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At the end of a long gravel road in East College Station, the world's first cloned cat -- now 15 years old -- lives in what longtime Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science researcher Duane Kraemer describes affectionately as a "kitty barn."

CC, also known as Copy Cat, was born in December 2001, the result of the 87th attempt at cloning a cat by Kraemer's lab at Texas A&M after several years of trying.

Kraemer, who recently retired from the university, said the success was simply the product of his team's work in pushing the boundaries of what is possible to accomplish.

Still considered among the crowning achievements of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kraemer said he is proud the achievement has reflected so well on the university.

"It was certainly a pleasure to be a part of the team that did it," Kraemer said. "I seem to get a lot more credit than I deserve for it, but it is pleasing to go over to the veterinary school and see CC's pictures around."

When it comes to questions about CC, Kraemer said the most common is about her personality.

Outside of her unusual origins, Kraemer said CC is just like any other cat with a personality all her own.

"Most people somehow think personality is going to be cloneable, but its not," Kraemer said. "She acts like most any cat, but, of course, cats vary."

Kraemer said CC even had a litter of her own years ago with a male cat named Smokey -- a test to see if she was genetically capable of reproduction. Today, she lives in a small house built by Kraemer and located in his back yard alongside Smokey and her three offspring.

Eleanor M. Green, Carl B. King dean of veterinary medicine, said Kraemer's work is an intersection of the college's history of forward-looking work in the fields of genomics and reproductive biology.

"[Kraemer] has been a pioneer his entire career," said Green, noting that cloning CC is probably his best-known work.

"His work also has contributed to genomics becoming a rapidly evolving discipline, including unlimited potential to change the way health is viewed and addressed in both animals and people," she said.

Green said while "cloning was once considered science fiction," Texas A&M was "quick to master" the process. Today, university researchers have cloned a number of animals including cattle, pigs, deer, horses, goats and more.

Outside of Kraemer's work in cloning, Green said Kraemer has also contributed to "numerous societally important areas," including the study of reproductive control for invasive species and the protection of endangered species.

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First cloned cat 'like any other' 15 years later - Bryan-College Station Eagle

AHMEDABAD: Nine years after Satellite police arrested a gang involved in cloning of ATM cards from a hotel on Ashram Road, an incident of ATM card cloning came to light on Friday. Sandeep Laxman, 28 lodged a complaint that Rs 3 lakh was withdrawn from his savings account from two different ATMs in the city located near Subash Bridge and Sarkhej, even though his ATM card was with him at the time of the transactions.

ACP Rajdeepsinh Zala said the possibility is high that a duplicate ATM card was used to withdraw money from Laxman's account. "These scamsters use a special machine to read the magnetic chip on ATM cards. These machines are often used at some outlets to copy card data and to make a duplicate ATM card," added Zala said.

Crime branch sources said that according to the complaint, Sandeep, who has his savings account in ICICI bank in Chennai on received about nine withdrawal messages from the bank on April 15.

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At the end of a long gravel road in East College Station, the world's first cloned cat -- now 15 years old -- lives in what longtime Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science researcher Duane Kraemer describes affectionately as a "kitty barn."

CC, also known as Copy Cat, was born in December 2001, the result of the 87th attempt at cloning a cat by Kraemer's lab at Texas A&M after several years of trying.

Kraemer, who recently retired from the university, said the success was simply the product of his team's work in pushing the boundaries of what is possible to accomplish.

Still considered among the crowning achievements of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kraemer said he is proud the achievement has reflected so well on the university.

"It was certainly a pleasure to be a part of the team that did it," Kraemer said. "I seem to get a lot more credit than I deserve for it, but it is pleasing to go over to the veterinary school and see CC's pictures around."

When it comes to questions about CC, Kraemer said the most common is about her personality.

Outside of her unusual origins, Kraemer said CC is just like any other cat with a personality all her own.

"Most people somehow think personality is going to be cloneable, but its not," Kraemer said. "She acts like most any cat, but, of course, cats vary."

Kraemer said CC even had a litter of her own years ago with a male cat named Smokey -- a test to see if she was genetically capable of reproduction. Today, she lives in a small house built by Kraemer and located in his back yard alongside Smokey and her three offspring.

Eleanor M. Green, Carl B. King dean of veterinary medicine, said Kraemer's work is an intersection of the college's history of forward-looking work in the fields of genomics and reproductive biology.

"[Kraemer] has been a pioneer his entire career," said Green, noting that cloning CC is probably his best-known work.

"His work also has contributed to genomics becoming a rapidly evolving discipline, including unlimited potential to change the way health is viewed and addressed in both animals and people," she said.

Green said while "cloning was once considered science fiction," Texas A&M was "quick to master" the process. Today, university researchers have cloned a number of animals including cattle, pigs, deer, horses, goats and more.

Outside of Kraemer's work in cloning, Green said Kraemer has also contributed to "numerous societally important areas," including the study of reproductive control for invasive species and the protection of endangered species.

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My friends and I learned SO much more than we expected.

The vulva cloning party I recently hosted was not something Id ever expected to do, but Im so glad I did. It all started, like many things, with a twist of serendipity.

I taught my class, 'Mapping the Vulva: Anatomy, Communication, Touch and Pleasure' at SheBop a couple months ago, and a blogger from Clone-A-Willy was in the audience to write about the class. I knew she was there, but I never got to talk to her. A little while later I found thewrite-up, and it was fantastic.

As I read the article I realized that they could help me address an issue Id been struggling with how to make my vulva class as useful as possible to students when Im doing it without a live demo.

You see, sometimes when I do the class, I have someone up on a massage table and I demo the touch techniques Ive discussed. But at many venues, this isnt possible. So I demo on a fleshlightand sometimes a vulva puppet.

This does pretty well, and I still get great feedback on the demo portion of the class, but Im always looking for ways to improve.

One point that I stress in my classesis the wide variety of forms that genital anatomy can take. I showpictures to illustrate my point, but again, theres always room for improvement.

So I wrote to the Clone-A-Willy folks and asked if theyd send me some kits to use for making teaching models. That way Id be able to show a range of anatomy to my studentsand show demos on different body types. The Clone-A-Willy folks responded immediately and enthusiastically.

Before I knew it I had a box on my doorstepcontaining 6 complete kits and 6 extra bags of molding powder.

Next up was the rather odd task of going through my mental Rolodex of friends and partnersto figure out who to ask if they's be willing to allow me to clone their vulva.I wanted to be sure to find folks who have bodies you dont see as much of in the mainstream, such as people with larger inner labia, or a larger clitoris.

It turns out I have a pretty great group of friends andeveryone I talked to was enthusiastic about the idea. Several people even suggested other folks that might be a good fit.

What was born from these conversations, was what became my #PussyParty.

Although the cloning certainly didnt have to be a group activity, it seemed a lot more fun to do it that way. So I set a date, sent some invites, and planned snacks.

I also told the internet to follow along. Because why not.

The evening started with a just a couple of friends and we had a while to chat. Later, more people showed up, and soon I had six guests in my small living room, all ready for an adventure.

We talked for another hour at least before any cloning started. And we read the directions and reviews online.

Finally, I made the first attempt. Despite the strange feeling of the casting material on my genitals, the mold didnt take. The casting power had clearly set before it ever touched me. As the night went on, it was a comedy of errors. The next several attempts were the same, with no impressions being made.

But as it turned out, that didnt matter much.

We had a room full of women talking and sharing about their bodiesand having a marvelous time.

We got to hear about one woman whod had a labiaplasty as a teenager. We got to hear about one womans particularly sensitive clitoris. And we got to hear about another womans difficulty reaching orgasm.

The Clone-A-Pussy activity was facilitating conversations about bodies and sexuality that rarely happen, and that was the real value of the night.But, we were also a very determined bunch. I was amazed by how committed everyone was to the task at hand. So many of my own hostessing anxieties were quelled by seeing what a good time people were having. We spent a solid three hours just working on making molds.

That extra casting powder came in very handy as each of the 7 of us tried a cast, and then two people made second attempts.

Top two above = duds. Bottom two = the two best (filled with silicone).

Between each attempt, we all brainstormed about what had worked and what hadntand formed a plan for the next try. It was like the best science project that ever happened.

(If only I could have taken this to my high school science fair!)

We tried varying the temperature of the water and varying the mixing time. We tried several different positions.

Ultimately, we came up with two casts that we decided were worthy of silicone.

The silicone had its own challenges. Because the mold presses flush against the body, there isnt any extra space for the silicone, so the finished product is pretty thin. I also wish there was a bit more silicone in each kit for one of the casts I had to use the silicone from two kits. I also used duct tape to build a lip around one of the moldsto try for a sturdier result.

The two finished products are a lot of fun.

But theyre almost beside the point.

What I was most excited about is how this tool facilitated a long evening of exploration, silliness, and body positivity.

I hope everyone decides to host their own #PussyParty!

Sex educator Stella Harris draws from her own passion and life experiences, as well her my professional training, to provide her clients with an expert, grounded, outside perspective. Her work focuses on helping people who feel insecure about their sex lives become more confident and able to get what they want.

This article was originally published at Stella Harris. Reprinted with permission from the author.

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Suspects sought in credit card cloning | Fox17 Fox17 ST. JOSEPH, Mich. - Michiana Crime Stoppers is asking for help in finding two people who may be cloning credit cards. A St. Joseph resident reported their ... and more »

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Lucknow: Probes into the case of mass debit card cloning have shown a common plot. Officials investigating on what appears to be the biggest cyber-heist reported in the city have found two ATM booths maintained by leading public sector banks had been tampered.

Collating crime data on a series of similar frauds, sleuths discovered that all victims had used their cards either at ATM booths located in Shakti Bhawan or Ashok Marg, the two busy locations in Hazratganj. Digging deeper, they found that all the victims had used their debit cards on January 10.

Well aware of the loopholes, the miscreants duped close to 80 victims from April 1. Banking guidelines makes it mandatory for financial institutions to preserve CCTV recordings for 90 days. In this case, the 90-day period ended on March 31 and fraudulent transactions were initiated immediately after the period got over.

"We believe the gang used a skimming device and installed a camera to record PIN codes discreetly. The devices were installed and removed within 16 hours on January 10," said additional superintendent STF and cyber expert Triveni Singh who is working on the case closely.

Though banks are supposed to guard ATM booths in order to protect customers from fraud, it was only three months later that they realized something was wrong when multiple complaints started pouring in on a daily basis. Post that chief manager of State Bank of India, Ashish Mishra lodged FIR against the unidentified miscreants lodged at Hazratganj police station on April 5.

Though the victims held the debit card in their possession, they realised that fraudulent transactions were done through fake ATM cards in Vadodara, Gujarat. Miscreants remained at work 1,100km away from the city between April 1 and 6 and used the confidential data they had managed skim on January 10 to dupe city residents of lakhs of rupees. At least 24 victims are government employees.

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Exercise for card cloning began way back on Jan 10 - Times of India

Microsoft SQL Server database administrators and developers can now clone SQL databases inside containers by using Windocks' latest release, the Windocks 2.0 Beta edition.

The latest edition, which was unveiled by the company on April 12, gives developers the ability to oversee integrated management of images, containers, clones and mount points inside the application, which can be operated through a Docker command line interface or a web-based user interface console. The application, which is built for use with Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor, uses full or differential backups and snapshots to clone SQL databases, Paul Stanton, a Windocks vice president, told ITPro.com. The container environment is then accessible with all standard SQL tools.

The release of Windocks 2.0 Beta comes about a year after the company's original 1.0 version, which launched in April 2016. The full version of the application starts at $99 per month including support for 10 simultaneous SQL Server containers with clones, while a limited Community Edition is available for free download. The Community Edition supports only two containers simultaneously.

Windocks supports the creation of containers in SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2008, said Stanton.

"SQL Server DBAs and developers are asking for simpler, affordable, container-native database cloning," Stanton told ITPro.com. "Windocks 2.0 delivers the first container native one-click [product] that fits any budget."

Stanton said the cloning capabilities were added to Windocks after customers asked for the addition of simple and affordable SQL database cloning features.

Windocks is made up of a team of former Microsoft engineers who created their independent port of Dockers open source code for Windows in April of 2016, according to the company. Windocks products are built to enable .NET developers and the DevOps community to build applications that are compatible with the Docker platform. The Windocks team has been working to enable its products with Microsoft platforms and also works collaboratively with Amazon, NetApp, Microsoft, Docker and other partners to provide migration paths for future Microsoft Docker-compatible products, according to the company.

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Lucknow: Recovering money of more than 80 victims who fell prey to a Gujarat-based mass cloning syndicate is going to be a long drawn process. Hazratganj-based cyber cell working on the case has yet to examine CCTV footage. Police team pursuing the matter blames the public sector bank for the delay. Meanwhile, cases of cyber fraud continue to pour in. On Monday, Telibagh resident Alex approached the cell to submit a complaint. Alex's wife Mausami, a staff nurse at Lok Narain Bandhu hospital was duped of Rs 10,000 on April 14. "Though the card remained in her possession, cash was withdrawn," said Alex who had come to submit the bank account statement after a prolonged weekend. The team trying to unearth the syndicate had issued notice to the public sector bank under CrPC section 91 to summon documents related to the case last week. "We have sent two reminders thereafter but have yet to get details of the ATM booths which seem to have been compromised here in Lucknow. We have also demanded CCTV footage of miscreants who have withdrawn money in Vadodara, names of staffers deputed to keep ATM booths in Lucknow secured, private security staff deployed in such booths and cash management company deployed by the bank," said officer-in-charge of cyber cell, VVS Sirohi. Sirohi added that legal action can be initiated against the bank if it does not cooperate in the coming days. "Security at ATM booths is bank's prerogative and they can be held responsible if negligence is established in the course of probes," said Sirohi. Besides cyber cell, the special task force is also working on the mass cloning case .

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Police make no headway in card cloning probe - Times of India

Drivers are being urged to check their bank accounts after a suspected card cloning device was found at a supermarket petrol pump.

A member of the public went to use the self-pay machine attached to pump ten at Asda Kingswood on Thursday and said when they withdrew their card, the card reader fell into their hands.

In a statement posted on the Kingswood Neighbourhood Network Hull Facebook page, a spokesman said: "We started receiving messages yesterday about a possible card cloning device attached to pay at the pump number ten.

"The police has just verified this information as correct. They went on to say that the device is now in police custody and the pumps are safe to use, but added for customers to remain vigilant and, if in doubt, do not use the self- pay pumps but pay with the cashier.

"Anybody who thinks they may have used this pump should check their bank account immediately!!"

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Police have now deemed all pumps to be safe to use, however drivers who believe they have used pump ten, which is second on the left hand side as you enter the forecourt, are being asked to check their bank accounts.

One user is believed to have had 200 taken from their account.

In a post to the Facebook group, one person wrote: "Someone in Barbados attempted to use my details to take 200 from my account after I used this pump on Thursday. While at the Asda Kingswood I placed my card in no10 petrol pump. It had a fake card reader all wired up to a phone battery which had been placed over the original card slot.

"I handed it in to Asda security and rang police, so if you know of anyone who used Asda petrol station Kingswood pump no10 please share this."

A spokeswoman for Humberside Police said: "An investigation has been launched after a suspicious device was found attached to a pay at pump machine at a petrol station in Althorp Road, Hull. We were alerted at shortly before 10.30am on Friday, April 14 and the device was immediately removed.

"If you have filled up at the station recently please contact your bank and check your statement to ensure no additional transactions have been processed."

If you believe you have seen anyone acting suspiciously in the area, please call 101, quoting log number 215 of April 14

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The Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested a Bulgarian national for allegedly defrauding ATM card holders by withdrawing money from their bank accounts with cloned ATM cards in Mumbai.

The accused has been identified as Acklando Mykhaylo, who allegedly used the data of the ATM cards the 16 digit card number and the name of the card holder and cloned the cards of various banks. He used these cards to make fraudulent transactions from the ATM, impersonating the card holder, said police.

According to a complaint filed by an official of a leading bank, they had found a golden coloured plastic cloned ATM card at their ATM in Juhu. Sensing something amiss, they had conducted an inquiry during which it was revealed that Mykhaylo had used such cloned cards on ATM machines and had withdrawn money from people's account. During the inquiry, the bank had found that an unknown person had used ATMs of many banks to withdraw money by using cloned cards pretending to be the owner of the card. After this discovery, the case was registered in the cyber police station.

"Following the complaint, we began the investigation and laid the trap to nab Mykhaylo," said Akhilesh Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police(cyber).

According to police, Mykhaylo was captured in the camera at the ATM, which helped police track the accused and acquire the information about the withdrawal he made from the ATMs that made clear his involvement in the crime.

"When we interrogated him, we found his involvement in the crime after which we searched his house. There we found cash, pen drives, net dongles, hard disks, mobile phones, a laptop bag, eight cloned cards, and other incriminating documents.

"Mykhaylo is a Bulgarian citizen who was in the country on a tourist visa. Our probe is on to ascertain if he has any accomplices and how he acquired the data of the ATM card holders," Singh added.

Mykhaylo has been booked under section 319(impersonating),320(cheating) of Indian Penal Code and 66C(identity theft) and 66D (impersonating using a computer) of Information Technology Act.

He was produced in the court on Saturday from where he was remanded to police custody till Tuesday.

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