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The Mall of America remains a destination for any holiday shopper, if only because of its size, featuring more than 500 shops.
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Guests can explore the space, which will feature demonstrations, meet-and-greets and regular appearances from HGTV's stable of home décor and design personalities.
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Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi, Finland
Last on the list is a wonderland across the globe, "the official home of Santa Claus," at Rovaniemi in Finland.
It's not just a title: one of the town's main attractions is the Santa Claus Village. At the heart of the village is the Santa Claus Chamber, where Santa lives, ready to greet visitors.
One of the village's biggest draws is the Santa Claus Main Post Office, said Sanna Kortelainen, managing director for Rovaniemi Tourism & Marketing.
"The Santa Claus Main Post Office is a real post office, which operates 365 days in the year," she said. "That is the place where all the letters to Santa are sent. The letters are opened by post elves and read through."
After that, guests can ride a sleigh or visit the reindeer farm or even explore the Arctic Circle, which begins at the edge of Rovaniemi.
The Christmas season is also the best time of year to visit, Kortelainen said. The season begins with a declaration from Santa on Nov. 24 and goes into January, ending when the sun again begins to rise above the horizon.


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During the conference, Cohen will be introduced by Steven Cramer, director of Lesley's MFA in Creative Writing Program.
"I'm delighted to have the chance to sing Leah's praises in front of a few thousand people, and of course to share a few words about the Lesley MFA Program in Creative Writing," said Cramer.
Cohen will moderate a reading and conversation with Bloom, a New York Times bestselling novelist, and Russo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. The conversation, sponsored by the Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Program, will be held at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8. It is free and open to the public.
To learn more about the Conference, which runs from March 6 to March 9 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, click here.
Leah Hager Cohen's novels include House Lights (2007), The Grief of Others (2011), and No Book But the World (forthcoming in 2014). She was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and her other accolades include: New York Times Notable Book (five times); American Library Association Ten Best Books of the Year; Toronto Globe and Mail Ten Best Books of the Year; and Oprah Book of the Week.
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By Mayo Clinic staffOriginal Article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rabies/DS00484
Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals. The rabies virus is usually transmitted through a bite.
Animals most likely to transmit rabies in the United States include bats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks. In developing countries of Africa and Southeast Asia, stray dogs are the most likely to spread rabies to people.
Once a person begins showing signs and symptoms of rabies, the disease is nearly always fatal. For that reason, anyone who may have a risk of contracting rabies should receive rabies vaccines for protection.
Rabies doesn't cause any signs or symptoms until late in the disease, often just days before death. Signs and symptoms may include:
- Fever
- Headache
- Agitation
- Anxiety
- Confusion
- Difficulty swallowing
- Excessive salivation
- Fear of water (hydrophobia) because of the difficulty in swallowing
- Hallucinations
- Insomnia
- Partial paralysis
When to see a doctor
Seek immediate medical care if you're bitten by any animal. Based on your injuries and the situation in which the bite occurred, you and your doctor can decide whether you should receive treatment to prevent rabies.
Even if you aren't sure whether you've been bitten, seek medical attention. For instance, a bat that flies into your room while you're sleeping may bite you without waking you. If you awake to find a bat in your room, assume you've been bitten. Also, if you find a bat near a person who can't report a bite, such as a small child or a person with a disability, assume that person has been bitten.
Rabies infection is caused by the rabies virus. The virus is spread through the saliva of infected animals. Infected animals can spread the virus by biting another animal or a person. In rare cases, rabies can be spread when infected saliva gets into an open wound or the mucous membranes, such as the mouth or eyes. This could occur if an infected animal were to lick an open cut on your skin.
Animals that can transmit the rabies virus
Any mammal can transmit the rabies virus. The animals most likely to transmit the rabies virus to people include:
Pets and farm animals
- Cats
- Cows
- Dogs
- Ferrets
- Goats
- Horses
- Rabbits
Wild animals
- Bats
- Beavers
- Coyotes
- Foxes
- Monkeys
- Raccoons
- Skunks
- Woodchucks
There has never been a documented case of human-to-human rabies transmission. In rare cases, the virus has been transmitted to tissue and organ transplant recipients from an infected organ.
Risk factors
Factors that can increase your risk of rabies include:
- Traveling or living in developing countries where rabies is more common, including countries in Africa and Southeast Asia
- Activities that are likely to put you in contact with wild animals that may have rabies, such as exploring caves where bats live or camping without taking precautions to keep wild animals away from your campsite
- Working in a laboratory with the rabies virus
- Wounds to the head or neck, which may help the rabies virus travel to your brain more quickly
Preparing for your appointment
If an animal bites you, seek medical attention for the wound. Also tell the doctor about the circumstances of your injury. The doctor will ask:
- What animal bit you?
- Was it a wild animal or a pet?
- If it was a pet, do you know to whom the animal belongs?
- Can you describe the animal's behavior before it bit you? Was the animal provoked?
- Were you able to capture or kill the animal after it bit you?
What you can do in the meantime
Wash your wound gently and thoroughly with soap and generous amounts of water. This may help wash away the virus.
If the animal that bit you can be contained or captured without causing more injury, do so. Do not kill the animal with a blow or a shot to the head, as the resulting injuries may make it difficult to perform laboratory tests to determine whether the animal has rabies.
Tell your doctor that you have captured the animal that bit you. Your doctor may then contact the local health department to determine what to do with the animal.
Tests and diagnosis
At the time a rabid animal bites you, there's no way to know whether the animal has transmitted the rabies virus to you. For this reason, treatment to prevent the rabies virus from infecting your body is recommended if the doctor thinks there's a chance you have been exposed to the virus.
Blood and tissue tests are used to diagnose rabies in people who have signs and symptoms of the infection.
Treatments and drugs
There is no specific treatment for rabies infection. Though a small number of people have survived rabies, the disease is usually fatal. For that reason, anyone thought to have been exposed to rabies receives a series of shots to prevent the infection from taking hold.
Treatment for people bitten by animals with rabies
If you've been bitten by an animal that is known to have rabies, you'll receive a series of shots to prevent the rabies virus from infecting you. If the animal that bit you can't be found, it may be safest to assume that the animal has rabies. But this will depend on several factors, such as the type of animal and the situation in which the bite occurred.
Rabies shots include:
- A fast-acting shot (rabies immune globulin) to prevent the virus from infecting you. Part of this injection is given near the area where the animal bit you if possible, as soon as possible after the bite.
- A series of rabies vaccines to help your body learn to identify and fight the rabies virus. Rabies vaccines are given as injections in your arm. You receive five injections over 14 days.
Determining whether the animal that bit you has rabies
In some cases, it's possible to determine whether the animal that bit you has rabies before beginning the series of rabies shots. That way, if it's determined the animal is healthy, you won't need the shots.
Procedures for determining whether an animal has rabies vary by situation. For instance:
- Pets and farm animals. Cats, dogs and ferrets that bite can be observed for 10 days to see if they show signs and symptoms of rabies. If the animal that bit you remains healthy during the observation period, then it doesn't have rabies and you won't need rabies shots. Other pets and farm animals are considered on a case-by-case basis. Talk to your doctor and local public health officials to determine whether you should receive rabies shots.
- Wild animals that can be caught. Wild animals that can be found and captured, such as a bat that came into your home, can be killed and tested for rabies. Tests on the animal's brain may reveal the rabies virus. If the animal doesn't have rabies, you won't need the shots.
- Animals that can't be found. If the animal that bit you can't be found, discuss the situation with your doctor and the local health department. In certain cases, it may be safest to assume that the animal had rabies and proceed with the rabies shots. In other cases, it may be unlikely that the animal that bit you had rabies and it may be determined that rabies shots aren't necessary.
You can reduce your risk of coming in contact with rabid animals. Here's how:
- Vaccinate your pets. Cats, dogs and ferrets can be vaccinated against rabies. Ask your veterinarian how often your pets should be vaccinated.
- Keep your pets confined. Keep your pets inside and supervise them when outside. This will help keep your pets from coming in contact with wild animals.
- Protect small pets from predators. Keep rabbits and other small pets, such as guinea pigs, inside or in protected cages so that they are safe from wild animals. These small pets can't be vaccinated against rabies.
- Report stray animals to local authorities. Call your local animal control officials or other local law enforcement to report stray dogs and cats.
- Don't approach wild animals. Wild animals with rabies may seem unafraid of people. It's not normal for a wild animal to be friendly with people, so stay away from any animal that seems unafraid.
- Keep bats out of your home. Seal any cracks and gaps where bats can enter your home. If you know you have bats in your home, work with a local expert to find ways to keep bats out.
- Consider the rabies vaccine if you're traveling. If you're traveling to a country where rabies is common and you'll be there for a long period of time, ask your doctor whether you should receive the rabies vaccine.
- Rabies basics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/index.html. Accessed Nov. 23, 2010.
- Rupprecht CE. Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of rabies. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Nov. 23, 2010.
- Fort GG, et al. Rabies. In: Ferri FF. Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2011: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier; 2011. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/page.do?sid=1095900802&eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-323-05610-6..00027-5--sc0010&isbn=978-0-323-05610-6&type=bookPage§ionEid=4-u1.0-B978-0-323-05610-6..00027-5--sc0010&uniqId=230129353-3. Accessed Nov. 23, 2010.
- Bassin SL, et al. Rhabdoviruses. In: Mandell GL, et al. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 76th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2009. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/page.do?eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-443-06839-3..00163-6&isbn=978-0-443-06839-3&type=bookPage§ionEid=4-u1.0-B978-0-443-06839-3..00163-6&uniqId=227823193-5#4-u1.0-B978-0-443-06839-3..00163-6. Accessed Nov. 23, 2010.
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Many anonymous traders are implicated in the tall stack of documents regulators published this week detailing Royal Bank of Scotland Group RBS.LN -2.81% Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC U.K.: London GBp317.70 -9.20 -2.81% Dec. 12, 2013 4:35 pm Volume : 14.63M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap GBp36.90 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee GBp202,139 12/12/13 RBS Wrote a Manual for How to ... 12/11/13 RBS to Pay $100 Million Over A... 12/11/13 HEARD ON THE STREET: RBS Stumb... More quote details and news » PLC's attempts to rig the lending benchmark known as Libor. But only one trader is cited by name: a 33-year-old so brainy yet socially awkward that colleagues nicknamed him "Rain Man."
Regulators portray that man, Tom Hayes, as the connective tissue in pervasive efforts by several banks to boost trading profits by manipulating the London interbank offered rate. Mr. Hayes hopscotched from RBS to the Royal Bank of Canada RY.T -0.48% Royal Bank of Canada Canada: Toronto $68.12 -0.33 -0.48% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume : 2.44M P/E Ratio 12.16 Market Cap $98.64 Billion Dividend Yield 3.93% Rev. per Employee $522,391 12/11/13 TD Bank Takes Top Spot for Tot... 12/10/13 What WSJ Canada Is Reading Tue... 12/05/13 C-Suite Shuffle Continues for ... More quote details and news » to UBS AG UBSN.VX -1.87% UBS AG Switzerland: SWX Europe CHF16.30 -0.31 -1.87% Dec. 12, 2013 5:30 pm Volume : 9.90M P/E Ratio 95.88 Market Cap CHF63.81 Billion Dividend Yield 0.92% Rev. per Employee CHF598,949 12/11/13 Investment-Banking Revenue Fal... 12/10/13 UBS Hires Broker Duo From Merr... 12/06/13 UBS Sells Distressed Credit To... More quote details and news » to Citigroup Inc., C +0.39% Citigroup Inc. U.S.: NYSE $50.91 +0.20 +0.39% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 25.03M AFTER HOURS $50.88 -0.03 -0.06% Dec. 12, 2013 5:35 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 12.74 Market Cap $153.80 Billion Dividend Yield 0.08% Rev. per Employee $368,734 12/11/13 3-D Printing Stocks Catch Wall... 12/06/13 Los Angeles Sues Wells, Citigr... 12/05/13 Citibank Website Down for Seve... More quote details and news » picking up the contacts and know-how that would be necessary to game Libor.
In one electronic chat released in connection with regulators' $612 million settlement with RBS this week, Mr. Hayes asked another bank to skew Libor "too low for the next few days," promising to "return the favour as when you need it."
Libor: What You Need to Know
As the international scandal over rigged rates unfolds, Dow Jones's Nick Hastings explains what Libor exactly is. Photo: Bloomberg
What it is: Libor—the London interbank offered rate benchmark—is supposed to measure the interest rates at which banks borrow from one another. It is based on data reported daily by banks. Other interest rate indexes, like the Euribor (euro interbank offered rate) and the Tibor (Tokyo interbank offered rate), function in a similar way.
Why it's important: More than $800 trillion in securities and loans are linked to the Libor, including $350 trillion in swaps and $10 trillion in loans, including auto and home loans, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Even small movements—or inaccuracies—in the Libor affect investment returns and borrowing costs, for individuals, companies and professional investors.
Yet Mr. Hayes often acted with the knowledge of bosses mindful of his ability to rack up big trading profits. When Citigroup in 2009 sought to lure him away from UBS with a $5 million job offer, some at UBS fought to keep Mr. Hayes by telling UBS executives of his ability to tap contacts who could nudge Libor up or down. His "strong connections with Libor setters in London [are] invaluable," his boss wrote in an email to executives, including one who now runs the bank's noncore division.
Citigroup managed to hire Mr. Hayes. With his expertise in hand, the bank signed up to help set the Tokyo counterpart of Libor. The goal of some at the bank was to enable Mr. Hayes to manipulate that rate, said people familiar with the decision.
Mr. Hayes soon morphed from coveted asset to liability. Citigroup fired him less than a year after hiring him, amid an internal probe it undertook when another employee raised concerns he was making inappropriate requests about Libor submissions. Japanese regulators later penalized Citigroup for trying to rig Libor and the Japanese benchmark, and Citigroup remains under investigation by the U.S. and British authorities.
UBS, meanwhile, in December became the second bank, after Barclays BARC.LN -2.23% Barclays PLC U.K.: London GBp253.95 -5.80 -2.23% Dec. 12, 2013 4:35 pm Volume : 55.69M P/E Ratio 97.30 Market Cap GBp41.83 Billion Dividend Yield 1.58% Rev. per Employee GBp197,751 12/11/13 Palladium's Allure Grows With ... 11/24/13 Chrysler Presses Ahead With IP... 11/21/13 Time Warner Cable's Suitors Li... More quote details and news » PLC, to settle Libor-rigging allegations, paying $1.5 billion to U.S., U.K. and Swiss authorities. The UBS Japanese unit where Mr. Hayes worked pleaded guilty to U.S. fraud charges.
In December, the U.S. Justice Department charged Mr. Hayes with fraud, conspiracy and an antitrust violation. He is also under investigation in Britain, where he was arrested in December but hasn't been charged and remains free.
Mr. Hayes hasn't filed a plea to the Department of Justice charges. In a text message to The Wall Street Journal, he said: "This goes much much higher than me."
Jennifer Arcuri, a close friend of Mr. Hayes, said he is cooperating with British authorities and pointing the finger at former superiors. "He believes he's innocent. He had no idea this was going to come back at him," Ms. Arcuri said. Trying to rig Libor "was common industry practice," she said. "It was like spanking children in the '70s—it wasn't bad."
This account of Mr. Hayes's role in the long-running Libor scandal emerged from interviews with people who know or worked with him and from a review of hundreds of pages of regulatory and court documents. The sources reveal, among other things, that he was sometimes encouraged by superiors to pursue an envelope-pushing trading strategy.
Mr. Hayes grew up middle class in western London. As he neared the end of his college math and computer-programming studies, a parade of banks flew him first-class to their offices for interviews.
He joined RBS as a junior trader in 2001, according to U.K. regulatory records. His specialty became trading the financial instruments called derivatives, many tied to Libor. The Libor rates—benchmarks for interest costs on countless consumer and business loans world-wide—are compiled each day in several currencies and maturities. They are based on estimates banks submit of how much it would cost them to borrow money from other banks.
Though Mr. Hayes gained a reputation as a top trader, he struck colleagues as anxious and self-conscious, spoke quietly and dressed more like a college student—with washed out jeans, a polo shirt and sometimes a threadbare sweater—than a highly paid investment-banking employee. The "Rain Man" nickname stuck.
In the spring of 2006, UBS hired Mr. Hayes for the Swiss bank's Tokyo office. There, according to regulators, traders were already engaging in behavior authorities later described as inappropriate: They routinely submitted requests to colleagues in London and Zurich to move the bank's Libor submissions up or down to suit the traders' positions.
Mr. Hayes found himself seated next to employees responsible for submitting data for inclusion in Japanese benchmark rates, said a person familiar with the matter. Ms. Arcuri says he later told her he found the practices unsettling.
"Who was I to question what they were doing? I thought it was weird, but that's how they did it," Ms. Arcuri says he told her. Within a few months, based on practices at the bank and feedback from his bosses, Mr. Hayes considered it part of his job, said a person familiar with his thinking.
His trading strategy, say U.S. and British authorities, involved bets on the direction of certain Libor rates relative to other benchmarks. For example, he bought derivatives that would gain value if there was a narrowing of the difference between yen Libor and the Tokyo overnight average rate, a benchmark set by the Bank of Japan. That meant, at least initially, he had an incentive to see yen Libor rise.
To make that happen, he was in almost daily contact with UBS employees, asking them to move the bank's Libor submissions up or down. Mr. Hayes's boss was aware of his actions, according to the Justice Department.
Then, regulators say, Mr. Hayes took Libor manipulation a step further, into an effort involving other banks. Around January 2007, he started contacting not just other UBS employees to try to skew the Libor rate but a handful of friends and former colleagues at other banks.
" This goes much much higher than me. "
Many UBS derivatives traders and managers "were involved in the manipulative conduct," the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in December. But, in a reference to a trader that clearly was Mr. Hayes, the CFTC said his actions "dwarfed them all" as he "spearheaded a massive effort" to manipulate benchmark rates.
In an email the Justice Department released when it settled with UBS, Mr. Hayes, admitting his request was a "bit cheeky," asked a trader to raise the rate in the Libor submission from the trader's bank. "Anytime I can return the favour let me know as the guys here are pretty accommodating to me," Mr. Hayes wrote. The unidentified other trader replied, "I will try my best."
As one of Tokyo's biggest derivatives traders, Mr. Hayes was a coveted customer of brokerage firms that match buyers and sellers. Soon, Mr. Hayes roped certain brokers, too, into his Libor-massaging effort, according to the Justice Department. It said that after discussing the strategy with his UBS boss, he started asking the brokers to help influence other banks' Libor submissions. In exchange, he routed transactions and sometimes cash to the brokers, according to the Justice Department and other regulators.
The strategy wasn't a secret. Each morning at a meeting of UBS's interest-rate-derivatives desk in Tokyo, Mr. Hayes told colleagues which way he planned to push Libor that day, according to the Justice Department. Mr. Hayes was so open about his strategy that he would change his status on his Facebook FB +4.96% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $51.83 +2.45 +4.96% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 92.07M AFTER HOURS $51.76 -0.07 -0.14% Dec. 12, 2013 5:42 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 120.53 Market Cap $121.22 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,487,770 12/12/13 Will Instagram's New Messaging... 12/12/13 Stocks to Watch: Lululemon, Ci... 12/11/13 Facebook Added to S&P 500 More quote details and news » page to reflect his daily desires for Libor to move up or down, said a person familiar with the matter.
Though generating tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue, he worried his bosses weren't satisfied. "Have had ok year but management still pushing me for more," he wrote to a trader at another bank in November 2007, according to the CFTC.
As Mr. Hayes brought in more revenue, UBS loosened the reins. The bank let him take so much risk that he could lose up to $3 million for every hundredth of a point rates moved, said people familiar with the matter.
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Citigroup executives wooed him in June 2009 at a swanky bar in Tokyo. As they showered him with praise, say people who were there, Mr. Hayes rarely spoke, instead letting his girlfriend, a lawyer, answer questions.
After Citigroup offered Mr. Hayes more than double the nearly $2 million he was earning at UBS, his UBS boss, Michael Pieri, lobbied a senior UBS executive to counter with a big bonus, according to people familiar with the offer. Emails released by the Justice Department show Mr. Hayes's boss cited the trader's "strong connections with Libor setters in London. This information is invaluable for the derivatives books."
Among those the email was addressed to was Carsten Kengeter, now the head of UBS's noncore division, according to a person familiar with the matter. He declined to comment through a UBS spokesman. Swiss regulators said in December they didn't find any evidence UBS top management knew of Mr. Hayes's activities. Mr. Pieri, no longer at UBS, didn't respond to requests for comment.
But when the senior UBS executive asked for input about Mr. Hayes, a trading-desk manager emailed: "I find it embarrassing when he calls up his mates to ask for favours." The manager added, "It makes UBS appear to manipulate others to suit our position."
UBS decided not to award Mr. Hayes the bonus. In December 2009 he joined Citigroup. He initially kept a low-profile, dining at KFC while colleagues hit Tokyo's premier bars and clubs. "There was zero flash about him," a former colleague says.
At a retreat in April 2010, the head of Citigroup's Japanese investment bank, Brian Mccappin, told traders that Mr. Hayes was "a star" and that their unit would shift into more derivatives trading to take advantage of his talent, according to attendees.
The same month, Citigroup signed up to help set the Tokyo interbank offered rate, a counterpart of Libor, becoming one of the few non-Japanese banks involved. The reason, according to people familiar with the decision, was simple: to enable Mr. Hayes to manipulate the Japanese rate, known as Tibor.
Mr. Mccappin signed off on the decision to join Tibor, these people said. Senior executives weren't aware of the manipulation plan, one of the people said. Mr. Mccappin, who still works for Citigroup, didn't respond to requests for comment. He hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing.
Mr. Hayes and his boss, Chris Cecere, then set out to rig Tibor, Japan's Financial Services Agency said in a December 2011 administrative action against Citigroup. Mr. Hayes repeatedly asked Citigroup colleagues and his contacts at other banks, including UBS, to move their Libor and Tibor interest-rate submissions on his behalf. Mr. Cecere asked a Citigroup employee to change the bank's Tibor data, the Japanese regulator said.
In July 2010, Mr. Cecere got a call from Citigroup's legal department. An employee in London had raised concerns that Mr. Hayes was making inappropriate requests about the bank's Libor submissions. Citigroup hired a law firm to sift through Mr. Hayes's emails and phone calls. It sent compliance officials to Tokyo to investigate.
Mr. Hayes told colleagues he was "flabbergasted" and said he "had no idea it was wrong," a former colleague says.
It was an inopportune time for Mr. Hayes, who was planning his wedding at a Georgian manor house in the English countryside. In early September 2010, two weeks before the wedding, Citigroup fired him.
Citigroup said Mr. Hayes "was terminated in September 2010 following an incident that was reported to compliance. Citi also reported the matter to the appropriate regulators at the time."
For ongoing coverage, go to wsj.com/libor.
The Libor Investigation
- RBS to Pay $612 Million Fine (Feb. 7, 2013)
- Banking Industry Squirms Over European Rate Probe (Dec. 9, 2012)
- Before Scandal, Clash Over Control of Libor (Sept. 11, 2012)
- Suits Mount in Rate Scandal (Aug. 26, 2012)
- Missteps Doomed Barclays's Leaders (July 15, 2012)
- Graphic: The Libor Settlements
- Which Firms Are Under Investigation?
From the Archives
The Wall Street Journal's investigation into Libor manipulation began in 2008:
- Bankers Cast Doubt On Key Rate Amid Crisis (April 16, 2008)
- Study Casts Doubt on Key Rate -- WSJ Analysis Suggests Banks May Have Reported Flawed Interest Data for Libor (May 29, 2008)
- Banks Probed in Libor Manipulation Case (March 16, 2011)
- U.S. Asks if Banks Colluded on Libor (April 14, 2011)
Mr. Hayes's boss, Mr. Cecere, agreed to leave Citigroup. The bank then racked up over $50 million in losses unwinding Mr. Hayes's trading portfolio, said people familiar with the matter. According to one of the people, Mr. Hayes eventually told Mr. Cecere he felt "so bad you've been dragged into it."
Mr. Cecere, now at hedge fund Brevan Howard in Geneva, said he hasn't been contacted by any regulator in connection with Libor investigations.
Citigroup then contacted regulators in the U.S., U.K. and Japan to inform them of the attempted manipulation of yen Libor and Tibor, according to a person familiar with the matter. That triggered an intensifying investigation that eventually included numerous banks.
Six months later, Mr. Hayes's former assistant trader, a 27-year-old Kazakh whom UBS had hired out of a Japanese university, was being interviewed at FBI headquarters in Washington, according to a person familiar with the matter. With recording equipment rolling, the former assistant phoned Mr. Hayes to say he'd been called to an interview with U.S. prosecutors.
Mr. Hayes said, "The U.S. Department of Justice, mate, you know, they're like…the dudes who…put people in jail," according to a transcript of the call cited in the U.S. criminal complaint against Mr. Hayes. "Why the hell would you want to talk to them?" The assistant nonetheless agreed to cooperate, the Justice Department said.
Mr. Hayes is trying to turn over a new leaf. He and his friend Ms. Arcuri last year founded a company that describes itself as a website and mobile-app developer. Ms. Arcuri is prodding Mr. Hayes to speak at a London technology conference she is organizing this spring. The proposed theme: "Hi, I'm Tom and I used to be a banker."
—Atsuko Fukase contributed to this article.
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Corrections & Amplifications
Carsten Kengeter is now the head of UBS's noncore division. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said he is co-head of the investment bank.


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tracks, how to tell the difference ? Took a hike in a nearby park that has coyote for sure. Went off trail a bit and saw plenty of tracks in the snow. Would like to know which is which, is there a sure way of telling ??
Any woodsmen out there??
tracks, how to tell the difference ? Took a hike in a nearby park that has coyote for sure. Went off trail a bit and saw plenty of tracks in the snow. Would like to know which is which, is there a sure way of telling ??
Any woodsmen out there??
Senior Ole Salt # 650
I'm more of a "Websman." Anyway, here you go:
"Tracks - The coyote track closely resembles that of a dog or fox although the coyote tends to follow a straight path across open areas where the others will wander or follow aspects of the landscape. The print is a rough oval shape with four toes bearing claw prints. The larger front foot has a much larger pad than the smaller rear foot.
Straddle: 10.5 - 15 cm (4.2 - 6 in)
Stride: 30 - 40 cm (12 - 16 in)
Track: 6.5 cm (2.6 in) long / 5.5 cm (2.2 in) wide"
[ 12-08-2002, 05:48 PM: Message edited by: Bruce Taylor ]
"Coyote tracks are pointed whereas dog tracks are much more circular."
This is a bit over-simplified, as different breeds of dog have starkly different tracks. Another way to tell is lope. A coyote's lope, or pattern of tracks, will seldom exceed 16" in stride length, and tend to have the prints grouped together more than a running dog's lope.
Boy you guys are fast and good. Thanks! I guess I saw dog tacks.
Will pose another question and topic.
Senior Ole Salt # 650
What if the Coyote is a cross between
a Labrador and has webbed feet?
...and say! did everyone read that the creator of the Bigfoot (Sasquatch) hoax recently died? Surviving family members spilled the beans, saying the first big foot tracks ever found were made by footies carved out of wood, and that it was his wife dressed in the silly gorilla suit in that grainy film footage we've all seen...
...there are many coyotes in the park where we take Blue. Blue (sheperd/arabian greyhound cross) is always trying to make friends with them. When she spots a coyote and runs toward it the coyote usually takes off, running sort of boingy boingy boingy prancing like a deer, I assume to get its head above the tall wild grass so it can see.
wolf, coyote,fox all leave straight line tracks. because of dog inbreeding, their geometry isn't as perfect as natural predators.
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It's been said, but Paul Rezendes (sp), a master tracker from MA, once told me the way to tell was coyote hardly ever meander, whereas our goofy pooches, as we all know, run amock.
Heard coyote here last night. Erriie!
So many questions, so little time.
Ever notice when a dog runs his hind end is cocked off to one side so the front and rear form two lines of tracks. A coyote puts rear on top of front. In western Kansas any way.
Best way to find out is to follow the tracks. When you get to the end, if theres a house with a "beware of dog" sign it probably isn't a coyote.
Never trust a man with a clean workshop.
But it could a be a wild dingo.
[ 12-08-2002, 10:41 PM: Message edited by: ishmael ]
So many questions, so little time.
JimD - A favorite trick of coyotes being chased is to run until the pursuer quits and turns around that is when mr. coyote turns around and bites the chaser.
Several of my neighbors have had this happen to their dogs and in one case the coyote had friends or relatives waiting in ambush and killed old Blackie.
Don't let your dog get too far away from your walking staff's protection.
I might just trim-up a few coyotes this spring they are raising hell with the deer population.
Another way to identify coyote tracks, that won't depend on good quality prints or any for that matter , is to look for discrded packaging ,bearing the trademark of "Acme Manufacturing" Things like rocket sled or super magnet and metal balls and bird seed boxes.Or the super sticky fly paper.
Beep beep.
So many questions, so little time.
A dog that is acquainted with coyotes won't let that happen.
My daughter-in-law grew up on a hundred acre farm, and has some great coyote stories.
Her dogs knew how coyotes worked, and the coyotes gave them a wide berth. Dogs that didn't know disappeared pretty quickly...
When Sheba was a sweet young thing, un-spayed for a month or two, we lived out in the wilds of North central MA. Her one and only heat, she ran off, to look for a tryst no doubt. We had lot's of coyote around, and after she returned I found myself wondering if coyote would have mated with her, eaten her, or both.
So many questions, so little time.
Lucky and I went for a walk in the woods today looking for a suitable Christmas tree to cut and bring home - no luck very few evergreens and none suitable shape or size. We passed by a kill in the snow that looked like something from a Brian DePalma movie. Fresh blood splattered in the snow nothing left a line of paw prints radiating from the spot looked like dog / coyote or wolf I'm no woodsman to tell. All I know is I'm glad I wasn't the bloody mess
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The very nice drawing, Gary, Norm, and others have it: fox, coyote, and wolf step on their own tracks when moving in a straight line. Domestic canines don't.
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"... did everyone read that the creator of the Bigfoot (Sasquatch) hoax recently died?..." JimD
Didn't even know he was sick...
When fur was in fashion, and a guy could make a living hammerin' steel in the ground, I would hang up my ironworkin tools and pull out the traps. Longlined 5-6 states, not legal, but good trappers cover the land. Many critters track well; mink 'coon, beaver,etc. It's the feral domestics that by and large cause trouble out in the wild. Most animal damage complaints I used to cover were loose dogs.Seemed to take seeing 'fido' in the trap, eating on a calf or sheep, to make the obvious clear.
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"What did he think of the Greek notion of nature? Simply put, Boyle believed it was inappropriate—both theologically and scientifically—to speak of "Nature" doing anything at all."
"Where many scholars in previous generations simply assumed that Christianity and science have always been in conflict—and not just over evolution—recent scholarship has decisively debunked that view. The main message from today's historians is complexity, not conflict."
Today's Origins News Round-up takes us from some cosmic data on the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe, to some surprising theories about the origin of life, and some interesting general news and editorial items on science and religion.
In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought.
"For a few moments, it felt like our little church community was surrounded by glory. The wisdom of Christ in the hypothalamus was illumining the wisdom of Christ in the prophets and gospels."
What can a practicing scientist in the 21st century—even a "bench scientist" like me whose scientific forays are confined to a laboratory—glean from a 19th century wanderer like Thoreau?
As I read The Voyage, I often thought about Darwin's other famous work, The Origin of Species, and the delight that Darwin clearly took in the natural world. Writing about a tropical forest in Brazil, he found himself at a loss for words, "…it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind."
Considering my own stance on the satisfying harmony of science and faith, you might be surprised to find on my shelves nearly everything written by Richard Dawkins (including "The God Delusion") and my late friend Christopher Hitchens (including "God Is Not Great"). One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.
How do metaphors impact the dialogue between faith and science? We might start by asking: what are the framing metaphors at work in the current debates? Even using the word "dialogue" here suggests an implicit metaphor that frames my approach to the relationship between faith and science. Imagine substituting "dialogue" with "war;" that would conjure a completely different metaphorical framework.
With so many issues to discuss, Christians can easily get the feeling that science is always attacking the faith. It is essential to balance such conversations with positive responses to God's creation. After all, the primary response to the natural world in the Bible is to praise the God who made it.
What do today's pastors think about science? What views do they hold on creation and evolution and how strongly do they hold them? How do origins issues impact their ministries? These were just a few of the questions that motivated us at BioLogos to commission a survey of pastors on origins
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