4/3/2009 ·
Dakota Instruments, Inc. ("Dakota") Privacy Policy
Dakota is committed to protecting your privacy. That is because we base our business on the trust you place in us. This policy describes our practices regarding personal and account information collected through our Web site. In this policy, "personal and account information" means your name, company name, account number, address, telephone number, and e-mail address plus other information that personally identifies you, including your industry, the number of employees at your company, and purchase history, and "we" and "us" means Dakota as well as its affiliated companies.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy from time to time. You should visit our Web site periodically to review any changes.
How much information must I share?
The amount and type of information we collect from you depends on your activities and use of our Web site. Below, we explain what information we collect.
When you browse our Web site
IP address - We collect your IP address to measure our Web site traffic and to help provide a relevant shopping experience. [IP addresses are the way computers are identified over networks, including the Internet. They are unique 32-bit numeric addresses. You'll see them written as groups of four numbers with periods separating each set. IP addresses act as unique identifiers of individual computers.]
Referral Web site - If you come to our Web site via a link, we collect the location of the link that referred you.
Browser type - We collect information about the browser you are using to help optimize our Web site for visitors.
Movements through our Web site - We keep track of pages you visit to help provide you with a more personalized shopping experience.
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4/3/2009 ·
The process analyser PIOX® S determines the concentration or the density of liquids or further process quantities using ultrasounds. The sound velocity of the liquid is the primarily measured quantity for this task.
PIOX® S can be used to control the concentration of solutions or to monitor chemical reactions such as polymerization, crystallization, neutralization processes, phase separation processes, etc.
Through quality control or product detection, PIOX® can help you to reach higher quality and to optimize your process. Thanks to the continuous control of the process parameters, the periodical controls and spot tests belong to the past. The process can be controlled exactly, in case of the deviations from the target quantities, an immediate reaction is possible. A higher product quality is reached and the material, time and energy consumption is reduced.
The measurement can take place with wetted transducers or with non-intrusive clamp-on transducers. The clamp-on technology is ideal for the measurement of chemically aggressive, corrosive or ultrapure media.
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12/2/2009 ·
FOREX EDUCATION | FOREX TRAINING
Do you have what it takes to become a successful Forex Trader?Forex
trading, or any trading for that matter, is an occupation that requires
experience and the accumulation of proficiency not unlike any other highly
skilled profession. Whether you are a leading executive at a major publically
traded company, a professional golfer or trading from your kitchen table, there
are 5 key ingredients that one must possess in order to become successful.1. You
must be Passionate about what you do.As Forex traders we all face one unique set
of circumstances that does not exist in any other profession. We get rewarded
for when we succeed and equally punished when we don’t! Could you image a
corporate worker one quarter receiving a significant accomplishment bonus and
the next quarter actually getting money taken from their paycheck for missing
performance targets? Not on your life!We do as Forex traders and that is why
passion for what you do will carry you through the tough times that are part of
your trading business. Asked yourself why you trade currencies and would you
still do it if Forex were not potentially lucrative? Your answers will be quite
revealing. You’ve got to feel your passion for trading!2. You have to Apply
Yourself and work hard at it.I talk to so many people that enter into Forex
trading with the aspiration of getting rich quick. Without putting the time and
energy into really getting good at trading I see them jump from strategy to
strategy looking for the goose that will lay the golden egg and eventually
quitting while blaming everything else, except the true cause.I got news for you
– you are the goose and your Forex education is the golden egg. The magic has
always resided with the magician and not some strategy. Work hard at trading and
the rewards will eventually come your way. Remember what Tiger Woods said,
“Funny, the harder I work the luckier I get.” Apply yourself as a trader and it
will be no accident when your account begins to blossom.3. You must Focus to
really get good at what you do.Now here is the hurdle most Forex traders
struggle to get over. You have the passion and you are applying yourself to your
trade, now focus and really get good at just at what you are doing. Be the
expert to the experts at just that one thing. Become the master of a strategy or
risk management methodologies. Really focus on getting good at it.Stop jumping
around or getting pulled from the last “latest and greatest” into the next
“latest and greatest” and focus on one aspect of Forex trading and know it
inside out. Know it strengths and weakness. Set your sights on becoming expert
on just one aspect of trading and watch it spill over in all other aspects for
your currency trading. This is the time to fail forward fast, use every setback
as a learning opportunity that will propel you 3-steps ahead!4. You must Push
Yourself beyond the point everyone else might have quite.In Forex Trading this
is simple. Assume there is someone on the other side of your trade that is
pushing themselves and sharpening their edge. To be successful you must you must
do the same thing. Now is the time to examine your mental edge. Do you know the
single most critical factor in any currency trade? It is you, the trader!
Sharpening you mental edge is the most difficult aspect of trading, but also the
most rewarding.Start with your Forex education and gain the self-awareness
necessary to maximize your strengths and suppress your weaknesses. Any expert
will tell you that trading is 80% mental. It’s time to sharpen your trading to
the razor’s edge and you do this through Forex education. A constant and never
ending process that will become the cornerstone of your Forex experience.5. You
must, without wavering, be Determined and Persist to your objective.You will
fail. I can state that emphatically. However, you will not be defeated unless
you allow your failures to control your trading. It is the old adage; failure is
not falling of your horse, failure is refusing to get back on. Your success
depends on your ability to dismiss the criticism, rejection, self-doubt and
pressures associated with Forex trading.Defining what is a winning trade, losing
trade and bad trade will go a long way into developing you as a successful
trader. Without the determination and persistence in all aspects of your trading
life, obstacle will definitely appear closer and larger than they actually
are.Take a moment and assess yourself and your trading. Do you have the key
elements to succeed? Which areas are presents development opportunities? When
conducting a self-evaluation it is critical to be totally upfront and honest
with yourself. After all, you will only be dishonest with yourself. One of the
most interesting observations you can make is that all key success factors are
interwoven. One factor supports the other. This is why your Forex education is a
continuous journey of forex strategy, money management and self-mastery. Set
these factors as your Forex education goals and take your currency trading to
new heights.
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9/2/2009 ·
Kobold Messring GmbH, established in 1980, is one of the leading international instrumentation engineering enterprises known for its patentable technology, high quality products and superior service. The Kobold brand name is synonymous with quality and technological advance.
The company offers battery-powered digital pressure gauges with LCD display, analogue output 1 adjustable limit contact option: analogue output 0-2 housing; PA, glass fibre strengthened; Model. MAN-SD; pressure ranges: -1 to 0 bar; 0 to 600 bar. Housing diameter: 74 mm; tmax: 70ºC; overload protection: x 1.5; connection: G ½ male, stainless steel; accuracy: ±0.5 per cent of full scale.
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1/2/2009 ·
HUNTRON SCANNERS
Add Scanning Capabilites to Your Huntron Tracker Model 30 System
Adding a Huntron® Scanner to your Tracker Model 30 system lets you access components using standard DIP clips and cables, custom cables to PCB connectors or interface to a bed-of-nails.
You can compare one component with another in real-time (64 pins max.) or use your PC to automate testing and scan up to 128 pins.
Huntron Scanners can be used with a Huntron Access Prober to provide Common line connections while the Prober is probing a PCB. This method gives you up to 128 selectable Commons to use. For example, you can connect the Scanner to a connector on a PCB mounted in the Prober using a common ribbon style cable. While the Prober is probing, any one of the lines on the connected ribbon cable can be selected as the Common reference. This would provide you true point-to-point testing capabilities.
Note: The ProTrack Scanner will be replaced by the Scanner II and/or the Scanner 31S effective 1/1/2008. This applies to commercial sales only.
Scanner II and Scaner 31S users may want to consider these Optional Accessories to enhance their test capabilities.
Highlights:
· The Scanner II and Scanner 31S accessories add scanning capability to the Tracker Model 30
· All Scanners have a minimum 64 pin capability
· The Scanner II can scan up to 128 pins when the A and B channels are combined
· The Scanner 31S use standard IDC style connectors
· The Scanner II uses the common SCSI-2 (68 pin) style connectors
· Up to 8 Scanner IIs can be “daisy-chained” to increase the available number of test pins
Selecting Accessories for your Scanner II
The Scanner II accessories for interfacing to your printed circuit board come "ala carte". This means that you select the accessories you want included with your Scanner. Choose from SMT or through-hole style DIP clip and cable kits (Scanner Adapter required with Scanner II) or a mutli-pin breakout cable. Details on these accessories are provided on this page.
Add Scanning Capabilites to Your Huntron Tracker Model 30 System
Tracker Model 30 shown with Scanner II underneath |
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Adding a Huntron® Scanner to your Tracker Model 30 system lets you access components using standard DIP clips and cables, custom cables to PCB connectors or interface to a bed-of-nails.
You can compare one component with another in real-time (64 pins max.) or use your PC to automate testing and scan up to 128 pins.
Huntron Scanners can be used with a Huntron Access Prober to provide Common line connections while the Prober is probing a PCB. This method gives you up to 128 selectable Commons to use. For example, you can connect the Scanner to a connector on a PCB mounted in the Prober using a common ribbon style cable. While the Prober is probing, any one of the lines on the connected ribbon cable can be selected as the Common reference. This would provide you true point-to-point testing capabilities.
Note: The ProTrack Scanner will be replaced by the Scanner II and/or the Scanner 31S effective 1/1/2008. This applies to commercial sales only.
Scanner II and Scaner 31S users may want to consider these Optional Accessories to enhance their test capabilities.
Highlights:
- The Scanner II and Scanner 31S accessories add scanning capability to the Tracker Model 30
- All Scanners have a minimum 64 pin capability
- The Scanner II can scan up to 128 pins when the A and B channels are combined
- The Scanner 31S use standard IDC style connectors
- The Scanner II uses the common SCSI-2 (68 pin) style connectors
- Up to 8 Scanner IIs can be “daisy-chained” to increase the available number of test pins
Selecting Accessories for your Scanner II
The Scanner II accessories for interfacing to your printed circuit board come "ala carte". This means that you select the accessories you want included with your Scanner. Choose from SMT or through-hole style DIP clip and cable kits (Scanner Adapter required with Scanner II) or a mutli-pin breakout cable. Details on these accessories are provided on this page.
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31/1/2009 ·
Electric cars move closer to your garage
At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and MINI showed the world what electric vehicles of the future will look like. And the future of driving looks fun.
Those in the know realize that sometime in the future, the vast majority of light cars and trucks in the US will feature electric final drive systems.
The motors used in these systems will be powered by batteries, fuel cells, on-board generators, and perhaps even the sun ... but this open issue doesn't change the inevitably of this reality.
Given our current economic times, reality demands practical, tangible, and achievable ideas of what electric vehicles (or "EVs" for short) might actually look like. This is it...
Chrysler
Three of the four electric vehicles Chrysler showed in Detroit, Michigan, were shown at other events and even to Washington bureaucrats. Each of these vehicles is a running prototype, not some pie-in-the-sky-we'll-never-build that idea.
ENVI is the special group of engineers at Chrysler that develops the company's EVs. To date, the ENVI group has developed four electrically powered models, each quite different from the other: a Dodge Circuit EV sports car (rear-wheel drive), a Chrysler Town & Country minivan (front-wheel-drive), a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (all-wheel-drive), and now a Jeep Patriot (front-wheel-drive).
Chrysler promises to offer at least one of these models in 2010, and three more by 2013. AOL Autos: Dodge Circuit EV photos
Chrysler approaches electric vehicles with simple plug-and-play engineering. Every one of their vehicles uses similar electric drive motors (only varying in power output), advanced lithium-ion batteries, and a power management controller. Each plugs in to 110- or 220-volt household outlets for recharging.
The Chrysler and both Jeeps use an on-board range-extending battery charger (a generator). This generator automatically turns on after the vehicle's initial batter charge has been spent (usually within a range of 40 miles), supplying extra voltage that give these three vehicles an estimated range of approximately 400 miles. The generator is powered by a small gasoline-powered engine that runs with exceptional efficiency.
This technology is similar in concept to what General Motors has shown in their Chevrolet Volt, a vehicle that should be ready for production in 2010. AOL Autos: Cadillac Converj photos
The Dodge Circuit carries a larger battery pack and no generator, so its range on the charge it carries is approximately 150-200 miles. Its large battery pack combined with compact dimensions and the exceptional torque provided by its electric motor blast the car from zero-to-sixty mph in around four seconds ... exceptionally fast for any sports car regardless of engine type.
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz used the 2009 Detroit Auto Show to showcase their Concept BlueZERO vehicles. The Mercedes approach was to develop one efficient body style, and then equip it with three different electric drive packages. AOL Autos: Mercedes Stirling Moss photos
Much of the hardware for the all-electric front-wheel-drive propulsion units is built into what Mercedes calls "sandwich-floor" architecture that the company uses on several production cars. The design helps keep heavy components mounted low on the chassis for better handling, enhanced safety, and maximized interior room.
All three Concept BlueZERO vehicles include electric drive and batteries. The E-Cell uses a large battery pack that is said to deliver a range of 120 miles. The F-Cell utilizes a smaller battery pack, but supplements the vehicle's range with a hydrogen fuel cell. The fuel cell produces electricity to recharge the battery pack that extends cruising range to 240 miles.
The E-Cell Plus, with a range of approximately 360 miles, is the distance champion. The key is the on-board generator powered by tiny 1-liter turbo-charged three-cylinder gasoline engine. The engine and generator are located in the rear of the BlueZERO.
For the record, when you see photos of these cars together, the E-Cell is lime green, the F-Cell is mint green, and the E-Cell Plus is orange.
Toyota
Adding to its line of popular hybrid vehicles in the U.S., Toyota just confirmed plans to add as many as 10 new gas/electric hybrid vehicles in the next few years.
On their way toward that goal, Toyota showed their all-new, third-generation Prius plus the new Lexus HS250H. AOL Autos: 2010 Toyota Prius photos
Important to this story, Toyota also committed to selling a battery powered electric car in 2012 for the U.S. market.
Toyota debuted what their all-electric vehicle might be at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, and it's an urban commuter called the FT-EV. The little four-seater is based on Toyota's popular iQ, a car that's already a hit in Japan. The good news is that the iQ is a real car, so the FT-EV will not be a glorified golf cart or a neighborhood vehicle with severely limited capabilities. The claimed range for the FT-EV is 50 miles.
As we went to press, details were still sketchy about the FT-EV's running gear. As Toyota releases more details, we'll bring them to you.
Mini
While standard MINI models like the Cooper are comparatively easy on gas compared to larger cars, under the ownership of parent company BMW, MINI is testing the limits of how green a MINI can be. AOL Autos: 2010 BMW Z4 photos
Perhaps following the performance of the stunt cars used in The Italian Job (2003), BMW decided to investigate a battery-powered MINI. They introduced the MINI E coupe last November at the Los Angeles Auto Show and the car was on display again in Detroit.
The "charged" MINI E can run up to 150 miles on a full battery pack. Charging is accomplished through standard 110- or 220-volt outlets. The electrified MINI weighs 600 pounds more than a standard MINI Cooper and because of the bulk of the required battery pack, the interior seats only two. Performance from the 204-horsepower motor equals the gas-powered MINI, with a 0-60 mph run in 8.5 seconds.
BMW will produce only 500 MINI Es for the United States (if it were easy to make electric MINIs, they'd make more). The limited-production run will be split between New York and L.A. on one-year closed-end leases. After the leases expire, BMW will ship the MINIs back to Germany for evaluation. This scenario mimics what General Motors did with their EV1 electric vehicle about a decade ago.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/01/16/aa.electric.cars.debut/index.html
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31/1/2009 ·
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of information technology to the field of molecular biology. The term bioinformatics was coined by Paulien Hogeweg in 1978 for the study of informatic processes in biotic systems. Bioinformatics nowadays entails the creation and advancement of databases, algorithms, computational and statistical techniques, and theory to solve formal and practical problems arising from the management and analysis of biological data. Over the past few decades rapid developments in genomic and other molecular research technologies combined developments in information technologies have combined to produce a tremendous amount of information related to molecular biology. It is the name given to these mathematical and computing approaches used to glean understanding of biological processes. Common activities in Bioinformatics include mapping and analyzing DNA and protein sequences, aligning different DNA and protein sequences to compare them and creating and viewing 3-D models of protein structures. Bioinformatics is that branch of life science,which deals with the study of application of information technology to the field of molecular biology.
The primary goal of bioinformatics is to increase our understanding of biological processes. What sets it apart from other approaches, however, is its focus on developing and applying computationally intensive techniques (e.g., data mining, and machine learning algorithms) to achieve this goal. Major research efforts in the field include sequence alignment, gene finding, genome assembly, protein structure alignment, protein structure prediction, prediction of gene expression and protein-protein interactions, and the modeling of evolution.
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31/1/2009 ·
KYC compliance
Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance regulation has proved to be one of the biggest operational challenges banks, accountants, lawyers and similar financial service providers worldwide have had to overcome.
World-Check, the industry standard KYC compliance solution, provides an overview of KYC compliance and its origins, and outlines the compliance mandate as applicable to banks, accounting firms, lawyers and other regulated financial service providers – not just in the UK, Europe and the USA, but all around the world. Relied upon by more than 3,000 institutions worldwide, this KYC database solution provides effective legal and reputational risk reduction.
Why “Know Your Customer?”
The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre revealed that there were sinister forces at work around the world, and that terrorists activities were being funded with laundered money, the proceeds of illicit activities such as narcotics and human trafficking, fraud and organised crime. Overnight, the combating of terrorist financing became a priority on the international agenda.
For the financial services provider of the 21st century, “knowing your customers” was no longer a suggested course of action. Based on the requirements of legislative landmarks such as the USA PATRIOT Act 2002, modern Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance mandates were created to simultaneously combat money laundering and the funding of terrorist activities.
What is Know Your Customer (KYC)?
Know Your Customer, or KYC, refers to the regulatory compliance mandate imposed on financial service providers to implement a Customer Identification Programme and perform due diligence checks before doing business with a person or entity.
KYC fulfils a risk mitigation function, and one its key requirements is checking that a prospective customer is not listed on any government lists for wanted money launders, known fraudsters or terrorists.
If preliminary KYC checks reveal that the person is a Politically Exposed Person (PEP), for example, Advanced Due Diligence must be done in order to ensure that the person’s source of wealth is transparent, and that he or she does not pose a reputational or financial risk in terms of their finances, public positions or associations. Beyond customer identification checks, the ongoing monitoring of transfers and financial transactions against a range of risk variables forms an integral part of the KYC compliance mandate.
But to understand the importance of KYC compliance for financial service providers better, its origins need to be examined.
Origins of Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance
The arrival of the new millennium was marred by a spate of terrorist attacks and corporate scandals that unmasked the darker features of globalisation. These events highlighted the role of money laundering in cross-border crime and terrorism, and underlined the need to clamp down on the exploitation of financial systems worldwide.
Know Your Customer (KYC) legislation was principally not absent prior to 9/11. Regulated financial service providers for a long time have been required to conduct due diligence and customer identification checks in order to mitigate their own operation risks, and to ensure a consistent and acceptable level of service.
In essence, the USA PATRIOT Act was not so much a radical departure from prior legislation as it was a firmer and more extensive articulation of existing laws. The Act would lead to the more rigorous regulation of a greater range of financial services providers, and expanded the authority of American law enforcement agencies in the fighting of terrorism, both in the USA and abroad.
In October 2001, President George W. Bush signed off the USA PATRIOT Act, effectively providing federal regulators with a new range of tools and powers for fighting terror financing and money laundering. During July 2002, the US Treasury proceeded to introduce Section 326 of the PATRIOT Act, a clause that removed some key burdens for regulators and added significant enforcement muscle to the Act.
What 9/11 changed, in essence, was the extent to which existing legislation was being implemented. Using the provisions of the earlier anti-terrorism USA Act as a foundation, it included the Financial Anti-Terrorism Act, which allowed for federal jurisdiction over foreign money launders and money laundered through foreign banks. Significantly, it is this anti-terror law that would make the creation of an Anti Money Laundering (AML) programme compulsory for all financial institutions and service providers.
Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act dealt specifically with the identification of new customers (“CIP regulation”), and made extensive provisions in terms of KYC and the methods employed to verify client identities.
In accordance with this piece of updated KYC legislation, federal regulators would hold financial institutions accountable for the effectiveness of their initial customer identification and ongoing KYC screening. Institutions are required to keep detailed records of the steps that were taken to verify prospective clients’ identities.
Although current KYC legislation does not yet demand the exclusion of specific types of foreign-issued identification, it recommends the usage of machine-verifiable identity documents. The ability to notify financial institutions if concerns regarding specific types of identification were to arise, combined with a risk-based approach to KYC, proved to provide a robust mechanism for addressing security concerns.
Effectively, the risk-based approach to customer due diligence grants regulated institutions a certain degree of flexibility to determine the forms of identification they will accept, and under which conditions.
KYC compliance: Implications for banks, lawyers and accounting firms
The KYC compliance mandate, for all its positive outcomes, has burdened companies and organisations with a substantial administrative obligation. Additionally, KYC compliance increasingly entails the creation of auditable proof of due diligence activities, in addition to the need for customer identification.
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Conrad Jupiters on Queensland Hotels
Dine on a whim or indulge in five star fare with an exquisite selection of world class wines, haute cuisine and gourmet on the go. Party casino style and revel in the game for the ultimate players’ night out or excite the senses and spice up your night with the most stunning live entertainment on the Glitter Strip.
Whether you’re chasing the action or the ultimate escape, Conrad Jupiters on Queensland’s stunning Gold Coast will elevate your expectations combining the luxury of a five star hotel with the buzz and excitement of seven award winning restaurants, eight funky bars and 24 hours of non-stop casino action.
Set among six hectares of landscaped garden, the hotel has 594 superbly appointed guest rooms with sweeping views across the Pacific Ocean and the rugged Gold Coast hinterland, 29 luxury hotel suites and two spectacular penthouses. You’re also minutes away from the finest shopping on the Gold Coast and some of the most pristine beaches in the world.
Conrad Jupiters has celebrated over 2 decades at the top with a $53 million casino refurbishment including the expansion of the gaming floor featuring stunning balconies with views of the Gold Coast skyline, a new casual dining restaurant ‘Bite’ and two lively new bars, ‘J bar’ and ‘Quid.’
An additional $16 million dollars has been spent on a hotel and convention upgrade including a sophisticated new Reception Area, Cutting Edge Business Centre and Champagne Lobby Lounge and a contemporary, new look and feel for over 442 superior hotel rooms. Technological updates include high speed broadband connection for laptops, plus a high definition 32”LCD screen with an ipod compatible, slim line data panel.
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