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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with free breakfast and restaurant
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Situated in Memphis, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Pump It Up and Wolfchase Galleria. Bellevue Baptist Church is 2.6 mi (4.2 km) away.
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and a seasonal outdoor pool.
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All 126 rooms provide conveniences like sofa beds and sitting areas, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find DVD players, refrigerators, and premium bedding.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hyatt Place Memphis/Wolfchase Galleria
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Hotel Amenities
Hyatt Place Memphis/Wolfchase Galleria features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 1200 square feet (111 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers concierge services, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Hyatt Place Memphis/Wolfchase Galleria is a smoke-free property.
- Free WiFi
- Conference space size (feet) - 1200
- Conference space size (meters) - 111
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Outdoor pool
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Business center
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 126
- Number of floors - 6
- Elevator/lift
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Television in common areas
- Smoke-free property
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Sofa bed size
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- DVD player
- Flat-panel TV
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Partially open bathroom
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Nearby Activities
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per accommodation, per stay (maximum USD 175 per stay), plus a one-time cleaning fee of USD 100
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 50 lb)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Pet fee: USD 75 per accommodation, per stay (maximum USD 175 per stay) plus USD 100 one-time cleaning fee
Hotel Name
- Hyatt Place Memphis/Wolfchase
- Hyatt Place Memphis/Wolfchase Galleria
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The photos in this description reflect the brand standard and are provided for illustrative purposes only.


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The HTC One Reviewby Brian Klug on April 5, 2013 8:50 PM EST
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- Snapdragon 600
Still Camera Analysis
Let's talk about the HTC One's camera.
The HTC One sensor is 16:9 aspect ratio natively, not the usual 4:3 we're used to seeing for sensors, with a resolution of 2688 x 1520, for 4.08 MP. I did a lot of digging around on the device and found that the rear facing CMOS is made by ST Microelectronics, it's the VD6869. This is the 1/3.0" format sensor with BSI and 2.0 µm x 2.0 µm pixels. I asked ST for more information about VD6869 and couldn't get any information about the sensor, which tells me this is very likely a part made specifically for HTC's One. Chipworks tore down a One and confirmed the presence of an ST CMOS, which confirms what I've seen inside in software.
HTC One camera module (Courtesy Chipworks)
Even more interestingly, OmniVision announced a 4.0 MP CMOS sensor which matches the VD6869 specs identically, the OV4688, which has the same size (1/3"), resolution (2688 x 1520), pixel size (2.0 micron), and a line about sensitivity being 40 percent higher on the 2.0 micron pixels compared to OV's 1.75 micron pixels. There's still no real information about sensitivity or saturation, but I suspect that OV4688 might become an alternate supply source if ST can't produce VD6869 in quantity.
The optical system on top of that CMOS is a 5P (5 plastic element) lens system with F/2.0 aperture and 3.82mm focal length, which when combined with the 1/3.0" CMOS crop factor of 7.21 gives a 35mm equivalent focal length of 27.54mm. HTC rounds up and calls this 28mm inside EXIF and on their own spec page. I still feel like something closer to 35 mm effective would be more natural for shooters, however the realities of thinner modules and the z-height problem make it a difficult sell.
The One also has OIS which can accommodate +/- 1 degree of deviation and has its own dedicated gyroscope which polls at 2 kHz for making corrections. You can actually see OIS working if you look at the module while the camera preview is going and slightly deviate the phone — it's quite surreal to watch the system make a reverse accommodation to the angle you've deviated the phone. The camera system in the One is capable of doing 8 FPS full resolution image capture as well. Image capture is on the HTC One is extremely speedy, in fact shot to shot latency is incredibly short. This is partially thanks to the prioritization of fast exposure times in the Auto mode unless Night mode is used.
On the front facing camera, we have an OmniVision OV2722 CMOS which is 1/5.8" in size with 1.4 µm x 1.4 µm pixels and an imaging area of 1932 x 1092, though output images are 1920 x 1088 since this oversized sensor is for accomodating EIS (electronic image stabilization) and rolling shutter correction. On top of that is an optical system of an unknown number of elements with F/2.0 aperture, and focal length around 1.59 mm, which gives the tiny sensor an effective focal length of around 22 mm and 88 degree full field of view.
Camera UI on the HTC One has changed slightly with Sense 5. The preview is 16:9 and fills the whole screen, so this time around there's no need to go and toggle a setting to get the full sensor output. In fact, this time around the 4:3 and square settings are crops of the 16:9 native output. Most of the UI is visually similar to previous HTC cameras, and functionally not a lot is changed. You can now drag from the edge to change between front and rear facing cameras, which is a nifty gesture. On the left side are the flash control, Zoe mode button, and menu, err "action button" which exposes the rest of the settings.
menu, err I mean the action overflow button, gives you another more explicit front/rear facing toggle, photo capture modes (Normal, Night, HDR, Swep Panorama, and tapping drop down gives Portrait, Landscape, Backlight, Text, Macro), video modes (Slow motion, Fast HD 60 FPS, Video HDR Full HD). The rest of the settings include crop aspect ratios (Wide - 16:9, Regular - 4:3, Square - 1:1), video quality (1080p, 720p, MMS 176x144), review duration, image adjustments (exposure, contrast, saturation, sharpness), ISO (Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600), white balance, continuous shooting, camera options, shutter options (tap to capture, sound), lock focus on video (disable CAF) and auto upload.
As I'll talk about in a moment, I find that although HTC has lightened up on the sharpening each year, it's still a bit much for my preferences. With the setting at –2 it appears that sharpening is turned off entirely. If you look at the edge of the lettering it's immediately obvious how much of a difference this makes.
The photo modes are pretty self explanatory. Normal is something of a safe default and balances shorter exposures and ISO, Night enables much longer exposure times and keeps ISO down at the same time. HDR is is the typical multi-frame capture and recombination to add detail in regions that are over or under exposed.
I also borrowed NVIDIA's HDR demonstration at GTC to take a series of images demonstrating HDR for still images. You can see how HDR mode combines multiple exposures for an equivalent image with more dynamic range than either of the parts.
I still find myself wishing that HTC had an AF/AE lock gesture for the camera UI, and there are still some quirks in the interface. At the end of the day I wish we could have a smartphone UI expose all of the manual exposure settings (exposure time is the big one) and not just a subset. I'm fine with either full auto being the default setting for normal shooters but would still love an expert mode with manual controls that expose everything, especially because at present the Android camera APIs simply doesn't expose enough for third party camera apps to be very powerful.
Let's talk about imaging performance on the HTC One. To evaluate this we turn to our usual camera bench photo locations, lightbox test with the lights on and off, and test charts. In addition I spent a lot of time taking side by side comparisons with the HTC One alongside some other good low light performers out and about. I also shot a lot of photos just around town with the HTC One in my pocket to get a good feel for camera performance, and to understand the various camera modes since they aren't overtly documented. I should also note that I am reviewing the final HTC One hardware with final camera module, and launch software. This is the retail unit and retail software which is already shipping in EMEA markets. That said, there are going to be future tweaks to the imaging pipeline, especially OIS on the HTC One during its product cycle, but this is what is shipping today.
In the smartphone camera bench album, note that only locations 3, 4, 5, and 7 were available for use. The real world bench photos look subjectively good to me, final hardware has fixed most of the issues with the left or right side of the image being slightly soft or out of focus. Location 3 doesn't have too much noise in the sky or homogenous parts of the image, location 4 has some slight moire and color rainbowing in the grating, it's in location 7 that I see a lot of sharpening going on which affects the readability of the menu beyond just the loss of resolution from the camera being 4 MP. In outdoor broad daylight, the HTC One is admittedly at a bit of a disadvantage if you're looking at things 1:1 on a high resolution display. On a 1080p display or shared on Twitter however, the images from the One are more than adequate.
In the lights on camera box, the HTC One does a good job at getting the white balance right, something a few cameras still struggle with for some reason. Detail on the focusing ring of the Exakta is visible, though it's obvious there's some sharpening going on. Dynamic range looks really good here, I can see detail in the texture of the black camera body without the background becoming a saturated blob, although there's still some visible noise reduction at work here which doesn't make sense since this image was taken at ISO 101. In fact that's my one big overriding thought about the HTC One by default, there's a strange combination of noise reduction and sharpening going on at some times, and at first I thought this was overly aggressive JPEG compression, until I learned this is set at 95-percent quality. It is definitely noticeable in the homogenous color regions and textures which there are a lot of in the lights on test photo.
With the lights off, the HTC One oddly continually underexposed the image with the flash on. My other issue is that HTC continues to not light the LED for AF assist during focus, meaning that there were a bunch of out of focus shots before I finally obtained an in-focus shot out of luck. AF assist LED should be an option in the camera menu, though admittedly on the HTC One as we'll show in a moment you really don't need the flash unless you're shooting in absolute complete darkness. In fact, in my time with the HTC One I pretty much kept flash off all the time (looking at EXIF for all the images I've taken reveals only 10 where flash fired), since the color cast of an LED flash to me is ugly and the One has enough low light performance to take good photos in natural lighting even in scenes which previously would've required a flash.
In the distortion chart we can see that the One follows some other devices and has a bit of pincushion at the center but is pretty well controlled at the edges. There's some softness in the top left corner and bottom right, but this is still something I see a lot of on devices. On the GMB color checker image I see some noise in a few of the solid color boxes, and white balance is a bit off, which is interesting since the One nailed white balance in other scenes in the same box with the same light source.
If we look at crops of the spatial resolution in saggital and tangential orientations from the ISO12233 chart, we can see that the One starts to alias around the 12 or 13 mark (units of line pairs per image height), and other 8 MP shooters alias around the 15 mark or just above. That's not too much of a surprise however given the fact that it's a 4 MP camera compared to higher resolution cameras. We can see some odd little demosaicing artifacts as the two lines start to alias as well (the maze-looking pattern).
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Death666Angel - Saturday, April 06, 2013 - linkI haven't had build quality issues with my 2 Samsung phones so far (SGS2 and GN). You may be confusing build quality with material choices. I personally don't give a damn about my phone being metal. It gets a case around it anyway and then I want to get the weight saving from plastic. :) All else being equal, I'll probably always choose the plastic phone. :D Reply
theduckofdeath - Saturday, April 06, 2013 - linkI agree, the SGS2 is a solid phone. I remember mine getting squeaky after I dropped it pretty hard on a pavement once, so hard that the back popped off and the battery flew out. For a while I thought that I had bent the whole phone, but after looking it all over I realized that it was just the battery that was bent. I flattened it as good as I could, and after that the phone was nice and solid again. :) Reply
vvk - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkAgree. Plastic survives falls much better than metal and frankly who has not dropped their phone at least ones? And if you use case with the phone the argument for metal becomes even murkier. Reply
darwinosx - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkNo it doesn't. Go over the the Squaretrade site and see what they have to say about it. Metal does better Mostar the time. Samsung is just being cheap. Reply
Crono - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkI'm not "confusing build quality with material choices", though I see what you are getting at.
While materials aren't everything, they are at least half the equation when looking at build quality. If you have a flimsy plastic housing, but great internals, the result is cheap feeling phone. My current and previous phones have all been plastic, but they've all taken a beating in regular use and look worse for it. I prefer to not need or use a case.
In any case (pardon the pun), HTC phones have better in-hand feel in my experience even when using plastic. Reply
AZsoul - Saturday, April 06, 2013 - linkIf you are an existing att customer, no pre-order and no free media link. Another example of their superior customer service. Reply
horay - Saturday, April 06, 2013 - linkThat's because AT&T wants you to buy the iphone. Reply
darwinosx - Sunday, April 07, 2013 - linkNo carrier wants you to buy the iPhone. They sell it because they have to due to customer demand. they ay more for iPhones and can't load them up with logos and bloatware like Android phones. Reply
IsthatyouBevis - Saturday, April 06, 2013 - linkThat is not true. I went to the AT&T store and preordered and recieved the media link. Please don't spread dis-information Reply
erikiksaz - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkThe fact that carriers don't want you to purchase an iphone is absolutely true. The margins are so low that the CSRs very little bonus when they sell an iphone relative to any android product. Reply

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H. Dyer was the son of Samuel Dyer & Sarah
Jane Mann
Ida May Seamons was the daughter of unknown parents
Thanks to Penny & Jim Dyer for the photos of Herman Dyer and his family. Also thanks to Tom Bruce for the photos of the children of Lee O. Dyer.
|Edgar & Ida Dyer
|Edgar H. Dyer and Ida May Seamans were married about 1898, probably in Missouri. They had 4 sons: Lee, Roy, Herman & Samuel.
|Herman Dyer
|Third son of Edgar & Ida. Herman was born on December 6, 1904, so guessing about 1905
|Lee, Roy & Herman Dyer
|I'm guessing the photo was taken about 1906, which would make Lee age 8, Roy age 5 and Herman age 2. I'm not sure where it was taken - the family is on the 1900 census of Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., MO, but in 1907 Lee is listed at age 8 on the school census of Canon City, Fremont Co., CO.
|Ida Dyer & Sons Lee, Roy, Herman & Samuel
|Samuel was born about 1910, so photo was taken about 1911. The family is had returned to MO and were listed on the 1910 census of Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., MO, but by 1920 they were back in Colorado and were listed on the 1920 census of Canon City, Fremont Co., CO. They were in Lawrence Co., MO in 1923, but were in Tucson, Pima Co., AZ in 1930 & 1933. Boys oldest to youngest are Lee, Roy, Herman & Samuel.
|Edgar & Ida Dyer
|Maybe taken about 1930 in Tucson, AZ??
|Edgar Dyer
|Same day as above photo.
|Mary Frances Dyer graduation
|Mary Frances Dyer was the daughter of Lee O. Dyer, and granddaughter of Edgar & Ida. Graduation was probably about 1939 or 1940 in Canon City, Fremont Co., CO. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she and her siblings were raised by their mother.
|Leo Edward "Buddy" Dyer, graduation
|Leo Edward "Buddy" Dyer, graduation 1941 from Holy Cross Abbey in Canon City, CO. Leo entered the Navy soon after graduation, and became one of the first "frogmen" in the South Pacific in WWII. Buddy was the son of Lee O. Dyer & Agnes Bruse/Bruce, and grandson of Edgar & Ida Dyer.
|Ed, Ida, & grandson James Dyer
|James was the son of Herman Dyer, and grandson of Edgar & Ida Dyer. James was born in 1940 and Edgar died about 1943, so maybe photo was taken about 1942?
|4 Generation Helene Dyer Leonard
|Helene was the daughter of Lee O. Dyer & Agnes Bruse. She was grandaughter of Edgar H. Dyer. Photo is of Helene, her son Jimmie & possibly also her son Michael, her mother Agnes, and her maternal grandmother Caroline Bruse. Taken 1945.
|Leo Edward "Buddy" Dyer
|Leo was the son of Lee O. Dyer, and grandson of Edgar & Ida Dyer. Photo taken in 1960 in Norristown, PA.
|Herman, Daisy, James & James Dyer Jr.
|3 generation photo for James Jr. Herman was the son of Edgar & Ida Dyer. Photo taken in 1965 in Yuma, AZ.
|Herman & Daisy Dyer
|Herman & Daisy Dyer, taken in the early 1970's (Herman died in 1973). Herman is the son of Edgar & Ida Dyer.
|Leo & Belle Dyer with children
|Leo "Buddy" Dyer with wife Belle, one of his daughters (Patricia or Kathleen) and his son Edward. Guessing by clothes that it was taken late 1960's or early 1970's. Leo was the son of Lee O. Dyer, and grandson of Edgar & Ida Dyer.
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The world's biggest cruise ship called Harmony of the Seas has set off on its first sea trial from France. The ship is 165 feet longer than the Eiffel Tower and 330 foot longer than the Titanic ship. Harmony of the Seas was assisted by six boats to move 2,27,000 tonnes ship from Saint-Nazaire port. Ship is being built at shipyard for Royal Caribbean International.


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Stuff with the Perl Foundation. A couple of patches in the Perl core. A few CPAN modules. That about sums it up.
I've had enough problems with code with global effects both causing bugs in our code and having performance hits that we've today developed a system to handle local CPAN patches to make these issues go away. One thing I did to check to see how widespread the problem is to run the following code over our CPAN library:
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Financial markets respond to information virtually instantaneously. Each new piece of information influences the prices of assets and their correlations with each other, and as the system rapidly changes, so too do correlation forecasts. This fast-evolving environment presents econometricians with the challenge of forecasting dynamic correlations, which are essential inputs to risk measurement, portfolio allocation, derivative pricing, and many other critical financial activities. In Anticipating Correlations, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Engle introduces an important new method for estimating correlations for large systems of assets: Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC).
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One of these things is not like the other.......
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, July 23, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
What happened to the regular visits Adolfo? I want to see you rip up more of Fat Bernie and Ugly Martha's
really stupid ideas.... someone send a car for Martha and the girls...they forgot to honor the man of the house and leave with him...or I like that Ugly Martha now sweeps the floor...BIBLE in hand fellowshipping with a few of the oldReps that feel sorry for her. SERIOUSLY. Adolfo and Matt have almost reached "Clear"status in their quest with Scientology perfectionism and you, the trolle insult Jesus like that.
Lets get down to usiness.
Remember Andrew? After much uncovering and looking at all things being equal...Um. Andrew did nothing but his job. The real problem is but of course, Dawn AGUIRRE. This wreckless hag can lie, steal, cheat and cover her a*s y creating distractions. This dirty, low life scum bag was asked to leave..some how came in and took a seat at another lucrative program and was approached by director to leave... she said she had permission from hr (a lie) and made a whole maze of hoops to get through that they caved in with exhaustion.
She is exiled from most programs. She is cut throat down and dirty drink every night leave kids at home with grandpa that pays all rent while her convict husband runs dope to her at lunch daily...buying stolen alcohol and make up from Scott the janitor doing dope trades on the floor and your just a loser loudmouth. Noody wants to hear your loud mouth that you spell out your name to get 1 minute stats stupid. your the girl we had in the garage in the dark.
You are foul mouthed dirty minded. Gross.
And guess where I found her today?
Kissing Andrews
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Felons,Favorites and Scienctology.
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, June 12, 2013POSTED: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
This is a "felony" friendly employer. A place to get your second chance. Of course they will hire you at 8.00 an hour. Of course you will be asked to be on time at 6 am sharp. Then you will be pushed around, yelled at, startled into submission. You quickly learn to "just do it" or consequences will be given.
Your commission has no rules. Its whatever the company feels like. Every program is differant, yet we all call the same numbers. No residential for commercial team and vice versa.
A "vet rep"got over 800 accounts and the next day, AGR told him it cancelled. He went home and called the sale, she said agr told her he retired. He at one time was a lawyer....they settled for 10,000 after he said he would sue.
That commission should have been 20.00 per deal.
Vet Rep two: a young and naive girl who got 1100 accounts. AGR paid her 500.00. 55 cents a deal. She should have been paid 15.00 a deal. She had no life experiance to give her the courage to face these pigs.
Daily.....On the sales floor ...women are subjected to unwanted sexuAL ADVANCES by men and women alike. No body is safe. Woman are targeted for attack such as... comments by the director over a microphone about l*****n encounters, chairs being shaken, headphones ripped off your head, senior managers whispering mean remarks when nobody is around. Being told they cant use the restroom and stay in their seat for over 3 hours.
Morning meetings are shouting managers yelling that reps better meet the target because their pay was dependent on it. The word f**k is used by all managment to expressthe urgency and it is so unbearable.
The favorites , which are obvious...are given hand picked leads that reap the weekly commission, while the felons just dial and dial a sea of old used up tired ANGRY leads that prove to be usless.
They call your parole officer to see if you really have an appointment.
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Gourley's Strachan Files (III): Strategy is the first casualty of poor civ-mil relations
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at email@example.com.
By Jim Gourley
Best Defense chief military culture correspondent
The Direction of War has an entire chapter on civil-military relations, in which Sir Hew Strachan discusses how governments and their militaries ought to (but largely don't) interact according to Clausewitz. But throughout the work he observes some interesting dynamics about how a military's relationship with civilian society, as well as government, change in war. The bottom line is that things go badly at home when they don't go according to plan on the battlefield, and significantly worse when you go to the battlefield without a plan in the first place.
"A new model of civil-military relations is required, and it has to reflect the changing character of war," he writes. He emphasizes four factors of change:
1. Today's wars are "de facto wars," compared to the officially-declared kind that dominated Clausewitz's era.
2. Conflicts are "of low intensity, but are often persistent, continuous and simultaneous."
3. Countries now fight with all-volunteer forces. Strachan observes the same consequences often discussed on this blog: separate societies, the question of civilians being able to relate to their servicemembers, etc.
4. "Society's image of war is mediated by the press."
But the military creates its own share of problems with its cultural attitude (or rather, its belief that it has a cultural attitude) of staying out of politics. "If the media is such a powerful tool in the debates on the use of military force, the armed forces need to cease behaving like rabbits caught in the headlights of an oncoming vehicle. They should not react as though they honestly believe that apolitical behaviour is the corollary of professionalism. Such responses reflect the power of the Huntingtonian norm, not of reality. The US armed forces lobby on Capitol Hill in a way which would affront British liberal norms, and the link between success in high command and the presidency runs through every 'existential' war the United States has fought," going all the way from Washington to Ike.
The consequences of keeping mum in the interest of being apolitical, according to Strachan, are numerous. Instead of being informed by serving generals, we get retirees who make stuff up whenever they don't know the real answer. If a serving senior officer does speak, the public immediately assumes it is to endorse the government's view, not to provide an impartial professional commentary. Nor do military members who speak to the press out of turn help things. Strachan claims that they are "destabilising" and unhelpful to a public dialogue because they create too much controversy.
He goes on to make one of the most forceful arguments of the entire book: "We cannot expect a sophisticated and informed discussion on the uses of military force, when the information in the public domain is partial, in both senses of the word. For too long, at least fifty years, we have started this debate with the answer, not the question. We have tended to assume that the danger is a military coup d'état, when the real danger for western democracies today is the failure to develop coherent strategy. A revised system of civil-military relations would re-empower the constitutional controls on the executive, help reintegrate armed forces and society, and — most important of all — enable an approach to strategy appropriate to the norms of liberal democratic government."


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For example, how a Maggid might manifest. How that may or may not be similar to HGA. The way in which my studies of Ma'aseh Bereishit (literally translated as "work of creation" - i.e. Sephirot and metaphysics as understand through the Hebrew letters) in the form of Sefer Yetzira (Book of Formation) had come full circle in to the study of Ma'aseh Merkavah (literally translated as "work of the chariot" - i.e. angels, entities, heavens and other realities) after I completed chapter 6 of Sefer Yetzira.
Anyway, the thoughts are still falling in to place. Sometimes they don't always click in to place instantly - especially when interrupted from another source. This time it was a brief call from my favourite teacher and critic Rabbi Bar-zel Arieh Tzion. He asks me three questions, that I'd like you to ask yourself as well:
- Question 1: How much can you explain about Kabbalah without referring to the Sefirot or Tree of Life?
- Question 2: Is the HGA (Holy Guardian Angel), as stated by the Gaon of Vilna, a manifestation of the higher self? If so, is the level of refinement of the person directly proportional to the level of the HGA that they make contact with?
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How does the first creation of the soul take place?
It is absolutely true that the soul is a fine light which is developed inside the body and is nurtured in the womb. To begin with it is hidden and imperceptible and later it is made manifest. From the very beginning its essence is present in the sperm. It is related to the sperm in a mysterious manner by the design and command and will of God. It is a bright and illuminated quality of the sperm. It cannot be said that it is a part of the sperm as matter is part of matter, nor can it be said that it comes from outside or falls upon the earth and gets mixed with the matter of the sperm. It is latent in the sperm as fire is latent in the flint. The Word of God does not mean that the soul descend from heaven as a separate entity or falls upon the earth from the atmosphere and then by chance gets mixed with the sperm and enters the womb with it. There is no basis for such a notion. The law of nature rejects it. We observe daily that thousands of insects infect impure and stale foods and are generated in unwashed wounds. Dirty linen secretes hundreds of lice and all sorts of worms are generated inside a person's stomach. It cannot be said that all these come from outside or can be observed as descending from heaven. The truth is that the soul is developed in the body and this also proves that it is created and is not self-existent.
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The first half featured eight ties and seven lead changes, but the Bison used a 12-2 run to close the half and carry a 42-33 lead into the break. A jumper from junior Petre Petkovski (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) put Bethany on top 32-31 with 2:19 to go before intermission. That sparked the run, which featured conventional three-point plays from Jackson and senior guard Marcus Adams in the final 1:04 of the stanza and sent BC into the locker room with a nine-point advantage.
Jackson had a huge first half with 19 points to lead the Green and White, who shot 50 percent (14-28) in the opening 20 minutes. The Bearcats were led by Joey Butler with nine markers.
The Bison held the visitors at bay for most of the second half. After seeing the Bearcats get within three at one time, Bethany pulled away again and when Jackson knocked down a trey with 8:30 to play, BC was in front by a 66-56 margin.
The Saint Vincent rally began on their next possession, as B.J. McGill answered with a triple. That ignited a 10-0 spurt by SVC to tie the game at 66-66. The Bearcats would take a 71-68 advantage on a three from Butler, but Bethany responded with lay-ups from Adams and sophomore forward Ryan Besancon (Wooster, Ohio/Waynedale) to reclaim the lead at 72-71 with 1:28 showing on the clock.
Bethany missed a lay-up that could have extended their lead and Saint Vincent's Ian McCollough converted a lay-up with 27 seconds remaining to put his team back on top by a point. The Bison turned the ball over on the ensuing possession and Butler would knock down 3-of-4 from the foul line to secure the win for the Bearcats.
Jackson played all 40 minutes of the contest and finished with 24 points, his sixth game this season with 20 or more points. Two other Bison reached double digits, including Besancon, who added a team-high seven rebounds to go along with his 15 points, and Adams, who amassed 14 points, six assists and five rebounds.
For Saint Vincent, McCollough scored 16 of his 24 in the second half and also pulled down 10 rebounds. He was followed closely in the scoring column by Butler with 23 and McGill with 13.
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I-AA Charleston Southern gets $400,000 for visiting Tallahassee a week after being crushed 62-0 in its opener at UCF. The Buccaneers, who were 3-8 a year ago, play in the Big South Conference. They began playing football in 1991 and are 0-9 against I-A schools. Charleston Southern offensive coordinator Patrick Nix played quarterback at Auburn from 1992-95. His quarterbacks coach for three of those seasons was current Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher. Seminoles WR Willie Haulstead, left, will miss his second straight game while dealing with the aftereffects of a concussion sustained during the preseason.
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The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has dropped 12 of the past 13 days and 52 of the past 55, decreasing 35.3 cents to its lowest amount since Feb. 19, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
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What do I need to know about Lice?
Photo 1) More good photos are online. We discussed the treatments: over-the-counter meds and prescription meds. A good summary can be found at the CDC's website (although this site was last updated 11/2/10). His mom asked me about using mayonnaise, which I never heard of. The idea here is to suffocate the lice. Some research led me to the Minnesota Department of Health's website. I want to stress that any medication or home remedy must not be left on the person's scalp, because of the risk of irritating the skin, or causing a chemical burn. The third and final thing that prompted me to write this post an announcement of a new prescription medication for lice: ivermectin. You have to login to MEdscape to read the article, so if you can't then here's a pretty good summary on an open website.
Now for 2 obvious trivia questions: can anyone guess the origin of the phrases "to nit pick" and "to use a fine tooth comb"?
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Lionel Richie is suffering a world of hurt! His second wife Diane has blown apart their seven-year marriage — filing for legal separation due to "irreconcilable differences."
Deepening Lionel's heartache, his 21-year-old daughter Nicole has flirted with disaster by abusing drugs in the past.
The women in his life have the "All Night Long" singer wailing the blues.
Incredibly, pals say Diane's complaining the 54-year-old star — once known for his wild flings and heavy partying — has become dull and is spending too much time away trying to reignite his career.
"Diane says Lionel has turned into a boring workaholic," revealed a close pal. "She doesn't see the point of being married to him anymore."
Lionel has been on the road a lot and his absence got on his wife's nerves, disclosed an insider.
"Lionel was home only about two weeks a year, according to Diane. She was sick of it.
"But instead of trying to understand, Lionel says all Diane did was complain.
"He said the only time she wasn't complaining was when she was shopping."
Lionel's first marriage to wife Brenda ended in 1992 after 17 years. Brenda had caught him with Diane at her Beverly Hills apartment — and flew into a rage.
She battered Diane black and blue and kicked Lionel in the groin, as The ENQUIRER previously reported.
Sadly, the singer's long history of "female problems" includes his troubled daughter.
Nicole — adopted by Lionel and his ex-wife Brenda — was busted earlier this year for possession of heroin, as The ENQUIRER disclosed.
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Approval decision date:March 27, 2012
Peginesatide, injected once monthly, aims to compete against Amgen's ( AMGN) Epogen ($2.5 billion in 2010 sales) as a treatment for anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease, although peginesatide use would be limited to sicker kidney dialysis patients only. Amgen recently signed long-term Epogen supply contracts with the two largest kidney dialysis clinics in the U.S. Pfizer ( PFE)
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FDA held advisory panels to review all three of these controversial weight-loss drugs in 2010. FDA subsequently rejected all three drugs. In 2012, Vivus and its obesity drug competitors are back for another shot, and FDA will once again bring together a group of outside experts to weigh the pros and cons of treating obesity with a pill.


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The football spun tightly in the end zone. Pierre Garçon's hands jackhammered up and down and beat his chest after he put a little English on the dancing pigskin.
With Garçon's fourth-quarter touchdown catch and Kai Forbath's extra point, the Redskins took a 17-16 lead on the Giants. On Dec. 3, 2012, Robert Griffin III ran for 72 yards on five carries and notched a win in his Monday Night Football debut. Washington split the season series with New York and moved to .500 for the first time since falling in a 3-6 hole. Read more »
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He was about as country as country gets, known for driving his pickup truck full of fishing gear or even a Winnebago to Redskins Park for practices.
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I have so much pain and have a desk job, which makes it worse. I end up sitting awkwardly which has caused my behind to be misshapen and also has caused pain in other parts of my body from bad posture. I'm only 29 and have been dealing with the physical pain and a self-consciousness over the appearance of my lower body....I'm honestly getting desperate. I'd love some MD feedback!
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Conservatives' July 4 tea party planned in GJ
A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat will speak on Independence Day to a Grand Junction tea party.
Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck will speak at the 7 p.m. event. Buck is the second potential Senate candidate to speak to a Grand Junction tea party. Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier spoke to a tea party April 15 in Lincoln Park.
Frazier and Buck are considering runs against U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat who was appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter to replace Ken Salazar, who now serves as interior secretary.
The Western Slope Conservative Alliance is organizing the tea party at the old Mesa County Courthouse, 544 Rood Ave.
Other speakers at the tea party will be state Sen. Josh Penry and state Reps. Steve King and Laura Bradford, all Mesa County Republicans.
The event will be over in plenty of time for participants to see the fireworks at Lincoln Park, observers said.
The three Mesa County office holders also will speak during the alliance's monthly meeting at 6:30 Thursday in the Grand Junction City Hall council chambers.


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The head of the criminal division in the High Court of Uganda, Justice Lameck Mukasa, has said the number of offences attracting a death penalty should be reduced.
"My personal view is that the death sentence should be reserved for cases of murder and other cases where death results from the commission of the crime," Mukasa said.
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Neutral, $35 PT on Ctrip.com
Piper Jaffray maintains its Neutral rating and $35 target price on Ctrip.com (NASDAQ: CTRP) as data on fourth quarter China air is mixed.
Piper Jaffray says, "Growth comparisons from 2010 began easing in Q4 given Oct-10 was the final month of the Shanghai World Expo, however the month of December showed a y/ y growth deceleration from November. Passenger air traffic growth from 3 major Chinese airlines modestly accelerated to +5% y/y in Q4 vs. +3% y/y in all of Q3, while RPK modestly decelerated from 6.4% y/y in Q3 to 6.2% in Q4. These mixed data points appear neutral to our estimates. Specifically, we are modeling for 20% y/y net revenue growth in Q4, followed by an acceleration in CY12. CTRP shares are down 29% since the company reported Q3 results and with an improving set of data points likely in the coming months, we believe downside risk from the mid $20s is likely limited."
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There is one very good reason why Norway midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen is such an exciting player to watch. When you grow up playing your football in the Arctic Circle, you quickly learn to entertain people - if only to keep them warm. "You have to do it, if not they go home," he jokes. "They have to clap their hands all the time."
'Good mood'
Pedersen's laugh is contagious. "I always have a smile on my face, off the pitch as well," he tells uefa.com. "That's a part of me, a smile and a good mood." He has been raising supporters spirits since breaking into his local side Norild IL in 1997. He will be hoping to give them further reason to cheer this week when Norway take on the Czech Republic for a place at the FIFA World Cup. Should Åge Hareide's side prevail, Norway are likely to have much to thank the small fishing community of Vadsø for.
Vadsø pair
Vadsø lies in the far north-east corner of Norway on the same latitude as Siberia, Alaska and Greenland; not places normally associated with football excellence. Remarkably for a town of just 6,000 people, Pedersen is Vadsø's second recent export to make his mark on the international stage. He follows in the footsteps of striker Sigurd Rushfeldt and Norway will be looking to the Vadsø pair to provide the creative spark to outwit the Czech defence.
Terrific year
Pedersen has every reason to smile. It has been a terrific year for the 24-year-old left-sided midfielder who is now thriving at Blackburn Rovers FC after a difficult introduction to English football. His stunning volley against Fulham FC in August was the sign of a player in form. Two more spectacular goals in victory against Manchester United FC confirmed an exceptional talent. "The feeling was unbelievable," Pedersen said. "We had worked hard and deserved to take the lead in the game."
Hard work
Hard work is something Pedersen knows all about. It is paying off for him this season after taking time to adapt to the Premiership following his €2.2m transfer from Tromsø IL in August 2004. "It was tough when I first came to Blackburn," he admits. "I played the first three games and then [we] lost the manager [Graeme Souness] and I was out of the team. For two-and-a-half months I didn't play, but I was working hard every day. I tried to prove I was a good enough player. When I got the chance I had to take it and I did."
'Give something back'
Pedersen combines flair with a strong work ethic. He is capable of the extraordinary, but the team always comes first. "I like to try different things," he says. "In some parts of the game it's not the thing to do, but when you have time you can maybe try something.
I like to play with the ball and give something back to the crowd. It's fun to try things but you have to be at the right place at the right time."
'Little bit extra'
Pedersen has timed it right for Norway. It was his exquisite lob in the final minute against Slovenia on 3 September that earned a 3-2 victory and as good as confirmed their place in the play-offs. He has been capped 19 times for Norway, but as his reputation blossoms Pedersen is finding himself an increasingly marked man. "You try and do a little bit extra, but it is not so easy every time because people know you and they want to take you out of the game. But it's not about one person, it's about the whole team."
Pedersen's willingness to try the outrageous on the pitch is a sign of his confidence. And he tends to achieve what he sets out to do. He taught himself to play left-footed and is now equally strong with either foot. He has risen to the physical demands of the English game and believes he is a better player for it. He has now set his sights on reaching the World Cup. Should Norway qualify he will take it in his stride. Pedersen may be the darling of the Norwegian media, but he knows the perfect place in the far north of the country to escape to when he needs to clear his head.
'Normal person'
"I try to go home when I have the chance, see family and friends. Relax, get fresh air, meet people, old friends, have fun, hang out. I'm always myself.
I only want to be myself. I'm just a normal person who plays football. Somebody is a doctor, somebody is a teacher. I'm lucky that I can do what I love to do." So, for that matter, is Norway.
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Should I sue for malpractice or am I way off base? **UPDATE # 2**
I had a tubal 3 years ago after having my 3rd child. I was supposed to have had them cut and burned (they actually asked me when I said I was done having kids...gave me the choice of cutting and burning or clips), but found out that the doctor who did the procedure used clips instead of cutting my tubes. My tubal failed and we just had our 4th child 6 months ago and this time I had the Essure coils put in since my tubal had failed.
I went in for my HSG Confirmation test last month and the found that I had a "clip" floating beside my uterus not attached to my tube and the other clip was missing completely. Also, my micro-inserts from the Essure procedure had "fell out" of my tubes and were also just hanging out beside my uterus.
After apologizing the doctor doing the confirmation test told my he would speak with the docs that did both of my procedures and they would contact me within 24 hours. This was a Thursday, and I didnt hear back from the doctors office until the next Monday. I went in last Friday to see the doctor that did my Essure procedure and he told me that basically my tubes were just not normal, that they were very thin and delicate and thats why my tubes failed to hold the clips and that was why the inserts had perforated my tubes. He said there was nothing else to do but for my husband to get fixed this time.
Now, my hubby doesnt have insurance, and I asked the doc why didnt they just do a hysterectomy when they went in to remove all these metal coils and clips and he said absolutley not, that the stuff could stay inside me bc scar tissue would just cover it up and that there was no way for me to be fixed now...that I could have a IUD put in until we could save the money to have his surgery done. (not to mention the fact that I was "fixed" bc I didnt want to worry about BC anymore PERIOD.)
Now, I think this is pretty messed up. Not only are they not going to sterlize me, like I have paid them TWICE to do...and they are going to leave these coils inside me? I dont think the clips are a really big deal, but just from googleing about the coils, I found that the coils can possibly perforate your uterus or bladder and cause severe pain and complications.
Sorry this is such a long post, I just wonder if anyone had any advice on what I should do....should I just accept that my body is to blame or are they really blowing me off after really screwing up 2 different procedures on me?
Should I sue their asses or what? There are alot of details I had to leave out so this post wasnt 3 pages long, but I covered the most important parts. This was a real comedy of errors..only its not very funny to me.
****UPDATE****** I didnt realize I had so many replies beacuse I had to go to work and didnt have time to get on the computer anymore last night. One thing I want to say though after reading a few posts is this....
I LOVE MY 4th MIRACLE BABY TO DEATH!!!! Of course we didnt plan on having anymore children, but I would never trade her in a million years. I was upset and cried when I found out, but all our kids are the loves of our lives. I would never consider abortion or adoption...I just raise my kids. We dont have alot of money and we really need to make more money now...but we love our kids and thank God for all of them every single day. I will update again after I have had time to read through all the posts and I will definitley let you everyone know what happens with the 2nd opinion and the attorney. I have to go to the hospital today to get a copy of my operating notes.
UPDATE 2- Well, I went and asked for my medical records from the hospital today so I can see if the doctor actually noted that my tubes were abnormal....and yes, when he opened me up and saw that the tubes were too thin to hold clips he should have cut and burned as requested. I am not a sue happy person, but I have paid for sterilization 2X's now and would like to be assured I dont have to deal with BC for the rest of my life. I feel so sorry for those of you who cant have children and think I am just being awful because I am upset about having another child and thats not it...I wouldnt trade my 4th baby for anything, but I cant keep brining kids into the world that I cant afford. Yes, I can keep my legs closed, but the fact of the matter is that I had surgery to prevent anymore pregnancies, and I know they are not 100%, but if the procedures are not done correctly in the first place, then what should I do.....and NO, i do NOT want metal and scar tissue floating around in my pelvis for the rest of my life. I dont think we should have to save money and get DH fixed because we cant afford to fix our central ac in the house because we dont make much money and yes we have 4 kids....why should I have to save $15,000 to get him fixed when the doctors were supposed to fix me. Only 1 clip showed up in my dye test, and it wasnt on my tube...the other clip was missing and the dr said the radiologist found it when he reviewed the films but idk if I can believe that.
I just hope when I get my medical records from the drs office and the hospital that they havent been tampered with to cover their asses. Wish me luck ladies. I will update after I et all my records and a 2nd opinion.
Thanks for all the support and advice and prayers!
Meanwhile here are some pictures of our 4 wonderful kiddos!
Matthew 16 years
Kaitlyn 9 years
Makenzie 3 yrs
Chelsea 6 mths
Do yo have the documentation they gave you about cutting and burning your tubes to begin with? If so, yeah, I'd sue. They have screwed up several times here.
I would get a second opinion (at a different doctors office)
Usually It's not good to just leave things in your body for no reason especially anything metal.
When you first started out, I was thinking you couldn't sue just because you got pregnant after having a tubal, but by the end of your post you started to sound like you might have a case.
1) they did the wrong procedure to begin with, but unless you have paper work to prove this you don't have much of a case. Do you remember signing any papers that stated the specifics of your procedure? They light be trying to cover their asses so request your records from the office and the hospital ASAP.
2) Lets say your paper work does say you we're just suppose to the clips (an oversight by you and your drs), there might still be a malpractice suit here, because when they opened you up they should have noticed your tubes would not hold the clips. A dr that regularly preforms tubals should have realized something was off.
3) Then they continued to do another procedure with your "deformed" (for lack of a better word) tubes.
4) Now they are refusing to correct their mistakes?!?
Granted I don't think I would trust these doctors with my body, but you should be compensated so that you can afford to have THEIR mistakes fixed. You should also get your money refunded and money for pain and suffering.
This wasn't just a birth control fail. This was doctors performing TWO procedures knowing that your body couldn't take it, I would call that malpractice
at least have an atty look into it...they do consultations for free, and if it is something not worthy of suing over, they'll let you know...it may take them a couple months to figure it out, tho
They admit that her tubes are not designed to work well with the procedures they preformed (which I'm not sure if I believe, the doctors could have botched both of the surgeries) but yet they preformed them anyways. Why didn't they realize this beforehand? If not before the first surgery they def should have caught if before the second procedure.
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I would not sue, just me. You probably signed something that it wasn't 100%.
I have requested my medical records and have an attorney I am susposed to consult with once I get them. I dont have documentation about my choice I dont believe, just a papaer saying that it was a bi-lateral tubal ligation. And, the other clip was not visible on the radiology screen they had up...so I dont know if they even put a clip on the other side....the doctor said the radiologist found it and that it was covered up by scar tissure but I dont know if I believe that. I am definately going to find another doctor and get a second opinion. And yes, these are all doctor in one big practice. There are 13 docs in all. They also said they had no resistance at all when oputting in my Essuere coils, but of course nothing was ever said to me about that, or about the fact that my tubes were "abnormal" I asked why if my tubes were too delicate to hold the clips why did they not just cut and burn them or removed them all together and he had nothing to say to that..."just that well we all gave Dr. Parker a hard time about that..chuckle"
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I was wondering what the cost of rhinoplasty + chin implant in NY or NJ. How much less would the surgery be by having 2 operations in one shot. Also if i have a deviated septum what exactly would the insurance cover. ( i have blue cross blue shield) thanks in advance!
Cost of Chin Implant + Rhinoplasty in NY or NJ
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Prices May Vary
Prices for rhinoplasty and chin implant will definitely vary with geographic location and with the level of training of your surgeon. There are serious advantages both in terms of cost and post-operative healing to combining procedures into a singe surgery. If you are having trouble breathing or recurrent sinusitis related to a deviated septum, I would STRONGLY recommend that you see a board certified ENT prior to undergoing surgery. You are correct that insurance will cover the cost of septoplasty (you may require turbinate reduction as well- this will have to be determined on examination) and the anesthesia time associated with the septoplasty and turbinate reduction. The cost of the rhinoplasty, chin implant, and cosmetic operating room and anesthesia fees are the fees that you will need to pay out-of-pocket, and these fees can vary greatly depending upon the subspecialty training of the surgeon you choose and the facility in which they operate.
In terms of healing, it is easier to have a single surgery to recover from than multiple surgeries.
Technically, if you are thinking about having a rhinoplasty, you should definitely wait to do your septum until you do both procedures at the same time. Properly performed rhinoplasty often requires multiple cartilage grafts to reinforce the new structure for your nose. The easiest place to obtain these cartilage grafts is from your own septal cartilage. If you were to go ahead with a septoplasty, and then decide to do your nose in a few years, your surgeon would lose the ability to use your own septal cartilage for these grafts and would have to seek out other sources for cartilage, such as your ear cartilage. It is definitely best to do both septoplasty and rhinoplasty at the same time.
While cost can vary, in my practice, the cost is approximately $6,500 surgeon's fee, and $2,500 to the operating room and anesthesia, for a total of $9000 out of pocket. Please bear in mind that this is just an estimate based on the information you provided.
I will end by saying that while cost is a consideration for almost everyone, I counsel my patients that the most important thing in choosing a surgeon, assuming that you are choosing among equally qualified and capable surgeons, is choosing a surgeon who's aesthetic and opinion you trust. Aesthetic surgery is a little bit science and a little bit art. Inevitably, your surgeon will need to make decisions for you while you are asleep that will impact your final result, and you need be comfortable that you and your surgeon are on the same page in terms of the goals of surgery and what you consider to be a beautiful result. I find that pre-operative imaging really helps make sure that me and my patient are indeed on the same page.
I practice on the Upper East Side of Manhattan as well as in Astoria, Queens. If you are interested in additional information, or a consultation, please contact my office at (212) 434-4500, or click on my profile and send me a message. Good luck!
Chin and rhinoplasty
Dear btbreb - thanks for your question - consideration for septal surgery, rhinoplasty and chin augmentation at one sitting is clearly best - not only from a healing perspective but also from a cost perspective. Out in my area, if insurance is being utilitzed for functional nasal work only an hour for the nose and an hour for the chin is out of pocket. The anesthetic and facility cost of these hours in my area will also diminish because of the insurance use. Insurance companies don't for the most part care how the septum came to be crooked - they mostly want to see that the patient has trialed nasal medicines such as sprays and decongestants without success prior to them granting coverage. The rhinoplasty fee and the chin augmentation fee are non-insurance covered surgical fees and a ball park figure for out of pocket could be between $8500 and $9000. peconic-faces.com
Good luck,
Dr. Kelly
Cost of rhinoplasty and chin implant surgery
Dear rhinoplasty patient from Ridgewood,
Rhinoplasty and Chin implant are often performed together. It is not unusual to find that some people who have a large nose and a weak chin. In these patients, the weak profile of the lower face makes the nose appear even larger than it actually is. If you feel the shape of your nose and chin is a source of embarrassment and self-consciousness for you. Make an appointment with a board certified surgeon specializing in rhinoplasty. In California, the cost of a rhinoplasty and chin augmentation generally runs from about $9,000 to $14,000, depending on the exact procedure to be performed. Where the surgery is completed is also a major factor. If the surgery must be done in a hospital instead of an outpatient surgery center, the cost will be higher. It also includes the cost of anesthesiologist. And finally, the main factor influencing the prices of a cosmetic surgery is the surgeon fee, and this depends on his/her training and the experience. A good nose job and chin implant surgery requires a specialist and skilled surgeon; the cost will rise in line with the surgeon's experience. The cost of a nose job should never be the only deciding factor in choosing a rhinoplasty surgeon. You want to take into account whether you feel comfortable with the surgeon, as well as the doctor's experience and other qualifications. Always choose a board surgeon with experience in rhinoplasty. Make sure to look at before and after pictures to get a feel for the results the doctor has previously produced for other patients.
Good luck
Learn more: http://www.galleryofcosmeticsurgery.com/face-procudures/rhinoplasty.html
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Rhinoplasty and Chin Implant
Cost vary widely from city to city and surgeon to surgeon. My recommendation would be to go to a few consults with board-certified plastic surgeons and find a surgeon that you like. You really should not be looking for a bargain when you are talking about having surgery on your body. As the old saying goes, sometimes you get what you pay for...
Good luck.
Learn more: http://www.ShaferPlasticSurgery.com
Rhinoplasty and chin implant
If you are considering both, it is probalby a reasonable request to do them at the same time. As for the septum, insurance usually does not cover this unless there was a documented history of severe trauma.
Learn more: http://www.stevenwallachmd.com
There is no one cost
Each doctor is different. You should save money by doing the chin and nose at the same time. Insurance pays very little for a deviated nasal septum.
Learn more: http://www.wrmd.com
Rhinoplasty and Chin Implant
If you have a deviated septum, your insurance would cover some of the anesthesia and facility fees. The pricing in NY and NJ are about the same, except that in NJ there is a 6% tax on all cosmetic procedures which may make it slightly more expensive, it all depends on how you work it out with your surgeon. The total cost with insurance coverage should be about $8000.
Learn more: http://www.rhinoplastysurgeonnewyork.com
Rhinoplasty with Chin Implant
Insurance may be used for functional parts of the procedure, such as a septoplasty. What insurance mostly does from a cost savings is cover the time in and the time out of the room, which can be significant (about 45 minutes in total)
Since cosmetic surgery is an out of pocket expense, the facility and anesthesia components are based on time.
The overally cost of the procedure would depend on the amount of work being done (for example tip-plasty versus profile plasty or both) as well as where the procedure is done.
Even with insurance coverage, I would not expect that this procedure could be done for less than 8,000 or 9,000 including facility and anesthesia payments, as well as surgeon's fees.
Ultimately, you will receive more specific pricing information at the time of a formal consultation
Best of luck
Rhinoplasty, Nose reduction costs,septolasty insurance
Yes, all these procedures could be done at once with a considerable cost savings for patients. I recommend you contact plastic surgeons offices for exact prices which will depend on what needs to be done. We definitely offer discounts. Watch my videos.
Learn more: http://www.surgery-plastic.com
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


text: Area roundup: UC picks up win at Alderson-Broaddus January 28, 2013 Story Share Evan Faulkner and the University of Charleston found their winning touch Monday night in a 69-59 win over Alderson-Broaddus in a West Virginia Conference men's basketball matchup at Rex Pyles Arena in Philippi.Faulkner hit 7 of 9 shots from the floor, including four 3-pointers, on his way to a game-high 19 points for the Golden Eagles (13-4 overall, 9-4 WVC), who had lost two in a row since upsetting nationally ranked No. 1 West Liberty two weeks ago.Xavier Humphrey turned in 18 points and six rebounds for UC while Fred Simpson added nine points and seven boards off the bench and Terrell Lipkins contributed eight points, three rebounds, four assists and four steals. The Golden Eagles scored 27 points off the Battlers' 19 turnovers.UC trailed by as many as 11 points in the opening half but used a late run in last five minutes to tie the game before Faulkner canned a 3 as the horn sounded for a 34-31 lead.The game remained close throughout the second half, with the Battlers jumping in front of the Golden Eagles five minutes in. UC went back ahead and didn't relinquish the lead the rest of the way.Casey Ainslie and Jonathan Ferguson netted 13 points apiece for A-B (11-5, 9-3) while O'Dell Eargle chipped in 12 and Roy Brown dropped in 11.nnWJ TOPS STATE MEN: Host Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals jumped out to a 43-29 lead at halftime and held on for an 85-73 win over West Virginia State.Eric Siefert led four Wheeling Jesuit players in double figures with 19 points, followed by Ben Siefert's 18, Justin Fritts' 15 and Darin Harris' 14. Ben Siefert added nine assists and six rebounds. The Cardinals (10-8, 7-7) shot 52.2 percent from the field and received 42 points off the bench. 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In a victory at Glenville State, Cooper poured in 22 points and had four steals in 29 minutes. Cooper followed that performance with a season-high 24 points in a win over Shepherd.Glenville State's Kenyell Goodson and Pitt Johnstown's Kaitlynn Fratz have earned co-conference women's basketball honors.Goodson led the Pioneers to a 2-0 week and has helped guide the team to an 11-1 record in league play. In just 23 minutes of work against Fairmont State, Goodson netted 19 points. Against Bluefield State, Goodson accounted for 21 points.Fratz guided the Cats to a 2-0 week, helping push the team into fifth place in the league standings. In a road win against West Virginia State, Fratz tied her career high with a 34-point effort. Against West Virginia Wesleyan, Fratz produced a 24-point performance.nnSOFTBALL TRYOUT: The West Virginia Enforcers 10-and-under travel fast-pitch softball team will have tryouts on Feb. 10. For more information, call Shane Carter at (304) 840-1218. 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Pull Up A Chair
Love Is In the Air
Good Morning Pups!
How are you this fine Saturday morning? I am just happy I can look outside and it's not snowing! I was beginning to wonder would it ever stop!
I was complaining, but then I started thinking that maybe the universe was giving me a break for a minute, so I stopped. I am in the middle of my busiest time of the year…yes, unfortunately it lasts from December thru April. Nonstop….
And sure enough, as soon as the snow stopped…everything took off again! So, I guess it is time to get back into gear and get back on track to everything I said I was going to do before I got immobilized. You know, the eating better (that went out the window during the snowstorm), the working out (some of us got a good one, shoveling and cleaning off cars), and taking everything in MODERATION. Remember, that's my new word for the year!
Well, this is Valentine's Day weekend. I am cooking a special Birthday/Valentine's Day dinner at some point. I say at some point because I haven't had a chance to get to the store yet…uh oh, tomorrow is the day, right? Guess I know what I'll be doing later. Also, I ordered a special basket that was made specifically for my SO.
So enough about me, what do you all have planned for this weekend? Give me some more ideas…I think I'm in love with love!
I'm listening…
Pull Up A Chair
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April 12, 2008
Blackout Blues
Not Quite Catching All the Action
Nothing is more maddening than feeling like you were buying into a good thing, only to be trapped in the fine print. Take being a baseball fan, for instance. You moved across the country and want to catch your former home team? Here's MLB Extra Innings for television. Traveling and can't get to a TV? Here's MLB.TV for your computer. Want to get video updates, but are away from both? OK, here are near real-time highlights sent to your mobile device. Nowadays, options are plenty if you want to see a game, but can't make it to the ballpark.
Or are they?
When it comes to catching games on Extra Innings or online through MLB.TV, fans are hit in the head with a scorching foul ball. Every person, no matter where they live, is going to get hit with some form of convoluted and arcane blackout restriction. It's just a matter of degree. Everyone gets popped via national blackouts, and some people get nailed due to local restrictions, in some locations by as many as six teams.
So, when providers such as Cox Communications say, "Catch all of the big league action with MLB Extra Innings on Cox Digital Cable," you better scroll down and read, "Blackout and other restrictions apply. Regular Season and Pennant Race packages may not be available in all areas. Programming subject to change." It isn't false advertisement, but as the saying goes, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.
For the uninitiated, the blackout policy that you may think of--the NFL's--is a far-off dream when compared to MLB's. In the NFL, blackouts occur in a 75-mile radius around the stadium where a game will be played if the game is not sold out 72 hours or more before the start of the game. The concept is that by blacking out games in your local market, you're more apt to purchase a ticket to the game than sit back at home and watch on the tube. Such is how a sports league with a centralized television deal can function.
With MLB, it's a convoluted amalgamation of crisscrossing and overlapping television territories based upon regional sports networks. Attendance doesn't come into play at all. Sold out or not, at some point one of your EI channels will be blacked out.
Let's start with MLB's pure money grab: national exclusivity deals. Every Saturday, from 1:10 PM ET or before 7:05 PM ET, all games are blacked out due to an exclusivity agreement with FOX, which typically broadcasts one game starting at 3:55 Eastern. That means in a six-hour window in which games are being played, six today, you can watch two at most--the Fox game and your local team if it's playing on TV in that window and isn't the Fox game. On a day such as April 5, the Fox blackout means just four games show up on Extra Innings. On Sundays, ESPN holds the rights to night games, so any games that start after 5 p.m. ET are blacked out. In practice, this only affects a handful of games, as almost all Sunday games are played in the daytime. To add more hair-pulling to the mix, TBS is now in the fray. TBS airs 26 Sunday afternoon games this year which are blacked out in local markets--TBS can air an alternate game in those areas, and as many as 13 of any single team. So those of you in Boston and New York may barely be aware of TBS' new arrangement by the end of the season.
On the local level, the insanity goes to new levels. Back in the days when you had rabbit ears on your television set, a local broadcast area was how far the signal traveled over the air. Since there is no centralized broadcast deal, such as the NFL has, with MLB, there are local broadcast deals for each team. When cable came around, Ted Turner figured out that he wasn't stuck just reaching the Atlanta market for Braves games, he could reach anyone in the U.S. who had TBS on their cable system. That started the free-for-all we see today. That's why you, Mr. and Mrs. Butte Montana, are in the "local" broadcast area for the Seattle Mariners. That's why you, baseball fan in Las Vegas, are blacked out on Extra Innings from the Dodgers, Angels, Athletics, Giants, Diamondbacks and Padres when they're playing at home. In parts of Iowa, it's the Royals, White Sox, Cubs, Cardinals, Twins and Brewers. How do you know if you've been hit with a local blackout? Better have an Internet connection and your Zip code handy. For DirecTV subscribers, here's the location for to look up what is available to you for that week (sorry, you can't look up that matchup a month from now, the listing for dates only goes a week from the current day you're looking up).
Now, Mr. Selig, before you call me up, I know you've said you're working on this issue. He is, at least at the local level. At the national level, the money from FOX, ESPN and TBS was worth more than the complaining from consumers. The real reason MLB is addressing the local issue has to do with the upcoming MLB Network, which will launch next season.
Extra Innings had approximately 750,000 subscribers last season, according to the Sports Business Journal. That will be a small fraction of the subscriber base for the MLB Network which will see a staggering 47 million viewers--the largest cable channel launch in history. So, when Selig said a couple of years ago, "I hear more about people who can't get the game, and, yes, I've already told our people we have to do something about it," addressing the blackout policy is a case of self-preservation. Congress hasn't stuck their nose into the blackout policy (yet), but if the noise coming from fans is loud now, it will be earsplitting with the MLB Network coming online.
Here's the deal, though. The national exclusivities will still be in place, and even if the "local" territorial issue is tweaked, it's not going to be enough based on MLB's need for local broadcast deals and the number of games in play. In other words, MLB can't get to the NFL's level, and therefore, the best MLB can do is try and lessen the blow. There will still be arcane blackouts that cause you to scratch your head. There will still be fumbling around to try and figure on who is, or isn't blacked out that day. There will still be that massive national blackout, and when we all get MLB Network (well, everyone that has cable and satellite television), we're going to be seeing some form of blackout policy there as well. Only in baseball would there be a collective head nod to the idea that it's good business practice to restrict consumers' access to your product.
Maury Brown is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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