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Easy drives, hikes and more ways to enjoy the fall Page 7Easy drives, hikes and more

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1. Melt cannabutter and marshmallows on medium heat, stirring often. (Note: not hot, low - medium heat is best)

2. Add Rice Krispies and mix

3. Pour into a 9x13 inch buttered or sprayed pan. Using your spatula, press them down so it forms an even layer.

4. Cool and Enjoy

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1 10 ounce bag marshmallows

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Like it or not, the season of bathing suits, sun tanning, road trips and sweat is coming to an end. Gradually, with the air turning crisp and cool as the days pass and weather turning against those folks trying to take in those last few days of sun, summer is moving on.

The only thing left to do is embrace the fall, with scarves, jackets, and taking in the colors. Anyone with a pair of eyes knows that Colorado boasts some of the most beautiful vistas in the country, and no other season paints nature more beautifully than autumn.

The most visual hint of the turning of the seasons, of course, is the fall colors. Science, as is typical for the fi eld, has a

lot of confl icting theories for why trees change colors and shed their leaves, from protection from outside infl uences to conservation during the rough winter months, but the average Joe really only cares about one thing: the colors are exquisite!

So before we get caught up in the holidays, like Halloween for the thrill-seekers and Thanksgiving for those grateful gluttons, we want you to feel free to take a moment out of your hectic lives to take a breath and look up. Grab your honey or the fam, pile into the ol’ minivan, don’t forget to pack the digital camera and some snacks, and check out some of these great leaf peeping locations.

Colorado.com has a lot of great suggestions for Fall-Color Drives, from grounds that require booking a shuttle

to regular highways that happen to have a great view. Heading out on I-70 from Grand Junction to Palisade along the Colorado River has a spectacular view of the riverside cottonwoods. “At Colorado 65, head east and then south through more canyon country and up to the top of Grand Mesa, where glowing aspens stretch for as far as the eye can see.” They have several other recommendations for specifi c regions of Colorado, and the page is worth a look if a drive is the way you want to go.

For great drives near Denver (because who has time to drive all the way across the state on short notice?), Denver.org has several options, and a convenient list of how long each drive should take. The Peak to Peak Scenic & Historic Byway, Georgetown Loop Railroad, and St. Mary’s

Glacier rank among their top recommendations.

If you prefer to take to your feet and get personal with nature, the Galloping Goose Trail made the Top Ten Rail-Trails for Fall Foliage on Away.com. “The glow of the region’s famous aspen trees notwithstanding, this 20-mile-long trail is surrounded by the splendor of snow-capped Rocky Mountain peaks.” Located just southwest of Telluride, this is a great trip for someone dedicated to a day of hiking. Also highly recommended by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife are the Bobcat Trail in Rifl e Falls State Park, South Rim Trail in Roxborough State Park, and the Soaring Kestral Trail in Cheyenne Mountain State Park.

One of the crucial things to keep in mind about the fall colors is that they generally only

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last about a week or so, as surprising as that may seem. September is arguably the best month in which to take in these sights, but going out every single weekend may not be an option for you. Defi nitely check out the Colorado Parks and Wildlife page for information on contacting the park or trail you want to go to about what the foliage looks like at the time. Most sites recommend picking a day you want to go, but not yet the location, because everywhere doesn’t change shades at the same time.

Living in Colorado, a state whose name literally means “colored red,” it only seems appropriate that we take advantage of all the colors our home offers. Happy leaf peeping!

Located between the San Juan Mountains and the Uncompahgre Plateau, the Dallas Divide brings together epic mountains and a magnifi cent landscape that is inspiring to the eyes.

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CapricornDec. 22 -January 19

H a v e you ever

considered keeping a journal? Writing may help you straighten out some of those issues you’ve been wrangling with.

AquariusJanuary 20 - February 18

You may want to take a gamble and start something utterly new, like ice skating! It might help with your athleticism and maybe even take you all the way to the Olympics.

PiscesFeb.19 - March 20

Feel free to waver in your convictions this month. There is nothing wrong with a lack of commitment!

Edibles in Review:Yabba, Dabba, Doo.......

Here we are with another review on a terrifi c edible available at Nature’s Herbs and Wellness. Before I dive into the review, I was really glad to hear that these edible reviews have helped many patients to try different ways to medicate.

From staff members to patients, I have heard awesome feedback from the reviews I have written, so I thank you for reading the reviews and also, especially, for trying the edibles.

This month, in honor of the end of summer, I tried the winner of Best Edible from Denver’s Cannabis Cup at the beginning of the season.

Introducing the winner: “Dabba: Premium Medicinal Chocolate.”

It’s small, mint chocolate and medicated. Big things come it small packages, and thischocolate does just that. They come in two different levels of medication, from 200mgs to 100mgs. The 200mg chocolate comes in a “Hybrid” of THC, but the 100mgs comes in pure indica or sativa based. The bar can be broken up for the right level of medication forany patient.

The chocolate can be broken up into fi ve pieces, so, if you did

AriesMarch 21 - April 19

Because of the crossing of the moon over Mercury, you might expect guests! They may be great company, and will possibly give you a lot of money for letting them stay with you.

TaurusApril 20-May 20

Anticipate a new love this month! Whether it is for a puppy, knitting, or your neighbor, it will be a powerful love that might completely consume you.

GeminiMay 21- June 20

If you have been concerned about your fi nances, you may fi nd a solution this month! As Mars tracks over Pluto, many money related issues might be solved.

CancerJune 21-July 22

You might want to consider buying new offi ce supplies this month. Post-It notes are quite expensive, but the investment may be worth the cost in the end!

LeoJuly 23 - August 22

Let your inner lion roar in a potential dispute between yourself and someone nearby. You may be grateful that you stood up for yourself!

VirgoAugust 23 -

September 22

J u p i t e r imploding is a good sign to look into getting a haircut. Being neatly trimmed is as attractive to fellow human beings as it is to the universe.

LibraSeptember 23 - October 22

As the summer comes to an end, you might want to think about getting some

solid weeding in before the snows come. And snow may come sooner than you think!

ScorpioOctober 23 - November 21

C o n s i d e r cooking a special meal this month! It may not have gone well last time, and your burnt lasagna may go down in history, but you may never get better without practice.

SagittariusNov.22 -

Dec.21

It might be that time of year again already! Postponed Spring Cleaning cannot be postponed any longer. It may be time for the dust bunnies to move on.

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Edibles in Review:Yabba, Dabba, Doo.......

Here we are with another review on a terrifi c edible available at Nature’s Herbs and Wellness. Before I dive into the review, I was really glad to hear that these edible reviews have helped many patients to try different ways to medicate.

From staff members to patients, I have heard awesome feedback from the reviews I have written, so I thank you for reading the reviews and also, especially, for trying the edibles.

This month, in honor of the end of summer, I tried the winner of Best Edible from Denver’s Cannabis Cup at the beginning of the season.

Introducing the winner: “Dabba: Premium Medicinal Chocolate.”

It’s small, mint chocolate and medicated. Big things come it small packages, and thischocolate does just that. They come in two different levels of medication, from 200mgs to 100mgs. The 200mg chocolate comes in a “Hybrid” of THC, but the 100mgs comes in pure indica or sativa based. The bar can be broken up for the right level of medication forany patient.

The chocolate can be broken up into fi ve pieces, so, if you did

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the math, the 100mg chocolate is broken up into 20mg pieces. Unlike many edibles, when you breakthis chocolate up, you know exactly how much medication you are getting.

No guessing on how much medication you just ate. So don’t be afraid to try this edible anytime because you, the patient, know exactly how much you need to take to be medicated and pain free.

I took this bar throughout the day on my yearly trip to Estes Park. I really like this mountain town, especially the salt-water taffy at the candy shop. I could stand and watch the taffy puller all day long, especially if I’m medicated. My girlfriend and I had a great time walking around the town and eating lots of taffy.

Don’t you worry readers, my lady has her red card. We ate pieces of the chocolate bars throughout the day and smoked every now and then. We both felt really medicated, but at a very functional level.

We both agreed the chocolate tasted great, especially since I really love mint chocolate. It’s an edible we would try again very soon.

So I suggest grabbing some chocolate and enjoying whatever you are going to do because I know you will really enjoy these edibles as much as I did.

See you guys next month and always remember to medicate with care.

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Seeds ClonesV SC ritical to the success of any ganja garden is a

fresh supply of new plants. For the fi rst few weeks of growth, Cannabis plants are small, take up little space, and don’t command as much attention as mature plants in full bloom. Looking further on down the line, however, it is the small plants that account for the future. Therefore, savvy growers will have a plan in place to make sure the crop is rotated correctly.

Paramount to this goal is recordkeeping. A smart grower will know how many plants he has, how far along they are, how much longer they will need to be in vegetative growth in order to be large enough to move into the bloom room, how many new plants are needed and on approximately which date. Making a calendar or a spreadsheet of sorts to keep track of this inventory is a very good idea, and updating it frequently (say, every two weeks) is also very important.

So, once a cycle is established according to the above and any other pertinent characteristics, the rest of the undertaking is a matter of pure logistics; how exactly are the new plants to be propagated? There are two options here, Cannabis seeds or Cannabis clones. Both of these options have their pros and cons, so let’s look at both.

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Cannabis ClonesThe use of clones is the choice of most perpetual cannabis

farmers. The largest pro is the fact that the clone’s every characteristic can be observed before growing even begins because the clone is the genetic identical of the parent plant. Not just sex, but the exact characteristics will be identical in both plants, down to hardiness, leaf structure, fl owering time, stature, foliage color, and fungus resistance. All of it will be exactly identical. This is extremely important, as when growing a large crop of ganja, the last thing that is desired is uncertainty!

Besides this, clones are abundant in supply. Once a parent plant is established, they can be taken from any growth shoot. Assuming the grower possesses their own parent plant, the clones also have the advantage of being free of charge!

The disadvantage of growing clones is that they take more time to grow. Once the clone is taken from the mother plant, two weeks should be allotted for all of the clones to have the size of roots necessary to plant and begin growing vegetatively. Also, clones must be kept at a high humidity level (60-80%) and be free of any fungus or bacteria at the site of the cut, making them quite fi nicky. Clones must be checked on and maintained every day, or else the risk of “losing the crop” can put a damper on future harvests!

That being said, it is really a matter of personal preference in the end. Choose wisely, and remember to take notes in order to make the best decision regarding future grows.

Cannabis Seeds

Seeds offer the grower the advantage of starting anew. There is no worry about the new plant bringing in a parasite or fungal disease into the garden. The seedlings are “virgins,” if you like.

Seeds are easy to start off; any source of moisture in any substrate is going to give the seed all it needs to grow. Seeds are also easy to transport, if a large quantity of plants are to be grown, it will ease in the process of getting the new plants started. One more advantage of seeds is that they are less fi nicky than clones are, in regards to the fact that they do not need a specialized humidity level or special enzymes, etc. in order to begin growth.

Some of the disadvantages of using seeds are in their relative lack of predictability. While a given batch of seeds may come from the exact same parent plants bred in exactly the same manner, this does not necessarily guarantee that all of the seeds will come out with the same dominant

characteristics. There are nuances to certain plants that will only come out every once in a great while. This is an industry where patients are committed to having under a certain number of plants, so knowing what to expect from each one is very important. A n o t h e r s o m e w h a t o b v i o u s drawback to using seeds is that often, some of the plants will come out male, wasting numbers off of those precious plant counts.

A more complicated drawback to the use of cannabis seeds is overall cost and/or complexity. Seeds are created when the pollen off of a male plant pollinates the calyx of a female cannabis plant. Most, if not all, growers take every measure to keep pollen out of their grow rooms.

Therefore, if a grower wants to produce his own seeds, two separate grow rooms will be needed. One to produce seed (containing pollen), and one to grow and bloom medicine (sterile from any pollen). The same growing equipment, tools, even air cannot be used in both

areas. The grower must even change clothes and shower when going into the sterile room after being in the room with pollen. Alternately, growers will have to purchase each seed individually—which can get rather expensive, especially if top shelf genetics are being used!

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areas. The grower must even change clothes and shower when going into the sterile room after being in the room with pollen. Alternately, growers will have to purchase each seed individually—which can get rather expensive, especially if top shelf genetics are being used!

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Huh, that’s weird... Chuck Shepard’s News of Weird

Dr. Oliver Di Pietro of Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., is a leading prescriber of the “K-E diet” that offers desperate people drastic short-term weight loss by threading a feeding tube through the nose to the stomach and dripping in a protein-fat solution, as clients’ only “meals,” for 10 straight days. “Within a few hours,” Dr. Di Pietro told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in April, “your hunger and appetite go away completely.” Fat is burned through “ketosis,” he said, and a loss of 10 to 20 pounds in 10 days is possible. Such short-term loss might be important, for example, for a woman prepping for her wedding day. One client said she doesn’t have “all of the time on the planet” just to exercise, “so I came to the doctor.”

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Architect Sou Fujimoto recently unveiled his public restroom (for women only, though) whose one transparency-enclosed toilet sits in a 2,160-square-foot private garden of cherry, plum and peach trees. The 6-foot-high-walled park is located beside a railway station in Ichihara City, east of Tokyo. Japan is a world leader in fanciful toilets, and Fujimoto said he thought the scenery would enhance the user's "feeling of release."

William Todd arrived in Nashville, Tenn., on April 9 via Greyhound bus and faced a nine-hour layover. According to police, Todd committed at least 11 felonies during that time, one after another, with more charges still possible. Among Todd’s alleged diversions: shooting up a restaurant, setting it on fi re, robbing four people at a bar, carjacking, breaking into a law offi ce and defecating on a desk, trolling hotel rooms seeking theft opportunities, and stealing a taxicab and robbing the driver. Said a police sergeant, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.” He was fi nally captured at Opryland, where he had hidden by submerging himself in water up to his nose.

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Britain’s ITV1 television network announced plans in April to accept “prop placements” to blend into production of its new reality talent show in which actors compete for the lead role in the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” The network said, for example, that it was seeking coffee machines, which piqued the interest of the De’Longhi brand manager, who offered its top-of-the-line Magnifi ca ESAM4200 and, according to its public relations fi rm, suggested perhaps interrupting the play’s climactic song “The Crucifi xion” while Jesus savors a cup brewed from the Magnifi ca. An April report in London’s The Independent noted that the opera’s composer, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, was on board with the idea, but that the original lyricist, Sir Tim Rice, called it “tasteless” and “tacky.”

Kelly Ervin, 48, was arrested in Salisbury, Md., in April and charged with littering “under 100 pounds.” According to police, Ervin routinely goes for a run every morning at 4 o’clock, and just as routinely, has a bowel movement after about two miles. Most days, that puts him in a certain neighborhood, whose residents have been complaining. When questioned, according

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to a Salisbury Daily Times reporter, Ervin basically shrugged and

said he thought many distance runners do the same thing.

Didn't Think It Through: (1) Eric King, 21, was leaving a store in Eagan, Minn., in February when a police offi cer in the parking lot noticed his pronounced waddle. King was arrested when the offi cer found a shoplifted 19-inch television set down his pants. (2)

In March, a 34-year-old Lithuanian-born man led police in Wiltshire, England, in a nighttime foot chase after he had aroused their suspicion. Thermal imaging equipment was used from a helicopter to spot the man in the darkness. He was arrested "hiding" face-down in a manure pit. (Though he originally fl ed, there was little evidence against him, and he was released.)

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