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GLENDALE, Ariz (KGUN9-TV) - Arizona's first dispensary for medical marijuana is open now. It opened its doors in Glendale Thursday morning.
As Arizona's only legal dispensary open so far, Arizona Organix had a busy first day.
Dispensary Owner Bill Myer says, "We've got people that's come from Tucson, we've got people that's come from Prescott. We have people that's come from Yuma. Likely they're not going to be our patients on an ongoing basis but what they're here for is to support the movement.
Mike, who did not give his last name, moved from Pennsylvania to care for his mother. In Arizona he found he could get marijuana to care for his back injury.
"Back east I had to get it illegally. It's just not conducive to society. You just can't buy illegal drugs and get away with it. Out here I'm fortunate enough to have the opportunity to get the medicinal card and I love it."
Tim says his back hurts from a motorcycle accident. He's looking for marijuana you eat in candy or rub into your skin for pain relief without the high.
"They used to make a tincture oil which really helps with pain but doesn't give you the high feeling, you know what I mean? But it really does help with my pain."
Cesar says he's also looking for edible marijuana for a back problem.
KGUN9 reporter Craig Smith asked him: "There are folks that are kind of skeptical of this set up and they say, well, people are gonna abuse it or people are going to have flimsy excuses to get their cards and such. What do you say to those people?"
Cesar: "I'd say it sucks there are people like that and that's gonna hurt some of us that really do need it and I think if they're gonna do it they need to regulate it right and give us what we need."
Now that the dispensary is open, medical marijuana users within 25 miles of it are obligated to get their marijuana there.
Where dispensaries are unavailable, the state issues permits that allow medical marijuana users to grow limited quantities for themselves for one year. People near dispensaries who have grow permits can still grow until their permits expire.
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The Victorian home, more than a century old, burned quickly at 308 E. Lincoln St. in Kentland.
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- About midnight Monday, Jesse Vernon, 73, took out the garbage.
A few minutes later, he found himself urging a neighbor family to leap from a porch roof. They did, and he caught them. Their Victorian home was consumed by fire.
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Draft Luck
By Stephen J. Dubner
What can Linsanity teach us about the upcoming NFL draft?
In his first six starts in the NBA, Jeremy Lin averaged 24.3 points and 9.5 assists in six straight wins for the Knicks. If those numbers were attached to someone like Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, you wouldn't bat an eye. But until a couple weeks ago, Lin was little more than roster fodder, an undrafted player already cut by two teams and about to be cut by his third. That's what a desperate coach who had run out of able-bodied point guards threw him into the fire. The rest -- for the moment, at least -- is history.
Let's be honest: the reason we're hearing so much about Lin is because he was overlooked. This might lead you to think he's a true anomaly, a great game-time athlete who somehow slipped through a pro sports league's finely-tuned talent-scouting machine. But if you look closely at the NFL, you'll find Jeremy Lins all over the place. And with the NFL draft coming up in April, you have to wonder just how scientific the science of drafting football players really is. Is Andrew Luck really the golden goose that Indianapolis is banking on, or might he turn out to be yet another top-tier bust?
Our latest Football Freakonomics episode -- the last one this season -- argues that the draft is much more of a crapshoot than most of its practitioners would have us think. The evidence is everywhere. Consider the research of research of Cade Massey and Richard Thaler, who find top draft picks to be seriously overvalued. Consider the data presented in the interactive graphic above, which reveals the average draft position for the top five players this season in key categories. For instance:
2011 Passing Yards (Avg. Draft Position for Top 5 Performers = 51.4)
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|Drew Brees
|Tom Brady
|Matthew Stafford
|Eli Manning
|Aaron Rodgers
2011 Rushing Yards (Avg. Draft Position for Top 5 Performers = 115.84)
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|Maurice Jones Drew
|Ray Rice*
|Michael Turner
|LeSean McCoy
|Arian Foster**
|Undrafted (255)
*Rice was the MVB (Most Valuable Bargain) in our inaugural Dough Bowl
** We generously counted each undrafted players as if he was the first player chosen after "Mr. Irrelevant," the last player chosen in that year's draft. In Foster's case, that would make him pick No. 255.
2011 Tackles (Avg. Draft Position for Top 5 Performers = 78.6)
|Overall Pick Number
|London Fletcher
|Undrafted (242)
|D'Qwell Jackson
|Chad Greenway
|Pat Angerer
|Curtis Lofton
2011 Receiving Yards (Avg. Draft Position for Top 5 Performers =118.2)
|Overall Pick Number
|Calvin Johnson
|Wes Welker
|Undrafted (256)
|Victor Cruz
|Undrafted (256)
|Larry Fitzgerald
|Steve Smith (CAR)
This year's sack leaders represented the highest average overall draft position:
2011 Sacks (Avg. Draft Position for Top 5 Performers = 32.7)
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|Jared Allen
|DeMarcus Ware
|Jason Babin
|Jason Pierre-Paul
|(T5) Aldon Smith
|(T5) Terrell Suggs
Keep in mind that an average draft position of 100 is equivalent to a top pick in the fourth round. What's most interesting is that in several major categories, the top five performers included at least one undrafted free agent. Or, put another way: One of the top five performers in these categories includes a player who wasn't even thought to be among the top 254 draft picks of his rookie class!
Granted, these numbers aren't exactly encyclopedic. But they do a good job of showing just how much luck is involved in the draft -- to say nothing of how much Luck -- and how hard it is to forecast the future.
That's why more and more teams, in all sports, are doing a deep statistical dive to try to identify undervalued players before spending too much money on the overvalued ones. So if you're an NFL team looking to optimize your draft picks this year, maybe you'll consider hiring a young guy to crunch the numbers for you. Maybe some economics major from Harvard who happens to know his way around the gym? Maybe someone like ... Jeremy Lin?


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Coffee Farms: Kenya's New Suburban Haven
More and more foreign companies are realizing the investment potential of emerging markets. One company,
Renaissance Partners, an investment bank and business advisory firm, is taking full advantage. The company is one of the several partners investing in the conversion of a 2,400 acre coffee farm near Nairobi, Kenya into a gated suburb named Tatu City. The company boasts that the future community will be able to house up to 62,000 people and create "thousands" of local jobs. In addition, the community will bring modern amenities such as electricity and water lines to the surrounding area. The success of the project has influenced Renaissance to invest in other real estate projects in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Rwanda. Renaissance is also taking on an even larger project in Congo, which will spread over 6,400 acres.
Despite the obvious benefits, Tatu City has also produced some concern. One problem, seemingly overlooked, is the fate of the coffee farm workers whose jobs will surely disappear after construction begins. In a recent article by the Financial Times, vice-president of Renaissance Partners, Josphat Kinyua, claims that building real estate will be a better use of the land as a result of the farms strategic location near a highway leading to Nairobi center. By changing the land into real estate, the value of the land will be ten times its current share price.
There's no doubt that converting the area into real estate will be more economically beneficial, however, the plan seems to disregard the fate of locals whose livelihood may greatly depend on their continued work at the farm. Renaissance reassures that the coffee farm will remain in business until the community actually begins development, though it is still unclear what will happen to farmers after this begins. Will they be trained and employed by Tatu City or will they be left on their own to find new employment? Perhaps a program can be developed by investors to either train farmers for work in the city or to find farming opportunities elsewhere.
There is also concern for the fate of coffee companies dependent on this land for business. Vava Angwenyi of Vava Coffee is dependent on this land to produce coffee for export. She pleads that as a result of this loss, "We fear that five years from now Kenya may not be producing enough coffee for export." The problem with blaming foreign investment alone is that the coffee industry has been dwindling over the last 50 years in Kenya. As such, it's a bit much to put blame on these investments as the cause of coffee's decline. In fact, Mr. Kinyua suggests that governments take a more active role in investment policy and introduce a law which will require companies to compensate for any arable land used.
At this point, the fate of this particular coffee farm seems to be sealed. However, in order to protect arable land in Kenya, the government may need to introduce policies regarding how land is used. Only 8 percent of Kenya is usable for farming and if Kenya wishes to continue its agriculture sector, it must take more protective measures for this land. Tatu City will be the first of many privately-planned communities in sub-Saharan Africa. As more companies realize the investment potential in Africa, there is sure to be a rise in foreign investment over the upcoming years. It is for this reason that it is especially important that sub-Saharan African governments reform their land usage policies in order to ensure that they can reap the benefits of investment while not jeopardizing other viable sectors. If done correctly, this may accomplish what foreign investment did for both China and India in stimulating massive economic growth.
Frans Kuipers permalinkNovember 6, 2011 8:21 am
A difficult issue well presented. All change has consequences.
November 6, 2011 2:25 pm
Hi Elizabeth,
Good article. It is encouraging to see that you have a keen interest in the continent's agriculture and/or property sector. However, for a publication whose positioning is "the leading source of information about the diverse new world of private sector international development, from innovative philanthropy models to microfinance, and from social entrepreneurship to public-private partnerships." , I believe you should have done a little bit of more research before publishing your piece. It is good to read widely and quote already published articles, but it is also important to countercheck some of these facts. Some notable misrepresentation are:
1. The investor in Tatu City is Renaissance Partners and not Renaissance Capital. The latter is the investment bank under the Renaissance Group
2. With a potential population of 62,000, it will be impossible for Tatu City to be considered a gated community; the master-plan clearly demonstrates this. Its unique positioning is the detailed and well thought out planning and the fact that it will be financed and built by the private sector for public use.
3. The proprietors of Tatu City remain the largest coffee farmers in East and Central Africa, and 2nd largest millers 2nd to the government of Kenya, with 7,000 of the acquired 10,000 acres under coffee plantation. The making of the City does not impact on the jobs of the employees at the coffee farm in any way.
4. It would be useful for you to look into the economics of coffee in Africa and specifically Kenya over the past two decades. Look at the export trends, putting extra attention on markets and revenues. This will help you derive the best opportunity cost for Kenya.
I hope this feedback will be useful for this and your future posts.
January 3, 2013 10:11 am
I would like to use your photo of the coffee plantation in some educational resources I am developing for the charity Comic Relief in the UK. The resources, for children 7 – 18 will be free for teachers to use and download from our website. Could you let me know if using the photo is possible and if so how you want it attributed.
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CyTOF 2
DVS Sciences CyTOF 2
The CyTOF 2 Mass Cytometer simultaneously resolves multiple parameters with minimal signal overlap, providing unprecedented insights into the functional and phenotypic complexity of biological systems at the single cell level.
The CyTOF 2 analyzes cells labeled with a panel of reagents conjugated to heavy metal isotopes using state-of-the art time of flight mass cytometry technology.
With over 100 detection channels and over 30 isotopic metal probes, CyTOF 2 simplifies panel design and unlocks the functional and phenotypic complexity of biological systems at the single cell level.
Mass cytometry experiments routinely measure dozens of functional and phenotypic parameters in millions of single cells, output as .txt and .fcs files. Analysis of such high dimensional datasets is performed using a tool kit that includes not only traditional histograms and bivariate plots, but also novel clustering algorithms, neural networks, and dimensionality reduction methods.
DVS Sciences has partnered with Cytobank to provide DVS Cytobank, a cloud-based platform that offers an extensive suite of powerful tools for analysis of mass cytometry data, including:
- The SPADE clustering algorithm for high dimensional panel analysis
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The authors present methods to reduce computer energy consumption by means of a better usage of a specific set of resources and maximizing the efficiency of the running applications. The processor frequency is adjusted to the needs of the running job, leading to a power drop by a factor of 2 and doubling battery life time of laptops. It is shown how computer resources can be optimally adapted to application needs, reducing job run time. Examples on how to optimize algorithms on single node and parallel RISC architectures are discussed. The job-related data are stored and reused to help computer managers to replace machines.
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Written Answers - Intellectual Property Rights
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421. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address concerns regarding the new copyright law. [9608/12]
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Pat Rabbitte): The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has primary responsibility for national legislation governing copyright and related rights such as intellectual property rights and patents.
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June 12, 2002
Expansion of the Internet fueled demand for computer services as companies scrambled to develop Web sites and networks. Employment in computer and data-processing services grew at an annual rate of 13.6 percent from September 1995 to September 2000.
Then, between September 2000 and September 2001, the growth rate of employment in computer and data-processing services slowed to 3.6 percent. Information retrieval services and computer-related services, not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.), taken together formed one of computer services' weakest segments during that year.
Employment growth in those combined industries declined from 23.4 percent per year from September 1995 to September 2000 to 3.4 percent from September 2000 to September 2001. The growth of these two industries in the second half of the 1990s reflected the expansion of the Internet and concerns regarding Y2K. The successful weathering of the Y2K event and the beginning of the economic downturn contributed to the slowdown in demand for computer consultants and Internet services.
These data are products of the Current Employment Statistics program. For additional information, see Employment in business services: a year of unprecedented decline, by Rachel Krantz, Monthly Labor Review, April 2002.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Slowdown in computer-services employment growth on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2002/jun/wk2/art03.htm (visited October 10, 2015).
New estimates of personal taxes in Consumer Expenditure Survey
In 2013, the Consumer Expenditure Survey improved its personal tax data.
Trends in long-term unemployment
Long-term unemployment reached historically high levels following the recession of 2007–2009.
Housing: before, during, and after the Great Recession
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