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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Farm Aid's Nelson, Mellencamp, Young and Matthews Urge Congress to Redirect Bailout to Working Men and Women, Farmers
Please read the letter below and pass it on to your friends and family.
September 25, 2008
Dear Congress,
As you consider the distribution of $700 billion to the very banks and corporations that have gotten our country into the mess we're in now, we ask you to pause for a moment and consider what that money could do for the people who build our country from the ground up… for our schools, healthcare system, our states, cities and towns, alternative energy development, the homeowners who were the pawns of the banking and mortgage industry. As the Board of Directors of Farm Aid, we want to alert you to what a mere $1 billion could do in the hands of the people who grow our food.
American family farmers are the backbone of our economy, the first rung on the economic ladder. For 23 years, we've worked to keep family farmers on the land. But it's not enough just to save family farmers; we have to create new farmers. When farms fail, Main Street businesses fail. The opposite is true too: When farms thrive, Main Street businesses and local communities thrive. Far from Wall Street, family farmers are creating real wealth, producing real value, growing from seeds and sunlight a product that nourishes us both physically and economically. Supporting diverse decentralized family farming will do far more for the stability and vitality of our country than a handful of global agribusiness corporations could ever do.
The proposed $700 billion bailout asks taxpayers to foot the bill without giving them the opportunity to share in any gains. A $1 billion investment in family farm agriculture would enrich us all, because we are all shareholders of the family farm. The return on investment in the family farm includes thriving local economies, nutritious food for better health, a safer and more secure food supply, a cleaner environment and more renewable energy. Investing in local, sustainable and organic food would shorten the distance between eaters and farmers, conserve energy, create economic opportunities and new jobs through innovative processing and distribution systems, resulting in a better, greener, more efficient food and farm economy.
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Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews
Farm Aid Board of Directors
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Yes!!!Well said.ReplyDelete
The willingness to foot the bill for people who could care less about what really happens to the local,national, or even global economies is an atrocity!!I don't recall voting on anything this important, but apparently I and my husband and all our friends and neighbors ARE paying for it!!! Wasn't the revolutionary war begun on the premise of no "taxation without representation"...I don't really care for war, but I sure don't feel well represented by my country right now. I'd rather keep my tax money and buy an acre to feed myself on.
Sincerely,Kat Redlich,Billings,MT
- Anonymous5:04 PM
Thank You. I am so glad that Farm Aid sent the letter to Congress. I would much rather take my tax money back and redirect it to the farmers. I don't think "Wall Street" will feed anyone except the wealthy executives that caused this mess. If we the people, all the people, have to pay for the mistakes of a few, we should have a vote as to how the money is used. Thank You Sue Smitley Thomaston, CTReplyDelete
- Robert Allison1:09 AM
I completely agree with Farm Aid's letter to congress. I am furious at our government for taking taxpayer's money, and giving it to the most elite international bankers. This will do nothing to help the people. The bailout is the largest robbery of the American People since the Iraq war. America is in debt $9.4(T)rillion, the Iraq war will cost more than $3(T)rillion, and now a $5.4(T)rillion giveaway to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and finally a $700(B)illion theft of the Treasury. America is bankrupt, and the children of tomorrow will suffer the consequences of this unbelievable debt.ReplyDelete
YES!!!!! Start with the Basics and the Roots! Food! Healthy, Organic, Sustainable, Put Back into the Earth - Mineral and Vitamin Rich laden Food! That's where the Gold Mines Lay - in the Dirt! And Animals Treated Ethically too! Wow! Great Idea! A Spiritual and Nurturing Way to Heal Ourselves, All of Life and the Planet! Literally from the Ground UP! Yeahhhh! A Spiritual Way To Create Community and Peace - Forests of Organic Farmers Cropping Up Everywhere in America. Among the Tribes! Among the Poor! Among the Elite! Among EveryOne! Thank YOU! 25 yrs ago I decided as a City Girl to buy happy organic food, and I did - wherever I could find it! And Now look! I can buy it at "mainstream" grocers! I love the Changes That Are a Happenin'! Love and Gratitude, From a Spiritual Being in a Healthy Body! Deborah White Fox Marchant' - Shoreline, WashingtonReplyDelete
While AIG; after receiving the bailout had at least 2 parties we know about; averaging $800,000 each, we had no say in it. THAT was OUR hard earned tax dollars. Did government ask us? Did AIG even thank the US citizens? NO!!ReplyDelete
I 100% agree with the above letter and would like to Thank Farm Aid for taking the time to let "our" voice be heard. Support your local farmers by buying from them directly if possible.
My wish is that the government will take the advice and help those of us who really need it. We are losing homes, jobs and family due to the financial stress and circumstances the government has allowed to happen due to their inability to recognize how horribly they have messed up the economy and torn America apart.
May God Bless Us All and Bring us through these difficult times a Better Nation.
I 100% agree with the letter. I would like to Thank Farm Aid from the bottom of my heart and for every American; for taking the time to make a plea for help.ReplyDelete
AIG; after receiving the bailout had 2 parties, each averaging $800,000. That was OUR Hard Earned TAX dollars. Did they even thank the US citizens for helping them? Did the government ask us what we thought before doing so? NO!!
Support your local farmers by buying directly from them if possible. Start trading services with neighbors and friends. Going back to the basics will save you a lot of money.
Too many people are suffering. Americans are losing their families, homes, jobs and self-worth due to the government mishandling our future. It is time we hold them responsible and accountable. Write your senators, congress, etc.
May God Bless Us All and bring us throught these tough times a Better Nation.
Hi Waterfallzzz,ReplyDelete
May I challenge the statement you wrote, "We are losing homes, jobs and family due to the financial stress and circumstances the government has allowed to happen..." It is We that allowed this to happen. We can change things around by Focusing On What We Can Have and Less on What We Don't Have. Check out http://thesecret.tv/ My Friend to part of the Great Turnaround!
Love, Deborah White Fox
- Anonymous6:14 PM
forget wall street, farmers should get it all.then lets all go out and help the farmers,land owners plant . start life over with out all the money laws that stop farming now.american should be able to see this is the only way let them blow the money we dont need it. with food they wont stop us the farms need the freedom and they will lead the wayReplyDelete
light a candle for where we're goingReplyDelete
forget the clouds that rain on your light
we've come to far to see it end like this
this is our country from the east coast to the west coast, we walk tall
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At 59% opposed, CNN is quick to note it's not all roses for conservatives who want to bury ObamaCare like the chewed up dog bone it is...
...if you add the 13 percent who oppose the law because it's not liberal enough to the 37 percent that support the law, you come up with 50 percent of the American people who disagree with the Republican leadership on the issue...
Romanian gymnasts are the only people on the planet that can come up with twists that keep up with liberal logic. If the breakdown according to the CNN Poll is 37% are happy with ObamaCare, 13% think it doesn't go far enough, and 46% think it's a portal to hell then a plurality, at a minimum, oppose it because it's too liberal.
Pitting "no on ObamaCare" against a minority that approves of it, and combining that with a sliver of the country that actually wants something worse is not at all an even playing field, no matter how badly CNN wants to spin this.
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Doesn't that sound like a party you'd want to attend again, one year later?
In the end the point is this, I'm pretty sure 100% of the country knows our health care system needs reform, the problem has been how we get there. So a more honest way of looking at the numbers is most Americans don't agree with either ObamaCare OR a single payer system.
Bill Clinton was elected twice on this type of majority, so if it was good enough for liberals back in the 90's, then it should be good enough for their "progressive" label jumping counterparts now.


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The Emptiest Candidate in Presidential Election History
As the end of this election approaches, it's worth taking a step back and asking this question: In the entire history of the United States of America, from George Washington's election in 1789 on down, has there been a single candidate as unmoored from ideological principle or belief as Mitt Romney? I'm not just throwing an insult here, I ask this question sincerely. Because I can't think of any. There have been middle-of-the road candidates, candidates eager to compromise, candidates who would divert attention to issues that weren't all that important, and even candidates who at some point in their careers undertook a meaningful position change or two. For instance, early in George H.W. Bush's career he was an outspoken supporter of abortion rights, just as Al Gore was anti-choice early in his; both changed their positions to align with their parties. But Romney truly does stand alone, not only for the sheer quantity of issues on which he has shifted, but for the frequency with which wholesale shifts have taken place.
And with the presidential debates complete, there is barely an issue area on which Romney hasn't undergone a change just in the last few weeks. I had thought that no matter what else Romney might change his mind on, if there's one thing he believes it's that the wealth and privilege of the wealthy and privilege must be maintained and enhanced. But he even flip-flopped on that, not only pledging not to cut taxes on the wealthy (in contrast to what he said during the primaries), but actually proposing a huge tax increase on them (though I seem to be the only one who has noticed that that's what Romney has in fact proposed). That neither his supporters nor his opponents believe that he really wants that just makes it all the more remarkable. I feel like we've gotten so used to the idea of Romney as a shape-shifter that what for a different candidate might have been greeted as a series of scandalous acts of cynicism was instead greeted with, "Yep, everybody saw that coming."
You have to give some strategic props to Romney for his latest ideological refashioning. He waited to unveil it until the first presidential debate, when Republicans were at an emotional low point imagining that the president they hate with such consuming venom might waltz to a second term. After that, the new foreign policy Romney we met in the final debate came as no surprise. He calculated correctly that with the election so close his base wouldn't care, that they'd accept anything that might improve their chances of getting rid of Barack Obama. Perhaps they're grumbling in their private conversations, but I doubt it. They know that what matters is winning. They also understand that keeping a President Romney in line will take some work, but that's an effort they're ready for. And that would have been true whether he presented himself as newly Moderate Mitt in the last few weeks of the campaign or not.
Romney also probably understood that if he waited long enough, the press wouldn't punish him much for an ideological refashioning either. At the end of a campaign, horse-race reporting and the focus on the most trivial of campaign quibbles goes from being a bias that colors coverage to swallowing the entirety of coverage. Who has time to write a story about Romney's latest ideological metamorphosis, when there were 18 new polls released today and there are diners in Ohio whose customers have not yet been interviewed to plumb their deep swing-votery wisdom?
In popular culture, politicians are usually portrayed in one of two ways. First you have the candidate whose polished smile and charm hide something sinister: he murdered his mistress, or he'll resort to the most immoral tactics (blackmail, vote-stealing) to win. The second version is the candidate who believes in nothing other that whatever will get him an extra vote or two and who doesn't care at all about issues, the man or woman for whom the only goal is power and for whom power is an end in itself. This caricature is often a way for television shows and movies to use the political world as a dramatic setting while avoiding ideology completely, and it's one that applies to no politician I've ever encountered. Some are more cynical than others, but they all have things they believe in and things they'd like to do. They all have some vision of what America would look like if they had their way.
But in Mitt Romney we may finally have found a candidate who lives up to the caricature. I think by now we can safely say that when it comes to the things government does and the issues that confront the nation as a whole, he truly believes in nothing. It's really quite remarkable that not only could he get so far, but that he has a real chance to become president of the United States.
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Thu, 2012-10-25 22:29
Dear conservatives. There is nothing conservative about you, you are an extreme faction like the Taliban or Hezbollah. You live blissfully unaware that we've had a heck of a recovery from the GW Bush Crash of 2008 and if Republican leadership hadn't chosen to stop working for America and instead work against Obama we would be in better shape today. You are unable to recognize what the Stimulus Bill did, even though you drive on the streets it rebuilt, you pocketed a tax break, your doctor now has an EMR, and your commuter trains have been updated (among many other things). You live blissfully unaware of the filibuster, lockstep House voting, ignored jobs bills, public sector job decimation in the states, the futility of austerity, the demonstrated power of Keynesian economics, and the truly awesome Web of Lies that Romney has pushed in the 3 debates. He doesn't want to be President for you, he wants to be President because it's his right for someone of his class and privilege. It will also greatly benefit the .1% that has already taken the country to its knees by shifting wealth and income upward shrewdly and unpatriotically. Trolls, go home. People want to have intelligent discussions here.
Fri, 2012-10-26 00:38
It's (almost) morning in America. A surging economy is great news. Especially for the next president. Obama deserves to be the next president for the hard and dirty job he pushed through during the economic depression that ravaged the US. Don't give a chance to the predator Romney to sit on Obama's dirty job and take credits aren't on him.
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Fri, 2012-10-26 02:37
DOES MITT ROMNEY really want to create jobs here? The article below will
report to the fact, that YES, as of RIGHT NOW-this moment, one of the
companies Romney invested in is forcing our US employee to train Chinese
workers their jobs. Yes, as of right now . . . while Romney/Ryan is
running campaigning about how they are going to create jobs here, they
are ACTUALLY shipping our US jobs oversea.
Read the link below for yourselves:
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Fri, 2012-10-26 17:32
Right.. ObamaCare will create jobs? Maybe government and bureaucrat jobs sucking tax money out of the private enterprise... Let's be clear. Businesses drive taxes.. Not the other way. Government can only redistribute money.. It doesn't create economic value.
I would trust Romney as the guy to enact a simple and effective form of nationalized healthcare through insurance premiums. Not this monstrosity of ObamaCare which tries to interfere in every aspect of healthcare as a backdoor mechanism to nationalize healthcare.
If Romney was so evil, why would he push through a healthcare insurance overhaul in Massachusetts? I've been following the guy since before he was running for president. He is a good guy who has clever solutions to complicated problems. Not just printing money and throwing it constituents.
Earl Meyers
Sat, 2012-10-27 01:58
delia ruhe
Sat, 2012-10-27 03:24
I'm just an ignorant Canadian, but I do recognize an empty suit when I see one.
But I can't help but feel that Obama's feeling deeply ambivalent about 4 more years in the WH. For all his denials, he know damn well he'll be facing the same obstructionist Congress -- and this time the excuse won't be: To make Obama a one-term president.
It was never about his number of years in office. It has always been about making sure that the vast majority of Americans would agree: A black man in office? Never again!
I knew there was a residual racism in the US, but I didn't know that this residue made up such a wide swath of the American population.
Sat, 2012-10-27 09:50
As I peruse the comments I see that if Gov Romney deviates from any position held in his youth that is proof that he is "unmoored from ideological principle or belief." But when President Obama vacillates from believing that marriage should be defined traditionally to a "no holds barred" position that indicates rock-solid consistency. In a warped way it is – he will consistently do or say anything that he thinks will buy him another vote.
Thu, 2012-11-08 10:27
With regard to Benghazi, if you want to hold this President responsible for not FORESEEING AND PREVENTING the attack, regardless of how well he responded (which is still in progress, but it is reasonable to assume that eventually he will bring the attackers to justice), then it is just as reasonable to hold the previous President responsible for not FORESEEING AND PREVENTING the original 9/11 attack on New York (for which THIS President brought the leader of the attackers to justice). I do not blame W for the 9/11 attack even though he ignored the warnings Clinton's people passed on to him; that was one mistake, although a serious one. Likewise, the Benghazi attack was one mistake, although a serious one (but much less tragic to lose four than to lose 3000). So let's call that one a draw, OK? Offsetting Mulligans, to use a mixed sports metaphor.
Thu, 2012-11-08 10:35
The "problem" with Mitt Romney being empty was not a "problem" to those who tried to put him in the White House. Grover Norquist told all the conservatives who were listening that all they needed was a warm hand to hold the pen to sign WHATEVER they put in front of him. Look up the video! So the entire GOP primary process was to find the most moderate APPEARING empty suit to get votes from the majority of Americans that are NOT extreme right wingers. Romney was exactly what they wanted, until the Democrats pointed out who he really is and whom he really represents. Tuesday the American people told us what they thought of the true Mitt, and more importantly, the GOP extreme ideology.
If the Republican party concludes that Romney was not EXTREME ENOUGH to win, let them nominate Glenn Beck or Rush Limburger next time (Atilla the Hun, unfortunately, is dead and was not American). That should be a real fun campaign!
Thu, 2012-11-08 10:42
Sat, 2012-12-01 10:52
Its funny, now, to read all of the 'pre-election' comments above!
Romney was doomed from the start!
Here's a guy who couldn't 'out-impress'
the most un-impressive politician in
history..note, I didn't say 'war-hero',
I said politician....John McCain!
And Romney was the STRONGEST
choice in this year's election?? Huh?
So, his vacillating on all of the issues
didn't surprise me!
He wasn't prepared! He didn't know
most of the answers! How could he?
And, I don't care what anyone says,
Obama defeated Romney handily,
as he was supposed to!
A message to our disgraceful press
who tried their best to make the
whole thing look like some kind of
contest....just as Romney inevitably did,
you failed miserably too!
The only good that you accomplished was
getting a bunch of illiterate red-neck morons
riled up, spewing their venom all over themselves
and their 'friends'!!
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This isn't a huge issue because I usually use my laptop and just remote connect to my desktop. However, occasionally I like to use the desktop for some simple video editing (Sony Vegas). I don't game -- the most I'd need to be able to run is something like GTA4.
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences presents bite-sized chunks of natural history with presenter and Museum educator extraordinaire Bob Alderink. Topics so far include carpenter bees, Cochineal insects, and woodpecker tongues. The Museum plans to add a new video about once a month.
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The seventh annual Wildlife in North Carolina magazine photo competition is underway and open until Sept. 1, 2011. The magazine partners again with UNC-TV for the popular juried contest, along with the NC Division of Parks and Recreation, which manages the state's photogenic state parks, and co-sponsor, Great Outdoor Provision Co.
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The Shad in the Classroom program is designed to help restock the Roanoke River with American shad, an important and once-abundant species that has been radically depleted in recent decades due to overfishing, the construction of dams and increased levels of run-off pollution. The award recognizes outstanding partners for their contributions to furthering the agency's mission.
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The Global Change Award is given based on the best poster presentation to the public about ongoing or planned scientific research. The award was established to reward those young scientists best able to bring great science to the public sphere. This year's theme for the award was interactions between humans and other species.
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This is already turning out to be the year of the tornado — even downtown Raleigh hasn't gone unscathed. What better time to stock up on tips for surviving tornadoes, as well as hurricanes and lightning storms, than at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' second annual StormFest, Saturday, June 18 from 9 am to 5 pm.
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Join popular science writer Rob Dunn for a lecture based on his new book, "The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today."
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See an actual size replica of the new Mars Rover 'Curiosity' and meet Astronaut Jose Hernandez at NCMNS Astronomy Days, May 21-22
May 6, 2011 - 12:34pm
Mary Ann Brittain is not only an outstanding science educator with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, she is now a recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the most prestigious awards bestowed by the Governor of North Carolina.
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In April, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' educator Bob Alderink was honored as the Outstanding Informal Educator in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education by the North Carolina Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center. In its 10-year history, this is the first year the Center has honored an informal educator.
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On Saturday, April 16, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh holds its 4th annual Planet Earth Celebration. This year, the Museum will be hosting a special presentation, "The Military Goes Green: Cutting Back on Fossil Fuels to Save Lives and Billions of Dollars," at 1pm in the main auditorium.


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Now that the World Series is over, everyone will be focusing on off season awards. The BBWAA will have theirs. The BBA will have theirs and I have already contributed to that effort. All of the focus will be on players that played wonderfully in 2013. But there should be an award for the worst players in the league. Every top statistic has to have a bottom. Every yin needs a yang. Every Red Sox needs an Astros (too soon?). And so I have created my own: The Dan Meyer Awards Why Dan Meyer? Good question. I was going to go with Dave Kingman. I mean, how else can you hit over 450 homers in the pre-PED era (we presume) and still not make the Hall of Fame? But Kingman had enough good years to put him in the positive numbers for his career. That didn't make him very good. But he was not bad enough to name an award after. I considered Doug Flynn, a guy who played over 1,200 games and had unprecedented negative WAR for a guy with that many games. But Flynn could field a bit. He was...
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MHA Recognizes Levy for Health Policy Leadership
The Missouri Hospital Association has honored Ronald J. Levy, executive in residence at Saint Louis University School of Public Health and former director of the Missouri Department of Social Services, with its Health Policy Leadership Award.
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The award was presented Thursday, Nov. 10, during an awards luncheon at the Missouri Hospital Association's 89th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Osage Beach, Mo.
"Ron served the state during a time of rapid change in health care," said Herb B. Kuhn, MHA president and CEO. "His many years of service as a leader in the hospital community and his commitment to improving the structure of health care delivery made him the right man at the right time."
Levy served as director of Missouri's Department of Social Services from January 2009 to August 2011. Levy previously served as president and CEO of SSM Health Care - St. Louis.
A health policy advisor to Gov. Jay Nixon, Levy played a leading role in managing the state's implementation of the federal health care reform legislation enacted in 2010. As the state's health information technology coordinator, Levy guided the department in creating the human and technical infrastructure to support the development of a statewide health information exchange.
He also oversaw the department's management of various Medicaid challenges and opportunities. These included state implementation of the federally-mandated audits of disproportionate share hospital payments, creating an innovative delivery and financing model for St. Louis ConnectCare and developing demonstration projects to assess new ways of delivering health care more effectively and efficiently.
"Throughout his health care career, Ron has been a tireless advocate of initiatives to reduce the number of uninsured Missourians, improve the efficiency of health care services and improve the integration of health care delivery and financing," Kuhn said. "In his role at Saint Louis University, he will continue to offer wise counsel and help shape the next generation of health care leaders."


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Report by Stephanie LaCava on 21 January 2013.
For his second show at Dior Couture, Raf Simons presented a pixie walking in rows of green hedges. Her look is playful and layered, taking cues from the ladybird beetle's shell in shape (yellow geo capelet) though in tone more luna moth (soft mint green).
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Composed of newly made machine parts, this clock garniture (a set of decorative objects for display) is an overt celebration of the machine and industrialization. Just a generation earlier, political reformers and writers such as Charles Dickens were preoccupied with the negative aspects of the Industrial Revolution, including the blight of polluted, overcrowded cities. By 1885, as the Eiffel Tower rose in Paris, a tamer, less menacing vision of the factory and machine had emerged; industrial design could now function as the emblem of a capital city or—as here—as a collectible for an entrepreneur. If one turns the base of the large candelabra, the cogs engage and the candle holders move up and down.
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There is no one you will ever find with a bigger smile on his face when he is at the racetrack or cruising around town than Harold Caron. A man who calls Central Islip, New York, home, Harold sculpted this IROC from a stock '80s GM ponycar to high-powered street/strip warhead. His reason for purchasing the Camaro was quite simple. "In 1985, when NHRA Pro Stock introduced the IROC, I thought Lee Shepherd had the baddest hot rod ever! I instantly fell in love with it."
Team Super Chevy invited Harold down to our home track of Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, for a strip flog, and he put together some nice passes. Harold had the wheels in the sky for more than 100 feet on most passes, leaving photographers running for cover. He ran the eight mile with consistent 6.20s at over 111 mph, making this '85 one of-if not the fastest-IROC we have taken down the strip.
It took him nine years to get it to the stage it's in now, but like any worthy project, the job is never complete. This car is like a child to him. Some people trade, sell, purchase, and barter automobiles day in and day out, but his IROC has seen the ups, downs, and in-the-middles of Harold's life; it's not a car you will ever see for sale.
Having purchased the Camaro in 1990 on his 18th birthday, Harold was happier than a fat kid locked in a candy store. Over the next few years, he installed the usual bolt-ons and had a blast being young and single at 110 mph. But after some time, he was ready for the next step: giant tires and forced induction. He and his buddies at Lizzard Racing, where he worked, began stripping the car. Unfortunately, that is where the story almost got cut short.
Finding himself strapped for cash, Harold had no choice but to sell his baby, so he visited "Uncle Tony" Arcuni, who was interested in the car for his son. Harold was devastated about selling the car, but really had no choice at this point in his life. Money was tight, and there was no way he would be able to continue the build. Knowing Harold would regret selling the car, Uncle Tony canceled the deal. For that, Harold remains grateful. In time, Harold switched jobs, found financial stability, and over the next nine years, he was able to turn an almost-sold stock Camaro into the monster we see here.
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This NXT Area and Volume Calculator is a little math exercise for your NXT, which gets it to act like an electronic "rolling tape" measuring device, to calculate length, area, and volume in both metric and English units.
As some of you may know, the new NXT-G 2.0 software from LEGO Education has added support for "floating point" (non-integer decimal numbers such as 12.3) numbers and math. I was pondering what this meant for users of the existing NXT-G 1.x software, which only supports integer numbers and integer math. So I decided to cook up a little exercise to do some math that could benefit from floating point, but still done the integer way, so the program for this project will work in either NXT-G 1.X or 2.0.
For those interested, here is a brief summary of some of the issues. A basic technique of integer math is to pay attention to the order of operations and store results scaled up in precision if necessary. For example, if there are 2.54 cm per inch, how do you convert cm to in without decimals? Answer: in = (cm x 100) / 254. And if you wanted more precision, you could carry around tenths of cm (mm) and tenths of inches as integers, do your math that way, then divide down before displaying. A gotcha to look out for is "overflow" of your integers, which is not usually a problem with the NXT's 32-bit integers, but in this project it gets close to being a problem in practice. The measurements are stored in cm internally, and if you tried to calculate the volume of something as big as a house, you would overflow the integers. However, I set my sights on nothing larger than a room (and precision no more than cm), which works out, so I didn't have to do anything special. But FYI this points out something that floating point numbers do very well, which is handle a large variation in dynamic range (measuring very small things and very large things with the same program) without a lot of special handling in the program. If this program used floating point, it would be simpler, more accurate (could have used mm accuracy internally), and handle both larger and smaller objects at the same time. These issues can still be solved with only integers, but it gets very messy, especially in a block language like NXT-G. And speaking of messy, the last part of the program, which displays the volume in gallons displayed displayed as a decimal number rounded to tenths (e.g. "12.3") is a serious pain using integers and would be much worse still if you wanted to display more than just tenths. The new floating point number-to-text block in 2.0 does all this for you. No normal NXT-G 1.x user would want to deal with this, so a solution in practice for 1.x would be to use some external/imported blocks to do the messy parts, but you would still need to be aware of what unit/precision you are storing where, and whether that will suffice for your application. Or maybe just import a whole floating point support library if you need it (anybody have one of these?).
Feb 13, 2009
NXT Area and Volume Calculator
Posted by: Dave Parker at 3:05 AM
Labels: floating point, integer, math, NXT-G 2.0
4 comments:
It's so coooool. :)
- Feb 13, 2009, 3:06:00 PM
Very cool.
An amazing achievement without using floating-point. To be quite honest, I had no idea that NXT-G 1.x didn't support floating-point, and that 2.0 fixed it. Hopefully the software that comes with NXT 2.0 will have that feature as well.
- Feb 13, 2009, 8:32:00 PM
- ahmedoooof said...
from where can i get the code ?
- Mar 13, 2014, 7:13:00 PM
- ahmedoooof said...
from where can i get the code please
- Mar 13, 2014, 7:14:00 PM
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Smoke On The Water, introduced by Ed Gilmore
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In these high-tech times when the need to travel to a specific place is removed by the ability to run webinars, Skype conferences and web-based presentations using just-in-time interactions, you have to consider whether a 'traditional' format such as a conference or convention is the right option. If you don't know where you want to be, you'll never find your way there.
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Welcome to a new era of Oregon wine. Gone is the total domination of pinot noir's old (and new) guard. Sure, our signature grape remains a mainstay of any best-of list, but it finds itself among an ever-livelier crowd of gamay, rosé, and Auxerrois produced in Oregon's idyllic vineyards.
Over two weeks of marathon tasting sessions—every label concealed from the judges' view—our panel of local wine experts sampled bottles from wineries large and (very) small, and producers both young and seasoned. The resulting list of 50 wines is a snapshot of Oregon's state of the art, circa 2012. Best of all, more than half of the bottles are under $30.
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Pinot Noir
1. White Rose Estate Winery | 2010 Pinot Noir
98 Points
Dundee Hills Apellation Series
Dundee Hills, $45
Sourced from three vineyards perched on the Dundee Hills' east- and southeast-facing volcanic slopes, this world-class wine showcases the remarkable trajectory of winemaker Jesus Guillen's career. Guillen began as a vineyard worker in 2002, but his sophisticated palate and passion for the art of enology launched him into the role of head winemaker in 2008. Since then, his balanced, elegant, and complex wines have earned him a respected place among the state's wine elite. With rich flavors of cherry compote, baking spices, mushroom, and dill—a surprising element of the classic Oregon pinot flavor profile—along with a savory earthiness, this wine drinks beautifully right now, and will age well for at least five to seven years.
2. White Rose Estate Winery |
2010 Pinot Noir
98 Points
White Rose Vineyard
Dundee Hills, $70
Thanks to Guillen's winemaking prowess and owner Greg Sanders's long-standing love of elegant whole-cluster wines, White Rose has produced a lineup worthy of both of the top spots on this year's list. Grapes from the four oldest blocks of the hilltop White Rose estate vineyard (planted in 1980) were selected for this intense, weighty wine with notes of cinnamon sticks, cedar, wet leaves, and ripe red fruit. This gorgeous whole-cluster–fermented wine was processed with the winery's signature old-world wooden basket presses to ensure soft tannins and delicate aromatics with a long, satisfying finish.
3. Elk Cove Vineyards | 2010 Pinot Noir
97 Points • Best Buy
Willamette Valley, $27
This beautiful, inexpensive pinot delivers what fans around the world think of as a classic Oregon version, with bold aromatics of black cherry and truffle that seem to jump right out of the glass. From one of Oregon's pioneering wineries—boasting a legacy of nearly four decades of great wine—it offers luscious flavors of ripe red cranberries, raspberries, and cherries characteristic of 2010's late-hanging harvest.
4. St. Innocent Winery | 2010 Pinot Noir
97 Points
Zenith Vineyard
Eola-Amity Hills, $36
With heady scents of blackberry pie, campfire smoke, and black tea, this complex single-vineyard wine develops an earthy, floral undertone on the palate. It's rounded out with soft tannins and great acidity that allow for both easy drinking now and development over time—guaranteed to please both the adventurous oenophile and the novice.
5. Willamette Valley Vineyards | 2009 Pinot Noir
95 Points
Willamette Valley, $45
Winemaker Don Crank selected the best barrels from Willamette Valley Vineyard's sustainably grown vine blocks to create this lush and complex wine, offering aromas of grapefruit, plum, and cherries with multilayered flavors of Campari and orange peel. There's enough spice, tang, and acid to rejuvenate anyone craving a truly different kind of pinot.
6. Atticus Wine | 2009 Pinot Noir
95 Points
Atticus Vineyard
Yamhill-Carlton, $42
Owned by two passionate, diverse families—with roots in Hong Kong, Peru, Ireland, Greece, and Paris—Atticus Wine applies a worldly approach to Oregon terroir. This bottle's complex aromas of dark fruit, Asian spices, and sesame oil deliver a silky-textured, layered palate, dark and deep and with just enough acid to keep things bright.
7. Walter Scott | 2010 Pinot Noir
95 Points
Holstein Vineyard
Dundee Hills, $38
A labor of love from top local wine experts Erica Landon and Ken Pahlow, this small-production wine shines with the 2010 vintage's unique flavors of Campari, cranberries, orange zest, raspberries, and rose hips. Aged for 15 months in French oak—30 percent new—this elegant, unfiltered wine perfectly balances sweet and bitter notes for a sophisticated sip.
8. Apolloni Vineyards | 2009 Pinot Noir
94 Points • Best Buy
Willamette Valley, $26
The Apolloni estate vineyard's south-facing slopes are carefully cultivated for low yields of complex, sustainably grown fruit. The 2009 vintage benefited from a warm, dry fall that allowed for the development of lush, ripe grapes. They infuse this unusual wine with flavors of dried fruit, tea leaves, and dried roses.
9. Tyee Wine Cellars | 2009 Pinot Noir
94 Points • Best Buy
Willamette Valley, $24
Brooding yet balanced, Tyee showcases the darker side of pinot noir, with firm tannins, shadowy floral scents, and flavors of cranberry, bitter orange, and black cherry. Its complexity results from the unique blend of grapes from the estate vineyard's young and old vines.
10. Evesham Wood Vineyard | 2010 Pinot Noir
94 Points
Le Puits Sec Vineyard
Eola-Amity Hills, $36
Boasting aromas of pomegranate and black currant, this pinot's nose is soft and delicate. Dried lavender accents flavors of ripe red fruit and a savory midpalate. Sourced from the eastern side of the Eola-Amity Hills ridge, known for its shallow volcanic basalt soils and low fruit yield, this wine is certified as organically grown by Oregon Tilth.
11. Hawks View Cellars | 2010 Pinot Noir
93 Points
Hawks View Vineyard
Chehalem Mountains, $35
A select blend of sustainably farmed grapes from the Hawks View estate vineyard results in a balanced wine, marked by aromas of violets and plum. Strong but well-integrated tannins round out flavors of marionberry and chocolate for a bold but elegant glass.
12. Haden Fig | 2010 Pinot Noir
93 Points • Best Buy
Cancilla Vineyard
Willamette Valley, $30
This bright and tangy selection is perfect for pairing with Oregon seafood. With an herbaceous nose boasting notes of dill, orange peel, and raspberry, it develops into a gorgeous dark-fruit palate with a touch of minerality, bright acid, and a long, pure finish.
13. Ardiri Winery | 2009 Pinot Noir
91 Points
Willamette Valley
Chehalem Mountains, $34
The only wine on our list to make an appearance two years running, this estate pinot noir continues to impress with its rich flavors of cassis, dark cherry, and black pepper, balanced by big, luscious tannins. A note of menthol on the finish adds a refreshing touch to a deliciously dark wine.
14. Utopia Vineyard | 2009 Pinot Noir
91 Points
Paradise Private Reserve
Ribbon Ridge, $55
Utopia owner Daniel Warnshuis's first private reserve release is a lush garnet beauty presenting bold flavors of rose petals and ripe red fruit. The single-vineyard wine's elegant tannins and spirited acidity balance with complex spice.
15. Lazy River Vineyard | 2009 Pinot Noir
90 Points
Lumpkin Family Estate
Yamhill-Carlton, $36
This robust wine showcases the savory side of the versatile pinot noir grape with big, balanced flavors of soy sauce, truffles, dry earth, blackberries, and dried flowers on the palate. A long finish offers notes of barbecue smoke and charred meat.
16. Tyee Wine Cellars | 2009 Pinot Noir
90 Points
Estate Barrel Select
Willamette Valley, $35
Offering sweetly herbaceous aromas of fresh English peas, mint, and red plums on the nose, this pinot rounds out with ripe red cherries and a touch of vanilla on the palate. A bit shy out of the glass, it will develop into a true beauty within a few years.
17. Domaine Drouhin Oregon | 2009 Pinot Noir
90 Points
Dundee Hills, $65
A truly classic Oregon pinot noir: lightly oaked and luscious, it shines on the palate with notes of pure red cherries and black currants. Produced entirely with grapes from the Drouhin family estate in the Dundee Hills, it offers a vivid sense of place.
18. Adelsheim | 2010 Pinot Noir
90 Points
Elizabeth's Reserve
Willamette Valley, $55
This blend of estate and non-estate wines showcases the Willamette Valley in a single glass. Winemaker David Paige carefully selects the best characteristics from different soil types, clones, and barrel characteristics for a wine that's satisfying and extremely drinkable, with flavors of bright raspberry and soft, musky cedar.
19. David Hill | 2009 Pinot Noir
89 Points
Winemakers Cuvée
Willamette Valley, $50
The first signature cuvée from winemaker Jason Bull, this big, bold pinot bursts with lush flavors of blackberries and dark plums. Thanks to its full-bodied profile and robust tannins, it will hold its own against bold dishes like grilled meats.
20. Libra | 2008 Pinot Noir
89 Points
Momtazi Vineyard
Willamette Valley, $35
Complex and slightly heavy aromas of anise and dried dark fruits give way to a surprisingly lively palate with plenty of acid and bright red-fruit flavors.
Slide Show: Behind the Scenes of the 2012 Wine Tasting


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