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http://thehackernews.com/2014/09/16-year-old-invents-device-that-can.html
Monday, September 15, 2014 Swati Khandelwal
A High-school student Arsh Shah Dilbagi has invented a portable and affordable device that converts breath into speech, helping people suffering from different developmental disabilities like locked-in syndrome, Parkinson's, or ALS to communicate using only their breath.
A 16-year-old Dilbagi who hails from Harayana’s Panipat region in India has come up as the only entry from Asia in the 15 global finalists at the Google Science Fair 2014, a competition open to 13 to 18 year old thinkers.
This augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device, Dilbagi dubbed it as 'Talk', can turn breath signals into speech using the assistance of Morse code. This innovative device can be used by people with developmental disabilities whose communication abilities are impaired.
Over 1.4 percent of the world's total population suffers from some disorder that renders victims almost completely paralyzed, making them difficult in speaking and forcing them to use an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device to communicate with others.
EASILY AFFORDABLE - JUST $80
A majority of AAC devices use eye tracking in order to help people communicate with each other, but according to Dilbagi, the amateur inventor, most of those devices are very expensive, very expensive, slow and bulky, so in an effort to create a device that offers faster and more affordable alternative to victims, he invented "Talk." It took him three months of research and another seven months to build the final prototype.

Gmail credentials leaked online? Oh my God! Again I have to change my password…!! Yes, you heard right. Millions of Gmail account credentials (email address and password) have been stolen and made publicly available through an online forum, causing a large number of users worldwide to change their Gmail password again.
The website that published the email addresses with matching passwords is Russian. The credentials seem to be old and likely sourced from multiple data breaches. It is believed that the leaked passwords are not necessarily those used to access Gmail accounts, but seem to have been gathered from other websites where users used their Gmail addresses to register.
WHERE TO FIND IT
The news broke when a user posted a link to the log-in credentials on Reddit frequented by hackers, professional and aspiring. But the archive file containing nearly 5 million Gmail addresses and plain text passwords was posted on Russian Bitcoin security forum https://forum.btcsec.com/index.php?/topic/9426-gmail-meniai-parol/ known as btcsec.com on Tuesday night by a user with the online alias “tvskit”, according to C News, a Russian news outlet.

The user who exposed Gmail users’ credentials said that almost 4.93 million accounts allegedly affected belong to English, Russian and Spanish users and claimed that over 60 percent of accounts are active.
This means, there is a silver lining in this leak, i.e., 40 percent of the passwords are invalid or out of date, which could be a good news for those Gmail users who have recently changed their passwords and are concerned about their account’s security – there’s a chance that they’re not at risk at all.
"We can't confirm that it is indeed as much as 60 percent, but a great amount of the leaked data is legitimate," said Peter Kruse, the chief technology officer of CSIS Security Group.

CHECK IF YOU ARE AFFECTED
A website called isleaked.com allows users to check if their email address is among those leaked. People who are concerned about the security of their account are advised to go ahead and change their password.

GOOGLE SAYS NO SECURITY BREACH
Google, on its part, believes that the usernames and passwords didn’t come from a security breach of its system. That means, the credentials had been stolen by phishing campaigns and unauthorized access to user accounts.


Source http://thehackernews.com/2014/09/5-million-gmail-username-password.html

emperorbanks: seconded...thought people never visit these part of thus forum, especially ladies.

Bullshit. Total nonsense. some people just don't have sense especially sexist posters like you.

Took a drug to suppress asthma. Didn't sleep for two full weeks, never tired, always worrying about something, went into severe depression, had a severe tension headache, suffered extreme fever and body chills, ran a high body temperature. Worst 2 weeks of my life!

@mk82 , kay29000 ,
Have you used uba africard on fiverr? I am considering getting an ecover done there. Could please tell us your experience. thanks.

gabriel74: When a buyer buy the book In Amazon,how is the product been delivered, is it by shipping like physical items or he is given a download link to download the book? Then if it is delivered as a physical items, does it mean amazon print out the content and the hard cover and send to buyer in form of hand out or what? Just wondering I never buy book from amazon before. Thanks waiting your feedback

If it is a print version then it is shipped. If it is an eletronic form it is downloaded. Amazon does not print out the book, that is the work of publishers of the book and it is expensive. That is why self publishers prefer eletronic forms especially kindle formats hence this thread is for kindle publishers. Hope this helps.

It should hit earth na.
Earth needs to have some humans wiped out else humans are gonna destroy this planet.

@op
Finally someone understands.
I have had this debate to take life easy or to rush and get busy. It feels great knowing that there are still people who love to smell roses.

@dahonestboss
Thank you very much for this post. It is very insightful. I will quickly summarize what I have learnt. Please correct me if I am wrong.

1. I need to get a permit to study in finland. To do so, I need to have at least 6000 euros in my bank account prior to my application. (What are the other documents I need?)

2. I will need to write an IETLS exam. (When should I write it? How recent must it be?)

3. I will need to apply and send the documents to the univerisity I wish to apply to. (When is the application deadline roughly?)(Can I apply before I graduate?)

4. I am currently doing a double degree program with a university in Poland. When I graduate, I will receive an undergraduate degree from the Polish university. I wonder, is there a way to use this to my advantage?

Thank you once again!

@zico0
According to Amazon FAQ, the minimum threshold for a check is $100. It takes about sixty days for them to pay you whether you are paid via check or eft. if you choose check, you may never receive it because our postal system is messed up.
Like mk82 said, it is better to use payonner. Why Amazon is slow to pay publishers and affiliates that I do not know. Hope this helps

thegoodjoehunt3: Anything above 2500 words is okay but it is about the quality of book that matters.

A long book filled with materials that are not needed could annoy customers. Or, short with points that are already known and contribute nothing.

As long as it is good information and well researched, it is okay.

Thanks!

thegoodjoehunt3: Yes you can. It is better to do so with different pen names so that you do not look like a jack of all trades. I think it is better to use different pen names for different niches.

Thank you for the info.
I have another question if you don‘t mind, what is the minimum number of words that can be written and what is the maximum?

fun4: Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer says.

His year-long leave to stay in Russia had expired on July 31.

Snowden fled the US in 2013 after leaking details of the National Security Agency’s surveillance and telephone-tapping operations.

The US has charged him with theft of government property and communicating classified information.

Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, told
journalists that the request for an extension had been accepted.

“Accordingly, Edward Snowden was given a three-year residence permit,” which will allow him to move about freely and travel abroad, Kucherena said.

www.punchng.com/news/russia-extends-snowdens-stay-by-three-years/

Someone should get Putin a beer. Now that is a president.

mk82: 1. You don't have to upload an inner cover. It is the same cover that you upload that amazon will use for the inner cover.
2. Use the previewer that is available when you are publishing your book. Once your cover and book file are uploaded, you will see where to click on the online previewer. This enables you to see how your book will look like when published. You can then see the cover and every other part of the book.

Thanks, I thought the online previewer for not for our country and to think that I got the software for it.
Thank you for clearing that up.

I have another question, are we allowed to publish books in different sections or is there a limit to it?
For instance, If I write a health book, can I also go to completely unrelated category such as business to publish a book.
I am new at this and I want to test different categories. Thanks.

@mk82
Thank you very much for all the info you have placed here.
I have searched everywhere for kdp and this thread is the simplest amd most useful for kdp as far I am concerned.

As a newbie, I have a couple of questions. I hope you wouldn‘t mind,

How do you upload the inner cover of the book?
How do you use the kindle previewer to determine how the look inside preview of the book will look like? Thanks in advance.

Someone should get that woman a beer
I wish they did that to all pedo.philes claiming to be Catholic Priests.

Step one
Get a uba africard or any other prepaid cards such as gtb mastercard and load it with at least $10
Step two
Go to dmca.com and click file a takedown, you will buy the service $10 per website, that is if your naked photos, videos are on multiple websites.
Step three
The website that has your naked content is taken down. Never again shoul anyone commit suicide over revenge porn

Alternative step
If you are a fixed budget, you can sumbit the google search query site instead, that way anyone who searches for it would not find it.

If your mind is made up and you still want to commit suicide please donate your body to a body farm

For those of you that think that everyone has seen your naked content, at least when you take it down your grand kids won't see it, that naked body of yours online will grow old and fat, be filled with celluite, so please suicide is not the answer.