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Henrico County officials made their pitch for a 4-percent meals tax to the county's General Assembly delegation last week, telling the group that the proposed tax was their last resort to create revenue and close an $18-million shortfall in next year's budget before raising real estate taxes, cutting services or laying off employees.
Henrico lacks the authority to implement such a tax on its own, so officials want the General Assembly to grant it that authority, with the provision that the county's Board of Supervisors must unanimously support it.
A total of 204 other Virginia localities already have meals taxes, including 45 other counties – four of which were specifically granted the right to implement the tax by the General Assembly.
"We have evaluated all the alternatives, and this has the very least consequence," County Manager Virgil Hazelett told the nine delegates and senators who attended. "People will object – some people – but they will not object to police officers, to teachers [and other county services]."
Hazelett and Finance Director Brandon Hinton presented an impassioned argument to the Assembly delegation, recounting how in just their past three fiscal years, they have trimmed nearly $97 million from their total budget and eliminated or frozen 721 vacant government and school positions in an attempt to compensate for $84 million in lost revenue from declining real estate taxes and state funding.
The county also has refunded $317 million in debt through bond refinancing since 2009 and has weathered the storm without cutting services, laying off any employees or raising taxes, Hazelett said.
But a significant jump in the amount localities must pay into the Virginia Retirement System on behalf of employees looms large on the horizon, as do road maintenance and construction needs in Henrico that total $418 million but have no current funding source.
County officials have pointed to the fact that Henrico is the only state locality that maintains its own secondary road system but lacks the authority to collect a meals tax. (Arlington, the only other county that maintains its own roads, was granted the right to implement such a tax in 1990.) Locally, Richmond imposes a 6 percent meals tax, Ashland a 5 percent tax and Louisa County a 4 percent tax.
Henrico officials estimate that about 40 percent of all prepared meals purchased in the county are bought by non-Henrico residents, which would lessen the impact of such a tax on county residents. And unlike a real estate tax increase, residents would be free to avoid a meals tax by not dining out or by limiting their dining excursions, Board chairman Dick Glover said.
"A meals tax is not something we'd impose on them that they can't dodge if they want to," Glover said.
A 4-percent meals tax would generate between $18 million and $20 million annually, Hazelett estimated. He and board members told the Assembly delegation that they likely would not designate that money for any one particular use but rather apply it as needed.
Delegate Jimmie Massie wondered aloud whether it would be difficult to convince other members of the General Assembly to support a tax increase for just one locality.
Deputy County Manager John Vithoulkas, who will assume Hazelett's position in mid-January, suggested that the delegation could take another route by supporting the passage of language that would authorize all counties that maintain their own road systems to have the same taxing authorities as cities. (Cities inherently have the right to implement meals, cigarette and admissions taxes.)
Henrico could enact a meals tax if a majority of voters supported the idea in a referendum, but they seem leery of trying that route again after voters defeated it in 2005 by 153 votes.
Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson told the delegation that without the Assembly's approval of the issue, Henrico's would not survive unscathed.
"If you can't support a meals tax, then our issues are not going to go away," he said. "This is a last resort. A tax is going to come up or we will have to cut services or lay people off. We don't do that in Henrico, and we don't want to do this, but this is where we are. We need your help."
Holman student named Miss Va. Coed Junior Teen
Holman Middle School student Victoria Nguyen recently was named Miss Virginia American Coed Junior Teen after competing in the Miss Virginia American Coed pageant in Williamsburg. She was the youngest competitor in her division. Nguyen now will advance to represent Virginia at the 2015 Miss American Junior Teen Pageant at Walt Disney World in Florida in November. > Read more.
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Companion Extraordinaire dedicated a hall in its new Lakeside office as a "Wall of Honor" and will be presenting 13 military service men and women with certificates as well as placing their service photos on the wall.
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Henrico student among 3 vying for national $10,000 scholarship
Public vote open through Friday to select winner
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Henrico resident Haley Malloy is one of three national finalists for a $10,000 scholarship, whose winner will be determined by the vote of the public.
Malloy is a finalist for The Goddard School Anthony A. Martino Scholarship, which is open annually to any high school junior or senior who graduated from a Goddard School pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program. Applicants are evaluated based upon the work ethic and perseverance they have demonstrated – two key characteristics of Martino, the founder of the Goddard School franchise system. > Read more.
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Music lovers unite! There are several great concerts this weekend beginning with Innsbrook After Hours who will be kicking off their 30th season with Foreigner, Lee Brice, and Rusted Root & The Wailers. The Richmond Women's Chorus will present "Let Freedom Sing" at the Henrico Theatre tonight; The Taters will perform tomorrow at The Tin Pan; and the Richmond Choral Society will present "Sentimental Journey III" on Sunday at the Henrico Theatre. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Disneynature's 'Monkey Kingdom' is its strongest yet
"Did you know monkeys could swim?" asks Tina Fey in Monkey Kingdom. While she's asking, a toque macaque (a two foot-long monkey with red-white fur and great hair) breast-strokes under the surface of a pond, yanking out lily pad flowers by her teeth and dragging them ashore to munch later.
Turns out monkeys can swim. And slide down telephone poles. And do the thing from Flashdance where you bring down a cascade of water on your head and shake it off in slow-motion.
All will happen in Monkey Kingdom, the eighth film in nine years from Disneynature, Disney's wildlife documentary outlet. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
Relax this holiday weekend with Fridays Uncorked at Southern Season – taste wines from the Roman Empire! Or at James River Cellars who is hosting "Experience Virginia" – sample Virginia wine, beer, cider and mead. And what goes better with wine than strawberries – an annual tradition in Varina, the Gallmeyer Farms' Strawberry Fields Festival is tomorrow. Other fun happenings this weekend include: "A Little Princess" at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen; weekly dance at American Legion Post 125; and National Theatre Live's "Man and Superman" at the University of Richmond. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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1. Ambra Aurea - Profumum Roma - raw, resinous, sensuous
2. Ambre Precieux - MPG
3. Ambra Nobile - Nobile 1942
On my must try list:
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1. Ambra Aurea - Profumum Roma - raw, resinous, sensuous
2. Ambre Precieux - MPG
3. Ambra Nobile - Nobile 1942
On my must try list:
Versilia Vintage Ambra Mediterranea - Profumi del Forte
interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. - Susan Sontag
Amber is not a note I like. The only scent I know with amber I love and love is: APOM Homme.
Ambre precieux
Ambre sultan
HdP Ambre 114
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Ambre Sultan
Ambre 114
Amber Absolute
Just off the top of my head:
Gucci PH
Gucci Envy
and the best of all time Andron
Bond NY Amber
Halston man amber
Ambre sultan
In no particular order:
Ambra Aurea by Profumum
L'Air du Desert Marocain by Tauer Perfumes
Blue Amber by Montale
Honourable mention:
Ambre 114 by Histoires de Parfums
Must try soon:
Ambra del Nepal by i Profumi di Firenze
Versilia Vintage Ambra Mediterranea by Profumi del Forte
lol@all the Ambre Sultan votes
I bought this blind the other day because of how much you guys talk about it. One spray and it went right to the trade list. YIKES!
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Not very easy to do; but if I had to choose three at this moment:
Amber Absolute (easily the best amber I have ever experienced)
Ambre Russe
Ambre Noir ( Sonoma Scent Studio)
Ambre Sultan? Too herbal...... smells like a spice rack dipped in amber
Prada Man is the only really Amber centric on my list...I could learn to really love this...
Habit Rouge, so complex and well blended that the individual notes of amber work more in the ensemble...A classic
Caron Pour Un Homme is mainly a Lavender Vanilla frag, but the Amber does wonderful things in the heavenly drydown....Another Classic and my current Signature...
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Ambre Russe
Blue Amber
Ambre Precieux
Ambre Narguile
L'air du desert marocain and Ambre Narguile are my favorites of what I've tried. Just please, keep Amber Sultan away from me, it ruined amber for a while...
Attrape Coeur & L'Air du Desert Marocain
I'm a sucker for ambers but if I'd have to choose just one I'd probably go for Ambre Precieux...or Versilia Vintage Ambra Mediterranea
Please comment on projection a d longevity cheers
One I like is Ambre Precieux by MPG - good longevity and projection on me.
Tom Ford Amber Absolute...10 hours longevity on me and average projection.
Ambre Russe by Parfum d'Empire - A relished journey, this well crafted and refined composition has very good longevity and projection.
prada amber intense..not many men amber out there..
I will second the Amber Absolute. I get around 8-10 hrs. Strong projection for the fist 6 hours or so. Gorgeous incense/amber.
Epic Man
Memoir Man
Ambre Sultan
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Bois Du Portugal
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hdP Ambre 114 - I get about seven hours from it and the projection is average.
For me its Ambre Sultan from SL. A loud herbal smack at opening but it quiets down (somewhat) after 30min. or so. The longevity for me is at least 8 to 10hrs. the projection above average.
Cheers Rex
It was a calculated risk. Unfortunately, I'm bad at math.
Not saying they are the best, but my favorites are:
HdP Abrarem
L'Air du desert Marocain
MPG Ambre Precieux
All of the above lasts 8+ hours and have above average projection.
Current top 5:
1. MDCI Chypre Palatin
2. Guerlain Arsene Lupin (Dandy)
3. Roja Dove Enigma Parfum Pour Homme
4. Roja Dove Vetiver Extrait
5. Guerlain Heritage (any formulation)
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Azzaro PH - great longevity, up to 8-10 hours
My favorite amber is Les Nombres d'Or Ambre by Mona di Orio. It has above average projection and superb longevity. The thing I like most about it is it is not sickeningly sweet like most ambers are. The dry-down is out of this world incredible. A hidden gem to be sure.
The first runner-up is Ambre 114 by Histoire de Parfums, followed by the very different but equally superb Ambre Sultan and Versilia Vintage Ambra.
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2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
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9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
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9) X for Men (Clive Christian) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
I have about 8 ambers I still need to try so I won't pick a favorite, but is anyone familiar with Etro's Ambra?
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L'ombre Fauve is a good animalic amber.
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1. Amouage Epic man
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I really enjoy Tom Ford Amber Absolute, it has a fantastic balance of incense and amber. Try Profumum Ambra Aurea if you want just a pure amber.
i tried and really enjoyed ambre soie by armani.. but i ve been told that projection and duration are really poor with this one.. plus its very pricy
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TomTom N.V. intends to make a cash offer of € 21.25 per ordinary share for Tele Atlas N.V.
Jul 23 2007
This is a joint press release of Tele Atlas N.V. and TomTom N.V. pursuant to the provisions of Section 9b, subsection 2.a, of the Dutch Securities Trade Supervision Decree 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995). This is not a public announcement that a public offer is to be made; but that the expectation is justified that agreement can be reached on the terms and conditions of an offer. Not for release, distribution or publication, in whole or in part to Japan or Canada.TomTom N.V. intends to make a cash offer of € 21.25 per ordinary share for Tele Atlas N.V. The Offer Price represents a 32% premium over Tele Atlas' average closing share price for the three months prior to 20 July 2007 The Supervisory Board and Management Board of Tele Atlas support the Offer and will, when the Offer is made by TomTom, recommend the Offer to Tele Atlas' shareholders Shareholders including board members representing in aggregate 17.4% of the ordinary shares outstanding have irrevocably committed to tender their shares into the Offer TomTom N.V. ("TomTom") and Tele Atlas N.V. ("Tele Atlas" or the "Company"), jointly announce that the expectation is justified that an agreement can be reached in connection with a public offer by TomTom for all outstanding shares of Tele Atlas at an offer price of € 21.25 in cash, (the "Offer Price") per ordinary share (the "Offer"). The Supervisory Board and the Management Board of Tele Atlas (the "Boards"), after having duly considered the strategic, financial and social aspects of the proposed transaction, support the intended Offer and conclude that the Offer is in the best interests of the shareholders and all other stakeholders of Tele Atlas. The Boards of Tele Atlas will, when the Offer is made by TomTom, recommend acceptance of the Offer by the shareholders of Tele Atlas. After the merger Tele Atlas will continue its business as a separate unit in the combined group specialising in developing and licensing digital map products for and to current and future customers, both in and outside the group. Superior content, created cost efficiently will enable Tele Atlas to expand its presence in the rapidly growing worldwide market for digital maps and other geo referenced content. The combination will significantly improve user experience and create other benefits for the customers and partners of both companies, including: - More accurate navigation information - TomTom has developed technologies that enable TomTom's installed user base of over 10 million GPS devices to effectively operate as map surveyors in an automatic and simple way. The integration of this feedback into the map production process will greatly improve the quality and timeliness of Tele Atlas map data;
- Improved coverage - The combination significantly improves all aspects of digital map maintenance, enrichment and creation enabling the companies to expand coverage faster; and
- New and enhanced features – The companies will be able to offer new features such as daily map updates and intelligent routing. The Offer is not expected to have significant negative consequences on the employment situation. If the Offer is declared unconditional it is intended that Tele Atlas' listing on the Eurolist of Euronext Amsterdam N.V. and their listing on the Geregelter Market in Frankfurt will be terminated as soon as possible. Furthermore, TomTom expects to initiate the statutory squeeze-out procedure contemplated by the Dutch Civil Code in order to acquire all shares held by minority shareholders or take such other steps to terminate the listing and/or acquire all shares that will not have been tendered, including effecting a legal merger (juridische fusie) or a liquidation, all in accordance with applicable laws. Commenting on the proposed Offer, Harold Goddijn, Chief Executive Officer of TomTom said: "We think that the navigation industry is going to change dramatically in the next few years as end customers will give ever increasing importance to intelligent routing and continuously updated maps. By integrating customer feedback into the Tele Atlas map manufacturing process, we will be able to considerably enhance the user experience and further increase all Tele Atlas and all TomTom's customers' satisfaction. We will supply all companies wanting to rely on the improved maps for their PNDs, wireless handsets, in-car systems, internet services and in-house routing services." Commenting on the proposed Offer, Wim Dik, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Tele Atlas said: "The Supervisory Board welcomes the proposed transaction as it reflects the strengths and the potential of the Company and the result of the team effort at Tele Atlas to create a strong position in the marketplace. We have carefully reviewed the Offer and, after consultation with our financial advisers, believe that the attractive Offer Price represents a fair offer for the Company. We will therefore recommend the intended Offer to our shareholders." Commenting on the proposed Offer, Alain De Taeye, Co-founder and CEO of Tele Atlas said: "The TomTom-Tele Atlas partnership signals a new era in the digital mapping industry. The combination of TomTom's customer feedback tools and Tele Atlas' pioneering map production processes allows Tele Atlas to dramatically change the way digital maps are continuously updated and enhanced. The result will be a completely new level of quality; content and innovation that helps our partners deliver the best navigation products. This transaction is not only very attractive to our shareholders but demonstrates our longstanding commitment towards all of our partners and customers to deliver the best digital map products available." Offer Highlights The intended Offer would be an all-cash offer for all of the issued and outstanding share capital of Tele Atlas. Based on the Offer Price of € 21.25 per ordinary share, the intended Offer values the fully diluted outstanding share capital of Tele Atlas at approximately € 2.0 billion. Consistent with past history, Tele Atlas expects to pay no dividends prior to completion of the Offer. The Offer Price represents a premium of 28% to the last closing price of 20 July and a premium of 32% relative to the average closing price of Tele Atlas' ordinary shares during the last three months prior to 20 July. The aggregate value of the proposed transaction is approximately € 1.8 billion, including net financial cash position, and represents a multiple of approximately 28 times projected 2007 adjusted EBITDA (€ 65 million, target as communicated by Tele Atlas). Goldman Sachs International is providing committed financing for the acquisition. Irrevocable undertakings TomTom has received irrevocable undertakings to tender into the intended Offer from International Asset Management B.V. ("IAM") and all members of the Boards who own shares in Tele Atlas, in aggregate representing approximately 17.4% of the issued share capital, subject to the Boards not recommending a superior offer or the Merger Protocol between TomTom and Tele Atlas not being terminated. Conditions and further process Following meetings of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of the respective parties, TomTom and Tele Atlas have today entered into a merger protocol. The commencement of the Offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain pre-offer conditions customary for a transaction of this kind, such as no revocation of the recommendation of the Offer by the Boards of Tele Atlas, the absence of a material adverse change to the business of Tele Atlas, obtaining the required competition clearances and, where necessary, obtaining the advice of TomTom's and Tele Atlas' respective works councils. When made, the consummation of the Offer will be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain offer conditions customary for transactions of this kind, such as no revocation of the recommendation of the Offer by the Boards of Tele Atlas, obtaining the required competition clearances to the extent not already obtained prior to the commencement of the Offer, and the absence of a material adverse effect on the business of Tele Atlas. The consummation of the Offer will also be subject to at least 80% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Tele Atlas being tendered under the Offer. The process of preparing the competition filings will commence immediately. It is currently expected that the Offer can be made and that consequently an offer memorandum, containing the definitive terms and conditions of the Offer, will be published in October 2007 with the transaction being completed by the end of 2007. The Offer will be submitted for approval by the shareholders of TomTom at an extraordinary shareholder meeting. The four founding shareholders of TomTom, representing 57% of the outstanding TomTom share capital, have committed to vote in favour of the Offer. The Tele Atlas Boards will recommend that Tele Atlas shareholders accept the Offer unless a superior competing offer is made. The Tele Atlas Boards will not recommend an alternative offer unless TomTom has had an opportunity to make a revised proposal for Tele Atlas. TomTom is entitled to a break fee of € 20 million in the event that the Tele Atlas board recommends a competing proposal. The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, Euronext Amsterdam N.V., the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Secretary of the Social Economic Council and the competent competition authorities and other relevant authorities have been or will be informed of the intended Offer and, where relevant, will be requested to provide clearance in respect of the transaction. The Works Councils of Tele Atlas and TomTom are being duly notified and will be asked for advice. Advisers Lehman Brothers acted as financial adviser to Tele Atlas and rendered a fairness opinion in connection with the transaction. Atlas Advisors also acted as financial adviser to Tele Atlas. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP and Houthoff Buruma N.V. are acting as legal advisers to Tele Atlas. Goldman Sachs International is acting as exclusive financial adviser, and Stibbe N.V. is acting as legal adviser to TomTom with Herbert Smith advising on the financing and US securities aspects and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP acting on US regulatory matters. Goldman Sachs International, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for TomTom and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than TomTom for providing the protections afforded to clients of Goldman Sachs International nor for providing advice in connection with the Offer.
About TomTom
TomTom NV is the world's largest navigation solution provider. TomTom's products are developed with an emphasis on innovation, quality, ease of use, safety and value. TomTom's products include all-in-one navigation devices which enable customers to navigate right out of the box; these are the award-winning TomTom GO family, the TomTom ONE XL, TomTom ONE and the TomTom RIDER. TomTom PLUS, is the location-based content and services offering for TomTom's navigation products easily available through TomTom HOME. TomTom also provides navigation software products which integrate with third party devices; the TomTom NAVIGATOR software for PDAs and smartphones. TomTom WORK combines industry leading communication and smart navigation technology with leading edge tracking and tracing expertise. TomTom's products are sold through a network of leading retailers in 25 countries and online. TomTom was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam and has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. TomTom is listed at Euronext, Amsterdam Stock Exchange in The Netherlands.
For more information, go to http://www.tomtom.com
About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power some of the world's most essential navigation and location-based services (LBS). The information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car navigation systems and mobile and Internet map applications that help users find the people, places, products and services they need, wherever they are. The company also works with business partners who trust its digital map data to deliver critical applications for emergency, business, fleet and infrastructure services. Through a combination of its own products and partnerships, Tele Atlas offers digital map coverage of more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company was founded in 1984 and today has approximately 2,400 full-time staff and contract cartographers at offices in 24 countries. Tele Atlas uses a sophisticated network of professional drivers, mobile mapping vans and more than 50,000 data resources to deliver highly accurate and up-to-date digital maps. Tele Atlas is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA).
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Project Focus/Title: My digital focus project consisted of photographic images that were affixed to serving platters to form a wall piece. The piece is currently untitled.
Size/Format: roughly 3x2.5 feet from end to end, top to bottom (5 separate platters, forming one larger piece this size).
Conceptual Ideas/Thematic Subjects Investigated: In this project i visually explored an old, abandoned cabin that belongs to extended family. My photographs are meant to show this investigation in a way that is both personal to me and my family but remain relatable to a larger audience. I placed these images, with text from old books, on well-used platters from a thrift store. The piece comes together with a worn feeling of memory while still questioning the space's back story.
Work Process: my process consisted of photographing, editing, printing and acrylic varnishing onto old platters from a thrift store. I also obtained books from a thrift store, which I went through and took phrases from and also varnished to the platters. My major problem was the acrylic varnish, which I liked, with the exception of it creating a sort of bubbled surface on larger images. It seemed to turn out okay in the end, with practice, but I still feel it could have been a bit better and less bubbly with further practice. If I were to do this project again, I feel I would still use acrylic varnish, but practice further and try to figure out why exactly it bubbled and how to stop this.
Final Craft: In the end, I feel my project came together well. If I were to do this again, I may use a semi or satin gloss varnish instead of matte, but I otherwise rather liked my turnout.
Display: Ideally, this piece would be displayed to a public audience through installation on a museum wall.
Continuation: If I were to continue to develop this work, I would like to expand by making prints of other images I took in making these five, matting and framing them, and displaying them with the wall piece.


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FARMVILLE, Va. – A dominant team performance by the Miami University field hockey squad led the RedHawks to a 6-1 neutral site victory over Radford on Sunday. Five different Miami players scored, led by senior forward Alyssa Logan with two goals. The RedHawks improve to 1-1 on the season, while the Highlanders fall to 0-2.
"Today was about our ability to be loyal to RedHawk hockey," said senior back Sid Marcum. "We had to be consistent with our concepts as a program, and be disciplined and composed."
Miami outshot Radford, 26-1, on Sunday keeping play in its attacking zone the majority of the time. When the Highlanders were able to mount an offensive attack, the RedHawks were able to thwart it without a shot being placed on senior goalkeeper Sarah Mueller.
Miami got on the board in the fifth minute when junior midfielder Gabby Goldach put a backhand shot past the goalkeeper from about the penalty stroke line. The RedHawks wasted no time making it 2-0 when junior forward Valentina Neira sent a pass across the goal that Logan was able to tip in.
Radford was able to cut the deficit to 2-1 in the 28th minute when it scored on a penalty corner. It looked like it would be going into halftime with that score, but Miami was able to earn a penalty corner of its own in the final seconds. On the corner, junior forward Emily Gruesser passed it in to junior back Ali Froede. Froede sent it back to Gruesser, who put it home to send the RedHawks into the break in front, 3-1.
Sophomore midfielder Bea Dechant made it 4-1 in the 43rd minute on a penalty corner when she scored off an assist from Neira. In the 48th minute, Dechant found Logan on the right side of the net. Logan tipped the ball in for her second goal of the day. Miami completed its scoring in the 52nd minute when Froede scored on a penalty corner off an assist from Long.
Gruesser led the RedHawks with five shots, including four on goal. Logan and Goldach had four shots each. Miami had a 10-2 advantage in penalty corners.
"Today we showed what type of character we have," said Froede. "After a slow first half, we came out a completely different team in the second half and were able to control the game, keep possession and use every player on the field. We worked for each other on offense and defense, and that was the key to our success."
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Hospitals May See Plans as Their New Confidant
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Whoever said that talk is cheap never tried to run a modern hospital where the lesson that administrators seem to have taken most seriously is that too much talk — what with confidentiality rules and the threat of litigation — can be ruinously expensive.
Take, for instance, recent headlines about infection rates at hospitals. They could be rising, though we really aren't sure because of a lack of reporting standards and a hesitancy on the part of hospitals to divulge any information that casts them in a poor light. (For more on infection rates, see "Pay-for-Performance Seen as Infection-Fighter.")
This problem, estimated to cost the medical system from $5 billion to $30 billion a year (depending on the source), points toward a broader issue with which health plan officials have long had to contend. Namely, how can insurers induce hospitals to follow best-practice guidelines and to record just how they (the hospitals) are doing?
As noted in a column in the Wall Street Journal on April 6: "[M]ost hospitals are still loath to publicly report any statistics that might make them look bad, or increase their liability risk, such as high mortality rates for certain procedures, or above-average complications from surgeries."
States are supposed to monitor what goes on at hospitals, but this oversight seems spotty. "As of October 2003, 21 states had mandatory event reporting systems for hospitals, although policies varied," a study in the March 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reports. A not-for-profit organization called the Committee to Reduce Infection Death (or RID) notes that "few hospitals fully comply and states go along with the hospital industry's desire to keep the data far from public view."
True, almost all of the nation's 4,900 hospitals participate in the accreditation process overseen by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
On its Web site, JCAHO posts hospital-specific quality reports that contain the accreditation decision, level of compliance with patient safety goals, and comparative data on the hospital's clinical performance.
According to spokeswoman Charlene Hill, "hospitals report data on key indicators in the care of patients with four major conditions: heart attack, heart failure, and community-acquired pneumonia."
Laudable, to be sure, but not comprehensive, as even Hill admits. "As more measures are approved and endorsed by the National Quality Forum, the Joint Commission will explore ways to incorporate the data" into the process.
Despite JCAHO's well-publicized efforts, the JAMA study, "Error Reporting and Disclosure Systems: Views From Hospital Leaders," describes a mind-set that makes information gathering dicey, at best.
For instance, not even 3 percent of 203 hospital CEOs and COOs who were contacted support making public the names of doctors and hospitals involved in errors, the study says. Moreover, nearly 80 percent say that a state-mandated nonconfidential reporting system would increase lawsuits against hospitals. In addition, 73 percent say that such a system would have "no effect or a negative effect on actual patient safety."
"Serious reservations"
"Despite potentially worthwhile aspects of mandatory reporting," the JAMA study notes, "our results suggest that most hospital leaders had serious reservations about these systems." (For more on this, go to "See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil.")
So, who will step in where government seems, so far, reluctant to tread? Do you even have to ask?
"I think insurers have more degrees of freedom to both try things and to do it more quickly than the states," says Kenneth W. Kizer, president of the National Quality Forum. "I would argue that this is a great opportunity for public/private collaboration. It's the type of thing the states, the federal government, and private employers, acting through the health plans or directly, could all be on the same page about."
Health plans should be more explicit about what they want in regard to performance reporting. "I think they certainly are in a strategic position to work with the large payers and purchasers to leverage more complete reporting," says Kizer.
It may, indeed, be market forces that encourage hospitals to be more forthcoming. But one health plan, at least, sees potential in a long-regarded clinical tool.
Judy Levy, RN, the director of quality improvement and clinical services operations at Tufts Health Plan, says that peer-reviewed discussions between health plans and hospitals offer an opportunity for insurers to collaborate in making improvements. These conversations give hospitals a chance to openly discuss adverse outcomes without fear of legal repercussion.
"When we're all in a room and know that we are discussing peer-reviewed, privileged information, there is an openness to discuss these adverse outcomes from a systems improvement perspective," says Levy. "There is a face to face discussion between members of two quality improvement committees, both with the desire to improve care."
Joel S. Weissman, PhD, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the main author of the JAMA study cited above, isn't so sure that peer-reviewed discussions would present health plans with better leverage.
"One reason that peer-reviewed discussions are not discloseable to legal inquiry is that, depending on state-specific regulations, they may not be allowed to leave the hospital," says Weissman. In other words, just what would health plans be able to take with them back to corporate offices? And without data in hand, how comprehensive would any program launched as a result of a peer-reviewed discussion be? Perhaps leverage can be better applied in pay-for-performance efforts, says Weissman.
"But one would have to make the leap that the state of reporting was good enough to indicate quality of care," says Weissman.
What health plans have that hospitals covet, says Levy, is information. "A hospital may not be aware of patients who are discharged with a particular diagnosis and wind up being readmitted to another hospital."
Being a health plan means being involved with many hospitals, something that can come in handy in helping one particular institution.
"Because we have a network, we can help disseminate best practices," says Levy. "We had an issue where one of our network hospitals was having a difficult time with pre-op evaluation and when to involve cardiologists. They did not know what similar hospitals did in these circumstances."
Tufts asked another client hospital for its policies and procedures. "We put those hospitals in touch with each other. We also researched nationally recognized best-practice guidelines. We put together a whole packet of information and shared it with them."
All of which makes the caregivers at plans and hospitals feel better about themselves, but doesn't do much for the accountants.
"It's very hard to determine ROI on prevention," says Levy. "We don't know what we are preventing. So I can't give you any hard data on that."
Kizer, of the National Quality Forum, thinks it may be enough to tie pay-for-performance programs to that which is measurable.
"The hospital's asking, 'What's the business case for doing performance measurement and focusing on quality improvement and safety?' It's certainly the right thing to do. No one argues that."
He continues: "They're asking, 'What's the business case?' It's always been the right thing to do. Hasn't been done before. So, why now? I think this is where financial incentives and rewards can support doing the right thing."
Pay-for-performance seen as infection-fighter
On the front lines in the battle against nosocomial infections, they're calling for health plans to use the pay-for-performance option.
"Health plans can do a great deal to improve the safety provided for their patients," says Betsy McCaughey, PhD, the former lieutenant governor of New York State and now an adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a think tank that leans toward free-market policies. McCaughey founded and chairs a not-for-profit organization called the Committee to Reduce Infection Death (RID)
"RID is working very closely with the health plans in the New York Business Group on Health to create pay-for-performance incentives or bonuses to motivate hospitals to improve hygiene," says McCaughey. "For example, hospitals that encourage better hand hygiene."
The hospital infections territory is strewn with foreboding data. For instance, about 2 million patients at hospitals in the United States develop infections each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Deaths as a result? About 90,000 a year.
That's the human toll. In addition, nosocomial infections add roughly $5 billion a year to the cost of patient care, a study in the American Journal of Infection Control concluded in 2002. However, McCaughey thinks that's a low-ball figure.
"I've worked for many, many months on the research to demonstrate exactly how much it costs," she says. "Hospital infections are adding $28 billion to $30 billion annually to the nation's health care tab. The average infection costs between $14,000 and $15,000. Of course some are far more expensive. That's the weighted average. That number has been solidly documented in several peer-reviewed journals.
"A surgical site infection on average doubles the hospital costs for a patient. If it's a staph infection [staphylococcus aureus], it's triple. A serious bloodstream infection for a patient in ICU adds about $57,000 to the hospital cost."
Hospitals respond that there's no sure way of measuring nosocomial infections. How can you determine exactly when or where infection sets in? Couldn't it have happened at home after the discharge? Also, hospital administrators complain that the search to find the causes of infections automatically places the more diligent facilities at a disadvantage. If you go looking for infection, you'll find a lot more than in those institutions that minimize the problem.
Good hospitals are also hindered, they say, by the fact that cutting edge institutions tackle the problems that are prone to infections, such as AIDS, cancer, and organ transplant, and therefore can be expected to have higher rates of infection than other hospitals. Further, hospitals are very reluctant to broadcast any mistakes in this age of litigation.
"Fair enough," counters McCaughey, "but the infection rates can be risk-adjusted to take into account those differences."
It can even be done by department. "I recently visited several of the experts in the United Kingdom's National Health Service who are dealing with just this issue, recording infections. And one of the possibilities we discussed is focusing on infections in the orthopedic department, for example. Those are clean surgeries. Patients come in healthy; they should leave healthy."
It is not so simple, according to one health plan official who says that infection rates are somewhat hard for insurers to pin down.
"Health plans only have claims from patients who carry our insurance," says Judy Levy, RN, the director of quality improvement and clinical services operations at Tufts Health Plan. "It does not give a clear picture of one hospital's infection rate. We can look at things that we can pick up by claims, a case manager's report, or member grievances. Sometimes we can pick up post-operative infections, but it's so hard to really see what is going on within a hospital."
'See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil'
Helping hospitals to conform to best-practice guidelines means establishing a rapport in which information is easily exchanged. Good luck. Hospital officials are hesitant to release any data that might make their institutions look bad, a study in the March 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates.
The authors sought to "examine the opinions and experiences of hospital leaders with state reporting systems" by surveying 203 hospital CEOs and COOs. "Despite potentially worthwhile aspects of mandatory reporting, our results suggest that most hospital leaders had serious reservations about these systems," they wrote. Respondents "believe that existing state reporting standards fail in some cases to provide clear guidance on what should be reported and [believe] that mandatory reporting systems with public disclosure may actually discourage internal reporting, lead to lawsuits, and impart little benefit to patient safety."
Mandatory reporting systems' effect on filing of lawsuits against the hospital, according to hospital officials
Source: "Error Reporting and Disclosure Systems: Views From Hospital Leaders," Journal of the American Medical Association, March 16, 2005


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With the rumored three names (Pelicans, Krewe and Brass) Benson was deciding between. Which name would you have preferred ?
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Krewe is cool with only New Orleans. Brass sounds like we wanted Jazz back, but couldn't get is so we went 2nd rate. Pelicans is unique and encompasses Louisiana. The first time I heard it I didn't like it, but I like it now. I think I like it more now that so many people hate it.
Neither of these 3.
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Voodoo is still the best name for this team.
"Krewe of New Orleans" would be the best... but Pelicans is still good for me.
I think you guys know where I stand, but anything is better than being called the Charlotte Hornets.
Brass, Krewe, Angels, Cardinals, Cardinal, Pilots, Arc Angels. I could stomach all of those. But nooooooooo. They pick the one name that makes me sad.
Wow, it's almost like we already did this poll or something. Deja vu?
Okay what Pelican boot licker created multiple IDs? From 5 to 14 in less than an hour, after sitting stagnant and in 3rd place eh?
I voted Pelicans. Brass and Krewe are too close to WNBA/AFL team names. I would rather Angels/Cardinals/Bucs etc but an NBA team has to be generic and it is very much that.
LOL @ the results right now. Something fishy goin' down. Hehe.
"The Pelicans" is seriously bad. You can tell no test groups were done about this. NBA teams need to be marketed to young guys, and no young guy wants to sport a Pelicans hat.
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Don't spam the forums, dude. Put it in your sig, and leave it at that.
Link to a poll done on this a while back - Brass was the clear winner
If you can't convincingly win this poll as the pelicans that just seems like an issue because you won't find more people who like that name than in here and it's still not the favorite. They need to do it the same way every other name change haplens in the NBA... give us 4 choices and let the fans decide
There was a poll done on this.
A poll of one.
I know who was in it: Tom Benson.
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Paul Millsap had 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists during Game 4, in which the Hawks were swept out of the playoffs with an 88-118 defeat.
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LeBron James led the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals with a 118-88 win in Cleveland on Tuesday, scoring 23 points with nine rebounds, seven assists, two steals, one block and only one turnover in 29 minutes.
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RALEIGH — Bobby Curlings had an unusual look to him.
New Bern's head football coach was sporting a suit and tie.
It must have been a big occasion.
Curlings, and 15 other head coaches, attended the state championship press conference in the Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh.
Curlings is preparing for his fifth state title game, as either a head coach or an assistant.
"It's always amazing to come here no matter if it's as an assistant coach or a head coach or a player," Curlings said. "Every time is just as special. To be able to bring the quality of kids that we have on our team to experience it makes it that much better.
"I'm very happy for our assistant coaches, players and the community."
The second-ranked Bears (14-0) will play Porter Ridge (13-1) on Friday evening at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. New Bern is designated the home team and will wear its black uniforms.
Win one for Clay
Curlings was joined at the press conference by offensive coordinator Clay Jordan, defensive coordinator Steve Lovitt and New Bern High principal Tom Marsh.
Jordan, a former West Craven coach of 33 years, is searching for his first state title. In his final season at West Craven, the Eagles lost in the 3-A state championship game to West Rowan in 2008.
"(Jordan) is the hardest worker I know," Curlings said. "He loves the kids. He is a great X and O's coach, but he is also a great person. He brings a lot to our team. There is 33 years of experienc calling our offense. I would love to see him finally win a championship."
Back in the title game
Friday's game mark New Bern's fifth state championship appearance since 2002. After three attempts, the Bears won the 4-AA title with a 28-17 win over Charlotte Independence in 2007.
Curlings said the closeness of this year's squad resembles that 2007 team.
"The closeness is the big thing," he said. "We have athletes here year-in and year-out, but the thing that separates a good team from a great team has been their ability to put their egos on the shelf and play together like a family."
Finally over the hump
Bears' senior quarterback Josh Taylor has passed for 2,300 yards and 24 touchdowns, while rushing for another 1,207 yards and 13 scores.
Taylor's been the starting quarterback since midway through his freshman year. He has 41 wins, and has led the Bears at least the state semifinals in each of the past three seasons.
At last, he will get the opportunity to play for a state title.
The Bears defeated Scotland County, 23-6, last week in the 4-A Eastern Regional Finals.
"Josh has set all kinds of records, throwing and running," Curlings said. "The thing that impresses me the most about him is his leadership ability and never say die attitude. He is a tremendous athlete and an even better person."
Pregame routine
Curlings said New Bern will try to keep its routine as normal as possible this week. The Bears most likely will practice at a high school in Chapel Hill on Friday for a walk through before hitting the field at Kenan Stadium for their 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
The Bears are familiar with the dimensions at Kenan Stadium. They scrimmaged there prior to last season.
"They've seen the field and the stadium seats," Curlings said. "Hopefully that initial shock, that sometimes happens, will be out of our system."
About the Pirates
Porter Ridge (13-1), which has only been a high school for eight years, is back-to-back 4-A Western Regional Champs. The Pirates lost to Scotland County, 42-16, in last season's state championship game.
They beat North Davidson, 34-27, last week.
Porter Ridge is 40-5 over the past three seasons.
"We were a young program, and that was the first time we've been to the state championship," said Porter Ridge coach Blair Hardin. "It was a good experience, but we aren't content on just being there. We want to compete and win."
Porter Ridge is led by sophomore quarterback Isaiah Hicklin, who began the season on junior varsity and is the third-string quarterback. Hicklin has played five games following injuries to the Pirates' first two quarterbacks.
Kicker Matt Wogan, who committed to play college football at Oregon, booted a 58-yard field goal last week.
"We are fortunate to have a great kicker," Hardin said. "He punts, he kicks, and he is a big part of winning the field position. He is playing at a high level, and he is a reason why we are here today."
The Pirates have a pair of 1,000-yard rushers. Chris Duffy, a UNC-Charlotte commit, has 1,277 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns. Jerrick Robbins has 1,042 yards and 14 scores.
"They set the tone for us offensively," Hardin said. "They help out our quarterback. They are our playmakers and we try to get them the football."
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