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	What is Skimming? by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com
		Hence, skimming may effectively lower the concentrations of nitrate and phosphate that may otherwise build up in an aquarium, by exporting the organics that are often precursors to some portion of the nitrate and phosphate present in aquarium water.
		Nor does skimming create a need for supplemental strontium, both because strontium is not strongly bound to organics, and because it does not seem to be a useful or necessary additive under most circumstances.
		On balance, I believe that skimming is a strong benefit to typical reef aquaria, but each aquarist may need to decide that for themselves, and further data in the future on the exact organics removed and what effects that removal has may tip the balance one way or the other.
	reefkeeping.com /issues/2006-08/rhf/index.php (7053 words)

	Academictips.org - Skimming
		Skimming is a step you should always take before you read any article of factual or practical narrative.
		Skim everything you intend to read before you make a final decision to read, discard, or study the material.
		Skim all highlighting and develop a read-skim pattern to use for rapid review.
	www.academictips.org /acad/skimming.html (353 words)

	Reading for Information: The Trash-N-Treasure Method of Teaching Note-Taking (Grades 3 - 12)
		Skimming and scanning "is to utilize text in as pragmatic a way as possible with a minimum of time and effort" (Cheek and Collins, 1985).
		Skimming requires the reader to read quickly and look for main ideas or supporting details in a paragraph (Phipps, 1983, 4-5).
		Skimming requires the reader to take in large chunks of text at one time.
	www.big6.com /showarticle.php?id=45 (1412 words)

	Effective & Rapid Reading - Speed Reading Courses & Skimming
		Skimming before speed reading gives context to detail and aids retention and recall.
		Skimming is concerned with general recognition, speed reading with detailed understanding, and should be two or three times faster than speed reading.
		Both skimming and speed reading are equally important in managing limited reading time effectively.
	www.rapidreading.co.uk /skimming.asp (102 words)

	Student exercise re. skimming
		Will's analysis implicitly assummed that skimming was used only by the species in which it had first been described, which also happened to be the only species that had ever been examined for this trait.
		Hypothesis 2: skimming is retained in stoneflies from non-flying anscestors, perhaps dating back to the origins of insect wing flapping.
		Hypothesis 3: Stonefly skimming has evolved as a progression from the simplest forms (sailing, rowing) to the most flight-like forms (4-leg and hind-leg skimming).
	www.bio.psu.edu /People/Faculty/Marden/skim.html (1227 words)

	Mode for Caleb: How to skim
		Contrary to popular belief, skimming is not a less engaged kind of reading; arguably, it requires even more concentration and focus.
		Skimming a novel for a history class would be very different from skimming letters, which would be different from skimming edited diaries, an autobiography, legal documents and so on.
		Also if you have a guide for skimming primary AND secondary sources, students might think they are supposed to skim all of the time, which is something that grad students feel like they do (even though we don't), but that feeling takes a lot of the pleasure out of reading and learning.
	modeforcaleb.blogspot.com /2005/10/how-to-skim.html (2823 words)

	Skimming and Scanning
		Skimming, scanning, and critical reading are different styles of reading and information processing.
		Skimming is used to quickly identify the main ideas of a text.
		Skimming is done at a speed three to four times faster than normal reading.
	www.42explore.com /skim.htm (1291 words)

	Beware cloned credit cards
		Skimming and counterfeit credit card scams are widespread in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
		Skimmers were too bulky to carry around and had to be hidden under counters.
		The U.S. Secret Service is working with the credit card industry to track down skimming rings by assembling a database of locations where scams have occurred.
	www.bankrate.com /brm/news/cc/20020524a.asp (1052 words)

	Lesson: Skimming
		Skimming enables students to begin identifying the main ideas of a text by reading first and last paragraphs, beginning sentences in other paragraphs (topic sentences), and noting other organizational clues such as title, bold type, italics, capitalized words, captions etc. In skimming, students are not looking for specific information as in scanning.
		Skimming enables students to cover a large amount of textual material in a limited amount of time.
		As a whole class, discuss the definition of skimming and the purpose of skimming.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/21stcent/lskim.html (385 words)

	Wired News: Feds Rethinking RFID Passport
		Because the government had decided not to encrypt data contained on passport chips, the chips exposed passport holders to privacy risks, such as skimming and eavesdropping.
		Skimming occurs when an intruder with a reading device in the vicinity of the passport holder surreptitiously reads the electronic information on the chip without the passport holder knowing.
		It turns out, however, that a solution to prevent skimming and eavesdropping was actually proposed a while ago, but U.S. officials rejected it.
	www.wired.com /news/privacy/0,1848,67333,00.html (798 words)

	ATM skimming (Page 1 of 2)
		ATM skimming devices come in two flavors: ones that interfere with the ATM operation and ones that don't.
		The skimmers that interfere with the ATM operation are a bit easier to detect because even though customers insert or swipe their cards, it's not the ATM's card reader so the ATM isn't actually being used and the customer isn't getting any money.
		But skimming at ATMs can be much more damaging because of the number of accounts and the amount of money that can be quickly accessed.
	www.bankrate.com /brm/news/atm/20021004a.asp (656 words)

	Skimming - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		Skimming can take place during a legitimate transaction at a business.
		Skimming can occur easily in a restaurant because your card is taken away when the bill is being settled.
		If your server is a skimming identity thief, he or she will, before giving the card back to you, scan the credit card with a hand-held electronic device, which takes only seconds.
	dictionary.reference.com /search?q=Skimming (679 words)

	World Stone Skimming Championships
		It was once the centre of a thriving Scottish slate mining industry, and one of the disused quarries forms a perfect arena for the Stone Skimming Championships.
		For a skim to qualify the stone must bounce at least three times - it is then judged on the distance achieved before it sinks.
		His rivals in the toss-off were five other competitors who had also hit the back wall with their first round of skims.
	www.stoneskimming.com (391 words)

	SKIMMING LADLE
		A rather flat type of large spoon, usually with perforations, used to skim the surface of liquids.
		Any ladle used in skimming; specif., a ladle used for pouring molten metal, having its lip covered with a guard to retain the dross.
		All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/sk/skimming+ladle.html (225 words)

	Snowmobile Death Highlights Danger Of 'Skimming' - News
		Skimming was outlawed by the Maine Legislature in 2003, but the practice continues on lakes and ponds across the country.
		In some states, there are competitions in the summer, when the water is not dangerously cold, to see who can skim the farthest.
		Spahr said the men had no choice but to try to skim to safety, but the warden reiterated that it's a dangerous, and illegal, practice.
	www.thebostonchannel.com /news/11122849/detail.html (749 words)

	Marketing - pricing strategies - skimming
		The practice of ‘price skimming’ involves charging a relatively high price for a short time where a new, innovative, or much-improved product is launched onto a market.
		The objective with skimming is to “skim” off customers who are willing to pay more to have the product sooner; prices are lowered later when demand from the “early adopters” falls.
		Similarly, where the quality differences between competing brands is perceived to be large, or for offerings where such differences are not easily judged, the skimming strategy can work well.
	www.tutor2u.net /business/marketing/pricing_strategy_skimming.asp (767 words)

	Credit Card Skimming
		One form of credit card fraud is skimming or making copies of information stored on credit cards.
		Skimming usually takes place in a retail store, restaurant or a shop.
		Skimming also takes place at ATMs, especially in less-supervised non-bank areas like malls.
	www.articledashboard.com /Article/Credit-Card-Skimming/40952 (515 words)

	Schneier on Security: Skimming RFID Credit Cards
		They could skim and store the information from a card with a device the size of a couple of paperback books, which they cobbled together from readily available computer and radio components for $150.
		There are many simple ways to reduce credit card fraud (like sticking a photo on it!, or cutting of retailers who regularly accept stolen or skimmed cards) which are not used because of tiny amounts of extra administration involved.
		Security experts warn that this technology is increasingly available to identity thieves and others who could scan people’s cards through their pockets, wallets and purses undetected.
	www.schneier.com /blog/archives/2006/11/skimming_rfid_c.html (2409 words)

	BBC - Skillswise Words - Improve your skim reading technique
		What is 'skimming' and how can it help you to become a better reader?
		Three levels of quiz with three different texts to test your skim reading skills.
		Practise your skimming with this printable worksheet (and printable answers).
	www.bbc.co.uk /skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming (69 words)

	BBC - Skillswise Words - Improve your skim reading technique
		The aim of the 'skimming' module is to help learners improve their skim reading skills at Level 1.
		Once students have completed the worksheet in the skimming module, they can use the same text to answer scanning questions in the scanning module.
		Once students have answered the skimming questions relating to this text, they can go to the scanning section to tackle some scanning questions that relate to the same text.
	www.bbc.co.uk /skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/tutor.shtml (824 words)

	Skimming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
		That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
		chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
	www.dictionary-x.com /skimming.html (270 words)

	Skimming scares off cash machine users - Financial Services - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
		Only just over a third reckon they'd spot a cash machine that had been tampered with, the Lloyds TSB research revealed.
		In a skimming scam, fraudsters typically attach a device to the entry slot of the cash machine to record the details of cards' magnetic strips as they are inserted into the machine.
		A miniature camera is hidden overlooking the PIN pad which allows the criminals to capture the PIN number as well.
	www.silicon.com /financialservices/0,3800010322,39157323,00.htm (509 words)

	Skimming and scanning
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		Skimming is when you just want to get a quick (rough) overview of the text without worrying about the details.
		On the other hand, scanning is when you examine the text quickly, but closely and methodically.
	www.englishforums.com /English/SkimmingAndScanning/jcz/Post.htm (168 words)

	Skimming - Fast Reading Style - Reading Approach - Reading - Study Skills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skimming - Fast Reading Style - Reading Approach - Reading - Study Skills
		Skimming involves reading key parts of the text.
		You can use it when you need to cover a large amount of material in a limited period of time.
	learnline.cdu.edu.au /studyskills/re/re_re_fa_sk.html (110 words)

	Wired News: No Encryption for E-Passports
		But the rules, which are open for comment until April 4, rule out encrypting the bearer's name, birth date and digital photo, saying such a move would impede worldwide adoption of e-passports and that encrypted data would slow down entry and exit at customs.
		The lack of encryption baffles privacy advocates and security researchers, who say the new passports are vulnerable to "skimming," an attack that uses an unauthorized reader to gather information from the RFID chip without the passport owner's knowledge.
		That does little to satisfy critics such as Lee Tien, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
	www.wired.com /news/privacy/0,1848,66686,00.html (651 words)

	Adverse Selection and Cream Skimming \| Health Insurance.info
		Finally, adverse selection can also be reduced by restricting the timing of consumer choice by having "waiting periods" before someone can buy insurance or by excluding "pre-existing conditions." However, this can cause people with chronic illness or high-risk dependents to be afraid to switch employers and is now limited by HIPAA.
		Cream skimming occurs when an insurer knows more about consumers' expected costs than the consumers themselves and uses marketing or plan design to enroll a healthier-than-usual population.
		For example, a plan that offers excellent obstetric care but poor oncology care will probably attract a healthier population than one that offers the opposite.
	www.healthinsurance.info /HISEL.HTM (554 words)

	Dairy Crest Group Plc Information \| Business.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Group's principal activity is the manufacture and trading of milk and dairy products.
		It also manufactures dairy ingredients such as butter, skimmed milk powder and whey based products.
		Find information on Dairy Crest Group Plc with operations and products, financials, officers, competitors and more at Hoover's.
	rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=skimming&bdcr=3&bdcu=http://www.business.com/directory/food_and_beverage/dairy_producers/dairy_crest_group_plc/index.asp?partner=2662601&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-46F935E7-D7CE-170F-5737-6D3F4FA3D144-ym (147 words)

	Face and fingerprints swiped in Dutch biometric passport crack \| The Register
		The process is explained in greater detail by Bart Jacobs, Research Director of the Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, University of Nijmegen, in presentations to be found here.
		These make it clear that a skimming exercise could potentially yield all biometric data from a passport (or indeed a biometric ID card), giving ID thieves and would-be forgers a considerable leg up in the construction of fakes.
		According to the Dutch Interior Ministry ways to improve the security of the passport are being looked at.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2006/01/30/dutch_biometric_passport_crack (427 words)

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