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Great! It's working for me now. I'm not really sure where to start.. I think this is going to keep me busy for years to come. Thanks, dworx

Dworx - I'd love to check this out but I think the page is down.

I come from a small town in Qld and there has been a recent dispute in the local newsagency. A muslim woman was dressed in her burqa and entered the newsagency with her husband. The store owner allowed the husband to purchase a newspaper, however, he refused to serve the woman. The story of the words exchanged during the encounter differ between the store owner and the woman. The woman says that the owner said that he refused to serve her because he "doesn't serve her type'. The owner says that he didn't say that and the reason he refused to serve her was because her face was covered and he was concerned for the security of the store. I understand that you can refuse to serve somebody if they are wearing a helmet or something which hides your facial identity. Would this woman have any chance of bringing this together as case for the legal system? Personally, from previous experience, I know that the store owner is a backward small minded bigot and I have no doubt in my mind that this was discriminatory attack.. Does anybody have any advice for this woman in this situation? A FOAF has seen the tape which was recording during the dispute but unfortunately there was no auditory recording..

Wow, I didn't expect such a response. Thanks for all of your passionate replies. The woman has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission and hopefully something will come from it. I think she wants an apology. I'm not sure if its' a good thing, but people in town have heard about what has happened and have decided to boycott the store.. I'm not usually a fan of rumormongering but in this case i certainly don't mind what happens to the reputation of this man. May karma work its ways.

Dennis McKenna and Kat Harrison from Botanical Dimensions are holding a 12 day intensive course on ethnobotany/ plants in human affairs in January 2009. This is a msg he passed on - There will only be 15 people in the course so I guess anybody that is interested should try to register soonish...

Maybe check out australian ethnobotany, guys. There appears to be a meet up being organised over there at the moment

Tickets are all sorted now... thanks anyhow guys I'm looking forward to this so much !!!!! :D

Oh no thats really great that they've all sold out, i wasn't expecting that. My friend is in the same boat as pelinster - she's got work off and a car organised to get down there but she only just saved the cash to get a ticket this weekend. If anybody else decides they can't make and would like to sell their ticket for full price could you please pm me. *crosses fingers*

"This Is Not Art is Australia’s premier independent, emerging and experimental arts festival held in Newcastle, Australia. The 2007 program presents five heady days of creative over-stimulus with workshops, exhibitions, artists presentations, readings, roundtables, performances, panel discussions, project presentations and screenings. All FREE. It's only the gigs that will cost ya!" www.thisisnotart.org Hey guys, I was thinking about making a trip to newcastle this holidays to the This is not art festival. Is anybody else thinking about going or has anybody else been and feels like sharing their experiences. Just browsing the program has been proven to be awe-inspiring :D

Wow, thanks so much helping me discover this. I brought half a kilo of beans at my local health food store and I've been snacking at them since. I've been trying to cut down on my coffee intake and this has been a pretty good substitute. I don't have access to a grinder so I've been using a mortar and pestle to grind up the beans. I tried making chocolate via husk's recipe and I added a bit of chilli powder and cinnamon to spice things up. Yes, it was the best chocolate I've ever eaten.. *drools* Chocolate and oatmeal is a wonderful mixture as well. There is something about the crunchiness of the bean nibs and sloppy porridge mess which really works. I'm going to add a bit of banana into the mix tommorrow. Oh yeah, I also had a bit of bread dough left over so I put a some brown sugar and crushed beans inside the dough and cooked them for 20 minutes. Amazing stuff

When I was driving up to bundaberg the other week, I picked up a couple of english backpackers that had just been staying down at the arts factory. They actually managed to get an entire week of accommodation for free by doing chores for few hours. Seems like they really enjoyed the atmosphere of the place - they ended up getting married in the garden there

Fantastic.. I should be able to make it now. Looking forward to going back to that campsite. That place is so lush

Aw shucks, thanks tripi. I had a wonderful night too. Was lovely to see you again and to meet Mr shiva. Great call on the club.. I never had a given it a second chance. Bring on the funk!!! :D Ended up staying out until a bit later so I can relate on the headache.. it was the beer. Tell us when your up this way again and we can get up to some more booty shaking.

Oh wow, thats great El Duderino.. I can't get over the amazing detail. Those eyes in the right bottom corner are magic. It's funny I just came across this. I just had an 11:11 moment a couple minutes ago

Mr. Shiva, I'm sure your company would be more than welcome. None of that newbie stuff.. we are equal in the eyes of god The bowery, hey? I'll might actually have to dress up to get in. I'll do my darn best to make it - I'm working till latish and I swore to myself last saturday that i would never go out again. This might be an offer I just can't resist

Hope to see some of you there, I might pass by for a peak on the way to uni. Oh how I wish I had money..window shopping makes me sad. I'm very curious to see what sort of strange people collect cacti - weirdos

The philosophers zone has been a favourite of mine for ages now WYNC's radiolab podcasts are also great. There is a good mixture of philosophy, psychology and weird science facts to keep you entertained for hours- Awesome presenters and decent guest speakers (Oliver Sacks). You can get mp3's and podcasts from here - http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/season1_2005.html.

Hey volcanicplug, im at uq.. studying pharmacology but hopefully doing some botany courses at some point in time. We should start a club up :D

Hooray, I'd be very interested thanks Thats very generous of you.

Wow, thats really interesting.. Thanks for that nabraxas

Congrats naja I'd love to have a go, so count me in!

Oh wow, what a treat Hoping very much to make it down to the festival. This gives me even more initiative.

Well done I know what that feels like. I managed to pass horrible horrible statistics as well (by 1% mind you) and its so good to be free of being forced to do that brain-sucking subject. Lets also celebrate being finished uni for the year. F*ck yeah!!

Oh wow, I really like these wandjina. Beautiful choice in colours.. very reminiscent of certain experiences