Salem, Massachusetts...a pregnant teenager...a Ouija board...and an evil entity... Two cousins play with a Ouija board that had belonged to their grandmother and unknowingly summon a demon. It enters the body of one of the girls, who is pregnant, and she dies. Now, it wants to possess her baby, Tucker. Lacey and Porter are two college students who each thinks the future is all mapped out. Until they meet each other. Tucker, Lacey, and Porter. These three lives are about to collide with an unspeakable family secret... A Ouija board is just a game...isn't it? Tugger's Down...a supernatural thriller.
This omnibus collection includes all of the author's early poetry as well as the Four Quartets, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and the plays Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, and The Cocktail Party.
This book is a simulation of a live course on human performance improvement/human error prevention (HPI/HEP) created by the preeminent authority on HPI/HEP. It presents the greatest breadth of scope and specificity on this topic. This book comprises a focused, challenging human error prevention training course designed to improve understanding of error causation. It will dramatically reduce human error and repeat deviations, and it digs below the surface of issues and looks to fix the real causes of human error and mistakes. In addition, this book presents a complete seminar from the thought leader acclaimed by hundreds of clients, and includes unique principles, practices, models, and templates. Information is comprehensive and can be directly implemented. The principles and practices of human error prevention are universally applicable regardless of the type of industrial, commercial, or governmental enterprise, and regardless of the type of function performed within the enterprise. The application of the information in this book will significantly contribute to improved productivity, safety, and quality. After fully using this book, you will understand: Human error prevention/reduction terminology and definitions. The relationships among culture, beliefs, values, attitudes, behavior, results, and performance. The roles of leadership in establishing and maintaining a quality/safety-conscious work environment. The one fundamental precept explaining the importance of human error prevention/reduction. The two most critical elements of human error prevention/reduction. The three levels of barriers to human error. The four types of things in which the barriers may exist at each barrier level. The five stages of human error. The six "M"s that can emit or receive hazards activated by human error. The seven universally applicable human error causal factors. The Rule of 8 by which to prevent human error and mitigate its effects. Techniques for making barriers effective and the spectrum of barrier effectiveness. The relationship of human error prevention/reduction to the total quality/safety function. Error-inducing conditions (error traps) and behaviors for counteracting these conditions. Non-conservative and conservative thought processes and behaviors in decision-making. Coaching for preventing the recurrence of human error. Root cause analysis techniques for identifying human error causal factors. The nine types of corrective action. Human error measurement. Strategies for a human error prevention/reduction initiative. How to design, implement, and manage a human error prevention/reduction initiative.
Featuring original artwork, this anthology on the experience of fishing presents a selection of 50 stories, recollections, essays, and poems featured in the "Yale Anglers Journal" during its first remarkable decade.
They have almost everything in common… except the thing that could keep them apart. Much to her Amish mother's exasperation, Bay Stutzman isn't looking for a husband. That is, until a buggy accident on a stormy night leads to meeting handsome greenhouse owner David Jansen—who might just be Bay's perfect match. The only problem? David is a Mennonite. Now Bay is torn between her life among the Amish…and the man she can't envision a life without. From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
Striking a balance between state-of-the-art research and practical applications, this book provides a forum for contributions that cover the main research challenges in the cyclic modeling, development, and validation of concurrently acting distributed production systems: systems that employ multi-assortment production in large quantities, are characterized by gradual changes in their product mix, and exclusively manufacture products in a cyclic manner. Similar issues also arise in computer systems, e.g., embedded systems. Cyclic optimization problems that occur in them are unique and under-researched, but are attracting new interest primarily due to their great practical importance and the difficulty involved in obtaining efficient algorithms for solving specific cases with real constraints arising from manufacturing practice. Addressing these and other topics, the book will be of great interest to researchers in computer science, operations management, and production control, as well as practicing managers and engineers.
