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Welcome aboard, Buddha Time. You've definitely joined a tribe of truly excellent peeps. Another great site for reference material on Entheobotany is "reset.me", started by a former CNN investigative journalist, Amber Lyon, who stumbled onto Ayahuasca to help her with PTSD. Settle in and have some fun. Welcome home .

Hi all. Am very keen to come along, but have some messy gubberment shite to sort through. They don't like making things easy. I can't see this being sorted within the next couple of months, so I don't think I'm going to be able to make an appearance. Was very much looking forward to meeting you all and remembering Andy. Torsten, if things change, I'll let you know as soon as possible. I don't want to impose or cause an issue with numbers, so if I find I can make it, you can let me know if it's still convenient. Peace and Love to all.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/what-the-marijuana-genome-map-means-for-the-future-of-pot And so it begins......Money, money,money. I imagine there might be some valuable good which could eventuate from this, but an article which mentions hooch and Monsanto in the same breath (and alludes to pharmaceuticals) raises me 'ackles.

Fuck you crack me up, Stu... Yes.

Hey Dicko. Ultrasound and x-ray are the first step in looking at shoulder issues like yours. Unfortunately, most radiologists will recommend a steroid injection to bursa or rotator cuff regardless of whether any pathology or trauma is seen, because it's a good money spinner and they get a certain percentage of good results. If the doc reckons its inflamed bursa or tendonitis, even a mediocre sonographer will demonstrate this easily. A good sonographer will be able to give a comprehensive scan of the shoulder in 15 to 20 mins, the better ones do them in 10 min. CT scan is of little value looking at shoulder issues unless you want to exclude bone trauma or pathology. MRI is the most sensitive, but has limitations as described by Sal. It's often used for diagnosis as complimentary imaging with ultrasound and for surgical planning. Steroid injections in the shoulder sometimes work and sometimes don't. Sometimes if they give short term relief, a 2nd injection at about a month after the first can have more success. The steroid used is usually a chemical copy (called cortisone or celestone) of the stress-response hormone called cortisol produced by the adrenal gland. Amongst many other functions, the body's cortisol helps mediate the body's inflammatory response due to the associated pain. The level of success of the injections varies widely from complete pain relief to no result. It is also very much dependent upon the person performing the procedure. Your pins and needles/tingling symptoms certainly describe a response to nerve irritation. The degeneration in the shoulder can indeed give these symptoms, but the inflammation itself rarely does. Another candidate for the cause of the nerve symptoms, and possible some of the shoulder's, is in your neck. The 6th, 7th, 8th cervical nerves and the 1st thoracic nerve all distribute sensation to the upper limb. The location (on the arm) of the symtoms gives an indication of which level/s may be involved. Often when patients complain of shoulder problems, these nerves contribute to the condition, so isolating the cause to shoulder joint, bursae, rotator cuff etc doesn't take care of (all) the issue. Clinicians sometimes fail to consider problems originating in the cervical spine and clinically you could be describing both shoulder and neck symtoms. If you are inclined to, you could ask your doctor if it was worth getting a CT scan on your neck to exclude degeneration and nerve irritation at the levels I mentioned. Your description of aggravating the problem by turning, reaching and picking something up may also indicate involvement in the neck, especially if it resulted in any change in the nerve symptoms. I definitely think you've a better chance of finding help for the pain and resolving your shoulder troubles looking at the suggestions in this thread. I'm in awe of wealth of knowledge here. If you haven't already, consider nutrition and recognizing both emotional and physical stressors to give your body the best chance of being in a state of homeostasis. Mate, feel free to pm me if you think there is anything I may be able to help with..

One would hope, given the drug's usual illicit use, the police will try and track the intended recipient. Might help make the night life scene (or any scene for that matter) a bit safer, especially for the young ladies... And yeah, a special kind of stupid. But it does tell us a bit about their collective experience with drugs. There would be very few people who regularly take illicit drugs who would take something they couldn't identify. The story is a perfect example of why ending the war on drugs (users) and education offers our best chance of solving not only issues with substance use, but also mental health as well.

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/medicinal-cannabis-exports-get-green-light/news-story/c0391c6cb1407dad869f1f3b9237824d "The federal health department says 350 patients have accessed Australian-grown medicinal cannabis products." ..... Wow. 350 patients. Why not more....? Well, perhaps because, "However, there are some concerns doctors are reluctant to prescribe the products." Mmmm, no. They're not reluctant. They just find the state regulatory processes too fucking hard to navigate in order to prescribe it. But that's OK; so long as we export our medicinal cannabis, we'll at least make the exporting business and the economy far more healthy.

Peace,,Love and the Happiest of New Years to all. Have fun. Be safe. Be kind.

Maybe Mimosa hostilis? Usually a red or orange color. Haha... Ditto Smiling....

Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you're all wrapped in Peace, Love and Happiness. Thank you all for the support, laughs and tears. This has all meant so very much to me. Be safe. Keep smiling. x

UQ and QUT kick off first semester on Feb 20 2018. Most of the uni's up here are around that time within a week or two. School is 23 Jan.

Awesome pics, RC. A veritable microscopy paradise you got right there.

Great idea, Torsten. I would love to make it, but it will depend on the weekend chosen. I'll keep an eye on the thread.

All my love, support and positive vibes to everyone here, especially you who were close to Christian. So sad. Never easy. Peace and Love.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/alcohol-marijuana-which-worse-health-2017-11/?r=US&IR=T#/#30722-americans-died-from-alcohol-induced-causes-in-2014-there-have-been-0-documented-deaths-from-marijuana-use-alone-1 Some inaccuracies in this, but hey....

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/11/ancient-skull-from-china-may-rewrite-origin-of-humans/

He killed his girlfriend?

I'll give it a go, Stu.... From http://www.taoism.net/ttc/chapters/chap01.htm The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal name The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth The named is the mother of myriad things Thus, constantly free of desire One observes its wonders Constantly filled with desire One observes its manifestations These two emerge together but differ in name The unity is said to be the mystery Mystery of mysteries, the door to all wonders Interpretation The Tao that can be completely explained or expressed in words is not the constant, eternally unchanging and true Tao. If the name of this Tao can be defined with words, then it is not the constant, eternally unchanging name of the true Tao. Names did not exist prior to Creation. The nameless Tao is therefore the source of the universe. Once it manifests itself as the physical universe, it can be named. Everything is derived from it through natural processes. It is therefore the mother of all things. I do not pretend to fully grasp what this is saying, because to do so (my understanding is) you have to experience the true Tao. And to do this, you have to get past the ego. (I can't even meditate properly yet, because I can't shut my ego up ). Sometimes I think I start to get the gist, then other times I just close my eyes and shake my head. As far as what "The named is the mother of all thing" is about, the last line of the interpretation sums it up for me, in the sense I get what it is saying, not necessarily what it means. I feel like I run in circles trying to understand this stuff, sometimes, most of the time. To describe what the statement means, you need to use names. But you can't name that which cannot be named. I guess that's what is meant by the first line of the interpretation. Perhaps to understand it, you must experience it; it cannot be explained....

Hey, GypsyLee. By the flow of this little thread, you already fit right in. Welcome (back) home.

sagi, the book I mentioned agrees with your thoughts. It proposes a migration of modern humans from Australasia circa 200 000 BC, arriving in Africa some time before 70 000 BC. Genetic and anthropological evidence now strongly suggests the forbears of Australian and Asian Aboriginals were in Australia and Asia long before 65 000 years ago. The genetic data may even support a time frame as far back as 400 000 years, potentially longer. Conversely, the current genetic data does not support an exodus from Africa to Australia at any time. He supports his hypothesis with genetic evidence and correlating it with anthropological and archaeological findings. These data are not his. He is a research scientist specializing in paleo-anthropology, researching and collating the peer reviewed scientific findings of leaders in their field. You don't need to be familiar with genetics, but you will have a very difficult time establishing a comprehensive time line for the evolution of hominids without it. No I'm not. I think you've misread what I'm saying. (Unless I'm misunderstanding you). I am only familiar with one version of OOA theory, (and I'm uncertain who you're referring to with "fuck those fuckers..) which claims an origin circa 130 000 to 115 000 years ago and first migration of modern humans from Africa about 70 000 years ago. The Australian Aboriginals, Papua New Guinean and Sub Asians carry genetic markers (Denisovan and Neanderthal, among others) in far greater percentages than the folk of direct African descent. This can only be plausible if the ancestors of those living in Australasia preceded those living on the African continent, by a very long time. And the genetic data also supports the co-existence of Neanderthals, Denisovans and Homo Sapiens, along with a couple of as-yet-to-be identified hominids. Considering this, I'm certainly not disagreeing with you on the notion of a much earlier time for the evolution of anatomically modern humans. I'm with ya on this one, sagi. And yeah, I am aware the consensus in PA has changed. The first evidence indicating a need for a paradigm shift started to come to light at least 30 years ago, probably longer. Fenton's work summarizes this paradigm shift.

Well yes, but I assume you mean is it possible considering the current accepted theory modern homo sapiens originated in Africa and spread from there circa 70 000 years ago. The answer to that is no, it's not possible. There had to be modern homo sapiens evolving from a common origin tens or hundreds of thousands of years prior to 70 000 BC for two haplogroups to appear. And for them to suddenly turn up in the African lineage at this time, there had to have been a meeting of the hominids who inhabited Africa at the time and the hominids who arrived carrying these haplogoups.

Yeah, much easier. Sorry. Basically Fenton has collected and reviewed the work (from the forward of the book) "...of the most esteemed scientists in the fields of evolutionary biology and paleoanthropology. Where ever possible we focus on peer reviewed scientific papers based on research guided by solid protocols, in almost all cases the scientific sources I have used can be considered mainstream authorities" The blurb for the book describes it better than I can at the mo: 70,000 years ago, two new haplogroups appeared in East Africa, the L3 mtDNA lineage and the CT Y-chromosomal lineage. Almost all non-Africans can trace their maternal and paternal ancestry from these two lines. This understanding establishes the earliest possible dating for an African migration event populating Eurasia and America. Archaeological evidence places modern humans in Australasia earlier than 70,000 years ago. Genetic research confirms that Australasian Aboriginal populations are descended from the HgL3 and HgCT lineages and stem from the same founding population as do modern Asians and Europeans. One theory that attempted to explain this all away by involving multiple waves of migrants has recently collapsed under the weight of the contrary evidence. Archaeological sites in the Levant, Middle East, China and India all offer evidence of a previous colonisation of the Eurasian continent by modern humans long before the children of HgL3 and HgCT took possession of the world. What happened to these first people? Why don’t we carry their genes today? Modern humans as we know them today carry traces of extinct relatives in their genome. We are left to wonder what brought about the end of the world for Neanderthals, Denisovans, Floresiensis and other yet to be named hominins. Why did our ancestors encounter an almost empty continent as they moved through Eurasia? During the last few years, a series of incredible discoveries have finally provided the evidence required to answer these and other profoundly important questions of our mysterious human origins. It is now possible to pinpoint the precise moment that doom fell upon the first modern humans of Eurasia in the form of a natural cataclysm that equally devastating for the Neanderthals and Denisovans. The myth of the aggressive conquering migrants from Africa killing their cousins is at last exposed for what it is, a sham, a wild guess with no scientific basis. Perhaps the first wave of modern humans entering Europe and Asia began their journey in Africa 200,000 - 150,000 years ago, but the recolonisation of Eurasia 70,000 – 60,000 years ago started from Australasia. This book calls for a paradigm displacement, but such a bold request requires detailed evidence. The only question remaining now is, whether you are ready to explore the evidence for yourself and follow the Forgotten Exodus? I was a bit skeptical before I read it, but he presents a very convincing argument. I haven't been able to find any rebuttals from any of the proponents of the out of Africa theory, so I've got nothing to balance any argument between the two theories. His presentation of the genetic data in particular, seems to me to de-legitimize the OOA theory and the currently accepted timeline and sequence of hominid evolution. Whilst he's not an anthropologist, he is a respected scientific researcher who is a member of the Paleoanthropological Society and the Scientific and Medical Network.

For a review of the current genetic literature and what it tells us about the evolution of hominids, have a read of "The Forgotten Exodus: The Into Africa Theory of Human Evolution" by Bruce R Fenton. Needless to say the mainstream "Out of Africa" proponents don't like Fenton's work, not least of all because he is not an anthropologist. If he's on the money, there's a little bit of re-thinking to do.

Good on you, Glaukus. You're definitely on the right track, I reckon. This year has been mine to break the lifetime hold my demons had on me. The mushy was my saviour, but I've done some ceremonial work with San P and Mother Aya as well. I'm loving the work I'm doing with the Shroom, though. Looking forward to hearing your progress. Life is so much more beautiful when you get the big black dog out of it.