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Djxfactor511
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Hoping this is the first domino that forces PGA's hand to move the Masters.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Can they move “The Masters” though? Isn’t it a tournament put on the Augusta National Golf Club? I could imagine even if the PGA pulled out, Augusta could still hold the tournament that weekend and invite the golfers they want to invite. It would then be up to each golfer on whether they would play the tournament.
Chucktshoes
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The Masters tournament trademark is wholly owned and put on by the Augusta National Golf Club. The PGA isn’t even the only golf organization that takes part in The Masters.
Sonicpharmacist
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IDK where to put this, so I'm putting it here.
Not sure how many of you know what I do, but I'm a clinical pharmacist. In addition to our typical duties, we precept pharmacy students, including those in their 4th year on rotations. We have pediatrics, critical care, cardiology, and oncology rotations, in addition to the more general "hospital pharmacy" rotations. Each rotation is about 6 weeks.
One of my coworkers is a QAnon believing evangelical Christian. She is in charge of the affiliated outpatient oncology infusion center, and she has become more radical and expressive in her beliefs, even to the point of being kicked off Twitter (and wearing it as a badge of honor). I'll call her Karen for convenience.
Enter pharmacy student on an oncology rotation. He is originally from Pakistan, former pharmacist in a different country, and brought his family with him to go to school to be an oncology pharmacist here in the states. His oncology rotation is with Karen. He started his rotation either one or two weeks ago. Of note, he is a practicing Muslim.
I have not seen any interactions between the student and Karen, but I know someone who has (Julie), and Karen has not been kind to the student. She's been belittling, rude, and even left him out of a work celebration intentionally. He has asked my friend Julie what a student should do if a pharmacist makes them feel uncomfortable, and had these conversations with her on an almost daily basis. He has even left the pharmacy in tears a few days.
Yesterday, Karen kicked the student off rotation for what I've been told is "poor writing skills". Mind you, I've had very difficult students and have never kicked a student off rotation. (We have excused a resident, but that was after a shit ton on documentation and effort). Now he's afraid his entire potential career has been ruined because of Karen. The student has now been reassigned to me.
I am super pissed. Management is aware of the situation (our clinical coordinator is the one who asked me if I could precept the student), and honestly, I hope they fire Karen. I don't know if she has any evidence that would give her a legit reason for getting rid of the student, but I *highly* doubt whatever he did would warrant such an extreme response, especially without consulting management first.
I've been with this hospital for going on 14 years. They've been good to me, and I"m proud to say I work there. However, if nothing is done to rectify this situation, I'm going to have to think long and hard about working for a company that would tolerate such behavior. It's all fresh, so I know I need to give it time for wheels to be put into motion. But now I'm just angry.
Not sure how many of you know what I do, but I'm a clinical pharmacist. In addition to our typical duties, we precept pharmacy students, including those in their 4th year on rotations. We have pediatrics, critical care, cardiology, and oncology rotations, in addition to the more general "hospital pharmacy" rotations. Each rotation is about 6 weeks.
One of my coworkers is a QAnon believing evangelical Christian. She is in charge of the affiliated outpatient oncology infusion center, and she has become more radical and expressive in her beliefs, even to the point of being kicked off Twitter (and wearing it as a badge of honor). I'll call her Karen for convenience.
Enter pharmacy student on an oncology rotation. He is originally from Pakistan, former pharmacist in a different country, and brought his family with him to go to school to be an oncology pharmacist here in the states. His oncology rotation is with Karen. He started his rotation either one or two weeks ago. Of note, he is a practicing Muslim.
I have not seen any interactions between the student and Karen, but I know someone who has (Julie), and Karen has not been kind to the student. She's been belittling, rude, and even left him out of a work celebration intentionally. He has asked my friend Julie what a student should do if a pharmacist makes them feel uncomfortable, and had these conversations with her on an almost daily basis. He has even left the pharmacy in tears a few days.
Yesterday, Karen kicked the student off rotation for what I've been told is "poor writing skills". Mind you, I've had very difficult students and have never kicked a student off rotation. (We have excused a resident, but that was after a shit ton on documentation and effort). Now he's afraid his entire potential career has been ruined because of Karen. The student has now been reassigned to me.
I am super pissed. Management is aware of the situation (our clinical coordinator is the one who asked me if I could precept the student), and honestly, I hope they fire Karen. I don't know if she has any evidence that would give her a legit reason for getting rid of the student, but I *highly* doubt whatever he did would warrant such an extreme response, especially without consulting management first.
I've been with this hospital for going on 14 years. They've been good to me, and I"m proud to say I work there. However, if nothing is done to rectify this situation, I'm going to have to think long and hard about working for a company that would tolerate such behavior. It's all fresh, so I know I need to give it time for wheels to be put into motion. But now I'm just angry.
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AnthonyI
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I would have to take a long walk and a few days before approaching HR or whoever............but I would be approaching HR or whoever. Things like this, even when I'm not directly effected, irritate me to no end.
Sonicpharmacist
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Yeah me too. I updated my post to include something I forgot to mention: the student is a practicing Muslim.
AnthonyI
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Sonicpharmacist
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Idk, possibly. I need to give it time, wait to see how management responds, before I decide anything,
Jan
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Also probably Good to Make your own assesmentvof the student afterv1 or 2 weeks with you, especially the things she criticised and write it down. because if that is clearly different from her opinion it is a distinct point that her beliefs are hindering her professional behaviour and and ultimately hurting the company . so that is something they tend to sanction
Sonicpharmacist
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The Ever Given may be free, but it will likely now be held captive at the Suez Canal for months due to pending litigation.
Maritime law requires the owners of the cargo to be partially financially responsible for the expenses incurred. And the cargo can't be released until all fines are paid up. The pending litigation will likely take months and many small companies may not have the funds to make the payment.
Larger companies, like Ikea which did have furniture on the ship, likely have insurance that will cover the unexpected expenses to them. Smaller companies wouldn't have such insurance policies that would cover this. They might cover lost goods, but not the salvage and recovery fees as well as fees for shutting down the canal.
Egypt could seek more than a billion dollars for this fiasco.
Maritime law requires the owners of the cargo to be partially financially responsible for the expenses incurred. And the cargo can't be released until all fines are paid up. The pending litigation will likely take months and many small companies may not have the funds to make the payment.
Larger companies, like Ikea which did have furniture on the ship, likely have insurance that will cover the unexpected expenses to them. Smaller companies wouldn't have such insurance policies that would cover this. They might cover lost goods, but not the salvage and recovery fees as well as fees for shutting down the canal.
Egypt could seek more than a billion dollars for this fiasco.
Tim Cook wants Americans to be able to vote on their iPhones
"We do our banking on phones. We have our health data on phones," Tim Cook said before asking "why not" expand voting tech to smartphones.
www.businessinsider.com
I don't think the is the case. Wouldn't it be the shipping company, or owner of the ship that would need to carry insurance in order to operate, any claim from Egypt would involve the shipping company and their insurer, not the individual companies who have cargo on board. In fact they will likely claim on the ship owners insurance for the delays incurred.
edit - looks like this is the case. There is an interesting article here:
Stranded Suez ship's owner, insurers face millions in claims
LONDON: The owner and insurers of one of the world's largest container ships stuck in the Suez Canal face claims totalling millions of dollars ...
www.channelnewsasia.com
I don't think the is the case. Wouldn't it be the shipping company, or owner of the ship that would need to carry insurance in order to operate, any claim from Egypt would involve the shipping company and their insurer, not the individual companies who have cargo on board. In fact they will likely claim on the ship owners insurance for the delays incurred.
edit - looks like this is the case. There is an interesting article here:
Stranded Suez ship's owner, insurers face millions in claims
LONDON: The owner and insurers of one of the world's largest container ships stuck in the Suez Canal face claims totalling millions of dollars ...
So apparently the amount the owner of the cargo pays is nowhere near as much as I thought on the initial reports, but it's still there. And still may be more than some small companies have.
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II wonder how many cargos will be uninsured. You would expect anyone shipping cargo to have insurance in place & it seems like standard practice for large cargo shipments, with GA being called only a few years ago on a Mearsk container ship. The linked article I thought was intesting.
Lengthy wait for cargo as Ever Given owner declares General Average - The Loadstar
As the investigation into the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal begins, the vessel’s Japanese owner, Shoe Kisen, this morning declared General Average. And a customer circular from Evergreen, seen by The Loadstar, confirms that Shoe Kisen this morning appointed Richard Hogg Lindley...
theloadstar.com
It amazes me how slow government agencies are to respond at times.
In MA, the state inspection center was attacked by malware bringing down their computers on March 23. This also resulted in the inspection computer systems being down at every shop that does inspections meaning that anyone trying to get their car inspected was SOL.
The computer systems remain down as of this morning and the latest update is they don't expect them to be back up until at least Friday at the earliest. It makes me wonder, was this a ransomware attack? What could take down computer systems for 2 to 3 weeks
In addition to taking forever to resolve the situation, it wasn't until late yesterday that they announced that police would be giving everyone with an expired inspection sticker from March a free pass until April 30th. The same applies for anyone who bought a new car on March 23 or later as they are legal required to get a inspection sticker on it within a week of purchase.
This change in policy comes after people were complaining police were pulling them over and fining them for expired inspection stickers earlier this month. Their complaint was they couldn't get their car inspected so why should they be fined.
This whole situation is affected me currently as well. I really haven't been driving anywhere other than the grocery store still because of COVID. I had noticed my inspection sticker expired in March last week and went to get it inspected only to be told their computers are down. Same story everywhere I tried.
In MA, the state inspection center was attacked by malware bringing down their computers on March 23. This also resulted in the inspection computer systems being down at every shop that does inspections meaning that anyone trying to get their car inspected was SOL.
The computer systems remain down as of this morning and the latest update is they don't expect them to be back up until at least Friday at the earliest. It makes me wonder, was this a ransomware attack? What could take down computer systems for 2 to 3 weeks
In addition to taking forever to resolve the situation, it wasn't until late yesterday that they announced that police would be giving everyone with an expired inspection sticker from March a free pass until April 30th. The same applies for anyone who bought a new car on March 23 or later as they are legal required to get a inspection sticker on it within a week of purchase.
This change in policy comes after people were complaining police were pulling them over and fining them for expired inspection stickers earlier this month. Their complaint was they couldn't get their car inspected so why should they be fined.
This whole situation is affected me currently as well. I really haven't been driving anywhere other than the grocery store still because of COVID. I had noticed my inspection sticker expired in March last week and went to get it inspected only to be told their computers are down. Same story everywhere I tried.
MA and CT governors are working together to try to control prescription drug prices within their states. They are looking to cap the price increase of prescription drugs to the rate of inflation. About 2%.
As expected, the pharmaceutical companies are pushing back bigtime. Their go to scare tactic is to say that they will not be able to fund research and development of new drugs if laws go into place to cap price increases.