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What are deferred payment and prepayment?
A deferred payment situation occurs when goods and services are delivered, and then time passes before they are paid for. A "fly now, pay later" plan is an example of deferred payment situations, as are the so-called "0% financing" plans used as incentives to buy vehicles.
By contrast, a prepayment situation occurs when a buyer pays for goods or services, and a significant time passes before delivery of goods and services. Floorspace rental, for instance is often paid for in this way before the occupancy period. Insurance premiums are paid before the period of coverage. Rental expense and insurance premiums paid this way are thus prepayment situations for the buyer.
- What are deferred payment and prepayment?
- How are deferred payment and prepayment related to other accounting concepts?
- Does the deferred payment and prepayment concept exist in cash basis accounting?
How are deferred payment and prepayment related to other accrual accounting concepts?
Accrual accounting practiced by most companies incorporates the matching concept, the idea that revenues should be recognized in the same period with the expenses that brought them. Prepayment and deferred payment situations present a special challenge to the company's bookkeepers and accountants, because it is possible for actual payment and actual delivery to fall in different accounting periods. In order to avoid violating the matching concept, bookkeepers make an initial two entries to register the first transaction event, and then, later, makes adjusting entries to register the second transaction event. For examples of journal entries for each kind of event, see the encyclopedia entries for individual terms, linked below.
With prepayments, payment precedes delivery of goods or services
From the seller's viewpoint: The seller will recognize unearned revenues (or deferred revenues) as revenues received for goods and services that have not yet been delivered. Unearned revenues are recorded as liabilities until such time as the goods and services are delivered, after which they may be recognized as earned revenues.
From the buyer's viewpoint: The buyer recognizes deferred expenses (or prepaid expenses or deferred charges), when paying for services or goods before delivery. An inventory of postage stamps, bought but not yet used, is a prepaid expense. When taxes are paid in advance of due date, a prepaid expense is created. Prepaid expenses are recorded as a current asset until the services or goods are delivered or used.
With deferred payment, delivery of goods or services precedes payment
From the seller's viewpoint: Accrued revenues (also called accrued assets or unrealized revenues) are revenues earned by the seller for delivery of goods and services but which the seller has not yet received. Accrued revenues may be posted in one asset account, such as accounts receivable, until the revenues are actually received. Then, the accounts receivable account (an asset account) is credited (reduced) while the another asset account, cash, is debited (increased).
From the buyer's viewpoint: Accrued expenses, or accrued liabilities areposted in the buyer's books as a liability, for goods and services purchased and received but not yet paid for. When workers are owed salaries or wages for work completed, but not yet paid for, the employer has an accrued expense. Interest payable for a bank loan can be an accrued expense. Accrued expenses are first entered in the journal as a liability until paid, at which time the liability account is debited (reduced) and an asset account, such as cash, is credited (decreased).
Does the deferred payment and prepayment concept exist in cash basis accounting?
For any company on a cash basis accounting system, however, the bookkeeping practice is much simpler. In cash basis accounting:
- Expenses are recognized when cash is paid
- Revenues are recognized when cash is received.
Deferred expenses (prepaid expenses, or deferred charges) along with the other prepayment and deferred payment situations described above, are used in accrual accounting but not cash basis accounting.


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I could be wrong, but...
As images are embedded in an html page, and as I control width and height of the page and of the images, it shouldn't be needed to convert images using a script...
A bigger image will be treated by those script just like it would inside Komic, and as it will be shrunk, we still need zoom.
To avoid the use of zoom, we need to split a big image in smaller images so that they can be displayed with the correct size on the 600x800 screen.
I hope what I said is true...
I think you are correct, the web browser is doing the scaling.
I suspect you would just be trading "zoom in" for "zoom out" because a program can't tell what part of the image is of interest to the viewer.
Might be better to just leave it up to the user.
Well, with the exception of bordering whitespace.
I think the various tools that come with ImageMagic ('convert' is one of them) includes one that can detect and crop the image of bordering whitespace. I am not sure about that but it sticks in my mind.
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I'll confess I get a twinge of jealousy whenever one of my colleagues returns from some research junket. They never fail to come back with stories I couldn't even dream up...
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That's right. There's a bona fide energy boom happening right in our own backyard.
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30 arc-second DEM for AfricaEntry ID: GNVd0188_104
Abstract: PLEASE NOTE: This is an updated release of the Africa 30 arc second
DEM. Comments from users of this data set are welcome. Please
contact Dean Gesch (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Sue Jenson
A digital elevation model (DEM) consists of a sampled array of
elevations for ground positions that are normally ... spaced at regular
intervals. To meet the needs of the geospatial data user community
for regional and continental scale elevation data, the staff at the
U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center (EDC) are developing DEM's
at a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approximately 1
kilometer). These data are being made available to the public via
electronic distribution and hard media. As of July, 1996 data are
available for Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Data sets for South America, Australia, New Zealand, the islands of
southeast Asia, and Greenland are under development and are scheduled
for release before the end of 1996.
DEM Coverage and Characteristics
The Africa 30 arc second DEM extends from 40 degrees north to 35
degrees south latitude, and from 20 degrees west to 60 degrees east
longitude. The horizontal grid spacing is 30 arc seconds
(0.00833333333333 degrees), resulting in a DEM having dimensions of
9000 rows by 9600 columns. The horizontal coordinate system is
decimal degrees of latitude and longitude referenced to WGS84. The
vertical units represent elevation in meters above mean sea level.
The elevation values range from -407 to 5825 meters. In the DEM,
ocean areas have been masked as "no data" and have been assigned a
value of -9999.
Data Format
To facilitate electronic distribution, the DEM has been divided into
three smaller pieces that together cover the African continent. There
is no overlap among the three pieces, so the continental DEM may be
assembled by simply abutting the three files. The geographic coverage
and dimensions of the DEM files are as follows:
DEM file name Latitude extent Longitude extent
af30as_1.dem 40 N - 0 20 W - 20 E (4800 rows x 4800 columns)
af30as_2.dem 40 N - 0 20 E - 60 E (4800 rows x 4800 columns)
af30as_3.dem 0 - 35 S 5 E - 60 E (4200 rows x 6600 columns)
The data are distributed as 16-bit simple binary raster image files
(no header or trailer bytes or records). The DEM files have been
compressed using the GNU 'gzip' utility, and they must be uncompressed
before use. They can be uncompressed with the gzip utilities, or if
you do not have access to gzip the FTP server can uncompress the files
as you retrieve them. To do this, simply leave off the ".gz"
extension when retrieving a file (NOTE: This option is not available
through MOSAIC). For example, to retrieve the file "af30as_1.dem.gz"
without compression just use "get af30as_1.dem". Please note that an
uncompressed file is typically many times larger than the compressed
version and therefore will take much longer to transmit. If you would
like to obtain the gzip program, it is available via anonymous FTP at
the following sites:
Each DEM is accompanied by four ancillary ASCII text files (header
file, world file, statistics file, and data descriptor record). The
ancillary files are named the same as the DEM with the file name
extension indicating the file type. The formats of the ancillary
files are described below:
Header File (.hdr)
The header file can be used for image integration in ARC/INFO,
although to do so the image file extension will have to be renamed
from .dem to .bil. Information contained within this header file can
also be used with other image display packages such as IMDISP. The
following list identifies the keywords used in the header file:
BYTEORDER byte order in which image pixel values are stored
M = Motorola byte order (high order byte first)
LAYOUT organization of the bands in the file
BIL = band interleaved by line (note: the DEM is a single
band image)
This field is required for image integration in ARC/INFO.
NROWS number of rows in the image
NCOLS number of columns in the image
NBANDS number of spectral bands in the image (1 for a DEM)
NBITS number of bits per pixel (16 for a DEM)
BANDROWBYTES number of bytes per band per row (twice the number of columns
for a 16-bit DEM)
TOTALROWBYTES total number of bytes of data per row (twice the number
columns for a single band 16-bit DEM)
BANDGAPBYTES the number of bytes between bands in a BSQ format image (0 for
a DEM)
NODATA value used for masking purposes (will be ignored by the ARC/INFO
image integration application)
ULXMAP longitude of the center of the upper-left pixel (decimal degrees)
ULYMAP latitude of the center of the upper-left pixel (decimal degrees)
XDIM x dimension of a pixel in geographic units (decimal degrees)
YDIM y dimension of a pixel in geographic units (decimal degrees)
Example header file:
World File (.dmw)
The world file can be used for image-to-world transformation when
displaying an image using the ARC/INFO image integration application.
When displaying an image with the .bil file name extension in
ARC/INFO, the world file must be named with a .blw extension. The
following is an example of a world file with a description of each
Example world file: Description
0.00833333333333 x dimension of a pixel (decimal degrees)
0.00000000000000 rotation term (will always be zero)
0.00000000000000 rotation term (will always be zero)
-0.00833333333333 negative y dimension of a pixel (decimal degrees)
-19.99583333333333 longitude of the center of the upper-left pixel
39.99583333333333 latitude of the center of the upper-left pixel
The Statistics File (.stx)
The statistics file contains the band number, the minimum pixel value,
the maximum pixel value, the mean, and the standard deviation. The
"no data" pixels with a value of -9999 were excluded when the
statistics were calculated.
Example statistics file:
1 -103 4059 439.0 299.3
Data Descriptor Record (.ddr)
This file has been included to allow the image to be read directly by
EDC's Land Analysis System (LAS) software package. To take advantage
of this, the image file extension will have to be renamed from .dem to
.img. This file includes most of the information contained in the
other ancillary files.
Example data descriptor record:
IMAGE NAME:af30as_1.dem
LAST MODIFIED: DATE:23-Jul-96 TIME:1559:14 SYSTEM:ieee-std
PROJ. CODE:(0)GEOGRAPHIC Valid:VALID
ZONE CODE:62 Valid:VALID
DATUM CODE:8 Valid:VALID
PROJ. PARM: Valid:VALID
CORNER COOR: Valid:VALID
ULcorner:3.99958333333333E+01 -1.99958333333333E+01
URcorner:3.99958333333333E+01 1.99958333333333E+01
LLcorner:4.16666666666666E-03 -1.99958333333333E+01
LRcorner:4.16666666666666E-03 1.99958333333333E+01
PROJ. DIST:8.33333333333333E-03 8.33333333333333E-03 Valid:VALID
PROJ. UNITS:degrees Valid:VALID
INCREMENT:0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 Valid:INVALID
MINIMUM:-9.99900000000000E+03 Valid:VALID
MAXIMUM:4.05900000000000E+03 Valid:VALID
Procedures for Obtaining Data
The DEM and ancillary files are available from the EROS Data Center
at: http://lpdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.html
Orders for the data on hard media can be submitted to:
LP DAAC User Services
U.S. Geological Survey
EROS Data Center
47914 252nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57198-0001
Tel: 605-594-6116 (7:30 am to 4:00 pm CT)
Tel: 866-573-3222 (toll free)
Fax: 605-594-6593 (24 hours)
Email: email@example.com (24 hours)
DEM Development
The Africa 30 arc second DEM was developed using commercially
available geographic information system software, vector-to-raster
gridding software, and utilities developed specifically for this
The DEM is based on data derived from two sources: Digital Chart of
the World (DCW) and Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED).
Approximately 56% of the Africa DEM is based on DTED, while the
remaining 44% is based on DCW.
DCW is a vector cartographic data set based on the 1:1,000,000-scale
Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series, which is the largest scale
base map source with global coverage (Danko, 1992). The DCW and the
ONC series are products of the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA).
The topographic information of interest for generating DEM's is
contained in several DCW hypsography layers. The primary contour
interval on the source ONC's is 1000 feet (305 meters), and
supplemental contours with an interval of 250 feet (76 meters) are
found in areas below 1000 feet in elevation. Information from the DCW
drainage layers was also used as input to the DEM generation process;
this information included stream networks, lake shorelines, lake
elevations, and ocean coastlines.
DTED, also a DMA product, is a raster topographic data base with a
horizontal grid spacing of 3 arc seconds (approximately 90 meters).
DTED are available for over 65% of the global land surface. Access to
full resolution DTED for areas outside the United States is limited to
agencies of the U.S. government, but permission has been granted by
DMA to the EROS Data Center to use and distribute a generalized 30 arc
second version.
The 3 arc second DTED were generalized to 30 arc seconds by selecting
one elevation value to represent the area covered by 100 full
resolution grid cells (a 10 by 10 matrix). The generalization
approach emphasizes the topographic breaklines (ridges and stream
channels) as found in the full resolution data. The goal is to retain
as much of the significant topographic information as possible in the
generalized DEM.
The topographic information from the DCW was converted into an
elevation grid through a vector-to-raster gridding approach. The
hypsography, drainage, and coastline data were input to the ANUDEM
surface gridding program developed at the Australian National
University (Hutchinson, 1989). ANUDEM, specifically designed for
creating DEM's from digital contour, spot height, and stream line
data, employs an approach known as drainage enforcement to produce
raster elevation models that represent more closely the actual terrain
surface and contain fewer artifacts than those produced with more
general purpose surface interpolation routines. However, in order to
prepare and format the DCW for input to ANUDEM a significant amount of
preprocessing was required. This processing included editing and
updating the vector stream lines so that the direction of each was
oriented downstream, a requirement of ANUDEM. Further preprocessing
involved detection and correction of erroneous contour and point
elevations (Larson, 1996).
Ocean coastlines were assigned an elevation of zero for input as
contours. Also, shorelines of lakes for which the DCW included
elevations were tagged and used as contour input. Additional point
control was input into the DCW gridding process in an effort to
minimize the discrepancies along the border between the DCW and DTED.
Points derived from generalized DTED within a 1-degree buffer
surrounding the DCW areas were input to ANUDEM so that the 30 arc
second grids from the two sources would match better in the overlap
The output from ANUDEM was an elevation model grid referenced in the
same horizontal coordinate system as the generalized DTED. The output
grid spacing of 30 arc seconds has been shown to be appropriate for
the information content present in the DCW hypsography layers
(Hutchinson, 1996; Shih and Chiu, 1996).
Prior to merging with the generalized DTED, several postprocessing
steps were performed on the DCW grid. Lakes for which the DCW did not
indicate an elevation were updated on the grid with the lowest grid
cell elevation found along the shoreline. Also, an artifact of the
surface interpolation process in areas just inland from the ocean
coastline was detected and corrected. In these areas ANUDEM produced
anomalous below sea level elevation values. Any grid cell that did
not coincide with the DCW polygons that denote real below sea level
areas was remapped to an elevation above sea level.
Merging of the generalized DTED and the DCW grid to produce the Africa
DEM was accomplished by mosaicing the two data sets. The generalized
DTED had the highest priority so that coverage of the source with the
greater topographic detail and accuracy was maximized. The DCW grid
filled in the areas of the African continent not covered by DTED. The
merging procedure included blending of the two data sources along the
irregular boundary to minimize the differences and smooth the
transition. The blending was performed in an overlap area of 1 degree
(120 grid cells) surrounding the DTED areas. The blending algorithm
computes a weighted average with the weights for each data source
determined on a cell-by-cell basis according to the cell's proximity
to the edges of the overlap area (Franke, 1982.) The final processing
step performed on the mosaiced and blended product involved "clipping
out" the land (as defined by the DCW coastline) and setting the ocean
areas to a constant background value.
DEM Accuracy
The absolute vertical accuracy of the Africa DEM varies by location
according to the source data. Generally, the areas derived from DTED
have a higher accuracy than those derived from the DCW. The full
resolution 3 arc second DTED have a vertical accuracy of + or - 30
meters linear error at the 90% confidence level (Defense Mapping
Agency, 1986). If the error distribution is assumed to be Gaussian
with a mean of zero, the statistical standard deviation of the errors
is equivalent to the root mean square error (RMSE). Under those
assumptions, vertical accuracy expressed as + or - 30 meters linear
error at 90% can also be described as an RMSE of 18 meters. The areas
of the Africa DEM derived from DTED retain that same level of accuracy
because through generalization an actual elevation value from one full
resolution DTED cell is chosen to represent the area of the reduced
resolution cell (although the area on the ground represented by that
one elevation value is now much larger than the area covered by the
full resolution cell).
To characterize the accuracy of the areas of the Africa DEM derived
from the DCW, the DCW grid was compared to 30 arc second DTED which
had been aggregated by averaging. By aggregating, the comparison
could be done at the 30 arc second cell size of the DCW grid.
Eliminated from the comparison were those areas of the DCW grid for
which supplemental DTED point control had been included in the
gridding process. If the averaged DTED are thought of as the
reference data set, the RMSE of the DCW grid is 95 meters. To get an
idea of the overall absolute accuracy of the DCW grid, the relative
error between the DCW and DTED can be combined with the known error of
the DTED itself in a sum of squares. The root of that sum of squares
(RSS) is 97 meters. Using the assumptions about the error
distribution cited above, an RMSE of 97 meters can be expressed as +
or - 162 meters linear error at 90% confidence. This number compares
favorably with an expected vertical accuracy (linear error at 90%) of
one-half of the primary contour interval of 1000 feet (305 meters) for
the topographic maps on which the DCW is based.
The elevation data available here are a result of the global 30
arc-second elevation data project being carried out by staff of the
USGS' EROS Data Center (EDC) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and the
co-located United Nations Environment Program / Global Resource
Information Database office (UNEP/GRID). The broad goal of this
project is the completion of global 1 km elevation data for the land
surface and the systematic extraction of derivative information to
assemble a global data base of topographic elevation, slope, aspect,
hydrologic flow paths, and watersheds. The primary collaborators and
data contributors to date are the USGS, NASA, UNEP/GRID, USAID, DMA,
the Instituto Nacional de Estatistica Geografica e Informatica (INEGI)
of Mexico, and the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan.
Danko, D.M., 1992. The digital chart of the world. GeoInfo Systems,
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specifications for digital terrain elevation data (DTED) (2d
ed.). Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 26
Franke, R., 1982. Smooth interpolation of scattered data by local thin
plate splines. Computing & Mathematics with Applications, 8:273-281.
Hutchinson, M.F., 1989. A new procedure for gridding elevation and
stream line data with automatic removal of spurious pits. Journal of
Hydrology, 106:211-232.
Hutchinson, M.F., 1996. A locally adaptive approach to the
interpolation of digital elevation models. In: Proceedings, Third
International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental
Modeling, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 21-26, 1996. National Center
for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, California.
Larson, K.S., 1996. Error detection and correction of hypsography layers.
In: Proceedings, Sixteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, May 20-24, 1996.
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, California.
Shih, T.Y., and Chiu, Y.C., 1996. On the quality of DCW hypsographic
data, a study for Taiwan. In: Technical Papers, ASPRS/ACSM Annual
Convention and Exhibition, April 22-25, 1996, Baltimore,
Maryland. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,
Bethesda, Maryland, Volume III, p. 248-257.
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The Cha Cha on Capitol Hill is typically thought of as a cavernous, hipster hellhole, and not a place where one would willingly go to see a band. But it's not fair to write off the Mexi-kitsch-laden watering hole entirely, given the fact that See Me River frontman Kerry Zettel (the handsome, tattooed fellow most likely pouring your drink upstairs) isn't just one of the nicest, most talented musicians in the city, but also a bona fide local music fan and the man who thoughtfully books the Cha Cha's occasional live shows. Tonight it's the Redwood Plan, Lesli Wood's smashingly successful new pop-punk configuration, and Hostas, the promising, bass-heavy trio featuring Visqueen drummer Ben Hooker. Besides, it's a Sunday night: the douchebag quotient will undoubtedly be markedly lower. Cha Cha Lounge, 1013 E. Pike St. 322-0703. 9 p.m. $6. HANNAH LEVIN
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Sure, it's easy to dismiss The Slants as a novelty act. Simon Young (formerly of the Stivs), formed the band by posting ads that called for Asian musicians in ethnic supermarkets across Portland. Once the lineup was completed, the band began playing gigs at--where else--anime conventions. The approach earned them a devoted fanbase of Asians, Asiaphiles, and geeks galore. And it's actually well deserved, given the quality of their music. The Slants create synthesizer-driven songs drenched in sexy beats, erratic guitar rifts, and the occasional plucking of a koto. Their 2007 demo album Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts--reworked and re-released last year--is a dark dance album comparable to records by electro-rock bands like The Faint and Depeche Mode. Many of the songs grapple with race relations, but even non-Asians can relate to their pain when they sing about loneliness and feeling like outsiders. With the New Up, Klover Jane. Nectar Lounge, 412 N. 36th St. 632-2020. 8 p.m. $6. ERIKA HOBART
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The play's the thing in Petr Zelenka's adaptation/transposition of Evald Schorm's stage version of Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, played out like an Eastern European take on Vanya on 42nd Street. Instead of an empty theater, a Czech theater troupe arrives in Poland (speaking not a word of the Polish) and rehearses their play in a massive Polish foundry, a massive, ancient relic filled with machinery that becomes the sets. The actors transform the industrial surroundings (where Lech Walesa himself once spoke to the growing Solidarity movement - the "solidarity" tag is emblazoned on a beam) into a world of their own by the conviction of their performance and the audience of workers (including a night watchman mourning the death of his son) is captivated. As was I. The conceit overcomes its contrivances to create riveting theater, so much so that the minor conflicts going on behind the scenes pale next to the drama on this makeshift stage. At times you want the camera to ignore the actors until they enter the stage once more, leaving behind the petty concerns of the modern players for the epic clash of father, sons and brothers. (NR) Harvard Exit, 807 E. Roy St., 448-2186, www.siff.net. $8-$10. 11 a.m. SEAN AXMAKER
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Nobody has a cell phone yet, but in the mid-'90s, a hustling street merchant in the Turkish shadow economy realizes there will be fortunes to be made from the device. Only problem, he has no capital to buy a government license. Then, as if in answer to his prayers at the mosque, this gambling, hard drinking, rarely-at-home husband and father receives a windfall. Thieves have stolen a supply of medicine needed by the local hospital, which hands Mihram (the sly, soulful Tayanç Ayaydin) a wad of cash to drive to Azerbaijan for the medicine and smuggle it back home. So: here's a chance for the small-time hustler to do good, to turn over a new leaf. Or he could misuse the money for his cell-phone scheme. Or, and this is where The Market becomes morally compelling, he could try to do both. Aided by a woeful old uncle in Azerbaijan, Mihram barters his stake, fools border guards, and humiliates a gangster in a high-stakes card game. Then he, the consummate haggler, marches into a medical clinic like a gunslinger. "There's always a price," he tells his uncle. But in this parable of globalization, where petty smugglers are connected to international markets, Mihram ultimately discovers that he has his price, too. And it's being set far above his head. (NR) Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave. N., 448-2186, www.siff.net. $8-$10. 1:15 p.m. (Also: 7 p.m. Tues., June 9.) BRIAN MILLER


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Q3 2012 Earnings Call
November 9, 2012 10:00 AM ET
Mike Zimmerman – SVP, IR
Curt Culver – Chairman and CEO
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Mike Zimmerman
Great. Thanks, Jonathan. Good morning. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your interest in MGIC Investment Corporation. Joining me on the call today to discuss the results for the third quarter of 2012 our Chairman and CEO, Curt Culver; Executive Vice President and CFO, Mike Lauer; and Executive Vice President of Risk Management, Larry Pierzchalski.
I want to remind all participants that our earnings release of this morning, which may be accessed on MGIC's website, which is located at www.mgic.com under Investor Information includes additional information about the company's quarterly results that we will refer to during the call and will include certain non-GAAP financial measures. As we indicated in this morning's press release, we have posted on our website the supplemental information containing characteristics of our primary risk in force and new insurance written, as well as other information we think you will find valuable.
During the course of this call we may make comments about our expectations of the future. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements. Additional information about those factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed on the call are contained in the Form 10-Q that was filed earlier this morning. If the company makes any forward-looking statements, we are not undertaking an obligation to update those statements in the future in light of subsequent events. Further no interest or party should rely on the fact that such guidance or forward-looking statements are current at any time other than the time of this call or the issuance of the Form 10-Q.
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Thanks, Mike. Good morning. As reflected by the net loss for the third quarter of $246.9 million or $1.22 a share, the elevated level of new deli quint notices we receive, although trending lower on a year-over-year basis and as a percentage of the performing in-force book of business, as well as the slow improvement in the cure rate continue to pressure our company's capital position and financial results.
And while the quality of the new business remains outstanding and our industry continues to grow its share of new business, the lack of a meaningful economic recovery has caused the overall purchase origination market to be depressed, and thus limits our new business writings and the resulting premiums written.
I know most of you are anxious to hear about our discussions with Freddie Mac, so let me provide an overview of where things stand. As we disclosed in our 10-Q that was filed this morning, MGIC and Freddie Mac have agreed on all terms and language of the definitive settlement agreement with a possible exception of some minor drafting issues. The agreement is subject to approval by the boards of directors of MGIC, Freddie Mac and FHFA. MGIC is to pay Freddie Mac $265.5 million in settlement of any further obligations of MGCI under the policies in dispute. $100 million is to be paid upon effectiveness of the settlement and $167.5 million over the next four years.
However we are unwilling to sign the agreement unless MIC is approved by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to write business and jurisdictions where Magic cannot write due to a failure to meet the capital requirements and for a period in which all parties agree. Also any definitive settlement agreements would only be signed concurrently with the satisfaction of the condition in the September Freddie Mac letter that Freddie Mac and the OCI agree Magic having access to mix capital as needed to pay claims.
If it a definitive settlement agreement is signed we are willing to contribute $100 million to Magic from our holding company. As a result we have not made any loss provision for a settlement and we are unable to predict whether it will go into effect. As a reminder, Fannie Mae's approval of MIC, which expires at the end of 2013 previously approved MIC to write in all states that have capital requirements in which Magic does not have a waiver. So the bottom line is that Magic Freddie Mac and MIC are eligible insurers for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
As of September 30 the combined insurance companies' preliminary risk to capital ratio was 34.1 to one while Magic on a standalone basis was 31.5 to one and MIC's preliminary risk to capital ratio was 0.3 to one. The increase in Magic's risk to capital above the 25:1 threshold was expected by us and by our regulators and is exactly why we established in 2009 our plan to utilized MIC which allows Magic to manage through the risk to capital issues it currently faces.
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The idea that university education erodes the compassion out of student nurses is ludicrous, argues Sarah Kendal
Apparently, nurses lack compassion. To address the problem, the chief nursing officer (CNO), has launched Compassion in Practice, a strategy to restore the nursing values of compassion, care, competence, communication, courage and commitment. She has been present in the media, tactfully responding to journalists who tell her that the root of the problem is nurses having a university education. She has rightly argued that while compassion is the current issue, nurses need real depth of knowledge to deliver care in a complex, rapidly changing environment.
Is it so shocking that a nurse should go to university?
"The everyday lunacies facing NHS staff can be like a surreal comedy"
I have always thought it a strange idea that university education might stop someone from being kind. In her blog, "Nurses need compassion, not a degree", journalist Christina Odone scoffs at a previous CNO initiative focusing on nurses' confidence. Odone argues:
"Who needs a 'confident practitioner' when they're lying immobile on a hospital bed, dying (literally) of thirst because "a confident practitioner" is ignoring their calls for water? Who needs a "confident practitioner" when they're soaked in their own urine because their pleas for fresh linen have gone unanswered?"
Of course, we need compassionate nurses. But haranguing the profession is hardly the answer. We know enough about human behaviour to understand that being supportive to a person helps them to be supportive to others. Kindness breeds kindness. And constant criticism is unlikely to generate compassion.
It is hard to deliver the high standards of care that a patient deserves, if resources of time, skill, equipment, opportunity, energy and so on are lacking. The everyday lunacies facing NHS staff can be like a surreal comedy. Purchasing decisions are made by people who do not understand what they are buying; space is organised by people who do not know how many patients will need to sit down at one time; expensive equipment is delivered to the wrong department, or abandoned in a holding area because no one knows it has arrived. Such situations are rarely created by clinical nurses and these nurses usually have very little influence over them.
Shorter inpatient stays mean constant admission and discharge, with few patients on a ward who are not acutely ill. Overcrowding and rapid throughput increases the risk of infection. Low morale contributes to sickness and staffing problems. Relying on agency nurses puts a greater onus on the permanent staff who are assigned to each shift. With regard to providing emotional comfort to patients, work is often organised so that the few qualified staff do the work that only they can do, and other work, such as personal care, falls to other staff (who are also under pressure).
How then can poor care be attributed to university education?
The idea that university education erodes the compassion out of student nurses is ludicrous. Across the UK, nursing curricula are designed, written, approved and studied by people who are passionate about the nursing values outlined in the CNO's strategy.
Blaming nurses is easy, but unfair. What we do need to attend to is the context that nurses work in. Responsibility for this sits with the lines of management that can be traced from ward managers to the cabinet office. In a way, nurses are carrying a message about contemporary health politics. Please don't shoot the messengers.
Sarah Kendal is lecturer in School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester
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please let's not have another debate about degre vs degree nurses. not another 'too posh to wash' argument surely - mind you it did result in some very amusing ditties.
the problem many people have is that nursing is difficult to get into now, that is why we don't agree it should be a degree course, there are many people without academic qualifications that would make great nurses.
The current crisis, if that is what we are calling it, has absolutely nothing to do with the level of education of our nurses.
It has everything to do with the culture within which we work.
Compassion and culture are the responsibility of everyone within an organisation and ultimately, the buck stops at the top.
We need to stop the bullying behaviour that filters down from the DH to Trusts via the various channels and from there to Matrons and ward managers.
We need to be unafraid of knocking the negative stories straight on the head, if care was as bad as some of the media stories made out at the level they make it out to be, then hardly anyone would emerge from any kind of treatment or hospital stay unharmed.
The reality is, far more people get good care but we chose not to highlight this but instead allow the negative stories to become the whole story.
Of course, when things go wrong we need to do something about it, but the problem is no-one wants to pay for the solution, which is more people to deliver safe and quality care.
Keep on cutting posts and demoralising nurses (and others) by downgrading posts will only make it worse. As the author rightly says, people who know they are valued are more likely to be able to then value others. It's not rocket science, its basic human need.
Forget the superflous arguements, the real campaign needs to highlight the impact of cuts on quality of care and hold those to account who are not listening, not the nurses who are trying really hard but quite understandably, sometimes don't quite pull it off.
'The everyday lunacies facing NHS staff can be like a surreal comedy.'
I was confronted by 'lunacy', albeit probably far from 'everyday', when my mother died - it afflicts patients and relatives, as well as NHS staff.
But ignoring The Mail (my usual policy), there are so many angered relatives (often bereaved) 'out there', that something must be triggering that anger on a fairly significant scale.
I know that a lot of problems are down to too few staff, and obviously annoyed people make more noise than the more-satisfied ones: also, blaming nurses for things outside of their control isn't the solution, but sweeping the problem under the carpet by downplaying its prevalence won't help in its elimination, will it ?
yes realy, Nurse should strive for thier profession.
After 22 years as a nurse I took on a degree course which I successfully completed 6 years ago.
One thing education has taught me is that change is urgently needed in the NHS.
It appears that a lot of old school staff
are frightened of change, and as such do things as they have always done them, right or wrong. i.e. lack of modern education?????
So in my opinion everyone in nursing should be compelled to take a certain amount of modern education, whether a degree or whatever.
As for compassion, I obviously cannot speak for others, but I would not be in nursing if I lacked compassion.
Many people enjoy good outcomes from the NHS equally some have to endure the most apalling standards of care.
The most recent involves midwives who failed to recognise a probem , did not seek medical assistance resulting in the death of a baby.
We all I hope remember the horrors of the Stafford debacle. There was the case invoving a young man with diabetes insipidus killed as a result of ignorance and neglect
Iam sure anyone reading this can add to the list without difficulty.
The ongoing debate about the LCP would appear to have its roots firmy planted in health care professionals arrogance and refusal to undertake essential communication
All of these issues when combined with persistant reports of the "neglect" of older patients will, not surprisingly generate adverse media comment. Relatives will fear for the well being of their family members. They will be vigelent and critical of care which fails to meet expectations.
The profession has got a problem which needs to be acknowledged.
Much of the difficulty is associated with unrealistic work loads and the admission of elderly demented people to unsuitable wards which are not staffed to met the needs of this highly dependent group of patients.
So as individuals what do you do about the probem? Do you always report inadequate staffing levels?
Have you telephoned the CQC "whistle blowing" service to report the risk your patients are being exposed to?
Do you demand assistance from your trade union or professional organization?
Remember when it all goes wrong it is you who will be blamed. Senior managers (including Directors of Nursing and their office bound flunkies) will dodge criticism but you as a disposable RN will find yourself exposed and said to be in need of futher training!
Wake up and take the initatve for your own well being and that of your patients.
Jenny Jones | 21-Dec-2012 2:31 am
Yes, I agree with your post. There seem to be endless problems generated by what you described as:
'The ongoing debate about the LCP would appear to have its roots firmy planted in health care professionals arrogance and refusal to undertake essential communication'
and as well as resourcing issues, there are singificant issues around decision making, and clinicians failing to adopt an 'us & us' attitude instead of a fairly common 'us & them' attitude - this is, of course, getting into the discussion about 'culture change'.
It's the persistent negative criticisms by the media that encourages people to attack nurses. The constant barrage of negativity is one of the fastest ways of reducing morale + compassion in staff who work very hard, in challenging situations, with limited resources.
If there's no higher training + education standards, we would accept whatever treatment is prescribed, not questioning if its right, wrong , uptodate, safe or effective. If asked 'what do you think?' the reply might be 'dunno, not enough knowledge to be useful, got basic training, but I can empathise, deliver care, tlc + show you compassion. Can't find more experienced / knowledgeable nurses to help as they've all quit, retired, off sick, mostly on day shifts, or the few about are already stretched. Doctors, also hard to find + already busy too, some knowing less than nurses, consultants are limited + practice other specialisms and most of them 'won't know you or your case'. Is there anything I can do, that I can competently + safely do to help while im here?'
Imagine telling any other profession, eg physicians, surgeons, lawyers, teachers, pharmacists, physios, etc, that they don't need a degree level education, just more compassion in their work to people they're looking after. If anything we all need further + continuing development. Grade + academic levels inflation, from Gcses to post-doctorate level, has been happening for years, to make it tougher for applicants, + for employers 'to recruit the best'
If much training is not required, can Cameron et al, chief execs + directors, refresh themselves by spending 2 weeks as an auxiliary delivering frontline care + compassion, and show us amateurs how's it done. Please practice what you preach.
We don't get bonuses to wipe up poo, d+v, + mopped up pee off patients to prevent + reduce risks of infection, we do it as we do care, have compassion. But a fat-cat yearly bonuses would really help and might see a positive culture change.
it is curious that nurses trying to do their jobs to the best of their ability with limited and often very poor quality resources have received so much negative and often venomous press whereas bankers, who have caused immeasurable scandals bringing the whole global economy to its knees, putting many of its citizens, often through no fault of their own, under equally immeasurable stress, with more scandals being revealed almost daily, carry on almost unscathed by the press.
sorry in haste, poor grammar, but I think the sentiments are quite clear.
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instilled contents in sitting position. If there is any bleeding or
any other signs of traumatic injury, treatment should be postponed
for at least 1 week.
Adverse effects are generally mild and transient. They appear to
be directly related to cumulated CFU count of BCG administered in
various instillations. Common side effects are:
Frequency, urgency of micturition
and dysuria- these symptoms usually occur from 2nd or 3rd
instillation onwards.
Cystitis and typical granulomatous
inflammatory reactions which occur in the mucosa of urinary
bladder may be an essential component of anti-tumour activity
of the drug. The symptoms usually disappear within 2 days and
do not require treatment. Cystitis may be more prolonged
during maintenance treatment and if severe, Isoniazid 300 mg
daily can be given with analgesics until symptoms disappear.
Malaise and low-medium grade fever
and/ or a flu like syndrome. These symptoms usually occur
after 4 hours of instillation and disappear within 24-48
Fever more than 39°C. The fever
resolves within 24-48 hours with antipyretics and fluids.
Systemic BCG infections due to
traumatic catheterization, perforation of bladder or early BCG
instillation after extensive TUR which may be manifested by
pneumonitis, hepatitis or cytopenia. Patients with such
symptoms should be treated with tuberculostatic drugs as per
treatment schedules used. Triple drug therapy with or without
Cycloserine for some weeks should be used.
Granulomatous Prostatitis.
Arthritis, Arthralgia, Haematuria,
Orchitis, Transient urethral obstruction, Epididymitis or
bladder contraction may occur.
SII-ONCO-BCG for intravesical
instillation carcinoma in situ of bladder should not be used in:
Impaired immune response irrespective of whether this impairment is
congenital or caused by disease, drugs or other therapy.
Positive HIV serology.
Pregnancy and lactation; safety of the mode of therapy in pregnant
women, nursing mothers and children has not been evaluated.
Positive tuberculin reaction in conjunction with clinical evidence
of existing active tuberculosis.
Urinary tract infections: treatment should be withheld till urine
culture is negative and antibiotic therapy is stopped.
Trauma to urinary bladder.
A patient with fever needs careful evaluation before therapy is
On going treatment with antitubercular treatment.
SII-ONCO-BCG should not be administered
intravenously, subcutaneously or intramuscularly.
The product is not intended for immunization.
The preparation contains live attenuated mycobacterium (BCG) and
should be used with aseptic technique. All equipment, supplies and
receptacles in contact with BCG should be handled and disposed off
as biohazardous. Urine voided for 6 hours after instillation also
needs to be properly disinfected.
Do not expose the contents to light
before and after reconstitution. Use the vaccine immediately after
reconstitution and discard unused portion.
Reconstitution, preparation and
administration should be performed under aseptic conditions.
Before the first instillation
Tuberculin test should be performed, in case positive, the
drug is contraindicated only if there is an evidence of active
tuberculosis infection.
Delay treatment in-patients who
experience traumatic catheterization till mucosal damage has
Adequate HIV assays are recommended
in-patients who are at risk of HIV infection.
It is recommended to refrain from
sexual intercourse for one week after instillation or use a condom.
SII-ONCO-BCG is sensitive to most antibiotics specially
to anti-tubercular drugs like Streptomycin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol,
Rifampicin and PAS (Para-amino Salicylic Acid). It is not known
whether interactions occur during intra-vesical instillation of
SII-ONCO-BCG or whether the interactions result in clinically
relevant reduction of multiplication activity of SII-ONCO-BCG.
Hence, it is not clear whether activity of SII-ONCO-BCG is
influenced by concomitant therapy with antibiotics. If a patient is
receiving antibiotics treatment then intra-vesical instillation
should be postponed till completion of antibiotics treatment (also
see the "Contraindications"). Studies on interaction with other
drugs are not performed.
SII-ONCO-BCG should be stored in dark at +2° AND +8°C. Do not expose
the contents to light before and after reconstitution. Use
immediately after reconstitution. Discard unused portion.
Do not exceed the expiry date stated on the external packing.
One carton containing 1 vial of SII-ONCO-BCG (lyophilized).
Pack of three cartons each containing 1 vial of SII-ONCO-BCG