W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) was a statistician, consultant, engineer, professor, author and lecturer. He is the father of the quality movement, first in Japan after World War II and then later in the United States. It is clear that his ideas understood and implemented in Japan. It appears that has ideas were not as well understood and/or implemented in the United States. There are many reasons this could be the case.
While it may appear that Six Sigma was a Deming creation, a focus on calculating numerical benefits and a specialist nature usually practiced independent of the rest of the system are not things Deming would have approved of. Six Sigma was later created in that manner by Motorola executives in the 1980's.
14) Create a structure in top management that will push every day on the above 13 points.


Is there any way you could create one of those repo tests which would report back how many empty strings there are in each language pack. It might be good for users to see at a glance how complete a Textpack is (and it's currently quite easy to miss a strong or two when translating).
Not sure if that could be written to a file too?
Is there any way you could create one of those repo tests which would report back how many empty strings there are in each language pack.
Running phpunit now dumps the empty string counts to stdout, but writing test for that is not possible; the tests suite would never pass.
When I get round to writing a new forum sticky on how to contribute translations, I'll periodically paste the results there so people can see the state of various Textpacks.
I'm the former translator of the Spanish textpack. I find Github a very complex plattform, but I finally managed to send my first suggestions to the es-ES pack. A question: who validates the proposals and when do I know if proposals have been accepted?
Anyway, in the former RPC Server, when I entered the site I knew immediatly what where the tags that needed to be translated or updated (by comparison with English version). Is there some way of detecting that a particular textpack needs to be updated?
Keep a track of the history of the English (GB) file, since that is the default that all other Textpacks use as a base.
Look at the Travis CI build message and see if your language has empty strings.
You can also 'watch' the GitHub repo, which will generate messages when any changes are made to the repo.
Requesting an up-to-date output of this command to help with translation efforts, please. Thank you.
Requesting an up-to-date output of this command to help with translation efforts, please.
Running that on the RPC server reveals… just me, Phil and Robert in the past year. And I'm only in the list because I just logged in to run the command!
Thanks, Stef – appreciate it.
Most people have been contributing on Github the past year, which explains it.


OutSolve made yet another acquisition to expand its offerings and role as a complete compliance solutions provider. The Affirmative Action planning and compliance solutions company added Workforce Compliance Associates, a consulting company based in Albany, NY.
The acquisition supports the full suite of compliance solutions OutSolve provides to clients, from Affirmative Action planning to OFCPP audit support to EEO-1 and VETS 4212 reporting. It also contributes to the expansive growth of OutSolve's team of consultants and executives.
This is the fourth major acquisition made by OutSolve since 2016, following the purchases of Workplace Dynamics, Pinnacle Affirmative Action Services, and Van Zant Resource Group, a trio of EEO and Affirmative Action compliance consulting firms.
OutSolve also boosted its portfolio of compensation reporting products, hiring Dr. Thomas Carnahan, PhD, an expert in the pay equity field, to provide an added dimension to the marketplace. At the end of 2016, LNC Partners invested in OutSolve to support the company's expansion.
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After 'life-changing' major win, Collin Morikawa says fame won't change him
By Kimberly E. Moller / January 7, 2021
A little over a year later, in August 2020, he was golf's fifth highest-ranked player.
His shock victory that month at the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco — finishing two shots ahead of Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey in only his second major outing — catapulted him to the top of the game and into mainstream recognition.
Morikawa, who admits the victory at the PGA was "very life-changing," is adamant the fame that has come with it won't "change who I am."
"A lot of opportunities are given to you, a lot more sponsorships, people being aware of who you are," he told CNN's Living Golf's Shane O'Donoghue.
"I feel like I'm still the same 23-year-old kid that you guys call me. I've got a smile on my face, and I love food, and I hope that's me for the rest of my life."
While many players might have been sated by that victory, that is not the case for Morikawa.
"It didn't feel like I checked that box off of winning a major championship and I'm satisfied with the rest of my career. It just made me want more," he said.
"Now, whether I'm at a major championship or a regular event, European Tour event, whatever it might be, I want that winning feeling because when you win, it's just a feeling that you can't describe, especially in golf, with us really losing more than we win."
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A global player
Having initially broken onto the scene in the US with victories on the PGA Tour, Morikawa is now looking to take his game around the globe.
"If you look at the history of golf, there's a lot of global players and those are the ones that are well-known," he explained.
"It speaks a lot to their personalities as a person, but it also speaks a lot about their games. They're able to adjust. That's all about golf, adjusting to what we're given ahead of us."
On the European Tour, Morikawa finished fifth in the 2020 Race to Dubai and will be traveling back to the emirate this month as one of the headliners for the OMEGA Dubai Desert Classic, which is set to start on January 28.
Taking to the course alongside 2017 winner Sergio Garcia and European Ryder Cup heroes Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and Tyrrell Hatton, the Californian's skills will be put to the test at the Emirates Golf Club.
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"My entire life, it's always been about consistency. I've said that since day one, I believed in myself that I could do it, but I've only tested myself out really in the US on the PGA Tour," he said.
"And what better way to come out here on the European Tour, the Race to Dubai, and really make a statement for myself to show that my game travels. At the end of my career, I want to look back and be able to say that it does."
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Oberbüren is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

History
Oberbüren is first mentioned in 817  as ad Purias.

Geography

Oberbüren has an area, , of .  Of this area, 65.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.3% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 12% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The municipality is located in the Wil Wahlkreis along the Glatt and Thur rivers.  It consists of the villages of Oberbüren, Niederwil, Durstudlen.

Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent Stag Skull and Antlers Gules.

Demographics
Oberbüren has a population (as of ) of .  , about 9.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.  Of the foreign population, (), 17 are from Germany, 34 are from Italy, 283 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 18 are from Austria, 19 are from Turkey,  and 122 are from another country.  Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.3%.  Most of the population () speaks German (92.5%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.9%).  Of the Swiss national languages (), 3,650 speak German, 13 people speak French, 12 people speak Italian, and 2 people speak Romansh.

The age distribution, , in Oberbüren is; 603 children or 15.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 593 teenagers or 15.0% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 506 people or 12.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  744 people or 18.9% are between 30 and 39, 540 people or 13.7% are between 40 and 49, and 455 people or 11.5% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 265 people or 6.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 178 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 54 people or 1.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 8 people or 0.2% who are between 90 and 99.

 there were 302 persons (or 7.7% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling.  There were 771 (or 19.5%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 2,509 (or 63.6%) who were part of a couple with children.  There were 153 (or 3.9%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 41 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 21 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 14 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 135 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.4% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the CVP (22.7%), the FDP (11%) and the SP (9%).

In Oberbüren about 72.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).  Out of the total population in Oberbüren, , the highest education level completed by 756 people (19.2% of the population) was Primary, while 1,564 (39.6%) have completed their secondary education, 330 (8.4%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 125 (3.2%) are not in school.  The remainder did not answer this question.

The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy
, Oberbüren had an unemployment rate of 1.43%.  , there were 240 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 91 businesses involved in this sector.  812 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 83 businesses in this sector.  1,214 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 124 businesses in this sector.

 the average unemployment rate was 2.5%.  There were 292 businesses in the municipality of which 78 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 128 were involved in the third.

 there were 698 residents who worked in the municipality, while 1,382 residents worked outside Oberbüren and 1,216 people commuted into the municipality for work.

Religion
From the , 2,337 or 59.2% are Roman Catholic, while 831 or 21.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.  Of the rest of the population, there are 85 individuals (or about 2.15% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 96 individuals (or about 2.43% of the population) who belong to another Christian church.  There are 264 (or about 6.69% of the population) who are Islamic.  There are 8 individuals (or about 0.20% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 191 (or about 4.84% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 134 individuals (or about 3.40% of the population) did not answer the question.

References

External links

 Official website

Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen

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Facebook shares are in bear market territory again.
Since news broke that Action Alerts PLUS holding Facebook Inc. (FB - Get Report) allowed an unauthorized third party access to data from 50 million accounts, the stock has dropped 15%. Twitter Inc. (TWTR - Get Report) , however, has been suffering even more.
Twitter had found its stride after reporting strong monthly active user growth in its most recent quarter, but the news of Facebook's wrongdoing hurt it and peer Snap Inc. (SNAP - Get Report) .
Twitter shares have dropped about 22% since the Facebook data scandal was first publicized by The New York Times and Guardian newspapers on March 17.
James Kelleher of Argus Research has a "buy" rating and $31.51 price target on Twitter. He said he believes that while Twitter has been caught up in the backlash against Facebook the fallout for the company will be less severe.
"Twitter has been swept down in the same way (as Facebook), but I believe it will bounce back sooner," Kelleher told TheStreet on Monday, April 2. "If Twitter had something comparable to the issues Facebook has had then some elements would have surfaced by now. There hasn't been anything that egregious."
The fact that Twitter hasn't been caught mishandling user data like Facebook hasn't mattered to investors up until this point, however, and Kelleher compared the situation Twitter finds itself in to banking stocks moving in conjunction once higher scrutiny is placed on just one of them.
"Whenever there is a threat of regulation the whole industry falls. High quality gets sorted out from low quality over the long-term," Kelleher said.
Facebook will face questions from congressional leaders in the U.S. in the coming days and weeks, and lawmakers in Europe also have requested the presence of CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain his company's actions.
The public backlash against Facebook has been immense. Celebrities like Cher, Jim Carrey and Will Ferrell have deleted their accounts.
Companies like Commerzbank (CRZBY , Germany's second-largest bank, Mozilla and Pep Boys have all pulled their advertisements from the platform. Smart-speaker maker Sonos said that it was pulling advertisements from Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter for a week and making a donation to charity with its usual ad spend.
However, chances are that this is a temporary hiccup for the social media industry because the tides are shifting.
More money will be spent on social media advertising than on the entire TV ad market in the U.K. within two years, according to an eMarketer report.
"The social media juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down commercially," Bill Fisher, U.K. senior analyst at eMarketer, told the Guardian. "You have the Cambridge Analytica Facebook privacy issue and it is difficult to know right now whether it will have a fundamental impact on user numbers. Until we see significant numbers of users coming off we are not going to see any drop in ad revenues. Advertisers follow eyeballs and there are plenty of eyeballs on social media."


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How a North Carolina election fraud investigation is holding up a congressional seat
Christal Hayes
WASHINGTON - Democrats in North Carolina are threatening to block Mark Harris, the apparent winner of the state's 9th Congressional District, from taking his new seat in Washington due to an election fraud investigation.
Harris, a Republican pastor, was ahead of Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in the race, according to unofficial ballot totals. But last week, the state elections board refused to certify the results due to "claims of numerous irregularities and concerted fraudulent activities" involving mail-in ballots in the district.
An investigation was opened, thus making the race one of the last nationwide to be left without a winner.
Here's what we know about the allegations and what could happen next:
How did this all start?
President Donald Trump won North Carolina with nearly 50 percent of the vote in 2016 but that close margin, along with a blue wave in this year's midterm races, left the 9th Congressional District a toss-up, even though the seat has belonged to Republicans for about 60 years.
The day after the election, Harris was ahead and McCready's conceded in the race.
Harris appeared to have won, with numerous news outlets calling the race for him. But that all changed last week.
The state board of elections, a bi-partisan group with an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, refused to certify the election results.
One board member cited irregularities in the results and pointed to possible fraud.
The board collected at least six sworn statements from voters who said people came to their homes and urged them to hand over their absentee ballots.
Democrats cried foul, saying that would be considered ballot-harvesting, a practice that's illegal in the state.
What exactly are the allegations?
At the center of the controversy appears to be Leslie McCrae Dowless, who worked for Harris' campaign, and a large number of absentee ballots.
Dowless, a known political operative in the area, is accused of heading a group that would go door-to-door, encouraging people to request an absentee ballot, then go back and collect the ballots and turn them in, which would be an illegal practice. The allegations led to worries about ballot tampering.
The state's election board released records showing Dowless turned in nearly half of the requests for absentee ballots in Bladen County, according to CNN. A total of more than 1,300 were requested in that county.
An analysis by the Charlotte Observer of election data shows only about half of the absentee ballots Bladen and Robeson counties, both in the 9th district, were returned, a low percentage when compared to the rest of the state.
A large majority of those unreturned ballots belonged to African-Americans and Native American voters, the newspaper reported.
Dowless, who served prison time in 1995 for felony fraud and was convicted of felony perjury in 1992, has worked on get-out-the-vote efforts for various local and legislative candidates through the years.
It all goes back to 2016
The worries of voter fraud in the 9th Congressional District, specifically in Bladen and Robeson counties, go back to the 2016 election.
Shortly after that election, Dowless of Bladen County filed an election protest alleging a "massive scheme" by a local political group to run an "absentee ballot mill" designed to improperly turn in votes for a write-in candidate for a local position for which Dowless was running.
Dowless put his name on an elections protest, backed at the time by the campaign of then-GOP Gov. Pat McCrory, that alleged a "massive scheme" by a local political group to run an "absentee ballot mill" to improperly submit votes for a write-in candidate for a position Dowless was seeking.
But the board peppered Dowless with questions about his own absentee ballot activities. Dowless acknowledged he hired people in 2016 to urge voters to turn in absentee ballot request forms, which is legal. In sworn testimony, Dowless said he never handled or filled out the actual ballots. The board dismissed Dowless' protest but sent all of its evidence to local and federal prosecutors.
The district attorney in Wake County revealed Monday that her office has been investigating potential "voting irregularities" in Bladen County since early this year, going back to 2016.
The investigation there now includes allegations in this year's midterm races.
Numerous investigations are ongoing, including by the state board of elections.
The board is meeting later this month, on or before Dec. 21, to hear evidence in the case. It's unclear what will be the result of that meeting.
It's possible that a new election could be held and a temporary replacement appointed to hold the seat when Congress reconvenes in January.
Democrats signaled this week that they would fight Harris taking his seat before the investigation and allegations were resolved.
Incoming Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland said Tuesday that Harris, at this point, is "not eligible for being sworn into the House."
He said that a "very substantial question" about fraud exists and added he hopes state officials "get to the bottom" of the controversy.
Hoyer was discussing whether the House Administration Committee, which has some authority over determining the propriety of elections, will get involved.
North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Wayne Goodwin said Monday it was too soon to know whether the investigation would change the vote tally but said it needs to continue.
"From what we've seen from these sworn affidavits, and we will learn more as the hearing is held, there appears to be election tampering, election rigging, election stealing," he told reporters.
Contributed: Associated Press