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FLORHAM PARK, NJ-- The New York Jets have officially launched their pursuit of this years Super Bowl 50 Vince Lombardi trophy. The team held their first open public practice at their state of the art training facility located in Florham Park on July 31st.
The event was free and there can be many activites found for all ages.
Do you love football? Watch the players practice on the turf field. Have young kids? Take them for a fun day out to play on popular inflatable obstacle courses at Jets Fest. Have an eye for food? Many local food trucks come to training camp to provide food and beverage options to hungry Jets fans. Don't have any Jets merchandise? Shop official Jets merchandise at the practice facility.
Once you get through the gate, fans are greeted with the very special Jets Fest. Jets Fest includes activites ranging from face painting, photo booths, and cornhole boards. The food court is also located in Jets Fest as well as bathrooms and first aid.
The Jets have season ticket salesmen on hand and give out many freebies including magnet schedules, key chain schedules, rosters, autograph cards, tshirts and knock around sunglasses.
For the kids who are under 12, they also get some pretty cool training camp perks. The first 100 kids under 12 can be signed up for Generation Jets. Generation Jets is the kids only fan club that sends out special surprises and gifts each year to those that are signed up. The special part about being one of the first 100 kids at training camp is the kids only autograph area.
The highlights of watching the practice come early. The team warms up together and then spreads out on three fields to work on special teams drills, punting drills, kick return drills, and passing drills. This is one chance to see the stars of the New York Jets up close. The players get to practice in front of a supportive crowd and the public gets a chance to see how hard the players train during camp. Jaylin Ward drove her son and his friends down from Connecticut.
"The boys enjoy coming. My husband brought them last year and all we ever heard about at dinner was how cool it was to hear the players yelling out the plays or the sound that the players helmets make when they hit helmet to helmet. We had to come back, I guess it's our new summertime tradition," Ward said as her sons were focused on watching Geno Smith, the young New York Jets starting quarterback.
As practice comes to a close, fans can line the fence around the facility to collect autographs from the veteran stars and rookies of the New York Jets.
Fifteen year old Elizabeth Edler and her sister Allison have been coming to training camp for the last two years with large groups of friends. Between the two of them, they have collected some pretty cool autographs.
"We got to meet Geno Smith last year. This year, we are hoping to meet Eric Decker," Elizabeth said excitedly.
People come from all over to witness training camp. The perks of training camp highly outweigh the negatives. For 15 year old Jeffery Rodriguez and his family, they make the trek over from Manhattan to see the Jets practice. His father has been taking him for years.
"We ate our lunch in the car and got in line around 11 this morning. It's hot but this is always something we look forward to every year," Rodriguez said as he watched practice.
The Jets facility has been in Florham Park since 2010 but this year, many changes have been brought to make training camp a better fan experience. While the weather is hot, the Jets provide free water stations and have many "cool down" areas located throughout their training camp facility. For the first time this year, the Jets placed bleachers around the facility so fans can comfortably sit and enjoy the exciting atmosphere.
Looking to get tickets? Head over to the New York Jets website. http://www.newyorkjets.com/schedule/training-camp-2015.html
Registration is free and tickets are free and required for entry. Don't miss out on a chance to see the stars and rookies of the New York Jets in the upcoming weeks. After all, training camp only comes once a year!


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A pick-axe attack targeting the airbase runway where Queen Elizabeth is likely to land next month, has further intensified concerns of dissident republican action during her inaugural trip to Ireland.
The incident occurred at the Air Corps base at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, and investigators are considering whether activists who are opposed to the Queen's trip were responsible.
Fist-sized holes were dug out of Baldonnel's longest runway, by a pick-axe device, which has sparked a major investigation by police, military and army engineers.
"There is a possibility that it was because of the queen's visit, but there was no evidence to support that, no graffiti, no pick-axe recovered, no claim of responsibility.
"There is a whole range of possibilities. We just don't know at this stage," a source told the Evening Herald.
The runway damage was discovered on Sunday morning when an Air Corps CASA plane attempted to use the runway.
The incident has sparked further fears of violence by dissident activists who are opposed to the Queen's historical trip.
Plans for a major security operation are underway for when Queen Elizabeth arrives next month.
All members of an Garda Síochána (the Irish police force) have been informed that no one will be permitted to take annual leave between May 16 and 25 ahead of the visit of both Queen Elizabeth and U.S. President Barack Obama.
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A Summer Camp Inspires Many to Find Their Own Beat
Saxophone player Mike Casey, who attended the Litchfield Jazz Camp as a teen, currently has songs featured on Spotify.
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In 1981, Vita Muir founded Litchfield Performing Arts. Today the organization is not only a fixture in the international jazz scene but has been producing promising young jazz musicians since 1997.
Litchfield Jazz Festival is known for bringing jazz legends like Ray Charles and Dave Brubeck to Litchfield County. The festival also features up and coming young musicians including Cecile McLorin Salvant and the Michael Mayo Quintet.
In 1997 Litchfield Performing Arts added to its repertoire a camp aimed at youth with serious interest in jazz. Every summer the camp draws between 350 and 400 jazz students. This year camp will be held at The Gunnery school in Washington.
The camp combines education with experience. One of the keynote events for campers is attendance at the two day Litchfield Jazz Festival where they listen to jazz greats and have the opportunity to perform on the secondary stage in front of festival crowds. Many campers come full circle, eventually appearing on the mainstage as their careers progress.
Three camp alumni making waves in the jazz scene today are saxophone player Mike Casey, bassist Matt Dwonszyk, who also teaches at the summer camp, and drummer Corey Garcia. Together they are the Mike Casey Trio and they are changing the game when it comes to record production for young jazz musicians.
Eschewing the traditional path of finding a record label to represent them, Mike Casey self-produced and promoted their latest album, something practically unheard of in the young jazz scene. The plan worked, earning them hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify. Their rendition of Norwegian Wood currently streams on the "State of Jazz" playlist and is their third song to be featured on Spotify.
Their next album, Stay Surprising: Live at The Side Door is due out this spring to be followed by a tour. They will be in Litchfield April 28 at Tavern off The Green for an album release show. (For tickets click here)
Mike Casey is the first to admit that jazz can be a difficult genre for both audience and performers alike.
"Jazz has become this eat your vegetables kind of music in a way, and yes it is incredibly deep music, complex at times," he says, "but it is there for enjoyment just like any other music."
Finding balance between music appreciation and simple enjoyment is key when it comes to educating young music students in order to avoid frustration and dispel stigma.
"Litchfield Jazz Camp does a great job balancing those two things," says Casey. "I'm a teaching artist as well, and when you're teaching jazz it is so complex that students can get easily discouraged. The Festival and camp take a balanced approach to presenting the music, giving equal value to both sides."
It is in part this balanced approach that makes Litchfield Jazz Camp unique in the world of music education programs. Muir and her team assemble the best of the best to instruct campers. Student testimonials describe the educational experience of a lifetime, a place where many learn more in a single summer than they have in every hour of music instruction they've had up to that moment.
In as much as Litchfield Jazz Festival is a fixture in the jazz scene, Vita Muir's commitment to the art is helping shape the next generation of jazz musicians right here in our own backyard. The 2018 Litchfield Jazz Festival is slated for July 28 to 29 at the Goshen Fair Grounds.


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An experiment: Issues for contructing a Semantic Web of simple acronym definitions
I am still not prepared to dive deep into a full-blown attempt to build a knowledge web using Semantic Web technologies, but I have been thinking a lot lately about exploring even a very simple example in some depth. In recent years I spent a lot of energy trying to build up a list of terms related to software agent technology and related technologies. One small subset of that effort related to compiling acronyms and their definitions. Tackling the full problem of converting the term definitions to the Semantic Web is too monumental a project for me to contemplate at this time, but at least tackling the ontological issues and representational issues of acronyms seems more manageable.
Alas, as soon as I considered such a modest project I very quickly realized that there are many issues that I do not yet have answers to. I will begin incrementally tackling this project and documenting my progress here on this blog. The eventual goal is to have something that really is part of the Semantic Web, but my main intention is to deeply explore the issues rather than rush to some "hacked", compromised, partial solution that really only partially exploits the true power of the Semantic Web and may not really advance the science of deeper knowledge webs at all. In other words, I will delay actual "coding" (e.g., RDF triples and XML schemas, and OWL ontologies) for as long as possible so that I can focus on thoroughly hashing out the conceptual issues.
The problem statement is fairly simple: Identify and address the issues with conceptualizing, communicating, understanding, manipulating, and representing acronyms and their definitions on the Semantic Web.
It sure sounds simple... as simple as ABC... ABC = Agent-Based Computing... what could be simpler and easier? Actually, I will leave that as an open question: what meaningful project that advances the science of knowledge webs could be easier than figuring out an optimal solution for representing acronyms and their definitions?
If your interest is looking up acronyms yourself, check out Acronym Finder, which bills itself as "the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms." They say that they have over 600,000 "human-edited definitions." Very impressive. I am sure that I will find it to be a useful tool in some of my research. But... it is not a part of the Semantic Web. It is a traditional Web site.


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Press These Meridian-line Points On Your Body And Never Feel Sick Or Tired Again
Chronic fatigue includes several symptoms that cannot be associated with other medical condition. How can you know if you are dealing with chronic fatigue? Even proper rest cannot improve it.
As we already said, chronic fatigue is not caused by a single factor. It is triggered by hormonal imbalances, viral infections, or issues with the immune system.
Common symptoms of chronic fatigue
- Unexplained muscle pain
- Moving joint pain
- Fatigue
- Unusual headaches
- Sleep that does not make you feel better
- Poor memory and concentration
- Sore throat
- Enlarged lymph nodes in the neck/armpits
- Unexplained depression (followed by social isolation)
- Being exhausted more than usual after your workout or mental stress
The meridian lines can help you treat chronic fatigue
Meridian lines, or the "energy pathways/highways," keeps chee energy flow in the system. These lines go across the entire body, and can be regulated by particular acupuncture points.
Experts at the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences say that meridian "helps us to understand how basic substances of the body (Qi, blood and body fluids) permeate the whole body."
People have used the fact that meridian lines are associated with the energetic distribution network of energetic manifestation to treat chronic fatigue.
Fatigue and the Triple Warmer
Practitioners of Ancient Chinese Medicine say that the energy line that passes right behind the ear is associated with depression and chronic fatigue. It is called the "Triple Warmer." This energy does not correspond to one particular organ, but involves every organ in the body, and regulates the connection between the hormonal distribution systems.
"Triple Warmer" is the name for the connection between your body, mind and spirit. It regulates heat and water channels in the body. When the triple warmer is over-energized, it sort of attacks the body and you deal with the chronic fatigue syndrome.
We give you 2 self-help techniques to soothe the Triple Warmer and treat fatigue:
Technique 1
Place the fingers of your left hand under your left knee, and the right fingers right above your left elbow. Can you notice the pulse in both spots?
Holt the two spots, and you will feel how the two pulses are synchronized. If you cannot find the pulses, hold your fingers on the spots for a few more minutes.
Repeat the same step on the right part of your body, and hold the fingers on until your pulses synchronize.
Technique 2
Place your left fingers on the indent at the outside part of your left baby toe, and hold your right fingers on the point between your little and ring finger. Hold your fingers on both spots until you notice that the pulses have synchronized.
Repeat the same step with the other side of your body. This means you have to put the right hand on your right baby toe, and your left hand at the base knuckles on your right hand.


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Reporting to the Service Manager, Assistant Service manager and Group Tyre Sales management, your role will be to inspect all vehicles coming through the Service department/ bodyshop for tyre replacement, and convert customer's tyre requirements into sales.
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• Understanding of tyre replacement requirements from customer cars to light commercial vehicles and Transit-type vans.
• Ability to identify early stages of tyre advisory and implement follow-up process.
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This is a varied and technical sales role, and a friendly, proactive attitude is essential. In return, you will be offered an excellent employee benefits package with many benefits such as life assurance, private health care and extensive training opportunities.
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About The Jazz Joy and Roy Daily Podcast and Syndication Network. The Jazz Joy and Roy Daily Podcast and Syndication Network is a Global Radio and Mobile Disc Jockey business registered with the great state of Arizona USA.—–Jazz Joy and Roy thanks Roy's beautiful wife Kathy for all she does plus the following people for helping Roy set up or break down equipment at recent Mobile Disc Jockey appearances: Frank, Mark, Jimmy, Ronny, Tom, the well-travelled Bob Besko (who showed up when Roy was suffering from a severe crick in the neck from tennis prep weight lifting), Mitch, Carl, Seth, Don, Arthur, Lee Carlson, Beth Maybe, Lou, Rick, David, John, Barry, Kevin, Darryl and your name will be added if we mistakenly left you out. Thank you, again, for your help. Google Image and Yandex searches like 'Top News and Politics Podcasts in the Country' or 'Madder Than A Wet Dog'' or 'Prussiadential Election' or 'Telma Hopkins Jazz Joy and Roy' or 'Rent Roy' or 'Roy O'Dell Gray Sr' are how many customers and listeners find 'The Jazz Joy and Roy Daily Podcast and Syndication Network' plus global Jazz Joy and Roy radio websites like Germany's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.net or JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.de, Austria's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.at, Poland's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.pl, Sweden's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.se, Spain's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.es, Italy's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.it, France's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.fr, Portugal's JazzJoyandRoy.Radio.pt, MyTuner-Radio.com/Podcasts/Top-News-And-Politics-Podcasts, Stitcher Radio on Demand at Stitcher.com; and many catch Jazz Joy and Roy Oldie Goldie episodes on TuneIn.com by searching 'News and Politics from Jazz Joy and Roy', plus a lot of people still like listening to Jazz Joy and Roy on ListenNotes.com, Apple and Roy appreciates the loyal diehard fans who, upon learning that their favorite podcast place has no Jazz Joy and Roy, demand it. Ademas, muchas personas descubre el mejor espectáculo del radio en Pezones, Bolivia en JazzJoyandRoy.com y PezonesBolivia.Weebly.com.—–Desde Pezones Bolivia a Verga New Jersey, Culo Philippines a Playa Teta Panama y Polla Italy a Mamada Japan.
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Some friends and I stayed at the Merlot House for 2 nights and it was a great experience. The house is lovely, very clean, and big enough to fit 5 adults comfortably. It was just moments from downtown Grapevine and only a 10ish minute drive to the airport. The owner was very responsive and polite. Recommend this property Beautiful House close to everything!-Emily M
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This video from the set of Gossip Girl shows part of a scene with Dan and Blair. It's nothing too remarkable, but it's still a fun behind-the-scenes look at our favorite show.
Besides, unlike SOME Gossip Girl spoilers out there, you can see this is actually Dan with Blair, not some European Prince guy. People need to get their story straight.
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Kennedy Compound
Kennedy Compound
Main house of the Kennedy Compound (1972).
|100 Marchant Avenue
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S.
|41°37′47.928″N 70°18′8.4954″W / 41.62998000°N 70.302359833°WCoordinates: 41°37′47.928″N 70°18′8.4954″W / 41.62998000°N 70.302359833°W
|6 acres (24,000 m²)
|Architectural style
|Part of
|Hyannis Port Historic District (#87000259)
|NRHP reference #
|Significant dates
|Added to NRHP
|November 28, 1972
|Designated NHLD
|November 28, 1972
|Designated CP
|November 10, 1987
The Kennedy Compound consists of three houses on six acres (24,000 m²) of waterfront property on Cape Cod along Nantucket Sound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States. It was once the home of American businessman and political figure Joseph P. Kennedy, his wife Rose, and two of their sons, President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Their youngest son, Senator Ted Kennedy, lived in his parents' house, and it was his main residence from 1982 until he died of brain cancer at the compound in August 2009.[2]
President Kennedy used the compound as a base for his successful 1960 U.S. presidential campaign and later as a summer White House and presidential retreat until his assassination in November 1963. In 2012, the main house was donated to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.[3]
In 1926 Joseph P. Kennedy rented a summer cottage at 50 Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port. Two years later, he purchased the structure, which had been erected in 1904, and enlarged and remodeled it to suit his family's needs. In and around this house, their nine children spent their summers, acquiring a lifelong interest in sailing and other competitive activities.
In 1956, Jack bought a smaller home of his own at 111 Irving Avenue (41°37′51″N 70°18′13″W / 41.6308°N 70.3035°W), not far from his father's home. Subsequently, Ted acquired the residence at 28 Marchant Avenue (41°37′48″N 70°18′11″W / 41.63°N 70.303°W) adjacent to the other two in 1959 and sold it to Bobby and his wife Ethel in 1961. Edward lived in the compound until his death.[4]
All three buildings are white-frame clapboard structures typical of vacation residences on Cape Cod. Except for specific occasions at the Main House, the buildings are not available for public visitation.
Main house[edit]
Joe's home, the Main House and the largest of the three, is surrounded by well-tended lawns and gardens and it commands sweeping views of the ocean from its long porches.[5]
On the main floor are a living room, dining room, sun room, television room, the bedroom that John used before he purchased his own house in the compound, the kitchen, and various pantries and utility rooms.[5]
On the second floor are six bedrooms, a sewing room, packing room, and four servants' bedrooms. The house has a full attic.[5]
The basement contains a motion-picture theater and a hall covered with dolls from all around the world.[5] A wine cellar designed after a ship's hull and a sipping room[clarification needed] – one of the Kennedy family's favorite hideouts.[5]
The house has changed little, either structurally or in furnishings, since John's association with it.
In 2012, the main house was donated by the Kennedy family to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. On the grounds are an enclosed swimming pool, tennis court, a four-car garage, and two guest houses.
There are two circular driveways with flagpoles standing in the middle, a boathouse and several large stretches of lawn area where many of the family touch football games were played.
Other parcels of land that assorted members of the family have purchased remain as well-tended as those of the more prominent homes.
See also[edit]
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- ^ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ Staff writer (August 27, 2009). "Kennedy Compound to Be Converted to Museum – Sen. Edward Kennedy Succumbed to Brain Cancer at the Compound Tuesday Night and the Family Held a Private Mass for the Legendary Senator Thursday Morning". Fox News. Accessed August 29, 2009.
- ^ "Main House At Kennedy Compound Given To Institute". WBUR. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ Berry, Jake (2009-08-29). "Future of compound fueling rumor mill". Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/presidents/site30.htm
- This article incorporates public domain material from the National Park Service document "The Presidents (Kennedy Compound)".
External links[edit]
- Knight, Wendy (August 18, 2006). "A Harbor Full of History and Sea Lore on Cape Cod". The New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
- John F. Kennedy
- Kennedy family residences
- National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Houses in Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Houses completed in 1904
- Presidential homes in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts


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Ruf's right that T-Mobile has been growing its smartphone customers—it added over a million in the fourth quarter. But smartphone owners account for just 24 percent of T-Mobile's customers. Clearly, much of its business still relies on lower-end services such as feature phones and prepaid plans, and that part of the economy hasn't been faring so well.
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Narendra Kini – M.D., GE Medical Systems
Don Walker - McKesson Corporation
Don Redinius – Agillist Group, Inc.
Denise Fiore – Yale-New Haven Hospital
Six Sigma In Healthcare
Panel Workshop For
The Quality Colloquium at Harvard University
August 26, 2003
Operational Excellence
Business Strategy
Be the BEST - World Class
Customer / Quality Focus
Systematic: Data (Fact) Based
Teamwork, Communication
Measurement is Key
Six Sigma
Statistical Measure of Process Capability
Tools and Tactics
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
Real Problem -> Statistical Problem ->Statistical Solution -> Real Solution
Z, DPMOWhat Is Six Sigma?
The only real source of a paycheck is a satisfied customer.
2.The Customer Defines Quality
Delight the customer by eliminating defects
3.Variability is the Enemy!
Right the first time = lowest cost
4.Act on Fact!
Make data driven decisions through analysis instead of "gut feel"
5.Measurement is the Key!
What you can't/don't measure…..You don't know!
6.Employee Brainpower
Given leadership, the right tools and knowledge, cross-functionalteams will deliver World Class Operations, processes & productsSix Sigma Values
ControlThe Roadmap
Six Sigma Breakthrough Strategy®
1. Select CTQ Characteristic
2. Define Performance Standards
3. Validate Measurement System
4. Establish Product Capability
5. Define Performance Objectives
6. Identify Variation Sources
7. Screen Potential Causes
8. Discover Variable Relationships
9. Establish Operating Tolerances
10. Validate Measurement System
11. Determine Process Capability
12. Implement Process Controls
Yale-New Haven HospitalSix Sigma InitiativeThe Quality Colloquium At Harvard University: Six Sigma in Healthcare August 26, 2003Speaker: Denise J. Fiore
Business Plan
Q x A = E
Six Sigma
Change Acceleration Process
Effective Results
Skills Development
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Reduction in SICU Bloodstream Infections (BSI)Project Background
Project Description:To reduce SICU Blood Stream
Infections (BSIs) through improvements in the process
of care
Potential Benefits:
Alignment with Strategic Plan:
Data Source:CDC National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance [NNIS] Program
Project Successful if:SICU BSI rate reduced to be at or below national guidelines (NNIS median)
What did we measure?
Infections are infrequent, but a reduction from about two per month to one per month would be meaningful. Cost of one BSI, including extra LOS = $50,000 (est.)
What did we want to know?: What is our process
capability for using catheters without infections?
LSL = 67 or more catheters placed between BSI's will exceed NNIS median
Any NNIS defined BSI
Initial Capability
What did we learn?: We have both a mean and variability problem
What did we want to know?: What contributes to infections?
What did we learn? Need to collect data on numerous elements to better understand overall risks for infection.
Reduction in SICU Bloodstream Infections (BSI)
Goal:To reduce the incidence of BSIs to at least the CDC NNIS standards for Catheter Days between a BSI.
Defect: Any BSI occurring more frequently than between placement of 67 catheters
Central Lines for BSIs 1/00 – 4/03
New X appears
New SOP
Mean (LT)
Project Findings
Before Mean: 27.5 Std. Dev: 30 Z Score: 0
After (since 9/02) Mean: 128 Std. Dev: 81 Z Score: 5.74
Correct Surgical Case Materials on the OR
Goal:Ensure all functional and specifiedrequired materials in the operating room when patient arrives
Defect: Number of times RN has to leave room during a case to get standard equipment.
Project Findings
Before Mean: 3.4
Std. Dev: 2.66
After Mean: 1.25
Std. Dev: 1.24
Control Chart of Defects
Goal: Reduce the time to human contact for MR appointment scheduling via the phone
Defect:. Any caller who waits > 30 seconds to speak with a scheduler
Project Findings
Before Defect Rate: 62%
After Defect Rate: 29%
Workshop on Six Sigma
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A Clinical Case Study: Improving Implant
Rates at an IVF Clinic
Narendra Kini MD, MHA
GE Health Leadership Institute
IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
Present situation- Jan 2000- May 2001
Lower Spec Limit 1
17.3% of cycles without
high quality
embryos on day 3.
Mean = 3.48 embryos/cycle
Standard Dev. = 3.46 embryos/cycle
N = 924 cycles
Team Members:
Jill Dunham Mike Case
Ed Pisarchick David Keefe
Rick Hacket IVF Team
Six Sigma Project # Women and Infants Hospital (WIH)
Project Title: In vitro fertilization (IVF) optimization.
Sponsor: Dr. David Keefe
Master BB: Jill Dunham
Black Belt: Mike Case
Finance Approver: Vesela Andreeva
Project Start Date: May 29, 2001
Project Description / Problem Statement: Increase "take-home baby" rate from IVF clinic by ensuring that all cycles have suitable embryos to transfer.
Project Scope: Patient data Jan 2000-May 2001 from Blackstone WIH IVF clinic (~1000 cycles of IVF).
Potential Benefits: Increase patient satisfaction. Decrease cost of procedure to payers. Increase market share for WIH IVF clinic.
Alignment with Strategic Plan:
WIH seeks to increase patient satisfaction, quality of patient care, while increasing market share.
Six Sigma improves availability of 6-cell embryos
Increase IVF cycles with most suitable embryos for transfer.
Present process is ~ 2.5 sigma
All IVF CYCLES
That's pretty good!
Defect = cycles with 0 embryo 6 cells
Summary of survey of IVF staff for critical X's influencing
number of 6-cell embryos available on day 3.
WIH IVF maintains a database of >140 parameters/cycle
Incubator no.
23 parameters survived Chi-sq. analysis
(cycles with v.s. cycles without 6-cell embryos)
Incubator 3 was having trouble maintaining CO2 levels
Took it out of service
Some Xs were predicted by the Work-Out survey
Do what we already do,
Present IVF lab
Implement New Technology
Impact of Six Sigma on the "Y"- number of >6-cell embryos
After Six Sigma
13.3% of cycles did not have
>6-cell embryos
Before Six Sigma
17.3% of cycles did not have
>6-cell embryos
Continue to monitor #>6-cell embryos
Six Sigma Quality Improvement has increased our success
35% increase in
implantation rate
of Six Sigma
Beware, success rapidly changes your organization and can change where you focus your efforts
Must now focus on new patient recruitment-
referring physician outreach, advertising, new patient enrollment???
Problems with data base analysis
Other than the incubator, we simply identified
a profile of a difficult patient
Can only analyze what has been measured
and entered into data base
(e.g. embryo morphology data, E2 levels
measured throughout stimulation)
Now what?
A more detailed process map is necessary
Egg retrieval by doctor
Sperm collection
Wash sample
Egg stripping and cleaning
Egg equilibration
Assess sperm quality and count
Wash 5X's to remove
excess sperm
Currently there are hundreds of steps in the IVF process
Assessment of fertilization
Identify the critical Xs driving each step and optimize
Another example of Six Sigma at work – diffusing a debate
Threshold for flagging cases with low fertilization rates
-set threshold at 2 standard deviations from the mean.
Fertilization rate- percent inseminated that fertilized
Mean +/- stdev = 66 +/- 23%
Summary of fertilization threshold
to 40% fertilization
* monitor progress
* guard against slipping fertilization rates
* indicate when fertilization is exceptionally good (identify positive situations)
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Six Sigma Healthcare
It is a pivotal moment in the history of medicine—one offering great promise through rapidly advancing physical and intellectual technology and tremendous pressure to deliver better care to more people for less cost.
Sample of Healthcare Improvement Areas
As Operations Manager, Mary Ellen Pratt oversees Thibodaux's Six Sigma quality improvement program. Some examples of her Six Sigma successes:
Data Courtesy of MINITAB
Project: Insurance Claim Cycle Time
Business Problem StatementThe Hospital was experiencing excessive cycle times for processing insurance claims. 79% were exceeding the target of 10 days and 48% were exceeding the upper limit of 15 days to mail the claim to the insurance company. This created an undesirable outlay of cash estimated at $5 million.Goals and ObjectivesThe project had a target to reduce the average claim cycle time (Y) from 16 days to 9 days. The quantity of claims submitted over 15 days will be reduced to less than 10%. The project will complete within 3 months. The expected annualized benefit will be a reduction receivables over $4 million and hard savings from the reduced cost of working capital of $210,000 in support the hospitals objective to improve asset utilization
Measure Phase
This phase primarily used process mapping, the XY matrix and capability analysis. Capability analysis was performed with an upper specification limit of 15 days and a lower expectation limit of 3 days (represents the fewest days possible to prepare a claim), with a target of 10 days.
Initial Process Capability Analysis for Insurance Claim Submittal
Project: Insurance Claim Cycle Time
Analyze PhaseIn this phase five overall process areas were confirmed as major contributing process steps (X's) using graphical analysis and hypothesis tests, these were:1. Claim Reconciliation (Slow)2. Services Recording (17 % had Incorrect/Missing Information)3. Manager Review (Failure to Review)4. Internal Mail Routing (Inconsistent Delivery Location and Time)5. Queue Method (First in first out). For example a claim could sit in Accounts Receivables between 1 and 12 days before being worked on. Of the 36 activities identified in the process map, 21 were designated as non-value added. The non-value added steps alone accounted for approximately 7 days of the current cycle time.
Project: Insurance Claim Cycle Time
Improve PhaseIn this phase, five improvement actions were implemented:1) Elimination of 14 of the 21 non value adding steps which reduced the claims loop cycle time 3 days (Of which one was the Manager's review)2) Revised form layout reducing service reporting errors to less than 5% accounted for an additional 2 days3) It was also discovered that the originating departments were already maintaining electronic files of the patient record. The Accounts Receivable department was allowed to access this system which eliminated the need to request the patients' files via hardcopy, eliminating the internal mail issues which eliminated 1 day 4) A first in first out (FIFO) process was implemented in all process steps which eliminated 2 days5) Developed training for personnel to implement the new process/procedures
Final Process Capability Analysis for Insurance Claim Submittal
Project: Insurance Claim Cycle Time
Control PhaseIn the control phase four control mechanisms were adopted. 1) An upper limit of one day was placed on the claim reconciliation process as an "early warning system" for the process2) Services recording error rates were monitored with an SPC chart. 3) The total claim submittal times were monitored with an SPC chart via a daily sample4) Quarterly audit of the process to assure conformance and consistency
Project: Insurance Claim Cycle Time
Results and Benefits ObtainedA total of 7 days of average cycle time was removed from the insurance claim submission process, this reduced the average cycle time from 15.2 days to 8.3 days.Service recording errors were reduced from 17% to < less than 5% This has improved revenue collection from an average of $16.1 million per month to $20.3 million. The annualized net reduction of $4.2 million of operating cash valued at a 5.4% weighted annual cost of capital has resulted in a net annual savings of $226,800. Less than 8% vs. the original of 48% of all claim submittals are expected to exceed the upper limit of 15 Days.
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Sacred Mount Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, has bewitched and beguiled onlookers for countless centuries. If you think that "Fuji-san" is nothing more than the poster child for Japan, though, you'd be wrong. Here are nine nifty facts on Mount Fuji with amazing images showing the many moods of this most honorable mountain!
9) Mount Fuji in Modern Art Culture
As an instantly recognizable symbol of Japan, Mount Fuji has been co-opted from time to time by companies such as Atari, who used a stylized Mount Fuji design for their logo:
In Japan, colorful paintings of Mount Fuji are often displayed in public baths, supposedly so that patrons can more easily achieve a sense of timeless relaxation as they soak away their cares. As well, the peaceful image of Mount Fuji is said to be a bringer of good luck - as long as it's not an image of it erupting!
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8) Mount Fuji is a Sacred Mountain and is the Symbol of Japan
Mount Fuji is considered the sacred symbol of Japan.
Absolutely! The mountain's serene, unchanging image - unchanging except for the snowcap that comes and goes with the seasons - graces everything from public bath house walls to postage stamps to currency and more!
Mount Fuji 5000 Yen bank note.
7) Mount Fuji is NOT one of the Tallest Mountains in the World
Not even close, although at more than 12,000 feet high it's the loftiest in Japan and one of the most famous peaks in the world. But "tallest"? Not by half... even two Mount Fuji's stacked one atop the other wouldn't match the height of Mount Everest. Even the world's tallest volcano, Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador, surpasses Mount Fuji by over 7,000 feet. Mount Fuji only LOOKS extremely tall because it stands alone and is not surrounded by other high peaks like the Himalayas or Andes.
Look closer and 'Fuji-san' is less than sanitary
6) Mount Fuji isn't a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Why? Garbage, LOTS of garbage. Almost a third of a million people visit Mount Fuji each year and the climbing season is only 2 months long. Do the math... the infrastructure just can't handle the load. Waste, both organic and inorganic, is everywhere. Even worse, the beautiful forests surrounding the mountain have become a choice dumping ground for those seeking to avoid trash disposal fees - not to mention being a prime spot for committing suicide (roughly 30 per year).
Trash spoiling Japan's Sacred Mount Fuji.
A major, concerted cleanup is now underway. Included in the effort are new bio-toilets to replace the previous storage-tank models whose contents were simply emptied onto the mountainside at the end of each climbing season. Mount Phew-ji!
5) Historically, Mount Fuji has been Off-limits to Women
Like most high mountains in Japan, Mount Fuji was traditionally seen as an abode of the gods; a place where "unclean" women were forbidden to go. It wasn't until 1872 that the official ban on women climbing Mount Fuji was lifted, partially in response to a well-publicized ascent of the peak in 1867 by Lady Parkes, the wife of a British diplomat.
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4) Mount Fuji is Privately Owned
Strange but true! But not to worry, neither a Japanese version of "The Donald" nor an absentee Middle Eastern prince lists Mount Fuji among his holdings. The uppermost portion of the peak belongs to the Fujisan Hongu Sengentaisha shrine, having been granted the title in perpetuity by the Shogun in 1609.
A Shinto priest at the shrine, Norihiko Nakamura, has categorically stated that "Mount Fuji is a mountain of the world, not an asset for individuals," thus allaying any fears that the shrine might restrict access to Mount Fuji's summit.
3) Mount Fuji is an Active Volcano
Officially designated as "dormant" (presumably to avoid panic), Mount Fuji last erupted 300 years ago. But... and that's a very big "but"... there's no reason to assume there won't be another.
In 1707, a vent opened on Mount Fuji's flank, spewing molten lava down the mountain's farmed & forested slopes while raining volcanic ash upon Tokyo (then known as Edo). The so-called "Hoei crater" from the 1707 eruption is still visible today and from some angles distorts the view of Mount Fuji's symmetrical cone.
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2) What Would Happen if Mount Fuji DID Erupt?
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Mount Fuji, the active volcano.
In a worst case scenario, nearly 8,000 people living near the peak would have to be evacuated and nearly 2,000 homes would suffer damage. That number would rise to around 11,000 if the eruption occurred in June, during Japan's rainy season. In addition, up to 12.5 million people would suffer adverse affects from fine particles of volcanic ash which would saturate the air.
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1) Mount Fuji in Traditional Art - Tsunami Waves?
Colorful images of Mount Fuji in traditional woodblock prints have been admired for centuries. Among the most well-known are the "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" created by the master printer Hokusai between 1826 and 1829. The pictured image, "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa", is perhaps THE best-known Japanese print and was a significant influence on many of Europe's great artists of the late 19th century.
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Local lit fans boozed it up on literary cocktails at Brooklyn Public Library's Park Slope branch on Friday, where the borough's book lender honored authors handpicked by their biggest fans — the librarians!
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SACRAMENTO - Is Trey Hardee destined to be the greatest American decathlete never to win an
Olympic gold medal?
Is he bound to join such notables as Tom Pappas, Dave Johnson, Chris Huffins, Russ Hodge, Bob Coffman, Steve Fritz, Ricky Barker, Fred Dixon, John Sayre, Tim Bright - and more - on the list of those who had the potential to win it all at the Games - but for an array of reasons, some of their own making, some not, never quite did?
Call it a very/very strong possibility.
Good as he is and good as he looked leading the way in the USA Outdoor ChampionshipsThursday and Friday at Sacramento State University's Hornet Stadium - the bottom line of decathlon life these days is that Hardee may never/ever catch up to and outscore good friend and countryman Ashton Eaton.
Then again, don't ever say those things within earshot of this 30-year-old two-time world champion by way of Alabama (Vestavia Hills High School); Mississippi (a two-year stay at Mississippi State U.) and Texas (where he's a 2007 U. of T. alum.) He'd be tempted to turn his pet javelin into a weapon of convenience.
The whole track and field world may have already conceded the 2016 Rio de Janiero Olympic gold to Eaton (who netted the world-record score of 9,039 points winning the 2012 Olympic Trials en route to the London Olympic gold and added the 2013 World Championships gold by registering 8,809 in Moscow), and who continues going from strength to strength at age 25.
Five years his elder, Hardee, though, who took his Worlds crowns at Berlin in 2009 and Daegu in 2011, isn't listening.
He's certainly not making concession speeches.
As far as he's concerned - and knowing the vicissitudes of big-time deca-competition, including
Injuries, bad breaks and tough luck of all descriptions - he and good buddy Eaton are still neck and neck
In the race for Beijing and Rio gold.
Many may scoff at that notion but his runaway triumph in the USA Nationals at Hornet Stadium
surely bolstered his side of the debate.
In order, he reeled off performances of 10.39 for the 100, 23-8 ¼ in the long jump, 50-5 ½ in the shot put, 6-8 ¾ in the high jump, 48.02 in the 400, 13.69 in the 110 high hurdles, 166-2 in the discus, 16-4 ¾ in the pole vault, 186-8 in the javelin and 4:43.63 in the 1,500-meter run to total 8,599 points, best score in the world this year.
And just who was the 2014 world leader before that? Well, Trey Hardee, actually, with his 8,518 score at Gotzis, Austria four weeks ago.
With Oregonian Eaton on sabbatical from deca-competition this year to have fun playing at the 400-meter hurdles, and no further major global competitions on the 2014 calendar, the path is obviously clear for Hardee to regain the world leadership he held in 2009 and 2011.
But with the World Outdoor Championships in Beijing heading the 2015 calendar, Hardee knows that retaining the world leadership and holding off Eaton will be no easy task.
The 8,599 may have been a world leader and within striking distance of his best-ever score of 8,790 in 2009 but Hardee still knew it left plenty of room for improvement.
Most importantly, he's totally rehabbed from the Achilles tendon and hamstring injuries that forced him out of the 2013 Worlds in Moscow, a year after he'd placed second to Eaton at London.
He broke down his Hornet Stadium performance this way:
"The 100, that was the best I've run in a little while, wind or otherwise.
"The long jump, though, I missed it entirely, probably lost 150 points right there.
"I came back with some power in the shot put.
"But the high jump, that was lights out right there. I was in a rhythm. It was just the second meet ever for me jumping with my new approach, my short approach. It gave me the opportunity to be more athletic. That was my mindset, and I had my mark and I had the bar.
"The quarter, I went out a little too hard and at the end I was paying for it.
"But I still closed strong and walked away from the track Thursday night (with 4,441 points in the bank) and not really thinking I had done anything.
"Second day, the hurdles was great, but I probably did a little too much warming up.
"The discus, man, the one long throw I had was a goof, a mess-up, but it was still a long throw.
I know a 55-plus (meter) world (decathlon) record is there. I know that, because I've already been over 55 a few times in practice.
"So I had some good momentum moving over to the pole vault. The wind made it a little iffy. I never could find my find my rhythm. I wound clearing just the one bar.
"Then the jav, I've changed a few things around this season. I'm learning a lot of new things.
It's funny, I can throw really far from a short approach but not from a long one. But that's just now. I know that will change.
"The 1500, I went out about six seconds too slow for the first 800, but I felt really, really strong
pushing the last 300. With 100 to go, it was like, I've done it, it's over, I can relax."
His biggest 2014 goal: "to reassert myself" (on the global charts.)
"Add up my PB's (personal bests) and I'm at 9200 points, maybe 9,300.
"Hands down, we (Eaton and Hardee) are the two best decathletes in the world.
"We think we've got the formula, we know where we want to be and when we should be there.
"I'm a championship competitor, I perform really well at the big meets.
"An now I've got the national title under my belt, I'm the 201 national champion.
"That means a lot."
So this message to Eaton: "Bring it on."
But the reply the world's track experts send him: "Eaton is still the king, he's secure on the
throne, and there's no abdication on his agenda."