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CCHI2016 Radio is back with another END PROHIBITION packed episode!
Milan made some major waves in So Cal this past weekend got some great support for CCHI!
Patrick Moore and Jeannette Perez were in attendance at a legalization roundtable
and we will have Patrick on to talk all about what transpired!
Click here to listen live –> http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cchi2016/2015/05/22/cchi-2016-radio-episode-10
TRiP was at Hempcon in Las Vegas with Jeff Clark and it was literally a BUST !
Sheriff Joe Arpio of Arizona is really proud of the biggest bust in Phoenix history !
CCHI Radio hopes to hear from someone from the Bus CUP in Las Vegas.
AND Andrew Hutchings from NugLife Radio Will be on to dedicate some time to RIP MOSH
Free Concert\Fundraiser To Help Fund Legalizing Cannabis In Berkeley California This Weekend.
Though I wish this event was taking place here in Fresno or somewhere in the Central Valley. Don't worry too much, there are some dedicated activists and people in Fresno and the surrounding cities working really hard to make an event just like this happen in Fresno and the central valley very soon. (So keep your eyes and ears open.) But the beautiful drive up to Berkeley is totally worth all the FREE music, educational speakers, and entertainment you will all enjoy at the, A DAY IN THE PARK event in Berkeley Ca, May 3, 2015 @ (Peace Park) Cesar Chavez Park Berkeley Marina – FROM – 12:00 pm – (Noon) TO – 8:00 pm. It also helps fund and support a truly great cause. This is a Political fundraiser for the Jack Herer Initiative, The California Cannabis and Hemp Initiative 2016. Entry to the Event is 100% free for every one of all ages. The only thing they ask is you please DONATE whatever you can spare, or can afford to give, to help them register the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative on the 2016 ballot in California. You can donate or volunteer for the CCHI right now by going to the website.—–> http://www.cchi2016.org.
They are still looking for vendors for the May 3, 2015 rally in Berkeley , Ca in support of Jack Herer's California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2016. We need all conscious Cannabis clubs , businesses , Media and etc to support this event by getting a booth and showing support for the CCHI2016 campaign. Please call Ronald L Wesley, CCHI 2016 Event Promoter at (510) 677-9425 to secure a booth, volunteer , sponsor , or for more info!
Smoking or partaking in medicinal cannabis will be permitted in the park for all valid medicinal patients. There will be no Vending or the exchange of funds in regards to medicinal Cannabis in any way. This was requested by the City of Berkeley and we should respect their wishes. Especially considering they are allowing us to host this amazing event in one of their many beautiful parks. Plan an unexpected road trip this weekend and come out and enjoy a FREE concert with some really good people working really hard to legalize Cannabis for the entire cannabis community and all of California. I Hope to see you all there !
Author : Dustin F. Lowery
Why You Should Support The California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2016.
The most recent polls taken in California this month in regards to cannabis legalization show the numbers are in the cannabis communities favor. Not that surprising if you ask me. The most surprising is the recent uptick in support. It jumped from 51% in support of legalization in 2014, to 55% in favor of legalization in 2015. That is a big jump for a single year. In another poll they also discovered if cannabis were legal, 53% of California voters would not mind if a cannabis retailer opened in their neighborhood, while 44% said they would be bothered.
( Excerpt ) – ( Fifty-three percent of Californians told pollsters this month that marijuana should be legal, a record level of support since the Public Policy Institute of California began asking the question in 2010. According to a poll released this week, 45 percent of adults said the drug should remain illegal. Among likely voters, 55 percent favored legalization and 43 percent do not. If cannabis were legal, 53 percent of adults told PPIC that they would not mind if a cannabis retailer opened up in their neighborhood, and 44 percent said they would be bothered. Considering the question across political lines, most Democrats (63 percent) and Independents (57 percent) favored legalization, while a majority of Republicans (54 percent) did not. When PPIC asked the question in fall 2014, 51 percent of adults were in favor. When the organization asked in 2013, 52 percent of adults were in favor.Unsurprisingly, young people are more likely than older adults to favor legalization. Sixty-one percent of 18-to-34-year-olds said yes, 47 percent of those 35 to 54 supported, and 52 percent for those ages 55 and older. )
( Original Link and Author ) Thank You –Allen Young Staff Writer – Sacramento Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/03/27/poll-support-for-legalizing-marijuana-in.html
This is great news, if we allow it to be. This means we are finally winning the hearts and minds of the average people of California. Though it is very important that the California cannabis community seize upon this large uptick in momentum and steer it to all the proper channels, initiatives and groups fighting for real, 100%, Re-Legalization of cannabis in 2016. Why is it so important? We simply cannot allow this momentum to be wrangled in, or divided by industry leaders, phony patient activist groups, and middle men suppliers protecting their own self interests and black market profits over the interests of 99% of our cannabis community. In which case if this is your first cannabis legalization rodeo, it happens every cycle.
Don't be hoodwinked. The wealthiest and most successful within the California medical cannabis industry like to test the waters with what they call, reform discussions and legalization roundtables. These are not about real legalization efforts. These gatherings are more about checking up on the enemies progression, gathering intel, and creating division amongst already united fronts. When the wealthiest and largest tycoons in the medical cannabis industry really want to know just what their up against in regards to future legalization efforts. Who do they turn to? Take a wild guess. They turn to groups like, MPP, Cal-Norml, ASA, and DPA to poll and question the information out of their members for them. They also love to host events and invite everyday patients and consumers to these events. They really want your insight and concerns for writing future legalization initiatives don't ya know. Why? I will tell you why. So they can author an initiative that gives US the very LEAST of what WE all want, and gives THEM the majority of what THEY all want. They really do an excellent job at painting a picture of pure concern and motivation towards legalization, while acting against our own interests. I've seen it first hand.
But wait, don't go all negative Nancy on me just yet man! There is a way out of this perpetual spiral of doom. And it starts with YOU, ME, and the entire cannabis community as a whole coming together, and the other 55% of Californians who agree that Cannabis Hemp should be 100% Re-Legalized. It's up to us to liberate ourselves from mental slavery and reclaim the natural. Jack herer's California Cannabis Hemp initiative of 2016 is the primary key to achieving real legalization that encompasses everyone. It addresses almost every major concern that has constantly plagued our community and culture since its inception. It also does a great job insuring that the everyday needs of the consumers are equally as important as the industries needs. Before I go into the details of why I support the CCHI 2016 initiative, and why I believe you should also. Lets delve into a little background and history of the initiative itself. Because I feel it is very crucial to know and understand the past, in order to truly understand the vision of the future. I still come across people to this very day who say, Jack Herer?, oh yeah, he was one of the best growers ever, I love that strain. I Also feel it is very important for the new generations to know the legacy of jack Herer.
Captain Ed and jack Herer met each other in 1974. They were both working together on the California Marijuana initiative. They both worked tirelessly toward educating the masses about the benefits of cannabis hemp. Ed actually made Jack swear a pact that he would fight for legalization until he was either dead, it was legal, or he turned the ripe old age of 84. They both agreed to the terms, shook on it, and smoked a joint to seal the deal. They had made this pact because they both knew they had accumulated vast amounts of knowledge through their own personal research and studies of Cannabis Hemp that this single plant could in fact, save and change not just California, but the World. They knew its amazing benefits and potential. They also knew that most of this knowledge was not commonly known to the average citizen. Both Jack and Ed worked tirelessly around the clock 24 hours a day, seven days week to educate, and liberate Cannabis 100% for everyone.
The (CHI) was originally started by Captain Ed Adair and Jack Herer and was a 100% grass-roots, all volunteer initiative. They believed in the power of the people to come together and overcome there oppressive government and there draconian laws.
Unfortunately "Captain" Ed Adair lost his battle with Leukemia and died in 1991. Here is a dedication Jack wrote on his website in 1998 to his dear friend and mentor, Ed Adiar.
( Original Link ) – http://www.digitalhemp.com/eecdrom/TEXT/page5.htm
To Edwin "Captain Ed" M. Adair III
Born October 29, 1940;
Died August 16, 1991 of Leukemia
Father of Scarlet, Robyn, and Edwin Marsh IV
He was my teacher, partner, and friend; the most honorable man, and the bravest freedom fighter I've ever known.
He taught many of us how to save the Earth from ourselves and to laugh at and yet love its enemies.
In 1974-75, possession of under an ounce of hemp/pot was decriminalized in the state of California. Captain Ed (pictured above at right, with the author at the 1990 Minnesota Rainbow Gathering) was 33 years old and I was 34. We took a pledge. At that time, virtually every one in the California pot movement thought we'd already won. They'd begun to drift away from the movement and had gone back to their lives, thinking the battle was over and we'd won, and that the politicians would clean up the loose ends…
Captain Ed didn't trust politicians to get the job done. And he was right.
Ed's pledge that I took in 1974 and again in April 1980, 1986, and 1988, and finally in the hospital four days before he died in August 1991, was that we'd swear to work every day to legalize marijuana and get all pot prisoners out of jail, until we were dead, marijuana was legal, or we could quit when we turned 84. We wouldn't have to quit, but we could.
When we first made that pledge we were 50 years away from becoming octogenarians (80-year-olds, that is). Incredibly, we thought that in the light of all the amazing information we had uncovered about hemp, that the battle for complete legalization of cannabis would easily be over in six months—two years at the most…
Captain Ed gave us and me hemp as one of mankind's most honorable and most important saviors. I vow to continue the fight, and I ask my fellow Californians, all Americans, and the rest of the world to join us.
July 15, 1998
The legacy of Edwin "Captain Ed" M. Adair III shouldn't be overlooked either. He played a very big role in educating, inspiring, and motivating Jack Herer, And did a lot himself for our cannabis community and culture. While losing his mentor and best friend surely had to be heartbreaking and traumatic. He pressed on and never gave up trying to qualify his and other legalization initiatives on the California ballot. He still went from state to state educating anyone who would listen. Sadly In July 2000, Jack Herer suffered a minor heart attack and a major stroke, resulting in difficulties speaking and moving the right side of his body. Jack Herer mostly recovered, and claimed in May 2004 that treatment with the Amanita muscaria, a psychoactive mushroom, was the "secret". While that slowed him down for a awhile, he still kept at it. Sadly in September 12, 2009 Herer suffered another heart attack while backstage at the Hempstalk Festival in Portland, Oregon. He was discharged to another facility on October 13, 2009. Paul Stanford of The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation said "He is waking up and gazing appropriately when someone is talking… but he is not really communicating in any way."He died aged 70 on April 15, 2010 in Eugene, Oregon, from complications related to the September 2009 heart attack. Jack Herer was buried at the Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
First let me say, I never had the honor or pleasure of meeting Jack Herer. We where not close friends or even acquaintances sadly. I only knew the legacy of Jack Herer. Simply because he was very inspiring, articulate, and very well-educated on the topics. I looked up to him. I had one of his 420 Beverly Hills wallets and owned a signed copy of his book. That is the extent of our personal relationship, none! But I can remember exactly where I was, where I was sitting, and what I was doing when his death was announced. I was listening to radical Russ Belville on the Norml Live radio show just before I had to go to work. April 15, 2010, Just as the show was wrapping up, Russ broke into the end credits and music at the end of his show to announce with a very saddened tone and heart, that Jack Herer had passed away due to complications related to the September 2009 heart attack. I honestly cried right there at my computer desk. I did not know him personally, though I was deeply saddened by his passing and the loss of such a pivotal man for the cannabis movement. He died five days short of 420 no less. The biggest holiday and celebration for our cannabis community and culture. The timing, and everything seemed so wrong. The truth of the matter is, if you only took one lesson away from the life and legacy of jack Herer it would have to be his persistence and dedication to the cause, and people.
They both never gave up on us, or the Cannabis Hemp plant, never! And sadly neither one ever saw real legalization in California in their lifetimes even though they dedicated there lives to it. Jack and Ed are why I write these articles, They are why I have made the exact same pact with myself. The legacy that is, and was Jack Herer and Edwin "Captain" Adair must not have been in vain, or simply forgotten. These men pledged themselves to lives of servitude for the greater good of all men and women. This is exactly why there visions and dreams of liberating Cannabis Hemp 100% for all Californians and the World must be brought into the modern age. The good news is, it has, and its up to YOU and ME to make sure it really happens this time around in 2016.
Now, lets take a look at what I think are some of the most important and crucial aspects of the CCHI 2016 initiative, and why I think you should not only support it 100 percent, you should volunteer, donate and do everything you possibly can to see that it succeeds for the future benefit of all Californians.
( 1. ) It allows for personal / recreational use, possession and cultivation. ) In which case, let's be honest, almost all initiatives will do the exact same thing. But only to a certain extent. just like we saw with Prop-19. They tried to limit personal cultivation to a 5×5 space for personal use. And Prop-19 only protected 1 ounce of personal cannabis. Just like Jack use to say, " Without cultivation, it's not legalization." I would say, "Without adiquite cultivation, that directly meets the needs of personal, and medical consumption, it's not legalization either." For the purpose of distinguishing personal from commercial production, 99 flowering female plants and 12 pounds of dried, cured cannabis hemp flowers, but not leaf, produced per adult, 21 years of age and older, per year shall be considered as being for personal use. No tax, No license, no permit is required for Non-commercial cultivation, transportation, distribution, or personal consumption.
For some of you this may seem like way to much. Actually it's quite the opposite. It's what we need. It will force cannabis costs to drop drastically. It will create greater access for medicinal and recreational users throughout the entire state. Anyone that has grown their own plants knows, 99 plants does not always equate to the presumed 1-3 pounds per plant ratio that most like to boast about. Nor does it mean all 99 plants will even survive the season. There are many factors that can affect a crop and plants that are simply overlooked by the laymen or average consumer. Not to mention a single cultivator working 99 plants is a lot of work for one person. Those who have been at this long enough know that the best buds come from small well maintained gardens. Not large over scaled and under appreciated ones. But that doesn't mean that 99 plants is unreasonable for each individual person either. Concentrates, butters, oils, salves, and topical's all require a lot of material to process as well. And I would argue that being able to provide yourself with your own edibles, butters, salves, topical's and concentrates also provides a substantial drop in costs to the everyday consumer and patient. Currently under Prop-215 and SB-420 Doctors are already allowed to give exemptions that can exceed the state requirements already. They can even go above 99 plants. But most just go all the way up to….you guessed it, 99 plants. Now trust me when I say, "There will not be another initiative that meets the demands of the cannabis consumers and patients needs in regards to cultivation like the California cannabis Hemp Initiative does. Period! If you think the industry leaders and dispensary owners are going to write an initiative that effectively puts them out of business. you're going to be waiting a really long time.
(2.) It will Repeal, delete, and expunge any and all existing statutory laws that conflict with the provisions of this initiative. 1. Enactment of this initiative shall include: case review for the purpose of amnesty, immediate release from prison, jail, parole, and probation, and clearing, expunging, and deletion of all cannabis hemp marijuana criminal records for all persons currently charged with, or convicted of any non-violent cannabis hemp marijuana offenses included in this initiative which are hereby no longer illegal in the State of California. People who fall within this category that triggered an original sentence are included within this provision. Within 60 days of the passage of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop and distribute a one-page application, providing for the destruction of all cannabis hemp marijuana criminal records in California for any such offense covered by this Act. Such forms shall be distributed to district and city attorneys and made available at all police departments in the State to persons hereby affected )
I have heard a lot of nonsense about this one. stuff like, That is so absurd the state would never be able to practically do that in actual reality. The hell they can't! In fact, not only do they need to, they have to, by law. In August, a three-judge federal court ruled that California must reduce its prison population by approximately 40,000 in two years. California's prison population is consistently one of the largest in the country. The California Cannabis Hemp Initiative will certainly help in relieving the current prison over population problem in California. They are also Non-Violent drug offenders who deserve their freedom. This to me is a no brainer.
( 3. ) It will help define and determine an acceptable and uniform standard of impairment based on scientifically acceptable performance testing, to restrict persons impaired by cannabis hemp euphoric products from operating a motor vehicle or heavy machinery, or otherwise engaging in conduct that may affect public safety. This is a very important issue considering the current test of impairment only tests for non active cannabis metabolites that may have remained dormant in your bodies fat cells for weeks, and in no way shape or form does it give an accurate level of impairment. Meaning you may have smoked three weeks prior and still test positive for non active cannabis metabolites resulting in a DUI. Forcing the state to address this issue through the initiative process is probably the only way these inadequate forms of testing will ever be changed.
( 4.) The term "commercial production" means the production of cannabis hemp products for sale or profit under the conditions of these provisions. Industrial cannabis hemp farmers, manufacturers, processors, distributors, medicinal collectives, and retailers shall not be subject to any special zoning requirement, licensing fee, or tax that is excessive, discriminatory, or prohibitive. This is a very important issue for me living Fresno, who has tried and used every trick under the sun to prohibit any all cultivation of medicinal cannabis indoors and out. This will prohibit cities and counties from imposing discriminatory, excessive, or prohibitive zoning requirements and fees on cannabis outlets. It also caps the excise tax for commercial sales at 10% of the retail price. It also caps the license fees for commercial production, distribution, and sales at $1000. you want to be a mom-n-pop cannabis shop? Or maybe you want to take your strain and cultivation skills to the commercial market, and up your production? $1000 dollars please, and you're in the commercial cannabis industry.
( 5. ) It will effectively remove Cannabis from the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, which currently allows the Federal Government to Regulate Cannabis as a Schedule I drug. It will also prohibit California Law enforcement from assisting Federal Drug agents attempting to enforce federal laws that are no longer illegal by reason of this legislation. Also any person who threatens the enjoyment of these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor. The maximum penalties and fines of a misdemeanor may be imposed.
( 6. ) Allows farmers to grow industrial hemp and hemp seed, and allows industries and entrepreneurs to use the crop for the many uses and applications that hemp provides, both historically and modern. Restricts the use in California of genetically modified Cannabis seeds. This is probably one of the most important issues out of all them all. If we want to feed the fourth hungriest city in the nation, Fresno, it is as simple as planting the seed. We have an entire Central Valley of generation after generation of farmers. The Hemp plant requires far less water then corn and most vegetable crops, replenishes the Soil, Requires very little , to no pesticides, and would also help reduce the nations 2nd most polluted city in America, Second only to Bakersfield Ca. Hemp in the Central Valley of California makes perfect sense in more ways then one. It puts our farmers back to work, it also feeds the hungry with the most nutritional seed for human consumption on this planet. All while cleaning the heavily polluted soil and very air we breath.
Lets be honest with ourselves here folks. If you are looking for, or waiting around, and expecting the Industry leaders to create a more extensive, or better initiative then the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative of 2016. It is never going to happen. If you believe that Norml, ASA, DPP, and the MPP are hosting these round tables and conferences because they are going to craft an initiative that doesn't favor the Industry leaders over the interests of the average consumer. Wrong again. I have even heard a few people suggest that ASA and Cal-Norml are on board with the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2016. Wrong again. This is Lip service at best to shoe you away from the real conversation. Unless Dale Gieringer, and Don Duncan are donating funds and coordinating future signature gatherings for the CCHI 2016 campaign to officially register it for the 2016 ballot. it should only be considered lip service at best.
The California Cannabis Hemp Initiative was literally written by OUR people, for ALL people in the 70's and has been carefully cared for, adjusted and modified for the modern age by Jack himself up until his death in 2010, and has only been modified after his death by a limited amount of trusted associates who worked very closely with jack himself. I have witnessed the evolution and growth of the California cannabis Hemp Initiative campaign and grass-roots efforts in both the 2012 and 2014 attempts to register it on the ballot. I can honestly say with confidence, I really feel positive that we are going to put the CCHI on the 2016 presidential ballot. Another interesting side note is that the really bad voter turnout in the last California gubernatorial election actually means we require less signatures to qualify.
The real bottom line here is that unless we all take it upon ourselves to walk the walk, and not just, talk the talk, and actually get involved in OUR own future. We will constantly be disappointed with the alternatives they present us with. Sadly, both Jack Herer and Captain Ed died before they were able to witness real legalization in California. So here is my proposition to you and every other seriously motivated person in the Cannabis community. This upcoming 4/20, 2015, in loving memory of Jack Herer and Captain Ed. Make a pact with a friend, or yourself to dedicate yourself to getting involved in the upcoming fight to liberate and Re-Legalize Cannabis Hemp in California in 2016. Don't forget to seal it seal it with a Joint! And remember, there is not going to be any large financial backing for the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2016. Nor is it required like most would have you believe either. What is needed and required is large amounts of dedication, motivation, and coordination from the Cannabis Community.
By Dustin F. Lowery
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Do you want REAL Cannabis legalization in California in 2016?
Are you looking forward to the potential of Cannabis legalization in California come 2016? So am I! Have been for quite some time now. Since 2009 I have actually dedicated my life to sharing and educating people about the truths and potential of Cannabis Hemp. Its one of the main reasons I am writing this article today. The future of Cannabis legalization in California may seem almost destined to pass with flying colors in 2016. I assure you, it is not going to be as simple as it is perceived. What some may consider legalization, doesn't necessarily equate to the legalization you may be expecting. Now with that being said, there are only a few ways to ensure that real legalization happens in 2016. And almost all of them start and end with you. Yeah you, the reader. Not just you, me and everyone else also.
First things first. If you're sitting back waiting for the (DPA) Drug Policiy Alliance, (Norml) National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, (ASA) Americans For Safe Access, and other so-called activists groups to deliver legalization for you. You probably would not get to excited about the final result. Do you believe they will form an initiative that favors the average patient, or consumer over the current medical marijuana industry leaders and stake holders? If you do, you have been sadly mislead. Why? Because these very organizations are ran and supported by, you guessed it, the very Industry leaders and business owners who enjoy their absorbent profits from the current unregulated model. How could I possibly know this? I have seen it first hand. I have traveled up and down this state to several cannabis events sponsored by these groups. I have seen the subversion they use to promote the Industry over the plant itself. I specifically recall the big ASA lobbying event at the state capitol a few years back. Where they specifically advertised the weekend as a patient lobbying day. So I wanted to check this lobbying day out for myself. I figured at least it would be an educational experience. Which it was, for several reasons.
When we arrived at this local union hall in the middle of nowhere in Sacramento one of the first things I noticed was there was a lot of dress shirts and Dockers. Everywhere! They all had their ASA lobbying day badges around their Necks looking professional. They had very nice and lavish charter buses they had rented to bus the "Patients" from other districts to Sacramento. Where were these patients? After clambering around during their meeting recording what I could with my camera I had seen virtually no patients. Every word out of their mouths was about lobbying there representatives the following day at the capitol building . All about regulating the medical marijuana industry. The thing I found most interesting was after the meeting I wanted to speak with some of these patients and get there take on the meeting. Almost every single person I spoke with was a patient in the legal sense, but not your everyday average patient. They were all Industry insiders, and Dispensary owners there to lobby their representatives for more restrictive regulations in regards to the medical cannabis industry. I think one of the most telling signs was how excited Don Duncan got once Stephan Deangelo and his Brother showed up at the capitol building. My point is, they tell you one thing to your face, and do another behind closed doors. They verbally promote legalization, regulation and reform. But not the kind that benefits the everyday consumer and patient. If you are relying on them to author something that will meet your needs as a Consumer or a Patient. Think again!
One of my favorite Hemp activists Chris Conrad wrote a really good piece back during the TaxCannabis prop-19 debate. ( http://weedactivist.com/2010/07/25/another-word-on-jack-and-prop-19-from-chris-conrad/ ) (Excerpt) – Initially Jack deeply hated Prop 215. He literally stumped up and down the state cursing out hemp activists who backed it. He screamed at us, called us traitors for working on medical use, and claimed that Dennis Peron was secretly against legalization. When 215 was filed, Jack filed the California Hemp Initiative (CHI) on the 1996 ballot to block it. and changed the name to "California Hemp _and Health_ Initiative" so people signing it would think they had signed Prop 215, to mess with the signature count. When I called him on it, he said he was trying to keep Prop 215 off the ballot because, among other things, "people will stop working for legalization and we'll be stuck with medical forever. No hemp, no legalization; that will be the end." Later he circulated the CCU petitions for pay, then before the election came to support it completely. Now some people actually credit Jack for 'passing Prop 215. Jack vociferously opposed Senate Bill 420, but he loved the dispensaries it allowed to open. ( click the Above link to read the entire piece).
Jacks words – "people will stop working for legalization and we'll be stuck with medical forever. No hemp, no legalization; that will be the end." Jack Knew it then, and they also knew it then. Guess what ? They still know it now! This is exactly what we have been dealing with for the last 19 years. The industry leaders and club owners don't want there quasi legal black market profits going anywhere. So enter the DPA, Norml and ASA with their attempts at dividing the legalization movement as a whole. They certainly don't want the everyday average consumer to be able to cultivate their own Cannabis at home, over buying their middle man marked up products in their stores. Do you think (Norml), (ASA) and the (DPA) want everyone in California cultivating a possible 99 plants legally? Do you think they want to lose that revenue stream? Not just the dispensary owners and industry leaders but the activist groups themselves? No they don't! and they are very active right now at subverting attention away from the CCHI 2016 initiative for other initiatives that have not even been written yet. Yet they all love to invoke the legacy of jack Herer. Like Stephan Deangelo of Harborside in Oakland Ca. One of the Worlds largest dispensaries in the world by the way. He constantly speaks of how good friends him and Jack were, and how they shared the same vision in regards to legalization and cannabis, Well I will have to beg to differ here. I personally asked Stephan Deangelo during the CCHI 2012 signature campaign, at Harborside's yearly shindig called The Deep Green Festival if he supported the Jack here Initiative. He simply replied, I do not support any initiative until they have already registered for the ballot. So the man who makes the most money, and the most profits in California, from the Patients of the medical cannabis industry no less, won't support or finance any legalization effort until it has already officially made the ballot. Share the same vision my ass!
The point is, if you rely on industry leaders, and activists groups to do the work for you, you'd better get ready for a heaping pile of disappointment. Trust me when I say they will let you down every time. In the words of Jack Herer – "You guys have to be warriors for your own freedom. You can't depend on me or anyone else to do it for you. This freedom comes from our willingness to put our acts on the line and teach people all the comprehensive information we have learned about cannabis hemp." We don't need big money, we need big motivation and big determination from an educated base of citizenry. The CCHI 2016 is organizing up and down, and throughout the entire state as I write this article. We are organizing a base of volunteers and supporters to get the signatures necessary to qualify for the November 2016 ballot. Please click the link at the top right of the site for more information on how you can get involved with the fight to liberate cannabis 100% for everyone.
Hey California! Fresno called, they want there pre-1996 marijuana laws back.
Only in Fresno, I tell ya! Only in Fresno California could the vast amounts of misinformation be seen as evidence to support the passing of an ordinance that prohibits any and all cultivation of Cannabis. Retroactively handing all cultivation back over to the black market and criminal enterprises. Wait it gets worse! They have also retroactively criminalized the California legal qualified patients themselves through land use and zoning ordinances. Yup that's right! What the people of California made Legal, Fresno has made Re-illegal!?. They have even found a way to circumvent the due process of law when it comes to qualified medicinal cannabis cultivators. First they mail them a certified letter threatening to fine you administratively $1000 for every plant on the property. The county's 15 Day Notice tells the grower they have to remove all plants within 15 days, or face extremely stiff administrative penalties. In the only 2 cases on record so far, the abatement was done on the same day the individuals were given their 15 Day Notice to abate. does that sound like due process? Wait? Do you feel these fines and levees against you are unjustifiable and unwarranted? Don worry you can always appeal to the Fresno county board of supervisors and hope they understand that your a legal qualified medical marijuana patient of the state California, and not of Fresno. The Fresno county board of supervisors has implemented such an evasive ordinance that it not only circumvents the true written intent of the (CUA). It circumvents the very constitution of California.
Well it still gets worse unfortunately. No dispensaries or medicinal cannabis store fronts or collectives allowed either. So they have also retroactively returned all access, or purchases to the criminal enterprises and black market. The only viable options left for the legal medicinal cannabis patients are traveling to other progressive cities and counties within California that does not seem to have regressive leadership or governance. Which in turn puts huge financial and travel burdens upon the medicinal cannabis patients. Or the final and last result, simply move away from there delusional ideals of governance that exist in this time warp called Fresno. Welcome to my home town people Where the boards of supervisors and city councils are the deciding factor and regulator of your health, medicine, and well being over the recommendations of a licensed physician. Where local law enforcement continually suggests that the Drug Cartels and criminal enterprises should have 100% control of all Cannabis grown in Fresno so they can better serve and protect you. Does any of this make sense to you? Welcome to the wild, wild west of Fresno folks, where the dumb folk roam, and the skies are all smoggy all day!
The City and County of Fresno has gone far beyond just banning large illegal commercial cannabis grows in there districts and county. (Those where already illegal ) They have thwarted the the intent of the (CUA) compassion use act of 1996. Or as its more commonly known and referred to as, Prop 215. They act as if the law never existed in the first place. Not only trampling on the (CUA)-Prop-215, but the later clarifications of the (MMPA) Medical Marijuana Program Act of 2003. Or as it is more commonly known and referred to as SB-420. Senate Bill-420 was an act of the legislators that helped further clarify and define the guidelines of the (CUA) because Law enforcement in places like FRESNO county were continually arresting qualified legal patients. The actions of these misinformed law enforcement and local governments out right thwarted the intent of the law as written and passed by the voting populous of California.
No legal cultivation allowed at all. No legal indoor cultivation in the privacy of your own home. No legal outdoor cultivation on the privacy of your own property. No legal dispensaries or store fronts in your own city or county. All through the power of land use and zoning? But the Fresno county health department will gladly take the peoples money and there doctors recommendation and supply them with a (MMPA) California State Medical Marijuana Card, with a Fresno county health department logo on it. You can even get your doctors recommendation directly through the Fresno county health dept. Through one of there licensed physicians. So the County of Fresno is not only participating in the (MMPA) SB-420, its profiting from the state medical marijuana card program then turning around and telling those qualified patients to access there medicine anywhere but in Fresno? Oh, and good luck out there, I here, it can be pretty shady. Does this make sense to you? Is it legal? I am not lawyer, but I am pretty sure there is some illegal activity taking place here.
you know that old saying? Ignorance of the law is no excuse? Well have you ever considered applying that phrase on those who continually love to throw it in your face. Well the Sheriffs department, Local police department, and Local governments of Fresno are all guilty of that very thing and are hoping the common voter never discovers that. For if you did, you would find that the only people acting as criminals and tyrannical thugs are the ones wearing the suits, costumes and uniforms of local Law enforcement, City Attorneys, and the elected representatives of Fresno. In my personal opinion it is an outright infringement of not only our California constitutional rights. It is also an outright infringement of our United States constitutional rights. Now bare in mind, I am no lawyer or law professor. and this is no way to be construed as legal advice. But I am pretty sure Banning me from access to my medicine recommended by a licensed physician is infringing on my right to "Life". Banning me from cultivating my medicine on my own personal property,whether indoors or out is infringing on my my right to "Property" and "Life". And both of those actions are inherently infringing on my right to "Happiness". Are you catching on here people ?
Law enforcement never has and never will want to decriminalize anything. Especially Cannabis. That is one of Law enforcement's "bread and butter's" shall we say. More Specifically it is one of Margaret Mimms of the Fresno county Sheriffs departments personal blundered legacies she plans on leaving behind her. It would also appear that the Fresno city chief of police Jerry Dyer seems to be riding her coat tails with exact same nonsense. Margaret Mimms headed up the Marijuana Eradication task force here in Fresno county. Unfortunately her and many other small sheriffs dept statewide have been confusing and arresting qualified legal patients since the passing of prop-215 (CUA). The very Reason SB-420 (MMPA) was drafted and passed in 2003. To further clarify prop-215 (CUA). Either they where confused or ignorant of the law, or they simply didn't give two flying farts to the wind either which way. That would put to many good officers on the unemployment line. As if to say needing less police is a bad thing? or focusing those officers attention to more pressing criminal matters is a bad thing. Therefore when they don't like laws passed by the legislators, or governing bodies they simply ignore them as if they never existed to begin with. Hence the ignorance that billows about the room at these very council and supervisor meetings in regards to the actual law as written. 95% percent of the time the elected representatives only repeat and spew out what is interpreted and handed to them by Law enforcement. Never the actual law as written and defined. that is a serious problem folks. How the (CUA) was written is not the true problem at play here.
Have any of you ever read the California constitution? Did you know unlike most of the states in the union, here in California the people have the unique ability to pass there own laws through the statewide voter initiative process. Well that is exactly what happened with prop-215 (CUA). it was not law enforcement or the legislators that authored and circulated prop-215. It was the grassroots activists and citizens of California that wrote, circulated, and passed prop-215 (CUA). Did you know that not even the highest California legislators in the land can change the laws passed by the voter initiative process? The only way to to change voter initiatives is by another voter proposed initiative. The California constitution states, "what the voters have done, the Legislature cannot undo." Interesting!? Well if you can not undo it? what do you do if you don't like it? pretend it does not apply? Or simply imply it was so vaguely written as to allow certain localities to opt out or not participate in way shape or form? NO, it does not work that way. But is that not essentially what Fresno is trying to accomplish here with the passing of this unlawful ordinance? If the Legislator Cannot undo what the voters have done? Neither can the city and county of Fresno right? No matter how much they hate it. No matter how vague there interpretation. The legalese, wording and actual intent remain the same and can only be changed by the voters. are you starting to truly understand the malicious hatred and fury this ignites in law enforcement and the governing bodies its controls? This is truly of, for, and by the people governing. something they have no control over. And regardless of Prop-215 and SB-420's flaws, We the people should, and shall defend it with dignity and due diligence. regardless of whether or not you like or dislike Cannabis. This not just a game of politics anymore. If the only law Fresno answers to is the laws written of, by and for Fresno? are they circumventing state laws themselves ?
I would now like to raise some very concerning questions and points of notice in regards to this intrusive unconstitutional ordinance being forced down the unwilling peoples of Fresno's throats. Question #1 – Could you possibly conceive that the county board of supervisors, or city council representatives in the city in which you reside where the ultimate dictators and regulators of access to you medicine, health and well being, over the recommendation of a licensed physician? Is this an oligarchy or a democratic republic in which we reside? Question #2- Do you Honestly believe that passing this ordinance will curtail the illegal activity and crime associated with cannabis cultivation? Because the sad truth is, your only insuring that all cannabis cultivation is a criminal act. Including legally qualified medicinal cultivation. Which directly conflicts with the peoples law of California and protections guaranteed by the California constitution.
The plain and simple truth is the only way to insure you lower criminal activity associated with Cannabis is by decriminalizing, legalizing and properly regulating the legal industry which arises. Weather it is strictly a model for only legal qualified medical patients, or a model for outright recreational use for responsible adult consumption. The very reason people steal, kill and commit crimes over or for Cannabis is because of the very laws that prohibit it. And the fact they will fetch a very high price in the illegal black market created by its prohibition. Where the demand never really went away by choice or organic methods. It was forced out by unnecessary and unjustifiable means. If it where Legal, easily accessible and cultivated by everyone in there yards, and sensibly regulated and controlled it would be easily accessible to all. and you wouldn't have Criminals jumping fences and killing people over a natural plant. effectively eliminating the intrinsic criminal enterprises and aspects of the failed models of prohibition. Wake up People of Fresno! we do not have to continually stand by while these regressive leaders of our governing bodies are constantly trying to move the progressive needle backwards. We must stand up and be heard. For they will continue to oppress and and trample on anything and everything they deem a NUISANCE. Remember this point right here! the very reason they hold that much power is because we willingly sent them there to speak for us. Citizens and people of Fresno, Stand up and speak for yourselves!
By: Dustin Frazier Lowery
Fresno County Banning Cannabis Cultivation.
Let me start by saying that I have been to my fair Share of County, and City supervisor meetings. Even a few planning commission hearings as well here in Fresno. The most prominent notion in regards to Medicinal Cannabis that is thrown around is the notion that every single cultivator of Cannabis is a Criminal, or is somehow involved in Criminal activity associated with Cannabis. By either abusing the medicinal cannabis program set in place and not following the guidelines, which they do not seem to want to draft any sensible regulations on behalf of the patients. Nor do they seem to care, quite frankly. Then there is always Margret Mimms and our local supervisors favorite and most popular line of defense, Any and every single plant is illegal at the federal level, therefore we have a zero tolerance policy on the basis of all cannabis cultivation is a federal crime. If I had a $100 bucks every time I heard them say "it's all illegal on the federal level". I would be wealthy man.
Well in no way shape or form should Margret Mimms, or any other California law enforcement officer be enforcing or even suggesting Federal law within the state of California. Let alone a county supervisor. It is the duty of the Sheriff, as well as the district attorney to enforce state laws. The federal Government cannot compel state law enforcement. The Supreme Court has even stated that Congress cannot require state officers to enforce federal law. The court said that " the constitution contemplates that a states government will represent and remain accountable to its own citizens." So when are they going to be held accountable for suggesting we enforce federal law within our states borders, Over the laws passed by the citizens of California?
Well I hate to be the bearer of Bad news, (Not Really) But, These are exactly that, nonsensical notions with no factual statistics to support them. Do not get me wrong though, there are plenty of illegal grows on state and federal property that need eradicating and proper policing. There are also people within the system that do abuse it. You will find that in just about every system though. And yes those are criminals in which I believe deserve the full brunt of law enforcement. What I do not understand is why local law enforcement and county supervisors seem to conveniently confuse, or purposely bunch criminals and qualified patients together. Coincidence? Two birds, one stone. It's pretty convenient on behalf of the supervisors. They just allow Law enforcement to do what they do best. Policing. And it allows our county and city supervisors to never have to tackle the tough job of working on sensible regulations that are desperately needed for the Fresno citizens that are LEGAL California Prop-215 and SB-420 medicinal marijuana patients. It's a win, win, for everybody but the patients of course.
The worst part of it is. That the very criminals you are trying to prevent are the very same people set to make larger profits from the criminal black market, effectively increasing crime. Because you successfully eradicated the patient's ability to either purchase from a licensed facility, known as a collective or a dispensary. And through this outdoor cultivation ban you are once again going to completely diminish the LEGAL California Prop-215 and SB-420 medicinal marijuana patients ability to produce quality outdoor medicine for themselves on their own property. Prop-215 Patients ability to cultivate their own plants outdoors is crucial to not only greater access, cheaper medicine, better quality, but increased safety as well.
Forcing patients to only cultivate indoors is far too expensive for the average patients who are usually on fixed incomes. Most are on disability and cannot cultivate for themselves. Hence the need for Collective grow sites that require larger numbers of plants for those who are disabled and cannot produce their own medicine by their own means or on their own property. We are not just talking about putting a few light bulbs above a few plants in the bath tub. To equal what can be produced outdoors, patients would have to spend upwards of 5000 to 10,000 dollars to produce a room that is up to code and efficient enough to produce what can easily be done by Mother Nature. Not to mention the high amounts of energy consumption that must also be paid annually for each harvest. Along with things like, soil, nutrients, pots, and so many other hidden costs that simply make it ineffective to ban outdoor cultivation. If we want to stay true to the requirements of the compassionate use act, Banning outdoor cultivation is not an effective method of creating greater access for qualified patients. However it is an effective method of avoiding the tough questions and hard work of coming up with sensible regulations for patients, and law enforcement to abide by. Thus making it easier to identify the criminals.
So what? We are all just simply criminals now, and should all be treated as such? That is not very compassionate. I think it is important to note the actual name of Prop-215, the Compassionate use act of 1996. That is why I am writing this today. That is why I am going to read this very post before the Fresno county board of supervisors today. Compassion! I do it for the patients who can't raise their voices in opposition here today. I do it for the patients that I have personally witnessed amazing life altering changes thanks to cannabis. I am here because I take great pride and solace in seeing the Joy cannabis brings to those who are bright enough to look past the lies and see the truth for themselves. And that is what I ask all of you here today to please consider today, Have some compassion and some consideration for those that you are so blindly throwing out along with the bath water.
You don't have to smoke to get medicated.
One of the most common misconceptions about medicinal cannabis is that everyone is just smoking and calling it medicine. Though we do have medical trials that prove even smoked cannabis has medicinal values. There are people out there who truly need medicinal Cannabis. But because of other health problems are not able to smoke. So today we are going to cover some of the many ways you can ingest and utilize Cannabis without smoking.
( Great Educational video on the endocannabinoid system )
( Edible's ) – Cannabis infused confections
Infusing Cannabis into your food is one of the safest ways to ingest medicinal cannabis. Though a warning must be issued ! If this is your first experience with Edibles lets take it one step at a time. First time edible users have never used their CB 1 receptors in their digestive system before in regards to cannabis. So it can be a little scary for first time edible users. Just remember, NOBODY HAS EVER DIED FROM CANNABIS, EVER ! You will be OK after your slumber, I promise !
Most first time edible users tend to eat the entire edible in one sitting. I always recommend to patients who are interested in trying edibles to just take a few bites and wait about 30 minutes to an hour. Then you can judge for yourself what your tolerance level is at and can adjust accordingly. In a self-regulated Industry like the Medicinal cannabis industry. It is hard to find exact dosages of THC, CBD, CBN on a lot of products out there today. Though I would have to say there has been a large push in the last 3 years for better, Testing, Labeling and dosages.
( Tinctures ) – Cannabis infused Glycerin's and Alcohols
( information below provided by http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/ ) <—- Click the link for recipes
Tinctures are not new. Until cannabis was banned in 1937, tinctures were the primary type of cannabis medicines. Tinctures are essentially alcohol extractions of whole cannabis (usually the flowers and trim leaves). Tinctures are easy to make and very inexpensive. Tinctures contain all 80 of the essential cannabinoids instead of only one with Marinol. Some of the cannabinoids such as cannibidiol (CBD) actually reduce the psychoactive effects of THC while increasing the overall efficacy of the preparation.
The best way to use tinctures is sublingually (under the tongue). Titration or dose control is easily achieved by the number of drops a patient places under the tongue where the medicine is rapidly absorbed into the arterial system and is quickly transported to the brain and body. All a patient need do with tincture is use a few drops, wait for the desired medical effects, and either use more or stop as the situation indicates. Tinctures can be flavored for better taste. They are best stored in dark bottles in the refrigerator. Since tinctures average some 75% ethanol there is little worry of bacterial or other biological contamination. Those who wish to avoid alcohol can instead use their tincture as a base for making a concentrated elixir (recipe)." (from Smokeless Medicine)
( Vaporizing ) – Vaporize the Compounds without burning the plant matter.
( information below provided by http://www.theweedblog.com/ )
( Special thanks to Johnny Green )
Vaporizing is a common technique for consuming marijuana, while at the same time negating many irritating respiratory toxins that exists within the grown marijuana flower and are released when smoked. Conversely, vaporizing allows one to get at all of the psychoactive ingredients available within that specific strain of marijuana , minus the combustion that ordinarily takes place during consumption.
The basic design of the average marijuana vaporizer is to allow marijuana smokers to inhale the many active Cannabinoids, while at the same time avoiding any of the harmful elements that may exist on that specific flower… although invisible to the naked eye.
While most don't know it … There is a vast difference in the quality of smoke that one receives when they vaporize versus igniting their plant matter. When one smokes a joint, or hits their bong approximately 88% of the combusted smoke gases contain non-cannabinoid elements, most of which do not get you high and provide potential health risks.
Conversely when one uses a marijuana vaporizer the smoke/gases that they are inhaling consists of approximately 95% cannabinoids, otherwise known as the psychoactive ingredients that both calm the mind and soothe the body.
Those are three different methods that are all safer ways of ingesting your medicinal cannabis instead of the usual smoking. I hope that this post helps all of those in need, and a special thanks to http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/ and http://www.theweedblog.com/ for the amazing info which I was able to share.


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The African Union's Peace and Security Council has advised the bloc not to attend the EU-Africa summit set for Brussels, Belgium next week to protest how Europe is holding the continent in contempt by determining who is eligible to attend the meeting. The PSC is the AU's most powerful organ with the mandate to enforce union decisions.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi yesterday said the AU Peace and Security Council met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and told permanent representatives to advise their governments on its decision.
"The African Union Peace and Security Council took a decision that the European Union was in violation of an AU resolution that they do not have the right to determine the composition of Africa's delegation.
"So the AU Peace and Security Council has recommended to all member states that the Summit cannot be held until Europe recognises Africa's sovereignty. The ball is now in the EU's court. It's now up to the EU to decide whether they want the summit to proceed or not.
"If they want it to proceed, they should accept that they have no right to determine the delegation from Africa. I have since briefed President Mugabe and he has since welcomed the decision," said Minister Mumbengengwi.
The EU barred Eritrea from attending the Summit scheduled for April 2-3, 2014. However, Egypt was invited even though it is suspended from the AU because of a military coup - tacitly backed by some EU members and the United States - that removed legitimately elected president, Mr Mohamed Morsi, in July last year.
Another full AU member, the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, was also not invited.
On the other hand, Morocco - which is not an AU member and which colonised SADR and has close ties to the EU and USA - was invited.
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November is the NHLBI's COPD Awareness Month, a time to focus attention on the disease. Also known as emphysema or chronic bronchitis, COPD is a serious lung disease that eventually makes it difficult to breathe.
"Symptoms may include one or more of the following: shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, and feeling like you can't catch your breath," said Sherry Harrington, a respiratory therapist who co-coordinates the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Washington Hospital. "People with COPD have a hard time taking a deep breath due to air trapping, airway swelling and/or increased mucus production. Exhalation, or getting the air out, is what is most difficult for someone with COPD."
COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to the NHLBI. The disease kills more than 120,000 people every year – that's one death every four minutes – and causes long-term disability.
The biggest single risk factor for COPD is smoking. The majority of people diagnosed with the chronic lung disease are current or former smokers over the age of 40, according to the NHLBI. However, long-term exposure to chemicals, secondhand smoke, and dust and fumes may also cause COPD.
"If you are having trouble breathing, you should see your health care provider," said respiratory therapist Rose Stortz, who also co-coordinates the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Washington Hospital. "A pulmonary function test can help to determine if you have COPD. It measures the total amount of air exhaled. It can tell how severe the disease is and help determine the treatment."
There is no cure for COPD, but you can slow the progression with treatment and lifestyle changes, Stortz said. That's why it's important to be aware of the symptoms and get an early diagnosis.
"People may not notice the symptoms," Harrington said. "They start slowing down and daily tasks like shopping and making the bed become more difficult. They often attribute this to getting older, so they don't go to the doctor. Most COPD patients go to the doctor after the progression of the disease has become debilitating, and the simple fact is they should have come in a lot sooner."
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There are a number of medications available today that can help control COPD symptoms and improve quality of life. Programs like Washington Hospital's Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Better Breathing for Life Club can also help people better manage the disease.
"People with COPD often give up the activities they enjoy because they get so short of breath," Harrington said. "They become more and more sedentary, which causes their muscles to weaken, making it even harder to get up off the couch. It's a vicious cycle."
Washington Hospital's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program can help to break that vicious cycle. The program is twice a week for eight weeks. Participants work one-on-one with a respiratory therapist, who helps them build up their strength. They also learn breathing retraining techniques and ways to take control of their disease. It is one of the few pulmonary rehab programs that offer one-on-one care, according to Harrington.
"We serve a very diverse patient population, so we want to be sure we can meet their needs," Stortz said. "We design each session specifically for the individual."
Participants work with weights and exercise machines to get in shape and build up their strength and endurance. A new activity that was incorporated into the program last year is the Nintendo Wii Fit, a video game where players participate in physical activity.
"The Wii can improve balance, which is very important for people with COPD," Stortz said. "Good balance helps to prevent falls."
The rehab program helps people get back on their feet and moving again so they can accomplish some of the daily tasks of living, Harrington said. They can also get back to some of the activities they enjoy, she added.
The Better Breathing for Life Club offers people with all types of lung disease, including COPD, and their loved ones education and support. The group meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month from 1 to 2:45 p.m. Meetings are held at the Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium at 2500 Mowry Avenue (Washington West), in Fremont.
"We have speakers who talk about a variety of topics that are important to people with COPD," Stortz said. "The meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Everyone is welcome."
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Painter help
I just got this program and haven't the foggiest how to use it. I do know how to use Photoshop pretty well though.
Anybody got any tips and/or know about any good tutorials for Painter (7)? Preferably for characters/humans not layouts.
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A couple sites and a book
"Digital Character Design and Painting by Don Seegmiller, ISBN 1-58450-232-0 (EXCELLENT!!!)
The Painter WOW! books are decent for getting used to the different tools and brushes used in the app.
You'll find yourself jumping back and forth between Painter and Photoshop, because there are some klugy interface bumps when working with Painter, but it gives 3D painting effects that are very labor intensive to create with PS, and the watercolor effects ARE awesome!
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October 3rd, 2003 #3
Those are some excellent links, exactly what I needed.
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Labour's decision to hold an election for its new leader appears to have gone down well enough with voters in the latest ONE News Colmar Brunton Poll.
Labour is up one point to 34%, with new leader David Cunliffe making a strong entry into the preferred prime minister stakes.
Labour's decision to have an unprecedented three-way election to replace David Shearer was always a gamble that risked exposing the party's dirty laundry.
"The most corrosive issue facing the Labour Party is unity," Mr Shearer said recently.
But after a relativity clean campaign, Labour has climbed one point in the latest poll to 34%.
National, however, is also up one to 47%, with the Greens slipping 2% to 12%.
New Zealand First is steady on 4%, as is the Maori Party and the Conservatives on 1%.
When converted into seats in a 124 seat Parliament, there is nothing in it, National's 59 seats plus one each from Act and United Future giving the centre right 61.
Labour's 43, the Greens 16 plus Mana's one seat give the centre left 60.
Neither are enough for a majority, leaving the Maori Party and its three seats as king maker.
This assumes all current electorate seats are held.
While Labour hogged the limelight, Prime Minister John key headed to the Pacific to talk Fiji with Pacific leaders, all the while preparing to target a new opposition leader..
David Cunliffe has stormed into the preferred prime minster stakes in this poll, up 10 points to 12% support.
John Key is still popular though, up 1% to 42%. NZ First leader Winston Peters is a distant third on 4%.
It hasn't been a pitch perfect start for David Cunliffe, who asked the Prime Minister during question time: "Why, following the call from the chair of caucus, er Chorus...?"
But gaffes aside, Mr Cunliffe already seems to have earned the respect of his rival, says ONE News political editor Corin Dann.
Dann says it seems Labour's election gamble is well on the way to paying off.
'A good start'
Mr Cunliffe said his jump in the preferred prime minister stakes is a good start but there's a lot more work to do.
"We are going to be part of dynamic team, we are going be a diverse team and we are going to be going for it," Mr Cunliffe told TV ONE's Q+A.
The new leader will be revealing his shadow cabinet at 2pm tomorrow and revealed there will more women in the senior line-up.
"We are going to be at the next election increasing the number of women in our caucus," he said.
"We do enjoy a majority of support from New Zealand women for good reason. We are progressive in our ideals."
Mr Cunliffe is set to challenge the government on the economic front with two finance-focussed brains in the top two opposition seats.
He this week confirmed David Parker as Labour's deputy leader who will remain as the party's finance spokesman.
"We may be pale, we may be male, but I promise you, we are not going to be stale," Mr Cunliffe told Q+A.
He said his choice of deputy reflects the direction in which he wants to lead the party.
Labour is upgrading its economic performance and will be challenging the government head-on, he said.
"The fact that the deputy leader is our finance spokesperson and will lead a much strengthened economic team is not an accident. He will face off and he will beat Bill English."


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Hallmark Apologizes For Distasteful 13-Year-Old Girl's Birthday Card Wishing For Bigger Boobies
After an author posted an image of a British Hallmark card on Twitter, an Internet firestorm erupted in outrage over the card's derogatory, sexist message. "You're 13 today! If you had a rich boyfriend he'd give you diamonds and rubies. Well, maybe next year you will — when you've bigger boobies!" Ooof. Hallmark, we thought we knew you better than that!
Dear @hallmarkpr, SERIOUSLY???? twitter.com/Cheesyhel/stat… #letsmessgirlsupearlywithcards— maureenjohnson (@maureenjohnson) December 7, 2012
We don't need explain why this card is a bad idea, but let's do it anyway, shall we? It reinforces negative stereotypes for both men and women, and suggests to adolescent girls that the way to get a rich boyfriend is with large breasts. Upon its circulation around the web, Hallmark released this statement on their website:
This card was printed over 15 years ago by Arnold Barton before Hallmark UK acquired that brand. This card has not been reproduced since and we are surprised that a copy was still available for purchase in a retail store. We agree the card is not appropriate; we apologize on behalf of Arnold Barton and will do our best to track down any copies remaining in circulation.
We love seeing a company take responsibility for a bad call, even if it's just a reminder for how far we've come with a current generation of smart, socially-conscious women!
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When we critique video games there are a lot of areas for us to look at. Game design, graphics and technical issues are usually the big three. But another area that does come up often is on replayability: Namely should a game be marked down for not being replayable? It's an interesting debate and one that can impact a game dramatically.
Today's post should be interesting, as I'm going to talk about another often overlooked area of making a great game — level design. As we've talked about on podcasts, it's one of those topics where we can talk about what we liked or disliked about a level, but actually talking about what makes it good or bad is another story because you're not just talking about one part of your game but every aspect that is playable to the player.
It may surprise some of you to know that even I've succumbed to the addictive qualities of the "clicker genre" — games whose sole mechanic is simply clicking something on screen and watching numbers go up or down. I'm not alone in enjoying these games and examining why allows us to look at one of the key draws of a lot of video games.
As many of you know, we love talking to Indie Game Developers on Game-Wisdom and the growth of the Indie market has been very interesting to watch over the years. This is why today's Kickstarter spotlight is for the film Game Loading Rise of the Indies which takes a look at how the Indie market and its designers have grown.


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what will they say about us in 2057?
On the occasion of the recent 50th anniversary of the creation of the BART bureaucracy, I noted the prescience of members of the commission that decided the Bay Area really needed a rapid transit system. They said that new freeways, which Los Angeles had pinned its hopes on, could not solve traffic congestion by themselves.
Now BART is contemplating its next 50 years with the knowledge that those guys in 1957 were Read the rest of this entry »
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While the "Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait" exhibit, opening soon at London's Jewish Museum, will show the public a different version of the singer's life than the one we saw in the tabloids, her brother has just come forward with a new angle on how she died.
While he doesn't deny her very struggle with drugs and alcohol, that isn't what killed her, says Alex Winehouse. Instead, he claims, it was bulimia that actually led to his sister's death. (The coroner's inquest listed alcohol poisoning as the cause of death).
"She would have died eventually, the way she was going, but what really killed her was the bulimia," he told The Observer. "Had she not have had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger."
According to Winehouse, she developed bulimia in her late teens, when all of her friends were doing it. "They'd put loads of rich sauces on their food, scarf it down and throw it up. They stopped doing it, but Amy never really stopped. We all knew she was doing it but it's almost impossible [to tackle], especially if you're not talking about it."
Winehouse died in 2011 at age 27. Tragic, no matter how exactly it happened.
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Pizza Restaurants With Good Beer
Pizza and beer go together, but unfortunately, if you're into good beer, the selection's usually fairly limited at most places that specialize in pizza. There's nothing wrong with pizza, but why must this fine dish be associated with pitchers of yellow American swill? Follow our pizza and beer list and you'll never drink swill again.
Ascona Pizza Co. There are two:
- 3414 Camino Tassajara Road, Danville, CA 94506, 925-736-4949
- 1020 Bollinger Canyon Road ,Suite A, San Ramon, CA 94582 925-736-0606
I called the Danville restaurant and learned there are 26 beers on tap. Highlights included Bear Republic Racer 5 and Red Rocket Ale, also Lagunitas IPA and Gordon Biersch Marzen, Alaskan Amber and Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale.
In an e-mail, a regular poster, Matt summed up Ascona this way:
Bottom line: if I run into someone in S.F. looking for pizza and beer, I wouldn't recommend they drive all the way out to the San Ramon Valley for Ascona. But if you're close enough to the area, in my humble opinion, it's definitely worth a visit.
Azzurro Pizzeria in Napa has great pizza and a good bottled beer selection of 12oz and 22oz. 707-255-5552 1260 Main Street, Napa,94558
Bobby G's Pizzeria, 2072 University Ave., Berkeley, 510-665-8866. Excellent pizza. Proprietor Robert Gaustad has a decent stock of Belgians including all three Chimays. Also has the Guinness Surger and many West Coast craft beers.
Cato's Ale House, 3891 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, (510) 655-3349. Another quite splendid pub. Good pub food, huge beer list. Great place to just hang out. This place started out as a pizzeria and it still serves excellent pizza.
Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 843-8277. Among the best pubs in the Bay Area. Find Russian River Pliny the Elder here. Decent pizza. An adult kind of place, college-age up.
Lanesplitter Pub & Pizza, 2033 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, (510) 845-1652. One of the best places in Berkeley to find a great selection of craft beer. Breweries and home brew clubs often hold events here. Excellent pizza.
Lanesplitter Temescal, 4799 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA 94609, 510-653-5350. A branch of the Berkeley pub in the newly trendy Temescal district. Good beer, live music. Excellent pizza
Mission Pizza & Pub. 1572 Washington Blvd., Fremont, 510-651-6858. Located near Interstate 680 on the southern edge of Fremont, this is a family pizza parlor with live music Friday and Saturday nights. But proprietor Phillip Willis is into craft beer, the harder to find, the better. If there's something rare and unusual, he most likely has it. Besides, the pizza's excellent.
Porky's Pizza Palace, 1221 Manor Blvd., San Leandro, 510-357-4323. A reader recommended this one. I'd forgotten about it, but he's right: This is a great beer place. Here's the recommendation: "OK, OK, it's a pizza place, but the beers on tap are pretty good." No kidding. Proprietor Gary Valenziano has a long, varied and ever-changing beer list. Tap handles right now include Drake's Expedition, Drake's Mild, Deschutes Mirror Pond Ale, Green Flash West Coast IPA, Green Flash Hop Head, Anchor Steam, Anchor Porter, Trumer Pils, Marin Hoppy Holidaze, Hofbrauhaus (Munich) Maibock. Not too shabby, and the pizza is great.
Original Nick's Pizzeria & Pub, 1214 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo, 650-574-1530. I've never been here, but fans in e-mails give it rave reviews for the beer list.
Here's comment about Nick's for a poster: Nothing wrong with Original Nick's pizza, given you can wash it down with a Stone IPA or Arrogant Bastard, or perhaps a Big Daddy or Racer 5. Won't find the Green Flash or Russian River here, unfortunately. Then again, traveling south from San Mateo on 101 the next good beer with pizza opportunity you will come to is in San Luis Obispo county, so you had better stop at Nick's.
Rocco's Pizzeria, 2909 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, 925-947-6105. This popular pizza joint in "the Creek" expanded last year, with a new bar and a decent beer list. This is the place to find Concord craft brewery Black Diamond's beers, including the Belgian-style Blonde and Black Diamond Amber. There's always a Lagunitas tap handle and something from Gordon Biersch besides the usual corporate stuff. Great pizza, too, (and a soundtrack heavy on Frank Sinatra).
Got a favorite pizzeria with an outstanding beer stock? Post your comment here or drop me an e-mail: email@example.com.
An Allagash Black and a mini gourmet veggie pizza, for under 10 bucks? Are you kiddin' me? Mission Pizza rules.
You wouldn't think Allagash Black would go extremely well with pizza, but this pie had dried cranberries on it (and about a million other things) and the combination was awesome. The beer alone for $3.25 was an unbelievable happy hour deal. Russ.
Russ…S Yeah, isn't Mission Pizza incredible. I went there once and they had a vertical tasting of Bigfoot on their taps, three different years from the keg. Not too shabby. wb
Comment: Azzurro Pizzeria in Napa has great pizza and a good bottled beer selection of 12oz and 22oz. 707-255-5552 1260 Main Street, Napa,94558


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June 19, 2013
Adirondack Park Agency spokesman Keith McKeever gives a presentation Monday, June 17 at the Newcomb Central School regarding the classification process of former Finch Pruyn lands in the Central Adirondacks.
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Newcomb hosts third APA hearing on former Finch land
Representatives of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) held their third public hearing on the classification of former Finch Pruyn lands on Monday, June 17, in the Newcomb Central School auditorium.
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I'ma ball at the mall shuttin' down the sea wall
It's cut/paste...idiots.
I wonder if there was some sort of fallout with GV? They seemed like a shoe-in. One of my top 3 favorite sets at Coachella a few years back.
Well fuck.
At least they have an LA date.
This still doesn't make sense to me, although I accept it's not happening. If GV can book Hot Chip every time they release an album, why not Cut Copy? So bummed.
Superfan will be in front of the Fonda masturbating furiously to a photo of him taking a photo of a band. Set is from 8:05 to approximately 8:05:15. Guest list only.
Upcoming Shows: Stanton Warriors (3/20), George Clinton + P Funk (3/21) Coachella 2015 (WK1), Underworld (Hollywood Bowl), Basement Jaxx (Hollywood Bowl), David Gilmour (Wherever I need to go)
Their set was phenomenal...and i got this Cut::Copy Setlist !.jpg
They were playing We Are Explorers and right around the best part of the song the screen starts counting down the new year, fireworks behind the trees. Snowglobe really impressed me. Vibes on par with huge festivals
I'm gonna cry.
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Monday was a rare night during the Stanley Cup Playoffs with no NHL action, but they're back to the ice Tuesday at the TD Garden as the Boston Bruins host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, looking to tie up the series after Guy Boucher's club cruised to a 5-2 victory in the opener.
Meanwhile, the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks have another day to practice before resuming their Western Conference Finals series on Wednesday. For the first time this postseason the Sharks trail in a series and will be looking to even things up heading back to California.
Here's your daily NHL.com Reading List, a set of quick links to some of the stories you won't want to miss:
Starting from the top
After several years of languishing near the bottom of the standings, the Lightning didn't turn things around merely by swapping out a couple players. It was a total regime change, Corey Masisak reports, starting with new ownership and a cleaning out of the front office, that jump-started this turnaround.
Lightning challenging history
By the end of Tuesday night, Tampa Bay could have the longest single-season playoff winning streak since Detroit during its 2008 Stanley Cup run. By the end of the conference finals, they could tie the all-time mark. Emily Kaplan goes inside the remarkable run the Lightning are on.
Kaberle feeling the heat
While the Bruins wait to see if Patrice Bergeron will be back in the lineup for Game 2, one thing that is known is defenseman Tomas Kaberle needs to pick up his play. Shawn Roarke has the story on the trade deadline acquisition who has underwhelmed during his time in Beantown.
Canucks' energy line contributes
It's not unusual for the unit of Maxim Lapierre, Raffi Torres and Jannik Hansen to take the ice looking to throw a few hits and get Vancouver going with the physical game. But in Game 1, Dan Rosen tells us, the energy line came through with a key goal and helped spark the offense as well.
Hodgson happy to be healthy
Playing the role of fourth-line center for Vancouver isn't something Cody Hodgson, a former OHL Player of the Year, is familiar with exactly. But as Dhiren Mahiban notes, after a back injury robbed him of almost an entire season and he spent most of this season in the AHL, Hodgson is just glad to be a part of this playoff run.
Couture not lacking in confidence
The fact he's a Calder Trophy finalist might suggest Logan Couture of the Sharks is a bit raw when it comes to pressure situations this time of year, but the 22-year-old center is up for any challenge. Dan Rosen talks to the kid and his coach, Todd McLellan, to find out just how much moxie Couture possesses and how he got it.
Familiar spot for Marleau
Deflecting criticism and continuing to succeed is a roller-coaster ride San Jose's Patrick Marleau has been through in the past -- and judging by his play in Game 7 against Detroit and the opener in Vancouver, Dhiren Mahiban says he's been handling the naysayers like Versus commentator Jeremy Roenick pretty well.