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Q: Perl paragraph n-gram Let's say I have a sentence of text:
$body = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog';

and I want to get that sentence into a hash of 'keywords', but I want to allow multi-word keywords;  I have the following to get single word keywords:
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+)/g;

After this is complete, I have a hash that looks like the following:
'the' => 2,
'quick' => 1,
'brown' => 1,
'fox' => 1,
'jumps' => 1,
'over' => 1,
'lazy' => 1,
'dog' => 1

The next step, so that I can get 2-word keywords, is the following:
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+ \w+)/g;

But that only gets every "other" pair; looking like this:
'the quick' => 1,
'brown fox' => 1,
'jumps over' => 1,
'the lazy' => 1

I also need the one word offset:
'quick brown' => 1,
'fox jumps' => 1,
'over the' => 1

Is there an easier way to do this than the following?
my $orig_body = $body;
# single word keywords
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+)/g;
# double word keywords
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+ \w+)/g;
$body =~ s/^(\w+)//;
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+ \w+)/g;
$body = $orig_body;
# triple word keywords
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+ \w+ \w+)/g;
$body =~ s/^(\w+)//;
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+ \w+ \w+)/g;
$body = $orig_body;
$body =~ s/^(\w+ \w+)//;
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(\w+ \w+ \w+)/g;

A: While the described task might be interesting to code by hand,
would not it be better to use an existing CPAN module that handles n-grams?  It looks like Text::Ngrams (as opposed to Text::Ngram) can handle word-based n-gram analysis.

A: You can do something a little funky with lookaheads:
If I do:
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(?=(\w+ \w+))\w+/g;

That expression says to look ahead for two words (and capture them), but consume 1.
I get:
%words: {
          'brown fox' => 1,
          'fox jumps' => 1,
          'jumps over' => 1,
          'lazy dog' => 1,
          'over the' => 1,
          'quick brown' => 1,
          'the lazy' => 1,
          'the quick' => 1
        }

It seems I can generalize this by putting in a variable for count:
my $n    = 4;
$words{$_}++ for $body =~ m/(?=(\w+(?: \w+){$n}))\w+/g;

A: I would use look-ahead to collect everything but the first word.  That way, the position advances correctly automatically:
my $body = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog';

my %words;

++$words{$1}         while $body =~ m/(\w+)/g;
++$words{"$1 $2"}    while $body =~ m/(\w+) \s+ (?= (\w+) )/gx;
++$words{"$1 $2 $3"} while $body =~ m/(\w+) \s+ (?= (\w+) \s+ (\w+) )/gx;

You could simplify it a bit if you want to stick with a single space instead of \s+ (don't forget to remove the /x modifier if you do that), since you could collect any number of words in $2, instead of using one group per word.

A: Is there any particular reason for doing this using regexes alone?  The obvious approach to me would to split the text into an array, then use a pair of nested loops to extract your counts from it.  Something along the lines of:
#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $text = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog';
my $max_words = 3;

my @words = split / /, $text;
my %counts;

for my $pos (0 .. $#words) {
  for my $phrase_len (0 .. ($pos >= $max_words ? $max_words - 1 : $pos)) {
    my $phrase = join ' ', @words[($pos - $phrase_len) .. $pos];
    $counts{$phrase}++;
  }
}

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper(\%counts);

Output:
$VAR1 = {
          'over the lazy' => 1,
          'the' => 2,
          'over' => 1,
          'brown fox jumps' => 1,
          'brown fox' => 1,
          'the lazy dog' => 1,
          'jumps over' => 1,
          'the lazy' => 1,
          'the quick brown' => 1,
          'fox jumps' => 1,
          'over the' => 1,
          'brown' => 1,
          'fox jumps over' => 1,
          'quick brown' => 1,
          'jumps' => 1,
          'lazy' => 1,
          'jumps over the' => 1,
          'lazy dog' => 1,
          'dog' => 1,
          'quick brown fox' => 1,
          'fox' => 1,
          'the quick' => 1,
          'quick' => 1
        };

Edit: Fixed $phrase_len loop to prevent use of negative indexes, which was causing incorrect results, per cjm's comment.

A: Use the pos operator

pos SCALAR
Returns the offset of where the last m//g search left off for the variable in question ($_ is used when the variable is not specified).

and the @- special array

@LAST_MATCH_START
@-
$-[0] is the offset of the start of the last successful match. $-[n] is the offset of the start of the substring matched by n-th subpattern, or undef if the subpattern did not match.

For example, the program below grabs each pair's second word in its own capture and rewinds the match's position so what was the second word will be the next pair's first word:
#! /usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

my $body = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog';

my %words;
while ($body =~ /(\w+ (\w+))/g) {
  ++$words{$1};
  pos($body) = $-[2];
}

for (sort { index($body,$a) <=> index($body,$b) } keys %words) {
  print "'$_' => $words{$_}\n";
}

Output:
'the quick' => 1
'quick brown' => 1
'brown fox' => 1
'fox jumps' => 1
'jumps over' => 1
'over the' => 1
'the lazy' => 1
'lazy dog' => 1


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Index: Authors
Literary Awards & Prizes
National Biography Award Winners, 2020
tags: Biographies, Jessica White, Patrick Mullins
I've not posted on many awards this year, but have decided to post on the 2020 National Biography Award, partly because I attended events last year involving each of the winners.
This Award was endowed in 1996 by Geoffrey Cains, and supported for many years by Michael Crouch, who died in 2018. It is now being supported by the Nelson Meers Foundation whose key objective is "to foster innovative artistic and cultural expression, and to encourage greater engagement with the diversity, complexity and richness of our cultural sector". They increased the prize money for the shortlisted authors, and created a new prize to commemorate Michael Crouch, all of which started last year. The current prizes are:
$25,000 for the winner
$2,000 for each of six shortlisted authors
$5,000 Michael Crouch Award for a first published biography by an Australian writer
The shortlist for 2020 was announced on 9 July and comprised:
Chloe Higgins' The girls: A memoir of family, grief and sexuality
Jacqueline Kent's Beyond words: A year with Kenneth Cook (Lisa's review)
Russell McGregor's Idling in green places: A life of Alec Chisholm
Patrick Mullins' Tiberius with a telephone: The life and stories of William McMahon
Amra Pajalić's Things nobody knows but me
Jessica White's Hearing Maud (my review)
These were chosen from 89 entries, which, explained judge Margy Burn, ranged across classic biography, autobiography, intimate life writing and affectionate memoir. The subjects she said were equally diverse. The shortlist contains two biographies (those by McGregor and Mullins) and four works that are more autobiographical/personal life-writing in nature. This was similar to last year's shortlist, and suggests a change – a loosening up – in our expectation and appreciation of biography and autobiography. Jessica White's engaging Hearing Maud, for example, is what I'd call a hybrid biography-memoir.
This year's judges were:
Margy Burn: librarian who has been responsible for Australian special collections at the National Library of Australia, and other state and university libraries; served on working parties for the Australian Dictionary of Biography; a foundation judge for the Kibble and Dobbie awards for life writing by a woman author and a National Biography Award judge in 2019.
MarkMcKenna: one of Australia's leading historians, who has written several award-winning books, including From the edge: Australia's Lost Histories, An eye for eternity: The life of Manning Clark, and Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian history of place.
Richard White: retired Associate Professor in Australian history from the University of Sydney in 2013, who has written or edited many books including Inventing Australia, The Oxford book of Australian travel writing, On holidays: A history of getting away in Australia, Symbols of Australia; has judged the Premier's Literary Awards and other history prizes, and been involved in Australian history associations and journals.
The overall winner, announced last night, 28 August, is Patrick Mullins' Tiberius with a telephone: The life and stories of William McMahon. I attended and posted on a panel at the 2019 Canberra Writers Festival which included Patrick Mullins. He explained that he'd done his PhD in political biography at the University of Canberra in 2014, but hadn't written one. He looked around and Billy McMahon, he said, "was there for the taking" (with "good reason" he added!) Researching McMahon, he became intrigued by the disconnect between the reputation (the derision) and the reality (twenty plus years covering all major portfolios as well as prime minister.) In his acceptance speech for the Award, Mullins quoted historian Tom Griffiths who says that the great virtue of history is its willingness to acknowledge complexity – and McMahon, and his legacy, surely make for one complex history! The judges wrote:
Mullins' biography demonstrates a command and surety of voice which sustains the reader's interest. Political biography can be tedious reading. The author's study of the genre, impressive research and masterful use of McMahon's unpublished autobiography does much to recover McMahon's achievements, despite his manifest flaws. This outstanding book shows there is still a place for classic biography.
The winner of the Michael Crouch Award for a Debut Work was Jessica White's Hearing Maud, which I have reviewed here (see link above). In her acceptance speech, White talked about how no-one listened to Maud (daughter of Australian novelist Rosa Praed) while she was alive, and that in paralleling Maud's experience of profound deafness with her own, a century later, she wanted to show that little had changed in terms of discrimination and "the expectations that we hide our deafness." I attended and posted on a conversation with Jessica White on this book last year. The judges wrote:
The writing, unsentimental and unobtrusive, beautifully evokes White's life: a sunny Australian farm childhood, miserable London winters, the challenges of her journey to understand Maud. There are shrewd insights into the history of deafness and its treatments, the ideological battles between signing and oralism and sign language's relationship to the emergence of the telegraph and the fad of automatic writing. But we are also left with a sense of exhaustion: how gruellingly hard it is to be deaf, an often invisible disability in a hearing world. This is simultaneously a contribution to the history of nineteenth-century women's lives, a revelatory study of deafness, and a fine work of Australian life writing.
You can listen to the awards announcement, with comments from judge Margy Burn and the two winners, on YouTube:
Congratulations to the winners and, of course, the shortlisted authors. A great achievement.
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Brian Joseph permalink
These biographies sound interesting. I have not heard of a lot of awards dedicated to biographies but of course they are out there. I read a fair amount of biography, in fact I sm reading one now. I am glad to see that there are indeed awards out there.
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Thanks Brian. I don't know much about the variety of awards in the USA, but we have a few awards here for biographies and/or life writing. It's good seeing this style of writing recognised.
Lisa Hill permalink
LOL Sue, does this mean you are going to read the McMahon bio?
Well, I should say yes as I'd like to support a local author, but political biographies are not my high priority! I'm glad though that someone as done him and, perhaps, put the whole man on record …
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A somewhat unappealing prospect, imnsho .. 😉
Each to their own M-R.This is probably one for the political junkies…. And, you know that saying about knowing your enemies! Still, given my reading interests, it's low priority. Great title and cover though. A change from the FIRST NAME LAST NAME: A LIFE. and a head and shoulders portrait, all in muted or neutral colours.
Cannot imagine being drawn to writing about Billy McMahon ! – so kudos to Mullins (even if the size of the tome makes my eyes roll),
"classic biography, autobiography, intimate life writing and affectionate memoir", eh ..? Hmmm .. Another opportunity gone. Sighh .. [wink]
Yes, good point M-R. I guess if you think here is someone who had a presence but hasn't been written about you feel you have an opportunity, but he's certainly an interesting choice.
As for missed opportunities… Ah well, such is life eh!
Janine Dickinson permalink
Thanks Janine.
Sue permalink
I can't put any more on my "to read" list! I'll never cope!
I do remember we used to visit Kenneths Cook's butterfly farm which from memory was in Dural in Sydney – apparently it was a financial failure. Did you ever go there Sue? The biography of Kenneth Cook is the only one of these I've read. Of course back then I didn't know who he was or who owned it – we just enjoyed the butterflies. Wake in Fright is such a marvellous movie – I've stayed in the hotel with the murals on the wall where they filmed some of it – Broken Hill is a fascinating town.
Understand completely Sue. Too many books.
No, we did go to Dural a few times, but I don't recollect visiting the farm, though it rings a vague bell.
Broken Hill is still on my to-visit list. Having lived in the mini town of Mt Isa for three years I have always wanted to visit the town that we saw as our main "rival"!
PS I've fixed the apostrophe and deleted your other comment! You can therefore relax your red face!
Thank you Sue, I'm not sure how that apostrophe got away from me!
You lived in Mt Isa for 3 years how fascinating what was it like do tell!
I remember the butterfly farm surprisingly vividly, so it must have made an impact on me. I'm sure it was out at Dural when it was still country out that way.
Broken Hill is actually lovely – great cafes, friendly people, beautiful scenery around there, artists to visit- and a hotel that boasts being in Wake in Fright – under normal circumstances, not covid – it's quite a happening town. I suspect if I lived there I would dream of the sea and green grass though. The locals will tell you it's no accident the first painting purchased for the art gallery there was a seascape!
I admit the biography of Billy McMahon is probably something I should read but.. so many books so little time…
Things like apostrophes getting away from you happen to all of us. I really wish we could edit our own comments on someone else's blog.
I lived in Mt Isa in my pre-teen/early teen years, leaving there early in my second year of high school. I really loved living there. It's probably largely why I left Sydney as soon as I finished my studies. I like a lot about urban living but I don't like BIG cities. We were in Mt Isa during the big strike. They were interesting times.
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I am giving up commenting on Awards posts, but before I do: Well done Jess!
Haha, Bill … fair enough on giving up commenting on them. They can become overwhelming can't they. I wanted to write this one because I'd read (and heard) one winner and had heard the other.
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The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opens in September.
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I'm sitting in the bar of Cape Town's new It hotel, the Silo, talking with Mark Coetzee, chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA). Conveniently for culture vultures, the hotel and the museum are in the same edifice, a former grain silo on the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, the city's harbor.
The debut of the world's first museum of contemporary African art on African soil is a historic event.
The museum, opening September 22, commands the first seven levels, the hotel—a surprisingly happy combination of industrial chic and chandeliered opulence—the top eight. (Guests have direct access to the museum's sixth-floor sculpture garden.) The views from the hotel's giant, geodesic dome–like windows (by British architect Thomas Heatherwick, who also transformed 42 vast grain storage tubes into the museum's galleries and magnificent, Gaudíesque foyer) are extraordinary: Gulls screech, the Indian Ocean sparkles to one side, Table Mountain looms on another, and from the wharves below tours depart for Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.
The visionary Zeitz MOCAA shares historic Cape Town real estate with the Silo Hotel (in the tower).
The debut of the world's first museum of contemporary African art on African soil is a historic event. "Think about it," says Coetzee, a local boy, as he calls himself, who spent 25 years in the United States. "Artists elsewhere have these incredible public institutions: the Whitney, the Tate. They're given platforms from which to talk to the whole world. In Africa, before us, there really wasn't anything. Most artists here are not even represented by a gallery."
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Athi-Patra Ruga's The Night of the Long Knives III, which will be among the works exhibited.
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The museum will create and host traveling exhibitions ("We've partnered with global institutions to do exchanges—all the biggies"). It will have a strong educational component ("Museums here have been part of the colonial inheritance. We need to train young people to be curators").
It will have a broad and deep curatorial structure ("Because culture is such contested terrain in this part of the world, with a history of Eurocentric narratives, I wanted to make sure that no one, myself included, could take complete ownership, that there would always be non-consenting voices").
In addition to painting and sculpture, Zeitz MOCAA will focus on art forms especially relevant to Africa now: photography ("It was very involved in the liberation struggles"); costume ("body modification, face painting, jewelry"); the moving image ("important to young people here"); and performative practice ("using the body to create art about all the things that challenge us in the moment").
The galleries are still empty when I visit, but Coetzee describes one of the opening's central exhibits. "It will bring together 50 artists, the most profound, important, evocative stuff from all over Africa and the world." Its title? "All Things Being Equal." In one important cultural sense, they finally will be.
This story appears in the September 2017 issue of Town & Country.
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Trade Apps Clamp Down on GameStop Shares
Reddit and Wall Street's game of investment chicken continues to escalate.
Over the last several days, surges in video game retailer GameStop have continued to surge and fluctuate wildly as Wall Street hedge fund managers clash on the board with investors from the wallstreetbets subreddit. To elaborate further on a previous report, hedge fund managers were allegedly betting on GameStop's value to tank, which is why they bought shares and shorted them to turn a profit. Investors on the subreddit caught wind of this, and in an effort to force the managers into spending large quantities of money, began buying stock en masse to drive up the price.
As a result of this volatility, consumer trading apps like Robinhood and TD Ameritrade have begun to limit the trade of GameStop's stock. However, as hedge fund managers are still capable of buying and selling like normal, some users of these apps have begun to suspect foul play, accusing the apps of trying to forcefully remove them from trading. Initially, this clamp-down caused the value of the GameStop shares to drop at the opening of trading this morning, but they are already on the rise again as users seek other ways to buy and hold shares. At time of writing, GameStop shares are valued at $411.50 USD.
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The phrase "DO NOT SELL" is currently trending on Twitter as the investors from the wallstreetbets subreddit encourage each other to hold onto their shares as long as possible and continue to drive up the price. Yesterday, the subreddit itself briefly went down, allegedly due to overcrowding, though it was restored shortly after. In that brief down time, a second subreddit arose, titled wallstreetbetsnew, coordinating the investors in the the interim.
Multiple prolific faces have spoken in support of the Reddit investors, including US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "Gotta admit it's really something to see Wall Streeters with a long history of treating our economy as a casino complain about a message board of posters also treating the market as a casino," she wrote on her Twitter.
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Piedmont Office Realty Trust Reports First Quarter 2016 Results
ATLANTA, May 2, 2016 --Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. ("Piedmont" or the "Company") (NYSE:PDM), an owner of primarily Class A office properties located in select sub-markets of major U.S. cities, today announced its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Highlights for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016:
Achieved Core Funds From Operations ("Core FFO") of $0.41 per diluted share as compared with $0.39 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2015;
Achieved Adjusted Funds from Operations ("AFFO") of $0.30 per diluted share;
Completed over 350,000 square feet of leasing, approximately half of which related to new leases, improving the overall leased percentage of the portfolio to 91.7%;
Paid off a $125.0 million maturing mortgage, reducing the amount of secured debt;
Repurchased almost half a million shares of its common stock at an average price of $17.20 per share; and
Marketed three assets for sale that closed subsequent to quarter end.
Donald A. Miller, CFA, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "During the first quarter, we maintained our focus on many of the same strategies we employed during 2015. We began marketing several non-core assets in the portfolio for sale and capitalized on the volatile equity market by opportunistically investing in our own stock. Improved occupancy levels and the attendant NOI increases, coupled with our repurchase activity, allowed us to deliver increased year over year FFO per share results, despite the sale of almost $1 billion of assets during 2015. Given that we have very few expirations in 2016 and 2017, our leasing activity during the first quarter concentrated on remaining vacancies."
Results for the Quarter ended March 31, 2016
Piedmont recognized net income applicable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2016 of $10.4 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, as compared with $19.2 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The first quarter of 2015 included a $10.1 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, gain on sale of real estate asset during the period associated with the sale of 3900 Dallas Parkway, located in Plano, TX.
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2016 were $138.0 million as compared to $149.8 million for the same period a year ago, primarily due to the sale of nine assets during 2015, including our largest asset, Aon Center. The decrease was partially offset by acquisitions subsequent to the first quarter of last year and new leases commencing over the last twelve months.
Property operating costs decreased approximately $10.0 million, from $64.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $54.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, primarily due to the sale of nine assets during 2015, including Aon Center.
Results for the three months ended March 31, 2016 also reflect a $2.6 million decrease in interest expense and a $1.5 million increase in general and administrative expense as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2015. The decrease in interest expense as compared to the same quarter of the prior year is attributable to the use of disposition proceeds to lower our average outstanding debt balance and lower interest rates due to refinancing activity. The increase in general and administrative expense is primarily a result of increased accruals for potential performance-based stock compensation during the quarter ended March 31, 2016 due to the Company's out performance relative to its peers with regard to total shareholder return during the first quarter of 2016.
Funds From Operations ("FFO") and Core FFO were both $0.41 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2016 as compared to $0.39 for those same metrics for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The per share increase was primarily driven by the commencement of several new leases and increased occupancy over the past twelve months and an almost nine million share reduction in our weighted average shares outstanding as a result of shares repurchased using disposition proceeds over the last twelve months.
AFFO was $43.6 million, or $0.30 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to $45.6 million, or $0.30 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The approximately $2.1 million decrease was driven by an increase in the straight line effects of our lease revenue during the quarter ended March 31, 2016 as compared to the first quarter of the previous year due primarily to rental abatements on recently commenced leases. This decrease was offset on a per share basis by an almost nine million share reduction in our weighted average shares outstanding as a result of shares repurchased over the last twelve months.
Leasing Update
The Company's leasing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2016 totaled 353,000 square feet, of which approximately 182,000 related to new tenant leasing. Highlights of new leasing for the quarter included an approximately 29,000 square foot, 3-year lease with Telogis, Inc. at Braker Point III in Austin, TX and an approximately 28,000 square foot lease through June of 2019 with GKN Aerospace at 6031 Connection Drive in Irving, TX. Renewal highlights included Vertex's 5-year renewal of its approximately 26,000 square feet at Sarasota Commerce Center in Sarasota, FL; and McKinsey and Company, Inc.'s 5-year extension of it's approximately 20,000 square feet at 150 West Jefferson, in Detroit, MI. In addition, Bomgar renewed and expanded to 21,000 square feet for approximately 7 years at 11695 John's Creek Parkway, in John's Creek, GA.
The Company's overall portfolio was approximately 91.7% leased as of March 31, 2016, up 290 basis points from 88.8% a year ago. Weighted average lease term remaining was approximately 6.7 years as of March 31, 2016, consistent with December 31, 2015. Cash basis SSNOI was $69.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, up approximately 1% over the same period in the prior year. As of March 31, 2016, the Company had approximately 1.4 million square feet of commenced leases that were in some form of abatement, as well as approximately 0.6 million square feet of executed leases for currently vacant space yet to commence. Details outlining Piedmont's significant upcoming lease expirations, the status of current leasing activity, and a schedule of significant near-term abatement periods can be found in the Company's quarterly supplemental information package available at www.piedmontreit.com.
Financing Activity
During the three months ended March 31, 2016, we repaid a maturing $125.0 million, 5.5% mortgage loan collateralized by four properties using property sales proceeds and capacity on our $500 million line of credit. Total debt decreased by approximately $27.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Transactional Activity Subsequent to Quarter End
On April 21, 2016, Piedmont sold 1055 E. Colorado, an approximately 176,000 square foot 99% leased, office building located in Pasadena, CA, for $61.3 million ($348 per square foot).
On April 28, 2016, Piedmont sold Fairway Center II, an approximately 134,000 square foot, 97% leased, office building located in Brea, CA, for $33.8 million ($252 per square foot).
Additionally, on May 2, 2016, Piedmont sold 1901 Main Street, an approximately 173,000 square foot, 100% leased, office building located in Irvine, CA, for $66.0 million ($382 per square foot).
The above three transactions complete various reverse 1031 exchanges with three office properties acquired by the Company in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Second Quarter Dividend Declaration
On April 27, 2016, the board of directors of Piedmont declared dividends for the second quarter of 2016 in the amount of $0.21 per share on its common stock to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 27, 2016, payable on June 17, 2016.
Guidance for 2016
Based on management's expectations, the Company affirms its previous guidance for full-year 2016 as follows:
(in millions, except per share data) Low High
Net Income $137 - $156
Add: Depreciation, Amortization, and Other 169 - 176
Less: Gain on Sale of Real Estate Assets (75 ) - (90)
Core FFO $231 - $242
Core FFO per diluted share $1.58 - $1.66
These estimates reflect management's view of current market conditions and incorporate certain economic and operational assumptions and projections. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates based on a variety of factors, including those discussed under "Forward Looking Statements" below. Note that individual quarters may fluctuate on both a cash basis and an accrual basis due to lease commencements and expirations, abatement periods, the timing of repairs and maintenance, capital expenditures, capital markets activities, seasonal general and administrative expenses, and one-time revenue or expense events. In addition, the Company's guidance is based on information available to management as of the date of this release.
This release contains certain supplemental non-GAAP financial measures, such as FFO, Core FFO, AFFO, Same Store NOI, Property NOI, and Core EBITDA. See below for definitions and reconciliations of these metrics to their most comparable GAAP metric.
Piedmont has scheduled a conference call and an audio web cast for Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern daylight time. The live audio web cast of the call may be accessed on the Company's website at www.piedmontreit.com in the Investor Relations section. Dial-in numbers are (877) 407-0778 for participants in the United States and Canada and (201) 689-8565 for international participants. A replay of the conference call will be available through May 17, 2016, and may be accessed by dialing (877) 660-6853 for participants in the United States and Canada and (201) 612-7415 for international participants, followed by conference identification code 13634256. A web cast replay will also be available after the conference call in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website. During the audio web cast and conference call, the Company's management team will review first quarter 2016 performance, discuss recent events, and conduct a question-and-answer period.
Quarterly supplemental information as of and for the period ended March 31, 2016 can be accessed on the Company`s website under the Investor Relations section at www.piedmontreit.com.
About Piedmont Office Realty Trust
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PDM) is an owner, manager, developer, and operator of high-quality, Class A office properties located in select sub-markets of major U.S. cities. Its geographically-diversified, over $5 billion portfolio is comprised of approximately 20 million square feet. The Company is a fully-integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) with local management offices in each of its major markets and is investment-grade rated by Standard & Poor's (BBB) and Moody's (Baa2). For more information, see www.piedmontreit.com.
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Company intends for all such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe-harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as applicable. Such information is subject to certain risks and uncertainties, as well as known and unknown risks, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Therefore, such statements are not intended to be a guarantee of the Company`s performance in future periods. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by our use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "believe," "continue" or similar words or phrases that are predictions of future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. Examples of such statements in this press release include, but are not limited to the Company's estimated range of Net Income, Depreciation, Amortization and Other, Gain on Sale of Real Estate Assets, Core FFO and Core FFO per diluted share for the year ending December 31, 2016.
The following are some of the factors that could cause the Company`s actual results and its expectations to differ materially from those described in the Company`s forward-looking statements: economic, regulatory and socio-economic changes (including accounting standards) that impact the real estate market generally or that could affect the patters of use of commercial office space, may cause our operating results to suffer and decrease the value of our real estate properties; the success of our real estate strategies and investment objectives, including our ability to identify and consummate suitable acquisitions and divestitures; lease terminations or lease defaults, particularly by one of our large lead tenants; the impact of competition on our efforts to renew existing leases or re-let space on terms similar to existing leases; changes in the economies and other conditions affecting the office market in general and of the specific markets in which we operate, particularly in Washington, D.C., the New York metropolitan area, and Chicago where we have high concentrations of office properties; the illiquidity of real estate investments could significantly impede our ability to respond to adverse changes in the performance of our properties; acquisitions of properties may have unknown risks and other liabilities at the time of acquisition; development and construction delays and resultant increased costs and risks may negatively impact our operating results; our real estate development strategies may not be successful; future terrorist attacks in the major metropolitan areas in which we own properties could significantly impact the demand for, and value of, our properties; additional risks and costs associated with directly managing properties occupied by government tenants; adverse market and economic conditions may negatively affect us and could cause us to recognize impairment charges on both our long-lived assets or goodwill or otherwise impact our performance; availability of financing and our lending banks' ability to honor existing line of credit commitments; costs of complying with governmental laws and regulations; future offerings of debt or equity securities may adversely affect the market price of our common stock; changes in market interest rates may have an effect on the value of our common stock; uncertainties associated with environmental and other regulatory matters; potential changes in political environment and reduction in federal and/or state funding of our governmental tenants; we may be subject to litigation, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition; changes in tax laws impacting REITs and real estate in general, as well as our ability to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code; and other factors detailed in the Company`s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2015, and other documents the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company cannot guarantee the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements contained in this press release, and the Company does not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Investigators say the woman was alert and conscious when officers arrived on the scene on Albany Avenue around 2 p.m. Sunday. She was listed in stable condition at St. Francis Hospital and police say the bullet is lodged in her brain.
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Some '7 Little Johnstons' Fans Think Anna Might Have Moved out Already — What's the Truth?
By Leila Kozma
Jun. 8 2021, Published 2:46 p.m. ET
At only 21, Anna Johnston seems to have it all figured out.
Juggling multiple hats likely causes no trouble for the star, who runs a successful small business while also appearing on 7 Little Johnstons. Some fans believe that Anna has already moved out of the Johnston home, but what's the truth? Did she really leave the family nest?
So, did Anna Johnston move out already?
Anna was born on May 7, 2000, in Siberia, Russia. She was adopted by Amber and Trent at age 4. She spent the majority of her childhood years in Forsyth, Ga. Anna graduated from high school in May 2019, and she is currently studying at the North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville, Ga.
From the outset, it looks as though she is more independent than some of her siblings. But has she moved out of the Johnston home yet?
Unlike some of her siblings — looking at you, Jonah — Anna volunteered to move out of the family home. She broached the topic in Season 9, Episode 2 of 7 Little Johnstons. She started thinking about renting a place with a friend named Faith. Her parents weren't all that excited about the prospect of Anna moving out, however.
In the episode, Amber gives Anna a hard time because she wants to move out, telling her that she may not be able to make rent unless she finds a full-time job. After the episode, many viewers took to Twitter to highlight Amber's shortcomings as a parent.
"I think Amber needs some serious parenting skills. Not supportive. She thinks she giving guidance but it's full of criticism. The fact the kids want to escape says it all. This was a very sad episode. My heart goes to Anna. #teamanna," tweeted @mom2punky.
Some fans believe that Anna managed to get her way in the end. Her argument with Amber was likely filmed some time ago, and some viewers think that it's possible that she managed to leave the Johnston home in the meantime.
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Though Anna has yet to post an official announcement on social media, she and her siblings did drop a few hints suggesting that she and Elizabeth might be in the process of making some changes.
Take, for instance, an Instagram post Emma shared on March 24, 2021, which indicates that Anna and Elizabeth have big things coming their way.
"I can't believe in my own two eyes that these two will be starting their new journey in a few weeks. Y'all don't have to leave me, but thank you for the extra space! I'm just proud of how hard-working y'all have been," Emma wrote.
"There might be a tear coming down my face when y'all leave me. I'm going to miss them so much but we will still see each other because we still have things to finish working on. I love you guys dearly and can't wait to see y'all's new adventure ahead!"
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Ardmore Refinances Four Ships
…As Ocean Yield Buys Chemical Tanker Pair***
Tanker owner and operator Ardmore Shipping Corporation has signed agreements for the refinancing of four vessels.
As World Maritime News reported, Ardmore's subsidiaries have signed sale and leaseback deals for the Ardmore Dauntless and Ardmore Defender with Ocean Yield. The lease agreements are for a period of 12 years and include options to repurchase each vessel at various stages prior to maturity.
Additionally, agreements have been secured for the sale and leaseback of the Ardmore Explorer and Ardmore Encounter, two 2014-built 50,000 Dwt Eco-design MR tankers, with an undisclosed Asian financier. The lease agreements are for a period of seven years and they include purchase options as well.
Both transactions are expected to fund in October 2018, enabling the company to cash in a total of USD 19.7 million, net of fees and the repayment of senior debt secured by the vessels.
"These transactions highlight Ardmore's strong financial relationships and our ability to identify opportunities to strengthen our balance sheet and position the company for further opportunistic growth," Anthony Gurnee, Ardmore's Chief Executive Officer, said.
The refinancing comes on the back of a similar deal Ardmore reported back in May for two of its 2013-built Eco-design MR product tankers. The duo secured a sale and leaseback arrangement "with a top-tier Asian financier", the company said.
Ardmore Shipping Corporation reported a net loss of USD 13.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, sinking further into the red from last year's USD 4 million, mostly driven by challenging charter market conditions.
In the meantime, Oslo-listed shipowner Ocean Yield is acquiring two 2015-built 37,000 dwt IMO II chemical tankers for USD 51 million.
The ships have 12-year bareboat charters to companies owned and guaranteed by Ardmore Shipping. Cork-based Ardmore Shipping will have certain options to acquire the vessels during the charter period.
The vessels were built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea and are expected to be delivered to the company during Q4 2018.
"The transaction further diversifies our client base and increases our charter backlog. We continue to evaluate new investment opportunities and expect to continue the growth of our portfolio of vessels," Ocean Yield ASA's Chief Executive Officer Lars Solbakken said in a comment.
The investment is being reported as Ocean Yield takes delivery of the newbuilding Suezmax crude tanker Nordic Tellus from Samsung Heavy Industries' shipyard in South Korea.
The vessel commenced a 10 years' bareboat charter to New York-listed Suezmax owner Nordic American Tankers Limited (NAT) upon delivery.
This is the third 2018 Suezmax newbuilding to joint NAT's fleet this year, all three owned by Ocean Yield.
The first one was delivered to NAT in July and the second ship was delivered in August 2018. The delivery brings the company's fleet to 25 Suezmaxes.
"The Nordic Tellus will be employed in worldwide trading. This third newbuilding has also been financed via a company in the Aker Group (Ocean Yield) with close to 80% in debt of the delivered price of about USD 54 million," NAT said.
"There are improved conditions in the tanker sector. Rates for the fourth quarter are three to four times as high as for the first 9 months of 2018. Rate indexes for suezmax tankers are now in excess of USD 20,000 per day on a TC basis, which is a good indication of the level of the market. NAT is well positioned for the upswing in the market that we now see."
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The Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Phillip Barresi and Mr Tony De Domenico OAM as part-time members of the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) Board.
NHFIC is an independent corporate Commonwealth entity dedicated to improving housing outcomes by reducing pressure on housing affordability. Offering loans, investments and grants to encourage investment in housing – with a particular focus on affordable housing – NHFIC is a key part of the Government's plan to help reduce pressure on housing affordability.
Mr Phillip Barresi has a significant experience in public policy, government, advocacy and stakeholder engagement. Mr Barresi served as Chairman of the Board for Penrite Oil Company and was the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Users Association of Australia and from 2016 2018. Mr Barresi represented the voice of the four governments (Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Egypt) as a Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He also served as a Federal Member for Deakin for 11 years.
Mr Tony De Domenico OAM has deep experience in urban development and higher education. Mr De Domenico recently concluded a four year term as the Independent Chairperson of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, and earlier served as the Chair of Place Victoria for three years. Mr De Domenico served on the Board of Latrobe University for six years, including as Deputy Chancellor. He is also a former member of the ACT Legislative Assembly, serving as Deputy Chief Minister between 1995 and 1997, and was awarded an Order of Australia (OAM) in 2018 for services to urban planning, research and development in Victoria.
The appointment of Mr Barresi and Mr De Domenico will broaden the range of skills on the NHFIC Board, as both appointees bring with them a background in government and policy.


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Terminating the employment of an employee can be tricky, which is why most employers choose to employ their staff on an "at-will" agreement. However, this doesn't always stop employees from trying to sue their former employer for wrongful termination. You're forbidden from firing someone because of age, sex, sexual orientation, and other factors, but you are not forbidden from doing so for performance, conduct, or excessive discipline. It's strongly advised you have an attorney on your side if you are served notice of one of these suits.
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Acting President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee Ch.Naranbaatar has attended the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly, held in Dubai, the UAE.
During the OCA General Assembly, the participants heard reports of regional leaders, the AOC Athletes Committee, Education and Culture Committee, the Finance Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Media Committee, and the Sports Committees.
Giving great importance to the sustainability of the Olympic movement in Asia, the organizing committees of the four upcoming Asian Games (Hangzhou-2022, Aichi-Nagoya-2026, Doha-2030 and Riyadh-2034) delivered presentations.
Moreover, the participants discussed the progress reports on preparations of the 2022 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand as well as the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Shantou, China.
During the OCA General Assembly, Mr. Naranbaatar met with the authorities of the National Olympic Committees of India, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Sri Lanka and Nepal, as well as with head of institutional relations and governance at the IOC National Olympic Committees Mr. Jerome Poivey.
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Art Opportunities In the Community
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Siegel Choral Productions
Children of Eden, 2007
Fame, 2008
Les Mis, 2009
Cats, 2010
Phantom 2011
Evita, 2012
Joseph, 2013
Once on this Island, 2014
Pippin, 2015
Ragtime, 2017
Beauty and the Beast — more to come!
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"Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once."
― Robert Browning
The local university was hosting Freedom Sings, a project of the First Amendment Center. Their description says, "American history meets rock 'n roll to put together a remarkable story…about how guitars and drums changed the path of history because they were accompanied by the kind of lyrics that make a difference." A friend of ours was going to be performing, and that was reason enough to attend (read the previous article about 'showing up', you'll understand). In my seat, I was quickly drawn in by the energy of the students filling the hall and the performers and instruments occupying the stage. As Ken Paulson, president of First Amendment Center, explained the purpose behind the performance — connecting free speech and music — I felt the power of the music. As Browning says, my solitude was peopled at once.
When I write, I hope my words are meaningful, even making a difference for the reader. Lyrics of the songs we hear have been meaningful to people in happy or sad or frustrating situations. Lyrics, though get a tune. The tune makes the difference. A tune helps us hold the words in our heads, and in our hearts. As the songs were performed and their history was shared, I found that I moved between joy and sadness, teary at times. The music was powerful.
The power of music (with words and without) is well-documented. A study in 2011 showed that listening to music increases the dopamine in a person's brain, helping to ease depression and anxiety. Another study has shown that infants remain calmer when music is played for them than when sweet words are spoken to them. Cognitive, emotional, and social health were positively impacted when patients with dementia participated in singing or listening to music. Studies show time and again that lives are positively impacted through every part of music.
Some people are born to make music, and we all seem to be created to enjoy music — the way it resonates with our bodies and minds. When a songwriter is moved by things happening in the world, he or she pens lyrics that will be joined by a tune to change the listener's vision of the world.
Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind speaks to all of the injustices he saw in the world in the 1960's — "how many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry, Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died…" Sam Cooke, inspired by Dylan's words, penned his own tune A Change is Gonna Come, with words that remind us of the way he was treated as a black man, "I go to the movie and I go downtown and somebody keep telling me don't hang around."
The ability of music to benefit the human brain coupled with lyrics that teach about the world the writer sees can combine to make a powerful punch for the listener — for generations to come. As we sat that day with a younger crowd, I found it exciting to think we all can learn the same lessons from music — compassion for people in different walks of life, empowerment to speak up when we see actions threatening freedoms, and hope that each of us can make meaningful contributions to conversations in society.
I asked Ken Paulson to offer words to explain this magic — "At a time when too few people appreciate the importance of both free speech and listening to each other, songs with meaning can open up the eyes of students who otherwise might not engage with important issues of the day. Thomas Jefferson and Lady Gaga can be a potent combination."
Find some tunes this week that speak to you and let the emotion wash over you as you benefit both your brain and your social conscience.
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The $110 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia is fake news.
The bottleneck in Rex Tillerson's State Department. Tillerson is depending primarily on two aides who don't have a lot of foreign policy experience, rather than the expertise in State's various bureaus.
Apparently Donald Trump's insistence on absolute loyalty is part of the reason that government jobs are going unfilled. More about why those jobs are unfilled.
That Russian bank that Jared Kushner (and, btw, Carter Page) was dealing with.
In a desperate bid to bring back international visitors, the Japanese Tourism Agency is pulling out all the stops, from lobbying A-list celebrities like Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber as spokesmen, to possibly offering 10,000 free flights in 2012.
Since the devastating tsunami and nuclear accident in Fukushima earlier this year, many travelers have been wary to return. Pair that with the recent appreciation of the Yen, and you have a country that is now battling a radioactive and expensive reputation. But Tokyo, the capital, was largely unaffected by the earthquake, and despite the strong Yen, there are a surprisingly good number of free activities that will not blow the budget.
Cheryl takes on reporters who don't know the difference between radiation and radioactivity, but are quick to scare the public by publishing a very big number of becquerels to scare their readership.
Japan's government has abandoned its policy of promoting atomic power, saying it will reduce reliance on the sector in its first annual review of energy since the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
North Korea is talking again, but Panetta is skeptical.
On a positive note, the Brits think that world power is swinging back to the United States as US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have closed the labour gap with China in a clutch of key industries. The current account might even be in surplus.


Brazilian Grand Prix – Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton was on top again in FP2 after setting the pace in the morning session as well.
He was once again seconded by his team mate Valtteri Bottas, who was 0.048s off Hamilton's time of 1:09.515. Hamilton was three tenths slower than his time from first practice as the track temperature climbed to 54 degrees Centigrade during the lunch break.
Bottas traded the top spot with his team mate, Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel on the soft tyre in the early stages of the session.
Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest, with the gap to the two Mercedes significantly smaller than it was in the morning session – now down to two tenths of a second from half a second which Kimi Raikkonen lagged in FP1.
Vettel was fourth fastest ahead of Verstappen, who was just under four tenths off Hamilton's pace, and Raikkonen who was six tenths off the fastest time.
Esteban Ocon was seventh for Force India ahead of Williams' Felipe Massa and Renault's Nico Hulkenberg.
Fernando Alonso suffered a deployment issue five laps into his run programme, but maintained a top ten position come the chequered flag.
His team mate Stoffel Vandoorne had a brief drama at Turn 2 when he lost the rear of his McLaren and skated across the kerb of Turn 3. He ended the session in 13th.
Romain Grosjean also spun but at Turn 4, having fought the back end of his Haas car throughout the session, and was 15th fastest.
Marcus Ericsson's session ended early when he spun at Turn 11 and his hit the barriers, headed by his right-rear corner. Although he escaped with no visible damage, he did not run for the remainder of the session.
Ferrari junior Antonio Giovinazzi ran in place of Kevin Magnussen for the session, finishing in last place having not put in a qualifying run on the supersoft tyre.


How to Extract Chapter from iTunes Videos by Clipping on Windows?
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Double clicks to launch the M4VGear on your Windows and click on the "Add Movie" button. There will pop up iTunes library showing all the movies, TV shows and other M4V videos you purchased or rented from iTunes. Please choose the videos you want to convert and click "OK" button.
Before conversion, it's available to choose unprotected video and audio formats like MP4, MOV and MP3, etc. from the Output Profile button on the bottom right corner. Output format as "Losslss MP4" is highly recommended, which enables users convert at 20 times faster speed with Dolby 5.1 audio track preserved.
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Edmond de Rothschild, which comprises €150bn assets under management, and its subsidiary OROX Asset Management, have set up a fund that they claim uses Artificial Intelligence to identify attractive investment opportunities in key European cities.
Smart Estate Fund combines traditional research and expertise with a proprietary tool to source deals, and "enhance the ability to select the right sector at the right moment of the real estate cycle."
The algorithm of the AI system is designed to analyse systematically more than 8,000 economic, urban, social, and financial variables, and was developed exclusively by Swiss-based FinTech AAAccell, a spin-off from the University of Zurich.
The Fund works closely with around 20 local operating partners to source the most attractive assets with a positive environmental, social, and economic impact.
Smart Estate signed its first deal on a vacant 26,000 sq ft office building in Levallois-Perret, Paris. The asset, identified by Valream, one of the fund's local partners, will go through restructuring to respond to new trends such as flexibility of use, energy performance, smart building connection and efficiency.
More than 100 creditors were collectively owed £7.5m when Liverpool-based Ideal Modular Homes was placed into administration in November and are likely to get 2.5p in the pound after the company was bought in a pre-pack deal.
Lithium carbonate, used in electric vehicle battery cells, has been successfully produced from sources in Cornwall and Scotland.


Chennai: For offering up one-stop answer to business firms for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects and Carbon Credit business, ICICI Bank has signed up a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MITCON Consultancy Services Limited.
According to the company release the novel deal would assist several SME units, who would be capable of availing a full services package through direction from consistent partners with confirmed knowledge in the Carbon Credit business with the backing of ICICI Bank.
On Dollar demand by Indian oil importers, the Indian Rupee closed flat against US currency.
The Indian unit that climbed up to 40.53 in the morning session gave up its advances on intense Dollar demand by Indian oil importers. Furthermore, foreign monetary funds also ramped up Dollar positions today further assisting the US currency in opposition to Rupee.
Mumbai: Rupee climbed as Asian stock markets stabilized, regenerating anticipations for foreign capital inflows into local shares.
The partly convertible rupee came up as against its weakest close in over a month on Friday. In late July, it hit a nine-year peak of 40.20.
In the last two sessions, foreigners have purchased $142 million of shares after selling over $600 million so far this month.
New Delhi: For the week ended July 28, inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) came up to 4.45% from 4.36% in the preceding week on expensive food items and a few man-made products.
During the corresponding week of the last year (2006), the inflation stood at 4.72%.
The costs of food items like fruits and vegetables, mutton, eggs, masur and bajra went up in the week under review. Food products that come under manufactured group like coffee powder, baby food, sooji, maida and flour also became expensive.
Mumbai: Indian private sector lender Centurion Bank of Punjab reduced its depository interest rates by 50-150 basis points.
The bank said in a statement that the novel interest rates on deposits will be effective from Monday.
Today, Centurion Bank shares closed the day after making a gain of 2.65 per cent up at Rs 38.75 in a weak Mumbai market.
The credit paid out by scheduled commercial banks climbed up 23.2% to Rs 3,608.88 billion on yearly basis as on Jul. 27, 2007, which is under the growth of aggregate deposits of 25.7%.
According to the RBI's weekly statistical supplement of Aug. 10, 2007, the total disbursals stood at Rs 19,172.31 billion in the period under review.
In the corresponding period of 2005-2006, bank credit arose 31.2%. Therefore, the credit growth has decreased amazingly for the week ended Jul. 27, 2007, connoting that RBI's stand of tightening up the monetary policy produced worthy results.
Anil Manghnani is bullish on Neyveli Lignite and is of the view that investors should accumulate the stock at any fall.
"Neyveli is still interesting; every fall you would see this sharp bounces because of the stock actually broken out on the longer term came after a long time. In this move it is Rs 81 is important if it crosses Rs 81 that's a trading target then you could rally back to Rs 87, which is a recent top at Rs 93. But again if it comes down, back closer to Rs 70 and Rs 66 levels definitely accumulate the stock at any fall," Mr. Manghnani stated.
On the back of jump in foreign currency and assets collections, Forex reserves soared up by USD 3.307 billion to USD 225.35 billion as on July 27.
According to RBI's weekly statistical supplement, foreign currency and assets got to USD 218.096 billion on the back of USD 3.306 billion. In the same period, reserve position in IMF dropped by USD 10 million to USD 455 million.
As on Jul. 20, 2007, the credit paid out by listed commercial banks developed 23.7% (Rs 3,663.49 billion) on a year-on-year basis that is beneath the increase of aggregate deposits of 24.4%.
In its weekly statistical supplement of Aug. 3, the RBI reported that the total disbursals stood at Rs 19,144.56 billion.
On the other hand, bank credit arose 31.7% in the corresponding period of 2005-2006. Therefore, the development in credit has came down surprisingly for the week ended Jul. 20, 2007, entailing that RBI's stand of tightening up the monetary policy produced desirable results.
Sachin Chandsarkar, senior dealer, Karvy Stock Broking, said that today stock market rested explosive because of short covering. NSE Nifty arose 50 points to 4,425, where nonstop selling pressure took place. Major performers comprise Titan Industries, Suzlon and Voltas.
Nifty based stocks saw less interest from dealers. There was no effort envisioned in stocks of Reliance Group. Because of good dispatch numbers by cement companies, buying was seen in ACC and Gujarat Ambuja.
Sharmila Joshi of Asit C Mehta advocates that IFCI and India Cements are brilliant stocks, and investors can make quick gains once they invest in both at lower levels.
Joshi told, "IFCI and India Cements are buys and one of the reasons why IFCI corrected sharply was the fact that you suddenly had this news item that they would maybe reconsider their stand of selling the stake at all and the whole down turn that one saw was because of that because the results have been strong and the stock has been buzzing on back of this news. If it resurfaces and if gets confirmed then there is a good upside to IFCI."
Rahul Mohindar said that 'Unitech' has support at Rs 550.
New Delhi: Yesterday, the Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram alleged that it is viable for the country to attain 10 per cent economic growth in the next fiscal.
The BSE Mid-Cap Index has made fresh all-time highs during this intermediate uptrend. It augmented 33.71 points, or 0.53%, to end at 6,417.90. It also hit a record high of 6435.32 during the day.
The components taking the BSE Mid-Cap Index to an upper rank include Entertainment Network, which increased 20% to Rs 506.60, Novartis India gained 14.42% to Rs 398.30, Honeywell Automation boosted 9.81% to Rs 2060, Lakshmi Energy benefited 9.19% and Titan Industries attained 8.78%. But all these stocks have less than 1% weightage each in the BSE Mid-Cap index.
With the second highest weightage of 1.4% in the BSE Mid-Cap index, GE shipping Company cast off 3.45% to Rs 335.90.
The BSE Mid-Cap Index climbed up 33.74 points, or 0.53%, to close the day at 6,373.76. It also touched its lifetime peak of 6,397.15 during the day.
IVRCL Infrastructure (up 1.71% to 367.75), Amtek Auto (up 1.57% to Rs 420.75) and Great Eastern Shipping Company (3.68% to Rs323.65) were the main components contributing to the index's heave.
IVRCL Infrastructure, Divi's Lab (which was down), Amtek Auto and Great Eastern Shipping Company have weightages of 1.58%, 1.44%, 1.41% and 1.36% respectively, in the BSE Mid-Cap Index.
HDFC Bank has opened 19 branches in a day in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), outdoing its own record of 14 branches in a day in October 2005.
With the launch of 19 branches on Saturday (June 2), the total number of branches in Delhi and NCR has gone up to 116 and to 270 in North India. As on March 31, 2007 the bank had a network of 684 branches and 1,605 ATMs in 316 towns and cities.
HDFC Bank was established in August 1994 as HDFC Bank Limited. As of December 31, 2006, the bank had a India network of 684 branches in 316 cities in India and over 1663 ATM's. The Bank started its operations as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in January 1995.


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In the article, "What is a data dictionary and why would I want to build one?" a data dictionary was described and compared to other alternatives to documenting, auditing and versioning a database. The article also described the difference between a Dumb and a Smart data dictionary.
Now that we've whetted your appetite, this article will explain how to create a smart data dictionary using XML schema change exports from ApexSQL Diff.
The created Data dictionary can be later used for various things like querying to see the full history of object changes or to create aggregate exports showing database change statistics that will be covered in a separate article.
The next step is creating a stored procedure which will be used to fill the data dictionary. This procedure will extract the data from the XML schema difference export in XML, create a temporary XML table with the data from the XML export, then that data will be extracted from the XML table to the DataDictionary table we created earlier.
Once the database repository, the DataDictionary table and FillDataDictionary is created, you have edited the configuration file as needed, you are ready to go. The PowerShell script we created, can simply be executed to create the first batch of records in our data dictionary.
Next, make a change to an object in the database, add a new object etc.
Now run the PowerShell script again. You should see a record for each change when you query your Data dictionary database.
What is a SQL Server Data Dictionary and why would I want to create one?