Born at Toyota, Lean is a lighter, leaner way to achieve results. A Lean process is ruthless about getting rid of errors, steps, processes and people that don't add value to a company's products or services.
Lean is all about focussing on customer needs, reducing defects, creating waste-free processes that result in maximum ROI and Customer value.
Although Lean defined Toyota Production System (TPS) in 1940s, with time, Lean has been extended to other manufacturing verticals such as- electronics, cement, construction, food & beverages, pharmaceuticals, personal products, engineering etc.
The best part about Lean is that, Lean brings in a 3:1 rate of returns for any organization regardless of industry sector, that implements Lean correctly.
Focus on customer: Lean is based on Voice of Customer (VOC). If a step doesn't add value to a company's product or service from the customer's point of view, LEAN strips it out.
Eliminating waste: Traditional Lean weeded out 7 types of waste- Over-production, Over-processing, Defects, Delays, Unnecessary movement, Unutilized resources, Unnecessary inventory. With time, Lean philosophy has under gone changes too, that is changes for the better. Present day LEAN methodology eliminates 14 different types of waste.
Just-in-time (JIT) attitude. Producing anything in anticipation of customer needs is a waste as per Lean philosophy. Instead you produce only when there are orders in hand as in Kanban's pull approach.
LEAN works with 'pull' system Vs 'push' system.
Visual representation: Lean uses Value Stream Maps to visually draw out processes and Visual Management to execute and sustain benefits of LEAN processes.
Which companies can use Lean?
LEAN can be implemented by Manufacturing as well as Service based companies.
LEAN is best for incremental improvements, organizations that focus on their people and culture, companies that want a less mathematical and more flexible approach than Six Sigma. But you can strive for a break-through Six Sigma improvement by eliminating waste Lean-style.
What is the difference between business process improvement and business process redesign?
Finally, a resource which is a Go-To reference handbook for selecting appropriate Business Process Improvement Methodology!
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Advantages, limitations of each business process improvement methodology, practical ways of using these methodologies, along with precautions needed before implementing methodology at your workplace.
Strategic planning and risk assessments involved prior to implementing a business process improvement methodology.
How to bring about organizational change, organizational development, improve performance profitability and productivity in manufacturing and service organizations using continuous improvement tools.
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Finally a go-to reference handbook for implementing Kaizen in the Life Science Industry!
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In addition to explaining all the general Kaizen process features, implementation and application, this book provides a structured approach to designing Kaizen strategies, practices and implementation for Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices and Biotech companies.
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For example- Regulations, customer demands, competitor landscape, product criteria, facility needs, EHS (environmental, healthy & safety) needs as well as employee skills within pharmaceutical (medical devices and biotech) companies are extremely stringent and totally different from the automobile industry.
Moreover, auto industry manufacturing is 'assembly-based' while in pharmaceuticals and other life sciences companies, manufacturing is 'batch production-based'. Additionally, pharma industry 4.0 have automated and/or automatic production processes popularly known as 'continuous manufacturing' techniques. Therefore, Kaizen practices 'as is' from auto sector won't work for pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech organizations. Kaizen concepts must be customized for life science industries, to achieve its full benefits. So far, there is no book on Kaizen that is customized for pharmaceuticals and other life sciences industries.
For over a decade, the author, Dr. Shruti Bhat has successfully completed more than 450 Kaizen, Lean Six Sigma and other continuous improvement projects worldwide within pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors and felt it will be beneficial to share those techniques and her experiences, thus this book.
In addition to explaining the general Kaizen process features, implementation, and application, this book also provides a structured approach to designing Kaizen campaigns and its strategic implementation for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech companies.
This book demystifies Kaizen and helps business leaders in pharma and all life sciences organizations, irrespective of their size or workplace culture. It provides practical and useful EXAMPLES and CASE STUDIES of Kaizen that can be executed at various levels across the organization as well as for an individual to further his/her personal career.
This book will help business leaders to immediately improve corporate revenues, increase market share, improve manufacturing productivity and product quality. Moreover, this book helps you customize Kaizen to your company; this book is not a 'vanilla generic'. Also, this book presents useful ideas that one can implement immediately, often at a meager additional cost and reap rich returns.
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While there are many benefits to using Just- In- Time as a production strategy in a business, there are also some drawbacks to be aware of. When implementing any new practice to a company it is best to be aware of both the advantages and disadvantages in order to make an informed decision and to possibly stop the negative from occurring.
One of the major drawbacks of Just- In- Time is perhaps loss of face. It can be very embarrassing for company's to have to admit that the product is not yet available, not ready in time or other reasons due to errors in scheduling, delivery and so on, of goods. Aside from affecting the reputation of the company, it can also lead to loss in revenue.
When a company decides to apply Just- In- Time, they have to understand that this gives a lot of responsibility to elements outside of their control. These companies have to put a lot of dependence onto the suppliers and maintain a great relationship with them for the greater good of the company. The raw materials provided by suppliers are essential to the company when using this strategy and suppliers have a higher chance of causing harm to the company, such as causing production to terminate entirely at any given moment.
If parts are unavailable then the company is the only one that suffers. Toyota went through this experience once when a company stopped delivering break pieces to Toyota. This caused Toyota to have to shut down their entire production in Japan. It is estimated that Toyota lost sales of around $15 billion when the break parts company was eventually reinstated.
Sometimes it is not even the supplier's fault that parts could not be delivered, could be due to natural disasters, which can cause a company to completely stop production or make them unable to deliver the goods.
It can be quite costly, time consuming and tedious to start using Just -In -Time. One of the necessities when implementing Just- In- Time, in order to save a lot of hassle, is to invest in IT that allows suppliers and company's to communicate easily and effectively via computer systems. This makes it much easier to manage orders and other important planning/ strategic details.
Also, once a company does decide to use Just- In- Time as a strategy, they have to be aware that a large, unanticipated order might not to be able to be met (should there be a flaw or un-anticipated issue) and therefore, their services will be taken elsewhere.


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"tWitch was pure love and light."
Ellen DeGeneres is one of many mourning the loss of dancer and DJ Stephen "tWitch" Boss, who died at the age of 40.
Boss rose to fame as a reality-TV competition show contestant, finishing season four of So You Think You Can Dance in second place. In 2014 he had a guest spot as a DJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show; by 2020 he was a permanent figure on the show and a coproducer.
"I'm heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light. He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart. I will miss him. Please send your love and support to Allison and his beautiful children - Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia," DeGeneres wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of the two of them embracing.
As multiple outlets confirmed that the cause of death was suicide, Boss's wife, Allison Holker Boss, told People, "It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us…I am certain there won't be a day that goes by that we won't honor his memory. We ask for privacy during this difficult time for myself and especially for our three children."
Online, tWitch's many celebrity friends and fans posted condolences and touching tributes to the talented and kind star, including Roxane Gay, Mira Sorvino, Kerry Washington, and Yvette Nicole Brown.
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Leah Remini, who met Boss at The Ellen Degeneres Show and worked with him at SYTYCD, posted a lengthy tribute about how kind and encouraging he was even when the cameras weren't rolling.
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Jennifer Lopez, who worked with tWitch on World of Dance, tweeted she was "shocked and saddened" by the news of his death. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson also shared his condolences, adding that he's "lost a lot of friends to the struggle."
Boss's Magic Mike XXL costar Channing Tatum shared a selfie of the pair on Instagram with the caption "I have no words. There aren't any. My head or heart can not understand this. There is just so much… i don't know where to begin. I love you. I'll see you again my friend. Until then."
Jada Pinkett Smith, who also shared the screen with Boss in Magic Mike XXL, posted a photo of herself with Boss and Donald Glover. "He was so sweet, kind, and generous," she wrote in the caption. "So many people suffer in silence."
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January 12, 2006 The overnight news that TomTom NV is to acquire Applied Generics Limited has some interesting ramifications for the way in which we navigate on the roads. TomTom offers quality, innovative, easy-to-use personal navigation products and services to the consumer market. Applied Generics has developed technology that makes it possible to generate real time road traffic information based on analysis of mobile telephone network usage and cell-switching. The technology is commercially deployed and has the potential to deliver high quality traffic information at a fraction of the investment normally required to generate traffic information. Which means that TomTom may soon be in the position to offer additional income streams to network operators and invaluable real time nationwide information on traffic conditions overlayed on top of directional and road network information. If you'd like to see Applied Generics' real time road traffic technology working, click this text and follow the instructions in the second paragraph. Very cool!
"We are very pleased that we have acquired Applied Generics," said TomTom's CEO, Harold Goddijn.
"The unique patented and proven technology which the company has developed will deliver high quality real time traffic information, not only for motorways but also for local roads. With the proliferation of car navigation products and the increase of congestion, there is a rapidly growing installed base and customer need for these kinds of services. We are looking forward to working with mobile network operators across Europe and North America to deploy the technology on a wide scale."
Dr Joe Dixon, CEO of Applied Generics said "With the large customer base and rapidly growing number of car navigation products as well as the financial and distribution strength of the TomTom Group, we are now in a unique position to commercialise our technology much more widely and to deliver unprecedented accurate and granular traffic information products that will help people to arrive at their destination in the shortest possible time. Our existing customers and partners will benefit from Applied Generics being part of the TomTom Group.
TomTom's products include all-in-one navigation devices which enable customers to navigate right out of the box, as well as navigation software products which integrate with third party devices such as PDAs and smartphones.
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The pacific Red Lionfish (lat. Pterois volitan) lives in the Pacific Ocean between Malaysia and Japan. He is nocturnal and only goes on prey hunt at night. During the day he mostly lingers under overhanging reefs. When the pacific Red Lionfish feels hassled it defends itself by stabbing with his extreme long and poisonous spines. Although the poison is not fatal it causes immense pain which only slowly wears off. It is not surprising that this sea dweller has therefore virtually no natural enemies.
The fish which can grow up to 40 centimeter is far from shy by nature and often swims towards divers unbothered. Then simply stay calm and proceed your dive unimpressed because the pacific Red Lionfish is not aggressive but merely inquisitive. Due to his eye-catching appearance this fish is often kept in show aquariums. This is a double-edged sword as most aquarists count to the victims of the pacific Red Lionfish.


Could we please do something about the rotating skybox? It's giving me nausea every time the map comes up.
Unfortunately (or luckily) there are no stock maps with a real rotating skybox. So we can't really take anything as reference for a proper way of doing things.
But aside from reducing the rotation rate, another thing that could be taken into account is the size of the room that the SkyZoneInfo is in. Increasing the actual distance to the wall makes it less bothersome when it's rotating.
Then again, I don't see why the skybox needs to rotate at all (other than "because we can"). As it stands, only the space station itself seems to be rotating around its axes, while everything else is perfectly stable. Wouldn't it make more sense to align the rotation of your space station with the orbit of the planet it's following (like Phobos) or have it not rotate at all if there is no planet to orbit?
Another weird phenomenon that I noticed at least when testing it in offline play: the RockingSkyZoneInfo only seems to be moving if you are actually looking towards a specific spot in the map. So it's randomly alternating between moving and not moving throughout the course of the match. The same was true for some community version of FacingWorlds, which was also using a RockingSkyZoneInfo that only moved if you looked from base to base but not when you looked sideways into space.
I noticed that with the Torlan edit. It's a newly made skybox. Don't know why it's happening The RockingSkyZoneInfo in Spankjox has the same settings as CTF-FaceClassic, so i guess Spank copied it.
I forgot to ask, does the Torlan skybox also make you feel nauseous?
On a side note, on one occasion I fell through the map by ejecting out of an EONS Scorpion near the mountain range at south west edge of the map. Three other times I died on top of the mountain that's west from the central node, every time with the "left a small crater" message. I was in god mode and throwing some grenades at that mountain. One time I even died just by walking there. I was speeding the game up by factor 5 at that point, though, so maybe the physics got confused.
- New skybox. Similar to the old one but not rotating.
- Increased the lighting to help people see blue players.
I'll also remove the rockingskyzoneinfo actor next time it's edited.


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Building and zoning codes have been enacted by the city, state and federal governments to protect the public health, safety and welfare. Permits ensure that these codes are followed. Building permits provide the means for building department officials to inspect a business location to ensure minimum standards are met and appropriate materials are used. In the City of Fairfield no new building shall be occupied, nor any change of building use made, until inspection and a Certificate of Occupancy has been issued by the city.
Visit or contact the Building Division to discuss what you are planning. This initial contact will provide the resources and information you will need to make your project a success and avoid potential problems, which could cost you time and money.
You can obtain a permit application at the Building Division office or you can download a copy. The permit application asks for detailed information about the project. Drawings, plans, or other documentation may be required depending on the complexity of the project. There is a $51.50 fee for a Change of Occupancy permit. We accept cash, check, Mastercard or Visa as payment.
The majority of permit applications are processed with little delay. The Building Division will review the application to check compliance with all building codes, zoning codes, and other municipal or state regulations.
Contact the Building Division to schedule a Change of Occupancy inspection. This inspection is performed to ensure compliance with all building codes and zoning codes as written in Chapter 11 of the Fairfield Codified Ordinances. A Building Inspector will coordinate any other departments involved in the inspection, which may include the Water Division, Fire Department or the Development Services Department.
If necessary during the inspection the Building Inspector will compile a list of issues that need to be remedied before a Certificate of Occupancy can be issued. At the end of the inspection, you will receive a copy of this list. In the event that a list of all violations cannot be completed at the time of the inspection, the Building Inspector will mail or fax a complete list to you within a reasonable time frame.
Under certain circumstances the Building Division may issue a Conditional Certificate of Occupancy if the conditions that need to be remedied are determined not to be too serious in nature. Under this conditional occupancy you may occupy the property temporarily while you are working on correcting the outstanding code violations.
After you have remedied all of the conditions noted during the previous inspection, you need to contact the Building Division for a re-inspection. The Inspector will again compile a list of any remaining conditions that need to be corrected. This process will continue until all conditions are completed. If you do not contact the Building Division to re-inspect the project within 60 days, the Building Inspector will send a letter notifying you of the expired permit and denial of occupancy.
When code compliance is determined the Building Division will issue a Certificate of Occupancy. This certificate is the formal document that marks the completion of your construction project and gives you permission to occupy your new or renovated building with the knowledge that it has met Fairfield safety standards.
Any contractor that is working on electrical, heating, air conditioning, or permanent signage projects in Fairfield must be licensed by the Building Department before a permit will be granted, view the Contractor Licensing page. You should inquire as to whether the contractor working on your project is licensed to work in Fairfield and has obtained the proper permits.
You must obtain a permit for all business signage in Fairfield. This includes permanent signs, temporary signs, grand opening or promotional signs/banners, and tents. The size and location of the signage is based on several factors, including the building size and lot street frontage. The complete sign code is located in Chapter 11 of the Fairfield Codified Ordinances. You can also contact the Building Division at 513-867-5318 for more information. Click Here for more details.
Any business that is a food service or food product preparation business must obtain a license from the Butler County Health Department. You can contact the Butler County Health Department at 513-863-1770 or visit the Health Department website.
If a business has employees in Fairfield, it is required to withhold taxes on all employee gross wages at a rate of 1.5%. To set up a new business account, applicants should complete a Business Questionnaire (PDF). More information about income tax collection is available by contacting the Income Tax Division at 513-867-5327.
The City of Fairfield provides water and sewer services. To set up a new business account, applicants should complete a Commercial Application and submit it to the Utility Billing Division.
Information on other utilities, including gas and electric, telephone, Internet, and trash collection, can be found on the Public Utilities page.


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Stop & Shop workers ratify strong new contract
UFCW members at Stop & Shop have overwhelmingly ratified a strong new contract for the 31,000 workers across New England who walked off their jobs on April 11 to protest the company's proposed cuts to health care, take-home pay, and other benefits.
The five UFCW Local Unions (328, 371, 1445, 1459, and 919) who worked collaboratively together throughout negotiations with the company, responded to the deal in a joint statement, saying "We are incredibly grateful to our customers and everyone who proudly stood together with us every day for a contract that invests in the communities we serve, and makes Stop & Shop a better place to work and a better place to shop."
The new agreement preserves health care and retirement benefits, provides wage increases, and maintains time-and-a-half pay on Sunday for current members.
Negotiations with Stop & Shop received national attention as being one of the most important work stoppages in the grocery industry in recent memory and a blow against the erosion of good jobs by needless corporate greed.
"It's exciting to be back to normal, but it's also exciting to know how much our community cares about good jobs," said Nicole, a UFCW member who works at Stop & Shop. "We're all a lot stronger now."
UFCW members react to the news
"I feel so proud. Our store and community came together to make things better. I couldn't think of a better way for us all to come back to work." – Paul
"It just feels so good to be back. Feels like the family is together again. It was a humbling experience and I'm happy things turned out so well." – Marc
"We found out our family is a lot bigger than just our store. Our customers care about us just as much as we care about them. That's pretty special." – John, Owen, Michael, Kristen, and Dario


The main character is of noble origin Floris van Rosmund after a long journey and finally returns home, but sees there is not what we expected. Hero declared a criminal outlaw and also deception deprived him of his ancestral castle. Floris is not going to put up with it and with the help of his loyal friends, an Indian Sindal and Lord Voltaire van Alderstein trying to regain the good name of the house.


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Q: Why sprite doesn't change without coroutine in Unity? I've got a game object "position". Under some conditions a child of this game object (a car) is destroyed. Then the next Car object is instantiated as a child of the "position". If the position is selected, I want the sprite of the car to be changed.
But if I just try something like:
if(selected)
{
    position.transform.GetComponentInChildren<SpriteRenderer>().sprite = newSprite;
}

it doesn't work.
So I tried to do it this way:
if(selected)
{
     StartCoroutine(Temp());
}

IEnumerator Temp()
{
     yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.000000000001f);
     position.transform.GetComponentInChildren<SpriteRenderer>().sprite = newSprite;
}

and now it does.
But I realize it's badly done. Can somebody help please?

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BeautyCon Aims to Bring Beauty Users Together
Business > Marketing
May 20, 2014 Contact Author
Rejuvenation through senolytics: Clearing zombie-cells in the skin — Mibelle AG Biochemistry
And now for some GOOD news…Naturals to the Rescue! — Natural Plant Products Inc
Most Popular in Marketing
1The Beauty 2020-2030 Forecast
2Converting Online Shoppers Into Physical Shoppers
3Bringing the Beauty Brand Experience Home
4Will These Be the 5 Biggest Beauty Trends of 2021?
5Monat Wellness and Beauty's Ingestible Boom
6Buzz Words That Sell
7Linking Fashion and Beauty
8Intellectual Property (IP) Basics for Beauty Entrepreneurs
9Let's Begin Again
102021 Supplier Directory: Designed to Connect
BeautyCon—developed as a global summit for top digital fashion and beauty influencers, and their ever-growing number of fans—will make its debut at New York's Pier 36 on May 24, 2014. To be held in partnership with Elle magazine, the event aims to inspire and cultivate a new generation of online fashion and beauty trendsetters. It also aims bring fans and influencers together with events in Los Angeles, Houston and London later in 2014.
Elle and BeautyCon's strategic partnership will span across all three U.S. events and includes collaboration on everything from content curation to programming. Elle's parent company, Hearst Magazines, has also made a financial investment in BeautyCon, which is powered by Made with Elastic. "As a leading multi-channel content brand, Elle continues to align with strategic partners that not only extend our core editorial equities in beauty and fashion, but also offer relevant experiences for our readers and users. And we are excited to work with BeautyCon, a first-mover in the important blogger/vlogger space," said Kevin O'Malley, senior vice president, publisher and chief revenue officer of Elle. "At Elle, we are inspired by what's new and what's next, and that is what BeautyCon is all about."
BeautyCon is the place where hundreds of content creators—professional beauty gurus, editors, celebrities, bloggers and YouTube personalities—come together to network, discuss the future of online media, and interact with their fans. More than 3,000 of those fans will gather at this New York event to participate in interactive presentations, attend panels and performances, create content, engage with a variety of top brands, shop, play games, and interact with some of the most popular fashion and beauty icons who are making their mark in the digital space. Celebrity and digital influencers participating in BeautyCon New York include Whitney Port, Kandee Johnson, Clothes Encounter, Evelina Barry, Shameless Maya, and many more. Check out the full list here.
This day-long experience is geared toward the tech savvy and socially connected group BeautyCon's creators have dubbed, "Generation Connected." Gen C, also known as the YouTube generation, is a group who cares deeply about creation, curation, connection and community. A powerful new force in the consumer culture, Gen C—80% of which is comprised of Millennials—is inherently social (especially where shopping is concerned), internet obsessed, consumes video on the go, and moves markets by spending an average of $500 billion in the US each year.
"BeautyCon is empowering the digital fashion and beauty community," says Moj Mahdara, CEO of BeautyCon. "We knew this audience had been neglected and that nobody had created anything like this before, where digital influencers, brands and fans could congregate and exchange ideas. Generation C understands the value of their opinion and the power of their voice. They understand content, media, communication and the power of creation. They are superior communicators."
Brands interact directly with this group at BeautyCon, and vice versa, creating the opportunity for a distinctive one-of-a-kind experience. Product integration, consumer engagement and social word of mouth come together organically at BeautyCon. Brands can offer an exclusive first-look at new products and receive vital feedback and exposure on trusted platforms.
For more information on BeautyCon New York, visit beautycon.com.
5 Ways Brands Can Better Communicate with Vegan & Vegetarian Consumers
2/4/2020, Loreta Jasilionyte, Owner and Founder of Flawless Lashes by Loreta
2/28/2020, Jeb Gleason-Allured, Editor in Chief
Excerpt: Gen Z's Beauty Turn-ons and Pet Peeves Revealed
3/4/2020, Sourabh Sharma, head of digital marketing at FIG or out
Clean Beauty Congestion: How to Stand Out and Succeed
3/16/2020, Maureen Harrington
The New Abnormal
4/2/2020, Jeb Gleason-Allured, Editor in Chief


Belarus: a country better known for its Soviet-style economy and often dubbed 'Europe's last dictatorship'.
Yet one industry has escaped government interference: IT. And it's thriving.
It's in Minsk that one of the most popular PC games in the U.S. and Europe was developed. World of Tanks boasts some 100 million players joining virtual battles in World War II-era tanks.
And despite its international success, its developer has kept a major operation in the capital, in a high-tech park home to a dozen other companies including U.S.-based EPAM Systems, founded by two Belarusians in 1993.
Belarusian software engineers are also behind Japanese-controlled Viber messenger and the MSQRD selfie app bought by Facebook earlier this month.
The success of the country's IT sector, which taps the nation''s low-cost, skilled engineers, is now fueling hopes it could be used as a model for transforming the mostly state-run – and depressed – economy.
Companies in Minsk's high-tech zone employ 24,000 people and last year had exports worth $700 million. By contrast, the state-run Gomselmash, employing 14,000, sold just one combine-harvester in the month of December, contributing to just $90 million in exports.
The economy shrank 4 percent last year, hit by a recession and international sanctions in neighbour Russia, but the software park grew 20 percent and is expected to do the same in 2016.


Technical officers conduct a wide range of sampling and testing that requires the application of broad scientific-technical knowledge and skills, with substantial depth in some areas.
Although technical officers generally work in a laboratory, they often work closely with personnel in other teams within a section of the workplace. They may liaise with suppliers to troubleshoot product non-conformance at the direction of laboratory supervisors or managers. Or gather information on non-conformance and events that may lead to the modification of workplace procedures. They may also demonstrate methods to others and train them to collect samples and conduct basic tests reliably. The work of technical officers involves frequent peak periods and interruptions.
generally work as part of a team and may have a role in the planning of schedules and monitoring of resources in their work area.
This course IS ELIGIBLE for a VET Student Loan. Central Regional TAFE is an authorised Vocational Education and Training provider approved to offer VET Student Loans to elgibile students. Find out more about a VET Student Loan here.
Employment outcomes targeted by this qualification include technical officers, laboratory technicians, analysts and similar personnel.
Eighteen (18) months face to face full time. This course is also offered flexibly and enrolment is open throughout the year. The length of time to complete the course will depend on your chosen units and your study pace.
Eighteen (18) months face to face full time.  This course is also offered flexibly and enrolment is open throughout the year.  The length of time to complete the course will depend on your chosen units and your study pace.


Here is another picture from my afternoon trip up Snow Basin on Sunday. I absolutely love the colors autumn offers in this picture. It's one of the main reasons why I love fall – the colors are just incredible.
If it wasn't for the cold, I believe I would've stood there longer than 5 minutes.
← Which Ways to Snow Basin?
Beautiful scene! I always forget, where do you live again?
Thank you. I live in Utah, the intermountain west.


This paper presents the results of an evaluation of right-turn-on-red (RTOR) after stop movements at all signalized intersections in Washington, D.C. The permissive RTOR after stop rule was enacted in the District in 1980. This rule permits motorists to turn right on a red signal, except where otherwise signed, after stopping and yielding to pedestrians and motorists. In the early 1980s, District of Columbia Department of Public Works (DPW) staff evaluated most signalized intersections to determine whether RTOR should be permitted or prohibited, and appropriate signage based upon that evaluation was installed. This study re-examined all signalized intersections to determine if changes should be made in RTOR prohibitions and permitted movements. The following sections describe (1) the background of RTOR in the District, (2) the criteria used in determining its application, (3) the methodology used in this evaluation, and (4) the results of the evaluation.


The Oregon Legislature enacted SB 398 this year, a one-page bill that went into effect in September 2017.
The law requires employers to provide written notice to each employee about the state and federal Earned Income Tax Credits along with the employee's W-2s.
This notice must also include the website addresses for both the Internal Revenue Service and the Oregon Department of Revenue that provide information about qualifying for the Earned Income Credit. This notice must be provided to employees with their 2017 W-2s and each year thereafter.


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5 Australian Made Ethical Fashion Brands You'll Wear Forever
In the month of Fashion Revolution, it's time to really think about the clothing we love and will wear forever.
With an increase in globalisation and demand for cheaper clothing, there's a large disconnect between consumers and products. This BBC article highlights the difficulties of mass-produced items being tracked globally, like the below dress from Zara.
Even though globally produced items have issues, there are 60-75 million people that survive off of the industry.
In saying that, Australian-made manufacturing should be encouraged. Australian-made fashion support local artisans, the economy and adheres to strict regulations. There's something magical about being able to read and relate to how locally made items are made.
72% of shoppers look for the Australian Made logo, Mintel
Sadly, it's remarkably difficult to find well-known Australian brands that are manufactured in Australia; most brands have closed factories and headed overseas.
As Australian manufacturing is shrinking, the demand for local products is expanding. Below are Australian brands that are born and manufactured in Australia. For specific help on finding ethically produced Australian clothing, Ethical clothing Australia (ECA) is an accreditation body that ensures brand supply chains are transparent and legally compliant.
1. Bianca Spender
This designer brand is famous for feminine, detailed and tailored clothing, founded by Sydney local Bianca Spender.
She uses Australian materials where possible such as wool, to produce sustainable items accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia.
Bianca is a strong advocate for Australian manufacturing, staying true to her roots of manufacturing in Sydney.
"I am very passionate about maintaining local manufacturing; we develop skills, provide jobs and stay connected with everyone who works with our product." Extract from a David Jones Interview with Bianca Spender
2. R.M.Williams
This brand is famous worldwide for handcrafted leather boots and accessories.
It was born in South Australia in 1932 by Reginald Murray Williams, focusing on tough outback attire that aims to last a lifetime. RM boots are made to last with an extensive repair service and in store fittings to fit perfectly.
The boots are still hand crafted in Adelaide and although they are made with leather, which some may not agree with, it's a tough material. There is a detailed list here of the materials used.
Related post: 15 Ethical and Sustainable Fashion Brands You Need On Your Radar
3. Nobody Denim
This family denim label has been producing sustainable jeans since 1999 from Melbourne.
The brand is accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia, with ethical, transparent and handcrafted manufacturing.
Nobody Denim's dedication is strong, standing by manufacturing in Melbourne, highlighting on their website
'Melbourne is our heart and soul…we take pride in representing Melbourne on a world stage.'
4. Driza-Bone
Driza-Bone is Australia's answer to Barbour jackets: well-made outdoor apparel.
This brand has used high-quality materials and manufacturing processes since 1898. Driza-Bone traditional oilskin jackets are made from 100% cotton, with a detailed list of care instructions online to ensure garments last. Driza-Bone highlights on their website their preference for Australian-made products, however it's now a difficult process.
"…Manufacturing in Australia is on the decline across all industries and the garment business is no different. We are slowly losing the skills and machinery in our industry which makes being competitive in some areas very difficult…" – Driza-Bone FAQ section, 2018
5. Akubra
If there's one thing Australian's need, it's a decent hat. Akubra make a variety of Australian iconic hats and accessories, certified by Australian Made.
The founder, Benjamin Dunkerley, set the hat factory up in Hobart in 1874, which is now based in Kempsey in New South Wales. "People have fond memories and are attached to their hats and we understand that!"
The brand has a strong focus on long-term wear, with repair and care instructions. The incredible hat making process is laid out on Akubra's website, with images and detailed descriptions see here. Each hat takes around 6 weeks, with the same process that's been used since the beginning.
"It's rare to see Australian Manufacturing in action these days…Well, it's so rare there's only one of them – AKUBRA"
Olivia is an eco-writer, producer, science graduate & ocean enthusiast. After moving from London to Sydney, she found her love for the outdoors and recycled textiles, which led her to start writing about science and sustainable fashion. Olivia is really passionate about brands using fashion for good and innovation in the industry. She now splits her time between several not-for-profit organisations in communication roles. Olivia is also a Centre for Sustainability Leadership alumni and sits on the Fashion Revolution committee for Australia & New Zealand.
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The MDK
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The MDK is a language native library that is installed with a microservice.
A developer can selectively use one or all of the MDK APIs, depending on use case. The circuit breaker, deadline, and distributed session APIs of the MDK do not have any dependency on the Datawire hosted services. The service discovery and distributed tracing APIs are coupled to Datawire hosted services.

In order to support multiple languages, the MDK is implemented in `Quark <https://github.com/datawire/quark>`_. The Quark compiler transpiles the canonical MDK implementation into language native implementations. Currently, as of late 2016, Quark supports Java, Ruby, JavaScript, and Python, with Go support in progress. The use of Quark is transparent to the end developer.

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The Datawire Discovery Service is a multi-tenant, cloud-based, eventually consistent data synchronization service, purpose-built for a microservices environment. The semantics of the Discovery Service are very similar to `Netflix Eureka <https://github.com/Netflix/eureka>`_. It is very suitable for applications with very high scalability requirements, where new microservices appear (or are retired) regularly, and where existing microservices instances scale up or down rapidly.

As microservices instrumented with the MDK are launched, they register
themselves with the Discovery Service in the cloud over a Web Socket connection.
The registration data includes the service name, the address (typically a URL)
of that instance's endpoint, and the version of that service. At that point,
an efficient background heartbeat sequence begins over the Web Socket
connection, with the service instance regularly informing the Discovery Service
that it's still alive and should not be removed from the service routing table
that it maintains.

If the service should terminate unexpectedly or become unresponsive, the
Discovery service will quickly notice the lack of heartbeats and remove the
service instance from its list of active endpoints. If the service terminates
gracefully, it asks to be removed from the list of active endpoints immediately
as part of the ``stop()`` function.

On the client side, a Web Socket connection is also opened to the Discovery
Service when the ``start()`` function is called. The MDK on the client side
immediately receives a copy of the service routing table, and any changes
to the service endpoint listings are instantly and automatically sent
over the same Web Socket connection. This ensures that MDK clients will
always have a local, in-process copy of the potential service instances
which they could call.

Should any component in the system temporarily lose contact with the Datawire
Discovery Service, they will retain the last known copy of the service routing
table, and will have it updated again once they reconnect.

All of these protocol interactions are open and specified in `Quark <https://github.com/datawire/quark>`_. For example,
the Discovery protocol is `specified in Quark <https://github.com/datawire/discovery/tree/master/quark>`_.

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Ex-high school coach investigated over nude 'body fat' tests
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A former high school basketball coach is being investigated by the Rhode Island attorney general's office after former players came forward to say he for years asked male student-athletes to disrobe while alone with him so he could perform what he called body fat tests.
Aaron Thomas, 54, had been a teacher and coach at North Kingstown High School since the 1990s before he resigned in June, when the reports came to light.
He is not facing any criminal charges. A spokesperson for state Attorney General Peter Neronha confirmed the investigation this week but could not provide details.
Thomas' attorney, John MacDonald, said that the tests using skinfold calipers were done with parental consent and that his client has hundreds of signed consent forms collected over a period of several years as proof.
However, the consent forms viewed by The Boston Globe make no mention of nudity, which MacDonald acknowledged.
Thomas simply found it easier to test players when they were nude, the attorney said.
"The testing started on the upper body with the shirt off, and go lower with underwear on or off," the attorney told the newspaper. "It was simply quicker to do with underwear not in the way."
Thomas measured the adductor muscles of the inner thigh but did not touch the groin area, MacDonald said.
The consent form mentions assessing body fat composition, testing muscle strength and development, and was "designed to help athletes to reach their full potential."
Jennifer Lima, a member of the North Kingstown School Committee, said this week that her now-adult son recently told her that he was checked by Thomas. She said it's possible she signed a form for fat testing, among all the forms parents sign for kids playing sports, but she did not consent for him to be undressed.
The tests first came to light when a former student told the school department in 2018. At that point, school administrators told Thomas that testing could be done only in the locker room with at least two adults present.
More former students came forward this year, with some alleging Thomas would ask them, "Are you shy, or not shy?" Students who said they were not shy removed their underwear for the test.
North Kingstown police told school officials in September that they were not pursuing criminal charges, according to the school committee. But local police are now cooperating with the attorney general's office.
The school committee is also investigating.
Timothy Conlon, an attorney for some of the former students, in a statement Friday urged transparency.
He said at least two former students spoke with school officials in 2018, "and advised that they were naked when examined, alone with a school department coach, on school department property. They identified the coach. Each young man stated that he was touched, and subjected to a series of pinches using the employees fingers and a caliper device." Both said one of the pinches was on the inner thigh within inches of the genitals.
They both said the testing had been "routinized" and other school personnel must have known about it.
Conlon also said to his knowledge no report was ever made to state child welfare officials.
Thomas got another job at a private middle school in South Kingstown in September but was fired last week after the allegations became public.


Anything you get with dragon sauce is sure to please!
Nings is a restaurant chain in Reykjavik that all Icelanders are familiar with. The place has been operated in Iceland for many years, and they are known for their freshly prepared oriental food, friendly service and healthy choices. It's mainly a take away/delivery place but all three restaurants in Kopavogur, Gravarvogur and Reykjavik also offer seating in comfortable and simple surroundings. The menu mostly consists of standard Westernised Chinese dishes, tasty and affordable. Those are only a few of the reasons for the lasting popularity of Nings among Icelanders.
The menu is very diverse, so everyone should be able to find something to their liking. Fish, spring rolls, noodles, rice, pork, chicken, duck, lamb, beef, sushi, tofu and health courses can all be found on the menu. Combo meals for 2 or more people should be an ideal choice for groups. For example, the special offer for 4 or more persons includes deep fried shrimps with sweet and sour sauce, pork in orly dough with vegetables and plum sauce, chicken with cashew nuts in dragon sauce, wok fried curry noodles with chicken, edamame beans, vegetables and sesame seeds. This oriental feast comes at the low price of 1690ISK.
The health courses, all around 100 calories per 100g. Are highly popular and tasty choices for athletic people or those who are watching their weight. The grilled chicken breasts with brown rice, eggs and vegetables and the wakame salad with chicken and vegetables are both nourishing and reasonably priced dishes that won't dwell on your conscience.
Give one of the first oriental restaurants in Reykjavik a try - Nings is consistantly tasty, inexpensive and satisfying.