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World economy in turmoil as oil price plunges
Ben Peck
Tectonic shifts are taking place in the world economy. The price of oil has fallen dramatically in the past six months. The price of Brent Crude has now fallen to less than $60 a barrel. This marks a near fifty per cent drop in price from $115 a barrel in June. It heralds a new stage in the capitalist crisis, and its impact is being felt throughout the world.
The IMF's Christine Lagarde has called this 'good news for the global economy'. But is this really true? Cheaper oil prices should mean savings being passed on to the consumer, boosting demand and further stimulating the so-called "recovery".
In truth the fall in oil is part of a more complicated picture. It has been caused primarily by the slowdown in the world economy, particularly China. This is the consequence of the worldwide crisis of overproduction, which in China's case had been masked by historical levels of state intervention.
$586bn was pumped into the Chinese economy in 2009 as part of a huge stimulus package, in order to "keep the plates spinning". Huge infrastructure projects were embarked upon that maintained employment and absorbed investment.
The effects of China's adventure in Keynesianism are now coming to an end. GDP growth has slowed to around 7%. Europe and Japan, two of its main export markets, are in recession and not buying, having a knock-on effect on Chinese production.
The slowdown in the world economy signals the oncoming of a new stage in the capitalist crisis. But it also has its roots in the previous period. The fall in demand for oil has also been accompanied by an increase in supply, particularly through the development of the shale oil industry.
Shale oil, involving a more complicated and costly method of extraction, was developed in the years following the 2008 crisis, particularly in the United States. Since 2010, twenty thousand new wells have been opened up in this field - twice the rate of world oil leader Saudi Arabia.
The capital investment necessary for the opening for this new field came from the excess glut of capital that accumulated following the 2008 crash. As a result of "overcapacity", huge swathes of capital sought areas for investment outside of private industry. Hence, the stock exchange and luxury goods boom in a period of austerity and recession.
Capital also found its way into developing the shale oil industry, which had been considered financially unviable. However, this proved lucrative as China continued to motor on following its stimulus, demanding oil and allowing for a high enough price to make investment in shale attractive. In this period the development of the shale oil industry in the USA boosted production by one-third to 9m b/d (barrels per day).
The rise of US oil has now sparked a trade war with Saudi Arabia, leader of OPEC - the cartel of oil producing countries. As oil prices began to fall this summer, due to the waning strength of the world economy, the Saudis decided to embark on a tactic of not cutting production below the already agreed 30m b/d.
Under capitalism, new entrants pile into a market that is experiencing high demand and where great profits are there to be made. Typically, however, these new entrants enter with a competitive edge and equipped with the latest production techniques. As the price comes down through production, those with the most productive techniques will capture the market. While shale oil exploration represents the latest in technique, it is far from the most cost-effective. Its cost of production is higher than traditional extraction, hence the previous hesitation of investors. The "OPEC-organised" price-fall goes even below the cost of production using traditional methods. But it is the new American boys in shale who are being squeezed.
The Saudis have set out deliberately to cripple the shale oil industry. This was confirmed by Kuwait's oil minister, Ali Al-Omair (Kuwait is a member of OPEC), who said maintaining production at existing levels was intended to hold on to market share, even if it meant that it "would negatively affect prices", according to the Kuwaiti state news agency. OPEC is willing to take the hit, even at the cost of short-term losses.
The Saudis sit on $750bn of foreign exchange reserves, which they plans to use to ride out the price war. Oil receipts in Saudi Arabia count for 85% of exports. Despite large reserves to fall back on, $60 oil means a fiscal deficit of 14% of GDP, according to Moody's. This means attacks by the government on many of the social programmes which the regime conceded under the pressure of the Arab Revolution in 2011.
However, this is not only an economic struggle, but a game of international power politics. The development of shale oil has increased the US's share of oil production on the world market, leaving Washington more independent of Saudi Arabia concerning its energy needs. This is not to the House of Saud's liking.
Iran and Venezuela, both members of OPEC, reportedly begged the Saudis to cut production below the agreed 30m barrels a day, as the two countries need a high price of oil in order to allow for a balanced budget.
But the Saudis want to hit out at Iran, its traditional rival in the area, whose influence has been growing. Iran has been recently courted by America and de facto brought into alliance with it against ISIS. Saudi Arabia wants to drive a wedge between the US and Iran by crippling the Iranian economy, which needs an oil price of $140 b/d to balance its budget. And by bringing American shale production to the point of ruin, the Saudis can bring the US back into its sphere of influence.
"The main reason for it is a political conspiracy by certain countries against the interest of the region and the Islamic world and it is only in the interest of some other countries." Iranian President Rouhani told his cabinet on December 10th.
"It is true, as the Saudis protest, that neither they nor Opec as a whole can set the price. But do they protest too much, as they do nothing to arrest the speed of falling prices? It is not just that the oil producers' cartel, where Saudi Arabia still rules the roost, declined to cut output at last month's meeting. As recently as September the Saudis were actually increasing supply to a glutting market." (Financial Times, December 9th)
All this shows that the Saudis are playing a calculated game. According to the FT a senior Saudi official told US Secretary of State, John Kerry, this summer: "Isis is our [Sunni] response to your support for the Da'wa" – Da'wa being the Iranian-backed Shia Islamist ruling party of Iraq.
This OPEC-led price war appears to be proving successful for the Saudis. The Economist on December 8th predicted a raft of shale oil bankruptcies, which it says have been spending more on new wells than they have been making in profits.
The price war is also having its effect on the oil industry more generally. Oasis Petroleum and Goodrich Petroleum, two heavily indebted oil producers, have had to announce steep cuts in their planned capital spending for 2015. ConocoPhillips has announced it will cut spending by 20% next year. The consultancy 'Energy Aspects' says that 12% of global oil production would now be "uneconomic" if begun at today's prices.
On December 16th the FT warned: "Almost $1tn of spending on future oil projects is at risk after the dramatic plunge in crude prices to nearly $60 a barrel, Goldman Sachs has warned." Goldman also warns that fields representing 2.3m b/d of output by 2020 have now become uneconomic. And this does not include shale oil production, with its higher cost of production. Shares in ExxonMobil have slipped 15 per cent in the past six months, while Chevron has fallen 21 per cent and ConocoPhillips dipped 26 per cent in the same period.
Tensions in the world economy
Beyond the shale and wider oil industry, the fall in oil prices is bringing out underlying tensions in the world economy. The impact on China itself is having mixed results. Whilst it is the world's 4th largest producer of oil, its energy needs are so great that it is also an importer of oil. In the past decade, production has increased by 750,000 b/d, but consumption has risen by 3.7m b/d, underlining the colossal development of Chinese capitalism in the recent period.
China's internal contradictions are being exacerbated. Outlying resource-producing areas are losing out to lower oil prices, whilst China's energy-consuming coastal manufacturing areas are benefiting. This is increasing polarisation and putting pressure on some regional state budgets.
Already there have been strikes of teachers in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang, which borders Siberia, home to the country's largest oil field. Falls in the balance sheet of the local government has meant it has been unable to increase salaries, leading to an upturn in the class struggle.
In Russia oil and gas account for more than 75% of the country's exports and half of its budget revenues. The crisis of Russian capitalism has led the government to tax offshore capital, hitting out against a section of its own bourgeoisie that wished to pull its money out of the precarious Russian economy. "That campaign has become more urgent as western sanctions, falling oil prices and a plummeting currency drive capital flight to new heights and drain state coffers." (FT, November 19th)
The Russian central bank predicts capital flights of $128bn this year, double that of 2013. From June to the end of November the Russian rouble lost 27% of its value. On Dec 16th the Russian rouble suffered its biggest one-day drop since 1998, falling 20% against the dollar.
Currency devaluations among economies heavily dependent on oil exports are a feature of the current oil drop. The fall means the rouble has lost half its value against the dollar this year, making it the worst performing major currency, ahead of the Ukrainian hryvnia.
In response the Russian government ramped up interest rates to 17% in an attempt to curb inflation and devaluation. The Russian central bank warned that the country could see a 4.5 per cent to 4.7 per cent contraction in GDP next year if oil prices remained at $60.
The fall in the Rouble increases the burden of the $600bn debt owed by Russian banks and companies to foreign creditors. The Western sanctions imposed as part of the conflict over the Ukraine mean that the difficulty of re-financing this debt is increased. Inflation is predicted to reach 10% by the end of the year.
Crisis in Europe
The fallout has affected the Ukraine also, where Chevron has pulled out of its proposed shale gas project. "With oil prices falling, not so great geological findings in nearby countries coming in and Ukraine country-risk surging with the war as well as economic instability, it is clear now that the much hoped for shale gas boom and associated multibillion-dollar investments will not materialise," said Dmytro Marunich, a Ukrainian energy analyst.
This is part of the flight of capital seen in Russia, which is a response to the crisis and exacerbates it further. Earlier this month, the IMF said there was a $15bn shortfall in its $17bn bailout for Ukraine. In return for meeting this shortfall, Western governments will demand more in "reforms", i.e. cuts to the cost of labour in Ukraine.
As a net oil consumer, falling oil prices means falling inflation in the eurozone. However, EU leaders were hoping for higher inflation to erode the large national debts their economies are saddled with. The spectre of deflation even haunts Europe, as the FT noted on December 16th: "Oxford Economies estimates that with an oil price of $60 a barrel, 13 European countries will see their inflation rates fall below zero, at least temporarily, in 2015... The EU imports 88 per cent of its oil but its celebrations over plunging prices have been muted."
And again:
"But Mr Draghi [President of the European Central Bank] is also quick to identify the risks when the EU already fears that inflation is alarmingly low and could be veering towards deflation. Many countries have looked to inflation to alleviate the debt burden that is restraining their spending power. Mr Draghi warned that low oil prices could become "embedded" in low wages."
In Britain, oil companies are demanding tax reforms to encourage investment, or threatening to go elsewhere. Malcom Webb, chief executive of Oil & Gas UK, warned the UK government that without tax cuts "swaths of the UK continental shelf will be pushed into terminal decline". He demands a reverse of the 12 percentage point increase in the supplementary charge in the 2011 Budget, which raised oil companies' top marginal tax rate to 81 per cent. Falling revenue from North Sea oil has pushed borrowing up for the UK government. British capitalism seeks to subsidise its oil industry by adding the cost to the next round of austerity cuts.
In Libya, civil war has halved oil production to 800,000 barrels a day, but this has done little to stem the price slide. Depressed oil prices have caused the budget deficit to balloon to half of GDP. Mohammed El Qorchi, of the IMF says that Libya needs prices at $135 at current production levels to balance its budget, well above the current price. On December 15th, heavy fighting led to the closure of the 350,000 barrel a day at the Es Sider terminal, putting further strain on Libya's economy.
Nigeria depends on oil for 80% of its revenue. It has set a budget of $78 a barrel a day for its 2015 budget, and has an election coming up in February. At the end of October it announced, as oil prices fell, that it could live off savings for no more than three months. On December 8th Nigeria's currency, the Naira, fell to a record low of 187 per US dollar, stoking the potential for inflation which will hit the poorest Nigerians hardest.
Impact in Latin America
Gulf coast oil rig. Photo: NWFblogsIn Mexico, the state has plans to sell off 169 oil and gas blocks in 2015. A feature of the bankruptcy of the state, following the 2008 crisis, is the inability to finance investment. Another is the increased pressure of finance capital on governments to privatise state assets.
With huge amounts of capital sitting idle owing to the lack of profitable areas in the private sector, capitalism turns its greedy eye ever more attentively on the state. Mexican oil has been state owned for 80 years, a gain of the revolutionary period. Once again this particular form of asset-stripping - at the state level - reveals the cannibalistic nature of capitalism in decline. Capitalism can no longer afford the gains of the past and must instead claw them back.
However, this process is now on hold in Mexico. The privatisation plans of President Peña Nieto, who Time magazine dubbed at the beginning of 2014 the "Man who saved Mexico", have stalled: "...oil companies, with their constrained budgets, will probably be more selective about what they bid for and might trim their offers, putting the government under pressure to sweeten terms." (FT December 9th)
As with the Ukraine, by 'sweeten terms', capitalism means to attract investment by making Mexican workers pay for it: by reducing wages and welfare, as well as using the tax revenues gained from ordinary Mexicans to subsidise the oil companies' investments.
With a mass movement erupting in recent months however, the Mexican workers will not be so easy to pacify in order to "sweeten terms" for the oil companies. The Peso has also dropped 10% in the past four weeks, which will only fan the flames of the movements of the Mexican masses.
According to BP, Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world. Oil accounts for 95% of export revenue and inflation is running at 60%. The IMF expects the economy to shrink by 3% this year. Analysts say the country can get by so long as oil does not fall below $80 a barrel. On December 11th, Venezuelan debt surpassed Argentina's, which defaulted earlier this year, to make it the most expensive in the world. The cost of insuring Venezuela's debt has quadrupled since June.
"The collapse in the Bolívar, which has fallen more than 120 per cent over the past four months to 178 per dollar in the black market, combined with soaring inflation and bond yields, suggest Venezuela is in an economic crisis", says Capital Economics. Analysts at Ecoanalítica, a Caracas-based consultancy, estimate that the country needs a Brent price of above $130 to balance its budget - more than double the current market price.
On December 8th, the US dollar reached its highest point since the 2008 financial crisis. While the US' shale industry is hit, falling oil prices puts $75bn into the market. It is the equivalent of 0.7% of total US consumption. The Economist estimates the average US motorist should save $800 a year, equivalent to a 2% pay rise.
The US is temporarily pulling away from the rest of the world. However, this cannot go on indefinitely as the USA is tied to the world market and cannot escape the orbit of the black hole of capitalism. "Even in the US, there is sensitivity to the global level of slack in economies. It is not enough to be growing fast if the rest of the world is not doing the same", says Gilles Moec, European economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
In a sign of how the slump in the price of oil threatens to infect the banking and financial system, Barclays and Wells Fargo are now facing heavy losses on an $850m loan made to two US oil groups, Sabine and Forest. They cannot find a buyer for the loan, which now weighs heavily on the banks' balance sheets.
The banks have been financing the expansion of the energy industry. As a result Marty Fridson, chief investment officer at LLF Advisors, says 30% of "distressed bonds" are issued by the energy sector. According to Barclays, energy bonds make up 15% of the junk bond market, compared to 4.3% a decade ago.
Owing to weak demand in China and Europe, some are predicting that $60 (or less) oil is here to stay. Others are looking at the slump in oil and drawing parallels with the 2008 crisis:
"...there is a stark parallel with the US property market collapse that heralded the start of the 2008 global financial crisis — and upended banks along the way. Those lenders with oil exposure on their books may well be stuck with big losses. Yet the banks with the biggest stakes in this high-risk market are among the most prized by investors. Wells Fargo is one of the most highly valued banks in the world, enjoying a share price rise of 23 per cent this year. It is tempting to think that — like the other darlings of the post-crisis banking market, notably Standard Chartered and BNP Paribas — it is overdue a fall from grace." (FT, December 16th)
The fall in oil has confounded bourgeois strategists, who, if anything, had anticipated a spike in oil prices as a consequence of political conflicts and tensions in the Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine.
Ordinarily a falling price of oil should serve net consumers of oil, such as the eurozone and Japan. A $40 fall in the price of oil represents a $1.3trn shift in the world economy from producers to consumers.
However, the picture is not so simple. For net consumers, cheaper oil dampens inflation. Already in the EU predictions show that it will not reach its 2% inflation target. When states such as the EU and Japan hold massive debts on their balance sheets, inflation is seen by the strategists of capital as a necessary evil by which to erode away the value of the debt.
In the short-term, the rise of the dollar at the expense of other economies harms many of the so-called "emerging markets", who hold a lot of their debt in dollars. For these economies the price of their debts have just become more expensive
Economies almost wholly depend on oil exports, such as Russia, Venezuela and Iran, are tied to the fate of the price oil. These regimes, to the delight of US imperialism first and foremost, are set to be hit hardest. As the value of these economies falls with oil, so their currencies devalue, causing rising prices on imports and hitting those on the margins of the economy most severely.
Russia in particular appears now as a giant with feet of clay as its economy enters freefall. Sergey Shvestov, deputy governor of Russia's central bank, said the situation was critical: "I couldn't imagine even a year ago that such a thing could happen, even in my worst nightmares." (FT, December 17th)
Cross currents and turbulent times ahead
Despite many cross currents in the world economy, and what has become the typical schizophrenic reaction by the bourgeoisie as they are tossed on the ocean of the capitalist crisis, the December 16th edition of the Financial Times summed up the situation well:
"The 40 per cent drop in the oil price to around $60 a barrel since June is by far the biggest shock for the global economy this year. Similar episodes in the past tell us the consequences are likely to be both profound and long lasting. Normally, economists would add "positive" to this list, but doubts are surfacing as never before. The scale of the current oil shock is difficult to exaggerate."
For Marxists, the reading of the economy is only useful in that it helps us understand what effects these developments will have on the class struggle. This new stage in the crisis opens up a new period of struggle. The period 2008-14 has burnt away many of the illusions once held towards capitalism. The coming period, which promises to be even more turbulent, will put the working class internationally on the road to revolution.
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Chancery Opinion Provides First Delaware Court Guidance on COVID-19's Impact on MAE Provisions and Ordinary Court Course Covenants
by Amelia Messa · December 14, 2020
On November 30, 2020, Vice Chancellor Laster of Delaware's Court of Chancery issued the first case where the pandemic provided a company with the ability to walk away from its contractual obligations in a sale transaction, analyzing both the material adverse effect ("MAE") provisions and ordinary course covenants. AB Stable VIII LLC v. MAPS Hotels and Resorts One LLC et al., C.A. No. 2020-0310-JTL (Del. Ch. Nov. 30, 2020).
The AB Stable case involved the attempted sale by AB Stable VIII LLC (the "Seller") of 15 hotels to MAPS Hotel and Resorts One LLC (the "Buyer"). A Sale Agreement was entered into in September of 2019 and the deal was supposed to close in April of 2020, however, the Buyer asserted that a number of the Seller's representations and warranties were inaccurate and that the Seller had failed to comply with its covenants under the Sale Agreement and therefore the Buyer was no longer obligated to close. In response, the Seller filed an action in the Chancery Court.
The first argument that the Buyer made to the Court was that the business of the Seller had suffered a Material Adverse Effect due to the pandemic, which rendered its "No-MAE" representation to be inaccurate, thus relieving the Buyer of its obligation to close. Although the court did not disagree that the Seller may have suffered an effect that was both material and adverse, the court concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic did not constitute an MAE because it fell within the contractually listed exception of being a "natural disaster" or "calamity." Notably, the MAE carveout did not actually use the term "pandemic" here, but in looking at the definitions of both "calamity" and "natural disaster" Vice Chancellor Laster found that the COVID-19 pandemic fit within the plain meaning of those terms.
Although the Buyer was unsuccessful in its MAE assertions, it was able to use the pandemic to escape its obligations by arguing that the Seller had not complied with its "Ordinary Course Covenant" in the Sale Agreement. On this point, the Court agreed that the Seller had failed to comply with the covenant to conduct business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practices during the interim period between the execution of the Sale Agreement and the closing of the transaction. Due to the fact that the pandemic had caused some of the hotels to be shut down for periods of time and other extraordinary measures to be taken, the Court concluded that the Seller had breached the Ordinary Course Covenant. Notably, because of the language used in the covenant, the Court refused to look at how others in the industry had responded to the pandemic.
Separate from the pandemic analysis and claims, the Court also found that the Buyer was allowed to walk away because the Seller had failed to satisfy a contractual title insurance condition which related to historical fraudulent transactions described in detail by the Court.
In addition to excusing the Seller from closing, the Court also ordered the return of the Seller's deposit for the sale and awarded the Seller with attorneys' fees and other court costs.
The decision affirms that general "natural disaster" carve-outs from a MAE definition, which were commonly included in formulations of the definition prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic are sufficient to carve out effects of the pandemic from a determination of whether a material adverse effect has occurred and that a carve-out specifically naming the pandemic is not necessary if the pandemic is otherwise covered by another more broadly worded exception to the MAE definition.
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Amelia Messa
Amelia's practice focuses on business transactions using Delaware alternative entities, including limited liability companies, partnerships (limited and general), and statutory trusts. She assists in all aspects of the operation of Delaware alternative entities, including advising on their formation, governance, reorganization, contract interpretation, fiduciary duties, and dissolution.
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#AceSecurityNews says according to the latest news "The National Security Agency" has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States to conduct surveillance on those machines and can also create a digital highway for launching cyber-attacks.
While most of the software is inserted by gaining access to computer networks, the N.S.A. has increasingly made use of a secret technology that enables it to enter and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Internet, according to N.S.A. documents, computer experts and American officials.
The technology, which the agency has used since at least 2008, relies on a covert channel of radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted surreptitiously into the computers. In some cases, they are sent to a briefcase-size relay station that intelligence agencies can set up miles away from the target.
The N.S.A. calls its efforts more an act of "active-defence" against foreign cyber attacks than a tool to go on the offensive. But when Chinese attackers place similar software on the computer systems of American companies or government agencies, American officials have protested, often at the presidential level.
Among the most frequent targets of the N.S.A. and its Pentagon partner,United States Cyber Command, have been units of the Chinese Army, which the United States has accused of launching regular-digital probes and attacks on American industrial and military targets, usually to steal secrets or intellectual property. But the program, code-named Quantum, has also been successful in inserting software into Russian military networks and systems used by the Mexican police and drug cartels, trade institutions inside the European Union, and sometime partners against terrorism like Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan, according to officials and an N.S.A. map that indicates sites of what the agency calls "computer network exploitation."
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Q: write access violation with c++ libcurl I'm trying to create c++ code that download data from some URLs, but it's throwing a write access violation:
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#ifndef WIN32

#endif
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <string>

static const char* urls[] = {
  "http://www.example.com",
  "http://www.example1.com",
};

#define MAX_PARALLEL 10 /* number of simultaneous transfers */
#define NUM_URLS sizeof(urls)/sizeof(char *)

static size_t write_cb(void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* buffer)
{
    ((std::string*)buffer)->append((char*)ptr, nmemb);
    return nmemb;
}

static void add_transfer(CURLM* cm, int i, int* left)
{
    CURL* eh = curl_easy_init();
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_cb);
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_URL, urls[i]);
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, urls[i]);
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &write_cb);
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
    curl_multi_add_handle(cm, eh);
    (*left)++;
}

int main(void)
{
    CURLM* cm;
    unsigned int transfers = 0;
    int msgs_left = -1;
    int left = 0;

    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
    cm = curl_multi_init();

    /* Limit the amount of simultaneous connections curl should allow: */
    curl_multi_setopt(cm, CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS, (long)MAX_PARALLEL);

    for (transfers = 0; transfers < MAX_PARALLEL && transfers < NUM_URLS;
        transfers++)
        add_transfer(cm, transfers, &left);

    do {
        int still_alive = 1;
        curl_multi_perform(cm, &still_alive);

        CURLMsg* msg;
        int queued;
        CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_perform(cm, &still_alive);

        if (cm)
            /* wait for activity, timeout or "nothing" */
            mc = curl_multi_poll(cm, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);

        if (mc)
            break;

        do {
            msg = curl_multi_info_read(cm, &queued);
            if (msg) {
                if (msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE) {
                    /* a transfer ended */
                    fprintf(stderr, "Transfer completed\n");
                }
            }
        } while (msg);

        if (left)
            curl_multi_wait(cm, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);

    } while (left);

    curl_multi_cleanup(cm);
    curl_global_cleanup();

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Its crashing on the line:
_Mypair._Myval2._Mysize = _Old_size + _Count;

The full error message is:
Exception thrown: write access violation.
this was 0x7FF7941D39D0.

How can I make this code download each Url data without any error?

A: In your write_cb() callback, you are expecting the buffer parameter to point at a std::string object, but in add_transfer() you are setting CURLOPT_WRITEDATA to point at write_cb itself rather than at a std::string object.
Try something more like this instead:
struct url_info {
  const char* url;
  std::string data;
};
static url_info urls[] = {
  {"http://www.example.com", ""},
  {"http://www.example1.com", ""}
};
static const int NUM_URLS = sizeof(urls)/sizeof(urls[0]);

static size_t write_cb(void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* buffer)
{
    size_t result = size * nmemb;
    static_cast<std::string*>(buffer)->append(static_cast<char*>(ptr), result);
    return result;
}

static void add_transfer(CURLM* cm, int i, int* left)
{
    ...
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_URL, urls[i].url);
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &urls[i].data);
    curl_easy_setopt(eh, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, &urls[i]);
    ...
}

int main(void)
{
    ...
    while ((msg = curl_multi_info_read(cm, &queued)) != NULL) {
        if (msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE) {
            /* a transfer ended */

            url_info *info;
            curl_easy_getinfo(msg->easy_handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, reinterpret_cast<char**>(&info));
            // use info->url and info->data as needed...

            std::cerr << "Transfer completed from " << info->url << ", bytes received: " << info->data.size() << "\n";
        }
    }
    ...
}

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Q: Why need to create vhost for localhost and for Laravel project itself Good day to all, I am new to Laravel and I wonder what is the reason to create vhost for localhost like
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

And then create vhost for Laravel project like
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/MyProject/public"
    ServerName test.me
</VirtualHost>

Well, it is clear in terms of the creation of vhost for Laravel project but it is unclear why to create for just localhost and is it ok if I remove it(the localhost vhost)

A: There's no technical requirement for this. Each vhost is in fact separate entity, despite the fact the share some part of DocumentRoot path. You do not need two virtual hosts set up to make things work in your case, nor these vhosts are connected nor depend on each other in any way. The localhost vhost is simply for your (potential) convenience but you can safely get rid of it if you do not find it that useful or needed at all.

A: So that you don't need to open your project in your browser like this "http://localhost/MyProject/public". It is way simpler just to type: myproject.dev, right? :)
EDIT:
And this:
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About Rendering
Rendered products
Edible fats – suet, lard & dripping
Processed Animal Proteins (PAPs)
Rendered fat
About EFPRA
EFPRA members
EFPRA welcomes relaxation of feed ban
The European Fat Processors and Renderers Association (EFPRA) welcomes the relaxation of the 'feed ban' on the reuse of animal proteins which comes into force this week. It signals a commitment to building a more sustainable circular economy in Europe.
Dirk Dobbelaere
Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, known as the feed ban, has been amended to allow Processed Animal Proteins (PAPs) in the diets of non-ruminant animals. Specifically, protein derived from pigs may be used in poultry diets while, protein derived from poultry is allowed in pig diets.
"Our members are understandably pleased with the changes in the regulations which opens up new markets for their products," says EFPRA General Secretary Dirk Dobbelaere. "It is testament to the hard work member companies have done to ensure the industry operates at a very high technical and scientific level. It means we can produce safe, healthy single species animal proteins which are highly valued as feed ingredients.
"Today is really the first stage in the process, the next step is for EFPRA members to work closely with other parts of the food supply chain to find beneficial ways to increase use of animal by-products in animal feed.
The decision marks a Europe-wide move to more sustainable circular business practices. This includes initiatives such as the Green Deal, Farm-to-Fork Strategy and UN Sustainable Development Goals. Rendering, with its history of reprocessing by-products back into useful raw materials is a longstanding example of the circular economy in action.
"The member companies of EFPRA facilitate the operation of the whole animal-based food chain," says EFPRA Technical Director, Dr Martin Alm. "Safety is always our first priority; we take the by-products from animal production and make them safe. This protects the health of humans and animals by preventing disease.
"And we do more, we take these by-products and transform them into a diverse range of raw materials and ingredients which are used in food production and other areas of the economy."
Dr Martin Alm
Dr Alm acknowledges that livestock production can be a hotly debated issues in discussions around sustainability, but he is keen to stress EFPRA's role in lowering the environmental impact of the whole animal-based food chain.
"By mass, approximately half of every animal produced for meat doesn't become food. Renderers make sure that everything is used, and nothing is wasted. The materials such as PAPs and fertiliser that are the recycled back into food production have a low carbon footprint compared to virgin raw materials."
EFPRA uses the GFLI accreditation system to assess the sustainability credentials of animal fats and proteins as animal feed. According to this analysis PAPs have a lower carbon footprint than soy, particularly when land use change is taken into account.
It is also thought that there are health benefits to pigs and poultry consuming a diet containing PAPs. Research projects are already underway at Wageningen University in the Netherlands to investigate this. "Restrictions on animal protein use were introduced 20 years ago. Since then, agricultural practices as well as technology and methodology in the rendering industry has changed but the standard values for animal proteins in feed tables has not," says Carine van Vuure, member of the EFPRA Technical Committee. "Research is aiming to fill this critical gap in our knowledge as well as measure if there are any animal health and performance benefits to using PAPs."
At present, there are some early indications of these benefits, but the size and scope of the studies means that there is no conclusive evidence until more research is complete. Summaries of the research to date into pig and poultry diets containing PAPs, including feed tables for linear programming for compounders are available at www.efpra.eu
EFPRA anticipates that inclusion rates of 2–10% will become commonplace to supply protein and other essential nutrients in the feed ration. "PAPs are one of nearly 2000 ingredients so we need to work in partnership with pig and poultry producers, and feed compounders to understand the optimum usage."
Carine Van Vuure
Sjors Beerendonk
Compounders and farmers are the immediate customer for PAPs, but EFPRA is also thinking about attitudes further along the value chain. "Retailers and consumers need to know that PAPs are a safe, healthy and sustainable feed ingredient," says EFPRA President Sjors Beerendonk. "Pigs and poultry are omnivorous so would naturally seek out protein rich food, that is why PAPs are such a valuable feed ingredient. Likewise carnivorous fish such as salmon as well as domestic cats and dogs can all benefit from diets which include PAPs.
"Europe has the world's most effective animal by-product regulation to ensure the safety and quality of the finished product. To make PAPs for pig or poultry feed, every stage of the process is strictly segregated by species, right down to the lorry which delivers compound feed to the farm."
To help the public understand more about PAPs and the rendering industry in general, EFPRA has prepared a wide range of information available on its website. It includes answers to some of the most common questions they are asked about the topic.
Following Brexit the changes in regulation do not apply to the UK which still prohibits animal proteins in pig and poultry diets. FABRA the UK rendering industry trade body and EFPRA member has published a position statement about whether a similar change in legislation will happen in the UK.
← Feed Ban lifted
Sustainability Charter sets out aspirations for rendering industry →
EFPRA represents the European animal by-product processing sector. Its objective: to continually improve the safety, health and sustainability of European food production by efficiently processing animal fats and other by-products.
© 2021 EFPRA. All Rights Reserved.


It's true that when a person is employed by a church or a religious organization, there are economic pressures to maintain the status quo in your belief system. Changing one's core beliefs is hard enough without that additional pressure. And no one makes such changes quickly.
As you continue to study the Bible, be open to noticing how the Torah is portrayed in the life of Jesus and the lives of the apostles. Read additional study materials on both sides of the issue. And ask God to show you what he wants from you.
Many great things have been done for God by clergymen who came to realize that truth lay in a new direction. Martin Luther is just one example. God's faithful servants will follow what they believe to be true, even if it conflicts with the way they were taught. But nobody claims that it will be easy.


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Internet sources encourage owners to self-diagnose and even try treating at home. While the internet has lots of good information, there is a lot of misinformation out there, too. Make sure you are getting medical information from a veterinary source, not just anyone. Here are some reliable sources for veterinary information: Veterinary Partner and AAHA Healthy Pet. Avoid putting off a vet visit based on "wait and see" advice from the internet. Illnesses are almost always less expensive to treat and have better outcomes when treated earlier than later. And, always remember, there is no substitute for your veterinarian's hands-on examination and their advice based on personal knowledge of your pet!
3 Year Vaccination rotations are becoming more popular, so owners are choosing to forego the annual health exams. Many people don't realize that the Veterinary Exam is the Most Important Part of their pet's "vaccination visit". Of course, every pet needs appropriate vaccinations based on life risk assessments (which your vet can help you figure out), but it's the up-to-date exchange of knowledge and the physical exam that let you and your pet's doctor keep him in top form– not just the vaccines.
As more cats are staying indoors, owners are abandoning annual health check ups for their cats, being under the mistaken impression that their indoor cat is "safe" from disease. It is true that indoor cats are unlikely to get contagious diseases and suffer less traumatic injury than outdoor cats. But, indoor cats are more prone to metabolic disease, obesity, and diabetes than their more active outdoor counterparts. The fabulous thing is that medical advances in the last several years are helping cats with metabolic diseases and diabetes, even renal failure, live up 2 or more years longer than before! It's worth checking it out!
Put a towel or sweatshirt with your scent on it in the carrier for kitty to hide in.
Time constraints make it difficult to get in to the vet during regular "Doctor Office Hours".
Look for a Vet that allows Drop Off Appointments. Drop your pet off while you go to work or run other errands. Your Vet or Vet Tech can call you with physical exam findings and recommendations. You can make treatment decisions and pick your pet up on the way home!
Look for Veterinary clinics with extended hours.
Just as for humans, an ounce of prevention (and a few dollars intermittently) is worth a pound (and big bucks) of cure for pets.
Pets should have regular checkups throughout their lives just like people. Human physicians recommend annual exams for children and adults starting at middle age, annual blood testing starting at middle age, and some specialized tests as we advance in age (prostate cancer testing, breast cancer screening, colonoscopy). Likewise, Puppies and Kittens should have monthly exams until 4 months of age (equate that to children at age 11). Pets age 4-8 (equate to human ages 40-65) should have at least 1 exam every year. Twice yearly exams for middle aged pets would be entirely reasonable. That would be like a middle aged human getting an exam and wellness testing every 3 years. Senior pets over the age of 8 should be examined every 6 months with an annual wellness blood and urine screen.
Sure, you will pay for 1 or 2 vet visits a year, but you will get your money's worth! Your vet will be able to detect problems that you can't at home. You can implement lifestyle, diet, or exercise changes to turn around some illnesses or slow down the progression of chronic disease, giving your family more great quality time with your pet.
Our rapidly changing ,constantly moving society will always present challenges to the things we want to do. When you are feeling challenged about bringing your pet into your Veterinarian, call them. Your family Vet probably has some ways to make the experience easier and better. As our pets give us unconditional love, we need to give it back in comfort and quality of life. Don't let preventable disease steal precious years from your bond with your Pet Friend Forever.


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Littleborough Co-operative Society of Industry - Local Mills it was involved in
Whitelees Mill
The mill which at some stage had been a Bleach Mill, was used to finish the products blankets etc. that were made at Hare Hill Mill. An interesting fact is that in 1841 John Petrie of Rochdale delivered their 47th beam engine to Mr John Hurst of Whitelees Mill In 1845 a Spinning Mule was erected in a room over the Whitelees
Frankfort Mill
The mill was built in 1861 for £30000 with a further £20000 spent on equipping it with modern machinery. The mill operated from 1865 until 1895 during which time a great fire broke out (a recurring theme) in 1872 and during the clean-up operation a great storm knocked down three storeys of the damaged gable and killed 4 female members of the workforce. In 1878 Littleborough Co-op Manufacturing Co Ltd arranged a £12,000 mortgage with the Littleborough Society and a year later the MacDonald's directory has the mill as being under Littleborough Manufacturing Co., cotton spinners and manufacturers with Robert Taylor as manager. The mill closed again in 1887 due to financial mismanagement, the Littleborough Society incurring a total loss of £22,000. Later in 1887 the mill was auctioned off and the Littleborough Society had no further involvement. The site was later used by Green Brothers for dismantling vehicles later concentrating on goods vehicles. After being empty for years the present housing development commenced in 2018 being completed in 2019
Hare Hill Road Mill
The mill was a former Woollen Mill established by the 1840s. It was at one time owned by the Newall Family The Heritage Assessment produced in 2016 indicates that the mill was owned by the Littleborough Society in 1860. In 1874, the Mill was re-let to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Productive Society. Shares could only be bought by Co-operatives and Littleborough Co-op had shares in the Mill. The MacDonald's directory of 1879 noted they were manufacturers of flannels baize blankets and dommets. Littleborough Local Board retained the fire engine house and oil room for £6 pa. The mill was known for the production of flannel, cricket whites and blankets. The 1860 mill once jutted out onto Hare Hill Road but was later demolished (plans dated 1955 exclude the old building). Various extensions were undertaken during the early 20th C with a major expansion, which included the rear part of the mill overlooking Hare Hill Park, built around 1920. The site was in continual use until closed by the Co-op. It was then used by various enterprises until Proofing's moved out in 2018.
On 24th March 2018 at around 16:30 a fire broke out in the mill (probably started deliberately) which completely took over the mill which was subsequently speedily demolished. The foundations of the old mill could be seen during the recent demolition of the mill complex (2018/9). The site was developed for new housing in 2019. (Picture left from GM Fire Service Drone)
Factory. When the CWS took over in 1957 they decided to dispose of the engine (Engine Preserved). A letter from Co-op stated that few records were kept on buildings owned, closed and or demolished in 1960s or later. Once the mill was demolished the site was used for housing
Picture taken from Littleborough Recreation Ground
See also Mills
Co-op Housing
Rechabites
History Trails
Toll Road Book
living in 18/19th C
Lboro Co-op Early days
Coop Hare Hill Rd Store & competition
Coop 20th C Growth
Coop Decline & Change
Coop Mills
Coop Housing
Blackstone Edge
Calderbrook Turnpike
Todmorden Rd Turnpike
Starring Pottery
Summit Brickworks
Tetlows Pottery
Whittaker Pottery
Map of Coal Mines and Brickworks
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E Shackleton - Coal trader
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Andrea Torres, Digital Journalist
Tags: Miami-Dade County, Miami, Art
Artist works on 'superhero nurse' sculpture to be on display at Jackson Memorial Hospital
Published: April 29, 2021, 6:15 PM Updated: April 29, 2021, 6:31 PM
MIAMI – With sweeps of spray paint, Claudia La Bianca was giving life to a new sculpture at her studio in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. It will be on display soon at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
La Bianca said her mission of honoring healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic isn't over. The new piece is much smaller than the 104-foot tall mural that she painted last year on the walls of a parking garage building at JMH.
The idea for her new 13-foot tall sculpture, she said, was born out of one of her sketches. She drew a heroic woman who wore a red cape and green scrubs to her fight with COVID-19.
Artist Claudia La Bianca uses epoxy clay to model the head of her new sculpture at her studio in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. (Copyright 2020 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)
"It's a superhero nurse, and she's standing tall with a shield." La Bianca said. "And in her hand, she has a heart, because that's what they do: They care."
The Jackson Health System announced La Bianca's new sculpture will be on display at JMH during the National Hospital Week from May 9-15.
Artist Claudia La Bianca uses gold spray paint to cover a part of her new sculpture on Thursday at her studio in Miami's Wynwood. (Copyright 2020 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)
The Italian multimedia artist who lives in Miami is known for portraying powerful voluptuous women. A handwritten sign in her studio reads: "I am a powerful, inspirational, creative woman!"
La Bianca has training from Sicily's Institute of Arts and the New York Film Academy, but she started spray painting as a teen in the streets of Bagheria.
Artist Claudia La Bianca spray paints cobalt blue on her new sculpture at her studio in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. (Copyright 2020 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)
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Delivery of the first ever Live Surgery Course in Erbil from February 7–8, 2019.
During the event, they successfully acquired new members and crossed the magical line of 100.
Erbil, the beautiful historical city in Northern Iraq, was chosen as venue for the very first Live Surgery Course in the country, and one of the first one in the whole region. Under the leadership of Chairman Ghazwan Hasan, and EA Muzahem Taha, faculty from India, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq held lectures about Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, gave case presentations, and led the participants from all over Iraq through interactive discussions. MISS expert Roger Hartl enriched the event through a virtual lecture that he transmitted from Lahore, Pakistan, where he was faculty at another AOSpine Course at the time. One of the highlights was the part of Live Surgery. Participants could follow on a screen Pramod Lokhande from Pune, India, doing interlaminal and transforaminal Endoscopic spine surgeries at Erbil's PAR Hospital. Feedback from both faculty and participants was excellent.
Beside the academical part, the AOSIRQ Council achieved another important goal. They acquired new members and convinced many to renew, so they gained over 20 new membership in our Iraqi network, and reached the magical line of 100 members. We congratulate them for this double achievement.


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O'Leary encourages manufacturers to adapt in CMTS keynote address
By Rob Colman
Popular businessman, venture capitalist and television personality Kevin O'Leary made a lasting impression on many who attended his keynote address at the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS) 2011 in Toronto. His strongest message was that Canadian manufacturers need to adapt to the financial power shifts in the global market.
As an example, O'Leary noted that GE is growing by 35 percent a year in Brazil, while its U.S. business is growing by only one percent a year. The real opportunities, according to his talk, are China, India, Thailand, Cambodia and Brazil. And it's time for Canada to take this seriously.
He said it should be the manufacturing industry's goal to go from 82 percent reliance on U.S. markets to 60 percent in the next decade.
"That should be the government policy, to assist you in doing that. To make the tax policy, to set up relationships with other markets, trading agreements. That has to be the focus," he said.
He encouraged attendees to focus on high gross domestic product growth geographies. In many ways, he said, Canadian technology is premiere technology, and companies on the rise can benefit from them.
Strong currency, growth opportunities
O'Leary believes that Canadian businesses have a real opportunity to make an impact on productivity while we have a strong currency. With rising input costs, he suggested that Canadian companies buy as much technology to enhance their productivity as they can while it is affordable.
"You should be buying as much technology with the strong Canadian dollar as you possibly can in this cycle to enhance the productivity of your manufacturing by as much as 15 percent. That's how you fight input costs. Any firm that doesn't invest now when rates are low and the Canadian dollar is high is making a big mistake," he said. "Even though there's uncertainty in the markets, it's the time to be doing that."
As part of that investment, however, he also believes that manufacturers have to sell the value of automation to the general public.
"People think that automation is killing jobs in Canada, when in fact you're enhancing the value of the jobs you do provide. I don't think you're getting the message out. Automation is good. It enhances the job creation and the value creation in a big way. It's your responsibility to communicate that because the public doesn't get it. When they see a robot go into a plant, and a big button that you push to start it up, they think that somebody lost their job, when really somebody got a much higher paying job that came out of a great education that provides for a much better standard of living for Canadians. That's what the message should be."
He also encouraged manufacturers as a coherent group to lobby government to relax environmental regulations so that manufacturers here are playing on a level field with other countries. At the same time, he encourages forging closer ties with government to keep the lines of communication with them open.
"Make government your friend," he stressed – to protect manufacturing interests and to get the industry a proper hearing.
With files from Mary Del Ciancio
Canada's global competitiveness ranking slips to 14th place
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Thanks to Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop for hosting this short video. It sums up my thoughts on Verbs and what I covered during my craft lesson earlier this month. Here I discuss three kinds of verbs, how to evaluate their presence in your writing, and using this for better revision!
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There was an old commercial that stated that a particular brand of coffee was 'good to the last drop'. This might have been the slogan Wilbur Shaw could have used for his Maserati 8CTF after winning the 1937 Indianapolis 500.
Wilbur Shaw was a racing namesake back in the 1930s and 40s. He won the Indy 500 three times and finished seven times in the top 5. He had a 3 mile lead in the 1937 Indy with 35 laps to go when his engine began leaking oil at a serious rate. His pit crew said that he was 1 minute and fourteen seconds ahead of second place driver Ralph Hepburn. Shaw immediately calculated the speed he needed to finish first and still retain enough oil so as to complete the race. When Shaw cut his speed in his effort to conserve oil, Hepburn quickly closed the gap. Hepburn starting inching ahead of Shaw in the final lap and Shaw was wondering if he would make to the finish line. In one last desperate attempt, Shaw pushed on the accelerator and the Maserati responded by edging out Hepburn's car by 2.16 seconds. The engine died just after it crossed the line and there was but a few drops of oil left in the tank!
Wilbur Shaw became president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 but died tragically and ironically in a plane crash in 1954. He would have agreed that the engine in his Maserati that day in 1937 was 'good to the last drop'.
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This Tomato Soup Recipe came about at the end of Margaret's tomato growing season when we were overrun with ripe fresh home grown tomatoes.
There are only so many tomatoes that I can eat in a salad or just as fruit (the smallest tomatoes are like cherries, and I eat them almost by the handful) so I tried making my own tomato soup.
This low calorie recipe is the result.
There is an Italian saying that translates as "Buy the best ingredients you find or afford, and be kind to them."
This recipe follows that ideal and the results are mouthwateringly good.
Halve the tomatoes and place them on a baking tray, cut sides down.
Put the garlic cloves on the tray as well, there is no need to peel them first.
Put in a hot oven and bake for 20 minutes.
While the tomatoes are baking cook the potato in the stock.
I roughly chopped the potato so it took a few minutes to cook but grated potato would take less time.
When the tomatoes are baked remove them from the oven. The skins will come off easily and the flesh can be added to the stock.
Squeeze the garlic cloves with a knife blade to extract the roasted flesh and add to the soup. Add the tomato puree and stir well over a gentle heat.
Use a hand blender or food processor to blitz the soup to a smooth consistency. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
There you have it, my tomato soup recipe. You could add basil if you like and a spoonful of cream would be indulgent but nice.
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Paco: Rayo not a La Liga team
By livio - 4 January 2016, 13:11
Paco Jemez accused his Rayo Vallecano players of not being fit for La Liga after they squandered the lead twice in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Real Sociedad.
Goals from Aritz Elustondo and Bruma cancelled out earlier strikes from Diego Llorente and Jozabed to extend Rayo's winless run to seven matches, and the Coach warned his side needed to tighten up and fast or be relegated at the end of the season.
"The point tastes of nothing, especially after what we did on the pitch," he said after the game.
"We went ahead twice but didn't win. How many goals will we have to score to win a game?
"The team have been wrong, me first. The goals we conceded clearly show we aren't a La Liga team [at the moment].
"Everyone is responsible for the team's decline, me first. We can't be conceding goals as we are.
"It's a haemorrhage we're bleeding from. Our defensive capability is suited to the wrong division.
"The lads give everything, but we've got to where we have.
"I still trust them because they leave everything behind, know where we're going wrong and work hard every week.
"We have to keep pounding on the whole issue of care because the goals we concede come from a lack of marking.
"Such defending will result in us no longer being a top-flight team.
"[On going seven games without a win], it's a horrible run, but we can still finish the first half of the season out of the relegation zone.
"Our margin for improvement isn't in attack but the whole team defensively.
"We're a team who concede too many goals to be a top team and therefore we must continue working hard.
"If we don't improve in this aspect, we have nothing to compete for.
"What we have to do to win, score five goals? The solution is working hard."
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Although the news on trade negotiations might sound grim, Angela Hofmann, deputy director of Farmers for Free Trade, told Montana Farm Bureau members at their summer conference in Fairmont Hot Springs that negotiations are part of the process and urged farmers and ranchers to speak up and make their voices heard about how trade tariffs impact them.
"Trade negotiations are very complex. They include buying and selling, being a reliable partner and fixing what's needs to be fixed. Farmers need certainty and open markets to make ends meet," Hofmann said.
During her talk "2018 Trade Insights," Hofmann shared that Canada, China and Japan are top U.S. trade partners with Japan, Belgium, Mexico and Taiwan being the next tier.
As for the latest retaliation lists, including pork, cranberries, potatoes, orange juice and even Levi jeans, there is a reason for those commodities to be selected. "Our trade partners have become tricky. If you look at the retaliation list, they are trying to hit the commodities in ag voter districts, such as retaliating against Kentucky bourbon in Senator Mitch McConnell's state," said Hofmann.
Hofmann told more than 200 farmers and ranchers attending the conference that the best thing they can do is talk to their Congressmen and to the Trump Administration about how tariffs directly hurt them on their farms.
"It could take a while but we need to keep trading. I believe improved trade negotiations will get done and hope nothing will derail the process. The U.S. is talking with the negotiators right now, so don't miss your opportunity to speak up," she concluded.


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Q: Prism - How to get all regions in view I need a way to get the regions I defined inside one of my views. For example:
<UserControl ...
             mvvm:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"
             d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance errorBars:ErrorBarViewModel, IsDesignTimeCreatable=True}"/>
    <ContentControl mvvm:RegionManager.RegionName="{x:Static regions:SidebarRegions.ErrorSidebarContentRegion}" />

Inside my ViewModel, I dynamically set the view to the region.
_navigationService.Navigate<AnySubView>(SidebarRegions.ErrorSidebarContentRegion);

Now I need to remove the region from the RegionsManager. Thats quiet easy, but I need a way to remove it recursivly. Thats because the ErrorBarViewModel does not know if the View it navigated to also defines a Region. If it does, I will get an error when removing the View and adding a new instance if it again, because the regions are already defined.
My thought was iterating through the DependencyProperties or AttachedProperties and find out, which regions the child has defined, but it doesn't seem like this could work.
Does anyone have an idea how to get the regions a View has defined?

A: According to the explanation of your question, I guess your application scenario is as follows:

*

*Reuse this value in multiple views

*When navigation reuse ErrorSidebarContentRegion view, an exception occurs.Maybe because Region was unique in Prism, there couldn't be a duplicate RegionName

My advice for the above scenario is to adjust the logic like this:

*

*RegionName is dynamically generated

*Change your exception prompt(For your reference:HandyControl)

dynamically regionName
public class AttactedErrorSidebarContentRegion
{
    private static readonly Type ownerType = typeof(AttactedErrorSidebarContentRegion);

    internal static readonly DependencyPropertyKey ValuePropertyKey =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttachedReadOnly("Value",
            typeof(string), ownerType,
            new PropertyMetadata(default(string)));

    public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueProperty = ValuePropertyKey.DependencyProperty;

    private static void SetValue(DependencyObject element, string value)
    {
        element.SetValue(ValuePropertyKey, value);
    }

    public static string GetValue(DependencyObject element)
    {
        var value = (string) element.GetValue(ValueProperty);
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
        {
            value = GetErrorSidebarContentRegionForView(element.GetType());
            SetValue(element, value);
        }
        return value;
    }

    public static string GetErrorSidebarContentRegionForView(Type view)
    {
        var name = view.Name.TrimEnd("View".ToCharArray());
        var region = $"{name}.ErrorSidebarContentRegion";
        return region;
    }

    public static string GetErrorSidebarContentRegionForViewModel(Type viewModel)
    {
        var name = viewModel.Name.TrimEnd("ViewModel".ToCharArray());
        var region = $"{name}.ErrorSidebarContentRegion";
        return region;
    }
}


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