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Two New Tri-Land Investment Funds Hungry to Acquire Grocery-Anchored Retail Assets in Midwest, Southeast
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Pictured is The Crossings at Four Corners, a 150,000-square-foot shopping center that Tri-Land owns in Smyrna, Georgia.
In today's volatile retail real estate climate, there is ample need for redevelopment or value-add acquisitions. Tri-Land, a Chicago-based owner and operator, is one such company known for repositioning underperforming retail centers. Established in 1978, the company is launching two new investment funds beginning in July. The two funds — which combined total $30 million — seek to purchase between four and eight properties over a 30-month period.
The strategy of the investment funds will be to acquire properties located in Midwest and Southeast markets, including Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Atlanta. More specifically, the funds will target grocery-anchored retail centers where the supermarket requires an on-site expansion, repositioning or relocation.
During the past five years, Tri-Land has focused on the redevelopment of 10 legacy assets in Minneapolis, Kansas City, Indianapolis and Chicago. The company has sold each project upon completion of the redevelopment. This year, redevelopment of the 10 assets will be complete. This will enable Tri-Land to concentrate on new redevelopment opportunities. Against that backdrop, Shopping Center Business spoke with Richard Dube, the company's president, at the ICSC RECon show in Las Vegas, which attracted more than 30,000 attendees. What follows is an edited transcript of the conversation.
SCB: How big is your portfolio today?
Richard Dube: We are down to eight centers, totaling about 1.9 million square feet. At its high point, the portfolio included 17 centers totaling approximately 4 million square feet. We are ready to expand.
SCB: Where are the centers within your portfolio concentrated geographically, and what drives your decision-making process as to which markets you will enter?
Dube: We expanded from Chicago. We are now also in Atlanta, Kansas City and Indianapolis. I never felt that being exclusively in one city gave us the best opportunity. We're primarily supermarket-based. That's our preference — to have a supermarket in the center. Back in the day 25 years ago, Jewel-Osco and Dominick's were the dominant grocers (in Chicago). That's completely changed today.
What we did back then was ask ourselves the following question: Of the towns we liked, which retailers would be willing to be a tenant in our properties? We went to Kansas City and liked the Price Chopper product a lot. It was the No. 1 grocer. We liked Kansas City as a growth market. Overland Park was where we concentrated a lot of product.
We sent out three analysts. Because they were analysts for grocery chains, they could speak our language. We inventoried every supermarket and took a picture of it. They would come back with this massive map and we would plot all the stores on it and get all the numbers and establish various trading areas. They would give us their top 10 sites that they thought we should buy. Then we did our own internal research. We did that in Kansas City and Minneapolis-St. Paul. We liked SuperValu.
We went down to Atlanta because of Kroger and Publix. They are both great operators. We liked the growth story of Atlanta and the substance of Kansas City.
Kansas City is a solid town and a bit like Minneapolis, but you get much more for your money in an acquisition. It's a very livable place. We went to Indianapolis because Kroger was again the No. 1 food chain with which we had a great relationship. Each one of our real estate decisions has been driven by the ability to align with high-performing supermarkets.
Then the question became how many centers can we find and reposition in those great markets that we have gotten to know well? If additional shopping centers were not for sale for five or 10 years, it didn't matter as long as we could buy something today and have an inventory of centers that we could pursue in the future. We branched out to the Southeast because the growth story was so great. We didn't go to Texas because we weren't as familiar with the markets and didn't have relationships with the top supermarket players.
SCB: Given the intense competition in the grocery-anchored space in the Chicago market, is it fair to say that property owners in this niche of retail real estate are no longer guaranteed success, whereas in the past being successful may have been a slam dunk? (Woodman's Food Market is the latest supermarket entrant in metro Chicago. A 240,000-square-foot Woodman's opened in Buffalo Grove in September 2018.)
Dube: Let me tell you about Chicagoland. About 25 years ago, there were two food chains — Dominick's and Jewel-Osco. Between them they had about 225 stores. They controlled about 55 to 70 percent of the market. By the time Dominick's was sold to Safeway in 1998, it had grown the chain to 100 stores.
Dominick's was always known as the ethnic grocer in town. It catered to the Italians and eastern Europeans and there were always significant sections of its stores dedicated to different ethnic products. Safeway came in and brought in its own labels. Sales immediately went down 20 to 25 percent. Safeway hung around for 10 years remodeling the Dominick's stores, but never could do it. Finally, Safeway closed the whole chain.
When Safeway left town in early 2014, it created a plethora of new independent grocers. What's come out of that? Pete's Fresh Markets with 14 stores, Tony's Fresh Markets with 14 stores and Cermak Fresh Market grocers with 14 stores. What you have is now one of the more dynamic markets. We didn't really add any more supermarkets. What we added was a new way to sell food through Pete's or Tony's, which have built remarkably interesting stores and put them into diverse neighborhoods.
Woodman's stores are 180,000 to 220,000 square feet. The chain only sells food, except for some health and beauty products. Woodman's doesn't take credit cards because those cost 1.5 to 2 percent of sales and that's real money to a grocer.
SCB: Is there anything you want to add about what Tri-Land is up to these days?
Dube: You're going to hear more from us. We have a project in Smyrna, Georgia, called The Crossings at Four Corners. A 96,000-square-foot Kroger anchors the center, which generates about $55 million per year in sales. Atlanta has been good to us.
Atlanta's a big town. It took us almost six months to figure out what we wanted to do in that market. We picked Smyrna partly because we like the town and what is happening demographically. The key was we bought a Class C property in 2006 that was fully leased and kitty-corner to a 35,000-square-foot Kroger, which we expanded. The city of Smyrna was excited to upgrade the corner. It was the right piece of real estate.
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Posted by Finintell on Monday, 22 February 2016
Orange on Monday announced a new partnership with Google, to bring the best of mobile internet across its full African and Middle Eastern (Orange MEA) footprint.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Yves Maitre, the Executive Vice President of Connected Objects and Partnerships, Orange, which was made available to newsmen in Lagos.
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Etisalat Nigeria has filed a court case against rival MTN over the use of a new frequency band which MTN acquired when it bought internet provider Visafone, it said on Monday.
South Africa's MTN bought the privately held Nigerian firm Visafone last month to improve its broadband services in its biggest market, giving it access to the use of 800 MHz frequency band on CDMA technology.
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MTN Group has hired a former top U.S. law enforcement official to help challenge a $3.9 billion fine imposed by Nigeria for failing to disconnect unregistered users, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Citing people familiar with the situation, the newspaper said former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder pleaded with Nigerian officials last month on behalf of the telecoms company.
Africa's largest mobile phone company was handed a $5.2 billion penalty in October, prompting weeks of lobbying that led to a 25 percent reduction to $3.9 billion.
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Andrew Levack, MPH, Senior Program Officer for Healthy Aging, St. David's Foundation
I work for a foundation that invests in the needs of highly vulnerable, home-bound older adults in Central Texas. While Austin is widely-viewed as a young city, its metropolitan area has the second fastest growing older adult population in the nation (Brookings Institution 2011). St. David's Foundation considers the well-being of older adults as a fundamental aspect to our goal of building the healthiest community in the world. However, for many donors, supporting older adults is not a funding priority. Approximately two percent of American institutional philanthropy (primarily private foundations, but other funding groups as well) contribute resources to aging programs (The Foundation Center 2014). This dynamic exists despite evidence that, over the next 40 years, the United States will experience unprecedented growth in its older population. In 2050, the population aged 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double the estimated population of 43.1 million in 2012. (U.S. Census Bureau 2014). By 2035, for the first time in U.S. history, older adults will outnumber children, and that disparity will only grow in subsequent decades.
While the demographic shifts justify a call for new investments in aging, there is a legitimate concern that shifting resources to older adults will result in a zero-sum gain. Reality is it would be unrealistic to expect most foundations to reallocate investments from children to older adults. A more compelling alternative has been offered by John Feather, President of Grantmakers In Aging, who suggests that "we must help funders to understand aging in a variety of contexts by demonstrating the connection to other work in which they already engage." (American Society on Aging 2015). This perspective argues for incorporating an intersectional approach to grantmaking that supports multiple generations rather than a focused, siloed approach to addressing aging.
Intergenerational Activities
So how could a foundation implement an "intersectional approach" among the different populations it serves? The opportunities are nearly limitless when we consider opportunities for supporting intergenerational interventions that benefit different populations through a reciprocal relationship. In many cases, such programs provide older adults with an opportunity to support children and young adults through some form of volunteer or paid service. Such programs mobilize older adults as community assets, and in doing so reduces social isolation, prevents depression, increases physical activity, and ultimately improves overall health. Some examples of intergenerational interventions include engaging older adults as mentors in early reading programs with children, teachers in literacy programs for English language learners, and supporters of teen parents and their children. But there are countless more opportunities once you consider the possibilities.
Recently, St. David's Foundation adopted a new strategic focus on mitigating childhood adversity. The scientific research of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has shown that neglectful or abusive experiences at a young age damage the structure of the brain, which can lead to health problems later in life. To mitigate this, evidence shows that we can create supportive stimulating environments that build strong, resilient brains. A critical factor in that stimulating environment is an adult who can engage in quality time with a child. These basic interactions are called "serve and return" because the back-and-forth nature of interaction is like a tennis match. Our foundation began to consider how older adults could help vulnerable children in this regard. This strategy has been adopted by leading organizations, such as the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative, which has promoted recruiting older adults for this purpose through public service with the tag line "Building Brains is Child's Play." This approach engages older adults as critical assets for improving child development, while also promoting rewarding engagement that will benefit older adults as well.
Shared Sites for Maximum Impact
Some of the most innovative examples of intergenerational programming involve different generations sharing sites that deliver services. In West Seattle, the Mount St. Vincent Home is a living care community for over 400 older adults. Housed within "The Mount" is the Intergenerational Learning Center for preschool students where both planned and spontaneous activities occur between children and residents throughout the building. The unique contribution of this program will be featured in the upcoming documentary film Present Perfect. It has also inspired St. David's Foundation to explore new opportunities to potentially house Head Start centers within low-income senior housing developments.
Affordable housing is a critical issue that presents opportunities for innovative solutions by bringing generations together. Bridge Meadows in Portland, Oregon combines affordable housing for the adoptive families of foster children and adults aged 55 or older. The community is built to maximize social connectedness and enhance child development. In return for reduced rents, each older adult spends 100 hours per quarter performing volunteer activities that range from taking care of children while their adoptive parents are at work to tutoring students after school.
In another affordable housing innovation, New York University recently launched the "home stay" program, which allows students to live in the spare bedrooms of local older adult citizens and thus cut their housing bill in half. Older adult residents also receive a financial benefit for hosting the student. This innovation is particularly interesting in college cities like Austin that are experiencing unsustainable increases in the cost of housing. However, the greatest benefit is often the close relationships, basic supports, intergenerational exchanges, and social connections that occur organically between housemates.
Age-Friendly Communities – The Next Frontier
As we seek to improve community health by reaching multiple generations, the new movement of "Age-Friendly Communities" provides a unique opportunity. Austin is one of many U.S. cities working towards this goal, and the first city in Texas to receive approval from the World Health Organization for its age-friendly action plan. Austin's vision is a livable community designed with all residents in mind, from the very young to older adults. To achieve this, action plans have been implemented for areas that influence quality of life including transportation, housing, employment, social participation. These social determinants of health are equally important to the well-being of children, working families, and older adults. As we address these issues throughout our community, our aging community will prosper along with all other residents.
This essay was originally published in Grantmakers in Health "Views from the Field"
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The criminal investigation into Yevgenia Vasilyeva, the official at the heart of the corruption scandal that ostensibly brought down Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, has hit an odd stumbling block.
Her allegedly lavish 13-room apartment in downtown Moscow isn't where it's supposed to be. The residence, which police searched last month and where media reports have said she is under house arrest, may not have been correctly registered.
"So far they haven't been able to determine the real address and other information about the apartment building," a source told Interfax. "The building is listed under a different address."
Investigators are trying to determine whether Vasilyeva, former head of the Defense Ministry's property department, acquired the apartment and other expensive properties legally.
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Serdyukov, a close friend of Vasilyeva's, was dismissed from his post earlier this month by President Vladimir Putin in connection with the scandal after almost six years on the job.


A sit-in over Seattle University's Matteo Ricci College curriculum — which some students say focuses too narrowly on Western ideas and history — has stretched into its seventh day.
For seven days and counting, dozens of Seattle University students have been holding a sit-in in the lobby of a university administrative building, demanding an overhaul of one of the university's elite programs and the resignation of a college dean.
At issue, they say, is a classical curriculum that focuses on Western ideas and history, in part through the teachings of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle.
Students say Matteo Ricci College — a small, 194-student college that teaches the humanities — was sold to them as an elite, innovative program that promoted critical thinking and scholarship.
Founded 41 years ago, the college is built on a humanities curriculum and offers three bachelor's degrees: humanities, humanities for leadership and humanities for teaching.
It has 194 undergraduate students and 20 professors. Jodi Kelly was named interim dean in 2011 and appointed permanently to the position in 2012.
Instead, the students say, the college's focus is too rigid and limiting, at a time when a broader understanding of the world is vital.
At least in part, the university seems to acknowledge that the students have a point.
In a letter to the university community this weekend, Seattle University President Stephen Sundborg said the students have raised serious issues, and that the university will address them.
"I cannot pretend to know how deep their pain goes, the amount of harm it has caused or the extent of our own shortcomings as educators and administrators," wrote Sundborg.
Matteo Ricci's dean, Jodi Kelly, has said she will do a comprehensive review of the college's curricula, hire a consultant to assess the college's culture and climate, and train faculty and staff in racial and cultural literacy.
But students say there's only one thing that will end the sit-in: Kelly's resignation.
That's a demand Sundborg says he will not accept.
An alumnus of the college has started circulating a petition on change.org in defense of Kelly.
The protesting students say they're prepared to spend the rest of the academic year — which ends June 10 — camped out in the Casey Building.
Instead, they say, many Matteo Ricci courses are focused on close readings of the classics. And that's not what the students were promised when they signed up.
Kelly challenged that description. She said courses on the ancient and medieval worlds focus on classical texts, including works by Plato and Aristotle but also Confucius and Lao Tsu. The core of the curriculum, she said, includes studies on poverty, and students read African-American and Latino scholars, historians, playwrights and poets.
Seattle University student Robert Gavino, who describes himself as Filipino and queer, said he fell in love with Matteo Ricci College and its method of teaching — at first. He was a star at the school, and was asked to speak during orientations and to help recruit for the college in area high schools.
But Gavino feels he was held up as a kind of "golden child" of the program to discourage other students of color from disagreeing with the college's approach.
"They said, 'Why can't you be like Robert?' " said student Fiza Mohammad. She is a fourth-year student from a working-class, immigrant family, who is at Seattle University as a Sullivan Scholar, a prestigious, full-ride scholarship program.
In that way, she and Gavino say, the college administrators created doubt in their minds about whether their concerns about the breadth of the courses were legitimate.
Gavino has since become disillusioned with Matteo Ricci. He is part of the sit-in.
Last summer, Mohammad said, a small group of students met with Matteo Ricci alumni who recounted similar clashes with administrators. "The things they were saying were both heartbreaking and immensely validating," she said.
They say they have asked for changes during formal end-of-course evaluations, and also through informal meetings with administrators. Their focus is on forcing Kelly to resign because, they say, she has set the tone of the college and is responsible for its failings.
Kelly describes it differently, saying the students gave her a list of demands April 26, and when she responded with initiatives that spoke directly to those demands, the students took over her office and asked for her resignation.
"No other request other than the April 26 'demands' have been put before me," she wrote.
To occupy the Casey Building, the students take shifts, with 15 to 20 of them occupying the rooms at any one time. They are still going to class, doing homework and assignments, but they spend the night sleeping on the floor of the administration offices — often staying up until 2 a.m., talking about everything that has happened during the day.
They've held teach-ins and workshops, led rallies and marches through campus, and done media interviews. They say they've learned more about leadership in a week than they've learned in years of college education.
They're not the only students in Seattle — indeed, in the nation — demanding change from their universities. Last week, student demonstrators marched through the University of Washington campus, saying the university is not moving fast enough to address issues of diversity and equity. Similar demonstrations have taken place around the country.
Students say their complaints are specific to Matteo Ricci College, and not to Seattle University as a whole. They say the university — which lists undergraduate enrollment as 4,712 in fall 2015 — offers a broad range of classes that address social-justice issues, gender differences, poverty and mass incarceration — but they're just not learning about any of those things in Matteo Ricci.
Matteo Ricci students don't take the same core classes as Seattle University students do, meaning that it's difficult to switch out of the college without losing credits, the students say.
Late last week and early this week, as the standoff continued, the university received "vitriolic hate speech" in the form of phone calls directed at the student coalition, according to a message from Sundborg. The students staging the sit-in say some of their signs have been ripped down, and they've heard racial slurs shouted at them from outside the doorway.
On Tuesday, Sundborg sent out a campuswide letter that decried students for calling Kelly "our racist dean," and said such words run counter to the student code of conduct. Among their objections to Kelly, students have said the dean recommended a book to a student that had a racial slur as its title.
He also said the university has taken steps to address concerns about the college not being diverse enough, including the formation of a task force on diversity in 2013.
"We can and we will do better," Sundborg wrote.


Power of attorneys are usually appointed in the event that the donor will no longer be able to manage their affairs in the future for reasons such as health related issues, travel, and overall not being in sound mind to manage one's own affairs.
The primary responsibility and priority of the power of attorney Is to maintain the personal care and security of the donor. This usually comes in the form of financial care, which includes responsibilities such as paying bills, looking after properties, keeping record of invoices and transactions, and keeping a record of all the donors assets and liabilities. It could also come in the form of maintaining personal health care if the donor is not able to do so, which entails responsibilities such as keeping up with appointments, and providing the donor with all the necessary materials and resources for the maintenance of good health.
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Police statistics show that there are around 370,000 serious traffic accidents in Germany every year. That's around 1,000 a day. In the worst cases, people are injured or even killed. Even minor collisions can mean a significant financial burden to those involved, for example, through damage to vehicles. "According to police statistics, more than 9 percent of these accidents are at least partly caused by the weather," says Nico Becker.
Becker, who received his doctorate in meteorology from Freie Universität Berlin, is currently investigating the relationship between the weather and traffic together with researchers from Germany's national meteorological service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD) and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. According to Becker, nearly all weather-related accidents involve slippery or icy surfaces, while the remainder come down to factors such as low sun, fog, or heavy winds.
Predicting Accidents Can Help to Avoid Them
"You're most likely to have a weather-related traffic accident if you leave the house at six in the morning on a workday in January or February," says Becker. He explains that during these months, the temperature generally dips to its lowest just before sunrise. In winter, this coincides with the beginning of rush hour, not to mention snow or ice on the roads. As many as 30 percent of all traffic accidents that happen in the early hours during January and February are partly caused by the weather, says Becker.
Can anything be done to mitigate this factor? According to Becker, we would need to be able to link predictions of dangerous weather with the specific effects it will have on traffic. It is also essential that the public becomes more aware of how weather and traffic are connected. Nico Becker's team is the first to try and model this kind of data in order to predict the probability of road traffic collisions. Their joint research project is being carried out under the auspices of the Hans Ertel Center for Weather Research with funding from the DWD.
High Resolution Weather Radar Data for All of Germany
For their investigation into how the weather, traffic volumes, and accidents are related, the team uses extensive data sets to create complex models. These require an immense amount of computer memory in order to create high-resolution weather radar data for the whole of Germany, for example. These data sets are then linked to police records that are broken down into the cause of the accident, where and when it took place, and other criteria.
The third component is traffic volume on major highways and state roads. These data are collected by the German Federal Highway Research Institute for trucks, cars, and motorbikes using road tubes. "The main factors that influence traffic volume are the time of day and the day of the week," says Becker. "We can also calculate for each region the influence of temperature, precipitation, and cloudiness on traffic volume as well as the likelihood of traffic collisions."
Becker explains how important it is to be able to predict weather-related accidents, and ultimately, to avoid them by giving people adequate warning: "When doctors diagnose illnesses, they generally name the probable effects of the illness and recommend how the patient should behave in order to minimize problems. The diagnosis, the likely effects, and the recommendations are all given based on the same medical expertise. No doctor would ever just say, 'Here's my diagnosis – now go away and figure out what to do about it.'"
But when it comes to weather warnings, this is generally speaking exactly what tends to happen. Thanks to their knowledge and experience, institutions like the DWD are able to give precise forecasts of what the weather is most likely to be like. But there is no way to provide exact prognoses for the consequences of extreme weather events or how people will behave when driving.
Leave the Car at Home if You Can
When it comes to storms, storm warnings, or storm damage, however, it is relatively easy to give advice, says Becker. Although predicting weather-related accidents is complex, there are more options available to respond. But how can recommendations be formulated for maximum effect so that they also function as warnings? To find out, members of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development are carrying out surveys with focus groups in the next few months to find out how people behave in traffic under specific conditions.
"For example, we'll show one group the weather data for a specific journey from A to B," explains Becker. "But the control group will also see the probability of traffic collisions on that same route." Does the additional information encourage people to change their travel plans? Would it help to offer recommendations, and if so, how should these be worded? Is it more effective to tell people that they are a hundred times more likely to have an accident in this scenario, or is it better just to warn them about black ice on the roads? "Our long-term aim is to change weather warnings so that they also contain information about what effect the weather event is likely to have, and thus to help people make better decisions," says Becker. This might mean encouraging people to build in more time for their journey, to adapt the way they drive, or to leave the car at home if they can – not just on workdays in winter at six o'clock in the morning.
This text originally appeared in German on October 4, 2020, in the Tagesspiegel newspaper supplement published by Freie Universität.
Carsten Wette


Recently, oral dispersible films are gaining interest as an alternative of orally dispersible tablets and other conventional orals. The films are designed to dissolve upon contact with a wet surface, such as the tongue, within a few seconds, meaning the consumer can take the product without need for additional liquid. This convenience provides both a marketing advantage and increased patient compliance. Dr Anwar Daud, Managing Director, Zim Laboratories Limited, in an exclusive interaction with Mahesh Kallayil, talks about market for Thin Film Drugs in India, its advantage over traditional dosage forms and much more.
As a leading player in Thin Film Drug manufacturing, how do you see Indian market for Thin Film Drugs maturing? How do you compare it with other international markets?
The opportunity for oral dispersible films as a simple replacement for orally dispersible tablets and other conventional orals is by itself a huge opportunity considering that about 35,000 Cr of the present Indian pharmaceutical market consists of oral products with single dose less than 100mg. The simple advantage of differentiation in a crowded branded generics market facing pricing pressures coupled with "greater convenience" to the patient is likely to lead to the rapid growth of this dosage form for the next 6-9 years. The intermediate to long term acceleration in growth would come from more sophisticated applications such as sub- lingual / transmucosal absorption. We have projected a rapid growth phase of the oral thin film market.


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Easy Money (2008-2009)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Comedy-Drama
Easy Money is an American dramedy television series created by Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider and produced by Media Rights Capital about Prestige Payday Loans, a money laundering company run by matriarch, Bobbette, which finds itself in trouble when thuggish competition joins the market.
Bobbette's middle child Morgan is brought in to confront the family business' competition, while also juggling the rescuing of his irresponsible older brother Cooper from trouble with a corrupt detective, an investigation about a possible childhood secret that may have serious implications on his life.
The series aired in the USA on The CW from 5 October, 2008 to 16 August, 2009. There are eight hour-long episodes in the series. It was not renewed for a second season.
Easy Money premiered in South Africa on DStv's M-Net Series channel on Wednesday 16 June 2010, at 19h30. New episodes air weekly.
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Led by business-savvy matriarch Bobette Buffkin (Laurie Metcalf), Prestige Payday Loans is a thriving quick-cash company in the Southwest.
But trouble soon comes from thuggish new competitors, and it's up to middle son Morgan (Jeff Hephner) to quash any tension.
Morgan, though, is having some tension of his own. Having always felt out of place in the Buffkin household, Morgan investigates a childhood secret with the help of beautiful grad student Julia Miller (Marsha Thomason), much to Bobette's chagrin.
Morgan has always been Prestige's "heavy," running down ne'er-do-wells and gambling addicts, but he's ashamed to admit that fact to Julia.
It doesn't help that Morgan's older, but less mature, brother Cooper (Jay Ferguson) knocks heads with corrupt local Detective Yapp (Chris Browning) who, in turn, blackmails Morgan.
If Morgan can find a way to fend off the local yokels and unlock the secrets of his past, he just might be able to spend more time with Julia and find a better life for himself.
Katie Lowes, Nick Searcy, Judge Reinhold, Joe Peracchio, Gary Farmer, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, and Kimberly Estrada also star.
Alik Sakharov directed the pilot episode, which was written by executive producers Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider.
Laurie Metcalf
Bobette Buffkin
Katie Lowes
Brandy Buffkin
Jay R. Ferguson
Cooper Buffkin
Julia Miller
Jeff Hephner
Morgan Buffkin
Nick Searcy
Roy Buffkin
Kimberly Estrada
Cherise Buffkin
Arron Shiver
Dennis Parnell
Chris Browning
Detective Yapp
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This is a great shoe -it's very comfortable with plenty of support and it looks sharp. Not like wearing a typical sneaker out for the day. I wore these shoes while attending two conferences that required plenty of walking. They were perfect.
Very comfortable, and provides the support my arches need!
Confortable and presentable, this shoe always goes the mile! Hikes, family visits, out to dinner, whatever...looks good, feels good and that is not an easy thing for me to say!


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WMO: 2015 Likely to be Warmest Year on Record
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has estimated that the world will have reached 1°C of warming above pre-industrial levels in 2015.
The agency predicts that the global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record, noting the cause as a combination of anthropogenic climate change and a strong El Niño.
In addition, the years 2011-2015 make up the warmest five-year period ever recorded, according to the WMO.
25 November 2015: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has estimated that the world will have reached 1°C of warming above pre-industrial levels in 2015. The Organization predicts that the global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record, noting the cause as a combination of anthropogenic climate change and a strong El Niño. In addition, the years 2011-2015 make up the warmest five-year period ever recorded, according to the WMO.
Citing "bad news for the planet," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud noted a number of other historic milestones in 2015, including new highs for levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere; the three-month global average concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) exceeding 400 parts per million (ppm) in the Northern hemisphere spring; and the highest level of ocean surface temperatures since measurements began.
According to WMO's preliminary figures, the five-year period 2011-2015 will be the warmest for Asia, Europe, South America and Oceania, and North America. On cold anomalies, the WMO indicates that the Antarctic was notably cold with the Southern Annular Mode lasting for several months, and that Argentina had its coldest October on record, despite a particularly warm January-September.
The agency also notes that 2011-2015 was marked by many extreme weather events, especially heatwaves but also excessive rainfall, droughts and tropical cyclones. The probability of these events, especially extreme heat, has substantially increased as a result of human-induced climate change, according to WMO. [WMO Press Release] [Provisional Annual Statement on the Status of Global Climate in 2015] [Provisional Statement on the Status of Global Climate in 2011-2015]
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Southwest Power Pool system reaches all-time peak load
On July 5, the Southwest Power Pool region reached a new all-time peak load of 51,090 megawatts (MW), exceeding the previous record for instantaneous demand for electricity of 51,036 MW set July 28, 2021. Highlighting the important role fuel diversity plays in ensuring electric reliability, at the time of the new record SPP relied on a mix of energy sources including traditional fossil fuels, renewables, nuclear power, and other types of generation.
Days in advance, SPP anticipated high electricity use across its region during a period of extreme heat. On July 1, it declared a Conservative Operations Advisory effective July 6 at noon through July 8 at 10 p.m. This advisory signaled to its member utilities, including Basin Electric, a need to operate the regional grid with extra care by doing things like postponing maintenance on critical facilities, increasing reserve requirements, and more. SPP and its members maintained reliability through two of the hottest days of the year so far as regional load peaked at 49,972 MW July 6 and at 50,230 MW on July 7.
"Electricity continues to play a more and more important role in the daily lives of the people that live in our region," said SPP senior vice president of operations Bruce Rew. "At the same time, preventing service interruptions has become a more and more complex challenge. Periods like this week (July 3-9), with extreme heat affecting so much of the country where we operate, underscore how much value there is in regional collaboration. We're proud of the job we do coordinating among our member utilities to keep the lights on through careful reliability coordination, thoughtful and thorough system planning, and administration of a stakeholder process that ensures mutually beneficial decisions are made regarding things like resource adequacy, cost allocation, and market design."
As a regional transmission organization and balancing authority, SPP is responsible for keeping the regional supply of electricity in balance with demand across a 14-state service territory in the central United States that stretches from the Canadian border in North Dakota to the panhandle of Texas. It does so by monitoring and forecasting minute-by-minute electricity use and dispatching energy from more than 900 utility-owned generating units to meet demand. SPP also oversees operation of more than 70,000 miles of extra high-voltage transmission lines over which electricity flows from where it's produced to the substations where it's distributed by local utilities to homes and businesses.
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Trump Said Two Words About the Coronavirus That Had All Hell Breaking Loose
Donald Trump and his administration are directing a "whole of America" approach to stopping the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.
The President declared himself on a war footing to tackle this outbreak.
And Donald Trump said two words about the coronavirus that had all hell breaking loose.
The fake news media is trying to whip up another fake scandal to turn the American people against the President by focusing their coverage on Trump accurately calling the outbreak the "Chinese virus."
In three tweets on Wednesday, the President used the phrase "Chinese virus" to convey the most accurate information to the American people about where this infection originated.
The President wrote:
"I always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously, and have done a very good job from the beginning, including my very early decision to close the 'orders' from China – against the wishes of almost all. Many lives were saved. The Fake News new narrative is disgraceful & false!" the President tweeted.
"I will be having a news conference today to discuss very important news from the FDA concerning the Chinese Virus!"
"For the people that are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, for instance the shutting down of hotels, bars and restaurants, money will soon be coming to you. The onslaught of the Chinese Virus is not your fault! Will be stronger than ever!"
At the President's daily Chinese coronavirus briefing, reporters showed up and picked another fight with the President.
Instead of fake news "reporters" asking real questions about the nature of the virus or trying to extract useful information about the government's response to better inform the American people, these so-called "journalists" instead shouted at the President and repeated Chinese Communist Party propaganda by calling him a racist.
The President also explained he began using the phrase "Chinese virus" to describe the virus because Chinese government officials began spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation about the United States military creating the virus and spreading it to frame China.
President Trump was not about to sit idly by while a hostile foreign power smeared the United States military and instead fought back with the truth.
For the last three years, the fake news media loudly and regularly shouts about the dangers of so-called Russian "fake news" and "misinformation" campaigns on social media that supposedly won the election for Donald Trump.
So-called "journalists" campaigning to stamp out "fake news" and "misinformation" on social media was really about censoring conservative speech to hurt Donald Trump's chances for re-election.
But in this case, these alleged "journalists" are happily amplifying conspiracy theories and misinformation from a hostile foreign power because it bolsters their anti-Trump narrative.
The fake news media loves conspiracy theories and misinformation on social media as long as it aligns with their political objectives.
Great American Daily will keep you up to date on any new developments in the Trump administration's response to the Chinese coronavirus.
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Q: how to detect for loop block after Parsing the code using Antlr? I am working with Antlr4 and I want to parse and analyze any c++ code to detect any loops in any c++ source code to do dependency analysis on them, I want to detect the outer loop and if it has inner loop I want to detect it as an inner loop,  but I can't detect any loop in the source code.
What I have done and tried:
This is the rule that I used for "for loops" in Antlr:
forBlock: 'for' '(' (classicFor | forEach) ')' controlStructureBody ;
forExpression: primaryExpression (',' primaryExpression)* ;

I print out the tokens in this code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j <= 5; j++) {
            cout << i << j << " \t";
        }
        cout << "\n";
    }
    return 0;
}

using this code with jave:
public void printToken(String inputFile) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        System.out.println("The tokens of the source code is: \n");
        CharStream inputStream = CharStreams.fromFileName(inputFile);
        TokensLexer tokensLexer = new TokensLexer(inputStream);
        CommonTokenStream tokenStream = new CommonTokenStream(tokensLexer);
        tokenStream.fill();
        for (Token token : tokenStream.getTokens()) {
            System.out.println("<" + token.getText() + "> " + "<" + token.getType() + ">");
        }
    }

and it gave me the type of each for loop as:
<for> <45>
<for> <45>

I tried this code:
CharStream inputStream = CharStreams.fromFileName(inputFile);
        // lexing the code
        TokensLexer tokensLexer = new TokensLexer(inputStream);
        CommonTokenStream tokenStream = new CommonTokenStream(tokensLexer);
        // parsing the code
        TokensParser tokensParser = new TokensParser(tokenStream);
        tokenStream.fill();
        for (Token token : tokenStream.getTokens()) {
            if (token.getType() == 45)
                System.out.println("loop is found");
        }
}

When I put "45" it prints out "loop is found" twice and when I change the number to "39" it prints out "loop is found" only once.
I tried "39" because I have this value in my generated files from Antlr grammar.
Tokens.tokens -> for = 45.
Tokens.lexer.tokens -> for = 45
TokensParser.java -> Rule_forBlock = 39; Rule_forExpression = 40;
and when I try to add more loops:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 0; j <= 5; j++) {
            cout << i << j << " \t";
        }
        cout << "\n";
    }
    for (int  i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
       cout<<"Test"<<endl;
    }    return 0;
}

and use the number 39, still detects only one loop.
Is there a way to detect the loops in the source code using Antlr and differentiate between the outer and inner loop?

A: You didn't provide enough code/grammar to reproduce what you describe. So I'll give a demo how you could solve it using the C++ grammar in the ANTLR repository.
I only changed 1 rule slightly. Instead of:
iterationstatement
   : While '(' condition ')' statement
   | Do statement While '(' expression ')' ';'
   | For '(' forinitstatement condition? ';' expression? ')' statement
   | For '(' forrangedeclaration ':' forrangeinitializer ')' statement
   ;

I added some labels to it:
iterationstatement
   : While '(' condition ')' statement                                 #WhileStatement
   | Do statement While '(' expression ')' ';'                         #DoWhileStatement
   | For '(' forinitstatement condition? ';' expression? ')' statement #ClassicForStatement
   | For '(' forrangedeclaration ':' forrangeinitializer ')' statement #ForEachStatement
   ;

With these changes, the following demo class:
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.*;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTreeWalker;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        String source = "#include <iostream>\n" +
                "using namespace std;\n" +
                "int main()\n" +
                "{\n" +
                "    for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++)\n" +
                "    {\n" +
                "        for (int j = 0; j <= 5; j++) {\n" +
                "            cout << i << j << \" \\t\";\n" +
                "        }\n" +
                "        cout << \"\\n\";\n" +
                "    }\n" +
                "    for (int  i = 0; i < 100; i++)\n" +
                "    {\n" +
                "       cout<<\"Test\"<<endl;\n" +
                "    }    return 0;\n" +
                "}";

        CPP14Lexer lexer = new CPP14Lexer(CharStreams.fromString(source));
        CPP14Parser parser = new CPP14Parser(new CommonTokenStream(lexer));
        ParseTreeWalker.DEFAULT.walk(new ForListener(), parser.translationunit());
    }
}

class ForListener extends CPP14BaseListener {

    private int forLevel = 0;

    @Override
    public void enterClassicForStatement(CPP14Parser.ClassicForStatementContext ctx) {
        this.forLevel++;
        printInfo("classic", ctx);
    }

    @Override
    public void exitClassicForStatement(CPP14Parser.ClassicForStatementContext ctx) {
        this.forLevel--;
    }

    @Override
    public void enterForEachStatement(CPP14Parser.ForEachStatementContext ctx) {
        this.forLevel++;
        printInfo("each", ctx);
    }

    @Override
    public void exitForEachStatement(CPP14Parser.ForEachStatementContext ctx) {
        this.forLevel--;
    }

    private void printInfo(String forType, ParserRuleContext ctx) {
        System.out.printf("%s %s for-statement on line %d.%n",
                this.forLevel == 1 ? "OUTER" : "INNER", forType, ctx.getStart().getLine());
    }
}

will provide the following output:
OUTER classic for-statement on line 5.
INNER classic for-statement on line 7.
OUTER classic for-statement on line 12.

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This is my first entry – the inaugural post to fill the first page of this diary. I prefer the more quaint description, as opposed to simply calling this entry and the diary within which it sits a "blog". It is the same as when I write an informal article, I approach them more traditionally as essays.
Unbeknownst to me, the future of this journal or diary or blog may take several directions. It will intersect at times with my studies as a theoretical particle physics student, as I work toward my Masters degree and then finally also a PhD. But if you would like to follow specifically my work and studies in theoretical particle physics, I have set-up a separate blog titled Scattering Amplitudes. There you will find a mixture of formal and informal articles and posts on a range of topics within the area of particle physics.
I have also set-up a general mathematics blog, where you will find lots of interesting posts on different derivations and proofs as well as discussion on cool methods and techniques. Occasionally, I may also diverge and talk about thing like computer science or the philosophy or history of mathematics. I very much enjoy studying maths from first principles, with my post-graduate degree technically in mathematical physics! So this blog is my space to simply talk pure maths.
As for my physics diary, of which this entry is meant to be the first, the purpose is more general interest. You will find a range of discussions in relation to all areas of physics, including discussion on recent books I've read or cool new theories. Sometimes you will also find posts about life as a physics student, or about others science topics.
Moreover, I have a longstanding interest in theoretical astrophysics. But I have studied intensely many areas of physics out of general interest, even though my specialism or primary field is theoretical particle physics. I am (and have been for some time) moving more and more toward theoretical particle physics.
With that said, I've titled this blog 'Quantum Procedures' for a number of reasons. It is, for one, a reference to uncertainty beyond a point, symbolized in a time where physics is captured by wave-particle duality and the quantum measurement problem – i.e., the collapse of the wave function. It is in this sense also a vague reference to indeterminacy and uncertainty fundamental to quantum theory, and the procedures we currently utilised to work through quantum physics. At the same time, I think the title is a reference to the idea of a certain historical procedure, as we search for a theory that might extend beyond quantum mechanics. And so, in these words, the title expresses a time inasmuch as a state in relation to contemporary physics. But it is also a direct reference to the current cosmological model and to the theory of the big bang.
In terms of what to expect early on, as I alluded earlier this blog will mostly be a place to share my thoughts on whatever issue or subject that might strike me in the world of physics that I feel compelled enough to write about.
This could comprise of personal (rough) study notes, short essays or entries extracted from a personal journal that I keep to document my ideas in physics. There may be more formal writings and research papers and presentations based on my schoolwork and research at university, which reside outside particle physics. There may also be informal discussions and commentary.
In the short term, I envision a mixture of past school work and notes mixed with the odd short essay (I have written piles and piles of essays). I may entertain questions like, 'where does the Planck constant come from?', 'what is it like to enter a black hole?' or 'would an apple orbit my person, were I to freely float through space far enough from any massive bodies?' Questions like these used to occupy much of my early science days, and I feel compelled to post some of my school book workings and notes. I think the general reader might find such questions and curiousities intriguing.
I may also post short pieces about the physics of chemistry and the study of chemical and biological physics, something I was fascinated with for some years before entering university.
In addition to the above, as part of my earliest studies in physics, I often kept notes on some of my personal idols and their work, as well as the history of their ideas and key experiments or theories – be that Newton or Feynman or Einstein or Faraday or Maxwell and others. I envision reproducing some of these in the early development of this blog, including some of my earliest working through Newtonian mechanics and things like that.
As an aside, I spent the later part of my summer (2017) beginning to work through Newton's Principia. A series of notes on my working through this tremendous historical publication is likely forthcoming. Likewise, Einstein's General and Special Relativity (some of this is also related to my university studies).
For fun, I may also write about some of my favourite derivations.


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Calendar APIs come in all shapes and sizes, each with different authentication flows and different data models. Making sure that your application supports all of them can be a long and difficult process. This is where the One Calendar API hopes to make a difference.
One Calendar is an API that wraps around commonly used calendars, such as Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange, and was developed by the team behind the One Diary app.
While searching for a solution, they discovered that existing calendar APIs were not easy to interact with, nor to combine. So One Diary decided to solve the problem themselves by building the One Calendar API. "But," says Adam, "the intention has always been that this is something we offer to both app developers as well as in-house developers to integrate with in-house systems".
One Diary's vision is to provide something simple and straightforward: a 'Stripe for calendars', perhaps. If you're not familiar with Stripe, its API allows any website or developer to start accepting payments online through the addition of just a few lines of code. The One Calendar API uses the same approach employing a common data model and authentication and authorisation flows for all supported calendars. This will allow you to focus on building your app without worrying about the overhead of developing and maintaining custom calendar integrations.
A great feature of the API is the addition of webhooks. One Calendar will send you notifications when events are created, updated or tagged, which you can then handle in your application. The feature, which is currently still in beta, has huge potential for shaping whole new interactions between calendars and apps.
The API currently offers support for Google Calendar, iCloud, Office 365 and Exchange. The company says more services will be added in the near future, with Outlook.com and Yahoo as primary candidates for the personal calendar market, and Sharepoint and Salesforce calendar integration for the corporate market.
One Calendar is currently in invite beta. You can request access through the website.


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Q: Is it ok to store mdf files on different drives (and ldf files)? The maximum space per drive is limited and I have a lot of databases.  Would it be ok to store the dbs on different drives like this?
C: SQL Server install
E: MDF1
F: MDF2
G: MDF3
H: LDF1
I: LDF2
J: LDF3

Environment = one instance of SQL Server 2016 Standard

Edit: I know that it is recommended that mdf and ldf files be stored on separate drives, but I just wasn't sure how far this concept could be stretched :)

A: Yes!  As a matter of fact you can significantly increase performance by doing so.   If the drives are physical moving your LDF (log) and MDF (data) files to different drives the resource load is spread around.  I've personally had many more MDF and LDF files split out than you have in your example, it's great.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/410be90a-52da-439a-8826-20932ec1481b/separate-drives-for-tempdb-ldf-mdf-?forum=sqlgetstarted
And if you can monitor the drives it will help you fine tune which db is under the most actual load (although you can see some of this with Dynamic Management Views in MSSQL too)
There is also a school of thought of placing the tempdb on its own drive and having a file for each physical core the server has.  And if you could put each on it's own drive, even better (although unrealistic due to cost)
https://logicalread.com/sql-server-tempdb-best-practices-placement-w01/
This can help greatly with reducing disk contention and thus deadlocks.  Lots of reasons to do this, and if you have access to solid state (or other very fast drives like a fiber SAN), even better.  For a well designed database disk access is usually the hardest bottleneck to overcome.
A big key is the drives should be physically separate, simply making a partition isn't going to gain you much.  Searching around for best practices will lead you to trying to have lots of fast storage for SQL and leveraging that as best as possible, lots of science to it but a lot of art too :)


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CBM Review – Last Call
Technology Newsflash
David M. Tennant
David Markoff
White & Case Technology Newsflash
Covered Business Method ("CBM") review ends in mid-September, and you have one last chance to take advantage.
In 2011,1 the AIA introduced three new administrative review proceedings of patentability with the goal of allowing parties to quickly and efficiently root out bad patents. The AIA applied a sunset period to CBM review, unlike other AIA proceedings, and the clock is quickly approaching zero (September 15, 2020).2 That means you have one last chance to leverage the benefits of CBM review.
If you are defending against an infringement suit based on a patent that covers financial services or products, and the patent's claims are not grounded in a "technological innovation," now may be the time to leverage CBM review—especially if you believe that the patent is invalid under §101 or other grounds not allowed in Inter Partes Review ("IPR").
Scope of CBM
CBM reviews are limited. The only patents eligible for CBM review are patents (1) with claims directed at the practice, administration or management of a financial product or service, and (2) that do not claim a "technological invention."3 However, if a patent is eligible for CBM review, then many of the limitations of the more broadly applicable IPR, and to some extent even Post-Grant Review ("PGR"), do not apply.
The types of patents that are eligible for CBM review have narrowed over time, resulting in today's very narrow scope. This is, in part, because the AIA did not provide a clear rule defining "technological invention" and the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") left it to the Federal Circuit to set the bounds of CBM review.4 While the Federal Circuit lamented the USPTO's failure to elaborate on the meaning of "technological invention" at first, the Federal Circuit also did not set bounds for CBM review by giving "technological invention" a clear definition.5 Rather, initially, the Federal Circuit only held that the use of prior art technology or an obvious combination of prior art technology would not amount to a "technological invention."6 However, Federal Circuit decisions slowly chipped away at the scope of CBM review through various examples and gradually removed different types of patents from CBM review eligibility.7
Now, near the sunset of CBM reviews, the USPTO's application of the Federal Circuit's guidance has left the scope of eligible patents very narrow and limited, even though CBM review provides a number of advantages over other AIA proceedings.
Advantages of CBM
CBM reviews provide a number of benefits over the other review procedures, particularly over IPRs. These benefits include no time limit on when a CBM review can be filed, the grounds on which it can be based, the standard for institution, and the estoppel effect of CBM review.
Must be sued or charged with infringement of the patent
No time bar
Cannot be filed if patent is eligible for PGR review
Petition must be filed within one year of the petitioner or someone in privity therewith being sued
If first-to-file, then cannot be filed if eligible for PGR
From patent grant to nine months after patent grant or reissue
Grounds 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102, 103 and 112, and double patenting 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103, but prior art is limited to patents and printed publications 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102, 103 and 112, and double patenting
Standard for Institution More likely than not Reasonable likelihood of success More likely than not
District Court Estoppel Grounds that the petitioner actually raised during the CBM review Grounds that were raised or reasonably could have been raised during the IPR Grounds that were raised or reasonably could have been raised during the IPR
Despite these advantages, CBM review has seen extraordinarily limited use. The USPTO's statics tell of a dying program with little use. CBMs account for only five percent of all AIA challenges.
(Source: USPTO)
CBM review numbers have been even lower in recent times. For example, from June 2019 to June 2020, only 11 CBM petitions were filed. That is fewer than the number of PGRs filed in just June and May of 2020 and barely more than ten percent of the IPR petitions filed in June 2020.
There may be several reasons for the low use of CBM reviews. First, fewer patents are eligible for CBM review than IPRs. The test for determining whether a patent is eligible for CBM review is ambiguous and subject to the discretion of the USPTO and, to some extent, the Federal Circuit. An ambiguous, shifting test was not necessarily guaranteed to lead to the decline of CBM we witnessed. However, the USPTO's application of the test has gradually eroded the scope of CBM review. As a result, most CBM review petitions were instituted in the first year of the program, but the institution rate dropped over the next few years even as use of CBM review grew. As petitioners realized this, the number of petitions filed declined dramatically.
(Data gathered from LexMachina)
The profoundly low number of new petitions is not a reason to discount the power of CBM review and its benefits over other AIA proceedings.
If you are facing an infringement suit regarding financial services or products, you should evaluate whether the patent underlying those allegations may be ripe for CBM review. CBM allows a far broader range of invalidity challenges, including those under §101, and does not have the IPR's one-year time bar. In addition, CBM review opens the door to validity challenges beyond the scope of other AIA proceedings, while still presenting a faster and lower cost alternative to traditional litigation.
We do not know whether Congress will revive CBM review or replace it with another proceeding. Now is the time if you wish to take final advantage of CBM review.
1 President Obama signed the America Invents Act ("AIA") into law on September 16, 2011 and outlined the new administrative review proceedings. However, the AIA did not take effect until September 16, 2012.
2 §18(a)(3) of the America Invents Act, Pub. L. No. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284 (2011) (petitions filed prior to this date will proceed as normal).
3 See 37 C.F.R. 42.301(a).
4 Versata Dev. Group, Inc. v. SAP Am., Inc., 793 F.3d 1306, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2015).
5 See id at 1325-1327.
6 See id.
7 See, e.g., Unwired Planet, LLC, v. Google Inc., 841 F.3d 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (holding that "a novel light bulb that is found to work particularly well in bank vaults does not become a CBM patent" and that merely disclosing financial aspects in the specification is not enough if those aspects are not tied to the claims).


I don't think I've ever gone walking on Christmas Eve before – I'm usually up to my eyes in icing sugar and marzipan, putting the finishing touches to the Christmas cake or wrapping up the last few presents – but this year I felt a strong pull towards the outdoors, towards the woods. Shenley Wood in particular. It's funny, I've still never been there in the summer. Always autumn or winter, when the trees are at their witchiest and the thick mud tries to steal my boots.
I took my usual route over there, past a tiny children's playground by Shenley Church End. I've never once seen any children playing there, which is one of the reasons why I don't feel too bad about my custom of commandeering one of the swings for a few moments. I was just hopping off the swing, after a few minutes of soaring contemplation, when I spotted something most unusual. A structure built over the roots of one of the tall trees in the park, the ones with the fantastically textured trunks. As you can see from the photographs, it's been put together meticulously and with great care. You might also remember that December '17 was a wild and windy month, and this little – dwelling? – looked as thought it might blow away at the lightest touch of breeze. I crouched down on the cold, muddy grass and peered under the sticks to see if there was anything hidden under there, a treasure or a toy or something darker. But no, there were only a few glossy green leaves under there, at least as far as I could see with the light from my phone. It was extremely dark under there.
I circled that tree and its friends carefully, and looked up into the branches in case I was missing another doll perching there, but not today. Just a neat little stick house at the base of a tree.


Find out how to become a verifier, the training available, and the responsibilities of verifiers under the new Food Act.
If you want to become a verifier, you'll need to apply to become a recognised person or agency.
MPI has developed online training modules for verifiers. The training modules will help verifiers understand their role under the Food Act 2014.
If you are working as a deemed verifier, these training modules will help you understand the changes to your role under the Act. You should complete the modules before you apply to become a recognised person (renew recognition) under the Act.
This is an introduction to the Act, and more in-depth training is being developed.
The Food Act moves from a one-size-fits-all approach, to one that is risk based. This means that high-risk businesses should have to meet higher standards than lower-risk businesses. It also means that verifiers should focus on what is most important for achieving food safety at each type of business.
The Act focuses on outcomes rather than prescriptive measures. Guidelines for verifiers are aimed at supporting them to use their professional judgement.
The Act encourages businesses to take responsibility for food safety in their business, and we hope that verifiers will play a role in educating businesses about what this means.
Who can verify which risk-based measure?
Template Food Control Plans are mainly verified by councils (territorial authorities). Other risk-based measures (RBMs) can be verified by any appropriately-recognised agency or person. This includes local councils and third party verifiers.
Only local councils can verify template food control plans for businesses that operate exclusively in their council area. This is explained in section 137 of the Food Act.
The table shows the risk-based measures that have contestable verification and those that can be done only by a territorial authority. When a measure is contestable it means any agency or person that has gained the appropriate recognition can do the verification.
Custom food control plan Contestable, subject to gaining appropriate recognition. The agency and/or verifier is required to have ISO 17020 accreditation.
Section 39 template food control plan (where a business is in a single territorial authority region and sells primarily directly to consumers) Only territorial authority verifiers. Recognised under section 137 of the Act.
Section 39 template food control plan (where a business is not in a single territorial authority region and/or does not sell primarily directly to consumers) Contestable subject to gaining appropriate recognition.
Section 40 template (where a business uses an industry-generated template approved by MPI) Contestable subject to gaining appropriate recognition.
National programme Contestable subject to gaining appropriate recognition.
Provide a verification letter to the business.
Businesses using a third party verifier will need to include a letter from their chosen verifier or agency when they apply for registration.
If a business contacts you, and you want to work with them, provide them with a letter to say you will verify them. You don't need to know an exact date for the first verification.
If you are the registration authority and the verifier, you don't need to provide a letter.
Check the business details, their compliance history, and schedule a visit.
Check what type of business you are verifying and what risk-based measure this falls under. If they are operating under a custom food control plan request a copy of the plan from the business.
Find details in the food business Public Register, or your own records. If the business is multi-site, ensure you know what operations each site is responsible for.
You can also find food registration business details in Titiro. This is the online system developed by MPI to assist with verification activities and to capture your verification results. You need to register to use Titiro.
The first verification of a multi-site business must include every site. For subsequent verifications, you can select a sample of sites to verify. You can use the outcome of the sample verifications to determine the outcome for other sites that were not verified and are covered by the same risk-based measure.
Check the business compliance history by reading their previous verification report. The registration authority should let you know of any enforcement activity undertaken between verifications (or you can request this). This should help inform what you focus on during the verification.
If the business is in a sector you are not familiar with, or uses processes that you do not fully understand, you may need a technical expert's support during the verification.
For subsequent verifications, schedule according to the verification step in the most recent verification report. If you are taking over verification of an existing business, you should contact the business for a copy of their most recent report.
Verifiers should give businesses reasonable notice of a verification, and work with them to schedule a mutually convenient time. The appointment should be at a time that allows you to see the business up and running, but also allows the operator and key staff to engage in the verification. So, don't go when the business is closed, or at the busiest time of the day.
Determine the scope of the verification.
Consider the type of business, their previous compliance history, and topics required by MPI.
High-risk businesses have to meet higher standards than lower-risk businesses. You should focus on what is most important for food safety at each type of business.
What's required for a National Programme business may be different from what's required of a Food Control Plan business, even when the same topic is being checked. For example, cleaning is required of all businesses, but sanitising is not. National Programme businesses don't need written procedures.
We have compiled a list of verification topics to help you know what to check when you verify a business.
MPI has developed the top 5 food safety factors for each type of business that will move to the new law in the first year (between 1 March 2016 and 30 June 2017).
The top 5 food safety factors for the relevant sector should be the key focus of your verification.
Add to the list of topics to be verified based on the information you gathered in the preparation stage (such as previous verification findings or compliance actions). You should cover enough topics to give you confidence that food will be safe and suitable, and consider covering different topics from the previous visit.
The verification topic mapping documents will help you understand what each topic means.
You can also find verification topic information in Titiro. This is the online system provided by MPI to assist with verification activities and to capture your verification results. Titiro provides you with descriptive text on each topic as you verify, and also indicates which topics are considered mandatory or 'top 5'. You need to register to use Titiro.
What you need to do when carrying out a verification.
Let the business owner or staff know who you are and why you are there (even if you arranged the appointment with them). Set expectations for the verification. Let them know what you will be checking and what will happen if you identify something that must be changed or fixed.
Explain when you need to report your findings to a food safety officer (escalation). If you are also an officer, explain what will happen if you need to switch from a verifier to an officer role. Present your warrant if switching to an officer role.
the appeals and complaints procedure.
If relevant, discuss follow-up to any issues that were identified at the previous audit. You should also find out whether they have made any changes to their operation or key personnel since the last audit. Tailor your approach according to the level of experience the business has with the verification process.
Look through their Food Control Plan, if they have one, or check any written procedures they are using. Note, those businesses on a National Programme do not have to have written procedures. In many cases you can complete this part of the verification before your visit.
ask to see the records required by the food control plan or national programme regulations.
Remember that the purpose of verification is to 'check the truth'. Use a combination of all of the above (what you see and what you hear) to learn whether the food business is taking the right steps to produce safe and suitable food. We are looking for 'safe and suitable food' rather than just compliance.
Use your professional judgement. Based on what you see on site, you can add topics to the scope of verification if you think necessary to confirm the business is doing what is needed.
You'll need to say if any corrective actions are needed. Then determine the overall outcome of the verification – either acceptable or unacceptable.
When using Titiro to enter your verification results, either manually or from a file, the system will automatically calculate a score for you using MPI's verification scoring matrix. Based on that score, it will also calculate a suggested outcome which you can override. The purpose of the scoring matrix and the suggested outcome are to help us better calibrate verification outcomes nationally. So if you override an outcome, you may wish to review why, and whether you need to adjust how you apply topics and outcomes.
Let the business know what they are doing well, as well as discussing any areas they need to improve.
say if any corrective actions are needed (required for every non-compliant outcome and may be required for non-conforming outcomes).
agree on a plan to address the issues, including setting reasonable timeframes. Typically the plan should be agreed within 48 hours.
When using Titiro to record your verification results, you'll also be able to enter the agreed dates for any corrective actions, plus additional detail if the agreed dates are not met.
Do not instruct the business what they must do to correct any problems. Instead, help them to work through some options for corrective actions. Let them decide which corrective action is best for them.
If the business disagrees with anything, remind them of the dispute process.
Finally, tell the business when you'll next visit.
The timing of the next verification will be based on the risk-based measure, the current frequency, and the outcome of the verification.
Use our verification frequency guidance to help decide which verification step a business should be on, and when their next verification will be due.
When using Titiro, the system will calculate a proposed next verification date for you, once you've determined the outcome and performance-based verification (PBV) step.
Send a report with the results of your visit.
You can use MPI's verification report template to report on verification results.
the verification step they have been placed on and the proposed date of the next verification, noting that this does not prevent an unscheduled verification.
You must inform the relevant registration authority of unacceptable outcomes or critical non-compliances. Where MPI is the registration authority, please report critical non-compliances straight away. A critical non-compliance is one that is likely to pose an immediate threat to people's health. To report a critical non-compliance, contact MPI Food Compliance at food.compliance@mpi.govt.nz or call 0800 00 83 33. All other unacceptable outcomes can be reported via your regular monthly reporting of verification data.
The following non-compliances should also trigger an escalation from verification to enforcement. If you work for the registration authority, discuss with a warranted food safety officer or take action yourself (if you are a warranted food safety officer). Food safety officers will assess whether an offence has been committed and what action is needed.
Failure to be verified – for example, a business won't provide the necessary paperwork when you are doing a verification.
Recurring issues – the same non-compliance seen several times, or ongoing non-compliance across a range of issues leading to a loss in confidence in the operation. For example, a business repeatedly fails to prove that they are meeting critical control point requirements (such as poultry being cooked to 75 degrees Celsius) because their record-keeping is not up-to-date).
Check that the business has taken effective corrective action within an acceptable period of time. Evidence of completing a corrective action can usually be sent by email or post, but for serious non-compliances, you may need to check at the business premises.
Note: A follow-up visit to confirm corrective action is part of the original verification – it is not a new verification.
Verification results must be recorded in Titiro, our system for capturing and reporting on verifications and enforcement outcomes.
You can either enter the results of a verification directly, using the online form, or you can choose to upload your verification results in bulk.
You must supply Titiro with the verification data of all verifications carried out under the Food Act 2014.
Businesses with a deemed food control plan (on the voluntary implementation programme or with a food safety programme) are not held in Titiro. If you are verifying a business or site with a deemed food control plan, supply the data to MPI using the spreadsheet for monthly verification reports.
You must send the spreadsheet to MPI within 10 working days from the end of each calendar month.
Use Titiro to record verification for businesses registered under the Food Act 2014 (and entered into MAPS).
MPI is also developing guidance that will explain how we will monitor council and third-party verification activities, and what you'll need to report to MPI.


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許振榮先生
Professor Chen-Jung Hsu (1918-1988) was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1918. Taiwan was then a Japanese colony. In 1941 Professor Hsu graduated from Tohoku Imperial University and worked in Japan until the end of the second world war. He came back to Taiwan in 1946 and joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics in the National Taiwan University (known as the Japanese Taihoku Imperial University previously).
The department started almost from scratch consisting only of a few mathematicians. During those difficult years of heavy teaching duty and harsh living conditions, Professor Hsu was one of few mathematicians in Taiwan who still kept doing research. Around 1960 he published a series of papers in Tohoku Mathematical Journal establishing the fundamental theory of what are later called Sasakian manifolds. Even before in the forties, he already published papers on his lattice theory in top journals including the Annals of Mathematics.
He was the first serious research mathematician from Taiwan. From 1965 to 1983 he was a professor at the Kansas State University. In 1981 he accepted the offer of the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica as a research fellow and retired there in 1988. He was one of the founders, not only of the mathematics department, but in fact also of the entire mathematics community of Taiwan. Professor Hsu cared about the next generations of mathematicians in Taiwan, and had played substantial role in shaping the careers of many Taiwanese mathematicians after him. Professor Hsu remained a modest and generous man throughout his life. These two great attributes remain part of his family legacy even after his death.
In memory of the great contributions of Professor Hsu to the mathematical development of Taiwan, the Mathematical Society of Taiwan and the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica decided to establish Chen-Jung Hsu Lectures starting from 2011. The Society and the Institute plan to invite an outstanding world class mathematician to deliver a lecture series every year. These annual events are sponsored by the Institute of Mathematics and funds of the Society coming from donations of the Hsu family.
生平
"令人懷念的園丁學者"
幾何學講義集
基金捐贈典禮照片集
基金捐贈典禮影片
許振榮講座簡介
Cheng-Jung Hsu Lecturers
2011 - Kenji Fukaya
2012 - Clifford Taubes
2013 - Richard Schoen
2014 - Nigel Hitchin
2015 - Cédric Villani
2016 - Shigeru Mukai
2017 - Maria Chudnovsky
2018 - Yuval Peres
2019 - Haruzo Hida
中央研究院數學研究所
Institute of Mathematics Academia Sinica