Compressed Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas: Cars, Light Trucks, and Medium/Heavy Duty Trucks
Natural Gas Vehicle technology is widely available and has been available for purchase in most regions of the world for decades. Governments, fleet managers, and private consumers are recognizing the environmental benefits of lower emissions from NGVs. However, lack of refueling infrastructure has caused NGV demand to stagnate in many countries. In regions where NGVs have strong market performance, adoption is largely due to a combination of inexpensive natural gas, a large number of existing refueling stations, and government subsidies of vehicles, fuel, and infrastructure. ( )
Our assessment of the NGV market points to strong growth in regions where the infrastructure is already supported, which include parts of Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. It anticipates growing acceptance of NGVs as governments approve climate change treaties and energy security legislation. These factors will contribute to NGV sales growth of 5.5% annually by 2015, though some regions will see growth stunted by greater political support for other transportation alternatives such as electric vehicles, clean diesels, and biofuels.
This report provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges to NGV light-duty cars, trucks, and medium/heavy duty trucks. The report includes a comprehensive assessment of compressed and liquefied natural gas (CNG/LNG) vehicle technologies, including tanks and engine modifications. It also examines key drivers of market growth by fleet customers as well as private consumers. Detailed forecasts are provided for the global vehicle market, global NGV fleet and private consumer sales, NGV refueling stations, and NGV sales by vehicle segments. Key market players are also profiled.
Key questions addressed:
* What vehicle segments are available as NGVs? * What is the outlook for NGV growth within vehicle segments? * What are the key storage tank and engine technologies used in NGVs? * How many NGV refueling stations are there? * How big are NGV markets and how large are these markets expected to grow? * What are the key drivers of growth in the NGV market? * Who are the key industry players in the NGV market?
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* OEM Vehicle Marketing Managers * NGV Conversion/Upfitter Companies * Vehicle Component Suppliers * Storage Tank Manufacturers * Natural Gas Mining Companies * Natural Gas Utilities * Natural Gas Pipeline and/or Shipping Companies * Biogas (Landfill Gas) Producers * Government Environmental Agencies * Government Transportation Agencies * Environmental Transportation Advocacy Groups * Vehicle Trade Associations * Investor Community
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Are you one of those people who are currently thinking of taking their hotel business online? If yes, you should do it as quickly as possible. The reason is that online presence helps you see more customers. Gone are the days when people use different magazines and newspapers to know about the best hotels. Now, people don’t want to waste their time in searching and selecting a hotel. They use internet to search and to book a hotel in the matter of few minutes.
Considering this change in trend, it is important for all people associated with hotel business to get a great website for their visitors. That’s when they go for bespoke web development. With one such website in place, you can expect more people coming to your hotel, and this will always help improving your profit margin. But, if you think any type of website can help you with your business, you better think again.
The reason is that now people consider so many things before finalizing their buying decision, and quality of your website is one of those things. If you want to expand your business, you should offer all essential information on your website. But, everything should be done in a proper and systematized way. It is due to this particular reason that bespoke web development is important for your business.
In hospitality business, it becomes important to offer some unique facilities and services. This is one big reason why bespoke hotel website design is crucial. But, when you opt for these types of sites, do pay attention to few important things.
* Always keep in mind that your hotel website should be designed according to the SEO rules. Search engine optimization has gained a lot of importance in recent years. It is due to SEO that you can see a clear increase in the number of people visiting your website. So, do make sure your website design complies with all rules of SEO.
* Another important thing that should never be overlooked is that your website should be easy to use. No doubt, it is important to make it look pretty, but don’t go overboard with the idea of making it look unique. Sometimes, it becomes difficult for visitors to explore a ‘unique’ website, and this will never help your business. So, find a professional who knows how to maintain the delicate balance between looks and simplicity of use.
These are the two most important things that should be considered when using the website design services. You should always keep in mind that design companies will ask you to go for specific templates, but you should insist for . If you ask for one such site, it will become easier for you to pay attention to aforementioned things. You will be able to get an attractive website which will also be easy to use. So, go for it!
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For most, Independence Day occurs on July 4. For Allstate agents who believe they’ve been misclassified as ‘independent contractors,’ the hope is that day will come much sooner as dozens, if not hundreds, of Allstate agents file IRS Form SS-8 to determine whether they are independent contractors as Allstate proclaims, or have been misclassified all along.
The filings come on the heels of a recent petition drive started by an unidentified Allstate agent. The National Association of Allstate Agents (NAPAA)—a non-profit group representing the rights of more than 13,000 Allstate agents—published the petition in its most recent quarterly magazine. In the same publication, the group also published a hypothetical, example of the IRS Form SS-8.
“We prepared this hypothetical example based on the information we gathered from Allstate agents over a period of several years,” said Jim Fish, NAPAA’s executive director. “We believe that agents are being deliberately misclassified and we intend to expose this injustice in any way we can.”
In 2000, Allstate Insurance converted the majority of its sales force from employee to independent contractor status. With the change in status, many of those agents anticipated liberation from the requirements of being an Allstate employee. Now, almost a decade later, Allstate agents are still waiting for their independence, hence the interest expressed by a number of Allstate agents in filing an IRS Form SS-8.
“We anticipate the IRS and President Obama will receive thousands of petitions, said Fish, “When the SS-8 forms are filed, we expect that Allstate’s behavior will be heavily scrutinized by the IRS. If nothing else, this intense scrutiny may change Allstate’s behavior for the better.”
Allstate agents certainly aren’t the first independent contractors to be treated like employees without the accompanying benefits. In 2007, after filing a class action lawsuit demanding parity with employee drivers, current and former FedEx independent contractor drivers were elated when Judge Robert Miller of the U.S. District Court in Northern Indiana certified them as a class. This action has opened the door to similar cases involving independent contractors who are treated like employees.
“It was reported that the IRS plans to audit more than 6,000 companies for employment tax issues. We’re hoping the volume of Allstate agents filing SS-8 forms and the simmering discontent among agents over the misclassification issue will help push Allstate to the top of the IRS list, so we can finally resolve this long-standing problem,” added Fish.
For more information on the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents, you can visit their Web site at or call (877) 269-3474.
About National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA)
Based in Gulfport, Mississippi, NAPAA is a non-profit organization whose members are predominantly insurance agents under contract with Allstate. In addition to offering a variety of benefits and services, NAPAA further serves its members by acting on their behalf and speaking with a distinct and unfettered voice on a wide range of issues. To contact NAPAA, please visit its Website at or call (877) 269-3474.
Every company registered at company’s house in the UK is now facing a new threat to their business in the form of ‘Company Hi-Jacking’. This is when a company’s identity is stolen by fraudsters. These criminals simply submit a forged form to Companies House, changing a company’s registered address to a new location.
Using the selected company’s name and the new address, they are then able to carry out fraudulent activities, obtaining credit to purchase goods and services. This form of fraud is estimated to cost £50 million a year to industry.
As company hi-jacking is on the increase, the Metropolitan Police Service and companies house are urgently advising companies to take simple preventative measures to minimize their company’s identity from being hi-jacked, including:
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Companies House have warned that a growing number of small businesses are falling victim to the corporate version of identity theft, sometimes known as a Form 287 scam, a reference to the name of the Companies House form that is completed when requesting a change of registered office. Companies House have introduced electronic filing and e-mail alerts to notify companies about the receipt of documents, but Creditgate believe that the system is still fundamentally flawed because Companies House only keeps a record that documents have been received, rather than checking the accuracy of those documents. What is also very worrying is that Companies cannot get fraudulent information removed from their file without a legal judgment, even if there is overwhelming evidence that identity theft has taken place.
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Traditionally structural processes begin with the architectural document set, be it paper or CAD-based. The structural engineering team interprets the architectural design to create an overall structural design and then create specialized analytical models, using different software applications for the multiple type of structural analysis required for the project, gravity, dynamic and wind analysis. In parallel, the structural drafters create yet another representation of the building in the construction process – creating multiple drawings of the same information.
This traditional workflow results in multiple models that are not coordinated, requiring manual efforts to keep them in sync. Opportunities for errors abound. For instance, one of the analysis program prompts a change to a structural column, but the structural drafter misses the change, so the analytical representation does not match with the physical representation. The documentation falls out of sync. The other analytical models become outdated, the downstream analyses are compromised, and the validity of the design suffers.
CAD applications such as Revit, AutoCAD and Tekla allow engineers and designers to create a single building model combining a physical representation of the building which is fully associated with an analytical presentation. The building model is used for the complete production of construction documents and can be used for different types of analysis.
The physical representation denotes the physical layout of the structure in the building – beams, columns, walls, footings, etc. It also drives construction documentation. As the physical representation develops, the analytical representation is created automatically, containing the necessary data needed for third-party analysis applications. The analytical representation is an abstract 3D digital model used for structural analysis.
In building information modeling every view, drawing sheet and schedule is direct representation of the same underlying database. Users can explore different structural systems and alternate design options from within the same model. As the design team makes changes to the building structure, the parametric change technology within Revit Structure automatically coordinates the changes across all other representations of the project. As a result, the design model, design options, and documentation stay coordinated, consistent and complete.
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According to new studies 5 out of 10 marriages will end in divorce. Without going into the typical boring drawn-out discussion on divorce, I’m going to get straight to the point. You are about to learn the top 2 ways to become irresistibly magnetic in the eyes of your wife.
And it will not take a lot of time.
Before you read another word, it is important that you understand one thing. And that is:
I’m going to explain because this may seem obvious.
The truth is many guys are doing all of the wrong things when it comes to becoming more sexually desirable to women.
Many guys out there are buying 4 ton trucks in their attempts to become desirable.
Many guys out there are working out in the gym for 9 hours a day in their attempts to become desirable.
“It is 100% possible to change the way a woman sees you.”
You can change the way a woman sees you for the better.
You can change the way a woman sees you for the worse.
Let’s dive in.
Top Secret Way # 1 – Become a master at getting her in a good and upbeat mood.
In fact if there was a way that you could become invisible, you would notice something.
In other words if you secretly entered the homes of 100 married men (while being invisible), you would notice that over 90 of them initiate sex with their wives while making zero effort in getting her in a positive, upbeat, happy and energetic mood.
You would also observe guys trying to get sex from her while she is tired. You would see these clueless bastards initiating sex on days when she is feeling miserable.
Then you would see the guys getting angry at her when she turns him down for sex.
You would see the guy feeling hurt, sad and rejected.
You would even see these guys eventually thinking about cheating.
You would see these men become weak & insecure creatures before your very eyes!
The truth is getting her in an upbeat mood before initiating makes a lot of sense.
All you need to do is become a master at it. And this is simple as getting her to focus on fun moments that the two of you have shared in the past.
Make her laugh.
Think back to times when you were able to cheer her up or make her laugh and do those things.
Take her out to a comedy club or at a minimum select something funny to watch on TV.
Do you see how it works?
And once you master doing that while combining it with the next tip, magical things will begin to happen.
Top secret way # 2 – L.O.C. (Levels of Communication)
I’ll explain.
Please make sure you listen up, because it’s very important and you will not find this discussed anywhere else.
Once you master LOC, you would see changes in a very short amount of time.
For example: Try to imagine your wife as being 50 different women. You can even pretend all 50 of your wives are walking around in your house.
I’ll explain so that it makes crystal clear sense.
If your wife’s name is Mary, then there are 50 Mary’s walking around.
Mary-1, Mary-2, Mary-3, etc..
Each Mary represents a *different mood*.
Do you see where I am going with this?
For example, Mary-1 could be your wife when she is tired and exhausted.
And Mary-17 could be your wife when she is happy about life, energetic and upbeat about everything.
Wouldn’t you rather have sex with Mary-17?
Isn’t she more likely to want to have sex?
The amazing thing is that your “words” can magically change Mary-1 into Mary-17.
It literally takes milliseconds to move her from a bad mood to a good mood (or vice versa).
Let’s move onto LOC.
The truth is women sometimes say things that don’t make sense to a guy.
A guy will argue with his wife and during the argument he’ll ask himself: “Does she even care about solving the problem?”
If this has ever happened to you, you obviously discovered that there is a difference in communication structure between men and women.
And before I continue, I want you to realize that there is so much twisted up information out there it is sad. If someone told me to make one prediction – it would be that these “how to read body language books” are going to become fazed out in the next 100 years.
And after that, people will start to focus on “communication” as the starting point for understanding women. Any time a guy is seeking to become more sexually desirable in the eyes of women, the results will ALWAYS begin with “communication”.
If you are a man who wants your wife to see you as irresistibly magnetic, then your efforts must begin with communication.
Because if you understand the language differences in a woman, then you will realize that those words have significance because it comes from her brain.
And her brain stores the information that decides whether she will perceive you as sexually desirable.
The secret key to becoming sexually desirable in the eyes of women depends on your ability to affect her mood. And that ability depends on your communication and how well you understand the levels of communication.
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Most businesses start out with just one or two products or services. Maybe you’re selling services like coaching, event planning, personal training, web design or massage therapy, or maybe it’s an online info product like an e-book or course. Whatever it is, before long you find yourself selling time for money with your income limited by how many hours there are in the day, or you work hard to get lots of clients but the sale amount is so low and, since it’s a one time sale, you’re barely breaking even.
The result is that you work harder and harder but your income still isn’t where you want it to be. I call this the Treadmill Business Model. You do a limited number of tried and true marketing activities that have worked in the past; you get clients and have to constantly fight to keep the pipeline full. Meanwhile you have an income ceiling.
The problem comes from thinking like someone who has a job instead of thinking like an entrepreneur! Well it’s time to change all that. As an entrepreneur it’s time to develop a business model or strategy that will accomplish 3 things:
Maximize repeat business: get people to buy from them multiple times Maximize sales: increase the transaction value of each sale Maximize referrals: increase referrals from customers
You need to create a product funnel that will lead people from one initial purchase to the next and the next. You can do this using one of 2 approaches.
1) Vertical - this is where product number 1 logically leads to product number 2. It could be either a next generation product, an upgrade or an add-on to the original product. Microsoft has certainly mastered this. You need to keep buying their latest operating system or software. Many technology companies use this strategy. But another example would be a program or course where you offer beginner, intermediate and advanced levels that are sequential.
2)Horizontal — in this model you develop products or services that help your customers solve other problems or fulfill other desires, something that is complimentary, but not exactly the same as their original purchase. For example, if you sell cooking classes, you could also sell the cooking utensils and gadgets people need. Of if you make window treatments, you could sell the hardware necessary to install them. If you sell online you could sell related affiliate products.
Another way to create a horizontal strategy is to re-package or re-purpose something you already sell and make it attractive to another market or industry. This works quite well if you sell educational or info products or courses.
You can also maximize sales by creating a business model with recurring income like:
membership programs retainers packaged programs repeat order products like vitamins or beauty products
Buy creating this process and setting up the systems to keep it working, you’ve created a natural buying sequence that increases sales, keeps customers coming back again and again, and creates multiple profit streams in your business. You’ll be able to easily create passive income so you don’t have to spend years just selling time for money. You’ll easily see your sales DOUBLE and then double again.
So take some quiet time or even brainstorm with an advisor, mentor, coach or successful entrepreneur you respect and start to map out your business model—the one that will help you dramatically increase sales.
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If you are going to succeed in your online business, you must take action. Massive action. Consistent action. Action fueled by your burning desire.
But, when you first start an online business, or if you have been struggling to earn money from home, you might sit in front of your computer, really wanting to take action, and having no idea what to do. Not because you don’t have any information on what to do. Much more likely, you have WAY too much information on what to do.
Information overload is the number one reason people don’t take action. You are overwhelmed. You have two hours a night to work on your online business. Yet it will take 200 hours just to get through all of the “how-to” information you have. And another 200 hours to implement it. That is if you have the knowledge and ability to implement it at all.
So, realistically, how can you achieve success when you start an online business? I mean success now. Not twenty years from now.
I can tell you absolutely that the way to earn money from home is NOT to sit at home and spend money. And the opportunities to spend money abound. Part of your work when you start an online business is to subscribe to the internet marketing experts’ lists. And you should do this. You will get a lot of good free information and tips about how to find online business success.
But you will also be flooded with new product offers. All of them have well written sales letters. All of them claim that making money from home is easy. Most of them promise to be the new system that’s going to change it all for you. Most of them guarantee that even a newbie can do it. But, the fact is, with most of them you are not going to earn money online.
Why? Not because the product creators are scam artists. This is rarely true. So if you are trying to take action but still not finding online business success, what’s wrong? What’s wrong with all of those $97 products you’re buying. Maybe you’ve even tried the $397 product, the $997 product, or more. I’ve got them all.
Here’s what I’ve found to be wrong with them. Either the product isn’t what someone just trying to start an online business should be buying. Or, the product doesn’t provide you with a complete system. And, without a complete system in place, it’s near impossible to earn money online unless you have the time and ability to set it all up yourself. Most people have neither.
Part of the problem is that the people who are marketing these products to you aren’t marketing them to you. They are marketing them to their list of thousands of people. And the product may only be the “right” product for a few hundred of those people.
But, the marketer doesn’t know you. Doesn’t know who you are. Doesn’t know what you need. Doesn’t know if you are making money from home or just trying to get started. And, unfortunately, usually they don’t care. They are promoting a product for a friend. Usually one of their fellow expert marketers. Or they are trying to win a JV contest and just want to sell as many of the product as they can.
So what is the answer? Not buy any products? No. Not unless you are looking to take the long road. I’ll reveal the shortcut to online business success next time.
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