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Late in 1996, the media showed us a special kind of catastrophe: a battle between ice and fire. In Iceland, the volcano Grimsvötn awoke beneath the ice cap Vatnajökull, melting a huge quantity of ice. On 5 November that meltwater burst out from under Vatnajökull's edge and rushed to the sea, carrying away bridges, an optical data cable, and other pieces of infrastructure. The Icelanders calmly rebuilt—it was just another jökulhlaup.
A jökulhlaup is not merely a big flood in one odd country. It is a peculiar type of flood with rich significance for this interglacial age, and that is why geologists the world over know the word, though only Icelanders can pronounce it.
The Jökulhlaup Mechanism
Jökulhlaups (jökull = glacier, hlaup = floodburst) are inevitable when ice becomes a dam. At Vatnajökull, the ice cap dammed meltwater inside itself. In other cases a glacier might surge into a narrow river valley, like a landslide across a highway, and the resulting dam collects itself a lake. But ice has no strength, and the lake quickly destroys the dam when it can overtop it.
Another thing about a dam made of ice is that ice is lighter and colder than water. Water both melts and floats an ice dam, and once the water first trickles underneath it the dam, no matter how large, swiftly fails. Hence the weird word for this special event.
Jökulhlaups in Other Lands
Jökulhlaups happen elsewhere than Iceland. In the Alps, several "cursed glaciers" were named for their history of advancing into the valleys and blocking rivers. The floods that came down when the ice gave way were jökulhlaups.
In southeastern Alaska in May 1986, the Hubbard Glacier had a vigorous surge that took its snout into the shallows of Disenchantment Bay, cutting off Russell Fiord at its entrance. In that instant Russell Fiord became Russell Lake, which began to rise. The rising lake threatened to overflow elsewhere, into an ancient spillway that had been active in similar previous situations. The brackish water would flood the Situk River and ruin its world-class fishing—and the economy of Yakutat, the nearest town.
But on 7 October, a jökulhlaup saved the day. At one point it carried 1 million cubic meters of water per second into the Gulf of Alaska, along with much of Hubbard's snout. The U.S. Geological Survey said "the peak flow rate may have been the greatest water discharge to occur in North America and the largest glacier outburst in the world during the past few centuries" (it happened again in 2002).
In 2007 a small glacial lake in the Chilean Andes suddenly drained, giving rise to a flurry of news stories, some of them quite outlandish. But it was another jökulhlaup.
Giant Jökulhlaups
But we know of some jökulhlaups that make pipsqueaks of these recent ones. Late in the last glacial period, about 13,000 years ago, part of the Cordilleran icesheet stoppered up the Columbia River, near present-day Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho. After some years Glacial Lake Missoula formed behind the dam. When it broke through, a wall of water hundreds of meters high, and of many days' duration, rearranged the landscape of central Washington state. The effects are as if you dumped a wheelbarrow full of water into a sandbox, but the scale is so huge that only a picture from outer space or a regional map makes it clear. (See more from the Ice Age Flood Institute.)
A very dogged geologist named J Harlan Bretz spent several decades documenting the evidence of this event: oversized river channels and colossal riverbed potholes that present-day streams could not have cut; ripple marks big enough to be levees; gigantic strips of land where all soil was stripped to bedrock and bedrock itself plucked out in house-sized chunks. (Some photos of these are here on About.com and elsewhere.) Downstream were widespread layers of sand and clay many meters thick without soil horizons—the flood was so great that the whole Columbia River Gorge became a bottleneck, and the backed-up flow had to drop its sediment load. More enormous deposits of Washington sediment lie in the Pacific off the Columbia's mouth.
It took Bretz his whole long life to win acceptance because his scenario was so big, it sounded too much like Noah's flood. It still sounds that way to creationist cranks. But it was a jökulhlaup. Actually, the whole process repeated dozens of times. What might be called a biblical cataclysm if it happened once was—like asteroid impacts—just another of nature's big power tools.
Some Consequences
The largest events that act like jökulhlaups occurred during the Ice Ages, when the North American continental ice cap trapped water beneath it. The resulting floods were so immense that they have their own name, Heinrich events. Flotillas of icebergs dropped stones on the seafloor across the whole North Atlantic Ocean. But worse, the addition of so much freezing freshwater may have knocked the ocean out of whack. Changes in sea surface temperature, salinity, and climate have been documented around all six known Heinrich events.
The relatively rapid loading and unloading of the Earth's crust in the jökulhlaup cycle may trigger earthquakes in sensitive regions, as well as volcanic disturbances in areas like Iceland. Other areas known to have jökulhlaups besides Iceland and the Americas include the Alps, central Asia and the Himalayas.
At smaller scales, the sudden surge of ice and sediment from a jökulhlaup might have more effects than washed-out roads and landscapes. For instance, the new load of mud and gravel on the seafloor might trigger offshore landslides, which are a major cause of tsunamis. If the media report a jökulhlaup tsunami, though, they will call it something more pronounceable.
PS: If jökulhlaups and asteroid impacts can be compared in the same breath, consider the case of Mars, where it seems that impacts on frozen ground have created gargantuan floods in a kind of cosmic double-whammy, not once but many times.


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Elkins —
American Mountain Theater variety show now is airing on West Virginia Public Broadcasting Service, the show's producers have announced.
Located in the historic rail yard in downtown Elkins and billed as the "Freshest Sound in the Mountains," AMT presents the state's first and only Branson-style family-friendly music, comedy and variety show.
Kenny Sexton, president and producer of AMT, said he is looking forward to sharing the show statewide.
"We're incredibly honored and blessed to have West Virginia PBS welcoming us into their lineup," Sexton said. "We're excited to help West Virginians recognize what the American Mountain Theater and its talented cast offer right here in their home state."
The statewide airing comes on the heels of a successful year-long run on nationwide RFD-TV, Sexton said. As they did on RFD-TV, AMT will produce the show in-house with assistance from the West Virginia Film Industry.
AMT will broadcast weekly 30-minute shows on WVPBS at 6:30 p.m. every Saturday.
Additional information, tickets and vacation package information are available on AMT's website, www.americanmountaintheater.com or by calling the box office at 1-800-943-3670.

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By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former financial analyst with a history of disruptive behavior is set for execution for the road-rage shooting deaths of 2 truckers in the Dallas area 15 years ago.
Douglas Feldman faces lethal injection Wednesday evening in Huntsville.
Feldman was condemned for gunning down 36-year-old Robert Everett of Marshfield, Mo., and 62-year-old Nicholas Valesquez of the Dallas suburb of Irving. Feldman, piloting a motorcycle, said Everett cut him off on a Dallas freeway so he pulled out a pistol and shot him. Still angry 45 minutes later, Feldman spotted Valesquez, a gasoline tanker driver filling a service station, and shot him.
While in prison, records show the 55-year-old Feldman has racked up 136 disciplinary cases.
He'd be the 11th Texas inmate executed this year.
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|Excellent - 603 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 603 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Lana - the staff that handled a bed bug problem with our room was very helpful and we were satisfied at her method of handling the problem.
The bed bugs in our first room.
Okay 6.0
Guest Service
Location/Noise/Cost of Food ServiceN/A
|Excellent - 698 reviews
The only full service, upscale hotel in Valencia and the Santa Clarita Valley, Hyatt Valencia boasts 244 luxurious guest rooms including Hyatt Business plan accommodations, Vines Restaurant and Bar with al fresco dining and room service. Shopping, theaters, full service Day Spa, Spectrum Health Club and restaurants within walking distance. Tee times availabl...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 698 reviews
Excellent 9.0
This hotel was clean, comfortable and the staff was friendly. It was in a great location with nearby shopping and dining. It is also very close to Magic Mountain which was very convenient.
Good 7.0
The location was fabulous, staff was very friendly and the hotel was very clean.
The room smelled a little musty or maybe smoky from another room or the vent but it was tolerable. I have also stayed at other hotels that did not charge to use the internet in the Business Center.I would definitely recommend it again.
|Excellent - 919 reviews
Located in the heart of the Valencia/Santa Clarita valley, this beautiful Valencia, California, hotel is the only Hilton Garden Inn closest to Six Flags Hurricane Harbor and Six Flags Magic Mountain. At the Hilton Garden Inn Valencia Six Flags hotel you'll find everything right where you need it, including complimentary high-speed Internet access. The Hilton...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 919 reviews
Good 6.3
The beds were terrible. Very hard
Okay 5.0
The room was clean and fairly large. Bed was comfortable and air conditioner worked great. The cable in the room was pretty awesome and never had so many channels to choose from.
Microwave broken, lighting was dim, and toilet tissue was placed awkwardly away from the toilet. The cleaning staff opened the door 3 times during my stay Saturday and 2 on Sunday after I had already made it a point that I didn't need my room cleaned.
|Excellent - 568 reviews
Check in to the Embassy Suites Valencia hotel and you will be in an ideal position to make the most of your time in California's Santa Clarita Valley. Just off Freeway 5, minutes from Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park, and less than 45 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, this all-suite hotel in Valencia, CA offers contemporary comfort and excellent service...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 568 reviews
Good 8.0
We enjoyed the manager's reception, the cooked to order breakfast and free trolley to Six Flags
The sofa pullout bed was very uncomfortable for our children. We asked for blankets to add some cushion, but they never arrived.
Poor 1.0
free breakfast and manager's reception
Dishonest staff (some clothes that we mistakenly left in the closet when checking out disappeared and we could never get them back), and unhelpful staffs unwilling to solve the problem.We forgot to pick up some (expensive) clothes in the closet when we checked out. We noticed this very soon and called the front desk immediately. We asked them to check the room right then, and also told them we could come and check as well. All they said was we wouldn't be allowed to go to the room and they have to wait until the housekeeping cleans the room and report any items left in the room. After numerous phone calls (they promised that they would call me after investigating every time I called, but they never did), they said there was nothing reported by the housekeeping. What could have happened? I am pretty sure what has happened, but none of the staffs were willing to take care of the situation. The front desk staff...
|Excellent - 592 reviews
The La Quinta Inn & Suites Santa Clarita/Valencia was recently named a 2014 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award winner! The La Quinta Inn & Suites Valencia, California is 4 minutes from Six Flags Magic Mountain, within 30 minutes of the excitement of LA and Hollywood, and only 45 minutes from the Pacific coast. With modern amenities such as free...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 592 reviews
Good 8.0
Good location for visiting Magic Mountain. Clean with friendly staff.
Pool and spa too small. We weren't able to use the spa because it was full.
Excellent 10.0
Very nice and clean! We will definitely go back
All great!This hotel was very easy to get to and check in was quick. The room was very nice and organized, had everything from the room description and more.
|Excellent - 721 reviews
Award-Winning Valencia Hotel's near Santa Clarita The Holiday Inn Express® Hotel & Suites Santa Clarita is located just off I-5 and 25 miles north of Universal Studios and Hollywood. This award-winning hotel is also ideally situated with easy access to major business and top local attractions in Santa Clarita and Valencia. If you're visiting the hotel's prop...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 721 reviews
Poor 2.0
Very little.
The room was dirty, and the hotel was very noisy. Had to call the front desk twice to have them ask the people upstairs to stop doing gymnastics at 1:00 am.It's a dive - I'm glad we were there for only one night.
Good 7.0
Convenient to being near Six Flags which is why we chose this hotel.
The wi-fi did not work. I spoke with staff and they said I was in a room where the signal was weak.
|Excellent - 920 reviews
where small town charm meets big city sophistication... welcome to the Hampton Inn Los Angeles/Santa Clarita/Six Flags Area. Many consider Santa Clarita to be one of the best places to live in California - and guests at our Santa Clarita Hampton Inn® hotel quickly discover why. Our city perfectly blends small-town charm and big city sophistication. Santa Cla...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 920 reviews
Excellent 10.0
each time we came back in from being out, it felt like home. I have never experienced that at a hotel. The staff is VERY nice and accomodating. Very impressed and would definately stay here again when in the area.
Excellent 10.0
Staff was awesome! Very helpful and knowledgeable.Cassidy was the best.
|Good - 548 reviews
When you stay at Good Nite Inn Sylmar in Sylmar, you'll be convenient to Nethercutt Collection. This motel is within the region of California State University-Northridge and Van Nuys Golf Course. Make yourself at home in one of the 90 air-conditioned guestrooms. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for...
Overall Rating - Good - 548 reviews
Good 7.0
Convenient location for six flags and universal studios
The only thing that at the time their was construction at the hotel. I was just two rooms away from all the noise that was going on. Lack of parking cause of the construction.It was a very clean and affordable basic hotel room.
Okay 5.6
Bed was comfortable. Price was cheap
Could hear all road noise from local streets and the nearby freeway. At 4:00 in the morning, a rooster from a neighboring house woke me up. The walls are definitely not insulated for sound.
|Excellent - 72 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 72 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Great complimentary breakfast, snacks and evening food.
When choosing the hotel online it was hard to determine the layout of the room. It would have been easier to choose the room style with better pictures.There are a lot of restaurants and stores nearby. It is close to Magic Mountain.
Okay 5.0
The staff was amazing!!! They were super nice and attentive!!!
I thought it was a 2 room, the bedroom was off set from the living room, but there was no door between them. In that case, they could have called it a 4 room(bedroom, living room, kitchen,& bathroom).I am all for pet friendly hotels even though I don't own a pet, but I wish I had known it was. Any room could have a pet at one point or another. Not good for people with allergies. There's only so much you can clean. Glad I was only there one night. My allergies were driving me crazy. Not to mention pet hair on my clothes.
|Good - 293 reviews
Welcome to the Super 8 Santa Clarita. This property is located minutes away from Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor. Castaic Lake is just 15 miles away. At the Super 8 Santa Clarita you can relax in our outdoor pool and jacuzzi as well as enjoy our complimentary Superstart Breakfast and High Speed Internet access. See you along the way. Only Dogs Accepted...
Overall Rating - Good - 293 reviews
Excellent 10.0
very clean, quiet, ezcheck in and out. [plite staff. plenty of parkng
i think for the area, the room should have been 5 or $10 less. we got a call about 9am saying a neighboring room was comlaining about a barking dog in our room. we did not have a dog. i thought it was funny.i might stay there again depending on pricing elsewhere in the area.
Mediocre 4.0
Plain simple clean
Toilet didn't flush. Needs upgrades. Hallway smells off cigarettesFront desk staff needs to be more professional. Could be good with some minor upgrades.
|Good - 34 reviews
When you stay at Americas Best Value Inn in Granada Hills, you'll be close to Nethercutt Collection. This motel is within the region of Warner Brothers Studio and ®. Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks and separ...
Overall Rating - Good - 34 reviews
Poor 1.0
Absolutely nothing
We reserved 2 rooms for 3 days. Arrived at approx. 2:00. The desk clerk was very rude. He acted like we were bothering him. Like we were an inconvenience. When I asked to check in he snapped at me saying, 'check in is at 3:00.' We were turned away.Most hotels will let you check in if the rooms are ready. Not enough outlets. Had to move lamp that was sitting in a corner but not plugged in because there was no outlet. Terrible lack of lighting in the bathrooms. No light by the mirror made it extremely difficult for grooming. Ceiling light was placed by the window where there was plenty of light from the window but there was no ceiling light at the other end of the room where it was completely dark. Microwave and refrigerator were in the closet with no light. It was very dark. Had to use light from my cell phone to see. Refrigerator was not working. Told the desk clerk but it was never fixed or replaced for the 3 da...
Excellent 9.0
Nice large clean room. Comfortable bed. Stayed 2 nights almost stayed 3.
Small parking lot but always able to find a spot and traffic noise.Over all we had a very nice stay. Hotel was easy to find. Staff was very pleasant.
|Excellent - 352 reviews
Winner of the 2013 Renovation Award Winner. Elegant full service hotel located in the Northwest San Fernando Valley. Hotel features Caprese restaurant and lounge, heated swimming pool and whirlpool, fitness room, valet laundry service and coin laundry, banquet and meeting room facilities for up to 150 people, tropical courtyard and wireless high speed Intern...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 352 reviews
Poor 1.0
Justine at the front desk. Excellent employee.
Everything from the cockroach in our room to the employee that called our room after midnight. It was an accident, he meant to call a different room number. Doesn't change that it was after midnight. So much more....
Good 7.0
Closeness to where I needed to be.
Yes, it is a non smoking hotel and there was someone smoking in a near by Room. We let the front desk know and they 'checked ' it out. It did not get better so we had to check out early. The guy at the front desk did not care and did not offer any help
|Okay - 378 reviews
Travelodge Santa Clarita/Valencia is an English Tudor Style in an Alpine village setting, famous restaurant across the street. Wireless high speed Internet access and 40 inch high definition flat screen televisions. Indoor corridor, heated pool and spa, friendly staff, 9 miles from Six Flags-Magic Mountain. Complimentary Continental Breakfast. Guests must b...
Overall Rating - Okay - 378 reviews
Poor 1.0
nothing. Well, leaving was a relief!
no tissues, breakfast was a major disappointment (see below)from the choices to the guests' conditions, curtains hung over air conditioner fan, hallways smelled of garlic, vending machine 'drops' choice (it blew up), manager mimicked my responses....... instead of taking a professional stance with my disapproval; (excuse me for this, but) unseemly characters hung around outside near the lobby entrance, breakfast location and size of area forced guests to eat outside of breakfast area, crowding the too small lobby; my trip to breakfast was met with unseemly characters, no breakfast items remaining and no one nearby to accommodate the guests. Overall, we felt as if the management of the hotel sees their establishment as a second-class environment with little effort made to make all guests feel pampered or cared for at all. Didn't feel wanted as a guest.
Poor 1.0
Dirty hotel in bad neighborhood. Plus hotel is not In Santa Clarita.
|Okay - 575 reviews
Welcome to the Days Inn Castaic, CA. We are conveniently located off I-5 in close proximity to Six Flags Magic Mountain, Castaic. Whether on business or pleasure our clean, quiet, safe property is sure to please. We offer such amenities as. Complimentary Wireless High Speed Internet Access, Complimentary Daybreak Breakfast, USA Today, etc. Business Center av...
Overall Rating - Okay - 575 reviews
Mediocre 4.0
The staff was very friendly and helpful.It's an ok hotel.
Okay 5.0
Splatters on wall, stains on bedding, free breakfast was pretty bad
|Good - 418 reviews
Conveniently located off Highway 118, this Ramada Chatsworth hotel is near downtown Los Angeles, California State University Northridge, Malibu and Santa Monica beaches, The Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in nearby Simi Valley, shopping and many local restaurants. After an exciting day, refresh at this hotel with complimentary wireless Internet access, out...
Overall Rating - Good - 418 reviews
Poor 1.0
1. This hotel gave smoking room. Employee said no option on booking. I'm non smoker. 2. Room have a big big big machine sound ( air conditioner sound from out side). I can't sleep. After complain, They swatch room late night. They took long long time
Excellent 10.0
Friendly staff and clean room.
NoSlept like a baby !


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A homeless woman is facing several charges after police said she caused a drunken scene and stole rings from a downtown Doylestown boutique.
Betty Brown, 65, no fixed address, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at about 1:06 p.m.
Officers were called to investigate reports of a drunk woman, allegedly creating a disturbance and soliciting money in the area of State and Main streets, police said Thursday.
When officers brought her to the police station, a female officer found the woman had four sterling silver rings with price tags still attached. The rings, valued at $248, had been taken from Lilies of the Field.
Shop owner Jona Franklin was able to identify the rings as hers, and verified to police that they were missing from her store, Doylestown Borough Police Chief Jim Donnelly said Thursday.
Brown has been charged with retail theft, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Franklin said Thursday night that she first told police that she didn't want to press charges. Though she was glad to have her property returned, that wasn't the issue foremost in her mind.
"I said I just wanted to let it go," Franklin told Doylestown Patch Thursday night, saying Brown "clearly has mental health and substance abuse issues. But then the officers told me that pressing charges would buy her a warm bed and three meals a day and, hopefully, the help she needs."
Brown has been arrested countless times over the years. Since 1988, she has been been incarcerated in the Bucks County Prison more than 20 times, according to prison records, for everything from public drunkenness to retail theft.
Doylestown police aren't sure where she lives, or even what her real name is.
"She won't tell us her address, and we have no record of anything on file," Donnelly said. "She had no identification on her at all when we picked her up. She told us her name was Q."


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The University of Maryland School of Law offers a limited number of David Hoffman Fellowships for highly qualified LL.M. candidates. The Fellowship provides enrolling LL.M. students tuition support of up to $5000.
"Maryland Law is the third-oldest law school in the United States, and its founder, David Hoffman is the father of American legal education," said Dean Phoebe Haddon. "We are proud to honor his legacy by creating Fellowships that will attract students from around the world to the Law School he established."
All candidates admitted to Maryland Law's LL.M. Program may be considered for the Fellowships. Following acceptance, qualified LL.M. candidates chosen by a selection committee will be informed of their eligibility to apply for a David Hoffman Fellowship.


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CATEGORIES Drama, Independent, Casting, Scripts, Cinematical Indie, CinematicalI've got yet more proof that Peter O'Toole has been replaced by a robot. The man is in his mid-70s, and after steadily doing a few projects here and there for years, he's taking on a cajillion, million roles. I seriously don't know where he's finding the energy, but now he's added another film to the roster, and possibly another chance at that little, elusive statue. The Hollywood Reporter has posted that O'Toole will join his Tudors co-stars Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill, along with Australia's Bryan Brown, in a new film called Dean Spanley. It's almost like someone was watching that show and figured they'd just cast from there, rather than go through the effort of a long search.
The feature is going to be the sophomore effort of Toa Fraser, who got the World Cinema Audience Prize at Sundance for his first film, No.2. Written by Rob Roy scribe Alan Sharp, THR describes it as a film: "Set in Edwardian England, where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Spanley reveals just how deep an Englishman's love for his dog can go." Yeah, so the beginning sounds so very O'Toole, but I'm not sure what's up with the whole dog twist. There's nothing quite like a good tale of animosity between the Colonies and Mamma England, mixed in with canine love. The film will slip into shooting next month.


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McHugh: We chose the licensing for Solaris for a reason, and when you start looking at it, we chose CDDL [Common Development and Distribution License], which is an OSI-approved license. It is very much similar to the Mozilla license, so it has a lot of benefits that people look at. One key one is when you're looking at adding innovation on top of it, doing works on top of it, it works really well. If you're looking at the OEM business and you're looking at other companies that will be adding value on top of OpenSolaris, they really appreciate the CDDL way of doing it because it gives them that flexibility to build on top.
InfoWorld: I've heard that you can't have ZFS or some of the other technologies mixed in with Linux because the license is incompatible because they use the GPL and you don't.
McHugh: Right, so the interesting thing is, if you look at ZFS and DTrace, which are the two key features that I think a lot of people in the Linux community look to and say, "Wow, those are really exciting." Frankly, they're coming and trying OpenSolaris because of it. In one way that's a compliment, and we like when they continue to remind people that [these are] innovations. But the fact is it's not that the OpenSolaris license and the CDDL are not compatible, because you can find DTrace and ZFS in Mac OS and BSD. What we're seeing is, as we're talking about open source communities evolving, open source licenses need to evolve as well. GPL was one of the first ones that were out there. We have products under GPL at Sun, as you know.
InfoWorld: Java.
McHugh: Java, we also do OpenOffice that way. It makes sense for certain communities. We're not so sure just because the decision was made early on that it makes sense right now for us to do that. Also, GPL is evolving, so we have to wait and see how those discussions are going.
InfoWorld: Under what circumstance might you move Solaris to GPL?
McHugh: We are constantly in discussions [and] looking at it. We are a member of the Linux Foundation as well, right at the same level as Red Hat, Adobe, and the other guys. We watch, we learn, we follow it, but things are really driven by two standpoints. First, what are your customers' needs? And again, we have end-user customers in corporations, but we also have OEM customers and partnerships we're building. And we're also looking at what the right way is to get the technology out there and go from there. Clearly, clearly when anyone does that little exercise where they say, "If I could take these key features and build the perfect OS," they reach into Solaris and OpenSolaris and name a few of our features. Predictive self-healing, DTrace, ZFS, and the security components always come to mind.
InfoWorld: You mentioned an upcoming version of OpenSolaris. What are the plans for improvements to Solaris?
McHugh: We are coming out with our update 6 [for Solaris 10] in the end of October, and you'll see OpenSolaris come out in November. OpenSolaris [is] on a faster cadence. We're going to be coming out with six-month revs to OpenSolaris that are really driven at the developer, the Web 2.0 [angle], and going from there. What goes into Solaris 10 has already been in OpenSolaris, if you want to think of it that way. A lot of [the additional features involves] support for some on the Dunnington chip sets from Intel.


text: She managed to earn them but she was also helped a lot by her competitors faltering during the GP series. I sympathize with Miki because I feel the only way the judges will favor her is when her competitors make mistakes. But if the others skate well, she will be sidelined as evidenced at the Olympics. This is not what I wish for Mirai's career.


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ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) -- A heat advisory is in place until Friday night, forcing those in the region to ride out this heat wave for the better part of the week. And for those working outside, it provides little to no relief... and for most, it simply can not be avoided.
It's Hot. It's Humid. It's the nature of the business.
"We're redoing some water main and some storm sewer. Stuff like that," says ELCOR machine operator Dave Marin. With a heat advisory in place, temperatures in the 90sm and the heat index pushing the century mark, crews push through one of the projected hottest weeks of the year.
"So far we've been doing pretty good so we just keep going," says Marin.
Marin is in the midst of this 3-month project and hopes Monday's elements is as bad as it gets. "We do a pretty good job of making sure we all get a break and kind of help each other out as far as shoveling," said Marin.
Just blocks away. The ongoing construction of Mayo Clinic's Jacobson Building continues. "This is bad," said Nietz Electric Job Foreman Phil Ward. "You have to pay attention to it because you can get pretty weak real fast."
Ward said when the heat turns severe... one rule gets put in place. "You need liquids, you go get'em. That's it."
Working 8 to 12 hours in the sun can cause some issues. But everyone keeps an eye out for each other.. "Mostly watching the other guys," said Ward. "Making sure they're not getting drowsy. Usually that's the first sign of heat."
And no matter which Minnesota extreme is thrown at them, deadlines still have to be met."We tough it out and get it done," said Marin.
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13 Feb 2010 06:13:58 AM
It Will Be Demian Maia Fighting Anderson Silva in Abu Dhabi
(Demian Maia puts a hurtin' on Jason MacDonald at UFC 87. Photo courtesy of MMA Weekly.)
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner in the "Which Barely Credible Challenger Wants to Get Thrashed by Anderson Silva on Two Months' Notice?" sweepstakes. From UFC.com:
* Sure. He's also a mediocre kickboxer.
** Come on, nobody uses the phrase "top six." Just say "top five" and hope nobody questions it.
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Ever since the inaugural Philly trip in 2009; I have made it a point to reach out to the other members of our awesome community through the annual Mania trips.
This was in the hopes that I could establish some friendly acquaintances with people who love MMA like I do.
I do have friends who appreciate sports but when it comes to MMA -
I am in search of a wolfpack.
I was lucky enough to meet people who treated me with decency and respect during each of those trips :
Big Zino
(and other lurkers / occasional posters who came to the Philly and Las Vegas trips).
And then there are some regulars who I communicate with outside of this public forum (whom already have my respect).
I hope to meet them on a Mania trip someday.
I land in AZ for Easter weekend and this goateed, ginger man picks me up at the airport and lets me stay at his place for free (no homo).
Friday's Itinerary : IT'S IN THE HOLE.
When you look this pretty in pink - you too can wear a sharp
(gay) looking hat.
Deuce tees off.
Highlights -
* Deuce's man cave consists of 2 flat screen HDTV's, a bar and a sports memorabilia wall (autographed jerseys, pictures and trading cards).
* He also has a music library consisting of 25 straight days of music. Ridiculous.
* The next door neighbor asked me 4 consecutive times if I drank. I replied no each time. He then gave me a drink.
* I could see Mars and Venus in the clear AZ sky. Nice.
Saturday's Itinerary : Now, this is the plan. Get your ass to Mars.
Highlights -
* I ate rattlesnake meatballs, cactus fries, and barbecued bison kebob. I drank saspirilla (sweet root beer).
* I learned that a "crunchy" is slang for a tree hugging hippie.
* A shop owner who looked like this :
ignored our presence in her store until Deuce asked for a price quote on a knife.
She gave him the numbers but also refused to let him see a more expensive knife (she assumed that he could not afford it).
Her words of wisdom after staring us down? - "You get what you pay for!"
She then went back to ignoring us.
That's what I get for hanging with a crunchy Deuce.
Sunday's Itinerary : Guns don't kill people! But they sure help.
AZ Indian Reservation
Highlights -
* Deuce brags about being an AZ native and knowing his way around the desert (while wearing flip flops). And then he stabs himself on the foot with a cactus.
* I pointed my loaded guns at the guys while I asked a question.
Other tidbits -
* El Jefe (Deuce's roommate) is a hopeless Cubs fan and looks like Jesus.
* AZ is full of ex-Chicagoans.
* Deuce keeps a secret snitch file (surprise, surprise). After meeting an acquaintance of his, Deuce asked me in a whisper, "Fake Chicago or real Chicago? What about his wife???"
* I have seen one of Deuce's kicks on a heavy bag. Don't mess with soccer players. Seriously.
* Kimbo Slice does not live on the AZ Indian Reservation.
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Basic Genetics
Genetics Basics
Genetics is the study of heredity or inheritance. These resources will assist in the understanding of basic genetics.
Blood Type
The presence or absence of certain identifiers on the surface of red blood cells determine human blood type.
Genetic Code
The genetic code is the information in DNA and RNA that determines amino acid sequences in protein synthesis.
Gene Mutation
A gene mutation is any change that occurs in the DNA. These changes can be beneficial to, have some effect on, or be seriously detrimental to an organism.
Chromosomes and Sex
What is the relationship between chromosomes and sex? Sex is determined by the presence or absence of certain chromosomes.
Sex-Linked Traits
Sex-linked traits originate from genes found on sex chromosomes. Hemophilia is an example of a common sex-linked disorder that is an X-linked recessive trait.
Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
Sex chromosome abnormalities occur as a result of chromosome mutations brought on by mutagens or problems that occur during meiosis.
How Science Has Built a Better Thanksgiving Turkey
For several decades researchers have been using science to build a better Thanksgiving turkey. These techniques involve selective breeding and nutrition management.
Reproduction in Animals: Sexual Reproduction
An introduction to the mechanisms of sexual reproduction in animals.
Reproduction in Animals: Asexual Reproduction
An introduction to the mechanisms of asexual reproduction in animals.
Sexual Reproduction: Fertilization
Information on internal and external modes of fertilization.
Blood Types Tutorial
Learn about human ABO markers and Rh factors. There is also a blood types problem set to complete for review.
DNA From the Beginning
"DNA From The Beginning is an animated, online textbook on genetics and molecular biology."
DNA Spirals
What does DNA look like? See for yourself.
The Interactive Fly
This site is a cyberspace guide to Drosophila genes and their roles in development. There is also a cool collection of Drosophila images.
Genetic Recombination
In genetic recombination, genes are recombined to produce organisms with new gene combinations. Genetic diversity within organisms is attained through genetic recombination.


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Valentine's Day is on Friday, and whether you'll be whipping up a romantic date-night menu or picking out a sexy gift for yourself, one thing's for sure — love is in the air! Celebrate with a look at some of the best celebrity PDA moments through the years — from sweet kisses to serious cuddling, we've got it all. Scroll through and tell us which steamy duo is your favorite!
Read More Celebrity PDACelebrity CouplesBlake LivelyJennifer AnistonBrad PittBen AffleckAngelina Jolie
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macabre 1 year
i love bradley cooper and zoey..they look so great and happy with one another..
Leticia3736264 1 year
aww Rob and Kristen <3
jacyli 1 year
oh wow
popfaninMD 1 year
This year my favorite is gotta be soon to be Daddy and Mommy - Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan!
1278368 2 years
My vote goes to Kristen and Robert, they are lovely and warm the hearts of those who follow them ...... I love Kristen!!
Saira2512940 2 years
good and well style
Stewson 2 years
That was not a cab it was a waiting SUV and they were lovely :)
Perfection2011 2 years
will and late
krissgale 2 years
OMG! all those are really cool stuffs. JB kissing style is so cool
1245013 2 years
nir147741 2 years
robsten forever
ojoba 2 years
William and Kate!!!
tnorene 2 years
Ben and Jen and Jen and Justin
Perfection2011 2 years
will and late
hat 2 years
val6 2 years
the robsten's photo should not appear in the rankings ... it's not even a real kiss, Kristen refuses the kiss and let Rob looks foolish ... ... it's not shyness, it's just rude i vote Jennifer and Ben! ;)
Margarethe 2 years
can Jennifer and justin please go away..same with the Bibber Kid..
hat 2 years
jay1126 2 years
ROBSTEN!!!The best ever beautiful couple
krissgale 2 years
OMG! all those are really cool stuffs. JB kissing style is so cool
1245013 2 years
cupcakeemmi 2 years
I agree with # 11. I wonder how many of these are real. Maybe Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck.
nir147741 2 years
robsten forever
ojoba 2 years
William and Kate!!!
los-angeles-1 2 years
it's not "true" love until you hire a professional photog to show it off
tarshier 2 years
robert and kristen is the best!
Guest26 2 years
Jen and Justin - hope 2012 brings more of these two, and perhaps a family?!
sweetas67 2 years
Aww some of these are very sweet. They're not really my favorite couple of the bunch but I also gotta go with Robert Downey Jr. and his wife. What an adorable photo!
IndiesR 2 years
I dont think that this shot of rob and kristen should have been entered...even tho it looks sweet...it really isnt, he went in for a kiss...she turned her head and denied him...and i dont doubt that they couldnt find another shot between the two that would fit....cause their isnt.
nuneya 2 years
I gotta go with Robert & Susan Downey. They're so cute!
jaan_black 2 years
Garner and Affleck of the above b/c there's no debate about Ben being a man (sorry but Bieber is a chick) and their relationship isn't mere speculation or a media stunt (double sorry to Rob & K AND Jennifer & Justin)....
1278368 2 years
Robsten is a fabrication and a lie that Robert loves, he does appear to be serious and passionate, he is a deceiver!
popfaninMD 2 years
My vote is the same as last year....Matt and Luciana!
Harmonia 2 years
Robsten and Jen Aniston with her man :]]
Wertew 2 years
My vote goes to Selena and Justin :p
Link Love
- Nicole Kidman gets candid about her personal life — Us Weekly
- Jon Voight is "very happy" about his new son-in-law, Brad Pitt — People
- Kendall Jenner denies texting at the VMAs — HuffPost Celebrity
- Selena Gomez lands in Canada with Justin Bieber — Lainey Gossip
- Alicia Silverstone's Lifetime-movie character has an awful wig — Dlisted
- Jennifer Aniston admits to drinking breast milk — ET
- Is this why Britney Spears and her boyfriend broke up? — Pink Is the New Blog
- Wentworth Miller looks as hot as ever — JustJared
- You must see Ed Sheeran as little orphan Annie — BuzzFeed
- Ice T's wife, Coco, hits the beach in a thong — The Superficial
- Kim Kardashian doesn't want to be Beyoncé's friend anymore — PopBytes
- Alessandra Ambrosio is red hot in Venice — Hollywood Tuna


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Over the course of the season to date the 5th Starter slot has been unsettled. Various grifters and ne'er-do-wells have squated on the role, but more often than not these transients have only left behind a steaming pile of dung before being evicted and sent in the Paddy Wagon back to Norfolk.
By utilizing off days built into the schedule the O's have had the good fortune of not having to pitch a 5th Starter during a turn through the rotation a number of times. This is the case for this week. With an off day on Monday the O's won't need a 5th member of the rotation until Saturday, when the O's play in Detroit against expected starter Rick Porcello. The O's will then be able to skip the 5th Starter slot again the following week since there is an off day built in for Thursday. I wish to take a glance at the bona fidas the various options to fill this slot bring to the table, as well as enumerate the charges against.
The player who will fill this rotation slot will in all likelihood come from the options available on the 40-man menu. Such names include: Jake Arrieta, Brian Matusz, Zach Britton, Steve Johnson, plus a wild card that I'll get to later. Non current-40-man roster options include Dana Eveland. So, what they got? Let's go through the list.
Jake Arrieta is quite the enigma. So much talent. So much raw 'stuff'. So, sooooo bad at the moment. Over 31.1 IP since he was optioned, Jake has pitched to the tune of a 5.74 ERA and a 1.77 WHIP. Worse still is his pitch efficiency, or lack thereof. Here are his pitch counts / strikes thrown / IP for each of his 6 starts:
July 16: 101 / 63 / 5
July 21: 112 / 67 / 6.1
July 27: 100 / 57 / 5.1
Aug 3: 116 / 64 / 5.2
Aug 7: 80 / 48 / 3.2
Aug 12: 91 / 52 / 5.1
Until Jake can learn to get his pitch counts under control it doesn't appear as if he will be a viable option for the major league club. Next...
Brian Matusz has put up some decent stats over his 6 starts. 41 IP, 3.95 ERA, and a 1.12 WHIP. Over his first four starts he was consistently getting far more groundball outs than fly outs (36 GO: 16 FO : 15 Ks), but that trend has stalled over his past 2 starts (8 GO: 10 FO: 8 Ks). However, a stat line can only tell so much, as our own Andrew_G explained in his recent post reviewing Matusz's 4th start on July 25th. Though Brian cruised thru 8 IP allowing only 1R on 3 hits he, to Andrew's eye anyway, did not have particularly impressive 'stuff'. What he had may have been enough to dominate a weak Phillies AAA squad, but one can doubt that that same 'stuff' will be enough to get major league quality hitters out.
Zach Britton was pitching well for Norfolk when his services were summoned northward to Baltimore in mid-July. He must have forgotten to pack his pitching ability, 'cause he stunk in his tenure with the O's. Over 5 starts he managed 23.1 IP of 8+ ERA ball, allowing 5 HRs and 16 BBs to 17 Ks. He has yet to pitch for the Tides since his demotion. So it would seem highly unlikely that he would get called back up without having proven he deserves another shot.
Steve Johnson replaced Zach in the rotation and he pitched a fine game last week, earning his first major league victory. He was then optioned back to Norfolk on Thursday the 9th in order to make room for the ascension of one Manny Machado. Since MLB rules dictate that a player optioned to the minors must remain in the minors for a minimum of 10 days Steve will not be eligible to return to Baltimore until Sunday the 26th. The loophole for this rule is that the optioned player can be brought back up prior to the 10 days having run their course if another player from the major league club is placed on the D.L. So this is something that bears watching. Johnson definitely earned another start. But at the moment it seems as if he may be stuck in Norfolk come Saturday. I'd certainly expect to see him back up come September, when the rosters expand, at the latest.
Dana Eveland.....ugh.....it's bad enough to have Tommy Hunter in the rotation. But there is a case to be made for having Eveland spot-start on Saturday. Lew Ford has failed to hit during his tour of duty with the Birds thus far and could certainly be a DFA candidate now that Nate (Highlander) McLouth seems to have won the LF job. If Lew were to be DFA'd it would open up both a 40-man and 25-man roster slot for Eveland, who could then spot-start on Saturday before most likely being DFA'd right back to Norfolk. If I were a betting man, I'd lay my money on this scenario.
The wild-card idea: Dylan Bundy. Duquette shocked the baseball world when he promoted Manny Machado straight from Bowie to Baltimore. Would promoting Bundy for a couple of starts prior to being shut down for the season once he reaches his impending IP limit be even crazier? Crazy like a fox, perhaps! I'd likely be aghast if DD were to do this, but what do I know? The most likely impediment to such shenanigans, however, would be Dylan's pitching schedule. He is expected to make his debut with Bowie on Tuesday. This would result in only 3 days of rest prior to Saturday's game. So, if he pitches on Tuesday as scheduled this scenario can be ignored. I do still believe Dylan will see major league action come September though, if only out of the bullpen.
So...who do you foresee starting on Saturday? Of the options presents who strikes your fancy, or repulses you the least?


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Troopers said the driver of a car hit the front of the store, backed into three parked cars and one of those cars hit three pedestrians.
Troopers said the three pedestrians and the driver of the car were taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Mauldin firefighters also assisted at the scene.
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NBA 18/02/2012, 11.12 0 Rumors
Guaros de Lara set to announce Allen Iverson
Il giocatore dovrebbe essere presentato nelle prossime ore
According to Venezuelan sources, Guaros de Lara reached an agreement with Allen Iverson. Former NBA All-Star will likely be announced in the next hours by the Venezuelan team. Iverson turned down the proposal coming from Indios de Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and accepted the one from the Venezuelan club.


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Part I of this article compared the basis for the requirement on bank holding companies, foreign banking organizations and U.S. branches and agencies of international banks to file a Living Will, the due dates, and the entities that must comply with this filing obligation. Part II examines the detailed content requirements of Living Wills and what will be disclosed to the public.
A recovery plan allows firms to plan how they would try to recover from severe adverse conditions that could cause their failure. Firms are responsible for preparing their recovery plans, which are subject to review by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and require updating yearly. The ways in which financial strength may be rebuilt include:
A key aspect is deciding when the firm will carry out its recovery plan. Firms will be required to develop their own unambiguous triggers, which may include:
The purpose of resolution planning is to provide a strategy to resolve a failed firm or group in a manner that minimizes the impact on financial stability without needing to resort to taxpayer support. The UK authorities are responsible for preparing a resolution plan, which must allow decisions and actions to be taken and performed in a short space of time (for example, over a "resolution weekend"). However, firms must provide a resolution pack to the FSA, which is regularly updated to reflect any material developments in a firm's business. The resolution pack must include:
The FSA's Client Assets sourcebook (CASS) resolution pack aims to reduce the wider economic cost of an in-scope firm failure. It ensures that information and records that would help an insolvency practitioner or resolution authority return client money and custody assets to clients more quickly will be accessible to the insolvency practitioner or resolution authority after the firm's failure.
At a minimum, U.S. Living Wills must include an executive summary, a strategic analysis, a section covering corporate governance relating to resolution planning, a section covering organizational structure and related information, a section on management information systems, a section covering interconnectedness and interdependencies, a section covering supervisory and regulatory information, and contact information for a senior management official of the systemically important financial institution (SIFI).1 During the annual stress tests of the U.S. SIFIs, the U.S. SIFIs will be provided with different sets of economic conditions under which the stress tests will be conducted (baseline, adverse, and severely adverse).2 In preparing Living Wills, U.S. SIFIs may assume that a failure would occur under the baseline economic condition or a reasonable substitute developed by the U.S. SIFI if a baseline economic condition is not then available.3 U.S. Living Wills require the U.S. SIFIs to provide a comprehensive blueprint on how to reorganize or liquidate the U.S. SIFI in the event of material financial distress or failure. (In the case of a SIFI not incorporated or organized in the U.S., the subsidiaries and operations of the foreign company that are domiciled in the U.S. will be the focus of the Living Will.) Under 12 C.F.R. 381.2(m), material financial distress means:
The Living Wills must be detailed enough to help the resolution authority resolve the U.S. SIFI in a rapid and orderly way if the potential failure of the U.S. SIFI would threaten the stability of the U.S. financial system. To create such a blueprint, the U.S. SIFI must analyze the restructuring and insolvency laws in each of the jurisdictions where it has assets and liabilities, account for all of its legal entities, and understand how the products and services it offers operate within and across business lines. In addition, the U.S. SIFI must analyze how its businesses and business model will be affected by events that occur at related and unrelated interconnected companies. Equally important, the strategic analysis must identify the range of options and specific actions to be taken by the U.S. SIFI to facilitate a rapid and orderly resolution of the SIFI, its material entities, critical operations, and core business lines in the event of its material financial distress or failure. Under12 C.F.R. 381.2 (l), a "material entity" is a subsidiary or foreign office of the SIFI that is significant to the activities of a critical operation or core business line. A "critical operation"7 is an operation of the SIFI, including associated services, functions, and support, the failure or discontinuance of which (in the view of the SIFI or as jointly directed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve) would pose a threat to the financial stability of the U.S. A "core business line"8 is a business line of the SIFI (including associated operations, services, functions, and support) that (in the view of the SIFI) upon failure would result in a material loss of revenue, profit, or franchise value.
A U.S. SIFI may limit its strategic analysis with respect to a material entity that is subject to an insolvency regime other than the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to a material entity that either has $50 billion or more in total assets or conducts a critical operation so long as the analysis references the applicable regime. Funding, liquidity, support functions, and other resources (e.g., capital sources) must be identified and mapped to the SIFI's material entities, critical operations, and core business lines. To meet these requirements, many SIFIs will have to establish internal teams that must be supported by a wide range of experts, including lawyers, consultants, and other professionals. Depending on the complexity of the SIFI, many experts project that the initial Living Will could take at least nine months to complete. The FDIC and the Federal Reserve estimate the burden for each SIFI to be 12,400 hours for initial implementation and 2,881 hours annually on an ongoing basis, though many believe this estimate to be significantly understated.
U.S. SIFIs in countries outside of the U.S. where the head office has more than $50 billion in consolidated assets but limited U.S. operations must include in their Living Wills a close analysis of how the Living Will fits within the SIFI's (in this case, the head-office SIFI) overall resolution or contingency planning process. All U.S. SIFIs must incorporate resolution planning into their overall business planning processes, because such resolution planning is considered to be a precondition for effective crisis management and resolution. The analysis must also include the nature and extent of the head office's related crisis management and resolution planning. The corporate governance structure of the Living Will must include information on how resolution planning is integrated into the corporate governance structure and processes of the U.S. SIFI, and identify the senior management official who is primarily responsible for overseeing the development, maintenance, implementation, and filing of the Living Will and for the U.S. SIFI's compliance with the final rule issued by the FDIC on 13 September 20119 (FDIC Final Rule), as approved by the Federal Reserve.10 The largest and most complex U.S. SIFIs may be required to establish a central planning function headed by a senior management official who reports to the chief risk officer or the chief executive officer. Periodic reports may also be required to be made to the SIFI's board of directors (or, in the case of a foreign banking organization, someone with express delegated authority from the board of directors), which must approve the Living Wills, both initially and annually.
The Living Wills must also include the SIFI's overall organizational structure and related information, including a hierarchical list of all material entities, with jurisdictional and ownership information mapped to core business lines and critical operations, and an analysis of the challenges or barriers created by the laws, regulations, and policies of different countries. This is a big issue, because U.S. laws are typically territorial and so are the laws of many other countries.11 There almost certainly will be many cases where U.S. law addresses the disposition of assets located in the U.S. and the law of the other country is silent on the disposition of those assets. In other cases, U.S. laws and the laws of other countries may claim a superior right to the same asset. Chapter 1512 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 15) may be helpful in providing a forum for resolving those issues, but Chapter 15 is not an answer to this problem. It is also significant that the scope of the U.S. Living Will may require SIFIs to understand and address not just U.S. bankruptcy and other insolvency laws, but also the insolvency laws of other countries where the financial institutions are active or have operations. Outside of the "Orderly Liquidation Authority" which the FDIC has pursuant to Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), but is rarely likely to use, in the U.S., the most relevant insolvency law for U.S. bank holding companies and unregulated non-bank subsidiaries of U.S. bank holding companies is the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In the same vein, the most important insolvency law for insured depository institutions (including FDIC-insured branches of international banks) is the FDIA.13 For wholesale branches and agencies of international banks that are federally licensed, the most important insolvency law may be the International Banking Act of 1978.14 For wholesale branches, and agencies of international banks, that are state licensed, the most important insolvency law may be found in the state banking law.15 The Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 is an important insolvency law for U.S. broker dealers,16 and state insurance laws17 are the primary insolvency law for insurance companies.
In many cases, U.S. laws will provide for ring-fencing the U.S. assets in a way that makes it extremely challenging for non-U.S. parties to gain access to those assets. This is true even if the foreign banking organization takes advantage of Chapter 15, which is designed to encourage international co-operation on international insolvency matters involving the U.S. One of the contexts in which this challenge is made clear is in determining the disposition of U.S. correspondent accounts that are owned by non-U.S. financial institutions. In New York, for example, it is not uncommon for the New York branch of an international bank to maintain tens of millions (if not a greater amount) of dollars in accounts where the account holder is a non-U.S. branch of the head of office. The disposition of these accounts would generate interest both in the U.S. and outside of the U.S. This is also important because many U.S. branches and agencies of international banks serve as the global U.S. dollar clearing bank for all of the head office's non-U.S. branches and agencies.
Living Wills must also include information regarding material assets, liabilities, derivatives, hedges, capital and funding sources, major counterparties, and trading, payment, clearing, and settlement systems utilized by U.S. SIFIs. Moreover, U.S. SIFIs must provide information on the management information systems supporting their core business lines and critical operations, including legal ownership of the systems and associated software, licenses, or other associated intellectual property. In addition, the Living Wills must identify the appropriate regulatory agencies and resolution authorities in those countries and explain how those regulatory agencies and resolution authorities will work together with the U.S. authorities to resolve the non-U.S. operations of the U.S. bank holding company SIFIs and presumably the U.S. operations of the U.S. branches and agencies of international banks.
There is no suggestion that institutions covered by the UK proposals will have to make public any element of their Recovery and Resolution Plans. Instead, their regular updates to the plans will form part of the normal regulatory supervisory process.
Living Wills will be treated like confidential Federal banking agency examination and supervisory information and will generally not be subject to public disclosure under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) because the content of the Living Wills will necessarily contain trade secrets and other confidential supervisory information protected by either or both FOIA exemptions (b)(4) and (b)(8).18 The FDIC Final Rule, however, attempts to balance the need for confidentiality with the public's need for transparency. Thus, Living Wills will contain both a confidential section and a public section, and the public section will be made available pursuant to the FOIA and the implementing regulations of the FDIC19 and the Federal Reserve.20 The public section will include an executive summary that describes the business of the SIFI and, to the extent material to an understanding of the SIFI:
The UK and the U.S. are well ahead of many other countries in making progress on developing rules and requirements for Living Wills. A close comparison of the Living Wills requirements of the two countries, however, shows that there are significant differences in who is covered, what is to be included in the Living Wills, and the information in Living Wills that will be disclosed to the public. In addition, while the UK also requires a SIFI recovery plan, the U.S. does not. While the banking supervisory process is designed to ensure safety and soundness of the operations of financial institutions (including those subject to enhanced or heightened prudential supervision), and state insurance regimes are designed to maintain the solvency of insurance companies, U.S. Living Wills are not designed to insert the government into the day-to-day operations of companies that do not need to be resolved. Nonetheless, in the U.S., for companies that are designated by the Financial Stability Oversight Council as a SIFI (and will be subject to the supervision of the Federal Reserve), the existence of year-round onsite examiners, the consistent receipt of supervision guidance, and tough examinations may cause companies to wonder whether the government is encroaching on their day-to-day operations.
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A scheme that provided RM520 vouchers for a total of 2,264 taxis and hired vans drivers to bear the cost of changing tyres. Part of a series of government initiative aimed towards taxis drivers to tackle rising costs and boost the industry.
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A one off payment of RM500 to 5.2million Malaysian households earning RM3000 and below as financial assistance. This move benefited over 75% of all households in the country. The government is currently assessing the need for a third round of BR1M.
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Malaysia's low-income centric programme that earned the recognition of the UN Public Service Awards as Best in the World. Recently, processing speed was increased, with 317,359 of backlog cases, making up 96% of all eKasih cases being processed.
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A government backed share investment offering a 10 billion-unit fixed price fund of RM1 per unit for all Malaysian individuals with a minimum initial investment of 100 units.
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Bigfoot gets to fight Cain, somehow gets on top of him and pounds him out to become the new heavyweight champion. Remember, Big Foot beat Fedor and despite Fedors declining stock such a feat of strength should not be taken lightly.
Meanwhile, the long awaited grudge match (one that makes perfect sense) between Overeem and Dos Santos gets set up. Overeem effectively knees Dos Santos in the solar plexus, calling out Big Foot in the post fight interview (and later fist pumping his way to the locker room set to the tune of Swedish House Mafia's 'Greyhound')
The UFC then sets up the rematch between Big Foot silva and Overeem, making IT the biggest grudge match in the heavyweight division after the way the last fight ended.
This time Overeem comes in fully focused and gives Silva the beating of his lifetime.
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145lbs might be the best weight class in MMA - small enough to lightly quick but just big enough to still have serious power. I can't remember a featherweight fight in WEC, Bellator, or Japan (via HDNet) that I didn't enjoy before the UFC absorbed the WEC and created this division. But it also happens to be one of the weakest in the UFC right now . . . thanks largely to Champion Jose Aldo. He beat down Mike Brown, leg-kicked Urijah Faber to the bantamweight division, annihilated Manny Gamburyan, and gutted a tough but real win over Mark Hominick. Those four are four of the top fighters at this weight class. Convincingly beat, its hard to argue than any of those four really deserve another shot at him. Here are two major challenges towards creating a real marketable division:
First, The gulf between contenders and prospects. Erik Koch, Dustin Poirier, Diego Nunes, and Chad Mendes are the future of this division . . . but other than Mendes, none of them are ready for a shot. And I'm not sure Mendes is either, but he's undefeated. Its why the UFC had to hot-shot Kenny Florian into title contention after one fight, its why Tyson Griffin is so highly ranked in the BE rankings despite one fight in the weight class. Clearly, the UFC is hoping to build up Aldo by fighting a couple of name fighters while Koch, Poirier, and Nunes get ready. The addition of Hatsu Hioki is a good start, and he should only be a fight or two from a title shot - if he beats George Roop convincingly I wouldn't be surprised if him and Aldo/Florian scrap at UFC Japan.
Second, There are no name stars. At bantamweight, we have guys like Torres and Bowles and Faber and Cruz and Mighty Mouse who seem to exist in a large consciences among MMA fans. Again, I retreat to my argument of why Florian and Griffin are ranked so highly despite each only having one fight in the division. In a scary statistic, since Jose Aldo was made Champion at UFC 123 there have been exactly TWO featherweight fights on the scheduled main card of a numbered PPV - Aldo vs. Hominick at 129 and Florian vs. Nunes at 131. There have only been three featherweight fights on broadcast Prelims and only three fights on Fight Night cards. Guys like Chad Mendes and Erik Koch - real studs, should be featured on PPVs so fans can learn who they are and get excited for them.
So how do we solve these issues?
1. TUF. The UFC is on the way when you come to the question of divisional depth - this year's TUF Bisping/Miller season will feature featherweights, a an especially good one in Micah Miller. TUF 12 winner Jonathan Brookins returned to the division, which should help. But TUF should be a nice way to infuse some much needed talent onto the roster after years of pointless seasons full of lightweights and welterweights.
2. Feature featherweights on TV cards. The UFC was brilliant in putting Dominck Cruz and Demetrious Johnson on for their final Versus card . . . the novelty of a title fight for free should help and gives these guys (especially Cruz, who should win) gain a greater name and a stronger PPV name. Chad Mendes vs. Hatsu Hioki (should be beat Roop) should be a co-main on a FX show. Erik Koch and Dustin Poirier are very fan-pleasing fighters.
3. Add some lightweights . . . and not over-the-hill, can't win lightweights. The lightweight division is just stacked right now, and bottled-up to boot since Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard have held it hostage for basically a year. With BJ Penn's permanent move to welterweight, it opens things up a bit. But with the huge influx of talent for too many TUF seasons has created a glut. The division is so deep that so many fighters take two steps forward, but one step back (Sotiroupolos, Miller, Gomi, Dos Anjos, Tibeau, Wiman, Dunham, Tavares, Pearson). And with lightweights getting bigger and bigger, some of these guys could come down. In particular - Wiman, Dunham, and Pearson could really become outstanding featherweights.
4. Put fights on the PPV! I was STAGGERED that only two featherweight fights had been on announced PPV cards. These are GREAT fighters - especially a guy like Money Mendes. I feel like the bantamweight division has come along faster because they have more of a television presence. Don't waste these guys.
5. Frankie Edgar. I think Edgar will eventually come down . . . the monsters awaiting him at 155, guys like Henderson, Guida, Cerrone, Pettis, and (yes) even Melendez - not sure if he can run that gamut. Personally, I think Gray gets it done at 136. Edgar would bring some real star power, a real threat to Aldo, and a guy that would give some serious star power, a guy who is in his prime.
So that's my thought. Featherweights produce some of the very best fights in all of MMA - I just wish the UFC would do a better job with this division.