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Intensive RAMEN Training Course
For Startups and Food business Professionals Across The World
Build A Ramen Restaurant That Will Beat The Competition
Having conducted intensive courses over 17 years, we have more than 1,000 graduates, many of whom started and run popular ramen shops. The courses are designed for those who want to create ramen restaurants and business that will survive and thrive in this competitive industry. We now conduct our ramen class at 3 locations. Tokyo/Japan, Kagawa/Japan, and Singapore
Yamato Ramen School is great for someone who wants to…
- start a ramen shop with a high chance of success
- study how to operate and manage a ramen restaurant in their country
- master how to make ramen soups, noodles, and toppings from scratch
- develop original and delicious ramen recipes from scratch
- learn a systematic way to operate a ramen restaurant business
- train their staff for existing restaurant or new restaurants
- improve existing ramen or create new menu for their restaurants
- learn how to build a ramen restaurant that will beat the competition
The Curriculum is designed to help even those with no experience, to start a restaurant of their own and design the menu for it.
Each class is divided into 2 sections: Theory/Lecture and practical training/workshops.
DAY 1 - Noodle Making
Learning the fundamental knowledge of ingredients (flour, water, kansui, salt, egg, and others), how to make a recipes, basic types of noodles, and noodle making processes provides students with the foundation to work on his or her own noodles in practical training using noodle making machines. Various types of fresh noodles are made by students and put together with soups to make complete ramen dishes.
DAY 2 – Preparation of base sauce, flavored oil and toppings
Students learn many kinds of base sauces, which determine the taste of the soup (shoyu(soy sauce), shio(salt), miso, tonkotsu, etc.) and flavored oils, which shape the flavor of soup and make it more complex than the raw materials. Students learn how the basic types of toppings are made.
DAY 3 – Preparation for base broths
Learn how to make great base broths from scratch. Students work on preparing several types of base broths (chicken-, pork, vegetable-, fish-based). With Yamato methods of fail-free broth preparation should make you an expert in broth making. Different types of base broths are cooked separately in different stockpots for students to blend them later.
DAY 4 – Management Lecture & blending of ramen soups
Imparting Mr. Kaoru Fujii's philosophy of Ramen, Udon Restaurant Management is part of the training you will receive over the 5 days of training from our experienced instructors. Be equipped with the following:-
- Developing a concept for your ramen, udon restaurant.
- Financial projections and analysis
- Kitchen design and workflow
- Manpower and scheduling
Also, we start teaching blending of soups by combining different types of ramen broths, tare, and oils that have been prepared in the previous days.
DAY 5 – Plating techniques and final presentation
Because each student is encouraged to develop his or her dish(es) / recipe(s), on the last day of practical training, each student creates his or her original dish(es) by assembling everything to make a bowl of Ramen and presenting it in a beautiful way.
6. Operational Training
The training facility is designed to simulate real restaurant environment. On the 6th day of the school, participants will be cooking ramen as part of the operational training. This will give participants the opportunity to practice using proven workflow and processes that are efficient.
Course Contents
Learn to be able to make everything from scratch.By attending the course, you can expect to master the following:
1. Soup
Learn the structure of ramen soup (base broth + base sauce + flavored oil). Learn how to make the basic types of base broths (pork-based, chicken-based, vegetable-based, fish-based), base sauce, flavored oils in the Yamato methods. Finally, we teach how to blend these components to develop a complete and great ramen soups that sell.
2. Noodles
Learn the fundamentals of noodle making by studying the ingredients, processes, and what makes good noodles good. You will learn how to make various types of authentic noodles from scratch by practical training on the most-advanced noodle machines.
3. Toppings
Learn how typical toppings, charshiu (slices of meats – pork, chicken, etc.) eggs, etc. are made.
4. Menu Development
Ramen is not a complete product unless noodle, soup, toppings are put and matched together. Also, presentation is critical in enhancing the image of ramen dishes, making customers willing to pay more. As the last class of practical training, we teach menu development to complete your original dishes and recipes.
5. Management
Analyzing what makes successful restaurant successful, the secret formula for strong noodle restaurant that succeeds through time is revealed. You will have insights into how to build a restaurant concept, financing, human resources, and other issues that noodle restaurants managers must know and consider before starting their businesses will be addressed here.
Yamato Ramen School In Japan
Learn from World-Class Instructors & Ramen Masters
Kaoru Fujii
President-Yamato Mfg. Co., Ltd.With over 40 years having worked with restaurant owners, chefs, and those with no experiences and run his businesses for the same period, he has gained his expertise in management, operation, and culinary skills in his way. He shares Yamato methods / ways of how to build and develop successful restaurants. He's one of the most prominent masters of this field in the world.
Jason Lim
Owner - Ramen LabGraduated from Yamato Noodle School more than 10 years ago, Chef Jason started his ramen restaurant and has been kept abreast in the latest techniques and know-how in the ramen kitchen. He has provided consulting services to numerous ramen and udon restaurants in many parts of the world and developed great knowledge and experiences in noodle making, soup preparation, menu development and restaurant operations. He will shares his expertise, based on actual experiences and learning in the course.
This course is taught in ENGLISH
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Tokyo JAPAN
This course is taught in Japanese
June 15 – 20
at Tokyo office
Kagawa JAPAN
This course is taught in Japanese
July 6 – 11
at Yamato MFG HQ office
Continuous support after Graduation: Ramen Noodle and Soup making techniques, Recipes, Ramen Business counselling
How to Join The School
After the payment has been confirmed, we will send you an email confirming your seat with download links to teaching materials (PDF)
at least 2 weeks in advance of the course
For more information on Yamato Ramen School click the button below


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The Philosophy of the Ground Pass – Seminar 4:
Tiqui taca -The ball is at the center of our game
Presenter: Peter Hyballa
Director: Peter Schreiner
Translator: Hardy Fuchs
Speaker: Stephen Crilley
Duration: about 59 Minutes
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- Permanent ball possession.
- The principal idea is ball possession and passing
- Formation of forever changing triangles
- Why is ball possession so important?
- How do we train modern soccer?
- Examples of practices
- Tiqui taca against tiqui taca
- One-touch against one-touch
- Totaal voetbal against totaal voetbal
Soccer Training: Passing in real game situations

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text: Editor's note Everyone is agreed that the real success story of the referendum wasn't the result – Yes or No – but the public engagement, or the re-engagement, of an electorate tired by old politics, disgruntled by Westminster, fed up with the same old, same old and looking for real change. On their own, the numbers are phenomenal: 97 per cent voter registration; 86 per cent turnout; a three- and four-fold rise in membership of some parties; and the birth of a plethora of new groups, like Women for Independence, that have kept that momentum alive. And now, the SNP, a party that not so long ago could still be regarded as a fringe show chasing an impossible dream, is the third biggest political party in the UK and almost made its dream a reality. So while the answer was very clearly a 'No', the trajectory, strangely, appears to remain with Yes. It is, by any measure, a great result for the SNP and its allies in the Greens but that seismic shift in political interest wasn't just about independence – it was about a better society, no matter what the construct. And the current rhetoric about which powers to pick 'n' mix is far removed from the energised debate about creating a Scotland where social justice is balanced by a prosperous and generous economy. Had Scotland voted Yes, plans were already afoot for the Westminster parliament to have been immediately recalled. Its MPs, their holidays interrupted, would have found the House on a Saturday a rare and sombre place indeed as they discussed the break-up of Britain and all they hold dear. But in the event, Scots voted No and politicians turned back to their sangria and sunbeds, believing Scotland had got what its people wished for: that Gordon Brown's eleventh-hour promise to stick to a timetable on more powers would satisfy and that Lord Smith would find a political consensus that put the devolution question to bed. But they misjudged the mood. The Right Honourable Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath may well have stuck to his end of a bargain that seduced many to vote No in the first place and secured a debate on more powers for Scotland. But the future of Scotland's constitutional make-up does surely deserve more than the half-hour, un-amendable, un-voteable debate that an end-of-day adjournment allows? It was Brown's rage and frustration at Better Together's seeming failure to address the real issues during the referendum debate that ultimately forced his hand. He made a unilateral decision – Ed Miliband, I understand, was not informed – and in a speech to Loanhead Miners' Welfare Club, he made a vow, which bounced all the unionist parties into an unfeasible timetable on powers that had never even been discussed and was never realistic. Sturgeon knows a second referendum in the near term is untenable so is the party one of independence or devo max? But things have moved on. And so tomorrow, almost a month since the referendum and under some duress, it is expected that the second reading of the Recall Bill will be pulled and the full parliamentary day will be given over to a debate on further devolution for Scotland. William Hague will open and Alistair Carmichael will close. In between, there will be calls for the party leaders to look the Scottish MPs in the eye while a cavalcade of English Tories make clear the view that Scotland can whistle while the rest of the UK explores its own relationship with the devolution of power. It will be an interesting spectacle, enhanced by the prospect of the first UKIP MP, Douglas Carswell, potentially making this Scottish-centric debate the stage for his maiden speech. Where then will be the position on English votes for English laws? Westminster has already moved on. Party conference season has, as far as the UK parties are concerned, closed, despite the SNP conference still to come. Scotland will become a footnote in political history as Middle England, EU membership, the threat from UKIP, spending cuts and the deficit dominate the Westminster bubble. This week Brown's adjournment debate on 'the UK Government's relationship with Scotland' follows debates on getting Britain cycling and a national pollinator strategy. Whether he will even bother with this in light of Tuesday's more wide-ranging debate is, well, debatable. The whole thing is a mess; a function of a panic response from No parties and a UK Government that failed to have contingency plans in place. The UK parties have made an undeliverable and incoherent set of promises. The timetable trumpeted by Brown does not allow for the Smith Commission deliberations and the Smith deliberations do not allow for an engaged and politically literate civic Scotland to meaningfully contribute to its own future. Meanwhile, the SNP, a party that lost a referendum but could take succour from the vote and the swell in its numbers, faces its own challenges. There's no doubt that Nicola Sturgeon will be a good party leader but as First Minister, she now needs to turn her full attention to the good governance of Scotland. For electoral advantage, she may welcome comments from the likes of Ruth Davidson that she will take the party to the Left but she will also have to help corral an unprecedented level of party membership that has come from those ranks who may have no time for gradualism or the discipline required for government. Sturgeon knows a second referendum in the near term is untenable so is the party one of independence or devo max? That's a big question and while, tactically, the SNP may continue to demand that the feet of the Unionist parties at Westminster are held to the fire on the timetable for more powers, strategically, it could have its fingers burned by forcing a process that was only ever designed to buy time for Westminster parties when Westminster was always at the heart of the problem. Read the most recent article written by Mandy Rhodes - Interview: Mental health minister Clare Haughey on finding the strength to carry on after the loss of a child


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Today we conclude our series on 'Encounters with Jesus' (but hopefully not our actual encounters!) In summing up we are reminded of the encounters of these we have considered, then look at the words of Paul in Philippians 3: 1-11.
Finally we get up close and personal by looking at our own response. Have we become mad keen disciples?


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Salary: GBP Equity
Application Deadline: January 25, 2018 9:00 am
Company: Tessa Bide Productions
Job Details
Performer for Touring family theatre show – Bristol
Tessa Bide Productions are looking for an exceptional, experienced performer to join the company to play the lead part in 'Perfect' – a new touring family theatre show with puppetry and music.
'Perfect' is an adaptation of the illustrated book by Nicola Davies and Cathy Fisher, about a young boy and the birth of his disabled sister. It is a story of anticipation, disappointment, acceptance and, ultimately, love. The two-hander show will feature beautiful illustrations from the book made into animations, puppetry and an original sound score.
The part is of 'Boy' – a young, roughly 7 year old, boy. Therefore we are looking to cast an adult performer who can move, and look like, a young able-bodied boy (of any ethnicity). There will be multi-role playing and puppeteering too. For more information on the project, see: http://tessabide.com/shows/perfect/
The Performer must have previous professional experience and skills in:
- Puppetry
- Devising
- Physical theatre and multi-role-playing
- Interaction with family audiences
- (Desired) experience in singing and one instrument
The production underwent a successful Arts Council England-funded research and development phase, in partnership with May Park Primary School and Omnibus Theatre, in October 2017, and is being developed (with ACE funding) this Spring with partnership support from Bristol Old Vic, Hamilton House, Sibs UK, May Park Primary School and Omnibus Theatre.
The 17 day rehearsal process will be taking place in Bristol, in the weeks of the 12th, 19th, 26th March (3, four day weeks: Mon-Thurs) with a five day Production week commencing 2nd April (details below). A UK tour will commence on 7th April following the rehearsal period (further details below), and will continue throughout the year (with the potential to continue on into 2019).
The rehearsal schedule, all based in Bristol, is:
- Monday 12th – Thursday 15th March: 10am – 6pm
- Monday 19th – Thursday 22nd March: 9.30am – 5.30pm
- Monday 26th – Thursday 29th March: 10am – 6pm
- Monday 2nd – Friday 6th April: 9.30am – 5.30pm
Current gigs:
(Please note that this is not an exhaustive list – and the company is still in the process of confirming several more dates)
- Marine Theatre – Saturday 7th April
- Lyric Hammersmith – Saturday 14th April
- The Met, Bury – Sunday 15th April
- Theatr Brycheiniog – Saturday 5th May
- Omnibus Theatre – Sunday 13th May & Monday 14th May
- Blackwood Miners' Institute – Saturday 9th June
- The Courtyard, Hereford – Saturday 16th June
- Heavy pencil – Saturday 28th July
- Bridgend Library – Friday 24th August (2pm)
- Heavy pencil – Sunday 7th October
- Salisbury Playhouse – Thursday 1st Nov
- The Pound Arts Centre – Saturday 3rd November
The company will pay the performer Equity rates.
The Performer will need to accommodate themselves in Bristol throughout rehearsals, but accommodation will be sourced by the company for any tour dates where overnight stays are appropriate. Travel throughout the tour will be in the company vehicle from Bristol so the performer must be based in Bristol, as travel fees to anywhere else cannot be budgeted for.
Please email your CV/spotlight link to [email protected] with the subject 'Perfect: Performer'. Applications close at 9am on 25th January with auditions being held in Bristol on the 29th January.
Contact Details
Tessa Bide
[email protected]


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Leupold RX-750 Rangefinder Review
Recently picked up a new rangefinder and thought I would do a review on it. So far I really like it I been using it about 2 months now been shooting a lot getting ready for bow season.
I included a written review this time along with the video review.
We recently had a chance to review a rangefinder for Leupold. I was
excited to get a chance to review the product because I have always
used and trusted Leupold optics when it counts. All of my hunting
rifles have Leupold scopes on them.
The rangefinder we reviewed was the RX-750
Leupold RX-750 Laser Rangefinder
General Specifications
Range: 5yds-750yds
True Ballistic Range for rifles and bows
Armored Housing
Fully Multicoated Lenses
Magnification: 6x
Field of view: 32.0ft @ 100 yards
Weight: 7.0oz
Eye Relief (mm): 21.0
Dimensions: 4.0" x 2.8" x 1.5"
True Ballistic Range: This is by far one of the best features of this
rangefinder. What true ballistic range does is it provides accurate
aiming information matched to the peformance of your rifle or bow.
What it does is it provides both rifle and bow hunters the correct
range for accurate shooting on an incline or decline.
Another great feature is this rangefinder has three different reticle
options to choose from. Plus point and two duplex reticles. I like the
duplex reticle.
This rangefinder also has the ability to range and measure in both
yards and meters.
Maximum Ranging Performance
Reflective: 750yds / 685m
Tree: 600yds / 550m
Deer: 500yds / 455
These statistics are very accurate. Usually a rangefinder will only
range about half of its intended range but the Leupold statisics are
very accurate to what the model will range in distances.
For example I had an off brand rangefinder that was supposed to range
1000 yds but it would never read anything close to that the max it got
was 400yds.
Whereas the Leupold model ranges very close to its designed maximum
ranging performance.
Whether you are a bow hunter or a rifle hunter and you are looking for
a quality rangfinder I highly reccomend you check out the Leupold
RX-750. I have used a lot of rangefinders over the years and this one
is by far the best one I have used from the true ballistic reading to
the three reticle choices this is the rangefinder that I will be
taking in the woods with me from now on.
here is the video review thats on youtube If anyone wants to watch it shows the rangefinder and gives more in depth detail
Hope you enjoy. Thanks.
Nice review!
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter"
George Washington
I have own several range finders. A Bushnell 800 yard, not impressed. An 800 yrd nikon, not impressed. 800 yrds Leupold binos, far better than eather of the others, but still not what I wanted. I now am useing a 1200 Lica, by far better than any of the others, but still not what i want. I have found that most are good for varments to about 1/2 the stated yardage, including the Lica. Since I shoot rifles that shoot falt to over 300 yrds. they don`t do me alot of good. If there is a tree or something large near the target I range it and can range farther that way. The accuracy seem to be about the same with all, it`s just will they get a reading at the range you want to get.
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The Golden Age of the American Musical is generally considered the 1940s through the 1950s, though most scholars name its conclusion with the 1964 production of Fiddler on the Roof. It was an age when many of the most beloved and enduring musicals in Broadway history lit up the Great White Way. The musicals of this period varied widely in subject, but were marked by an unprecedented narrative incorporation of musical elements. As Corrine Naden writes in The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre: 1943-1965: "But now, the song or dance either more fully explained the conversation or extended or changed it. Everything was totally integrated and, for the first time, the choreography…actually advanced the plot."
With revivals of the Golden Age classics Carousel, My Fair Lady and Hello, Dolly! currently delighting theatregoers – and productions of West Side Story and Kiss Me Kate slated to join them in 2019 – let's take a look at some other musicals of the Golden Age that are ripe for revival.
The current revival of 'Carousel,' along with 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'My Fair Lady,' is an example of the enduring power of Golden Age musicals (Photo: Julieta Cervantes)
This Lerner and Loewe classic of 1947 was once an oft-produced property in professional and amateur theatre, but in recent years hasn't received the love it deserves. The story of two hunters who happen upon a mystical village in the Scottish Highlands that appears once every hundred years contains an atmospheric score that blends traditional Broadway with an old world flavor, perfect for the romance between the American Tommy and Brigadoon's wistful maiden Fiona. His "Almost Like Being in Love" and "The Heather on the Hill" are some of Lerner and Loewe's finest numbers, as is her "Waitin' for My Dearie."
Lady in the Dark
In its day (1941), Lady in the Dark was one of the most daring musicals ever produced on Broadway, delving into the world of psychoanalysis. The musical's central character, Liza Elliott, is an editor of the fashion magazine Allure. Suffering from depression, Liza visits a psychiatrist, each of her sessions becoming a musical sequence that reveals the symptoms behind her insecurities. Kurt Weill wrote the music to Ira Gerswhin's lyrics, the duo producing Broadway standards such as "My Ship," "Tschaikowsky" and "The Saga of Jenny," and Moss Hart fashioned the groundbreaking book. In 2019, City Center will present a concert of Lady in the Dark as part of their MasterVoices series. Could a Broadway revival be imminent?
The Most Happy Fella
Though Guys & Dolls and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying tend to be the frequently produced titles among Frank Loesser's musicals, it's his 1956 The Most Happy Fella that needs a full-scale Broadway revival, complete with its lush original orchestrations. Based on the Sidney Howard play They Knew What They Wanted, The Most Happy Fella follows the story of Tony Esposito, an older vineyard owner in California's Napa Valley who has been enjoying a mail order romance with the young waitress Rosabella. When the two finally meet, she learns that Tony has not been entirely forthcoming about who he is or what he looks like. Can love still happen in spite of it all? The score brims with terrific musical theater classics such as "Joey, Joey, Joey," "Standing on the Corner," "Big D" and "My Heart Is So Full of You."
Bloomer Girl
In 1944, coming on the heels of the game-changing Oklahoma!, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy created a musical that was reminiscent of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, but cutting edge in its own way. Bloomer Girl is a story of women's rights and abolitionism, set in the Civil War era. Evelina Applegate, the daughter of a hoopskirt manufacturer, rails against her father's wishes and embraces the latest fashion, the comfortable bloomer pants. That may sound trite, but Evelina is a progressive in a conservative time, refusing to marry her fiancée until he frees his slave. The score is chock-full of poignant numbers such as "It Was Good Enough for Grandma" and "The Eagle and Me," not to mention the lovely "Evelina" and "Right as the Rain," which became popular standards of the 40s.
Lost in the Stars
Alan Paton's novel Cry, the Beloved Country is a riveting and harrowing book that continues to be taught and classrooms the world over. Set in 1949 South Africa (the musical premiered in '49 as well), the musical adaptation known as Lost in the Stars follows a black Anglican priest who must journey from his small village to the city of Johannesburg, where he encounters situations that challenge his faith, including racial disparity, murder and the loss of his son. Kurt Weil's music and Maxwell Anderson's lyrics are achingly palpable with raw emotion, especially in songs such as "Trouble Man," "Cry, The Beloved Country" and the title number.
Mark Robinson is the author of the two-volume encyclopedia The World of Musicals, The Disney Song Encyclopedia, and The Encyclopedia of Television Theme Songs. He maintains a theater and entertainment blog at markrobinsonwrites.com.


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It doesn't hurt that investors shave off some positions in their portfolios, but it's a "big mistake" to dump everything, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Wednesday.
"This market is now largely ruled by fear. I don't like being scared into anything when it comes to my money or yours, and remember: panic is not a strategy," the "Mad Money" host said. "You don't panic when the economy's hanging on. You wait for more of a decline … then you can do some opportunistic buying."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average nosedived more than 800 points to turn in its worst sessions of the year as traders reacted to warning signs in the bond market. The drop was the fourth worst point slide in the index's history.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also plunged about 3% for its worst daily performances since Aug. 5. The major averages all posted their third negative trading days in four.
With the S&P up more than 13% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq up more than 17% in 2019, Cramer still has confidence stocks have a chance to climb higher again.
Wall Street fell hard after the yield on the benchmark 10-Year U.S. Treasury bond slipped below the 2-Year bond yield, known as a yield inversion, for the first time in more than a dozen years. When the yield curve inverts, short-term bonds are more profitable than long-term bonds and is accepted as a warning sign that a recession may be on its way.
The 10-Year bond finished the day 2 basis points above the short-term yield.
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen shares the host's view that the yield inversion may not be signaling this time that a recession is on the horizon.
"The bears will tell you that any time we see Treasurys behaving like this, a recession surely follows," Cramer said. "I think that's a misread of the current situation."
Cramer said a number of factors are worrying investors about the market. That includes thoughts that the ongoing U.S.-China trade war could destroy global commerce, short-term interest rates set by the U.S. Federal Reserve are too high, many foreign government bonds are sporting negative interest rates and Brexit, among other things, he said.
"For the moment, it doesn't matter. Whatever the cause, we can not ignore the bond market's behavior. It's too extreme," Cramer said. Of course, many of these negatives are reversible. Almost all of them are man-made and, therefore, can reversed."
Stocks that are getting hammered by tariffs can rebound if the U.S. and China make a trade deal, the U.S. central bank could cut rates to boost bond the economy and bond yields, and many money managers are betting against the market, Cramer said.
"Right now, though, our stock market is handcuffed to the bond market," he said. "As long as that's the case, the momentum is with the bears, not the bulls, even if the bears ultimately turn out to be wrong."
Questions for Cramer?
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The technology helping survivors of domestic abuse
Vodafone shows how technology and connectivity are essential tools in an effort to support survivors of domestic violence and abuse
Figures from the World Health Organization estimate that a staggering one in three women worldwide has experienced some form of domestic violence at some point in their lives, with less than 40% of these survivors ever seeking help of any sort*.
And it's not just a problem for women - in the UK alone, as many as one in six men suffers from domestic abuse in their lifetime**.
Technology is helping to support survivors of domestic violence and abuse, helping to reduce levels of fear and even saving lives. From mobile apps to covert panic alarms, technology can protect survivors while also providing information and support - not only to those affected, but also to friends and family who want to help.
Research from Hestia, a leading domestic abuse charity based in London, reveals that one third of people say they don't know how to help a loved one experiencing domestic abuse.
When coupled with the low numbers of survivors seeking help, it's clear that support and information are vital.
The BrightSky app - launched by the Vodafone Foundation in collaboration with Hestia earlier this year - features a short questionnaire that helps users identify different forms of abuse and provides a UK-wide directory of specialist support services.
One woman who experienced domestic violence explains the need for services of this kind: "From my experience there wasn't very much information out there. I'm hoping that the app will help people to start speaking about domestic violence more and get the help that they need through the information that's on the app."
Click here to read more
* World Health Organization, "Global and regional estimates of violence against women", 2013, http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/violence/9789241564625/en/
** ONS, Domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking; year ending March 2016 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) self-completion module on intimate violence, asked of adults aged 16 to 59; release date 9 February 2017.


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For three years in the late seventies, this is what greeted audiences at the beginning of every episode of the Bionic Woman. After the success of the Six Million Dollar Man, based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidan and starring Lee Majors as the bionic man, Colonel Steve Austin, creator Kenneth Johnson decided that a female version was needed as a love interest.
Originally conceived as a one-off story, Jaime Sommers, Steve's lover, had a sky diving accident and, thanks to Steve, is saved using the same bionic procedure that saved his life but she died at the end of the episode. However when the decision was made to give her a spin-off series, we discovered that both Doctor Rudy Wells (the godfather of bionics), played by Martin E Brooks, and Oscar Goldman, head of the OSI (office of scientific investigation) had lied to Steve and Jaime had been brought back from the dead, although she had no memory that she was once Steve's one true love. So began a journey for actress Lindsay Wagner which would see her not only quickly eclipse the Six Million Dollar Man in popularity but make her the highest paid actress on television at the time as well as winning an Emmy for her performance, a rare event in those days for any sci fi show.
With both shows running simultaneously, audiences delighted when Steve and Jaime teamed up for adventures and in those days these crossovers WERE an event that went for scale and epic storytelling.
What made Jaime stand out was that she was very much a human person with fears, worries and strong moral convictions as seen in The Road to Nashville, The Deadly Ringer (a classic episode which saw Jaime drugged and thrown into a padded cell waiting for plastic surgery in a prison. Her breakdown in this episode was powerful viewing) and Doomsday is Tomorrow respectively. And this is never more evident than in the final ever episode where Jaime decides that she has had enough of being the lapdog for the OSI. When she tries to give in her resignation she finds she is now classified as government property and will live out her days in a compound in order to keep her bionics secret.
She goes on the run resenting even her new love interest Chris, introduced earlier in the season and played by the Howling's Christopher Stone. It really examined what it meant to be bionic and how it affects not only your life but how others treat you. In the end, she returns but on her own conditions but it shows exactly why Lindsay won her Emmy.
Everyone knows about the Fembots. Indeed they became so integral to audiences that they reappeared in the Austin Powers movies. In the three part Kill Oscar, Jaime and Steve face their greatest foes when their friends – including Oscar – are replaced by the Fembots to steal a weather machine and again in Fembots in Las Vegas, but they cemented both them and Bigfoot in the imagination to this day but the writing on the show was so clever and Lindsay was so versatile that no matter how bizarre the story, Jaime had the audience firmly on her side.
She was the every woman that could enter regions of the emotional that Steve Austin could not, such as helping alien princesses and young kids but Jaime was always happiest when she was teaching her class, often using assignments as excuses to gain new stuff to educate them, such as in the Vega Influence when she had to travel to a remote station for Oscar so she took pictures of cloud formations and their relationship to the land for her kids.
Kids were something she would never have because the amnesia concerning her feelings for Steve would stop her from committing to every possible new beau. Although she and Steve would marry in Bionic Ever After, one of three tv movies made in the eighties, she became stepmother to Steve's son Michael who also ended up with super enhanced bionics. If this was put to Freud, he would say it was the more passionate emotional female side that held Jaime back, whereas Steve just couldn't control his second brain but c'est la vie.
And it was this connection that drew audiences to her whether she were posing as a nun to save a winery being used as a heroin factory, a police officer to root out a Russian spy or leaping 30 foot into the air to land on a helicopter to avoid the deadly Fembots. We were there right by her side. She even took time out to adopt Max, the bionic dog, an idea that seemed ridiculous on paper but worked beautifully.
Max was an Alsatian puppy that Rudy had successfully tested bionics on and Jaime found him caged in a lab about to be put down. She realized Max was dying because he wasn't able to live the life he wanted or get outdoors and just be a dog, something nicely echoed in her final episode. So she goes on the run with Max to save him, however their fugitive life takes them straight into a forest fire where only Max can save Jaime. Problem is, he was caught in a lab fire as a pup and is terrified of it. Again it seems a silly idea but works so well due to the writing and performances. I bet every household in the country had an Alsatian pup after this episode. And, while the human side of her was well catered for, her bionic side didn't get much chance to rest either.
As well as Bigfoot and his alien masters, Jaime battled an entire gallery of monsters and villains; the alien crystalline microbes that turned people into the walking dead in the Vega Influence, a Native American Night Demon that was brilliantly conceived, the super computer Alex 700; so calm, yet deadly ala Hal from 2010, and predates Hal by several years, battled UFOs in the Martians are Coming, ancient aliens using Egyptian technology and even crooked country and western singers in Nashville, the scoundrels!
And it all played out in complete sincerity. Lindsay and the production team created magic in a bottle for three solid years where there was barely a dud episode. The mix was perfect from comedy to horror to sci-fi to espionage.
So you can keep your Buffy, Xena, Rose Tyler and Ripley, Jaime is the one that paved the way for all the rest. And the sight of her jumping a fence, her long blond hair trailing in the sunlight, still makes me swoon; Oh, I wish I were a fence (bit creepy – ed)
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Reduction of Power Consumption for Fluidic Soft Robots Using Energy Recovery Technique
by venkatesh on August 31, 2016 at 8:16 am
Abstract Power-efficient fluidic driven system is beneficial to extending the working time of autonomous and wearable soft robots supplied by independent power sources such as batteries. In this paper, an energy recovery scheme is proposed to reutilize the pressurized air released by retracting […]
Development of a Multi-Channel Concentric Tube Robotic System With Active Vision for Transnasal Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Procedures
by venkatesh on July 1, 2016 at 7:52 am
Abstract Minimally invasive surgery-based nasopharyngeal cancer treatment is promising, but currently, it is not a common treatment choice because of the absence of suitable tools. In this paper, a multi-channel concentric tube robot is proposed for the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer based on […]
A Miniature Soft Robotic Manipulator Based on Novel Fabrication Methods
by venkatesh on July 1, 2016 at 7:41 am
Abstract Flexible robotic manipulators have been widely used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and many other applications requiring closer inspection and operation. Although a variety of manipulators enabled by different mechanism have been developed, few of them can preserve softness, thinness, […]
A Magnetically actuated guide-wire steering system towards arteriovenous fistula angioplasty procedures
by venkatesh on June 1, 2016 at 9:56 am
Abstract Working towards remote steering of distal guide-wire in arteriovenous fistula angioplasty procedures, we develop a magnetically actuated robotic guide-wire manipulation system involving electromagnetic coils and a flexible guide-wire with a magneto-responsive attachment. By varying the […]
Soft haptics using soft actuator and soft sensor
by venkatesh on June 1, 2016 at 9:47 am
Abstract In this paper, we presented fabric-based soft tactile actuator and soft sensor. The force characterization result indicates that the actuator is able to produce force up to about 2.20(±0.017)N, when it is supplied with 80kPa of pressurized air. Hence it is capable of producing […]
FPGA implementation of a FA-1 mechanoreceptor model for efficient representation of tactile features
by venkatesh on June 1, 2016 at 9:29 am
Abstract Spatiotemporal spike patterns from a population of mechanoreceptors provide a concise representation of tactile stimuli that facilitates rapid sensory processing in the brain. Efficient models of mechanoreceptors are needed for the adoption of spike-based processing for robotic tactile […]
Design, kinematics, simulation of omni-directional bending reachability for a parallel structure forceps manipulator
by venkatesh on June 1, 2016 at 9:26 am
Abstract This paper presents a 5-DOF manipulator which consists of three parts, 1-DOF translational joint, a bendable skeleton (2-DOF for Omni-directional bending motion), and a rotatable forceps gripper (1-DOF for rotation, 1-DOF for opening/closing). The bendable segment in the manipulator […]
Delicate manipulations with compliant mechanism and electrostatic adhesion
by venkatesh on June 1, 2016 at 9:10 am
Traditional rigid robotic hand manipulator has been used in many field nowadays due to its advantages of large gripping force and stable performance. However, this kind of rigid manipulator is not suitable for gripping fragile objects since it is motorized and force control can be a problem. It is […]
A compliant modular robotic hand with fabric force sensor for multiple versatile grasping modes
by venkatesh on June 1, 2016 at 9:05 am
Abstract This paper presents the development of a compliant, modular, reconfigurable, and sensorized robotic hand with multiple grasping capabilities. Each finger consists of a soft pneumatic actuator with embedded fabric force sensor and a detachable casing. The casing has a through hole for […]
Human-Compliant Body-Attached Soft Robots Towards Automatic Cooperative Ultrasound Imaging
by venkatesh on May 31, 2016 at 10:11 am
Abstract Ultrasound imaging procedures are deemed as one of the most convenient and least invasive medical diagnostic imaging modalities and have been widely utilized in health care providers, which are expecting semiautomatic or fully-automatic imaging systems to reduce the current clinical […]
Simultaneous Temperature Compensation and Synchronous Error Elimination for Axial Displacement Sensors Using an Auxiliary Probe
by venkatesh on May 1, 2016 at 10:02 am
Abstract The output stability of the displacement sensors is an important issue for safe operations in magnetic bearing supported high-speed rotor system. This paper proposes an effective postprocessing solution to the problems of temperature drift and synchronous measuring error for the axial […]
Development of a compact continuum tubular robotic system for nasopharyngeal biopsy
by venkatesh on May 1, 2016 at 9:58 am
Abstract Traditional posterior nasopharyngeal biopsy using a flexible nasal endoscope has the risks of abrasion and injury to the nasal mucosa and thus causing trauma to the patient. Recently, a new class of robots known as continuum tubular robots (CTRs) provide a novel solution to the challenge […]
Active Balancing Control of AMB-Rotor Systems Using a Phase-Shift Notch Filter Connected in Parallel Mode
by venkatesh on May 1, 2016 at 8:58 am
Abstract The vibration controllability is an important feature in the applications of active magnetic bearings (AMBs). This paper addresses the two key challenges on the active balancing control of AMB-rotor systems: presenting a parallel-mode scheme to enhance the notch performance at high speeds, […]
Robust Fault-Tolerant Control for a Class of Second-Order Nonlinear Systems Using an Adaptive Third-Order Sliding Mode Control
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 7:04 am
Abstract Due to the robustness against the uncertainties, conventional sliding mode control (SMC) has been extensively developed for fault-tolerant control (FTC) system. However, the FTCs based on conventional SMC provide several disadvantages such as large transient state error, less robustness, […]
Fault-Tolerant Inverter for High-Speed Low-Inductance BLDC Drives in Aerospace Applications
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 7:03 am
Abstract Due to the simplicity and high reliability, brushless dc (BLDC) motors are widely used in space application. High-reliability levels are the vital aspect for ensuring the long-term stable operation of the BLDC motor system, which is used in aerospace applications. The fault-tolerant […]
Preliminary development of a soft robotic ultrasound steering system
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 7:02 am
Abstract: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging provides two-dimensional (2D) real-time luminal and transmural cross-sectional images of intravascular vessels with detailed pathological information. It has offered significant advantages in terms of diagnosis and guidance and has been increasingly […]
Self-correction of Commutation Point for High-speed Sensorless BLDC Motor With Low Inductance and Nonideal Back EMF
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 7:00 am
Abstract This paper presents a novel self-correction method of commutation point for high-speed sensorless brushless dc motors with low inductance and nonideal back electromotive force (EMF) in order to achieve low steady-state loss of magnetically suspended control moment gyro. The commutation […]
Motion Planning based on Learning from Demonstration for Multiple-Segment Flexible Robots Actuated by Electroactive Polymers
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 6:58 am
Abstract Multiple-segment flexible and soft robotic arms composed by ionic polymer – metal composite (IPMC) flexible actuators exhibit compliance but suffer from the difficulty of path planning due to their redundant degrees of freedom, although they are promising in complex tasks such as […]
A novel constrained wire-driven flexible mechanism and its kinematic analysis
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 6:54 am
Abstract Snake-like flexible manipulators are widely used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), which require adequate dexterity in confined workspace. Typically, the design mechanisms of these manipulators include tendon-driven mechanism and concentric tube mechanism. Though, the workspace and […]
Data-driven methods towards learning the highly nonlinear inverse kinematics of tendon-driven surgical manipulators: XWJ_IJMRAS_IK_KNNR_GMR_ELM
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 6:52 am
Abstract Background: Accurate motion control of flexible surgical manipulators is crucial in tissue manipulation tasks. The tendon-driven serpentine manipulator (TSM) is one of the most widely adopted flexible mechanisms in minimally invasive surgery because of its enhanced maneuverability in […]
Prototyping and characterisation of a variable stiffness actuation mechanism based on low melting point polymer
by jeya on January 31, 2016 at 6:50 am
Abstract: With the advent of automation and robotic systems, flexible robotic manipulators are becoming increasingly popular in various applications where safe interaction with surrounding environments is needed. This project aims to investigate stiffness varying technology for a class of flexible […]
Finding the Kinematic Base Frame of a Robot by Hand-Eye Calibration Using 3D Position Data
by admin on January 11, 2016 at 2:58 am
Abstract When a robot is required to perform specific tasks defined in the world frame, there is a need for finding the coordinate transformation between the kinematic base frame of the robot and the world frame. The kinematic base frame used by the robot controller to define and evaluate […]
Prototype Development of a Hand-Held Robotic Light Pipe for Intraocular Procedures
by admin on December 30, 2015 at 2:59 am
Abstract Light pipe is a tool providing illumination for delicate operations inside the eyeball in an eye surgery. Traditional light pipes with straight shafts have to be reoriented in order to enlarge its illustration range, which implies more risk of damage to the sclera and requires greater […]
Design of a Novel Flexible Endoscope – Cardioscope
by ravikiranramesh on December 1, 2015 at 9:15 am
Abstract In this paper, we present a novel flexible endoscope (FE) which is well suited to minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS). It is named the cardioscope. The cardioscope is composed of a handle, a rigid shaft, a steerable flexible section, and the imaging system. The fexible section is […]
Kinematic Analysis and Motion Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots in Cylindrical Workspaces
by ravikiranramesh on December 1, 2015 at 9:12 am
Abstract Wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) are often used for maintenance of round pipes or ducts, which can typically be represented as a cylindrical workspace. Working in round pipes or ducts, kinematic models of WMRs are different from those applying on a plane and thus pose significant challenges in […]
Condition Monitoring for Image-Based Visual Servoing Using Kalman Filter
by ravikiranramesh on December 1, 2015 at 9:11 am
Abstract In image-based visual servoing (IBVS), the control law is based on the error between the current and desired features on the image plane. The visual servoing system is working well only when all the designed features are correctly extracted. To monitor the quality of feature extraction, in […]
Prototype Development of a Hand-Held Robotic Light Pipe for Intraocular Procedures
by ravikiranramesh on December 1, 2015 at 9:07 am
Abstract Light pipe is a tool providing illumination for delicate operations inside the eyeball in an eye surgery. Traditional light pipes with straight shafts have to be reoriented in order to enlarge its illustration range, which implies more risk of damage to the sclera and requires greater […]
Motion planning of continuum tubular robots based on features extracted from statistical atlas
by ravikiranramesh on September 1, 2015 at 9:04 am
Abstract Continuum tubular robots, which are constructed by telescoping pre-curved elastic tubes, are capable of balancing the force application and steerability during minimally invasive surgeries. These devices are able to reach the desired surgical sites in body cavities without colliding with […]


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We change previous number - 1136 to 1116 Resistance Short-term. If close daily above 1116 we will change targets and possible beas
SPX test last week first target ( we had post) short-term 1175. Below 1116 ( daily close) expect test 1045 ( EMA) coming sessions.
Didn`t expect spx above 1085 before second target.
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ONE Nation has reportedly barred The Project from campaign events in Queensland, turning a crew from the popular Network 10 program away from a pub appearance by Pauline Hanson.
The panel show's sometimes host Hamish Macdonald tweeted that a worker at the Kalamia Hotel in the Central Queensland town of Ayr told the crew "you are not welcome".
The man said he had been instructed by the party to "bar" The Project from covering the campaign event which had been advertised locally under the banner "Pauline's in town".
"This gentleman says the party has instructed him to bar (The Project) from covering a (Pauline Hanson) campaign event in Ayr," he tweeted on Friday morning.
McDonald went on to ask: "Please explain?"
"Not sure why (Pauline Hanson) is singling out (The Project) from #QldVotes 2017 campaign events, while letting the rest of the media in," he wrote.
News.com.au has approached One Nation for the party's side of the story, but is yet to receive a response.
Ms Hanson has been campaigning around Queensland ahead of the state election later this month, making her way up the Queensland coast on board a branded "battler bus" targeting regional seats.
Please explain!? Not sure why @PaulineHansonOz is singling out @theprojecttv from #QldVotes2017 campaign events, while letting the rest of the media in. #qldpol #AusPol— Hamish Macdonald (@hamishNews) November 10, 2017
The event The Project didn't get to cover was taking place in the electorate of Burdekin, which One Nation is looking to wrestle from Queensland's Liberal National Party.
While it's unusual for a politician to ban media from a campaign event — which they usually hold for the purpose of getting media attention — the move is not unprecedented when it comes to Pauline Hanson.
The outspoken Senator earlier this year announced an ABC ban, saying she'd "had a gutful of the media", and would refuse to appear on the national broadcaster's airwaves after its Four Corners program aired an investigation into her party.
"I won't be doing any interviews with the ABC and they are actually really out to get my scalp and so are other journalists and I've heard about that. It's all about who can actually get Pauline Hanson's scalp," she said.
"To the ABC, don't bother ringing me up for any interviews. It's not happening."
News.com.au has also contacted Channel 10 for comment.


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Spooky Stakeout
Genres: Adventure
Actors: Alix Bailey, Darragh Barron, Harry Behan
Directors: Ruth Treacy
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min
Quality: SD
Released: 2016
IMDb: 6.9
Four young friends are hired to solve the particularly vexing mystery of an ancient haunted castle. Having cut their teeth on previous cases - an abandoned school building and a derelict hotel - "Team Spooky" is surprised to find a common thread behind all three mysteries. Each of the friends is driven by different motivations - whether it's for science, romance or monetary gain - but finding the real ghost is their ultimate goal!
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Truck drivers in Illinois may be aware that the week of Oct. 16 is Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Operation Safe Driver Week. During this period, law enforcement focuses on educating drivers about traffic safety and enforcing existing safety laws.
The CVSA partners with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to focus on actions such as distracted driving, improper lane change, speeding, traveling too closely, failing to obey traffic control devices and failing to wear a seat belt among other others. According to a study by the FMCSA, 93 percent of passenger-vehicle crashes and over 88 percent of large truck crashes occur because of driver behavior.
The CVSA program aims to reduce the incidence of those crashes. The program also has significant support from the industry and various transportation safety organizations.
Truck accidents can be particularly devastating because of the size of the vehicle. A person who is injured in a truck accident might sustain serious injuries and may be offered too little compensation. If the truck driver is at fault in the accident, it might be possible to file a lawsuit against both the driver and the company the driver works for. The burden of proof is lower in a civil suit, so even if the driver does not face criminal charges, a civil lawsuit might still be successful. The standard of proof in a civil suit is known as a preponderance of the evidence. This simply means that one side is able to present enough evidence to outweigh the other side. A driver who was distracted, sleepy, under the influence of alcohol or drugs or impaired in some other way might be found negligent.


text: Google tends to feature a few different of its trademark doodles on its homepage every week, but every now and then, the company goes all out and does interactive doodles. This week, the honor to be featured in one of these goes to Les Paul, the legendary musician and inventor Les Paul who passed away in 2009. The Les Paul doodle is an interactive guitar that – if you look closely – somewhat resembles the Google logo. What makes today's doodle special is that it's not just interactive but that you can also record your own songs with it.


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text: A piece in Politico made a splash this week advocating for a system of quasi-indentured servitude as a solution to the current immigration debate. Published on Tuesday and originally titled "What if you could get your own immigrant?", the article was soundly panned, to say the least. But while the proposal just might be too nutty to be entertained as a legitimate policy option, we know some members of the legislative and the executive branch (including Stephen Miller and John Kelly, and whoever at the Department of Homeland Security wrote this absurd report, just to name a few) have a penchant for antiquated, draconian, nonsensical immigration measures. We should also consider the current state of affairs in the Senate, squirming as the administration continues to stonewall and stymie any clean solution to DACA and immigrant youth, an issue that Trump himself created! And by clean solution we mean a path to citizenship for DREAMers without threatening family reunification or the diversity visa program and without funding for a border wall. Human beings aren't a bargaining chip.


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Fjord is a deep elongated lakedrain, with steep land on three sides and is found where present or past glaciations extended below the present sea-level. A new study by Richard and the colleagues revealed the earth current status of interglacial period as a vital importance and findings of the study were Fjords intake approximately 18 million tones of organic carbon from the nature every year which is equivalent to 11% annual marine carbon burial globally.
The analyzed data was from 573 surface sediment samples and 124 sediment cores from almost all fjord environments globally.


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During the last year, avast! Virus Lab researchers have watched the Kroxxu bot network grow to the point that it has infected approximately 100,000 domains and possibly more than 1 million users worldwide.
Avast researchers have been unable to determine how botnet organizers are monetizing their efforts.
Jiri Sejtko, head of virus research at the avast! Virus Lab, says their priority is detecting and following the network of password-stealing malware.
In a press release issued by Avast, Sejtko said,
"Money makes the news. But, we're a technology firm so for us – and our users – it is more important that we have detected this botnet and follow how it works for over a year. If you just follow the money, you can miss the technology driving the whole process."
He explained the four likely methods being used to financially support the malicious software:
"There are a number of ways they could be supporting themselves," adds Sejtko. "The four most likely methods are through selling hacked space on infected servers, use of this malware to support the activities of other, more directly profitable malware, selling stolen credentials, or using keyloggers to spread other spam. But at this stage, it is more important for us to recognize this botnet than uncover its business plan."
Rather than attacking individual PC's, the botnet goes after entire websites and concentrates on stealing FTP passwords.
Once that happens, the botnet's owners can then control other websites, and alter code in order to upload and modify files on other servers. After that, the malware can be spread to other servers around the world.
Redirectors are then used to help hide the botnet. Avast estimates over 10,000 such redirectors have been put in place over the last year.
Since being discovered in October 2009, the malicious software has grown at a rate of about 1,000 domains per month.
Indirect cross infection, the ability of botnet components to change their role, is a special feature of Kroxxu. Stolen credentials are also used to support its own development with newly infected parts added to a multi-layered network where each layer performs specific tasks.
"Kroxxu's indirect cross infections are based on the fact that all parts being equal and interchangeable. If one part is used as an initial redirector, it may also be used as a final distribution part at the same or even a different time," says Sejtko. "This gives it an enormous range of designed-in duplicity."
In many cases, Avast said that most system administrators are either unaware or the problem or are simply ignoring it. In some cases, Kroxxu has existed on servers for three months without being detected.
For now, Kroxxu's presence on infected servers could impact URL blocking engines, because they need to differentiate between pure malware distribution domains operated by the malware authors and hacked zombie domains. For example, avast! uses URL blocking engines to prevent its users from accessing around 100,000 malware-distributing domains.
By blurring the distinctions between a pure malware distributing site and a hacked legitimate site, Kroxxu could infect far more than the estimated 1 million computer users and 100,000 domains currently infected.
The success of Kroxxu may also inspire the creation of similar programs.
For end users, the priority should be making certain that anti-virus software is installed and kept updated. Basic safe computing practices should be the rule when surfing the internet.


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From Simon Jenkins "England's 1000 Best Houses"
Kent has one of the longest listings of any county in this book, so we are blessed with wonderful heritage.
The Star Ratings are Simon's own personal ratings based on importance, celebrity and access but also dates from 2003.
Most but not all of these properties can be visited, some being owned by NT, Eng Heritage or HHA members. Please click the links for their related website which will give you visiting information. This may be of a commercial nature and in no way does a listing here imply any recommendation to visit!
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Chilston Park**
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Cobham: New College*
Deal Castle*
Dover: Castle Keep**
Dover: Roman Painted House*
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Hever Castle****
Higham Park*
Ightham Mote****
Leeds Castle****
Lullingstone: Castle***
Lullingstone: Roman Villa*
Maidstone: Archbishop's Palace*
Maidstone: Chillington Manor*
Maidstone: Cobtree Hoppers Huts*
Nurstead Court**
Old Soar Manor*
Ospringe: Maison Dieu*
Penshurst Place****
Port Lymnpe**
Quex House**
Riverhill House*
Rochester: Castle*
Rochester: Restoration House****
Scotney Castle**
Tonbridge Castle*
Upnor Castle*
Walmer Castle***
Westerham: Quebec House**
Westerham: Squerryes Court***