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More About This Title Practitioner's Guide to Statistics and Lean Six Sigma for Process Improvements
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In today's business world, Six Sigma, or Lean Six Sigma, is a crucial tool utilized by companies to improve customer satisfaction, increase profitability, and enhance productivity. Practitioner's Guide to Statistics and Lean Six Sigma for Process Improvements provides a balanced approach to quantitative and qualitative statistics using Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
Emphasizing applications and the implementation of data analyses as they relate to this strategy for business management, this book introduces readers to the concepts and techniques for solving problems and improving managerial processes using Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma. Written by knowledgeable professionals working in the field today, the book offers thorough coverage of the statistical topics related to effective Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma practices, including:
Discrete random variables and continuous random variables
Sampling distributions
Estimation and hypothesis tests
Chi-square tests
Analysis of variance
Linear and multiple regression
Measurement analysis
Survey methods and sampling techniques
The authors provide numerous opportunities for readers to test their understanding of the presented material, as the real data sets, which are incorporated into the treatment of each topic, can be easily worked with using Microsoft Office Excel, Minitab, MindPro, or Oracle's Crystal Ball software packages. Examples of successful, complete Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma projects are supplied in many chapters along with extensive exercises that range in level of complexity. The book is accompanied by an extensive FTP site that features manuals for working with the discussed software packages along with additional exercises and data sets. In addition, numerous screenshots and figures guide readers through the functional and visual methods of learning Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma.
Practitioner's Guide to Statistics and Lean Six Sigma for Process Improvements is an excellent book for courses on Six Sigma and statistical quality control at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also a valuable reference for professionals in the fields of engineering, business, physics, management, and finance.
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Prem S. Mann, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at Eastern Connecticut State University. Dr. Mann has published numerous articles in the areas of labor economics, microeconomics, and statistics. He is the author of Introductory Statistics, Seventh Edition (Wiley).
Ofelia C. De Hodgins, MS, is a Six Sigma Global Master Black Belt. She has over twenty-five years of consulting experience in manufacturing and finance and has published more than thirty journal articles in the areas of physics, industrial engineering, statistics, and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
Richard L. Hulbert, MBA, is Vice President of Systems and Technology for the Bank of New York Mellon. He has more than thirty-five years of industry experience in the areas of network engineering, installation, implementation, network operations of technology infrastructure, distributed systems, market data, and government telecommunications.
Christopher J. Lacke, PhD, is Associate Professor of Mathematics at Rowan University. He has published numerous journal articles in his areas of research interest, which include decision analysis, Bayesian analysis, and operations research.
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1 Principles of Six Sigma.
1.1 Overview.
1.2 Six Sigma Essentials.
1.2.1 Driving Need.
1.2.2 Customer Focus.
1.2.3 Core Beliefs.
1.2.4 Deterministic Reasoning.
1.2.5 Leverage Principle.
1.3 Quality Definition.
1.4 Value Creation.
1.4.1 Value.
1.5 Business, Operations, Process and Individual (BOPI) Goals.
1.5.1 Differences between Product and Process Capability from a Six Sigma Perspective.
1.6 Underpinning Economics.
1.6.1 Sigma Benchmarking.
1.6.2 Breakthrough Goals.
1.6.3 Performance Benchmark.
1.7 Performance Metrics.
1.8 Process.
1.8.1 Process Models.
1.9 Design Complexity.
1.10 Nature and Purpose of Six Sigma.
1.10.1 Not Just Defect Reduction.
1.11 Needs That Underlie Six Sigma.
1.11.1 Looking Across the Organization.
1.11.2 Processing for Six Sigma.
1.11.3 Designing for Six Sigma.
1.11.4 Managing for Six Sigma.
1.11.5 Risk Orientation.
1.12 Why Focusing on The Customer is Essential to Six Sigma.
1.13 Success Factors.
1.14 Software Applications.
Explore Excel.
Explore MINITAB.
Explore JMP.
2 Six Sigma Installation.
2.1 Overview.
2.2 Six Sigma Leadership-The Fuel of Six Sigma.
2.3 Deployment Planning.
2.3.1 Executive Management.
2.3.2 Six Sigma Champion.
2.3.3 Line Management.
2.3.4 Master Black Belts.
2.3.5 Black Belts.
2.3.6 Green Belts.
2.3.7 White Belts.
2.3.8 Six Sigma Roadmap.
2.3.9 Characteristics of Effective Metrics.
2.3.10 The Role of Metrics.
2.3.11 Six Sigma Performance Metrics.
2.3.12 Profit and Measurement
2.3.13 Twelve Criteria for Performance Metrics.
2.4 Application Projects.
2.5 Deployment Timeline.
2.6 Design for Six Sigma [DFSS] Principles.
2.7 Processing for Six Sigma [PFSS] Principles.
2.8 Managing for Six Sigma [MPSS] Principles.
2.9 Project Review.
2.9.1 Tollgate Criteria.
2.9.2 Project Closure.
2.9.3 Project Documentation.
2.9.4 Personal Recognition.
2.9.5 Authenticating Agent.
2.10 Summary.
References and Notes.
3 Lean Sigma Projects.
3.1 Overview.
3.2 Introduction.
3.3 Project Description.
3.4 Project Guidelines.
3.5 Project Selection.
3.5.1 Project Selection Guidelines.
3.6 Project Scope.
3.7 Project Leadership.
3.8 Project Teams.
3.9 Project Financials.
3.10 Project Management.
3.11 Project Payback.
3.12 Project Milestones.
3.13 Project Roadmap.
3.14 Project Charters (General).
3.15 Six Sigma Projects.
3.16 Project Summary.
4 Lean Practices.
4.1 Overview.
4.2 Introduction.
4.3 The Idea of Lean Thinking.
4.4 Theory of Constraints [TOC].
4.5 Lean Concept.
4.6 Value-Added Versus Non-Value-Added Activities.
4.7 Why Companies Think Lean.
4.8 Visual Controls-Visual Factory.
4.9 The Idea of Pull (Kanban).
4.10 5S-6S Approach.
4.11 The Idea of Perfection (Kaizen).
4.12 Replication-Translate.
4.13 Poka-Yoke System-Mistakeproofing.
4.14 SMED System.
4.15 7W + 1 Approach-Seven Plus One Deadly Waste(s).
4.16 6M Approach.
4.17 Summary.
5 Value Stream Mapping.
5.1 Overview.
5.2 Introduction.
5.3 Value Stream Mapping.
5.3.1 Waste Review.
5.3.2 Value-Added and Non-Value-Added Activities.
5.3.3 Elements of a Value Stream Map.
5.4 Focused Brainstorming.
5.5 Graphical representation of a Process in a Value Stream Map.
5.6 Effective Working Time.
5.7 Customer Demand.
5.8 Takt Time.
5.9 Pitch Time.
5.10 Queuing Time.
5.11 Cycle Time.
5.12 Total Cycle Time.
5.13 Calculation of Total Lead Time(s).
5.14 Value-Added Percentage and Six Sigma Level.
5.15 Drawing the Current-Value-Stream Map.
5.15.1 Drawing Tips.
5.15.2 Common Failure Modes.
5.15.3 Common Definitions.
5.16 Drawing the Value Stream Map.
5.17 What Makes a Value Stream Lean.
5.18 The Future Value Stream Map.
5.19 Summary.
References and Notes.
6 Introductory Statistics and Data.
6.1 Overview.
6.2 Introduction.
6.3 Genetic Code of Statistics.
6.4 Population and Samples.
6.5 The Idea of Data.
6.6 Nature of Data.
6.6.1 Quantitative Variables and Data.
6.6.2 Qualitative/Categorical Variables and Data.
6.7 Data Collection.
6.8 The Importance of Data Collection.
6.8.1 Control Cards.
6.8.2 Data Collection Sheet.
6.9 Sampling in Six Sigma.
6.9.1 Random Sampling.
6.9.2 Sequential Sampling.
6.9.3 Stratified Sampling.
6.10 Sources of Data.
6.11 Database.
6.12 Summary.
7 Quality Tools.
7.1 Overview.
7.2 Introduction.
7.3 Nature of Six Sigma Variables.
7.3.1 CT Concept.
7.3.2 CTQ and CTP Characteristics.
7.3.3 CTX Tree (Process Tree).
7.3.4 CTY Tree (Process Tree).
7.3.5 The Focus of Six Sigma.
7.3.6 The Leverage Principle.
7.4 Quality Function Deployment (QFD).
7.5 Scales of Measurement.
7.5.1 Likert Scale.
7.5.2 Logarithm Scale.
7.6 Diagnostic Tools.
7.6.1 Elements for Problem Solving-Diagnostic Tools and Methods.
7.6.2 Problem Definition-Defining Project Objective.
7.7 Analytical Methods.
7.7.1 Cause-Effect (CE) Analysis.
7.7.2 Failure Mode-Effects Analysis (FMEA)
7.7.3 XY Matrix.
7.8 Graphical Tools.
7.8.1 Graphical Summary.
7.8.2 Boxplot or Box-and-Whisker Plot.
7.8.3 Normal Probability Plot.
7.8.4 Main-Effects Plot.
7.8.5 Pareto Chart.
7.8.6 Run Chart.
7.8.7 Time-Series Plot.
7.8.8 Multi-Vari Charts.
7.8.9 Scatterplot.
7.9 Graphical Representation of a Process.
7.9.1 Process Flowcharts.
7.9.2 Process Mapping.
7.9.3 Cross-Functional Mapping.
7.9.4 Process Mapping-Deployment Diagram.
7.10 SIPOC Diagram.
7.11 IPO Diagram-General Model of a Process System.
7.12 Force-Field Analysis.
7.13 Matrix Analysis-The Importance of Statistical Thinking.
7.14 Checksheets.
7.15 Scorecards.
7.16 Affinity Diagram.
7.17 Concept Integration.
8 Making Sense of Data in Six Sigma and Lean.
8.1 Overview.
8.2 Summarizing Quantitative Data: Graphical Methods.
8.2.1 Analytical Charts.
8.2.2 Dotplots.
8.2.3 Stem-and-Leaf Plots.
8.2.4 Frequency Tables.
8.2.5 Histograms and Performance Histograms.
8.2.6 Run Charts.
8.2.7 Time-Series Plots.
8.3 Summarizing Quantitative Data: Numerical Methods.
8.3.1 Measures of Center.
8.3.2 Measures of Variation.
8.3.3 Identifying Potential Outliers.
8.3.4 Measures of Position and the Idea of z Scores in Six Sigma.
8.3.5 Measure of Spread and Lean Sigma.
8.4 Organizing and Graphing Qualitative Data.
8.4.1 Organizing Qualitative Data.
8.4.2 Graphing Qualitative Data.
8.4.3 Pareto Analysis with Lorenz Curve.
8.5 Summarizing Bivariate Data.
8.5.1 Scatterplot.
8.5.2 Correlation Coefficient.
8.6 Multi-Vari Charts.
9 Fundamentals of Capability and Rolled Throughput Yield.
9.1 Overview.
9.2 Introduction.
9.3 Why Capability.
9.3.1 Performance Specifications.
9.3.2 Fundamental Concepts of Defect-Based Measurement.
9.4 Six Sigma Capability Metric.
9.4.1 Criteria for Performance Metrics.
9.4.2 Computing the Sigma Level from Discrete Data.
9.4.3 Defective Proportions.
9.4.4 Six-Sigma-Level Calculations (DPU, DPO, DPMO, PPM)-Examples.
9.5 Discrete Capability.
9.6 Continuous Capability-Example.
9.6.1 Data Collection for Capability Studies.
9.7 Fundamentals of Capability.
9.8 Short- Versus Long-Term Capability.
9.8.1 Short-Term Capability.
9.8.2 Long-Term Capability
9.8.3 Introduction to Calibrating the Shift.
9.9 Capability and Performance.
9.10 Indices of Capability.
9.10.1 Cp Index.
9.10.2 Cpk Index.
9.10.3 Pp Index.
9.10.4 Ppk Index.
9.11 Calibrating the Shift.
9.12 Applying the 1.5σ Shift Concept.
9.13 Yield.
9.13.1 Final Test Yield (FTY).
9.13.2 Yield Related to Defects.
9.13.3 Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY).
9.13.4 In-Process Yield (IPY).
9.13.5 In-Process Yield (IPY) and Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY).
9.14 Hidden Factory.
9.14.1 Hidden Factory Composition.
10 Probability.
10.1 Overview.
10.2 Experiments, Outcomes, and Sample Space.
10.3 Calculating Probability.
10.3.1 Equally Likely Events.
10.3.2 Probability as Relative Frequency.
10.3.3 Subjective Probability.
10.4 Combinatorial Probability.
10.5 Marginal and Conditional Probabilities.
10.6 Union of Events.
10.6.1 Addition Role.
10.6.2 Mutually Exclusive Events.
10.6.3 Complementary Events.
10.7 Intersection of Events.
10.7.1 Independent Versus Dependent Events.
10.7.2 Multiplication Rule.
11 Discrete Random Variables and Their Probability Distributions.
11.1 Overview.
11.2 Six Sigma Performance Variables.
11.3 Six Sigma Leverage Variables.
11.4 Random Variables.
11.4.1 Discrete Random Variables.
11.4.2 Continuous Random Variables.
11.5 Probability Distributions of a Discrete Random Variable.
11.6 Mean of a Random Variable.
11.7 Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable.
11.8 The Binomial Distribution.
11.8.1 Factorials and Combinations.
11.8.2 The Binomial Experiment.
11.8.3 The Binomial Probability Distribution and Binomial Formula.
11.8.4 Probability of Success and Shape of the Binomial Distribution.
11.8.5 Mean and Standard Deviation of the Binomial Distribution.
11.9 The Poisson Probability Distribution.
11.9.1 Mean and Standard Deviation of the Poisson Probability Distribution.
11.10 The Geometric Distribution.
11.11 The Hypergeometric Probability Distribution.
12 Continuous Random Variables and Their Distributions.
12.1 Overview.
12.2 Continuous Probability Distributions.
12.3 The Normal Distribution.
12.3.1 The Empirical Rule.
12.3.2 The Standard Normal Distribution.
12.3.3 Applications of the Normal Distribution.
12.4 The Exponential Distribution.
13 Sampling Distributions.
13.1 Overview.
13.2 Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean.
13.2.1 Sampling and Nonsampling Errors.
13.3 Sampling Distribution of a Sample Proportion.
13.4 The Central-Limit Theorem (CLT).
13.4.1 The CLT and Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean.
13.4.2 The CLT and Sampling Distribution of the Sample Proportion.
14 Single-Population Estimation.
14.1 Overview.
14.2 Meaning of a Confidence Level.
14.3 Estimating a Population Mean.
14.3.1 Confidence Interval for a Population Mean Using the Normal Distribution.
14.3.2 Confidence Interval for a Population Mean Using the t Distribution.
14.4 Estimating a Population Proportion.
14.4.1 Traditional Large-Sample Method.
14.4.2 Wilson Estimator.
14.5 Estimating a Population Variance.
15 Control Methods.
15.1 Overview.
15.2 Introduction.
15.3 Control Logic.
15.4 Statistical Control Systems.
15.5 Statistical Control.
15.6 Prevention Versus Detection.
15.7 A Process Control System Definition.
15.8 Variation.
15.8.1 Common Causes.
15.8.2 Special Causes.
15.9 Process Out-of-Control.
15.10 Fundamentals of Process Control.
15.11 Continuous Statistical Process Control (SPC) Tools.
15.12 Interpreting Process Control.
15.13 Statistical Process Control and Statistical Process Monitoring.
15.14 The Foundation of SPC.
15.15 Tools for Process Controls - Control Charts.
15.16 Control Limits.
15.17 Process Out-of-Control Condition.
15.18 Western Electric Rules.
15.19 Control Charts and How They Are Used.
15.20 Precontrol Method.
15.20.1 The Foundations of Precontrol.
15.20.2 Precontrol Charts.
15.21 Control Charts for Variables.
15.21.1 X Chart.
15.21.2 R Chart (Range Chart).
15.21.3 X-R Chart.
15.21.4 Moving Range (MR) Chart.
15.21.5 Standard Deviation Chart.
15.22 Control Chart for Attributes.
15.22.1 p Chart.
15.22.2 Control Chart-np Chart.
15.22.3 c Chart.
15.22.4 u Chart.
References and Notes.
16 Single-Population Hypothesis Tests.
16.1 Overview.
16.2 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing.
16.3 Testing a Claim About a Population Mean.
16.3.1 Hypothesis Test Using the Normal Distribution.
16.3.2 Hypothesis Test Using the t Distribution.
16.3.3 Hypothesis Test About the Median.
16.4 Hypothesis Test About a Population Proportion.
17 Estimation and Hypothesis Tests: Two Populations.
17.1 Overview.
17.2 Inferences About the Differences Between Two Population Means for Independent Samples.
17.2.1 Two-Sample t Test.
17.2.2 Mann-Whitney Test
17.3 Inferences About the Differences Between Two Population Means for Paired Samples.
17.3.1 Paired t Test.
17.3.2 Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test.
17.4 Inferences About the Differences Between Two Population Proportions.
17.4.1 Large-Sample Procedure.
18 Chi-Square Tests.
18.1 Overview.
18.2 A Goodness-of-Fit Test.
18.3 Contingency Tables.
18.4 Tests of Independence and Homogeneity.
18.4.1 Test of Independence.
18.4.2 Test of Homogeneity.
19 Analysis of Variance.
19.1 Overview.
19.2 The F Distribution.
19.3 One-Way Analysis of Variance.
19.3.1 Variance Between Groups.
19.3.2 Variance Within Groups.
19.3.3 Total Sum of Squares (SST).
19.3.4 Relationships within Sums of Squares and Degrees of Freedom.
19.3.5 Equal Sample Sizes.
19.3.6 Calculating the Value of the Test Statistic.
19.3.7 The One-Way ANOVA Table.
19.4 Pairwise Comparisons.
19.5 Multi-Factor Analysis of Variance.
19.5.1 Two-Way ANOVA
19.5.2 N-Way ANOVA.
19.6 What to Do When the Assumptions Are Unreasonable.
20 Linear and Multiple Regression.
20.1 Overview.
20.2 Simple Regression Model.
20.3 Linear Regression.
20.3.1 Simple Linear Regression.
20.3.2 Scatterplots.
20.3.3 Assumptions of the Regression Model.
20.3.4 Standard Deviation of Random Errors.
20.4 Coefficient of Determination and Correlation.
20.5 Multiple Regression.
20.5.1 Assumptions of the Multiple Regression Model.
20.5.2 Standard Deviation of Random Errors.
20.5.3 Coefficient of Multiple Determination.
20.6 Regression Analysis.
20.6.1 Testing for Overall Significance of Multiple Regression Model.
20.6.2 Inferences about a Single Regression Coefficient, Bi.
20.7 Using the Regression Model.
20.8 Residual Analysis.
20.9 Cautions in Using Regression.
20.9.1 Determining whether a Model is Good or Bad.
20.9.2 Outliers and Influential Observations.
20.9.3 Multicollinearity.
20.9.4 Extrapolation.
20.9.5 Causality.
21 Measurement Analysis.
21.1 Overview.
21.2 Introduction.
21.3 Measurement.
21.4 Measurement Error.
21.5 Accuracy and Precision.
21.6 Measurement System as a Process.
21.7 Categories of Measurement Error that Affect Location.
21.8 Categories of Measurement that Affect Spread.
21.9 Gage Accuracy and Precision.
21.10 Exploring Linearity Error.
21.11 Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R).
21.11.1 Variable Gage R&R.
21.11.2 Crossed Gage R&R.
21.11.3 Attribute Gage R&R.
21.12 ANOVA Method Versus X-R Method.
21.13 ANOVA/Variance Component Analysis.
21.14 Rules of Thumb.
21.15 Acceptability Criteria.
21.16 Chapter Review.
22 Design of Experiments.
22.1 Overview.
22.2 Introduction.
22.3 Design of Experiments (DOE)Definition.
22.4 Role of Experimental Design in Process Improvement.
22.5 Experiment Design Tools.
22.6 Principles of an Experimental Design.
22.7 Different Types of Experiments.
22.7.1 Main Effects.
22.8 Introduction to Factorial Designs.
22.9 Features of Factorial Designs-Orthogonality.
22.10 Full Factorial Designs.
22.11 Residual Analysis (22).
22.12 Modeling (22).
22.13 Multi-Factor Experiment.
22.14 Fractional Factorial Designs.
22.15 The ANOVA Table.
22.16 Normal Probability Plot of the Effects.
22.17 Main-Effects Plot.
22.18 Blocking Variable.
22.19 Statistical Significance.
22.20 Practical Significance.
22.21 Fundamentals of Residual Analysis.
22.22 Centerpoints.
22.23 Noise Factors.
22.24 Strategy of Good Experimentation.
22.25 Selecting the Variable Levels.
22.26 Selecting the Experimental Design.
22.27 Replication.
22.28 Analyzing the data (ANOVA).
22.29 Recommendations.
22.30 Achieving the Objective.
22.31 Chapter Summary.
22.32 Chapter Examples.
23 Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Simulation, and Optimization.
23.1 Overview.
23.2 Introduction.
23.3 Six Sigma as Stretch Target.
23.4 Producibility.
23.5 Statistical Tolerances.
23.6 Design Application.
23.7 Design Margin.
23.8 Design Qualification.
23.9 Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Principles.
23.9.1 DFSS Leverage in Product Design.
23.9.2 Importance of DFSS for Product Design.
23.10 Decision Power.
23.11 Experimentation.
23.12 Experiment Design.
23.13 Response Surface Designs.
23.14 Factorial Producibility.
23.15 Toolbox Overview.
23.16 Monte Carlo Simulations.
23.16.1 Monte Carlo Simulation Defined.
23.16.2 When Simulation is an Appropriate Tool.
23.16.3 Defining Distributions and Outputs in Crystal Ball.
23.17 Design for Six Sigma Project Selection Example.
23.18 Defining Simulation Inputs.
23.19 Defining Outputs and Running a Simulation.
23.19.1 Analyzing a Simulation.
23.20 Stochastic Optimization: Discovering the Best Portfolio with the Least Risk.
23.21 Conclusions.
24 Survey Methods and Sampling Techniques.
24.1 Overview.
24.2 Introduction.
24.3 The Sample Survey.
24.4 The Survey System.
24.5 Clear Goals.
24.6 Target Population and Sample Size.
24.7 Interviewing Method.
24.8 Response Rate, Respondents and Nonrespondents.
24.9 Survey Methods.
24.10 Sources of Information and Data.
24.11 Order of the Questions.
24.12 Pilot Testing the Questionnaire.
24.13 Biased Sample or Response Error.
24.14 Sampling-Random and Nonrandom Samples.
24.15 Population Distribution.
24.16 Sampling Distribution.
24.17 Sampling and Nonsampling Errors.
Appendix A Statistical Tables.
Table I Table of Binomial Probabilities.
Table II Standard Normal Distribution Table.
Table III The t Distribution Table.
Table IV Chi-Square Distribution Table.
Table V The F Distribution Table.
Table VI Critical Values for the Mann-Whitney Test.
Table VII Critical Values for the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test.
Table VIII Sigma Conversion Table.
Appendix B Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises.
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In today's age and time, technology holds the largest share of people's imagination. The times are gone when a mail took several days to reach its destination, and now it is just a matter of seconds. The world has become really small as it is completely surrounded by the web of technology. A man residing in North Pole is now as close to us as our neighbours. The evolution of Information Technology has made things that were considered impossible a reality. We believe that the future belongs to those who are driven by technology.
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Atomic Mass
"Atomic mass" is a term physicists use to describe the size (mass) of an atom of a specific type. Since the nucleus of an atom contains nearly all (more than 99%) of an atom's mass, "atomic mass" is more-or-less a description of the mass in the nucleus. The nucleus of an atom contains protons and (in most cases) neutrons. Protons and neutrons have nearly identical masses. "Atomic mass" is essentially a count of the number of neutrons plus the number of protons in the nucleus of a particular type of atom. For example, a simple hydrogen atom with just a single proton has an atomic mass of 1; a "normal" carbon atom with 6 neutrons and 6 protons has an atomic mass of 12.
Sometimes you may see atomic masses expressed as fractions, such as 15.9994 for oxygen. What gives? Surely there isn't a fraction of a proton or neutron hiding inside the oxygen atom's nucleus! The atomic mass for an element is expressed as the weighted average across all isotopes of that element, based on its abundance on Earth. For example, 92% of silicon in Earth's crust is the isotope 28Si, which has 14 protons plus 14 neutrons. However, 5% of silicon atoms have 15 neutrons and another 3% have 16 neutrons, giving them atomic masses of 29 and 30 respectively. The atomic mass of silicon is said to be, therefore, 28.086, when one factors in the masses and relative abundances of different isotopes of silicon.
The behavior of an atom depends more on its atomic number than on its atomic mass. All isotopes of nitrogen behave pretty much the same in chemical reactions, for example. That is because the chemical properties of an element are determined by the number of electrons in its atoms, and the number of electrons equals the number of protons in "normal", neutral atoms. Scientists use the letter "Z" to stand for atomic number and the letter "A" to stand for atomic mass.


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"When I grow up I'm going to live in Tokyo". With this declaration to his father, Peter Carey, Charley instigated their trip to Tokyo -- and inspired Carey's book about the trip, "Wrong About Japan".
Japan's triple crisis of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster was an exceptional and unprecedented event. So why didn't Japan respond in an exceptional and unprecedented way?
The rapid rise of Asia over the past half century has been one of the world's most successful stories of economic development. But can Asia continue the good work, and fully realize the potential of an Asian Century? Or will it trip over and stumble like Japan has done for the past two decades?
Over the past two decades, as Japan has gradually slipped down the OECD ladder in terms of GDP per capita, Korea has progressively climbed the same ladder. It's just a matter of time before Korea overtakes its neighbor.
How could this happen?
So what's wrong with Japan? It may all be summed up in the title, "The Japan That Can't Decide", of a new book by Kevin Maher. This work distills the wisdom of his 30 years' experience working for the US State Department, most recently as its Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs.
Every country has a sex industry. Japan's is unique by its size, cultural acceptance and links with the Japanese mafia. It is also unique by the scale of human trafficking for sexual exploitation which the government has never been sufficiently serious about tackling.


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Stem Drying Rack Accessory White Magenta
by Boon
Available for pre-order
Wish your Lawn or Grass countertop drying rack had a bit more room? Try a little flower power. Plant Stem in the middle and use it to hold small, just-washed parts while you free space below for drying bigger items.
- Holds bottle and small sippy cup parts.
- For use with grass and lawn countertop drying racks.
- Provides more space for drying larger items.
- BpA-free, Phthalate-free and PVC-free.
- Dimensions: 3.5" * 3.5" * 9.5".


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(Using SugarCube v2.12.1, working on a team IF project)
The stock Settings API dialog couldn't handle the amount of content settings we needed without it turning into an ugly beast. We instead built a nice, user-friendly menu with CSS in a story passage named Settings. This works great, with one exception: navigation.
We want to use the UIBar API to handle the Settings button, but we don't want the Settings API to manage the menu. Instead, when the user clicks the Settings button, we just want it to go to the passage exactly like a regular story link would, keeping the 'return' functionality intact.After toying with things, we figured out how to turn the settings button on without having Settings API objects, by bypassing the check:false?jQuery("#menu-item-settings").remove():Dialog.addClickHandler("#menu-item-settings a",null,UI.buildSettings).text(L10n.get("settingsTitle"))
However, actually putting in the detour is beyond our team's expertise. Can anyone suggest an approach?
Something like:
$('#menu-item-settings a').off('click').on('click', function (e) { Engine.play('some passage'); });
Will probably work, and won't require you to destroy and recreate the element.
Unfortunately, using .on('click' harms accessibility. The following would be better:
$('#menu-item-settings a').off().ariaClick(function (ev) { ev.preventDefault(); Engine.play('passage name'); });
That said, unless you've defined settings using the API, the menu item gets removed and doing so just to keep the menu item is silly. There's also the problem of where you're executing this code (if you place it where you should be, then it won't work as-is, so if it seems to be working you're probably doing something less than ideal; I'm referring to both versions, Chapel's and mine).
All in all, you're probably better off either adding your own entry to the core menu or simply using the StoryMenu special passage.
For the reasons outlined in my comment on Chapel's answer, I'd suggest something like the following if you want the menu item within the core menu: (goes in your Story JavaScript)
$(document).one(':passageinit', function (ev) { var $link = jQuery(document.createElement('a')); $link .attr('tabindex', 0) .text(L10n.get('settingsTitle')) .ariaClick(function (ev) { ev.preventDefault(); Engine.play('PASSAGE NAME'); }); jQuery(document.createElement('li')) .attr('id', 'menu-item-settings') .append($link) .insertBefore('#menu-item-restart'); });


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Royals' 4-run 4th dooms Twins
Published 11:38 pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Moustakas homered twice and drove in four runs to back another strong start from Ervin Santana, and the surging Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 Tuesday night.
Santana (7-6) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out eight in seven innings and Eric Hosmer had three hits and an RBI for the Royals, who have won seven in a row and nine of 11 coming out of the All-Star break. At 52-51, they are over .500 for the first time since May 18.
Mike Pelfrey (4-9) gave up four runs on eight hits with four strikeouts in four innings for the Twins. Joe Mauer had two hits and an RBI after missing the last week for the birth of his twin girls.
Santana retired the last 10 batters he faced, striking out five of them. Miguel Tejada added two hits and an RBI.
Mauer returned to the lineup after missing six games on paternity leave, and he promptly ripped a single to left field on the first pitch he saw from Santana for a 1-0 lead.
The Royals were having difficulty squaring the ball up against Pelfrey in the early going, with Miguel Tejada picking up two bloop singles, the last a dribbler up the middle that got Kansas City on the board in the third. Moustakas followed with a long, three-run homer to one of the deepest parts of Target Field in right-center.
Moustakas drove a pitch from Brian Duensing over the wall in right field in the eighth for his second career multi-homer game.
The specter of the non-waiver trade deadline on Wednesday afternoon was hanging over both teams as they opened the series. The Twins are mired in their third straight losing season, a miserable, lifeless year in which they've shown few signs of being competitive in an AL Central division that could be the worst in baseball.
Longtime cornerstone Justin Morneau has heard his name raised in trade rumors, as have several of the team's accomplished relievers, including setup man Jared Burton and left-hander Duensing. General manager Terry Ryan said before the game that it was no secret the team was in sell mode, but he said he couldn't make a prediction of whether a deal would get done before the deadline at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Santana took the mound with his name bandied about as a possible trade candidate as well. That he was allowed to pitch against the Twins could be a strong indication that he's unlikely to change teams. While the White Sox pulled Jake Peavy from his scheduled start against the Indians on Tuesday night amid trade speculation, Santana took the mound and shut down the Twins.
NOTES: Moustakas' first career multi-homer game was on June 24, 2012, against St. Louis. … Royals 2B Chris Getz (left knee) and CF Lorenzo Cain (groin) were given the day off to rest nagging injuries. Both are day to day. … Twins 2B Brian Dozier had an MRI on a sore knee, but Ryan said the exam came back clean. He was held out of the game for precautionary reasons. … The Twins send RHP Kevin Correia (7-7, 4.56) to the mound for Game 2 on Wednesday night to face Royals RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-7, 4.27).


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Tipped to be London's theatrical event of 2018, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I comes to London's iconic Palladium in Spring 2018.
Starring the original Broadway stars; reprising her Tony Award-winning performance, Kelli O'Hara and Tony and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe. Fresh from London's critical smash hit production of Oslo, director Bartlett Sher reunites the original creative team of Catherine Zuber (Tony Award winner for Best Costume), set designer Michael Yeargan, lighting designer Donald Holder, sound designer Scott Lehrer and choreography by Christopher Gattelli based on the original choreography by Jerome Robbins.
Set in 1860's Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
With a superior score of treasured songs including; Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You, and Shall We Dance, and featuring a company of over 50 world-class performers, The King and I is a testament to the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical theatre
The King And I
London Palladium
21st June to 29th September 2018
Running Time: 2 hours 55 minutes


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The Return of the Blue Blood Series Book 1
by Stacy Eaton
Genre: Paranormal Romance
It's been forty years since the gang was together in Blue Bloods Final Destiny, and many things have changed. Lives have been lost, mates are different, and the breed is on the verge of war. This war isn't just between the two factions within the vampire race, but now includes the humans who have learned of their existence.
With the Mistress, Kristin, at the helm, the tension is growing, and the elders are pushing for a change. The U.S. government wants information on the breed, and Joseph Portage, Kristin's enemy, is lurking in the shadows.
Hugh McMurphy heads a human task force that is determined to get the vampire race under control and learn what they can do. When Kristin and Hugh find themselves pulled toward one another, the only option is to make Hugh her human consort.
It's not until she tastes his blood that she realizes Hugh is more than originally thought, and with Portage's men wreaking havoc on the town, she realizes that something drastic needs to happen.
Can Kristin and the new gang figure things out before a major transition occurs, or will Kristin and her sister get blindsided by the taste of blood?
Kristin, book 1 of The Blue Blood Returns is an adult paranormal romance with sexual situations, violence, language, and does contain a cliffhanger that leads right into the second book, Hugh.
While this is a new series, it does spin off of the My Blood Runs Blue Series.
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Hugh, Blue Blood Compelled
The Return of the Blue Blood Series Book 2
Take a short trip back in time to find out how Hugh got involved with his special task force and then learned about the hidden society before he was summoned to meet with Joseph Portage and began a new mission.
Kristin knows that there is more going on than meets the eye with Hugh. Now she not only has to deal with the issues of the breed, but also the secrets of her new and powerful mate. A warning from an old friend not taken seriously will put Kristin in a tailspin as the past and present converge in the flash of the strobes and the thump of the base.
With the rest of the VMF gang working to find Portage and protecting Kristin, there are ups and downs for all of them, but Josh is hell-bent on figuring out what Hugh's secret is.
Portage has his way in now, but that is only step one of his plan to control Kristin and take over the breed. While Zander continues to get frustrated with the dreams and his father, he finally decides to take off on his own and figure things out. It's not until he arrives in Philadelphia that he will start to find answers—but they will change everything.
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The Entire My Blood Runs Blue Series, Book 1-5
While The Blue Blood Returns is a new series set in the future, it does spin off of the My Blood Runs Blue Series.
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Rand Paul on Tax ReformRepublican Kentucky Senator | |
Sen. Rand PAUL: He's talking about giving people money they didn't pay. It's a welfare transfer payment. Is it conservative to have $1 trillion in transfer payments--a new welfare program that's a refundable tax credit?
RUBIO: First of all, this is their money. They do pay. It is refundable, not just against the taxes they pay on their federal income tax, but also it's refundable against the payroll tax. Everyone pays payroll tax. This is their money. This is not our money. And here's what I don't understand--if you invest that money in a piece of equipment, if you invest that money in a business, you get to write it off your taxes. But if you invest it in your children, in the future of America and strengthening your family, we're not going to recognize that in our tax code? The family is the most important institution in society.
PAUL: Nevertheless, it's not very conservative, Marco.
PAUL: We have to look at everything across the board and all of government needs to be smaller. I have put forward three five-year plans that balance the budget over five years, including significant tax cuts. If you want a Republican that's going to keep government the same size by having revenue neutral tax and not really cutting tax, I'm not the guy. The Tax Foundation said that my plan would create millions of jobs and that mine is the most pro-growth tax plan ever presented. [My tax plan] helps the poor and the working class because my tax plan gets rid of the payroll tax. Social Security will be paid for by businesses and not by individuals, so a guy making $40,000 a year will get $2,000 more in their check every year.
PAUL: Income inequality is due to some people working harder and selling more things. If people voluntarily buy more of your stuff, you'll have more money. And it is a fallacious notion to say that rich people get more money back in a tax cut. If you cut taxes by 10%, 10% of $1 million is more than 10% of $1,000 so obviously people who paid more in taxes will get more back.
The tax reform plan will include a 17% flat tax for individuals and businesses, making it the most competitive in the world. This would bring more businesses back to America, and leave more money in the hands of hard working Americans. The tax reform plan would also provide low and middle-income workers with an exemption from the Social Security payroll tax.
The flat tax would also eliminate every form of unfair, double taxation in the United States, including the capital gains, dividend, estate, gift, and interest tax.
My EZ Tax plan encourages our businesses to be competitive in the global economy with lower rates, while also leaving more money in the hands of the hardworking middle class.
It should include a government that protects your rights and your security. It should include a stronger, better and more agile military. It's time for a new way. A new set of ideas. A new leader: One you can trust--one who works for you.
Economic growth will come when we lower taxes for everyone, especially people who own businesses and create jobs.
Only through lower taxes, less regulation and more freedom will the economy begin to grow again. Our party is the party of growth, jobs and prosperity, and we will boldly lead on these issues.
I will not vote for a tax increase. I will not vote for earmarks. I will not vote for an unbalanced budget.
Taxpayers are sick and tired of being the scapegoat for irresponsible spending by politicians. As the budget deficit mushroom, it's Joe Taxpayer who gets stuck with the bill. Politicians campaign "Read my lips, no new taxes," but reading between lips, we find that the politicians really meant "Yes, new taxes, many new taxes.""
My distaste for the big government promoted by both parties--"read my lips, no new taxes" was George H.W. Bush's broken promise--has never wavered.
PAUL: First of all, you look at whose money is it. It's the people's money who earned the money. And we give up some to pay taxes. So I'm not seeing it as a cost to government. But I will immediately introduce bills to reduce spending so I think we should offset it.
Q: There's no way you're going to get $4 trillion by spending cuts.
PAUL: I will introduce legislation that will balance the budget. We will have a balanced budget amendment introduced if I'm elected. But about the Bush tax cuts--businesses have made calculations on these for 5 or 10 years. Business needs predictability. If you take away these Bush tax cuts, if you allow Obama to have the largest tax increase in our history, it will be a disaster for the economy.
Politicians often run for office saying they won't raise taxes, but then quickly turn their backs on the taxpayer. The idea of the Pledge is simple enough: Make them put their no-new-taxes rhetoric in writing.
In the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, candidates and incumbents solemnly bind themselves to oppose any and all tax increases. While ATR has the role of promoting and monitoring the Pledge, the Taxpayer Protection Pledge is actually made to a candidate's constituents, who are entitled to know where candidates stand before sending them to the capitol. Since the Pledge is a prerequisite for many voters, it is considered binding as long as an individual holds the office for which he or she signed the Pledge.
Since its rollout with the endorsement of President Reagan in 1986, the pledge has become de rigeur for Republicans seeking office, and is a necessity for Democrats running in Republican districts.
The Christian Coalition voter guide [is] one of the most powerful tools Christians have ever had to impact our society during elections. This simple tool has helped educate tens of millions of citizens across this nation as to where candidates for public office stand on key faith and family issues.
The Contract from America, clause 4. Enact Fundamental Tax Reform:
Adopt a simple and fair single-rate tax system by scrapping the internal revenue code and replacing it with one that is no longer than 4,543 words--the length of the original Constitution.
The Contract from America, clause 10. Stop the Tax Hikes:
Permanently repeal all tax hikes, including those to the income, capital gains, and death taxes, currently scheduled to begin in 2011.
[The ATR, Americans for Tax Reform, run by conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist, ask legislators to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in each election cycle. Their self-description:]
In the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, candidates and incumbents solemnly bind themselves to oppose any and all tax increases. Since its rollout in 1986, the pledge has become de rigeur for Republicans seeking office, and is a necessity for Democrats running in Republican districts. Today the Taxpayer Protection Pledge is offered to every candidate for state office and to all incumbents. More than 1,100 state officeholders, from state representative to governor, have signed the Pledge.
The Taxpayer Protection Pledge: "I pledge to the taxpayers of my district and to the American people that I will: ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and business; and TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."
Opponents' Opinion (from wikipedia.com):In Nov. 2011, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) claimed that Congressional Republicans "are being led like puppets by Grover Norquist. They're giving speeches that we should compromise on our deficit, but never do they compromise on Grover Norquist. He is their leader." Since Norquist's pledge binds signatories to opposing deficit reduction agreements that include any element of increased tax revenue, some Republican deficit hawks now retired from office have stated that Norquist has become an obstacle to deficit reduction. Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, has been particularly critical, describing Norquist's position as "no taxes, under any situation, even if your country goes to hell."


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Product Category | Kitchen Organiser |
Product Name | Cutlery & Napkin Cover |
Craft/Technique | Hand Block Print |
Primary Colour | Off-white |
Secondary Colour | Green |
Fabric | Cotton |
Dimension (L x W) | 8 x 14 Inch |
Compartments | 2Compartments: 1 For Napkin & 1 For Cutlery |
Weight | 50 GM |
Care Instructions | Hand/ Machine Wash with Cold Water with Mild Soap |
Availability | Ready to Dispatch |
Number of Items in Pack | 01 |
Country of Origin | INDIA |
Manufacturer & Packer Details |
CFAC Design, Dharang, Andheri West, Mumbai- 400053, Maharashtra, India |
Month & Year Of Manufacture | June, 2024 |
Disclaimer | The actual color of the product may vary slightly due to factors such as lighting during photography or variations in screen display settings |
Customer Care Details | • Mobile: +91 77100 38394 • Email: firstname.lastname@example.com |
Mijhoindia SKU | MI-OWG1CNC-DHG |
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One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material.
"He told me that I'd get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, 'Are you serious?' I thought, 'Hmm. Everyone should have that.'"
Tefere, the executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, has been a proud union member for most of his life, valuing the freedom of people to come together in union.
This freedom is sacred to Tefere, considering what he had to live through to achieve it. And he won't let anyone, especially not Donald Trump, try to take that away from him.
Born in Gondar, Ethiopia, Tefere came to the United States in the 1980s as a young teenager having survived a brutal military regime that killed thousands of people, even children.
Watch the video and gain his perspective on what it is to be an American.


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Press Ganey to Offer Cleveland Clinic H.E.A.R.T.® Program
Exclusive collaboration provides Press Ganey clients access to Cleveland Clinic's foundational communication model
BOSTON–OCT 03, 2016–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Press Ganey Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PGND) is collaborating with Cleveland Clinic to distribute and implement its "Communicate with H.E.A.R.T." program to hospitals looking to improve their patient experience. The program, created and launched at Cleveland Clinic in 2010, has played a significant role in the improvement of organizational culture and reinforcing empathy as a core component of the patient experience. This offering will further expand Press Ganey's suite of performance improvement solutions that help health care organizations improve the overall safety, quality and experience of care.
The Communicate with H.E.A.R.T. program has five foundational components:
- Hear the concern
- Empathize with the way the person is feeling
- Apologize for the experience the person is having
- Respond with action to the problem
- Thank the person for giving you an opportunity to make things right.
"The H.E.A.R.T. program complements our Compassionate Connected Care® model as we partner with health care providers to reduce patient and caregiver suffering," said Patrick T. Ryan, CEO, Press Ganey. "We are proud to collaborate with Cleveland Clinic to offer leading and innovative programs that advance patient-centered care through engagement, safety and quality initiatives."
Communicate with H.E.A.R.T. was developed in Cleveland Clinic's Office of Patient Experience in 2010, and is the foundational communication model of the organization. Patients and frontline caregivers helped drive the development of the program as a way to teach employees to effectively and empathetically address both patients' and colleagues' concerns and questions. The program includes a training model for practical approaches to effective communication such as how to start interactions and how to offer service recovery. It also involves interactive training based on actual experiences and conversations of frontline staff and employees in healthcare.
"We have learned that isolated tactics in patient experience have limited success. What we all want is to create a culture of empathy and relationships that matter to those we serve," said Adrienne Boissy, M.D., Chief Experience Officer of Cleveland Clinic. "The added benefit of H.E.A.R.T. is it addresses the opportunity to enhance how we also better care for each other – something our service excellence program has built in. We're delighted that we can share the work with a broader audience through the relationship with Press Ganey and are well aligned in the commitment to reduce suffering for all."
At Cleveland Clinic, the Communicate with H.E.A.R.T. program has benefited both employees and patients. Since implementing this program and others, the healthcare organization has increased employee engagement and key HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) metrics while reducing ombudsman complaints. The program is customizable, allowing for a local culture approach.
For more information on Cleveland Clinic's Office of Patient Experience, visit the website.
About Press Ganey
Press Ganey Holdings (NYSE: PGND) is a leading provider of patient experience measurement, performance analytics and strategic advisory solutions for health care organizations across the continuum of care. With over 30 years of experience, Press Ganey is recognized as a pioneer and thought leader in patient experience measurement and performance improvement solutions. Our mission is to help health care organizations reduce patient suffering and improve clinical quality, safety and the patient experience. As of January 1, 2016, Press Ganey served more than 26,000 health care facilities.
About Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, it was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. Cleveland Clinic has pioneered many medical breakthroughs, including coronary artery bypass surgery and the first face transplant in the United States. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation's best hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey. More than 3,000 full-time salaried physicians and researchers and 11,000 nurses represent 120 medical specialties and subspecialties. The Cleveland Clinic health system includes a main campus near downtown Cleveland, eight community hospitals, more than 75 Northern Ohio outpatient locations, including 16 full-service Family Health Centers, Cleveland Clinic Florida, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Cleveland Clinic Canada, and, scheduled to begin seeing patients in 2015, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. In 2013, there were 5.5 million outpatient visits throughout the Cleveland Clinic health system and 157,000 hospital admissions. Patients came for treatment from every state and from more than 130 countries. Visit us at www.clevelandclinic.org. Follow us at www.twitter.com/ClevelandClinic.
Source: Press Ganey


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I usually don't start things off by talking about a game's music, but Jesper Kyd's soundtrack isn't just a runner up in the best video game soundtracks of the year category—it's officially become one of my favorite scores of all time. It's epic, catchy, beautiful, and at times, even a little haunting. Kyd did a wonderful job of translating the action that goes on on-screen to the soundtrack, which flows between in your face climaxes and a more ambient backdrop. It is, in a word, incredible.
For the uninitiated, Darksiders II takes place after the events in the original, where Death has decided to take it upon himself to save his brother, War, from the dire consequences of everyone thinking he initiated the apocalypse. Death knows this isn't the case, so his sole mission throughout the game—or, at least, when you aren't working on one of the game's many side quests—is to find his brother a little much needed redemption.
The two games share some similarities, though much has changed since the good old days when we were all unleashing demonic asswhoopings as War two years ago. The art style hasn't changed much, though everything in Darksiders II is of a decidedly grander scale. The combat has been tweaked, but remains much like how it played out in the first game, and the mix of intense arena fights and puzzle-solving has made it into the sequel as well.
However, whereas the first game was an action game with puzzles, this is more of a puzzle game with action. Practically every room or dungeon in the game has a puzzle for you to solve. This doesn't mean you won't be fighting as often, because believe me, there is a lot of fighting in this game, but the puzzles have a more pivotal role in what you'll be doing. For the most part, this is a good thing, because a majority of the puzzles are clever and will probably give you a noticeable feeling of self-satisfaction after completing them. I did however, run into a few puzzles that were frustrating to figure out only because my new abilities hadn't been fully explained to me.
One of the biggest changes to Darksiders II is the larger effort developer Vigil Games has invested into making it more of an open-world action RPG. What this means is you'll be exploring a lot more freely now, as you're no longer constrained by the more linear gameplay, such as go from point A to point B and kill every creature in-between that's unfortunate enough to get in your way. You can fast travel between the areas you've explored, plunder dungeons for loot and special bosses, complete side quests, search for hidden collectibles, and much more. Darksiders certainly wasn't lacking in the content department, and its sequel successfully manages to eclipse that with its meaty main campaign (roughly 20 hours total) and a slew of side quests.
There is an impressive amount of variety in this game. Everything from the enemies you pummel to the environments you explore bring with them an incredible attention to detail that makes the game more enjoyable because it never really gets old. Just when you're on the verge of getting bored with the enemies or environments of one area, you're thrown into an entirely new world that looks dramatically different and is inhabited by totally different enemies.
I wasn't sold when I first heard about the inclusion of loot in Darksiders II. Loot is a difficult thing to master on your first go, and the idea of not having a very distinct and finely tuned arsenal of weapons had me more than a little worried. These worries were washed away a few hours into the game when I realized just how insanely fun it is to beat down demons and angels alike with my massive arsenal of weapons. I had axes, glaives, scythes, and gauntlets, and each one played differently from the next. That's just the weapons; you can also deck Death out in a myriad of armor pieces and talismans, and you'll find new gear fairly regularly so Death's look never gets old.
One of the coolest weapon types are the possessed weapons, which are rare and extremely powerful drops that can be improved by sacrificing other gear and weapons from your inventory. Once you've satiated the possessed weapon's appetite you can upgrade it, increasing its base stats and adding a new special trait.
Like many open-world games of this scale, you're bound to run into a few glitches. Unfortunately, a majority of the ones that plagued my time with the game were pretty serious. I fell out of the game world twice and a cut-scene didn't initiate when it should have. This would've been a game breaking issue had I not gone online and seen other players who had run into the same issue and found a way around it. None of the bugs I came across required more than a checkpoint restart, but it's still something you should be wary of going in.
Darksiders II does what every great sequel should do; it takes everything its predecessor did well and improves upon it, while adding a ton of new features and content. Death's adventure is just as perilous as War's was, and it's also substantially more engrossing. I can only hope the series continues to evolve, perhaps by adding four-player co-op into the inevitable Darksiders III so we can finally have the chance to play with our friends as the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Darksiders managed to surprise me, and a good portion of the gaming community, when it released in 2010 and ended up being pretty fantastic. It's unique art style paired with a fusion of The Legend of Zelda and God of War, and a more mature you versus the legions of hell plot stunned a lot of gamers. It borrowed heavily from several other games, but at the same time the game managed to successfully weave those elements into its unique fiction. Plus, there just aren't enough games that let you jump into the massive boots of one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Playing as War was good fun, but arguably the most interesting of the four brothers is Death. Thankfully, Darksiders II places us firmly in his boots, and my oh my is it a glorious ride.
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When I was in university, my favourite drink was the Snake Bite Black. It is a mixture of beer, cider and cranberry juice. I was told that the cider that they use is Strongbow cider.
This is me and my former classmate Cindy holding a pint of Snake Bite Black each..
This is Alan after few pints. GAHAHAH
Good old days!
My girlfriend is also a big fan of cider when she was studying in the UK.
However, when we were back in KL, we totally forgot about cider until we recently learned that Strongbow is available at our local pub, Boathouse!
We made a trip down to Boathouse on a Thursday night and ordered a pint of it.
A tall chilly pint of sweet apple cider mmmm.
Straight from the tap!
A sip of it immediately brought many memories. Especially the one during my birthday back in 2001. I had 4 pints of Snake Bite Black at my hall together with my classmates and this happened..
Those drinking snakebites or cider must control intake as drinking them quickly can result to being drunk and belligerent XD
Other than being a watering hole, Boathouse is also well known for its tasty pub food. I had this awesome Bangers and Mash.
If you're wondering how Strongbow taste like, it's like mildly sweet carbonated apple juice. It is made of fermented juices of apples. It is currently the best selling apple cider in the world and is currently imported from UK to Malaysia by GAB.
Gulp gulp gulp..
Other than Boathouse, Strongbow is now widely available in many other pubs such as Finnegan's (Bangsar, Hartamas, Changkat BB, Mid Valley), Laundry Bar, Sid's Pub, WIP and The Magnificent Fish & Chips Bar.


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Rockport Business Directory
(This directory lists Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce members only. Want your business listed? Join the Chamber today!)
(To view Rockport businesses only, please make sure that Rockport is the selected location in the dropdown list. )
Building Center
Contractors / Building SuppliesInterior Design / Kitchen & Bath
About Us
A damp fog hangs over the harbor, gulls caw out of the mist at waterfront laborers below as the Building Center of Gloucester opens its doors for another day's business. Gloucester, Mass. A community that has grown out of the sea rather than down to the water's edge is more a sub-culture than a city… more a way of life than a trading area.
So to, is The Building Center more than a business.
It was born out of a raging gasoline barge fire at the turn of the century when a heroic tugboat captain, "Cap" Heberle, towed the vessel inside the breakwater and extinguished the flames under constant threat of explosion to claim the $10,000 salvage money. I was this stake that allowed him to purchase a bankrupt coal company on the waterfront.
The hardware and lumber shopping center of today grew out of this coal business under his able captaincy and later, that of his son Charles Heberle Jr.
The building center does more than serve the hardware and building materials needs of the city. From its epic birth out of fire and sea to its waterfront location at One Harbor Loop, it is an integral part of the unique living entity that is Gloucester itself.
In 110 years of operation, The Building Center has done what hardware stores and home centers throughout the country seem to do so often. It has become a part of the community rather than merely a business within it. Marketing people refer to it as "grass roots distribution" and it is one of the qualities that makes the retail hardware industry endure.
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Prior to yesterday primary election, many predicted that Californians wouldn't be breaking through doorways filled with excitement to vote. More to the point, many political experts, county registrars and policy analysts said a new record would be set – a record low in terms of voter turnout.
So, was voter turnout low and was a new records set?
Both questions can be answered by this one simple statement: The 2014 California Primary Election will go down as the worst ever in terms of voter turnout.
NBC Bay Area talked with the Secretary of State's office who said that preliminary numbers showed a little over 18 percent of registered voters actually participated in Tuesday's primary.
This chart shows what turnout looked like in statewide primaries since 1990.
Compared to previous statewide primaries in California, the next lowest voter participation rate was 28% in 2008 election.


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From a frail, tiny being in a humidicrib to a squishy ball all legs a-kicking.
He's a little pork dumpling of joy. In fact, Goosey is often worried that if we take him to the dumpling restaurant he will be mistaken for one.
He giggles and smiles with delight at most things. Will drop his lip at strangers. His eyes light up when he sees his Dad and his sisters. His legs kick furiously with excitement, busting to get out there and on with life.
He's laid-back and calm, but has a cheeky glint is his eye.
He had his jabs yesterday and looked like Bruce Banner just before he turns into the Incredible Hulk.
He's having his first taste of solids today.
I can't imagine life without him. And despite his night time shenanigans he's pure, 100% joy.
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Development Cooperation Handbook/Cooperation and Communication/The relational content of communication/the social games
The varieties of social games In order to understand all the implications of the difference between didactical communication and advertisement we have to keep in mind the two levels upon which human beings interact. In each social game, there is some solidarity and some competition. A mixture of the two is required to keep any group socially alive. But the rules of competition are different from the rules of solidarity. In order to understand it, we need to look at the game theory and understand the difference between the zero-sum game and the positive-sum games.
The zero sum game
editFor instance football. For every goal I score, I subtract one goal from the other team. If I make a 3-0 score, it's equivalent to our team making 0 and the other –3. Every point that I make is a point taken from the others. So, the zero sum game implies that whatever I gain is taken from the other's asset and vice versa. Another example could be of the price of a house on sale. Let's say that you are selling and I'm buying the house. Let's assume that the original price of the house is $50,000. If I'm able to buy the house for $49,000, I gain $1000 and you lose $1000 and vice versa. Discussion about the price is a zero-sum game. A war between two countries too is a zero sum game. The more of your soldiers I kill, the more I gain and the more effective is my destruction. If the destruction made by both sides is equal, it's a zero sum. If I have destroyed more than the other side, I gain and it is no longer a zero sum game. So long as I lose what you earn or vice versa, it's a zero sum.
The positive sum game
editIt implies that we both gain or we both lose. If two countries do project/programme purpose, there's a possibility that both benefit out of it. Even in the example of the house, the discussion of the price is a zero sum game but both buying and selling is a positive sum game. Why? Because you are finally more interested in the money I'm giving than in the house you're selling and I'm more interested in the purchase I'm making than in the money I'm giving. So both have profited and so in the overall, it's a positive sum game. In a team, for instance, it's a positive sum game because if we win, we all gain. If we work together in such a way as to win, we all benefit from it. Within the team, it's a positive game. In many levels, both these games work simultaneously. Like in a husband- wife relationship. There are some situations in which it is a zero sum but on the overall it's a positive sum game- either both lose or both win. So in each relationship, there's solidarity as well as competition. This is also present in a producer- action sponsor/beneficiary relationship- the zero sum game being the money to be paid and the work to be got out of it and the positive sum game is in the fact that both want a good product that finally has a good follow-up. Since we have a common purpose, we will find the right price for producing the product. Another relationship is that of the owner with the managers, where, in a training initiative, the incompetent managers can be fired and so lose while owners gain. On the other hand, increase in the productivity of the organization would benefit everybody and this would be a positive sum game.
Development cooperation is done at its best when the partners have a common interest at stake, when they all are going to benefit from the development process and when they are together analyzing the problems, setting the objectives and are working together to produce the expected changes. This requires a healthy communication climate where the interests of all partners are integrated so as to achieve a positive-sum relation.
See also
edit Issue 8 ⇒ How to design and manage successful cooperation programmes?
⇒ Defining Cooperation
⇒ The participatory approach
On Wikipedia ⇒ Game Theory


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Analytics Content Grouping can be very useful to see how a range of products is doing in the market in a quick and intuitive way and also allows for some interesting insights that are hard to get to in any other ways.
In the past I have relied on manual tagging of pages, but over time as new pages are added, this manual tagging drifts and the 'not set' category increases. As a way to automatically group pages a great way would be to use WordPress categories and group based on category names.
Before I go any further I should add that most of the pages I want to group are product pages and all of them are in multiple categories. For example a product might be in a categories for products, industrial, steel and more. This method is based on picking out a few of those categories only as groups. In this case Industrial is the group I want to add this to. If you have pages with 1 category only, there are other methods that are even more automated (see below).
I should add that this method is loosely based on the article of https://www.highposition.com/blog/how-to-send-author-content-groups-wordpress-google-analytics/ and I will follow the same steps that they take you through: –
Step 1 – Configuring Content Groups
Log into your analytics account and click on the Admin link in the top menu bar. Select the account and property you want and in the View section on the left, you should see Content Grouping: –
We then need to create a new Content Group
Click the "Create New Content Grouping" button at the top.
Add in the title of your Group, in our case "Categories".. but you can call it anything you wish.
Just below the title is where you select the tracking method you wish to use, we will be tracking via the GA javascript code, so click the first option, "Group By Tracking Code", you don't need to change anything on this screen, just press "Done" at the bottom.
Now do the same process again for any others you want to add to a maximum of 5, but when clicking the tracking code implementation option, make sure you change the "Index Number" option, so they are unique.
Step 2 – Modifying the Analytics Tracking Code
This article assumes that you are using the universal analytics code that Google has been pushing for some time. The code you have running on your site should therefore look something like this: –
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-X', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
We want to change it to add an extra line as shown below (in this case to add the category name, which is industrial to contentGroup4, which is the one I set up in the step above: –
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-X', 'auto');
ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial');
ga('send', 'pageview');
Find this code in your site. In theory it should be in the head section, but I load mine in the footer just in case Google is slow (which is quite often). You will often find this code in either the theme settings, a wordpress plugin or in the footer.php or header.php of the theme you are using. The code should look exactly as the top example above, so, after backing up, make a space between the ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-X', 'auto'); and ga('send', 'pageview'); lines to type in your new code to add the content groups.
The code I am using assumes that you know the groups you want to track, you have a page in multiple categories (see below if you have 1 category) and you don't have many groups (as each one needs a line of code).
if(in_category('19')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial');\n";}
elseif(in_category('16')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial2');\n";}
elseif(in_category('18')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial3');\n";}
elseif(in_category('11')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial4');\n";}
So this is very simple, each line checks to see if the page is in a particular category and if it is adds the analytics code to tag to page. In more detail:
if(in_category('19')) – Checks to see if the page is in category 19. You can get the category number easily by going to the category page in WordPress (under Posts), finding the particular category you want, then hovering your mouse over the top. In most browsers you will see the url of the link you would go to if you clicked. In that url you will see "tag_ID=19" in this case, but the number is the number you need to enter here.
{echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial');\n";} – This bit is just the code from analytics, but I have manually written in the category name. In this case Industrial. You could do this in code, but if I am setting the category ID for an individual line, you might as well just add it in manually. \n gives you the line break.
If you add that in to your analytics code it should look like the below: –
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-X', 'auto');
if(in_category('19')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial');\n";}
elseif(in_category('16')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial2');\n";}
elseif(in_category('18')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial3');\n";}
elseif(in_category('11')){echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', 'Industrial4');\n";}
ga('send', 'pageview');
Once you load up a page this should then be tagged appropriately with the categories you have set.
Step 3 – Viewing Your Data
Once this new data has begun flowing in to your GA account, head over to your All Pages Report…. Behaviour -> Site Content -> All Pages
You will see a new option appear at the top of the report asking which content group you would like to see your pages grouped by. You should now see your groups in there. Select the group you want and it will show you pages together with useful on-site behavioural metrics. This can be very useful to see how certain sections or product ranges are performing against site stats over time.
Another interesting way to display this information is in a Dashboard. I particularly like to use the map view on the dashboard so I can see how particular groups are performing in different parts of the country or the world: –
If you have Single Category for Each Page
If each of your pages only has a single category, and you have a much larger range of categories. You may want to use this code instead as it automatically fetches the 1st category the post is in. Note that this is for Universal Analytics and also creates a group for the first tag. If you don't want the tag group, just delete that section: –
<?php if (is_single()){
while(have_posts() ) : the_post();
$category = get_the_category();
if ($category && !empty($category[0]->cat_name)){
echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', '".$category[0]->cat_name."');\n";
$tag = get_the_tag();
if ($tag && !empty($tag[0]->tag_name)){
echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup5', '".$tag[0]->tag_name."');\n";
endwhile; // end of the loop.
<?php if (is_single()){
while(have_posts() ) : the_post();
endwhile; // end of the loop.
This section just makes sure that the page includes a single post only.
$category = get_the_category();
This section creates a group (array) of categories.
if ($category && !empty($category[0]->cat_name)){
This makes sure there is a category assigned and if there is applies the category name rather than the ID number or slug.
echo "ga('set', 'contentGroup4', '".$category[0]->cat_name."');\n";
This is the section that actually writes the line into the page html (echo). In this case the start of that is all just text from Google analytics. Change contentGroup5 to whatever content group you have set in the Analytics admin panel. The options are basically contentGroup1 to contentGroup5. The next bit '".$category[0]->cat_name."' is really the crucial bit that pulls in the category name. This will be the first category on the list you see in the pages, All pages list in WordPress.


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A dog tag a Massachusetts man lost as he stormed ashore at Anzio during the Allied invasion of Italy in 1944 has finally been returned, 70 years later.
World War II Army veteran Alfred Cabral received the weathered scrap of copper-nickel alloy during an emotional ceremony at a Worcester nursing home last weekend.
The now 88-year-old Cabral quivered and tears rose in his eyes as he received the identification tag.
An Italian man walking on a beach near Anzio found Cabral's tag late last year. The man turned it over to a nearby cemetery where thousands of American GIs are buried.
The Telegram & Gazetteof Worcester reports that the then 18-year-old Cabral enlisted just days after his high school graduation. He returned home with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
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