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EMISSIONS MARKETS, POWER MARKETS AND MARKET POWER: A STUDY OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY EMISSIONS MARKETS AND DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY MARKETS by Noah Christopher Dormady A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PUBLIC POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Noah Christopher Dormady
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|Chapter 1: A Monte Carlo Approach ❧ The use of auctions to distribute tradeable property rights to firms in already heavily concentrated markets may further exacerbate the problems of market power that exist within those markets. This chapter provides a model of a two-stage emissions market modeled after a contemporary regional permit trading market in the United States, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. (RGGI). It then introduces Oligopsony 1.0, a C# software package constructed in the .NET environment that simulates uniform-price auctions using stochastic Monte Carlo simulation for modeling market power in tradeable property rights auctions. Monte Carlo methods add a probabilistic element to standard auction theoretic equilibria. The results of these simulations indicate that there can be significant non-linearities between profit and market power as exercised through strategic demand reduction. This analysis finds the optimum point of strategic demand reduction that enables the firm to exploit these non-linearities, and it determines the probability distributions of these optima using kernel density analysis. ❧ Chapter 2: An Experimental Approach ❧ How will emerging auction-based emissions markets function within the context of today's deregulated auction-based electricity markets? This chapter provides an experimental analysis of a joint energy-emissions market. The impact of market power and collusion among dominant firms is evaluated to determine the extent to which an auction-based tradeable permit market influences performance in an adjacent electricity market. The experimental treatment design controls for a variety of real-world institutional features, including variable demand, permit banking, inter-temporal (multi-round) dynamics, a tightening cap, and resale. Results suggest that the exercise of market power significantly increases electricity auction clearing prices, without significantly increasing emissions auction clearing prices, and in some cases, even significantly suppresses them. The institution of auction-based carbon markets in the already-concentrated energy sector can further strengthen the market position of dominant firms who can leverage energy-emissions market linkages to their operational advantage. ❧ Chapter 3: Regulatory Mechanisms and Policy Approaches ❧ Contemporary deregulated electricity markets are defined by a complex array of multi-settlement markets, with additional market-based mechanisms designed, to a large extent, to limit the exercise of market power by dominant firms. On top of the already complex nature of these markets, policymakers are also adding market-based mechanisms to curtail greenhouse gases. Key linkages exist between electricity and emissions markets that may be utilized by dominant firms. This chapter provides an analysis of three specific policy mechanisms that are utilized in contemporary markets to effectively reduce the incentive of dominant firms to exercise market power. These include convergence bidding, consignment auctions and multilevel holding accounts.
|emissions markets; power markets; electricity markets; market power; oligopoly; oligopsony; monopoly; monopsony; cap-and-trade; cap and trade; Monte Carlo; human experiments; economics experiments; laboratory experiments; experimental economics; environmental economics; energy economics
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|EMISSIONS MARKETS, POWER MARKETS AND MARKET POWER: A STUDY OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY EMISSIONS MARKETS AND DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY MARKETS by Noah Christopher Dormady A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PUBLIC POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Noah Christopher Dormady


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Along with playing the ubiquitous hooker, victim or doormat character, actresses are often pegged playing "the wife of," or "the mistress of," or even "the best friend of", especially in films that aren't specifically directed at women. Unless they are starring in a rom-com or a movie that is somehow centered around shoe-shopping, actresses in mainstream films are most often seen in some sort of role that supports the main actor. The newest casting announcements out of Hollywood prove that: most were almost entirely supporting roles, and there were even some hookers and doormats in there to keep things spicy! After the jump, Rosamund Pike fears aging and sticks with the surrogate-obsessed pack in a sci-fi thriller, and Camilla Belle fools around with a dreamy (but much older) Vincent Cassel in a new Brazilian coming-of-age film.
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• Camilla Belle, Adrift: This Brazilian movie set in the 1980s centers around a 14-year-old girl who learns about the infidelities of her father, played by (sigh) Vincent Cassel, as she experiences her own sexual awakening. Belle is slated to play a young woman that is having an affair with Cassel's character. Verdict: while we don't know much about her character, the fact she plays a young woman sleeping with an older, married man has the potential to be either a hooker or doormat.
• Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench, Nine: It's another movie based on a musical based on a movie! This film is based on the musical adaptation of Fellini's classic 8 1/2 and Kidman and Dench are in talks to join a cast that already includes Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, and Sophia Loren. The movie follows a film director as he juggles the demands of different women in his life. Verdict: Since details of their characters have yet to be released, we will have to hold off on judgment.
• Mary Lynn Rajskub, Julie & Julia: This film is based on the "true life" tale of a woman named Julie (played by Amy Adams) who blogged about cooking all of the recipes in Julia Child's famous cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cuisine, in the space of one calendar year. The film will also focus on Julia Child's personal life, played by Meryl Streep. Rajskub will play Julie's best friend. Verdict: While there is little information on the character, this movie sounds like it will be one big snooze-fest (a film about blogging can only be boring, trust.) And best friend roles are usually wither so secondary they aren't noticeable or they turn into doormats for the lead character's plot line.
"Bruce Willis Starrer 'Surrogates' Adds Cast" [Hollywood Reporter]
"Camilla Belle Is Cast 'Adrift'" [Hollywood Reporter]
"Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench Eye 'Nine'" [The Hollywood Reporter]
"Rajskub Joins 'Julia' Cast" [The Hollywood Reporter]


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Classes starting soon
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The Problem After setting up a new instance of TFS I attempting to use the TFS 2010 Power Tools (Dec '11) Team Foundation Backups wizard. However, during the Backup Plan Wizard Readiness Checks, the "Grant Backup Plan Permissions" step failed with the error – Account… failed to create backups using path… The Fix Digging into the log created during the Readiness Check I found the following error - Error @xxx Microsoft.SqlServer.Managem... Backup failed for Server 'xxx'. ...
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Ways To Load Data In SQL Azure
This blog provides links to a presentation and a sample application that shows how to load data in SQL Azure using different techniques and tools. The presentation compares the following techniques: INSERT, BCP, INSERT BULK, SQLBulkCopy and a few tools like SSIS and Enzo Data Copy. The presentation contains load tests performed from a local machine with 4 CPUs, using 8 threads (leveraging the Task Parallel Library), to a SQL Azure database using the code provided below. The test loads 40,000 records. ...
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This article is written to assist SQL Azure customers to copy a SCHEMA container from one SQL Azure database to another. Schema separation (or compress shard) is a technique used by applications that hold multiple customer "databases" inside the same physical database, but separated logically by a SCHEMA container. At times it may be necessary to copy a given SCHEMA container from one database to another. Copying a SCHEMA container from one database to another can be very difficult because you need ...
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SQL Clustered vs. Non-Cluster Index
When you first create a new table, there is no index created by default. In technical terms, a table without an index is called a "heap". We can confirm the fact that this new table doesn't have an index by taking a look at the sysindexes system table, which contains one for this table with an of indid = 0. The sysindexes table, which exists in every database, tracks table and index information. "Indid" refers to Index ID, and is used to identify indexes. An indid of 0 means that a table does not ...
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SQL Server NOLOCK
Pros and Cons of NOLOCKI have seen some developers use WITH (NOLOCK) when querying in SQL Server and wonder why they use. Now i explored it and found that its useful to improve the performance in executing the query. However there is a disadvantage in using it. The disadvantage is that one may not be sure that they are getting the data which is currently being updated in the Table ie Without lock protection, you cannot be guaranteed that the data isn't changing during the time that the query is running.With ...
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Quick Review of Backup tools for SQL Azure
The landscape of SQL Azure backups is changing rapidly. A few tools are becoming available at no charge and Microsoft is adding capabilities over time. Here a quick update.Microsoft ToolsMicrosoft offers two primary backup mechanisms so far:Export/Import feature available on the Azure Management portalThe COPY operation as part of its T-SQL CREATE DATABASE statementThese mechanisms do not offer a scheduling component and do not work together. To obtain a transactionally consistent backup, you first ...
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Free Classroom training in Singapore
Inviting all the people who wish to expand their knowledge in the field of Microsoft Technologies. I will be conducting FREE classes on various streams in Microsoft Technologies like: SharePoint - Administration and Development Visual Studio - 2010 C# and .NET 4 LINQ Team Foundation Server 2010 SSIS ASP .NET Programming Office Apps & Open XML Basic SQL Server and Queries Windows Azure One Note All the courses will be taught using Microsoft Official Curriculum. Soft copies of Lab material, Virtual ...
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SchemaSpy - An incredible free tool to use for peeking at various Database schemas
Back in 2009 I was tasked with automating database dictionaries and schemas outputs for the CI (Continuous Integration) Server called Hudson ( which is probably now owned by Oracle and will become a name like Jenkins, but I digress. CruiseControl and CruiseControl.NET for Windows is another popular free CI, both of which are superior to the lightweight CI of TFS ).I setup ANT scripts with regular expressions that would get called nightly to rebuild the creation of html and image files with the schemaspy ...
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Enabling Sql Server Broker Service Hangs
If your connection hangs while attempting to start sql server broker service, its likely caused by the system trying to gain exclusive access to your database. Some people recommend stopping and restarting the sql server instance. I find that a little heavy-handed, like swatting a fly with a sledge hammer. Instead switch the database into single user mode, enable the broker service, and restore the database to multi-user mode. 1) Set the database to single user mode: ALTER DATABASE [DBNAME] SET SINGLE_USER ...
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Last night, Candice Glover and Kree Harrison fought it out as the last two contestants on this year's edition of American Idol. And in all honesty, I missed the show and caught up with the performances after the fact. However, I suppose that might actually be a good thing because the judges didn't have the possible ability to influence my take on each performance. Not that they usually do but this makes the whole thing even more pure in nature.
Here's how I rank last night's first performances:
1. Candice (Tie) – It started off slow but she did well in the chorus. Not bad.
1. Kree (Tie) – Slow and simple adding her own country twist good but not great.
Last night's second performances:
1. Kree – Good tone, nice vocals, got to show off her range a bit, right in her wheelhouse.
2. Candice – Nice inflection in her voice. Strong and emotional, well done.
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2. Kree – Smooth flowing vocals and a beautiful sound overall. Amazing final note at the end.
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Neither of the first performances was all that great. And that being the case, I'd have to call that round a tie. With each additional round, the performances got progressively better. Kree most likely took the second round with a song that just fit her better and a quality showing throughout. While Kree's third and final song was outstanding and would have likely been the best of the night on most nights, the fact that Candice gave a second performance of her best song of the season won her the round.
Being that Candice went second in each round, I would have to say she has a bit of an advantage. This is especially true when it comes to her closing song. However, with the shocking elimination of Angie last week, if either contestant is likely to pick up her fans it would be Kree. Going into the night, I thought it would be an anti-climactic finish with the newest winner being Candice. However, I'm not so sure that it won't be a lot close than people expect. Who knows what might happen.


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Well, Graham Norton's great-great-great grandfather and my g-g-g grandfather, to be strictly accurate. They would have known each other. They probably wanted to kill each other. (Luckily, I quite like him and he doesn't know I exist, so that's all right!)
How did I find this out?
Four years ago, long before this blog was thought of, I was gripped by BBC TV's series Who Do You Think You Are?
I was fascinated by the unravelling of family myths and mysteries (we've got a few of our own) and envious of the fantastic resources that the Beeb could pull together.
Then, on November 2, 2007, I leapt out of my seat punching the air and shouting: "Carnew! The ball alley!"
Graham Norton was retracing his Irish roots and, to my amazement, his ancestor was in that southernmost Co Wicklow town at the same time as mine, in May 1798, when the terrible Carnew massacre was carried out.
On the other side.
While Nicholas Delaney was working in Robert Blaney's bog – at the moment Richard Twamley and George Heppenstall were being killed – Graham's ancestor, Thomas Walker, was among the yeomen in the town.
Indeed one of his relations, John Walker, was shot and piked by the rebels. Just as Twamley and Heppenstall were, according to 'Croppy Biddy' Dolan.
And there was Graham in the ball alley in Carnew Castle, where the infamous massacre took place. The same ball alley my mother and I were shown by the castle's owner, who pointed out to us the bullet holes in the wall which still bear witness to the day when unarmed local United Irish prisoners were gunned down in cold blood by the yeos.
It was a strange moment.
I'll write more about the Carnew Massacre soon. It's not just a tragic story in its own right, but probably one of the incidents that spurred the people of Co Wexford, next door, to rise in arms and play their colossal part in 1798.
Since writing this I've found a clip of Graham in the Ball Alley – it's just as good second time around.
Update: The May 2015 edition of Irish Lives Remembered features more about Graham and his Carnew ancestors.


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Police arrests tally nearly 300 following sometimes violent confrontations this week, and more protests were planned for Wednesday and Thursday, the final two days of the Republican National Convention.
Some protest organizers have promised to resume their often confrontational actions near where delegates are meeting in the Xcel Energy Center until the GOP convention ends its four-day run.
Police said Wednesday they had arrested 10 people throughout Tuesday, but they declined to offer specifics about each incident. Total arrests for the week were 294, including 137 felonies.
At least three of the arrests Tuesday came during a march against poverty. The march was tense but neither as widespread nor violent as events a day before, when nearly 300 people were arrested in numerous run-ins in downtown St. Paul.
Police estimated about 2,000 people took part in the poverty march, which lasted about three hours. It ended near the convention arena with police using tear gas and flash-bang grenades to disperse protesters they said were trying to get past security fences, said Tom Walsh, a St. Paul police spokesman.
The arrests Tuesday came a day after violence erupted following a largely peaceful anti-war march by some 10,000 people. Afterward, police blamed a splinter group of about 200 for harassing delegates, smashing windows, puncturing car tires, throwing bottles and starting at least one fire.
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Today on homify 360° we delve into a delicious project that is located in Chapel Lane in Huntingdonshire. With a brief by a private client stating the desire to create a sleek and minimal home with an inviting ambience, peppered with both modern and Art Deco elements, professional Katie Malik Interiors immediately started drawing up plans to suit the creative challenge.
Of course functionality also goes hand in hand with style when it comes to a suitable living space, and even here the expert in charge showed us what they are capable of.
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No amount of top-notch ingredients in the world can ensure a fresh ambience with that dinner party you're planning. But fortunately, this dining room has a prime view of the garden to enchant guests while they wine and dine.
Snow-white French doors swing open dramatically to let in fresh light, allowing the pale-hued wooden floors to beautifully illuminate the entire space and contrast even more with the warm look of the rich dining table.
And any room with a crystal chandelier dangling from the ceiling gets our vote of approval!
What breathes modern life into classic comfort while still flaunting an image of sophistication and style? The Alexander sofa, of course. With exquisite detailing like the pulled stitch backrest, these beauties were specially made to enhance the new interiors of this luxurious home.
Notice how the off-white hued furniture offset with the textured surfaces of the floor and fireplace, ensuring a delightfully detailed space to call the living room.
Slumbering is no excuse to neglect style. For the guest bedroom, elegance was ensured via rich textured fabrics and metal hues, as well as a firm commitment to functionality via the wall sconces, crystal-clear window and wall radiator.
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Seeing as the steely hued look of the guest bedroom was so successful, it was decided to copy it (to some extent) for the main bedroom. Here we get to see how plush fabrics (the carpet, the throw, the headboard, etc.) in various greys combine to ensure a lavish sleeping experience.
And is it just us, or does that sloping ceiling resemble a castle tower, adding to the rich and majestic ambience of the room?
From steely tones to actual steel, the bathroom design opted for a more sleek approach in terms of interior style. This selection of glossy surfaces, as well as the minimalist style, contrasts quite refreshingly with the rest of the interiors, who show off more of a modern design.
A tremendous design job which not only flaunts a stylish look, but which also seems quite committed to raising comfort- and relaxation levels within the household. Bravo!
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When the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in August 2011 that term limits are constitutional for the Broward County Commission, legal scholars were not certain whether or when the Florida Supreme Court would choose to weigh in on the question. Sarasota County residents were especially interested in what would follow.
For the past six years, Sarasota County Commission term limits have been unconstitutional, thanks to a 12th Judicial Circuit Court ruling in 2005. That ruling made it possible for County Commissioner Nora Patterson to seek a fourth consecutive term in 2010 and for Commissioner Jon Thaxton to file last year for his fourth consecutive term. Thaxton said in mid-December he would continue his campaign "until I am ruled an ineligible candidate."
The candidate qualification period begins at noon June 4, and ends at noon June 8, for the three Sarasota County Commission seats up for election in 2012. The county's Primary Election is scheduled for Aug. 14.
The Florida Supreme Court agreed Dec. 12 to accept the Broward County case.
Three weeks earlier, Senior Judge Jack Schoonover ruled in the 12th Judicial Circuit Court that the 2005 term-limits decision could stand, but he left open the option for the parties to litigate that point in the future. Schoonover's decision followed an emergency hearing on a lawsuit filed in mid-November by 16 citizens seeking a limit of two consecutive terms for Sarasota County commissioners. The two-term limit, approved by 68% of Sarasota County voters in 1998, was overturned by the 2005 court case.
Andrea Mogensen, the attorney for the citizens group, filed a brief Dec. 13 with the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, asking it to bump up to the Florida Supreme Court an appeal of Schoonover's ruling. Her paralegal, Michael Barfield, said the appellate court should make its decision by early this year.
If the Second District Court does not certify the Sarasota case to the Florida Supreme Court, Barfield said, the case will remain in Lakeland. In that event, he said, it would be impossible to predict when the appellate court would hear the case.
David Persson, the Longboat Key town attorney the county hired to represent it in the term-limits lawsuit, said the county had no objection to Mogensen's request and filed a motion to that effect. However, Persson said he found the citizens group's actions "very strange."
Persson, who also represented the county in the 2005 case, reiterated what County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh had pointed out in County Commission meetings: The county agrees that term limits are constitutional.
Because both Persson and Mogensen were using the Fourth District Court of Appeal case to support the constitutionality of term limits, and the Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Broward County case, Persson said, "It would seem the best thing to do would be to wait to see what the Supreme Court does and then see if there's anything left for us to act upon.
"I understand (the citizens group) here wanting to be actively involved in the ultimate decision, but it would seem a lot easier and more efficient for them to file an amicus (friend of the court) brief in the current Supreme Court matter rather than try to boot-strap (Schoonover's) decision into something it is not," he said.
However, Mogensen said, "We believe it is imperative to get the issue of term limits in Sarasota County resolved long before the deadlines for qualifications for candidates."
And if the Florida Supreme Court rules that term limits are constitutional for county commissions, no further action will be needed on the case the citizens group filed in November.
Case History
• Sept. 1, 1998 — By a 68% margin, Sarasota County voters approve a County Charter amendment calling for a limit of two consecutive terms for county commissioners.
• Feb. 1, 2005 — A ruling signed by 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Deno G. Economou states the county's term limits are unconstitutional, citing the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Cook v. City of Jacksonville and Deblaker v. Eight is Enough in Pinellas, consolidated as the Cook case.
• Nov. 8, 2011 — Sixteen Sarasota County citizens file a lawsuit to stop the County Commission from proceeding with a Jan. 31, 2012, special referendum on a new County Charter amendment limiting commissioners to three consecutive terms, effective upon the date of voter approval. The lawsuit also seeks a ruling that the 1998 charter amendment on County Commission terms is constitutional.
• Nov. 15, 2011 — On a 4-1 vote, the County Commission authorizes the special referendum on term limits.
• Nov. 21, 2011 — Senior Circuit Judge Jack R. Schoonover rules during an emergency hearing that the referendum ballot language is confusing. However, he lets stand the 2005 court ruling saying Sarasota County Commission term limits are unconstitutional.
• Dec. 7, 2011 — In entering his order, Schoonover notes his denial of the citizens group's motion regarding term limits is "without prejudice," leaving the parties free to litigate that part of the lawsuit in a future court appearance.
• Dec. 12, 2011 — The Florida Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal of a Fourth District Court of Appeal decision, which ruled term limits are constitutional for the Broward County Commission.
• Dec. 13, 2011 — The Sarasota County citizens group files an appeal with the Second District Court of Appeal, seeking to overturn Schoonover's ruling on term limits.
• Dec. 13, 2011 — The citizens group suggests the Second District Court of Appeal certify the Sarasota County case as requiring immediate resolution by the Florida Supreme Court.
• Dec. 16, 2011 — David Persson, attorney for Sarasota County, files a brief with the Second District Court of Appeal, saying the county has no objection to the citizens group's request. However, Persson notes that Schoonover's Dec. 7 order on the constitutionality of term limits was not a final order. He adds that that fact "may be of importance to the (Second District Court) in deciding whether to certify the case to the Florida Supreme Court."
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Soon after I wrote CTS2010: Cheque Truncation Or Contract Termination System?, a senior banker averred to me in private that India's
cheque truncation program had a lot of loose ends. A friend of mine who used to work for a CTS solutions provider pointed out that the program had an ever greater impact on NBFCs than banks (For the uninitiated, a Non Banking Financial Company is a type of
financial institution in India that can make loans and offer a few other financial products without holding a banking license). To paraphrase this CTS professional's comment, banks and NBFCs together handle around 2 million PDCs a month on the conservative
side, which translates to an annual volume of 24 million. Since PDCs are customarily collected for three years in advance, there are 72 million cheques waiting to be sucked out of the system and replaced with CTS 2010 compliant cheques. Given that the cost
of processing a PDC is around 2.5X of that of a normal cheque, "reprocessing loans with new CTS2010 compliant PDCs would mean a significant cost for banks / NBFCs", my friend remarked on my company's blog.
Since the above post was published around six weeks ago, the CTS2010 cutover deadline has been extended by three months to 31
March 2013. While I'm no banker or NBFC specialist, I strongly doubt whether all the prerequisites for this migration would be completed even by the revised deadline, and predict a further delay of at least three months before the exercise is deemed complete
and old cheques lose their validity.
Getting down to mundane personal matters, I called my tenant and requested him to issue new CTS2010 PDCs for the two year lease he has taken on my house. A couple of weeks later, he called me over to exchange the old non-CTS2010 cheques for the new ones.
Even as I was receiving them, I noticed that the new cheques didn't have a "pantograph" - yes, I had to look up what term meant - and lacked at least two more attributes that banks had said that CTS2010-compliant cheques should exhibit. When I wondered aloud
whether the new cheques he was giving me were CTS2010-compliant, my tenant assured me that his bank had issued the new cheque book against his explicit request for CTS2010 compliant cheques. That confirmation, combined with the implicit trust my tenant and
I enjoy with each other, persuaded me to treat this matter as closed.
But, going back to a generic context, what'd happen if someone with malafide intent deliberately tried to palm off old cheques as new, as Advait
Rege pointed out here? People entering into contracts with them would be left high-and-dry when the old, non CTS2010-compliant
PDCs in their possession would eventually start bouncing when the CTS2010 cutover finally happened. The one way they could safeguard against the risk of being defrauded is by confirming that they got CTS2010-compliant cheques at the time of entering into the
agreement. This calls for a simple, yet foolproof, way by which an average bank customer can ensure that a given cheque is CTS2010-compliant. Watermarks, pantographs and obtuse things like that simply don't work for this purpose.
Maybe the text "CTS2010" printed inconspicuously on the left margin of new cheques is one such way (Cf. picture at the end of this post)?
I stumbled upon this text - a marker of sorts - when I'd closely inspected the new cheques issued by my tenant. I subsequently studied several new and old cheques of a few more banks and found that the marker text was present on all cheques otherwise known
to adhere to the CTS2010 standard - even if they lacked the "pantograph" - and absent from all old cheques that were non-compliant. While I haven't seen the cheques of scores of other banks, the result of my little experiment got me wondering if this marker
alone could serve the purpose of establishing whether a cheque was CTS2010-compliant or not.
Regardless of the ubiquity or otherwise of the CTS2010 marker, I wish the banking industry and / or the regulator had created a logo for the nation's cheque truncation program instead of using "spot the six differences" style of communications with their
customers. By printing this logo prominently on all new cheques, banks could've removed much of the anxiety caused to account holders by the CTS2010 cutover rather than forcing them to decipher things like "pantograph".
In a broader context, this is yet another example of how banks and financial institutions could eliminate friction from their processes and thereby accelerate adoption of their products and services by the mainstream market.
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South Korean pop sensation Psy's "Gangnam Style" became YouTube's most-watched video of all time, registering more than 803 million views to overtake "Baby" by Canadian heart-throb Justin Bieber.
The 34-year-old rapper has rocketed to fame since his "Gangnam Style" video — in which he performs his now famous horse-riding dance — became a worldwide hit following its release in July.
Earlier this month the song ousted Jennifer Lopez's dance hit "On the Floor" from second place on YouTube, and yesterday it overtook Bieber's hit. By yesterday evening, it had racked up 803,761,928 views against 803,658,345 for "Baby".
Psy's song, which is a tribute to an upmarket neighbourhood in Seoul, has topped charts from Britain to Australia and has been name-checked by global notables including US President Barack Obama and UN Chief Ban Ki-moon.
It has spawned numerous tribute videos and been imitated by an impressive roster of big names, including Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei and London Mayor Boris Johnson.
The quirky star, whose real name is Park Jae-Sang, has won adulation in his homeland for the global hit and was this month awarded one of South Korea's highest cultural honours, the Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit.
South Korea sees popular culture as a potent export force providing international exposure for a country that still feels overlooked in comparison to neighbours China and Japan.
The rapper recently unveiled plans for his next song in an interview with CNN, saying the lyrics would be a mix of English and Korean.


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Brazilian surfer Burle may break big wave record
For the past three years the big-wave break just off the coast of Nazare, Portugal has continually served up some of the most massive rides in surfing history. The bar may have been raised further on Monday when Brazil's Carlos Burle was towed into what might prove to be a new world record wave. The exact height has yet to be determined.
Near the end of a harrowing day in the Atlantic in which Burle had to rescue his tow partner Maya Gabeira from a near drowning incident, he was pulled into a giant wave via a jet ski driven by his friend Pedro Scooby.
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"After rescuing Maya and getting her off to the hospital I went back out," said Burle in a phone interview. "The wind had come up and it was getting pretty bumpy and ugly, but I knew there would be a window. All I wanted was one wave, for some reason I felt like I had earned it."
The break at Nazare has been pioneered in large part by Garrett McNamara, who rode a record-setting 78-foot wave in 2011. On January 28, 2013, he rode a wave that appears to be larger, but is awaiting official measurement. McNamara was on-site working water safety when Burle caught his wave.
"All of the angles that were shot with video and still cameras, they don't do it justice," said McNamara in a phone interview. "He was right on the peak, right in the most critical section of the wave and the drop just kept going and going. It can be hard to tell where the bottom of this wave is, but I haven't seen anything like that before.
"There are places where you find huge waves every once in awhile, in Nazare, Portugal, it's huge all of the time. It's the eighth wonder of the world," added McNamara.
Earlier in the session Burle towed Gabeira into a wave that ended up taking her down and almost costing her life. Burle said Gabeira took a massive left then fell.
"The problem is that the second wave got her and took her out of sight. I couldn't see her, so I had to go into the shore break to try and find her. It was huge. The third wave that got her was the worst part because it tore her lifejacket off and took all the air out of her lungs," Burle said.
Burle said he tried to give Gabeira the tow rope when he could get close to her, but she was barely responsive. When she did grab the rope, they got caught up in more waves, and she lost consciousness.
"I don't know how she managed to have the power, but she grabbed the rope and I was able to pull her for a little while before another wave hit us. At that point she knocked out and went unconscious," Burle said. "A couple more waves hit us and I knew I had to do something, so I jumped off the ski and swam with her to the beach, where I began to do CPR."
According to Burle, Gabeira regained consciousness relatively quickly. She was then rushed to the hospital where she was treated for near-drowning symptoms and a broken foot. She was released the following morning.
"[Gabeira is] superhuman," said McNamara. "I spoke with her this morning and if she hadn't hurt her foot she would be out there. She's recovering very well. All of her training and preparation really saved her life."
Burle then went back out into the lineup and shortly thereafter was towed into what's hands-down the biggest wave of the winter surf season.
"I was just thinking of her the whole time," said Burle. "Things could have been a lot different, but when I knew she was going to be okay I felt like it was important to go back out and try to catch at least one wave."
For Burle the day came with mixed emotions. The ride will surely earn him nominations at the Billabong XXL Awards should he chose to participate, and it may just end up a world record after it's properly measured by Guinness. The exact height has yet to be determined, but could be verified within the week. But that's all little consolation for saving a friend's life.
"Anybody could have ridden that wave, I was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time," said Burle. "The most important part about surfing is that you go out with your friends and you come back with them. Everything else is just extra."
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Sir Paul McCartney is to take on The X Factor for the Christmas number one after joining the line-up of a Hillsborough charity single.
He features alongside figures such as Robbie Williams, The Clash's Mick Jones and Spice Girl Melanie C on the cover of Hollies hit He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.
The track will raise money to cover the legal costs of the families of the Liverpool supporters killed in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
It will be released on December 17 and will challenge the X Factor winner to get the traditional festive chart-topper.
The victor of the ITV1 contest may already have their work cut out to be number one in Christmas week as their single is thought to be coming out a week earlier than normal with this year's final taking place on December 9.
The competition usually concludes a week later, with the winner's single coming out in the crucial pre-Christmas week, although a backlash against the show has meant many people have rallied to get alternative tracks to number one. Last year's winner Little Mix was held off by the Military Wives choir.
The Hillsborough track will also feature past X Factor contestant Rebecca Ferguson as well as Paloma Faith, Holly Johnson, Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook, Paul Heaton and Gerry Marsden, together going under the name of The Justice Collective.
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In the men's cross country sprint finals, Russian skier Anton Gafarov broke his ski and gave us one of the sadder images we've seen so far as he hobbled across the course with his ski flapping around. It later caused him to completely wipe out. Then, at the end of the race, Russia's Sergey Ustiugov, Sweden's Marcus Hellner and Norway's Anders Gloeersen were involved in a three-way pileup at a troublesome corner on the course and Ustiugov got trucked over.
The crash left Ola Vigen Hattestad to scoop up the gold for Norway and kept the three men involved off the podium. Gloeersen, Ustiugov and Hellner finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. Gafarov finished 12th.


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With the increasing amount of online transactions day by day, the need to know the internal process also increases. Digital payment methodologies in Woodbridge are rising these days and these are integrated such fluently with the help of payment gateways. Payment gateways are an integral part of credit card processing too. These are software or servers that assist the service provider or the online merchant to communicate with the issuer's bank and acquirer's bank. These form a passage to transfer the payment and card details from lender to supplier and vice-versa.
During an online transaction, the gateway requests the consumer to enter the details and then joins with the issuer's bank to authenticate the payment. Once the payment is approved, the gateway displays the message of transaction status. In simple terms, it's the platform that facilitates the transaction from both ends. The same procedure is followed in credit card processing also. In this, when the details are fed into the acquiring processor, the processor forms a secure network to share details and approval messages from the consumer's bank back to the network supplier.
The entire process of online transactions together with credit card processing occurs on a secure network governed by Woodbridge Virginia payment gateways using the HTTPS protocol. A growing number of security is being provided to digital payments together with no compromise at the speed of payment.
Choosing The Best Merchant Service For Your Business in Woodbridge
To run a business requires synchronization with the latest technology trends also. Technology nowadays keeps rising and all the people will need to keep up the pace too. The people include the customers and businessmen. Among the most recommended ways to boost business status is to keep on evolving with what the consumer might require at that point in time. To have a Merchant account is one such thing. When a major part of customers favors electronic mode of payment, to have a merchant account facilitates the procedure. Merchant accounts are governed by merchant service providers. These are financial services which allow a business to accept the payment in digital forms. Merchant service companies may charge the business for the services they provide but in return, they raise the business standards. There are many advantages of a merchant service company from a business point of view. Let us have a look:
To Accept Digital Payment– Digital payment acceptance to a merchant is not possible without a merchant account which is backed and governed by a merchant service company. It communicates with the issuer's bank and merchant's bank and transmits the acceptance and refusal messages from the consumer's bank over any transaction. So, to have proficiency in accepting digital payments in Virginia and to have a simple way over it, the merchant service provider plays an essential role.
To Hike Sales– To have a good inflow of customers in any business, it should keep up with the necessities of the present trend of consumers. Because of continuous and rapid expansion in the technologies, the affection for paper money is on the verge of extinction. People prefer plastic money over cash a lot of times. To have compatibility with the demands of people and to get a fantastic inflow of customers, the business must accept the ideologies. Merchant service company offers an ease to have a smooth electronic payment service and thus raising the earnings.
The Ease of Management– Since the digital payment facilitated by merchant service providers causes the addition of credit card payments, so all the income can be handled in 1 go. The service provider keeps the database to each and every selling done to offer ease of management.
Security – Merchant service companies in Woodbridge VA also provide a secure network to govern credit card processing to have a smooth transaction. The security in a trade is a thing of extreme importance and should be of highest priority also because such ease in the digital payment system also opens a gateway to more and more thefts too if any security glitch is noted. So, it is the duty of the service company to ensure a secure network for the customers to transact upon.
Customer Support– The task of payment is being done in such a way that just the frontend view is visible to the consumer. In such a case, if some fault occurs in-between the trade, to rectify it would be of great difficulty. Faults may include failed trades, incomplete transactions, etc.. At these times, good customer support with reliable resources ought to look into the matter so that customers should rely on merchant service companies and should be away from the financial losses.
What You Need To Know About Credit Card Processing in Virginia
In this era of digitalisation, card payment is becoming as one of the easiest and a clinical approach to make payments. The speed and ease of doing the payment make it so easy to deal that every second person has changed to this mode of payment. The frontend view of making a payment seems so effortless nut the backend view is equally complicated. All those complex operations occur in such a brief duration of time that appears to take no time whatsoever. The profound analysis of the credit card payment method occurs in a variety of steps, let us learn how the payment is done.
The associations involved in the whole process are-
Consumer– This is the person who makes the payment.
Merchant– This is the person who has to accept the payment in return for services rendered.
Service Provider– It is an entity or a device that allows the merchant to accept the payment.
Credit Card Network– These are the networks that process the details fed to them. They accept the details of the user, process them, authorize them and transfer then the request to the issuing bank.
Acquiring Bank– It's the merchant's bank. The one which accepts the payment.
Issuing Bank– It's the consumer's bank. The one from which payment is debited.
The entire transaction process revolves around these 6 key players involved in the entire procedure.
In the first step, the Woodbridge's user is asked to physically swipe or insert the card to find the details fetched. The main idea is to transfer card details and related information to the service provider. This can also be achieved by manually scanning the card information in the device.
In this way, the details are fed into the service provider which in further steps transmits the information to other players. It the duty of the service supplier to send the payment details to the credit card networks. Majorly known credit card networks are Visa, MasterCard, American Express, etc.. These card networks form a platform for the acceptance or refusal of information to transmit. The merchant's bank contact for the transaction request to the issuer's bank using these card networks. The issuer's bank checks if the transaction is legitimate or if the customer has sufficient funds etc.. It then sends an approval message through the same route through card networks to the service provider or acquiring processor.
Following this approval message has been delivered to the merchant, the sum is put on hold in the consumer's account and the trade said to be complete. A receipt is then printed depicting the details of the transaction. All such authorized trades are redeemed by the merchant at the end of a business day when the credit card networks collect the payments put on hold from the issuing banks and move it to the merchant bank.
A strange case of payment decrease generally happens when there are insufficient funds in the issuer's bank. Such a case may even arise when a fraud is detected, the card details don't fit or the card has expired. In these scenarios, the issuing bank in Woodbridge VA 22193 sends a decline message to the card system which is routed to the service supplier and the transaction is canceled.
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