...BACKGROUND The Burton Group of Hospitals in downtown Minneapolis has a patient satisfaction score of 55% compared to 80% in comparable hospitals in the area. Based on patient feedback, the three major complaints in rank order are long waiting, too much movement, and lack of patient focus. The daily census data indicates that 22% of the patients that came to the Emergency Department (ED) had simple fractures. The Hospital is located next to several recreational park systems, therefore the Emergency Department treats a significant amount of patients from recreational sports. Simple fracture procedure has the lowest satisfaction (40%) among the hospital patients. RECOMMENDATION We advise The Burton Group of Hospitals to reduce the waiting times of simple fracture patients by optimizing processes and following efficient practices, by reducing unnecessary patient and staff movement across the Emergency Department and by improving customer service through a patient-oriented culture. The proposed efficiency model can reduce the waiting time for simple fracture patients requiring procedure to just 123 minutes from 317 minutes. Our detailed recommendations for management are as follows: * Reduce the long waiting times by optimizing processes and following efficient practices. Long waiting times are patients’ biggest concern. Patients have to wait long since many processes in ED are inefficient due to duplication, disorganization and lack of technology. Eliminating...
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...BURTON SNOWBOARDS - COMPANY PROFILE Burton Snowboards, the world’s first snowboard factory, is a rider-driven company solely dedicated to creating the best snowboarding equipment on the planet. Burton’s passion is snowboarding, evident by their commitment to involve riders in every step of the product development process. Headquartered in Burlington, Vermont with international offices in Innsbruck, Austria and Tokyo, Japan, Burton has lead the snowboard industry for 26 years. By supporting a Global Team of the world’s top riders, Burton Snowboards has fueled the growth of snowboarding worldwide. Their support and development of successful programs like Learn To Ride (LTR), The Chill Foundation, Free the Snow and the US Open Snowboarding Championships has also contributed to snowboarding’s tremendous growth and exposure over the years. Jake Burton, founder and owner of Burton Snowboards, has dedicated the past 26 years of his life to snowboarding. In 1977, Jake founded Burton Snowboards in South Londonderry, Vermont. Through the years, he’s played a vital role in transitioning snowboarding from a backyard hobby to a world-class sport. Deemed the ‘Pioneer of Snowboarding’, Jake just sees himself as someone who loves to ride. Just like everybody else who works at Burton, Jake comes to the office, snowboards as much as possible and brings his dog to work if he feels like it. Burton employees play hard and work even harder. Working for Burton is a 24/7 job – you work and live...
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...Films such as Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Big Fish have a whimsical style like Walt Disney, and dark mood like Edgar Allan Poe’s pieces of literature. This is because Tim Burton, the director of these film, was inspired by these people and he creates their type of style using cinematic techniques. Some examples of film techniques that all these films share are flashback, low-key lighting, and non-diegetic sound. Flashback is when a scene goes in to the past to show previous events. Low key lighting is when a scene is flooded with shadows and nondiegetic sound is when there are sounds and music that are only meant for the viewer to hear. FIlm techniques can use many different types of effects and ways to create...
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...This incredible director, Tim Burton, has an amazing way of directing and pulling in all sorts of audience for just one tale, yet he chooses a variety. Every detail is used in a precise and over developed form of presenting. The mind of this fascinating man seeks deep into the tales' of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissor-hands, Big fish, and many more mysterious, but wondrous adventures. He's been allowed the opportunity to entertain and fascinate for over 30 years, and these fantastical stories continue to live on even more than expected. Burton masters the systematic techniques of specific editing, certain lighting, and precise camera movements, with great perfection, so they are able to create an ideal image or mood for the...
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...Aaron Davis Peter Lehman TA: Amanda Kehrberg FMS 100 10 December 2010 Batman Returns In my essay I will be talking about the representation of women and the female body for the film Batman Returns. I will be analyzing the films lead female character, Selina Kyle/Catwoman played by Michelle Pfeiffer, by giving specific examples from the film that categorizes her in this topic. The three main concepts that I will be focusing on in my essay are as followed: the good girl/bad girl dichotomy, beauty and the fragmentation of the female body, and saving and punishing women. “I am afraid we haven’t properly housebroken Miss Kyle.” At the Start of the movie, right away you get a sense of how women, in this case Selina, are treated in this movie. She is a prime example when it comes to the good girl/bad girl dichotomy concept. At the beginning, Selina is showcased as a very shy, timid woman who works long hours for her needy boss. Then when we get a glimpse in her apartment, you realize that Selina hasn’t grown up at all. Her whole apartment is painted pink along with a number of cats, stuffed toys, and doll houses. All of which is unusual for a grown woman like her to have in her apartment. However, when Selina transforms into Catwoman, she poetically destroys everything that she was on the inside and out with the help of black spray paint and a skin tight black leather cat suit. Becoming this new sexual, seductive, powerful woman who seeks to punish and hurt any man that comes...
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...musical. The way a musical is done is exactly the way it sounds, they add musical numbers throughout the film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtEdhKOMgQ They do not typically sing the entire time, but usually every ten minutes or so after watching some of the acting, it will flow into a musical number. Also the songs normally have something to do with what just happened with the actors. The Nightmare Before Christmas meets its musical criteria with more than ten songs in the entire movie. Three of its most popular numbers being “This is Halloween, Jacks Lament, and What’s this?” This film was written by Tim Burton, another movie I could compare it to and that he directed would be Sweeny Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, it is also in the musical genre. “It tells the story of a serial killer. Typically, however, musicals depict lighter fare, and indeed, in each case mentioned they make what might have been more difficult material easier for the audience to relate to.” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011, Ch. 8.2). I feel that musicals are more of a required taste for movie lovers. I myself enjoy them as well as all movie genres, as the book says, they further add to the story and include more details and feelings into the movie. Sweeny Todd can also be added to the horror genre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hgrfZVlJA References A Nightmare Before Christmas This is Halloween www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtEdhKOMgQ Goodykoontz, B., & Jacobs, C. P. (2011). Film: From...
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...I am the overnight manager at the local IHOP restaurant. The normal everyday life of the restaurant is quite dull and boring. We are open Sunday through Thursday from 6 A.M. until midnight. On Friday and Saturdays we are open twenty-four hours a day. When the witching hour hits at midnight on these two nights, in particular, it is like being one of the main characters in a Tim Burton movie, maybe perhaps, “A Nightmare at IHOP”. The first of the stragglers start to uproot themselves from their graves around 2:30 A.M. This is when the majority of the clubs start to shut down all over Birmingham. You know what kind of night you are going to have when you see the first of your guests trying to detangle themselves from the restraints of their cars. If it takes them twenty minutes just to exit the vehicle you know you’re in for a bumpy ride. The next thing you notice is the clothing of the people that are about to enter the restaurant. Clothes make up a huge part of this chilling experience. These girls have also rummaged into a t-shirt drawer and decided that a t-shirt will be the choice dress of the night. The t-shirt barely covers the back of their hairy upper thighs. But hey, the mirror that they looked into before they left their house for the night said, “Girl, you look damn sexy”. Glittery makeup is acceptable when it is worn on the eyelids but when you have liberally powdered your entire upper body it is only accentuating...
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...own personal preferences which means that if a film is of their preferred genre, they are more inclined to go and see it. Along with allowing personal preferences to develop, genre can also give the audience expectations of a film depending on what genre it is and this helps to give an idea of what the film is about, which assists them in deciding whether or not they want to go and see it. On the other hand, there are more reasons nowadays that affect why people go to see films than just genre for example the special effects. The film 'Avatar' (2009) was a box office hit due to the groundbreaking special effects used within the film. Another example of a reason is the director; the film 'Alice in Wonderland' (2010), directed by Tim Burton (Oscar nominee...
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...Burton uses cinematic techniques such as lighting and camera angles to give his films a scary and creepy look. In some of his movies such as “Edward Scissorhands” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Burton mostly uses dark tones because he was influenced by Dr.Seuss. Lighting and camera angles are important because it shows mood. High-key lighting shows happiness. Burton uses low-key lightning when showing scary images. In “Edward Scissorhands” the lightning is mixed up. Peg’s town is happy and bright looking but in reality the town doesn't like each other and they are hateful to one another. Like Peg’s neighbor who always rude. Edward’s home is huge and dark. Edward is nice but he looks scary. In “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Charlie’s house...
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...There have been many movies that have been remade throughout the years, but one set that stands out the most is the two different takes on Roald Dahl’s Charlie book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, both are unique in their own way of bringing the book to life and expressing a certain theme, and although they both follow the same story plot, they both used different music or camera angles to get their points across to the audience. In the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory they emphasised the theme of honesty by showing how charlie avoids the temptations of money and candy throughout the movie, one example is the scene where Charlie encounters Slugworth, they use a low angle shot to make Slugworth seem more intimidating and that...
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...It’s good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new way.” Timothy Walter Burton was born on August 25, 1858 in Burbank, California. Tim spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies. After he graduated from high school, he attended California Institute of the Arts. Just like many others who graduated from that school, Burton’s first job was an editor for Disney. He really liked movies with, Vincent Prince, and he was known for his distinctive voice and his performances in horror films. Tim Burton is a kind of dark humor person. His movies are for all ages, unlike a lot of movies, and his movies feel like they are from a different time. In his movie Charlie The Chocolate Factory, you can notice...
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...Shaun White is a famous Olympic snowboarder. He has competed in the Olympics for several years so far. As of now, he has won the gold medal two times in the Olympic Games. In 2002 he started competing in the X Games and from then on he has won at least one medal each year. He is known as one of the best snowboarders in the half pipe. Dating from 2012, Shaun has won 8 gold and 2 silver medals in the X Games snowboard super pipe. In the X Games Slope Style he won 5 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals. For overall snowboarding in the X Games, he won 1 gold medal. He has won 10 ESPY Awards so far and he holds a record as the person with the greatest amount of X Games gold medals. Shaun is also part of a band called Bad Things. The band...
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...Power of Snowboarding When I first started I thought I wouldn’t be any good and I’d end up quitting. I thought that it would be something I’d do and end up hating it, but little did I know that feeling would change for the better. I snowboarded a little bit when I was like 7 but I never got hooked on it, I guess I was too little to understand the joy. My whole family snowboarded. There would be these trips we’d take to Sunday River. It would be like three or four cars every time. My uncle was especially good. He was the one who persuaded me into snowboarding again, so when I was 12 I decided to try it again. So I started in this program where I was supposed to do lessons for an hour and then free ride for another hour. But I thought I knew what I was doing. So I skipped lessons, and by the end of the night I had fallen so many times I couldn’t sit down the next day. So I ended up continuing that year but actually went to my lessons. I started to get the hang of it. So when the next winter came I decided to try it again, and I was doing good. Then the second time I went, I crashed really bad and broke my forearm and my wrist. I thought for sure I was done. But with help of family and friends I got back up the next year and I was doing the best I had ever done. I continued to improve but still wasn’t all that great. Then, my uncle who inspired me to snowboard and improve every single time I was on the mountain was killed in an accident at work. Snowboarding was huge in my...
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...Tim Burton is a film director that has made Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands, dark, Beetlejuice.Tim Burton uses different shots and lighting to establish a tone and theme in his movies.Tim Burton is known for his childlike and scary themes in his movies, In the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when the Oompa Loompa was dancing while Augustus was stuck in the chocolate pipe.The Oompa Loompa looked creepy and really didn't care about the boy, Willy Wonka wasn't scared or worried.The music he puts in his movies creates the mood of the character. In his film the Beetlejuice, Tim Burton uses different shots and the camera tracks the characters in the movie and all the different shots give you a better understanding of...
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...Many musical productions have made a significant impact on the theatrical world, some more than others. Very few, though, have a history like Sweeney Todd. This production features a psychologically-driven barber, filled with hatred because of a terrible past experience. This hatred brings out a monster in him, and he goes on a killing spree in London. He lures his victims into his shop with an awkward charm and slashes their throats with a straight razor. His victim's bodies are then dumped into the basement of the shop, where they are minced and cooked into meat pies that are sold in Mrs. Lovett's store. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney Todd's accomplice in his scheme for revenge. She is infatuated with him and cannot help but to assist him with these crimes. This twisted plot, the setting, and the musical score make for a darker production that is not seen very often from Broadway acts. “For Sweeney Todd is surely the angriest major musical ever written, a sensibility that here becomes a galvanizing asset” (Ben Brantley 2005). A now dated production, Sweeney Todd premiered on March 1, 1979. This took place at Uris Theatre in New York City. The production was eventually closed but not before it had over 500 runs. The show was reopened near its ten year anniversary in 1989. This time, the show ran for almost 200 runs before it was shut down again. In 2005, it was decided that Sweeney Todd was to be opened for viewing again. This time, it was showed over 300 times. It was eventually...
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