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Introducing Aardonyx, the "Earth Claw"
The sauropod dinosaurs were the largest animals to have ever walked on the earth. They were so incredibly huge, in fact, that they had to move about on four legs—but since the earliest dinosaurs were bipedal, paleontologists have long known that the ancestors of giants like Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus actually trotted about on two legs. A dinosaur just described in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B sat close to this major transition in sauropod evolution.
Recovered from Early Jurassic (about 183 – 200 million year old) rock in South Africa, Aardonyx celestae was an approximately 20-foot-long dinosaur that combined elements that are both strange and familiar. It had a small head, a long neck, a large body, and a long tail, but it still had relatively short forelimbs compared to its hind legs. While it could occasionally walk on four legs, its limbs indicate that it primarily walked around on two , and an evolutionary analysis that was part of the new study placed it relatively close to the earliest sauropod dinosaurs (thus fitting Aardonyx within the larger category of dinosaurs called sauropodomorphs).
Aardonyx was not actually ancestral to the larger, four-feet-on-the-floor sauropods—it lived during a time when such dinosaurs already existed—but it preserves some of the transitional features that we would expect to find in the actual ancestor. (Contrary to a headline published by the BBC, it is not a "missing link" and the entire concept of "missing links" is a hopelessly out-of-date idea that was discarded by scientists long ago. The phrase goes back to a time when life was viewed as proceeding from "lower" forms to "higher" ones in a straight line, and scientists have rightly rejected it in favor of a branching bush of evolutionary diversity.)
While not a direct ancestor of dinosaurs like Diplodocus, this new dinosaur will help us better understand how sauropod dinosaurs evolved. If you would like to know more about it check out the blog of the lead author of the new description, Adam Yates, where he summarizes the important details about Aardonyx. It is good to see working paleontologists take a more active role in communicating their discoveries to the public, and I hope that other dinosaur specialists will follow the example made by Yates and others.
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I'm surprised by how deep the tail is, and how robust the forelimbs are. Interesting animal–I've got a draft restoration sitting on my kitchen table that I'll be finalizing before too long.
It's interesting how some dinosaurs started out as bipeds and some evolved into quadripeds, in contrast to mammalian evolution, in which some quadriped mammals evolved into bipeds (humans). What would have happened if these early dinosaurs had evolved in a different way, with their forearms/hands becoming more adept at precise manipulation, as with primates?
[...] small head like that of a sauropod. A case could be made that early sauropodomorph dinosaurs like Aardonyx would fit Francis' description for body type if not dietary habits, but I am not feeling so [...]
[...] horned dinosaurs, ankylosaurs, and a few others) and the saurischians (the theropods and sauropodomorphs). Tawa was close to the origin of theropod dinosaurs, and by comparing it to other early dinosaurs [...]
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Occasionally I take a long weekend. It's a chance to take a break from the profession, and the campaign. Last weekend I travelled to New York City. What started as a getaway ended in an exhilarating glimpse of democracy in action.
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COMFORT — Norway Chief Dennis Yates tries to provide comfort along with the devastating news of the death of a family's pet.
OXFORD HILLS — "If you're not scared, you're not going to do the job well."
So said Scott Hunter, chief, Oxford Fire Department. "If you're not scared to some degree, you will miss something important."
In spite of more than a thousand hours of training and experience, Hunter, Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates and Paris Fire Chief Brad Frost all agree ... when entering a strange building that is fully involved, full of blinding smoke, with no idea what awaits you inside, fear is healthy and may just save your life.
Of the three, Hunter is the only one who actively fights fires these days. He became an EMT and junior firefighter at the age of 15 and has been with Oxford for 34 years.
After a collective 87 years fighting fires, Yates and Frost tend to run the scenes instead of fighting the fire.
Hunter, who is also employed full-time as Battalion Chief for the Auburn Fire Department, working 24-hour shifts every four days, does fight fires in the Oxford Hills, especially when responding under a mutual aid agreement to a Norway or Paris fire.
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Yates began his career literally in a trial by fire. "I joined on a Monday and was in a burning building that Wednesday ... without any training," he said.
As chiefs, all three have far more responsibility than just running a fire scene. They need to make sure their firefighters are fully trained and have periodic refresher courses. They have to make sure they hire the right people.
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Hunter said he goes on to make sure prospective firefighters understand how difficult it is on families.
"Not only do you get called out for fires," he said, "but there's hours of training, meetings, and so on. It is a big commitment and a lot of time away from family."
Hunter comes from a family dedicated to serving others. His uncle was a former chief in Norway and his father was in law enforcement. "My grandparents raised their kids to always help others."
Yates, his wife Chris and his son Tim are all firefighters. Tim has written a number of grants securing funds for equipment and training for NFD.
Frost shares the public service ethic with his wife who is a paramedic with PACE. "In fact," he said, "we met in the back of an ambulance at a fire scene."
Frost said he enjoys working with people and prior to retiring, was a purchasing agent for Wilner Wood Products for 22 years and then with Bancroft Contracting as its safety coordinator for 14 years.
Yates is also trained in search and rescue, serves on the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) which rescues firefighters in distress, is a certified scuba diver, amongst other things.
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"Keeping up with codes, managing people," said Frost, "all takes a lot of hours." Frost is also active in trying to get rental housing up to code and safe for renters in Paris. In fact, he took the initiative to let U.S. Senator Susan Collins know about the condition of Section 8 housing in the area and earned himself a citation for alerting Collins to the issue and helping to prompt a federal probe.
Hunter is also trained for water rescue. All three are safety watchdogs for the public and their firefighters and must be up to date on codes and safety standards.
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The three chiefs share the creed that "you do the best that you can do." It is a necessary mantra in order to get through the tragedies each have seen. They share a collective memory of the worst tragedies, especially those where children are the victims.
"You feel so heartbroken," said Yates. "To me they are all bad."
"We get to see the worst," said Hunter, explaining that when those worst times come, the entire department undergoes a debriefing. The state has trained debriefing teams who come and meet with the firefighters and rescue personnel involved.
"You realize life can be short so you go on and do your job and help the ones you can."
None of the departments have lost a crew member under the watch of Yates, Frost or Hunter, although there have been some close calls.
Frost's biggest fire, he says, was the Paris Manufacturing fire ... a warehouse fire that lasted four days. "There were 50 departments involved," said Frost, who noted that the firefighters worked in shifts.
Hunter chuckled remembering one fire when he had been with the department for about five years.
"We were in an apartment building on Mechanic Falls Road," he said, "doing a search for someone and I took the 'express elevator down' (A euphemism for walking blindly and finding the floor had burned away in front of you...)."
Yates said he has only been really scared once that he recalls and it was in a forest fire. "We got into the forest and it was a crown fire," he said, explaining that a crown fire is when the tops of the trees are burning over your head.
Frost recalled a fire at the Hill Farm on High Street. "It came in as a chimney fire," he said, "but it turned into a structure fire. There were 25 to 30 mph winds and we were outside the hydrant district.
"We knocked it down two times and ran out of water. The attached barn was superheated and there was a sudden 'bang' and the barn went. We almost lost a truck that day."
Last year, there was one week where all three departments had a major structure fire every day for five days – four consecutive days, and again on the sixth.
Yates thinks the ability to go out day after day like that is attributable to adrenaline.
As fire chiefs and, often, in charge of fire scenes, it often falls on them to deal with the victims of tragedy, be it the loss of a home or family members.
"We are not trained to deal with fire victims," said Yates. "The Red Cross usually is called in."
But at the scene with victims watching their home burn, it is the fire chief who is first in line. And sometimes the victim is a friend or neighbor.
"I try to put myself in their shoes," said Frost. "I know how I would like to be treated ... we show a lot of compassion."
They have all been seen at a fire scene comforting a victim.
In addition to fires, the department also responds to crashes which can sometimes be more devastating.
Although the police are usually the one doing notification to families of crash victims, the firefighters and rescue personnel are on the scene and may well know those involved.
"Your worst fear," said Frost, "is to come to an accident scene and have it be a family member."
Such was the case recently when the Deputy Fire Chief of Paris, Willie Buffington, arrived at the scene of a car-school bus crash to discover the driver of the car was his grandson.
The three chiefs are responsible for protecting a population of 16,000 to 17,000 residents and 120-150 square miles. They must do this, for the most part, without a dedicated water supply as there are hydrants only in the "Main Street" area of each town.
Sometimes a residence may be up an unplowed road or drive. Often, directions given to dispatch are sketchy.
And then there are the people who do not pull over for lights and sirens, slowing response time. Or those who refuse to obey fire police and drive over hoses (a $500 fine). And those who yell and scream at fire police because they have to detour.
And, of course, there is the high school. An alarm at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School is an automatic mutual aid. This means that all three departments respond no matter what.
Most of the calls are false alarms caused by dusty and dirty detectors. And there are many of them.
"But you don't know," said Yates, "there is always that one time... ."
At most fires there is no way to really know what they will be faced with.
"You arrive at a scene," said Yates, "and you play it by ear whether or not you are going in to the structure. We will go in to rescue people and animals ... for human life we will risk a lot. Structures are secondary.
"Firefighters are a dedicated lot of people," Yates concluded. "But we're not the smartest ... everyone else is leaving [a burning structure] and we are going in... ."
MUTUAL AID — Although this fire is in Norway, Paris and Oxford also responded under mutual aid. Paris Chief Brad Frost confers with firefighters.


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Oh, I see. You believe redistribution of wealth by government is Biblical because it was practiced by the church in Jerusalem.
I've pointed this out to you before, at which time you told me I was clueless and my ability to interpret Scripture was pathetic or something like that.
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But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
**********Clearly, Peter didn't believe it was within his authority to confiscate and redistribute the wealth of the early believers. It was a voluntary action.
If your church ever demands your money or your property, Lars, you'd better run. Because that's the best sign I know that you're in a cult.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heifer International and The ONE Campaign share similar missions – fighting to bring an end to hunger and extreme poverty. Now, Heifer and ONE have teamed up to create a unique partnership and initiative to inspire action to create sustainable change.
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Combining the advocacy of The ONE Campaign and the programs and impact of Heifer International, supporters of both organizations can take action to end extreme poverty and create an even bigger voice demanding larger impact on a world in desperate need of alleviating the root causes of hunger and poverty.
With Heifer's expertise in development work with livestock and training and ONE's campaigning and advocacy efforts, the initiative includes:
"With more than one billion people – one-seventh of the world's population – living in extreme poverty and on less than $1.25 a day, we have much work to do," said Pierre Ferrari, Heifer International's President and CEO. "We can create meaningful, positive change in the world, but it takes all of us working together. Each of us has a part to play in ending poverty and hunger for good."
To partner with Heifer and ONE, visit heifer.org/one, and together our voices will create a louder call to action.
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Heifer's mission is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. Since 1944, Heifer International has provided livestock and environmentally sound agricultural training to improve the lives of those who struggle daily for reliable sources of food and income. Heifer is currently working in 40 countries, including the United States, to help families and communities become more self-reliant. For more information, visit www.heifer.org or call 1-888-5HUNGER (888-548-6437).
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ONE is a campaigning and advocacy organization of more than 3.5 million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Cofounded by Bono and strictly nonpartisan, we raise public awareness and work with political leaders to combat AIDS and preventable diseases, increase investments in agriculture and nutrition, and demand greater transparency in poverty-fighting programs. ONE is not a grant-making organization and does not solicit funding from the public or receive government funding. ONE is funded almost entirely by a handful of philanthropists and foundations. We achieve change through advocacy. Our teams in Washington, D.C., London, Johannesburg, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris educate and lobby governments to shape policy solutions that save and improve millions of lives. To learn more, go to ONE.org.
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Reddit restores 87-year-old grandpa's damaged Navy photo
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University of Alabama: Disparate Treatment of Conservative Organizations
The University of Alabama (UA) ordered a faculty group that is critical of the university's grading policies to pay a rate eight times higher than that paid by other faculty organizations for use of the university's mail system. In an edition of its newsletter, The Alabama Observer, the Alabama Scholars Association (ASA) presented evidence of what it saw as grade inflation at UA. After the ASA mailed that issue of the newsletter, the administration informed the ASA that it would no longer be allowed to send mail using the discount rate enjoyed by other faculty organizations, thus making it prohibitively expensive for the ASA to distribute its newsletter. FIRE protested UA's actions, which are only the latest in a long, sad string of assaults on free speech and expression at UA. FIRE wrote UA President Robert Witt, calling on him to reverse the university's decision and to honor his duty to ensure that UA "serves as a vibrant 'marketplace of ideas,' not as a sterile echo chamber for 'approved' viewpoints only." Witt has yet to address either organization's serious concerns.
- "University of Alabama Continues Campaign Against Free Speech," June 16, 2004: Last year, the University of Alabama (UA) gained notoriety when it banned students from displaying the American flag (and all other flags) in their dorm windows. Now it has ordered the Alabama Scholars Association, a faculty group critical of the university's grading policies, to pay a rate eight times higher than that paid by other faculty organizations for use of the university's mail system. FIRE and the National Association of Scholars are protesting UA's actions, which are only the latest in a long, sad string of assaults on free speech and expression on that campus.
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that he has successfully fulfilled the mandate given to him by the people in 2005. He said that the contribution made towards rebuilding the country during the last eight years is unmatched even by the totality of work accomplished through the previous 60 years since independence. The President made these comments at the function held at the Colombo South Port Monday (05) to inaugurate the first stage of the Colombo Port Expansion Project. The President said the era when the country's development process remained stagnant is now over. Describing the new initiative, the President said it will enable the port of Colombo to enhance its recognition as a regional hub in navigation, with new facilities to provide services for the complete satisfaction of shipping lines. Full text : Read more…. |
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I've been really good and not doing any apps for about 7 months. I received a mail offer from Discover and I wasn't going to apply, but I decided to anyway. I applied and after there was a message that said they would be in touch in about 5 days and they listed a phone number. I called it and spoke to a very nice lady who just said they needed to verify a few things on my application. So, after a few questions she approved me with a $1,500.00 limit. I was so happy! I received an email today welcoming me to the Discover family and my card is on it's way!
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Some members of the Cortez Fire Protection District dropped off canned food and toy items on Monday, Nov. 19 at the Good Samaritan Center. These donations were collected at the Capitol Christmas Tree event on Nov.9.Pictured from left are Alex Archuleta, Cory Elliott, Roger Beckermeyer and Chris Byrne.
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RAP Form 15D - Notice of Intent to Deliver Consent to AdoptionComments for RAP Form 15D must be received no later than February 10, 2012.
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Submitted by the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association in Response to Proposal from Office of Public Defense PURPOSE: The WSBA suggests changes to the Rules of Appellate Procedure, RAP 18.13A, Accelerated Review of Juvenile Dependency Disposition Orders and Orders Terminating Parental Rights. These changes would require the Department of Social and Health Services (department) or other supervising agency having the right to consent to an adoption to serve a notice of intent to deliver its consent to an adoption on all parties to any termination appeal, and to file a copy in the appellate court in which the appeal is pending. This proposal is an alternative to a proposal from OPD currently under consideration by the Supreme Court Rules Committee. The primary purpose of these suggested changes is to protect (a) children's right to stability and permanency, and (b) the appellate courts' responsibility to provide effective review of a termination order while an adoption proceeding is pending. Currently, if an adoption is filed while a termination order is under review, the adoption may be finalized before the termination appeal is decided. If the appeal is reversed after the adoption is finalized, the reversal could require vacation of the adoption, disrupting the permanency established by the adoption. Alternatively, if the appellate court's reversal were held to be moot, then the trial court could uphold the adoption order, undermining the appellate court's termination reversal. Either way, the child's permanency is threatened. BACKGROUND Adoptions are comprised of a three-part process under the applicable RCWs: 1) The out-of-home placement or relinquishment phase; 2) the termination of parental rights phase; and 3) the granting of the adoption itself, making the child for all legal purposes the issue and heir of the adopting parent. There is a difference between adoption orders entered under RCW 13.34 (dependency statute) on one hand, and RCW 26.33 (adoption statute) on the other. Particularly important here, RCW 26.33 contains a notice provision so that parents appealing the involuntary termination of parental rights would be aware of any hearing to finalize the adoption, but RCW 13.34 does not contain this provision. RCW 13.34 does contain a provision that allows parents whose rights have been terminated to seek a stay of a termination order, but the statute lacks a requirement of notice of an adoption proceeding to the appellant parent in a termination appeal. Dependency Statute In a dependency under RCW 13.34, a child is generally removed from a parent's custody on an involuntary basis. A process then begins that in most cases requires that services are offered to assist parents in remedying the conditions that caused the removal with a goal of trying to reunify the family. At some point in time that varies depending on the circumstances, the focus changes from reunification to another permanent plan, and the process to terminate parental rights is initiated. This typically takes from one to two years after a child has entered state care. Unless a parent voluntarily agrees to termination and signs a consent, a fact-finding hearing is held and, if sufficient grounds are found, an order terminating parental rights is entered. After the termination order is entered, the department or other supervising agency is granted permanent custody of the child and given the authority to place the child for adoption and to consent to an adoption. In a typical case, that is accomplished within a few months, and the prospective adoptive parents may hire private counsel to help process an adoption. The department or other supervising agency retains custody of the child until the adoption is finalized. Adoption Statute Adoptions must be filed in Superior Court under RCW 26.33 and a petition for adoption is prepared and filed with all proper documentation, including documents that verify termination of parental rights has occurred in the Juvenile Court pursuant to RCW 13.34. The required reports also verify the adoptive family is a good placement resource for the child, and a hearing on that adoption petition can be set within a few weeks and a Final Decree of Adoption entered by the superior court. There can be a few delays in this process, but typically counsel for the adoptive parents can process the adoption and have the final hearing set and completed within a few weeks of getting documents from the department or private agency working with the department. In a RCW 26.33 adoption where there was no dependency, if a parent has not agreed to termination of parental rights (e.g., a step-parent adoption where the mother is retaining her rights but wants her new husband or partner to adopt her child) a petition for termination of the non-consenting parent's parental rights is filed in superior court. Importantly, notice of the filing of a termination petition and of a hearing on that petition must be given to the parent. Also unlike a RCW 13.34 proceeding, no state services are offered or required under RCW 26.33. But RCW 26.33 does mandate that counsel be appointed for a parent who requests it and cannot afford counsel. The statutory grounds for termination of parental rights must be proven by clear, cogent and convincing evidence and the burden of proof is on the petitioning party. There can be a number of varied circumstances and fact patterns in RCW 26.33 adoption cases. But once a case gets to the point of a fact finding or trial, it is basically similar to any other civil trial process. COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS There are roughly 1,000 terminations a year, out of which about 200 are appealed. In some cases, an appeal can last several years. The reversal rate remains very low. There is a question whether reversal of an order terminating parental rights automatically voids a final adoption. It is not entirely clear how the trial courts have handled these situations on remand, and there may be some inconsistency on the issue across the state. Communication among all the players throughout these three phases is a big problem. The Attorney General's office has developed a letter with information notifying the case worker when an appeal has been filed. Use of this letter has perhaps been inconsistent in the past, but it is sent out consistently now. But the state or supervising agency does not always know when adoption proceedings have been initiated. Parents appealing termination orders are not entitled to receive notice of an adoption regardless of whether the termination order is on appeal. The prospective adoptive parent may not know that an appeal from a termination order has been filed. If the department or other supervising agency does not give its consent, the adoption process cannot go forward. Thus, we believe that staying the consent to adoption in proper cases would prevent the harms that most people are concerned about here: reversing a parental termination after the adoption has been completed, leaving everyone's rights in question, with the child's stability and permanency hanging in the balance. To address these concerns, we propose an alternative version to OPD's pending proposal. See WSBA RAP 18.13A Proposal. We make these suggestions after studying the Court of Appeals' draft suggested changes to OPD's proposal, and in consultation with them. Our proposal focuses on the key step in the process, the custodian's consent to the adoption. It covers all types of adoptions, and all types of custodians. It ensures that the crucial actors will have notice of an appeal in all cases. It also leaves the appellate court with discretion to impose or lift a stay at any point it deems appropriate, in response to an appropriate motion. |
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Date: Monday 02 Jul 2012
- Markets eye BoE and ECB policy decisions
- US ISM data disappoints
- Chinese, UK PMIs beat expectations
The FTSE 100 finished near its best levels of the day on Monday as investors shrugged off disappointing US economic data and looked ahead to upcoming policy decisions in Europe and the UK with optimism.
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) saw its US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell from 53.5% to a worse-than-expected 49.7% in June, indicating contraction in the manufacturing sector for the first time since July 2009, when the PMI registered 49.2%, the ISM. Analysts at Barclays Capital said: We believe the weakness in Europe is weighing on the manufacturing sector, but that increasing domestic demand is likely to keep the overall economy growing.
Economic data from Asia helped to lift sentiment early on: China's PMI fell from 50.4 to 50.2 last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, beating forecasts of around 49.9; while Japan's Tankan manufacturers' sentiment survey improved from minus four to minus one in the second quarter, compared to expectations of an unchanged reading.
The Eurozones unemployment rate rose to 11.1% in May, in line with estimates and the highest since the creation of the Eurozone, according to the latest data from the regions statistics office, Eurostat.
In domestic news, UK manufacturing PMI rose from 45.9 to 48.6 in June, well ahead of expectations of 46.5. However, with the sector still contracting (readings below 50 points), the pressure is mounting for the Bank of England to ramp up its asset purchase programme on Thursday when it announces its July policy decision.
Also on Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) is anticipated to slash its main refinancing rate to a record-low 0.75%, compared with the current 1% level. 48 of the 71 economists surveyed by Reuters expect a reduction.
Shares in Aviva leapt following reports which emerged over the weekend which are saying the insurance giant is set to sell or wind down between 10 and 15 of its 58 businesses.
Oilfield services group Petrofac was advancing after Goldman Sachs raised its target price on the stock from 2,216p to 2,362p and retained a buy recommendation.
Barclays, the bank which last week was given a £290m fine for manipulating interbank lending rates, was another high riser today after revealing that its Chairman Macrus Agius has resigned. Investec analyst Ian Gordon urged investors to take advantage of the stock's recent underperformance.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was also higher despite Oriel Securities downgrading its rating on the stock to 'hold'. It was revealed at the weekend that the bank had sacked several traders last year over the alleged manipulation of LIBOR.
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