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Progress Tracker
Working with a clear view on your current work-state allows for better decision-making and control. MODS Progress tracker is a real-time software solution that helps steer projects effectively, timely and in budget making life a little more predictable.
MODS Progress tracker delivers a comprehensive digital product with 4D tracking, color-coded 3D and 2D representations. The system provides a visualization of status during the Planning and Fabrication phases through to Construction, Commissioning, and Handover stages. This multi-tasking solution is cloud-based and provides immediate clarity and interactive ability all from a single source.
By creating a virtual view of your work scopes, Progress Tracker effectively manages your projects no matter the size or duration. This software solution also provides a historical record and real-time picture of production allowing you to review and revisit work completed. Progress Tracker removes questions over flexibility and collaboration as it seamlessly interacts with an organizations original systems and databases, can be modified to suit company templates, stage gates can be edited plus many more practical options available.
Inefficient Progress Tracking Systems Impact
- Project Schedules and handover goals
- Budget if estimated targets not met
- Production time, and efficiency
- Communication & Stakeholder transparency & visibility
Current processes that rely on paper-based printouts and spreadsheets involve high manual intervention levels, which inevitably lead to a lack of clarity and accuracy regarding progress and schedules. Delays, inefficiencies, and vague estimations are extremely costly therefore the correct solution to manage and monitor all these issues and push project plans forward is essentials.
Common Progress Tracking related challenges
- Unverified status reports
- Conflicting information
- No traceability of status
- No visual aid to help comprehension
- Visualizing E & I (electrical and instrumentation) scope of work
- Identification of bottle necks or unfinished issues
- Lack of real-time status accessibility on-line
- Lack of single-source database, with data held in individual silos
Digitize your Progress Tracking process
The power behind a project's outcome is certainly digital related. MODS Progress Tracking enables a high degree of accuracy and transparency demanded in today's working environment. Precision is crucial especially when relying on scheduling dates and ensuring workflow issues are avoided. Manual systems are bereft with blockages to productivity and efficiency that a comprehensive software system will automatically negate and offer instant information and indicators of pending problems.
Visualization of status
'A picture is worth a thousand words' - this adage is true for MODS Progress Tracking as it paints a visual representation of project status using a 3D model, 2D drawings, schematics, photographs alongside linked tags. Having a project overview that quickly illustrates workflow, any potential issues, and all related technical data, liberates project management to a higher level of efficiency and control. This information, because it has logical and visually understandable aids, simplifies the task of tracking a project's progression and maximizes the data available to managers and users.
Progress Tracker is the visual control element of the MODS Connect suite of software products. Work Packs, Material management, Joint Integrity, Completions and Commissioning are all connected, viewed, and tracked via this flexible and informative digital solution. This information can be updated, shared, and accessed by all, instantaneously from anywhere in the world from a single data source.
Real-time updates
The value of having accurate, accountable, live updates is priceless in project execution. Plant owners can apply Contract penalties to EPC contractors for the late handover of a project. These delays are often caused by bottlenecks, recurrent issues all resultant from the inability to track progress making managers reactive rather than proactive to potential problems. The solution to these typical issues is a digital one that will revolutionize control, stay on schedule and within budget.
Benefits of using MODS Progress Tracking Manager
- Full traceability and accountability.
- Detailed 3D and 2D visualization with color-coding abilities
- Cloud-based system using hand-held devices
- Real-time / Live status which removes the lag of paper-based systems
- Identification of bottlenecks or issues
- Easily integrated with other systems including data-share
- Prevents conflicting information via verified status updates
- Ability to pre-populate from MODS suite
- Offers 100% paper-free status reporting
We would love to talk to you about our Progress Tracking Solution
MODS offers a Progress Tracking solution which is an integral part of the MODS Connect suite. MODS Connect can deliver real value on your project and help realize the cost-saving changes vital to remaining economically viable. The exponential cost of the lack of control and management of projects is not comparable. Without a clear, true, and simple visual aid to your progress tracking, management of projects will remain a best-guess rather than a predictable, reliable tool for productivity.
Contact the MODS team to arrange a presentation on how MODS Connect can help your organization.
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MODS Connect is the overarching suite of software especially built for the challenges faced by EPCs and Operators in the Energy sector. Within this software group, Progress Tracking is a crucial, integrated component of this offering, removing any doubt of the state of activity within the project. Alternatively, the Progress Tracking software can also function as a stand-alone solution that can integrate with your existing systems. We recommend looking at the full MODS Connect offering for Brownfield projects for a significant investment return, regardless of size.
Unfortunately, poorly executed Progress Tracking management with its lack of clarity and accuracy in status reporting results in continual bottlenecks, workflow issues and wasted valuable time and money. A truly accountable and accurate digital software solution illustrated by visual, up-to-the-minute information using tags, photographs, 3D and 2D colored drawings can negate these typical progress-tracking issues, vastly improving accuracy and accountability.


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Early last week, quite the controversy was stirred when salmon was curiously spotted on Fish & Farm's menu. As it turned out, the salmon on the F&F menu was/is from Scotland's Loch Duart fish farm. Already a hot topic given the monumental ban and brought up again today by the Chronicle, the salmon question is a key one being faced by local restaurants—and diners too—these days: serve farm-raised salmon or take the popular fish off the menu, instead opting for other alternatives? To review, owner Frank Klein is staunchly in the camp that supports the Scottish farm as a viable salmon source:
The chefs and I decided to use Loch Duart salmon which is sustainably farmed in ocean pens to prove the point that you can STOP harming local environments and get something from afar that will aid in the stopping of the destruction of the local Salmon ... It's far too old school to think "farmed raised" fish is all bad--that's so last year and not an educated opinion.But lo and behold, not all chefs are taking the Loch Duart route.
Falling on the other side of the fence when it comes to the farming question is Patricia Unterman of Hayes Street Grill:
Unterman is among those chefs who won't be buying farmed salmon. "Its quality is OK," says Unterman of the Loch Duart. "But even Loch Duart is not a sustainable solution." She says she is concerned about the conversion ratio - the many pounds of small ocean fish it takes to produce a pound of farmed salmon - and believes that the farms haven't resolved the pollution challenges.Taking a similar point of view is Waterbar's Parke Ulrich, who simply serves what's available:
Ulrich won't buy farmed salmon because of its poor environmental record and says that high-priced Alaskan wild salmon won't fit the restaurant's needs. "I'd rather skip it," she says.Restaurants will be more or less split on the salmon question for now. Some will stick with Loch Duart, while others will opt for local alternatives as mentioned in the Chron (coho, petrale, et al.). However, one thing the article doesn't address is the diners' point of view on the matter: rightly or wrongly, is there still a stigma attached to farmed salmon? And how should restaurants handle the situation?
· Goodbye, king - hello, coho [Chron]
· Fish & Farm on the Salmon Question: "This Is Our Point." [~ESF~]
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Deviled eggs are a mainstay at any Southern soiree. Learn how to make classic Southern deviled eggs with relish for your next family picnic or church potluck.
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Here in the South, we love a good deviled egg. They are an invited guest at nearly every function, from bridal teas to church picnics.
The Origin of Deviled Eggs
Though we Southerners like to claim deviled eggs as our own creation, we can't take credit for inventing them. One variation or another have been around for centuries. Even the Ancient Romans liked to snack on seasoned stuffed eggs during a meal.
Here in the United States, deviled eggs gained popularity after WWII. It's a tradition that's still going strong here in the South. You would be hard pressed to find a picnic or potluck without them. Even among my husband's family, someone is always assigned to bring deviled eggs to a family gathering.
How did deviled eggs get their name?
I never gave much thought to the origin of the name deviled eggs until my youngest overheard me discussing this recipe with The Husband.
"Devil eggs?" he asked in horror. "Will you get in trouble if you eat them?"
I assured my anxious child that the devil had nothing to do with the name, thought I couldn't tell him how they earned that particular moniker. In the 1800's, the term deviled was used to describe particularly spicy food. Early egg recipes were seasoned with cayenne and spicy mustard, earning them the label deviled eggs.
Three ingredients every Southern deviled egg recipe should include
Deviled eggs recipes are only as varied as your imagination. They can range from traditional to extraordinary with fillings ranging savory to sweet. But if you really want to learn the nitty gritty of what makes a classic Southern deviled egg, you need three main ingredients:
- Duke's mayonnaise. Southerners are fiercely loyal to traditions. Duke's mayonnaise originated in the South and as far as we're concerned, there is no other brand of mayo.
- Sweet pickle relish. I couldn't find any information on why we put pickle relish in our eggs. But just about ever recipe you come across has it.
- Paprika. Paprika adds a pretty pop of color. But if you're feeling spicy, try subbing the paprika with a sprinkling of cayenne pepper instead.
In addition, I also like to add:
- Dijon mustard
- Garlic powder
- Salt and pepper, to taste
How to Make Southern Deviled Eggs
First, start with six peeled hard-boiled eggs. Check out my technique and tips for making easy peel hard boiled eggs.
Carefully slice the eggs in half lengthwise. Using a small teaspoon remove the yolks from the whites and place them in a medium mixing bowl. Set the hollowed-out egg whites aside.
Use a fork to mash up the egg yolks. Then add ¼ cup of mayonnaise, 2 ½ teaspoons Dijon mustard, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder and one tablespoon sweet pickle relish. Continue to whisk everything together until the mixture is smooth. You could make short work of this by mixing everything together in a blender or food processor. Season with salt an pepper to taste.
Spoon equal amounts of the egg mixture back into each of the hollow egg yolks. If you want to get fancy, you can even pipe the filling using a pastry bag or a plastic bag with a tip snipped off. I just recently picked up this 5-Piece Wilton Cake Decorating Kit and I love it! It comes with five different tips and a big plastic syringe with a thumb trigger that makes it super easy to pipe icing, or in this case, deviled egg filling.
Garnish the filled eggs with a little paprika or cayenne pepper for extra heat. Deviled eggs can be eaten immediately, but I like to let them chill in the fridge for a few hours to set up.
How to store deviled eggs
Deviled eggs can be made up to two days in advance. Store deviled eggs in a covered dish to prevent them from drying out or getting smushed. Deviled eggs should be eaten within two-to-three days.
Do not freeze deviled eggs. Freezing and thawing will affect the texture and result in runny, rubbery eggs.
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Southern Deviled Eggs with Relish
- 6 hardboiled eggs peeled and shells discarded
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 ½ teaspoons Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Paprika or cayenne pepper optional
- Carefully slice the eggs in half lengthwise.
- Using a small teaspoon remove the yolks from the whites and place them in a medium mixing bowl. Set the hollowed-out egg whites aside.
- Use a fork to mash up the egg yolks.
- Add the mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, garlic powder and sweet pickle relish. Continue to whisk everything together until the mixture is smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Spoon equal amounts of the egg mixture back into each of the hollow egg yolks. If you want to get fancy, you can even pipe the filling using a pastry bag or a plastic bag with a tip snipped off.
- Garnish the filled eggs with a little paprika or cayenned pepper for extra heat.


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How Putting Trust in Her Body Has Kept Nell Rojas in the Game
At 34 years old, Nell Rojas is faster than ever—and she's only getting started. After top-ten finishes in two consecutive Boston Marathons, Rojas reflects on how she got here and what's next.
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"Less is more," the old adage goes, but you'd be hard-pressed to find an elite distance runner who easily subscribes to that school of thought.
But after finishing as the top American at both the fall 2021 and spring 2022 Boston Marathons and overcoming a recent bout with the coronavirus, Nell Rojas is at least trying to become a believer.
After a sixth-place, 2:27:12 performance at last fall's Boston Marathon catapulted her atop the U.S. rankings, the 34-year-old Boulder, Colorado native was eager to take her training to the next level. She hit a point of diminishing returns in logging 120-mile weeks, but she was able to dial it back and finish as top American yet again at the spring Boston, clocking a personal best of 2:25:57 for tenth place overall.
"I didn't have a good workout for four weeks before Boston and it was terrifying," she says. "My legs were just trashed. I was going too hard."
Here's how Rojas has made her way to the lead pack of the nation's top women marathoners over the past few years, and how she rebounded after feeling burnt out in the weeks before the 2022 Boston Marathon—a lesson she had to relearn again while recovering from COVID-19 this summer.
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From Conservative Start to 'All in on the Marathon'
The Northern Arizona University alum has steadily increased mileage and cut back on weight lifting as she's gotten more serious about training for each of her five marathons, but it was a challenge to find the perfect balance for her last marathon.
In her debut at the 2018 California International Marathon, Rojas wasn't yet training very seriously for the distance. She averaged about 65 miles per week while lifting "very, very heavy" in the gym five days per week, with the ultimate goal of competing in Ironman triathlons. But when she placed seventh overall at CIM in 2:31:23, she realized she had a lot of potential in the marathon distance and placed her professional triathlete dreams on permanent hold. Her father, Ric Rojas, a former professional runner himself, kept her on a conservative training plan to avoid burnout.
Despite the minimal load, her seventh place run in 2:31 was well past the Olympic A qualifying time. She realized she had a lot of untapped potential in the 26.2-mile distance.
"I loved it and I knew I can absolutely go faster, so from there I was all in on the marathon," she says.
Gradually Increase Mileage, But Prioritize Feeling Good
Rojas upped her volume to 75 miles per week for the 2019 Grandma's Marathon, which she won in 2:28:06. For her third marathon, the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, Rojas says she cut her strength routine in half and averaged 85 miles per week to place ninth in 2:30:36. For her Boston Marathon races, she increased her average mileage to 100 and then 115 to 120 miles per week.
"You can up your mileage every year, but you have to still be able to recover to feel good and get a quality workout in," she says. "If you're A: not recovering or having good workouts, or B: you're getting injured or niggles, usually what happens is you'll have to or be forced to skip a run or a workout because you're too tired or you can't complete a workout."
Rojas ideally likes to sync up her heavy weight training days with her workout days. But in this past buildup, she was often too fatigued from marathon-specific workouts to get to the gym on the same day.
"This Boston, I was super fatigued," she says. "I was running more mileage, so I was only in the gym two days a week."
Rojas realized her legs were starting to feel too fatigued. Trusting her body, she started tapering four weeks before the race—logging 62 and 74 miles the last two weeks before Boston, a significant drop-off from her peak of 124 miles.
One of her go-to indicator workouts a few weeks out from the marathon is a 22-mile long run with 20 miles of work: five miles easy, five at goal marathon pace, five easy, five harder than marathon pace to close. Before the fall Boston Marathon, she averaged 5:15 for the final segment—at altitude.
She knew she wasn't in that shape when she returned to the workout ahead of the spring marathon. Instead of forcing the pace, she started out more conservatively around 5:40, which allowed her to still close in a 5:15.
"I knew where I was," she says of adjusting her pace.
Looking back now, Rojas says she will probably still try to top out at 120 miles a week in her next marathon build, but with a "down week" of lower volume every three weeks to give her legs a better chance to recover.
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Use Positive Self Talk
Although the buildup wasn't as confidence-boosting as she had hoped, Rojas told herself that there was still a chance that she could pull off a great race if she was able to recover properly before the Boston Marathon. Afterall, she had put in the miles and effort.
"I was so unsure of how the race was gonna feel and how it was gonna go, I just wanted to cross the finish line and have a decent day," she says.
But race day didn't bring much relief, despite the extended taper. Rojas reminded herself that she had been there before, finished as the top American, and had put the necessary work in to have a successful race.
"I did not feel much better [on race day]," she says. "My legs immediately were burning pretty good. I was honestly very surprised how I was able to withstand that [and place tenth].
It certainly helped that she had raced the tough Boston course just six months prior. In the interim, she had incorporated hillier courses and, specifically, more downhill running into her tempo and interval runs.
"I definitely felt better prepared," she says. "Part of that was just doing it six months earlier. My body was like, 'OK, we know this, we've done this.'"
'Less is Way More'
Reflecting back now on her tenth-place finish at the spring Boston, Rojas feels lucky that she had the foresight to take some downtime in the weeks before the race.
"I think I pulled it off OK, but I think it could have been a disaster," she says.
Rojas struggled to get into a consistent training routine again after the April race. It didn't help when she contracted the coronavirus early in the summer and tried to train through it. Instead of just taking a few days completely off, she ran easy then tried to jump right back into workouts and long runs, which left her at a deficit.
"There's really only one way to handle that, you don't really have a choice," she says of taking time off from running while having Covid.
Now that she's conquered the virus, she has a few more road races lined up for the end of summer before starting a big build for a fall marathon, including Beach to Beacon 10K on August 6 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine and the USATF 20K Championships on Sept. 5 in New Haven, Connecticut.
"I'm just trying to come back slow and keep my fall marathon in mind and be patient with it," she says. "I think the most important part is not overdoing it. Less is way more."


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Intercaste Marriage - Jat Sikh Girl Vs Ramgharia Boy
Sbhullar posted a topic in POLITICS | LIFESTYLESsa g , My boyfriend is ramgharia sikh (age 28) and i m jatt sikh ( age 27) and we are in 4 years of relationship. We are very much compatible to each other. He is in india, in IT field earning gud salary. Doesnt eat meat or drink and is in sikhi with beard and kesh. I m living in canada and i m also in IT field. I have been trying to convince my parents from a long tim now but they are not ready to accept because of caste issue. My parents feel they will be disgraced in society and what people will say that instead of going upward you are letting your daughter mary in a lower caste. His family is very coperative and have tried every single way to convince my parents. On my parents visit to india they (his family) infact tried to meet and talk to my parents. But all in vain. They than tried to go directly to meet my parents but my parents didnt opn the door. I tried to convince my parents as well by say just gp and see them once and then make a decision but they arent agreeing to it. Finally i told them that i dont wana live with them, then came back and said ok we will talk to my eldest sis and bro in law who by now have no clue about all this. I know my family and i know its a trap for me. My bro in law is strict and no one likes him in my family but anyway they wana ask him. On the other side my boy friends family is all set to welcome me and fix my wedding. They have asked their relatives if they have any issue with this matter and plus if i go there without my family supporting me. I m in this pressure where morally i dont like the idea of eloping and getting married. I always wanted this to happen with my parents consent which doesnt seem to be happening. I told to chose him or ny family. If i chose him i will be happy but my parents may not be able to accept it. If i chose my family, i had to live with regret throughtout my life and it will be too shocking for his family abd relatives who supported me from last 2 yrs. Can you please help me what should i do. I love my parents and i love him too. He is one of a kind. Please help me as this pressure is killing me day by day.
Jat Sikh discovers wife is Dalit, kills self days after marriage He had allegedly taken the step after he came to know that the girl, whom he married a few days ago, believing that she was a Jat Sikh, turned out to be a Dalit. Updated: May 31, 2017 11:57 IST HT Correspondent Hindustan Times, Sangrur Manpreet Singh Manpreet Singh, 22, a resident of Khai village here, who had consumed a poisonous substance on Sunday, died on the same night. He had allegedly taken the step after he came to know that the girl, whom he married a few days ago, believing that she was a Jat Sikh, turned out to be a Dalit. He wrote in his suicide note,"I am Manpreet Singh Brar. My matchmaker Gurtej Singh Baba arranged my match for marriage. I am a Jat boy and my father-in-law is also a Jat, but his wife is a Ramdasia… I was told that they (his wife and mother in-law) are also Jat." Manpreet's family also alleged that matchmaker Gurtej had told before the marriage that the girl is from a poor family, but they are Jats and he also took Rs 45,000 for the role of a middleman. "After the marriage, his wife spent two days with him and after that she went to her parents. When he had gone to his in-laws, he came to know that his wife is a Dalit instead of a Jat. He brought her to his home, but after some time he went to the farm and did not return to home. He consumed some poisonous substance" said, Piara Singh, the deceased brother-in-law. Meanwhile, police have registered a case under the Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code at Lehra police station. "He might have committed suicide due to caste issue. We are investigating the matter and Gurtej Singh will be arrested soon," said Jagbir Singh, station house officer (SHO), Lehra police station. http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jat-sikh-discovers-wife-is-dalit-kills-self-days-after-marriage/story-0HEATz2Sx59feWzU6TMI1L.html


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The climate campaign of 2009-2010 didn't lack for corporate boosters, lobbying teams nor policy analysts. What it lacked was public support.
According to two new reports from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NASA PDF], last year was again among the top 10 warmest years in the modern global record. The reports add to the overwhelming weight of evidence suggesting that our climate is changing more rapidly than we had anticipated -- and with greater consequences.
This makes for reconciling two difficult truths: first, that climate change is already affecting all of our lives, and second, that our national political leaders are doing nothing to address it. They're not now, and they won't be for the next few years. The environmental movement is almost completely sidelined by a recalcitrant and increasingly conservative Republican Party and, we must admit, a public concerned more with daily economic necessities than long-term ecological challenges. When that movement will again be able to capture public attention is difficult to say.
Nor, we must again admit, is the movement ready for the spotlight. Since the epic defeat of climate legislation in the 111th Congress, the environmental community has been mired in uncertainty. Like a football team watching and re-watching the videos of their Super Bowl loss, they've replayed debates about what happened and what it means for the future.
In a new (and perhaps too lengthy) report out last week from Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies, I try to ground an analysis of the climate campaign on a bit of data, looking at historical trends in political parties, voting records, natural resource distribution and a variety of other indicators. Alas, the answers remain muddy. There were a variety of forces that together blocked cap-and-trade legislation, from energy interests and political geography to polarization and the recession.
But, I believe, defeat was not inevitable.
To see this, all we have to do is look at the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The fact that a major healthcare reform bill got through Congress suggests that the climate movement might have succeeded, recession and the Tea Party notwithstanding.
Comparing the two campaigns, a key difference emerges. The healthcare campaign succeeded by combining a sophisticated insider strategy with large-scale organizing. The climate campaign, in sharp contrast, had an insider strategy only. Through the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, organizations like EDF and NRDC built an impressive coalition of NGOs and corporations and laid out the policy framework ultimately embedded in the successful Waxman-Markey bill. But the campaign didn't build a grassroots network or attempt to win over public opinion. In this, it erred dramatically.
I also looked back at the history of environmental policymaking, from the Wilderness Act of 1964 up through the Superfund Act of the late 1980s. In case after case, the same lesson was clear: major environmental legislation can only succeed when an organized movement makes demands and the public voices its approval. Lacking both street power and endorsement by the polls, the climate campaign was doomed to a slow death in the Senate.
The bright side is that a careful analysis of the failure of the climate campaign provides a clear moral for the future. The movement needs to begin investing in local and state organizations that can build a strong, enduring network of activists ready to spring into action the next time a realistic climate bill is up for grabs. Organizing, of course, is built around action -- and now is a good moment to be running campaigns at the municipal and state level for energy efficiency measures and tax breaks for green technology.
But that's not enough. The movement also needs to begin shifting public opinion. And to that end, we need a new generation of journalists who, like Rachel Carson, can capture the hearts of Americans, not just their minds. And not just writers but filmmakers, teachers and academics, an army of intellectual activists reshaping public debate for the better. Americans care about the natural world -- they just to be reminded, and to tie that affection directly to action on greenhouse gases and energy.
If the environmental movement can accomplish both of these admittedly daunting tasks -- building grassroots power and reshaping public debate -- we'll be well poised to win the next round, whether it's in two, four, six or (and we can pray not) eight years.


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When you shop for a new or used car, you will likely consider a vehicle's safety rating before making your final purchase. An accident can happen at any time. And these ratings help predict how well you'll be protected in the event of a crash. (The right car insurance can help, too.)
Maybe you're looking for a car with a five-star safety rating, or one that has been named a TOP SAFETY PICK by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. (See what made the 2021 BEST SECURITY PICKS list.)
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Who performs vehicle crash tests?
In the United States, two organizations are responsible for collecting and reporting vehicle crash test data: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and that Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Both organizations conduct extensive testing to determine the safety of the vehicles. The difference: NHTSA is an organization run by the federal government, while IIHS is a non-profit organization funded by insurance companies.
How does NHTSA rate vehicle safety?
NHTSA tests most new vehicles and evaluates them based on a five-star safety rating program. The more stars a vehicle gets, the better it performed in the organization's tests. The goal is to give consumers a simple measure of a vehicle's crash avoidance, protection and rollover safety. As the organization says, "more stars equal safer cars."
To determine its car safety rating, NHTSA uses four tests:
- Frontal crash test: Used to simulate a frontal crash, this test involves crashing a vehicle directly into a fixed barrier at 35 mph. Thus, it represents collisions between two vehicles of the same size.
- Side barrier crash test: The test simulates an intersection collision, where a vehicle is hit broadside (or T-boned) by another vehicle. During the test, a stopped car is hit with a 3,015-pound moving barrier on the driver's side at 38.5 mph.
- Side pillar crash test: To simulate a crash into a telephone pole, a vehicle is angled 75 degrees and pulled into a pole near the driver's door at 20 km/h.
- Rolling resistance test: More of a calculation than a crash test, this measurement estimates the likelihood of a vehicle tipping during a sudden turn.
How does the IIHS rate vehicle safety?
The IIHS safety ratings use a slightly different system to rank vehicles. Instead of a star rating, the group measures crash test results as good, acceptable, marginal or poor. While they perform a similar side barrier crash test as the NHTSA, their other tests are different. They include:
- Frontal overlap crash test: While NHTSA crashes vehicles head-on into a large barrier, the IIHS tests simulate a series of frontal crashes in which only part of the vehicle makes contact with the barrier. In the moderate overlap test, a vehicle traveling at 40 mph crashes into a barrier only 40% of the vehicle's width, offset on the driver's side. The group also conducts small overlap tests, where the barrier is only 25% of the vehicle's width.
- Roof strength test: This test evaluates occupant safety in the event of a rollover by pushing an angled metal plate into the roof at a slow, constant speed. The force needed to crush the roof is used to calculate the vehicle's strength-to-weight ratio.
- Headrest and seat tests: According to the IIHS, "Neck sprains and strains are the most commonly reported injuries in U.S. auto insurance claims." By testing seats and head restraints, the organization can determine how well a vehicle will protect occupants from injuries such as whiplash. For these tests, the vehicle's seats are removed and fixed on a movable steel sled. The sled is moved to simulate the rapid acceleration and deceleration forces that occur in an accident.
In addition to crash tests, the IIHS also evaluates systems such as the vehicle's headlights, front crash protection system and LATCH child seat system.
One thing to note: None of the tests account for a common mismatch in real-world conditions where a smaller vehicle with the highest safety rating collides with or is hit by a larger, heavier one like a pickup truck or SUV.
What does the car safety rating mean?
In both the NHTSA and IIHS rating scales, the definition of high and low performance depends on the specific test performed. But while it will take some research to uncover the exact measurements, the results speak for themselves. According to the IIHS, "a driver of a vehicle rated good in the moderate overlap test is 46% less likely to die in a frontal crash, compared to a driver of a vehicle rated poor." For left-side crash tests, that number jumps to a staggering 70%.
Generally, a rating of 4 or more NHTSA stars and a "good" or "top" safety rating are recommended by commentators.
What Role Do Crash Test Dummies Play?
When performing crash tests used to determine car safety ratings, it is important to evaluate not only the physical damage to the vehicle, but also the safety of the occupants. That's what crash test dummies are used for. Not to be confused with the Canadian rock band from the 90s, these life-size test units simulate the damage to a human body during an accident.
They ride along during crash tests and are loaded with sensors to measure stress and strain on different body parts. Here are some things you might not know about these high-tech mannequins:
- Crash test dummies have an aluminum and steel skeleton and plastic ribs to simulate the human ribcage.
- A standard doll can cost up to $400,000.
- The dummy's joints have been designed to simulate the flexibility of human joints, which stretch and bend.
- An average crash test dummy can contain up to 80 sensors.
- In addition to computerized data collection, mannequins are also painted with grease paint to show where their heads impacted the vehicle.
- Dummies come in a small range of sizes to simulate the impact of a crash on men, women and children.
How do I find my vehicle's safety rating?
Both NHTSA and that IIHS publish the results of their crash tests online. Just visit their respective websites and search for the make and model year of your vehicle to see its crash test results.
Do crash test ratings affect your car insurance rates?
Although there is no general rule for how much you will save, safer vehicles are often cheaper to insure. At the same time, some insurance companies are raising premiums for cars that have poor safety records and are more susceptible to damage or passengers.
Why are crash tests important?
Today, cars are safer than they have ever been. And vehicle safety technology continues to evolve. Much of this development can be attributed to the work of organizations such as NHTSA and IIHS. These groups have pioneered the mainstream adoption of many common safety features, including seat belts, child restraints, and airbags.
Want to see how much safer cars have become? Check out this video of a 2009 Chevy Malibu crashing into a 1959 Chevy Bel Air.
As newer safety features emerge and cars become "smarter," new test categories will likely be added — but they won't be reflected in ratings yet. In addition, electric vehicles (which are heavier than traditional gas and diesel vehicles) have just been incorporated into the tests.
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In a recent post [Speaking in Numbers], I discussed the fact that the United States needs a program to stimulate an interest in science and mathematics in its children. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert reports that the problem is not in stimulating interest in our younger children, but keeping that interest alive as they enter puberty ["Clueless in America," 22 April 2008].
"Allan Golston, the president of U.S. programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation … noted that the performance of American students, when compared with their peers in other countries, tends to grow increasingly dismal as they move through the higher grades: 'In math and science, for example, our fourth graders are among the top students globally. By roughly eighth grade, they're in the middle of the pack. And by the 12th grade, U.S. students are scoring generally near the bottom of all industrialized countries.'"
One way to stimulate that interest in older youth and teens is to ensure that those who major in math and/or science have well-paying jobs waiting for them when they graduate. One of the things that happened in the computer science field was that outsourcing depressed the job market in the IT field after the dot-com crash early this century. This could become an issue in the math and science fields as well according to G. Pascal Zachary, who reports that U.S. companies are now beginning to outsource science ["How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.," New York Times, 20 April 2008].
"At a time of economic belt-tightening, might cheap science from low-wage countries help keep American innovators humming? Americans have long profited from low-cost manufactured goods, especially from Asia. The cost of those material 'inputs' is now rising. But because of growing numbers of scientists in China, India and other lower-wage countries, 'the cost of producing a new scientific discovery is dropping around the world,' says Christopher T. Hill, a professor of public policy and technology at George Mason University."
I'm not sure that Americans have "profited from low-cost manufactured goods." America's consumer culture and life style has been maintained through a period of stagnant wages by relying on low cost goods purchased on credit, but America's trade deficit has been enormous. Zachary is arguing that it is time for the U.S. to borrow a page from low cost countries and learn to exploit discoveries made elsewhere to help fix what currently ails the U.S. economy.
"American innovators — with their world-class strengths in product design, marketing and finance — may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits. Mr. Hill views the transition to 'the postscientific society' as an unrecognized bonus for American creators of new products and services. Mr. Hill's insight, which he first described in a National Academy of Sciences journal article last fall, runs counter to the notion that the United States fails to educate enough of its own scientists and that 'shortages' of them hamper American competitiveness. The opposite may actually be true. By tapping relatively low-cost scientists around the world, American innovators may actually strengthen their market positions. 'We shouldn't fear the rise of science in Asia and other poorer countries. We should figure out how to take advantage of it,' says Patrick Windham, a lecturer in technology policy at Stanford and a former staff member of Congressional science committees."
The argument I made in the previously mentioned post is that America needs to produce world class mathematicians and scientists in order to remain in the global conversation that increasingly relies on math know how. I believe it's a complementary argument to one being made by Zachary. Both arguments involve strategies that take advantage of globalization.
"Optimism about scientific globalization is a wrinkle on the familiar story of outsourcing. Just as United States companies have contracted out physical production, they can do the same for scientific 'goods,' which range from formulas and ideas to the results of experiments. In the short-term at least, higher spending on scientists by India and China could create a glut of them in these countries, driving wages down further and making the costs of acquiring science even lower. 'Science is the ultimate global activity,' says Richard B. Freeman, a labor economist with the National Bureau of Economic Research. 'You can outsource research.' Mr. Freeman, among others, questions whether there is a shortage of scientists in the United States. He cites evidence suggesting that American dominance in science will decline over time and that we should worry less about purported shortages at home and more about 'developing new ways of benefiting from scientific advances made in other countries.' Of course, scientific knowledge isn't a thing, like a child's toy or an electric motor, so the day may never come when 'science' can be purchased from a Chinese or Indian catalog."
In order to exploit discoveries made elsewhere, the United States must continue to produce people who can understand the potential of such discoveries. Those people won't be English literature majors or lawyers; they will be scientists and mathematicians. They must be people who are fluent in the global scientific language that will drive innovations of the future.
"While the United States is expected to remain the home of choice for the world's best scientists for some time, industry is increasingly striking deals with scientists in developing countries eager for wider exposure. … Benefiting from foreign science isn't new. Last October, the Nobel Prize for physics, for instance, was shared by French and German scientists for their basic discovery of what is known as the 'giant magnetoresistance' effect, which enables much more digital data to be stored on a disk drive. The breakthrough, by Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg, had essentially no commercial impact in Germany or France. But by using open scientific literature and attending conferences, Seagate [Technology, a U.S. firm,] found ways to capitalize on the breakthrough, which had been financed by European governments."
Another reason that the U.S. needs to continue to educate math and science students is that commercialization of breakthrough innovations is seldom an easy thing to do.
"Commercializing science isn't easy, which is the main reason that rising scientists from India, China and other countries can't readily achieve business success. In the case of the magneto effect, Seagate engineers ended up using different materials — at different temperatures — than the Nobel winners. 'We made the big step to get the scientific advance into products,' Mr. Re says. 'And then we had to manufacture hundreds of millions of them. This is a very different challenge.' Precisely because the gap between basic science and commercial innovations is large, Mr. Hill's postscientific society makes sense to innovators on the front lines. One implication for the future is that the United States 'won't have to import so many scientists,' says Stephen D. Nelson, associate director of policy programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science."
That should make the anti-immigrant crowd happy. The only way that can prove to be an accurate prediction, however, is if U.S. schools produce enough mathematicians and scientists to fill the jobs needed by U.S. corporations. A "post-scientific" world is not a world without science but a world that knows how to exploit science from wherever it comes. The "post-scientific" world is just as dependent on scientists and mathematicians as the world in which we now live.


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Where can I buy the Game Reader for this device?
I bought a new Nintendo 3DS 2015 game console for my son. After a few months, it won't read the game cartridges. I checked the pins on the game reader and they are damaged. Tried ti fix them by aligning them correctly and it worked for a few days but now it won't read games again. I want to replace the game reader for it to work again correctly. Checked the tutorial and it's excellent but I can't find a place where I can buy this part so I can replace it with a new one. Can anyone help me with this?.
Thanks for any help you can bring me.


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Enable and disable standard commands for Voice Control on Mac
When you use Voice Control on your Mac, you can enable or disable commands in the standard set of commands: Basic Navigation, Overlays & Mouse, Dictation, Text Selection, Text Navigation, Text Editing, Text Deletion, and Accessibility (to use when the built-in screen reader VoiceOver is on). You can also see examples of how to speak.
To create custom commands, see Create, import, and export custom commands.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Voice Control on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)
Click Commands, then do any of the following.
Show commands for a language: If you added languages to use with Voice Control, click the "Show commands for" pop-up menu to choose the language whose commands you want to see.
Search for a command: Enter a word or phrase in the search field.
See more information about a command: Select the command in the list to show how to say it, a description, or an example on the right.
Enable a command: Select its checkbox. Voice Control listens only for selected commands.
Disable a command: Deselect its checkbox.


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Welcome to S.S. Lootah International
S.S. Lootah International (SSLI) was established as the international business arm of S. S. Lootah Group in 1999, leading to its national, regional and global business growth in the 21st century. S.S. Lootah International's business philosophy reflects Dubai's dynamism through pioneering and innovative projects and business ventures that deliver tangible economic and environmental results.
Besides being a unique business expertise and know-how exchange platform, our international ventures facilitate knowledge creation that addresses pressing issues and global challenges. Our successful alliances, partnerships and joint ventures with leading international companies have enabled us to develop, manage, support and finance some of the most sophisticated projects in the construction, industrial, energy, environmental research and sustainable development sectors across the world.
Over the past 10 years, SSLI have invested heavily in building competencies through a number of world-class partnerships that deliver integrated solutions to cater to the increasing demand for energy and environmental concerns. Lootah Biofuels and The Sustainable Media Group (SMG) are our recent green ventures that have pioneered alternative energy use and sustainable living in the UAE. The wholly-owned subsidiaries of SSLI -S.S. Lootah Asia, S.S. Lootah Canada and S.S. Lootah Europe - provide a gateway to the respective markets creating synergies to collaborate globally for sustainable economic growth.


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15th March 2022
PlanetSKI is currently touring the Tirol in an extended trip. So we thought we'd ask the Tirol Tourist Office for a few recommendations for restaurants. Here is their response.
For a look at our rolling blog as we currently spend some time in the Tirol then see here:
Angerer Alm, St. Johann in Tirol
The Angerer Alm is the oldest farm in the ski resort of St. Johann.
This luxury hut next to the Harschbichlbahn cable car is run by mother-and-daughter duo Annemarie and Katharina Foidl.
Both are not only outstanding cooks but also wine experts.
The rustic dining room has a fireplace and meals can be enjoyed on the terrace in nice weather.
The rooms are cosy and traditional and guests can access the Angerer Alm either by cable car or on skis.
It uses products from local suppliers, ingredients produced by farmers in the region, local venison and herbs from their Alpine garden.
A good wine from the wine cellar must not be missed.
In the winter time, the Angerer Alm is only accessible via the gondola lift. The last lift leaves before 16:00.
Sigwart's Tiroler Weinstuben, Brixlegg
Not on the mountain, but we feel it deserves a mention…and definitely worth a visit if you're in the Ski Juwel area.
It was founded in 1774 on the road to the Alpbachtal valley.
Farmers, craftsmen, travellers and traders met here.
Anton Sigwart bought the house in 1850 and in 1858 and created a lasting memento by having a fountain hewn out of rock that stands outside the house to this day.
Many generations have shaped this house and have inspired its dedication to traditional Tirolean cuisine with an "elegant, contemporary expression".
Only the best, fresh, local produce is used by the kitchen team.
Since 1985 Sigwart's Tiroler Weinstuben are Gault Millau listed and in the A la Carte restaurant guide.
Every year anonymous tests reconfirm the consistent top quality.
Sigwart's Tiroler Weinstuben is registered as one of the 200 best restaurants in Austria and listed in the best 25 in North and East Tirol.
Umadum Stubn – Gipfelalm Hohe Salve
The Umadum Stubn is the highest revolving restaurant in Austria.
It's motto is: "Revolve – See – Enjoy".
An amazing view of 73 three-thousand metre peaks awaits you.
In a cosy atmosphere with rustic wooden decor, diners can enjoy delicious dishes and specialities.
Ice Q Gourmet Restaurant, Sölden
The gourmet restaurant ice Q awarded with two toques by Gault & Millau is perched 3,048m above sea level.
Its stylish lounge and panoramic terrace resemble a film set in itself: Experience the spectacular 360 degree panoramic view of the Ötztal mountains from the all-glass restaurant area.
It is little wonder that James Bond location scouts saw this jaw-dropping scenery as a suitable shooting spot for Spectre.
Featuring innovative Alpine cuisine set against the backdrop of the stunning Austrian Alps, it really is a unique dining experience.
Juler's Stuba – off the mountain
The Juler's Restaurant in Ischgl is a place where gourmet food and outstanding service fuse.
It creates an unforgettable dining experience with some of the finest ingredients from the local region.
This à-la-carte restaurant in the Hotel Solaria is a hotspot for foodies who know their stuff and appreciate the care and attention to detail given to every dish by its kitchen team.
Gourmetrestaurant Schaufelspitz, Stubai
Everyone that appreciates extraordinary cuisine during a ski break should definitely check out Restaurant Schaufelspitze at the Eisgrat mountain station at 2,900 metres above sea level.
The restaurant markets itself with the claim of being "the highest award-winning restaurant in the Alps".
It's a slogan backed up by its two "Hauben" and 15 points in the Gault-Millau-Guide 2016.
The Schaufelspitz has a welcoming interior with an open fire, offering space for 55 guests. The adjoining sundeck complements this with additional seating for 50 people.
Since 1988 the Schneekarhütte hs been owned by the Family Bair on the top of the ski area of Mayrhofen at 2,250m.
The focus is also to bring local dishes and ingredients to the food menu.
The family Bair has also started with the highest built wine cellar in Austria, to offer a great selection from the new and old wine world, as fine selected Champagne from small wineries in France.
In the year 2012 the building was rebuilt.
Seven of ten rooms are individually designed by local artists for example, high rated materials and great ideas.
The spa area allows the perfect combination after skiing, to have a great day at the mountain.
At nights, for the overnight guests, it will be a delicious, unique evening with a fine five dishes dinner and being the first at the slopes in the morning.
This article was originally published by Planetski.eu. Read the original article here.


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Design a beautifully detailed arch-viz scene from scratch
Hrensko was a step up for me in terms of visualization, and a great challenge on how to use tools simply and functionally in archviz. The more I step into archviz, the easier the process becomes in my workflow. Better to say, as software and plugins are updated and professional it's easier for artists to make our dream world come true in an image or animation. The future challenge for the artist might be who can do the process better and faster and for this intention, we should learn how to use new tools and also keep our knowledge updated. This project as it seems in the main image may look like a very complex one, but we will see how easily we can create the realistic result if we go through the right workflow.
As I am always passionate to share my knowledge with others, I want to say a big thank you for giving me this opportunity to offer this tutorial. Special thanks to Wim Vanderschueren for helping too.
Modeling the environment
Maybe it could be a challenging step for artists to start modeling the environment but I advise, just think about what you need and don't exaggerate the process. There are two types of workflow: We may need to build the whole area and need hundreds of renders or animation. In this project I modeled only the environment which was visible to the camera angles. So basically I started with a simple plan and divided it into mid-range segments and made my basic environment with pull and push in 3ds Max. It may take time but it's the best and most optimized way of having a terrain.
Displacements & textures
As we made the basic terrains by pushing and pulling we may need to make more variety on surfaces with displacements to look more realistic. So, for this purpose, I started to make a simple ground texture with Quixel mixer. As I guessed most of the ground will be covered by ferns and bushes, I didn't spend much time making the texture because mainly I needed the displacement. And for the rocks close to the camera I used Megascan 3D rock models with high-res displacements to bring more realism into the image.
Scattering analyzing
As we reach an acceptable environment, now we have to make our environment look more like the real-world, and as our scene is more and less like a mountain-jungle shape, we need to know how to scatter each part. To get the process easier to understand for you and also easier to manage for myself, as you see I divided the environments with different colors, so each color took different species, but still, for making more variation I made two types of scattering for some parts with different settings to look more natural.
Scattering library
To have a very realistic environment you may need a way different species, and that was what I brought into my scene. I didn't have a vast landscape among my camera, and as the distance of the environment ends at around 400 meters from the camera, it ensures all the details of the trees and ferns would be visible, so I chose all species in high-quality format to guarantee that after the final render in high-res format, there will be no lack of texture in the image. Then I gathered all the models together, deleted some of the leaves, and changed some of the materials in the way I liked them to be.
Forestpack layers
Bringing different layers always helps to achieve better results no matter if it's making material or scattering species of plant. With the amazing forest pack feature based on the color I considered for each part, I assigned different layers with different species to each part, chose different scale, rotation, and density for each layer, and also in each layer with randomizing the probabilities of each species, bringing more variety to scattering and the result was more natural.
Also, while making different painting areas I excluded or included more random spaces for scattering, and disabled unnecessary parts of the surface from scattering. Also, make sure you exclude different objects such as trunks or rocks from scattering layers.
Manual paint
With all the layers you made with the forest pack there are still some parts which need manual scattering, and you still need to scatter some ferns or stones in the places you like. For this, I chose Advance Painter which is a very useful and user friendly tool. Also, sometimes because of the object's formats forest may not recognize the right direction to scatter on x, y, z position, so Advance Painter helps to have more accuracy of scattering. When after a couple of tests you made sure all the species took nice, then we go for the next step.
Never trust an object's material and always do some tests before final renders, especially for the object exported from other engines like Unreal. Make the right gamma for the textures and right brightness to see better details. As you see I tried to make the process super simple but I didn't fail, the more variety you bring into the materials and texture the more photorealistic results you may achieve. Go for different layers if it's necessary and always choose a TIFF format over HDR for the displacement if you don't have a strong computer. Displacement calculation will be a big issue in the final render for you.
Atmospheric effect
I always like to make an artistic atmosphere, and mostly I follow the real world as my reference. The amount of fog or mist can have a vital rule in light refraction and sometimes in bouncing the light. It used to be a post-production technique but now with a simple material you can make for the whole environment. As you can see in the final image and the moonlight example, the amount of fog brought a mass of light around the light source and brightened a specific environment. That's a trick that you can use in the artistic works. And here you can see the volumetric fog setting I used for this scene. Just note the scale of your work is effective in using the fog, but the process is the same for all environments.
I'm very meticulous about this part because I can harvest all of my plants here. Simply I can say yes I used HDRI texture but the question is how I achieved this light from an HDRI texture, the answer is that it was the most time-consuming part of the work as I tried more than 30 HDRI textures with different rotation in the vertical and horizontal direction. But the more time I spent the better the result. So the placement of the light and angle it glints to in the environment is the important bit. It may be an intention to tell a story or transfer a feeling with different color which can emphasize your philosophy of creation.
Turn off the autoback
In my personal experience around 80% of 3ds Max crashes are because of interference of autoback with your acts during the progress. So I faced this issue hundreds of times as we all do but in this case, I just turned it off and used manual saving on two different files and guess how many times my 3ds Max crashed? The answer is zero. If some of the objects in the scene do not have problems or all plugins work correctly this can help a lot. You may also check your scene with plugins like Sini software or Corona Render Scene Check to see if there is any problem with your file or not.


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Fulham Chairman and Owner Shahid Khan paid a visit to the club's Motspur Park training ground earlier in the week. The visit coincided with new Head Coach Slavisa Jokanovic's first full week in charge and gave our owner the opportunity for some face time to the new boss.
Khan's welcome visit to London comes after a near two month period of unrest at Fulham which ended with the appointment of Jokanovic shortly after Christmas. The prolonged period of uncertainty of the change of management and the news of a transfer embargo led to many fans openly questioning Khan's personal commitment and level of involvement in Fulham, so this visit was likely considered a necessary photo opportunity to mend a few fences.
Khan was accompanied at Motspur Park by his PR advisor, Jim Woodcock of Public Relations company FleishmanHilliard, who tweeted a picture of the visit before a video was later posted online by the club. The video it must be said did appear quite contrived given it was obvious it wasn't exactly off the cuff but it certainly did the job from a public relations perspective.
Mr Woodcock has proven something of a good sport over the past year or so. Ever since his email got leaked on various forums, he's been inundated with a barrage of emails from Fulham fans with no other method of sending sentiment to our owner. Anecdotally it seems he's responded to nearly all the emails he's received.
Public relations and image is something that Shahid ("Shad" has yet to catch on here) Khan has had a good reputation for in Jacksonville by all accounts, but less so over here amongst the Fulham community. That might not be because he's done a lot wrong bar not being Mohamed Al-Fayed, but being an overseas based owner for whom football clearly isn't second nature, he was fighting a tough PR battle from Day 1. Factor in the cavalcade of misery that we've had on the pitch since he took over and, well, you can see why he has a retained PR company.
Whether the reason for this visit was simply to get some overdue good PR or if there was some other business to attend to, having Khan at the club this week has to be viewed as a positive. Photo-op or not, for the players and managers to see the Chairman in person must be a good thing. Players are far more likely to play for an owner who cares.
It would be nice if at some point Khan would engage with the fans on more than a superficial basis. With a PR conglomerate working for him, our Shahid Khan sightings almost always come across as staged, or just a bit too perfect. He always says the right thing, and you often wonder how. Programme columns are a perfect example or where you might hear from the Chairman, but there is no guarantee that the words haven't been vetted to ensure they don't upset the apple cart.
With ongoing questions regarding the timeline of the Riverside Stand development, board oversight in light of the breach of Financial Fair Play regulations and the seemingly mishandled and certainly miscommunicated search for a manager, a healthy and open dialogue between the Fulham owner and the fans would only strengthen our club.
As a Director of the Fulham Supporters Trust, I would encourage Mr Khan to engage with the Supporters Trust, who already have productive monthly meetings with the CEO and other senior management of the club. However, as a fan I would just encourage more engagement with the fanbase in general. A photocall and increased visibility is certainly the first step in the right direction but the ongoing problems at Charlton show what can happen when the relationship between an absentee owner and fanbase deteriorates. We're not at that stage, but a perilous league position always has fans wondering at the back of their mind when, not if, our owner will get bored and decide to cut his losses.
The Jokanovic appointment has given everybody associated with the club a bit of positive momentum. Despite the iffy performance last Saturday, there is an air of good feeling around the fans at Craven Cottage for the first time in months. Something that was palpable at Craven Cottage last weekend.
For our charismatic Chairman, the appointment of a new Manager has deflected attention back to the football field rather than the Boardroom. If our Chairman and his advisors are as media savvy as they should be, now is the time to press on. Khan's visit will mean for nothing if he's not heard or seen again until August.
On field results will of course be the first dictator of whether any positive vibes remain; but a united, healthy and engaged relationship between fanbase and ownership will go a long way.
P.s. Did anyone else notice how much longer Khan spent talking to Moussa Dembele than other players? I'm not sure how long it takes to say "How much do you want?" but it's not that long.
P.p.s. Hopefully a trip to Jermyn Street was on his agenda. For a billionaire, his clothes could do with an upgrade.


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So, dentistry actually found me. I was offered a job by my dentist growing up for a summer, and it was supposed to only last for three months, but it ended up lasting six years until I went to dental school.
I love getting my patients in. I love working with my hands, and this was a way to actually incorporate both of those. My favorite thing in the world is just seeing someone who can finally smile again, who's been hiding that smile for years. It's just fabulous work and I love people.
So I went to the University of Kentucky to get a bachelor's in science and then I continued at the University of Kentucky for dental school. Following that, there's so much opportunity in this dental community to further your education. So you can pick all these different areas of dentistry that appeal to you, and you can go in as far as you want, or as little as you want. So it really gives us an opportunity to really hone our skills in different areas.
So I have been practicing for about 15 years now, so my patients get 15 years of knowledge plus all the information I've got in school and before school. So every day you're actually able to implement new ideas and you learn from those. It's a wonderful field to be in, and patients can really see a difference when they leave.
Okay. So if you're a new patient that's looking for a new practice, you have found it here. We love to laugh. We love to meet new people. And one of our favorite things is meeting the whole family. We don't see you as a patient. We see you as a friend first.
Dr. Jill Miller was born, raised, and educated right here in Lexington, KY. She attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and then received a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Kentucky. From there, she attended the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, where she excelled in patient care. Since graduating, Dr. Miller has been striving to provide the best oral health care to her patients and loves serving her community.
Dr. Miller has advanced training in laser dentistry, implant dentistry, endodontics, and cosmetics. She has an Associate Fellowship with the World Clinical Laser Institute and is a member of the American Dental Association, the Kentucky Dental Association, and the Bluegrass Dental Association.
Dr. Miller initially began her dental career in 1996 as a dental assistant working with Dr. Trish Takacs. Her love of people and passion for working with her hands led her into the field of dentistry. She enjoys learning and implementing new technologies into the practice. She loves to educate her patients and keep them involved with their care every step of the way.


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Developing short, medium and long term actions for improving water, sanitation and waste management in Dodowa (Ghana)
On 28th and 29th of March and on 23rd and 24th of May 2018, the Dodowa Transition team supported the inhabitants of a number of Dodowa communities taking part in the Transition Management process to develop short, medium and long term actions supporting the improvement of water, sanitation and waste management in their communities. In order to do so, the transition team organized eight different arena meetings with participants from Apperkon, Wedokum, Zongo and Obom communities. In addition, representatives of local institutions, NGOs (e.g. People's Dialogue) and grassroots initiatives such as the Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor were invited to join the meetings. During meetings taking place in March 2018, the participants worked in different groups and defined and described the actions for getting closer to their visions of cleaner, healthier and safer communities. In addition, discussions were held on which practices and behaviors need to change in order to achieve their visions.
During the meetings in May, the participants were asked to give priority to some of the actions already developed in the previous meetings, to discuss them in more detail in different groups and to develop a plan for each priority action. The presence of community mobilisers and representatives of NGOs and local institutions was key in this phase of the process. They shared lessons learnt in their work, gave examples of activities and projects developed by active groups of inhabitants in other communities, and collaborations existing between community members and local institutions. They also shared methods that effectively resulted in engaging and raising awareness related to multiple issues including water and sanitation practices and behaviors. It was important for the participants to hear inspiring stories of community members that started to collaborate with local authorities and other institutions and managed to get support for implementing water and sanitation services. These insights were particularly important for inspiring the participants and for motivating them to act in their communities. The developed action plans for the priority actions included multiple issues such as the resources needed, the list of institutions and stakeholders to collaborate with, and the skills and knowledge needed to implement them. The action plans included multiple actions that will be implemented in the communities in the next months; these actions included, for example, the organization of community festivals for raising awareness on water and sanitation practices, the participatory mapping of existing water and sanitation services in the communities that will be shared with the local authority (i.e. district assembly).


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Sprint's XOHM WiMAX service gets official
The Xohm website is now hot, making yesterday's rumor pretty incontestable at this point. Although seeing a press release would really seal the deal. The teaser site simply states that Xohm is coming in the Spring of 2008 and promises to "expand the internet experience" to a new class of internet enabled devices.
Right, a bit later than "by year-end 2007" which Sprint was originally touting. We'll update you with the press release which we expect to pop any minute now. With any luck, we'll also learn how to pronounce their new mobile WiMAX brand.
Update: Ah ha! As reader Deluxe points out, it's pronounced "Zome" as in Rome. Had to bust out Firefox since the audio won't play in Safari.
Update 2: The Press release is out. The "end of 2007" soft launch is still expected for Chicago and Baltimore / D.C. markets. Lucky you, John Waters.


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IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Action
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Activity
An activity is the basic transformational action primitive with which processes and operations can be represented; it specifies how the world is changed. An enabling state defines what has to be true of the world in order for the activity to be performed. A caused state defines what is true of the world once the activity has been completed.
An activity, along with its enabling and caused states, is called an activity cluster.The state tree linked by an enables relation to an activity specifies what has to be true in order for the activity to be performed. The state tree linked to an activity by a causes relation defines what is true of the world once the activity has been completed. Intermediate states of an activity can be defined by elaborating the aggregate activity into an activity network.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#ActivityEmpowerment
Activity empowerment specifies the range of stati through which an oa may take an activity by performing the appropriate actions, such as execute and suspend. Even though an activity may be enabled, the oa whose role contains the process which contains the activity may not be empowered to start its execution.
forActivity: defines the Activity that the agent is being empowered for.
forAction: defines the action on the Activity the agent is being empowered for
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#AndState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Authority
Adequate authority is needed for the role to achieve its goals. Authorities include the right of using resource, the right to perform activities, and the right to execute status changing actions.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#CommunicationLink
Communication-links are established among organizational agents in various roles. Communication-links capture the notion of benevolent communication in which agents regard each other as peers volunteer information that they believe relevant to other agents. This exchange does not create obligations for any agent.
The communication-link is a unidirectional link used to communicate information from one agent to another. It describes, for an agent in a given organizational role, the information it is interested in receiving and the information it can benevolently distribute to others.
For example, an agent in the "C++ programmer" role may distribute information about the state of the file server to other programmers, alerting them each time the server is down.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#CommunicationWithAuthority
A special kind of authority is the control relationship between two organizational agents. For OA1 to have authority over OA2 implies that OA1 is able to extract a commitment from OA2 to achieve a goal that is defined as part of OA2's organization-roles. In order to extract that commitment, OA1 has to be related directly or indirectly by a communication-with-authority (CWA) link relation.
The Communication-with-Authority link, used when communication is intended to create obligations, specifies the two agents, one in the authority position (called supervisor) and the other in the controled position (called supervisee), among which communication takes place. Because we model communication as exchange of speech-acts, authority of an agent appears as the set of speech-acts this agent can use in order to create obligations for the other agent. For example, an agent may have authority to request another agent to perform action A1, but not to perform action A2. In this case, the second agent will have to commit to achieving A1 when requested by the first agent, but not A2.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Constraint
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#ConsumeState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Division
An organization consists of divisions.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Empowerment
Empowerment is the right of an oa to perform status changing actions, such as "commit", "enable", "suspend", etc. Empowerment naturally falls into two classes: state and activity empowerment.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#ForProfitOrganization
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Goal
A goal is achieved if the state that it is linked to via a satisfiedBy property is true. A Goal achieved by the performance of a Process.
Goals can be ordered directly via the dependsOn property.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#GovernmentOrganization
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#NonGovernmentOrganization
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#OrState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Organization
An organization is a set of constraints on the activities performed by agents. An organization consists of a set of divisions and subdivisions (recursive definition), a set of organization-agents (said to be members of a division of the organization), a set of roles that the members play in the organization, and an organization-goal tree that specifies the goals (and their decomposition into subgoals) the members try to achieve.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#OrganizationAgent
An organization-agent (or in short agent) plays one or more roles. Each role is defined with a set of goals that the role is created to fulfill and is allocated with proper authority at the level that the role can achieve its goals. Agents perform activities in the organization, each of which may consume resource (e.g. materials, labors, tools, etc.) and there is a set of constraints that constrain the activities. An agent can also be a member of a team set up in response to a special task, has skill requirements, and has a set of communication-link defining the protocol that it communicates with other agents in the organization.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#OrganizationThing
Communication-links are established among organizational agents in various roles. Communication-links capture the notion of benevolent communication in which agents regard each other as peers volunteer information that they believe relevant to other agents. This exchange does not create obligations for any agent.
The communication-link is a unidirectional link used to communicate information from one agent to another. It describes, for an agent in a given organizational role, the information it is interested in receiving and the information it can benevolently distribute to others.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Ownership
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Policy
Constraints on the performance of the role's processes. These constraints are unique to the organization role.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Process
Activity networks that have been defined to achieve the goals.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#ProduceState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#ReleaseState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Resource
One or more resources may be allocated to a role for disposition under its authority.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Role
A Role defines one or more prototypical job functions in an organization.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#Skill
One or more skills required for the realization of a role.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#State
An enabling state defines what has to be true of the world in order for the activity to be performed. A caused state defines what is true of the world once the activity has been completed.
An activity, along with its enabling and caused states, is called an activity cluster. The state tree linked by an enables relation to an activity specifies what has to be true in order for the activity to be performed. The state tree linked to an activity by a causes relation defines what is true of the world once the activity has been completed.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#StateEmpowerment
State empowerment specifies the range of stati through which an oa may take a state by performing the appropriate actions, such as commit. State empowerment not only specifies allowable status changes but may be used to restrict the set of resources an oa is empowered to commit to a use/consume state. An oa may be empowered for any type of resource, including other oas. The implication being the first oa may commit the second to a state.
forState: defines the state that the agent is being empowered for.
forAction: defines the action on the state the agent is being empowered for
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#TerminalState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#UseState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#activityEmpower
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#causedBy
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#causes
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#commitedTo
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#communicationLinkProperty
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#consistsOf
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#decompositionOf
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#dependsOn
A goal g1 is said to depend on goal g2 if g1 can not be achieved unless g2 has been achieved previously.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#enabledBy
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#enables
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#forAction
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#forActivity
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#forResource
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#forState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#generalizedRoleOf
has characteristics: transitive
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#goalProperty
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasAuthority
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasCommunicationLink
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasEmpowerment
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasGoal
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasInterest
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasMember
Defines that an OrganizationAgent is a member of an Organization and/or some type of work.
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#has_Ownership
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasPolicy
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasProcess
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasReceivingAgent
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasReceivingRole
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasResource
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasRole
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasSendingAgent
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasSendingRole
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasSubState
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasSupervisee
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasSupervisor
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#homeDivision
has characteristics: functional
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#memberOf
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#organizationAgentProperty
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#plays
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#requiresSkill
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#roleProperty
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#satisfiedBy
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#specializedRoleOf
has characteristics: transitive
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#stateEmpower
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#stateProperty
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#subStateOf
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#subordinateOf
Within the organization, there is usually a hierarchy of roles where one role is subordinate of another. For example, recruiting-officer is a subordinate of human-resource-manager, which in turn is a subordinate of president.
has characteristics: transitive
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#superiorOf
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#willVolunteer
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#achieved
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasLegalName
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#hasName
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#charitable_owned
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#commit
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#complete
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#disenable
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#enable
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#execute
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#government_owned
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#privately_owned
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#publicly_owned
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#reenable
IRI: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/organization.owl#suspend
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
IRI: http://creativecommons.org/ns#license
IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix
IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespaceUri
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
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Green River Reservoir provides primitive camping and paddling experiences in a remote setting. All campsites can only be reached by paddling to them - some a 1 to 2-mile paddle from the launch site. Camping is allowed only at designated campsites and can only be reached by boat.
Open May 30 to October 15
Amenities: Pets Welcome
Recreation: Fishing / Hike & Bike / Swimming: Lake
Sites: 28 No Hookups / Total Sites: 28
Rental Units:
Nearby Cities / Towns: Morrisvile
Phone: (802) 888-1349 | Alt. Phone: (888) 409-7579
Address: 1394 Green River Dam Road Hyde Park, VT 05655
Travel Directions: Campsites can only be reached by paddling to them. Parking is extremely limited. Trailers not advised


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Wetsuit sizing is one of the hardest but most crucial parts of selecting the best wetsuit. Getting the right-sized wetsuit can be a trial and error process. For this reason, we advise trying on a range of different wetsuits in different sizes and different makes and models as the exact shape and size of a wetsuit can vary even between wetsuits from the same brand. Quite often the manufactures size guides don't reflect the best size for you. We have a range of wetsuits available to try in our store in Aberdeen. If you are unsure what size please contact us and we can help advise on the correct size.
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40 PF: The Power-fit compressive lining, along with Orca's high-end Yamamoto 40 technology, provides a perfect fit in the torso area, ensuring that water will not flow through the wetsuit. Nano Ice SCS coating improves hydrodynamics, reducing water resistance and allowing the open water swimmer to reach top speed with each stroke.


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Volvo Posts Fourteen Months of Consecutive Double Digit Sales Growth
ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (Sept. 1, 2016) - Volvo Car USA, LLC, (VCUSA) reported U.S. sales of 7,682 vehicles, a 30.9 percent increase versus August 2015 and marking the fourteenth consecutive month the company posted double digit sales growth. Year-to-date sales are up 29.5 percent year-over-year.
Sales for the month of August were led by the award-winning XC90 luxury SUV with 2,859 vehicles sold. The XC60 followed in the second spot with 1,847 vehicles sold.
"In addition to strong XC90 sales, we are now seeing the first S90 sedans starting to arrive to our dealerships," said Lex Kerssemakers, President and CEO, Volvo Car USA. "Today also marks the start of our national advertising campaign for S90, 'Song of the Open Road' which will continue the momentum on our transformation journey."
Volvo is implementing a sweeping $11 billion transformation plan that has involved the development of its own modular vehicle architecture, a new engine range, global manufacturing capability, a completely renewed product range and world leading developments in safety, autonomous driving and connectivity.
For sales by model click here: https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/corporate/sales-volumes
About Volvo
Volvo Car USA, LLC, (www.volvocars.com/us) is a subsidiary of Volvo Car Group of Gothenburg, Sweden. VCUSA provides marketing, sales, parts, service, technology and training support to Volvo automobile retailers in the United States. For more information please refer to the VCUSA media website at: http://www.media.volvocars.com/us.
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Balabhaskar Chandran
Born: 10 July 1978
Died: 2 October 2018
- He was an Indian musician, violinist, composer, and record producer.
- He is best known for promoting fusion music in South India.
- Hailing from a musically affluent family, he was introduced to the world of instrumental music at the age of three by his uncle B. Sasikumar, a laureate in Carnatic music.
- Balabhaskar began his professional career at the age of 12.
- He made his debut as a music director by composing the soundtrack for the Malayalam film Mangalya Pallakku (1998) and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry at the age of 17.
- He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin).
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About Us
Since being founded in 1987, Contrax Technologies has grown from 1500 square feet to 12,000 square feet and is looking to expand further in the near future.
Contrax Technologies is a privately owned, independent electronics based, full service technology company specializing on printed circuit board surface mount/through-hole technology, cable and chassis assembly, computer integration, and in-circuit and functional testing services for both the commercial and government markets. Contrax is a sales driven organization that emphasizes assurance and customer satisfaction. Nothing is too small or too big for Contrax – we do small to large production runs and quick turnaround.
Our talented management and technical staff have progressively evolved, which assures continuing strength and growth within the company.
We possess diverse capabilities. Our scientific and technical skills combined with a progressive quality assurance program have kept us ahead in this rapidly changing and highly competitive industry. We also offer design/engineering services for those companies who require it. We at Contrax are constantly on the move.
There are several distinguishing factors that contribute to our successful standing standing as a reliable supplier:
- We make the best of our most important asset: our people who are proud of their contribution to the manufacture of your product.
- Our commitments:
- High Quality,
- Competitive Pricing,
- Customer Support,
- Engineering Support,
- Profitable Growth,
- On-Time Deliveries,
- Automated Manufacturing,
- Cost Savings Ideas
- Contrax offers kitted and turnkey assembly that includes material procurement, assembly and testing.
- Contrax also does prototype layout and prototype runs.
Contrax Technologies views their customers as partners and they view us as their manufacturing arm, therfore, we work very close with them to assure a mutually beneficial and successful relationship.
Contrax Technologies extends an invitation to any firm in need of Electronic Contract Manufacturing to visit our facility and to become a satisfied and valued customer.