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12 October 2020 Reed Smith Client Alerts
A timely reminder: The new EU FDI screening rules apply from 11 October 2020
Home Perspectives A timely reminder: The new EU FDI screening rules apply from 11 October 2020
The EU Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation (Regulation 2019/452) (FDI Screening Regulation), which entered into force in April 2019, applies from 11 October 2020. It introduces the first EU-wide foreign investment screening cooperation mechanism and allows the European Commission and Member States to comment on foreign investments taking place in other Member States. Since its adoption in April 2019, Member States have significantly tightened their FDI screening regimes and are continuing to do so, and the European Commission calls upon Member States without FDI regimes to follow suit. The new rules will increase scrutiny of foreign investments into the EU in strategic industry sectors, infrastructures and key future technologies, result in longer and more complex reviews and increase the number of investments that will be subject to investment screening. The new EU FDI screening framework complements the European Commission's existing powers to review foreign investments under EU merger control rules and sector-specific regulation (including the EU's Third Energy Package applicable to investments in EU energy infrastructure). EU FDI screening will be the responsibility of the new Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, in charge of the EU's offensive and defensive trade tools. It is therefore to be expected that the FDI policy of the European Commission will be guided by the broader EU trade policy objectives, including the recently endorsed 'open strategic autonomy'.
Authors: Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Yves Melin Isabelle Rahman Max Seuster Jin Woo Kim
Key impact for investors
Foreign investments in strategic sectors in the EU are subject to increasingly tighter foreign direct investment (FDI) screening. The new FDI Screening Regulation establishes a mandatory information sharing system between the European Commission (Commission) and EU Member States (Member States) and allows them to comment on foreign investments foreseen in other Member States.1 Since its adoption in April 2019, Member States have significantly tightened their FDI screening regimes and are continuing to do so.
While the FDI Screening Regulation does not allow the Commission to block investments or issue binding opinions to Member States and does not harmonise FDI screening across the EU, the new rules will have a significant impact on foreign investments going forward.
More scrutiny on foreign investments – the new cooperation mechanism will increase the exchange of information between the Commission and Member States, and the Commission and national authorities will become more aware of transactions and can ask for substantial information on a transaction being reviewed in another Member State. In practice, it is expected that businesses will increasingly lobby the Commission to actively engage (and 'intervene') in Member States' review of foreign investments by competitors.
Longer review periods – national foreign investment screening mechanisms must take into account the period when other Member States provide their comments and the Commission issues a non-binding opinion to the Member State carrying out the investment screening. This means, in practice, that an additional minimum of 35-50 days needs to be factored into the review timetable and corporate documentation (long-stop dates, etc.). Investors are therefore advised to consider foreign investment issues early to mitigate any delays.
More investments subject to screening – Member States have been tightening their FDI regimes and continue to do so, and several Member States without an existing screening regime in place are likely to follow suit shortly.
Investors will therefore increasingly face a dual-track system of merger control and foreign investment review. Planned acquisitions by competitors (or competing bidders) can also be brought to the attention of the Commission and of the Member States' authorities anytime these investments present risks to the EU's interests and security or other Member States' security or public order.
The new EU FDI screening framework is only one of the Commission's tools to ensure that foreign investments do not run counter to the level playing field in the EU. It complements the Commission's existing powers to review foreign investments under EU merger control rules and/or sector-specific legislation, such as the Third Energy Package applicable to foreign investments in EU energy infrastructure. Furthermore, in June 2020, the Commission published a White Paper on Foreign Subsidies in the Single Market proposing additional tools to control, amongst others, acquisitions of EU companies that have been facilitated by foreign subsidies (the Commission aims at publishing draft legislative proposals in the first half of 2021). (See our previous alert for a detailed analysis of the White Paper and its impact on future M&A transactions.)
The EU's new FDI screening framework will be the responsibility of the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer (CTEO), a member of the Commission's DG Trade. The CTEO is in charge of the main offensive and defensive tools of the EU's trade policy. (See our previous alert for detailed analysis on the CTEO.) The CTEO's assessment of foreign investments under the new scheme is likely to be impacted significantly by the EU's trade negotiations and its trade disputes with third countries, as well as the EU's broader trade policy objectives, including the open strategic autonomy proposed by the Commission and recently endorsed by the Member States. (See the conclusion of the Council meeting of 2 October 2020, where the Member States call on the Commission to "identify strategic dependencies … and to propose measures to reduce these dependencies, including by diversifying production and supply chains, ensuring strategic stockpiling, as well as fostering production and investment in Europe".)
More than ever, foreign investors are advised to monitor developments closely and engage in early planning of investments to anticipate feasibility risks and develop an effective strategy for succeeding in bidding processes and securing the necessary foreign investment, merger control and other regulatory approvals for their investments.
Background: key features of the EU's FDI Screening Regulation
The key features of the FDI Screening Regulation2 are:
The FDI Screening Regulation creates a cooperation mechanism between the Commission and the Member States to exchange information and raise concerns related to specific investments in strategic industry sectors, infrastructures and key future technologies. The Commission and each Member State have established contact points to facilitate cooperation and communication, supported by a secure and encrypted system to exchange information on foreign investment transactions.
Under the new EU screening framework, the Commission has the power to issue a non-binding opinion if (i) an investment poses a threat to the security or public order of more than one Member State, or (ii) an investment is likely to affect projects or programmes of Union interest. The EU strategic projects are listed in the Annex of the FDI Screening Regulation and currently include EU programmes for energy, transport and telecommunication networks (TEN-T, TEN-E, Trans-European Networks for Telecommunications); for the defence and security sector (EU Defence Industrial Development Programme, PESCO, Preparatory Action in Defence Research Programme); in the field of space, surveillance and tracking (Galileo, EGNOS, GovSatCom); for research and innovation (Horizon 2020); and for fusion energy (Joint Undertaking for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)). While the Commission will have no direct powers to block transactions, it may nonetheless have the opportunity to 'influence' the outcome of foreign investment screening by issuing an opinion to a Member State, and the Member State concerned must take "utmost account" of the Commission opinion. This is likely to cause more and closer scrutiny of foreign investments and longer and more complex reviews going forward. (See also our previous alert for detailed analysis on the FDI Screening Regulation.)
When they consider that the investment will affect their security or public order, Member States can also provide comments to the Member State reviewing an investment. The reviewing Member State must give due consideration to such comments.
It is important to note that Member States and the Commission may even provide comments where the Member State in which the investment takes place does not have a screening mechanism or is not conducting a screening, and the Member State must take these into account and "consider […] available options, in full compliance with Union law and international obligations".3
The new EU rules lay out a non-exhaustive list of factors that could trigger a screening process on the grounds of security or public order, thus expanding the scope of investments to be reviewed. This list includes, inter alia:
Critical infrastructure (energy, transport, water, health, communications, media, data processing or storage, aerospace, defence, electoral or financial infrastructure and sensitive facilities).
Critical technologies and dual use items (artificial intelligence, robotics, semiconductors, cybersecurity, aerospace, defence, energy storage, quantum and nuclear technologies, as well as nanotechnologies and biotechnologies).
Critical inputs (energy, raw materials and food security).
Access to sensitive information (personal data).
Media freedom and pluralism.
The FDI Screening Regulation further mandates certain basic requirements for Member States that choose to introduce a screening mechanism at the national level: (i) transparency and non-discrimination between third parties; (ii) established timeframes for screening; (iii) protection of confidential information; and (iv) possibility of judicial redress against the Member States' decisions.
Continuous tightening of FDI screening across the EU
Since the FDI Screening Regulation entered into force on 10 April 2019, Member States have significantly tightened their national foreign investment screening regimes, by (i) widening the screening scope by adding new sectors subject to review; (ii) lowering the thresholds that trigger investment screening; (iii) expanding disclosure obligations; (iv) extending statutory timelines for authorities to review investments; and (v) introducing new civil, criminal or administrative penalties for not fulfilling or circumventing notification and screening obligations.
More recently in July 2020, for instance, the German government introduced for the first time a standstill obligation linked to a criminal sanction and administrative penalty. (See our previous alert for detailed analysis of the recent changes to the German screening mechanism.) Meanwhile, in Romania, the government has only recently proposed a new FDI regime, under which all transactions that meet an investment value in excess of €2 million must be notified and are subject to a standstill obligation, and which is expected to enter into force shortly. Foreign investment reviews have also been tightened (or changes announced) in other Member States, including Belgium, France, Italy, Slovenia and Spain, as well as the UK (see previous alert). Today, there are a total of 14 Member States (plus the UK) with FDI screening regimes in place.4 Any new regimes or amendments to existing regimes must be notified to the Commission within 30 days of the entry into force of the newly adopted rules, and the Commission regularly publishes the updated list of national screening mechanisms.
The increasingly tightened national regimes are also the result of the Commission's continuous pressure on Member States to tighten their national FDI review.
In March 2020 and in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Commission issued new guidance on foreign investment screening in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis.5 Highlighting that critical EU industries are subject to an increased risk of foreign takeover in the COVID-19 crisis, the guidance outlines how Member States can use the new FDI Screening Regulation and other EU rules to address this risk of foreign takeover. In its guidance, the Commission calls upon Member States with existing FDI screening mechanisms to make full use of them and, where appropriate, to block investments or impose other mitigating measures.
The Commission further explicitly urged Member States that currently do not have a screening mechanism, or whose screening mechanisms do not cover all relevant transactions, "to set up a full-fledged screening mechanism and in the meantime to consider other available options, in full compliance with Union law and international obligations, to address cases where the acquisition or control of a particular business, infrastructure or technology would create a risk to security or public order, including health security, in the EU". In this context, the Commission's guidance further highlights the possibility under the FDI Screening Regulation for the Commission and Member States to provide comments and opinions within 15 months after the foreign investment has been completed, which could lead to the adoption of measures by the Member State where the investment has taken place, including necessary mitigating measures. In other words, a foreign investment completed, for instance, in March 2020 could be subject to ex post comments by Member States or opinions by the Commission as from 11 October 2020 (date of full application of the FDI Screening Regulation) and until June 2021 (15 months after completion of the investment).
Interestingly, the Commission's guidance also encourages Member States to look carefully at acquisitions that fall outside the scope of the FDI Screening Regulation, namely certain minority shareholdings that confer certain rights under national law (e.g., 5 per cent), assess whether they could be relevant in terms of security or public order and, if so, impose restrictive measures. In addition, the Commission encourages Member States to acquire so-called golden shares, enabling them to block or set limits on certain types of investments in certain companies. Any such restrictive measures by a Member State would need to be in line with the EU rules on freedom of capital and be suitable, necessary and proportionate to attain legitimate public policy objectives (including public policy, public security and public health).
At the same time, the Commission is seeking to expand its powers under the FDI Screening Regulation. In July 2020, the Commission amended the list of projects or programmes of EU interest in the Annex to the FDI Screening Regulation on the basis of which it can issue opinions where it considers any such project or programme to be likely affected by the foreign investment. Besides EU programmes for energy, transport and telecommunication networks (TEN-T, TEN-E, Trans-European Networks for Telecommunications), Horizon 2020 and Galileo, the amended list6 now also includes three additional EU projects, namely Preparatory Action on Preparing the new EU Governmental Satellite Communications (GovSatCom) programme (space surveillance and tracking); Preparatory Action on Defence Research (defence); and European Joint Undertaking for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) (fusion energy). This shows that the Commission is continuously monitoring the scope and application of the FDI Screening Regulation and, where possible, is prepared to expand its powers under the new FDI regime going forward.
The new EU FDI screening regime is fully applicable and operational from 11 October 2020. Foreign investments in the EU will be subject to an increasingly complex 'patchwork' of foreign investment screening regimes with different jurisdictional regimes and notification requirements, as well as a reformed and more onerous EU framework. The new EU rules will allow the Commission to actively monitor foreign investments across the EU and intervene where foreign investments affect security or public order in more than one Member State or are likely to undermine projects or programmes of Union interest. It remains to be seen how the Commission will apply its new powers and prioritise its screening efforts in practice. In its March 2020 guidance, for instance, the Commission emphasised that foreign investments in EU undertakings that have received funding under projects of EU interest, such as Horizon 2020 and in particular in the health sector, will be subject to close scrutiny by the Commission. Arguably, not all of these acquisitions of EU companies that receive funding will necessarily affect or undermine the EU's strategic project at stake, in particular in projects that involve parallel funding for a large number of other beneficiaries (besides the target company) or where the target-specific funding is insignificant in total value.
Despite the FDI Screening Regulation and as highlighted in a recent report by the European Court of Auditors,7 there is no uniform and consistent approach to foreign investments across the EU (Member States in which the investment is planned or completed retain the final responsibility to approve investments or impose measures; national mechanisms vary in scope; and several Member State do not (yet?) have a system in place) and there remain significant differences in economic interests (and needs) amongst EU countries. It will therefore need to be seen whether the application of the new EU screening regime will in practice result in a more systematic, coherent approach to foreign investment. For the time being, investors therefore remain exposed to a patchwork of national regimes, a more onerous EU framework and a more interventionist appetite by the Commission when investments potentially affect the security or public interest of more than one Member State or projects or programmes of EU interest.
The new EU FDI screening framework is only one of the Commission tools to ensure that foreign investments do not run counter to the level playing field in the EU. It complements the Commission's existing powers to review foreign investments under EU merger control rules and/or sector-specific legislation, including the EU's Third Energy Package applicable to foreign investments in energy infrastructure. Furthermore, in June 2020, the Commission published a White Paper on Foreign Subsidies in the Single Market proposing new additional tools to control, amongst others, acquisitions of EU companies that have been facilitated by foreign subsidies.8 It plans to put forward a specific legislative proposal on foreign subsidies in the first half of 2021 and, if adopted, the new regime would add red tape to foreign investments in the EU that are financed by foreign subsidies. (See our previous alert for detailed analysis of the White Paper.) Finally, the EU's new FDI screening framework will be the responsibility of the CTEO, in charge of the main offensive and defensive tools of the EU's trade policy. The CTEO's assessment of foreign investments under the new scheme is likely to be impacted significantly by the EU's trade negotiations and its trade disputes with third countries, as well as the EU's broader trade policy objectives, including the open strategic autonomy recently endorsed by the Member States.
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See also European Commission, EU foreign investment screening mechanism becomes fully operational, press release dated 9 October 2020.
Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (OJ L 79I, 21.3.2019, pp. 1–14).
See European Commission, Guidance to the Member States concerning foreign direct investment and free movement of capital from third countries, and the protection of Europe's strategic assets, ahead of the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/452 (FDI Screening Regulation), C(2020) 1981 final, 25 March 2020.
As of 7 October 2020, the following 14 EU Member States had national investment screening mechanisms (besides the UK): Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain. See overview available at https://trade.ec.europa.eu/
European Commission, Guidance to the Member States concerning foreign direct investment and free movement of capital from third countries, and the protection of Europe's strategic assets, ahead of the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/452 (FDI Screening Regulation), C(2020) 1981 final, 25 March 2020.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1298 of 13 July 2020 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (OJ L 304, 18.9.2020, p. 1–3).
European Court of Auditors, The EU's response to China's state-driven investment strategy, Review No 03 (September 2020).
European Commission, "White Paper on levelling the playing fields as regards foreign subsidies", COM(2020) 253 final.
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Q: "Invalid token." during Verifying ResetPassport and ConfirmEmail Methods of UserManager in ASP.NET Web API I made the method to get a reset token and reset the passport in a single route it works fine for the single route as below:
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Q: Ajax GET throwing 404 errors in Chrome Console This is not effecting my page or output but I was wondering if someone can explain why this is happening:
Here is my Ajax:
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Everything works fine but when I inspect element and look in the console all the images from the incoming HTML all add the path to my website. Here is an example:
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I am just curious if there is a way to get rid of these or if I am stuck with them. OR if I am doing something wrong...
Works fine in Chrome and IE8...
The output will only be seen in IE8 on an Intranet site...
Let me know if I can provide more details?

A: First of all, should you be wrapping html twice? Instead do:
$div = $('.archive', html);

A: What might be happening is that when you get a response back from the ajax call, you're getting a bunch of HTML and that URL (http://mysite.com/webapps/r2ewg/images/diversity_scanline.jpg) is part of it.
If that chunk of HTML is appended to your DOM, the browser will attempt to grab the image.  The browser is probably trying to load the image and getting a 404.  It might not even have anything to do with your jQuery at all.


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Rob Brouse helped save a stabbing victim near Fulton and Canal Wednesday night.
Good Samaritan Helps Save Stabbing Victim From West Loop Fight
The victim was spotted covered in blood, walking on the street near Fulton and Canal.
Published on Sep 14, 2018 2:41PM CDT Pilsen, Little Village, West Loop Primary category in which blog post is published
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WEST LOOP — A good Samaritan leaving work in the West Loop this week is credited with coming to the aid of a stabbing victim who suffered severe injuries in a fight.
Rob Brouse, a bartender at Gibsons Italia, spotted the victim Wednesday night bleeding heavily near the corner of Fulton and Canal, an area just west of where the Chicago River splits into the north and south branches.
Police said two people were stabbed in a fight over money in the 500 block of West Fulton Market at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A 36-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman both were stabbed in the head and neck and ended up at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The woman was reported to be stable. The man was said to be in critical condition, police said.
Brouse found the man walking on the street, shirtless and covered in blood.
"No one else was helping him and I knew he only had two to three minutes left before he would lose consciousness," Brouse said.
He called out to a nearby parking attendant from Gibsons Italia to get a napkin or towel to stop the bleeding, he said.
He then got the man to the ground and applied pressure to his wound, he said.
The man repeatedly asked Brouse if a woman was OK. The woman, the other victim in the attack, was found at 100 N. Clinton.
Brouse says he gave the man first aid for about ten minutes until Chicago paramedics arrived. Police confirm a bystander was helping the victim when they arrived.
"He is a human being," he said. "He needs help. No one else was able to apply first aid."
Police have no one in custody but said they are looking for a man 30 to 35 years old about 5-foot-9 and 140 pounds.
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Scripps Mercy Internal Medicine Residency
Broad-based internal medicine training in San Diego
The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego provides outstanding clinical training for future internists, hospitalists and subspecialists.
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego is the primary clinical education site for more than 50 residents annually from several GME programs. These include the internal medicine, transitional year, pharmacy and podiatric medicine residency programs. We're also a secondary training site for residents from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); Kaiser Permanente San Diego; Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista; and the Naval Medical Center.
Located minutes from downtown San Diego, Scripps Mercy provides care to people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Our curriculum provides a solid educational foundation with exceptional didactics and a culture that promotes professional growth and autonomy. In the inpatient setting, residents train in a busy, high-acuity environment with ample exposure to complex cases and pathology. Our outpatient experience combines core subspecialty clinics, private offices and a true continuity clinic, where residents manage their own panel of primary care patients over the course of three years.
Scripps Mercy's department of medical education, faculty and hospital administration are committed to resident education and success. Our graduates are superbly trained and well-equipped for future careers in internal medicine. Residents have successfully matched into competitive fellowships in a variety of internal medicine subspecialties and landed competitive jobs in Southern California and across the country.
The internal medicine residency program at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego offers a wide breadth of training within a supportive and nationally recognized health care system.
Institutional features
Scripps Mercy Hospital has served central and downtown San Diego since 1890. Learn what else distinguishes Scripps Mercy (and the broader Scripps Health network) from other health care systems in Southern California:
Scripps Mercy Hospital is home to the busiest emergency department in San Diego.
Scripps Mercy is a Level I Trauma Center, one of only six designated trauma centers in San Diego County.
We have a tertiary ICU — one of the busiest and highest acuity in the county.
We're a certified STEMI receiving center and certified Primary Stroke Center.
Scripps Mercy was recognized for high performance in several specialty areas on U.S. News and World Report's annual Best Hospitals list.
For the 11th consecutive year, Fortune magazine named Scripps Health among the top employers in the nation on their annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Program attributes
See what sets our program apart from similar training programs around the country:
High board pass rate
Our rigorous curriculum and didactics help prepare residents for success on the boards. Our three-year American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) pass rate is 100%.
Scholarly endeavors
Scripps Mercy residents have been published in peer reviewed journals and presented at national conferences. Recently, several of our residents were featured in print and online in ACP Hospitalist.
Cardiac limited ultrasound exam (CLUE)
Scripps Mercy offers residents one of the most extensive and thorough curriculums in portable bedside ultrasound instruction.
Our graduates have a high fellowship match rate and have matched into a wide variety of competitive medical subspecialties over the last 10 years. View a list of our graduates' post-residency fellowship positions (PDF, 200 KB).
Procedural skills
Residents regularly perform lumbar punctures, thoracenteses, paracenteses and bone marrow examinations. In the medical intensive care unit (MICU), residents become certified in central venous catheter and arterial line placement. There are also opportunities to intubate and assist with bronchoscopies and transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE).
Multidisciplinary approach
Our Transitional Year Program PGY-1 interns are fully integrated into our rotations, including medicine wards, medical ICU (MICU), float and electives. In addition, we work with pharmacy and podiatry residents and host visiting residents from Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista, Family Health Centers of San Diego, Balboa Naval Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Southern California and UCSD.
Collegial work environment
Our residents are considered colleagues among our medicine attendings and subspecialists. Faculty are approachable, personable and dedicated to teaching.
Medical student partnership with UCSD
Our inpatient teams host third- and fourth-year medical students through our UCSD student training partnership program, and host sub-interns from across the country.
Message from the program director
Our director summarizes how the internal medicine residency program at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego offers trainees an exceptional experience.
From the program director, Stanley Amundson, MD
Dear residency candidate,
Thank you for your interest in Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego's Internal Medicine Residency Program.
With nearly 130 years of service and 750 licensed beds, Scripps Mercy is the oldest and largest hospital in San Diego County. We provide both primary and tertiary care to our patients. We also have a very busy, state-of-the-art ED that is fully staffed and equipped.
We are a Level I Trauma Center, a certified STEMI Center and a certified Stroke Center. Our hospital and its subspecialists are equipped and qualified to perform advanced tertiary procedures. Our tertiary care ICU is one of the busiest and highest-acuity ICUs in the county. We also have a well-established program for pain management and palliative care.
Our patient population is medically diverse and socio-economically-racially diverse. San Diego is a port city and a border city, which further increases the diversity of our patient and disease mix. Scripps Mercy and Scripps Health have also won numerous national awards for quality care and workplace satisfaction. These include being named to U.S. News and World Report's annual Best Hospitals list and to Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Scripps Mercy Hospital has sponsored multiple residency training programs since 1947, which makes it the oldest non-military residency training program in San Diego County. Our Internal Medicine Residency Program provides broad-based clinical training for future ambulatory care internists, hospitalist internists, classical ambulatory/inpatient internists, academic internists and subspecialists.
Our program was also selected by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to be one of the original Educational Innovations Programs (one of only eight in the country). We have repeatedly earned the maximum ABIM/ACGME five-year accreditation approval. And our alumni continue to achieve after graduation by securing quality jobs, fellowships in multiple subspecialties, academic positions at prestigious medical centers and chief of staff positions at multiple regional hospitals.
Last, but not least, is "location, location, location." San Diego is a great city in all respects. The year-around excellent weather and the many varied and affordable entertainment opportunities that San Diego provides help residents maximally enjoy their time off.
Please take this opportunity to further review our website to learn why Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego is an excellent place to begin your career in the specialty of internal medicine.
Stan Amundson, MD, FACP
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
Residents complete their inpatient internal medicine training at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. Our continuity and core subspecialty clinics are housed across the street at Hillcrest Family Health Centers. We also offer rotations at the San Ysidro Maternal and Child Health Center, and support Audition/Away rotations.
Our primary teaching site, Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego was established in 1890 by the Sisters of Mercy and is the oldest hospital in San Diego County. Based in San Diego's vibrant Hillcrest neighborhood, residents serve a socioeconomically, ethnically and clinically diverse patient population. As the busiest emergency department in the county, a Level I Trauma Center and certified stroke and STEMI center, our residents see a wide variety of pathology and learn to manage medically complex patients. The hospital has a busy stepdown unit along with surgical and oncology floors. And with more than 20 licensed beds, our tertiary care ICU is one of the busiest and highest acuity in the county.
We also host a variety of in-house subspecialty services and advanced procedures, including:
Interventional cardiology, including ventricular support devices and intra-aortic balloon pumps
Electrophysiology cardiology
Endobronchial ultrasound
Interventional gastroenterology, including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS)
Inpatient oncology ward
Scripps Resident Clinic at Family Health Centers of San Diego, Hillcrest
Our continuity and core subspecialty clinics are housed across the street at Family Health Centers of San Diego, Hillcrest (formerly known as Mercy Clinic). This clinic is located in the urban center of San Diego within walking distance of the hospital. Here, residents spend one half-day a week on average caring for their continuity patients, performing outpatient procedures and completing in-depth preoperative assessments.
As part of the ambulatory care and elective months, residents also have the opportunity to rotate through the multiple subspecialty clinics housed here, including cardiology, congestive heart failure, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, pulmonology, nephrology, rheumatology, hepatitis C and HIV.
Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, Fifth Avenue
In 2016, Scripps Health and MD Anderson announced a partnership to create the Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, which provides adult cancer patients greater access to the most advanced oncology care available.
Through this partnership, Scripps MD Anderson is part of MD Anderson Cancer Network, a global collaborative network of hospitals and health care systems dedicated to MD Anderson's mission to end cancer. The collaboration allows Scripps to combine its expertise with MD Anderson's knowledge and capabilities to provide the best possible care for patients throughout Southern California.
During the hematology oncology rotation, residents spend approximately half their time at the Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, Fifth Avenue outpatient clinic, located steps away from the hospital. Here, residents gain exposure to medical oncology, benign and malignant hematology, and perform bone marrow biopsies. Residents see firsthand how Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center uses treatment protocols, standards of care, clinical trials and translational research.
San Ysidro Maternal and Child Health Center
Unique to our program, all residents participate in a gynecology rotation at the San Ysidro Health Center in San Diego's South Bay. Here, residents work directly with an attending gynecologist to become certified in routine gynecologic examinations, such as Pap smears and breast exams.
Curriculum, rotations and didactics
Learn more about the comprehensive clinical and didactic experiences we offer our internal medicine residents.
Cardiovascular limited ultrasound exam (CLUE)
The Cardiovascular Limited Ultrasound Exam (CLUE), our point of care ultrasound (POCUS) protocol, was derived and validated here at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. The program is fully integrated into our curriculum with online modules, monthly didactics and daily bedside rounds.
By the end of their first year, residents can detect left ventricular dysfunction (LVD), left atrial enlargement, pleural effusion, pneumothorax, tamponade, elevated central venous pressure (CVP) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In the second and third years, residents learn advanced imaging techniques and are assigned their own pocket-sized ultrasound device for use throughout their training.
The CLUE curriculum makes the Scripps Mercy resident's bedside exam one of the most clinically powerful diagnostic skills a physician can learn to perform. It also generates a significant amount of clinical research and national attention. View a list of Scripps CLUE-related publications here (PDF, 300 KB).
Each academic year is divided into 13 blocks (four weeks each). Vacations are provided in one-week intervals and are scheduled during elective blocks. Our Transitional Year PGY-1 interns are fully integrated into our rotations, including medicine wards, ICU, float and electives.
Medicine wards
A wards team generally consists of an attending, one senior resident, two interns and a pharmacist. It may also include a podiatry intern, sub-intern and/or a third-year medical student from UCSD. We also host PGY-1 interns from Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista's Family Medicine Residency Program and UCSD's Psychiatry Program. Our call cycle consists of a recurring five-day cycle with three days of "day-call" admitting, one day of "long-call" admitting and one "post-call" day with no admitting. There is no 24-hour call.
Medicine night float
Senior residents work independently to admit new patients overnight, while interns cross-cover teaching patients.
Day float
On wards, an intern and resident cover their respective colleagues on their days off. This creates an opportunity to rotate through all five teaching teams throughout the month. Residents learn to quickly assume care of patients, address their needs and then efficiently transition care back to the native resident the following day.
Medical ICU
Senior residents have a q4 24-hour call schedule with every fourth day off. Interns have day and night shifts but do not take 24-hour call.
Continuity clinic
We offer a true continuity clinic experience where residents care for their own panel of patients throughout their three years of training. Residents spend one half-day per week in clinic (on average) and learn to provide effective, efficient primary care, including preventive medicine, outpatient procedures and in-depth pre-operative assessments.
Ambulatory specialty clinic (ASC)
Senior residents spend a month in the ambulatory setting and rotate through our core subspecialty clinics (cardiology and CHF, pulmonology, nephrology, neurology, endocrine, rheumatology, GI, hematology/oncology, hospital follow-up and dermatology). They also manage the Coumadin clinic.
Away/audition rotations
The Department of Graduate Medical Education is supportive of away rotations, both at local institutions (such as Scripps Green Hospital and UCSD) and institutions across the country.
Research blocks are available throughout all three years of training.
Independent study rotations can be used to prepare for the in-training exam (ITE) and/or the internal medicine board exam.
Scripps Mercy offers a broad variety of excellent elective rotations. The medical subspecialties usually include an inpatient consult service combined with an outpatient experience — either at our main clinic (Hillcrest Family Health Center) and/or a private office. Elective rotations are Monday - Friday without weekend call or cross-covering responsibilities.
Medicine subspecialties include:
Private office primary care
Other specialties include:
Pathology and dermatology/pathology
Inpatient pediatrics
View sample rotation schedule (PDF, 91 KB).
Scripps Mercy offers a structured, academic didactic curriculum that complements our residents' clinical experience. Presenters include visiting guest speakers, local experts and subspecialists, faculty and our own interns and residents.
Morning report is held four days a week. With the support of the chief resident, an intern or resident presents an interesting or challenging case to the house staff, program director and associate program director. We focus on highlighting key points in the history and physical, diagnosis and management of the disease process. Many of our morning report cases have been selected for poster presentation and case reports.
Noon conference
Noon conference is held five days a week with lunch provided. Topics are based on a three-year rotating curriculum, and lecturers include local experts, our own subspecialists and faculty. We aim to cover the broad field of internal medicine and medical subspecialties in order to prepare residents for the Internal Medicine Board Exam.
Some of the longitudinal lecture series held at noon conference include:
Electrocardiogram (EKG) workshops hosted by our electrophysiology (EP) cardiologists
Non-invasive and invasive ventilator management
Point of care ultrasound: Cardiovascular limited ultrasound examination (CLUE)
Multidisciplinary pulmonary and gastroenterology (GI) path (with a featured radiologist, pulmonologist or gastroenterologist, and pathologist)
Morbidity and mortality cases
Intern and resident presentations on topics of their choice
Procedure curriculum including lumbar puncture (LP), central venous catheter (CVC), arterial line (a-line), thoracentesis and paracentesis.
Pre-operative risk assessment
Grand Rounds occur every Tuesday morning, featuring visiting experts speaking on a variety of topics. These lectures are also recorded and available for future reference. Some recent topics presented at Grand Rounds include:
Cardio-Oncology
HIV update for the non-HIV medical provider
Updates in pulmonary hypertension
Hepatitis B management
Asthma-exacerbated respiratory diseases
Internal medicine residents at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego have access to numerous research opportunities within the institution and beyond. Our scholarly endeavors frequently result in significant publications and national presentations (PDF, 250 KB). The Scripps Hub Academic Research Core (SHARC) team, funded by the Clinical Translational Science Award and Scripps Graduate Medical Education programs, supports residents with project navigation, biostatistical analyses and community engagement to promote Scripps trainee and investigator-initiated research.
Residents can pursue up to three blocks of research, which can be split up into different academic years or combined into a longer stretch to allow for completion of more time-consuming projects. In addition to projects at Scripps Mercy, many residents take advantage of research opportunities at other local institutions, including the Scripps Research Institute and UCSD. Our program is also open to allowing residents to work on research projects at other institutions across the country.
Geller research competition
In May of each year, the annual Jack and Sue Geller Research Award Conference allows residents an opportunity to submit entries to the following categories:
Grand Rounds presentations of case reports or original research
Poster presentations of case reports
Medical arts (e.g., music, painting and poetry)
The competition is named in honor of Jack Geller, MD, former director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, and his wife, Sue, who is a professional artist.
Faculty and residents
Scripps internal medicine residents learn and work alongside experienced physicians, researchers and other talented trainees.
The faculty at Scripps Mercy San Diego is committed to resident success and excellence in medical education. Our teaching faculty come from programs all over the country, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, UCSD and our very own Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.
View a complete list of Scripps Mercy Hospital faculty (PDF, 140 KB), which includes nearly 100 full-time and part-time physicians
The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego offers 14 first-year resident (PGY-1) positions each year. Our diverse group of residents come from all over the country and bring with them a broad range of experience.
View our resident highlights (PDF, 150 KB) to see why some of our residents chose Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.
View the class of 2022 (PDF, 200 KB)
View our chief residents (PDF, 120 KB)
Welcome barbecue
We kick off each year with the annual welcome barbecue, where current residents meet and greet the incoming interns. It's usually held at the Mission Bay Aquatic Center where we enjoy water activities and fun in the sun.
Residents dress up for this annual event, held at various local venues throughout the San Diego area.
The location varies each year, but recent venues have included Stone Brewery, the Shout House and 98 Bottles.
We end each academic year with a formal graduation dinner at Paradise Point Resort and Spa, where residents are recognized for their accomplishments.
Our resident wellness committee plans several exciting activities throughout the year, including hiking, bubble soccer and yoga on the hospital rooftop. Our residents also meet up frequently for brunch, beach volleyball, surfing and Padres games.
Post-residency plans
Scripps Mercy has a local and national reputation of producing excellent internists, hospitalists and subspecialists. On average, 40% of our residents pursue fellowship opportunities while 60% choose careers as hospitalists or in primary care. Many of our graduates remain in the Scripps system, while others land competitive jobs in markets across the country.
View a list of our graduates' post-residency jobs (PDF, 41 KB).
View a list of our graduates' post-residency fellowship positions (PDF, 200 KB).
Annual salary (2019-2020 academic year)
PGY-1 resident salary: $56,722
Chief resident salary: $89,749
Insurance, leave and other benefits
All internal medicine residents are provided with an online or print version of Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP). UpToDate is accessible on all Scripps computers and residents can create their own logins for use on a mobile device or at home. All residents also have 24/7 access to the McGuire Health Sciences medical library at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. Two staff librarians can assist with research and journal article retrieval. In addition, there are online journals and links to DynaMed, AccessMedicine, Cochrane Library and PubMed.
A separate educational stipend is available each academic year for use towards books, educational software, United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) step 3, conferences, medical licensure and DEA.
Scripps Passport Card
Residents receive a complimentary Scripps Passport Discount Program card, which offers savings on shopping, dining, travel, movie tickets, theme parks and more.
Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
Insurance plans are provided through Scripps Health. Options include an Exclusive Provider Organization(EPO), Health maintenance organization (HMO) and an optional health care spending account. Residents may participate in the Scripps Wellness Program, which can result in further discounts in insurance.
The EAP provides free, confidential, short-term professional counseling for employees and family members.
First-year residents receive 15 days of paid vacation. Second- and third-year residents receive 20 days of paid vacation. Family medical leave and maternity leave is allotted per the Scripps Mercy house staff manual and Scripps Health policies.
Lunch is provided Monday through Friday at noon conference. Snacks, tea and coffee are available in the physician lounges 24 hours a day. Meal vouchers are provided for overnight call.
Parking is free in the physician parking structure adjacent to the hospital.
Two white coats and five sets of scrubs are provided at orientation. White coat laundry service is provided with weekly pick-up and delivery.
Our categorical, three-year internal medicine residency program offers 14 positions. The Scripps Mercy Hospital Residency Selection Committee reviews all applications, weighing academic performance, clinical performance, letters of recommendation, communication skills, motivation and professionalism.
Scripps Mercy Hospital participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). All PGY-1 positions are offered through the NRMP and applications must be processed through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
Use NRMP Match Number 1048140C0
We do not offer pre-match positions
The application deadline for Categorical Internal Medicine is December 16, 2019. We will not accept ERAS applications past the deadline.
Due to the large volume of applications, interviews are by invitation only and distributed through ERAS. Interviews will be held mid October 2019 – mid January 2020.
Candidates must graduate from schools accredited by the Liaison Council on Medical Education and the American Osteopathic Association. All appointments are facilitated through the National Resident Matching Program's Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Applications must include:
Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
Official medical school transcript
Three letters of recommendation addressed according to ERAS instructions, with one of the three letters from a ranking member of a medical school (e.g., department chair in medicine)
USMLE/COMLEX/NBME scores Step 1 and 2. Step 2 scores are not mandatory for application review or interview, but must be submitted by February 1, 2020.
Brief personal statement, which should address the student's educational plans (e.g., fellowship or practice plans for categorical internal medicine applicants, if known)
Proof of graduation from medical school within the past five years
Additional requirements for international medical graduates (IMG)
Candidates who graduate from medical schools outside of the United States must have a valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. In addition, candidates must have a postgraduate training authorization letter from the Medical Board of California and meet strict academic criteria.
In addition to the above requirements for all applicants, any US clinical experience (preferred but not required) must be documented with a letter of recommendation from a supervising physician.
The Scripps Mercy Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program does not offer any form of Visa support.
Fourth-year medical student rotations
The Scripps Mercy Internal Medicine Residency Program offers a four-week inpatient medicine rotation for fourth-year medical students.
More information about the Scripps Mercy San Diego Internal Medicine Sub-Internship is readily available for your review.
To learn more about the Scripps Mercy Internal Medicine Residency, contact crandall.debra@scrippshealth.org.
Visit the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to apply for a residency program at Scripps.


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Former Soviet Union Ranks Poorly In 'Democracy Index'
(RFE/RL) November 21, 2006 -- Britain's "The Economist" weekly has published a new "Democracy Index," in which it ranks 167 countries around the world according to their degree of democracy.
The survey looks at indicators across five broad categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture.
According to the survey, countries are divided into four types of regime: full democracies (28 countries), flawed democracies (54), hybrid regimes (30), and authoritarian regimes (55).
Only 13 percent of the world lives in full democracies, though almost half live in democracies of some sort. Sweden ranks as the fullest democracy, followed closely by Iceland and the Netherlands.
Most countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are either ranked as hybrid or authoritarian regimes. Among the CIS states, only Ukraine and Moldova attain the status of flawed democracies.
According to the survey, Russia is on a "watch list," due to concerns that it could slip from its hybrid status into an authoritarian regime.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are already classified as authoritarian. Neighboring Kyrgyzstan is ranked as a hybrid regime.
The United States (17th place), the United Kingdom (23rd), and France (24th) are near the bottom of the list of full democracies due to erosions of civil liberties. North Korea ranks as the least democratic country in the index.
Democracy In Russia
Demonstrators in Moscow carry a coffin with a television in it to protest government control over broadcasting (TASS file photo)
DO RUSSIANS LIKE THEIR GOVERNMENT? During a briefing at RFE/RL's Washington office on November 15, Richard Rose, director of the Center for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Aberdeen, discussed the results of 14 surveys he has conducted since 1992 on Russian public opinion about democracy and the country's development. He discussed the implications of these opinions for relations with the West and for Russia's 2008 presidential election.
Listen to the complete discussion (about 42 minutes):
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U.S. Election Expected To Chill Relations With Moscow
Are Mayors Next 'Power Vertical' Victim?
Monarchist Nostalgia Remains Powerful
Russian Election Commission Rejects Third-Term Appeal
Romanov Burial May Be Part Of Kremlin Image Campaign
All of RFE/RL's English-language coverage of Russia.
UPDATED CONSTANTLY: Visit RFE/RL's Russian-language website, featuring news, analysis, features, streaming audio, and more, in Russian, from RFE/RL's Russian Service.


Is it time to seek a Minnesota child custody modification? | Sheridan & Dulas, P.A.
Minnesota law allows parents to request modifications to parenting plans when there has been a significant change to the family situation. If you believe that the terms of your custody arrangement don't inherently protect your relationship with the children, now might be a good time to look into adjusting it.
Getting divorced can cause a lot of issues. If you weren't expecting your ex to file, receiving divorce paperwork can be quite a shock. You might have to rush to find a place to live, which may not be an ideal situation for your kids. You could also turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms, such as drugs or alcohol, to help you deal with the stress of the end of your marriage.
That could lead to a situation where the courts do not view you as a stable figure in the lives of your children. That, in turn, could result in an uneven child custody arrangement. The courts will want to do their best to protect your children from the effects of divorce, which could mean allocating more parental rights and responsibilities to the parent with a more stable job or better housing situation.
The parenting plan usually reflects both the current situation and likely future situation of the family involved. However, this doesn't mean that the terms are set in stone. Either parent can request that the courts revisit those terms and adjust them to better reflect your changed family situation. This could mean more parenting time or a larger share of physical and legal custody of your children.
You may have never stopped caring for your children, but you may have been in a position where you didn't look your best to the courts. Minnesota family courts always need to focus on the best interest of the children in any custody case. If one parent appears unstable, that can be grounds for creating an uneven parenting plan that favors the other parent.
Thankfully, once you address those sources of instability, you can always ask the courts to revisit the parenting plan. Generally speaking, the best interest of the children usually involves maintaining positive relationships with both parents. In other words, the courts will consider allocating more parenting time to you if you can demonstrate that you have addressed issues with employment, housing or substance abuse.
Divorce is difficult for a variety of reasons, and it can bring out the worst in many people. The rest of your future relationship with your children should not end up defined by transitory issues during your divorce. If you truly feel like your life situation has improved, it may be time to look into whether it is possible to modify your custody arrangements and parenting plan.


I was born in Thailand, raised in America. Creating something from almost nothing: I find this fascinating! I pick up blank paper and pencil, and with diligent effort there is soon an image – perhaps a whole other world to behold – that previously existed only in my mind, now on paper. I can keep it forever. It feels… like magic. I have discovered that illustration is my ultimate creative outlet.
I currently am raising three artistic children (the oldest of which is now technically an adult!) with my husband of over 25 years.
I am represented by East West Literary Agency. I've been a member of SCBWI since 2011 and won an On-the-Verge Emerging Voices Award for diversity in 2013.
Dow Phumiruk is a pediatrician who has found a passion for illustration. She is represented by East West Literary Agency. She lives in Colorado with her husband and three almost-grown girls. When she isn't teaching medical students or drawing, she can be found hiking on the trails near her home.


Stony Brook University is being granted $150 million, the largest gift in the school's history, according to a published report.
The Simons Foundation's gift, said The New York Times, is the sixth-largest donation ever to a public university, citing The Chronicle of Higher Education.
"I want to thank Jim and Marilyn Simons and the Simons Foundation for their immense generosity," said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is scheduled to hold a news conference on campus with the Simonses Wednesday at 11 a.m., where Cuomo will also announce the school is the recipient of a separate $35 million state grant.
"The gift will have a profound and everlasting impact on the Long Island region and the state, particularly in terms of health care, economic development, and human and intellectual capital," Cuomo said.
The Simonses' gift more than doubles a $60 million donation the couple's foundation gave in 2008. The campus, where James Simons once chaired the mathematics department, hosts the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.
The other state funds, part of the SUNY 2020 initiative, are designed to boost academics and economic development, sources close to the governor said Tuesday.
When it applied for the SUNY 2020 grant, Stony Brook said the money would be used to help fund an ambitious plan to build a sprawling cancer research center, add 245 new faculty and 400 staff, and enroll an additional 1,500 students. University officials touted the plan's potential to help students, improve local medical options and boost the economy.
Cuomo in May had called the Stony Brook proposal "very impressive."
Cuomo and legislators authorized the grant program earlier this year, as part of the state budget. The four State University of New York research centers -- Stony Brook, Albany, Binghamton and Buffalo -- were given the opportunity to apply for up to $35 million each.
To help pay part of the costs, Cuomo and legislators approved a multiple-year tuition hike. It increases tuition at SUNY campuses 30 percent over five years, from $4,970 to $6,470.
Stony Brook has proposed constructing an eight-level, $194-million facility, adjacent to the two towers of the university's medical center.
On Tuesday, Cuomo announced a $35 million SUNY 2020 grant for the University at Buffalo to help pay for a capital construction program.


In this interview, Ruth Sandvik speaks with her daughter Diane about her trip to Alaska in 1940. She and her childhood friend Alice Longworth headed north by steamship to take jobs as teachers in Petersburg. She also regaled us with tales of her life as a young bride and mother, marrying into a Norwegian fishing family.
Ruth blows the whistle on what men really do down in the harbor when they say they are going to "check the boat". She explains how it was she became an Episcopalian, why she feels we should keep Christmas in our hearts every day, and about climbing Petersburg Mountain at the age of 79. This is an entertaining interview with Ruth, who so many people know as the "Purple Librarian".


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For over 35 years, IT&E has been delivering connections that matter. IT&E serves more than 90,000 subscribers on the widest 4G LTE Data Network in Guam and the Marianas. We believe that technology can be used to help people live their best life,
Our story began more than in the late 1970's, when operators still connected calls manually. Today, we have the widest 4G LTE Network in the Marianas and Guam. Ours is a story of technological innovation, exploration and evolution.
Our milestones:
1979 – IT&E Corp. is formed by Jose D. Perez, John M. Borlas and the late Jaime F. Tuquero, selling business telecommunication products and equipment.
1983 – Guam is connected to the rest of the world with long distance telecommunication services introduced by IT&E Overseas.
1994 – The world wide web comes to Guam with the launch of Talaya Internet, which introduces internet access, email, broadband and other related services.
2000 – Communications improve with the launch of PCS Wireless services and the new earth station satellite, which enable more worldwide transmissions to route through IT&E.
2008 – A new chapter of innovation and technological advancement begin. PTI Pacific purchases IT&E and invests $10 million for network upgrades.
2009 – Guam and the CNMI become even more interconnected when IT&E and GTE are combined under the IT&E name. Advancements continue with the launch of our GSM network.
2012 – IT&E launches the regions first LTE network on Guam, with speeds on par with the rest of the world.
2015 – The LTE network is extended to the CNMI.
2016 – Residents experience increased speeds of up to 50+ Mbps with 4G LTE expansion in the Guam and the CNMI.
2017 – CNMI Fiber to the Neighborhood rolls out, bringing high speeds and a new Triple Play Bundle
2018 and beyond – Expansion continues, with more innovation and upgrades to come.


Prebid.js provides tools that allow header bidding video demand to compete with your ad server video demand. Prebid video demand can be incorporated for both instream and outstream video slots.
Instream - Instream video ads serve in-line with existing video content on your page. The ads can serve before, during, or after a piece of video content. As the publisher, you must provide your own video player that can be used to render the ads.
Outstream – Outstream video ads serve separately from any existing video content. Often, outstream video ad units are used to create video inventory on pages that do not include any video content. The outstream video ad is displayed through an associated outstream video renderer, which usually ingests configuration options that control the user experience. (For example, the outstream video player can be configured to expand within a text body on-page when in view, and collapse when the video is finished).
Here's a high-level overview of the steps required to start using Prebid.js for video demand.
For implementation details, see Getting Started with Video for Prebid.js.
Prebid sends bid requests. Prebid.js code loads within the page header and sends a bid request to each video demand partner included on a given Prebid video ad unit.
Demand partners respond. Each response includes the bid price and the video creative in the form of a VAST tag URL which returns a VAST XML wrapper. This video creative will be rendered by the video player if the bid is selected in the ad server.
Prebid creates new master video ad server tag URL. Prebid combines an existing video ad server tag with Prebid key-value targeting pairs to create a new master video ad server tag URL. This URL will be passed into the video player.
Video player calls ad server. The video player loads the master video ad server tag URL, which makes a call to the ad server.
Ad server matches Prebid.js key-value pairs to a pre-configured line item.
Video player renders the video from the winning bidder. a. The master video ad server tag URL returns a VAST XML wrapper containing the Prebid.js video creative. b. The Prebid.js video creative returns a VAST XML document containing the cached video bid, which was returned by the Prebid demand partner in its bid response. c. The demand partner's VAST tag URL is rendered in the video player.
Prebid sends request to demand partners. Prebid.js code loads within the page header and sends a bid request to each video demand partner included on a given Prebid video ad unit.
Prebid passes key-value targeting to ad server. Prebid assigns a unique hb_adid to each video bid/renderer combination, and passes this ID to the ad server via key-value targeting (along with other standard Prebid key-value pairs). This ad ID serves the same role for outstream video ad units as it does for banner ad units.
Ad server chooses winning line item. The ad server chooses the winning line item. If a Prebid line item is selected, the Prebid creative is returned. The creative can be the standard call to renderAdor the Universal Creative.
Prebid renders the outstream video. Prebid retrieves the winning outstream video bid and renderer from the ad ID (hb_adid). Prebid renders the outstream video into the banner slot.


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Q: Remove older geoxml3 layers when refresh I have a google map on my web page, and uses geoxml3 to parse the layers (with many placemarks).
There is a timer that will trigger a jquery every 10 seconds to pull the new .kml file. However I want to remove the old layer, before parsing the new layer.
Question: What is the right way of removing/destroying?
I know there is a geoXml.hideDocument();, but that only hides the layer, it does not remove/destroy the layer right? (below is the hideDocument() implementation)
refreshMap() - hide previous layer and show new layer
$.ajax({
    url: url,
    dataType: 'json',
    type: 'get',
    contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    data: "",
    success: function (data, textStatus, jQxhr) {
        if (data['success'] == 1) {
            if (geoXml)
                geoXml.hideDocument();
            var src = data['kml'];
            geoXml = new geoXML3.parser({
                map: map,
                suppressInfoWindows: false,
                singleInfoWindow: true,
                infoWindow: infowindow,
                zoom : false
            });
            geoXml.parse(src);
            geoXml.showDocument();
        }
    },
    error: function (jqXhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        console.log(errorThrown);
    }
});

Even though this works, but my worry is that if it keeps pulling data every 10 seconds, if the page is opened for 1 hour, will it cause any lag? Reason being that the overlays are not actually destroyed/removed, they are still on memory, just that we lose the reference to it (because now reference point to the new layer).
Update
I found some information online, seems like I don't have to worry about this implementation.

"Since Javascript is garbage collected, you don't need to delete
  objects themselves - they will be removed when there is no way to
  refer to them anymore."

A: I have a test case
that effectively does this:
filename="http://www.geocodezip.com/dynamicmarkerkml.php";
geoXml.parse(filename);
setInterval("geoXml.hideDocument();geoXml.parse(filename)", 5000);

Doesn't leak memory that I can see and I have had it running for days (at one point, not recently).


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Q: How to convert byte[] to BitmapImage in Windows Runtime? I've a byte array of images and want to show them in the UI.
My code works, but it takes so much memory and after ~10 images app crashes.
foreach (var cake in cakes)
{
    var bytes = await Helper.GetImage(cake.Url);

    if (bytes != null)
    {
        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            await memoryStream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);

            using (var ras = memoryStream.AsRandomAccessStream())
            {
                ras.Seek(0);

                await this.Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Low, () =>
                {
                    WriteableBitmap writeableBitmap = new WriteableBitmap(120, 120);
                    writeableBitmap.SetSource(ras);
                    cake.Thumbnail = writeableBitmap;
                });
            }
        }
    }
}

The returned bytes value is a full-size image, but I want it as a thumbnail to take less memory.
I see in the profiler Cycle Detected too.
How to get a thumbnail of an image byte array in a more optimized way? What is the problem in my code which causes a memory leak?


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Beazley Foundation's leader is stepping down after providing Hampton Roads with financial backing for almost 2 decades
Richard Bray is stepping down after 19 years leading the The Beazley Foundation. (Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot)
PORTSMOUTH — Growing up in Portsmouth, Richard Bray sat in on many conversations between his mentor Lawrence I'Anson, a judge who rose to serve as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and Fred Beazley, a businessman and philanthropist.
Bray didn't say much as the two men ate sandwiches at Rodman's Barbeque, drove around and checked crab pots while discussing how they could do good in their community. But the conversations had a major impact on Bray, who served as a judge on Virginia's Court of Appeals and has channeled Beazley as he's led his foundation for the past 19 years.
Bray stepped down as president of the Beazley Foundation at the end of June, and its board of trustees hired Chesapeake City Councilman Steve Best to replace him.
For 73 years, the foundation has put Beazley's fortune to use in Hampton Roads, providing funding for various nonprofits, schools, arts programs and ministries. When faced with a difficult decision, Bray said the refrain among the foundation's staff and board is always, "What would Mr. Beazley do?" His answers are shaped by what he remembers of Beazley and learned of him since he died in 1974.
Beazley, who was born in Portsmouth in 1892, only received an elementary school education. As a teenager, he bought a mule and a cart and went door to door selling and delivering coal and oil, Bray said. His business endeavors grew, and he eventually amassed a fortune over about 20 years. Bray said Beazley lost everything in the Great Depression but was undeterred. He moved to Atlanta, got into the cold storage business and rebuilt what he had lost despite the grim economy of the 1930s.
With millions to his name, Beazley returned to Portsmouth and set out to do good with his money. "Philanthropy was not so fashionable in 1940," Bray said. "So Mr. Beazley in that sense was on the cutting frontier."
Best and Bray recalled Beazley's community recreation centers tied to housing he operated to help fund his foundation. Best grew up in the Deep Creek area of Chesapeake and said Portsmouth was the center of the community. "Everybody was familiar with Mr. Beazley at the time," he said.
As Portsmouth became more involved in recreation, all but one of Beazley's centers closed. That center, however, remains open to this day as the Beazley Senior Center at 268 Owens St., offering free fitness and social programs for the local senior citizens.
In 1951, the foundation founded a free dental clinic that averaged 30 patients a day until 2000, when the Portsmouth Community Health Center took over the program, according to "Mr. Beazley's Legacy," a book commissioned by the foundation.
This aerial view shows the Frederick campus as it looked when it became TCC. (Courtesy Photo)
Bray said Beazley's greatest interest was always in helping youth and supporting education, leading him to establish Frederick College — named for his father — along the Nansemond River in Suffolk in the 1960s. When he decided running the school was beyond the means of the foundation, he shuttered it and gave the land to the state's burgeoning community college system, along with $1 million. That became the original site of Tidewater Community College.
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TCC has since moved from that land, but it named its Portsmouth campus — which has a statue of Beazley — and nursing school after him.
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Over the last four years, the foundation has distributed about $2 million per year between the senior center and about 50 organizations and institutions. Recently, the foundation pledged $500,000 to Old Dominion University's College of Health Sciences.
As a private entity, the Beazley foundation cannot accept donations or outside funding — it only operates off of the money Beazley left for it. Bray said the foundation is worth up to $60 million with the money spread out in various investments. Leading the foundation for the last 19 years has been a balance between supporting needs in the community and being fiscally responsible to ensure the longevity of the foundation, Bray said.
Chesapeake City Councilman Steve Best is taking over as president of the philanthropic Beazley Foundation. He's photographed here speaking at a forum for Chesapeake City Council candidates on Thursday, April 5, 2018. (Steve Earley)
Best will be only the sixth president in the foundation's history. He also noted he's the first who did not know Beazley personally, although he has benefited from his giving — Best attended fire science classes at TCC's Frederick campus before embarking on his career in the Chesapeake Fire Department, where he eventually became chief.
Since he can't lean on personal experience when he asks, "What would Mr. Beazley do?" Best said he's taken the time to learn his story. He'll have plenty of guidance as well — Bray will remain with the foundation as the chair of its board.
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CCGs facing 'significant financial risk' after generic drug price surge
Major cost pressure caused by surge in price of some generic drugs
Possible causes include supply constraints and exchange rate shift following Brexit vote
Cost may run in to hundreds of millions of pounds
DH and NHS England in discussions about "potential mitigations"
Clinical commissioning groups are facing "significant financial risk" this financial year due to supply issues pushing up the prices they have to pay for generic drugs.
The exact reasons remain unclear. Potential causes cited to HSJ include the fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit vote, fewer firms producing the medicines, and the relatively cheap price of generics in the UK.
Estimates of cost pressures also vary. Several commissioning leaders have told HSJ it appears it could run into more than a million per CCG, and therefore hundreds of millions of pounds. However an estimate in NHS England's November board papers appears to suggest it may be £50m. It will contribute to a wider underlying significant financial risk.
Mike Dent, pharmacy funding director at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, which represents and negotiates for community pharmacies, told HSJ that the UK has "seen an increase in supply issues with generic medicines since June 2017. Higher prices on these lines [of medications] mean CCGs are facing a significant financial risk".
The PSNC can ask the Department of Health to set a "price concession" for difficult to obtain drugs which allows them to be purchased at a higher rate than the set drug tariff. Drugs on the generic shortage list currently include painkillers, antibiotics and mental health medication, with tariffs set as high as £50 for a pack of 28 tablets, or £69.50 for a pack of 60.
Mr Dent told HSJ: "Generics prices in England are incredibly low compared to most parts of the world. Generics is a global market, so international manufacturers can choose to sell where they will make the best financial return."
Warwick Smith, director general of British Generics Manufacturers Association, told HSJ: "We are a low cost market. If supplies are short, we are not going to be at the top of the list." He said, however, that the driver for the current shortages was "principally" regulatory action against four manufacturers that has stopped production of some medication which he said could last for a "small number of months".
Mr Smith added that: "Exchange rates are a bit of a bugger, as all raw materials are priced in dollars and euros, and the [devaluation] of the pound comes through in the raw material we buy. I've given up guessing on the outcome of Brexit, so that [the exchange rate] could be a short, long or medium term issue depending on your view".
Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG November board papers said that the issue has been "raised nationally" and NHS England and the Department of Health are discussing "potential mitigations" to reduce the risk faced by CCGs. Neither body would confirm if these discussions had taken place or what the expected outcome might be.
Julie Wood, chief executive of NHS Clinical Commissioners, confirmed it was discussing mitigations with NHS England. She said NHSCC was discussing with NHS England whether some savings from another aspect of the medicines budget - known as Category M - should be retained by NHS England, as is currently the plan, or returned to CCGs to mitigate this new cost.
Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG was reporting an in year cost pressure of £1.4m to its own organisation and £5.4m across Worcestershire. Oxfordshire CCG estimates lower costs of £250,000 but said that figure may change in "later months due to the building pressure for 'No Cheaper Stock Obtainable'". Several other commissioning leaders also said the cost pressure for them was more than £1m.
NHS England's November finance paper said there were "further net risks of £550m" to the year-end position of CCGs, including £500m of "underlying deficits", but indicated that "temporary issues with drug price pressures" at least £50m risk.
Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG said that it was "asked" to include the increased generics cost (£0.6m) in its month seven financial position. It added: "If mitigations are not forthcoming nationally the Governing Body should note, and assuming this risk materialises, this will create a significant financial risk to the CCG".
NHS England and the Department of Health have been approached for comment.
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Bond Dickinson is once again recognised as one of the top law firms in England for supporting private clients according to the annual ePrivateClient survey. The survey of over 140 firms recognises those providing the highest quality, professional advice and support to private clients in tumultuous times.
This accolade is the latest in a strong year for Bond Dickinson, who have been ranked top in their specialist fields of Agriculture, Charities, Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate and Contentious Trusts in legal directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 last autumn. The firm has also been shortlisted for Regional Law Firm of the Year at the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards, and Alexander Dickinson has been shortlisted for Lawyer of the Year.
David Dale, Head of Wealth, said: "We are delighted to have been recognised by ePrivateClient as one of the top firms in the country for private client work. It is great to receive this continued recognition; it's a fantastic accolade and is testament to the hard work and dedication of our team. Our thanks must also go to our clients: our foundations are built on putting clients at the heart of all we do and providing them with an outstanding experience."