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The Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots Web Site Methods OverviewThe Maine Quality Forum (MQF) created the Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots Web site to make information on the quality of care in Maine hospitals easily available to users and providers of health care. The Web site presents simple meters and tables on how hospitals perform in caring for patients with specific clinical conditions. This information can assist you in making choices about hospital care. The information is contained in a large number of measures of hospital quality. The typical measure describes a "best clinical practice" and percent of patients receiving that practice. For example, of patients admitted to a hospital with a heart attack, the percent who receive aspirin at admission is a "best practice" measure for heart attack. One challenge of the information is the overwhelming number of measures that are available so the Web site also combines several measures into one summary measure. This document explains the background data and methods used to create the Web site information. It describes:
This is the first release of the Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots. It includes many ideas that were collected through public forums, as well as insights offered by various advisors to the MQF. Two companies helped the MQF to develop this Web site: Thomson Reuters (formerly Thomson Healthcare) and Rapid Application Development, Corporation (RADCorp). This Web site modifies the State Snapshots from the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR), developed by Thomson Reuters and RADCorp for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/snaps07/index.jsp). The NHQR State Snapshots offer a visual summary of the quality of health care for hospital and other settings at the State level. The Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots present an overview of quality at the hospital level. Summary MeasuresThe summary measures you will see in this document combine individual measures of quality of care. Hospitals have been voluntarily reporting this information to state-wide organizations, known as Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs). The QIOs are funded mainly by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Those QIO/CMS measures are reported individually by hospital on the CMS Hospital Compare Web site (http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov). The data for the Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots Web site were developed by the Maine Quality Forum. They have been collected and provided by the Maine Health Data Organization. In general, individual measures are the proportion of a hospital's patients with a specific clinical condition that receive a "best practice" in the hospital for a given condition. That best practice is based on evidence that the process improves patient outcomes (National Quality Forum, 2002) 1 . The Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots combine individual best-practice measures into clinical summary measures. Hospital Compare measures were grouped into six clinical summary measures. The clinical areas are:
How do these summary measures work, and why are they useful? A summary measure on the Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots is the proportion of all of the hospital's opportunities to provide "best practice" care that the hospital achieved in a given clinical area. For example, if a patient came to the hospital with a heart attack, the hospital might have eight opportunities (eight individual heart-attack-related quality measures) to provide the best care for that patient. The hospital would receive credit for each best practice opportunity relevant to a patient, if the best practice was delivered. (A different approach would credit the hospital for achieving best practice only if all of the best practices were given when relevant to the patient. In this approach, best practices are viewed as an "all-or-nothing" concept and would thus be counted one time, rather than eight times. This approach would result in lower, more conservative, estimates of achieved best practice and is the approach used for the Healthcare Associated Infection Processes of Care Measures). Appendix Table A.1 lists all measures considered for the Web site. Appendix Table A.2 shows which individual clinical measures are combined into each summary measure. For the clinical area summary measures, two types of tools were created to evaluate hospitals:
These two evaluation tools are summarized in the section that follows. Proportion of Opportunities. The proportion of opportunities where a best practice was performed across relevant measures in a clinical area was calculated as the sum of all the best practices performed, divided by the sum of all the opportunities for best practices. Those proportions are marked on a "meter" (Figure 1), which displays:
Figure 1 Hospital Performance. The arrows on the meter tell you how often the hospital applied best practices for the current and previous years. But they do not tell you whether that performance should be considered "outstanding," "average," or "needing improvement." The discussion below describes a way to make that judgment. For a technical description, please go to Regression Analysis in Technical Terms. A statistical test was used to identify the lower and higher performers from the middle or average group. A standard technique, known as regression analysis, was used. This technique allows us to compare one hospital's performance on all individual measures in a clinical area to all hospitals' performance on the same measures. Regressions were estimated for each clinical area. The results of the regression estimated the average effect across all the measures of each hospital's difference from the "average of all hospitals." The regression results also provided a statistical test of that difference. The performance rankings of hospitals were determined in the following ways:
The result of this analysis for the current year is described in a text box on the Web page below each summary "meter." The text box (example below) says whether the hospital is "outstanding," "average," or "needs improvement" in terms of its performance in the clinical area, as compared to other hospitals.
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year <Hospital> is an <Outstanding> Performer in <Heart Failure Care> Regression Analysis in Technical Terms. A multilevel logistic regression was estimated for each clinical area (Snijders and Bosker, 1999)2. First-level measures were nested within hospitals at the second level. For each regression, the dependent variable was the log-odds of success (measured as the percentage of patients that received the best practice) for each measure within each clinical area. The regression was adjusted for each of the individual measures within each clinical area. That is, the independent variables were indicators (0, 1), one for each measure, within the clinical area. For example, the regression for heart attack adjusted for each of the individual heart attack measures (e.g., giving the patient aspirin at arrival, giving a beta blocker at arrival, etc.). The logistic regressions estimated each hospital's deviation from the average hospital by combining the information on measure-specific deviations across all of the measures in each clinical area. In other words, it estimated the average difference between the hospital's success rate and the "average" of all hospitals' success rates. Please note that each hospital's distance from the average is based on the measures that were not missing for that hospital. Thus, these results assume that each hospital's average deviation would have been the same for missing measures as it was for its non-missing measures. A p-value of <0.01 was used to gauge statistical significance of the results. Individual Nursing MeasuresMaine's hospitals submit individual nursing-sensitive measures to the Maine Health Data Organization, and this organization provides them for the Web site. The individual nursing measures are nursing-related patient outcomes and nursing availability and experience. The relationship between nursing availability and experience and patient outcomes has been documented in past research studies (Kane et al., 2007)3. The Maine Hospital Quality Snapshots report the nursing measures separately, rather than combining them into summary measures. Because the individual nursing measures reflect different concepts, they are difficult to interpret when combined. Twelve nursing measures were collected by the hospitals. Two additional measures were calculated from those:
where, RN = registered nurse, APN = advanced practice nurse; LVN = licensed vocational nurse; LPN = licensed practical nurse; UAP = unlicensed assistive personnel. In all, fourteen measures relate to nursing care on the MQF Web site. Appendix Table A.3 shows how the 14 measures are organized by Nursing Care Outcomes and Nursing Availability and Experience. All 14 measures are in downloadable tables on the Web site. Five measures relate either to adverse events that should be low with good nursing practices such as pressure ulcers and patient falls (with or without injury) or relate to practices that should be rare during good nursing care (use of patient restraints). Nine measures relate to nursing availability and experience: RN, LPN, UAP and contract nursing hours as a percent of total nursing hours, RN hours and total nursing hours per patient day, and nursing turnover rate. The nursing-related tables on the Web pages include, for each measure, the hospital's value and the hospital peer group value for two time periods: the most recent four quarters (current year) and the previous four quarters (previous year). Individual Healthcare Associated Infection MeasuresHealthcare associated infection measures can be used to evaluate how well hospitals prevent infections in their facilities. Maine's hospitals submit measures of actual infection rates (e.g. central line associated bloodstream infections) and measures showing their ability to consistently implement groups (or bundles) of evidence-based practices shown to prevent infections. These measures are reported to the Maine Health Data Organization which provides them for the Maine Quality Forum Web site. Preventing Infections Associated with Central Lines Central line associated bloodstream infections rates are a measurement of how effectively hospitals prevent infections in patients with catheters inserted in larger blood vessels to provide long term access to the bloodstream (used for giving medications and fluids, for withdrawing blood, or for monitoring their condition). Any disruption of the skin makes infection with bacteria or fungi possible. Rates are reported as the number of infections divided by the number of days that patients had central lines inserted multiplied by 1000 (per 1000 central line days). A central line day is each day that any patient has a central line in place. Preventing Infections - Processes of Care Measures Adherence to infection prevention practices can also be measured by a hospital's ability to implement "best practice" processes of care. For example, if a hospitalized patient had a central line catheter inserted, the hospital might have five opportunities (five individual central line infection prevention quality measures) to prevent infections in that patient (Berenholtz et al, 20044). For these measures, the hospital will receive credit for achieving the best practice only if all of the best practices were given when relevant to the patient. In this approach, best practices are viewed as an "all-or-nothing" concept and would thus be counted one time, rather than five times. Process of care measures are also reported on hospital efforts to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia in patients on mechanical ventilation (assistance for breathing) ( Drakulovic et al, 19995 and Kress et al, 20006). A Consistency of Performance IndicatorTo provide an overall view of the hospital's performance across clinical areas and nursing, a measure called "consistency of performance" was developed. This measure indicates how often (on what percent of measures) a hospital appears among the following tiers of performance of Maine general acute care hospitals:
Ten individual measures (8 clinical and 2 nursing) were selected for this view. They were chosen because they were important measures available for all 36 general acute care hospitals:
The pie chart below shows the distribution of the percent of a hospital's measures in the three tiers of performance. Hospital Comparison GroupsAll summary measures and individual nursing measures are presented both for the hospital and for at least one comparison group. The comparison groups differ by type of measure:
Maine Hospital Peer GroupsThe peer groups were established by the Maine Hospital Association (MHA). The MHA considers these peer groupings to be similar hospitals.
* Qualified Swing Bed Hospital Appendix A: List of Individual and Summary Measures for Clinical Areas and Nursing
* See Appendix Table A.1 for a description of individual measures.
* See Appendix Table A.1 for a description of individual measures.
* See Appendix Table A.1 for a description of individual measures. References1 National Quality Forum (2002). A National Framework for Healthcare Quality Measurement and Reporting: A Consensus Report. Washington DC: National Quality Forum. Available from: http://input.qualityforum.org/publications/reports/. 2 Snijders, T. and Bosker, R. (1999). Multilevel Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 3 Kane RL, Shamliyan T, Mueller C, Duval S, Wilt T (2007). Nursing Staffing and Quality of Patient Care. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 151 (Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0009.) AHRQ Publication No. 07-E005. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 2007. Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/nursestaff/nursestaff.pdf. 4 Berenholtz SM, Pronovost PJ, Lipset PA, et al. Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infection in the intensive care unit. Critical care Medicine, 2004;32:2014-2020. 5 Drakulovic MB, Torres A, Bauer TT, et al. Supine body position as a risk factor for nosocomial pnuemonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a randomized trial. Lancet. 1999;354(9193):1851-1858. 6 Kress JP, Pohlman AS, O'Connor MF, et al. Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med. 2000;342(20):1471-1477. |


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A firmware installation had nothing to with the problem. Also, I didn't have to reinstall the firmware for the problem to go away.
Which firmware are you on ?
Check this , go to FAT+ setting and go to firmware update and see which setting is on ...either USB or internet ?
Chances are if you have not done any firmware update before and the update was set to internet , then the FAT+ realizes it needs to check for new versions and it keeps trying to go online for updates , which in your case doesn't find network , so it remains idle waiting for connection..
On the other hand, if you did perform firmware updates and your FAT+ setting was set to USB , chances are it didn't register correctly and hence a new fresh (cold method) firmware update would be advised.
I'm pretty fair at loading firmware as I'm a UNIX system admin.The FAT+ is at firmware level 01.27.270595U. It's on the second firmware level since I got it. I'm looking forward to 45!
Although the FAT+ hasn't powered itself on for several weeks I will chalk it up to a bug (or condition) that got cleared when I hit the reset button. Note once again that it didn't take me to factory resets.
I am going to click "Accept as a Solution" even though I don't "absolutely" know. I hope I'm done with this thread.
Problem still exits even with latest 1.55 FW and also used cold method without any benefits.
Unit turns on by itself, no interference with any other remote.
This isn't exclusive to the 1.55FW... this has been happening since I bought the thing. I've tried all FW from 1.26 to 1.55.
My unit mysteriously stopped powering itself on. Looking back, I'm wondering if there was a ground potential (earth for non-US) caused by the way I connected the different components. My suggestion is to make sure all your components are on the same strip or outlet.
I tried cold method, resetting the player, tried various different FW revisions, changed power outlets, tried disconnecting components like ethernet / usb drive .... And the issue still persists, my player turns itself back on within few minutes of powring it off.
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Do you have your FAT+ connected through HDMI ?
If yes then , to what direct to the LCD or through an AVR ?
If AVR , which AVR ?
For testing , and if you are connecting through HDMI , remove the HDMI cable and connect your FAT+ directly to the LCD through component and see if it does turn it self on again or not ...
pls report back, I might have a solution for you.
One more question ...
Do you use the FAT+ original remote , or do you use a universal one like logitec ?
If you are using the original remote , how far do you put it when FAT+ is turned off ?
Tip : to cut down other remotes interference with your fat+ , do this , put a screen protector (transparent thin sticker , similar to the one you use for your mobile screen to protect) on the FAT+ IR port, I can't explain it but it does cut down significantly the interferences it acts like a filter.
santosh wrote:I tried cold method, resetting the player, tried various different FW revisions, changed power outlets, tried disconnecting components like ethernet / usb drive .... And the issue still persists, my player turns itself back on within few minutes of powring it off.
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Got mine this month & it updated & it does the same thing. Turns itself back on. But once it's off the second time it doesn't come back on. It doesn't have any drives attached to it.
I also noticed the power went off last night & the FAT+ was on this am. So it appears after a power outage it turns itself on. I don't want this feature.
I'll try a reset. Which reset is suggested? It seems it resets to various states based on how long you push the reset button?
I think this is a bug as described in the thread linked above.
I notice it when I turn off device - I am using the harmony remote so it goes through and powers off that and powers up/changes other inputs, etc.
Anyway, after I switch to, say, watch TV whenever I hit channel up (or maybe its the dvr button) the FAT+ turns back on. I also have the same experience that when it goes off the second time it stays off.
It's probably related to the FAT+ receiving an IR remote code that turns it on, and it's probably more than just it's own off/on "frequency".
I don't believe there is a solution, alot of things have been tried.
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Seward hotel with an indoor pool
Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward Museum, and Alaska SeaLife Center. Nearby attractions also include Mount Marathon.
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At Holiday Inn Express Seward, recreational amenities include an indoor pool and a spa tub. The hotel also features a 24-hour business center and laundry facilities.
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Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and coffee/tea makers.
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Holiday Inn Express Seward features an indoor pool and a spa tub. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Seward hotel also offers laundry facilities, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and self parking. Complimentary parking is available on site.
- 24-hour business center
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Business services
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 82
- Number of floors - 2
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Free breakfast
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- Connecting / adjoining rooms available
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- Wake-up calls
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Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
- Recreation
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Skiing - cross-country nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Ice skating nearby
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- Braille or raised signage
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is 11 AM
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10 per night
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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That's the one I go to, and never bought there for the same reason, till they got the vending machine. The only problem I've had at the machine is with scratch off players hogging it. Some of them stand in front of it and quickly scratch off the code and if it's a winner they scan it again to apply the $$$ to their balance, then buy more tickets one at a time and scratch the codes till they get another winner. As long as they have a balance in the machine, it's hard to cut in. I'm not impatient either.
Hey - I shop there regularly! In fact, I was just there. And yes, I have used that vending machine, mostly for when I'm in a superstitious mood and I want to buy a ticket at 11:11 am. That's just a weird thing I do once in awhile, usually on a Sunday morning. And that's when I'm *hoping* there are no scratch-off buyers standing there hogging it! Cos yeah... ya know.
So if you're ever near the vending machine at 11:11 am and there's some lady with multicolored hair and sunglasses hogging it, you'll know it's me. Just be polite and tell me to shove off.... and I'll know it's you.
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Admittedly it may not be the safest place, but after I buy tickets I put them in my car's glovebox in a plaster folder. Every single time. At least I know where they are. And they get checked within 2 days max of whatever drawing they're for. Don't do many scratchoffs, but they get checked immediately, often before I leave the store.
Because some people receive tickets as gifts.
Is it just me? That is one item I refuse to give as a gift. God forbid it is a million dollar winner. Now you just gave your blessing away.
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The Idaho Lottery should allow players to register, if would winners get their prizes.
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edit: the score wont save ... it doesnt say anything on the highscore box ...its just blank
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same thing happened to me.. the game doesnt load and was isntalled twice some how
OK, glad to hear I'm not the only one who's having this problem. Any fix for it?
the game works for me, but it doesnt save the high scores
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Fishing Report (Nov. 6, 2013)
LAKE DON PEDRO Guide Monte Smith found a very difficult trout bite Sunday despite using the same techniques that produced limits the previous week. "We didn't get a hit on our lead-core lines, and the only action we received was on the downriggers," he said. "I expected that the lake had turned around with consistent action, but it was just plain tough." He pulled heavy spoons on lead core at depths 13 to 15 feet or on a downrigger down to 40 feet but had little luck. He couldn't find the large bait balls of shad, which haven't schooled up yet. For bass, Walt Lee of the Kerman Bass Club said 20 anglers landed only 21 fish during Saturday's club tournament. The best catch was four fish, and 9 fishermen didn't weigh in. Call: Monte Smith (209) 581-4734; Danny Layne (209) 586-2383; Bait Barn (209) 874-3011
McCLURE RESERVOIR Jason Mello of A-1 Bait in Snelling said the action at McClure has been slow for bass. Most anglers are drop-shotting plastic worms in deep water but a few are throwing the River2Sea SWaver. The shop has been selling live minnows and crawdads, but there have been few reports of success. Trout fishermen have reported limits on blade/crawler combinations at 40 to 60 feet near the dam. The lake dropped to 25 percent capacity. Call: A-1 Bait (209) 563-6505; Bub Tosh (209) 404-0053
McSWAIN RESERVOIR The Marina reported Calaveras Trout Farm planted 1,000 pounds if trout Nov. 1, and action from the banks has been solid. Large night crawlers, white or rainbow scented garlic nuggets, or gold Kastmasters are all working. Anglers are also tossing rainbow trout patterned Pot O'Gold spoons. Jason Mello of A-1 Bait and Tackle reported good action from the banks with one customer scoring a pair of 3-pounders with Bubble Gum garlic Power Bait. The brush pile and handicapped docks are best. Call: McSwain Marina (209) 378-2534
NEW MELONES RESERVOIR/TULLOCH Melanie Lewis of Glory Hole Sporting Goods in Angels Camp said the trout action has been good as water gets cooler. The fish are moving toward the surface, targeting tiny shad bait balls. Trollers are scoring with top-lined small plugs such as Rapalas, Speed Traps or Lucky Craft lures. "Try shad patterned lures on clear days and firetiger or rainbow trout colors on overcast days," said Lews. Guide Gary Burns put client Jed Bender of Angels Camp onto a limit of chunky rainbows trolling shad-patterned ExCel Spoons. Bank anglers are tossing Kastmasters or soaking rainbow/garlic Power Bait. "They have a good chance of catching them since the fish are starting to show up near the shoreline where they are more accessible," said Lewis. Bass fishing is fair with the fish holding throughout the water column. Lewis said the window for catching bass is quite short and advised using shad-patterned grubs on a quarter-ounce dart-head either dragged along the bottom or fished vertically. Catfishing is very good with the fish feeding heavily in the shallows. Night crawlers, chicken livers, shad or anchovies are the top baits. New Melones dropped to 42 percent capacity with Tulloch rising slightly to 85 percent. At Tulloch, guide Danny Layne was putting clients onto small planter rainbows when they were slammed by a 17-inch, 2-year old kokanee just north of the South Shore ramp at 37 feet. He was using an Uncle Larry's Mad Irishman spinner loaded with Pautske's Fire Corn behind a Vance's Gold dodger. The kokanee weighed 2-pounds, 3-ounces. "Tulloch may be the only lake with any real water to fish this winter at it is only down around the normal range of 6 feet," said Layne. The water is around 57 degrees with "outstanding clarity," he said. Call: Glory Hole Sports (209) 736-4333; Monte Smith (209) 581-4734; Danny Layne (209) 586-2383; Sierra Sport Fishing(209) 599-2023
SAN LUIS RESERVOIR / O'NEILL FOREBAY Andy Bedell of Fresno scored a huge personal-best striper at 43 inches, 32.9 pounds trolling Saturday with guide Roger George near the trash racks. "This is the fifth striper at, or over, 30-pounds we've landed this year," said George, "releasing all but one badly injured big fish. It's been an exciting year of catching big fish but it takes real work!" Bedell had been trying for 20 years to bring in a 20-pounder, but his biggest had been 18 pounds. Most anglers have been getting limits of slot fish on minnows despite a slow morning bite. The Check 12 area has been hot over the past week. Bait fishermen are throwing freshwater grass shrimp into the Forebay, and stripers are sucking up the live bait. The live bait cannot be taken from one body of water to another. The reservoir is down to 22 percent capacity due to heavy pumping.
DELTA/STOCKTON Sturgeon fishing was very good Saturday in the deep water near the Pittsburg PG&E plant with several boats reporting limits of diamondbacks on a variety of baits. The Pogo Derby starts Friday night and goes through Nov. 9. Guide Bob Wright out of Lauritzen's Yacht Harbor in Antioch said there was an excellent striper bite Monday with a catch-and-release session of 25 keepers to 16-pounds drifting live bait over the flats. Call: Randy Pringle (209) 543-6260; Capt. Stan Koenigsberger (925) 570-5303; Mark Wilson (916) 682-1630; Intimidator Sport Fishing (916) 806-3030.
HALF MOON BAY Capt. Tom Mattusch of the Huli Cat was the only party boat leaving the harbor Sunday. "It was sloppy pulling the crab pots at 4 miles out, but we came up with 22 limits," he said. He said that private boaters flocked the ocean. In Pacifica, Sheryl Jimno of the Rusty Hook said "it was like a zoo out here" Saturday, but fishermen were catching crab. Call: Happy Hooker (510) 223-5388; Roger Thomas, Salty Lady (415) 760-9362, Bait and Switch Sport Fishing Center (650) 726-7133; Emeryville Sport Fishing (510) 654-6040
MONTEREY/SANTA CRUZ Chris Arcoleo of Chris's Landing in Monterey reported outstanding action on the combination trips with the Check Mate scoring 20 limits of rockfish and Dungeness. "We have been pulling up a solid 13 crab per pot average," he said. There are striped bass trapped in the Salinas River lagoon, and though the lagoon is open for fishing, duck hunting in the area has limited the number of anglers. Call: Chris' Landing (831) 375-5951; Bayside Marine (831) 475-2173
SAN FRANCISCO BAY Ocean salmon season ends Nov. 10, and fishing has been decent for some with better than a fish-per-rod for some lighter loads. The Dungeness opener was spectacular with Capt. Jim Smith of the Happy Hooker getting great results, hand-pulling 8 pots for 29 limits of commercial and jumbo crab. Rockfishing is still very good.
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Both countries are fantastic, but as far as the mountains go I would say you cannot top the Blanca.
I'd add one more vote for skyline in Huaraz.
I've seen some guides in the Alps and on Rainier put 6-7 people on one rope, with just a few feet between people, and pretty much drag them up and down the mountain caterpillar-style... Do they do the same in the Andes?
Scott wrote:... on Cotopaxi I seriously saw about a dozen people on one rope!
Damien Gildea wrote:extra day in LaPaz + Huayna Potosi + Sajama
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I like the idea of expedition climbing on Huascaran but the normal route is apparently in dangerous condition the last year or so? Then again I've heard about a sometimes impassable bergschrund on Illimani. Which is the better option for moderate but interesting climbs with a reasonable chance of success?
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The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") appreciates the opportunity to provide its views on the proposed amendments to provisions of Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ("HMDA"). The Commission strongly supports the proposed amendments because they will enhance the Commission's ability to monitor trends in the mortgage lending market and to identify and investigate abusive lending and other practices that violate fair lending laws.
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As the primary federal agency that enforces consumer credit laws with respect to non-depository institutions, the Commission has a strong interest in HMDA data that reflect important market changes, including those in the subprime market where abusive lending practices continue to be a concern. These data assist the Commission as it enforces various laws governing lending practices, including the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA"), which incorporates the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act ("HOEPA"), and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act ("ECOA"), as well as prohibitions against unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.(1)
The Federal Reserve Board ("Board") requests comments on a number of proposed revisions to Regulation C that expand its coverage to include more non-depository lenders, require additional information about each loan, and simplify some aspects of its reporting requirements. The Board also solicits comment on other potential revisions. The Commission has confined its comments to those aspects of HMDA that will enhance Regulation C to assist the Commission in its activities.
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The Board proposes to require financial institutions to report, as to each loan subject to TILA, whether it is subject to HOEPA and its annual percentage rate ("APR"). The Commission supports this proposal because it would enhance understanding of mortgage lending patterns, particularly in the subprime market, and facilitate fair lending and other lending law enforcement. The Commission also recommends that the Board consider requiring lenders to report the sum of the points and fees charged when a loan is originated.
The addition of HMDA reporting fields for HOEPA status, APR, and points and fees should not present a significant additional burden to financial institutions. In order to comply with TILA, HOEPA and Regulation Z, a lender originating a loan already must determine the loan's APR, points and fees, and whether it is subject to HOEPA. The small additional cost associated with reporting this currently available information would be far outweighed by the benefits of enhanced law enforcement and increased understanding of the subprime market.
A. HOEPA Status
The Commission has actively pursued enforcement of HOEPA and has a strong interest in enhancing such efforts. In March 2000, the Commission, in conjunction with the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), announced a settlement with Delta Funding Corporation, a national subprime mortgage lender. In addition to the allegations brought by DOJ and HUD, the Commission alleged that Delta had engaged in a pattern or practice of asset-based lending in violation of HOEPA. In July 1999, as part of "Operation Home Inequity," the Commission settled actions against seven subprime mortgage lenders for violations of HOEPA, the TILA, and Section 5 of
the FTC Act.(2) More recently, on July 18, 2000, the Commission settled an additional action of this type against a Washington State lender, Nu West, Inc.(3)
While HMDA provides certain key data on the mortgage market, loans subject to HOEPA currently are not identifiable with HMDA data (or any other publicly available information). If lenders were required to report the HOEPA status of a loan, enforcement agencies would be able to enforce HOEPA's provisions more efficiently. This crucial information also would enable legislators, consumers, lenders, and federal and state enforcement agencies to evaluate HOEPA's reach.(4)
B. Annual Percentage Rate
The addition of the APR field also is very important. Regulation C's provisions evidence a concern about loan denials. With the emergence of risk-based pricing, the issue of concern increasingly is not whether a borrower obtained a mortgage loan but rather what the borrower paid for that loan (and the loan's other terms and conditions).(5) Accordingly, the availability of APR data would significantly enhance fair lending enforcement, as well as investigations of predatory lending. As with previously available HMDA data on whether an application was denied, differences in APR alone would not be sufficient to prove fair lending law violations. Rather, it would assist in targeting cases for law enforcement purposes and would facilitate examinations and investigations by ensuring that price data are readily available for review. In addition, there is no consistent designation available to identify subprime loans or lenders. Including APR in the required fields, as well as HOEPA status, would greatly assist in understanding the nature of the high-cost mortgage market.
C. Points and Fees
In addition to requiring information on APR, the Commission recommends that the Board consider requiring lenders to report the sum of points and fees charged when a loan is originated.(6) This would provide a more complete picture of the cost of a loan, and would further enhance fair lending and predatory lending enforcement.(7) Points and fees are often the main source of consumer injury from predatory lending, and the effects of these costs are only partially reflected in the APR. The definition of APR contemplates a borrower that pays off the loan over the full term, and therefore the effect of the points and fees on the APR is spread over the full term of the loan. Because the vast majority of borrowers refinance or pay off their loans much sooner than the full term, the APR understates the true impact of the points and fees on the cost of the loan. Requiring lenders to report the HOEPA status of loans would partially address this issue, but would not make it possible to identify high-fee loans that did not reach the HOEPA trigger. In order to simplify the process of complying with a fee-reporting requirement, the Commission recommends that lenders be required to report only those points and fees that, under TILA, are included in the APR calculation. Because lenders must already calculate these costs, requiring them to report the points and fees should not impose a significant additional burden.
III. Expanding Coverage to More Non-Depository Institutions Would Provide More Complete HMDA Data
The Board proposes expanding the coverage of Regulation C to include non-depository institutions that originate at least $50 million in home purchase loans or refinancings of home purchase loans. The Commission supports this proposal because the addition of this dollar-volume approach would make HMDA data more complete.
Currently, HMDA data provide an incomplete picture of mortgage lending nationwide because certain large lenders originating a significant volume of mortgage loans are not required to report.(8) Under Regulation C, lenders are required to report only if their dollar-volume of home purchase loans (or refinancings of home purchase loans) exceeds ten percent of their total loan originations.(9) Thus, there are lenders that originate a large volume of home mortgage loans, but who do not have to report because they have an even larger volume of other types of loans, such as personal or business loans. By expanding coverage with respect to these institutions, HMDA data would more fully reflect market trends by bringing these lenders under the same reporting regime as other mortgage lenders.
Expanded coverage would enhance understanding of the market and facilitate law enforcement by providing data on loans from a greater number of non-depository institutions. This is of particular interest to the Commission, as it is the primary regulatory agency with respect to non-depository financial institutions. This change also would be consistent with the Board's goal of achieving HMDA coverage for lenders significantly engaged "in the business" of mortgage lending. Although lenders newly covered under this change would incur the increased costs associated with reporting under HMDA, the dollar-volume threshold ensures that only sizeable lenders would be subject to this requirement.
IV. Revising the "Loan Purpose" Reporting System Would Simplify the Reporting Process While Expanding Coverage To Key Market Segments
The Board proposes certain changes regarding how "loan purpose" is reported and solicits comment on other possible changes. Currently, loan purpose is reported as "home purchase," "home improvement," or "refinancing" (i.e., a refinancing of a home purchase or home improvement loan). The definitions for these categories are complex, omit certain mortgage transactions, and lead to inconsistent data. The Board proposes revised definitions for "home improvement" and "refinancing" and solicits comment on a broader definition of "refinancing" than that which is proposed. The Board also solicits comment on changing the entire scheme for reporting "loan purpose." The revised approach would dispense with separate categories for refinancings and home improvement loans and instead would distinguish between home purchase and other mortgage loans (also designating first and second liens), as well as home equity lines of credit and unsecured home improvement loans.
The Commission encourages the full reorganization of "loan purpose" reporting because it would incorporate key segments of the mortgage market while simplifying the reporting process for lenders. If the Board does not adopt such extensive changes to the system of reporting "loan purpose," the Commission recommends that the Board adopt a broad definition of "refinancing" and simplify the definition of "home improvement loan."
A. New Categories for "Loan Purpose"
The Board solicits comment on changing the system for reporting "loan purpose" by creating the following categories: home purchase (distinguishing between first and second liens); other mortgage loans (distinguishing between first and second liens); home equity lines of credit ("HELOCS"); and unsecured home improvement loans. The Commission supports such a scheme. A primary advantage of this approach would be the ability to distinguish between first and second liens. Because second liens are higher risk than first liens and therefore generally command higher prices, data on lien position would be helpful in interpreting other loan information, such as APR. Such a scheme also would expand reporting to include data on home equity loans (primarily second liens) not made for home improvement purposes. Because interest on personal loans is no longer tax deductible, consumers increasingly use home equity loans for a variety of purposes. Thus, a potentially significant area of home mortgage lending is not being captured under the current set of "loan purpose" definitions. Further, these new loan purposes would potentially simplify reporting requirements for lenders by establishing categories that lenders likely already use for other purposes.
B. Refinancings
There are currently four definitions of "refinancing" from which lenders can choose when reporting under HMDA. The Board proposes simplifying the definition of "refinancing" to include any new obligation satisfying and replacing an existing obligation by the same borrower, where both obligations are secured by a lien on a dwelling. The Board also solicits comment on whether the definition of refinancing should include refinancings of unsecured debt where the new loan is secured by a lien on a dwelling.
The extensive changes discussed in section IV.A. would render moot the issue of redefining "refinancing." If the Board does not adopt the extensive changes, the Commission recommends that the Board adopt the broad definition of "refinancing" that includes unsecured loans refinanced as secured loans (such as debt-consolidation loans). The adoption of a simple, uniform definition of "refinancing" would lead to more consistent, and therefore more useable, data. In addition, a definition that includes home equity loans that refinance existing unsecured debt is essential because of the expanding role of debt-consolidation loans in the mortgage market. The number of dwelling-secured loans for debt-consolidation purposes has grown significantly following changes in federal law with regard to the deductibility of interest on personal loans, and a rise in consumer credit card debt. The benefits of consistent data and a broader understanding of the mortgage industry would justify the modest additional burden on lenders imposed by this provision.
C. Home Improvement Loans
The Board proposes simplifying the definition of "home improvement" loan to include loans where any proceeds went toward home improvements or improvements to real property. If the Board does not adopt the extensive changes to the system of reporting "loan purpose" discussed in section IV.A, the Commission supports this change because it would provide more consistent data. Because a lender would be permitted to rely on a borrower's statement about the purpose of a loan (e.g., a "loan purpose" checkbox on a loan application), this approach would not greatly increase the cost of HMDA compliance.
V. Adding Preapproval Requests to HMDA Reporting Would Provide Data That Better Reflect Mortgage Market Activity
The Board proposes to cover certain requests for the preapproval of home purchase loans. Currently, lenders are not required to report preapprovals, although originations that result from preapprovals are reported. The proposed category of preapprovals to be reported under HMDA would track the Board's proposed revisions to the definition of "application" under Regulation B (64 Fed. Reg. 44582, Aug. 16, 1999). Thus, lenders would be required to report requests for preapproval made under procedures in which a creditor issues creditworthy persons a written commitment to extend credit that may be limited in three ways: (1) The lender specifies the maximum amount of credit that it commits to extend; (2) the lender specifies the period of time during which the commitment remains valid; and (3) the commitment may be subject to conditions.
The Commission supports this proposal because the proposed definition of "preapproval" would capture only highly-structured preapprovals - those that look like mortgage applications. This change would bring Regulation C further in line with HMDA's statutory language, which requires that lenders report "loan applications." It also would incorporate a growing segment of the market and thus expand fair lending enforcement capabilities. As the Board notes, and the Commission's experience confirms, preapprovals are becoming an increasingly prevalent practice. Further, defining preapprovals under Regulation C and Regulation B in a similar fashion would enhance efficiency in lender compliance and law enforcement. While the addition of a new category of loan applications to HMDA's reporting requirements would add some additional cost to compliance, these transactions are integral to the mortgage process and should be included.(10)
VI. Reporting HELOCS Would Expand Reporting On Home Improvement Loans
The Board proposes requiring lenders to report as a separate category home equity lines of credit ("HELOCS") - open-end credit secured by a lien on a dwelling. The Commission supports this proposal. These transactions, which currently are optional to report, are an important way for consumers to borrow against their home equity. Reporting them therefore is essential to understanding the mortgage market. In addition, HELOCS are often used for home improvements and HMDA, since its enactment, has required the collection of information about home improvement loans.
VII. Reporting Loan Denial Reasons Would Enhance Fair Lending Law Enforcement
The Board solicits comment on whether to require reporting of reasons that a loan application was denied. The Commission supports mandatory reporting of loan denial reasons.(11) Currently, such reporting is voluntary. By making such reporting mandatory, more complete information would be available regarding borrowers' access to credit. This would facilitate the identification of potential discrimination. Notwithstanding the rise in risk-based pricing, significant numbers of borrowers still are denied loans every year. Because under the ECOA a lender must provide, or be prepared to provide, a borrower with reasons for denial, this requirement would create only a marginal additional burden on lenders by adding a reporting component. Moreover, because voluntary reporting of denial reasons among nondepository institutions is significantly lower than among depository institutions, instituting a reporting requirement would provide equal access to such information for both types of institutions.
VIII. Conclusion
The Commission appreciates your consideration of these views. If any other information would be useful regarding these matters, please contact Joel Winston, Acting Associate Director, Division of Financial Practices at (202) 326-3224.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark
1. The Commission's actions in the mortgage lending area have included the following: FTC v. First Alliance Mortgage Co., Civ. Action No. SA-CV-00-964 (C.D. Calif. filed Oct. 3, 2000) (complaint); United States v. Delta Funding Corp., Civ. Action No. 00 1982 (E.D.N.Y. filed Apr. 2000) (consent decree); FTC v. Fleet Fin., C3899 (FTC Oct. 5, 1999) (consent decree); FTC v. Capital City Mortgage Corp., Civ. Action No. 1:98-CV-00237 (D.D.C. filed Jan. 29, 1998) (complaint).
2. The HOEPA violations alleged included failure to provide required disclosures, asset-based lending, and use of prohibited terms (such as balloon payments on loans with less than five-year terms, increased interest rates after default, and prohibited prepayment penalties). The settlement agreements provide for substantial remedies and protections for past and future borrowers, including consumer redress totaling $572,500, and, in the case of one lender, a ban against any future involvement with high-cost loans secured by consumers' homes.
3. The complaint alleged that the company failed to disclose to consumers material costs of the loans and other information at least three days before the closing, that it included prohibited balloon payments and increased interest rate provisions in the notes, and that it violated HOEPA by making direct payments to home improvement contractors. The settlement required the defendants to pay more than $160,000 in consumer redress.
4. Separately, the Board has proposed to change Regulation Z to include optional credit insurance premiums (and similar costs) that are paid at or before closing in the HOEPA fees trigger (65 Fed. Reg. 81438, Dec. 26, 2000). If the Board does not ultimately include this change in Regulation Z, however, it may want to consider including a field in Regulation C's requirements indicating whether a loan included optional credit insurance.
5. See, e.g., United States v. Delta Funding Corp., Civ. Action No. 00 1982 (E.D.N.Y. filed Apr. 2000) (settling charges that the company, inter alia, approved and funded home mortgage loans to African American females with higher mortgage broker fees than similarly situated white males).
6. The Departments of the Treasury ("Treasury") and Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") have recommended requiring lenders to report APR and "the cost of credit." See "Curbing Predatory Home Mortgage Lending: A Joint Report," United States Department of the Treasury and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, June 2000 ("HUD/Treasury Report") at 99.
7. If the Board changes Regulation Z to include optional credit insurance premiums (and similar costs) that are paid at or before closing in the HOEPA fees trigger, such costs still will not be captured by APR-based fee-reporting in HMDA.
8. See, e.g., HUD/Treasury Report at 98.
9. This comment letter assumes that this category of purchase money loans and related refinancings includes those loans where the loan being refinanced is itself a refinance of a home purchase loan (or of a subsequent refinance of such a loan). The Board may want to consider clarification of this point.
10. Because preapprovals are evaluated somewhat differently from other loan applications, the Board should consider requiring lenders to designate preapproval applications with a separate code.
11. The HUD/Treasury Report also endorses such a requirement. See HUD/Treasury Report at 99-100.


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