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Inside the Ring: Memo Outlines Obamas Plan to Use the Military Against Citizens
By Bill Gertz
The Washington Times
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Pentagon's directive No. 3025.18, Defense Support of Civil Authorities"
A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administrations potential use of military force against Americans.
The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use of the Army Corps of Engineers.
The troubling aspect of the directive outlines presidential authority for the use of military arms and forces, including unarmed drones, in operations against domestic unrest.
This appears to be the latest step in the administrations decision to use force within the United States against its citizens, said a defense official opposed to the directive.
Directive No. 3025.18, Defense Support of Civil Authorities, was issued Dec. 29, 2010, and states that U.S. commanders are provided emergency authority under this directive.
Federal military forces shall not be used to quell civil disturbances unless specifically authorized by the president in accordance with applicable law or permitted under emergency authority, the directive states.
In these circumstances, those federal military commanders have the authority, in extraordinary emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the president is impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances under two conditions.
The conditions include military support needed to prevent significant loss of life or wanton destruction of property and are necessary to restore governmental function and public order. A second use is when federal, state and local authorities are unable or decline to provide adequate protection for federal property or federal governmental functions.
Federal action, including the use of federal military forces, is authorized when necessary to protect the federal property or functions, the directive states.
Military assistance can include loans of arms, ammunition, vessels and aircraft. The directive states clearly that it is for engaging civilians during times of unrest.
A U.S. official said the Obama administration considered but rejected deploying military force under the directive during the recent standoff with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters.
Mr. Bundy is engaged in a legal battle with the federal Bureau of Land Management over unpaid grazing fees. Along with a group of protesters, Mr. Bundy in April confronted federal and local authorities in a standoff that ended when the authorities backed down.
The Pentagon directive authorizes the secretary of defense to approve the use of unarmed drones in domestic unrest. But it bans the use of missile-firing unmanned aircraft.
Use of armed [unmanned aircraft systems] is not authorized, the directive says.
The directive was signed by then-Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn. A copy can be found on the Pentagon website: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/c...df/302518p.pdf
Inside the Ring: Directive outlines Obama's plan to use the military against citizens - Washington Times
Black Blade: The next 2 or 3 years could get rather interesting. Seems much of what Edward Snowdon revealed is coming to light.


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A special team dispatched from CID headquarters to investigate the motive of the spate of violent attacks in Bungoma has unearthed how a senior Bungoma politician gave youths Sh100,000 to attack Kikwechi village for political revenge. Speaking over the weekend during the funeral of businessman Timothy Nyongesa, a victim of the wide spate of violent attacks, Governor Kenneth Lusaka, said an area politician through his keen had a meeting with the youth aged between 18 and 35 before they carried out the attacks.
More than 100 people were hospitalised at the Bungoma District Hospital after the attacks on the night of April 26. Twenty two out of the 30 youths who are suspected to have been behind the attcks have been arrested and are helping the special crime unit with investigations. "I had a meeting with top security agents in the country and I can assure you that they are making major break through. The youths have told them who was htier financier ,"said Lusaka on the phone after the funeral.
Lusaka, however, did not give the name of the politician who is said to have funded the attacks for political revenge. Bungoma Police chief Amos Cheboi has since maintained that no tangible evidence has been gathered to directly link the two to the recent attacks. Wakoli and the younger Wetang'la have also publicly denied involvement in the attacks terming their predicament apolitical witch-hunt by rivals.
Speaking at the funeral, Bungoma senator Moses Wetang'ula ruled out a political motive in the recent attacks defending Wakoli as an innocent peace-loving Kenyan. "You all know Wakoli. Can he even kill a fly?" he said.


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·Each student will do a correlation and linear regression using the class data.Press for linear regression help.
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Arnold Dreyblatt (b. New York City, 1953) is an American media artist and composer. He has been based in Berlin, Germany since 1984.
In 2007, Dreyblatt was elected to lifetime membership in the visual arts section at the German Academy of Art (Akademie der Künste, Berlin). He is currently Professor of Media Art at the Muthesius Academy of Art and Design in Kiel, Germany.
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His early activities in music and performance included the albums "Nodal Excitation", "Propellers In Love" and the opera project "Who's Who in Central and East Europe 1933".
His artistic practice of the last 20 years has ranged from large staged multi-day performances ("The Memory Projects", 1995-2001), involved installations (such as "From the Archives", 1999; "The Wunderblock", 2000; "Turntable History", 2009) and wall works (such as "Ephemeris Epigraphica", 2006 and "Memory Lost", 2007).
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Dreyblatt's visual artworks create complex textual and spatial visualizations for memory. These projects, which reflect on such themes as recollection and the archive, include permanent installations, digital room projections, dynamic textual objects and muti-layered lenticular text panels.
He has exhibited and performed in galleries, museums and public spaces such as the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art, Berlin; The Jewish Museum in New York; the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna and Gallery e/static in Turin. Permanent public art works are on display at the HL Holocaust Center in Oslo and the Jewish Museum in Berlin.
He has recieved numerous commissions and awards including the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts in New York, and the 'Förderpreis' of the Academy of Art (Akademie der Künste) in Berlin.
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Arnold Dreyblatt has charted his own unique course in composition and music performance. He has invented a set of new and original instruments, performance techniques, and a system of tuning. Often characterized as one of the more rock-oriented of American minimalists, Dreyblatt has cultivated a strong underground base of fans for his transcendental and ecstatic music with his Orchestra of Excited Strings.
His music has been performed by the Bang On A Can All-Stars, Jim O'Rourke, The Great Learning Orchestra Stockholm, Pellegrini String Quartet and the Crash Ensemble Dublin. He has recorded for such labels as Tzaddik, Hat Hut, Table of the Elements, and Cantaloupe.
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Installation, "Recovery Rotation, Group Exhibition, Galerie Oqbo, Berlin
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Concert, Arnold Dreyblatt Ensemble, MexFestival, Dortmund
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Concert, Commission of new composition for "The Great Learning Orchestra", Fylkingen, Stockholm
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Lecture, "Resonance" Seminar, "Project Infinite Record, Archive Theater and Performance", St. John University, York, UK
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LP and CD Issue, "Appalachian Excitation", Arnold Dreyblatt and Megafaun, Northern Spy Records, New York
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"Eine Vornehme Wohnung", Installation as part of "Spuren, Hohlräume, Leerstelle, Jüdisches Leben am Kürfürstendamm, . 1933-1943" ("Zerstörte Vielffalt"), Deutsche Bank Vitrine, Kürfurstendamm, Berlin
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Lecture, Sound Studies, University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin
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Lecture, "Project Infinite Record, Archive Theater and Performance", Norwegian Theater Academy, Fredrikstad, Norway
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Lecture, Center for Arts, Science and Technology (CAST), Massachussets Institute of Technology
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Solo Concert, Garfied Artworks, Pittsburgh
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Concert mit Megafaun, Ecstatic Festival, Merkin Hall, New York
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Präsentation, Finissage: "Obesessionen: R.B. Kitaj, Jüdisches Museum, Berlin
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Glee's 2012 Emmy Snubs: Lea Michele and Creator Ryan Murphy React
It looks like the people behind Glee are handling their lack of Emmy nominations a lot better than we are! (Yes, we're still sulking about those egregious snubs.) It's official: No one can accuse Glee's stars of being sore losers.
Lea Michele (Rachel) remained upbeat, telling E! that this is "just the natural progression of things," given that "there are so many incredible shows right now." So we might be bitter about the fact that Glee got a paltry 3 nominations this year — compared to the whopping 20 (!) it received in 2010 — but Lea sure isn't. Seriously — how much do we love her?
Lea also doesn't feel that there was anything wrong with Glee in Season 3. "I'm very proud of our last season. I think it was of our best seasons ever," she says. Okay, so it's not hard for it to be one of the "best seasons ever" when there have only been three seasons so far, but we get what she means.
So who will Lea be rooting for come Emmy night? As it turns out, she's obsessed with HBO's Girls! "I am a huge fan of Girls, and the fact that Lena [Dunham] got nominated and the show got nominated is amazing," Lea says. Let's just hope that Rachel has an easier time finding success in New York than Girls' Hannah has.
Show creator Ryan Murphy is remaining similarly thankful for the success that the show has already had, acknowledging that there was stiff competition this year. "I just feel grateful for what I got and happy for Dot," he says, referring to the show's lone acting nomination for Dot-Marie Jones (Coach Beiste).
And he, too, is a Girls fanatic, calling it his "favorite show on TV." Ryan says that he admires it for being "really bold." So much Girls love! Then again, it makes sense that Ryan would be a fan, since his upcoming fall show The New Normal will star Andrew Rannells, who also appears on Girls as Hannah's ex-boyfriend. Isn't it fun to play "Six Degrees of Ryan Murphy"?
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Demonstrators protesting against rising prices of water and electricity clashed with police in Marrakech, AFP reported the interior ministry as saying on Saturday (December 29).
"Thirty people were arrested Friday in Marrakech for organising an unauthorised demonstration," the ministry statement said, adding that these people committed "acts of violence and vandalism" and threw stones at law enforcement officers and citizens.
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Athletic Training Major (No Longer Offered)
Increasing demands within the athletic training profession are leading to a need for a higher level of education. To prepare students for this change, APU's undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) is no longer accepting students, and the Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT) will replace the undergraduate program in 2015. The MSAT is not accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) at this time, but will be seeking accreditation from CAATE during the 2015–16 academic year.
The Athletic Training Education Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), 6836 Austin Center Blvd., Suite 250, Austin, TX 78731-3193, (512) 733-9700, caate.net. The requirements of the major are consistent with the standards established by CAATE. Upon completion of the ATEP, and university requirements, students may be eligible to sit for the Board of Certification, Inc. examination to become a certified athletic trainer.
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The national certification examination for entry-level athletic trainers (ATs) is administered numerous times during the year by the Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC). The BOC establishes and regularly reviews both the standards for the practice of athletic training and the continuing education requirements for BOC-certified ATs. The BOC has the only accredited certification program for ATs in the U.S. Additional information regarding the BOC and the certification examination can be found at bocatc.org.
Throughout the history of APU's athletic training program, students have successfully passed the BOC examination with a first-time pass rate at or above the national average. The following table shows results for APU candidates over the last three BOC exam years. This data is available publicly in compliance with accreditation standards as required by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).
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|11 (100%)
|11 (100%)
|3-Year Aggregate
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* Programs must meet or exceed a three-year aggregate of 70 percent first-time pass rate on the BOC exam as required by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE, caate.net).
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Okay, they were only bug corpses. No ax murderers met with a happy ending, nor did any killer zombies get hacked to bits. I did, however, have one of the most restless nights ever, as the wind kept shaking the whole house, and making it sound like something was waking down below me. I stayed till past noon to take advantage of the house, while I was not too piss-scared to do anything.
And now I'm in Minnesota! Real pretty so far. I made it to Wilmar, and decided to stop for the night. At the helpful local Chamber of Commerce (a real handy tool for the map-less traveler; there are always signs pointing you to them, and they usually have free maps, restrooms, helpful folks, and handouts on anything that could possibly be labeled an attraction) I found that the local community theater was showing The Hobbit that night, and lo and behold, they had exactly 1 ticket left. That was fun. And that's all I'll say about it. Community theaters are great and enriching things; I've just been spoiled by San Francisco little theaters. There was some fabulous acting, and fun costuming, and great lighting with the space they had.
I slept in today, waking up slowly and reading, something I haven't been allowing myself. Usually it's up at dawn and on the road. So now it's 10, I've had my run, and now I am at the library, about to go tweak my resume to get me a job as an usher at the Timberwolves stadium. Or maybe as a skit actor at the amusement park inside the Mall of America. Either way, it's about time to get a job, for a couple weeks at least. But I still have the weekend ahead of me. Which means excursions to the largest ball of twine, in
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8:00 Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
Sonia Chen Arnold
Counsel-Litigation and Legal Compliance
Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, IN)
Max Heerman
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8:15 Discovery Best Practices post-Actos: Minimizing the Risk of Harsh Defense Sanctions in an MDL
Gloria Y. Lee
Lead Counsel
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Ben Barnett
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Complex Commercial Litigation Practice
Dechert LLP (Philadelphia, PA)
James W. Huston
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Morrison & Foerster LLP (San Diego, CA)
Walter "Pete" Swayze, III
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.
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9:15 FDA Keynote Address: Update on Generic Drug Labeling and Preemption of State Law Products Liability Claims
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Associate Chief Counsel
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9:45 am Morning Networking and Coffee Break Sponsored by:
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Sonia Chen Arnold
Counsel-Litigation and Legal Compliance
Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, IN)
James W. A. Ladner
Deputy General Counsel – Litigation & Investigations
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
Michael Parini
Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Chief Litigation Counsel
Pfizer Inc. (New York, NY)
Jonathan Wasserman
Vice-President & Associate General Counsel
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Plainsboro, NJ)
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Thompson Hine (Cleveland, OH)
11:15 MDL Insider Strategies: Implementing Best Practices for Bellwether Trial Selection in Mass Tort Litigation
Nicole D. Bearce
Lowenstein Sandler LLP (New York, NY and Roseland, NJ)
Candace Camarata
Assistant General Counsel, Litigation
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James D. Pagliaro
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William M. Gage
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Halli D. Cohn
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Third Party Funding of Products Liability Litigation
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Michael R. Smith
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Olympus Corporation of the Americas (Center Valley, PA)
David L. Ferrera
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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP (Boston, MA)
Kevin M. Zielke
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The Honorable Richard A. Kramer
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The Honorable Mildred "Mimi" Methvin (Invited)
Judge ProTempore, 27th Judicial District Court of Louisiana (St. Landry Parish, LA)
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of Louisiana (1983 – 2009)
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United States Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Indiana (South Bend, IN)
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United States District Judge, District of New Jersey
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The Honorable John Tunheim
United States District Judge, District of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
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King & Spalding LLP (Atlanta, GA)
Hear what arguments and claims Courts find most effective and persuasive when presiding over a drug or medical device products liability case. Formulate your drug and med litigation strategies based upon the insights of renowned jurists experienced in products liability litigation who will share their thoughts on pressing issues within litigation, including discovery, motion practice, and parallel state and federal proceedings.
10:25 Morning Coffee and Networking Break
Defending Against Plaintiffs' Strongest Arguments Against Generic Preemption
Bridget M. Ahmann
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (Minneapolis, MN)
Erin M. Bosman
Partner and Chair, Product Liability Practice Group
Morrison & Foerster LLP (San Diego, CA)
Glenn S. Kerner
Goodwin Procter LLP (New York, NY)
Strategies for Preserving the Medical Device Preemption Defense post-Stengel
Andrew L. Campbell
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (Indianapolis, IN)
John D. Winter
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (New York, NY)
12:15 Networking Luncheon
1:15 Enforcers' Spotlight: Understanding Government's Enforcement Priorities vis-à-vis Drug and Device Products Liability Matters
David A. Degnan
Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
David Hart
Assistant Attorney in Charge, Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection Section
Oregon Department of Justice (Salem, OR)
Joseph Mack
Deputy Chief, Health Care and Government Fraud Unit
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey (Newark, NJ))
Deborah A. Logan
Senior Counsel, Branded Pharmaceuticals
Endo Pharmaceuticals (Malvern, PA)
Moderated by:
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Muslim area 'spy cameras' to be removed
200 cameras controversial 'spy cameras' put up in Muslim populated areas of Birmingham must be removed, West Midlands chief constable of Police told a Police Authority meeting.
The Police Authority heard from a report which found that there were no justifiable reasons for the decision by police to have put up the cameras.
The surveillance cameras, some of which were hidden, were paid for with £3m of government money earmarked for tackling terrorism.
An investigation by a Birmingham City Council scrutiny committee, was severely critical of police chiefs and the lack of consultation before Project Champion saw the 200 cameras placed in Sparkbrook, Springfield, Bordesley Green and Washwood Heath earlier this year.
Mr Sims told the meeting: "I do not see an operational way out that does not involve removing the scheme and using that as an opportunity to rebuild trust."
The project was led by Birmingham Safer Partnerships, made up of the city council, police and other agencies.
But civil rights groups questioned the legality of the approach the police and others took.
Corinna Ferguson, legal officer at Liberty, said: "It now appears that the police did not comply with Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) or the Data Protection Act (DPA), and therefore the planned surveillance was in breach of the right to privacy under the Human Rights Act.
"The police also acted unlawfully in failing to have any regard for the equality implications of the scheme. This divisive and counter-productive project must now end. The cameras must come down."
Liberty has now threatened legal action against the force if it refuses to agree to remove all the cameras in the next two weeks.
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Eldorino found eRepublik by chance, and quickly came to enjoy the game and its concept. After finding a job, however, he was finished for the day. The next day, he began to understand more and more of the game's functions. Leveling up quickly, he became involved in a party the day he was able to do so. The choice was already made, however, as he experienced his first Congressional elections (in which he couldn't vote) and saw all the parties' platforms. The CPP had him.
Around this time, it was an important moment for the francophone community as Vulcain created the Office Francophone and began to ask for a francophone section on eCanada's forums, and the creation of a French platoon in the CAF. Eldorino then became involved to an extent in the francophone section of the forum, where he began to make a name for himself in the community. His involvement in the party as Unity Committee's Assistant is also noticed.
After the Presidential elections of May, a slow period ensued Eldorino, in which most of this time was spent translating all the Acts of Canada into French. During this time, however, he began to learn more about the game as he involved himself to an increasing degree. Finally, shortly before the next Presidential election, Vulcain gave him the keys of the Office Francophone. It's also by this time he was accepted into the 22e "Régiment Royal", the francophone platoon of the CAF. He was contacted by then-Prime Ministerial candidate Jacobi for an office as translator, and accepted. The election ended in a victory for Jacobi, and Eldorino was appointed as Director of the Office Francophone, a title shared with the General Secretary.
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We've been getting some great kabocha squash from the farmers' market lately. There is one vendor who has about 5 different kinds of kabocha and has samples of each. There is one that is deliciously sweet and is great roasted, but I can't remember the exact name of it. We've only steamed ours, but I think it would be great roasted, then perhaps tossed into a blender or food processor with some cream/milk or chicken broth to make "mashed" squash. My mom occasionally made that with butternut squash, and I loved it. Just put a little pat of butter on top and I'm one happy camper.
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Last thanksgiving, we roasted them and used them in place of pumpkin for our pies. It was a revelation. They were sweet, smooth-pulped, and more flavorful than pumpkin, with a richer orange color in the finished pie. More pumpkin than pumpkin.
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Wow. Kabocha pie. I might make that next week. I've been jonesing for some pumpkin pie, but I agree that the smooth pulp is fantastic. That sounds so good.
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Why buy expensive energy drinks that could send you to the hospital when the perfect energy supplement is right in your kitchen cupboard? Apple cider vinegar, that old standby thought to cure everything from allergies to colds to weight troubles, is a natural energy drink long known for its ability to add some pep to your step.
Beverages flavored with vinegar have been popular on and off for thousands of years. While you shouldn't try drinking apple cider vinegar neat—you won't like it and it isn't good for you anyway (the acid can irritate your throat and digestive tract)—you can dilute it with water or seltzer to make a healthy, refreshing drink or turn it into a fancier refreshment called a shrub or a switchel. These drinks are the perfect way to enjoy the health benefits of apple cider vinegar any time of the day or night.
The most healthful type of apple cider vinegar to use is an organic, unpasteurized, unfiltered variety, such as Bragg's, because it not only is a rich source of minerals and other nutrients, but also contains beneficial probiotic bacteria that can boost your immune system. If you have a source of fresh cider, you can even make your own apple cider vinegar, a fun late-summer or fall product for the hard-core foodie. But purchased vinegar is a great base for these beverages.
Plain Apple Cider Vinegar Health Drink
2 teaspoons raw, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar
2 cups water
Combine and serve. Often recommended as a tonic before each meal in folk remedies to alleviate just about anything that ails you.
Honey Ade
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon honey
2 cups water (cold or hot)
Combine and stir until the honey dissolves. Serve it cold as a sweet-tangy summertime drink or sip it hot help soothe a scratchy throat.
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Haymaker's Punch (Switchel)
I first encountered this drink in one of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books, as "ginger water," which her mother made to send to the men in the hot fields cutting hay by hand. It tastes like still ginger beer, and the ginger helps keep it from upsetting your tummy the way drinking too much cold water at once might on a hot day.
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon honey (or any other sweetener of your choice; stevia would be no-calorie option)
2 cups water
¼ teaspoon fresh grated gingerroot or a pinch of dry ground ginger
Combine and stir until the honey dissolves. Serve cold as a sweet-tangy summertime drink. If you make this often, you can save yourself some time by making a honey-ginger syrup to keep in the fridge and use that instead of mixing up the ingredients each time.
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Substitute unflavored seltzer for plain water in the Haymaker's Punch switchel recipe.
Fruit Juice Shrub
Shrubs, also called "drinking vinegars," are flavorful, tangy, and wonderfully refreshing, made from a fruity vinegar syrup mixed with water or seltzer. They harken back to the Colonial era when vinegar syrups were mixed with spirits to make cocktails—which you can also do (more on that below!).
Start by making your vinegar-syrup shrub concentrate:
1 cup fruit juice
½ cup honey or 1 cup organic sugar (use more or less, depending on the sweetness of the juice and your taste)
1 cup apple cider vinegar
Combine and store in your refrigerator in a covered jar. You can heat the fruit juice and sugar on the stove to help the sugar dissolve, but don't add the vinegar until after that's cooled or you'll kill off the happy little probiotics that make the vinegar so healthy.
To make your shrub, combine 1 part concentrate with 3 or 4 parts cold water or unflavored seltzer.
Fresh Fruit Shrub
Similar to making shrub concentrate with fruit juice, this slower method allows more complex flavors to develop, and you can use a wider combination of fruits and spices for truly exotic flavors. Plus, it's a great way to use the delicious whole fruits that are in season.
1 to 2 cups chopped ripe fruit (peaches, berries, even rhubarb, or a mixture)
½ cup honey or 1 cup organic sugar (use more or less, depending on the sweetness of the fruit and your taste)
1 cup apple cider vinegar
Optional: minced lemongrass, fresh mint, basil, a cinnamon stick, or whatever spice suits the fruit and your taste.
Combine in a large glass jar, cover loosely (don't tighten the lid), and let it sit at room temperature for two days. Then refrigerate for a couple of weeks to let the flavors leach out into the liquid.
Strain and store in the refrigerator in a covered jar. To make a shrub, combine one part concentrate with 3 or 4 parts cold water or unflavored seltzer.
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Shrubbery Cocktails
A shrub concentrate, with its balance of acid and sweetness, can be the perfect way to add flavor to your favorite liquor without adding excess sweetness. (They may not boost your energy though!) Creative bartenders are crafting amazing shrub syrups (rosemary-pineapple, strawberry-basil, lime-chili, and watermelon-white pepper are some combinations I've seen) and combining them with rum, vodka, whisky, or even craft beers to fashion signature cocktails. If fancy drinks are your passion, making your own shrub concentrates can open up a new world of almost unlimited possibilities. Here's one basic shrub-cocktail recipe: Combine 1 part shrub concentrate with 3 to 4 parts sparkling wine (dry to sweet, depending on your taste). Garnish with a slice of fresh fruit, a curl of citrus zest, or a sprig of fresh herb to match or complement the shrub's flavor.
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Human and Cannabis Coevolution
CANNABIS CULTURE - How the human race enhanced the cannabis plant ... and how it returned the favor.
"Whatever THC's original purpose may have been, as soon as a certain primate with a gift for experiment and horticulture stumbled on its psychoactive properties, the plant's evolution embarked on a new trajectory, guided from then on by that primate and his desires." - Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire [1]
"Coevolution" is a concept described by Darwin [2] but first fleshed-out and defined in 1964 by insect scientist (entomologist) Paul Ehrlich and botanist Peter Raven, in their paper "Butterflies and plants: a study in coevolution". [3] Put simply, coevolution is where two different living species help each other adapt and evolve by influencing each other.
Can one argue that this is occurring between cannabis and humans? Certainly, the partnership has been good for cannabis. Once confined to central Asia, cannabis has been distributed by humans to all four corners of the globe. Different cannabis species have developed due to human selection for industrial, nutritional or medicinal traits. Cannabis has become a stronger, more diverse, more adaptive and more widely-cultivated plant as a result of it's relationship with us. [4]
Can the same thing be said for humans? What has the plant done for us?
Hemp seeds do happen to be the best food in the world for humans. [5] Nice of cannabis to evolve into a plant which produces seeds that contain all the essential fatty acids required for complete human health in the exact ratios required by humans. Coincidence? Or was the plant trying to get our attention somehow?
Also worth mentioning: cannabis may have been our first rope and fabric [6], our first "true" paper [7], and one of our first medicines. [8] The list of physical and mental medicinal actions that cannabis is involved in is a long one, and would take many pages to properly outline it's entire scope. Suffice to say cannabis medicines may replace up to half of all synthetic medicines when fully researched. [9]
Then there's that cannabis high. Truth be told, the economic and social desires to understand and obtain this high was a major impetus for the creation of Cannabis Culture Magazine. To a certain extent, it is the insights gathered during these moments of highness that have most deeply effected human culture. As psychonaut/poet Allen Ginsberg put it; "the vast majority all over the world ... adjust to the strangely familiar sensation of time slowdown, and explore this new space through natural curiosity, report that it's a useful area of mind-consciousness to be familiar with". [10] Without attempting to list everything, what are some of the results of the insights found during the "time-slow cannabis high" [11] on human mental and cultural evolution?
On the less controversial side of things: pot-smoking piano players in the whorehouses of Storyville in New Orleans brought the world Jazz music. [12] Most, if not all of, the decent rock and reggae music after 1965 was composed while the artists were high – and probably over half of the best rap music. [13] The best comedy of the last twenty or thirty years? Potheads. [14] The personal computer and much of the decent software in this world? Potheads. [15] The best writers and poets? Potheads. [16] And I think it's safe to say a very large percentage of professional athletes - especially NBA and Snowboarding athletes - had their professional performances enhanced when high – or by what they had learned while high. [17]
But let's also speak more controversially: there is strong evidence Shakespeare [18] and Jesus [19] were also really, really high. The evidence for Jesus was that the holy "Christ/Messiah" anointing oil that was used during his baptism and for the healing miracles and duties of him and his apostles. The evidence for Shakespeare was that his pipes were full of cannabis resins. In fact, its fair to say that cannabis has had a profound effect on the minds of those behind many religions [20] and much of modern theater – which now also embraces Hollywood. [21] Say what you want about the benefits and drawbacks of religion and Hollywood, but you have to admit that the insight-filled "time-slow cannabis high" has been part of the process of human cultural evolution. Religion has brought us the Golden Rule. Hollywood brought us "They Live", "Brazil", and "Blade Runner". Ultimately, humans have benefited from both relationships.
At the risk of endorsing animal experiments, which I almost always find completely useless in being able to tell anything relevant about human behavior (not to mention cruel), there has been a notable discovery from animal experiments regarding the cannabinoid receptors which may shed some light on the "insight" side of the high. In an article titled "Evaluation of CB1 receptor knockout mice in the Morris water maze" by Varvel and Lichtman [22], scientists took mice that had their cannabinoid receptors genetically "knocked out" - "knockout mice" - and put them in a tank of water with a small platform, comparing their performance in finding this platform with mice which still had their cannabinoid receptors.
As it turns out, the regular mice could learn to search out the platform when it was moved but the knockout mice could only learn where the platform was once. The knockouts could not relearn it's new position when the platform was moved. This means that cannabinoid receptors have something vital to do with memory and problem solving. Dr. Robert Melamede has reflected on the water maze experiments and suggests there are FLPs and BLPs – Forward Looking People and Backward Looking People – the BLP's missing out on some cannabinoid-related brain activity. Perhaps the BLP brains don't produce enough cannabinoids on their own. According to Dr. Melamede, the extremely backward-thinking people such outgoing president Bush are the human equivalent of knockout mice. [23]
Perhaps if there was more pot smoking and less drinking going on in the White House, there would be less war and monopoly capitalism and more sustainable growth and wealth-sharing. You never know until you try.
Hopefully, this "knockout mice drown – CB1 receptors are important" info will empower scientists to stop drowning rodents and turn their attention to the study of well-cannabinized human subjects in their natural setting – like an Easy Star All-Stars concert or something. Maybe the researchers just need to smoke a bit more pot in order to become "forward-looking" enough to see how inhuman, insufficient and wasteful animal testing ultimately is.
Clearly, the huge bibliography of anecdotal evidence outlined above of humans using cannabis in natural settings points towards much insight and creativity gained from cannabis use. Combined with all the evidence of the medical, nutritional and industrial uses, it can be said that humans have benefited much from cannabis, and it has benefited much from us. This is a "win-win" form of coevolution known as "mutualistic symbiosis".
Other questions then arise: how far back does this relationship go? And where is it headed?
Gardens Long Ago
Our fathers planted gardens long ago...
Whose fruits we reap with joy today;
Their labor constitutes a debt we owe...
Which to our heirs we must repay;
For all crops sown in any land...
Are destined for a future man.
Arab Poet - Nizami
There are no cannabis fossils on record. [24] Cannabis probably arrived on planet earth about 34 million years ago, an estimate based upon the seven shared parasites with Cannabis's "sister group" the Urticaceae (nettle) family and the lack of any shared parasites with cannabis's "cousin" the Moraceae (mulberry/fig) family. [25]
The first cannabis farmers? Nobody knows that for sure. What we do know is that there is evidence of cannabis pressed into pottery from 12,000 years ago from Taiwan – at the beginning of the Neolithic era (the age of farming). In a footnote to his 1977 book "The Dragons of Eden – Speculations on the Origin of Human Intelligence", Carl Sagan pointed out that cannabis is the only crop of the Pygmies, and posited that "It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby to civilization."
We also know that as early as 1.75 million years ago Homo erectus migrated into Asia, where cannabis is thought to originate. [26] Some time between 1.8 million and 1 million years ago early humans learned to control fire. [27] Did they sit around hemp fires and get a whiff of that cannabis smoke while they "chewed the fat" from a recent hunt? Is this how we invented language?
It's even possible that earlier primates or mammals went after the cannabis seeds and then began distributing a few of the unchewed seeds in nice neat little piles of fertilizer a day's worth of travel away. I am told that human feces makes poor fertilizer ... maybe ape droppings fertilizer is better?
In his book "Intoxication", Author Ronald K. Siegel records cannabis self-administration by different animals. Mice, rats and birds would get intoxicated in the process of obtaining hemp seeds. Monkeys have been observed snacking on the top leaves of plants in South American pot farms. [28]
Endocannabinoids, the things that your body produces to get you high, are a lot older than humans. They are found in primates, mammals birds, amphibians, fish, sea urchins, molluscs, leeches and the Hydra vulgaris – a primitive water creature that never ages. Scientists estimate the first endocannabinoids are over 600 million years old. [29]
There is a theory – the "vestigial receptor hypothesis", that states that the proto cannabinoid receptor evolved in primitive organisms before the division of animals and plants - about a billion years ago. [30]
It's an obvious over-simplification, but it's quite possible that a nettle-like plant had a mutation which reactivated it's cannabinoid genes and began to ooze THC, which intoxicated and confused animal threats, allowing the mutant plant to survive pests. It's intoxication may have eventually attracted other animal which the mutant plant hitched a ride with, making the proto-cannabis plant more able to spread it's seed around.
Over millions of years plants have mutated and evolved to have shapes and petals and smells and fruits and nectar, all of which have acted as enticements and rewards for their animal partners. There is even an ant-fungi relationship where the ants take care of the fungus and the fungus helps break down the ant's food. [31] The cannabis-human relationship is just like the bee-flower relationship or the ant-fungus relationship – a pair of fauna and flora helping each other out – except in our case it's a bit more complex.
The future of human-cannabis coevolution
"Obama supports the rights of states and local governments to make this choice— though he believes medical marijuana should be subject to [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] regulation like other drugs," LaBolt said. He said the FDA should consider how marijuana is regulated under federal law, while leaving states free to chart their own course." - Jacub Sullum [32]
While a few of the more insane and powerful amongst us want cannabis eliminated from planet earth, more than half of us humans respect, enjoy and revere this plant and appreciate what it has to offer – including, hopefully, the new US President. With any luck cannabis is here to stay ... at least in some form.
What is ahead for the evolution of cannabis? Our influence on the plant is increasing more and more each day as new breeders seek out different traits. Expect more breakthroughs in breeding for traits we value – such as specific tastes, smells, colors and of course physical and mental effects. Breeding for different effects holds great potential for increasing cannabis's value to us. I expect some day soon we will all be able to walk into any cannabis compassion club or cafe and select from strains named "Munchies", "Giggles", "Pain-B-Gone", "Sleep", "Wake Up", "20minuteOrgasm" and the ever-popular "Fantasia-On-The-Big-Screen".
And what is ahead for human evolution? The medicinal and nutritional advantages to the human race provided by cannabis are massive. If it was reintroduced into our diets and medicine cabinets to it's full potential, it could very well help humans evolve into a stronger and more physically and mentally healthy race of beings.
If we humans can overcome the monopolists who control our government and succeed in defeating the monopoly of cannabis production and distribution outside AND within our own community, there might be millions of jobs of cannabis farming, cannabis gardening, cannabis breeding and cannabis retailing that will open up to people of modest means. Other profitable botanical medicines may also be re-examined for their utility, and increase number of people working within the emerging herbal health-care and soft-drug tourism economies. Cannabis could very well help humans evolve beyond poverty.
The economic potential of cannabis could be further expanded by realizing cannabis is the best fuel crop in the world for ethanol production. Some estimate that legal hemp ethanol would cost 15 cents per liter or 50 cents per gallon at the pump! [33] Cannabis even grows in sand! [34] The fact it can grow almost anywhere will increase the areas we can grow fuel in and help us reclaim desert regions for food and fuel production. If cannabis was no longer over-regulated, it could easily compete with and replace the oil-spill causing, oil-war causing, climate-change causing fossil fuels – not to mention making up a large percentage of the sustainable lubrication oils, varnishes, vegi-plastics, pressed fiber board and concrete building materials of the future. This would go a long way in helping humans ... not just to evolve, but to survive.
Finally, an end to the drug war and an honest evaluation of it's racist and monopolistic origins may help humans evolve past the point of using scapegoating as a method of social control. Evolving from "Homo Sapien Beat-eachother-uppus" to "Homo Sapien learn-to-share-the-stuffus" is quite possibly the greatest evolutionary step we could ever make. It's certainly now or never.
Lacking the massive amount of data needed to be able to call cannabis our "co-evolutionary partner in mutualistic symbiosis", ancient humans simply referred to it as "the tree of life" and left it at that. Whatever we call it, we must re-legalize this plant and learn to share it now, while a slightly saner type of human is at the helm of the free world. We must not let this opportunity pass, allowing some other anti-cannabis and/or pro-monopolist president to regain the White House and continue a war on our coevolutionary plant partner. We must not let the cannabis war threaten to bring our own evolution to a painful halt. And we must not let the drug war act upon us as a form of "unnatural selection", choosing only the most obedient, dull and misinformed to provide us with the future generation, leaving the forward-looking people to rot in jail, suffer the indignity of "treatment" for their intelligent preferences, and/or languish in artificial, tyrant-imposed poverty.
1. Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire, 2002, Random House, p. 156
2. http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/2005/08/28/the_beauty_of_deceit.php
Darwin, C. R. 1862. On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. London: John Murray.
3. "Butterflies and plants: a study in coevolution" (1964) Evolution: 18 pp 586-608 Ehrlich, P.R. & Raven, P.H.
4. "The evolution of Cannabis and coevolution with the cannabinoid receptor – a hypothesis" (2004) The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids McPartland, J.M. & Guy, G.W., the Pharmaceutical Press p. 93 - Robert Connell Clarke, Hashish!, Red Eye Press, 1998, p. 6
5. Chris Conrad, Hemp For Health, 1997, Healing Arts Press, pp. 112-122
6. Rowan Robinson, The Great Book of Hemp, 1996, Park Street Press, p. 103
7. Needham, Joseph (1985). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Part 1. Cambridge University Press, p. 40
The Great Book of Hemp, pp. 104-106
8. Christian Ratsch, Marijuana Medicine, 2001, Healing Arts Press, pp. 15-18
Franjo Grotenhermen, Ethan Russo, Cannabis and Cannabinoids, 2002, The Hawthorn Integrated Healing Press, pp. 27, 37
The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, pp. 72-75
9. Tod Mikuriya, Marijuana: Medical Papers, 1973, Medi-Comp Press, p. xxiv
Sidney Cohen and Richard Stillman, The Therapeutic Potential of Marijuana, 1976, Plenum Medical Book Company, pp. 35-36
Jack Herer, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, 2000, AH HA Publishing, p. 40
10. Allen Ginsberg, "First Manifesto to End the Bringdown", 1965, published in David Solomon, The Marijuana Papers, 1966, Bobbs-Merrill, pp. 184-185
11. "Time slowdown", David Malmo-Levine, 2003, Cannabis Culture #45
12. "The History of music and marijuana (part one)", Russel Cronin, 2004, Cannabis Culture #49 http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3434.html
13. "The history of music and marijuana (part two)", Russell Cronin, 2005 Cannabis Culture #50 http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3512.html
"Marijuana music history (part 3)" Russell Cronin, 2005, Cannabis Culture #51 http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3582.html
14. "Dead funny ", Russell Cronin, 2005, Cannabis Culture #53
15. http://www.celebstoners.com/friends/steve_jobs.htm
"Most programmers smoke pot. Coincidentally, most programming jobs won't drug test. :D" http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=63960¤tpa...
"...the first e-commerce transaction happened in 1972, a marijuana purchase between Stanford's SAIL lab and MIT's AI lab." http://www.gbn.com/BookClubSelectionDisplayServlet.srv?si=26222
16. Marcus Boon, The Road of Excess – A history of writers on drugs, 2002, Harvard University Press, pp. 123-169
17. "Arrests of the Rich and Famous "http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4439#athletes
"There's worse than marijuana", Skip Bayless, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=bayless/050822&num=0
18. "Drugs clue to Shakespeare's genius -Elizabethans may have explored more than just the oceans", March 1, 2001 http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/UK/03/01/shakespeare.cannabis/
"Shakespeare on pot" Chris Bennet, 2001, Cannabis Culture #31
19. Cannabis and the Christ: Jesus used Marijuana, Chris Bennet, 1998, Cannabis Culture #11
20. Green Gold the Tree of Life – Marijuana in magic and Religion, Chris Bennet, 1995, Access Unlimited
The Ancient History of Cannabis part 1, David Malmo-Levine, Fall 2001, Potshot #17 http://www.potshot.ca/showzine.php?cmd=showtoc&val1=17 http://www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com/Chris/Writings
21. "Celebrity stoners" Dana Larsen, 2002, Cannais Culture #37 "Celebrity stoners"
, Dana Larsen, 2002 Cannabis Culture #38 "Celebrity stoners" Brooke Thorsteinson, 2005, Cannabis Culture #52 "Celebrity stoners" Brooke Thorsteinson, 2005, Cannabis Culture #53 "Celebrity stoners" Brooke Thorsteinson and Dana Larsen, 2005, Cannabis Culture #54 http://www.cannabisculture.com/library/dbarticles.cgi?q=Celebrity+Stoner... "Celebrity Stoners", http://hightimes.com/news/dan/3755
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23. "Cannabinoids, From Cells to Society Part 2", Dr Melamede's presentation at the 5th Conference on Clinical Cannabinoids, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OAjc8r5-_I
24. The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, p. 73
25. Ibid, p. 74
26. Ibid, p. 72
27. Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=915
28. Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication, 1989, Dutton, pp. 147-157
29. The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, p. 81
30. Ibid, p. 85
31. Exploiting a mutualism: parasite specialization on cultivars within the fungus-growing ant symbiosis – Proceedings of the Royal Society, Gerardo, Mueller, Price, Currie
Issue Volume 271, Number 1550/September 07, 2004
32. "Obama on Medical Marijuana: Getting Clearer" Jacob Sullum, 2008, http://www.reason.com/blog/show/126533.html
33. Fuel of the Future? The Economics, History and Politics of Hemp Fuels
David Malmo-Levine, 2008, Treating Yourself Magazine, #11, http://hemp-ethanol.blogspot.com/
CIFAR Conference XIV, "Cracking the Nut: Bioprocessing Lignocellulose to
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Great article!!
Hey David,
I just had to say your article is very elaborate, well written and well documented.
And very interesting I might add!
And they say pot smokers are dumb & lazy...
Just goes to prove they don't know what the're talking about.
human evolution and cannabis
My experience with cannabis is that kids that are arrested for threats or acts of violence smoke marijuana at least 95 percent of the time. This could also be connected to high testosterone levels. I don't think marijuana is for everyone. Perhaps it isn't good for anyone. I have also heard (don't know it to be true) that when people who are over 60 die and donate their bodies to science they find THC crystallized all over their brains. It kind of reminds me of invasion of the body snatchers. Humans have definitely helped marijuana become stronger. But in my experience, marijuana is destroying Chicago's ability to nurture our children. Maybe marijuana is the dominate species and we are just getting used up by the plant.
Some parts seemed overly
Some parts seemed overly speculative, but it was a nice read.
The topic was speculative ... it was meant to be speculative.
I don't see how one could cover the topic of "how far back could the human-cannabis relationship possibly go?" without some speculation.
Of course, there were also facts involved in the article, which transforms it from a "guess" to an "educated guess".
Cannabis co-evolution
Excellent piece, it is not unreasonable to think that cannabis could be engineered to use humans as a form of seed transportation and insemination and we shouldn't be surprised to find other plants and herb taking advantage of the most mobile creature on the planet in their reporoduction cycles.
Beautiful article
Well done. You have all further made myself inspiring. You know what though. What is that leaf from 40-50 million years ago, that's very fishy if you ask me. I may have seen a plant like that here in Toronto. Just let me search high and low for a name in latin and english.
Time for me to dig further into botany, agriculture, farming, gardening, horticulture & breeding. "When there is a way their is a will."
Johnny Quest
I did over hear though someone killed a dog with thc and something laced in it I think, here in Ontario. Heard about this 3 weeks ago on Global. Please push further laws to get rid of haters. They should experiment on themselves for hurting others. Lacing thc with something like windshield fluid. Seriously the majority of animals are our best friends too.
Great article
Excellent article, and by it's very nature, one that can easily reflect new knowledge as we acquire it. For instance, predictably, the Obama Admin is backing away from reform, and it's naive to think Americans or the world will get any gifts from them. The latest bullshit position on dispensaries is all we need to make that clear. V1.1 needs to address this, but you probably already figured that out...
peace and pot
Generally good, I'm glad to see that you don't use the racist "m" word, but you should also not use the word "intoxicated" since, as you surely know, Cannabis is the least toxic substance known to science. You can overdose on water; you can't overdose on Cannabis. You should use "altered their consciousness" or something like that.
Is the word "marijuana" a racist word?
Is the word "marijuana" a racist word?
Is it racist the same way that "n*gger" is racist?
Is it racist for Pancho Villa's men to sing "La Cucaracha"? Is it racist for Rick James to sing "Mary Jane"? Or is it only racist if a white person says it.
I personally don't think the word "marijuana" is racist - but I do think that the LAWS on marijuana are racist. I don't mind when people use the term marijuana or marihuana or mary jane but I do mind when they write those words down in a law book. I think the term "marijunana" may have something to do with a grower in Mexico so good that they named the plant after her - just like some breeders name their strains of cannabis/herb/hemp/ganja after them. Perhaps we will one day find a photo of this Mari Juana ... as long as we don't confuse her name with racism.
Least toxic and non toxic are two different things
Cannabis is not "non-toxic", it's "minimally toxic" - but if you eat a four gram chunk of hash you will notice some toxic effects - not to the point of death but well past the point of unpleasantness.
I would rather maintain the concept of "intoxicated" as a feeling that could be pleasant or not based upon degree ... and I would like to remind people that cannabis is non-lethally toxic in the wrong dose.
Well ok first off
Well ok first off intoxicated here is refering to an effect like getting high. same way its used to describe getting drunk or "intoxicated". not necessarily that its having adverse toxic effects
Secondly, cannabis is not the least toxic substance known to science. THC has an LD50 of about 1270 mg/kg of body weight. Table salt has an LD50 of about 3000 mg/kg of body weight. That means it takes more then twice the amount of table salt to kill someone then it would with THC by weight. The important point is that this actually translates into an extremely unreasonable amount of cannabis that you would have to take in a short amount of time. So for practical purposes its still "impossible" to lethally overdose on pot. Although yes it is true that you can overdose on water this isn't actually due to any sort of damage per se but simply the extreme dilution of everything else. In effect, overdosing on water kills you by making you underdose on everything else in your body. Heh sorry I just realized how much I just wrote about that. I kinda got a little involved since im a toxicologist. I'm just tryin to share info not harp on you for something.
Anyway, I think it's a very well written article. I found it quite informative in some areas and welcomed your viewpoints.
On cannabis toxicity
Thank you for your insight into cannabis toxicity ... I was wondering ... do you believe that cannabis is the least toxic of the recreational substances and even the medical substances?
"This would go a long way in
"This would go a long way in helping humans ... not just to evolve, but to survive." I think you mean "not just to survive, but to evolve."
just double click the photo it will enlarge to photo print size then save the large image to your computer...
No ... I meant "not just to evolve, but survive"
I meant to put the emphasis on survival because cannabis has been helping us evolve for a long time but it's only very recently (not to mention an even more novel idea) that it could help us survive.
I love the hummingbird picture in the article! Does anyone know where I could find a high res version to have a print made? (great read as well)
human evolution and cannabis
My experience with cannabis is that kids that are arrested for threats or acts of violence smoke marijuana at least 95 percent of the time. This could also be connected to high testosterone levels. I don't think marijuana is for everyone. Perhaps it isn't good for anyone. I have also heard (don't know it to be true) that when people who are over 60 die and donate their bodies to science they find THC crystallized all over their brains. It kind of reminds me of invasion of the body snatchers. Humans have definitely helped marijuana become stronger. But in my experience, marijuana is destroying Chicago's ability to nurture our children. Maybe marijuana is the dominate species and we are just getting used up by the plant.


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Track & field Olympian Lolo Jones is trying to make it in the world of bobsledding, and she's finding out the hard way how little the winter sport pays. Jones voiced her displeasure with the $741.84 check she received from the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in a Vine video posted Monday. That's a pretty small pay day for seven months of work, but one of the most decorated bobsledders of all time is not exactly sympathetic to her plight. "It wasn't taken very well," Olympic gold medalist Steven Holcomb told USA Today. "People were really kind of insulted. You just made $741, more than most athletes in the sport. So what are you complaining about? "The way it came across to a lot of the athletes here was kind of snobby because she's one of the most well-known athletes in the world and she's making pretty good money in endorsements [as a two-time Olympic hurdler]. And to basically turn around and slap us in the face because you didn't make any money this year in bobsledding while taking money from other's athletes? She slapped pretty much every athlete in the U.S. federation in the face. That was the general consensus." See the video that rubbed Holcomb the wrong way below. Photo via Facebook/Lolo Jones
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I've looked a her pictures and..... I don't see it....
She must have one very big foot, since she can't seem to extract it from her mouth...
With no disrespect to the professional bobsledders that have integrity, maybe she needs to stop sleigh riding and find a real job. let her flip burgers for $8 an hour.
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We've laid out every Marvel movie and tv show in chronological order for you to watch -- or just to impress people.
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From a Russian satellite to the death of Internet Explorer, a new infographic takes you through a succinct timeline of the journey the Web has taken over the last 58 years.
Instead of scrolling through your entire Facebook timeline for updates from your closest friends or family, try using this list instead.
On-demand smartphone apps are known for addressing the whims and desires of the comfortable. It turns out they can also serve the greater good.