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The Deepwater Horizon Spill: an Ethical Nightmare
Beyond Petroleum is a multinational gas and oil company based in the United Kingdom. Operating in over 80 countries and producing around 3.4 million barrels of oil a day, BP is the third-largest energy company in the world behind Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell. The company is involved in all aspects of the process including exploration, production, refining, and distribution. The largest division is BP America with 16 total refineries and the more leases on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico than any competitor (BP p.l.c). In 2010, an explosion occurred at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig, forever changing their public image. The Obama administration created a commission to identify the cause of the spill and found that BP, its partners, and the government all made many mistakes that if avoided could have prevented the spill. In this essay I will detail the events the lead up to the Deepwater Horizon spill, examine the actions taken by involved parties after the spill, and explain the lasting effects of their actions. I will then use Thomas Donaldson's theories on business ethics to analyze how involved parties failed to live up to the standards of corporate responsibility.
BP's reputation over the past 10 years is far from sterling. A series of accidents over the years earned the company a position on Multinational Monitor's list of ten worst corporations in both 2001 and 2005 based on their environmental and human rights reputation. One of many accidents occurred in 2005 at a refinery in Texas City, Texas where an explosion killed 15 workers and injured 180. An investigation later indicated that the company's focus on cost-cutting and high production led to the serious deterioration of safety regulations at the refinery. A year later, 200,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Alaskan tundra from one of BP's pipelines. The spill resulted from the company's failure to properly inspect and clean the pipeline as required by United States law. These incidents of management failure and poor ethical decisions by BP executives caused the company to pay the largest fine in the history of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Symington). Yet it would turn out that these events were only small mishaps that hinted at the larger problems at BP that would eventually lead to the disaster at Deepwater Horizon.
In order to have a better understanding of the environment in which a disaster of such magnitude could occur, it is important to look at the regulating bodies that control offshore drilling. The United States Interior Department Mineral Management Service (MMS) is largely responsible for the regulation of most aspects of offshore drilling (Juhasz). The agency focuses more on granting access to public lands for drilling rather than overseeing the actions of oil companies. Regulators only intervene after the industry had already misstepped which encourages oil companies to push the limits of what they can get away with. Furthermore, the regulations that the MMS are supposed to enforce are dated and no longer relevant to the significant technological improvements that occurred in the past 30 years (Juhasz). Oil companies are also partially exempt from 7 out of the 15 major federal environmental laws purposefully designed to keep hazardous chemicals out of the air and water. One of these exclusions frees oil companies from producing rigorous reports of potential environmental impacts (Lax Rules for the Natural Gas Industry). Oil companies are required to produce disaster preparedness plans in order to receive offshore operation permits but these plans are poorly crafted, nonspecific, and contain a lot of false information (Juhasz). Yet the state of the regulations on the oil industry is largely a result of the efforts of the industry itself. Any time a governmental body tries to enact change that is not beneficial to oil moguls, the industry lobbies against the government until the changes are so insignificant that they have no real effect on the industry (Juhasz).
The lack of both external and internal regulations as well as a management philosophy that encourages cost-cutting and risk-taking ultimately caused the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent gas leak. On Aril 20th, 2010, an explosion occurred at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion killed 11 workers and created a massive oil spill 5000 feet below the surface that continued for 87 days. The leak would grow to be the worst accidental marine oil spill in history invading 600 miles of coastline, killing thousands of birds, fish, and other marine animals, and invading wetlands and marshes (Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill). Estimates for how much oil was actually released vary but analysis by experts later indicated that approximately 53,000 barrels or 2.27 million gallons of oil leaked out per day. Although the oil rig was leased by BP, a company named Transocean owned and operated the Deepwater Horizon. A third party, Halliburton, performed the cementing procedure, which was cited as one of the two main causes of the explosion (Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill). Attempts at capping the leak failed many times but engineers finally succeeded on July 15 and officially sealed the well on September 19. Containment and cleanup efforts were arranged by BP and the Coast Guard. Incident Command Posts were created in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida to oversee offshore containment and onshore response. Marine protection booms were installed, ships and aircrafts were used to stop the spread of oil and skim it, fire was set to some areas of oil, and oil dispersant chemicals were used. BP also launched a Vessels of Opportunity program which allowed anyone with a boat to help in the cleanup efforts after receiving some training (Juhasz). Overall, the containment and cleanup was a collaborative effort by BP, the Coast Guard, MMS, and many community groups and volunteers.
BP knew how much of a PR nightmare the spill at Deepwater Horizon was and how much it could change the future of their organization. Thus it is should be no surprise to us that the company did everything in its power to control the information being released so that they could spin it in a more favorable way. The company took advantage of press releases with titles that clearly depicted their motivations. One of the first press releases issued after the spill was "BP offers full support to Transocean After Drilling Rig Fire" (Press Releases). This title clearly places the blame on Transocean and tries to make BP appear as the friendly neighbor extending a kind hand. Many other press releases talked about the cleanup movement progress and the 25 million dollar grants given to the coastal states. Another tactic BP used to control the information printed was by forcing almost all workers and volunteers to sign confidentiality clauses (Juhasz). Despite the company's best effort to control the kind of information that reached the public, American citizens were still outraged with the actions of BP. A Facebook page entitled 'Boycott BP' quickly garnered over 800,000 likes and is still very active today. Members of the Facebook community continue to post pictures and articles revealing the lasting effects of the oil spill and pledging to continue boycotting the company. It is unclear whether or not BP will be able to change their image but several factors make it seem unlikely. Their public image was already tarnished due to the explosion at their Texas City refinery in 2005 followed by the pipeline leak in Alaska a year later. BP has never been known for their exemplary safety regulations and transforming their public image completely might prove to be an impossible task for the company to accomplish.
Despite BP's best cleanup effort, the negative effects of the oil spill can be seen everywhere. Even two years after the spill, new repercussions are continuing to emerge and scientists suggest that the true impact may not be seen for another 10 years. One of the most obvious results has been the impacts on wildlife. Only 6 months after the spill, more than 8,000 birds and marine animals were found dead. New reports even cite the existence of deformed seafood like fish with sores, mutated shrimp, and underdeveloped crabs (Kroh). Prior to the spill, the gulf provided one-third of all seafood consumed in the United States but when 40 percent of the water in the Gulf of Mexico was closed to all commercial and recreational fishing, the fishery industry took a huge hit (Rannals). Many local fisherman struggled to make even close to the revenue they had in the past. In fact, estimates suggests that "over seven years, the oil spill could have a $8.7 billion impact on the economy of the Gulf of Mexico including loses in revenue, profit, wages, and close to 22,000 jobs" (Kroh). The tourism industry, which was once a great source of economic stimulus for the region, saw a dramatic decrease after the spill. As of April 2012, Louisiana still has 200 miles of oiled coast, despite BP's portrayal of spotless beaches in their latest advertisements (Kroh). Restaurant and property owners have also been personally affected by the spill, not to mention the 11 individuals who lost their lives in the explosion. The above mentioned consequences do not even begin to explain the devastation that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused. It will be many more years before we truly know the full extent of the damage.
Clearly the spill at Deepwater Horizon impacted the lives of many in the region. But who is ultimately responsible for the damages? Using Thomas Donaldson's theories on corporate responsibility I will show how the BP, Transocean, Halliburton and the government failed to uphold their duties. In "Rights in the Global Market," Donaldson explains fundamental international rights that all individuals deserve. These rights are governed by three conditions: "(1) the right protects something of extreme importance, that (2) it is subject to significant, recurring threats, and that (3) the obligations or burdens it imposes are economically affordable and fair with respect to the distribution of burdens generally" (Donaldson 146). Given this definition, a few fundamental international rights can be established: the right to ownership of property, the right to use and enjoy natural resources, and the right to subsistence. These fundamental international rights have all been violated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Oil destroyed many waterfront properties and restaurants owned by individuals thus violating the right to own property. The spill also prevented individuals from using a large portion of the Gulf for recreation or as a resource and destroyed many beaches and wetlands which are natural resources that all individuals have a right to use. As a result of the spill many individuals lost their jobs or received significantly lower incomes thus risking their ability to support themselves and violating the right to subsistence. Many of the other consequences of the spill could also be seen as a violation of fundamental international right but for this argument we will focus on the above-mentioned three.
Donaldson later explains that these fundamental rights create 3 duties that "nation-states, individuals, and multinational corporations" must honor (Donaldson 147). These actors all have duties to "(1) avoid depriving, (2) help protect from deprivation, and (3) aid the deprived" so long as it is affordable given the actors' resources and other obligations (Donaldson 149). Given the actions of BP, Transocean, and Halliburton, the first duty has clearly been violated. The commission who investigated the explosions concluded that the "blowout at BP's Maconda well was not inevitable, but rather a failure of management in which officials from all three firms ignored critical warning signs and failed to take precautions that might have delayed the completion of the well but also might have averted the environmental disaster" (Mufson). The carelessness of these companies and their desire to work cheaply ultimately triggered the explosion and subsequent spill which deprived individuals of their property, the use of natural resources, and subsistence.
The second duty is slightly more complicated. Long before the explosion, BP failed to institute safety and risk management policies that would help protect individuals from deprivation. Flaws in their regulations were clearly identified by the OSHA following the explosion at their Texas refinery but BP failed to address these problems (Symington). Instead, they continued to take risks and cut costs wherever possible, sometimes even violating US law to do so. Furthermore, their disaster preparedness plan, which ultimately could have helped protect individuals from deprivation, was poorly prepared. The plans were not for the specific well and were riddled with mistakes, even including a section on saving sea lions which do not live in the region (Juhasz). BP is not the only one to blame however. Halliburton, the contracting company who actually injected the cement into the well, stated that they were simply following the orders of BP and thus should not be blamed (Mufson). But as a company, Halliburton has a duty to help protect from deprivation and following orders that clearly risk harming individuals makes them at fault as well. Transocean failed to communicate and properly train their crew which could have drastically changed the happenings at the well and helped protect individuals from deprivation. The government here also failed to properly regulate the actions of these companies. The MMS focused more on granting access to public lands than on overseeing and regulating the process. Drilling at the well had been approved by the MMS without any environmental review or serious inspection (Juhasz). They also approved the terrible disaster preparedness plans submitted by BP. Had the MMS properly fulfilled their duties, many individuals would have been protected from deprivation. Instead they failed to do exactly what their job is designed to do: protect individuals and the environment.
The final duty of corporations is to aid the deprived. Donaldson however suggests that this duty is only required when "corporations themselves have done the depriving" (Donaldson 150). By this notion, the MMS, BP, Transocean, and Halliburton all failed to protect from deprivation and ultimately deprived individuals thus it is their duty to aid the deprived. All of these actors recognized this fact and participated in the giant cleanup effort. But the effort has been criticized as slow-moving and uncoordinated. Many different attempts were made to contain and disperse the oil but it ultimately reached shorelines ruining homes and disturbing the environment. To compensate those effected, BP gave 25 million dollars to the four states affected (Juhasz). Although this helped to fund the cost of the cleanup, the company did nothing to remedy the decrease in tourism or the fishing industry that the region endured as a result of the spill. An escrow fund was also created in order to compensate individuals who were deprived. BP will compensate those individuals as determined by the law but one must wonder if it is too little too late. Aiding those who are deprived due to your actions does not make up for causing the deprivation in the first place. BP, Transocean, Halliburton, and the MMS made many bad decisions that ultimately resulted in the violation of the three duties outlined by Donaldson.
The explosion at Deepwater Horizon can be traced back to several key missteps by all three companies. Their actions, purposeful or not, changed the lives of many individuals and ultimately deprived them of their fundamental international rights. By failing to protect people from deprivation, BP, Transocean, Halliburton, and the MMS, violated their minimal duties and acted in a completely unethical way. BP's attempt to aid the deprived, though necessary, does not truly compensate for the destruction they caused. Yet it would seem that the poor decisions made are only small part of a serious ethical problem. The relationship between the oil industry and government officials is clearly flawed and in serious need of reform. The MMS needs to eliminate the conflict of interest within their organization and implement better regulations to ensure that a disaster of this magnitude does not happen again. Individual companies also need better safety and risk-management regulations that will prevent future harm to society. Collaboration between the MMS, oil companies, and environmentalists is necessary to establish better guidelines on how to best stop the spread of oil in the most efficient manner. Without series reform, a disaster like the Deepwater Horizon is likely to occur again. It is the ethical responsibility of the oil industry and the government to ensure that they do everything in their power to avoid depriving individuals and to help protect these individuals from deprivation.
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hip and hop,
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Hip is a wise and cool hippo, and Hop is his excitable bird friend. In You Can Do Anything Hip raps inspirational, positive messages that help Hop overcome the frustrations of learning to ride a bike:
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Part prose, part rap, You Can Do Anything is packed full of rhyme, rhythm, and color, making it the perfect book to share, read – and sing – to young children.
Author Akala is a MOBO and BAFTA award-winning hip hop artist and founder of the UK's Hip Hop Shakespeare Company.
Themes include perseverance, friendship, music, and believing in yourself.

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Sultan's Palace Oman (and a toothbrush) – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell
Thought for the day…" Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards".
"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser".
Another photo from the capital of Oman, Muscat, and part of the grounds of the Sultan's Palace. Unfortunately, the palace is not open to the public, who would probably love the chance to escape the very hot summers that Muscat experiences. Temperatures in Oman can reach almost 50 degrees in summer. The sultan, Qaboos Bin Said is said to have wealth of over USD 700 million. Interestingly, in Oman, any citizen who has an appeal or request is allowed to appear before the Sultan, who regularly conducts tours around the country. The sultan is also the owner of 8 luxury yachts. Perhaps he would be interested in buying all 85 metres of the luxury superyacht 'Cakewalk', which owner Charles Gallagher of Denver is selling for a reported USD 159 million. 14 guests can travel for up to 5000 nautical miles whilst being looked after by the 24 crew onboard.
If that price is too high for you, then a toothbrush from the Apollo 13 mission may be more affordable. An auction house in Los Angeles recently sold an Oral B toothbrush used by command module pilot Jack Swigert for USD 11 794. That was the price for a used toothbrush. My toothbrush is for sale (used) if anybody is interested, and I will throw in a free tube of toothpaste too.
and one from the archives – a boy in Ethiopia
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DC's Top 10 NEW 52 Continuity Switcheroos
SOME SYRUP WITH THOSE WAFFLES?1 of 12Now that the New 52 has turned three years old, there are still a lot of unknowns about the revised, five-ish year history of the superheroes that populate DC's comics. The approach seems to be that the missing five years will be filled in as needed, when stories require flashbacks or creators want to write brand new origin stories.
It's not surprising that DC wants that history to remain flexible, because they've already run into a few instances where the history that was implied in one book either didn't match up with what was being implied in another, or a later story reversed that history to switch the character's past into a different direction.
As Catwoman's origin just got a rewrite in Batman Eternal — and rumors are swirling about DC possibly "fixing" continuity with Convergence in April — we were inspired to come up with what we consider the Top 10 New 52 Switcheroos.
MARTIAN MANHUNTER2 of 12When J'onn J'onnz first showed up in the New 52, he was billed as an ex-member of the Justice League who was now serving on the covert team called Stormwatch.
But later, that history appeared to have changed, with J'onn giving the excuse (within Stormwatch) that he simply wasn't honest with his teammates about his Justice League past — he never wanted to be a public superhero and join the Justice League. So which was it?
Well, by the time the famous alien showed up in Justice League of America, it was newly established that he had tried to join the Justice League during the team's first five years, but things had gone bad and he ended up fighting the whole team. And in Justice League United, we've learned that Martian Manhunter fought the team's current threat, Byth, in the previously unseen past, with a Justice League team.
Of course, to be fair, it's difficult to know the definitive truth about Martian Manhunter's first years in the New 52, because he can erase people's memories about him — as he did with the Stormwatch team. Maybe his entire history is just… fiction.
TEEN TITANS3 of 12Back in 2011, before DC's reboot, Teen Titans writer Scott Lobdell told convention-goers, "There are groups in the mythology that were called Teen Titans before." Yet DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio was saying, around the same time, that the Wolfman/Pérez era would be "eventually gone."
Who was right? Well… in the first couple months of the New 52 relaunch, the brand new Teen Titans comic and the newly launched Batwoman series both referred to former Teen Titans teams. Tim Drake talked about the current team being the "shortest incarnation of the Teen Titans ever" — implying the existence of past teams. And Batwoman character Bette Kane referred to herself as a "former" Teen Titan.
But when the collections of Batwoman and Teen Titans came out later, those references to the old Teen Titans teams had been edited out of the books. No longer was there an old Teen Titans team.
There was also a discussion in Red Hood and the Outlaws #6, where readers were shown Nightwing, Starfire and Arsenal, implying that they worked together during the missing five years. But now Lobdell (who wrote the Red Hood issue) says the 20-something heroes of the DCU "hung out," but never formally put together a Teen Titans team.
LOBO4 of 12In the first year of the New 52, Lobo showed up in both Deathstroke and Stormwatch, establishing his character in the rebooted universe.
But in 2013, DC announced that wasn't Lobo after all.
No, that guy was an impostor, and the real Lobo was hunting him down and hoping to kill him — something that's difficult to do, since people from Lobo's planet can regenerate.
But it was the look of the new Lobo that had a lot of fans talking, as he sported a sleeker, slimmer physique and was established as much more no-nonsense than the impostor.
Whatever the reason for the switcheroo and redesign, the new Lobo is now (spoilers!) the only Lobo, and he's got his own ongoing comic book series by writer Cullen Bunn. In the first few pages of the first issue, which was recently released, the new Lobo kills the old one, frying his head "with enough weaponized giga-kelvins to ensure not even a native-born Czarnian can 'gen from it."
CATWOMAN5 of 12In various New 52 stories, it's been implied that Selina Kyle stole her identity, and that her real name was, possibly, Russian (or at least, that's how she was identified in a criminal-controlled database). We were also told that she had a brother, and was raised in an orphanage where she was taught to steal. But that she had amnesia and forgot her brother.
But the story in Batman Eternal has now established that Catwoman is actually Selina Calabrese, the daughter of a crime kingpin and the inspiration for her eventual rise (that we already know is coming) to the head of Gotham's crime family. The revision gives Selina a cool connection to Gotham City, but Calabrese doesn't sound very Russian...
BATMAN/DAMIAN TIMELINE6 of 12This one used to bother a lot of DC fans (and possibly still does, despite the eventual explanation) — if Bruce Wayne has a 10-year-old son that he fathered when he was Batman, then how could superheroes have only arisen in the New 52 about five years ago?
For the first few years of the New 52, there was no explanation for the time mismatch, but in Batman and Ra's Al Ghul #32, editor-turned-writer Peter Tomasi not only came up with a solution, but made it part of his story in the "Robin Rises" saga. Not only did Talia Al Ghul use a Chaos Shard to advance Damian's aging until he was about six years old, but the Shard was the key to Batman's quest to revive the young Robin.
So yes, he's 10 years old, but that didn't take 10 years.
(RED?) ROBIN QUESTIONS7 of 12Along the lines of the Damian question is another one regarding Batman's continuity. How did he have four Robins (Dick, Jason, Tim and Damian) in only five or six years?
One of the answers was provided early in New 52 publicity, when it was stated that Nightwing became Robin when he was about 16 — meaning he became an adult and probably switched to the Nightwing identity only a couple years into his Robin gig.
Then during a convention appearance, Teen Titans writer Scott Lobdell raised some eyebrows when he revealed that Tim Drake, the former Robin who was leading the Titan team, was never called "Robin" in New 52 continuity. He always called himself Red Robin, even when he was Batman's sidekick.
However, that represented a bit of a switch from things that had already been said in other stories. Characters had referred to him in other stories as a former Robin — and even called him by that name (without being corrected by anyone). And there had been captions in various comics that referred to his time as Robin.
Lobdell came up with a pretty honorable reason for the name choice, though — Tim became Robin after Jason Todd died, and while he played the role of Robin, he didn't want to "downplay Jason's death by pulling on the mask before Bruce had even had much time to deal with the boy's murder."
DEATH OF SUPERMAN8 of 12The question has driven some DC fans crazy. Did the Death of Superman happen? Or not?
There were early indications that Superman did die at the hands of Doomsday. But later comments from DC — particularly our interview with Superman/Wonder Woman writer Charles Soule — put the whole thing into question.
Readers also heard directly from Chronicle screenwriter Max Landis (in a youtube video, no less, that DC almost hired him to reboot the Death of Superman for the New 52.
And of course, some of the events of the original Death of Superman can't have happened in the New 52, because those characters have brand new origins that don't include the event.
So did he die? Or didn't he?
The answer might have come in a panel from the Geoff Johns/John Romita Jr. kick-off issue, Superman #32. As Clark Kent walks through the Daily Planet, the headline on a framed newspaper page screams out, "Superman Dead" and "Superman Lives." If you see it in the Daily Planet, it must be true.
DEATH OF BATMAN9 of 12The early issues of Batman stories in the New 52 talked about Dick Grayson replacing Bruce Wayne as Batman — a story that took place when Bruce was believed to be dead. However, that death took place during Final Crisis, a story that DC Co-Publisher definitively announced was not part of DC continuity.
That presumed death (which was actually caused by time travel) was at the hands of Darkseid, who it was established only met the Justice League five years prior. And it was implied that the Justice League hadn't faced him since.
So if Bruce Wayne wasn't Batman for awhile, and Dick Grayson was, how exactly did that happen?
Well, credit to Peter Tomasi's Robin Rises storyline again, as readers finally found out this summer that Darkseid actually did send Bruce through time and he was believed to be dead. No mention of Final Crisis, of course, and no explanation about exactly how Darkseid had a showdown with Bruce when the Justice League wasn't involved, but the fact still remains — the New 52 has established definitively that the Death of Bruce Wayne happened.
FUTURE LEGIONS AND LEAGUES10 of 12When the New 52 launched, DC's teenage team from the 31st Century, the Legion of Super-Heroes, was not only part of it with their own title, but also with a spin-off series called Legion Lost, that brought some of the team members into the present day DCU.
However, by the time both Legion Lost ended and Legion of Super-Heroes was canceled, it looked like maybe the Legion from the New 52 wasn't actually from the New 52 future, but was from the future of Earth 2.
Although writer Paul Levitz said he wanted to leave it open-ended, so the Legion could be from any Earth or timeline, the writing was on the wall. And when DC launched a new ongoing series called Justice League 3000, seemingly replacing the Legion, it looked like DC had pulled a big switch on the Legion continuity.
However, it's been revealed that Justice League 3000 isn't from this Earth either. It's from an earth that resembles the pre-New 52 Earth, where J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen can play with their favorite characters.
And now, Jeff Lemire has brought back the Legion in his Justice League United title.
Of course, there was another Legion that showed up recently in DC titles, and that brings us to our number one switcheroo...
PRE-NEW 52 EXISTENCE11 of 12Nothing quite outweighs the switch DC stories have made in the last three years from claiming that the pre-Flashpoint universe was altered and eliminated to the revelation in the last month that the old heroes are alive and well… somewhere.
Whether it ends up that the pre-New 52 universe still exists somewhere, or they're all just collections in Brainiac's bottled cities, the fact remains that the once eliminated heroes of the pre-New 52 universe are not only back in continuity, but they're being featured in high profile current stories — and most probably future stories, such as Convergence. And that is by far DC's biggest switch in the three and a half years since the launch of the New 52.


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Laguna Agate Polished Collector Rock
A small but beautiful banded Laguna Agate geode cut in half and polished on one face, left natural on the back and sides.
This polished agate collector stone is 2.4 inches long by 1.14 inches wide and .9 inch at its thickest.
It sits at a nice slant for display or could be re-cut into cabochons.
It does have natural fractures-please look at the pictures carefully.
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Lots of crucial developments happening this month at work are coming to a head this coming week, so I've had to put my golf writing on the back burning the last few days. In the spirit of my overviews of major and developmental women's professional tours, I'll take a look at what's going on on the JLPGA, LET, LAGT, and Futures Tour, where Rui Kitada, Anja Monke, Solar Lee, and a player yet to be determined have taken the victor's laurels.
The big story in the inaugural T-Points Ladies Open was '09 stars Sakura Yokomine and Chie Arimura, along with last week's winner Yun-Jye Wei, blowing their chances to remain in contention during the final round. But they weren't alone in struggling in what must have been challenging weather conditions today--Yukari Baba's 70 was not only the low score of the day, but the only one under par in the entire field, while a walkoff triple cost Shinobu Moromizato a top 10 finish. Even though newcomers Sun-Ju Ahn and Young Kim continued to show great promise, it was tour veteran Rui Kitada who took advantage of a 67 on moving day and held on for a 5-shot victory over Yuko Mitsuka, thanks to a bogey-free 34 on her final 9. This is her 6th career JLPGA victory since joining the tour in 2004.
1st/-8 Rui Kitada (69-67-72)
2nd/-3 Yuko Mitsuka (72-69-72)
T3/-2 Young Kim (73-69-72), Ji-Hee Lee (73-68-73)
T5/-1 Yukari Baba (71-74-70), Sun-Ju Ahn (70-72-73), Sakura Yokomine (72-67-76), Chie Arimura (69-68-78)
T9/+1 Esther Lee (73-71-73), Yun-Jye Wei (72-66-79)
T11/+2 Shinobu Moromizato (71-72-75), Akiko Fukushima (74-68-76), Miki Saiki (73-69-76), Yuki Ichinose (69-72-77)
T17/+3 Ayako Uehara (73-73-73), Akane Iijima (76-68-75), Nikki Campbell (74-69-76), Yuri Fudoh (71-71-77)
T25/+5 Mie Nakata (76-70-75), Maiko Wakabayashi (75-71-75), Jae-Hee Bae (71-71-79)
T34/+6 Mi-Jeong Jeon (74-74-74), Eun-A Lim (70-77-75), Bo-Bae Song (75-71-76)
T41/+7 Hiromi Mogi (76-72-75), Na-Ri Lee (74-72-77)
T44/+8 Ritsuko Ryu (74-73-77)
T47/+9 Hyun-Ju Shin (72-73-80)
T55/+11 Rikako Morita (73-73-81)
T57/+13 Saiki Fujita (76-72-81), Miho Koga (75-73-81)
60th/+14 So-Hee Kim (77-70-83)
61st/+15 Erina Hara (74-73-84)
MC: Sakurako Mori, Kumiko Kaneda, Na-Ri Kim, Li-Ying Ye
Here's how the JLPGA money list now stands:
1. Sun Ju Ahn ¥18.62M
2. Rui Kitada ¥16.41M
3. Yun-Jye Wei ¥16.31M
5. Inbee Park ¥11.25M
5. Kaori Aoyama ¥9.73M
6. Chie Arimura ¥7.64M
7. Sakura Yokomine ¥7.52M
8. Shinobu Moromizato ¥7.51M
9. Mie Nakata ¥7.30M
10. Yuko Mitsuka ¥6.16M
11. Ji-Hee Lee ¥5.78M
12. Young Kim ¥5.43M
13. Ji-Yai Shin ¥4.93M
14. Yukari Baba ¥4.38M
15. Akane Iijima ¥4.04M
16. Ayako Uehara ¥3.75M
17. Mi-Jeong Jeon ¥3.39M
18. Nikki Campbell ¥2.73M
19. Saiki Fujita ¥2.63M
20. Yuri Fudoh ¥2.56M
21. Orie Fujino ¥2.53M
22. Ai Miyazato ¥2.40M
23. Miki Saiki ¥2.33M
24. Esther Lee ¥2.25M
25. Miho Koga ¥2.25M
26. Rikako Morita ¥2.23M
27. Asako Fujimoto ¥1.80M
28. Akiko Fukushima ¥1.80M
29. Yeo-Jin Kang ¥1.80M
30. Natsu Nagai ¥1.80M
Anja Monke beat Carin Koch by 1 shot in the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. Other notable finishes include Maria Verchenova's T12 (-3), Ashleigh Simon's T15 (-1), Mallory Blackwelder's and Kiran Matharu's T23s (E), Stephanie Na's T28 (+1), Kim Welch's T47 (+5), and MCs by Mollie Fankhauser, Linda Wessberg, Nina Reis, and Sophie Giquel.
Despite a final-round 76 caused by bogeys in 4 of her last 5 holes on the front, Korea's Solar Lee held on for a 1-shot victory over Japan's Mina Nakayama in the Ladies Indonesia Open today. A 75 dropped Nontaya Srisawang back to T4 (+3), while Onnarin Sattayabanphot jumped to T6 (+4) with a closing 71. Other notables include China's Tao Li Yang (T13, +7) and Na Zhang (T20, +10), Taiwan's Tzu-Chi Lin (19th, +9) and Pei Lin Yu (T25, +11), and Japan's Yuki Sakurai (T41, +17). Pornanong Phatlum is listed as "RTD."
Futures Tour
With several promising members playing internationally this week, 2nd-round co-leaders Angela Oh and Jane Rah have a great chance to establish themselves on the tour with a win today in the Florida's Natural Charity Classic. To do that, they'll have to hold off 7 players within 5 shots of their lead at -7, including Cindy LaCrosse (3rd, -6), Gerima Mendoza and Garrett Phillips (T4, -5), and Dewi Claire Schreefel and Esther Choe (T7, -3). A little farther back are my projected #1, #2, and #14 Kristie Smith, Carolina Llano and Jennie Lee (T10, -1) and #3 Tiffany Joh and #9 Paola Moreno (T23, E). Even further behind are #4 (but still amateur until after the Curtis Cup) Jennifer Song, #8 Christine Song, #11 Hannah Yun, and #15 Virada Nirapathpongporn (T39, +3), and #6 Sophia Sheridan, (T50, +4). I won't be able to follow the live scoring today, but I hope you can follow the players in person or on line. Good luck to all the competitors! I'll be back with results when I can.
[Update 1 (3/22/10, 12:39 am): Here's more on the LAGT's final round. And congrats to Angela Oh, who beat Jane Rah on the 1st playoff hole after weather forced the cancellation of the final round and a Monday finish proved impossible because of the condition of the course and the need to travel to Mexico next week.]
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Around the World of Women's Golf in One Belated Post
Posted by The Constructivist at 7:21 AM
Labels: globalization, golf
2 comments:
- Mike said...
I'm glad you did this update -- I'll be linking to it when I do my Limerick Summary for the PGA Tour this week.
BTW, did you know that A.J. Eathorne is looping for PGA player Kris Blanks? Apparently she helped him through Q-School and he decided he wanted her to stay on! They mentioned it during the broadcast of the Transitions Championship. It seems to be working; they missed the first three cuts of the year, but Blanks had a 2nd in Puerto Rico last week and is T58 as I'm writing this.
- March 21, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- The Constructivist said...
Cool story!
- March 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM
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This homemade costume for couples entered our 2013 Halloween Costume Contest.
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My husband and I were going to a friends costume party and wanted to be something original so I put my mind to it and spent some time on it and we became Mr & Mrs Lego!
I love making homemade costumes because I think it really gets into the spirit of Halloween. I was looking online for some motivation and found a person who had done a Lego head and I wanted to take it further to make it a couples costume so I googled Lego bride and groom. There were a few variations for the bride but the groom was always the same. I decided to go simple for to bride (my costume) and put my energy into the heads mostly and then the groom (my husbands costume).
The site I saw for the Lego head had instructions on how to make it, but I'm bad at following directions so I decided to wing it! I went to Home Depot to figure out what I should use. For the heads I ended up using concrete form tubes and styrofoam. I cut the tubes with a hand saw and sanded them down the best I could, then I cut 2 inch thick styrofoam to the same diameter as the heads 2 pieces for each head (too and bottom). Then I taped them together. I wrapped tape around every piece of styrofoam so it wouldn't dissolve when I spray painted it. I used publisher on my computer to do the stencil for faces. Then I taped it on and used an exacto knife to them out. I also used styrofoam to make the top pieces and (wrapped then in tape as well) then glued them on. I bought the yellowist spray paint I could ind with out being neon and they took a couple coats. Lastly I took an old black sheet shirt and cut it up and taped it on the inside so we could see out but you couldn't see in. For the bodies I just used cardboard boxes for moving. For the groom I kept it simple and simply but the box together then cut out a spot for his arms and head. I spray painted it all black. For the bride I wanted it to look more like a dress and be more trapezoidal. So I took the same box but cut it up then tape it back together and spray painted it all white. I then hand painted on the design for the grooms tux going off I pic I found online. I felt the bride was too plain so I made flowers out of left over styrofoam.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM) provides design, major construction, and lease project management, design and construction standards, environmental, and historic preservation services and expertise to the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver high quality, cost effective facilities in support of our Nation's Veterans.
VA's Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) has determined that Building Information Modeling (BIM) represents both an enhanced technology and a process change for the architecture-engineering-construction-facilities management industry. VA is committed to moving both the organization and its service providers to BIM as effectively and efficiently as possible, and to integrating BIM process requirements and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methodologies into its delivery requirements.
The goal of CFM's conversion to BIM is to deliver higher value and maximize lifecycle building performance to support VA's mission to deliver excellent medical services. Just as the VA's digitization of patient records has greatly improved the business and management process of care delivery for patients, so the digitization of building data will improve the design and management of VA buildings across their lifecycles—from concept to design to construction to operations to reuse and eventual demolition. And, just as standardized data in electronic medical records helps VA find ways to improve patient care, so standardized building data available electronically across VA will help the agency find better ways to design and manage its facilities in the future.
To achieve this vision, VA issued instructions that Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)-compliant BIM authoring tools be used as the architectural/engineering software for all major construction and renovation projects (capital projects appropriated at over $10M) starting design in FY 2009. This guidance shall apply to design and construction by the architects, engineers, other consultants, and contractors hired for those projects by VA. VA's Minor Program shall actively support and encourage the use of BIM where practicable, taking into account the size, type of project, and the availability of the BIM skill sets that are needed to accomplish the project.
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Monsoor threw himself on top of a grenade in Iraq in September 2006, saving the lives of three of his comrades and several Iraqi soldiers.
The petty officer was the first Navy SEAL to receive the Medal of Honor in connection with the Iraq war.
Monsoor was a graduate of Garden Grove High School.
President Bush, blinking back tears, recognized Monsoor's bravery and presented the medal to Monsoor's parents, Sally and George Monsoor, before about 250 guests, including some of Monsoor's fellow SEALs.
The emotional ceremony came as the top U.S. general and diplomat in Iraq opened two days of congressional testimony on the status of the war, now in its sixth year. Monsoor was the third Medal of Honor winner from the Iraq war.
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Eagles head coach Doug Pederson confirmed on Monday that middle linebacker Jordan Hicks broke a bone in his hand while on his honeymoon earlier this summer, an injury that required a "minor procedure." Hicks will be limited to start training camp, Tim McManus of ESPN.com reports.
"He's a veteran player, understands his role, I'm not going to rush him out there and try to reinjure that thing," said Pederson, who stated that he doesn't expect his linebacker to miss any time.
Hicks' injury reportedly occurred while getting out of a pool during his honeymoon in Greece in late June.
Hicks missed half of his rookie season in 2015 with a torn pectoral muscle. He also dealt with significant injuries at the University of Texas, including a torn Achilles, a hip flexor and a fractured foot.
Hicks, 25, was able to play all 16 games last season and established himself as a foundational piece of the Eagles defense. He had 85 tackles, five interceptions, a sack and 11 passes defenses while manning the middle for defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. His five interceptions led the team and were the most among NFL linebackers. He now has seven picks in 24 professional games.
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Northwest Deuce DayVictoria, BCJuly 28, 29, 2007Pictures from Dan & Linda McCue
We wanted to send a few of the pics taken while attending the Deuce Day - Northwest show in Victoria, Canada, July 28 & 29, 2007. The show was put on by Al Clark of Deuces Northwest at no cost to the participants. There were nearly 500 1932 Fords in attendance and may very well have been the biggest showing of Deuces anywhere. The show also included assorted other rods (and stockers) through 1951. The total cars at the show was about 800. We have never attended a better show anywhere.
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Gerald Celente – Trump Broke all the Rules, Politics Just a Reality Show (Video)
Gerald Celente – Trump Broke all the Rules, Politics Just a Reality Show Video
The guest that holds nothing back in his criticism of government corruption and exposing shenanigans. Discussed in this interview: Trump changing politics, what's up with Gold & Interest Rates and even why to be optimistic now including the Marijuana legalization trend and technology providing exciting opportunities. Checkout the end of interview for some information on Gerald's upcoming trends conference he'll host this coming June.
Trends Conference June 16th in Ireland:
01:20 Polarization in Politics Makes it A Reality Show
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08:10 FED Announcement…Still Basically ZIRP
10:00 Cannabis Legalization & Benefits a BIG Trend
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First-place Rangers resume set with O's
The Texas Rangers try to continue their recent mastery of the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday when the two continue a three-game set at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
Texas beat the O's for the fourth time in five meetings this season in Monday's opener, as Ryan Dempster tossed eight strong innings to lead the Rangers to a 5-1 win.
Dempster allowed one run on four hits and two walks while striking out six. Joe Nathan tossed a perfect ninth to close out the game for Texas, which has won four of its last five overall and leads the AL West by six games over the Oakland Athletics.
"Your objective is always the same thing and that is to execute pitches no matter what the score is," Dempster said. "But any time that you are ahead in games like that and you have a little bit of cushion, when you get behind in the count you feel like you can maybe challenge a little bit more because a solo home run doesn't hurt you."
Miguel Gonzalez (5-3) surrendered four runs on eight hits and three walks through five innings for the Orioles, who had their two-game win streak stopped and fell to the Rangers for the ninth time in their last 10 tries.
Adam Jones collected a pair of hits while knocking in Baltimore's lone run.
"He's not blowing it by you, but he knows what he's doing. He kept the ball down and kept the ball off the barrel," Jones said about Dempster. "He did what he wanted to do."
Getting the call for the Rangers on Tuesday will be righty Scott Feldman, who has lost his last two starts. Feldman lost to the New York Yankees on Wednesday, as he allowed three runs and seven hits with four walks in six innings, dropping him to 6-8 to go along with a 4.63 ERA.
He had won his previous six decisions before this slide.
Feldman has faced the Orioles 11 times (5 starts) and is 4-0 against them with a 3.43 ERA.
Baltimore will counter with a righty of its own in Chris Tillman, who is 5-2 with a 3.65 ERA. Tillman did not get a decision on Thursday against Boston and didn't get out of the fifth inning, as he surrendered three runs and six hits in 4 2/3 frames of his team's 6-3 loss.
Tillman has split two starts against the Rangers and has pitched to a 3.38 ERA in those outings.


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I love sharks, and I feel they are often mistaken for vicious fish. I believe sharks are one of the most misunderstood animals on this planet. I ask anyone reading this to spread awareness of the polluted oceans, endangered species and misunderstood animals. If you are an artist and love to draw, paint, color, etc. spread awareness through your art pieces.
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BRITISH MPs have questioned Heathrow Airport's ability to cope with this summer's Olympic Games.
Planes could be ''left on runways'' for long periods and tourists could be deterred from returning, warned the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
The concerns were expressed in a letter – leaked today – from the committee's chairman, John Whittingdale, to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
In his letter, Mr Whittingdale said two of his committee's members – Therese Coffey and Gerry Sutcliffe – had attended a briefing by Heathrow operator BAA concerning the company's preparations for London 2012.
Mr Whittingdale said they had reported back that, while BAA considered the big challenge was the departure of spectators at the end of the Olympics, the two MPs "did not leave the briefing confident that Heathrow was ready to cope with the arrival of a huge number of competitors, Olympic family and visiting tourists in timely fashion".
The letter went on: "We understand that significant preparations have been made to accommodate unusual sporting equipment, special lanes for the Olympic family, welcoming arrangements for competitors and additional Olympic ambassadors.
"However, far less thought seems to have been given to the issue of how to deal with long queues at immigration.
"The UKBA (UK Border Agency) representative suggested that there was insufficient funding to ensure all passport stations would be open."
Mr Whittingdale went on: "While visiting tourists will understand that the Olympics is a busy time, if the wait (at immigration) is in excess of an hour it may deter tourists from returning.
"The second impact may be that planes cannot unload their passengers into the terminal due to capacity being exceeded. This would lead to circling in the air, planes being left on runways or planes blocking gates."
He continued: "We also understand that the flight schedule is not changing in any way and there was no suggestion that any contingency has been made for, perhaps, extra time being made to remove items from aeroplanes or for the unloading of passengers.
"Furthermore, the proportion of passengers entering Heathrow from outside the EEA (European Economic Area) may be significantly higher than usual. Again, this takes longer to process through immigration."
BAA said today: "The concerns raised in the committee's letter relate to immigration, which is a matter for Border Force and the Home Office.
"Immigration waiting times during peak periods at Heathrow are frequently unacceptable and we have called on Border Force to address the problem as a matter of urgency. There isn't a trade-off between strong border security and a good passenger experience - Border Force should be delivering both."
The warning from MPs comes days after claims that holidaymakers face months of prolonged delays getting back into the country because of a shortage of immigration officers and tighter checks.
Already it is not uncommon for EU passengers to spend more than an hour to clear checkpoints staffed by the UK Border Agency.
Their plight is likely to get worse as the summer unfolds, with the Immigration Service Union predicting that delays could reach three to four hours at busiest times, especially for those not carrying EU passports.
Earlier this month The Daily Telegraph disclosed that airports and airlines have warned the UK Border Agency of chaos because of staff shortages.
According to the Immigration Service Union the chaos could begin over the summer, partly because the Agency's fixed rostering system takes no account of passenger flows.
In addition the Home Office is planning to cut the size of the workforce at a time when stricter controls are being used.


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I figured I should give this one a plug here, since I am backing it (and doing so a bit higher than I had originally planned for), so here goes:
Forge of Ice, a small miniatures company based out of Alaska, is running a Kickstarter to fund a production run of their latest figures, a set of six guards (two alert, four asleep at their posts) suitable for various "Lost World" and "Sword & Sorcery" settings, along with the fat, sleazy merchant they work for. Various other figures from Forge of Ice are available as add-ons.
I'm currently backing it for the four sleepy guards, with the two Snake Priestesses as my add-ons. I say currently because I believe some stretch goals are still to be added as well as additional add-ons. So I may be adding more to my pledge before the Kickstarter ends (just two weeks left!) and adding more figures to my order. We shall see.
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Thanks very much for the pledge and the signal boost! I will be adding more add-ons, and almost certainly one, possibly two more free rewards. I'm waiting to get an estimate back from the caster on some more add-ons, and I should hear back from a sculptor soon on the second free reward.ReplyDelete
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The Webby Awards is thrilled to recognize Solange as Artist of the Year in celebration of her remarkable use of the Internet as a force for promoting community and diversity. Not only is Solange one of the greatest artists of our time, but she's also a true artist of the online generation. Solange has demonstrated her digital prowess in myriad ways, most notably with the website Saint Heron—her collaborative platform and online store for artists. Saint Heron is an unparalleled celebration of cultural diversity and the evolution of music; and it's through this platform that Solange has provided a completely new and unique space for collaboration between artists, as well as a large audience for creative expressions by artists of color. Of course, Saint Heron is a natural extension for Solange, who regularly uses her Twitter account of nearly 3 million followers to celebrate diversity, and to promote racial and social justice. For her unique understanding of the power of the collaborative nature of the Internet, it's our privilege to honor Solange as the 2017 Artist of the Year.


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Teddy Bear – Part 2
One hundred and twenty bucks. That's all that the bitch had had. Ted was mad. It was not only the money that had thrust this mood into him, but also the fact that he was smack in the middle of a traffic jam and unaware of how much time he had remaining. He did not wear a watch. Never had. Absolutely hated the concept of time and today more so than ever. Somewhere in the back of his head, a headache was digging in, the noise of the cars and … Continue reading →


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Inflation slips to 6.89 pc in Mar
New Delhi: The overall inflation in March eased to 6.89 per cent on account of sharp decline in prices of onions, fruits and protein-based items, even as vegetables and pulses turned costlier.
Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 6.95 per cent in February. In March last year, it was 9.68 per cent.
As per the official data released today, inflation in food items was 9.94 per cent in March, as against 6.07 per cent in February. Onion prices declined by (-)24.23 per cent in March. The rate of decline was (-)48.50 per cent in February.
Besides, eggs, meat and fish prices rose 17.71 per cent during the month, lower from 20 per cent in February.
Pulses turned expensive by 10.05 per cent and vegetables by 30.57 per cent during March. In February, the rate of price rise in vegetables was 1.52 per cent.
Milk became expensive by 15.29 per cent, while rice and cereals turned costlier by 4.73 per cent and 4.41 per cent respectively. Prices of potato too rose by 11.60 per cent.
Food articles have 14.3 per cent share in the WPI basket. The manufactured goods showed moderation in inflation to 4.87 per cent, from 5.75 per cent. This may have a bearing on the annual monetary policy to be announced by the Reserve bank tomorrow.
The inflation number for March remained marginally above the projections made by Finance Ministry, which had expected it to be around 6.5 per cent. The headline inflation number for January was revised upwards to 6.89 per cent, up from the provisional estimate of 6.55 per cent.


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THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT PATIENTS MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW PATIENTS CAN ACCESS THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. PRIVACY OF MEDICAL INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT TO US.Effective date of this notice: February 1, 2017. This notice will remain in effect until it is revised and/or updated.
This Notice of Privacy Practices is given on behalf of certain health care provider affiliates of Rush Copley Medical Center, including Copley Memorial Hospital, Rush Copley Medical Group NFP, Fox Valley Cardiovascular Consultants, Rush Copley Hospitalists, LLC, Castle Surgicenter, Castle Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and all applicable subsidiary corporations, and all of their employed health care providers, students, and volunteers (collectively "Copley"). All of these entities may share patient information with each other for treatment, payment, or health care operations.
In the course of receiving medical services, patients provide Copley with personal information about their health, with the understanding that this information will be kept confidential. Copley may obtain health information from examinations, tests or from others who have provided medical care.Copley uses patient information when providing treatment and may disclose patient information to other health care providers to assist them in providing treatment.
Copley may disclose information to insurance companies to receive payment, may also use the information within the organization to evaluate quality and improve processes and may also disclose patient information as required by law or as permitted by Copley policies.
Kinds of Information this Notice Applies to
This notice applies to protected health information ("PHI") consisting of anyinformation in Copley's possession that would allow someone to identify a patient and learn something about his or her health.
Copley and certain non-employed hospital-based physician groups are presenting this notice as a joint notice.Those physician groups include Radiology, Anesthesia, Pathology,Neonatology, Intensive Care Unit Intensivist physicians and the Emergency Department. PHI from Copley will be shared with these physicians as necessary to carry out their treatment, payment, and healthcare operations.
Providers participating in the Organized Health Care Arrangement (OHCA) use the same electronic medical record to document and review the health care services they provide to you. Use of the electronic medical record allows your providers to coordinate your care, improve exchange of important information about your treatment, and get complete and up-to-date information to any provider who uses the shared electronic medical record.
This notice applies to services received at Copley. This includes services from some of the physicians who are not employed by Copley. If services are received from any of these physicians in their own offices, they may give patients a different Notice of Privacy Practices that applies to their offices.Some physicians who provide care at Copley Memorial Hospital are independent contractors and are not agents, servants, or employees of the hospital, unless otherwise identified. These physicians exercise their own medical judgment in treating and providing services to patients and are solely responsible for their compliance with state and federal privacy laws. Nothing in this privacy notice is meant to imply or create any agency or employment relationship between these physicians and the hospital, either actual or implied, nor does this privacy notice alter, limit, or modify any other consent for treatment or procedures that patients may sign while receiving care at Copley.
Copley may use PHI or disclose it to others for a number of different reasons. The following examples do not include all of the specific ways information may be used or disclosed.
1. Treatment. Copley will use PHI to provide medical care and services. This means that Copley employees, students, volunteers, and others who work under Copley's direct control may read PHI to learn about a patient's medical conditions and use it to make decisions about care. For instance, a hospital nurse may read a medical chart in order to care for that patient properly. PHI will be disclosed to others who need it in order to provide medical treatment or services. For instance, Copley may send a doctor the results of laboratory test performed at Copley.
2. Payment. PHI is disclosed as necessary to obtain payment for the servicesprovided. For instance, an employee in the business office may use PHI to prepare a bill. That bill may be sent, along with any PHI it contains, to the patient's insurance company. PHI may be disclosed to companies who Copley utilizes for payment-related services. For instance, PHI may be given to a collection company to collect bills. Copley will not use or disclose more information for payment purposes than is necessary.
3. Health Care Operations. PHI may be used for activities that are necessary to operate Copley. This includes reading PHI to review the performance of staff. PHI may be used to plan for services that may be provided in the future, expanded, or reduced. PHI may be provided to students who are authorized to receive training at Copley. PHI may be disclosed as needed to others who Copley contracts with to provide administrative services. This may include lawyers, auditors, accreditation services, and consultants.
4. Legal Requirement to Disclose Information. PHI will be disclosed when required by law. This includes reporting information to government agencies that have the legal responsibility to monitor Copley. For instance, Copley may be required to disclose PHI if an audit is conducted by a federal or state agency. PHI will be disclosed when required by a court order or other judicial or administrative process.
5. Public Health Activities. PHI will be disclosed when required for public health purposes. This includes reporting patient visits, certain diseases, births, deaths, and reactions to certain medications to federal or state agencies. It may also include notifying people who have been exposed to a disease.
6. To Report Abuse. PHI may be disclosed when the information relates to a victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. Copley will make this report only in accordance with laws that require or allow such reporting or with patient authorization.
7. Law Enforcement. PHI may be disclosed for law enforcement purposes. This includes providing information to help locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, missing person, or in connection with suspected criminal activity. Copley must also disclose PHI to a federal agency investigating Copley's compliance with federal privacy regulations.
8. Specialized Purposes. PHI may be disclosed for a number of other specialized purposes. Copley will only disclose as much information as is necessary for the purpose. For example, Copley may disclose:
9. To Avert a Serious Threat. PHI may be disclosed if necessary to prevent serious harm to the public or to an individual. The disclosure will only be made to someone who is able to prevent or reduce the threat.
10. Family and Friends. Copley may disclose PHI to notify a family member, personal representative, or another person responsible for their care, of their location, general condition, or death. If the patient is present, then prior to disclosing the information, verbal or written consent will be obtained or the patient will have the opportunity to object. PHI will not be disclosed to family or friends if the patient objects. In the event of a disaster PHI may be provided to a disaster relief organization so they can notify family of the patient's condition and location. In the event of the patient'sincapacity or emergency circumstances, PHI may be disclosed based upon the professional judgment of the physician.
11. Facility Directory and Doors. Copley Memorial Hospital will list patients in the patient directory and on patient doors when they are admitted. The directory listing includes name, general condition, and location in the hospital. Copley Memorial Hospital will also list the patient's religion in the directory but will disclose that information only to members of the clergy. Except for members of the clergy, Copley will only disclose the information in the directory to visitors who ask for a patient by name. If requested by a patient, Copley will not list them in the directory or place their name on their room door.
12. Research. PHI may be disclosed in connection with medical research projects. Federal rules govern any disclosure of PHI for research purposes without patient authorization.
13. Fund Raising. PHI may be used to contact patients to ask for donations to Copley. PHI may be disclosed to a related foundation for the same purpose. If patients do not want to be contacted for this purpose, they have the right to opt out of fundraising communications with each solicitation.
1. Notice. Patients have the right to receive notice in the event of a breach of unsecured PHI. Copley will notify individuals who may be affected by a breach of unsecured PHI that compromises the security or privacy of the PHI. Copley will also notify the Department of Health and Human Services and the media, as applicable, in the event of a breach of this nature. All suspected breaches will be investigated and all necessary notifications will be sent, in accordance with federal law.
2. Breach. "Breach" means the unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of PHI which compromises the security or privacy of the PHI, except where an authorized person to whom such information is disclosed would not reasonably have been able to retain such information.
1. Authorization. The following uses and disclosures will be made only withauthorization from the patient: uses and disclosures for marketing purposes, uses and disclosures that constitute sale of PHI and other uses and disclosures not described in this notice. If a patient authorizes Copley to use or disclose their PHI, they have the right to revoke the authorization at any time. For information about how to authorize Copley to use or disclose PHI or about how to revoke an authorization, contact the Privacy Officer listed under "Whom to Contact" at the end of this notice. Patients may not revoke an authorization for Copley to use and disclose their information to theextent that we have taken action on an authorization. If the authorization is to permit disclosure of information to an insurance company as a condition of obtaining coverage, other laws may allow the insurer to continue to use PHI to contest claims or coverage, even after revoking the authorization.
2. Request Restrictions. Patients have the right to restrict how Copley uses or discloses their PHI, including the right to restrict PHI to health plans if the patient has paid out-of-pocket, in full, for services, and the patient requests that Copley not disclose PHI related solely to those services paid out-of-pocket to a health plan.
Copley is not required to agree to the request. If Copley does agree, it will comply with the request unless the information is needed to provide emergency treatment.
Copley cannot agree to restrict disclosures that are required by law.
3. Confidential Communication. Patients have the right to ask Copley tocommunicate with them at a special address or by special means. For example, they may ask Copley to send mail to a different address rather than to their home, or they may ask Copley to speak to them personally on the telephone rather than sending PHI by mail. Patients must make this request in writing to Copley, and the request must specifically and clearly state how or where the patient wants to be contacted. Copley will not ask the reason for the request and will attempt to accommodate reasonable requests.
4. Inspect And Receive a Copy of PHI. Patients have a right to inspect their PHI contained in Copley's records and to receive a paper and/or electronic copy of it. This right is limited to information about them that is kept in records that are used to make decisions about them. For instance, this includes medical and billing records. If patients want to review or receive a copy of these records, they must make the request in writing. Copley may charge a fee for the cost of copying and mailing the records. To ask to inspect records or to receive a copy the patient must contact the medical records department at Copley. Copley will respond to the request within 30days. Copley may deny access to certain information. If access is denied, Copley will give the reason in writing and explain how patients may appeal the decision.
5. Amend PHI. Patients have the right to ask to amend PHI about them, which they believe is not correct or not complete. Patients must make this request in writing and give the reason they believe the information is not correct or complete. Copley will respond to the request in writing within 30 days. The request may be denied if Copley did not create the information, if it is not part of the records used to make decisions about the patient at Copley, if the information is something patients would not be permitted to inspect or copy, or if the record is complete and accurate.
6. Accounting of Disclosures. Patients have a right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures of their information to others. This accounting will list when PHI has been given to others. The list will include dates of the disclosures, the names of the people or organizations to whom the information was disclosed, a description of the information, and the reason. Patients must specifically state the time period they want the list to cover. Patients may not request a time period longer than six years.
Disclosures for the following reasons will not be included on the list: disclosures for treatment, payment, health care operations; disclosures of information in a facility directory, disclosures for national security purposes, disclosures to correctional or law enforcement personnel, disclosures that patients have authorized, and disclosures made directly to the patient.
7. Paper Copy of this Privacy Notice. Patients have a right to receive a paper copy of this notice. If patients receive this notice electronically, they may receive a paper copy by contacting the person listed under "Whom to Contact" at the end of this notice.
8. Complaints. Patients have a right to complain about Copley's privacy practices if they think their privacy has been violated. Patients may file a complaint with the Privacy Officer listed under "Whom to Contact" at the end of this notice. A complaint may also be filed directly with the Secretary of the U. S.Department of Health and Human Services. All complaints must be in writing. Copley will not take any retaliation against anyone for filing a complaint.
Copley participates in a health information exchange operated by Rush Health (Rush Health Connect). As a participant, Copley makes patient medical information available electronically to other participating hospitals, physicians and other authorized users for treatment, payment and healthcare operations purposes. Copley may also receive information about patients from other participants in Rush Health Connect. Rush Health Connect may participate in other health information exchanges (HIEs) on our behalf. In the future, Copley may also participate in additional regional, state or federal HIEs.
Copley's participation in Rush Health Connect and other HIEs has been designed to comply with federal and state privacy and security laws. Access to patient information through Rush Health Connect is limited to authorized users who confirm that they will comply with these laws. Patients may elect to opt-out and not allow health or medical information to be available electronically to other providers through Rush Health Connect for treatment. If patients do not want health or medical information to be shared with other providers through Rush Health Connect, they should contact Copley's Privacy Officer as identified at the bottom of this form to receive an Opt-Out Form and return it to Copley. Please note that if a patient chooses to opt-out after their information has been shared through Rush Health Connect,information that was previously shared may still be available to other participants, although no new information will be shared. Making medical information available for treatment through Rush Health Connect is not a condition for receiving care.
For more information regarding Rush Health Connect, including its participants, visit https://www.rush-health.com.
Rush Copley Medical Group (RCMG) uses an electronic medical record software called Epic, which has a number of programs that allow Copley to electronically exchange medical information with other healthcare providers, included but not limited to CareEverywhere® Carequality®. These programs facilitate the electronic sharing and exchange of medical and other individually identifiable health information among health care providers. Through these programs Copley may electronically disclose demographic,medical, billing and other health-related information about patients to other health care providers and electronically request such information from them for purposes including, but not limited to, facilitating or providing treatment, arranging for payment for health care services, or otherwise conducting or administering health care operations.
Copley complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Copley does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Copley:
If you need these services, contact the Patient Advocate. If you believe Copley has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with:
Patient Advocate, 2000 Ogden Avenue, Aurora Illinois 60504630-978-4832, 630-375-2833 (fax), (630) 978-6224 (TTY), firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the Patient Advocate is available to help you.
You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services,Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by email or phone at:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, SWRoom 509F, HHH BuildingWashington, D.C., 202011-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697(TTY)
Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.
Copley reserves the right to change the organizations privacy practices as described in this notice at any time. Copley reserves the right to apply these changes to any PHI it already has, as well as to health information received in the future. The new notice will be posted in the Copley facilities and the Copley website at www.rushcopley.com. The new notice will include an effective date.
Whom to ContactPrivacy OfficerRush-Copley Medical Center2000 Ogden AvenueAurora, IL 60504630-499-4721
Copies of this notice are also available throughout the Copley facilities.This notice is also available at www.rushcopley.com.
Last updated: 2/1/17
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As you probably already know, World Book Day is an annual event (now in its fifteenth year) which this year took place on 1 March 2012. It's a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most
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The App is simply laid out and presents in pack-shot format the titles which are available as entire short stories, or as samples. Where you can sample a book, there is a clever option to buy, by locating a local bookshop or through the iBookstore.
What we loved: There is some great added value in the news section, especially the videos. We particularly enjoyed watching Lauren Laverne read from her new (first) novel (if only we were still teenagers).
What we didn't: We hinted at it above- the app is targeted squarely at young adult readers- great if you have some in your family, or indeed enjoy diving into that sort of literature. But World Book Day is aimed at children of all ages, and yet there is nothing for the pre-school or younger primary school age group. A real missed opportunity to our mind- maybe something to think of in your updates?
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