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BLUESTAR® FORENSIC's PERFORMANCES
The performance of BLUESTAR® FORENSIC is superior to its other competitors. It allows the detection of blood with the naked eye even at very high dilutions. Our product can be applied on all supports: metals, plastics, fabrics, etc. Our know-how has enabled us to manufacture a product that does not alter DNA traces.
THE CHEMISTRY OF BLUESTAR FORENSIC
A new Luminol based formula
BLUESTAR® FORENSIC is a blood visualizing agent, based on luminol, a molecule that is well-known amongst forensic criminologists. The constitution of BLUESTAR® FORENSIC has made it possible to eliminate inconvenient elements associated with other luminol-based reactive agents.
How does Luminol React ?
Luminol (3-Aminophthalhydrazide) was synthesized for the first time in 1853. Its property to produce a chemo-luminescent reaction in basic solution in the presence of an oxidizing agent on contact with blood was first observed by Albrecht in 1928.
The main components capable of catalyzing this reaction for emitting light are the transition metals haem and peroxidase. Haem is a biochemical structure that forms an integral part of peroxidase. This structure is equally present in hemoglobin. In this manner, the presence of hemoglobin – thus of blood – can be revealed by taking advantage of the ability of haem to catalyze the chemo-luminescent property of luminol. In other words, a mix of luminol + oxidizing agent + alkaline agent, when placed in contact with blood, will emit light.
From Luminol to Bluestar® Forensic: a brief history
The first experiments conducted with a view to using luminol as a tool in forensic sciences were conducted in 1937 by Specht, who tested it out on a variety of bases such as the lawn, bricks, or stone soaked in blood. In 1939, Proesher & Moody tested Specht's composition on animal and human blood.
In 1951, Grodsky proposed a blend of powders made up of luminol, sodium carbonate, and sodium perborate mixed with distilled water. This subsequently became the formula that is still used by today's investigators to detect traces of blood at the scene of a crime.
However, the use of sodium carbonate produces a slow reaction in the oxidization process of hemoglobin. It therefore is not very luminous and of brief duration only. Moreover, once the reactive agents dissolve in the water, the life of the solution obtained is very short. This formula is very unstable and is toxic, due to the presence of sodium perborate.
In 1966, Weber proposed a composition made up of luminol, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide diluted in distilled water. The solution so obtained needs to be kept in a cool place away from direct light. Its lifespan is brief. The luminous reaction obtained by this composition can be photographed in total darkness, or filmed with a night-vision camera.
In 2000, Jean-Marc Lefebvre-Despeaux, president of BLUESTAR, charged Loic Blum, Ph.D., professor of bio-chemistry at the University Claude Bernard-Lyon and director of the enzymatic and biomolecular engineering laboratory (EMB2-UMR 5013 CNRS-UCBL) to find a new formula that would be luminol-based and eliminate all those numerous inconveniences. As a result, Blum discovered this new formula that was subsequently called BLUESTAR® FORENSIC.
EXTREME SENSITIVITY
BLUESTAR® FORENSIC is more sensitive than other presumptive field tests for blood. Bloodstains treated with BLUESTAR® FORENSIC may be visible down to 1:10,000 dilutions. Invisible stains react immediately to the BLUESTAR® FORENSIC blood reagent, provoking an intense blue color luminescence (430 nm wavelength) visible to the naked eye in darkness. Its sensitivity is such that it will evidence blood in quantity smaller than the minimum required to perform D.N.A. typing.
Blood at dilutions from 1 to 1:1,000 before (in daylight) and after spraying Bluestar(photos shot in darkness)
BLUESTAR® FORENSIC enables the detection of invisible or microscopic traces or blood droplets, particularly against dark backgrounds. The visualization of the stains does not depend on the size of the bloodstains, but only on the actual presence of blood.
Blood droplets
BLUESTAR® FORENSIC produces a more intense and longer-lasting luminescence that does not need total darkness to be visible. BLUESTAR® FORENSIC can be sprayed several times on the same area, making observation and picture or movie taking easier. Evidential photographs can be taken with an ordinary camera and film, therefore suppressing the need for sophisticated equipment.
How to take photographs of BLUESTAR® FORENSIC reactions
What the French National Gendarmerie Criminal Research Institute (IRCGN) says about it :
«This new solution of the BLUESTAR® offers numerous advantages over a classic solution of luminol. The luminescence intensity is higher, it lasts longer, and it does not necessitate total darkness to be visible. Furthermore, this chemical is more stable in time, and can still be used several days after preparation».
BLUESTAR® FORENSIC PERFORMANCE ON BLEACH AND BLEACHED STAINS
Tests were carried out on various blood dilutions that had been bleached (9.6% and 0.48% concentrations). Conclusions are as follows:
Bleach does not prevent subsequent blood detection with BLUESTAR®.
Blood + Bleach + Bluestar
Once bleached (9.6% and 0.48% chlorine concentration) and machine washed, bloodstains at various dilutions are still revealed by BLUESTAR® FORENSIC.
Blood alone / Blood + Bleach + Bluestar + Machine wash
Bleach is a lying witness because it shows a characteristic chemiluminescence, but this does not particularly hinder detection: the confusion between bloodstains and bleach is impossible if you have a trained eye:
The luminescence has a different color
The reaction intensity is weaker on bleach
The reaction is much shorter on bleach
The shorter duration of the bleach luminescence is a distinguishing mark of a surface that has been bleached. This can be seen on this video relating to false positives.
This demo is an extract of our 47-minute instruc-tional video, available in the video section.
BLUESTAR® FORENSIC PERFORMANCE ON VARIOUS MATERIALS – FALSE POSITIVES
Various surfaces and materials have been tested, porous and non-porous, natural or synthetic :
iron and others metals
various plastics
fabrics and papers
various coatings
Most surfaces yield excellent results.
Some false positives have been identified, such as varnished wood, a few small shrubs (thyme…).
False positives study report
This study tested various household products such as cleaning and food products, as well as chemicals. Bluestar false positives (PDF, 45 KB)
The reaction is different on false positives, as is shown in this video.
DNA TYPING OF BLUESTAR® FORENSIC TREATED BLOODSTAINS
Les études montrent que BLUESTAR® FORENSIC n'interfère pas avec les analyses d'ADN ultérieures.
Studies show that BLUESTAR® FORENSIC does not interfere with confirmatory and subsequent DNA typing.
The BLUESTAR® FORENSIC test was used on several crime scenes and bluish areas were sent to various DNA laboratories. These labs succeeded in getting DNA profiles of the clues treated with BLUESTAR® FORENSIC.
The French Gendarmerie Forensic lab (IRCGN) has been using this procedure since the beginning of 2001.
L'Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale (IRCGN) emploie cette procédure avec succès depuis le début de l'année 2001.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE IRCGN STUDY
The French National Gendarmerie Criminal Research Institute has carried out a study on the use of BLUESTAR® FORENSIC prior to performing DNA typing, on blood samples diluted from 1:2 to 1:1000.
«DNA typing performed on blood treated with BLUESTAR® yields the same results as obtained from typing non-treated blood. Such results are extremely important in forensic science. Actually, obtaining reliable DNA typing (high frequency), even partial, allows for a case determination with a minimal risk of error.
This study clearly demonstrates that a treatment with this new solution of BLUESTAR® does not prevent reliable DNA typing (high frequency). These results are very encouraging, and make this chemical an interesting tool for the forensic science».
IRCGN Study: BLUESTAR® FORENSIC effects on DNA typing
Lautz & Webb study: BLUESTAR® FORENSIC MAGNUM and its effects on DNA
DNA profile obtained after 30 days for a blood sample diluted at 1:100 and treated with BLUESTAR®FORENSIC
CONCLUSIONS OF THE UFEG-CHU NANTES – FRANCE
The French Research Center "UFEG" in Nantes, specialized in genotyping, has conducted studies on BLUESTAR® FORENSIC with the following results regarding DNA analysis performed after applying BLUESTAR® FORENSIC to bloodstains:
Genotyping of DNA is possible even for 1:100 blood dilutions after applying BLUESTAR® FORENSIC.
Genotyping of DNA is possible on bleached bloodstains (bleach concentration 9.6%) after applying BLUESTAR® FORENSIC.
ABO TYPING OF BLUESTAR® FORENSIC TREATED BLOODSTAINS
Subsequent identification of ABO types is possible as shown in this report on ABO tests conducted on BLUESTAR® FORENSIC treated bloodstains.
PERFORMANCES ON OLD BLOOD
Not only BLUESTAR® FORENSIC can help investigators to solve crimes weeks or months after it was perpetrated, it can also take us back to the past decades or even centuries and give us additional clues to historical events. A great tool for archaeology.
Evaluation of the opportunity of using Bluestar in archeology by Barbara J. Gundy, Ph.D. This study is about searching for blood on lithic artifacts.
7,000-YEAR-OLD CAMELID BLOOD FOUND BY BLUESTAR ON ARGENTINIAN LITHIC ARTIFACTS
7,040 years old ! So far, this is the oldest blood revealed by BLUESTAR® FORENSIC. This awesome discovery was made by Argentinian archeologist Andrés Romano of ISES-CONICET-UNT by spraying Bluestar Magnum on archaeological lithic material and the images are eloquent… The projectile tip of PCz 1.2 (Peñas de la Cruz, Argentina) is dated 7,040 ± 90 years before present and those of Quebrada Seca (QS3) around 6,000 years BP. The reaction in these old samples could be clearly observed from the photographs. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was later used to look for blood cells of camelids in the areas where bluestar reacted.
Download the Powerpoint slides of the PCz 1.2 finding.
See the PDF pictures of the PCz 1.2 and QS3 findings.
7,040 years old projectile tip from the Peñas de la Cruz site
Detail of the same projectile tip sprayed with BLUESTAR® FORENSIC MAGNUM
6,000-year-old projectile tips from the Quebrada Seca site
Detail of the same projectile tips sprayed with BLUESTAR® FORENSIC MAGNUM
800 years old textile
Detail of the same textile sprayed with BLUESTAR® FORENSIC
See more pictures and read the entire article
THE BLOOD OF TWO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS REVEALED AT GETTYSBURG
BLUESTAR® FORENSIC revealed blood prints of two confederate soldiers that were killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. This decisive battle of the American Civil War was fought in July 1863, more than 145 years before the reagent was applied !
Read the story of this discovery as told by the Emmitsburg Area Historical Society.
Read this I.A.B.P.A. News article: "Bloodstains of Gettysburg: The Use of Chemiluminescent Blood Reagents to Visualize Bloodstains of Historical Significance." by Detective Lieutenant Nicholas Paonessa, Supervisor of the Forensic Identification/Crime Scene Unit, Niagara Falls Police Department, NY, USA.Police Department, NY, USA.
More pictures on the Shriver House museum website.
Shriver House : Location documented as having been the place where two confederate snipers were killed
Same area sprayed with BLUESTAR
Another view of the attic…
…where more blood was found.
Photos courtesy of Det. Lt. Nicholas A. Paonessa
Niagara Falls Police Department-Crime Scene Unit


What is back and neck pain?
Back pain can range from a mild, dull, annoying ache, to persistent, severe, disabling pain. Pain in your back can limit your ability to move. It can interfere with normal functioning and quality of life. Always talk with your healthcare provider if you have persistent pain.
Neck pain occurs in the area of the cervical vertebrae in your neck. Because of its location and range of motion, your neck is often left unprotected and at risk for injury.
Pain in your back or neck area can come on suddenly and intensely. Chronic pain lasts for weeks, months, or even years. The pain can be constant or come and go.
Obesity. This put extra weight on your spine, and pressure on your disks.
What are the symptoms of back and neck pain?
Dull, burning, or sharp pain in your back. The pain can be limited to a single spot or cover a large area.
Loss of bladder and bowel control, with weakness in both legs, are symptoms of a serious condition that needs medical attention right away.
Pain that occurs suddenly in your back or neck from an injury ia acute pain. Acute pain comes on quickly and may leave sooner than chronic back or neck pain. This type of pain should not last more than 6 weeks.
Pain that may come on quickly or slowly and lingers for 3 months or greater is chronic pain. Chronic pain is less common than acute pain.
How are back and neck pain diagnosed?
Your healthcare provider will ask about your health history and do a physical exam. He or she may also do X-rays of the affected areas, as well as an MRI. This allows a more complete view. The MRI also makes pictures of soft tissues such as ligaments, tendons, and blood vessels. The MRI can help spot infection, tumor, inflammation, or pressure on your nerve. Sometimes a blood test may help diagnose arthritis, a condition that can cause back and neck pain.
In many cases, acute back or neck pain may simply improve with some rest. Over-the-counter medicines such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen may also help with the discomfort. Try to move gently during this period, so that you won't become stiff and lose mobility.
Certain exercises to strengthen muscles and ease pain, such as stretching and flexing. Your healthcare provider can show you these exercises. Physical therapy can also help you find the correct exercises.
Nerve block. This eases pain signals from the affected nerve.
How are back and neck pain managed?
Acute back pain usually gets better without special treatment. Using acetaminophen or ibuprofen will decrease pain and help you rest. Surgery and special exercises are generally not used with acute pain.
For severe, disabling, or chronic back and neck pain, rehabilitation programs can be designed to meet your needs. The type of program will depend on the type and severity of your pain, injury, or disease. Your active involvement is key to the success of rehab programs.
The goal of back and neck rehab is to help you manage disabling pain,. It's also important to return you to your highest level of functioning and independence, and improve your quality of life. The focus of rehab is on easing pain and improving movement.
What are possible complications of neck and back pain?
Loss of productivity. Back pain is the most common reason for disability in working adults.
Nerve damage. If your back pain is from a herniated disk, pressure on the spinal nerves may cause a variety of problems, such as weakness, numbness, or severe shooting pain that travels from the back to the leg.
Depression. Back or neck pain can disrupt all aspects of life. This includes work, physical exercise, social activities, and sleep. The anxiety and stress caused by the change in movement and pain can lead to depression.
Weight gain. Loss of movement and inability to exercise can lead to weight gain and the loss of muscle strength.
It is a good idea to see a healthcare provider if you have numbness or tingling, or if your pain is severe and does not get better with medicine and rest. If you have trouble urinating, have weakness, pain, or numbness in your legs, fever, or unintentional weight loss, call your healthcare provider right away.
Can I prevent neck and back pain?
Practice correct lifting techniques. Don't lift heavy items. When you do lift something, bend your legs, keep your back straight, and then slowly lift your body and the object.
Wear a seat belt in motor vehicles in case of a collision.
Use telephones, computers, and other equipment correctly.
Exercise regularly. Learn back-strengthening exercises to keep your back muscles strong. Warm up with stretching exercises before doing back exercises.
Do exercises that improve your balance.
Reduce emotional stress that may cause muscle tension.
Get enough vitamin D and calcium in your diet.
Loss of bladder or bowel control, with weakness in either leg. These symptoms attention right away.
Often, the reason for your pain can't be found.
See a healthcare provider if you have numbness or tingling, severe pain that does not improve with medicine and rest, trouble urinating, weakness, pain, or numbness in your legs, fever, unintentional weight loss, or pain after a fall.
Often, back and neck pain will improve over time. See your healthcare provider if your pain is not decreasing.
Use prevention strategies to keep yourself healthy and injury-free.
For severe, disabling, or chronic back pain, consider an individualized rehabilitation program.


All products must have been purchased originally from XcelSource Corp.
Customer accounts must be in good standing to receive RMA number.
Original Invoice must be paid in full before obtaining RMA number.
Xcel Source Return Authorization numbers are valid for only 15 days upon date of issue. Any returns received after 15 days will be refused.
All products are properly packaged to prevent damage during transit. Xcel Source is not responsible for any lost or damaged products during transit.
The outside of the shipping box must be clearly marked with RMA number or it will be refused.
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20mph limits are positive vote winners
Opinion surveys across the UK consistently show strong support for 20 mph limits without humps. This popular policy wins votes. 20 mph limits make real, quantifiable differences to people's quality of life. Wide area 20 mph limits are fair and justified as popular and affordable.
Evidence of 20 mph limit support comes from many sources - opinion surveys, Local Authority Consultation responses and other media eg web based polls. Plus the winning manifestos of local political parties. Research conclusively shows that British people want slower speeds for their residential roads.
The British Social Attitudes Survey run for the Department of Transport found "the majority (71 per cent) of respondents were in favour or strongly in favour of speed limits of 20 mph in residential streets". Only 15% were against[i].
The University of the West of England's reviewers found "there are substantial majorities disapproving of breaking the speed limit, supporting reductions in speed limits including local limits of 20mph". On residential streets, 76% of people are in favour of having speed limits of 20mph[ii].
In York, more people wanted speed reduction (721/1200) than any other transport measure in the Local Transport Plan survey. It became an election issue in May 2011 and the electorate chose the supporting party. 76% of respondents wanted 20 mph limits when consulted in South Edinburgh. Of 820 replies, more than three quarters either strongly supported (56%) or supported (20%) the pilot scheme.[iii]
69 % backed 20 mph residential limits in Oxford City's consultation[iv], and were implemented in 2009.
Islington council consulted with local residents in 2009, sending out more than 46,000 consultation documents borough-wide. Replies came from nearly one in four households. 61% favoured the 20mph limit and Islington adopted the policy, the first London Borough to do so[v].
Bristol City Council's Spring 2011 citizen's panel survey found that 52% would like to see the speed limit in their street reduced whilst 23% had no opinion and 15 % disagreed. 85% of those who would like to see speed limits reduced would like their street to become a 20mph speed limit area[vi].
People want 20 mph limits. It is up to local politicians to listen and respond by agreeing to implement 20 mph speeds where people live. Authorities of nearly 7 million people in the UK already agree. Does yours?
[i] 2010 British Social Attitudes Survey – Attitudes to transport http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/UsefulReports/BSocialAttitudes2010.pdf 3,297 sample size
[ii] University of the West of England. Public Attitudes to Transport: Knowledge review of existing evidence. Report to the DfT June 2008. Lyons et al.
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/scienceresearch/social/evidence.pdf
[iii] http://www.edinburghoutlook.co.uk/2011-01/transport/3233.aspx
[iv] http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4302571.20mph_scheme_likely_to_be_driven_through/
[v] http://road.cc/content/news/11819-islington-introduce-20mph-borough-wide-speed-limit
[vi] Bristol Spring 2011 Citizen's Panel Questionnaire. Results based on 1066 respondents (51% response)

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Looking for a 2021 travel story?
As an incredibly difficult year closed, with yet more challenges and uncertainty about how the latest restrictions will impact destinations and attractions – and for how long – at least there is some light at the end of this very long tunnel. With that in mind, we've come up with yet another array of story leads for 2021. https://bit.ly/3585W2f
A city we might all be talking about in 2025
Southampton has already announced that it will be bidding to become the 2025 UK City of Culture. A walled city on two rivers, a major port since 1066, and a place that's proud of its diversity where all are welcome, Hampshire's hidden gem wants to celebrate and share its cultural heritage; and has recently launched a video to highlight its big ambition. https://bit.ly/3nPXpbS
'Love Letter to the British Isles' visits Lincoln
TV star and historian Neil Oliver shares his favourite hidden gems and discovers Magna Carta and Lincoln Castle as part of his new podcast series, 'Love Letter to the British Isles', in which Neil, whose distinctive voice has helped make him the star of some of the BBC's most popular history documentaries, travels to 100 places to tell the history of the British Isles. http://bit.ly/394I0yb
The Potteries are stoked for 2021…
A new phrase entered The Potteries' vocabulary in 2020, during the COVID lockdown. Aimed, primarily, to encourage people living in-and-around Stoke-on-Trent to experience a #Stokecation during the summer holidays, there are signs that it may have an even wider reach once we can all enjoy staycations again in 2021. Here's why The Potteries are stoked for '21 https://bit.ly/3rTNW5t.
Tackle England's oldest horse 'racecourse'… by bike
Organisers of England's oldest horse race – which dates back to the reign of Henry VIII – hope the unusual event will be back for 2021, after last year's race fell victim to the pandemic. But while only time will tell if the 2021 race will go ahead as hoped, for a different experience, riders can now get in the saddle to tackle the race route…on two wheels. https://bit.ly/3bil29B
Treasured Austen family heirloom returns home
Thanks to the generosity of Friends of the National Libraries (FNL) and the Godmersham Lost Sheep Society (GLOSS), Chawton House in Hampshire has received a rare first edition of William Cowper's Poems, published in 1782, which once belonged to Jane Austen's brother Edward Austen Knight and very likely read by Austen herself during her visits to her brother's Kent estate. https://bit.ly/3pIWxWQ
Funding to deliver innovative online venue for Format 21 Photography Festival
The main theme of this year's FORMAT International Photography Festival in Derby is "control", and the curators have sought, through an open call to photographers across the globe, to explore the concept in all its myriad forms. As ever, this festival will reflect the breadth of contemporary photography; and is currently scheduled to run from March 12 to April 11. Derby QUAD, meanwhile, has been awarded a £40,000 grant from the Art Fund to support delivery through an innovative online venue as a part of the festival. https://bit.ly/3pQDMB2
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The Tables in Wonderland card, which offers a 20% discount at select Walt Disney World restaurants, currently costs annual passholders $75. In order to evaluate whether it's worth it to upgrade to an annual pass, I would need to know how much the upgrade would cost. I would add that number to the $75 cost for the Tables in Wonderland card and come up with a number that would be equal to the total cost of the upgrade/Tables in Wonderland membership.
From there, deciding whether or not the upgrade is worth it would depend upon how much you plan to spend dining at the restaurants you mention. Without considering the cost of upgrading your park ticket to an annual pass, I can tell you that in order to break even (with regard to the $75 Tables in Wonderland card), your party would have to spend a total of $375 at participating restaurants. My advice to you would be to come up with the total cost of upgrading (cost to upgrade to an annual pass + $75) as well as a rough idea of how much you're going to spend on dining. Multiply the amount you're going to spend on dining by .2 (or 20%). If the twenty percent savings is greater than the amount you'd spend on an upgrade, then it's definitely worth doing, especially if you plan to visit more than once within a year. I hope that helps!


Bathroom Vanity Sink Bowl. And yes, thanks to the bathroom mirror, the function of the sink can be even more awesome. The vanities with mirrors on it are suitable for classic bathroom design. Thus, it is better to have the classic style of the mirrored bathroom vanity.


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North Dakota is arranged along the Canadian Border with its state capital being Bismarck and the biggest city being Fargo, where the vast majority of the state funded colleges are found.
So on the off chance that your desire to function as an educator is here, at that point you can get put with the best ten colleges and putting organizations in Bismarck and Fargo, with information about the requirements in regards to instruction occupations and its degrees.
There are instruction, preparing and library employments, instructing and other associated preparing programs that would expand your latent capacity, and set up your profile fit to work in North Dakota training administration.
Employments in North Dakota
As the biggest city is Fargo, maybe the cleanest city to live in the United States, instruction work incorporates that of exploration, preparing guidance, professional preparing, customary educating, in universities and schools as well as in up and coming segments of life science, physical science and data innovation, which give instructive occupations situated in the Fargo-Moorhead Metro region, covering Minnesota.
Innovative work (R&D) labs in Minnesota that guarantee biotechnological, visual neuroscience and data innovation aid in Fargo, where teachers and specialists are of appeal.
Instruction framework
North Dakota instruction business incorporates something many refer to as the Tri-school University (TCU) Consortium in the Fargo-Moorhead Metro territory, which is a one of a kind program that joins three schools, which incorporates North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University at Moorhead, and Concordia College. These colleges profit instructing occupations collecting a profile of training employments.
Top Ten Colleges
– With Concordia College serving for dialects and science programs,
– North Dakota Sate University (NDSU) has a Research and Technology Park, and leads national ventures in nanotechnology, microelectronics and polymers. Designing innovations are a claim to fame and on the off chance that you have a Bachelor's qualification, a Master's certificate and a Doctorate to suit the interest of educating at NDSU then let it all out. – Minnesota State University at Moorhead (MSMU) takes social work, criminal equity, training, physical sciences, and so on, which opens posts for educators and teachers.
North Dakota instruction employments additionally incorporate school like-
– Bismarck State College in Bismarck,
– University of Mary in Bismarck,
– Dickinson State University in Dickinson,
– Lake Region State College in Devils Lake,
– Valley City State University in Valley city,
– Jamestown College in Jamestown,
– State College of Science in Wahpeton.
Instruction work in North Dakota is ordered by such work profiles, and necessity according to subject or level (undergrad, postgraduate, doctorate, building and so on) and has a decent pay to offer. These universities offer educating, teaching, research positions for which you need to investigate open opportunities of your particular subject.
You can either apply on the web or stroll in for interviews and satisfy the procedure of expert arrangements as per the college or school. On the off chance that you live here in North Dakota or you are wanting to move to a decent instructing profile work, at that point this would give satisfactory information, and you should simply apply!
The Effect of Education – Better Jobs and Better Wages


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Q: Django Queryset datetime filtering I have a set of study sessions that have date and time details and I was wondering how I could go about filtering to just show users upcoming study sessions that are occurring either today or after today in my html file? Here is the model for the session.
class Appointment(models.Model):
    date = models.DateTimeField()

A: Perhaps something like this:
from datetime import datetime

now = datetime.today()
Appointment.objects.filter(date__gte=now)

A: You can work with the timestamp of the database with a Now expression [Django-doc]:
from django.db.models.functions import Now

Appointment.objects.filter(date__gte=Now())

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Kick the Buddy: Forever
Kick the Buddy: Forever is a game sequel to the hit-famous Kick the Buddy. The game was created by Playgendary.
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The makers of Despicable Bear ( a rip-off of Kick the Buddy), Kick the Buddy and more.
The artist of Despicable Bear made the arts for this game, too.
Kick the Buddy: Forever was used to be named "Kick the Buddy 2" and was later updated on December 21, 2018. This game, however, was released in America on December 25, 2018.Kick The Buddy Forever was basically for a new "fresh" app better than Kick the buddy.
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Congleton Dane Probus Club held their monthly meeting at the Lion and Swan on Monday the 16th of June and were pleased to welcome guest Michael Saunders to the meeting along with the speaker for the day Bob Kermeen.
Chairman Roger Smith was able to tell the members that the new plaque had been placed at the entrance to the hotel and hoped that members would take the opportunity to see it for themselves.
Eifion Thomas then proposed Terry Soult for membership of the Club, this was seconded by Chairman Roger and Terry was elected unanimously and will be welcomed as a member at the meeting in July.
The trip to Liverpool on the 7th of July is now fully booked and all the arrangements are in place. Don Cole gave more information on the proposed trip to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the information is on the website and the date being the 22nd of September. Paul confirmed that the next meeting of the dining group would be on Monday the 30th of June.
Don Newling gave his usual amusing update about the 'goings on' at the Tuesday morning snooker group and encouraged more members to come along and have a go.
Bob Kermeen gave a most interesting talk on the subject of 'A Nastia Game', covering the main subjects of the development of war gaming on computers and with particular relevance to both the Iran/Iraq war and the first Gulf War. The talk was well illustrated, very well received by the members, many questions were asked and Bryan Booth proposed thanks on behalf of the members.


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Q: jq pipe operator in nested array Using code below to pull data from a local json file.
The file is very large and is nested with objects and arrays.  There are multiple objects in the .ratings[] that I would like to extract.
How can I use the pipe operator in the .ratings[] array so that I don't have to retype .ratings[] for each piece of data that I would like to pull?
jq -r '.players[] | [.firstName,.lastName,.tid,.pid,.ratings[].spd,.ratings[].jmp] | join(", ")'

A: You can enclose it in () to use the pipe sign:
.players[] | [.firstName, .lastName, .tid, .pid, (.ratings[] | .spd, .jmp)] | join(", ")

Try it online

A: You didn't specify the expected output, so it is not clear if your proposed solution gives you the output you want.
Given the following input:
{
  "players": [
    {
      "firstName": "fname1",
      "lastName": "lname1",
      "tid": "tid1",
      "pid": "pid1",
      "ratings": [
        {
          "spd": "spd1-1",
          "jmp": "jmp1-1"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "firstName": "fname2",
      "lastName": "lname2",
      "tid": "tid2",
      "pid": "pid2",
      "ratings": [
        {
          "spd": "spd2-1",
          "jmp": "jmp2-1"
        },
        {
          "spd": "spd2-2",
          "jmp": "jmp2-2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "firstName": "fname3",
      "lastName": "lname3",
      "tid": "tid3",
      "pid": "pid3",
      "ratings": [
        {
          "spd": "spd3-1",
          "jmp": "jmp3-2"
        },
        {
          "spd": "spd3-2",
          "jmp": "jmp3-2"
        },
        {
          "spd": "spd3-3",
          "jmp": "jmp3-3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Your solution and the answer from 0ston0 will give you 1 line per player, but a different number of columns per line:
.players[] | [.firstName,.lastName,.tid,.pid,(.ratings[]|.spd,.jmp)] | join(", ")

generates:
fname1, lname1, tid1, pid1, spd1-1, jmp1-1
fname2, lname2, tid2, pid2, spd2-1, jmp2-1, spd2-2, jmp2-2
fname3, lname3, tid3, pid3, spd3-1, jmp3-2, spd3-2, jmp3-2, spd3-3, jmp3-3

This might or might not be what want your result to look like.
A different solution will print one line per rating, but duplicate the players' names. Running:
.players[] | [.firstName,.lastName,.tid,.pid] + (.ratings[]|[.spd,.jmp]) | join(", ")

will result in:
fname1, lname1, tid1, pid1, spd1-1, jmp1-1
fname2, lname2, tid2, pid2, spd2-1, jmp2-1
fname2, lname2, tid2, pid2, spd2-2, jmp2-2
fname3, lname3, tid3, pid3, spd3-1, jmp3-2
fname3, lname3, tid3, pid3, spd3-2, jmp3-2
fname3, lname3, tid3, pid3, spd3-3, jmp3-3

Both solutions are valid for different use cases and depending on how you are going to subsequently process the data.


The next stop was the insectarium.
The next indoor attraction was the insectarium. I think this big guy is a red-kneed tarantula, a native of Mexico. They are one of the more popular pet tarantula species, due to their docile disposition and longevity. The thick hairs on the spider's abdomen are for defense: if frightened they will throw these hairs at their attacker. Nearly all New World tarantulas have this capability, no Old World tarantulas do.
An Atlas beetle, peeking over its rock. You can't really tell from the photo, but this is one massive bug, about six inches from horn tip to tail. It is native to Malaysia, where it is fairly common.
I think this is a hairy desert scorpion. Note the little hairs visible on its claws. Hairy desert scorpions use these hairs to sense vibrations in the ground.
This big spider is best known for its silk. Unlike most spiders, its silk is a brilliant yellow-gold. It is thought that the gold color helps to attract insects into its web, and may help camouflage the web from predators as well. Someone once built a device which could harvest the beautiful silk from many of these spiders at once, but even so thousands of spiders had to be carefully caught and placed into the device and then re-released in order to make a single small cloth.
Speak softly, and carry a big stick. That advice would probably work if you happened to be carrying this guy. These walking sticks from New Guinea are about eight inches in length. They are also armed with spines which the locals in New Guinea use as fishing hooks.
As you might guess from its name, the bird-eating tarantula is big. Apparently it gets its name from some Victorian explorers who witnessed one eating a hummingbird, but this is a rare occurence. They do commonly eat large insects (in captivity they eat Madagascar hissing cockroaches), small mammals, lizards, etc. This individual was fairly small, with about an 8" leg span. Adult females can reach a 12" leg span and weigh 1/3 of a pound.
Giant water bugs are hunters, lying in wait on the bottom of ponds and then striking out at their prey, injecting digestive juices to kill it. Unfortunately for humans, a bare foot on the pond bottom can be mistaken for prey or predator. This photo shows the water bug's gentler side, though. This is a water bug father, tending the eggs attached to his back. The bugs have a complex reproductive behavior, with the female depositing only a few eggs each time she mates with the male. This is thought to help the male ensure that he is the father of the eggs he cares for. The male actively cares for the eggs, agitating the water or raising them to the surface to increase their oxygenation. Meanwhile, the female goes off to search for more mates.
Our first sight upon entering the butterfly house was this owl wing, apparently just emerged from its chrystalis. The name comes from the large spots on the wings, which resemble eyes and may help deter predators. The eye spots may not be good enough to fool a predator, but they probably are enough to startle him for a moment, which is all it will take for the butterfly to get away. These butterflies mostly stay still during the day, and fly at dusk when there are fewer butterfly-eating birds about. The patterns on the wings certainly help to hide a still butterfly against the bark of a tree. There are about 20 species of owl butterflies; I am not expert enough to say for sure which this is.
An as-yet-unidentified black butterfly at one of the feeders.
A male Catonephele numilia, which goes by the common names Grecian Shoemaker or Blue-frosted Catone. It is native to Central and South American forests.
Same butterfly with its wings folded.
A different individual Catonephele numilia. Note the two small orange spots just inside the two largest ones - our previous butterfly didn't have them.
A lovely blue and gray butterfly, which might be in the genus Hamadryas or cracker butterflies. The common name refers to the ability of the males to make a cracking sound with their wings, although no one is quite sure why they do it.
The Blue Morpho is best known for its iridescent blue dorsal wings, but they usually rest with their wings folded. They are quite beautiful from this view, too. There are several species of Morphos, I'm not sure which this is. They are natives of Mexico and South America.
This tattered butterfly is probably in the family Heliconiidae, the Longwings. Of that group it looks like a Heliconius cydno, also from Mexico and South America. There are a group of butterflies in this area which may be one species or several. For example, all of the Heliconius cydno-types in one valley will have dusky blue caudal wings, while in the next valley they will all have black caudal wings with a single white stripe. The areas that these butterflies inhabit are sharply divided, and although it appears that they can interbreed, they rarely do. The notion of a species is an artificial distinction, in reality life is much more complicated than that.
The identifying characteristic of Heliconius cydno is not on the topside but on the underside (ventral) surface of the wings: the reddish-brown bars on the caudal wings.
I think this is a Siproeta stelenes or malachite butterfly, named for the mineral of a similar green hue. This butterfly is common in Central and the northern parts of South America. They eat nectar, rotting fruit, and dead animals.
This one I'm sure is a malachite. Note the different pattern on the caudal (back) wing.
A rather ratty Dryadula phaetusa or oak tiger butterfly, native from Mexico to Brazil. Orange butterflies often have a bitter taste to predators such as birds. Several species, most fameously the Monarch, have converged on orange and black patterns which advertise their unpalatability. This is called M\¨llerian mimicry, where several species mimic each other (presumably, one was the original, but which one that was has been long lost in time). Of course there are other butterflies which are orange and quite tasty to birds, but the number of these must be kept relatively low, or else the birds will learn to ignore the orange and black warning.
An eye-to-eye view of Dryadula phaetusa.
Heliconius hecale, also known as the golden helicon or tiger longwing, found from Mexico to Peru. This is another of the bitter-tasting orange butterflies.
This is probably also a Heliconius hecale, but it could be a look-alike from the genus Lycorea. Although these two butterflies are not related, they look very similar - sometimes even getting confused themselves when they are looking for mates. The advantage for both species is that birds quickly learn that these butterflies taste bad.
This one is probably a Heliconius sara or Sara Longwing, but it could be a H. leucadia, a species which mimics the more widespread H. sara. As caterpillars, these butterflies eat passionflower plants. Passionflower plants contain a number of toxins, one or more of which is collected in the caterpillar's tissues and thus rendering it (and the adult butterfly) toxic as well. The butterfly itself is immune to the toxin.
Unknown black and red butterfly.
This one appears to be a Lycorea cleobaea, aka the Large Tiger or the Tropical Milkweed butterfly. This one is a relative of the Monarch. Like the Heliconius butterflies, these ingest toxic glycosides from their food as caterpillars (as you might guess, their food consists of milkweed plants) making them distasteful and toxic to predators. The image is actually a two-photo focus stack . There exists software to do this automatically, but I did this one by hand.
A blue Morpho by the exit.


Many people think of this gentle Oriental goddess of compassion and mercy as the Oriental version of Our Lady of Guadalupe, but to my knowledge she is never depicted as a Mother. Kuan Yin oil is as gentle as the goddess, and includes the fabulously expensive true Lotus essential oil.
Kuan Yin is revered in both ancient Chinese Taoist traditions and in Buddhism. Buddhists consider her to be the female aspect of Avalokitesvara, who is the compassion of all of the Buddhas. There is some reason to believe that she is the evolution of a more ancient goddess, Queen Mother of the West, who predates even organized Taoism. Avalokitesvara means "Lord who looks down," or "Lord who hears sound," in other words, the aspect of Buddha who looks down and hears the cries and prayers of mortals. Kuan Yin is this Bodhisattva who hears and looks down with compassion. In one story she vows to delay Buddhahood until she frees all mortals from the rigors of reincarnation, until we all reach Enlightenment. For this she is given eleven heads to understand the needs and grief of the masses, and a thousand arms with which to comfort them.
In other legends, Kuan Yin accepts the karmic debt of her own executioner, which causes her to descend into hell. But because of her goodness and purity, the hell is transformed into a paradise, and the head demon evicts her from his realm! In this way, Kuan Yin is the greatest liberator of all the souls held in some state of condemnation.
Kuan Yin oil is a loving formulation which I potion on Mondays when the Moon is half way full.


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Unit Identification and Stand Labels in Crossfire
18 Aug 2013 2 Sep 2006 by Steven Thomas
Some musing on unit identification and stand labels in Crossfire. All stands need to identified with a system along the lines of:
if you've got several battalions, then each battalion has an identifier of some kind (I've tried colours, letters, and numbers)
Each company in the battalion is numbered 1, 2, 3, etc.
Each platoon in each company is also numbered 1, 2, 3 etc
Squads with Infantry Anti-tank (IAT) weapons are marked somehow. I mark one stand / platoon as having IAT in addition to their normal weapons. This scheme has the advantage that for particular games I can specify any of these possibilities:
Marked squad has a Anti-tank rifle
Marked squad has a panzerfaust/bazooka/piat
Marked squad has a panzershreck and others have panzerfaust.
BC and CC are labelled as such, but PCs only have the ID of their platoon.
Most Battalion level assets just get the battalion ID
FOs are a bit different as you have to track the Fire Missions (FM) of each FO. All FOs must have a unique ID including those at Battalion level.
Standard Crossfire uses large bold Platoon and Company ID numbers on the top the stand. Nikolas Lloyd goes for a more aesthetic approach, by using different bits of terrain to show which Platoon and Company a stand is for and has specific figures for the anti-tank rifles (or panzerfausts or what have you). I wanted something in between and I've tried a few schemes with varying success.
Four varieties of labels
The same scene from a metre or so back gives you an idea of how visible each of these schemes would be on the table top. I don't know about you but I can make out the numbers on the right hand stands, but not those on the left.
Four varieties of labels from one metre
Scheme 1: Back Edge Scratchings
My first scheme was to have white scratches on the back edge of each base. They were unobtrusive, only being visible when looking at the stand from behind, but being white on a dark background (green) they are pretty visible when you look for them on the table.
In this system
Each battalion had a colour (green in the case of the stands below, which is why you can't see the colour)
Each company in the battalion is numbered I, II, and III.
Each platoon in each company is also numbered I, II, and III.
Squads with Infantry Anti-tank (IAT) weapons are marked with a red dot, but otherwise I don't use Squad markings.
All of these go on the back edge.
Back edge scratchings
In the example, the left hand rifle squad and the PC are both from 3 platoon, 3 company. The middle rifle stand is from 2 platoon, 3 company, and is also equipped with an IAT weapon (indicated by the red dot).
Battalion level assets just get the battalion colour.
FOs are a bit different. Because you have to track the Fire Missions (FM) of each FO, all FOs must have a unique ID including those at Battalion level. You can represent the battalion FO with code of Blue IIII (four stripes) – as shown above, or do what I do, which is use an FO from the support battalion of the same nationality (e.g. Grey I).
You'll also notice I use on-table 50 mm mortars and these are labeled just like the company HMG. They also mean I need less FOs, for example, for the Soviets who get a 50mm per company and three 81mm at Battalion level, I only use FOs for the 81mm mortars which are labeled I, II, III respectively.
The following diagram shows the organisation of my "Blue" Battalion, which happens to be a German Leg Infantry Battalion.
Unit designations for a full battalion
I've used this scheme for many years, but much to my frustration, there are still quite a few players who just don't see, or don't care, about the unit IDs. That led me to look for something slightly more obtrusive.
Scheme 2: Coloured Labels
I then had a grand scheme to have all my Spanish Civil War figures with coloured labels, one unique colour per company. In fact I went ahead and based them like that (4 battalions of them plus supports), but I then:
Realised that nobody really cares if the stands are from the same company; knowing if they're from the same platoon is more significant.
Realised you can't see the small white numbers from any distance.
Changed to a new flocking style so thought I'd change all of my Spanish Civil War figures to match anyway.
The label 4-2-3 means these guys are from the 3rd platoon, 2nd company, 4th Bandera of the Spanish Foreign Legion
Scheme 3: Camouflaged Labels
When I moved to a new flocking scheme I saw an opportunity to try something that I thought was rather clever, camouflaged IDs. As the new flocking scheme requires painting in white then painting over with an earth wash I thought I'd make the labels black on white, then wash over them when I painted the rest of the stand. This makes for quite a innocuous numbering scheme. Definitely the nicest looking of the options as the IDs blend into the stand very nicely and you can't notice them, even at quite short distances. Which also means this scheme is useless for my purposes. Sigh. At least I only did one platoon to try it out.
Poor attempt at blending labels into flock
The labels L 3-3 means these guys are from the 3rd platoon, 3rd company, of the Spanish Foreign Legion
Scheme 4: White on Black
This scheme is actually pretty much like the standard Crossfire scheme – big bold numbers on top of the stand – but with the addition of the battalion ID.
The examples are a variety of Spanish Civil War Republican figures, mostly from the International Brigades.
P-1-CC Popular Army, 1st Company, Company Commander
P-1-3 Popular Army, 1st Company, 3rd Platoon
P-1-° Popular Army, 1st Company, No Platoon
07 10 Ghosts 07 and 10 – used for hidden movement.
Scheme 5: Black on White
I'm also half way through basing my Russian Naval Battalion. Due to a wee lapse of memory I'd forgotten about the White on Black scheme and printed out all the new bases using a Black on White labels, ready for camouflaging. Having since realised that the camouflage scheme is a no-goer, I'll try leaving the white background showing, i.e. not wash over that. I'll take a snap when its done.
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Robert P. "Bob" Powelson, age 80 of Wallingford died Sunday March 1st 2015 Retired Senior Government Manager He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Chester, Pa. He attended Chester public schools as well as PMC Prep school and graduated from Germantown Academy, where he was a member of the 1954 basketball team that won the Inter-Ac championship. He also played baseball and ran the mile in track for Germantown Academy. He served four years in the Air Force (1954-1958). He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and The Armed Forces Staff College. Mr. Powelson worked for the Federal government for 37 years, starting as a GS-9 and rising to the grade of GS-15 at age 35. He spent 10 years in Washington D.C. working for the Navy in the area of maintenance engineering and logistics management. He was the Logistic Manager for the Navy's P-3 ASW aircraft with responsibility for world-wide logistics support. Mr. Powelson spent the last twenty years of his career working for the Navy Aviation Supply Office and the Defense Industrial Supply Center in Philadelphia as a senior executive. He received several management awards, including the prestigious Defense Meritorious Service Award, Senior Manager of the Year and the EEO Manager of the Year. He was also an original inductee into the Defense Industrial Supply Center's "Hall of Fame". He enjoyed playing golf and vacationing with his family, in Hilton Head SC and Palm Springs, CA. He was a member of the The Springhaven Club since 1974. His biggest golf accomplishment was getting a "hole in one" during a Member-Guest tournament. He also served on the Springhaven Board of Directors for nine years. Mr. Powelson cherished the time he spent with his family and grandchildren. He was a member of St. John Chrysostom Catholic Church in Wallingford. My. Powelson was predeceased by his wife "Pat" nee Sweeney (49 years) in October 2005.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass on Thursday at 11 A.M. St. John Chrysostom Church 617 S. Providence Rd. Wallingford where friends may call from 9:30 to 10:50 A.M. Int. SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery.
Contributions to Taylor Hospice 300 Johnson Ave. Ridley Park, PA 19078 would be appreciated.


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It cost us a few hundred pounds to refund their order, which since the image clearly shows how it is spelt, I think is a little unfair. However that's why I must make sure you are aware and HAPPY that Sport's Day is correct!!
This medal is NOT suitable for engraving but we can supply Schools & Nurseries with Personalised Ribbons - please call to find out more!


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Salt Gypsy - Sustainable Swimwear, Surfwear and Surfboards
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Calling all lovers of the sea, salt, sand and stylish surf-wear. We want to introduce you to Salt Gypsy.
"Drawn from a lifetime chasing long period swells, Salt Gypsy is a women's surf lifestyle company celebrating female surf athleticism and style in the lineup."
Salt Gypsy originally started as a blog when its founder, Danny, was working as a surf guide in the Maldives. Yeah, we're jealous too. Danny wanted a pair of surf leggings that were simple, sustainable and suitable for the swells, so she created one herself.
Since Danny started the company in 2012 with two pairs of leggings and no money (feels), she has ensured that the company has worked predominantly on a pre-order/on demand basis, which means they do not over-produce their surfwear or surfboards.
The Salt Gypsy products are produced with boutique production teams on the Gold Coast. Before old mate COVID, the Salt Gypsy team was regularly able to visit their factories and meet the women who create their garments, though the manufacturer still pays above award wages (to the predominantly older female workers, might we add).
What's more is ECONYL®, their fabric of choice, is a regenerated material made from discarded ocean plastics and fishing nets that is UPF 50+, resilient against chlorine, and is essentially five times stronger than standard fabrics. It's basically the Wonder Woman of the regenerated-ocean-waste-fabrics world.
Salt Gypsy is also a company that gives back. Not only do they donate products where needed, but monetary donations are made as well. For example, $1260 AUD was donated to SurfAid as part of a 2020 collaboration and $547.93 NZD was donated to Aotearoa Women's Surfing Association June 2021 as part of a women in business/fundraising initiative, amongst other super cool and impressive give back things. How's that for transparency?
As for the packaging, Salt Gypsy uses biodegradable and compostable mailer satchels to send out their goodies, they make use of recycled card and paper for their marketing materials, and they are using recycled newsprint for their upcoming newspaper. Oh, and just to be even more impressive, in 2016/17 they became the first women's surf brand to calculate and offset their manufacturing carbon footprint, and donated this amount to a Northern NSW renewable energy project. No biggie.
Salt Gypsy is an environmentally and socially conscious company that has been making waves in the sustainable surfwear scene since 2012, and the inherent love of the ocean is obvious in every aspect of its processes, from its female team of surfers based in Byron Bay to the material favoured for the garments. If you're in the market for some timeless, durable and sustainable surf wear or surfboard, take a look at Salt Gypsy's incredible range. We promise you won't regret it.
Want to know where Salt Gypsy sits and what they're working on in terms of these 5 values? Hover over these values to find out.
We have been using compostable garment bags since 2014, biodegradable and compostable mailer satchels since 2016 and have been open-source with peer brands and competitors since we sourced suppliers and made the switch. We print on recycled card or newspaper for our ecommerce marketing materials and have been non-negotiable on using regenerated nylon in our surfwear textiles since 2015. In 2020, we introduced hemp aprés surf garments into our product line which we are slowly building on. We offer our online customers the option to offset their carbon footprint at checkout and are currently applying for carbon-neutral status for our small business operations. Previously in 2016-17, we became the first women's surf brand to calculate and offset carbon footprint of our manufacturing and donated the amount to a renewable energy project in Northern NSW.
Since 2015, we have produced domestically in AU with boutique production teams in Queensland. Up until the pandemic kicked in we made regular site visits to our factories and met with the predominantly female machinists who make our garments. Our main contract manufacturer pays above award wages to her mostly older female workforce and predominantly hires casual contractors based on supply and demand of her business. Veterans of the Australian stretchwear industry largely make up the textile industry workforce we have encountered. Our contract manufacturer is a woman-owned & operated business with an open-space factory. Our headwear and screenprinting supplier is based in Ballina, NSW, and is also a woman-owned and operated business. More recently, we have begun sourcing from our hemp apparel pieces from a Chinese supplier who came highly recommended by a customer of ours after a site visit of the factory in China in 2019. We are in the process of sourcing internationally recognised certification and accredition for fair and ethical trade from this supplier.
Ever since our inception in 2012 and starting with two pairs of leggings and zero dollars, we have predominantly worked on a pre-order/On Demand model of manufacturing. We do not generally sit on a lot of stock as demand has exceeded our supply capacity. At times, we have been able to offer full bespoke and customisable orders. We can repair garments with our contract manufacturer and recently partnered with Upparel textile recycler in Melbourne to offer our community Step 1 of our Salt Gypsy Take Back Programme, becoming the first women's surf & swimwear brand (that we know of) to do so.
We have regularly donated products and made monetary donations where possible over the last 9 years of our business. Most recently, we have donated $1260 AUD donated to SurfAid as part of our 2020 product collaboration, $500 towards SurfAid's Make A Wave challenge, donated $547.93 NZD to Aotearoa Women's Surfing Association June 2021 as part of a women in business networking and fundraising event held in New Zealand. We have also enabled design collaborations with an artist royalty paid to the designers and artists we collaborated with. We have other non-profit partnerships in the pipeline for 2022.
We can trace the regenerated nylon in our Italian stretch fabrics via the Italian Aquafil Group who produce the ECONYL® regenerated nylon yarn. We purchase the Italian fabrics using ECONYL® yarn direct from the Australian distributor. Our newly introduced hemp apparel range is from a Chinese manufacturer who came highly recommend from a New Zealand customer of ours who visited the factory in China, 2019, for their own business and personally vetted the team and working conditions. External verification for this supplier is a work in progress. The Australian supplier of the headwear we use in our range source their blanks from China and embroider or screenprint locally in our region of Northern NSW.
"I've learned to view barriers as opportunities to think outside the box and find a way to do or achieve what you set you mind to. It might just take longer but everything is figureoutable and a work in progress.".
Danielle Clayton
What made you start Salt Gypsy?
Simple – I needed a product for myself that simply did not exist in the marketplace: surf leggings. Turns out they're one of the most practical things to surf in and 6000+ other women think so, too!
Do you have a morning routine? If so what is it you do to set yourself up for the day ahead?
A double-shot flat white straight out of bed and if I can squeeze in a walk or quick surf between daycare drop-off and sitting down at the computer by 9am then…winning.
Lack of capital to do all the things! We are a small, self-funded business and it can be expensive or feel out of reach to donate product, money or time to social causes or invest in ethical business operations you believe in when the reality is you need to feed yourself and pay your rent, like, last week. National and international certifications and accreditations can be really costly in both time and money. With that said, I've learned to view barriers as opportunities to think outside the box and find a way to do or achieve what you set you mind to. It might just take longer but everything is figureoutable and a work in progress.
Within the ethical fashion community, there's a big question that we ask which is 'who made my clothes?'. In the scope of Salt Gypsy, who made the things you sell? Can you tell us a bit about them?
I grew up in New Zealand with the "Buy NZ Made" campaign and went to design school in my twenties so it's in my cultural DNA to support local designers and businesses where and when you can. When it came time to develop my original surf leggings into a bonafide business, finding good crew to work with was always front of mind. And full disclosure – I started off manufacturing in Bali at a time when "everyone" was producing in Indonesia and I was literally driving around the streets of Kuta and Denpasar sourcing swimwear factories. It was challenging but I was able to see a variety of working conditions and met some really great factory owners, employees and independent tailors. Then, in 2015, after three years of producing over there, I had a production blue with a large factory I had been working with for over a year which resulted in handbraking the business to restructure my supply chain and really ask the questions of what does the best quality product look like, where do I get it made, what superior materials can I source and who will make it? The result of that deep questioning was moving back to Australia and re-establishing our supply chain domestically. My experience manufacturing in Australia has been predominantly with an ageing female workforce and one of the biggest problems my manufacturer has at the moment, aside from pandemic-induced disruptions to staffing, is a lack of younger machinists coming up through the ranks. She mostly hires or outsources to veterans of the Australian stretchwear industry, herself included. The advantage of this is working with highly competent older women, trusting the quality of their work and learning so much from their experience. We're able to work more collaboratively and I rely on their expertise when making edits to our patterns. Our local screenprinter in Northern NSW is also a woman-owned and operated business and I'm stoked to have two main suppliers be other women in business and keep where we keep the money flow moving through each of our businesses which keeps us all employed and doing what we love.
It's a no-brainer – when I traced Outerknown's transparent supply chain online back in 2015 and came across their use of ECONYL® yarn in Italian stretch fabrics it became very clear, very quickly that this was a superior and longer-lasting fabric than it's cheaper, generic counterparts. Why wouldn't you want to use a superior quality product? It's great to see most surf, swim and fashion brands have caught up in the last 2-3 years.
"Girls can do anything." From my young solo mum in 1983 who instilled in her then three year old (me).
What's next for you and Salt Gypsy?
Crikey where do we begin! Navigating our current growth by onboarding talented legends to help me keep shifting the needle and disrupting the status quo in women's surf culture.
One book everyone should read? Why?
"Good Is The New Cool: The Principles of Purpose," by Afdhel Aziz and Bobby Jones. Because "it's time to reboot capitalism."
So many! We have a flourishing of independent women's surf brands which is so great to see. Go hunt them down.
Shop Salt Gypsy


In the last session, I introduced a concept of waiting time formula.
the case where we have just one single resource doing all the work.
We looked at the case where we had m = one.
generalize the waiting time formula to this general m.
This will be a little bit more technical, I have to alert you to this.
we'll have to put to work to actually be able to meet that level of responsiveness.
Alright, I warned you. This is not going be pretty.
for everyone, and whoever is available next is going to serve the next customer.
Once again, I want to find the time it takes the customer to wait in the queue.
as we saw it before. Here we go.
We'd have to look again at the activity time or the processing time.
This time divided by m times the utilization.
And here, is the really ugly part. Look at the square root here.
one minus one divided by one minus the utilization.
remained the flow rate divided by the capacity.
variability, it's just driven by insufficient capacity.
unit of time, where a was enter arrival time.
number of resources divided by the processing time.
So, you can see here that I can simplify the utilization to P divided a times m.
M is also sitting in the utilization over here and over here.
email with a standard deviation of two minutes.
square root two m1. Plus one minus one divided by one minus u.
Be careful with minus one, that's outside the square root here.
Times CVa2 squared plus CVp2 squared divided by two.
equates to p divided by a times m. So, P is four, a is two.
divided by the average, four minutes. That is 0.5 squared, divided by two.
see an expected wait time in the queue of 1.19 minutes.
of the customer, you would have to add two minutes here of the actual service time.
divided by the capacity, which simplifies to P divided by a times m.
to the time when you're going to start your service.
I have the flow time, I have the flow rate, and I can compute Little's Law.
rate through the queue times the time in the queue.
situations when this assumption is not fulfilled.
the morning hours, and another spike in the early afternoon.
arrival times are drawn from the same distribution for every hour in the day.
approximation, but it's certainly better than ignoring it altogether.
plan. Let me illustrate this in Excel.
that we have a given staffing level and given parameters.
take to get the average waiting time to under a minute?
inter-arrival times are actually changing over the course of the day.
means there's a customer coming in every 1.2 minutes.
Notice that this blows up our waiting time formula.
have an average waiting time of 2.5 minutes.
my m to the point where the constraint is fulfilled.
This gives us a staffing plan if I do this for every hour in the day.
and recite it at dinner. It would make for quite an impression.
staffing level for each of these time brackets.
conflicting objectives from the services provider's perspectives.


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JPP Law Blog
Supreme Court Rulings Help Clarify Law on Indirect Discrimination
2nd May, 2017
by JPP LawTeam
The Supreme Court has provided two rulings that help clarify the law on indirect discrimination in the workplace.
In the first case, the employer required staff to pass a skills assessment to be promoted. Some employees complained when they failed the assessment. They were either black and minority ethnic (BME) candidates or aged over 35.
They quoted a statistical report which found that BME and older candidates had a proportionately lower pass rate than white and younger candidates, they alleged indirect age and/or race discrimination.
They claimed that the requirement to pass the assessment was a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) which disadvantaged them. The statistical report did not explain the differential impact.
The Supreme Court allowed their appeal. It held that the definition of indirect discrimination did not expressly require an explanation of why a PCP disadvantaged a group. It was enough that it did.
The reason for the disadvantage need not be unlawful in itself or be under the employer's control.
There was also no requirement that the PCP disadvantaged every group member. The fact that some BME or older candidates could pass the test was irrelevant. The group was disadvantaged because the proportion of those who could pass was smaller than that of white or younger candidates.
The case was sent back to the Employment Tribunal to be reconsidered.
In the second appeal, the employee was a Muslim prison chaplain. The Prison Service pay scheme related pay to length of service. Average pay for Muslim chaplains was lower than that for Christian chaplains.
Muslims had only been employed since 2002, whereas many Christians had started their employment earlier so were higher on the pay scale. The scale was transitioning so that the time taken to go from the bottom of the scale to the top would fall from 17 years to 6.
The employment tribunal held that the scheme was indirectly discriminatory but could be justified because the pay scale was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
The Supreme Court upheld that decision.
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What must be proven to be convicted of RICO charges?
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On Behalf of Vavonese Law Firm, PC | Jul 29, 2021 | Federal Criminal Defense
Since the '70s the government has been applying the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to ever-expanding situations. Originally created to give prosecutors the ability to battle mafia organizations, it is now being used to a variety of circumstances.
These days, it is commonly used as an enhancement to pressure defendants into plea bargaining into lesser charges in exchange for a guilty plea. Once charged with RICO it can be a tremendous pressure that requires a solid defense to escape.
What is RICO?
This U.S. federal law was created in the 1970s. RICO covers 27 federal crimes and eight state crimes for a total of 35 charges. With RICO charges often comes seizure of assets, which can make it difficult to pay for proper legal defense.
What is racketeering?
The term racketeering is used to refer to the act of conducting a business that is funded through illegal activity, usually some form of extortion. Racketeering can be prosecuted on the state or federal level.
What must the government prove for RICO charges to stick?
According to Investopedia, five things must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to find someone guilty of RICO charges:
Existence: The government must prove that a criminal enterprise exists.
Interstate: It must be proven that the criminal organization conducted business across state lines, or affected interstate commerce.
Associations: The case must prove that the individual being charged was involved with a criminal enterprise.
Racketeering: It must be proven that the accused was actively involved in rackets.
2 strikes: The government must prove that the individual had committed a minimum of two acts of racketeering.
The Act is in place so that government prosecutors can take down a whole organization instead of going after individual members of a criminal enterprise.
If facing RICO or racketeering charges, it is usually beneficial to have a legal advocate that is experienced in developing a strong criminal defense against state and federal charges.


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Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday that passage of her education funding plan is just the first step of a multi-year effort.
Haley celebrated Monday her plan's inclusion in the Legislature's budget proposal for the fiscal year starting July 1. But she said the additional money is not a one-year fix.
Her education recommendations sailed through the budget process, as both the House and Senate adopted them.
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Haley has through Wednesday to issue line-item vetoes of the budget.


The list of unacknowledged and/or unappreciated artists and writers that would have fallen into the "hobby" column is well known. Vincent Van Gogh never sold a painting, John Kennedy Toole's "Confederacy of Dunces" wasn't published until twelve years after his death. Kafka, Thoreau, Poe, Gauguin, and Keats are all widely read or viewed and recognizable by surname only. The total lack of women artists and writers (or for that matter, people of color) from any lists of underappreciated talent is indicative of the second-class citizenship label that doesn't acknowledge any number of artists that don't look like those in power.
I totally believe in hobbies. People garden or cook, some collect stamps or play three chord folk songs on a guitar (guilty).
But the difference to me is that a hobby relaxes you, helps you unwind after a tough day.
More than twenty years ago, I walked away from an interesting – fascinating, actually – career in the film industry. I spent my days at a major studio restoring films for posterity. I was rewarded financially, but when the paycheck came around, the haunting memory of Peggy Lee singing "Is That All There Is" put me in a mental and emotional quandary. For more than those twenty years working in the industry I had been writing, sometimes getting up at five in the morning to write before work, sometimes staying up into the wee hours. When I finally acknowledged that writing was my life, the one thing that gave my life meaning, I made the decision that would change my life.
It was the easiest AND hardest decision I ever made. What was I giving up? Prestige in a glamourous industry. I had traveled to film festivals throughout the United States and created and moderated expert panels in my field in the Far East. Travel, expense accounts, a sports car, custom power suits, and famous clients all went by the wayside and rather than meetings and screenings, and award ceremonies, I now spend my days alone at my computer with two dogs at my feet.
My routine starts at nine o'clock every weekday and up until a few months ago, I was diligent about writing or researching or submitting my work. I am happiest when I'm writing. So why the stumbling block?
But now there's this other stigma or stumbling block or hiccup in the process; is monetary success the measure of one's worth? In my heart, I know it's not and yet everyone (or at least it seems like everyone) measures success in dollars. Years ago, entertainer Dinah Shore said something that stuck with me. "God doesn't think too much of money. Look who he's given it to!" But it's clearly a measure of one's success.
Do I wish I had money? Sure, but I'd probably give most of it away. I don't need two homes or two cars. Would I travel more? Probably, but always with a pen and paper in my pocket.
Happy? Comes and goes. Fulfilled? Hmmm, frustration is more prevalent. Persistent? Definitely.
I have a set of colored pencils and a sketch pad on hand to pass time pleasantly. Writing is not my hobby, it's my passion. And you can take that to the bank.