Nuclear Power: A Dirty and Dangerous Distraction - February 20, 2010
President Barack Obama announced more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the United States in nearly three decades. Greenpeace is extremely disappointed in the President’s decision to back nuclear power. It’s a dirty and dangerous distraction from the clean energy future he promised America.
Obama's budget proposal for 2011 would add $36 billion in new federal loan guarantees to $18.5 billion already budgeted but not spent – for a total of $54.5 billion. The new $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees will go toward the construction and operation of a pair of reactors in Burke County, Georgia.
Serious Economic Drawbacks
Wall Street will not back nuclear power. The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has already determined that these loans stand a greater than 50% chance of default. Even the president said during his speech that nuclear energy has some “serious drawbacks.” Last year Moody’s Investment Services called new nuclear power a “bet the farm risk” and Citi has called new nuclear power a “corporation killer.” Warren Buffet’s corporation Mid American has already determined that new nuclear power doesn’t make economic sense. The President should have listened to ‘the World’s Greatest Investor’ rather than nuclear industry lobbyists.
Serious Environmental Drawbacks
Nuclear power is neither safe nor clean. There is no such thing as a "safe" dose of radiation and just because nuclear pollution is invisible doesn't mean it's "clean." If a meltdown were to occur the accident could kill and injure tens of thousands of people, leaving large regions uninhabitable. After the events of September 11th, the risk of a nuclear reactor meltdown must encompass not only the potential for an accident but also the very real possibility of sabotage.
And if all that weren't enough, more than 50 years after splitting the first atom, science has yet to devise a method for adequately handling long lived radioactive wastes. For years nuclear plants have been leaking radioactive waste from underground pipes and radioactive waste pools into the ground water at sites across the nation. Recently, radioactive contamination was found in drinking wells at Exelon's Braidwood nuclear plant. Sadly, this is only one example, there are many more all across the country.
Green Energy
Nuclear power undermines the real solutions to climate change by diverting urgently needed investments away from clean, renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency. In contrast to nuclear power, renewable energy is both clean and safe. Renewable energy can produce six times the more energy than current global demand which is why we don't need any more nuclear or coal plants.
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/nuclear-power-a-dirty-and-dan
WinterSongs Video - February 18, 2010
Constitutional Ammendment - January 25, 2010
The Supreme Court has not only affirmed that corporations are people (!), but that corporations (and unions) may spend an unlimited amount of money to tilt election campaigns. This is a radical ruling that threatens the most basic fundamentals of American democracy.
I'm asking you to sign this petition for a Constitutional amendment that would declare that corporations are NOT people and the Bill of Rights should and in fact must apply to people, not groups of people with money.
Sign the petition at the following link, and then send this email on to as many people as you know:
http://www.movetoamend.org.
My Resume - January 22, 2010
Resume:
Alan Ross Haynes
3132 Olde Creek Trail
Matthews, N.C. 28105
E-mail: alanrosshaynes@yahoo.com
Please cc to: alanrosshaynes@gmail.com
Phone: 704-537-3039
Cell: 727-744-5540
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Unity of Charlotte
Title: Music Director (Part-Time)
Duration: 03/09 to 10/09
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Job Duties: Choose, arrange, conduct, perform music for services (vocal and instrumental).
West Park Union Free School District
Title: Teaching Assistant
Location: West Park, NY
Duration: 02/2007 to 02/2009
Job Duties: State certified teaching assistant. Teach/ assist in subject areas of English, Journalism, and Biology. Also substitute teacher. Residential public school for emotionally disturbed teenage girls. Assist in lesson planning, science labs, grading and proctoring of Regents exams.
Employer: Alan Ross Haynes
Title: Guitar Teacher, part-time
Location: Beacon, NY
Duration: 06/1966 - Present
Job Duties: Teach guitar to individuals. Theory, songwriting and vocal techniques also taught.
Also, professional performer at local venues, recording artist.
Employer: FL. Dept of Agriculture, Div. of Plant Industry
Title: Environmental Specialist
Location: Clearwater, FL
Duration: 03/1987 to 08/2006
Job Duties: Regulatory officer involved in plant pest detection, inspection and regulatory action, export certification, quarantine of pest introductions on imports. Provided educational materials and guidance to agricultural operations; assisted in training of new employees.
Employer: Haynes Landscaping
Title: owner/sole proprietor
Location: Clearwater, FL
Duration: 01/1984 to 01/1987
Job Duties: Total management, sales, design, consultation, site analysis, supervision of employees and subcontractors.
Employer: Norman and Haynes Nursery and Landscape Co., Inc.
Title: Manager, sole active partner
Location: Clearwater, FL
Duration: 05/1978 - 02/1984
Job Duties: Total management, sales, design, consultation, site analysis, supervision of employees and subcontractors. Manage 3 acre plant nursery.
EDUCATION Major: English
School: Univ. of Florida
Location: Gainesville, FL
Degree: B.A. (Honors)
Completion Date: 06/1971
5.32 hrs. Education coursework, Univ. of S. Fl., 1973 (4.0 GPA).
Passed Florida Teacher Certification Examinations: General Knowledge Test; Exceptional Student Education Content Area Test, Sept. 2005.
Received Fl. Temporary Teaching Certificate 2006.
New York Teaching Assistant Certificate received 02/01/07
Received Temporary Fl. Teaching Certificate 2006.
Certified Public Pesticide Applicator, Government, 1987-2006. Certified Private Pesticide Applicator, 1976-1987
Certified Federal Phytosanitary Certificate Collaborator, 1995-2006
SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Over 9 years as owner and manager of nursery and landscape business. Experience in nursery plant production; landscape bidding, sales, design, installation, billing; supervising employees and subcontractors.
Over 19 years experience in enforcement of state, federal, and international import and export laws.
Two years experience as teaching assistant. Decades of experience teaching guitar to all ages.
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Honors Graduate of Univ. of Fl.
While with Fl. Dept. of Agriculture: Outstanding Service Award Dec. 2000, Exemplary Performance Bonus 2000. Florida State Record Awards, Pathology, 1989 and 1991.
Time to Register for Wintersongs! - January 7, 2010
WinterSongs 2010
Friday, February 12th to Monday, February 15th, 2010
http://www.summersongs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=61
Welcome to our 9th annual winter gathering, guaranteed to warm your spirits in any kind of winter chill! The beautiful Ashokan Center (where SummerSongs began in 1999) once again provides the backdrop for a fun-filled and jam-packed weekend (literally!), complete with S'mores, campfires, and some of the finest camp food you'll ever eat. Instructors include perennial favorites Penny Nichols, Sloan Wainwright, and David Roth, and this year we add the wonderful Greg Greenway and Anne Hills, Vito Petrocitto and Glen Roethel for our new guitar track of classes). Join us! And don't forget - EVERY camp brings a wealth of information and experience from our students too, so be prepared for a weekend you'll never forget with old and new friends.
"Back In Vietnam" to be on Bear Records - January 6, 2010
I have been offered a licensing agreement for my song, "Back in Vietnam" by Bear Records of Hambergen, Germany. The project will be entitled "Next Stop Vietnam".
Scheduled streetdate: June 2010
Territory: worldwide
Other artists include:
Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Tim Hardin, Donovan, Bruce Springsteen, The
Doors, Ernest Tubbs, Glen Campbell, Country Joe & The Fish, The Fugs,
Plastic Ono Band, Bob Dylan, Bellamy Brothers, Jim Reeves, Donovan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, J.B. Lenoir, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, a.m.o.
Denied treatment for brain tumor - October 1, 2009
We're Number 37, Song Video by Paul Hipp - September 23, 2009
Will Ferrell Tells Us Who The "Real Victims" Are In The Healthcare Crisis - September 23, 2009
We Lost Mary Travers - September 17, 2009
Mary Travers made her transition to the next plane of existence yesterday at the age of 72. Her battle with leukemia is over.
I had a folk group in high school that became school sponsored. We performed at school functions, charitable events, even on local tv.
We played almost exclusively music by Peter, Paul, and Mary. I bought all their albums and songbooks. They taught me to fingerpick and play high capo parts. They taught me harmony.
They have inspired me with their social activism and courage.
The voice of Mary Travers will be in my inner music for the rest of my life.
See you on the other side, Mary. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
music downloads at reduced price - September 15, 2009
Stop The Hate On FOX - September 9, 2009
Dear friends,
As you may know, right-wing talk show hosts have been bringing race-based fear mongering into the mainstream, but FOX's Glenn Beck has taken it to another level.
I signed ColorOfChange.org's petition to stop Glenn Beck's lies and distortions, and so far, 62 major companies have stopped their ads from running on his show. These companies have decided they don't want to be associated with Beck's race-baiting.
But Beck is only stepping up his fear-mongering, so we can't stop now. We have to make sure advertisers keep leaving, and stay away from his show.
Will you take a stand and be counted, and invite your friends and family to do the same? It takes just a moment:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=2163-1087063
medical bankruptcies - September 1, 2009
From the American Journal of Medecine:
62% of all American bankruptcies are linked to medical bills. 78% of these people had health nsurance (but it was inadequate). In the last 6 years, there has been a 50% increase in bankruptcies linked to medical bills. This is the system we are so in love with?
Health Care Reform Now! - August 13, 2009
Check my links section for these links to factual information on helath care reform.
Physicians for a National Health Program
For a factual look at the concept of the single payer health option, you can go to:
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php
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Health Reform Reality Check
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/?e=11&ref=text0
As President Obama said at the town hall in New Hampshire, “where we do disagree, let's disagree over things that are real, not these wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything that's actually been proposed.”
MRSA in America - August 1, 2009
If our medical system is so great (as our insurance companies assert):
Why do we have the highest MRSA rate in the modern industrialized world?
Why do we have the worst diagnostic methodology for detecting deadly and debilitating infectious diseases such as MRSA, Lyme Disease, and Bartonella?
The time for a single payer national health system is now!! - July 25, 2009
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php
Physicians for a National Health Program is a single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program. PNHP has more than 16,000 members and chapters across the United States.
Since 1987, we've advocated for reform in the U.S. health care system. We educate physicians and other health professionals about the benefits of a single-payer system--including fewer administrative costs and affording health insurance for the 46 million Americans who have none.
Alan Interviewed on emPower Music and Arts webzine - May 27, 2009
So, I got interviewed by the emPower Music and Arts group about my new CD and my philosophy of the songwritng process. It's on the "front page" of their website magazine.
Here's the link:
http://empowerma.com/interview_ARHaynes
There is a world of opportunities waiting for those who get involved with
this progressive spiritual organization.
"Spiritual Journeys" Instrumentation - May 24, 2009
Spiritual Journeys
©2009 Alan Ross Haynes (BMI)
Alan Ross Haynes: lead vocals, guitar, harmonica,
bass on “In Advance”
Sue Kroupa Riley: keyboards, lead backup vocalist, guide and inspiration
Mike Riley: mandolin
Levi Hammock: lead guitar
Bill Alves: bass on “Happy Birthday, Mom” and “Three Shadows”
David Bodenhamer: all other bass
Gary Denton: drums on “Three Shadows” and
“Happy Birthday, Mom”
Janet Whedon: all other drums and percussion
Bill Brooks: guitar and background vocals
Mary Elliot: background vocals
Karen Erickson: background vocals
Vicky Alderman: backround vocals
Mastered by Mark Dann, New York, NY
Much thanks to Russ Hammock and the Unity of
Clearwater sound crew. Special thanks to Rev.
Leddy Hammock for the inspiration and spiritual
guidance to write so many of these songs.