Stocks are a part of nearly any investment portfolio. Hence, it is wise for us to study about stock market and might as well understand the changes in prices. The data series consist of daily share closing prices of Kulim (M) Berhad from January 2000 to December 2006. Remaining daily closing prices for the year 2007 are kept for post sample accuracy checking. The objective of this study is to apply Markov chain as a forecasting tool. Another objective of this study is to determine the significance of with and without estimating the missing values. Missing values are estimated using least-squares regression analysis, which consists of three methods of curve-fitting specifically the Linear curve, Quadratic curve, and Cubic curve. Each set of data with and without estimating missing values is analysed by using 5-States, 7 -States, 9-States, and 11-States Markov chain method. Results show that there are no significant differences in estimating the missing values. Here in this study, Markov chain is not a successful forecasting tool. Forecasted results have not correctly predicted the future trend of KULIM share prices within the sample period of study.


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I dismantled all my gear from my slayer on AV (+12 chest, boots and gloves) and +12 dread weapon (enchanted 3 days after dread came out, took 1400 T8 FS to get to 12 when it was still mid tier). Had some T8 and T7 FS around. Ended up selling 1.4k T9 FS.... 29/07/2015 · As a Healer after you get the core/base glyphs/gear/stats of Class, some of it can be preference and there is no correct/one way to play a Class after a certain point.
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The thing I really dislike about Tera is that you only have a few powerful skills to cycle through while the rest are just trash fillers until you can reuse your good attacks again, along with the HORRIFIC leveling experience that makes NW look like a ray of sunshine.
Gladiator's Dreadgear is the Arena Season 1 Set. It contains 5 pieces. Has a set bonus at 4 pieces. Requires level 70. An item set from World of Warcraft. It contains 5 pieces. Has a set bonus at 4 pieces.
I dismantled all my gear from my slayer on AV (+12 chest, boots and gloves) and +12 dread weapon (enchanted 3 days after dread came out, took 1400 T8 FS to get to 12 when it was still mid tier). Had some T8 and T7 FS around. Ended up selling 1.4k T9 FS.


Slice about a dozen medium sized button mushrooms. Sauté mushrooms and fresh sage in 1 tbsp of butter and olive oil.
In a large pan over medium-high heat, begin cooking the chicken pieces in some olive oil and the remaining butter.
After a few minutes, add white wine and bring the liquid to a boil and then reduce the heat. Cook for about 5 minutes or until the liquid has reduced to about half.
Push chicken to one side of the pan. On the opposite side stir in the coarse Dijon mustard and the cream. When the two are mixed, stir the chicken pieces back in so that the cream and mustard mixture coast each piece.
Add and stir in the chicken stock and again bring to a medium boil and then reduce heat to simmer for about 15-20 minutes. Stir occasionally and season with salt and pepper if necessary.
After about 15 minutes, check the consistency of the sauce. It should be creamy, but not too thick. If it is okay, stir in the sautéed mushrooms and grapes and heat for a couple of minutes.
Serve immediately with some rice pilaf, fried fingerling potatoes or couscous.


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I have heard it said that the reason why herbs heal is because of the belief of the people who use them. If belief is the only factor then I celebrate their success.
However, I do know that conventional medicine and drugs stand firmly on the backs of ancient herbalists and their research. Modern chemical drugs mimic the healing properties of many healing herbs. Modern drugs may indeed also require a strong belief in them to work, but modern drugs are subjected to supposedly rigorous testing, whereas the ancients were prepared to believe.
If a herb worked they used it; if it didn't (for whatever reason) they kept looking until they found one that did. So a few people died in the experiment (read mice/dogs/chimps for modern medicine), but in the end they came up with herbs that worked for most people. Modern herbalists follow their tradition, but people don't die and many are saved from suffering that chemical medicines cannot cure. I guess you could say I'm a believer.
One of my earliest introductions to the efficiency of herbs to heal was when I resorted to comfrey poultices to cure my cat of the effects of a terrible accident.
Tosca, a self-coloured seal Siamese was hit by a car near our property in the country. We did not find him for three days when he finally replied to our calls and we traced him to long grass in a paddock over the road. He was in a bad way. When he was x-rayed at the vets he was found to have a broken pelvis, hip and leg (three breaks in all). He also had many cuts which had started to go septic.
There was no question in our mind – save him at all costs. The skilled surgical vet pinned his leg and hip back together and we nursed him back to health administering antibiotics and tempting his appetite with soft foods on a regular routine. Gradually he started healing and walking again, but the broken rear leg dragged so he was putting weight on the back of his paw.
Inevitably the skin on that paw broken down and became affected. He developed an abscess that the vet had to drain. Then he seemed to have a slight stroke. The vet believed that matter from the abscess may have travelled in the blood stream. Tosca's mobility reduced again. What to do? Should we 'be kind' and have him put to sleep? The vet said he was likely to have suffered liver damage.
I decided one last try. I started making comfrey poultices and binding them onto his deformed leg and paw. I took clean comfrey leaves, chopped them up so that the juices were running and wrapped the mush in muslin. Then I bound the poultice on top of the paw where the original abscess had started. Tosca didn't like the bandage but we kept replacing it.
Above: Comfrey leaves and flowers. The long tap roots are reputed to gather minerals from up to 40cms below the surface and store these minerals in its leaves. If the leaves are chopped down regularly and left as mulch around lemon trees, I can vouch for the fact that the lemons will be magic!
Over several weeks we noticed that Tosca was walking on the pad of his paw, not the top. His abscess had cleared up and healed completely. His leg was much stronger and his limp diminished. He went on to live a further two years before the liver damage became evident and we had to face the inevitable.
So did Tosca decide to believe that the comfrey would help him? I think not!
In ancient times, comfrey was known as 'knit bone'. It has been known to "have healed the most sinister chronic ulcers" (p103, Elizabeth Francke, The make-your-own Cosmetics and Fragrance Book for New Zealanders). Apparently comfrey leaves and roots contain a substance called 'allantoin' the promotes the regeneration of cells.
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Classical music: UW pianist Christopher Taylor gets raves for his performances of Olivier Messiaen's "Vingt Regards" in Milwaukee and New York City.
Piano virtuoso Christopher Taylor (below) was educated at Harvard, where he graduated with top honors in theoretical math; studied with Russell Sherman at the New England Conservatory of Music; and won a bronze medal at the 1991 Van Cliburn Competition. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music for the past decade, and normally gets rave reviews whenever performs in Madison.
Taylor's local highlights includes performing the cycle of 32 Beethoven sonatas plus concertos with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, chamber music with other UW faculty members and the Pro Arte String Quartet (below, with Taylor, performing the world premiere of William Bolcom's Piano Quintet No. 2 last spring), and his annual solo recitals.
Still, Madisonians don't always appreciate the degree to which local talent is also appreciated elsewhere in the country and the world.
Take this past week. Taylor, known for his interpretations of such modern and contemporary composers as Olivier Messiaen (below), Gyorgy Ligeti and Derek Bermel, received raves first in Milwaukee and then in New York City – at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts' Medieval Sculpture Gallery — for his performances of Olivier Messiaen's epic and technically demanding sequence of "Vingt Regards sur L'enfant Jesus" ("Twenty Meditations on the Infant Jesus," an impressive specialty of Taylor.
Here is an advance conversation with Taylor on WUWM, Milwaukee's public radio station:
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/lake_effect_segment.php?segmentid=9932
Then here is a review of the performance in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/messiaen-piano-piece-is-stunning-at-st-pauls-uv7u0go-182669941.html
And here is a review by former Milwaukee journalist, reviewer Tom Strini, who now has a terrific Milwaukee-based blog for Third Coast Digest:
http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2012/12/piano-arts-christopher-taylors-holy-brainy-messiaen/
And here is the review of Taylor's performance in the Metropolitan Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall (below in a photo for The New York Times by Hiroyuki Ito) by critic Vivien Schweitzer that appeared in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/arts/music/messiaens-vingt-regards-sur-lenfant-jesus-at-met-museum.html?_r=0
Finally, here is the posting that appeared on this blog last week about the out-of-town performances by Christopher "Kit" Taylor":
https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/classical-music-acclaimed-van-cliburn-compeititon-laureate-uw-madison-pianist-christopher-taylor-performs-messiaens-epic-twenty-looks-at-the-infant-jesus-in-milwaukee-on-f/
One final word: We will get to hear Taylor in recital for FREE on Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 in Mills Hall. No word yet on the program. But it could well be the Olivier Messiaen, which he has performed excerpts from here, but never the complete and lengthy work in its entirety.
Taking somebody to that performance sure would make a nice holiday gift, along with one of his recordings – say, the "Transcendental" Etudes by Franz Liszt or the Etudes by William Bolcom – that are available from the on-line CD store at the UW School of Music: http://apps.music.wisc.edu/cdstore/cdGrid.asp?categoryID=14
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I signed up to a course called Creative Art at school this term and as a part of this course everyone had to create some sort of "art-work". It took me a while, because I can't really draw. Anyway, here it is :).


For more general notes, see the page for the Imperial line.
After the big re-jigging of the line in 1973, the name "Imperial" was applied only to the upper end of pens in this family, while the popular-market pens got to be called "Triumph". This is the very bottom of the barrel of that period, and when I say that I don't mean to disparage; like something at the Glenkinchie distillery, there are barrels whose bottom contains a certain amount of delight.
This pen is very like the previous Imperial IV in its looks, swapping chrome and steel for the older pen's gold, and having a shorter inlay. The writing characteristics are also about the same.
Production Run: 1973 – c. 1983.
Size: 13.2 cm long capped, 14.5 cm posted, 11.3 cm uncapped.
Filler: Cartridge, capacity approx. 1.1 ml.
Wood grain! That means it's the 1970s!
For a low-end pen, this is quite a production. Note that the word "Triumph" does not appear on the box at all; it's a catalogue reference that provides.


Effect: Loud screeching sound through entire range.
Now includes booster holes with all screamers for multi-stage scare effect.
Screamers produce a loud screeching noise through complete travel. In low light they have a strong visual effect. With a range of 250' to 300', these unique pyrotechnics produce an alarming sound, resulting in an immediate fear response in birds and animals. Also known as Racket Bombs, Crackers, Whistle Bombs, Screamers-Sirens, Twin Shot, and Knatterpatronen.


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Cleveland RTA Wins APTA Safety Award
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has been recognized by the American Public Transportation Association for safety and security measures taken during 2020.
The agency received a gold award in the heavy rail category in the 2021 Bus and Rail Safety, Security and COVID Response Excellence Awards.
In a news release, APTA said the awards are meant to honor agencies for their diligence and innovation through safety and security programs that serve as benchmarks of success for others.
Winners were chosen based upon effectiveness, benefit level, innovation and transferability, with the top honor being the gold award for the organization with the best example program in safety or security.
Tags:American Public Transportation Association, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, safety awards
Cleveland RTA Red Line Train Separates in Transit
One person was taken to a hospital after a Cleveland RTA Red Line train separated while moving Thursday afternoon.
The three-car train was heading to Cleveland Hopkins Airport when the separation occurred at 2:45 p.m. between the West Boulevard-Cudell Station and the station at West 117th Street.
Passengers aboard the train were helped off by Cleveland firefighters and RTA police officers.
An RTA spokeswoman said the train stopped after the separation occurred.
In a news release, RTA said the train was inspected and later put back into service. The RTA spokeswoman said the passenger was taken by ambulance at her request to be checked.
In a service advisory, RTA said Thursday afternoon that although the Red Line was continuing to operate there might be delays to some trains.
Tags:Cleveland RTA, Cleveland RTA Red Line, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, RTA Red Line
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Cleveland RTA Completes Track Work Project
Greater Cleveland RTA said it has restored all service on its Blue and Green lines that had been suspended for the past eight weeks due to track construction.
The track work took place between the Buckeye-Woodhill Station and Shaker Square.
The project involved replacing 7,000 ties, 29,600 e-clip fasteners, 54,800 spikes, 27,400 feet of rail and 12 turnouts.
The agency spent $8 million on the work and said that last time this segment of the track had been repaired was in the early 1980s.
Tags:Cleveland RTA, Cleveland RTA rail service, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, RTA Blue Line, RTA Green Line, track work
Waterfront Line Suspension Extended Indefinitely
A Waterfront line car climbs the incline to cross the Norfolk Southern Tracks in downtown Cleveland in September 2017.
Service on the Cleveland RTA Waterfront line has been suspended indefinitely due to the closing of a bridge that spans the Norfolk Southern tracks just east of the Cuyahoga River.
It is the latest setback for the 2.2-mile line, which saw service suspended for several months last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then shut down again last October due to a track rehabilitation project at Tower City.
RTA said in a statement that a consulting firm found that the bridge needs four interim support towers to stabilize the structure.
These would be considered a temporary fix until a permanent solution to the problem is found and implemented.
The consulting firm had found in a 2018 inspection that the bridge has stress fractures. At the time, RTA responded by limiting traffic on the bridge to one train at a time.
Hardesty & Hanover, which conducted the inspection, recommended that RTA not use the bridge until it is permanently fixed, a process expected to take two years.
RTA has awarded an emergency contract for the support towers with that work expected to be finished in late October.
The most recent inspection of the bridge was conducted this past summer ahead of what RTA expected to a resumption of service on the Waterfront Line.
Hardesty & Hanover has begun design work on a permanent solution fix for the bridge, which RTA expects to pay for with $6 million in federal funding granted by the Federal Transit Administration.
The service suspension means RTA will not be able to provide service directly to FirstEnergy Stadium this year for Cleveland Browns games.
Tags:Cleveland RTA rail service, Cleveland RTA Waterfront Line, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, Railroad bridges, RTA Waterfront Line, Waterfront Line
Cleveland RTA Awards Rail Grinding Contract
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has awarded a rail grinding contract to Advanced Rail Management.
The contractor will provide rail grinding project management designed to improve wheel/rail interaction on 38 track-miles on the Red Line and 10 track-miles on the Blue and Green lines.
In a news release, ARM said it will provide project management and be responsible for the quality, technical accuracy and coordination of all required services through 2023.
The work undertaken by ARM will include optical rail measurement to capture rail profile, and to measure rail wear prior to the grinding and post-grind optical rail measurement, to assess the effectiveness of the grinding work.
Annual measurement will enable ARM to monitor wear rates over the course of the program.
Tags:Advanced Rail Management, Cleveland RTA, Cleveland RTA rail service, Cleveland RTA Red Line, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, RTA Blue Line, RTA Green Line
Cleveland RTA Restarts Rail Car Acquisition
Much of North America's rail passenger growth is occurring in urban rail systems. Two Greater Cleveland RTA Blue Line trains pass in June 2013.
It is back to square one for Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority in its quest to buy new rail cars.
The transit agency said Friday afternoon it has canceled its plans to find a manufacturer for the cars because the sole proposal it received provided to be inadequate.
RTA said in a news release that it would start the search over but "remains committed" to replacing its rail car fleet.
The news release said the new search will begin at an unspecified point during the next few months.
The request for proposals was sent to rail car manufacturers in February. At the time, RTA specified it was seeking a car type that could operate on all three of if rail lines.
At the time, RTA acknowledged that would involve a specialized product but that it would make maintenance easier and less costly.
Two vendors showed interest in the request for proposals but only one submitted a formal proposal by the May deadline.
After reviewing that proposal, RTA staff concluded the proposal "was not responsive to the technical requirements of the solicitation."
A rail passenger advocacy group, All Aboard Ohio, had warned earlier that RTA's timeline on its rail car acquisition program was too tight and would drive up costs.
AAO filed a complaint with the inspector general of the Federal Transportation Administration after RTA twice denied deadline extensions by one or more manufacturers.
The costs of the new rail cars has been put at approximately $240 million. The transit agency is seeking new cars after a consultant said in 2019 that cars used on the Red Line are in poor condition and had a useful life of at most five years.
Cars used on the Blue and Green lines were said by the consultant to have a useful life of 10 years or less.
Tags:Cleveland RTA rail cars, Cleveland RTA rail service, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, Public transportation
RTA Offers Free Rides as it Implements New Route Network
Greater Cleveland RTA kicked off a restructured route network on Sunday by offering a week of free rides.
The NextGen route overhaul is the first the agency has undertaken since being formed in 1975. Work on the new network began in late 2018.
RTA officials said the changes seek to provide more connections and more frequent trips on the busiest routes.
"We changed many of the routes. Instead of running once an hour, or once every half hour, now they run once every 15 minutes. And they do that all day long, not just during a traditional rush hour," said RTA spokeswoman Linda Krecic.
New signs have been posted and the agency is trying to encourage riders to use a trip planning feature at the agency's website.
The free rides are good on bus, rail and para-transit through June 19.
Riders who have questions can call an RTA help line at 216-621-9500, which is staffed Monday through Saturday.
RTA Director of Service Management Joel Freilich said the revised route network covers more of Cuyahoga County and thus better serves people not working in downtown Cleveland.
The route changes might have been implemented earlier but were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which seriously eroded RTA ridership for several months.
The new network has not been without complications. WOIO-TV reported on the plight of a 62-year old woman in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland who now has to walk 15 blocks to catch a bus after the route 38 bus stop she used to use was closed.
The TV station's news department said it had received several complaints from viewers inconvenienced by the route changes.
In a statement to the TV station, RTA acknowledged that some riders will be inconvenienced by the changes and forced to walk a few more blocks to catch a bus.
"NEXT GEN represents a comprehensive redesign," the RTA statement said.
"The system achieves the goals the community told us they valued: greater connectivity, is more accessible, reduced transfers provides greater frequency (including expanded weekend service on some routes that had not had weekend service in a decade) and over all is an enhancement for our community."
RTA contended the new network design is better overall for all users.
A story published by The Plain Dealer noted that the network changes have confused some riders.
It cited the example of users of the North Olmsted Park-N-Ride and Transit Center.
RTA initially planned to end the Great Northern Boulevard Park-N-Ride service but decided at the last minute to create an alternative that provided a direct but longer ride.
RTA's Freilich said the agency's funding didn't allow for the North Olmsted and Westlake Park-n-Rides to continue.
So agency officials decided to take the Cleveland State Line bus route and have some of its buses go to Park-n-Ride lots.
However, that means a longer ride because of the CSL's routing via Lorain Avenue to West 210th Street and Clifton Boulevard.
Still, RTA officials are optimistic that the longer bus ride will appeal to those on the west side who don't wish to ride the Red Line because they will be able to stay on the same bus all the way to work.
"You'll still have two viable ways to get to downtown from that area," Freilich said. "The Red Line will continue to be an option. And at the North Olmsted Park-n-Rides, you'll be picked up by a No. 55 bus.
"At Westlake, it's the same thing. There's a different branch of CSU line. If you choose not to use the red line, you can still park in the Park-n-Ride for free. We'll pick you up with a branch of No. 55. When you leave downtown — and if you're going to Westlake — choose No. 55B or No. 55C."
Tags:Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, Public transportation
AAO Wants Probe of RTA Railcar Procurement
An Ohio rail advocacy group wants an investigation into the procurement process being used by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to buy new railcars.
All Aboard Ohio said it contacted the Federal Transit Administration's inspector general after it learned from unnamed GCRTA sources and a railcar manufacturer that RTA twice denied deadline extensions sought by one or more manufacturers.
The builders said they needed more time to respond to RTA's pending request for proposals.
AAO said it fears the denials could suppress competition among bidders, which could increase the costs for what is expected to be a $240 million program to replace the cars.
The car replacement project is expected to be RTA's most expensive capital project in its history.
In a statement, RTA said it continues to pursue acquisition of new rail cars but declined to provide further details on the process.
The statement said RTA is following FTA's best practices and is in compliance with state and federal regulations.
RTA issued a request for proposals on Feb. 22 that gave interested parties 12 weeks to prepare and submit proposals by May 19.
The transit agency plans to buy 18 railcars and seek options to buy dozens more later. RTA wants to use federal funding to finance some of the purchase.
The agency plans to use one model on all of its rail lines. Currently, it has two types of cars with one dedicated to use on the Red Line and another on the Green and Blue lines.
AAO contend that at least one rail car manufacturer was unable to visit the RTA railcar maintenance shop until April.
The advocacy group said deadline extensions for such projects are considered a "best practice" by the FTA, and had been done on projects in in California, New York, and Illinois in an effort to enhance competition among bidders.
"We hope that FTA's [inspector general] will be able to determine why FTA's best practices are not being followed here," AAO said in its letter to the FTA, saying the deadline should be extended by a month.
Tags:All Aboard Ohio, Cleveland RTA, Cleveland RTA rail cars, Cleveland RTA rail service, Federal Transit Administration, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Greater Cleveland RTA, Public transit, Public transportation
Cleveland RTA Names New Police Chief
Deirde Jones has been named chief of police and director of security for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
Jones has served with the Cleveland Division of Police for 32 years most recently as acting deputy chief of administrative operations.
She will assume her new position at Cleveland RTA on May 3.
During her time with Cleveland police, Jones held a range of positions, including sergeant in the domestic violence, homicide, integrity and basic patrol units. In December 2016, she was promoted to commander of the Bureau of Support Services.
She was appointed the department of safety's first-ever LGBTQ liaison for police, fire and EMS. In that post her responsibilities included promoting equity and inclusion throughout the department while cultivating a relationship of trust between the LGBTQ community and city's safety forces.
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East 79th Street Rapid Station Reopens
The 79th Street Rapid station of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has reopened.
It was the last key station to be reconstructed in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
The redesigned facility has a series of ramps and stair structures down an existing hillside.
A pedestrian track crossing is protected by gates, flashing lights and bells.
The station entrance is a new entry plaza that also has a bus-waiting area.
"The East 79th Street Station project not only marks the completion of the station reconstruction. Now all Red Line Stations are ADA compliant," RTA CEO and General Manager India Birdsong.
Tags:Cleveland RTA, Cleveland RTA Red Line, Cleveland RTA stations, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, RTA Red Line


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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/incarcerated-women-risk-their-lives-fighting-california-fires-its-part-of-a-long-history-of-prison-labor
Incarcerated women risk their lives fighting California fires. It's part of a long history of prison labor
Nation Oct 22, 2017 1:39 PM EST
For most of the 23 years Romarilyn Ralston spent in a California prison, she made 37 cents an hour, unable to afford crafty birthday cards for her two sons, let alone the financial support she desperately wanted to give them.
Ralston did clerical and recreational work at the California Institution for Women in Chino, while voluntarily training women who have recently made national headlines for being on the front lines of the state's biggest wildfires. The state has deployed more than 15,000 people to combat fires ripping through more than 220,000 acres in recent weeks, including as many as 1,600 trained inmates who earn, at the high end, a base pay of close to $2 a day.
Ralston said her friends on the outside were shocked to hear about the low wages and the tough work, and she, as well as a woman who said she trained for the program, said it deserves much more scrutiny.
Describing dangerous, backbreaking labor — they use hoes and chainsaws to manipulate the landscape and redirect fires in their tracks — Ralston compared it to a slave-era practice.
"Prisoners are leased out and thrown down to public and private corporations for labor," she said. "That's part of the convict-leasing system from Reconstruction, unfortunately, and it's shameful."
The second clause of the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude made an exception for people convicted of crimes, allowing landowners to incriminate newly-freed slaves with arbitrary laws and rent them out for cheap labor.
Since then, prisons have relied on this labor — including cleaning, serving food, laundry, plumbing and construction — to run their facilities as well as to provide the state with other workers, including those who make license plates or pave roads.
Though firefighting, Ralston said, is particularly high-risk.
"I've seen women come back with broken ankles and broken arms, burns or just suffering from exhaustion, you know, the psychological stress that people go through trying to just pass the requirements because if they don't pass the requirements, they don't get to camp," she said. "It's very stressful, not only on the body but also on the mind."
California corrections spokesperson Bill Sessa said he did not anticipate the women would get so much attention. The female California Conservation Camp program has been intact since 1983 and 40 of the 43 camps are male.
"The men were getting all the coverage, so I just happened to mention to a reporter, 'You know, we do have women who do this,'" Sessa said. "The fact that it's women, the fact that it's Malibu, it's just got all the elements for lack of a better term, a sexy story."
He also described the positions as coveted among inmates — the environment is nicer, the pay can be higher, the food is better and he said it can accelerate their release dates. For every day most of them are at camp and are on good behavior, they can get two days off their sentence, according to corrections.
A fireman who has managed prison crews for the past seven years, watches over a team of female prisoners in a remote mountainous area of the Witch Fire past Santa Ysabel, California to build a protection line against spreading fire, October 25, 2007. Of about 9,000 firefighters battling the southern California flames, nearly 3,000 are inmates. About 300 are from all-women prisoner brigades. Picture taken October 25, 2007. Photo by Adam Tanner/Reuters
Ralston agreed that it is more humane than other prison jobs for those reasons and that plenty of people get satisfaction out of the work, but that given the history of prison labor, and the low pay for risky work, it can still be demeaning. Corrections estimates the program saves the state $124 million a year, amounting to 3 million hours of firefighting work.
"When it costs $70,000 a year to incarcerate someone, then training them to be a high-functioning state worker and fight fires and put their lives on the line," she said. "To treat people that way is absolutely shameful."
While Ralston was incarcerated, she was serving a life sentence, unable to stay at a camp – those spots are for people who are deemed as minimum flight risks.
"It was tough. I tried to send little birthday cards and gifts home but it's hard to support your kids," she said. "Even when you make things, sometimes materials are free but sometimes you want to buy materials, or order something from a catalogue because they did well in school, but you can't afford it."
She was sentenced to life in 1988 when her sons were 2 and 5 years old. In the 23 years she served, she had bought savings bonds that had amounted to about $500, which she retrieved upon her release in 2011. Since then, she has earned bachelor's and master's degrees and become a program coordinator at Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton, a resource for incarcerated people who want access to higher education.
The director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project David Fathi said that not all prison jobs are inherently bad. Voluntary jobs can lower recidivism rates, provide routine and a valuable sense of worth and responsibility. But whether they are actually "voluntary" is an important nuance, he said.
"Little in prison is truly voluntary," Fathi said. "It's hard for most people to understand the pervasively and inherently coercive nature of the prison environment."
While California corrections states on its fact sheet that no one is involuntarily assigned to the fire program, Ralston and Ingrid Archie disagree.
"I've seen women come back with broken ankles and broken arms, burns or just suffering from exhaustion, you know, the psychological stress that people go through trying to just pass the requirements." — Romarilyn Ralston, former firefighter trainer
Most people in California prisons go through a classification system every year so the facility can assess where they should work based on skills, attitude, work habits and education level.
They are often placed on a pay scale that is anywhere from 8 cents an hour for labor, maxing out at $12 a month, to 37 cents an hour for a lead position, maxing out at $56 a month.
Archie, who was released about two years ago, said she was assigned to the camp without her input.
"If you refuse the program, that's a disciplinary infraction," she said.
She said the infraction is called "refusal to program" and that it can layer an additional 30 to 60 days onto a person's sentence.
Ralston, who did administrative work for the fire program, said that people risk an infraction and added time if they do not cooperate.
California corrections spokesperson Terry Thornton said that there is an infraction called "refusal to program," but that she still considers the fire program voluntary because corrections "cannot force an inmate" to comply.
Regardless, Fathi said there are clearer lines to better wages.
"State minimum wage laws don't apply to prisoners. This is something the legislature could fix very easily. The minimum wage could apply to everyone who works," he said. "Same with worker's compensation laws."
California corrections states in its fact sheet that people in the program make $2 a day, but most of them are actually making $1.45. There is a ranking system: $1.45 a day is grade 1, while "skilled and experienced" people get $1.67 a day and "a limited number of skilled inmates who have been given special assignments" get $1.95 per day.
Ralston maxed out at $56 a month as a clerk for the fire crews and Archie said she was compensated $1 a day to clean the camp.
With their earnings, they could buy items like soap or lotion, pre-made birthday cards, vitamins, allergy tablets, cough drops, or Saltine crackers. They could spend it on co-pays for health concerns, but it was never enough money to save or send it home.
Sessa says part of the appeal of the fire program is the extra pay for being in the field. In those circumstances, firefighters get an extra $1 an hour.
Given the severity of the fires in recent weeks, he said some of the crews were working up to 80 hours in a row before they could get a break.
"They can put it in special accounts which gives them a financial cushion when they go back to their home community," he said.
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But Ralston says that money is not what lures women to these jobs. Most of them, she said, risk their well-being to get out of prison faster so they can get home to their children and prove that they are "redeemable."
The majority of women in prison have children, are victims of violence or trauma and are most often there for nonviolent offenses, as opposed to their male counterparts. While California has one of the lowest female incarceration rates, it has come under scrutiny in recent years for its failure to adequately address some of their unique mental health issues.
And even if they are making top prison dollars, the wages are still "shameful," especially given the many obstacles women face, she said.
"A lot of women in the program are in there because they want to get to their children, but they don't need a broke down mom when she gets home," she said.
Left: Female prisoners working in a remote mountainous area of the Witch Fire past Santa Ysabel, California to build a protection line against spreading fire, October 25, 2007. Of about 9,000 firefighters battling the southern California flames, nearly 3,000 are inmates. The prisoners typically get two days off their sentence for each on the fire lines. About 300 are from all-women prisoner brigades. Picture taken October 25, 2007. Photo by Adam Tanner/Reuters
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Kim Young-jin selected as new head of KOFIC
By Song Seung-hyun
Kim Young-jin selected new head of KOFIC
KOFIC Chairman Kim Young-jin (KOFIC)
Kim Young-jin, former vice director of the Korean Film Council, has been selected as the new chairman of the state-funded film organization.
Kim was chosen through a vote by the nine KOFIC committee members during the committee's first regular meeting Monday.
His term of office runs through Jan. 3, 2022.
"We will seek a practical support plan to overcome the difficult times of COVID-19, and also focus on presenting a blueprint for responding actively to the rapidly changing film industry," Kim said in a statement.
Since January last year, Kim has served as vice director of KOFIC. He mainly led emergency projects that were implemented following the spread of the coronavirus. Kim also was responsible for establishing policies for the post-COVID-19 era for KOFIC.
Before joining KOFIC, Kim worked as a journalist for Korean movie magazines Cine21 and Film 2.0. He also was a senior programmer at Jeonju International Film Festival in 2019. Kim is currently a film department professor at Myongji University.
Previously the head of the KOFIC was appointed by the culture minister. Kim is the first to be elected following a revision in the relevant law last year.
Choi Jae-won, who produced hit Korean films "The Age of Shadows" and "The Attorney," succeeded Kim as vice director of KOFIC.
Established in 1973, KOFIC is a state-supported, self-administered organization under the Culture Ministry. The public institution was established to improve the quality of Korean films and promote Korean films and the film industry.
By Song Seung-hyun (ssh@heraldcorp.com)


Amazon has both benefited from that conditioning as well as encouraged it, which is most likely why it is changing cautiously. It began eliminating list prices about two months ago, pricing specialists say, both on products it sold itself and those sold by other merchants on its site.
SAN FRANCISCO: In a major shift for online commerce, Amazon is quietly changing how it entices people to buy. The retailer built a reputation and hit $100 billion in annual revenue by offering deals. The first thing a potential customer saw was a bargain: how much an item was reduced from its list price. Now, in many cases, Amazon has dropped any mention of a list price. There is just one price. Take it or leave it.
The new approach comes as discounts both online and offline have become the subject of dozens of consumer lawsuits for being much less than they seem. It is also occurring while Amazon is in the middle of an ambitious multiyear shift from a store selling one product at a time to a full-fledged ecosystem. Amazon wants to be so deeply embedded in a customer's life that buying happens as naturally as breathing, and nearly as often.
Last spring, Boomerang compiled alist for The New York Times of 100 pet food products that Amazon said it was selling at a discount to a list price. Only about half of them still say that. "Amazon is a data-driven company with very few sacred cows," Hariharan said. "At the very least, it is conducting a storewide test about whether it should change its pricing strategy."
"Amazon is showing it can fix the problem if it wants to," Patten said. The problem with list prices or, as they are sometimes called, manufacturers' suggested retail prices, is that they are regularly more of a marketing concept than what anyone is actually charging. When Amazon was saying the list price of the Breville Infuser was $800, Breville itself was selling the machine for $500 —about the same as Amazon. Other retailers sell it for $500, too. Breville confirmed the price was $500.
Amazon also appears to have stepped up its monitoring of a vendor system that allowed some sellers to insert data that listed their products as 99 percent or even 100 percent off.
Another Amazon seller who complained that his list prices were not showing up said he was told by the retailer that it was routinely checking list prices on other sites. Kovarik of Rout said his analysis indicated that Amazon was regularly eliminating more list prices. "In early May, about 29 percent of the products we saw were missing list prices, but now the number is up to about 70 percent," he said.


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SOLAS Verified Gross Mass ("VGM") Countdown: Will You Be Ready On July 1, 2016?
Jeanne M. Grasso, Dana S. Merkel, and Jonathan K. Waldron
Action Item: With less than 30 days remaining before the July 1, 2016, effective date of the new International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ("SOLAS") Regulation VI/2 amendments, the International Maritime Organization ("IMO"), Administrations, and industry continue to tackle unanswered compliance questions and concerns.
Below, we discuss the most recent guidance and developments from the U.S. Coast Guard, IMO, and industry organizations, as well as our assessment and views on enforcement, to assist stakeholders in preparing for the July 1 deadline, while taking into account the unique characteristics of various operations and ports.
As outlined in our March 2016 (No. 2) Advisory, IMO adopted amendments to SOLAS Regulation VI/2 in November 2014. See this Advisory here.
Under the amendments, the shipper must verify the gross mass of a packed container by one of two methods: (1) the packed and sealed container may be weighed using calibrated and certified equipment; or (2) each package and cargo item loaded into the container, including any pallets or other packing and securing material, may be weighed, and the tare mass of the container added to the sum of the single masses in the container using a certified method approved by the port State's competent authority in which the packing of the container was completed. The resulting VGM must be stated in the shipping document, signed by the shipper, and provided to the vessel master and terminal in advance of loading the container on the vessel. In the event the VGM is not provided to the vessel master, the container may not be loaded on the ship.
U.S. Coast Guard Equivalency Declaration
In its recent Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB Number: 009/16), published on April 28, 2016, the U.S. Coast Guard declared that existing U.S. laws and regulations for providing verified container weights are "equivalent" to the requirements under SOLAS Regulation VI/2. The U.S. Coast Guard also submitted a letter to the IMO setting forth its determination, specifically noting that the current national regime provides the needed flexibility for all entities in the business to ensure that correct verified container weights are provided to the vessel master to facilitate safe loading operations. In support of its determination, the U.S. Coast Guard noted that various U.S. industry stakeholders have demonstrated multiple acceptable methods for providing VGMs. See MSIB Number: 009/16 available at this link.
IMO Guidance
On May 23, 2016, the IMO issued MSC.1/Circ.1548, Advice to Administrations, Port State Control Authorities, Companies, Port Terminals and Masters Regarding the SOLAS Requirements for Verified Gross Mass of Packed Containers, to address concerns raised by various Administrations regarding practical aspects of compliance with the SOLAS amendments. The IMO recommended that Administrations and port State control authorities adopt a "practical and pragmatic approach" when verifying compliance with the SOLAS amendments for a period of three months following the July 1, 2016, effective date.
Emphasizing that the stability and safe operation of ships, including transport of containers, is addressed in other SOLAS regulations, the IMO advised that until October 1, 2016, Administrations and port State control authorities should consider:
allowing packed containers that are loaded on a vessel before July 1, 2016, and subsequently transshipped on or after July 1, 2016, to be shipped to their final port of discharge without the VGM specified as required by the SOLAS amendments; and
allowing flexibility to all the stakeholders in containerized transport to refine, if necessary, procedures for documenting, communicating, and sharing VGM information.
See MSC.1/Circ.1548 available at this link.
Carrier and Terminal Operations
U.S. shipping interests and stakeholders have taken differing approaches to implement the Regulation VI/2 amendments due to varying concerns, including liability, port congestion, lack of necessary infrastructure to support container weighing services, and terminal disruptions and delays. Although the U.S. Coast Guard's recent guidance has prompted terminal operators to take more defined positions on compliance, it is becoming increasingly evident that there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution and U.S. shipping interests must conduct the necessary due diligence on a port-by-port basis to determine how containers will be handled at each terminal.
While some port authorities and terminal operators, such as those in the Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakland, have maintained that they will not or cannot offer container weighing services, others such as the Georgia Ports Authority have stated that they will provide container weighing services free of charge. Certain terminal operators in the Port of New York/New Jersey and the Port of Baltimore have also confirmed they will offer container weighing services, but for a fee. Meanwhile other ports and terminal operators, such as the Port of Houston, have announced that they will not accept containers at the terminal unless the VGM has been submitted electronically. Finally, in response to the U.S. Coast Guard's equivalency determination, some port authorities and terminal operators are changing their previously stated procedures. For example, the Virginia Port Authority originally stated it would refuse all containers that did not have VGMs prior to arrival at the terminal, but has since stated that containers without a VGM will be accepted if arriving via gate or rail.
In addition, shippers must be aware of how ocean common carriers and non-vessel owning common carriers ("NVOCC") will implement procedures for VGM compliance. On May 12, 2016, the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association ("OCEMA") announced the decision by its membership to issue an OCEMA Tariff Rule that would confirm that shippers would have no liability for damages resulting from use of inaccurate carrier-provided tare weight to calculate VGMs. While this decision by the OCEMA membership provides further clarification and flexibility for shippers, it is important to note that it is only applicable to the 19 U.S. and foreign flag international ocean common carriers that make up the OCEMA membership. As such, it is imperative that shippers working with non-OCEMA members, or NVOCCs, ensure liability provisions are included in applicable tariffs and/or service contracts. See the OCEMA announcement at this link.
SOLAS, including the Regulation VI/2 amendments, applies to ships engaged in international trade, and the obligations and responsibilities for compliance with SOLAS requirements fall primarily on owners/operators of ships, which may be enforced by a vessel's flag State or various port States. In this regard, the U.S. Coast Guard has stated that it will not take action against a shipper because it does not believe it has the authority absent a statutory amendment to current domestic U.S. law. Rather, any enforcement actions will be against the vessel owner/operator and master in the event a container is loaded without a VGM. However, the shipper will face various adverse commercial and business impacts of any failure to provide a VGM, such as the terminal or vessel refusing to load containers and the resulting delays and customer service issues.
Because SOLAS applies only to ships engaged in international trade, vessels engaged in solely domestic trade, which are not subject to SOLAS, will not be required to obtain VGMs from the shipper prior to loading containers for any domestic voyage, regardless of the ultimate destination of the containers. However, as a practical matter, containers bound for international ports will likely have VGMs because the vessel that will load those containers for transport to a foreign port will be subject to SOLAS and will require VGMs prior to loading. Thus, although the U.S. Coast Guard has given the green light for U.S. shippers to use alternative means to comply with the SOLAS amendments, coordination between the shipper, marine terminal operator, and vessel owner/operator, and development of best management practices, will be essential to ensuring that a container without a VGM, that is ultimately bound for a foreign port, is not loaded on a vessel.
The recent guidance discussed above should provide sufficient flexibility to enable industry to develop and implement procedures best suited to individual operations to meet the amended SOLAS Regulation VI/2 requirements. However, such flexibility could also result in varied approaches between ocean carriers, NVOCCs, ports, and even between individual terminals within a port. Although the U.S. Coast Guard will not be enforcing the VGM requirement directly against U.S. shippers, the procedures implemented by ports and terminals to comply with the Regulation VI/2 amendments will directly impact shippers.
And now, time is of the essence, with the clock ticking to the implementation date. Accordingly, stakeholders such as ports, terminals, NVOCCs, and vessel owners/operators and shippers should complete their VGM action plan now, including review of contractual arrangements and implementation of procedures on a port-by-port basis, as soon as possible, in order to prepare for the July 1 effective date. Action plans should include contingency planning to provide for alternatives if things go wrong on and after July 1.
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Students pack the school gym at the start of the new semester.
Every year come December, wish lists are often made of goals to accomplish for the following year. People make promises to "do better" and "be better," while telling themselves when the new year hits that it's game on.
The clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1 and the celebrations ring on. Meanwhile, hopeful individuals know that tomorrow starts the change. No more late night snacks, no more binge watching television shows and promises to study harder.
January starts out pretty well, with better eating habits and a regular sleep schedule. Gyms are busier than usual, and when the second semester begins, grades seem to be OK.
After an entire month of sticking to ambition, the plan seems to be falling apart. Stomachs growl at midnight, beds seem to be inescapable, Netflix is only a click away and soon enough the fragile thoughts of "next semester will be better" creep in.
What makes sticking to those New Year's resolutions so incredibly hard?
According to Forbes.com, just 8 percent of people achieve their New Year's goals, compared to the estimated 40 percent of Americans who make them.
"I think people lack the money, motivation and time to follow through with their New Year's resolutions," freshman urban elementary education and English double major Kailey Stangle said.
— make a promise, try the promise, break the promise, try again next year.
Individuals are often so consumed with the idea of a fresh start that when the opportunity comes for one, they fail to act.
People are often bound by routine and suddenly disrupting what had become "normal" proves overbearing. Some individuals simply lack the mindset to make a permanent change, and easily slip back into bad habits.
"My New Year's resolution was to keep my room clean, but I failed the first day I got back," freshman deaf education and history double major Olivia Colomier said.
By walking around campus, or even down the halls in the dorms, students are constantly heard saying "tomorrow." Whether it'd be putting off writing that paper or running on the loop, goals set at the start of the year never seem to make it to the end.
Naturally, the stresses of performing well day after day call for a break every once in awhile, but when a day off becomes a week, a week often turns into more. Watching just one more episode of "Friends" is almost as impossible as eating just one more Pringle.
Changing bad habits takes time, and stopping anything cold-turkey is most often arduous. Consider a light snack a few hours after dinner instead of at midnight. Set a goal to exercise three days a week so it is not too excessive. Study for 15 minutes every few hours instead of forcing yourself to sit down for a full 60 minutes.
Promises made to oneself cannot work unless that individual is willing to commit to their decisions fully. However, drastic changes almost always fail to deliver positive results.
Simple, gradual differences may just be the key to keeping those promises.


Do you want to have a conversation with your car, or perhaps an invisible passenger riding shotgun (if a talking car freaks you out too much)?
Years ago, Stanford communication and sociology researcher Clifford Nass wondered why some people treated their computers as humans, instead of machines, a question that led him down a path of interesting research. Now he wonders about drivers willing to have personal conversations with the artificial voice in their cars—and what will become of the secrets the humans share with their four-wheeled friends.
The article discusses the difficulty in choosing just the right voice and tone. Many drivers became angry and actually drove worse when their car cautioned them about impared or inattentive driving. Another example was that BMW "had to have a product recall, because male German drivers wouldn't take directions from a female voice". I don't think any voice that was offering dining or shopping suggestions would prevent me from plunging a sharp screwdriver into it's control module.
In the Technocrat article where I discovered this topic, ed.z suggested a Klingon option: That Lexus just splashed mud on us and has sullied our honor! I suggest we use the chaingun with HE shells!.
The darker side, beyond just being annoying, is the information gathering potential of modern vehicles. Voice-controlled devices, GPS tracking, and now the seduction of candid conversation. A lot of entities would be interested in tapping into your car's data (whether live or archived) — "insurance companies, advertisers, government agencies, your boss and perhaps your spouse".
"If you think about it, your car could know a heck of a lot about you," Nass said in an interview. "It can know where you go, and when. It can know your preferences in music, your preferences in news, your preferences in sports, your eating preferences and your purchasing preferences.
A final note — Nass observed that "[d]epressed drivers drive better when their car speaks as if it, too, were feeling down". I'm not one of those people who name their cars, but maybe I'll call my next car "Marvin".


First, thanks again to Jon Hyman for the chance to write on a different but related topic – Social Business. As I mentioned in Part 1, I'm finding that a surprisingly high percentage of HR folks have not yet tapped into the incredible power of the Social Web. Perhaps this series will be helpful, at least at a high level. Feel free to question or comment in the Disqus form at the end of the post.
In Part 1 of this 3-part series on Social Business, the subject was Online Reputation Management. In this Part 2, the focus will be on Social Business and Internal Communications. We will finish the series in Part 3 with a look at the 3 R's - Recruiting, Recognition, and Retention and how Social Business amplifies those efforts.
This trend isn't happening at the same high velocity as work-from-home, but nonetheless, it is a key generational difference between the retiring boomers and the emerging Millennials. In between, savvy Gen-X'ers that are transitioning into corporate leadership know that internal Collaboration is the key to sustainability and winning in the marketplace.
Without going into all the issues around internal email, it's widely recognized that traditional email such as Outlook is an ineffective tool for collaboration. Enough said. The question is, "How are winning companies solving the problem of email?" They are changing the game, changing the technology, and with it, changing the culture of the enterprise. We're not talking about Facebook and Linkedin, Twitter, or any of the public Social Networks. Enterprise Social Networks are completely different technologies, although they leverage the same basic features of public networks, like profiles, status updates, friends and followers, newsfeeds, public and private groups, blogs, and media sharing. Perhaps you may be familiar with Sharepoint – Intranets with some Social capabilities. That's not it either. These new tools are Enterprise Social Networks built from the ground up in Social Tech – tools like Jive and IBM Connections. Here's a nice list from Mashable.
How are ESN's changing the game? McKinsey ran a study a few years ago that attempted to answer this very question. I wrote about the study here. Bottom line? Significant increases in productivity. Significant decreases in internal fact-finding meetings. Significant improvements in employee morale and ultimately, significant gains in customer satisfaction.
How does internal Social Business make companies run better, faster, cheaper? Corporate silo's are bad for business, right? Common knowledge. Social Media by design is intended for broad consumption. Blogs, Blog Comments, Video, etc. – extensive research over the last 10 years by various outlets continuously point to the conclusion that these types of collaborative media, when executed effectively, communicate better, faster, and cheaper than print, email, and other traditional forms of media.
Moving from raw Data to profitable Wisdom often takes years of experience, usually from the school of hard knocks. There really is no substitute for experience, is there? Companies that are losing the battle of the brain drain, either through retiring staff or unplanned exits, face a loss of wisdom that will take years to regain. Meanwhile, this leaves the company vulnerable to the competition. Again, research shows that old-school approaches to internal communications, command-and-control hierarchies, non-collaborative management styles, inflexible work-life balance policies, all combine to lead to dissatisfaction and ultimately defection.
What questions or comments do you have? Do share in the comments below. Consider sharing this post via LinkedIn and Twitter. Perhaps others in your network will appreciate the share.
Thanks again to Jon Hyman for the guest blogging opportunity.
Coming soon: Part 3 – Social Business and Recruiting, Recognition, and Retention.


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NFL playoffs 2013 schedule and bracket: Divisional round now set
Only eight teams remain in the quest for Super Bowl XLVII.
By Jack Cassidy Jan 7, 2013, 7:00am CST
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Wild Card weekend is over, and the NFL Divisional round is now set with the Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens, Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks all moving on.
The Texans advanced following their 19-13 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in a game that was not as close as the final score indicated. Houston limited Andy Dalton to only 127 yards passing and one interception, as the Bengals offense was helpless against the Texans defense from start to finish. Houston will now face the New England Patriots on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The Baltimore Ravens also advanced in the AFC, defeating the Indianapolis Colts in linebacker Ray Lewis' final home game. The Ravens will face the Denver Broncos on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
On the NFC side of the bracket, the Green Bay Packers advanced against the Minnesota Vikings in a rematch of Week 17, and the Seattle Seahawks came back to defeat the Washington Redskins in the only road victory of the weekend. The Packers will face the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. ET. The Seahawks will play the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Both AFC games will be aired on CBS, while the NFC matchups can be seen on FOX.


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This is a Dockerfile to set up ([https://plex.tv/](https://plex.tv/) "Plex Media Server") - ([https://plex.tv/](https://plex.tv/))

## Instructions
### Getting the docker image
Build from docker file

```
git clone https://github.com/timhaak/docker-plex.git
cd docker-plex
docker build -t timhaak/plex .
```

You can also obtain it via:

```
docker pull timhaak/plex
```

### Running the docker image
Instructions to run:

```
docker rm -f plex
docker run --restart=always -d --name plex -h *your_host_name* -v /*your_config_location*:/config -v /*your_videos_location*:/data -p 32400:32400 timhaak/plex
```

When the container starts, it will initialize the config directory and the configuration is populated through [environment variables](#environment-variables) that can be set using the command line or an envfile.

Browse to `http://*ipaddress*:32400/web` to run through the setup wizard.

By default, unauthenticated web access will only be available from the host machine and so to configure authentication for external access you will need a web browser on your host machine. If this is unavailable or you would like to have unauthenticated access from your LAN, then you can set the `PLEX_ALLOWED_NETWORKS` [environment variable](#environment-variables) to the subnet of your LAN either temporarily for configuration or permenantly for unauthenticated LAN access.

#### Avahi Auto Detection
For auto detection to work add --net="host". Though be aware this more insecure and not best practice with docker images. The only reason for doing it is to allow Avahi to work (as it uses broadcasts that will not cross network boundries).

See the [Docker Networking Article](https://docs.docker.com/articles/networking/#how-docker-networks-a-container) for details on how docker networks a container.

```
docker rm -f plex
docker run --restart=always -d --name plex --net="host" -h *your_host_name* -v /*your_config_location*:/config -v /*your_videos_location*:/data timhaak/plex
```

## Configuration
### Environment Varaibles

| Variable Name           | Values                 | Behaviour                                                                            | Default value   |
| ----------------------: | :--------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------: |
|     SKIP_CHOWN_CONFIG   |  `TRUE` or `FALSE`     | Startup will be faster and there won't be a permissions check for the configuration  | (unset)         |
|         PLEX_USERNAME   |        String          | Will add this Plex Media Server to that account                                      | (not set)       |
|         PLEX_PASSWORD   |        String          | (Mandatory if username is set) The account password | (not set)                      |                 |
|            PLEX_TOKEN   |   [Plex token][1]      | Plex token if you don't want to write your password | (not set)                      |                 |
|     PLEX_EXTERNALPORT   |       Integer          | The port if you're not using the default one (32400), ie. when using `-p 80:34200`   |  (not set)      |
| PLEX_DISABLE_SECURITY   |      `0` or `1`        | If set to 1, the remote security will be disabled | 1                                |                 |
|           RUN_AS_ROOT   |  `TRUE` or `FALSE`     | *Dangerous* If true, will start Plex as root | true                                  |                 |
| PLEX_ALLOWED_NETWORKS   | Comma-separated list   | List of networks to allow access to. Defaults to the docker network (public Plex)    | (not set)       |

To use an option, set it as a Docker environment variable through the command line:

```
docker run -e RUN_AS_ROOT=TRUE ... timhaak/plex
```

or add it to an envfile that can be included through the command line:

```
docker run --env-file=*filename* ... timhaak/plex
```

## Mac and Apple TV Usage

For Docker on the mac and AppleTV discovery of the server you will need to open up more ports. The reason is that net=host doesn't work as intended. A recommended startup would be something like this :

```
docker run \
--restart=always \
-d             \
--name plex    \
-h *your_host_name*   \
-p 32400:32400 \
-p 1900:1900/udp \
-p 3005:3005 \
-p 5353:5353/udp \
-p 8324:8324 \
-p 32410:32410/udp \
-p 32412:32412/udp \
-p 32413:32413/udp \
-p 32414:32414/udp \
-p 32469:32469 \
-v /*your_config_location*:/config \
-v /*your_videos_location*:/data   \
timhaak/plex
```

[1]: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204059436-Finding-your-account-token-X-Plex-Token

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Mobile app development is growing at a very fast rate. Every year, new trends come and go. Mobile app developers need to stay enlightened about the prevailing and expected trends in order to develop mobile apps that will are beneficial to their users.
Since many apps are created every day, your app needs to stay relevant to the existing trends. Failure to this, you will lose many users as your app will be deemed irrelevant. In order to create an app that will solve people's needs in 2019, you need to be conversant with the Android and iOS app trends to expect in 2019.
Below are the top 5 mobile app trends to expect come 2019.
Al and machine learning have become a big part of both Android and iOS mobile application development. This trend has made it possible for machines to process thoughts like the human brain. Thus understanding human habits and therefore allow for better user engagement.
Recently Apple launched the Core Machine Learning 2 which is a framework for analyzing language text which aids in machine learning.
The rise of machine learning technology in form of chatbots and virtual assistants has also been embraced by several sectors including the health and customer care sector These sectors are using Al technology to increase profitability and enhance proficiency.
In 2019 more improvisation is expected on Al and machine learning to allow for better user engagement and better service delivery.
Today, operating gadgets has been made easier by a new technology called the Internet of Things. Home Kit an Internet of Things ecosystem that was introduced by Apple has expanded iOS app development. With home Kit apps, you can control your connected home appliances even when you are away from the horn. For instance, you can switch off your cloth washers when you are far from the equipment thanks to loT.
Also, smart wearable devices are an invention of the Internet of Things. So far we have seen many big names like Uber and Zomato embracing wearable devices especially smartwatches in their iOS and Android app development.
This trend is expected to take center stage in 2019 with more wearable devices coming up. Some wearable devices we should expect to see in 2019 should be along the line of fitness wristbands, watches, movement trackers, smart-eyewear just to name a few.
According to a report by Statista, about 75 million devices will be connected to loT by 2020.
AR and VR are areas that have not been fully explored by app developers. In addition to games, more is expected to be done in 2019 to create VR and AR apps that will influence people lives.
Apple introduced ARKiT 2 which has created a platform for app developers to create more augmented apps. ARKiT together with Scene kit which is another invention by Apple, have enhanced face tracking and 30 detections of objects. This has created a platform for the development of simulation apps.
Lately, there have been many security challenges, with big companies like Uber, Facebook and Google falling victims of cyber-attacks. And as technology grows, hackers are also evolving very fast. In 2019 we should, therefore, expect to see app security being top of iOS app development and Android app development trends.
Developers are becoming mindful of security threats and will strive to create secure mobile apps to protect user's personal information against cyber-attacks.
IOS app development, for instance, uses the two-factor authentication to provide additional security to users. We should expect more such security measures for Android apps and iOS apps come 2019.
Instant apps are another common trend we should expect in 2019. Instant apps allow users to save time and space by using apps directly from the app store without downloading them.
This technology is only available to very few select smart devices. As mobile app developers are looking to provide users with a friendly experience without the bother of installing and uninstalling apps, expect more mobile app development companies to invest in instant apps in 2019.
It is safe to say smartphones are the future and as such many trends in mobile app development are expected in 2019 for both Android and iOS devices. The trends discussed above are some of the mobile apps changes you should expect. These changes will not only shape how people work but also how they socialize and collaborate with each other.
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Mark Lanegan – Nocturne / Beehive (2017)
Mark Lanegan Band announce details of their new album 'Gargoyle.'
Out via Heavenly Recordings on April 28th, 2017.
The 10-track LP features guest appearances from long-time collaborators Josh Homme, Greg Dulli and Duke Garwood.
Early in 2016, Mark was at home in LA, working on some ideas for what might turn into his next album when he got an email from a friend, an English musician named Rob Marshall, thanking Mark for contributing to a new project he was putting together, Humanist. The pair first met in 2008, when Marshall's former band Exit Calm supported Soulsavers, who Mark was singing with at the time. Now Rob was offering to write Mark some music to return the favour: "I was like, Hey man, I'm getting ready to make a record, if you've got anything?'" Mark recalls. "Three days later he sent me *10 things… !"
In the meantime, Mark had written 'Blue Blue Sea', a rippling mood piece that he thought might be a more fruitful direction for his new record. "It's almost always how my records start," he explains. "I let the first couple of songs tell me what the next couple should sound like, and it's really the same process when I'm writing words. Whatever my first couple of lines are tell me what the next couple should be. I've always built things like that, sort of like making a sculpture I guess."
Within an hour, Mark had written words and vocal lines for two of the pieces Rob had cooked up at Mount Sion Studios in Kent and pinged through the virtual clouds to California. Rob's music fitted perfectly with the direction Mark had been pondering: in essence, a more expansive progression from the moody Krautrock-influenced electronica textures of his two previous albums, 'Blues Funeral' and 'Phantom Radio'. Eventually, Rob Marshall would co-write six of the songs on the new Mark Lanegan Band album. "I was very thankful to become reacquainted with him," Mark deadpans.
The remainder of the album was written, recorded and produced by Lanegan's longtime musical amanuensis Alain Johannes at his 11 AD base in West Hollywood. Everything was done and dusted within a month, unusually fast by Lanegan's recent standards. "I definitely feel like I'm a better songwriting than I was 15 years ago," he says. "I don't know if I'm just kidding myself or what, but it's definitely easier now to make something that is satisfying to me. Maybe I'm just easier on myself these days, but it's definitely not as painful a process, and therefore I feel I'm better at it now. But part of the way that I stay interested in making music is by collaborating with other people. When I see things through somebody else's perspective it's more exciting than if I'm left to my own devices."
While sharing roots with its two predecessors, on Gargoyle there's a significant up-shift in the swaggering powerlode of such keynote songs as Nocturne and Beehive, while the lyrics' tonal palette is more varied. The album title comes from a lyric in Blue Blue Sea – "Gargoyle perched on gothic spire" – and was chosen for its hint of self-deprecation. "I'm most proud of the songs that are atypical to stuff that I've done in the past" says Mark. "So I really like Old Swan, because it's an expression of positivity, which is completely anti-anything I've done before!" He laughs. "Y'know, I haven't played this record for too many people yet. I played it for Greg Dulli, who played on some of it, and he was like, 'Wow, I had to listen to it twice – it sounds like he's having a good time…'
It's been a long journey travelled, not always easy, but in 2017, at the age of 52, Lanegan's got the look of permanence about him. Like that gargoyle on the gothic spire…
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A big part of a wedding is when the bride and groom sift through the gifts that they've received from friends and family. This is a special moment for them because it is also the first time that they open their gifts as husband and wife.
Most people would opt to give them housewares and other household items that they can use, but what they forget is that wines are also something that most newlyweds would love. In the Philippines, wines and spirits vary in taste and number, which makes it harder for you to choose the perfect wine to give!
But don't worry because here are two of the best wines that you can give as a gift for your newly-wed friends and families—which they can enjoy on their first night as husband and wife!
Established in 1966, the Wolf Blass winery has won over 8,000 trophies and medals through their continuous pursuit of providing top quality wine to their customers. From their humble beginnings as a small winery in a shed, it has become one of the world's most successful winemakers. They pride themselves through their continuous use of the traditional way to produce wine while also incorporating modern techniques to achieve that vintage but elegant quality of wine.
The most coveted product of the Wolf Blass brand is their Black Label wine. This specific wine has won the famous Jimmy Watson award—not one, not two, but four times! This only goes to show the quality that Wolf Blass produces with their wine. So, if you're looking for wine that is quality-assured and you want the newly-weds to remember your gift, you can give them the Wolf Blass' Black Label!
Wyndham Estate was established in 1828, one year after its founder, George Wyndham, arrived in Australia and built one of the very first vineyards in the country. During the 1982 International Wine and Spirit competition in England, Wyndham Estate collected numerous awards and medals—Specifically, four gold medals, seven silvers, and two bronzes for their top-notch wine.
In 2008, after being purchased by Pernot Ricard winemakers, Wyndham Estates changed their name into George Wyndham to commemorate and memorialize the person who established the winery.
The wine that George Wyndham winery takes pride in is their Black Cluster wine. This is a Shiraz wine that is often called the pinnacle of Wyndham Estate winemaking. During the process of fermentation, the wine is maintained between 20 and 28 degrees to ensure that tannin and color from the grape skins. After fermentation, the product is pressed into old American and French barrels for maturation. Each barrel is constantly put through rigorous taste tests to determine which of them are up to the quality of the George Wyndham winery.
Surely, this is a wedding gift that every couple will love. They will ask you where you got it because of the intricate taste that this wine has as well as the joyful experience it brings to the drinkers.
Wine is best enjoyed with the one you love over a candlelit dinner, so you can help the newlyweds drink something exquisite on their special night! You should always remember these two wine brands that will help you step-up your wine game and be able to help your friends discover top-notch wines!


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Understanding current sensing in HEV/EV batteries
By	Texas Instruments
By Sandeep Tallada, Texas Instruments
When I was six years old, I got a remote-control car as a present from my dad. With just a click of a button, I was able to control the car and it was running all around my home. One day, my brother and I suddenly got into a fight and broke the remote-control car into pieces. I was curious to look inside and see how it worked. I learned that remote-control cars used batteries as their main source of energy. I went to my father and asked, "Do all cars operate with batteries?" My father laughed and said, "No, it is impossible to power a car with a battery; only toy cars can operate with batteries. Cars on the road operate with fuel."
Whenever I remember this story I am quite amazed, because now I work on systems for electric vehicles (EVs), and I know that it's 100% possible to power a car with batteries. The main source of energy for hybrid EVs (HEVs) and EVs is the battery; efficient control of the battery implies an efficient battery-monitoring system.
The battery-monitoring system is mainly used to estimate state of health (SOH) and state of charge (SOC). In order to obtain detailed information about SOH and SOC, integrating accurate sensors into the battery-monitoring system is important. For a typical battery, current, voltage and temperature sensors measure the following parameters, while also protecting the battery from damage:
The current flowing into (when charging) or out of (when discharging) the battery.
The pack voltage.
The individual cell voltages.
The temperature of the cells.
Figure 1 shows the location of current sensors in a block diagram of a battery-control unit.
Figure 1: Current-sensor location in battery-control unit
When the battery is the main source of energy for systems in HEVs/EVs, it is essential to have information about its charging and discharging cycles. Current sensors are the main source of information for charging and discharging cycle information by reporting the status of battery SOH to the battery management system. They may be located onboard or externally. With the increase of battery capacities in HEVs/EVs, the requirements on higher current ranges are…
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PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air, is an Indonesian low-cost airline. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Lion Air is the country's largest privately run airline, the second largest low-cost airline in Southeast Asia after AirAsia and the second largest airline of Indonesia. The airline operates domestic as well as international routes, which connects different destinations of Indonesia to Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, India and Saudi Arabia, as well as charter routes to China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Macau, with more than 630 flights per day. Established in 1999, Lion Air has seen tremendous growth in the past several years, having acquired over 100 aircraft with nearly 500 more on order. The airline has repeatedly broken records for largest aircraft orders, such as its $24 billion order for 234 Airbus A320 jets, as well as its $22.4 billion order for 230 competing aircraft from Boeing. The airline signed agreement with US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing for 50 737 Max 10 passenger jets worth $6.24 billion in June, 2017. The airline is the 2nd largest customer of Boeing. It had once been criticized for poor operational management in areas such as scheduling and safety, although steps have been taken to improve its safety: on June 16, 2016, the European Union lifted the ban it had placed on Lion Air from flying into European airspace. Lion Air operates over 100 Boeing 737-800/900ER aircraft. The airline has been characterised by its rapid expansion and the success of its low-cost business model. The airline holds minority shareholdings in associate companies based in Thailand (Thai Lion Air) and Malaysia (Malindo Air).
Below is a list of the most popular destinations Lion Air flies from Indonesia. Choose Lion Air airline, to receive world class service while travel or business trip.


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Q: Can't import ActionBarCompat from Android Support Library using Android Studio I am using Android Studio and have followed this article from google as well as some other articles discussing how to use the new ActionBarCompat.
I have downloaded the support library (Rev. 18) in Android SDK Manager and added the following in my build.gradle
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.0'
}

Now I'm trying to import the Support Library API and extend ActionBarActivity in my code,
however, this is what showed up

which is not what it is supposed to be
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;

Any Help?

A: I have the same problem. I followed this step to solved it, in Android Studio - Tools -> Android -> Sync Project with Gradle Files.

Edit:
Sorry, I forgot add this:
After Sync Project with Gradle Files follow this steps:

*

*Right mouse click for your project and select Open Module Settings

*

*After that, select dependencies tab

*

*In the end - selec your library:

This should work.

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Counter-revolution through film and art.
"The more sublime the message, the better and more perfect the vehicle to transmit it should be... because the best deserves the best."
Father Leonardo Castellani
The PASCENDI FOUNDATION is a registered Non-Profit Organization that seeks to promote genuinely Catholic high-quality film entertainment to transform all things in Christ.
We intend to raise money through donations to finance Catholic film projects that are faithful to Christian tradition and values.
Join our cause. Donate now!
Great minds of humanity have been able to see the important role that culture plays in the organization of societies. The influence exerted through the arts is extremely important and essential.
For this reason, PASCENDI FOUNDATION seeks to promote healthy culture, virtues and traditional Christian principles and values by promoting what is good, beautiful and Truth. Just as the Church itself throughout history has taught the Revealed Truth using the cultural means at its disposal, such as painting, music and literature, so at PASCENDI we seek to do so through cinema and audiovisual arts. We find ourselves in a cultural battle, and the restoration of Christian principles, virtues and values is needed today more than ever. This is the mission that we propose at PASCENDI FOUNDATION.
PASCENDI FOUNDATION is a non-profit organization with an anti-modernist imprint. We are guided by the Catholic principles and the love of Truth, Faith and Tradition.
"Art has as its essential object, and as its very reason for being, that of perfecting the moral personality that is man, for which it must be itself moral"
S.S. Pius XI
We are convinced that cinema and audiovisual arts are the main means of influence in the world. We firmly believe that we must take this resource into our hands and use it for the benefit of the salvation of souls and as the main means of renewing the culture in Christ.
We created a fund for financing the best audiovisual projects with a Catholic and anti-modernist imprint. The projects that we finance must be competitive products of the highest technical and artistic level so as to appeal to the general public.
The Apocalypse of St. John (Miniseries)
At this time we are helping finance a documentary mini series about Revelation. The series portraits saint John ´s visions at Patmos and a traditional catholic interpretation of them.
The series stands out for its high artistic quality, modern pace and visual effects.
At the time two episodes have been released and the remaining five are in pre-production while the first two are being traslated and audio dub into English language.
Help us complete funding for this catholic production!
Visit the project ´s site
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