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Your question: What can be done in order to improve the appearance of my side profile? Photo
I'm very uncomfortable with how I look from the side. I always make sure that I have hair pulled down so that I can hide the side of my face. I'm very unhappy with both my nose and my forehead. Im happy with how I appear from the front view but very self conscious about having to have my hair pulled all the way back for work and will always attempt to cover the side of my face with my hair.
Dr. Denenberg's answer: A rhinoplasty and chin implant can help. Some cautions about the plan.
See the Web reference link, just below my response. I made a computer morph, and an animation of the morph, to show the changes that are possible in truly expert hands.
I simulated a rhinoplasty, to reduce the bump on your bridge, to elevate the tip a bit, and to bring the tip back closer to your face. I also simulated making the chin stronger with a chin implant.
Also in the link, I explain why it's crucial that your surgeon be aware of the issue of reducing the strength of your nose ABOVE the bump, not just the bump itself. Hopefully I've explained it well in the link.
I can't imagine you'd benefit from a liposuction.
You should understand that the changes I demonstrated in the morph require advanced techniques, techniques that most plastic surgeons cannot handle. Be sure to read the section in the Web reference link on how to stay out of trouble while searching for a rhinoplasty surgeon.
1) Below is my proposed before and after. I elevated the tip of the nose, brought the tip back a little closer to your face, reduced the bump on the bridge, and then added strength to the chin my simulating a chin implant:
Here's an animation of those changes. Give it a couple seconds to load:
I'll point out that you have the kind of nose where it's very important that the upper part of your bridge -- where the nose starts, just below your eyebrows -- needs to be reduced as well. You'll see in the animation above that I took down that area a bit.
If that area is NOT reduced, then your profile will look like the morph below, where the profile line slides from your forehead right down on to the nose, like a Roman statue. That makes the nose look too long:
In the image above, I put a black arrow to show the area that needs to be reduced.
And for completeness, here's a morph of the profile showing only the nose changes, in case you're not interested in changing he chin so much:
Does this plan fit with what you have in mind for yourself?
2) Click here to comment on those changes, or to ask Dr. Denenberg a follow-up question.
3) Click here to see more rhinoplasty before and afters of patients with combinations of features to correct.
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Plain talk about picking a plastic surgeon for your first-time or revision rhinoplasty.
I do lots and lots of revision rhinoplasties; I'll try to give you some advice here, to maximize the chances that you'll be happy after surgery, and to minimize the chances you'll need a revision.
Important!! How to tell whether your consultation was acceptable:
Photos. If a surgeon doesn't show you before and after photographs, scratch him off of your list. Period. No exceptions. Deal-breaker.
You pick a surgeon primarily from his before and after photos. Diplomas, board certifications, hospital affiliations, academic appointment, and even reputation tell you nothing: a surgeon is never tested for his skill, his artistic eye, the quality of his outcomes, or even whether he cares that his patients are happy.
You must see photos of other patients who had some features similar to your nose. For example, if your nose has a wide and drooping tip, don't accept profile-only photos of patients who had a hump carved down. You can't see the width of the tip on a profile photo.
Revision nose operations are much more difficult than first-time operations, so if you are consulting a surgeon about a revision operation, you must see photos of his revision patients.
If you do see the surgeon's photos, but you don't love them, scratch him off your list. You want to use a surgeon whose work you like. Don't assume that he'll do great on you when he didn't do great on the other people.
Thought experiment: you are going to hire a portrait painter to paint your portrait. Would you really hire the painter if he wouldn't show you any of his other portraits?! No, it would never occur to you to hire him. Well, now you're going to hire a surgeon to change your nose, in the middle of your face, and you aren't going to insist on seeing examples of his work, proof that he knows what he's doing? Think about it. Teach your friends.
Communication. If the doctor treats you disrespectfully, scratch him off your list. If he won't patiently listen to what you want for your nose, same thing. How will he know how to make you happy if he won't hear what you want for your nose?
If he conducts the consultation from behind his desk and doesn't examine your nose, deal-breaker. If it's the nurse and not the surgeon who conducts the consultation, run away fastest. All due respect to the nurse, she doesn't know what's possible and what isn't. If the plan is to see the surgeon for the first time on the morning of surgery, deal-breaker. For sure.
Computer morphing. If the surgeon doesn't do computer morphing of your nose, scratch him off your list. The morphing is crucial, so the surgeon can prove to you that he understands exactly what your goals are. Also, if the surgeon recommends some changes that you hadn't thought of, you need to see the morphs, so you can see whether you like those changes.
Your intuition. If your gut tells you "no," don't use the surgeon. Don't ever use a surgeon only because you know him, or your kids know him, or he lives on your street, or your primary care doctor referred you to him, or he did your breasts, or your tonsils, or your wisdom teeth, or you saw his advertisement, or his awards.
I hear these stories all the time from my revision rhinoplasty patients. You must do your own evaluation of any surgeon you visit. And by "evaluation," again, we're talking mostly about seeing his photos and seeing how well he communicates with you. Don't bother checking the surgeon's licensure and board certification and hospital affiliations and all that; it'll just distract you from what's important.
Conclusion. The fact is, the great majority of plastic surgeons who perform rhinoplasty shouldn't be doing the operation. It's an incredibly difficult procedure, technically demanding, requiring experience, skill, judgment, an artistic eye, an exceptional level of communication and thoughtfulness, and a rare level of empathy and caring for the patient. No hospital board protects you by judging the quality of a surgeon's rhinoplasties and prohibiting him from operating if he's terrible. It's the wild, wild west out there, folks.
More plain talk: should you let your primary surgeon perform your revision?
First, you need to consider whether things didn't turn out great on your first operation because of some unusual circumstance with the surgery or the healing, or whether things went wrong because your doctor was not expert in rhinoplasty in the first place.
Evaluate your surgeon again. Read the section above, on how to evaluate a surgeon for a rhinoplasty. If you saw lots of before and after photos of your surgeon's other patients who got excellent results, in noses at least somewhat similar to yours, then your surgeon probably knows what he is doing, and you can consider letting him perform your revision. Even the very best surgeon has the occasional disappointing result.
However, if, on looking back, you decide that you did not do excellent research on your original surgeon -- perhaps you relied on a referral, or on his board certification, without being able to see his photos -- then you probably should not have him perform the revision. If he couldn't get you close to your goal the first time because of a lack of skill, he will have no chance at all on the second try, and then you'll be in the tough position of looking for a third operation.
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Monday, Jan. 11, 2016
It's that time of the year again – the CrossFit Open is almost here! The season will officially commence on February 25, but the registration will start on Jan. 14th and we encourage all of our members to sign up and participate in this great event. This is a great opportunity to participate whether you are tracking your progress in comparison to past performances, or if this is your first time taking part in the Open. Here's a little bit information for those who are new to CrossFit –
What is the Open?
"The Games season begins with the online Open. Registration is open to all comers. All you need is $20, access to basic equipment commonly found in CrossFit affiliates, and the will to compete in the five-week, five-workout competition.
More than 272,000 people from around the globe competed in 2015. As the largest CrossFit community event of the season, the Open ties together athletes from within the same gym to those in their broader city, country and world.
For five weeks, you—and the hundreds of thousands of other people who signed up—are at the whim of the Director of the Games Dave Castro, taking on workouts that may push you to learn a new skill, improve the skills you already have, or go into a darker place than you've ever been before.
The week's workout is released each Thursday at 5 p.m. PT, and scores are due four days later (before 5 p.m. PT Monday). You are free to make as many attempts at the Open workout as you please; your only limit is time.
Each time a workout is released, athletes will be given two versions: Rx'd and Scaled. With reduced loading or less challenging movements, the scaled option will be designed to make the Open even more accessible."
We would love to see our members sign up and come together as a community. Registration starts Jan 14th! :)
30 Day Challenge
We will be officially starting our first challenge of the year on Jan. 18th. This is a wonderful way to get back on track and start the new year. Sign ups will be this week as well as before measurements/pictures. See me if you have any questions about the challenge. We will be meeting on Jan. 16th at 10 AM to go over all the information and rules for this challenge. Hope to see everyone there!
Warm Up: 400 m Run then 2 rounds
- 10 Pass Throughs
- 10 Air Squats
- 10 Barbell Presses
- 10 Lunges
- 5 Box Jumps
EMOM for 5 min – 2 Pwr Jerk @ med
EMOM for 5 min – 3 Neg Pull Ups
20 OVH Step Ups 45/25
50 Dubs

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Newborn Lifestyle Photography In Madison and Huntsville AL
Do you remember bringing home your first baby? The anticipation, how exciting and scary it was to get the discharge paperwork from the hospital, how little they look in their bed, how they smell, how they feel, the little squeaks they make, the way they yawn with their whole body, the feeling that you are this new little persons whole world and there is no one they want more. I remember seeing my husband in a whole new wonderful way when I watched him with our babies. The strong daddy hands that are so careful with this new tiny treasure. These details are just a little part of why I so intensely love lifestyle photography. The images say more, do more than just show how cute or how tiny. They give context, they give meaning, they show something "more" that isn't tangible.
I love lifestyle photography. It gives a picture of your life. You may not think your life is "beautiful" but it is.
With all of that said, this family… My goodness, could they be any more perfect??? This gorgeous little peanut was soooooo sweet! When I look through these photos all I can think of is how excited I am for them. In a blink of an eye she wont be a newborn any more and I am so glad they decided lifestyle newborn photography was worth the investment!
I want to help you create affordable, custom and sentimental art for your own home!!!
My packages offer digital images as well as print products.
I specialize in Family, Children, Lifestyle and Infant Photography.
To book a session all you have to do is call (907-942-2358) or email
(firstname.lastname@example.com) I would love to hear from you :-)
Huntsville & Madison Alabama – Family Children & Lifestyle Photographer – January Family Photos
Family Photography In Madison and Huntsville Alabama – Scott Family
Meet the Scotts. This family is special because they are family, my family. Jeanne is my cousin but I haven't seen her since the last time I visited California (about 16 years ago!). Recently, they moved to a state that was a little closer to me and I finally successfully bribed them to come see me! We were planning on an "outdoor session" but that was before we realized the high for the day would be 39 degrees. Yikes!!! We moved the majority of the shoot indoors and decided to do a "quick" few shots during the sunset light. Other than loosing a shoe (if you are at Huntsville Library and you find a pink shoe let me know! lol) everything went off without a hitch!
Did you know you get a FREE large print (up to 20×24) with all of my full sessions? I want to help you create affordable, custom and sentimental art for your own home!!!
I specialize in Family, Children, Lifestyle and Infant Photography but I would also love to help you capture your Maternity, Senior and Couples memories as well.
To book a session all you have to do is call (907-942-2358) or email (firstname.lastname@example.com)! I would love to hear from you :-)
Phone Cameras and Kids – How to take better photos with what you have
5 Ways to Take Better Photos of Your Kids With Your Camera Phone
Let's be honest, we want to carry our "nice" camera around with us but it just doesn't happen. You see, my "day job" is a SAHM to my 4 kids, my "overtime job" is a Professional Family and Children Photographer. Granted, my "nice camera" is a little larger than the average, but not bringing my "nice camera" along with me was a problem I had even before I went pro. Here I am taking beautiful photos of everyone else's kids and all I had to show for my family were phone photos… The solution? I finally decided to just embrace it and learn how to take better photos of my kids with what I did have with me, my camera phone!
The reason people say "say cheese" is because that the "eese" sound makes it look like we are smiling (kind of) but it is a sad substitution for a real smile. Ask your kids to talk about something they really like, their favorite thing. Watch how their eyes sparkle. THAT is what you want in your photos! Ditch the cheese and get them talking or playing with something they actually love. When you are really stuck, depending on the age of the child just be silly (or gross), it works like a charm!
Keep in mind the time of day. Is it nap time? If so sometimes I just don't even try. Is it noon and you are outside with no shade in sight? The shadows at that time of day are harsh and difficult for even a seasoned photographer to wrangle. Keep in mind the timing.
Lighting is HUGE when you are using a phone camera! There is only so much light that can seep in to that tiny little lens so you need to compensate if there isn't enough. If your kids are moving (mine are always moving unless they are sleeping) then you MUST have some good light. Not enough light? Move closer to a window or go outside. Harsh shadows? Turn away from the light source. Oh, and one more thing, turn your flash off! The flashes on camera phones not only seem to wash out everything in its reach but it also causes red eye and that never looks good in a photo.
There is a phrase that pro child photographers sometimes use. "Spray and Pray" Ha! I can't say I haven't thought it (and done it a time or two) with rambunctious kids. Sometimes you just need to take a LOT of photos to get a few you are in love with!
Get down low! I see this a lot. The mommy shot. Shoot! I even used to do it. We hold out our arm and take a photo from our own perspective with the little one craning their neck upward to look at the camera. Sure
it is ok, but look at what happens when you get down low! Get down on their level, on their height and see what happens. All of the sudden you enter their world, see things the way they see them. Their height and perspective is a big part of who they are right now, so meet them on their level and see how it changes your photos for the better. If anything it is a great leg work out doing all those squats!
Well, that is about it. Grab your phone and go play with your kids. It takes a little practice but I promise, your memories are worth it!


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I know I am fooling myself, but I really hope they release the Mac version as a binary that one can download and use with the PC/Linux CDs. I'm well aware of the reasons why developers dont't do this, but it doesn't stop me from hoping someday, someone will see this as a value-added thing and not as a loss. It's like they're practically begging me not to buy the PC version, just because I prefer to play games on the Mac.
I was so disappointed with Epic's release for PC and Linux only. Although it sounds like a Mac version will be available, I think I'm going to do the one thing I hoped I never had to ever do.....buy a fn' PC. It's a damn gaming monopoly I tell ya. (What ever happed to the Mac-developed Halo?)
Expect the MINIMUM system requirements to be at least 1ghz+ , a 64 meg card and 256+ megs of ram cuz damn, first its a port so the requiremets will automaticly be higher and 2 it's osX only and osX games always have big system requirements.
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"Asthma is a chronic disease that can't be cured but only controlled"
"In the United States, asthma cases have increased by more than 60 percent since the early 1980s, and asthma-related deaths have doubled to 5,000 a year. What is causing the asthma epidemic and what can we do to stem the tide, According to the American Chiropractic Association."
So far researchers have not came up with a solution as to why the cases of asthma are increasing at an alarming rate. Their conclusion is non-hereditary factors such as increased environmental exposure to allergens. Decreased air quality which is coupled with the allergy-friendly modern house design, Food which is another source of exposure to allergens. Food manufacturers put more preservatives in foods now to make them last longer. Allergens are not the only culprit. Stress factors such as finding a new job, a new home may induce or aggravate asthma attacks. Even emotional expressions such as fear, anger, frustration, hard crying, or laughing can cause an attack as well.
When you have asthma the muscles in your lungs constrict and inflame. The constriction and inflammation narrow your airways, which cause symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. It can be a frustrating and stressful condition for children and adults alike, and while there is no cure, many people achieve moments of relief with inhalers, steroids and other prescription drugs.
If it will stop the pain, right? Wrong! There is actually a better alternative.
Chiropractic Care has shown that people who had asthma symptoms instantly felt relief after their chiropractic therapy. Vertebral Subluxation (misalignments of spinal bones that irritate nerves) in these areas of the spine can interfere with nerve supply to the lungs causing the lungs to function abnormally. A chiropractor would correct the subluxations, restoring proper nerve supply to the lungs, allowing the lungs to function optimally. A study published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research documented the results of 81 children with asthma who received chiropractic care. The two month study revealed that those under chiropractic care who reported asthma attacks before the study, saw a 45% decrease in the number of attacks, and that 31% of the subjects voluntarily chose to decrease their medication. All this occurred because of improved nervous system control of the lungs.
Live Longer, Stay Smarter, Sleep Better!!!!
As a preventive health-care specialist, Dr. Howard encourages patients to commit to regular physical exercise. However, due to today's hectic lifestyles, many patients have difficulty squeezing a fitness program into their frenzied schedules. That's why Dr. Howard suggests that busy patients take up jogging or power-walking. It's cost free and requires no equipment except for good sneakers and about thirty minutes of your time daily. It's perfect for business professionals and a carpool parent.
Walking and running may not only improve your life, but may also extend it. According to a published analysis of 4,658 Danish men, jogging on a regular basis may help you live longer. As part of the study, researchers looked at men who are enrolled in the ongoing Copenhagen City Heart Study. At the study's onset, 217 subjects reported jogging on a regular basis. After five years, 96 of the original joggers were still at it — and 106 men had taken up the sport.
After controlling for factors such as such as smoking, weight, blood pressure, diabetes, household income, education, alcohol consumption and cholesterol level, the authors determined that persistent joggers were 63% less likely to die, compared with non-joggers, those who had discontinued jogging, or who had recently taken up the sport (British Medical Journal 2000;321:602-3). Scientific evidence also shows that walking can have a profound impact on your life expectancy. One study, which tracked 107 retired men for 12 years, found that, "the mortality rate among the men who walked less than one mile (1.6 km) per day was nearly twice that among those who walked more than two miles (3.2 km) per day." (New England Journal of Medicine 1998:338:94-9.)
Are you tossing and turning all night? Walking and jogging daily may help you sleep more soundly, research has proven that walking or jogging fends off insomnia. Not only will you be catching up on your z's, but your mind will be in top shape. People who exercise regularly enjoy increased cognitive performance. Don't worry and be happy, exercise will help you get through depression. By boosting your self esteem with self achievement.
Dodge diabetes walking and running have been shown to help cut the odds of diabetes in women After controlling for various risk factors of diabetes, researchers concluded that women who engaged in the highest levels of vigorous physical activity, such as jogging, cut their odds of developing type II diabetes by 46%, compared with non- exercisers. Women who engaged in moderate activities, including walking, enjoyed a 42% lower risk (Journal of the American Medical Association 1999;282:1433-9).
Before you hit the track come see your chiropractor it's essential to treat yourself to a chiropractic evaluation. Doctors of chiropractic are prevention experts and, as such, can provide winning advice on how to ward off jogging or walking related injuries. This advice may include suggestions about proper footwear, stretching, nutrition, motivation, training programs and postural health.
Why is postural health so important for joggers and walkers? Because many sport's injuries result from postural imbalances. Postural discrepancies in the back or hips may "jack up" one leg, causing a disproportionate amount of force on that leg's knee and foot during jogging or walking, triggering injury. Often, misaligned spinal segments called vertebral subluxations are the root of these postural imbalances.
Doctors of chiropractic eliminate vertebral subluxations with gentie and effective maneuvers called chiropractic adjustments. Scientific research shows that chiropractic adjustments safely and effectively correct vertebral subluxations, in turn staving off the injuries associated with them.
So, before lacing up those new sneakers, follow the example of a growing number of professional and Olympic athletes who are enjoying increased performance and fewer injuries thanks to chiropractic care schedule an appointment for a chiropractic checkup today!


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Alternative Valuations of Work Loss and Productivity
JOEM/January 2001
Marc L. Berger,MD, James F. Murray, PhD, Judy Xu, MS, Mark Pauly, PhD
In this article, we examine the indirect costs (ie, work loss and productivity costs) of employee illness from the employer's perspective. We provide a conceptual framework to help employers consider alternative views with regard to assessing indirect costs and valuing the health care they purchase. First, we discuss the matter of perspective and how an employer should view and assess indirect costs. We briefly review current models of measuring indirect costs, and we critique these models. Then we introduce a simple, conceptual framework based on the ideas of health capital and labor productivity, and we lay out the effects of health investment on indirect costs while considering what employees desire and employers can provide. Finally, we offer an agenda for further research. (J Occup Environ Med. 2001;43:18 – 24)
With spending for health care benefits (ie, insurance coverage) and other health-related activities (eg, fitness centers, health fairs) increasing, employers are under pressure to control and/or justify the increased cost. One could decide to simply buy the least expensive coverage and minimize or eliminate investments in other health activities, but without good information on the value of these investments (ie, cost vs benefit), eliminating or reducing them may have adverse effects and negative economic impact. Potential negative results may be lower employee morale, increased morbidity and mortality, and a subsequent increase in absenteeism and turnover costs that the employer must offset in some other way. Hence the question, what is the value of health-related investments?
The need for more and better information on the value of health care has been a major driver in the quest for accountability and quality improvement. Quality and accountability measures are comprised of clinical performance indicators (eg, use of preventive screening procedures, care of chronic disease) and/or subjective ratings (eg, access, satisfaction) by consumers on health plans and physicians. These results are aggregated to the level of the providers and/or health plans, disseminated by means of report cards, and used by employers in their purchasing decisions (ie, the selection of a health plan for their employees).
Information on the quality of health care coverage is necessary, but it alone is not sufficient. Quality information should be translated into the benefits obtained by the employer and employee that result from the provision of higher quality. Better information is also needed on the advantages to the employer of providing the health benefits and services, and better estimates are needed of the impact of the total costs of illness, including the cost of work loss and reduced productivity due to poor health and health care. Studies have estimated that, on average, indirect costs represent over half of total disease costs.1 For depression and other chronic diseases, the proportion is even higher.2 Although employers realize that sick leave and mortality have a meaningful economic impact, questions are still unanswered about the best way to measure the gains and costs in a manner that helps decision makers analyze the consequences of their health investment decisions.
A Matter of Perspective: Individual Versus Society Versus Employer
Indirect costs are typically expressed in terms of the costs incurred from mortality and absenteeism and the reduced productivity while an affected employee is still working (Table 1). These costs can be measured from different perspectives.
From the individual worker's perspective, indirect costs are costs to the worker that are associated with the lost or impaired ability to work or engage in leisure activities because of morbidity, and costs to dependents that are associated with the loss of economic contributions in the event of the worker's premature death. These dimensions are usually measured in either lost income and/or the value of lost leisure time.
The societal view is the more common perspective taken when researchers assess indirect costs. In this perspective, the measurement of indirect costs is based on the premise that the value of an individual's work and its contribution to society is measured in terms of a person's potential income generation. This can be further refined along the two dimensions of morbidity and mortality. The impact of mortality is measured in terms of the present value of forgone future income. The impact of morbidity is measured in terms of lost income from missed work.
We propose that neither the individual nor the societal perspective provide an appropriate method for valuing indirect costs for an employer assessing a health care purchasing decision; the employer perspective is different. We also propose that an employer's perspective retains the two dimensions of morbidity and mortality but that the valuation within these dimensions is different(Table 2). From an employer's perspective, the valuation of morbidity and mortality should include only the costs incurred by an employer. The valuation of work loss may include (but not be restricted to): (1) higher wage costs, (2) lost production, (3) idle assets, and (4) other non-wage costs incurred by the employer. The loss to the workforce due to excess or above-average mortality should be valued as the cost of rehiring and retraining replacements for workers who died because of disease or poor care plus any additional wage costs for the initial set of workers. The cost of mortality to the employer may differ from the societal perspective because it excludes the present value of future earnings forgone because of premature death, whereas the wage offset (if any) in firms with less effective benefit plans may not be equal to the present value of lost future income. The cost of morbidity differs because it includes the cost of idle assets and non-wage factors.
These differences may have a profound impact on the relative contributions of morbidity and mortality to indirect costs. In the societal perspective, the majority of the estimated indirect costs comes from premature mortality and the present value of lost future income. For example, the American Heart Association estimates indirect costs for coronary heart disease (CHD) from the traditional societal perspective. They estimated that the indirect costs of CHD were $46.7 billion in 1999. Of this total amount, $6.9 billion (19%) were due to morbidity and the remaining $39.8 billion (81%) were due to mortality.3 Using the employer perspective, and assuming no wage offset, we and others have reported that the indirect cost of CHD to employers was a total of $4298 per employee with CHD per year.4 This estimate, from the employer's perspective, was overwhelmingly the consequence of work loss due to morbidity (ie, $4092, or 95.2% of the total) rather than workforce reduction due to mortality, which was only $206 per employee with CHD, or 4.8% of the total indirect cost.
Current Models for Measuring IndirectCosts
When it comes to estimating an actual dollar value, the two methods that are currently used for the valuation of indirect costs are the lost wages method and the friction cost method (Table 3). We will examine each of these approaches briefly to understand them, and more importantly, to uncover potential weaknesses and possibilities for enhancement.
The Lost Wages Method
The most frequently used method of estimating indirect costs is the lost wages method (sometimes called the "human capital" method, even though discounted future lost wages are sometimes not fully considered). It is simple and straightforward. According to the neoclassic economic model, wage rates equal the value of marginal revenue generated by an additional worker under full employment. Thus, indirect costs are quantified in terms of forgone earnings.5 Lost production is measured using gross compensation at the individual level, and absenteeism loss is calculated by multiplying the estimated number of workdays missed by the estimated average daily earnings. Reduced productivity while working is estimated as the percentage of the productivity reduction on days the employee works while having symptoms-typically measured by employee self-report. 5,6
Although the lost wages approach is founded in economic theory, the estimation of indirect costs from a societal perspective considers only compensation and ignores other dimensions and metrics that have intrinsic and economic value, such as loss of leisure time and the consumption value of any change in health status. In addition, the estimates obtained are sensitive to assumptions built into the calculations.7 For example, some studies assume a fixed time period, whereas others use a variable time period such as life expectancy. Some studies include only paid labor, some include all activities, and a few include unemployment. In addition, the method used to value forgone paid work varies among different studies. Most studies use the all-industry average wage to calculate the value of lost labor time; others use the minimum wage or the wage rate for a specific group. Subjectivity in these dimensions may account for the wide variation in the results.
The lost wages method is widely used to measure the societal costs of illness. Nevertheless, it is argued that this method may not provide reliable estimates of the economic consequences of disease.8 As Drummond pointed out, unperformed work may be made up by the sick employee when he or she returns to work after a short-term absence.9 For long-term absences, someone drawn from the ranks of the unemployed might cover the work, making it possible that society does not actually suffer loss but instead has replaced the income generation of one worker with a previously unemployed person who generated no income. This assumes perfect interchangeability between workers and no value to the leisure of the unemployed, which may not always hold and, therefore, may not accurately estimate work-loss costs.
The Friction Cost Method
Recently, Koopmanschap and colleagues developed an alternative explicit approach to measuring indirect costs when workers' unemployment is involved, called the friction cost method.10 This method presumes short-term and medium-term effects of illness on production output or loss. Short-term production loss depends on the time span that organizations require for restoring the initial level of production. It is assumed that production losses are confined to the period needed to replace a sick worker-ie, the friction period.8,10,11 The length of this period and the resulting indirect costs depend on the labor market. Even though the employer often must pay sick leave benefits to the absent worker plus pay for a substitute, the argument from a societal perspective is that the opportunity cost of the replacement is zero because the substitute would otherwise have been unemployed. Given this assumption, the indirect costs consist of the value of the lost production plus the extra costs of maintaining production and of filling a vacancy and training new personnel. In the medium-term period, there will be further changes in labor costs per unit of output, labor supply changes, and so forth that may influence national income and other economic indicators. These production costs can be estimated macroeconomically. It is estimated that medium-term production losses occur over a period of about 5 years.
The friction cost method attempts to estimate the real value of indirect costs attributable to disease by considering the situation within firms and in the labor market.1 To estimate indirect costs using the friction cost method, it is necessary to estimate the frequency of friction periods, length of the friction period, valuation of lost production, and macroeconomic consequences. Most studies that use the friction cost method consider national data because it is hard to collect detailed data at the level of an individual firm. A friction cost estimate may not accurately estimate indirect costs, because in each firm there is an internal labor pool that could buffer the effects of absenteeism or disability. It is argued that this method may be appropriate for European countries, where the level of both registered and hidden unemployment is substantial.8
Although the friction cost method is an attempt to derive more realistic estimates of indirect costs in special circumstances, there is no comprehensive theoretical framework underpinning the calculations. The method considers that the national income changes because of changes in labor costs per unit of output, social insurance premiums, and labor supply, but as discussed above, there are other factors that can influence wages and incomes. More specifically, it attaches no value to the leisure the formerly unemployed lose (or, equivalently, the disutility they attach to working). In addition, it provides no method for determining the unemployment level at which the analyst should switch from the lost wages method to the friction cost method.
Limitations of Both Methods
Along with others, we have proposed that the lost wages and the friction cost methods are based on excessively simplified assumptions that are unlikely to hold in general application, and we have examined the cost of work loss under alternative assumptions (Pauly et al, manuscript submitted). With full employment, wages represent a lower bound for losses that could actually be much larger in some fairly common circumstances. Thus, traditional methods could underestimate the true gain to employers and to society from implementing policies that would reduce absenteeism.
It is also naive to assume that any single method of valuing work loss can be applied to all firms. Rather, there exist specific characteristics of firms and markets that determine whether the costs of work loss will be large or small and how these costs will be distributed between the employer and employee. For example, a firm that has a production unit based on team performance rather than on individual performance will require a different model for valuing work loss, because the impact on output of a worker's absence will be quite different. The same holds true if there is a large dependence on firm-specific human capital (eg, knowledge workers) versus a small dependence (eg, a job that can easily be done by temporary workers). Another important characteristic is whether the job function is labor intensive, capital intensive, or a combination of both. Finally, valuation of work loss depends on how work loss affects the flow of output. In a firm that has small inventory costs or small costs associated with variations in output, valuation of work loss will be very different than in a firm having large inventory costs or incurring large costs when output falls short of the expected or desired level. These characteristics, along with examples of firms where different combinations of the dimensions may hold true, are shown in Fig. 1. We propose that they are important to consider when predicting an incremental valuation of work loss that is higher than a simple estimate of lost wages for a given firm or department within a firm.
In addition to providing a potentially biased estimate of the value of work loss, the lost wages method, the friction method, and the more general model we propose do not consider the indirect effects of health on the quality of life and employee well-being beyond the workplace setting.12 Some authors argue that only the value of the production that is lost until the absent employee returns or is replaced, plus the replacement costs, may be counted as indirect costs. However, others argue that when an individual engages in productive work, the real loss is leisure time and the real gain is the productive output.13 When an individual is unable to work because of a health problem, that individual experiences a loss of leisure time and removes productive capacity from both an employer and society. Therefore, an extension to our general model would suggest that, in addition to obtaining more accurate financial estimates of work loss from the employer's perspective, employers must determine the value their employees place on their own health and the management's willingness to pay for what employees value. The impacts of health investment on personally valued health and on how employers should value their investment in health are closely correlated and should be measured together. It has been suggested that productivity is a function of human health (which determines the ability and motivation to work) but that by maximizing the personal value they place on health, employees allocate their work time and effort to consume and produce health. Improving health status could benefit the employer, not only by decreasing absenteeism and mortality but also by motivating workers to increase their efficiency, by improving workers' production ability, and by reducing employee turnover.
To maximize workers' productivity at a given level of labor and health benefit costs, the employer must make decisions from a system-wide perspective. While considering the labor market and their employees' preferences, employers must invest efficiently in their workers' health. Simple cost-shifting to workers or cost-containment may harm the interests of the workers and, in turn, indirectly hurt the profitability of the firm as workers require higher cash wages or morale falls and turnover increases. The real challenge to employers is to improve the management and design of the health benefits and amenities they provide to their employees.
We propose that health is a quantifiable measure and that health status can be measured by a variety of available instruments.14 As such, health is a commodity that can be purchased and about which decisions can be made regarding how much to invest. Health status, in conjunction with other dimensions of health care (eg, quality, accountability) and accurate total costs from the employer's perspective, should be factored into employers' health care purchasing decisions to provide an accurate and comprehensive assessment of these decisions.
Conceptual Framework
Given the concerns about the current methods of valuing work loss, we propose a new conceptual framework that attempts to position health status in relation to other aspects of an employee's well-being and an employer's need for on-the-job productivity from employees (Fig. 2). In the simplest view, we propose that the following relationships exist. An employer maximizes its profits with investment in infrastructure through capital investment and its labor force. It is assumed that a firm purchases and uses these investments efficiently. Employees split their time and efforts between work and leisure time. Workers find equilibrium between their investment in their job and the value of outside leisure time relative to their own internal values and preferences. It is assumed that an employee selects a job on the basis of these internal preferences, values, and the sense of fulfillment obtained from a particular job versus all available employment opportunities. Within the framework is a balance between (1) the worker's internal values and needs, and (2) the firm's need to acquire and maintain a productive workforce. In addition to the traditional investments of wages, benefits, a positive work environment, and training, a key factor in achieving a feeling of well-being for the employee and productivity for the employer is an investment in maintaining the health status of the employee.
First, we consider the individual employee's preferences and the role of health. Michael Grossman15 proposed that "good health is a commodity sought after by every individual." It is assumed that individuals are given an initial measure of health that depreciates over time. This initial measure of health can be maintained (or at least the rate of decline slowed) by investment in health-related activities (eg, preventive care, exercise, health care when necessary).15,16 Nevertheless, every job has aspects that will help or hinder health and health status through factors such as stress (ie, mental health) and fatigue, not to mention the possibility of work-related injury (ie, decrement of physical health status). In short, workers place a value on health, and health factors directly affect their decision when choosing a career or a specific job.
Relationships Between Health and Other Determinants of Productivity
We propose that health status is one of the important underlying factors in enhancing or maintaining productivity in the labor force. Health status is one of the many factors that determine the quantity (working time) and quality (productivity) of employees. The health status of employees may, in addition, affect the efficient use of capital. For example, work-loss days or reduced productivity at work result in idle physical capital, which may represent a serious loss for the company.
Workers exchange their services to employers in return for wages. However, the labor being provided is an inseparable characteristic of the worker.17 Therefore, the investment in workers made by firms usually extends beyond wages to include education, health benefits, and other forms of compensation. We accept as fact that investments made in human resources, employee services, and general workplace environment have a positive impact on productivity. However, we specifically focus on investments in health coverage and services. An investment in health benefits and other methods of maintaining or improving health is a complex investment, from both the employees' and employers' point of view. In economic theory, it is assumed that most people are risk-averse and that people have different preferences for insurance and different risk aversions. According to the model of Goldstein and Pauly18 (recently elaborated on by Pauly19), firms may profit by providing health insurance instead of paying the employee the equivalent in cash. Because of tax benefits and economies of scale in group insurance, firms can purchase health plans that are cheaper than an individually purchased plan. As stated above, health is both a consumer commodity and an investment commodity. Individuals use their wages and leisure time to invest in health. If firms provide health benefits as compensation, workers do not need to spend their time and wages to obtain health benefits. The employee gains by receiving personal rewards and financial value; the employer gains by attracting and retaining better workers at comparable (or lower) wages.
A firm's productivity and output depend on a variety of factors that may affect the efficiency of the production process. An interesting corollary to investment in an employee's health is the investment made to improve other intrinsic characteristics of the employee (eg, improving the skills and educational level of the workforce).20 It is well accepted that on-the-job training makes employees more productive.21,22 Many studies show that more highly educated people are healthier than less highly educated people when other factors are constant.22 A firm's investment in training its employees will be enhanced if those trained employees stay healthy and show up for work-health benefits and training/education are highly complementary.
The investment in health interacts with many other dimensions, and the pure effect of one investment cannot be disentangled from that of another. Education can help people change their health behavior by changing their beliefs and attitudes. Lifestyle and environmental factors may have long-term effects on health. According to Evans et al, well-being, or the sense of life satisfaction of the individual, may be the ultimate determinant of productivity.23 What is clear is that health, as measured by health status, has an impact on employee prosperity and working skills that ultimately influences productivity. Although we may not have all of the answers to this complex interaction, the remaining questions are clearly emerging as an agenda for future research.
Agenda for Further Research
Many theoretical and empirical issues, and many opportunities for further research, remain to be addressed and explored. Research is needed to analyze the costs of health care benefits and other health-improvement programs and their impact on other employer costs. Firms must consider how the costs of programs to improve employee wellness, whether provided directly or through their health plans, will relate to indirect costs and other gains for the employer. Firms need better measures of what reduced work loss will do for their productivity and customer satisfaction rates, especially when production depends on work teams, missing employees cannot be easily replaced, and customers do not want to wait. Improved health implies that future health insurance premiums should be lower than if the employees' health deteriorated. Further, if the turnover rate is lower because of improved employee health and morale, there may be savings in administrative and training costs. Solid evidence of the impact of these potential gains would help employers to better reallocate their health investment in the context of other investments.
Most indirect cost calculations are confounded; that is, whereas disease affects labor productivity, conditions in the labor market may also influence the population's health. For example, the pressure of maintaining or increasing productivity in the workplace can cause stress and accidents and can lead to drinking and smoking, which are risk factors for disease. A quantitative model must be developed to address the interrelationships between health, working environment, and productivity. The effects of specific diseases in the workplace are hard to measure, and research should focus on developing models or instruments to measure health status and productivity in the presence of these diseases.
In summary, this discussion proposes a new general model for determining the financial impact of work loss and/or reduced productivity on employers and employees. The model opens the door to future research on productivity costs that is linked with the concept of modern firms employing knowledge workers in team production. Concrete theoretical and empirical research is needed for employers to evaluate and strategically manage their health benefits. The long-term benefits and gains to the individual, the employer, and society are too compelling to ignore or to simply assume that optimal investments in health will be made without effort.
1. Koopmanschap MA, Rutten FF. Indirect costs in economic studies: confronting the confusion. Pharmacoeconomics. 1993;4:446-454.
2. Greenberg PE, Stiglin LE, Finkelstein SN, Berndt ER. The economic burden of depression in 1990. J Clin Psychiatry, 1993;54:405-418.
3. American Heart Association. 1999 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. Dallas, TX: AHA; 1998.
4. Guico-Pabia CJ, Murray JF, Teutsch SM, Wertheimer AI, Berger ML. I indirect cost of ischemic heart disease to employers. Am J Managed Care. In press.
5. Osterhaus JT, Gutterman DL, Plachetka JR. Healthcare resource and lost labour costs of migraine headache in the US. Pharmacoeconomics. 1992;2:67-76.
6. Legg RF, Sclar DA, Nemec NL, Tarnai J, Mackowiak JI. Cost benefit of sumatriptan to an employer. J Occup Environ Med. 1997;39:652—657.
7. Jacobs P, Fassbender K. The measurement of indirect costs in the health economics evaluation literature. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1998;14:799-808.
8. Koopmanschap MA, Rutten FF. The consequence of production loss or increased costs of production. Med Care. 1996;34:DS59-68.
9. Drummond M. Cost-of-illness studies. A major headache? Pharmacoeconomics. 1992;2:1-4.
10. Koopmanschap MA, Rutten FF, van Ineveld BM, van Roijen L. The friction cost method for measuring indirect costs of disease. J Health Economics, 1995;14;171-189.
11. Hutubessy RC, van Tulder MW, Vondeling H, Bouter LM. Indirect costs of back pain in The Netherlands: a comparison of the human capital method with the friction cost method. Pain. 1999;80:201-207.
12. Brouwer WBF, Koopmanschap MA, Rutten FFH. Productivity costs measurement through quality of life? A response to the recommendation of the Washington Panel. Health Econ. 1997;6:253-259.
13. Weinstein MC, Siegel JE, Garber AM, et al. Productivity costs, time costs and health-related quality of life: a response to the Erasmus group. Health Econ. 1997;6:505-510.
14. McDowell I, Newell C. Measuring Health: A Guide to Ratings Scales and Questionnaires. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 1996.
15. Grossman M. On the concept of health capital and the demand for health. NBER Working Papers. 1972;223-255.
16. Becker GS. A theory of the allocation of time. Econ J . 1965;75:493-517.
17. Ehrenberg RG, Smith RS. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy . Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley; 2000.
18. Goldstein GS, Pauly MV. Group health insurance as a local public good. In: Rosett RN, ed. The Role of Health Insurance in the Health Services Sector, New York: National Bureau of Economic Research; 1976:73-114.
19. Pauly MV. Health Benefits at Work. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press; 1997.
20. Knowles S, Owen PD. Education and health in an effective-labour empirical growth model. Econ Rec. 1997;73:314-328.
21. Becker GS. Investment in human capital. J Political Econ. 1962;(suppl):9-49. Bartel AP. Productivity gains from the implementation of employee training programs. Industrial Relations. 1994;33(4).
23. Evans RG, Barer ML, Marmor TR. "Why Are Some People Healthy and Others Not?The Determinants of Health of Populations. New York: Aldine de Gruyter; 1994.
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Newcastle United travel to Old Trafford at the weekend, looking to stop a losing run from setting in following successive defeats.
Two 1-0 defeats to Burnley and Bournemouth have left United in 11th place and they face the unenviable task of taking on Jose Mourinho's Manchester United on Saturday.
Historically, Old Trafford has not been a happy hunting ground for Newcastle, who have won their just three times in the Post War era.
Nonetheless, they did win there in 2013 and Rafa Benitez could become the first manager to win there with three different clubs - should they spring a surprise on Saturday evening.
To do so, they will have to pull off an almost perfect performance and the pre-match omens certainly suggest it will be a struggle for the Magpies.
Here are the full pre-game stats - courtesy of Opta.
Reasons to be fearful
Manchester United have won 22 and lost just one of their last 32 league games against Newcastle United at Old Trafford (W22 D9 L1) – 0-1 in December 2013 courtesy of a Yohan Cabaye goal.
Newcastle United have lost 25 times against Manchester United in the Premier League; only versus Arsenal have they lost as many games in the competition.
Indeed, the Magpies have lost 84 matches in all competitions against the Red Devils, more than versus any other side in their history.
However, at Old Trafford, Man Utd are unbeaten in 22 Premier League games (W12 D10 L0), winning the last six in a row without conceding. They last won seven consecutive home league games without shipping a single goal back in March 2010.
Man Utd have scored a league-high total (12) and share (52%) of their Premier League goals in the final 15 minutes this season.
Rafa Benitez has lost five times against Jose Mourinho in the Premier League - only versus Alex Ferguson (8) has he suffered more defeats in the competition (also 5 vs Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp).
Romelu Lukaku has been directly involved in nine goals in eight Premier League appearances against Newcastle United (five goals, four assists).
Reasons to be optimistic
After scoring 11 goals in his first 10 games for Man Utd, Lukaku has since gone seven without a goal, firing in just five shots on target in this period.
Jose Mourinho's side have lost two of their last three games in the Premier League, as many as in the previous 37 combined.
Benitez has won four of his 13 previous Premier League matches against Man Utd as manager (P13 W4 D1 L8) - only Arsene Wenger (12), José Mourinho (5) and Gérard Houllier (5) have won more against the Red Devils in the PL.
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No county in this state shall be authorized to levy a greater rate of taxation in any one year on the value of the taxable property therein than one-half of one per centum; provided, that to pay debts existing on the sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, an additional rate of one-fourth of one per centum may be levied and collected which shall be appropriated exclusively to the payment of such debts and the interest thereon; provided, further, that to pay any debt or liability now existing against any county, incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary public buildings or bridges, or that may hereafter be created for the erection of necessary public buildings, bridges, or roads (a) any county may levy and collect such special taxes, not to exceed one-fourth of one per centum, as may have been or may hereafter be authorized by law. The proceeds of taxes levied under said proviso (a) for public building, road, or bridge purposes in excess of amounts payable on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued by the county may be spent for general county purposes, in such manner as the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like county governing body may determine.


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5 The Bare-Chested Outdoorsman
Whenever Vladimir Putin goes on a fishing expedition or for a horseback ride, he makes sure to wear the right clothing for the outing at hand. In most cases, this means boots, pants, a hat and sunglasses. Yet Putin has been "caught" enjoying nature shirtless on multiple occasions. There are even wall calendars devoted to the half-naked head of the Russian Federation – a fact that we are sure simply thrills him.
4 Diving for Sunken Treasure
In one of the more blatant and derided of Vladimir Putin's PR stunts, he went scuba diving in search of ancient sunken artifacts. Lo and behold, the president returned to the surface of the Black Sea sporting large pieces of two Grecian amphorae purportedly lost to the sea centuries ago! Later on it came out that the "relics" had been planted underwater solely for Putin.
3 Flying with the Cranes
In perhaps his strangest PR stunt to date, Vladimir Putin donned a white jumpsuit and bulbous goggles and climbed into the harness of a powered hang glider. Why? To lead a flock of young Siberian white cranes, of course! Putin claimed that he would be a stand-in for an adult bird, as the Siberian white crane is an endangered species, and help lead the young birds along traditional migratory routes. Even if these animals did need help, perhaps an experienced ornithologist would have been better suited for the job?
2 Tranquilizing a Tiger
Most of the world's presidents focus on domestic policy, economic reform and international relations. Vladimir Putin occasionally takes a break from such duties and shoots wild tigers with tranquilizer darts. In one of his many outlandish PR stunts, Putin and his handlers created a dramatic scenario in which the president went out with a team of conservationists tracking the elusive Amur tiger, only to save the day by swiftly dropping one of the huge cats with a well-aimed shot from his tranquilizer gun. It turns out, of course, that it was all a setup and the "wild" tiger was a zoo animal.
1 Stealing the Super Bowl Ring
At a 2005 meeting with Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots NFL team, Vladimir Putin got a chance to hold one of the most coveted objects of the modern era, a Super Bowl championship ring. Most people would smile and then return the unique jewelry. Putin instead said, "I could kill someone with this ring," slipped it into his pocket, and then walked away. Recently, news of this casual theft began to make headlines. Rather than merely returning the ring, Putin announced that he would calm this burgeoning international incident by having an even finer ring created for Mr. Kraft. But the message was clear, and it was not one of friendship: Vlad was saying "I keep whatever I want."


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120. Frederick Earl BATES was born on 7 Dec 1897 in Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas. He died on 27 Jul 1979 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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06/06/17 RF Yasmany Tomas Shoulder 10-day DL 06/03)
05/28/17 CF A.J. Pollock Groin 10-day DL (05/15)
05/28/17 P Shelby Miller Elbow 60-day DL (04/24)
05/28/17 CF Socrates Brito Finger 60-day DL (03/28)
05/28/17 P Steve Hathaway Shoulder 60-day DL (03/31)
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06/11/17 2B Cesar Hernandez Side 10-day DL (06/11)
05/31/17 P Vince Velasquez Elbow 10-day DL (05/31)
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Useful Pitching Statistics
The Diamondbacks have a 41-26 overall record this season. Starting pitcher Patrick Corbin has a 5-6 record with an earned run average of 5.38 and a WHIP of 1.61. He has 62 strikeouts over his 72 innings pitched and he's given up 93 hits. He allows 11.6 hits per 9 innings and he has a FIP of 4.93. The bullpen has an earned run average of 3.56 and they have given up 172 base hits on the year. Teams are hitting .224 against the bullpen and they've struck out 215 hitters and walked 76 batters. As a team, Arizona allows 8 hits per nine innings while striking out 9.3 batters per nine innings. They are 2nd in the league in team earned run average at 3.49. The Diamondbacks pitchers collectively have given up 531 base hits and 232 earned runs. They have allowed 69 home runs this season, ranking them 27th in the league. Arizona as a pitching staff has walked 210 batters and struck out 621. They have walked 3.2 men per 9 innings while striking out 9.3 per 9. They have a team WHIP of 1.24 and their FIP as a unit is 3.66.
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Hitting Statistics
As a team Arizona is hitting .261, good for 10th in the league. The Diamondbacks hold a .450 team slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .330, which is good for 10th in baseball. They rank 10th in MLB with 9.0 hits per game. Paul Goldschmidt is hitting .323 with an on-base percentage of .448. He has 76 hits this season in 235 at bats with 53 runs batted in. He has a slugging percentage of .596 and an OPS+ of 162. Chris Owings is hitting .296 this year and he has an on-base percentage of .329. He has totaled 68 hits and he has driven in 38 men in 230 at bats. His OPS+ is 99 while his slugging percentage is at .465. The Diamondbacks have 602 hits, including 131 doubles and 90 home runs. Arizona has walked 223 times so far this season and they have struck out 594 times as a unit. They have left 448 men on base and have a team OPS of .781. They score 5.13 runs per contest and have scored a total of 344 runs this year.
Useful Pitching Statistics
Philadelphia has a 21-43 overall mark this year. With an earned run average of 4.40, Aaron Nola has a 3-4 record and a 1.29 WHIP. He has 41 strikeouts over the 45 innings he's pitched. He's also given up 44 hits. He allows 8.8 hits per nine innings and his FIP stands at 3.75. The bullpen has an earned run average of 4.68 and they have given up 226 base hits on the year. Teams are hitting .264 against the Phillies bullpen. Their relievers have struck out 192 batters and walked 96 opposing hitters. As a team, Philadelphia allows 9.7 hits per nine innings while striking out 7.1 batters per nine innings. They are 30th in the league in team earned run average at 5.01. The Phillies pitchers as a team have surrendered 613 base knocks and 315 earned runs this season. They have given up 93 home runs this year, which ranks 6th in Major League Baseball. Philadelphia as a staff has walked 216 hitters and struck out 445 batters. They give up a walk 3.4 times per 9 innings while they strike out 7.1 per 9. Their team WHIP is 1.46 while their FIP as a staff is 4.97.
Hitting Statistics
As a team, they are batting .243, good for 24th in the league. The Phillies hold a .399 team slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .306, which is good for 27th in baseball. They rank 21st in MLB with 8.3 hits per contest. Aaron Altherr comes into this matchup batting .286 with an OBP of .360. He has 54 hits this year along with 36 RBI in 189 AB's. He maintains a slugging percentage of .550 with an OPS+ of 138. Odubel Herrera is hitting .248 this season and he has an OBP of .287. He has collected 61 hits in 246 at bats while driving in 25 runs. He has an OPS+ of 82 and a slugging percentage of .402. The Phillies as a unit have 530 base hits, including 123 doubles and 65 homers. Philadelphia has walked 185 times this year and they have struck out on 537 occasions. They have had 405 men left on base and have an OPS of .705. They have scored 3.95 runs per game and totaled 253 runs this season.
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The Mists or the Mists of Madness are the Mists that encircle Gemnos. Whether you go north, east, west or south, you always end up at the Mists, and if they engulf you, you either never come back out, or you come back out insane. No one has been able to gather further information about the Mists. They are one of the great mysteries of Gemnos, and no amount of magical scrying or divinations have been able to pierce it's secrets.
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Aaron and Faye's on and off again relationship has become the talking point of the Big Brother 2011 house, with Harry, Jay and Tom all discussing the couple today in a heated sauna room chat.
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Summary: Microsoft has recently announced the SharePoint Foundation 2016 is no longer available in the SharePoint Server 2016 release, which has many organizations scrambling to uncover some suitable SharePoint Alternatives.
SharePoint Foundation 2013 is a limited free software provided by Microsoft as a SharePoint alternative. That being said, Microsoft will no longer support Sharepoint Foundation 2013 nor will it sell Sharepoint Foundation 2016 (or the licenses for it) unless your company already has Exchange or Office365. Can we say 'uh-oh'? Sharepoint Foundation 2013 provided a basic collaborative document management system that integrates with Microsoft Office. Primarily best for small companies who do not require a complicated functionality or features.
Questions you may have:
- Is there a free offering of Sharepoint Foundation 2016 available? Short answer, no. Long answer; you can start a trial with Office 365 but, apart from charities and non-profit organizations, there aren't free subscriptions available.
- Are there any 'free' alternatives to Sharepoint Foundation 2016? Short answer, no. Long answer; Microsoft doesn't offer any other 'free' alternatives' but there are a variety of one-time fee intranet software providers that provide all necessary features 'out-of-the-box'.
- Are there risks associating with continuing on Sharepoint Foundation 2013? Short answer, yes. Long answer; with Microsoft no longer offering support to Sharepoint Foundations 2013 many users are finding bugs and issues. In addition, clients who want to migrate to 2016 or Office365 don't have a 'free' Sharepoint Foundation option. Overall, continuing on Sharepoint Foundations 2013 will put your organization at risk
What to Look for in a SharePoint Foundation 2016 Alternative?
Most organizations I speak with who have worked with the free version of SharePoint have very few good things to say about it. So I ask them – why haven't they made the switch before? Well, it was free.
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1. Intranet Software that's Difficult to Update and Manage
Usually, a SharePoint site lives in the hands of IT. Updates and changes to the site are exceptionally rigid and time-consuming, which means the site gets updated infrequently, if at all.
Your SharePoint Foundation 2016 alternative should, therefore, be easier to update. In fact, what if it was so easy to update that it didn't live in the hands of IT at all, but could be passed off to intranet admins from other departments?
It's therefore important to look for an intranet with Simple Intranet Administration, such as drag 'n' drop functionality.
2. There's Low Employee Engagement, and Finding Information is Complicated
Your end users have likely complained about finding content on the SharePoint site. In fact, since it takes so long to look for content once they do find it they might just end up saving the document to their desktop for next time. This means your employees are now using outdated versions of documents, policies, and procedures.
The site is usually also static – just a landing page of links to other resources and applications they need. It is therefore difficult to be "thrilled" about the intranet and intranet adoption decreases.
Your SharePoint alternative should, therefore, have dynamic content right on the homepage, which is engaging and updated frequently. It should have a robust enterprise search which not only looks for titles of content but within uploaded documents as well, ensuring that your employees find what they need quickly.
3. The Intranet Capabilities and Feature Sets are Limited
Free means you only get so many features and functionality. Just the basics to house the content you need such as links to other resources and a document repository.
Your SharePoint Foundation 2016 should be a real INTRANET. An engaging, interactive portal with hundreds of features and applications to help streamline internal workflows, improve business processes, generate employees engagement and keep them informed.
Features that come pre-built and ready to configure, such as Online Forms, Employee Directory, Policy Management, and much more.
A full list of features can be found within our Corporate Intranet Whitepaper.
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You shouldn't have to pay through the nose for something that is replacing your free version. Unfortunately, so many intranet providers are now charging per user per month license fees – which adds up!
On average, Intranet Connections customers have been untiring the software for 7 years. That's a long-term commitment. We, therefore, think it makes more sense to charge a one-time license fee, and then never charge for organizational growth.
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