text:
Mongolia visa for British Virgin Islands passport holders
Get Visa advice
Mongolia visa 🇲🇳
Last updated: November 9, 2020
British Virgin Islands citizens need visa for travelling to Mongolia as tourist. COVID travel advice is country is Closed for travel. The stay is usually short with a period of 30 days and visa expires in 90 days. Applicant is not required to be present when applying for visa and a total of 7 documents are required. You can also find useful tips from fellow travellers.
Visa requirements
Mongolia Visa requirements for British Virgin Islands
Visa Required
Visa required
5 verified_user
COVID-19 travel advice
Mongolia is Closed for travel. You are required to have mandatory quarantine. Find travel restrictions, quarantine and entry requirements to visit Mongolia.
Get visa for Mongolia from British Virgin Islands
In order to apply for a visa, you must submit your visa application at a Mongolian diplomatic mission (Embassy/Consulate).
Visa officer may require you to submit additional documents in order for you to prove the purpose of your visit.
With a regular tourist visa you may stay up to 30 days in Mongolia. It may be extended for a further 30 days at the Immigration Agency of Mongolia if you apply for an extension not less than 4 days before the duration of your visa expires
Max Stay: 30 days
Visa Expires: 90 days
short Stay
Documents required for Mongolia tourist visa : 7
Visa Application Form: Complete application form for Mongolia
Passport Photo: Photo must be no older than 6 months
Passport: Original Passport or Travel document with at least 6 months remaining validity on the date of travel and have at least 2 visa pages clear of any markings.
Cover Letter: Covering letter mentioning the details of the applicant, travel and details of the other members travelling with you.
The letter should be addressed to the Visa Consular - Embassy of Mongolia.
Hotel Bookings: Hotel reservation(s) for the duration of your visit.
Hotel Itinerary Embassy recommends not to purchase tickets until visa is approved. Don't risk your money, time and effort by buying actual tickets. Get hotel bookings for any city in the world within minutes for visa purposes.
Flight Bookings: Flight reservations(s) for the country of your visit and return ticket
Flight Itinerary An Onward Ticket is a flight reservation made by a real travel agency that can be helpful for visa applications or if you want to enter a country without purchasing a return flight. Get verifiable one way, round trip, and multi-city flight bookings for visa purposes.
Current Details: Employed: • A letter from your employer on company letterhead, with contact details, stating that a leave of absence has been granted, purpose and duration of the trip, and that you will be returning to your current job. • Current bank statement of the latest 6 months • Income Tax Return (ITR) • Original pay slips Self Employed: • Include a copy of your business license • Company bank statement of the latest 6 months • Income Tax Return (ITR) Student: • Submit an official letter from your school indicating that you are in good standing and that you are registered for the upcoming semester. • No Object certificate from School or University. Retired: • Submit proof of your retirement fund. Yes.
🎒 Tips by fellow travellers
No one has added any tips. Do you want to help?
Visa advice
Need visa advice?
You can see the visa details, documents required, official website and other details for Mongolia visa but if you still have question which are unanswered then you can discuss with the community
Travel information of Mongolia
Mongolia is part of Asia with main city at Ulan Bator. Its Developing country with a population of 3M. The main currency is Tugrik. The languages spoken are Mongolian.
Looking for British Virgin Islands visa requirements
Visa AdviceInstead of waiting to get answers, you can get visa advice for British Virgin Islands immediately.
🙋♂ Ask a question
🙋♂ Questions by fellow travellers
No one has asked any questions yet. Do you want to be the first one?
Disclaimer: The information in the site should be used as a guide only. You are advised to contact your local official mission/consulate/embassy and ensure you have the latest information. We take no responsibility.
- Visa List
- chevron_right
- Travel Freedom
- chevron_right
- Mongolia
- chevron_right
- Visa Requirements
- chevron_right
- British Virgin Islands

subset: commoncrawl


text:
We are the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Please join us as we forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives.
On April 5, 2012, the National Center for Victims of Crime convened a roundtable of national, state, and local advocates, practitioners, and officials to consider two important issues relating to child victims of foreign and domestic trafficking:
With the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, advocates working on human trafficking and child victimization, child welfare administrators from all levels, law enforcement, prosecutors, researchers, and legal advocates shared their experiences and perspectives on the needs of child victims of human trafficking.
While the range of stakeholders was broad, there was widespread agreement on 26 recommendations to improve the national response to child victims of human trafficking.
Read our Press Release about the recommendations.
The National Center supports efforts by Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) to improve the trafficking response of child welfare agencies nationwide through legislation. Read a fact sheet about legislation previously introduced. Legislation is expected to be reintroduced in the 113th Congress.
For more information about this important issue, see these helpful resources.
2011© National Center for Victims of Crime. All Rights Reserved.
P.O. Box 101207, Arlington, VA 22210
p.202-467-8700 | f.202-467-8701 | [email protected]
Return to the National Center


text:
Children's National Health Network provides our members with programs and services that improve the quality of care for our patients and business success for our practices.
CNHN offers member practices free access to practice resources that help them deliver better care. Depending on practice size, CNHN member practices save hundreds to thousands of dollars annually.
CNHN member practices can receive free access to two valuable American Academy of Pediatrics online subscription services: Pediatric Care Online and Patient Education Online.
CNHN practices can also register for free access to the AAP's new Coding Webinars. This subscription also provides free access to the AAP's electronic Coding Newsletter.
Interested practices should contact Donnita Pickett (202-476-2727 or email@example.com) to register. CNHN has renewed its member subscription agreements for all these programs with the AAP for another year.
I'm ready to help:


text:
The Stella Tall King Size Bed Head has extra height for a new level of dramatic elegance. Shop Online Today!
The Stella Tall King Size Bed Head has extra height for a new level of dramatic elegance. Shop Online Today!
Stella Tall King Size Bed Head Ebony Black
Brand: Brosa
Colour/s: Ebony Black
Category: Furniture > Beds & Accessories > Headboards & Footboards
Brosa Furniture
Designer furniture from master craftsmen direct to your home.
Furniture meticulously crafted by the makers: craftspeople, woodworkers, artisans and created by talented designers from around the world. Brosa brings the wonder of designer furniture into your home. Now shipping our sofa and couches range to Australia along with a select collection of armchairs and designer ottomans.
Connecting you with creations from the most talented furniture designers and craftsmen from across the world. Inspired by beautiful design across the globe – build something new, build something different, build your home with Brosa.
–> Sofas
–> Chairs
–> Tables
–> Beds
–> Storage
Visit Brosa Online | www.brosa.com.au
Additional information


text: Reveal: learning and impact Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email EXPLORE REVEAL MAIN SECTIONS Reveal homepage How to use Reveal Revealing hidden issues - information for facilitators Revealing hidden issues - activities Revealing the bible Revealing ways of taking action Revealing good practice Which languages is Reveal available in? Reveal is currently being translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Nepali and the Myanmar language (Burmese). We will make these available as soon as they are ready. Where is Reveal being used? Tools from Reveal are being used across the world. Here are some examples: West Africa - Reveal is being used alongside Church and Community Mobilisation work: "We are combining the CCM process with technical support from Reveal. This is helping communities become more resilient." Levourne Passiri, Tearfund's Country Representative in Niger and CCM catalyst for West Africa East Africa - Reveal was used in a skills-sharing workshop hosted by the Anglican Alliance: "We used an activity from Reveal called 'Understanding disability and vulnerability'. It allowed people to share their insights and experience, making it a perfect activity to ensure that the workshop was about skills sharing rather than a more passing learning experience." Janice Proud, Anglican Alliance Asia - in the North of Bangladesh, Tearfund partner, LAMB, used the Reveal Composting tool (found in Section C2) with local communities. It has led to transformation of the livelihoods and lives of small-scale farmers such as Simon Hembrom. After learning to produce and use compost, Simon is experiencing better yields of vegetables, beans and corn, as well as more income from the sale of compost. It has also led to him being better included in community life. "I am successful in compost production. I use compost on my land and never use chemical fertilizers and pesticide any more. I am able to sell surplus compost at my nearby market and earn money to support my family. Many people come to my home to learn about composting. I am very happy to help them." Are you using Reveal? What impact is it having? Please let us know - email@example.com


text:
Habituating to Contraction
The Savior State has pulled out all the stops to prop up the Status Quo. Its gargantuan borrowing and spending have fixed nothing. Contraction is replacing expansion as the new normal.
Quick reminder: longtime correspondent Kevin K. suggested reminding readers that making your Amazon.com purchases through this site's links is a no-cost-to-you way of financially supporting the site. It's as easy as searching for an item in the Amazon Search box to the right, or clicking through one of the Amazon "deals of the day" in the lower right sidebar, and then continuing with your online shopping. Thank you, Kevin, for this suggestion.
Readers forum: DailyJava.net.
Order Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation (free bits) (Kindle) orSurvival+ The Primer (Kindle) or Weblogs & New Media: Marketing in Crisis (free bits)(Kindle) or from your local bookseller.
|Thank you, Roland C. ($5), for your much-appreciated generous contribution to this site -- I am greatly honored by your support and readership.
|Thank you, William C. ($20), for your most excellently generous subscription to this site -- I am greatly honored by your support and readership.


text:
Artwork by Samson Young, based on a World War II journal entry
When there is a bomb scare in Hong Kong, it usually doesn't have anything to do with modern-day terrorism. It's more often a reminder of World War II. In February 2014, construction workers in Happy Valley unearthed an unexploded 2,000-pound American bomb that had been dropped on Hong Kong during the final days of its occupation by the Japanese. Police superintendent Jimmy Yuen arrived to find a potentially disastrous situation: the bomb was surrounded by a hotel, schools, a hospital and a Sikh temple. Moving it was out of the question; so was a controlled explosion, because the bomb was so powerful. Yuen and his team decided they would need to create two small holes in the bomb so they could defuse it. They worked through the night, carefully cutting through the bomb's shell, stopping whenever their equipment made the surface too hot. They finally succeeded after nine hours of work, defusing the bomb just in time for the morning rush hour.
Though its size was unparalleled, this was hardly the only World War II bomb discovered in Hong Kong. In 2015 alone, police discovered four unexploded grenades, three Japanese bombs, a mortar and 54 rounds of ammunition in the country parks that surround the city's residential areas. Another bomb discovered by construction workers in Victoria Park—the city's largest urban green space—took three days of preparation to destroy in a controlled explosion.
Hong Kong is a city that constantly remakes itself: in many parts of town, each plot of land has been redeveloped three, four or even five times over the past century. The frenzied street markets and glossy shopping malls don't offer many opportunities to reflect on the past, let alone the time in 1941 when Hong Kong was the site of an intense battle between Allied forces and Japanese invaders. Like the bombs, the history of the war has long been ignored and forgotten – but it is finally coming back to the surface.


text:
Easier to use products through auto-settings and better visibility.
Improve productivity with technologies that enhance efficiency and save you money.
Optimize your operation through advanced welding processes, training and weld data monitoring.
Executive Summary:
Note: This legacy article was written years ago but the value proposition of induction heating remains true. Intellifire 250, 25 KW induction heating systems have been superseded by the ProHeat™ 35, 35 KW induction heating system. For more information on the ProHeat 35 induction heating system and the solutions it can provide your organization, please visit this product page: https://www.millerwelds.com/products/induction-heating-systems
Induction Heating Reduces Pipeline Welding Repair Time By 50 to 66 Percent
Along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline system's 800 mile length pulses roughly one quarter of the United States' life blood - a river of crude oil from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean to waiting supertankers at the southern Alaska terminal of Valdez.
To preserve their $8 billion investment, six petroleum companies rely on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, which designed, built, operates and maintains the 24-year-old conduit. With its seven operating pump stations, countless valves controlling oil flow, and its journey above and below hundreds of miles of rugged terrain, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline presents ongoing repair challenges. Major facets of the South Fairbanks-based company's pipeline maintenance activities include STOPPLE - plugging operations. These entail welding special fittings to enable in-service line tapping, and welding full encirclement repair sleeves around the line's 48 in. diameter girth to shore up weak spots. Most pipe material for the main line is API 5L Grade X60 or X65 (0.462 in. or 0.562 in. wall thickness) with some X70 (0.562 in. wall thickness), depending on pressure gradients related to a pipe section's elevation above sea level or position upstream or downstream from a pump station.
Until 2000, these welding activities consumed extraordinary amounts of time. While Alyeska can make many repairs without having to stop oil flow or drain it from the pipe, the presence of the crude itself hampers welding efficiency.
"Flowing crude at 68 degrees Fahrenheit creates a major heat sink that removes heat from the pipe," says Alan Beckett, senior welding engineer. "If you're trying to pre-heat the pipe to 125 degrees Fahrenheit using conventional methods, you can't put enough kilojoules of energy into the pipe that the oil is not taking away."
Since Beckett joined Alyeska in 1991, he has seen the problem of heat sink worsen, as the depletion of the Prudhoe Bay oilfield gradually reduces the volume of crude flowing through the system. Nine years ago, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline conveyed 1.85 million barrels a day, whereas today's volume is approximately one million barrels a day. Lower oil volumes mean lower oil and pipe temperatures, therefore, a more daunting pre-heating challenge.
Fortunately, a little inspiration on Beckett's part and Miller Electric Mfg. Co.'s Induction Heating System has resulted in dramatically reduced repair welding times despite the heat sink.
In two projects in 2000, Alyeska leased and used Miller's Intellifire™ 250 (25kW output) induction heating power sources and patented induction heating blankets. The induction blanket consists of a special cable surrounded by insulation and sewn into a high temperature fabric. The power supply creates a rapidly alternating (10 to 50 kHz) electromagnetic field inside the blanket. This field excites the molecules of the part (i.e., pipeline, hot tap fitting), raising its energy level and causing the steel material to heat from within.
Pre-heating through heat induction made Alyeska's former methods seem crude by comparison.
"The process involved two or more pipefitters on either side of the 48 in. pipeline using turbo torches to heat the pipe as hot as they could and then back away," he explains. "Then four welders, two on either side, would jump in, get ready, check the pre-heat with contact pyrometers and then start welding. Usually, because of the rapid decline of the pre-heat due to the cooling effect of the flowing oil, they had to back away after having welded for only 30 to 60 seconds.
"We're talking about 11 to 15 passes around the 150 in. circumference to complete a minimum 3/4 in. fillet weld on just one end of a STOPPLE fitting," Beckett notes. "That's a tremendous linear footage of weld for a four-man crew that can weld for only up to one minute at a time before pulling away to pre-heat the weldment again. It made an old man out of you."
Joining one end of an encirclement sleeve to the underlying 48 in. diameter pipe used to take as long as 8 to 12 hours, and 12 to 18 hours for a STOPPLE fitting. "This was totally unacceptable," he remarks. "Miller's induction heating technology establishes a minimum pre-heat temperature and maintains a consistent, non-fluctuating pre-heat condition. This allows us to weld one 48 in. repair sleeve girth weld in just four hours."
Cleaning and inspection pigs are in-line inspection devices equipped with brushes or measuring devices, and have been highly useful to the pipeline industry to perform in-line cleaning, detect wall loss or corrosion and measure pipe curvature. However, in an unlikely scenario, an Alyeska inspection pig did something extraordinary.
"The pig was traveling a section of pipe measuring curvature and it took out one of the seat rings in a 48 in. check valve and carried it down the pipeline," Beckett recalls. "The pig actually broke it out and left us with a non-functioning check valve."
Check valves spaced at increments along the pipeline prevent oil from gushing out of the entire line in the event of a guillotine cut or other accidental rupture of the line. Without seat rings, check valves won't seal correctly.
Alyeska engineers located which valve the seat ring had been removed from and determined they needed to perform a valve replacement, entailing a STOPPLE® plugging operation. Using STOPPLE Plugging Machines and STOPPLE Fittings, Alyeska isolated a section of line for repairs or additions without having to drain a long stretch of pipeline and while maintaining full or nominally reduced line pressure.
"We put a line plug upstream and downstream of a section of the pipeline containing the check valve, removed the oil in that section through a drain down process, and replaced the valve and entire section," he explains.
STOPPLE fittings are welded to the pipeline in much the same way full encirclement sleeves are joined. The difference is STOPPLE fittings are usually longer than sleeves and have a considerably greater wall thickness (2.5 in. versus .562 in.). The most significant difference is a full 48 in. size branch connection on top of the STOPPLE fitting to enable a 48 in. diameter tapping of the pipeline using a tapping machine. A STOPPLE Plugging Machine attached to each of the two STOPPLE fittings hydraulically forces a plugging head of the same diameter into the line on either side of the isolated section, effectively plugging the line upstream and downstream.
The entire process is much more involved than a simple sleeve repair. "Installation of the STOPPLE fittings is done weeks ahead of the line shutdown and repair work, and it takes weeks of preparation. Everything is staged and rehearsed for the shutdown day. A lot of time is spent draining down the oil between the STOPPLEs, cold cutting the line, line removal, line up of new pipe, tie-in welding and inspection during the shutdown. Inserting the STOPPLE plug into its sealing position only takes about 20 minutes and the same amount of time to remove them," Beckett explains.
Miller's Induction Heating Power System proved indispensable in efficiently pre-heating the robust STOPPLE fittings while they were being welded to the pipeline. Because of the STOPPLE fitting's greater wall thickness, pre-heating is more difficult, taking more time and more passes to complete the girth fillet welds. However, use of the induction technology greatly reduced the usual time needed to weld a STOPPLE fitting using other methods.
Beckett sees the Alyeska and Miller collaboration as a benefit to the entire oil and gas industry. "It's not only Alyeska using Miller equipment, it's Alyeska and Miller joining together to pioneer a new application for an established technology. This area of in-service welding has tremendous ramifications within the oil and gas industry and opens up opportunities for pre-heating during in-service welding that haven't been considered before. Miller had been building induction heating products for one application, but through our desire to apply it somewhere else, the company has found another application to develop for this equipment. That will be good for the entire industry."
Note: STOPPLE® is a registered trademark of T.D. Williamson, Inc.
To activate your FREE subscription today, simply select which newsletter(s) you would like to receive and complete the form below.
Miller respects your privacy concerns. Read our privacy policy for more information.
Already signed up? Manage your subscription(s) by signing into your account. Or if you don't have a Miller account, create one today. Sign in / Create Account.
*Please select at least one e-Newsletter.
Thank you for subscribing to our eNewsletters. Miller respects your privacy concerns. Read our privacy policy for more information.
You can manage your subscription(s) by signing into your account. Or if you don't have a Miller account, create one today. Sign in / Create Account.


text:
It was 1967 and I was a five year old boy in a hospital room watching my family break down after hearing the news that my brother was dead. This reality was too hard for me to face at such a young age, so I chose to believe that my brother really wasn't dead. In my favorite cartoon at the time, Racer X was Speed Racer's brother, Rex, who was thought to be dead. I imagined Bobby also was just hidden from me.
By the age of twelve, I finally had a good cry about my loss when it struck me that 19 was too young of an age to die. My big brother had so much more to give and his passing left a huge void in my life. I was inspired to be a better son and try to fill the void for my parents.
In December of 1980, I was stunned by the news that John Lennon had been shot. I wanted to be a rock star, but my weak guitar skills and weaker singing voice forced me to choose a different path. I had just made the decision to go to college after a semester break. Graduating high school, the last thing I wanted was four years of college followed by a boring 9-to-5 job. My heroes were musicians and I wanted to inspire people like they had inspired me. The death of Lennon ripped a huge void in my life. He was who I wanted to be—unconventional, a person who changed the world. He was back in the studio recording music and had so much more to give us. John was too young to die. I was inspired to find a way to change the world in my own way even if it wasn't on a stage.
In March of 1984, my father died. I was 21, newly married, and ready to show my personal hero what I could do when he left me. This void was cavernous. He was 60 years old and too young to die. My dad's scope of influence was much smaller than Lennon's, but to me he was just as inspiring. He challenged me to be smarter, stronger, and to take risks in life. I lived to make him proud of me.
His funeral was followed by a proper Irish wake, which meant dozens of family and friends raising a glass to Fran Hoctor and telling stories of his life—I was too angry to join in much of it. Later that day, I got a call that my Macintosh had arrived and I should come pick it up. It felt wrong to be excited, but I couldn't help it. I had spent the last three months waiting for this and had become fascinated by the story of Steve Jobs and his pirate group at Apple who created this computer.
When Jobs stepped down from his CEO role, I knew he didn't have too much longer to live, but I thought we would get a year or two more from him. When I heard the news of his death yesterday, a new void ripped open for me. Steve had inspired me to create better software, to be a better leader, to inspire a team to create something that could change the world. He made me want to make a positive dent in the universe. And like the others, he had more to give us and was too young to die.
Steve was not a perfect man, but then neither were my other heroes. Inspiration doesn't come from perfection. Instead, it comes from the impact that someone makes in your life. Each of these men that died impacted my life deep enough to change my direction. They all inspired me and for that I owe each of them. My repayment will continue to be how I live my life.
Thanks to my brother and my dad, I have a deep love of family, the understanding that moments spent together are precious, and to not assume I will have time later to apologize. Thanks to John, I have a deep love of music and an understanding of how words and notes can move people to action. Thanks to Steve, I have a software company to run today. I will do what I can to honor his vision and create something great—maybe something that can change the world.


text:
Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc
Register to become an MMR MemberRegistered MMR users can submit events to the Calendar of Recommended Multicultural and Diversity Events, list your company in the Multicultural Expert Directory or submit a profile to the Speakers Showcase. Registered users can also post job opportunities and advertise on our website or in MMR News.
Simply use the form below for free registration.
Already registered? Click here to sign in.


text:
New and Used Volvo and Kia in Leicestershire, Warwickshire and West Midlands
TMS Motor Group is an award winning family owned and run business, with Volvo and Kia retailers located within the heart of the Midlands in Coventry, Hinckley and Leicester. We cover Leicestershire, Warwickshire & West Midlands.
At TMS we like to differentiate ourselves from other motor retailers by working to ensure that we consistently exceed our customers' expectations. We offer a unique personal service delivered with care and quality that makes us stand out from the crowd.
From our website you can take a look at our new car offers, view our current used vehicle stock, book a test drive, repair, service or MOT and more.
Alternatively why not call into one of our retailers where you will receive a warm and friendly welcome, the tea and coffee are always on!
We hope you enjoy looking through our website and we look forward to seeing you soon.


text:
Atellica Solution Immunoassay & Clinical Chemistry Analyzers
Engineered to deliver control and simplicity so you can focus on driving better outcomes
Atellica® Solution: flexible, scalable, automation-ready immunoassay and clinical chemistry analyzers featuring patented bidirectional magnetic sample-transport technology; the flexibility to create over 300 customizable configurations; and a broad assay menu with proven detection technologies.
Experience the power of the Atellica Solution!
Immunoassay and clinical chemistry analyzers
Primary user interface
Single point of control for entire system
Atellica® Sample Handler
The new standard in sample management, with revolutionary technology that gives independent control over every sample. Up to three Atellica Sample Handlers can be combined with up to seven Atellica® CH and IM Analyzers.
Atellica® CH 930 Analyzer
Mid-volume clinical chemistry analyzer that runs up to 1800 tests per hour. Up to six Atellica CH 930 Analyzers can be connected to accommodate chemistry testing volume.
Atellica® IM 1300 Analyzer and Atellica® IM 1600 Analyzer
Mid- and high-volume immunoassay analyzers that run up to 220 and 440 tests per hour, respectively.* Up to three Atellica IM Analyzers can be connected to accommodate immunoassay testing volume.
L-shaped configuration with three Atellica® Sample Handlers, four Atellica® CH Analyzers, and three Atellica® IM Analyzers
Up to 10 components can be combined into more than 300 customizable configurations.
U-shaped configuration with one Atellica® Sample Handler, five Atellica® CH Analyzers, and two Atellica® IM Analyzers
Up to 10 components can be combined into more than 300 customizable configurations.
Atellica® CH 930 Analyzer
Single clinical chemistry analyzer configuration with Atellica® Direct Load sample management
Atellica® IM 1300 Analyzer or Atellica® IM 1600 Analyzer
Single immunoassay analyzer configuration with Atellica® Direct Load sample management
Connection to Aptio® Automation
Connect up to seven analyzers via a single Atellica® Sample Handler and the Atellica® Sample Handler Connect
Does sample management, especially STAT prioritization, interfere with your lab's productivity?
Learn how independent control over every sample impacts operator intervention and turnaround time.
Patented Atellica Magline® Transport: rapid, bidirectional, variable-speed sample transport that gives independent control over every sample, including STATs, pediatric, and special sample containers
Multi-camera vision system with 360° view designed to reduce bar-code reading errors, exception handling, and operator intervention
Intelligent scheduling software that independently characterizes each sample and manages routine, STAT, and precious samples accordingly
Automated scheduling and delivery of controls and calibrators to all connected analyzers from an onboard refrigerated compartment
- Learn how to achieve greater efficiencies with the new Bio-Rad InteliQ Quality Controls in load-and-go tubes and Unity data management tools.
Are you struggling to keep up with testing consolidation and rapid growth?
Learn how the Atellica Solution makes it simple to future-proof your clinical lab.
Unprecedented flexibility to future-proof your lab
- Analyzers can be combined into over 300 customizable configurations including linear, L, and U shapes, providing the flexibility and scalability to meet changing testing demands
- Can be configured as a stand-alone system and is automation-ready to connect to Aptio® Automation, providing a multidisciplinary total lab solution
Same reagents and consumables used across configurations and locations for streamlined inventory control and consistent patient results, no matter where samples are tested
More than 30 different sample containers can be used, including pediatric, tube-top cups, and special containers, reducing the number of pour-offs, special handling, and material costs
Does managing lab operations keep you from delivering results?
Discover how the Atellica Solution gives you more time to focus on driving outcomes.
Broad and expanding menu across disease states with proven detection technologies to inform clinical decisions
High productivity per square meter with an immunoassay analyzer that runs up to 440 tests per hour*
Service innovations,† including the Guardian ProgramSM and the Intelligent Service Assistant, to maintain system operations at peak performance
Operator tablet provides system monitoring and control and access to live chat, voice, and video remote support via Remote Assistance† and built-in system wireless capability
Compartir esta página:
Productos, servicios y recursos relacionados
*Dependent upon test mix.
†Service offerings cannot be guaranteed in all countries due to regulatory and other reasons. Service offerings mentioned herein are enabled by Smart Remote Services (SRS).
Aptio Automation is manufactured by Inpeco and is exclusively distributed by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. Aptio is a trademark of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. Inpeco is a trademark of Inpeco SA.


text:
Start the conversation
Or to contact Money Morning Customer Service, click here.
For most Americans, the cost of food hasn't always been such a big deal.
For the better part of the last 30 years, food supplies were plentiful and the economy provided enough wealth to keep cupboards stocked.
But my how things have changed since the financial meltdown of 2008. Today, food inflation has more people concerned about the cost of groceries — and how they're going to pay for them.
Yet for investors, the same food price inflation dilemma presents an investment opportunity that is ripe for the picking.
With that in mind, agricultural stocks are where to look for the low-hanging fruit as food prices keep heading higher.
Food Price Inflation is Good News for Agricultural Stocks
The average annual increase for grocery prices between 1990 and 2011 was a reasonable 2.8%. But since 2005, the International Monetary Fund's food price index has increased by 90%.
Meanwhile, the implied volatility for the most important traded commodities such as wheat, corn and soybeans is up by more than half.
All of this began in 2008. Food price inflation really began to take off when commodity prices soared and home prices plunged.
A combination of factors added fuel to the fire including converting corn and other food stuffs
into ethanol, a growing middle class in emerging countries like China, and a jump in oil prices.
What's more, food prices surged again last year on the heels of a drought, a wheat export ban in Russia, and bad weather in Argentina and Australia.
Since then things haven't gotten much better.
The latest USDA commodity price forecast predicts 2012 beef and chicken prices will increase by 9% and 5%, respectively. That comes after many food items posted double-digit increases in 2011.
It is no wonder people are struggling.
Food Price Inflation Hits a Tipping Point
Up until now, food price inflation has been held in check by producers and manufacturers afraid they might lose business by passing on cost increases to retailers and consumers.
While large multinationals such as Unilever (NYSE: UL) and Nestlé SA (PINK: NSRGY) have been absorbing the extra costs through cost cutting and productivity gains, smaller and midsized producers have struggled.
But all that may be changing…and fast.
A global survey by Grant Thornton shows that mid and small manufacturers who have been squeezed by higher costs for seeds, fertilizers and other supplies plan to charge retailers more over the next 12 months.
The survey, which covered 11,000 businesses across 39 economies, found that 41% of food and beverage businesses expect to increase prices in 2012, compared with just 12% a year ago.
In short, producers are now willing to push higher prices for raw goods on to retailers where the consumer will pay more.
"There are scenarios throughout North America and elsewhere where these players are now going to retailers and saying: "We have absorbed too much here and prices have to go up,'" Jim Menzies, global food and beverage industry leader at Grant Thornton Food, told The FT.
Agricultural Stocks Poised to Gain
As the planet's population explodes, the amount of arable land available for planting isn't able to keep pace. Over the past 50 years, grain production has doubled while arable land use has increased only 9%.
That means spending to boost agricultural yield is the most viable way to increase production and keep prices from soaring.
But while a short-term boost in food price inflation hurts, humans have used their imagination to come up with long-term solutions to many tough problems.
"Human ingenuity has a good track record of overcoming nature's constraints so far. A commodity bull market is really just a bottleneck, and, as a species, we've succeeded in bottleneck removal," Société Générale strategist Dylan Grice told MSN Money.
Investors should focus attention on low-cost commodity producers and the equipment providers that supply them, he said.
Here's how.
Governments around the globe and regional communities will have to spend big bucks to improve crop yields. And that means big profits for companies like Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) and Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU).
Fertilizer prices also have nowhere to go but up and that bodes well forCF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF). The company is trading at just eight times earnings, despite sales growth of over 50% the last two years.
Another good way to gain exposure to the big trend is the Market Vectors Agribusiness (NYSE: MOO) and Global X Fertilizers/Potash (NYSEArca: SOIL) ETFs.
Finally, you might consider the SouthernSun Small Cap Fund (MUTF: SSSFX).
According to Bloomberg Markets, the $300 million fund, whose largest investments are in agriculture and construction equipment companies, returned an average of 41.1% per year for the three years ended on Feb. 17.
Either way, one way to ease the pain of food price inflation is by investing in agricultural stocks.
Unfortunately, food prices aren't going lower anytime soon.
Related Articles and News:
- Money Morning:
Agricultural Stocks: Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) and AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) Are Poised to Reap Gains
- Money Morning:
Can Corn Prices Make a Comeback?
- Financial Times:
Food Producers Plan Price Increases
- Great American Group Advisory & Valuation Services:
Food Monitor – February 2012
- MSN.com:
Feast on higher food prices


text: About designer shopping, runways Join Sydney's fashion elite; shop from over 100 designers all offering exclusive discounts, enjoy the front row glamour of a true runway experience and indulge in the latest beauty trends. Tickets buy now online or at the door Ready to Shop? Want to experience the ultimate day in fashion and beauty? Ticket types to suit all fashion needs are available. BOOK NOW Designers 100 fashion designers, huge reductions Shop from over 100 of Australia's most-loved designers, all selling their collections at up to 70% off Runway exclusive runway shows Enjoy the front row excitement! Set to inspire with a sensational edit of 100 leading looks from Australia's most sought after designers VIP exclusive VIP packages Be a VIP and experience the front row luxury and glamour of the real fashion pack. Tickets strictly limited, BUY NOW Don't Miss... beauty features Indulge in the latest beauty trends with make overs, blow dries, spray tans and more FOR THE LATESTNEWS AND OFFERS Sign Up Newsletter Watch The Video Follow Us On Facebook


text:
*Rate restrictions: Subject to availability, the rate is 10% off Best Available Rate and stay must be a minimum of two (2) consecutive nights at one hotel. Discount will not apply if guests check out early resulting in a stay of less than two (2) nights. Rooms at this discount are limited. Offer is not applicable to groups and cannot be combined with any other discounts, special offers or promotions. Offer can be changed or discontinued at any time.
Use Promo Code - SP10M2
Book Now
Book Now


text:
Dr. Angel Alcala has devoted more than 30 years studying how to conserve the marine ecosystems throughout Southeast Asia. What make him do this? It's the fact that the sea is threatened because of the very riches it holds.
Dr. Alcala is an authority on community ecology, biogeography, and the systematic of amphibians and reptiles. He developed the first community-based program that created artificial coral reefs. This program became the model for similar fisheries development programs throughout establishing the Apo, Sumilon, Carbin, an Pamilacan marine reserves in the Philippines,
Having written more than 60 scientific papers, Dr. Alcala believes that marine reserves have a significant role in ensuring fish abundance even in areas beyond the protected sanctuaries. This process, called "spillover," is the focus of his work with the Pew Institute for Ocean Science. To set up more effective marine sanctuaries local communities and organizations to manage and protect the sanctuaries. Dr. Alcala believes that sustainable development ins only possible through informed and committed human involvement.
Dr. Alcala has headed the Institute of Marine Biology at the University of the Philippines and was deputy executive director of the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development. He has been a visiting researcher at various universities and establishments, including the University of Florida and the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Alcala has also worked for the Philippine government as secretary of Environment and National Resources, and as chairman of the Commission on Higher Education .
He holds doctorate and masters degrees in biological sciences from Standford University in the United States.
► Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation. http://www.pewmarine.org/pewFellowsDirectoryTemplate.php?PEWSeriallnt=5873
► National Academy of Science and Technology. www.nast.dost.gov.ph/pro_davide.htm
Photo courtesy: su.edu


text:
Join as we continue through our Fall series, |Re|Form! Tonight will also be Intergenerational night! Come as you are. All are welcome.
October 16, 2017
Welcome to the collective stories podcast. We're different people from different places and backgrounds, representing an intergenerational community, and we've traveled different paths. This is the podcast where we explore the diversity, depth, and beauty of our stories.
If you like what you hear and would like to share your story, help us out by providing amazing content for other listeners like you. Or, if you'd like to become a show sponsor, let us know. Email us to schedule a podcast interview, or inquire about sponsorship: info@ wearecollectivechurch.com.


text:
Equities fell to the lower rising trendline last night, bounced to a new high that is right in the 1120ish resistance area I've been looking at, and then collapsed back to about even on the weekly jobless numbers.
Oil is down this morning, gold is up and closing in on new highs, the dollar is down and testing the 86 area, while the Euro is up. Bonds are roughly flat, but they are getting close to an inflection point, so let's take a look at the charts. Below is a daily chart of the long bond futures, /ZB… there is a clear triangle forming that appears to be consolidation prior to what should be a move higher:
Since that triangle was entered from the bottom, it should move upwards, and because the move into it was so significant, the move outbound should also be significant. The next chart is a daily of TLT, the 20 year bond fund. Yesterday's action produced a black hammer right on the uptrend line. In the past, this type of candle on the uptrend led to strong moves upwards in the following few days. In other words, this trendline is powerful and needs to be watched. If TLT bounces higher that would be bad for equities, but if that trendline breaks or we break downwards on the /ZB triangle, then equities probably have more legs:
Weekly jobless claims rose from 456,000 to 472,000 in the past week. Once again the prior week's number was revised higher. Consensus was looking for a drop to 450k, and again they are disappointed with jobs:
Layoffs continue at a rate not consistent with a recovering jobs market. Initial claims rose 12,000 in the June 12 week to 472,000 with the prior week revised 4,000 higher to 460,000. The four-week average slipped slightly to 463,500 but is still about 10,000 higher than this time last month which points to another disappointing monthly employment report.
Continuing claims rose 88,000 in the June 5 week to 4.571 million, retracing about a third of the prior week's big dip. Here the four-week average is slightly below this time last month though the unemployment rate for insured workers ticked higher to 3.6 percent.
The outlook for the U.S. economy has been improving despite troubles in Europe and despite still high jobless claims. But employment growth is a necessity for a healthy domestic economy. Stocks are falling and demand for Treasuries is rising following the report.
Next month's Employment Report is going to be ugly as the Census is in the process of laying people off instead of hiring, and the ridiculous birth/death model peaked seasonally last month.
Don't forget the 4.8 million people drawing Emergency Unemployment, this is still 2.5 million higher than last year. And here's some wave 'C' psychology for you:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Seeking to appease deficit hawks, Senate Democrats scaled back unemployment benefits and Medicare physician reimbursement measures on Wednesday.
The revised jobs bill eliminates a $25 weekly supplement for the jobless that had been part of the last year's stimulus act. Those currently receiving the supplement in their unemployment benefits check will continue to do so until they exhaust their extended benefits, or until the week of Dec. 7, whichever comes first. That cut will reduce the bill's cost by $5.8 billion over the next decade.
Every move to reel in spending is another step towards another wave of deflation. In wave 'A,' it was easy to toss out some bucks to placate the masses – note how it gets progressively harder.
And now the CPI has turned negative again, falling .2% month to month, but still positive 2% year over year. Here's Econoday:
Over the last two months, consumer spending power has increased and not just because of income gains. A buck actually goes farther as prices have dropped on average, tugged down largely by lower gasoline prices. In May, overall CPI inflation declined 0.2 percent, following a 0.1 percent dip in April. The latest number matched the market forecast. Excluding food and energy, CPI inflation rose 0.1 percent, following no change in both March and April. Analysts had projected a 0.2 percent boost in the core rate.
Checking out the components, energy component fell 2.9 percent, following a 1.4 percent dip in April. Gasoline decreased 5.2 percent after a 2.4 percent fall the prior month. Food price inflation came in at flat after posting a 0.2 percent rise in April.
Helping to keep the core rate soft was no change in the owners' equivalent rent subcomponent. This series has either been flat or negative for several months. Also, recreation was flat and medical care edged up only 0.1 percent for the latest month.
Year-on-year, overall CPI inflation slowed to 2.0 percent (seasonally adjusted) from 2.2 percent in April. The core rate in May was steady at 1.0 percent. On an unadjusted year-ago basis, the headline number was up 2.0 percent in May while the core was up 0.9 percent.
Bond yields edged down marginally on the news with an unexpected but small rise in initial jobless claims also contributing. Equity futures eased but were still positive. Today's report validates the Fed's recently ongoing decision to keep short-term interest rates low for an extended period of time. This outcome from the CPI report should partially offset disappointment over the modest rise in initial jobless claims.
Leading Indicators and the Philly Fed are released at 10 Eastern. The leading indicators may not be as strong as some hope with the money supply figures trending downwards.
As we close in on options expiration tomorrow, most watchers are seeing a ton of activity in the SPX 1100 area. That would be an interesting place to go out if we descend as it would place prices below the 200dma. The fact we're still above it has many bullish and they saw the breakout above 1,100 as very bullish. I don't think that level is as significant as others do as the wave count I'm following (c of 2 of 3) would place wave c's top higher than wave 'a.' If you look at the 3 month SPX chart below, you will see a confluence of overhead just above 1120 – the upper Bollinger band, the uppermost downtrend line from the top (dashed green), and it's a perfect 61.8% retrace of the prior wave, what I am counting as wave 1 of 3 until proven otherwise. A rise above 1125ish would throw this count into question, but it would not be invalidated until exceeding the top of wave 1.
I will note that wave 2's job is to fool as many people as possible. This current wave is not rising in a channel as most people have it drawn, it is a rising wedge in both the futures and on the SPX, but it is subtle. The movements are getting narrower towards the top, that's a rising wedge – all rising wedges eventually break, when they do prices usually return to the base, and this base is all the way back down at 1040.
And everyone seems to forget that the bigger picture is that we broke a rising wedge off the March '09 bottom and that target is still in play – a very large wedge takes longer to play out. Another bit of information to consider is that summer doesn't have to be a relatively strong time in the market. Wave C of the decline in 1930 picked up steam in June. That decline was a series of disappointing drops followed by bounces that convinced people it was over – disappointment after disappointment went on for two years, while the bad economic data went on for many more.
I think people are underestimating the BP spill's effect on the economy. I think its impact will ultimately be MUCH LARGER than 911. In fact, a year from now it may be the event that winds up taking the blame for kicking off wave C. The "little people" will be mad as hell at the oil industry, a very nice distraction from the central bank.
The Doobie Brothers – Black Water:


text:
Tender texts
Download GAEB
OVENTROP-Free-flow valve "Aquastrom F"
for potable water installations. Oblique pattern valve made of bronze with plastic handle. All functioning components in one plane. Maintenance-free stem seal due to double O-ring.
DVGW and KIWA certified (PN 10).
Sound absorbing according to DIN EN ISO 3822 product group I.
Convertible to KFR valve by replacing the bonnet. With rising stem.
With draining ball valve G ¼.
Inlet port: solder connection Outlet port: male thread according to DIN ISO 228, with ring gasket, collar nut and solder tailpipe (bronze)
Material: Bronze
Size: DN 40
max. operating pressure
: 16 bar
max. operating temperature
Item no.: 4204257
Manufacturer: Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
Subject to technical modifications without notice.
Download GAEB


text:
Near freezing in Philly…
It's 48 degrees for the workout here, but according to weather.com, it feels like 42 degrees. For Angelenos, it feels like the March of the Penguins, but mostly we're indoors today.
The players have been working out in the cages and just getting used to the weather here, as obviously we've got to win at least one game here, if not more. Yesterday's win was obviously huge and you've got to believe that a Game 3 victory would get this team's confidence extremely high.
Joe Torre told the media a little bit ago that Kershaw will start Game 5 on Wednesday and that's about the only news from out here today.
Think warm thoughts for the Dodgers…and as Manny Mota just walked by and told me, "Stay postive!"
36 Comments
They say to think of something warm when you are cold.
And yes alway's stay positive………….there is plenty of sunshine and good times ahead. This is unfinished buisiness we are attending to now.
Here is a warm and positive song…….To kick it off with.
Is so freaking hot here that I just had a bowl of ice cream to cool me off but if is warm thoughts that you want us think, OK. There are always warm thoughts for our beloved Dodgers and to all Dodger fans and Dodger personnel that made the trip there.
Think warm
Think Blue
Think WIN!
Go Dodgers!
Well, if thinking warm thoughts helps Josh, it's about 100 degrees in Palm Springs today. The game yesterday was nailbiting for sure, and I think most of us were close to passing out from lack of oxygen during Andre's at-bat. That was a very intense at-bat for us fans,and I know that is nothing compared to what he and his teammates were feeling.
My warm thoughts are with you, Dodger Blue!
From the previous thread……I think it would be totally awesome if you could come out here, Jhall. What an absolute riot we would have with you and the rest of the gang!
I just love how the announces jinxed Burnett and bam a wild pitch to tied it up 2-2.
They said Jeter was at the plate when it was Damon. These annouces are terrible.
Did Buck just talk about the Umpire State Building?
Many thanks for the position of Celebrations Coordinator. In anticipation of many celebrations this playoff season, I've laid in mass quantities of libation so the Victory Flask will never be found wanting….A spine tingler of a game in the Bronx and not just because of the chill in the air. GO DODGERS!!!!!
Cheers, Seesky!
I used to love Nascar…….Not so much anymore!!!
I used to love Jimmy Johnson….Not so much anymore!!!
I mean after Daytona why bother……..Jimmy is just going to win. Jimmy should just retire now…. go into the Hall of Fame and let someone other than Jimmy Johnson win a chase race, and a cup!!!!
I Dislike Jimmy Johnson…….
.Just kidding I love Nascar and I love Jimmy Johnson….but seriously someone else needs to defeat his a**
Congrats on the new job seesky 🙂
I am glad you liked your job Seesky, and it sounds like you are well prepared for the celebration that awaits us.
Dodger4life – I am not sure what happened during the first 300 laps of that race, but Jeff had his chance at the end. Jimmie was just being Jimmie. However, at least your guy finished the frickin' race. Another bad day for Denny 😦
Went and saw "Where the Wild Things Are". As many times as I have read the book, they did a great job capturing the essence of the book. The only difficulty I had in watching the movie at first is keeping my mind off of James Gandolfini's voice because of how much he sounded like Tony Soprano throughout the movie.
I just messing around Nelly…….Jimmy and his team are simply a cut above the rest………..Yes Gordon finished the race, and it is too bad about Denny….You know I like just about all of the Nascar drivers, Denny and Jimmy included.
Unbelievably Amazing what Jimmy and his team do year after year.
Dodger4life – I know you are. Well, we know Dodgereric is happy with the result :))
Our AL neighbors sure looked out of sync in their 2 games in NY. They seemed to be overly concerned with the weather conditions and their defense, in particular, suffered. Hope that mindset doesn't affect our boys in Philly. Considering the weather, we'd need the Victory Flask for warmth as well as celebration .
Speaking of the cold weather and playoff baseball, it reminds me of the story that came out after the 2004 ALCS Red Sox-Yankees series where some of the Red Sox players were taking a nip or two off a bottle in the runway behind their dugout to ward off the cold.
Just think warm and have fun!! Don't let those Phillie's fans get the better of you. Think of us watching the game screaming "Let's Go Dodgers" over and over! 🙂
seesky – I am thinking they are going to use all means necessary to keep the weather from disrupting their game plan.
Well, I predict we will beat Lee in this first game in Philly. If we can beat Lee, we take the series. It;s that sinple.
Good Morning ITDland ~ Happy Birthday Ramslover. Your birthday today will bring the Dodgers a victory!!! GO DODGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see that Ng is interviewing for the Padres GM…..not good for us!
It will be what it will be… but for sure it will be cold…or just chilly in philly…
Outside the Phillies Looking In
These 3 guys needs to get going soon and it?s sure not hard to figure out who I?m talking about lol.
That's not good at all collie.
re: sweeney tour of philly. i'm a dodger fan and have also lived in philadelphia back in the day, but i gotta tell ya…at one point mark sweeney, from the steps of the art museum( not the museum of art, btw) points down the franklin parkway and id's independence hall. wrong, that is the iconic city hall with the namesake of pennsylvania, william penn (who from one angle, oh never mind) towering high over broad and market streets. uhm, get it straight………lets go blue!
I think the favor should be our considering Kuroda owned Philly and in the playoff last year.
Yeah why Myers wasn't fined when he started this crap.
It's not too surprising that the outcome of many post season games, where the talent levels of both teams are roughly equivalent, are decided by physical and mental errors. 2 of our 4 wins so far have been decided in this fashion. We've been lucky in not having had any of those lapses as of yet. Both the Yankees and the Halos made errors in the first two games but the OC made them in critical situations. Hopefully, if we make any of those mistakes, ours will be as benign as the Yanks were. GO DODGERS!!!!
I can't believe the Giants challenged that play and won and stop it from being a td when the Saints have it on the 1 yard line because the Saints was going to scored a td and they just did.
Good luck to Kim Ng in her GM interview with the Padres. Just as the case is with the players on the field, this game is a business and she is more than ready to take the next step up. Because she is a class act, it's only a matter of time until she gets her chance.
Has anyone noticed that Takashi Saito was outrighted to the minors by Boston? Can't help wondering why.
The Dodgers' 2009 playoff sweatshirts read, "Los Angeles – Est. 1958." Hmm…this is curious though literally correct. It ignores, however, the Dodgers' total legacy, which harkens back to 1884. I get the distinct impression that the Los Angeles Dodgers management finds memories of Brooklyn inconvenient.
Rooting in the present and looking forward doesn't require us to discard a richly textured past.
Good Afternoon ITD readers and writers!!!!!
collie – very good article you posted last night. I wish Kim Ng the best in her interview with the Padres. With that said, does this Frank and Jamie split affect Ned's job as well (or anybody's for that matter)?
seesky – It does seem that way. For the most part, the team that wins is the team that capitilizes best on those errors, either in pitching or defense.
Outsidephillies/Peter – Thank you for representing the "good side" in the Phillies fans. We haven't had a lot of that on this blog in a while.
dbfhaguO – I can imagine that a great deal of commenters on this blog feel the same exact way you do.
Boblee – I would love to see that happen.
Ramslover – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! Have a wonderful day with your family.
Sparkleplenty – that is too bad about Sammy 😦
hahahahaha the Vikings almost lost and wow the Chiefs won.


text:
CONCORD, N.H. — Though fewer people voted in New Hampshire this month compared with the last presidential election, the state saw a nearly 30 percent increase in the number of people who registered at the polls on Election Day.
According to the secretary of state's office, there were 99,319 same-day voter registrations on Nov. 6. That amounts to nearly 14 percent of the 718,788 ballots cast. In 2008, the total number of ballots cast was 615 higher than it was this year, but the number of same-day registrants was lower, 76,755.
This year, President Obama's campaign actively urged out-of-state students to register in New Hampshire, reminding them that same-day registration was allowed and telling them that their votes would ''count more'' in a swing state. And college communities were among those with lots of same-day registration activity.
Durham, home to the University of New Hampshire, had 3,026 same-day registrants, a 65 percent increase over 2008 and more than the total number of new voter registrations in all of Carroll, Sullivan, or Coos counties. In Hanover, home to Dartmouth College, the number of same-day registrants more than doubled, from 573 in 2008 to 1,477 this year.
While the college communities of Keene and Plymouth also had significant numbers of same-day registrations, their totals were more in line with 2008 figures.
Registering at the polls also was popular in the state's largest cities, with more than 10,300 same-day registrants in Manchester and more than 7,300 in Nashua.


text:
The FBI is reported to be examining allegations that staff at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp tried to access the mobile phones of 9/11 terrorist-attack victims and their relatives.
A spokesperson for the law-enforcement agency in New York told Reuters: "We are aware of the allegations and are looking into it."
The probe has apparently been initiated following calls from US congressman Peter King in response to allegations floated by The Daily Mirror on Monday.
Democratic senators Jay Rockefeller and Barbara Boxer are also reported to have urged the US attorney general and the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether US laws had been broken by News Corp.
According to The Mirror, a tabloid rival to News International titles in the UK, a private investigator used by journalists in the US was contacted and asked to hack into the private phone data of 9/11 victims and their grieving relatives.
Quoting an unnamed former NY cop turned private investigator, The Mirror reported: "He said that the journalists asked him to access records showing the calls that had been made to and from the mobile phones belonging to the victims and their relatives."
The investigator said journos "seemed particularly interested in getting the phone records belonging to the British victims of the attacks." ®


text:
The Hokianga Harbour has a fascinating history - both Maori and European. Explore the region's small settlements on your way north.
Hokianga-Nui-A-Kupe means 'the place of Kupe's great return'. Many iwi (Maori tribes) trace their ancestry back to the legendary Polynesian explorer Kupe who, with his crew, voyaged deep into the southern ocean to find New Zealand.
Northland iwi claim the first landfall of Kupe's waka was on the shores of the Hokianga Harbour.
If you approach the Hokianga region from the south you'll have the opportunity to drive through Waipoua Forest, home of Tane Mahuta, New Zealand's largest kauri tree. Soon after you exit the forest, the Hokianga Harbour will appear dramatically in front of you.
You'll see huge white sand dunes on the northern side and the twin beach towns of Omapere and Opononi on the southern side.
The Hokianga's largest town is Rawene, New Zealand's third oldest European settlement and the home of historic Clendon house. The mangrove boardwalk makes a great stroll. From Rawene a vehicular ferry provides a connection to the other side of the harbour and the settlement of Kohukohu.
Near the settlement of Horeke is a natural phenomenon known as the Wairere Boulders. Amassed along a valley floor, this stream of huge rocks and boulders is 1.5 kilometres long.
At first glance the rocks appear to be limestone formations, but they are actually basalt. The fluting on the boulders is caused by acids leaching from the kauri forests that used to exist in the area.


text:
The New York Times ran a harrowing story today about female veterans who are homeless thanks to military sexual trauma (M.S.T.) from assaults or harassment during their service, which can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Leave it to the National Review Online to offer an "alternative hypothesis": they're just whores.
Some of these women come from environments that made their descent into street life overdetermined, whether or not they experienced alleged sexual assault in the military. To blame alleged sexual assault for their fate rather than their own bad decision-making is ideologically satisfying, but mystifying.
Evidence includes: a "a tough-as-nails, pro-police building superintendent in the Bronx who was raped three times, including by her mother's boyfriend as a child; she is only one case, obviously, but she was not on disability benefits or on the streets." Logic!
The NRO also thinks it's contradictory to "insist" on putting women into combat units if we think it really was their sexual experiences in the military that caused them to to spiral downward into alcohol and substance abuse and depression:
Are women on average going to be more able to emotionally handle the former than the latter? Isn't there a contradiction in expecting the military to "protect" you while it also sends you out to face mortal risk? And do the feminists believe that there will be fewer of these alleged rapes in combat training and duty?
Ladies: as always, it's your responsibility not to get raped on the job.


text:
Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, August 24
Three incredible things manifested yesterday all at the same time. Let's
rate them on a scale of 1-100 rated by degree of ohmygoodness.
? Jose Bautista hit his 39th and 40th home runs of the season last night. His previous high for homers was 16.
Ohmygoodness scale: 95
Rationale: While obviously incredibly impressive, there seems to
be at least one guy every year who sidesteps into the bigs from Parts
Unknown and goes gangbusters at the plate.
? Home Run Beat the Streak leader, "kendo1961", actually picked Bautista
yesterday and now has a nine-game home run streak — one away from tying the
longest streak in HR BTS history.
Ohmygoodness scale: 100
Rationale: Ohmygoodness, this is positively insane. I'm
absolutely baffled trying to come up with a corollary for predicting who
will hit a home run for nine days in a row. This is like George
Costanza playing "Frogger" crossed with Michael Jordan dropping 63
points at the old Boston Garden crossed with Ken Jennings going
gangbusters on "Jeopardy!" crossed with my performance when I ate 67
mini eggrolls for dinner in the summer of 1997 at my summer camp.
Something like that.
? I made Jose Bautista my Pick of the Day for Monday.
Ohmygoodness scale: 85
Rationale: I have never seen Larry David's box-office blunder,
"Sour Grapes", but I'm pretty sure the plot goes something like: Cousin A
gives Cousin B some petty cash at a casino. Cousin B uses said petty
cash and wins a mega-bucks jackpot. Cousin A thinks he deserves a cut of
mega-bucks jackpot. Cousin B disagrees.
Now, I'm not saying I deserve a huge cut of "kendo1961″'s $10,000 if the
streak gets to 11, but, for what it's worth, my e-mail address is
Time for Tuesday's picks
Oh, hello there …
? Albert Pujols: .593 AVG (16-for-27) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
? Ryan Theriot: .412 AVG (14-for-34) lifetime vs. Brewers starter Dave Bush
? Andrew McCutchen: .455 AVG (5-for-11) career vs. Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright
? Shin-Soo Choo: .364 AVG (4-for-11) lifetime vs. Athletics starter Gio Gonzalez
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Adam Kennedy: .385 AVG (5-for-13) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano
You'll thank me later …
? Matt Holliday: .071 AVG (1-for-14) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
? David Wright: .174 AVG (4-for-23) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Josh Johnson
? Paul Konerko: .190 AVG (4-for-21) lifetime vs. Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie
? Ichiro Suzuki: .190 AVG (4-for-21) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett
? Ryan Zimmerman: .176 AVG (3-for-17) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano
Leaderboard time!
BTS leader "warriorclub" rode Josh Hamilton to a 31-game streak. Yada,
yada, yada. Let's get to my ill-advised HR BTS Pick of the Day:
Robinson Cano vs. Mark Rzepczynski.
Cano has 13 homers in just 156 at-bats vs. southpaws this year,
Rzepczynski has served up 37 homers over 84 big league innings, and Cano
has gone yard of Rzepczynski before.
Top MLB streakers
? Elvis Andrus: 13 games
? Omar Infante: 12 games
? Vladimir Guerrero: 11 games
? Austin Kearns: 11 games
? Juan Pierre: 11 games
52 Comments
@Ponyforkeana nice catch. all set/fixed. thanks
@Dave. Geoff not on the all-time leaderboard. FYI
Entering today: 41 game days remaining. Minimum current streak required to win the prizes outright (assuming season ends Oct 3rd)…
(*) Playing for a tie? add 1 to DL and minus 1 from CS & TS
Abbreviations: DL=Active Streak Deadline, CS=Current Streak Needed, TS=Target
BTS Countdown {Resets now eliminate you from cash prizes}
Top Prize ($3M): CS:16, TS:57, DL:Aug 8th
*Consolation ($10K): CS:3, TS:44, DL:Aug 21st (pending)
Survivor Countdown {tickets are for 2011 All-Star Game & Homerun Derby}
Top Prize (2 tickets+travel+hotel+$10K): CS:0, TS:37, DL:Aug 28th
*Consolation (2 tickets only): CS:0, TS:30, DL:Sept 4th (pending)
Logic would dictate a pick of: Pujols, Theriot, Infante, Mauer, Votto tonight. Logic has gotten me to 12 this season. The MVP guys are hot, hot hot.
Going with:
BTS – Starlin Castro v. Lannan of Nats
HR – Pujols
Survivor – Cardinals
No-brainer today: Pujols most picked undoubtedly
He's batting 294 vs lefties, 425 this month, 382 last 30 days, 385 last 10 days, & 1-2 against Maholm this year.
What about Maholm? 311 vs righties, horrible ERAs well above 5 at home, this month, last 30 & 10 days.
If any day is crying out, "Pick Pujols", today is the day. Do you go with him or against & hope for a reset? Question is, will he be pitched around? If he goes down today, I suspect he'll eliminate a huge percentage of BTS players.
"Logic would dictate a pick of: Pujols, Theriot, Infante, Mauer, Votto tonight. Logic has gotten me to 12 this season."
Mauer? He's only faced Lewis twice, once this year @ 0-1. Lewis is a good pitcher.
Votto? Lousy avg against Sanchez, but 1-3 this year. Lefty-Lefty matchups scare me especially vs good pitchers.
I'll pass on those 2. My fears are probably why I haven't gotten very far this season 😉
Hey guys and girls. Pony, I appreciate it man. I appreciate the strats that you use and maybe I will get my all time high. Email me also if you want to me so we can discuss this in private as well. email@example.com.
BTS-Hamilton, he is absolutely roping against righties this year at a .406 clip and Pavano was absolutely his last two outings so hoping that continues.
HR BTS-Dunn, He has 6 homers vs Zambrano in his career and I look for that to continue tonight.
Survivor-Dodgers, Lilly has won 4 of his first 5 decisions with the Dodgers and he is facing the Brewers so look for that to continue tonight.
Moment of reflection as the season's end is nearing & still 3+ hours until 1st pitch.
Only 4 ppl made it to the All-Time Leaderboard this year so far, 2 with 40+ gamers.
Last year 16 made it, 9 with 40+ gamers.
Year of the pitcher? Over-thinking, over-analyzing this year? Is lack of steroid use a player? 3+ hours 'til 1st pitch.
Sticking with my jumpstart pick in Podsednik. Thought about the-riot as well. Looking to extend to 8. Good luck all.
1 hour to 1st pitch. Waffling btwn Albert & Theriot. Here's how over-thinking damages the brain… Thinking PIT mgmt knows Albert owns Maholm but Holliday is .071, Wainwright pitching means few scoring opportunities. If PIT wants to win, limit Albert's ABs via pitch selection which translates to walks & stuff down/out off the plate. Lord knows you can't go inside with an ineffective pitcher. So Albert's best ABs will be with no outs or no baserunners. Leaning towards Theriot, though batting 34 pts lower than Albert. Still time to decide or go elsewhere…
I just noticed that Dick George's current streak is 18, and can't remember; did the blogger critics label him a lucky idiot, as they have everyone else who's gotten much past 35 or so?
?Professor Pete
Beat the Streak: Albert Pujols (2 for 2) up to 10.
Home Run: Albert Pujols
Survivor: Cardinals
Highest no selection in;
Beat the Streak: No No selections in Top2500. That's a miracle! Any prizes? lol
Home run: Page 4 with a streak of 3 back to 0.
Survivor: 6 on pages 4-7 with a streak of 7 back to 0.
@bronxbmbr: The only concern I have about Pods is that I never know in advance if he's playing or Manny is. I'm right on the cusp and a "do not play" is same as BTS elimination for me. Nervous even picking Theriot w/o seeing lineup, but with his high numbers, I can't imagine LAD not playing him.
pony – Correct on your assessment of Mauer and Votto for Tuesday – They are not logical picks.
Top of the first in DC – Starlin Castro doubles to right field.
This kid is the real deal. Needs a nickname!
I'm looking at the Troy "The Sun God" Tulowtizki for the Rocks day game on Wed.
Good luck to all
Over-analyzing cost me a 1 AB hit — go Theriot (it rymes!). But our HR leader picked Pujols & not sure a good pick given the so-far-way-off-base analysis I posted earlier. And for Holliday being .071 vs Maholm, not any more.
Well Theriot is leading off for the Dodgers and Manny is batting 3rd so Pods is on the bench to start the game.
Ichiro's game rained out. Look out for doubleheader tomorrow!
"I just noticed that Dick George's current streak is 18…"
Add another 18 to that and I'd be really impressed!
Hey Cub fans does the drama of Steven Stasburg's arm woes remind you of a certain ex-Cub whose initials are MP?
@dragbunt: Gotta wait til next year & all get hyped about the possibilities only to have him go on the DL during spring training or a couple starts into the season. Do this for a couple years and, yeah, it'll remind me.
Oh, regarding Castro's nickname, hopefully they don't do what Nomar did (Ramon spelled backwards). Bummer to have a nickname like Nilrats
"Sticking with my jumpstart pick in Podsednik. Thought about the-riot as well. Looking to extend to 8. Good luck all. "
The jumpstart pick does not enter itself if your streak is over 3.
You need to insert that manually.
@champion88, I know and have him in. Thankx.
Hopefully nanny pulls something early and pods comes in with lots of bats.
There we go Theriot. Last time I picked him vs Bush, Theriot went 5-6 on Apr 25th.
Jeter pickers better hope for a quick hit before he gets pulled for Pena: NYY 9 TOR 1
What timing. Jeter homers, 1st-3rd Leaders move on as do Dick & Geoff.
On the lighter side: Cubs Win, Cubs Win. Is Quade a genius, is it the Nats, or are they just playing loose?
LaV's List
Tuesday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 135 Batters picked overall.
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Albert Pujols 895 35.8(GOOD)(1RST & 5TH)
Miguel Cabrera 270 10.8(GOOD)
Derek Jeter 164 6.56(2ND & 3RD)(GOOD)
Ichiro Suzuki 127 5.08(PPD)
Josh Hamilton 103 4.12(GOOD)(5TH)
Robinson Cano 93 3.72
Omar Infante 65 2.6(GOOD)
Joe Mauer 52 2.08(GOOD)(3RD)
Adrian Gonzalez 47 1.88(5TH)
Placido Polanco 46 1.84(GOOD)
Nick Swisher 35 1.4(GOOD)
Carl Crawford 31 1.24
Ryan Theriot 27 1.08(GOOD)
Andre Ethier 21 0.84(GOOD)
Billy Butler 20 0.8(GOOD)
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset was 14.3% with C. Crawford killing the most hopes and dreams. And 2.5% paused.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
forcook, 23, pg 1, 15, A. Pujols
baseballgirlie13, 19, 72, pg 3, J. Hamilton
wurster7, 10, 1346, pg 65, O. Infante
Jagx, 8 , 1935, pg 81, B. Butler
dalywalker322, 8, 1935, pg 84, I. Suzuki(PPD)
peterkevinperkins, 8, 1935, pg 89, E. Andrus(PICKED 5X IN TOP 2500)
nardberg, 8, 1935, pg89, O. Infante
GL to all
Man. Tomorrow is a tough day. If a couple of weak pitchers pitch well or the hitters don't him them, it will be a bloodbath tomorrow. My guess is everyone will be hitting Pujols tomorrow against Karstens. Karstens has problem with lefty bats but Pujols hits RHP well this month. This is gonna be a tough one.
Robbie Cano just got pulled taking out 93 ppl out of top2500 and out of running for any money.
by bronxbmr: "Hopefully nanny pulls something early and pods comes in with lots of bats."
Be careful what you wish for. Pods is in the game and will bat, but only 1 AB barring a tie game. Can you survive the nite wth just 1 AB?
@baseballgirlie: Who are you looking @ for tomorrow? We both had the same picks for the last 2 days. It was a close one today though. If it wasn't for that fastball right down the middle by Pavano, we both could have been reset tonight. Obviously, Majer is out. Maybe righty bats from TX. I figure they're due to explore soon playing in their park. Dunesing is hittable from right side. Just not from the left side so Hamilton is out.
by btsplayer: "Man. Tomorrow is a tough day…"
Agreed. I'm leaning towards Butler. Will look closer tomorrow after reviewing rotoworld.com; can't afford picking a player being rested or a rainout. That leaves me just 1 game tomorrow where I'll see the lineup before 1st pitch – else take my chances.
"Agreed. I'm leaning towards Butler." I don't know about him because Mr. Almost Perfect pitched very well in the last game. And Butler has hit like several days in a row without really being smoking hot. Very tough tomorrow. Also looking @ Gonzalez to go against Jurrens. Only problem is I have the feeling only either Gonz or Tulo will get a hit and I will choose the wrong one.
Tulo is/was another consideration of mine too. Rotoworld should post those being rested for the few earlier games before game lockout. Wait & see.
Looks like I'm switching from Pujols for tomorrow. Karstens is scratched tomorrow and rotoworld was just updated with the info.
McCutchen replacing Karstens. Pujols his 2-3 vs him this year. Pujols should be playing since he had day off last Thursday.
I don't think Karstens' replacement cannot be that much better. Who do they have left? I am gonna still keep my options open on Pujols but maybe not.
It is about time Pujols give us an end of the season BTS Blowout 0-fer with 3 walks, 1 HBP, and a sac fly. Offically going 0-for-0 in 4 ABs but because sac fly counts as AB in BTS, its a fat zero day. I mean, Pujols have been way too good for BTS this month. It's scary.
Maybe B. Phillips too or even Rolen? I will have to see how they finish the game. Bumgarner is definitely hittable by righty bats but I am not sure if there is a reliable bat in CIN.
@btsplayers- I am going to go with Starlin Castro tomorrow most likely. He is a 20 year old phenom and he is facing Jason Marquis. Here are his numbers so far. 0-6 with an 11.39 ERA. He hasn't pitched more then five innings in any game so far this year and he has only gone five one time. Castro hits righties at a .315 clip and he hits .313 during the day. In August he is hitting .344. The only bad numbers he has are that he only hits .286 on the road but he is on a mini four game streak with the last two games also being road games. Anyway, that is most likely my pick. We'll see come tomorrow if I change my mind. GL to you and everyone else as well. What are you at right now streakwise and who do you have so far for tomorrow?
Oh I forgot to add some more numbers, haha. Marquis is allowing righties to hit .341 against him and he is down right terrible at home. Look at his splits. Anyway, you could probably pick any Cub tomorrow and they will most likely get a hit, haha!!!
@baseballgirlie13: Just FYI. Marquis has moments of great effectiveness. Last Friday he held Phillies to just 4 hits I recall as Polanco went 0-fer, my pick that day. I thought the same as you — come on, it's just Marquis. But any pitcher on any given day can throw a gem or near-gem. Everyday is a risk regardless who is on the mound or who your batter o'day is.
@@baseballgirlie: I am really not sure @ this point. I have my default pick (Suzuki) in there now but obviously have to be changed. I am thinking of the following and actually might draw one out of a hat:
B. Phillips, C. Gonzalez, S. Castro, Guerrero, Jeter, F. Sanchez, Infante, etc.
I am thinking Phillips but I might bite the bullet on Infante. Everything seems to be on his corner. Day game and RHP who has problem with righty bat but he sure is loooooong due for an 0-fer.
@baseballgirlie:I forgot. I am right at the cusp of no day to spare so I also have to make sure my pick plays today. I am kind of excited but at the same time I am not even 1/3 of the way there. Realistically, I mean if I am barely getting by as it is now, there is no way I am gonna go that much longer.
Now, I am thinking about Jeter. He is due for 5 Abs for sure. Only thing is he might bat 2nd and not lead off which I don't like but I can't know before the 1pm.
@pony- it's true that Marquis could have a good day, but any pitcher could throw a gem on a certain day. Murrow of the Blue Jays isn't what you would call a stellar pitcher and he threw a one hitter against the Rays and Dallas Braden threw a perfect game and he is also far from an ace pitcher. I've seen Marquis throw well this year too but for the most part he has been one of the worst. Thanks for the advice though, I really appreciate it. I also just think Castro is a great player and will come away with at least one hit today and he may get five at bats too.
@btsplayer- that is a long list of people to pick from so I hope you pick the right one. Jeter would be good for the 5 at-bat reason but he just hasn't been great this year and I never really feel comfortable picking him. Just a thought though. GL today!!
have you not seen Brendan Morrow pitch? The guy is electric.. 12 K's 9 K's 17 K's last 3 starts.. no offence baseballgirlie.. but before you say something about my blue jays get your facts straight!
I agree with both wrightzone and baseballgirlie. I think Morrow has definitely shown that he can be great, especially after his last three starts. But at the same time, when I pick players, he doesn't scare me nearly as much as someone like Halladay, Oswalt, Sabathia, Jimenez, etc. I wouldn't have thought he'd throw a one hitter either. I think you both have valid points.
@wrightzone- I'm not saying he isn't good. I'm saying that anyone not a blue jays fan, would not consider him an ace pitcher. He may come to that but he isn't even one of the top 20-25 pitchers in baseball I don't think. Again, I'm not saying he isn't good, and he has showed moments of brilliance, so that is great for the blue jays and their franchise. He just isn't someone I would think could one hit the Rays. Although I didn't think Braden would throw a perfect game against them either.
Today is a day to pick from the B or C list. Pujols is a hexed pick until his next 0-fer has occurred based on what btsplayer said several posts up. Miguel Cabrera along many other players are seeing unfamiliar pitchers. Josh Hamilton is 0 fer 5 against Brian Duensing. And Ichiro is playing in a double header. I'm thinking of Andre Either, Prince Fielder or Alex Rios.
Pujols will be favored today among the BTS world. Will is effort at getting home run #400 have any effect on performance? M.Cabrerra is being walked more & more lately.
Forget Eithier he has no history against Randy Wolf.
Beat the Streak: Prince Fielder
Home run: Albert Pujols
Survivor: Athletics
I'm nervous about beat the streak.
"Highest no selection in;
Beat the Streak: No No selections in Top2500. That's a miracle! Any prizes? lol"
WOW! That is INCREDIBLE!!!
Especially considering there are normally at least 40+ resets per day on average.
I know Brendan isnt in the top 25 in the league, but when i guy strikes out 35 guys in 3 starts… thats something worth avoiding lol.. and hes been decent all year coming on these past couple months.. its too bad the Blue Jays are in the best division in baseball.. they are HUGELY underrated. Top 4 of 9 teams in the MLB are in the east.. what does everyone think?
1. NYY – if they played in any other division they'd win 120 a year
2. TB – great team.. but if they dont win soon.. they never will
3. Min – not the best team on paper, but play like a great team
4. SD – great starting pitching, not a great closer, no hitting
5. Phil – best team in the NL.. just not showing it
6. Bos – try to beat Boston down in the late innings – best bullpen in the MLB
7. Stl – Pujols Holliday, Carpenter, Wainright, this team should win alot more games
8. Cin – where did this team come from
9. Tor – great pitching, great HR power, need to improve batting averages and their bullpen
10. Tex – great hitting, no pitching.. will get demolished in the first round of the playoffs


text:
It should be fun to watch these rankings as the tournament progresses, both to see what class and spec makeups stay near the top, and to see what outrageous and silly names people can come up with for their teams -- without breaking the naming policy, that is.
What's interesting to me is that despite the fact that the Tournament itself is 3v3 only, the 2v2 and 5v5 brackets are still in full swing, with quite a few teams. I suppose this is a sign that people really do like the idea of a good solid PvP only realm to duke it out with high powered characters to prove their worth. I have to wonder if Blizzard is watching those brackets as closely as they're watching the 3v3 bracket, or if this is a sign that they may make these arena practice realms more permanent in the future.
Either way, all this activity should be fun to watch. Keep your browser pointed to WoW Inside for all the latest Tournament Realm news, including the escapades of our own WoW Insider Arena Team.
Here's some arena page trivia too, while we're on the subject: Mike pointed out to me that the blade that Draenei chick on the arena ladder page is holding is known as The Hungering Cold. Its model was used for the Infamous "Sword of 1,000 Truths" in the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft." It currently drops in Naxxramas, so chances are we'll see it again come Wrath of the Lich King.


text:
« ECS National Forum, Day 2: 'Expect Outrage' on Common Core | Main | College-Attainment Rates Show D.C., Mass., N.D. Leading »
Bill Gates Talks Teacher Evaluation, Common Core at ECS Forum
Among the elements of a good teacher evaluation system, some of the "most surprising" results can come from what students say about their teachers on surveys, said Microsoft founder Bill Gates, speaking at the Education Commission of the States' National Forum on Education Policy in Atlanta today.
Delivering the keynote speech on support for high-quality teachers, Gates said, "Asking the students the right question is very, very diagnostic." He cited surveys as among the three components that can go into a good teacher evaluation system, along with supervisor observations and test scores.
And he stressed the importance of identifying and replicating the practices of excellent teaching, saying that if he had to pick one thing that would give the United States the best chance of a strong future, "I would pick great teaching in America's classroom."
Gates spent much of his speech and subsequent discussion talking about the particulars of a good evaluation system. He said that when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation started an initiative to develop fair and reliable measures of effective teachers, he was surprised to find a lack of research into evaluations and an absence of effective teacher evaluation models. Ideally, he said, the foundation would simply have copied a successful state teacher evaluation system, but was unable to find such a system.
Despite concerns about the costs of such systems and tough budget circumstances, Gates said good teacher evaluation and feedback systems would cost 1.5 to 2 percent of overall budgets, although he didn't specify if he was referring to district or state budgets.
In support of teachers' work, he singled out the Common Core State Standards, citing the standards' complexity and depth and would help teachers avoid simply having students recite facts without understanding. He also said the common core can help states by creating common ground for educational innovation.
"It is a substantial step forward in what should be taught," Gates said.
He also came out in support of flipped classrooms and teachers' use of videos of their classroom instruction to identify at what points students became bored and when change their instructional approaches. He compared it to Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt's statement that he would watch video of himself to see where he erred after a particularly slow race.
In additional remarks, Gates stressed that it is a "big mistake" to design an evaluation and feedback model without the "heavy involvement" of teachers and getting them to understand and accept whatever system is being put in place beforehand. The evaluation systems should focus on where teachers can do better, he argued.
"Actually ranking them isn't what counts so much," Gates said.
However, when it comes to tying compensation to the results of the evaluations, Gates was more circumspect. He said there was "not one answer" for bonus pay based on evaluation results, and stressed that an evaluation system should be "strong" and "non-capricious," although he allowed for one possible exception. Over time, he said, "You will want more of the compensation awards to go into those inner city schools," to reverse the monetary incentives teachers have to work in more affluent districts.


text:
Asscher - R1D092
Asscher Cut Engagement Ring
An Asscher cut diamond engagement ring, with a four claw Lucida style setting, and court profile band.
Asscher - R1D092
Asscher Cut Engagement Ring
An Asscher cut diamond engagement ring, with a four claw Lucida style setting, and court profile band.
Asscher cut Diamond Solitaire Engagement Ring
Our Asscher cut Diamond Engagement ring has a wide choice of carat weights available. This particular stone has typically a square cut faceting, with cut corners. The four round claws sit ontop of a cross over Lucida styled setting in a court profile band. This ring can be created for you in 18ct Yellow Gold, 18ct White Gold, 18ct Rose Gold, Palladium, 950 Platinum. We can also supply Fairtrade Gold if required. Your ring will be delivered securely to your door with added reassurance of our 60 day Returns Policy and a free ring size adjustment if you require one.
Fairtrade Gold to Canada
Canadian clients can now go the extra mile adding greater meaning to their purchase by choosing Fairtrade Gold. Fairtrade Gold is a more expensive metal choice, but we have equalised the price with regular Fairtrade Gold for all clients across Canada. By choosing this ethical jewellery option, impoverished artisanal gold miners receive a fair price for the gold they mine, and a premium per kilo. This premium goes towards helping build their community, with education and welfare amongst many other positive changes.
Diamond Certification and Cut Grade
At Serendipity Diamonds, we work with the most trusted diamond grading laboratories. In addition, we assure all of our clients across Canada of a minimum VERY GOOD cut grade. In addition, we will never supply any certified diamond with higher than nil or slight fluorescence for your total reassurance.
Do you need a finger size tool?
Order our handy Multisizer to estimate your correct finger size. All of our Multisizers include UK sizes and are fully refunded once your final order is placed.
Are you in need of guidance?
Our friendly team are always on hand to offer expert guidance on all of our engagement rings including bespoke design. We will always do our very best to answer any questions. Owing to time differences with Canada, please feel free to contact us through our message system or email us. Alternatively, use our online contact form.
On arrival - what to expect when your parcel arrives.
All deliveries to Canada arrive by FEDEX. When your parcel touches down in Canada, all duty and taxes have been included within your engagement ring purchase to ensure that there are no complications when arriving. Your parcel will arrive in a sturdy outer wrap, containing a rigid inner jewellery box, beautifully packaged to include a document wallet with insurance valuation and diamond certificate (where applicable) presentation box and a complimentary proposal pocket box.
View more packaging and delivery information
View diamond sizes on the finger
View a selection of diamond sizes on the finger. Our handy diamond size tool allows you to view diamond shapes and sizes to see how large they appear on the hand. Select your chosen shape, carat weight and skin tone and discover the mm. size of your diamond.
All clients in Canada benefit from FEDEX signed for delivery, with engagement rings arriving beautifully presented in luxurious packaging.
Buy with Confidence from Canada
Across Canada, all clients benefit from the help of our small team of friendly jewellery experts. We have been shipping to Canada since 2007 and now have a large client base across Canada in areas including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. We offer the same 60 days returns, lifetime warranty, free size adjustment and lifelong commitment to client care as we provide for all clients, regardless of location. We are also registered retailers for CanadaMark diamonds, mined in the Ekati and Diavik regions of Canada. For coloured gemstones we work with responsibly sourced natural pink sapphires, blue sapphires, emeralds and rubies.
What cut grade can you expect from your diamond?
Rough diamonds mined in Canada are typically sent to cutters in India and China to be faceted, before they are sent to laboratories worldwide for diamond grading. We buy selectively from some of the World's largest cutters and polishers, choosing diamonds that meet a very good cut grade as standard. Many of our optional CanadaMark diamonds are fully traceable and we are happy to supply diamonds with an excellent cut, polish and symmetry grade upon request.
View our full collection of engagement rings and contact us for more help and guidance.
For your complete reassurance enjoy.....
Expert help and guidance
60 days returns on engagement rings
Free delivery across Canada with tax and duty included
Luxury packaging
Free slimline pocket box
Lifetime warranty
Free insurance valuation
Recent Customer Reviews
|Customer Comment
|Supplier Response
Asscher - R1D092. An asscher cut diamond solitaire engagement ring. Created in 18ct fairtrade white gold
Very happy with the service and product
|We just wanted to send our thanks and appreciation for your order and for the kind feedback left. Please don't hesitate to get bac ...


text:
Export 14 results:
Filters: Author is Boutjdir, Mohamed [Clear All Filters]
Interleukin-6 inhibition of hERG underlies risk for acquired long QT in cardiac and systemic inflammation. PLoS ONE. 2018;13(12):e0208321.
Biophysical, Molecular, and Pharmacological Characterization of Voltage-Dependent Sodium Channels From Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Can J Cardiol. 2017;33(2):269-278.
Induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes: cardiac applications, opportunities, and challenges. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2017;95(10):1108-1116.
Regulation of Cardiac Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel by Kinases: Roles of Protein Kinases A and C. Handb Exp Pharmacol. 2017.
Induction of autoimmune response to the extracellular loop of the HERG channel pore induces QTc prolongation in guinea-pigs. J Physiol (Lond). 2016;594(21):6175-6187.
Mutations in the Voltage Sensors of Domains I and II of Nav1.5 that are Associated with Arrhythmias and Dilated Cardiomyopathy Generate Gating Pore Currents. Front Pharmacol. 2015;6:301.
Pathogenesis of the Novel Autoimmune-Associated Long-QT Syndrome. Circulation. 2015;132(4):230-40.
Sodium overload due to a persistent current that attenuates the arrhythmogenic potential of a novel LQT3 mutation. Front Pharmacol. 2013;4:126.
Perinatal and postnatal expression of Cav1.3 α1D Ca²⁺ channel in the rat heart. Pediatr Res. 2011;69(6):479-84.
Phosphorylation of the consensus sites of protein kinase A on alpha1D L-type calcium channel. J Biol Chem. 2009;284(8):5042-9.
Expression of skeletal muscle Na(V)1.4 Na channel isoform in canine cardiac Purkinje myocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007;355(1):28-33.
Protein kinase C activation inhibits Cav1.3 calcium channel at NH2-terminal serine 81 phosphorylation site. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2006;291(4):H1614-22.
Modulation of Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 peripheral nerve sodium channels by protein kinase A and protein kinase C. J Neurophysiol. 2004;91(4):1556-69.


text:
Have you ever wondered why your web browser always hangs when you enter the wrong URL address? The reason is your web browser keep looking for the IP address of the URL from the DNS server but the IP address cannot be resolved.
As long as you type in the URL address (e.g. www.google.com), the DNS server will try to resolved it to the actual IP address (e.g. 126.96.36.199). Therefore if your DNS server's respond is low, it takes longer to resolve the IP address and eventually this causes your overall internet connection becomes slower.
Usually people will suggest you to use the Google DNS server (i.e. 22.214.171.124 or 184.108.40.206) as it is believed the fastest DNS server. Is that true? The "namebench" is the software / freeware to tell you to the answer!
Let's try it out:
- Download "namebench" here.
- Install for Windows or Mac version.
- Run the application and you will see the following screen.
- Let's everything to be default (it detects your location automatically). If the location is not correct, you can change it. Click "Start Benchmark".
- Primary Server - 184.108.40.206 (Secondary Google Public DNS Server)
- Secondary Server - 126.96.36.199 (Primary Streamyx DNS server)
- Tertiary Server - 22.214.171.124 (Secondary Streamyx DNS server)
- For preferred DNS server in Windows, put the suggested primary server by namebench. For alternate DNS server, put the suggested secondary server by namebench.
- If you connect your PC or laptop through both LAN and Wireless network, you need to apply the setting to both network(i.e.Wireless and LAN). Basically you need to apply the setting to each of the network (i.e. wireless, LAN and dial-up connection).