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Bucs make right move by dismissing Greg Schiano, Mark Dominik
TAMPA, Fla. — MRSA.
The Josh Freeman divorce.
The 0-8 start.
The 1-4 close.
Flush it. Sweep it away. Forget it all.
It happened. Coach Greg Schiano and general manager Mark Dominik are gone.
Be honest: You were looking for an excuse to stick a stake in the 2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a 4-12 nightmare that was part circus on the field, part crazy off it.
Clean slate. Clean start. Clean conscience.
"The results over the past two years have not lived up to our standards," Bucs co-chairman Bryan Glazer's 78-word statement began, "and we believe the time has come to find a new direction."
That's what this regime change is about. A new vision. A needed new path.
It's time.
There wasn't enough return on investment for high-dollar signings such as safety Dashon Goldson and cornerback Darrelle Revis. There wasn't enough progress, even after Schiano and Dominik made the right move to bench Freeman in favor of rookie Mike Glennon before Week 4. There wasn't enough optimism for the future, even if Schiano's toes-on-the-line vision was given all of 32 games to survive.
The Glazers saw enough throughout the past two years. Most others did too. The picture wasn't pretty: A 11-21 record, losing streaks of five games last year and eight this fall, a team that never sniffed the top of the NFC South in late December, a messy break-up with a former franchise face.
The Schiano era, barring a major pivot, was never going heal itself from the bruises of 2013. There could have been tweaks to the offensive staff. There could have been changes to a unit that averaged 18 points per game and slogged through Sunday after Sunday.
But how much good would replacing coordinator Mike Sullivan have done? Buy Schiano and Dominik one more year? Delay the inevitable?
Why waste time?
The cuts of 2013 were too deep to proceed with the status quo. This was a doomed year from the start, when Freeman waged a mutiny against the franchise that once placed its faith in him.
"I think we did get it right," Schiano said of his team's quarterback situation. "I just think we got it right late."
Certainly, there was a case to be made for keeping Schiano and Dominik. Freeman turned into the Invisible Man in Minnesota after a gruesome start against the New York Giants in Week 7. Glennon showed flashes of handling the job (2,608 yards passing and 19 touchdowns to nine interceptions). The MRSA incident that involved three players was a distraction no one saw coming. The Bucs won four of five games from Weeks 10 through 14.
But the right decision was made. Schiano and Dominik are good men. The past year, though, was ugly for their franchise.
The Bucs, at times, were embarrassing. Fans became despondent. "FIRE SCHIANO" billboards were bought. Boos at Raymond James Stadium were heard by those who bothered to stick around after the latest loss.
Apathy is the greatest enemy for any NFL franchise. The Bucs' bar has been lowered to a concerning level: Four losing seasons in five years, only two years with more than four wins since 2009, no playoff berths since 2007.
This roster is better than that.
A defense that includes Revis and Goldson, Gerald McCoy and Lavonte David should be good enough to give the Bucs a chance in the NFC South, not get lit up for 42 points and 468 yards against the New Orleans Saints. The Bucs' offense, even with injuries to Doug Martin and Mike Williams, should produce more than 277 yards per game.
This team underachieved. This team failed.
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The choice facing the Glazers is an important one. It's time for the coaching carousel to end. The Bucs swung and missed on Raheem Morris after three years. They whiffed on Schiano after two.
The next Bucs coach must include parts of Morris (his relaxed leadership style) and Schiano (his attention to detail). Mostly, though, he must have staying power. A sound offensive mind should be required too.
A turnaround is possible. Look at the Kansas City Chiefs under Andy Reid. Look at the Philadelphia Eagles under Chip Kelly. Look at franchises that understood their shortcomings before making smart, calculated choices about where they wanted to go.
This league is built for struggling franchises to contend in time. But under Dominik and Morris, then Dominik and Schiano, the Bucs couldn't break through. That's concerning.
Since 2008, the Bucs are the only team in the NFC South not to win a division title. Worse yet, the Saints, Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons have each won two in that window.
"I think we're leaving behind a football team better than when we got here," Schiano said.
The drama.
The losing.
The disappointment.
The conclusion most saw coming.
Flush it away. It's a new day.
Hope for something better.
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A little Sunday Wal-Mart bashing
Kevin Drum thinks Wal-Mart can do better by its employees:
Labor expenses only amount to about 10% of revenues for Wal-Mart. If you increased the pay of every single clerk, greeter, and stocker in the chain by two or three bucks an hour, it would only increase Wal-Mart's prices by about 2%. Their prices would still be the lowest around because it's not labor costs that account for most of their efficiency. It's world class logistics, aggressive offshoring, enormous sales volumes, and ruthless bargaining with suppliers that account for most of it. If Wal-Mart had to offer low wages and lousy benefits just to stay in business, that would be one thing. But they don't. We should expect them to do better.
Personally I think this is the wrong approach. Wal-Mart no doubt could afford to pay higher wages, but, like nearly all companies, they don't pay more than they have to to attract and retain the workers they need. Pfizer or Goldman Sachs don't pay the wages they do because they're nice firms, they pay the wages they do because they have no choice: workers who possess such skills as analytical chemistry and currency arbitrage are more expensive than shelf stockers. And, although offering a "buck or two more" might not break the bank for Wal-Mart, offering significantly more robust benefits probably would have more of an adverse effect on their profits than Kevin's glib assessment indicates. Health insurance is very costly in America. Unlike other, wiser nations, we rely on employers to act as purchasing agents for health benefits. It's a stupid practice. Wal-Mart and McDonald's shouldn't be disparaged for a rational response to a policy that is not their fault.
I think Liberals waste a lot of energy engaging in corporation bashing. A company's job is to make money. Not to provide for a just society. That's government's role. By all means spend more money on a stronger social safety net and universal healthcare, and raise taxes if you have to. But let companies get on with what they know how to do best: generate profits for their owners.
Our long national nightmare is finally over
Thank God. What a serious buzz killer this has been.
Monday Putin blogging
Ross Douthat ponders the legacy of Vladimir Putin:
I think there's little question that Putin has been one of the most successful world leaders of the new century, and I've always had the impression that this success is related to his being smarter, in some meaningful way, than most of his rivals and partners on the world stage… It will be very interesting to watch what he does after 2008 – both how he continues to exercise power in Russia (as he assuredly will), and what his de facto political dominance will mean for the leaders who succeed him. He will only be fifty-six when his term ends – younger than any of the front-runners for the GOP nomination, it's worth noting – which means that the Putin era, in one fashion or another, probably still has decades left to run.
I guess time will tell. I personally suspect there's another shoe that may still drop, and it's called "the price of oil."
It's hard to imagine Putin accomplishing 10% of what he's accomplished in recent years without all those fat petrochecks. I don't buy the hype about oil remaining dear ad infinitum. Oh sure, in the long run we're no doubt running out of the stuff, and over the long term it will likely get more expensive. The short and medium terms, however, are a different story.
Price spikes in the past have prompted conservation efforts. They're doing so again. When you follow this process with the inevitable recession (we still haven't managed to repeal the business cycle, by the bye), the price of oil drops. Usually quite substantially. And so, too, will Russian economic prospects, and the received wisdom about how great a leader Vladimir Putin has been.
Farm subsidies: even worse than you think
Matt Zeitlin takes Robert Samuelson to task, not for his opposition to farm subsidies, but for his poor argument:
Robert Samuelson should be shooting a fish in the barrel, launching to a perennial column about the the evil of agricultural subsidies. Before I criticize Samuelson, let me make something clear, I support the total elimination of all agricultural subsidies, protections, tariffs, quotas and price supports. Not only do they distort the domestic market, but they also have a fair amount of culpability for hundreds of thousands of deaths and persistent poverty in the agricultural sector of the third world. Samuelson, seemingly afraid to argue that having a domestic supply of food isn't all that important, tries to go the other way and ensure his readers that even without agricultural price supports and subsidies, there'd still be agriculture in the US…
I'm not going to re-quote the lengthly Samuelson excerpt Matt provides. I will key in on one conclusion he (Zeitlin) arrives at, however, that I believe is erroneous (even as I wholeheartedly agree with both Zeitlin and Samuelson about the evil of agricultural subsidies):
So if the US meat sector is doing well, it is largely because we subsidize it indirectly through keeping the price of corn low. This is, however, not an argument against getting rid of subsidies.
I'm extremely skeptical of Matt's argument here, but it's one I hear often. I think there's a widespread belief out there that, although farm subsidies are a harmful policy as a whole, they at least keep food cheaper. I'm pretty sure this logic isn't sound however, and here's why.
In a nutshell, taxpayer money flowing to farmers tends to prop prop up inefficiency. Without subsidies, some acreage devoted to corn or soybeans or whatever would indeed be allowed to go fallow (or converted to golf courses, or whatever). But, to the extent that the domestic market (read meat producers and food processors) demanded it, any decrease in US agricultural output created by the ending of government subsidies would simply be met by higher efficiency farms. In other words, farmers in Iowa or Alberta or Brazil would meet the demand, and they'd do so on an economically efficient basis (otherwise they'd not be profitable). Over the long term this would almost certainly have the effect of lowering the price of agricultural commodities, and, by logical extension, meat and other foods.
By "enabling" inefficient producers to stay in business, or to control greater market share, or simply to produce less efficiently than they would need to in a subsidy-free environment, taxpayer supported subsidies mean that animal feed and other agricultural commodities are probably more expensive, and this must surely hurt the profits of meat producers. It also means we all get hit with higher prices at the dinner table.
Farm subsidies indeed create all kinds of economic distortions, and they absolutely hammer both taxpayers and developing world farmers. Thing is, though, they're even worse than most people think.
Iraq policy: just how crazy?
Matt Yglesias talks about possible motivations behind US policy in Iraq:
…while the absence of political reconciliation is probably Iraq's biggest problem, it's not a particularly large problem for the American military presence. On the contrary, a unified Iraq — especially one swayed by Iraqi public opinion — might be very likely to give the US the boot. By contrast, in a divided and chaotic Iraq one can easily imagine the main players resenting the US presence but preferring it to anarchy. Indeed, Bush seems to have convinced both the Maliki government and the Anbar Salvation Front that they need American troops to protect them from each other. Meanwhile, the Kurds want us to defend them from the Turks, and the Turks want us to keep the Kurds in line and there's really no sign of an end to the tensions and violence. From one point of view it looks like a quagmire, but from another point of view it's more-or-less ideal.
It's really really really hard for me to believe that even some of the certified crazy people running US foreign and defense policy these days think our current situation in Iraq is "more-or-less ideal." Unless they're a whole lot more fucking crazy than I thought.
First, the meat grinder that is Iraq without question is putting enormous stress on the US military, and is surely negatively impacting its effectiveness. How the hell would would the US be able to respond to an outbreak of trouble in, say, East Asia? How can that be "ideal"? Moreover, the Iraq debacle is costing the Treasury over ten billion a month, if you believe the wildly conservative, unrealistic estimates (which fail to properly account for things like medical costs for rehabbing vets, etc.). Even for a country as rich as the US, writing an eleven figure check every freaking month ain't chicken feed. What's so vital about Iraq's geography that couldn't be emulated a lot more cheaply by bases in Kuwait or the UAE?
I'm personally no longer able to perceive any rational basis whatsoever behind US policy in Iraq. It's now all about George Bush's worries with respect to the history books.
President Rudy and a Democratic Congress
Ross Douthat speculates on the various possibilities and scenarios involving a Republican president in 2009 coupled with a Democratic Congress possessing fatter margins:
A vote for Mitt Romney, for instance, is probably a vote for Clinton-style triangulation, and a Republican White House that views bipartisan reform efforts (health care, anyone?) as the ticket to high approval ratings and second term. The same goes for McCain, most likely, given his track record in the Senate – unless he ends up engaged in a political war of attrition with the Democrats over Iraq. A vote for Rudy, on the other hand, is likely to be a vote for confrontation over triangulation – which is probably why so many conservative primary voters, a confrontational bunch if there ever was one, find him so easy to like. My calculus here has less to do with ideology than with governing style. You could argue, based on his record as New York's mayor, that Rudy Giuliani is technically ideologically closer to the Democratic Party than most of his rivals in the field. But I'm nonetheless willing to bet that Washington would be a more polarized and nasty place with Giuliani in the White House than with McCain or Romney (or Huckabee or Thompson, for that matter) occupying the oval office.
Maybe. I'm still not convinced though, that, irregardless of the nastiness factor, a lot of what we see out of the Rudy campaign isn't just plain old GOP primary politickin' 101: run hard to the right until the nomination is sewn up, and then tack back to the center.
Now, because, given his pro gun control/pro sanctuary/pro abortion rights/pro gay past there's not all that much that Rudy can do when it comes to demonstrating his right-wing bona fides, he just snarls his way through the campaign on the issues of national security and Hillary Clinton.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I agree with a lot of folks that there's something faintly Nixonian about Giuliani, and he probably wouldn't be greeted very warmly by a mostly Democratic Washington. On the other hand neither was Nixon, but, working with a Democratic congress, he actually managed to get a lot done, domestically.
In the final analysis, though, I doubt any of this matters. Count me among the people spouting the conventional wisdom that we'll surely be welcoming a Democratic president in 2009.
Choose your battlefields
Here's a thought: we continually hear that we must stay in Iraq in order to wage the War on Terror, and that al-Qaeda in Iraq has materialized as a deadly foe. Hence retreating from Iraq would be synonymous with being handed a major defeat by al-Qaeda.
But since when do astute wagers of war allow the enemy to dictate the terms of battle? Sure, perhaps al-Qaeda would like to use Iraq as a battleground against the United States. But why should the United States want to use Iraq as a battleground against al-Qaeda? It hardly seems obvious that just because it makes sense for your enemy to favor a particular location for use as a battlefield it likewise makes sense for you.
America clearly has good reasons for wanting to fight the enemy called al-Qaeda. But likewise there pretty clearly exist some major disadvantages for America in wanting to do that fighting in the country known as Iraq


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When I began my career in fly fishing I never considered traveling to far off places. The thought of traveling to far off places or even getting on a plane was not realistic for me.
I have said before the notion of fishing in those now familiar places were a childs dreams and nothing more.
I had someone suggest to me that I might host a trip to one of these places to lower the cost of my travel or even get it paid for. So thats what I decided to do, host a trip.
However, now I had to make a decision on where to go. I had fished in saltwater as a kid, dad took me to Florida to reef fish, and I loved it. The most exotic thing I could think of was fly fishing in saltwater and specifically for Bonefish.
It was a fish I had seen Larry Dahlberg fish for, and I thought that would be a fish I would really like to catch. So after a little research I decided on Belize and specifically Turneffe Island.
We got a group together and went. I remember the first day walking the flats and seeing my first school of Bonefish. There were probably 200 of them in a school about 40 feet from me. It was exhilarating!
I remember casting to the front of the pack and having one run over and eat the fly. It took off like someone had shoved a red hot poker up its backside. It was into my backing in an instance.
I was hooked, so to speak. An obsession with saltwater was born that day and I knew I was in trouble.
Its like the salt had seeped through my pores and into my blood. A year later I took my dad and he got the same bug. It started a love affair with Bonefish for him that I think surpassed my own.
I should mention however that after landing my first Bonefish that it didnt go so well the next couple of days for me or my best friend Eric. I thought after catching my first Bonefish that this wasnt nearly as hard as everyone said it would be.
After that first fish I didnt even hook a fish for the next two days. I saw hundreds of them and got a lesson in Bonefishing humility.
I have since fished in Mexico, the Seychelles off the east coast of Africa and all over the Bahamas for Bonefish. I have to admit I have had an almost love-hate relationship with this fish.
Its mostly love but sometimes hate.
I have had huge Bonefish over 30 tease me only to follow a fly 30 feet and refuse it. Conversely, I have had days where I caught 40 and got so bored I fished left handed for them. By the way, those days are few and far between.
So at this point some of you may be wondering, why Bonefish? Some of you may not have even heard of this fish.
Bonefish are a fascinating animal and really not much is really known about them. They are one of the few fish that have a larval stage. We know they live most of their lives in very shallow water and like to eat shrimp and crabs they dig out of the sand.
Pretty good life, huh? They are, however, the most favored food of both Barracudas and Sharks. So, they tend to be somewhat spooky and wary at times.
They are a sleek fish and basically a muscled torpedo. When you feel their head it is if it is encapsulated in a clear case. Everything about how God built this fish was about speed and escape-ability. They are about as fast a fish you will ever hook.
I have had Bonefish tear off a football field length of fly line and backing in mere seconds. This is why when you catch your first Bonefish it is all over for you as an angler.
You will never hook anything else that electric. You will always find yourself in need of the next flats trip. My next flats trip will be my 18th.
The other thing that Bonefish has given me is stories. From Belize to the Bahamas there have been stories.
To stowing away on Peter Pulitzers yacht in a nasty scary storm to dive bombing ride in an airplane that forced a guide to jump off the platform of his flats boat. By the way we felt bad about that.
As I write this I am preparing to travel to my favorite flats destination in the world Grand Bahama Island. I know that doesnt sound very exotic in light of my other travels to the Seychelles, Mexico, Belize and other parts of the Bahamas.
It is though where the biggest Bonefish in the Western Hemisphere reside. It is also the home to Greg Vincent; Greg is from Wales but lives in Freeport Grand Bahamas.
The Welshman has won the Del Brown Permit tourney 3 of the last 5 years. Greg is more than likely the best flats angler in existence today, owns H2O Bonefishing and also happens to be a dear friend.
This trip the plan is for me and Greg to spend some extended time together in the boat. It is a rare opportunity for anyone to get the chance to learn from Greg. While we are dear friends I am going to be a willing student. To put this into perspective getting a lesson in flats fishing from Greg Vincent is like getting a golf lesson from Jack Nicholas.
I will return in the next column with a story or two Im sure.


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Baking a successful red velvet cake has been, quite honestly, a real struggle for me. From bad recipes to even worse food colourings and embarrassingly bad tasting results - it's been quite the journey. But this weekend I finally won the war over this cake, with a lot of thanks to Nigella.
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It's all in the type of food colouring you use. Obvious, I know but there's a lot of bad ones out there, mainly the ones you get from the supermarket - Dr. Oetker I'm looking at you. For this cake I used the Poppy Red Sugarflair Gel - purchased from ebay, where else?! And the difference is marked.
I used this recipe, and instead of making two 10 inch sandwiches as suggested, I opted for three 7 inch layers, because I don't have 10 inch cake tins and I prefer smaller & taller cakes. I turned the heat on the oven down to 150c (for fan ovens) and baked for 20-25 mins.
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Our miniature dachshund Chopper is 5 years old. But we have never un-trained him from Pee Pee pads, only because if we are gone longer than a few hours he knows to head on over to his private area and use his pad. Now, if he happens to use it when we are home, he gets a Cheesy Poof treat.
The package comes with 30 in a pack and of course they have 2 puppy long haired dachshunds on the front. Not that it swayed my decision to buy these, but when my sister was buying Publix diapers years ago and raved on the absorbancy, I figured these doggie pads probably had the same materials.
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We have tried other brands and the polymer on those other brands for some reason don't stop the leakage like these do.
I actually contemplated writing a review on these pads because Publix doesn't always have many available, but they really are good and if you are in the market for pads, please try them.
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Challenging 2015-16 schedule awaits Austin Peay women's basketball
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Clarksville, TN – An incredibly busy November will kick off Austin Peay State University women's basketball head coach David Midlick's rookie campaign.
The newest head coach will jump headlong into the 2015-16 season with nine games in the season's first 18 days. The slate begins with an opening-night contest, November 14th, against California at the Dunn Center – a team that reached the NCAA tournament's second round last season.Austin Peay then continues its quick homestand the next night when it hosts Division II Christian Brothers in a day-night doubleheader with the APSU volleyball team. Two nights later, Austin Peay hosts Division II Trevecca to conclude the homestand.
After a three-day break Austin Peay begins a five-game road trip with three games in five days. Midlick will take his team first to Miami (Ohio), November 19th, followed by games at Wright State (November 21st) and at Ball State (November 23rd). Another three-day break follows before Austin Peay heads to Nashville to play in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Invitational, November 27th-28th, which includes host Vanderbilt, Ohio and Indiana.
"Our nonconference schedule is as challenging as any team's and is probably a Top 30 schedule in the country," said Midlick. "We will be challenged each night and we will find out real quickly how successful our preseason preparation has been."
A busy November concludes with a visit from Middle Tennessee, November 30th, the final home game during the schedule's nonconference portion.
Austin Peay will have a quieter schedule awaiting it when the calendar turns to December with just four games – all on the road – in the month. APSU will travel to Western Kentucky, December 5th, and one week later trek to Kennesaw State, December 12th. Austin Peay then heads west to meet Arkansas State, December 16th.
The nonconference schedule comes to an end with a December 21st contest at East Tennessee. It will be the first meeting between the two in-state foes since the 1997-98 season.
"Our December schedule will allow some better preparation time for each of the four quality teams we will play," Midlick said. "We will be able to scout and game plan more like the OVC schedule. It also will allow time for our players to prepare for exams."
A 16-game Ohio Valley Conference schedule awaits the start of the New Year. Austin Peay opens league play with a three-game homestand – that opening with a Jan. 2 contest against Eastern Kentucky. Jacksonville State visits January 7th followed two days later by Tennessee Tech.
The following week Austin Peay travels to Belmont, Tennessee State and Morehead State. Eastern Illinois visits the Dunn Center, January 23rd, followed by a January 27th contest against SIU Edwardsville.
Trips to Southeast Missouri, UT Martin, Murray State and Eastern Illinois loom as Austin Peay will have to traverse a four-game road trip to start the second half of conference play. Defending regular-season champion UT Martin enters the Dunn Center for a February 13th contest to end the road trip.
Austin Peay heads back to the road for a contest at SIU Edwardsville before returning home to end the regular-season slate with a two-game home stand. Consecutive Saturday contests wrap up the schedule with Murray State, February 20th, followed by Southeast Missouri, February 27th.
"There is no night off in our conference," Midlick said. "There are 11 other good teams with quality players and coaches. We must take each game separately and not look too far down the line. Our job as a coaching staff is to have our players confident and aggressive, and for us as coaches to know as much about each team as possible."
Dates and times for Austin Peay's road contests are subject to change. Fans should visit www.LetsGoPeay.com – the official website of Austin Peay Athletics – for the most up-to-date schedule and team information.
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- The Republic of Korea Navy's second Dokdo-class ship will feature a different set of weapons and sensors from its predecessor
- Improvements have been incorporated from the service's 11-year operational experience with the first-of-class
The Republic of Korea Navy's (RoKN's) second Dokdo-class helicopter carrier, which will be known in service as ROKS Marado with pennant number 6112 once commissioned, has been built to carry a different suite of weapons and sensors from the first-of-class.
Images from the Marado 's ceremonial launch on 14 May reveal that South Korea has selected the ELM-2248 (MF-STAR) multifunction surveillance radar from Israeli defence firm ELTA Systems in place of the SMART-L multibeam radar from Thales found on ROKS Dokdo (6111).
The country has also selected what appears to be the SPS-550K three-dimensional air and surface surveillance radar from local company LIG Nex1, in place of the Thales MW08 surveillance radar found on the first-of-class.
Also, notably absent is the Raytheon Mk 49 guided missile launching system capable of deploying the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM), which is found atop Dokdo's bridge. On Marado , this has been replaced with a single fixed-array face of the MF-STAR radar mast located amidships.
Illustrations released by South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on Marado indicate that the ship will be armed with two 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) turrets. These will be located on deck in the bow section, and on a depressed pedestal at stern.
Close-in protection on Dokdo is provided by two Thales Goalkeeper turrets, which are located on the ship's superstructure and on deck, also in the bow section.
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Children's ailments come and go, and thankfully most are relatively minor. Some children, however, have impaired health caused by a more serious, chronic disease. For them, the condition impacts not only their overall well-being, but also their dental health.
This often occurs because the specific healthcare needs of children with these chronic conditions are given greater priority over dental health. Besides the treatment focus, children with special healthcare needs may have physical, mental or behavioral limitations that can make it difficult to keep up with oral hygiene and care.
Children with autism or attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have a difficult time practicing (or cooperating with) oral hygiene tasks. Some may not have the physical ability to perform effective brushing and flossing without assistance. In these cases, it's important for parents or caregivers to seek out instruction and training that will optimize their children's hygiene and so reduce the chance of dental disease.
Certain medications for chronic conditions can increase mouth dryness, or they're acidic or sweetened with sugar, any of which can increase the child's risk for tooth decay or periodontal (gum) disease. Parents or caregivers should consult with their physicians about these medications or if they could be administered at mealtime to minimize their effect on the mouth.
Finally, there's the direct effect some conditions may have on a child's teeth and gums. Children with severe gag reflexes due to their condition may not be able to tolerate toothpaste or be able to spit it out completely. Other conditions can give rise to dental defects such as enamel hypoplasia in which not enough enamel develops to adequately protect the teeth. Such defects call for special dental attention and closer monitoring of teeth and gum health.
The key is to see us and the other healthcare providers for your child's chronic condition as part of an overall team. Sharing information and regarding both dental and general care as part of a comprehensive strategy will help to prevent dental problems from developing and improve their health.
If you would like more information on dental care for children with chronic conditions, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Managing Tooth Decay in Children with Chronic Diseases."
There are usually two moments when primary ("baby") teeth generate excitement in your family: when you first notice them in your child's mouth, and when they come out (and are headed for a rendezvous with the "tooth fairy"!).
Between these two moments, you might not give them much thought. But you should—although primary teeth don't last long, they play a pivotal role in the replacing permanent teeth's long-term health.
This is because a primary tooth is a kind of guide for the permanent one under development in the gums. It serves first as a "space saver," preventing nearby teeth from drifting into where the permanent tooth would properly erupt; and, it provides a pathway for the permanent tooth to travel during eruption. If it's lost prematurely (from injury or, more likely, disease) the permanent tooth may erupt out of position because the other teeth have crowded the space.
That's why we try to make every reasonable effort to save a problem primary tooth. If decay, for example, has advanced deep within the tooth pulp, we may perform a modified root canal treatment to remove the diseased tissue and seal the remaining pulp from further infection. In some circumstances we may cap the tooth with a stainless steel crown (or possibly a white crown alternative) to protect the remaining structure of the tooth.
Of course, even the best efforts can fall short. If the tooth must be removed, we would then consider preserving the empty space with a space maintainer. This orthodontic device usually takes the form of a metal band that's cemented to a tooth on one side of the empty space with a stiff wire loop soldered to it that crosses the space to rest against the tooth on the other side. The wire loop prevents other teeth from crowding in, effectively "maintaining" the space for the permanent tooth.
Regular dental visits, plus your child's daily brushing and flossing, are also crucial in preventing primary teeth from an "early departure." Keeping them for their full lifespan will help prevent problems that could impact your child's dental health future.
If you would like more information on the right care approach for primary teeth, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Importance of Baby Teeth."
Is having good oral hygiene important to kissing? Who's better to answer that question than Vivica A. Fox? Among her other achievements, the versatile actress won the "Best Kiss" honor at the MTV Movie Awards, for a memorable scene with Will Smith in the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day. When Dear Doctor magazine asked her, Ms. Fox said that proper oral hygiene was indeed essential. Actually, she said:
"Ooooh, yes, yes, yes, Honey, 'cause Baby, if you kiss somebody with a dragon mouth, my God, it's the worst experience ever as an actor to try to act like you enjoy it!"
And even if you're not on stage, it's no fun to kiss someone whose oral hygiene isn't what it should be. So what's the best way to step up your game? Here's how Vivica does it:
"I visit my dentist every three months and get my teeth cleaned, I floss, I brush, I just spent two hundred bucks on an electronic toothbrush — I'm into dental hygiene for sure."
Well, we might add that you don't need to spend tons of money on a toothbrush — after all, it's not the brush that keeps your mouth healthy, but the hand that holds it. And not everyone needs to come in as often every three months. But her tips are generally right on.
For proper at-home oral care, nothing beats brushing twice a day for two minutes each time, and flossing once a day. Brushing removes the sticky, bacteria-laden plaque that clings to your teeth and causes tooth decay and gum disease — not to mention malodorous breath. Don't forget to brush your tongue as well — it can also harbor those bad-breath bacteria.
While brushing is effective, it can't reach the tiny spaces in between teeth and under gums where plaque bacteria can hide. But floss can: That's what makes it so important to getting your mouth really clean.
Finally, regular professional checkups and cleanings are an essential part of good oral hygiene. Why? Because even the most dutiful brushing and flossing can't remove the hardened coating called tartar that eventually forms on tooth surfaces. Only a trained health care provider with the right dental tools can! And when you come in for a routine office visit, you'll also get a thorough checkup that can detect tooth decay, gum disease, and other threats to your oral health.
Bad breath isn't just a turn-off for kissing — It can indicate a possible problem in your mouth. So listen to what award-winning kisser Vivica Fox says: Paying attention to your oral hygiene can really pay off! For more information, contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can read the entire interview with Vivica A. Fox in Dear Doctor's latest issue.


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|ChartMaxx® from Quest Diagnostics Receives Document Management & Imaging Category Leader award in the 2018 'Best in KLAS: Software & Services Report'
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The category leader designation is reserved for vendor solutions that lead select markets in which at least two products meet a minimum level of KLAS konfidence. These vendors earned the title of Category Leader in the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report—a top honor for helping healthcare professionals deliver better patient care.
"Category Leader is more than a ranking. It is a recognition of vendors committed to delivering superior solutions," said Adam Gale, president of KLAS. "It gives voice to thousands of providers who are demanding better performance, usability and interoperability in healthcare technology."
The ChartMaxx product suite has helped more than 300 hospitals and integrated healthcare delivery networks (IDNs) improve their content management for more than 20 years, enabling organizations to achieve enterprise-wide content management to promote better patient care, enhance operational efficiencies, and reduce the overall cost of the business of healthcare. Quest's award-winning implementation, integration, consulting and process re-engineering services in support of ChartMaxx help healthcare organizations define, streamline and automate departmental workflows, improving efficiencies as well as clinical care.
"ChartMaxx continues to set the gold standard in DMI, and in 2018 aims to take our innovative offering even higher with an expanded range of capabilities that will include process automation applications to streamline operations and configurations that enable customers to reduce infrastructure and support costs," said Tom Romeo, general manager, healthcare information technology, Quest Diagnostics. "With these new solutions, healthcare organizations will be able to capture and automate their data and content better than ever, which is critical given today's data-driven healthcare industry. The Category Leader distinction is an honor that affirms our commitment to creating innovative solutions that help healthcare professionals use diagnostic insights and other healthcare information to improve patient care."
The ChartMaxx enterprise content management solution is part of the QuestQuanum™ health technology and data analytics portfolio from Quest Diagnostics. Quanum solutions strive to connect healthcare organizations, physicians, and patients to improve access to information and insights. Quanum includes an analytics suite and clinical and financial suite, and has solutions spanning eLabs, ePrescribing, Interactive Insights, Electronic Health Record, Practice Management and Revenue Cycle Management.
ChartMaxx will be showcased with the Quanum portfolio at the Quest Diagnostics exhibit (5450) during the 2018
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Kim Gorode Quest Diagnostics, Media Relations 973-520-2800 Shawn Bevec Quest Diagnostics, Investor Relations 973-520-2900


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One of the perks of volunteering at the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Archives is to see all the pieces of history that come in to stay. We recently received this acquisition from a former Girl Scout, and the staff were excited because we did not have this bag in our collection. We had a matching mess kit, as seen below, that was produced around the same time. You can find the plaid mess kit available online in many places, but a search for the larger matching bag is not quite as easy.
This plaid bag first appeared in the 1954 Girl Scout Equipment Catalog, and was marketed as a lunch bag. Girls would have used this at camp to carry their mess kit and canteen, or other items that might be useful. When not at camp, the Girl Scout could use it to carry her handbook and writing material. These types of bags are still popular with Girl Scouts today.
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'98 Retiree Healthcare - '02 Board Policy 40 - Diversion of County Contributions - Part 1
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For years the County's policy was County employees hired before September 1998 who worked 10 years would get a very good health insurance policy in retirement and the County would pay a significant part of its cost. There are many very complex issues about whether or not this was a "legal obligation"; I take no position on that issue one way or another.
In fact I'm glad to see seniors with good healthcare - that's not my issue. My two main problems with what the County did are first - every dime they paid for retiree health benefits was paid for with long-term interest-bearing debt, and second - it turned out to be a lousy thing to do to retirees because the County never did what it had to do to be able to continue to provide the benefit.
The County never figured out how much money needed to be set aside until new government accounting rules issued in 2004 forced them to do so in 2008. They wasted 4 years in which they could have planned with retirees what to do. But they did nothing. They waited until the very last possible moment - two months AFTER they had to report the number - to finally receive a report from Aon Consultants about the financial condition of this benefit.
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The County hadn't set aside a dime for this benefit. There should have been $136 million in the Retiree Healthcare Fund. Therefore the County had to report a $136 million unfunded obligation in its June 30, 2008 audited financial statements.
Over the next year the Retirement Association paid another $5 million of retiree health insurance from so-called "Pension Fund Excess Earnings" - simply increasing the County's interest-bearing debt dollar for dollar.
But the Retirement Board was staring a $130 million Pension Fund shortfall in the face and decided they couldn't pay any more retiree health benefits.
Twice during the 12 years the 1998 County Retiree Healthcare Policy was in force conditions arose that would require retirees and the County each to pay half the cost of retire healthcare. But they never did it.
The first time was when the County Board of Supervisors allowed MendoCERA to divert over $6 million from the County's Normal Contribution to the Pension Fund to pay retiree healthcare instead of abiding by its own policy. This second time the Board of Supervisors simply walked away from the Policy established 12 years before. They terminated their obligation to contribute to this benefit as defined in the 1998 resolution.
So - what was the point of that aspect of the '98 Policy?
Retirees have filed lawsuits against other cities and counties in very similar circumstances. My sense of it is Mendocino County's retirees didn't do so because since we are the smallest of the 21 California counties with independent Pension Funds, then we have the lowest number of retirees. It would have cost a lot for retirees to bring such a suit.
I believe the legal situation in other jurisdictions remains cloudy - and mixed. My sense is Mendocino County's retirees wanted to wait to see what happened elsewhere so that if a positive judgment from their point of view was given they could try to get this benefit restored to its former value at a much lower cost to themselves.
But frankly that's conjecture on my part.
But there's no doubt in my mind that all this was a really - really lousy thing for Mendocino County and Retirement officials to have done - to retirees, current and future employees, and the People of Mendocino County.
Employees should never have been told the County would provide a retiree healthcare benefit unless the County was prepared to properly finance it - which they never came close to doing.
But it's clear hundreds of former employees believed the County had made such a promise - and they planned their retirements based on what they felt was a genuine commitment of the County to fulfill that promise.
This is a 14 minute video of retirees telling the Board of Supervisors about their sense of betrayal, how they had been promised this benefit, and some of the dire financial impacts.
It's tough stuff. I was there - it hurt.
It would have been far better for the County to have told them the truth years ago - that they couldn't count of this benefit in retirement. But they didn't - and a whole lot of people have been hurt.
I'm the last speaker and I try to tell the retirees what's really happened to them - "financial mismanagment did this to you".
What were County officials thinking all the time the '98 Policy was in effect - or when it was established. Did any financial officials provide competent projections of what would happen in a recession? Did anyone raise a red flag about the diversion of phony "Excess Earnings" to pay this benefit? Where were the unions who had bargained for these benefits - why didn't they raise bloody hell on behalf of their members?
Was there no one in County government who could see what was going to happen? Did it matter? Did they care?


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Breaking the Devil's Heart
H. A. Goodman
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Heaven and Hell aren't as simple as Black and White. "Breaking the Devil's Heart" starts off with the murder of Stewart Willoughby as he faces the afterlife, and finds it more complicated than angels and devils. Stewart finds his new purpose in his afterlife is a complex one to go against the bureaucracy of hell and end evil. A thoughtful spin of faith and the nature of good and evil, "Breaking the Devil's Heart" is a strongly recommended pick for fantasy fiction collections.
Here's what some other reviewers are saying:
Recommended for: those who question and seek, those with ideas rather than belief
Disclosure: I received a free copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Synopsis: When Stewart and Layla recruit a demon to spy on the Devil, their decision takes them on a whirlwind ride through the afterlife. Journey alongside this young couple in H. A. Goodman's new novel, Breaking the Devil's Heart, and join forces with a teenage Angel outcast to bankrupt Satan's underground Company and save Heaven from civil war. H. A. Goodman's Breaking the Devil's Heart is a rollercoaster afterlife experience that tests a young couple's love, their grasp on reality, and the essence of human nature. What happens when Stewart and Layla tour Hell's Marketing Department and Stock Exchange? What happens when their relationship is tested by Satan? This book is unlike anything you've ever read, or ever thought the afterlife might be like. Breaking the Devil's Heart is an enlightening look into an alternate world, a new afterlife, and a profound journey inside the human conscience
My Thoughts: This is actually the second book in the Logic of Demons series, after Logic of Demons, but the author recommends reading it first.
I have to admit that the idea of Hell being a bureaucracy appeals to me at a deep level. The low-level drudgery not only appeals to the absurdist in me, but actually makes more sense than hellfire and brimstone. I'm sure more office drones would agree that some hellfire and brimstone would be a relief compared to some of the long days at work. I also liked the idea of the Observers, or (as Stewart sometimes calls himself) naughty Angels.
The author really delves deeply into human behavior, often turning a quite unflattering spotlight upon our preconceptions. One demon says something that really sums up The Formula perfectly: "Think about it: it's easier to shoot up a McDonalds (sic) than it is to feed starving people in some remote part of the globe. With one pull of a trigger or one too many glasses of cognac behind the wheel, unspeakable damage can occur. But tremendous goodness and altruism takes a great deal more work and far more effort. The system is skewed in one direction – ours." Yet Stewart and Layla just can't seem to get past their somewhat naïve idealism that humans are essentially good.
There are some great twists toward the end, but I don't want to spoil those for you. This is a fairly quirky story, but very deep and delving into the darkest corners of the human psyche. With this book it is hard to say who will like it – I think I can pretty safely say that most agnostics will like it, most people who have questions about the afterlife, those people who have ideas instead of beliefs. There are some parts that are quite funny, especially to someone like me who finds the whole idea sort of absurd and amusing, but the overall book is fairly serious. I enjoyed it, and I recommend it.


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Can Someone — Anyone — Please Explain To Me Why Marissa Mayer Is Still Employed?
- Why did she hold a $70,000 "Wizard of Oz" party when the core business of her company is, at best, barely profitable, and at worst, hemorrhaging cash?
- Does Mayer understand that she's basing the product that's supposedly going to save her company — "Project Index" — on another Yahoo! product used only by people who needed a free email before Gmail existed and could not be bothered to change once Gmail came out?
- If "Project Index" is based on Yahoo! Mail, why did Yahoo! block users with ad-block software installed from accessing their emails? Does Mayer understand that for "Project Index" to succeed, it will have to rely on the good reviews of early adopters… and odds are, these early adopters are technologically-literate enough to have ad-blockers installed?
- Does Mayer know that literally no one is counting on "Project Index" to save the company? Some employees even went as far as to describe "Project Index" as a vanity project for Mayer, much like her high-cost magazine project that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars being burnt without a cent of profit on the horizon.
- As of right now, Mayer is more or less buying the traffic going to Yahoo! search — to the tune of $119 million (based on Q3'15 filings). How long can that last? How long can you keep paying a dollar for 75 cents?
- When Mayer got hired, some of Yahoo!'s advisors told her to slash the headcount of the company by 10,000. Mayer balked, but now Yahoo! is so obviously bloated that Mayer needs an outside firm — McKinsey & Co. — to trim the company's excessive fats for her. Is there a good reason why Mayer didn't cut 10,000 people right off the bat when she was hired?
- Is Mayer so out of touch with her own company that she has no clue which projects need more resources and which projects should be killed? If McKinsey can do it, why can't Mayer? What is she spending all her time on?
- It's been almost four years since Mayer tried to turn Yahoo! around, yet she's only hiring McKinsey now. Why didn't Mayer send the SOS signal earlier?
- When Yahoo! started bleeding major talents (Kathy Savitt, Jackie Reses, Dawn Airey, etc.), Mayer tossed them all under the bus and implied that they weren't good enough for Yahoo! Why on earth would she do that? What good does burning bridges do for her? Does she know that most of them left because they no longer have faith in her turnaround plan?
- The exodus within Yahoo! goes well beyond the C-suite executives. Many of the people leaving were people who were dazzled by Mayer when she first came to Yahoo! but have since become disillusioned by the company. Put another way, Mayer is like a celebrity who has lost her sparkle. What concrete plan does she have to retain the A-team (if — and that is a big IF — what remains is still an A-team) in her company (other than, you know, making them sign pledges, lol)?
- What was Mayer thinking when she green-lit the plan for Yahoo! to take on Community, especially when she knew that it would be next to impossible for them to make money from it? The deal that Yahoo! got for Community was also a disaster — did the company not have any leverage to negotiate a better deal? Or did they just… not care enough? Didn't think it was going to result in a $42 million write-down?
- Mayer personally pushed for Yahoo! to stream the NFL Buffalo Bills v. Jacksonville Jaguars game live for $20 million. Then, perhaps after realizing how undesirable the game was to advertisers, Yahoo! had to mark down their asking price for an ad spot from $200,000 to a measly $50,000 (a 75% mark-down!). To add fuel to the flame, Yahoo! did not even sell out their ad spots. My guess is that Mayer personally knew that there was no way Yahoo! could profit from the game. But, you know, it'd be good for future synergy, blah blah blah. Anyway, how's that balance sheet looking without Alibaba?
- When Mayer was at Google, she was infamous for being data-driven (after all, who could forget the anecdote about Google's homepage?). At Yahoo!, it's almost as though she became a totally different person: she took out an ad on Yahoo! Mail's landing page because she didn't like it, and she pushed out an ad product that wasn't ready — more worryingly, despite the protests of the team in charge. What kind of leader is that? What changed in her?
- Why is Katie Couric is still employed with Yahoo? Unless she's got some blackmail material on Mayer, there's literally zero reason why she's of any use at Yahoo! Couric got Yahoo! kicked off Snapchat Discover, and her videos go largely unseen. Couric is different from shows like With All Due Respect for one reason: Yahoo! can't afford that kind of baggage; Bloomberg can.
- Mayer seems to have a ton of time on her hands (from the Forbes profile: "Mayer also insisted on reviewing the terms given to hundreds of contractors and vendors on a quarterly basis, whether they were engineers or writers or makeup artists."). Is she micromanaging to that level to distract herself from the big picture: that her company is sinking while she's at the helm?
- Yahoo! has acquired tons of mobile companies (including Tumblr) so it could boost its presence on mobile. Well, Yahoo! Mail is ranked 84th in the App Store Top 100 list, while Tumblr hovers around 100th. What's going on here?
- Tumblr is an app that teens absolutely adore — is Yahoo! the reason why it's losing its appeal? (Yahoo! has shown incredible restraint by not putting its branding on the Tumblr app, but by bringing Tumblr into the Yahoo! fold, one can't help but wonder if Yahoo's problems are now Tumblr's problems too. For example, Tumblr only rolled out messaging a week ago — why so late? Instagram incorporated Direct ages ago, as did Snapchat with its text messaging feature.)
- Since Mayer arrived, Yahoo! has spent around $2.5 billion on acquisitions like Tumblr, Flurry, BrightRoll, and other nameless acqui-hires… where and what are the results?
When confronted with Yahoo!'s problems, a default Mayer tactic is to remind everyone how terrible of a state she inherited Yahoo! in. Well, it's almost her fourth year, and whatever improvements she did in the beginning are starting to come apart.
At this point, even activist investors like Starboard have more or less given up hope on Yahoo!
When Mayer came to Yahoo!, she gave everyone hope.
Now, she's the weakest link in the chain.
Marissa Mayer has overstayed her welcome. It's time for her to go.


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SIGMA Equipment Completes Office Expansion Project
(Evansville, IN) November 2, 2015 -- SIGMA Equipment in Evansville, IN announced today the completion of an expansion project that began in March 2015. The expansion includes the construction of several offices and other workspaces.
Within its main warehouse space, SIGMA Equipment constructed 19 offices for its sales and acquisitions staff. Collaborative spaces and an open office arrangement will enable those teams to work together more efficiently as they assist individual customers. In addition to the 19 offices, the expansion includes two conference rooms and a training center.
"Because technology is always evolving, we make it a priority to educate our staff in the latest innovations in packaging equipment," said Rob Palmer, SIGMA Equipment Company Founder. "Our open floor plan will allow team members with different areas of specialization to share their expertise, and the training center gives us a space to conduct educational sessions."
SIGMA is also in the process of completing other expansion and improvement projects, including a larger on-site repair shop and a workspace for SIGMA Equipment's SIGMA Surplus division.
"When we complete the expansion of our on-site repair shop, the new shop will be 10,000 square feet," said Nathan Stone, SIGMA Equipment Warehouse Manager. "We are converting the old shop space into a processing area for SIGMA Surplus, which is our division that sells spare machinery parts."
Construction on those projects is expected to be completed by the end of November.
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Founded as Sigma Packaging in 2003, SIGMA Equipment serves manufacturing businesses through the buying and selling of used packaging and processing equipment. Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, SIGMA specializes in equipment for the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, health & beauty, consumer goods and contract packaging industries. The company pioneered our own online system for connecting equipment buyers and sellers via the internet, engaging the secondary market for packaging, processing and support equipment; SIGMA continues to lead the industry by using the latest technologies to facilitate the marketplace for used equipment. SIGMA Equipment also offers a suite of engineering and technical services in support of the industry's packaging and processing equipment needs.