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COMANCHE CO., Okla_ Comanche County and Public Service Oklahoma have worked out a solution to the
problem that caused a four-hour power outage last Saturday.
The outage
affected both the Comanche County Courthouse and City National Bank, which is
just across the street. PSO will install a new switch that allows them to
isolate cables. The company put a temporary fix on the one that blew out last
week. The switch makes it easier for them to pinpoint a problem in the event of
a power failure and reroute power from another direction much faster. In order to do that, they'll have to shut off
power to the courthouse and City National Bank next Sunday.
PSO and the
courthouse said they've made a priority list of what issues to tackle first and
are preparing for Sunday's blackout. During that time, PSO will be working on
its end of the problem that caused the power failure. Comanche County Emergency
Management's Clint Wagstaff said the county is currently working to solve its
part of the problem: an older generator. It failed to kick in during the
emergency generator was just designed to run the basement area downstairs, the
sheriff's office, the EOC," Wagstaff said. "It was not designed to run the
whole courthouse, but now we're having to back up and redesign the whole system
to make sure each office has at least one functional area to operate."
Because the
outage affected the City National Bank as well as the courthouse, courthouse
officials say they're taking extra precautions to safeguard their equipment
when PSO shuts off the power on Sunday. City National officials said they're
not doing anything differently. They've got procedures in place for these types
of situations.
Wagstaff said
another item high on the county's priority list is making sure each department
is covered in the event of a power failure.
"We need
to reroute a lot of essential power to certain areas so they can function normally
in case of prolonged power outage," Wagstaff said.
The Comanche County
Sheriff's Department will be the only department running on Sunday. Wagstaff said
they've already made plans.
sheriff's office is 24/7," Wagstaff said. "We need to make sure we keep their
communication systems up and running. We've got contingency plans in place that
will go into effect before the scheduled outing on Sunday. We'll make sure it
works before PSO shuts the power off."
Wagstaff said
they will find out the costs of some of those upgrades to the system next week.
PSO will shut the power down this Sunday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. They said if
it rains, they will postpone the repair until the following Sunday.
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The LAMP server is the commonly abbreated for Linux Apache MySql PHP server. This is a platform where web pages can be build/test/run using linux.
So setting up your LAMP server includes installing all those above said packages and configuring them to work together.
You can use either terminal or synaptic package manager to install these packages [and should have a working internet connection]. Anyway we may have to use the terminal for configuring them. So better move with the Terminal [Applications > Accessories > Terminal] itself.
1. Install Apache server
Below command will install apache server in your system
$ sudo apt-get install apache2
when the installation finishes, test weather it's working by pointing your web browser[firefox / chrome . . . ] to the following web address.
You should see a folder entitled apache2-default/. Open it and you will see a message saying something like > "It works!"
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$sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
While PHP installation finishes, restart the apache web server to make it compatible with apache using the following command.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
testing PHP
To ensure there are no issues with PHP let's give it a quick test run.
Step 1. In the terminal copy/paste the following line:
$ sudo gedit /var/www/test.php
This will open up a file called test.php.
Add the following line into the test.php, save and close the file.
Now open you're web browser and type the following into the web address:
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sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql
install phpmyadmin
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
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sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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Currently in West Virginia, an employer can fire a worker simply because of sexual orientation.
But Fairness WV is trying to change that.
The civil rights advocacy group is dedicated to the fair treatment of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered persons. About 100 people attended a rally March 5 at the state capitol to lobby members of the West Virginia Legislature in support of the Employment and Housing Non-Discrimination Act, which will soon be introduced in both houses of the Legislature.
Dr. Coy Flowers is board president of Fairness WV. He said more than 100 businesses, faith groups and organizations have joined a coalition that publicly supports EHNDA.
"All West Virginians deserve to be treated fairly by the laws of their own state," Flowers said. "This is a common sense update to existing law. We are so proud of the strong support from thousands of West Virginians for this legislation."
Flowers noted that of the state's top 30 private employers, 26 already have instituted policies that ban the discrimination of employees based on sexual orientation.
"Appalachian Power, Frontier, CAMC, Covenant House, Create West Virginia are just a cross section of our coalition members who believe that the more than 57,000 LGBT West Virginians are valued members of the West Virginia work force," Flowers said.
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Rapid Test Versus Throat Culture for Strep Throat
Rapid Test Versus Throat Culture for Strep Throat
If you need to be tested for strep throat, the choice between a rapid strep test and a throat culture may not be clear. It may be helpful to discuss with your doctor the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Rapid strep test
Results from a rapid strep test are available within 10 to 15 minutes. Results from a throat culture may take 1 to 2 days. The faster speed of the results from rapid strep testing gives it some advantages over throat culture when the results of the rapid test are positive:
But the rapid strep test is not as accurate as a throat culture. The rapid strep test can give negative results even when strep bacteria are present. If the results of a rapid strep test are negative, many doctors may recommend doing a throat culture to confirm that you do not have strep throat.
Throat culture
If you have a throat culture instead of a rapid strep test, you will need only one test because the results of a throat culture are usually very accurate. If the results are negative, you will not need further testing or antibiotics. If the results are positive, you can start antibiotic treatment immediately. But you could have started antibiotic treatment a day or two earlier if you had a rapid strep test.
There is also some debate over when to begin treatment. Although immediate treatment decreases the time the person is able to pass on the infection, it may reduce the body's natural defense (immune) response to the infection. If 1 to 2 days pass before beginning treatment, the body has a chance to build up its disease-fighting mechanism. Antibiotic treatment will still help prevent rheumatic fever when started up to 9 days after symptoms start.1
So some experts feel that it is better to have a throat culture than a rapid strep test because the culture imposes a 1- to 2-day waiting period before the person begins taking antibiotics (if they are needed).
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The investigation and detection of unsolved major crimes and major crime investigations more generally. The use of psychological interventions in policing and the processes, practices and interactions of the different parties within the Criminal Justice System.
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Cold Case major crime investigations
Cheryl is a PhD student at the Universities Police Science Institute (UPSI) and the School of Social Sciences, her thesis topic is 'Coming out of the Cold: Negotiating Multi- Disciplinary Expertise in Police Cold Case Investigations'. She has an MSc in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff University, an MSc in Criminal Justice Studies from Portsmouth University, a Law degree from Nottingham Trent University and a Psychology degree from the Open University. Prior to joining UPSI she worked in various roles in the financial services industry.


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1 quart Roasted Winter Vegetables, recipe follows
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a large saucepan, heat 3 cups of chicken stock. In 2 batches, coarsely puree the roasted vegetables and the chicken stock in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pour the soup back into the pot and season, to taste. Thin with more chicken stock and reheat. The soup should be thick but not like a vegetable puree, so add more chicken stock and/or water until it's the consistency you like.
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3 (5-pound) roasting chickens
3 large yellow onions, unpeeled, quartered
6 carrots, unpeeled, halved
4 celery stalks with leaves, cut in thirds
4 parsnips, unpeeled, cut in 1/2, optional
20 sprigs fresh parsley
15 sprigs fresh thyme
20 sprigs fresh dill
1 head garlic, unpeeled, cut in 1/2 crosswise
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic, and seasonings in a 16 to 20-quart stockpot. Add 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil. Simmer uncovered for 4 hours. Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander and discard the solids. Chill the stock overnight. The next day, remove the surface fat. Use immediately or pack in containers and freeze for up to 3 months.
Yield: 6 quarts
Roasted Winter Vegetables:
1 pound carrots, peeled
1 pound parsnips, peeled
1 large sweet potato, peeled
1 small butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled and seeded
3 tablespoons good olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Cut the carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, and butternut squash in 1- to 1 1/4-inch cubes. All the vegetables will shrink while baking, so don't cut them too small.
Place all the cut vegetables in a single layer on 2 sheet pans. Drizzle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss well. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender, turning once with a metal spatula.
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Flowers are the best gifts. They bring a holiday in the home. People always surrounded themselves with flowers at especial moments and a birthday flowers is a good example. Flower bouquets can express person`s emotions – love, sympathy, friendship, respect, thanking.
Similar with other birthday gifts, flowers better should be maximal personalized. Grandma will be moved if she will receive bouquet with flowers, same as she had at her wedding day. And on the other side the same old lady will not understand modern idea to use fruits and vegetables as decoration in the fresh bouquets. She will spend her time separating roses in the vase and she will bring decoration cabbage to the kitchen.
All people have favorite flowers and it`s better to know what they are. Somebody may not like strong fragrance. In that case lily, hyacinths, lily of the valley are not recommended. If person like fresh gentle flower fragrances, choose from roses, lavender, peony and lilac, which have mild fragrance. Some people may like simple flowers more than traditional cultured roses. It will be good surprise for them to receive bouquet of valley flowers with white daisies, blue belladonna, and lavender freesia.
Colors, shapes and fragrances of birthday flowers may be chosen differently according to a gifted person. Females traditionally receive more often birthday flower gifts. Men enjoy flower gifts too. Birthday flowers for him are traditionally taller, more geometrical and graphic, modern shaped – bamboo, gladioluses, liatrus, fruit and flower baskets and other. Pastel colors are associated with famine bouquets. Also darker colors – Bordeaux, burgundy, purple, brown, red-black are used very seldom for the young girls and kids. Sunflowers are universal. It is a perfect sunny gift for males and females of any age.
It is also important to know cultural differences. For example, birthday bouquet must have uneven number of flowers, if it is for Russian person. Bouquets with even number of flowers Russians bring on funeral and cemetery.
Usually people give roses when they don`t know what kind of flowers person prefer. This idea doesn't work always well. Unfortunately most of roses from the store usually stay in the vase not very long time. It is difficult to choose correct one. Also better do not bring roses from the store in the home where owner may has own rose garden. Better chose season flowers, which stay long time – chrysanthemums, gerbera, lisianthus, gladiolus and other. Orchid plant is also will be welcome.
Birthday flowers may be sending or given attached to the lovely gift, as a nicely decorated composition. Flowers may be put together to the cake, teddy-bear, box of chocolate or other charming gift. For baby birthday flowers usually added with balloons.
It is interesting to know that scientist studies special "magic" flower influence on the people. They opened that in difference of other gifts flowers produce a true smile on the person's faces in 100 % cases, when they were given. Woman who received flowers reported better mood during 3 days after. Flowers have immediate and long term effect on people's emotions, mood, social behaviors and even better memory of elder persons.


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It appears that Fall Out Boy is a fan of Spinal Tap . The band staged a tribute to the parody heavy metal band during their performance of "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" on Conan Wednesday night.
Mimicking a scene from the 1984 mockumenatry, This Is Spinal Tap , FOB bassist Pete Wentz was trapped in a pod that refused to open until more than halfway through their performance. Luckily, Spinal Tap's bassist Derek Smalls , played by Harry Shearer , was there to fill in for Wentz while he tried to fight his way out of the pod. As an added nod to the film, a miniature model of Stonehenge appeared on the stage towards the end of their set, along with a group of hooded mini-Druid worshipers who danced around it.
Fall Out Boy is set to hit the road next month to support their recently-released album, Save Rock and Roll . The tour starts May 14 in Milwaukee and winds its way through the U.S. and Europe this summer before returning to the U.S. for a leg of arena dates in September. Check out FallOutBoy.com for the full itinerary.
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VALPARAISO | A Hobart man arrested in Porter County on a drunken driving charge waived his right to remain silent by talking at length to a county officer's K-9 partner on his way to jail, police said.
David Ochoa, 27, was arrested Saturday and faces misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated.
Police said Ochoa was westbound on Ind. 130 about 3:25 a.m. when he crossed the center line. He was stopped in the area Ind. 149.
Ochoa initially declined to talk to the officer or to take part in a field sobriety test, according to a police report. He told an officer he crossed the center line because he was texting while driving, not because he was drunk.
The officer arrested Ochoa and requested a warrant to obtain blood and urine from him. The warrant was granted and Ochoa was taken to Porter Regional Hospital.
On the way to the hospital, Ochoa asked the officer why he wasn't catching "real criminals" and then said he was just out looking for female companionship, police said.
Ochoa consented to a blood draw, but declined to provide a urine sample, until a nurse arrived in the exam room with a catheter, police said.
When Ochoa was being taken to jail, he stated, "I have a question," according to a police report. When the officer asked what his question was, Ochoa stated, "I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to your dog," police said.
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IRMA, Wis. (WSAU) -- What started as a traffic stop Friday afternoon led to the arrest of three young teenaged girls on drug charges.
It started when a driver on Highway 51 near Irma called police to report a speeding pickup had nearly run her off the road. A Lincoln County deputy caught the truck and pulled them over near Tomahawk.
The deputy smelled marijuana, and the Tomahawk K9 confirmed drugs in the truck.
The 15-year-old driver from Black River Falls was taken to a secure juvenile detention center and faces charges of obstructing an officer and driving without a license.
Another 15-year-old from Port Edwards is in secure detention charged with obstructing an officer and party to the crime of distributing cocaine. She had a bag with 37 grams worth about $4,000 under her pant leg.
The 18-year-old from Argonne, Dayvina Johnson, is in the Lincoln County jail charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, distributing drugs to a minor, possessing drug paraphernalia, and using an underaged person to commit a crime. She will have a bond hearing Monday afternoon in Lincoln County court.


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WYNANTSKILL N.Y. – After a long, cold winter Jack's Drive-In on Main Avenue in Wynantskill is opening just in time for spring.
Jack's is once again serving its famous sliders and cheese fries. However, there is something new to the menu starting this year. The drive-in will be serving up mini hotdogs with homemade meat sauce.
"I want to be the first to get a Jack's burger. I've been waiting for them to open up since they closed last season," said Romashia Harrison of Wynantskill.
Harrison, also known as May, came straight to Jack's Drive-In right after working an overnight shift. While she did arrive an hour too early, they still served her anyway.
"Once I saw the sign they were opening up today I was very excited," she said.
May has been coming to Jack's for the past six years and said she's been waiting for this very moment all year long.
"The onions on top of the burger are slamming. The burger is juicy. I don't think you can get another burger like Jack's," said Harrison.
Many people in the Capital Region agree with her.
"It a simple item, unique item, and has a unique taste. The calls come in, asking when are we open," said co-owner Joe Deeb.
Deeb was hoping opening day would bring warmer weather, but he says it's just a sign that summer is on its way.
"You take your chances with the weather. This winter, you know what it's been like. People will start sitting on the picnic tables. We will have our bike nights back for bikers and motorcyclists. So that's going pretty good," said Deeb.
Jack's looks forward to seeing all their loyal customers back for another year, enjoying what was voted the best hamburger in the Capital Region in Living Magazine.
They opened up at 11 a.m. and will close for the night at 8:45 p.m.
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Boston College's externship program matches undergraduates with employers for short-term job shadowing and mentoring experiences.
Typically a one-day experience, an externship is an opportunity for students to gain understanding of what a particular job entails, observe day-to-day business operations, and make connections. For employers, an externship can serve as an excellent opportunity to market your company and develop connections with the BC community.
Boston College externships are designed as one-day experiences, but longer time periods are available if both the student and host agree upon dates.
To participate in the Externship Program as an employer, submit the Externship Host Application. Students will apply to your posting and the Career Center will best match you with the number of students you can host based on the strength of their applications. We will then contact the students to inform them of their match and you will be contacted by the students approximately one month prior to the date to arrange the details and logistics of the externship.
Here are some suggested activities for your extern to participate in:
- Conduct informational interviews with BC alumni and other employees within your organization
- Observe client interactions
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The IFC sketch comedy show Portlandia will have some big-name guest stars featured in its fourth season. Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme , ex- Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan , Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy and TV on the Radio 's Tunde Adebimpe are among the musicians set to appear in future episodes of the program.
A wide variety of other stars will be making guest appearances as well, including Dead Kennedys ' Jello Biafra , Michael Nesmith of The Monkees and actors Kirsten Dunst , Maya Rudolph , Olivia Wilde , and Nick Swardson . Members of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers will also be featured in the upcoming episodes.
Portlandia -- created by Saturday Night Live 's Fred Armisen and Wild Flag frontwoman Carrie Brownstein -- is no stranger to having musicians on the show. Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder , Jack White , Modest Mouse lead singer Isaac Brock , frontman Colin Meloy of The Decemberists , The Shins lead singer James Mercer and Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis were all featured in episodes from previous seasons.
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A longtime Fort Lauderdale lawyer was convicted Wednesday of playing a supporting role in an alleged Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say propped up one of Florida's biggest investment scams — more than $1 billion.
Anthony M. Livoti Jr., 64, stood trial for 11 weeks and faced deliberations for an unusually long eight days before learning his fate from a federal jury in Miami.
The 12-person jury found Livoti guilty of conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering, along with two other counts. But the jury found the lawyer not guilty of 20 other related charges.
U.S. District Judge Robert Scola ordered Livoti, who had a $2 million bond, to surrender immediately to marshals. He will be held at the Miami Federal Detention Center until his sentencing Feb. 21. He faces a potential life sentence because of the massive scale of the investment scam allegedly orchestrated by executives at Fort Lauderdale-based Mutual Benefits Corp.
"Am I disappointed? Crushed," said Livoti's defense attorney, Joel Hirschhorn, outside the courtroom. "He's crushed. He really is crushed."
Livoti was the only defendant in the long-running prosecution of the Mutual Benefits case to go to trial, with 10 others, including employees, a lawyer and a doctor, pleading guilty in recent years.
The once-high flying Fort Lauderdale-based brokerage company sold $1.25 billion worth of life insurance policies held by people dying of AIDS, cancer and other terminal illnesses to some 30,000 investors. The investors bought the policies at a discount, with the promise of receiving full value upon the death of the beneficiaries. Ultimately, they lost $835 million before the business was shut down amid allegations of fraud by federal regulators in 2004.
Livoti played the role of trustee who controlled Mutual Benefits' investment accounts, according assistant U.S. attorneys, Karen Rochlin and Roger Cruz. Livoti was convicted of using newer investors' money to pay the premiums on older life-insurance policies to sustain the racket for years. Prosecutors called it a classic Ponzi scheme.
But Livoti's defense attorney, Hirschhorn, countered that the prosecution miscast his client's part, saying he was actually kept in the dark about the investment scam by Mutual Benefits executives who manipulated him to line their own pockets. He said Livoti's principal role was to ensure that the premiums on policies were paid up so that they would not lapse and investors could be made whole when beneficiaries died.
Hirschhorn told jurors that his client was innocent during closing arguments in November. Before standing trial, Livoti has been better known as the general counsel for the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police, representing local police officers in union contracts. Facing disbarment, he will now have to transfer his pending police cases to other lawyers.
A handful of police officers who showed up for Wednesday's verdict expressed disappointment with the outcome, saying Livoti has been a stalwart advocate for the FOP.
The only remaining defendant in the Mutual Benefits case is former top executive, Joel Steinger, described by prosecutors as the mastermind who allegedly stole tens of millions of dollars from investors. Steinger, who once lived in a Fort Lauderdale waterfront mansion, has been held without bond and must use a wheelchair to get around because of severe back pain.
Steinger has tested the patience of the presiding judge, Scola, claiming he cannot physically endure trial because he needs back surgery. The judge allowed Steinger to forego the trial alongside Livoti, but Steinger still did not undergo his surgery. Scola recently ordered Steinger, 63, to start trial on April 1, even if it means providing him costly medical accommodations in court.
In September, Steinger was supposed to face trial with his brother, Steven Steiner, 61, and Livoti.
Steiner, who spells his last name differently, pleaded guilty before trial to two wire-fraud conspiracy charges in separate criminal prosecutions, entailing duping life-insurance investors in the Mutual Benefits case and health-insurance companies in another case.
Sentenced recently to 15 years in prison on a related money-laundering conviction, Steiner now faces up to 20 years that would run concurrently with that term.
According to prosecutors, Mutual Benefits executives and others repeatedly lied to investors, who paid out discounted lump sums to beneficiaries dying of terminal illnesses for the right to collect on their benefits at full face value.
In a factual statement filed with his plea agreement, Steven Steiner acknowledged that he and other Mutual Benefits employees "falsely promised" investors a fixed rate of return on the so-called viatical life settlements. But Mutual Benefits could not deliver on those inflated returns ranging from 12 percent to 60 percent because the policyholders continued to live longer than expected and their premiums had to be paid while they were alive.
"Investors were falsely told by [Steiner] ... and by others that as many as 80 percent of all MBC policies matured on time or early," according to the statement filed in court.
Steiner "and others represented that life expectancies on MBC policies were determined by qualified and independent medical doctors who evaluated the health of the insured and spoke or consulted with the insured's treating physician," the statement said.
The statement noted that a doctor named Clark Mitchell, who has already been convicted, "signed letters and affidavits concerning approximately 6,000 insurance policies where life expectancies were actually dictated by codefendant Joel Steinger, the de facto head of MBC, who had no medical training or expertise."
Others who have been convicted in the Mutual Benefits case are: Peter Lombardi, the former president, who is serving 20 years in prison, and disbarred Fort Lauderdale attorney, Michael McNerney, who is serving five years. Both testified at Livoti's trial.


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text: Comparative Effectiveness of Virginia Coordinated Care versus the Traditional Safety Net Delivery System Slide presentation from the AHRQ 2010 conference. On September 27, 2010, Wally R. Smith made this presentation at the 2010 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (1.2 MB). Free PowerPoint® Viewer (Plugin Software Help).Slide 1 Comparative Effectiveness of Virginia Coordinated Care versus the Traditional Safety Net Delivery SystemWally R. Smith, MD, Principal InvestigatorOn behalf ofVirginia Commonwealth UniversityMedical CenterAHRQ MD-10-012Slide 2 BackgroundUninsured: Utilization patterns similar to Medicaid, underinsured: Poor.Lower social support.Less transportation, education, delayed gratification.May use ED rather than PCP.Health Care Reform: Reduces the number of uninsured, underinsured: Of the 46 million uninsured, estimated 32 million will soon be covered.Expands Medicaid program to approximately 16 million newly insured.Slide 3 Do the Newly Insured Poor Change Utilization Patterns?Not in some studies of providing managed care insurance-like programs to uninsured.Barriers and Weaknesses of previous programs: Short duration.Dose of managed care variable: Little case management.Poor PCP (geographic or time) availability.Few barriers to ED access.Comorbidity mix unfavorable.Slide 4 Virginia Coordinated Care 2000-presentPatient-Centered Medical Home Insurance-like program for uninsured: Uses managed care principlesAll patients qualify for the Indigent care program supported by federal DSH and State General funds.Primary care provided by community PCP's funded by VCUHS profits from commercial plans.FFS and Management fee paid to PCPs in urban communities surrounding VCU: Catchment area within 30 miles of VCU.Patients given card with PCP's name.Case managers support, assist with questions.Enrollment files managed by Medicaid HMO owned by VCU Health System.Slide 5 Initial Evaluation of VCCLower ED visit rates.Patients saw PCP.VCC off-loaded patients to community physicians.Community physicians happy with management fees.Case management dose small.Short-term evaluation only.Slide 6VCC Preliminary Data January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2003)VariableNo. (%) N=2389Before EnrolmentAfter EnrolmentAny inpatient discharge420 (17.6)330 (13.8)Any emergency department visit1765 (73.9)1024 (42.9)Any primary care visit557 (23.3)788 (33.0)Any specialty care visit1729 (72.4)1895 (79.3)P <.001 for all comparisons. Slide 7 VCC-Like ProgramsNAPH national survey of safety net facilities: 46 such programs at 37 facilities.Most common motivation was to improve health and increase access (33%).Many intended to reduce unnecessary care, improve satisfaction, offload clogged ED's.Often urban academic medical centers.Various catchment areas, target groups, structure.In 2010, Medicare plans evaluation of existing multi-payer PCMH pilots: Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Demonstration.Do these programs work? If so, how?Slide 8 Specific Aim 1Compare the effectiveness of the VCC program, particularly when there is active engagement with a VCC primary care provider, to the traditional safety net delivery system for reducing the frequency of emergency department utilization, hospital utilization, and adverse health outcomes, among indigent uninsured persons who used VCUHS from January 2003-December 2009, with attention to understanding the conditions and the types of patients for which the program was most effective.20032003 VCUMC users2004 VCUMC users2005 VCUMC users2006 VCUMC users2007 VCUMC users2008 VCUMC users2010Slide 9 Hypotheses, Aim 1Outcomes = ED utilization rates, hospitalization rates, charges, rates of ICU use, intubation, mortality: New VCC enrollees year following < year prior to enrollment.New VCC enrollees year following < uninsured not in VCC.Inversely correlated to # of visits to PCP: Year following enrollment.Three years following enrollment.Entire enrollment period (among intermittently enrolled).Control variables = comorbidity, age, gender, race.Subanalyze for AHRQ priority conditions of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease/asthma.Economic evaluation (costs, costs of program).Slide 10 Patient Selection Aim 1Age 18 to 63 years.2003-2009 utilization or enrollment.Live in VCC-eligible geographic areas during analysis period(s).Uninsured for at least a part of the study period.Slide 11 Comparisons, Aim 1Comparative analyses of utilization and adverse outcomes among various cohorts.Comparisons between PCMHs (group practices) within the VCC.Slide 12 Analytic Methods, Aim 1Assemble several 2-year claims data cohorts (year prior and year after enrollment opportunities) grouped by VCC exposure.Repeated measures methods to assess changes over time pre-post VCC enrolment.Analysis of covariance to compare charge differences between males and females, various racial/ethnic groups, age groups and comorbidity, by exposure to VCC: Consider models with interactions between these covariates and enrolee statusLogistic or Poisson regression for ED visits, hospitalizations.Slide 13 Specific Aim 2Identify the successful and replicable elements of primary care case management, care coordination, and other attributes of the patient-centered primary care model that make the VCC program effective, with attention to understanding how and why these elements are critical for different patient populations.Slide 14 Hypotheses, Aim 2VCC administration, providers, case-workers, and patients perceive particular elements of VCC implementation, especially engagement with primary care providers, as important to the effectiveness of the program, and to improving its potential to be replicated in other settings.Particular attitudes, program designs and other actions by VCC administration may be important to the effectiveness of the program, and to the potential for replication.Patients with the most positive opinions about VCC and its program elements are those engaged with a primary care provider as well as those reporting the most medical need.Slide 15 Data Collection and Analytic Plan, Aim 2Qualitative analyses: Environmental scan.Key informant interviews.Focus groups: Informed by quantitative analysesSurvey draft: For patients.Based on Aim 1 results and Aim 2 key informant and focus groups results.Draft for use in future surveys of program effectiveness.Slide 16 Subject Inclusion Criteria, Aim 2VCC administration and leaders.Key VCC providers.VCC case workers.Patients: VCC enrollees.VCC non-enrollees.Slide 17 PersonnelAim 1: Wally R. Smith, MD Boling, Bohannon, Garland, Carcaise-Edinboro, Retchin, Bazzoli (economic eval), McClish.Aim 2: Alton Hart, MD, MPHThe National Public Health and Hospital Institute (NPHHI) Linda Cummings, Sari Siegel-Spieler Marshall, Aurich, Bernardo, LinsonDissemination: NPHHISlide 18 Importance and ImpactExamines "whether a promising system design, strategy, and intervention have actually improved the quality and efficiency of care and have affected related features of organizational or delivery system performance, including cost, access to care, reduction of disparities, and population-based health.""Compares a design, strategy, and intervention that is likely to promote sustainable improvement in these desirable outcomes and is likely to improve performance on one or more dimensions of care quality..."Slide 19 Relationship to IOM dimensions, AHRQ PrioritiesLevel of analysis: Organization.Tests a system redesign.Answers the IOM Initial Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research call for research on health care.AHRQ priority populations including minorities and women constitute the bulk of the patients analyzed. Initial national priorities for comparative effectiveness research. Institute of Medicine Web site. Accessed August 31, 2009. Current as of December 2010 Internet Citation: Comparative Effectiveness of Virginia Coordinated Care versus the Traditional Safety Net Delivery System. December 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/conference/2010/smith-w/index.html


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Huskers win it all!
Indianapolis - No. 16 Nebraska captured the first conference tournament title in school history, outworking No. 23 Iowa on the boards in a 72-65 victory in the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Championship Game on Sunday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Nebraska, which improved to 25-6 overall with a 3-0 performance at the tournament as the No. 3 seed, won the battle of the boards with the leg-weary Hawkeyes, 58-27, including 26 offensive rebounds. Iowa, which moved to 26-8 on the season, finished 3-1 in the tournament after entering as the No. 5 seed.
Nebraska put up 20 second-chance points and went 30-for-36 at the free throw to overcome 31.3 percent (20-64) shooting, including a 2-for-17 effort from three-point range.
Sophomore Rachel Theriot was the only gun firing from the field for the Big Red, scoring a game-high 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field, including 1-of-3 threes. Theriot scored 19 points after halftime, while adding four assists for the game. The 6-0 point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, averaged 18.0 points and 10.0 assists in three tournament games to earn MVP honors.
Jordan Hooper added her 13th double-double of the season and 39th of her career with 18 points and 10 boards, despite going just 3-for-16 from the field and 0-for-3 from long range. The 6-2 senior forward from Alliance, Neb., tied her career high with 12 free throws on 12-of-14 shooting. She joined Theriot as Nebraska's representatives on the all-tournament team.
Junior Hailie Sample added her second career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. The 6-0 forward from Flower Mound, Texas, led the Huskers on the glass and produced numerous hustle plays to give NU a chance to win. Sample's only other career double-double came in last year's NCAA second-round win at No. 9 Texas A&M to send the Big Red to the second Sweet 16 in school history.
Fellow junior forward Emily Cady just missed a double-double with eight points and 11 assists, while junior guard Tear'a Laudermill pitched in 11 points, four rebounds and two assists.
Although Hooper, Laudermill and Cady combined for 37 points, they went just 8-for-48 from the field.
"We just couldn't hit a shot," Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said, "but you look at those rebounding numbers, and oh my gosh, our kids showed that they really wanted to win this game."
The juniors and Hooper played in a game for a Big Ten title for the fourth time in the last three years and finally came away with their first victory.
Iowa outshot Nebraska in the game, hitting 37.7 percent (23-61), including 8-of-25 threes, while going 11-for-14 from the line. The Hawkeyes also won the turnover battle, 16-11. Freshman Ally Disterhoft led Iowa with 20 points, while junior point guard Samantha Logic managed 14 points, six assists and six rebounds.
Melissa Dixon was the only other Hawkeye in double figures with 11 points, as Nebraska improved to 8-0 against Iowa as Big Ten foes, including 3-0 in Big Ten Tournament play.
Nebraska was the aggressor in the first half, taking a 34-26 after carrying a 14-point lead after a 16-0 run made it 18-4 with with 11:03 left. From that point, the Huskers hit just four field goals in the final 11 minutes, as Iowa was able to keep the lead at single digits to end the first.
Although NU only had four field goals in the final 11 minutes, the Huskers got nine points at the free throw line during the stretch. The Big Red went 13-for-18 at the line in the half, after forcing 13 fouls on the Hawkeyes. Nebraska won the first-half rebounding battle, 30-15, including 14-5 on the offensive glass. NU also won the first-half turnover battle, 8-7.
Iowa outshot the Huskers from the floor, but hit just 32.3 percent (10-31), while Nebraska went 10-for-32 (.313). Iowa hit four threes (4-15) to stay within striking distance, while NU wen just 1-for-5. While Iowa outscored the Huskers by nine from outside the arc, the Huskers outscored the Hawkeyes 13-2 at the line.
Theiarra Taylor and Dixon each went to the bench midway through the first half with three fouls for the Hawkeyes, while Bethany Doolittle and reserves Claire Till and Kali Peschel were all whistled for two fouls.
Hooper led all first-half scorers with 13 points, while adding four rebounds. Laudermill added nine points, but the two Huskers combined to go just 5-for-17 from the floor, but 11-for-12 at the line, including a 9-for-10 effort from Hooper.
Sample led Nebraska's boardwork in the first half with eight rebounds to go along with her five points. Theriot contributed five points and four assists.
Disterhoft kept the Hawkeyes within striking distance with 10 first-half points, while no other Hawkeye had more than five points.
The Huskers rebuilt the lead to 13 points as Theriot scored nine straight points for the Big Red to open the second half. But after pushing the lead to 41-28, Iowa began chipping away.
The Hawkeyes cut the margin to just one at 57-56 after three Disterhoft free throws with 7:13 left, but Laudermill was fouled with 4:43 left. She hit the first free throw, before Iowa Coachc Lisa Bluder was assessed a technical foul. Theriot hit two free throws, before Laudermill hit the second of her two to push the NU margin back to 61-56. Iowa got no closer than three the rest of the way as Nebraska made plays and free throws down the stretch.
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The Society announced that Dr. Rimer was chosen for "her work in breast cancer screening, which has guided national research, practice and policy for more than 20 years. Her work has evolved with the field from raising awareness of screening and increasing screening initiation, to promoting screening maintenance."
Dr. Rimer serves as chair of the President's Cancer Panel, vice-chair of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Task Force on Community Preventive Services and is a member of the Institute of Medicine. She served as the founding director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences and chair of the NCI's National Cancer Advisory Board.
The Medal of Honor is the ACS's highest honor. Along with Dr. Rimer, the medal was awarded to Dr. Isaiah J. Fidler of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dr. Kathleen M. Foley of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY.
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"She received uninterrupted, awful chemo treatments every Friday for years --- still fighting painfully against this dreadful disease so we could see our son grow up together," Timothy said. "My wife was one of the bravest and most determined women."
Now, Leif remains the driving force behind everything Timothy does. "He is only 13 years old, and he will never ever see his beloved mom again," said Timothy. "My son is the reason for me to live on now so he can still continue to get support even though mommy was gone."
Despite receiving an outpouring of support from family, friends and colleagues, Timothy grappled with how to carry on as a single parent. He sought out family counseling, worked with a social worker and found comfort from an unexpected source --- at a cancer center almost 500 miles away.
One of Esther's medical oncologists recommended the UNC Lineberger Single Fathers Due to Cancer Program, which is dedicated to helping the thousands of fathers who each year lose their spouses to cancer and must adjust to being sole parents. All the way from New York, Timothy was able to find helpful resources through the program's website (www.singlefathersduetocancer.org) to complement the care he and Leif were receiving at home.
"All of the support really helped my son cope with this horrible disease that took away my wife," he said. Timothy was inspired by the Single Fathers Program to make a gift to UNC Lineberger in honor of his school's principal, who always stood by him throughout his wife's cancer journey.
Timothy explains, "I share with other victims of cancer patients and feel like I need to do something to make sure other people are aware of how to get support through the program."
In making a gift, Timothy was able to gain a little bit of closure and he plans to continue to give back to help others.
"A lot of people may stay away from this terrible disease, but there is no need for patients and their families to suffer like they do," he said. "I want to let people know what to expect out of it and share my coping experience of single fatherhood."]]>
Shelley Earp, MD, director of UNC Lineberger and UNC Cancer Care, said, "Claire Dees and Neil Hayes are first and foremost great doctors. They have also built national reputations for their work in clinical and translational research. As co-leaders of the Center's Clinical Research Program, they will help move the newest discoveries into clinical practice by designing and implementing innovation into our clinical trials program.
Lisa Carey, MD, Cancer Center Associate Director for Clinical Research and Physician in Chief at the N.C. Cancer Hospital, said "In the modern era, leaders in clinical research have to have expertise in performance and application of genetic techniques and tumor sequencing as well as expertise in design, performance, and analysis of clinical trials from the earliest testing through to FDA approval. Claire Dees and Neil Hayes have that kind of training and experience."
As an active member of the UNC Breast Center, Dees chaired the breast cancer clinical trials group and leads the Lineberger Developmental Therapeutics Working Group. She chairs the Protocol Review Committee and the Protocol Specific Research core. She also serves as the medical director of the Clinical Trials Unit in the N.C. Cancer Hospital. Dr. Dees joined the University of North Carolina faculty in 1999. Before coming to UNC, she completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and her medical oncology fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center where she worked with the Phase I trials group and the breast cancer program. She obtained a master's degree in clinical investigations while at Hopkins.
Hayes served as national co-chair of the Data Analysis Sub-Group for The Cancer Genome Atlas Project at UNC and chairs the UNCSequencing Project (UNCseq). UNCseq serves as resource for patients with difficult to treat tumors, identifying and targeting the molecular weaknesses specific to the patient's cancer. The ultimate aim for UNCseq is to provide every patient with tumor analyses that will allow their physicians to prescribe targeted and efficient therapies on an individualized basis.
A native of North Carolina, Dr. Hayes graduated from Davidson College coming to UNC School of Medicine in 2004. During his post-graduate training, he completed a Masters in Public Health at Harvard University, an internship at Boston University School of Medicine, a clinical fellowship at Tufts University Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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"Patient-centered care is not possible without patients and their caregivers playing a central role in care decisions, and, importantly, in the research that informs those decisions," the authors write.
The priorities of researchers when evaluating new therapies, especially for patients with chronic conditions, must take into account how potential side effects and complications will impact both a patient's health and willingness to continue treatment. Using the example of the disconnect between a diabetes researcher who focuses on the ability of a therapy to regulate hemoglobin levels against the needs of a patient who worries about how to balance the therapy's side effects with life issues such as depression and unemployment, the authors write that the practical realities of a patients' life must be taken into consideration when evaluating potential benefits and side effects of care.
"The millions of individuals with chronic conditions such as diabetes have different perspectives on what is most important to them. These varied perspectives must inform the research if the research is to inform decision making," write the authors.
In order to accomplish this shift, researchers must make greater use of tools to facilitate communication between patients and researchers. Online portals, pen-and-paper questionnaires, integration of patient-reported outcomes into digital medical records and other tools should be used to give researchers access to data that can inform their evaluation of new therapies.
"Although some individuals are concerned about these blurred boundaries and hesitant about expecting patients to be involved in research, it is worth considering that clinicians implicitly experiment every time a diagnostic test or treatment is ordered that was evaluated in individuals who differ from the patient in personal characteristics, disease severity and manifestations, overall health, or health priorities," write the authors.
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The study, published online by the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, collected data from 350 female sex workers in the Korogocho slum area of Nairobi from August 2009 to March 2011. Due to high HPV and HIV prevalence, these women have a higher risk of cervical cancer and associated high grade lesions than the general population. Recruited by community peer leaders at public meetings, participants attending the study clinic were first instructed to self-collect genital specimens for HPV testing using a brush provided by the study.
The self-collection was followed-up with a pelvic examination, where a physician collected cervical samples for Pap smear and HPV testing. The Pap smears were independently evaluated by two cytopathologists from the University of Nairobi, with discrepancies reviewed by a third. The HPV testing results showed strong agreement between the samples collected by the physician and those collected by the women themselves.
"In our study in Nairobi, women were able to follow the self-collection instructions, and the specimens collected by the women were of high quality. We compared physician- and self-collected samples for HPV testing, and our results show that HPV testing of the two sample types performed equally well in detecting high-grade lesions. These findings indicate that self-collection for HPV testing may be a viable means to increase cervical cancer screening coverage in low-resource regions," said the study's lead author Jie Ting, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology at UNC.
HPV testing is effective in early detection of cervical pre-cancerous and cancerous tumors and is currently recommended for co-testing with Pap smear for women aged 30 years or older in the United States. In traditional clinical settings, collection of cervical specimens for HPV testing is performed by a physician.
"What will also be interesting is to look at how self-collection will work in a setting other than a clinical one. For example, if the women were to perform self-collection at home, how would that to compare to when she does it in the clinic?" said Ting.
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"We showed in this paper that targeting SFRP2 with a monoclonal antibody in pre-clinical models inhibits tumor growth. This demonstrates that SFRP2 is a therapeutic target for cancer" said Dr. DeMore.
The DeMore lab first discovered the role of SFRP2 in tumor growth while looking to develop an alternative to the FDA-approved anti-angiogenesis drug known as Avastin (bevacizumab). Avastin targets the protein VEGF, which has also been tied to angiogenesis (the production of new blood vessels). Although Avastin is of benefit to some patients with cancer, not all tumors respond to Avastin, and of those that respond, some eventually progress. To find a solution for patients whose tumors are resistant to Avastin, DeMore began looking at other proteins linked to angiogenesis that could be used as therapeutic targets.
"We previously microdissected blood vessels from malignant human breast cancers and compared gene expression to blood vessels microdissected from normal tissue. We found a number of genes that were highly over-expressed in the malignant blood vessels compared to normal. One of those genes was SFRP2," said Dr. DeMore.
The DeMore lab found that SFRP2 is expressed in a variety of human cancers, including breast, prostate, lung, pancreas, ovarian, colon, kidney tumors, and angiosarcomas, DeMore, working with Dr. Cam Patterson, Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, discovered that SFRP2 acted as a potent stimulator of angiogenesis, leading their team to hypothesize that targeting SFRP2 could inhibit tumor growth. In collaboration with Dr. Russ Mumper, the John A. McNeill Distinguished Professor in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, their group developed a drug to target SFRP2. "Demonstrating that a monoclonal antibody to SFRP2 inhibits tumor growth in pre-clinical models opens up a new potential for drug development. This treatment is not presently available for human studies, but our efforts are focused on obtaining funding for further drug development that would lead to a clinical trial" said DeMore.
This work was supported by National Institute of Health (P50-CA58223, 1R01CA142657-01A1 and R01 HL61656), North Carolina TraCS Large Pilot Award, University Cancer Research Fund, Nancy DeMore Foundation and North Carolina Kickstart Commercialization Collaboration Award.
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Researchers found that HIF1 and HIF2 are overexpressed in melanoma tumors. In healthy cells, HIF1 and HIF2 assist in regulating hypoxia, the state caused by low levels of oxygen in the blood. Hypoxia has been linked to metastases in several solid tumors, and the UNC team has found that it promotes the spread of melanoma from the skin to other sites in the body through the lymphatic system.
Patients who are diagnosed with early stage melanomas have a high rate of survival, but the prognosis worsens significantly once the tumors spread to other sites throughout the body. Using in vitro systems and mouse models, researchers suppressed the expression of HIF1 and HIF2 in the melanoma tumors. While the inactivation of the transcription factors did not reduce the growth of the initial tumors, it did reduce the rate at which the melanoma spread to other sites in the body.
Both HIF1 and HIF2 independently activate the protein kinase SRC using different signaling pathways. The SRC protein has been linked to several different cancers, and the identification of its role in melanoma suggests that existing therapies targeting SRC may prove to be a viable target for therapies aimed at reducing the spread and ultimate lethality of the cancer.
"What we are trying to do now is inhibit these pathways with drugs in the mice to see if we see a decrease of metastasis," said Hanna.
UNC researchers who contributed to this article include Bhavani Krishnan, PhD; Sean Bailey; Stergios Moschos, MD; Pei-Fen Kuan, PhD; Marni Siegel and C. Ryan Miller, MD, PhD, of the Lineberger Cancer Center; and Lukas Osborne, E. Tim O'Brien III and Richard Superfine, PhD, of the UNC Department of Physics and Astronomy.
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (P30-DK-034987), the National Cancer Institute (3P30CA016086), the Department of Defense (W81XWH-09-2-0042) and the University Cancer Research Fund.
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A Complete Handwritten Numeral Database of Bangla – A Major Indic Script
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Abstract: This paper describes the ISI database of handwritten Bangla numerals. Bangla is the second most popular language and script of the Indian subcontinent and it is used by more than 200 million people all over the globe. The present database has several components which include both on-line and off-line handwritten numerals. Samples of numeral strings and isolated numerals have been collected under both modes of writing. This database has been developed at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit laboratory of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Samples of the present database are properly ground thruthed and subdivided into respective training and test sets. The off-line sample images are stored in TIFF image format and the on-line samples are stored along with various information as header in ASCII file format. This database will facilitate fruitful research on handwriting recognition of Bangla through free access to the researchers.
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She has also served on the Waterbury Select Board for seven years, including four years as chairwoman. She also served on the Waterbury Planning Commission from 2001 to 2006.
Ellis said in addition to helping build consensus through the funding and construction of two firehouses in Waterbury, she was moved by the ability of a group of people to work together in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene and that her experience was something she could bring to the job of assistant majority leader.
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After the oil spill, I reasoned that British Petroleum (NYSE: BP) would follow the pattern that similarly situated stocks have followed: they get crushed because the market hates uncertainty and it overreacts, then they become dead money while they stabilize, and then they come roaring back.
A few days ago I started to research British Petroleum. I was trying to determine whether or not BP is in still in the middle stage (stabilization / dead money) and whether or not BP is going to come roaring back like great – and even not so great – companies often do after they get unfairly pummeled.
Mixed Feelings
After a quick scan of the financials, I was a little surprised when I saw that BP had a record year in 2011, earning close to $40 billion – far more than BP has ever earned.
That feeling was quickly tempered, however, when I read that BP agreed to pay a $4.5 billion fine and plead guilty to criminal charges for its role in the 2010 Macondo incident. But that doesn't seem like that much money for a company that earned nearly $40 billion, particularly if it provides closure, limits exposure to future claims, reduces uncertainty, and is spread out over several years.
Generally speaking, it appears that the analysts, who tend to be overly conservative in these sorts of situations, feel that there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding BP, that BP is in the midst of a transformation, and that BP is a clearly a Hold.
Because many analysts believe that there are still many issues surrounding the Macondo incident that are unresolved, it appears as though they are ensuring that they error on the side of caution and are therefore undervaluing shares of BP.
A Closer Look
A deep dive into various metrics suggests that BP is undervalued. Compared to peers such as Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), as well as BP's historical valuations, BP has a low Price to Earnings ratio, a low Price to Sales ratio, a low Price to Cash Flow ratio, a low Price to Book ratio, and a healthy balance sheet.
Of these three stocks, although BP may experience volatility in the short term, I feel that BP has the most potential upside long term. Compared to Exxon and Chevron, BP is not only the most attractively valued given these metrics but also the company with the most potential to improve the operating conditions that underlie these metrics.
In other words, in contrast to Exxon and Chevron, BP has more potential to improve its profitability by improving its return on equity and return on assets. Unlike Exxon and Chevron, however, BP may have trouble gaining access to resources in the United States and faces other risks, namely those associated with litigation.
What Are the Key Risks?
A risk that has the potential to have a material impact on BP's future profitability is that BP could still incur a penalty under the Clean Water Act. That penalty could top $21 million.
Another risk that BP faces is that the United States Government – specifically the EPA – has temporarily suspended BP from certain government contracts and activity. At this juncture, however, it is unclear how long this will last and what impact that this will have on BP's operations and financial metrics, particularly given that the suspension only relates to 'future potential contracts,' whatever that means.
And, of course, there is the risk that BP has another incident similar to Macondo. Prior to this incident nobody completely understood the risks associated with deepwater activity. Even now it is still unclear whether or not all of these risks are well understood.
What are the Catalysts?
There are several near and long term catalysts that could cause BP shares to rally. A favorable resolution of British Petroleum's Macondo litigation, for instance, could cause the shares to pop. In addition, BP's restructuring efforts and asset sell off could provide a boost to BP's earnings.
In the medium to long term, the projects that BP planned to initiate in years 2012 – 2014 in places like Angola, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, and Azerbaijan, could positively impact BP's revenue and net income. By focusing on these locations as well as other very profitable locations in Africa, the Asia Pacific, and South America, BP has the potential to improve earnings.
3 Reasons to Buy BP
- Valuation. British Petroleum currently generates nearly $120 per share annually in revenue, trades at a P/E ratio of around 7, and yields roughly 5% (BP raised its quarterly dividend on June 30, 2012 from 48 cents per share to 54 cents per share).
- British Petroleum is managing its capital structure very conservatively. That means that BP has plenty of room to raise capital in order to grow.
- British Petroleum appears to be executing a strategy similar to the strategy that Conoco Phillips executed: a 'shrink to grow' strategy. In other words, BP is selling off assets that have a low return and investing that money in assets that have a high return.
My Foolish Take
I feel that BP is very attractively valued at around $40 per share and offers a reasonable upside with downside risk that is overstated. BP was very profitable in 2011 and the fact that BP raised its dividend by 12.5% in 2012 signals that management appears confident in BP's future profitability. Although there are a lot of unknowns surrounding BP, I feel that BP's risk/reward profile is attractive, that analysts are too conservative, and that the market has overreacted to the uncertainty surrounding BP. Conservative investors might want to consider dollar-cost averaging while BP is somewhat range-bound.
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Harry Walker conducts research in the anthropology of lowland South America. He has carried out long-term fieldwork with the Urarina, a hunting and horticultural people of Amazonian Peru. His recent monograph addresses the shared or accompanied nature of human existence, and explores the pervasive tension in Amazonian societies between a cultural prioritisation of individual autonomy and uniqueness, and an equally strong sense that satisfaction and self-realisation only come through relations with others. It brings together considerations of child care and socialisation, relations with non-humans, and concepts of power, in order to show how agency and a sense of self emerge through everyday practices involving the cultivation of intimate but asymmetrical relationships of nurturance and dependency.
Dr Walker has also written on debt and exchange, gendered dimensions of consumption and modernity, kinship, language ideologies, happiness, and materiality, including the extension of agency and the body by material artefacts. His most recent research focuses on how Amazonian peoples such as the Urarina negotiate their complex and often indirect relationship to the State and its techniques, procedures and institutions, and how these engagements are shaping social transformations. Examples include the role of organised team sports such as football in promoting new ideas of discipline, order, and national belonging; the uses made of writing and official documents; and appropriations of formal law and concepts of justice.
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