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All posts tagged "Kanu Nwankwo"
Gist10 months ago
2023: Sowore Knocks Ex-Eagles Stars Over Tinubu's Endorsement
Human rights activist and media entrepreneur, Omoyele Sowore has lambasted former Super Eagles players for endorsing the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All...
Photo: Kanu Nwankwo's Wife Celebrates First Child On 17th Birthday
Amara Kanu, wife of Nigeria's legendary footballer, Kanu Nwankwo, has taken to social media to celebrate their first child, Sean Kanu who turned 17, on Valentine's...
I Walked 7km To Play Football Without Boots – Kanu
Former captain of the Super Eagles, Kanu Nwankwo, on Wednesday advised youths not to give up on their dreams. The talented striker who played for English...
Celebrities2 years ago
'Why I Do All I Do On Instagram' – Laura Ikeji Reveals
Nigerian fashion blogger and entrepreneur, Laura Ikeji-Kanu, better known Laura Ikeji has taken to the social media to narrate to her fans why she is so...
Reverse Your Retirement And Support Eagles – Kanu Calls On Ighalo
Manchester United forward, Odion Ighalo has been asked to make a reverse of his retirement from playing for his home National football team, Super Eagles. The...
Ex-Nigerian International, Nwankwo Kanu Loses 'Daughter, Enitan
Former Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo has announced the death of one of the first beneficiaries of his heart foundation turned daughter, Enitan. The former Nigerian...
EPL: Kanu Reveals Who Should Be Arsenal Next Manager
Arsenal and Super Eagles legend Kanu Nwankwo has asked the Gunners director to hire an experienced manager who could handle players. Naija News reports that Arsenal...
Kanu Nwankwo Felicitates With Arsene Wenger At 70
Legendary Nigerian International, Kanu Nwankwo, has felicitated with Arsenal former manager, Arsene Wenger as he turns 70. The talented former Super Eagles player took to his...
Governor Ihedioha Appoints Kanu As Special Adviser
Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha has appointed former Super Eagles star, Kanu Nwankwo as his Senior Special Assistant on Sports. This the governor stated through his...
Kanu Heart Foundation Gears Up For Charity Football Match
The Kanu Heart Foundation (KHF), in association with 5-Stars Football Consultancy has completed arrangement to stage charity football Matches to support 200 children for heart surgery in Nigeria....
Football Legend, Kanu Nwankwo Declares Intention To Run For Presidency
Former Arsenal Player and Two-Time African Footballer of the year Nwankwo Kanu has made his intention to run for 2019 Presidential Election. According to Goal.com, the...
Amara Shares Experience As A Young Mother On Son's 13th Birthday
Fitness coach and wife of former national football player Kanu Nwankwo, Amara Kanu speaks on how she felt when she gave birth to her first child...
Amara Kanu Nwankwo Stuns In New Photo Shoot
Wife of footballer Kanu Nwankwo and fitness coach, Amara has featured in a new editorial for Glam Africa Magazine's latest issue. Amara had in 2017 released...
Heat In The Room: As Kanu And Wife Unfriend Each other On Instagram
Kanu Nwankwo, one of the Nigeria's football living legend, is not having peace within his family after his wife "Amara Kanu" made a call out post...
Legendary footballer, Kanu launches Africa's largest N1 billion lotto
Legendary Nigerian footballer and philanthropist, Nwankwo Kanu, is launching the biggest lotto in Africa in collaboration with AfroMillionsLotto on October 18, to raise funds for the...
Nwankwo Kanu celebrates his 41st birthday today
Lanky former Super eagles captain and Arsenal forward, Nwanko Kanu, today celebrates his 41st birthday. Born August 1, 1976, in Owerri, the Imo state capital located...
We will cripple Nigeria if Nnamdi Kanu is not released in 7 days – MASSOB
An arm of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB) has threaten to deploy civil protests similar to the kind used during the...
Disappointment: Linda Ikeji absent at sister Laura's traditional wedding
Laura Ikeji and ex -footballer husband Ogbonna Kanu held their traditional wedding ceremony yesterday, Saturday, January 28 in Nkwerre, Imo State. The weding had friends and...
Get In Here: Linda May Be Getting Married Soon!
Africa's richest blogger, Linda Ikeji has received a public proposal from a hotel manager named Mr. Bonny Uku following the plea she made to her future husband asking him...


Action thresholds, based on the percentage of plants infested, for the aphid pest complex found in head lettuce were evaluated in October, November and December plantings in 2005 and 2006 at the Yuma Agricultural Center. Action thresholds were also evaluated for their compatibility with newly developed reduced-risk and conventional insecticides. Although all five common aphid species were present in both years of the study, foxglove aphids provided most of the pest pressure. Compared with the SAC threshold treatment (sprayed-at colonization; essentially sprayed weekly until new aphid colonies were not found), action thresholds of 10% and 30% plants infested with 5 or more aphids resulted in fewer insecticide applications, while maintaining varying levels of head contamination at harvest. Despite variable pest pressure between years and planting dates, the threshold based on 10% infested plants performed as well as the SAC but with half as many sprays and no significant head contamination. However, significant head contamination was experienced when the 10% action threshold was used exclusively with reduced-risk insecticides.


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A wonderful combination of acai berry, organic cacao, organic peanut butter, mixed berries (blue berries, blackberries, raspberries), strawberries, banana with granola, banana, strawberries, chia seeds, coconut flakes and seasonally available fruits such as kiwi, pomegranates.
All organic kale, celery, cucumber, pears,fennel, light ginger and lemon.
Banana, mango, and cold pressed pineapple juice.
Banana, spinach, strawberry and cold pressed orange juice.
All organic site made raw almond milk, cacao, banana, and plant based protein.
All organic acai, banana, mixed berries, apple juice base topped with bananas, french almond vanilla granola, chia seeds and coconut flakes. Acai berries have one of the strongest natural antioxidants in the world. Followed by powerful vitamins and minerals like fiber, vitamin a, vitamin c, iron, copper, manganese, and many more. By adding acai to a well balanced diet it helps support digestion, strengthens the immune system, and increases energy.
Banana, kale, avocado and cold pressed pineapple juice.
Acai runner - a nutrients powerhouse bowl made with organic acai berries, site made raw almond milk, bananas, organic cacao, peanut butter, topped with bananas, strawberries, shavings of antioxidant rich shavings of dark chocolate and coconut flakes.
Sourdough bread, hummus, tomato, cucumber, onions, greens, goat cheese.
Combo - Pick one of the sandwich and either one of a smoothie or a cold pressed juice for a preservatives free nutritious meal.
Combo - Pick one of the wraps and either one of a smoothie or a cold pressed juice for a preservatives free nutritious meal.
A light and healthy snack or lunch. Preservative free multigrain bread and added sugar free, ice free juie or smoothie.
Pick one of the bowl and toast or juice to make up completely nutritious and refreshing meal.
Base - organic pitaya super food, pineapple, mango, banana toppings - fresh banana, strawberries, granola, chia seeds, kiwi, pomegranate, choice of fruit varies depending on season.
Base - organic pitaya super food, mixed berries, orange, banana toppings - fresh banana, strawberries, granola, chia seeds, kiwi, pomegranate, choice of fruit varies depending on season.
Base - organic acai super food, pineapple, mango, banana toppings - fresh banana, strawberries, granola, chia seeds, kiwi, pomegranate, choice of fruit varies depending on season.
A love in the air combination of banana, strawberries, apple, almond milk, beets, chia seed, 1 tsp vanilla with banana, granola, strawberries, coconut flakes and seasonal fruits such as pomegranate, kiwi.
An amazing combination of kale with avocado, plant based protein, mango, banana,pineapple, green juice (pearatox), lemon, apple, granola, blueberries,strawberry and coconut flakes.
A nutrient-packed bowl with banana, pineapple, carrots, almond milk, real turmeric, *organic protein* with orange, granola, banana, coconut flakes.
Sourdough bread, cilantro chutney, spiced potatoes, cucumber, greens, mozzarella cheese, optional onions and tomatoes.
Spinach wrap, cilantro chutney, mix greens, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, cucumber, shredded mozzarella, chaat masala.
Sourdough bread, cilantro chutney, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumber, onions, sandwich masala.
On multigrain bread with site made hummus or colantro chutney with avocado and lemon optional pico de gallo or cheese.
Served with hummus or cilantro chutney. Multi grain toast with generous spread of site made hummus.
Multigrain Toast with farmers market peanut butter and banana.
All organic green juice, frozen banana or pears and organic plant based protein.
All organic carrot and orange juice, frozen banana or pear and organic plant based protein.
All organic juices of beets, carrots, frozen banana or pears, hint of ginger and organic plant based protein.
All organic celery, cucumber, romaine lettuce, kale, spinach, parsley, apple, ginger and lemon.
All organic celery, cucumber, spinach, apple, cilantro, ginger and lemon.
All organic beetroot, carrot, apple and ginger. This is blood builder, cleanser of liver and enriches the quality of blood by building red blood cells.
All organic carrot, orange, and ginger. This contains king of vegetables carrot which is loaded with beta carotene. Liver converts it to vitamin a on as needed basis. It is also liver friendly. Orange provides vitamin c to fight many infections.
Banana, strawberry, blueberry, and cold pressed orange juice.
A refreshing and nutritious twist to pina colada. A melody of pineapple, avocado, orange, mango, coconut and touch of banana completes this blend to take you to the beach.
Honey dew, cantaloupe, strawberries, orange and pineapple and touch of ginger lemon.
Served with a solo juice. Add in a note apple, pineapple or orange juice.
Dennis took our spinachmade and added some kale and almond milk with a touch of lemon and created d ennis made. His reason is same as our, nutrition value, kale builds bones and almond milk is a cleaner alternative to dairy and memory.
All organic peanut butter, cacao, banana, strawberry, cold pressed apple juice and plant based protein.
All organic cold pressed juices of carrots, beetroot, orange, apple, ginger blended with banana, protein (15gm).
All organic cold pressed juices of celery, cucumber, spinach, cilantro, apple, ginger, lemon blended with frozen pears, protein (15gm).
Made with organic oats and peanut butter. Good source of protein and fiber filled with eleven vitamins and minerals.
Stone ground whole wheat flour, dried cane syrup, brown rice syrup, fig paste, canola oil, blueberry paste (organic dried cane syrup, naturally milled sugar, modified food starch, blueberries, apple powder, glycerin, natural flavors, pectin, citric acid, locust bean gum, red cabbage extract for color), rolled oats, oat fiber, caramel color (ammonia-free), sea salt, citric acid, natural flavors, baking soda.
Stone ground whole wheat flour, dried cane syrup, brown rice syrup, fig paste, canola oil, raspberry paste (naturally milled sugar, organic dried cane syrup, glycerin, modified food starch, raspberries, apple powder, natural flavors, pectin, citric acid, locust bean gum, red cabbage extract for color), rolled oats, oat fiber, caramel color (ammonia-free), sea salt, citric acid, natural flavor, baking soda. Stone ground whole wheat flour, dried cane syrup, brown rice syrup, fig paste, canola oil, raspberry paste (naturally milled sugar, organic dried cane syrup, glycerin, modified food starch, raspberries, apple powder, natural flavors, pectin, citric acid, locust bean gum, red cabbage extract for color), rolled oats, oat fiber, caramel color (ammonia-free), sea salt, citric acid, natural flavor, baking soda.
Cashews, dates, coconut, brown rice syrup, gluten free oats, flax meal, sunflower oil, sea salt.
Sprouted gluten free oats, sunflower butter, dates, bittersweet chocolate, sprouted sunflower seeds, sprouted sesame seeds, sprouted pumpkin seeds, flax meal.
Cashews, dates, gluten free oats, dried cranberries,flax meal,sunflower oil, brown rice syrup, lemon flavor.
Peanut butter, dates, peanuts, raisins, cashews, brown rice protein powder, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, flax meal, amaranth, sea salt, brown rice syrup.
Crunchy cups with almond butter filling.


at Prof. Alban Grimm and Mrs. Pamela Stokes.
Formation of "Atelier Leonhardt" (Studio Leonhardt).
Orders received by numerous towns and institutions.
1991 Rudo Spemann award (calligraphy) of the City of Offenbach.
Further education: gilding, wood and textile handling, video and photography as well as curses in philosophy and psychology.
Rudolf Koch Gymnasium, Offenbach and at numerous other public schools.
Articles and lectures about art and the art of writing, readings of own literary work.
Art-installing of "philosophical awning" (book-objects made of silk) at the University of Mayence and further on at numerous other places.
June 2015 presentation of Artwork at the Symposium "Letters + Film + Film + Letters" of Institute for Theatre, Film, and Media Studies of Goethe University, Frankfurt/M.
Calligraphy workshop for "Written Art Foundation"


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Home / Blog / New Greek Ambassador visits the IOC
New Greek Ambassador visits the IOC
On 9 September, the IOC Executive Secretariat received a courtesy visit from the new Greek Ambassador to Spain, H.E. Christodoulos Lazaris. Having recently arrived from Egypt, where he represented his country for six years, Mr Lazaris made a point of visiting the headquarters of the International Olive Council, of which his country is a founding member.
Mr Ghedira and Mr Lillo, respectively Executive Director and Deputy Director in charge of economic and technical affairs and promotion, presented the activities that the IOC offers its members, such as the grants made available for the celebration of World Olive Day, the various courses, workshops and meetings regularly organised by the Executive Secretariat, and its programme for the certification of physico-chemical testing laboratories and tasting panels.
Mr Ghedira also acquainted the Ambassador with the considerable changes made to the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, in particular in relation to the membership of consumer countries, internal restructuring and review of procedures. In this regard, he indicated that the delegations of member countries would meet on 21 and 22 October to finalise their work on the new IOC implementing rules before the entry into force of the new Agreement, scheduled for 1 January 2017.
The Executive Director spoke about the IOC's participation in COP22 (Marrakech, November 2016) to present the crucial role of olive growing in mitigating the effects of global warming. Furthermore, he indicated that the IOC member countries would be meeting from 22 to 25 November, for the 104th ordinary session of the Council of Members, following the meetings of the Advisory Committee and Associations Committee on 21 November. The meetings would also bring Members together on 24 November for the celebration of the IOC Mario Solinas Quality Award prize-giving ceremony and World Olive Day.
The new Ambassador of Greece thanked the IOC Executive Director for his welcome and expressed his particular interest in the Organisation.

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Irish Republican News · May 16, 2015
Sean McCaughey
Sean McCaughey, a metal worker who spent the summers teaching Irish in the Glens of Antrim, was born on the 8th June 1915 in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone and came to Belfast with his family when he was five years old.
Sean was a highly respected and popular Gaelic teacher, who taught in the Ard Scoil in Divis Street, and a dedicated member of the GAA and Gaelic League. In private however, Sean was also an influential IRA Volunteer, who served as Northern Command O/C, Adjudant-General and for a short time as, Chief-of Staff.
Suspecting that the then leader of the IRA, Stephen Hayes, was in the pay of the Free State government, McCaughey and several others arrested and interrogated Hayes. Whilst Hayes was still in IRA custody, McCaughey was arrested. Hayes escaped and later testified against McCaughey at a Military Court which sentenced McCaughey to be shot by firing squad, though his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment.
During World War II, the Dublin government used the harshest methods to thwart an IRA campaign including internment, special courts and even executions. Sean McCaughey was among a number of Irish republican prisoners who were singled-out for 'Special Treatment'. As a result, they were held in barbaric conditions for the next five years in Portlaoise. Sean was held in solitary confinement, naked but for a blanket.
In a last ditch attempt to end their misery, Sean embarked on an agonising hunger and later a thirst strike to highlight their conditions. Volunteer Sean McCaughey died just 23 days later.
After his death, and partially as a result of the publicity detailing the horrific conditions under which he was imprisoned, Fianna Fail fell from power and the incoming coalition of Fine Gael and Clann na Poblachta (led by Sean MacBride, counsel for McCaughey), unconditionally released all IRA prisoners.
The inquest into his death was held in Portlaoise Prison and the deputy coroner refused to allow MacBride to cross-examine the governor. However, he was allowed to question the prison doctor, Dr Duane. The exchange went as follows:
MacBride: Are you aware that during the four and a half years he was here he was never out in the fresh air or sunlight.
Duane: As far as I am aware he was not.
MacBride: Would I be right in saying that up to twelve or eighteen months ago he was kept in solitary confinement and not allowed to speak or associate with any other persons?
Duane: That is right.
MacBride: Would you treat a dog in that fashion?
The deputy coroner intervened: That is not a proper question.
MacBride: If you had a dog would you treat it in that fashion?
Duane: No.
Sean McCaughey is buried in the Republican Plot at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast.


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Do drunk driving laws apply to driving under the influence of marijuana or prescription drugs?
Driving under the influence of any substance is a serious offense in any state. Unlike alcohol, it is more difficult to prove that a driver was under the influence of marijuana or prescription drugs while operating a vehicle because they can remain in the driver's system up to 30 days. Drunk driving laws also apply to marijuana and controlled substances, but the application of these laws varies by state.
Typically, first time offenders charged with driving under the influence of marijuana or prescription drugs receive the same sentence as those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. However, state laws differ in their application of drunk driving laws to marijuana and prescription drugs. For example, the state of Washington applies drunk driving laws differently to drivers suspected of driving under the influence of marijuana or prescription drugs by requiring a blood analysis instead of a breath test to prove impairment while driving. Some states, like Arizona have much harsher punishments for driving under the influence of drugs by automatically revoking the driver's license for a year if convicted of driving under the influence of drugs, but only suspend licenses for those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Drivers charged with driving under the influence, regardless of whether it is alcohol, marijuana, or legal prescription drugs should consult an attorney immediately to determine how the state in which the offense occurred prosecutes the charge of driving under the influence.


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Requirements to Get a Marijuana Dispensary License in USA
Do you want to start a medical marijuana dispensary? If YES, here are state requirements to get a cannabis dispensary license in USA and how to go about it. Marijuana is steadily gaining grounds in the United States, even though it still remains illegal at the federal level. States have now started making laws that are to govern the marijuana industry.
These laws determine who may cultivate or sell marijuana and under what conditions they may do so. Apart from medical and research purposes, most states have made the marijuana dispensary business legal. Because of that, lots of entrepreneurs are now thinking of owning marijuana dispensaries. To own and run a marijuana dispensary in the united states, you must have to get a license.
The type of licensing and documentation your marijuana business requires will depend on both the location of your operation and the sort of business you are conducting. This is why you need to do a whole lot of research before you start off. If you are looking for ways to get a marijuana dispensary license in the United States, we have listed out states that have legalized marijuana dispensaries. We also included where you can get these licenses and some of the guidelines you need to observe when making your application.
State Requirements to Get a Marijuana Dispensary License in USA
1. Alaska
2. Arizona
3. Arkansas
4. California
5. Colorado
7. Delaware
9. Hawaii
10. Illinois
11. Iowa
12. Louisiana
13. Maine
14. Maryland
15. Massachusetts
16. Michigan
17. Minnesota
18. Montana
19. Nevada
20. New Hampshire
21. New Jersey
22. New Mexico
23. New York
24. North Dakota
25. Ohio
26. Oklahoma
27. Oregon
28. Rhode Island
29. Tennessee
30. Texas
32. Vermont
33. Washington
34. Washington D.C.
35. Wisconsin
36. West Virginia
States With No Medical or Recreational Marijuana Use Laws
It has been confirmed that Alaska is one of the states in the US that allow the use of marijuana, but only for those aged 21 and above. This state licenses businesses is allowed to cultivate, manufacture and sell Marijuana. If you want to open a marijuana dispensary in Alaska, you are to apply for the license, and this can be done online at the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development ALCOHOL & MARIJUANA CONTROL OFFICE.
Fingerprints must be submitted with each application. Fingerprint cards cannot be submitted electronically to AMCO but physically. Applicants must use an approved agency to obtain the said fingerprints. Marijuana cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, retail stores can also get their permits here.
In Arizona, registered patients may possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense medical marijuana. All application for marijuana dispensary license is to be done online at the Arizona Department of Health Services. The site also lists requirements for the application. In addition, Arizona requires all cultivation facilities to be licensed as dispensaries.
The Department will first determine whether there is a county in which a dispensary registration certificate does not exist. If there is one, then it would be easier to get a license there. All information needed in that regards can be found on the website.
According to dispensary permits in Arkansas, all individuals with a legal prescription may possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense medical marijuana. The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission is in charge of the state's medical marijuana program. The commission had set up stict guidelines regarding getting a dispensary license, and they include;
No more than 32 dispensary licenses shall be awarded within the "8 dispensary zones"
Dispensary location may not be any less than 1,500 feet from a school, church or daycare center.
No more than 1 license shall be issued to any entity.
The application fee for dispensary licenses is set at $7,500 (half the application fee will be refunded if the license is not granted).
There is a two-tier licensing scheme for dispensaries:
One tier will be comprised of those dispensaries that intend to grow marijuana – a dispensary may opt to grow fifty (50) mature marijuana plants.
A second tier will be comprised of those dispensaries that do not intend to grow marijuana.
The applicant will be required to declare their intent to grow or not grow at the time the application is submitted.
Within 7 days of receiving written notice of selection from the commission, the selected applicant shall submit a license fee of $15,000.00 in cash or certified funds as well as a performance bond in the amount of $100,000.00.
In California, temporary marijuana dispensary licenses are issued by the Bureau of Cannabis Control, CDFA's Cannabis Cultivation Licensing, and CDPH's Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch. Cultivators, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, microbusinesses, testing laboratories, and event organizers can apply to these bureaus for their licenses.
Applications for annual licenses will be accepted through an online licensing system – the Manufactured Cannabis Licensing System (MCLS). This application will require information on the business, owners and financial interest holders, and operating premises, as well as descriptions of procedures for waste disposal, inventory and quality control, transportation and security. More information can be gotten at the California cannabis portal.
If you intend to own a Colorado Retail Marijuana Business you should also visit the Colorado Marijuana Business Owners and Investors Page. Licenses for both medical and recreational marijuana are available. Guideline for getting a retail license in Colorado include that applicants;
Must apply to the state for a retail license before selling marijuana
Must confirm that the Local Authority where you plan to operate allows marijuana retail stores to operate within their jurisdiction
Applicants must to be a resident of the state of Colorado for at least 2 years prior to applying for a license
Number of retail store licenses are limited by local government
Applicant must submit a $4,500 nonrefundable application fee
In Connecticut, all qualified patients with a legal prescription may be in possession of marijuana, and state licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense marijuana. The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is responsible for the state's Medical Marijuana Program, and all applications are made there.
A dispensary license is required to acquire, possess, distribute and dispense marijuana, or marijuana derivatives in the form provided by licensed producers, to qualified patients and caregivers. During application, there is a non-refundable application fee of $1,000 due at submission of the application and a non-refundable registration fee of $5,000.
All marijuana businesses must be at least 1,000 feet from places used primarily for religious worship, public or private school, convent, charitable institution, whether supported by private or public funds, hospital or veterans' home or any camp or military establishment.
Documentations that you will need to provide while making your application include;
Most Recent Employment Information
Dispensary Facility Information
Licenses, Permits and Registrations
Criminal Actions
Photo Identifications (passport-sized photograph and copy of a valid government- issued ID)
Cost of license
Initial application fee: $1,000 [nonrefundable]
Registration fee: $5,000 [nonrefundable]
Renewal fee: $5,000 [nonrefundable]
License and renewal fees: $100 each
Dispensary technician and dispensary personnel registration / renewal: $50
Dispensary facility backer registration / renewal: $100
Dispensary name change application: $100
Change of dispensary facility manager: $50
Location change or expansion application: $1,000 [plus $1,500 if approved]
Physical, non-cosmetic facility alteration [other than expansion] application: $500Â
Applications and supporting material must be hand-delivered in accordance with the instructions in the Request for Applications, together with a $25,000 application fee.
In Delaware, all individuals with a legal prescription may possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense medical marijuana. The Department of Health is responsible for awarding the said license through the medical marijuana program. The state only gives licenses to compassion centers, and it has strict guidelines for opening these centers. They include;
A compassion center shall be operated on a not-for-profit basis.
A compassion center shall not be located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a preexisting public or private school.
New applicants for a Compassion Center License shall only be accepted during an open application period announced by the Department.
A non-refundable application fee, made payable to the Division of Public Health, Medical Marijuana Program, in the amount of $5,000will be required at the time of application.
Currently, there is one compassion center, and another opening soon.
Licensed dispensing organizations are authorized to cultivate process and dispense medical marijuana. These are the only businesses in Florida authorized to dispense medical marijuana to qualified patients and legal representatives.
The Office of Medical Marijuana Use (a division of the Florida Department of Health) is responsible for writing and implementing the department's rules and licensing businesses to dispense, process, and cultivate medical marijuana. The Office is not currently accepting applications for Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers.
In Hawaii, all individuals with a legal prescription may possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense medical marijuana. The Hawaii Department of Health, Medical Cannabis Dispensary Program is resposible for issuing licenses.
The dispensary license guidelines for Hawaii are thus;
Non-refundable application fee of $5,000.
An application has to indicate that the applicants have resources in the amount of $1,000,000, plus a minimum of $100,000 for each retail dispensing location the applicant would like to operate. A dispensary licensee may operate up to two retail dispensing locations. If an applicant intends to operate two retail dispensing locations, the total money an applicant must have in reserve at the time of application $1,200,000.
Applicants may apply for more than one license, but can only be issued one license. If an applicant qualifies for more than one license, the applicant will have to choose the county in which they wish to operate a dispensary.
In Illinois, all individuals with a legal prescription may possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense medical marijuana. Illinois' Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is responsible for issuing licenses for dispensaries. They are not giving out any licenses currently.
In Iowa, qualified patients may use, possess, and access low-THC cannabis oil. Production, delivery, transportation, and dispensing of cannabidiol are allowed by authorized license holders. The Iowa Department of Public Health is authorized to select and license up five medical cannabidiol dispensaries in Iowa.
The dispensaries selected through the competitive process will obtain licenses from the department to legally supply medical cannabidiol to patients and primary caregivers with valid Medical Cannabidiol Registration Cards. The licensed dispensaries must agree to be ready to begin supplying the medical cannabidiol by December 1, 2018. The Act set the non-refundable application fee for a dispensary license at $5,000.
In Louisiana, individuals with a legal recommendation from their doctor may be in possession of medical marijuana, and state licensed pharmacies may dispense medical marijuana. The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy is responsible for giving out licenses. The state has a number of laws for the opening of dispensaries, and one of their laws limit the number of licenses to be given out to 10. Others include;
Only existing pharmacies are allowed to dispense medical marijuana
a single production facility will be responsible for growing, which either or both of the Louisiana State University and Southern University have first right of refusal to collaboratively or separately grow medical marijuana.
Not more than 10 pharmacies may obtain licenses to dispense marijuana within the state.
In the state, pharmacists can only dispense marijuana grown at state universities. Those wishing to prescribe medical marijuana in Louisiana must pay a $5,000 application fee in addition to a $150 licensing fee to become one of 10 marijuana pharmacists in the state. The $5,000 application fee is non-refundable and is only applied to marijuana pharmacies, not regular drug stores.
In Maine, all individuals may be in possession of Marijuana. The state is currently drafting rules to establish a system for state licensed businesses to grow, process, transport, and dispense marijuana for recreational use. Applicants for a license must be at least 21 years old, citizens of Maine and have a verifiable SSN.
Their businesses must be a partnership, association, company, corporation, LLC or organization. If the applicant is a corporation, all board members must fulfill the above criteria. Also, drug convictions punishable for 5 years or more might automatically disqualify applicants, provided that 10 years or more have not yet passed since they happened.
The Division of Public Health Systems is responsible for the Medical Use of Marijuana Program. Licenses for dispensaries are provided, but rarely available. Retail marijuana store license goes as follows: license fee of $250-$2,500; non-refundable application fee of $10-$250
In Maryland, all individuals with a legal prescription may possess and use medical marijuana. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission is responsible for developing policies, procedures, and regulations for medical marijuana use, as well as awarding licenses. It has issued medical cannabis dispensary pre-approvals to 102 companies, with 22 approved and the others in stage 2 of the approval process.
In Massachusetts, individuals age 21+ may possess up to an ounce of marijuana, keep up to 10 ounces of marijuana at home and grow up to six plants. State licensed businesses may cultivate, manufacture, distribute and sell Marijuana.
All information about licensure of Marijuana Establishments through the Cannabis Control Commission, are to be gotten at the Commission's website. Applicants are required to pay $1,500 for Application of Intent, and $30,000 per application for Management and Operations Profile
Applications can be made by mail to the Cannabis Control Commission, 101 Federal Street, 13th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. In order to obtain a license in compliance with the state's Adult Use of Marijuana law passed in 2016, you must apply through the Cannabis Control Commission.
In Michigan, individuals 21 years and older may possess and use marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense marijuana. Here are some of the requirements for applying for marijuana dispensary license in Michigan;
An applicant may need to pay a fee to its local city/municipality of up to $5000 and a nonrefundable state application fee of $6000.
Applicant, if an individual, must have been a resident of the State of Michigan for a continuous 2-year period. This requirement does not apply after June 30, 2018.
The applicant is ineligible if he or she has been convicted of or released from incarceration for a felony under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United States (federal law) within the past 10 years or has been convicted of a controlled substance-related felony within the past 10 years.
The applicant is ineligible if he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving a controlled substance, theft, dishonesty, or fraud in any state within the past 5 years.
Must apply for a provisioning center license with local City AND State before selling marihuana and marihuana products.
The Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation is responsible for overseeing medical marihuana and is composed of the Medical Marihuana Program and the Facility Licensing Division. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is currently accepting applications for growers, processors, transporters, provisioning centers, and safety compliance facilities.
On May 29, 2014, Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bipartisan medical marijuana proposal that was crafted by a House and Senate conference committee, making Minnesota the 22nd state to exempt some of the very sick and their caregivers from penalties for using marijuana with a doctor's certification.
Licenses for marijuana businesses are not available. The Department of Health selected two companies as registered manufacturers and distributors of marijuana. The state has 8 dispensaries, which are called "cannabis patient centers." $20,000 non-refundable application fee is required for the regitration.
In Montana, only registered cardholders may possess and use marijuana. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is responsible for the state's Medical Marijuana Program. Applications for provider, testing laboratory, and dispensary licenses are available periodically.
Proposed registered premises or testing laboratories cannot be within 500 feet of and on the same street as a building used exclusively as a church, synagogue, or other place of worship or as a school or postsecondary school other than a commercially operated school.
Nevada legalized medical marijuana on November 7, 2000, when 65 percent of the populace voted yes on Question 9. The Nevada Department of Taxation is responsible for licensing and regulating retail marijuana businesses, and the state's medical marijuana program.
All applications are made to them. Until November 2018, only existing medical marijuana establishment certificate holders can apply for a retail marijuana establishment license. Fees you can incur while seeking to open a dispensary in Nevada
Medical marijuana establishment registration certificate: $5,000 [nonrefundable, applies to all of the below in addition to below fees]
Dispensary registration certificate: $30,000
Dispensary certificate renewal: $5,000
Cultivation facility registration certificate: $3,000
Cultivation facility certificate renewal: $1,000
Facility producing edible marijuana or marijuana-infused products — registration certificate: $3,000
Edible production facility certificate renewal: $1,000
MM establishment agent registration card: $75
Agent card renewal: $75
Independent testing laboratory registration certificate: $5,000
Independent testing laboratory certificate renewal: $3,000
Some of their guidelines include that applicants must submit a non-refundable application fee of $5,000. They must show evidence of the amount of taxes paid, or other beneficial financial contributions made, to this State or its political subdivisions within the last 5 years by the applicant or the persons who are proposed to be owners, officers or board members of the proposed marijuana establishment.
Again, the retail Marijuana Store must be at least 1,000 feet from a public or private school and 300 feet from a community facility. Not more than 80 licenses issued in a county with a population that is less than 700,000. Not more than 20 licenses issued in a county with a population that is less than 700,000 but more than 100,000.
Note more than 4 licenses issued in a county with a population that is less than 100,000 but more than 55,000. Not more than 2 licenses issued in a county with a population that is less than 55,000.
In New Hampshire, all individuals with a legal prescription may possess and use medical marijuana. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for administering the Therapeutic Cannabis Program. The Department has established 4 Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) – New Hampshire's term for dispensaries.
These centers are the only ones required to possess, cultivate, acquire, deliver, manufacture, transfer, supply, sell, dispense, and transport cannabis and other related supplies as well as educational materials to both eligible patients and other alternative treatment centers.
In New Jersey, all individuals with a legal prescription may be in possession of Marijuana, and state licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense marijuana. The New Jersey Department of Health is responsible for the state's Medicinal Marijuana Program.
The state licenses businesses referred to as "Alternative Treatment Centers" (ATCs) for the production and distribution of medical marijuana. Six ATCs have been licensed. Once the initial six are open, the state will evaluate the program and determine whether or not there is a need for expansion. The state is not actively licensing any medical marijuana businesses at this time though.
The New Mexico Department of Health is responsible for overseeing the Medical Cannabis Program. In order to produce, distribute, and dispense medical marijuana, you must be a Licensed Non-Profit Producer (LNPP). A non-profit producer operates a facility and, at any one time, is limited to a combined total of no greater than 450 mature female plants, seedlings and male plants.
The LNPP application period is closed, and the Department is not currently accepting applications for producing and distributing medical marijuana. Currently, there are 50 licensed cannabis dispensaries in New Mexico with an estimated number of 50,954 registered patients. At the end of 2016, the size of the cannabis market in New Mexico exceeded 50.6 million dollars.
New York's Department of Health is responsible for its Medical Marijuana Program. Only Registered Organizations can manufacture and dispense medical marijuana. The Department began accepting applications for registration as a registered organization on April 27, 2015.
Each applicant was required to submit two fees with its application: a non-refundable application fee in the amount of $10,000, and a registration fee in the amount of $200,000. The $200,000 registration fee is to be refunded to the applicant only if the applicant is not issued a registration. The Department is not currently accepting applications to become a registered organization.
The Division of Medical Marijuana (part of the North Dakota Department of Health) is responsible for the state's Medical Marijuana Program. Compassion centers are dispensaries or marijuana grower/manufacturer facilities. The application period for compassion centers is currently closed. Some of their application guidelines include that;
Compassion centers are required to maintain appropriate security, including well-lit entrances, an alarm system that contacts law enforcement, and video surveillance. They may not be located within 1,000 feet of a school, and they will be subject to inspections and other rules.
There is a non-refundable $5,000 application fee to submit a proposal (application) and a $90,000 certification fee upon issuance of license.
Compassion center licenses will be granted based on a merit-based application process, which will consider: the suitability of the proposed location; the applicants' character and expertise in related fields; the proposed centers' plans, including for record keeping, safety and security, staffing and training, preventing diversion.
Each staffer of a compassion center must apply for and be granted a registry photo identification card. They must be 21 years of age or older and must not have been convicted of an excluded felony offense or a recent drug.
Application Fees include a compassion center application fee of $5,000 and a Compassion Center licensing fee of $25,000. The Compassion Center application fee is non refundable
Under new regulations, enacted as of September 8, 2016, Ohio is ready to welcome medical marijuana businesses. While the state has already licensed a limited number of growers, dispensaries, and other businesses, it may issue more licenses as needed to meet demand.
With the passing of SQ 788 in June 2018, Oklahoma became the 30th U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana. Oklahoma residents over the age of 18 with a valid physician's recommendation can apply for a medical marijuana patient license. If approved, they can purchase medical marijuana from licensed dispensaries throughout the state. Dispensaries in Oklahoma must be at least 1,000 feet from a public or private school.
This is measured by a straight line (shortest distance) from the property line of the dispensary to any entrance of the school. Medical cannabis dispensaries in Oklahoma can sell mature plants, seedlings, concentrates, flower and edibles. The Oklahoma State Department of Health is responsible for approving licenses, and they have a few criteria for application which include;
Applicant must be age twenty-five (25) or older;
Any applicant, applying as an individual, must show residency in the state of Oklahoma;
All applying entities must show that all members, managers, and board members are Oklahoma residents;
An applying entity may show ownership of non-Oklahoma residents, but that percentage ownership may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%)
All applying individuals or entities must be registered to conduct business in the state of Oklahoma;
All applicants must disclose all ownership;
Applicant(s) with only nonviolent felony conviction(s) in the last two (2) years, any other felony conviction in five (5) years, inmates, or any other person currently incarcerated may not qualify for a medical marijuana dispensary license.
In 2013, Oregon House Bill 3460 became law, allowing registered medical marijuana dispensaries. The legislation went into effect on March 1, 2014. Licenses are required and available for both medical and recreational marijuana businesses. The state requires separate licenses and registration for growers and dispensary operators. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission License (OLCC) accepts applications for marijuana licenses.
Dispensary application fee: $4,000. The registration fee is usually $3,500 and the application fee is $500. There is also an annual tracking system fee of $480. Each applicant also has to pay $35 for a background check. In addition, there is going to be huge capital of up to $500,000 to open up a new cannabis dispensary.
Under Rhode Island state law, cannabis businesses, such as dispensaries are to be referred to as compassion centers. A compassion center in the state of Rhode Island may do any of the following: cultivation, processing, transportation as well as selling cannabis to all registered patients and registered primary care providers.
Applications can only be submitted during an open application period announced by the state as necessary. The state has 3 licensed compassion centers currently in operation. Each application for a compassion center shall include:
A non-refundable application fee paid to the department in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250);
The proposed legal name and proposed articles of incorporation of the compassion center;
The proposed physical address of the compassion center, if a precise address has been determined, or, if not, the general location where it would be located. This may include a second location for the cultivation of medical marijuana;
A description of the enclosed, locked facility that would be used in the cultivation of marijuana;
The name, address, and date of birth of each principal officer and board member of the compassion center;
Proposed security and safety measures that shall include at least one security alarm system for each location, planned measures to deter and prevent the unauthorized entrance into areas containing marijuana and the theft of marijuana, as well as a draft, employee-instruction manual including security policies, safety and security procedures, personal safety, and crime-prevention techniques; and
Proposed procedures to ensure accurate record keeping.
In 2014, the state passed SB 2531, a limited medical cannabis bill, allowing for the use of cannabis oil containing CBAAD as part of Aa clinical research study on its effects on patients suffering from seizure disorders. Tennessee Tech is given the opportunity to cultivate, process, and dispense CBD. In Tennessee, qualified patients may possess and use CBD extracts. The current law does not allow for a state-regulated dispensary system.
In Texas, only medically qualified individuals may possess or use CBD oil. State licensed businesses are allowed to dispense, cultivate and process low THC marijuana. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) issues the license.
The license will authorize the organizations to cultivate process and dispense low-THC cannabis to prescribed patients. The department according to the state bill is required to license just three dispensing organizations, and these there organizations have already been licensed. For now the state is not receiving applications.
In Utah, registered qualified patients can possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed entities may cultivate, process and dispense medical marijuana. The Utah Department of Health is responsible for giving out licenses to applicants. Applicant will need an operating plan that includes operating procedures that comply with the law;
Including financial statements demonstrating that the applicant possesses a minimum of $500,000 in liquid assets available for each cannabis cultivation facility for which the person applies, or a minimum of $100,000 in liquid assets available for each cannabis processing facility or independent cannabis testing laboratory for which the person applies.
The Department of Public Safety is responsible for the Marijuana Registry and issues dispensary registration certificates. The Department has issued 4 dispensary registration certificates, and 1 conditional certificate. The Department plans announcing an application period for a 6th dispensary once the number of registered patients reaches 7,000.
Currently, dispensaries are the only types of marijuana businesses being licensed in Vermont. Licensees can operate two dispensaries under the same permit. It's advisable to understand state regulations and also curate the marijuana business in line with local laws.
Application fees are as follows:
$2,500 dispensary application fee
$50 registered Caregiver Application Fee
Licensing fees include:
$20,000 Initial Dispensary registration fee
$25,000 Renewal Dispensary registration fee
In 2012, Washington became the very first U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of cannabis after over a decade of medical legalization. With the passing of Initiative 502, adults over the age of 21 became legally allowed to purchase and possess cannabis products from licensed dispensaries. The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is responsible for marijuana licensing; however, it's not currently accepting applications for licenses.
While it's legal to use marijuana recreationally, there are no retail establishments selling marijuana for recreational use. The D.C. Department of Health has a Medical Marijuana Program, but it's not currently accepting applications for medical marijuana facilities.
In Wisconsin, qualified patients may possess and use CBD extracts. State-permitted physicians and pharmacies may dispense CBD extracts to patients. The state of Wisconsin is currently not accepting applications for marijuana businesses.
Governor Jim Justice signed Senate Bill 386, known as the Medical Cannabis Act, on April 19, 2017, making the medicinal use of marijuana for qualifying patients legal in West Virginia. Patients will be able to obtain medical cannabis in the following forms: pill, oil, topical forms including gels, creams, or ointments, a form medically appropriate for administration by vaporization or nebulization, tincture, liquid, or dermal patch.
The state intends to issues about 30 dispensary permits to individuals. Individuals wanting to obtain a West Virginia Dispensary Permit must submit an application which includes the following:
Verification of all principals, operators, financial backers or employees of a medical cannabis grower/processor or dispensary.
A description of responsibilities as a principal, operator, financial backer or employee.
Any release necessary to obtain information from governmental agencies, employers and other organizations.
A criminal history record check.
Details relating to a similar license, permit or other authorization obtained in another jurisdiction, including any suspensions, revocations or discipline in that jurisdiction.
A description of the business activities in which it intends to engage as a medical cannabis organization. The application for a Dispensary Permit will require specific business plans
A statement that the applicant:
Is of good moral character.
Possesses the ability to obtain in an expeditious manner the right to use sufficient land, buildings and other premises and equipment to properly carry on the activity described in the application and any proposed location for a facility.
Is able to maintain effective security and control to prevent diversion, abuse and other illegal conduct relating to medical cannabis.
Is able to comply with all applicable State laws and rules relating to the activities in which the applicant intends to engage under this act.
The name, residential address, and title of each financial backer and principal of the applicant.
Any other information the Bureau of Public Health may require
States that currently prohibit the use of marijuana or severely limit its use include:
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This will be my last posting until November. I'm getting ready to head to the remotest part of the planet for a vacation that has been years in the making.
While I'm away, I hope everyone gets on Jeff to launch the all-new DealerRefresh website. I won't say anything about it other than it is really cool and much more functional. I can't wait! …I can also see Jeff's face right now, and can think of exactly will be going across his mind when he reads this: "Alex – you're such a _____." Jeff – I'll miss you buddy.
I'd also like to see my (and your) money still working when I get back, so you guys need to do everything you can to make the dollar strong again. I'm sorry I won't be here to fight the good fight with you, but I'll definitely try to keep tabs and be thinking about everyone.
I'm either taking this trip at the best time or the worst, but it will be the trip of a lifetime. I'll be in the Antarctic Converge with National Geographic photographing the animals of Antarctica racing to breed for the very short Antarctic Summer. I made a blog for the trip and hope to update it daily. If you want to follow along, you can visit http://axspot.wordpress.com and click on the "Antarctica" category….or Email Subscribe on that link. I have that blog filtering into my Twitter account, so you can "follow" along there as well.
I'll be back just in time to vote, so I'll see you guys again just as the election is coming to a close. Good luck, sell lots of cars, and say hello to the new DealerRefresh for me!


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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Facebook page of Fani-Kayode]
Fani-Kayode apologises for verbally attacking journalist
byCletus Ukpong
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, said he has regretted his verbal attack against a Daily Trust reporter, Eyo Charles, in Cross River State.
Mr Fani-Kayode, in a Twitter post on Wednesday morning, said, "I met with my advisors and I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word 'stupid' which I used in my encounter with a journalist in Calabar.
"I have many friends in the media who I offended by losing my cool and using such words. I hereby express my regrets for doing so."
Mr Fani-Kayode, however, insisted he did not threaten to harm the reporter nor send anyone to threaten him. "Anyone that says otherwise is lying and I challenge them to bring the proof," he said.
"I would never seek to physically harm a journalist. For the last 30 years I have defended and worked with journalists and fought for the right of freedom of expression. I am also very close to many in that profession. I would be the last to seek to disparage those that are honorable and noble within its ranks.
"I hope that this will assuage the pain and anger of anyone that was hurt or offended by this ugly episode. I have now put this matter behind me and moved on. Now my tour of the South continues. Moving to another state today!"
Mr Fani-Kayode is captured in a video which has gone viral pouring invective on the Daily Trust reporter, Mr Charles, for asking him a question at a press briefing on Thursday.
Mr Fani-Kayode, who was visibly angry, told the reporter he was "foolish" for asking him who "bankrolled" his tour of projects in Cross River and other states in the South-south.
The briefing, moderated by Governor Ben Ayade's spokesperson, Christian Ita, was meant for the former minister to talk to the reporters about his tour.
It was attended by reporters from Vanguard, Punch, NAN, AIT, and other media houses.
"I could see from your face before you got here, how stupid you are. Don't ever talk to me like that," Mr Fani-Kayode kept yelling at the reporter who was still standing and apologising — "I am sorry, sir."
"Don't judge me by your own standards," the former minister kept saying.
"I have been in politics since 1990. I am not one of those politicians that you think will just come…. I was taken, I have been locked up how many times by this government. I have been prosecuted, unlike most of these politicians you follow for brown envelopes!
"Don't ever judge me by that standard. I spend, I don't take and I am not a poor man, I have never been and will never be."
Several people and groups, including the Nigeria Union of Journalists, have condemned Mr Fani-Kayode's attack on the reporter.
The NUJ President, Chris Isiguzo, said in a statement, Tuesday, that Mr Fani-Kayode's attack against Mr Charles was "gangster-like".
Mr Isiguzo said the reporter was only asking "a simple question".
"For him to have embarked on assessment of projects in some states, even though we are yet to be told under what platform, he is doing so, it is proper for the media to hold him to account for his actions and decisions," Mr Isiguzo said.
Mr Isiguzo said the former minister's reaction to the reporter's question was against "simple decorum and civility" and, therefore, "unacceptable, dishonourable and reprehensible".
He demanded a retraction from him.
"By delving into politics and holding political office, Fani Kayode is very conversant with the watchdog role of the media.
"We are more shocked that the same Kayode who had in recent times, used his social media handles to call leaders to account is at the same time attacking a journalist for a simple demand for him to unmask those behind his nationwide tour.
"He had already visited six states. This is indeed, terribly disappointing," the NUJ president said.
"By denigrating the journalist, Fani Kayode has exposed himself the more as an intolerant and unstable person who will not want his activities closely scrutinised by the media."
Daily Trust newspaper issued a statement on Tuesday, condemning the former minister's action.
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From the Archive | The weapon of theory
Using the Cuban Revolution as a launching point, anti-colonial intellectual Amílcar Cabral asserts that history continues past the elimination of the phenomenon of class.
By: Amílcar Cabral
February 1967: Amilcar Cabral, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's war of independence, at the headquarters in Algiers of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. (Photograph by Ben Martin/Getty Images)
Amílcar Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer and Marxist theoretician who led the national movement for the war for independence in Guinea-Bissau. He was assassinated in 1973.
This is an excerpt of an address delivered to the first Tricontinental Conference of the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America held in Havana in January 1966.
Our agenda includes subjects whose meaning and importance are beyond question and which show a fundamental preoccupation with struggle. We note, however, that one form of struggle which we consider to be fundamental has not been explicitly mentioned in this programme, although we are certain that it was present in the minds of those who drew up the programme. We refer here to the struggle against our own weaknesses. Obviously, other cases differ from that of Guinea; but our experience has shown us that in the general framework of daily struggle this battle against ourselves – no matter what difficulties the enemy may create – is the most difficult of all, whether for the present or the future of our peoples. This battle is the expression of the internal contradictions in the economic, social, cultural (and therefore historical) reality of each of our countries. We are convinced that any national or social revolution which is not based on knowledge of this fundamental reality runs grave risk of being condemned to failure.
When the African peoples say in their simple language that "no matter how hot the water from your well, it will not cook your rice", they express with singular simplicity a fundamental principle, not only of physics, but also of political science. We know that the development of a phenomenon in movement, whatever its external appearance, depends mainly on its internal characteristics. We also know that on the political level our own reality – however fine and attractive the reality of others may be – can only be transformed by detailed knowledge of it, by our own efforts, by our own sacrifices. It is useful to recall in this Tricontinental gathering, so rich in experience and example, that however great the similarity between our various cases and however identical our enemies, national liberation and social revolution are not exportable commodities; they are, and increasingly so every day, the outcome of local and national elaboration, more or less influenced by external factors (be they favourable or unfavourable) but essentially determined and formed by the historical reality of each people, and carried to success by the overcoming or correct solution of the internal contradictions between the various categories characterising this reality. The success of the Cuban Revolution, taking place only 90 miles from the greatest imperialist and anti-socialist power of all time, seems to us, in its content and its way of evolution, to be a practical and conclusive illustration of the validity of this principle.
However we must recognise that we ourselves and the other liberation movements in general (referring here above all to the African experience) have not managed to pay sufficient attention to this important problem of our common struggle.
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The ideological deficiency, not to say the total lack of ideology, within the national liberation movements – which is basically due to ignorance of the historical reality which these movements claim to transform – constitutes one of the greatest weaknesses of our struggle against imperialism, if not the greatest weakness of all. We believe, however, that a sufficient number of different experiences has already been accumulated to enable us to define a general line of thought and action with the aim of eliminating this deficiency. A full discussion of this subject could be useful, and would enable this conference to make a valuable contribution towards strengthening the present and future actions of the national liberation movements. This would be a concrete way of helping these movements, and in our opinion no less important than political support or financial assistance for arms and suchlike.
It is with the intention of making a contribution, however modest, to this debate that we present here our opinion of the foundations and objectives of national liberation in relation to the social structure. This opinion is the result of our own experiences of the struggle and of a critical appreciation of the experiences of others. To those who see in it a theoretical character, we would recall that every practice produces a theory, and that if it is true that a revolution can fail even though it be based on perfectly conceived theories, nobody has yet made a successful revolution without a revolutionary theory.
Those who affirm – in our case correctly – that the motive force of history is the class struggle would certainly agree to a revision of this affirmation to make it more precise and give it an even wider field of application if they had a better knowledge of the essential characteristics of certain colonised peoples, that is to say peoples dominated by imperialism. In fact in the general evolution of humanity and of each of the peoples of which it is composed, classes appear neither as a generalised and simultaneous phenomenon throughout the totality of these groups, nor as a finished, perfect, uniform and spontaneous whole. The definition of classes within one or several human groups is a fundamental consequence of the progressive development of the productive forces and of the characteristics of the distribution of the wealth produced by the group or usurped from others. That is to say that the socio-economic phenomenon "class" is created and develops as a function of at least two essential and interdependent variables – the level of productive forces and the pattern of ownership of the means of production. This development takes place slowly, gradually and unevenly, by quantitative and generally imperceptible variations in the fundamental components; once a certain degree of accumulation is reached, this process then leads to a qualitative jump, characterised by the appearance of classes and of conflict between them.
Factors external to the socio-economic whole can influence, more or less significantly, the process of development of classes, accelerating it, slowing it down and even causing regressions. When, for whatever reason, the influence of these factors ceases, the process reassumes its independence and its rhythm is then determined not only by the specific internal characteristics of the whole, but also by the resultant effect produced in it by the temporary action of the external factors. On a strictly internal level the rhythm of the process may vary, but it remains continuous and progressive. Sudden progress is only possible as a function of violent alterations – mutations – in the level of productive forces or in the pattern of ownership. These violent transformations carried out within the process of development of classes, as a result of mutations in the level of productive forces or in the pattern of ownership, are generally called, in economic and political language, revolutions.
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Clearly, however, the possibilities of this process are noticeably influenced by external factors, and particularly by the interaction of human groups. This interaction is considerably increased by the development of means of transport and communication which created the modern world, eliminating the isolation of human groups within one area, of areas within one continent and between continents. This development, characteristic of a long historical period which began with the invention of the first means of transport, was already more evident at the time of the Punic voyages and in the Greek colonisation, and was accentuated by maritime discoveries, the invention of the steam engine and the discovery of electricity. And in our own times, with the progressive domesticisation of atomic energy it is possible to promise, if not to take men to the stars, at least to humanise the universe.
This leads us to pose the following question: does history begin only with the development of the phenomenon of "class" and consequently of class struggle? To reply in the affirmative would be to place outside history the whole period of life of human groups from the discovery of hunting, and later of nomadic and sedentary agriculture, to the organisation of herds and the private appropriation of land. It would also be to consider – and this we refuse to accept – that various human groups in Africa, Asia and Latin America were living without history, or outside history, at the time when they were subjected to the yoke of imperialism. It would be to consider that the peoples of our countries, such as the Balantes of Guinea, the Coaniamas of Angola and the Macondes of Mozambique, are still living today – if we abstract the slight influence of colonialism to which they have been subjected – outside history, or that they have no history.
Our refusal, based as it is on concrete knowledge of the socio-economic reality of our countries and on the analysis of the process of development of the phenomenon "class", as we have seen earlier, leads us to conclude that if class struggle is the motive force of history, it is so only in a specific historical period. This means that before the class struggle – and necessarily after it, since in this world there is no before without an after – one or several factors was and will be the motive force of history. It is not difficult to see that this factor in the history of each human group is the mode of production – the level of productive forces and the pattern of ownership – characteristic of that group. Furthermore, as we have seen, classes themselves, class struggle and their subsequent definition, are the result of the development of the productive forces in conjunction with the pattern of ownership of the means of production. It therefore seems correct to conclude that the level of productive forces, the essential determining element in the content and form of class struggle, is the true and permanent motive force of history.
Capitalism and reproduction
If we accept this conclusion, then the doubts in our minds are cleared away. Because if on the one hand we can see that the existence of history before the class struggle is guaranteed, and thus avoid for some human groups in our countries – and perhaps in our continent – the sad position of being peoples without any history, then on the other hand we can see that history has continuity, even after the disappearance of class struggle or of classes themselves. And as it was not we who postulated – on a scientific basis – the fact of the disappearance of classes as a historical inevitability, we can feel satisfied at having reached this conclusion which, to a certain extent, re-establishes coherence and at the same time gives to those peoples who, like the people of Cuba, are building socialism, the agreeable certainty that they will not cease to have a history when they complete the process of elimination of the phenomenon of "class" and class struggle within their socio-economic whole. Eternity is not of this world, but man will outlive classes and will continue to produce and make history, since he can never free himself from the burden of his needs, both of mind and of body, which are the basis of the development of the forces of production.
The foregoing, and the reality of our times, allow us to state that the history of one human group or of humanity goes through at least three stages. The first is characterised by a low level of productive forces – of man's domination over nature; the mode of production is of a rudimentary character, private appropriation of the means of production does not yet exist, there are no classes, nor, consequently, is there any class struggle. In the second stage, the increased level of productive forces leads to private appropriation of the means of production, progressively complicates the mode of production, provokes conflicts of interests within the socio-economic whole in movement, and makes possible the appearance of the phenomena "class" and hence of class struggle, the social expression of the contradiction in the economic field between the mode of production and private appropriation of the means of production. In the third stage, once a certain level of productive forces is reached, the elimination of private appropriation of the means of production is made possible, and is carried out, together with the elimination of the phenomenon "class" and hence of class struggle; new and hitherto unknown forces in the historical process of the socio-economic whole are then unleashed.
In politico-economic language, the first stage would correspond to the communal agricultural and cattle-raising society, in which the social structure is horizontal, without any state; the second to feudal or assimilated agricultural or agro-industrial bourgeois societies, with a vertical social structure and a state; the third to socialist or communist societies, in which the economy is mainly, if not exclusively, industrial (since agriculture itself becomes a form of industry) and in which the state tends to progressively disappear, or actually disappears, and where the social structure returns to horizontality, at a higher level of productive forces, social relations and appreciation of human values.
At the level of humanity or of part of humanity (human groups within one area, of one or several continents) these three stages (or two of them) can be simultaneous, as is shown as much by the present as by the past. This is a result of the uneven development of human societies, whether caused by internal reasons or by one or more external factors exerting an accelerating or slowing-down influence on their evolution. On the other hand, in the historical process of a given socio-economic whole each of the above-mentioned stages contains, once a certain level of transformation is reached, the seeds of the following stage.
From the Archive | Class struggle in Africa
We should also note that in the present phase of the life of humanity, and for a given socio-economic whole, the time sequence of the three characteristic stages is not indispensable. Whatever its level of productive forces and present social structure, a society can pass rapidly through the defined stages appropriate to the concrete local realities (both historical and human) and reach a higher stage of existence. This progress depends on the concrete possibilities of development of the society's productive forces and is governed mainly by the nature of the political power ruling the society, that is to say, by the type of state or, if one likes, by the character of the dominant class or classes within the society.
A more detailed analysis would show that the possibility of such a jump in the historical process arises mainly, in the economic field, from the power of the means available to man at the time for dominating nature, and, in the political field, from the new event which has radically clanged the face of the world and the development of history, the creation of socialist states.
Thus we see that our peoples have their own history regardless of the stage of their economic development. When they were subjected to imperialist domination, the historical process of each of our peoples (or of the human groups of which they are composed) was subjected to the violent action of an exterior factor. This action – the impact of imperialism on our societies – could not fail to influence the process of development of the productive forces in our countries and the social structures of our countries, as well as the content and form of our national liberation struggles.
But we also see that in the historical context of the development of these struggles, our peoples have the concrete possibility of going from their present situation of exploitation and underdevelopment to a new stage of their historical process which can lead them to a higher form of economic, social and cultural existence.
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The Spyder4Elite from Datacolor is the latest in a line of monitor calibrators that we've looked at over the years.
As monitors have changed, from the big CRT displays we were using in 2004, through to LED LCD displays, large gamut monitors and OLED based displays, the technology needed to accurately profile and calibrate them has been adapted and refined.
In this review, Keith looks at the new Spyder4Elite package.
The examples shown are using Apple Macs, but the software generally works in the same way on Windows PC machines.
The Spyder4Elite is the most advanced version of the Spyder4 range.
There is a full comparison of the different monitor profiling packages from Datacolor in the summary section of this review, and we also have a full review of the Spyder4Express.
If you look at a picture on your monitor, then how do you know that the colour red you are seeing is the one recorded by your camera?
If you send files off to a printer, then how can you be confident that the colours they see will be the same as you see?
How do you know that the shadow detail you can see in pictures is really there in the files? If your monitor darkens shadows, then you might be inclined to lighten them. If you send this lightened image to be printed, then there is every chance that the shadows that looked fine to you on your monitor will be too light when printed.
Editing images on a monitor that hasn't been profiled and calibrated leaves all your edit work built on foundations of sand.
There are a lot of things you can do to nail things down and be more confident that what you see on your screen is a good approximation to what your camera captured. The first and most important step is however, calibrating your monitor.
There are lots more articles I've written, which go into a lot more detail about printing and colour management.
Why don't my prints match my screen? – A short article showing why there is more to getting your prints to match your screen, than just calibrating your monitor.
Why are my prints too dark – some basic suggestions to this common problem.
Full-spectrum colour sensor – Spyder4Elite's patented 7-colour sensor improves upon colorimeters that use 3-channel RGB sensors. Each Spyder4Elite unit is individually tuned in the factory to accurately handle a variety of wide-gamut and normal gamut displays with ease.
Single sensor calibrates all your displays – Spyder4Elite works with your laptop, multiple monitors, front projector, television (with paid software upgrade on website), iPad and even iPhone. It works with LCD, LED, OLED, CRT, DLP and other display technologies. You can calibrate multiple displays connected to your computer. Spyder4Elite is unique in its ability to calibrate all your display devices to achieve greater consistency.
I'll run through the basics of using the software here, but if you are looking for the more advanced options, you might also want to look at our earlier Spyder3 Elite V4 software review.
The counterweight slides along the USB lead and should be moved to hang behind your monitor when measuring.
The sensor has soft pads on it, so should not mark any screens.
The light sensitive part is behind the honeycomb aperture window and consists of a number of different filters, a diffuser, lens and seven different photo sensors.
When calibrating LCD screens, I lean them backwards a bit, so as to get a good contact between sensor and screen.
The Spyder 4 still works fine with CRT monitors – there is a small suction cup supplied, that fits in the hole you can see above.
The front of the unit has a sensor for measuring ambient light levels.
Ambient lighting is an important factor in getting best results from your system and is probably the biggest contributor, after overly bright monitors, to the question we often get asked 'Why are my prints too dark?'.
The software installs easily from the supplied CD and has a basic web activation system which provides you with an activation key, linked to the sensor serial number.
Note that this does not restrict you in using the sensor on just one machine – there is functionality (StudioMatch) in the software specifically aimed at getting a collection of monitors closely matched.
It's worth noting that the installer checked for updates before running, so I was spared the minor irritation of installing software, only to find moments later that I need to install an update.
I tried the Spyder out on my MacBook Pro and Mac Pro Desktop / Apple 23″ LCD.
I also attached my Sony projector to the laptop for a quick test of projector profiling, which I'll cover later.
The Spyder 4 (Pro and Elite) both have ambient light sensors which can be used either for continual monitoring, or just for seeing what light levels are like at the start of your calibration.
The measuring device sits in a holder, which you can also use for projector calibration.
Mouse over the image to the right to see how it fits.
When starting up the software, there are several important steps covered.
For example it really does help for your screen to 'warm up' to its normal operating temperature.
I should note that if you are familiar with the software and just wanted to jump to a particular option, then there are short-cut options available right from the start.
If you are new to profiling and calibration, then stick with the default options you see.
Like many such applications, if you don't understand what something does, then take that as a hint that you might not need to know, to get things up and running.
The software has a number of standard devices known to it (such as my 23″ Apple display) but if it's an unknown device, then you will need to tell the software what it is you are measuring.
If need be, you can tell the software what sort of display technology you are using (it identifies many common options).
You may also be required to note what sorts of controls the display is fitted with.
For my Apple 23″ monitor and MacBook Pro, everything is controlled by the software, so I didn't have to enter any of this information.
Now we get to the calibration process, where there are shorter 'check' type measurements available if needed..
In this instance I'm starting off with a 'Full' calibration (ReCAL takes about half the time).
These settings are just fine for my laptop, but I could of course go to the advanced options to alter what's going to be done.
At any point, you can go to the help, for any screen or function. I'm glad to see that the help available in the latest Spyder software is every bit as comprehensive and genuinely helpful, as it has been in previous versions. If you are new to such devices, please do try and take some time to read about what is being done and why you are doing it.
At this point, you will be prompted to put the measuring device in position.
Here it is on my laptop.
One nice thing about this software is that it handles screen brightness setting automatically.
If you need to manually adjust brightness, then a screen like that below will help you adjust the brightness to what you want.
Depending on how the monitor works, this may take a few attempts to get to the value needed.
Once set, the software will display various colours and brightnesses, in order to characterise the screen and then calibrate it to the desired state.
If possible, I prefer to keep bright lights away from the screen during this process.
Once the measurements are complete, you are prompted to store you newly created monitor profile.
You can also set a reminder as to when it should next be checked.
The profile is then saved.
Once calibrated, you can view the Datacolor test image(s), to see how your monitor looks.
Move your mouse over the image below to see how much difference that calibration/profiling can make to a very blue/white screen such as the MacBook Pro.
This gives an idea of the change, but remember that if you were using the unprofiled setting, your eyes would quickly adapt to the white of the screen.
This is one reason that when someone says they can set a screen up just fine by eye, I don't believe them.
At this point, if you've set up two different makes of monitor, then they may not look as similar as you'd like.
There is a SpyderTune facility to adjust the look of a monitor after calibration that allows you to match things more closely.
I'd prefer not to have to do this, but I have a smaller old 14″ monitor set up just for palettes and info windows.
This monitor is a tad pink in some areas – a slight nudge of the red-blue slider makes it look a bit closer to my main screen.
You can get a lot more detailed information about your monitor and how it has been set up from the information panel.
Note too, the application's help viewer and help topic for this window.
Many help topics are split into short and long answers, making it easy to delve into what's going on.
A small program is run at your computer's startup, which handles ambient light measurement, ongoing profile quality checking, and can be used to directly launch the Spyder4Elite software.
It offers a number of different settings, including the calibration reminders.
One use for this monitoring software is that it can spot if some other software has 'stomped on' your monitor settings and what you are seeing is no longer based on a reliable profile.
As part of my testing, I have a lot of different colour management software on my machines, so I actually disable the Utility in my startup preferences – this does no harm, though I need to check calibration reminders manually.
With only one computer I use for any serious editing, I'm not that bothered in matching it to any others in the office.
However, if I did want a degree of uniformity, I could use the StudioMatch option, and create common settings that can be exported and used to ties lots of different systems together.
It's important to realise that this is limited by the 'worst' display in your collection, so in the screenshot below I'd de-select 'Display-2' since it's only an old monitor for palettes and the like.
Just the sort of think to look at for a lab situation, where you can also use the certification option to keep tabs on everything being set-up and running the way you want.
I tested projector profiling using a Sony VPL-CX21 XGA projector connected to my laptop.
Once again the software is very similar to use on a Windows machine, but you should be aware that some Windows laptops cannot have both screen and projector profiled at the same time – you pick just one.
The base unit has a 1/4″ tripod bush in the base, which makes it easy to mount on a camera tripod in front of a projector screen.
The software treats projector profiling in the same way as with monitors, although with the variation in types of projector, you will need to set some details of its characteristics.
Some projectors really are quite difficult to get good results from, and during the course of doing presentations to local camera clubs, I've heard of some real horror stories, particularly for projectors that were designed for projecting business graphics rather than the subtleties of photographs.
It might also help here, using the advanced analysis tools in the software to work out just what the various settings on your projector actually do.
I've found that setting up the projector in a darkened room with a good screen is good enough for the majority of uses, but if you know it's always going to be used with some light in the room, it might be worth experimenting further.
I've been asked about this before, but you really do put the Spyder between projector and screen, as shown in this screen shot.
The profiles are made and saved in exactly the same way as for monitors.
Once you've made your profiles, there are various items of information that the software can provide, such as the ability to compare monitor gamuts.
I can see here that my MacBook Pro manages some 97% of the sRGB gamut.
Note however, that my laptop with its LED backlit screen, actually manages quite a bit more (red triangle) in the red/orange/yellow part of the spectrum.
Here are the relative gamuts of my main display and smaller secondary one.
If you go to the Expert Console right from the start, then you can set almost all calibration and profiling parameters directly.
There are a number of advanced analysis features available, using the Spyder 4 sensor.
This functionality is actually from an additional program that runs when you begin the tests.
"The Tone Response test measures the response (gamma) of the monitor and plots a graph comparing the measured tone response to standard gamma curves. If your monitor has a control for selecting different gamma settings, you can measure all of the different settings and then find out what is the actual gamma that the control sets. This helps you to select the best setting of such a control before calibration.
For example, a monitor may have a setting in its On Screen Display (OSD) for Gamma with choices "Gamma 1" and "Gamma 2". You can run the Tone Response test and measure the display in both of these settings. When the results are plotted you may find that "Gamma 1" is actually Gamma 2.1 and "Gamma 2" is actually Gamma 1.9. If you were then going to calibrate the monitor to Gamma 2.2 you would know that setting this control to "Gamma 1" would be the best choice since it is closer to the desired 2.2 target value.
It also gives a good example of the clarity of explanation in the help file that I find really well written for this software.
The Spyder4Elite refines the functionality I've found in earlier versions, producing accurate monitor profiles on a variety of screens.
The accuracy and stability of the hardware has been a significant feature in the design of the Spyder4.
It's these internal parts that have been noticeably improved over the Spyder 3 – indeed, in testing our Sony projector I was able to get a better looking image than with any other calibration system I've tried – if you've read some of our other reviews, you'll appreciate that that includes some pretty high end kit.
Important note: It's important to remember the variability and difficulties of setting up projectors, before generalising this finding too far, but I was very impressed when setting up our own Sony projector.
The Spyder 4 also produced a smoother looking display on my LED backlit MacBook Pro than its predecessor.
The measuring device is also supported by various third party software that you may find supplied with very high end monitors.
I'm hoping to be testing one such wide gamut monitor in the next month or so and will definitely include the Spyder 4 in the testing.
The Spyder4Elite does offer a wide range of functionality that may be more than you need (such as projector profiling), so do look at the functionality matrices below to see which best meets your needs. All Spyder4 sensors use the new improved internal design.
Before calibrating your monitor on Windows PC systems, you should check to see that Adobe gamma is turned off if it was installed. We've got a short guide to removing Adobe Gamma that might be of help.


Kobe's twitter account comes. Then goes. But will be back.
Kobe Bryant was the talk of twitter Wednesday night. It's not the first time, from hitting game winners to just being Kobe in post game conversations he's been the buzz of twitter.
But Wednesday it was because he joined twitter.
For about three hours. Then the account was shut down after one tweet ("Can you hear me now?!?!"). Kobe's official Facebook page was promoting it. Kobe racked up 35,000 followers in that hour.
So what was going on? They had the answer over at ESPNLosAngeles.com.
A source close to Bryant told ESPNLosAngeles.com that Bryant's Twitter feed will return in the future and that a social media professional assisting Bryant in setting up the account "may have jumped the gun." The source said Bryant will spend more time familiarizing himself with Twitter before the account goes live again.
May? May have jumped the gun?
Once it goes live, do you think Kobe will be doing the tweets himself? No. Unless the twitter feed uses a lot of profanity, sarcasm and slaps around some other players don't bet on it. The real Kobe is fascinating, but you get the feeling this twitter feed will be more about marking than insight.