Happy Birthday, Bob Marley! Feb. 6, 1945

Bob Marley

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Birth name Nesta Robert Marley

Also known asTuff Gong

Born (1945-02-06) 6 February 1945

Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica

Died 11 May 1981 (1981-05-11) (aged 36)

Miami, Florida, U.S.

Genres Reggae, ska, rocksteady

Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician

Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, saxophone, harmonica, percussion, horn

Years active 1962–1981

Labels Studio One, Upsetter, Tuff Gong

Associated acts Bob Marley & The Wailers, Wailers Band, The Upsetters, I Threes

Website http://bobmarley.com

Nesta Robert Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981), more widely and commonly known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands The Wailers (1963-1974) and Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.[1]

Marley’s music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland, and he is considered to have given voice to the specific political and cultural nexus of Jamaica.[2] His best-known hits include “I Shot the Sheriff”, “No Woman, No Cry”, “Could You Be Loved”, “Stir It Up”, “Get Up Stand Up”, “Jamming”, “Redemption Song”, “One Love” and, “Three Little Birds”,[3] as well as the posthumous releases “Buffalo Soldier” and “Iron Lion Zion”. The compilation album Legend (1984), released three years after his death, is reggae’s best-selling album, going ten times Platinum which is also known as one Diamond in the U.S.,[4] and selling 25 million copies worldwide.[5][6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley

update wow looks like massive server overload today on the link below sorry.

Uploaded on Jul 24, 2011

Bob Marley & the Wailers 7-21-1979 Live Full Show

Announcer Intro. for Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory Speech then he Introduces Bob Marley
Positive Vibration
Slave Driver
Them Belly Full
Runnin Away
Crazy Baldhead
The Heathen
War
No More Trouble
Lively Up Yourself
No Woman No Cry
Jammin
Get Up Stand Up
Exodus

Encore Appluase:
Zimbabwe
Wake Up & Live
Band Intros by Junior Marvin
– 1st performance of these 2 new songs. also during these 2 new songs bob marley made several short speeches which was unusual for bob

Band Members
Bob Marley – rhythm guitar & vocals

The Wailers
Carlton Barrett – drums
Aston “Family Man Barrett – bass
Junior Marvin – guitar
Al Anderson – lead guitar
Tyrone Downie – keyboards
Earl “Wya”Lindo – organ & clavinet
Alvin “Seeco” Patterson – percussion

I Threes
Rita Marley – backing vocals
Judy Mowatt – backing vocals
Marcia Griffiths – backing vocals

Notes:
On July 21, 1979 Bob Marley and The Wailers, Dick Gregory, Olatunji, Eddie Palmieri, Jabula, the art of Black Dance and Patti Labelle came to Harvard Stadium in Boston for a concert to benefit the on-going struggles in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. The concert was called AMANDLA.: Festival of Unity. A benfit Concert for Relief and Humanitarian Aid to Southern Africa.

25 years later in making this video of the performance of Bob Marley and the Wailers, we celebrate the triumph of these liberation struggles of the people of Southern Africa for equality, dignity and self determination.

This videotape is dedicated in memory of Bob marley singer of songs of freedom and in memory of Kwame Olatunji who was responsible for recording this historic event

This videotape is for the private non-commercial use of the Amandla Production Collective and Haymarket Concerts

Congratulations to the People of Colorado and Washington!

Heath Robinson’s Black Rose

I am posting this up here because there is some controversy about this strain, and whether or not this is the legit strain or not.

I haven’t ever had the pleasure of smoking the Black Rose but it does look good so I won’t comment on the controversy.  From what I can gather Heath Robinson’s seeds are being sold on the Highlifeseeds site with his knowledge and approval.  I can’t guarantee it, its the internet.  Anyway for those who are interested find the Black Rose here:  http://www.highlifeseeds.com/Black-Rose.php

From the site:

Black Rose by Heath Robinson

The Big Purple one.. sticky, sweet & smelling delicious!

Genetics: Purple Black Russian x Purple Shive Skunk Variety: Sativa/Indica mix Feminised: Regular (not feminised) Grows: Greenhouse, Grows indoors, Grows outdoors Flowering Time: 9-10 Weeks Harvest Month: October THC Content: 18.07% CBD 0.53

Black Rose by Heath Robinson is an interesting variety with its genetics coming from carefully selected breeding.

In California there are many different varieties such as Purple Sativa, “the Purps” & Californian orange of course. These strain are as interesting as much for their colours as for their fruity tastes & zingy highs

Black rose belongs to the “purple family” of cannabis strains,  these plants are called purple even if they are lightly coloured e.g. light pink or light violet, contrary to the Black Rose ones which are sometimes almost black . Unlike other purple strains, temperature  does not play a role in the colour definition of the Beautiful Black Rose.

Black Rose has a healthy dose of the Shiva Skunk characteristics, genetics and growth patterns. It is easy to cultivate and finishes flowering to perfection in 9 to 10 weeks although can be harvested sooner.

Its has a very high THC for a “purp”content being around 18.07% and CBD 0.53.

Black Rose gives the smoker a energetically cerebral high, perfect for enjoying the great outdoors or for partying & clubbing with your friends, and obviously the strong purple is a welcome bonus!

Sonoma Coma – Sativa Dom Hybrid – San Jose

Sonoma Coma – Sativa Dom Hybrid – San Jose

Sonoma Coma strain review at:   https://www.stickyguide.com/dispensaries/canna-culture-collective/products/sonoma-coma

Marijuana Search Engine – Ganjadigger.com

Marijuana Search Engine – Ganjadigger.com

http://ganjadigger.com/

this is a custom search engine that searches a bunch of marijuana sites at once for your topic.  Also a forum there.

In Your Face Fascism in Oakland

>video: the people begin to react to the fascist DEA raid on Oaksterdam University, April 2, 2012.

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“Master Growers” via LA Times

THE GREEN RUSH

‘Master growers’ cultivating a higher grade of marijuana

A new breed of connoisseur is producing pot that is potent, tastes smooth and has a pleasing aroma — the kind of product now expected by ever-more discriminating consumers who frequent medical cannabis dispensaries.

 

By Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times

 

March 25, 2012

“Consumers have quickly developed a sophisticated palate,” said Andrew McBeth, publisher at the marijuana niche Green Candy Press. “Like fine wine, the marijuana must look amazing, have a distinctive bouquet and have the cachet of being a well-known and popular strain.”

Wally, in-house grower for a warehouse dispensary in Long Beach, spent years honing his skills on the underground market after realizing pot helped tamp down the tics he suffered from Tourette’s syndrome. A 36-year-old native of Santa Cruz, he first worked trimming the marijuana harvest for older hippies.

“I learned everything about growing, and I had a million questions and they were happy to share,” he said. “So many little tricks: They would run molasses in the last weeks of flowering to have sweeter buds. Or they went into caves in Santa Cruz to get bat guano and make it into a tea to put in the soil.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0325-marijuana-masters-20120325,0,3385996.story

 

Study Shows Cannabis is Effective Against HIV: Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York)

via Marijuana.com:

“A study at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan has determined that chemicals found in cannabis can “directly inhibit a type of HIV found in late-stage AIDs.” The findings, first reported in PLoS ONE, seem to indicate that marijuana not only relieves symptoms of the HIV virus, but can also prevent the virus from spreading.

HIV infects active immune cells that carry the viral receptor CD4, which makes these cells unable to fight off the infection. In order to spread, the virus requires that “resting” immune cells be activated. In advanced AIDS, HIV mutates so it can infect these resting cells, gaining entry into the cell by using a signaling receptor called CXCR4. By treating the cells with a cannabinoid agonist that triggers CB2, Dr. Costantino and the Mount Sinai team found that CB2 blocked the signaling process, and suppressed infection in resting immune cells.

http://www.marijuana.com/news/2012/03/scientists-discover-how-cannabis-can-help-relieve-contain-aids/

Cannabinoid Receptor 2-Mediated Attenuation of CXCR4-Tropic HIV Infection in Primary CD4+ T Cells

Agents that activate cannabinoid receptor pathways have been tested as treatments for cachexia, nausea or neuropathic pain in HIV-1/AIDS patients. The cannabinoid receptors (CB1R and CB2R) and the HIV-1 co-receptors, CCR5 and CXCR4, all signal via Gαi-coupled pathways. We hypothesized that drugs targeting cannabinoid receptors modulate chemokine co-receptor function and regulate HIV-1 infectivity. We found that agonism of CB2R, but not CB1R, reduced infection in primary CD4+ T cells following cell-free and cell-to-cell transmission of CXCR4-tropic virus. As this change in viral permissiveness was most pronounced in unstimulated T cells, we investigated the effect of CB2R agonism on to CXCR4-induced signaling following binding of chemokine or virus to the co-receptor. We found that CB2R agonism decreased CXCR4-activation mediated G-protein activity and MAPK phosphorylation. Furthermore, CB2R agonism altered the cytoskeletal architecture of resting CD4+ T cells by decreasing F-actin levels. Our findings suggest that CB2R activation in CD4+ T cells can inhibit actin reorganization and impair productive infection following cell-free or cell-associated viral acquisition of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 in resting cells. Therefore, the clinical use of CB2R agonists in the treatment of AIDS symptoms may also exert beneficial adjunctive antiviral effects against CXCR4-tropic viruses in late stages of HIV-1 infection.

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Cristina Maria Costantino^1,2, Achla Gupta², Alice W. Yewdall¹, Benjamin M. Dale¹, Lakshmi A. Devi^2*, Benjamin K. Chen^1*

1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, 2 Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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Agents that activate cannabinoid receptor pathways have been tested as treatments for cachexia, nausea or neuropathic pain in HIV-1/AIDS patients. The cannabinoid receptors (CB₁R and CB₂R) and the HIV-1 co-receptors, CCR5 and CXCR4, all signal via Gαi-coupled pathways. We hypothesized that drugs targeting cannabinoid receptors modulate chemokine co-receptor function and regulate HIV-1 infectivity. We found that agonism of CB₂R, but not CB₁R, reduced infection in primary CD4+ T cells following cell-free and cell-to-cell transmission of CXCR4-tropic virus. As this change in viral permissiveness was most pronounced in unstimulated T cells, we investigated the effect of CB₂R agonism on to CXCR4-induced signaling following binding of chemokine or virus to the co-receptor. We found that CB₂R agonism decreased CXCR4-activation mediated G-protein activity and MAPK phosphorylation. Furthermore, CB₂R agonism altered the cytoskeletal architecture of resting CD4+ T cells by decreasing F-actin levels. Our findings suggest that CB₂R activation in CD4+ T cells can inhibit actin reorganization and impair productive infection following cell-free or cell-associated viral acquisition of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 in resting cells. Therefore, the clinical use of CB₂R agonists in the treatment of AIDS symptoms may also exert beneficial adjunctive antiviral effects against CXCR4-tropic viruses in late stages of HIV-1 infection.

Citation: Costantino CM, Gupta A, Yewdall AW, Dale BM, Devi LA, et al. (2012) Cannabinoid Receptor 2-Mediated Attenuation of CXCR4-Tropic HIV Infection in Primary CD4+ T Cells. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33961. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033961

Editor: Yuntao Wu, George Mason University, United States of America

Received: October 12, 2011; Accepted: February 20, 2012; Published: March 20, 2012

Copyright: © 2012 Costantino et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033961

303 Seeds – Denver Colorado USA

http://www.303seeds.com/home

CURRENT SEED COLLECTION:

 BIO-DIESEL

 GRAPE ULTRA

 JET-FUEL “G6”

 RTD

 SKI TRAIN

 SHOOTING STAR

 SKI PATROL

 SNOW GODDESS

Bio-Diesel genetics:

http://www.rollitup.org/colorado-patients/514162-bio-diesel-303-seeds.html

Federal Fascists Attempt Seizure of Sacramento Medical Marijuana Dispensary

via SacBee:

“U.S. authorities filed suit Thursday seeking to seize the building of a Sacramento dispensary, charging the marijuana store violated federal laws against drug transactions near schools.

The forfeiture complaint filed over the Sacramento Holistic Healing Center – a Southside Park dispensary also known as “Grass on 10th” – marks the first formal federal seizure action against a medical marijuana outlet in the city.”

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/13/4184457/feds-target-sacramento-marijuana.html