It's finally here! What everyone has been drooling over for the past few months. What Samsung needs to be a success in order to make up for the mess caused by the Note 7 last year. Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus!
In a word, beautiful. In a few words, great combination of beauty, technological advancement, and fearless attempt at new technology.
It will be available for pre-order from Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint on March 30th at 12:01 AM. It will be available for sale in stores on April 21st. Price starts at $720.
Available in 5.8-inch for the Galaxy S8 and 6.2-inch for the Galaxy S8+.
Infinity Display which wraps around the edges of the phone and extends further up and down along the length of the phone allowing for a more immersive experience.
Both phones are equipped with an 8MP F1.7 Smart autofocus front camera and 12MP F1.7 Dual Pixel rear camera. Great for low-light, zoom and anti-blur photos.
Industry's first 10nm processor, enabling heightened speed and efficiency.
Gigabit LTE and gigabit Wi-Fi ready with support for up to 1 Gbps so users can quickly download files, regardless of the file size.
World's first mobile device certified by the UHD Alliance as MOBILE HDR PREMIUMTM. This means you'll see the same vibrant colors and contrasts that the filmmakers intended while watching your favorite shows.
Fingerprint scanner, iris scanner, and facial recognition to unlock your phone.
Bixby button: You will be able to conveniently access Bixby and navigate through services and apps with simple voice, touch, vision and text commands. At launch only some native apps will be supported. Further native and 3rd party apps will be added in the future.
Connect to the new Gear 360 to create 4K 360-degree videos and 15MP photos.
Samsung DeX: A unique solution that transforms your smartphone into a desktop by providing a secure desktop-like experience. You'll be able to easily display and edit data from your phone, making working from a smartphone faster and smarter.
I think Samsung has done a great job with this phone. I very excited that it's finally here.
The one negative everyone is complaining about is the fact that the fingerprint sensor is on the back of the phone next to the camera. Get ready for all those #smuggypictures. On the S8+ it is going to be extra annoying because you'll have to extend your finger way up there. Yeah, not excited about that.
Here is Android Authority's hands-on video.


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El Peugeot 303 fue una propuesta de automóvil realizada por el fabricante francés de automóviles Peugeot, la cual fue cancelada durante su desarrollo. Se pensó en un modelo que reemplazaría al 203 en un futuro, pero dichos planes nunca se materializaron, en su lugar, se optó por el 403, estrenado en 1955.

Historia y desarrollo
Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Peugeot retomó la fabricación de automóviles, en un principio con vehículos anteriores a dicho periodo, el primer modelo nuevo de posguerra fue el 203, el cual además fue el único modelo fabricado por la compañía desde 1949 hasta 1954. Pero ya se había pensado en el desarrollo de un vehículo de un segmento superior y que reemplazaría al ya mencionado 203 como representante de la gama, así es como se pensó en un modelo denominado 303. El impacto de la guerra fue tal que no parecía rentable continuar y dicho modelo tuvo que ser descartado. Se construyeron exactamente 3 maquetas, de las cuales, sobreviven en el Museo de la Aventura Peugeot (:en: Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot).

Referencias

Prototipos de Peugeot

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Specializing in Custom Showers, Glass Repair, Mirrors, Tabletops, Shelves, Screens, and Commercial Projects since 1967.
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The information society has come with a promise – the promise, with the help of technology, to restore information as a commons: generated and utilised by everyone; for the benefit of every single person and all humanity; unfettered, empowering the people, truthful and reasonable, enabling constructive ways of living and a proper understanding of the environment.
The promise has not yet proven true. Instead, we face trends towards the commercialisation and commoditisation of all information; towards the totalisation of surveillance and the extension of the battlefield to civil society through information warfare; towards disinfotainment overflow; towards a collapse of the technological civilisation itself as a consequence of the vulnerability of information networks and, in the most general terms, as a consequence of ignorance of the fundamental information processes at work not only in natural systems but also in social and artificial systems.
The social and technological innovations that are intended to boost cognition, communication and co-operation are ambiguous: their potential to advance information commons is exploited for purposes of self-aggrandisement rather than concern for the overarching communities in which every human self is embedded from the family to world society. Tools – computer and other – are made for profit, power or predominance; the goal of a flourishing and thriving of humanity as a whole takes a distant second place, if it runs at all.
Thus, the information society has reached a crossroads: without significant change, business as usual can even accelerate its breakdown. A breakthrough to a global, sustainable information society must establish an information commons as a cornerstone of a programme for coping with the challenges of the information age.
Critical reflection is a task whose time has come. Today, the researchers and developers in almost every science study information processes in one respect or another, whether or not they term it information. But what is their individual and collective response to the challenges ahead? And what is their individual and collective responsibility for the consequences of their findings?
– on the impact of the sciences of information: how can we improve the design and implementation of social and technological applications for the advancement of a viable information society and individual autonomy?
– on the foundations of the sciences of information: how can we improve the concepts we use for the study of information at all levels, from natural information processes to the information society and information technology, such that they open new vistas that allow for improved applications?
The International Society for Information Studies calls for a commitment to an on-going open discussion of all issues related to the questions named above. The gathering scheduled for June 3-7, 2015, hosted by the Faculty of Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology during its 200-year anniversary, will comprise different disciplines, fields of expertise, schools, practitioners and stakeholders and will provide opportunities for exchanges that will necessarily be inter- and transdisciplinary.
The aim is to contribute to setting the course for the future development of the information society in the desired direction by establishing a platform that facilitates working toward the construction of information as a commons. The Summit 2015 will be followed by a Summit 2017.
– becoming a sponsor of the event.
– problems of information friction in scientific-technological, environmental and social (economic, political, cultural) realms.
Send your proposal to summit@is4is.org, in case of co-initiating or co-organisation before 17th of November, 2014. We will contact you and look forward to entering into co-operation with you.
Science and technology are part of the problem. But the sciences of information are also part of the solution!


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ATHERINIFORMES
ATHERINIDAE
Atherinosoma
ATHERINIFORMES Hardyheads
ATHERINIDAE Hardyheads
elongatum microstoma
Genus Atherinosoma
An endemic Australian genus with two species, both found in southern Australian waters.
Key to species of Atherinosoma
1a. Two (very rarely three) scale rows above and two to three scales rows below mid-lateral stripe at origin of first dorsal fin (usually two rows above and two below); greatest body depth 11—20% SL but usually nearer 14%; no distinct oval patches of teeth on tongue.......................................................................................Atherinosoma elongatum
1b. Three scales rows above and three scale rows below midlateral stripe at origin of first dorsal fin; greatest body depth 12—22% SL but usually about 16%; teeth, when present on tongue, in small oval patches..................................................................................................................................................Atherinosoma microstoma
Author: Bray, D.J. 2018
Bray, D.J. 2018, Atherinosoma in Fishes of Australia, accessed 22 Jan 2020, http://136.154.202.208/home/genus/145
Pavlov, A., W. Ivantsoff, P.R. Last & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1988. Kestratherina brevirostris, a new genus and species of silverside (Pisces: Atherinidae) with a review of atherinid marine and estuarine genera of southern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 385-397.
Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Atherinidae. pp. 395-400 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.

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Let's wind up this content-free week with a poll.
Criminal defense attorneys are often asked how they can stand to defend people they know to be guilty. But to see just how off-target that question is, go and ask them what they believe to be the most difficult case to defend. Most tend to say their hardest cases are ones where they believe their client to be innocent. Why? Because now the stakes are higher. If the client's guilty and they lose — even after trying their best and giving it their all — the result is that they made sure the system worked right, and their client was justly convicted. But if the client is innocent and they lose, then their failure means someone who doesn't deserve it now has to go to prison.
We're not sure why this somehow means the case is more difficult, though. More soul-wracking, certainly. But it doesn't make the case harder to win. It strikes us that those who answer this way are conflating their personal emotional challenges with their actual lawyering challenges. While one may affect the other, they're not the same thing.
So let's ask our readers: Leaving aside cases where you believe your client to be innocent, and other cases which may be emotionally harder to deal with — what kinds of cases do you find to be the most difficult to fight? Wiretap cases? Cases with DNA evidence? Confessions? Press cases? Murders? Financial crimes? Something completely different?
Post your answers in the comments. This could be very interesting.
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to catch up with one of my closest childhood friends. Our conversation quickly turned to the election because he and his wife have been agonizing over what to do with their votes. These are very godly, very pro-life people. They take this decision seriously and are still trying to figure what to do. My guess is that they will probably begrudgingly vote for Trump, and I won't.
And that's okay. We will still love each other after the election.
The question I've been concerned about lately is: can pro-life people do the same with their friends and colleagues who make different voting decisions next month? Or will the pro-life movement face an unprecedented and catastrophic level of division?
I told my friend yesterday, "I just want this election to be over. We're all sick of it. But here's my hope for what happens next: I hope that all of the people who have agonized over this decision can come together afterward, even though some of their friends also agonized over the decision and made a different choice."
This election has been a uniquely divisive one. It's probably the toughest election pro-life advocates have ever had to deal with. We are all doing our best in an awful situation.
I'm not saying both sides are right. On the question of whether to vote for Trump, there is an actual right decision and an actual wrong decision, but it is admittedly very difficult to determine which decision is right. I definitely have an opinion, but I believe reasonable and virtuous people can disagree.
To be clear, there are pro-life people who have absolutely sold out to Trump and have lied to defend him. That is not remotely defensible and such people should not be trusted in the future. This piece isn't about them. This piece is about most people in the pro-life movement, who know and acknowledge that Trump is awful and who struggle with whether or not to vote for him. The pro-life movement should not open its arms to liars, but we can work with honest people who are making a different decision when faced with this hard judgment call.
And we have to. Regardless of what happens in November, the pro-life movement needs to unify. [Tweet that!]
I think we can do this, but I have strong concerns. I know several pro-life leaders who have said that they can't imagine how anybody could actually be pro-life and not vote for Trump unless they have no understanding of how politics works. There's a "No True Pro-Lifer" thing going on here, and I'm concerned about the effect of an attitude like that after the election.
We all have a series of decisions to make for the next four years. We can spend them taking jabs at each other with subtle or not-so-subtle comments about how everything going wrong is such and such pro-lifer's fault, or we can exercise self-control. Every remark you make to alienate well-meaning but misguided people from the work of saving babies is a remark for which you are culpable. I don't think I've always been careful enough about this myself, but I'm committing to be careful about it in the future. I know you're frustrated with people. I'm frustrated with people too. If you must remark on the decisions people have made this election, at least do it respectfully, and acknowledge the good intentions of people on the other side.
The pro-life movement is already divided enough. We can all do better work if we don't alienate each other.
The time to decide to be united is not after the election. It's right now. Will you commit today on your Facebook wall to unite with the people in this movement who decide to vote differently than you? I think thousands of pro-life people doing that could actually have an effect on how divisive this election has been at the grassroots level. We can't change how nasty the politicians are towards each other, but we can change how everyday pro-lifers are towards each other.
Let's unite and make a strong statement today. You can write your own or just copy and paste this one. Alternatively, you could download and post the graphic below that has been optimized for Facebook timelines.
If you're pro-life, I will not hold your voting decisions this year against you in the future. I will treat you with no less dignity than I did before. I will not say 'I told you so,' no matter what happens next. I will choose to be gracious and understanding to you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I will assume the best of you, that you did the best you could under difficult circumstances and I will respect your intentions. When I'm frustrated, I will direct my frustration towards the people who support the killing of babies, not my friends who disagree with me on the best political strategy to defend babies.
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Q: Minimal polynomial matrix I want to show that $ x^n-1$ is the minimal polynomial of the permutation matrix $P:=(e_2,e_3,....,e_n,e_1)$ where $e_i$ is the i-th unit vector written as a column vector.
And now I have to show that over an arbitrary field $x_n-1$ is the minimal polynomial. This seems to be tough. I have already proved that $P^n-Id=0$. Does anybody of you know how to do this or has a hint for me?

A: Since you observed that $P$ is annihilated by $X^n-1$, it only remains to check that no nonzero polynomial of degree $\leq n-1$ annihilates $P$ to conclude that the minimimal polynomial is $X^n-1$. Since the latter has degree $n$ and divides the characteristic polynomial which is also monic of degree $n$, it will also follow that the characteristic polynomial is $X^n-1$.
So assume that a polynomial of degree $\leq n-1$ annihilates $P$, that is
$$
a_0I_n+a_1P+\ldots+a_{n-1}P^{n-1}=0.
$$
Applying the latter to the first vector $e_1$ of the canonical basis, we get
$$
a_oe_1+a_1Pe_1+\ldots+a_{n-1}P^{n-1}e_1=a_0e_1+a_1e_2+\ldots+ a_{n-1}e_n=0.
$$
That is a linear combination of the basis, whence, by linear independence of the latter, $a_0=a_1=\ldots=a_{n-1}=0$. So no nontrivial polynomial of degree $\leq n-1$ annihilates $P$, which concludes the proof.
Note: you might want to note that this is a special case of a companion matrix $C(q)$, for which in general the characteristic and the minimal polynomials are both equal to $q$.

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Tahniah Kak Wanie yang baru menjadi tunangan orang pada 26 Disember 2009 yang lalu. Semoga ikatan yang disimpul akan dibawa terus ke jinjang pelamin.
A customer from Perak had ordered 200 pieces of Choc Chip Muffins (single packed) for her sister's wedding.
How shameful, the customer had the photos of the cupcakes posted much earlier than us. Anyways, Happy Birthday to your future mother-in-law, Tuan Azrul!
The customer wanted the base to be all yellow, with Ribbons, Flowers and Hearts as decorations.


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namespace std { using ::toupper; using ::tolower; }
#endif

// Must come last.
#include <boost/iostreams/detail/config/disable_warnings.hpp>

namespace pdalboost {} namespace boost = pdalboost; namespace pdalboost { namespace iostreams { namespace test {

struct toupper_filter : public input_filter {
    template<typename Source>
    int get(Source& s)
    {
        int c = pdalboost::iostreams::get(s);
        return c != EOF && c != WOULD_BLOCK ?
            std::toupper((unsigned char) c) :
            c;
    }
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(toupper_filter, 0)

struct tolower_filter : public output_filter {
    template<typename Sink>
    bool put(Sink& s, char c)
    {
        return pdalboost::iostreams::put(
                   s, (char) std::tolower((unsigned char) c)
               );
    }
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(tolower_filter, 0)

struct toupper_multichar_filter : public multichar_input_filter {
    template<typename Source>
    std::streamsize read(Source& s, char* buf, std::streamsize n)
    {
        std::streamsize result = pdalboost::iostreams::read(s, buf, n);
        if (result == -1)
            return -1;
        for (int z = 0; z < result; ++z)
            buf[z] = (char) std::toupper((unsigned char) buf[z]);
        return result;
    }
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(toupper_multichar_filter, 0)

struct tolower_multichar_filter : public multichar_output_filter {
    template<typename Sink>
    std::streamsize write(Sink& s, const char* buf, std::streamsize n)
    {
        std::streamsize result;
        for (result = 0; result < n; ++result) {
            char c = (char) std::tolower((unsigned char) buf[result]);
            if (!pdalboost::iostreams::put(s, c))
                break;
        }
        return result;
    }
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(tolower_multichar_filter, 0)

struct padding_filter : dual_use_filter {
    explicit padding_filter(char pad_char)
        : pad_char_(pad_char), use_pad_char_(false), eof_(false)
        { }

    template<typename Source>
    int get(Source& src)
    {
        int result;
        if (use_pad_char_) {
            result = eof_ ? EOF : pad_char_;
            use_pad_char_ = false;
        } else {
            result = pdalboost::iostreams::get(src);
            if (result != EOF && result != WOULD_BLOCK)
                use_pad_char_ = true;
            eof_ = result == EOF;
        }
        return result;
    }

    template<typename Sink>
    bool put(Sink& s, char c)
    {
        if (use_pad_char_) {
            if (!pdalboost::iostreams::put(s, pad_char_))
                return false;
            use_pad_char_ = false;
        }
        if (!pdalboost::iostreams::put(s, c))
            return false;
        if (!pdalboost::iostreams::put(s, pad_char_))
            use_pad_char_ = true;
        return true;
    }

    char  pad_char_;
    bool  use_pad_char_;
    bool  eof_;
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(padding_filter, 0)

struct flushable_output_filter {
    typedef char char_type;
    struct category
        : output_filter_tag,
          flushable_tag
        { };
    template<typename Sink>
    bool put(Sink&, char c)
    {
        buf_.push_back(c);
        return true;
    }
    template<typename Sink>
    bool flush(Sink& s)
    {
        if (!buf_.empty()) {
            pdalboost::iostreams::write(s, &buf_[0], (std::streamsize) buf_.size());
            buf_.clear();
        }
        return true;
    }
    std::vector<char> buf_;
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(flushable_output_filter, 0)

struct identity_seekable_filter : filter<seekable> {
    template<typename Source>
    int get(Source& s) { return pdalboost::iostreams::get(s); }

    template<typename Sink>
    bool put(Sink& s, char c) { return pdalboost::iostreams::put(s, c); }

    template<typename Device>
    std::streampos seek(Device& d, stream_offset off, BOOST_IOS::seekdir way)
    { return pdalboost::iostreams::seek(d, off, way); }
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(identity_seekable_filter, 0)

struct identity_seekable_multichar_filter : multichar_filter<seekable> {
    template<typename Source>
    std::streamsize read(Source& s, char* buf, std::streamsize n)
    { return pdalboost::iostreams::read(s, buf, n); }
    template<typename Sink>
    std::streamsize write(Sink& s, const char* buf, std::streamsize n)
    { return pdalboost::iostreams::write(s, buf, n); }
    template<typename Device>
    std::streampos seek(Device& d, stream_offset off, BOOST_IOS::seekdir way)
    { return pdalboost::iostreams::seek(d, off, way); }
};
BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE(identity_seekable_multichar_filter, 0)

} } } // End namespaces detail, iostreams, boost.

#include <boost/iostreams/detail/config/enable_warnings.hpp>

#endif // #ifndef BOOST_IOSTREAMS_TEST_FILTERS_HPP_INCLUDED

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Arts » Visual Art
Cleveland's unique beauty is revealed in CMA's photo exhibit.
by Eleanor LeBeau
A City Seen: Photographs From the George Gund Foundation Collection Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard Through January 26; 216-421-7340.
"Yusra Kazmi," a 1992 photograph by Judith Joy Ross.
Tori Amos is jolie-laide. The French oxymoron, which translates as "pretty-ugly," describes women who aren't supermodel-gorgeous, but have a verve and charm that makes them alluring.
Cleveland is jolie-laide, too. She's a city pockmarked by poverty and a polluted river, but graced with world-famous arts institutions and resilient residents. Twelve of America's most accomplished photographers capture her strange beauty in A City Seen: Photographs From the George Gund Foundation Collection, now on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The 148 stunning black-and-white photographs feature the city's people, places, and institutions.
Each artist brought to the project a unique vision, ranging from a documentary approach to a fine-art style, that allows us to see familiar places in new ways and unfamiliar places for the first time. Great photographers are, after all, professional voyeurs, and their cameras are passports to places off-limits to the rest of us.
From 1990 to 2001, the Cleveland-based George Gund Foundation commissioned one photographer each year to produce a portfolio on a topic related to that year's philanthropic priority. Photographs were selected from the portfolio to illustrate the foundation's annual report. David Bergholz, the foundation's executive director, wanted more than just pictures of elated grantees receiving billboard-sized checks. He wanted to be surprised -- and dazzled.
His wish was granted. Exquisitely mounted in spare wood frames, the photographs are chronologically arranged; each grouping (by year, artist, and topic) is identified by a pedestal mount that contains an opened copy of the annual report. The works have two broad subjects -- portraiture and landscape -- with the exception of Linda Butler's brilliant interior shots of arts organizations.
Judith Joy Ross, known for her uncanny ability to capture honest portraits of her subjects, focused on the ethnic diversity and youthful energy of Cleveland public school students. Ross's portraits have a vintage feel, partly because she uses a large-format camera, then prints the images on gold-toned paper, which brings out subtle sepia tones. Both subject and technique are perfectly married in "Yusra Kazmi" (1992), a captivating portrait of a teenage girl. Yusra's shiny black hair poufs around her face, reminiscent of women in 19th-century portraits. She wears no makeup and an unflattering man's shirt, but it doesn't matter: Her quiet, natural beauty requires no ornamentation.
Like Ross, Chicago-based Dawoud Bey is interested in capturing the dignity of young people. For the past two decades, Bey has produced flattering large-scale portraits of teenagers, most of them African Americans; the photos, he says, are an attempt to refute negative stereotypes. For the Gund portfolio, he trained his camera on Cleveland kids and their families, and used his innovative technique of combining multiple images to reveal the subjects' varying moods and interactions during a picture-making session. His portrait "Cordele, Kendra, Gussie, Dan, and Mark Humphrey" (1993), composed of six images, reveals the family's emotional bond through clasped hands, embraces, and smiles.
The most poignant -- and at times uncomfortable -- images are Nicholas Nixon's portraits of patients at the Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland. In them, people are at their most vulnerable: sick, uninsured, and broke. A woman covers her face with her hand. An older man in a shirt and tie, sitting up straight, struggles to preserve his dignity as he sadly stares at the camera.
Other photographers captured the landscape: urban neighborhoods and gardens, Lake Erie, the Metroparks, and yes, the Cuyahoga. To create stunning images of the crooked river, New York-based landscape photographer Lois Conner uses 19th-century equipment and techniques -- a 40-pound banquet camera and a time-consuming platinum printing process that produces a range of rich silvery tones and crisp light. The camera, which takes elongated rectangular shots, emphasizes a long horizon line and is perfectly suited for images of our infamous river. A bird's-eye view, "From Chippewa Road Bridge" (1991), shows the Cuyahoga on a crisp fall or winter day, meandering alongside a road through a barren landscape. The river never looked so good.
Michael Book, however, doesn't put his pictures through the aesthetic spin cycle. His photographs of neighborhoods are desolate, uninhabited urban landscapes infested with concrete and weeds, and they force the viewer to think about the area's past and present. Multiple juxtapositions occur in "Hough; East 79th and LaGrange," where a once-luxurious mansion is now a crumbling, multifamily unit with iron bars on the windows. But the picture's focal point is a vase of flowers in one of the windows -- a sign of hope and beauty amid urban blight. It's the story of Cleveland.
This is one of the most viewer-friendly exhibits you'll find in an art museum; it's a rare opportunity to see your city through living artists' highly trained eyes.
Visual Art Art Art


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Die Saison 2006/07 war die 14. Spielzeit der israelischen Eishockeyliga, der höchsten israelischen Eishockeyspielklasse. Meister wurden zum insgesamt fünften Mal in der Vereinsgeschichte die Haifa Hawks.

Modus
In der Hauptrunde absolvierte jede der fünf Mannschaften insgesamt acht Spiele. Die vier bestplatzierten Mannschaften qualifizierten sich für die Playoffs, in denen der Meister ausgespielt wurde. Für einen Sieg erhielt jede Mannschaft zwei Punkte, bei einem Unentschieden gab es einen Punkt und bei einer Niederlage null Punkte.

Hauptrunde

Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, U = Unentschieden, N = Niederlagen

Playoffs

Halbfinale
 HC Rischon LeZion – Haifa Hawks 1:4
 HC Ma'alot – HC Metulla 0:5 (0:1, 0:3, 0:1)

Finale
 Haifa Hawks – HC Metulla 4:3 n. P. (1:1, 1:2, 1:0, 0:0, 1:0)

Weblinks
 Spielzeit bei hockeyarchives.info (frz.)

2006
Eishockeysaison 2006/07


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According to Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2018: An OECD Scoreboard, in 2016, there were roughly 1.1 mil. active enterprises in the Czech Republic. 99.8% of these firms were SMEs with less than 250 employees each. Together, they employed almost 1.8 mil. people or 58.4% of the Czech Republic's workforce. Micro-firms dominated the business landscape, comprising 96.3% of all SMEs in 2015.
SME interest rates continued their decline in 2016 as they dropped by 20 basis points compared with 2015, reaching a record low at 2.5%. Over the 2007-2016 period, SME interest rates dropped by 50.3% in total.
Venture capital investments peaked in 2008, and then declined dramatically up to and including 2016 to 10.2% of its peak value. Growth capital fell even more steeply, from EUR 192.0 mil. in 2009 to EUR 4.9 mil. in 2016.
The decline in new lending can be attributed to several factors, often depending on national circumstances. In Australia, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, survey data suggest that lower demand for credit is contributing to this development, which in turn may be linked to weak investment dynamics. In other countries,
such as Greece, Slovenia and Portugal, financial institutions appeared to have become more risk-averse when lending to SMEs, and high levels of non-performing loans still weigh on the supply of credit, especially for segments within the SME population that are deemed risky. In Brazil and the Russian Federation, the decline appears due in large part to unfavourable macro-economic conditions, OECD says.
Source: OECD
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Ambassador Mohammed Chraibi of Morocco and ambassadors of many other countries visited Asia's largest Kim's Eye Hosptial (KEH) in Yeongdungpo District in southern Seoul last Friday (Sept. 9, 2015) with their spouses, and had a rare opporunity to personelly inspect and learn how patients were treated with ultr-modern, sophisticated equipnment and facilities. Furthermore, many of the visiting members of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps also had an opprotunity to have their eyes checked by Korea's leading ophthalmolosits, including Director Mrs. Yong-lan Kim of Kim's Eye Hosptial, Deputy Director Jae-woo Jang (Korea's leading oculoplastic surgeon) and many other well-known ophthalmolotical specialists.
▲Ambassador Mohamed Chraibi of Morocco (dean of the visiting membes of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps), right, presents a Plaque of Appreciation to Director Yon-lan Kim of Kim's Eye Hospital.
KEH, unlike other eye hospitals, had a number of separate centers each specializing in its field, which included the Retina Hospital, the Cornea Center, the Cataract Center, the Lasic Center, the Glaucoma Center, the Oculoplastic Center and the Strabismus Center. Each center, literally, was a fair-sized hospital in itself in terms of scale and size.
The visiting ambassadors and other diplomats undergoing the eye check-up filed a check list in advance of the examination which was very much in detail, and included the following: (1) Have you recently experienced any discomfort regarding your eyes?, (2) Have you ever been diagnosed with an ocular diseases?, (3) Ophthalmologic diseases are often closely related to underlying systemic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes or other diseases? (4) Have you ever been treated or diagnosed with any of the following such diseases? (5) If you wear glasses, do you find your glasses comfortable?
The examination of each diplomat took 15 to 5 minutes and whoever was found needing medication was given appropriate medicine for several days. In addition, Director Kim presented each guest with a box of ophthalmic solution (sodium hyaluronate) for the comfort of the eyes which is useful for the residents in the pollution-filled air in large cities as Seoul.
Earlier at a welcome ceremony, Director Kim said, "Kim's Eye Hospital was founded in 1962 by the president of the Hospital, my father, in the conviction that "Whoever has a problem with eyes must be able to get treatment at any time." This "at any time" in the case of KEH meant "24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year" (editor's interpolation).
▲From left, front row: Mr. Victor Decamps (spouse of the ambassador of the Dominican Republic), Ambassador Gracia Fiordalicia Pichardo Polanco of Dominican Republic, Director Yong-lan Kim of Kim's Eye Hospital, Ambassador Mohamed Chraibi of Morocco Morocco (dean of visiting members of Diplomatic Corps), Mrs. Alma Lahlou (wife of the ambassador Morocc); Amb. Krzysztof Majka of Poland and Amb. Petar Andonov of Bulgaria. Second row frim left: KEH doctor, President Kim Hyung-dae of The Korea Post, KEH doctor, Mrs. Tazegul Mamedalieva of Turkmenistan (wife of the ambassador of Turkmenistan), Ambassador Myrat Mammetalyyev of Turkmenistan, Ambassador Derragui Mohammed Elamine of Algeria, Charge d'Affaires Mesfin Midekssa of Ethiopia, Charge d'Affaires Jairo Lopez of Costa Rica, Mrs. Ndeye Aissatou Faye Ndiaye (wift of the ambassador of Senegal), Ambassador Elizabeth Nicol of Ghana, Chairman Lee Kyung-sik of The Korea Post and Investment Counselor Nguyen Thi Minh Hien of Vietnam. Third row, from left: KEH doctor, Deputy Director Jae-woo Jang of KEH, Rev. Jakckson Ngari of Kenya, Minister Counsellor & DHM Zadran Gulmat Khan of Afghanistan, Mrs. Raheela Nasralla Khan (wift of the ambassador of Pakistan), KEH doctor, Mrs. Mah Manesh Taherian (wife of the ambassador of Iran), Mrs. Ana Cosmen (wife of the ambassador of Spain), Russian Trade Representative Mikhail Bondarenko, Deputy Head of Mission Gathoga Chege of Kenya, Mr. Roman Orlov of the Russian Trade Representation, Ms. Ella Orlov of the Russian Trade Representation, Vice President Shin Sook-won of Konyang University, and Members of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Phuong.
Joining the ceremony and also at the luncheon was Vice President Mrs. Shin Sook-won of Konyang University where the president was Dr. Hi-soo Kim, father of Director Kim. VP Shin is well known for her prominent role in the publication of the international cookbook entitled 'Dinner with Ambassadors' that contained the national dishes of a total of 67 countries introduced by the wives of the ambassadors 15 years ago in October 2000 with Mrs. Christine Bosworth (American ambassador in Seoul)*. It was when Ambassador Alfredo Ungo of El Salvador was the dean of the Diplomatic Corps with whom The Korea Post organized a tour of the Hyundai Heavy Industries with 120 other ambassadors and spouses. The cookbook on the table had the delicacies of Morocco just in front of Ambassador and Mrs. Chraibi of Morocco who was the dean of the visiting ambassadors and other diplomats that day. The cookbook was a great work.
▲Drector Yong-lan Kim of KEH welcomes the ambassadors, other senior diploamts and their spouses at a luncheon.
"So," said Mrs. Lahlou (chairperson of the Ambassadors' Spouses Association in Seoul), "now you know women do great things and sometimes emulate the men." This was the remarks she had made at an interview a few days before on the topic of President Park Geun-hye, Madam Yook Young-soo and Madam Shin Saimdang of the Joseon Dynasty, when she said, "Behind every successful man there is a woman." Mrs. Lahlou made all the ladies happy at the luncheon as well as Director Kim and Vice President Mrs. Shin.
His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Chraibi of the Kingdom of Morocco, Excellencies, Madams, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Kim's Eye Hospital. I am Yong-ran Kim, director of Kim's Eye Hospital.
I would like to extend my heart-felt welcome to all the distinguished guests here who have kindly taken time out of their busy schedule to visit our Hospital. My gratitude goes also to Chairman Lee Kyung-sik and other members of The Korea Post for the kind arrangement made for the tour for the Excellencies and Madams.
Kim's Eye Hospital was founded in 1962 by the president of the Hospital, who is my father, in the conviction that "Whoever has a problem with eyes must be able to get treatment at any time." This philosophy has been adhered to for the past 50-plus years and we have grown to an ophthalmological hospital which promotes the health of the eyes and which leads the development of ophthalmology.
▲Deputy Director Jae-woo Jang of KEH says 'Wihayo!' meaning 'For the sake of' (healthy eyes). See comments on 'Wihayo!' in the article.
Exchange among the different countries of the world has become so brisk that territorial boundaries no long have any meaning. Without such exchanges, there is no development. Diplomacy means 'Making Good Friends' and in this sense I think that this meeting today is a valuable occasion to further promote our mutual understanding and friendship. I hope that this meeting will prove a 'small and yet big' start towards forming increased friendship between the Excellencies and us at Kim's Eye Hospital. I hope that this meeting will also help the Excellencies and Madams to understand our Hospital better and evolve into a relationship where we can provide each country with our positive support and assistance.
We have prepared a small briefing session here today where we will offer some medical tips on the eye diseases and I hope that they will be useful in your better understanding and added attention to the health of the eyes.
And we have prepared a small luncheon and I hope that you will all enjoy your time.
I also hope that the Excellencies, Madams and other Distinguished Guests here today will continue to take kind interest in us and give us a lot of encouragement.
It is a great pleasure to have this opportunity to visit Kim's Eye Hospital, which I understand is the largest ophthalmological hospital not only in Korea but also in Asia.
I have learnt that your Hospital has the latest medical equipment and facilities for the promotion of health of the eyes. Your Hospital has a long string of firsts: over 400,000 patients are treated a year and an upwards of 23,000 patients are operated for the recovery and improvement of their eye sight by a total of 46 renowned ophthalmologists.
▲Three photos show the diplomats personally undergoing the check-up tests to determine the effectiveness and function of the equiment.
Kim's Eye Hospital is rated as the first in the world in terms of operation and management of a large number of specialized centers, such as the Retina Hospital, the Cornea Center, the Cataract Center, the Lasic Center, the Glaucoma Center, the Oculoplastic Center and the Strabismus Center.
This Hospital has close ties of cooperation with several countries. In this regard, I encourage you to promote cooperation and partnership with countries, including those represented here today.
There is no doubt that this type of meeting with the Korean medical establishments contribute to the promotion of understanding, cooperation and friendship between Korea and our countries.
In this sense, I am grateful to Director Yong-ran Kim of Kim's Eye Hospital and President Hi-soo Kim of Konyang University for the kind invitation extended to us to visit and discover this meaningful medical institution. My gratitude also goes to Chairman Lee Kyung-sik of The Korea Post for his kind arrangement of this tour for the Diplomats.
I wish Kim's Eye Hospital continued success and increased cooperation with all the countries of the world for the common goal?promotion of health of mankind.
Taking part in the tour that day were Ambassadors Mohammed Chraibi of Morocco (dean of visiting members of Seoul Diplomatic Corps), Krzysztof Majka of Poland, Gracia Fiordalicia Pichardo Polanco of Dominican Republic, Petar Andonov of Bulgaria, Myrat Mammetalyyev of Turkmenistan, Elizabeth Nicol of Ghana, Mumba S. Kapumpa of Zambia and Derragui Mohammed Elamine of Algeria; Charges d'Affaires Jairo Lopez of Costa Rica and Mesfin Midekssa of Ethiopia and many spouses of the ambassadors who oincluded Madams Ndeye Aissatou Faye Ndiaye (Senegal), Raheela Nasralla Khan (Pakistan) and Mah Manesh Taherian (Iran), Ana Cosmen (Sprain). Then there were Representative Mikhail Bondarenko of the Russian Trade Representation, Deputy Head of Mission Gathoga Chege of Kenya, Investment Counselor Nguyen Thi Minh Hien of Vietnam Trade official, trade officials Roman Orlov and Ms. Ella Orlov of the Russian Trade Representation and members of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Nguyen Ngoc Thang and Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Phuong). There also was a special guest, Rev. Jackson Ngari who led the Kenyan Community Korea and helped The Korea Post as an honorary editor.
▲Director Yong-lan Kim of KEH and Ambassador and Mrs. Chraibi of Morocco (third to fifth from left, front row) poses with other ambassadors and other senior diplomats with their spouses in front of the main entrance of KEH.


The 18th of May is International Museum Day, which was established by the International Council of Museums in 1977. This day aims to raise awareness on how museums are integral to the development of society, and a day where international recognition is given to museums for their contribution to our world's culture.
The Cape Town Diamond Museum is the only museum of its kind in the Mother City and the first to pay homage to the extraordinary story of the South African diamond industry.
It was also during the 19th Century that South Africa produced the majority of the world's diamonds and, in honour of this bygone era, visitors are invited to come and celebrate International Museum Day from Friday 18th May until Sunday the 20th of May 2012 at Cape Town Diamond Museum, for a first-hand experience of South Africa's significant contribution to the international diamond industry. Visitors can re-live the romance of this fascinating period by exploring the museum's stunning displays with the assistance of a knowledgeable guide, ensuring a new found appreciation for the diamond industry.
The museum features a number of authentic artifacts that tell the amazing history of the diamond, and in particular the story of South Africa's diamond trade. The tour was designed to ensure that visitors experience the excitement and mystery surrounding these beautiful gems and learn more about one of South Africa's greatest exports.
Join us from 18th – 20th May and receive complimentary entry to the Cape Town Diamond Museum.


A forty six year old woman who has suffered from hair thinning since she was in her twenties has undergone a hair loss solution procedure and has finally gained her confidence back. Mehtap Francis spent a seemingly endless amount of money over the years in an attempt to conceal a large circular patch of hair loss on the top of her head.
Francis previously relied on hair patches that her hairstylist would glue onto her scalp every month. Yet these caused her scalp to itch and even a constant dull ache began to develop, making her balding worse. The hair piece even affected Francis's lifestyle as washing hair became difficult, leading to Francis giving up going to the gym and consequently putting on weight.
Unfortunately, as she was so self-conscious of her hair loss that she refused to even tell her partner in the beginning of their relationship that she was suffering from androgenic alopecia. as her partner would suggest that they go on a holiday somewhere, Francis even contemplated breaking up with him so that she would not have to reveal her condition and true appearance to him.
Eventually Francis discovered Scalp Micro Pigmentation (SMP) and is finally feeling confident in the way she looks after twenty years.
Scalp Micropigmentation SMP is a non-invasive technique which works by using a fine needle to implant pigment in tiny dots into the upper later of the skin on the scalp. This imitates the appearance of a freshly shaved head, suggesting that the individual has natural hair growth.
In the case of Francis, SMP made her hair look thicker and denser as her scalp no longer showed through from the hair growth she did have. The technique has become increasingly popular amongst women also in the last few years for this particular reason.


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RECEPS is a green company that intends to recycle EPS (Expanded Poly Styrene). This is a common waste material in packaging and home insulation. The founder of the company has licensed a new way of recycling EPS that is very efficient and useful, as it delivers new products that can in turn be used to manufacture a large number of useful items such as expanded beads, styrene, carpet, etc.
My job is to design, test and implement a range of electronic sensors ranging from pressure, temperature, level, infrared, density in order to control a compacting machine. Apart from working in my field, I have also obtained further knowledge in chemistry, mechanical engineering, production of polymer items, which is quite rewarding for my career.I have enjoyed the family atmosphere among workers and with the company owner that is not that usual in big companies.
The Connect training sessions have given me more knowledge on project management, which proves to be helpful regarding scheduling and planning. My future as an electronic engineer lies within RECEPS, my contract has been extended until mid 2012.
Hervé is a highly appreciated colleague. He's a hard worker, well skilled in his field of work (Electrical Engineering) and has a good sense of humour. He's also broadening his horizon towards physics measurements, and in the near future he'll act as coach for our new international intern. He's very well integrated in Dutch society and speaks the language, he even reads legal documents and contracts without problems. Our company is planning to internationalize its activities, so Hervé's language skills and international experience come in handy . I would definitely repeat the experience with a Connect trainee in the future. Having a colleague with a different cultural background broadens your view on the world, there's a lot you can learn from each other.


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In Memoriam: Greg Shanley
January 27, 2010 by O.Kay Henderson
Greg Shanley, the long-time news director of KUNI — the public radio affiliate in Cedar Falls, died last night in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. He was 49 years old. Shanley most recently had been a producer for Iowa Public Radio's talk shows and host of "Talk of Iowa."
I first met Greg in person in 1994. He had a good laugh and a winsome smile — and he ran an award-winning newsroom. Greg is a past-president of the Iowa Broadcast News Association. His father was a broadcaster, too, in Greg's home state of Ohio.
On behalf of my Radio Iowa colleagues, our sympathies to his family and friends.
UPDATE — From his friends at Iowa Public Radio, here is Greg's obituary:
Greg Shanley (1960-2010)
Greg was an Ohio native, born in Toledo and raised in the Cleveland suburb of Parma Heights. Broadcasting was literally in his blood. His dad Gib Shanley worked as a television sports anchor in Cleveland for more than 20 years He also did the play-by-play for the Cleveland Browns. Greg had planned to follow in his father's footsteps and go into sports, but found it boring in between games, and preferred covering news. Greg received a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism from Ohio University. Shortly after graduation, he followed the woman that would become his wife (Sonya) to Okeechobee, Florida where she had a teaching job. They married, and the couple moved to Shelby, NC (where son Evan was born) and then to San Angelo, TX (where daughter Leigha was born). Greg was interested in returning to the Midwest and trying public radio, so he applied to work at KUNI, and was hired in 1987 as a Producer/Reporter, and was quickly promoted to the local host of Morning Edition and then News Director. He had planned to only stay "a couple of years".
In 2007, after creation of Iowa Public Radio, Greg decided nearly 20 years of waking up early was enough, and he started in a new venture in public radio. He was the producer for "The Exchange", the talk show that was now heard statewide. Then in 2009, Greg moved into the role of talk show host, first hosting "Talk@12" and then "Talk of Iowa". His depth of knowledge and genuine curiosity about the world was apparent to listeners, as he could hold engaging conversations on topics ranging from politics to horticulture.
In 2006, Greg entered the Iowa Farm Bureau Cookout Competition at the Iowa State Fair. Going up against serious veterans in cookout competitions, Greg and his "Double Burgers" prepared on a small portable grill wowed the judges and shocked his fellow competitors. He was named "2006 Iowa Farm Bureau Cookout King".
He once said his favorite story he did in Iowa was a follow-up to the Mount Pleasant City Council shootings. It was his examination of the leadership hole left in the community after the shootings that exemplified his commitment to going in-depth and finding the story behind the headlines. Greg was a true journalist, and committed to serving his listeners.
Greg is survived by his wife Sonya, daughter Leigha, son Evan and infant grandson Titan.
UPDATE: The Waterloo Courier has a story posted online, with comments from IPR co-worker Pat Blank. Iowa Public Radio aired a tribute to Shanley during "afternoon drive" last night. You can find it here.
Juli says
Wow, I am so shocked and saddened by this news. My deepest sympathy to Greg's family. I've been a long time IPR listener and really loved Greg's work. He will be deeply missed.
Joye Winey says
I just heard at the end of the show this am of Greg's passing. I will miss his daily visits each morning. My sympathies to his family, and his public radio friends and colleagues.
Jennifer WIlson says
I know it is cliche, but I'm shocked and saddened.
Brian Allen says
I had no idea about Greg's passing. 13 y ears ago, he was among the first to welcome me to the Iowa Broadcast News Association. He pushed me to get involved and was always available for advice, usually through e-mail. He was a great broadcaster and a fantastic guy. The broadcasting industry has lost a real pro.
John Hess says
It was my privilege to work with Greg Shanley from 2000-2005 at KUNI. In my roles as Development Director and General Manager during my tenure there, I worked with Greg on a number of projects. Greg had a great sense of humor; he always made me laugh, especially when we were on the air together raising money for public radio. When my daughter called me today to tell me the news I felt a great deal of sadness for his family and the community of Cedar Falls, where Greg was very active in many things, especially the support of University High sports. Greg's passing is a great loss for the listeners of public radio in Iowa as well as the close knit, KUNI family of employees and former employees.
John Hess
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Erich Riesenberg says
I was a listener and call in participant. What a surprise. I hope his family and friends are okay.
Great Voice Goes Silent at IPR « Public Paul & Media says:
[…] Kay Henderson of Radio Iowa first told me this morning of Shanley's death. Here's her story. […]


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If you wonder if a nuclear war will bring about our extinction, know that we are responsible for the extinction of many other life forms of the world.
While politics, economy and entertainment keep us busy every day, the world is suffering irreversible changes. Whether it be through poaching or global warming, various factors are causing an increase in the number of threats to a variety of animal species across the world. We take a look at a few of these species listed as "Critically Endangered", the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List for wild species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organisation, established in 1948, working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
Amur leopard also known as the Far Eastern leopard, the Manchurian leopard or the Korean leopard is a leopard subspecies belonging to south-eastern Russia and northeast China. Very similar to other leopards, the Amur leopard is capable of running at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour with an incredible leap of more than 19 feet horizontally and up to 10 feet vertically. Amur leopards have a life span of 10-15 years in the wild and up to 20 years in captivity. Reports in 2007 indicated that under 30 individuals were left in the world, however conservation efforts have seen this population number go up to more than 60 in 2015.
One of the biggest victims of animal poaching has been the rhinoceros. The species of black rhinoceros overall is classified as critically endangered, and further consists of three subspecies, one of which, the western black rhinoceros, was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2011. Black rhinos have two horns, with the front horn longer than the rear and occasionally a third small posterior horn. While their population size is estimated to be around 5,000 - 5,400, the homes of these incredible Animals have seen a massive rise in illegal trade involving rhino horn.
96 percent of Africa's remaining black rhinos were killed in the years between 1970 and 1992. More recent reports from 2014 show that a total of 1,215 rhinos were poached in South Africa, a 21 percent increase from the previous year.
The Sumatran tiger is one of the smallest subspecies of tigers, found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. According to expert estimates from 1978, the population of Sumatran tigers ranged closer to 1,000. With increasing number of poaching cases every year, their population has been consistently declining and IUCN listed the Sumatran Tiger as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2008, with an estimated population somewhere between 441 to 679 individuals, and no subpopulation larger than 50 individual. More recent estimates indicate that fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers exist today.
One of the more famed animals on the list, the mountain gorilla as the name suggests live in forests high in the mountains, at elevations of 8,000 to 13,000 feet. These gorillas are characterised by a thicker fur compared to other great apes. The thickness of the fur helps them survive in a habitat where temperatures often drop below freezing. But with a consistent movement of human beings in their territory, these animals have been pushed farther and farther up into the mountains.
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Prime Minister James Marape continues his visits to government departments this week.
"NHC is an important office that has been eroding and decaying in its performance for a long period of time and I made it no secret in our meeting today (with staff) that we will now detach from undue political influence that has really derailed this important organisation from delivering its core mandate."
Instability in the office and the constant change of its head has affected staff performance over the years.
"We've given them (staff) that assurance in our meeting. Basically assuring that there will be minimal political intervention in National Housing Corporation," stated the PM.
The organisation currently has an acting Managing Director.
"But in the first instance, I've asked those who want to be the Managing Director to submit clearly what their game plan is in as far as how they can take this organisation into the next 10 years."
Ensuring Papua New Guinea has proper housing, Marape urged the management to step up and use the organisation to revitalise a housing program for the country.
"10 years from now every Papua New Guinean who are employed must have housing over their head. And also we will be partnering with districts and provinces to have housing programs for our rural citizens.
"And so this department is urged to step up and think outside the box, and comfort of their offices that they've been in the last 15-20 years."
(PM Marape after his visit)
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Detroit '67
Stories from the front line: nowhere to run
Obviously, no one who was there will ever forget.
Fiftieth anniversaries are seductive creatures, assured of attention, polished and ready for their close-up, aglow with historical context. This Sunday, July 23, will mark a half-century since the calamitous riots of '67 ravaged Detroit; American media coverage has been building for weeks. You can expect even more, not least because of Kathryn Bigelow's imminent new film, Detroit, which is set in that dramatic time and place.
For those interested in the Motown perspective, there are memories, music, anecdotes and ironies. One of these is the fact that the Detroit soundtrack album will be released by "modern" Motown Records, featuring music from the company's past. It includes Martha & the Vandellas' "Jimmy Mack" (recorded in a more innocent 1964), Brenda Holloway's "Till Johnny Comes" and the Elgins' "Heaven Must Have Sent You."
Martha was recently interviewed by Jeff Karoub of Associated Press in Detroit. She offered her first-hand, familiar anecdote about being at the Fox Theatre on July 23, 1967 – some ten hours after the original "blind pig" incident at 12th and Clairmount which sparked the riots – and spoke about how unnerving it was to tell a largely young audience what was happening in their city. "Imagine going out there lighthearted and ready to work," Martha said. "My heart was beating so fast after returning to the dressing room." Read the full AP story here.
Fox Theatre ad in the Detroit Free Press
The Fox show's MC, Robin Seymour, also remembered the drama when I spoke to him while researching Motown: The Sound of Young America. There were six acts on the bill, including J.J. Barnes, the Dramatics and the Parliaments, with Martha and her group headlining; four performances were scheduled for that Sunday. "The police came in, I guess it was about noon or one o'clock," said Robin, "and we were ready to start the second show. The theatre wasn't even half-full. They told us what was going on, that we would have to stop the show, and make an announcement for the kids to quietly leave.
"Martha got out on the stage and very carefully said, 'Boys and girls and kids, there's some trouble out there. We're not going to be able to continue with our programme. Those of you who are waiting for your moms and dads, just wait in the lobby. Those of you who have transportation, fine, but be careful out there if you're driving.' And [the police] made an announcement about what streets to avoid."
The next day, Robin's popular, live Swingin' Time programme on Windsor's CKLW-TV went off the air, replaced by reruns. He told me, "I wish I had recorded what we said when we came back: 'We're just a bunch of kids, we're all just one, and it's time for us all to live and grow together.' We came back on-air on Wednesday [July 26], and it was just kids from Windsor who were there." It took another week, the DJ said, before Detroit youngsters made the river crossing once more to join the show's audience, dancing in the studio.
What Seymour glimpsed outside the Fox that Sunday was unforgettable. "You could see the pillars of smoke in the air from different sections [of the city]. It reminded me of when I was in Germany during the war. Made me sick to my stomach. That was the moment Detroit changed."
Motown's onetime A&R director, Mickey Stevenson, had left the record company by the time of the riots, but not Detroit. "I was maybe two blocks from where it started," he explained, "and you couldn't do anything. You could look out the window and see all the stuff going on. I could see the stealing and robbing and acting crazy. It was crazy, frightening, like a warzone."
Military might in Detroit (photo: Vernon Brown)
That summer, future Motown vice president Miller London was working at the motor city's Stark Hickey Ford dealership (he joined Hitsville two years later). "That riot started and was provoked because of police brutality," he emphasised. "It wasn't so much whites against blacks, as it was back in the '40s when they had the last riots. This was more rioting against police brutality, the way the city allowed that to happen – and people were fed up. It wasn't a race riot, it was a riot against the establishment, as anybody who lives here [and] went through that knows."
At the time, Miller lived near the Riviera ("Detroit's finest all-night theatre") on Grand River, which was temporarily taken over as a command post for state troopers tackling the turbulence. "So when I went home, the lot where people parked their cars to go to the theatre was full of tanks. And National Guard vehicles." As the riots began in the early hours of July 23, the Riviera was screening Born Losers.
As for the Motown headquarters on West Grand, what happened there that week has been depicted in various ways. There's a scene in Motown The Musical in which Berry Gordy's character is touched by the solidarity of his staff and their determination – whether white or black – to stick together. The Motown founder told me that he had instructed his white employees to leave. " 'Look, this is a race riot,' " he advised vice president Barney Ales. " 'You people should get out of here and go home.' And they were saying, 'No, this is our home,' and they stood there with the fires getting closer. I was trying to protect them, and they were trying to protect me, and Hitsville."
Certainly, Gordy, Ales and promotion manager Gordon Prince were present. "I don't know who else was at work," Prince recalled. "We had seven or eight buildings, but we were there. I'm sure [attorney] Ralph Seltzer was there, even though I didn't see him. He told me to be there, and if he hadn't been, I would have hit him!" Gordon's task was to reassure Motown's distributors around the country, and to ensure pressing plants were still shipping the hits. The company's best-selling 45 that July was Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her." During the week of the conflagration in Detroit, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single at the summit? "Light My Fire" by the Doors.
As for Studio A at Hitsville, it appears that on the day (or night) before the riot's Sunday flash-point, Harvey Fuqua and/or Johnny Bristol were working on material for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, while Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier were supervising vocal overdubs on tracks for Chris Clark. Thereafter, the Motown session logs reveal no entries until August 1, by which time the uprising was quelled. Clark had flown in from Los Angeles while Detroit was burning. "I looked down from the plane and there were fires everywhere," she remembered. Soon, though, she was in the studio, at the microphone once more.
Another out-of-town white act signed to Motown was in the city, too. "We were [staying] in a hotel in downtown Detroit," recalled Greg Jeresek of Midwestern rock band the Messengers, who were recording at Hitsville. "I remember spending most of the day and night, kind of on the floor away from the windows, because you'd have bullets coming through sometimes, and tanks in the street. It was very exciting in one respect, and very life-threatening in another." In the weeks which followed, Jeresek said he could feel the racial tension. The Messengers performed during Motown's first national sales convention, staged in Detroit in late August. "A lot of people were taking sides…so there was a lot of divisiveness, and hopefully we helped a little by at least showing a black and white presence on the same stage. Who knows?"
The Messengers at Motown's sales convention, as pictured in Billboard
Arranger Wade Marcus lived half a block from where the riots began. "We had to sleep on the floor for about a week," he said, "because the National Guard came through there, and they were shooting at everything. At night, you had to turn out all the lights. Somebody lit a cigarette in his house on the second floor somewhere, and the National Guard killed him, shot right through the window." Detroit, said Marcus, "made those other riots look like Sunday school picnics. They had a lot of scandal with the state police, they killed a lot of people."
Wade is someone who believes that, by 1967, Berry Gordy had sufficient political clout to ask city authorities to protect Motown's headquarters, which were worryingly close to the riots' epicentre. (Others dispute whether he did.) "All he had to do was call the governor," said Marcus. "In fact, the governor at the time was a good man, George Romney, and he loved jazz. In my spare time, I used to play with a big band in Detroit, and he used to come hear us all the time." Marcus noted that National Guardsmen did come to West Grand, "and some would plant themselves on the lawn by Motown. We never had any problem, nobody firebombing the place or wrecking the equipment." Even so, some shots were fired at Hitsville property, damaging the sales office and smashing stone flower pots on one of the roofs.
The carnage of July 1967 underpins the story told in Detroit, which focuses on the notorious Algiers Motel killings and whose stars include John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Anthony Mackie and Algee Smith. With Kathryn Bigelow and cast members in attendance, the film will have its world premiere on July 25 – at the Fox Theatre.
It's not clear whether Martha Reeves or other onetime Motown stars and starmakers will be among the invitees. Anyone who was present in Detroit fifty years earlier will never forget that summer. Whether they want to relive it at the Fox is a different matter.
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'It's about Kendrick': STEM students say they walked out of event in order to hold their own vigil
Students say spontaneous vigil was "healing"
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HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO - MAY 08: Students hold up their phones after leaving a candlelight vigil at Highlands Ranch High School on May 8, 2019 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. One student was killed and eight others were injured during a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
By: Jason Gruenauer , Blair Miller
DENVER – Several students from STEM School Highlands Ranch said Thursday that they walked out of the planned vigil Wednesday night at Highlands Ranch High School and held their own vigil outside because some of the speakers were not acknowledging the victims of the shooting and were using the gathering instead as a rally for political purposes.
"What it seemed like to me … is that it was less about Kendrick [Castillo] and STEM and survivors, and it was more about peddling a narrative and peddling policy," said STEM School student Rob Laurie, who was one of four students who attended Wednesday's vigil to speak with Denver7 Thursday.
The event was organized by Team Enough, which is the student-led subset of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Among the several speakers were Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo.
At one point early on in the event, someone in the audience yelled, "Let STEM kids speak!" And about a half-hour into the event, a woman who was not scheduled to speak and who has not been identified by Denver7 claimed "the media is stopping STEM kids from speaking."
That was not the case, according to the students with whom Denver7 spoke.
"The media was not the reason that STEM walked out of that rally," Laurie said.
He said the event was advertised as a candlelight vigil to honor Castillo and the eight other students who were shot and injured but survived. But he said he didn't believe that Castillo's name was mentioned among the first couple of speakers, which he and other students said was when they came up with a different plan.
"I was there for Kendrick and the survivors and my friends, and to see that put to the wayside to focus on a political agenda was disheartening and not what we were going for," said another STEM student, Joanne Fuchs. "And I think that's when a lot of people started getting angry with it. We said this isn't for us, and we went downstairs and had our moment there. We gave hugs and said, 'It's about Kendrick.' And that's when we decided to walk out."
Fuchs and Laurie, in addition to two other students who did not wish to be named publicly, told Denver7 that they felt the unplanned and student-organized vigil brought them together more than the planned event.
"We weren't there for that purpose. It wasn't the time. We didn't view it as appropriate and we made a collective decision," Fuchs said. "I know a lot of us felt it was a success. We got what we wanted. We got to honor Kendrick in the way we wanted."
"Had [the planned vigil] been advertised as what it was, I would've gone to a different vigil," Laurie said. But he added that the spontaneous vigil was exactly what he hoped for.
"I found I was proud of my community and that was the most healing experience I could've gotten since the shooting," he added.
Some involved in the planned event, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they felt it was poorly organized.
Brady Campaign spokesperson Max Samis issued a statement on behalf of the organization late Wednesday apologizing to students.
"The event at Highlands Ranch High School was planned to be responsive to the broader community, who have been deeply impacted by this event, and to show solidarity with the STEM School students, teachers and parents. We are here to lift up the voices of victims and survivors. Members of the community, faith leaders, students, teachers, youth activists, and elected officials – including Sen. Michael Bennett [sic] and Rep. Jason Crow – were invited to join this vigil honoring the STEM School community," Samis said, in part.
"We are deeply sorry any part of this vigil did not provide the support, caring and sense of community we sought to foster and facilitate and which we know is so crucial to communities who suffer the trauma of gun violence," Samis added.
Crow, who represents Highlands Ranch, said in a statement he showed up to the event for his community and to listen to students.
"It is my job to show up and support my community during times of tragedy. I grieve for what Highlands Ranch and our families have been through. The last few days I have been asked the same question over and over again: what are you doing to stop this from happening," Crow said in a statement to Denver7. "It is my job to take tough questions and offer real solutions. Bottomline, everyone needs to listen to those most impacted by this violence to learn how we can move forward, and that begins with listening to the students of STEM School."
Courtney Gidner, Bennet's communication director in his Senate office, echoed the concerns of the students.
"Last night should have been about Kendrick Castillo and the STEM School students. They are our focus and the event should have been set up to ensure their voices were fully heard," Gidner said.
There are several resources available to help Castillo's family and other victims, and there are other events planned to honor the victims of the STEM shooting.
As far as the students who attended Wednesday's event, they said the spontaneous vigil eventually accomplished what they thought they were setting out for earlier in the evening.
"A lot of STEM students were looking for comfort and connection, and a lot didn't get what we wanted. So we tried our best to make it what we wanted," Fuchs said. "I've never seen that much STEM spirit from us ever. … It brought our community together to connect with our experience."


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Unpaid work, is it worth is?
Is unpaid work or internships worth the time and effort? Here's some tips on how to decide.
By Tracey Mottershead
It's amazing to think that two thirds of Australians are expected to do unpaid work and that's without taking into account internships.
The value of that is worth around $128 billion a year to businesses, said economist Jim Stanford, director of the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute in an interview with the ABC.
Outside the office it's also estimated that women tend to do double the amount of unpaid work than men, when you take into account childcare and volunteer work.
An internship is a form of unpaid work, but unlike the slog of expectations that comes with working for a wage or the love of the family, this kind of work is all for the experience.
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But the work you do is designed to enhance your workplace experience, provide you with a taste of what occurs within your chosen industry and allow you to build your skill set.
Internships vary in length. Many operate full-time over university breaks, particularly Summer, or for six to 12 months after graduation.
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Many interns find mentors along the way who they remain in contact with well into their careers.
Others find that their placements lead to permanent, paid roles within the organisation.
You might not get paid during your internship, but you will be benefit.
It's true that participating in an internship program may keep you from paid work for a period of time, and this may not be practical for some, but the experience you gain, skills you develop, contacts you make and references you receive can prove priceless when it comes to obtaining employment, particularly in highly sought after fields.
MMO Consulting
Tracey Mottershead
Tracey is the Principal Consultant at MMO HR Solutions She has a special interest in educating and assisting women to make the most of their opportunities and achieve their professional goals. Tracey is a CPA qualified accountant and professional member of the Australian Human Resources Institute. She holds a Master of Educational Leadership and Management, Graduate Diploma of Human Resource Management, Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
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