Rube Goldberg contraption

A Rube Goldberg machine, contraption, invention, device, or apparatus is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The expression is named after Americancartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg (1883–1970).

LEAN - Muda , Muri , Mura

MUDA is one what we call the “3Ms” . The other two are MURI, overburden, and MURA, unevenness. Eliminating all three of these will result in efficient, rationalized production.
MUDA : Non-value added or waste
MURI : Overburden
MURA : Unevenness
MURI, or overburden, is at opposite end of the spectrum from MUDA.  MURI is pushing a machine or person beyond natural limits. Overburdening people results in safety and quality problems, and overburdening machinery is a direct cause of breakdowns and defects.
MURA, the third of the 3M’s, can be viewed as combination of the first two M’s: at times there is excess capacity and at time overburden. Such unevenness results from an irregular production schedule or fluctuating production volume.
MUDA, is an automatic result of because unevenness in production levels means that it is always necessary to have on hand enough equipment, materials and people for highest level production–no matter what the level may be at any given time.

Stockholm Syndrome- brief background

On Aug. 23, 1973 at 10:15 a.m., 32-year-old Olsson stormed into the Kreditbanken on the central Norrmalmstorg square, pulled out a sub-machine gun, and started firing into the air, while screaming "The party's starting! Everyone, face down!" He took four employees hostage, demanding 3 million Swedish crowns ($730,000) and the liberation of his friend from prison.

That criminal act, which would become a long, drawn-out standoff between Olsson and the police, marked the beginning of what American psychiatrist Franck Ochberg would define as “Stockholm syndrome,” the irrational attachment between victims and kidnappers that can develop during the course of a sequester.

Opposite of déjà vu

@UnusualFactPage: The opposite of " deja vu " is ''jamais vu'' not being able to recognize a word, person, or place that you actually know.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTERIES, CAPILLARIES AND VEINS

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTERIES, CAPILLARIES AND VEINS

Arteries	Capillaries	Veins
Away from heart	Wall only one cell thick-really thin -diffusion	Blood into heart
Mainly carry oxygenated blood	smallest blood vessel	Most carries de-oxygenated
High pressure		Lower pressure
No valves		Valves
Thick outer wall (pumps a lot more blood)		Thin outer walls
Thick inner layer of muscle and elastic fibres		Thin inner layer
Narrow central tube-small lumen(where the blood flows through)		Wide central tube -large lumen

Tinnitus

Tinnitus is a physical condition, experienced as noises or ringing in the ears or head when no such external physical noise is present. Tinnitus is usually caused by a fault in the hearing system; it is asymptom, not a disease in itself.

The word "tinnitus" means "tinkling or ringing like a bell". Latin origin; usually pronounced tinn-itus, the "i" as in "sit".

Confirmation Bias

“Confirmation bias is the tendency to see things in your environment that confirm your preconceived ideas and not see things that conflict with what you already believe.”

Excerpt From: Landay, William. “Defending Jacob.” Random House Publishing Group, 2012-01-31. iBooks.