Rastas, Russians and the Herb

Until the 1970s, marijuana was not used much in Russia. Alcohol was Russia’s national drug, and ganja was only used in the “wild” Asian republics. Average Russians considered ganja smoking as something alien and strange.

The situation changed during the 1970s, as the echo of the hippie movement came to the USSR, and the immigration of Asians into Russia increased. Pot became popular among Russian “bohemia”, providing the chance to stand out against a grey background of gloomy compatriots.

The First Chinese

By Dr. Clyde Winters
Edited by Ogu-Eji-Ofo-Annu

It can be reasonably assumed that the first inhabitants of the chinese mainland were Black Brown Africans from East, West and Central regions of Africa given that the earliest human skeletal remains in China are of “Negro” (or “Negritos” a psuedo-scientific term commonly used today) people. The next oldest skeletal type after the period of predominance of the African immigrants were the Classical Mongoloids or Austronesian speakers.

Black Africans of the Ancient Mediterranean

By Dr Anu Mauro

PART TWO - UP IN THE AIR

HELEN OF TROY

Which brings us to the well-known story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War. It is a legend that lies at the very core of what is commonly called Western Civilization and Culture.

People constantly speak of ‘working like Trojans’, or having vulnerable ‘Achilles heels’. Furthermore malicious programs that sneakily infect computers are compared to the Greek warriors who hid in the large wooden horse to secretly gain access to the besieged city. They are called ‘Trojan Computer Viruses.’

Cannabis drug filed for approval — BBC News

The first cannabis-based medication for MS has been filed for approval by British regulators.

GW Pharmaceuticals’ Sativex, an under-the-tongue spray, can now be given on a named-patient basis. But the company is applying to regulators across Europe for a licence to make it more widely available.

The company has been seeking a full UK licence for the spray since 2003, but regulators said they wanted to see more information before issuing one. Eighty-five thousand people in the UK have MS. It is not yet certain how many of them would benefit from Sativex.

Rastafari Reasoning

On the meaning of Rastafari:

Rasta man just lives and loves. Rasta livity is rooted in natural philosophy. That is why it is said that Rastafari is a natural one.

That is to say that there is no one accepted way in Rastafari. As long as one is natural and pure in his conception and action…he is a Rasta man.

Rastafari is a vibration one attains from deep and long meditations. In Rastafari one comes to discover the gentle footpaths of nature for oneself. It is a philosophy which arises from the conviction of your own soul based on reason and intuition.

Published on TaipeiTimes
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/11/27/2003212815

In honor of the Little Black People

The Saisiyat tribe of Hsinchu and Miaoli will perform a solemn rite this weekend to commemorate a race of people that they exterminated

By Jules Quartly
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, Nov 27, 2004,Page 16

Xiangtian Lake is one of two places to see the ritual. Drinking, singing and dancing are expected to take place deep in the mountains of Miaoli and Hsinchu when the “Ritual of the Little Black People” is performed by the Saisiyat tribe once again this weekend.

Ethiopia to recruit 600 Nigerian Profs

Tuesday, September 5, 2006

ADDIS ABABA—ETHIOPIA has asked the Nigerian government to allow it engage the services of 600 professors, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Olusegun Akinsanya has said. Akinsanya told newsmen yesterday in Addis Ababa that the Ethiopian government wanted to recruit the professors to teach in the 12 new universities established in the country.

The Lion King

Tap into the genius in you

By Smith Bam

There was once a farmer who lived in this village and also was a herder of sheep. One day, he took his sheep out to pasture, and while they were grazing, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from a patch of grass, which first sounded like a kitten. Led by his curiosity, the old shepherd went to see what was the source of this insistent sound, and to his surprise, he found a lone shivering lion cub, obviously separated from his family.