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Depending upon comments the EPA gathers, industry may have to or not have to close out their coal ash containment ponds within five years.
On May 4, 2010, EPA issued its long-awaited proposal to manage coal ash – the byproduct of burning coal to generate power. The agency proposed two quite different approaches for regulating coal ash, somewhat to the consternation of critics, who had hoped for more stringent regulation.
Coal ash contains, among other substances, mercury, cadmium and arsenic. According to EPA's risk assessment, these contaminants could leach into groundwater and migrate to drinking water sources. The proposed rule is intended to prevent the type of disaster that occurred in 2008, when a coal ash containment pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in eastern Tennessee ruptured and spilled more than 5 million cu. yards of ash across approximately 300 acres. The cleanup is estimated to cost $1.2 billion.
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The proposal presents two options and calls on the public for comments to address the risks of coal ash management under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The first option from RCRA Subtitle C creates a comprehensive program of federally enforceable requirements for materials designated as hazardous waste. The second option includes remedies under Subtitle D, which gives EPA authority to set performance standards for waste management facilities and would be primarily enforced through citizen suits.
Under either approach, the so-called Bevill exemption for beneficial uses of coal ash could be applied. EPA acknowledges that large quantities of coal ash are used today in concrete, cement, wallboard and other contained applications.
There are key differences between RCRA Subtitle C and Subtitle D regulation. For example, under Subtitle C, stringent regulations apply to the storage of materials in containers, tanks and containment buildings. For surface impoundments built before the final rule is issued, solids would need to be removed and the impoundment would need to meet land disposal restrictions and be retrofitted with a liner within five years of the effective date. For impoundments built after the effective date of the rule, they must meet land disposal restrictions and liner requirements and would eventually phase out the use of new surface impoundments. Federally enforceable permits also would be required.
In contrast, under Subtitle D, surface impoundments not retrofitted with a composite liner would need to cease accepting coal combustion residuals within five years of the rule's effective date and be closed. In addition, no requirements would apply for storage in containers, tanks, or containment buildings. No permit would be required.
Differences between RCRA Subtitle C and Subtitle D have long been recognized as significant, the latter being substantially less costly and stringent. Some public interest groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, expressed disappointment with EPA's decision to propose both approaches as options, believing the Subtitle C regulation is plainly required. Industry groups, on the other hand, praised EPA for keeping an open mind.
EPA allowed 90 days for comment, seeking remarks on how best to frame the continued exemption of beneficial uses in the regulation, and particularly on whether the exemption should exclude certain non-contained applications where contaminants in coal ash could pose risks to human health. Stakeholders on both sides of the debate are expected to comment, leaving the agency another opportunity to select the final approach. PE


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Nearly 90% of Young Alumni Say Going to College Was Worth It, Survey Finds
Young alumni generally feel positive about their undergraduate experience, and almost 90 percent of them in a recent survey said their higher education had been worth the time and money it took to obtain.
The American Council on Education commissioned the national poll about young-alumni satisfaction earlier this year, and followed it up with a similar poll of 22 institutions that volunteered to participate. Four hundred randomly selected alumni between the ages of 25 and 39 were questioned for the national survey. Another 400 in all from the 22 institutions answered identical questions.
Respondents expressed broad satisfaction with their undergraduate experience. Eighty-nine percent of respondents said their college experience had been worth it, and 85 percent said their education had prepared them at least adequately well for the jobs they now held.
About 80 percent of alumni said they would attend the same undergraduate institution if given the chance, though the number was higher at four-year than at two-year colleges.
Officials at the council and at various colleges surveyed said they were heartened by the alumni support and expressed a bit of surprise at exactly how positive respondents were about their educational experiences.
"For something that takes this much time and this much money, it still draws a nearly unanimous declaration of its value," said the council's president, Molly C. Broad.
Officials said the poll provided a strong argument against government officials who were thinking about cutting support for higher education.
"The average elected official would kill to have such a positive rating as we have in higher education," said Kevin P. Reilly, president of the University of Wisconsin system, one of the institutions that took part in the survey.
Also among the 22 institutions were New York University and Miami Dade College. The poll results, released on Monday, do not list the other participants, other than to note that the group included both four-year institutions and community colleges.
Twenty-eight percent of respondents said that the most important role for colleges and universities was to prepare students for employment, while 31 percent said teaching students how to think critically was most important.
The poll also provided interesting insight about how young alumni think about paying for college. Forty percent of respondents said students and their families should be primarily responsible for financing their higher education, while 30 percent put that responsibility on the federal government and 20 percent put it on states. Community-college students were more likely to say government should be primarily responsible.
Along the same lines, 52 percent of respondents said institutions rather than the federal or state governments should be responsible for keeping higher education affordable.
Despite rising costs over the past few years, about three-fourths of respondents said the cost of tuition was fair.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — As Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Hollywood Casino 400 wore on, it became clear the driver who best avoided mayhem in a race that included a track-record 15 cautions for 71 laps was going to be the winner.
That ended up being Kevin Harvick, the same guy who started up front.
Harvick, driver of the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet, started on the pole and led eight times for 138 laps, both race-highs, on the way to his third victory of the year.
Harvick led the final 66 laps, winning by 1.140 seconds over Kurt Busch, with Jeff Gordon finishing third.
"It was an interesting weekend to say the least," said Harvick, who climbed to third in points, 25 behind leader Matt Kenseth. "Obviously everybody was battling the tires and the track, and I think it was like driving on a razor blade.
"To sit on the pole and win the race is obviously a great weekend. (We're) controlling our own destiny by doing that, putting ourselves closer to where we need to be with the championship race. We'll just keep having fun and keep doing what we're doing."
Sunday's race was eventful from the get go, with Danica Patrick wrecking in the first corner on the first lap.
Many of the Chase drivers would experience problems later in the race, with Kyle Busch, who began the day third in points (12 off Kenseth's lead) wrecking out of the race on lap 200. He finished 34th and is fifth in the standings, 35 behind Kenseth. Ryan Newman also wrecked and finished 35th.
Kenseth had his own struggles but persevered for an 11th-place finish and holds a three-point lead in the Chase over Jimmie Johnson, who was sixth.
Drivers struggled all weekend with the new tires that Goodyear brought to Kansas, and that situation was magnified by cold weather, with the temperature not getting out of the mid-50s. That made the track surface, repaved in 2012, extremely treacherous.
"It was like driving two different cars," Harvick said. "Out front it was not even close and in traffic you were just another one of the cars and had a lot of trouble.
"That made the restarts really important. Everybody would get really aggressive on the restarts and try to make up spots because that was the place that you had to do it."
"We've just got to keep doing what we did today to be a contender," said Harvick's car owner, Richard Childress. "I don't think top 10s will win a championship when you're racing Jimmie Johnson and the group of guys that's up there.
"We've been there before and hopefully this time we can pull it off."
Kurt Busch also had a good points day, improving from ninth to seventh with his second-place finish, but he is still 47 points out of the lead.
Busch started at the back after wrecking in Saturday's first practice.
"What an unbelievable drive," Busch said. "We battled hard to come back from 41st. We did this in a backup car. It just shows the strength of this team.
"We haven't quite had the start to the Chase that we wanted, but overall we have two top-fives out of four races. That's not bad."
Gordon's third-place finish puts him fourth in the standings, 32 points out of first.
"It was a great day, obviously a great finish for us,'' Gordon said. "You're just really pushing to get all that you can get."
Chase drivers Joey Logano and Carl Edwards finished fourth and fifth, while Johnson, Paul Menard, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Marcos Ambrose and Aric Almirola rounded out the top 10.
Emporia native Clint Bowyer finished 14th after starting 22nd. He fell from eighth to ninth in the Chase standings.


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"unexpected downtime", announces the publisher. This affected logins to the services which in the case of Origin, meant games were unplayable.
Online accounts, current customer support cases, community forums etc. all suffered downtime with EA "monitoring this outage" and working fast to solve it.
Not long ago EA alluded to an extensive attack being launched against Battlefield 3's servers which knocked the service offline. It's unclear whether this is similar.
"The EA and Origin login function is currently down, as well as Answer HQ. This means that you will likely be unable to login to access your account online, cases, forum posts, or contact a Game Advisor. Some titles are also experiencing a temporary outage and may not load or be accessible online at this time," announced EA.
"Our team is monitoring this outage and are working to restore normal access as soon as possible." They advise users to keep an eye on EA's posted article to stay up-to-date on the matter.
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Hey everyone! I need some help with a couple cakes. 1st one- the client wants a tie dye effect with fondant, pink camouflage daisies and a pink tiara with the birthday girls name on tiara. She wants 2 tiers. With a tie dye vanilla cake. So my ? Is how do I make this "flow"
2nd cake- I have the design down but not sure if I should use a non edible Dora doll or sculpt it myself and not sure of flavors...she left everything from design to flavors up to me. I Don't like to use non edible components but a few friends have mentioned how their kids just love the "keepsakes" any input would be greatly appreciated...thanks
Tie dye and camo, now there's a combination just begging to be topped with a tiara. I think just make the tie dye the same pink scheme as the camo (I think pink camo is usually one or two shades of pink plus cream and grey, right?), and it'll work. I'd do tie dye on one tier and the camo daisies on the other.
For the Dora cake, keep in mind that making your own doll is probably a trademark violation. If you're selling this cake, it's safer to use a purchased figure. If the cake is for a kids' birthday party I wouldn't worry too much about amazing flavors; a simple white or chocolate is fine.
Tie-dye suggestion ===use a cheap brush and pounce on colours all over cake. Maybe stick to 3 colours. A big brush is better. Overlap the colours if you want. I am trying to remember if I used lemon juice over fondant to get colours to stick or maybe a crisco sheen. Did this about 3 years ago. If using buttercream let it firm up a bit and don't hit too hard with brush.
Have to warn you the colour gets all over because you are dusting cake. So you might want to put paper or plastic wrap on work area..... Not to mention clothes got a bit messy. ( It was a 3 tier wedding cake so alot got dusted).
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We're about as big of Cars fans as they come, so you can imagine our giddiness when we were asked to preview the Cars 2 spy sequel at none other than Pixar Studios in their private screening room. In between our tour of the facilities and schmoozing with Pixar animators, we had a chance to chat with John Lasseter, Cars 2 director and the creative genius behind some of your favourite Pixar films, including Toy Story 1, 2 and 3, A Bug's Life and the original Cars. Here's some of what he had to say:
Canadian Family: A big part of the Pixar movies is the fact that it appeals to both parents and kids. How do you strike that balance?
John Lasseter: We make movies that we like to watch. So often a family film is made for kids and it doesn't hold the parent. Other times what you think is a family film is inappropriate. The family audience is so important to me, and it's everybody. So we set out to make films that work for women and men, boys and girls, teenagers, young adults who don't have kids, parents, grandparents and kids. And mostly it is about really smart story telling, with really great characters and very, very, inventive worlds. Every Pixar film is original and I can guarantee you that you will come into a Pixar film and you will see things that you've never seen before in your life, every single one, and Cars 2 especially.
CF: As in all Pixar films, there are great actors in Cars 2. Do people ever come up to you asking to be in the films?
JL: It's interesting, early in Pixar's history it was hard to get some actors to be a part of an animated film. But I think because of Pixar's track record of great filmmaking, and especially if an actor or an actress has a family, they want to be in a Pixar film. So we now do get calls often. But we don't cast our actors for how big of a star they are. We match the personality of the actor with the personality of the part and then we look for how they can make the part their own. We don't want people to be like hey isn't that so-and-so's voice in the movie? I want people to get sucked into the story and just be caught up with great characters.
CF: Obviously you've had a lot of success, but do you have your own personal measure of success?
JL: There was one moment in particular that I think about all the time. It was just after the first Toy Story and I had taken my family down to Disney World because I heard there was going to be a Toy Story parade. We were flying home (and it was back in the day when people could come meet people at the gate) and when I got off the plane I saw a little boy, about four years old, standing with his mom. He was holding a Woody the Cowboy doll and he couldn't wait to show it to his dad, who was getting off the plane. It was my first experience seeing a character that I created outside of our studio and Disney. The look on his face and excitement that he showed was like, wow. I thought to myself, this character does not belong to me anymore it belongs to him. And so honestly, I think about that little boy nearly every day as I make these films because it is so representative of that fact that we succeed at what we do.
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Do you really think that Broward legal and political heavyweight Justin Sayfie, when he's up in his Ft. Lauderdale law office, above, cares a whit about the future Quality of Life of Hallandale Beach residents, taxpayers and business owners? If he did, he wouldn't be making campaign contributions to Joy Cooper after her reign of ruin the past ten years, where easily-solved problems from years ago are still everywhere you look around town, owing to her self-evident myopia and her towering ego.Why did prominent Republican lawyer/lobbyist and media impresario Justin Sayfie's law firm make a $500 contribution to chronically ineffective, notoriously thin-skinned and reflexively-Liberal Democrat Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper's re-election campaign?
Because he is the establishment and she's the former elected president of the Florida League of Cities, and like all members of the business establishment in Broward who are true believers in crony capitalism, access is more important than any ideas or convictions or... anything
Yes, you make a real mistake in ascribing noble motives to Sayfie in the abstract that are not at all deserved. He and or his law firm want something.
It's that simple.
The record of the $500 check from Sayfie Law Firm is on page three of Cooper's Campaign Treasurer's report for the period ending in mid-July.
And if you've ever spent any time in Hallandale Beach or around the mayor, you will NOT be surprised to discover that the entry is written down incorrectly as "Sayfe."
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Yes, the one right above one of the four $500 checks that she received from ATS, American Traffic Solutions, the Red-Light Camera folks in Phoenix who just love the mayor for being so supportive of their efforts.
My July 23, 2012 blog post mentioned this beneficial relationship previously:
Follow the money? Okay, here it is: $2,000 on page 3 of Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper's most-recently filed Treasurer's Report is from American Traffic Solutions-related entities who support installation of Red-Light Cameras. Like what she railroaded thru in HB. What are friends for, after all?
Reminder: It's less than two weeks until the professional corporate backscratchers and lobbyists return to South Florida to conduct their "educational" seminars with FL mayors at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Hollywood.
I'll bet I can guess who one of the 'belles of the ball' will be... with money to show for it in one of her upcoming campaign Treasury report...
And I wonder if ATS will be there, perhaps being introduced to other mayors by Joy Cooper...
And I wonder if ATS will be there, perhaps being introduced to other mayors by Joy Cooper...
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re Public civility -Since we can't count on a competitive, energized and attentive South Florida press corps to point these sorts of hypocrisies out like we once could, I'm happy to remind you of this simple fact: There's what Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper says, and then there's what she actually says and does, and all the evidence to date clearly shows that civility is NOT her middle name; @MayorCooper


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I'm sorry, I just can't do it. I keep trying to sit through TNA, I keep giving it chance after chance but it just isn't good. Granted I have been watching wrestling for over 30 years. I've been through WWF (since the early 80's), NWA, World Class, AWA, WCW, Smokey Mountain, and WWE. I have always loved WWF/E best and always will. At one point I liked TNA but they are falling into the WCW trap. Also, for all the heat the divas get, the knoockouts are not any better, they are worse. Mickie James, who was great in WWE, her moves are contrived and predictable. Mike Tenay is the worst cc EVER! I feel bad for Taz. The factions are growing in number or just adding their numbers. The storylines never end or follow no direction. Ric Flair (who has never been the man in my eyes and the most overrated wrestler ever) shows it in TNA. Abyss a monster? Then why does he lose every feud? Just saw "the Freak" get squashed. Oh look, Ric Flair jobbing, but he does the same moves that everyone bitches about Cena, but lair has been around for 40 years. Abyss just got squashed. Wait... SupeAbyss and SuperFreak (heehee) and SuperMorgan are all going at it. I hope you note the sarcasm. The fans are pretty quite too. It's bad when you can hear one or two individuals. The "secret" backstage cameras are just awful. Are we expected to believe they're really being spied on? Lame. Jeff Hardy is the anit-Christ? Is it because prison awaits him? They've destroyed A.J. Styles and made him a total tool. Do we really need to see a real life Jarett-Angle drama play out? My seven year old writes better stories than this. I do appreciate some of the wrestlers in TNA. However, the same trite storylines, the WCW wannabes, and just a lot of bad and bothced wrestling makes TNA unwatchable. I'll try again in a few weeks. I'll read your blogs and posts to keep me up to speed but my guess is I won't be missing much. Dear God, now they are complaining about a rookie referee. Now some witty comentary by RVD, Anderson, and Dreamer. I can;t wait for Kren Angel's exposse! Who opened the door for Kurt! Tell us Tenay! I know I can just change the channel but it's a car wreck. I want to look away but I need fodder for when WWE gets blasted.


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No confidence vote for Five Islands School head
About 70% of staff from the only secondary school on the Isles of Scilly have submitted a vote of no confidence in a head teacher who was suspended.
The 49 employees of Five Islands School made their views known through a whistle-blowing procedure, the Isles of Scilly Council said.
Bryce Wilby was suspended in May. He said any investigation would show he had done nothing wrong.
A report in to the matter is expected in two to three weeks' time.
Whistle-blowing 'taken seriously'
Five Islands School is a Church of England school and is controlled by the island's council. It has about 250 students.
When Mr Wilby was suspended, the school's governing body and the council said "an issue" was being looked into.
They later said "apparent financial irregularities" were being investigated after a routine audit of finances.
However, the council said the issues were separate from the events surrounding the suspension.
In response to the no-confidence vote, the director of adult and children's community services, Penny Penn-Howard, said the local authority took all whistle-blowing very seriously, and it was determined to fully investigate all issues at the school.
She added that attempts were being made to improve morale using a consultant head teacher from North Somerset Council.
Mr Wilby, who had been the school's head teacher for more than three years, previously told the BBC he was confident any investigation would show he had done nothing wrong.
The council said a report into the situation would be presented to the school's governing body in two to three weeks' time.


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by Sue Stein
As if he had been poured
in tar, he lies
on a pillow of turf
and seems to weep
the black river of himself
–from the poem The Grauballe Man by Seamus Heaney
One of the many bog mummies recovered from peat bogs in Northern Europe, Grauballe man's remains were preserved due to the unique chemistry and pH level of the bogs. Bodies found in these bogs were mummified by means of highly acidic water, lack of oxygen, and low temperatures cause the tannins in the water turn the corpse's skin to a leather-like consistency, while allowing the internal organs to be preserved. In many cases, the bones are dissolved by the acidic conditions, leaving the body to resemble a hollow bag. Other bogs may preserve only the bones, but not the rest of the body – it all depends on the chemistry of the particular bog.
In order to be preserved so completely, the body needs to be completely submerged below the surface, so that the microorganisms that need oxygen to hasten the decomposition process are unable to do their work. Skin, hair, nails, brain, and internal organs can survive, as can clothing made of wool and leather.
Earliest Account of Bog Mummy Discovery
Peat has been used as fuel for centuries; it was originally cut by hand from the bogs, but now machines extract the peat in layers. The earliest account of the discovery of a bog mummy dates to the early 1400's, when peasants cutting peat in Bonsdorp, Germany found the remains of a man. They reported their find to a priest, who told them to leave the body alone and not give it a Christian burial, because it was obvious that the elves that were known to inhabit the bogs lured the man to his death.
Hundreds of bog mummies have been uncovered accidentally by workers harvesting the peat, with documented records of finds as far back as the 1700's. Unfortunately, once a body is exhumed from its resting place in its watery grave, it quickly begins to decompose. Many of the bog bodies uncovered prior to effective conservation techniques deteriorated in this manner. Thus, few have been preserved for modern scientists and archaeologists to examine and investigate.
The bodies found were in many cases so well preserved that they looked as if they'd only recently died, but most were in fact thousands of years old, even dating back to more than 10,000 years old. The majority of the bog bodies known today date from the Northern European Iron Age, roughly 700-100 BC. The oldest is the Koelbjerg woman, Neolithic skeletal remains of a 20 year-old woman found in Denmark, dating to 10,000 years ago.
Confronted by these corpses, many of which looked to be recently deceased, many medieval to modern-day villagers opted to rebury them in churchyards, while other bodies were destroyed or left to rot due to ignorance, superstition, or fear. Some of the bodies were instead ground up to be sold as "mummy" (or mumia), which was used as a medicine from the 12th to the latter part of the 18th century. Egyptian mummies were the original source of this "medicine", but in many cases it was cheaper and easier to use other sources, such as the bog mummies. Why were these people buried in the bogs? Were they the victims of murder, ritual sacrifice, or did they just fall in?
Read this and other great stories in the March/April 2013 of FATE! Purchase the e-edition here.
Sue Stein has had a life-long interest in historical oddities. She is the Managing Editor of FATE Magazine and lives in Minnesota.


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Fallout 3
Picking up the trail help. Where is Rothchild?
Ok so I spoke to Elder Lyons etc, and checked the computer that told me about Vault 87. It now asks me to go tell Rothchild about what i learned. Problem is I cant find him!
The quest marker is pointing out in the middle of nowhere up near Big Town, and when I go there I find nothing, and it's then aimed with a dotted ling back to the Citadel and then to where Im standing. I'm guessing that is where Vault 87 is, but I cannot find it, and Im suppose to be talking to Rothchild. Is my game glitched? I wandered the whole Citadel and couldnt find him.
Help anyone?
I've done all sidequests as I learnt once u finish u finish, so there isnt anything else I can do, and my last save is like hours ago!
jimmy_maz - 8 years ago
Top Voted Answer
I found him near Dr li in the citadel lab, he is wearing a red robe and the vault tec headquarters is in the same lab.
couger81 - 7 years ago
Scribe Rothchild was in the lab area of the citadel both before I accessed the vault tec pc and after I found out about vault 87. A marker on bigtown? It's either a glitch or your self-made marker was on Big Town while you had the Picking up the trail quest active. There's no reason for him to leave the Citadel. Check the lab again, I found him in front of the Liberty robot talking to Elder Lyons
gold_prevalence - 8 years ago
Um, IF your game is glitching, I found the Vault-Tec headquarters, and there's a computer that gives you the location of all of the vaults, including 87. I'm not exactly sure where it's at, but the Vault-Tec headquarters is somewhere in the DC ruins.
Bahamut_42 (Expert) - 8 years ago
Yea mine is doing the same thing, there are two markers and one is in the citadel and the other is in the middle of nowhere. I wonder if i go to where the vault is, cause i can just find where it is, if the game will continue. But this is really making me mad too, and I better be able to continue the game. I am gonna try to find some other answers
IROBOT_546 - 8 years ago
Rothchild is A kid in little lamp light. if you have the perk(Child at Heart)he will let you in to the caves(the location of Vault 87)
If you don't have the perk you have to do the quest Rescue from Paradise then you can go in to the caves and go get the G.E.C.K.
glock_187 - 8 years ago
glock... it is mayor maccready.. not rothchild. Rothchild is a scribe in BoS
MoonPhoenix - 8 years ago
Hey yeah same thing happened to me. I don't know what to do now because Rothchild is nowhere to be found.
xbox900assassin - 8 years ago
Try reloading to the latest save before you checked out the terminal. Worked for me, I found him walking around the Courtyard with Elder Lyons. Hope that helps.
xbox900assassin - 8 years ago
Yeah, same thing's happening to me. I know where Vault 87 is, so I'm just going to go there. I dont think talking to Rothchild will be necessary.
bleh32_ - 8 years ago
The same thing hapend to me i tryed fast traveling to one spot and back, waiting for days and going away and doing other quests for a while and nothing worked so i started a new game and the it worked rothchild was there and i beat the game.
spazz1994 - 8 years ago
I had trouble with this once when I did this, I just decided to go stright to vault 87, but i found him later, He's always wanderig around in the underworkings of the citidel, usually in the lab, but in the end you dont even have to talk to him. Although, If you get Broken Steel you can give him cameras and sensor devices, so if you want to make caps that way finding him is going to catch up with you and be a pain in the ass (every time I've gone to sell him my cameras, I cant find him for like 4 minuets)
RisenImperfect - 7 years ago
Glad to hear I wasn't the only one with rot-child problems. (In my game he was stuck in a room near the lab.) You need to find Vault 87 by yourself. Start of by heading towards little lamplight and through those caverns. images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/7/73/LL_loc.jpg Here's one map to help locate it. (I know it sucks, but try to look at the roads on this map to figure out where LL is.
MaKoNes10 - 7 years ago
This is a game glitch. I think if you try to fully explore the beds at night all around the citidel, youll find him. This happend to me once when i was blowing thorough dialogue way 2 fast. Rothchild frequents the bottom lab and A Ring. If your game clock is about near midnight start looking on beds all around the citital. When rothchild istnt working he generally sleeps late and wakes up very early in the morning. Rothchild has whiite hair and is blading wearing as mentioned before the red scribe robe.
GameGrudge - 7 years ago
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The playoffs of the Beacon M.S. 158 Back-to-School Basketball Tournament kicked-off at the Queens, NY middle school Monday night.
The evening's spectators enjoyed three contests in the first round of the one-and-done playoffs. All of the nightcaps began with teams neck-and-neck, but, in the end, revealed which team could bend with the breeze and which would break under pressure.
Let's take a look at the first two games of the night.
Cardozo High School B v. St. Mary's (52-45, 'Dozo)
The game stayed quite close for the stretch of regulation time. In this high-energy and intense contest, Cardozo saw major contributions from Dwayne Brunson, who netted a game-high 18 points in the first match-up of the evening. Both squads executed strong defensive sets, making it difficult to go on an effective run.
St. Mary's kept the margins within three and four often throughout the contest, but couldn't stifle Cardozo when it began to pull away. Ultimately, Cardozo edged St. Mary's 52-45. Along with Brunson, Cardozo-B also saw some contributions from Shelton Mickell (13 points) and Terrence Carter (nine points).
Beacon v. Q.H.S.T. (56-44, Beacon)
In yet another close match-up that looked as if it would be a photo-finish, Beacon and Q.H.S.T. battled on both sides of the hardwood- for buckets and boards- to surge ahead. However, everything was knotted at 25 by the break.
At times, both squads seemed to let the fast pace of the game control their momentum. And, players ended up just trying to score baskets without any proper consideration for how to set up and execute plays. As a result, the flow of the contest became irregular and each team was plagued with turnovers and no substantial runs.
But, the tide changed late in the second half. In the final 6:05 of regulation, Beacon went on a monstrous 18-3 run to close out the game in its favor. Beacon began to warm up after a few buckets by Trevor Stark, making the score 42-41. The game had taken on its last and final lead change of the contest, as the thrashing continued with rain from the wing and a few inside jobs by Beacon.
Stark led Beacon with a game-high 20 points, while teammate Steph Metard netted 12 points in the contest.


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X Factor final 8 recap
Joelle rocked a big neck decoration on The X Factor
"What is this?" was Foo's response on Tuesday night's X Factor as he realised it was Jiordan versus Joelle in the bottom two.
To paraphrase Hemingway, never ask what this is Foo, this is the result of your mentoring.
As the judges have bickered (or possibly faux-bickered) over the last few weeks, the show has become more about them than their charges.
Judges divided: Ronan Keating out of synch with his colleagues on The X Factor
This week Foo seemed to discover Cold Chisel and since last night he will have been informed more than a few times how to pronounce Imbruglia (that's a silent 'g' Foo) which has the Australian audiences in a tizz, but ultimately while Foo has been a great on-screen personality this year, has he really given his contestants the best shot?
Last night, as the continental drift paced Luke Jacobz had Nat screaming with joy as JTR were saved and Omar close to an emotional collapse as he was saved from the sing-off, Foo learned another popular Australian word: gobsmacked.
His "girls" were left to sing it out.
JTR turn the pyro up to 11 on The X Factor
Joelle - A Thousand Miles, Vanessa Carlton
The audience give Joelle a huge cheer for coming on stage. There's a sense of pity as though she's been a bottom dweller all series, she was good last night.
The angst of this song and its tone match Joelle's voice and style but she looks a bit defeated.
Punk fairy Jiordan on The X Factor
"I don't want to let this go" sings Joelle and this feels like a goodbye.
She puts all she's got in to the last chorus.
Rating: 7/10 - A huge sadness pervaded that song
Jiordan - Torn, Natalie Imbruglia
Foo says she's been under the weather lately in the introduction and perhaps it has affected her.
Jiordan comes out and is attempting to recreate Imbruglia's hit in like-for-like fashion, she is also doing just a little bit of body language which is hugely reminiscent of the famous YouTube clip.
Her singing is a bit pitchy, then a lot pitchy. Jiordan also seems a bit defeated, but where Joelle put the emotion into her performance in tone, Jiordan is pushing her voice off key.
Rating: 5/10 - Not really a spot saving song
Ronan: Feeling for Foo, Ronan says we finally saw the best of Joelle on Sunday and that she sang well tonight but isn't sure. If it's taken five weeks to get this far, will it get any better? He feels Jiordan's been great all along but has had a bad week, including a poor "over-cooked" performance tonight. Based on his gut he votes to send home Joelle.
Nat: They've both got great voices and that they've both given good and bad performances. Joelle has finally fired up and Nat loves her "recording voice." She loves Jiordan's stage presence but Nat didn't love tonight's song either. She says she's choosing between someone who has been good but "crashed and burned" and someone who has fired up now. She chooses to send home Joelle.
Dannii: Luke explains the situation to Dannii - the fact that Foo would have to choose if she voted for Jiordan. Dannii says she feels sorry for Foo because he cares so much. Joelle seems to mouth the words "vote for me" as she tries to protect her mentor, which seems the wrong way around really. Dannii says she's looking at the whole package - charts, social media, performances - not just the songs. "Be prepared to make mistakes" is Dannii's advice to the girls regardless of who leaves, before she votes to send home Joelle.
Joelle nods with a grim satisfaction of having used her Jedi mind trick to influence Dannii's vote.
You won't like them when they're angry Ronan.
The X Factor judges have had a week to stew over Ronan Keating's accusations last Monday that they weren't doing their jobs properly and on Sunday night they commented on it, joked about it, mocked him for it and ultimately took great delight in suggesting that he had mismanaged one of his contestants.
The graphics suggested the Twitter hashtag "#GlovesOff" as Dannii took Ronan to task for his work with Omar Dean and Keating was left to meekly accept it all.
The judges were also happy to heap criticism on the show's theme for the evening - rock music - as the contestants struggled to change their style.
The Show
Tonight on The X Factor Luke Jacobz asks if we're ready to rock and whether we are or not, we aren't ready for his new belief that he is Australia's answer to David Letterman.
Hold tight Australia, this is going to hurt.
It's "Rock week"
Nat tells us she's chosen big songs, Dannii says Dami is ready, Foo tells us Ellie has taken her exit well and Ronan looks sheepish for having told the other judges how to do their job last week.
Dami - Best of You, Foo Fighters
Dami notes that her signature lipstick-on-the-teeth look is not her favourite thing and the entirety of X Factor notes that rock isn't exactly her signature style.
She opens the show standing within a metal scaffolding cylinder suspended above the stage, wearing a body coloured shimmer suit with a gold tinsel dress. It's like The Great Gatsby does Foo Fighters here.
And she rocks it.
She gives us a very Dami version of the song and honestly Dave Grohl would be happy with this. It's definitely rock and she's giving the sort of rock screams on the top notes where you expect to see her epiglottis fly across the room.
It. Rocks.
Rating: 9/10 It's all down hill from here
The room stands and screams, the room sits and screams some more. "That's rock and roll baby" says Foo who loved the raspy quality in her voice. Ronan says its an honour to work with Dami and gives Dannii kudos for her work. Nat notes Dami gets a standing ovation every week and Dannii just loves working with Dami because she pulls off things that on paper shouldn't work. "You are one special girl, thank you so much."
"I don't sing rock" admits Dami to Luke. The crowd disagree.
THIRD D3GREE - By The Way, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The group are aware that last week was the first time they did a "song" and that there was room for improvement. I'm glad we're now redefining basic words. I assume their other numbers have been performance art.
Jordan stars things off with a very hesitant version of the quiet opening lines, as the trio also being standing within a metal cylinder of scaffolding.
Then it goes nuts. Red flag bearing dancers charge the stage while every screen in the room gets the insane flying star treatment.
It's very, very busy and for a long time the staging is bigger than the song.
Jordan's pitching is all over the shop but the two girls are excellent with Kelebek focusing on rapping and Jacinta focused on singing and she has the pitching nailed down, which is how you can tell her apart from Jordan.
Rating: 7/10 Two out of three ain't a functioning trio
Nat is screaming and standing and generally trying to pretend that she is all four judges as the other three aren't doing either. Dannii says that was her favourite song from these guys as they each played to their strengths. Foo concurs that it was magic saying "you got back on the Third Degree track." Ronan was worried about Jordan's opening singing but says he shone tonight while he believes the trio have a shot at the competition. Nat admits she was nervous but is now somewhat hysterical in her screeching praise of the group.
Joelle - Joey, Concrete Blonde
Foo says they've stripped Joelle back after what "Mr Crankypants" said last week.
Joelle looks blank when Foo says Concrete Blonde which would be surprising if she didn't always look blank when Foo tells her his song choice.
Foo tells Joelle that Ronan is a "singer/songwriter type" which apparently means she needs to cry a bit. Basically Foo thinks Ronan is a sissy boy.
Joelle is standing alone on a darkened stage with a stand mic, in a simple black dress with a necklace that appears to be made of the chains people use to attach their velcro wallet to their jorts
She starts simply and, well, stripped back. She nails the notes and has a lot of emotion in this. Call me a singer/songwriter type but this is a lot better. She's connecting, she's emoting, she's singing and she's showing off all of her skills.
Rating: 8/10 - Ronan can't be angry any more
Ronan kicks things off and says "I think tough love works with you because that was bloody good." Nat thinks this is the best she's done and likes the fight she sees in Joelle. Dannii commends Foo for letting us hear the good vocals this week while Foo loves the "cry" in Joelle's voice.
"That was sick" says Joelle. "I'm so happy that Ronan liked it" laughs Foo "that was the whole thing."
Omar Dean - Any Way You Want It, Journey
Omar is dressed in a blue leather jacket that has been attacked by someone with a bedazzling fetish.
He's alone in the middle of the stage but it's well lit and we see the band surrounding him and he works the room well. Definitely not dwarfed by the staging any more.
He's giving a very traditional version of the song but making it work. Joined on stage by the trademark rock guitarist with the trademark pyrotechnics firing off the end he is rocking this puppy.
At song's end he adds a bit of falsetto flare which is slightly off but he owns it.
Rating: 7/10 - Falsetto might have been a false note
Nat didn't like it. Dannii doesn't like the song itself but did like this performance until the falsetto and then she turns on Ronan. "Come on!" she says to him. "I don't think you're doing a great job for him if you can allow him go out and [do that]" she says which prompts Ronan to admit Omar didn't do that in rehearsal. The producers try to egg that pudding a little more by suggesting the Twitter hashtag #GlovesOff. Subtle kids. Foo didn't think Omar committed to the rock'n'roll aspect of the song 100 per cent. "Everybody's going to have a bad week" says Ronan "this is your bad week."
"I know I didn't do my best" admits Omar who promises to smash it next week if he's still here.
Jiordan Tolli - Dancing with Myself, Billy Idol
We learn Jiordan was seen by the paramedic two hours before performing last week as she had heart palpitations but she performed "then took care of it later." It's not clear what "it" was or what she did, but I'm presuming she now has a bionic heart.
Jiordan's wearing a pink tutu, doc martins and a slate grey vest, which seems to work in a barbie punk kind of way.
A simple staging sees her strutting her stuff. Foo has a mic so he can contribute a 1-2-3-4 at a crucial moment.
This is really not much of a song selection she's more speaking tonally than singing and this isn't really highlighting any great qualities, although she isn't doing much wrong.
Rating: 6/10 A dud song choice done no favours
Ronan didn't love it but admires her for having fun, which is a pat on the head for trying really. "That just didn't work for me" he says before Nat simply says rock "doesn't really fit any of you but it really exposed you in particular." She didn't like the song choice, saying it was screechy. Dannii takes rock week's name in vein before complimenting Jiordan's "naughty fairy" look. She likes her energy but feels the song was out of her league and alludes to the recovery time for her health issues because a bionic heart isn't something you get over overnight. Foo is proud of Jiordan but essentially commends her for trying as well.
"I had fun and it's all about having fun especially when it's not your genre" says Jiordan who hopes you vote for her.
Jai Wakefield - Drops of Jupiter, Train
Jai apparently also had a tough week going into the last show but is glad it went well, which as far as news goes, isn't.
Ronan admits that rock and Jai don't go together at all but is confident in his song choice.
Jai starts sitting on stage on a speaker stack and he's wearing a royal blue jacket and frankly this feels very, very Young Talent Time.
He sounds very young. It's far too pure for his own good. It even feels like the band has been dialled back in order to try and make him sound stronger but it hasn't worked.
The whole song feels washed out.
Once Jai starts touching hands with the audience he finds his confidence and it improves, but this is a very limp rock song.
Rating: 6/10 - Jai just ain't a rocker
The audience are screaming a lot. Nat says Jai is adorable and enjoyed the performance but doesn't like the wardrobe. Ronan and Nat bicker about what is cool in fashion. Dannii felt that was a great performance of one of her favourite songs. Foo loves the blue blazer and says "vocally you are kicking booty". Ronan is proud of Jai for growing up on television and getting better with every performance.
JTR - Thanks for the Memories, Fall Out Boy
The brothers were heart-broken to be in the bottom two again last week and they don't like the fact that they haven't connected with Australia yet.
In the video, Nat makes it all about her and tells us she rocked out with the Rogue Traders. Australia giggles a bit at the new definition of rock.
The boys are pushed out on a platform and they rock the house from opening to close.
They move forward to stand at the front of the stage which then explodes in fireworks with sparks spinning and flying everywhere.
Most impressively they finally stop sounding like a boy band. They just sound like a band, which is a whole lot cooler and in this instance sounds better too.
Rating: 8/10 - A bit of edge goes a long way
The house goes nuts. The screaming continues for an age. The judges are left split on gender grounds - the girls on their feet, the boys remain seated. Then a "J-T-R" chant goes up. Dannii rates it, or possibly them "three jalapeño peppers." Foo has mixed feelings: "I'm not a girl" he informs us. "There was so much pyro I thought a gas station had blown up. It was good but I still think you guys are holding back energy." Ronan agrees they needed to give more energy but Nat "heavens to mergatroid" loved it.
Taylor Henderson - Choir Girl, Cold Chisel
Taylor explains last week's gaffe where he sang the same line twice because he was out of time with the band but he and Ronan move on.
They've decided to slow the start of the song down and they do so to a single acoustic guitar and it works really well.
Once it gets to the second verse the band kicks in and its the more traditional Chisel song we all know and Taylor starts wandering out to the audience. He's oozing confidence and looks very comfortable on stage.
Rating: 8/10 - A great Chisel cover
All four judges stand and the crowd scream with appreciation. Nat commends Taylor for his work with the band and his transformation from week one. Dannii says she doesn't know who this Taylor is (but she likes it). Foo can't talk because the girls are screaming over him, but when he finally starts he says it was Taylor's best vocals and it makes him want to look into Chisel. He also wants to look into Taylor's eyes so wishes he opened them more. "It's really hard to connect with a bro when his eyes are clo" he quips. Ronan is proud to end the show with a standing ovation.
Jai will be relying on his cute looks to get him through as on the performances you'd say it will be he and Jiordan in the bottom two tomorrow, if not the judges might have talked Omar into a bottom spot.


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SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) ALG (Application Layer Gateway) is an application within many routers. It inspects any VoIP traffic to prevent problems caused by firewalls and if necessary modifies the VoIP packets. Routers will often have SIP ALG activated by default.
How can it affect SIP calls and registration?
If SIP ALG is activated, it can stop your SIP trunks from:
- registering to the platform
- making and receiving incoming or outgoing call
- One way audio transmission
SIP ALG must be disabled
If your router and/or firewall are "SIP Aware" / has a SIP ALG enabled, then this functionality must be turned OFF so that the device does not interfere with any signalling.
BT Disclaimer
Your BT SIP Trunks service together with a correctly dimensioned BTnet access service has been designed to appropriately support a quality voice service alongside the use of data. In order to maintain the quality it is essential that the internal network components suitably support the service for delivery of your voice calls. If this is not implemented correctly then this may result in a degraded service. If faults are reported to BT which are found to be caused by customer equipment (i.e. equipment which that is not part of BT's network and which is owned or controlled by the customer) then BT may apply a charge.
The information in this document is provided for general guidance only. It is recommended that your firewall maintainer, switch maintainer or IT consultant is consulted on all matters relating to your communications network including, but not limited to, PBX configuration, LAN and firewall configuration. This is particularly important in connection with any issues which may impact on your network security or local IT policies.


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The 34-year-old, playing the final Barclays Premier League game of his loan spell from the New York Red Bulls, stabbed home Andrey Arshavin's injury-time cross to claim the points at the Stadium of Light.
"He finished the story of the legend in the championship. I hope he will add some in the Champions League on Wednesday," Wenger said after the game on the club's official website.
"But certainly, he got us the three points in a very difficult game."
Martin O'Neill's men had taken the lead when James McClean took advantage of Per Mertesacker's 70th-minute slip to run in on goal and fire past Wojciech Szczesny, although he could not have known the German had collapsed in agony after catching his studs in the turf.
Mertesacker, who had survived concerted first-half appeals for a penalty, was eventually replaced by Aaron Ramsey, who made his mark within minutes when he blasted home an equaliser off both posts.


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When Frank White was 23 years old, he was on a ship in the South Pacific, wishing away the torpedoes and kamikazes.
"I was the oldest junior officer on the ship," said White, now 93, sitting on his back porch in Wilmette. "It was a young man's war."
His ship, a light duty cruiser called the USS Denver, played a pivotal role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, a turning point in World War II from which the Japanese Navy never recovered. The USS Denver, along with other American ships, caught Japanese ships coming through the Surigao Strait.


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Visilizumab for Moderate to Severe Inflammatory, Nonstricturing, Nonpenetrating Crohn's Disease
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate an intravenous (by injection) investigational medication to treat moderate to severe inflammatory, nonstricturing, nonpenetrating Crohn's disease. The research is being conducted at up to 5 clinical research sites in the US and Europe and is open to both men and women ages 18 to 70 years old. Participants in the study will have a number of visits to a research site up to 17 months. All study-related care and medication is provided to qualified participants at no cost: this includes all visits, examinations and laboratory work.
Visilizumab is a humanized antibody (antibodies are proteins that are normally made by the immune system to help defend the body from infections and other foreign substances) that is directed against T cells. Visilizumab selectively attacks problematic T cells and, in doing so, it may prevent them from causing inflammation. Visilizumab has also been observed to have a suppressive effect on the body's immune system (system in the body that reacts to foreign or occasionally one's own proteins).
|Crohn's Disease
|Drug: Visilizumab
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase 2a, Open-label Study of Visilizumab in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Inflammatory, Nonstricturing, Nonpenetrating Forms of Crohn's Disease
- Clinical response, defined as a 100-point or more decrease in Crohn's Disease Activity Index, without an accompanying increase in dose of concomitant medications, additional medications, or Crohn's Disease-related surgery.
- Frequency of clinical remission, duration of effect, endoscopic evidence of mucosal healing, change in C-reactive protein levels, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-70 years old
- Diagnosis of moderate-to-severe inflammatory, nonstricturing, nonpenetrating Crohn's disease, defined as Crohn's Disease Activity Index greater than or equal to 250, C-reactive protein greater than or equal to upper limit of normal, and endoscopic evidence of moderate-to-severe active inflammatory disease
- Test negative for Clostridium difficile within 3 weeks
- Signed informed consent, including permission to use protected health information
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of lymphoproliferative disorder or prior malignancy within 5 years or current malignancy
- Pregnant or nursing
- HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection
- Presence of obstructive symptoms, confirmed by endoscopy
- Serious infections within 12 months
- Active infections that require antibiotic therapy
- Started or changed dose of sulfasalazine, 5-aminosalicylic acid; or antibiotics, probiotics, or topical therapies for Crohn's within 2 weeks
- Serious infections that required IV antibiotic therapy or hospitalization within 8 weeks
- Increase dose of corticosteroid medication within 2 weeks
- Received a live vaccine within 6 weeks
- Received any monoclonal antibodies or investigational agents within 3 months
- Received cyclosporine or tacrolimus (FK506) within 4 weeks
- Dose change or discontinuation from 6-mercaptopurine, azathioprine, or methotrexate within 4 weeks
- Significant organ dysfunction
- Likely to require surgery in the next 6 months
- History of lymphoproliferative disorder
- History of tuberculosis or mycobacteria infection or positive chest x-ray
- History of thrombophlebitis or pulmonary embolus
- History of immune deficiency or autoimmune disorders other than Crohn's
- History of subtherapeutic blood levels of anticonvulsive medications within 1 week
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00267722
|United States, California
|Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
|United States, New York
|Mount Sinai School of Medicine
|New York, New York, United States, 10029
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Facet Biotech
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00267722 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 19, 2005
|Last Updated:
|March 6, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Crohn Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Midlands alcohol charity Aquarius has launched the Challenge 31campaign for a dry January.
Encouraging people across the country to cut out or cut down on alcohol across the 31 days of January, Aquarius is hoping the challenge will raise awareness of people's drinking levels following Christmas, during which the public can drink more than 40%* more than the monthly average.
Challenge 31 encourages people to either cut out drinking completely, or reduce alcohol consumption as much as possible. The key focus, Aquarius argues, is being aware of how much alcohol is being consumed, the consequences and the harms.
Annette Fleming, Chief Executive, said: "We are urging the public and key community figures to take part in Challenge 31 – and to encourage others to do so too.
"If you haven't started yet, you can still take part; by pledging to family members or friends, by sending in photos of your pledge, or by getting in touch with Aquarius for a Challenge 31 Information and Support pack.
"This will be the first weekend for a dry January, so use it well. If you are cutting out or down on your alcohol, then try activities that will keep you occupied so you don't turn to alcohol. Find out how nice it will be to not have a hangover!"
She continued: "There are vast amounts of health, personal and professional benefits for cutting out or cutting down on alcohol. The average wine drinker would save around 2,000 calories per month and the average beer drinker would save over 3,500 calories per month.
From reducing your risks of cancer and liver disease, to helping keep your professional and personal reputation intact, going alcohol-free is a fantastic way to kick off 2013!"
For more information, please go to www.aquarius.org.uk/challenge31


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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's household debt-to-income ratio hit a nine-year high in 2012, according to Bank of Korea data released Wednesday.
The ratio — which measures the ability of Korean households to repay debt with disposable income — rose to 136 percent, up from 134 percent in 2011, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Much of the growing household debt burden in South Korea owes to skyrocketing cost of attending universities and after-school academies, along with the intense pressure for young Korean couples to take out mortgages for apartments at premium prices despite an oversupply of rooms.
More from GlobalPost: South Korea in the red
Households' disposable income rose 4.1 percent in 2012. Loans and purchases on credit rose 5.2 percent to $857.2 billion.
In the big picture, the debt is just as much a social problem as it is economic. Experts say it's a symptom of the impossible standards that South Koreans set for themselves in an over-achieving society.
Last week, a report published by McKinsey even noted that the country will find relief should Koreans stop the "education arms race": the desire of parents to pay exorbitant fees for their children to attend elite schools from a young age — with the eventual goal of attending the Ivy League or its Korean equivalent.
Cho Dong-chul, an economist at the Korean Development Institute, recently told GlobalPost that a government bailout isn't the best option, because public funds should be put towards programs that are more effective for the market.
One problem, he said, is that too many Koreans are going to college and becoming over-educated for the jobs they're taking after graduation.
Ballooning household debt has been an issue for South Koreans for a while.
According to the Financial Times:
Its consistent growth over the past decade has been driven by factors including property speculation, high spending on private education and corporate deleveraging after the 1998 Asian financial crisis, which prompted banks to turn to consumers for credit growth.
In March, the new government led by President Park Geun-hye launched a $1.3 billion fund to bail out some households that are struggling to repay loans, the Financial Times reported.
Interesting to note: Korean conglomerates like Samsung might be unable to repay their debts too, according to the Financial Times. The top 30 conglomerates in Korea have almost $900 billion in debt.


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BISE DG Khan Board SSC Part 1 & 2 Result 2012
SSC Part 1 and 2 Result 2012 of DG Khan Board would be declared approximately in the end of July or start of August. Matric 9th and 10th class Exams 2012 of Dera Ghazi Khan Board were held in March 2012 and now the students are waiting for the result very eagerly.
DG Khan Board SSC Result 2012 and all other Punjab Boards would be announced on the same day. The basic and most important responsibility of the Board is to hold timely and crystal clear exams and in time declaration of results. Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education conducts Inter and Matric exams every year. The result of Matric exams usually announced every year in the start of August. There are following eight boards in the Punjab province: BISE Lahore, BISE Multan, BISE Gujranwala, BISE Sargodha, BISE Faisalabad, BISE Rawalpindi, BISE Bahawalpur and BISE Dera Ghazi Khan.
Matric Result 2012 of Dera Ghazi Khan Board and all other Punjab boards would be available online when the boards would announce the result. ilmkidunya will publish matric results of annual examination 2012 as soon as the board will announce it. Students keep in touch to get updated about the matric result 2012. They can check their result online at ilmkidunya.


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Jan 18, 2013 at 7:14 am
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KNSI) A Maryland educational testing company plans to close its facility in St. Paul this year and eliminate nearly 100 jobs.
Prometrics Inc., says it plans to consolidate operations in a new $12 million center near Baltimore this June. Prometrics says it will keep its testing office in Woodbury open and will retain about a dozen employees in the Twin Cities area.
Company spokesman Kevin Kane tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press that Prometrics (http://bit.ly/Yd8uFs ) has more than 2,000 employees worldwide. It provides certification exams for a variety of professions, including health care, government and education.
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Lindsey Vonn Withdraws from Sochi Olympics: 'I Am Devastated'
Skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn's knee troubles are too serious for her to compete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
"Lindsey Vonn will be unable to compete in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Sochi," her rep said in a statement. "After the incident in Val D'Isere, an MRI showed an MCL sprain, which coupled with the torn ACL, has made it impossible to stabilize her knee and be ready to safely ski again next month."
"She will have surgery shortly and is expected to make a full recovery in time for the 2014/15 World Cup season and the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail-Beaver Creek," the rep's statement continued.
The two-time Olympic medalist suffered a torn ACL, MCL, and a fracture in her tibia during the 2013 World Championships in February. She suffered further setbacks when she partially tore the ACL in her surgically-repaired knee during a training accident in November, and again on Dec. 21 when she reinjured her knee while racing in Val D'Isere, France. Vonn's boyfriend, Tiger Woods, was spotted near the finish line as Vonn clutched her right knee and grimaced in pain.
In a post on her Facebook page on Tuesday morning, Vonn said: "I am devastated to announce that I will not be able to compete in Sochi. I did everything I possibly could to somehow get strong enough to overcome having no ACL but the reality has sunk in that my knee is just too unstable to compete at this level. I'm having surgery soon so that I can be ready for the World Championships at home in Vail next February.
"On a positive note, this means there will be an additional spot so that one of my teammates can go for gold. Thank you all so much for all of the love and support. I will be cheering for all of the Olympians and especially team USA! XO Lindsey."
In December, Woods revealed that he would be taking a break from golf to support his girlfriend as she prepares for the Olympics.
"I'm going to put my clubs away for a while to spend more time with my kids and support my girlfriend Lindsey Vonn as she tries to prepare for the Sochi Olympics," Woods wrote in a blog post on his official website. "Having experienced reconstructive surgery on my knee and the ensuing rehab, and the amount of pain associated with it, it's really hard to explain to anybody unless you've been through it. And then coming back on it athletically, to trust that it's going to be there, that's a whole different ballgame. I've had my share of experiences in that regard — unfortunately — but I think it helps her in a sense because she can bounce ideas off me about what to expect. It is a frustrating process and really difficult to go through."


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A-Rod took steroids?
I'm going to link this without much commentary at this point. SI is claiming that that Alex Rodriguez was one of the players who tested positive in the 2003 survey test of major league baseball players.
The test results were supposed to be destroyed, but the Federal government seized them from the testing labs as part of their BALCO investigation. The test results were kept under seal, but apparently four members of the court decided that it was worth violating the law to communicate these facts to Sports Illustrated.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go up to the roof and turn on the Brattain Signal.
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prainwithumOct 04, 2011 08:25 pmTo the mote of dust
Haha What a lovely world you must live in. An imaginary world. How can a doctorate fight against the enormous defensiveness of a frightened fool? You are a mote of dust to me, a zephyr in the halls of ignorance. Then again, you 'are' American. Did I expect more? No. I did not. :)