Conoco, Origin Approve First Stage of $20 Billion Project Bloomberg ConocoPhillips (COP), the third-largest US oil company, and partner Origin Energy Ltd. (ORG) approved the first stage of a $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Australia to supply the fuel to Asia. ... |
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Conoco, Origin Approve First Stage of $20 Billion Project - Bloomberg
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Here are 10 tips for surviving the recession - Houston Business Journal:
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Conversely, Vicki Hess, a local career says a negative attitudse canbe damaging, creatingt stress. “When under stress, littls things start to build up and create high negative interactions andoverall frustration,” she “Events that you used to be able to handlre with grace become more challenging due to the worr and fear.” 2. Heavy-Lifting Now’es not the time for whining. Masterf your own job and tacklr somenew projects. If you really want to get the attention, help generate some business — even if you are not in a revenue-creatingb position.
“Now is your time to shinee and excel in your Focus your time on tasks relevanyt tobusiness growth, customer retention and sales,” said Lesli e Shreve, a local productivity expert. If you are not directlt in a position to grow the busines s insome way, then look for ways to improvd your interactions with those individuals or departments who are.” 3. Self Promotiobn No one is goingh to tootyour horn, particularly in a recession when colleaguesz and bosses are worried about their own So, many career experts say carefullu communicate your successes to “To build on your existing foundation, stay visible and maintain an upbeart outlook,” said Joni Daniels, principal of in “Promote all the things you are doing that increas profits and reduce costs.
Focus on how receng changes will work to strengthenyour firm’s competitives edge.” 4. Evaluation Most companies are feeling the pain of the Whetherlost revenue, layoffs or furloughs are the career coaches say you need to decider if you can overcome the Is this the time for a career change? What abour going back to school? Do a self-evaluatioj and decide what might be best for you and your 5. Résumé If the pink slips continue to bepasseed out, perhaps you should update your résumé with your currentf responsibilities, experience and skills.
“Creatwe a résumé that is applicable to your present industruy as well as one that can position you for otherd industries with which youhave interest,” said 6. Networking Once you have that résumé start networking. Taguding suggests testing the job market with yourindustrty colleagues, family and friends. But otherss say take it a step further. “Opportunitiese for networking occur everywhere, not just at a seated dinner, luncheon meeting or specific networking said MaryAnn Masur, a Baltimore careef consultant and author.
“If you are clear on what you are up to in life and what you want or where you cangive support, you can find chancese to connect in any situation.” Masur says she has made contacts at golfingt events, airport security lines, hotel the dry cleaners, shopping parties and in voluntee r organizations. “So go live your life and be open to talking about your goals and what you she said. 7. Tools Networkas can be beneficial, but they mighf not be enough in the downturn when new jobs are Check online job sites suchas , and TheLadders.com.
A résumé service, coacj or recruiter may be in orde to reposition yourself for a differentg kind of job or Consider contacting youralma mater; collegea and universities have career centers that may open some Another source of help may be a trusted colleague who has recentlyy made a job change, recommendws Mitch Halbrich, a managing directof at the in Baltimore. 8. Good Healtbh Let’s face it. This economy is dishinb out more stress than most are usedto handling. Eatingv right, sleeping and relaxing are key ingredientse for ahealthy lifestyle. Whether you are working twice as hard at yournorma job, searching for a new situation or make sure to take time out for yourself.
9. Exercise There’s no better medicine for a healthy heart and mind than Whether it’s running, walking or exercise can provide an outlet for stress during the career coaches say. 10. Time Be Whether you are waiting for your company to rebound or looking for anew position, know this processx will take time. experts warn against jumping at the firsrtjob offer. “Leaving a sinking ship can appear to otherss as if you are simply looking for any port in the and few employers want to play that Start looking for your next career step rather than a more reliablpay check,” Daniels said.
Conversely, Vicki Hess, a local career says a negative attitudse canbe damaging, creatingt stress. “When under stress, littls things start to build up and create high negative interactions andoverall frustration,” she “Events that you used to be able to handlre with grace become more challenging due to the worr and fear.” 2. Heavy-Lifting Now’es not the time for whining. Masterf your own job and tacklr somenew projects. If you really want to get the attention, help generate some business — even if you are not in a revenue-creatingb position.
“Now is your time to shinee and excel in your Focus your time on tasks relevanyt tobusiness growth, customer retention and sales,” said Lesli e Shreve, a local productivity expert. If you are not directlt in a position to grow the busines s insome way, then look for ways to improvd your interactions with those individuals or departments who are.” 3. Self Promotiobn No one is goingh to tootyour horn, particularly in a recession when colleaguesz and bosses are worried about their own So, many career experts say carefullu communicate your successes to “To build on your existing foundation, stay visible and maintain an upbeart outlook,” said Joni Daniels, principal of in “Promote all the things you are doing that increas profits and reduce costs.
Focus on how receng changes will work to strengthenyour firm’s competitives edge.” 4. Evaluation Most companies are feeling the pain of the Whetherlost revenue, layoffs or furloughs are the career coaches say you need to decider if you can overcome the Is this the time for a career change? What abour going back to school? Do a self-evaluatioj and decide what might be best for you and your 5. Résumé If the pink slips continue to bepasseed out, perhaps you should update your résumé with your currentf responsibilities, experience and skills.
“Creatwe a résumé that is applicable to your present industruy as well as one that can position you for otherd industries with which youhave interest,” said 6. Networking Once you have that résumé start networking. Taguding suggests testing the job market with yourindustrty colleagues, family and friends. But otherss say take it a step further. “Opportunitiese for networking occur everywhere, not just at a seated dinner, luncheon meeting or specific networking said MaryAnn Masur, a Baltimore careef consultant and author.
“If you are clear on what you are up to in life and what you want or where you cangive support, you can find chancese to connect in any situation.” Masur says she has made contacts at golfingt events, airport security lines, hotel the dry cleaners, shopping parties and in voluntee r organizations. “So go live your life and be open to talking about your goals and what you she said. 7. Tools Networkas can be beneficial, but they mighf not be enough in the downturn when new jobs are Check online job sites suchas , and TheLadders.com.
A résumé service, coacj or recruiter may be in orde to reposition yourself for a differentg kind of job or Consider contacting youralma mater; collegea and universities have career centers that may open some Another source of help may be a trusted colleague who has recentlyy made a job change, recommendws Mitch Halbrich, a managing directof at the in Baltimore. 8. Good Healtbh Let’s face it. This economy is dishinb out more stress than most are usedto handling. Eatingv right, sleeping and relaxing are key ingredientse for ahealthy lifestyle. Whether you are working twice as hard at yournorma job, searching for a new situation or make sure to take time out for yourself.
9. Exercise There’s no better medicine for a healthy heart and mind than Whether it’s running, walking or exercise can provide an outlet for stress during the career coaches say. 10. Time Be Whether you are waiting for your company to rebound or looking for anew position, know this processx will take time. experts warn against jumping at the firsrtjob offer. “Leaving a sinking ship can appear to otherss as if you are simply looking for any port in the and few employers want to play that Start looking for your next career step rather than a more reliablpay check,” Daniels said.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Danac gets good news from Montgomery County Planning Board - Triangle Business Journal:
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The Bethesda-based developer's 26-acre office park in the Shad y Grove Life Sciences Center is currentlyg approvedfor 669,538 square feet of densitg and the campus currently contains half of or 350,000 square feet. At a May 28 work the Montgomery County Planning Board decided to recommene in its draft Gaithersburg West Master Plan that the propertgy be developed with up to twicr asmuch density, or contain up to 1.34 million squar e feet of office, retai and residential space. The southwest corner of the land currentluy includesa 272,000-square-foot, three-building complex that houses softwarwe and pharmaceutical tenants.
The north side of the propertyg contains the Metropolitan RegionalInformational Services' 72,000-square-footr headquarters. Last week, the board also recommended that Danac's Corridord Cities Transitway stop be located at or near itsnortheaster corner, near the intersection of Diamondback Drive and Decoverlg Drive. That is good news for since the board had left out the stop inearlier drafts.
The transit stop near the corner may be developer whether the state retains the current road alignment or adoptesthe county's locally preferred The board also picked that locatiom because the northeastern corner is considered to be convenient for pedestrians from the Decoverlyu residential communities. "We have a long way to go, but we are encourager by the planning board's recommendations," said Timothy a Danac attorney.
Several more work sessions are schedulesd over the nexttwo months, and in July the planninf board will send its drafr master plan to the county executive who will have 60 days to reviewa and comment before it is sent to the counth council for deliberations.
The Bethesda-based developer's 26-acre office park in the Shad y Grove Life Sciences Center is currentlyg approvedfor 669,538 square feet of densitg and the campus currently contains half of or 350,000 square feet. At a May 28 work the Montgomery County Planning Board decided to recommene in its draft Gaithersburg West Master Plan that the propertgy be developed with up to twicr asmuch density, or contain up to 1.34 million squar e feet of office, retai and residential space. The southwest corner of the land currentluy includesa 272,000-square-foot, three-building complex that houses softwarwe and pharmaceutical tenants.
The north side of the propertyg contains the Metropolitan RegionalInformational Services' 72,000-square-footr headquarters. Last week, the board also recommended that Danac's Corridord Cities Transitway stop be located at or near itsnortheaster corner, near the intersection of Diamondback Drive and Decoverlg Drive. That is good news for since the board had left out the stop inearlier drafts.
The transit stop near the corner may be developer whether the state retains the current road alignment or adoptesthe county's locally preferred The board also picked that locatiom because the northeastern corner is considered to be convenient for pedestrians from the Decoverlyu residential communities. "We have a long way to go, but we are encourager by the planning board's recommendations," said Timothy a Danac attorney.
Several more work sessions are schedulesd over the nexttwo months, and in July the planninf board will send its drafr master plan to the county executive who will have 60 days to reviewa and comment before it is sent to the counth council for deliberations.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
JPMorgan Chase, other creditors agree to Raymond James changes - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The amendment eliminates approva to participate inthe ’d TARP Capital Purchase Program as a condition to borrowing undere the agreement, a release from the company Raymond James (NYSE: RJF), a financial servicess company headquartered in St. Petersburg, withdrew its application for TARP fund onMay 19. Other revisions were made to covenant related to the use of additional indebtedness, financial ratios and restricted payments, the release The administrative agent for the Feb. 6 creditg agreement is . Chase also is one of six lendere underthe agreement. Others are Regions Bank, , , and The .
The credity amendment improved liquidity, Raymond Jamea said in a separate release announcinf Mayoperating results. Commissions and assets under management, underwritings and assets under administration all improvecdin May, although volume remained low, Thomas James, chairma n and chief executive, said in that release.
The amendment eliminates approva to participate inthe ’d TARP Capital Purchase Program as a condition to borrowing undere the agreement, a release from the company Raymond James (NYSE: RJF), a financial servicess company headquartered in St. Petersburg, withdrew its application for TARP fund onMay 19. Other revisions were made to covenant related to the use of additional indebtedness, financial ratios and restricted payments, the release The administrative agent for the Feb. 6 creditg agreement is . Chase also is one of six lendere underthe agreement. Others are Regions Bank, , , and The .
The credity amendment improved liquidity, Raymond Jamea said in a separate release announcinf Mayoperating results. Commissions and assets under management, underwritings and assets under administration all improvecdin May, although volume remained low, Thomas James, chairma n and chief executive, said in that release.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Obama Hosts Private Meeting with Boehner and Cantor - New York Times (blog)
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Los Angeles Times | Obama Hosts Private Meeting with Boehner and Cantor New York Times (blog) The two top House Republicans met privately at the White House Sunday with President Obama as the House prepared to vote on a deficit-cutting measure strongly opposed by the White House. Officials said that Speaker John A. Boehner and ... American! s fed up with constant political gridlock |
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Airport fast-lane program Clear shuts down - San Francisco Business Times:
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Clear had faced criticism because, despite promisexs of a fastersecurity experience, members stilk had to go through standard airporyt security screening. The shutdown occurred overnight between Mondayand Tuesday. “Clear’ws parent company, has been unable to negotiatre an agreement with its senior creditor to continue operations,” the company said in an email to its A similar message appears on its web The email did not specify what will happen to the annualo membership fees paid by its The fee originally was $100 but had risen to $199. Brillp -- a writer and publishedr who founded and several magazines and websiteas -- started Clear in 2005 and had been its CEO.
Bril told USA Today that he had left Verifier Identity Pass in March to startr JournalismOnline LLC, a national venture to help newspapers and magazinews collect revenue for online content. Brill told USA Today that he was surprisesd the company could not reach an agreementwith creditors. The privated company was funded byLockheed Martin, , , and several venture-capital firms, USA Today said. The service at its peak had aboug 250,000 members and operated at 18 USAToday reported. The service was marketed as a way for frequen fliers to get through airport security linesz more rapidly by having their identities checkedcin advance.
Members first had their fingerprints taken and iris images A background check was also Members were then given a Clear pass giving them access to a special security lane at18 airports, includingg SFO. Clear reportedly spenyt $2 million in startup costs at Denver’ airport. Denver-based signed a marketing deal with clear in Januargy 2008 under whichthe airline’s top tier of frequent-flierd program members were offered a one-year Clear membership. A competing service -- FLO Card -- operatesw at several airports.
Such fast-lane services were created undeer the TransportationSecurity Administration’s post-9/11 “registered traveler” program, whicnh allowed private companies to screen fliers and set up reserved securitu lines at airports. But TSA still required registered travelers to go through its regulad securityscreening procedures. Clear provides “no real customer convenience orsecurity benefit,” Davidc Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transportf Association, told USA Today. The ATA, an airline trade had opposedthe registered-travelerd program.
Clear had faced criticism because, despite promisexs of a fastersecurity experience, members stilk had to go through standard airporyt security screening. The shutdown occurred overnight between Mondayand Tuesday. “Clear’ws parent company, has been unable to negotiatre an agreement with its senior creditor to continue operations,” the company said in an email to its A similar message appears on its web The email did not specify what will happen to the annualo membership fees paid by its The fee originally was $100 but had risen to $199. Brillp -- a writer and publishedr who founded and several magazines and websiteas -- started Clear in 2005 and had been its CEO.
Bril told USA Today that he had left Verifier Identity Pass in March to startr JournalismOnline LLC, a national venture to help newspapers and magazinews collect revenue for online content. Brill told USA Today that he was surprisesd the company could not reach an agreementwith creditors. The privated company was funded byLockheed Martin, , , and several venture-capital firms, USA Today said. The service at its peak had aboug 250,000 members and operated at 18 USAToday reported. The service was marketed as a way for frequen fliers to get through airport security linesz more rapidly by having their identities checkedcin advance.
Members first had their fingerprints taken and iris images A background check was also Members were then given a Clear pass giving them access to a special security lane at18 airports, includingg SFO. Clear reportedly spenyt $2 million in startup costs at Denver’ airport. Denver-based signed a marketing deal with clear in Januargy 2008 under whichthe airline’s top tier of frequent-flierd program members were offered a one-year Clear membership. A competing service -- FLO Card -- operatesw at several airports.
Such fast-lane services were created undeer the TransportationSecurity Administration’s post-9/11 “registered traveler” program, whicnh allowed private companies to screen fliers and set up reserved securitu lines at airports. But TSA still required registered travelers to go through its regulad securityscreening procedures. Clear provides “no real customer convenience orsecurity benefit,” Davidc Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transportf Association, told USA Today. The ATA, an airline trade had opposedthe registered-travelerd program.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
LionForce earns
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is the homebuilder. This designation meane that the home has been built tobe energy-- and water resource-efficient as well as healtht for occupants. LEED-rated homes must undergo a technicallyh rigorous process that includes a home energu ratingand on-site The house is locatedf off of Trumbo Road in San LionForce has built three local homes that have been certified usingv LEED. But this is the company’ss first to achieve Gold certification. “We use LEED parameterz to direct all of our design saysGreg Edwards, LionForce’s vice presidentg of construction.
“We built the (Trumbo Road) home usingv our integrated approach, and the LEED Gold Certificatiomn validates our belief that a green home can be affordable to theaveragr American.” Some of the home’sw design features include a wall-panel system made from lighft gauge steel and expanded polystyrene and a rainwate r catchment system that collects 70 percent of the runofrf from the roof to be used for irrigation. LionForcwe is a San Antonio-based compant that designs andbuilds energy-efficient and LEED-rating homes. The company was formedr in 2005. Web site: www.lionforcesystems.
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is the homebuilder. This designation meane that the home has been built tobe energy-- and water resource-efficient as well as healtht for occupants. LEED-rated homes must undergo a technicallyh rigorous process that includes a home energu ratingand on-site The house is locatedf off of Trumbo Road in San LionForce has built three local homes that have been certified usingv LEED. But this is the company’ss first to achieve Gold certification. “We use LEED parameterz to direct all of our design saysGreg Edwards, LionForce’s vice presidentg of construction.
“We built the (Trumbo Road) home usingv our integrated approach, and the LEED Gold Certificatiomn validates our belief that a green home can be affordable to theaveragr American.” Some of the home’sw design features include a wall-panel system made from lighft gauge steel and expanded polystyrene and a rainwate r catchment system that collects 70 percent of the runofrf from the roof to be used for irrigation. LionForcwe is a San Antonio-based compant that designs andbuilds energy-efficient and LEED-rating homes. The company was formedr in 2005. Web site: www.lionforcesystems.
com
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Mysterious blast kills soldier - DAWN.com
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The Nation, Pakistan | Mysterious blast kills soldier DAWN.com ISLAMABAD, July 11: A mysterious blast in a Pakistan Army ammunition store on the outskirts of Islamabad on Monday morning killed one soldier and injured three others. A crisp, two-sentence statement by the ... Accidental blast kills soldier at arms depot in Sihala Pakistan: US drone kills 12 suspected militants One killed, three injured in Army's ammo store blast |
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Critical Update for Windows 7 Coming Tuesday - PCWorld
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TechSpot | Critical Update for Windows 7 Coming Tuesday PCWorld Microsoft predicts that we will see a meager four security bulletins next week, but don't let the sm » |
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Obama seeks broad deal on entitlements, tax code in debt talks - Los Angeles Times
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CTV.ca | Obama seeks broad deal on entitlements, tax code in debt talks Los Angeles Times As congressional leaders meet at the White House for debt talks Thursday, President Obama will seek broad changes to Social Security, Medicare and a commitment to overhaul the nation's tax code in a bold push for a $4-trillion package ... Washington Day Ahead: Obama Seeks Revenue as Debt Talks Resume Obama Seeks to Reopen Budget Talks 'US seeks to avoid debt default' |
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Yayasan Budi Luhur Gelar Kompetisi Olahraga - Pos Metro Balikpapan
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Yayasan Budi Luhur Gelar Kompetisi Olahraga Pos Metro Balikpapan DALAM rangka menyambut hari ulang tahun (HUT) ke-66 Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia, Yayasan Budi Luhur Kota Balikpapan menggelar Kompetisi Olahraga yang diikuti 4 Paguyuban dan Yayasan Tionghoa di Balikpapan Sport Center (BSC), mulai Jumat (1/7) hingga ... |
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Sutter Health
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The latest accusation comes from the CaliforniaNursex Association, which said that Sutte r is shifting resources from low-incomew areas to wealthier ones, pursuing a businessd model that attracts “fewer but more affluent patients to upscalse health destinations.” The charge is likely to complicate efforts by which has long had a fraughtt relationship with the CNA and otheer unions, from gaining San Francisco’s approvalo for ’s proposed $1.7 billion facility on Cathedral Hill.
Tom Ammiano, the Democragt representing San Francisco’s 13th Assemblt District, noted that the San Francisco Boarcd ofSupervisors (on which Ammianoi served) censured Sutter for alleged redlininvg in May 2008. “It concernxs me to hear of Sutte engaging in similar business practices elsewheree inthe region,” Ammiano said June 8, accusingt it of “closing down facilities that servr low-income people, for the purposes of increasing profit.” He said Suttert opponents have considerable leverage, especially in San Francisco, where the hospital plan is subject to revieq by the Board of Supervisors, and predicted it could face significan t opposition.
Sutter angrily denied the charge. Senior spokesman Bill Gleesonsaid “a look at the list of communitiesa where Sutter Health has a — including San Francisco’s South of Market/Mission Districy area, Oakland, Vallejo, Crescent City, Lakeporyt and Los Banos — showsa it serves diverse populations. And its charity care investment ofroughluy $2 million per week last year “isx illustrative of the demographics of the communitiea we serve.” California Pacific Medical Center’s Cynthia Chiarappa also blasted as “not CNA’s charge that CPMC is engaging in medica redlining by planning to downsizer its St.
Luke’s Hospitall in the Mission district and builda 555-bed new hospital at Gearyu Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue. California Pacific’as plans involve a well-reasoned strategyy to shift much care to outpatient settingas while sending the sickest patientes to aspecialty hospital, Chiarappa said. Opponentds say it’s unrealistic to expect Missio districtresidents “to schlep to Cathedral in Ammiano’s words, a yet-to-be-built hospitap foreign to their cultural landscape.
The redlininy charges came to the fore at a May 19 meetingy of the San FranciscoHealth Commission, whichh governs the city’s Department of Public The consultancy, hired by DPH to reviewa California Pacific’s institutional master plan, outlinedd CPMC’s plans to consolidate most of its acuts care in the city at the new Cathedral Hill and to rebuild a smalled version of St. Luke’s.
About 150 community members and advocates attendedx theacrimonious session, which one insider called “aq shot across the bow,” indicatingb that many community groups in San Francisco aren’t satisfiefd that CPMC and Sutter “arre doing their part to continue with nonprofiy status” and are likely to try to providwe a stumbling block to the Cathedral Hill new Sutter has been making plans to avoid operatint hospitals in low-income areas for at leas t nine or 10 years, said Jim Ryder, CNA’w Northern California collective bargaining director.
Now, says CNA, thosw plans are coming to fruition, including moves or allegedd efforts to downsize or ultimatelyeliminate St. Luke’s; downsiz e and ultimately tear down and sell the Herrick campudsin Berkeley, part of the three-campus ; transfert to Alameda County; relocate and rebuilr a downsized version of Suttet Santa Rosa, where it treats many low-incomer residents under a complicated agreement with Sonomz County; build a new $550 million hospital and medical campusd in upscale San Carlos, and fund huge new or rebuily hospitals in downtown San Francisco, Oakland and Castrl Valley that the union claims will primarilgy cater to upscale Wanda Jones, president of San Francisco’s , said criticx like CNA “conveniently forget” that bond issues by nonprofit systemzs like Sutter, or must gain the support of lenders, who requirwe in-depth data on the location, local demographics and percentagde of insured residents in the vicinitt before agreeing to sign off on new hospita bonds.
There’s “a term sheet, it’s due diligence … and it’s the bond lenders who determinw who getsthe money.”
The latest accusation comes from the CaliforniaNursex Association, which said that Sutte r is shifting resources from low-incomew areas to wealthier ones, pursuing a businessd model that attracts “fewer but more affluent patients to upscalse health destinations.” The charge is likely to complicate efforts by which has long had a fraughtt relationship with the CNA and otheer unions, from gaining San Francisco’s approvalo for ’s proposed $1.7 billion facility on Cathedral Hill.
Tom Ammiano, the Democragt representing San Francisco’s 13th Assemblt District, noted that the San Francisco Boarcd ofSupervisors (on which Ammianoi served) censured Sutter for alleged redlininvg in May 2008. “It concernxs me to hear of Sutte engaging in similar business practices elsewheree inthe region,” Ammiano said June 8, accusingt it of “closing down facilities that servr low-income people, for the purposes of increasing profit.” He said Suttert opponents have considerable leverage, especially in San Francisco, where the hospital plan is subject to revieq by the Board of Supervisors, and predicted it could face significan t opposition.
Sutter angrily denied the charge. Senior spokesman Bill Gleesonsaid “a look at the list of communitiesa where Sutter Health has a — including San Francisco’s South of Market/Mission Districy area, Oakland, Vallejo, Crescent City, Lakeporyt and Los Banos — showsa it serves diverse populations. And its charity care investment ofroughluy $2 million per week last year “isx illustrative of the demographics of the communitiea we serve.” California Pacific Medical Center’s Cynthia Chiarappa also blasted as “not CNA’s charge that CPMC is engaging in medica redlining by planning to downsizer its St.
Luke’s Hospitall in the Mission district and builda 555-bed new hospital at Gearyu Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue. California Pacific’as plans involve a well-reasoned strategyy to shift much care to outpatient settingas while sending the sickest patientes to aspecialty hospital, Chiarappa said. Opponentds say it’s unrealistic to expect Missio districtresidents “to schlep to Cathedral in Ammiano’s words, a yet-to-be-built hospitap foreign to their cultural landscape.
The redlininy charges came to the fore at a May 19 meetingy of the San FranciscoHealth Commission, whichh governs the city’s Department of Public The consultancy, hired by DPH to reviewa California Pacific’s institutional master plan, outlinedd CPMC’s plans to consolidate most of its acuts care in the city at the new Cathedral Hill and to rebuild a smalled version of St. Luke’s.
About 150 community members and advocates attendedx theacrimonious session, which one insider called “aq shot across the bow,” indicatingb that many community groups in San Francisco aren’t satisfiefd that CPMC and Sutter “arre doing their part to continue with nonprofiy status” and are likely to try to providwe a stumbling block to the Cathedral Hill new Sutter has been making plans to avoid operatint hospitals in low-income areas for at leas t nine or 10 years, said Jim Ryder, CNA’w Northern California collective bargaining director.
Now, says CNA, thosw plans are coming to fruition, including moves or allegedd efforts to downsize or ultimatelyeliminate St. Luke’s; downsiz e and ultimately tear down and sell the Herrick campudsin Berkeley, part of the three-campus ; transfert to Alameda County; relocate and rebuilr a downsized version of Suttet Santa Rosa, where it treats many low-incomer residents under a complicated agreement with Sonomz County; build a new $550 million hospital and medical campusd in upscale San Carlos, and fund huge new or rebuily hospitals in downtown San Francisco, Oakland and Castrl Valley that the union claims will primarilgy cater to upscale Wanda Jones, president of San Francisco’s , said criticx like CNA “conveniently forget” that bond issues by nonprofit systemzs like Sutter, or must gain the support of lenders, who requirwe in-depth data on the location, local demographics and percentagde of insured residents in the vicinitt before agreeing to sign off on new hospita bonds.
There’s “a term sheet, it’s due diligence … and it’s the bond lenders who determinw who getsthe money.”
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