstrated single- and a double-armed models that fired multiple handgun and ammunition types.
Over the next year, Radiance Technologies will develop and deliver the second and final prototype. The model will then be available commercially for government and industry use.
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A year of surprises in European football is reflected in the uefa.com users' Team of 2004 which was announced today.
New faces - plus Henry
Over 1.2 million votes were cast by uefa.com users for the fourth edition of the awards, and the resulting selection showcases a new wave of European football superstars. While Arsenal FC's French forward Thierry Henry continues his record of being picked every year since the awards' inception in 2001, six of the team are honoured for the first time.
Portugal quartet
The side features two players who were part of FC Porto's UEFA Champions League-winning team in midfielder Maniche and defender Ricardo Carvalho. In addition, coach José Mourinho, who guided Porto to glory before moving to Chelsea FC, is chosen for the second successive year. Manchester United FC prodigy Cristiano Ronaldo brings the Portuguese contingent to four with his selection on the right of midfield.
Greek absence
The high Portuguese presence reflects Porto's success, as well as Portugal's achievement in finishing runners-up at UEFA EURO 2004™. Surprisingly, however, there are no players from EURO 2004™ victors Greece in the final XI, underlining that their breakthrough success was a triumph of team strength over individual brilliance.
Familiar faces
Perennial choice Henry is joined in attack by Ballon d'Or winner Andriy Shevchenko. His AC Milan colleague Alessandro Nesta is selected for the third year running, while Juventus FC pair Gianluigi Buffon and Pavel Nedved are honoured for the second year in a row.
Newcomers in defence
Among the new faces are veteran right-back Cafu, Arsenal FC and England left-back Ashley Cole, and FC Barcelona and Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho, who scooped over half of the votes in the star-studded attacking midfield player category, leaving club-mate Deco trailing in his wake.
Maniche rewarded
As for Deco's former team-mate Maniche, his star turns in Porto's Champions League and Portugal's EURO 2004™ exploits helped him edge out Liverpool FC talisman Steven Gerrard in the central midfield slot.
uefa.com users' Team of 2004:
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC and Italy), Cafu (AC Milan), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea FC and Portugal), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan and Italy), Ashley Cole (Arsenal FC and England), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC and Portugal), Maniche (FC Porto and Portugal), Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona), Pavel Nedved (Juventus FC and Czech Republic), Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC and France), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan and Ukraine). José Mourinho (Chelsea FC).
uefa.com users' Team of 2003:
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC), Paulo Ferreira (FC Porto) Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF), Luís Figo (Real Madrid CF), David Beckham (Real Madrid CF), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid CF), Pavel Nedved (Juventus FC), Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC), Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United FC). José Mourinho (FC Porto).
uefa.com users' Team of 2002:
Rüstu Reçber (Fenerbahçe SK), Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Cristian Chivu (AFC Ajax), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF), Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan), Michael Ballack (FC Bayern München), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid CF), Damien Duff (Blackburn Rovers FC), Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC), Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF). Senol Günes (Turkey).
uefa.com users' Team of 2001:
Santiago Cañizares (Valencia CF), Cosmin Contra (Deportivo Alavés), Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC), Patrik Andersson (FC Barcelona), Bixente Lizarazu (FC Bayern München), David Beckham (Manchester United FC), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal FC), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid CF), Kily González (Valencia CF), Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC), David Trezeguet (Juventus FC). Gérard Houllier (Liverpool FC).
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(CNN) -- It may not be the ugliest divorce ever in Alaska -- but it could be the most important.
And though it was years ago, it could cause Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin some political problems.
Up in the American far north and all across the U.S., the Palin domestic drama is known as "Troopergate" because it centers on an Alaska state police officer, Trooper Mike Wooten.
Trooper Wooten was married to Palin's younger sister Molly and fathered her two children. The couple broke up three years ago and fought over the youngsters.
It was an ugly, angry divorce and the sisters say Wooten threatened murder. "Wooten spoke with his trooper gun on his hip in an extremely intimidating fashion," the governor complained, "leaving no doubt he is serious about taking someone's life who disagrees with him."
Ordinarily, it might be a sad story on the sidelines of Palin's public career -- except that the Palin family wanted Wooten fired and that got ugly too.
The state chief of police said he didn't have enough evidence to dismiss Wooten and says that Palin fired him from his own job as a result.
Palin herself acknowledges that some of her aides and even her husband frequently complained about Wooten to his chief.
But she says she personally did nothing wrong. She just exercised her legal authority to dismiss the police chief because of differences of opinion. Alaska lawmakers weren't so sure.
They ordered an investigation into whether Palin abused her authority.
Republicans have gone to court to try to stop the probe but -- barring a last minute surprise -- its report is still expected shortly.
It probably won't have any legal repercussions for her, but if it supports the chief of police, the impression could be politically inconvenient.
What if it turns out she bullied an honest law-enforcement officer out of his job, to get her way in a domestic dispute that had nothing to do with him?
Sarah Palin may be the best thing that ever happened to John McCain's campaign for the presidency. She is the cover-girl of the campaign. But she may be heading back to the front page for a very different reason.
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Hicks: We have a twitchy Chihuahua now — and it's not my fault
The good news is that my wife's brief dalliance with the idea of having another baby is over.
The bad news is that I have a new Chihuahua.
Well, it's not official yet. We're "fostering" the little mongrel. But since my wife and one of our girls are already discussing what color of holiday sweater they're going to buy him, it's clear I've been excluded from the decision-making process.
Long story short: A friend of ours who happened to own said beast spoke openly, in front of one of my kids, of his disdain for the dog. Frankly, it irritated me, because I'm a sucker for small children, Italian food and helpless animals.
My upset kid began badgering me to let the dog live with us. I tried
pretending I didn't understand English, which is what I do when my kids ask for things I won't give them. I did not want a Chihuahua. I love dogs, but not the kind of dogs a woman can put in a purse.
Before I could stop her, the kid got to my wife, who got on the phone to carefully and delicately inquire of our friend as to exactly what the hell was wrong with him. An agreement was struck that we would find a home for the dog. Because we don't already have enough reasons not to get on with our lives.
Before I knew what was happening, my wife was walking through the front door with a Chihuahua. In her purse.
Apparently it's a special purse for dogs. They really have those.
At that point, I was wondering if this was a
joke or simply another hallucination. We already have two dogs — neither of which I chose — an elderly cat who thinks I'm actually her pet, a couple of rats no one pays attention to, some fish, and a pair of doves in the yard who refuse to stop breeding. Our home is already like Wild Kingdom without the necessary square footage.
My 5-year-old immediately screamed in delight and latched on to the trembling, bug-eyed animal, nearly suffocating it. Another child started dancing around. The other dogs converged to see what they, no doubt, believed was our new hamster.
Right about then, I decided to hate my friend.
The upside of having a whining, twitching ball of nerves is that he's slightly less needy than a newborn human. And that is where my wife comes in. The only time he's been out of her lap is when one of the kids tries hugging him to death.
He's her new baby, which takes the place of the real baby she'd occasionally pine for. Only this one won't cost me tens of thousands of dollars in child care and graduate high school when I'm pushing 70.
What it does cost me is the chance to finally pick out my own dog, a real dog — like a Labrador retriever or something — a dog too big to be in my bed, one that might actually frighten an intruder in ways other than being a tripping hazard.
In contrast, I'm pretty sure I saw this Chihuahua run in terror from a moderately aggressive ladybug.
Like it or not, the dog, whose working name is Rocky, is likely here to stay, because my family is already attached to him, and he to them (he cries and howls — actually howls — when my wife leaves the house).
At least he gives me an excuse to talk like the Taco Bell Chihuahua, which, as everyone knows, is not only the best way to speak to a Chihuahua, but is terribly fun.
My wife and I woke up the next morning with a couple kids, a snoring puggle and a trembling Chihuahua in our bed. If you think about it, that's actually a great way to ensure that we won't have any more children.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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Area items of interest
Ruritan club installs new officers
The Deep Run Ruritan Club installed new officers at its Dec. 10 meeting.
Michael Gillette is the new president; Larry Powell is vice-president; Lori Murphy is secretary; and Glen Griffin is treasurer.
The club meets the second Monday night of each month. Anyone wishing to join can contact any club member.
Chamber plans annual awards banquet
The Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce will have its annual awards banquet from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Kinston Country Club, 1501 Country Club Drive.
The event is open to the community, and the Chamber encourages all to register before settling in for the holidays.
During this event, the Chamber president and chairman of the Board of Directors will offer highlights of the year and pass the gavel. The Ambassador of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards will be presented.
A reception will follow with heavy hors d�oeuvres and libations.
The cost is $35 per person. Register by calling 252-527-1131.
Grainger board sets annual meeting
The Preservation of the Grainger Complex Inc.�s board of directors will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 6 in the board room of the Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center, 300 Park Ave.
Anyone interested in becoming more involved with this nonprofit 501 c (3) corporation, which manages the historic Grainger Hill PAC, is welcome to attend. The board will be addressing building issues and upcoming events and electing officers for the coming year.
Grainger-Hill is a regional, cultural and civic center which serves audiences throughout a multi-county region. Its aim always has been to bring the best performing arts� opportunities possible for the people of Kinston, Lenoir County and the region.
To book an event or more information, call 252-522-0932 or 252-522-4686; check the Grainger Hill web site, ghpac.com; or email Mary Ellison Turner at email@example.com or Alison Merritt at email@example.com.
Mail tax-deductible donations to Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center, P.O. Box 1334,
Kinston, NC 28503.
Lighten Up Lenoir prepares for 2013
Lenoir Memorial Hospital�s Lighten Up Lenoir program will run again in 2013.
The kick off date is Jan. 21. You don�t have to live in Lenoir County to participate, and no one ever sees your individual weight but you. You can join as a team of four or as an individual. Teams usually have better success, but sometimes it can be important to join as an individual.
If you need more support in your quest to lose weight, consider joining TOPS � Take Off Pounds Sensibly. This weight-loss support group meets at 9 a.m. Wednesdays in the LMH Private Dining Room on the lower level, with Facilitator Patricia Wyrick; and at 7 p.m. Mondays in the LMH Auditorium with Facilitator Wayne Seymour.
There is a nominal fee to join. For more information, call Wyrick at 252-569-1681 or Seymour at 252-523-5391.


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Photos from the Stanford Block Party for National Robotics Week
We had a great time at the Stanford Robot Block Party. The PR2 was there to show off its 3D sensors, and Texai were roaming about. Employees from Willow Garage used the Texai to attend the Stanford Block Party virtually and chat with attendees, and attendees were able to drive a Texai at Willow Garage to get a tour of our workplace.
It was an amazing event -- thousands of people, including lots of kids, were in attendance to see what the local robotics community is building. Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system had people lined up to try their hand at teleoperated surgery, Stanford's Stickybot was showing off it's wall-climbing powers, Neato Robotics' XV-11 was keeping its section of the floor clean, and there were robots of every shape and size on display. It was also a great show for the ROS community. Stanford's autonomous car Junior and Bosch RTC's robot were in attendance, and people could play with the Meka arm used by Cody at Georgia Tech's Healthcare Robotics Lab.
For more photos, please check out our gallery on Flickr.
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President thanks ACA volunteers in Dallas
Obama: No other state needs coverage more
QIANA JONES | 11/21/2013, 12:26 p.m.
The Dallas Examiner
Amidst a massive website failure and overall staunch opposition in Texas to the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama traveled to Dallas encouraging ACA volunteers at a synagogue, Temple Emanu-El. The volunteers have assisted consumers with their enrollment in the ACA through the HealthCare.gov website which has received an overwhelming amount of criticism after consumers either received error messages or were rerouted, in the middle of enrollment, to begin the process over again.
Volunteer and executive director of Oak Cliff Community Development, Edna Pemberton, greeted him with a hug before introducing him to speak to the crowd.
"Thank you, Edna. Give Edna a big round of applause," Obama began. "Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. And let me just make some special mention of some people in addition to Edna who are here. First of all, your outstanding mayor, Mike Rawlings, is here. Outstanding county judge, Clay Jenkins, who's doing a great job on affordable care. Thank you, Clay. Wonderful Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson is here. And we want to thank Rabbi David Stern and Rabbi Asher Knight of Temple Emanu-El for hosting us here today.
"And the main reason I'm here is to thank all of you. Edna's story is a story that is repeated all across the country – people who got sick and didn't have health insurance; folks who thought they had health insurance and then it turned out, because of the fine print or them not filling something out right, they were short of what they needed in terms of getting healed."
Texas leads the nation with the highest rate of uninsured Americans, more than 23 percent, as Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Legislature has refused to expand Medicaid which would cover more of the working poor. By refusing to take federal funds and expand Medicaid eligibility, Obama said the Texas government has left more than 1 million people uninsured.
According to the White House, about 40,000 Americans in 36 states have been able to sign up through the federal exchange website which falls far below the initial estimate from the administration who predicted 500,000 enrollees in the first month.
Obama continued by explaining that what he understood early on was if the United States did not begin to resolve its health care problems in a big way, it could continue to undermine the economy, harm families and hurt businesses.
"And there's a reason why it had never been done before," he clarified. "Starting with Harry Truman, people had talked about how we were going to make sure that everybody had affordable, quality health care. But through Democratic and Republican presidents and Congresses, we couldn't get it done. And the reason is it's hard. It's a big chunk of the economy, and a lot of people, even if they don't like what is going on, are always nervous about change. So it was a challenge. But we were able to get it done, in part because of grassroots folks like you that fought so hard to make sure that we were able to deliver on universal health care."


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Video display Dunkerron Mountains Area More detail Place count in area: 65, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 83, 84, 85 Highest place: Stumpa Dúloigh, 784m Maximum height for area: 784 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 528 metres, Places in area Dunkerron Mountains:An Bheann Mhór 308mAn Bheann Mhór 674.7mAn Bhinn Láir 514mAn Cnoc Riabhach 534mAn Corrán 667mBascadh 595mBascadh West Top 569mBeann 752mBeann Far SW Top 636.2mBeann na Stiocairí 673.1mBeann NE Top 692mBeann South Top 639mBeann SW Top 657mBeenarourke 304mBeenrour 418mBoughil 631mBroaghnabinnia 745mCahernageeha Mountain 499mCaora Bhán 570mCnoc Breasail 591mCnoc na gCapall 639mCoomcallee 648.9mCoomduff 244mCoomnacronia 636mCoomnahorna 590mCoomura Mountain 666mCrossderry 489mDeenish Island (2) 144mDereenavurrig Hill 261mDoire Gharb 382mEagle Hill 155mEagles Hill 549mEsknaloughoge 416mEsknaloughoge N Top 420mFarraniaragh Mountain 468mGlanbeg 485.8mGortamullin 205mKnockanamadane 270mKnockanaskill 356mKnockaunanattin 569mKnockaunanattin W Top 467mKnocklomena 641mKnockmoyle 684mKnocknabreeda 569mKnocknacusha 547mKnocknafreaghane 313mKnocknagantee 676mKnocknagantee West Top 553mKnocknagullion 413mKnocknasullig 117mLetter South 362mMothaillín 506mMullaghanattin 773mMullaghanattin East Top 594mMullaghbeg 509mReenearagh 162mSallagh South-West Top 543mScarriff Island 252mSlievenashaska 578mSlievenashaska South Top 566mStaigue N E Top 435mStaigue Top 459mStumpa Dúloigh 784mStumpa Dúloigh SE Top 780mStumpa Dúloigh SW Top 663m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Stumpa Dúloigh Mountain also Maol an extra name in Irish (Ir. Stumpa Dúloigh [OSI 1:25,000], 'stump of the black lake') Kerry County, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Purple sandstone & siltstone Bedrock Height: 784m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V78696 79381 Place visited by 138 members. Recently by: Fergalh, Val Jones, Grumbler, nioclas, learykid, schwann10, MountainHunter, Juanita, Ulsterpooka, jamesmforrest, DNicholson, osullivanm, Lauranna, Bunsen7, GSheehy I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -9.765179, Latitude: 51.953814 , Easting: 78696, Northing: 79381 Prominence: 499m, Isolation: 0.4km ITM: 478672 579441, GPS IDs, 6 char: StmpDú, 10 char: StmpDúlghBedrock type: Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation) Also known as Maol. The alternative name is confirmed by the presence of Coimín na Maoile and Loch na Maoile on its slopes. Stumpa Dúloigh is the highest mountain in the Dunkerron Mountains area and the 55th highest in Ireland. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/55/ Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Stumpa Dúloigh 1 2 Next page >> Follow this place's comments Picture from group : the Stumpa Duloigh massif from Broaghnabinnia Picture: the Stumpa Duloigh massif from Broaghnabinnia Highpoint above Lough Duff Short Summary created by Onzy 10 Sep 2015 Stumpa Duloigh itself is a highpoint at the head of a circuit of Gearhameen, above Lough Duff. Though in itself undistinguished, immediately north east of it and so close as to feel part of the same hill, is spot height 776, which plunges 300m into Lough Duff. The ridge approaching Stumpa Duloigh from the col with Broaghnabinnia is narrow in parts and point 776 is best not approached directly but rather worked around to the west. This entire range of hills sits between the Reeks to the North and the Knocklomena to Boughil range to the south with the extended Dunkerron ridge lying to the south west and Molls Gap to the south east.The hill can be reached from the Ballaghbeama Gap, over Knockaunattin, from parking around V755 781 A. However it is at its best as part of a circuit of Lough Duff beginning around V822 813 B where there are a number of spaces. From here you ascend alongside the waterfall behind Lough Reagh, up towards the col with Broaghnabinnia and along the ridge to Stumpa Duloigh and its SE top. From there you continue along a grassy boggy ridge to Knocknabreda, from where you must pick a descent to the valley over rock-studded grassy ground and around the occasional steep crag. About 5 hours for the circuit with an additional hour if Broaghnabinnia is also taken in.At point 776, there is a memorial plaque to 2 walkers killed here in 2002. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/55/comment/4815/ Picture from Val Jones : Lough Duff from Stumpa Dulaigh SE Picture: Lough Duff from Stumpa Dulaigh SE New Comment: Great Summit, remote, not busy by Val Jones 6 Sep 2019 Climbed Stumpa Dulaigh on a Saturday, August 2019. Parked as described at B and did the anti clockwise circuit. Didn't do Broaghnabinnia or Knocknabreeda. Starting off getting up out of the valley was the toughest. It got easier from the col with Broaghnabinnia along the ridge, maybe we were just warmed up. The climb up to where the memorial plaque is was steep but as descibed, going left, it wasn't particularly dangerous. Great views of the reeks from the summit, and to the east, but the clouds were gathering from the west. Returning around the south was easy going at first but got tougher and wetter. We decided to descend from the col just before Knocknabreeda, initially was OK but got very steep and trisky to negotiate around some of the crags. We didn't meet anyone else on the mountain, only the farmer at the end by Lough Reagh Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/55/comment/20645/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average kevin dockery on Stumpa Dúloigh, 2008 by kevin dockery 15 Nov 2008 On Fri.14/11/08 I parked at a bridge approx 400mts. north of Lough Reagh in the Black Valley. I followed a rough track to the edge of the lake and then started the steep ascent to Broaghnabinnia (745metres).Weather conditions were very poor with wind,light rain and mist despite the fact that the forecast was very good for the day.I descended with care in a south west direction to a gap before the steep ascent of Stumpa Duloigh.From the summit i followed a fence in a south west direction to a gap before the easy ascent to Stumpa West Top (663mts).I retraced my steps back to Stumpa Duloigh.At this stage there was no more climbing involved for the rest of the walk.I estimate that the total height climbed from the start was 4,200 feet.My aim was to proceed along the south east shoulder of Stumpa Duloigh for approx 1 km. before veering north east down the steep slopes towards Lough Reagh.Throughout the day I frequently consulted my map and compass because of the foul weather.I descended the steep slopes alright but unfortunately ended up in the wrong valley between Knocklomena and Stumpa which was a bit of a shock to me.Luckily i knew where i was as Lough Brin was only 1 mile to the west so I didn't panic.I was faced with a 15 mile road walk in the dark back to the Black Valley.At stage it was dusk but I had a torch,food and water with me. This narrow deserted road followed the Owenreagh River for approx 8 miles.Fortunately after walking 7 miles on the road I got a lift from 2 kind and considerate residents of the valley.They insisted on treating me to tea and sandwiches in their home and drove me back to my car.My advice is to leave Stumpa and the other summits mentioned for a dry clear day.Leaving out the road walking I found this to be a very interesting and tough walk. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/55/comment/3438/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from ciarraioch : Bruach na Binne and the Black Valley towards Purple Mtn and Torc Picture: Bruach na Binne and the Black Valley towards Purple Mtn and Torc Challenging Walk in Glorious Backcountry by ciarraioch 4 Nov 2012 Followed Adrian Hendroff's suggested route per his excellent 'The Dingle, Iveragh & Beara Peninsulas' from the end of the Black Valley. We parked at V812 821 C on the obvious layby just beyond the bridge. Crossed back over the bridge passing through the gate on the RHS and following the track through a gated sheep pen to the side of Loch Riabhach/Roisín Lake. The track brings you to the remains of a very early Christian settlement along with an Ogham stone. Departing somewhat from Adrian's route, we struck off up the northern valley from this point and contoured along the southern slopes of Bruach na Binne, traversing the rough ground until we reached the col at Bearna Seilg, the Gap of the Hunt. No eagles on this occasion, we struck off left along the ridge. Very slow going until this point due to rough ground and rock benches on the initial kilometer or so of the ridge. The ridge narrows giving fantastic views down into the Braighde Valley, across to Corrán Tuathail and down back along the Black Valley to the Purple Mountain, Torc and the Plains beyond. Further along this axis, the distant Galtees were clearly visible on the day as well as Mount Hillary near Mallow and the faint outline of the Knockmealdowns. I thought I could make out Slievenamon just to the right of the Galtees, but this may have been wishful thinking! The ridge brings one to the narrow col just before the very steep and dangerous looking stretch to the first summit. Mindful of the 2002 tragedy, we avoided this by following the sheep path slightly to the right and then circling around from the back. Still a bit steep and slightly exposed but presumably a lot safer than a straight ascent. The first and most obvious summit though not actually the high point is the more satisfying vantage point and here also lies the plaque to the unfortunate walkers. From this point it is a simple walk across to the real summit. We returned by Cnoc na Bríde following Adrian's instructions. Glorious country. For experienced hill walkers only. Six hours overall. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/55/comment/14858/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from Onzy : Point 776 in the centre Picture: Point 776 in the centre Point 776 (Stumpa Duloigh) by Onzy 10 Sep 2015 Captain Vertigo and I have posted tracks separated by only a few days, covering similar ground and centred around Stumpa Duloigh. My track (3080) took an anti-clockwise direction while the Captain (3108) proceeded clockwise. Consequently we approached Stumpa Duloigh, and most significantly point 776 (V 78796 79545 D) immediately north of the summit, from different directions, with me ascending and Captain Vertigo descending. For the Captain, point 766 was very much the crux of the route (leaving out the ascent of Mothaillin…). In my case, on reaching V78722 79635 E This grid reference in the text is shown as point E on the Detail Map above'>V78722 79635 E E, where the Stumpa Duloigh ridge meets the rise to point 776, I faced some infeasibly steep ground which was horribly exposed to the 300m plunge into Lough Duff. However, having the benefit of sight lines, I was able to detour west onto less steep ground around the obstacle. What remains is still steep, but without the sheer horror of the direct line. Approaching from point 766, without a clear view of the obstacle, the Captain faced descending onto this steep ground blind and from above – not a nice thought.A couple of messages here; firstly it is probably safer to take in point 776 from the north; as Captain Vertigo has shown eloquently, a descent to the north is not for the faint hearted – whereas my experience from the other direction, was steep but unremarkable in the context of these amazing hills. And secondly, whichever direction you are approaching from it is best to keep more west of the line from 776 to the col to avoid the very steep ground at V78722 79635 E This grid reference in the text is shown as point E on the Detail Map above'>V78722 79635 E E. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/55/comment/18306/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from djouce : Stumpa Duloigh from west Picture: Stumpa Duloigh from west djouce on Stumpa Dúloigh, 2005 by djouce 20 Jul 2005 This is a non-descript peak - nameless on most OS Maps. It does not even have a summit cairn. We climbed it from Ballaghbeama Gap via Knockaunanattin. It took about 5.5 hours excluding breaks on a very hot day. The climb up from the south west is very steep. There is a good view to Doo Lough at the foot of the cliffs to the NE and to Carauntoohil and the Reeks to the north. Just NE of the summit at 776m is a memorial to two members of the Kenmare Walking Club who tragically fell to their deaths there in January 2002. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/55/comment/1827/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average COMMENTS for Stumpa Dúloigh 1 2 Next page >> (End of comment section for Stumpa Dúloigh.) Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.) British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence) MountainViews.ie, a Hill-walking Website for the island of Ireland. 11 Million Visitors Per Year. 1300 Contributors.


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I just heard Mike was involved in a serious accident. The only information I have is the following article:
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Living in Lakeville I had heard of the accident, however not the participants. Thank God the accident happened in front of the police station, so that quick action was taken. My prayers are with Allen family.
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dave and i happened to be at ayn homers house on friday night due to her mothers passing and the accident was just down the street. having a son who is a call fireman (eric) i always hear the sirens and they went on for quite a while, our prayers are with the allen family. deb larsen
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I heard that Mike is out of intensive care and doing better. Will require a long rehab period.
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Get well real quick Mike, I will be looking foward to some fishing tips from you in the spring.n .............Jerry Tameo........
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The accident was right down the street from where I live. Our family also knew the other guy that was involved in the other car. I called the Allen"s and left a message asking how Mike is and if there is anything we can do but have not heard back. I"m sure they are very busy. Spirit Bless you Mike.
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Mike is now at the Rehab Hospital of the Cape and Islands. He will be there for another week or two, then home. Here is the address there:n n 311 Service Roadn East Sandwich, MA 02537n n Telephone # 1-508-833-5527
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Just as an FYI the association has sent a get well arrangement to the Allen household for Mike! We all hope to see him out fishing again real soon!
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I just called the number that Dave B. put on and I talked to Mike's Dad. He's getting better,but it will take a long time. He was eating supper so I couldn't talk to Mike.
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Thanks for the updates everyone. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Hi Everyone, this is Michael Allen's mom Leeann. We are pleased to say that Michael is doing well. He has been at the rehab center in the Cape and is making great progress. We are expecting him to come home on this Tuesday, Feb 28th. Thank you from Michael and the entire family for all of your warm gestures. The cards, phone calls, and prayers are truly appreciated and heart-felt. We could have never made it through without friends like you. I will keep you posted on his progress. Please do not respond to this email address, as it is not my own.
He looks foward to seeing all of you soon. Anyone who would like to call can reach him at 781-878-7327 after Tuesday.
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Senator Wyden Asks President Obama: Isn't Congress Required To Approve ACTA?
from the good-question deptAs the US Trade Rep (USTR) under the Obama administration has made it clear that it has no intention of allowing Congress to ratify ACTA, but instead believes it can sign it unilaterally, we've finally seen someone in Congress notice that this appears to be unconstitutional. Senator Wyden has sent President Obama a letter asking some basic questions. From the letter:
Although the USTR insists that current U.S. law, and its application, conform to these standards, there are concerns that the agreement may work to restrain the U.S. from changing such rules and practices. As you know, the executive branch lacks constitutional authority to enter binding international agreements on matters under Congress's plenary powers, including the Article I powers to regulate foreign commerce and protect intellectual property. Yet, through ACTA and without your clarification, the USTR looks to be claiming the authority to do just that.The letter also responds to the repeated claims of the USTR that it can have this signed as an executive agreement because it doesn't require changes to US law, by pointing out that's not the rule:
The statement by the USTR confuses the issue by conflating two separate stages of the process required for binding the U.S. to international agreements: entry and implementation. It may be possible for the U.S. to implement ACTA or any other trade agreement, once validly entered, without legislation if the agreement requires no change in U.S. law. But, regardless of whether the agreement requires changes in U.S. law, a point that is contested with respect to ACTA, the executive branch lacks constitutional authority to enter a binding international agreement covering issues delegated by the Constitution to Congress' authority, absent congressional approval.Wyden details the situations under which the US can take part in binding international agreements, and points out that: "ACTA appears to be none of these." He then asks President Obama to make clear that ACTA creates no international obligations for the US:
Mr. President, if you allow the USTR to express your assent to ACTA, then the agreement can bind the U.S. under international law even without Congress' consent, because international law, not U.S. law, determines the binding effect of international agreements. According to many international law scholars, customary international law recognizes the ability of the chief executive of a country to bind its nation to an international agreement regardless of domestic legal requirements.
I request that as a condition of the U.S. putting forward any official instrument that accepts the terms of ACTA that you formally declare that ACTA does not create any international obligations for the U.S. -- that ACTA is not binding. If you are unwilling or unable to make such a clarification, it is imperative that your administration provide the Congress, and the public, with a legal rationale for why ACTA should not be considered by Congress, and work with us to ensure that we reach a common understanding of the proper way for the U.S. to proceed with ACTA. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
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