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Syuhada, Farrell Hamzah, and Oktaviana Putri. "Analisis Sejarah dan Perkembangan Perkeretaapian di Jepang." Jurnal Sakura : Sastra, Bahasa, Kebudayaan dan Pranata Jepang 5, no. 1 (February 26, 2023): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/js.2023.v05.i01.p08.
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This research discusses the history of Japanese railways and the factors causing the progress of railways in Japan. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The data collection technique used in this research is a literature study or literature review. The data in this research were taken from journals, books, documentation, internet and literature that discussed the topic being researched. The results of this study are the history of Japanese railways starting in 1872 at the beginning of Japan's new era, namely the Meiji era. Japan learned the rail system from England. Initially, the railroads in Japan were under the auspices of one company, namely JNR, due to go into liquidation, Japan was forced to make JNR a private company, JNR changed its name to JR and is divided into 9 companies to this day. While the factor for the advancement of Japanese railways is Japan's long experience in the world of railways, which is more than 150 years, Japan dares to take risks in the development of railways, Japan is able to overcome competition with private railroad companies, and finally, the Japanese people are disciplined and punctual.
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Article, Editorial. "THE STATION TO BE REACHED BY A CONTRACTED BUS." World of Transport and Transportation 14, no. 1 (February 28, 2016): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2016-14-1-31.
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[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Holding company Russian Railways plans to launch in March 2016 new multi-mode routes in Kostroma and Vologda regions. According to news releases by Press service of the JSC Russian Railways http://press.rzd.ru/news/public/ru; http://eng.rzd.ru/newse/public/en
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Salim, Shahad. "PROMOTING FIRM PERFORMANCE VIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS EFFECTIVENESS : A STUDY OF FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES IN NEW ORLEANS." MARGINAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING GENERAL FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 3, no. 1 (September 9, 2023): 16–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.55047/marginal.v3i1.848.
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This study explores the critical link between board effectiveness and company performance, focusing on New Orleans' financial services sector. In today's dynamic business landscape, boards of directors play a pivotal role in guiding organizations towards sustainable growth and value creation. The research aims to contribute significantly to the corporate governance discourse by introducing novel metrics such as cash flow and value-added production, expanding the scope of analysis beyond traditional financial indicators. We emphasize two key factors: gender diversity and director tenure, offering a holistic understanding of board composition. The empirical analysis draws from a dataset of financial services firms in New Orleans, revealing that boards with gender diversity and experienced directors excel in strategic decision-making, risk management, and innovation. This highlights the importance of building diverse and knowledgeable boards that blend seasoned business leaders with fresh perspectives. The findings hold broader implications for policymakers, who can advocate for policies promoting diversity and experience in corporate governance. Investors gain insights into value drivers beyond traditional metrics, facilitating partnerships with companies prioritizing comprehensive performance improvement. The study illuminates the intricate relationship between board effectiveness and company success in New Orleans' financial services sector. The unique methodology combines innovative performance indicators and an integrated framework, providing a comprehensive view of the value created by diverse and experienced boards. These insights inform investment strategies, policy development, and strategic decision-making, fostering long-term company performance and societal benefit.
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Zhidkova, Elena A., Natalia A. Kostenko, Artem A. Goryaev, and Konstantin G. Gurevich. "Features of the incidence and course of COVID-19 among medical workers of private healthcare organizations of JSC "Russian Railways"." Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology 61, no. 8 (September 30, 2021): 534–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2021-61-8-534-539.
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Healthcare workers are at risk of contracting new coronavirus infections (COVID-19) due to their job responsibilities. The study aims to explore the incidence of a new coronavirus infection of medical workers of private healthcare organization (PHO) of JSC "Russian Railways". To analyze the incidence of COVID-19 among medical workers of PHO of JSC "Russian Railways", we used the data of weekly monitoring conducted by the company from 5.04.2020 to 28.03.2021. The χ2 method was used for statistical processing. The epidemiological data were also smoothed by linear filtering using 2 points. A feature of the medical service of PHO of JSC "Russian Railways" is the continuous nature of its activities. 5 hospitals were converted to COVID hospitals. 12.9% of cases of COVID-19 were recorded among employees of PHO of JSC Russian Railways. The minimum number of cases was registered on the Far Eastern and East Siberian Railways. The maximum number of cases was noted on the South-Eastern and Northern railways. 94% of the sick were on outpatient treatment. Half of the sick are nurses. The testing of medical workers of PHO of JSC "Russian Railways" revealed a higher percentage of people with IgG to the SARS-CoV-2 virus than the number of cases registered. This may indicate an asymptomatic course of the disease in medical workers. Conclusion. The data obtained indicate the effectiveness of preventive measures to protect medical workers of PHO of JSC "Russian Railways" from a new coronavirus infection. The conducted research will increase the effectiveness of preventive measures in the other PHO.
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Gutor, Ekaterina M., Yuliya A. Tkachenko, Elena A. Zhidkova, and Konstantin G. Gurevich. "Experience of medical support for railway transport workers in the context of a new coronavirus infection." Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology 61, no. 2 (March 15, 2021): 125–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2021-61-2-125-129.
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Introduction. The work's relevance is related to the health system's challenges associated with the pandemic of new coronavirus infection. The study aims to explore the experience of organizing the response to the COVID-19 epidemic by the medical service of JSC "Russian Railways" in March-August 2020. Materials and methods. We used the statistical reporting materials of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and JSC "Russian Railways" to analyze the availability of bed fund and medical personnel. The official information of стопкоронавирус.рф website of the Russian Federation is used to analyze the incidence of COVID-19 in the Russian Federation and in the world. To analyze the morbidity of JSC "Russian Railways", we used data from daily monitoring conducted by the company. Results. The incidence of COVID-19 among health care workers in the pre-trip examination rooms of the holding was lower than in the whole of the Russian Federation. The bed fund of JSC "Russian Railways" in terms of 10 thousand people corresponds to the Russian average. The indicators of availability of medical personnel are higher than in the Russian Federation. During the "first wave" of the epidemic, 4 hospitals of Russian Railways were redesigned to provide medical care to patients with COVID-19. Two thousand one hundred twenty medical workers were involved. A total of 3.6 thousand patients with COVID-19 were treated. According to the treatment regimens described in the interim guidelines, the early start of therapy allowed to prevent the development of severe forms and minimize mortality. Russian railways medical institutions participated in the fight against the epidemic in 19 regions of the Russian Federation. 20 PCR laboratories were opened. Conclusions. The activities of Russian railways medical institutions were adequately reformed, which allowed not only to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus infection among the holding's employees.
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THOMPSON, BRIAN C. "Journeys of an Immigrant Violinist: Jacques Oliveira in Civil War–Era New York and New Orleans." Journal of the Society for American Music 6, no. 1 (February 2012): 51–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s175219631100040x.
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AbstractThis article explores the U.S. career of the Dutch immigrant violinist Jacques Oliveira. Following successful performances in Britain, Oliveira sailed for the United States in the fall of 1859. Under P.T. Barnum's management, the twenty-three-year-old became a fixture on New York's theatrical scene, as an instrumental soloist with Tom Thumb's company, with the Drayton Parlor Opera troupe, and with Hooley and Campbell's Minstrels. After a year, he traveled south, settling in occupied New Orleans, where he had family connections. Despite the economic difficulties of the time, he soon became an important figure in the city's cultural life, only to die during an outbreak of cholera and yellow fever in the summer of 1867.In the absence of letters or diaries, the article relies heavily on close examination of period newspapers, city directories and census data to reconstruct Oliveira's world. Oliveira's activities, his successes and struggles, offer insights into the place of the working musician, newly arrived in the Unites States in the late 1850s. Examining the events of his life enables us to contrast cultural life in New York and New Orleans at the time of the Civil War. The article illuminates the place of the instrumentalist in the theater, reveals how attitudes toward music were influenced by a cultural hierarchy, provides insights into the place of the violin in the musical life of the United States, and examines the impact of the Civil War on musical life in New Orleans.
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Miller, Barbara Stoler. "Presidential Address: Contending Narratives—The Political Life of the Indian Epics." Journal of Asian Studies 50, no. 4 (November 1991): 783–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2058541.
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Unlike edward cameron dimock, Henry David Thoreau never traveled to India, but he imagined Yankee merchant ships transporting ice blocks from Walden Pond to New Orleans and Calcutta, where the pure Walden water would mingle with the sacred water of the Ganges. Less romantically, one can imagine the Walden ice mingling with British gin and tonic in clubs of the East India Company. In our own time, Ed Dimock has brought America and India together in more significant ways. I'm delighted that he is in New Orleans today—honoring him seems a wonderful way of celebrating ourselves on this fiftieth anniversary of the Association for Asian Studies.
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Fithriana, Noora, and Salome Silmia. "Inovasi Layanan Cetak Tiket Mandiri Untuk Menunjang Kualitas Pelayanan Publik." Jurnal Inovasi Ilmu Sosial dan Politik 2, no. 1 (April 2, 2020): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.33474/jisop.v2i1.4998.
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Self-Printing Ticket has been fulfilling innovation criteria as it is able to adjust a new service. The Self-Printing Ticket innovation made by Indonesian Railways Company and applied in many Indonesian central stations is an effort to improve service quality of printing a train ticket. The aims of this research was to find out the Self-Printing Ticket innovation for supporting public service quality in Malang Station, along with supporting and obstructing factors of such innovation implementation. To reach the research aims, this research used qualitative method. Primary data of this research was got from (1) interviewing informants consisting of Head of Station, Head of Commercial Service Sub-Affairs, Customer Services, and service users of Self-Printing Ticket; (2) documentation; and (3) observing service room. Secondary data was taken from documents of Indonesian Railways Company. Of the research results, found out that the machine of Self-Printing Ticket was Yogyakarta Station Team innovation winning an annual event of Indonesian Railways Company. Based on the six service standards, the service innovation of Self-Printing Ticket in Malang Station was well applied so that it can support public service quality. Supporting factors of the service were facilities; where the obstructing factors were internet or server disruptions, power outage, jammed printer, and prospective passengers misunderstanding on the machine usage and their mistake in inputting the book code.
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Литовченко, В. Б. "Diversification strategy issues in rail transport." Экономика и предпринимательство, no. 11(136) (February 27, 2022): 1329–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.34925/eip.2021.11.136.266.
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В условиях пандемии и закрытия многих фирм сложно функционировать должным образом, даже крупным компаниям. Но главный перевозчик страны, Российские железные дороги, наоборот, не теряют оптимизма, борются с пандемией и строят планы на будущее. В данной статье мы рассматриваем, как в период пандемии осуществляет свою деятельность ОАО «РЖД», какие ставят перед собой задачи и цели. АО «РЖД Логистика», крупнейший мультимодальный логистический оператор. АО «РЖД Логистика» наработала солидные компетенции, и, адаптируясь к новым запросам клиентов, компания постоянно расширяет перечень своих услуг, совершенствует существующие сервисы, разрабатывает новые маршруты доставки грузов для российских и зарубежных грузоотправителей. In the context of a pandemic and the closure of many firms, it is difficult to function properly, even for large companies. But the main carrier of the country, Russian Railways, on the contrary, do not lose optimism, are fighting the pandemic and are making plans for the future. In this article, we consider how Russian Railways carries out its activities during the pandemic, what tasks and goals are set for themselves. JSC "Russian Railways Logistics", the largest multimodal logistics operator. JSC "Russian Railways Logistics" has developed solid competencies, and, adapting to new customer requests, the company is constantly expanding its list of services, improving existing services, developing new cargo delivery routes for Russian and foreign shippers.
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Vlasova, N. V. "ON THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF FREIGHT SERVICES OF JSC «RUSSIAN RAILWAYS» WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EAST SIBERIAN RAILWAY." Post–Soviet Continent, no. 1 (March 6, 2024): 98–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.48137/23116412_2024_1_98.
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In the current economic environment, in order to develop customer focus and improve the quality of freight transportation planning at JSC Russian Railways, the priority activity is the development of modern freight services to improve the quality of services provided to railway transport customers in order to simplify access to the services of the Russian Railways holding company in the field of freight transportation, customer-oriented approach, organization of freight forwarding services and logistics services on the «one-window» principle. Creating a single information space between participants in rail freight transportation and ensuring monitoring of the fulfillment of contractual obligations for the delivery of goods and carrying out mutual settlements online is one of the primary tasks of the joint-stock company.In a scientific article within the framework of the implementation of the state program «Digital Economy of Russia» at JSC Russian Railways, the author examines the issues of modern development of freight services at JSC Russian Railways to attract new customers and increase the loyalty of existing ones. The digital transformation strategy of JSC Russian Railways is the process of changing the industry’s activities in the digital economy. These changes consist of: searching and implementing innovations, expanding the range of services offered to the market and introducing digital products.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "New Orleans Railways Company"
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Martinez, Carlos M. II. "The "Re-Latinization" of New Orleans in the Twentieth Century: Multiple Waves of Hispanic Migration." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1175.
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Latin Americans immigrating to New Orleans during the Jim Crow period found New Orleans to be a place where they could assimilate. Several factors produced a tolerant climate for Latin Americans. These included New Orleanians' tolerant attitude, which was possible since Latin Americans arrived in small numbers and different waves. Latinos also helped develop trade with Latin America. Also, unlike other areas in the country, immigrants that came to New Orleans came from all over Central and South America. They were a highly skilled group and acted as cultural and power brokers between Latin America and the city. In spite of the variety of racial mixtures, Latinos in New Orleans could claim social and legal whiteness. A pattern of immigration is revealed: small numbers, economic, cultural and educational diversity, a desire to assimilate rather than segregate, and social and economical mobility.
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Sims, Melissa Bradberry. "Employee Satisfaction and Performance: A Study of the RC Hotel Company Kitchen Environment." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2004. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/NOD,177.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of New Orleans, 2004.Title from electronic submission form. "A thesis ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management"--Thesis t.p. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Smith, Melissa Lee. "Merging Identities: A Glimpse into the World of Albert Wicker, An African American Leader in New Orleans, 1893-1928." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/606.
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The life and career of Albert Wicker, Jr. (1869-1928), reflects the growth of the new urban African-American middle class in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early years of the twentieth century. He spent his career working for advances in education while using memberships in churches, Masonic groups, insurance companies, benevolent societies, and educational leagues to achieve his personal and professional goals. The networks created by him and others along the way illustrate not only complexity of black life in New Orleans but also the growing tendency of differing ethnic groups to work together to achieve common economic, political, social objectives.
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Greenwald, Erin Michelle. "Company Towns and Tropical Baptisms: From Lorient to Louisiana on a French Atlantic Circuit." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306442070.
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Abstract of account information of Freedman's Savings and Trust New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866-1869. Bowie, Md: Heritage Books, 1999.
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Commons, Canada Parliament House of. Bill: An act to regulate freight and passenger rates on railways. Ottawa: S.E. Dawson, 2002.
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Stephenson, Philip Daingerfield. The Civil War memoir of Philip Daingerfield Stephenson, D.D.: Private, Company K, 13th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, and Loader, Piece No. 4, 5th Company, Washington Artillery, Army of Tennessee, CSA. Conway, AR: UCA Press, 1995.
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Stephenson, Philip Daingerfield. The Civil War memoir of Philip Daingerfield Stephenson, D.D.: Private, Company K, 13th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry and loader, piece no. 4, 5th Company, Washington Artillery, Army of Tennessee, CSA. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998.
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Cevelev, Aleksandr. Material management of railway transport. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1064961.
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In the monograph reviewed the development of the inventory management of railway transport in the new economic environment of market economy.
According to the results of theoretical research, innovative and production potential of the supply system of railway transport the main directions and methods of transformation of the restructuring process under the corporate changes of JSC "RZD", positioned value system of the logistics of railway transportation, and developed a classification model used logistical resources.
Evaluation of activity of structural divisions of Russian Railways supply is proposed to be viewed through an integrated and comprehensive approach to the development of systems of balanced indicators of supply and prompt handling of material resources, the implementation of which allows to distribute the strategic objectives of the company "Russian Railways" activities in the system of logistics of the Railways and also to involve in economic circulation of excessive and unused inventories of material and technical resources and efficiently reallocate them among enterprises at the site of the railway.
Recommendations for the implementation of the developed algorithms and models are long term in nature and are based on the concept of logistics management and improve the business processes of the logistics system.
Will be useful for managers and specialists of directorates of logistics of Russian Railways supply, undergraduates and graduate students interested in the economy of railway transport.
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Fedorovich, Tat'yana, Natal'ya Kubrak, S. K. Tevs, and A. V. Dmitrenko. Organization and management of a private fleet of freight cars: an economic approach. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1860935.
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The monograph discusses theoretical and practical issues related to the completion of the implementation of the introduction of new forms of ownership in the formation of the railway holding JSC "Russian Railways". The organizational and economic results of the structural reform of railway transport in Russia are analyzed in comparison with the experience of modern reform of foreign railway transport. The variants of transformation of the modern cargo transportation management system in the new economic conditions are proposed.
The main results of the study of modern economic and organizational conditions of cargo transportation, taking into account the specifics of working with a private car fleet, are presented. Based on a large-scale analysis of the loading dynamics of the main directions of the Russian Railways network and the resulting unevenness of operational work, new approaches are proposed for the formation of the market of freight operators of rolling stock.
An economic assessment of the implementation of scenario options for the introduction of technological outsourcing is given on the example of JSC "Federal Freight Company" with the justification of a methodological approach for the formation of a consolidated fleet of wagons based
on the algorithm of the cost method for calculating the throughput during the consolidation of a fleet of freight wagons.
For practitioners and researchers involved in cargo transportation management, forecasting and formation of private fleets of freight cars. It will be useful for graduate students, undergraduates and students of economic faculties of railway universities when studying courses in the economics of railway transport and the cost of freight transportation.
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Texas & New Orleans. Signature Press, 2008.
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Regulation of Railway Rates: Hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Fifty-Ninth Congress, first session, on Dec. 8, 1905. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1985.
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Guzmán, Will. Marshall, Texas, 1883–1909. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038921.003.0002.
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This chapter presents a historical analysis of Nixon's character and his formative years growing up in the racially charged South. He was born on February 9, 1883, to Jennie Valerie Engledow and Charles Blanton Nixon in Marshall, Texas, as the eldest of five. Charles Nixon was employed by the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, which eventually enabled his son to spend his childhood within a diverse neighborhood in New Orleans. His childhood also coincided with a period of social and political unrest, during which time race relations had dramatically deteriorated. Notwithstanding the political turmoil, however, the Nixon family would return to Marshall in the early 1890s, where Nixon would complete his undergraduate degree before leaving for Meharry Medical College in Tennessee. Later on, Nixon would eventually marry his childhood sweetheart, Esther Josephine Calvin, and establish his medical practice in Cameron, Texas.
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Hendrix, Sheila. Bad Company. Lulu Press, Inc., 2009.
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Williams, Martin. "Bechet the Prophet." In Jazz In Its Time, 3–6. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195069044.003.0001.
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Abstract In France in the 1950s, New Orleans clarinetist and soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet found himself a celebrity: his records were collected by ardent teen-age fans; his company was sought by socially ambitious matrons; and his night club and music hall appearances were as avidly attended as those of Chevalier or Piaf. In our country probably only Louis Armstrong among jazzmen has received comparable adulation. But Bechet did not sing, did not clown; he played his instruments, accompanied by French New Orleans “revivalist” ensembles of highly uneven quality, and he announced his numbers in the softly accented Creole French of his New Orleans upbringing. Armstrong, the glorious instrumentalist of the New Orleans school, was something of a prophet without honor at home to larger audiences until he became the grand old man. Bechet remained without honor at home to even a sizable audience.
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Velde, Lea Vander. "1849: Trial by Pestilence, Trial by Fire." In Mrs. Dred Scott, 267–75. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195366563.003.0029.
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Abstract On new year’s day, 1849, the city engaged in the usual holiday entertainments, and a traveling circus company, driven from New Orleans by a cholera panic, came to town to add to the festivities. The circus was in town, but the cholera was trailing not far behind.
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Berry, Jason. "Bienville." In City of a Million Dreams, 6–26. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469647142.003.0001.
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Sent by the French crown, commandant general Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, established La Nouvelle-Orlans on the banks of the Mississippi river in 1718, negotiating with the native Chitimacha and facing epidemics, tribal wars, and foot shortages. Born in 1680 in Montreal, Bienville became a French naval cadet and joined his brother Pierre’s crew, Sieur d’Iberville, at 16. With Iberville, Bienville travelled the Mississippi Valley, trading with and learning from the Native Americans. Events of note include Bienville’s conflict with governor La Mothe Cadillac and Bienville’s negotiations with the Natchez royalty that ended with breaking ground at New Orleans. Due to conflicts with French officials, Bienville was recalled to Paris in 1723, and Company of the Indies took over New Orleans governance. Tensions arose between the settlers and Natchez, worsened by the actions of Étienne de Chépart, who was eventually killed in a Natchez attack. The new governor, Étienne Boucher de Périer, violently retaliated against the Native Americans, and Company of the Indies officials responded to its catastrophic losses by washing their hands of Louisiana. In 1732, the king sent Bienville back as governor.
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Dodgson, John. "Railway Privatization." In Privatization and Economic Performance, 232–50. Oxford University PressOxford, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198773436.003.0017.
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Abstract This chapter considers the difficulties involved in privatizing Britain’s railways by reviewing the alternative options that were available. Throughout the 1980s British Rail was low in government priorities for privatization. Eventually a White Paper on rail privatization was published in 19921, and the resulting Railways Act came into effect on 1 April 1994. A new public-sector company, Railtrack, took over the existing railway infrastructure, and was to charge for access to the network. All passenger services will eventually be franchised through the new Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, though the process is expected to take a number of years. BR’s freight business will be sold to the private sector. A Railway Regulator will ensure fair access to the network. British Rail will gradually disappear, even though a House of Lords amendment means it will be allowed to bid for passenger franchises in competition with the private sector.
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Gordon, Robert B. "The Challenge of New Markets and Techniques." In A Landscape Transformed. Oxford University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195128185.003.0010.
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Ironmakers in the Middle Atlantic states used canals and railways to reduce costs and expand the scale of production with new techniques based on mineral-coal fuel beginning in the 1820s. Salisbury forge and furnace proprietors, who still had teamsters hauling ore, fuel, and metal along dirt roads with wagons in summer and sleds in winter, knew that improved transportation systems would help them get their products to outside buyers. They were less aware that canals and railroads would eventually force them to confront new techniques adopted by ironmakers outside their district. Entrepreneurs in northwestern Connecticut had become interested in waterways as early as 1760, when they wanted to improve the Housatonic’s channel north to Massachusetts in order to float logs downriver to their sawmills. Although the General Assembly authorized a lottery to raise £300 for the project in 1761, the promoters accomplished nothing. The start of construction on the Erie Canal stimulated interest in building a canal along the Housatonic River that would open new markets for the northwest’s ironmakers. Urged on by John M. Holley and others, the Ousatonic Canal proprietors organized a company in 1822 to build from tidewater to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. However, when canal engineer Benjamin Wright’s survey showed the company would have to build enough locks to raise boats a total of 604 feet as they traversed the canal, the project’s supporters backed out. The promoters of the Sharon Canal project, intended to start in Sharon and go down the Oblong River into New York and thence follow the route later used by the Harlem Railroad, accomplished even less. John M. Holley had experienced railroad travel on his 1831 trip to Harpers Ferry. He and his neighbors realized that a railway up the Housatonic valley would gather traffic from the region’s ironworks and, with a connection to the Western Railroad in Massachusetts, open the first year-round route from New York City to Albany. (The railroad along the Hudson River between New York and Albany did not open until 1851.) Several of the region’s ironmasters, including J. M. Holley’s son A. H. Holley, helped raise funds for the construction of the Housatonic Railroad when the state issued a charter in 1836.
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Cave, Mark. "A Pelican in Her Piety." In Oral History and the Environment, 34—C2.N9. Oxford University PressNew York, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190684969.003.0003.
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Abstract In the spring of 2010, a British Petroleum oil rig known as the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and causing a sea-floor oil gusher. The spill did extensive damage to marine and wildlife all along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In Louisiana, wildlife agents worked to protect animal habitats and capture oiled animals. BP hired private companies to establish a bird rehabilitation center. Although most aspects of the response to the spill were closed to reporters, the oil company encouraged the media to visit the rehabilitation center. Images of oiled pelicans filled the nearly nonstop coverage of the event. The pelican became emblematic of the crisis in Louisiana. In fall 2010, The Historic New Orleans Collection initiated an oral history project to document not only the scope and organization of this wildlife rescue effort, but also the motivations of those involved.
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White, Sophie. "“It’s Only from God That We Ask Forgiveness”." In Voices of the Enslaved, 48–95. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469654041.003.0003.
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This analysis focuses on Louison, an enslaved woman belonging to the Ursuline convent in New Orleans, who testified as victim of a violent aggression in 1752. She was stabbed during an incident that escalated when a soldier demanded that she and her companions launder his soiled handkerchief. The depositions in this case laid bare the role of the Company of the Indies and Catholic orders as slaveholders, but also reveals the importance to the enslaved of family and kin relations, as seen when her husband, the convent-hospital’s enslaved apothecary and surgeon’s aide, came to her succor. In her testimony we hear Louison insistently communicating her response to a violent act of aggression, making full use of the opportunities available to her to speak: first, in her religion-inflected words to the soldier during their encounter and, second, in her subsequent retelling of the event to court officials.
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Winkler, Peter. "Randy Newman’s Americana." In Reading Pop, 27–57. Oxford University PressOxford, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198166122.003.0002.
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Abstract This essay is a study of the musical style of Randy Newman, one of the most intriguing singer-songwriters in the United States today. Since Newman’s is hardly a household name, let me begin with a biographical note. Born in New Orleans in 1943, Randy Newman moved to Southern California at the age of five and has lived there ever since. While still a teenager he became staff songwriter for a small publishing company, and in 1966 achieved his first commercial success with a song recorded by Judy Collins, ‘I Think It’s Going to Rain Today’. He began recording for Warner Brothers/Reprise in 1968, and has released an album every two or three years since then. Except for one hit, ‘Short People’ (1977), his music has appealed to a relatively small but devoted following. Unlike many contemporary songwriters, Newman is classically trained, and is a skilled orchestrator who writes his own arrangements, as well as arrangements for other artists and occasional film scores.
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"Junebug Productions and Roadside Theater." In Writing Appalachia, edited by Katherine Ledford and Theresa Lloyd, 467–75. University Press of Kentucky, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813178790.003.0068.
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Junebug/Jack is a joint theatrical production of Junebug Productions of New Orleans and the Roadside Theater of Whitesburg, Kentucky, professional, community-based theaters whose mission is to speak for the historically marginalized and exploited communities in which they are located. Junebug Productions was founded in 1963 under the name Southern Free Theater as part of the cultural wing of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the influential civil rights organization. Roadside Theater was founded in 1975 as a component of Appalshop, a media production company in the Kentucky coalfields that was begun as a youth job-training program in film and a way for Appalachian people to take control of their own story. Junebug and Roadside began performing in each other’s communities in response to an increase in Ku Klux Klan activity in 1981. The companies have also partnered with grassroots theatrical groups such as Teatro Pregones from the Bronx (1993–2018) and, independently, with traditional artists from Native American communities and theater ensembles from the Czech Republic and elsewhere....
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Ray, Robert B. "Q The Quaker Girl." In The ABCs of Classic Hollywood, 122–23. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195322910.003.0043.
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Abstract As a child, George Cukor was inspired by Ina Claire’s performance in The Quaker Girl (1911), a play turning on plot elements strangely similar to The Philadelphia Story’s. Disowned by her family for drinking champagne, the “Quaker girl” cavorts with a French princess before having to choose among three different men, one of whom she bribes with love letters. Champagne, “Frenchnicity,” three suitors, blackmail—all of these devices will reappear in The Philadelphia Story. References to Quakerism recur throughout The Philadelphia Story. Mrs. Lord has “the old Quaker spirit” when she gamely decides to welcome the Spy journalists; Kittredge is the general manager of Quaker Coal, a company in which Seth Lord owns the controlling interest; a librarian surprises Mike with her antique Quaker diction (“What is thee wish?”). These moments, of course, draw on the codes of “Philadelphianess,” established by the opening credits’ drawing of the Liberty Bell. Their repetition also suggests the paucity of signifiers for Philadelphia, whose skyline offers no immediate trademark as obvious as San Francisco’s bridges or New York’s skyscrapers. In fact, however, except for Boston, New Orleans, Miami, and Hollywood, almost no other American cities would prove any more capable of ready identification. With homogenization having depleted the store of regional signifiers, cities will have to be named, not merely implied.
Conference papers on the topic "New Orleans Railways Company"
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Morscheck, Luke A., and John J. Roller. "Stress Testing of a New North American Passenger Locomotive Truck Frame in Accordance With International Union of Railways (UIC) Code." In 2013 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2013-2426.
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MotivePower Incorporated (MPI) a Wabtec company and CTLGroup have completed stress testing of a new two-axle passenger locomotive truck (bogie) frame for use in North America. Testing was performed in accordance with International Union of Railways (UIC) Code 615-4 – Bogie Frame Structural Strength Tests [1]. Static testing was performed to simulate exceptional, main in-service and particular in-service loads. A three-phase dynamic fatigue test of 10 million cycles was also performed. Factors for quasi-static, dynamic and track twist (warp) loads were increased from those recommended by the UIC Code for normal operating conditions on European railways to represent North American track conditions. Significant engineering thought was invested in fixture design, with each load application and reaction point receiving careful consideration. Static testing required ten different servo-controlled loading systems to simulate independent or superimposed vertical, lateral and/or longitudinal forces. The applied loads represented tractive effort, braking effort, curving, vehicle lateral dynamics, vehicle vertical dynamics and track twist. Fatigue testing required four different servo-controlled loading systems utilizing synchronized force functions to simulate alternating quasi-static and dynamic load sequences. The apparatus also included provisions for measuring vertical reactions at each primary spring pocket. Vertical reaction loads were measured by instrumented pedestals using a full Wheatstone bridge configuration to cancel out longitudinal and lateral load effects. Prior to testing, the prototype truck frame was instrumented with 133 strain gages installed at selected points of interest. Stress values discerned from the measured strains conformed to the allowable stress criteria and compared well with those predicted by finite element analysis. Measured force reactions also showed strong correlation with predicted values. No indications of cracks were discovered during periodic non-destructive inspections. In conclusion, the UIC Code 615-4 test protocol was utilized to successfully demonstrate the strength and durability of a new two-axle passenger locomotive truck frame.
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Schu¨tte, Jo¨rg, and Sven Scholz. "A New Security and Safety Solution for Public Guided Transport." In 2009 Joint Rail Conference. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2009-63015.
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Railway and Public Guided Transit Properties often employ large numbers of video cameras to supervise critical areas and facilitate incident management. Capabilities of Central Control Staff is, however, limited to check the increasing number of CCTV images and so far automated image processing solutions had been insufficiently reliable. TelSys GmbH (a railway telematics company in Dresden, Germany) had therefore developed over the last seven years together with the University of Technology in Dresden and some public transport providers (subway of Berlin, subway of Prague) a robust solution to supervise automatically critical areas like tunnel entrances, station tracks or station platform edges. Also qualifications with German Railways and in Finland had been performed. The automatic image processing software reliably differentiates between trains (“permitted” objects) and objects that move from the platform into the tracks or move too close to otherwise prohibited areas. Object sizes, alarm times, reliability and safety requirements had been taken from the VDV 399 standard of the German Public Transport Operators Association. After years of reliability and safety research and demonstration the system is now in regular operation (stopping automatically incoming driverless trains if an object is detected in the track) and can be considered as the first safe video image processing system according to railway standards. Experiences, system architecture and principles as well as further development plans and planned demonstration installation in North America are discussed.
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Andretto, Rael Fonseca, and Eduardo Aguiar. "A Machine Learning Application in Brazilian Railway Crew Rostering." In Congresso Brasileiro de Inteligência Computacional. SBIC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21528/cbic2023-023.
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A large portion of railway expenses is in the workforces payment. Although there are specialized professionals whose function is to appoint the drivers to the trains economically, many uncertainties exist at the time of the decision, leading many drivers to carry out idle cycles. Machine learning techniques are ideal for generalizing new scenarios from a training database and can be applied to reduce uncertainties in many problems. The literature shows that there are few machine learning applications in crew scheduling and rostering, especially in railways. In this study, applied at a Brazilian railway operator, in the first step, exploratory data analysis techniques are used together with the rules generated by a decision tree to create and apply guidelines to reduce idle crew cycles. In the second step, five machine learning algorithms are evaluated to automate and improve the process: neural network, support vector machine, decision tree, random forest, and the Autonomous Learning Multi-Model System (ALMMo). Although the first step got acceptable results and has been applied in the company, the machine learning models improved the result, showing an accuracy above 86% on average, which meets all service levels established by the company. Finally, the decision tree, the random forest, and the ALMMo were considered suitable solutions for application in the company due to their performances and characteristics
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Hogg, Chris, and Peter Matthews. "Establishing the Performance Requirements of Rail Vehicle Glazed Bodyside Units: A Suppliers Perspective." In 2010 Joint Rail Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2010-36059.
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In the last 7 significant accidents on the railways in GB there have been 60 passenger fatalities. 14 of these have been caused by ejection (passengers being thrown from the train during the course of the collision). One additional fatality was attributed to an object entering the carriage through the train window. In total there have been 26 ejections with over 50% resulting in fatality. The trend has been towards higher speed incidents involving vehicles overturning. The authority responsible for setting Safety Standards and, conducting research on behalf of the Train Operators and Stakeholders in GB’s railways is the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB). They initiated a multi faceted stream of research to investigate the performance of glazed systems in train incidents. The aim of the research was to identify and establish measures which replicate the conditions to which glazed systems may be subject to in collision conditions and to formulate corresponding performance requirements designed to prevent passenger ejection. The research was phased and entailed the following: • Accident investigation and analysis, detailed vehicle examination. • Review of 600 passenger witness statements, obtained by British Transport Police. • Generation of computer models using the MADYMO code and Side Impact Dummy (SID) to model the overturning event in a variety of conditions. • Postulation of events and measures based on analysis. • Proposed test programme. • Construction of new test apparatus. • Construction of existing glazed units — benchmarking process. • Construction of glazed units of improved design utilising different glass specifications and laminations but capable of being fitted into existing frames. • Testing, reporting, stakeholder reviews and the production of a new equipment standard for glass in railway vehicles. The research team was keen to include a glazing company capable of providing the highest level of technical support. Independent Glass, a Scottish company had been making significant strides in improving the penetration performance of glazed units (especially at the extremes of ambient temperature conditions) was chosen to produce glass samples for the project. A significant amount of testing was undertaken at their premises in Glasgow. Additionally the new tests were undertaken which demonstrate improved penetration resistance by heavy objects and improved passenger containment. This research has been embedded in the proposed new RSSB standard “GM/RT 2100” [1] which has developed a new scenario based sequential testing regime for glazed laminated systems in railway vehicles. This paper will inform the audience of these new requirements and the research which led to its introduction. It will show the testing that has been undertaken from the perspective of the glazing manufacturer and will detail the equipment that is required to be able to perform these new tests. It will comment on the cost and mass implications of fitting these new glazing units to vehicles in GB and the safety benefit of doing so. Toughened windows are still being used by some train operators for emergency egress; however most operators are now converting their vehicles to having entirely laminated units in vehicles. This is not the subject of this paper.
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Ingistov, Steve. "Interstage Injection Into Axial Compressor, Gas Turbine Model 7EA: Part 2." In ASME Turbo Expo 2002: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2002-30656.
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This paper describes the efforts of upgrading the original Interstage Injection System (IIS) that was installed in Gas Turbine Unit (GTU) No2, Summer 2000. Paper presented by Ingistov, No 2001-GT-407 at IGTI Conference in New Orleans, June 2001 describes the original IIS design and its operational results. As presented in New Orleans IGTI Conference the main purpose of Interstage Injection (II) is to preserve the Gas Turbine Unit (GTU) power output rather than augment the power output. Some power augmentation however takes place, and with gradual increase of the injected water flow the power gain will have to be quantified. This paper incorporates design changes of the water injection nozzles and the field results on GTU No1 compiled during Summer and Fall of 2001 in Watson Cogeneration Company (WCC) Plant in Carson California.
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Rabei, Rob, Steven Freeman, Eli Adams, and Pradeep Pillai. "Vito Project: Drilling & Completions – World Class Riserless Batch Set Performance, Best-in Class Deepening Performance, In-Well Barrier Gas-Lift System, 17 Ksi Barrier Checks, 15 MMSCF/Day Injection Rate." In Offshore Technology Conference. OTC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/32414-ms.
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Abstract In 2009, the Vito field was discovered in more than 4,000 ft of water approximately 150 miles offshore from New Orleans, Louisiana. The project produces from Miocene-aged reservoirs nearly 30,000 feet below sea level. The Vito project was the first deep water project to require in-well retrievable gas-lift systems with metal-to-metal seals capable of sustaining a differential of 17 Ksi and injection rates of 15 MMscf/day. This paper provides an overview of Vito's drilling and completions, in-well gas-lift system, development process, validation and testing requirements, key challenges encountered during the project, and the technologies. This paper is part of a Vito Project series at OTC 2023, and the other papers are listed in the references. The Vito Phase 1 project consisted of 8 producer wells with slim hole and open hole gravel pack design. The project wells were drilled with an Ultra-Deepwater Dual-Activity rig. The Gas-Lift Development Team worked with vendors to identify technology gaps with existing gas-lift system to project requirements. A validation process was created by the project using the following standards: API 19G 1,2,3, QAQC, ASME, FEA, CFD & Non-metallic Standards, company standards along with partner TR2385 document to establish design, manufacturing, and validation testing guidelines to ensure the highest level of reliability possible for a gas-lift system. The project team worked alongside the vendors to design and test concepts that eventually became the project's gas-lift system. The riserless section was drilled in a batch form and was benchmarked as a world-class performance against the company fleet performance. The majority of the subsequent deepening drilling and completion operations were benchmarked as best-in-class performing wells, thanks to the implementation of competitively scoped well designs, vendor engagement and well on well learning curve improvements. The gas-lift system key challenges included understanding the phase envelope of the injection gas and potential issues that may provide for long term integrity of the well, locating testing facilities to handle 10 Ksi injection pressure with up to 15 MMscf/day of injection rates, welding and heat treatment of Inconel side pocket mandrels, long term Arrhenius testing of non-metallics, developing robust QCP plans for manufacturing, and conducting an in-well SIT (systems integration test) of the KOT (kickover tool) systems.
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Dixon, Paul Christopher, Brady Wild, Maria Hernaiz, Keith Richard Rush, and Greg Neil Smith. "Vito Project: Host Construction and Commissioning." In Offshore Technology Conference. OTC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/32462-ms.
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Abstract In 2009, the Vito field was discovered in more than 1,200 m of water approximately 240 km offshore from New Orleans, Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The project produces from reservoirs nearly 9,100 m below sea level. This paper provides the efficiencies in constructing the Vito FPS at a single fabrication yard, commissioning, and preparation for offshore installation. This paper is part of a Vito Project series at OTC 2023 and the other papers are listed in the references. The Vito Floating Production System (FPS) has a Lightship of 21,500 mt, Topside Lift Weight of 8,700 mt, and is 86 m Length × 86 m Width overall. Vito FPS fabrication at a single fabrication site included Hull Fabrication, Topside Fabrication, Living Quarters (LQ) Fabrication, Integration, and a majority of the Commissioning Scope. Key drivers to be successful at a single site included demonstratable safe execution, offshore fabrication quality capability, fabrication yard throughput availability, achievable integration execution plan, and competitive pricing. Following a transport to a readiness site adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico, four months of continued commissioning and preparation for offshore installation included the key activities of installation of the Temporary Living Quarters, riser and umbilical installation winches, tow-out and station-keeping rigging; de-preservation, final commissioning and verification of operability of key systems; aviation readiness and safety equipment verification; and final USCG inspections to obtain the Authorization to Proceed Offshore. The efficiencies identified and realized at the single fabrication site during the Vito FPS fabrication execution included focused safety at a single site, simplified quality weld procedures, single interface for detail engineering, simplified procurement delivery plan for Company Provided Items (CPI), efficient preservation strategy, single regulatory interface site, enhanced site team efficiencies in engineering and inspection, and simplified contracting at a single source. The readiness site integrated members of the Construction, Commissioning and Operation teams utilizing a single location to quickly mobilize various vendor teams for a final preparation for offshore installation without the constraints of remote offshore work. A key enabler to select the fabricator was their ability to complete a majority of the commissioning scope on the ground prior to integration of the complete Topside and Hull based on the single lift capability of the new 2 × 15,000 mt gantry cranes, which further increased the efficiency at the single fabrication site. 85% of the commissioning was completed by a Commissioning Management Contractor (CMC) prior to integration including load testing and dynamic commissioning of all the major rotating equipment.