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PRTA Australia chooses Ameyo contact center software for more efficient telemarketing processes
Ameyo - the IP-based call center solution from Drishti-Soft Solutions, India becomes the technology platform powering highly successful telemarketing processes of Positive Response Telemarketing Agency (PRTA), Australia. The later being a leading telemarketer caters to clients from different industry verticals with unique process requirements. With Ameyo, PRTA not just achieved automation of outbound processes but also reduced the turn-around-time for each new campaign adding unprecedented efficiency to their service delivery.
As in the words of Damon Bromley, MD, PRTA - "Ameyo has been an excellent technology base for our outbound campaigns. The solution gives us the flexibility to create our own campaigns and add/ reduce number of seats as per business requirement. Much credit goes to the intuitively designed user interfaces of Ameyo. Our team can self-do all the campaigns and workflow changes with just a few clicks. The solution has been a great value-add to our technology infrastructure."
Ameyo derives its flexibility from its SOA and MDA based architecture. The solution is capable of accommodating process changes and delivering the robustness with minimum time and development efforts. Elaborating further, Sachin Bhatia, VP Business Development, Drishti-Soft says -"Ameyo is marketed as an all-in-one solution which it truly is. It pre-integrates high-end developer tools like Node Flow Designer (for IVR nodes creation), Reportika (for self-designing custom reports), Scripter (for campaign creation) and again much more.
Adding further he says - "All these developer tools come with easy-to-use user interfaces that offer single click functionalities for creation of even most complex workflows. The deploying organization can have resources with minimal IT skills to manage their IT operations."
About PRTA
Positive Response Telemarketing Agency or PRTA is a reputed telemarketer and response management solutions provider. Established in 2003 with headquarters in St Leonard's, Australia; PRTA has grown into a dedicated outbound call centre. Its service portfolio talks about over 250 successful campaigns delivered across key vertical markets including energy & utilities, transport & logistics, media and communications, pharmaceutical, finance, automotive and franchising sectors. With technology platform consisting of best solutions in market, PRTA has the expertise to deploy and deliver a wide variety of client processes.
About Drishti (www.drishti-soft.com)
Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of communications technologies for next-generation Enterprises, empowering them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
Publish Date: March 29, 2011 10:54 AM
Ameyo call center software offers international toll-free service with Skype
Drishti-Soft announces availability of Ameyo - their award-winning call center software with Skype - the largest international VOIP communication service. Enterprises can now turn their customer care/ support center into a full-featured contact center with Ameyo along with an international toll free communication platform via Skype.
"Smart phones have allowed services like Skype to be always accessible. With a tight interoperability between Skype and Ameyo, a customer support center running on Ameyo opens its lines to 6.6 million Skype users across the globe. The inbound calls can directly land on Ameyo's customized IVRS and then be routed to the customer service representatives as per requirement. All customer interactions thus occurring can be logged and treated like your usual calls complete with reporting and call analysis for each. We believe this will bring customer friendly enterprises closer to their customers at lower costs." - says Sachin Bhatia, VP Business Development, Drishti-Soft.
The very purpose of a customer support center is to enable a unique platform for the customers to voice their problems and gather appropriate solutions. Now with a skypeID to dial to, the users can have a voice call, send an instant message or have a video call with the customer care center for a more effective support service from a company. Unifying this multi-channel contact with advanced contact center technology, enterprises can manage and control their customer interactions for enhanced service delivery.
Ameyo is an all-in-one communication suite that combines predictive dialing, interactive voice response, automatic call distribution, interactions logging, quality monitoring, reporting and analysis and more advanced functionalities to completely manage mass-scale customer interactions. The widely appreciated and respected call center solution is robust and delivers results while making the technology infrastructure flexible and scalable to match growing business requirements.
About Drishti(www.drishti-soft.com)
Publish Date: March 15, 2011 12:46 PM
Ameyo doubles the customer connect rates for Symphony BPO Malaysia
Ameyo, the IP-based call center suite from Drishti-Soft enables Symphony BPO in achieving a 200% efficiency increase for their customer contact processes. Powering some of their most critical client processes, Ameyo delivered significant productivity boost for the Malaysia-based BPO winning them appreciation from their customers.
As in the words of Ms Sunita Soyza, Director, CRM OB, Symphony BPO Solutions - "Our dialing processes relied much on conventional practices and we were keen on transforming the entire business operations to migrate to a multi-contact center level. With Ameyo we achieved complete automation and interoperability between the telephony and sales applications and were able to deliver better to our customers. The user interface of Ameyo helped our agents handle the customers better."
Symphony BPO being one of the leading outsourced call centers in Malaysia offers outsourcing services for financial processes, HR, contact management etc. Some of these critical client processes are not just time bound but require impeccable service delivery. For the technology powering such operations, the business requirement also becomes stringent and hence a robust platform becomes not just an advantage but a necessity. The award-winning call center technology - Ameyo is an ideal fit for such a requirement.
Talking about the solution, Tommy Ng, Sales Director, Microtel Technology (VAR of Drishti-Soft) says - "Ameyo provides capabilities to configure a focused customer contact strategy. BPOs are able to connect better to their prospects and hence experience a considerable increase in sales. Easy-to-use interfaces of Ameyo simplify day-to-day operations for all users thereby adding to the efficiency. Ameyo also empowers the agents with complete customer information before the call is connected so that the agent is able to handle the call better."
About Symphony BPO
The Symphony Group is one of Asia's leading business process outsourcing (BPO) outfit and the partner of choice for more than 3,000 clients - from private and public-listed companies to Fortune 500, Global 500 and large conglomerates across the Asia Pacific region. Being one of the top 100 Global off shoring company, Symphony operates out of several locations in Malaysia and Osaka, Japan delivering contact management, human resource, financial, corporate secretarial, share issuance and registration and cheque processing solutions.
About Microtel Technology
Founded in 2000, Microtel Technology has been developing and providing innovative communication products for professional industries. Offering simple, innovative and affordable communication solutions their product range comprises of professional headsets and interfaces for call centers and office, professional telephony and professional wireless communications. Among the solutions offered are Voice Recording & Monitoring Solution, Call Script Builder, All-in-one contact centre communication suites.
Publish Date: March 1, 2011 12:07 PM
Teamlease chooses Ameyo for managing their business interactions
Drishti-Soft Solutions becomes the technology provider for complete interactions management for Teamlease Services. The later being one of the top staffing companies in India selected Ameyo for consolidating the complex interaction processes (both internal as well as external). Teamlease is a company engaged in temporary and permanent manpower solutions. The communication processes involve inbound and outbound interactions between the following entities besides Teamlease:
- Existing employee base - own staff of Teamlease as well as leased-out staff
- Clients - Big corporates who outsource their staffing processes to Teamlease
- HR Consultants - suggesting appropriate candidates for the job openings
- Direct Candidates - looking for a job opportunity
With various inter-dependent entities involved, the day-to-day business process becomes complex and automation becomes a need rather than just an efficiency enhancement tool. Talking about the benefits of getting the right technology for such intricate business processes Sharat Chandra, VP, Business Development, Drishti-Soft says - "HR outsourcing is a budding specialized-services domain. As it grows further, there would be an increased need for streamlining of the business operations and hence the use of innovative technology tools. Next generation CIM apps can play a crucial role in taking hassles out of the core functions of an HR outsourcing firm. By automating inbound/ outbound communication process and integrating them with the underlying database and other apps, a staffing company can save tremendous time, efforts and costs besides getting quicker and better results."
Elaborating on the benefits TeamLease derived from an advanced automation solution like Drishti's Ameyo, Neeti Sharma, Vice President at TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd. says - "Servicing clients and employees efficiently is very important for us to maintain our growth trajectory. Hence, we brought in Drishti as a technology partner for our integrated contact center. We are glad that with Drishti's Ameyo solution, good interoperability has been established within our various automation applications enabling us to expand our operations without worrying about IT infrastructure support."
Future generation technology is about collaboration. Businesses today comprise of a complex set of interwoven processes. Without IT, integrating them all and harnessing the desired results is not possible. Ameyo is an advanced software solution that is capable of automating business operations from the very core. SOA and MDA based architecture of the solution gives it flexibility to add and accept business applications as per need. The technology platform of Ameyo is robust and provides perfect base to scale up processes with growing business.
About Teamlease
TeamLease Services is India's leading staffing company and provides a range of Temporary and Permanent manpower solutions to over 1000 clients. Having started operations in 2002, Teamlease now has 75,000 employees in over 800 locations. Their core team of 600+ employees operates via a network of branches present across 15 cities in India, namely Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Chandigarh, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune.
Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of CIM solutions for next-generation Enterprises, empowering them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
Publish Date: February 21, 2011 11:46 AM
Ameyo - affordable answer to OTP (One Time Password) mandate by RBI
With a mandate of OTP added to other financial transactions-related regulations, merchants of e-commerce enabled businesses, banks and other financial institutions are facing a challenge of ensuring compliance. Both generation and distribution of the One Time Password requires a tight interoperability among the various underlying business applications. Ameyo provides a perfect bridge to ensure the card issuing authority is able to comply with this regulation and also able to further secure the financial transactions of their customers. The solution also works for the merchants who allow telephonic transactions to their customers like DTH helpline, Movie ticket booking via payment gateways etc. These merchants can adhere to OTP authentication mandates at highly affordable costs along with a host of business process automation features inherent to Ameyo.
As per the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), starting from February 1, 2011 all merchants in India are required to collect an OTP (One Time Password) in addition to information written on the Credit cards for all transactions done over phone (IVR). All banks in India are required to provide OTP directly to their customers for a secure transaction over IVR. This can be done either to the card user's registered mobile number or email ID or both. This in turn requires a technology platform that integrates various communication channels like Phone, Email, SMS, Web and Fax with the CRM and database applications. Now, with Passwords being generated and sent for individual customers on request, a detailed and granular customer profile is to be maintained and fetched whenever required. Ameyo is an all-in-one solution that can very effectively manage all this and add efficiency to the overall process.
Elaborating on the solution benefits, Sachin Bhatia, VP, Business Development, Drishti-Soft says - "Complying with OTP generation, distribution and authentication is a challenge for both the banks and merchants. Ameyo is perfectly equipped to provide not just an effective but a cost effective solution to this challenge. The ability of Ameyo to seamlessly map to the business processes within no time becomes an advantage to the enterprises struggling to find the right solution to adhere to the RBI regulations as soon as possible. We've done similar deployments of Ameyo in the past that makes it all the more easy for us to extend the technology platform at lower development costs which we are able to pass on to our customers."
Drishti's Ameyo contact center software has in-built features for compliance to the customer information security-related regulations. The solution has enabled many organizations to become PCI/ DSS compliant - another mandate for e-transactions. All IVR-based financial transactions in Ameyo are encrypted. The audit traits and logs are also encrypted and not visible to even the managing IT team. Ameyo has been handling e-transactions for over 4 years now as the technology for both the service provider as well as merchant side. Having successfully served to many reputed enterprises, Ameyo is a reliable and effective solution.
About Drishti-Soft ( www.drishti-soft.com )
Drishti is an innovator in the domain of customer interactions management. Next-gen technology solutions from Drishti are powering numerous contact centers - both captive and outsourced. CIM solutions from Drishti have enabled them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Drishti's customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI.
Publish Date: February 14, 2011 12:21 PM
AmeyoXchange: Tool for call centers to manage TRAI Regulations @ PBX cost
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) becoming very serious about Unsolicited Commercial Communications (UCC), it has become imperative for telemarketers in India, to check with the National Do Not Call registry and scrub their call lists before making calls. AmeyoXchange is an advanced contact center solution that enables easy compliance to all the regulations for telemarketing processes.
As stricter regulations from TRAI are challenging business processes, there's an increased need for a solution which provides compliance to all these and an upgrade to a more relevant solution at minimum costs. AmeyoXchange empowers contact centers to effectively answer problems like "Interactions History Reports", "MIS" and "DND Compliance". The solution is available at a cost similar to PBX for call centers.
AmeyoXchange's DND database management and DND number blocking capability for outbound calls enables adherence to Unsolicited Commercial Communications (UCC) regulations. The solution is compact and includes core call center functionalities like conference, transfer and hold. It also provides end-to-end voice logging for supervision and quality monitoring. To add to this, call centers get phone agents login with ACD and MIS capabilities. With the process automation enabled by AmeyoXchange, call centers can get comprehensive MIS reports based on agent performance, CDR, telephony performance etc.
Talking about the product composition, Sachin Bhatia, Vice President, Drishti-Soft says – "AmeyoXchange is a benchmarked solution and uses only tested components of the Ameyo suite and other proven Telephony Technologies to provide carrier-grade performance and reliability. Drishti does not compromise on components (example Telephony cards coming from the SE Asia region). We commit more than 99.5% uptime without redundancy and with it, even higher. The Java-based robust Ameyo application platform makes AmeyoXchange scalable with more than 1000 channels in single setup. SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and MDA (Model Driven Approach) base makes AmeyoXchange completely extensible. The solution can be further upgraded with on-demand features like CTI, predictive dialer, IVRS etc. for a complete communication suite."
Besides all this, AmeyoXchange gives a full upgrade from any existing call center solution – be it a PBX or any auto dialer. It does not require the call center to throw away their current hardware and software systems to upgrade; AmeyoXchange utilizes them all and seamlessly integrates with existing PBXs and protects investment. With a powerful tool like AmeyoXchange, a call center can achieve easy compliance, effective management of resources and granular reporting of day-to-day operations.
About Drishti( www.drishti-soft.com )
Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of communications technologies for next-generation Enterprises. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increased efficiency, reduced operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
Publish Date: January 31, 2011 2:07 PM
Next gen CIM applications unveiled by Drishti-Soft and Microtel in Singapore
Drishti-Soft along with their VAR (Value-added reseller) Microtel Technology organized a focused product seminar for the Singapore users to unveil their latest CIM applications for contact centers. With Customer Interactions Management (CIM) solution offerings forming the core agenda, the seminar brought together SIs and end-users i.e. contact centers from different parts of the country to gather insights on the latest technology concepts. The audience participated in a discussion on the CIM applications trends for 2011 including Voice Broadcast and Phone Agents.
The session began with Microtel product roadmap giving an overview of the product portfolio of Microtel for the APAC markets. Talking about the event, Mr. Lim Wai Meng, MD, Microtel Technology says – "Having spent considerable time in the market, we have gathered an insight into the customer needs. Today's contact center businesses need applications that add value to their service delivery besides enhancing the end productivity. We at Microtel have designed a whole range of products that enable contact centers to migrate to next level of Customer Interaction Management. Our intention of organizing this product seminar was to create a platform where the end-users get to understand the benefits they can derive from quality CIM solutions like Ameyo."
The seminar included a detailed analysis of the CIM domain and the right CIM strategy for the unique business processes of new age contact centers. Mr. Sachin Bhatia (VP, Business Development, Drishti-Soft) made a presentation on some very basic to most innovative applications of CIM solutions to everyday call center operations for a much enhanced service delivery. Including some case studies of major deployments in APAC region, Sachin elaborated on the role played by Drishti's advanced CIM applications to add value to each business which caught the direct interest of the audience.
As Sachin Bhatia said - "For my session, I wanted to motivate the audience to think of integrated tools and processes to help them measure their KPIs. I stressed on the importance of analyzing the business processes to not just measure but understand and hence fill up the gaps overtime. I explained on how Ameyo has enabled this for some of the renowned names in APAC."
Adding further he said – "A few advanced capabilities of our solution Ameyo that caused a stir in the audience were Voice Broadcasting and Phone agents. While voice broadcasting enables agent-less mass outbound campaigns particularly suited for market research and surveys, Phone agents is a remote system access facility that allows agents to log in to the call center via their mobile or landline phones adding flexibility to the work environment. The audience participation and enthusiasm to know more about other such features in Ameyo was a truly satisfying experience for me as a speaker."
Founded in 2000, Microtel Technology has been developing and providing innovative communication products for professional industries. Offering simple, innovative and affordable communication solutions their product range comprises of professional headsets and interfaces for call centers and office, professional telephony and professional wireless communications. Among the solutions offered are Voice Recording & Monitoring Solution Call Script Builder, all-in-one communication suites, unified communication and call billing applications.
About Drishti ( www.drishti-soft.com )
Publish Date: January 25, 2011 8:56 AM
Drishti-Soft launches Ameyo Chat 2.0
Taking the multimedia customer interactions to a new level, Drishti-Soft launches Ameyo Chat 2.0. This live chat capability is an in-built tool in their award-winning contact center solution - Ameyo. Offering collaboration within the team or mass online messaging (based on triggers/alerts/events) to the prospect/customer, Ameyo Chat 2.0 promises to be a value-add to the customer support services. Enterprises can integrate live chat to their websites and configure the chat requests to be routed to the agents at their contact center. The enhanced Chat tool enables use of the same voice agents as chat agents. With complete logging of chat sessions, custom reports can be fetched and can be used for devising marketing strategies based on most frequented issues in agent-customer interactions.
Talking about the advantages of live chat, Sachin Bhatia, Business Head, Drishti-Soft says - "Customer interactions today are much more advanced and complex. With multiple communication channels at the discretion, it has become increasing important for next gen businesses to integrate their customer contact processes with new-age facilities like live chats. A tool that can provide monitoring & controlling of the web-sessions of the customers can be a real value-add. You can turn your agents into super agents by adding ability to collaborate with the customers for a co-browsing session and suggesting the right product giving an edge to end-customer experience. Drishti's Ameyo Chat 2.0 is a step towards future of business communication."
Prince Singh, Sr. Product Engineer, Drishti-Soft elaborates on the benefits one can achieve from Ameyo Chat 2.0 - "The new improved Chat tool is integrated with the Ameyo Agent Workbench to provide a unified interaction interface. The campaign managers can assign same agents to voice processes as well as chat sessions. They can also create custom routing policies for the chat requests received and designate the chat agents accordingly. Multiple concurrent chat sessions and re-routing of a chat session to another chat queue of a subject matter expert for better query resolution is also possible. Ameyo Chat 2.0 includes complete logging thereby contributing to the custom reports needed by a contact center. Multi-channel routing from single queue can also be implemented with Ameyo Chat 2.0"
Ameyo Chat enables real-time interaction between agents and customers. The obvious benefits include increased customer support productivity. This is simply due to the fact that written communication is easier to comprehend as opposed to verbal due to the differences in the language-based accents. Enterprises can convert their website visitors into prospective customers by integrating a live chat option to their websites. For any live chat session request, Agents can automatically retrieve information from a knowledge base to quickly respond to customer inquiries. With multiple simultaneous chat sessions possible, agent time can be optimized by minimizing of idle times. Configuration of custom routing policies enables connecting the best agents to the chat session requests as per business policies. In case of non-availability of a particular agent or during conditions of overflow or configured holiday setting, the chat session can be re-routed to another chat queue. The chat logging tool of Ameyo chat 2.0 enables search & retrieval of chat logs as per various criteria including date, time, agent or customer. This provides for a creation of a unified customer history across all channels.
Shell Transource selects Ameyo for its domestic client processes
Drishti deploys Ameyo IPCC at Shell Transource to power the company's critical domestic processes. Shell Transource is one of the leading BPOs in India and has country's leading banks, NBFCs and telecom sectors as premium clients. To service the stringent quality needs of such clients, Shell Transource required an industry-grade robust technology solution. Award-winning IP-based communication suite Ameyo became their choice for the same. Says Girisha R, Area Sales Manager, Drishti-Soft - "Shell Transource is a premiere customer for Drishti. Personally I take this case as a big achievement since the quality standards expected from the Shell Transource team were nothing less than the very best. In fact, the team was skeptical initially about the brand and whether we would be able to deliver. They had started domestic operations on their previous solutions but were looking for a solution that can deliver better in challenging domestic markets. The team evaluated Ameyo on the same platform as their existing industry-leading solutions and found it to be perfect for their processes and chose Ameyo for 3 locations simultaneously." Domestic BPO environment in India has become extremely competitive and allows only the toughest players to survive. With stringent profit margins to play on; contact centers are challenged with reducing costs at the same time adding value to their services. Shell Transource was looking for a robust solution platform that could map to the business requirements in minimum time. Ameyo IPCC provided Shell Transource with a complete customer interaction management capability solution with powerful outbound dialing module that increases the contact rates significantly. The IVRS and strong routing capabilities of Ameyo add value to customer support processes and deliver high uptimes of the order of 99.95% ensuring business availability for the critical client processes of Shell Transource BPO. The service oriented and modular architecture of Ameyo support process-specific customizations and seamlessly maps to the dynamic process of the call center. Ease-of-use of each user interface of Ameyo provides for quick acceptance among the different system users. Ameyo particularly scored for the time of delivery and the overall solution costs that were much lower than the other industry-grade solutions Shell Transource was applying. Talking about the solution, S Sakthivel Murugan, AGM-IT, Shell Transource says - "We were particularly impressed by the easy management of Ameyo. The solution simplifies complex operations and management processes. The user interfaces have been designed from the end-user perspective and function rapidly. We look forward to exploring the solution capabilities further by integrating email and web facilities to value-add to our service delivery. Drishti's team was adept to understand and match our requirement." About Shell Transource Established in 1990, Shell Transource Ltd is one of the leading end-to-end customer solutions providers in India. The company offers an array of services that covers voice, non-voice and fulfillment processes over 340 strategic locations across the country. Shell Transource services 15 of the country's leading banks, NBFCs and telecom sectors. With around 4,000 professionals imparting global standards BPO services, Shell has become one of the largest service providers. Shell Transource Ltd entered into a joint venture with Vertex India, a leading global Customer Management Outsourcing (CMO) and Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) company operating across a wide range of market sectors and geographies in September 2010 to consolidate its India operations. About Drishti ( www.drishti-soft.com ) Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of communications technologies for next-generation Enterprises, empowering them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
Publish Date: January 3, 2011 10:31 AM
Drishti enables a unique inside-sales management process for Poorvika Mobile World
Poorvika Mobile World, the largest chain of multi-branded mobile retail showrooms in South India chooses Drishti's advanced communications management software Ameyo for consolidation of sales process spread across different retail showrooms in Chennai. Using the capabilities of Ameyo, a customized sales notification strategy was implemented throughout the retail chain. Using these records, a sales review and future strategy could be established ultimately contributing to increased productivity. "The business requirement of Poorvika was a customized IVRS that would consolidate the sales of distributed showrooms of the mobile retailer. They approached various domestic as well as international solution vendors but could not find the right technology platform. The international solutions were too expensive and the local vendors did not have the technical resources to match their requirement. Finally, they approached Drishti. Our team delivered a tailor-made solution for them within tight timelines and made them go live at a highly affordable cost."- says Kamesh T, Area Sales Manager, Drishti-Soft. In this unique case of using a next-gen automation software to streamline business operations, Poorvika Mobile World was successful in not just managing their inside-sales processes but also segregating sales reports on individual showroom, employee, sale type, telecom service provider etc. basis. Ameyo helped them establish a granular sales review with real-time performance reports. Using these, the retail giant could establish a more effective sales strategy to harness optimum productivity. Talking about the effectiveness of the solution, V. Gowthaman, Senior Manager IT & Finance, Poorvika Mobile World says - "We wanted a centralized control of our operations across distributed retail outlets in Chennai. As we presented team Drishti with the requirement, we found them very responsive. Their product Ameyo perfectly mapped to our sales processes and delivered us a highly effectively tool to manage and review our operations. Poorvika has achieved advancement in the way of conducting business with a powerful technology support from Drishti." About Poorvika Mobile World Having started operations from a single showroom in Kodambakkam in 2004, today Poorvika Mobile World is a chain of retail showrooms across South India and gaining a stronger foothold by the day. Their product line includes multi-branded mobile phones, accessories, recharge services, mobile applications & software etc. The company has been keen to adopt best practices for modern day businesses and is touted to become India's largest retail chain for mobile phones and accessories. About Drishti ( www.drishti-soft.com ) Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of communications technologies for next-generation Enterprises, empowering them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
Publish Date: December 28, 2010 6:53 AM
Drishti-Soft is now an ISO 9001:2008 certified company
Drishti-Soft - an innovator of customer interactions management solutions is now an ISO 9001:2008 company. The standards provide a framework to manage the organization's business and ensure a philosophy of continual improvement in all aspects of the business. Strict adherence to the ISO standards would increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Drishti-Soft through continual improvement in systems and products /services quality. Talking about the certification, Sudhir Mittal, MR (Management Representative) for ISO liaison said - "We have been in the process of streamlining our management system and decided to go ahead with application for conformation to ISO Standards. After having put in the pre-exercise efforts, we at Drishti-Soft were anticipating 'ISO Certification' before we enter 2011. In course of audit, the audit party was not only convinced but rather impressed with the kind of processes and 'Online Information System' we had, including Integrated Drishti ticketing system, issue management system, release management system, package management system along with usual automation software systems. As a result, we were issued the certificate on 3rd December 2010." The management system of Drishti was independently audited and confirmed in being in conformity with 9001:2008 standards. With rapidly increasing customer base, Drishti molded the management system and standardized internal work processes as per the quality management standards laid out by ISO. The certificate is a stamp and seal in recognition of Drishti's focused business insights and their zeal and enthusiasm for the same. About ISO ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards. It is a network of the national standards institutes of 163 countries working in partnership with international organizations, governments, and industry, business and consumer representatives. The ISO 9000 family of standards relate to quality management systems and are designed to help organizations ensure they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders. About Drishti ( www.drishti-soft.com ) Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of communications technologies for next-generation Enterprises, empowering them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
"Transforming the customer experience" workshop organized by Drishti-Soft and DQN in Vietnam concludes successfully
Marking the business association of Drishti-Soft Solutions - innovators of Ameyo IPCC and DQN Corporation - leading UC providers in Indochina, the companies organized a specialized workshop on 19th November 2010. Held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the workshop aimed at streamlining the subsisting issues of enterprises & contact centers across the Indochina region. By the medium of this workshop, the two technology providers addressed the ever- reverberating question of what businesses are doing to deliver highest quality customer experience. Mr. Sachin Bhatia (VP Business Development, Drishti) & Mr. Toan Q. Nguyen (President, DQN) jointly addressed a gathering of people from over 100 companies across the Indochina region from various domains. It was the goal of the workshop to inform the interested public about Ameyo and how can it successfully address issues like reduction in customer frustration, wait time via innovative call queuing, creating an intelligent friendly "customer front door" to your business, leveraging proactive communication strategies, bringing every department together to serve the customer from throughout the enterprise and using multi-channels to communicate as customers prefer, such as phone, Web and e-mail. At the workshop Drishti & DQN also launched their demonstration center, located @ DQN's Vietnam headquarter in Ho Chi Minh City. The center offers a CIM (customer interaction management) design workshop with intelligent interactive demonstrations. The showcase center serves as a briefing facility for both companies and demonstrates integrated CRM applications including intelligent work distribution, Web chat, Web collaboration, callback, interactive voice response (IVR), voice broadcasting, and email/fax and Web interaction. The executive briefing and demonstration center combines the capabilities of AMEYO Interaction Management solutions with DQN's delivery and management methodologies to offer corporate & contact enter leaders a blueprint for converting their call centers to customer-centric contact centers. Similar centers in Asia are available in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh & Singapore. In the pipeline are more centers in Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Japan & Taiwan by 2011. About DQN Corporation DQN or Dinh Quang Limited Corporation is a leading open-platform-based Unified Communication (UC) solutions provider in Indochina. Established in 2005, DQN is a respected name the distribution field. With business operations spanning Vietnam and Southeast Asia countries, DQN has been growing with impressive double-digit revenue. About Drishti ( www.drishti-soft.com ) Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt Ltd. is one of the pioneers in IP Telephony in India. Their award-winning contact center software Ameyo directs more than 1 million customer interactions every day for more than 500 companies across the globe. With advanced communication management capabilities, Ameyo software suite connects customers with the right resources - self-service or assisted service - to fulfill customer requests, optimize customer care goals and efficiently use resources. Ameyo empowers the deploying enterprise to leverage their entire organization, from the contact center to the back office, to improve the overall customer experience.
Drishti-Soft selected as a 2010 Red Herring Asia Top 100 Tech Startup
San Mateo, CA - Red Herring announced its Top 100 Asia Award in recognition of the leading privately held technology companies from Asia. Celebrating innovations and technologies by Asian startups, Red Herring made the announcements at a special awards ceremony on 16th November 2010 in Shanghai, China. The team chose Drishti-Soft to be among the Top 100 most promising tech companies of Asia for their innovative IP-based communication suite - Ameyo. Red Herring's Top 100 Asia list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work. "It makes us proud to be recognized by the Red Herring team. This Asia-level recognition inspires us to work harder and keep innovating for future communication solutions." - says Sachin Bhatia, Co-founder, Drishti-Soft Solutions. "Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Asia to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Drishti-Soft embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Drishti should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong." Red Herring's editorial staff judged each finalist on the basis of their presentation in Shanghai. The companies made individual presentations describing their domain of expertise, the company history, product innovation, markets, growth strategies, financial goals and finally the future outlook of the company. The winners were selected from the presenters based on the effectiveness of their talk at the event. Drishti-Soft emerged as a promising Tech enterprise with futuristic product offering for the ICT domain. About Drishti-Soft ( www.drishti-soft.com ) Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of communications technologies for next-generation Enterprises, empowering them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
Publish Date: November 22, 2010 9:23 AM
Drishti-Soft and DQN Corporation organize "Transforming the Customer Experience" Workshop in Vietnam
DQN Corporation and Drishti are organizing a specialized workshop on strategies to transform customer experience. Scheduled on 19th November 2010 at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; the workshop would tackle the ever- reverberating question of what businesses are doing to deliver highest quality customer experience. Latest research shows that while 92 percent of C-level executives believe that customer service is the key to brand identity, only 20 percent of CEOs have succeeded in making it largely strategic. The free of charge workshop would give an opportunity to the attendees to obtain more such new market research data, participate in live interactive polling and hear customer case studies on what leading enterprises are doing to transform the customer experience. With the medium of this workshop, current industry topics would be addressed such as strategies to reduce customer frustration and wait time via innovative call queuing, creating an intelligent friendly "customer front door" to your business, leveraging proactive communication strategies, bringing every department together to serve the customer from throughout the enterprise and using multi-channels to communicate as customers prefer, such as phone, Web and e-mail. For further details please refer to the company websites. Registration Form - http://www.drishti-soft.com/REGISTRATION_FORM.doc About DQN Corporation (www.dqn.vn) DQN or Dinh Quang Limited Corporation is a leading open-platform-based Unified Communication (UC) solutions provider in Indochina. Established in 2005, DQN is a respected name the distribution field. With business operations spanning Vietnam and Southeast Asia countries, DQN has been growing with an impressive double-digit revenue. About Drishti (www.drishti-soft.com ) Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt Ltd. is one of the pioneers in IP Telephony in India. Their award-winning contact center software Ameyo directs more than 1 million customer interactions every day for more than 500 companies across the globe. With advanced communication management capabilities, Ameyo software suite connects customers with the right resources - self-service or assisted service - to fulfill customer requests, optimize customer care goals and efficiently use resources. Ameyo empowers the deploying enterprise to leverage their entire organization, from the contact center to the back office, to improve the overall customer experience.
Drishti-Soft announced a Finalist for the 2010 Red Herring 100 Asia Award
Drishti-Soft announces making to the list of for Red Herring's top 100 Asia Award Finalists. The list is a compilation of the year's most promising private technology ventures from the Asia business region. Their innovative IP-based contact center software - Ameyo played an instrumental role in taking them to the list. Both Ameyo and Drishti present the picture of a futuristic technology environment where innovation and cutting-edge solutions are inherent part of everyday jargon. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry. "This year was especially difficult," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Drishti-Soft shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we're faced with the difficult task of selecting the Winners of the Top 100 Asia Award." The Finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Asia forum in Shanghai, November 15-16, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on November 16 at the event. Finalists for the award would be selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. About Drishti-Soft ( www.drishti-soft.com ) Drishti-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a leading innovator of communications technologies for next-generation Enterprises, empowering them to dynamically manage their Business Processes. Their customers enjoy significant benefits in terms of increase in efficiency levels, reduction in operational costs, flexibility to grow, consistent user experience and a demonstrable ROI. Drishti's multi-award winning innovative solutions are powering millions of customer interactions across the globe.
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Q: BarLegend with Non-linear Scale And wouldn't you know it...  I found this in the "Linked" section.
BarLegend with a log scaling
HOWEVER, it still doesn't work with a ColorDataFunction, i.e...
BarLegend[{ColorData["SiennaTones"] , {0, 5}}, Ticks -> logTicks[0, 5]]

I'm sorry if this is a duplicate but I've done quite a lot of searching and experimenting with this.
I have a graphic that uses a non-linear scale and I'd like to make a bar legend for it.  As you can see below, I'm currently using a swatch legend (and people are giving me crap about it).

mycf := Function[x, ColorData["SiennaTones"][-Log[1/x]/Log[10000]]]

BarLegend[{mycf, {1, 10000}}, 50]

gives

I've tried to use custom tick locations and that works for:
BarLegend["SiennaTones", {0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1}]

but not for:
In[]:= BarLegend[mycf, {0, 0.5, 1}]

Out[]= BarLegend[Function[x, ColorData["SiennaTones"][-(Log[1/x]/Log[10000])]], {0,0.5, 1}]

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ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has been hit with an undisclosed fine after being accused of slapping a rival.
Following LA Galaxy's derby against LAFC - known as El Trafico - Lee Nguyen claimed Ibra had hit him.
A brief video clip showed the former Manchester United striker, 36, putting his hands on his rival's face.
And after being tagged on Twitter, Nguyen wrote: "Not too sure about the rules MLS, but I guess slapping other players is OK these days."
When being accused of being too soft, he replied: "So we should go around putting our hands in other players faces.
"Rules are there so the game stays beautiful".
Friday's El Trafico ended in a 1-1 draw which left LA Galaxy seventh and LAFC third in the Western Conference.
Ibra scored the opener but saw his effort cancelled out by a Carlos Vela penalty.
The Swede's first red card in the MLS came after he slapped Montreal Impact's Michael Petrasso.
And while he dodged a ban this time, his behaviour is likely to come under close scrutiny in future.
The league also fined Real Salt Lake midfielder Damir Kreilach for the same rule after an incident against Colorado over the weekend.


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The farmhouse has been awarded 5 stars by Enjoy England and sleeps up to 14 people in 7 bedrooms. There are log fires in three of the reception rooms and a large farmhouse kitchen with a table that can seat 14 - perfect for large mixed generation holidays or special occasions.
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Find & Follow Podcast
Parents: Check Your Kid's Texts for these 28 Acronyms, and What They Mean
If you think you are tech savvy all because you know what "LOL" means, let me test your coolness.
Any idea what "IWSN" stands for in Internet slang?
It's a declarative statement: I want sex now.
If it makes you feel any better, I had no clue, and neither did a number of people I asked about it.
Acronyms are widely popular across the Internet, especially on social media and texting apps, because, in some cases, they offer a shorthand for communication that is meant to be instant.
So "LMK" — let me know — and "WYCM" — will you call me? — are innocent enough.
But the issue, especially for parents, is understanding the slang that could signal some dangerous teen behavior, such as "GNOC,'" which means "get naked on camera."
And it certainly helps for a parent to know that "PIR" means parent in room, which could mean the teen wants to have a conversation about things that his or her mom and dad might not approve of.
Katie Greer is a national Internet safety expert who has provided Internet and technology safety training to schools, law enforcement agencies and community organizations throughout the country for more than seven years.
She says research shows that a majority of teens believe that their parents are starting to keep tabs on their online and social media lives.
"With that, acronyms can be used by kids to hide certain parts of their conversations from attentive parents," Greer said. "Acronyms used for this purpose could potentially raise some red flags for parents."
But parents would drive themselves crazy, she said, if they tried to decode every text, email and post they see their teen sending or receiving.
"I've seen some before and it's like 'The Da Vinci Code,' where only the kids hold the true meanings (and most of the time they're fairly innocuous)," she said.
Still, if parents come across any acronyms they believe could be problematic, they should talk with their kids about them, said Greer.
But how, on earth, is a parent to keep up with all these acronyms, especially since new ones are being introduced every day?
"It's a lot to keep track of," Greer said. Parents can always do a Google search if they stumble upon an phrase they aren't familiar with, but the other option is asking their children, since these phrases can have different meanings for different people.
"Asking kids not only gives you great information, but it shows that you're paying attention and sparks the conversation around their online behaviors, which is imperative."
Micky Morrison, a mom of two in Islamorada, Florida, says she finds Internet acronyms "baffling, annoying and hilarious at the same time."
She's none too pleased that acronyms like "LOL" and "OMG" are being adopted into conversation, and already told her 12-year-old son — whom she jokingly calls "deprived," since he does not have a phone yet — that acronym talk is not allowed in her presence.
But the issue really came to a head when her son and his adolescent friends got together and were all "ignoring one another with noses in their phones," said Morrison, founder of BabyWeightTV.
"I announced my invention of a new acronym: 'PYFPD.' Put your freaking phone down."
But back to the serious issue at hand, below are 28 Internet acronyms, which I learned from Greer and other parents I talked with, as well as from sites such as NoSlang.com and NetLingo.com, and from Cool Mom Tech's 99 acronyms and phrases that every parent should know.
After you read this list, you'll likely start looking at your teen's texts in a whole new way.
1. IWSN – I want sex now
2. GNOC – Get naked on camera
3. NIFOC – Naked in front of computer
4. PIR – Parent in room
5 CU46 – See you for sex
6. 53X – Sex
7. 9 – Parent watching
8. 99 – Parent gone
9. 1174′ – Party meeting place
10. THOT – That hoe over there
11. CID – Acid (the drug)
12. Broken – Hungover from alcohol
13. 420 – Marijuana
14. POS – Parent over shoulder
15. SUGARPIC – Suggestive or erotic photo
16. KOTL – Kiss on the lips
17. (L)MIRL – Let's meet in real life
18. PRON – Porn
19. TDTM – Talk dirty to me
20. 8 – Oral sex
21. CD9 – Parents around/Code 9
22. IPN – I'm posting naked
23. LH6 – Let's have sex
24. WTTP – Want to trade pictures?
25. DOC – Drug of choice
26. TWD – Texting while driving
27. GYPO – Get your pants off
28. KPC- Keeping parents clueless
http://fox40.com/2014/12/08/parents-check-your-kids-texts-for-these-28-acronyms-and-what-they-mean/
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David Jackson (ur. 2 października 1949, Nsambya) – ugandyjski bokser, uczestnik Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1968, Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1972 i Igrzysk Wspólnoty Narodów.

W 1968 roku na igrzyskach olimpijskich w Meksyku, startował w turnieju w wadze lekkośredniej. W pierwszym pojedynku wygrał przez nokaut z Austriakiem, Rainerem Salzburgerem (w drugiej rundzie). W kolejnym, zmierzył się z Duńczykiem, Christianem Larsenem, z którym wygrał przez większy stosunek punktów (3-2). W następnej walce został jednak wyeliminowany przez późniejszego brązowego medalistę, Günthera Meiera z RFN (przegrał przez mniejszy stosunek punktów – 0-5).

W 1970 roku na Igrzyskach Brytyjskiej Wspólnoty Narodów startował w kategorii lekkośredniej, jednak nie zdobył wówczas medalu.

Na igrzyskach w Monachium startował w wadze półśredniej. W pierwszym pojedynku wygrał 3-2 z Rumunem, Victorem Zilbermanem. W następnej walce również zszedł z ringu jako zwycięzca, ponieważ wygrał z Władimirem Kolewem z Bułgarii (4-1). W walce o ćwierćfinał, zmierzył się z reprezentantem USA, Jesse'm Valdezem (późniejszym brązowym medalistą), jednak Ugandyjczyk przegrał mniejszym stosunkiem punktów (1-4).

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>HOME>Information About Mining Of Iron
Information About Mining Of Iron
Mining of Iron Ores IspatGuru
The process of mining consists of discovery of an iron ore deposit through extraction of iron ore and finally to returning the land to its natural state. It consists of several distinct steps. The first is discovery of the iron ore deposit which is carried out through prospecting or exploration to find and then define the extent, location and value of the ore body.
Iron mining in the United States produced 48 million metric tons of iron ore in 2019. Iron ore was the third-highest-value metal mined in the United States, after gold and copper. Iron ore was mined from nine active mines and three reclamation operations in Michigan, Minnesota, and Utah.
Arrium Mining OneSteel has determined an inferred resource of ~300 Mt @ 36.8%Fe of magnetite-rich rock underlying the Iron Duke deposit, and refer to the deposit as the Iron Magnet. Arrium also has significant resources of similar BIF at their Hawks Nest project area in the far North.
Essay on The History of Iron Ore Mining in the Africa
Iron mining decreased with the second world war but in the 1950s, the production of 280,000 to 568.000 tons per year increased. New mines were opened as Chimacum in 1951 in 1952 Luba, Bancroft and Kansanshi in 1953 and Nchanga in 1955.
Iron Ore Information Anglo American
MINAS-RIO One of the world's largest iron ore projects, when it was developed. Minas-Rio in Minas Gerais state in Brazil is a fully integrated export iron ore operation, with the mine, beneficiation plant, 529km slurry pipeline and dedicated export facility at the port of Açu.
Iron Wikipedia
Iron (/ ˈ aɪ ər n /) is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table.It is by mass the most common element on Earth, right in front of oxygen (32.1% and 30.1%, respectively), forming much of Earth's outer and inner core.It is the fourth most common element in the Earth
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14-09-2020· Vale is a Brazil-based multinational mining company. It produces iron ore, pellets, manganese, iron alloys, gold, nickel, copper, bauxite, alumina,
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Factual Information about Iron. From vital building steel to helping transport oxygen and nourishing plants, iron helps to sustain lives on earth. In plants, the element is vital in making of chlorophyll as it's an important element of hemoglobin in animals. Presently, nearly ninety-eight percent of refined metals are iron.
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Iron ore is a mineral substance which, when heated in the presence of a reductant, will yield metallic iron (Fe). It almost always consists of iron oxides, the primary forms of which are magnetite (Fe3O4) and hematite (Fe2O3).
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Iron Geoscience Australia
Iron is the backbone of the world we have built around us and it is the basic ingredient of steel (iron plus carbon). Iron is a very useful metal because it can be mixed with other metals to make a whole variety of 'alloys' which are even stronger and don't rust easily and can be shaped into products from cars to pins, household appliances to buildings, bridges to railways, food cans to tools.
Iron Mining Process Minnesota Iron
Iron Mining Process. From blasting to crushing to separation more than 85% of the iron mined in the United States is mined in northeastern Minnesota to make our nation's steel. Blasting Taconite is a very hard rock. Using explosives, the taconite is blasted into small pieces.
Interesting and Useful Facts about Iron ThoughtCo
07-09-2019· Iron Facts . Iron is an element that has been known in its pure form for at least 5,000 years. The name "iron" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "iron" and Scandinavian "iarn" for the metal. The element symbol for iron is Fe, which comes from the Latin word for iron, "ferrum." Iron is one of the most plentiful elements.
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In 1845, the search for iron ore began in earnest, and the first major discovery was made near the present site of Negaunee. The men of the search party formed the Jackson Mining Company on July 23, 1845, and iron mining in Michigan officially began.
Iron Mining Process. From blasting to crushing to separation more than 85% of the iron mined in the United States is mined in northeastern Minnesota to make our nation's steel. Blasting Taconite is a very hard rock. Using explosives, the taconite is blasted
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Champion Iron presented the results of a preliminary feasibility study for the Consolidated Fire Lake North (CFLN) project, located in the center of the Fermont Iron Ore District (FIOD). The study estimates the CFLN's net present value at $3.3 billion, net of 8% cash flow, with a 30.9% internal rate of return and a 3.4-year payback period for initial capital.
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Mining Iron Ore in Africa. Because iron ore is the key ingredient of steel, and nearly 95% of the metal used every year around the world is steel iron is the most frequently used metal in the world. Iron-rich rocks are found all over the world but the rocks are only ore-grade and suited for commercial production in some countries.
Iron Mining Process Blasting. Taconite is a very hard rock. Using explosives, the taconite is blasted into small pieces. Transportation. The taconite pieces are scooped up by electric shovels. Each shovel can hold up to 85 tons of rock. The Crushing. At the processing plant, the taconite is
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A sports-themed fail compilation from Fail Army.
We've been waiting for this moment for the last four years!!! There's no better way to prepare for the olympics than watching a bunch of olympic sport fails. Who knew running around a track, jumping onto sand or swinging a ping pong paddle could get so dangerous.
Indeed, kinda worried something happened.


Can I change the channel of my Anywave transmitter?
It is most likely that you can change the channel of your transmitter without too much problem. There are four components of your transmitter that need to be considered. The first is the exciter/modulator/translator, this is very likely to be completely frequency agile and should be able to be moved even between bands I (Low), band II (High) and UHF. The amplifier stage is also most likely to be frequency agile apart from a few specialized Doherty modulated narrowband systems. Amplifiers can only move between channels inside their own band. Band I (2-6), Band III (7-13) and Band IV and V (UHF 14-50). The bandpass filter will have to be re-tuned (see below FAQ on the subject). The transmitter also has been calibrated on a specific channel, and although the calibration will most likely be close, it still needs to be checked by an Anywave authorized engineer. Call our Service department for specific questions on how to change the channel and how we can help.
Where can I get my Band Pass Filter's frequency changed?
Anywave will re-tune your Anywave manufactured or even any 3rd party filter for a fixed fee. If the filter cannot be re-tuned, we will provide a replacement filter at a special "swop-out" price. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
How long does it take to re-tune my filter?
Typically less than three days. However, we would recommend planning for at least 10 days based on shipping requirements.
Will my UHF Transmitter work on a VHF channel?
Some parts of your transmitter will work on different bands; the exciter, cables, some coaxial components for instance, but most parts; like the amplifiers, controllers, bandpass filters etc. will need to be changed. If you need to change band, Anywave offers a buy-back on most brands and can offer you a significant discount on a new transmitter. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Are there any options for my exciters that will help me optimize performance?
Yes, see the options listed in the Exciter brochure. They include IP input, Performance Monitoring Software, PSIP edit functions, Static Picture Feature and ASI pass-thru'. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
What is the best choice of transmitter Air or Liquid cooled?
It really depends on the requirements and location of your transmitter. For transmitter power levels of less than 10kW it is recommended to operate air cooling if for power levels above 10kW or in very hot or contaminated (polluted) operating conditions, liquid cooling is recommended. See White paper on the option. Link here.
Can Anywave repair a transmitter from another manufacturer?
Yes, Anywave can provide service and support on other manufacturers equipment and can provide key replacement parts; such as Intermediate Power Amplifiers and Exciters that can significantly increase your transmitters performance, reliability and efficiency. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Can Anywave help me change a channel of my non-Anywave transmitter?
Yes, Anywave can provide service and support on other manufacturers equipment and can provide key replacement parts; such as Intermediate Power Amplifiers and Exciters that can significantly increase your transmitter's performance, reliability, and efficiency, and make it easy to change a channel. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Does Anywave offer VHF Band I transmitters?
Yes, we offer VHF Band I (Low Band) in power levels of 1W to 3kW. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Does Anywave offer VHF Band III transmitters?
Yes, we offer VHF Band I (High Band) in power levels of 1W to 3kW. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Does Anywave offer Liquid cooled transmitters?
Yes, we offer UHF transmitters that are liquid cooled in power levels of 6kWW to 150kW. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Does Anywave offer analog transmitters?
Yes, we offer VHF Band I, VHF Band III and UHF analog transmitters? Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Does my Low Power Transmitter need a full FCC proof of Performance?
Typically LPTV-TV and Translators do not need to have a full FCC proof of performance completed on site. This is typically covered by the appropriate factory compliance testing. Class A and Full-Service stations typically do require a full FCC proof of performance by an approved FCC engineer to be completed once the transmitter has been installed. Anywave can provide this service.
Does Anywave offer Antennas or RF components?
Anywave can provide a wide range of antennas and RF components from 3rd party manufacturers at cost-effective prices. We do provide a range of Band Pass Filers, directional couplers, and RF adaptors. We would be happy to help with an RF component needs from the encoder to the antenna. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Does Anywave provide installation services?
Yes, Anywave has full-time staff as well as approved and authorized engineers around the USA that will assist with the installation of your encoder, exciter, retrofit, on-channel digital repeater translator or transmitter. Our pricing is usually very competitive and when it is installed by an approved Anywave engineer we offer an additional six months warranty free of charge. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Does Anywave provide recommended Spare Parts?
Yes, Anywave can provide level 1, 2 and 3 Spare Parts Kits (SPK's) for any product that we sell. These can be purchased with the transmitter, or after the equipment has been installed. We often have refurbished parts in stock that can be offered with special discount prices.
Where can I get another operational manual for my Anywave equipment?
The Anywave standard warranty is 12 months. Additional warranties can be purchased at the time purchase of the equipment. Extended warranties can also be purchased even if the warranty period has expired, as long as the equipment is operating correctly and in reasonable condition. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
The limited warranty covers defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and does not apply: to damage arising from improper installation, maintenance, or service; to malicious damage or damage arising from accident, abuse, modification, abnormal use or misuse; to damage caused by a power surge or a disaster such as fire, flood, wind, earthquake, or lightning. See link to for full description.
I need to be off the air for a minimum time, can I get a filter in advance of sending my filter back?
Yes, we will send you in advance a filter on your new channel and all you will need to do is send back the existing filter. There is be an advanced "swop out" purchase price available. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
I think a part on my transmitter has failed, where do I send it for repair?
Before you send any part back to Anywave, let our service engineers confirm that it has failed. We can typically dial in via the internet and check the conditions of operation. If we find that it has failed we will provide you with an RMA, and you can send it back to our service center; Anywave Communication Technologies, 4465 Limaberg Road, Hebron KY 41048, Telephone +1 (847) 415 2258, Attention: Joe Marshall. See our RMA document template from this link.
What is the typical turn around to repair my transmitter part?
Does Anywave offer Service Level Agreements (SLA)?
Anywave offers SLA's on all our products. It is strongly recommended for encoder technology as these products often required reconfiguring to take into consideration program changes etc. The standard warranty does not include specialized reprogramming of the encoder. An SLA can save a station money over a period of time if it is foreseen that changes may be needed to be made. Typically transmitters do not include SLA, but instead, we recommended extended warranties.
Do you offer an upgrade to ATSC3.0 for my existing Anywave transmitter?
Yes, we can upgrade any existing Anywave transmitter to ATSC3.0. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Do you offer an upgrade to ATSC3.0 for my existing non-Anywave transmitter?
Yes, we can typically upgrade any existing transmitter to ATSC3.0. We can provide an ATSC3.0 exciter, appropriate pre-amplifiers, and field services to adjust and recalibrate the equipment. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
What power output will I get out of my Anywave transmitter when I upgrade to ATSC3.0?
A good rule of thumb is that your transmitter will produce about 80% TPO after moving to ATSC3.0. But do not get concerned that this means that you will lose coverage with ATSC3.0, under most conditions with ATSC3.0 technology you will increase coverage and have better reception inside your coverage area even at less power. If you want to increase your transmitter power to compensate for antenna changes (example; moving from horizontal polarization to elliptical polarization), Anywave offers a very generous buy-back program for your existing transmitter. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
I have currently four programs on the air, and I want to have more, are there options that Anywave can offer to help?
Most Encoders can be upgraded to offer more channels, however, this technology changes at such a fast rate, most likely the entire encoder can be swapped out for a newer version at a lower price, and offer better performance. If you have an Anywave software-based encoder, this more than likely can be upgraded remotely. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Do I need to worry about loud commercials and what is CALM compliance?
How many sub-channels can I operate on my station?
The limit of how many sub-channels can operate on one 6MHz (19.34MB/s) channel is limited to the quality in which you wish to transmit your program. If you wish to transmit some program in HD, then typically you are limited to 2 HD and four or five SD. If you wish only to transmit SD, then up to 12 programs can be encoded, multiplexed and transmitted on a single TV channel. Anywave offers a multi-channel encoder that can provide up to 15 programs in one 19.34MB/s Transport stream. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Can Anywave help me with the Re-pack channel change?
Yes, Anywave can provide a range of replacement transmitters and services that will assist you efficiently and cost-effectively with changing a channel. Contact your local Anywave Salesman or Authorized Re-seller for a quotation.
Where can I find out more about how the repack is going to affect me?
Congress established a hard deadline of June 12, 2009, for full power TV stations to cease analog broadcasts and begin operating only in digital, and the Commission set a transition date of September 1, 2015, for Class A television stations to complete their transition, neither of these deadlines applied to low power television stations or TV translator stations. Therefore, although all full power and Class A television stations have ceased over-the-air analog broadcasting, LPTV stations are continuing to transmit analog signals. The FCC has established a new deadline for the termination of all analog operations by LPTV stations. That date is dependent upon the completion of the Commission's incentive auction, which involves a repacking process that will displace some LPTV stations. Therefore, the Commission has determined to allow LPTV stations to wait until the incentive auction is complete before transitioning to digital. LPTV stations will have 12 months from the completion of the 39-month post-incentive auction transition (51 months from the completion of the incentive auction) to cease analog operations and begin operating in digital, at which point analog television will no longer exist in the United States. Until that time, LPTV stations may continue to operate their analog facilities. LPTV stations should monitor the Commission's website (www.fcc.gov) for more information on the status of the incentive auction and the establishment of an exact date for the completion of the LPTV digital transition.
Where can I find out more about the repack schedule?
Are there any other resources that you can recommend?
Anywave is always here to help.
See the following web pages that can be useful to TV Broadcasters.


Shift to the Right - What does it mean for Business in South America?
Across South America, the trend towards electing nationalist governments is on the rise, with Colombia and Brazil two prime examples. Iván Duque Márquez, elected in August 2018, and Jair Bolsonaro, sworn in on January 1, 2019, are both pro-business leaders and despite their short terms of office, they have already made a splash in both business and political circles.Below, we take a closer look at the 'shift to the right', and what it means for businesses and investors across South America as we head into 2019 and beyond.
President Duque in Colombia may only have been in office for five months, but he is already making some big changes to the way his country is run. In a bid to boost the economy, Iván has appointed established and experienced economists and lawyers to key posts in his government, such as Andrés Valencia as minister of agriculture, Nancy Gutierrez as the minister of interior, and José Manuel Restrepo as minister of commerce and industry. It is clear that these appointments did not happen by chance – the President wants to create a pro-business government and is utilizing some of the country's top talent to make it happen.
After his appointment, Duque spent time visiting nations such as the United States, meeting with key leaders to discuss issues such as drug trafficking, the Venezuelan crisis, and perhaps most importantly, forging new economic ties between Colombia and the USA. At a time when the United States' relations with Mexico, China, Russia, and Korea are at a low, there has never been a better opportunity to create new business relationships and offer both Colombia and the United States access to each others' people, economy, and goods.
Duque has also been vocal about the fact he supports foreign direct investment, and that he wants to increase FDI in the country, and that he wants to reinforce ties with some of the country's traditional allies, as well as secure international support for his party's agenda. As such, the jurisdiction has never appeared so attractive to both foreign and local investors, who are hedging their bets on economic growth as trading relationships and incentives are announced. In short, there's never been a more exciting time to do business in Colombia.
With the nation dedicated to strengthening its ties with countries across the Americas and indeed around the world, Colombia's economy will no doubt continue to flourish. In 2018, its economy grew by 2.7%, and in the year previous, grew 2.8%. The country added US$309.19 billion to its economy in 2018, and with new investments and opportunities on the way, we expect to see huge economic growth surges that will put the country on the investment map.
With the public supporting politicians with a strong business background, it is clear that South America's new leaders want to right the wrongs of previous administrations. Nowhere is this truer than with Bolsonaro in Brazil. The right-wing politician has the backing of several high-profile figures both in his home country and overseas and is already making changes.
One of Bolsonaro's biggest ambitions is to open Brazil to investors from countries around the world and to strengthen the commercial relationships the country holds with other North American territories. Like Colombia, Brazil can benefit from strained relations between the United States and Mexico, and President Trump has expressed an interest in discussions.
However, Mexico itself should not be overlooked as a future trading ally for Brazil, alongside Canada, which could help the country to achieve economic growth. At a time when US investment in South America is on the increase, the challenge Bolsonaro and his cabinet now faces is persuading investors to choose Brazil over other Latin American countries, but with the right incentives and infrastructure investments, that shouldn't be a problem.
For South American businesses already in countries with right-wing politicians, opportunities will naturally arise as governments set out new trading plans and investors make their mark. As a savvy entrepreneur, you should focus on positioning your business as a key player in your niche and attempt to forge relationships with businesses in countries around the world.
Entrepreneurs yet to enter into markets such as Colombia and Brazil should do so as soon as they can, as investments and government incentives will no doubt increase competition and make opportunities harder to exploit. There's no doubting 2019 will be a positive year for North and South American trade, so the sooner you get started in South America, through incorporation and expansion, the more likely you are to benefit from a shift to the right.


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Q: Script to reload or refresh Div on click I have two divs side by side, one say DIV 1, has a textarea, which when I type into it automatically updates the database on every keyup...
The second one DIV 2 has a Google Maps. So if I type a place into DIV 1, a live search is made and the final result is entered into some temporary table in my database (in the background). When I'm done typing, I want to click on some button in DIV 1, which then reloads DIV 2, with the Google Map. The Google Map code takes the values from the temporary values table and displays them.
For now I can do all of the above except that. What I want to do is not to reload the whole page: I just want to click on a button in DIV 1, and reload DIV 2 to show the new marked locations that I have searched for.
I just want to reload DIV 2 using a button in DIV 1.
The two DIVs are below:

    <input id="searchfield" autocomplete="off" />
    <input type="button" id="send"/>

A: Updating a database on "every key up" is a suggestion I would never give to anyone, especially to an amateur programmer.
Update some states on the page live without refresh? On submit? O.K! Great idea, then use Ajax.
Ok, you know that Google Maps (V3) uses 2500 calls-per-day and you want to leverage that calls maximally, you should recall your updated data via AJAX into your canvas element and redo the Markers positioning. Again AJAX.


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Q: Typescript issue: Type '...' is not assignable to type '...' I'm using nestJS,
I have 2 services,
in the 1st service:
async getOrganizations (attributes: (keyof Organization)[]): Promise<Partial<Organization>[]> {

    const organizations = await this.organizationRepository.find({select: attributes})

    return organizations;
    //returns [{id:1, name: "x"},{id:2, name: "y"},..]

  }

in the 2nd service:
async getOrganizations(): Promise<CustomerResponseDto[]> {
        const attributes : (keyof Organization)[] = ['id', 'name'];

        let organizations = await this.1stService.getOrganizations(attributes);

        organizations = organizations.map((organization)=>{
            return {
                ...organization,
                type: 'Organization'
            }
        })

        return organizations;
    //returns [{id:1, name: "x", type: 'Organization'},{id:2, name: "y", type: 'Organization'},..]
    }

and the CustomerResponseDto:
export interface CustomerResponseDto {
    readonly id: number;
    readonly name: string;
    readonly type: string;
}

now I'm getting the following error:
Type 'Partial<Organization>[]' is not assignable to type 'CustomerResponseDto[]'.
  Property 'type' is missing in type 'Partial<Organization>' but required in type 'CustomerResponseDto'.
    22 |         })
    23 |
  > 24 |         return organizations;
       |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    25 |     }

please advise

A: It works now, the issue was related to variable naming
in 2nd service
I changed:
organizations = organizations.map((organization)=>{
            return {
                ...organization,
                type: 'Organization'
            }

to be
const organizationsWithType = organizations.map(({ id, name })=>{
            return {
                id,
                name,
                type: 'Organization'
            }
        })


Local Food Sussex - discover the best ways to enjoy linseed in your diet from healthy porridge to delicious flapjacks.
Flax Farm, in the heart of West Sussex, was established in 2004 to sell a range of delicious and healthy foods made from the linseed (flax seed). They cold press linseed oil and produce linseed meal as well as other linseed-based products in the traditional, old-fashioned way, including muesli, porridge and their own flaxjacks.
Flaxjacks are the tastiest way of consuming Omega-3. You can buy all Flax Farm products online at the Flax Farm website or from selected retail outlets and farmers' markets. See the About Us page on the website for a list. If you would like to visit Flax Farm to buy direct, please phone before visiting to check someone is there and they have the products you want made up and ready for collection.
Visit the website for lots of information about linseed and its health properties. So good for all our health.
The virtues of including linseed in our diets cannot be over-emphasised and to eat it in the form of the delicious flaxjacks Flax Farm produce makes it a complete joy to eat. Visit their stand at one of the farmers' markets and you will receive all the nutritional information you could want about this amazing food.


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UN: 15,000 civilians killed in Iraq in last 16 months
Iraqi security forces search for survivors after a bombing in the eastern neighborhood of New Baghdad, Iraq
A new U.N. report has revealed that 150,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq in the last 16 months and members of ethnic and religious communities in areas under ISIS control continue to be persecuted
A new report released by the United Nations shows that armed conflict has left nearly 15,000 civilians dead and about 30,000 wounded in Iraq during the 16-month period since 2014. The report is based on investigations on the ground and testimonies from victims and witnesses, including internally displaced people, the U.N. said.
The U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) report said that members of ethnic and religious communities in areas under Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) control continue to be persecuted, with around 3,500 Yazidis remaining in ISIS captivity, suffering physical and sexual violence. Some children are taken to ISIS's training camps, taught combat skills and given lessons on ISIS's ideology. According to the UNAMI report, 14,947 Iraqis lost their lives and 29,189 others were wounded between the beginnings of 2014 until the end of April 2015. According to UNAMI and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), over the 2.8 million people fled their homes during the 16-month period, including an estimated 1.3 million children. Baghdad was the worst affected city with 1,481 dead and 4,009 wounded.
"UNAMI continues to have grave concerns for the thousands of civilians subjected to human rights violations on a daily basis, particularly by ISIS. Parties in the conflict are required by international human rights law and international humanitarian law to prevent such violations and abuses from taking place and to ensure that civilians are spared to the fullest extent possible from the ongoing violence," said Jan Kubis, the special representative of the United Nations secretary general for Iraq.
"Widespread human rights violations and massive displacement continue unabated throughout the country," said the report, compiled by UNAMI and OHCHR.
ISIS is breaching international law, humanitarian law and targeting civilians as well as committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide, the U.N. report said.
The report also documented violations that were committed by the Iraqi Security Forces and affiliated forces, including airstrikes, who may have violated the principles of distinction and proportionality, and the obligation to take all feasible precautions to protect civilians from the effects of attacks.
The U.N. report also devotes an in-depth annex to the June 12, 2014 Camp Speicher incident, during which some 1,700 cadets were killed by ISIS fighters. Drawing on detailed interviews with 12 survivors, it describes how most soldiers were captured at ISIS checkpoints after leaving the camp on the orders of their commanding officers. All parties in Iraq were committing human rights violations, the U.N. report said.
As many as 3,500 Yazidis and members of other ethnic and religious communities remain captives and are subjected to rights abuses by ISIS "Where they are subjected to physical, sexual and other forms of violence and degrading treatment on daily basis."
The U.N. High Commissioner assured that the terrorist acts and human rights violations committed by ISIS militants will not go unpunished and urged the Iraqi government to join the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and ensure that international crimes defined in that statute are criminalized under domestic law.
Currently, over 3 million Iraqi people are displaced due to armed conflicts between ISIS, Iraqi security forces and others in Iraq, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Meanwhile, at least 142 civilians have been also killed in Yemen over the past 10 days, bringing the civilian death toll in more than three months of violence to 1,670, while 3,829 civilians have been injured, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Air strikes and ground fighting have continued despite a U.N.-brokered truce between Shiite Houthi rebels and forces loyal to exiled president Hadi. A Saudi-led coalition that in March began launching airstrikes against the rebels has said it isn't bound by the truce because of a lack of commitment by the Houthis.
Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the U.N. human rights office, said in Geneva that at least 142 civilians were killed in Yemen between July 3 and Monday and another 224 were injured. That included a total of 76 deaths and 38 injuries in a pair of airstrikes on markets July 6. The agency added that nearly 1.27 million Yemenis are now displaced within their own country, while more than 51,000 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti, Somalia, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States designated a Shiite militant group in Bahrain as a foreign terrorist organization Tuesday to ramp up pressure on Iran.
The al-Ashtar Brigades are "yet another in a long line of Iranian-sponsored terrorists who kill on behalf of a corrupt regime," Nathan Sales, the coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department, said in a statement detailing the designation.
The militant group has been critical of a violent crackdown by Bahrain's Sunni-led government on a 2011 Shiite-led uprising. It has since claimed responsibility for a number of bombings and attacks in Bahrain, including two that killed police.
The designation, which prohibits Americans or U.S. companies from doing business with the group, is the latest Trump administration effort to increase pressure on Tehran after pulling out of the 2015 nuclear accord.
Iran supports a number of armed groups across the Middle East including Hezbollah in Lebanon, armed forces propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and powerful armed groups in Iraq who fought against the so-called Islamic State there.
The United States is preparing to re-introduce sanctions on Iran later this year including secondary sanctions aimed at severely restricting the country's ability to export oil. In turn, Iran has threatened to disrupt Mideast oil supplies.
The Trump administration has targeted the al-Ashtar Brigades with sanctions before. In March 2017, the State Department blacklisted two individuals affiliated with the group, Ahmad Hasan Yusuf and Alsayed Murtadha Majeed Ramadhan Alawi.