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• n  a rapid superficial reader
• n  a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
• n  a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
• n  gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

• The latest handheld 'skimmers' let crooks use your charge card even as you return it to your wallet.
• Called a "skimmer," the device can read and store the data embedded within a charge card's magnetic stripe--not only the name, number and expiration date that appear on the card's .

• boater
• leghorn
• Panama
• Panama hat
• sailor
• straw hat

News & Articles

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• Cameras catch suspect in ATM scam | Video
  The ATM skimmer wasn't the only one who secretly installed a camera in a Coral Springs bank. Investigators said they used their own hidden camera to watch a live video feed from the lobby and nabbed him when he returned.        
  June 12, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel
• Cameras, cameras everywhere at bank targeted by ATM skimmer
  The ATM skimmer wasn't the only one who secretly installed a camera in a Coral Springs bank. Investigators said they used their own hidden camera to watch a live video feed from the lobby and nabbed him when he returned.        
  June 11, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel

Quotes

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• Bobby Jindal in WDSU New Orleans
  The Louisiana National Guard Operations Team is going to take a greater role in support and holding accountable the Coast Guard in deploying these skimmer resources to our coast,Jindal said.
• Jeff Miller in Holmes County Times Advertiser
  You know, the aspect of the plan, the cookie-cutter characterization, should not come as much of a surprise, because the industry has relied on sharing of resources -- boats, booms, skimmer equipment. And in working with the Coast Guard and federal... Rex Tillerson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWGZc-HSAAWDT-ahl1Ww-dwmiRKQ PolitiFact http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/16/bart-stupak/exxon-oil-spill-clean-plan-has-long-detailed-media/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEtrQkvp7AuyC_yoywpbfaGrOBCHQ Jun 16, 2010 90657 120784 skimmer There are numerous reports that confirm offers by foreign corporations or governments to send skimmer vessels to the Gulf have been refused as a result of concerns arising from the Jones Act, which regulates the use of foreign-owned vessels between...