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Roll Call: 7:00 p.m.
Ceremonial Matters: In addition to those items listed on the agenda, the Mayor may add additional ceremonial matters.
Comments from the City Manager: The City Manager may make announcements or provide information to the City Council in the form of an oral report. The Council will not take action on such items but may request the City Manager place a report on a future agenda for discussion.
Comments from the Public: A total of thirty (30) minutes is scheduled. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes.
Youth Forum: A total of fifteen (15) minutes is designated to allow youth an opportunity to address the Council. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes.
Council Action: The City Council may take action related to any subject listed on the Agenda.
The Council will consider removal and addition of items to the Consent Calendar prior to voting on the Consent Calendar. All items remaining on the Consent Calendar will be approved in one motion. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be taken up after the "Action Calendar" unless the Council reorders the agenda.
1. Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution From: City Manager Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution reviewing and confirming the continued existence of a local emergency with regard to HIV transmission from use of HIV-infected needles among injection drug users, and authorizing the Director of Public Health to take steps to enable the operation of needle exchange emergency distribution. Contact: Sherry Kelly, City Clerk, 644-6480
2. Minutes for Approval From: City Manager Recommendation: Approve the minutes for Council meetings of: a).October 17, 2000 (regular) and b) October 24 (special). Contact: Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk, 644-6480
3. Vendor Assisted Tobacco Sales (first reading vote: Absent - Woolley)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt second reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 13.62, Sections 13.62.010 B, E and F, Section 13.62.020 G, adding 13.62.020 H, I, J, and K, amending 13.62.050 B, and adding Sections 13.62.035, 13.62.045 and 13.62.070 which would a) require all tobacco products be offered for sale exclusively by means of vendor assistance; b) prohibit the sale or display for sale of any tobacco products by means of self-service rack, counter-top or shelf display that allows self-service sales for any tobacco products; and c) amend title of BMC, Chapter 13.62 from "Tobacco Vending Machines and Free Sampling" to "Vendor Assisted Tobacco Sales, Vending Machines and Free Sampling."
Contact: Fred Medrano, Health and Human Services, 665-6879
4. New Building Codes (first reading vote: Absent - Maio, Woolley, Worthington)
Recommendation: Adopt the following: 1) second reading of an Ordinance repealing the Berkeley Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes and related procedural provisions in BMC Chapters 19.28, 19.30, 19.32 and 19.36 (Ordinance No. 6312-N.S.) and adopting new BMC Chapters 19.28, 19.30, 19.32 and 19.36 and procedural provisions; and 2) second reading of two Ordinances enacting new BMC Chapter 19.76, Regulating the Moving of Buildings, and Chapter 19.80, Minimum Security in the City of Berkeley.
Contact: Wendy Cosin, Planning and Development, 705-8108
5. Contract: Sanitary Sewer Project
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving plans and specifications for the Sanitary Sewer Project located at Blake Street, Parker Street, Spruce Street, Monterey Avenue, Sacramento Street, Alamo Avenue and Halkin Lane; accepting the bid of JSJ Pipeline Company; and authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract and any amendments in an amount not to exceed $976,404, for a period of 240 calendar days.
Contact: Rene Cardinaux, Public Works, 665-3460
6. Grant: Transfer Station Upgrade
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant from the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) in the amount of $726,000 and execute a contract and any amendments with the ACWMA to accept this grant, to be used to construct an expanded tipping area and loading ramp for the storage and shipping of organic waste.
7. Contract: Elevator Accessibility Alterations
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the plans and specifications for the elevator accessibility alterations at Old City Hall, accepting the bid of Empire Elevator Company, and authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract and any amendments in an amount not to exceed $32,400.
8. Contract: Urgent Storm Water Corrective Work
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to McNamara and Smallman Construction, Inc.'s contract in an amount not to exceed $200,000 for urgent storm water corrective work to prevent localized flooding at 444 Vassar, intersection of Euclid and Keith Avenues, intersection of Keith and Shasta Road, near 252 Uplands, intersection of Sacramento and Alcatraz, Carlotta near Hopkins, Shattuck and Allston Way, Menlo Place, and an alternate site at 662 Wildcat Canyon Road (if savings are available), and extend the contract period for an additional sixty days for the storm water work.
9. City Manager Expenditure Authority and Update of Civic Center Project
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution increasing the City Manager's expenditure authority by $550,000 to a new total of $2,350,000 for furniture, fixtures and equipment for the seismic upgrade and renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Building.
10. Alameda County Tobacco Settlement Funds
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution requesting the Alameda County Board of Supervisors allocate a share of the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement funds designated for public health initiatives to the City of Berkeley in proportion to Berkeley's population within Alameda County to support the implementation of public health strategies to expand tobacco control and prevention programs, and develop alcohol and other drug prevention programs for youth; and that the City of Berkeley receive and manage these funds annually.
11. Grant: Nutrition and Physical Activity Promotion
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant in the amount of $31,052 from the California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families, State of California, Department of Health Services, to expand the development and implementation of a nutrition education and physical activity promotion program for low income women, children and adolescents in Berkeley, for the period October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001; and to execute the resultant agreement and any amendments.
12. Application-Agreement: Medicare Coverage
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Application-Agreement for Medicare coverage for certain employees who are members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).
Contact: Ron Brown, Human Resources, 665-7614
13. Side Letter of Agreement with SEIU Local 535
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute and implement a Side Letter of Agreement with Social Services Union/SEIU Local 535 to modify Section 14.5 (Emergency Call Back) and Section 14.6 (Standby Pay) of the Memorandum of Agreement.
14. Subdivision Ordinance Amendments
Recommendation: Adopt first reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 21.16, Subdivisions, by adding Section 21.16.048 to codify existing practice with respect to review and approval of tentative subdivision maps which are required solely in order to permit the establishment of condominiums in newly constructed buildings in which the units which are proposed to be condominiums have never been rented.
Contact: Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, 644-6380
15. Subdivision Ordinance Amendments - Appeal of Planning Commission
Recommendation: Adopt first reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Section 21.16.050 adopting special procedures for certain appeals from decisions concerning subdivision maps.
16. Zoning and Landmarks Ordinance Amendments - Appeal Provision
Recommendation: Adopt first reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Sections 23B.32.050C, 23B.32.060E, and 3.24.300A, adopting special procedures for certain appeals from decisions of the Zoning Adjustments Board and Landmarks Preservation Commission.
17. Landmarks Preservation Ordinance Amendment - Appeal Provision
Recommendation: Adopt first reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Section 3.24.300 concerning procedures for appeals from decisions of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, to conform the process to appeals under the Zoning Ordinance.
18. Settlement: Alexander Blair v. City of Berkeley
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing a settlement of Public Liability Claim No. 00-160, Alexander Blair, in the amount of $9,215.
19. Contract: High Tech Business Attraction and Job Training
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a sole source contract and any amendments with the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $30,000 for services related to technology business services and workforce development in the East Bay.
Contact: Bill Lambert, Economic Development, 705-8180
20. Grant: University Avenue Pathway Rehabilitation at the Berkeley Marina
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving an application for a grant from the State of California's Recreational Trails Program in the amount of $394,100 to be matched by $78,820 in City funds.
Contact: Lisa Caronna, Parks and Waterfront, 644-6943 x222
21. Grant: Pathway Rehabilitation at the Berkeley Marina
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving submission of a grant application to the Coastal Conservancy in the amount of $200,000 to be matched by $50,000 from the Marina Fund for the design and environmental review process for a possible pathway along the southern side of University Avenue in the Marina and a promenade along Seawall Drive.
22. Urgency Ordinance - Berkeley Skate Park
Recommendation: For the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, adopt Urgency Ordinance adding Section 6.32.095 to the Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) relating to skate parks.
23. Staffing of Police Traffic Enforcement Team
From: Councilmember Armstrong
Recommendation: Request an oral report from the Police Chief about Police Department staffing generally and, specifically, about staffing of the traffic enforcement team.
Contact: Polly Armstrong, Councilmember District 8, 644-6401
24. Community-Wide Forum on Impact of Gentrification and Commercial Expansion (to be delivered)
From: Councilmember Maio
Recommendation: Co-sponsor a community-wide forum, in January, focusing on the impact of gentrification and commercial expansion on the availability of housing, work space for arts, and space for our nonprofits; how these pressures are impacting the cultural richness and ethnic diversity of our city; and what can be done in response.
Contact: Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 644-6359
25. Proclamation Honoring Jane Brown (to be delivered)
From: Councilmember Woolley
Recommendation: Approve a proclamation honoring Jane Brown, to be presented by Councilmember Woolley at the November 21 Council meeting.
Contact: Diane Woolley, Councilmember District 5, 644-6294
26. Proclamation Honoring Berkeley Video Festival
From: Councilmember Spring
Recommendation: Approve a proclamation in honor of the East Bay Media's 7th Annual Berkeley Video and Film Festival on Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19, at Fine Arts Cinema, 2451 Shattuck Avenue.
Contact: Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 644-6266
27. Parking Permits at North Berkeley Senior Center
Recommendation: Request the City Manager issue 25 parking permits for the residential parking district surrounding the North Berkeley Senior Center and designate them for specific blocks so as to disperse the impact on any one nearby residential block.
28. Hawkbox Crosswalks
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation: Refer to the City Manager and Transportation Commission installation of Hawkbox Crosswalks.
Contact: Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 644-6398
29. Proclamations: New Life Metropolitan Community Church and Pastor Barry Wichmann
From: Councilmembers Worthington, Breland and Maio
Recommendation: Support proclamations affirming New Life Metropolitan Community Church and Pastor Barry Wichmann's outstanding service to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning community.
Contact: Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 644-6398; Margaret Breland, Councilmember District 2, 644-6400; Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 644-6359
30. Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR): Underhill Area Master Plan
Recommendation: Approve a City response to the Final EIR of the Underhill Area Master Plan at the UC Regents Committee meeting.
31. Early Voting Machines
From: Mayor Dean
Recommendation: Request the City Manager send a letter to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters expressing appreciation and public approval of the new touch screen voting machines used by the County and a few select cities in the County, including Berkeley, and encourage the Registrar to increase the distribution of these machines to not only include every City Clerk's Office in Alameda County but throughout the City of Berkeley as soon as possible for use in the next election.
Contact: Shirley Dean, Mayor, 644-6484
32. Mid Year Budget Process - Ed Roberts Campus
Recommendation: 1) Refer to the City Manager a $25,000 shortfall in matching funds incurred by the Ed Roberts Campus (ERC) with respect to a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT); 2) request the City Manager assist the ERC in raising the $25,000 from outside sources; and 3) express general support for these efforts, which will be reviewed at the midyear budget process and, if the funding problem has not been resolved, consider a City allocation for $25,000.
33. Oppression of Females by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Recommendation: Refer to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Peace and Justice Commission, for report back within 45 days; 1) a request for support for a series of programs (sponsored by the Feminist Majority Foundation) to aid the women and girls oppressed by the Taliban militia in Afghanistan and Pakistan; and 2) request the two commissions work together in contacting the Berkeley-Albany YWCA and the Berkeley Unified School District administration in formulating recommendations on local participation in an international aid program without the expenditure of City funds.
34. Use of Skateboards, Rollerblades, Bicycles, Scooters, and Similar Machines or Equipment during Certain Outdoor Public Events
Recommendation: Request the City Attorney draft an ordinance, for return to Council as soon as possible, which would prohibit the use or operation of skateboards, rollerblades, bicycles, scooters, and similar machines or equipment, on the streets or sidewalks at special events where City streets have been closed and/or vehicular traffic has been banned, such ordinance to include circumstances under which exemption would be granted.
35. Transitional Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence
From: Commission on the Status of Women
Recommendation: Include the need for transitional housing for survivors of domestic violence in the current revision of the General Plan for the City.
Contact: Ruby Primus, Secretary, 665-6923
a. City Manager Report
Recommendation: Concurs with recommendation of the Commission.
36. 1608 Fourth Street -Zoning Appeal of Use Permit to construct a three-story building containing 450 parking spaces at the basement, ground floor and second floor le vels and 45,000 square feet of office space at the third floor; to construct a three-story, 50,000 square foot office building; to permit the establishment of a driveway on Virginia Street that exceeds 20 feet in width at the property line; to move 5,825 square feet of industrially used floor area off site; to demolish a 5,825 square foot industrial building; and to allow the use of off-site parking on an interim basis during construction of the buildings approved as part of the second phase of construction on the site, at 1608 Fourth Street
a. Appeal filed by Rhiannon, 731 Virginia Street
Contact: Sherry Kelly, City Clerk, 644-6480
b. City Manager Report Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution denying the appeal and upholding the decision of the Zoning Adjustments Board.
c. Communications
1. Rhiannon for Oceanview Tenants Association re appeal process.
2. Laura & Eric Peterson
3. René Lawscha, re: Development at 1608 4th Street
NOTICE CONCERNING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: If you object to a decision by the City Council to approve or deny a use permit or variance for a project the following requirements and restrictions apply: 1) No lawsuit challenging a City decision to deny (Code Civ.Proc. '1094.6(b)) or approve (Gov.Code '65009(c)(5)) a use permit or variance may be filed more than 90 days after the date the Notice of Decision of the action of the City Council is mailed. Any lawsuit not filed within that 90-day period will be barred. 2) In any lawsuit that may be filed against a City Council decision to approve or deny a use permit or variance, the issues and evidence will be limited to those raised by you or someone else, orally or in writing, at a public hearing or prior to the close of the last public hearing on the project.
Old Business:
37. Sanitary Sewer Program (removed from Consent Calendar by Councilmember Spring and held over from October 10)
Recommendation: Review and evaluate the City's current Sanitary Sewer Program and solicit recommendations and possible courses of action from the Public Works and Budget Commissions in order to be conversant with the state of Berkeley's sewer system for future budgeting, planning and priority setting: 1) Request the Public Works Commission review the current Sanitary Sewer Program and its Master Plan and report back to Council with: a) presentation on the City's Sanitary Sewer Program, including that portion of the program mandated by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency under a cease and desist order, b) recommendations on how to update the Sewer Master Plan, and c) possible financial strategies for the Plan's implementation; and 2) Request the Citizens Budget Review Commission to: a) investigate and report back on the use of Sewer Funds loaned to the General Fund, and b) recommend the amount of General Fund to be repaid to the Sewer Fund.
38. Peace and Justice Commission Review of Contracts with University of California (held over by City Manager from October 10)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution 1) providing that all proposals to contract with entities engaged in work for nuclear weapons, including any contracts between the University of California Berkeley and the City which involve the provision of revenue to the University, and the exchange of services without monetary compensation, except for the nine contracts specifically enumerated in Resolution No. 59,763-N.S., be subject to review by the Peace and Justice Commission, prior to being noticed on any Council agenda; and rescinding Resolution No. 59,779-N.S.; and 2) authorizing the Peace and Justice Commission (a) to provide a rationale to the Council in keeping with the purposes of the Nuclear Free Act for repeated annual review of waivers of the Nuclear Free Berkeley Act for contracts with the University of California; and (b) that Council-approved reviews of waivers occur at least eight weeks prior to the time the contract is submitted to the Council, or at the earliest time when the City Manager becomes aware that actions being proposed will require a waiver of the Nuclear Free Berkeley Act.
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution providing that: 1) a list, including a description, expiration date, and contact person for any contracts between the University of California, Berkeley and/or Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the City which involve the provision of revenue to the University, and the exchange of services without monetary compensation, except for the nine contracts specifically enumerated in Resolution No. 59,763-N.S., be provided to the Peace & Justice Commission; 2) the Peace & Justice Commission shall confer with the staff in order to determine a) what proposals are subject to the Ordinance, b) what proposals may be approved as a categorical matter because there is no reasonable alternative, and c) what proposals must be reviewed on an individual basis; 3) the Commission shall thereupon propose a process to address the issues in 2 above; and 4) to the extent the City Manager differs, he may propose alternatives and modifications thereto.
Contact: Phil Kamlarz, Deputy City Manager, 644-6580
39. Vindictive, Discriminatory, Sexist and Racist Prosecutions (withdrawn by Councilmember Woolley and held over from October 10)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: a) requesting the U.S. Attorney General and all officers of the U.S. courts discontinue: 1) all forms of racial, sexist, political and religious profiling in US law enforcement; 2) all forms of "secret evidence" prosecutions, in which accused are deported or held indefinitely, without charge, on the basis of evidence withheld from the defendants, their attorneys and the public; 3) all uses of conspiracy charges in political cases; b) request the Los Angeles District Attorney drop all charges against Sara Jane Olson and request the Governor of the State of California grant her a pardon; and c) urge our national elected representatives and the Congress of the United States to pass the pending legislation, H.R. 2121 and S. 3139 that would end the use of secret evidence in deportation proceedings.
40. Pardon: Sarah Jane Olson (AKA Kathleen Ann Soliah) (Removed from the Consent Calendar by Councilmember Armstrong and held over from July 11, July 25, September 12, October 10)
From: Peace and Justice Commission
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution requesting the Los Angeles District Attorney drop all charges against Sara Jane Olson (aka) Kathleen Ann Soliah), and for Judge James Ideman to dismiss all charges to end a vindictive prosecution; and request Governor Gray Davis to pardon Sara Jane Olson (aka Kathleen Ann Soliah) during her period of alleged activities with and on behalf of the Symbionese Liberation Army, so this turbulent period can finally be put to rest.
Contact: Manuel Hector, Secretary, 665-6880
Recommendation: The City Manager takes no position concerning the recommendations of the Commission.
41. Measure B Paratransit Allotment Formula (held over from October 24)
From: Commission on Aging
Recommendation: Direct the City Manager to seek a change in the Measure B allotment formula to more accurately reflect Berkeley's senior population by using Alameda County Needs Assessment Oversight Committee statistics.
Contact: Suzanne Ryan, Secretary, 644-6107
Recommendation: Take no action on the recommendation of the Commission to seek a change in the formula for distributing Measure B funds among County of Alameda cities.
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 665-3481
New Business:
42. Amendment to Housing Code - Gas Heating Equipment (CR 99-165,
Recommendation: Adopt first reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Section 19.40.040, Berkeley Housing Code, to add subsection 701.4 - Certification of Gas Heating Equipment, to ensure the proper functioning of gas heating appliances in residential units.
43. Hiring Berkeley Seniors for City Positions
Recommendation: That any search for candidates for the positions of City Manager and department heads begin with candidates from Berkeley's own senior population; and support the fostering of civic service among Berkeley residents by recruiting seniors to serve in positions of City Manager and other department heads at nominal salaries.
Recommendation: That the recruitment practices for City Manager and executive classes remain the same as they have been in the past and that Council not approve this item. City residents have always been welcome to apply for executive positions with the City. In fact, we have been fortunate to select some well-qualified Berkeley residents for executive positions. The salaries for these positions are set in consideration of the skills and abilities and the duties and responsibilities required of the position. While knowledge of the City and an understanding of the values of Berkeley is important, job related experience is also very necessary in meeting the challenges of an executive position with the City. In addition to professional journals, the recruitments are advertised on the City of Berkeley Human Resources Department telephone hotline, in the Employment Opportunities Bulletin which is mailed to many Berkeley community agencies, and on the City's web page. In order to better give these recruitments more community exposure, we will examine the use of the local media as another source of advertising. Hiring from within the community is highly desirable, but it is not practical to seek the level of executive skills demanded by the citizens of Berkeley with an offer of $10,000 to $15,000.
44. Cancer Screening Leave (CR 159-00)
45. Final Report on Implementation of City Auditor's Departmental Budget Monitoring Audit Recommendations - CR 99-149
Contact: Phil Kamlarz, City Manager's Office, 644-6580
46. Cable Television Franchise Fee Audit
47. Early Voting and Touch-Screen Voting Activity
Contact: Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk, 644-6480
Council rules limit action on Communications to referral to the City Manager and/or Boards and Commissions for investigation and/or recommendations.
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1) R. Gramalkin, re: Smith & Wesson firearms purchase decision
2) Re: Relocation of Congregation Beth El at 1301 Oxford St., Berkeley
a) Margie Gurdziel
b) Joel Zeldin
c) Neil & Jane Levy
d) Andrea Lichtenstein Glover
e) Sierra Club
f) Tamara Robbin Greenberg A.D.T.R.,
g) Edith Black
h) Gail Keleman
i) Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, City of Berkeley
j) Ginny Roemer
3) Rachel A. Rupert, CEO, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, re: Equal Benefits Ordinance
4) Jill Ellis, M.Ed., Executive Director and Co-Founder, Center for the Education of the Infant Deaf, re: Space issues, portable office on site
5) Daveed Mandell, re: Safety for blind pedestrians
6) Re: Shellmound development
a) Meaveen O'Connor
b) Laura & Eric Peterson
7) Community Action Team, letter signed by 17 members, re: Health Disparities Budget Allocation
8) John Allman, re: UC Berkeley Office of Environmental Health & Safety
9) InetJalopy, re: Eleanor Pepples campaign signs (additional pages available for review in the City Clerk's office)
10) Howie and Connie Muir, re: 2700 San Pablo Ave.
11) Sanne DeWitt, re: Parking on Fairlawn Drive
12) Re:2022 Grant St.:
a) Pcsm
b) Letter signed by Anne Steiner; Sean Kley; Sean Reilley; Maria DeLuca
13) Arthur Stopes, III, re: Business License, BMC
14) Senator Dianne Feinstein, re: Clean Air Act's oxygenate requirements for gasoline
15) Sarah H. Freeman, Ph.D., re: Animal Services Officers
16) Juliet Lamont, re: 2700 San Pablo
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Allergic broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is hypersensitivity reaction to Aspergillus fumigatus in the bronchial tree of young asthmatic patients. A 28 years old female patient presented with one year history of fever with generalised body aches and pains and had already received treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. Her chest radiograph showed flitting opacities in both lung fields with a TLC of 13.2 x 109/L having 25% eosinophils and ESR of 87 mm at first hour. Her serum IgE were markedly raised and CT scan of the chest showed dilated large and medium sized bronchi forming mucocoeles, finger in glove appearance and nodular shadowing in the lung parenchyma. Sputum also showed fungal hyphae by direct microscopy. All the findings were consistent with the diagnosis of ABPA, which responded to oral Itraconazole and Prednisolone. ABPA is a potentially destructive lung disease requiring high index of suspicion for an early diagnosis to prevent irreversible lung damage. |
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Bogota, Colombia – He called himself "César" but his real name is Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez. As "Commandanté of the 1st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia," and one of the top ten leaders of the hyper-violent FARC -- he has well-earned credentials as a drug-dealing terrorist with a penchant for trading in hostages. This Thursday, U.S. DEA Agents put Mr. Ramirez, aka César, in shackles, marched him aboard an aircraft here in Bogota and took him to the U.S. to stand trial for his crimes. Our FOX News War Stories team was here to record the event -- and a whole lot more -- so that we can tell the story about the heroes who are waging -- and winning -- the shadowy fight against narco-terror.
That may not be a familiar term to most of us, but narco-terror is nothing new to the 5,300 Special Agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration – or the allies they have made in 63 nations around the world. Here in Colombia, source of half the world's cocaine, FARC thugs like César have made themselves "high value targets" in the twilight struggle against illegal narcotics and terrorism. When he was arrested on July 2, 2008 during a dramatic hostage rescue operation, César was holding fifteen hostages; among them, Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, and three American citizens.
Ms. Betancourt was taken hostage by the FARC on Feb 23, 2002, while she was campaigning for the Colombian presidency. The three American civilians were taken hostage on February 13, 2003, when their U.S. government drug surveillance aircraft crash-landed in Colombia's southwestern Caqueta province -- not far from a FARC stronghold. Guerillas quickly surrounded the wrecked plane and proceeded to murder the American pilot, Tom Janis, and a Colombian intelligence specialist, Sergeant Luis Alcides Cruz. The remaining three Americans, Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell, were taken hostage and hauled off into the jungle. They were about to endure an absolutely horrific experience.
Efforts to find the missing Americans began immediately after their plane went down. Searchers found the wreckage -- and the bodies of the two dead crewmen within hours. More than a dozen Colombian National Policemen and soldiers were killed and wounded as they searched for the hostages. A special U.S./Colombian intelligence, military and police task force – focused solely on the hostages -- was up and running in days. At a U.S.-controlled site, intelligence specialists were "surged" into Colombia to assist in finding the missing men. One senior intelligence officer told me this week, "We deployed every possible intelligence platform and expert available from every possible agency in this effort. It took longer than anyone wanted for it all to work."
Official and unofficial emissaries from the U.S., France, the European Union and the United Nations descended on the U.S. Embassy in Bogota to "assist" in bringing about the safe release of the Americans. Colombian President Alberto Uribe, whose father had been murdered by the FARC, was pilloried in the domestic and international press for not doing enough to free more than 1,000 Colombians held hostage by the FARC -- and Ms. Betancourt -- who is a dual-national French-Colombian citizen.
A senior U.S. official in here in Bogota told me this week, "Meeting with the families of those being held is always difficult for all involved. The hardest part is not being able to tell them everything we were doing to find them and rescue their loved ones."
For more than five years César tried to barter the hostages in exchange for the release of FARC terrorists jailed in the U.S. and Colombia, political concessions, the promise of safe-havens, and even other hostages. Throughout the time they were held, all the hostages suffered excruciating privation: hunger, lack of medical attention, exposure and physical abuse. Constantly moved from one FARC camp to another -- they never knew if they would eventually be released or killed.
Operation Jaque -- that rescued the three Americans, Ms. Betancourt and eleven Colombians -- one of them held by the FARC for more than ten years -- also netted César and his "Deputy Commandanté." It was a stunning success thanks to the close cooperation and relationships that have been forged by a host of U.S. government agencies and their Colombian counterparts.
The very fact that César has been extradited to stand trial in the U.S. is a tribute to the work of thousands of selfless Americans and Colombians over the last two decades. But credit should be given where due. When César was frog-walked across the tarmac at Reagan National Airport on Thursday night, he was "escorted" by U.S. DEA Special Agents.
It was Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez'first trip to the United States. Thanks to the DEA, he won't be visiting Disneyworld.
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PSEB outsources billing, surveillance work
Explosives seized in Machhiwara
Benipal Assault Case
84 Riots: Victims block rail traffic
PAU 201 likely to take centre stage
BKU (Lakhowal) organises demonstrations
PCMS body seeks appointment with CM
Blackened PAU 201 has extra health benefits: Central team
Chandigarh college excels in gidda
Statistical Dept faces staff shortage
Plan to register cancer cases
Screening can prevent cervical cancer: Expert
PPCC demands hike of Rs 100
IPS officers transfer under lens
Now, SMS your complaints to rlys
Commission agent commits suicide
PSEB outsources billing, surveillance work
Chandigarh, November 6 In the initial phase, the board has outsourced billing and surveillance work to two private companies in 30 out of the 104 divisions. The task of these companies is limited to inspecting the electricity meters on the premises of a consumer and issue an on- the-spot bill based on the meter reading, an official of the PSEB said. The board is further contemplating handing over more work to private companies in a phased manner to avoid any confrontation with the employees who are opposing the unbundling. The two companies entrusted with the task of billing are Hyderabad-based CS Systems and KLG, a Gurgaon based company. The Union Power Ministry had asked the state government to divide the monolith power board into separate legal entities for generation, distribution and transmission functions. It is now mandatory under the National Electricity Act, 2003, for all states to unbundle power boards. Punjab is one of the few states been resisting this, mainly under pressure from employees of the PSEB, supported by farmers. In September, the state capital witnessed a massive rally and rampage by a large number of people protesting against unbundling, which is aimed at encouraging competition among various departments of the board to improve functioning. Experts feel that the PSEB, which is in a heavy debt, only be revived through the process of unbundling. The state government is in no position to bail out the PSEB owing to its own precarious financial health. In fact, the state government has failed to give the PSEB the full subsidy component towards electricity being supplied to the farm sector for the months of September and October. Punjab pays a monthly instalment of Rs 294 crore to the PSEB towards subsidy. On account of Punjabs failure to pay the PSEB, the board has in turn failed to pay the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) a sum of Rs 142 crore towards power purchased by the board in September. In fact, a former employee of the PSEB has filed a petition before the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission seeking timely release of subsidy amount due to the PSEB by the state government. The government has been asked by the commission to pay a subsidy of Rs 3144.25 crore for 2009-10 payable by the government for free supply to a section of consumers. The government has already paid an amount of Rs 1083.83 crore to the PSEB towards the subsidy amount from April to August. The government is in a fix over the issue of unbundling, especially in view of the fact that the same is being opposed by the employees with the support of farmers -considered to be the vote bank of the ruling SAD. But at the same time, the government is unlikely to receive another extension for the purpose beyond the December 15 deadline, hence its desperation to look for a way out. |
Explosives seized in Machhiwara
Khanna, November 6 Nine detonators, 46 gelatin sticks, weighing 5 kg 750 gm, and a steel can filled with explosives, weighing 3 kg 182 gm, were seized from an abandoned bike adjoining the Sirhind canal near Machhiwara. According to police officials investigating the matter, some cops on patrolling duty adjoining the canal found a bike abandoned at the roadside, around 3 km from Machhiwara. They looked for its owner but could not find one. The cops opened the bag, hanging around the bike, and found explosives and detonators. They immediately informed their seniors, including Khanna SSP Sukhminder Singh Mann and other officials, who reached there. The bike was parked in the direction of Neelon (Ludhiana) and it was presumed that the accused were on their way towards Neelon and jumped off the bike after seeing police officials on patrol. During late night investigations, it was found that the black Pulsar bike (PB-23-D8736) was stolen from the Khanna city area on October 1 and its owner resided in the adjoining Bhari village. The bike owner was rounded up by the cops for further investigations. He told the police that he had registered an FIR regarding his stolen vehicle. The district police heads of the adjoining districts were informed about the incident and alerted after the recovery of a large amount of ammunition. Special nakas were put up in Khanna, the adjoining Fatehgarh Sahib and Rajpura areas as well. The Khanna police has also rounded up some people from villages adjoining Machhiwara, who were earlier involved in militant activities, searching for a clue about the explosives. Investigating officials revealed that similar gelatin rods were recovered from militants in Jagraon a few months ago and it appeared that these rods came from Gujarat. Khanna SP (detective) Gurmeet Singh has been deputed for further investigations. While talking to The Tribune today, the SP said the efforts were on to trace the culprits involved in the case. |
Benipal Assault Case
Ludhiana, November 6 The police has moved the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate JPS Wahniwal following the ADGPs (Crime) observation in a fresh report. The police claimed that some new facts had come to light that needed to be probed thoroughly. It has been claimed that these facts could have a bearing at the evidence stage and during trial. The ADGPs observation is based upon a CD that was allegedly prepared at the time of the occurrence of the incident. Its report says that Benipal was seen talking to mediapersons, where he had alleged that Bains and his supporters allegedly beat him up. However, he nowhere named the duo before the media in person nor alleged firing on him, making the claim of the tehsildar to be doubtful. The report suggests to record the statement of the DC and the ADC, Ludhiana, to know what had really happened, as they had reached the spot first. It also suggests to probe the locations of Bains and his close aide Kamaljit Singh Karwal from their call details. The report was the outcome of a representation moved by one of the accused, Pardip Kapoor, who had claimed that at the time of the incident, he was at Dera Beas. He had also appended one affidavit furnished by the dera authorities. The court had fixed the next hearing on November 13 for filing reply/objections by the complainant of the FIR, Major Benipal. However, defence lawyers objected to the plea that the complainant had no right to file reply or raise objections, as the matter was between the police and the court. The challan was presented in this case on September 16. |
84 Riots: Victims block rail traffic
Chandigarh, November 6 Our fight is not against the public. Why inconvenience the general public? Our fight is against the Union Government as well as the Delhi government for getting the culprits of the worst-ever carnage in the history of Independent India punished, says Phoolka. Various organisations of victims of the riots had given a call to disrupt rail traffic today in protest against the denial of justice to them for the past 25 years. Because of disruption in the rail traffic, several trains were either cancelled or were running several hours behind schedule thus putting the passengers to a lot of inconvenience. Though our hearts go out to the victims of the 1984 carnage, at the same time it does not help them anyway in harassing common people, many of whom may be travelling by trains to perform important assignments, including their duties. All right-thinking people want that justice be done and all those against whom sufficient evidence or eyewitness account is available should be prosecuted for their role in the 1984 carnage, but at the same time, common citizens who may have been supporting us in our fight for justice, should not be inconvenienced, adds Phoolka. Reports from different parts of the region suggest that among the trains affected by the rail roko agitation were the New Delhi-Chandigarh and New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express besides several other passenger and express trains. Though no untoward incident was reported from anywhere, train services were partially affected in the region. Phoolka hoped that riot victims would see reason and use utter restraint in repeating such actions that put common citizens to inconvenience or harassment. Instead, they should concentrate their energies on the central prosecution agencies, especially the CBI and the Central Government to ensure that culprits, especially those holding high positions in the government or the ruling alliance do not get away with their 1984 actions. |
PAU 201 likely to take centre stage
Chandigarh, November 6 The last two years have seen a huge increase in area under PUSA 1121, which is a fine variety that has also bagged the basmati tag. The area under this variety nearly doubled in Punjab this year to around six lakh hectares due to the huge profits made by farmers last year. The variety sold between Rs 3,200 and Rs 3,500 per quintal in the wake of a booming export market. However, the popularity of the variety, which is not procured by the government, led to a sharp reduction in prices this year. There was also a scare with Iran, the biggest exporter, banning its entry for some time with a state laboratory claiming it had a high metal content. Owing to these factors the variety is at present selling between Rs 1,800 and Rs 2,000 per quintal in Punjab and between Rs 2,100 and Rs 2,200 per quintal in Haryana. BKU president Balbir Singh Rajewal claims private traders have also joined together to reduce the prices of the 1121 variety. Advising farmers to hold on to their produce Rajewal claimed traders had firm orders of 25 lakh tonnes and the price would pick up at a later date. Whatever may be the rate, Punjab and Haryana farmers are definitely demoralised and are likely to go in for the cultivation of the PAU 201 variety on a large scale next year. A large number of farmers planted this variety this year despite threats by millers that they would not mill it due to what they term as excessive pin damage and discoloration. Rajewal said with the variety getting clearance from the ICAR, Hyderabad, and Union Food Minister Sharad Pawar indicating the government could increase specifications regarding damage content, the variety was likely to take centre stage next year. |
BKU (Lakhowal) organises demonstrations
Chandigarh, November 6 Farmers also burnt paddy to show their resentment and demanded that the state government fix a price of Rs 3,500 for PUSA 1121 and direct Markfed to enter the market to purchase it. BKU (Lakhowal) president Ajmer Singh Lakhowal in a statement here said Punjab farmers had to spend additionally on diesel to irrigate their paddy crop in the event of a partial monsoon failure. He said after raising the crop by undergoing hardship they were getting a price that was Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,300 less than what they were getting last year. Lakhowal also criticised the import -export policy of the country, saying the Centre had decided to allow the import of rice at a time when 1.5 crore tonnes of rice was available in the country. |
PCMS body seeks appointment with CM
Jalandhar, November 6 At present, 16 out of 40 senior-level posts are vacant. This number would swell to 20 by the end of this year and to 23 by the end of January 2010. The association wants the termination of the services of retired doctors re-employed on contract against the PCMS-cadre posts. It is also seeking the filling up of the post of Director, Punjab Health Systems Corporation by a PCMS-cadre officer. Besides, it is also demanding that one of the present Deputy Director-rank officers of PCMS cadre should be posted as the state programme manager of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The association is for the appointment of senior officers of PCMS cadre as managing director, PHSC; mission director, NRHM; and project director, AIDS Control Society. The association wants that the DGHS should co-ordinate the functioning of all wings of the health department. The DGHS should be the transferring authority of the employees up to the level of SMO. It should also function as the proposing authority for all other posts. The association wants that the control of the 1,193 rural dispensaries should be given back to the Health Department. It also feels that 1,193 posts of rural medical officers should be merged into the PCMS cadre. |
Blackened PAU 201 has extra health benefits: Central team
Ludhiana, November 6 Information from all three data indicates that an average total blackened grain varies from 3.40 per cent to 8.79 per cent. The data on pathological studies has proved that the blackening is not due to fungal infestation as it was suspected and that the grain is not susceptible to the aspergillus attack. Hence looking at health benefits of the higher iron content in this variety, a slightly blackened and clack spot grain, which do not lose its aesthetic appeal compared with a white grain, can be considered as good grain due to extra health benefits. The panel recommended that a fully blackened grain could be considered rejected due to its inferior aesthetic appeal, though they are not unfit for human/animal consumption. Even these grains have 23 per cent more iron content compared with white grain. The analysis conducted at the CIPHET, Ludhiana, on brown rice samples, including blackened grain, also showed that the iron content in PAU 201 was 28.78 per cent higher than the regular brown rice data reported in the literature. The panel had submitted a report in this regard to the Director-General of the ICAR, Dr Mangla Rai, in New Delhi yesterday. Regarding preserving the quality at mill level, the 40-page report has observed that, There are numerous factors that determine the final quality of rice produced by mills. Some of these problems can be solved at the mill, whereas others are related to the way rice is grown and handled after harvest. The iron content of this variety is higher than other varities, which causes slightly blackened and black spot grain, and this fact needs to be taken into consideration for exempting this classification of grain from rejection, the report mentioned. Regarding the variety, the panel has maintained that, It is a high yielding variety having yield potential 11 per cent higher than PR 116 and water requirement less than other similar varieties. The variety matures in 144 days. |
Chandigarh college excels in gidda
Ferozepur, November 6 The gathering comprised besides dignitaries hundreds of local and outside students who had come here from different parts of the state. Besides gidda and bhangra, quiz events and folk songs/ghazals, classical vocal instrumental music (percussion and non-percussion) and art and craft item competitions, phulkari embroidery, dasuti stitch, pakhi design, crochet work, knitting, mehndi designs and rangoli activities were also held today. Students of MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, won the first position in gidda while the Government College for Women, Ludhiana, and Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, shared the second prize. The Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh, and Dashmesh College, Badal (Muktsar), shared the third prize. In phulkari embroidery competition, Asma Parveen of Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh, Amandeep Kaur of Khalsa College for Women, Sidhwan Khurd (Ludhiana), and Amandeep Kaur of Guru Nanak College, Muktsar, won the first, second and third positions respectively. In Dasuti (cross-stitch) competition, Swati Aggarwal of Devki Devi Memorial College for Women, Ludhiana, got the first prize while Jugraj Kaur of Guru Nanak College, Doraha (Ludhiana), and Gurmeet Kaur of JS Khalsa College for Women won the second and third positions respectively. In quiz competition, Government College for Men, Ludhiana, DAV College of Education, Abohar, and Khalsa College for Women, Sidhwan Khurd (Ludhiana), won the first, second and third prizes respectively. Other results: Pakhi design:1 Karamveer Kaur of Women College Raikot; 2 Sapandeep Kaur of Arya College Ludhiana; 3 Harpreet Kaur of Guru Nanak Women College, Ludhiana. Crochet work: 1 Ranjana Rani of Bhag Singh Swami Ganga Giri College Kala Tibba; 2 Neetu of Ramgarhia Women College, Ludhiana; 3 Kiranjit Kaur of Swami Ganga Giri Women College, Raikot. Mehndi: 1Silky Khurana of GHG Khalsa College Gursar Sudhar; 2 Renu of BCM College of Education, Ludhiana. Knitting: 1 Harpreet Kaur of Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur; 2 Sweeti of National College for Women, Machiwara;3 Shilpa Rani of Guru Nanak College, Model Town, Ludhiana. Rangoli: 1 Navneet Kaur of AS College Khanna; 2 Harvinder Pal of Guru Nanak College Ferozepur;3 Reena of Government College for Women, Ludhiana. Classical (vocal): 1 Mitika Kanwal of GCG Sector-11 Chandigarh; 2 Harvinder Singh of Panjab University, Chandigarh campus; 3 Rupinder Kaur of Guru Nanak College Model Town, Ludhiana. Folk Song: 1 Harpal Singh of SPN College Mukerian; 2 Parmjot Singh of Government College of Education, Chandigarh; 3 Mandeep Kaur of Master Tara Singh Memorial College Ludhiana. |
Statistical Dept faces staff shortage
Bathinda, November 6 The importance of the department can be judged from the fact that it deals with the work of district planning committees, MPLAD funds and statistics collection at the district level as well as the state level. As per information, regular deputy economic and statistical advisers (deputy ESAs) are working only in five districts - Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Bathinda, Patiala and Sangrur - while the offices of the deputy ESAs in the remaining 15 districts are being run by research officers (ROs) or district statistical officers (DSOs) for the past more than one year. Also, there are six posts of deputy ESA at the state headquarters but without a regular deputy ESA. Thus, it can be stated that out of 26 posts of the deputy ESA, the work of 21 posts is being run by making stopgap arrangements. Sources further said as the post of the deputy ESA was a promotional post so the ROs and the DSOs required seven years experience on their respective posts to make themselves eligible. A file had reportedly been moved by the department about one year ago to relax the seven years experience prerequisite to five years for promoting the ROs and the DSOs as deputy ESAs. But no one knew about the fate of that file so far, sources alleged. Besides the posts of the deputy ESA, several posts of assistant research officer, statistical assistant, investigator and data entry operator, etc., have also been lying vacant in the department, due to which the functioning of the entire department has reportedly been suffering in one way or the other. An officer of the department told this reporter that due to shortage of staff the functioning of the department was certainly affecting adversely as they were facing problems in collecting various types of data which was a must for making proper planning of the projects. |
Plan to register cancer cases
Patiala, November 6 According to sources in the department, such a survey is crucial to have a database of the patients suffering from this disease to chalk out plans to combat it. They added the ICMR was favourably inclined to give a go ahead for this project. The ICMR has already given its sanction to have a registration of the cancer patients in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. They said it had been proposed that the government and non-government hospitals across the state would have a detailed data of registration of the patients reporting at these institutions suffering from cancer. These would also include the PGI at Chandigarh and Governent Rajindra Hospital and Medical College at Patiala. |
Screening can prevent cervical cancer: Expert
Ludhiana, November 6 Dr Rajaram is working at present as Dean, Destiny Health University, St Lousia, in Caribbean Islands. He is in the city to attend the XVIII Annual Conference of Association of Gynaecological Oncologists of India, organised by the local Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation. Associated with the cause of the National Cancer Control Programme in India, Dr Rajaram pointed a finger at the teachers in medical colleges across the country, who, he said, are not dispensing right education to the medical students. A majority of the young doctors fail to emphasise "screening" of cancer patients, Dr Rajaram stated. The expert dispelled the misconception that screening of cervical cancer can't be done at a low cost. He added, "Cervical cancer is preventable and can be diagnosed at an early pre-cancer stage by screening. It is possible to screen a patient even at a primary and a community health centre centre. All the doctor has to do is look for the common symptoms of cervical cancer in women and recommend pap smear test and colposcopy," Dr Rajaram went on to add. The doctor pointed towards Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection that has emerged as a major factor leading to an enormous increase in the number of cancer patients. HPV is transmitted by early sexual contact, multiple sexual partners, cigarette smoking and use of oral contraceptives and it is the duty of the doctors to create awareness for the same amongst girls/women so as to prevent cervical cancer. |
PPCC demands hike of Rs 100
Ferozepur, November 6 Kaypee was talking to TNS here today while presiding over the 51st Panjab University Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival at Dev Samaj College for Women here, on the second day. He said the farmers were facing many problems and were already in distress for the past few years due to the high cost of inputs in agriculture and low returns. Kaypee said he would fight for the cause of farmers. In reply to a question, he said he would soon take a delegation of the Congress MPs and MLAs of the state and meet the Prime Minister to apprise him of the ground realities being faced by the farmers. Parminder Singh Pinki, general secretary of the PPCC, who was also accompanying Kaypee, refuted the allegations of the Chief Minister said the Congress-led UPA government was adopting anti-farmer policies. |
IPS officers transfer under lens
Chandigarh, November 6 Seeking the quashing of the SSP's transfer orders by the home secretary on October 30, petitioners said the same were illegal, void and inoperative in law for being violation of the Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution.
Now, SMS your complaints to rlys
Patiala, November 6 Divisional Railway Manager of the Ambala Division KK Jaggi told The Tribune today that the passengers could send their SMS at mobile telephone number 09717630982 or e-mail their complaints to www.ambalarail.com. The replies would be sent within 24 hours to ensure that there was no inconvenience to the public. Jaggi said the Patiala Railway Station was in for major renovation. A new additional parking lot was being developed to ensure that there were no traffic bottlenecks in the premises and the foreyard. He said, as of now, there were reports of traffic snarls whenever a train arrived or a train was scheduled to leave. This project, when completed, would come as a major relief to the people and their relatives and friends who came to the railway station to drop them. A major beautification campaign had been undertaken and landscaping work was in progress. Horticulture experts had been consulted to give a facelift to the area. More ornamental and flowering plants were being planted. The sanitation conditions at the Patiala Railway Station were being upgraded and the local authorities had been authorised to engage casual labour as and when required for sanitation work. Jaggi said a new block was being built for housing the computerised railway reservation offices. The new modern building would have all latest amenities. |
Commission agent commits suicide Zira (Ferozepur), November 6 Joginder Pal, brother of the deceased, in a statement recorded to the police said Madan had given loans worth lakhs of rupees to farmers who were selling their produce to him for the past few years. However, when Madan demanded the money back, most of the farmers expressed their inability to repay the amount. During this season, a majority of farmers who had taken loan even did not come to his shop to sell the paddy. Madan went to the house of Kala Singh in Alipur village this morning to recover Rs 3.5 lakh, but he did not get any satisfactory reply. Thereafter, he went to the houses of two farmers, Mandeep Singh and Daljit Singh, but failed to recover the amount he had given to them. Later, he went to the house of Balbir Singh in Saner village, who also refused to repay the amount. Perturbed over this, Madan allegedly consumed some poisonous substance in the house of Balbir Singh. The police has registered a case under Section 306 of the IPC against four farmers. No one was arrested till the filing of the report. |
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ESA unveils new website for AIREF
Irving, Texas (August 7, 2014) — The Electronic Security Association (ESA) recently re-launched its sister website, www.AIREF.org, to make it easier for consumers, security professionals, journalists and public safety officials to find research pertaining to the electronic security and life safety industry.
The website is the home of the Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation (AIREF), the research arm of the security industry. New components of the website include an interactive timeline that gives visitors a quick look at the initiatives accomplished by AIREF throughout the years and a click-through feature where users can get in-depth reports, executive summaries, press releases and security industry-related articles.
An improved navigation menu allows visitors to learn more about AIREF and its board of directors, browse projects by topic and keep up with AIREF news in the press. A fresh, modern look complements the website upgrades.
The new AIREF website also highlights one of the industry's most anticipated fundraising events, the AIREF Golf Classic. Information about the 2015 event is easy to find on the homepage and the simpler format allows visitors to quickly access information about tournament dates and location, sponsors, player registration form and photo highlights from the previous year.
"I am very pleased with the updated AIREF website," said AIREF Chairman John Jennings. "The new interface makes it easy for security professionals, consumers and media to find industry research and education projects that AIREF has funded over the years."
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Francis to end 'climate of fear' as NHS whistleblowing review begins
The role of investigating claims made by NHS whistleblowers could be taken out of the hands of hospital trusts, the head of a major government inquiry has indicated.
Speaking as the Freedom to Speak Up review was launched yesterday, Sir Robert Francis said he aimed to extinguish a "climate of fear" in the NHS that had "victimised" whistleblowers, deterring others from raising concerns.
"If people aren't coming forward with what is worrying them then nothing can be done about that," he said. "It's not a safe system. We need to learn how to do it better."
"We should no longer tolerate people being in effect exiled from the health service because they have raised concerns"
Robert Francis
In an early sign of the direction the inquiry could take, Sir Robert said whistleblower concerns should be subjected to outside scrutiny.
"In the same way I have suggested complaints from patients will often need a degree of external investigation and independent scrutiny [that] they haven't had before, I don't see why the same can't be suggested for staff raising concerns," he said.
While Sir Robert said such a step did "not necessarily" involve the creation of a new organisation, the inquiry would consider remedies for victimised whistleblowers which went "over and above what the law in theory offers".
Sir Robert, who also chaired the public inquiry into care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, said the review would examine whether hospital managers should be held more accountable for their involvement in cover ups.
"There should be consequences for that," he added. "We should no longer tolerate people being in effect exiled from the health service because they have raised concerns," he said.
Sir Robert told Nursing Times sister title Health Service Journal that questions should be raised about the quality of leadership at trusts which allow whistleblower concerns to become "swallowed up" by divisive disputes and protracted employment tribunals.
"The polarisation seems to get to the stage where no one will get out of the hole they have dug for themselves, and the question has to be asked if that organisation is being well led," he said.
"By the time someone is labelled a whistleblower it is already telling you something has seriously gone wrong"
Robert Francis
While accepting that some employers had to deal with vexatious whistleblowers, he said all cases should be properly investigated.
"It is in the interests of the employer that they look into concerns properly and transparently and completely separately from issues they may have with any individual employee," he said. "At the moment I don't think that happens as often as it should."
While the introduction of a new duty of candour and fundamental standards of care would make it easier for staff to speak out, Sir Robert said a "significant number" of NHS staff still felt penalised for raising concerns.
He said: "People say they have raised honestly held concerns and as a result have been victimised, sometimes to the point of being forced to leave the service or being dismissed.
The Freedom to Speak Up review
Sir Robert Francis has appointed a series of advisers to support his work: Norman Williams, former president of the Royal College of Surgeons; Peter Homa, chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and Kath Fenton, chief nurse at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust.
The review will host a series of seminars in the autumn to explore key issues and solutions.
Two separate pieces of research into whistleblowing in the NHS and the views of NHS staff will be conducted at Middlesex and Greenwich universities.
The review secretariat will be led by Joanna Donaldson, the HR director of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
"For every one of those stories any number of people are deterred from coming forward to raise what they are worried about. By the time someone is labelled a whistleblower it is already telling you something has seriously gone wrong."
In this year's NHS staff survey 90% of respondents know how to raise concerns in public but only 44% believe anything will be done. Almost 30% said they would not feel safe at work if they did speak out.
The review, which was officially launched today, has appealed for evidence from whistleblowers, managers and organisations across the NHS.
Sir Robert will also meet personally with selected whistleblowers, but will not make judgments on individual cases. He said all information would be treated in the "strictest confidence".
"We have gone to great pains to set up our website and emails so they are completely controlled by us and independent of any government organisations," Sir Robert said.
The review's final report will be published in November, a timeline Sir Robert admitted would be "tough" but necessary for it to be useful before the general election in May 2015.
- In 2013 Nursing Times launched the Speak Out Safely campaign to encourage healthcare providers to develop cultures that actively encourage staff to raise the alarm when they see poor practice, and to protect them when they do so.
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What about the thousands of agency workers providing NHS services? I am not talking about agency workers who do the odd shift in a Hospital setting - there are whole community-based care packages funded by NHS Trusts and managed exclusively by agencies / private companies (usually with staff on NHS-level pay). There is an anomaly here: the NHS Trust stipulates the care to be provided, the Agency (a private company) deliver the care. A nurse working for that Agency blows the whistle to both the Chief Exec. of the Health Board / Trust (decision maker for care provision) and the Agency (employer). The Health Board / Trust ignores the concerns, the Agency persecute the staff member. The Agency worker finds that they are unable to secure work with the Health Board / Trust. As things stand, the Health Board / Trust cannot be held to account for failing to listen, or later persecuting, an Agency employee who blows the whistle. Given that NHS care delivery is increasingly being outsourced to private companies, surely this is wrong? In order to improve care and protect genuine whistleblowers from harm, you need to look at protecting all staff providing NHS services, regardless of who pays their wage and who they are contracted to.
Please please Sir Robert do not listen or let the RCN influence your final recommendations. The RCN and its cronies have totally destroyed real nursing.
I really wish this is true and nurses can report abuse, poor standards, intimidation, bullying and harassment without fear of retaliation. Somehow I doubt it having suffered so much
I do like Sir Robert - I'm sure he knows that you need to separate the person who raises the concern, from the concern, if the concern 'is a criticism of higher management policies'.
I might look at the review stuff - but I'm sure he already knows, what I would be pointing out.Long, long overdue but breaking down the "barriers" will be an enormous task. Here's hoping for success, better patient care and major savings financially.
I agree with the comment regarding the rcn
The RCN positively discriminate against whistleblowers (nurses) and fail to support them in any sense either through negiotation and support or via the legal route
The rcn was criticised in the mid staffs report and I hope this review looks at thier role in supporting whistleblowers more closelySir Robert, who also chaired the public inquiry into care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, said the review would examine whether hospital managers should be held more accountable for their involvement in cover ups.
Of course they should Sir Robert, they are a big part of the problem of preventing change for the better.
You continue telling it like it is. Well done Sir Robert.He has done a good job but look who he has appointed....... Peter Homa, chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and Kath Fenton, chief nurse at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust, surely they are management positions. Will they be able to be impartial and distance themselves from influence by fellow managers?
I raised concerns, made an error in judgement, was sacked, reported to the NMC and totally blacklisted, 75 job applications with no success. Would I whistle blow again, absolutely when it involved patient care, that is why I went into nursing. Managers should be held accountable and NHS money should not be spent on their excuses. If a trust has been seen to cover up. bully and harass and be down right corrupted they should be made to pay back the money spent on legal representation. Please Sir Robert do something about the length of time it takes the NMC to hear a case. Iv been waiting two years. If I committed a crime I would have been through the judicial system by now
Anonymous | 9-Aug-2014 8:07 am
Sorry you've had such a rough ride, about par for the course for whistleblowers, left hung out to dry, persecuted and hounded out of the profession, this must STOP!
Hang in there! Good for you standing up and being counted and being prepared to do that same again. Wish you all success.I work as a HCA and have done for 23 yrs 8yrs in the 1980's then a further 15 since 1999. I feel staff at my level are not allowed to challenge Senior Nurses at unit level, let alone trust management, As soon as you open your mouth and make suggestions which go against their way of doing things or thinking, they jump on you like a ton of bricks. They prefer to pursue their own agendas and build their own little empires / cliques: And it will be these people who will get promotion based purely on personal relationships and not talent or innovative ideas, that is not what most NHS managers want they sycophants who will tow the Trust line & fit in,
As a result only a few are prepared to stick their head above the parapet, in case they get their head shot off. I honestly believe most managers in the NHS do not want ideas from their staff let alone criticism. They in the main prefer their staff especially junior staff to put up n shut up. This stifles ideas & innovation from the Front line where a lot of experience resides. In general it is disregarded & wasted, as a result Oh and in between my stints in the NHS as a HCSW I got a 2.1 Hons degree in History & Geography so never assume that the person in the HCA uniform is a dimwit !!!Anonymous | 9-Aug-2014 10:39 pm
'As soon as you open your mouth and make suggestions which go against their way of doing things or thinking, they jump on you like a ton of bricks.'
Quite - that is the [fundamental] problem for everyone from HCA upwards: if the problem is something 'imposed from higher up, then 'higher up' frequently reacts badly if you raise a concern.Spot on Michael.
I agree with the nurse who spoke about agency staff - I do agency nursing and I spoke up for a patient and the next thing I knew the agency rang and asked what happened I informed them but the agency said the surgery did not want me back. I feel this very unfair when I was supporting the patient ensuring the care given was of a high standard so by saying they did not want me back I was victimised so I can understand why some people will not say anything.
I fully back this decision, but also feel that nurses who turn on their colleagues for whistleblowing concerns should also be held accountable for their actions. I don't think you should blame management totally. They deal with what they are told and from my experience the Human resource department make up a whole load of rubbish and lie to the managers, just so they don't show up their lack of experience.
Independant review body who has legal training to support genuine whistleblowers.
Review of Human Resource department to see if they are genuinely supporting staff or are just covering up mistakes.
Victim support for all whistleblowers. It's tough to report problems, but with no support no wonder no one is reporting problems. The Police and Fire Brigade get it - why not nurses?
Be honest when you make a mistake as a trust? Be prepared to admit when you need help. How will the Trusts in the UK ever learn when every time they screw up, they cover it up and the problem gets worse!!
Learn to communicate not dictate!!
Let us learn and stop the problems. I feel we are just re-inventing the wheel with the Bristol enquiry, the Francis Report, the Winterbourne House Scandal. No more!! Stop it. It's time to realise that we don't need these disasters to continue, we need them to stop. As a nurse or healthcare or anyone working in the caring profession, if you see poor practice, just go up and say stop!! If you can't empower yourself, how can you ever advocate for your patients.
Be loud and be proud. Say 'No More' to poor practice and unacceptable patient treatment.
I have, it does work!! You just have to be empowered!!How does one empower oneself when the people that hold the power of keeping or losing your job, support, wage are not only not supportive of your empowerment but are hostile towards that prospect. What if those people are not only hostile but unreasonable and cannot be reasoned with? How does one employ the next layer of management when they are also of the same mind and emotional IQ as your direct management? How about that together with a punative regulatory body and ineffective union, all with relationships that conflict with empowerment of the individual as they are in COI relationships with the management already?
I am a HCA and I have been working for my local Hospital for 15 months.I raised concerns in 2013 over poor patient Care,neglect,My manager showed my concerns without my consent to my colleagues.This has resulted in a systematic Campaign of Harassment and bullying against me.I lodged a grievance in and now I am being Harassed from managers,HR Department and colleagues which is still ongoing.It has got to so bad I am now under the care of the Psychiatric Home team who visit patients in their own home as an alternative to hospital admission.I have been forced to take time off of work due to what is happening.My concerns up to now have still not been Investigated.I have applied for many Jobs in the NHS and have not been successful.I have suffered from detrimental Treatment,ongoing Harassment.I am a carer and I care about the patients.They are not statistics,Bed numbers.They are human beings with feelings and deserve to treated with dignity and Respect.I believe I am being hounded out of a Job I once loved.There needs to be more support for people willing to speak out concerning what they see.I am now being bullied by the HR department and my Manager has concealed Malpractice in the workplace and has refused to take my concerns seriously and is now responsible for harassing me and the HR Department has been doing the same thing.I dont know what my future holds for me at the moment.
There needs to be a complaints board that is completely independant Nothing to do with NMC or RCN whose council members are intermixed.
I complained about 2 cases of abuse at Sunderland Royal
Case 1 An elderly man with Alzheimers was noisy, the ward was very short staffed. The F/T RGN persuaded an F1 to prescribe Midazolam 'to keep him quiet'
Case 2 A pt with LD was in a side ward, not my pt. I checked on min his GCS was 7. The 2 F/T RGN refused leave the cons who was doing a round. They were full of self importance.
I called the outreach team and his parents. The parents found that his medication was inaccurate and had not been given for 24 hours. The outreach team spent 4 hours before he was stable and checked every hour after.
I complained and the complaint went as far as the Director of Nursing. I attended with RCN officer, who it turned out was a friend of DoN.
It ended up me being told that as I was Bank, I would not get any further shifts and if I took the case further then the DoN would get Srs on various wards to make complaints about my care.
This is the corruption whistleblowers have to put up with.
I applied for a NH post utting the DoN as referee and she gave an excellant one. Twofaced or what
I have had to put up with this treatment for 24 years when I have reported abuse in various forms. I have been the one to suffer, along with my family
Those who report are vilified by colleagues, have false allegations made about them, asked to attend meetings which had been cancelled or asked why they did not attend meetings. i was even contacted 3 times on a weeks holiday being asked stupid things.
A complaints dept must be outside the NHS were staff can be anonymouse
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Poon, Ser-Huang; and Rockinger, Michael; and Tawn, Jonathan (2003) Modelling extreme-value dependence in international stock markets. Statistica Sinica, 13. pp. 929-953. ISSN 1017-0405
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In the finance literature, cross-sectional dependence in extreme returns of risky assets is often modelled implicitly assuming an asymptotically dependent structure. If the true dependence structure is asymptotically independent then current modelling approaches will lead to an over-estimation of the risk of simultaneous extreme events. We use two simple nonparametric measures to identify and quantify the tail dependence among stock returns in five international stock markets. We show that there is strong evidence in favour of asymptotically independent models for the tail structure of stock market returns, and that most of the extremal dependence is due to heteroskedasticity in stock returns processes. Using a range of volatility filters, we find that tail index and tail dependence can be partially captured by models for heteroskedasticity. We find there is no clear reason to prefer one volatility filter over another.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Asymptotic independence ; extreme value theory ; Hill's estimator ; risk management ; tail index. |
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Deposited By: | Mrs Yaling Zhang |
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