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Kurtenbach: Meet the 49ers' newest superstar…
Dieter Kurtenbach
Analysis, OpinionAnalysis, Opinion Based on factual reporting, although it Incorporates the expertise of the author/producer and may offer interpretations and conclusions., Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author/producer's interpretation of facts and data.
Kurtenbach: Meet the 49ers' newest superstar — do-it-all Deebo Samuel
San Francisco 49ers 31, Los Angeles Rams 10: Deebo Samuel's peerless performance set an early tone and carried the Niners to a much-needed win.
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 15: San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel (19) breaks a tackle against Los Angeles Rams' Darious Williams (11) in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
By Dieter Kurtenbach | dkurtenbach@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 16, 2021 at 7:30 a.m. | UPDATED: November 16, 2021 at 4:06 p.m.
SANTA CLARA — In a make-or-break game for their season, the 49ers did a smart thing Monday night.
They gave the ball to a game-breaker.
Deebo Samuel was the star of the 49ers' stunning and impressive 31-10 win over the Rams, scoring twice in what was the finest game of this, his finest season in the NFL.
It was the kind of performance that on national television changes the perception about a player.
Say hello to your newest superstar, Niners fans. San Francisco is going to need a whole lot more of him doing special things down the stretch if they're going to enter the 2021 playoffs through the backdoor.
Samuel had 133 yards and two touchdowns on 10 touches Monday, but that doesn't even begin to explain his impact on the game.
In a bright-lights, standalone contest where big names were the norm and fireworks were expected, he was the best player on the field, bar none.
As such, the Niners' offensive game plan came into focus early in Monday's game: Run the ball, but make sure that it's in Samuel's hands a lot.
Good plan.
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Monday night, Samuel became the first NFL player listed as a wide receiver to catch at least five passes, run the ball from the backfield at least five times, and score a touchdown in both manners, per Pro Football Reference.
Do-it-all Deebo.
The more advanced numbers tell an even more compelling story.
Samuel had a success rate of 100 percent on his five runs, averaging nearly one expected point (0.88) per play.
His success rate was only 80 percent through the air, but Samuel was adding a jaw-dropping 2.67 points per play to the 49ers' total.
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 15: San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel #19 breaks the tackle of Los Angeles Rams' Jordan Fuller #4 as he runs for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of their NFL game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
In all, the advanced stats say Samuel was worth two touchdowns and a field goal against the Rams. That's a number normally reserved for a quarterback having a great game. It's flabbergasting for a wide receiver to have that kind of impact.
But those numbers make perfect sense to anyone who watched Monday's contest.
Samuel isn't a normal wide receiver.
Just as important as the big plays was the tone that Samuel help set in the game. The 49ers tried a lot of things this season to win games, with most of them failing. Monday night, they turned to violence — the sanctioned kind.
The Rams are a team that's built in the image of their hometown. They added two stars to their roster — Von Miller and Odell Beckham — in the past week. The Rams want to be a spectacle: big, splashy plays made by big, splashy names.
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 15: San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel (19) celebrates his touchdown with San Francisco 49ers' Tom Compton (66) against the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
The Niners decided those big names from Tinseltown needed a swift punch in the mouth.
The receiver's physicality is what makes him different. He's not the biggest dude, but he packs a serious punch.
Not only did San Francisco establish its ground game early in Monday's contest; the 49ers also carried that bullying attitude to the passing game. Samuel — all 6 feet and 215 pounds of him — ran over, through, and past Rams linebackers and secondary defenders all night.
"That kid's a freak! He's a freak, he's the fastest kid alive!" pic.twitter.com/5r2B30yvkC
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) November 16, 2021
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"His rookie year (2019), I can remember we wanted to get the ball into his hands. We didn't really know how or what we going to do to do that, but we knew we wanted the ball in his hands," 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said.
That's one-of-one, at least to Garoppolo, who said he's never had a teammate like Samuel, who is second in the NFL in receiving yards after Monday's game.
"I haven't seen many of them in the NFL, either," Garoppolo said. "It's a unique talent, the durability of the guy, the route-running ability, the mental capacity… it's really impressive."
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 15: San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel #19 celebrates his touchdown in the fourth quarter of their NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 15: San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel #19 walks off the field after their 31-10 NFL win against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 15: San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel #19 tosses gloves to fans after their 31-10 NFL win against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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Screened in November 2011
Director: J.C. Chandor. Cast: Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, Simon Baker, Aasif Mandvi, Mary McDonnell, Susan Blackwell, Ashley Williams. Screenplay: J.C. Chandor.
Twitter Capsule: Play material opts shakily for film to reach more folks. Camera plods, storytelling wavers, but it packs a cold sting.
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Best Original Screenplay: J.C. Chandor
New York Film Critics Circle: Best First Feature
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NBA power rankings: Surprises abound, but where are Detroit Pistons?
Vince Ellis
Current NBA standings look strange after nearly three weeks.
The buzzards are circling around the Washington Wizards — a consensus playoff pick.
Teams that you still expect to make the playoffs are struggling (the L.A. Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans and Houston Rockets).
And one team is a major surprise (the Sacramento Kings).
But the Golden State Warriors, title winners in three of the past four seasons, are still the top team.
And where do the Detroit Pistons stand who have followed a 4-0 start with a four-game losing skid?
Here are the first power rankings of the regular season.
(Records through Saturday night)
30. Cleveland Cavaliers (1-8): Tyronn Lue was fired. Kevin Love had foot surgery. The LeBron hangover is real.
29. Phoenix Suns (1-7): Top pick DeAndre Ayton has been an offensive force, averaging 17 points per game on 63 percent shooting.
28. Chicago Bulls (2-8): Zach Laving (26.6 ppg) is the NBA's ninth leading scorer, but Bulls are ranked 27th in defensive rating.
27. Dallas Mavericks (2-7): Luka Doncic has been the most advanced rookie, and will likely win top rookie honors.
26. Orlando Magic (2-6): Nikola Vucevic has impressed, but Magic still appear to be stuck in neutral.
25. Atlanta Hawks (3-6): Trae Young gives franchise hope, and ancient Vince Carter is still capable of highlight dunks.
24. New York Knicks (3-6): Fans already looking to next season when a Kristaps Porzingis returns – and a shiny new free agent comes aboard.
23. Brooklyn Nets (3-6): Spencer Dinwiddie, who sank the Pistons last week, is playing like a man expecting a payday.
22. Washington Wizards (1-7): Scott Brooks looked like a dead man walking during beatdown from the OKC Thunder.
21. Miami Heat (3-5): The Pistons' opponent Monday has struggled so far with point guard Goran Dragic dealing with foot pain.
20. Sacramento Kings (6-3): De'Aaron Fox has surged in his second season and just pulled off a triple-double.
19. Minnesota Timberwolves (4-5): Jimmy Butler told reporters he will skip games when he feels like it. OK, then.
18. Charlotte Hornets (5-5): Capped out with little financial flexibility. But Kemba Walker is fun.
17. Detroit Pistons (4-4): Capped out with little financial flexibility. But Blake Griffin is fun.
16. Utah Jazz (4-5): The Jazz is better offensively WITHOUT Donovan Mitchell this season. Hmmm.
15. New Orleans Pelicans (4-5): Pels will be fine when Anthony Davis is fully healthy. They better be.
14. L.A. Lakers (4-5): LeBron is the game's top player. He also brings expectations and drama.
13. L.A. Clippers (5-4): A fun team to watch … mainly because former Piston Boban Marjanovic is doing things like this.
12. Houston Rockets (3-5): James Harden returned from injury Saturday ... and the Rockets have now won two straight.
11. Indiana Pacers (7-3): Showing early last season wasn't a fluke and Victor Oladipo set off Twitter on Saturday night.
10. Oklahoma City Thunder (4-4): Russell Westbrook is back and things looked normal during Friday night demolition of Wizards.
9. Memphis Grizzlies (5-2): With Marc Gasol and a healthy Mike Conley, the potential there for a surprise. So far, so good.
8. Portland Trail Blazers (6-3): Damian Lillard has taken his game to the next level. Hard to deny him All-Star appearance.
7. Philadelphia 76ers (6-4): Joel Embiid keeps dominating the Pistons … and trolling Andre Drummond.
6. Boston Celtics (6-3): Kyrie Irving had a big game against the Pistons in the second of two straight wins over Detroit.
5. San Antonio Spurs (6-2): DeMar DeRozan is comfortable in San Antonio, and pundits look foolish for predicting a decline in production.
4. Denver Nuggets (8-1): It's not surprising the Nuggets are good. It's surprising they have been dominant.
3. Milwaukee Bucks (7-1): Giannis Antetokounmpo could be early-season favorite for league MVP.
2. Toronto Raptors (8-1): Raptors fans enjoying the services of Kahwi Leonard. Looking like team to beat in the Eastern Conference.
1. Golden State Warriors (9-1): Go ahead and mark the Warriors down in pen for a fifth straight Finals appearance.
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Standards Organization Of Nigeria Urges Traders To Embrace Quality
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged traders to uphold the highest quality standards for them to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
The Director-General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, gave the advice at a sensitisation workshop for Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria (EDAN) at the Alaba International Market, Lagos on Friday.
Mallam Salim said the advice was to ensure the market took its rightful place as the largest market in West Africa, in the AfCFTA and to attract customers globally.
He revealed the agency's willingness to work with the association in ensuring that the market was free from substandard goods.
"In other for the market to have a good reputation and to have more customers across the world especially with this open border policy in the AfCFTA, it is very important for them to police themselves, find out those people with bad products and report them to us so that we can take them out of the market.
"So far, they have not given us a reason to doubt their commitment towards eradicating substandard goods.
"I commend the association for serving Nigerians with quality products, because if not for you, the country would have been dominated by foreign goods.
"Anybody here with certification or who has genuine products does not have a problem with SON," he said.
The SON DG advised the association to always insist on quality products, warning that substandard electronics and electrical products were life endangering products capable of causing destruction.
"You are dealing with electronics and electrical products and these goods can cause fire explosion that would destroy lives and property and it is not discriminatory.
"Once you introduce a bad product into the market, you are exposing not just consumers to danger, but also your families.
"We are not here to spoil your business so let us collaborate as we are going all over the country to take the gospel of standardisation nationwide.
"Let's join hands to ensure no bad products is imported to Nigeria. We would not allow people to bring their problems down to the country and still get away with it," he said.
Executive Chairman, EDAN, Mr Fabian Ezeorjika, said the market authority in complementing the efforts of SON had constituted internal mechanism to checkmate the efforts of those indulging in manufacturing, importation or exportation of sub-standard products.
He added that the association had also constituted an adhoc committee called Standard and Anti-Adulteration Committees, vested with the responsibilities of standardising and regulating the quality of products in the electrical section.
He stated that the association would continue to work with SON to arrest and punish defaulters according to the association's constitution and report them when necessary.
"We made it very clear during our inauguration in 2016, that we will continue to partner with governmental agencies to eradicate sub-standard products out of the market.
"We shall uphold and implement government policies formulated to keep sub-standard products totally out of our markets," he stated.
He assured SON of the association's resolve to completely abide by its establishment act and regulations to complement already existing cordial relationship between them.
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One of the can't miss events of the Fall, the Cahaba River Frydown.
If you love clean drinking water, the Cahaba lily, and the river that is considered one of the eight most important biological hotspots in the United States by The Nature Conservancy – you need to make plans to celebrate and support the Cahaba River at the 7th annual Fry-Down this weekend!
This one of a kind fish fry competition brings out some of the region's best "catfish" cooking experts, local craft beer and a carnival atmosphere for people of all ages. Most importantly, this fundraiser supports the Cahaba River Society's Shane Hulsey's CLEAN Environmental Education program, a hands-on "in the river" educational program that has served more than 30,000 youth and teachers.
Circle your calendar – Sunday, October 2nd, Noon to 4:00pm at Railroad Park, and purchase your tickets at frydown.com today.


1. The phrase: "He'd gone too long without a woman." It's okay for your romantic hero to have a dry spell. Too often, though, I see this very sentence. Let me repeat it: He'd gone too long without a woman. Isn't it strange? It makes me think of the Old West, maybe Kris Kristofferson smoking a cheroot, confessing to his deputy as he strides toward the saloon. Wouldn't ya know, Kristofferson does say this sentence in Fire Down Below* when Steven Seagal uncovers his illegal toxic dumping in the hills of Appalachia. The phrase is so ancient sounding, I'll bet Kristofferson hated saying it.
2. This is my own problem and I'm getting therapy for it. I don't like when "quietly" is used to mean "softly." Isn't quiet supposed to mean "silent?" She tiptoed quietly–which means no sound, right? I just checked a dictionary and it gives conflicting definitions: yes, silent and yes, restrained sound. Hmmmm. I change it only half the time because, technically, it must be right.
3. A heroine who states at the beginning of the book that she has no time for a relationship because she's so focused on her career. Sure this woman exists, but in a romance novel, the heroine should have something super-bad or significant happen for her to express this and mean it. "Oh pshaw, I'm not interested in dating because I'm all work, work, work," she says. LIAR! I say this with love because I've uttered these words aloud before and have never meant them. I love multitasking! An alternative for the career-focused heroine could happen like this: Don't have her tell us that she's pro-career/anti-love. Show us maybe that she's petrified of a relationship, really, really doesn't want one. Make us feel her fear. Time goes by, she's still afraid. She's almost maniacal about other things, anything but facing the reality of intimacy. The reader should see why it scares her from the beginning. It should be palpable without her having to say it.
A fun career-focused heroine is the one who's truly done. After two loser marriages and far too many brain cells wasted, she can't stomach another hero, is way too tired. Show us how exhausted she is without her being too whiny. This could have a touch of humor attached.
4. This dialogue tag bugs me: "So, where are you going after the sock hop?" his mama wanted to know. How is "wanted to know" a dialogue tag? And yet, I see it all the time in published books. I delete. If I'm wrong, I'm apologize. It's a pet peeve I've had for decades. There is no cure.
I've accepted that the misuse of "hopefully" is now widespread and unavoidable. For this, I've need daily vitamin injections, which is why it's not on the pet peeve list. Oh wait, was that an eye twitch?
We all have our issues** with grammar and clichés. I make mistakes all the time–and tend to talk in cheesy movie dialogue (authenticity can be so energy-sapping). Sometimes I can't figure out the difference between "that" and "which." There, I said it. No one's perfect. I do my best. Next post, I'll list what I love.
*This is so not one of my favorite movies ever.


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Q: Testing nuget packages locally I'm working on one OSS project that uses nuget to distribute its packages.
Today I encountered a problem that some projects are fine when you reference them directly, but they don't restore from nuget because of weird versioning errors.
So I'd like to prevent unusable code from being merged into master branch.
I removed all local references, and created following pre-build event:
  <Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.csproj"" />
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Attributes/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Attributes.csproj"" />
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tasks/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tasks.csproj"" />
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tool/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tool.csproj"" />
  </Target>

Okay, now it packs all required projects. Then I want to reference them. Now my pre-build looks like:
  <Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.csproj"" />
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Attributes/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Attributes.csproj"" />
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tasks/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tasks.csproj"" />
    <Exec Command=""$(MSBuildBinPath)\msbuild.exe" /t:pack "$(SolutionDir)CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tool/CodeGeneration.Roslyn.Tool.csproj"" />

    <Exec Command="Install-Package CodeGeneration.Attributes -Source "$(SolutionDir)../bin/Packages/$(Configuration)"" />
    <Exec Command="Install-Package CodeGeneration.Tasks -Source "$(SolutionDir)../bin/Packages/Packages/$(Configuration)"" />
    <Exec Command="Install-Package CodeGeneration.Roslyn -Source "$(SolutionDir)../bin/Packages/Packages/$(Configuration)"" />
    <Exec Command="Install-Package dotnet-codegen -Source "$(SolutionDir)../bin/Packages/Packages/$(Configuration)"" />
  </Target>

But it doesn't work because of:

Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria
  and package name 'CodeGeneration.Attributes'. Tr y Get-PackageSource
  to see all available registered package sources. At line:1 char:1
  + Install-Package CodeGeneration.Attributes -Source C:\Users\Alex\Sourc ...
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package],
  Ex    ception
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

It seems that it doesn't like prerelease packages (they look like CodeGeneration.Roslyn.0.4.38-gfe7ce5be9d.nupkg), okay, checking for documentation and trying to add -IncludePrerelease flag, but it doesn't work too:

Install-Package : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter
  name 'IncludePrerelease'. At line:1 char:126
  + ... os\CodeGeneration.Roslyn\src../bin/Packages/Debug -IncludePrerelease
  +                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Install-Package], ParameterBindingException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

How could it be done? Maybe there is another approach which is way simpler and better? I have described it so detailed because I don't want fall into X-Y pitfall.

A:
Testing nuget packages locally

When we build the project with Visual Studio, build event command line have the same environment settings as Command Prompt.
However, the command Install-Package [-Id] <string> [[-Source] <string>] should be executed in the NuGet Package Manager Console rather than Command Prompt. Because when we install the nuget package to the project, NuGet modifies the project file (.csproj) to include references, it needs the NuGet API in Visual Studio. When we execute the command line in the Command Prompt(Build event), nuget could not access the NuGet API in Visual Studio, so install the nuget package via build event will not successfully.
Check more info from this thread.
The workaround to automate install nuget packages to the project, you could use Visual Studio 2017 (15.3 and higher) and the PackageReference style of referencing projects, add a Directory.Build.props file into the root of your solution, file like:
<Project>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="CodeGeneration.Roslyn" Version="0.4.38-gfe7ce5be9d" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

See Martin's answer for some more details.

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State Testimony
Creating the Opportunity for Contestable Advice
Testimony before the Oklahoma State Senate Committee on Rules
Maurice P. McTigue
Vice President, Outreach
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"The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys."
—Thomas Jefferson, letter to Shelton Gilliam, June 19, 1808
The American system of government is based on the concept of a republic, and it relies on a separation of powers and functions between the legislature and the executive. This separation was intended by the Framers of the Constitution to create checks and balances that would prevent abuse of power. However, if the legislative branch is dependent on the executive branch for all the information it needs to fulfill its role in governmental oversight, then the system of checks and balances is weakened.
Ensuring the integrity of this system and securing the public trust would be helped by providing lawmakers with an independent source of advice on spending, taxation, and the performance of government programs. Today, hardly a single consumer in America buys a product without first using technology to check its price, performance, and reputation. The guardians of the public's money should exercise the same cautions with regard to public spending.
The idea of "contestable advice" (having more than one source of advice) is hard to oppose since better-informed legislators are more likely to make better decisions regarding the public's money and freedoms. Making decisions based on one stream of advice is risky and ignorant, and it is most likely to lead to the wrong answer to a policy query. It is much better to have two or even three streams of advice, so more of the potential policy options will be identified and vetted, providing a better chance of making a good decision.
While much of the thought and discussion about the proposal to create an accountability office within the legislature in Oklahoma will focus on fiscal and budgetary matters, equal or even greater focus should be placed on the ability to critique agency performance or results of executive or legislative activities. Government agencies are normally good at accounting for how money is spent. However, they are frequently less capable of accounting for what was achieved with those expenditures. A source of independent analysis of the effectiveness of a program in solving societal problems would be extremely valuable to policymakers.
As you consider developing a new source of information for the legislature, I advise that this entity be given a high degree of independence. Otherwise, it risks having its reputation compromised and the value of its advice diminished in the eyes of the citizenry.
Oklahoma is not the only state that has been wrestling with this problem recently. To assist you with your deliberations, I present the courses pursued by three different jurisdictions, designed for slightly different reasons and having slightly different results: the states of Pennsylvania and Indiana in the United States, and Ireland overseas. There are many more examples than those I cite today, but these will give you an idea of what is possible.
In 2011 the Pennsylvania legislature created a new body called the "Independent Fiscal Office" (IFO). The legislature did so to address the continuing disputes it had with the governor's administration over access to financial information and presentation of that information to the legislature by the administration. A particular contention involved access to the data that were used to make projections of future revenue and spending outcomes. There are similar entities in other states. This is just an example with which I am familiar. The mission statement of the IFO is as follows:
The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) provides revenue projections for use in the state budget process along with impartial and timely analysis of fiscal, economic and budgetary issues to assist Commonwealth residents and the General Assembly in their evaluation of policy decisions. In that capacity, the IFO does not support or oppose any policy it analyzes, and will disclose the methodologies, data sources and assumptions used in published reports and estimates. The IFO will seek to establish collaborative relationships with the General Assembly, executive agencies and various non-governmental organizations that have an interest in the policy making process.[1]
The Indiana Office of Management and Budget was created by Governor Mitch Daniels in 2005. Learning from his experience as director of the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB), he sought a more cohesive government in Indiana, rather than a set of siloed departments that in some cases behaved more like isolated fiefdoms. He wanted a system wherein all departments shared the same priorities and the same vision, so he created an the Indiana Office of Management and Budget. The purpose here is different from the IFO in Pennsylvania in that the Indiana body was created by the administration, whereas the Pennsylvania body was created by the legislature. On its website's home page, the Indiana Office of Management and Budget says, "The state's long-term economic health requires that we continue our commitment to fiscal discipline. Government must continue to spend the taxpayer's money more efficiently, so ultimately the State needs less of it. The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) brings together the financial and auditing functions of our state in order to serve these goals."[2]
The website also lists the state agencies that comprise the Office of Management and Budget:
Department of Revenue: Administers the tax laws of the State of Indiana in an equitable and courteous manner to promote the highest degree of public trust and voluntary compliance.
Indiana Office of Technology: IOT provides measurable, secure, consistent, reliable enterprise-technology services at cost-effective prices to our partner agencies so they can better serve our mutual customer, the Hoosier taxpayer.
Department of Local Government Finance: Protects the interests of all Indiana property-tax payers by assuring uniform and equitable assessments and by providing oversight of the budgets of all local governmental units in the state.
Management Performance Hub: MPH provides analytics solutions tailored to address complex management and policy questions enabling improved outcomes for Hoosiers.
Distressed Unit Appeal Board: DUAB receives petitions from both distressed political subdivisions and school corporations in need of relief.
Indiana Board of Tax Review: A bipartisan appeals board that reviews determinations by local/county assessment officials concerning the assessed value of tangible property, property tax deductions, or property tax exemptions. Also reviews assessment determinations made by the Department of Local Government Finance.
Indiana Finance Authority: Oversees state debt issuance and provides efficient and effective financing solutions for state, local and business investment in Indiana. For example, they will lead the $1 billion stadium and convention center expansion.
Indiana Public Retirement System: Advances the achievement of retirement security for current and future retirees and beneficiaries through delivery of operational and investment excellence, exemplary customer service and trusted stakeholder communication.
State Board of Accounts: Perform audits of state and local governments, prescribe uniform accounting standards, and train public officials and employees.
State Budget Agency: Serves as fiscal analyst, administrative budget officer, fiscal forecaster and fiscal policy adviser to the Governor.
Office of State-Based Initiatives: OSBI's mission is to take the lead in pushing back against federal mandates and regulations that undermine state sovereignty.[3]
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
I am including this example because this initiative came not from the legislature or from the executive, but is totally independent from those two bodies. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) arose from public anger that the Government of Ireland had managed the effect of the Great Recession upon its people very badly, and the public did not want a repeat of that behavior. IFAC is required by statute to monitor the decisions made by the government and report to the general public on whether it is making responsible or irresponsible decisions.
IFAC is an independent statutory body established as part of a wider agenda of reform of Ireland's budgetary architecture.
Its mandate is as follows:
Assess and endorse, as we consider appropriate, the Government's official macroeconomic forecasts.
Assess the budgetary forecasts.
Assess the broader fiscal stance.
Monitor compliance with legislated fiscal rules.[4]
I include this example because the idea that some capable body will critique proposed government actions before those actions are final is appealing. IFAC provides prospective review as well as retrospective review of proposals. It has the capability to provide a significant cautionary effect on government decision-making.
I believe the Oklahoma Legislature is thinking forward in setting up the opportunity to provide itself with contestable advice. There is value in this process even if the two streams of advice come to identical conclusions because it provides greater certainty that the advice is correct. In reality, achieving unanimity or consensus in advice is unlikely, and that makes the initiative even more valuable.
Maurice P. McTigue, QSO
Vice President for Outreach, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
[1] Independent Fiscal Office, "About IFO," accessed October 25, 2018, http://www.ifo.state.pa.us/about.cfm.
[2] Indiana Office of Management and Budget, Indiana Office of Management and Budget home page, accessed October 25, 2018, https://www.in.gov/omb/.
[3] Indiana Office of Management and Budget, "About Us," accessed October 25, 2018, https://www.in.gov/omb/2348.htm.
[4] Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council home page, accessed October 25, 2018, https://www.fiscalcouncil.ie.
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In reality, if an infection has spread to the center of your teeth, you could need root canal therapy. Luckily, despite what you may have heard, most patients who have had root canal therapy claim it's comparable to having a cavity filled. If you decide to not have root canal therapy, your tooth could die. Furthermore, your infection could spread, which may cause an abscess.
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Gov. Mary Fallin names DA for Pittsburg, Haskell counties
Updated: 4:40 PM CDT Sep 16, 2016
Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed Charles "Chuck" Sullivan as district attorney for Pittsburg and Haskell counties.Sullivan will replace District Attorney Farley Ward, who was elected the district's chief prosecutor in 2010 and is retiring effective Sept. 30. Ward recommended Sullivan, who currently serves as his top assistant, to replace him, and Sullivan will serve as district attorney for the remainder of Ward's term, which expires in January 2019.Fallin said Friday that Sullivan has an array of legal experience that gives him a unique perspective to serve as district attorney. Sullivan, of McAlester, previously worked in insurance defense with a law firm in McAlester and for the Tulsa County public defender's office.Sullivan earned his law degree from the University of Tulsa.
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Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed Charles "Chuck" Sullivan as district attorney for Pittsburg and Haskell counties.
Sullivan will replace District Attorney Farley Ward, who was elected the district's chief prosecutor in 2010 and is retiring effective Sept. 30. Ward recommended Sullivan, who currently serves as his top assistant, to replace him, and Sullivan will serve as district attorney for the remainder of Ward's term, which expires in January 2019.
Fallin said Friday that Sullivan has an array of legal experience that gives him a unique perspective to serve as district attorney. Sullivan, of McAlester, previously worked in insurance defense with a law firm in McAlester and for the Tulsa County public defender's office.
Sullivan earned his law degree from the University of Tulsa.


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Sticker Shock in the Areas Surrounding the City of Destin, Florida
Airport venues not withstanding, I expected to experience sticker shock after arriving in the United States. I'm spoiled by the relatively low prices for the same or similar products in the Philippines.
It's hard to believe, but some imported goods in the Philippines are cheaper than the same goods in the United States. Why? Because I buy them at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, which is a special tax-free and duty-free economic zone.
Sticker Shock at the Movies
Josie (my wife) and I accompanied Joseph (our older son) and his family to a movie theater in Destin, Florida a few days ago. We went to see "Incredibles 2".
In the Philippines, all of us could have seen the movie for about 1,000 pesos (under $20 USD at the current foreign currency exchange rate). The tickets are around 200 pesos each. Food and drinks are usually less than 100 pesos each. At the Destin theater, the cost for me and Josie alone added up to around $25. The ticket was over $8, a tub of popcorn was over $8 and a large soda was over $8. Wow!
Sticker Shock at the Restaurants
I can't quote the prices here, other than the price of eight-something each at the "Golden Corral". I'm not used to seeing prices in dollars.
Four of us in the Philippines could dine at various restaurants for a grand total of less than 2000 pesos (less than $40 USD). A little more for the places catering to tourists. Joseph paid for our meals at a couple of restaurants here and the ticket came out to more than $60 each time.
The Cost of Living in the United States Causes Sticker Shock for Some Foreigners
Not for those coming from countries where the cost of living is higher, obviously. I'm mainly talking about those from economically deprived countries like the Philippines. There are plenty of other countries in the Far East just like the Philippines. I just can't list them without Googling it.
On the bright side, I'll experience the opposite of sticker shock when I return to the Philippines in two to four years (or when I've decided I've had enough). It's strange, but I'm already homesick for the Philippines and Josie's side of the family there.
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Q: find similar value of an array object and calculate the sold Hi am trying to find similar value of this array object and calculate the some of sold for each same values
const sold = [
  { matri: 1, year: 2019, sold: 5 },
  { matri: 2, year: 2020, sold: 3 },
  { matri: 1, year: 2020, sold: 7 },
];

above i have one array object the expected output
{ matri: 1, year: 2020, sold: 5 },
{ matri: 1, year: 2020, sold: 7 },

sold: 5
+
sold: 7
output sold : 12

A: You can use reduce to group and sum the sold property:

const sold = [
  { matri: 1, year: 2019, sold: 5 },
  { matri: 2, year: 2020, sold: 3 },
  { matri: 1, year: 2020, sold: 7 },
];

const result = Object.values(sold.reduce((carry, entry) => {
  if (!carry.hasOwnProperty(entry.matri)) {
     carry[entry.matri] = {matri: entry.matri, sold: entry.sold};
  }
  else {
     carry[entry.matri].sold += entry.sold;
  }
  return carry;
}, {}));

console.log(result);


The NASDAQ-100 is an index which includes 100 of the world's largest non-financial companies listed on the wider NASDAQ Stock market, based on their market capitalisation. The NASDAQ-100 Index represents all sorts of companies across major industry groups, from computer software to retail or biotechnology. However, the NASDAQ-100 companies do not include financial trading or investment firms.
Where have you heard about the NASDAQ-100 Index?
You've probably already heard of the NASDAQ. The NASDAQ-100 Index, however, isn't its main index – that's the NASDAQ Composite, one of the world's major stock indices. You will find many well-known brands listed on the NASDAQ-100 Index including Google, Starbucks, Microsoft and Tesla.
Graph depicting the NASDAQ-100 Index between 1985 and 2017. The graph represents the climb in the Total Return year on year, between January 1985 and January 2017. Cumulatively, the NASDAQ-100 Index has gained by 5211%, which can be broken down to an annualized return of 25% and annualised volatility of 26%.
The Nasdaq-100 Index (or NDX) was launched in January 1985. The NASDAQ Stock Market itself was founded in 1971 and was the first stock market in the United States to bring trading online, focusing mainly on technology-based companies including Google and Oracle. At first it did not provide access to actual trading and acted solely as a quotation platform. It helped lower the spread (the difference between stock asking prices and bidding prices), which was unpopular among brokers as this was where most of their commission came from.
Over the years, NASDAQ has become more of an online trading platform. There is no physical trading floor, as all trading is done through telecommunicating and online. It's main index, the Composite Index, has been published since the company's inception, while the NASDAQ-100 Index and the NASDAQ-100 Financial Index were founded in 1985 to track the largest 100 companies in terms of stock value.
Why did they create the NASDAQ-100 Index?
The Nasdaq-100 and the Nasdaq Composite indices were comprised by the NASDAQ in an effort to promote themselves in the shadow of the NYSE. The NASDAQ-100 Index companies are strictly non-financial, and include pharmaceutical, retail and technology corporations, whereas the NASDAQ 100 Financial index deals with banking, insurance and brokerage companies.
When it first started, the base price of the NASDAQ-100 Index was set at 250 points, but it closed at almost 800 at the end of 1993. The following year they reset their base price at 125, so that it was now below that of the NASDAQ Composite.
NASDAQ-100 Index closing price between 1985 and 2015. The closing price peaked in 2000 at the height of the Dot Com Bubble, then falls to it's lowest during the financial crashes of 2002 and 2008. Since 2008 the market has recovered and has grown steadily until 2015.
The Nasdaq Composite Index from 1985 to 2013. Similarly, to the Nasdaq-100 Index, the Nasdaq Composite Index peaks at 2000, then declines rapidly by 2003. A gradual climb thereafter is knocked in 2009. Unlike the Nasdaq-100 Index, the Nasdaq Composite begins to fall again after 2013.
International companies were first allowed to join as NASDAQ-100 Index companies in 1998, but the standards set for them were higher than domestic companies. This was resolved in 2002, when the market reached its all-time low.
What is the NASDAQ-100 all-time peak? What is the NASDAQ-100 all-time low?
The all-time high of the index was set at the height of the so-called 'dot-com bubble' in 2000 and was standing above 4,700, though just two years later in 2002, various factors put an end to this boom. The recession was beginning to hit, the 11 September 2001 attacks had a hugely negative effect on all stock markets and the subsequent Afghan war all contributed to the fall of the NASDAQ-100 index to around the 900-point mark.
It took approximately five years to gradually recover, and then the intraday high of 2,239.51 on 31 October 2007, was reached. This was the highest it had soared since February six years prior, but soon afterwards the fate of investment banking caused panic as the late-2000's Global Financial Crisis of 2008 began.
According to the investment management firm, the Vanguard Group, the generally accepted measure of a bear market is a "price decline of 20% or more over at least a two-month period".
During this time, the NASDAQ-100 companies along with many others experienced a Limit Down in October and reached their lowest point in over six years – and intraday low of 1,108 in November 2008.
Despite plunging into bear market territory during the global financial crisis of 2008, NASDAQ-100 has since rallied and reached highs in the months following the election of US President Donald Trump. October 2017 showed a record high for the NASDAQ-100 Index.
What is the NDX? The NDX is the abbreviation of the NASDAQ-100 Index in the derivatives market. The PowerShares QQQ exchange traded fund (or ETF), sponsored and overseen since 21 March 2007 by Invesco through PowerShares, trades under the ticker NASDAQ: QQQ. It was formerly called NASDAQ-1000 Trust Series 1, but in 2004 it was given the nickname QQQQ or the 'quad Q' by traders. In March 2011, NASDAQ changed its symbol to QQQ.
In 2000, it was the most actively traded security in the United States, but has since dropped to being within the top five after other stocks. Since August 2012, the fund is the third most actively traded exchange-traded product in the world.
What is the NASDAQ-100 criteria for companies?
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The NASDAQ-100 Index is composed of the 100 largest stocks (based on market capitalisation) traded on the NASDAQ. This index is computed using a modified market weighting. Although firms with the largest market caps tend to have the largest influence on the index, its value is modified to keep any issues from having an "overwhelming" effect on the index results. The largest firms have the biggest impact on its value. However, there are limitations on the weights, so no company can have too much influence on price. The maximum allowed is 24% of the weight of the index.
What is the NASDAQ-100 Index used for?
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Today's card is not only the fourth created this week with the gorgeous tulips from the Love Is Kindness stamp set from Stampin' Up!, it's another fancy fold too. If you've missed any of the other LIK cards, click on the days and they will open in another tab: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Score both 5" x 10" pieces of Crumb Cake card at 5", then cut diagonally from the score line out to the corner. Turn one if necessary and adhere the squares together to create the gate fold base.
Cut one of the 4 3/4" Best Year Ever DSP squares in half diagonally and adhere to the front of the card. Attach the other square inside the card.
Stamp the image from the Love Is Kindness stamp set in Memento Black ink onto Whisper White, the flowers onto the snippet of Whisper White and the newspaper wrap onto the snippet of Very Vanilla.
Color the complete image with Wild Wasabi and Bermuda Bay blendies, and the extra flowers and 6 pearls with the Bermuda Bay blendies.
Attach the stamped panel to the 4" Crumb Cake square and attach the panel carefully to one side of the gate fold.
Cut the newspaper wrap and adhere to the complete image. Cut the extra flowers and decoupage onto the image with half a Stampin' Dimensional.
Stamp the sentiment in Memento Black onto Whisper White, punch with the Bracket Label punch and layer onto two punched from Coastal Cabana card. Pop up using Stampin' Dimensionals.
I'll be back tomorrow with the last of this week's Love Is Kindness creations. It's a really special show stopper, so I hope you'll join me then.
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Please Call Me, which allows a cell phone user without airtime to send a free message requesting to be called back, was a game changer for South Africa's then fledgling telecommunications sector, as it helped increase traffic to mobile operators. Later it also began to generate revenue through advertising.
The Nokia 1100 cell phone sold more than 250 million units making it the world's best selling phone. It was targeted at developing countries. In Africa it became most people's first phone, leapfrogging landlines altogether.
Zimbabwe is running out of cash again and this time it is on track to join Kenya and Sweden as the world's first cashless societies. Cell phone apps have facilitated payments for even the smallest items from street vendors. Similar apps have helped prop up Zimbabwe's struggling economy as the diaspora sends home remittances to support family members there.
Working with Zimbabwean beading artist Kuda Kuimba, this show brings together a series of beaded cell phone screens that tell a story about life in southern Africa.
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Please Call Me (accidental cover) 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 34 cm
Long Distance Call 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 34 cm
Send Money 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 34 cm
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Melbourne's Jordan Brando is a 20-years-young producer who's just released Rockin - one of those tracks you've probably seen bumpin' around on various social media videos for the past few months while waiting patiently for it to drop. It's his first release with the legends at Sweat It Out via their Club Sweat sub, and it bangs just as hard as it looks.
In advance of his world takeover, we slung Jordan Brando a few questions - get to know him before you catch him supporting Fisher at Melbourne's Listen Out After Party, along with a host of big shows in the pipeline.
I'm 20 years old born and bred in Melbourne. I've been producing for just over two and a half years however was first introduced to electronic music when I stumbled upon hardstyle due to my primary school going through the 'Melbourne Shuffle' stage haha - so cringe. Since then music has become my passion and a big part of my life.
Anything house, techno and disco.
Such an interesting thing to talk about, I honestly don't have too much of a process or formula for my records but I try to give them as much character as possible and to tell a bit of a story. I don't like to think too much about it, just let it come together naturally as I'm feeling it. Usually the best records for me are the ones that come together quite fast and in the moment.
Can you tell us about your new single, Rockin'?
I wrote it back in December last year about a week before my set at Beyond The Valley. I wrote 95% of the record in a few hours and then got some feedback and made some final changes. It has since received a really good reaction and everyone has been asking for it so nine months later here it is! It's been played by Fisher and also Chris Lake to name a few.
Always playing shows most weekends in Melbourne but ones I'm really excited for Camelphat at Shed 9 on September 27 and A Day Of: PAWSA on October 27, plus I just got announced to support Fisher at the Listen Out after party in Melbourne.
Touring Australia off the back of my new single Rockin during October and November and also playing at Beyond The Valley over NYE.
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The Seven Notes
OGS Companions
Letter from the Superior
OGS: The Oratory of the Good Shepherd
The History of OGS
Members of OGS during their pilgrimage to Little Gidding, Centenary Chapter October 2013.
A Brief History of OGS:
Provided by Fr George Braund OGS (d. 1999) when this website was created.
The Oratory began in 1913 as a group of Cambridge (England) College chaplains, who were looking for some form of disciplined life in the comfortable circumstances of the University of those days. The first World War interrupted things, but afterwards they came together again, meeting at Little Gidding, the site of Nicholas Ferrar's community in the seventeenth century. The Notes were compiled and the way of life devised. There has been hot controversy from the beginning but whether the Anglican Oratory was inspired by St Philip Neri, or the French Oratory de Bérulle is probably of little importance since OGS is sui generis!
Until 1939, some of the brethren lived in the Oratory House in Cambridge, where they were joined by research students and others. In 1939 the Oratory House was passed on to the Franciscans, since when the Oratory has had no permanent base. On occasion two or three brethren have lived together when staffing a parish, but this has been the exception rather than the rule. It is noteworthy that the Oratory only started to grow after it left the House.
The OGS family gathered for 2013 Centenary celebrations in Cambridge.
Among its members have been Fr Alec Vidler, a noted liberal scholar, and Fr Eric Mascall, a more conservative Thomist, and many have wondered how such diverse people could exist in the same order, but this has been perfectly possible, given the breadth enjoined by the Notes, and the ideal of the Love that makes for Peace. We still have academics in our number, but most of our membership is to be found in parish communities across the world while others work in military & prison chaplaincy, all finding support and discipline from the Oratory in living out their vocation.
⇒ Click here for Fr Henry Brandreth's A History of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd
⇒ Click here for the Secretary-General's History page with some historic photos.
OGS links
Website of the Secretary General of the Oratory:
www.secretary-general.net
Website of the European Province of OGS: www.ogseurope.com
OGS on Facebook
OGS Oratory of the Good Shepherd (1913)
May is the month traditionally set apart in honour of Our Lady Mary. To mark this, St Mary's Bourne Street have produced a 'May Devotion' which features the beautiful, but rarely heard, hymn 'Though the Street of Heaven' written by Fr Wilfred Knox, OGS, the first of our brothers to die in profession.
'Mater creatoris,
Domus aurea,
Mater salvatoris,
Caeli janua:
Meet it is thy praises
Every tongue should sound
Mary over all things
To all ages crowned.'
You can find out more about Fr Wilfred Knox OGS by reading this paper about his life: ogseurope.com/2018/11/16/wilfred-knox-priest-oratorian-scholar/ ...
Our Father Superior, Bishop Lindsay Urwin OGS, has written a letter to the whole Oratory Community which you can read here. ...
A Letter from the Superior – OGS: The Oratory of the Good Shepherd
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Home > News > Total stops Iran gas project as risk from sanctions too high
Total stops Iran gas project as risk from sanctions too high
By Francois de Beaupuy on 5/17/2018
PARIS (Bloomberg) -- Total SA said it will not risk investing in Iran following the return of U.S. sanctions, unless it can secure a waiver.
Continuing to do business in Iran would be too great a risk as the company has large operations in the U.S. and depends on the country's banks for financing its operations, Total said in a statement Wednesday. So the French energy giant won't commit any more funds to Iran's South Pars 11 project, in which it took a controlling stake last year.
The comments from Total -- the first Western oil company to sign binding agreements to develop Iran's oil and gas fields following the end of a previous round of sanctions in 2015 -- illustrate the challenge posed by renewed U.S. restrictions. While the French company was speaking about a natural gas project, its reluctance to continue operating there could equally apply to others that rushed back into sectors from automobiles to aviation and engineering to the oil trade.
"The risks of being on the wrong side of the U.S. government are not worth the benefits of trading with Iran once the sanctions are in place," said Jason Gammel, a London-based analyst at Jefferies LLC. "Oil companies are not going to be able to invest in the upstream sector, traders and purchasers of Iranian crude are going to have to find other sources, or seek an exemption from the U.S. government to be able to continue buying."
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week he intends to pull out of an international accord curbing Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. Treasury has given companies up to 180 days to end dealings with Iran. The European Union, also a signatory to the atomic deal, has pledged to take steps to salvage the accord.
Total said it "is engaging with the French and U.S. authorities to examine the possibility of a project waiver."
U.S. banks are involved in more than 90% of Total's financing operations, American shareholders represent upward of 30% of its investors and the company has more than $10 billion of capital employed in the country, it said.
"The issue is that Iranian transactions can't be processed though any part of the banking system that needs access to the U.S. dollar," Gammel said. "There will be niche players who will far more benefit from trading with Iran than risk from the U.S. system, but it's going to be a very small set of players that are not going to be particularly well capitalized."
Losing Stake
Pulling out of the South Pars project could result in Total losing its stake to China National Petroleum Corp., National Iranian Oil. Managing Director Ali Kardor said this month. The French company said it has spent less than 40 million euros ($47 million) on the project so far.
Withdrawing from the South Pars 11 project will also not affect Total's target to raise the company's production by 5% a year between 2016 and 2022, according to the statement. It had planned to spend the equivalent of $1 billion on the first part of the development, and had projected an output of 370,000 boed from the Iran fields, making it the largest on its list of a dozen projects to be given the green light in the two years to 2018.
Total also bought about 56 MMbbl of Iranian crude for nearly 2.6 billion euros last year, primarily for its own refineries, according to its annual report. In addition, about 14 MMbbl of oil products were purchased from, or sold to, entities with ties to the Iranian government, generating 1.1 billion euros of revenue, and a net loss of 5.7 million euros, according to Total.
The company didn't say if these trades will be affected.
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