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87% of Physicians Say Quantity of EHR Alerts 'Excessive'
Electronic health records systems are the latest source of information overload.
Nearly one-third of physicians miss electronic notifications of test results in electronic health record systems, according to a research letter published this week in JAMA.
Of the 2,590 primary care providers surveyed in the Department of Veterans Affairs by the researchers, 86.9% perceived the quantity of EHR alerts to be excessive, and 69.6% said they received more alerts than they could effectively manage. More than half (55%) of surveyed physicians said current EHR systems made it possible to miss the alerts.
"What stood out was information overload and the easier the systems were to use, you tended to miss [fewer] test results." said Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, the study's lead author, from the Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence.
Singh's earlier research on this topic was published in the Journal for Patient Safety in 2010, where he argued for integrating alert notification systems within electronic health records to help physicians avoid missing abnormal test results in diagnostic procedures.
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As somebody who configures systems in hospitals, my experience with physicians is that there is typically a "doctor user forum" where we go and demo the next feature of the system to be implemented. There might be 100 physicians using the system, but only 5 to 10 show up to the meeting, and of those who show up, one physician will say, I need 10 alerts. The other ones agree, and now physicians have the 10 alerts, even though 90 of them might only need 2 or 3. Then we get emails saying, I'm overloaded with alerts, but by then, we have to have another meeting to modify the system, and well, cycle repeats. 10 doctors show up, and well, nothing gets done.
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The federal government is updating the National Health Information Technology Strategic Plan. The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative (CeRI) has partnered with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to facilitate public participation in these efforts. CeRI's participation website (http://planningroom.org/) will provide a forum for understanding the goals and strategies for development of e-health records, health information exchanges and consumer health IT products. It makes it easier for a broad range of interested participants – doctors, patients, caregivers, other healthcare providers and developers – to have their say. If you have any suggestions or comments relating to the adoption of e-Health practices in the US healthcare system, please join the discussion soon when the site launches at http://planningroom.org/
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UVa head football coach Mike London says he'd like to see quarterback David Watford get more involved as a runner.
The 'Hoos spent the bye week working on the mistakes they made against Oregon and BYU. Mike London says his team needs to find its identity this week against VMI with the goal being a tough, smart, and aggressive football team.
London says he'd like to see Watford use his athleticism in the running game.
London says, "Hey listen, if its open and its 3rd and 5 or 3rd and 6 and they're dropping back and you see a way, then he wants to do what's right and what's called for but at the same time he can also use his athleticism and make those decisions himself, we're going to empower him to do those type of things."
UVa tight end Zach Swanson says, "Its just like the way Oregon or the other teams that use their quarterback as a rushing threat, it throws the defense into fits. You not only have to honor the run, we have this really fast quarterback if things break down, he can make for himself. It just adds for another thing the defense has to compensate."
London adds, "And the other thing for us is to go vertically down the field, and we have to exceed some of those explosive plays that we're looking for. We spent a lot of time getting those receivers down field throwing the ball to them. So if we can do that, you can have a quarterback that can run and kind of fit into your style of offense, then you have opportunities. I think those are the things that you're looking to create."
Virginia and VMI kickoff at 3:30pm on Saturday. It was announced on Monday that Virginia's game at Pittsburgh on September 28th will be a 12:30pm kickoff.


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Personally I outgrew video games by about age 15. But these days, it seems there is a generation who is so narcissistic that they will never grow up. And they expect you to be happy about that, and to bow to their whims and their willful ignorance of the people and world around them. I guess that's why so many college grads these days aren't getting hired to do the type of work they expect. They feel so entitled that they will never learn the meaning of respect, and are happy to tap away at their iPhones even during a job interview...Why? Well, it's because they are the most important generation in the history of the world. Haven't you heard? That's how their parents and the current culture raised them. It's time for change.
I'm 21. I'm most certainly part of this "narcissistic" generation that you're talking about. I don't know what generation you're from, how old you are, or what kind of esteem you hold yourself to. But I will say this: our generation is not responsible for this "behavior" that you speak of. People don't pull their phones out during interviews. Not the people I know. If you've personally experienced this, then I can only advise you to screen such applicants more stringently in the future. People who do that shouldn't be interviewing in the first place.
I still haven't outgrown video games. I never will. As a software developer and amateur photographer, I see video games as another medium of art. It's more than just first person shooters. There are stories being told, art being drawn, scenes being crafted. Your comments make it seem like in order to be respectful, selfless people in the world, we all have to grow up. You're wrong. It's about educating the younger generation. It's about setting examples. Kids can be respectful. Adults can be disrespectful.
What did you do to be banned? I don't want to know your answer. Unless you immediately assume that the moderator is a member of my generation or simply not a member of yours, please don't blame us for things like forum moderating, banning, or general "rudeness".
We don't expect anything from anyone. And it's not a result of us being in a "me" generation. It's a result of us being in a place and time where humans are so focused on digital and social networks. There's a disconnect between reality and interpersonal relationships. And it's not limited to my generation. I'd go on explaining that last, and most significant point, but I'd be thread-crapping and thread-jacking an already nutty thread.


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I followed the youtube video and also this forum, but my simple helloworld app still gives this problem
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RALEIGH The North Carolina legislature, plowing into the wee hours and past the objections of Democrats, gave final approval early Friday to a measure creating a Charlotte airport commission.
City officials vowed to block the measure, which creates a 13-member commission to operate Charlotte Douglas International Airport but leaves the property in Charlottes ownership. The legislation is also poised to restore longtime Aviation Director Jerry Orr to his position, only a week after he was removed by the city.
The N.C. House passed the bill on final reading at 12:15 a.m. Friday on a 67-40 vote. The vote followed a 10-minute pause to recess just before midnight and reconvene, meeting requirements that second and third readings fall on separate days. Legislators hope to wrap up their session Friday.
The Senate followed with a 27-14 vote to concur, and passed the bill at 1:26 a.m.
The measures passage in the House followed an impassioned plea by a weary-sounding Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, who predicted its passage would raise constitutional challenges.
Our constitution says you cannot write laws to benefit one citizen, and thats what this bill does, give one citizen his job back, Carney said, referring to ousted airport aviation director Orr. The measure guarantees Orr his job back because of the way it defines the new directors job description.
Carney complained that city officials had not had time to adequately review a measure that had emerged only Thursday morning.
Rep. Kelly Alexander, D-Mecklenburg, predicted to House colleagues that the measure would among the first of more legislative takings of municipal property.
Its (Charlotte) tonight. Its going to be one of you next week, or in six months, he said. It might not be your airport or directing you to hire Joe Schmoe, but directing you to extend your water and sewer system to heck and back. Then Ill have the pleasure 20 years from now of sitting here and watching you turn slowly in the wind.
The airport commission fight left Mecklenburg delegation members on both sides drained and frustrated. One representative from the delegation said bridges are being burned that might never get rebuilt.
Rep. Bill Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, a commission supporter, said he was skeptical Wednesday night that a compromise would be reached with the city, when he first heard a deal might be in the works. He said he thought the bill was dead after Rep. Ruth Samuelson, R-Mecklenburg, pulled the bill from a Thursday morning Senate rules meeting only to resurrect it two hours later.
Theres a lot of anger and frustration on every side, Brawley said. The city of Charlotte has never wanted to do anything other than tell us to go away.
Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, said the city proved its inability to manage the airport by firing Orr.
The city opted to fire the only person who knows how to run the airport with authority, and now its floundering, Rucho said on the Senate floor.
After the bill passed the Senate, Rucho said it would protect Charlotte Douglas by restoring Orr. He said City Manager Ron Carlee knows nothing about Charlotte, knows nothing about airports.
You cant run that airport without (Orr) right now, because theres nobody there that can really manage it, said Rucho. Theres not one person in the city, whether its city manager, staff or council members that knows a thing about airport operations. Why should they even be sticking their noses into it?
Sen. Malcolm Graham, D-Mecklenburg, had another prediction: More deception, more chaos, more confusion, more uncertainty, more litigation. For what and for who? he told the Senate. Why do we want to pit the largest city in the state against the state of North Carolina?
Democratic legislators were frustrated with what they saw as a last-minute bill rammed through with little debate.
This bill is just an extension of the legislature trying to snatch power from the city, said Rep. Rodney Moore, D-Mecklenburg, after the House vote.
I think it was a grand scheme, he said. I still have a little heartburn that there are people from other counties who are going to be at the table who dont have skin in the game when it comes to assets.
A rollercoaster day
The political wrangling started late Wednesday with a new proposal from Republican legislators, and continued Thursday, highlighting a bitter rift among members of the Mecklenburg County delegation. Thursdays twists, part of a six-month turf war, came after the General Assembly passed legislation last week to transfer Charlotte Douglas International Airport to a new independent authority, a move that was quickly blocked when the city asked a judge for a restraining order.
Samuelsonsaid the new bill would head off the citys lawsuit, which was filed to block an airport authority. But city officials said they planned new challenges.
Samuelson acknowledged there might be a new lawsuit but said she has no doubt the state will prevail.
They will try to sue, and we will win, she said.
Samuelson said the legislation was driven by Orrs unexpected ouster after the General Assembly passed last weeks authority bill.
The rapid-fire maneuvering of the bill originally promoted as a compromise left Democratic members of Mecklenburgs commission furious. Carney said she was livid about the new legislation.
Only hours before its tentative passage in the House, Samuelson had angrily pulled the bill from a meeting of the Senate Rules Committee after learning that the city did not support the bill.
Were going to run (the bill) anyway, said Samuelson at a second committee meeting, after deciding to move forward. I hope that one day the city of Charlotte will acknowledge that this was a good deal.
Senate Bill 380 which originally concerned landfill permit fees, before the bills text was replaced Thursday passed the Senate Rules Committee after a brief discussion and a voice vote. Democrats from Mecklenburg werent allowed to speak on the bill before the vote.
Later, the bill received tentative approval from the House in a Thursday afternoon vote, passing 70-42, largely along party lines. Democratic lawmakers had hoped to run out the clock on the bill and push a final Senate vote on the bill into Saturday. At a hastily called news conference at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, Carlee pledged to keep up the citys fight, even as events were rapidly unfolding in Raleigh.
We have committed to do whatever we can to protect the interest of the airport, Carlee said. If legislation passes that we think puts the airport at risk, we will do everything we can do to prohibit or mitigate that risk.
During the debate on the House floor, Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, said the restraining order issued last week would only apply to the earlier legislation. Carlee told the Observer that the citys lawyers were studying the matter.
Legal issues
Under the new plan, a 13-member commission would run the airport, with seven of the 13 members appointed by the city.
The city would retain approval of bond issuance and eminent domain. But the commission would oversee daily operations, control airport finances and would hire and fire the aviation director and other employees.
The citys current Airport Advisory Committee would serve as the initial commission, with limited powers, until October.
Under the bill, the commissions first aviation director would be the airports leader on Feb. 14, which was Orr. His initial compensation would be the same he received in February and he would be entitled to a continuation of his retirement benefits.
Orr declined to comment.
Under the earlier legislation, an 11-member Charlotte Airport Authority with only four appointments by the City Council and mayor would have taken ownership and control of Charlotte Douglas.
Carlee said that he thought the new bill came up because last weeks legislation was a bad bill, a fatally flawed bill.
In its legal action last week, the city outlined concerns about bonds and the taking of city property, but Carlee said that the latest bill remained unsatisfactory. He said he expects a number of legal issues will pop out of this new legislation.
Carlee said earlier Thursday that council member David Howard received a copy of the bill at 11:16 p.m. Wednesday, but there had been no formal communications with the city about the bill.
Attempts at drafting new legislation once again demonstrated a unilateral attempt to take control of the airport away from the City, the city added in a statement. The new bill did reflect concessions made to the City but only in appointments, issuance of bonds, and eminent domain.
The bill didnt give the city enough oversight over airport operations, selection of the airport director, contracting and airport finances, the city said. City leaders urged the state to repeal the authority bill and study the issue further.
The problem with this is they are trying to cobble this thing together so quickly, but its so technical its really, really risky, Carlee said. We are worried about unintended consequences. With all of this happening at the eleventh hour and 59 seconds, without any real study, its gambling with the airport.
Carlee said at the news conference that he has been in continuous discussions with US Airways, which operates its largest hub in Charlotte and is in the middle of a merger with American Airlines.
They do not want conflict, they do not want instability, he said.
Bagel shop compromise
The fight Thursday left Mecklenburgs delegation even more divided than it had been, following a bruising session that saw infighting over everything from the airport to the Panthers to the streetcar. Carney said the proposed bill was shameful, disrespectful and distasteful.
Our airport is in an emergency state, Carney said on the House floor Thursday.
Its tricks, its underhanded, said Graham. Theres no transparency, no trust, no good will.
Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, said that Samuelson told her some of the provisions in the bill were thought up while Republican legislators were eating at Brueggers Bagels.
They hijacked our airport, said Cotham. You do not make legislative action or take away our airport while eating bagels.
Samuelson, meanwhile, said she was floored the city rejected the legislators offer, and said that she thought the city had been on board with the compromise. She said the rejection Thursday is part of a long pattern of city intransigence.
Weve tried to build consensus on it before, and weve been stonewalled, said Samuelson.
Rep. Charles Jeter, R-Mecklenburg, showed messages from his cellphone to demonstrate that council member Howard had known of the compromise attempt Wednesday night. He said the compromise was initiated by the city.
They can change their minds, but they cant change the facts, he said in a General Assembly hallway.
Samuelson formally introduced the bill, which would have created a commission, at a 10:15 a.m. House Rules Committee meeting. But less than a minute after the committee convened, Samuelson pulled the bill, following a heated exchange in the hallway with Carney.
I thought we were working with the city, she told the committee. I found out as we walked in the door we were not.
The committee then adjourned.
Were communicating, I think were making progress, Samuelson said, describing events Wednesday night. I thought we had enough.
They have rejected every olive branch. I hope this shows we have done everything we could...They want to go to court.
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Sr. Mary Cyrilla Hellman, a daughter of St. John Parish, Delphos, is observing her 70th Jubilee.
Sr. Mary Gail Wrasman, also a daughter of St. John Parish, is celebrating her 50th Jubilee.
During her teaching career, Sr. Mary Cyrilla taught at five Catholic schools in Toledo, Immaculate Conception in Bellevue, St. Joseph School in Monroeville and St. Paul School in Norwalk.
She was principal of Lial Catholic School, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame in Whitehouse, and a Diocesan education supervisor and consultant.
She also ministered as a school consultant for the Sisters of Notre Dame, instilling her love of children and sharing her teaching technique among the younger Sister of Notre Dame teachers.
While in Norwalk, Sr. Mary Cyrilla volunteered at local prisons through St. Paul Parish for many years. In her 70th year of religious life, she continues her prison ministry in Toledo and visits patients at Mercy St. Anne Hospital and area nursing homes.
During her teaching career, Sr. Mary Gail has taught in seven schools of the Toledo Diocese, including Central Catholic High School in Lima. Currently, she is a teacher at Notre Dame Academy in Toledo.
The Sisters of Notre Dame, Toledo Province, minister in nine states, Papua New Guinea and Rome, Italy. Well known as educators, the Sisters also serve in pastoral and social services.
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The two loveable labs that caused all the commotion Friday in Maumee Bay just off the Point Place shoreline remain at the Lucas County Dog Warden's Office Saturday.
Dog Warden Julie Lyle says both of the animals, a black lab and a golden lab/retriever, are female. Neither dog was wearing a collar and neither dog is licensed.
They were evaluated by staff who determined that there was no need for them to go to the vet.
The black one is slightly stressed by her new surroundings.
The dogs wandered for at least eight hours on thin ice, struggling to get to the Bay's Grassy Island.
Everybody watching along the shoreline was pulling for them to make it out alive.
Volunteers from the Washington Township Fire Department eventually determined it was safe to launch a hovercraft to rescue the dogs.
After the rescue, both dogs were cold and wet but happy to be on shore.
Now they just want to go home to their owner.
"Don't know who they are. So if somebody sees the dogs and knows it's theirs, come down. But at this point we don't know who owns them," said Ms. Lyle.
If the owner does step forward, they'll be charged a caring fee for re-claiming the dogs.
They'll also have to buy license tags for the dogs.
Should the dogs remain orphaned, they'll soon go up for adoption.
"Any dog we don't believe is licensed we hold for three business days before we evaluate them. They will be put on the list to evaluate, both behavior and medical. If they pass that, they will go up for adoption," said Ms. Lyle.
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A Chatham County parent is outraged after
her child was on a bus that was involved in a hit and run on the way to school.
It was 7:30 a.m. Thursday when a mother who does not want to be identified
says her daughter sent her a disturbing text. Her daughter said the school bus
just hit a parked car in an apartment complex and kept driving. Now she wants
"I was very upset and angry," said
an unidentified Chatham County High School parent.
She said she is frustrated about how First Student
handled a hit and run accident involving a school bus that was on its way to
New Hampstead High School Thursday morning.
"When I first called, they said she was
on the phone handling another situation," said the unidentified parent.
"I said, I just told you there is a runaway bus that was just involved in
an accident and now it's a crime scene. My whole intention was to stop her at
the school. Was this lady intoxicated?"
The parent was only told about the accident
after her 14-year-old daughter sent her a text.
"She texted me that her bus driver had
just hit a car and took off through a field. At that point, I asked if she was
ok. I heard them laughing, I could assume they were ok."
While it may have seemed funny to the
students, it was no laughing matter to the parents.
"You don't just damage someone's
property and take off," said the unidentified parent. "She endangered
the safety of those children and broke the law in front of them. What are you
teaching these high schoolers?"
The parent drove to the scene at the Century
Fenwick Village apartments and left a note on the car that was damaged.
"She left her number on the note and I
called her and that's when I found out everything," said Dewan Trammel, car was involved in hit and run.
"There needs to be accountability and
someone needs to be held responsible for it," said the parent. "There
needs to be some way to make sure this won't happen again."
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Savannah-Chatham County Public School System. They have not returned our calls so we weren't able to confirm whether the bus driver was in fact terminated, or
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As families across the state deal with flooding inside their homes, restoration companies are working overtime to address the damage before it turns into something worse.
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Service Master Water Recovery in Albuquerque says they've had over 200 calls for help since Friday.
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UFC on Fox 7's main card is entirely comprised of UFC vs. Strikeforce matchups, and the opening bout between welterweights Jordan Mein (27-8 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Matt Brown should be a good one. Mein is coming off a successful stoppage of Dan Miller at UFC 158, while Brown has won his last 4 fights.
Mein is replacing Dan Hardy, who was not given medical clearance to fight after he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. The UFC on Fox 7 main card airs live on ... well ... Fox, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.
How do these two stack up?
Mein: 23 years old | 6'0" | 73" reach
Brown: 30 years old | 6'0" | 76" reach
What have these two done recently?
Mein: W - Dan Miller (TKO) | W - Forrest Petz (KO) | W - Tyler Stinson (UD)
Brown: W - Mike Swick (KO) | W - Luis Ramos (TKO) | W - Stephen Thompson (UD)
How did these two get here?
Jordan Mein is one of Canada's more promising welterweight prospects. He's competed in professional MMA since the age of 16 (!) and has already faced the likes of Rory MacDonald, Mike Ricci, Josh Burkman, Tyron Woodley, Evangelista Santos, and Joe Riggs. He's had his ups and downs throughout his career, but Mein has won 9 out of his last 10 fights, including a TKO stoppage of Dan Miller, marking the first time Miller had ever been finished. Mein won the fight but not without significant danger, as he defended a serious armbar attempt a few minutes before he turned on the jets and blasted Miller with strikes. Stopping Dan Miller is no easy feat, so if he can become the first man to KO or TKO Matt Brown, that would be a pretty good start to his UFC career.
Matt Brown was on the brink of a UFC release in 2011. "The Immortal" had lost 4 of 5 fights from 2010 to 2011, with all of his losses coming by submission. In a must-win situation against Chris Cope, Brown saved his job with a KO victory. From there the TUF 7 alum went on an undefeated run in 2012, capped off with an upset win over Mike Swick at UFC on Fox 5 in Seattle. Mein is arguably the best opponent he's faced in this stretch of fights, and if he can pull off another upset tonight he might see himself as more than just a gatekeeper at 170 lbs.
Why should you care?
Well it's a classic case of young prospect vs. tough veteran. Mein is the same age as Rory MacDonald and Brown has pulled off a career resurgence and still has never been knocked out in his MMA career. This is an improvement over the original Dan Hardy fight booking, and we could be in for a good one.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill -- Illinois' credit rating could soon be downgraded if state lawmakers don't agree on pension reform.
The biggest hurdle is how to shift billions of dollars in pension liabilities from the state to cities and local school districts. State Senator Dave Koehler says the longer it takes to fix the problem, the worse its going to get.
"We also have a back debt because of decades of bad decisions and under-funding the pension system we have to make that up somehow," Koehler said.
Koehler supports legislation that shifts more responsibility for funding pensions to individuals. To help fund their pensions, Illinois public school teachers are supposed to contribute to the Teachers Retirement System.
Koehler says that not all of them do.
"I've heard there are districts that pay the employee portion of retirement so they can incentives teachers to come work for their school district," Koehler said.
Koehler participated in a debate Thursday with 46th district challenger Pat Sullivan, who says if school districts have to pick up more of the tab for pensions it will mean higher taxes.
"All that is another property tax increase," Sullivan said. "We've got to quit increasing if we're going to draw jobs to this state."
Meanwhile, State Representative Dan Brady sees a proposal favored by the governor and house speaker as inequitable.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville University softball team will play four double-headers against four different opponents over the next three weeks.
JU will face Chipola CC, Eastern Florida State College, Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) and Flagler College.
The Dolphins will open against Chipola on Friday, Sept. 27, with the DH beginning at 5 p.m. In 2013, the Indians finished 44-11 overall and 11-5 in the Panhandle Conference of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
On Saturday, Jacksonville will play another NJCAA school, Eastern Florida State (formerly known as Brevard Community College), with the twin-bill at 1 p.m. The Titans closed out their 2013 season 30-26 overall and 9-7 in the Southern Conference.
The next Friday, Oct. 4, JU will compete against FSCJ in a doubleheader starting at 5 p.m. The Blue Wave finished 32-23 overall and 16-8 in the Mid-Florida Conference.
Fall ball will conclude on Oct. 11, as Jacksonville will play Flagler College at 5:30 p.m. The Saints finished 32-17 overall and 13-9 in the Peach Belt Conference.
JU will begin its regular season Feb. 7 at the Felsberg Memorial Tournament in Miami, Fla.. Along with play against host-school FIU, the Dolphins will compete against DePaul and Maryland.
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Bud Selig rejected a proposed deal between the Los Angeles Dodgers and FOX on Monday, which if it had gone through, could have kept Frank McCourt as the owner of the Dodgers. Every plan McCourt had made to keep the Dodgers hinged on the approval of this deal, so it was unlikely that he was just going to limp away. Now, via the Los Angeles Times, a statement from McCourt's attorney, Steve Susman:
Commissioner Selig's letter of rejection is not only a disappointment, but worse, is potentially destructive to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Major League Baseball. Accordingly, we plan to explore vigorously our options and remedies with respect to Commissioner Selig's rejection of the proposed FOX transaction and our commitment to protect the long-term best interests of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Fight! Fight! Fight! Prior to that paragraph, Susman claimed ...
the Court ordered, among other things, that the FOX transaction is 'in the best interest of the Los Angeles Dodgers and should be consummated immediately;'
This is almost certainly going to be a legal skirmish that will extend for quite a while. McCourt's days as owner of the Dodgers are likely numbered, but it's probably still a pretty big number, maybe with a comma and everything.


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Is Iraq in need of such an Oil Law?
The International Oil Companies (IOCs), the US and UK administrations, and the IMF have to recognize that they will not be able to enforce an oil law which seems to be no less than the old concessionary model in a new guise.
The experience of the past four years has proved that their policies could not be imposed even with the help of over 180,000 occupying forces and whilst the Iraqi state is on its knees. Such policies have instead resulted in the death of over two hundred thousand Iraqi civilians, more destruction to the country's infrastructure, more suffering to millions of Iraqis and complete failure in achieving any of their objectives.
So even if the IOCs and the US/UK administrations succeed in getting the elected Iraqi parliament to approve this law by using all manner of pressure and threats, by now they should be aware that their chances of implementing a law which does not reflect the interests of Iraqis in any shape or form, in the near and long term future, is diminishing.
It is international law which states that the occupying forces have no rights to impose laws which do not reflect the interests of the occupied people and such laws are null and void if any future elected Iraqi parliament declares them to be so.
What has been released in the past few weeks is no more then a component of the best-kept secret — the final draft of the "Iraqi Oil and Gas (Hydrocarbon) Law" dated 15 January 2007. The preliminary outline of the first draft started circulating in late 2003 during the Governing council period, to be followed by the concept of another draft oil law during Iyad Allawi's regime and then to be followed by a third draft in 2005 and then the July 2006 draft which was circulating in the second part of 2006.
Finally the Iraqi Government allowed the leak of this latest draft, but it was surprising to find out that some key parts of the draft were still not available up to this date.
The key parts of the draft which have not yet been released are:
· The three appendices, which will specify which parts of the already discovered giant oil fields will be counted as "existing producing fields" and which will be counted as "not yet developed fields" that are partially or not yet producing oil. This judgment will decide which oil fields will be allocated to the Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) and which of the existing fields will be allocated to the IOCs. The appendices will determine if 10% or possibly up to 80% of these major oil fields will be given to the IOCs.
· The law does not give any indication of the conditions and roles acceptable under the "Exploration Risk contracts (ERC)" or "Exploration and Production contracts (EPC)" it refers to. It is very likely that this is an attempt to exclude these key elements from this law.
Several Iraqi and international oil experts and analysts have in the past few weeks written a number of articles and studies on this draft of the oil law, emphasizing the major shortfall of the new draft which can be short-listed in general as follows:
1. The main templates for models of contracts which will be granted to the IOCs under article 9/5 of the draft — specifically the "Exploration Risk Contract" (ERC) and the "Exploration and Production Contract" (EPC) — are not dissimilar in practice from the famous contract model known as the "Production Sharing Contract" (PSC), which is the favored model for the IOCs.
2. The law provides the IOCs exclusive control of what may be the major discovered giant oil fields for up to 35 years and guarantees them billions of dollars of profits for between 20 and 25 years — profits that should go to the Iraqi people.
3. The Iraqi parliament should be the authority which approves and signs all long term contracts with the IOCs including ERC or EPC contracts, and not the "Federal Oil and Gas Council" (FOGC) as stated in article 12 of the draft.
4. Article 41, sections B and D, states that all unresolved disputes between the State of Iraq and any foreign investors will be submitted for arbitration to an international court and will not be decided upon by an Iraqi court. This is no doubt a surrender of Iraqi sovereignty.
5. This is the wrong timing for introducing such a strategic oil law. As several articles of the Iraqi constitution, including articles 112,113, and 115, are under review and there is the possibility that some of these articles will be changed within the coming months, it would be unwise to base such an important law on unknown constitutional articles. It is likely that the new oil law will contradict the new articles of the constitution. On the other hand, if articles 112 and 115 are altered as expected, it will possibly remove the fears of some experts regarding the tendency within the law to lead to sectarian and regional agendas.
6. The law favors the interests of the IOCs over the long term interests and future security of the Iraqi people.
7. There are other shortfalls within the law, such as article 35 which allows the IOCs to transfer all profits outside Iraq without calling for part of the profit to be reinvested on Iraq projects. The lack of transparency within the law is another deficit.
1. Whilst Iraq is still under occupation and the political situation is wholly unstable, it is in the interests of the Iraqi people under these circumstances not to rush into any new strategic oil law that will decide the future of the country's oil and gas wealth within the lifetime of this parliament.
2. It will be in the Iraqi people's interest to have a "provisional oil law" which re-establishes INOC and gives it full decision-making powers similar to what was stated within Iraqi laws 123 and 130 of 1967, until such time comes when Iraq is no longer under occupation.
Furthermore the provisional oil law should permit only a short-term contract between INOC and the international oil companies so as to provide technical help to develop the existing oil fields, which can on the whole produce up to 3.5 million barrels/day — the same level of oil production as in 1979.
This level of Iraqi oil production will take at least three years to achieve, but only if the country has normal political stability — which cannot exist as long as the occupying powers are controlling the country. This is also the level of production which OPEC has agreed to. Such a level will not undermine the international oil market prices and will provide Iraq with over 75 billion dollars of oil revenue per year (calculated on the existing average price of 60 dollars/barrel).
3. The draft oil law is no doubt "re-privatizing" Iraqi oil wealth and will return Iraq to the era prior to Law 80 of 1961. Law 80 nationalized 99.5% of the Iraqi land from the IOCs and returned it to the Iraqi nation.
4. The draft law will also dispose of all Iraqi laws which nationalize the interests of the IOCs. This will include law 69 of 1972 which nationalized the Iraqi Petroleum Co., law 200 of 1975 which nationalized the Basrah Petroleum Co., and laws 70, 90, and 101 of 1973 which nationalized the interests of the other operating in Iraq.
5. It is the opinion of many Iraqis and international oil experts that "EPC" and "ERC" contracts are no less than re-privatization methods which technically keep the legal ownership of the oil reserves in the hands of the Iraqi state whilst actually giving full control to the IOCs.
6. All Middle Eastern countries including Iraq nationalized their oil and gas wealth back in the 1970s. This law will make Iraq the first country in the Middle East which re-privatizes its oil and gas wealth for the interests of the IOCs.
7. The draft of the oil law therefore contradicts article 111 of the Iraqi constitution which states that "oil and gas are owned by all the people of Iraq in all the regions and governorates." It virtually offers the ownership of the oil wealth to the IOCs and not the Iraqi people.
8. The draft law almost marginalizes the role of INOC, since it treats INOC as an equivalent to any IOC when it comes to its strategic role in determining the future of the nation.
9. The draft law favors the welfare of the IOCs more than the economic development and security of the nation, and if approved in this form will harm the future national security, territorial integrity, financial independence, and democratic process of Iraq.
10. This is not the first attempt to privatize Iraqi national oil wealth. The Baathist regime started moving in this direction back in the late 1980s and 1990s. The first step which was taken by the Baathist government was in 1987 when they dissolved INOC. This was followed by negotiations with several international oil companies, including western ones such as French companies, as well as eastern oil companies such as the Russian and Chinese.
However, due to the sanctions that were imposed on Iraq, the Baathist regime succeeded only in three such attempts to re-privatize the oil industry between 1997 and 2000. Two PSA agreements were signed with the Russians. This includes the 1997 twenty three year agreement with the Russian oil company, Lukoil, for the development of the West Qurna-2 giant oil field. The third PSA agreement was signed in 2000 with the Chinese National Oil Company.
Munir Chalabi is an Iraqi political analyst living in UK.


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