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Create a List with RecyclerView Part of Android Jetpack.
If your app needs to display a scrolling list of elements based on large data sets (or
data that frequently changes), you should use
as described on this page.
Tip: Start with some template code in Android Studio by clicking File > New > Fragment > Fragment (List). Then simply add the fragment to your activity layout.
If you'd like to create a list with cards, as shown in figure 2, also use the
CardView widget as described in
Create a Card-based Layout.
If you'd like to see some sample code for
RecyclerView, check out the
RecyclerView Sample App Java | Kotlin.
RecyclerView overview
RecyclerView widget is a more advanced and flexible
version of
In the
RecyclerView model, several
different components work together to display your data.
The overall container for your user interface is a
RecyclerView object that you add to your layout. The
RecyclerView fills itself with views provided by a
layout manager that you provide. You can use one of our standard layout managers (such as
LinearLayoutManager or
GridLayoutManager), or implement your own.
The views in the list are represented by view holder objects. These objects
are instances of a class you define by extending
RecyclerView.ViewHolder. Each view holder is in
charge of displaying a single item with a view. For example, if your list
shows music collection, each view holder might represent a single album.
RecyclerView creates only as many
view holders as are needed to display the on-screen portion of the dynamic
content, plus a few extra. As the user scrolls through the list, the
RecyclerView takes the off-screen views and rebinds
them to the data which is scrolling onto the screen.
The view holder objects are managed by an adapter, which you create by
The adapter creates view holders as needed. The adapter also binds the
view holders to their data. It does this by assigning the view holder to a
position, and calling the adapter's
onBindViewHolder() method. That method uses the
view holder's position to determine what the contents should be,
based on its list position.
RecyclerView model does a lot of
optimization work so you don't have to:
When the list is first populated, it creates and binds some view holders on
either side of the list. For example, if the view is displaying list positions 0
through 9, the
RecyclerViewcreates and binds those view holders, and might also create and bind the view holder for position 10. That way, if the user scrolls the list, the next element is ready to display.
As the user scrolls the list, the
RecyclerViewcreates new view holders as necessary. It also saves the view holders which have scrolled off-screen, so they can be reused. If the user switches the direction they were scrolling, the view holders which were scrolled off the screen can be brought right back. On the other hand, if the user keeps scrolling in the same direction, the view holders which have been off-screen the longest can be re-bound to new data. The view holder does not need to be created or have its view inflated; instead, the app just updates the view's contents to match the new item it was bound to.
When the displayed items change, you can notify the adapter by calling an
RecyclerView.Adapter.notify…()method. The adapter's built-in code then rebinds just the affected items.
Add the support library
To access the
RecyclerView widget, you need to add the
v7 Support
Libraries to your project as follows:
- Open the
build.gradlefile for your app module.
- Add the support library to the
dependencies { implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:28.0.0' }
Add RecyclerView to your layout
Now you can add the
RecyclerView to your
layout file. For example, the following layout uses
as the only view for the whole layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- A RecyclerView with some commonly used attributes --> <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView android:id="@+id/my_recycler_view" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
Once you have added a
RecyclerView widget to your layout,
obtain a handle to the object, connect it to a layout manager, and attach an adapter for the data
to be displayed:
class MyActivity : Activity() { private lateinit var recyclerView: RecyclerView private lateinit var viewAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter<*> private lateinit var viewManager: RecyclerView.LayoutManager override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.my_activity) viewManager = LinearLayoutManager(this) viewAdapter = MyAdapter(myDataset) recyclerView = findViewById<RecyclerView>(R.id.my_recycler_view).apply { // use this setting to improve performance if you know that changes // in content do not change the layout size of the RecyclerView setHasFixedSize(true) // use a linear layout manager layoutManager = viewManager // specify an viewAdapter (see also next example) adapter = viewAdapter } } // ... }
public class MyActivity extends Activity { private RecyclerView recyclerView; private RecyclerView.Adapter mAdapter; private RecyclerView.LayoutManager layoutManager; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.my_activity); recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.my_recycler_view); // use this setting to improve performance if you know that changes // in content do not change the layout size of the RecyclerView recyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true); // use a linear layout manager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this); recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager); // specify an adapter (see also next example) mAdapter = new MyAdapter(myDataset); recyclerView.setAdapter(mAdapter); } // ... }
Note: With Android Studio 3.6 and higher, the
view binding feature can replace
findViewById() calls and provides compile-time type safety for
code that interacts with views. Consider using view binding instead of
Add a list adapter
To feed all your data to the list, you must extend the
RecyclerView.Adapter class. This object creates views for items, and
replaces the content of some of the views with new data items when the original item is no longer
The following code example shows a simple implementation for a data set that consists
of an array of strings displayed using
TextView widgets:
class MyAdapter(private val myDataset: Array<String>) : RecyclerView.Adapter<MyAdapter.MyViewHolder>() { // Provide a reference to the views for each data item // Complex data items may need more than one view per item, and // you provide access to all the views for a data item in a view holder. // Each data item is just a string in this case that is shown in a TextView. class MyViewHolder(val textView: TextView) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(textView) // Create new views (invoked by the layout manager) override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): MyAdapter.MyViewHolder { // create a new view val textView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context) .inflate(R.layout.my_text_view, parent, false) as TextView // set the view's size, margins, paddings and layout parameters ... return MyViewHolder(textView) } // Replace the contents of a view (invoked by the layout manager) override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: MyViewHolder, position: Int) { // - get element from your dataset at this position // - replace the contents of the view with that element holder.textView.text = myDataset[position] } // Return the size of your dataset (invoked by the layout manager) override fun getItemCount() = myDataset.size }
public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyAdapter.MyViewHolder> { private String[] mDataset; // Provide a reference to the views for each data item // Complex data items may need more than one view per item, and // you provide access to all the views for a data item in a view holder public static class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder { // each data item is just a string in this case public TextView textView; public MyViewHolder(TextView v) { super(v); textView = v; } } // Provide a suitable constructor (depends on the kind of dataset) public MyAdapter(String[] myDataset) { mDataset = myDataset; } // Create new views (invoked by the layout manager) @Override public MyAdapter.MyViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) { // create a new view TextView v = (TextView) LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()) .inflate(R.layout.my_text_view, parent, false); ... MyViewHolder vh = new MyViewHolder(v); return vh; } // Replace the contents of a view (invoked by the layout manager) @Override public void onBindViewHolder(MyViewHolder holder, int position) { // - get element from your dataset at this position // - replace the contents of the view with that element holder.textView.setText(mDataset[position]); } // Return the size of your dataset (invoked by the layout manager) @Override public int getItemCount() { return mDataset.length; } }
The layout manager calls the adapter's
onCreateViewHolder() method. That method needs to construct a
and set the view it uses to display its contents. The type of the
ViewHolder must match the type declared in the Adapter class signature. Typically, it
would set the view by inflating an XML layout file. Because the view holder
is not yet assigned to any particular data, the method does not actually
set the view's contents.
The layout manager then binds the view holder to its data. It
does this by calling the adapter's
onBindViewHolder() method, and passing the view holder's position in the
RecyclerView. The
onBindViewHolder() method needs to fetch the appropriate data, and use it
to fill in the view holder's layout. For example, if the
RecyclerView is displaying a list of names, the
method might find the appropriate name in the list, and fill in the view
TextView widget.
If the list needs an update, call a notification method on the
RecyclerView.Adapter object, such as
notifyItemChanged(). The layout manager then rebinds any
affected view holders, allowing their data to be updated.
You might find the
ListAdapter class
useful for determining which items in your list need to be updated when the list changes.
Customize your RecyclerView
You can customize the
RecyclerView objects to
meet your specific needs. The standard classes provide all the functionality
that most developers will need; in many cases, the only customization you need
to do is design the view for each view holder and write the code to update
those views with the appropriate data. However, if your app has specific
requirements, you can modify the standard behavior in a number of ways. The
following sections describe some of the other common customizations.
Modifying the layout
RecyclerView uses a layout manager to
position the individual items on the screen and determine when to reuse item views that are no
longer visible to the user. To reuse (or recycle) a view, a layout manager may ask the
adapter to replace the contents of the view with a different element from the dataset. Recycling
views in this manner improves performance by avoiding the creation of unnecessary views or
performing expensive
findViewById() lookups. The Android
Support Library includes three standard layout managers, each of which offers many customization
LinearLayoutManagerarranges the items in a one-dimensional list. Using a
LinearLayoutManagerprovides functionality like the older
GridLayoutManagerarranges the items in a two-dimensional grid, like the squares on a checkerboard. Using a
GridLayoutManagerprovides functionality like the older
StaggeredGridLayoutManagerarranges the items in a two-dimensional grid, with each column slightly offset from the one before, like the stars in an American flag.
If none of these layout managers suits your needs, you can create your own by
extending the
abstract class.
Add item animations
Whenever an item changes, the
uses an animator to change its appearance. This animator is an object that
extends the abstract
RecyclerView.ItemAnimator class. By default, the
RecyclerView uses
DefaultItemAnimator to
provide the animation. If you want to provide custom animations, you can define
your own animator object by extending
Enable list-item selection
library enables users to select items in
RecyclerView list using touch or mouse input.
You retain control over the visual presentation of a selected item. You
can also retain control over policies controlling selection behavior, such as
items that can be eligible for selection, and how many items can be selected.
To add selection support to a
instance, follow these steps:
- Determine which selection key type to use, then build a
There are three key types that you can use to identify selected items:
Parcelable(and all subclasses like
String, and
Long. For detailed information about selection-key types, see
- Implement
- Update item
RecyclerViewto reflect that the user has selected or unselected it.
The selection library does not provide a default visual decoration for the selected items. You must provide this when you implement
onBindViewHolder(). The recommended approach is as follows:
- In
onBindViewHolder(), call
setSelected()) on the
Viewobject with
false(depending on if the item is selected).
- Update the styling of the view to represent the activated status. We recommend you use a color state list resource to configure the styling.
- In
- Use
ActionModeto provide the user with tools to perform an action on the selection.
- Perform any interpreted secondary actions
- Assemble everything with
- Include selection in the activity lifecycle events.
enables the selection library to access information about
RecyclerView items given a
It is effectively a factory for
instances that are backed up by (or extracted from) a
RecyclerView.ViewHolder instance.
Register a
to be notified when selection changes. When a selection is first created,
ActionMode to represent this to the
user, and provide selection-specific actions. For example, you may add a
delete button to the
ActionMode bar, and
connect the back arrow on the bar to clear the selection. When the selection
becomes empty (if the user cleared the selection the last time), don't
forget to terminate action mode.
At the end of the event processing pipeline, the library may determine that
the user is attempting to activate an item by tapping it, or is attempting
to drag and drop an item or set of selected items. React to these
interpretations by registering the appropriate listener. For more
information, see
The following example shows how to put these pieces together by using the
Long selection key:
var tracker = SelectionTracker.Builder( "my-selection-id", recyclerView, StableIdKeyProvider(recyclerView), MyDetailsLookup(recyclerView), StorageStrategy.createLongStorage()) .withOnItemActivatedListener(myItemActivatedListener) .build()
SelectionTracker tracker = new SelectionTracker.Builder<>( "my-selection-id", recyclerView, new StableIdKeyProvider(recyclerView), new MyDetailsLookup(recyclerView), StorageStrategy.createLongStorage()) .withOnItemActivatedListener(myItemActivatedListener) .build();
In order to build a
instance, your app must supply the same
RecyclerView.Adapter that you used to
For this reason, you will most likely need to inject the
instance, once created, into your
RecyclerView.Adapter after the
created. Otherwise, you won't be able to check an item's selected status from
In order to preserve selection state across the
activity lifecycle
events, your app must call the selection tracker's
methods from the activity's
onSaveInstanceState() and
methods respectively. Your app must also supply a unique selection ID to the
constructor. This ID is required because an activity or a fragment may have
more than one distinct, selectable list, all of which need to be persisted
in their saved state.
Additional resources
RecyclerView is
used in the Sunflower demo app.


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Bicycle Parking
DDOT has a progressive Bicycle Program with some of the most innovative initiatives in the nation, including the first self-service bike parking program and the Bikestation at Union Station.
Commercial Vehicles
Commercial vehicles parking and traveling within the District may be subject to special permitting and restrictions.
Disability Parking
The District has several programs intended to ensure on-street parking is accessible to residents and visitors with disabilities. See the interactive map for red top meters in the Central Business District.
Micromobility Parking
DDOT is installing bike and scooter corrals across the District to support the growing transit options.
Multimodal Value Pricing Pilot for Metered Curbside Parking -- Chinatown/Penn Quarter
The Multimodal Value Pricing Pilot uses the Chinatown/Penn Quarter area as a laboratory to test state-of-the-art strategies to make it easier to find parking.
Park and Charge Pilot
Provides electric vehicle users the ability to charge up at public curbside parking spaces.
An initiative to manage and regulate the District's curbside and parking assets.
Parking Meters
DDOT manages approximately 18,000 metered parking spaces across the District.
The District's Pay by Phone Program will allow residents, workers and visitors to use their mobile phones to pay for parking at all (approximately 17,000) on-street metered spaces.
Performance-based Parking Pilots
DDOT is using a method called performance-based parking to manage the on-street parking resources in pilot areas of the District.
Reserve Parking for a Funeral
A funeral includes any event at which mourners come to pay respects to the deceased. This includes events such as wakes, viewings, visitations and memorial services.
Residential Permit Parking
The RPP program limits on-street parking to participating residents living on designated blocks. Parking for everyone else is limited to two hours.
Short-term Parking Permits
If a vehicle is not moved off a snow emergency route, DPW will tow the vehicle to a pre-determined lot. DPW will no longer relocate the vehicle in the local neighborhood.
Tour Bus Parking
Directions to several neighborhoods, major attractions, nearest Metrorail stops (METRO) and available parking for motorcoaches in the District.
Traffic Operations and Parking Plan for the Baseball Park
District Traffic Volume Map depicts the Annualized Traffic Volume at various locations of the District's roadways.
Visitor Parking Passes
The VPP program is designed to allow guests of District residents to park for more than two hours on RPP zoned blocks.

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What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to networking and cloud? It probably isn't Fibre Channel.
As far back as 2000, a various industry experts have been predicting the death of Fibre Channel. Sometimes it has been an industry luminary like Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, who predicted in 2005 that Fibre Channel would be "over in ten years" (I guess I have less than a year to find a new job). In 2007, it was an "IT consultant" screaming for attention for another technology like iSCSI that tried and failed to predict the demise of Fibre Channel.
Fast forward to 2013. After years of predictions that cloud technology will take over, there is a niche (InfiniBand) vendor proclaiming that "cloud data centres are being built without Fibre Channel" .
Now, we are a nearly a quarter into 2014 and Fibre Channel is alive and well, expected by industry analysts to grow modestly for the foreseeable future. Upon further review, the industry experts were wrong in 2000, Bob Metcalfe was wrong in 2005, the iSCSI proponents were wrong in 2007, and InfiniBand is still searching for an identity…
Yesterday, Brocade and Rackspace announced the completion of the deployment of Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel SAN solutions across its global network of data centers. Yes Rackspace, the global leader in hybrid cloud and founder of OpenStack, the open-source operating system for the cloud. In a world of seemingly infinite technology choices for cloud infrastructure, Rackspace chose Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel and EMC VMAX Storage to build out a reliable and simple storage infrastructure solution that would accommodate massive growth, dynamic scalability, and increasing efficiency requirements.
When we originally launched our Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology in 2011, we said the adoption of this technology would be based on the continued adoption of virtualization along with the emergence of cloud-based architectures and solid state storage. In 2014, Fibre Channel continues to be the protocol of choice for server and desktop virtualization;
Fibre Channel matters for cloud-based infrastructure and has become the de facto standard interconnect protocol for solid state storage arrays. Our predictions have proven to be more accurate than Nostradamus. Unfortunately, success in predicting technology trends hasn't translated to success picking Powerball numbers.
Emulex's Shaun Walsh, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development, recently posted a video blog on their view of the state of Fibre Channel. I couldn't agree more with his sentiment that the reports of the death of Fibre Channel have been greatly exaggerated. With continued adoption and a near-term industry roadmap for Gen 6 Fibre Channel and 128 Gbps speeds, the future continues to look bright for the Fibre Channel industry.
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You make a number of excellent points. So many executives have in their minds the concept that cloud infrastructure means any application on any platform at any time for any reason with better than 90% utilization of the asset and it will cost them less. One of the challenges that I see here includes the level of flexibility that is expected in that statement. Especially with the level of uptime that's expected in the same environments. If we can't know where the next workload is going to be moved or created than is much as possible we have to build infrastructure they can tolerate those changes and accelerate deployment without downtime.
Humans have a number of good qualities, but patience is not one of them. So when we describe these environments and the amount of functionality that's going to be pushed to these networks and the level of dependency the people will have on them for their daily lives the one thing I can promise you is that the network mus NEVER fail. The service level agreement (SLA) that is provided by storage infrastructure to these environments is much more critical than most people realize . Servers and applications can survive temporary outages in a network and generally speaking when the outage is corrected the servers are still standing. However a similar outage in the storage connectivity will result in the question "what color is your favorite screen ?" And tolerance for this kind of outage will not be high.
The direction of the Brocade GEN5 platforms continues to provide both the maximum uptime environment that the storage platforms require as well as continuing to achieve the management level that will give us granularity down to the virtual machine . in the end the individual application owner only cares about his application , not ESX or any of the other applications he happens to be sharing infrastructure with . And so we need the visibility down to that single application. Even more, when the application owner calls ,we must not answer the phone with "me 10 minutes to figure out where you are the network and I'll call you back" .
So things like extending Clear Link to the servers and eventually to the storage and having the visibility of Flow Vision to look at discrete problems becomes priceless to the infrastructure . And that is what my mission-critical data center customers are telling me every day.
It's funny because I find myself thinking of that old commercial and I think it should say,
"If you haven't looked at Brocade lately, then you haven't looked at Brocade."
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Adan Salazar
March 5, 2013
Despite reassurances following the Christopher Dorner manhunt that lethal drones won't be used to target American citizens on U.S. soil, a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to Kentucky Senator Rand Paul states otherwise.
"It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States," the letter partially posted by Mother Jones states.
Sen. Paul's concerns that the government may use armed drones to target American citizens was the main reason he threatened to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan to head up the CIA.
When Brennan referred Sen. Paul to the Department of Justice, this is the response he got from Holder:
As members of this administration have previously indicated, the US government has not carried out drone strikes in the United States and has no intention of doing so. As a policy matter moreover, we reject the use of military force where well-established law enforcement authorities in this country provide the best means for incapacitating a terrorist threat. We have a long history of using the criminal justice system to incapacitate individuals located in our country who pose a threat to the United States and its interests abroad. Hundreds of individuals have been arrested and convicted of terrorism-related offenses in our federal courts.
The question you have posed is therefore entirely hypothetical, unlikely to occur, and one we hope no president will ever have to confront. It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States. For example, the president could conceivably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland in the circumstances like a catastrophic attack like the ones suffered on December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001.
"The U.S. Attorney General's refusal to rule out the possibility of drone strikes on American citizens and on American soil is more than frightening," Sen. Paul said in a statement on his Senate website Tuesday. "It is an affront the constitutional due process rights of all Americans."
The Department of Homeland Security faced criticism following an unsubstantiated report that surveillance drones were being used to aid the manhunt for suspected cop killer Christopher Dorner in California earlier this year.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection were quick to issue a response denying their use of drones – in attempts to quell public outrage – and shortly thereafter, the Federal Aviation Administration reassured the public that lethal drones would never be used.
Many, however, were dismissive or oblivious of the fact that government surveillance drones have already been used to spy on members of the public.
In 2011, police in Grand Forks, North Dakota called in a favor from their buddies at the DHS to use one of their drones to monitor the Brossart family farm after six cows had reportedly wandered onto their property.
Drones are also routinely used to survey agricultural conditions and enforce environmental laws throughout the country.
Last June, the EPA responded to a letter from Nebraska's congressional delegation saying they "would use such flights in appropriate instances to protect people and the environment from violations of the Clean Water Act," a fact they later denied following intense media scrutiny.
Indeed, the FAA has already secured authorization to have anywhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 drones criss-crossing the skies by 2020.
Public sentiment towards drone use in America has shifted greatly in response to rumors of alleged drone use in the Dorner manhunt. Also, last month a 16-page Justice Department memo concerning legal drone assassinations of American citizens was leaked fueling further concerns that drones can and will be used to hunt and target American civilians.
"Just six months ago, a survey conducted by The Associated Press and The National Constitution Center found that more Americans supported than opposed the use of surveillance drones by domestic law enforcement agencies," writer and editor for PrisonPlanet.com Steve Watson wrote recently.
"Now, in the latest poll, 57 percent of respondents say it is unconstitutional to order the killing of Americans overseas. Even more — 59 percent — believe that the federal government abuses its power when it comes to targeted strikes."
Moreover, "47 percent of respondents to the latest poll said they believe they have a right to destroy a UAV if it flies over their house without their permission."
Drone strikes have killed American citizens in the past, as was the case in Yemen with Anwar Awlaki and his son 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki.
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Official: Pentagon team in Jordan for Syria crisis
A U.S. defense official says an American military team is in Jordan to help with upheaval created by the crisis in neighboring Syria.
He says some 100 military planners and other personnel stayed in Jordan after attending an annual May exercise and several dozen more have flown in since - operating from a joint U.S.-Jordanian military center north of Amman that Americans have used for years.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the mission on the record.
The official stressed that the team is not there to fight, but rather for contingency planning on a number of issues including how to handle the flood of Syrian refugees in Jordan and creating a buffer zone to protect the ally in the continuing crisis.


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My we're busy today, aren't we. Two sites of interest:
For books out of copyright, see Project Gutenberg, which now has thousands of books online. These were typed or scanned in by volunteers. Bibles, Shakespear, Twain, it's all there. Now the files are available on CD and DVD. Useful for taking on trips with the laptop. The books are in plain ASCII format. If that bugs you, read them with your browser and change the font to something you like.
For certain books in print, there is the Baen Free Library. OK, it only has Baen books, and not the current ones, though you can also purchase current ebooks from Baen. The free books are promos, of course, hoping to draw you into one series or another. These books are HTML formatted. Series included are Telzey, Honor Harrington, Retief. Authors include Bujold (one short story), Flint, Weber, Niven and Pournelle (Fallen Angels), and more.


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While only 14% of workers are very confident that they'll have the money to retire, workers say the more pressing concerns of job security and mounting debt are taking precedence over retirement concerns, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey, released Tuesday.
Americans' confidence in their ability to retire comfortably is stagnant at historically low levels–with just 14% of workers saying they are "very confident" they can retire comfortably–which the EBRI survey says is statistically equivalent to the survey low of 13% measured in 2011 and 2009.
"In 2012, from polling done just two months ago, we find overall retirement confidence this year is statistically unchanged: It has leveled out–no better or worse than last year–but this plateau is at historically low levels," Jack VanDerhei, EBRI research director and co-author of the report, told reporters on a conference call to announce the survey results. "Americans' retirement confidence has plateaued at the lowest levels we've seen in two decades of conducting this survey."
The survey was conducted in January through 20-minute telephone interviews with 1,262 individuals (1,003 workers and 259 retirees) age 25 and older in the United States, using random digit dialing along with a cell phone supplement to obtain a representative cross section of the U.S. population.
The survey, co-sponsored by The Principal Financial Group, found that workers in debt have the least confidence in retirement security, and that workers' current worries about job security and debt overshadow their long-term planning for retirement. Forty-two percent of workers identify job uncertainty as the most pressing financial issue facing most Americans today.
Many workers report they have virtually no savings and investments, the report found, and workers' expected age of retirement continues to rise. However, despite the fact that the percentage of those saving for retirement continues to decline, with many respondents reporting virtually no savings and investments–the report notes that Americans are saving for retirement in employer-sponsored retirement savings plan, such as a 401(k), with 81% of eligible workers (38% of all workers) saying they contribute to such a plan with their current employer.
The survey data show that retirement confidence levels are measurably higher (20% to 30%) among workers who've taken "positive financial actions," including saving in an employer-sponsored plan, getting advice from a financial professional and calculating retirement savings needs.
Workers who currently contribute to an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan were more than twice as likely as those who do not to report savings and investments of at least $50,000, according to VanDerhei. This is also reflected in their overall confidence, as 64% of those who are currently contributing money to an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan are either very or somewhat confident that they will have enough money to live comfortably throughout their retirement years, as opposed to only 48% of those who do not.
While many workers think they'll be able to work longer in their careers, Mathew Greenwald of Greenwald & Associates, which conducted and co-sponsored the survey, said that some are certain to be disappointed: "Nearly half of current retirees surveyed by the [retirement confidence] report left the work force earlier than they planned for reasons beyond their control, such as health or economic changes such as job loss."
Among the other major findings in the survey include:
- Concern about health costs: Worker confidence about having enough money to pay for medical expenses and long-term care expenses in retirement remains well below their confidence levels for paying basic expenses.
- Little savings: Many workers report they have virtually no savings or investments. In total, 60 percent of workers report that the total value of their household's savings and investments, excluding the value of their primary home and any defined benefit plans, is less than $25,000.
- Workers' expected retirement age: Twenty-five percent of workers in the Survey say the age at which they expect to retire has changed in the past year. In 1991, 11% of workers said they expected to retire after age 65. By 2012 that has grown to 37%.
- Retirees' experience: Regardless of retirement age expectations, and consistent with prior Retirement Confidence Survey findings, half of current retirees surveyed say they left the work force unexpectedly (due to health problems, disability, or changes at their employer, such as downsizing or closure).
- Reliance on Social Security: Retirees report they are significantly more reliant on Social Security as a major source of their retirement income than current workers expect to be.
- Expected vs. actual pension income: Although 56% of workers and/or their spouses expect to receive benefits from a defined benefit plan in retirement, only 33% report that they and/or their spouse currently have such a benefit with a current or previous employer.
- Not calculating retirement needs: More than half of workers (56%) report they and/or their spouse have not tried to calculate how much money they will need to live comfortably in retirement.
- Online technology: Only a minority of workers and retirees feel very comfortable using online technologies to perform various tasks related to financial management. Relatively few use mobile devices such as a smart phone or tablet to manage their finances, and just 10% of workers who use online technology say they are very comfortable obtaining advice from financial professionals online.


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Saudi Arabia's decision to open up its stock market to foreign investors is an important event for investors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Many of those investors have been waiting for direct access to the large, well developed and strong Saudi Arabian market, said Richard Segal, head of emerging markets fixed income strategy at Jefferies in London. Until now, foreigners could only own Saudi names through ADRs, listings on exchanges in the United Arab Emirates or via synthetic SPVs. Now, they can directly buy top-notch companies in a number of sectors, that in this tragic time of great strife and uncertainty in the Middle East, are proving to be a safe haven to many MENA investors, Segal said. In addition to being able to now buy these names directly, the Saudi riyal is also pegged to the U.S. dollar, so investors don't have to worry about currency risk, Segal said.
Now, many investors are wondering which index Saudi Arabia will become a part of. Should it be classified as an emerging market, Saudi Arabia will reportedly make up about 4% of the emerging market index, which is definitely significant.
The Saudi equity market has been one of the most underinvested stock markets in the world, said Bill Mann, CIO of Motley Fool Funds. It represents great potential, he said, "so the opening of the bourse to foreign investors is a landmark event, and our calculation is that $50 billion from foreign investment could easily flow into the market."
Of course, Saudi Arabia doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to human rights and for many investors, political risk will be a huge consideration when they look to investing in the country.
However, there are also a number of factors supporting the Saudi Arabian market that are leading more investors to look at the county with greater interest:
Strong Market Drivers
Randall Coleman, co-portfolio manager of Forward Management's $160 million Forward Select Emerging Markets Dividend Funds, has been looking at the Saudi market with great interest for some time. He hasn't invested as yet—Forward's screening parameters are particularly stringent, he said. However, the market is attractive because "the secular drivers are very constructive to equity prices," he said.
"Saudi Arabia has a very young population (more than half of its nationals are under the age of 30),"so that bodes very well for strong consumer growth," Coleman said. Saudi Arabia's middle class is expected to double from 20 million today to 40 million in 2050, according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "so beyond the opening up of the market, there's a very strong and supportive growth story there," Coleman said.
A Highly Liquid Market
The Saudi equity market is extremely liquid and very retail driven, which makes it even more attractive to foreign investors like Coleman.
"People who are trading online from their homes make up about 90% of the market's volume and the market trades around $2 billion a day," he said. "Given that context, the prospect of foreign institutional investors coming in is very significant and trading for us will be cheaper and simpler, given the market's liquidity."
Diversifying Away From Energy
Saudi Arabia's corporate sector is dominated by energy companies and that means they're highly cyclical, "so if you're concerned about the global economic cycle, they are more susceptible to a downturn," Segal said.
It's difficult given the country is more or less synonymous with energy, to diversify, and the stock market mirrors the economy.
The growth of the middle class, though, will help make the corporate sector more diverse, Coleman believes, and the Saudi government is also encouraging that dynamic by mandating companies to hire local Saudis (as opposed to being heavily dependent upon cheap foreign labor), and buoy their income levels so that consumption can grow. "The government is definitely proactive with trying to diversify away from oil dependence," Coleman said.
Just as the opening up of the Chinese stock market—which to begin with, was much more diverse than the Saudi market—has helped bring in cash to further corporate development, "you can easily envisage equity capital leading to the appearance of a Saudi high tech giant quite soon," Segal said, "and that would further increase the market's appeal."


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Hewlett-Packard Co. scored an upbeat reaction from investors on Wednesday after the high-tech giant posted better-than-expected earnings for its second fiscal quarter and gave some encouraging signs that its multi-year turnaround is progressing.
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But the fact that H-P appeared to hold the line on pricing its products without sacrificing margins gave a lift to profits for the period, which beat Wall Street's targets and allowed the company to also issue an earnings forecast for the current period that was ahead of analysts' expectations.
The results and forecast boosted H-P's stock by more than 13% in after-hours trades. If the stock maintain's this gain in Thursday's regular session, it would be the first time H-P's shares have exceeded the $24 level in more than a year.
"You can feel the turnaround taking hold at H-P," Chief Executive Meg Whitman told analysts on a conference call on Wednesday. "But this is a multi-year journey, and we have a long way to go."
The results contrasted sharply with those from arch-rival Dell
Whitman also had harsh words for Dell on Wednesday's call.
"This quarter, you saw one of our big competitors — Dell — completely crater their earnings, and that is not sustainable for a company like Hewlett-Packard. Maybe it is what you do when you're going private, but it is not what you do if you're running a publicly-held company that is trying to create the financial capacity to invest in innovation, and invest in our future."
Still, pretty much all of H-P's businesses saw sales declines in the recent quarter. The most notable exception was the printing business, where sales of printer supplies rose 2% to $4.1 billion.
For the total business, H-P reported a fiscal second-quarter profit of $1.08 billion, or 55 cents a share, compared with a profit of $1.59 billion, or 80 cents a share, for the year-earlier period.
Revenue fell to $27.58 billion from $30.69 billion. Adjusted profit was 87 cents a share.
Analysts polled by FactSet on average were expecting the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company to report an adjusted profit of 81 cents a share, on revenue of $28.02 billion.
For the current quarter, H-P said it expects adjusted profit in the range of 84 cents to 87 cents a share. For the full year, the company expects adjusted earnings of $3.50 to $3.60 a share.
Analysts were expecting a fiscal third-quarter profit of 83 cents a share. For the full year, they were expecting H-P to report a profit of $3.44 a share.
Whitman touted H-P's gains in several businesses, including printing where she said the company's new initiatives in printing. H-P's main businesses posted a decline in sales, with the company's personal-systems group, which covers PCs, reporting a 20% drop.
But H-P's printing supplies business reported a modest 2% revenue growth year-over-year. The company's enterprise services also reported a 1% sequential growth in revenue.
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said both results were unexpected. He specifically noted H-P's printing supplies business, which analysts expected to report lower revenue, but was "effectively flat year-over-year."
"Managing costs exceptionally well," Misek told MarketWatch. "Printer supplies saved the day as did cost controls around almost every segment."
H-P cut its total costs and expenses for the quarter by 9% to $25.6 billion. However, Whitman pointed to uncertainty in the global economy, saying, "The economy in Europe continues to be a challenge. In China appears to be slowing down as well."
Brian Marshall of ISI Group remained cautious on H-P following the results. In a note to clients, he said that while H-P "has done a good job refreshing parts of its product portfolio," the business is "largely overshadowed by a challenging longer-term trajectory."
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Many have asked about a weather applet for LXDE. I have been using Weather Indicator from the Mint repos but it has been buggy in LXDE. In fact for the past 48 hrs or so it has been useless on all my machines. It is stuck on "refreshing" and utterly worthless.
I did some studying and came across one called my-weather-indicator. It is very similar but so far today it has actually been working.
Here is a link to where I found it:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/wh ... -available
This page covers several different indicators. My-weather-indicators is about 60% down the page.
It can be installed via the command line by using the following codes:
I hope this proves useful,
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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
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The turntable is used for change of direction or for turning full and empty pallets. The turn can measure between 0° and 270°. The efficient turning motion is realized using a precision roller chain, with drive transmitted from a sprocket connected directly to the motor shaft. The turning accuracy and precision is managed via a robust ball bearing. The chain tensioning station of the carrying idler rollers, located on the outside for easy access, is self-adjusting benefitting the customer in maintenance aspects. The drive of the roller conveyor is installed on the right side or optionally on the left in the direction of travel (DOT). Floor irregularities can easily be compensated with adjustable supports.


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These children are grappling with psychological issues. Child therapy may help.
Unresolved problems or disorders can get in the way of a child's development or trigger emotional states that cause trauma for the child, the parents, and the family. The effects may be long lasting.
Significant childhood problems—including poor bonding with parents—can shape future adult work and social relationships if not treated. Therapy can help children resolve current problems, as well as provide tools to cope with life challenges later on.
As a parent, you are likely to be the first to recognize changes in your child's behavior. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, there are warning signs that indicate that your child is having difficulty and may benefit from a psychiatric evaluation. Some of these signs are:
A common therapeutic approach for children ages 4-11 is play therapy. In play therapy, children use dolls, art, and games to express their thoughts, experiences, feelings, and conflicts to the therapist. The therapist may observe and/or interact with the child during play, using talk or play objects to communicate.
Depending on the child's verbal abilities and maturity, talk therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy methods may be used with older children.
How Should You Prepare Your Child?
If you have decided on child therapy, there are things you can do to prepare for the first visit:
Certain psychological or behavioral disorders may be treated with medication as an adjunct to other types of therapy. Some conditions treated with medication include:
Although medication can help reduce or eliminate symptoms, it should not be prescribed lightly. All psychiatric medication should be prescribed by a doctor experienced in treating psychiatric problems in children and adolescents. The course of treatment should be monitored closely by both parent and doctor. If medication is advised for your child, discuss all pros and cons of the treatment with your doctor.
There are many factors to consider when choosing a therapist, such as financial/insurance arrangements, scheduling, and location. But most importantly, you will need to choose a therapist with whom you and your child are comfortable. Good places to find therapy referrals include:
Mental Health America
National Institute of Mental Health
Canadian Psychiatric Association
Canadian Psychological Association
Taking your child to a therapist. KidsHealth—Nemours Foundation website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/finding_therapist.html. Updated October 2013. Accessed May 12, 2016.
When to seek help for your child. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry website. Available at: https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/When-To-Seek-Help-For-Your-Child-024.aspx. Updated March 2011. Accessed May 12, 2016.
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Ludwig Eichinger Born in Boston, MA Departed on May 23, 2002 and resided in Derry, NH. Visitation: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 Service: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 Ludwig Eichinger, of 38 Sunview Drive, Derry, N.H. died on Sunday, May 19, 2002 after a battle with cancer. He was born in Boston Ma., the son of John and Theresa (bichler) Eichinger and has been a resident of Derry. He worked as an engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also enjoyed airplanes and was a commercial rated pilot. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran.Family Members include his wife of 2 1/2 years Shari (Conety) Eichinger of Derry, three sons, Richard Eichinger of Indiana, John Eichinger of Plymouth, Ma., and Robert Eichinger of Rhode Island, and predeceaed by a son Clifford Eichinger formerly of Walpole Ma., six grandchildren, several nephews, nieces and cousins. SERVICES: Calling hours are at the Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium, 243 Hanover Street, Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 with the service immediately following at 8 o'clock in the funeral home. Donations may be made to the Massachusetts General Hospital, Cancer Fund, Development Office, 100 Charles River Plaza, Suite 600, Boston, Ma. 03114. This Memorial Obituary provided by Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. - Two goals from new signing Caleb Folan proved the difference Sunday as theColorado Rapids ran out comfortable 4-1 winners over visiting D.C. United in freezing temperatures at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
The former Hull City striker, who only signed for the Rapids two weeks ago, out-jumped the DC defense to expertly head a Sanna Nyassi cross into the right hand corner of the net to effectively seal the win for the undefeated Rapids in the 81st minute.
That goal added to a moment of individual brilliance in the first half when he latched onto a perfectly weighted ball fromJeff Larentowicz in the 38th minute, and feinted past the DC defense before connecting well with a left foot drive past Pat Onstad.
The two Folan goals sandwiched two goals inside of a minute when DC, through a Santino Quaranta first time volley on the far post, briefly pulled even at 1-1 in the 70th minute. Exactly a minute later, Rapids midfielderJamie Smith popped up in the box to head home anAnthony Wallace long-range cross to push the Rapids back in front.
Omar Cummings, who was rested for the start of the game and did not come on until an early second-half injury to Conor Casey, finished off a header in injury time off an assist from midfielder Pablo Mastroeni to complete the victory.
The Rapids are now 3-0 to start the defense of their MLS Cup title, and have outscored their opponents 8-2 in the three wins this season.
United drop to 1-2 this season after losing their second straight match, this one without the help of forward Charlie Davies, who skipped the trip with a groin injury.
Scoring Summary:
COL -- Caleb Folan 1 (Jeff Larentowicz 1) 39
DC -- Santino Quaranta 1 (Chris Korb 1) 70
COL -- Jamie Smith 2 (Anthony Wallace 1) 71
COL -- Caleb Folan 2 (Sanna Nyassi 1) 81
COL -- Omar Cummings 2 (Pablo Mastroeni 1, Quincy Amarikwa 1) 92+
D.C. United -- Pat Onstad, Chris Korb, Daniel Woolard, Rodrigo Brasesco, Marc Burch, Kurt Morsink (Fred 82), Dax McCarty, Santino Quaranta, Branko Boskovic (Andy Najar 54), Blake Brettschneider, Chris Pontius (Josh Wolff 65).
Substitutes Not Used: Stephen King, Joseph Ngwenya, Ethan White, Bill Hamid.
TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Blake Brettschneider 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Blake Brettschneider 1, Santino Quaranta 1); FOULS: 10 (Dax McCarty 4); OFFSIDES: 4 (Blake Brettschneider 2); CORNER KICKS: 6 (Santino Quaranta 4); SAVES: 0
Colorado Rapids -- Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Anthony Wallace, Brian Mullan(Sanna Nyassi 72), Pablo Mastroeni, Jeff Larentowicz, Jamie Smith, Conor Casey (Omar Cummings 52), Caleb Folan (Quincy Amarikwa 87).
Substitutes Not Used: Joseph Nane, Tyrone Marshall, Scott Palguta, Steward Ceus.
TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Omar Cummings 2, Caleb Folan 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Caleb Folan 2); FOULS: 8 (Brian Mullan 3); OFFSIDES: 2 (Conor Casey 1, Brian Mullan 1); CORNER KICKS: 2 (Jamie Smith 2); SAVES: 1 (Matt Pickens 1)
Misconduct Summary:
COL -- Conor Casey (caution; Reckless Foul) 15
DC -- Dax McCarty (caution; Reckless Foul) 41
DC -- Marc Burch (caution; Reckless Foul) 83
Referee: Elias Bazakos
Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry; Corey Parker
4th Official: Alex Prus
Time of Game: 1:51
Weather: Snow-and-32-degrees
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Design by Jeremy Walton, 2007.
Presenting the JW001 wall display made based on the re-use of milk cartons.
A wall display for small treasure. A modern day version of the old recycled Type Case drawers that people hang on their walls and keep small memories in. The craft ebook presents the inspiration, technique, simple making step by step guide and the all important templates for making the JW001 wall display using Tetra Rex' milk cartons.
It is based on a symmetrical 9 milk carton unit and can be rotated to join up with its diagonally opposite side. Allowing for the making of a large relief pattern that can be as large as you like.
It is a selected part from the original Water Drop Wall display.
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'Design is knowledge, craftsmanship is a state of mind.'
For me this object really helps to prove a point, the cutting does not have to be spot on, the milk cartons join together at the front and most discrepancies in cutting accuracy are pushed to the back, leaving the front edges to line up reasonably well.
It does take a bit of openness to appreciate homemade craftsmanship and you may have to step above what you are used to seeing in glossy magazines. This object actually makes all that quite easy to do. There will be some gaps and human differences, but these give each its own unique sense of life. Everyone who has been around my place and seen them are dumbfounded at how beautiful milk cartons actually are. They once thought that all of them big bin fillers where common everyday rubbish. When in fact, when clean, they are high-density card with a cleanable surface coating.
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A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's
Caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease (AD) at home is a difficult task and can become overwhelming at times. Each day brings new challenges as the caregiver copes with changing levels of ability and new patterns of behavior. Research has shown that caregivers themselves often are at increased risk for depression and illness, especially if they do not receive adequate support from family, friends, and the community.
One of the biggest struggles caregivers face is dealing with the difficult behaviors of the person they are caring for. Dressing, bathing, eating — basic activities of daily living — often become difficult to manage for both the person with AD and the caregiver. Having a plan for getting through the day can help caregivers cope. Many caregivers have found it helpful to use strategies for dealing with difficult behaviors and stressful situations. Following are some suggestions to consider when faced with difficult aspects of caring for a person with AD.
Dealing with the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's
Finding out that a loved one has Alzheimer's disease can be stressful, frightening, and overwhelming. As you begin to take stock of the situation, here are some tips that may help:
- Ask the doctor any questions you have about AD. Find out what treatments might work best to alleviate symptoms or address behavior problems.
- Contact organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association and the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center for more information about the disease, treatment options, and caregiving resources. Some community groups may offer classes to teach caregiving, problem-solving, and management skills. See section entitled "For More Information" to contact the ADEAR Center and a variety of other helpful organizaitons.
- Find a support group where you can share your feelings and concerns. Members of support groups often have helpful ideas or know of useful resources based on their own experiences. Online support groups make it possible for caregivers to receive support without having to leave home.
- Study your day to see if you can develop a routine that makes things go more smoothly. If there are times of day when the person with AD is less confused or more cooperative, plan your routine to make the most of those moments. Keep in mind that the way the person functions may change from day to day, so try to be flexible and adapt your routine as needed.
- Consider using adult day care or respite services to ease the day-to-day demands of caregiving. These services allow you to have a break while knowing that the person with AD is being well cared for.
- Begin to plan for the future. This may include getting financial and legal documents in order, investigating long-term care options, and determining what services are covered by health insurance and Medicare.
on Aging, N. (2020). A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 29, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/lib/a-caregivers-guide-to-alzheimers/
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INVESTIGATION: Connecticut scrap metal yards may be flouting the law in several ways
Several Connecticut scrap metal yards may be breaking the law, according to a two-month investigation conducted by New Haven Register reporters.
On an afternoon in March, two New Haven Register reporters drove a Ford Freestyle SUV carrying a newspaper honor box into the lot of a Derby scrap metal business, M. Jacobs & Sons on Factory Street.
PHOTOS: Sims Metal Management in North Haven, a modern scrap yard
We wanted to see if the staff would ask for identification, or ask if we had permission to sell the large, metal, coin-operated Register honor box. The boxes are on streets and in plazas across the region and have been targeted by thieves and sold for scrap metal.
An employee asked us what we were selling, and we were truthful. The employee glanced in the window and told us to drive around back to dump it.
We unloaded the box and were paid $6 cash for it. No one ever asked us for any identification. We were not asked whether we worked at the Register or had any right to sell it.
The Derby business' performance was the worst in a recent undercover sting operation in which Register reporters sold scrap metal to businesses in the region to see if they would follow the law. To try to make it easier for police to catch metal thieves, lawmakers have created rules for scrap metal businesses to follow, like asking for identification from sellers.
The Register's two-month investigation exposed potential loopholes in laws designed to crack down on metal theft. Thieves have targeted everything from wiring atop utility poles to memorial plaques for veterans in their quest to make quick money. Police describe it as a nationwide problem.
The Register's investigation showed some businesses bought scrap from us without requiring identification, and some took in suspicious, potentially stolen items, like the Register honor boxes and copper pipe, without question.
AT A GLANCE: Results of Register scrap metal investigation
Police enforcement action against the businesses or their employees for not following the rules has been rare. When asked, police are hard-pressed to give examples of enforcement, though a police sting in New Haven resulted in a scrap business employee's arrest in 2008.
The businesses are required to file reports on metal they purchase with police, but these reports are often too vague to be of any use to investigators.
"There is severe lack of enforcement (against scrap businesses) across the board," said Jerry Green, vice president of a scrap-recycling business, JW Green Co. Inc. of Plainville, and former president of the New England chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.
"This is such an epidemic," he said, referring to scrap thefts. "I think police are overwhelmed to a large degree by the situation."
According to Green, at his business, customers must give their driver's license before JW Green Co. will do any business with them.
"A lot of businesses are trying to address the problem -- and turning people away if they have suspicious items," Green said. "But as long as you have yards that are not following the rules, we'll have problems."
In addition to newspaper honor boxes and copper pipe, Register reporters sold items including a bed spring, metal chains, a vehicle's exhaust manifold, a refrigerator, a microwave, an air conditioner and a file cabinet.
State law requires scrap metal businesses to keep records of transactions, including the identification of the person who delivered the metal.
Did they comply with the rules?
There was a wide range -- from M. Jacobs & Sons in Derby, which failed to ask for identification twice in three visits and didn't question the honor box, to others who made every effort to follow the rules and screen what they accept.
Some businesses tell sellers themselves to unload the metal they bring to the scrap yards; the staff doesn't watch closely as sellers unload. Sellers could have stolen merchandise mixed in with what is clearly junk, without being noticed. Some relied on a seller's honesty -- asking what was being delivered without looking at it.
Under state law, scrap metal processors have to record a description of the metal received, the weight, the price paid and the identification of the person who delivered it. They must take a photograph of the vehicle that delivered the metal, including the license plate.
They must keep the documents, photographs and other records for at least two years, and these must be available for inspection by law enforcement.
The businesses must notify police if anyone offers to sell items such as bronze statues, plaques, historical markers, cannons or architectural artifacts. Violators could face a misdemeanor charge.
Scrap metal dealers have to make weekly sworn statements of all transactions, describing the goods received and the name and residence of the seller, to the chief of police or town clerk.
On Feb. 29, Register staffers sold a metal bed spring and metal pot at M. Jacobs & Sons on Factory Street in Derby. The business did not ask for any identification.
Our second sale at the Derby business was on March 29, with the Register honor box, and, again, no one asked for identification.
In April, Derby police visited the business and reminded them of the rules, according to owner Barry Jacobs and office manager Kim Laprade. The police visit came shortly after the Register spoke with police about the local business' practices.
After the police visit, we returned to M. Jacobs and Sons April 13, and this time we were asked for a driver's license when we sold a metal filing cabinet and other metal office items for $10.
A sign posted on the wall inside the Derby business, which was there during all three of our transactions, reminds customers that they must present a license or identification upon receipt of payment, per state law.
According to Laprade, the business hadn't been asking for identification for years. Laprade said Derby police paid the business a visit around April 9, and told them they needed to start asking for identification, "so we did."
"We were doing what we were doing and no one told us different," Laprade said. "This is all new to us. I think a big part of it is because of all the thefts that have occurred, and if something brought here had been stolen, they'd have a better chance of catching people who stole the items."
Questioned after the sting about not asking for identification on two occasions, Jacobs said, "There is no excuse; we should have been doing it."
Jacobs called the laws "more stringent" and added, "It is going to be costly for the business."
While he said the business does have cameras to take images of the scale as vehicles drive on, he said he needs more equipment and new computer programs for entering and storing information. Jacobs estimated the cost for everything he needs at about $10,000 or $20,000.
"This is all initiated because of all the thefts, which are due to drug activity and the economy being bad," Jacobs said. "It is a shame."
He acknowledged that without a paper trail that starts with getting a seller's identification, it would be difficult for police to track down who came in with stolen metal. Jacobs said in mid-April they are now making copies of driver's licenses and taking pictures of license plates.
"We have absolutely tried to alert police when something looks fishy. We try to detain the customer and call the police," Jacobs said. "If we were to buy something that is stolen, we can't sell it, then you lose the material you paid money for."
Derby Police Chief Gerald Narowski said the business has not made weekly reports of its transactions to the department.
"We are looking into their practices and where they fall under the law," Narowski said.
Alderman-Dow Iron & Metal Co. Inc. on Chapel Street in New Haven had a mixed performance.
On March 21, Register reporters sold a refrigerator and microwave at Alderman-Dow in exchange for $18 cash, and no one ever asked for any identification.
However, on March 6, a staff member at Alderman-Dow did ask to see a driver's license, when Register staff sold a vehicle exhaust manifold there. The business also provided a receipt.
Staff at Alderman-Dow removed the manifold, refrigerator and microwave from our vehicles, so they clearly saw what we were selling.
On March 29, we sold a Register honor box at Alderman-Dow for $8, and they required a driver's license. The staff did not question if we had permission to sell it.
Ian Alderman, an owner of the business, said the company's policy is to require an ID for every retail purchase.
"Our best attempts are being made to follow the statutes, and any time they aren't, it is a mistake on our part, and something we try to rectify," Alderman said. "Occasionally mistakes are made, and something may slip through our system, but it is never our intent."
According to Alderman, the business has full video surveillance of items brought in, photographs are taken of items, and sellers' identification is matched to them.
"We intend and hope to be compliant and to continue to recycle and keep New Haven clean," he said.
Sims Metal Management on Washington Avenue in New Haven asked for a driver's license when Register staff sold metal chains at the business on March 6. Sims went a step further than either the Derby facility or Alderman-Dow, asking us to sign a form to verify we had a right to sell the items. Sims staff asked us what we were selling, but did not inspect it in the trunk to verify it. We were told to drive to a section of the yard and had to remove the metal ourselves.
In August 2008, New Haven police charged a Sims employee after undercover police were able to sell manhole covers there. The employee, who was later terminated, didn't require identification from the sellers and didn't properly document the items, police said at the time.
On March 8, Register staffers took a Register honor box to a different Sims Metal Management facility, on Universal Drive in North Haven, but staff there refused to buy it without a letter on New Haven Register letterhead, signed by a manager, indicating we had a right to sell it.
Daniel Strechay, group director of communications and public relations for Sims, said of the refusal to take the honor box, "I applaud our employees and we encourage our employees to act that way -- they did the right thing."
"We are getting less people trying to bring in stolen items because we are getting a reputation that we won't take them," Strechay said.
John Sartori, general manager of Connecticut operations for Sims, said, "We don't want to take a risk and buy something that is potentially stolen."
This month, company staff called police when someone came in with railroad scrap and when someone brought a sewer grate, according to Sartori.
"We want people to know: Don't come here with material that is stolen. We don't want it," Sartori said. "We want the word out there that we won't buy it from you and we'll call the police on you."
Staff will try to delay a seller with a suspicious item to give police time to arrive, but they don't have the power to detain anyone, Sartori said.
"We don't want our guys to get hurt," he said.
As for the staff not inspecting the trunk's contents when we sold chains, Strechay said typical practice is for staff to closely inspect items after they are dropped off. He looked up the transaction. Because a commodity number was entered on an internal ticket, it appears an inspector did look at the material after it was dropped off, according to Strechay. He said the business has several cameras to help monitor what happens on the property.
The company keeps a log of all metal thefts that have been reported to police, so staff can be on the lookout, according to Strechay.
We also took a Register honor box to Chase Waste Material Corp., on Middletown Avenue in New Haven. One staff member looked at it and told us to unload it in the yard.
We then were given a stub that indicated the type of metal, and we brought the stub inside to get paid.
At Chase, we had to provide identification, a driver's license, which they photocopied. Staff inside Chase's business asked what we had sold, and when said it was a newspaper honor box, the staffer asked no questions and paid $13 cash for it.
Afterward, Joe Cinquino, sales manager at Chase, said something like an honor box should be questioned, though it isn't an item they typically see there.
"We clearly look for items like a manhole cover, or a Stop & Shop shopping cart, items we would reject," Cinquino said.
On March 9, we sold a stove fan, metal box, pool ladder, child's gate and more at Regan Metal Corp. on Chapel Street in New Haven. The staff there required a driver's license. Staff watched closely as items were unloaded from the truck.
After we completed our sales, we checked with the New Haven Police Department to see if they received the required reports of our transactions from the businesses.
Officer David Hartman said police received reports on all of the sales Register staff made at New Haven scrap facilities, except for the one March 21 at Alderman-Dow, the same transaction in which no one asked for our identification.
"Except for the one case where they didn't ask for ID, everything else was aboveboard and they performed as the law required," Hartman said.
The two newspaper honor boxes sold in New Haven were reported to police as being "iron," and the exhaust manifold was described as "number one steel."
Hartman noted that while these descriptions are acceptable and meet the requirements under the law, police couldn't track down stolen items with vague descriptions. More details on the items would help law enforcement, he said.
"If the New Haven Register's honor boxes had been reported stolen, we wouldn't have been able to find them from the inventory we received," Hartman said. "We'd want them to say 'New Haven Register honor box' on the report. Obviously, we'd love an opportunity to track down anything that has been stolen."
City police approached the scrap yards in question to reiterate the rules after learning of their performance in the Register's investigation, according to police and the businesses.
If police went to the dealers asking about a stolen honor box, Hartman said the businesses' staff would probably tell them.
"If we were looking for something they didn't want found, they wouldn't list it," Hartman said. "If someone brought in a manhole cover and we came and asked about one, had a dealer taken it in, they could just say 'no' and we'd never know. How do you police someone else's business? You impose laws and regulations and hope it will pressure the businesses to follow them."
Hartman added, "Crooks will quickly find out where they can get rid of stuff," referring to scrap businesses that would take questionable material.
According to Hartman, staff at Alderman-Dow contacted police when someone came in with a stolen historic plaque about George Washington attending services in 1789 at Trinity Episcopal Church on Church Street in New Haven. Because the business reached out to police, the plaque was recovered, Hartman said.
"In the situation where Alderman-Dow purchased the plaque, they said that, had they not done so, the seller may have left and sold it elsewhere," Hartman said.
According to Alderman, the business cooperated with police in a 2008 case in which electrical cables were stolen from the Fantasy of Lights holiday display at Lighthouse Park, and he said it has helped recover stolen vehicles.
"We make our best attempts to work with the New Haven police and remain in compliance with all scrap metal industry regulations," Alderman said.
At one point, New Haven had a string of thefts of storm grates, and Hartman said area scrap businesses did contact police when people came in trying to sell them.
"We appreciate their vigilance when they are vigilant," Hartman said. "It would be helpful if they could be a bit more forthcoming in certain situations as to what they are actually taking in."
According to Hartman, New Haven police do have plans to do periodic stings at scrap metal businesses.
Register staff also tested one Bridgeport facility. On March 21, we sold an air conditioner, copper piping, toaster oven, bed frame, metal cabinet, faucet and cup at Eastern Scrap Metals Inc. on Knowlton Street for $5 cash. The staff requested identification, a driver's license.
STOLEN military PLAQUES
There was a rash of thefts targeting memorial plaques in the Valley in recent months. In Derby, thieves took three bronze plaques that honored Pfc. Frank P. Witek, a Derby native and Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in World War II. In Ansonia, two large plaques were reported missing on Dec. 1 from the Woodbridge Avenue Honor Roll and War Memorial. In Shelton, a bronze plaque honoring Commodore Isaac Hull, a commander during the War of 1812, was reported missing Nov. 22.
Valley-area police say the memorial thefts remain unsolved, and police have theorized that they were sold quickly for cash.
Shelton Detective Sgt. Kevin Ahern said of the results of the Register's investigation, "It doesn't surprise me."
"We know there are scrap yards out there taking material and not doing the proper thing," Ahern said. "It becomes hard for us to find stolen property when the businesses aren't doing what they are supposed to."
Ahern said he believes the Valley memorials probably have already been melted down.
"I doubt anyone would hold onto them," Ahern said. "(The thieves) would definitely unload them for the value of the scrap."
Bernard Williamson, secretary of the Derby Veterans Memorial Association, agreed they have probably been melted down already.
Williamson estimated the Derby plaques weighed about 100 pounds each, and would have required a couple of people to steal and move them.
As for the Register's sting and the performance by area scrap metal businesses, Williamson said, "You'd like to think they'd all ask for ID."
He added, "That is probably what happened to our plaques -- they went to one of these places that don't ask for identification. We have a law -- let's enforce it. If we don't, then shame on us."
Replacement markers for the Derby park will be fashioned in black granite, rather than metal, to discourage future thefts. The new Derby markers are expected to be installed this summer, according to Williamson.
Thieves have targeted area homes, stealing piping and wiring, causing extensive damage for a few dollars they can get by trading in the metals.
Sartori, of Sims, noted that copper piping isn't clearly suspicious and it is difficult to determine where it came from.
New Haven Alderwoman Jacqueline James said her family has been targeted too -- her sister's house was broken into during the daytime, with copper piping stolen, about a month ago in New Haven, she said.
"It is an ongoing issue," James said. "We as a state need to figure out what to do about this problem. With copper piping, it is very difficult because there is just no way to trace it. There is no way to say, 'That pipe came from that house,' so it is hard to find the culprits."
James said the state may need a commission or task force to target the problem, such as by having regular undercover sales to scrap dealers statewide, to see if they are in compliance.
State police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said scrap thefts are occurring statewide.
In Middletown alone, there have been nine scrap metal thefts so far in 2012, involving copper, iron, an air conditioner and a hot water tank, according to Middletown police. Thieves stole air-conditioning coils from the roof of a Shelton business earlier this year, causing thousands of dollars in damage, Shelton police said.
In Torrington, scrap thefts have mostly involved thieves breaking into homes and businesses for copper piping. Torrington police Lt. Michael Emanuel said copper has been getting almost $4 per pound, so it is a popular target.
"During hard times, unfortunately, people will break the law to survive," said Vance, who said the thefts could also be drug-related. "Thieves are probably going to (scrap businesses) that are not in compliance. The law is clear that they are mandated to take ID.
"Do we patrol the scrap yards? No. If an investigation into theft leads us to a scrap yard, and they don't have the required records, there would be enforcement. Can they bypass the laws? Yes -- until they get caught."
Vance said he doesn't know how many scrap businesses or employees have been charged in the state for not following the rules.
Vance asserted that state laws have become more stringent in recent years, with much more required of scrap dealers. When the businesses get identification, it helps police develop a suspect, he said.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc.'s website, www.scraptheftalert.com, has lists of scrap theft reports for businesses to monitor.
Lawmakers have worked to further address the scrap metal theft problem.
A bill before the General Assembly about desecration of war or veterans' memorials seeks to impose stiffer fines and would require full restitution for all costs of repair and replacement.
State Rep. Len Greene Jr., R-Beacon Falls, a co-sponsor of the bill, said of the Register's investigation, "There were a few instances that were concerning.
"It is surprising and disappointing that the Derby business wasn't asking for ID," he said. "It is good to hear, at least at Sims, that there was some suspicion on the part of a scrap metal business."
Greene continued, "Because of the economy and the high value of metal, people are out of control, going for things that were untouchable before, like veterans' memorials. To think anyone would stoop to stealing something of priceless value to veterans and their families is unfathomable."
State Rep. Jason Perillo, R-Shelton, a co-sponsor of the bill, said, "It is very clear that some people will do anything to make money, and if letting questionable metal slide is what it takes to make that money, they just don't care."
Greene said he supports the idea of police doing more random undercover sales of suspicious material at scrap businesses, similar to undercover stings with underage customers at liquor stores.
"How many homes have been pillaged for wiring and piping? The best way to limit it is to go after unscrupulous dealers," Greene said.
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5, has proposed a bill to make it a federal crime to transport stolen veterans' memorials, monuments and plaques of any value across state lines. It would mean up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
It is now a felony to transport stolen goods valued at more than $5,000 across state lines. Murphy's proposal would remove the $5,000 threshold when it comes to veterans' monuments, so the penalties would apply regardless of how much they cost.
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