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East Asia's Airlines No More Dangerous Than American Counterparts – TIME
There's a .0001% difference between safety records of East Asia's Airlines and their American Counterparts.
The world map below breaks down accident rates for each region's carriers for 2014 (dark blue numbers) and across five years (light blue numbers):
A horrific string of recent plane accidents has rocked airlines across Southeast Asia.
Since 2014, the horrible news has fallen like a drumbeat: Malaysia Airlines Flights 370 and 17, AirAsia Flight 8501, TransAsia Airways Flight 222, and just this Wednesday, the terrifying spectacle of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 clipping a wing on an overpass in Taipei before crash-landing in the Keelung River.
The headlines do seem to point to a regional safety problem. But widen the focus to carriers around the world, and the differences quickly vanish.
The International Air Transport Association keeps a running tally of "significant" accidents around the world — "significant" in this case refers to accidents that cause injuries or at least $1 million in damage. Carriers based in Southeast Asia and the Pacific averaged roughly 2.7 accidents for every 1 million flights between 2009 and 2013, according to the IATA. North American carriers, by comparison, averaged 1.32 accidents.
At first glance, the figures might capture slight variations in safety records, but that word slight is an understatement. These numbers tally accidents per million flights, which means the differences amount to a fraction of 1%. To be precise, Asian Pacific carriers had a .0001% higher accident rate than North American carriers. Maybe that's a risk not worth taking, but by that same logic, north Asian carriers would be the safest option in the world.
An alternative takeaway is that picking flights by regional carrier is a pretty ineffective way of managing risk, since the risk is so rare and hard to predict — and so easily mistaken for a trend.
More…. http://time.com/3696131/asia-airlines-safety-records/

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USA: Synopsys Inc. and Intel Corp. announced broad SoC design enablement for Intel's 14-nm Tri-Gate process technology for use by customers of Intel Custom Foundry.
The Intel Custom Foundry 14-nm design platform supports Synopsys' industry-leading Galaxy Design Platform tools and RTL-to-GDSII methodology, high-performance DesignWare Memory Compiler intellectual property (IP), and advanced interface IP. Extending the companies' production-proven design enablement for Intel's 22-nm foundry process design platform, the design tools and IP are now ready for Intel's 14-nm foundry process technology.
Intel's Tri-Gate technology is a proprietary 3D transistor technology with the gate surrounding the channel on all three sides of the transistor. It provides designers with dramatic performance, power and area benefits for their products vs. previous generations of transistors. Intel's collaboration with Synopsys on 14-nm and 22-nm on the Intel Custom Foundry design platform allows designers to take advantage of Intel's Tri-Gate technologies for cloud infrastructure and mobile applications.
The comprehensive suite of Galaxy Design Platform tools enabling the Intel Custom Foundry design platform include: Design Compiler and IC Compiler synthesis, place and route, PrimeTime static timing, IC Validator physical verification, HSPICE and CustomSim circuit simulation, StarRC extraction and Galaxy Custom Designer layout.
The Galaxy Design Platform provides a holistic solution in tightly integrated tool chains, enabling a seamless flow. Intel and Synopsys collaborated closely in developing this enablement to ensure that the tools meet the challenging Tri-Gate requirements and model the complexities involved. This includes HSPICE supporting new device and statistical modeling; enhanced StarRC extraction modeling; and support for complex new routing rules, along with enhanced variation-aware post-route optimization, in IC Compiler for these advanced nodes.
Synopsys and Intel have worked together at 22-nm to deliver silicon-proven advanced IP, including DesignWare Memory Compilers and DDR3/2 PHYs, optimized for Intel's unique Tri-Gate process. These were the industry's first commercially available IP on Tri-Gate process technology. The most recent collaboration expands to Intel Custom Foundry's 14-nm Tri-Gate technology by providing tuned DesignWare Memory Compilers that offer very high performance while still keeping a low power profile.
"The combination of Intel's 14-nm Tri-Gate process technology and Synopsys tools, memory and interface IP enables designers to create industry-leading SoCs for their target markets," said Ali Farhang, VP, Design and Enablement Services, Intel Custom Foundry. "By building on our successful collaboration on Intel's 22-nm design platform, we have been able to seamlessly extend the solution to our 14-nm process technology."
"Early experience and proven success with Tri-Gate technology have allowed Synopsys to deliver tools and IP that enable designers to take full advantage of the capabilities of this advanced technology," said Antun Domic, executive VP, Design Group at Synopsys. "Intel Custom Foundry customers can now benefit from our collaboration with Intel to deliver comprehensive tool and IP design enablement at both 22-nm and 14-nm technologies."


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I was just watching RotJ Special Edition when I caught another spoof. In the scene where Bousch (sp?) says she wants "fifty-thousand, no less" for Chewbacca bounty, Jabba knocks C-3PO over. They then pan over to Fett who strokes Rystall's chin then walks away. If you slow-mo that scene, you will see that Boba's jet pack already has the damage than Han does to it on the skiff. If I had the software to do screen captures, I'd post it, but I'm sure somewhere else can do this for me.
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The peaceful living of Hercules and Megara is interrupted by mighty god of war, Ares. He asks Hercules to help him conquer the world by leading the great army.
As soon as Hercules declines, Ares finds a way to avenge. By using the enchanted toys, he zombifies the kids of Hellas so they will follow the god's commands and become his warriors.
With your help Hercules must return the kids home, blow up the factory that produces the evil toys, and lead a strategic operation to destroy the Ares' command transmitter.
The game includes new characters and monsters. Midas the King introduces a new power. You will meet Codrus the Woodcutter and giant
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Volvo V70 Parts
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Aside from the Volvo V70s continually modernizing style, this vehicle has won an astronomical amount of awards ever since this make was first brought into the auto market, in 2000. The Volvo V70 blends attributes such as quality, technique, and style, with a high level adherence to safety, making this specific Volvo a go to automobile yearly, by loyal Volvo enthusiasts, around the globe. The V70, as most Volvo models incorporate, is available with a number of different engines. There are multiple options, as well, from the dependable 2.4 L non-turbo five cylinder, to the sleeker and more powerful 2.5 L turbo-charged 300hp V70 R, you will always find a V70 that will fit into your specific driving style and needs. The V70 is also known for its variety of expansive safety features, including its Side Impact Protection System, Whiplash Protection System, and 'intelligent' twin airbag technology. No matter what you are looking for, FCP Euros Volvo V70 catalog is filled with high quality parts and components that are easily searchable right here on our website and promptly shipped to your door.
Volvo owners like you know that when it comes time to fix up your vehicle, your Volvo engine can be quite costly to service. Even simple oil and filter changes with a tune-up can escalate to well over $100. We at FCP Euro want to point this out because it does not matter what your specific Volvo model is, a wagon, sedan, or an SUV, any of these repairs can be astronomically expensive if you do not know where to look for the best quality parts for the lowest possible price. We know the answer is right here at FCP Euro. FCP Euros inventory holds a variety of the same Volvo V70 parts that your local Volvo dealer offers, but at a price point that is much more affordable. These high quality replacement parts are always either OEM or aftermarket parts. FCP Euros team is also ASE certified as expert technicians that are trained to comprehend your Volvos needs and know exactly which specific parts will best suit your Volvo V70.
FCP Euro's Volvo car part stock is always in our facility and ready to be shipped, which allows FCP to provide you with same-day shipping. This means you can get your Volvo part almost as soon as you realize you need it, with an amazingly fast turnaround time that will get your V70 up and driving in no time. As a further expense saver to you, FCP Euro offers free shipping. Looking for and locating your specific Volvo Repair part is simple, even without professional advice. FCP Euro allows customers to use our website and an online search parts listing in order to streamline your order quickly and efficiently. This action includes genuine parts, OEM Volvo parts, and aftermarket parts. As an FCP customer, you will also see the price difference between the products you are looking for and make an informed and more confident purchase that will better accommodate your needs and finances.
Volvo V70 Repair Parts at FCP Euro
Any and all vehicle owners know and accept that their car will eventually require many parts that need to be replaced. This is why FCP Euro has a stock of Volvo V70 original parts, as well as high quality aftermarket V70 parts in order to give you a better selection when that time comes. FCP Euros custom built in fitment guide allows pinpointing the exact V70 original parts or aftermarket Volvo V70 parts, immediately and easily. FCP guarantees a proper fit on all of our Volvo parts and a one-year warranty that we confidently stand by. FCP Euro has the experience in the auto industry stemming over 20 years that reflects passion and built in experience throughout our trained and motivated team.
For any and all Volvo replacement parts, FCP Euro is a central hub that is proudly on hand to all consumers, whether they are commercial or an individual that is working o their V70 from home. Many Volvo replacement dealers will still take on your Volvos maintenance labor even if you supply your own parts after ordering from the FCP Euro site. If you supply them with the proper parts for your Volvos repair, most mechanics will install it and charge only for the labor. This will save you a substantial amount of money overall, especially since the FCP catalog holds such a massive inventory, specializing in, Volvo Suspension, Volvo Brakes, Volvo Exhaust, and Volvo Maintenance.
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FCP Euros catalog prioritizes itself on increasing the ever growing and changing Volvo part supply that continues to expand year by year. Volvo is about to unleash some highly sought after, never seen before technology to the masses; including their pedestrian recognition devices and auto stop systems that increase vehicle safety. FCP Euro is proud to offer these new parts and technologies to you first hand with all the highest quality parts for your Volvo and V70 service needs.
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Volvo Community
If you not only love, but also are infatuated with everything Volvo, and want to get more information on the brand, check out the links below.
- Official site http://www.volvocars.com/us/Pages/default.aspx
- Official blog http://www.volvoblog.us/
- Non official blog http://www.volvonaut.com/
- Forums http://volvospeed.com/
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Cars
Social media official sites:
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/VolvocarsUS
- Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/VolvoCarsNews
- Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/company/volvo-car-corporation
- Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/volvocars/
Volvo Repair & Tech Info:
Over time, your Volvo V70, or any Volvo for that matter, ages and does not perform as awesome as it once did. This is why it is so important to keep your Volvo serviced and inspected to keep up the lifespan of its functionality. Personally servicing your vehicle will allow you to become much more familiar with your Volvo in all aspects and will also allow you to understand the inner workings. This will permit you to take this knowledge and do some costly saving home repairs, or DIY jobs. Volvo repair manuals can also be helpful for anything from easy to advanced repairs on your V70. Finding parts for your Volvo V70 on the FCP Euro website is easy when looking through our vast directory. You can also take on your next Volvo repair quickly by looking into some technical information and how-to articles. This way you will be ready to personally work on your Volvo yourself.
Boost Problems - Low or No Boost at All?
If you own a turbo Volvo there is a solid chance you will become aware of a lack of boost in the life of your Volvo. There are a variety of reasons can force this out, including, a bad TCV, a vacuum leak, a block off plate leak, CBV, and a blow-off valve. To properly begin the diagnosis of any of these problems, inspect for leakage and do your best to rule out more general issues before thinking it is a larger more difficult problem.
Springs and Struts - Ride Quality & Handling
You bought your Volvo V70 because you love the car, know the ride performance is top notch, and expect the quality of the vehicle to be superior to other brands. There are a lot of considerations to ponder when deciding on which springs and struts to purchase for your Volvo. It is important to ask yourself what type of driving style you have. This will be a huge factor in choosing either an OEM replacement spring and strut combo or perhaps something more performance focused. Whatever you decide on, Volvo original parts will bring your driving performance quality back up to the original stock and have your V70 feeling like it is the first day off the lot all over again.
It is also valuable to have the knowledge to know the difference between linear and progressive spring rates. Springs that are linear have one rate throughout its reflection. Linear springs are also easier to find and are almost always more affordable. On the other hand, a progressive spring can manage the load of two or more linear springs. There are a lot of developers that label their springs progressive, but they are not even close. It may accurate that their springs are wound progressively, but they will not operate as a functional progressive spring.
Volvo Tune-Up - Done the Right Way!
When correctly providing your Volvo V70 with a professional tune-up, this will involve replacing everyday Volvo parts and components, such as, plugs, wires, caps, and rotors. It is important to replace your air filters when doing an oil change, as well. FCP Euro suggests this informative and accurate how-to article that outlines the step-by-step process on how to go about tuning up any pre-1999 Volvo 5-cylinder. http://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/plugs-wires-cap-rotor-diy.html
Volvo Repair & Timing Belt Replacement
It is vital to replace your timing belt by following your Volvo V70 Volvo owners manual, which is regularly at about 75k miles. When replacing your timing belt, it is important to not only replace the belt, but the tensioner, seals, and water pump, as well. You have numerous options when it comes to your Volvos timing belts, including the standard OEM belt or Kevlar racing belt, which is produced for higher rpm applications. This is a helpful belt for more specific functions, such as track use. FCP Euro has a huge inventory of Volvo timing parts for all kinds of Volvo vehicles, including the Volvo V70 timing belt.
Technical Resource Links:
You can watch some of the most accurate and professional Volvo clips by looking to some of the links we are posting below. Within them, you find a resourceful of informative instructions; as well Volvo repair articles to help you work from your own personal space.


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Adorable Handicapped Puppy Rescued After Owners Threw Her in Trash [VIDEO]
Despite being abandoned in the trash by her cruel owners, an adorable, handicapped pit bull puppy now has a second chance.
The pup, whose name is Harper, was spotlighted during a segment on 'Today.' Aww!
The poor pooch was discarded by her former owners after being born with "Swimmer Puppy Syndrome," a rare disorder that prevents her from lifting her head or walking.
Fortunately, Harper was rescued by a woman who enrolled her in doggy rehab, where she learned how to walk. And now, this beautiful puppy is looking for new owners.
Watch Harper's story below and consider giving her a loving home. Have a heart, wouldja?
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Printcasso's unframed art, commonly called a poster or print have been professionally and expertly designed. The prints are non-reflective and non-glossy.
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I've written a whole lot in this blog and in my book about the dangers of contingent (if you do that, you will get this) and how they don't work for promoting anything that requires higher-order thinking.
However, in a new article by Dan Ariely, he finds a way that it can work, though not in the way you might think.
A new study showed that employees who were told they could give reward money to a charity of their choice "claimed to be happier and more satisfied with their jobs."
A second experiment found even greater improvement when employees were given a gift card and told they could spend it on themselves or on a co-worker. There was no improvement among employees who spent it on themselves, but "vast improvements for those who engaged in prosocial spending."
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AIDS (Space Program)
African International Destination: Space, more commonly known as AIDS, is a multi-national African agency whose goal is to eventually reach Outer Space. With member nations such as Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, The People's Green Libertarian Congo, and Egypt, it is Africa's response to NASA and the European Space Agency.[1]
Thus far, AIDS has enjoyed very little success in regards to its lofty objectives, mostly due to the lack of available funds, lack of technology, lack of education, and lack of skilled personnel. Its failures have also been traced to rather unorthodox methods and practices. Regardless of its success, fervent interest in the program has gripped all of Africa, and the 'AIDS epidemic', as it has come to be called, is sweeping the continent.
AIDS was founded in West Africa in 2005 by Chief Man Who Dreams of Sky and Young Man Who is Intrigued by Moon. Originally, the entire program consisted of shamans and witch doctors who would gather in huts and pray to the Gods of the Sky[2] to lift them to the heavens. When this was unsuccessful, they climbed hills or very tall trees in order to be heard better by the Sky Gods. After several months of fruitless[3] praying, the agency shut its doors due to a lack of interest.
Just a few months later, several prominent Hollywood celebrities[4] spoke out on the subject of AIDS, and enough support was gathered to re-open the program. In order to make a point, AIDS engineers burned down the trees believed to be inhabited by the Sky Gods, and also shook their spears at the Great Mountain where the Snobby Elite Gods were believed to reside[5].
In the last several years, AIDS has made gazelle-like leaps and bounds throughout Africa. Their experiments have shed light on several areas, such as how hard it is to get to space. Also, technology developed by the program has greatly impacted everyday African life, such as Stick With Rock Tied To It and Big Pile Of Mud. The program's need for TNT has also resulted in explosives manufacturing facilities popping up throughout Africa. TNT production has recently passed elephant poaching, safaris, and getting eaten by crocodiles as Africa's largest industry.
Technological Advancement
AIDS has come a long way from its original projects consisting of dysfunctional slingshots and catapults,[6] and has evolved into producing dysfunctional space shuttles that explode after barely reaching 50 feet. Although AIDS officials are happy with their poorly constructed wood and unnecessarily placed dynamite, AIDS engineers are looking into new, more efficient methods of construction. These methods include placing more wood near the bottom of the shuttle in an attempt to shield it from the massive amount of TNT required to make it leave the ground.
Many technologies developed by AIDS have not yet reached the public domain in Africa. These developments include Spitting On Wood To Make It Stick To Other Wood and Dyes For Make Space Boat Look Cool.[7] It is estimated that by the year 2020, Africa will be propelled into the 21st century by these and many of AIDS' other advancements. At the AIDS Technological Research Center, located at Large Tree With Animal Faces On It, AIDS researchers are constantly trying new methods of technological development. The turnover rate for these researchers is high, however, due to excessive TNT-related experiments.
AIDS Space Missions
AIDS has been known to undertake dozens of space missions per year; however very few have actually been confirmed a success. Their recent trend away from slingshots and catapults hasn't fared very well: the AIDS TNT-powered space boat altitude record stands at 57 feet. Despite its lack of historic success, AIDS marches on throughout Africa, sweeping up the young and old alike.
Mission Number | Mission Name | Was The Outcome Successful ? |
1. | Pray For Heaven Spirit To Send To Space | |
2. | Catapult To Sky | |
3. | Catapult To Sky 2 | |
4. | Slingshot To Space | |
5. | TNT Under Foot | |
6. | Throwing Into Space | |
7. | Jump Two Feet Experiment | |
8. | Hanging On To Fireworks | |
9. | Wooden Arc With TNT | |
10. | Leaf Wings To Space | |
11. | Reaching Moon With Space Boat | |
12. | Reaching Moon With Space Boat 2 | |
13. | Operation Look At Moon | |
14. | Red Bull Give Wings Experiment | |
15. | Operation Climb Up Hill | |
16. | Make drawing of moon | |
17. | Give Virginity to Sky God for Make Moon Visit | |
18. | Make fake video of moon surface | |
19. | Convince North Korea to try to bring moon closer |
The Great Mud Deficit
A tragic time in AIDS history was the Great Mud Deficit of 2006,[8] in which a heat wave hit 85% of the continent and made it very hard to produce mud. The mud manufacturing industry took heavy losses, and the primary construction material for all AIDS projects was in short supply. For several months, Space Boats were built out of less desirable materials, such as steel, glass, and heat-resistant ceramic. However, monsoon season ended the Great Mud Deficit, and soon AIDS engineers discarded their half-built mudless projects to return to refining their mud-making and mud-based building techniques.
AIDS has never fully recovered from the Great Mud Deficit, although precautions are being taken to ensure that a similar event never occurs again. Large quantities of mud are being hoarded in secret caverns deep in the jungles of Africa, and comically large portions of the savannah have been designated as 'emergency mud-making locations'. In the event of another mud deficit, these locations will be the subject of a top-secret mud manufacturing technique, which is rumored to use some sort of magical liquid to transform ordinary dirt into mud.
- ↑ It is also a rebuttal to the Russian and Chinese space programs, but less so, as those programs aren't very good, thank you very much.
- ↑ The most prominent Gods of the Sky being Jake, God of the Clouds, and Jeff, God of the Large Illuminated Disk.
- ↑ Though vegetables were often employed in the process.
- ↑ Such as the Pope.
- ↑ Africa, Toto et al.
- ↑ It is estimated that the AIDS program gives the ACME company 30% of their total business.
- ↑ Not to mention the highly anticipated TNT-powered car.
- ↑ Which followed the Trees Falling Over Panic of 2003.
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SafeZone introductory training, 'Becoming an Ally,' offered Jan. 25
SafeZone at K-State brings you this semester's first introductory training "Becoming an Ally." The training will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, in 201 Trotter Hall.
Individuals are trained to become SafeZone allies who provide "safe zones" where people affected by homophobia, hateful acts and sexual violence can safely go for support and assistance. By placing the SafeZone symbol on their office door, desk or backpack, SafeZone allies signify that their space is a safe place to talk about issues which impact people who have been affected by any type of hateful or homophobic act or who have been affected by sexual violence, sexual harassment or any criminal or distressing situation.
When you register for this workshop, your learning will begin immediately. You will be given a link to view a short presentation to introduce you to the primary offices that collaborate to create this SafeZone Program: counseling services, office of student life, Women's Center, LGBTQ Resource Center and office of affirmative action. This will help you be aware of some of the essential resources on our campus to help K-State and all its members be a safer and more equitable community.
By reviewing this material prior to the workshop, you will be preparing yourself for an exciting journey to become an ally.
When you then attend the introductory training session, you will obtain more specifics about being an ally and have opportunities to learn some basic skills for being an effective helper. The interactive presentation is an exciting way to connect with similar-minded community members while strengthening your skills and learning new approaches to being a helper on campus. And it will outline for you the benefits of the various other trainings that will be made available to you.
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Colombian charter airline SEARCA will be the launch customer for a fleet of Beechcraft 1900D aircraft retrofitted with an STC Garmin G950 glass panel technology package from AMI Aviation Services.
AMI said it expects the G950 avionics package to be available commercially by the second quarter of 2013. The G950 glass cockpit is ADS-B Out compliant and provides weight reduction for the aging 1900D cockpit.
"I'm excited for the opportunity to team with SEARCA, AeroMech and Garmin to bring to market an affordable cockpit upgrade that delivers tangible operational cost benefits, improved situational awareness and safety, as well as unparalleled reliability in a presentation instantly familiar to scores of pilots who have progressed through the training ranks with Garmin cockpits," said Paul Vermast, vice president of sales and marketing at AMI.
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Hack All Passwords Form A Computer Remotely
Last tutorial by me had a problem with E-Mail, So here is fully working tutorial. Wanna hack passwords of Facebook, Gmail, Orkut and other online and offline passwords of your friends, enemies, girlfriend, boyfriend or your Ex this is the perfect article for you. A keylogger is a program that runs in the background on someones computer that logs every key they press, and then sends the log of all the pressed keys to the attacker. This essentially allows you the ability to collect all the usernames and passwords typed in.
What do we need?
- Keylogger [Link Below]
- A new e-mail address specifically for keylogging
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Watch every screenshot carefully to do everything correctly.
Method 1
How To Create Keylogger?
Direct Download Link- Download the program, open it up and you should see the builder. Input your email username & password into the boxes. The reason we are doing this is because the keylogger will log into your email, then email yourself the logs. I recommend making a new email specifically for keylogging. Gmail SMTP Server Is:> smtp.gmail.com
- In delivery option choose E-Mail
- This is the time in between the logs. I usually recommend 5-15 minutes.
- At this point I suggest you click Test Email and make sure everything is working fine.
- Click the Recovery Tab.
- Check Enable Stealers
- Now go to settings tab and check boxes I have checked [Only those boxes]
- Now click on the Binder option
- Add any exe to deliver it [It will combine itself with an exe and whenever one install the exe the keylogger will be installed automatically]
- Now click Tools option and Enable Fake error message
- Now add an icon to it
- Now click on Build option
- And then click Compile Server
- Wait for a while
- Done {A message will pop}
- Enjoy
Note:Now get your build file and send it to your victims and get all information out of their computer. Use some attractive methods to persuade them to use your keylogger and anyhow jut make them run it once.
Method 2
- FTP server
- Click on FTP option in the logger
- Create a FTP server first to create click here and sign up and create a FTP server
- Put your FTP address, username, and password
- Now click on test
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We have been amazed by [Vladimir Demin]'s work twice now. Originally, with his automatic Bayan, and more recently with his amazing automatic guitar. What you didn't get to see was how pleasant ant fun [Valdimir] was in his email correspondence with us. You will get a chance though, because [Vladimir] agreed to answer some questions for us in an impromptu email interview. Join us after the break to get to know this fascinating gentleman a little bit better.
[Vladimir] was very apologetic about his language skills in this interview. It goes without saying, english is not his first language. That being the case, we think he's doing pretty well. We debated about wether or not to paraphrase to clean up his english and spelling. I felt that I would remove too much of his personality. Here are his responses, un-edited.
1. What kind of machining equipment do you use? (cnc, traditional, hand tools?)
I using simple hand tools, and most of all to use a drill.
All did only by my hand.
By example,I have to drill holes more than 3,000! with high accuracy,or tolerances.
below,in this video, I sometimes show my equipment.
By the way, I recommend for your readers look the video.
It is famous old Russian song.I (or guitar?) have made very good sound like original.
2. What is your education? Did you go to school to learn this or teach yourself?
I have higher education, my main job is to design electronic circuits
with a microprocessor, and then design and develop different software for them.
And music-robots is my outside interest like hobby .
3. Where are you located? Does your location have any effect on your projects?
Now I live in Moscow, and before lived in the Irkutsk-region(eastern Siberia,famous lake Baikal).
I think ,location it does not matter. More important don't forget You brain(head) at any place.
4. After you're done with a project like the auto-guitar, do you still use it for your own enjoyment or does it become more of a show-and-tell piece on display somewhere?
The project I did for my family enjoyment, my sons many times asked me to do this.(I have three sons.)
Despite my age is 62 years old,I am young inside and curious, as a small child.
Solenoids are ordered in China on my individual requirements,so I spent too match money.
And I use a lot of my free(rest) time.(I have job for salary in office.)
So my curiosity is very expensive.
I was advised to seek order from manufacturer Guitar or from same restaurant, etc. to do the guitar-robot
for promotional purposes.But I am not sure,even if I am much improve the quality of the device.
(As for "much improve", I am sure).
The product no use for make money- I think.In spite of all,I am happy-very impotant for health.
As for 'selfplaying bayan',I made one for my sons educational goals.
They(sons) go to school of Bayan's Music begin from 1987 year .
So I'm not competing with Japan(this comment made my older son)
5. Have you ever thought of assembling a whole band or building an 'organ' with a group of instruments?
No, I think it's better to make several(few) devices but also high quality.
Quality is more important than quantity.It isn't?
6. What was your first completed project?
I do not remember.May be is a small explosion near my home at the age of 10 years.
7. What would you like to build if you had unlimited resources?
OOO! Hard to answer,just opened my eyes wide and say WOW!!!!
Once my youngest son as he asked me,
"Dad what would you do,if you to be very rich?"
I replied," sang a song for the people. "
-but people do not like(hate) your singing, no one to listen to you
I- "crowd of people will be happy to listen my singing
because I have paid them a lot of money"
8. What do you plan to build next?
When me ask that question, I usually make the joke- next to build is violin with solenoids.
Surprisingly, some people believe me .
But seriously, I am going to make a new high-quality accordion and do a duet with the guitar.
and do a duet 2 guitars.
But the first , to delete the noise of strumming mechanism and improve the quality of the guitar.
Maybe I'm in the future applicability of Gibson guitar company with automatic tuning.
9. Can we have some more pictures of the mechanics of the guitar or bayan? We'd love to see any projects you've got going on, finished or unfinished. Our readers are very technical people. We love to hear the music, but we would also love to see the details!
For pictures,please,see attached files.
I now describe some details .
This guitar-robot (in my opinion) includes 4 or 5 know-how.
The main Know-How is the interface that I had developed in 1988 for real (not digital)
instrument. I did not know Midi in 1988.Now I say-Midi totally inappropriate for real music device(like my robot).
Also my interface allows very easily, accurately, quickly enter notes of melody without error.
Guitar is controlled by digital part of the handset designed earlier for radio trunking system.
The handset was designed by me.
It(handset) manages the memory of solenoids, which are mounted on the guitar.
It includes microCPU ADSP2187, flash memory, DAC and ADC.
You can listen the future melody for the guitar from small speaker inside the handset
without guitar.Very usefull.The device for strum strings has four phases of operation time.( management by software)
-switch on a solenoid-string tension(same delay)
-switch on a solenoid strum(same delay)
-switch off solenoid-string tension(same delay)
-switch off solenoid strum(don't care delay)for a short time, not more than 7 msec ,current guitar power supply can consume up to 30 amperes at a voltage of 12 volts.
Despite the high current(because short time), battery capacity of 5 amp/ hour rather continuous play 2-4 hours.
It depends on the type of music.Too much talking.Ok!You can edit, cut the text, as you like.
I think the first need to retranslate my text from 'Russian English' to 'Cambridge English'.
If you decision to post the interw., then my question for yous readers-
"If a robot playing music much better then Human,
which one You prefer to listen?."
(a big secret! As for me,I prefer human,only if this one is a beautiful woman)best wishes = Vladimir Demin.
P.S. The intrew. is more difficalt for me,then design device.


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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a computer program that trains itself to predict genes in the DNA sequences of fungi.
Fungi – which range from yeast to mushrooms – are important for industry and human health, so understanding the recently sequenced fungal genomes can help in developing and producing critical pharmaceuticals. Gene prediction can also help to identify potential targets for therapeutic intervention and vaccination against pathogenic fungi.
"While we previously showed that our unsupervised training program worked well to predict genes in many eukaryotes, it didn't work as well for various fungal genomes that carry a significant part of the information that facilitates accurate gene prediction in locations called branch point sites," said Mark Borodovsky, director of Georgia Tech's Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics.
Branch point sites are located inside introns, which are non-coding regions of DNA located between genetic-code carrying regions called exons.
"Previously during the process of predicting the exon-intron structure of eukaryotic genes, we didn't search for branch point sites, but doing so in the new program helps to better delineate intron regions inside fungal genes," added Borodovsky, who is also a Regents' Professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Computational Science and Engineering Division of the College of Computing.
Borodovsky and his colleagues expanded the eukaryotic genome self-training software program they developed in 2005 to address the issue that fungal genes are more complex than other eukaryotes. The research team included graduate student Vardges Ter-Hovhannisyan, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering research scientist Alexandre Lomsadze and School of Biology professor Yury Chernoff.
Details of the new program, called GeneMark.hmm-ES (BP), are available online in the journal Genome Research and will be included in the journal's December print edition. The software will also be freely available for academic researchers.
Borodovsky developed the first version of GeneMark in 1993. In 1995, this program was used to find genes in the first completely sequenced genomes of bacteria and archea. The research team then developed self-training versions of the gene finding program for prokaryotic (organisms that lack a cell nucleus) and eukaryotic (organisms that contain a cell nucleus) genomes in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Development of these programs has been supported by the National Institutes of Health.
Unlike other programs that require a pre-determined training set along with the genome sequence, GeneMark.hmm-ES (BP) only requires the genome sequence. The program is able to iteratively identify the correct algorithm parameters from the anonymous sequence. The program uses a probabilistic mathematical model called the Hidden Markov Model to pinpoint the boundaries between coding sequences (exons) and non-coding sequences (introns and intergenic regions).
Most introns start from the dinucleotide guanine-thymine (abbreviated GT) and end with the dinucleotide adenine-guanine (abbreviated AG). However, finding these dinucleotides is not sufficient to signal the presence of an intron. Several nucleotides that surround GT and AG are also important, but the similarity of the pattern is not deterministic. Locating the branch site – which is nine nucleotides in length, almost always contains an adenine and is located 20-50 bases upstream of the acceptor site – helps to accurately identify an intron.
An initial run of the program with a reduced model containing heuristically defined parameters breaks the sequence into coding and non-coding regions. With this information, the researchers apply machine-learning techniques to refine the parameters of the recognition algorithm with respect to the specific patterns found in the newly identified protein-coding and non-coding sequences as well as the border sites.
The prediction and training steps are repeated, each time detecting a larger set of true coding and non-coding sequences that are used to further improve the model employed in statistical pattern recognition. When the new sequence breakdown coincides with the previous one, the researchers record their final set of predicted genes.
To test the algorithm, the researchers selected 16 fungal species from the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Zygomycota and compiled sets of genome sequences containing previously validated genes. The species spanned large evolutional distances and exhibited significant variability in genome size, gene number and average number of introns per gene. The results showed that by including branch site information in the model, the researchers could more accurately predict exon-intron structures of fungal genes.
"The enhanced program predicted fungal genes with higher accuracy than either the original self-training algorithm or known algorithms with supervised training," noted Borodovsky. "And because we didn't need any additional training information for our program, the sequencing teams could immediately proceed with gene annotation right after the genomic sequence was in hand without spending time and effort to extract a set of validated genes necessary for estimating parameters of traditional algorithms."
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have already realized the advantages of the new algorithm. They have already used the new program to annotate about 20 novel fungal genomes. In addition, hundreds of fungal genome sequencing projects currently in progress should benefit from the new method as well, according to Borodovsky.
With the fungal software completed, Borodovsky and his team are already looking to expand their gene prediction algorithms to accurately interpret even more complex eukaryotic genomes.
"There are genome sequencing projects where large repeat populations, a significant number of pseudogenes or substantial sequence inhomogeneity hamper ab initio gene prediction and we're ready to tackle them next," added Borodovsky.
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Experts from The University of Manchester have revealed their findings from the most in-depth study ever to take place in the UK into the tragic instances of child killing by parents, known as filicide. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found 37 per cent of parents and step-parents who killed their children were suffering from some form of mental illness and 12% had been in contact with mental health services within a year of the offence.
Academics from the University's Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health analysed 297cases of convicted filicide and 45 cases of filicide-suicides in England and Wales occurring between January 1997 and December 2006 from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCI) -- a longitudinal national case series of all homicides in the UK, with particular focus on perpetrators with mental illness. The scope of the NCI's clinical dataset enabled analysis of filicide to take place in greater detail than other epidemiological studies.
The over-representation of mental illness in filicide was the key finding of the study. Forty percent of filicide perpetrators had a recorded mental illness, consistent with findings from other smaller studies. But the most common diagnoses were mood disorders and personality disorder; not psychosis. This may contrast with popular perceptions and that of some professionals caring for mentally ill parents about more severe psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia. The proportion of perpetrators with psychosis was still high at 15%, (18% mothers) compared to 6% of homicides in general population studies. This compares to 0.4% overall prevalence in UK, 0.5% for women and 0.3% for men, with highest rates for women and men in people aged 35-44 years.
Less than half the perpetrators studied with mental illness had previous contact with mental health services; fewer fathers than mothers. Of the total, 20% were treated before the offence, which is lower than a similar Swedish population study (35%). Overall, the Manchester findings were consistent with those reported from a similar large, population-based sample in Denmark, where most parents committing filicide had no prior psychiatric history. This finding would suggest that the perpetrators were either not experiencing serious mental health problems at the time or, that they had not sought help.
Other key findings from the research were that 23% of female perpetrators were teenagers at the time of the child victim's birth. In the general population, the proportion of babies born to a teenage mother was 7%. Overall, fathers were significantly more likely to kill their children than mothers, and were more likely to use violent methods of killing, have previous convictions for violent offences, perpetrate multiple killings, and have a history of substance misuse or dependence. Of the 297 total filicide cases recorded during the 10 year period, the study found 13% of perpetrators took their own life after killing their child, known as filicide-suicide.
The study also reported that victims were equally likely to be girls as boys. Infants were most likely to be victims rather than school aged or older children. The researchers say the high proportion of infant deaths strengthens calls for early assessment detection of post-partum mental illness -- a condition which may be becoming more widespread.
Professor Kathryn Abel, who led the study, said: "Identifying associations between mental illness and filicide has clear implications for service providers. It shows there needs to be greater awareness for patients who are parents and especially those with severe mood disorders. This is an increasingly important issue because better mental health care means that more people with mental illness are able to become parents.
"Generating effective child violence/homicide prevention strategies requires broad public health approaches. Targeting sub-populations by providing high quality evidence about risk factors such as mental illness and the need for contact with mental health services may prove more constructive for health service development. Violence prevention may also offer possibilities to recognise and intervene with specific risk factors.
"Risk-assessment of mothers in joint psychiatric care reported greatest risk of actual harm to child was presented by mothers with mood disorders like depression, rather than schizophrenia. In spite of this, staff consistently perceived and rated mothers with schizophrenia to be the greatest risk to their infants and this was reflected in significantly higher rates of social service supervision on discharge compared to other ill mothers.
"Our findings indicate that fathers with a history of substance misuse, violence or mood disorder, and mothers who were teenagers at the birth of their child, or with mood disorder may be appropriate targets for intervention. Parents with mental illness should be asked about violent thoughts toward their children, particularly if depressed."
The researchers conclude that understanding the risk factors for filicide and the widespread nature of child abuse is far from complete. Future research on filicide should study these acts in the context of child abuse and domestic violence to support the development of effective interventions, they suggest.
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Electronic cigarettes should be subject to the same laws that apply to tobacco products, and the federal government should ban the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes to young people, a new American Heart Association policy statement says.
The group also called for thorough and continuous research on e-cigarette use, marketing and long-term health effects.
"Over the last 50 years, 20 million Americans died because of tobacco. We are fiercely committed to preventing the tobacco industry from addicting another generation of smokers," Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association (AHA), said in an association news release.
"Recent studies raise concerns that e-cigarettes may be a gateway to traditional tobacco products for the nation's youth, and could renormalize smoking in our society," Brown said. "These disturbing developments have helped convince the association that e-cigarettes need to be strongly regulated, thoroughly researched and closely monitored."
The recommendations were published Aug. 25 in the AHA journal Circulation.
"E-cigarettes have caused a major shift in the tobacco-control landscape," statement author Aruni Bhatnagar, chair of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Louisville, said in the news release.
"It's critical that we rigorously examine the long-term impact of this new technology on public health, cardiovascular disease and stroke, and pay careful attention to the effect of e-cigarettes on adolescents," he urged.
The AHA noted that a recent study found that youth exposure to e-cigarette advertising rose 250 percent from 2011 to 2013, and now reaches roughly 24 million young people.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to immediately implement promised measures to regulate the marketing and sales of e-cigarettes, the AHA said.
"In the years since the FDA first announced it would assert its authority over e-cigarettes, the market for these products has grown dramatically," Brown said. "We fear that any additional delay of these new regulations will have real, continuing public health consequences. Hence, we urge the agency to release the tobacco deeming rule by the end of this year."
The AHA also wants states to include e-cigarettes in smoke-free laws, but only if changes to include the devices won't weaken existing laws.
While some research suggests that the use of e-cigarettes to help smokers quit may be as or more effective than nicotine patches, there is no evidence to show that e-cigarettes are an effective first-line smoking cessation treatment, the statement said.
Proven methods of helping smokers quit should be tried first. But if they fail, doctors should not discourage the use of e-cigarettes by patients who want to use the devices to try to quit smoking, the AHA said.
"Nicotine is a dangerous and highly addictive chemical no matter what form it takes -- conventional cigarettes or some other tobacco product," AHA President Dr. Elliott Antman said in the news release.
"Every life that has been lost to tobacco addiction could have been prevented," Antman said. "We must protect future generations from any potential smokescreens in the tobacco product landscape that will cause us to lose precious ground in the fight to make our nation 100 percent tobacco-free."
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