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Student Nutrition Services News
California Food for California Kids
Starting October 23rd, SFUSD will be participating in California Thursdays with 14 other districts across the state by highlighting healthy, freshly prepared school meals made from California-grown ingredients. Every Thursday, SFUSD students will have the opportunity to enjoy delicious meals made with ingredients including Diestel Farms Turkey, Massa organic rice, Kagome tomato sauce, carrots grown in Bakersfield, and veggies from Salinas Valley. SFUSD believes in providing meals that support student health and academic achievement while contributing to local economies and protecting the environment. We look forward to serving California grown food to our California students. Join us for lunch!
For more information about California Thursdays, visit www.ecoliteracy.org/california-thursdays.
New Menu ItemsThanks to feedback and ideas from SFUSD students, we have introduced several new meals to the menu! Many were designed or named by students, including:
- Firecracker Chicken with delicious chili sesame noodles, designed with input from Balboa students. Firecracker Chicken Recipe
- Buenos Dias Breakfast Burrito named by Mission High students.
- Baked Tilapia with Cajun seasoned rice on supper menus.
- Sunshine Breakfast Rice Bowl designed and named by Gordon Lau students.
A Guide for Principals
This update includes a student nutrition wellness policy checklist for principals to help ensure schools are complying with the Board's Wellness Policy, provides information about our vision to reform the school food experience, and highlights our work to serve our students three meals a day at school.
Field Trips
Bag lunch requests must be made 10 school days in advance of each field trip.
Nutrition Standards
SFUSD's menu met the standards of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act a year before these new standards were required. SNS believes that students everywhere should have access to real, freshly prepared foods. Our students look to us to provide the support they need for a healthy future because better food means better students.
- Invitation for Bid
- Wellness Policy (currently under revision)
- Nutrition Standards & Revolution Foods
Vision for a New Dining Experience
The new website for SFUSD's Future Dining Experience has launched! Visit the site for more information on our vision of a financially-stable food system that provides fresh, healthy meals to students as they grow.


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Geoff Cutmore is co-anchor for CNBC's flagship programme Squawk Box in EMEA.
The three-hour show, which broadcasts worldwide five days a week, bookends the opening of European equity markets and is a must-see for financial professionals, C-suite executives and investors.
Cutmore is one of CNBC's most experienced presenters, with more than 15 years dedicated to financial broadcasting. He has anchored programmes for CNBC in both Europe and Asia, having spent a number of years working in Hong Kong.
Cutmore covers the most important senior business gatherings for CNBC including the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos and China and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where he has interviewed the world's top CEOs, economists and political leaders. He has reported on the most important issues facing the global economy today and has also led special programming on Central and Eastern Europe, climate change and the global energy challenge.
Cutmore is a contributor to business and finance magazines including the Economist, Investors Chronicle and Money Market. His first book on the markets, "New Market Mavericks," was well-received.
Philip Jennings, general secretary at UNI Global Union and John Studzinski, senior managing director at Blackstone Group, debate how to 'fix' the 'bleak' employment situation.
Lord Malloch-Brown, EMEA chairman of FTI Consulting, tells CNBC that the revival of the centrist vote in Israel is 'good news' but a weaker Netanyahu may become a 'prisoner' of the right.
Peter Sands, CEO of Standard Chartered, tells CNBC that they are glad to have settled the US issues and the bank continues to grow with a focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
In a departure from recent times, the Davos gathering will be dominated by the U.S. fiscal crisis rather than Europe's.
This was commissioned as a piece on 'surviving' Davos – but given the World Economic Forum is basically a week of rubbing shoulders with the world's wealthiest and most privileged in a luxury Swiss ski resort 'surviving' doesn't seem appropriate. So let's run with thriving….writes Geoff Cutmore.
I've been to three European countries in three days and have not seen one newspaper headline on Greece, or the debt crisis. In fact, the topic when raised elicits yawns.
If you think developed markets are in a low growth environment for some time, invest accordingly and take a view on the growth outlook, says Stewart Richardson, RMG Wealth Management.
Some hedge funds have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the recent commodity market blow-off and it has certainly reintroduced an element of two-way action back into the trade.
At least some of our viewers think CNBC is culpable alongside the banks, the ratings agencies and the politicians for spreading too much pessimism.
If the support package put smiles back on the faces of the politicians, it did little to lift the mood of the business people gathered at the WEF meeting in Brussels.
Geoff Cutmore is co-anchor for CNBC's flagship programme Squawk Box in EMEA; the three-hour show bookends the opening of European equity markets.
Based in London, Tso co-anchors CNBC flagship show in EMEA, Squawk Box, a show that sets the news agenda every trading day.
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Plans are being finalized for the 2015 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) National Team Championships, and registrations to date promise another…..
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The Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) held its 2015 Collegiate National Championships on March 21, with nearly 20 squads from nine schools vying for titles in both the Varsity (centerfire) and Junior…
SPP Southeast Regional Fall Match Opens Pistol Range at Tennessee Park
SPP launched a new pistol range at the Carroll County (TN) Shooting Sports Park in Huntingdon with its Southeast Regional Fall Match.
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1000's of young shooters, along with thousands of coaches, family members, and supporters, descended upon the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) National Championships July 14-19.
Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation Announces 2014 Scholarship Recipients
Forty-two college participants in the Scholastic Clay Target Program and Scholastic Pistol Program have been announced for $1000 college scholarships being awarded by the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF).
Scholastic Pistol Program Hosts Second Wisconsin State Championship
The Scholastic Pistol Program held its second Wisconsin State Championship at the Schultz Resort Rod & Gun Club in Wisconsin with over two dozen squads representing eight teams competing…
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The Scholastic Pistol Program's first Iowa State Championship just recently came to an end with a total of $14,800 in endowment funds being awarded to the participating teams.
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The Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) announces that Fiocchi USA is the latest Bronze-level sponsor of the program.
Cody Roundup Offers Clay Target, Pistol Competition For Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation Athletes
The city of Cody, Wyoming will welcome student athletes from the SCTP and SPP next month for the Cody Roundup, a three-day regional competition for shooters in high school and college divisions.
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Belgium - Flemish biotechnologists have a world-wide reputation for deciphering genetic code. In order to further strengthen this leading position, two Flemish research institutes are joining forces and bringing new technology to Flanders which will record DNA 100 times faster than current methods. This is an essential asset as these DNA analyses hold the key to the decipherment and treatment of genetic disorders.
Why decipher DNA?
The full DNA of an organism - the genome - determines what that organism looks like and how it functions. The better we understand this, the more we can learn about the intricacies of living beings. We know the broad outline of human DNA, and scientists are now determining the DNA differences between people. These differences characterise the diversity of people but they also hold the key to a higher risk for genetic disorders such as dementia, psychosis, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and cancer. If we know and understand the differences, we can also use them as the foundation for new treatments.
However, to record these differences efficiently, it is essential that everything moves much faster than the current technology allows. This has now become possible. So-called new generation sequence technology has recently been developed, but it is still very expensive.
Nevertheless, VIB and UZ.-K.U. Leuven have joined forces to give Flemish scientists access to this state-of-the-art technology. Via a co-ordinated investment program, they are bringing Roches DNA sequence technology platform, the so-called 454 sequencing, to Flanders.
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Lamb Chops on a Bed of Peppers
Recipe Courtesy of �Michelle Urvater
- Cooking Monday-Friday
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- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 onions, thinly sliced
- 2 each: green, red and yellow bell peppers, seeded and cut into 1/4 inch strips
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 rib lamb chops
Combine the parsley, lemon peel and garlic and set aside for later as a garnish for the lamb chops.
In a large skillet heat the olive oil. Add onions and cook gently until golden and brown (be sure not to burn them). Add peppers and continue to cook for about 10 minutes or until tender, but still with some crispness left. Season with salt and pepper.
When onions and pepper are tender, cook the lamb chops. Dry them, season at last minute with salt and pepper and either grill or broil them for 3 to 4 minutes a side or not beyond medium rare.
Spoon peppers and onions on plate; top with lamb chops and sprinkle lemon parsley mixture over lamb. You'll have "planned leftover" peppers and onions for the following night.
Recipe Courtesy of �Michelle Urvater
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Deathball 24w zipApr 1, 2011 Full Version 0 comments
This is the latest Deathball 24w zip in a zip Manual Install For UT 2004
DeathBall is a top class First Person Sport Game that combines elements of Football, Rugby and Handball. It's a mod for UT2004, but it has nothing to do with a shooter (a pure sports game).
So you got these football pitches, and you have to get the ball into the enemy goal. You have a hammer tool. With that one you can kick other players around, kill the enemy ballowner with 2 hits and also kick the ball away (volley).
In your own penalty zone you can kill all enemy players with one hit. With the ball launcher you can charge up a shot, the longer you hold it the harder it will be and you can even add spin to the ball, so it will curl in the air.
Just like in football you should have a keeper in your goal. He has some special abilities like he's 30% faster than others,he can dodge and jump higher.
Death Ball should be played with 6-10 players
The gameplay is very easy too learn, but it's hard to master. At first it seems to be pretty simple, but the more you play the more you realise how complex it is and how many possibilities your team has. The ways to score are infinite.
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Mod of the Month Deathball has released another kick ass version.
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This is a pack of every map for DeathBall that I ever found. I'm not the author of any of these maps. I've just collected them. There're 16 new maps...
this ones all about gameplay and its insanely addictive
Stupid thing doesn't work even after I downloaded the latest patch. :angry:
I'm 86% in downloading it. I've been downloading it for a week thanks to my new download manager. Looking forward to playing it.
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A method for dynamic preemption of read returns over a half-duplex bus during heavy loading conditions involves asserting a preempt signal by a first agent to indicate that the first agent has a read request pending for transmission over the half-duplex bus. A second agent then samples the preempt signal sent by the first agent. The second agent relinquishes ownership of the half-duplex bus responsive to the preempt signal to allow the read request to be sent across the half-duplex bus.
1. A method comprising:
transferring read data from a first agent, the first agent being coupled to a half-duplex bus;
issuing a preempt signal from a second agent, the second agent being coupled to the half-duplex bus;
determining whether to allow preemption of the read data based at least in part on a number of read requests that are pending for the first agent; and
if preemption is allowed:
determining a suitable point to preempt the read data transfer;
temporarily halting the read data transfer,
transferring a read data request from the second agent to the first agent, and
resuming the read data transfer.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
5. The method of
6. The method of
7. A method comprising:
transferring read data over a half-duplex bus from a memory controller;
issuing a first signal indicating that an I/O device has a read request pending;
issuing a second signal requesting preemption of the transfer of read data;
if a number of read requests held by the memory controller is below a threshold:
electing a suitable point for preemption of the transfer of read data, pausing transmission of read data;
providing control of the half-duplex bus to the I/O device,
transferring the read request from the I/O device to the memory controller over the half-duplex bus,
providing control of the half-duplex bus to the memory controller, and resuming transfer of read data.
8. The method of
9. The method of
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15. A computer system comprising:
a half duplex bus;
a first agent and a second agent, the first agent and the second agent each being coupled to the half-duplex bus, the first agent and the second agent each comprising an arbiter that follows an algorithm to determine ownership of the half-duplex bus;
a request line coupled between the first and second agents, the request line being asserted by the second agent to request ownership of the half-duplex bus from the first agent; and
a preempt line, a preempt signal being asserted by the second agent on the preempt line to request temporary preemption of data transfer by the first agent to allow transmission of a read request, the first agent to allow preemption if a number of pending read requests for the first agent is less than a threshold, the first agent to determine a suitable point for preemption of data transfer.
16. The computer system of
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20. A computer system comprising:
means for transferring read data by a first agent, the first agent being coupled to a half-duplex bus;
means for transferring a preemption signal from a second agent to the first agent, the second agent being coupled to the half-duplex bus;
means for determining whether to grant preemption based on a number of pending read requests for the first agent;
means for determining an appropriate point for preemption;
means for temporarily suspending the transference of read data in response to the preemption signal;
means for transferring a read request from the second agent to the first agent after suspension of the transference of read data; and
means for resuming transference of read data after transference of the read request.
21. The computer system of
22. The computer system of
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The present application is related to Ser. No. 09/433,653 filed Nov. 3, 1999 entitled, "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-CLOCK PROPAGATION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING POINT-TO-POINT HALF DUPLEX INTERCONNECT", which application is assigned to the assignee of the present application.
The present invention relates generally to the field of computer systems; more particularly, to methods and apparatus for efficient transfer of data and information between devices or agents coupled to a bus, data link, or other type of input/output (I/O) interconnect.
Manufacturers of semiconductor devices face constant pressure to reduce the number of interconnects, especially in chipset platforms comprising multiple semiconductor devices interconnected on a common printed circuit board. Since the number of pins is a major factor in the costs of inter-chip connections, it is desirable to make such interconnects fast and narrow. This has led to the development of devices having fewer pins, and pins that can transmit signals very quickly.
One proposal addressing this problem is to utilize a half-duplex bus with distributed arbitration for I/O interconnects designed to connect I/O hubs and peripheral component interface (PCI) bridges (e.g., south bridges) to the memory hub controller (e.g., north bridge). It is well known that in a full-duplex bus, traffic can flow bi-directionally, simultaneously across separate sets of wires. A half-duplex bus is one in which there is a single lane of traffic (i.e., one set of wires) that is shared according to some sort of time-multiplexing scheme. A useful analogy is to think of a half-duplex bus as a single-lane bridge spanning across a river or chasm. Flagman positioned at each end signal to the other side to request ownership or use of the bridge in order to allow traffic to traverse in one direction or the other.
A common method to achieve synchronization on a half-duplex bus is via a global clock, also frequently referred to as a common or base clock. Each agent coupled to the bus usually has its own associated request signal line (REQ) used to gain ownership of the bus. Since traffic flow over the bus is always unidirectional, only one side of the bus has ownership of the bus at any given time. Each agent executes the same arbitration algorithm; asserting its request signal to convey its request to a remote agent; sampling the request signal driven by the remote agent; and then choosing which agent to grant ownership to based on the local and remote requests. Thus, in a half-duplex bus link, both ends contend for the shared bus resource.
In a typical I/O environment in which a half duplex a bus is deployed, one end of the link usually connects to a memory controller. The vast majority of traffic comprises memory reads and writes generated by devices connected to the I/O bridge and targeting the memory coupled to the memory controller. In such a system, three types of requests normally contend for ownership of the link: (1) write transfers (address plus data) upstream to the memory controller; (2) read requests (address plus size); and (3) read returns (address plus data) downstream to the requesting agent.
Data writes and read returns are very similar in that the both have a long latency and both are unidirectional "fire and forget" transfers. But a memory read operation is quite different. A successful memory read operation requires a complete round-trip over the bridge; that is, a read request must first travel upstream to the memory controller, where the request is serviced, followed by a return of the read data downstream back to the requesting agent.
The rate of read returns is often limited by the rate at which read requests travel upstream. Under heavy loading conditions, particularly involving many downstream read returns, there can be a long delay before traffic flow across the link is turned around to permit an upstream read request. If the latency period is too long, the memory controller will run out of pending requests, and thus experience a momentary break in the pipelining of read returns. Failure to allow a read request upstream in a timely manner can therefore result in a "bubble" in the read return traffic, with a corresponding reduction in read bandwidth.
Accordingly, what is needed is a method or protocol that permits more efficient utilization of the half-duplex bus resource.
The present invention will be understood more fully from the detailed description which follows and from the accompanying drawings, which however, should not be taken to limit the invention to the specific embodiments shown, but are for explanation and understanding only.
An system and method for improved half-duplex bus performance under heavy loading is described. In the following description, numerous details are set forth, such as specific system configurations, algorithms, signal lines, etc., in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. It will be clear, however, to one skilled in the art, that these specific details may not be needed to practice the present invention.
With reference to
Both agents are also coupled via associated request signal lines 15 and 16. Both agents monitor these request signal lines to determine if a request signal from a remote agent has arrived. The request signals are used by the agents to gain ownership of the bus for transmission of data and information. In
Operations on bus 14 are synchronized by a common or global clock signal, i.e., GCLK, (not shown).
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a preempt signal line 17 is connected between the arbitration units 12 and 18 of the two agents. (It is appreciated that the "#" symbol denotes that the preempt signal is asserted when the voltage potential or logic level of the line is low.) Preempt signal 17 is utilized in the present invention as a way for the downstream end to convey the presence of a pending read request to the upstream end. As will be described in more detail shortly, preempt signal 17 provides a way for the distributed arbiters of the upstream and downstream ends to synchronize and dynamically preempt a read return.
Under heavy loading conditions the arbiters operate according to a protocol that improves efficiency by minimizing bus turnarounds, while at the same time ensuring that enough read requests get transferred upstream in a timely manner to avoid read starvation and the resultant loss in read bandwidth. The preempt signal 17 implements the idea of a "time-slice", wherein bus traffic from the upstream to the downstream end of the bus bridge is occasionally interrupted to allow read requests to cross the bridge, thereby ensuring that the bus does not go idle due to read starvation.
The present invention is not limited to a time-slice of a particular duration. In other words, the time-slice can vary depending on system considerations. For example, the preempt signal may be used to implement a time-slice which immediately interrupts traffic flow over the bus bridge to allow a read request across the bus in the opposite direction as soon as it appears at one end of the bus. This example represents an extreme case, since granting read requests in this manner would produce a large number of bus turnarounds, i.e., reversing the direction of bus traffic, which would result in an inefficient utilization of the bus resource. At the other extreme, is the case where the time slice is intentionally made very long. But the problem with making the time slice too long is that it leads to the starvation problem previously discussed. That is, if the time slice is very large, there is a risk that the bridge will become idle due to not enough pending read requests being serviced by the memory controller for downstream return across the bus bridge. Therefore, the present invention achieves optimized utilization of the bus by a preemption algorithm that balances the foregoing concerns for a particular system application.
Note that if only memory writes were transmitted from both directions it would make sense to make the time-slice the very long since writes are not sensitive to latency and they are not round-trip transactions.
The preempt signal provides the arbiter associated with the agent at one end of the bus with additional information regarding the request type pending at the opposite end. In the example of
A wired-OR signal connection, or its equivalent, is one possible way of identifying a pending request at the downstream end as a read request for which preemption is to occur. To determine if the starvation may occur, the upstream end examines the queue of read requests sent from the downstream end that is awaiting service by the memory controller. If the queue is below the predetermined threshold, e.g., empty, then read starvation may occur. In response, the upstream arbiter can elect a suitable point at which to preempt the read return, e.g., at a cacheline boundary. To synchronize the downstream arbiter to the same preemption point, the upstream arbiter removes (i.e., de-asserts) its request signal. Upon observing the upstream end's request signal being de-asserted, the downstream arbiter considers the read return terminated and agrees to turnaround the direction of traffic flow on the bus.
It should be understood that the preemption mechanism may comprise more than a single wire or signal. The specific way that the preemption mechanism is implemented is not essential to the present invention. Rather, the important concept involves the use of the preemption mechanism to signal the type of request that is pending at the opposite end of the link for the purpose of solving the problem of read starvation.
To recapitulate, the preempt signal is asserted when there are a certain number of read requests queued up at one end of the bus bridge (assuming that the agent at that end does not presently have ownership of the bus). The preempt signal is asserted to notify the remote agent at the other end of the bus (via the preemption algorithm) that there are a number of read requests pending to be sent across the bus in the opposite direction. The upstream agent receiving the preempt signal examines the traffic loading at its end in determine whether it is appropriate to relinquish ownership of the bus to allow a number of read requests across the bus in the opposite direction to avoid read starvation. After a number of read requests have been sent across the bus in the upstream direction, the upstream agent may then request ownership of the bus to once again send read return data downstream to the remote agent.
Note that the control algorithm may vary; for example, the downstream agent can make its own decision about what type of traffic to send over the bus after it asserts the preemption signal. Likewise, the downstream agent may decide to only allow a certain number of read requests to cross the bridge following the preemption request. For example, the downstream end may try to make the time-slice long by sending over all of its pending read requests along with several writes in order to amortize the turnaround penalty. It is appreciated that this is simply an implementation detail that may be parameterized utilizing an ordinary time-slice counter. For instance a certain number of clocks may be loaded into the counter to set the duration of time-slice.
Agent 11 samples REQup and PREEMPT# at the rising edge of CLK2. In response, arbiter 12 de-asserts REQdn and terminates read return traffic flow to initiate a turnaround in the direction of traffic flow on bus 14. The turnaround occurs between clock edges CLK3 and CLK4. As explained earlier, the particular preemption algorithm being implemented by arbiter 12 determines the exact time when the upstream end relinquishes ownership of the bus.
At clock edge CLK4 the downstream end (agent 19) gains ownership of the bus and begins transmitting its read request to the upstream end over the PD signal lines. Arbiter 18 grants ownership of the bus back to the upstream end between clock edges CLK6 and CLK7 by de-asserting REQup, whereupon the upstream end (agent 11) once again begins sending read return data across bus 14 commencing at CLK6. (Note that the downstream agent sampled REQdn high at the rising edge of CLK4.)
It should be appreciated that the preempt signal could be implemented in any one of a number of different ways. In one embodiment, the preempt signal could be implemented as a single wire that is always owned by the downstream agent. In another embodiment, the signal may be implemented to allow for two-way preemption; e.g., where agent "A" may preempt agent "B" and vice-versa. The illustrations of
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Chris Jetter stands at the vehicle's door in a "Yes We Cannabis" T-shirt, carding people.
He's put out word on Facebook that anyone 21 or over is welcome to come down for a free "dab" — a concentrated form of marijuana heated and smoked with a bong-like contraption called an oil rig.
This is a promotion for Blue Mountains, a nonprofit "recreational cannabis community" that Jetter and his partners believe provides them the legal cover to grow and stockpile marijuana, and to provide it to like-minded members at or below cost and tax-free.
An untold number of similar collectives have formed in Colorado since Amendment 64's passage in November, hoping to meet consumer demand before retail pot stores' anticipated opening in 2014.
It's unclear, however, whether recreational pot collectives will withstand legal scrutiny. Some officials warn that the arrangements not only put participants at risk — they also threaten Colorado's careful attempts to craft regulations meant to generate tax revenue and to ward off a federal crackdown on the state's new pot frontier.
Jetter, 41, is a well-known presence on the state's marijuana scene. He started a bong-manufacturing business after high school, launched an online directory of head shops and co-owned a medical marijuana dispensary in Denver until last year.
"We're trying to provide cannabis to people in the state of Colorado who are 21 and over and want it," Jetter said. "Simple as that. We want to be involved with the community. We want to give back to the community. We want to do all those things a good collective should do."
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Other collectives are not as transparent. Some are run by convicted felons barred from the medical-marijuana industry because of their records, said Robert Corry, a Denver lawyer whose firm has helped establish more than a dozen collectives since Amendment 64 passed.
Some are limited-liability companies, some are partnerships and others have no formal structure, Corry said.
The nonprofit collective MJ Proper Inc. — which claims to operate exclusively for "charitable, scientific, and educational purposes" — offers on its website to deliver six packs of cannabis-infused beer, cookies and bud bags to adults 21 and over who "display personal responsibility with the highest moral standards."
Qualified adults become members by placing an order, it says.
"Our specific purpose is to enhance, elevate, and promote community awareness, understanding and support for the safe, responsible growing and consumption of recreational cannabis," MJ Proper said in a statement in response to an interview request.
MJ Proper's principal office address, listed in its articles of incorporation, matches that of a south suburban Denver suites hotel.
Collectives also thrive among medical-marijuana patients and caregivers, though restrictions on caregivers banding together exist.
Corry takes an expansive view of Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over to possess an ounce or less of marijuana and grow up to six plants for personal use. The law also allows for the transfer of an ounce or less "without remuneration," or payment.
The argument for collectives rests on language in the amendment that permits "assisting" in that personal use. Corry contends the wording allows an unlimited number of adults to join in and designate their six plants to a collective for "assistance."
Collectives, the thinking goes, can stockpile pot and offer it to members for reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses — but not for profit.
Corry said he urges collective operators to keep copious records of their rent, power, fertilizer, chemicals and other expenses. He said he believes collectives also can include their labor costs, but he advises against it because documentation is more difficult.
"Words are important," Corry said. "You can't say, 'I'm selling marijuana' or 'This costs $200.' I tell people, 'Mind your words and assume everyone is a cop.' "
Motives questioned
Law enforcement officials predicted collectives would take advantage of a loophole in Amendment 64 to assemble large pot grows, said Tom Gorman, director of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a federal program that works with law-enforcement agencies to reduce drug trafficking and production.
Gorman questions how collectives accurately determine reimbursement costs and wonders about the underlying motivation.
"Why would you do that if it's not for money?" Gorman asked. "Are they so thrilled with marijuana and think it's such a great thing that it's their responsibility to offer it as cheap as possible? Why would you go through all the trouble for no profit at all?"
Corry said some collective operators just enjoy growing and using with others. Some — like Jetter's Blue Mountains — are building a following with an eye toward possible licensing as a recreational pot business.
Jetter said the collective has more than 100 members and maintains a modest grow of 34 plants on 2½ acres zoned for agricultural use.
The collective's five-member board meets weekly and reviews costs every 90 days, Jetter said. To get established, he said Blue Mountains is charging $300 an ounce, well below the $500 it could charge.
"We want to get our name out there and make a name for ourselves and show it can be done legally and responsibly," Jetter said.
Members sign an "assistance agreement" certifying they are playing by the rules. Blue Mountains advertises free delivery to meet-up spots along major highways and will arrange home delivery.
The collective has arranged for the party bus to park outside bars, where it offers free samples of pot to those 21 and older.
Foot traffic was a little slow on the recent Friday it staked out a spot on Colfax. Over about an hour, a half-dozen friends and acquaintances stopped by for dabs, blowing smoke and cracking jokes.
The lines were down the block on the weekend of 4/20 celebrations, which marked the big rollout of Blue Mountains, Jetter said. He envisions catering to the college crowd and corporate VIPs.
Jetter said he and his partners may keep the collective running — and shun the for-profit system — if the state adopts regulations that are too restrictive. He opposes as anti-free market pending legislation that would require growers and sellers to initially be part of the same company and for stores to grow most of what they sell.
That model, known as vertical integration, governs the medical marijuana industry and is supported by law enforcement, medical marijuana trade groups and others.
Sitting on the bus, Jetter voiced concerns about "draconian, archaic requirements" and exorbitant taxes and fees.
Then his lawyer — dressed in a suit, seated up front — chimed in.
"It would be tragic if the government overregulated the retail industry and everyone would have to come to you," Corry said with a smirk.
Tax-free status worries some
That kind of talk worries those who have spent months crafting the state's proposed recreational marijuana regulations.
"This loose association, not subject to regulatory oversight, is exactly what we were trying to avoid," said Sam Kamin, a University of Denver law professor who sat on an Amendment 64 task force that crafted recommendations to legislators. "The concern is if regulated marijuana is heavily taxed and these sort of cooperatives open up, not subject to tax, it will undercut the model the state is trying to put in place and raises the specter of federal enforcement."
In California, federal authorities have routinely targeted nonprofit collectives that operate medical-marijuana centers, Kamin said. Colorado officials crafting recreational-marijuana rules often mention trying to avoid federal intervention, although how to do that is unclear.
"There are a lot of areas of Amendment 64 where you might say there are gray areas open to interpretation," said Larry Abrahamson, retired district attorney for Larimer and Jackson counties, who also served on the state task force. "I think to get too liberal in the interpretation at this stage, before regulations are put in place, can be risky."
Boulder attorney Jeff Gard said the collective model appears to blur the lines between commercial centers and personal use and cultivation spelled out in Amendment 64. Nothing in the amendment mentions assigning one's cultivation rights to someone else, he said.
"It seems to me it's one step ahead of where the law is right now," Gard said.
Some collectives would seem fine, he said — for example, people who don't want to grow their respective six plants at home bonding together to jointly lease and tend a warehouse. But hundreds of people assigning their growing rights to a collective carries the risk of felony prosecution, Gard said.
Courts may take hard lineThe state Court of Appeals is unlikely to look kindly on liberal interpretations of pot laws, either, he said. He cited the court's decision last month to uphold the firing of a quadriplegic man for off-the-job medical-marijuana use. The court found employees have no protection to use it anytime because marijuana is illegal under federal law.
Gard said seeking legislation defining what "assisting" means in the context of collectives is a better course than testing the law with felony cases.
So far, it appears law enforcement and prosecutors are taking a wait-and-see approach.
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey declined to discuss the legality of collectives but said their existence demonstrates why such laws should not be created through constitutional amendments written by authors who "often leave a lot of loopholes in them." He also warned that collectives that deliver run the risk of being robbed.
Jetter said he is aware of the risks of the path he has chosen.
He has faced pot-related charges before, most recently in 2010 in Adams County after an alarm went off at his dispensary grow site, he said. Felony charges were dismissed, court records show.
In 2000, Jetter received a deferred sentence after pleading guilty to possession of 8 ounces or more of marijuana, a Class 5 felony, records show. Such cases are dismissed once a sentence is completed, so Jetter was not blocked from receiving dispensary licensing.
Jetter said he's confident the collective rests on strong legal ground.
"When you are in this business, and you've been in this business as long as we have, you understand the risks and you know what you're doing," he said. "You make sure you run a tight ship."
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|Large elbow macaroni
|8 Ounce (Dried)
|Smoked cheddar cheese/Smoked gouda cheese
|3 Ounce
|Reduced sodium chicken broth
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Chopped onion
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Fat free half and half
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|1 Tablespoon
|Dry mustard
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Black pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Tart apple
|1 Medium, cored and coarsely chopped
|Finely grated parmesan cheese
|1 Tablespoon
Cook macaroni according to the package directions; drain.
Return macaroni to saucepan.
If desired, remove any darker outer layer from smoked cheese with a vegetable peeler.
Shred cheese (you should have about 3/4 cup); set aside.
For sauce, in a medium saucepan combine broth and onion.
Bring to boiling; reduce 'heat to medium.
Cook, covered, about 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
In a screw-top jar combine half-and-half, flour, mustard, and pepper; cover and shake well.
Add to onion mixture.
Cook and stir just until bubbly.
Remove from heat.
Add smoked cheese, stirring until most of the cheese is melted.
Pour the sauce over cooked macaroni; toss to combine.
Pour into a 1 1/2-quart casserole.
Bake, covered, in a 350° oven for 10 minutes.
Uncover and bake about l0 minutes more or until bubbly.
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Improving Michigan Healthcare IT Security
In the quest to further secure patient health data with strong access controls, Michigan healthcare providers can now use biometrics to verify patient identity prior to allowing access to their medical record. PatientSecure works by scanning a patient's palm vein pattern and linking them to their unique medical record.The Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) announced a partnership with the patient identity management company and developer of PatientSecure, HT Systems, to provide the security system to statewide healthcare providers.
This system is interesting because it provides a way for patients to securely access their medical record as they move between healthcare systems and doesn't require a badge or access code that could be potentially stolen and used for identity theft.
Technology is emerging (or at least being implemented more readily) as a response to the data breaches that have recently plagued the healthcare industry in droves – the HHS Wall of Shame reports over 21 million individuals have been affected by an unsecured data breach dating back to 2009. In 2012, 119 breaches, each affecting over 500 individuals and involving unsecured data have been reported, totaling to over 2 million affected individuals.
Michigan healthcare organizations account for 118,000 of the total affected individuals nationwide. Ranging from the largest healthcare systems to individual physician practices, the majority of the Michigan data breaches were due to the theft or loss of portable media devices, specifically, laptops that contained unencrypted patient data. These are a few of the documented Michigan breaches:
- Dating back to 2009, the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion reported a desktop and four laptop computers stolen from their locked facility. The computers had patient data stored locally. In remediation, they switched to storing their billing information in a secure patient management system and beefed up their physical security controls; installing security cameras with alarms and new office door locks with assigned keys.
- A small physician practice also suffered a data breach when a laptop containing patient data was stolen from the physican's personal residence. In remediation, the physician installed encryption software for its billing software.
Implementing and maintaining IT security can be a costly endeavor, and not every business can do it in-house. Outsourcing allows organizations to take advantage of Michigan managed hosting providers' investments in physical, technical and administrative security. It also ensures that patient data is never stored locally on an individual device, but instead stored on a secure server in a secure, HIPAA compliant data center.
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If you've ever tried sequencing an application that has an installation program that requires a reboot you may have run into this dilemma - How do you restart the computer if you're running the sequencer to capture the installation actions? While on the surface this may appear impossible, we've actually made accommodations for applications like this.
If you've read through the Sequencing Best Practices doc we posted a while back then you should already know the answer, but in case you missed it, here's what you do:
If an application requests a valid restart, click Stop Monitoring to enable SoftGrid Sequencer to process the restart tasks. After the restart tasks are complete, click Start Monitoring, and then click Install Again to continue to install the application if you have to. If the application installer prompts you to restart, click Yes. Many applications unnecessarily request a restart.
With that said, you should sequence as much as possible in a single pass of the Install Phase. Do not click Stop Monitoring after each installer unless the application requires a reboot. There is no reason to click Continue Monitoring to reenter the Install Phase unless a reboot task is required.
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THE pub site where 19-year-old Malakai McKenzie was shot dead is to be bulldozed and replaced with 17 flats.
McKenzie was shot in the car park of the Hubb in Hucknall Road, Sherwood, in 2012. It has been closed since his death.
The pub, previously known as the Quorn, will now be converted into seven new flats, while the car park and area to the rear of the building will accommodate a further ten. An area to the rear of the pub will also be demolished during the development. The remainder of the pub will be converted. The application for the work was made by Henry Mein Partnership on behalf of Mr M Ackroyd, of Gladstone Street, Nottingham. A number of complaints were made to Nottingham City Council about the application relating to a lack of parking in the area, but the plans have been approved.
Cameron Cashin, of Liddington Street, Basford, was convicted of McKenzie's murder in June 2013.
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Mazel Tov! Our lift has arrived. Hubby and I had a bet going… how much of our furniture would end up on the curb in Israel due to lack of space. Well I will have you know we both lost! So far we have found a home, albeit a cozy home, for just about everything save for one dresser. It's still moving around looking for a permanent spot.
There were something like 400+ items that were unloaded from our 40ft lift, in the span of about 4 1/2 hours. You gotta check out the video to see how one of the movers balances a box on his neck – he apparently has been doing this a looong time my friends.


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Erie's Trautman gets bobblehead bishop
Rudy, the Erie Zoo's late, great gorilla, had one. So did former Gov. Tom Ridge, who maintains a home here.
Many of baseball's biggest names and some presidents and celebrities have them, too.
Now Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman is among those immortalized in miniature with a bobblehead.
Trautman said the likeness is "pretty close."
He received his figure with the shaking noggin during an annual diocesan gathering for priests held around June 24, which was Trautman's 75th birthday.
"I was surprised," he said.
He said he was given a box to open during a dinner and found the smiling bobblehead inside.
Each of the 13-county diocese's priests also received one of the bobbleheads.
"It was a sign of special friendship, and I appreciate the gesture. ... It was a very creative gift," Trautman said.
The Rev. John Detisch, pastor of Erie's Sacred Heart Catholic Church, was the priest responsible for the bobblehead. He was out of town Tuesday and couldn't be reached for comment.
The bobblehead comes as Trautman prepares to end his tenure as bishop here. He sent his resignation letter to Pope Benedict XVI this year. Bishops are requested to submit their resignations when they turn 75.
The Vatican has yet to announce a new bishop for Erie. The process can take months or even years.
In the meantime, Trautman said, he's keeping the gift of his new bobblehead on a bookcase in his downtown Erie residence.
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white peaches, pitted and sliced
bananas, sliced
2 tablespoons
all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon
sugar substitute
1 cup
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons
baking powder
1/2 teaspoon
1/2 teaspoon
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1/2 cup
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The nutritional breakdown on this recipe intrigued me, and I had some very ripe peaches and bananas which needed to be used soon. I used Truvia for the sugar substitute, and although the peach-banana portion of the dessert was very good, I didn't care for the cobbler topping. The recipe says to "...pour batter," but it was so thick, I just had to drop spoonfuls on the top. And that's OK, but I was disappointed in the taste of the topping. Followed the recipe to the letter, with the exception of using regular Georgia peaches (what I had on hand) instead of white. Really wanted to like this, and although the recipe writer says it's good for diabetics and it may be a compromise that person's willing to make, it's doubtful I'll make again. I'm the first reviewer, so I don't want to discourage others from trying, personal taste is always a factor. SandiNicol for sharing your recipe.
I made this recipe as written w/ only 1 exception. I can't do dairy so I sub'd rice milk for the nonfat milk (it seemed the closest in consistency). I didn't have the same problem as the other reviewer w/ the batter being too thick. Mine seemed just like what i would expect. I used agave nectar for the sugar substitute. I only gave this 3 stars b/c I wasn't huge about the bananas. I also thought the cake topping seemed more dense than i would have liked once cooked. I will probably make this again but will do only peaches next time. I will probably also add some nutmeg and will research whether using baking soda instead of powder (or a combo of the two) will fix my issue w/ the topping.
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I develop a method which allows analytical calculation of the power of tests of mean reversion. This method is used to calculate the optimal form of the weighted autocorrelation test, long-horizon regression, variance-ratio, weighted spectral tests, and any instrumental variable or generalized method of moment (GMM) tests which use linear functions of past returns as instruments. I demonstrate the asymptotic optimality of these tests. I develop a simple geometric intuition for these tests, and make power comparisons across tests of this class. I conduct Monte-Carlo experiments to investigate small sample robustness. Finally, I revisit the evidence on mean-reversion in stock prices based on these results, and find considerably more evidence in favor of a mean reversion hypothesis than found in other studies. I show that the difference is attributable to the low power of these other tests.
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Late MP's Sister Wins Uganda By-Elections
Florence Andiru Nebanda has won the Butajela by-elections filling a gap that was left vacant following the death of her late sister Cerinah Nebanda.
VIDEO: By-Elections in Uganda's Butajela District
The losers in in Butaleja by-election have conceded defeat in favour of the winner, Florence Andiru Nebanda. see more »
Uganda: Late Lawmaker's Sister Wins By-Election
The Independent, 12 February 2013
The returning officer for Butaleja district Mable Wakabi on Monday night at around 11:30 pm declared Florence Andiru Nebanda the sister of the late Nebanda as the woman MP... read more »
Uganda: Losers Concede Defeat in Butaleja By-Elections
New Vision, 12 February 2013
Former candidates in the just concluded Butaleja woman MP race have conceded defeat despite complaining of massive electoral irregularities.read more »
Uganda: I Will Focus On Modern Agriculture - Nebanda
The Independent, 12 February 2013
The Woman Member of Parliament for Butaleja district Florence Andiru Nebanda says her focus the moment she joins parliament is to modernize agriculture so that the people can fight... read more »
Florence Nebanda Andiru casting her vote.
Uganda: Elections Don't Provide Needed Leadership
The Observer, 12 February 2013
Butaleja district has been the scene of a great deal of bustle billed as a gigantic political contest in a by-election in the area for its Woman MP to replace the deceased Cerinah... read more »
Uganda: Five Race to Replace Nebanda
The Independent, 8 February 2013
President Yoweri Museveni understands the famous saying that in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interests; in this case, the interests of NRM.read more »
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Superstition reigns as candidates jostle for favours from the dreaded medicine-men, the batuusaread more »
Jovia Kyalisiima, the younger sister of the late Cerinah Nebanda, wants to replace her as MP for Butaleja district. Read more »
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Prankster Jeffrey Wright gave his The Hunger Games: Catching Fire co-star Jennifer Lawrence a Tiffany box full of live crickets when she returned to the set of the movie after winning an Oscar in March (13).
The actor admits he wanted to bring the actress back down to earth after her incredible night at the Academy Awards.
Wright explains, "There were as many crickets as I could cram into the box... What do you give the girl who has everything... I went to the pet store and they have these old big tubs of crickets for amphibians and reptiles... I thought she would get a kick out of it."
Wright also placed a charm in the box, but even he was surprised by what the crickets left as they hopped away from the open box: "There was tissue in with it, but the crickets eat tissue, so it was cricket and cricket faeces as well."


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Haha. Pretty much every industry, aside from a few primary ones, are what you call terminal decline. Like people who made horse shoes before cars etc. But no, being anti-fossil fuels is a deeper problem. Lets take Europe. Good example as it has places who embrace Oil & Gas, like Norway and other parts of the eurozone who rely on manufacturing, or at least non-fossil fuel industries (even though plastics require petro-chemicals and many things manufactured rely on energy to make them useful. What good a German car without petrol? So back to my example, I believe Norway will fare better into the future than, says Spain or UK or France as although the fossil fuels may dry up, much of the technology for that industry will be able to be used in cleaner technologies is turbines are still required to generate electricity no matter what turns them, sream, wind or water. The key is not to leave resources unexploited when they are irrelevant, say 100 years from now. So the anti-development Muppets are doing nothing to protect our economy. And don't worry, my naive friend, they will certainly oppose the hydro-electric plants, the wind farms (there's already whining about the vibrations they cause and the birds who fly into them) and so on. They are anti-capitalism and anti development, not pro environment, other than to the extent that the former happens to coincide with the latter. That is, sometimes lower S of L means less consumption which, no doubt, is better for the environment.


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