Luther T. Brantley, Darlene D. Ballard, attorneys for appellant.
Benton Rex Gordon, Jr., Appellee, pro se.
¶ 1. A municipal court judge involved himself in ticket fixing by "passing" fourteen traffic tickets to the file over the objections of the issuing officer. The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance ("Commission") filed a formal complaint against the judge alleging willful misconduct in office and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute. The Commission and judge submitted to this Court a joint motion for approval of the recommendation of a public reprimand and assessment of costs. In accordance with our constitutional mandate, we conduct the following review.
¶ 2. On or about July 20, 2005, Benton Rex Gordon, Jr., Municipal Court Judge, Union, Mississippi, approached Officer Melody E. McNall prior to the afternoon court session to discuss a number of speeding tickets issued by the officer. Judge Gordon explained that several upset Union residents had contacted him, the police chief, and the clerks of the court about the citations. Judge Gordon informed Officer McNall that he intended to "pass" all of the citations to the files and issue warning letters to the defendants instead. Although Officer McNall expressed her disagreement with this course of action, the defendants were advised not to appear in court because their tickets had already been "passed" to the files. In total, Judge Gordon "passed" tickets for fourteen defendants without requiring them to appear in court.
¶ 3. Acting on Officer McNall's complaint, the Commission filed a formal complaint against Judge Gordon charging him with "willful misconduct in office and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute" in violation of Canons 1, 2 A, 2 B, 3 A, 3 B(2), 3 B(7), and 3 C(1) of the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct and Section 177A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, as amended. The parties reached an agreement on the charges prior to Judge Gordon filing a response, and they have submitted to this Court a joint motion for approval of the Commission's recommendation of a public reprimand and assessment of costs.
¶ 4. "This Court conducts de novo review of judicial misconduct proceedings, giving great deference to the findings, based on clear and convincing evidence, of the recommendations of the [Commission]." Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Gunn, 614 So.2d 387, 389 (Miss.1993). However, because we "have the sole power to impose sanctions in judicial misconduct cases," we are obligated to render an independent judgment on the charges. Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Gibson, 883 So.2d 1155, 1157 (Miss.2004) (citing Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Peyton, 645 So.2d 954, 956 (Miss.1994)). Even though the Commission's findings are considered and are given great weight, this Court is not bound by the findings, and additional sanctions may be imposed. Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Whitten, 687 So.2d 744, 746 (Miss.1997).
I. Whether Judge Gordon's conduct constituted willful misconduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute.
`Willful misconduct in office is the improper or wrongful use of the power of his [or her] office by a judge acting intentionally, or with gross unconcern for his conduct, and generally in bad faith. It involves more than an error of judgment or a mere lack of diligence. Necessarily, the term would encompass conduct involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption, and also any knowing misuse of the office, whatever the motive. However, these elements are not necessary to a finding of bad faith. A specific intent to use the powers of the judicial office to accomplish a purpose which the judge knew or should have known was beyond the legitimate exercise of his [or her] authority constitutes bad faith. . . .
In re Anderson, 412 So.2d 743, 745 (Miss. 1982) (quoting In re Nowell, 293 N.C. 235, 248-49, 237 S.E.2d 246, 255 (1977) (emphasis in original)).
¶ 6. Judge Gordon used his position as Municipal Court Judge to fix tickets by "passing" them to the file without requiring the defendants to appear in court and over the objections of the issuing officer. He also engaged in ex parte conversations with defendants. The Commission determined by clear and convincing evidence that Judge Gordon's actions violated Canons 1, 2 A, 2 B, 3 A, 3 B(2), 3 B(7), and 3 C(1) of the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct and Section 177A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, as amended. We can find no error in the Commission's determination.
¶ 7. Whether Judge Gordon's behavior was actually willful is of no consequence. Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Cowart, 936 So.2d 343, 347 (Miss.2006). "The result is the same regardless of whether bad faith or negligence and ignorance are involved and warrants sanctions." In re Anderson, 451 So.2d 232, 234 (Miss.1984).
¶ 8. This Court historically has taken a firm stance on the practice of ticket fixing. Gunn, 614 So.2d at 389 (citing In re Hearn, 542 So.2d 901, 902-03 (Miss.1989) (judge removed from office for continuing to fix tickets)). We have, without exception, found such behavior to constitute misconduct. See, e.g., Cowart, 936 So.2d at 347 (willful misconduct for judge to contact an officer and dispose of traffic violations without hearings or notice to the issuing officer); Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Williams, 880 So.2d 343, 346 (Miss.2004) (willful misconduct for judge to find four defendants "not guilty" of speeding violations before defendants appeared in court or had their cases set for trial); Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Boykin, 763 So.2d 872, 874 (Miss.2000) (willful misconduct for judge to dismiss tickets based on ex parte communications with the defendants without holding hearings or notifying the issuing officers); Gunn, 614 So.2d at 389 (willful misconduct for judge to dismiss traffic tickets without holding hearings or notifying the issuing officers).
¶ 9. Likewise, this Court has repeatedly characterized a judge's participation in ex parte communications as willful misconduct. See, e.g., Cowart, 936 So.2d at 347 (ex parte communication with plaintiff in a domestic violence case was willful misconduct); Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Blakeney, 848 So.2d 824, 826 (Miss.2003) (ex parte communication with police officer in DUI and drug possession case was willful misconduct); Boykin, 763 So.2d at 874 (ex parte communications with multiple defendants in traffic violation cases was willful misconduct); Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Vess, 692 So.2d 80, 84 (Miss.1997) (ex parte communications with criminal defendant, arresting officer, and prosecutor was willful misconduct).
¶ 10. In accordance with this precedent, we find that Judge Gordon's conduct constituted willful misconduct in office and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute. Accordingly, we adopt the Commission's findings.
II. Whether Judge Gordon should be publicly reprimanded and assessed all costs as recommended by the Commission.
¶ 11. The Commission has recommended that Judge Gordon be publicly reprimanded and assessed all costs associated with this proceeding in the amount of $100. The Commission and Judge Gordon have signed an Agreed Statement of Facts and Proposed Recommendation to this effect, and the agreement was unanimously accepted and adopted by the Commission. However, "[i]mposing sanctions is left solely to the discretion of this Court," and we endeavor to match the sanction with the offense at issue. Cowart, 936 So.2d at 347.
(1) The length and character of the judge's public service.
¶ 13. The violations at issue occurred during Judge Gordon's twelfth year as a municipal court judge. The record is silent as to the character of his service.
(2) Whether there is any prior case law on point.
¶ 14. A great deal of judicial precedent exists on these issues. See case law cited infra.
(3) The magnitude of the offense and the harm suffered.
¶ 15. Judge Gordon's willful misconduct violated Canons 1, 2 A, 2 B, 3 A, 3 B(2), 3 B(7), and 3 C(1) of the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct and Section 177A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, as amended. The violation of multiple Canons and the Mississippi Constitution itself reflects the seriousness of the misconduct.
(4) Whether the misconduct is an isolated incident or evidences a pattern of conduct.
¶ 17. The only prior disciplinary matter involving Judge Gordon is an unrelated, informal Commission action in 1994. Therefore, the record does not demonstrate that Judge Gordon's actions evidence a pattern of misconduct.
¶ 18. Judge Gordon improperly "passed" fourteen tickets to the file for fourteen different defendants without requiring any of them to appear in court. This action was taken despite the clearly voiced objection of the issuing officer. However, these violations were relatively close in time and were collectively the subject of one disciplinary action against Judge Gordon.
(5) Whether moral turpitude was involved.
¶ 19. In Gibson, this Court defined moral turpitude to include "actions which involve interference with the administration of justice, misrepresentation, fraud, deceit, bribery, extortion, or other such actions which bring the judiciary into disrepute." 883 So.2d at 1158 n. 2. The Commission argues that "[t]he act of `ticket fixing' interferes with the administration of justice by interfering with the judicial process," and therefore, Gordon's conduct involves moral turpitude. See Cowart, 936 So.2d at 350.
¶ 20. The bottom line of this element is that we must determine whether a judge's conduct crosses the line from simple negligence or mistake, to willful conduct which takes advantage of a judge's position for greed or other inappropriate motives. If the conduct willfully subverts justice, more punishment is warranted. In this instance, we hold that "fixing tickets" willfully subverts justice; therefore, Judge Gordon has crossed the line of moral turpitude.
(6) The presence or absence of mitigating or aggravating circumstances.
¶ 21. Although there is little in the record before us concerning mitigating or aggravating circumstances, we find it quite significant that Judge Gordon readily acknowledged his inappropriate conduct and took responsibility for his actions.
¶ 22. The above Gibson factors, when considered together under our standard of review, lead us to the conclusion that the Commission's recommendation is insufficient considering the egregious nature of Judge Gordon's conduct. We therefore find that the Commission's recommendation should be enhanced to provide for a thirty-day suspension.
¶ 23. In several prior judicial misconduct cases involving ex parte communications in conjunction with improper ticket fixing, this Court has found a public reprimand and assessment of costs to be appropriate. See Williams, 880 So.2d at 347 ("Often the sanction for `fixing' tickets is a public reprimand, fine, and assessment of costs."); Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Warren, 791 So.2d 194, 196 (Miss.2001) (imposing a public reprimand, a $765 fine, and $100 in court costs for "fixing" tickets based on ex parte communications); Gunn, 614 So.2d at 388 (adopting Commission's recommendations for public reprimand and a $400 fine for a judge who "fixed" eight traffic tickets by writing on the ticket or docket book that the charges were dismissed).
¶ 24. In the instant case, Judge Gordon involved himself in ticket fixing by "passing" fourteen tickets to the file without requiring the defendants to appear in court and over the specific objections of the issuing officer. This misconduct was precipitated by Judge Gordon's ex parte communications with some of the defendants. It is true that, in the past, this Court has not always required a suspension for similar conduct. However, since Miss. Comm'n On Judicial Performance v. Sanford, this Court has made it very clear that conduct akin to Judge Gordon's warrants a more severe penalty, including a suspension. 941 So.2d 209 (Miss.2006). In Sanford, we recognized the need for consistency in imposing sanctions but held that where egregious conduct is apparent, the appropriate sanction is not only a reprimand, but also a suspension. Accordingly, Judge Gordon's conduct was egregious, and we find that the Commission's recommendation should be enhanced to provide for a thirty-day suspension.
¶ 25. For the reasons herein, we find the egregious conduct of Benton Rex Gordon, Jr., Municipal Court Judge, Union, Mississippi, constituted willful misconduct in office and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute pursuant to Section 177A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, as amended. The Joint Motion for Approval of Recommendations filed by the Commission and Judge Gordon is granted, and accordingly, Judge Gordon is to be publicly reprimanded, suspended for thirty days and assessed $100 in court costs.
¶ 26. JUDGE BENTON REX GORDON, JR., MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, SHALL BE PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED IN OPEN COURT BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE NEWTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEXT TERM OF THAT COURT AFTER THIS DECISION BECOMES FINAL; IS SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FOR THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE MANDATE IN THIS CASE AND ASSESSED COURT COSTS OF $100.00.
CARLSON AND RANDOLPH, JJ., CONCUR. EASLEY AND GRAVES, JJ., CONCUR IN PART AND DISSENT IN PART WITHOUT SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION. SMITH, C.J., WALLER AND DIAZ, P.JJ., NOT PARTICIPATING.
 With regard to this joint motion, we hereby grant in part and deny in part based on the enhanced sentence imposed pursuant to this opinion.
 "On recommendation of the commission on judicial performance, the Supreme Court may remove from office, suspend, fine or publicly censure or reprimand any justice or judge of this state for: . . . (b) willful misconduct in office; . . . or (e) conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute. . . ." Miss. Const. art. 6, § 177A.
 "An independent and honorable judiciary is indispensable to justice in our society. A judge should participate in establishing, maintaining, and enforcing high standards of conduct, and shall personally observe those standards so that the integrity and independence of the judiciary will be preserved. The provisions of this Code should be construed and applied to further that objective." Miss. Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 1.
 "A judge shall respect and comply with the law and shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary." Miss.Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 2 A.
 "Judges shall not allow their family, social, or other relationships to influence the judges' judicial conduct or judgment. Judges shall not lend the prestige of their offices to advance the private interests of the judges or others; nor shall judges convey or permit others to convey the impression that they are in a special position to influence the judges. . . ." Miss.Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 2 B.
 "The judicial duties of judges take precedence over all their other activities. The judges' judicial duties include all the duties of their office prescribed by law. . . ." Miss.Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3 A.
 "A judge shall be faithful to the law and maintain professional competence in it. A judge shall not be swayed by partisan interests, public clamor, or fear of criticism." Miss.Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3 B(2).
 "A judge shall accord to all who are legally interested in a proceeding, or their lawyers, the right to be heard according to law. A judge shall not initiate, permit, or consider ex parte communications, or consider other communications made to the judge outside the presence of the parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding. . . ." Miss.Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3 B(7).
 "A judge shall diligently discharge the judge's administrative responsibilities without bias or prejudice and maintain professional competence in judicial administration, and shall cooperate with other judges and court officials in the administration of court business." Miss.Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3 C(1).


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Q: Analysing Percentage Data inc. Phylogenetic Bias? I'm attempting to analyse a percentage / proportional (derived from count) response variable across several species, allowing for consideration of phylogenetic signal. I'd like to model this data against continuous and/or categorical explanatory variables. Ignoring the non-independence of the individual data points (i.e. 'non-phylo'), the standard approach (in the case of continuous predictor) would be to undertake a non-binary logistic regression. Easy.
I'm aware of the assorted existing approaches used to fit phylogenetic linear models, glms etc. to continuous variables, and a phylogenetic logistic model for binary variables (per phyloglm in the phylolm R package), though as far as I'm aware none adequately handle my case. Logistic regression via phyloglm doesn't allow for dummy variables, for example. My data doesn't approximate anything resembling a normal distribution or a continuous measure, so shoehorning my data into a standard phylogenetic linear regression etc. won't work.
Does anything exist for this sort of analysis? Any help or suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you!

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Q: Sync scrolling of multiple RecyclerViews I have a ViewPager showing a fragment per page. This fragment holds a list of items inside a RecyclerView. The list of items is always the same size and the views for the items are also of the same height. When scrolling one of the RecyclerViews, I want the other RecyclerViews to scroll at the same time and the same distance. How would I synchronise the scrolling of the RecyclerViews?

A: I think I have found a very easy and short answer.
as Jorge Antonio Díaz-Benito said "The first option that comes to mind is listening for scroll changes on both ScrollViews and, when one of them scrolls, use scrollBy(int x, int y) on the other one. Unfortunately, programmatically scrolling will also trigger the listener, so you'll end up in a loop."
So you need to fix this issue. If you just keep track of who is scrolling they won't loop.
SOLUTION
public class SelfScrolListener extends RecyclerView.OnScrollListener {
    @Override
    public void onScrollStateChanged(RecyclerView recyclerView, int newState) {
        super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);
        if (newState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
            viewIsScrolling = -1;
        }
    }
}

This is your custom OnScrollListener to check if the scrollState is IDLE. is that is true -> no one is scrolling. so the `int viewIsScolling = -1
now you need to detect if you can scroll.
this is the code:
int viewIsScrolling = 1;
boolean firstIsTouched = false;
boolean secondIsTouched = false;
SelfScrolListener firstOSL= new SelfScrolListener() {
    @Override
    public void onScrolled(@NonNull final RecyclerView recyclerView, final int dx, final int dy) {
        super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);

        if (firstIsTouched) {
             if (viewIsScrolling == -1) {
                 viewIsScrolling = 0;
             }
             if (viewIsScrolling == 0) {
                 secondRecyclerView.scrollBy(dx, dy);
             }
        }
    }
};
SelfScrolListener secondOSL= new SelfScrolListener() {
    @Override
    public void onScrolled(@NonNull final RecyclerView recyclerView, final int dx, final int dy) {
        super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
        if(secondIsTouched){
             if (viewIsScrolling == -1) {
                 viewIsScrolling = 1;
             }
             if (viewIsScrolling == 1) {
                 firstRecyclerView.scrollBy(dx, dy);
             }
        }
    }
};
firstRecyclerView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        firstIsTouched= true;
        return false;
    }
});
secondRecyclerView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        secondIsTouched= true;
        return false;
    }
});
firstRecyclerView.addOnScrollListener(firstOSL);
secondRecyclerView.addOnScrollListener(secondOSL);

viewIsScrolling = a global int and set in the beginning to -1; the state that no one is scrolling. you can ad as many recycleviews as you want.

A: kotlin version, this one doesn't handle fling (yet)
class ScrollSynchronizer {
    val boundRecyclerViews: ArrayList<RecyclerView> = ArrayList()
    var verticalOffset = 0

    private val scrollListener = object: RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
        override fun onScrolled(recyclerView: RecyclerView, dx: Int, dy: Int) {
            super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy)
            // scroll every other rv to the same position
            boundRecyclerViews.filter { it != recyclerView }.forEach { targetView ->
                targetView.removeOnScrollListener(this)
                targetView.scrollBy(dx, dy)
                targetView.addOnScrollListener(this)
            }
        }

        override fun onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView: RecyclerView, newState: Int) {
            super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState)
            if (newState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
                verticalOffset = recyclerView.computeVerticalScrollOffset()
            }
        }
    }

    fun add(view: RecyclerView) {
        with (view) {
            if (boundRecyclerViews.contains(view)) {
                removeOnScrollListener(scrollListener)
                boundRecyclerViews.remove(this)
            }
            addOnScrollListener(scrollListener)
            boundRecyclerViews.add(this)
        }
    }

    fun scrollToLastOffset(rv: RecyclerView) {
        rv.removeOnScrollListener(scrollListener)
        val currentOffset = rv.computeVerticalScrollOffset()
        if (currentOffset != verticalOffset) {
            rv.scrollBy(0, verticalOffset - currentOffset)
        }
        rv.addOnScrollListener(scrollListener)
    }

    fun disable() = boundRecyclerViews.forEach { it.removeOnScrollListener(scrollListener) }

    fun enable() = boundRecyclerViews.forEach { it.addOnScrollListener(scrollListener) }

    fun addAll(recyclerViews: List<RecyclerView>) = recyclerViews.forEach { add(it) }
}

EDIT: following @Groovee60 comment & recommendation, replace the onScrolled with this:
            // scroll every other rv to the same position
            val otherRvs = boundRecyclerViews.filter { it != recyclerView }
            otherRvs.forEach { targetView -> targetView.removeOnScrollListener(this) }
            otherRvs.forEach { targetView -> targetView.scrollBy(dx, dy) }
            otherRvs.forEach { targetView -> targetView.addOnScrollListener(this) }

A: This solution handles fling. Demo project here
Suppose you have three horizontal RecyclerViews.
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/rv0"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="@dimen/itemSize"
        app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        />

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/rv1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="@dimen/itemSize"
        app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/rv0"
        />

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/rv2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="@dimen/itemSize"
        app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/rv1"
        />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

*

*Add tag to each RecyclerView. For example:

val rvs = arrayListOf(rv0, rv1, rv2)

for (i in 0 until rvs.size) {
    rvs[i].tag = i
}

*Add the same OnItemTouchListener to each RecyclerView to know which RecyclerView is active. If there is already an active RecyclerView then call stopScroll on it (it prevents out of sync if active RecyclerView in fling state)

var touchedRVTag = -1

val itemTouchListener = object : RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener {
    override fun onTouchEvent(rv: RecyclerView, e: MotionEvent) {}

    override fun onInterceptTouchEvent(rv: RecyclerView, e: MotionEvent): Boolean
    {
        val rvTag = rv.tag as Int

        if (touchedRVTag != -1 && touchedRVTag != rvTag) {
            rvs[touchedRVTag].stopScroll()
        }

        touchedRVTag = rvTag

        return false
    }

    override fun onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(disallowIntercept: Boolean) {}
}

for (i in 0 until rvs.size) {
    rvs[i].addOnItemTouchListener(itemTouchListener)
}

*Add the same OnScrollListener to each RecyclerView to scroll other RecyclerViews

val scrollListener = object : RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
    override fun onScrolled(recyclerView: RecyclerView, dx: Int, dy: Int) {
        val currentRVTag = recyclerView.tag as Int

        if (currentRVTag == touchedRVTag) {
            for (rvTag in 0 until rvs.size) {
                if (rvTag != currentRVTag) {
                    rvs[rvTag].scrollBy(dx, 0)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

for (i in 0 until rvs.size) {
    rvs[i].addOnScrollListener(scrollListener)
}

PS: If you want to scroll any RecyclerView programmatically set its tag and then scroll:
touchedRVTag = rv0.tag as Int
rv0.scrollBy(dx, 0)

A: Here was my solution. The less the code the better...
lvDetail & lvDetail2 are the RecyclerViews you want to keep in sync.
    final RecyclerView.OnScrollListener[] scrollListeners = new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener[2];
    scrollListeners[0] = new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener( )
    {
        @Override
        public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy)
        {
            super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
            lvDetail2.removeOnScrollListener(scrollListeners[1]);
            lvDetail2.scrollBy(dx, dy);
            lvDetail2.addOnScrollListener(scrollListeners[1]);
        }
    };
    scrollListeners[1] = new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener( )
    {
        @Override
        public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy)
        {
            super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
            lvDetail.removeOnScrollListener(scrollListeners[0]);
            lvDetail.scrollBy(dx, dy);
            lvDetail.addOnScrollListener(scrollListeners[0]);
        }
    };
    lvDetail.addOnScrollListener(scrollListeners[0]);
    lvDetail2.addOnScrollListener(scrollListeners[1]);

A: I believe it is relevant for you to understand its workings, so I am going to explain the whole procedure that I followed to design my solution. Note that this example is for only two RecyclerViews, but doing it with more is as easy as using an array of RecyclerViews.
The first option that comes to mind is listening for scroll changes on both ScrollViews and, when one of them scrolls, use scrollBy(int x, int y) on the other one. Unfortunately, programmatically scrolling will also trigger the listener, so you'll end up in a loop.
To overcome this problem, you will need to setup an OnItemTouchListener that adds the proper ScrollListener when a RecyclerView is touched, and removes it when the scrolling stops. This works almost flawlessly, but if you perform a quick fling in a long RecyclerView, and then scroll it again before it finishes, only the first scroll will be transferred.
To work around this, you will need to ensure that the OnScrollListener is only added when the RecyclerView is idle.
Let's take a look at the source:
    public class SelfRemovingOnScrollListener extends RecyclerView.OnScrollListener {

    @Override
    public final void onScrollStateChanged(@NonNull final RecyclerView recyclerView, final int newState) {
        super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);
        if (newState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
            recyclerView.removeOnScrollListener(this);
        }
    }
}

This is the class from which you need to extend your OnScrollListeners. This ensures that they are removed when needed.
Then I have the two listeners, one for each RecyclerView:
private final RecyclerView.OnScrollListener mLeftOSL = new SelfRemovingOnScrollListener() {
    @Override
    public void onScrolled(@NonNull final RecyclerView recyclerView, final int dx, final int dy) {
        super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
        mRightRecyclerView.scrollBy(dx, dy);
    }
}, mRightOSL = new SelfRemovingOnScrollListener() {

    @Override
    public void onScrolled(@NonNull final RecyclerView recyclerView, final int dx, final int dy) {
        super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
        mLeftRecyclerView.scrollBy(dx, dy);
    }
};

And then upon initialization you can setup the OnItemTouchListeners. It would be better to set up a single listener for the whole view instead, but RecyclerView does not support this. OnItemTouchListeners don't pose a problem anyway:
    mLeftRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener() {

        private int mLastY;

        @Override
        public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(@NonNull final RecyclerView rv, @NonNull final
        MotionEvent e) {
            Log.d("debug", "LEFT: onInterceptTouchEvent");

            final Boolean ret = rv.getScrollState() != RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE;
            if (!ret) {
                onTouchEvent(rv, e);
            }
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        }

        @Override
        public void onTouchEvent(@NonNull final RecyclerView rv, @NonNull final MotionEvent e) {
            Log.d("debug", "LEFT: onTouchEvent");

            final int action;
            if ((action = e.getAction()) == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && mRightRecyclerView
                    .getScrollState() == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
                mLastY = rv.getScrollY();
                rv.addOnScrollListener(mLeftOSL);
            }
            else {
                if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP && rv.getScrollY() == mLastY) {
                    rv.removeOnScrollListener(mLeftOSL);
                }
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(final boolean disallowIntercept) {
            Log.d("debug", "LEFT: onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent");
        }
    });

    mRightRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener() {

        private int mLastY;

        @Override
        public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(@NonNull final RecyclerView rv, @NonNull final
        MotionEvent e) {
            Log.d("debug", "RIGHT: onInterceptTouchEvent");

            final Boolean ret = rv.getScrollState() != RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE;
            if (!ret) {
                onTouchEvent(rv, e);
            }
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        }

        @Override
        public void onTouchEvent(@NonNull final RecyclerView rv, @NonNull final MotionEvent e) {
            Log.d("debug", "RIGHT: onTouchEvent");

            final int action;
            if ((action = e.getAction()) == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && mLeftRecyclerView
                    .getScrollState
                            () == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
                mLastY = rv.getScrollY();
                rv.addOnScrollListener(mRightOSL);
            }
            else {
                if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP && rv.getScrollY() == mLastY) {
                    rv.removeOnScrollListener(mRightOSL);
                }
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(final boolean disallowIntercept) {
            Log.d("debug", "RIGHT: onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent");
        }
    });
}

Note also that, in my particular case, the RecyclerViews are not the first ones to receive the touch event, so I need to intercept it. If this is not your case, you can (should) merge the code from onInterceptTouchEvent(...) into onTouchEvent(...).
Finally, this will cause a crash if your user attempts to scroll your two RecyclerViews at the same time. The best effort-quality solution possible here is to set android:splitMotionEvents="false" in the direct parent containing the RecyclerViews.
You can see an example with this code here.

A: First of all consider just using NestedScrollView as parent for RecyclerViews. This might need some additional tweaks but general idea is the same:
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>

If you can't do this for some reasons, you can sync scroll programmatically. Just need to avoid infinite loop of onScrolled() event callback as already mentioned in other answers. In other words when you started scrolling programmatically you do nothing inside onScroll() until you finished scrolling programmatically. And do not scroll programmatically RecyclerView that was originally scrolled.
Put all Recyclers for sync in
List<RecyclerView> syncRecyclers

Call
addSyncListeners()

Enjoy
public class SyncScrollActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private List<RecyclerView> syncRecyclers;
    private boolean isProgrammaticallyScrolling = false;

    private void addSyncListeners() {
        for (RecyclerView recyclerView : syncRecyclers) {
            recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new SyncOnScrollListener());
        }
    }

    private class SyncOnScrollListener extends RecyclerView.OnScrollListener {
        @Override
        public void onScrolled(@NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy) {
            if (!isProgrammaticallyScrolling) {
                isProgrammaticallyScrolling = true;
                scrollAll(recyclerView, dx, dy);
                isProgrammaticallyScrolling = false;
            }
        }
    }

    private void scrollAll(RecyclerView exceptRecycler, int dx, int dy) {
        for (RecyclerView recyclerView : syncRecyclers) {
            if (!recyclerView.equals(exceptRecycler)) {
                recyclerView.scrollBy(dx, dy);
            }
        }
    }
}

A: Create variable in your pager adapter which will responsible to save current scrollY position for its pages and whenever your getItem(position) will call update ListView positoin have a look at CacheFragmentStatePagerAdapter in
https://github.com/ksoichiro/Android-ObservableScrollView/blob/master/samples/src/main/java/com/github/ksoichiro/android/observablescrollview/samples/ViewPagerTabActivity.java

A: I found a very easy solution without any flags and it is quite dynamic
The first thing is you have to create RecyclerView.OnScrollListener and subscribe that listener to each horizontal layout that you wish. RecyclerView.OnScrollListener:
 val scrollListener = object : RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
                override fun onScrolled(recyclerView: RecyclerView, dx: Int, dy: Int) {
                    super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy)
                    horizontalScroll(this, recyclerView, dx)
                }
            }

fun horizontalScroll(
            scrollListener: RecyclerView.OnScrollListener,
            currentRecycler: RecyclerView,
            dx: Int
        ) {
            for (i in 0..parentRecyclerView.childCount) {
                val childRecyclerView =
                    parentRecyclerView.getChildAt(i)?.findViewById<RecyclerView>(R.id.recyclerView)
                if (currentRecycler != childRecyclerView) {
                    childRecyclerView?.removeOnScrollListener(scrollListener)
                    childRecyclerView?.scrollBy(dx, 0)
                    childRecyclerView?.addOnScrollListener(scrollListener)
                }
            }
        }

Please note that you have to have RecyclerView with the same layout.id. Useful in case of vertical RecyclerView with horizontal rows

A: How about this?
fun start(main: RecyclerView, attach: RecyclerView) {
    attach.setOnTouchListener { _, motionEvent ->
        main.dispatchTouchEvent(motionEvent)
        true
    }
    main.addOnScrollListener(object : RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
        override fun onScrolled(recyclerView: RecyclerView, dx: Int, dy: Int) {
            super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy)
            attach.scrollBy(dx, dy)
        }
    })
}


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Why Is There an X in Xmas? Isn't It Sacrilegious?
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by N.S. Gill
N.S. Gill is a freelance classics and ancient history writer. She has a master's degree in linguistics and is a former Latin teacher.
Some Christians complain that the abbreviation 'Xmas' for Christmas is part of a move to secularize the holiday, to take the Christ out of Christmas, but this isn't really justified.
It is said that when Emperor Constantine had his great vision that caused him to convert to Christianity, he saw the Greek letters Chi and Rho intertwined. Chi is written as an 'X' and Rho is written as a 'P', but they are the first two letters of the Greek word Christ 'savior'. 'XP' is sometimes used to stand for Christ. Sometimes 'X' is used alone. This is the case in the Chi (X) abbreviation for Christ in Xmas. Thus, Xmas is not directly a way of secularizing the holiday, but since 'X' is not Chi in English, we read the word as X-mas and see no connection with Christ.
Sacrilegious, an adjective some have applied to the Xmas spelling, is easy to misspell. It looks as though it should be "sac-" plus the word religious, but it isn't. Instead, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary, it comes from the Latin phrase sacrum legere: "to steal sacred things."
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"Чувајте ми песме" је албум Мирослава Илића из 1998. године. На њему се налазе следеће песме:
 Лидија
 За другога руже цветају
 Ајде Дано, моја рано
 Чувајте ми песме
 Болеће ме, болеће
 Дал' би ми помогла
 Ноћас рај, јутрос крај
 Плави анђеле
 Сетиш ли се некад мене
 Грешница

Албуми Мирослава Илића
Албуми 1998.
Албуми издати за ПГП РТС

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It may seem odd for the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul Mary J. Blige to star in a film about Rock & Roll, but the R&B songstress says she couldn't be more excited to be a part of a film with such an all-star cast.
Check out the trailer and tell us what you think? Is this something you'd check out to see Mary's performance?


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The SEC Speeds Up Its Enforcement Arm
SEC officials signal an enforcement division that functions more like a criminal prosecutor's office
Friday, August 7, 2009 (All day)
Nanette Byrnes
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/aug2009/db2009087_949147.htm
It has been a big week so far for the market cops at the Securities & Exchange Commission: Each day brought a new multimillion-dollar settlement, most involving high-profile people or companies—Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), and two former executives of American International Group (AIG), plus two smaller trading firms.
That kind of change has been welcome at the agency—in particular, its Enforcement Div.—following months of pummeling by politicians and pundits alike for missing Ponzi schemes, standing by as the investment banks gorged on debt, and doing too little (or too much) to rein in controversial market practices. But many securities lawyers suspect the shift is also a sign of things to come—especially when combined with other changes at the SEC's Enforcement Div. and comments by its chief. The likely result: An Enforcement Div. that functions much more like a criminal prosecutor's office, moving swiftly, cutting deals, and focusing resources on high-profile issues, among other developments.
"This suggests bringing a prosecutorial mindset to a civil law enforcement agency," says securities attorney Mark K. Schonfeld, a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, who headed the SEC's New York office until last fall.
Accelerating Actions
So count on more long-lingering cases to come to a head. The charges against former AIG executives Hank Greenberg and Howard Smith, for example, date to 2005 and earlier, while the action against GE goes all the way back to 2002 and 2003. Such cases "move at their own speed, but there is ability within the agency to speed things up or slow things down," says Fiona Philip, a partner in Howrey's securities law practice and previously enforcement counsel to the SEC's chairman.
The agency's newly minted enforcement chief, former federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami, vowed on Wednesday, Aug. 5, to move swiftly—saying in a speech to New York lawyers that "a sense of urgency is critical" and "long gaps between conduct and atonement undermine the deterrent impact of our cases and result in missed opportunities to achieve a permanent change in behavior and culture."
Khuzami spent nearly a dozen years as a federal prosecutor in New York, trying cases ranging from Ponzi schemes to the terrorism trial of Omar Ahmed Ali Abdel, the "Blind Sheikh" tied to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Immediately before joining the SEC, he had served as the Americas general counsel for Deutsche Bank (DB). Khuzami replaced Linda Thomsen, who left for private practice amid criticism that the Enforcement Div. had been sloppy in several high-profile incidents.
Appearing Active
Securities defense attorneys say they and their colleagues are getting a wave of calls and letters telling them that long-open cases are either being dropped or will soon result in charges. Khuzami has told enforcement attorneys to wrap up cases that have been around for more than two or three years, bringing charges or dropping them as appropriate, according to three former or current SEC employees.
Pushing to wrap up old cases makes good sense with new leadership at the SEC, says Nancy Grunberg, head of the securities and white-collar practice at Washington law firm Venable. "There also is a desire to appear very active because of all the criticism."
A spokesman for the SEC said enforcement staff have been asked "to review inventory to see if there were matters that should be closed," taking into account the "clarity of the evidence" and how advanced the cases are, with the goal of bringing "the best cases and ones that are programmatically significant." Attorneys were also told that cases dormant because of a lack of resources could be reassigned, the spokesman said.
Back to Specializing
In addition, Khuzami plans to establish specialized teams of attorneys to focus on key areas, including asset management (think hedge funds, mutual funds, and private equity), market abuse, "structured and new products" (aka derivatives and securitization), and foreign bribery cases. The move is a departure from recent practice, when nearly all SEC enforcement attorneys acted as generalists, aside from a few specialists in municipal securities or in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. (In the 1990s similar specialized groups existed that focused on investment management, broker-dealers, and other areas.)
Securities defense attorneys cautiously praise that move, saying it could help enforcement attorneys coordinate better with other divisions in the agency and may save companies time and money by ensuring attorneys are better versed in the practices they investigate. "There's nothing more frustrating than to get into the testimony room, and the staff doesn't understand what you do," one defense attorney says.
Another initiative Khuzami championed this week drives home the prosecutorial flavor of the agency's efforts: He called for increasing "incentives to individuals to cooperate in SEC investigations," which private-practice attorneys and former SEC officials say sounds like an effort by the SEC (which has only civil litigation powers) to emulate the plea bargains that criminal prosecutors can offer cooperative witnesses. The SEC, however, has fewer incentives to offer cooperating witnesses, short of waiving litigation and entering into deferred prosecution agreements, in which the agency puts litigation on hold and lets it lapse if a company or individual stays clean for a certain period.
"People who are in a position to cooperate usually do it because they've done something wrong—should they get a pass such that they're allowed to continue in the industry?" says one former enforcement attorney. "That's how federal prosecutors make cases, by getting cooperators, and the SEC has never really been able to do that because they don't have enough of a threat."
Just Clearing the Decks?
Darren Check, a plaintiffs' attorney at Barroway Topaz who represents mostly institutional investors, praised the agency's tack, calling it a sign that SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro is listening to investors' concerns. The past week's case roster "shows the investor community they are out there," Check says. Schapiro "has given investors on the institutional side a great deal of optimism."
Ultimately, of course, it remains to be seen how much of the new push—beyond clearing the decks of old cases—will yield real results. Already, this week's round of proposed settlements has hit its first stumbling block, with a federal judge insisting on greater detail before signing off on the BofA deal. The judge said he was concerned that the agreement didn't provide a clear basis for Bank of America's $33 million payment or indicate whether any of it would come from federal bailout dollars.
That kind of scrutiny, plus sheer institutional inertia, could wind up blunting some of the changes underway. Says Treazure Johnson, a securities and white-collar attorney at Venable: "There's a lot going on internally, but I don't see it turning into a whole lot externally."
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Home> Research & Publications> Perspectives on History> Issues> April 2011> AHA Today> What We're Reading: April 28, 2011 Edition
What We're Reading: April 28, 2011 Edition
In the news this week, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows for 2011 include three former AHA presidents and a current AHA Council member. Also in the news, George Mason's Center for History and New Media has been renamed after Roy Rosenzweig. We then link to articles on historians' thoughts on the federal budget (hearing from Jill Lepore and Richard White), an Australian who studies African American history, a look at what makes a web resource useful to researchers, and history on Twitter. Also, get ready for summer with recommended reading, new books in history, and NPR's book reviews. Finally, browse images of 90 Years of African American History in D.C., and "atomic gardening" in the 1960s.
2011 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows
The list of new inductees (PDF) to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences includes three former presidents of the AHA, Gabrielle Spiegel, Wm. Roger Louis, and Barbara Weinstein, as well as current AHA Council member Thomas J. Sugrue.
George Mason University's Center for History and New Media reports that after a successful fundraising effort, the Center will be renamed for its founder (and former AHA Vice President) Roy Rosenzweig.
Two Historians and the Federal Budget
As we noted on the AHA home page and blog earlier this week, the New York Times for Sunday, April 24, carries several stories of interest to historians. We draw particular attention to the editorial pages, where two of our colleagues have entered the conversation on the federal budget. Jill Lepore and Richard White draw on their historical research to offer perspectives on current debates. One criticizes proposed cuts to education and family planning. The other argues against subsidies for high-speed rail. As the year goes on, we hope to see more historians follow their example, and that of William Cronon, and enter the public square.
An Aussie Takes On African American History
Shane White, an Australian professor of American history, recounts his experiences as a "foreigner" writing about African Americans and the reactions he's gotten from both colleagues and the general American public.
What Humanities Researchers Want
Europeana Libraries offers a nice summary of what humanities researchers want from "a good web resource," such as making it easy to use (and reuse) and cite.
History on Twitter
Naomi Coquillon, education specialist at the National Museum of American History, discusses her experiences with Twitter and how she values it most as a tool for finding new history articles and resources, rather as a place of discussion.
Just in time for summer, and time by the pool, EDSITEment has put together a recommended reading list for students who will be soon off to college. Though, a number of these selections are worth revisiting at any age and situation.
New Books in History
John Fea has his eye on some new history books he wants to read, which he'll pick up right after he finishes reading those history books he has to read.
What NPR is Reading
NPR also has a weekly "What We're Reading" series, featuring a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction books.
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September 23, 2016 Kurucz JuditLeave a Comment on Hello, Erasmus!
Foreign students of the University of Debrecen were greeted with an authentic Hungarian dinner on 21 September.
200 new foreign students came to Debrecen in the confines of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) and the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship. Students came from the state members of the European Union and also from Albania, Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey, China, Japan, South Korea, Kazakhstan and from the United States of America.
The traditional Welcome Dinner for the newly arrived was held on 21 September 2016. The dinner night was about Hungarian specialties and Hungarian culture; students could taste authentic Hungarian dishes and could try themselves out in Hungarian folk dancing.
Réka Jakab, president of the Debrecen ESN delivered a speech.


Ruby: When to use is_a?
TL;DR: Using is_a? is almost always not the best solution.
Let's say that you own a car dealership and you have standard markup rates for all vehicles previously of 20%. Consider the following models representing this requirement.
We pay a performance penalty when we have to do the type checking using is_a?
Here we override the markup_rate method in the child class of the Vehicle.
Simply looking at the Suv's class implementation and realizing that it has a different markup_rate.
The general markup_rate for a Vehicle has not changed, so that class is not touched. This is a big win, as the change should be only applied in the context it is needed.
The only time I see this necessary is when our conditions based on classes that we do not own. By that I mean String, Hash, Proc or some class belong to a library we are using.


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Officials with the City of Port Townsend, the Jefferson County Public Utility District and the Port of Port Townsend will be conducting a joint Town Hall meeting on Nov. 9 to discuss the removal of the iconic poplar trees along Sims Way in Port Townsend. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
Town hall to discuss removal of iconic poplar trees
Virtual Port Townsend meeting set for Tuesday
by Zach Jablonski
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1:30am
NewsJefferson CountyPort Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — A meeting next week will address the planned removal of the iconic Lombardy poplar trees along Sims Way in Port Townsend.
The virtual meeting will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday. To participate, go to www.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID 826 6135 6962. The passcode is 568098.
To listen only, call 253-215-8782 or tune into to KPTZ 91.9 FM radio.
The removal of the poplar trees, which were planted some six decades ago, is part of the $2 million Sims Gateway Tree Project, which also will include undergrounding power lines, installing a multi-use path, replanting the area with native trees, expanding the boatyard at Boat Haven and associated permitting, officals said in a press release.
About 130 poplar trees are to be removed due to safety concerns and economic development plans, including the needs of the Kah Tai Lagoon side of Sims Way, the release said.
During the joint town hall, officials with the City of Port Townsend, the Jefferson County Public Utility District (PUD) and the Port of Port Townsend will give brief overviews of each element of the project and then be on hand to answer questions and hear community perspectives, officials said.
"The goal of the town hall meeting is to ensure a more comprehensive and common understanding of the elements of the project, overall scope, rationale and objectives, costs, status and timeline as well as to incorporate ideas and feedback from the wider community into project planning," the release said.
The joint project is led by the port and the PUD, with the city participating as a supporting partner.
Costs are expected to be $700,000 for the PUD, $900,000 for the port and $370,000 for the city.
The agencies applied for a Jefferson County Public Infrastructure Grant of $1 million to offset the overall estimated cost, with the city providing a $100,000 match.
The trees on the port side of the road have been known to contribute to overhead powerlines sparking and have been causing concerns about public safety, officials said.
"This is a great opportunity to leverage our collective strengths as agencies in partnership to make a generational improvement with lasting benefits," port Executive Director Eron Berg said in the release. "In particular, expansion of the boatyard will be very helpful for our maritime industry by providing more space for boat projects.
"It is also vitally important to the port that the safety concerns about the close proximity of the boatyard and the 115 kilovolt power lines is addressed."
PUD General Manager Kevin Streett said the agency has two issues.
"We have boats and masts making contact with powerlines, and we have a whole row of trees that have grown right up into the powerlines," he said in the release.
To solve the problems, the PUD intends to remove the trees and bury the power lines.
"Removing the trees takes away our concerns about fire and outages," Streett said. "Undergrounding the power ensures no more boats come in contact with high-voltage lines and gives the port room to expand the boat yard.
"It's a win-win as far as the PUD is concerned."
The city understands the tree-lined section of Sims Way is an iconic feature to Port Townsend along with Boat Haven and Kah Tai Lagoon, the release said.
"Our amazing natural assets are deeply important to so many people in our community," said City Manager John Mauro. "The poplar trees, especially now, are simply beautiful.
"That said, we're also thinking ahead so that a future tree-lined entrance to Port Townsend isn't a liability for electricity supply and safety or a hindrance for our maritime industry, but something that remains stunning, accessible and iconic — a project that our community can be proud of for 100 years onward."
More information on the project can by found on the city's webpage at cityofpt.us/publicworks/project/sims-way-gateway-tree-project.
Jefferson County reporter Zach Jablonski can be reached at 360-385-2335, ext. 5, or at [email protected]
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Hey Buddha, Can You Spare a Dime?
TGIFF! (This is Going to be an Interesting and Fantastic Friday!)
We are going to do something completely different today. We are starting to day off with photos! That's right, we have Giant Buddha and Giant Panda (new!) pics!
Yesterday, the gang took the Minjiang River cruise to see the incredible Giant Buddha . The giant Buddha (in Leshan) is the tallest stone Buddha sculpture in the world. It is 233 feet tall and 92 feet wide! I'd say that falls into the giant category, wouldn't you?
To give you some perspective, the faces on Mt. Rushmore are 60 feet tall. The Bennington Battle Monument is 306 feet tall.
Okay, lets' get on with the photos. Here you'll see the group wearing their life jackets as they visit the monument.
The Buddha looks pretty good for being 1,200 years old!
Let's hear what Ruby has to say about the Giant Buddha experience. Here's Ruby...
Ruby DeFelice, Freshman, Townshend
Caution cone life vests cascade over our heads and tumble into place hugging our shoulders. The ferry roared to life and we began our trip to the Grand Buddha. The boat traveled down the mucky yellow river towards the great structure gliding with ease the whole way. The current was soft yet strong at the same time, it carried us beyond view of the Buddha so they had to turn around and climb the current until he was in plain sight again. As the 210 ft Buddha came into perspective cameras started snapping and flashing all over the boat. The enormous structure sat in a throne of burnt sienna-colored stone and he was surrounded by rope and wooden stairs and holes all dug into the rock. The site was astonishing and ended too fast; we spent 15 minutes photographing a structure that took 90 years to complete. We never got off the rickety boat, just watched the Buddha from afar. Once the cameras stopped flashing and voices died down, the boat gently fought the current all the way back up stream towards the dock.
A green bus rattles and bangs down the road and on to the highway. Cement stretches as far as the eye can see, besides all the farmland, of course. Our bus swims in and out of cities and towns and swings through the green land. The buses engine roared for two hours or so and then came to an abrupt stop where the shuttle would pick us up. Lines for who had to pee the most to who had to pee the least were constructed. The first shuttle would take those small-bladder kids and the second and third would take the rest of us. The rain was falling at an impressive rate by now, yet the city was still bustling with people. The hotel had a new age atmosphere and a very "Japanese" style, shiny natural patterns on black and red reflective glass, natural patterned rugs and a clean uncluttered vibe. As the sun fell behind the grey dingy clouds and dinner neared, we headed out to eat. We traveled an hour on the bus to a restaurant! But it was worth it! The food was fantastic. The bus ride on the way back was exciting because ice cream was waiting at the end! Once the bus dropped us off some of us went to DQ and some of us went to Haagen Daz. Haagen Daz was expensive so I went to DQ where I got a Raspberry Crush smoothie! It was fantastic!
Doing laundry is a pain. I spent 1 hour washing clothes in the sink, getting soap in my eyes and water all over. I spent another whole hour rinsing clothes and soaking whatever parts of me that were dry. It was an experience; at least I didn't have to shower. Our days are long and always leave us beat, I'll sleep like a rock.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
So, as Ruby mentioned, after the tour of the Buddha, the group left Leshan for Chengdu.
After arrival in Chengdu, the group will visit Jinli Street.
Here's Tom to bring us up to date:
We're now in Chengdu. Much flatter than Chongqing. Huge city, very modern and extremely busy with traffic. The traffic jams are immense. Given that a small percentage of Chinese have cars, it is hard to imagine what the traffic could be like in five years or so, as more and more people can afford them.
Today, the group visits the Chengdu Research of Giant Panda breeding. China's giant pandas are considered a living national treasure. Research in the areas of reproduction, behavior and nutrition is being done here to help ensure that these endangered species survive. Amazing.
Here they are. Can you them all saying "aaaaaah!" (we can hear you saying it!)
The Chinese word for Giant Panda is Xiongmao. These are amazing animals and a real treat for the group to be able to see them up close. Great stuff!
Okay, the JE gang will also be performing once again at the Tanghu Middle School in Chengdu.
We might have more photos a little later, so y'all come back now, ya hear?
By the way, Happy Passover and Happy Easter to everyone.


Here's a bed frame made entirely from 38 x 63 x 2400mm studding. Don't you love metric? I assume this used to be called 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ x 8′. Wickes sells it fairly cheap here – you'd need a minimum of 10 lengths. I used one and a half boxes of these No.12 by 2″ screws. Beefy screws are important for furniture that's going to carry the weight of two people. Attached to this post is a SketchUp model of the whole thing.
It's made to fit 2 x Ikea Sultan Luroy 80 x 200cm bed slats and Lycksele Lovas 80 x 188cm mattresses.
It's cheap (when I bought the studding from Wickes it cost around £40) and it took me 3 hours to cut the wood on a chopsaw. I recommend using some sort of electric saw that cuts good right-angles because apart from saving bags of time, if any of the angles on the ends of the studding are off, that'll seriously effect the strength of the frame.
In the SketchUp model, I haven't marked the places to screw the wood together, but the important detail which might not be possible to guess from the model is that at each corner where the front and back lengths meet the legs, I screwed down through the lip on the side lengths (where the slats will rest) into the front/back lengths. This is important to add strength.
The headboard can be any sheet wood, but I used 12mm MDF. If you used thicker wood, you could leave out the large crossbar behind the headboard.
The single most important tip for this, or any other bed where the wooden slats rest directly on wooden lips on the frame, is to wax the lips thoroughly by rubbing a candle along them, or this will squeak like crazy! I know what you're probably thinking now, but seriously, you can't even read a book without making a racket if you don't wax the lips.


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Growth or Implosion? The case for abolishing the toxic tax code & starting over.
(Washington, D.C.) — As readers of this blog know, I generally write about trends in Israel, the Middle East and Russia. But because I love the United States, I feel compelled to write today about how much trouble we are in economically and one set of changes we urgently need to make.
Today is Tax Day, the day all Americans are required to send in our federal income tax forms to the IRS and pray to God we didn't make a mistake. What an utter disaster our current federal tax code is. As one Congressman put it, our tax code is ten times longer than the Bible with none of the good news. It's long, complex, confusing, and a magnet for lobbyists all trying to carve out a deal for themselves. It forces Americans to spend six billion hours a year — that's right, six billion hours — filling out tax forms, and to stay up worrying at night that they'll get dragged into an audit, or worse.
We can do better. Indeed, we must if we're ever going to get America back on the right track. It's time for our nation to come together around bold, sweeping tax reform that will unleash the great potential of the American people, get this economy roaring again, severely reduce the power of the IRS, and drain the cesspool of corruption in Washington.
Ultimately, tax reform is not primarily an economic issue but a moral one. The current system is creating a terrible drag on our economy and suffocating the creation of millions of good, high-paying jobs. But it is also punishing marriage, children, work and savings.
Tax reform should be a bipartisan issue. The vast majority of Americans want to scrap the toxic IRS code and replace with a new system that is pro-family and pro-growth. So let's get to it.
After all, the stakes are high. If we don't pass serious tax reform soon, we won't be able to get our economy growing at full strength. Millions of people will remain unemployed or under-employed. Real wages will stay stagnant or fall. We won't be able to afford a military strong enough to protect ourselves, our allies or our vital national interests around the world. We won't be able to honor our promises to the Greatest Generation via Social Security or Medicare. We won't be able to balance our budget or stop borrowing from the Chinese.
That's the bad news. The good news is that there are good ideas from good leaders on the table that could help us turn things around.
A new poll commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers show overwhelming bipartisan support for bold tax reform.
Steve Forbes — for whom I used to work as the director of policy and communications — continues to make a solid case for the Flat Tax.
Former Senator Rick Santorum — who won eleven states and four million votes in 2012 — has an excellent op-ed out today on the need for bold tax reform and the principles that should drive the debate.
Many other serious leaders — including Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin — are making the case for serious reform, as well.
In the end, America needs a Third Great Awakening — a sweeping moral and spiritual revival — not just economic growth. But we need growth and opportunity, too.
Here are excerpts from the non-fiction book I wrote in 2012, Implosion: Can America Recover From Its Economic & Spiritual Challenges In Time?
The Road to Reform . . . ?
Some experts and think tanks believe there is still time to turn things around. At least two have laid out detailed reform plans worth considering.
Congressman Paul Ryan has developed his "Roadmap for America's Future." This detailed legislative proposal cuts tax rates and simplifies the tax code to reignite economic growth. It cuts and restrains federal spending. It reforms Social Security and Medicare in ways that protect the existing system for current retirees and those close to retirement while also improving the system for younger workers. For example, Ryan proposes the retirement age be gradually and incrementally increased from sixty-five years old to seventy years old, since people are living and working longer. He also proposes that younger workers can invest some of their current payroll taxes into tax-free personal retirement accounts that permit low-risk investments in mutual funds and annuities. The Ryan plan also includes specific details to balance the budget and reduce federal debt—all, presumably, before an implosion of the American economy occurs.[i]
The Heritage Foundation has also released a very detailed reform plan. It's called, "Saving the American Dream: The Heritage Plan to Fix the Debt, Cut Spending, and Restore Prosperity." While the principles are similar to Congressman Ryan's plan, some of the specifics are different. Both plans call for fully repealing "ObamaCare," and both create personal retirement accounts within the Social Security system for younger workers. However, while the Ryan plan calls for simplifying the federal tax code from its current six marginal tax brackets [NOTE: at the time I wrote Implosion, there were 6 rates; now there are 7] down to just two (a 10 percent rate and a 25 percent rate), the Heritage plan calls for a single flat tax (the rate is not yet determined). Whereas the Ryan plan would hold spending at 19 percent of GDP, the Heritage plan would restrain spending to 18.5 percent of GDP.
The Heritage plan was designed to balance the federal budget by 2021 and reduce the national debt to 30 percent of GDP by 2035. By contrast, because the Ryan plan phases in some of the reforms more gradually than the Heritage plan does, the "Roadmap" does not bring the federal budget into balance until after 2055. That may seem like a long time—and it is—but the Ryan plan should be compared not only with the Heritage plan but more importantly with the fact that President Obama has not laid out a reform plan of his own. Under the current trajectory, the Congressional Budget Office projects deficits as far as the eye can see through the twenty-first century. Without significant changes, the budget will never be balanced in our lifetimes. Worse, the CBO indicates that the national debt will hit a horrifying 185 percent of GDP by 2035.[ii]
Overall, the Heritage plan is much bolder than the Ryan plan, but there are various policy and political challenges to both. What remains to be seen is whether the American people have the stomach for either plan or a variation of one of them. The point is not that one plan is necessarily better than the other. The point I want to make here is that there are at least two serious, credible plans on the table right now that show us in specific ways how we can boost economic growth, create more jobs, reform our entitlement systems, and get ourselves back on the road to fiscal sanity before we implode. Perhaps others will develop bold, creative, and compassionate plans that will improve upon what Congressman Ryan and the Heritage Foundation have offered. I hope so. The more serious ideas in the mix, the better. There is still a way out of this mess, and that is good news, but the window to get started on such reforms is rapidly closing.
. . . Or the Road to Ruin?
If we don't make desperately needed reforms, then we are most certainly on the path to ruin. Indeed, we could be on the road to Greece.
"America is on the road to re-creating Greece's recent debt crisis," noted business magazine Barron's in a 2011 issue. "If a country as small and removed as Greece could generate the tremors that it did in the past year, how much worse would a national debt crisis be in the world's largest economy?"[iii]
The article notes that "Greece, the world's 27th-largest economy, is a minor player, even in the European Union. Yet a budget deficit of 13.6 percent of gross domestic product spiked its overall debt to 115 percent of GDP. Its debt fell to junk status, and it stood on the edge of bankruptcy. Only the massive May 2010 bailout by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund pulled it back from the brink."[iv]
Citing sobering data from the Congressional Budget Office, Barron's warned, "If you think debt problems like Greece's can't happen here, think again. . . . [Soon], U.S. debt will hit 132 percent of GDP—well above Greece's 115 percent. Government spending will consume almost one-third of everything America produces—a level only reached at the height of World War II. Even raising taxes to their greatest ratio to the economy in America's history wouldn't offset the automatic spending machine. . . . Washington is on the road to Greece."[v]
America in 2012 owes more than $15 trillion to a range of creditors, many in foreign countries, including Communist China.
[NOTE: That was true when I wrote Implosion; but today our national debt is over $17 trillion.]
That's bad enough, but it gets worse.
Most Americans don't even realize that we owe another $57 trillion to cover a range of "unfunded liabilities," including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits. America's most respected financial experts—both Republicans and Democrats—are warning us that such staggering levels of current and coming debt could trigger an economic implosion unless we rapidly and courageously make fundamental and sweeping reforms. The good news is that at least two detailed and compelling reforms have been proposed.
Two key questions emerge. First, does Washington have the courage to follow those plans or variations on them? And second, will Americans reward or punish political leaders in Washington for pursuing such reforms?
As important as those questions are, however, there is another even more important question: Will the Lord give us the time we need to make these changes—however difficult and painful they would be—or will he simply choose in his sovereignty to let America implode financially?
[i] Ryan, "A Roadmap for America's Future," http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/Plan/#budgetreform.
[ii] See Butler et al, "Saving the American Dream." The Heritage plan quotes CBO projections extensively.
[iii] J. T. Young, "The Road to Greece," Barron's, January 22, 2011, http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970203676504575618561763058500.html.
[iv] Ibid.
[v] Ibid.
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[RECR]... or is it [RP]? Join the Fan Fiction Guild!
Alright, my name for the guild wasn't very creative, but my writing is, and I bet yours is too!
After searching forever, I can safely say this is the only guild on this site dedicated to fanfic for Urban Rivals. Your own clans, your own characters, you could write about anything in this game! From short stories about your favorite existing characters to logs by your favorite leaders, the creative possibility is endless.
Hi to make the hyperlink you need to remove the spaces from your first try in post 1.
my stupidity doesn't change the awesomeness of this guild though!
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