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The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global
history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan
Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep
roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking,
sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity-through
centuries of border warfare and dangerous industry. He explains
what we can learn about Northumbria's people from its landscape and
architecture, and revisits the Northumbrian Enlightenment that gave
the world the locomotive and the lightbulb. This story reaches
right to the present day, as this extraordinary region finds itself
caught between an indifferent south and an increasingly confident
Scotland. From the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham
to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history reveals a part of
England with an uncertain future, but whose people remain as
remarkable as ever.
Statistics for Quality Control is a basic level study of statistics
used in a production operations setting. It is primarily intended
for students entering quality control or other industrial and
operations careers. It covers introductory topics such as a brief
background, measurements, and graphing techniques. It then moves on
to the beginning statistics necessary to understand these practices
commonly found in industry and ends with coverage of quality
assurance issues along with some pertinent managerial practices
associated with this topic.Daniel Jackson is an Associate Professor
of Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences at Western Kentucky
University. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research
experience in manufacturing operations and design, quality
assurance and control, six sigma, lean concepts, and graduate
courses. He works extensively with students by teaching, advising,
and directing their career interests. He has traveled throughout
the world teaching and conducting research. Preface. The Industrial
Age. CH 1- Numbers, Measurements & Scales. CH 2- Sampling &
Organization of Data. CH 3- Basic Statistics for Discrete
Distributions. CH 4- Statistics for Continuous Distributions. CH 5-
Statistical Process Control for Attributes. CH 6- Process Control
for Variables. CH 7- Control Chart Analysis. CH 8- Acceptance
Sampling. CH 9- Inferential Applications. CH 10- Additional Uses of
Statistics in Industry. CH 11- Quality Management. Appendices.
The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global
history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan
Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep
roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking,
sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity-through
centuries of border warfare and dangerous industry. He explains
what we can learn about Northumbria's people from its landscape and
architecture, and revisits the Northumbrian Enlightenment that gave
the world the locomotive and the lightbulb. This story reaches
right to the present day, as this extraordinary region finds itself
caught between an indifferent south and an increasingly confident
Scotland. From the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham
to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history reveals a part of
England with an uncertain future, but whose people remain as
remarkable as ever.
Great Pictures Book for Kids. Does all animals roar ? Well, no they
don't. The animals that roar are: Alligators, bears, elephants,
hippopotamuses, lions and tigers. Come and join us on a roaring
amazing experience.
Meet a Dolphin who wants to be a Shark This is Johnny. Johnny is a
dolphin. He is 6 years old, some people would call him a small
dolphin. But Johnny doesn't want to be a dolphin. He would prefer
to be a SHARK. He wants to have all the advantages that SHARKS
have. So, let's join him on his dream. Sheila Greenfield wrote: "I
let my 8 year old granddaughter put this on my kindle and she
thought it was great fun to read it on the kindle, I didn't have to
fight to get her to read." Morgan Gusman wrote: "it is an awesome
book it has cool pictures a cool picture is when the shark is
teaching the fish how to swim it is a good book for kids on my
first time reading it I said awesome, that's cool, I like that
picture it is one of the best books ever " Bill Falk wrote: "Great
book to read to my sleeping mom. I ENJOYED IT VERY VERY MUCH SO DID
MY MOM. GREAT BOOK"
Having barely seen each other in three decades, two friends
impulsively decide to take a cross-country road trip. For one, the
trip is a chance to take a few swats at a question that buzzes like
an old bug in his postreligious soul, "What do I believe? Not just
about God, but about morality, mortality, meaning, and the whole
so-called spiritual side of life?" For the other, the journey is
the culmination of a lifelong struggle to confront a buried demon
and reunite with a family from whom he's been estranged for his
entire adult life. What begins as a mundane drive becomes a quest
for what really matters; a soul-searching, thought-provoking, oddly
mythic, often hilarious, always human odyssey, as these two very
different people join forces to keep a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle alive
long enough to reach the distant shores of home.
During World War II, America's air forces in China reported at
least 634 aircraft and 1,780 airmen as missing on combat missions.
Fighting a savage guerrilla air war against the Japanese, the
prospect of crash-landing or bailing out in a remote and dangerous
land loomed ominously in the mind of every individual. Of the
airmen reported missing, more than half perished. Remarkably,
ninety percent of those who survived returned to friendly
territory--more than three times the percentage of those rescued in
occupied Europe. Their rescuers included Nationalists, Communists,
warlords, and even alleged collaborators. Despite deep divisions
throughout wartime China, helping downed Americans, including those
of the famed "Flying Tigers", transcended politics. The author
scoured thousands of pages of official reports to build a
comprehensive database of every China-based American airman
reported missing on combat missions during the war. Memoirs,
wartime diaries, and dozens of interviews with veterans--both
American and Chinese--overlay this core of thorough historical
research with compelling personal narratives. The fate of these men
is an incredible story of survival in the midst of a brutal war; it
is a touching story of cooperation between the United States and
China--including with Mao Zedong's Communists. Fallen Tigers is not
just a thrilling historical drama, it is of pressing importance for
our time and the United States' relationship with the rising
Chinese superpower.
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