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Ashit K. Swain
Meteorites & Stromatolites
East Antarctica
Polar Studies Division of the Geological Survey of India, Faridabad, India
Ashit Kumar Swain is the youngest Indian geoscientist to reach the Geographic South Pole, 90 degrees South. He has worked in all the three polar regions of the world, including the Svalbard region of the Arctic (79 degrees North), central Dronning Maud Land of Antarctica (70 degrees South), and the Hamtah glacier in the Himalayas. (Arctic and Antarctica are geographic polar regions, whereas the Himalayas is considered as the third pole due to its altitude.)
Swain spent a continuous 15 months in Antarctica during the polar winter period of 2007-2009 and worked extensively with Ground Penetrating Radar. He continued his polar thrust during next years as a member of the summer expedition in 2009-10 and 2010-11. During 2010-11, he was selected as a team member of the first Indian Scientific Expedition to the South Pole.
Swain is presently working as a geologist in the Geological Survey of India, Polar Studies Division, Faridabad, India. He is conducting glaciological and geological investigations in Antarctica, where he's also interested in looking for meteorites. For more information about Ashit Swain and his work, please download The Geological Survey of India's PDF on the First Indian Expedition to the South Pole.
Philipp R. Heck, Ph.D.
Dale T. Andersen, Ph.D.
Additional Field Team


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Italian Maria Cressari established a women's new hour record 1972 in Mexico City in the Olympic Velodrome. Her average speed was 41.471 kph (25.7 mph). The record stood for six years.
She was also the road race Italian national champion in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1973.
Photos: some nice old photos; the last of Cressari training at the Vigorelli for an eventual attempt on the 100 km record.
On Sunday, November 1st, the Italian Championship for Ex-Professionals will be held in Cittiglio (VA). The start will be in front of the Afredo Binda museum on via Marconi at 1500. The race will be criterium style with 17 laps for a total of 30 km. It should be great fun for the spectators.
Four tricolor jerseys will be awarded in 4 age groups. Among the ex-professionals racing (birth year in parenthesis): Francesco Moser (1951), Gianni Bugno (1964), Claudio Chiappucci (1963), Stefano Zanini (1969), Daniele Nardello (1972), Danilo Gioia (1966), Mauro Vigna (1938) , Carlo Rancati (1940), Ennio Vanotti (1955), Patrizio Gambirasio (1961), Renato Rota (1946), Mario Bertazoli (1943), Marco Dalla Vedova (1972), Germano Barale (1936), Florindo Barale (1968), Enrico Guadrini (1945), Valerio Tebaldi (1965), Nicola Loda (1971), Damiano Capodivento (1943), Francesco Prina (1919), Pasquale Pugliese (1952), Imerio Massignan (1937), Luigi Zaimbro (1936), Giulio Ricciardi, Piero Coppi, Cristiano Frattini (1973), Mario Lanzafame (1949), Marcello Bergamo (1946).
Gran Fondo USA LLC, which has already announced two granfondo events for next year (in San Diego and Philadelphia), is adding a third city for 2010: Los Angeles.
The San Diego event is scheduled for 7 March, 2010, and the Philadelphia event is scheduled for August 8, 2010. No date has been announced for Philadelphia. Previous story here. Paolo Bettini is scheduled to be at the San Diego.
I like this photograph because it reminds me of all the Italian old-timers that still ride strong. Here is Sig. Cuccuini who at 88 years was riding at the L'Eroica. Not only that, he was good friends with Gino Bartali.
Selle Italia has announced the introduction of their "Monolink" system. Prototypes have been seen at bike shows since 2007 but it is finally coming to market.
The saddle uses a single carbon weave rail which according to Selle Italia increases the torsional strength by 30% and the crash resistance by 300% compared to the traditional carbon railed saddles. The rail is made of HM K6 carbon fiber.
The matching seat post is claimed to be 50% stronger due to the new clamping system and the use of HM K3 carbon fiber. Added benefits are more front and rear saddle adjustability, and ease of adjustment (something I can appreciate after dealing with a two bolt Campagnolo seatpost this weekend). Weight is 160g (+/- 8%). Monolink will initially be available in 31.6 in 300mm and 350mm lengths.
Buzz used a Canon SD780IS point and shoot camera in video mode mounted on the handlebars with a mini-tripod with a built in velcro strap (available at REI and camera stores).
The Gran Fondo Nove Colli, the largest granfondo in Italy, will be getting larger in 2010. Celebrating its 40th anniversary next year the rider limit has been raised to 12,000. Even at that there will be riders turned away. The race start is in Cesenatico, home of Marco Pantani, on Sunday, May 23, 2010.
For those who are interested in a package consisting of race entry and hotel accommodations registration opened on October 24th. This will guarantee a start in the third starting grid (blue grid).
If you are interested in race registration only, registration will open on November 28th.
Registration fees will go up this year to 50 Euro.
"Are you strong enough?" This is the question that Elite is asking all cyclists and two wheel fans in its new ad campaign for its 2010 Realpower rollers.
"Are you strong enough?" is a message presented in three original short videos starring Elite Realpower, the electronic roller that can provide gradients of up to 20% simulating the genuine sensations of a real road race.
The Realpower roller features innovative magnetic powders in the resistance unit combined with with electronics and software. The videos present the Realpower product and all the software applications for the roller, including a GPS system that allows a rider to input and revisit road routes already ridden, and an Internet racing feature for access to limitless on-line challenges with other enthusiasts from all over the world. It also comes pre-loaded with Giro d'Italia and Tour de France stages.
"Can you afford it?" could be another question. Price is approximately $1,900.
Visit the Elite website, www.elite-it.com, to read about all the features of the unit.
CICLISMO magazine has a particularly glowing report of the new Bianchi "Infinito" (Infinity) bike. The new Infinito is the top model in the C2C (Coast 2 Coast) category which is intended for long distance riding in comfort with maximum performance.
Bianchi has changed the geometry of the Infinito by having a taller headtube than other C2C models, slightly more than 1.5 cm in order to provide a more comfortable position (with the added benefit of eliminating the need for lots of spacers). Adding to the comfort is the use of a new type of carbon fiber, Toho Um 40, applied to certain parts of the frame. A new full carbon fork with a semi-straight fork was also developed for the Infinito.
CICLISMO's review concluded that in this new frame Bianchi has been successful in building a frame that is both more aggressive and comfortable. It is very responsive and lighter, and much more competitive for climbing and responding to accelerations. The frame, according to CICLISMO, is ideal for granfondos and suitable for those that are fairly ambitious but not necessarily obsessed about every second (well, for those riders Bianchi has the HC-Hor Categorie and B4P-Born 4 Performance series). Having said that, note that Robbie Hunter of Team Barloworld/Bianchi rode an Infinito during the 2009 Giro d'Italia.
The Infinito can be ordered equipped with Campagnolo Veloce or Athena, or Shimano Ultegra in which case it comes in the celeste/white, blue/white, or red/white as pictured above. It is also available as a frameset only, but oddly only in blue/white or red/white.
Italian component maker PMP brought their prototype "Circular Pedal System" (CPS) to EICMA. The company is known for its lightweight products and this pedal system, in titanium, weighs in at 145 grams for a pair. The pedals will go into production once the current feedback phase of road testing and final modifications are completed.
LPR Brakes - Farnese is finished. New team manager Giovanni Fidanza has announced that bicycle manufacturer De Rosa and chemical company Stac Plastic have teamed up with him to create a new Italian Continental Pro Team for 2010 "De Rosa - Stac Plastic". The new team hopes to earn a spot for the Giro d'Italia.
LPR Brakes cancelled their sponsorship of the team after Danilo Di Luca, now serving a suspension, tested positive for doping. Eleven LPR riders are coming over to the new team and another four have been signed.
Cristiano De Rosa said, "The desire is to do well. We will evaluate the project periodically but our idea is that this is a long term project. We decided to invest and put our name first because we are a cycling company and we believe in what we make."
In Part I we covered the Campagnolo Record carbon water bottle cage at $ 159.95.
In this installment of Sticker Shock & Insanity we have the Selle SMP Strike Full Carbon saddle, "The flagship of the SMP series. The SMP Strike Full Carbon represents the pinnacle of comfort and ergonomics while combining the weight savings of a carbon fiber. Weighing in at a scant 105 grams makes this saddle ideal for your feather light racing machine. "
Price? An astronomical $ 699.95. If you do not believe me see here.
Alessandro Petacchi, "I saw in the program that there are seven stages for sprinters, a large number for a grand tour. I will try to prepare myself better and I think I still have many things to say on the road."
Mark Cavendish, "Seven stages for us? It is definitely nice, I'll be there Because I love the Tour of Italy." Later, Cavindish said that there is a possibility that Team Columbia might skip the Giro in order to race in the Tour of California (the races will overlap each other in 2010).
Alessandro Ballan, "I'm a little ashamed, in seven years as a professional I have never raced the Corsa Rosa. 2010 will be good a good year, I can not wait to race my first Giro."
Rinaldo Nocentini, "I know the stage of Montalcino, with the white gravel roads, very well. It is close to home. It would be nice to give a victory to all the fans who follow me. Pozzato We hope does not enter the Tour Because He could be a very dangerous opponent in this stage. The pink jersey? Wearing it would be nice but it seems not an easy undertaking. "Nocentini wore the yellow jersey in the Tour de France for 8 days last year.
Ivan Basso, "It will be a hard Giro, very difficult in the second part. I think I can race two Grand Tours as a rival and end up with an important result."
Damiano Cunego, "It is too stressful racing for the overall classification. It is easier to aim for a particular stage. You can show yourself better this way. There are three, or four stages suited to me: Terminillo in the first week and in the third week: Mortirolo or Plan de Corones, even if it is a time trial, it is a hard one. "
Dennis Menchov, last year's Tour winner, "I can do well in the climbs when my form is at its best. If I really want to go for the Giro win again, I will just modify my preparation to be in a position to win. I like the stages in the last week, the mythical ones, like Mortirolo and Gavia. "
Carlos Sastre, "It's a very attractive course with a final week with three consecutive stages of high mountains, and the legendary climbs of Gavia, Mortiriolo, Zoncolan and the time trial at Plan de Corones. I also like it because the time trials do not affect the race too much, the mountains will make the difference. You ask me if I will be in Amsterdam? I want to see the Vuelta course before deciding, but I like this Giro."
Team Sky Sports Director Scott Sunderland, "You will win the Giro in the mountains, but you will lose the Giro in the first three days of the race and the team time trial."
Stories, including cycling trip stories, for the Italian Cycling Journal welcome; contact veronaman@gmail.com. See here for a chance to win a T-shirt for submitting a story, contest ends October 31st. with a final week with three consecutive stages of high mountains, and with so many legendary climbs such as Gavia, Mortiriolo, Zoncolan and the time trial at Plan de Corones. I also like because the timing does not affect too much the race, but will be increased to fund and make a difference. You ask me if I'm in Amsterdam? I want to discover the location of the Vuelta before deciding, but I like this Giro candle ...».
Team Sky Sports Director Scott Sunderland, "You will win the Giro in the mountains, but you will lose the Giro for the first three days of the race and the team time trial."
Stage 15: Mestre-Monte Zoncolan km 218: Monte Zoncolan max height 1730 meters, 10.1 Km long, 1200 meters of elevation gain, average grade 11.9%, max grade 22%. Read a ride story of the Zoncolan here.
Stage 20: Bormio-Ponte di Legno Tonale km 178: Forcola di Livigno max height 2315 meters, 18 km long, 1278 m of elevation gain, average grade 7,1%, max grade 13%); Passo di Gavia (Cima Coppi) (max height 2618 meters, 24,9 km long, 1399 meters of elevation gain, average grade 5,6%, max grade 14%); Passo del Tonale max height 1883 meters, 11 km long, 631 meters of elevation gain, avergae grade 5.7%, max grade 10%. Gavia ride story here.
Note: some of the above stages also include lesser climbs(!).
Stories, including cycling trip stories, for the Italian Cycling Journal welcome; contact veronaman@gmail.com. See here for a chance to win a T-shirt for submitting a story; contest ends October 31st.
"We are proud to be the choice of the organizers for conclusion of the next Giro d'Italia in Verona. The Arena (ed. note: the Roman coliseum in Piazza Bra) is a setting worthy of the event, and the city of Verona will be up to the task of hosting such an important event." These are the comments by Mayor Flavio Tosi to the news that Verona and its Arena will be hosting the final stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia.
Verona Sports Counselor Federico Sboarina added, "May 30, 2010, will be a great day for Verona and for sport in the city which falls 26 years after the historic 1984 edition won by Francesco Moser."
Damiano Cunego summed up the race as, "A very classic Tour of Italy in the final week that has the difficult, and Legendary, mountain stages." These include: Mortirolo, Zoncolan, Monte Grappa, Plan de Corones and Gavia (Cima Coppi), and others in between! It will be a shattering week.
There will be three time trials (TT) And one team time trial (TTT).
Regarding Stage 11, race director Angelo Zomegnan said, "President Napolitano asked us not to leave the people affected by the earthquake alone so we will go there."
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 24th, is the presentation of the 2010 Giro d'Italia beginning at 1630 (local time in Italy; 1030 USA Eastern). Check http://www.cyclingfans.com/ for live video feeds. RAI will be broadcasting the presentation via their website but I think for most people going to cyclingfans will be simpler.
Above is a version of the rumored stages (click to enlarge). We will know soon enough!
Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen will be the new face of Giro d'Italia 2010. Tomorrow, October 24th, she will be a special guest for the live presentation on RAI 3 and Gazzetta.it. She will announce where Giro d'Italia will finish at Sunday, 30 May, 2010.
Thanks to Carlo v. from the Netherlands (where Yolanthe is very popular) for the story. Stories, including cycling trip stories, for the Italian Cycling Journal welcome; contact veronaman@gmail.com. See here for a chance to win a T-shirt for submitting a story; contest ends October 31st.
Ernesto Colnago will not be amused when he sees this. "Colnago" branded bikes in a Walmart-type chain in Mexico (Mexico uses the $ sign for its peso currency).
Bbox Bouygues Telecom's manager, Jean-Rene Bernaudeau, has announced that the team will be riding Colnago bikes next season. "Our new bike supplier is Colnago. It is a historic brand and very prestigious."
It will be nice to see the Colnago name back in at least one grand tour (the Giro d'Italia) after a period of absence.
Lance Armstrong tweeted today, "I've decided to ride the Amgen Tour of California in 2010. Can't wait.". With the Tour of California moving from February to May on the racing calendar next year the announcement signifies that Armstrong will not be racing in the Giro d'Italia. The Tour of California will be May 16-23; the Giro d'Italia will be May 8-30.
Saturday, October 24th, is the presentation of the 2010 Giro d'Italia.
Trivia: Only two riders have won the Giro d' Italia every time they have entered: Bernard Hinault (1980, 1982 and 1985) and Alberto Contador (2008).
The De Rosa "Raga"was displayed at EICMA. The frame is full carbon and the geometry is designed for 24 inch wheels. Designed to be rigid to go fast but yet also comfortably. The components are a mix of Campagnolo and Miche. What kid wouldn't be proud to own it?
The Dedacciai "BOLD" prototype was on display at EICMA. The frame is characterized by oversized everything with the exception of the chainstays which are titanium (click on image to enlarge).
Fausto Coppi artwork by Claudio Pesci (via Calvart,73; 40129 Bologna). See more art and contact information at his website.
There will be a new play-by-place voice on RAI for cycling beginning next season. After twelve years, and the being the voice of ciclismo, Auro Bulbarelli moves on to become a deputy director and head of the cycling division at RAI. Taking over for Bulbarelli will be Francis Pancani. Pancani has been providing reports during the Giro d'Italia from the RAI motorcycle.
Bulbarelli's last broadcast was from the Giro d' Lombardia.
Davide Cassani, the former professional, who has been working with Bulbarelli in the RAI broadcast booth will continue in his role.
The Casati "Arte" might easily pass for something that it is not. It is in fact a titanium and carbon fiber frame in which all the transitions from one material to the other are seamless with no unevenness. The tubes and rear triangle are carbon fiber joined to titanium lugs. All cable routing is internal.
Each Arte is custom made to measure and includes a fork (full carbon 1 1/8"), seatpost, steam and headset.
Casati is celebrating their 90th anniversary this year and have a special edition frame available.
In this video Rory takes his 1973 Ciöcc to Giovanni Pelizzoli, founder and framebuilder of Ciöcc frames, to be restored.
At the beginning of the video Giovanni explains that Ciöcc was the nickname of both his grandfather and father and that he decided to use it as the name for his frames. Furthermore, he says that the name means nothing but did bring him good fortune. A Ciöcc was used by Claudio Corti to win the 1977 U23 World Championship at San Cristobal, Venezuela, hence the name of their signature model.
At the end of the video his son, Samuel, talks about how the frame will be painted and that the fork will be sent out for chroming.
As the Italian cycling season concludes, with the last major granfondo and pro-race already having taken place, the last long distance randonnèe is also on the October calendar.
The Randonnèe "delle Foglie Morte", 192 km, is scheduled for October 25th beginning in Samarate (VA). The event is organized by ASD CICLI TURRI CARRERA of Varese.
The Giro di Lombardia, also known as the "Race of the Falling Leaves", which concludes the pro-racing calendar in Italy was won by Belgian one-day specialist Philippe Gilbert. Damiano Cunego could not obtain his 4th victory in the race (his third in a row). Gilbert, arriving with Samuel Sanchez at the finish, was just too strong in the dual sprint. Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev won the sprint behind for third place seven seconds later while Cunego finished 14th.
World Champion Cadel Evans worked hard for Gilbert on the final climb of the day, the San Fermo della Battaglia, which set-up Gilbert for his victory. On the other hand, Cunego failed for what he believes was lack of team Lampre support. "I need someone there to help me, I practically did it all on my own," Italy's Cunego told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"Giro, salite storiche. Milano in castigo"
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Two virginia universities last week announced a collaborative project designed to provide education, information and research on information security.
The Critical Infrastructure Protection Project will be a joint effort of George Mason University School of Laws Center for Technology and Law and James Madison University. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is providing a $6.5 million grant for the project.
The projects focus will be education and outreach, serving as a repository of expertise, sponsoring research and developing programs.
John McCarthy, a former member of the federal Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office and most recently a director in KPMG Consulting Inc.s risk and advisory services practice, will serve as executive director.
"Our intent is for the CIP Project to generate real solutions that address complex legal, policy and technology issues," said McCarthy, in Fairfax, Va.
Specifically, the CIP Project will hold seminars and workshops on information security and provide professional education and training. Members will also help develop model legislation on security issues and testify on questions of technology, policy and law.
Both GMU, in Fairfax, and JMU, in Harrisonburg, have been recognized by the National Security Agency as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.


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The FDA granted Merck breakthrough therapy designation for its 15-valent investigational pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, V114.
The designation is for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by the vaccine serotypes in pediatric patients six weeks to 18 years of age. Merck's V114 is also being developed for the prevention of the disease in adults.
The agency's decision was based in part on immunogenicity data from two studies. In both studies, the vaccine induced an immune response in infants for two disease-causing serotypes not included in the currently approved vaccine.


For any competitive exam the organisation behind it was testing the candidates through their examinations. Candidates have to qualify in the exam which they pose initially in order to select for the role to which they have applied. After qualifying in the written exam candidates will be taken through interview round which was a completely different scenario? In the written exam they will be asked various number of questions through different categories with little time. By doing so they can judge the candidates quality of time management, his ability to answer questions at peak time and so on. Time plays such a crucial role in the written exam and when it comes to competitive exams like IBPS, SBI, SSC, RRB, Bank, PO, clerk, CWE and many it was no different from running with scissors. Candidates before attempting these competitive examinations they have to know the time management tips through which they can easily come through these exams.
With the bank, IBPS exams for posts of clerk, PO, SO and so on were rolling out every day candidates were involved in deep preparation. We are now here to add some tips in their preparation which makes them complete with their syllabus. Basically in the Time management for bank exams candidates have to know the sections and should identify the sections in which they are strong. If you identify then half of your work is done.
Majority of bank exams have topics like Computer, General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative aptitude and Reasoning. Among these sections first identify your strong zone and go for it directly. Attempt as many questions as possible in this section. In order to qualify in the written exam you have to clear all the sections. So first attempt the favourite section and then move on to your second priority. So attempt questions in each section and try to score as much as possible.
You should prepare for the general awareness section well before the exam. If you are good at English language then you can put it in the second priority or third. Computer knowledge questions were easy to attempt. These three sections should be attempted first.
Our sincere request to the candidates is that after attempting those three sections just go out for Quantitative aptitude section. Questions from this section were easy and take little time to solve. You can easily attempt 90 % of questions from this section if you are a speed mathematician.
Reasoning section should be attempted at last. It was the difficult section among the others which involves high risk of failure and consumes large time for every question. If there was no negative marking then you can attempt as many as possible.
Make a note that do not divide time equally for all sections. Spend much time in the section in which you are strong. The best possible separation of time between sections was given below.
The above timings may vary based on your interest. After completing with the balance 10 minutes of time cross check the complete paper for any errors or wrong posed answers. If you find a question difficult then leave the question instead of hanging to it. Follow these steps as they definitely play a crucial role in your success.


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California NanoSystems Institute > Featured News > March 31, 2021 | Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid
Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid
UCLA-led study captures the structure of metallic glass
At left, an experimental 3D atomic model of a metallic glass nanoparticle, 8 nanometers in diameter. Right, the 3D atomic packing of a supercluster within the structure, with differently colored balls representing different types of atoms. (Image Credit: Yao Yang and Jianwei "John" Miao/UCLA)
This article was originally published in UCLA Newsroom
Glass, rubber and plastics all belong to a class of matter called amorphous solids. And in spite of how common they are in our everyday lives, amorphous solids have long posed a challenge to scientists.
Since the 1910s, scientists have been able to map in 3D the atomic structures of crystals, the other major class of solids, which has led to myriad advances in physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, geology, nanoscience, drug discovery and more. But because amorphous solids aren't assembled in rigid, repetitive atomic structures like crystals are, they have defied researchers' ability to determine their atomic structure with the same level of precision.
A UCLA-led study in the journal Nature reports on the first-ever determination of the 3D atomic structure of an amorphous solid — in this case, a material called metallic glass.
"We know so much about crystals, yet most of the matter on Earth is non-crystalline and we know so little about their atomic structure," said the study's senior author, Jianwei "John" Miao, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy and member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
Observing the 3D atomic arrangement of an amorphous solid has been Miao's dream since he was a graduate student. That dream has now been realized, after 22 years of relentless pursuit.
"This study just opened a new door," he said.
Metallic glasses tend to be both stronger and more shapeable than standard crystalline metals, and they are used today in products ranging from electrical transformers to high-end golf clubs and the housings for Apple laptops and other electronic devices. Understanding the atomic structure of metallic glasses could help engineers design even better versions of these materials, for an even wider array of applications.
The researchers used a technique called atomic electron tomography, a type of 3D imaging pioneered by Miao and collaborators. The approach involves beaming electrons through a sample and collecting an image on the other side. The sample is rotated so that measurements can be taken from multiple angles, yielding data that is stitched together to produce a 3D image.
► Related: UCLA physicists determine 3D positions of individual atoms for first time
"We combined state-of-the-art electron microscopy with powerful algorithms and analysis techniques to study structures down to the level of single atoms," said co-author Peter Ercius, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Molecular Foundry, where the experiment was conducted. "Direct knowledge of amorphous structures at this level is a game changer for the physical sciences."
The researchers examined a sample of metallic glass about 8 nanometers in diameter, made of eight different metals. (A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.) Using 55 atomic electron tomography images, Miao and colleagues created a 3D map of the approximately 18,000 atoms that made up the nanoparticle.
Because amorphous solids have been so difficult to characterize, the researchers expected the atoms to be arranged chaotically. And although about 85% of the atoms were in a disordered arrangement, the researchers were able to identify pockets where a fraction of atoms coalesced into ordered superclusters. The finding demonstrated that even within an amorphous solid, the arrangement of atoms is not completely random.
Miao acknowledged one limitation of the research, borne of the limits of electron microscopy itself. Some of the metal atoms were so similar in size that electron imaging couldn't distinguish between them. For the purposes of the study, the researchers grouped the metals into three categories, uniting neighbors from the periodic table of elements: cobalt and nickel in the first category; ruthenium, rhodium, palladium and silver in the second; and iridium and platinum in the third.
The research was supported primarily by the STROBE National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, of which Miao is deputy director, and in part by the U.S. Department of Energy.
"This groundbreaking result exemplifies the power of a transdisciplinary team," said Charles Ying, the National Science Foundation program officer who oversees funding for the STROBE center. "It demonstrates the need for long-term support of a center to address this type of complex research project."
The study's co-first authors are graduate student Yao Yang, former assistant project scientist Jihan Zhou, former postdoctoral researcher Fan Zhu, and postdoctoral researcher Yakun Yuan, all current or former members of Miao's research group at UCLA. Other UCLA co-authors are graduate students Dillan Chang and Arjun Rana; former postdoctoral scholars Dennis Kim and Xuezeng Tian; assistant adjunct professor of mathematics Minh Pham; and mathematics professor Stanley Osher.
Other co-authors are Yonggang Yao and Liangbing Hu of University of Maryland, College Park; and Andreas Schmid and Peter Ercius of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
"This work is a great illustration of how to address longstanding grand challenges by bringing together scientists with many different backgrounds in physics, mathematics, materials and imaging science, with strong partnerships between universities and national laboratories," said Margaret Murnane, director of the STROBE center. "This is a spectacular team."

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Q: Better way to find the nearest point in a parametric curve to other point Let be $M(t)=(t^2,1/t^2,(t-1)^3)$ a parametric curve, find the minimum distance between $M(t)$ and $S=(2,2,3)$.

Disclaimer: This procedure have a possible error in 1, and is not possible to implement in an exam for 2. because is very hard to find the roots of this polynomyal, without mentioning that $M(1)$ is not the answer, so if you know a fast way to solve this please not read the next procedure.
My Approach:
Taking account that optimize $d^2(t)=||M(t)-S||^2$ is very hard without computer because we will need to find the roots of a non trivial $5-$grade polynomyal I thinked to proced in the next way

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*Find the derivative of M(t) and note that the point that we need is such that $\langle M'(t_0), S\rangle=0$ (I'm not sure at all of this).

*I reduce this problem with the first step to find the root of the polynomyal $9t^5-14t^4+9t^3-4=0$, this root is obviusly $t_0=1$, analytically I does not know if this polynomyal have another root but for Wolfram I know that 1 is the only one real root so $M(1)$ is the nearest point to $S$.

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Surprising no one, Queensryche was amazing when they they played the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den on Friday night. I've been seeing this band live for almost thirty years now, and I have never seen a bad show.
It's been over five years since singer Todd La Torre replaced Geoff Tate in Queensryche, and the second time I've seen him with the band. The fact that he has the ability to perfectly capture the Tate-era stuff is great, but the new music he's making with the band is some of the best they've ever created. And he's a monster live.
The lineup was a bit different than usual, as joining La Torre, Michael Wilton and Eddie Jackson was Casey Grillo of Kamelot. Drummer Scott Rockenfield recently had a child, so Grillo has been filling in, and he was fantastic. The whole band sounded great, which is no surprise, as they are one of the most consistent live performers around.
Both "The Mission" and "Surgical Strike" are top-five Queensryche songs for me, and getting "Best I Can," and "The Killing Words" were just bonuses. Queensryche has such a great catalog they could fill four hours and never play a bad song.
The crowd at the Wolf Den was great, and filled with longtime fans who knew every note and every word. One of my favorite things about going to see live shows is experiencing them with people who love the music as much as I do. Matt, myself and our friend Brian were also lucky enough to hang out with Jimi Bell (House of Lords, Maxx Explosion), who is not only an amazing guitar player, but a heck of a nice guy.
All in all, it was a fantastic show and a great night. I will see Queensryche every time they come through the area, as they never disappoint. If you get the chance to see them, take it.


Sad Pope dishes orders to crisis-ridden Diocese of Ahiara – Royal Times of Nigeria.
Saddened by the events at the Diocese of Ahiara in Imo State, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, has directed the tribal masterminds to pledge allegiance to the Vatican or be fired.
The Pope said he was constrained to take the action because the situation had gone beyond tribalism as some people were attempting to take over the Church.
He spoke at a private audience with the delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara, over the 'painful situation' in the diocese since 2012, when Bishop Ebere Peter Okpaleke was appointed by Pope Benedict.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bishop Okpaleke, of Anambra origin had been rejected since 2012 when he was posted to the Diocese of Ahiara because he was not a native of Mbaise.
"This is forbidden; perhaps he does not realise it, but the Church is suffering as well as the People of God within her.


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Salvation Army Social Policy Analyst Alan Johnson.
The release of the Salvation Army's annual State of the Nation report has highlighted the growing effects of fringe and non-bank lending.
The paper's author, Salvation Army Social Policy Analyst Alan Johnson, says the data it collected shows the industry is continuing to grow.
Johnson says the Salvation Army decided to broaden the focus of this year's report to include debt and fringe lending under the social hazards section, which also includes alcohol consumption, drug taking and gambling.
"The reason for the Salvation Army's concern over fringe lending is that it can, and often does, lead to ruinous debt. This is debt being sold to poor and vulnerable people on almost impossible terms and at usurious interest rates.
He says the accommodating way such lending is portrayed ignores the substantial harm being done in some communities by loan sharks and repo people.
"The Commerce Commission's monitoring and enforcement activities are beginning to shine light into exploitative business practices, although the current stance of legislation will do little to address the imbalance between money lenders and vulnerable borrowers.
But Johnson says the lack of detailed statistics about the growing sector remains a problem.
The report refers to the Commerce Commissions 2017 review of the websites of 215 finance companies and lending institutions offering credit under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA), which it is responsible for administering.
The report also cites a 2014 Commerce Commission study looking at mobile traders, or shopping trucks, which found 31 out of the 32 operators surveyed failed to meet all of their legal obligations under the CCCFA and Fair Trading Act.
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi announced in October changes to the CCCFA designed to crack down on predatory lending practices. It followed a review of the consumer credit laws by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
The proposed changes include the introduction of an interest and fees cap on high-cost loans to prevent people from accumulating large debts, as well as tougher penalties for those who break the law, including irresponsible lending.
Faafoi also said the Government wanted to deal with the predatory behaviour of truck shops and other operators who sell products door-to-door using credit, or deferred payment systems. Under the proposed changes all lenders, door-to-door salespeople and truck shops would have to pass a 'fit and proper person' test.
While there will also be increased duties on directors and executives to ensure that lenders comply with their legal obligations. They would also be required to meet a "fit and proper person" test before they can be registered on the Financial Service Providers Register.
Faafoi said he hoped to see the new law changes come into effect next year, but this would be subject to parliamentary timeframes.


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Q: Vim Regex match occurence X if occurence Y does not exist between X and Z Assume I have an occurence
GET.CUSTOMER:

and an occurence
GET.ACCOUNT:

How should the Regex expression be formulated if I want the above occurence to be matched only and only if there is no occurence of word
RETURN

Between
 GET.CUSTOMER:
        BLOCK OF CODE

and
 GET.ACCOUNT:
        ANOTHER BLOCK OF CODE

For this to be generic, assume that an anchored colon is only allowed in function name, so there can be no colons "stuck" to a word other than the function's name. I.e
RANDOM.FUNCTION:

Is allowed, but
RANDOM.LINE.OF.CODE : MORE.CODE

Is not allowed, except in a string within quotes and apostrophes.
This matching will be used in a Vim syntax file, and not in actual code.
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The question: Is the above even possible? Which regex expressions should I look into that might help me solve this?

A: The following will match GET.CUSTOMER:, if it is followed by GET.ACCOUNT:, but there's no RETURN in between the two. You might need to tweak this a bit; I've left our keyword boundary assertions and other fluff here. Also, as this is a multi-line match, it might be slow or break down if there are too many lines in between.
syntax match getCustomerBlockWithoutReturn
\   "\%#=1\%(GET\.CUSTOMER:\_.\{-}\%(RETURN\|GET\.ACCOUNT:\)\)\@>\%(GET\.ACCOUNT:\)\@<="
\   contains=getCustomer
syntax match getCustomer "GET\.CUSTOMER:" contained
hi link getCustomer Statement

The first getCustomerBlockWithoutReturn matches the whole block. getCustomer is contained in the former (the contained prevents matching outside of it) and performs the highlighting via the :highlight group. This is because you only want to highlight the word that starts the block, not the whole block itself.
The main challenge with this regular expression is that usually, backtracking tries really hard to find a match, and it would skip over GET.ACCOUNT: ... GET.CUSTOMER: parts just to find a RETURN and make the match, even if that spans multiple actual blocks.
By using the (obscure) whole pattern multi (:help /\@>), we're preventing backtracking and match a minimal (via \{-}) area (including newlines by using \_. instead of .) from GET.CUSTOMER: to either RETURN or GET.ACCOUNT:. A positive lookbehind (via /\@<=) then asserts that this end actually is GET.ACCOUNT:, i.e. that we have a block without a RETURN in it. (Note: At least in my Vim version 8.1.536, I had to force use of the older regexp engine via \%#=1; I have reported that bug to the Vim developers.)


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The Stanford Woods Institute is working to develop the next generation of environmental leaders through its Rising Environmental Leaders Program (RELP).
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Application period for Cohort 2019 is CLOSED - Apply again in Fall 2019.
Turning environmental research into world-changing action requires intimate knowledge of how government works. As part of the Rising Environmental Leaders Program, the Stanford Woods Institute hosts graduate students and postdoctoral scholars for a Washington, D.C. Boot Camp. Participants in the one-week leadership program garner first-hand knowledge about national policy development, partnership-building and public service careers. They gain exposure to the realities of policy design and implementation and learn how to connect research to policy and people.
Preference is given to scholars actively working on a Stanford Woods Institute-affiliated project.
See photos and tweets from the 2016 D.C. Boot Camp.
In 2017, the Stanford Woods Institute began offering an optional two-day Sacramento Boot Camp to program participants. This latest enhancement is designed to build upon the cohort's Washington, D.C. experience by introducing them to California's leading environmental actors as well as provide an insider's view of the policy-making process at the sub-national level.


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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the major forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), were thought to be autoimmune diseases. The fact that a genetic component existed was only recognized in the mid-1970s, and the influence of both genetics and environment in IBD was not understood until about 20 years ago.
The different forms of IBD were difficult to differentiate, and doctors often prescribed broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory drugs to treat all forms of IBD. "A lot of patients underwent surgery (i.e., to remove diseased segments of the intestine) when those drug therapies failed," explained Dr. Brian Feagan, a professor of medicine and epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Western Ontario and an internationally recognized expert in IBD therapy.
There is no cure for IBD, which generally begins in early adulthood and continues throughout life. However, most people with IBD are able to lead normal lives with the use of medication and surgery. In the past 15 years, better ways to treat IBD have been introduced, including biologic therapy to decrease inflammation and early immune suppression to prevent disease progression.
The causes of IBD are still unknown, but researchers believe it may be inherited and set off by environmental factors. Canada and Sweden have the highest incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis worldwide. There are more than 5,000 new diagnoses of Crohn's disease and 4,000 of ulcerative colitis every year. More than 200,000 Canadians live with one of these diseases.
"We did not understand the combination of genetics and environments until the late 1980s, when researchers examining certain immune genes discovered by serendipity that animals developed what looked like the human form of IBD as a result of gene abnormalities," said Dr. Feagan. Within the last decade, researchers have identified upwards of 20 gene associations with IBD, more than any other chronic inflammatory disease.
The medical community is still uncertain of what is happening in the bowels of people with Crohn's disease or colitis. Dr. Feagan has suggested that T cell lymphocytes may be reacting to bacteria in the intestines and setting in motion a process that leads to tissue damage and the onset of disease. "We think what's going on is the body is reacting against microbes," said Dr. Feagan.
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While the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) believes that medical researchers will find a cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, Dr. Feagan believes that "the puzzle is still not complete. We need to know which bacteria reacts with which gene defect."
A Canadian study – the Genetics, Environmental and Microbial (GEM) Project – is following patients with Crohn's disease and their families for 5 years to determine risk factors for the disease.
More rapid and dramatic changes, according to Dr. Feagan, will come in the use of new drug therapies. In the past 10 years, four new TNF-alpha inhibitors that can suppress the inflammatory process, have been introduced in Canada. "There is evidence they are more effective when used with early immune suppressants and given early in the course of the disease," Dr. Feagan explained. "Rates of surgery are also decreased."
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Wonder where the weekend went? Well, wave goodbye to what was and saddle up for another full week! That said, for some quick Monday morning fun, pop by the Wave magazine's list of the "10 best Internet fads." How many of these have circulated around your organization or professional peer group?


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How Old is Kathleen Sebelius? Age, Net Worth, Husband, Family, Education, Political Party
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Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician and a Secretary of Health and Human Services. She served under President Obama and did a good job in her tenure.
Name Kathleen Sebelius
Birthday May 15
Profession Politician
Parents John J Gilligan and Mary Kathryn
Siblings 3
Net Worth $1.48 million
Married/Single Married
Husband K. Gary Sebelius
Children John Sebelius, Ned Sebelius
Education Trinity Washington University
Instagram ka.thleen2123
Twitter Sebelius
Kathleen was a key figure in helping the former President implement the Affordable Care Act which was a key success for Obama. She has also been a politician in her career when she worked as the people's representative from 1987 to 1995.
Sebelius found a successful way to become a governor in Kansas. After 6 years of being a governor, she took the position of US Secretary of Health and Human Services. She has fought with anti-abortion senators in her career and has always stood for human rights.
Sebelius had also worked as a Kansas Commissioner of Insurance and she is one of the most popular Democrats in Kansas.
10 Facts On Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius was born on May 15, 1948. Despite her old age, she is a pretty progressive and adaptive politician.
Sebelius is currently 72 years old currently and looks very healthy for a woman her age.
She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and she grew up in a very religious family. To this day, she is Catholic.
Kathleen graduated from Trinity Washington University and obtained a Bachelors's degree.
According to some sources, she has a net worth of around $1.48 million. We don't know what her salary is.
She is married to a guy named Gary Sebelius and they are happy together.
We know that her father's name is John J Gilligan and her mother is Mary Kathryn. She grew up in a very healthy family environment.
She was the older sister to 3 other siblings in her family.
She is a member of a Democratic political party.
Kathleen has 155 Instagram followers and 5253 Twitter followers.
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The Linux kernel is a rather complex piece of software with a long list of components such as modules, interfaces and configuration files . These components can be configured with specific values in order to achieve a desired behaviour or mode of operation of the component [2,3,4]. Subsequently, this setup directly influences both the behaviour and the performance of your Linux system as a whole.
One of these kernel parameters is called vm.swappiness. It "controls the relative weight given to swapping out of runtime memory, as opposed to dropping memory pages from the system page cache" . Starting with Linux kernel releases 2.6 this value was introduced. It is stored in the file /proc/sys/vm/swappiness .
The use of swap  was an essential part of using smaller UNIX machines in the early 1990s. It is still useful (like having a spare tire in your vehicle) when nasty memory leaks interfere with your work. The machine will slow down but in most cases will still be usable to finish its assigned task. Free software developers have been making great strides to reduce and eliminate program errors so before changing kernel parameters consider updating to a newer version of your application and related libraries first.
If you run numerous tasks, then the inactive tasks will be swapped out to disk, making better use of memory with your active tasks. Video editing and other large memory consuming applications often have recommended amounts of memory and disk space. If you have an older machine which cannot have a memory upgrade, then making more swap available might be a good temporary solution for you (see  on how to learn more about that).
The swapping can happen on a separate partition or on a swap file. The partition is faster and favored by many database applications. The file approach is more flexible (see the dphys-swapfile package in Debian GNU/Linux ). Having more than one physical device for swapping allows the Linux kernel to choose the device that is most rapidly available (lower latency).
The default value of vm.swappiness is 60 and represents the percentage of the free memory before activating swap. The lower the value, the less swapping is used and the more memory pages are kept in physical memory.
The value of 60 is a compromise that works well for modern desktop systems. A smaller value is a recommended option for a server system, instead. As the Red Hat Performance Tuning manual points out , a smaller swappiness value is recommended for database workloads. For example, for Oracle databases, Red Hat recommends a swappiness value of 10. In contrast, for MariaDB databases, it is recommended to set swappiness to a value of 1 .
More and more linux users are running virtual machines. Each one has its own kernel in addition to the hypervisor that actually controls the hardware. Virtual machines have virtual disks created for them, so changing the setting inside the virtual machine will have indeterminate results. Experiment first with changing the values of the hypervisor kernel, as it actually controls the hardware in your machine.
For older machines which can no longer be upgraded (already have maximum supported memory) you can consider placing a small solid state disk in the machine to use it as an additional swap device. This will obviously become a consumable as memory cells fail from lots of writes, but can extend the life of a machine for a year or more for very low cost. The lower latency and quick reads will give much better performance than swapping to an ordinary disk, giving intermediate results to RAM. This should allow you to use somewhat lower vm.swappiness values for optimal performance. You will have to experiment. SSD devices are changing rapidly.
If you have more than one swap device, consider making it a RAID device to stripe data across the available devices.
You can make changes in swappiness without rebooting the machine, a major advantage over other operating systems.
Try to include only the services you need for your business. This will reduce memory requirements, improve performance and keep everything simpler.
A final note: You will be adding load to your swap devices. You will want to monitor the temperatures of them. An overheated system will lower its CPU frequency and slow down.
The author would like to say a special thanks to Gerold Rupprecht and Zoleka Hatitongwe for their critical remarks and comments while preparing this article.


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On May, 15, 2014 in the National pedagogical university n.a. M.P.Dragomanov a vocational orientation conference «Day of young researcher» took place. To participation in a conference the known scientists from many leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine were invited: V.P.Andruschenko - the rector of NPU n.a. Dragomanov, member-cor. of NAPN Ukraine, professor, doctor of philosophical sciences, G.М.Torbin - vice-rector of NPU n.a. Dragomanov, laureate of international Gumbol'dt prize and President of Ukraine prize, V.P.Bex - director of Institute of management and economy of education, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor, honoured worker of science and techniques of Ukraine, V.P.Sergiyenko - president of the Young academy of sciences of student's young people of Kiev region, doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor, M.I.Shut - doctor of physico-mathematical sciences, professor, honoured worker of science and engineering of the Ukraine, S.A.Vizhva - vice-rector of KNU n.a. T.G. Shevchenko, M.V.Pratsyovitiy - doctor of physico-mathematical sciences, professor, honoured worker of science and engineering of Ukraine et al.
The corresponding member of NAN of Ukraine, doctor of engineering sciences, professor, dean of the Faculty of Physical Engineering of NTUU «KPI» P.I.Loboda had the performance on the inauguration of conference. In the speech he represented basic principles of construction of modern model of high-quality education, share experience of organization of educational process on the Faculty of Physical Engineering of NTUU «KPI» and was acquainted auditory with advantages of the international educational project Tempus MMATENG. Overwhelming part of appearance was directed on the contact with student's young people and the personal interest of listeners in the study of such fundamental disciplines as physics, mathematics and natural sciences. In particular, he defined that knowledge of science about the structure and properties of materials was the background of comprehensive development of civilizations and scientific and technical progress. Upon completion Petro Ivanovich wished to the young researchers from the «Young academy of sciences of student's young people» of achievement of scientific tops, successes in cognition of world in all his many-sided nature, faithful choice of profession and place of studies.
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Peter Kirsch and Christian Alexander Receive 2021 TRB Vance Award
The Firm congratulates Christian Alexander and his co-author, Peter Kirsch, for their receipt of the annual John C. Vance Award from the National Academies of Sciences – Transportation Research Board (http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/VanceAward.aspx). The award is given annually to recognize the author(s) of an outstanding paper published by TRB that advances the study, understanding and implementation of transportation law. The award recognizes Mr. Alexander and Mr. Kirsch's monograph, "Permissible Uses of Airport Property and Revenue", which was published earlier this year by the TRB (http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/181529.aspx). The award will be conferred at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2022.
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This company is called Legal Hopkins Law firm and after doing some research they are prob overseas and they sound really fraudlent. I cant find a good mailing address for them.
They were telling my wife it was for a payday loan from back in 08 or 09 which she doesnt know about. She hasnt recieved anything in the mail to our knowledge however we just moved to a new address about 2 months ago and we had a problem with the mail being forwarded here. Thats all we know about this alleged debt.she has all the info on this CA at her desk at work. I think they are in another state we reside in TX.
Thanks everyone I guess first we should get the police report filed with the officer then send a letter to them with all the details. Maybe someone who knows more could offer me a step by step advice on what wife should do first. Should I get a written statement from wifes supervisor. Will the audio and video footage be needed?
This CA started calling my wife at work 2 weeks ago. She asked them not to call well today they decided to go CRAZY. This guy called he 25 times at work. Her supervisor even asked him to stop calling but he refused to.It got so bad she threatened to call the police which eventually she called the police to come and ask this guy to quit calling. The office came and the CA rep gave him a hard time so the police officer left and told my wife to call him back if this kept happening. Guess what it did so she had to call the officer back up to her job.. Now when the CA Rep called back he told her apologize for being rude which she did just to play nice and get the info she needed about this company. She was transferred to a supervisor she told the supervisor well a few min later the police office shows up and calls his dispatch with this companies phone # and finds out that they called 25 times or more today alone. He gets someone on the phone and explains to them this is harassment and its illegal. Then they finally never called again. My question is should we sue them. Her employer does have cameras with audio and video that tapes everything. As well as her boss who asked them to quit calling and a police officer who had to call and stop them from calling. What is the proper steps that should be taken?
Yes I finally got into the experian dispute file and I see 3 diffrent social security numbers. How can I handle this to get this resolved?
I went to pull my credit at annuaLCREDIT AND FREECREDIT REPORT and Truecredit. I was told to call and when I spoke to someone at freecreditreport they said experian said they have a diffrenet social # on file how could that happened and what should I do becuse my credit is no so good. I have been disputing and I had lexington law they had over 9 coll/baddies removed the 3 month I was there. What should I do and how could this have happened when I have had the same number forever and now equifax is saying I have to call them something is wrong also?
Newbie in need! Vets please help!!!
Wow, I hope everything works out for you.
So from what I gather its not a good idea to dispute with ant CRA online? Do everything by mail with the CRA and CA? I searched e-oscar nothing came up.
I thought the cra had to actually validate the debt. It seems hard to believe they did that in less than 24hrs.
Hello, I went online yesterday and disputed my experian accounts. I have checked today and they are saying it has already been verified. How is that possible? What should be my next step?
I applied for a capone business card and I recieved this respone: Thank you for submitting an application for a Capital One® business credit card! Notification of approval status will typically be sent in 7 to 10 business days; however, in certain circumstances it may take up to 15 days. In the interim, please do not submit another application, as only the first application received will be considered valid. What does this mean ,maybe I m a little slow but I don't know if its saying approval or not?
In texas is it true that all collection agencies can only report for SOL 4yrs? What about when the CA update a collection account I have a few accounts that were reported a while back and every month are updated as 120 days late.
I have disputed them twice with all three credit bureaus in the last 12 months and they keep reporting 120 days late almost every month. They keep validating debt which I dont understand because I have never personally opened an account with them.
I have 2 salie mae loans reportind as chargeoffs and 2 CA student aid accounts showing as chargeoffs with TU & EXP and 120 days late with EQ. How can I get this matter resolved? The two accouts with CA student aid I believe are from salie mae. Can I get them refinanced or if I pay them off one by one will they still report as collection acounts that were paid off? I want to get them reporting and a good status and then paid off so they dont keep affecting my score. Also how bad do student loans affect credit score?


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Го́рин — русская фамилия. Происхождение фамилии — от сокращённой формы имени Георгий, означающего по-гречески «земледелец» . Горины — дворянский род.

Известные носители

 Горин, Анатолий Сергеевич (1922—1981) — военный лётчик, Герой Советского Союза.
 Горин, Бернард Хаимович (1868—1925) — еврейский прозаик, драматург, переводчик, журналист, историк театра.

 Горин, Виталий Николаевич (1971—1995) — танкист, Герой Российской Федерации.

 Горин, Вячеслав Тимофеевич (1931—1994) — советский и белорусский учёный-зоотехник, генетик.
 Горин, Григорий Израилевич (Офштейн; 1940—2000) — советский прозаик и писатель-сатирик, драматург, сценарист, телеведущий.
 Горин, Геннадий (род. 1972) — российский юморист и музыкальный исполнитель.
 Горин, Евгений Алексеевич (1936—2018) — советский и российский математик, профессор МГУ и МПГУ.
 Горин, Ефим Евграфович (1877—1951) — изобретатель-самоучка, изобрёл «систему механического телевидения» и аппарат для слепых.

 Горин, Иван Петрович (1925—2003) — искусствовед.
 Горин, Михаил Тихонович — колхозный ветеринар в Московской области, Герой Социалистического Труда.
 Горин, Николай Кузьмич (1925—2005) — Герой Советского Союза.

 Горин, Феодосий Александрович (1923—1969) — генерал-майор, лауреат Ленинской премии.
 Горин, Чарли (1928—2021) — американский бейсболист.
 Горин, Эдуард Алексеевич (род. 1935) — директор производственного объединения «Одесский автосборочный завод».
 Игорь Горин (1904—1982) — американский оперный певец.

Составные фамилии

Топонимы
 Горин — река в Хабаровском крае.
 Горин — хутор в Даниловском районе Волгоградской области.
 Горин — посёлок сельского типа в Солнечном районе Хабаровского края.
 Горин — железнодорожная станция в Солнечном районе Хабаровского края.

См. также
 Карьера Димы Горина

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« Does the world really need one more average homebuilding company?
In the Lean World, the term "sensei" connotes the idea of wise counsel. My buddy Pascal Dennis would no doubt have a more authentic and appropriate term, but both of us would probably agree that serving the homebuilding industry can feel less like a sensei and more like being a voice in the wilderness. Qualifying as a true VITW would seem to require that you endure at least 10 years of frustration. On that basis, I could certainly qualify.
I would substitute "focused" for "complex", but I would also say that those three dimensions are as true and relevant today as they were 10 years ago. For a homebuilding company, improving operating performance and business outcomes still comes down to having a strategic and marketing discipline, creating a business context in which everything makes sense, and having a perspective toward how value is created.
Discipline: It has to narrow its focus, by designing its operating model to deliver exceptional levels of the specific and distinctive value demanded by a narrowly defined segment of homebuyers.
Context: It has to be a company of business-people. A savvy, accountable, and motivated homebuilding team comprised of savvy, accountable, and motivated teammates. It must teach its employees the real numbers of the business, give them the authority – and responsibility – to act on that knowledge, and then give them a real stake in the financial outcome.
Perspective: It has to organize and focus its efforts around the systemic manner in which it performs work and creates value for its buyers. Sometimes it is about process management. Sometimes it is about project management. Sometimes it is about solving problems, and sometimes it is about managing constraints. It is always about understanding the cause-and-effect nature of the system in which it operates.
Everything else is just a means to an end.
No one with the right mind set wants to be average or mediocre. Mediocrity should not be the norm.
Self Strategy, as well as business strategy is always better with focus. But sometimes a narrow focus can blind you to what is happening and around you – (cause and effect theory). So, is it narrow focus that is needed or attention to excellence?


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@interface DocumentListViewController () <UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate>
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIBarButtonItem *actionItem;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIBarButtonItem *deleteItem;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIDocumentInteractionController *interactionController;
@end

@implementation DocumentListViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;

    [self registerNibForCell];
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    [self reloadView];
}

- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidDisappear:animated];

    if (self.editing) {
        [self setEditing:NO animated:NO];
    }
}

#pragma mark -

- (void)setViewModel:(DocumentListViewModel *)viewModel
{
    _viewModel = viewModel;
    self.navigationItem.title = self.viewModel.title;
    self.title = self.viewModel.title;
}

#pragma mark -

- (void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super setEditing:editing animated:animated];

    [self setBarEditing:editing];

    if (editing) {
        self.deleteItem =
                [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:LocalizedString(@".delete")
                                                 style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
                                                target:self
                                                action:@selector(delete:)];
        self.deleteItem.enabled = NO;
        self.actionItem =
                [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAction
                                                              target:self
                                                              action:@selector(performAction:)];
        self.actionItem.enabled = NO;
        [self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItems:@[self.deleteItem, self.actionItem]
                                          animated:animated];
    } else {
        self.deleteItem = nil;
        self.actionItem = nil;
        [self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItems:@[] animated:animated];

        [self deselectAll:animated];
    }
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{
    UIColor *barTintColor = editing ? [UIColor grt_defaultTintColor] : nil;
    UIColor *tintColor = editing ? [UIColor whiteColor] : [UIColor grt_defaultTintColor];
    UIColor *titleColor = editing ? [UIColor whiteColor] : [UIColor blackColor];
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = barTintColor;
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = tintColor;
    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setTitleTextAttributes:
                                   @{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName: titleColor }];
    [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
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#pragma mark -

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
{
    return self.editing ? UIStatusBarStyleLightContent : UIStatusBarStyleDefault;
}

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden
{
    return NO;
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#pragma mark - Edit Action

- (void)delete:(id)sender
{
    UIActionSheet *sheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:nil
                                                       delegate:self
                                              cancelButtonTitle:LocalizedString(@".cancel")
                                         destructiveButtonTitle:LocalizedString(@".delete")
                                              otherButtonTitles:nil];
    if (IsPad()) {
        [sheet showFromBarButtonItem:sender animated:YES];
    } else {
        [sheet showInView:self.view];
    }
}

- (void)performAction:(id)sender
{
    PDFDocument *doc = [self.selectedDocuments firstObject];
    NSURL *URL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:doc.path];
    self.interactionController =
            [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:URL];
    [self.interactionController presentOpenInMenuFromBarButtonItem:sender animated:YES];
}

- (void)updateButtonsEnabled
{
    self.deleteItem.enabled = self.selectedIndexPaths.count > 0;
    self.actionItem.enabled = self.selectedIndexPaths.count == 1;
}

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{
    if (actionSheet.destructiveButtonIndex == buttonIndex) {
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{
    if ([segue.identifier isEqual:DocumentListViewControllerSeguePDFDocument]) {
        UINavigationController *navi =
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        PDFDocumentViewController *vc =
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        vc.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = YES;
        PDFDocument *document = [self.selectedDocuments firstObject];
        vc.document = document;
        [document.store addHistory:document];
        navi.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationCustom;
        navi.transitioningDelegate = self;
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- (NSArray *)selectedDocuments
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    return [self.selectedIndexPaths grt_map:^(NSIndexPath *indexPath) {
        return [self.viewModel documentAtIndex:indexPath.item];
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    DocumentModalTransitionAnimator *animator = [DocumentModalTransitionAnimator new];
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    [self.viewModel reload];
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Top 10 Most Popular Irish Girl Names In 2023
1.Brianna
Celtic Meaning: The name Brianna is a Celtic baby name. In Celtic the meaning of the name Brianna is: Strong. She ascends. Feminine of Brian.
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Fiona is a feminine given name. ... The name is considered to be a Latinised form of the Gaelic word fionn, meaning "white", "fair". The name Fiona is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of the Irish-language name Fíona, although these names are otherwise unrelated (as Fíona is derived from an element meaning "vine").
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Bridget or Brigid is a Gaelic/Irish female name derived from the noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternate meaning of the name is "exalted one".
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Q: Download bank statement file from online banking website with webclient I've been trying to download bank statement in OFX format using webclient like this:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

namespace DownloadBankStatement
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var client = new system.net.CookieAwareWebClient())
            {
                var LoginValues = new NameValueCollection
                {
                    {"newCardNumber","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"},
                    {"pswPassword","XXXX"}
                };
                client.UploadValues("https://www.cibconline.cibc.com/olbtxn/authentication/SignOn.cibc", "POST", LoginValues
                var PostValues = new NameValueCollection
                {
                    {"selectedAccount","XXXXX,XXXXXXX"},
                    {"selectedCriteria","2"},
                    {"fromDateMonth","2"},
                    {"fromDateDay","7"},
                    {"fromDateYear","2017"},
                    {"toDateMonth","2"},
                    {"toDateDay","7"},
                    {"toDateYear","2017"},
                    {"selectedFMSPackage","3"}
                };
                byte[] Statement = client.UploadValues("https://www.cibconline.cibc.com/olbtxn/accounts/TransactionDownload2.cibc", "POST", PostValues);
                File.WriteAllBytes("C:\\Statement.aso", Statement);
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

namespace system.net
{
    public class CookieAwareWebClient : WebClient
    {
        public CookieContainer CookieContainer { get; private set; }

        public CookieAwareWebClient()
        {
            this.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
        }

        public CookieAwareWebClient(CookieContainer cookieContainer)
        {
            this.CookieContainer = cookieContainer;
        }

        protected override WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri address)
        {
            var request = base.GetWebRequest(address) as HttpWebRequest;
            if (request == null) return base.GetWebRequest(address);
            request.CookieContainer = CookieContainer;
            return request;
        }
    }
}

Everything works fine except the response I get is the web page which contains the second form where I set the bank statement parameters.
I examined the POST details which shows:
Content-disposition:attachment; filename=cibc.aso
Content-Length:20052
Content-Type:application/vnd.accpac.simply.aso
When I POST the form manually using IE there's always a popup window asking me to either save it or opening it dorectly, but when I use Chrome to do the same no question is asked and the file is directly downloaded.
So what would be the right way to save the cibc.aso file which is obviously an attachment here? Your feedback is highly appreciated.

A: It depends on the browser settings. In chrome settings, under downloads; there is a checkbox to tic "Ask where to save each file before downloading".


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About the orphanage
The House of Affection/La Maison des Affections was founded by Thuy and Jean Garcia in Hue, Vietnam in July, 2012. The work of taking care of orphans has started back in 1999 after the epic flood of November, 1999 but we have not formally registered our non-profit organisation until 2012. Once the news spread, other orphans and abandoned children were sent to us as well. Today 40 children live in the The House of Affection and under our direct guardianship.
Educate to Elevate
We are not an orphanage in the traditional sense. Yes we take in children who have lost both parents or are abandoned, however, we don't stop supporting them once they reach 18 years old. Both Thuy and I believe that we need to give them the best possible education so that they can have a brighter future and can return and help more children. For 17 years, we took care of them in a self-sufficient way though the income of our travel agency and homestay business but COVID-19 would change all that…
In addition, The House of Affection is also in charge of the reintegration and the education program for Sampanier children. Sampaniers are former lake tribes who live on boats. A small association in France, Les Sampaniers du Vietnam, is responsible for finding sponsors. For this program, we built 160 houses, helped build 2 kindergartens, a primary school and a college. With the help of volunteers from major French and American schools, we were able house and educate about 500 children.


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Remembering Smithereens' Songwriter And Lead Singer Pat DiNizio
Published December 13, 2017 at 11:23 AM PST
TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. Pat DiNizio, the lead singer and main songwriter of the band The Smithereens, died yesterday. He was 62. DiNizio's music was influenced by all the songs he grew up listening to on AM radio in the '60s. His bandmates have posted a tribute to him on Facebook saying Pat had the magic touch. He channeled the essence of joy and heartbreak into hook-laden three-minute pop songs infused with a lifelong passion for rock 'n' roll. The Smithereens formed in New Jersey in 1980 and were most popular during the late '80s and early '90s.
We're going to listen back to an interview I recorded with DiNizio in 1988. The band had just released their second album called "Green Thoughts." We started with the song "Only A Memory" from that album.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ONLY A MEMORY")
THE SMITHEREENS: (Singing) My mind is filled with thoughts of you. I think about the days of two. I search the room, but you're not there. Your perfume lingers everywhere, but it's only a memory of what our love was going to be. Only a memory, broken bits of you and me. Only a memory. Only a memory.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)
GROSS: "Only a Memory" has a really good hook, and I wonder if you actually think about things like hooks in your songs when you're writing one.
PAT DINIZIO: Well, I'm very conscious about song structure. And I was always a fan of the classic pop song writing structure, a structure or type of songwriting that was more prevalent in the 1950s and '60s. And those sorts of songs included hooks. There are hooks today in a lot of popular music, but it seems as though the song itself is being ignored in favor of writing songs around a beat or a drum machine.
GROSS: So the hook comes first and then the song gets written around it for you?
DINIZIO: It depends. Oftentimes I'll get a song title. The title "Green Thoughts," for example, came out of nowhere. And it's not the kind of thing that I give a lot of thought to or that I would ever intellectualize. The songs both musically and lyrically tend to come out of nowhere.
GROSS: I want to ask you about the song "Something New." It's a song I like a lot. I'll tell you that I really like the lyric to it because the lyric is so clean, so spare (laughter). Tell me about writing that song and about the lyric.
DINIZIO: Well, quite frankly, that lyric came moments after a breakup with a girlfriend. And I was in the shower, and it just sort of hit. And the song sort of wrote itself. It's just that weird instant when - instance when, you know, you're not really thinking about it. That's why I'm particularly happy with those set of lyrics. Although they are as simple as they are, they're very heartfelt. They have a lot of personal meaning to me. And I think that anyone who's been through a similar experience can relate to them.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SOMETHING NEW")
THE SMITHEREENS: (Singing) It is time for something new for us to do. So, darling, dry your eyes. It's time for something new. Something new is what we need. Something new, we have agreed. It is time for us to look for something new.
GROSS: It's nice to hear a very unpretentious lyric, too, something that's just simple and clean and straightforward.
DINIZIO: Yeah, I've never really been into wordplay or being clever lyrically for the sake of being clever. It just doesn't make any sense to me. I need the lyrics to have some sort of meaning that I can relate to on some sort of emotional level. And hopefully that will translate into similar enjoyment for whosever listening.
GROSS: You know, I was listening to your song "Something New," and it was making me think about The Beatles' early songs. It seems a lot of your songs are almost homages to groups that you really like.
DINIZIO: You know, you could say that. I personally believe that there's virtually nothing really new musically under the sun. Everyone is sort of taking what's gone by or the good things from the past and trying to reinvent them in some way. And anyone who has ears to hear it realizes that the song "If The Sun Doesn't Shine" on the "Green Thoughts" album is a definite homage to Brian Wilson.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IF THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE")
THE SMITHEREENS: (Singing) It was on a day just like this that I first met you and we shared a kiss. Things that used to matter are no longer on my mind. Now it don't matter to me if the sun doesn't shine. We'll lie in bed Saturday and hide...
GROSS: You sing really well. And I was wondering if when you were young - if adults noticed that you can sing and if you had to perform at, like, kiddie talent shows and things like that (laughter).
DINIZIO: Well, my parents were very much lower-middle-class working people. They both worked two jobs for years and years. And I learned to sing and develop my sense of vocal harmony by listening to Beach Boys and Beatles records and Yardbirds records and just singing along with the records.
GROSS: Would you sing along, then turn down the volume and see how you did without the record?
DINIZIO: Actually, I think the volume was on 10 most of the time. But 10 in 1966 or '67 was a lot different than it is now.
GROSS: The Smithereens strike me as being in this mid-level place in rock music now in terms of popularity. You're playing a lot of clubs. You're on MTV. Your previous record, I think, made it to the Billboard Top 100. You're not rock stars. You're not really famous. But you're not obscure either. You're kind of in the middle somewhere. What do you do now to take it to the next step? Do you want to go to a next step?
DINIZIO: There are no conscious decisions. The only thing that we can do as musicians or, quote, unquote, "so-called artists" is just to do the best work that we can. If we could do what we do musically, which we've done virtually without change for eight years, and become tremendously successful, to me it would not be a sellout in any way at all.
GROSS: Pat DiNizio, the lead singer and songwriter of The Smithereens, recorded in 1988. He died yesterday at the age of 62. This is FRESH AIR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


Japanese super-feather champ Masaru Sueyoshi (18-1, 11 KOs), 129.75, successfully kept his national belt as he decked #1 contender Tsuyoshi Tojo (14-16-5, 3 KOs), 130, with a countering right in the opening session and pounded out a unanimous verdict (all 98-91) over ten heats on Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan. The upright stylist, making his second defense, acquired the vacant national belt by outscoring Ribo Takahata last October and halted Ken Osato in eight sessions of his initial defense this February.
Unbeaten Filipino prospect, 21-year-old Jayr Raquinel (10-0-1, 7 KOs), 112, impressively retained his OPBF flyweight belt by disposing of Japanese challenger, #13 Shun Kosaka (15-4, 4 KOs), 112, with a single southpaw left at 1:20 of the fourth round in Wakayama last Sunday (May 27). The hard-punching Raquinel, making his first defense, captured the OPBF throne when he surprisingly demolished defending titlist Keisuke Nakayama in nine hot rounds here this March. Raquinel is worth watching.


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