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The Internet has not been happy with Mike Huckabee this week.
Appearing on "The Daily Show" Monday to talk about his amazingly titled new book, God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy, the former Arkansas Governor, presidential candidate, and Fox News mainstay got into an argument with host Jon Stewart about the right's new favorite punching bag, Beyoncé. In his book, Huckabee alleges that the singer's sexualized image is problematic, given her status as a role model for children.
"Beyoncé is such a mega-talent, she can do anything, she's got the pipes to sing, she's got the moves to dance, she does not need to be vulgar in order to set a trend," he lamented to Stewart. "The thing that disturbs me, let's say, about when you see Beyoncé, who's a role model to young girls, young girls want to be like her. Do you know any parent who has a daughter that says, 'Honey, if you make really good grades, some day when you're 12 or 13, we'll get you a stripper pole.' Come on, we don't do that in our culture."
Stewart was understandably incredulous. "You're diminishing Beyoncé in a way that's truly outrageous," he responded, and his reaction has since been echoed online. His concern trolling recalls Roxane Gay's statements on this issue, and it seems Huckabee has yet to learn from their example. Gay wrote in the Guardian, "We have to differentiate between concern and concern trolling. We have to trust that women can be feminists, good role models, and embrace sexuality." Obviously, there's a lot Mike Huckabee doesn't get about Beyoncé, but his lack of understanding in this issue goes deeper that that. It goes all the way to the heart of personal responsibility.
Let's get one thing out of the way right now: There's no rule which says you can't be a role model and a sex symbol. People are sexual beings, and fortunately for us, role models are just like the rest of us: people. Beyonce might seem like she lives on another, better planet, but she lives on this one, where we have libidos, urges, and marriages to maintain; she has to spice things up like the rest of us. (See: the "Partition" video.) Moreover, role model and sex symbol are titles which are often thrust upon people without any prior consent on the matter, making these statuses more about how we interpret their actions rather than how they see themselves.
That's why it matters when women like Beyoncé are completely unapologetic about their bodies. It makes it easier for other women to do the same.
It's not just that Beyoncé can't be inherently sexual and a good role model at the exact same time; being so powerfully erotic is one of the things that makes her such a good influence on strong women everywhere. In a society that too often tells women their bodies are not their own — whether that's Miley Cyrus or Amber Rose — it's important to empower women owning their sexualities (especially black women). As Mychal Denzel Smith argues in Feministing, "Whenever black women own their sense of sexuality and it appears to not be controlled by the hetero male gaze, the whole world gets into a tizzy," and that's why it matters when women like Beyoncé are completely unapologetic about their bodies. It makes it easier for other women to do the same.
In a speech at last year's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon, 12 Years a Slave's Lupita N'yongo spoke to the importance of having your own beauty recognized. "I remember a time when I too felt un-beautiful. I put on the TV and only saw pale skin," N'yongo said. "I got teased and taunted about my night-shaded skin. And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned." When her prayers went unanswered, N'yongo explained that it was hard to even look at herself in the mirror; this is why she argued that black visibility is so important. Addressing young women, she said, "I hope that my presence on your screens and in the magazines may lead you, young girl, on a similar journey. That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside."
Beyoncé would've never gotten where she is today by always playing by everyone else's rules, and the fact that she continues to break boundaries is what makes her so necessary.
In addition to recognizing black beauty, there's another reason we shouldn't get so hung up on Beyoncé's sexuality: She's an artist, and artists should never be forced to kowtow their creativity to other people's personal hangups. Beyoncé is a role model now, which is great, but she was a singer and a musician first, and her bold artistic choices and influence are why she's so good at her job. Should an entertainer think about how they present themselves to the world when they reach her level of success? Probably. However, Beyoncé would've never gotten where she is today by always playing by everyone else's rules, and the fact that she continues to break boundaries is what makes her so necessary.
Where does the responsibility for Beyoncé's sexuality then lie? If parents like Mike Huckabee, who has two sons and a daughter, want to cover their children's eyes and shield them from her, that's their decision. Parents ultimately have to be the ones to decide whether they're comfortable with their children listening to Beyoncé or not. If you are so concerned with your children listening to Beyoncé, then don't let your children listen to Beyoncé. Why should it be her responsibility to cater to the whims and wishes of all Americans with children? This is just another way in which we unfairly police women: Not only do they have to speak for all of us, but they have to be safe for all of our kids. As Jada Pinkett Smith asked, "Whose body is this anyway?"
Forget what message Obama is sending to his children. What is Huckabee saying to his own?
While Huckabee seems pretty disturbed that President Obama lets his children listen to Beyoncé, he must not have considered the possibility that Sasha and Malia are mature enough to appreciate all that the singer has to offer, as a sex symbol, role model, and otherwise. As Stewart observed himself, Huckabee's views on Obama's kids are glaringly hypocritical, considering the fact that Huckabee had Ted Nugent on his show to sing "Cat Scratch Fever," an extremely sexual song by any standards. In addition, let's remember that Nugent has compared Muslims to dogs, said that Grateful Dead fans should be raped in prison, adopted a 17-year-old girl so he could have sex with her, and threatened to kill the president. Forget what message Obama is sending to his children. What is Huckabee saying to his own?
Surprisingly, though, Huckabee isn't alone in decrying the influence of Beyoncé on women and children. In a panel discussion last year, influential feminist, activist, and author Bell Hooks referred to the singer as a "terrorist," arguing that "the major assault on feminism in our society has come from visual media and from television and videos." She continued, "From my deconstructive point of view ... she's colluding in the construction of herself as a slave .... It's not a liberatory image."
Essentially, Hooks was calling Beyoncé a "bad feminist," and Roxane Gay's Guardian essay pushed back on that notion. Gay wrote, "We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists. Feminism is not a free-for-all where anything goes, but I would like to think that feminism — in addition to helping women overcome oppression in all forms — allows for women to make choices, even choices with which other feminists would disagree."
Mike Huckabee and Bell Hooks might seem like strange bedfellows, but they're getting at something similar here. While Hooks might be correct to question how women's bodies are being used by male patriarchy, we have to stop putting the blame on women, whether shaming them for their own power or assuming they are powerless over their own image, as Hooks does. Gay reminds us that "when Beyoncé wants, she rolls up the partition, so to speak," and it's time to stop endlessly questioning and critiquing every little thing she does. While no pop singer is beyond reproach, Beyoncé isn't a bad mother, a bad feminist, or a bad role model for how she chooses to present herself to the public. She should have to answer to no one but herself, and we need to quit asking her to.
Reprinted with permission from the Daily Dot. Want more? Check out these related stories:
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Memories from a reader named Bill: "I happened upon your brief memories from William Frolich about Elizabeth's Recreation Pier. I remember it from the early 1950s when my Dad took me fishing on the 'Buddy', a party boat owned and run by Capt. Fred Mullens (sp?).
"There also were 2 other fishing boats moored on the side of the pier, the Rose S. and (I believe) the Rose S. II. I also remember that there was a ferry slip on the right side of Recreation Pier facing the Kill which alternately moored the 'Irvington' and (again, not sure of name) the 'Maplewood.' They were low, flat car carrier ferries. Probably could hold only about 6 or 8 cars.
"The Buddy left Recreation Pier at 7 a.m. and cruised the Arthur Kill around Staten Island, past the area where the Verrazano Bridge would be built and past Sandy Hook and Sea Bright. I remember seeing the Scotland light ship on several trips. We caught mostly sea bass, porgies and blackfish. The trip out to the fishing grounds and later going back was especially interesting to me as there were lots of piers and ships to see along the way.
"I remember going past The Singer Sewing Machine pier and building which was a major employer at that time. I have searched for pics of the pier and ferries with no success."
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Newly developed genetic tools may help distinguish wild fish from those escaped from farms, providing a boost for sustainable and environmentally friendly aquaculture.
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A U.S. nonproliferation think tank on Thursday published commercial satellite images of an Iranian military site linked to suspected secret work on nuclear arms, saying they show that two buildings there were demolished as well as other activities that strengthen U.N. suspicions of a cleanup.
The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security provides consultancy services for U.S. government agencies focused on nonproliferation and is considered an objective source of information on Iran's nuclear program.
A senior diplomat who saw the photos displayed on the think tank's website and who is accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency told The Associated Press they showed apparent cleanup work similar to that depicted on spy satellite photos supplied to the IAEA by member nations closely tracking Iran's nuclear activities.
He demanded anonymity because his information was confidential.
The postings of the photos come a day after the IAEA showed what the senior diplomat said were similar images made available separately to the agency's 35-member nation board. Asked about the allegations afterward, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's chief IAEA delegate, dismissed them as "baseless."
The IAEA, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, named the Parchin military installation late last year as the site of suspected tests of high explosives designed to set off a nuclear charge. Since then it has asked repeatedly for access, only to be rebuffed by Iran.
Parchin is only one link in what the IAEA says is a chain of evidence suggesting Tehran conducted extensive nuclear weapons research and development _ something the Islamic Republic strenuously denies. But visiting Parchin became a top priority after satellite images revealed the start of apparent cleanup work there shortly after the IAEA's initial access request.
The IAEA expressed its latest concerns last week. Its Iran report noted that _ while satellite photos had over past years shown "virtually no activity" at the site _ "the buildings of interest to the agency are now subject to extensive activities that could hamper the agency's ability to undertake effective verification."
ISIS said on its website that the commercial satellite imagery from May 25 "shows that two small buildings at the same site as the suspected testing chamber have been completely razed."
"There are visible tracks made by heavy machinery used in the demolition process," it said. "Heavy machinery tracks and extensive evidence of earth displacement is also visible throughout the interior as well as the exterior of the site's perimeter."
The ISIS website also displayed a commercial satellite image taken April 9 which seems to show the two buildings in question still standing.
Diplomats at the closed IAEA meeting Wednesday who saw images that agency had in its possession said that one photo that was taken earlier this month also showed several buildings razed and extensive earth works around the site.
The senior diplomat told The Associated Press that _ despite months of apparent "sanitization" _ the building sheltering a metal pressure chamber where the explosions testing allegedly took place was still standing on the latest satellite images. But he said streams of what appear to be water trickling from inside indicate the chamber was being cleaned as well.
Hopes that Iran would end more than four years of stonewalling the IAEA's probe into its suspected secret weapons work at Parchin and elsewhere grew recently when agency chief Yukiya Amano returned from a trip to Tehran saying a tentative deal that will relaunch the investigation had been reached.
The senior diplomat said, however, that Iran has made no effort since that trip to resolve unspecified outstanding differences blocking final agreement on such a deal _ even though Amano cited chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili as saying they would be solved.
Ruediger Luedeking, the chief German delegate to the IAEA, urged Iran to honor the commitment Amano said was made.
"We hope that Iran concludes an agreement with the IAEA without delay," he told the AP. "Director General Amano was assured during his latest visit to Tehran that nothing stands in the way of this."
Alleged secret nuclear weapons research and development is only one of the international community's worries about Iran.
Separate from IAEA efforts on that issue, six world powers _ the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany _ are attempting to persuade Tehran to stop enriching uranium to a level that can be turned into warhead material more quickly than its low-enriched main stockpile. Their next meeting is in Moscow starting June 17.
Iran has shrugged off U.N. and other international sanctions, insisting it is enriching to low levels only to make nuclear fuel and to higher concentrations to power a research reactor and for scientific purposes. But because all enriched uranium can be further processed to weapons-grade material, Iran's nuclear secrecy _ and its decision last year to start higher-level enrichment at an underground bunker it says is safe from attack _ has fed worries that it could quickly "break out" a weapons program.
Noting that Iran had already razed its Lavisan-Shian site under IAEA investigation eight years ago before allowing agency experts to visit it in northeastern Tehran, ISIS urged the Islamic Republic to give agency experts immediate access "and explain the significance of these apparent cleanup activities."


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British researchers have proposed a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge: It may have started as a giant burial ground for elite families around 3,000 B.C.
New studies of cremated human remains excavated from the site suggest that about 500 years before the Stonehenge we know today was built, a larger stone circle was erected at the same site as a community graveyard, researchers said Saturday.
Parker Pearson said archeologists studied the cremated bones of 63 individuals, and believed that they were buried around 3,000 B.C. The location of many of the cremated bodies was originally marked by bluestones, he said. That earlier circular enclosure, which measured around 300 feet (91 meters) across, could have been the burial ground for about 200 more people, Parker Pearson said.
The team, which included academics from more than a dozen British universities, also put forth some theories about the purpose of the second Stonehenge _ the monument still standing in the countryside in southern England today.
Various theories have been proposed about Stonehenge, including that it was a place for Druid worship, an observatory for astronomical studies, or a place of healing, built by early inhabitants of Britain who roamed around with their herds.
Parker Pearson said the latest study suggested that Stonehenge should be seen less a temple of worship than a kind of building project that served to unite people from across Britain.
Analysis of the remains of a Neolithic settlement near the monument indicated that thousands of people traveled from as far as Scotland to the site, bringing their livestock and families for huge feasts and celebrations during the winter and summer solstices.
The team studied the teeth of pigs and cattle found at the "builders' camp," and deduced that the animals were mostly slaughtered around nine months or 15 months after their spring births. That meant they were likely eaten in feasts during the midwinter and midsummer, Parker Pearson said.
The researchers believe that the builders converged seasonally to build Stonehenge, but not for very long _ likely over a period of a decade or so.
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My boyfriend has been experiencing some unusual symptoms lately and as someone with a biomedical engineering background, I have been researching and look up his symptoms, and we have found them quite perplexing.
He is 27 years old, overweight (260 pounds), gets little to no physical exercise, has borderline high cholesterol and high triglycerides (a family history), takes beta blockers for a sinus arrhythmia and heart palpitations, and Nexium for GERD. He does not have a family history of type 2 diabetes.
He has been peeing a large amount lately. Basically, he'll urinate and then, 20 minutes later, he'll have to go again, each time, having a strong stream, peeing a large amount of fluid, and all of it clear. Given his background, we immediately suspected diabetes. I have an available glucose meter, so we started checking his numbers. I coded the meter properly and performed the control solution testing. I have done lots of research on glucose meters in my studies, so I know all about the accuracy of meters and that, of course, you cannot diagnose diabetes on a home meter. His numbers came out as follows: 132 mg/dl [7.3 mmol/L] two hours after eating; 104 mg/dl [5.8 mmol/L] fasting; 90 mg/dl [5.0 mmol/L] two hours after eating; 97 mg/dl [5.4 mmol/L]; 111 mg/dl [6.2 mmol/L] two hours after eating; and 105 mg/dl [5.8 mmol/L] fasting.
His last official laboratory blood work, about two months ago, came out with a fasting glucose of 101 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L] and an A1c of 5.7%.
Basically, from his readings, I told him that these numbers, while were not too concerning for diabetes, could lead to insulin resistance and that he needs to start doing something about his weight and exercise, because he's a strong candidate for developing metabolic syndrome.
But, we're still puzzled with his excess peeing. He wakes up several times in the night to pee and throughout the day, he pees, saying that his urination has increased by about 50% of normal. We were thinking diabetes insipidus, but what's really odd though is that his fluid intake has not increased at all. He's not craving water or drinking too much of it. I know there are other metabolic and endocrine issues that could cause this, such as thyroid and/kidney issues, but nothing really seems to fit him. He has a doctor's appointment soon and I'm sure more blood work, but we were just looking for some answers in different directions to provide more insight as to what may be going on.
I do not think it is diabetes either. You are right; it could be diabetes insipidus. He needs to have urine volumes per 24 hours obtained. When you see the doctor, this would be good to have. He will also need blood and urine chemistries. There may also be the possibility of a bladder or prostate problem with inadequate emptying of the bladder. This should be looked into as well.
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Report NEP-ENE-2009-04-25This is the archive for NEP-ENE, a report on new working papers in the area of Energy Economics. Roger Fouquet issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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Other reports in NEP-ENE
The following items were announced in this report:
- Abdou Kâ Diongue & Dominique Guegan & Bertrand Vignal, 2009. "Forecasting electricity spot market prices with a k-factor GIGARCH process," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00307606, HAL.
- Mohamed Haikel Khalfallah, 2009. "A game theoretic model for generation capacity adequacy in electricity markets: A comparison between investment incentive mechanisms," Working Papers 0905, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- Hicks, Bruce & Kilian, Lutz, 2009. "Did Unexpectedly Strong Economic Growth Cause the Oil Price Shock of 2003-2008?," CEPR Discussion Papers 7265, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Diana Bozhilova, 2009. "EU Energy Policy and Regional Co-operation in South-East Europe: managing energy security through diversification of supply?," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 24, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
- Peter Grösche & Christoph M. Schmidt & Colin Vance, 2009. "Identifying Free-Riding in Energy-Conservation Programs Using Revealed Preference Data," Ruhr Economic Papers 0099, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
- Tang, Weiqi & Wu, Libo & Zhang, ZhongXiang, 2009. "Oil price shocks and their short- and long-term effects on the Chinese economy," MPRA Paper 14703, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Acemoglu, Daron & Finkelstein, Amy & Notowidigdo, Matthew J., 2009. "Income and Health Spending: Evidence from Oil Price Shocks," CEPR Discussion Papers 7255, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Juan Carlos Echeverry & Jaime Navas & Verónica Navas & María Paula Gómez, 2009. "Oil in Colombia: History, Regulation and Macroeconomic Impact," DOCUMENTOS CEDE 005428, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE.
- International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, 2009. "Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design Safety Reqiurements," Working Papers id:1900, eSocialSciences.
- Chakravorty, Ujjayant & Magne, Bertrand & Moreaux, Michel, 2009. "Endogenous Resource Substitution under a Climate Stabilization Policy: Can Nuclear Power Provide Clean Energy?," Working Papers 2009-19, University of Alberta, Department of Economics, revised 01 Sep 2010.
- Daiju Narita, 2009. "Economic Optimality of CCS Use: A Resource-Economic Model," Kiel Working Papers 1508, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
- Scott L. Baier & Mark Clements & Charles Griffiths & Jane E. Ihrig, 2009. "Biofuels impact on crop and food prices: using an interactive spreadsheet," International Finance Discussion Papers 967, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Hennlock, Magnus, 2009. "Robust Control in Global Warming Management: An Analytical Dynamic Integrated Assessment," Working Papers in Economics 354, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
- Armon Rezai, Duncan K. Foley, Lance Taylor, 2009. "WP 2009-3 Global Warming and Economic Externalities," SCEPA working paper series. SCEPA's main areas of research are macroeconomic policy, inequality and poverty, and globalization. 2009-3, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
- Edward Nell, Willi Semmler, Armon Rezai, 2009. "WP 2009-4 Economic Growth and Climate Change: Cap-And-Trade or Emission Tax?," SCEPA working paper series. SCEPA's main areas of research are macroeconomic policy, inequality and poverty, and globalization. 2009-4, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
- Alfred Greiner, Lars Grüne, Willi Semmler, 2009. "WP 2009-7 Growth and Climate Change: Threshold and Multiple Equilibria," SCEPA working paper series. SCEPA's main areas of research are macroeconomic policy, inequality and poverty, and globalization. 2009-7, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
- Tol, Richard S. J., 2009. "Climate Feedbacks on the Terrestrial Biosphere and the Economics of Climate Policy: An Application of Fund," Papers WP288, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
- Arief Anshory Yusuf, 2008. "It Is Fair To Act Now! The Distributional Impact Of A Carbon Tax Policy In Indonesia," EEPSEA Policy Brief pb2008101, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), revised Oct 2008.
- Christoph Böhringer & Knut Einar Rosendahl, 2009. "Green Serves the Dirtiest. On the Interaction between Black and Green Quotas," Discussion Papers 581, Statistics Norway, Research Department.


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All are welcome to attend this free family-friendly event which will feature a display of classic cars and trucks around the library. In addition to the car show, visit the nearly 100-year-old Carnegie library and check out books, watch a "Cars" movie marathon, enjoy arts and crafts for all ages and take part in family activities while listening to live music. Participants will also be able to enter to win raffle prizes and support the Friends of the Yolo Branch Library with purchases of food, plants and t-shirts.
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• July 10 & 24: Reducing Stress with Tai Chi, 12:15 p.m. Learn relaxing meditative exercises in this beginner Tai Chi class based on Chinese martial arts. All ages are welcome.
• July 16: Food Olympics, 2:00 p.m. Try our Brazilian-inspired menu to celebrate the Summer Olympics.
• July 16: Origami Club, 2:00 p.m. Join the Davis origami group and learn to fold. Open to all ages and abilities.
• July 28: Davis Library Book Group, 7:00 p.m. Join us for a discussion of Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project and distribution of the group's next book, Robert Crais' Suspect.
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Today Secretary of Administration Jeb Spaulding and Irene Recovery Officer Neale Lunderville released updated information, damage, and cost estimates for Tropical Storm Irene. This update reflects Congressional waivers of the $100 million cap and 180-day emergency work limit for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Emergency Relief (ER) program, as well as a compilation of smaller changes.NRC to review Vermont Yankee repair mistake, Burlington Free Press
Both the best and worst case models show the waivers for FHWA and the anticipated 90% cost share for FEMA Public Assistance. The principal differences between the models are the low and high range of damage estimates to the Federal-Aid Highway System ($175-250 million range), and an unresolved question about reimbursement for certain Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) costs. Both scenarios add new information and cost estimates as outline below.
"We continue to monitor estimates daily and will update these figures every three to four weeks," said Secretary Spaulding.
A spokesman for the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it will review an incident at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in which one of the plant's emergency backup diesel generators was down for service and a plant technician mistakenly shut down the other one as well.Vermont sugar makers to share $54,000 in federal grants, Burlington Free Press
The NRC's Neil Sheehan says both generators were out of service for about 2 minutes on Friday after a technician sent to work on one disconnected the other from its fuel supply.
Sheehan says the plant continued to operate normally during the incident. The generators are used if a general power outage causes the nuclear plant to lose power from the electric grid. But Sheehan says Vermont Yankee has other backup systems as well, including batteries and a tie to a nearby hydroelectric dam.
ST. JOHNSBURY — Five maple syrup producers in Vermont will share nearly $54,000 in federal grants to make their operations more energy efficient and competitive.Vermonters mull rerouting rivers after Irene, WCAX
The funding from the Rural Energy for America Program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture will allow the sugar makers to install reverse osmosis systems. Those systems remove water from the sap before it's boiled into syrup, reducing the amount of energy used.
The amount of the grants range from $24,000 to $2,000. Officials say the REAP grants can finance up to 25 percent of a project's cost, up to $500,000 for renewable energy systems and $250,000 for energy efficiency improvements.
(AP) - Vermonters are finding some rivers rerouted by the floodwaters of Tropical Storm Irene, and it not clear whether putting them back on their original path is the best idea.
The Burlington Free Press (http://bfpne.ws/tL4c9O ) says the issue has come up in several places. North of Rutland, the East Creek was clogged with mounds of debris which some residents fear will cut off the road and threaten three dams and the Chittenden Reservoir with the next heavy rain.
Local residents who led Gov. Peter Shumlin on a tour of the storm-altered creek recently asked him to clear out the debris and fix the creek that Irene rerouted.
But Todd Menees, a state river management engineer, urges caution. Menees says clearing the way in one spot could cause further damage downstream by increasing the river's flow.
Post-Irene, new consideration given to culvert sizes in Vermont, Burlington Free Press
MONTPELIER -- Culverts don't get much notice until they back up in heavy rains and cause damage to roads or other property. After the flooding triggered by the remnants of Hurricane Irene, they're getting plenty of attention in Vermont now.
New consideration is being given to whether culverts -- the manmade channels that carry water under many roads -- need to be larger to accommodate not just flood waters, but the silt and debris they often carry.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation standard for culverts under town roads is that they should be able to withstand the biggest flood expected to occur in a 25-year period. The Agency of Natural Resources uses a different standard, calling for a larger culvert. It says they should be 1.2 times the maximum width a stream reaches on a yearly basis.
"Within the state of Vermont there are two different culvert standards. There needs to be a conversation about why that is," said Mary Russ, executive director of the White River Partnership, a regional group that seeks to protect the Connecticut River tributary.
There actually are three standards within the Transportation Agency itself, Richard Tetreault, the agency's director of program development, said in an interview Thursday. The 25-year flood standard is for town roads. Culverts under state highways are built to withstand a 50-year flood, and under the interstates, they are built for a 100-year flood.
Flood relief bill signed into law, Burlington Free Press
President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a bill whose provisions on emergency aid drafted by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., may save Vermont many millions of dollars, Leahy's office said.
"Leahy's provisions and funding will save Vermont tens of millions or perhaps even more than a hundred million dollars, depending on what the eventual repair tab becomes, and (Gov. Peter) Shumlin, the Legislature and all concerned have made clear that these Leahy provisions are by far the most important relief that Vermont needs after Irene," Leahy communications director David Carle said in an email Friday.
The bill was also supported by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. It replenishes the government's transportation emergency fund and provides for cost waivers that will aid in road and bridge repair.
Portions of central and southern Vermont were devastated Aug. 28 by Tropical Storm Irene, which caused some of the worst flooding in the state's history.
Towns Begin To See FEMA Funds As Irene Repairs Continue, VPR
(Host) Cities and towns across Vermont have begun to receive checks from FEMA to help them repair Tropical Storm Irene damage. The amounts are just a drop in the bucket for many communities. But as VPR's Kirk Carapezza reports, town officials are struggling to pay for multi-million dollar repairs, and they're happily taking the money.
(Carapezza) Irene's floodwaters washed out gravel roads and destroyed bridges that provide access to the 800 homes in Halifax. Christina Moore is the project manager for the town near the Massachusetts border. She says the town suffered at least $7 million worth of damage.
(Moore) "The town of Halifax has an annual budget of roughly $800,000, and we've been stretching that $800,000 to pay for these damages. So seeing any movement from FEMA is just good news for us."
(Carapezza) FEMA says as of the start of the week, it had obligated $1.3 million to Vermont communities to repair buildings, roads and other facilities.
For many cash-strapped communities, that's not much money, but it's unexpected.
(Portalupi) "We're ahead of the game compared to most disasters." Alec Portalupi is with the Agency of Transportation, which collects the money from FEMA and then distributes it to the towns. He says the state is handling this natural disaster differently from others because there's such a budget crunch.
10 AmeriCorps volunteers to do more Vt Irene work, WCAX
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - AmeriCorps volunteers are going to be staying in Vermont a bit longer to help with the continuing cleanup from Tropical Storm Irene.
AmeriCorps officials say 40 volunteers from the federal program have contributed more than 6,290 hours so far since the storm triggered widespread flooding in the state Aug. 28.
Ten AmeriCorps volunteers are now planning to stay in Vermont through mid-December. They'll be assessing the damage on affected homes, mucking and gutting damaged homes, remediating mold, and removing debris.
According to a metric developed by a coalition of nonprofit groups called Independent Sector, the volunteers so far have donated more than $134,000 worth of time to Irene cleanup efforts.
Vermont groups get $1.2 million in Sustainable Communities grants, vermontbiz.com
Two Vermont organizations have received $1.2 million as part of HUD grants. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced the recipients of the 2011 Sustainable Communities Grants, totaling over $97 million nationwide. Twenty seven communities and organizations across the country will receive Community Challenge grants and 29 regional areas will receive Regional Planning grants. The goal of the Sustainable Communities grants is to help communities and regions improve their economic competitiveness by connecting housing with good jobs, quality schools and transportation.


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Starting with DS version 1.1, there is now a new MemoryManager available, which was almost written from scratch. My past experience showed that the former implementation was somewhat limited, as you were forced to preallocate a fixed amount of memory prior to your application's entry point. The new version now supports dynamic memory allocation, so memory consumption grows with application demand (you can still define an upper limit to be on the safe side). It's now also possible to resize memory space after it has been allocated. I've also simplified the API and optimized the code.
Using alchemy memory in HaXe is now as simple as writing:
var integerArray = new IntMemory(x); integerArray.free();
The first line allocates space for storing x 32-bit integers, and the second line will free up used memory once it's no longer needed. The same also applies to BitMemory (a bit vector), ShortMemory (16-bit integers), FloatMemory (32-bit IEEE 754 single-precision floats) and DoubleMemory (64-bit IEEE 754 double-precision floats). Each implementation provides a get/set method to read/write the value from/to index i (I hope HaXe gets support for overriding [] in the future so we can omit the get()/set() methods); an offset property that stores the memory offset in bytes and a bytes property indicating the number of allocated bytes. Custom classes can be realized by inheriting from the abstract MemoryAccess class.
Frequent allocation/deallocation leads to fragmentation so the user can request defragmentation by calling MemoryManager.defrag(). In addition to the defrag() method, MemoryManager.pack() frees up unused space so it can be garbage collected. To be exact: All existing bytes are copied from the current ByteArray accessed by the alchemy memory opcodes to a smaller ByteArray, and once the reference to the former ByteArray is GC'ed the former content is deallocated (setting the .length property of the ByteArray seems to be a bit flaky and sometimes results in a runtime exception).
A quick note about MemoryManager.BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES: This value defines the growth-rate of the memory. The default is 1024 bytes (must be a power of 2). Every time the MemoryManager runs out of memory, a multiple of this block size is added. The block size affects performance and storage efficiency. As a rule of thumb the block size should match the average size of all 'memory arrays' used in the application. Using a tiny block size when storing 2k images is obviously a bad idea.
A major advantage of using alchemy memory is that you can use the appropriate data size that fits your needs which brings down memory usage. For example if you know in advance that your numbers are in the range 0…100 you can use bytes, or if you need floats without full 64-bit precision, you can fall back to 32-bit floats. In AS3, you are constrained to 32-bit integers or 64-bit double precision floats. Using the ByteArray is not an option because it's too slow.
Although the preview version of FP 10.1 slowed down memory access a bit (it seems that the latest release fixes most performance issues) using those special alchemy memory opcodes is by far the best way to work with numbers. Time for some real world examples!
Example 1: JPEG encoding
After porting the JPEG encoder from the Flex framework (mx.graphics.codec) to HaXe I've encoded an empty 1024×786 bitmap and compared the numbers:
The HaXe version encodes the image in about 100 milliseconds, the AS3 version takes almost a second.
Example 2: Bit vectors
My next test compares an AS3 bit vector implementation from generalrelativity.org with the BitMemory from the ds package:
Combining alchemy memory, optimized byte code and inlining gives some excellent results :)
Example 3: FP10 drawing API
The last test draws triangles with the FP10 drawing API and measures the time needed to build a GraphicsPath object from a command and a data vector (without calling graphics.drawGraphicsData()). The HaXe version uses my VectorRenderer class which utilizes alchemy memory as a temporary buffer.
All results are based on the windows release player 10,0,42,34 and use the MemoryManager class.


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|October 5, 2011, 10:03 PM
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Lock N load not indexing spot on every time
When she indexes, the primer is off sometimes and I have to move the shell plate a few degrees to get the primer to line up with the pocket. Sometimes it right on and sometimes not. Id say about 75% of the time it doesn't line up.
Any ideas?
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|October 5, 2011, 11:24 PM
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Your shell plate nut is too tight.
|October 6, 2011, 12:16 AM
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checked the shell plate nut. needed to loosen it with the allen wrench. then snugged it back finger tight. Same problem.
I also noted that my brass is binding up in the down stroke just before it ejects. I started helping them out by hand and that seemed to lessen the index problem.
The press has just under 400 rounds through it. I checked the index tabs at the bottom and the still look brand new.
I added grease to all the zerks. also no joy
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|October 6, 2011, 01:16 AM
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Does this misalignment happen on ALL you shell plates, or just one plate?
See if your shell plate lines fails to line up on a SPECIFIC SHELL STATION. If it lines up on 4 stations and fails to line up on the last station, your shell plate may be bad. I have heard of this before. The offending shell plate was incorrectly machined. Hornady provided new shell plate at no charge.
Call Hornady CS. They will make it right.
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|October 6, 2011, 05:21 AM
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I had the exact same problem when I got mine. I had to slightly adjust the indexing pawls. It was only a slight adjustment if Remember correctly but it was some time ago. I would suggest ringing hornady they will no doubt be able to talk you through the adjustment process.
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|October 6, 2011, 07:05 AM
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Also keep a case in each station, this will help keep the shell plate level.
|October 6, 2011, 07:08 AM
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It sounds like it doesn't happen every time, so that leaves two possibilities.
If the small ball-bearing detents on the bottom of the shellplate are fitting fully into the corresponding recesses on the subplate each time, then the shellplate must be incorrectly machined. More likely is that the shellplate isn't rotating enough for the detents to engage properly every time, requiring you to add a final little clockwise push by hand to get it into the correct position (do you feel the shellplate clicking into place when you move it?). That's easily corrected by adjusting the left-hand pawl. Using a small Allen wrench, back out the set screw that holds the spring-loaded pawl a little bit - the pawl will then apply a bit more rotation on the up-stroke of the handle. It doesn't take much adjustment, but it's not big deal to get it right.
In the unlikely event that the shellplate is moving past the correct position (which means you would have to rotate it slightly counter-clockwise by hand), then turn the set screw down a bit.
|October 6, 2011, 08:33 AM
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Sounds like a Pawl adjustment. I had to re-adjust mine a couple of weeks ago after 3 years of use for the same reason. The pawl you need to adjust is on the left side of the ram (for the down stroke), and just turn the allen head adjusting screw about 1/4 turn at a time till it lines up. 1/4 turn may be all you need.
|October 6, 2011, 09:45 AM
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Thank you all for posting the tips here--I've been watching the LnL videos trying to get information about the AP, and possible issues with the press that I may experience running mine.
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|October 6, 2011, 08:53 PM
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I had this problem with mine soon after I got it. The little tab that fits in the spot on the shellplate to turn it was broke but not all the way. When I would take the shellplate off it wasn't noticeable because it would re-align from pulling the shellplate up. I screwed around with the pawls a lot but it didn't change. I just happened to notice it one day and called Hornady. A new one arrived two days later.
|October 20, 2011, 11:15 AM
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Location: North East NH
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Ok. Im back online. Thank you for all the responses.
I adjusted the left paw and that fixed my indexing problem. The right paw needed a small tweak too.
I ran 50 more cases through and im still having the hang up on the eject.
I started to mark the plate. making a dot with a sharpie at the offending slot.
The results: only one slot had no dots. the rest had a almost equal amount of dots.
Im starting to think that maybe the shell plate is bent. I have a new plate ordered but it will be 6 weeks before im home again. (damn job)
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|August 30, 2012, 02:37 PM
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I have the same issue with a new L-N-L. Eventually, the press froze and I broke the left pawl.
I called Hornady customer service and they said the press indexing (pawl adjustment) was incorrect from the factory......
In addition to that, I also have a couple of primer issues. Apparently, this was not set correctly at the factory too.
|November 7, 2014, 12:00 PM
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I found this thread because I was having the exact same problem. I know it's an old thread, but I think this info can help someone.
I have identified the problem, and it isn't a pawl adjustment issue. Do this: remove the shell plate, turn it over and look at the underside. Around the perimeter you will find a raised ridge. If you inspect this ridge closely you will probably find one or more shiny spots where the ridge is being polished as it rotates.
These shiny areas are high spots on the plate, and were caused by a manufacturing defect. The drag they cause results in the failure to index properly. (You may also notice slight resistance in the operation of the press handle.) Because they are not distributed evenly around the perimeter, they only cause the failure to index on certain stations.
If you call Hornady and describe the problem, they should replace the shell plate for you.
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Some things I would try.
Is the press level? You wouldn't think it being off a little would make much difference but in some cases it does. The way the case retaining spring holds the cases in doesn't seem like its high enough to keep them from tipping slightly, just enough so they stay in the shellholder. I initially had an issue where the indexing was spot on, but I would still have issues entering the sizing die. Noticed I always had to push the case a certain direction in order to get it to feed into the die. Took a level to the top of the press and saw I wasn't quite level. Just loosened the bolts holding the press, slid a thin washer underneath, tighten back down. Had to adjust a few times to find the optimum spot but did manage to get it perfect.
Keep the divots in the subplate cleaned out, don't let crap build up in them. Keep the ball detents on the shellplate cleaned up. Use a toothpick or something similar to keep them clean. If there is build up in them the ball detents in the shellplate don't get a positive lock into the subplate. This can lead to indexing issues as well as your shellplate sitting at a slight angle which may cause some issues with brass entering the dies, seating slightly crooked, crimp not being even, etc.
Lightly lube the surface of the pawls and indexing wheel. Lightly lube the subplate. Choose your lube and lube points wisely as you do not want to introduce petroleum products anywhere near your primer pocket. I use a brush on moly dry lube as it seems to do the job well and no worries about contamination.
Getting hung up on the eject? I know when my press was new it had that issue every now and again. The more ammo I loaded on the press the less it happened. Now its a non issue. I think it might just be where something needs to break in a little bit. You could probably speed that along with some really fine grain sandpaper or some polish like Flitz.
When I first got the machine I found a post about pawl adjustment that I think is invaluable when working with this press.
Hopefully this helps.
|November 9, 2014, 09:20 AM
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+1 on the past advice and in particular, cryogenic419's
I also took a fine sand paper to my eject tab under the shell plate.
Some of my shell plates worked from the get go and others required some breaking in ....... basically involved just going slow for a few rounds until the few wiskers from machining wore off.
Just be very light on sanding your eject tab .......
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This is the best thread I have found on timing the LnL
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It is the best advice EVER on setting up those pawls. Don't know whatever happened to that guy but if I ever meet him I am buying him a beverage of his choice.
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Mehrjui, an insightful chronicler of the middle class, sets his adaptation in a comfortably wealthy home in Tehran and husband Hessam's (Amin Tarokh) bank. Sara (Niki Karimi) appears to be a submissive, obedient wife, but she confides to her girlfriend Simi (Yasman Malek-Nasr) that 10 years earlier she took out a loan without her husband's knowledge to send him abroad for medical treatment.
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It would be an understatement to say that The Rossoneri underwent a bit of a clear out in the summer. However, this was not the kind of clear out that is quite commonplace in modern football. This particular clear out caught the eye of almost every football fan in Europe. It is not unusual to see a club attempt to remove any and all deadwood from it's books to allow for new signings to come in or to present an opportunity to young, up and coming players to make the step up to first team football while still having the big names around to act as mentors during their transitional phase. This is not what happened at AC Milan.
In a desperate attempt to cut costs, president Silvio Berlusconi and vice-president Adriano Galliani decided to sell the clubs most valuable assets and star players. Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were both sold to French giants PSG seemingly against the interests of the players themselves. Clarence Seedorf moved onto a new adventure in Brazil with Botafogo (this was his own decision, not the decision of Galliani.) Antonio Cassano was sold to bitter rivals Internazionale in a swap deal for Giampaolo Pazzini. As well as the above, key players such as Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta and Filippo Inzaghi all moved on. Though some of the latter names may not have been key players last season, they were still massive characters and names among the Milan squad and fantastic mentors to have around the younger players at the club.
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A few days after the Palermo game Chievo Verona made the journey to the San Siro. Milan smashed them 5-1. Not only did they score five, they also had five different goalscorers. Milan appeared to have got their swagger back. Then they welcomed high-flying Fiorentina to the San Siro. They lost 3-1 and the players looked helpless, lost and confused once again. Had the slump restarted?. Just as things looked to be improving they hit a brick wall and crashed again. With Napoli and Juventus being the next two games Milan had no time to lick their wounds. They needed to find that fight that they showed in the second half away to Palermo, and they needed to find it fast.
The fans arrived at the Stadio San Paolo to face Napoli full of fear. The general consensus was that Milan were about to be beaten, and it wasn't going to be pretty. Surprisingly, this was not the case. They held Napoli to a 2-2 draw and attention swiftly turned to the following week. All eyes would turn to the San Siro as champions Juventus were coming to town. Juventus had recently had their remarkable forty-nine game unbeaten run ended by Internazionale. Could AC Milan do what their neighbours had done a few weeks previously? Could they overturn the stubborn Old Lady? Against all odds, Milan not only avoided defeat, but beat the defending champions 1-0 through a Robinho penalty.
Since the win against Juventus, Milan have won two consecutive games against Catania and Torino respectively. Two months ago it would have been hard to see any glimpse of a positive sign for Milan, now with a few wins under their belt things are starting to look a little bit better. It is now possible to look at Milan and see that it is not all doom and gloom for the club.
In Stephan El Shaarawy, Antonio Nocerino and Riccardo Montolivo Milan have found a new core and spine to the starting eleven. They appear to be finding their feet in their new roles in the squad and the recent upturn in results reflects that.
The squad as a whole appear to have gotten over the shock of losing the big characters and names in the summer and are now beginning to look united for the first time. After some of the earlier defeats the players looked lost on the pitch. They looked like eleven individuals without the slightest sense of camaraderie. The players are now showing a real passion and will to fight for the cause. During the victory over Torino, Antonio Nocerino gifted Torino the opening goal. He then went on the score the goal that put Milan 2-1 ahead and his celebration oozed passion and showed a real desire to redeem himself for his earlier mistake. This type of attitude is infectious in a football club. The team looked united after the match as they celebrated the win passionately.
They now look like a club who have a reliable core. They have a passionate battler in the shape of Nocerino. A cool, calm and collected ball playing midfielder in the Montolivo. Attacking flair with Robinho, and a new superstar in El Shaarawy. Even in the dark times of September and October there was always one, tiny flicker of light. Stephan El Shaarawy has been phenomenal for Milan thus far this season. Could he be the next big thing for The Rossoneri? Only time can tell but at the moment, this boy looks like he has a big, big future ahead of him. And seeing as he has an unusual friendship with Berlusconi, I can't see him being sold anytime soon so Milan may well have found themselves a new hero.
I have always had a love for AC Milan. It is a love that I cannot explain. So it's fair to say that it was hard for me to watch them lose game after game early on this year. I, along with many of you I'm sure, hope that this recent upturn in form will continue and The Rossoneri can go back to competing for the scudetto sooner rather than later.