Cheap ski holidays Arabba – holidays in the heart of the Dolomites!
As part of the municipality of Livinallongo del Col di Lana, Arabba lies in the heart of the Dolomites. Here at an altitude of 1,602 m, winter sports fans can enjoy their holiday in the highest resort in the Dolomites!
As a result of its altitude, the ski area of Arabba is particularly reliable for snow, which has made it into a popular, but not overrun, winter sports destination. In addition to Italian flair and Ladin tradition, you can enjoy the fantastic views over the surround mountain landscape of the Dolomites, as well as a direct access point to the world-renowned Sella Ronda, a skiing track that connects all four Dolomite passes together.
In the middle of the Dolomites lies the Ladin valley of Livinallongo Col di Lana, through which the river Cordevole flows. In the province of Belluno in the Veneto region, this valley is characterised by wide fir tree forests, snow-covered mountain massifs and broad terraces, and encompasses 100 square kilometres with only 1300 inhabitants. The residents are spread out over 29 districts, one of which being the winter sports resort of Arabba.
Winter sports fans value Arabba as a winter sport resort in particular because, as a result of its altitude at the foot of the Mormolada Glacier (3,342 m), it is particularly reliable for snow. Here, for example, you can find the perfect access point to the world-famous Sellaronda, which connects all four Dolomite passes to one another. On this circuit, skiers won't need to unfasten their skis at all! However, mountain lovers should also not miss out on the Alpine pass Pordoijoch or the mountain pass Passo di Falzarego.
Beyond the ski area in Arabba, holiday makers in Livinallongo Col di Lana can visit the Burg Andraz castle. Also called "Schloss Buchenstein" in German, the castle, which was built in 1027, has since become a ruin that reflects the history of the province: since the 19th century, parts of the province have belonged to Austria, then to Italy, then Austria again, then finally Italy once more. Equally worth seeing is the Ladin Museum in Pieve di Livinallongo, as well as the old mill in the winter sport resort of Arabba, among others.


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87. Parley5 (Elisha S4, Andrew3, John2, Thomas1)
b. Apr. 26, 1797, Ellington, Ct.
d. Oct. 13, 1856, Willet, N. Y., Ae 59 yrs. 5 mos
m. Butternuts, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1818, Abigail Covey, b. Butternuts. N. Y.,
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179. Austin b. Oct. 20, 1824 "
180. Elisha Sanford, b. Jan. 17, 1831 "
-- Esther Lucena b. May 12, 1833 " d. Aug. 1, 1854. Willet, Ae 21
181. Louis Philip b. Oct. 5, 1835, Willet
"All children born in New York State." (From a photostat of the old
Family Register sent by Parley's granddaughter, Mrs. Thomas.)
At about the age of twenty, Parley emigrated to New York, to Butter-
nuts on Butternut Creek; some of his mother's relatives were already living
in that section of the state. He settled in Otsego Co., later in Cortland Co.,
on a farm three miles southeast of the present Willet village, now occupied
by a Mr. Clifford Tennant and conspiciuous for its maple sugar bush.
Grandsons believe Parley always lived on this place. He was a Justice of
the Peace of Willet.

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#ORPH Open Orphan – Imutex Vaccine Phase I Study Results
AGS-v PLUS mosquito vaccine candidate shows favourable safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity results
Results to be presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
Open Orphan plc (AIM: ORPH) announces that data from the first-in-human Phase I clinical study evaluating the safety, immunogenicity, and in vitro efficacy of AGS-v PLUS, Imutex Limited's ("Imutex') mosquito saliva vaccine candidate against arboviral diseases, as well as data on the candidate's effect on the reproductive capacity of mosquitoes that fed on vaccinated subjects will be presented on the 20th and 21st of November 2021. Imutex Limited ("Imutex") is a joint venture with PepTcell Limited ("PepTcell") (the legal name of SEEK Group) in which Open Orphan has a 49% shareholding.
The results will be presented in two virtual sessions at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ("ASTMH") Annual Meeting, held from 17-21 November 2021. The titles and details of the two presentations are as follows:
· "Blood feeding on humans vaccinated with AGS-v PLUS, a mosquito salivary peptide vaccine, impairs the reproductive capacity of female Aedes albopictus mosquitoes" – Scientific Session 91: Mosquitoes-Vector Biology Epidemiology I, at 8.00 am (ET) on 20 November 2021. To be presented by Joshua Lacsina, M.D., Ph.D. of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
· "Safety and immunogenicity of AGS-v PLUS, a mosquito saliva peptide vaccine against arboviral diseases" – Scientific Session 126: Clinical Tropical Medicine: Vector borne Disease, at 8.00 am (ET) on 21 November 2021. To be presented by DeAnna J. Friedman-Klabanoff, M.D. of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Following the presentations, Imutex expect to publish the results from the study in a scientific peer-reviewed journal.
Imutex was funded by the Department of Health and Social Care as part of the UK Vaccine Network (UKVN), a UK Aid programme to develop vaccines for diseases with epidemic potential in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to carry out this study.
Data from this study, which was performed at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) and is related to a collaboration between PepTCell and The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), demonstrated that AGS-v PLUS was well tolerated with no serious adverse events experienced, and that it generated a strong immune response in participants. AGS-v PLUS showed a more robust immune response compared to AGS-v, a first-generation vaccine candidate developed by Imutex. The study evaluating the effect of AGS-v PLUS on the reproductive capacity of mosquitoes that fed on vaccinated subjects found that a regimen of the vaccine in combination with an adjuvant resulted in fewer eggs laid and adult progeny in the species Aedes albopictus.
Imutex's AGS-v and AGS-v PLUS vaccine candidates are mosquito-borne disease vaccines with a novel proposed dual action mechanism of preventing infection in humans whilst controlling the mosquito population. AGS-v is composed of four synthetic peptides isolated from mosquito salivary glands. The AGS-v PLUS vaccine contains the same four peptides as AGS-v but adds a fifth synthetic peptide found in the saliva of many mosquitoes, increasing the potential breadth of protection.
Mosquito-borne diseases include Zika virus, West Nile virus, chikungunya virus, dengue, yellow fever, and malaria. There are around ~360 million cases of and more than 600,000 deaths from mosquito-borne diseases annually, although the true burden is likely underestimated. A vaccine efficacious against multiple mosquito-borne diseases could significantly impact public health.
Imutex is focused on developing broad-spectrum vaccines against influenza (flu) and mosquito borne diseases. To find out more about the product developments, both in influenza vaccine development (FLU-v) and in Zika vaccine development (AGS-v), please visit the Imutex website: www.imutex.com
Cathal Friel, Executive Chairman of Open Orphan, said: "The Company has been eagerly anticipating the results from Imutex's first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial for its AGS-v PLUS mosquito vaccine candidate, and we now look forward to the data being presented at the upcoming ASTMH Annual Meeting.
"The positive data for the AGS-v PLUS mosquito vaccine candidate is encouraging; data showed AGS-v PLUS was well tolerated and generated a strong immune response in participants against mosquito-borne diseases, with an increased immune response compared to the four peptide AGS-v candidate. Imutex's AGS-v and AGS-v PLUS vaccine candidates both employ a novel proposed dual action mechanism that prevents infection in humans whilst controlling mosquito population by limiting transmission.
"There are more than 600,000 deaths worldwide per year from mosquito borne diseases, as such, if these positive Phase I results translate into clinical efficacy, the potential number of lives saved will be significant."
Dr Olga Pleguezuelos, Chief Science Officer at PepTcell, commented: "We are very excited about the study results. AGS-v PLUS was demonstrated to be safe and immunogenic, and not only impacted the pathogenicity of the Zika virus as seen in an in vitro assay, but also reduced the number of eggs and adult progeny of mosquitoes that fed on vaccinated subjects. The next step is to evaluate clinical efficacy in a controlled human challenge study or in a study in endemic areas. Many mosquito-borne diseases lack effective preventative and therapeutic treatments, so AGS-v PLUS could potentially save many lives."
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 (as implemented into English law) ("MAR"). With the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
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Open Orphan (ORPH) Investor Presentation June 2021
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Open Orphan (ORPH) Investor Presentation June 2021.
Open Orphan PLC #ORPH – Result of General Meeting
29th April 2021 / Leave a comment
Result of General Meeting
Open Orphan plc (AIM: ORPH), a rapidly growing specialist pharmaceutical services clinical research organisation (CRO) and a world leader in vaccine and antiviral testing using human challenge clinical trials , announces that all resolutions proposed at the General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed.
Further announcements regarding the proposed Distribution in Specie will be made in due course.
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Open Orphan #ORPH – Major New Contract Win for Venn Life Sciences
11th June 2020 / Leave a comment
Open Orphan plc (ORPH) a rapidly growing specialist CRO pharmaceutical services company which is the world leader in the testing of vaccines and antivirals using human challenge study models, is pleased to announce that it has signed a major contract with a leading vaccine developer and one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world.
The contract with Venn Life Sciences, which is part of Open Orphan, builds on earlier successful contracts between the companies and is to obtain and support market access of newly developed vaccines into the EU and US markets until the end of 2020.
The contact demonstrates Venn Life Sciences' ability to service leading vaccine developers which in turn benefits hVIVO, also part of Open Orphan, as cross-selling opportunities arise. The contract demonstrates Venn Life Sciences' unique combination of drug development expertise, clinical trial design and execution services.
This fits with Open Orphan's strategic aim of becoming a leading pharma services provider globally with particular expertise across the Company in providing services to the rapidly growing vaccines industry.
Cathal Friel, Executive Chairman of Open Orphan, commented:
"We are delighted to have signed this contract with a leading vaccine developer and one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. This contract reinforces Open Orphan's position as one of the leading service providers to the vaccine industry globally. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the vaccine industry is now an increasingly important and rapidly growing sector with many large pharmaceutical companies now directing huge amounts of resources towards their vaccine divisions to progress both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 vaccines. Open Orphan is ideally positioned to capitalise upon this trend as we build the Company into a growing, profitable pharmaceutical services business."
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Tom Huddart / Hugo Liddy
Notes to Editors – Open Orphan:
Open Orphan is a rapidly growing niche CRO pharmaceutical services company which is a world leader in the testing of vaccines and antivirals through the use of human challenge clinical trials. Conducted from Europe's only 24-bedroom quarantine clinic with onsite virology providing individually isolated rooms and connected to our specialist laboratory facility. Which offers highly specialised virology and immunology laboratory services to support pre-clinical and clinical respiratory drug, antiviral, and vaccine discovery and development. Reliable laboratory analysis underpinned by scientific expertise is essential when processing and analysing clinical samples. Robust quality processes support our team of scientists in the delivery of submission ready data.
The Company has a leading portfolio of 8 viral challenge study models which are: 2 FLU, 2 RSV, 1 HRV, 1 Asthma, 1 cough and 1 COPD viral challenge models. As announced in early March, Open Orphan is rapidly advancing a number of Coronavirus challenge study models and expects to be helping many COVID-19 vaccine development companies to test their vaccines. No other company in the world has such a portfolio, with only two competitors globally having 1 challenge study model each.
Open Orphan comprises of two commercial specialist CRO services businesses (hVIVO and Venn) and is developing an early stage orphan drug genomics data platform business. This platform captures valuable genetic data from patient populations with specific diseases with designated orphan drug status and incorporating AI tools. In June 2019, Open Orphan acquired AIM-listed Venn Life Sciences Holdings plc in a reverse take-over and in January 2020 it completed the merger with hVIVO plc. Venn, as an integrated drug development consultancy, offers CMC (chemistry, manufacturing and controls), preclinical, Phase I & II clinical trials design and execution. The merger with hVIVO created a European full pharma services company broadening the Company's customer base and with complementary specialist CRO services, widened the range of the Company's service offerings.


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Emperor of the Fading Suns is a turn-based strategy 4X video game developed by Holistic Design, based on their in-house role-playing game setting Fading Suns. It was released for Microsoft Windows in February 1997.

The game had a wide array of units and a complex back-story but was rushed to market and released with numerous severe flaws and several features underdeveloped. In patched form, it survives as a popular abandonware title with numerous unofficial, fan-made mods. On October 19, 2020, it was made available on GOG.com.

Gameplay
The game is played on a galactic map and specific planet maps. Planet maps use a hexa-grid system for movement. Individual units and buildings take up a single grid space. Several menus handle diplomacy, chat, and documentation. In the game, the player controls a feudal lord of a noble house amongst the ruins of a galactic empire. The player must battle other noble houses and rally enough support to be crowned Emperor of the galaxy. The player can start as one of five houses; each has its own advantages and disadvantages. During game setup, the player can customize their house, taking some negative traits such as insanity in exchange for more positive traits, like having all the player's units start out better trained. Each house starts on its respective home planet, and houses starting on temperate planets have an early-game advantage over houses that start on frozen or jungle planets. There are several non-player groups in the game, including the Symbiots, Vau, the Guild, and the Church. In total, there are forty-three planets that can be explored, colonized, and fought over.

Reception

Next Generation rated it four stars out of five, and stated that "With everything from basic combat to diplomatic backstabbing, Emperor of the Fading Suns has a depth of play that is worthy of a classic strategy game." Personal Computer Magazine described the game as "destined to be a classic" in their 1997 review, but also noted that the game suffered from bugs.

Reviews
Gamezilla (1997)
GameSpot (Mar 25, 1997)
The Duelist (August 1997)

Legacy
After the end-of-support by the developer, the fan-community took over the support by creating player-made unofficial patches for the game. These try to fix bugs and/or enhance the game by adding new units and balancing out old ones (modding). For example, the "Hyperion patch" makes it possible for the Symbiots to build additional organic spaceships, so they are not stranded on their home planet if their initial fleet is destroyed.

References

External links
 Official Webpage (archived in 1998)
 Official SegaSoft Webpage (archived in 1997)

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Turn-based strategy video games
Computer wargames
4X video games
Holistic Design games
North America-exclusive video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Sega video games
Video games based on tabletop role-playing games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Windows-only games

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Category: Morals
Government Main Morals Pornography Speech
Can pornography be made unpopular?
13 Comments on Can pornography be made unpopular?
My friend Cam has started a cause called Fight the New Drug (FTND). That "New Drug" is pornography, and their approach parallels the fight against tobacco.
This is about changing the messaging. For example, if smoking is a way to rebel against authority, then parents and medical experts saying Don't smoke! only reinforces the rebellion. But if smoking is succumbing to executives at Big Tobacco, then smoking isn't a form of rebellion at all, it's a form of conformity. What rebellious kid wants to conform to Big Tobacco executives? That's the message of The Truth campaign.
Fight the New Drug
Imagine a similar change of messaging around pornography: Pornography isn't glamorous, it isn't sexy. Love and romance without pornography is glamorous and sexy. By making the negative externalities of pornography more visible, it would become less appealing. While organizations like CP80 and Lighted Candle Society fight the supply-side of pornography, FTND fights the demand-side.
I'm very excited about this approach.
Mary Eberstadt at Stanford's Hoover Institution calls pornography the "new tobacco" and said:
Yesterday, smoking was considered unremarkable in a moral sense, whereas pornography was widely considered disgusting and wrong — including even by people who consumed it. Today, as a general rule, just the reverse is true. Now it is pornography that is widely (though not universally) said to be value-free, whereas smoking is widely considered disgusting and wrong — including even by many smokers.
Can we change minds again?
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez said:
…I've been flashing back to something Traci Lords once said: "I have to thank Ed Meese for saving my life." At 18, her career as a porn star ended in a federal raid. How many Tracis are on a computer near you today? And who else is porn harming? It's a question that our society — which in its rhetoric and culture says it cares about women and children and lives and love — needs to grapple with. If Eberstadt's comparison is right, the time [is] coming. The shrugs will cease. Yet I hope the turnaround comes, not because the government has made porn highly inconvenient, but because we have decided we want something better. (Smoking Is Out, Porn Is In.)
Seth Godin said you can't fight an ideavirus ("pornography is okay") by "challenging the medium in which it spreads." Instead, you must counter "one ideavirus with another one."
You don't counter racism by making the act of uttering racist statements against the law. You do it by spreading an idea (racism is hateful, wrong and stupid) that keeps the racist from expressing his ideas because all his friends will shun him if he does. ("Thinking about this war".)
Here is some of the FTND messaging, paraphrased:
1. Educate people about the negative effects of pornography and let them choose their pornography involvement for themselves. We do not contest the legality to produce pornographic material.
2. Just because it's legal to smoke cigarettes, doesn't mean it's healthy. Similarly, porn can have devastating effects on you and your loved ones.
3. Although pornography consumption can lead to powerful addictive behaviors, we don't contest people's right to view it.
4. People need to be educated about the negative effects of pornography on individuals, families and businesses.
5. We fight against the demand for pornography. Through education, we believe people will no longer want to use porn and those with addictive behavior will seek help from professionals.
6. People addicted to porn often feel they have no options. We're letting people know that they have a choice.
7. We want to infuse more sexiness into the world. Two committed people together — that is sexy. A lonely, addicted person sitting in front of a computer is not sexy.
Please make a $10 donation to FTND to become a "fighter". Ten dollars from 1,000 people is better than $10,000 from 1 person. The money will be used to develop messaging campaigns to fight the demand for pornography. This will be a grass-roots movement to make pornography unpopular.
I've put in my $10 and I'm hoping many, many more friends will as well.
Main Morals Pornography
Traffic Control: CP80 would protect children and families from porn
9 Comments on Traffic Control: CP80 would protect children and families from porn
Last Thursday we watched Traffic Control, a documentary which highlights Ralph Yarro's technology initiative to fight pornography called CP80. (I've written about CP80 previously.) The quick explanation is that if CP80 were legislated by government, pornography would be split from other content on the Internet into a separate "channel," making it easier for parents, schools, and businesses who choose to reject it.
Traffic Control does a good job of explaining the porn epidemic that is sweeping through the nation, especially among youth. For example, one scene shows an interview with a pornographer who surmised that only a small percentage of youth were interested in pornography, then cut to interviews with high school kids who say almost everyone they know is involved. YouTube and MySpace make it easy for youth to view and even produce porn, and many are doing it.
The movie also has interesting interviews with former porn stars, psychiatrists, business leaders, and Ralph Yarro himself. Porn is sickening even to those who produce it, produces physiological addiction in those who consume it, and drains money and time from businesses.
There will be another free screening of Traffic Control tomorrow, Jan 30, at 7:00 at the Carmike Wynnsong theater in Provo (the Riverwoods.) Get there early to get a seat.
On a side note, I just finished reading John Harmer's book The War We Must Win. Mr. Harmer has battled a legal war against pornography for many years and now chairs the Lighted Candle Society. For an excellent read, see Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's speech at their annual banquet last year.
From A War We Must Win:
By "drawing the line" I do not mean to exclude ourselves from that society. I do suggest that we must confirm and coalesce our opposition to the surge of degeneracy that now permeates our entertainments, our literature, and our so-called arts. We can no longer casually endure (if not ultimately embrace) the continued downward spiral of our culture's art, literature, and entertainment into the abyss of vile perversion. As Joshua challenged Israel, so we must accept the challenge to "choose you this day whom ye will serve." As Christ taught so directly, "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Latter-day Saints can no longer accept the false notion that it is possible to honor the covenants we have made, to be loyal to the Godhead who have revealed themselves to us, and at the same time participate, even in the role of a passive observer, in the practices all about us that are leading to greater and greater degeneracy.
UPDATE: Traffic Control is now available for sale on DVD at www.trafficcontroldvd.com.


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Confused by Help - How does one create a global module?
It is also possible to set up global modules, that are accessible to all deployments. This is done by modifying the configuration file (standalone/domain.xml).
Note that the slot field is optional and defaults to main.
Where did "org.javassist" come from? Where do we define a module name?
What if I wanted to be able to access com.foo.Bar in a jar named myjar.jar? How do I go from jar on my filesystem to being able to access com.foo.Bar from any war deployed to my container?
How do I deploy the jar?
How do I figure out what it's module name is?
...then I assume I can simply edit the urn:jboss:domain:ee:1.0 section, right?
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Thanks Stephen, that was helpful.
Their documentation is horrible, but at least now I know to search for "JBoss Modules" and not "Global Modules JBoss AS 7."
Creating a folder hierarchy in the server.
Creating a modules.xml file manually and specifying it's dependencies.
Copying the jars and modules.xml to that hierarchy.
...all to do something that was as simple as dumping a jar into a shared folder in previous releases of JBoss as well as most application servers. Unless I find a simpler way to do this, we're going to have some annoyed and confused customers when we switch our app to EAP 6.
I wonder if there's a maven plugin or AS7 hook to automatically deploy my jar as a module.
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With a few lines of skript-code you can automate this and all other configuration (jboss-cli.sh --file). Right now I prepare some JBoss 7 training examples and all configurations can be created fully automated from a plain jboss-as-7.x.x.zip file without much effort. It really works great.
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[Host Controller] 20:30:30,402 FATAL [org.jboss.as.host.controller] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS010933: Host Controller boot has failed in an unrecoverable manner; exiting. See previous messages for details.
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Thanks Nicklas for a quick response, I am using domain.xml and adding global-modules entry under full-ha profile. Now I am getting different error and not able to start the domain controller.
[Host Controller] 15:45:45,891 FATAL [org.jboss.as.host.controller] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS010933: Host Controller boot has failed in an unrecoverable manner; exiting. See previous messages for details.
and added following in the domain.xml, but that also did not work.
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Error in server.log (log is full of these errors). server comes up fine If I take out global-modules entry from the domain.xml.
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Have you tried without the explicit main slot?
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Thanks Nicklas, Problem got resolved after adding the module in all the host controllers.
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i hope i can try this as fast as possible...i will add the results.


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Q: Is it possible to do inference using a pre-trained tensorflow model from inside cuda kernel? I need to do inference using a tensorflow model from inside a cuda kernel. For that I will need DEVICE functions for inference that can be called from inside the cuda kernel. Did not find anything like that in tensorflow C++ API.

A: I'm by no means an expert on Tensorflow. But consider that running GPU inference on a non-trivial network will generally involve multiple kernel calls. It would seem highly unlikely that the kind of API you're looking for exists. Even given that launching kernels from within other kernels would be possible in theory (e.g., using Dynamic Parallelism), the whole point of Tensorflow is to describe your computation at a level of abstraction far above anything to do with CUDA. You use Tensorflow to do the mapping to CUDA for you. Tensorflow is basically a kind of compiler that translates your computational graph into whatever it considers the best way of performing the computation described by the graph on the given target hardware. The details of this kind of mapping are highly target-specific and subject to change. Exposing any of this kind of stuff in a public API would seem to go against the very nature of what Tensorflow aims to be. Of course, Tensorflow is open source, so one can always just go look and figure out what exactly the device code generated by Tensorflow looks like and how it has to be invoked. However, the amount of effort required to do so is most likely prohibitive; and the whole thing would have to be expected to break with every new version…
Rather than ask the question of how to manually call the internals of a Tensorflow session, a more fruitful approach would seem to have Tensorflow call you instead. It would seem that, e.g., by adding a custom operation, you could have Tensorflow invoke your GPU code…

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A Nottingham landlord has vowed to keep challenging the DWP with possibly hundreds of complaints after scoring his second victory against the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).
The Independent Case Examiner (ICE) has ordered it to apologise for the mistakes it made dealing with Mick Roberts – who operates one of the largest private property portfolios in the city – and to implement the recommendations by 9th February.
Last May, Mick received another rare apology from the DWP over problems he encountered while attempting to register an Alternative Payment Arrangement (APA) for one of his tenants. However, it took two years for the ICE to find in his favour.
This time the problem started in 2016 when a tenant in one of his shared properties, who owed eight weeks rent, made a live service claim to Universal Credit.
Mick then requested an APA and, after waiting more than a year, found it wasn't clear which tenant the payment related to.
In 2019, he made a number of complaints to the ICE which has now found that the DWP failed to:
Acknowledge and use the letter of authority sent by the tenant;
Include appropriate reference details when making direct payments into his bank;
Call him to discuss his complaint;
Consider the impact that sanctions on his tenant would have on the accrual of rent arrears;
Consider his request to save his bank details to use across his records.
However, the ICE didn't accept that the DWP should repay Mick £7,900 he was owed in rent arrears.
Mick tells LandlordZONE that the experience has made him decide not to take on any more tenants on benefits, but he adds: "It's the system that's at fault.
"Yet again there's no financial redress and you wonder if there's any point in complaining about the DWP, the massive financial losses and mistakes for them to say, 'Oh sorry, the tenant is now homeless'."
He currently has 20 more complaints with ICE regarding tenants on UC, and potentially 350 more.
Mick explains: "With all the potential tenants I have that will be switched onto UC in the next five or so years, unless UC sorts themselves out and start talking to landlords, then – at the rate it keeps making mistakes on every single claim – I can't see the complaints stopping. They beat you down with stupidity and bureaucracy, but I'm going to keep fighting."
Read more about DWP's APA payments system.
PIC credit: Nottinghamshire Live.


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Linux, Libertarians, and Antitrust
By Garnet Harris
Many libertarians are critical of antitrust laws for a variety of reasons. One of them is that antitrust laws are unnecessary because the market will not tolerate an abusive monopoly. Competitors, due to the profit motive, will arise; and the market will self correct. When discussing the Microsoft case, the critics typically use Linux1 as an example of this in action.2 However, they rarely address Linux's development model3. This failure of examining the development model obscures an important point. The development model used by Linux undercuts the argument as much, if not more, then it supports the argument. I will examine the development model and the implications it has on this argument.
Anti-Antitrust Argument
An abbreviated version of this argument follows.4 No company can achieve or keep a monopoly position without government intervention unless it offers the best product at the best price. If the monopoly tries to exploit its monopoly position by raising prices or reducing quality, competitors will arise causing the market to self-correct. Competitors, motivated by the high profits, will rush in to get a share of those profits.
Once a competitor enters the market, the monopoly can decide to fight to maintain its monopoly or accept lower profits and share the market with the competitor. If the monopoly decides on the latter, it no longer has a monopoly and the problem is solved. If the it decides on the former, it can try to maintain its monopoly by either selling its product at a loss or buying out the competitor.
The monopoly may succeed in temporarily regaining its monopoly. However, the moment it raises its prices back to the monopoly level, other competitors will jump into the market. This cycle will continue until either the monopoly goes bankrupt from selling at a loss or raises its prices to a profitable level that allows competition.5
Where Are the Competitors?
One test of a monopoly is if it has the power to raise prices regardless of market conditions and without worrying about competitor's reactions.6 While other IT companies were reporting a decrease in earnings and laying off employees, Microsoft reported an increase in earnings.7 While companies were cutting back on their IT spending, Microsoft changed their licensing terms which increased the cost for many customers. Few customers switched to a competitor although many were unhappy with the new terms.8 Microsoft has a cash reserve over $40 billion and no debt.
The OS market on the x86 platform is a extremely profitable market for Microsoft.9 Microsoft has a profit margin of over 80%. They have net current assets of $37 billion dollars and no long term debt. The cash reserves and lack of debt gives Microsoft the capability to continue operations for over 15 years without any revenues.
There is a lucrative market and dissatisfied customers. Where are the competitors predicted by anti-antitrust argument? Digital Research, noting that MS-DOS had stagnated, tried to enter the market in the early 90s. They went bankrupt. Netscape tried to position their products as an alternative to Windows. They lost money and were sold to AOL. BeOS, the latest attempt, closed its doors on March 15, 2002.
Even with those failures, shouldn't the Venture Capitalists be beating the bushes for any competitor that will be able to take a share of the OS market? According to the anti-antitrust argument, yes. In reality, the answer is no.10 Venture capitalists will always ask the "M" question: What is your Microsoft strategy?
The anti-antitrust argument also predicts that a monopoly would lose money during the battle for its monopoly. Microsoft did not. Microsoft increased earnings while defending their monopoly.
Which brings us to Linux.11 Why is Linux succeeding where others fear to tread?12 Why is Linux the exception?
One difference between Linux and the other competing OSes is the method used to develop the software. All the others used the proprietary development model. They acquired funding to form the company. They hired programmers to write the code. They retained all rights granted under copyright law. And, they only distributed the binaries. The source code was owned and controlled by the company.
Linux, on the other hand, uses the Open Source Development model. Linus Torvalds received no funding. He didn't hire any programmers. He licensed it under the GPL13 which gives away most of the rights allowed under copyright law and distributed the source code.
The GPL allows anyone to download, make copies and distribute the program without charge. It also allows make modifications to the source and distribute those modifications. The only requirement to distributing a modified version of the software is that the programmer must include the source to his modifications. Linus Torvalds isn't being paid a dime from the companies that distribute Linux.
This fact alone appears to undermine the typical antitrust critic's analysis since they place strong emphasis on the profit motive. Ten years ago, they would have scoffed at anyone who suggested that unpaid programmers could write an OS that would rival Microsoft's. Even today, they are still skeptical.14
Another problem with this development model, from the antitrust critic's viewpoint, is that there is no design, no master Plan, or to use Microsoft's phrase, no road map. Linus did not write Linux in order to compete with Microsoft. He wrote it because he wanted to run a UNIX operating system on the Intel platform. He wrote a buggy program and put it on the Internet. Linux has evolved from there. As one person phrased it, "Linux really isn't going anywhere in particular and seems to be making progress through sheer luck."15
Why Linux?
Why is Linux succeeding when other challengers to Microsoft's OS monopoly have failed? There are several reasons for this; but, the main one is the fact that the contributers to Linux are not concerned about being paid for the code they contributed. Their motivation for the contribution lies in other areas. They may be doing it for reputation. They may be looking to earn income in other areas, e.g. support, other then the sale of the software itself. Them maybe solving a particular problem they have. Or, they may be doing it for the fun of it. The lack of profit motive allows Linux to circumvent, avoid, or minimize the various problems experience by the for-profit competitors.
Single Target
The code of the other challengers was owned by a single company. This presents a single target to Microsoft. If they can "kill" the company, they removed the competing product from the market.16 They were all vulnerable at the bottom line since they were for-profit companies. If Microsoft can take away the competitor's profits, the competitor will eventually remove the product or go out of business.
Linux, by contrast, is a multi-headed hydra. There are currently over 200 different distributions of Linux.17 Even Microsoft does not have the resources to drive them all out of business. Even if Microsoft did, it still wouldn't remove the product from the marketplace. If all 200 distributors went out of business tomorrow, anyone is entitled, due to the GPL, to take their existing copies and continue to distribute Linux.18 New sources of the product can spring up over night. And, if for some reason, no one took up the "distributor" torch, hardware manufacturers are still allowed to use their existing copies to install it on their models.
A for profit company competitor would need to develop their code from scratch. It is estimated that it would cost about $1 billion dollars to develop an OS similar to Linux or Windows2000.19 This is just development costs and doesn't include marketing, support, or distribution costs. Where will this amount of capital come from? Not the Venture Capitalists.20
One possibility is for established profitable companies to use their reserves to enter the market without outside funding. This is not a likely outcome if we assume, as antitrust critics insist, that the companies are rational players. A rational player does not only look at the potential payout, he must also evaluate the probability of succeeding versus the cost of losing. The development costs of $1 billion represents 14% of IBM's net current assets.21 They would be competing against a company that can afford to give away the products for 15 years while IBM couldn't go 4 months without any revenue. They would have to look at the track record of other competitors. IBM would be betting the future of their company on a proposition that has little chance of success.22
Another problem any competitor faces is Microsoft's stranglehold on the distribution channel. Most customers do not want to deal with the aggravation of installing their own operating system. They want to buy the computer with the operating system pre-installed. This presents a problem for any competitor. How do they get the OEMs to pre-install there OS.
BeOS23 tried to give it away. They offered it free to any OEM who would install it with computers as a dual boot system. This was an opportunity for the OEMs to differentiate themselves in a highly competitive market by offering two OSes for the price of one. Consumers would have been given the opportunity to try a different OS at no risk.24
Four OEMs, Dell, Compaq, Micron, and Hitachi, expressed interest until they received calls from Microsoft's lawyers. Three backed away from the offer. Hitachi did ship a dual boot model. But, they were prevented from offering the consumer the choice of OSes at boot up. Anyone who just turned on the computer would not know that two OSes had been installed. The only way to actually boot into BeOS was a cryptic command which Hitachi was not allowed to publish. Microsoft's domination of the market prevented BeOS from giving their OS to OEMs.
Even Linux hasn't been able to break into this distribution channel yet. However, because of its nature, Linux has an alternative distribution channel: giving it away over the Internet or having a friend install their copy. Users of Linux are legally allowed, even encouraged, to use their copy of the software to install on their friends computers. For-profit companies can not duplicate this distribution channel and stay in business.
Company Stability
Another entry barrier for a competitor is the perceived stability of the company. Switching to an alternate OS has costs. For individuals, it is the time and inconvenience of installing and learning a new OS. For companies, it is the cost of converting existing machines plus the cost of replacing existing applications. A company will not switch if they are not convinced that the competitor will still be in existence in five to ten years. If the competitor goes out of business or stops distributing the product, the company will have to pay the transition cost twice. Once, when they switch to the competing product. Then they will have to pay the same costs again when the competitor goes out of business.
Linux sidesteps this barrier with the GPL license. As noted earlier, even if every Linux distributor goes bankrupt tomorrow, Linux will still be available. A company that switched to Linux can continue to install it on new machines. They can continue to modify it to suit their needs. They only have to pay the switching costs one time.
Another question needs to be asked. Why Linux instead of any of the other Open Source OSes, e.g. xBSDs? One possible explanation is media exposure.25 Another reason is the licensing. Benkler26 pointed out that the "free rider"27 is not a deterrent to commons-based peer production. But, unilateral appropriation can be. Unilateral appropriation can take many forms.
One type of unilateral appropriation is where someone uses the input of the contributors for their economic gain while excluding the contributors. One example is Microsoft's attempt to embrace and extend Kerberos.28 Microsoft took a publicly available specification, added extensions, and would not disclose those extensions. This allowed Microsoft to make their product compatible with everyone else's version of Kerberos while preventing competitors from making their versions of Kerberos compatible with Microsoft's.
When Linux first emerged into the general public's awareness, it had some deficiencies that prevented it from being considered an enterprise-class OS, e.g. the four CPU limit. IBM, among others, contributed some of the code they developed for their own OSes in order to overcome these deficiencies. They would have been reluctant to do this if Linux was licensed under a BSD license.29
Antitrust Trial
We can not ignore the fact that Linux owes some of its current success to the Microsoft antitrust trials. The biggest benefit it received was the media exposure it received during the trial. In a few short months, the reaction to Linux went from "never heard of it" to "oh yeah, I did read something about it." I can't imagine the size of marketing budget would have been required to achieve the same result that the trial achieved. This removed one barrier to the market. In order for people to choose your product, they must first know that it exists.
The settlements also opened the door for the major OEMs to offer Linux pre-installed. The 1994 settlement prohibited Microsoft from using per processor licenses. Microsoft modified their licenses to apply to model lines. While it was not a major change in the licensing terms, it was enough to give major OEMs the opportunity to pre-install Linux on a few select models. Something DR-DOS could not achieve.
The current settlement prohibits Microsoft's OEM license from disallowing dual boot machines. This was the tactic used against BeOS. It also allows OEMs to pre-install other applications without Microsoft's permission. This was a tactic used against Netscape.
Another benefit the trail had was to change the public's and competitor's perception of Microsoft. Before the trial, competitors tended to view Microsoft as invincible. BeOS tried to stay out of Microsoft's cross hairs by targeting a niche market. They also realized that partnering with Microsoft had risks. This lead to many companies taking a serious look at Linux as an alternative.
The public's perception of Bill Gates as the fair-haired wonder boy was also tarnished. They did not like his Clintonesqe answers during the deposition. They also had a distaste for many of the business practices used by Mircosoft. The misrepresented video tape they presented as evidence of download speeds didn't help matters.
The libertarian argument that competitors, due to the profit motive, will jump enter the market is suspect. Its proponents will have to refine the argument. The success of Linux demonstrates that there is a demand for an alternative operating system on the x86 platform. But, the only viable competitor is Linux which is given away, not sold.
They will have to demonstrate that Linux would be as successful as it is without the help of the antitrust trial. They have to explain why the only way to compete directly with Microsoft is to give your product away. In fact, they have to explain how an unorganized group of volunteer programmers could write a competitive complex OS that would cost a company $1 billion to develop.
1The term Linux is sometimes used to refer specifically to the kernel. At other times, it is used to refer to distributions which contain the kernel along with other Open Source programs to make up a complete Operating System containing all the programs need by the user. I am using it throughout this paper in the latter sense.
2Gupta, Anada. "IBM Joins Linux Parade." Competitive Enterprise Institute. February 9, 1999. <http://www.cei.org/gencon/016,01554.cfm> January 18, 2003.
3 It is commonly referred to as Open Source Development. However, Yochai Benkler gives examples of the same type of development process in other areas. He labeled it commons-based peer production. Open Source Development can be considered a subset of this process when applied specifically to software development. Benkler, Yochai. "Coase's Penguin". <http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.html> January 18, 2003
4Two typical examples of this argument can be found at Parker, Wayne. "The Libertarian Philosophy of Economics as it Relates to the Public Service Commission and Monopolies." April 29, 2000. Wayne R. Parker for Congress. January 18, 2003. <http://www.libertarian2002.org/monopoly.htm> and Halbrooks, Jacob. "Leave Monopolies Alone." March 4, 2002. Jacob's Liberatarian Press. <http://www.geocities.com/libertarian_press/monopoly.html> January 18, 2003.
5This argument relies on several premises that do not apply in the Microsoft case. One example, it assumes that the monopoly will have to charge a lower price then its competitors to maintain its monopoly. This ignores the cost of switching operating systems, e.g. Productivity loss while learning the new system, updating older machines, etc. However, these are beyond the focus of this paper.
6Many critics of antitrust laws point to the retail price of Windows which has been the same since Windows95 to bolster their argument that Microsoft is not a monopoly. This is misleading since the majority of users do not purchase Windows in retail stores. They buy computers with it pre-installed. There is no way to easy way to determine the price of the OS in this case since it is bundled in with the price of the computer. It has been reported that the cost of the OS to OEMs has risen twenty fold. Pontin, Jason.Microsoft Is Bad. February 1998. <http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue51/gary.html> January 14, 2003.
7<http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY03/Q03_2_incomestatements.htm>
8Kleynhans, Schlegel, et al. "Risks And Rewards of Microsoft's New Licensing Plan." November 7, 2002. Zdnet Tech Update. <http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2896900,00.html> January 18, 2003.
9The following paragraph used Microsoft's report for the four quarters between December 2001 and September 2002.
10Hamm and Himelstein. "Why Startups Can't Avoid the Dreaded 'M' Question". January 8, 1998. Business Week. <http://www.businessweek.com/1998/03/b3561007.htm> January 18, 2003.
11Java is another candidate for successfully challenging Microsoft's hegemony. Currently, 50% of developers target java while only 40% target .NET according to a poll by the Evans Data Corperation. But, Judge Motz point out that number is misleading. The same poll shows that more will be targeting .NET then Java by the end of next year. The full opinion can be found at <http://www.aufait.net/~garnet/court/sun_v_microsoft_opinion.pdf>
12Gagne, Marcel. "Linux Success Stories" <http://www.salmar.com/marcel/linux_success.html> January 18, 2003.
13The full text of the GPL can be found at <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.
14DeLong, James. "Open Agnosticism." December 2, 2002. Tech Central Station <http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250&CID=1051-121002E> January 18, 2003.
15Jeremy. "Linux: Linus Says, Linux Not Designed; It Never Was". February 14, 2002. Linux Daily News Network. <http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=11&PHPSESSID=c19c6e055eacf5166362cb4f59f1f1d8> January 19, 2003.
16Netscape is one exception. When Microsoft "took away their air supply", Marc Andreessen distributed the source code under the NPL, another version of an OSS license. It got resurected as Mozilla and is getting favorable reviews. Baldazo, Rex. "Mozilla 1.0" June 5, 2002. CNET <http://www.cnet.com/software/0-3227884-8-20005816-2.html> January 19, 2003
17"The LWN.net Linux Distribution List" May 9, 2002. LWN.net <http://old.lwn.net/Distributions/> January 19, 2003.
18Technically, each contributor owns the copyright to the code they contributed. Practically, no one owns it due to the nature of the GPL.
19This estimate is based on the source lines of code (SLOC). Linux has 30 million SLOC and Windows2000 has 35 million. Wheeler, David. "Counting Source Lines of Code". <http://www.dwheeler.com/sloc/> January 19, 2003.
20See footnote 10.
21This doesn't include IBM's $30 billion of long term debt. Microsoft has no long term debt.
22Some may argue that IBM did enter the OS market with Linux, AIX, etc.; but, this is incorrect. They are in the hardware/services market. Their direct competition is not Microsoft but the other hardware/service vendors.
23 Originally based on a column that appeared in Byte. <http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_tuncom/public/25/mtc-00024609.htm> It is no longer available online without registration. I am looking for alternative sources of the story; but, have not been successful so far.
24Critics of the antitrust laws are maintain that there is no evidence of consumers having suffered any harm by Microsoft's monopoly. This is one example of such harm. The consumers were denied the opportunity of trying a different OS at no cost and no hassle.
25Before the Microsoft antitrust trial, no main stream media discussed Linux or any other open source software. This was even true of computer media aimed at the general users. But, during the trial, Microsoft held up a box of RedHat in the court room and proclaimed, "This is our competition". Immediately after that, almost every mainstream publication that followed the trial had a "What is Linux?" sidebar.
26See footnote 2.
27Companies or individuals who use it without paying for it or contributing code.
28Barr, Joe. "The Gates of Hades". Linux World	<http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-04/lw-04-vcontrol_3.html> January 19, 2003.
29The BSD licenses allow anyone to copy, modify, and distribute the code without disclosing the source. The only requirement is that a copyright notice be included which acknowledges the original authors.


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Respondents urge Supreme Court to wait on CFPB funding review
On January 13, respondents filed a brief in opposition to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the CFPB last November, which asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that the Bureau's funding structure violates the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution (covered by InfoBytes here). The Bureau also asked the Supreme Court to consider the 5th Circuit's decision to vacate the agency's 2017 final rule covering "Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans" (Payday Lending Rule or Rule) on the premise that it was promulgated at a time when the Bureau was receiving unconstitutional funding. The Bureau requested that the Supreme Court review the case during its current term, which would ensure resolution of the issue by the summer of 2023. Last December, a coalition of state attorneys general from 22 states, including the District of Columbia, filed an amicus brief supporting the Bureau's petition for a writ of certiorari, while 16 states filed an amicus brief opposing the petition (covered by InfoBytes here).
In their opposition brief, the respondents urged the Supreme Court to deny the Bureau's petition on the premise that the 5th Circuit's decision does not warrant review—"let alone in the expedited and limited manner that the Bureau proposes"—because the appellate court correctly vacated the Payday Lending Rule, which, according to the respondents, has "multiple legal defects, including but not limited to the Appropriations Clause issue." Among other things, the respondents argued that the Bureau erroneously contended that the Appropriations Clause does not limit the manner in which Congress may exercise its authority, claiming that: (i) the Appropriations Clause ensures Congressional oversight of the federal fiscal and executive power; (ii) the Bureau's funding statute nullifies Congress's appropriations power in an unprecedented manner; (iii) the Bureau's merit defenses, including claims that text, history, and precedent support its funding scheme, all fail; and (iv) the Bureau's remedial defenses of the Payday Lending Rule also fail.
The respondents also maintained that the case "is neither cleanly presented . . . nor ripe for definitive resolution at this time," and argued that the Supreme Court could address the validity of the Payday Lending Rule without addressing the Bureau's funding issue. Explaining that the 5th Circuit's decision "simply vacated a single regulation that has never been in effect," the respondents claimed that the appellate court should have addressed questions about the Rule's validity before deciding on the Appropriations Clause question. The respondents claimed that the appellate court incorrectly rejected two antecedent grounds for vacating the Payday Lending Rule: (i) the Rule's "promulgation was tainted by the removal restriction later held invalid in Seila Law" (covered by a Buckley Special Alert); and (ii) the Rule exceeds the Bureau's authority "because the prohibited conduct falls outside the statutory definition of unfair or abusive conduct." "Given the significant prospect that this Court will be unable to resolve the constitutional question in this case, it should await a better vehicle," the respondents wrote, adding that "[i]f and when some judgment in some future case has 'major practical effects,' [] the Bureau should seek this Court's review then—which may well present a better vehicle."
Further, the respondents stated that if the Supreme Court grants review of the case, it "should proceed in a more deliberative fashion than the Bureau has urged." The respondents asked the Supreme Court to expressly include the antecedent questions by either granting the respondents' cross-petition or adding them to the Board's petition in order to provide clarity about whether the Supreme Court intends to consider the alternative grounds. They further urged the Supreme Court to wait until next term to review the case, writing that the Bureau "cannot justify its demand for a case of this complexity and importance to be briefed, argued, and decided in a few months at the end of a busy Term."
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FDIC announces Alabama, California disaster relief
On January 18, the FDIC issued guidance (see FIL-03-2023 and FIL-04-2023) to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and help facilitate recovery in areas of Alabama affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes occurring on January 12, and in areas of California affected by severe winter storms, flooding, and landslides occurring from December 27 and continuing. The FDIC wrote that in supervising impacted institutions, it will consider the unusual circumstances those institutions face. The guidance suggested that institutions work with borrowers impacted by the severe weather to extend repayment terms, restructure existing loans, or ease terms for new loans "in a manner consistent with sound banking practices." The FDIC noted that institutions may receive favorable Community Reinvestment Act consideration for community development loans, investments, and services in support of disaster recovery. The agency will also consider relief from certain reporting and publishing requirements.
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Hsu discusses management of large banks
On January 17, acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu delivered remarks at the Brookings Institute regarding large bank manageability. Hsu started by expressing his belief that developing a robust approach to detecting, preventing, and addressing too-big-to-manage (TBTM) risks will increasingly become an imperative for both banks and bank regulators. He stated that the best "way to successfully fix issues at a TBTM bank is to simplify it — by divesting businesses, curtailing operations and reducing complexity," and that more typical actions, such as changing management, budgets, plans, and personnel will have limited impact at a bank that is too big to manage. Hsu added that "the size and complexity" of a bank "is the core problem that needs to be solved, not the weaknesses of its systems and processes or the unwillingness or incompetence of its senior leaders."
Hsu discussed the OCC's four-step "escalation framework." He noted that "the design logic of an escalation framework is to use the credible threat of restrictions and divestitures, guided by and consistent with due process, to force banks to prove that they are manageable and to then let the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of their actions speak for themselves." He noted that the first step is to put a bank on notice and make clear the nature of the weakness requiring remediation. Significant deficiencies and/or weaknesses that go unaddressed can escalate into public enforcement actions, such as a consent order, where material safety and soundness risks or violations of laws and regulations are at play. If the problem continues, then the OCC will pursue a restriction and divestitures of a bank's business activities or capital actions. The final step includes breaking up the bank by compelling divestment.
Hsu concluded with his thoughts on the need for bank regulators to provide greater transparency on the supervisory process. He also emphasized the importance of due process and described supervisory remedies, including but not limited to, business restrictions, divestitures, and simplification of large banks when necessary.
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CFPB updates Mortgage Servicing Examination Procedures
On January 18, the CFPB released an updated version of its Mortgage Servicing Examination Procedures, detailing the types of information examiners should gather when assessing whether servicers are complying with applicable laws and identifying consumer risks. The examination procedures, which were last updated in June 2016, cover forbearances and other tools, including streamlined loss mitigation options that mortgage servicers have used for consumers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bureau noted in its announcement that "as long as these streamlined loss mitigation options are made available to borrowers experiencing hardship due to the COVID-19 national emergency, those same streamlined options can also be made available under the temporary flexibilities in the [agency's pandemic-related mortgage servicing rules] to borrowers not experiencing COVID-19-related hardships." Servicers are expected to continue to use all the tools at their disposal, including, when available, streamlined deferrals and modifications that meet the conditions of these pandemic-related mortgage servicing rules as they attempt to keep consumers in their homes. The Bureau said the updated examination procedures also incorporate focus areas from the agency's Supervisory Highlights findings related to, among other things, (i) fees such as phone pay fees that servicers charge borrowers; and (ii) servicer misrepresentations concerning foreclosure options. Also included in the updated examination procedures are a list of bulletins, guidance, and temporary regulatory changes for examiners to consult as they assess servicers' compliance with federal consumer financial laws. Examiners are also advised to request information on how servicers are communicating with borrowers about homeowner assistance programs, which can help consumers avoid foreclosure, provided mortgage servicers collaborate with state housing finance agencies and HUD-approved housing counselors to aid borrowers during the HAF application process.
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CFPB: Negative option marketing practices could violate the CFPA
On January 19, the CFPB released Circular 2023-01 to reiterate that companies offering "negative option" subscription services are required to comply with federal consumer financial protection laws. According to the Circular, "'negative option' [marketing] refers to a term or condition under which a seller may interpret a consumer's silence, failure to take an affirmative action to reject a product or service, or failure to cancel an agreement as acceptance or continued acceptance of the offer." The Bureau clarified that negative option marketing practices could violate the CFPA where a seller: (i) misrepresents or fails to clearly and conspicuously disclose the material terms of a negative option program; (ii) fails to obtain consumers' informed consent; or (iii) misleads consumers who want to cancel, erects unreasonable barriers to cancellation, or fails to honor cancellation requests that comply with its promised cancellation procedures.
The Bureau described receiving consumer complaints from older consumers about being repeatedly charged for services they did not intend to buy or no longer wanted to continue purchasing. Other consumers reported being enrolled in subscriptions without knowledge of the program or the costs. Consumers also submitted complaints regarding the difficulty of cancelling subscription-based services and about charges on their credit card or bank account after they requested cancellation.
The Bureau also warned that negative option programs can be particularly harmful when paired with dark patterns. The Circular noted that the Bureau and the FTC have taken action to combat the rise of digital dark patterns, which can be used to deceive, steer, or manipulate users into behavior that is profitable for a company, but often harmful to users or contrary to their intent. The Bureau noted that consumers could be misled into purchasing subscriptions and other services with recurring charges and be unable to cancel the unwanted products and services or avoid their charges.
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FinCEN offers suspicious activity reporting guidance for human smuggling along U.S.- Mexico border
On January 13, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert advising financial institutions on how to detect and report suspicious financial activity that may be related to human smuggling along the southwest border of the United States. Highlighting that human smuggling is one of the eight Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism National Priorities identified by FinCEN, the agency pointed out that human smuggling along the southwest border generates an estimated $2 billion to $6 billion in yearly revenue for illicit actors. The alert, which builds on FinCEN's 2020 and 2014 human smuggling and human trafficking advisories (covered by InfoBytes here and here), provides trends, typologies, and red flag indicators to help financial institutions better identify and file suspicious activity reports potentially related to such activity. "Financial institutions need to know that their vigilance and prompt Bank Secrecy Act reporting matters—it aids investigations tied to human smuggling and transnational organized crime, and can ultimately save lives," FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das said in the announcement.
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OFAC issues Russia-related general licenses for some transactions
On January 17, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued several Russia-related General Licenses (GLs), including: (i) General License (GL) 6C, which authorizes transactions related to agricultural commodities, medicine, medical devices, replacement parts and components, or software updates, Covid-19 pandemic, or clinical trials; (ii) GL 54A, which authorizes certain transactions involving certain holdings prohibited by Executive Order 14071; and (iii) GL 28B, which authorizes the wind down and rejection of certain transactions involving a public joint stock company and Afghanistan. OFAC also announced that it is amending four Russia-related Frequently Asked Questions 982, 1054, 1055, and 1059.
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States file brief in support of Biden's student loan debt-relief program
On January 11, a coalition of 22 state attorneys general from Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District Of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in two pending actions concerning challenges to the Department of Education's student loan debt relief program. At the beginning of December, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Biden administration's appeal of an injunction entered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that temporarily prohibits the Secretary of Education from discharging any federal loans under the agency's student debt relief plan (covered by InfoBytes here). In a brief unsigned order, the Supreme Court deferred the Biden administration's application to vacate, pending oral argument. Shortly after, the Supreme Court also granted a petition for certiorari in a challenge currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, announcing it will consider whether the respondents (individuals whose loans are ineligible for debt forgiveness under the plan) have Article III standing to bring the challenge, as well as whether the Department of Education's debt relief plan is "statutorily authorized" and "adopted in a procedurally proper manner" (covered by InfoBytes here). Oral arguments in both cases are scheduled for February 28.
The states first pointed out that under the Higher Education Act, Congress gave the Secretary "broad authority both to determine borrowers' loan repayment obligations and to modify or discharge these obligations in myriad circumstances." The Secretary was also later granted statutory authority under the HEROES Act to take action in times of national emergency, which includes allowing "the Secretary to 'waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the student financial assistance programs' if the Secretary 'deems' such actions 'necessary' to ensure that borrowers affected by a national emergency 'are not placed in a worse position financially' with respect to their student loans." The states stressed that while "the magnitude of the national emergency necessitating this relief is unprecedented, the relief offered to borrowers falls squarely within the authority Congress gave the Secretary to address such emergencies and is similar in kind to relief granted pursuant to other important federal student loan policies that have concomitantly advanced our state interests."
The states went on to explain that the Secretary tailored the limited debt relief using income thresholds to ensure that "the borrowers at greatest risk of pandemic-related defaults receive critical relief, either by eliminating their loan obligations or reducing them to a more manageable level," thus meeting the express goal of the HEROES Act to "prevent[] affected borrowers from being placed in a worse position because of a national emergency." The states also stressed that the Secretary reasonably concluded that targeted relief is necessary to address the impending rise in pandemic-related defaults once repayment restarts. The HEROES Act expressly permits the Secretary to "exercise his modification and waiver authority 'notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless enacted with specific reference to [20 U.S.C. § 1098bb(a)(1)]," the states asserted, noting that "relevant statutory and regulatory provisions related to student loan repayment and cancellation contain no such express limiting language."
Secretary Miguel Cardona issued the following statement in response to the filing of more than a dozen amicus curiae briefs: "The broad array of organizations and experts—representing diverse communities and different perspectives—supporting our case before the Supreme Court today reflects the strength of our legal positions versus the fundamentally flawed lawsuits aimed at denying millions of working and middle-class borrowers debt relief." A summary of the briefs can be accessed here.
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Fed announces climate scenario exercises
On January 17, the Federal Reserve Board provided additional details regarding its upcoming pilot climate scenario analysis exercise and the information on risk management practices that will be gathered from the program. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the Fed announced in September 2022, that six of the nation's largest banks will participate in a pilot climate scenario analysis exercise intended to enhance the ability of supervisors and firms to measure and manage climate-related financial risks. According to the Fed, the banks will analyze the impact of scenarios for both physical and transition risks related to climate change on specific assets in their portfolios. The Fed noted that it will collect qualitative and quantitative information during the pilot, including details on governance and risk management practices, among other things. Additionally, the banks will be asked to consider the effect on corporate loans and commercial real estate portfolios using a scenario based on current climate policies and one based on reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Fed noted that though no firm-specific information will be released, it anticipates publishing insights at an aggregate level, reflecting what has been learned about climate risk management practices and how insights can identify possible risks and promote risk management practices.
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Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP) is organizing 14th Convocation on April 12, 2018 at College Auditorium, Jabalpur. Students passed out during 01.11.2016 to 31.12.2017 will receive degree during the Convocation.
Her Excellency the Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chancellor of the University will preside over the function.
Registered candidates must report compulsorily for the Rehearsal at the Central auditorium at 10 am on 11th April 2018.