For 23 years now, the Hubble Space Telescope, our ultimate eye in the sky, has been orbiting Earth -- once every 97 minutes -- and has explored our universe with detail never seen before, uncovering galaxies far, far away, black holes, cosmic collisions, and many other mysteries of the universe.
Free of any atmospheric distortions and background light which affect the quality of images from ground-based observatories, the resolution of Hubble's images are more than 10 times that of anything based on Earth.
This glowing orb is the planetary nebula IC 418, which is about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus. In this picture, the Hubble telescope reveals some remarkable textures weaving through the nebula. Their origin, however, is one of the many, many mysteries of space.
Here, we see Hubble's most detailed view so far of the entire Crab Nebula. The Crab is arguably the single most interesting object, as well as one of the most studied, in all of astronomy, NASA says. This image is the largest ever taken with Hubble's WFPC2 workhorse camera.
Astronomers say the Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed.
One of the most famous of all planetary nebulae, the Ring Nebula, photographed here in October 1998, is about a light-year in diameter and was formed as a dying star threw off some of its outer material thousands of years ago. The nebula is situated 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Lyra.
SNR B0509-67.5 is the visible remnant of a powerful stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small galaxy about 160,000 light-years from Earth. The gaseous envelope formed as the expanding blast wave and ejected material from a supernova tore through the interstellar medium.
The distorted shape of the larger of these two galaxies shows signs of tidal interactions. The smaller of the pair of interacting galaxies is called Arp 273. It is thought that the smaller galaxy has actually passed through the larger one.
This is an image composed from three separate images taken in the light of ionized nitrogen (represented by red), hydrogen (green), and doubly ionized oxygen (blue), of the hourglass-shaped MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope.
In this detailed view from the Hubble Space Telescope, we see what is known as the Cat's Eye Nebula, cataloged as NGC 6543, the first planetary nebula ever to be discovered. It is one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen in space, formed when sun-like stars eject their outer gaseous layers.
Star HD 44179 is surrounded by a quite extraordinary-looking formation known as the Red Rectangle.
Hubble's newest, more detailed image shows the unearthly nebula is shaped more like an X, with additional lines of glowing gas. The star at the center is believed to be similar to the sun, but near the end of its life, spewed gas and other materials to form the oddly shaped surrounding nebula.
The Red Rectangle is an unusual example of what is known as a proto-planetary nebula. These are old stars, on their way to becoming planetary nebulae. Once the expulsion of mass is complete, a very hot white dwarf star will remain and its brilliant ultraviolet radiation will cause the surrounding gas to glow. The Red Rectangle is found about 2,300 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros the Unicorn.
In 2009, Hubble used its newly installed Wide Field Camera 3 -- which features two UV/visible detecting CCD sensors, each 2,048×4,096 pixels, and a separate Infrared light detector of 1,024×1,024 pixels, capable of receiving infrared radiation up to 1700 nm -- to record a comet's collision with Jupiter.
This delicate-looking shell, known as SNR B0509-67.5, is in fact a gaseous envelope formed by the expanding blast wave and ejected material from a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The bubble-shaped shroud of gas is believed to be 23 light-years across and is expanding at more than 18 million km/h.
Atop a pillar of gas and dust three light-years tall, infant stars buried inside shoot towering peaks of gas, creating this fantastical image from inside the Carina Nebula, 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina.
Looking closely at Saturn, we can see the transit of several moons as they move across the face of the giant planet. The orange moon Titan can be seen at the upper right, and the white icy moons from left to right are Enceladus, Dione, and Mimas.
The dark band running across the face of the planet slightly above the rings is the shadow of the rings cast on the planet. This picture was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on February 24, 2009.
Complex loops and whisps of cosmic dust lie hidden in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316. This image, made from data obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals the dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy that give evidence that it was formed from a past merger of two gas-rich galaxies.
One of Hubble's grand achievements was giving us our first direct look at the surface of Pluto.
This image of NGC 7049 in the constellation of Indus shows clusters of glittering dust spotted around the galaxy halo. Astronomers study these globular clusters in NGC 7049 to learn more about its formation and evolution. The dust lanes, which appear as a lacy web, are dramatically backlit by the millions of stars in the halo of NGC 7049.
At the center of these tumultuous cauldrons of gas, heated to nearly 20,000 degrees Celsius, is a dying star that scientists believe was once about five times the mass of the sun.
Its gasses ejected, the star is now unleashing a stream of ultraviolet radiation which is making the cast-off material glow. This object is an example of a planetary nebula, so-named because many of them have a round appearance resembling that of a planet when viewed through a small telescope.
This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, spanning a distance of billions of light years. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe.
The smallest, reddest galaxies, about 100, may be among the most distant known, existing when the universe was just 800 million years old. The nearest galaxies -- the larger, brighter, well-defined spirals and ellipticals -- thrived about 1 billion years ago, when the cosmos was 13 billion years old.
The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard Hubble, represents the sharpest view ever of the Orion Nebula. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image.
This Hubble image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. As the two galaxies smash together, billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters of stars. The brightest and most compact of these are called super star clusters.


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This afternoon the Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its latest monetary policy decision. Whilst very few people expect any changes to be made by new governor Philip Lowe at this meeting, it is possible that in the months ahead we may see rates taken even lower than the record low of 1.5%.
For this reason, I believe that investors should look to the market for sources of income instead of term deposits. Three shares which could be great investments are as follows:
AGL Energy Ltd (ASX: AGL)
Australia's largest retail energy generator and seller is expected to provide investors with a fully franked 4% dividend in FY 2017 according to CommSec. Although this isn't the biggest yield on the market, I believe changes to its dividend policy make it a great long-term investment option. Starting with its interim dividend this year AGL Energy is targeting a payout ratio of approximately 75% of underlying profit.
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Following the release of mixed half-year results, the shares of childcare operator G8 Education took an almighty plunge. Although they have recovered slightly now, they are still down by 19% in the last three months. In light of this, its shares are expected to provide a fully franked 7.7% dividend this year. With management expecting a big improvement in the company's performance in the second half, now could be a great time to make an investment.
Mantra Group Ltd (ASX: MTR)
This leading accommodation provider is another company which has seen its share price drop significantly. The rise of online accommodation marketplace Airbnb appears to have some investors concerned about Mantra's future growth. Positively management has dismissed these concerns and believes instead that the company is positioned for growth thanks to the Australia's tourism boom. Its shares are expected to provide a fully franked 4.3% dividend in FY 2017.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – Movie Review
May 26, 2007 Jeffrey Graebner1 Comment
Spoiler Warning: With the immense popularity of this film, I have decided to discuss some specific plot points in this review instead of avoiding the revealing of information that most people would prefer to discover within the film itself. It is highly recommended that anyone who wants to see the film hold off on reading this review until afterwards.
Pretty much like the other two films in the series, I thought "At Worlds End" was kind of overblown and out-of-control, but also very entertaining. I suppose I probably could best be classified as a "casual" fan of this series (I've only seen each of the films once), but I can certainly understand their immense popularity and I certainly can honestly say that I found all three to be wildly enjoyable escapism.
One of the first things that struck me about "At Worlds End" was that I basically agreed with the early reports that I saw that the film was too long, but not for reasons that I would generally expect to object to the length of a film. I definitely was never bored by the film and didn't find very much of the film to be slow or drawn out. The film maintains a fast enough pace and such a high level of excitement that it really doesn't feel like a nearly 3-hour film.
The reason why I still say that the film is overlong, is that I felt that the storytelling could have definitely used some tightening. The movie does have a bit of a tendency to repeat itself at times (key example: Jack talking with his dopplegangers was amusing once, but shouldn't have been repeated later in the film) while, at other times, going off on occasional non-productive tangents that had a tendency to obscure the storyline. I even thought that there was one entire subplot (Calypso) that should have been excised from the film entirely as it never really resulted in much of a pay off.
I've also seen a lot of commentary about the complexity of the film, but this was something I actually kind of appreciated. All too often, mainstream blockbusters tend to have overly simplistic stories and I admit I find it kind of refreshing that this series really does ask you to pay attention. Much of the complexity comes from a rather large cast of characters, all of whom tend to be pursuing their own agendas and interests at any given time. That strikes me as highly appropriate for a film that is centered around the idea that all the major characters are pirates of one form or another. One of my favorite scenes in the film was the Pirates Council sequence, where we learn that they had never been able to elect a pirate king simply because it always ended up being a 9-way tie with everyone voting for himself or herself. This struck me as being exactly how pirates (at least as they appear in our mythology) really should be.
Related to this, I also liked it that several of the key characters, including Will and Jack, were willing to ally themselves with the film's primary villain when it seemed to best serve his purpose. Over the course of the film, just about every character betrays just about every other character at some point and, again, that felt absolutely right for a film about pirates. Even the romantic leads betray one another when it best served his/her own agenda and, within the world of piracy, that really wasn't even that much of an impediment to their relationship.
One of the biggest strengths of these films continues to be an unusually strong cast. Of course, Johnny Depp gets the bulk of the attention for what is, unquestionably, one of the most truly original film characters to appear in a while. With this film, though, I have to say that I think his quirks are starting to wear a bit thin. He does still have some very funny moments in this film and Depp tends to be especially winning when showing the character's heroic side, but I thought it was overall a good thing that the character has a bit less screen time than in the previous films and I'm not convinced that his part shouldn't have been trimmed even a bit more.
Seeing this film did help me realize that the one element that was most missed in the first sequel was Geoffrey Rush's consistently entertaining portrayal of Captain Barbosa. While Depp pretty much throws away all conventions to create a unique character, Rush largely takes the opposite approach and absolutely relishes in playing to all the stereotypes of what a pirate captain should be. Even more so than in the first film, Rush has pretty much become the captain from the sea battle sequence on the attraction, all the way down to rather frequent use of direct dialog from the ride.
I thought that the characters of Will and Elizabeth were put to much better use in this film than in the first sequel. Both have significant character growth this time as well as their share of really good scenes. Keira Knightley especially comes into her own in this film, giving her best performance yet in the series (although her striking resemblance to Natalie Portman is still a bit of a distraction, especially in one scene where she is dressed up in an Asian royal gown that really brought to mind the outfits she wore as Portman's double in "The Phantom Menace".) Orlando Bloom is still fine as Turner, although he continues to be a rather bland actor overall. I still am not sure that he has enough charisma to have much of a career as a romantic lead.
I was really very surprised by the resolution of Will and Elizabeth's relationship at the end of the film, but I also found it to be rather bold and ultimately quite satisfying. Will really did seem to be the best choice to take over as captain of the Flying Dutchman and I thought it was very refreshing that they didn't try to cop out with finding some easy resolution to the conflicts between his duty to save his father and the desire to stay with Elizabeth. As a committed credits watcher, I always tend to enjoy the inclusion of extras at the end of them, but I do feel it was something of a mistake to make the "10 years later" flash-forward a post-credits sequence in this one. I think that the information that Elizabeth not only remained true to Will but also bore his child is really pretty essential and should have ended the main part of the film. It is a shame that an awfully large percentage of the audience is going to end up not seeing such a key scene.
From a technical standpoint, this film continues the series overall excellence. The special effects and stunt-work are complex and pretty consistently convincing. Musically, I think this film has the strongest score of the series, although there are still a few points where the music sounds much too contemporary for the setting. I definitely think that composer Hans Zimmer should have avoided, or at least much more greatly minimized, the use of electronic instrumentation. Zimmer also composed a song that is used very effectively both as a plot point and as a key theme within the score itself.
It is definitely worth noting once again that this is a pretty violent and at times dark film that does earn the PG-13 rating. The opening sequence of the film where numerous pirates, including a child, are hanged without trial, sets a somewhat dark tone and probably almost earned the PG-13 by itself. I do think it has been a rather bold re-positioning of the brand to release this series under the Walt Disney Pictures label, but I'm still not sure it is all that inappropriate. The violence is generally not graphic and, in many ways, is reminiscent of the Indiana Jones films, which were very popular with late preteens and early-teens of my own generation. As I said at the beginning of this review, I probably classify as a "casual" fan of these films, but I suspect they would have been among my absolute favorites had they come out when I was in that age group.
While "At World's End" is certainly a somewhat flawed film (as were its predecessors), I do think it was finally a very entertaining and satisfying conclusion to a fun trilogy of films.
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I'm puzzled by the fact that the three most difficult movies for me to understand (ever) are the ones that make up the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. I wouldn't think three movies intended for the selct demographic of men and women from ages nine to ninety-three would be beyond my intellectual grasp, but there it is.
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Tick…tock? A Rhythm Problem
Joshua Kiss, MD*1 and Matt Ronan, MD1
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
A 31-year-old man with no past medical history presented after a pre-syncopal event. He felt increasingly unwell over the four weeks prior to admission with decreased appetite, fatigue, and intermittent night sweats. Several days prior to admission he began experiencing dyspnea on exertion and reduced exercise capacity. Further history elicited that the patient had spent a summer weekend golfing in Massachusetts. He had no history of rash, insect bites, or joint pain. Physical examination, chest X-ray, and laboratory findings were unremarkable aside from a mild leukocytosis with neutrophil predominance. EKG showed Mobitz type I 2nd degree atrioventricular (AV) block with underlying PR interval prolongation. In the ICU, his heart rate dropped to the 30s with periods of Mobitz type II 2nddegree AV block on telemetry. Transthoracic echocardiogram was unremarkable. He was treated with empiric IV ceftriaxone for putative Lyme carditis. Lyme serologies returned positive. AV block and Wenckebach phenomenon gradually resolved and the patient was discharged with a four-week course of PO doxycycline.
AV node dysfunction is typically seen in an older population with structural heart disease. When AV block presents in a young, healthy patient, alternative diagnoses should be considered. Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in North America. Clinical findings include localized and disseminated manifestations: erythema migrans rash, neurologic and cardiac involvement, and arthritis. Lyme carditis occurs in less than 1% of patients and typically affects the conduction system at the AV node, though myocarditis or pericarditis can occur. Serologic testing is generally positive, but if negative with high suspicion for Lyme carditis retesting should occur two to six weeks later. Lyme carditis is usually benign with most patients recovering completely. Though often unresponsive to atropine, with temporary pacing necessary in 30% of patients, permanent heart block and death are rare. Antibiotic treatment has not been shown to prevent Lyme carditis, but is recommended to eradicate disease and prevent late complications.
Lyme carditis is a feared complication of Lyme disease but can be easily treated with antibiotics if properly identified. Given its rarity, it is not often considered as a diagnosis, particularly in non-endemic areas. This example illustrates the importance of recognizing Lyme carditis in cases without classic Lyme symptoms such as rash, fevers, myalgias, or arthragias. Nonspecific symptoms like fatigue, malaise, and syncope in a high-risk patient could represent Lyme disease. Recognition of Lyme carditis is important in areas such as New England, where Lyme disease is particularly common, but the disease can be seen across the United States and should be considered as an etiology for syncope and abnormal heart rhythm, especially in patients with low cardiac risk.
Kiss J, Ronan M. Tick…tock? A Rhythm Problem. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md. Abstract 569. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2015; 10 (suppl 2). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/ticktock-a-rhythm-problem/. Accessed July 17, 2019.


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Just as much behind-the-scenes care and skill went into the making of the ad, which is a highly stylised interpretation of the manufacturing process: The Mill team, led by Yourick Van Impe, James Healy, John Leonti and shoot supervisor Hitesh Patel, spent six weeks crafting the spot with a mix of Yo-Reveo, Flame, Maya and Shake.
The "fast-slow" effects - like a long-exposure shot of cars driving along a highway - began with four days' initial filming in Eisbach Studios in Germany, shooting in motion-controlled passes on three different cameras as the car was assembled by 130 mechanic passes- every one of which needed to generate a trail. The fact that the cameras were always on the move meant the Mill team faced the challenge of adding passes, and blending both 2D and 3D elements, to achieve the layered end result. Each technician and machine was shot on its own, and over time the overlapping effect was built up, creating a feeling of playing tricks with space and time.
Finally, the Mill's New York-based Telecine operator Damien Van Der Cruyssen set the grade with director Olivier Gondry. Back in London, lead Telecine Adam Scott followed the grade through the film. The result is a high-contrast look using clean whites to deliver the clinical, high-tech feel the director wanted.


Wondering how to navigate vape-related recycling? You're not alone.
Like Keurig coffee pods, disposable water bottles and plastic straws, vape-related waste is attracting attention.
While that's not surprising given vaping's surging popularity, no one wants to see industry growth hindered or environmental responsibility unfulfilled. So, what's a caring, environmentally conscious dispensary to do?
Even in this environmentally conscious industry, helping customers recycle vape cartridges, batteries and disposables isn't as easy as it could be. But don't despair. A look into recycling options and realities can help your dispensary become part of the recycling solution.
What's Standing in the Way of Dispensary-Based Programs?
Even when vape companies, dispensaries and consumers harmoniously agree on vape recycling measures, regulatory hurdles may intervene. In many jurisdictions, rapid and frequent regulatory changes have left dispensary owners and employees edgy when it comes to recycling cartridges and pens.
Prior to January 2018 regulatory changes, California cannabis product manufacturer OMG Farms seized the chance to take on the issue. The company, with a disposable vape pen as its flagship product, developed a vape recycling program that goes beyond the vape collection boxes seen in many dispensaries.
OMG Farms rolled out an incentivized program rewarding dispensaries with discounted future orders based on the number of devices collected for recycling, accommodating both OMG products and other brands. But the advent of 2018 regulations complicated OMG's well-intentioned plans and caused dispensaries to halt in-store recycling collection.
"Effectively, the regulations prevented individuals from bringing products back into the store after they were sold," OMG Executive Vice President Ryan Miller explains. As in many states, exceptions only covered defective cartridges, or devices returned to the store where they were originally purchased, where they are then rendered unusable by being destroyed, and unrecyclable by being mixed with other cannabis waste.
California isn't alone in vape recycling challenges. Dylan Donaldson, owner of Colorado-based Karing Kind Labs and Karing Kind dispensary faces the issue as both vape producer and retailer. "We've been selling vape pens on the market for upwards of six years, and we've always struggled with recycling at the retail dispensary as well as manufacturing and wholesaling disposable vape cartridges," he says.
1. Know your state regulations.
Understand how regulations apply specifically to vape-related recycling, including the ramifications of collecting used cartridges, batteries and disposables in your dispensary.
2. Talk with vape vendors.
Ask about recycling programs they may offer, plans they have in the pipeline and suggestions they have on how to handle recycling requests.
3. Know your product lines.
Stay informed on the materials being used to manufacture the products you sell and their potential for being recycled.
Keep your staff fluent in what your dispensary can and can't do (and why) when it comes to accepting vape-related recycling.
5. Reach out to recycling and hazardous waste agencies.
Know who they are and what they'll accept.
6. Help consumers and recyclers connect.
Provide addresses and contact numbers on your website and in store for state-approved recycling drop-off centers or other sites that accept vape-related items.
7. Educate and encourage customers.
Educate customers—at point-of-sale and with signage, packaging and website copy—on recycling steps they can take at home.
Participate in the regulatory process, be heard during public comment periods and help bring about positive change.
What Types of Vape Recycling Programs Has the Industry Seen?
Many dispensaries have recycling programs in place that focus on non-vape items. Customers at Utopia Gardens in Detroit, Mich., for example, can return pop-tops and pre-roll tubes, which the dispensary processes, cleans and re-uses.
The idea of recycling cannabis-related waste is appealing to Utopia's customer base. "Our customers really love that they can bring their containers back for recycling," budtender Mary Sharp shares. But, the program doesn't cover vape batteries or cartridges because the dispensary lacks a viable, state-allowed option for recycling them.
While some companies, like OMG, find themselves in a state of regulatory-induced limbo, at least as far as dispensary-based vape collections go, several vape producers have created recycling or collection-and-disposal programs.
Some innovative programs have offered consumers postage-free returns for batches of empty cartridges. Others pair in-store dispensary collection envelopes with promises of swag rewards. But the most common approach has been simple collection boxes that count on the intrinsic satisfaction consumers feel by dropping off used cartridges and pens at their local retailer, instead of slipping them into the trash at home.
But dispensary collections haven't always worked as planned. Several retailers contacted by Cannabis Dispensary shared stories that confirm Miller's reports of stockpiles of collected cartridges, recycling outlets reticent to accept cannabis-contaminated products or cost-prohibitive recycling fees.
From California and Oregon to Illinois and Michigan, dispensary staffers also expressed concerns about risking legal sanctions until cannabis-friendly recycling regulations are in place. Some had a brisk "no comment." Others said the issue was too controversial, asking instead to stay under the radar on what their dispensary does or doesn't do.
At Karing Kind, Donaldson says wholesale clients generally understand the regulatory limitations vape recycling initiatives face, but retail customers don't. "On the consumer-facing side of things, the end user is definitely having conversations with us about it in our retail store. Our job is to educate them," he says.
Karing Kind staff tells customers where and how consumers can recycle vape products, why the dispensary can't, and what the company wishes it was able to do. In the end, staff encourage consumers to do their part and recycle responsibly.
What Kind of Impact Can Industry Recycling Efforts Make?
With the vape market consistently tracking as one of the cannabis industry's fastest-growing segments, the volume of potential waste and consumer kickback is considerable. Donaldson emphasizes that the point of effective collection programs isn't just to keep cartridges and batteries out of the garbage, though that's a start. The real goal is to have the materials re-used for other purposes.
As Miller explains, recycling initiatives already exist in the e-cigarette industry that can work as blueprints for similar cannabis programs. He notes that, with the exception of the cannabis-holding portions of vape pens, materials from plastics to electronics and batteries can be recycled or reused.
However, recycling programs come with a price. To be cost-effective, Miller says the programs must be done at scale, which he feels puts the onus on vape vendors for the recycling logistics and on dispensaries as collection points. Much back-end work, such as figuring out a true recycling program for the industry that's cost-effective and compliant, remains to be done before stockpiles of collected cartridges and disposables go beyond dispensary and vape company store rooms and materials are recycled.
Karing Kind focuses on what's possible in the current regulatory environment. "One approach we decided to take about three to four years ago, especially in our vape product line, was being more conscious about the type of hardware we're buying," Donaldson explains.
"One of the limitations, of course, is the battery. The batteries have to be recycled in a certain way, just like a cell phone, for example. We encourage consumers, on our packaging, to take them anywhere you recycle batteries, such as an office supply warehouse," he says.
"Another thing we've done with non-battery components is [become] very aware and particular about the components they're being manufactured with. For example, on the vape cartridge side of things, we have found a cartridge that doesn't use any glue or any plastic. It's all glass and metal and ceramic. All those components together can be easily recycled in the recycling bin in your home, and that's what we encourage people to do," Donaldson explains.
What's Ahead for Vape Recycling and Positive Change?
Miller expects that the conversation about vape waste and environmental responsibility will grow louder among vape consumers and the general public. "The No. 1 issue people had coming up to us—both people who had purchased our product or who had not purchased our product because of this issue—is the waste piece," he says.
Even the word "disposable" turns off many consumers who avoid all disposable products because of potential waste. That's one reason that OMG advocates for shifts in industry-wide semantics from "disposable" to "all-in-one" or "ready-to-use." But the bigger question remains: What happens to recyclable and reusable materials in the millions of vape products loyal dispensary customers have embraced?
Right now, consumer concerns may not outweigh the risk to dispensaries in some jurisdictions. But change is afoot. As one example, OMG proposed modifications to the California Code of Regulations to allow the return of "cannabis-contaminated hardware products (such as vapes)" to licensed retailers as part of distributor or manufacturer recycling programs. Miller reports the issue is on the agenda for an upcoming meeting of the state's Bureau of Cannabis Control.
Only you know what's best for your dispensary and your customers as the industry and regulators sort out this issue, but expect to hear more questions from consumers about vape waste and how you and your vape vendors are addressing it.
Cannabis and hip-hop have always been connected. Green Hop is making sure people don't forget.
When Green Hop co-owners Karanja Crews and Nicole Kennedy decided to launch a cannabis dispensary, they knew there was only one place it could be: Northeast Portland's King neighborhood, a historically African-American part of town they had once called home—at least until their families were forced to leave.
It's a story Crews not only wants to share here, but with everyone who encounters the Green Hop brand. "We grew up in this neighborhood, we used to get arrested for this very plant in this neighborhood—but now we're able to run a business and create opportunities for people in this same neighborhood," he says.
Highlighting its location—and that location's significance to its owners— is just one way Green Hop is trying to break diversity barriers in the cannabis industry.
That's just one reason Green Hop founded the Green Hop Academy, an internship program built with the help of Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC), an area training program for at-risk youth who've been affected by poverty, according to POIC's website. With POIC's support, the academy will teach young people—of legal cannabis-consuming age—the various skills they need to be employable in the industry, from lab and production training to how to be a dispensary budtender, Crews explains.
The 10-week internship program will begin in November, and will be available for 10 students, though Crews hopes the program can expand to include more people in the future. Classes will be taught at Green Hop, and potentially in other places.
In fact, a 2016 BuzzFeed report showed that just 1 percent of dispensaries are owned by African Americans. That means as of two years ago, of the nearly 3,600 dispensaries across the country, African Americans were the owners of only three dozen or so.
Classic hip-hop albums are an important accent to Green Hop's decor.
Green Hop launched with a soft opening in January—on Crews' birthday—then opened officially on June 16, which was Tupac Shakur's birthday. (Shakur died in 1996, but he is still recognized as one of the best rappers of all time—one whose music often touched on the social issues and inequities of the '90s.) While the soft opening welcomed about 40 guests, Green Hop's grand opening saw some 200 people.
In the store, hip-hop music almost always plays. "A lot of internet data is being used throughout the day," Crews jokes about the playlists the team constantly keeps on loop.
In addition to what plays through the speakers, Crews and Kennedy make sure that hip-hop is a prevalent part of the green-and-yellow dispensary. Classic hip-hop albums are displayed in the store—including albums by Nas, A Tribe Called Quest and Dr. Dre—while its name is sprayed out in graffiti, another tribute to hip-hop, Crews says.
Green Hop's products also enjoy hip-hop inspired names, such as the popular Jigga OG. Other strain names include Killingsworth, Illmatic, Grandmaster Flowers and Albina OG, all nods to the artists who have inspired Kennedy and Crews, they say.
That doesn't mean the dispensary discriminates against other kinds of music, Crews says. "In the mornings, you might hear a little soul music or R&B," he laughs.
Green Hop's goal is to pay homage to the hip-hop legends who destigmatized cannabis.
Making so many plans—and so many major purchases—while not knowing whether their application would be approved was stressful, Crews admits. "It's excitement, it's a rush—it's taking a leap of faith and hope it all works out," he says.
Jillian Kramer is a Cleveland, Ohio-based freelance writer.
1 percent: 2016 report showed that just 1 percent of dispensaries are owned by African Americans. That means as of two years ago, of the nearly 3,600 dispensaries across the country, African Americans were the owners of only three dozen or so.
Being at the bottom of New Mexico's alphabetical provider list hasn't stopped the Verdes Foundation from rising to the top.
Shawna Brown (left) and Rachael Speegle sit outside the Verdes Foundation's Albuquerque dispensary.
School children possessing last names beginning with letters near the alphabet's end will tell you life can sometimes be tough: They are the last ones called during attendance, the last ones through the lunch line, the last ones to conference with the teacher. And let's be honest, no one likes being last. But, probably only a handful of companies consider how the first letter of its legal name might affect their businesses.
Husband and wife Eric and Rachael Speegle certainly didn't when they named their vertically integrated, New Mexico-based, cannabis company "Verdes Foundation." In fact, they didn't think much about the name until the state's Department of Health published its list of state-licensed nonprofit dispensaries (there are 81) in alphabetical order and by county, meaning Verdes Foundation appeared last on the Bernalillo and Sandoval counties' lists.
This presented the Speegles with one of their first challenges as dispensary owners: If patients didn't know Verdes existed, how could they get them through the door? "We needed something unique," Rachael recalls.
Their solution: provide all new patients with one free gram of flower. The goal was to attract patients, but the Speegles also saw an opportunity to promote Verdes' product. "We wanted people to have a sample of the quality of the medicine that we grow, and we wanted them to be able to access that sample without having to pay for it," Rachael says.
This is a common theme with Verdes Foundation; it regularly goes above and beyond to ensure patient and employee satisfaction, and they have reaped the rewards.
Today, Verdes Foundation operates two medical dispensaries, one in Rio Rancho and one in Albuquerque, along with its 22,000-square-foot Albuquerque production and cultivation facility. The two dispensaries process a combined 15,000 transactions a month, register 30 new patients a day, and have bolstered Verdes' patient database to 5,700 active customers, according to Eric.
It was important for the company to build relationships with its neighbors because many harbored fears about a dispensary entering the neighborhood. "[Neighbors] knew that if anything were to happen, that they could contact me directly, and I could ease any concerns that they had," Brown says, adding that it showed residents that Verdes was not just entering their community, but there to support it.
Verdes' average customer age is 47, so staff is cognizant many patients may be unfamiliar or uncomfortable with cannabis, making the information they provide even more important. To ensure all patients' needs are met, Verdes has implemented a standard new-patient onboarding program.
Once a patient is entered in Verdes' system, an employee spends roughly 10 minutes with her reviewing purchasing, products, quantities, ordering online and more. After this orientation, the new patient is asked: "If you were to accomplish one symptom relief today, what would that be?" According to Rachael, this question is posed because many patients enter the store exacerbated and frustrated by their conditions. By focusing on one symptom, staff can reduce some of that anxiety and create trust.
Staff ask follow-up questions based on that answer. If a patient wants to sleep, "we [ask], 'Tell me about your sleep. Are you not falling asleep or not staying asleep?' That gives us clues [as to what product might work]," Rachael explains.
Q: What's the hardest aspect of running a vertically integrated business?
A: Being good at everything. We have our cultivation department, our harvesting, our processing and our packaging. Then we have our retail dispensary that needs to be operating on a high level. We have our lab, which does our extractions, and our kitchen. And then departments like accounting, HR and compliance. So, it's a lot of different disciplines that if you don't do well, then the customer doesn't have a good experience. The challenge is being great at every one of them every single day.
Q: You went from having one dispensary connected to your cultivation facility to having two dispensaries off-site. Did that make your job more difficult?
A: When we had our dispensary here at the headquarters, we had a real pulse on the culture. We were walking in and out of there a bunch. We had a feel of what the employee dynamic was like and we could keep that in line with our culture. So, with Rio Rancho being a new off-site store, we had to learn how to manage culture from afar. And that gave us a year to figure that out and get that mastered before we opened [our new off-site Albuquerque location].
Q: You and your wife, Rachael, originally started Verdes Foundation with your father. Did you find it challenging to work with a parent?
A: The main challenge, I think, was just our generational gap and where we were in our professional lives. He was wanting to build something small that was maintainable that he could take an income on for the rest of his life. I wanted to grow something big, something that really had an impact on the state and our community, and something that could last for multiple generations for myself and Rachael. So, those two perspectives did sometimes cross.
For patients who need more personalized attention, Verdes offers a free, private consultation with a Verdes nurse. In these sessions, which last about an hour, patients collaborate with nurses to create individualized care plans and learn how to effectively manage their cannabis medications.
During these consultations, Eric and Rachael noticed that their nurses were fielding the same questions repeatedly. "If we had six, one-hour sessions in a day, we answered the same question six times," Rachael says. In response, the couple created free patient-orientation classes. Rachael says these classes "answer those basic questions and introduce people to the vocabulary." Classes are offered at both Verdes locations several times monthly and can accommodate up to eight patients (soon to be 20).
However, patients—especially seniors—can't rush to the dispensary with every question. Therefore, the Verdes Foundation website is loaded with proprietary educational and how-to videos, blog posts, terpene profiles, contact numbers and more. It is a major upgrade from the mere store hours and menus many dispensaries list on their websites.
Rachael adds that the website has helped keep the dispensaries running smoothly. "It's really important to us to maintain the expediency [with] which we serve customers, while still providing really thorough education information at the counter. And those two things are in direct competition with each other," the COO says. Providing answers online to questions that patients usually ask in person has allowed the company to move patients through the store quickly, and therefore serve more each day.
The Speegles have labored to cultivate a supportive work environment. As proof, Verdes Foundation has been recognized in 2017 and 2018 by New Mexico Family Friendly Business and Albuquerque Business First's 'Best Places to Work' in the state.
Albuquerque Business First solicits anonymous employee feedback when selecting winners, and Brown says many employees remarked positively about the access to education Verdes provides. "If any staff wants to attend a local conference or even a national conference to cultivate their skills, that'll be paid for by the company," Brown says.
Eric credits Verdes' culture as the reason why several employees with college educations and other job offers choose to remain with the company, preventing the high turnover that much of the industry faces. "We really appreciate [them staying] because that's what really helps sustain [and improve] this community. We try to be leaders to our employees who, in turn, are then leaders to their friends and family," he says.
Eric and Rachael also try to engage their employees in the company's community efforts. The company supports various local nonprofits, such as animal rescues, groups working to increase high school graduation rates and those focused on social justice. Often, the Speegles ask staff for suggestions on which organizations to support. "[Engaging staff is] one of our biggest retention values and tools to keep people because ... they believe in our mission and they're a part of that mission," Rachael says.
Verdes also lets patients have a vote on which charities to support through its bag credit program. When making a purchase, patients can decline an exit bag. If they do, they either receive 15 cents off their purchase or a 15-cent token. At each dispensary, Verdes promotes three charities, and patients can donate their tokens to one of the three charities. "I think it's helped endear us to our community because patients know: When they choose to get their medicine from Verdes, they are also giving back to the community," Brown says.
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At about this time last year, we were fine-tuning the launch issue of Cannabis Dispensary. It's been quite a year, to say the least.
We launched this magazine to fill a dire need in the market—a need for sound business information to aid you in your efforts to operate successful dispensaries in heavily regulated, ever-changing and still federally illegal markets. To this day, it remains the only print magazine that serves cannabis dispensaries exclusively.
As we prepare for our second year of publication, we conducted a reader survey to discover your thoughts about the magazine's coverage—what you find most valuable, what you would like to see more of, as well as what we could be doing better. Thank you for providing your feedback; it helps guide us in creating articles that address topics most relevant to your businesses.
The majority of you said you were "very satisfied" with Cannabis Dispensary as source for information on dispensary operations and business/financial insights, and we appreciate the many positive comments we received. While the positive comments are extremely affirming of our work, your insights into challenges you continue to face will help us tailor our coverage throughout our second year.
Whether those challenges are legal in nature, or financial, or have to do with operations, licensing or other startup issues, supply chain management, product diversion, staffing (and the high turnover the industry is experiencing), or concern for what the future of this industry will look like in five to 10 years, we will remain dedicated to addressing them and helping you navigate this unique market.
In 2019, we will be expanding our coverage beyond print and digital when Cannabis Dispensary goes live at the Cannabis Conference (CannabisConference.com), April 1-3, in Las Vegas. We'll discuss major issues as an industry, and you'll have the opportunity to learn from, and talk with, your industry peers and other experts, as well as with vendors that provide solutions to help you advance your dispensary, from point-of-sale software to inventory tracking, merchandising, security solutions and more.
We look forward to meeting many of you in Las Vegas in April, and thank you again for your feedback as we approach our second year in print. Your feedback is always welcome, and you don't need to wait for another reader survey to share it. We'd love to hear from you.


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Duckett Featured on CNN's Climate Crisis Town Hall, University to Host Its Own Climate Crisis Teach-in
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019
On Sept. 4, the Honors School, School of Science, and Residential Life at Monmouth University sponsored an evening of popcorn, politics, and pancakes at Beechwood Residence Hall for students and faculty to watch Catherine Duckett, Ph.D., associate dean in the School of Science, on CNN's Climate Crisis Town Hall. Duckett responded to the town hall moderators' call for questions posted by CNN and circulated by the Citizens' Climate Lobby, an international grassroots environmental group, of which she is a member.
Duckett's question, "Do you support changes to FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] rules to encourage retreat from properties suffering repeated catastrophic losses? If so, how do you plan to implement changes in a way that is fair and equitable?" was selected as one of the questions that might be asked if time permitted. The question ended up being posed to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on the air.
Duckett said that her question was important particularly because many people haven't realized that we are already feeling the impacts of climate change and solutions are not exclusively scientific, but rather policy, political or social solutions.
"FEMA rules requiring rebuilding exactly in place after repeated catastrophic losses are a foolish waste of money," said Duckett. "Under climate change conditions, properties that have flooded repeatedly are destined to flood again—even more severely because of climate change mediated heavy rainfall or sea level rise."
Duckett said Sanders agreed that the policy needs to be changed, however, she felt that he did not fully address the question of social equity.
"Lower income neighborhoods have lower value homes, but if FEMA cannot payout the entire value of a house, that is a bigger social burden on lower income people than it is on more affluent folks," said Duckett. "Currently, neighborhoods that can hire lawyers are doing better at recovering more money from FEMA. I wasn't satisfied that he [Sanders] addressed the question of social equity solutions, although he clearly understands the problem."
Climate Crisis Teach-In
In solidarity with climate strikes planned all over the world for Friday, Sept. 20, three days ahead of the United Nations Climate Action Summit, Duckett and University colleagues will host presentations and panel discussions for a "Climate Crisis Teach-In" on Friday in Wilson Hall, room 104. Topics include: the impact of climate change on real estate; climate change impacts on oceans; why climate models are trustworthy; climate change impacts on plants and plant communities; and much more. On-campus programming begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 4.pm. Guests are encouraged to drop in throughout the day.
For more information and the teach-in program schedule, visit monmouth.edu/school-of-science/climate-crisis-teach-in. A live stream of the event can be accessed at livestream.com/monmouthlive/ClimateCrisis.
Associate Dean Duckett on 'COVID-19 and the Political Context of Climate Change Solutions'
Duckett Speaks on Impacts of Climate Change on Living Species and Systems
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020
Professor Catherine Duckett Delivers Climate Change Talk
Medieval Literature Professor and Evolutionary Biologist Join Forces to Teach 'Humans and the Environment' Course


Cyberbullying -- Prevention -- Case studies, Parent and child -- Case studies, Communication in families -- Case studies.
Technology has, without a doubt, altered the social fabric of society. Mediated forms of communication have paved the way for more efficient production, and the vast amount of information available online has given people the opportunity to be more informed than ever. However, the rise of mediated communication has also presented a number of new threats. The current study focused on one of these threats, cyberbullying, and was interested in looking at how parents talk about and understand their child's cyberbullying behavior.
This study had the goal of uncovering if parents talk to their child about cyberbullying, and how they approach these conversations. The intent of this study was was grounded in the idea that parent-child communication is a valuable tool for developing belief systems, as well as making sustainable, positive and effective changes to behavior and perceptions.
Ultimately, parents do not avoid conversations about cyberbullying with their children. Parents structure these conversations with the intention of positively changing their child's behavior and beliefs. Specifically, parents talk about cyberbullying with their children as an effort to decrease the perceived risk their child faces if he or she participates in cyberbullying. However, these conversations are limited because they are grounded in misrepresented media coverage of cyberbullying which intensifies cyberbullying behaviors. As such, media producers must work toward presenting more all encompassing and wide spread coverage of cyberbullying as an effort to educate parents about the variety of behaviors which relate to cyberbullying.
Droser, Veronica Anne, "Talking the Talk: An exploration of parent-child communication about cyberbullying" (2013). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1440.


Univision network has signed on as the official presenting Media Partner of Hispanicize 2015.
Univision's presence at Hispanicize 2015 will be as comprehensive as it is unprecedented. News of Univision comes in the same week Hispanicize announced CNN en español as a media partner, as well as the same week that the Hispanic Journalist Showcase was unveiled.
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Coming up next on the exchange, we talk with AP Tureaud, a civil rights pioneer that will visit Siouxland this week. Tureaud says he will talk about the need to defeat hate, as we deal with disturbing images of racism at the highest levels of government in Virginia and North Carolina.
Also, the effort to create intellectual diversity at South Dakota public universities.
Moreover, a preview of a performance by the winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition.
That and more coming up on The Exchange, but first this news.
Also, Iowa Democrats announce some changes to make their caucuses more user-friendly. That and more coming up on The Exchange, Wednesday at noon and Friday at 9"00 on Siouxland Public Media.
Welcome to The Exchange, I am Mary Hartnett. Today we will hear from a civil rights pioneer who will visit Siouxland this week. However, first, an update on efforts to make the Iowa caucuses more accessible.
The Iowa Democratic Party this week announced the first significant changes to the Iowa caucuses since they began in 1972. Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price says they will now plan to offer six VIRTUAL caucuses to increase participation. He says the virtual caucuses will be done by phone or smart device.
"They will have six opportunities to sign in on the virtual caucus. They have to register with the state party beforehand. However, once they do that they will be able to have their voice heard in the process."
The first virtual caucus will be held on January 29th next year. Price says he does NOT think these changes will prompt New Hampshire to move up its primary date. He says he has had QUOTE good and fruitful conversations with that New Hampshire's secretary of state. The Democratic National Committee will need to approve the proposal, and there is a 30-day-public comment period.
There would be six virtual caucuses in the week leading up to the traditional event on February third. Democrats would have to register the virtual caucuses in advance. The proposal needs to be approved by the Democratic National Committee.
You are listening to The Exchange on SPM; I'm MH. As American negotiators meet with Chinese officials this week to try and end the trade war between the US and China, Iowa soybean farmers are still feeling the pinch. The Iowa Soybean Association has their crop has been hit the hardest by the trade impasse, with prices dipping as low two dollars per bushel.
Lyndsay Greiner is the president of the Iowa Soybean Association. Greiner says farmers have not had much encouraging news.
That was Lyndsay Greiner, the president of the Iowa Soybean Association, talking the ongoing trade negotiations between the US and China to try and renew normal trade relations. Soybean farmers have also been struggling with oversupply and low prices.
You are listening to the Exchange; I'm Mary Hartnett. As a handful of bills wend their way through the Iowa House and Senate to that would amend the bottle deposit law, An Iowa State University economist says the law desperately needs to be updated.
Iowa state university professor of Economics Dr. Dermot J. Hayes says the bottle bill is falling apart and needs to be updated to make it financially relevant today.
That was Iowa state university professor of Economics Dr. Dermot J. Hayes, talking about different ways to update and improve Iowa's bottle deposit law. Hayes made his comments ahead of a presentation to House and Senate committees considering updates to the bottle bill.
In the House, Rep. Andy McKean, R-Anamosa, has proposed a measure that would expand the 5-cent container deposit to non-carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages, like bottled water and sports drinks. It also would increase the redemption center handling fee from 1 cent per container to 2 cents. State Senator Mark Segabart, R-Vail, whom I spoke with last week, has sponsored a bill which would double the handling fee. It also does not mandate that retailers redeem cans and bottles.
Hayes told lawmakers that because the deposit and handling fee had not kept up with inflation, the redemption process has become distorted.
You are listening to the Exchange on SPM<I am MH. Last week, the South Dakota state legislature took on intellectual diversity at the state's public universities. Spurred on by anecdotal evidence of students with conservative views being silenced in class and extracurricular activities, the house education committee voted 9-6 to send the measure to the house floor. The sponsor of the measure, Republican representative Sue Peterson said the bill would preserve First Amendment rights on campus. The bill would also require students to pass a civics test and take US history classes before they are allowed to graduate.
The Executive Director of the South Dakota State Board of Regents Paul Behrens says he wants to promote diversity of thought and but the board disagrees with the need for new classes and tests. Behrens says the board weighed on a similar bill that failed in the statehouse last year and looked into the issue of intellectual diversity.
That was The Executive Director of the South Dakota State Board of Regents Paul Behrens talking about the bill in that would enforce intellectual diversity on campuses of state universities.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says officials will work on changes to that Repbulcian backed bill. The GOP governor says she met Friday with Republican Rep. Sue Peterson, the sponsor, to discuss the proposal.
The wide-ranging bill would mandate requirements for students, including U.S. history and government courses and scoring at least 85 percent on the U.S. citizenship test. Noem says she is worried the measure could increase costs for students.
The bill would also designate outdoor university areas as public forums, prohibit officials from discriminating against student organizations based on their expression and require reporting to the governor, regents, and legislators.
You are listening to The Exchange on SPM; I'm MH. February is Black History Month, and the Sioux City Branch of the NAACP is hosting its annual Freedom Fund Dinner this Saturday. AP Turead is the keynote speaker. Turead is the first African American to attend a formerly segregated state university. He attended Louisiana State University in 1953. AP says he will talk about the reasons why people hate and how their mindsets are formed.
That was AP Turead, civil rights pioneer, who will be the keynote speaker this week at the Siouxland NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner Sunday at the Sioux City Convention Center. He will also hold a discussion Sunday afternoon at the Sioux City Public Museum beginning at 3:00 p.m. and he will meet with Sioux City High school students Friday afternoon.
Intro, TThe Morningside Piano Recital Series, will host a special concert on Valentine's Day featuring the 2017 goldmedal winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Yekwon Sunwoo (Yay-Kwon Sun-Woo). Professor James March, director of the series, joined Mark Munger to preview Sunwoo's program.
Dr. James March speaking with Siouxland Public Media's Mark Munger about tomorrow's recital at Eppley Auditorium featuring Yekwon Sunwoo. The recital begins at 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
George Boykin is the guest on Opus today. George talks about growing up in Sioux City in a time of segregation and his time with the Sanford Community Center and the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors. He also talks about the struggle facing many musicians of color during the mid 20th century.
The Morningside College Piano Recital Series will return with a performance for piano and cello Saturday evening at 7:30 in Eppley Auditorium. Gretchen talks with the pianist, Shichao Zhang and the cellist, Stephanie March, who met their freshman year of college at the Eastman School.


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I just had a pretty good session flying the 8m V2, I was out with mostly 9m's 10m's and 11m's. I am 84 Kilos. I had it on long lines (27m). The turn was slow and pulled very hard. They don't market it as a wave kite but it pulled like hell and got me through long sections going really really fast. Needed some footstraps, boosts were crazy: twice as high as expected and a bit hairy (for being on a light surfboard). It was clean sideshore wind and I think Nitro is a good name for this kite. I think it is the perfect kite for average guys in foot-straps on directionals that like big boosting and charging down the line. It was yanking me off my board at 1st because the bar pressure is lower yet the thing pulls like a Mack truck.... It was yanking me around till I re--wired my brain for the new lower bar pressure. Next time standard lines and the heavier setting on the back lines. Fun kite in perfect wind. Upwind I was doing better than some of the guys on 10m's. Fun day!
Thanks for your excellent review! I see that you also have tried the Element. I have tried Element 9 and 13. Like the 9 a lot but think the 13 maybe has a low windrange? I am 83 kg and feel very overpowered in 20 knots. I just want a park-and-ride kite with good windrange and easy to handle in gust etc.
How would you compare the Element and the Nitro V2? Which one is "easiest"? Best windrange? More?
Very thankful for your opinion!
In 20 knots an 8m or 9m is working perfectly, why would you fly a 13m? Element is more neutral, easier to fly. Nitro creates a lot of power when you turn it. That could get you boosting higher, if that's what you want. Element's are less demanding.
9m Element does not work for me in 20 knots. Maybe it's because i am inexperienced or that it's gusty at my normal spot or a combination of that.
At 15 knots my element 11 lights right up, last weekend I was out on the element 15... Beautiful and forgiving kite, but it was lulling down to 9 knots where I need a solid 11 or 12 to get upwind on the 15 with a wide twintip.
I'm really looking forward to the nitro v2... Sounds like switch killed it by improving on some of version 1's shortcomings. Now that's a kite with some serious pull!
oh! so now it is the common knowledge?
when i first talk about it there was a lot of opposition to my opinion, to say it softly.
and let me guess, method v2 will be with the lite bar?
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Grunt per unit square area has never been a part of the Element mission statement. Element is a bridled 'C' with relatively low projected area for a user-friendly, low bar pressure, easy re-launch all-rounder. Simple enough to choose a size from 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 for most conditions/uses. People looking for raw power will enjoy the new Nitro V2.
Unfortunately Switch does not control international currency exchange rates so when there is enough of a change on either or both the supply or customer side, an adjustment is necessary.
Method V2 has adjustable bar pressure to satisfy a wide variety of users.


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Jo Bird
Jo Bird has been a successful and practical co‑operator since 1993 when she co‑founded a housing co‑operative in Manchester.
Anne Chapman
Morecambe Bay Community Renewables
Anne co-founded Morecambe Bay Community Renewables in 2011 and was the main author of their three successful share offer documents.
John Dawson
John is Head of Social Investment Programmes at Power to Change where he works on community shares, pubs, housing and energy projects led by community businesses.
Paul Ebied
Sporting Assets
Paul works with Sporting Assets, a social enterprise that helps develop sustainable sports organisations, by helping them take ownership of facilities, develop new facilities, secure investment and…
Paul Fredericks
Paul is an experienced practitioner providing support to social and community enterprises.
Dave Hollings
Co-operatives and Mutual Solutions (CMS)
Dave has advised over 50 completed community share issues over the last 18 years raising £11 million of shares often topped up with other forms of finance.
Elderflower Legal & Secretarial Services
Mark Johnson is a commercial solicitor and ICSA-qualified Company Secretary with over 21 years' experience of developing successful new business models, social and community enterprises.
Joshua Lawson
Leeds Community Homes
Josh has numerous years experience in the co‑operative sector – in community led housing and worker co‑ops, as well as establishing and living in housing co‑operatives.
James Mathie
James has worked in the sports sector for more than 10 years. He has spent the majority of that time providing development support to sports clubs and their communities.
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Community Energy Scotland
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Coin is round in shape, with front and back sides - raised rim on.
The Obverse: shows an image of a wildlife, rivers and forests. In the upper part of the coin – an image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Around it – inscriptions: NIUE ISLAND (the issuer), 1 DOLLAR (the face value), ELIZABETH II, the year of issue: 2018.
The Reverse: to the top part the relief color image of Steppe polecat. To the rigth part the relief image of Steppe polecat. Along the rim: STEPPE POLECAT - MUSTELA EVERSMANNII.