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For Women, Income Inequality Continues Into Retirement
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Poverty does not treat men and women equally, especially in old age. Women 65 years old and older who are living in poverty outnumber men in those circumstances by more than 2 to 1. And these women are likely to face the greatest deprivation as they become older and more frail.
This pretty much describes the situation of 87-year-old Lydia Smith.
In her small, tidy apartment near downtown Los Angeles, she's surrounded by dozens of family photographs. She picks out one and points to her twin sister, her mother and her brother. "Unfortunately, he's gone," she says. "She's gone," she says, pointing to her sister. And "Mama's gone," she says.
Smith, a war bride, came to the United States from Rome with her family after World War II. But she got divorced in the 1950s and never remarried. Once her son and daughter were grown, she moved to this second-story walk-up.
"I've been here 46 years in this apartment," she says. "I have no intention of moving, either."
How could she disrupt all of her neatly arranged collections? There's a basket of baby dolls, a Barbie-filled breakfront and a bunch of Hello Kitty knickknacks. All are the result of a discerning eye and the local Goodwill store, pretty much the only place she's bought anything in years.
She gets just over $900 a month from Social Security, and that's it. Her apartment is subsidized through a program called Section 8. She pays about a third of her income in rent; the government picks up the rest. Smith doesn't get food stamps, but she does qualify for Medicaid. That's a good thing, since she's being treated for a heart condition and severe arthritis.
"When you're in constant pain, you have no desire to be active," Smith says. "So this is why I stay home a lot. I don't go places."
Smith never saved for retirement. It didn't occur to her. And with the kind of money she made working as a clerk in a department store and a cashier at a restaurant, there wasn't much left over anyway.
This is the story of most of the 2.6 million women ages 65 and over who are living at or below the poverty line, says Joan Entmacher, vice president for family economic security at the National Women's Law Center.
Over a lifetime, she says, "women earn less than men because their wages are lower and they're more likely to take time out for caregiving." And, she says, women live longer than men, so "they have to stretch these lower benefits over a longer life span."
Decades ago, an older woman without much income might have lived with her children, says Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research. But now, families are often spread out around the country, and it's rare for older people to move in with their kids. Hartmann says that women of color, women who are foreign-born and women who live alone like Smith have it the worst.
"The poverty [rate] of single women [living] alone is 18 to 20 percent," Hartmann says. "Many of these women may not have any relatives. They might not have had children. [Or] those children might not be in a position to help take care of them."
That's the case with Smith. Neither of her children lives in Los Angeles. They're both getting on in years themselves and have health and financial struggles of their own.
Such situations are one of the reasons that Social Security advocates and some politicians talk about increasing Social Security benefits, especially for people 85 and older. But Smith says she never thinks about what life would be like if she had more money. Since she was a child in Italy, it's always been like this. She has her routine down. She's content.
"I read, I do puzzles, I listen to music," Smith says. "I go out maybe twice, three times a week to go to the market" or to drag her laundry to the public laundromat. These days, Smith's arthritis makes it hard for her to get to Mass.
"But I pray at home, "she says, "and I have a video of the Mass. I watch it on television." She's confident that God will accept her prayer no matter where she is.
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The City of Menifee is excited to announce that another transportation improvement is now complete. The Murrieta Road Resurfacing Project, which resurfaced approximately 1 mile from Rouse Road to Ethanac Road, was completed last week. This project includes crack filling, street paving, adjusting utilities to grade and new striping and street signs along Murrieta Road.
Murrieta Road is a highly traveled north-south corridor that bifurcates the City of Menifee. Murrieta Road between Rouse to Ethanac Road has an Average Daily Traffic (ADT) count of approximately 7,300 vehicles per day. This improvement will not only benefit the residents of Menifee, but will be a regional benefit for visitors traveling through Menifee.
The $550,000 project was funded by Measure DD, the one-cent sales tax measure approved by Menifee voters in 2016. The Murrieta Resurfacing Project is part of the City of Menifee's Pavement Management Program, a commitment to making improvements to Menifee roads to improve the quality of life for Menifee residents.


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Najstarija civilizacija je nastala u Mezopotamiji (grč. međurječje). Nastala je između rijeka Eufrata i Tigrisa (rijeka se spominje kao simbol života i razvitka) te anatolijskih i iranskih planina na sjeveroistoku, arapske pustinje na zapadu i Perzijskog zaljeva na jugu. Mezopotamijsko područje je u razdoblju od 4000. pr. Kr. do 1000. pr. Kr. dalo značajnu civilizaciju u kojoj su se izmjenjivali razni narodi: Sumerani, Akađani, Asirci (na sjeveru) i Babilonci (na jugu). Nalazišta ovih kultura su u današnjoj Siriji i Iraku.

U 6. st. pr. Kr. Perzijanci predvođeni Kirom Velikim osvajaju Babilon te se nakon toga na ovom području razvija perzijska država, koja utječe na ove prostore i nakon 330. pr. Kr. kada ih osvaja Aleksandar Veliki, sve do prodora Arapa i Islama kada ovi prostori postaju dio Arapskog carstva.

Povijest

Pretpovijesno razdoblje

Oko ← 9000. – 8000. Uzgoj žitarica i mahunarki na Levantu – "neolitska revolucija" – na Bliskom istoku; prva trajna naselja.

Oko ← 5000. skupine koje se bave navodnjavanjem naseljavaju aluvijalnu nizinu u Mezopotamiji. Početak dobivanja i prerade bakra na Bliskom istoku.

Oko ← 4000. u Mezopotamiji se širi gradska kultura: gradnja utvrđenja i hramova od cigle (Erijud, Tel Asmar, Tel Bak). Počinje procvat elamitske civilizacije – keramika ukrašena biljnim i životinjskim elementima ucrtanim u geometrijske oblike. Početak lijevanja bronce na Bliskom istoku; prva primjena pluga.

Sumersko razdoblje

Oko ← 3500. je početak mlađeg kamenog doba (neolita, do oko ← 2500.). U Mezopotamiji, Egiptu i dolini Inda nastaju prve visoke kulture. U Mezopotamiji u središtima najstarijih gradova nastaju prvi obredni objekti (zigurat u Uruku); pronalazak kotača i pluga.

Iz oko ← 3000. datiraju najstarije kočije s kotačima u Sumeru.

Iz oko ← 3200. datiraju najstariji čitljivi dokumenti iz Mezopotamije.

Oko ← 3000. Mezopotamiju pokoravaju Sumerani, ratnički seljački narod iz istočnih brdskih predjela. Oni osnivaju više gradova-država (među ostalima Ur, Uruk, Suza i poslije Lagaš, Mari i Babilon), kojima vladaju kraljevi kao zastupnici božanstava (teokracija). Sumerani grade terasaste hramove u čast gradskih božanstava. Zemlja se natapa pomoću kanala. Umjetnička obrada bakra, cinka i zlata.  Razvija se slikovno pismo od kojega nastaje klinasto pismo. Činovnici i pisari nadziru davanja seljaka. Pri tom se služe sustavom brojeva čije je jedinica 60 (heksadecimalni sustav). Za diobu vremena učenjaci sastavljaju mjesečev kalendar od 354 dana. U Prednjoj Aziji pronalazi se točak.

Oko ← 3000. – 2500. "Ep o Gilgamešu", rana Sumerska herojska priča.

← 2400. u Ebli (Sirija) razvija se književnost na lokalnom semitskom jeziku. Bogata proizvodnja posuđa, nakita, brončanog oružja i amuleta od bjelokosti.

Akadsko razdoblje

Oko ← 2300. istočnosemitski kralj Sargon Akađanin osvaja sumerske gradove-države i prodire sve do Crnog mora.
← 2296. Akad (Agada) postaje glavnim gradom Carstva kojim Sargon I. centralizirano upravlja uz pomoć činovnika i raspolaže stalnom vojskom. Oko ← 2150. to carstvo osvajaju iranski narodi.

Oko ← 2125. Gudea vlada u Mezopotamiji.

Oko 2060. – 1950. Treća dinastija Ur-a vlada Sumerom; veliki kulturni napredak.

Oko ← 2000. Hetiti prodiru u Anatoliju i osnivaju carstvo (do ← 1650.).

← 1894. na obalama Eufrata osniva se Babilon (Babli = Božje dveri).

← 1749. Šamšidad osniva asirsku državu.

Babilonsko razdoblje

← 1728. – 1686. Kralj Hamurabi određuje Babilon za glavni grad Mezopotamije i piše svoj "zakonik" (oko ← 1760.) - strogo zakonodavstvo na osnovi načela: "Oko za oko, zub za zub". Procvat matematike: uporaba cijelih brojeva, razlomaka i kvadratnih korijena; gradnja kanala; napredovanje trgovine i obrta, vrijeme procvata babilonske književnosti: napisan je "Ep o Gilgamešu".

← 1530. Hetiti razaraju Babilon. Hetitsko klinasto pismo u Anatoliji.

Oko ← 1500. u Ugaritu (Sirija) nalazimo prvi primjer alfabetskog pisma koje se sastoji od 28 slova.

Oko ← 1420. pod Tudhalijaom I. počinje se širiti hetitska država (do ← 1200.). Hetiti u Armeniji usavršavaju tehniku kovanja željeza.

Oko ← 1350. Ašurubalit I. osniva Asirsko Carstvo (do ← 612.).

Oko ← 1250. po predaji egzodus Židova iz Egipta i naseljavanje u Palestini.

Oko ← 1200. Prevlast u pomorstvu i trgovini na Sredozemlju preuzimaju Feničani (centar Tir). Hatuša, grandiozna prijestolnica Hetitskog carstva, ruši se pod najezdom "Naroda s mora". Širenje židovske religije (obožavanje Jahve); Zaratustra, perzijski prorok, objavljuje svoje učenje o dobrom i zlom duhu koji se bore da pridobiju čovjeka. Čovjek se mora odlučiti kojeg će slijediti.

Oko ← 1100. Feničani se počinju širiti Sredozemljem (do ← 700.), do ← 600. oplovljavaju afrički kontinent. Iz slikovnog pisma Feničani razvijaju alfabet kao vodoravno pismo (temelj svih suvremenih europskih pisama). U Maloj se Aziji širi upotreba sedla te konja kao jahaće životinje.

← 1025. nastaje Izraelsko kraljevstvo. Kralj David uspostavlja monarhiju (← 1000. – 961.), a za njegova sina Salomona je legendarno vrijeme mira, pravde i stabilnosti.

Oko 1000. Hebreji u Palestini prihvaćaju monoteizam.

Asirsko razdoblje

← 930. – 608. semitski Asirci u užasnom ratu pokoravaju Mezopotamiju (glavne gradove: Ašur i Ninivu). Babilon je osvojen; Siriju i Palestinu s vremena na vrijeme osvaja Egipat.

Oko ← 900. osnutak kraljevstva Meroe.

Oko ← 840. uspon države Urartu.

← 814. prema predaji, Feničani osnivaju Kartagu.

Oko ← 750. Amos, prvi veliki prorok u Kraljevstvu Izrael.

← 721. Asirci pod kraljem Sargonom II. osvajaju Samariju. Asirska vojna premoć traje do ← 705.

← 671. Asirci pokoravaju Egipat; početak obrade željeza.

← 668. – 627. pod Asurbanipalom asirsko kraljevstvo doživljava svoje najveće širenje.

Oko ← 650. Prvi kovani novac: Lidija (Mala Azija).

← 612. Medijci i Babilonci razaraju Ninivu; pad Novoasirskog Carstva.

Novobabilonsko razdoblje

← 586. Kralj Nabukodonozor II., koji je Babilon ponovo učinio snažnom državom (do ← 539.), razara jeruzalemski hram i vodi židove u "babilonsko sužanjstvo". Neznatan dio njih vraća se ← 583. u Palestinu.

Oko ← 580. širi se Zaratustrino učenje u Perziji.

← 550. Zaratustrino učenje postaje službena religija u Perziji. Perzijanci pod kraljem Kirom Velikim pobjeđuju Astijagovo Medijsko Carstvo, zatim Krezovu Lidiju u Maloj Aziji, te cijelo područje Velikog Irana.

← 540. Deuteroizaija (Izaija), židovski prorok djeluje za vrijeme ropstva u Babilonu.

Perzijsko razdoblje

← 539. Kir Veliki osvaja Babilon, a Darije I. Veliki vlada od Inda do Nila. Oko 520. Darije Veliki završava kanal koji povezuje Nil s Crvenim morem. Ahemenidska dinastija u Perziji prenosi prehrambeno bilje (rižu, breskvu, marelicu, itd.) u Zapadnu Aziju.

← 500. ustankom grčkog grada Mileta protiv vladavine perzijskog vladara Darija I. Velikog započinju grčko-perzijski ratovi (do ← 449.: ← 494. Perzijanci pokoravaju Milet i guše jonski ustanak; ← 490. Poraz perzijske vojske koja se iskrcala kod Maratona od Atenjana pod vodstvom Miltijada; ← 486. U Perziji nakon Darijeve smrti car postaje Kserkso I. (Xerxes). On se priprema za konačno pokoravanje Grka; ← 485. Kserks vodi jaku vojsku prema Grčkoj preko Helesponta; njegova flota preuzima bocnu zaštitu s mora; Spartanski kralj Leonida i 300 ratnika brane klanac kod Termopila; oni su međutim zaobiđeni; pogiba i posljednji čovjek; Pomorska bitka kod Salamine; Atenu, koju je stanovništvo napustilo razaraju Perzijanci; ipak Temistoklo uspijeva namamiti velike perzijske brodove u uvalu pred gradom gdje ih uništavaju pokretne grčke trireme; ← 448. Sporazum o miru između Grčke i Perzije. Perzijsko Carstvo odustaje od prevlasti nad grčkim polisima u Maloj Aziji i od prava na trgovanje u Egejskom moru.

← 413. Spartanci sklapaju sporazum s Perzijom kako bi osvojili Atenu.

← 386. perzijski veliki kralj Artakserkso II. koristi se razdorom i političkom razjedinjenošću Grka i diktira im Kraljevski mir, kojim svi maloazijski gradovi potpadaju pod Perzijsko Carstvo.

Helenistički razdoblje

← 334. Aleksandar prelazi preko Helesponta s makedonsko-grčkom vojskom. Pobjeda nad Perzijancima na rijeci Graniku.

← 333. Aleksandar pobjeđuje perzijskog kralja Darija III. u bitci kod Isa.

← 330. Posljednji ahemenidski kralj Darije III. biva ubijen u bijegu pred Aleksandrom. Aleksandar kažnjava ubojicu, uzima u zaštitu carevu obitelj i proglašava se nasljednikom perzijskih vladara. Namjera da Makedonce, Grke i Perzijance pretvori u jedan narod.

← 312./311. Početak seleukidskog doba; prvi neprekidan sustav računanja vremena.

← 238. Arsak I. otima Partiju od Seleukida. Partsko Carstvo će kroz brojne sukobe s Rimljanima i nomadima trajati do 224.

← 64. Rimski vojskovođa Pompej Veliki osvaja Siriju; kraj Seleukidskog Carstva.

Partsko razdoblje

← 53. Bitka kod Harana; Partsko Carstvo pobjeđuje Rimljane.

Oko ← 5. rođen Isus Krist.

46-57. Misionarska putovanja sv. Pavla.

70. Rimljani razaraju židovski hram u Jeruzalemu.

97. Kineski izaslanik Kan Ying posjećuje Perziju.

Oko 100. razvija se tehnika puhanja stakla u Siriji.

116. Rimski car Trajan dovršava osvajanje Mezopotamije.

132. Židovski ustanak protiv rimske vlasti dovodi do dijaspore Židova.

Oko 200. Dovršen Zbornik židovskih zakona.

Sasanidsko razdoblje

224. Partski guverner Ardašir (do 240.) ruši Artabana V., posljednjeg partskog kralja i utemeljuje Sasanidsku dinastija u Perziji.

242. – 272. najveći sasanidski vladar, Šapur I., gradi svoju palaču u Ktezifontu pokraj Babilona.

540. Hozroje I. opustošuje Antiohiju.

611. Perzijska vojska osvaja Antiohiju i Jeruzalem te pokorava Malu Aziju (do 626.)

622. Muhamedova hidžra: početak islamskog kalendara.

628. Heraklije pobjeđuje Perzijance kod Ninive.

632. Umire Muhamed: počinje arapsko širenje.

Kultura

Zajednička karakteristika naroda Mezopotamije je uporaba najstarijeg klinastog pisma kojeg su oni i izmislili. Sumeri su prvi tvorci ove visoko razvijene kulture, a Akađani oko 3000. pr. Kr., a potom Babilonci i Asirci nastavljaju i razvijaju sumersku kulturu. Zapravo, bez obzira koji se narod mijenja u vladavini ovim prostorima, kultura ostaje skoro nepromijenjena – zato govorimo o jedinstvenoj mezopotamskoj kulturi.

Literatura
 Hrvatska enciklopedija: Mezopotamija
 I. Mandušić, Temelj zapadne civilizacije - Mezopotamija , povijesni.bloger.hr

Vanjske poveznice

 Povijest Hrvatske i svijeta: Mezopotamija , australis.bloger.hr
 Marina Pavlović, Drevna Mezopotamija: Znanost i izumi, www.eZnanost.com
 Danijel Tatić, Religija Mezopotamije, historiopedija
 Vesna Novović, Mezopotamski mitovi o potopu, www.nova-akropola.com

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Some of them contain one or more Hyperlink objects.
My problem is that when I click on one of these hyperlinks the app crashes with a Access Violation exception. This only happens if the input TextBoxof the chat has focus and the virtual keyboard is displayed on screen. When they keyboard is closed / focus of TextBox is cleared, it works without any problems.
I've found a similar issue here: Hyperlink in RichTextBlock makes the application crash on clicking
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José Emilio Pacheco, (born June 30, 1939, Mexico City, Mexico—died January 26, 2014, Mexico City), Mexican critic, novelist, short-story writer, translator, and poet. Early in his career he created verse that used surrealist and symbolic imagery to address such hot-topic issues as pollution, poverty, and government bureaucracy, but later he adopted a simpler, more forthright approach that reinforced his concept of history as a cyclic series of events that continue to haunt humankind. His canon of work was rewarded with the 2009 Cervantes Prize, the highest accolade in Spanish letters.
Pacheco was educated at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He wrote several plays there that were never produced, and he edited (1957–58) the literary supplement of the review Estaciones. His first published work, a collection of short stories—La sangre de Medusa (1958; "The Blood of Medusa")—shows the influence of Jorge Luis Borges. Los elementos de la noche (1963; "The Elements of the Night") is a collection of his poems and essays published in periodicals from 1958 to 1962. The poems of El reposo del fuego (1966; "The Sleep of the Fire") contemplate a world in disintegration, and the novel Morirás lejos (1967; "You Will Die Far Away") documents the purges of Jews throughout history. No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo (1969; Don't Ask Me How the Time Goes By) includes poems in which there is a nostalgic desire to relive the past, sometimes coupled with a fine sense of irony. The short stories in El principio del placer (1972; "The Pleasure Principle") are united by the recurrent theme of anguish. In the poems of Islas a la deriva (1976; "Islands Adrift"), Pacheco reinterpreted history and mythology.
Pacheco's later books include Ayer es nunca jamás (1978; "Yesterday Is Not Ever"), Desde entonces: poemas 1975–1978 (1980; "Since Then: Poems 1975–1978"), Tarde o temprano (1980; "Sooner or Later"), Ciudad de la memoria: poemas 1986–1989 (1989; "City of Memory: Poems 1986–1989"), La arena errante: poemas 1992–1998 (1999; "The Shifting Sands: Poems 1992–1998), and Siglo pasado (desenlace): poemas 1999–2000 (2000; "Century of the Past (Denouement): Poems 1999–2000"). His works in English translation include Tree Between Two Walls (1969), The Lost Homeland (1976), and Signals from the Flames (1980). He also edited La poesía mexicana de siglo XIX (1965) and Antología del Modernismo, 1884–1921 (1978).


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John Hillcoat interview: Triple 9, crime, fear of comic geniuses
The director of the must-see thriller Triple 9 talks to us about researching crime, his love of thrillers and his fear of comic geniuses...
By Ryan Lambie | February 11, 2016 |
From his 1988 feature debut Ghosts… Of The Civil Dead, via his breakout Australian western The Proposition to The Road, John Hillcoat's films have offered a consistently bleak and tough worldview. The Proposition was a full-blooded and seethingly violent revenge tale. His adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's poetically downbeat The Road offered only occasional slivers of humanity among the post-apocalyptic despair. Lawless, while not without its moments of levity, was also a brutal period piece about Virginia moonshine runners.
Hillcoat's latest movie, Triple 9, is a tough heist thriller set in modern Atlanta. It takes in Russian-Israeli gangsters (led by a particularly fearsome Kate Winslet), corrupt cops (among them Anthony Mackie and Clifton Collins Jr) who plan to kill a young rookie (Casey Affleck) in order to direct attention away from their latest robbery. Also starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Woody Harrelson, it's another intense and stunning-looking movie from Hillcoat. It's his most pure crime thriller yet, but still loaded with detail the director gleaned from months of research – something we hadn't realised until we sat down with the director to chat about the film.
Relaxing in a comfy chair, Hillcoat's the polar opposite of the characters that populate his movies. Affable, thoughtful and witty, he brims with enthusiasm for movies and the minutiae of his research. Triple 9 may be a big, starry thriller, but it also shines a light on a very real, escalating battle between criminals and law enforcers unfolding in American cities like Atlanta.
Oh, and be sure to stick around for the bit where Mr Hillcoat talks about his desire to make a sci-fi movie, or maybe a western – but a comedy? Probably not…
John Hillcoat: [pointing to my notepad of questions] Oh! There's a lot of notes there!
Yeah. I've got a lot of questions. I probably won't have time for half of them, but I thought I'd write them down anyway!
Fantastic film.
I've read about your love of gangster films and westerns – those genres. You clearly have a voluminious knowledge of those subjects. And this feels like another chance for you to fuse the two. Was that why you took it on?
Well, yeah. I've long, long been a big fan. I love these big genres that have been created, and the challenge is, how do you make them fresh? With crime movies, it goes back so far – to film noir, Jean-Pierre Melville, French Connection. I wanted to do something both contemporary and urban, and I was kind of missing, in recent years, that kind of urban experience – and the contemporary experience.
I've already forgotten what the first question was! Have I gone off topic?
No, no, no. That's exactly it. I wondered whether you chose it because of its contemporary setting.
Ah, yes. And also, with crime, it's a world where… I love that you have the existential criminal who's gone down a path, and they can't stop. There's something great about those sort of characters. There's also the moral dilemmas, the murkiness. You know, I love these shades of grey, where things aren't what they appear to be. People aren't who they appear to be. That is, again, something that's great about crime films.
That's the Michael Mann-type criminal, isn't it?
Not just in Heat, but in Thief as well, where they're self-made but locked into what they do.
Oh yes. And Jean-Pierre Melville's characters are quintessentially that. And of course, it goes back to noir. It actually comes from Europe, where filmmakers were fleeing the Nazis and going to Hollywood. That invigorated the golden era of Hollywood.
Yeah, yeah. German Expressionism. Fritz Lang.
Exactly. I saw The Long Goodbye by Robert Altman again recently. I love the way that these genres can keep being reinvented. Like, that was a contemporary film at the time, but it's so brilliant at capturing the 1970s and reinterpreting that genre. A Prophet, I thought was brilliant. That's the thing about these genres – when you see them reinvented. But yeah… the pressure these characters are under makes them fascinating, I think.
So what does Triple 9 say about the modern, 2016 landscape of criminality and police?
The excessive force is a big part of it, and the militarisation of everything in terms of the way the police force has changed. It's changed completely. There's more in the way of ex-military that become police because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But also there's the cross-pollination now where they have their own SWAT teams and tanks. Their tanks are enormous – the one in Triple 9 was meant to be three times the size, which is what the Atlanta SWAT team had. But we couldn't access it, we couldn't afford it!
So that was a tiny version, actually. But the same with the criminal world; the cartels running the streets, the Latino cartels, actually come from a paramilitary background. The Israeli-Russian mob is also ex-KGB and much more ruthless, much more sophisticated, much more intimidating. And likewise with the cartels, those are again in this underworld – it's terrorism as well. I think, what the cartels do, is they've been using terror tactics for a long time, so you have a place like Atlanta where it's predominantly African-American, and the gangs used to run the streets – and they still work the streets, actually. And this small Latino contingent of gangs have infiltrated, but behind that is something so fearful, and so massive, that the other gangs just say, "Well, okay!" [Throws up hands]
This is probably too much information. But we went into this neighbourhood, where it's all the Bloods. And everywhere you looked the Bloods were on show. It was a housing project – really a tough neighbourhood. And this one Latino guy, he walked out of this house, like a gardener or something – he was middle-aged.
I thought, "Hmm, that's a strange mix, what's going on?" And they said, "Oh, that's a cartel guy. He's untouchable. No one goes near him."
Blimey!
[Laughs] Yeah. So the whole criminal landscape's changed. The police force has changed. But it's also, as you know from Ferguson and all that, it's also for those socio-economic neighbourhoods that are the warzones, it's a tough reality to deal with.
Do you think it's a reflection of a more harsh society as a whole?
Totally, yeah. I think what's disheartening is that everyone has been throwing petrol on the flames instead of water. There has been this escalation, and that's what's kind of alarming. So it's almost like you then look back at the days of the Italian Mafia as maybe not so bad after all. There were codes and there was more respect – they were kind of a great bunch compared to where things have headed.
The kind of corruption we have now… I was talking to the head of organised crime in Atlanta, the FBI, and he said, "The problem is that the stakes are so high. Federal Agents are easily corruptible now, because there's too much money and too much fear."
I remember what you said about The Road being about corporate cannibalism. There's always something else going on in your films. Another layer.
[Chuckles] I do love those films where the world works on many levels – as the world does. But I also think the environment should be rich enough to serve as one of the main characters, not just a backdrop to something. So I mean, I can appreciate some movies where that's the case, but I don't get as immersed and transported. I think with genre, there's room to elevate genre, to include all that stuff. At least I hope so. I hang on to that belief. Like, [mimics Wile E Coyote clinging to the side of a cliff] with my fingertips!
The sense of realism works both ways doesn't it? It sells you the reality, so you believe the stakes, but it also tells you about the wider world we live in.
That's what I love about research. And I find actors respond to that really well, as well. They really respond to that immersive experience. That elevates their performances. And crewmembers, it's that collaborative experience. They can sink their teeth into that more.
With the thriller elements of the film – you have the great scene on the highway with the red smoke, which looks amazing…
That's a dye bomb. You can see them on YouTube. They use them in bank robberies. They stick the dye bombs in the cash. That came through research. "What haven't we seen?"
It's that layer of chaos, too. No matter how much you plan something…
Something random can go wrong.
Yeah. So it was trying to make that big action more real and unpredictable. And that creates more suspense, actually, in traditional storytelling.
That was going to be one of my questions, actually. What's your personal approach to generating suspense? What do you think the secret is?
The unexpected is a huge part. Because you shouldn't always know what's coming. But also mood – Hitchcock was a master of suspense. The master of masters! And he often flagged what was coming, so that can create suspense. It all depends on context. But that's more about the anxiety of knowing what's coming. But there's also the anxiety of something random thrown in that takes you off guard. So I think it's a couple of elements, really, that do that.
You have that great sequence where Casey Affleck's character breaches the building in the projects, and the shield he carries creates this very limited, subjective point of view. Is that something else that came from your research?
Totally. Other than Anthony Mackie and Casey, all those other guys were real, working [police].
They were there to advise and tell us how it really is done. I was fascinated, because originally that was going to be one of those typical [mimics holding a gun in Hollywood thriller fashion] police kicking down doors scenes – you know, referencing other movies. And I had no idea. But again, that's the military training, so it enriched the film greatly. We had ex-gang members as well, so all of that really helped.
I get the impression you choose your projects very carefully, because they all seem to be of a piece thematically, even though they're very different. They form a coherent worldview.
I try!
Do you agree with that?
It's kind of those movies that inspired me the most – movies that transported me into another world where every bit had something. I'm very sensitive to, like… I'll just give you an example. The film Cold Mountain had a great set-piece and then Nicole Kidman smiled, and her clean white teeth took me out of the film!
I just suddenly [reels] "Oh, this is a movie. She's a movie star." It just threw me, right? So I love the detail of creating a world that is totally immersive in that way. And that does take time. But of course also there's trying to find ways, too, where things aren't predictable in established genres. That's increasingly hard to do, because they're so well explored.
But I also love music, and genres in music. Blues, rock, jazz, folk. Classical. So yeah…
Do you know what you want to do next?
There are some other genres I'd like to explore that I haven't done yet. I'm keen to do a sci-fi.
That's something I have written here, look. "Would you like to make a sci-fi film." I'd love to see you do a sci-fi film.
I've been looking for a lo-o-ong time. Again, it's a hard world to find something new, and yet play with the traditions of that genre.
Actually, an American western would be great – you know, a full-on, up-front western. I mean, many things.
Comedy, I'm still in awe of. I think you need a comic genius somewhere in the mix. It's got to be the actor or someone. But the comic genius actors are the darkest people on the planet – and that kind of scares me! [Laughs]
I'm not afraid of the dark, as you know from my films. But I am afraid of comic geniuses. [Laughs]
Either the writer or the actor, or with something like Dr Strangelove – you have all three. Genius director, writer and actors.
And genius set designer.
Oh yes, absolutely. But you need someone. And that's kind of intimidating for me. But one day! Never say never!
I think I'm being kicked out now. John Hillcoat, thank you very much!
Triple 9 is out in UK cinemas on the 19th February. It's well worth seeing.
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Chih Chin-long (* 2. April 1963) ist ein taiwanischer Tischtennisspieler. Er nahm an den Olympischen Spielen 1988 sowie an vier Weltmeisterschaften teil.

Werdegang
Chih Chin-long nahm am Einzel- und Doppelwettbewerb der Olympischen Spiele 1988 in Seoul teil. Im Einzel gewann er drei Spiele und verlor vier, womit er auf Platz 33 landete. Im Doppel stand er mit seinem Zwillingsbruder Chih Chin-shui nach vier Siegen und drei Niederlagen auf Platz 13. Im gleichen Jahr erreichte er bei den Asienmeisterschaften das Doppel-Endspiel.

In der Weltrangliste wurde er 1989 auf Platz 63 geführt.

Spielergebnisse
 Olympische Spiele 1988 Einzel
 Siege: Gilany Hosnani (Mauritius), Tonny Maringgi (Indonesien), Barry Griffiths (Neuseeland)
 Niederlagen: Patrick Birocheau (Frankreich), Jan-Ove Waldner (Schweden), Xu Zengcai (China), Georg Böhm (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
 Olympische Spiele 1988 Doppel mit Chih Chin-shui
 Siege: Ding Yi/Gottfried Bär (Österreich), Georg Böhm/Jürgen Rebel (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), Mario Álvarez/Raymundo Fermín (Dominikanische Republik), Barry Griffiths/Peter Jackson (Neuseeland)
 Niederlagen: Jan-Ove Waldner/Mikael Appelgren (Schweden), Kim Ki-taik/Kim Wan (Südkorea), Desmond Douglas/Sky Andrew (Großbritannien)

Turnierergebnisse

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Q: EditText is not hide when scroll up item Recycle android I'm refer this link to scroll up Recycle:
https://mzgreen.github.io/2015/02/28/How-to-hideshow-Toolbar-when-list-is-scrolling(part2)/

This is my result:
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My Activity:
public class PartOneActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private Toolbar mToolbar;
private EditText editTextSearcch;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    setTheme(R.style.AppThemeRed);
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

    initEditTextSearch();
    initRecyclerView();
}

private void initEditTextSearch() {
    editTextSearcch = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextSearch);
}

private void initRecyclerView() {
    RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
    recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
    RecyclerAdapter recyclerAdapter = new RecyclerAdapter(createItemList());
    recyclerView.setAdapter(recyclerAdapter);

    recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new HidingScrollListener() {
        @Override
        public void onHide() {
            hideViews();
        }

        @Override
        public void onShow() {
            showViews();
        }
    });
}

private void hideViews() {
    editTextSearcch.animate().translationY(-editTextSearcch.getHeight()).setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator(2));
}

private void showViews() {
    editTextSearcch.animate().translationY(0).setInterpolator(new DecelerateInterpolator(2));
}

private List<String> createItemList() {
    List<String> itemList = new ArrayList<>();
    for(int i=0;i<20;i++) {
        itemList.add("Item "+i);
    }
    return itemList;
  }
 }

activity_main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="pl.michalz.hideonscrollexample.PartOneActivity">

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_alignTop="@+id/editTextSearch" />

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextSearch"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="60dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="55dp"
    android:hint="Input text" />

</RelativeLayout>

When I scroll down, EditText is show and fine. But when scroll up, EditText is not hide and it's still appear on ToolBar
I think maybe I set the value for position show and hide are incorrect, But How to set value to hide EditText. You can see photos at my attachment files

A: You can set Visibility GONE for edit text,may be it works

A: So if I understood your problem correctly - you just need to use AppBarLayout within Toolbar and apply a special behaviour to your RecyclerView or ViewGroup that contains it. The tutorial you mentioned looks kind a hack, can't you the default approach? That guy which tutorial you are using mentioned that it is outdated, use his newest sample!
 I prefer such approach :
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/coordinatorLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    android:id="@+id/appBarLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"/>

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:orientation="vertical"
              app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
    <EditText android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
                                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
                                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

A: Problem is the order of elements in your layout. Put EditText higher than the view it is supposed to hind behind (Toolbar) in RelativeLayout like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="pl.michalz.hideonscrollexample.PartOneActivity">

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_alignTop="@+id/editTextSearch" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextSearch"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="60dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="55dp"
    android:hint="Input text" />

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>

</RelativeLayout>


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issue 3: Blue
Previous StoryBlue isn't Magic – it's Chemistry
issue 3 : Blue
A Blue of Renewal
The psyche and the spirit, in the work of Amber Jensen.
Images by Emma Lyons.
Blue moves its way across Amber Jensen's textile work in the form of stitches, woven patches, and dye. Hand embroidered x's, in groupings of blue hues, traverse the woolen, collaged terrains. A spectrum of shades implies light and depth. In her compositions, the artist offers us the barest suggestion of pattern and our attention is held, our minds stretching to name the song from a few bars of a long-forgotten melody.
Separate from her design practice, Jensen consciously protects her fine art practice. It is a location safeguarded from rules and obligations, shielded from the constraints of earning a livelihood, harbored even from the fear of committing error. It is a space away. Inside of this walled-off paradise, the artist can conduct her collage-like symphony of yarny stitches and dye puddles with abandon. She is free to wander where she is called: from tone to tone, stitch to stitch. It is exactly this many-layered marshland, or more specifically the deliberate act of building it, where the artist meets the spiritual. Entering the cloth with yet another stitch, then exiting to examine the mark, Jensen submerges and emerges, each time renewed.
"I envision myself high up above, hovering in the sky. I gently drop my arm down to softly create a new stitch, orchestrating each as one long continuous thread. I pour pools of blue dye, dripping around the edges, allowing the wool to sop it up in concentrated areas. I am like the moon, pulling and pushing the tides, rhythmic and pliant."
"I envision myself high up above, hovering in the sky. I gently drop my arm down to softly create a new stitch, orchestrating each as one long continuous thread."
On a floor loom Jensen weaves the ground cloth onto which her embroideries are built, 'like an artist making her own paper.' Her hands and shuttle dive through the shed of the warp. Her woven cloth acts like a blank canvas. The structure of weaving, explains the artist, is rather anonymous, and tied to the grid. It does not possess an innate individuality. In going back into the woven cloth however, with embroidery and dye, the artist finds her own hand. Weaving is akin to our common anatomy, the unanimous architecture of our organs and bones. But it is the specificity of how our DNA is expressed which cannot be duplicated – where we individuate.
For this reason, the artist is compelled to graduate her woven substrates into singular works of art. But the prolonged process, its slowness, the permission to respond unhurriedly to the nuances of the ensuing terrain is where this artist finds connection, and ultimately: self.
The evolution of these blue terrains also offers the possibility of rebirth, and perhaps even redemption. As the process unfurls, missteps are made. Jensen responds by adding dye, adding more stitches. Missteps become essential, an informed progression towards something deeper. The chains of x's parade across, connected at the back. Jensen describes them as 'holding hands.' They seem to wade through the blueness, awash in possibility.
Jensen cites the song "There's a Blue Light," by Crooked Fingers:
And I softly sing this song to myself… "come to the shore, everyone's waiting, to be made pure, to be redone. Come to the shore and jump right into the blue water where we can sleep and soon begin again."
Blue for this artist is the regenerative space of renewal, inside of the protected realm of her practice. It offers the ultimate freedom: the freedom to be in whatever way called, safe in the knowledge that blueness affords the opportunity to be redone.
After living in the forest within the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina for nearly a decade, Amber returned to her childhood homeland in the Midwest. She is currently working out of a small, light-filled studio in South Minneapolis, MN. Woven, stitched or drawn, all her works capture elements of her home – the magical colors, flora and fauna, rivers and lakes, and the friends and family that she surrounds herself with.
Jensen's education led from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design to the Eugene Textile Center and the John C. Campbell Folk School. She has committed to sharing her skill by joining the weaving department at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, MN beginning in February 2022. She's created works for the Walker Art Center and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Her works have been shown all over the globe. Last year she began exhibiting her textile artworks in galleries including Blue Spiral in Asheville, NC. She has won several awards for her innovative product design, most recently North Carolina's "Our State Magazine Style Award". She has been a visiting artist at Penland School of Craft several times.
To learn more about the work of Amber Jensen visit ambermjensen.com / @amberm.jensen
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Industry Reactions Mixed About Novell/Microsoft
By: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | November 03, 2006
Some executives are trying to find a silver lining in Novell and Microsoft's recent deal, while others are red-hot angry about it. (Linux-Watch)
The Nov. 2 announcement of a mutual-assistance contract between Microsoft and Novell has been greeted by others with reactions ranging from modest hopes for interoperability improvements to great anger.
Tom Kemp, CEO of Centrify, a company that specializes in products that link Unix, Linux, Mac, J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) and Web platforms with Microsoft Active Directory, watched the Novell/Microsoft announcement with special interest.
"It seems every year they [Microsoft] have one of these Détente meetings." By addressing the "patent issue across the two vendors, [it] now looms over Red Hat vis a vis any Microsoft patents," Kemp said.
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Kemp continued, saying it also "throws a serious light on interoperability, and [draws] a lot of attention to that topic which will benefit a vendor such as us who does interoperability for many platforms beyond SUSE.
"Microsoft will now have dedicated solutions reps focusing on [interoperability]; we will hopefully hook up with these people. Because once Microsoft starts talking about interoperability with customers, customers will have more than just SUSE, and it will lead naturally to the question of what vendor can address interoperability beyond AD, and that leads to us."
So thats all for the good, as far as Centrify is concerned. "But frankly most of this interoperability announcement is not about AD [Active Directory] interoperability (which is not actually addressed in this announcement besides a sentence about making eDirectory and AD talk better to each other, which is different from what we do) but about other technical areas (virtualization, doc formatting, etc.).
"I think the bigger news is in the patent area and the mutual tweaking of Red Hat."
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New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2020-25735
Type: Notice
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Committee via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer from NC to CT
Type: Rule
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2020 commercial summer flounder quota to the State of Connecticut. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised commercial quotas for North Carolina and Connecticut.
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Delay Implementation of West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program
This final rule delays implementation of the Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program to January 1, 2022. NMFS is making this change to provide additional time for industry and prospective service providers to prepare for implementation, to strengthen Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and industry support for the EM program, and to increase participation when it is implemented in 2022.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From MD to NC
NMFS announces that the State of Maryland is transferring a portion of its 2020 commercial bluefish quota to the State of North Carolina. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised commercial bluefish quotas for Maryland and North Carolina.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Giant Devil Ray as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
We, NMFS, announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The petition requests that we list the giant devil ray (M. mobular) as a distinct species with a limited range throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Information in our files indicates a recent taxonomic revision that found M. mobular and M. japanica (spinetail devilray) to be synonymous species (i.e., same taxon described and named more than once independently) with circumglobal distribution in tropical and warm temperate seas. The petition relies on obsolete information to identify the species, and therefore we find that the petition does not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Revised Final 2020 and 2021 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
NMFS publishes revisions to the final 2020 and 2021 harvest specifications for the 2021 groundfish fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) that are required by the final rule implementing Amendment 109 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). This action is necessary to revise the 2021 seasons associated with the pollock fishery and revise the trawl catcher vessel sector's Pacific cod seasonal apportionments of the total allowable catch in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the GOA. The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the GOA in accordance with the FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Herring Advisory Panel via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) will hold the 172nd public meeting (virtual) to address the items contained in the tentative agenda included in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold meetings of the following: Snapper Grouper Committee; Dolphin Wahoo Committee; Habitat and Ecosystem-Based Management Committee, Mackerel Cobia Committee; Executive Committee (partially Closed Session); and Citizen Science Committee. The meeting week will also include a formal public comment session and a meeting of the Full Council (with a partially Closed Session). Due to public health concerns associated with COVID-19 and current travel restrictions, the meeting originally planned for Wrightsville Beach, NC will be held via webinar.
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Regulatory Amendment 27; Correction
NMFS corrects the final rule that implemented management measures described in Regulatory Amendment 27 (Regulatory Amendment 27) to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Snapper-Grouper FMP), which published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2020. That final rule modified management measures for commercially-caught red porgy in the South Atlantic exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In that final rule, NMFS inadvertently neglected to remove a regulation prohibiting the sale and purchase of red porgy during the months of January through April. The purpose of this correcting amendment is to fix that error.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Survey To Collect Economic Data From Recreational Anglers Along the Atlantic Coast
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Groundfish Trawl Catcher Processor Economic Data Report (EDR)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Harvest Specifications for the Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy
Type: Proposed Rule
NMFS issues this proposed rule to revise the annual reference points, including the overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch (ABC) and annual catch limit (ACL), for the central subpopulation of northern anchovy in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the west coast under the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan. NMFS prepared this rulemaking in response to a September 2020 court decision (Oceana, Inc. v. Ross et al.) that vacated the OFL, ABC, and ACL for the central subpopulation of northern anchovy and ordered NMFS to promulgate a new rule in compliance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and Administrative Procedure Act. NMFS is proposing an OFL of 119,153 metric tons (mt), an ABC of 29,788 mt, and an ACL of 25,000 mt. If the ACL for this stock is reached or projected to be reached, then fishing will be closed until it reopens at the start of the next fishing season. This rule is intended to conserve and manage the central subpopulation of northern anchovy off the U.S. West Coast.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Economic Surveys of Specific U.S. Commercial Fisheries
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel
NMFS will hold a 1-day Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) meeting via webinar in December 2020. The intent of the meeting is to consider options for the conservation and management of Atlantic HMS. The meeting is open to the public.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 2021 Specifications
NMFS proposes revised 2021 specifications for the summer flounder, scup, and black sea fisheries. The implementing regulations for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan require us to publish specifications for the upcoming fishing year for each of these species and to provide an opportunity for public comment. The proposed specifications are intended to establish allowable harvest levels for these species that will prevent overfishing, consistent with the most recent scientific information.
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species
Notice is hereby given that permits have been issued to the following entities under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as applicable.
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Gray Snapper Management Measures
NMFS issues regulations to implement management measures described in Amendment 51 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf)(FMP), as prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council)(Amendment 51). This final rule revises the harvest levels for the gray snapper stock. In addition, Amendment 51 establishes and modifies status determination criteria for the stock. The purposes of Amendment 51 and this final rule are to end overfishing of gray snapper and achieve optimum yield (OY).
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 138th Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), Pelagic and International Standing Committee, Executive and Budget Standing Committee, and 184th Council meetings to take actions on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region. A portion of the Council's Executive and Budget Standing Committee meeting will be closed to the public.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet via webconference November 30, 2020 through December 12, 2020.
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2020 Tribal Fishery Allocations for Pacific Whiting; Reapportionment Between Tribal and Non-Tribal Sectors
This document announces the reapportionment of 40,000 metric tons of Pacific whiting from the tribal allocation to the non-tribal commercial fishery sectors via automatic action on September 16, 2020. This reapportionment is to allow full utilization of the Pacific whiting resource.
Pacific Island Fisheries; Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish
This temporary rule implements an interim catch limit (ICL) of 13,000 lb of American Samoa bottomfish for fishing years 2020 and 2021 during the effective period of the rule. NMFS will monitor catches, and if the fishery reaches the ICL within a fishing year, we will close the fishery in Federal waters through the end of the fishing year, or through the end of the effective period of this rule, whichever comes first. These interim management measures are necessary to reduce overfishing of American Samoa bottomfish while minimizing socio- economic impacts to fishing communities. This temporary rule supports the long-term sustainability of American Samoa bottomfish.
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Regulatory Amendment 34
NMFS proposes to implement management measures described in Regulatory Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Snapper-Grouper FMP), as prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). If implemented, this proposed rule would create 34 special management zones (SMZs) around artificial reefs in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off North Carolina and South Carolina. The purpose of this proposed rule is to designate new SMZs and to restrict fishing gear with greater potential to result in high exploitation rates. The restrictions are expected to reduce adverse effects to snapper-grouper species and enhance recreational fishing opportunities at these SMZs.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2020 Management Area 1A Sub-Annual Catch Limit Harvested
NMFS is closing the directed fishery for Herring Management Area 1A. This closure is required because NMFS projects that 92 percent of the catch amount for Management Area 1A has been caught. This action is intended to prevent overharvest of Atlantic herring in Management Area 1A, which will result in additional quota reductions next year.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Advisory Panel
NMFS solicits nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP). NMFS consults with and considers the comments and views of the HMS AP when preparing and implementing Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) or FMP amendments for Atlantic tunas, swordfish, sharks, and billfish. Nominations are being sought to fill approximately one-third (10) of the seats on the HMS AP for 3-year appointments. Individuals with definable interests in the recreational and commercial fishing and related industries, environmental community, academia, and non-governmental organizations are considered for membership on the HMS AP.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council, NEFMC) will hold a three-day meeting to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Due to federal and state travel restrictions and updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to COVID-19, this meeting will be conducted entirely by webinar.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Advisory Panel via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a two-day webinar meeting to consider actions affecting the Gulf of Mexico fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
The SEDAR 71 assessment of the South Atlantic stock of gag grouper will consist of a data webinar and a series assessment webinars.
The SEDAR 73 assessment of the South Atlantic stock of red snapper will consist of a data scoping webinar, a workshop, and a series of assessment webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of the 2020 Atka mackerel incidental catch allowance (ICA) for the Bering Sea subarea and Eastern Aleutian district (BS/EAI) to the Amendment 80 cooperative allocation in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the 2020 total allowable catch of Atka mackerel in the BS/EAI of the BSAI to be fully harvested.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Golden Tilefish Fishery; 2021 and Projected 2022 Specifications and Emergency Action
NMFS proposes specifications for the 2021 commercial golden tilefish fishery and projected specifications for 2022. This action also proposes to implement emergency measures for the golden tilefish fishery at the request of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. The proposed action is intended to establish allowable harvest levels and other management measures to prevent overfishing while allowing optimum yield, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan. The proposed emergency measures would allow a limited one-time carryover of up to 5 percent of unharvested fishing quota from the 2020 fishing year into the 2021 fishing year. This action also informs the public of the proposed specifications and emergency measures and provides opportunity for public comment.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Removing the Prohibition on Continuing To Fish After a Partial Offload in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program
NMFS issues regulations to remove the regulatory prohibition on continuing to fish after a partial offload in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) Crab Rationalization (CR) Program. This final rule is needed to provide CR crab fishery participants operational flexibility to conduct their business in an efficient manner, in particular when emergencies or special circumstances arise. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for BS/AI King and Tanner Crabs (Crab FMP), and other applicable laws.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Highly Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings Data Reports
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Gulf of Alaska Catcher Vessel and Processor Trawl (CVPT) Economic Data Report (EDR)
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Site Characterization Surveys Off of Coastal Virginia
NMFS received a request from Dominion Energy Virginia (Dominion) on September 29, 2020, for a modification to the incidental harassment authorization (IHA) that was issued on August 28, 2020. This initial IHA allowed Dominion to take nine species of marine mammals, by Level B harassment, incidental to marine site characterization surveys conducted in the areas of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Virginia (Lease No. OCS-A-0483) as well as in coastal waters where an export cable corridor will be established in support of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial (CVOW Commercial) Project. Dominion was recording take of Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) by Level B harassment at a rate that would exceed the authorized limit on this species and therefore, NMFS is proposing to modify the IHA to increase authorized take by Level B harassment of spotted dolphin. The mitigation, monitoring, and reporting measures remain the same as prescribed in the initial IHA and no additional take was requested for other species. NMFS will consider public comments on the requested modification prior to making any final decision and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Omnibus Framework Adjustment To Modify the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Risk Policy
NMFS proposes to approve and implement changes to the Mid- Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Risk Policy. The purpose of this action is to adjust the Council's risk policy by accepting a higher level of risk for stocks at or above biomass targets. These adjustments could lead to increases in catch limits for healthy fisheries managed by the Council.
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area
NMFS, upon request from the U.S. Navy (Navy), issues these regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the training and testing activities conducted in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area. The Navy's activities qualify as military readiness activities pursuant to the MMPA, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (2004 NDAA). These regulations, which allow for the issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species and their habitat, and establish requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States
This rule announces the approval of, and regulations to implement, an action to require commercially permitted vessels in both the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council regions to submit vessel trip reports electronically within 48 hours of the end of a trip. This action will also require for-hire vessels with permits for species managed by the New England Fishery Management Council to submit vessel trip reports electronically within 48 hours of the end of a trip. Document retention requirements will be removed with this action. This action is intended to increase data quality and timeliness of vessel trip reports.
Marine Mammals; File No. 23554
Notice is hereby given that Colleen Reichmuth, Ph.D., Long Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences Address at the University of California at Santa Cruz, 115 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on pinnipeds in captivity.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Berth III New Mooring Dolphins Project in Ketchikan, Alaska
NMFS has received a request from the City of Ketchikan, Alaska (COK) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Berth III New Mooring Dolphins Project in Ketchikan, AK. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, one-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorizations and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.
Pacific Island Fisheries; Swordfish Trip Limits in the American Samoa Pelagic Longline Fishery
This final rule removes the swordfish retention limit in the American Samoa deep-set longline fishery. The intent of this rule is to eliminate wasteful regulatory discards of marketable seafood, increasing efficiency and benefits to the local community and the Nation.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
NMFS reopens the General category fishery for two days within the October through November 2020 General category subquota period. This action is intended to provide a reasonable opportunity to harvest the full annual U.S. bluefin tuna (BFT) quota without exceeding it, while maintaining an equitable distribution of fishing opportunities across time periods. This action applies to Atlantic tunas General category (commercial) permitted vessels and Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboat category permitted vessels with a commercial sale endorsement when fishing commercially for BFT.
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. This Exempted Fishing Permit would allow commercial fishing vessels to participate in a sampling survey in the eastern Gulf of Maine targeting adult cod with rod and reel while on commercial lobster trips. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act require publication of this notice to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on Exempted Fishing Permit applications.
Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits
Notice is hereby given that individuals and institutions have been issued Letters of Confirmation (LOCs) for activities conducted under the General Authorization for Scientific Research on marine mammals. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a list of names and address of recipients.
Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries; 2021 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits
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Duterte's high trust ratings repudiation of 'few boisterous minority' – Palace official
Published July 19, 2019, 12:51 PM
By Genalyn Kabiling
The "silent majority" has castigated President Duterte's critics and detractors for their "errant, ruinous, and incorrigible ways," Malacañang said Friday following a survey showing he remains the most trusted government official.
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo (OPS / MANILA BULLETIN)
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Palace was hoping that the "few boisterous minority" would detach from their "hubris and pride", and be enlightened by the public support for Duterte's governance.
"The Filipino people as expected have once again shown their high esteem and regard to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte," he said in a statement.
"These negative forces should take a cue that it is through these surveys that the silent majority castigates their errant, ruinous, and incorrigible ways," he said, noting that the opposition's propaganda against Duterte has "boomeranged" on them.
He said the Palace does not discourage Duterte's critics from exercising their freedom of expression, but hoped "that the lightning of enlightenment hits them, that they may finally march to the beat of the drums of change reverberating across the land, leading to the betterment of this nation and the lives of the citizenry."
A Pulse Asia survey, conducted last month, showed the President having an 85-percent performance rating from his 87-percent score in March. Only three percent disapproved of the President's work, while 11 percent were undecided. The President's trust rating also stayed at 85 percent.
Panelo has welcomed the President's "astonishing" trust and approval ratings that have repudiated the opposition's propaganda against Duterte. These critics and detractors, he claimed, included the "political opposition, the Left, activist Church members, and some biased reporters of media outfits."
"This confirms what we have been saying that the negative propaganda against the President emanates from a dismally few boisterous minority, who remain stubbornly, if not repugnantly, deaf and blind to the thunderous voice of approbation of the people, on the effectiveness of PRRD's unorthodox style of running the affairs of the state," he said.
"If only the poll repudiated opposition, detractors and other countries could detach themselves from their hubris and pride, the Pulse Asia survey, which produced remarkable positive results, conducted from June 24 to June 30, 2019, a time when Filipinos were preoccupied by developments of the reported ramming of a Filipino fishing vessel in Recto Bank, could not have been lost to their appreciation," he said.
Consequently, he said the President's critics would also consider the UN call for a human rights probe in the country "as devoid of factual basis and an affront to our being a sovereign state."
He said the Palace was not surprised if the President's critics feel that they were "in a state of discordance and inconsequence" since their alleged desperate efforts to taint the administration's reputation "have always boomeranged on them."
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