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Earnings up, stores down: Why successful retailers close locations
Why successful retailers such as Best Buy, Walgreens and Dunkin' are closing locations
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Apr.April 27, 2021 07:30 AM
By Sasha Jones
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By the look of things, Best Buy had a great winter. Domestic revenue surged 11 percent in November, December and January to $15.4 billion.
But in announcing the good news, the electronics retailer said it would lay off 5,000 full-time workers and ramp up store closings. In the crosshairs are 450 locations with leases expiring in the next three years.
"There will be higher thresholds on renewing leases as we evaluate the role each store plays," CEO Corie Barry told analysts on an earnings call.
Best Buy isn't alone. Across the country, retailers with great earnings are consolidating stores.
Walgreens, for example, is subleasing stores, including 16 in New York City, despite second-quarter revenue rising 4.8 percent to $32.8 billion.
And Dunkin', which saw profits tick up in the pandemic-wracked third quarter before it went private, is closing some 800 locations.
"Even though a company's earnings are positive one quarter, that doesn't necessarily mean that previous retail locations were working for them," said Richard Skulnik, a partner at RIPCO Real Estate. "That's a clear distinction that needs to be made."
In part, the closings reflect shifts caused or accelerated by the pandemic, as customers increasingly shop digitally. For Best Buy, online sales increased 90 percent year-over-year and made up 43 percent of the company's domestic sales in the quarter ending Jan. 30.
Pre-pandemic, online sales accounted for 37 percent of small businesses' revenue. In February, it was 57 percent, according to a survey of 550 businesses by Kabbage, an online lender owned by American Express.
One-third of those surveyed planned to expand digital operations to supplement or replace in-person operations.
"Throughout the pandemic, many retailers have realized that they may have too many stores in their brick-and-mortar portfolio," said Michael Wiener, the president of Newmark-owned Excess Space Retail Services, which helps retailers get rid of unwanted square footage. "I believe over the next few years, there will be a lot of housekeeping where retailers reevaluate their fleet and both strategically expand and shutter underperforming assets."
Those changes may vary geographically. Studies find that in the U.S., with its consumer-driven economy, gross leasable shopping center space per capita is 23.5 square feet. That dwarfs 4.6 square feet in the U.K., 3.8 in France, 3.4 in Spain, 2.8 in Italy and 2.4 in Germany. For U.S. metropolitan areas, the figure is a startling 46.6 square feet.
Still, that does not mean America has too many stores everywhere.
"In some categories, we could be underserved," said Ryan Butler, partner at Stan Johnson Company, a Tulsa-based commercial real estate firm. "And then there's areas where people are moving out of [and they become] over-retailed."
Matching retail square footage to migration and shopping patterns is a constant battle for retailers, developers and landlords.
"The natural evolution of things is that people move, people's buying habits change, patterns and areas change. And so it's a constant state of flux," Butler added.
For some, these closures have been a long time coming, and they just happen to hit during a reckoning for retail. Take Dollar Tree, which announced in 2019 it would close 400 stores. In fiscal 2020, its gross profit increased 10.6 percent to $7.79 billion — not just because underperforming stores were closed, but also because discount stores in general did well during the pandemic.
Although store closures have traditionally been a knee-jerk reaction for retailers seeking to cut costs, the process has become more strategic.
Some stores are traditional shopping hubs, while others are distribution centers or experiential flagships. Bed Bath & Beyond, for instance, is converting 25 percent of its fleet into fulfillment centers.
Other brands are rethinking the type of store that works best and, in some cases, shifting toward small-format neighborhood destinations. Gap is closing 350 locations (largely in malls) and Macy's is cutting 125.
The process of evaluating retail locations is perhaps harder than ever because it's about much more than sales figures now.
"The bigger question is, what is this store? What is it doing from a strategy perspective?" said Scott Hessell, director of the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing at the University of Arizona. "Keeping ahead of these changes in how consumers are engaging with a brand [is vital]: in the store, online, at the curb, picking up at lockers, buying via TikTok."
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I don't want to get into it now because I don't have the evidence handy, buy they completely ignore any evidence that contradicts the theory. For example: the blue shifting of galaxies.
I call bullshit on that!
What are you calling bullshit on, the existence of blue shifting galaxies or that they contradict big bang theory?
I smell an argument that is arguing over details.
There has been lots of data between Darwin and DNA, just like the data between Galileo and Hubble. But the hiccups inbetween do not negate the building blocks, which is what this article was saying.
It certainly is a mandate in science that all competing claims have the tires kicked. But over all long term we progress.
We still know that the big bang is fact and none of this negates that.
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No one's ignoring blue shift. Andromeda's heading toward us, but the galaxy as a whole is expanding. Andromeda's in our local group. The velocity of its heading toward us far exceeds the velocity of the expansion of space on a local scale.
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Can you give evidence for what you said? A good theory should be falsifiable, how can the big bang theory and what happened billions of years ago and based on general relativity and mathematics which is questionable with regard to a singularity, and that doesn't take into account quantum mechanics be falsified? God did it? Bill
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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You're conflating two things. That order of magnitude comes from QFT. If the CC from GR is given a value of 1, the calculated QFT vacuum energy would be 10120, clearly a mismatch.
Thanks for an intelligent response with no cussing or name calling.
Are we talking about atheists or scientists
? I did say atheist. Does one have to be an expert to be skeptical? Are atheist theologians that question religion?
Finding evidence to support a theory, and falsification are two different activities.
I believe that was just my point, evidence that supports a theory should be falsifiable to be good science.
Our theory tells us the universe had to start with high order, and since the BB, its disorder is on the increase.
This is true, but that doesn't mean it started with an infinite singularity.
You are probably correct on that. My information is from from physicist Hugh Ross and physicist Leonard Susskind, as well as a friend that is a physicist, that are all Christian apologists.
I sure wish I had my original papers on the subject. All I can give is my understanding, opinions, and what modern physicists have to say about it. Nice math answer! I guess I'm done with this thread. I'll see what other controversies I can come up with---do we have freewill? :-$ And are people determined to show we do? [-( Solitary
josephpalazzo
Question for you Joseph. We detect light emitted from a galaxy exactly one billion years ago. How far away was the galaxy when the light was emitted and how far away is it now?
We can only tell what distance it was when the light was emitted and when it was received here. What happened in the meantime, we don't have any formula for that.
I did say atheist. Does one have to be an expert to be skeptical? Are atheist theologians that question religion?
Good point. But I did say that non-scientist atheists most likely rely on the fact that science has a self-correcting mechanism. Scientists are eager to prove that other scientists are wrong. Imagine if you did prove that Einstein was wrong, you'be in line for the Nobel prize and world famous. OTOH, if you tried to prove your local minister wrong, you would probably be banned from that congregation.
I belive this is not quite right. It's not that every single evidence should be falsifiable, but that the theory should be falsifiable. For example, finding a rabbit fossil in the precambrian area would falsify the theory of evolution, but not that every single fossil found should be falsifiable.
Most scientists are aware that a singularity is a mathematical point, not a real point. And if a theory contains one, it's a red flag telling us that the theory is incomplete and needs major modifications.
Which evidence is being ignored?
And yet the original Big Bang theory said the universe started with a singularity. I'm not aware a singularity is a mathematical "point." I thought in math it was a singular point and in astronomy it was a the mathematical representation of a black hole. The math backing up the Big Bang has a singularity in it, that cannot be ignored because it shows the theory needs major modifications which have been done now.
I belive this is not quite right. It's not that every single evidence should be falsifiable, but that the theory should be falsifiable. For example, finding a rabbit fossil in the precambrian area would falsify the theory of evolution, but not that every single fossil found should be falsifiable
Absolutely! And the fact that the Big Bang has a singularity in it is like finding a fossil in the wrong time period. The very reason I am skeptical of the theory as it was originally and why evidence that contradicts the theory should not be ignored. Thanks for all your input with intelligent arguments. Bill
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@ Solitary
I'm not a big fan of an infinitely small singularity or inflation. I prefer the Big Bang happening over a larger area which would negate the need for inflation.
From what I have read Penrose does not claim the concentric circles in the CMB as evidence the Big Bang never happened. He cites them of evidence of cyclic universe which has experienced multiple Big Bang type events. Neither does he claim that the CMB in these areas is older than the universe. Rather he claims the circles are the result of disturbances in space time that are the remnants of earlier events. The radiation itself is the remnant of our Big Bang.
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Re: Big Bang theory Gains New Evidence
Thanks for your response! This an interesting subject. The evidence coming in is coming in faster than the theory can be modified. It is still my "opinion" that the universe just is with no creation or astronomical singularity. When anyone finds new thoughts by cosmologist on the new evidence, or their own opinions on this subject, post it here. I'm interested. Bill
There are galaxies older than the universe for one, and the radiation from the Big Bang is older is another one.
The WMAP results in 2003 suggest that the Universe is older than what we had calculated, so those discrepancies have disappeared.
Scientist claims entire universe existed before Big Bang Cosmic radiation discovered by NASA is older than Big Bang Universe left "trail" of radiation forming in concentric circles
Professor Roger Penrose says that cosmic radiation discovered by one of NASA's telescopes is older than the Big Bang.
The researcher shows that the cosmic radiation background (CMB) formed in concentric circles that had cooled to a temperature of -270C over the 14 billion years since the universe came into being.
Prof Penrose and his colleague Professor Vahe Gurzadyan of the Yerevan State University in Armenia claim to have 12 examples of the circles, some of which have five rings - meaning that the objects had five massive events in their history.
The rings appear around clusters of galaxy where the background radiation is incredibly low.
The scientists believe the circles are imprints of violent gravitational forces generated by black holes that existed long before the Big Bang.
The research casts doubt upon the widely-held theory that the universe has continued to expand since the Big Bang and will continue to do so until it ceases to exist.
Prof Penrose says that his research shows that all matter in the universe will eventually be consumed by black holes, leaving only energy behind which will in turn trigger the next Big Bang.
"In the scheme that I'm proposing, you have an exponential expansion but it's not in our aeon - I use the term to describe [the period] from our Big Bang until the remote future," Prof Penrose told the BBC.
"I claim that this aeon is one of a succession of such things, where the remote future of the previous aeons somehow becomes the Big Bang of our aeon."
Penrose's claims have been debunked.
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None of that puts the BBT in jeopardy. Scientists are gathering information, which is what they're supposed to do. That is the way a model gets either refined or is put away if the evidence are contradictory to the theory. Most scientists believed that the BBT is a description of the universe from 13,8 billion years ago to the present day. But that leaves the door open that this is just a phase, and perhaps, the universe was undergoing a different phase prior to the 13.8 billion years. On that there are many theories besides Penrose who are betting what that theory is, Reinahrdt and Smolin, to name a couple.
Hmm, that is not quite right. The BBT has a singularity, and that's why it is considered as incomplete. The BBT is derived from GR, and GR fails miserably at the Planck scale as it ignores quantum effects. Perhaps, if a quantum theory of gravity is developped we may possibly escape this singularity.
Absolutely! And the fact that the Big Bang has a singularity in it is like finding a fossil in the wrong time period. The very reason I am skeptical of the theory as it was originally and why evidence that contradicts the theory should not be ignored.
That would be the wrong analogy. More to do with QM. See above answer.
:) Thanks for the info and update. It's nice having a rational disagreement and having new evidence presented. Am I wrong with thinking the universe we are in is unbounded, eternal, and not created from an astronomical singularity, but just is, and ever changing? 8-) Bill
Inflation Theory came forth in the 1970's, and Alan Guth is the guy who put it out. It is a theory that was added by hand to the original BBT in order to explain three things (1) flatness, (2) horizon, and (3) the lack of magnetic monopoles. So it was welcomed as a great success. But in the intervening times, a lot of things happened - the internet, better satellite communication, and the launching of several telescopes in outer space unimpeded by the diffraction of light from our atmosphere. So now, we are finding that the universe is not as uniform as it was believed in those days. And there was always that uneasiness with the BBT starting from a singularity - as I pointerd out, this means the theory is incomplete. So the data coming from those space telescopes seem to indicate that there are signs of pre-bang activities still in our past and hopefully these will make a difference in how we need to amend the present paradigm. And I believe this is welcoming news.
Isn't science fun? Bill
If your head has stopped spinning carry on!
How is time passing now and during the formation of our universe?
Is time a general property of nature or is it invented by us to describe processes in nature? Is it a property of material or is it only invented by us? And, what is the meaning of the passing of time? Is time always passing with the same speed 300,000 Kilometers a second? Can our measure of time on an atomic clock be considered as an inherent property of nature?
We can say time is passing as changes occur, events happen. Changes in energy, location, motion, composition. In these changes some energy is needed. If the inherent energy of a specific physical process which is used to carry out the change in the state of material is higher the change occurs in a shorter time.
Is time also quantized. Therefore, a quantum of time belongs to a quantum of energy at a specific radiation frequency or wavelength.
It can be shown that time is a phenomenon inherent in physical processes because there is a direct connection between time and energy involved in physical processes. This relationship presents strict connection between energy and time.
Just Noether's theorem tells us that a time translation symmetry yields the conservation of energy. So we know for quite a long time that energy and time are intimately linked.
How about the formation of Earth when it was erupted from the Sun. At that time the Earth had an extremely high nuclear activity. Its nuclear processes had an extremely high energy and consequently the changes in the state of the Earth were carried out in an extremely short time.
This has to be taken into consideration when the age of our universe and earth are estimated.
Nuclear activity and time are not related in any way.
In that case the mass of the material is increased and the use or deliver of the same amount of energy will occur during a longer interval of time. In other words, at relativistic speed, time is slowed down, the same action needs longer time. That is in complete agreement with general relativity theory.
Time dilation is strictly a phenomenon between different observers who are moving with respect to each other. It has nothing to do with energy.
The universe seems to be showing its age, now calculated at 13.8 billion years, 80 million years older than scientists had thought. It's got about 3.2 per cent more width, it has more matter than dark energy, and it is expanding about 3.1 per cent more slowly. I'm getting a headache now. Bill
All these measurements are within a range of precision. As our measuring devices get better, those measurements will be better and better refined. Part of the territory.
That is what I'm asking. If it took 1 billion years for the light to get here, where was the source in relation to us when the light was emitted? Where is the source is relation to us when the light arrives?
I have a couple of problems figuring this out for myself. The math is beyond my skill set, and my calculator crashes and burns when I try to plug in really small numbers (rate of expansion 7 x 10[sup:3c6i60hu]-7[/sup:3c6i60hu] m/s per meter) and really big numbers (speed of light in m/s, seconds in a billion years) in the same calculation.
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Priority-Oriented Packet Transmissions in Internet of Things: Modeling and Delay Analysis
Guntupalli, Lakshmikanth
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Information Systems and Technology. (Communication Systems and Networks (CSN))
Farag, Hossam
Mahmood, Aamir
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Information Systems and Technology. (Communication Systems and Networks (CSN))ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3717-7793
Gidlund, Mikael
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Information Systems and Technology. (Communication Systems and Networks)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0873-7827
2018 (English)In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE, 2018, article id 8422699Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Priority-oriented packet transmission (PPT) has been a promising solution for transmitting time-critical packets in timely manner during emergency scenarios in Internet ofThings (IoT). In this paper, we develop two associated discrete time Markov chain (DTMC) models to analyze performance of the PPT in an IoT network. Using the proposed DTMC models, we investigate the effect of traffic prioritization interms of average packet delay for a synchronous medium access control (MAC) protocol. Furthermore, the results obtained from analytical models are validated via discrete-event simulations. Numerical results prove the accuracy of the models and reveal the behavior of priority based packet transmissions.
IEEE, 2018. article id 8422699
IoT, WSN, WuR, delay, analysis, DTMC
Communication Systems Computer Engineering
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-33670DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2018.8422699Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85051436438ISBN: 978-1-5386-3180-5 (electronic)ISBN: 978-1-5386-3181-2 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-33670DiVA, id: diva2:1210486
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'18), Kansas, USA, May 2018
SMART (Smarta system och tjänster för ett effektivt och innovativt samhälle)TIMELINESS
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)Knowledge FoundationAvailable from: 2018-05-28 Created: 2018-05-28 Last updated: 2019-09-09Bibliographically approved
1. Enabling Time- and Mission-Critical Applications in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Enabling Time- and Mission-Critical Applications in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Information Systems and Technology.
2019 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Nowadays, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have gained importance as aflexible, easier deployment/maintenance and cost-effective alternative to wired networks,e.g., Fieldbus and Wired-HART, in a wide-range of applications. Initially,WSNs were mostly designed for military and environmental monitoringapplications where energy efficiency is the main design goal. The nodes in the network were expected to have a long lifetime with minimum maintenance while providing best-effort data delivery which is acceptable in such scenarios. With recent advances in the industrial domain, WSNs have been subsequently extended to support industrial automation applications such as process automation and control scenarios. However, these emerging applications are characterized by stringent requirements regarding reliability and real-time communications that impose challenges in the design of Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSNs) to effectively support time- and mission-critical applications.
Typically, time- and mission-critical applications support different traffic categories ranging from relaxed requirements, such as monitoring traffic to firm requirements, such as critical safety and emergency traffic. The critical traffic is mostly acyclic in nature and occasionally occurs at unpredictable time instants. Once it is generated, it must be delivered within strict deadlines. Exceeding the delay bound could lead to system instability, economic loss, or even endanger human life in the working area. The situation becomes even more challenging when an emergency event triggers multiple sensor nodes to transmit critical traffic to the controller simultaneously. The unpredictability of the arrival of such a type of traffic introduces difficulties with regard to making a suitable scheduling that guarantees data delivery within deadline bounds. Existing industrial standards and related research work have thus far not presented a satisfactory solution to the issue. Therefore, providing deterministic and timely delivery for critical traffic and its prioritization over regular traffic is a vital research topic.
Motivated by the aforementioned challenges, this work aims to enable real-timecommunication for time- and mission-critical applications in IWSNs. In this context, improved Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols are proposed to enablea priority-based channel access that provides a timely delivery for acyclic critical traffic. The proposed framework starts with a stochastic modelling of the network delay performance under a priority-oriented transmission scheme, followed by two MAC approaches. The first approach proposes a random Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) mechanism to improve the transmission efficiency of acyclic control traffic that is generated occasionally as a result of observations of an established tendency, such as closed-loop supervisory traffic. A Discrete-Time Markov Chain (DTMC) model is provided to evaluate the performance of the proposed protocol analytically in terms of the expected delay and throughput. Numerical results show that the proposed random CCA mechanism improves the shared slots approach in WirelessHART in terms of delay and throughput along with better transmission reliability.
The second approach introduces a slot-stealing MAC protocol based on a dynamic deadline-aware scheduling to provide deterministic channel access in emergency and event-based situations, where multiple sensor nodes are triggered simultaneously to transmit time-critical data to the controller. The proposed protocol is evaluated mathematically to provide the worst-case delay bound for the time-critical traffic and the numerical results show that the proposed approach outperforms TDMA-based WSNs in terms of delay and channel utilization.
Sundsvall, Sweden: Mid Sweden University, 2019. p. 42
Mid Sweden University licentiate thesis, ISSN 1652-8948 ; 151
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-35572 (URN)978-91-88527-84-4 (ISBN)
2019-01-30, M102, Sundsvall, 14:30 (English)
Gong, Shaofang
Linköping University.
Österberg, Patrik
SMART (Smarta system och tjänster för ett effektivt och innovativt samhälle)
Publisher's full textScopus
Guntupalli, LakshmikanthFarag, HossamMahmood, AamirGidlund, Mikael
Department of Information Systems and Technology
Communication SystemsComputer Engineering


HOSPITALITY AND CHILDREN. I'm reading Families at the Crossroads by Rodney Clapp (IVP, 1993) and was impressed by his perspective on parenting. In a society in which birthing and rearing children does not seem to make much economic or consumer sense, Clapp asks Christians "Why do we have children?" His assertion: "Christians have children so we can become the kind of people who welcome strangers."
OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEACHERS. After tracing the bold threads of the history of Israel, the story of Jesus, and the life of the early church that put hospitality to strangers as central to spiritual formation and Godly practice, Clapp observes: "Christian parenthood, then, is practice in hospitality, in the welcoming and support of strangers. Welcoming the strangers who are our children, we learn a little about being out of control, about the possibility of surprise (and so of hope), about how strange we ourselves are. Moment by mundane moment--dealing with rebellion, hosting birthday parties, struggling to understand...--we pick up skills in patience, empathy, generosity, forgiveness..."
OPEN TO THE STRANGEST STRANGER OF ALL. He continues: "And all these are transferrable skills, skills we can and must use to welcome other strangers besides our children. We become better equipped to open ourselves to strangers, especially to those strangers who are not our children but our brothers and sisters in Christ. Yet, finally, and most importantly, gaining courage to meet and love our children as strangers give us courage to welcome the strangest stranger of them all--the God who meets us in Israel and Jesus Christ."


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Computer scientist and celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil says artificial intelligence will match human intelligence by 2029, and that by 2045, it will have multiplied the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion times.
Predictions like this abound amid the hype surrounding AI. Real understanding however, is less common. Many enterprises are unclear about what constitutes AI, where it can be applied, and how to prioritize its use cases within the organization. In a survey commissioned by Infosys on the state of AI adoption, half of the 1,600 respondents said that not knowing where AI could assist was one of their biggest challenges.
A good understanding of the technologies under the umbrella of artificial intelligence is key. Many of these technology pieces have seen rapid and impressive evolution in the recent past, so much so that it does not allow banking providers the luxury of waiting until it matures. Here are the most important building blocks of AI and their use cases in the context of financial services.
Machine learning refers to the ability of software to learn on its own without being programmed. Machine learning programs adjust their algorithms in response to new insights. Where data mining algorithms would hand over findings to human beings for further work, machine learning can act on its own.
Banks and credit unions can use machine learning across the front, middle and back office, in functions ranging from customer service to sales and marketing to fraud detection to securities settlement. For instance, in the middle office, they can identify or even prevent fraud by deploying machine learning to look into patterns in payment transaction data to spot anomalies or inconsistencies.
Deep learning leverages a hierarchy of artificial neural networks, similar to those in the human brain, to do its job. Unlike traditional programs, which think linearly, deep learning mimics the human brain to perform non-linear deductions. Deep learning systems produce better decisions by factoring learning from previous transactions or interactions to draw conclusions. For example, they can gather information about customers and their behaviors from social networks and from that infer their likes and preferences. Financial institutions can use this insight to make contextual, relevant offers to those customers in real-time.
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a key building block that will help computers learn, analyze, and understand human language. NLP can be put to use to organize and structure knowledge in order to answer queries, translate content from one language to another, recognize individual people by their speech, mine text, and perform sentiment analysis. Besides improving customer service, natural language processing-capable systems will, over time, learn to resolve issues automatically.
Banking providers have started to leverage NLP in different ways. On the website of the largest bank in the United States, virtual assistants offer support for credit cards, loans and other banking services. Singapore's DBS Bank uses a virtual assistant called KAI to enhance the experience at Digibank, its mobile-only bank in India. KAI helps Digibank to anticipate and answer thousands of customer queries, and assist customers with their banking transactions in real time.
Natural Language Generation (NLG) is also a foundational AI technology. Wherein NLP will help computers analyze, understand, and make sense of human language, NLG will help them to converse and interact intelligently with humans. Banks mainly leverage NLG for purposes that require data from multiple sources to be combined to produce insights in a format that is easily understood. NLG can also knit raw data into a narrative, which banks such as Credit Suisse are using to generate portfolio reviews.
Visual recognition is a branch of AI that recognizes images and their content. It uses deep learning to perform its role of finding faces, tagging images, identifying the components of visuals, and picking out similar images from a large set. Visual recognition feeds off huge amounts of data and needs open source software libraries and frameworks to function well. A key application of visual recognition technology in banking will be similar to that of speech recognition - enabling a frictionless customer experience.
To this end, several banks have adopted visual recognition in common front-end operations. Australia's Westpac, for example, is using the technology to allow customers to activate a new card from their smartphone camera, while Santander is one of those using it to authenticate documents. And many other banks, including Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, and TD Bank, are leveraging this technology to allow customers to deposit checks remotely via mobile.


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"Video Business Very Personal"
In the Telegraph-Forum (Bucyrus/Crawford County ,Ohio), Slav Kandyba writes about a local business that records family memories for future generations:
With Jeff Smith's fledgling Creative Image Productions, it's not quite business — it's personal.
When Smith's mother, Ellen, died in January, he felt it was time to fulfill a plan 10 years in the making. With his brother Brian, the rural Bucyrian bought a digital camera and camcorders and set up a studio complete with a computer and video- and audio-editing software.
He uses these to capture stories of his own family members to pass on to descendants, and he wants to offer the same services to other area families. He likens the venture, called "Recollections," to ESPN's "SportsCentury" and FOX Sports' "Beyond the Glory" — TV shows in which a particular athlete, game or moment is highlighted with a narrator reading from a script.
"I look at people in my family, lean back and listen to their stories," Smith said. "We want someone in 20 years to pop in a DVD and say, 'We captured mom.' The core customer is the son or daughter."
With businesses like this, as well as costs of video production coming down in general, there is almost no reason not to do this. This could become an important tool for future genealogists as well.
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Diabetes statistics are staggering. According to the National Diabetes Institute (NADI), as of July 2018, as many as 2.5 million adults in Malaysia suffer from diabetes¹. Since 2006, the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 18-30 years old has increased from 2.4% to a whopping 17.5% in 2015. In adults over 30 years old, a similar trend is seen with prevalence increasing from 14.9% to 22.5%².
With those statistics, diabetes is a serious public health issue. But one that can be managed and in some cases, prevented. Most people who develop diabetes are overweight or obese. With changes in lifestyle and nutrition, people with diabetes can live well and decrease serious risks of the condition.
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When people are first diagnosed with diabetes, they can often feel like their days of eating normally are over. But Rachel Johnson, RD, a research scientist with Abbott says diabetes can be managed. "People with diabetes can live normal, active lives," she says.
To manage diabetes and lose weight, strive for healthy food choices, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, non-fat dairy, beans and lean meats.
In addition to monitoring the amount of carbohydrates you eat, Johnson says people should focus on eating and drinking the right types of carbohydrates—foods and drinks that minimize blood sugar response, while providing a good source of fiber.
Quote >>> Regular meals eaten close to the same time every day can help manage blood sugar levels and prevent overeating.
This timing should include both meals and snacks. Healthy snacks can actually help keep you from overeating at mealtime. Overeating can lead to sharp spikes and drops in blood sugar.
Gradual change is more likely to lead to permanent change. Break larger weight loss and fitness goals into smaller ones. Also, think beyond the number on a scale when trying to lose weight. Instead, rely on a measuring tape to track changes in waist, hips, thigh and upper arm sizes.
Plan out your meals ahead of time and stick to the plan. Be sure to measure all your food and drinks for at least two weeks. This will help you learn true portion sizes. In addition, write down how you feel before and after eating. Doing so can help you determine triggers that might cause you to eat, such as stress, boredom and anger.
DidYouKNow >>> Overeating can lead to sharp spikes and drops in blood sugar.
According to the American Diabetes Association, exercising consistently can lower blood glucose and improve A1C levels. The Ministry of Health Malaysia recommends 30 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise at least five days a week, or a total of 150 minutes per week³. Talk to your doctor before starting an exercise routine.
Make small changes every day and you can better manage your diabetes.
1. The Star. Available from https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/07/25/malaysia-has-highest-rate-of-diabetes-in-asia-says-nadi-chairman/.
2. National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2015.
3. Malaysian Endocrine & Metabolic Society. Clinical Practice Guidelines, Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, 5th Edition, 2016.


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Former Holy Family Head Coach Jeff Rotondo was recently named the CACC Coach of the Year and lead Holy Family University to a CACC championship in 2018.
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Volleyball Rider introduces new volleyball coach
By Austin Boland-Ferguson
After reaching the proverbial mountaintop at Holy Family University, new volleyball Head Coach Jeff Rotondo looks to continue his success on the Division I level at Rider.
Following a 2018 campaign that lead Holy Family University to a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship and CACC Coach of the Year honors for Rotondo, Rider Athletic Director Don Harnum announced his hiring as head coach in April.
Rotondo's Tigers posted a 90-71 record during his tenure with the team, which culminated in a conference championship in his last season.
Rotondo joins the Broncs' staff after the 2018 squad made it to the semifinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) tournament and Rider's new coach looks to change the culture of the team to push things further.
"We're revamping the culture from top to bottom," Rotondo said. "Everything is going to be different from how we interact with each other to the backbone of the program."
On a team loaded with newcomers to the volleyball program, Rotondo saw "good things" from his first time the team he will be coaching this fall.
"Their desire to keep the ball off the floor, the desire to get after it right away was pretty evident right from the get-go in the first couple of practices," said Rotondo.
Rotondo isn't going into the volleyball season without support. Harnum gave many reasons in his announcement of Rotondo's hiring as to why he belonged at Rider.
"Rotondo emerged as the successful candidate due to his track record of success as a head coach, his passion for the sport of volleyball, his strong recruiting ties and his ability to provide our student-athletes with a positive, competitive and well-rounded experience," Harnum said.
Rotondo's success with volleyball coaching didn't stop at athletics. Rotondo's teams are well known for achieving in the classroom with exceptional grades.
Holy Family's team grade point average was averaged at a 3.69, gaining top-25 honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Rotondo attributed his players' academic success to his being an active presence in their academic activity.
"Daily conversations have to be part of the narrative," Rotondo said. "We don't just want to be a good academic team, we want to be the best on campus. It's a daily conversation letting the athletes know that we're going to follow up on their academics and making sure they're getting the support they need."
In terms of on-the-court success, Rotondo wants the Rider community to expect a solid team this coming season. He hoped that fans can "describe the team using three terms— hardworking, toughness and dexterity."
"I hope [that fans] will come in and see a hardworking team," Rotondo said. "We're going to be tough, we're going to be resilient and we're going to look out for each other. We're going to take care of each other really well."
Rotondo said that the fans should be able to notice an attitude to the team. He hopes that the Rider community recognizes that the team "is going to have a certain grit and determination."
"When they come to a match, there's going to be a high level of energy, there's going to be a lot of enjoyable, high-intensity volleyball and I hope that the fans or anyone that comes to see us sees us living inside the gym," said Rotondo.
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A site for soliciting donations of used shoes which are distributed to the homeless.
After 9-11-01 I was watching a CNN report about Afghan soldiers. As I watched, I noticed that most of them had no shoes. SOLE PURPOSE was born. I quickly found out it was going to be tough getting shoes to Afghanistan so I began to research locally and found out that a homeless person wears out a pair of shoes every 6-8 weeks and there are more than 350,000 homeless in the state of California. The need for shoes is endless! Sole Purpose took off in February, 2002. Shoe Crews are popping up nationwide and collectively, Sole Purpose has donated over 15,000 pairs of Shoes. Dave and Kyle Waters' Shoe Crew collected over 400 shoes in Battlecreek, Michigan in one day! I'll help you get started. You can read about some of the details in the NEWS section.
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Euro Asia at-a-glance
Weifang region
Euro Asia cancels 7 million common shares control block
Number of outstanding shares reduced from 11 million to 4 million
Hong Kong, SAR Peoples' Republic of China, 24 September 2014.
Euro Asia Premier Real Estate Company Limited (JT9; ISIN: VGG3223A1057) announces that the company is cancelling 7 million common shares, effective immediately. Following the cancellation, the Company will have 4 million common shares issued and outstanding.
Following the IPO in July 2010, the Company had announced that the controlling shareholder, Mr. Sun XiYi, then Chairman of the Board, had purchased 7 million common shares of Euro Asia. This purchase was subject to certain performance conditions that had to be met by Mr. Sun. The Board of Directors of Euro Asia has deemed these conditions unfulfilled, and by mutual agreement between Mr. Sun and the Company, these shares are cancelled.
Moreover, the Company announces that, also effective immediately, Mr. Sun Hai Tao has resigned from Euro Asia's Board of Directors.
Mr. Patrick Chan, Chairman and CEO of Euro Asia, stated, "The cancellation of these shares brings considerable value to current shareholders of the company, increasing their relative holding in the company 2.75 times. The cancellation was the final step in our reorganization, and will allow us to expedite our strategic plans moving forward."
Schwarz Financial Communication
Frank Schwarz
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Schwarz@schwarzfinancial.com
About Euro Asia
Euro Asia is a BVI registered company, active in demand driven development of real estate projects in the Shandong area of the People's Republic of China. The Company operates locally through its subsidiaries. By utilizing its strong local network to banks, political decision makers, land owners and other developers, the Company intends to grow its position in the Shandong Province prior to moving into other regions.
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Sustainability is one of fashion's talking points, but too often the quest to create ethically minded clothing is viewed as an obstacle rather than an opportunity. Abdul Abasi and Greg Rosborough's Fall 2019 collection offers a glimpse at what happens when designers modify their perspective. Though their six-year-old label has always utilized deadstock fabric and natural materials, this season they took the concept a step further, offering buyers a greatest-hits selection of silhouettes available in combinations exclusive to each store. The goal of the customization: pieces with greater individuality and less resulting waste.
By targeting their menswear staples to the needs of each market and creating only what is needed, Abasi and Rosborough cut down on overhead while getting a blow by blow on what their consumers actually want. Wool coats and thick sweaters may satisfy designer whims, but clients in temperate locales don't need them; likewise smaller orders with one-of-a-kind pieces edge closer to the limited-edition-drops model adopted by countless labels. In a moment when exclusivity is prioritized, the move toward fewer items is a smart one, but let's be honest: Without great clothes, it's all moot.
Thankfully, Abasi and Rosborough's output is compelling all on its own. Fall found the duo playing with ideas about functionality, offering up reversible outerwear in contrasting shades of crimson and black, luxe leopard-printed bomber jackets, and an array of textured separates shot alongside reams of material in the corresponding lookbook. The customizable nature of the collection means that there will likely be several incarnations of each design—those obi-belted blazers would sure look good in the aforementioned crimson—but the strong silhouettes guarantee a degree of polish no matter the fabrication.


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Vietnam Government Blows Up Crucifix
John Vennari
Parish Under Siege - Catholics Persecuted
On January 6 Vietnamese officials dynamited a crucifix in a cemetery belonging to the Dong Chiem Parish Church, 40 miles from Hanoi. Parishioners who tried to prevent the destruction were beaten by police. Since then, Catholic priests and faithful have been assaulted by uniformed and plainclothes police, and Catholics who try to visit the parish are harassed and beaten; one journalist pummeled to unconsciousness. The latest outrage is a February 24 attack on a group of nuns visiting various parishes in the area.
The demolition of crucifix began at 3:00 a.m. with the use of explosives. "On hearing the explosions, parishioners rushed to the site to protect their crucifix but they were stopped by police who tried to drive them back, "said Father Nguyen Van Huu, pastor of Dong Chiem parish.
The Archdiocese of Hanoi immediately issued a press release denouncing the government's actions: "Police attacked the parish today, in the early morning, when both its pastor and the pastor's assistant were at the annual retreat in the Archbishop's Office. An estimated 500 heavily armed and well-entrenched police officers and a large number of trained dogs were deployed in the area to protect an army engineering unit that destroyed a large crucifix erected on a boulder inside the parish cemetery."
Parishioners recounted being shot at close range with tear gas canisters, even as they were kneeling in prayer, asking the police to stop the devastation. Other parishioners were beaten with batons.
"At least a dozen people have been badly beaten," said Father Le Trong Cung, Vice Chancellor of the Hanoi Archdiocese. "Two of them were seriously injured and taken to a clinic in Te Tie, where, however, they did not receive treatment. Later, the priest and faithful found them and they took them to Viet Duc hospital, where doctors intervened."
Agence France Presse reported police used "electric prods, tear gas and stones against the crowd."
The government tried to justify its actions, claiming the crucifix was "illegally built" on the top of mount Che "which lies on the public land area under the direct management of the An Phu Communist People's Committee."
Father John le Trong Cung responded this was not true, since the crucifix was on Church property. "The hill has always been on parish grounds since its inception, more than one hundred years ago," he said.
Parish priest Father Nyuyen Van Huu likewise confirmed the cross was built on Church land. The hill became a parish cemetery in the "Time of the Great Hunger" when two million people died between October 1944 and May 1945. The crucifix has been on the parish's hill "for years," he said.
From March to November 2009, the government had told Catholics to take down the cross. The parish refused since the cross was on Church property. In response, the government took the matter into its own hands on January 6 and blew up the crucifix.
The Archdiocese of Hanoi publicly denounced the demolition of the crucifix as a "sacrilege".
Hundreds of Catholics have since defied the government's brutality, climbed the hill and planted clusters of bamboo crosses where the original crucifix was destroyed. The government has sealed off the roads on the way to Dong Chiem, but the faithful still manage to get through.
More Bloody Beatings
A few days after the crucifix was demolished, a Catholic journalist visiting the area was attacked and beaten by government strongmen.
On the evening of January 11, Father Ngyuen Van Lien, parish priest of Dong Dhiem, and journalist J.B. Ngyuyen Huu Vinh were taking a motorcycle ride around the area. The priest said, "I was trying to get around a big pile of dirt placed on the bridge of the Nang — placed there to prevent access to the area — when a group of uniformed and plainclothes police attacked us."
Father Van Lien continued, "Seeing that the journalist had a camera around his neck, a dozen policemen jumped on him, trying to snatch it. I left the bike and rushed to his defense, but the agents used sticks to threaten me and make me turn back. Then, once they had the camera, they ran away, leaving the victim in the street unconscious, and with his face bloodied."
"If he had not had a helmet, he would be dead," said the nurse who treated the journalist after the attack.
Around the same time, police also attacked two disabled Catholic war veterans on bikes heading toward Don Chiem.
The assault on the priest and journalist sparked strong response. Thousands of Catholics took to the streets of Dong Hai in a protest march. The protesters also demanded the release of five Catholic prisoners taken on the day the crucifix was demolished. The government had summoned five poverty-stricken Catholics to the service center of the government on the pretext of filling out forms for food aid. At the day's end, loudspeakers blared that the five had "bowed their heads, pleading guilty" to having built a bamboo cross on the spot where the crucifix had been destroyed.
The priests of Dong Chiem have also been accused by police of stirring up anti-government sentiments, when the priests' only "crime" has been resisting the anti-Catholic harassment coming from the Vietnamese government.
The faithful throughout North Vietnam continued to respond to these outrages with pilgrimages to Dong Chiem. Despite threats of violence, the pilgrims succeeded in planting crosses on the hill where the original crucifix was demolished. "We will make this hill a mountain of the crosses, like the one the Catholics created in Lithuania in Communist times," said a student from Hanoi whose team planted dozens of crosses on the hill. The group of students accomplished this by passing checkpoints and other police measures aimed at blocking the faithful's access to the cemetery. Asia News reports "hundreds of crosses" are now on the hill.
Not all the Vietnamese Catholics who depart for Dong Chiem manage to skirt the government's obstacles.
Father Joseph Pham Minh Trieu, who was leading a group of a thousand people to the hill, said he had to cancel the trip: "The police confiscated the licenses of all our bus drivers." Nonetheless, hundreds of parishioners at Ham Long used motorcycles to penetrate through police obstacles. Among them was the group of Hanoi students, who reached the summit of Nui Tho, which is now called "the mountain of prayer" where they enacted the Way of the Cross.
"Other faithful managed to arrive by boat," reported Asia News.
As news spread around the world of this persecution of Catholics, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam denied any repression of Catholics in Dong Chiem. "Vietnam asserts 'no suppression' of parishioners at Hanoi's outlying district", headlined the state-run Vietnamese News Agency.
It was here the government asserted the cross was built illegally on public land. The report also claimed the government simply "dismantled" the cross, and was careful not to mention they destroyed the crucifix with explosives.
The story was an obvious falsehood, particularly since an Agence France Presse reporter had already been denied access to the area. The January 8 Manilla News reported that a journalist had been blocked from entering the Dong Chiem parish area. "This is by special order" said a plainclothes policeman as the journalist tried to enter the one road leading to the Dong Chiem parish. At the only other access, said the Manilla News, "several other policemen also refused to let the reporter pass."
By mid-January, police had poured reinforcements and set up roadblocks to stop pilgrims from going to the hill at Dong Chiem parish. The violence against Catholics continued.
On January 20, a Vietnamese Catholic monk was beaten and seriously injured as he tried to reach the parish church. Agence France Presse reported, "About 20 uniformed and plainclothes officers on Wednesday [January 20] stopped Brother Nguyen Van Tang and several other Catholics from entering the Dong Chiem parish."
The police seized the Brother's camera and mobile phone. When he was making his way back, he was "attacked by unknown assailants and left with serious head injuries." He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
By the beginning of February, the parish was still under siege; the police would threaten and attack anyone who approached it. Three students from Saint Anthony of Padua parish were attacked by police for just that reason. One was arrested.
The three students had gone to Dong Chiem to attend a Eucharistic adoration. On their way home, says Father John Luu Ngoc Quynh, "a group of police agents stopped them and savagely attacked them."
One of the students "tried to run in a field but was chased and beaten," continues Father Luu Ngoc Quynh. The next day, "at 11:30 p.m., police brought him to his dormitory and after searching the premises, took away two other students who shared his room."
The priest denounced these actions as "continued violation of the law against Vietnamese citizens and against Catholics. Calling for the release of the students, for an end to the siege of the Dong Chiem parish, and for the right of Catholics to move freely, Father Luu Ngoc Quynh urged the Vietnamese government "to investigate the latest attack in order to bring the culprits to justice."
The government continues its brutal harassment, the latest being an attack on nuns visiting the area.
On February 24, a group of nuns from the Lovers of the Holy Cross, who went to Ho Chi Minh City with dozens of lay Catholics to visit parishioners of the area, were attacked and beaten by plainclothes officers at the town's entrance. Asia News reported the sisters were not seriously injured, "but the Hanoi volunteer who was their guide had to be admitted to the Viet Duc hospital in serious condition."
Church Targeted
It is obvious the Church is being deliberately provoked. Redemptorist Superior Vincent Pham Trung said in late February, "The government is trying its best to lure the Archbishop of Hanoi and Thai ha Redemptorists into a trap in which the tiniest mistake [on their part] would give the government the excuse for open persecution, or at least an excuse to launch accusations against them."
It is also obvious that Catholics alone are the targets of this brutality since those who visit the famous Huong Pagoda, in the vicinity as Dong Chiem, are warmly welcome and protected by agents who belong to the same department as those persecuting the Church.
The clash between the Church and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an ongoing conflict. In 2009, the government demolished a large statue of the Blessed Mother that had been erected by the poor parishioners of Bau Sen.
On the day of the statue's destruction, government police with batons and dogs kept the parishioners back from the demolition site, and the faithful could only watch helplessly. This past January the government compounded the sacrilege by demanding the parishioners pay the $15,000 the government spent on the statue's destruction.
Whoever believes the Consecration of Russia as requested by Our Lady of Fatima is accomplished need look no further than today's Vietnam. The atrocities of the Vietnamese government bear all the hallmarks of Communist harassment of the Church throughout the Twentieth Century. The "period of peace" has yet to be granted to the world.
Despite what a highly placed churchman has said about Fatima's prophecies belonging to the past, the "tragic human lust for power and evil" has not come to an end.
Let us pray for our fellow Catholics who daily face this brutal persecution, and let us learn from their fortitude as they publicly defy Vietnam's anti-Catholic campaign.
(Source: www.cfnews.org/vietnam.htm)
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The Blue Effect (Chech ) - Meditace (1969)
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Vladimir Misik - vocal
Radim Hladik - guitar
Jiri Kozel - bass
Vlado Cech - drums
Milos Svoboda - guitar
Premier Czech progressive rock band, The Blue Effect, was founded in November 1968 by Radim Hladik (guitar, ex. The Matadors ->). In came Jiri Kozel (bass), Vladimir Misik (vocals) and Vlado Cech (drums). Originally band was called The Special Blues Effect.
Shortly after the band got together, they won a full list of honors at the 2nd Czechoslovak Beat festival, including 'The Discovery Of The Year', 'The Best Song' (for 'Sunny Grave' penned by Misik and later featured on the debut LP) and 'The Best Instrumentalist' (naturally – Hladik). The next year saw Blue Effect opening for The Beach Boys on several European dates.
However, during the sessions for debut album, Misik suddenly left, to be replaced only in 1971 by Lesek Semelka (vocals, organ). Departure of Misik enabled Hladik to take dominant position within the band. His ambition was to find common ground for jazz and rock, fulfilled with next two Blue Effect albums, both recorded with famous Czech jazz musicians, and appearances at Prague Jazz festivals in 1971 and 72.
In forthcoming years more personnel changes followed. Kozel was next to leave in 1974, to be replaced by Josef Kustka (bass, violin), who, in turn, was replaced three years later by Fedor Fresko (bass, mandolin). Oldrich Vesely replaced Semelka in 1977.
The Blue Effect continued to release fairly interesting progressive-jazz-rock albums well into early 80s.
Hladik is still keeping The Blue Effect alive, currently with help from young sidemen: Jan Krizek (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Pavel Bohaty (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Wojttech (bass) and Vaclav Zima (drums).
Interview wich Radim Hladik
1. Pamet Lasky 4:04 2. Blue Effect Street 4:06 3. Fenix 4:28 4. Stroj Na Nic 2:27 5. Slunecni Hrob 1:50 6. Little Girl (Devcatko) 3:55 7. Deserted Alley (Osamela Ulice) 3:11 8. Blues About Stone (Kamenne Blues) 8:00 9. Rainy Day (Destivy Den) 3:57 10. Where Is My Star (Kde Je Ma Hvezda) 3:30 11. Sen Neni Vecny 3:28 12. I Like The World (Sun Is So Bright) 3:09 13. Blue Taxi 2:40 14. Snakes 2:27 15. Slunecny Hrob 3:28 16. I've Got My Mojo Working 3:46 17. White Hair 4:19
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Beginning on The Matadors
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THE TRACTORS - FOUR ALBUMS
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Niebiesko-Czarni-Alarm (1967) Poland
Idle Race - Birthday Party (1968) - Bonus
The Shanes - 1963 - 68 (Sweden)
Metro - Metro (1969)+bonus(Hungary)
Hungaria - Beatles Laz-1978(Hungary)
Hungaria - Koncert A Marson - 1970(Hungary)
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
The Matadors - The Matadors (Czech) - 1968
Olympic - Jedeme, jedeme (1971)
Olympic - Pták Rosomák (1969)
Mallard - In A Different Climate (1976)
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The Zoo - Presents Chocolate Moose (1968)
Bad Seeds \ Liberty Bell
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My journey continues as I took the next step in my spiritual training last weekend in Vero Beach with my Reiki Shihan (Master/Teacher) Patricia Williams. I cannot even begin to share with you the joy, the elation I feel since I was blessed with becoming myself a Reiki Master/Teacher!!!
There were six of us in all taking this weekend training and we all were coming from different backgrounds. For most of us, this was a long journey of at least three years from the first time we took our very first Reiki class… For one, it had been an 11 year journey…. regardless of time, we were all where we needed to be.
For some students, taking the first two levels may be enough. But, as Patricia had reminded us, taking this next siginificant level only adds more depth to our understanding and our own practice of Reiki. And guess what?! She was absolutely right!!! We learned so much more and deepened our practice. Our souls became fuller, our minds more open, and our hearts more expansive… if that was even possible.
Our healing sessions were stronger and more powerful even after only 2 days of additional learning/training/commitment. We were all pleasantly surprised at how quickly we were able to feel the energy!!!
Since I became a Reiki Shihan (even in this short time), I have never felt more joyful and lighter than I have EVER!!! I have set my intentions and many wonderful events have already occurred when I am focused/centered/in light and love. Coming from a place of peace and compassion brings only abundance and prosperity in all areas of my life.
I am eternally grateful to my teacher/friend/Shihan, Patricia who provides continued support and love to all she meets and teaches; to my family for their incessant love and encouragement; and of course, to God for giving me the gifts that I am blessed with to share with others every single day.
Check back to see when the first Reiki I class will be scheduled here in Orlando!!!
Continued blessings and joy to you and yours!!!


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WXPN Announces Holiday Season Programming Highlights: The Night Before on XPN, World Cafe® Christmas Special, Rockin' New Years Eve, Year in Review & More
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – It's the most wonderful time of the year and today WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) music and noncommercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, announced its programming highlights for the holidays.
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WXPN Features JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
PHILADELPHIA, PA - the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A music and non-commercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, names JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound as its December Artist To Watch. WXPN Music Director and Host Dan Reed presented the first of the month's on-air segments today, December 1, in the 4 p.m. hour.
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WXPN Debuts Sense of Place Series on World Cafe Quarterly travel and music series kicks off in Dublin, Ireland
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – WXPN (http://www.xpn.org), the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) music and a noncommercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, today debuted a new quarterly series entitled "Sense of Place" on its flagship program, World Cafe.
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WXPN's Kids Corner Program Discusses Child Abuse Host Kathy O'Connell interviews social worker Tracy Thomasey from the Support Center for Child Advocates
Philadelphia, Pa. – WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) music and home of the Peabody award-winning Kids Corner radio show, will air a special Kids Corner program on Monday, November 21 on the subject of child abuse. Host Kathy O'Connell will speak with social worker Tracey Thomasey from the Support Center for Child Advocates who will share strategies families can use together to identify and report incidents of abuse.
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WXPN Features Alabama Shakes as the XPN Artist To Watch for November
PHILADELPHIA, PA - WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A music and non-commercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, names Alabama Shakes as its November Artist To Watch. WXPN Music Director and Host Dan Reed presented the first of the month's on-air segments today, November 1, in the 4 p.m. hour.
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WXPN Features Laura Marling as the XPN Artist To Watch for October
PHILADELPHIA, PA - WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A music and non-commercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, names Laura Marling as its October Artist To Watch. WXPN Asst. Music Director and Host Mike Vasilikos presented the first of the month's on-air segments today, October 3, in the 4 p.m. hour.
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WXPN Partners with Philadelphia Brewing Co. to Produce World Cafe® Broadcaster Brown Ale Limited-time beer brewed in honor of the World Cafe® 20th anniversary
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – WXPN (http://www.xpn.org), the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) music and producer of the World Cafe®, today announced that it has teamed up with Philadelphia Brewing Co. to produce the World Cafe® Broadcaster Brown Ale. Brewed in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the World Cafe® radio program, the Broadcaster Brown Ale will be available on draught at select bars throughout the greater Philadelphia region beginning at the end of September.
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WXPN Features Diego Garcia as the XPN Artist To Watch for September
PHILADELPHIA, PA - WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A music and non-commercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, names Diego Garcia as its September Artist To Watch. WXPN Music Director and Host Dan Reed presented the first of the month's on-air segments today, September 1, in the 4 p.m. hour.
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Philadelphia, Pa. The Key (http://thekey.xpn.org), WXPN's online source for discovering Philly's best local music and a member of NPR's ARGO Network, today launched a monthly online video series called The Key Studio Video Sessions to highlight local musicians.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A music and non-commercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, names Cults and Foster The People, as its July Artists To Watch. WXPN Assistant Music Director and On-Air Host Mike Visilikos presented the first of the month's on-air segments today, July 1, in the 4 p.m. hour.
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WXPN Features Givers as the XPN Artist To Watch for June
PHILADELPHIA, PA – WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A music and non-commercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, names Givers as its June Artist To Watch. WXPN Music Director and Host Dan Reed presented the first of the month's on-air segments on, June 1, in the 4 p.m. hour.
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Террористический акт в Могадишо произошёл 1 мая 2010 года, целью атаки стала мечеть около рынка Бакаара. В результате двойного взрыва в мечети в столице Сомали погибли по меньшей мере 45 человек, более ста человек получили ранения.

Ход атаки
В 13:00 по местному времени прогремели 2 взрыва в мечети города Могадишо. После взрывов, в Бакааре началась вооружённая борьба между охраной рынка и радикальными исламистскими боевиками. В перестрелке погибло 2 человека, ещё 13 получили ранения.

В результате взрыва погиб высокопоставленный руководитель Джамаат Аш-Шабааб, а другой лидер был тяжело ранен. По словам очевидцев все кто находился внутри мечети были убиты или ранены. Боевики из Аш-Шабааба охраняли эту мечеть, поэтому основной версией произошедшего является конфликт между многочисленными преступными группировками Могадишо.

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Террористические акты, совершённые в Могадишо
Террористические акты 2010 года
События 1 мая
Май 2010 года
2010 год в Сомали
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German container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd AG has decided to partially redeem EUR 170 million (USD 195.1 million) of its senior note on February 11, 2019, and prior to its maturity 2022 at a fixed redemption price of 103.375 percent.
The senior note was issued in February 2017 with an aggregate principal amount of EUR 450 million. The annual coupon is 6.75 percent.
As informed, the partial redemption will be done from cash proceeds, predominantly resulting from a settled long-term receivable of United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) in an amount of USD 152 million (around EUR 133 million as of today).
This receivable arose in the course of the business combination with Hapag-Lloyd from the sale of an investment in an associate, according to the company.
"Further deleveraging and optimizing our capital structure are important goals of our financial agenda," Nicolás Burr, Chief Financial Officer of Hapag-Lloyd, said.
"Partially repaying this senior note ahead of maturity is a step on the right direction to reach our leverage target, further improve our repayment profile and continue to reduce interest expenses," Burr added.
With a fleet of 222 containerships and a total transport capacity of 1.6 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of approximately 2.6 million TEU.