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Dutch weed pass plan abandoned by incoming Dutch Government

Dutch weed pass plan abandoned by incoming Dutch Government

14 November 2012 at 13:17 Comments are Disabled

The incoming Dutch government has ditched plans for a national “weed pass” that would have been available only to residents and that would have effectively banned tourists from Amsterdam’s marijuana cafes. However, under a provisional governing pact unveiled this week, cities can bar foreigners from weed shops if they choose. The pact says that itRead More …

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Apple’s software boss takes a seat at Ferrari’s table

Apple’s software boss takes a seat at Ferrari’s table

13 November 2012 at 15:49 Comments are Disabled

Apple has taken a seat in Ferrari’s boardroom in a deal that helps both companies. Eddy Cue, the tech titan’s vice president of internet software and services, was named to Ferrari’s board of directors on the same day the Italian automaker announced record-setting sales for the first nine months of the year. “I am pleasedRead More …

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Marijuana legalization victories could be short-lived

Marijuana legalization victories could be short-lived

12 November 2012 at 12:44 Comments are Disabled

They said the federal government could sue to block parts of the measures or send threatening letters to marijuana shops, followed up by street-level clampdowns similar to those targeting medical marijuana dispensaries the government suspects are fronts for drug traffickers. “This is a symbolic victory for (legalization) advocates, but it will be short-lived,” Kevin Sabet,Read More …

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Blue weed seeds

Blue weed seeds

9 November 2012 at 17:06 Comments are Disabled

The term Blue Cannabis refers to any cannabis strain that has Blueberry in its genetic heritage. The original Blueberry was developed by Dutch Passion in the late 1970s and has won many High Times Cups. Blueberry Cannabis is a mostly Indica variety with dark leaves tending to blue and purple hues. Although producing slightly lessRead More …

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Anti-regime activist Tarek Algorhani talks about fighting guns with cans and tags

Anti-regime activist Tarek Algorhani talks about fighting guns with cans and tags

8 November 2012 at 13:58 Comments are Disabled

When Tarek Algorhani walked out of a Syrian prison in June 2011, he had no idea that a revolution had erupted in his country – or that it had ignited over a cause he had been thrown in jail nearly six years for championing: inalienable human rights. In November 2005, Tarek and eight other bloggersRead More …

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Obama’s commendable change in federal drug enforcement policy

Obama’s commendable change in federal drug enforcement policy

7 November 2012 at 12:57 Comments are Disabled

This is one of those rare instances of unadulterated good news from Washington: the Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to TheRead More …

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Four question with Spike Lee

Four question with Spike Lee

6 November 2012 at 15:08 Comments are Disabled

For those waiting for Spike Lee to make another feature film, your time has come. After four years he’s back with Red Hook Summer, about a middle-class boy from Atlanta who is sent to Red Hook in Brooklyn, N.Y., to spend the summer with his minister grandfather in a housing project. It premiered at theRead More …

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Angel’s Breathe: the limited edition strain from Mr.Nice!

Angel’s Breathe: the limited edition strain from Mr.Nice!

5 November 2012 at 12:48 Comments are Disabled

To this day, the most silent but highest achieving plant coming out of the MNS camp since Super Silver Haze is the Mango Haze. This was made with the proven parent line that SSH came from as well as a long line of pedigree winning and highly performing plants. The flavor of the Mango HazeRead More …

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Basic marijuana hydroponic rockwool system

Basic marijuana hydroponic rockwool system

2 November 2012 at 22:34 Comments are Disabled

This system is based on normal commercial practice in production of marijuana. It is designed for mono-cultural cultivation and is not suitable for mixed gardening. This design is for recirculation of nutrients, if you intend to use a total loss system, you will need a larger tank and provision for run-off. Cultural practices will differRead More …

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Exploring the history of Catacombs

Exploring the history of Catacombs

30 October 2012 at 15:23 Comments are Disabled

Beneath the city streets that travellers walk on each day, dark labyrinths of underground catacombs are passageways to the past, to a time when the ghostly tunnels served as burial grounds for millions of people. The catacombs of Rome, which date back to the 1st Century and were among the first ever built, were constructedRead More …

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