Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Pierre Poilievre, MP 07.16.2013
Pierre Poilievre, MP (/ˈpɑː.lə.vər/ paw-lə-vər by preference, though in general usage, the name is usually rendered pwah-lee-evr, closer to its French pronunciation; born June 3, 1979) is a Canadian politician and Minister of State (Democratic Reform)[1]. He is currently a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the suburban Ottawa riding of Nepean-Carleton. First elected in 2004, Poilievre was re-elected in 2006 and 2008. Poilievre received the second highest vote total of any candidate in the 2008 election.
Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Politics
2.1 Federal Accountability Act
2.2 Children's Fitness Tax Credit
2.3 Queensway Carleton Hospital
2.4 Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge
2.5 Charitable work
2.6 On anti-Semitism
2.7 Union Dues and Union Transparency
2.8 Foul language in the Commons
2.9 Accusations of terrorism against Liberals
2.10 "Tar Baby"
2.11 Deliberate security breach
3 Electoral history
4 References
5 External links
Background[edit]
Poilievre was born in Calgary, Alberta. He studied international relations at the University of Calgary,[2] following a period of study in commerce at the same institution, but does not hold a degree.[3] While there he made close friends and alliances with his lifelong political mentors Tom Flanagan, Ted Morton and Barry Cooper of the "Calgary School", and met Stephen Harper also.
When Poilievre was running for election in 2004, he stated that he was co-owner of a political research company called 3D Contact Inc.. According to the company profile, these 'contacts' were Stephen Harper, Ted Morton and Stockwell Day. His partner was Jonathan Denis, who later became Minister of Housing in the Alberta government.
Poilievre also has done policy work for Canadian Alliance MPs Stockwell Day and Jason Kenney, and prior to running for office himself; worked as a full-time assistant to Day. He also worked for Magna International, focusing on communications, and has done public relations work.
In 1999, writing as Pierre Marcel Poilievre, he contributed an essay, "Building Canada Through Freedom" to the book @Stake—"As Prime Minister, I Would...", a collection of essays from Magna International's "As Prime Minister" awards program. He did not win the competition. At the time, he was editorially described as being in the second year of a Commerce program at the University of Calgary. His self-description was as "a political junkie with a passion for public debating and a special interest in international relations".[4]
Politics[edit]
In 2004, Poilievre stood as Conservative candidate in the riding of Nepean—Carleton. He defeated Liberal cabinet minister David Pratt by almost 3,736 votes. In 2006, Poilievre was re-elected with 55% of the vote, beating Liberal candidate Michael Gaffney by 19,401 votes. He has been re-elected in 2008 and 2011 with similar pluralities. Since 2006, he has been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to various ministers including John Baird, the President of the Treasury Board and to Primer Minister Stephen Harper.
On July 15 2013, Pierre Poilievre was appointed to Cabinet by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Minister of state for democratic reform after a recent Cabinet shuffle.[5]
Federal Accountability Act[edit]
As Parliamentary Secretary to Treasury Board, Polievre redrafted Canada’s whistleblower protection laws.[6] and worked with Minister John Baird to pass the Federal Accountability Act through the Canadian House of Commons. The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act was enacted to provide a process for public sector employees when disclosing abuses and wrongdoings within the federal government and protection of these employees from reprisals. The Federal Accountability Act received Royal Assent on December 12, 2006.[7] This act has been criticized for falling far short of the Conservative Party's pre-election promises [1] and effectively giving supervisors of whistleblowers continuing power over them, intimidating them from revealing all they know. [2]
Children's Fitness Tax Credit[edit]
Poilievre proposed a sports tax credit to then Opposition-leader Stephen Harper[citation needed]. The sports tax credit became a central plank in the Conservative Party's 2006 election platform.[8] The tax credit came into effect January 1, 2007. The tax credit allows parents to claim $500 per year for dependent children under the age of 16. Disabled children are eligible for the tax credit until the age of 18.[9]
Queensway Carleton Hospital[edit]
In the summer of 2006, Poilievre and Minister John Baird helped secure a $1 per year rent for the Queensway Carleton Hospital from the National Capital Commission. Before the brokered agreement, the QCH was paying the NCC $23,000 per year in rent. The lease of the hospital was to expire in 2013,[10] and the rent was set to increase substantially.[11]
Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge[edit]
Poilievre has actively advocated for the construction of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge which is planned to span the Rideau river.[12] The eight-lane bridge will link Riverside South with Barrhaven[13] Poilievre secured one-third of the project's funding and acquired the neighbouring airport land needed to complete the Limebank Road expansion, tapping into funds already committed by former MP David Pratt for transportation projects in this riding.[14]
Construction began on July 27, 2010. The event was locally publicised, with politicians of all levels and parties involved attending the ground breaking...[15]
Charitable work[edit]
As a member of Parliament, Poilievre has been known for his involvement with a variety of charities. For his 30th birthday, Poilievre co-hosted an event with Ottawa Police Chief Vernon White to help raise funds for Harvest House Ministries and Project S.T.E.P.[16] Both charities do work within the greater Ottawa community to treat substance abuse and prevent addiction. Poilievre has also secured $1 million in funding for the city of Ottawa's drug treatment initiative.[17] In 2005, Poilievre helped raise $40,000 to help rebuild the Manotick legion after it was destroyed by fire in June of that year.[18]
On anti-Semitism[edit]
On February 13, 2009, Poilievre stood in the House of Commons to make a statement concerning incidents of alleged anti-Semitism at York University. Poilievre stated his belief that Canadians must address anti-Semitism on college and university campuses.
"Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government condemns the latest anti-Semitic outburst at York University. This week, chants of 'Zionism is racism' were heard, and one person was called a 'dirty Jew'. Sadly, incidents like these have become far too prevalent on college and university campuses across Canada. I am reminded of the violent left-wing mob that shouted anti-Semitic curses at a former Israeli prime minister and prevented him from speaking at Concordia University in 2002. I fear there is a rise among the extreme left of a new anti-Semitism. We see it in the instances that I mentioned. It lies below the surface of the public discourse waiting, waiting for us to let our guard down, waiting for the outrage to subside, waiting for the right time to flourish. We must confront it, fight it, and defeat it."[19]
Poilievre was sent by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Geneva, Switzerland in April 2009 to attend the Conference Against Racism, Discrimination, and Persecution. This conference was held at the same time as the Durban Review Conference, which had been criticized by the Prime Minister as full of "anti-Semitic rhetoric". During the same trip, Poilievre traveled to Poland to participate in the International March of the Living Mission, a tour of Nazi concentration camps to commemorate the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.[20]
Union Dues and Union Transparency[edit]
Poilievre has been a vocal critic of the political activities of the Public Sector Alliance of Canada and has advocated on behalf of union members for their ability to opt-out of union dues. This came after the regional sectors of that union endorsed the separatist Parti Québécois in the 2011 Quebec provincial election. Poilievre remarked,
“I accept the results of the election,” said Poilievre. “But I can’t accept a union representing public servants working for the government of Canada which forcefully takes money out of the pockets of Canada’s public servants to support parties that want to break up the country. How can it be in the interests of public servants to support the breakup of Canada?”[21]
Poilievre has also supported Conservative MP Russ Hiebert's private members bill C-377, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (labour organizations). The legislation advocates for an increased schedule and scope of disclosure for every Canadian labour union.
Foul language in the Commons[edit]
In June 2006, Poilievre used foul language in a committee meeting,[22] and made unparliamentary gestures.[23][24] Poilievre later apologized for making gestures within the Commons;.[25]
Accusations of terrorism against Liberals[edit]
In February 2007, Poilievre suggested that there were members of Liberal caucus who wanted to legalize Hezbollah.[26]
"Tar Baby"[edit]
In May 2009 Poilievre was accused of having insensitively used the term "tar baby" in the House of Commons in reference to a policy of carbon taxation from which Poilievre suggested that Liberal leaderMichael Ignatieff would try to distance himself. Poilievre repeated the term in a prepared reply to a question from a member of his own party on taxation. A number of Opposition MPs demanded Poilievre make amends for the use of the term.[citation needed] Media coverage of the dispute noted that Poilievre was "the latest in a long line of politicians to take flak for uttering the words.”[27] Poilieve argued that the term was commonly used for "issues that stick to one."[28] Over the previous years, the term itself had been used by a number of prominent Canadian public figures to indicate a sticky situation.[27]
Deliberate security breach[edit]
In October 2010, Poilievre allegedly got impatient waiting at a Parliament Hill checkpoint and pressed a button to open the security gate and drove his car through without being identified and without having his vehicle inspected. He later apologized.[29] [30]
Electoral history[edit]
[hide]Canadian federal election, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±pp
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 43,428 54.42
Liberal Ryan Keon 20,146 25.25
New Democratic Ric Dagenais 12,955 16.24
Green Jean-Luc Cooke 3,266 4.09
Total valid votes 79,795
Turnout – %
[hide]Canadian federal election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±pp
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 39,921 55.8
Liberal Ed Mahfouz 16,743 23.4
Green Lori Gadzala 7,880 11.0
New Democratic Phil Brown 6,946 9.7
Total valid votes 71,490
Turnout 69.4 %
[hide]Canadian federal election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±pp
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 39,512 55.0
Liberal Michael Gaffney 20,111 28.0
New Democratic Laurel Gibbons 8,274 11.5
Green Lori Gadzala 3,976 5.5
Total valid votes 72,089
Turnout 75.8 %
[hide]Canadian federal election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±pp
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 30,420 45.7
Liberal David Pratt 26,684 40.1
New Democratic Phil Brown 6,072 9.1
Green Chris Walker 2,886 4.3
Marijuana Brad Powers 561 0.8
Total valid votes 66,848
Turnout 75.1 %
References[edit]
^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/a-full-list-of-the-new-and-old-faces-in-stephen-harpers-cabinet/article13219614/
^ Parliamentary biography of Pierre Poilievre; www.pm.gc.ca.
^ Alumni, staff elected to Parliament; University of Calgary.
^ @Stake—"As Prime Minister, I Would...". Magna International Inc., 1999, p. 57.
^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/a-full-list-of-the-new-and-old-faces-in-stephen-harpers-cabinet/article13219614/
^ "Tories consider U.S.-style bounty for waste-busting whistleblowers".
^ "Bill C-2".
^ "Stand Up For Canada".
^ "Children's Fitness Tax Credit".
^ Ottawa Citizen (July 29, 2006). "Queensway hospital gets break on rent". Ottawa Citizen.
^ CBC Ottawa (July 31, 2006). "Queensway hospital gets break on rent". CBC.
^ "Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge – Project Overview".
^ "Canada-Ontario Partnership to Help Build the Strandherd Armstrong Bridge in Nepean Carleton". June 8, 2009.
^ "Poilievre victorious in Nepean-Carleton". Ottawa Citizen. October 15, 2008.
^ "Work begins on long-awaited Strandherd-Armstrong bridge project". Ottawa Citizen. July 27, 2010.
^ "Project S.T.E.P.".>
^ "Feds pump $1 million into Ottawa drug prevention, treatment".
^ "Manotick Directory: Royal Canadian Legion of Manotick, South Carleton Branch 314".
^ "Hansard".
^ "PM sends MP Pierre Poilievre to represent Canada at the Conference against Racism, Discrimination and Persecution in Geneva".
^ "After PSAC endorsement of PQ, Poilievre to push for right to opt out of union dues".
^ "Political Notebook, June 9, 2006".
^ CTV (June 14, 2006). "Harper urged to apologize for MPs' rude gestures". CTV.
^ "Political Notebook, June 14, 2006".
^ "Hansard June 14, 2006".
^ "The Toronto Star - Partial transcript of Poilievre interview: February 27, 2007". The Star. February 27, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
^ a b Crawford, A (2009-05-29). "No apology". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
^ "Tory MP under fire for 'tar baby' comment". CTV News. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
^ "Conservative MP blows by Hill security check". The Star. October 8, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
^ "At least Pierre Poilievre didn’t throw a shoe at Mounties". Globe and Mail. October 8, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
External links[edit]
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre – Parliament of Canada biography
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Kumho Asiana Group
Kumho Asiana Group is a large South Korean Chaebol (conglomerate), with subsidiaries in the automotive, industry, leisure, logistic, chemical and airline fields. The group is headquartered at the Kumho Asiana Main Tower in Sinmunno 1-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[1] The group was established in 1946.[citation needed] As of 2008 the "Kumho Asiana Group" CEO is Bak Sam Koo.
Contents
1 Subsidiaries
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Subsidiaries
Air Busan
Asiana AAS Airport Services
Asiana Abacus
Asiana Airlines
Asiana IDT
Asiana Leisure
Incheon Airport Energy
Kumho Art Museum
Kumho Arthall
Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation
Kumho Engineering and Construction
Kumho Express - Sold to KoFC IBK Kaystone PEF
Kumho Hertz Rent A Car (Kumho Rent A Car) - Sold to KT (Korea Telecom)
Kumho Investment Bank - Sold to Woori Financial Group
Kumho KIFT - Sold to CJ (Cheil Jedang)
Kumho Life Insurance - Sold to Korea Development Bank
Kumho Mitsui Chemical -
Kumho P&B Chemical
Kumho Petrochemical
Kumho Polychem
Kumho Resort Sold to CJ (Cheil Jedang)
Kumho Tires
Kumho Trading Corporation
Korea Express (Daehan Logistics) - Sold to CJ (Cheil Jedang)
Seoul Express Bus Terminal - Sold to Shinsegye Group
Songnisan Express
See also
Economy of South Korea
Chaebol
List of South Korean companies
References
^ "Contact Us." Kumho Asiana Group. Retrieved on November 26, 2008.
External links
South Korea portal
Companies portalMain
Kumho Asiana Group Homepage (in Korean, English, and Chinese)Group
Kumho Tires
Asiana Airlines
Kumho Express
Asiana AAS Airport Services
Asiana Abacus
Kumho Petrochemical
Kumho P&B Chemical
Kumho Polychem
Kumho Mitsui Chemical
Kumho Constructions
Kumho Daewoo E&C
Kumho Rent A Car
Kumho Resort
Asiana Leisure
Kumho KIFT
Kumho Life
Kumho Investment Bank
Asiana IDT
Incheon Airport Energy
Kumho Trading Corporation
Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation
Kumho Arthall
Kumho Art Museum
Thursday, July 11, 2013
San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) : Asiana Airlines Flight 214
San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) is the main public hospital in San Francisco, California, and the only Level I Trauma Center for 1.5 million residents of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County.[1] As the City and County of San Francisco’s acute care hospital, SFGH is the primary provider of safety-net health care for the most vulnerable – the poor, uninsured working families, immigrants and the elderly. About 80 percent of its patient population either receives publicly funded health insurance (Medicare or Medi-Cal) or is uninsured. SFGH also cares for the homeless, who make up about 8 percent of its patients.[2] It is the largest acute inpatient and rehabilitation hospital for psychiatric patients in the City. Additionally, it is the only acute hospital in San Francisco that provides twenty-four hour psychiatric emergency services and operates the only Trauma Center (Level 1) in San Francisco.
In addition to the approximately 3,500 San Francisco municipal employees, the University of California at San Franciscoprovides approximately 1,500 employees (including Physicians, nurses and ancillary personnel). The hospital, especially its Ward 86,[3] was instrumental in treating and identifying early cases of AIDS. The original brick main building was replaced with aconcrete one with construction started in 1971;[4] four remaining 1915 five-story edifices are among the tallest brick buildings in the city. The hospital is located at 1001 Potrero Avenue between the Mission District and Potrero Hill; U.S. Route 101 rounds its east side at “Hospital Curve.”
A new San Francisco General Hospital acute care building is currently under construction on the site and is planned to be opened in 2015. It will be the only hospital in San Francisco built with a base-isolated foundation, the latest technology for protecting buildings during seismic activity. Notable improvements include expanding the capacity of emergency department and increasing the number of beds as well as increasing the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and combining the previously separate surgical and medical units into one ICU.
Timeline
1850 San Francisco Granted a city Charter and creates a Board of Health; cholera strikes, temporary hospital set up.
1857 City and County opens it first permanent hospital in the former North Beach schoolhouse at Stockton and Francisco streets.
1864 "In the fall of 1864, Dr. Hugh Toland opened his new medical school, which in 1872 would become the University of California. The Medical School building was located on Stockton Street near Chestnut adjacent to the City and County Hospital...In 1865, Toland was granted permission to use the hospital for clinical instruction." (pg37[6]))
1872 "On August 28, 1872, the New City-County Hospital on Potrero Street was opened...it was described as a two-story, wooden frame building with a brick foundation..."(pg43[7]))
1873 Agreement allows City and County Hospital to serve as UC and Stanford medical schools' clinical facility.
1906 "The Earthquake and Great Fire devastate the City in April 18, 1906... the Hospital with its wood frame structure anchored on the firm rock of Potrero Hill survived more or less intact, with minimal injury to inmates or staff." (pg60[8])
1907 Long needed children's ward and contagious pavilion open.
1908 Second plague epidemic strikes; hospital pronounced unfit for patient care when plague infested rats and flees are found there; wooden buildings burned to the ground by city order and patients moved to the old Jockey Club Racetrack in the Ingleside district, where box stalls and grandstands are converted into a temporary hospital; "Mission Emergency" Hospital, one of the city owned network, operates out of a shack on the Potrero Ave site.
1915 New San Francisco General Hospital, landscaped, red brick, Italian Renaissance style complex, dedicated during the City's celebration of the completion of the Panama Canal; motorized ambulances replace the horse-drawn vans.
1924 Psychiatric ward opens to treat acutely ill patients and reduce state hospital admissions.
1959 "In May 1959 in the first contract with the University of California was signed and amounted to 1% of the total hospital budget or $154,000...the value of teaching programs to a public hospital was emphasized by the university in their negotiations with the city..." (pg90[9])
1963 "...a modern medical library funded primarily by UC was opened on Ward 31. It was named the Briggs-Barnett library after two former chiefs of medicine on the UC and Stanford service." (pg93[10])
1965 "The pressing need for more psychiatric beds, the general overcrowding, and the problems of maintenance and staffing all combined to emphasize the inadequacy of the 50-year-old hospital...a $33.7 million bond issue...passed overwhelmingly with the highest support of any bond since the since the earthquake of 1906." (pg93[11])
1971 Groundbreaking for the new hospital.
1972 Trauma Center opens at Mission Emergency, with a grant from NIH.
1973 Outpatient department, Stroke Research Center, coronary and respiratory ICUs, Family Practice residency starts.
1976 New SFGH Medical Center opens after three years of planning by community advisory boards.
1979 Specially equipped Burn Unit, San Francisco's second, becomes part of the Trauma Center; Gladstone Foundation Cardiovascular Laboratories open.
1980 Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center established to study basic neuroscience and the effects of alcohol on the brain.
1983 UCSF clinicians and researchers develop the country's first outpatient AIDS clinic and inpatient ward at SFGH and mount an enormous multidisciplinary effort to fight off the disease.
1991 Trauma Center designated the only Level I Trauma Center in San Francisco providing around the clock medical and psychiatric emergency services.
1993 SFGH continues to be recognized as the premier hospital for AIDS care in the United States. The Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology opens at SFGH, second largest basic research institute in the US. In partnership with UCSF, conducts research on new drugs and treatment for HIV/AIDS, along with clinical trials, prevention, outreach, and professional education programs.
2004 Avon Foundation Comprehensive Breast Center open to provide state-of-the-art imaging for breast cancer detection, more than doubling screening capacity and expanding outreach at SFGH.
2008 San Francisco passes a $888 million bond to build a new hospital at SFGH between the historic 1915 red brick buildings. The bond received 84% approval.
2015 The new hospital is slated to be complete.[12]
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera & SFGH
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center is proud to house paintings by two famous artists, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Rivera’s “La Tortillera,” painted in 1926, and Kahlo’s 1931 “Portrait of Dr. Leo Eloesser,” were both given to the University of California San Francisco for display at the SFGH.
The paintings were donated to UCSF with the stipulation that they be hung at the San Francisco General Hospital where their original owner, the late thoracic surgeon Leo Eloesser, MD, served for 36 years.
Dr. Leo Eloesser[
Born in San Francisco, Leo Eloesser (1881-1976) was a pioneering thoracic surgeon and innovator in the provision of rural and wartime health care.
After receiving his Medical Doctorate from the University of Heidelberg in 1907, Dr. Eloesser returned to San Francisco in 1910, did a clinical internship at SFGH, and joined the faculty of the Stanford Medical School in 1912, where he eventually became the Chief of the Thoracic Service of the Stanford University Division at San Francisco City and County Hospital.
After World War One (in 1918-19), Dr. Eloesser served as Chief of Amputation and Orthopaedic Services at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco. He was known for his work among the poor and indigent, and, in 1935-36, he established the first Thoracic Surgery clinic in Russia. At the age of 56, working as a medic in the Spanish Civil War, he ran his own Mobile Surgical Hospital.
Following his retirement in 1945, Dr. Eloesser worked for the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Administration (UNRRA) and UNICEF, in various capacities related to the development of rural health care in China, including a term as director of the Bethune International Peace Hospital and Medical School in Hsi Ching (Yenan Province).
During his last years, in Tacamburo, Michoacan, Mexico, he continued his efforts to develop solutions to rural medical problems by using indigenous resources to combat the high incidence of tuberculosis and infant death, including support of teaching and surgical activities at the Sanitario de Huipulco, al Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, and the establishment of a curriculum to train rural midwives.
Dr. Eloesser and the Riveras
Dr. Eloesser first met Diego Rivera in 1926 and later came to know Frida Kahlo, who looked to him for medical advice and friendship for the rest of her life. Both Rivera and Kahlo lived and worked in San Francisco in 1930-31, and during their stay, Dr. Eloesser treated her for chronic medical problems she suffered as a result of an earlier bus accident that occurred in Mexico when she was a young woman.
As a token of their friendship, and to repay him for his service, Kahlo painted a portrait of Dr. Eloesser in 1931 at his home on Leavenworth Street. Executed in oil on masonite, it shows him standing beside a model sailing ship named “Los Tres Amigos.” A small Rivera drawing hangs in the background. Rivera later gave Dr. Eloesser, “La Tortillera,” an oil on canvas depicting a woman making tortillas. The three remained close friends in the years that followed. Kahlo wrote regularly to Dr. Eloesser, requesting his advice in letters addressed to her dear “doctorcito.”
Some years later, Dr. Eloesser presented Kahlo's portrait to a good friend, Carlton Mathewson, MD, UCSF clinical professor emeritus of surgery, who in 1968 donated it to UCSF with the provision that it permanently remain hanging at SFGH. In 1975 Dr. Eloesser gave “La Tortillera” to the University with the same stipulation.
Touring
The paintings often go on tour. The portrait of Dr. Eloesser has been to Mexico, Europe and across the US in recent years with celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Frida Kahlo's birth. During construction on the new hospital at SFGH both paintings are hanging at the SFMOMA.
References
^ http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/medSvs/SFGH/default.asp
^ http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/sfgh/social-responsibility
^ http://hiv.ucsf.edu/
^ "Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care" by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
^ http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/sfgh/historic-partnership
^ "Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care" by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
^ "Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care" by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
^ "Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care" by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
^ "Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care" by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
^ "Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care" by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
^ "Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care" by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
^ http://www.sfdph.org/dph/rebuildSFGH/
^ http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/sfgh/frida-kahlo-diego-rivera-sfgh
External links
SFGH site at SF Dep't of Public Health
UCSF SFGH site
SFGH campus maps
Center for Vulnerable Populations
This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas A project by OSHPD
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
Orthopaedic Trauma Institute
Monday, July 8, 2013
San Francisco International Airport : Asiana Airlines Flight 214, •On July 6, 2013
Accidents and incidents
- On October 29, 1953, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines flight 304, a Douglas DC-6 en route from Sydney, Australia with fuel stops in Auckland, New Zealand, Fiji, and Honolulu crashed on approach to SFO into Kings Mountain in San Mateo County. All 19 passengers and crew died.
- On December 24, 1964, Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a Lockheed Constellation cargo aircraft departing for New York City, crashed in the hills west of the airport, killing all three crewmembers on board.[80]
- On November 22, 1968, a Japan Air Lines DC-8, named the Shiga,[citation needed] operating Flight 2, crash landed on final approach at 9:30 a.m. on a shallow submerged reef at the eastern tip of Coyote Point (three miles short of the runway southeast of the airport). The plane was on a trip from Tokyo to SFO, after making a stop in Honolulu. The pilot was experienced, but apparently misread the instruments on the DC-8, which was less than a year old. There were 107 people on the plane. There were no deaths or serious injuries. The plane was salvaged by Bigge Drayage Company soon after the crash. All luggage and fuel were removed to cut the weight and the plane was lifted onto a barge and taken to the airport for repairs. The cost of repairs was $4 million and the plane re-entered service the following April.
- On July 30, 1971, Pan Am Flight 845, a Boeing 747 (registration: N747PA, name: Clipper America), struck navigational aids at the end of runway 1R on takeoff for Tokyo. The aircraft's landing gear and other systems were damaged. Two passengers were seriously injured by metal components of the runway approach light pier entering the cabin. The flight proceeded out over the Pacific Ocean to dump fuel in order to reduce weight for an emergency landing. Emergency services were deployed at the airport, and the plane returned and landed on runway 28R. During landing the aircraft veered off the runway. There was no fire. After coming to a stop, the aircraft slowly tilted aft, coming to rest on its tail in a nose-high attitude. The forward evacuation slides were therefore in a nearly vertical position. Evacuation using these slides caused all of the additional injuries, some severe. There were no fatalities among the 218 passengers and crew aboard. An investigation determined the cause of the accident to be erroneous information from the flight dispatcher to the crew regarding weight and runway length.[81]
- On June 28, 2008, an ABX Air Boeing 767 preparing to depart with cargo caught fire and was seriously damaged. The pilots escaped uninjured. The airline had received a threat the week before, but thus far investigations have revealed no evidence of any malicious device on board.[82][dated info]
- On July 6, 2013, Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a 777-200ER registered HL7742, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport. After slamming into the seawall of the runway, it touched down short of the runway. Passengers and crew evacuated before fire destroyed the aircraft. Two fatalities resulted and ten were in critical condition, according to local media. An NTSB investigation is underway.[83][84][85]
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 July 6, 2013
Asiana Airlines Flight 214
.jpg) HL7742, the aircraft involved in the incident, about to land at Hong Kong International Airport in July 2011 | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 6, 2013 |
| Site | San Francisco International Airport 37°36′48″N 122°21′53″W / 37.61333°N 122.36472°WCoordinates: 37°36′48″N 122°21′53″W / 37.61333°N 122.36472°W |
| Passengers | 291[1] |
| Crew | 16[1] |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 182, at least 5 critical[2] |
| Fatalities | 2[3][4] |
| Survivors | 305 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 777-200ER |
| Operator | Asiana Airlines |
| Registration | HL7742 |
| Flight origin | Incheon International Airport |
| Destination | San Francisco International Airport |
Contents[hide] |
Crash
Location of the remainder of the fuselage
The Instrument Landing System (ILS) and consequently the navigational glidepath on runway 28L had been out of service since June 11, and at the time of the crash.[14] Arrivals were standard visual arrivals, helped by the clear weather at the time.[15] Aviation safety commentator Chesley Sullenberger said a project to increase the runway safety zone required pilots to temporarily rely on sight instead of electronics with automated warnings. He said this project will be looked at as a possible factor in the crash. As part of the same project the airport planned to add, by 2015, porous concrete to the end of the runway to absorb the impact of an airplane.[16]
This was the third fatal crash in Asiana's 25-year history.[17] It was the first fatal crash of a Boeing 777. It was also the first fatal passenger airliner crash in the United States since the Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash in 2009.[18]
This was the third hull loss of a Boeing 777 and the second involving a short landing at the end of a long-haul flight. The Boeing 777-200ER that was involved in the incident was originally delivered to Asiana Airlines in March 2006.[19]
Passengers and crew
The plane had a crew of 16 people and a total of 291 passengers: 141 Chinese, 77 South Korean, 61 American, 3 Indian, 3 Canadian, 1 Vietnamese, 1 French, and 1 Japanese.[20]At a press conference held at the airport, Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department Joanne Hayes-White confirmed that there were two deaths; both were Chinese passport holders and female teenagers (both 16 years old)[4][21] with both bodies found outside the aircraft.[2] According to a hospital spokesperson, five people were in critical condition.[2] Nine area hospitals accepted a total of 182 injured.[3] During a later airport press conference, airport spokesman Doug Yakel said only one person was unaccounted for,[22] down from 60 reported earlier.[3] During an additional press conference, Hayes-White stated all persons had been accounted for after reconciliation of two intake points at the airport.[23]
Xinhua stated that 70 students and teachers traveling to the United States for a summer camp were among the Chinese passengers. According to Reuters, "local authorities" stated that 30 of the students and teachers were from Shanxi and the others were from Zhejiang.[18] Of the students and teachers, 34 were from Jiangshan High School in Zhejiang, traveling together in one group. The group consisted of 5 teachers and 29 students.[24] The provincial education department of Shanxi said that one teacher received minor injuries. The two deceased passengers, 16-year-old girls, were students at Jiangshan High School. The other Jiangshan students survived the crash.[18]
Aftermath
The airport was closed for approximately five hours after the crash,[10][12][7] and incoming flights destined for San Francisco were diverted to the other major airports in the San Francisco Bay Area or to Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Seattle.[26] By 3:30 PDT (22:30 UTC), runways 01L/19R and 01R/19L were reopened, with the runway of the accident (10R/28L) and the one in parallel to it (10L/28R) remaining closed.[7]
Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation and sent a crew to the scene.[3] Asiana CEO Yoon Young-Doo said, "Currently we understand that there were no engine or mechanical problems." The preliminary indications suggest the plane came in too short and hit the seawall as it attempted to land.[10] On July 7, 2013, NTSB investigators recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder and transported them to Washington, D.C. for analysis.[27]See also
- British Airways Flight 38 – same aircraft type crash.
References
- ^ a b c Kim, Jack; Pomeroy, Robin (July 6, 2013). "Asiana plane carried 291 passengers, 16 crew: airline". Reuters. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ a b c Botelho, Greg (July 7, 2013). "2 die, 305 survive after airliner crashes, burns at San Francisco airport". CNN. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Welch, William; Swartz, Jon M.; Strauss, Gary (July 6, 2013). "2 confirmed dead in San Francisco Airport crash". USA Today. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ a b "Asiana Crisis Management System". Asiana Airlines. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Press Release for Incident Involving Asiana Flight OZ 214 - July 7, 2013" (Press release). Asiana Airlines. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ "Asiana 777 (AAR214) crashes upon landing at SFO". FlightAware. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ a b c Hradecky, Simon (July 6, 2013). "Accident: Asiana B772 at San Francisco on Jul 6th 2013, touched down short of the runway, broke up and burst into flames". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ Arkin, Daniel (July 6, 2013). "Boeing 777 crashes while landing at San Francisco airport". NBC News. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ a b Somaiya, Ravi (July 6, 2013). "Plane Crashes on Landing in San Francisco". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Boeing 777 plane crash-lands at San Francisco airport". BBC News. July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
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- ^ a b Botelho, Greg; Ahlers, Mike M. (July 6, 2013). "Airline's Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco International Airport". CNN. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ Onishi, Norimitsu; Somaiya, Ravi (July 7, 2013). "Victims of Plane Crash are Identified as Two Chinese Students". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "KSFO San Francisco Intl". PilotWeb. Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013. "06/005 SFO navigation instrument landing system Runway 28L glide path out of service with effect from or effective from 1306011400-1308222359"
- ^ "Weather at incident time (METAR)". Navlost.eu. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ Hulac, Kari, ed. (July 6, 2013). "Pilot "Sully" Sullenberger: SFO Runway Construction Intended to Prevent Crashes Such as Saturday's". Milbrae Patch (Patch). Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Asiana jet crash further tarnishes Korean carrier's safety record". Reuters. July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Two dead in Asiana plane crash are Chinese citizens, identified as teenage girls". South China Morning Post. Reuters. July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
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- ^ Collins, Terry (July 6, 2013). "Official: 1 Unaccounted For From S.F. Plane Crash". Associated Press. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ "Two dead, dozens injured in Boeing 777 crash". Oakland, CA: KTVU-TV. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Asiana crash deaths ID'd as 2 Chinese teens." (Contributing: Sunny Yang; The Associated Press). USA Today. July 7, 2013. Retrieved on July 7, 2013. "Teacher Ye Lianjun told Chinese television that there were 34 people traveling in the Jiangshan Middle School group — five teachers and 29 students."
- ^ Axelrod, Jim (July 6, 2013 7:16 PM). "Chesley Sullenberger: San Francisco airport a challenging place to land". CBS News. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Plane crash at San Francisco airport, 2 dead". CBS News. Associated Press. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ Julie Yoon, F. Brinley Bruton and Matthew DeLuca (July 7, 2013). "NTSB: Officials recover black boxes from San Francisco crash site". NBC News. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Asiana Airlines Flight 214 |
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- Asiana Airlines
- Boeing
- "Updated Boeing Statement on Asiana Airlines Flight 214." (Archive)
- Communication between Asiana 214 and SFO Tower
- New York Times photographs of the crash site and debris locations
- "Obama grateful to first responders at jet crash". Associated Press. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
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