The slowdown of the Houston economy is picking up speed.

The slowdown of the Houston economy is picking up speed.

After setting a torrid pace less than a year ago, the local economy is barely adding new jobs now. At the same time, the unemployment rate has shot up, and so has the number of first-time filers for jobless benefits.

Houston-area employers created 17,200 new jobs between January 2008 and January 2009, according to data released Thursday by the Texas Workforce Commission. That 0.7 percent year-over-year increase was the weakest since the summer of 2004 and doesn’t include the large layoffs already announced in Galveston at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospital for Children.

It’s a sharp departure from just a year ago, when Houston gained 87,400 jobs in the preceding year for a robust 3.5 percent clip.

“I think we’re headed to negative territory in just a few months,” said Barton Smith, director of the University of Houston’s Institute for Regional Forecasting. “By May or June they’ll be negative.”

Weaker hiring coupled with a spike in the number of folks looking for work caused the local jobless rate to jump to 6.5 percent in January, its highest level since July 2004, according to the commission. In December, the rate was 5.6 percent.

The rate is also climbing statewide. In January, the Texas unemployment rate was 6.4 percent, which commission Chairman Tom Pauken expects to grow to 8 percent later this year. Statewide data is seasonally adjusted while local data is not.

“It’s occurring a little faster than we thought,” said Smith, referring to the slowdown that has been especially hard on retailers and financial firms.
New figures due today

While the strong energy industry buffered Houston during 2008, Smith predicts the city soon will lose that cushion. As world economic conditions deteriorate and reduce the demand for energy, he expects widespread job cuts in oil field equipment manufacturing, a key industry for Houston.

The layoffs are still relatively mild but they’ll pick up during the year, he said.

“The national economic storm has hit us,” said Pauken, who spoke with the Houston Chronicle’s editorial board Thursday.

The unemployment rates in Houston and Texas are still better than the U.S. figure, which stood at 7.6 percent in January and rose to 8.1 percent in February, according to federal statistics released today.

Pauken pointed to the spike in initial claims for unemployment benefits that has made it difficult for out-of-work Texans to get through on the busy phone lines to file for benefits. The commission is adding phone capacity to handle the calls, he said.

He pointed to the spike in initial claims for unemployment benefits that has made it difficult for out-of-work Texans to get through on the busy phone lines to file for benefits. The commission is adding phone capacity to handle the calls, he said.

In January, 26,828 Houston-area residents filed initial claims for unemployment benefits. That’s up 24.4 percent from December, when 21,567 residents requested benefits, and nearly double the number of applicants a year ago.
Previous report revised

It’s not uncommon to see job losses from December to January because companies are cutting holiday help and evaluating budgets, said Joel Wagher, labor market analyst for Workforce Solutions, which manages employment services, education and training for the area.

But this time losses were higher than usual because of the struggling economy, he said. It was the worst one-month employment decline in the last 10 years, he said.

Also, the latest report included the annual revision of the previous year’s estimates. Houston’s job base didn’t grow nearly as quickly as the commission thought.

In January, the commission estimated the Houston area added 57,300 new jobs between December 2007 and December 2008, a 2.2 percent increase. But once actual payroll tax records were tallied, the area gained only 22,500 jobs during that time for a 0.9 percent increase.

Houston’s annual job growth peaked last June at 4.6 percent. It has declined ever since, Wagher said.

UC4 certified for use with the Avaloq Banking System

UC4 certified for use with the Avaloq Banking System
Automated scheduling of Avaloq Banking System (ABS) and enterprise systems with UC4 Workload Automation Suite
VIENNA, February 3, 2009 – UC4 Software, a leading global provider of workload automation, job scheduling and IT process optimization solutions, today announced the certification of UC4 Workload Automation Suite for use with the Avaloq Banking System (ABS) version 2.6. The companies have also signed a partnership agreement that will enhance Avaloq to refer customers requiring a complementary scheduling and automation solution to UC4 Software.
“The certification of the UC4 adapter enables organisations to utilise a complementary technology that has been successfully tested and validated against our Model Bank environment,” said Adrian Bult, COO, Avaloq Evolution AG. “Joint customers will be able to increase the return on their existing technology investments leveraging a solution that interfaces directly with the Avaloq Banking System.”
Avaloq solutions are changing the IT landscapes within private and retail banks in Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Singapore, Hong Kong and other markets. With UC4 Workload Automation Suite enterprises remove manual intervention, reduce latency and mitigate risk from their end-to-end business processes. The UC4 Business Integration for Avaloq communicates directly with ABS through application interfaces, allowing customers to extend the automated scheduling of their core banking systems and integrate with external applications.
UC4 Workload Automation Suite can manage back-end processing for ABS and all other surrounding systems that many finance institutes rely on. Avaloq users receive regular software updates which support banks in remaining compliant with industry regulations. When utilizing additional tools it is important that Avaloq users work with solutions that are compatible and certified for use with Avaloq. This reduces maintenance and support issues and allows joint customers to benefit from the enterprise wide visibility and control provided by UC4.
“It gives UC4 great pleasure to extend its relationship with Avaloq,” said Cesare Capobianco, chief executive officer, UC4 Software. “We have benefited from an excellent working partnership working towards receiving this certification. It has allowed us to develop an interface that is compliant with Avaloq’s technical specifications, which also delivers measurable business value to our joint customers.”
About Avaloq
The Avaloq Group, with branches in Luxembourg and Singapore, is the Swiss market leader in the field of standard banking software. For over a decade, the Swiss company has been developing and marketing the Avaloq Banking System. It is trusted by leading financial service providers in private, retail and universal banking in international financial centres around the globe. A network of specialists with first-class partners in the areas of implementation, software, service and technology enables Avaloq to offer its clients a comprehensive all-in-one solution – a modular, innovative and integrated standard software for the financial sector. Avaloq is owned by its management and employees.
About UC4 Software
UC4 Software is a leading global provider of workload automation, job scheduling and IT process optimization solutions that ensure core business processes and enterprise information systems run faster, more accurately and without interruption. More than 1,600 companies worldwide have successfully enhanced application processing performance and improved IT efficiency using UC4’s business acceleration solutions. Customers include American Suzuki Motor Corporation, Cadbury, eBay, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Mattel, McGraw Hill, Panasonic, Robert Bosch, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, T-Systems and Verizon.

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Halk arasında yarım baş ağrısı diye bilinen ve soğuk bir terleme ile birlikte gelip, başın ve yüzün yarısını kaplayan özel bir baş ağrısıdır. Ağrılar bazen dayanılmayacak kadar şiddetli olur. Birkaç dakika sürebileceği gibi saatlerce hatta günlerce devam eder.


Başın yarısında zonklamalar, bulantı ve bazen kusma görülür. Gözünün önünde siyah benekler, bulanık lekeler, uçuşur. Bazı kimseler, konuşmakta da zorluk çekerler.


Migren genellikle 16-35 yaş arası başlar. 50 yaş civarında sıklığı azalır. Kadınlarda erkeklere göre daha sık görülmektedir Fakat migren tehlikeli bir hastalık değildir.


Beyindeki bazı kimyasal maddelerin bu işte önemli rol aldığı kabul edilmektedir. Migren başağrısının bir diğer ismide vasküler yani damarsal başağrısıdır.


Migrenin başlamasına sebep olabilen başlıca faktörler; stres, hormonal değişiklikler, diyet faktörleri, uyku düzeni, iklimsel değişiklikler ve kişisel bazı alışkanlıklardır.



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DNA

DNA "Deoksi Ribo Nükleik Asit" isimli bir tür molekül grubunun kısaltılmış isimidir DNA'nın çift zincirli ip merdivene benzer Çift zincirli yapıdaki DNA zinciri oldukça uzun bir zincirdir Bu zincir hücre içindeki özel enzimler ve Proteinler aracılığı ile paketlenir. Nasıl ki uzun bir ipi makaraya düzenli bir şekilde sarıyorsanız, hücrede buna benzer bir mekanizma ile DNA yı paketleyerek çekirdeğinin (Nukleus) içine yerleştirir DNA her hücrede bulunur.Örneğin böbreklerinizin hücrelerinde karaciğerinizin hücrelerinde, kemik hücrelerinizde kısacası vücudunuzdaki her hücrede DNA molekülü mevcuttur.
DNA bir organizmanın oluşuma ilişkin bilgileri taşır DNA molekülleri, hücre çekirdeğinde bulunurlar ve vücudumuzda bulunan tüm proteinleri oluşumu sırasındaki kodlamış bilgileri içerir.DNA’nın protein yapma işlemi ,inanılmayacak derecede kusursuzdurcanlının hayatını devam ettirmesi için gereken şeyler DNA üzerinde planlanmış, kodlanmıştır.

THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVACY

As technology makes life richer and easier, we leave a trail of information that is susceptible to prying eyesWithin the next four months, a major Bay Area supermarket chain plans to introduce a payment system that uses biometric fingerprint authentication to verify customers' identities. Under this system, shoppers in checkout lines won't need to use cash, checks, debit cards or credit cards. Instead, they can place their fingers on scanners that read fingerprints, and once the device links to their bank or credit card accounts, they can buy groceries, get cash back and do everything else shoppers do.ImagesView Larger Images--------------------------------------------------------------------------------More OpinionClinton first looks east 02.21.09 Terrorism as a crime 02.21.09 Past the point of no return 02.20.09 The end of a budget battle 02.20.09 <_script><_script>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Podcast: Insight Editor Jim Finefrock and reporter Jonathan Curiel talk about how Americans might as well face up the fact that there is little privacy left.]The system is already used in cities around the United States, including Portland, Ore., and Chicago, where one shopper says it has changed his life for the better. Linc Thelen, a 37-year-old interior designer, says the fingerprint system -- known commercially as Pay By Touch -- is convenient to use and expedites his way through grocery lines at Jewel-Osco, where he shops. Thelen says the system lets people leave their wallets behind, so they don't have to worry about being robbed or losing their credit cards."I had no reservation," Thelen said in a phone interview. "It's a safe way to store information."But no system is 100 percent foolproof.Despite the fact that armed men guard the computers that store the customers' virtual fingerprints, despite the fact that Bank of America's former security chief now heads Pay By Touch's security division, and despite the fact that Pay By Touch hires people to try to expose vulnerabilities in its computer system (so those vulnerabilities can be eliminated), Pay By Touch President John Morris acknowledges that "it's not impossible" for computer hackers to figure out how to tamper with its information.And therein lies one of the 21st century's most vexing problems: More and more of our personal data are captured and stored by corporate and government interests, and are potentially available to anyone with the technological, legal or financial means to access that information.Whether it's phone calls we make, library books we check out, CDs we buy on the Internet or divorces we finalize in court, we leave a trail of information that becomes susceptible to prying eyes. For the price of a bus pass, you can pay a company to supply anyone's address, phone number, political affiliation, estimated income and property history. For $20 more, you can find out if that person is married or divorced, has a criminal record, and what sort of jobs he or she has worked.Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., says she will introduce a "privacy bill of rights" because identity theft and security failures of personal records have become "one of the most important issues facing us as individuals and as a nation."The availability of personal information -- downloadable onto laptop computers, which are increasingly being fitted with fingerprint technology -- is changing the culture in ways that may seem trivial but are really benchmarks for a new society already in its formative stages.A small example: Unbeknownst to the men who date her, Judy runs background checks on all of them, using a private investigator to dig out any "red flags" that would presage troubling behavior. A businesswoman in Southern California, Judy, 50, uses a company called DateSmart, whose client base has boomed in the past five years as more people confront the perils of online dating."I'm glad the information is out there," says Judy, who did not want her last name used because of concerns her suitors would read this article. "The men I'm talking to online are complete strangers. And I have absolutely no knowledge of their character other than what they're saying in their profiles. I need to feel comfortable knowing that they're not an ax murderer. The people you meet might be well dressed, but you never know if they have any criminal history. It's for (my) safety."Background checks are nothing new. What's changed are the speed with which you can obtain them, their relatively small price (some companies advertise free checks) and their growing public acceptance. The information revolution has transformed the background check into a common and casual tool, and those being scrutinized probably don't have a clue. More obvious are the security cameras embedded in nearly every major American city, including New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles and, yes, San Francisco, where lenses record people's activities in such crime-ridden neighborhoods as Bayview-Hunters Point and the Western Addition. The spread of these cameras is championed by authorities, who say it reduces criminal activity, and criticized by the ACLU, which says the equipment is an unnecessary intrusion into public spaces.Civil liberties groups have joined the widespread outcry against the government's monitoring of Americans' phone-call records. Two weeks ago in federal court, the ACLU challenged the legal rationale behind the National Security Agency program, arguing that the NSA's actions -- involving "data mining" of records provided by AT&T and other telephone companies -- violate Americans' rights to free speech and privacy as guaranteed under the First and Fourth Amendments. Last week, privacy experts raised questions about the U.S. government's monitoring of international bank transfers -- previously secret data surveillance officials say is justified by the fight against terrorism.Americans' rights to privacy will be tested even more in the next few years as biometric technology creeps increasingly into everyday arenas. For example, on the campus of UC San Diego, biometric experts are testing a soda machine that uses both fingerprint and face-recognition technology. The machine is in a lounge for grad students in UC San Diego's computer science building."The students are very excited about getting it working," Serge Belongie, a UC San Diego associate professor of computer science, says in a phone interview. "People think it's very cool. ... No one uses money. They have accounts. What would be fun is if (the machine) recognizes you and says, 'Would you like your usual?' "If UC San Diego students are reluctant to use the machine, their privacy concerns are outweighed by convenience -- a sentiment echoed in survey after survey on biometric technology. In March, Unisys Corp. released a report on public perception of "identity management" that said convenience and efficiency were the two biggest reasons consumers would use biometric technology. (The most preferred biometric methods are fingerprints and voice recognition, according to the survey. The least preferred, because of its perceived intrusiveness, is an iris or eye scan.)Two of the biggest turnoffs for those who shun biometric technology: suspicion of how the technology works and loss of privacy. Among respondents from North America, just 56 percent said they'd be willing to share their fingerprint with a government organization such as a post office or tax authority. Among respondents from the Asia-Pacific region, 71 percent said they'd share their fingerprint with the government."As consumer confidence grows in the large-scale usage of (biometric technology) and standards are more generally comfortably adopted, you're going to see a pretty rapid migration" to it, says Mark Cohn, Unisys vice president for homeland security solutions.Cohn, a principal architect of the Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT Exit system, which uses fingerprint technology to run background checks on visa applicants and verify their entry to and arrival from the United States, says Malaysia offers a preview of how the United States may change in the coming years.Since 2001, the Malay government has issued a biometric "multipurpose card" to Malaysians 12 years and older. The card, which features a thumbprint and photograph, acts as a passport, driver's license, ATM card, toll and parking pass, and medical record that lists blood type and any allergies.The card is convenient to use -- but it's a nightmare for Malaysians who lose it or have it stolen. Crime syndicates in Malaysia have altered cards with different photographs and used them to give members new identities, though the Malay government insists these identity thieves can't access the original cardholders' personal information. Special chip technology and other password features prevent this, they say. Also, the cardholder's fingerprint -- rather than being visible on the card -- is encrypted in the card itself: To reveal the fingerprint, the card must be inserted into a special biometric device that compares the encrypted print with that of the person claiming to be the cardholder.For anyone who has read Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," where "telescreens" keep track of people's lives, this new biometric technology will seem like fiction come to life. It's showing up everywhere. By the end of this year, U.S. passport agencies hope to issue "electronic passports" with computer chips that have digital photos of the holders. With the help of face-recognition machines, airport security can compare a photo with the face of the passport holder. For two years, an American corporation, VeriChip, has sold government-approved electronic chips that are inserted under people's skin to give doctors instant access to patients' medical histories.In 2008, as mandated by the Real ID Act, states plan to issue driver's licenses linked to a database that includes each license holder's photo and Social Security number. These licenses (civil liberties groups call them national identity cards) will likely include a biometric photo of the driver accessible by authorities.In the meantime, banks are considering using iris scans and even palm scans at ATMs in an effort to cut down on fraud. (In 1999, Bank United in Texas adopted iris-scan technology at three of its ATMs in a test that was discontinued when Washington Mutual took over the bank.)Some people love the new technology. Others shun it.Pay By Touch admits it has encountered some resistance among shoppers it approached in supermarkets that already use the company's fingerprint service. But Morris, its president, says many of these customers are quickly won over by the convenience of Pay By Touch, which is free for consumers, and that the company keeps data points based on users' fingerprints, not actual fingerprints. So far, supermarkets in 40 states use the Pay By Touch system.Pay By Touch, which is based in San Francisco, wouldn't say which Bay Area supermarket chain will start using its fingerprint system in the next four months -- only that the chain will use the system in just a handful of its Bay Area stores. Pay By Touch users sign up voluntarily and are under no obligation to use it at the checkout line.Pay By Touch says it takes great care to safeguard its users' data. After fingerprints are converted into algorithms, they're encrypted, then stored in IBM computers. Those algorithms can't be reconverted into an exact copy of the fingerprint, though Pay By Touch may eventually store users' actual fingerprints if the technology improves, Morris says. The company insists it will never sell users' personal information or fingerprints to anyone else -- a pledge that's backed up in writing when users sign up with the company. But what if federal authorities, citing national security, insist on the finger scan and payment history of a Pay By Touch user?Pam Dixon, who heads the World Privacy Forum, a public research group, went to Chicago to warn potential Pay By Touch users about possible dangers."It didn't stick," she says. "People were (more) concerned with (convenience than) the potential risks. People can put their thumb on a pad and be done with it. But meanwhile, their biometric data is sitting with another company, a third party, that's subject to subpoena. One argument that I made: Let's say that every supermarket in the country, particularly the large chains, (use) a biometric payment system. It's a law enforcement dream because who needs a biometric database run by the U.S. government when you've got one being run by private companies?"Citing the recent disclosure by the Veterans Administration, which said a computer with credit information on millions of veterans had been stolen, Dixon says, "The second issue is information security. If the VA can't keep its records secure, which is a government agency that has all sorts of strict controls that are supposed to be in place, how on Earth can a private company without the resources of something like the VA manage to keep something secure? When we have a credit card stolen, we can call the credit card company and say, 'Give me a new number.' But you can't do that with your biometric. You can't say, 'Give me a new fingerprint.' "Morris dismisses such concerns, saying that Pay By Touch will actually decrease the likelihood that consumers' credit information is stolen or misappropriated. "I think (Pay By Touch users) get pretty rapidly that it's the ultimate way to secure their private data," he says. "It connects (their accounts) to something that's uniquely them, as opposed to handing a credit card over to a stranger or writing a personal check that seven or eight humans touch before it gets in their statement. Securing information by a biometric is a giant leap forward. (Users) like that they don't have to pull their card out anymore. They (tell us they) like that they don't have to carry their (purses or wallets) through the parking lot of an urban supermarket. There's a physical security benefit. Their numbers are never displayed. The safety of securing their data is the No. 1 thing they like."The marketplace will determine whether the public is ready to accept commercial fingerprint identification. Investors in Pay By Touch believe that day is here, capitalizing the company with $190 million in the past 12 months. More than 2.5 million shoppers already use the Pay By Touch system. Morris envisions a day when all stores -- even mom-and-pop ones -- offer a Pay By Touch option.Soon, customers will be able to use Pay By Touch from home with the help of fingerprint readers attached to their computers. In ancient China, rulers would put their fingerprints on documents to give them an official seal. Artists would also mark their work with prints. It wasn't until the late 1800s that authorities realized they could use fingerprints to catch criminals. Their evolution as a way to pay for groceries is a 21st century twist fueled by technology. It's also a trade-off between privacy and convenience. Welcome to the brave new world in Aisle 5.

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Multi-axis X-Y linear motorized positioning stage
ABTech inc's Mini X-Y Linear Motor stage combines Copley Controls, Thrust Tube "Micro" series linear motors with non-contact linear encoders and precision mechanical guideway bearings to produce a unique lightweight, low mass and low profile, linear motor positioning stage.

This design incorporates the linear motors coil (forcer) as the stages workholding carriage while the linear mechanical guideway bearings provide load support, travel straightness and orthogonality for accurate positioning and repeatability.

The Thrust Tube linear motors are electrically identical to conventional brushless DC motors making them compatible to most third party brushless drives.

These mini X-Y stages are ideally suited for pick-and-place or point-to-point positioning applications such as biomedical sample handling or inspection.

ABTech's modular design approach and full engineering services can respond quickly to provide a solution to your O.E.M. needs for ultra-precision linear motion.


Features
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Snelheid van handelen, kwaliteit van advies en toegevoegde waarde voor de klant zijn kernwaarden binnen onze organisatie. Met een team ervaren en gediplomeerde specialisten zijn wij u graag van dienst.
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LUXURY JET

Luxury Air Jets provides a full spectrum of private aviation services to people who can’t afford to waste time. We provide private jet charter flights to nearly every destination in the world on corporate jets. By using our private jet or executive jet charter services, you will avoid giant commercial airports, security lines, baggage check lines, and delayed flights. Private jet charter is with no doubt the future in private aviation. That is why we made air charter services our specialty.
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CDM Electronics

CDM Electronics is a certified small business, CCR# 42827, founded in 1993, CDM Electronics' mission is to provide our customers with exceptional interconnect products and value added services that meet or exceed our customers' expectations.We welcome the chance to design a creative solution to the most challenging issues.

Our ProductsCDM Electronics is a NEDA Authorized Supplier for electronic connectors, coaxial cables and other interconnect products.This assures you that you are receiving factory new and approved products.

With today's ever changing business climate, particularly in light of RoHS initiatives which transpired in July 2006, it is imperative that your applications perform to specification and in compliance with environmental and other government regulations. For those applications not requiring RoHS compliance, there are still several performance and reliability factors that are compromised when superior products are not deployed.

Choose CDM for all of your interconnect sourcing requirements and you are guaranteed excellent products with on time deliveries.Our ServicesIn 1999, CDM management recognized that customers wanted access to thousands of parts in stock ready for same day shipment. But this only represented half of our customers' needs. Sowe embarked upon a program to expand our offering into the arena of cable assembly and value added programs.Since that time, CDM has experienced explosive growth and now provides a host of value added services, from "womb to tomb".

We provide quick turn engineering and cable assembly services for prime contractors, as well as 2nd and 3rd tier providers. Our satisfied customer list includes Northrop Grumman, BAE, General Dynamics, and all branches of the United States military: Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.CDM credits our great staff, especially our brilliant engineering team, with our enormous success in this area.Proactive Cost Reduction Program™Process improvement and cost-saving solutions are as important to us as they are to you.

Our "Proactive Cost Reduction Program" is a trademarked initiative created by CDM Electronics to constantly create cost-saving solutions for our customers.Our PeopleFrom Reception to Shipping, CDM Electronics is proud to have the most loyal & dedicated employees. But it takes more than just our own employees to make our company great. We rely heavily on the expertise of several of our providers, especially our web designers:

Biosensor Tools

Biosensor Tools was created by Dr. David Myszka to provide contract services and training in the application of SPR-based biosensors.

SPR biosensors are used to measure the affinity and kinetics of biomolecular interactions in real time without labeling. This dynamic information about binding is key to understanding complex formation and characterizing structure/function relationships.

We currently offer contract services utilizing Biacore T100, Biacore 2000, BioRad ProteOn XPR36 and FujiFilm AP-3000 high-throughput screening system. Let us know how we can contribute to your basic research and drug discovery efforts.

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-1", 1 1/2", 2", 3" WCC CP Valves - New Surplus
-1", 1 1/2", 3", 4" SST V150 Valves - New Surplus
-4150/4160 Controllers - Remanufactured
-DVC5000 Smart Positioner - New Surplus & Reman
-3582/3610J positioners - Remanufactured
-249B-2500 Level-trols - Remanufactured
***Powder Coated Tough by Sullivan and Sons, Inc.***

Fisher DVC5010

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Micromotion
-RFT9712 & RFT9739 Transmitters Field mount/Rack Mount
-3300 & 3350 Discrete Controller - New Surplus
-T Series Straight Tube w/ Integral 2700 Transmitter #TO5OT613SCAUEZZZZ sensor
-DS012X999(TANT) - New Surplus
-CMF100, CMF200 - Reman
-DS065S114PU - New Surplus
-DT Series High Temperature Sensors
***We now sell Factory New units***

Micromotion RFT9712 Transmitter

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Foxboro
-2800 Series Flowtubes 1/10",1",2",3",4",6",8",10",12" - New surplus & Reman.
-Magnetic flowtube 2808-SABA-TSA 8", 2812-SABA-TSA 12" reman.
-IDP10-D22B22F-M1L1H - New surplus
-CFS10-05SCFNN - New surplus
-801HA - New surplus
-9303A Flowtube - New surplus
-75RTA-PDEFB Rate totalizer - New surplus
-8004A Flowtube 4" - New surplus
***Powder Coated Tough by Sullivan and Sons, Inc.***
***We also sell Factory New Foxboro***

Foxboro D/P Transmitters

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Yokogawa
-UR100, UR1000 Recorders
-Mag flow tubes�many sizes - New surplus
-Vortex Meters- many sizes- Reman
-YF110-NNNBIAS3S3 4" Vortex - New surplus
-AM11 Magnetic Flowmeter Converters- Reman
-HR2400 Recorders- Reman Qty. 8

Yokogawa Vortex Meters

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Moore Products
-Model 351 Controllers- New surplus/Remanufactured
-Model 352 Controllers- New surplus/Remanufactured
-Model 353 Controllers- New surplus/Remanufactured
-Model 354 Controllers- New surplus/Remanufactured
-Model 363 Paperless Recorders - Remanufactured

Moore Controllers

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Metso/Valmet Products
-Model PULP EL analog Consistency- Remanufactured
-Model KajaaniMCAi Microwave Consistency 12"- New surplus
***Ask about repair/exchange program***

Huntron® Scanner

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.



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Recover, Repair, Recycle

Benefit from Huntron's 30 years of providing quality Diagnostic Tools for PCA Recovery
With today's val
id concerns for protection of our environment, the recovery, repair and recycling of printed circuit assemblies (PCAs) is a positive move towards sustainable environmental-friendly practices.
Huntron has been helping businesses troubleshoot and repair printed circuit assemblies for over 30 years. Repairing rather than discarding failed PCAs keeps the potentially harmful chemical components such as lead out of our world's landfills and disposal sites.
Below is a list of Huntron products to help you recover, repair and recycle PCAs:
• Huntron Tracker 2800
• Huntron Tracker Model 30
• Huntron TrackerPXI
• NFSA RF Prober
New Version of Huntron Workstation Available!
A new version of Huntron Workstation is now available for download. Go to the Workstation Support web page to download version 4.1.3273! Update December 22, 2008.
New Automated Near Field Signature Analysis
Combining the Huntron Access Robotic Probing Station, Huntron Workstation Software and the new Test Evolution (TEV) Non-Contact RF Near Field Probe with local synthetic measurement technology sets the standard for Near Field Signature Analysis (NFSA).
Placing the sensor, receiver and signal processing in one compact RF Probe assembly allows the sensing of EM fields emanating from RF circuitry. A specific position in a Near Field is defined as a Virtual Test Point™ (VTP) where a NFSA measurement is made. Identical circuits emanate nearly identical fields at the VTP. The combination of Huntron Prober and TEV RF Probe allows accurate positioning and measurement of VTPs. This provides the repeatability to measure VTP's from 200MHZ to 3GHZ on RF assemblies.
When used for test, an engineer examines the UUT schematic with an eye toward following the RF signal path. Using Huntron Workstation Software, points along that path are selected for Virtual Test Points (VTP). A set of known good boards are then scanned making and saving Near Field signatures at the VTP's. Unknown UUT's are scanned with the same VTP's against the saved signatures. Any deviation against stored signatures indicates areas of concern.
Near Field Signature Analysis (NFSA) is close proximity sensing of EM fields emanating from RF circuitry. Near Fields are close to active circuits with the strength dependent on power and circuit design. AC circuits radiate a unique frequency and magnitude “signature” being a function of frequency of operation, magnitude, distance to the test probe and geometric location of the probe.
The RF NFSA Prober will be available from Huntron to USA customers only in early 2009. Contact Huntron for more details on Near Field Signature Analysis.
Download the latest NFSA RF Prober brochure now!
Huntron Access USB Probers
The NEW Huntron Access USB Probers are the latest versions of the popular robotic probers used to automate testing of complex printed circuit boards. The Access USB Probers come in two sizes - the Access USB Prober can handle PCBs up to 19.4” by 14” and the larger Access 2 USB Prober can hold PCBs up to 22” by 23” in size. The new Probers come with a USB Probe Tip camera to monitor the probe placement as the test progresses. Both Probers uses linear encoders for incredible 20 micron accuracy. The new Access USB Probers can also be ordered with the Tracker Model 30 embedded inside the chassis for a space saving, all-in-one platform.
Download the latest Diagnostic Systems brochure now!
Huntron's flexible, automated diagnostic solutions help people solve circuit card problems.
Huntron was founded in 1976 with the introduction of the Huntron Tracker®, the pioneering troubleshooting tool that uses power-off signature analysis to identify component failures on printed circuit boards.

Today, Huntron's reputation in providing automated power-off diagnostics results in instrumentation and software for test, inspection and repair of electronic printed circuit assemblies.
As density and complexity increase, printed circuit assemblies become tougher to probe and test. Huntrom complements conventional test equipment with access and test tools that catch the elusive problems other test methods often miss. The keys are physical and virtual access, which translates into meaningful results such as shorther design cycles, improved production yield and lower warranty costs. When you need to test, diagnose or troubleshoot complex circuit boards, Huntron lets you access, explore and discover more.
Contact us for more information on how we can help solve your test and troubleshooting needs

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.

contrAA®

Analytik Jena brings an innovation on the market — the contrAA® series — which exceeds the performance of conventional AA spectrometers in all parameters.
This new technology — High-Resolution Continuum Source AAS — represents previously unattained effectiveness
and quality of measurement results. Following decades of experience in the development of spectrometers and graphite furnaces and in cooperation with partners from leading research institutes, a vision becomes reality — the start of a new generation in AAS, with the contrAA® series, which finally closes the gap between ICP OES and AAS.

High-Resolution Continuum Source AAS (HR-CS AAS) covers the complete spectral range from the near vacuum-UV to the near infrared with a single continuum source, providing innovative capabilities. For the first time, genuine sequential multi-element analysis is implemented in AAS without the need for a multitude of different light sources.


At first glance:

Maximum versatility and flexibility
Guaranteed stability
Improved accuracy
Maximum information content
Speed for higher efficiency
New level of performance
Fast sequential multi-element determination for flame AAS
Simultaneous background correction
Full post processing of measurement (FPP)


Unique Flexibility
The xenon short-arc lamp as a continuum source is ideal for any element to be analyzed. No matter how frequently or seldom you have to determine an element, the HR-CS AAS instrument is immediately ready for measurement. You have every freedom for line selection, as the source covers the entire continuous wavelength range. All absorbing atom lines are immediately available, irrespective of the emission properties of the HCL (such as windows transmissive to UV or visible radiation). In addition, several new types of lines can be used for analysis.

Immediate Readiness for Measurement
The immediate readiness for measurement provided by HR-CS AAS is due to the fact that the lamp needs no fixed warm-up time to avoid output drift. Innovative correction algorithms continuously compensate any drift or fluctuation of the spectrometer including the source.

Improved Performance
HR-CS AAS features an improved signal-to-noise ratio and markedly better detection limits. This is due to the higher radiation density of the Xe continuum source compared to HCLs, and the enormously increased quantum efficiency of a CCD semiconductor detector compared to the photomultiplier tube commonly used in line-source AAS (LS AAS). HR-CS AAS is the first technique that c an efficiently correct spectral interferences in flame AAS by structured flames or molecule structures. This provides improved simultaneous background correction, and capabilities to correct spectral interferences to increase the accuracy of analytical results
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