the california campus, but after many years and attorneys' fees, the court forced them to recognize cna the collective bargaining unit for nurses. there have been several strikes over the years by nurses and other health-care workers, and in fact, our contract expired 4.5 years ago, but we have been unable to reach an agreement. the nurses on the bargaining team were told by an attorney that it was ideological and not financial and that the ceo at the time, a doctor, said at an employee reform -- at an employee forum, that he supervised. i urge you to insist on a community benefit agreement as advocated, which has mechanisms to keep sutter accountable and helps ultimately our patients. thank you. >> i am michael, and i am talking about a proposal which has been made by the older women's league, which i am a member of. cpmc's proposals to build a giant new hospital on cathedral hill has dangerous implications for decades for the survival of st. luke's, for the housing in the tenderloin area, for unionized nurses, for long-term care, for charity care, and most of all, for poor, minority a

today's panel is the first event of our joining forces initiative at cnas.an independent partner to the white house's joining forces initiative, cnas has determined our joining forces research agenda to include research and analysis in three areas; employment, education and wellness. as those areas pertain to veterans, service members and to military families. this work on military suicide was conducted in the context of our wellnd research. i have been asked whether for the first cnas joining forces product and event we should have led with a different topic rather than military suicide. after all, it's only a very small minority of service members and veterans that die by suicide. we feel, however, that it is too large a minority and too significant an issue to ignore given that these tragic losses effect many individuals besides those victims. the army brigade commander that dr.nagl mentioned recently brought his team to cnas for a discussion. our conference room was overflowing with officers who only wanted to discuss military suicide with me because the

we begin with this item sent by cna singapore. internet giant google says it's setting up a data center in singapore, its first in southeast asia and nird in the asian region. the center is due for completion by 2013. singapore authorities hope that $120 million project will boost the efforts to nurture i.t. as a pillar of the economy. the development is expected to attract more overseas firms. google has similar centers in hong kong and taiwan, which reflects the industry. google says the new center will provide high-speed fiberoptic connections and support for other data services. steady or rising? that's the word on land prices in bangkok and nearby provinces despite the devastating recent floods. a representative of the city's real estate investment said the construction of five rail projects and expressways are driving the trend. one survey shows land prices in bangkok's inner areas have surged about 17%. the rains hit the property market hardest in october when real estate transactions dropped as fast as the floodwaters rose

and you and i cannot cna. it's not like building the next generation of military fighter plane, where we can actually hear that debate and decide how many we really need. all of this is classified. and so you've got contractors with friends and say the government who are now letting the contracts to their friends outside the government. one of my sources called it a self ice cream cone. [laughter] i think that's a pretty good description of it. >> one of the things that you mentioned is the plethora of information that's being generated every day by this apparatus and how difficult it is. it's one thing for reporters to keep track of it, but other people this is their job, it's difficult if not impossible even for them. and you mentioned being that the general who is going down in all of these reports on his computer and his inbox is overflowing, who sounds angry. >> he was more than angry. he wasn't shy about telling me that. so one of the chapters begins with one of my adventures into the pentagon one night

the cna announced today 4,000 nurses are getting readty read -- ready to walk off the job.'s exactly three months after their last strike. sutter health and the nurses union are in negotiations for a new contract. >>> a judge found a 39-year-old man not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. shannon bradley moore was accused of the stabbing death of 73-year-old ray monocas -- raymond casso at a postoffice. moore faces a 16 year to life term in a mental facility. his sentencing is set for january 6. >>> the state of california plans to convert a woman's prison in the central valley to house male inmates. the conversion could help ease overcrowding at other state prisons. many of the females meet the requirements to serve their sentences locally. california needs to comply with a federal court order to fix overcrowding at state prisons. >>> in india 90 people died at a smoky fire. much of the staff abandoned the building. police arrested six hospital administrators. >>> in italy a letter bomb exploded at a tax collection agency. this was the second letter bomb in europe this

the cna announced today 4,000 nurses are getting readty read -- ready to walk off the job.ly three months after their last strike. sutter health and the nurses union are in negotiations for a new contract. >>> a judge found a 39-year-old man not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. shannon bradley moore was accused of the stabbing death of 73-year-old ray monocas -- raymond casso at a postoffice. moore faces a 16 year to life term in a mental facility. his sentencing is set for january 6. >>> the state of california plans to convert a woman's prison in the central valley to house male inmates. the conversion could help ease overcrowding at other state prisons. many of the females meet the requirements to serve their sentences locally. california needs to comply with a federal court order to fix overcrowding at state prisons. >>> in india 90 people died at a smoky fire. much of the staff abandoned the building. police arrested six hospital administrators. >>> in italy a letter bomb exploded at a tax collection agency. this was the second letter bomb in europe this week. a

the cna says 4,000 nurses are getting ready to walk off the job at six bay area facilities on decemberths after their last strike. sutter health and the nurses union are in the middle of a contentious negotiation battle for a new contract. >>> city of san jose is welcoming nine new firefighters. yesterday the new class idea waited from the academy. this is san jose's second class of firefighters since last year's layoffs. in order to help close a $118 million city budget gap, 49 firefighters were given pink slips. eller this year, 22 of those laid-off firefighters were rehired. but mayor reed says that is not enough. >> our fire department is too small. we've had to brownout companies, we've had to close fire station and we need to save enough money to bring those back. >> the firefighters union has also accepted 10% pay cutts to help save money. the nine new firefighters will report to duty at 9:00 tomorrow morning. >>> there's a plan to save hangar one. the structure was built at moffette field in the 1930s over the past several months crews have been removing the exterior panels. bu

statcapitalism is a ricature because the state plays a bier role in the european economies than it does in cna today. >> rose:hat's in terms of entitlements, you're talking about a social democratic model of a welfare state. >> rose: just for the size of the government. >> rose: and the british had... the savings rate in china and japan is because there had been not been a safety net so they save in order to protect themselves. >> that's right. >> rose: and thenou have the children to take care of them, not the government. >> that's right. but that's not going to be true in the next generation because of the one-child policy. so they do have these problems and yet somehow it seems to me a bigger problem for them is that they cannot fully unleash the creativity of their citizens without the security that is offered by western institutions. the freedom, but also the security. what makes the rule of law distinctive in the west is it that creates freedom that is both economic and political not to mention religious. and i suppose the conclusion i came to was that... as i was suming the book up was

i'd also say it's to patients and their families, caregivers, nurses, cna, so the whole nursing home community, if you will, which we think it will make it a much more receptive audience to recommendations. on the long-term care pharmacy issue, you know, it is a proposed change and as you alluded the proposal was to -- an attempt to ensure that financial arrangements weren't influencing the recommendations from the long-term care pharmacy. >> what about the -- i hope you didn't answer this. if you did, i didn't it get. does cms require justification from the prescribing physician when they choose not to follow recommendations? >> i apologize, sir, i didn't answer the second part. we currently do not require a written justification per se. it is similar to other prescribed medicine. the physician and the patient should have a discussion about the medication, the risks and benefits or the patient's family in this case and then the prescription -- either the increase or decrease in dose or stopping a prescription would take place. but like other prescribed medicines, there's not a justi

i'd also say it's to patients and their families, nurses, cnas, so the whole nursing home community, if you will, which we think will make it a much more receptive audience to recommendations. on the long-term pharmacy care issue, you know, it is a proposed change, and as you alluded, the proposal was an attempt to insure that financial arrangements weren't influencing the recommendations from the long-term care pharmacist. >> what about the -- i hope you didn't answer this. if you did, i didn't want get it. does cms require justification from the prescribing physician when they choose not to follow recommendations? >> i apologize, sir. i didn't want answer the second part. so we currently do not require a written justification per se. it is similar to other prescribed medicine. the physician and the patient should have a discussion about the medication, the risks and benefits or the patient's family in this case, and then the prescription either the increase or decrease in dose or stopping a prescription would take place. but like other prescribed medicines, there's not a justificat