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Oil service firms eye new survival tactics amid weak U.S. market
This file photo shows oil drilling rigs in Midland County, Texas.	MIRA OBERMAN / AFP/Getty Images
Packers Plus Energy Services, a company built on the North American shale oil boom, is turning to the Middle East to weather a new round of spending cuts by producers amid warnings of a looming oil glut.
Oil production has outpaced demand by 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) this year, according to the International Energy Agency, which expects increases to add a net 136 million barrels to the global surplus by March. Spending cuts by producers also have sharply cut service providers' margins, a June survey of 60 providers by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank revealed.
The last time supplies overwhelmed demand, oilfield service suppliers cut 100s of thousands of jobs and top firms gushed red ink. Memories of that sharp downturn in late 2014 have executives such as Ian Bryant, chief executive officer of privately-held, Calgary-based Packers Plus, again cutting jobs, seeking safe harbors, mergers, or putting business units on the market.
These defensive strategies comes as oil and gas drillers are producing vastly more oil with less investment.
U.S. shale output is estimated to have hit 8.5 million bpd, even as the number of rigs in operation fell by almost 100 in the last year. On average, analysts expect the top 50 U.S. independent oil producers will cut spending by 20% this year, with some by as much as 60%, according to review by researcher DrillingInfo.
That drop has Bryant's Packers Plus, which historically catered to North American onshore producers, looking beyond shale and toward markets in the Middle East for future business.
"There are obviously geopolitical risks, but the cycles are not as vicious as they are in North American land," said Bryant in an interview. He cut 10% of Packers' staff in North America earlier this year and is planning to open a manufacturing center at an undisclosed location in the Middle East. The bet: there will be more growth there and better margins than in North America.
"For some exploration and production companies, the downturn is over and behind them. For most service companies, it still feels like we're in the downturn," said Bryant. "Service pricing is unsustainable at present levels."
'TOO MANY PLAYERS'
Weatherford International, once a top four oilfield service provider, filed for protection from creditors this month and has been cutting staff, citing "market headwinds" and lack of access to financing.
In the last 18 months, other top service firms, including the world's top oilfield services company Schlumberger, added or acquired new hydraulic fracturing fleets in a bet that a backlog of uncompleted shale wells would grow their businesses.
But across the U.S. the number of yet-to-be-fracked wells hit 8,289 in May, up 22% in a year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Oil and gas employment in the United States has grown since the last downturn, but last month remained 20% below the same month in 2014, according to U.S. government data.
Some investors and executives believe a wave of mergers and restructurings will be required to prop up declining margins.
"There's just frankly too many players," Roe Patterson, CEO of Fort Worth, Texas-based Basic Energy Services Inc, said of the oilfield services industry in May.
"Everyone understands that trying to reduce our cost structure is not going to be how we improve and fix the OFS (oilfield service) space. We've got to see a shrinking number of bidders and competitors out there."
CAN MERGERS FIX MARGIN PRESSURE?
Profits for service companies that added people and equipment following the 2015-2016 oil price collapse also have suffered. Oilfield equipment utilization fell nearly 13 points and profitability tumbled 26 points versus the previous quarter, according a June survey by the Dallas Federal Reserve bank. Its survey polled 60 oilfield service companies in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana.
Investors have so soured on the sector that there were no public equity offerings by oilfield service firms last quarter, said Drillinginfo, for the first time in more than three years.
C&J Energy Services Inc and Keane Group Inc struck an all-stock deal in June to merge, a move that investors hoped would spark more.
However, that combination still leaves about 14 larger pressure pumping firms in business, estimates Brad Handler, an oilfield services analyst at investment firm Jefferies. He estimates five are candidates to sell their pressuring pumping businesses.
"If a much-needed transaction doesn't happen, service companies will have to look at refinancing or entering into out of court agreements with debt-holders, or filing bankruptcy," said Kelli Norfleet, a restructuring partner at law firm Haynes & Boone.
But even as companies look to consolidate, too many are in such poor shape to attract a buyer.
Patterson's Basic Energy Services ratio of debt to pre-tax earnings is 5.57, according to Moody's Investors Service. By comparison, Keane's debt to EBITDA ratio was 1.05 before it merged with C&J Energy Services.
"There are not very many buyers," said Sajjad Alam, an analyst for debt rating firm Moody's Investors Service. "The market is still very weak and looks more uncertain today than it did earlier in the year."
(Reporting by Liz Hampton Editing by Marguerita Choy)
China to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork; canola market... Chevron Phillips Chemical in bid to acquire Calgary-based Nova Chemicals: sources
Property Brothers looking for Calgarians for new season of Forever Home | Calgary Herald
'Cities pay the freight': Mayor Nenshi to ask province for 'fair deal' | Calgary Herald


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NCACC Videos
When Collaboration Works
Improving Child Welfare in North Carolina: Meet the Change Makers
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners hosted an in-depth roundtable discussion with key stakeholders, who were instrumental in the passage of the Family/Child Protection and Accountability Act, also known as Rylan's Law. The new law, which was enacted in 2017, establishes a framework for making system-wide improvements in child welfare services throughout all 100 counties in the state. This program is the first segment of a three-part series that explores the collaborative process that resolved differences among the various stakeholders and brought the new law to fruition.
"When Collaboration Works" from CountyQuarterly Winter 2018
When Collaboration Works - Improving Child Welfare in North Carolina: Meet the Change Makers from NCACC on Vimeo.
Driving Progress Through Collaboration
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners hosted an in-depth roundtable discussion with key stakeholders, who were instrumental in the passage of the Family/Child Protection and Accountability Act, also known as Rylan's Law. The new law, which was enacted in 2017, establishes a framework for making system-wide improvements in child welfare services throughout all 100 counties in the state. This program is the second segment of a three-part series that explores the collaborative process that resolved differences among the various stakeholders and brought the new law to fruition.
When Collaboration Works: Driving Progress Through Collaboration from NCACC on Vimeo.
Building Collaborative Relationships to Last
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners hosted an in-depth roundtable discussion with key stakeholders, who were instrumental in the passage of the Family/Child Protection and Accountability Act, also known as Rylan's Law. The new law, which was enacted in 2017, establishes a framework for making system-wide improvements in child welfare services throughout all 100 counties in the state. This program is the third segment of a three-part series that explores the collaborative process that resolved differences among the various stakeholders and brought the new law to fruition.
When Collaboration Works - Building Collaborative Relationships to Last from NCACC on Vimeo.
Interview with NC State Treasurer

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Political parties are some of the biggest players in the political scene in Canada, but they are not the only way to get involved and to be engaged. This guide offers some things to think about when considering whether or not to join a party and what party you might join. It also offers some guidance on how to be an effective and engaged member.
If you live in Nunavut or the Northwest Territories, there are no parties operating in your territorial elections, but you may still want to get involved with national parties.
Some municipal elections also have political parties (like Vancouver and Montreal) also have parties you could consider becoming involved in.
Benefits of being a member of a political party:
Being able to help select the candidate who will best represent your party by voting in nomination races.
A community of like-minded people.
Attend the annual conference and other events. It is a great chance to network and learn about the internal mechanisms of how politics "happens."
The opportunity to directly influence party policy, whether by submitting draft policy resolutions, advocating for those resolutions at conventions or council meetings, or speaking at internal pre-campaign platform town halls.
You have the right to run for the executive of your riding association -- meaning you can shape the advocacy and the public image of your party in your riding.
The opportunity to have a vote in choosing the next leader of the party.
Networking within the party, garnering support for a future run in elections
Perspectives of women engaged in party politics
"I joined for the first time this year, as one of the candidates for the nomination in my riding is someone I have worked with and respect a lot. Although I consider myself to be non-partisan, I believe very strongly in her ability to represent our riding, I joined so that I could vote for her."
"I joined a provincial political party because I have been disappointed by the provincial governments in my province regardless of the party in the past few elections. This may seem counterintuitive but I think the only way to make change is to start from within. It did not feel right to be complaining about the choices for provincial governments when I myself was not doing anything to change it."
"I joined federal because my key issues are generally of federal jurisdiction and so I'm more interested in advocating at that level and choose to do so through a party. For example, many Indigenous issues (ie funding, housing on-reserve, Indian Status requirements) are federal jurisdiction and federal legislation and parties can be a stronger avenue to advocate through on these issues rather than provincial."
"I joined a federal political party initially because I wanted to vote in a leadership campaign. However, I made the choice to retain my membership because I typically find the areas that I am most passionate about are decisions that happen at the federal level. Therefore, it made sense to retain a membership to a Federal party."
"I joined before the leadership race to, essentially, vote against two candidates ...Either way, it is my civil right to join and make my voice heard in an important election and I was proud to exercise it."
"Working with a team with like-minded values is rewarding in that you can collaborate with diverse perspectives to reach a common goal."
"As an Indigenous woman, I feel personally it is necessary to be engaged in Party Politics as most policies come from partied-politicians. To me, in order to solve large scale Indigenous issues, we need more Indigenous representation in politics. The best way to have a policy pass and become implemented is with party support, therefore being involved in party politics gives me the support I need to make change."
You can read this article written by a Daughter of the Vote about making change from within a party.
Benefits of nonpartisan political engagement
There isn't the pressure to vote a particular way because you have ties to a certain party. This means you could change your vote election to election if you like a local candidate or if a party takes a new position on an issue important to you.
You can focus your efforts on supporting candidates from any party who you feel best represent your interests.
You can critique policy or politicians' actions without appearing to do so in order to promote your own party. You can also critique all parties / candidates if none of them align with the change you would like to see.
You can work on a particular issue by engaging with people from all parties.
You are keeping doors open in terms of future opportunities (eg. not having people dismiss or discount you because of (past) party affiliation). This includes opportunities within the federal public service and other leadership roles where partisanship is not appropriate.
Public servants' support Ministers responsibility to provide professional and frank advice. Public servant's have respect for democracy by serving the public interest in a non-partisan public sector, which is is integral to our democracy..
Perspectives of women who engage in politics and make change by staying non-partisan
"I am highly involved in municipal politics which is non-partisan, which I personally think works better. Individuals run on their own ideas and platforms in your ward and for mayor, and you vote for them based on their experience, ideas and capabilities. All of the parties have certain aspects I appreciate, but have never found one party in particular that I like enough to become a member. I personally would like there to be no parties, as I think it places people in boxes, or situates them in an impossible situation where your ideal candidate for premier/PM may be from one party, but your ideal candidate for your local riding is from another."
"I am involved in grassroots activism and fundraising for nonprofit organizations. I have witnessed public partisanship narrowing activists' social networks and the perceived validity of their critique. It is more difficult for people affiliated with a party to critique policies or politicians without being accused of hyper-partisanship"
"I stay non-partisan so I can support different parties at the provincial and federal levels as their different policies best support my views."
"I think the biggest reason [I stay non-partisan] is because I'm so hopeful for change. If I stuck with one side it's hard to bring about that. If you are an outsider you can agree or disagree with a party but if you are within a party, I feel like it's more difficult to disagree with your fellows and just agree even if you have other opinions. I've volunteered with both PC and Liberal."
"Personally, I have many different interests throughout the political spectrum, which are represented by not just one party. I feel that I can have very productive and meaningful conversations with others about politics when I don't identify with a particular political group, which allows me to be open to other ideas and solutions. Also, I find value in being able to identify and fight for a cause with individual politicians or candidates, without having the obligation to associate with a certain party."
Perspective of Public Servants: You can read this interesting article with 5 tips on how to manage your social graph as a public servant.
A Daughter of the Vote is interviewed about her non-partisan work - How five millennials in BC are working to get out the youth vote.
Should I get involved with provincial/territorial party, federal party, or both:
For Liberals and Conservatives, the provincial parties and the federal parties are different and in some cases have diverse policy positions and approaches. The federal and provincial/Yukon NDP territories share their memberships, meaning that if you sign up, you are automatically a member of both. You may chose, however, to be more engaged with one or the other. Also keep in mind that despite the connection, these parties are often influenced by regional political culture, so the resolutions your Provincial Party passes may look different from those passed at the Federal Party.
Provincial Party Politics:
Provincial parties offer individuals the ability to impact policy at the provincial or territorial level.
Provincial Parties can offer a unique experience of shared political culture, or rather, political views/opinions.
Federal Party Politics:
Joining a federal party is a way to engage on issues that are primarily the federal government's responsibility. You can see the issues that the federal government looks after here.
Joining a federal party is also a good way to build connections and networks across the country and work towards improving Canada for all Canadians.
Indigenous Canadians, Political Parties, and Formal Political Participation
Some Indigenous communities and folks choose to not participate in Canadian political systems as it can be viewed as legitimizing a colonial state, or because of the principles behind the Two Row Wampum of not interfering in each others' systems.
What is Two Row Wampum?
The Two Row Wampum belt refers to a beaded belt with two rows of purple wampum beads that run parallel to each other. This symbolizes a separate relationship where two cultures respect each other. The white wampum beads symbolize peace and purple signifies the seriousness of political matters.
"I have recently distanced myself from partisan politics for multiple reasons, though a main one is that I have often been tokenized in partisan spaces as the "one Indigenous girl" and I find my voice is rarely truly and fully heard. There have been times where I have spoken up about the impacts that an action may have on Indigenous folks and my comment will be acknowledged, discussed briefly, then put on the backburner in order for the partisan group to continue to uphold their colonialist practices/actions. It is extremely disheartening to participate in a party that claims to want to uphold Indigenous voices and then ultimately feel tokenized and ignored if my views or opinions don't ultimately align with their goals/vision as a party."
Other Indigenous folks do engage in partisan politics as a way to improve communities, increase representation and amplify Indigenous voices in formal party politics, and to improve relationships between Canada and Indigenous peoples.
"Before Indigenous peoples were allowed to enter the political sphere, settlers had no problems making laws that would ban our ceremonies, no problem destroying our communities by forcefully removing children from their homes, or by inflicting genocide, or destroying our sacred waters and lands. The list goes on and on. It's only been in relatively "recent" "Canadian" history (or as I'll call it, recent colonialist-Canadian history) that we are finally seeing an increase in positive and progressive relationships between the Canadian Government and Canada's Indigenous Nations and communities. I think this is in part due to having an increase in Indigenous voices in politics. Although the relationship between Indigenous folks and the Canadian government is very far from perfect, I think by continuing to elect officials across all parties who not only represent the interests of our communities but actually are community members themselves, Canada will only continue to improve its relationships with Indigenous peoples.


New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius remains out of the lineup due to a sprained left wrist.
Brendan Ryan is at shortstop in Wednesday's lineup against Tampa Bay. Gregorius, hurt diving for a grounder in Saturday's game against Baltimore, is listed on the travel roster for a split-squad game Thursday with Detroit.
First baseman Mark Teixeira, hit on the right knee by a pitch in a minor league game Sunday, is in the lineup. Also set to start is center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, who played for the first time in a minor league game Tuesday after missing two weeks with a strained oblique.


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Q: Duvidas de ACL com node.js! Pessoal estou tentando aplicar Authorização(ACL) utilizando o plugin npm "node_acl" em uma aplicação Node.js com express, estou tentando implementar como explica na documentação.. porem estou tendo dificuldades para aplicar isso na pratica.. tenho o seguinte código em um arquivo projectController.js
import express from 'express';
import authMiddleware from '../middlewares/auth';
import mongoose from '../../database';

const router = express.Router();

let acl = require('acl');
acl = new acl(new acl.mongodbBackend(mongoose.connection.db, 'acl_'));

acl.allow("admin", "/projects", "*");

router.use(authMiddleware);
router.use(acl.middleware());

router.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send({
    ok: true,
    user: req.userId
  })
});

export default (app) => app.use('/projects', router);

Errei em algo?
Obrigado!


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Q: How to get JSON.NET to serialize date/time to ISO 8601? I have a Web API application that returns JSON to consumers who may not be using Microsoft technologies.  When my controller returns an object with DateTime properties as JSON, it serializes the date in this format:
2017-03-15T00:00:00-04:00
This is giving the consumer a bit of a headache as they're expect it to be in ISO 8601 format.  Some research has told me that JSON.NET now uses ISO 8601 by default (I am using 9.0.1).  When I run this code...
Clipboard.Copy(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(DateTime.Now));

...I get this:
2017-03-15T09:10:13.8105498-04:00

Wikipedia shows these as valid ISO 8601 formats when expressing full date and time:
2017-03-15T11:45:42+00:00
2017-03-15T11:45:42Z
20170315T114542Z

However, the output I got above doesn't exactly match any of those.  I want the formatter to use 2017-03-15T11:45:42Z.
And probably worthy of another question altogether, adding the below line in my Web API config seems to be ignored as it continues to return JSON in the date originally shown above:
config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.Converters.Add(new IsoDateTimeConverter());

I assume that once I figure out the core issue, the Web API issue may also be resolved.

A: Adding to @Brian Rogers' answer, for ASP Core, add in Startup.cs:
services.AddMvc()
  .SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_2)
  .AddJsonOptions(options =>
    options.SerializerSettings.Converters.Add(new IsoDateTimeConverter
    {
      DateTimeStyles = DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal
    }));

A: The format you are getting is ISO 8601 format (read the section on Times and Time Zone Designators in Wikipedia), it's just that your dates are apparently not adjusted to UTC time, so you are getting a timezone offset appended to the date rather than the Z Zulu timezone indicator.
The IsoDateTimeConverter has settings you can use to customize its output.  You can make it automatically adjust dates to UTC by setting DateTimeStyles to AdjustToUniversal.  You can also customize the output format to omit the fractional seconds if you don't want them.  By default, the converter does not adjust to UTC time and includes as many decimals of precision as there are available for the seconds.
Try this:
IsoDateTimeConverter converter = new IsoDateTimeConverter
{
    DateTimeStyles = DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal,
    DateTimeFormat = "yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ssK"
};

config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.Converters.Add(converter);

If your dates are already UTC, but the DateTimeKind on them is not set to Utc like it should be (e.g. it is Unspecified), then ideally you should fix your code so that this indicator is set correctly prior to serializing.  However, if you can't (or don't want to) do that, you can work around it by changing the converter settings to always include the Z indicator in the date format (instead of using the K specifier which looks at the DateTimeKind on the date) and removing the AdjustToUniversal directive.
IsoDateTimeConverter converter = new IsoDateTimeConverter
{
    DateTimeFormat = "yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss'Z'"
};

A: Another option:
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(DateTime.Now, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
     DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc
});


The recent actions of NFL players of taking a knee or raising their hands during the singing of the National Anthem to protest police brutality have upset many football fans, resulting in attendance numbers dropping. Under the freedom of speech, these players have a legal right to protest.
However, many citizens see these actions as a form of disrespect to the millions of military personnel who have served, and are serving, this country. Approximately a million men and women have been killed in the service of this country since the Revolutionary War. There have also been many millions who were wounded while serving.
In my family, my father got trench foot or frostbitten feet in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. During the Vietnam War, my brother served his tour of duty in the jungles and got slightly wounded. My first cousin paid the ultimate price when he was killed by a landmine, and my brother-in-law died of stomach cancer from Agent Orange 25 years after being exposed.
These players should brush up on their American civics and history to find out the real story behind their rights and freedoms. There is a place and a time to protest injustices. It is not during the National Anthem.
Please pay respect to the military veterans who have served this great country during America's conflicts and wars.
I read with great interest about the $24,000 taxpayerfunded, nationwide search for the top cop for the Pharr Police Department, a process that has been far from transparent.
For whatever reason, this seems to be the time of year and the season for police leadership throughout the RGV to become severed from their municipal jobs, based on reporting in The Monitor and ancillary publications.
If the problems in Pharr, at least, are corrected by the city, the taxpayer may well be more assured that the headhunter's fee is well spent.


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Anatomy of a Superhero Movie
December 13, 2013 By jennie
I'm concocting a post that you'll get to read next week about the movies I saw in 2013, but before I can write anything coherent, I need to lay a little groundwork.
The content of this post started brewing in my head in the summer of 2008 when I saw Iron Man for the third time. That I saw it three times is noteworthy – previous to that, I'd not been to see a movie multiple times in a theater since the days of Titanic, because ticket prices were rising and I did not think the quality of movies was doing the same. (To be fair, I paid full ticket price to see Iron Man only once: I also saw it at the drive ins, which cost $6 for two movies, and then at the second run theater for $3.) Of course, in the years since, ticket prices have continued to rise, and now we pay even more for 3-D and/or IMAX movies, but I'm going down a tangent that might just need its own separate post.
The thing about the first Iron Man movie that so impressed me and got me out to the theater multiple times was the movie's arc: five years ago, I had limited experience reading comic books or seeing superhero movies, but I recognized that Iron Man was following a well-tread plot arc and using it to tell a good story.
The plot arc is important: there's a reason that pretty much every superhero movie uses this same formula. To stray from the formula is confusing. The audience comes to the theater expecting this, and when the movie follows it, we can relax and appreciate the story.
Act I – The Opening Battle, The Stakes Are Set
The opening battle is always a hard one to watch, because the bad guys have to get ahead. Otherwise there wouldn't be much of a movie, right? The opening battle in Iron Man (or any origin story, really) also has to explain how a regular dude became a super hero, so in this case, how the suit was built.
But that isn't the most important thing that happens in the opening battle – the most important thing is that we learn what's at stake. Usually, the fate of the world and whether our hero lives or dies. But since that's such a commonplace plot device, there has to be something that makes us care. In Iron Man it's twofold, and the movie makers borrowed from real life, which kind of forced everyone watching to care. First was that the opening battle is set in Afghanistan, and in 2008, that hit close to home. Two, Robert Downey, Jr. was still making his post-rehab comeback, and billionaire-playboy-philanthropist Tony Stark was close enough to his real life story that we rooted for the guy in the iron suit the way we rooted for the actor in the Tony Stark suit.
Act II – The Plot Thickens, Characters Developed
What Iron Man did (and few movies are brave enough to do) was stick Tony Stark in his workshop for most of the second act. As someone who, in 2008 when I saw Iron Man, was not super into superheroes (or action movies at that) I really appreciated that act two brought the intensity way down and focused on character building.
The movie makers recognized that what's important at this point in the movie, especially if it's the first movie in what's expected to be a three movie arc, is not to keep the action coming, but to focus on the characters. They want the audience to be rooting for the hero in the movie's final act, and in order to do that, we have to like him (or her, but let's be honest – usually him.) If there is an action sequence, its intention must be to keep the plot moving and set up the final battle (see Iron Man's 2008 summer superhero movie rival The Dark Knight.)
This is the moment when the stakes have been established, and we feel the plot building toward the Battle Royale – once we get there, we have to understand what the hero is up against and have a shred of doubt that our hero isn't up to it. Iron Man establishes this in act two, when the intensity is lower, so that it isn't lost in the action.
(That's the part that I really wanted to say as set up for my next post, but it didn't really make sense out of context. Just keep it in mind for next week, okay?)
Act III – The Epic Battle, Resolution, and (usually) Kiss
Obviously, a superhero movie or action movie of any kind has to end with our hero bringing down the bad guy. If the movie makers did their job establishing the stakes and creating a sympathetic but fallible hero, this part doesn't need much explanation. If there's a love interest (which, let's face it, there usually is) she's probably going to end up in harm's way, and the hero swoops in at the last possible moment and saves her. In more recent movies, the lady love gets to have a more important role in the movie's resolution, but in 2008, that wasn't the case.
And while we usually get resolution of the movie's individual storyline, superhero movies pretty much always end with a teaser for the sequel.
Which is exactly what I'm doing to end this post … be sure to come back next week because there's more to tell.


In France, OTC transactions must now be declared. An essential, albeit still inadequate, first step.
In France, OTC transactions must now be declared.
An essential, albeit still inadequate, first step.
On January 16, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)1 announced it has extended to OTC markets the obligation to submit a declaration of transactions. The decision is retroactive to January 1, 2012.
The measure follows up on the priorities set by the G20 in 2011 and fulfills the wishes of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). France thus joins the eleven European countries2 that anticipated the European directive scheduled for 2013.
Yet, unfortunately, the AMF decision does not apply for agricultural products, for which over 80 percent of the transactions are conducted on the OTC markets, thus demonstrating their increased financialization. At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, 90 percent of agricultural transactions did not generate physical settlements and could therefore be considered as pure speculative operations.
This announcement represents a necessary but by no means sufficient condition to regulate agricultural commodity prices. It could even make the products that are not concerned by the measure, especially the agricultural products, more attractive to speculators, leading to an increased volatility on these markets.
Additional and broader measures must thus be implemented, at the European as well as international levels, as we pointed out in an article presenting the measures advocated by momagri to curb the adverse consequences of financial speculation 3.
1 The body in charge of improving the efficiency of France's financial regulatory system.
2 Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden, as well as Iceland and Norway that are not members of the EU.


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require "rubocop"

module RuboCop
  module Cop
    module Sorbet
      # This cop disallows the calls that are used to get constants fom Strings
      # such as +constantize+, +const_get+, and +constants+.
      #
      # The goal of this cop is to make the code easier to statically analyze,
      # more IDE-friendly, and more predictable. It leads to code that clearly
      # expresses which values the constant can have.
      #
      # @example
      #
      #   # bad
      #   class_name.constantize
      #
      #   # bad
      #   constants.detect { |c| c.name == "User" }
      #
      #   # bad
      #   const_get(class_name)
      #
      #   # good
      #   case class_name
      #   when "User"
      #     User
      #   else
      #     raise ArgumentError
      #   end
      #
      #   # good
      #   { "User" => User }.fetch(class_name)
      class ConstantsFromStrings < ::RuboCop::Cop::Cop
        def_node_matcher(:constant_from_string?, <<-PATTERN)
          (send _ {:constantize :constants :const_get} ...)
        PATTERN

        def on_send(node)
          return unless constant_from_string?(node)
          add_offense(
            node,
            location: :selector,
            message: "Don't use `#{node.method_name}`, it makes the code harder to understand, less editor-friendly, " \
              "and impossible to analyze. Replace `#{node.method_name}` with a case/when or a hash."
          )
        end
      end
    end
  end
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South Korea has increased its base rate of interest to where it was before the pandemic, as it tries to contain rising inflation and soaring household debt.
The Bank of Korea's (BOK) widely expected decision to raise the rate to 1.25% was its third hike in six months.
Central banks around the world are trying to balance the impact of Covid-19 measures against inflationary risks.
In August, the country became the first major Asian economy to raise rates since the start of the coronavirus era.
Surging inflation has ramped up pressure on South Korea's policy makers to take action, as consumer inflation for 2021 as a whole jumped to 2.5%.
That was the fastest pace of price rises since 2011 and a sharper increase than projected by the BOK.
Over the last two years, central banks, governments and international financial bodies have pumped trillions of dollars into the global economy to help cushion the impact of restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Now, policy makers in countries around the world are starting to dismantle those emergency stimulus measures.
South Korea has been at the forefront of the shift by the world's central banks to wind down the huge amount of stimulus as they aim to curb rising consumer prices.
The US Federal Reserve has signalled that it plans to increase its interest rate three times this year.
That comes as prices in America are rising at their fastest rate in almost 40 years, with inflation up 7% year-on-year in December.
In the UK, the Bank of England raised interest rates last month for the first time in more than three years, in response to calls to tackle surging price rises.
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Halston and Halston Heritage trademarks acquired by Xcel Brands
US-based media and consumer products company Xcel Brands announced on Wednesday that it has consolidated its ownership of American fashion brand Halston's trademarks with the acquisition of the Halston and Halston Heritage labels.
The acquisition brings all of the Halston trademarks under Xcel's control - Instagram: @halston
Having previously acquired the H by Halston and H Halston trademarks and incorporated them into its television retail and department store businesses in December 2014, Xcel has now entered into a licensing agreement with Groupe JS International to produce and distribute sportswear and dresses under the Halston label and dresses under the Halston Heritage label.
Serving as the higher-end trademarks of the iconic American fashion brand of the 70s, Halston and Halston Heritage are currently sold at luxury retailers including Neiman Marcus, Saks and Bloomingdale's.
"This acquisition gives us an opportunity to focus on the entirety of the Halston brand, the labels, and their design nuances while continuing to preserve the iconic American brand's legacy," explained Xcel chairman and CEO Robert W. D'Loren in a release. "We're excited to fully unite the brand, embrace its heritage, and build the future of Halston under Xcel."
Founded in 2011, Xcel also currently owns and manages the Isaac Mizrahi, Judith Ripka, C. Wonder, and Highline Collective brands, which it promotes and sells through a strategy combining direct-response television, brick-and-mortar retail and e-commerce.
"I'm looking forward to working with Xcel on their acquisition and we are excited at the opportunity to produce and sell a brand with such a rich history," added Groupe JS International president and CEO Mitchel Hops. "I look forward to helping grow and evolve Halston while staying true to its roots. We have an incredible team of designers, merchandisers and salespeople, that along with our Groupe JS International team are ready to build on this great American designer brand."
Based in Montreal, Canada and specialized in dresses, eveningwear and sportswear, Groupe JS International owns the Theia, Amur, Flor et.al, and JS Collections brands and holds licenses with Monique Lhullier, Carmen Marc Valvo Infusion and Kay Unger New York.
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Kenyalang Journalism Awards 2022 sees more entries
Ministry receives bronze award for integrity and governance
BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS & GABRIEL LIHAN
MIRI: There was a surge of 34 per cent of entries at this year's Kenyalang Journalism Awards 2022 (KJA 2022).
Compared to 364 entries received in 2021, there are 461 entries for this year's KJA 2022.
Chairman and chief executive officer of Malaysia Press Institute, Datuk Dr Chamil Wariya said that every category consisting of printed and news portal, photography, broadcast, and videos saw an outstanding increase for the entries.
"For categories such as news reporting, journalism – feature and news feature, sports reporting and broadcast journalism, these record an enormous increase in terms of entries for all languages while other categories recorded a steady increase," he said.
He said this in his speech at KJA 2022 ceremony at Imperial Hotel here last night.
Chamil added that this recent development was a good sign for KJA in terms of the entries in the future.
"In terms of the quality, the judges felt that the storyline for every work is truly deep and comprehensive.
"The topic that was chosen, especially the current issues such as inflation, and the people's issues received acclaim from the judges," he said.
He also pointed out that there was still room for improvement for the reporters and photographers in the future.
"Some of the mistakes such as sentences errors, languages, bad editing and that could make the readers stop reading the articles.
"I hope that they can further improve this mistake in the future," he said.
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Punjab: 3,153 cases of violence against women in six months
The Newspaper's Staff ReporterPublished January 17, 2012
Violence against women at a rise in Pakistan. - Illustration by Abro
LAHORE: As many as 3,153 cases of violence against women, including 860 kidnap cases, were recorded during last six months of 2011 in the Punjab province, says Aurat Foundation's second bi-annual report on violence against women launched at the Lahore Press Club on Monday.
Speaking at a news conference, former MNA Mehnaz Rafi, MPA Sajida Mir, legal adviser to governor Abdullah Malik and Policy and Data Monitoring Unit regional coordinator Nabeela Shaheen explained the details of cases of violence reported against women that include kidnap, rape, gang-rape, murder, suicide, domestic violence, honour-killing and sexual assault.
They said the statistics collected during the last six months revealed that the ratio of the violence-related crimes in rural areas was more than the urban areas. They said that 1,520incidents of violence had been recorded in rural areas while 1,306 cases were reported from urban areas.
While, place of occurrence in 327 incidents could not be ascertained as rural or urban.
Stating that the ratio of kidnapping cases was very high, Rafi said the people involved in these incidents were relatives, neighbours and locals. She said the major reasons behind kidnapping were choice-marriages, revengeful and forced marriages, honour-killing and litigation on property etc.
In 3,153 incidents of violence, they said, 3,681 individuals were victimised in which 3,438 were women and girls and 243 were men and boys. Ratio was almost 19 women/girls who were victimised in this period on a daily basis. Moreover, five women were kidnapped, four were murdered including one killed in the name of honour, three were raped/gang-raped, and two women committed suicide or attempted to commit suicide on a daily basis.
Marital status-wise, the report stated that 1,432 victims were unmarried, 1,430 married, 44 divorced, 59 widowed, and no information of marital status was known about 473 victims. Some 87 per cent crimes were reported through FIR, three per cent remained unreported, while 10 per cent crimes were without information.
The report said that 968 girls were abducted along with 24 boys in 894 kidnap and attempt to kidnap incidents. Mostly accused were known to victims and motives behind these incidents were choice marriages, revenge, litigation feud, domestic disputes, matrimonial disputes etc.
Major incidents of abduction and attempt to abduct were occurred in districts Sargodha with 90, Okara 87, Faisalabad 74, Rawalpindi 71 andLahore 58 cases registered.
It said 842 women and girls as well as 101 youths were murdered and attempts to murder them were made in 747 incidents. As many as 174 incidents of honour-killing were recorded in which 186 girls and 23 men were victimised. Frequently, suspected accused were husbands, brothers, brothers of husband and fathers.
Motives behind incidents were domestic dispute, quarrels with in-laws, money disputes, marriage disputes, suspicion of having affairs, immoral character and choice marriages.
In 474 incidents of rape and attempt to rape, 488 women and girls were victimised, in which 291 girls were unmarried, 117 married, one divorced and four widowed. There were 75 such women about whom no information was received. Moreover, five incidents of incest took place in which close relatives raped the victim. culprits were local residents,neighbours and friends and acquaintance of victims.
In addition, 399 incidents of suicide and attempt to commit suicide, 167 of domestic violence, 52 of hurling life threats, 42 of harassment, 15 of acid attack, 12 of burning, 11 of trafficking/selling, eight of vani and four incidents of karo kari were recorded in Punjab.
The ratio of female violence was on higher side in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sargodha and Multan districts.
To a question, Rafi said the increase in reported violence cases was being witnessed because of ever-increasing population and expansion of media. They said women also felt empowered and also came up to speak about crimes committed against them. Mir said the parliament had enacted laws but the law enforcing agencies had failed to check violence against women.
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News should be referred to the Chief Minister of Punjab as the report is telling the law and order situation of the province
News should be presented to the Chief Minister of Punjab as the report is telling the law and order situation of the province
Punjab in general and Lahore in particular were the safest and welcoming places in Pakistan from all of life-size not any more. Minorities are unsafe and is also very true for weak organ of society like women-this intolerable society credit goes to CM of Punjab.
asalamalaikum, first and foremost we should take all these cases to our Lord, by Allah the more we allow this oppression upon our sisters and daughters surely no help will arrive, what is the job of village imam now adays.
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Apparently the docu-series on life in the Magic City will make your eyes bleed
By Todd Wright	• Published at 2:25 pm on July 14, 2009
Generally speaking, reality TV is bad TV. But what's happening to Bravo's "Miami Social" before it even airs may be unprecedented.
Not since the Bubonic plague has something been so loathed and scorned. Don't believe us? When was the last time you heard a television show called a health hazard? Take a peek at what some of the critics have had to say about the Bravo docu-series, which premieres tonight at 9 p.m..
This nugget is from The New York Times: "Nothing so far has managed to capture the most gruesomely distasteful aspects of the city's aimless capitalism quite like 'Miami Social.'"
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