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CPMC provides little charity care despite huge profits
A new study has found that the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), an affiliate of nonprofit Sutter Health, provides far less charity care per paying patient than other hospitals in San Francisco even as it makes by far the most in profits, highlighting an issue that many city officials have raised as CPMC seeks permission to build a high-end new hospital on Cathedral Hill.
The study by UC Hastings College of Law is called "Profits & Patients: the Financial Strength and Charitable Contributions of San Francisco Hospitals," and the Guardian reviewed an advance copy before its official release this Thursday. It compares CPMC's hospitals with St. Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center (both are Catholic Healthcare West facilities), and Chinese Hospital.
"Mainly due to Sutter Health's plan to alter its current hospital structure within San Francisco, the provision of community health benefits by San Francisco hospitals is now a major issue before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors," the report reads.
Even before that project, CPMC/Sutter is the dominant health provider in town, and by far the most profitable. Between 2006-2010, the report says the company made $743.9 million in profits from its San Francisco operations, compared to St. Mary's $22.6 million in profits and the $14.8 million loss by St. Francis.
CPMC runs four of the largest hospitals in the city – St. Luke's Hospital and CPMC's Davies, California, and Pacific campuses – behind only San Francisco General Hospital, the city-run facility that does by far the most charity care. But while the other hospitals in the study are smaller, with much less staffed bed counts, they still manage to see the same or more charity care patients than CPMC.
For example, from the report, Saint Francis has 150 staffed beds and sees approximately 31 charity care patients per bed per year. CPMC has 514 staffed beds and sees only 14 patients per bed per year. "In 2010, CPMC's three oldest campuses (Davies, California, and Pacific campuses) saw charity care patients at a patients per bed rate less than half that of Saint Francis, despite being more than 3 times the size of Saint Francis and having significantly greater financial stability," read the report.
St. Mary's and Chinese Hospital also see approximately 13 charity care patients per year per staffed bed, and their staffed beds are 160 for St. Mary's and 31 for Chinese Hospital. If CPMC has so many more staffed beds, why aren't their charity counts any higher than a hospital with only 31 beds to their 514 beds?
Hastings Professor Mark Aaronson, who put together the study, said that charity care is supposed to be at least 3 percent, the minimum expectation for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. CPMC's is closer to 1 percent.
Why is it so low? If you ask CPMC, it's not. "It depends on how you calculate it," said CPMC spokesperson Kevin McCormack. "As a dollar amount, we give more in charity care than any other hospital expect for General Hospital."
Well, obviously. CPMC is a massive conglomerate that has four campuses to maintain and put money into to have the beds and staff available. Having so much more space than any other hospital, they would have to put in more as a dollar amount just to sustain those campuses.
Given that CPMC is a non-profit organization, where does that extra few tens of millions of dollars go? Well, some of it goes to hire the huge team of consultants and lobbyists who are now trying to win approval for the Cathedral Hill project. But McCormack said it also gets absorbed into CPMC operations.
"It goes back into the system itself," said McCormack. "It goes back into the hospital, into salaries, building new facilities, repairing old ones."
Even so, the report shows CPMC to be in a different category than other hospitals when it comes to supporting San Francisco's full population. It also found that the profits extracted from San Francisco's hospital subsidize the whole chain, a situation that will only become more pronounced as it builds a hospital at Cathedral Hill that seeks to draw patients from around the country.
"CPMC-St. Luke's is not only the most profitable hospital in San Francisco, but it is also the most profitable hospital in the Sutter Health statewide network. Out of twenty-one hospital groups within the Sutter Health network, CPMC/St.Luke's brought in nearly one quarter of Sutter Health's average net income over the last five years," the report reads.
The report was prepared for the Good Neighbor Coalition, Coalition for Health Planning -- San Francisco, and Jobs with Justice. The official public release of "Profits & Patients" will be at 11 am on Thursday, Dec. 8, at the UC Hastings College of the Law, 100 McAllister St., Room 300, San Francisco.
Steven T. Jones contributed to this report.
Isn't CPMC being asked to pay a billion some odd dollars to affordable housing, transit and community programs in exchange for their new development projects?
They should be paying 40 billion dollars! The van ness facility will only be for wealthy out of towners.
By wealthy, you mean people who actually have insurance and pay their medical bills?
never commit crime or draw on city services or welfare.
Why would we want people like that? We're trying to build a city for losers here.
and government shakes down corporations - it's all a giant shake down.
Unfortunately none of it shakes down to the average person.
While it's true that corporate money doesn't shake down to the average person, that's not true with local government, which has a core mission to provide services and infrastructure for the average person.
Not the average citizen. Corporate shake downs profit shareholders and CEOs - not the average citizen. They're both shake downs for special interests. No one's shaking down either for the benefit of the middle class.
It's not accurate to suggest that city government provides services to the average person - most people feel estranged from city government due to its focus on the poor, undocumented, homeless and drug addicts and aiming services towards them. A focus on the dwindling middle class in this city would be welcome for many of us.
Like President Obama gave his speech on today. The dwindling middle class in San Francisco is the crisis.
So you don't use the roads or the sewer or water systems? Parks aren't really your thing? You think San Francisco would function without a public transit system? I hope you're never the victim of a fire or crime. I know the anti-government attitude in some people is fairly unshakeable, but you're delusional if you really think that local government exists mostly to serve the poor or the nonprofits that deliver them services, which is a small part of the city's budget. But even then, are you really so heartless that you want to live in a society that completely neglects the poor? If so, you'll be needing those police services even more than you think.
from public safety (which is a vital and legitimate role of local government) most of the rest of what the City provides is optional, or at least could be done better and cheaper by the private sector.
Street repairs and local transit could certainly be private and is in some cities.
Sewer and water is private in most cities just like other utilities.
That just leaves the poverty pimps and various other "social engineering" services and subsidies" that many feel should be given over to chairities and volunteers to help fix the massive budget deficit.
The focus should be on public safety, and alternte options considered for all other services.
That's just crazy. There are no major U.S. cities that I know of that have private water, or fully private transit. It doesn't work. You want private parks? You want private street repairs? Who's going to pay for it?
It's more a matter of who is cheaper and more efficient. Even prisons are often run privately. While there are several quoted water companies providing water services to localities.
So you want to privatize everything? That's just nuts and we're just not ceding San Francisco to those sorts of right-wing ideologues. Contrary to your claim, most big cities don't have private water and sewer systems, nor are the transportation and other basic services private. There are things that we need government for, things few of us would trust the private sector to do well and honestly. In addition to the things I already mentioned, do you really want to get rid of the building and health inspectors and just trust capitalists to keep us all safe? And when they don't, wouldn't it be nice to have a court system to hold them accountable?
Honestly, I just don't understand why you believe the private sector is somehow inherently better than the public sector. Our health care system is private and we have some of the highest rates of infant mortality and other bad outcomes in the industrialized world. Sure, it's great if you're rich, as with much of what corporations offer, but not so good for the vast majority of citizens. Why you conservatives seem so intent on dragging this country back into Third World status is really a mystery to me, unless it's the cheap labor and aggressive police state that you're seeking, which doesn't sound so far off from the truth to me.
Personally, I prefer civilized, modern society, in which we feel some obligation to one another and the government plays a role in making sure people are playing by the rules and that nobody faces unnecessary suffering or hardship. You know, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Remember that concept?
or routine street repairs. And I definitely do not want privatized mass transit. The city already outsources major construction projects, which is fine with me.
The profit motive is not always the single most important factor, especially when considering city services. I have a major problem with the city selling off its assets to private equity groups, like Chicago has done with its parking meters. The end result? The company which owns them extended paid parking to 24 hours and jacked up the prices 10x what they were before.
What matters is which is cheaper. If the private sector does it cheaper, then we have an affirmative fiduciary responsibility to outsource.
The one exception is fire and police. I don't believe they can be privatized. But for everything else, I can point you to a city where the private sector does it instead of overpaid municipal workers.
Because as a resident, homeowner and taxpayer here I have a say in what the city does and to whom it sells its assets. And you err when you say "WE have an ultimate fiduciary responsibility." Wrong - YOU feel the city has an ultimate fiduciary responsibility but not everyone else does and you don't set city policy. And SF voters aren't going to vote to sell of city assets at fire sale prices to private equity groups like other cities have done.
It was me who originally wrote the comment about city shakedowns vs. corporate shakedowns and now your extremism is making me understand how gently expressed concerns about government can be twisted to suit a radically pro-corporate agenda - which was never my intent.
That's the limit of your power.
You have private electricity, gas, phone and trash. Why is water any different?
water system which provides H2O in SF - which supplies large quantities of clean water at a relatively cheap price. More than a hundred years of public investment have gone into building a superb water supply system for SF. There is ONE set of pipes, ONE series of reservoirs. A private entity over these public assets, operating on the basis of profit, is a monopoly much like PGE - you take their service at the price they want to supply it or you disconnect from the grid. At least the city operates the water supply system for the good of the public - the public it serves, NOT shareholders and CEOs ensconced some place far away.
Water is a public good - not a private good.
doesn't make any difference who provides it. But I'd always trust a private supplier over a bunch of bureaucrats.
The "Penny Medical" is quite popular in California and New York. For example it offers the low income health plan. Also offers health insurance for individual with pre-exisiting conditions.
They don't have to give anything, so why is giving less than some others a problem?
No, hospital corporations -- particularly nonprofits like CPMC -- have always been expected to provide charity care. And since the Charity Care and Discount Payment Act of 2006 (AB 774), California hospitals have been required to explicitly state and advertise their policies for providing charity and discounted payments.
But the broader issue is also important, and one we've forgotten. Corporations are allowed to operate under public charters, ostensibly because they provide some public good. Those charters could and should be revoked (although they rarely are) when corporations act contrary to the public good. Or, in this case, we could simply deny Sutter/CPMC the approval and permits they seek to build a hospital that caters to the rich unless they agree in writing to increase their charity care. Why should we allow this out-of-town corporation, which uses deceptive claims to nonprofit status to avoid paying taxes, to extract ever more tens of millions of dollars from our community while it refuses to care for our residents and instead sticks city taxpayers with that bill?
It's time to start making demands on these corporations instead of begging for their charity.
that it is obligatory. If it's mandatory then it's not charity, it's taxation.
So the amount of charity that any private person or group donates is entirely optional and discretionary.
Punishing an entity because they elect not to do something voluntarily is repugnant. and I wouldn't blame them if they built their new hospital just outside the city limits, just like so many businesses and stores do - because they are sick of over-regulation, high taxes and the petty politics of envy.
Guest, corporate hospital chains who are tax exempt are expected to provide charity care, and 3% seems quiet modest. Otherwise, why would any corporation pay taxes? Better to claim not-for-profit, pay no taxes, and contribute next to nothing in charity care. I am the 99% Guest, and your 'logic' sounds too much like an argument from the top wealthiest 1%.
Charity is voluntary, otherwise it is called something else.
If you want to raise taxes on corporations, then put that on the ballot, and watch it lose.
As I wrote earlier, corporate hospital chains who are tax exempt are expected to provide charity care, and 3% seems quiet modest. Otherwise, why would any corporation pay taxes? Better to claim not-for-profit, pay no taxes, and contribute next to nothing in charity care. I am the 99%, and some of the 'logic' I read here sounds too much like an argument from the top wealthiest 1%.
And remember that a non-profit cannot deduct charity from it's taxes.
It's none of your or my business how much or how little they give to charity.
Moreover, I'm sure some patients don't pay their hospital bills, which is simply charity in a different form.
Actually bad debt is not considered charity. Let us put it this way. If CPMC where not a not-for-profit, and paid taxes like every other for profit in SF the tax gains for SF alone would outstrip the meager 3%. And really, you are confusing donation with charity obligation.
.... it's pretty easy to obfuscate how much goes to charity. In 2007 I received excellent care at CPMC Pacific, that saw me with two emergency room visits, the second of which resulted in admitting me to the hospital for surgery. Two endoscopic procedures, and a surgery later, the bill for four nights totaled over $120,000.00, including one line-item $3,800 charge for 'obstetrics/other', which I found odd since I am a male patient.
To be fair, that last charge was likely for an ultrasound examination that lasted about fifteen minutes. What this medical odyssey further revealed was how in-cahoots these billing practices extend to health insurance costs. My Blue Shield individual policy marketed under the moniker 'Spectrum 1500' was a plan that would equate to my outlay of three times that, or $4,500 out of pocket, since 1500 refers to deductible, and another 1500 for co-pay, and another 1500 for co-insurance before all costs were covered.
I couldn't help but feel that the numbers on the invoices are inflated on purpose, to rack up huge billing dollars. Whether the hospital gives 1% or 3% of their care to charity, these percentages seem miniscule compared to the 97% or 99% that goes towards net revenue and ultimately profits.
It was no coincidence that I was processed into the E/R ahead of the only other patient in the waiting room, at 4am when I arrived. He was obviously homeless and suffering, too. I had insurance, and he likely didn't. They didn't seem in any rush to see him.
For an unbiased report check out San Francisco Hospitals Charity Care Reprort FY2010, produced by the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
If that makes you happy... But where do you think this "biased" report got its facts? You guessed it, the SF Charity Care Report.
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The majority of residents are currently using individual Title 5 septic systems while a smaller group is hooked up to the municipal wastewater system. The majority of the municipal wastewater that's collected in Norton is sent to the Mansfield Wastewater Treatment Facility, which is actually located at the intersection of Crane and Hill Street in Norton. Some are connected to the Taunton Wastewater Treatment Facility. There is also a treatment plant at Norton Middle School, which Norton High and Yelle School were recently connected to.
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The Mansfield treatment plant limits the capacity to 250,000 gallons per day, which isn't consistent with the measured flow into the plant. A negotiation of a legal settlement will make sure the flow is measured when the facility is expanded, which will free up additional capacity.
Current town-owned wastewater capacity is about 296,900 gallons per day. Norton utilizes approximately 205,000 gallons per day. The problem lies within future flows and town growth.
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The proposed plan also includes five areas of priority needs in terms of future wastewater flow. They were prioritized by soil suitability for on-site systems, proximity to natural resources, lot size and density of development, history of on-site performance and economic factors. Altogether they have an estimated wastewater flow of 191,900 gallons per day. Other future connections or extensions include Daggett Crandall Newcomb Home, L. G. Nourse Elementary School, Keith Drive and Keene Way and Route 123 to E. Main Street. These areas are estimated to produce 13,700 gallons of wastewater per day.
Wheaton College is not currently tied in with the town's system. However, their permit is up for renewal and they are considering the change. While their current average daily flow is 80,000 gallons per day, the college has an available capacity of 120,000 gallons of wastewater per day which they would like to keep open in case of future growth.
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The total projected wastewater need is 405,500 gallons per day. The recommended plan includes a projected wastewater capacity of 460,000 gallons per day.
"This isn't just a couple of years in the making," said Steve Pedersen, senior associate of Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc. "This is a couple of decades worth of planning at this point. There's a lot of history behind it."
In the 1970s, Norton, Mansfield and Foxborough tried to build a regional sewage treatment plant on the property located next to Norton Animal Shelter and Nine Lives. Foxborough and Norton backed out of the agreement, and Mansfield took the land by eminent domain. Mansfield proceeded to build the plant, which Norton has limited use of.
The plant has since been declared undersized, and a plan to expand it is in the works. In the meantime, Norton is once again trying to hammer out an agreement with Mansfield and Foxborough for a regional plan.
The total construction cost of the needs area sewer extensions is estimated at $30.4M. Norton's share of the expansion for the Mansfield Wastewater Treatment Facility is an additional $7.5M.
"This is very conceptual, but we need costs to look into financing options," Pedersen said. He also added that this estimate is conservative.
The next step in this project is to examine financing options for the recommended plan.
"It comes down to fairness and affordability. If the commission wants to get this passed, they are going to have to come up with costs that work," Pedersen said. "It's typically a combination of taxpayer dollars and betterments that are going to get it done."
The time frame of this project is still up in the air, as it is dependent on the Mansfield Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion and upgrade. Weston & Sampson says the plant could be finished around fiscal year 2017-18.
"The rest of the extensions really can't be done until the plant is expanded," said Fran Yanuskiewicz, senior vice president of the engineering company.
"Best case scenario is that it could take 10 to 12 years," said Steven Wiseman. However, Pedersen called this a 20 year plan.
The plan will be finalized by Dec. 31. A public hearing on the project will be held after Jan. 1, 2013.

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For visitors hoping to see something new this season at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, "patience" will be the key word.
The season at the famed volcano began last weekend with the opening of Johnston Ridge Observatory.
At the end of state Route 504, the observatory sits in the middle of the blast zone from the 1980 eruption and is the closest visitor center to the crater.
Visitors to the observatory can take in the stunning views of the volcano, view interpretive displays, watch multiple films, listen to a ranger program take a hike and purchase souvenirs. The center is typically open until early October.
"It's always great when visitors can once again come out after winter to marvel at the volcano from just 5 miles away at Johnston Ridge," monument manager Tom Mulder said.
The biggest addition to the monument this year will be the completion of the Volcano View Trail near Ape Cave on the south side of the volcano.
"We are working on the finishing touches of the Volcano View Trail, about a mile-long family friendly trail." Mulder said. "We're hoping we'll see that open in July."
Monument staff has been working with volunteers from the Washington Trails Association to build the trail. It will lead from the Ape Cave parking lot to a viewpoint.
"You used to be able to see the volcano from Ape Cave, but the trees have grown up. You can't tell a volcano is there now," Mulder said.
The plan to complete the trail by last October was stymied by a late-September storm and the federal government shutdown in October.
The trails group has multiple work parties planned this year to complete the bottom section of trail leading from the parking lot, including one work party May 31-June 1. To learn how to participate, go to wta.org.
The other major work will take place on the east side of the volcano. The monument will begin a $700,000 project to build a new, but smaller interpretive building at Cascade Peaks Interpretive Site on Forest Service Road 99.
"We are removing the old building and will start the construction on a smaller, more energy efficient building. We'll have interpretive displays, a retail space and potentially food," Mulder said. "Construction on that will begin as soon as the snow lets us in there."
The nearly 900-square-foot building will replace a triple-wide modular building that has seen better days.
"The old triple-wide was showing its age. Rather than spend money trying to refurbish it, we decided to go with a new building," the monument manager said.
The new concrete and wood structure also will be more visible to travels coming up Road 99. The old structure, Mulder said, was hard to see amid the trees.
Another emphasis will be on programming at the various sites around the monument, especially the Mount St. Helens Science and Learning Center at Coldwater.
Last year, the monument created the learning center, open to the public on weekends, after rehabbing the former Coldwater Visitor Center.
The center is used mostly for programs run by the Mount St. Helens Institute. It also is available for meetings and school programs.
"It went very well. It was a slow increase in the programming," Mulder said of the learning center's first season.
The monument also has received a good response to its Junior Ranger program.
The monument offers three or four programs every day in the amphitheater at Johnston Ridge.
"It's really hands-on. The parents can sit and watch from the amphitheater, while we involve the kids in experiments so kids can learn about volcanoes and tectonic plates," Mulder said.
Also continuing this season will be Music on the Mountain, a series of summer concerts at the Johnston Ridge amphitheater. The bands scheduled to play this season are Science on June 28, Cody Beebe and the Crooks on July 26, and Daniel Kirkpatrick and the Bayonets on Aug. 30.
The concert series proved to be popular, Mulder said. He said attendance last summer, its first season, was about 300 people.
"Officially the seating in the amphitheater is 200, but we would have 300, with people sitting on all the walls and on the hillside," Mulder said. "If there is this much demand, what else should we be adding to the venue, both in terms of seating and programming?"
The concerts are 6:30-8:30 p.m. and are free. For more information, go to facebook.com/MusicOnTheMnt.
Also on the calendar is Arts of the Mountain. This community art event isJune 28-29 at the Mount St. Helens Science and Learning Center at Coldwater. For more information, go to facebook.com/artsofthemountain.
Johnston Ridge Observatory
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. seven days a week.
Admission: $8 per person for ages 16 and older. Free admission days will be May 18, June 7 and 14 and Sept. 27.
Passes: There are multiple passes honored at Johnston Ridge Observatory. The federal interagency pass, once known as the America the Beautiful pass, allows the passholder and three immediate family members into the center. A Northwest Forest Pass, however, gets just the holder in.
Of note: The Mount St. Helens Science and Learning Center at Coldwater will be open to the public 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free. Learn more about the programs offered by the Mount St. Helens Institute at mshinstitute.org.
Information: Call the observatory at 360-274-2140 or go to fs.usda.gov/mountsthelens. You can call monument headquarters at 360-449-7800.Jeffrey P. Mayor: 253-597-8640 email@example.com thenewstribune.com/outdoors


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Mendes takes us on a ride that is hopeful and a sweetly refreshing break from a lot of the other offerings at the box office this Summer. Photo courtesy of Focus Features 1 / 8 No. 7: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Do I think Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the best Harry movie ever? No, I don't. But a Summer with a Harry Potter movie is better than a Summer with no Harry Potter at all. It's on my list of favorites mostly because these characters are some of my favorites in general. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. 2 / 8 No. 6: Inglourious Basterds What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The trailers for Inglourious Basterds sold this movie short. There was a lot more to it — including some outstanding performances from Christopher Waltz, Melanie Laurent, and Diane Kruger. 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Have these factors all brought the New England Patriots right back to 2006 again? And should Tom Brady, at 36, fear for his health and well-being?
Thursday night's pounding in the one exhibition game that is supposed to matter — Week 3 — has to have the Pats second-guessing themselves at least a little.
Certainly, they aren't the Jets, or the Bills or Dolphins for that matter. New England remains light years ahead of the AFC East "competition."
But after all the movement, all the picks, all the talk of an athletically superior defense and a surgically precise offense piloted by Brady, this team looks a lot like the one the Baltimore Ravens picked apart last winter, and the one the Giants have overwhelmed twice on the game's grandest stage.
The Detroit Lions, winners of absolutely nothing in their recent history, drove that point home successfully Thursday night.
Ndamukong Suh, Nick Fairley and their thuggish defensive front left the Patriots' first offensive line delirious as they ravaged Brady and pillaged the Pats' backfield.
Just 13 days from the Sept. 9 season opener, New England's right side of the offensive line shows some serious deficiencies. Sebastian Vollmer and veteran Will Svitek got the start over there on Thursday night.
Vollmer has shown little this summer to assure anyone that his back issues from the past two years are behind him. And Svitek, a starter of 10 games in his previous seven pro seasons, has done plenty to show why the Chiefs and Falcons used him sparingly before moving on.
In addition, Ryan Wendell struggled at center.
What is most scary? The anchors of this line, left-side first-round picks Logan Mankins and Nate Solder, have taken on Red Sox-esque tendencies.
That is, they are bullies, beating up the weaker sisters, but nowhere to be found when Brady is extricating himself from the carnage from another Jason Jones mugging.
And the line is merely the first issue for this offense. We brought up 2006 for a reason here.
This receiver corps looks a lot like that crew from the Doug Gabriel, Reche Caldwell Era. Fortunately, these Pats are young.
Undrafted Kenbrell Thompkins proved he could beat the mediocre press coverage provided by Lions' Chris Houston. That was a positive. There were also times when fellow rookie Aaron Dobson looked like a pinball in traffic.
Brady had no security blanket with Danny Amendola out with an undisclosed injury. Considering his track record — missing 20 of 32 games with injuries the last two seasons — will we spend the bulk of the time this season seeing Brady hold the ball too long with nobody open before:
1. He forces one into traffic for a pick.
Or ...
2. He gets blindsided for a vicious sack.
Both scenarios played out in Detroit.
The call has been in this corner since before 2006. Tom Brady is a once-in-a-lifetime commodity. Bill Belichick's top priority is to feed Brady with the best weapons, surround him with superior talent at all times.
You have to wonder again, like in 2006, if this football team has done that. If that was the case, wouldn't Wes Welker still be here?
And wouldn't this team have made more serious runs at bigtime receivers that had become available?
Bad luck or bad decisions — a la counting on a clown like Aaron Hernandez — has left the Patriots offensive margin for error extremely thin. Remember, that Brady window is closing. This is the time to replenish his weapons, to re-stock up front, too.
With Amendola for Welker and a handful of unproven rookies for Lloyd and Hernandez, the Patriots have taken major steps backward on offense.
All the work put into this defense was absolutely warranted. I mean, there are top picks at every turn out there right now. And, at least on paper, this unit should finally be decent enough to keep this team in games when the offense sputters.
But there is no life after Brady yet, here in Patriots country. This comes from the guy (me) who called to trade him away in the offseason to re-stock this franchise and look ahead.
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After all, he was a world champion around the age of 13. Drury pitched Trumbull, Conn., to a Little League World Series title in 1989. That led to him throwing out the first pitch before Game Two of the 1989 World Series, and a meeting with President George Bush.
Drury went from there to a hockey career, starting at Boston University. He had been drafted by the Quebec Nordiques. The forward won the Hobey Baker Trophy in 1998.
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Jessi Wiedemann (Palatine, Ill./Fremd) recorded a career-high 17 points Tuesday, but the Coyotes shot 58% from the field as they claimed an 81-70 victory at the ARC.
The game started with a stellar shooting display from both teams as Valpo made its first four shots and South Dakota opened 5-for-5. Senior Charae Richardson (Lafayette, Ind./Jefferson [Vincennes]) provided the Crusaders with their first six points for the second game in a row as she drained a pair of treys. Wiedemann followed suit with a three of her own before Abby Dean (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) registered four of her 15 points. The Brown and Gold held an 18-13 lead after six minutes of play.
The two teams traded leads for the next ten minutes as neither squad could build an advantage greater than four. South Dakota finally pulled ahead by nine with 1:30 to go in the opening half on a second-chance three-pointer from Madeleine White. The Coyotes led 43-36 at the break.
The Crusaders assembled a 6-0 run right out of the locker room to slice the deficit to one. South Dakota responded with a 10-2 run of its own. Lisa Loeffler scored six of her eight points during the three-and-a-half minute rush that put the visitors back ahead by nine.
Valpo kept it to a single-digit game until the final two minutes when South Dakota put points on the scoreboard on seven consecutive possessions. The Coyotes boasted a 35-25 rebounding advantage as they received 24 bench points.
In just her second game back from a hand injury, Jessica Carr (Arcadia, Ind./Arcadia) dropped in twelve points and dished out four assists.
Richardson ended the day with 13 points while Dean shot 5-of-11 from the floor as part of her 15-point afternoon.
The Crusaders finished with four players in double digits for the first time since their 74-50 win over Chicago State at the Toledo Invite. As a team, they sunk a season-high 10 three-pointers. Their 13 turnovers were the second-fewest committed thus far.
Valparaiso (2-10) will close out the non-conference portion of its schedule Saturday when the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (5-5) host the Brown and Gold at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Tipoff is slated for 2:30 pm CT. Links for the live audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com.


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Cold Air Intake Vs Exhaust System
I've had my truck for almost a year now and am looking into doing a mod or two. I was looking to hear some opinions on the benefits of both a Cold Air Intake and an Exhaust System on MPGs and HPs. I'm not looking to have an exhaust system that is extremely loud, just louder than stock (if I go that route). Also, I have heard that CAI can make the engine sound a little louder, is this true? Any comments are welcome.03 Silverado 5.3L 2WD Ext Cab LS, Summit White
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A CAI and a better exhaust will give you an increase in HP and maybe a slight increase in MPG as well. However, don't expect a lot of gains from either upgrade by itself. When you have an intake, an exhaust and other upgrades such as headers or a custom tune all on your truck, you will see much bigger improvements than having just a single upgrade. A CAI might change the engine sound a little but idk.04 ECSB Custom silver & grey, Soft 8's, BFG KO's, ReadyLift Leveling Kit, Hellwig front sway bar, K&N filter, DeeZee EZ-Down, Rhino liner, Alpine CDE103BT, Rockford 6.5's, 12" V.A.T. Hammer Pro in a Subthump box, Alpine PowerPack amp, Hifonics amp, BackRack w/ 55w 5000k HID KC Daylighters, KC light bar with 4 KC Slimlites, UWS toolbox, Shaved Antenna mod, Black Bowtie, LED backup, license plate, dome lights & 3rd brake light
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It all depends on your foot... If you have a heavy one then you will not get better MPG's.. As for a good exhust with low noise Corsa would be a good one to look at.. Also what a lot of people over look if you are going to take your 5000LBS Truck faster look in to better breaks too...08 Z71 Avalanche Mods to date: K&N CAI,Hellwig Swaybars and End Links, Corsa Sport Exhaust, Superchips Programer,IPCW LOF & 3rd brake light and tails, AMI Gas door,Show Hooks and Door locks, Enkei Wheels, with Pirelli tires, StreetScene Bowties, Grant Steering wheel,Muth signal mirrors,SSBC Big Brake kit,Huskyliner Mug gards,Floor mats and Hood shield, McGard Lug nuts and locks, Bedrug, Cervini's Ram Air hood,35watt HID Fog lights, Sylvania bulbs all around ZXE's Highs and Lows, WhiteNight Back up lights,Sirius and HD Radio, SnugTop sitting on deck now Got a Softopper on now,Tempress Boat Hatches.... New Bilstein shocks are on... New Mods coming soon..... X
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Okay would it make more sense to leave the filter and filter box stock and just add a new, larger tube? Would this make the engine run more efficient? If I go this route along with a exhaust system would this improve HP and MPGs?
I just installed a K&N Air Filter and dual exhaust's with a Flowmaster super 40 Series dual in / dual out and i can a good bit of difference from my straight's i had. I plan on installing a x pipe which will help me get a few extra HP and some torque and help the exhaust flow more evenly. I believe this will help some also and i will buy header's later on down the road but these mod's together you will see a difference...
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If you look at the sticky about CAI you will see that the stock air intake with just a k&n drop in filter performed about as good as all the other expensive CAI kits. Therefore reasonable deduction will tell you that basically a Airaid MIT or something similar will give you equal performance at a fraction of the cost. The Airaid MIT does make more noise than stock, but only when you are into the throttle heavy. At cruise I hear no more engine noise than with the stock setup.
Now you have air coming in at a greater rate, thus you need to provide a place for it to go. Best solution would be long tube headers and an exhaust system. I am looking into Banks Monster Exhaust as I am going to stick with a 2-1 setup. I am not looking for a noise machine but just a more efficient intake and exhaust process. The more efficient you make it the better HP and MPG you get.
Now my problem is that I like the new growl and the perceived pickup so my gas mileage has actually dropped. I went from 15.2 avg to 15.0 avg and I will say that I am giving it more throttle and goosing it more than I used to. So I will take a hit of only .2 mpg for now and when I get over the newness I'm sure I'll see a slight overall increase in mileage.
Volant CAI and Gibson cat back exhaust, you won't be disappointed.Adam
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12:00pm Monday 19th July 2010 in Foulridge By Jon Livesey, Reporter
CRIMINALS' ill-gotten gains are being used to fund four youth and community projects across Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale.
Almost £50,000 seized from criminals is being shared out between the Rossendale-based Sophie Lancaster Foundation, Fraser Street Youth Club, Burnley, Colne's North Valley Youth Club and Foulridge's Well Restoration scheme.
The cash grants have been awarded from a pot of money seized under the Proceed of Crime Act (POCA) from those who have profited from crime.
The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, set up in memory of the 20 year-old who was killed in a Bacup park in August 2007, by her mum Sylvia, will receive £30,000.
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