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Department of Animal Sciences
Colorado State University
Department of Animal Sciences
Colorado State University
I bring together the fields of vertebrate evolution, microbial ecology, human health, and forensic science with innovative research tools to study the interactions between microbes and vertebrates during life and after death. I use high-throughput sequencing of bacterial and microbial eukaryotic communities to study how microbial communities change in response to disturbance events in both short time scales (decomposition of mammalian taxa) and long time scales (human population shifts to a western diet). In particular, I am interested in temporal/time-series data sets that allow us to understand the dynamics and predictability of microbial community change.
Research on the vertebrate microbiome has the potential to transform our understanding of health, and has tremendous potential to improve animal and human medicine. One of the most exciting frontiers in microbiome research is the interplay between microbes, the immune system, and vertebrate health and disease. In addition to a range of vertebrate host microbiome studies (e.g. horses, monkeys, etc), I am involved in several exciting projects focused on the human microbiome and cancer and cancer therapies.
My research also explores the use of microbes to understand the past. I study ancient microbes preserved in coprolites (ancient fecal material) to characterize the gut microbiome of ancient humans, which will help us understand how our gut microbiomes have changed in the recent past due to western practices such as widespread use of antibiotics, high fat diets, and intensive hygiene practices.
I became interested in understanding the role of microbes in decomposition when I began studying microbes preserved in ancient fecal material. This interest led me to a new field of research - microbial forensics. For the last seven years, I have been exploring the use of microbes for estimating how long a body has been dead. After death, microbial communities change in, on, and near the body in a clock-like manner. We can use this clock as a forensics tool.
I joined the faculty in Colorado State University's Department of Animal Sciences in the Fall of 2016. Go Rams!
Read and listen to some of the highlights about our 2016 paper published in the journal Science.
The New York Times Magazine: The Living Dead. by Peter Smith
National Public Radio: Tiny Witnesses. by Rob Stein
The Atlantic: Meet the Necrobiome: The Predictable Microbes That Will Eat Your Dying Corpse. by Ed Yong
Newsweek: Using the Human Microbiome to Predict Time of Death. By Sena Christian


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"Once in a blue moon," you "go for broke" and "race against the clock" to find that perfect book to read, and when you do, you realize that you "can't judge a book by its cover," because as you read it, you think to yourself, "it's all Greek to me."
"Once in a blue moon," you "go for broke" and "race against the clock" to find that perfect book to read, and when you do, you realize that you "can't judge a book by its cover," because as you read it, you think to yourself, "it's all Greek to me."
The answer to this dilemma is to go to your local branch of JCPL, where, instead of one book, which is a "drop in the bucket," you check out "a baker's dozen," one of which is sure to become "the apple of your eye." Here is a list and description of some brand new fiction; some will "crack you up," others will be a "piece of cake" to read and still others may make you realize that "great minds think alike." Read on!
After a tragic accident takes the life of a young woman, her family decides to take the law into their own hands, setting out to even the score against the man who accidentally killed her. Successful architect, Wade Benson has spent two days in jail for every year of his probation in retribution for the accident that changed his life and the lives of the young woman's family. Ex-marine Darryl Potter, however, goes after Benson, setting off a series of violent events that trigger a race against time to avoid more lives lost in "Lake Country" by Sean Doolittle.
Lucy Butler has landed her dream job; she is working for world-famous fashion photographer, Stafano Lepres. Her real career goal is to be behind the camera herself, but that seems to be an out of reach goal for Lucy right now. When a superstar actress takes Lucy under her wing, teaching her how to live like the rich and famous by treating her to designer clothes, private planes and penthouse suites, Lucy finds herself lost in the luxury of it all, and at the same time, losing sight of the things she once believed mattered the most in "The Liar, The Bitch and the Wardrobe" by Allie Kingsley.
Mike Bowditch has been transferred from his post as game warden in Maine to a remote Canadian outpost. As a blizzard begins to descend on the coast, Bowditch is summoned to the rustic cabin of a couple who have been approached by a half-frozen man claiming his friend is lost in the blizzard. When the rescue mission is over and the dead man is identified, it becomes clear to Mike that the victim has died from something other than the cold, and sets out to find the truth, only to uncover more secrets in "Bad Little Falls" by Paul Doiron.
Waverly runs a cozy bakery, but worries constantly about paying the bills each month. Kate is married to the would-be governor of Virginia, but has unsettling fears about her future. Amy is a stay at home mom with an apparently perfect life, but what her friends don't know is that Amy has a secret; a secret that may reveal itself to everyone she knows at any time. Life's pressures are building for each of these three friends, blurring the line between loyalty and betrayal for some of them and making happy endings a far away dream for others in "How Lucky You Are" by Kristyn Kusek Lewis.
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Riding the pine
MILWAUKEE — It's another sunny day here with the dome open at Miller Park, but boy is it chilly. Noticeably colder than yesterday, so good thing I brought the ol' sweatshirt to the ballpark to help battle the open pressbox.
Anyways, the Jays' lineup had a noticeable omission for tonight's game. Right fielder Alex Rios is on the bench, though manager John Gibbons said it was simply a way to get more left-handed bats in the order to counter hard-throwing righty Ben Sheets.
Gibbons said Rios being out had zilch to do with his 0-for-4 showing with three strikeouts in last night's 7-0 loss to the Brews. Still, it's worth noting — as we've been doing all year — that Mr. Rios just isn't producing the way Toronto had hoped he would.
Over his last 42 games, Rios has hit .237/.284/.305 with no home runs and 11 RBIs, moving between the leadoff spot and the No. 3 hole. Whether he's in the middle of the order or at the top, Toronto can ill afford to have Rios continue to perform this poorly.
If you ask me, Rios is the key to Toronto's offense. He came into the year as arguably the Jays' most potent hitter and definitely with what we thought was the most upside. He could still turn it around, and for the Jays' sake, here's hoping he does.
If Rios were producing as the power threat we all thought he'd be, Toronto's offense might not be in such sour shape. Now, he's hardly the lone hitter at fault here. But, especially with Rios struggling, there's just no hitter to fear within the Jays' lineup.
Today's lineups:
TORONTO (35-37) at MILWAUKEE (37-33)
at 8:05 p.m. ET at Miller Park
Brad Wilkerson, LF
Joe Inglett, 2B
Scott Rolen, 3B
Matt Stairs, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Gregg Zaun, C
David Eckstein, SS
Shaun Marcum, P
Craig Counsell, 2B
J.J. Hardy, SS
Ryan Braun, LF
Prince Fielder, 1B
Corey Hart, RF
Russell Branyan, 3B
Mike Cameron, CF
Jason Kendall, C
Ben Sheets, P
QUOTABLE: "What do you want me to do? Light a little fire?" –Gibbons, when asked his plan for turning the bats around
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A friend of mine said he felt the Jays should get paid each time they produce , that might light a fire under them . Of course he says that about every sport , no production no money . It works for the rest of us, maybe they need to give it a try …….lol…..
Have a great evening all and take care
Comming into this season, we had one of the best offensive teams in the game with everyone speculating what this lineup can do when healthy. I don't even think that we are producing poorly, to me this is almost unbelievable. Even last year with all of our injuries we produced better.
I have not lost complete faith in the bluejays this year, but I will not be signing on here until after the allstar break. I am just so tired of commenting on something negative about this team besides their pitchers who are doing great and dont deserve to be losing games. But hey, maybe they will surprise us and are all just holding back until the time is right.
I will also bet that if the jays arent in contention by after the allstar break, we can say good bye to Gibbons.
I agree with Jordan about Rios being the key to this offense but i'd like to add Aaron Hill's name into the conversation. He's not healthy now but when he comes back i'd like to see more production out of him when he's settled again.
Freedom, i'm also giving this team untill the all star break to show me that they can play better and provide some incentive for me to continue to watch. I'll still continue to sign on here though.
Mike Wilner pointed out today that the Jays are something like 1 and 21 when they trail a game by 3 runs or more. That stat alone is enough to convince me to change the channel when they get down by 3. It's sad but that's the way things are going with this team right now.
Toronto has to start winning series and soon. There hitting is anemic. Amazing stat you provided Enigma. That doesn't surprise me and I am sure it didn't surprise you. Toronto has major problems scoring runs. For the Jays to win, there hitting doesn't have to be great, just consisently good. Hitting with runners in scor. pos. and moving runners along will get the job done. Situational hitting is the key for the Jays. What happened to Wells and Overbay? They were very good hitters but not anymore. Wells should be hitting close to .300 and driving in runs. Overbay the same numbers but less power than Wells. Is Overbay's hand still bothering him? It's been a year since Overbay hurt his hand. I assume Wells' shoulder is still an issue with him. Sometimes you just have to fight thru the injuries. The Jays were one of those teams when the season started, you wouldn't be surprised if they won 93 games or 81 games. Something tells me it will be closer to 81 games.


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ALA Midwinter Meeting – Boston, January 15 – 18, 2010 - Meeting Wiki
Meeting/Hotel Locations
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center – BCEC
Westin Copley Place - COP
PDF version of schedule (arranged by ALA unit name)
Friday, January 15, 2010
GODORT Steering 1: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. COP-Essex North-West
Amy West, Chair. Members of Steering will report and discuss on actions since the Annual meeting in Chicago, July 2009. Much of the reporting has already taken place online via ALA Connect.
Awards Committee: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. COP-Mastiff
Dan Barkley, Chair. Review nominations for GODORT awards.
Bylaws and Organization Committee: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. COP-Baltic (shared space)
Judith Downie, Chair. Review proposed changes to the Bylaws and the Policies and Procedures Manual.
Conference Committee: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. COP-Baltic (shared space)
Carol Hanan, Chair. The Committee will discuss arrangements for the GODORT reception at the Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
Legislation Committee 1: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. COP-Baltic (shared space)
Laura Horne-Popp and Jesse Silva, co-chairs. McCrann memorial resolution, CRS-related legislation watch, support for GPO appropriations and more.draft agenda
Membership Committee: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. COP-Baltic (shared space)
Samantha Hager, Chair. Discussion of the GODORT Buddy pilot program, and plans for Annual 2010.
Nominating Committee: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. COP-Harbour
Marilyn Von Seggern, Chair. The Nominating Committee will meet to draft a final slate of candidates for election to GODORT offices.
Program Committee I: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. COP-Helicon
Geoff Swindells, Chair. Discuss plans for Annual 2010 and proposed programs for MW and Annual 2011.
GODORT Happy Hour: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., M.J. O'Connors Irish Pub, in the Park Room (27 Columbus Avenue; Next to Boston Park Plaza Hotel). Map: http://tinyurl.com/yausm87.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
International Documents Task Force: 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. COP-Ipswich
David Oldenkamp, Chair. The task force will discuss current issues related to international government documents.
ALA-Washington Office Update: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. BCEC-Room 156 A/B
Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director. Lynne Bradley, Director, Office of Government Relations.
GODORT Update: 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. BCEC-Room 162 A/B
The GODORT web pages contain some exceptional tools for accessing international, federal, and state government resources. We've gathered together a panel of web managers from GODORT committees and task forces to highlight some of these important web-based reference resources and how to use them to access government information. Additional discussion will include tips on how to use the GODORT wiki and ALA Connect to keep abreast of ALA GODORT activities.
State & Local Documents Task Force: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. COP-St. George
Suzanne Sears, Chair. Join us for an in-depth discussion/tip sharing session on getting grants for digitization projects involving state and local government information. We will also discuss how to work with local agencies and organizations as partners to develop a portal to the digital content. Our guest speaker will be Dreanna Belden from the University of North Texas. She will discuss the efforts behind The Portal to Texas History http://texashistory.unt.edu/. draft agenda
Legislation Committee 2: 1:30-3:30 p.m. joint meeting with COL-GIS. BCEC-Room 156 A/B draft agenda
Laura Horne-Popp and Jesse Silva, co-chairs.
DttP Staff Meeting: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. COP-Essex North-East
Beth Clausen & Valerie Glenn, Chairs. Business meeting for Documents to the People, the GODORT journal.
Federal Documents Task Force: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. COP-Staffordshire draft agenda
Kirsten Clark, Chair. In additon to reports and announcements from GODORT Committee liasons, there are two main agenda items. Ric Davis, GPO, will provide an update of Government Printing Office activities. Roger Schonfeld and Ross Housewright from Ithaca S+R will give a brief presentation on their recent report Documents for a Digital Democracy, which will be followed by discussion and question/answer time.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Development Committee: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. COP-Mastiff
Membership Committee: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. COP-Empire
Samantha Hager, Chair. Working session to review and update the GODORT brochure and New Members wiki content.
Publications Committee: 8:00-10:00 a.m. COP-St. George
John Stevenson, Chair. The Committee will discuss digital publishing models and case studies; prospects for GODORT hosting fee-based courses; recruitment of a new GODORT Website Administrator; and the GODORT Occasional Papers. Draft agenda
Legislation Committee 3: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. COP-North Star draft agenda
Laura Horne-Popp and Jesse Silva, co-chairs. Further drafting of resolutions to be presented at GODORT membership meeting.
Cataloging Committee: 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. COP-Empire
Greg Wool, Chair. Updates on RDA and other cataloging developments. Draft agenda
Rare and Endangered Government Publications (REGP): 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. COP-St. George
Andrew Laas, Chair. The Committee continues its work to survey holdings rare government publications in depository libraries. We will be assessing progress and hearing updates from liaisons.
Legislation Committee 4: 10:30 - 12:00 p.m. COP-Mastiff draft agenda
Laura Horne-Popp and Jesse Silva, co-chairs. Final drafting of resolutions.
Education Committee (Linda Spiro, Chair); Government Information Technology Committee (GITCO)(Shari Laster, Chair); (joint meeting): 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. COP-Staffordshire.
Are you interested in exploring which online training/delivery systems work best for various types of training? Join the joint GODORT Education and GITCO committee meeting for an overview of selected systems followed by small group discussions matching systems to types of training. The second hour the committees will conduct separate business meetings with Education focusing on competencies for beginning government information librarians and ideas for online training, and GITCO discussing a number of ongoing projects and outreach opportunities. 2010 Education Midwinter Agenda. 2010 GITCO Midwinter Agenda.
Web Managers: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. COP-Rockport
Starr Hoffman, Chair. Business meeting regarding GODORT's many web venues.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Nominating Committee 2: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. COP-Great Republic
Marilyn Von Seggern, Chair. The Committee will review the status of nominations for GODORT elected positions.
Program 2: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. COP-Baltic
Geoff Swindells, Chair. Discuss plans for Annual 2010 and proposed programs for 2011.
GODORT Ad Hoc Committee on Communication: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. COP Mastiff
John Stevenson, Valerie Glenn, Managers. The newly-formed ad hoc group on GODORT communications will have a chance to meet in person. Agenda
GODORT General Membership meeting: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. COP-Baltic
Amy West, Chair. Reports from committees, task forces on action items for Steering II; liaisons as appropriate; treasurer's report; direct discussion and voting on Strategic Plan Report.
Steering Committee 2: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. COP-Great Republic
Amy West, Chair. Voting on action items from committees and task forces. Business issues to be addressed include voting on 2011 programs/pre-conferences, and reviewing GODORT ballot for upcoming ALA elections.


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Entrepreneurship Merit Badge Requirements
|1. In your own words, define entrepreneurship. Explain to your merit badge counselor the role of the entrepreneur in the economy of the United States.
2. Identify and interview an individual who has started his or her own business. Find out how the entrepreneur got the idea for the business and how the entrepreneur recognized it as a market opportunity. Find out how the entrepreneur raised the capital (money) to start the business. How well is the business doing? Report what you learn.
3. Do the following:
a. Write down as many ideas as you can think of for a business. Get ideas from your family and friends. From your list, select three ideas that you believe are the best opportunities for you.
b. Explain to your counselor why you chose these three ideas rather than the others on your list.
c. For each of the three ideas that you chose, prepare a list of questions that you would ask potential customers.
d. For each of your three ideas, informally interview potential customers, using the lists of questions from requirement 3c. Report what you learn.
e. Using the information you have gathered, choose the one idea that you feel is your best business opportunity.
4. Conduct a feasibility study of your business idea by doing all of the following (briefly writing or explaining each item to your counselor):
a. Product or Service
1. Identify your business goals.
2. Tell how you will make the product or perform the service. Determine whether it is technically feasible (practical or doable).
3. Determine how you can make enough of the product or provide enough of the service to meet your business goals. Explain how you will accomplish this.
4. Identify and describe the potential liability risks of your product or service.
5. Determine what type of license you might need in order to sell or to make your product or service.
b. Market
1. Determine who your customers are. Identify the type of person who would buy your product or service.
2. Describe the unique benefits of your product or service.
3. Tell how you will promote and sell your product or service to potential customers.
c. Finances
1. If you are selling a product, determine how much it will cost to make one prototype.
2. Calculate the selling price of your product or service. Explain how you determined the price.
3. Tell how you will sell your product or service and make a profit.
4. Determine how much money you will need to start your business. Explain how you will get the money.
d. Personnel
1. Determine what parts of the business you will handle yourself. Describe your qualifications for the work. Determine how your business responsibilities will fit into your schedule.
2. Determine whether you will need additional help to operate your business. If you will need help, describe the qualifications your helpers should have and what duties they will perform.
5. Do TWO of the following.
a. Sketch a prototype of your product or write a description of your service.
b. Create the prototype. List all of the materials you used to make your prototype. Calculate the cost of all the materials and labor to compute the total cost of making your prototype.
c. Design a promotional poster or flier for your product or service.
d. Project (estimate) your sales through the first three months of operation. Calculate the profit you expect to make.
6. When you believe that your business idea is feasible, start your business. Show evidence that you started your business (sales receipts, for example, or photos of the product). Discuss with your counselor any ethical questions you have faced or think you may face in your business venture.
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Santa Fe Tells Its Stories
You can glimpse the lives of Santa Fe youths in public art displays around the city. The Academy for the Love of Learning created El Otro Lado ("the other side" in Spanish), a citywide public art project that encourages people to learn about one another.
Through the year-old project, local kids turn their heritage stories and immigration experiences into writing, paintings, photographs, and journals. Displays scattered in public places around Santa Fe transform feelings of alienation into feelings of community.
The artwork above is called "Carlos," with images by Carlos Mora and Chrissie Orr, and is installed at Genoveva Chavez Community Center in Santa Fe. The project incorporates audio narratives of the artists' personal stories. Here is Mora's narrative: "I was born in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, an island in the Caribbean. I currently live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Home to me is within myself … I carry home with me wherever I go, wherever I am … Home is Santa Fe and it is also the Dominican Republic."
Check out aloveoflearning.org.
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|Marantz PM8003 Integrated Amplifier Review
|Friday, 02 October 2009
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It was 1976, I was 9 years old and having my first experience with "high-end" audio gear. My dad had just brought home a stereo system for our living room, including a receiver, cassette deck, turntable and speakers. The heart of it all was a Marantz Model 2235 Receiver. By audiophile standards, the 2235 was modest, but it still carried a hefty price tag of $450 – roughly equivalent to $1,700 in 2009. At 35 watts per channel, the 2235 wasn't going to shake our house, but it was the source of much enjoyable listening in a living room that really became the "entertainment" room.
Elegant and simple describe the PM8003's front panel. Six rotary knobs provide control over device selection, volume, speakers, bass, treble and balance. The power button, headphone jack and remote infrared sensor round out the face. Oh yeah, Marantz didn't forget the blue light – a blue LED indicates the chosen input. I'm gone on record before, saying that black is not my color when it comes to audio gear, but the Marantz design softened my stance. The sleek curves and angles make the PM8003 a very stylish and artsy amp, one that would perk up any listening room.
Under the PM8003's hood lurks a hefty, double-shielded toroidal transformer optimized to minimize vibration and reduce leakage flux, which can produce voltage drops in the presence of an electric current and affect sound quality. Borrowing from its upscale brother – the SC-11S1 – the PM8003 employs the same Higher Definition Amplifier Module (HDAM) SA3 and phono equalizer as its much pricier sibling. The PM8803 also incorporates a CD-Direct Buffer Amplifier, solely for CD, that sends the signals directly to the pre-amp. The pre- and power amp both incorporate all-discrete current-feedback circuits for improved resolution. The PM8003 is rated at 70 watts per channel into 8 ohms or 100 watts per channel into 4 ohms. The amp features six gold-plated RCA audio inputs and two RCA audio outputs. The inputs are labeled for Phono, CD, Tuner, AUX/DVD and Recorder 1 & 2.
It's difficult to get excited about something as mundane as speaker binding posts, but those of the PM8003 are some of the best I've used. Newly developed and a Marantz exclusive, the PM8003's posts are large and make connecting speaker cables a breeze, particularly if you prefer bare wire. The posts also accept pins and banana plugs.
Although other audio manufacturers offer optional external or internal phono stages, Marantz has consistently kept vinyl lovers in mind and the PM8003 is no exception. The amp comes with a moving magnet phono input, turntable ready. Audiophiles will appreciate the detachable power cord, making it a cinch to swap or upgrade cords. Should users experience technical problems, a solid three-year warranty covers any unexpected blips.
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Norwegian skier Aksel Lund Svindal is pulling out of the Olympics with allergies, he announced early Monday.
Svindal was favored to win gold in the downhill and the super-G, but failed to reach the podium in both of those events. He'll leave Sochi without competing in Wednesday's giant slalom.
Svindal told The Associated Press that "concrete in the air" made him sick:
"There's a lot of athletes that have some kind of allergy against something here. I think it's something from the concrete that's in the air, like some fine dust. When I got here, I felt it, too. The doctors knew exactly what it was, because they gave me allergy medicine right away. It helps, but it's kind of draining."
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Home of the Kansas City Chiefs national football team, Arrowhead Stadium hosted its inaugural NFL game almost four decades ago on August 12, 1972. Unlike many sports arenas built around this time, Arrowhead hasn't been demoted to a second-rate venue or demolished to make way for a shinier, more modern version. Instead, the 76,000-seat stadium recently underwent a $375-million renovation and 450,000-sq-ft expansion that helped make room for new amenities such as the Founder's Plaza, Chiefs Hall of Honor, the Founder's Club, the Chiefs Sports Lab (an area for students that features hands-on and interactive computer activities promoting the importance of good nutrition, healthy living, and physical fitness), a horizon level, a club level, and a team store. Furthermore, Arrowhead received a variety of enhancements, including an upgraded sound and scoreboard system, a 360° video ribbon board, concourses that are double in size, numerous improved food and beverage options, and 80% more restroom facilities.
"A large part of the renovation involved major new and retrofit electrical work," says Dennis Stowell, vice president of Kansas City, Mo.-based Capital Electric Construction, the contractor that performed $38-million worth of electrical installations. "The first step of the project included relocating all the medium-voltage distribution feeders and switchgear feeding the complex to accommodate for the larger stadium footprint."
Next, Capital Electric spent six months performing preconstruction estimating, design review, value engineering, and constructability reviews. Immediately after the 2008 post-season, the contractor began removing all normal and emergency electrical distribution systems with the understanding that power had to be restored by August 2009 for the upcoming football season.
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"We also installed 14,377 new lighting fixtures," says Terry Vaughn, Capital Electric's field general foreman. "This included site lighting and the Founder's Plaza area, 422 sports light fixtures, plus the updating of existing sports lights to remain. In addition, we put in a lighting control system that contains 13 dimming systems and 110 controllable smart lighting panels."
Other installations included electrical provisions for new mechanical and electric heat systems, heat tracing for plumbing and mechanical lines, and ground and lightning protection systems. Furthermore, Capital Electric ran 1.04 million ft of conduit and 3.75 million ft of wire and cable, and installed 8,600 wiring devices.
"The majority of this work had to be completed in just nine months," says Stowell. "Thanks to an extensive collaborative effort led by the general contractor, Turner Construction, and all major subcontractors on the project, we completed almost 80% of our contract work prior to the 2009 season."
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The fall-out from the Northern Rock episode contains some signal lessons for both the Treasury and the FSA. Whether they will be heeded, of course, is a matter of mere conjecture, so should they need spelling out, I shall do my best to elucidate.
The first lesson is that whatever losses are caused to the financial sector by financial crime and money laundering, even when counted together, they are as mere pin-pricks, when compared to the losses which can be caused, even by one institution, if it decides to go and play in markets and with financial products it doesn't really understand.
The second lesson is that focussing ones' regulatory attention for too long on an unproven risk, takes one's attention away from the real threats. Lead by a Government whose slavish adherence to US-inspired fantasies of global criminal conspiracies has left it wallowing in a form of quasi-religious zeal in its reported determination to go after the Napoleons of Crime and the terrorist godfathers, we have been forced to focus on the perceived dangers to the financial sector from an unquantifiable number of the dangerous class, and we have taken our eye off the antics of the usual suspects in the financial sector, the market practitioners themselves.
Despite the absence of any meaningful statistics or empirical evidence to back up their wild assertions, repeated Treasury and Home Office Ministers have lamely trotted out the old law enforcement shibboleths of the risks from criminals, and have connived in a wholesale reconstruction of our laws, and the withdrawal of whole areas of civil liberties, all in the name of combating a phantom army of crooks, terrorists and wise-guys, whose number or activities no one can determine .
And all the time, the activities of the regulated sector pose, as they have always posed, the biggest risk to the financial stability of the entire British financial services arena.
It is really rather simple actually.
I have lived through an era when it was very hard to get a mortgage, and if you wanted one, you had to have a track record of prudent savings in one of the old Building Societies, savings which would enable you to demonstrate that you were the right sort of investor that the lenders wanted to lend to.
If you wanted a loan, you had to have a very good reason, and you had to have collateral with which to back your request. Banks and financial institutions did not advance money to every Tom, Dick and Harry, because it was perceived to be too risky, and might place too great a strain on the capital adequacy of the institution.
Then interest rates began to decline, and as they fell lower and lower, it became much harder for lending institutions to make any money from simple interest alone, because it was at a very low number, and in any event, there were beginning to be lots of other competitors out there waiting to offer services, if the traditional institutions declined.
Banks had also learned a very interesting fact, which made the relaxation of their lending policies even easier. Some clever statisticians worked out that in the
Suddenly, a whole new vista of lending possibilities opened up. Instead of worrying whether individuals were worth lending to, it now made sense to get them into as much debt as possible, as quickly as possible. You see another thing that the statisticians discovered was that a large number of people tended to stay with the first banking institution they started with, no matter how badly or inconsiderately the bank treated them. Moving an account was just too much trouble, and the vast majority of people would put up with bad treatment as long as they could get some form of banking service.
So the banks began to engineer all sorts of new lending possibilities. Credit cards for students, no problems. Loans, why not? Guaranteed overdraft facilities, of course! Interest repayment holidays, certainly! Anything to get clients into debt, debts that incurred higher rates of interest, secure in the knowledge that over the long term, those debts would be paid in 88% of cases, and at enhanced rates of interest.
In fact, it got so lucrative a business that the banks soon started to look round for other sectors to lend to. The possibilities were endless, and the banks pushed their lending teams hard to get the cash out onto the street. Unpaid debts, not to worry! County Court judgements, let's see how we can help! maxed-out credit cards, let us lend you even more money just to pay them off! They were now lending vast sums of money to people you wouldn't trust to take your dog for a walk, in the hope that he would be brought home again in one piece!
Then another wise-guy came up with a clever idea. When lending money to punters (sorry, valued clients), why not encourage them to think long-term. Why not interest them in a single premium insurance policy which if they were ever to suddenly experience a set-back, their debts would still be paid by the insurance policies?
This one was really clever, because the banks then loaned the money to pay for the single premium as well, while ensuring that the terms and conditions of the insurance were so carefully constructed that the likelihood of ever successfully utilising the policy was almost illusory! The banks then leveraged those insurance policies with another insurer!
If the punter then did default on the loan, the bank would be able to claim on the policy. It all seemed like money for old rope!
Finally the really clever derivatives chaps came back again with another idea. Why not take all these debts, which will be repaid at some date in the future, but parcel them all together, and then sell those debts in a securitised form to other investors. In this way, the bank can make another turn on its investment and minimise its risk on the debts.
Suddenly the market in credit derivatives became the only game in town. Packages of debts were re-packaged, sliced, diced, cut laterally, split lengthways, re-packaged, re-sold, and re-packaged again. The ability to calculate the financial return on these debts, which by now had become something akin to a form of bond, lay in the hands of the clever boys and girls with the Ph.Ds in astrophysics and quantum mathematics. The rest of the wise-guys merely sold them, again, and again and again, and cleaned up on the commissions and made their bonuses, and kept their sales-managers happy!
The problem was that by now, no-body knew where the risky debts, the more risky debts, or even where the debts defined as 'toxic waste' were, and even more important, when and how these debts would be repaid? Just as long as the market sentiment in the worth of these products remained strong, all well and good, but when the market started to look at these products through jaundiced eyes, then the whole edifice began to tremble, then to shake and finally, to wobble.
The problem is that no-one now really knows where or how much of the financial market may be exposed to these risks. We do know that a very large number of institutions have been engaged in what had been a very lucrative market, we know this because informed commentators have been warning about the lack of transparency involved in the credit derivatives markets, for a long time, and for just as long a time, the Regulators, who should have really been minding the shop, have been making vague noises about their concerns about the perceived risks involved.
It was all like playing a global game of pass the parcel, and just hoping and praying that you weren't the one left holding the package when the music stopped!
Well, the music stopped in the
The rest is all too awful to contemplate.
The realities of the outcome are to be measured in the length of the queues lining up outside Northern Rock offices demanding their money back. Even after the Bank of England, (rather rashly) guaranteed their continued existence, and even when the Government stepped in to assure investors that Northern Rock was secure, no-one among the investors was really listening.
The lessons to be learned from the fall-out of this event are salutary.
First of all, it demonstrated beyond peradventure that the good reputation of a financial institution is an insubstantial thing once the clients become worried about the security of their deposits.
Clients no longer have any loyalty for any financial institution because they have been treated so badly and with such total disregard for their interests in recent years. The banks have ridden roughshod over their client's concerns and now they must pay the price when the going gets tough.
Clients are used to seeing their local branches close; never being able to speak to someone who can answer their questions; having to discuss their financial affairs with someone in Mumbai; being badgered to take out a myriad number of insurance products every time they put their head round a branch doorframe; and being ripped and gouged by their bank in costs, hidden charges and grotesque penalty fees.
When a client no longer has any loyalty to the institution with whom he banks, he will not hesitate to get his money out when the fickle finger of fate points in his bank's direction.
Secondly, it should have proved to Gordon Brown and his financial whizz-kids in the Treasury that the greatest number of people no longer believe a word the Government says about anything. When the Bank of England put its support behind Northern Rock, it suddenly became the safest institution in the country. This has not stopped people from getting their savings out, and selling their shares.
Statements of government support became a meaningless echo, as a vast number rushed to divest themselves of their exposure to Northern Rock's sinking reputation. The Government was not managing the crisis.
Any government whose word is worth as little as Gordon Brown's has clearly proven to be, is a government with a credibility crisis, but then, as with the financial institutions, the ordinary man and woman in the UK has watched and listened while this Government has lied and twisted and squirmed and spun and lied again about so many issues, that no-one of any ordinary common sense believes a word they say!
So, let us hope that important lessons will be learned from this mess.
Traditional financial crime, money laundering and terrorism will never cause the same level of threat to a financial market that the abuse of one misplaced derivative product will achieve!
Regulators need to re-learn the lessons of previous times, and spend more time watching the activities of those who have most to gain from the propagation of these exotic products as a means of driving the debt/dependency culture; and act more decisively with regard for better and greater transparency in their application.
Both Government and the financial sector need to act swiftly and decisively to start re-building investor trust and confidence in the sector which we are told is so important to the future well-being of this country. Saving, thrift and self-reliance need to be encouraged; promoting debt and financial dependency is to be discouraged. Savers and investors have been screwed shamelessly by


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Reminder: [CFP] The Third Scala Workshop
Fri, 2012-01-06, 16:28
A gentle reminder... deadline for submitting to the Scala Workshop is Jan 16.One free registration voucher per accepted paper!
best wishes for 2012,adriaan
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Adriaan Moors <adriaan [dot] moors [at] epfl [dot] ch> wrote:
best wishes for 2012,adriaan
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Adriaan Moors <adriaan [dot] moors [at] epfl [dot] ch> wrote:
Dear Lists,
Now is the time to write up your experiences with your Scala library, the tool you have been developing, or any other research that you have been performing in the context of Scala. (Including that revolutionary idea that struck you during one of the legendary scala-debate threads. Shorter papers are also welcome, if they have potential to generate interesting discussions at the workshop.)
More precisely, for the workshop -- the research track of Scala Days -- we seek papers on topics related to Scala, including (but not limited to):
- Language design and implementation – language extensions, optimization, and performance evaluation.
- Library design and implementation patterns for extending Scala – embedded domain-specific languages, combining language features, generic and meta-programming.
- Formal techniques for Scala-like programs – formalizations of the language, type system, and semantics, formalizing proposed language extensions and variants, dependent object types, type and effect systems.
- Concurrent and distributed programming – libraries, frameworks, language extensions, programming paradigms: (Actors, STM, ...), performance evaluation, experimental results.
- Safety and reliability – pluggable type systems, contracts, static analysis and verification, runtime monitoring.
- Tools – development environments, debuggers, refactoring tools, testing frameworks.
- Case studies, experience reports, and pearls
The dates you should mark in your calendar if you're planning on submitting a paper:
- Submission: Jan 16, 2012 (Monday at noon, CET)
- Notification: Feb 20, 2012
- Final revision: Mar 16, 2012
- Workshop: April 17, 2012
I'd also like to extend a big thank you to this year's program committee:
- Nathan Bronson (Facebook)
- Hassan Chafi (Oracle)
- Miguel Garcia (EPFL)
- Cay Horstmann (San Jose State University)
- Nathaniel Nystrom (University of Lugano)
- Bruno Oliveira (Seoul National University)
- Jorge Ortiz (Foursquare)
- Seth Tisue (Northwestern University)
For more information, please consult the full CFP at http://www.scala-lang.org/node/11609.
Whether you intend to submit or not, be sure to mark the date for Scala Days 2012: April 17-18 2012 at the Barbican in London! (Note that registration is not open yet. We will get back to you when we are ready to take your registration.)
Last year, Scala Days brought together almost 300 industry experts and researchers.
looking forward to your submission, and see you there!
Adriaan Moors, program chair


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What the Outside Can Do for the Inside
1. Barrios Unidos Working for Unity
Barrios Unidos works to curtail gang violence on the city streets of California by sponsoring cultural and spiritual programs in the state's prisons. "A lot of these folks are our relatives," says founder Daniel "Nane" Alejándrez, a veteran activist who has worked to forge truces among youth and prison gangs. "We are not the enemy against each other. We need to get these guys to think in a different way."
The organization is based in Santa Cruz County but runs economic development programs in several other areas. At a time when many prison programs have been cut, Barrios Unidos offers classes and helps organize cultural celebrations in prisons every year—Juneteenth, Cinco de Mayo, and St. Patrick's Day—that support social cohesion, trust, and respect. "We are inside," Alejándrez says. "We are talking directly to the guys face to face."—Stuart Glascock
2. Justice Now Empowering Prisoners
The Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla is the largest women's prison in the world, with 3,795 inmates. The world's second largest, holding another 3,306, is the Valley State Prison across the street. Both hold about twice as many inmates as they were designed to handle. Justice Now works inside this grim system to promote health and justice through legal services and prisoner organizing.
Prisoners document human rights abuses in prison, circulate petitions, and write opinion pieces. Currently, five inmates serve on Justice Now's board of directors. Three other directors were released in the last 18 months. "All of our programs are designed to build leadership among people in prison," says executive director Cynthia Chandler. Justice Now recently helped defeat proposed prison expansion legislation in California that would have added capacity for 4,500 additional women prisoners. Inmates worked on the communications strategy and were spokespeople for the 2-year campaign.—S.G.
3. Yoga Helps Prisoners Cope With Stress
The balancing, breathing, and centering of yoga bring immediate results to prisoners, according to Natalie Smith, executive director of Yoga Behind Bars, a nonprofit that promotes yoga to help soothe the rage, anxiety, and hopelessness of life in prison. "Incarceration is an ineffective band-aid for many other problems—homelessness, mental health issues, drug addictions," Smith says. "Antisocial behaviors are the tip of the iceberg. Yoga has the potential to go down below the surface and teach skills like coping with stress."
In 2010, Yoga Behind Bars dispatched 35 trained volunteers to give classes to 1,400 students in jails, prisons, and treatment centers in Washington state, but demand still exceeded supply. "It's so rare that we have the opportunity to be calm behind bars," wrote one participant. "I am so thankful to be able to stretch and meditate while in this stressful place."—S.G.
4. Books to Prisoners: The Reading Connection
Volunteers at Books to Prisoners (BTP) read a thousand handwritten letters each month. Word has gotten around prisons that you can request books from BTP and eventually—it may take six months—a parcel will arrive for you with the books you asked for. There may be a personal note explaining the addition of an extra book you might enjoy. Somebody thought of you as a person with a mind. A window opens a crack.
Seattle-based BTP was started in the early 1970s by people who ran an independent bookstore. It has affiliates in Bellingham and Olympia, Wash., and Portland, Ore. As prison libraries are starved of acquisitions, the most common requests to BTP are for English and Spanish-English dictionaries, African American history and fiction, Native American studies, and GED materials. Beyond these high-demand categories, people behind bars like to read as broadly as the rest of us.
BTP is an all-volunteer effort. Most donations of books and money come
from individuals, including the occasional check that arrives with a
thank-you note from a former inmate. More information at bookstoprisoners.net. —Paige Grant
5. Puppies Hard at Work Behind Bars
Labrador and golden retriever puppies live with inmates through Prison PUP Partnership, one of several training programs across the country that provide meaningful work for inmates and a benefit to people on the outside who need service animals. Puppies Behind Bars is another program based in New York.
Puppies tag along to classes, recreation time, and meals, as prisoners train the animals to open doors, turn on light switches, and pick up objects. The puppies learn about life outside too—cars, traffic, public transportation—on weekend visits to volunteers outside the prison.
The full-time training in prison means dogs in the program are ready to be in service sooner—in about a year—than puppies trained outside. —S.G.
6. Girl Scouts Beyond Bars: Breaking the Cycle
Like Girl Scouts all over the country, the 45 members of Troop 1500 in Austin, Texas, wear the familiar green uniforms, work for merit badges, and sell cookies in February. But their big event is a monthly excursion to Gatesville, Texas, to visit their mothers in prison. They talk, catch up, and hug on those days, but this group of 6 to 17-year-olds also studies life skills, interpersonal communication, and decision-making strategies.
Troop 1500 is one of 30 Girl Scout programs across the United States that support daughters visiting their mothers in prison. The girls also get backup from the social work school at the University of Texas, which works to ease the trauma of separation and stop the family pattern of offending that affects children whose parents were in prison.—S.G.
7. Communication Over Conflict
Inmates are greeted with a handshake when they arrive for Ilene Stark's class in mediation skills at the prison in Monroe, Washington. "Prisoners live in an incredibly intense environment," Stark says. "We try to offer a respite in class."
Almost every week for the past 10 years, professional mediators from the Dispute Resolution Center of Snohomish and Island Counties have volunteered to teach basic mediation classes to inmates at Monroe. The focus is on communication, thinking clearly instead of impulsively, perspective, and compassionate listening. "These are skills we use in mediation, and the men can use them in their everyday lives," said Stark. "Several have told us stories about finding themselves in tense situations, and instead of fighting, they make better choices in the heat of conflict." —S.G.
8. Learning Together and Rethinking the System
School of Second Chances
Inmates who get an education are less likely to reoffend when they're released. So why are prison education programs getting cut?
A college professor schooling the incarcerated was hardly a new idea when Lori Pompa taught her first class inside a Philadelphia city jail 14 years ago. But Pompa brought along her Temple University undergrads. That novel academic exercise, in which "outside" and "inside" students met together once a week for a semester, laid the foundation for the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. The program has since spread to more than 120 colleges in 35 states and will soon be replicated in Canada and Australia.
The experience can be transformative. At a time when the United States
incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world, Inside-Out
has moved thousands of people to rethink the nation's approach to
criminal justice. "It makes the prison system so much more real to you,"
says Christa Henderson, who took an Inside-Out course at Drew
University in New Jersey. "They're actual people. They're not
theoretical masses that you read about in books."
"The hope is that the students go forward and make change," says Pompa. "What could be more profound than two groups of people on either side of these walls coming together to examine serious issues and equally serious solutions?" —Chris Hann
Ex-cons show each other the way out at San Francisco's Delancey Street.
Why the warden of Hawaii's only women's prison creates a sanctuary for its residents.
Instead of prison, New Zealand chooses restorative justice and community problem-solving


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In an aged cemetery, beneath a leaning evergreen, on a morning warm with the promise of summer, Marine Cpl. Christian Scott Cotner was laid to rest Saturday with full military honors.
Cotner, 20, was killed May 30 in Iraq during his first tour of duty in the war zone. Details surrounding his death have not been released.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell was among the crowd of about 500 mourners who attended the service. Rell said she was there to share the family's loss and pay her respects. "Losing a child is every mother and father's worst nightmare," she said.
Other top state officials in attendance included Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and Comptroller Nancy Wyman.
"I went to school with Scott and also worked with him at Roller Magic," Amy Percy, of Naugatuck, said before the service. "I always remember him as being funny. He could always make me laugh. He was just a sweetheart."
Percy also remembered Cotner as being gung-ho. "He always talked about the Marines. He really wanted to go over there."
Another friend, Lauren Galanti, of Waterbury, said Cotner's death brought home the reality of the war.
"Until I heard about it, I never thought much about Iraq," Galanti said. "When I realized Christian isn't coming back, I realized the war is real."
One person not surprised by the large turnout was Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura. "Waterbury is a very patriotic city," he said. "We support our own."
Shortly before 9 a.m., 146 members of the Patriot Guard Riders arrived on their motorcycles. The group, which consists of many ex-service members, often attends services of fallen soldiers.
After dismounting their bikes, Patriot Guard Riders took up large American flags and lined the road into the cemetery.
"As we drove up and saw the flags, I started to cry," Rell said.
When the motorcade following the hearse bearing Cotner's body arrived, it was led into the cemetery by a riderless horse with a pair of backward boots in the stirrups. The horse, named Melody, is owned by Marine Rick Kowalker of Cromwell and was making its 169th appearance at a service member's funeral.
The casket was unloaded by a contingent of Marines. As is tradition, a Marine stays with the body from the time it arrives back into this country until the time of interment, Staff Sgt. James Battisti said.
Following prayers, the Marine guard unfolded the flag that had covered the casket and held it spread out as a squad of Marine riflemen fired a three volley salute.
The flag was then refolded and presented to Cotner's parents. Cotner's mother, Karen, her son's dog tags hanging from her neck, gently stroked the tightly folded flag for the rest of the service.
A memorial service at First Congregational Church in Waterbury followed the burial.


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Soccer Player Saves Life of Opponent Who Swallowed His Tongue in Freak Accident [VIDEO]
Sportsmanship and humanity were on display full force recently in a Ukrainian Premier League soccer match when one player saved the life of an opponent after a scary collision.
The above video is not in English, but it's still compelling and frightening.
Dnipro midfielder Jaba Kankava rushed to the aide of Dynamo Kiev's Oleg Gusev after swallowed his tongue when he got hit by the goalie's knee while going for the ball.
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For a visually appealing presentation, top servings with very thin slices of pecorino, an Italian cheese made from sheep's milk. The aged cheese is firm and dry; the flavor is sharper than Parmesan. For convenience, make the salad using canned or frozen fava beans, which are available in ethnic markets and many supermarkets.
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3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
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For the salad
One 19-ounce can fava beans, drained and rinsed
¼ cup chopped red bell pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
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The Northern Dimension is a joint policy between EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland. The ND Policy was initiated in 1999 and renewed in 2006. The policy aims at providing a framework to:
In addition to the four ND Partners namely EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland, also participating are:
The policy covers a broad geographic area, from the European Arctic and Sub-Arctic to the southern shores of the Baltic Sea, countries in the vicinity and from north-west Russia in the east, to Iceland and Greenland in the west.
The renewed ND policy was launched at the Helsinki Summit in November 2006, which adopted a ND Political Declaration and ND Policy Framework Document.
To facilitate ND sectorial cooperation and project implementation, four sectorial Partnerships have been established to deal with the following thematic issues:
An ND Institute (NDI) and ND Business Council (NDBC) have been established to involve academia and business community into ND cooperation.
The ND Institute maintains the website and provides updated information about ND on Twitter (@ND_Institute).
ND cooperation is based on the principle of co-financing. Over the years, the EU has contributed close to €100m to support the ND aims, out of which the biggest share, €84m has been allocated to the ND Environmental Partnership's Support Fund (NDEP Support Fund). The total value of the NDEP Support Fund exceeds €330m, EU and Russia being the major donors.
In addition, the EU has supported the other Partnerships' project activities. EU funding for the ND has also been externally evaluated. EU Member States and other partners, including Russia, have also provided considerable co-funding to the cooperation.
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Bombs exploded outside two police stations in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Friday and Britain temporarily cut staff at its embassy in Tripoli because of security fears.
The blasts, which caused damage but no casualties, were the latest signs of insecurity in Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
The government has also struggled to keep order in the capital Tripoli, where the French embassy was bombed less than three weeks ago. Armed groups seized control of two government ministries a few days later to press demands on parliament and have refused to leave until the prime minister steps down.
"Given the security implications of the ongoing political uncertainty, the British Embassy is temporarily withdrawing a small number of staff," an embassy statement said, adding that the mission would continue to operate as usual.
A British embassy source said the decision was prompted by the ministry sieges, along with concerns that rival armed groups could clash at demonstrations organized in the capital.
Hundreds of government supporters marched on the Foreign Ministry in Tripoli on Friday chanting: "We will sacrifice our souls and blood for legitimacy."
A Reuters witness said that members of the armed group that has held the building under siege for almost two weeks scattered from its gates, while others retreated to the ministry grounds.
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The killings failed to inflict much political damage on the Obama administration but a congressional hearing this week provided an airing for opposition Republican accusations of negligence and a cover-up.
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For the time being, Libya is seeking only technical cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - a relatively low-level relationship with the bank.
Libya is not short of cash, but lacks the institutions and processes for spending the vast oil wealth it has accumulated. More than two years after Gaddafi was slain, armed groups that helped topple him are still more powerful than the state in large swathes of the oil-producing North African desert country.
"The central bank governor said they have $130 billion in reserves but no state institutions," said a source close to Libya's discussions with the EBRD bank.
Additional reporting by Carolyn Cohn in Istanbul and Feras Bosalum in Benghazi; Editing by Michael Roddy


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I am a bit belated on this post. I've been cleaning my apartment in plans for a visitor coming to stay and it's been taking up a lot of my time. Today's paper doll is the last of the Jessica things, so there will be a new short run paper doll starting next Sunday, unless I get too busy to post it which might happen. Life is full of surprises.
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My favorite thing about this set of paper doll clothes is the orange sweater. It's SO orange, but I also love the brightness of the color. Plus my Vogue magazine tells me Orange is the color of the season. And would Vogue lie to me? Of course not.
I'm not totally pleased with how the gray dress turned out. I think the trim looks a little flat and should be more curved and I have mixed feelings about her shoes, but I'm trying to stay positive about the paper doll since in general I like it.


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Artifact Details
TitleWandry patent notebook (#825)
Catalog Number102723972
AuthorWandry, Warner
Biographical NotesWarner Wandry worked at Fairchild form 1964 to 1972. A 1968 R&D organization chart shows him as a Technical Specialist reporting to E. Meieran in the Silicon Materials Section of the Materials and Processes Department managed by Ross Tucker. His notebooks indicate that he was responsible for providing services to the engineering staff, including preparing specimens and photographing wafers, die, and package materials using optical and SEM techniques.
PublisherFairchild Semiconductor
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ExtentTypically 40 to 44 per page on approximately 76 filled pages.
Dimensions12 x 10 inches
DescriptionThis is the fifth in a series of "Photo Log" books it continues the record of (904). It provides a continuing record of optical and SEM photographs requested by members of the engineering staff. Data recorded included; photo #, mount style, date, magnification employed, description of the device or task and the requesting engineer's name (the customer). Many of the photographs are mounted in the respective engineer's notebooks. These records could be used to identify the products and type of analysis being undertaken by the customer engineers during this period.
Wandry authored 10 volumes that were used as log books to record details of tasks performed. Several books serving different purposes were maintained concurrently. The others are: 260, 471, 472, 473, 781, 904, 1399, Photo, and Work.
Collection TitleFairchild Semiconductor notebooks and technical papers
PublicationsThe author contributed to the following R&D Technical Reports (TR) papers during his service at Fairchild:
TR 130 A comparison of etches for dislocations in silicon. Appendix: determination of dislocation density in silicon (1963-07-29).
TR142 Examination and evaluation of Hewlett Packard Associates hot electron diodes (1963-10-08).


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The place where the walls meet the floor defines the size of a room both physically and visually. You can't alter the location of your walls without a construction crew, but using living room decor that emphasizes the wall's height draws the eye up and makes the room appear bigger. To accomplish this hang floor–length curtains close to the ceiling, use tall bookshelves to compel guests to look up or install crown molding.
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