Start a cannabiz, and prove the market

March 13th, 2010 | By Reverend

Here is some more introduction to our company Emerald Sun Inc. We have had some set backs, but we will still be opening on March 17th St. Patrick’s Day. A few issues that we have had are.

• Signs are going to be one day late
• Skateboards are going to be a few days late
• We will have a thousand stickers that we will give away on xCannabis that were meant for the St. Patrick’s Day parade. If you stop by the store after March 19th you can pick one up for free. Otherwise if you send us $2 via paypal we will ship one to you, this covers shipping and handling. Send a $2 donation to this paypal account; email: info@slu2.com, Or use this button.
  
  
  
  

Here are the rest of the updates in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eT_zJzxQW4

Come by and say ‘high’ and please sign I-1068

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Musings on a 4th Dimension and omnipresence

March 9th, 2010 | By Reverend

This is my first xCannabis sermon that I’ve made in a long time.

But while watching Carl Sagan tonight, I found a parallel relationship between our understanding of the cosmos and our understanding of G-d or of an omnipresent creator.

Carl Sagan explains our cosmos and the bending that scientist talk about, or as he explains it “a finite universe without boundries” as a 4th dimension. He uses a tesseract to explain this:

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St. Patrick’s day and the rising of the Emerald Sun

March 7th, 2010 | By Reverend

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From Sensible Washington:

Hello Spokane 1068ers!

This was the first full week on the campaign trail, and you came out with a bang! Volunteers covered the Bus Plaza, Riverfront Park, bars, concerts, the Courthouse, and a door-to-door neighborhood canvass. We came very close to reaching our weekly goal. And we got a federal judge, a deputy prosecutor, and a high-ranking city official to sign the petition.

This is what the end of Marijuana Prohibition looks like.

But it won’t come without a fight — we need to prove we’re serious about ending the injustices. Anything short of a weekly show of our strength means our opponents can write us off as “just another stoner cause” without enough motivation to get the job done.

This Saturday, prove them wrong at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Spokane!

Parade starts at noon on the 13th, so come early to get the crowd beforehand.

Or if you can’t make it, join us at the other scheduled events below. Your area coordinator will get in touch to invite you to come gather signatures with other volunteers, and s/he can provide you with petitions and the info you need to collect signatures legally.

If we all pull in at least 40 signatures a week through July 2nd (two hours a week) we can end the harassment, surveillance, property seizures, court dates and trials for the decent people who choose marijuana — whether treating an illness or blessed with health.

And please — turn your completed petitions in to your area coordinator weekly. If you don’t know your area coordinator, please reply to this email or call 723-9965.

Thank you all, so much, for all that you do!

-Renata

Signature Events!
Grab a clipboard, some pens and some friends –
this is the quick & easy way to get your 40 sigs a week

Sunday, March 7

12-3 pm: Plaza/Downtown/Riverfront Park. Call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

Monday, March 8

9-11 am: Courthouse in courtyard of Public Safety Building. Call coordinator Dave T. for more info: 570-762-4114
12-2 pm: SFCC signatures. Call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

12-4 pm: Plaza/Downtown/Riverfront Park. Call coordinator Matt for more info: 209-0575

Tuesday, March 9

12-4 pm: Plaza/Downtown/Riverfront Park. Call coordinator Will for more info: 723-9779
12-2 pm: SFCC signatures. Call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

6 pm – Spokane Chiefs vs Kelowna Rockets at the Arena! Meet at the corner of Boone & Howard – call coordinator Will for more info: 723-9779

Wednesday, March 10

12-4 pm: Plaza/Downtown/Riverfront Park. Call coordinator Will for more info: 723-9779
12-2 pm: SFCC signatures. Call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

Thursday, March 11

12-4 pm: Plaza/Downtown/Riverfront Park. Call coordinator Will for more info: 723-9779
12-2 pm: SFCC signatures. Call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

7 pm – Bar Night! (Wander to Knitting Factory at 919 W. Sprague to catch the crowd for Janus concert) – call coordinator Shayna for more info: 998-3158

Friday, March 12

9-11 am: Courthouse in courtyard of Public Safety Building. Call coordinator Dave T. for more info: 570-762-4114

12-4 pm: Plaza/Downtown/Riverfront Park. Call coordinator Matt for more info: 209-0575
12-2 pm: SFCC signatures. Call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

6 pm – Spokane Chiefs vs Kelowna Rockets at the Arena! Meet at the corner of Boone & Howard. Call coordinator Will for more info: 723-9779.

7 pm – Bar Night! Meet outside Dempsey’s Brass Rail, 909 W. 1st, branch out from there. Call coordinator Shayna for more info: 998-3158

8 pm – Gonzaga Strip (Bulldog Tavern on Hamilton @ Sharp) – call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

Saturday, March 13

***Give your signature totals to your local coordinator by the end of the day today. If you do not know your coordinator, write to sensiblewashingtoneast@gmail.com***

11am-1pm – ***St. Patrick’s Day Parade!*** ALL HANDS ON DECK! Meet at Pavilion entrance at Riverfront Park and get all the supplies & info you need. Call coordinator Renata for more info: 723-9965

7 pm – Bar Night, St. Paddy’s Day Edition! Meet outside O’Doherty’s, 525 W. Spokane Falls Blvd – call coordinator Shayna for more info: 998-3158

8 pm – Gonzaga Strip (Bulldog Tavern on Hamilton @ Sharp) – call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

Sunday, March 14

***Your local coordinator needs your signature totals. If you do not know your coordinator, write to sensiblewashingtoneast@gmail.com***

12-2 pm: Main Market Coop, 44 W. Main Street, call coordinator Will for more info: 723-9779
12-3 pm: Plaza/Downtown/Riverfront Park. Call coordinator Nick for more info: 389-8275

–
Renata Rollins
Eastern Washington Field Director
Initiative 1068 – Sensible Washington

www.SensibleWashington.org

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Dawning of a new day – Emerald Sun

March 6th, 2010 | By Reverend

We are in the midst of getting Emerald Sun’s Design Studio open. Our grand opening is St. Paddy’s day which is only 11 days out. So as things go for us, we are busy.

We are proud to announce that we are sponsoring NORML in two ways with our new venture.

1. We are donating 5% of all sales to WA NORML until May 10th 2010.
2. We are running banner ads and audio ads on the NORML Stash (NORML Live)

Have a listen to our audio ad that will be played on NORML Live

We are honored to be able to participate and we love NORML!
Congrats on the CBS ad NORML!   (read more..)

In other news, we released this plugin for Wordpress today. This is GentleSource’s software, but we modified it so that it would create shortlinks from SLU2.com by default. With this plugin, you can automatically have social networking via twitter at the bottom of each blog post, and a view only needs to click on the twitter icon to tweet your post, with a shortened URL from www.SLU2.com (Sensi Life).

Also if you haven’t signed it yet, PLEASE sign the petition for I-1068 (WA).
If you don’t know where to sign, come to our grand opening.
Here is a list of places that you can sign as well.
SensibleWashington.org

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The Emerald Sun will rise, on St. Patty’s Day

March 3rd, 2010 | By Reverend

We have decided to delay the opening of Emerald Sun Incorporate until March 17th.
We have a few permits and licenses as well as a few walls to build.

I figure St. Patty’s is a good day, that doesn’t get a lot of attention. It falls on Wednesday this year after all. So we will probably just keep the party warm for the weekend.

This is an article that I recommend: The Real St. Patrick?

Also this is a video that I made about the struggle that Irish folks endured in our country when they arrived:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlyNWZ9MEtc

On Wednesday March 17th, we will open our doors. We will serve some refreshments and get to know our neighbors.
We will also have a killer sale on all of our new wares! When I say new, I mean no one else has these wares, because they are designed and made by Emerald Sun. Kimberly makes hand sewn threads, from hoodies to shorts, and even some sick kushy bags that we call “Dope Duffals”, these were a hit at HempFest last year!
I will be sporting a new line of clothing made by us. My birthday present from Kimi is this really bad ass corduroy hoodie! Im psyched! You want to talk about made in the USA, these are made in your own back yard! Made for rugged, and casual use.
We are an outdoors type of family, so we make our clothing for our lifestyle.

We will also have a variety of Emerald Sun t-shirts will clever designs to promote the cannabis awareness and legalization movement.

Don’t miss out on this sale, we are give 5% of ever sale to WA NORML, and we are going to be discounting each item at least 15% off regular prices.

Also we will have forms to sign for the I-1068 petition. Read more about it at:

http://sensiblewashington.org/where-to-sign-i-1068/

This is our address:
9423 North Division
Spokane, WA 99218

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Updates for Sensible Washington on I-1068

February 28th, 2010 | By Reverend

Hello Fabulous Spokane Activists!

You’re reading the first weekly volunteer newsletter alerting you to upcoming events that are rich signature-gathering opportunities for us! A campaign coordinator will be on site at every event with extra blank petitions, so if you’re a first-time volunteer you will be in good hands.

Expect a follow-up call soon from your local coordinator. S/he will invite you to attend at least one event per week so you can contribute regularly toward the Eastern Washington goal of 80,000 signatures before July 2nd. S/he will also be your contact for turning in completed petitions and getting new blank ones.

If every volunteer turns out for one or two events per week, we will make it on the ballot!

The success of I-1068 is up to you. The only question left: What will you do to repeal Prohibition and stop that knock at the door for good?

Bring a clipboard/cardboard, some pens and a friend — and come to this week’s organized events to find out!

Renata  =)

–
Renata Rollins
Eastern Washington Field Director
Initiative 1068 – Sensible Washington

www.SensibleWashington.org

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NORML and I-1068 updates

February 25th, 2010 | By Reverend

From: www.WANORML.org

I-1068 Petitions Available in Spokane; Neighborhood Canvass Day Planned

“What would you do to make that knock at the door go away?”

“Would you register to Vote?”
“Would you sign I-1068?”

Come to the Community Building this Saturday to find out!

Date: Saturday, February 27th
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: 35 West Main

I-1068 petitions are available for pickup in Spokane, and we need at least 200 volunteers who can gather signatures in Spokane County.

If every volunteer can collect 20+ signature per week through the end of June, we will make it on the November ballot.

Come pick up your forms and stay to participate in the neighborhood canvass of Browne’s Addition on Saturday. Training and food will be provided!

Questions? Please contact Kevin Oliver, Spokane County I-1068 coordinator.

Dress for weather this Saturday and be prepared to stay out all afternoon if you want. The weather forecast is “Mostly Cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s and lows in the mid 30s.”

Be there. Be well.

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We sold our first skate deck!

February 23rd, 2010 | By Reverend

Right now is exciting times for us.  We have sold multiple point of sales systems, and that has allowed us to open a business.
Also before we have even made any new products, we found out that we got a sale today on the demo that we had at Pegasus Book Store in Pocatello Idaho!   We had some really expensive demos made, while we were getting our screen printing business setup.  And while we didn’t make any money off the sale of this deck, it was a great feeling to have sold our first skate deck ever!

Thanks to Pegasus Book Store for featuring our deck in your display, more decks are on the way!  We love you!

These our the decks that we have available at this time.

See video of our first deck the “Icky Sticky Grippy”
http://xcannabis.com/2008/11/ganja-skateboards/

Contact Ryan @ xCannabis for information on our decks if you are interested in a single or bulk purchase.  We have great wholesale rates available now.  New product will be available on March 10th at our new location:

9423 North Division
Spokane, WA 99201
888-694-8737

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New video about point of sale and dispensary services

February 23rd, 2010 | By Reverend

This is a video to replace the one that I posted a few days ago.  Im not dressed as well in this video, and I shot the film on my back porch so it’s a little rustic.  But I think I got my points across better, and I made an advancement in the software that I wanted to share, concerning OpenBravo and the ability to connect a remote database.

On the topic of remote databases.  I just wanted to point out the obvious.   If you’re database and customer information is stored remotely, it is much harder for criminals to come in and take your data.  Or for example, if the FEDS come in for a routine shakeup, and if they take your computer system, then at least they only got computer parts and no customer data.
Both software’s that we offer with our system have the ability to be remotely hosted, both are open source, and both are free.

Here’s the video, thanks for watching!

Also I wanted to announce that we just built apothecary509.com  for a friend.  John Parr will be adding content to his site in the near future.  I just wanted to give him a shoutout.  John is a great healer and an RN here in the 509.  Big ups bro!

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Growing medicine tutorials (favorites)

February 22nd, 2010 | By Reverend

I have been growing weed off and on all my life since I was 15 years old.
I got thrown out of my parents house at a young age for growing weed in their basement.
But I was always an amateur until recently.  I never used the correct lights, the correct nuets, etc…
I had the timing and the basics down, but that was really all.
I had some out door grows when I worked for the irrigation company.  But I never harvested from any of them.  Someone found them before I did, or some times they just didn’t survive the heat in the summers.

But now I grow my own medicine, as a legal MMJ patient in Washington and I have been very successful in my last few gardens.
I’ve never grown more than 13 plants.  My limit is 15.  So I am just a hobbyist.  My method of growing has low yield as well, so seveal times during the year, I will find myself getting supplies from the dispensaries.  I basically grow to offset the cost of my medicine, not as any sort of business  (though when I-1068 passes, I will be growing crops).
My low yield is due to using CFLs and LEDs to grow.  I use those two types of light for several reasons.   #1 lower cost, lower power consumption.  #2, the CFLs and LED produce a broader spectrum of light (UVA/UVB) than more conventional cannabis grow lights, like HPS and MH, and in my opinion makes more potent pot if enough light is used.  #3  no high demand air circulation system is needed because of much cooler temps.

A lot of people will grow with the blue temp CFLs in vegetation, and switch over to HPS  or MH later, but I grow 100% from CFLs and LEDs, I just adjust the color/temp of lights during plant cycles.

But I only get ozs when other people are getting lbs.   So there is a big trade off there.

But growing just for myself allows me the luxury of having a low maintanence garden.

Anyway, there are tons of different ways to grow weed.  Dirt vs. Hydro vs. Aeroponics…   HPS vs MH vs CFL vs LED…

That is why Youtube is such a valuable resource.

Here is a sample of a video on how to grow hydro.   There are videos on everything from germinating the seeds, to selling the product in a cannabis cafe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esp1QZWlVLI

I made a video about a hydro-rooting system that I made from a plastic storage tub, a pond pump, a fish tank aerator, and some plastic cups.

This was when I lived behind the zion curtain (Idaho), and we just had a new born baby come to us, so I wasn’t growing weed at this time, just veggies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VY8rZk-csQ

I love to grow.   I guess I got it from my pop

I look forward to networking with other pharmers and helping patients grow their own medicine.

If anyone has any seed donations to offer let me know.  I do trades too.

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