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Boarding, in its simplest sense, refers to the insertion onto a ship's deck of people. However, when it is classified as an attack, in most contexts, it refers to the insertion of personnel that are not members of the crew by another party. Boarding may be carried out during wartime by naval infantry in an attempt to seize and possibly destroy the vessel, or it may occur in peacetime by pirates and other criminals, or as a means of inspection by a nation's coast guard (or navy) to prevent piracy and smuggling.
In modern warfare, boarding by military forces may involve the use of small submersibles, inflatable boats, or helicopters to carry troops to the deck of the ship, or may simply be carried out by scuba divers scaling the sides of the ship.
Boarding is one of the oldest methods of securing an opposing ship, as the first cases were depicted when the Sea Peoples and Egyptians fought. For cultures that lack effective shipboard artillery, boarding is the main technique of ship-to-ship combat. However, in the modern era, boarding is still used, particularly when stealth is desired.
In all eras, boarding requires that the ship boarded be stable enough to withstand the impact of enemy personnel leaping or climbing onto the deck and a subsequent sustained fight. The target ship must also have enough deck space for boarders to be able to stand and fight effectively. Thus, Native American war canoes or New Zealand longboats were not suitable boarding targets, and wars between sides equipped with such vessels have generally not seen boarding actions, or any other decisive form of ship-to-ship combat. Instead, such vessels were often used for the rapid transportation of troops and supplies, and decisive engagements were normally fought by landing forces.
Throughout the classical and medieval periods, all naval ship-to-ship combat focused primarily on boarding, although ramming and incendiaries were secondary tactics. Greek and Persian naval tactics emphasized ramming and boarding, notably at the Battle of Salamis.
The earliest Roman naval battles against Carthage also emphasized boarding. Since the Romans were primarily a land-based army, they could not effectively combat the Carthaginian navy, and subsequently lost several sea battles. The corvus, a boarding ramp with two steel spikes, was the Roman answer to this problem. Roman sailors piloted their ship alongside a Carthaginian ship, dropped the corvus from one deck to the other, and sent their soldiers across the board, assaulting the ship. The Carthaginian navy, unprepared for this "land combat" on the oceans, lost several ships to this tactic. This invention secured Roman naval dominance in the Mediterranean Sea for several centuries.
During the medieval period, boarding continued to be the dominant form of ship-to-ship combat. The most prominent naval power of the period, the Vikings, rarely fought other seaborne peoples on the water, but they still depended on boarding on those rare occasions, often lashing their longships together to make a more stable platform for the upcoming battle. The maritime use of Greek fire made Byzantium less dependent on boarding than other medieval powers, but it was still used.
In medieval Western Europe, boarding actions were relatively rare, as general dependence on oarless sailing vessels unable to steer close to the wind tended to keep at least one side's fleet imprisoned in port while the other fleet ferried soldiers to its objective. The most famous exception to this rule was the Battle of Sluys in 1340, where the French and English navies fought each other with close combat weapons, bows and primitive firearms, using the ships' decks and compartments as battlefields. Contemporaries noted at the Battle of Sluys that ship-to-ship boarding actions were particularly deadly, due to the fact that retreat was impossible, (short of jumping off the ship and drowning) so the losing side thus must "bear the fortune." This meant that these boarding actions were almost always fought to the death.
To better resist boarding, medieval European ships began to be built with high wooden "castles" fore and aft, which boarders could scale only with great difficulty, while archers or harquebusiers could sweep the enemy decks.
Medieval China and Japan were also dependent on boarding tactics, with the flat expanse of a ship used as a battleground for the marine contingents on the ships. The Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185 was one of the classic naval battles in medieval Asia to be decided by boarding.
The development in the early 16th century of shipboard gunports and gun carriages, and the consequent adoption of broadside tactics, gradually ended the primacy of boarding in naval warfare.
The decline in boarding occurred faster in Northern and Western Europe than in the Mediterranean. While England and France quickly designed ships with heavy broadsides, the Mediterranean's lighter winds encouraged the Spaniards, Italians and Turks to retain the rowed galley, which was difficult to equip with heavy broadsides because the weight and size of the artillery interfered with the oar banks. As late as 1571, the Mediterranean Battle of Lepanto, while influenced by artillery, was still principally a battle determined by boarding, with soldiers aboard the ships on both sides outnumbering the sailors by over two to one.
The defeat of Spain's Great Armada in 1588 struck the death knell for major fleets geared toward boarding. The Spanish galleons were intended primarily for boarding combat, their garrisons of boarding soldiers far outnumbering the English and their decks provided with high castles for suppressive fire. But the Armada proved unable to close with the English vessels, partly because the Spanish castles rendered their ships more sluggish, while Drake and Hawkins stood off and bombarded the Spanish from long range, tearing up their rigging and decimating their crews with the superior firepower of their broadsides. This enabled the outnumbered English fleet to avoid being boarded and prevent a Spanish landing.
While boarding would never again be the dominant tactic in Western naval warfare, it was not abandoned. Boarding was still used as the coup de grace against a crippled ship, enabling the victimized vessel to be recovered and used by the boarders' side rather than being sunk. Important information such as enemy plans, ciphers or rutters might also be recovered. Large quantities of soldiers were consigned to transports rather than "pestering" the decks of warships, but smaller units of specialized marines were kept aboard to aid in boarding (as well as to enforce naval discipline). Sailors themselves were now expected to play the major role in boarding combat.
Boarding was of particular importance in the 17th and 18th centuries' guerre du course, or commerce raiding, as well as to privateers and pirates. Because naval crews were paid prize money for bringing back enemy merchant shipping and cargoes intact, it was preferable to capture such ships rather than sink them, which ultimately required boarding, with or without a preliminary artillery duel. Privateers and pirates found boarding even more necessary, as both depended entirely on capturing merchant vessels for their livelihood, under the wageless system of "no purchase, no pay".
There were two chief techniques of boarding in the Age of Sail. One was to bring the two ships close enough to actually step from or leap from one's own gunwale to the enemy's deck. Grappling hooks and lines assisted in keeping the vessels side by side. The second option was to place a boarding party onto a dory, gig, or another type of small boat, row it alongside the target, and then climb aboard by using grappling hooks or the steps built into some ship's sides. The cinematic method of throwing a grappling line into the enemy's rigging or yards and then swinging aboard does not appear to have any historical support, as this could hardly have been practical, and brought a soldier within range of a large group of hostile combatants extremely quickly. In addition, it would be hard for large numbers sufficient to overwhelm the other ship's defenses to be brought onto the deck in this fashion.
Boarding in the Age of Sail was more difficult and dangerous than in previous eras of open-decked sailing vessels. Defenders could seek cover in "closed quarters" in the ship's roundhouse or foredeck, shooting through small loopholes at the exposed boarders. The defenders could also place grenades on their gunwales or dangle them from their yards, detonating them by fuses of quick match that led back through the loopholes into the closed quarters. If not in closed quarters, defenders sometimes resorted to the boarding pike, trying to kill or wound boarders while keeping them at a distance, and of course might use any of the weapons that the boarders themselves used.
Boarding weapons in the Age of Sail consisted of grenades, muskets, pistols, cutlasses, numerous other blades, and the short-barreled shotguns called blunderbusses. Until the 19th century introduction of the percussion cap, sailors preferred to use flintlocks whenever possible, as the lighted match of a matchlock was extremely dangerous to use on board a ship. Spanish and Portuguese sailors, especially officers, were known to use the rapier throughout the 17th and even into the 18th century, but the close-quarter nature of boarding combat rendered these lengthy swords very ineffective. An important weapon often overlooked by historians was the boarding axe, useful for attacking the enemy, but also essential for chopping down doors and bulkheads to break into closed quarters where the defenders of a ship could barricade themselves.
The continued success throughout the 18th century of boarding tactics in a secondary role is best exemplified by John Paul Jones' assault against the HMS Serapis from the sinking USS Bonhomme Richard in 1779, the only known case in the Age of Sail where a ship's captain captured an enemy ship while losing his own. The HMS Shannon in turn broke the United States' run of successful frigate battles during the War of 1812 by boarding and capturing the USS Chesapeake in 1813.
The "cutting out expedition," a boarding attack by small boats, preferably at night and against an unsuspecting and anchored target, became popular throughout the later 18th century and during the Napoleonic wars. This heralded the emphasis on stealth and surprise that would come to dominate future boarding tactics.
The adoption of ironclads and increasingly powerful naval artillery vastly increased the risk of boarding attacks. Meanwhile, the suppression of piracy and the abandonment of privateering and prize money made boarding actions even against merchant vessels less rewarding. The massacre of Paraguayan canoe-borne boarding parties by Brazilian ironclads during the Paraguayan War demonstrated the futility of direct assault by boarding in the face of 19th-century technology.
For the most part, boarding became a police action in which the attackers came on board only when no resistance could be expected, in order to search vessels and remove contraband. The target would be a ship that had hove to or surrendered. During wartime, the surrendering or sinking ship would be searched for any valuable information such as plans and ciphers. One prominent example would be during World War II, when a British vessels crippled the U-110 in 1941, and sent its crew onboard after the U-boat commander, Kapitänleutnant Fritz-Julius Lemp, gave the order to abandon ship. The British would be rewarded with a fully operational Enigma cipher machine, left behind by the German sailors.
True boarding assaults in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries became extremely rare, generally by small boats or by divers, who entered the target vessel surreptitiously and exploited total surprise to seize control before resistance could be effectively organized. Modern-day pirates in motorboats similarly depend on speed, stealth and surprise to take their targets, usually unarmed and poorly defended, without serious resistance.
Besides video games, boarding is prominently featured in some films based in the age of the sail, for instance, in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, as well as those set in the future.
In science fiction works dealing with starships, boarding actions are often made easier by the use of fictional advanced technology, most notably tractor beams to immobilize and "reel in" a target vessel, and transporters to teleport, or "beam", directly from one ship to another. In these works, it is often necessary to first cripple or disable the target ship in some way, such as taking down its shields, or disabling its faster-than-light drive so it can't escape, before boarding it.
In settings with teleportation technology (which allows boarders to instantly transition between their own ship and any arbitrary location aboard the ship being boarded), such as the transporters of the Star Trek franchise, such technology is often the preferred method of boarding another vessel, as it is faster than any other method and, in most cases, allows boarders to be inserted directly into key locations, such as the bridge or engine room, on the ship to be boarded. Generally, such technology only works if the shields of the defending ship are down (and requires the attacking ship to briefly drop its own shields), but deflector shields are generally also capable of blocking solid objects such as space-suited marines, boarding craft or docking tubes. Transporter technology is sometimes also used for hit-and-run boarding actions, in which a boarding party beams directly to the site of their objective (or in an oft-used plot device, into an area "as close as possible" to that objective, either due to limitations of the teleportation technology ("the chamber itself is shielded") or so as not to attract (as much) attention), carriess out a specific task (such as sabotage, data theft or grabbing or sticking transport beacons on people or objects) and beams out as quickly as possible, rather than trying to seize control of the ship.
Boarding was featured in the Star Wars universe, both in the films and video games (such as X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter). A ship would often be boarded after being disabled with ion cannons, either by another large ship, or by a transport craft. In the case of a small vessel being captured by a larger one (typically a capital ship), the latter vessel may use a tractor beam to immobilize and "reel in" the target vessel.
In some space RTS games, boarding is performed by special ships (usually called "troopships", "marine transports" or something similar), which dock with a ship to be boarded and, depending on the game, either instantly capture the target ship (usually consuming the troopship), or start a boarding action requiring a finite amount of time (bigger ships usually take longer to capture, but it is usually possible to hasten a boarding action by using additional troopships), after which the target ship is automatically captured; in the latter case, a ship being boarded can be saved from capture by destroying the offending troopships before they finish their task; depending on the game, it may be necessary to disable a ship before boarding it, and not all ship types (fighters, for example) may be boardable.


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- You not only have the advantage of our Moodle online learning environment, but also WebCorp language analysis technology and eMargin for text annotation.
- Some of our research, which helps nourish your course content, was rated by the latest Research Assessment Exercise as 'world-leading'.
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To be considered you must hold, or be predicted to achieve:
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You will also be required to attend an interview.
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Full-time students won't have to pay for tuition fees until after their studies - there are government tuition fee loans available. If you are a full-time student, after leaving university you will start to pay back your loan once you are earning over £21,000 a year, at a rate of nine per cent on any income above £21,000. So if you were earning £25,000, you would pay back nine per cent of £4,000, or £30 per month.
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The University is conveniently placed, with Birmingham International Airport nearby and first-rate transport connections to London and the rest of the UK. Our reputation for excellence is soaring globally, thanks to the superb links we forge with industry, our international alliances, and our focus on practical, vocational learning.
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Due to their ability to analyse and interpret text, accurately communicate information, work independently or collaboratively and present material with confidence, English graduates are highly employable. Our alumni have found employment in arts administration, teaching, lecturing, law, media and marketing, management, research and writing, politics and public relations, social work and social administration and librarianship, information services and many other areas.
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78.9% of graduates from the School of English who responded to our survey went into either employment and/or further study. The average full-time salary for a leaver was £16,700. Employers hiring graduates from the School include Headline Communications and Nottingham Trent University, offering positions such as Junior Account Executive and Sessional Lecturer.
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The mental health of Medi-Cal patients diagnosed with diabetes can adversely affect the quality of diabetes care they obtain, according to new research out of Loma Linda University published in the July issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
An increased risk of diabetes and sub-optimal diabetes care is often linked with serious mental illness. By assessing diabetes prevalence and care among Medi-Cal patients treated through the County of San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health, the researchers determined that receiving poorer diabetes care was associated with:
Diabetes care was measured by whether patients were receiving hemoglobin testing, lipid testing, and eye examinations—tests that experts recommend at least once yearly for those with diabetes.
Medi-Cal mental health services are separately funded and operationally independent of physical health services, meaning that patients who need both must seek care in two systems.
"Unfortunately, patients having both physical and mental health problems, especially if they have more serious mental illness, are going to be less likely to initiate and follow through on routine diabetes care and may be considered as difficult primary care patients," notes Jim Banta, PhD, MPH, lead researcher and assistant professor in the department of health policy and management at the School of Public Health.
The study found that when patients received psychiatric care from a fee-for-service psychiatrist—as opposed to only in a mental health clinic—they also received better diabetes care, even though that diabetes care was probably from a different doctor. Unfortunately, the data was not able to tell why there was a difference.
One of the practical implications of the study is that extra effort must be spent to ensure that patients on SGA medications receive necessary medical screenings at least once a year.
"The fact that these patients are less likely to get screenings shows that they are slipping through the cracks," says Dr. Banta. "Just because they have mental health problems, these Medi-Cal patients shouldn't be put at higher risk for blindness, organ damage, and premature death due to potentially lower quality primary care."
In addition to Dr. Banta, the other study authors were Scott W. Lee, MD, of the department of internal medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Mark G. Haviland, PhD, of the department of psychiatry at Loma Linda University School of Medicine; and Elaine H. Morrato, DrPH, MPH, of the department of health systems, management, and policy, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, and department of clinical pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Denver.
"Eight years ago as both a statistician in the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health and a doctoral student at UCLA, I was intrigued by the idea of merging mental and physical health data to study the total health of psychiatric patients," says Dr. Banta. "After obtaining a grant from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health and official permission from four different government entities to get such data, it is very gratifying to work with a good team and after much effort to finally see results published in a respectable medical journal."
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KNOCKHOLT village is planning a fireworks spectacular on November 5.
Gates will open on the corner of Blueberry Lane and Main Road in Knockholt, just off the A21 at Pratts Bottom, at 6pm.
Walking groups from village pubs and schools will then descend on the massive traditional bonfire with flaming torches at 6.45pm. They will then set alight to a chain of rings which will spread to a large Olympic-like ticket on the top of the bonfire.
This is all part of the "Going for Gold" theme for Knockholt Carnival, leading up to the carnival on the village field on the July 7, 2012.
Tickets for the firework event are available now from the village shops and pubs and at the door.
Paul Cooling, owner of Coolings Nursery, said: "This will, be a fantastic Autumn celebration and promises to be spectacular with much more money spent on fireworks this year than ever before.
"Free parking is available at Coolings' Green and Pleasant, Main Road Knockholt, which makes the event accessible to all the family – arrive early."
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A billboard on U.S. 63 near the edge of town that promotes the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library spoils the ending of a Harry Potter novel for passers-by.
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Is there a Forno Bravo Store in LA or near Anahiem? Would like to pick up some tools, peel etc. Thx.
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There may be a distributor. You can locate them on the FB site. The real deal is a beautiful drive up the coast.
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I bought a pizza peel set from FB and they shipped it to my hotel. When I saw the size of the box, 6' 4" tall by 12" square figured I'd have trouble getting them to take it on the plane (although people fly with checked downhill skiis and golf clubs all the time back home). I then went to USPS and they told me they couldn't ship it because the package was too big... used UPS instead. Kinda fun driving with a big box sticking out the back passenger window of our rental car... a Infinity G37.
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We don't have store locations. We are located in Marina Ca. We do have dealer's, however they don't stock our products.
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On Saturday 22 November 2003 06:51 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > > but never mind that. let's talk about something else.
> > >
> > > so we have a guy who presumably owns a solaris box. he wants to
> > > install something. i forget what it was. oracle? anyway. he wants
> > > to do it from an account named "joeschmo", rather than "root".
> > >
> > > do you really not see anything wrong with that?
> > >
> > > the only person who should be doing that is a hacker.
> >
> > Or an oracle DBA/sysadmin... oracle is not installed as root, although
> > there are 2-3 parts that require you to run a script as root to do
> > somethings.
> and you would change a user's UID or GID to do this?
You are not making sense. You said above that you had a guy that wanted to
install oracle from an account other than root(which is the way oracle is
supposed to be installed.) So you're dinging me for that? Have you ever
done oracle installs? Am I missing something here?
> you ain't administrating any machine that i own, that's for sure! ;)
Ya know, there's one thing that always makes me laugh, and that's when a non
professional gets all anal about their home system. Get a grip, the absolute
worst thing that can happen is you have to spend an hr or two reloading your
system. Its one thing to expend the level of effort to learn about
something, another thing to just do it cuz you're afraid of being hacked.
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Casablanca — Morocco continues to look forward to the emergence of a new Maghreb order that would enable its five member-countries to build a common future based on integration and complementarity mechanisms as well as the free movement of peoples, goods and capital, said HM King Mohammed VI.
In a speech to the nation on the occasion of the throne day, the Sovereign stressed that the coveted order "transcends artificial obstacles and imposed conditions, thus enabling us to be in tune with the ongoing regional changes."
Of foreign policy in the Arab world, HM the King noted that Morocco is driven by the same conviction for the Arab world as "it seeks to
develop a new approach for Arab joint action, in coordination with the countries of the region."
The Sovereign also recalled that during his visit to the Gulf Cooperation Council States , it was "decided to lay the foundations for a strategic partnership between the Kingdom and this coherent, promising regional grouping."
"I have also continued my efforts as Chairman of the Al Quds Committee to uphold the just cause of the brotherly Palestinian people, so they may live in an independent state, established on Palestinian land, on the basis of the Arab peace initiative", HM the King stressed, before expressing commitment "to ensuring that the cultural and religious identity of the holy city of Al Quds is safeguarded, particularly through the Al Quds Committee and its affiliate body in the field, namely Bayt Mal Al Quds."
Bayt Mal Al Quds Agency is "conducting a number of tangible projects, but could undoubtedly do more for the benefit of all, should it receive financial support from Islamic States, in accordance with the commitments they made when this specialized agency was set up", the Sovereign went on.
The Sovereign also reiterated the Kingdom's commitment for African countries, and solidarity with sister African nations, noting that his visit to three African countries earlier this year was an opportunity to "further strengthen Morocco's ties with the continent" and "take note of these countries' requests for Moroccan investment and expertise" In this context, the Sovereign Moroccan stakeholders "to respond to this request in order to achieve more economic integration, rapprochement and complementarity."
On Morocco's ties with Europe, HM the King said "the Kingdom has also pursued its strategy of openness, based on positive interaction with its European partners" and showed keenness to "strengthen its
bilateral relations with the Kingdom of Spain and the French Republic," on the
occasion of the visits paid to Morocco by King Juan Carlos I of Spain and French President, François Hollande.
"Mutual efforts to take relations with the European Union to a higher level are also on the right path, within the framework of the Advanced Status granted to Morocco," the Sovereign went on before praising the outstanding diplomatic action carried out in all the other continents in order to build stronger relations with international actors there."
HM the King also confirm "solidarity with the Syrian people, who are caught up in a tragic, bloody and destructive conflict, and to voice our support for the crucial choices they make as well as for their territorial integrity" and "support for the Republic of Mali in its endeavors to protect the unity of its territory and its national identity against radicalism and terrorism."


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Jeff, Thanks for the helpful pieces of information!
> 2) a) Has anyone else run into a similar problem?
Sounds like your data has errors, such that data type conversions are not
working. Be sure you don't depend on Access to identify the data types in
the columns... it does a terrible job.
[Cris Clausing] - Tried it.
> b) Was it an issue with the Unix FTP program / interface ?
Sounds like not. Omitting the "binary" option on the ftp transfer could
cause problems, but I learned about those ages ago.
[Cris Clausing] - Will ask the guy doing the FTP process.
> c) How did you resolve it?
Define tables with known column types, make sure they are empty, and
import the data again.
[Cris Clausing] - Tried it.
> 3) Am I asking the wrong group? Could anyone suggest a reference /
> web-site / book / ? (be nice)?
[Cris Clausing] - Above link opens Netscape but can't see the news group.
> My Undying Gratitude !!!
First the minions of the evil empire, then the undead. Man, you are
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| WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV)The West Nile virus is transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes that are infected with the virus. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. After an incubation period of 10 days to 2 weeks, infected mosquitoes can then transmit West Nile virus to humans and animals while biting to take blood. Following transmission by an infected mosquito, the virus multiplies in a person's blood stream and crosses the blood-brain barrier to reach the brain. The virus interferes with normal central nervous system functioning and causes inflammation of the brain tissue (encephalitis). West Nile virus is NOT transmitted from person to person. For example, you cannot get the virus from touching or kissing a person who has the disease or from a health care worker who has treated someone with the disease. Similarly, there are also no known cases of animal to person transmission of the virusThe person infected with the virus will typically experience symptoms of the disease within 3 to 15 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Most infections are mild and symptoms include fever, headache and body aches, often with skin rash and swollen lymph glands. More severe infection may be marked by headache, high fever, stiffness, stupor, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, paralysis, coma and rarely, death. Fatality rates among people range from 3% to 15% and are highest among the elderly.Currently there is no vaccine or specific treatment for West Nile virus. In more severe cases treatment requires intensive supportive therapy, such as hospitalization, intravenous fluids, respiratory support, the prevention of secondary infections (pneumonia, urinary tract, etc.) and good nursing care. It is too early to speculate about the permanent establishment of West Nile virus in the United States. The testing of dead birds is part of the state's interagency surveillance system for WNV and other mosquito-borne viruses. If you observe an unusual change in the number of dead wild crows, ravens, jays, sparrows and other birds, you are encouraged to report birds that have been dead less than 48 hours to the Department of Health Services at 877-747-2243 or 877-WNV-BIRD. Health Services will send someone out to pick up the dead bird to be tested and inform you if it tests positive for WNV.There is no evidence that a person can get the virus from handling live or dead infected birds. However, avoid barehanded contact with all dead animals, including dead birds. It is a good idea to use gloves or double plastic bags to handle and dispose of the carcass. Background Information Prevention (FAQ) Symptoms of West Nile Virus (FAQ) West Nile Virus and Horses (FAQ)West Nile Virus and Dogs and Cats (FAQ) West Nile Virus and Birds (FAQ) Additional On-line Information on West Nile VirusBackground InformationThe West Nile encephalitis virus (inflammation of the brain) is believed to have originated in Africa and is also found in West Asia and the Middle East. It is not known how long the West Nile virus has been in this country, but scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe that it has probably been in the United States since the early summer of 1999, and possibly earlier. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 3 reported human disease cases for the West Nile Virus (WNV) in California during 2003. Of the total 9122 cases reported in the United States for 2003, 6251 cases (69%) were reported as West Nile Fever (milder disease), 2707 (30%) were reported as West Nile meningitis or encephalitis (severe disease) and 164 (2%) were clinically unspecified. There are no reliable estimates available for the number of cases of the disease that occur worldwide.* Information obtained from Los Angeles County West Vector Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.PreventionQ. What can I do to reduce my risk of becoming infected with West Nile virus? A. Here are preventive measures that you and your family can take:Protect yourself from mosquito bites:Apply insect repellent sparingly to exposed skin. The more DEET a repellent contains the longer time it can protect you from mosquito bites. A higher percentage of DEET in a repellent does not mean that your protection is better—just that it will last longer. DEET concentrations higher than 50% do not increase the length of protection. Choose a repellent that provides protection for the amount of time that you will be outdoors.
A. Prevention and control of West Nile virus and other arboviral diseases is most effectively accomplished through integrated vector management programs. These programs should include surveillance for West Nile virus activity in mosquito vectors, birds, horses, other animals, and humans, and implementation of appropriate mosquito control measures to reduce mosquito populations when necessary. Additionally, when virus activity is detected in an area, residents should be alerted and advised to increase measures to reduce contact with mosquitoes. Details about effective prevention and control of West Nile virus can be found in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guidelines for Surveillance, Prevention and Control at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/surv&control.htm.Q. Is there a vaccine against West Nile encephalitis?
A. No, but several companies are working towards developing a vaccine.Q. Where can I get information about the use of pesticide sprays that are being used for mosquito control?
A. The federal agency responsible for pesticide evaluation is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Visit the EPA website, http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/skeeters.htm for detailed answers to the questions about pesticides used for mosquito control.* Information obtained from Los Angeles County West Vector Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Symptoms of West Nile Virus Q. What are the symptoms of West Nile virus infection?
A. Most people who are infected with the West Nile virus will not have any type of illness. It is estimated that 20% of the people who become infected will develop West Nile fever: mild symptoms, including fever, headache, and body aches, occasionally with a skin rash on the trunk of the body and swollen lymph glands.The symptoms of severe infection (West Nile encephalitis or meningitis) include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis. It is estimated that 1 in 150 persons infected with the West Nile virus will develop a more severe form of disease.Q. What is the incubation period in humans (i.e., time from infection to onset of disease symptoms) for West Nile encephalitis?
A. Usually 3 to 14 days.Q. How long do symptoms last?
A. Symptoms of mild disease will generally last a few days. Symptoms of severe disease may last several weeks, although neurological effects may be permanent.Q. If I have West Nile Fever, can it turn into West Nile encephalitis?A. When someone is infected with West Nile virus (WNV) they will typically have one of three outcomes: No symptoms (most likely), West Nile Fever (WNF in about 20% of people) or severe West Nile disease, such as meningitis or encephalitis (less than 1% of those who get infected). If you develop a high fever with severe headache, consult your health care provider. WNF is typically a mild disease in people, characterized by symptoms such as fever, body aches, headache and sometimes swollen lymph glands and rash. WNF generally lasts only a few days, though in some cases symptoms have been reported to last longer, even up to several weeks. WNF does not appear to cause any long-term health effects. There is no specific treatment for WNV infection. People with WNF recover on their own, though symptoms can be relieved through various treatments (e.g. medication for headache and body aches, etc.).Some people may develop a brief, WNF-like illness (early symptoms) before they develop more severe disease, though the percentage of patients in whom this occurs is not known. Occasionally, an infected person may develop more severe disease such as "West Nile encephalitis," "West Nile meningitis" or "West Nile meningoencephalitis." Encephalitis refers to an inflammation of the brain, meningitis is an inflammation of the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord, and meningoencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain and the membrane surrounding it. Although there is no treatment for WNV infection itself, the person with severe disease often needs to be hospitalized. Care may involve nursing IV fluids, respiratory support, and prevention of secondary infections.* Information obtained from Los Angeles County West Vector Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.West Nile Virus and HorsesQ. Has West Nile virus caused severe illness or death in horses?
A. Yes, while data suggest that most horses infected with West Nile virus recover, results of investigations indicate that West Nile virus has caused deaths in horses in the United States.Q. How do the horses become infected with West Nile virus?
A. The same way humans become infected—by the bite of infectious mosquitoes. The virus is located in the mosquito's salivary glands. When mosquitoes bite or "feed" on the horse, the virus is injected into its blood system. The virus then multiplies and may cause illness. The mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds or other animals.Q. How does the virus cause severe illness or death in horses?
A. Following transmission by an infected mosquito, West Nile virus multiplies in the horse's blood system, crosses the blood brain barrier, and infects the brain. The virus interferes with normal central nervous system functioning and causes inflammation of the brain.Q. Can I get infected with West Nile virus by caring for an infected horse?
A. West Nile virus is transmitted by infectious mosquitoes. There is no documented evidence of person-to-person or animal-to-person transmission of West Nile virus. Normal veterinary infection control precautions should be followed when caring for a horse suspected to have this or any viral infection.Q. Can a horse infected with West Nile virus infect horses in neighboring stalls?
A. No. There is no documented evidence that West Nile virus is transmitted between horses. However, horses with suspected West Nile virus should be isolated from mosquito bites, if at all possible.Q. My horse is vaccinated against eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), western equine encephalitis (WEE), and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE). Will these vaccines protect my horse against West Nile virus infection?
A. No. EEE, WEE, and VEE belong to another family of viruses for which there is no cross-protection.Q. Can I vaccinate my horse against West Nile virus infection?
A. A West Nile virus vaccine for horses was recently approved, but its effectiveness is unknown.Q. How long will a horse infected with West Nile virus be infectious?
A. We do not know if an infected horse can be infectious (i.e., cause mosquitoes feeding on it to become infected). However, previously published data suggest that the virus is detectable in the blood for only a few days.Q. What is the treatment for a horse infected with West Nile virus? Should it be destroyed?
A. There is no reason to destroy a horse just because it has been infected with West Nile virus. Data suggest that most horses recover from the infection. Treatment would be supportive and consistent with standard veterinary practices for animals infected with a viral agent.Q. Where can I get more information on horses and West Nile virus?
A. Visit the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture Web site for Animal Plant Health Inspection Service: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/wnv/wnv.html* Information obtained from Los Angeles County West Vector Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.West Nile Virus and Dogs and CatsQ. Can West Nile virus cause illness in dogs or cats?
A. Since 1999, there has been one confirmed death of a dog, and of one cat, infected with West Nile virus. It should be understood, however, that the dog was already in poor health, and was immune compromised - and therefore is not representative of dogs in general. Experimentally infected dogs* showed no symptoms after infection with WNV. Some infected cats exhibited mild, nonspecific symptoms during the first week after infection-for the most part only showing a slight fever and slight lethargy. It is unlikely that most pet owners would notice any unusual symptoms or behavior in cats or dogs that become infected with WNV. Q. How can my veterinarian treat my cat or dog if they are/may be infected with WNV?
A. There is no specific treatment for WNV infection. Full recovery from the infection is likely. Treatment would be supportive and consistent with standard veterinary practices for animals infected with a viral agent.Q. Does my dog/cat becoming infected pose a risk to the health of my family or other animals?
A. There is no documented evidence of dog or cat-to-person transmission of West Nile virus. The evidence suggests that dogs do not develop enough viruses in their bloodstream to infect more mosquitoes. Cats develop slightly higher levels of virus in their bloodstream, but it is unclear if this would be enough to infect mosquitoes. It is very unlikely that cats would be important in furthering the spread of the virus. *If your animal becomes infected with WNV, this suggests that there are infected mosquitoes in your area. You should take measures to prevent mosquitoes from biting you (use repellent and wear protective clothing.) Veterinarians should take normal infection control precautions when caring for any animal (Including birds) suspected to have this or any viral infection. Q. How do cats and dogs become infected with West Nile virus?
A. Dogs and cats become infected when bitten by an infected mosquito. There is also evidence that cats can become infected with the virus after eating experimentally infected mice. *Q. Can I become infected with WNV if a dog with the virus bites me?
A. Preliminary studies have not been able to detect virus in the saliva of infected dogs. This suggests that dog bites pose a low risk, if any, of transmission of WNV from dogs to other animals or people. Q. Is there a vaccine for cats or dogs?
A. No.Q. Should a dog or cat infected with West Nile virus be destroyed?
A. No. There is no reason to destroy an animal just because it has been infected with West Nile virus. Full recovery from the infection is likely. Treatment would be supportive and consistent with standard veterinary practices for animals infected with a viral agent.Q. Can I use insect repellent on my pets?
A. DEET-based repellents, which are recommended for humans, are not approved for veterinary use (largely because animals tend to ingest them when licking.) Talk with your veterinarian for advice about the appropriate product for use on your pet. * Information obtained from Los Angeles County West Vector Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.West Nile Virus and BirdsQ. Do birds infected with West Nile Virus die or become ill?A. American crows in areas with the WNV seem most vulnerable, however the WNV has been identified in more than 70 species of birds found dead in the United States.Q. How can I report a sighting of dead bird(s) in my area?A. If you find a dead bird, please call the West Nile Virus Bird Surveillance Program with the Division of Communicable Disease Control of the California Department of Health Services, telephone: 877-MNV-BIRD.* Information obtained from Los Angeles County West Vector Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Additional On-line Information on West Nile VirusLos Angeles County West Vector & Vector-Borne Disease Control District http://www.lawestvector.orgCalifornia West Nile Virus Surveillance Information Center http://westnile.ca.govCenters for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.govLos Angeles County Department of Health Services http://lapublichealth.org/acd/westnile.htmAnimal Plant Health Inspection Service http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/wnv/wnv.html


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|MIT Media Lab Shenzhen, 2013-01-16, Lotus Motors
|Written by Akiba
|Saturday, 19 January 2013
Today our destination was a motor manufacturer called Lotus. This manufacturer is used often by AQS and so they were able to set us up with a very hands on tour. As opposed to the Huawei and CTS tours, pictures were allowed and we were able to get deep into the process and parts. One of the things I've taken a liking to is working with the small and medium sized manufacturers rather than the larger ones. At a smaller size, customized designs are much easier and the processes are flexible enough that changes can be made sometimes on the fly. The larger manufacturers are much more rigid in their processes and methodology. Although they're more polished, it usually comes at a price so it's difficult to make changes or do small batch test runs.
Lotus is a medium sized motor manufacturer and the facility we visited manufactures DC motors. They have a separate facility to manufacture stepper motors as well, but we were not able to go to that factory. Once we arrived at the factory, they took us to the sample room to talk a little bit about the types of motors they manufacture. After this, we went to a small room where they put together customized sample motors. These are custom DC motors that are requested by their customers and the initial sample quantities are handmade.
For each motor, its possible to modify the torque, speed, power, and shaft diameter. The motors are mostly modular so these are easy parameters to change. The only thing they won't do is modifying the form factor of the motor. There are about 100 different standard sizes for the DC motors so it doesn't seem like this is much of a limitation though.
They also do geared motors with custom gear reduction ratios which seems extremely useful. I asked about the minimum order quantity and the guide said that it'd probably be in the area of 1000 pieces. Considering that many of these motors are on the order of less than one to a few dollars, this seems extremely reasonable for a custom motor, especially a geared motor.
Another interesting thing is that the tour guide mentioned that the Little Bits motors are manufactured there. Jie used to intern at Little Bits so the factory tour guide brought some Little Bits sample motors and we took a picture of Jie with the Little Bits motors. Maker Shed also has some motors manufactured there for some designs.
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written by Chris Gammell, January 23, 2013
Your last comment about ecosystem is spot on (well...everything has been!). But I think about similar manufacturing capabilities in the US (where I am). Sure, there could be a motor winding facility, and surely was at one point. But were there 20 of them in one area? Was there so much competition across the spectrum that companies specialized in ONLY motors, instead of the conglomerate-preferred method of capturing more of the supply chain? Nope! That kind of concentration allows the ridiculous scaling that has happened in Shenzhen and has created what I assume to be a world class knowledge base. That's very impressive. Plus, I love talking with people who know their craft very well, so I am envious of your discussions with them.
Not sure if you're still in Shenzhen, but I hope so! I have really been enjoying these writeups.
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written by Aakiba, January 23, 2013
Still in Shenzhen. This trip has been eye opening.
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written by moultim, January 24, 2013
These are great write-ups. Would you mind providing a link to AQS? I searched based on a few terms that I thought would work and am having trouble determining whether I have found the right company or not.
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written by Aakiba, January 24, 2013
Sure. Their website is www.aqs-inc.com . Hope that helps
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THE outstanding outcome of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the state of the public health sector seems to have saved the job of Health Minister Richard Kamwi when he escaped unscathed from Monday's Cabinet reshuffle.
President Hifikepunye Pohamba in August ordered the commission – chaired by retired High Court Judge Simpson Mtambanengwe – to provide feedback on its findings within four months. The president said he wants to see value for the money that the government spends on the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
The revamped Cabinet announced on Monday saw the demotion of several ministers and the promotion of others. Kamwi's position did not change.
Political commentators whom The Namibian spoke to were not surprised that Kamwi survived the axe.
Professor Bill Lindeke said the fate of Kamwi's job might depend on the outcome of the commission.
"If it's really bad then he will be gone. Health is a major sector. However, with that said, the ministry has made progress in various areas," he said.
He added that Pohamba might prefer to continue with Kamwi heading the ministry for the sake of continuity despite the outcome of the commission.
The latest reshuffle was seen as a move by Pohamba to prepare for the transformation that will pave the way for Hage Geingob to State House if he wins the presidential election in 2014.
The head of the political department at the University of Namibia, Victor Tonchi, said the commission might cost Kamwi his job, adding that Pohamba played his cards right by not removing the health minister.
He said that would have been seen as taking revenge for Kamwi's supporting Jerry Ekandjo in the Swapo vice presidential race, while the party has appealed for unity after the congress.
Efforts to get comment from Kamwi were unsuccessful, as he was out of the country.
Another ministry that has been in the news, mostly for all the wrong reasons, is the Works and Transport Ministry, still headed by Erkki Nghimtina.
Under his administration, parastatals such as the Roads Authority, Namibia Airports Company, Road Fund and TransNamib are currently without permanent chief executive officers.
Former Gender and Social Welfare Minister Doreen Sioka is expected to find the going tough at the Labour and Social Welfare Ministry.
Lindeke said Pohamba probably assessed Sioka's access to the leadership of the unions before appointing her to the ministry. "She has got closer connection to the union leaders but the problem with most of these strikes is the fact that there is a lack of communication between them [union leaders] and their members," he added.


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Is anyone having problems in loggin intop the cisco certification tracking system. I think cisco made some chances
when i log in my just gives me a blank page. when i access elsewhere it is fine
Try it out guys and let us know if yours is working
Is anyone having problems in loggin intop the cisco certification tracking system. I think cisco made some chances
when i log in my just gives me a blank page. when i access elsewhere it is fine
Try it out guys and let us know if yours is working
It let me in just fine -- but I linked my old Certification Tracking System account to my Cisco account just last week.
I have a trouble ticket out on this very issue with cisco. Fortunately I got my cert in the mail and I was able to email my credentials to my boss and such before I started having issues. Give cisco customer support a call.
What URLs are you using?
is working fine for me and redirecting to whoever is hosting the Certification Tracking System now (integral7) and displaying the "I do not have a Cisco.com ID" and "I have a Cisco.com ID" login options.Code:http://www.cisco.com/go/certifications/login
And I clicked on the "I have a Cisco.com ID" option and got redirected to my Cisco login page, logged in, got redirected back to the hosted Certification Tracking System and am accessing it just fine -- again.
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No problems here either.
Hrm, odd.
I logged in with my cisco ID, and then it presented me with a choice of id's that I had used to login with, or I hadn't logged in before. The 'had logged in with' section had my old username and password already filled in. When I clicked submit, it didn't work.
So I clicked the forgot my password link, and it sent me a link with an authorization code. I filled that into the 'had not logged in' section along with my Cisco ID and it logged me in just fine. So I think there may be some miscommunication going on among their web team on how to actually link your account.
I have tried again today and still the same problem. It just gives me a blank page. will give cisco customer support a phone call and see what they say.
No problems for me, just logged in with my Cisco.com details.
A bit stumped as to how they link the accounts though, the Cisco.com account can be created by anyone?
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Well i phone CISCO helpdesk explain what the problem is and it is now working. I tried emailing then but they did not help
Well at least it is working now


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Jahmene's mum in bid to change domestic abuse law
NOW that the X Factor has finished, singer Jahmene Douglas's mum is hoping she can use the platform to change domestic violence laws.
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NOW that the X Factor has finished, singer Jahmene Douglas's mum is hoping she can use the platform to change domestic violence laws.
IT is only the beginning for Jahmene Douglas as he is on track to be a music superstar.
IT WASN'T meant to be for singing sensation Jahmene Douglas as he fell at the final hurdle of the X Factor last night.
JAHMENE has been supported by thousands of people across the town who were voting for him throughout the weekend.
JAHMENE Douglas has sung his way into the X Factor head-to-head final to keep his chances of winning the show alive.
WHILE Jahmene is adjusting to life as a celebrity following his success on the X Factor, his family are also coming to terms with being in the limelight.
JAHMANIA is sweeping Swindon and the latest venue to get swept up in X Factor fever is The Curry Place Tandoori, in Rodbourne Road.
HUNDREDS of people waited for hours in the cold for the arrival of Jahmene Douglas at Asda, his old workplace.
THE town centre was alight last night as a host of local celebrities joined Jahmene Douglas to switch on the Christmas lights.
SINGING superstar Jahmene Douglas was overwhelmed by the reaction he received on his homecoming as he stepped out of the X Factor bubble.
AN X Factor win for Christopher Maloney could damage the show's reputation, axed boyband Union J have warned.
The X Factor inspiration and his family were tortured by domestic violence. Here, in his own words, Jahmene explains why real men don't hit women.
SONGSTER Jahmene Douglas was honoured by his workplace at the weekend as customers at Asda Walmart were able to buy a new Chicken Jahmene meal.
JAHMENE stood up to X Factor bosses this week when the Swindon born singer refused to take part in the performance of a song that glorifies alcohol abuse.
THE Adver has teamed up with Bushwackers to offer one reader and five friends the chance to meet an X Factor contestant on Thursday night.
X FACTOR sensation Jahmene Douglas has already won the votes of JLS, Nicole Scherzinger and Yoko Ono – in words of praise, at least.
X Factor sensation Jahmene Douglas has already won the votes of JLS, Nicole Scherzinger and Yoko Ono – in words of praise, at least.
JAHMENE Douglas certainly did Swindon proud at the weekend with arguably his best performance on The X Factor to date.
STAFF at ASDA are driving up the support for X Factor star Jahmene Douglas as they plaster his face on the back of the home delivery vans.
HE MAY already be Swindon's favourite but now X Factor starlet Jahmene Douglas is becoming the bookies' favourite to win the TV talent show.
X FACTOR sensation Jahmene Douglas wowed the judges again this week after he revealed the brutal upbringing that inspired him to be a singer.
X FACTOR star Jahmene Douglas is shown delivering his soaring vocals over a mass choir in an uplifting video released by a Swindon charity.
JAHMENE Douglas was caught in the showbiz whirl this week as he hit London's celebrity haunts and fielded offers of marriage from besotted fans.
X FACTOR star Jahmene Douglas is getting praise from every angle after his performance in the first live show on Saturday.
X FACTOR finalist Jahmene Douglas was told he was one of the strongest male singers the show had ever seen after his performance on Saturday night.
GOSPEL king Jahmene Douglas had the power of his church supporting him at the weekend after they made the trip to Manchester to watch the X Factor final.
NOT winning the X Factor might be a blessing in disguise for Jahmene Douglas.
Web Editor Stephanie Tye brings you minute by minute updates from the X Factor grand final in Manchester as Jahmene Douglas goes head-to-head with James Arthur to be crowned winner.
Web Editor Stephanie Tye brings you all the latest from the X Factor final as Swindon singer Jahmene Douglas battles to be crowned the 2012 winner.
After months of auditions, showstopping performances and heartbreak, just three contestants remain with the hope of securing victory in this weekend's X Factor final.
X FACTOR star Jahmene Douglas showed his support for a campaign to get a little boy the operation he needs to get him walking when he returned to the town this week.
JAHMENE Douglas arrived in Swindon in style with his X Factor mentor Nicole Scherzinger... in a helicopter.
IT WAS a proud day for Jahmene's mum as she watched her son switch on the Christmas lights with their family and friends around them.
HERE are the winners of our competition to win VIP access to see Jahmene at the Christmas Lights switch on in the town centre tonight.
SWINDON'S Jahmene Douglas has made it through to the final of the X Factor.
X FACTOR star Ella Henderson has backed Jahmene Douglas to win the show after her shock exit.
X FACTOR star Jahmene Douglas might have thought he 'messed up' his performance on Saturday night's show – but it seems the public didn't agree as they voted him through to the next round of the competition.
X FACTOR star Jahmene Douglas has won the hearts of millions with his soulful voice – but a few years ago he was playing front man in a local rock band.
X FACTOR frontrunner Jahmene Douglas overcame a week of self-doubt to deliver a spine-tingling performance as he stormed through to another live round.
BUSHWACKERS is once again offering a reader and five friends the chance to meet an X Factor contestant tomorrow night.
ASDA staff and shoppers are more excited about the X Factor than ever with the supermarket's colleague Jahmene Douglas blowing the nation away each week with his soulful singing.
SINGING sensation Jahmene Douglas has what it takes to win the X Factor, according to his best friend in the competition.
X-FACTOR star Jahmene Douglas put on a Jah-mazing performance again this week as he booked his place in the next round.
THE mother of singing sensation Jahmene Douglas has set up a charity page after it was revealed that she had been a victim of domestic abuse.
Jahmene Douglas has been gearing up for his performance on this weekend's X Factor live shows by revisiting the classics.
X FACTOR finalist Jahmene Douglas sang from the heart and won the hearts of the judges and the public as he sailed through the second live show of the competition at the weekend.
JAHMENE Douglas has been pitch perfect on the X Factor so far – and didn't look too bad on a football pitch in filming for tomorrow's Soccer AM TV programme.
JAHMENE Douglas has sailed through to the second round of the X Factor live shows - and we're giving one lucky reader the chance to catch him and the other finalists on tour next year.
FROM Keith Moon with his penchant for flushing explosives down the hotel loos, and Screaming Lord Sutch, who fought 40 elections on the ticket "vote for insanity – you know it makes sense," to Victorian landowner Mad Jack Mytton who once arrived at a dinner party riding a bear and tried to cure his hiccups by setting fire to his shirt.


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Hackers Now Use USB Drives To Steal Money From ATM Machines
TLDR: The criminals cut the holes in order to plug in USB drives that installed their code onto the ATMs.
Another day, another new way that hackers are figuring out how to steal your sensitive financial information. That's what it might feel like with all the recent headlines about data theft like the case of Target where millions of consumers had their credit and debit card account numbers, billing information, and pin codes stolen. Now news out of Europe isn't going to help calm consumers' fears as hackers have learned how to use USB thumb drives, like you use to transfer files between computers, to hack into ATM machines. Indeed, the hackers use the thumb drives to upload code into certain ATM machines that allowed them to basically have all the cash dispensed at the time of their pleasing. The BBC expands, "The thefts came to light in July after the lender involved noticed several its ATMs were being emptied despite their use of safes to protect the cash inside. After surveillance was increased, the bank discovered the criminals were vandalizing the machines to use the infected USB sticks. Once the malware had been transferred they patched the holes up. This allowed the same machines to be targeted several times without the hack being discovered. To activate the code at the time of their choosing the thieves typed in a 12-digit code that launched a special interface. Analysis of software installed onto four of the affected machines demonstrated that it displayed the amount of money available in each denomination of note and presented a series of menu options on the ATM's screen to release each kind. The researchers said this allowed the attackers to focus on the highest value banknotes in order to minimize the amount of time they were exposed…"
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