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|Jan 17, 2006
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|Oct 9, 2003
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|Jun 11, 2002
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|Christopher E. Adams
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|American Coin Merchandising, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (18), Referenced by (8), Classifications (8), Legal Events (11)
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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/458,576 filed on Jun. 9, 2003 (claiming the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/388,076 filed on Jun. 11, 2002) and entitled "An Apparatus and Method for Securely Monitoring the Sales Transactions of Bulk Vending Machines".
This invention relates to bulk vending machines, and, more particularly, relates devices and methods for recording and/or monitoring sales transactions of bulk vending machines.
A variety of vending machines, including bulk vending machines, are known and used. Vending machines normally give a customer the opportunity to select from a variety of items such as chips, candy, pretzels, gum, soda and the like. Bulk vending machines, however, normally hold large quantities of a particular product and do not give a customer a choice between goods (i.e., vend only a single product). Both machine types typically include means for coin operation.
Bulk vending machines are used for the automatic dispensing of a wide variety of products, such as gum balls, nuts and candy. These vending machines come in different shapes and sizes, and are typically fitted with a clear glass or plastic compartment which retains the bulk product to be vended. The typical bulk vending machine also has a coin acceptor and actuating mechanism for the receipt of payment and initiating discharge of product. Plural bulk vending machines are often cited together in a single location, and may even be provided from the manufacturer in a multi-machine access/display assembly.
In operation, the customer places a coin or coins into the coin mechanism of the bulk vending machine and turns a handle (or knob) on the machine, whereby one or a handful of product (depending upon product) in the machine are dispensed down a chute for receipt by the customer. Received coins are stored in a storage compartment where the coins remain until retrieved by an operator.
Bulk vending machines transact one sale at a time at a set price. An owner/operator of the machine is required periodically to maintain and restock the machine and collect the money therefrom, typically manually recording collections from and product resupplied to each machine to thereby maintain a record of sales performance of each of the individual machines. Furthermore, bulk vending machines tend to be sited in remote locations to provide for the sale of merchandise at all hours, without requiring the presence of a sales person. This means that they are often subject to vandalism and/or tampering by users.
The process of monitoring inventory, and calculating, tracking and recording the total revenues for each machine in each location is tedious, time-consuming, subject to both human error and fraud, and has heretofore provided substantially less than a perfectly accurate measure of sales performance. Since many establishments where a bulk vending machine or machines are sited receive a percentage of the revenues collected from each machine, accuracy of the sales performance and documentation of sales is important to an owner/operator of the bulk vending machines sited thereat. Moreover, since owner/operators often utilize independent route personnel for maintenance and collections in a given territory, and/or since other times coll ctions are overseen by managers of the business hosting the sited machine or machines, having independent verification and/or documentation that is secure from manipulation would be advantageous for the owner/operator.
As a partial solution to the foregoing, some vending machines can be purchased or otherwise equipped with a counter to count vending transactions. Where thus equipped, the owner/operator can compare the accumulated count from the counter with receipts collected by contractors, employees or site-based management from time to time (i.e., by going to the machine and independently auditing the count reported on the counter) to ascertain the accuracy of fund collection and reporting. Heretofore known counters for bulk vending machines are easily temporarily disconnected, however, and have been subject to inaccuracy caused by machine user tampering and/or vandalism.
Devices have been heretofore suggested and/or utilized to detect and/or minimize user tampering and/or fraud associated with vending machine sales (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,741,426, 5,339,937, and 4,976,346, for example). Moreover, devices and systems for monitoring sales activity and inventory of vending machines have also been heretofore suggested and/or utilized (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,091,713, 5,930,771, 5,267,171, and 5,963,452, for example). Many such heretofore known systems, however, are not well adapted for use with bulk vending machines, have been directed to addressing only one aspect of the problem (merely detecting use of improper coinage in vending machines, record keeping, remote monitoring, or disconnection of counters for example), and/or are unduly expensive and complex.
One heretofore suggested device (see U.S. Pat. No. 6,050,385) provides a bulk vending machine coin mechanism together with a counter. The mechanism/counter combination is designed to be received into a standard coin mechanism receiving structure in the bulk vending machine. The counter includes a numeric display and a contact switch assembly wherein first and second spaced apart wires are contactable by a conductive element rotatable with the coin mechanism at different locations along the arc of rotation of the coin mechanism during a vending operation. The first wire pair is connected with the display and the second wire pair is connected with a capacitor thereby to count an occurrence of vending and disenable another count until after a charge/discharge cycle of the capacitor. In this way, double counts during a single vending operation are typically avoided.
However, such heretofore known coin mechanism/counter combination records a vend occurrence at the initial rotation of the coin mechanism when the coin is first inserted. No validation vend sequence is provided. Furthermore, the capacitor can be charged by means other than by the wire pair contacts alone. In addition, the duration for which the wire pairs are in connection, and the condition of the wire pair contacts, can effect charging of the capacitor to different degrees. Thus, by "jiggling" the dispensing knob of the machine, contact between wire pair contacts can occur more than once in a given vend cycle thereby causing the counter to be able to erroneously record multiple vends. If the conductive element is moved too quickly by the capacitor discharge wire pair, thus minimizing contact therebetween, the capacitor may remain partially charged. In such case, when cycled to the next vend, a failure to record the subsequent vend may occur since a charge/discharge cycle may not occur. Further improvement is thus justified.
This invention provides apparatus and methods for bulk vending machine sales monitoring that provide readily verifiable, precise and accurate recording of revenues generate by a bulk vending machine and held in the vending machine storage compartment since the last service, while also preventing fraud by both the user of the machine and employees/contractors of the owner/operator. The apparatus records the number of coins inserted and the number of actual real time vends made by the bulk vending machine over a selected duration, and is configured to allow automatic retrieval of sales data from the bulk vending machine in a manner that prevents tampering with either the actual vends data or the revenue generated data (coins received). The apparatus may be installed in a bulk vending machine post production or during production with a minimum of coin receiving and vend actuating mechanism modification.
The apparatus of this invention is adapted for use in a bulk vending machine having a coin shuttle connected to a rotatable shaft, and includes a cam having a single cam lobe adapted to be fit on the shaft. First and second switches are positioned relative to the cam thus fit so that the switches are spaced angularly apart a distance greater than maximum backlash allowed at the coin shuttle, and for contact by the cam lobe during rotation thereof. A communication interface receives signal from each of the switches independently, thereby allowing monitoring of the open and closed states thereof. A verified vend at the bulk vending machine is only indicated upon monitored actuation of each of the switches in order responsive to contact by the cam lobe.
The switches are mounted at an adapter/sensor secureable in the bulk vending machine and including a mounting surface having a shaft accommodating opening located therein. The first switch (a vend switch) and the second switch (a clear switch) are both biased open and located at the mounting surface adjacent to the opening so that contact of the vend switch followed by contact of the clear switch by the lobe of the cam is assured during normal cam rotation to thereby selectively close the switches upon lobe contact. The interface is also located at the mounting surface and connected with each of the switches at separate signal output nodes. A processing unit is located to receive output from the separate signal output nodes and responsive thereto determining and verifying the occurrence of a valid vend at a bulk vending machine.
The method for monitoring sales transactions of a bulk vending machine of this invention provides for positioning the cam on the shaft and locating the switches fixedly relative to the cam for contact thereof by the cam lobe upon rotation thereof. The swithches are positioned relative to one another so that maximum normal backlash of the coin mechanism is less than angular spread of the switches, and are communicatingly connected for output of signals therefrom independently of one another.
The method further includes the steps of receiving a first signal indicative of a first phase of a vend cycle invoked at a monitored bulk vending machine, receiving an unrelated separate first signal indicative of a second phase of the vend cycle, and distinguishing between actual signals indicative of the first and second phases and erroneous signals. Irrespective of additional signals received, a verified vend is acknowledged during the vend cycle only after receipt of the first signal indicative of a first phase followed by the separate first signal indicative of a second phase. Thereafter, a resetting prepares for another vend cycle.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide improved apparatus and methods for bulk vending machine sales and revenue monitoring.
It is another object of this invention to provide apparatus and methods for bulk vending machine sales monitoring that provide readily verifiable, precise and accurate recording of revenues generated while also preventing fraud by users and/or employees/contractors of the owner/operator.
It is another object of this invention to provide apparatus and methods for bulk vending machine sales monitoring that achieve recordation of the number of coins inserted and the number of actual real time vends made by the bulk vending machine over a selected duration, and allow automatic retrieval of sales data from the bulk vending machine in a manner that prevents tampering with either the actual vends data or the revenue generated data.
It is another object of this invention to provide apparatus for bulk vending machine sales monitoring that may be installed in a bulk vending machine post production or during production with a minimum of coin receiving and vend actuating mechanism modification.
It is still another object of this invention to provide an apparatus for monitoring sales by a bulk vending machine, the machine having a coin shuttle connected to a rotatable shaft, the apparatus including a cam having a single cam lobe thereat and connectable at the shaft for rotation therewith, first and second switches fixedly positionable relative to the cam so that the switches are spaced angularly apart a distance greater than maximum backlash allowed at the coin shuttle and for contact by the cam lobe during rotation thereof, and means for establishing signal communication from each of the first and second switches independently to thereby allow monitoring of the open and closed states thereof, whereby a verified vend at the bulk vending machine is only indicated upon monitored actuation of each of the switches in order responsive to contact by the cam lobe.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide a bulk vending machine sales monitoring apparatus including a shaft mountable cam having only a single lobe thereat, an adapter/sensor positionable in the bulk vending machine and having a mounting surface with a shaft accommodating opening located therein, a vend switch and clear switch each biased open and located at the mounting surface adjacent to the opening so that contact of the vend switch followed by contact of the clear switch by the lobe of the cam is assured during normal cam rotation to thereby selectively close the switches upon lobe contact, and an output interface located at the mounting surface and connected with each of the switches, the output interface providing separate signal output nodes for the vend switch and the clear switch, and a processing unit for receiving output from the separate signal output nodes and responsive thereto determining and verifying the occurrence of a valid vend at a bulk vending machine having the apparatus installed therewith based on activity first at the vend switch followed by activity at the clear switch.
It is still another object of this invention to provide a method for monitoring sales transactions of a bulk vending machine having a rotatable shaft extending radially from a coin shuttle, the method including the steps of positioning a cam having a single cam lobe thereat on the shaft, locating first and second switches fixedly relative to the cam for contact thereof by the cam lobe upon rotation thereof, and positioning the switches relative to one another so that maximum normal backlash of the coin mechanism is less than angular spread of the switches, and communicatingly connecting the first and second switches for output of signals therefrom independently of one another.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide a method for monitoring sales related activity of a bulk vending machine that includes the steps of receiving a first signal indicative of a first phase of a vend cycle invoked at a monitored bulk vending machine, receiving an unrelated separate first signal indicative of a second phase of the vend cycle, distinguishing between actual signals indicative of the first and second phases and erroneous signals, and, irrespective of additional signals received, acknowledging a verified vend during the vend cycle only after receipt of the first signal indicative of a first phase followed by the separate first signal indicative of a second phase, thereafter resetting in preparation for another vend cycle.
With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent to one skilled in the art as the description proceeds, this invention resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts and method substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention are meant to be included as come within the scope of the claims.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a complete embodiment of the invention according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:
There is shown in
Mechanism 12 as illustrated herein is one of the standard such units known in the industry (other configurations of mechanism 12 are known and could as easily be adapted for use with the apparatus of this invention) and is conventionally assembled as described hereinbelow except as noted to allow positioning of adapter/sensor (a circuit mounted, etched or otherwise formed on a plate or card) 13 thereat. Mechanism 12 includes a coin plate 17, shaft 18, handle (a user accessible knob) 19, coin shuttle 20 having ratchet teeth 21 described annularly therearound, and pawl 22 engagable with teeth 21 and biased toward engagement at shuttle 20 by spring 23 mounted on spring mount 24. Spring biased cam assembly 25 prevents rotation of coin shuttle 20 absent coin insertion, positioner assembly 26 assures proper coin position in shuttle 20, and coin stripper 27 strips a coin from shuttle 20 (whereupon the coin drops to a storage compartment for later retrieval). Spring biased shaft positioning cam assembly 28 assures (together with ratchet and pawl combination 21/22) proper location of shaft 18, and thus coin shuttle 20, after each vend. Star wheel 29 is conventionally engageable to actuate distribution of product at a vending chute when rotated by shaft 18.
Turning now to the apparatus of this invention, apparatus 9 includes cam 30 bearing a lobe 31, mounted abutting flange 32′ of bushing 32, over shaft 18, with bushing 32 maintained through a selectively positioned opening at adapter/sensor 13. Bushing 32 is press fit in the adapter/sensor opening with flange 32′ abutting the back face thereof. Cam 30/lobe 31 may be separate units or integral, and may be formed separately from the cam 28′ of cam assembly 28 or manufactured integrally therewith. Shaft 18 is axially located through mechanism 12 and cam 30 (cam 30 having an opening therethrough matching the cross-sectional configuration of shaft 18 to assure close fit and stable rotation of the cam with the shaft), with screw 18′ engaging threaded opening 18″ at the end of shaft 18 fit through bushing 32 pressed into opening 37 to, in part, secure the elements together and at front plate 33 of mechanism 12. Mounting plate 34 of adapter/sensor plate 13 is also fixedly mounted to coin plate 17 (using screws and spacer combinations 34′ securable at front plate 33).
As shown in
Switches 35 and 36 are simple on/off switches (i.e., passing a signal when closed but breaking the circuit when open). While interface 39 is illustrated herein as a simple four lead telephone-type jack, other outputs could be conceived of including hardwired interfaces, wireless communication interfaces, different types of peripheral interfaces, or the like, so long as separate output nodes for signal from each of the switches 35 and 36 (independent of one another) are provided (see
Switches 35 and 36 are preferably basic, standard, snap action switches (biased open) commonly available (preferably micro-switches). Such switches have a plunger on top (i.e., a button activator 38) which, when pressed down, makes contact with its contact point. They are designed to have their own positive method of making contact. Such contact is driven and achieved with an applied force for a number of reasons, for example for self cleaning purposes (since every time the contact is made with positive force the tarnish accumulated thereon is removed for a positive connection, for much better positive connection, and/or for easy replacement and maintenance (as switches of this type have a fixed life cycle built into them making it easy to know when they need to be replaced).
With reference to
As can be seen from
In the next phase of operation, rotation of coin shuttle 20 continues resulting in the movement of lobe 31 off vend switch 35 activator 38 causing switch 35 to open (
In the next phase of the method: rotation of coin shuttle 20 continues until such time as cam-borne lobe 31 contacts clear switch 36 and causes activator 38 to close the switch (
During the timing step of this phase, processing repeatedly check the status of clear switch 36 multiple times over the short period. If, at the end of that time, it has repeatedly confirmed that clear switch 36 is in fact closed, then processing recognizes a valid vend event and proceeds to the next step of the method (incrementing counters associated with the microprocessor of processing unit 14 and proceeding to wait for clear switch 36 to open (
The last phase of the method for recording a single vend event (waiting of clear switch 36 to open) includes: continuing rotation of coin shuttle 20 causing the coin to drop out of mechanism 12 into the coin storage compartment of machine 10 and cam-borne lobe 31 to move off activator 38 of clear switch 36 (
As can be seen from the foregoing, processing at unit 14 is programmed to receive the number of vends from adapter/sensor 13. Based on the number of vends, processing is able to determine the number of sales transactions and the amount of money actually collected from each bulk vending machine 10 (more than one machine 10 may be connected with a single processing unit 14 as shown in
A router (an employee or contractor of the owner/operator) maintaining a bulk vending machine 10 thus adapted by the apparatus of this invention uses a portable reader (or PALM) 16 to collect data stored within processing unit 14. As is conventional, reader 16 is provided with any or all of a display, keypad, bar code reader, CPU, memory, a first input communication port (for receipt, for example, of connector cable 51 as shown in
In general, the router places portable reader 16 in communication with processing unit 14 (utilizing cable 51, for example, though other known interfaces may be utilized) and inputs initialization data. The initialization data is basically an identification code for the router or other personnel operating reader 16 (different ID codes may be used for different operators and/or operators having differing levels of access, as would be obvious given the secure nature of the data maintained by the apparatus of this invention as described herein), and, in some cases, an identification code for the location of th particular bulk vending machine 10 being accessed (for example, where a bank of machines 10 are co-located and connected with a single processing unit 14 being accessed by reader 16), an identification code for location of the bulk vending machines within the store, and an identification code for processing unit 14. Under no circumstances can an unauthorized person enter any programming commands that are capable of modifying or altering the information contained and stored in processing unit 14 in connection with total number of vends recorded.
In one embodiment, initialization data is entered using a combination of key pad and bar code technology. The router, store and processing unit 14 have identification tags provides with a bar code identification number. A bar code reader is directed toward a bar code identification number to be input. The CPU of reader 16 verifies that a valid identification code has been entered. Identification codes can be entered by keypad as well.
Upon successful entry of initialization data, and if reader 16 employs the proper protocol, the router continues placing reader 16 in communication with processing unit 14 and enters a command to begin data transmission. In one version of the invention, reader 16 is connected to processing unit 14 for communication via cable 51 connected at one end to communication port 52 (
Upon completion of data transmission from processing unit 14 to reader 16, reader 16 is disconnected from processing unit 14. When desired, reader 16 is placed in communication with a printer, desktop or other computer, tape drive, or the like via its output communication port for transmitting data to another location, storage or hard copy. Processing unit 14 is equipped to detect unauthorized operations attempted by unauthorized entities. Upon detection of such operations, processing unit 14 is locked down to prevent it from transmitting data to a reader 16. Processing unit 14 is unlocked to allow transmission of data only upon receiving an unlock code. A reader 16, while in communication with processing unit 14, is capable of receiving an input unlock code (by keypad entry, for example) which it transmits to processing unit 14. Upon reception of the unlock code transmitted by the reader, validity of the unlock code received is determined, and if valid unit 14 is unlocked to allow transmission of data to the reader 16.
Bench testing and limited field testing have shown that the apparatus and method of this invention are up to 100% accurate. While this system does require some extra wiring to be routed to adapter/sensor 13, it also affords enhanced capabilities (for example, such as sensing whether or not switches 35 and 36 are connected to processing unit 14 or have been compromised, or whether a switch has be active or not for a very long time, as discussed hereinafter). This information in turn can be used to detect tampering, malfunction such a stuck switch, and/or evaluation of product sales.
Turning in more specific detail to processing unit 14 as shown in
The conditioned input signals from interface 61 are provided at buffers 63 whereat signals are further conditioned (static removal and the like, for example) to provide clean digital output signals to microprocessor 65 indicative of vend and clear switches 35/36 activity and to tamper/fault detect circuit 67 of tamper and fault signals from adapter/sensors 13. Circuit 67 is coupled with microprocessor 65 so that any tamper/fault indication at any of the adapter/sensors 13 will cause a flag to be set at microprocessor 65 and so that the location, time and date of the fault or tampering (i.e., the specific adapter/sensor 13 generating the tamper/fault signal) can be specifically identified (microprocessor 65 thereafter reacting as discussed hereinbelow to the tamper event).
Address decoder 69 is connected between buffers 63 and microprocessor 65 to switch signal output on all but the vend output line (which signal output flows directly to microprocessor 65 without intervention) responsive to address output signals provided from microprocessor 65. Network ID circuit 71 is installed at the time of unit 14 shipment to a field installation, and provides microprocessor 65 with information regarding the specific configuration of the system installation (number of machines 10 in the installed network and the like).
Case tamper detect circuit 73 is connected to microprocessor 65 and includes a switch mounted at case 75 (
Microprocessor 65 (for example, an ultra low power mixed signal microprocessor, with 16 bit RISC, having internal flash memory and static RAM, and internal UART communications capability may be utilized) is preferably provided with an internal clock 79. Main and backup power supply 81 provides power signal conditioning and three separate outputs at two different output levels, each active whether main battery or backup battery power is utilized. A relatively high power output (VCC232, a three volt, three to six milliamp output) is provided to RS232 interface 77 to support the higher power requirements of a PALM reader 16. Lower power outputs (VCC and VCCMICRO, 2.4+volt, 10 to 30 microamp outputs) support the remainder of the system. Power supply 81 is configured to preserve low power operation (for long battery life) and seamless switching between main and backup power. Main and backup battery condition is monitored by microprocessor 65.
When the vend signal goes high, microprocessor 65 waits for the signal on the clear line related to that vend line to go low, indicating cam lobe 31 contact with the switch 36 during a second phase of the vend cycle. Again this signal is tested for error for a short duration, and if cleared a good vend (i.e., a completed vend cycle at the related machine 10) is logged and a low use counter (a timer of long duration for indicating frequency or rarity of use of the particular machine) is reset. After the particular clear signal again goes low the routine is reset for reentry to idle mode. If during operations, one or the other of switches 35/36 remains low, the stuck counter continues to run and, after a period, sets a flag indicating location of the stuck switch.
For normal collections (machines 10 restocking, coin removal, and the like), identification as discussed hereinafter is required (using a bar code reader for example), including preferably user identification, store, city and state identification, and rack and rack location identification. Thereafter, general status of machines 10 can be accessed, microprocessor 65 first reporting any tamper/fault flags from circuits 67 and/or 71 or error events (error events subroutine reports system processing errors and the like and error code number, as is common). Any machine low use flag setting is reported, as are any stuck switch 35/36 flags, and monitored battery condition is noted. If low use, a stuck switch or low battery condition are found, a diagnostic routine may be accessed providing specific information related thereto (for example, locations of a specific machine in the rack and the like in the case of low use and a stuck switch). Thereafter, data related to machines 10 use may be downloaded (vend counts, dollars collected, and the like). Tamper/fault and error are again searched for before data is readied for transfer to a reader 16. After display, printing or other transmission of downloaded data, all histories and counts since the last collection are reset, the date of the download is set as the new SLC date, the system is again checked for tamper/fault or error, and the normal collection cycle is completed.
It should be noted, that microprocessor 65 keeps a number of counts related to the accumulated, verified vend cycles noted by the system. Counts of vends since the last collection and historically (all vends since placement of the particular machine 10) are maintained, only the SLC count being reset after each normal collection. These counts maintained by microprocessor 65 are also converted in system to collected dollar amounts (both since the last collection and historically, only the former being reset after each collection routine).
If a tamper/fault flag is noted, the tamper subroutine must be entered. Any time a tamper flag is set, microprocessor 65 will disallow communication with a reader 16 until an unlock code is entered. This code may only be accessed from an owner/operator central authority, and thus forces field personnel to contact the owner/operator of the machine to get the code, thereby alerting the owner/operator to the problem (including the potential for unauthorized machine entry and the like). Entry of time and date of the code indicia is held at microprocessor 65, and thereafter normal operation is resumed.
While not illustrated, it should be noted that various other functions are accommodated in software by processor 65, and highly detailed vending data (times, dates, product levels, use intensity and use, error, access and other histories, for example) is maintained and reportable. As may be appreciated, this invention greatly enhances heretofore known record keeping and security maintenance capabilities as related to bulk vending machines and machine arrays.
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The Bayer Group plans to expand its business in Japan - despite the difficult conditions following the earthquake and tsunami disaster - and continue to grow sales in the coming years as unveiled on the 5th of October 2011.
"Japan has been and continues to be one of the world's most attractive markets for Bayer," said Dr. Marijn Dekkers, Chairman of the Board of Management, at a news conference held Wednesday to mark the centennial of Bayer's Japanese subsidiary.
In the first six months of 2011, Bayer had sales of more than EUR 1 billion in Japan - a year-on-year increase of 4.6 percent after adjusting for currency and portfolio effects. Sales for the full year 2010 came to nearly EUR 2 billion. Dekkers predicted further growth in light of the dynamic market environment: "Over the next five years we plan to grow by an average of about 6 percent a year - after adjusting for currency and portfolio effects - and raise sales to around EUR 2.4 billion by 2015." He also said spending on research and development in Japan is to continue at a high level, totaling more than EUR 500 million over the same period.
Pharmaceuticals account for the largest share of Bayer's business in Japan, where the company currently has 28 products in Phase II or III clinical studies. Bayer has also submitted applications to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for marketing approval for Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) in the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and for VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
In the crop protection business, too, Bayer expects positive development in Japan from new products such as the herbicide InnovaTrio, which was launched in March. It also has two insecticide-fungicide combination products under development that are effective in rice and are scheduled for market introduction before the end of this year.
Business of the MaterialScience subgroup in Japan is also developing favorably in view of rising demand for high-performance construction and insulating materials, especially following the earthquake, and the resumption of growth in automotive production.
Dekkers: Japan has good perspectives for the futureThis year marks the the 100th anniversary of Bayer's subsidiary in Japan. While Bayer dyestuffs had been sold there since 1886, the official establishment of "Friedrich Bayer & Co. Japan" took place in 1911. Dekkers emphasized Japan's importance for the Group's global business: "Japan is more than just a market to us. This country is known for its strong innovative drive, which has been a constant inspiration to us over the years and has contributed significantly to the development of our global business."
Dekkers also voiced great respect for the way the Japanese people and the country's 3,700 Bayer employees have addressed the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in March. He expressed his optimism for Japan's future: "I am convinced that Japan will not only recover but will emerge from the disaster even stronger than before."
Donation for long-term reconstruction project announced At the end of the news conference, Dekkers announced that the Bayer Cares Foundation will provide EUR 700,000 for a long-term reconstruction project. Bayer employees worldwide donated EUR 300,000 for the victims of the Japanese earthquake shortly after the disaster, and the company added a further EUR 250,000. Bayer also decided to scale down its planned 100th-anniversary celebrations in view of the events in March and donate the saving of EUR 150,000 to the relief effort as well. The total amount of EUR 700,000 is now to be made available for a long-term reconstruction project in the earthquake zone.
In addition, Bayer provided extensive emergency aid immediately after the earthquake, first donating EUR 880,000 to the Japanese Red Cross to assist particularly hard-hit communities or individuals in coping with the damage. In addition, the company provided the Japanese health authorities with urgently needed health care products worth a total of EUR 700,000. Bayer's relief aid to Japan now totals nearly EUR 2.3 million.
About BayerBayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. The company's products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time Bayer creates value through innovation, growth and high earning power. The Group is committed to the principles of sustainable development and to its role as a socially and ethically responsible corporate citizen. Economy, ecology and social responsibility are corporate policy objectives of equal rank. In fiscal 2010, Bayer employed more than 110,000 people and had sales of €35.1 billion. Capital expenditures amounted to €1.6 billion, R&D expenses to €3.1 billion.
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I live in the UK, down south, about 40 miles from London, 28 miles from Oxford. It's quiet country where I live but the town of Reading is just 5 miles away.
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Could the crash at TEB be yet another reason that all aircraft should be operating under 121 regulations and if not all traffic how about just any flight that is carrying passengers for hire?
Just out of curiosity and without reading all the individual cases I did an NTSB search between 01/JAN/04 and 02/FEB/02, the only filters being US only and Fatalities only:
Part 133 - 03 records with 03 fatalities
Part 135 - 25 records with 66 fatalities
Part 137 - 07 records with 08 fatalities
Part 129 - 01 record with 01 fatality
Part 121 - 02 records with 14 fatalities
Part 91 - 388 records with 888 fatalities
Again without reading all 426 records and the fact that some are just the preliminary reports there is no reasons why here just numbers.
The safety margin of operating under Part 121 regulations is proven not to mention there are some foreign airlines that are adapting he 121 models from US airlines into their operations guidelines because of that safety factor.


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Aaron Finch had a 97-run partnership with Uthappa to give Pune a flying start (BCCI Images)
Yuvraj Singh scored 15 runs off 11 balls before Siddharth Trivedi picked up his wicket. (BCCI Images)
Rahul Dravid came out to open the innings and scored 58 off just 40 balls with nine fours and a six. (BCCI Images)
Robin Uthappa was the top scorer for Pune as he scored 54 off 41 balls with eight boundaries and a six. (BCCI Images)
Mitchell Marsh played a cameo of 35 off 21 balls with two boundaries and three sixes to take Pune to 178 runs. (BCCI Images)
Kevon Cooper picked up the first wicket for Rajasthan Royals in the form of Aaron Finch. (BCCI Images)
Ajinkya Rahane along with Dravid made a flying start; Rahane scored 67 off 48 balls as Rajasthan beat Pune by five wickets. (BCCI Images)


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|Associated Press: Under Clinton's healthcare plan 9 million more people would be covered. Trump's plan would lose 20 million. And: Canadian single payer healthcare cost is one half of U.S. cost per person. And: Republicans for Single-Payer.>> Still true.>> Cannabis is safer and cheaper. And: No medical debt in countries with single-payer. And: Inside big pharma's fight to block recreational marijuana.
And: Republican Doctors Less Likely to Recommend Medical Marijuana. And: Wages, weed and wind divide Vermont candidates. And: Turkey legalizes cannabis production in 19 provinces. [108].
|Running List Of Women Who've Accused Trump Of Sexual Assault. 2.3.
Marijuana Legalization Brings Massive Drop In Arrests, No Increase In Youth Use Or Traffic Fatalities. And: Where is marijuana legalized? Map of U.S. marijuana laws by state. Upcoming votes too. [109]. And: East Lansing, Michigan OKs pot smoking, possession of small quantities. And: Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes combined.
|Robert De Niro Unloads On Donald Trump With (Almost) Every Insult Under The Sun. 2.
|Trump Denied Ever Sexually Abusing Anyone. Plenty Of Women Say Otherwise.188.8.131.52.
Marijuana on ballot in 2016. And: Register and VOTE!
|Trump tax plan good for the rich, explodes US debt. And: True: Trump's plan would significantly raise taxes on middle class. 234. And: 3.5 million jobs would disappear under Trump tax plan. Clinton plan would create 3.2 million.
Minimum wage on the ballot - Ballotpedia. And: These states will vote on increasing the minimum wage. And: Remember How Republicans Like Trump Said Minimum Wage Increases Hurt The Economy And Cost Jobs? They're wrong. Trump video: "I would not raise the minimum wage." Flip flops. And: Wikipedia: List of minimum wages by country. [110].
|Government Health Plans Spent Over $1 Billion on EpiPens Over 5 Years. And: Senate bill: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act. Much cheaper under single-payer healthcare.
Maine Republican: Don't Raise Minimum Wage, Because Workers Will Just Spend It On Drugs.
Republicans in Congress Won't Let Veterans Access Medical Marijuana After All. And: Great video. Lives are being destroyed by the war on drugs. Democrat Gavin Newsom. And: Gary Johnson Is a Moron (And If You Vote For Him, You Are Too). And: Gary Johnson opposes the federal minimum wage. As governor he vetoed an increase. And: Colorado. Vote "yes": Opposition to minimum-wage increase is stuck in the past. </div>
Local links Edit
.cl links are for Chile.
|Search for marijuana march videos. And more.
|2016, 2015 Global Marijuana March. Crowd photos. Facebook
- Chile. Cannabis-related links.
- MOVIMENTAL cultivatusderechos.cl - Marchas Cultiva tus Derechos. Twitter: @movimental
- canamo.cl
- amigosdelcannabis.cl
- Flickr: Amigos Del Cannabis Chile
- YouTube: amigosdelcannabis's Channel.
Social media, Facebook Edit
- Movimental Cultiva tus Derechos.
- Legalización de la Marihuana en Chile (Santiago).
- AmigosdelCannabis RM (Adc).
City info Edit
- Google Maps: Santiago.
- Google images.
- Wikipedia: Santiago.
- Wikitravel: Santiago de Chile.
Global Marijuana March Edit
GMM (years signed up). This city participated or signed up one year (or more) for the Global Marijuana March (GMM), or the Million Marijuana March (MMM). 225 cities from 42 nations signed up for May 4, 2013 or thereabouts.175 cities from 33 nations signed up for May 5, 2012 or thereabouts. See also: 4/20 event lists. 872 different cities have signed up from 80 different nations since 1999.
|Global Marijuana March links.
See GMM: basic city lists, detailed city lists, graphics, photos, maps, regions, links, years. Google images: Crowds, flyers: Marcha da Maconha. And: Marche Mondial du Cannabis. And: Global Marijuana March.
|2016, 2015 Global Marijuana March. Crowd photos. Facebook
| Right-click any region for its city list.
2012 Edit
Bill Introduced To Legalize Marijuana In Chile. By Steve Elliott. October 3, 2012.
- Miles marchan en Chile para defender la marihuana - América Latina - 20,000 people according to this El Nuevo Herald article. El Nuevo Herald is a McClatchy newspaper published daily in Spanish in Miami, Florida, in the United States. El Nuevo Herald's sister paper is The Miami Herald, also produced by the McClatchy Company.
- Marcha Cultiva tus Derechos 2012: No mas presos por plantar (Oficial Santiago).
2011 Edit
GMM. May 7, 2011:
- Facebook: Marcha Cultiva tus Derechos 2011 Santiago.
- Marcha Cultiva tus Derechos 2011 Santiago.
- El Ciudadano » El 7 de mayo se realizará la Marcha Cultiva tus Derechos en Santiago.
- Marcha CTD 2011. Marchas Cultiva tus Derechos.
- Youtube: Cosechando Libertad 2011.mov.
2010 Edit
May 16:
- Video preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KAH5N-qPEI
- Flyer: http://r.amigosdelcannabis.cl/2010_04_marcha/afiche_adc_carta.pdf
- Forum: http://foro.amigosdelcannabis.cl/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=26500
- Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78XwSNGVvik
- Photos: http://www.amigosdelcannabis.cl/content/columna-marcha-2010
- Report: Un Exito la Marcha en Chile. Google translation:
- Chile. Marcha marijuana: Demonstrators called for legalization of cannabis. Complete calm in the march was held yesterday for the decriminalization of marijuana. This event is part of a series of similar events that took place throughout Latin America, with the theme of "Grow Your Rights." In Chile, the parade was coordinated by the organization Movimental and performed at noon in Plaza Italia.
- The central activity aimed to demonstrate "public, peaceful and festive war policy against drugs and prohibitionist laws."
- According to organizers, these policies, "far from providing a face in an efficient, fair and democratic, other phenomena associated with psychoactive substances have ended up worsening the current situation, starting with drug trafficking."
April events:
- Facebook: GRAN BINGO Amigos Del Cannabis 2010.
Jan. 10:
2009 Edit
GMM. May 17:
- Foros Amigosdelcannabis.cl • Ver Tema - ORGANIZACION MARCHA 17 DE MAYO 2009.
- Alozam´s Blog: Marcha por la despenalización de la MARIHUANA.
2008 Edit
Santiago: director(at)canamo.cl, marcha(at)cultivatusderechos.org or revista(at)canamo.cl http://www.cultivatusderechos.cl or http://www.canamo.cl/
Reports, photos: http://coordinadoracannabis.blogspot.com
May 25, 2008:
- cultivatusderechos.cl report and photos.
- Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anticristo/sets/72157605252412946
ExpoCannabis. August 9:
- http://www.fotolog.com/cn2seba/49874165
- http://www.carretes.cl/fiestas/2008-08-09-ExpoCannabis-Fiesta-en-Galpon-Victor-Jara-l3794.html
- http://www.fotolog.com/_jozz_
- http://pitrufkentitlan.blogspot.com/2008/08/de-all-somos.html
- Photos: http://www.fotolog.com/gondvibes/26845342
December 4, 2008:
- Facebook: otra política de drogas es posible!!.
2007 Edit
May 6, 2007 Global Marijuana March in Santiago, Chile.
GMM calendar and other events. Forum:
GMM graphics: http://gallery.marihemp.com/chile2007mmm-graphics
Reports, photos:
- http://coordinadoracannabis.blogspot.com/2007/06/algunas-imagenes-de-la-3ra-version-del.html
- http://coordinadoracannabis.blogspot.com
May 6, 2007 Global Marijuana March in Santiago, Chile. Youtube link.
2006 Edit
May 21 and 28, 2006:
- coordinadoracannabis.blogspot.com search
- http://cultivatusderechos.blogspot.com/2006/05/movilizacion-en-la-prensay-con-permiso.html
- http://cultivatusderechos.blogspot.com/2006/05/ufff-abril-se-nos-pas-volando.html
- http://www.cultivatusderechos.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/cultivatusderechos/sets/72157594148578668/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/42887664@N00/sets/72157594148578668/show/
2005 Edit
GMM. May 15, 2005 photos:
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/42887664@N00/sets/72057594133650430/show/
- http://cultivatusderechos.blogspot.com/2006/05/foto-reportaje-15-mayo-2005.html
More info, links, years Edit
Cannabis is safer Edit
Return to top. See article: Cannabis is safer.
- Obama correctly said that cannabis is safer than alcohol. See: Cannabis is safer. He also said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one. And: Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana. [111]. See video.
- USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, etc). 87,798 per year, 2006 to 2010. [112][113][114][115][116].
See longer article: Cannabis is safer.
- Imagine if Mitt Romney had been elected President in 2012 instead of Obama.
- Obama on marijuana legalization. [117]. "My suspicion is that you're gonna see other states start looking at this". The Washington Post. Jan. 22, 2015.
Above quote is from Sanjay Gupta interview of Obama on April 15, 2015. Interview aired on CNN on April 19, 2015. [118][119][120].
- Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reject lawsuit filed by Republican governments in Oklahoma and Nebraska to stop legal marijuana in Colorado [121]. December 2015.
Obama alone can not reschedule it Edit
- See main article: Obama alone can not reschedule marijuana.
Obama alone can not reschedule marijuana. [124] [125][126][127]. Since HHS (Health and Human Services) and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) have again declined to reschedule or deschedule cannabis, then only Congress can do so.
- Wikipedia: Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
- DEA Pulls Back From Calling Marijuana One Of The 'Most Dangerous Drugs'. By Cody Fenwick. August 16, 2016. Patch Media
- The Science behind the DEA's Long War on Marijuana. 19 April 2016. Scientific American. Unless Congress acts, the DEA has final say on rescheduling or descheduling marijuana.
- Medical Marijuana Advocates Rally to Loosen Restrictions. By Alicia Ault. 23 Mar 2016. Medscape. The Republican committee leaders refuse hearings on CARERS bill to reschedule cannabis.
Pot Matters: For Legalization, Set Your Sights on the Senate. 23 Mar 2016. By Jon Gettman. "it will be helpful, and indeed crucial, for advancing legalization for Democrats to take control of the Senate."
- FDA Weighs in on Rescheduling Cannabis. By Ben Adlin. 28 Dec 2015. Leafly.
2016 election and marches Edit
See public opinion polls over time about cannabis.
2016 Global Marijuana March and 420 events. Public opinion wins elections. So get out and march!
|Register and vote for cannabis in 2016.
|Republicans are busy filing retrograde drug bills across the land. Republicans want to put a conservative drug warrior on the Supreme Court to replace Antonin Scalia, and to reinvigorate their drug war. Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to Colorado marijuana law from Republican states. 2.
USA Today: 11 states least likely to legalize marijuana. Republican states across the nation.
|Marijuana in the South: A State-by-State Guide. Republicans created a THC-free south.
Drug-war mass incarceration Edit
|See: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. And: Drug War, mandatory minimum sentencing, handguns. And: US incarceration peaked in 2008. And: Number of marijuana prisoners in the USA. And: List of countries and U.S. states by incarceration rate.
|The majority of people incarcerated in prisons and jails in the USA are in due to drug-related offenses, crimes to get money for drugs, or drug-related parole or probation violations. Wikipedia: Drug-related crime. The number of inmates in the USA has increased almost 5 times over since 1980. The USA has the highest incarceration rate of any nation b c (except for the tiny country of the Seychelles). Compare incarceration rates worldwide. The cost of the U.S. drug war is at least 1.5 trillion dollars. Cannabis is safer! Share link.
|Jail and bail. A Lot Of People Are Dying At This Understaffed Texas Jail. And: How the Money Bail System Perpetuates America's Mass Incarceration Problem. And: Justice Department blasts 'unconstitutional' fixed bail schedules. Many innocent people in jail. And: Many marijuana users in jail without bail money.
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Portuguese drug decriminalization Edit
|Canadian single-payer healthcare, and Portuguese drug decriminalization. On ballot in 2016: ColoradoCare. 2. It would cover all residents and cost less than the current system. One primary payer, and no deductibles and no co-pays. See: Business people for Single-payer Healthcare. Fed up with uncontrollable costs of U.S. healthcare. Save trillions of dollars.
- Canada has saved trillions of dollars by eliminating the middleman, the health insurance companies.
|Canada's single-payer universal healthcare costs less per person than U.S. healthcare. 126.96.36.199.. For more countries and charts: 6.7.. And the USA has lower average life expectancy than the OECD average (OECD = developed economies). 8.. Click chart to enlarge:
- Medical Bills Still Take A Big Toll in USA, Even With Insurance. NPR. March 8, 2016.
Green love Edit
The Global Marijuana March is the first Saturday in May. The first Saturday in May is also World Naked Gardening Day. [128]. But, be safe!
- Abortion Rates Dropped Sharply. What Caused It?
- Free birth control under ObamaCare.
- Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success. Free birth control.
|Republicans think they can spend an infinite amount of money (many trillions of dollars) on health-insurance-company-based healthcare, and have an infinite number of babies, to feed their appetite for endless ground wars, and for more inmates for more prisons for more drug war.
|As with cannabis legalization Colorado leads the way.. More info. 2.3..
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