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Thank you to all the researchers who have told me that my work has helped them in some way. That is very important to me. I hope others who are able to take pictures and/or catalog cemeteries in the area where they live will do it. This is what this site is all about. Sharing with others who can't travel all over the country getting their family information.
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Also, I've had quite a number of requests from people who think I also do free research. No, I don't. I take headstone photos and try to make sure cemeteries are complete and online. I have other hobbies. I don't do paid research either.
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Kathy Bradbury-Alexander
RE: William Ellery Merris
Ooops, you are right, William not baptized until 1756. Got my date wrong. Anyway, Julia Ann was born in 1818 in Ohio to Ellery and Abigail Bromley. She married Samuel Bradbury Nov. 3, 1836 in Morgan County, Illinois. She named one of her sons Stanton Merris Bradbury. My side is her 4th out of 5 sons, Charles M. Bradbury. Julia is buried in Canon City, Colorado. She originally died in Gothic City, Colorado in 1880 (reported in a diary by her daughter-in-law, Rachel Bradbury). Around 1882 she was moved to Canon City by her sons.
Which Merris sibling are you from? I saw also that you have Ellery's father as coming from Scotland. Where did you get that info.? My family info has them coming from England but so far, that is hearsay. I'm just now starting to dig into the Merriss family. By the way, do you know for sure if name is spelled Merris or Merriss like we have it? Thanks for you input.
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Hi Kathy,
Just a question on William Ellery Merris. Do you have documentation that his first name was William? From Baptism records he had an older brother William baptized 1753 and died when he was around 20 yrs. old. I've found nothing to indicate that they had another kid named William and Ellery was baptized Ellery. Thru my family records he was always known as Ellery (my gg gma, Julia ann, was Ellery's youngest daughter. If you have documentation, can you send me a copy?
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Hell! Thank you so much for adding this photo. I live in Ohio and am planning a trip to North Carolina in mid-August.
Can you tell me where to find information/address for the Oak Grove African American Cemetery in Surry County?
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Thanks for that
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Thanks so much for the transfers of my family members' memorials. It truly means a lot to me. Thanks for everything you do for Find-a-Grave and for those of us interested in tracing our ancestors. Your work is appreciated.
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RE: Martha Riley Whitehart
Thanks. Yea, it's unusual. I traced her mother back to the 1850 census to verify her age. Her mother's brother, Quinton, apparently married, late in life, a woman twenty years older than he was. So it goes. Thanks for linking her to her parents.
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I sent to you, via the edit tab on her memorial, links to her parents' memorials. I received a response from Find A Grave that the edit was declined as it would "remove accurate data". Given that her death certificate indicates that David Riley and Mary Shanklin are her parents I am curious as to why you would think that linking her memorial to theirs would remove accurate data. Hers is 68787444, her mother's is 42088424 in Orange county and her father's is 54818647 in Burke county. Please let me know why you have chosen not to link her to them.
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Thank you so much for transferring the Evans family over to me and for taking and posting the photos. Have a great day !!!
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Hello, are you related to this man or have info on him? He was my great, great, great grandfather and I wondering if not related could you transfer him to me? If related I would like more info on his family. please.
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|Darkness Manipulation
The Shade (DC Comics) can manipulate darkness via connection to the Shadowlands/Dark Zone, a dimension of primordial, quasi-sentient darkness.
Power/Ability to:
manipulate darkness/shadows.
The power to manipulate darkness/shadows. The opposite of Light Manipulation.
Also Called
- Blackness Control/Manipulation
- Darkness Control
- Erebokinesis
- Obtenebration
- Shadow Control/Manipulation
- Umbrakinesis
- Umbragenesis
User can create, shape and manipulate darkness and shadows. By itself, darkness is mostly used to cloud everything into total darkness, but by accessing a dimension of dark energy it can be channeled to a variety of effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance: one can also control and manipulate the beings that exist there, create and dispel shields and areas of total darkness, create constructs and weapons, teleport one's self through massive distances via shadows, etc.
- Create/generate/increase, absorb, shape and manipulate darkness/shadow for various effects, sizes, shapes and intensity levels.
- Depending of the level of strength, one can blanket an entire city, country or world in eternal darkness.
- Absolute Darkness
- Darkness "Mist"
- Light Absorption
- Shadow Camouflage/Cloaking
- Darkness Adaptation
- Darkness Attacks
- Darkness Solidification via controlling darkness/shadow:
- Flight/Levitation
- Shadow Marionette
- Dark Portal Creation/Umbrageous Teleportation using darkness/shadow by understanding the fundamental connection all shadows/darkness share.
- Dimensional Storage to store stuff into darkness/shadow, user may be able to enter their own pocket dimension.
- When the user realizes from where they draw their power, they can enter there and summon beings/tools from there.
- Darkness Aura
- Darkness Empowerment
- Darkness Healing
- Shadow Mimicry
- Shadow Mutilation
- Shadow Stealth
- Umbrakinetic Combat
- Umbrakinetic Regeneration
- Corrupted Darkness Manipulation
- Dark Energy Manipulation
- Dark World Manipulation
- Esoteric Darkness Manipulation
- Primordial Darkness Manipulation
- Sacred Darkness Manipulation
- Shadow Magic
- Dark Element Manipulation by merging the darkness into elements.
- Dark Form
- Darkness Embodiment
- Darkside View by manipulating the dark corners of one's mind and soul.
- Mental Manipulation by learning to control dark corners of mind and soul.
- Freezing as darkness is absence of light, so cold is the absence of heat.
- Gravity Manipulation by using darkness in a way that it gains the power of a Black Hole.
- If user also has Light Manipulation, they could learn Twilight Manipulation.
- Night Embodiment
- Umbrakinetic Immunity
- May be unable to create darkness/shadow, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
- May have to be in sync with darkness, whether their own or the source of their power.
- May become affected/corrupted through extended exposure.
- Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user.
- Light Manipulation and Light Generation are especially effective against this power. However it should be noted that darkness can overpower light as well.
- Umbrakinetic Immunity.
Known Users
See Also: Casting a Shadow
- Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
- Ecanic (Cool Toons Comics)
- Gorr the God Butcher (Marvel Comics)
- Marshall D. Teach (One Piece), via the Yami Yami no Mi
- The Shade (DC Comics)
- Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Jordan Lewis (Marvel Comics)
- Mirajane Strauss (Fairy Tail)
- Jellal Fernandes (Fairy Tail)
- Brain/Zero (Fairy Tail)
- Jose Porla (Fairy Tail)
- Koichi Kimura (Digimon Frontier); via Spirits of Darkness
- Duskmon (Digimon Frontier)
- Loweemon (Digimon Frontier)
- Velgemon (Digimon Frontier)
- JagerLoweemon (Digimon Frontier)
- Nightingale (Static Shock)
- The Dark (Card Captor Sakura)
- Cloud of Darkness (Final Fantasy III/Dissidia)
- Darcy (Winx Club)
- Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue)
- Henry (Fire Emblem Awakening)
- Sho Minazuki (Persona 4 Arena Ultimax)
- Mr. Scratch (Alan Wake)
- Nero the Sable (Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII)
- Darklight (DC Comics)
- Rumia (Touhou Project)
- Moonchild (Wild Cards)
- Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)
- Ungoliant (Tolkien)
- The Shadow (Amnesia: Dark Descent)
- Satan/Lucifer (Christianity)
- Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
- Terra (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
- Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts:Birth by Sleep)
- Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Kingdom Hearts)
- Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
- Vaatu (The Legend Of Korra)
- Thantos (Twitches)
- Users of the Spell of Absolute Darkness (Kaijudo: Rise/Clash of the Duel Masters)
- Kage (TF2 Freak)
- Dr. Robograden (TF2 Freak)
- Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); Via Dark Elbow (Magic Skill)
- Mars (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Abzu (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Hornet Sonia (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Pegasus Kouga (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Pisces Amor (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Dark Mystic (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Pandora (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Polar Night (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Gekko Mariah (One Piece)
- Nara Clan (Naruto)
- Trigon (DC Comics)
- Raven (DC Comics); New 52
- Rogue Cheney (Fairy Tail)
- Reflejo (Tower of God)
- Mirage (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)
- Yuzuki Mikage (Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae)
- Simon (Fairy Tail)
- Fang (BoboiBoy)
- Ebon (Static Shock)
- The Makuta species (Bionicle)
- Takanuva (temporarily) (Bionicle)
- Zato-1 (Guilty Gear); Via Forbidden Beast, Eddie
- Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Mrs. O'Leary (Percy Jackson and The Olympians)
- The Shadow (Card Captor Sakura)
- Obsidian (DC Comics)
- Brain (Fairy Tail)
- Shadow Walker (DC Comics)
- Mandarin (Marvel)
- Rui Hachiouji (Code: Breaker)
- Saechika Hachiouji (Code: Breaker)
- Farabu the Caretaker (Aladdin: the Animated Series)
- Lord Garmadon (Lego Ninjago)
- Shade (Lego Ninjago)
- King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Kurumi Tokisaki (Date a Live)
- Necromancers (Skullduggery Pleasant)
- Woogyman (Charmed)
- Makuta (Bionicle)
- Shadow Matoran (Bionicle)
- Zor (Sonic The Hedgehog)
- Shadowbinders (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- Dawn (Contrast)
- Jadoo (Krrish series)
- Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); Via Shadow Step (Magic Skill)
- Shadow (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Shadow Magician (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Alucard (Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate)
- Cynthia Andrews (The Young Guardians)
- Most Dark-type Pokemon (Pokémon)
- Ai Enma (Hell Girl)
- Unicron (Transformers)
- Jackie Estacado (Top Cow / Image Comics)
- The Darkness (Top Cow / Image Comics)
- Toa of Shadow (BIONICLE)
- Highly Royal Dark Mane (Mane-online)
- Erebus (Greek Mythology)
- Hades/Pluto (Greek/Roman Mythology)
- Necromancers (Skullduggery Pleasant)
- Lord Vile/Skullduggery Pleasant (Skullduggery Pleasant)
- Solomon Wreath (Skullduggery Pleasant)
- Valkyrie Cain (Skullduggery Pleasant)
- Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson and The Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
- Bianca di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- Lord Darkar (Winx Club)
- Shaidar Haran (The Wheel of Time)
- Some Chromatics (Mutant X)
- Medusa (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Pandora (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Hades (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Arlon the Serene (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Nightwielder (Steelheart)
- Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
- Hikaru (The Red Team)
- Khan (Paradox Saga)
- Lord Hades (The End)
- Nightmare Master (Paradox Saga)
- The Rider/The Dark (The Seeker)
- Wilfre (Drawn to Life)
- Zaruchimu (Zatch Bell)
- Darkus Bakugan (Bakugan)
- Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)
- Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); Via Dark Elbow And Shadow Step (Magic Skills)
- The Overlord (Ninjago)
- Quentin (SONIC: The Blade of Chaos); Dark Magic in his Bloodline


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A trainee from Co-operative Farms has been appointed as assistant manager at its Coldham estate in Cambridgeshire after completing its graduate management programme.
Jack Smith, 24, has been rewarded with the opportunity to progress into senior management with one of Britain's biggest farmers.
He will be based at Coldham, near Wisbech, where Co-operative Farms owns more than 1,500 hectares and has grown onions, potatoes, shallots, sugar beet, beans, wheat and rapeseed for more than 100 years.
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"Without use of correct data and design principles, well functioning systems cannot be designed and created. In this book by Dr. Jugulum, readers will learn how data can be systematically collected and deduced. Recommend it highly."
"It is common sense that without quality data there cannot be quality decisions . . . Rajesh does an excellent job of explaining step by step how to develop a data quality program and implement it."
In today's data-driven world, how you handle data is perhaps even more important than how much data you have. As the volume of data being created, collected, and analyzed continues to grow at a staggering pace, increased regulation and legal responsibilities have inevitably followed. Competing with High Quality Data: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Building a Successful Approach to Data Quality provides you with the fundamentals to successfully execute a data quality program that is both robust and flexible enough to meet your organization's needs. As a data quality professional, you must ask yourself whether you are meeting current industry standards, such as the pervasive regulatory oversight programs that include Dodd-Frank, BASEL III, and Solvency II. This book shows you how to meet these new standards, adhere to data quality best practices, and prepare for new challenges with a step-by-step approach.
Bad data can truly equate to bad business. Events as momentous and disastrous as the global financial crisis of 2007 were precipitated partially through the use of poor quality data that was analyzed to determine risk management strategies and procedures. In this context, the extreme importance of proper data management and data quality is evident. Organizations have opened their eyes to this reality and are now viewing data as a critical resource to lasting success. As a professional with a concern for data quality, you can use this book to glean some of the keys to success in this arena, even as the requirements and challenges related to data quality continue to grow. You'll learn how to build your company's data quality team and processes with a four-phased implementation strategy: Define, Assess, Improve, and Control.
With real world examples and lessons learned, this book provides a comprehensive roadmap for businesses and organizations to strive for and achieve best practices in data quality. Among other lessons, you'll learn about the effects of a poor data quality program and how quality data can help your organization maximize efficiencies and other benefits that result in process quality. Competing with High Quality Data will provide you with the information you need to help your organization realize the massive benefits of a well-developed data quality program.
"In this book by Dr. Jugulum, readers will learn how data can be systematically collected and deduced. Recommend it highly."
—Nam P Suh, Former President of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ralph E & Eloise F. Cross Professor Emeritus at MIT
"It is common sense that without quality data there cannot be quality decisions . . . Rajesh does an excellent job of explaining step by step how to develop a data quality program and implement it."
All over the world, organizations are under scrutiny for how they manage and handle the massive volumes of data that they collect and store. You can get ahead today with Competing with High Quality Data: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Building a Successful Approach to Data Quality, a comprehensive guide for professionals concerned with data quality issues and programs.
In Competing with High Quality Data, Rajesh Jugulum takes you through the steps you can follow to vault your company to the next level of operational efficiency through data quality management. The book explains:
With a four-phase approach, Jugulum shows you how to ensure that every data quality project follows these phases to:
Prepare your company for the future of increased competition and enhanced regulation that demands quality data. With Competing with High Quality Data, get your data quality program in order before, rather than after, you make decisions that could affect the future of your organization.
Create a competitive advantage with data quality
Data is rapidly becoming the powerhouse of industry, but low-quality data can actually put a company at a disadvantage. To be used effectively, data must accurately reflect the real-world scenario it represents, and it must be in a form that is usable and accessible. Quality data involves asking the right questions, targeting the correct parameters, and having an effective internal management, organization, and access system. It must be relevant, complete, and correct, while falling in line with pervasive regulatory oversight programs.
Competing with High Quality Data: Concepts, Tools and Techniques for Building a Successful Approach to Data Quality takes a holistic approach to improving data quality, from collection to usage. Author Rajesh Jugulum is globally-recognized as a major voice in the data quality arena, with high-level backgrounds in international corporate finance. In the book, Jugulum provides a roadmap to data quality innovation, covering topics such as:
The book also contains real-world case studies to illustrate how companies across a broad range of sectors have employed data quality systems, whether or not they succeeded, and what lessons were learned. High-quality data increases value throughout the information supply chain, and the benefits extend to the client, employee, and shareholder. Competing with High Quality Data: Concepts, Tools and Techniques for Building a Successful Approach to Data Quality provides the information and guidance necessary to formulate and activate an effective data quality plan today.
About the Author
DR. RAJESH JUGULUM, Ph.D., is a Data Quality and Analytics Professional. Rajesh held executive positions in these fields at Citi Group and Bank of America. Before joining financial industry, Rajesh was with MIT where he was involved in research and teaching. Currently, he teaches at Northeastern University in Boston. His honors include 2002 American Society for Quality's Feigenbaum medal and 2006 International Technology Institute's Rockwell medal.
Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
Prelude xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
1 The Importance of Data Quality 1
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Understanding the Implications of Data Quality 1
1.2 The Data Management Function 4
1.3 The Solution Strategy 6
1.4 Guide to This Book 6
Section I Building a Data Quality Program 2 The Data Quality Operating Model 13
2.0 Introduction 13
2.1 Data Quality Foundational Capabilities 13
2.1.1 Program Strategy and Governance 14
2.1.2 Skilled Data Quality Resources 14
2.1.3 Technology Infrastructure and Metadata 15
2.1.4 Data Profi ling and Analytics 15
2.1.5 Data Integration 15
2.1.6 Data Assessment 16
2.1.7 Issues Resolution (IR) 16
2.1.8 Data Quality Monitoring and Control 16
2.2 The Data Quality Methodology 17
2.2.1 Establish a Data Quality Program 17
2.2.2 Conduct a Current-State Analysis 17
2.2.3 Strengthen Data Quality Capability through Data Quality Projects 18
2.2.4 Monitor the Ongoing Production Environment and Measure Data Quality Improvement Effectiveness 18
2.2.5 Detailed Discussion on Establishing the Data Quality Program 18
2.2.6 Assess the Current State of Data Quality 21
2.3 Conclusions 22
3 The DAIC Approach 23
3.0 Introduction 23
3.1 Six Sigma Methodologies 23
3.1.1 Development of Six Sigma Methodologies 25
3.2 DAIC Approach for Data Quality 28
3.2.1 The Defi ne Phase 28
3.2.2 The Assess Phase 31
3.2.3 The Improve Phase 36
3.2.4 The Control Phase (Monitor and Measure) 37
3.3 Conclusions 40
Section II Executing a Data Quality Program 4 Quantification of the Impact of Data Quality 43
4.0 Introduction 43
4.1 Building a Data Quality Cost Quantifi cation Framework 43
4.1.1 The Cost Waterfall 44
4.1.2 Prioritization Matrix 46
4.1.3 Remediation and Return on Investment 50
4.2 A Trading Offi ce Illustrative Example 51
4.3 Conclusions 54
5 Statistical Process Control and Its Relevance in Data Quality Monitoring and Reporting 55
5.0 Introduction 55
5.1 What Is Statistical Process Control? 55
5.1.1 Common Causes and Special Causes 57
5.2 Control Charts 59
5.2.1 Different Types of Data 59
5.2.2 Sample and Sample Parameters 60
5.2.3 Construction of Attribute Control Charts 62
5.2.4 Construction of Variable Control Charts 65
5.2.5 Other Control Charts 67
5.2.6 Multivariate Process Control Charts 69
5.3 Relevance of Statistical Process Control in Data Quality Monitoring and Reporting 69
5.4 Conclusions 70
6 Critical Data Elements: Identification, Validation, and Assessment 71
6.0 Introduction 71
6.1 Identifi cation of Critical Data Elements 71
6.1.1 Data Elements and Critical Data Elements 71
6.1.2 CDE Rationalization Matrix 72
6.2 Assessment of Critical Data Elements 75
6.2.1 Data Quality Dimensions 76
6.2.2 Data Quality Business Rules 78
6.2.3 Data Profi ling 79
6.2.4 Measurement of Data Quality Scores 80
6.2.5 Results Recording and Reporting (Scorecard) 80
6.3 Conclusions 82
7 Prioritization of Critical Data Elements (Funnel Approach) 83
7.0 Introduction 83
7.1 The Funnel Methodology (Statistical Analysis for CDE Reduction) 83
7.1.1 Correlation and Regression Analysis for Continuous CDEs 85
7.1.2 Association Analysis for Discrete CDEs 88
7.1.3 Signal-to-Noise Ratios Analysis 90
7.2 Case Study: Basel II 91
7.2.1 Basel II: CDE Rationalization Matrix 91
7.2.2 Basel II: Correlation and Regression Analysis 94
7.2.3 Basel II: Signal-to-Noise (S/N) Ratios 96
7.3 Conclusions 99
8 Data Quality Monitoring and Reporting Scorecards 101
8.0 Introduction 101
8.1 Development of the DQ Scorecards 102
8.2 Analytical Framework (ANOVA, SPCs, Thresholds, Heat Maps) 102
8.2.1 Thresholds and Heat Maps 103
8.2.2 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and SPC Charts 107
8.3 Application of the Framework 109
8.4 Conclusions 112
9 Data Quality Issue Resolution 113
9.0 Introduction 113
9.1 Description of the Methodology 113
9.2 Data Quality Methodology 114
9.3 Process Quality/Six Sigma Approach 115
9.4 Case Study: Issue Resolution Process Reengineering 117
9.5 Conclusions 119
10 Information System Testing 121
10.0 Introduction 121
10.1 Typical System Arrangement 122
10.1.1 The Role of Orthogonal Arrays 123
10.2 Method of System Testing 123
10.2.1 Study of Two-Factor Combinations 123
10.2.2 Construction of Combination Tables 124
10.3 MTS Software Testing 126
10.4 Case Study: A Japanese Software Company 130
10.5 Case Study: A Finance Company 133
10.6 Conclusions 138
11 Statistical Approach for Data Tracing 139
11.0 Introduction 139
11.1 Data Tracing Methodology 139
11.1.1 Statistical Sampling 142
11.2 Case Study: Tracing 144
11.2.1 Analysis of Test Cases and CDE Prioritization 144
11.3 Data Lineage through Data Tracing 149
11.4 Conclusions 151
12 Design and Development of Multivariate Diagnostic Systems 153
12.0 Introduction 153
12.1 The Mahalanobis-Taguchi Strategy 153
12.1.1 The Gram Schmidt Orthogonalization Process 155
12.2 Stages in MTS 158
12.3 The Role of Orthogonal Arrays and Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Multivariate Diagnosis 159
12.3.1 The Role of Orthogonal Arrays 159
12.3.2 The Role of S/N Ratios in MTS 161
12.3.3 Types of S/N Ratios 162
12.3.4 Direction of Abnormals 164
12.4 A Medical Diagnosis Example 172
12.5 Case Study: Improving Client Experience 175
12.5.1 Improvements Made Based on Recommendations from MTS Analysis 177
12.6 Case Study: Understanding the Behavior Patterns of Defaulting Customers 178
12.7 Case Study: Marketing 180
12.7.1 Construction of the Reference Group 181
12.7.2 Validation of the Scale 181
12.7.3 Identification of Useful Variables 181
12.8 Case Study: Gear Motor Assembly 182
12.8.1 Apparatus 183
12.8.2 Sensors 184
12.8.3 High-Resolution Encoder 184
12.8.4 Life Test 185
12.8.5 Characterization 185
12.8.6 Construction of the Reference Group or Mahalanobis Space 186
12.8.7 Validation of the MTS Scale 187
12.8.8 Selection of Useful Variables 188
12.9 Conclusions 189
13 Data Analytics 191
13.0 Introduction 191
13.1 Data and Analytics as Key Resources 191
13.1.1 Different Types of Analytics 193
13.1.2 Requirements for Executing Analytics 195
13.1.3 Process of Executing Analytics 196
13.2 Data Innovation 197
13.2.1 Big Data 198
13.2.2 Big Data Analytics 199
13.2.3 Big Data Analytics Operating Model 206
13.2.4 Big Data Analytics Projects: Examples 207
13.3 Conclusions 208
14. Building a Data Quality Practices Center 209
14.0 Introduction 209
14.1 Building a DQPC 209
14.2 Conclusions 211
Appendix A 213
Equations for Signal-to-Noise (S/N) Ratios 213
Nondynamic S/N Ratios 213
Dynamic S/N Ratios 214
Appendix B 217
Matrix Theory: Related Topics 217
What Is a Matrix? 217
Appendix C 221
Some Useful Orthogonal Arrays 221
Two-Level Orthogonal Arrays 221
Three-Level Orthogonal Arrays 255
Index of Terms and Symbols 259
References 261
Index 267
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Qualified health claims enable firms to talk about a relationship between a substance and disease where the supporting science fails to meet the FDA's 'significant scientific agreement' standard, but the claims are 'qualified' in such a way as to not mislead consumers.
While the qualification often comes in the form of a far-from-consumer-friendly disclaimer, many observers believe the claims are still better than nothing.
The FDA has concluded that there is very limited scientific evidence for this claim
In a letter (click here) to ConAgra Foods responding to a petition it filed in early 2012, the FDA concluded: "The evidence supporting a risk reduction relationship, while credible, falls near the lower end of the 'limited' category and should be described as 'very limited' in food labeling to avoid misleading consumers."
As a result, the FDA will consider exercising its enforcement discretion for the following qualified health claims:
'Whole grains may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, although the FDA has concluded that there is very limited scientific evidence for this claim.'
OR: 'Whole grains may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. FDA has concluded that there is very limited scientific evidence for this claim.'
In its petition, ConAgra had suggested the following wording: 'Scientific evidence suggests, but does not prove, that diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include three servings (48g) of whole grains per day may reduce the risk of diabetes mellitus type 2.'
ConAgra: We're disappointed with way FDA rated science, but this is a landmark
ConAgra is "disappointed" with the way the FDA rated the science supporting its application, given that the Mayo Clinic and the National Institutes of Health - among others - had viewed it very differently, Mark Andon, Ph.D., Vice President of Nutrition at ConAgra Foods, told FoodNavigator-USA.
But on the plus side, he said, the first thing consumers will read if firms use these claims on food labels is: 'Whole grains may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes'.
"In other qualified claims, the bit about how 'limited' the evidence is comes at the beginning, so I took this as a good sign", said Dr Andon.
"I'd hoped for more, but this is a landmark in the health claims area [with the exception of a highly-qualified claim about chromium picolinate and insulin resistance there are no other diabetes-related claims permitted on foods]. Many qualified health claims petitions are outright denied."
Asked whether ConAgra intended to go back to the FDA and try to convince it to re-word the claims, he said: "We have no intention of re-submitting the petition."
So will ConAgra use the claims on pack?
"Time will tell if we do", said Dr Andon. "But being able to make them opens up an avenue so that what consumers see on pack is consistent with the messaging they are already getting from public health agencies and health care providers about whole grains and diabetes. Currently, they are hearing about this but it's not being reinforced when they go to the grocery store."
'The conditions of use are a little vague'
As for the conditions of use, as with any health claim, the whole grain/diabetes claims are only permitted on foods below set thresholds for total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium, and containing at least 10% of the daily value of one or more of six key nutrients (vit A, vit C, calcium, iron, protein, fiber).
However, the FDA does not specify a minimum level of whole grains as a qualification for making the claim but says it will "look at the whole grain content of the food and monitor for any misleading use of the claim".
This is "a little vague" admitted Dr Andon. However, in follow-up conversations with the FDA, he had been advised that as a benchmark for determining whether a food might qualify to make the claims, firms should look at the amounts of whole grains that "authoritative bodies have previously determined as not insignificant".
Thus a good starting point might be the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which advise consumers to look for products with at least 8g of wholegrains per serving, he said.
Attorney: FDA continues to engage in value laden qualification of claims in disregard of First Amendment limits on its powers
So what do lawyers think of the FDA's enforcement discretion letter?
Leading food law attorney and qualified health claims expert Jonathan Emord was not impressed.
He told FoodNavigator-USA: "The FDA continues to engage in value laden qualification of claims in disregard of First Amendment limits on agency power.
"Rather than compel ConAgra to communicate FDA's perception of the relative value of science supporting the claim (ie. 'There is very limited scientific evidence for this claim'), which violates the First Amendment, the FDA should have included the non-value laden qualification specified in Pearson v. Shalala: "The scientific evidence in support of this claim is inconclusive."
He added: "The process by which FDA comes to its conclusion of 'very limited scientific evidence' involves subjectively assigning weight to each piece of supportive evidence, categorically rejecting some, to come to its conclusion of 'very limited science'.
"That process is imbued with bias ultimately expressed in a value laden qualification. It thus offends First Amendment limits on the exercise of government discretion over speech."
'Virtually all, if not all qualified health claims are phrased like this'
Marc Ullman, partner at law firm Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman, said that to him, the qualification of the permitted claims rendered them of "no utility".
However, the fact the FDA had even acknowledged a relationship between whole grains and type 2 diabetes was a step forward, he said, and some manufacturers might feel that the claim had some value.
Meanwhile, the PR generated around the 'approval' has been positive (the ConAgra press release does not refer to the wording of the actual claim), he said.
Given that "virtually all, if not all" qualified health claims are phrased in this consumer-unfriendly manner, ConAgra had probably expected it would not get the wording it asked for, he said.
Whole Grains Council: It's too bad the claim is so watered down
Cynthia Harriman, director of food and nutrition strategies at the Whole Grains Council and Oldways, said she would be "surprised to see companies rushing to add this statement to their packaging".
She added: "We don't expect to see the use of statements like, 'May be just a little bit lower in calories' or 'probably tastes okay, but we're not sure.' Marketing just doesn't work that way.
"It's too bad the claim is so watered down, because of course we think diabetics would be better off eating whole grains."
General Mills did not say whether it would use the claim on its products, but said it was "pleased to see the FDA acknowledge the relationship between whole grain consumption and the reduced risk of Type 2 Diabetes".
A spokesperson added: "We are also pleased to see FDA reaffirm the widely accepted definition for whole grain as 'consisting of the intact, ground, cracked or flaked caryopsis, whose principal anatomical components – the starchy endosperm, germ and bran – are present in the same relative proportions as they exist in the intact caryopsis'."
Click here to read ConAgra's original petition of January 2012.
Click here to read the FDA's September 2013 response in full.
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Marco Aurilio - 27 Sep 2013 | 11:10
the FDA is part of the diabetic problem
Unfortunately the FDA's nutritional guidelines contribute to the diabetic growth and healthcare burden we see today. On Nutrition facts they include dietary fiber as part of total carbohydrates. They have no high sugar warnings.Their campaign to promote Low fat diets actually contributes to the development of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. They allow nutritionally bankrupt foods to appear healthy. Whole grains are healthier than refined, bleached flour, however in their usual fashion the FDA is doing too little too late. I will whole heartedly agree with Marc Ullman here and concur that these new qualified health claims are of "NO UTILITY"
jane margolis - 26 Sep 2013 | 09:25
qualified health claims misleading
If there is a connection between consuming whole grains and the incidence reduction of diabetes, that information can be found through public health authorities NOT from food labels. The only reason food manufacturers want to use qualified health claims is to sell their products, not to inform the consumer. In fact, they are just tricking the consumer and this is the reason the FDA resists these type of claims. They are a government watchdog for the consumer not the food industry. It is my opinion that health claims and structure function claims should not be permitted at all. Only nutrient content claims are useful to the consumer when comparing the nutrient content of foods.
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Unlike many of his teammates, Dupree doesn't have an injury that's forced him to miss any time. He made it through eight games in eight weeks without a sprained ankle, strained muscle or any other malady Mark Stoops has had to publicly address.
He still felt like he got "hit by a truck" by the time the stretch was over.
"Your body feels horrible after a while," Dupree said. "You wake up in the morning, sometimes you don't want to get out of bed because you feel like you want to sleep it off."
With an open date this weekend, Dupree, at long last, got that chance. Following a loss at Tennessee on Saturday, the Wildcats were given days off on both Sunday and Monday to rest and recover.
"It felt good just to lay down, finally, for a long time and just don't worry about anything for that day," Dupree said.
Not only had Dupree and the Cats played on eight straight Saturdays, they had also faced seven Southeastern Conference opponents over that same time period. To say a break was needed would probably be an understatement.
"You get back in there, like I said, Saturday afternoon or Saturday night when you're done, and Sunday certainly, and it's on," Mark Stoops said. "It's on to the next opponent, and it's a full grind. That gets taxing on everybody. The players, they have to come in here Monday and we have to address the issues from the previous game and then on to the next opponent immediately."
Instead, the Cats get to take a breath before they dive headlong into preparing a matchup with Louisville in both teams' regular-season finale next Saturday. Don't think, however, that they forgot about football altogether. Even though there were no official team activities on Monday, groups of players gathered independently to meet and review film with no coaches present.
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Neal Brown, meanwhile, had a film session of his own.
"We do a lot of evaluation," Brown said. "Like over the last couple of days I've watched every play that we've had. Kind of broke it down to every play by different formations and personnel groupings then kind of identifying some problems that have been consistent and going about fixing some things."
Some break, huh?
"With a bye week, of course there's just a little more time to sit (as a coaching staff) and take it in and look at things and see what we have done good and what we've done poorly and try to put them in a position to be successful," Stoops said. "It's our job to put them in a place that they can succeed."
When UK returned to the practice field on Tuesday, that effort continued.
The first step was to focus on some of the little things that began to escape the Cats toward the end of their stretch of eight straight games and a five-game losing streak. With lots of work on blocking and shedding blocks, pass coverage and getting open and one-on-ones with first-teamers, Dupree feels like it's fall camp all over again.
"We are doing all fundamentals this week," Dupree said. "It seems like we started over."
The results, according to Stoops, have been nothing but positive.
"Guys seem to have a little more energy, a little more pop in their step," Stoops said. "Got a chance to go back and do some things, just camp drills as far as competing and doing some things good against good and fundamentally getting better. So it's been a great time for a bye week for us, and I think, like I said, it's been helpful so far, both with rest, healing up some guys and fundamentally getting better."
Stoops said after the loss at Tennessee that "we didn't have a lot in our tank," but the bye week has given the chance for the Cats to refuel. He said he expects UK to be close to 100 percent for the Louisville game, though offensive tackle Kyle Meadows remains a question mark.
More importantly, Stoops sees a team that continues to be coachable and willing to work. The frustration, of course, is there, which is only natural when you've been stuck a win shy of bowl eligibility for two months.
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In 2012, six Greenpeace International activists, including Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo, climbed a rig belonging to Gazprom, a Russian oil company.
"We can't match Shell's enormous financial muscle, but we have creativity and millions of people behind us. This is the defining environmental battle of our time and we have only just begun." -Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International Executive Director
Many of us may never get the chance to travel to the top of the world. Yet similar to the places often unseen, the Arctic needs our help. During our most recent Arctic excursion, a crewmember called the Arctic a "big air conditioner."That's because the sea ice in the Arctic regulates our global climate by reflecting sunlight. That ice is melting at a rapid rate meaning the ocean absorbs the sunlight resulting in a warmer earth. This of course causes more sea ice to melt. Sounds like a vicious cycle, huh?
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Oil companies are eager to profit from the melting sea ice by drilling in the Arctic. While the entire oil industry is looking to move into the Arctic, Shell is leading the way. Yet they have proven several times that there are in no way Arctic ready with various mishaps including a rig on the loose and a fire aboard their drill ship The Noble Discoverer.
Despite their very public and very embarassing mistakes, Shell is determined to profit from the Arctic, groundzero of global warming. They're planning to drill in the same spot where Greenpeace and University of Alaska scientist Kelley Newman discovered coral, recorded orca whale calls and talked to the amazing people of Point Hope, Alaska.
Nevermind that Shell's plans to drill for oil contribute to the vicious cycle of global warming. The climate in the Arctic can be severe and unpredictable making an oil spill likely-and catastrophic. You would think the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental body of Arctic governments and citizens, would have a solid spill-response plan to prepare for this likely occurence. We were pretty shocked to read in a leaked draft that the Council had no real plan established in the likely case of a spill.
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New York native Stacey Kent never anticipated a career in jazz music: she was a Sarah Lawrence graduate with a degree in comparative literature. But her childhood days spent listening to the traditional beauty of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole undoubtedly influenced her. While on holiday in Europe after graduating from college, she took up singing without much formal training and never looked back.
Kent became acquainted with several musicians at Oxford in 1991, and through them she found herself participating in a jazz course at the famed Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she also met her future husband, tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, and landed a spot in the class. Her next spot was singing with the Vile Bodies Swing Orchestra at the Ritz Hotel in London, quickly landing a role in Ian McKellen's Richard III film, playing a big-band singer. The mid-'90s were more focused on recording and in 1996, Kent inked a deal with Candid Records. A year later, the critically acclaimed Close Your Eyes was issued; Tender Trap followed in 1999. Her third LP, Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire, which showcased popular standards, appeared in spring 2000. The ballad-oriented Dreamsville appeared the next spring. She also recorded an album with Tomlinson titled Lyric, and appeared on Blue Note for several albums during the 2000s. In 2010 Kent released the all-French album Raconte-Moi, which went on to achieve gold status in both France and Germany. The live album, Dreamer in Concert — recorded at the La Cigale in Paris — appeared a year later in 2011. Two years later, Kent return with The Changing Lights; inspired by her love of Brazillian music, the album saw her working with Portuguese poet Antonio Ladeira and French lyricist Bernie Beaupère.
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Libyan rebels have continued to consolidate their grip on the capital, Tripoli, by capturing Muammar Gaddafi's main compound in the Bab al-Aziziya district, but the country's elusive leader issued a defiant message to loyalists as he continued to evade capture.
The storming of Bab al-Aziziya appears to herald the de facto end of Gaddafi's 42-year-old rule, but with his whereabouts still unknown and his powerful sons unaccounted for, the rebels cannot declare victory.
Sniper fire and explosions also continued to threaten those inside the compound, according to Al Jazeera correspondents at the scene.
Gadaffi's men are hiding in forests and there are Gaddafi supporters in the district of Abu Selim.
Al Jazeera's Evan Hill, reporting from Gaddafi's compound, said sporadic gunfire, explosions and rocket fire could still be heard on Wednesday morning.
"We just left the Bab al-Aziziya after at least three rockets landed in the area. They got progressively closer. The first two overshot us and landed some distance behind; the third landed in the huge, grassy courtyard...," he said.
Hill said there were hundreds of rebels throughout the compound heavily armed and with trucks mounted with machine guns and rockets.Al Jazeera's Sue Turton, also reporting from inside the compound, said rebels were attempting to flush out snipers still inside the compound with heavy weaponry.
"We do think that the rebels really are in control of the majority of that compound, and are in control of the majority of this city, but at the moment all they can do is focus on these pockets of resistance," she said."As soon as you say the word 'sniper', it puts fear into people; people can't go about their businesses here. The streets are still pretty empty."
There were also reports of heavy gunfire coming from the area of the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, where dozens of international journalists are trapped, they are guarded by heavily armed Gaddafi loyalists, according to a Reuters reporter.
Rebels say at least 400 have been killed and 200 injured in the battle for Tripoli.
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In audio remarks broadcast on Wednesday by the al-Rai television channel, Gaddafi called on Tripoli residents to repel the rebels' advance.
"All Libyans must be present in Tripoli, young men, tribal men and women must sweep through Tripoli and comb it for traitors," he said. "I have been out a bit in Tripoli discreetly, without being seen by people, and ... I did not feel that Tripoli was in danger."
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli
Al-Rai quoted the Libyan leader as saying that he had retreated from his Tripoli compound in a "tactical move" after 64 NATO air strikes reduced it to rubble.
The channel broadcast an excerpt of the message in which Gaddafi vowed his forces would resist "the aggression with all strength" until either victory or death.
Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, who heads the National Transitional Council (NTC) and was a minister in Gaddafi's government until the February uprising against his rule, cautioned: "It is too early to say that the battle of Tripoli is over. That won't happen until Gaddafi and his sons are captured."
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Ligonier Entrepreneur Explores Fragrant Side of Life
LIGONIER, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--Ligonier Indiana is still a struggling town, not yet the kind of place you'd expect dreams to come true. But just off Mercer Street, right by the railroad tracks, that's just what's happening.
Kendallville Man Pumps Gas From the Past
KENDALLVILLE, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--Catchy jingles and 26-cent gasoline once made the corner gas station a local staple. Those days disappeared with the service attendants who washed your windshield. In some corners of You Country, though, the local gas station is still held in high regard.
Historic Cemetery Turns 150 This Month
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--Of all the many historic spots in Fort Wayne only one encompasses this city's entire story, playing host to all Fort Wayne's founding fathers.
Art Museum Chronicles 'Worst of Times'
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--It still haunts the American Dream, that time when unemployment hit 25%, and stayed there for ten years.
'Your Country's' Circus Past Quickly Fading
PERU, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--Just south of Peru, Indiana, right on Highway 31, a page of American history is quickly fading.
Local Man Fighting to Save Family Cemetery
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--Jim: I remember coming out here as a real tiny kid. But you know when you're a kid you don't remember, really anything about it.
Movie Buff builds Tribute to Auburn's old Court Theatre
WARSAW, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--For Decades it was the place to go on Auburn's courthouse square to watch Bogart, Gable and Garbo in the latest Hollywood classic.
FW Art Museum Reopens with Wyeth Exhibition
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--The contractors are gone, the galleries finished and the flower ladies are preparing their opening night bouquets. And when Fort Wayne's fabulous museum of art reopens after a seven-month expansion and renovation, it will do so in the company of some very classy gentlemen.