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Sunday, September 8, 2024

The Psilocybe Project, Insomnia Festival

The Psychedelic Sangha sees great hope in magic mushrooms (psychedelicsangha.org)

Why is this room so "trippy" as we use medicinals? - Set and setting, Brother. - Oh yeah.
Are you a shaman or a spirit guide? - OK, Cybernaut. - Tell me about my life.

Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teacher of Mankind

Jennifer Chesak (grahamhancock.com)

Friday, July 19, 2024

MAPS: FDA votes on psychedelic therapy

(Science Friday) Last month, the first psychedelic therapy treatment came before the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for a vote. It entailed using MDMA, also known as ecstasy, E, or molly, to treat PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).

MDMA therapy has looked promising as a treatment for PTSD and other mental health conditions in some studies.
  • [It was thought by many in MAPS or the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) to be a slam dunk for the first approval before moving on to passing magic mushrooms, DMT, and other scientifically-validated entheogens.]
But the FDA scientific advisory panel that evaluated this treatment voted overwhelmingly against approving it.
  • [For one thing, how would Big Pharma make so much money on endless "treatments" if someone comes up with an actual "cure" for a serious ailment?]
Many of the arguments against approval had less to do with MDMA itself than with the methodology of the clinical trials done by Lykos Therapeutics, formerly the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

The FDA panel was presented with allegations of misconduct and incongruous data, including a letter by trial participant Sarah McNamee.

McNamee, who joined the trial for treatment of PTSD, is also a licensed psychotherapist and researcher of trauma and psychotherapy at McGill University in Montreal.

She joins Science Friday guest host Rachel Feltman alongside Dr. Eiko Fried, a methodologist and psychologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, to discuss the decision.

If anyone is struggling with PTSD or other mental health conditions, call 988 for the suicide and crisis lifeline.
Further research

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Denmark study: magic mushrooms work

SDU/JPost/MSN, 2/29/24); Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson, Xochitl (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Mushrooms in Dharmic religions?
The active compound in mushrooms with psychedelic properties could serve as a therapeutic tool through microdosing, according to a new study from the University of Southern Denmark.

Psilocybin has long been recognized as a classic psychedelic (entheogenic) substance that produces changes in perception, mood, and cognitive processes.
It’s a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by more than 200 species of fungi (most of them Psilocybe cubensis from Cuba), collectively called "magic mushrooms."

The Psychedelic Sangha
Interestingly, the substance is itself biologically inactive but is quickly converted by the body to psilocin, which has mind-altering effects similar to those of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline (peyote cactus), and dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

These mind-blowing effects include visual and mental visions (hallucinations), euphoria, changes in perception, a distorted sense of time, and spiritual or perceived-spiritual experiences.

It can also cause unpleasant reactions, such as nausea (purging) or panic (freaking out).

  • What can be said of Mona Lisa? Depressed, anxious, sad, emotional, unhappy, introverted, lonely, cartoonish, mental, healthy, stressed, mentally disordered, diseased, fearful, moody, psycho, sorrowful, tired, frustrated. If only she had looked down, she might have seen something to pick her up.
Are you a seeker, in search of the real?
In such therapeutic treatment, the patient ingests psilocybin after undergoing therapeutic preparation (mindful of "set and setting") and undergoes a psychedelic experience in a supportive environment with a trained therapist (sitter, minder, guide).

The treatment is performed in a series of therapy sessions.

Foraging and enjoying wild mushrooms? Too dangerous. Don't do it without a human guide and a way to check what the human guide says, like a good book with color photographs. Why? "There are old mushroom pickers, and there are bold mushroom pickers, but there are no old-bold mushroom pickers. What are the signs of a poisonous mushrooms? Mycology is a very broad subject. Get them from the store or buy an inoculated bag to grow them at home.

Experiments are already being conducted with patients at Danish medical centers, including Bispebjerg Hospital and Rigshospitalet.
  • Related video: Demand for therapy involving magic mushrooms growing in Canada (cbc.ca) ready to harvest
  • Using ‘magic mushrooms’ as a mental health treatment; 9 Investigates the risks of this new trend (WFTV Orlando)
  • Psychedelic mushrooms have the potential to help Americans overcome numerous ailments: Ashley Troxell (FOX News)
  • Illinois lawmakers work to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms (FOX 32 Chicago)
The importance of 'microdosing'
A little dab'll do ya: a miniscule dose works.
The study has just been published in the prestigious science journal Nature – Molecular Psychiatry under the title:

Repeated low doses of psilocybin increase resilience to stress, lower compulsive actions, and strengthen cortical connections to the paraventricular thalamic nucleus in rats.”

It was headed by Prof. Mikael Palner and doctoral student Kat Kiilerich from the research unit for clinical physiology and nuclear medicine at the University of Southern Denmark.

Their focus was on repeated low doses of psilocybin that are much lower than the doses typically used in therapeutic settings.

The Silicon Valley likes to push the envelope. 
(This is known as "microdosing," which is a phenomenon popularized by entrepreneurs [who have read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and are chasing a substance known in the dystopian novel as "soma"] in areas like the Silicon Valley, California).

Microdosing has spread through stories and anecdotes on the Internet as a form of self-medication for various challenges, explained Prof. Palner, a coauthor of the study.

When tested on animals, repeated low doses were tolerated well and did not present signs of reduced pleasure (anhedonia, a symptom of depression when nothing seems fun anymore like it used), anxiety, or altered locomotor activity.

[That means someone is not high yet is benefiting from tiny amounts of the entheogenic substance ingested.]

Would you rather be ill or a misfit seeker?
Notably, repeated low doses of psilocybin increased the rats’ resilience to stress, and [rats in a cage] displayed fewer compulsive behaviors.

The scientists also noted an increase in the number of connections [neuronal branches] to the thalamus region of the brain, which serves as a kind of filter for our decisions and concerns.

The team suggested that the change in connectivity to the thalamus may contribute to our enhanced resilience to stress factors and could explain why so many people report positive effects on their well-being from small doses of psychedelic mushrooms.


Supernatural: Ancient Teachers (G. Hancock)
Through the new study, the researchers have established a valid method that can be utilized for further research into the effects of repeated low doses of psilocybin.

It paves the way for additional research and potentially entirely new approaches to treating various mental disorders.

The increased anxiety and stress in society currently have placed a strong focus on microdosing, leading to a surge in the trade of mushrooms.

Countries such as the USA, Netherlands, Australia, and Canada have either legalized or are in the process of legalizing psilocybin for therapeutic treatment.

This is according to Prof. Palner, who became interested in researching psychedelic substances and psilocybin when he lived in California's Silicon Valley 11 years ago and witnessed the surge of self-improvement practices that garnered significant media attention and prompted more people to experiment with microdosing.

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

USA explained in 15 hilarious maps (video)


These 15 maps hilariously explain the United States of America
(Nick Johnson) Feb. 22, 2022. These maps show why our portion of North America is failing, but they're totally funny. Maps, they’re very good at helping to understand a place, aren’t they? We can look at a map of the United States, but it isn’t really helpful in understanding what it’s really like in each state.

Maps can help us think, What if?
So we’re gonna look at a bunch of different maps so we can really understand what the U.S. is like. These are maps that hilariously explain it with additional insights.

One map shows where there are more bars than grocery stores in the U.S., depending on where one lives. The red dots are areas where there’s more bars than grocery outlets. Another map shows where all the different races in America are located (ghettoized). There’s a map that shows where the highest paid public employees in each state are hiding. Almost every single one is a football or basketball coach at a big college. Here’s a map that shows the fattest countries in the world. There’s an interactive map that shows how fast Walmart grew beginning in 1962.

Okay, so we’re the most overweight nation on earth. We’re also number one in prisons per capita. The orange color is where half the county’s wealth is, and the blue is the other half. Half the country’s wealth is in those few little orange areas. This map shows how big Alaska actually is.

This shows us which countries have the most soldiers stationed in other countries. Guess which country gives new moms no paid leave? The USA. Here’s a U.S. map that shows where no one lives. Here’s a look at the happiest states in the country. Here’s where all the McDonalds are clogging arteries in the U.S.

This is basically a look at what each state is interested in by looking at their popular search terms. Here’s the most recognizable brand in each state. Okay so... here’s all the countries that still have a death penalty. This map shows where there are more single people based on gender. Here we can see the amount of snow it takes to cancel school by county. Here’s a map of every tornado in the last 50 years. #unitedstates #politics

Monday, June 29, 2020

NPR: Psychedelic Plant Medicine (audio)

Terry Gross, Fresh Air (NPR); Pat Macpherson, Ananda, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Good Chemistry (Dr. Julie Holland, MD)
Dr. Julie Holland, author of the new book Good Chemistry, says that when antidepressants don't work, psychedelic plant medicines (entheogens) can be used in conjunction with talk therapy to help work through traumas.

People treated with synthetic chemical antidepressants for years are never cured. These profitable pharmaceuticals are not "cures" and make no such promise. After years some patients hit a wall, a point when such treatment no longer even eases symptoms.

Dr. Holland, a psychiatrist, says that's where entheogenic substances -- often called "psychedelic drugs" as if they were recreational highs -- could help.

Dr. Holland was in charge of the psychiatric emergency room at Bellevue Hospital on weekends from 1996 to 2005. She currently has a private psychotherapy practice in Manhattan, NY.

She's also a medical monitor in research by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS, maps.org), which involves, in part, developing psychedelics into prescription medications.
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I prefer good meditation.
Her new book, Good Chemistry, explores how she thinks psychedelic drugs, including LSD (acid), psilocybin (magic mushrooms), MDMA (ecstasy) and cannabis (high CBD marijuana), might be used more widely in psychiatry to make treatment more efficient and effective.

"There are certain plant medicines in particular — things like psilocybin or ayahuasca — that really help people not only explore their personal trauma," she says, but also "this feeling of unity and connection. People really come away from these experiences having a new perspective."

Some Buddhists see value in entheogen use.
Dr. Holland acknowledges that the use of psychedelic drugs (entheogens) in psychiatry is controversial — but she says the practice is slowly gaining acceptance.

"Good psychotherapy takes years and there are a lot of fits and starts," she says, "and people run away when things get too heavy. But it's changing more and more.... The data is so compelling that in my opinion, people in my profession have no excuse for not knowing what's going on." More

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Psychedlic medicine heals emotional injuries

Xochitl, Pat Macpherson, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; KPCC Health Care Correspondent Stephanie O'Neill (SCPR.orgURBAN SHAMANISM
Altar of the Buddha in Indonesia. Theravada style, flooded in green light. The statue looks similar to one in #Borobudur temple holding Dharmachakra mudra (teaching gesture). It differs from complicated and colorful altars of Mahayana and Tantrayana (Vajrayana) Buddhism because the Buddha is not a god but inspiration for our human potential. It consists of a brass periphery for incense and candles, flowers, oil lamps, water bowls, and sacred cremation relics. May 15, 2014 prior azimuth of Moon on Vesak (Dragono Halim/flickr).
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Psychedelic Therapy
Psilocyben can treat cancer, anxiety
Research into the therapeutic potential of illegal "psychedelic" drugs to treat an assortment of mainstream mental health conditions is undergoing a modern-day renaissance.

A host of published studies in the field is showing promise for psychedelics, such as psilocybin -- the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms" -- to help treat alcoholism, depression, drug addiction, and severe anxiety caused by serious or terminal illness.

Other studies are finding that MDMA, also known as the party-drug "Ecstasy," may be valuable in treating PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

"These drugs...were researched extensively in the 1950s and the 1960s, through the early '70s," says Dr. George Greer, medical director for the nonprofit Heffter Research Institute, which raises donations for psilocybin studies worldwide. "There were hundreds of studies that were very promising."

But the psychedelic '60s changed all that.

LSD and other hallucinogens, once confined to the lab, exploded into mainstream culture after the pied-piper of psychedelics, Timothy Leary, urged a generation to try LSD and other hallucinogens as a way to "turn on, tune in, drop out." Many followed his advice, some with bad results. And that triggered a backlash that led the federal government to criminalize psychedelic drugs in 1970.

A year later, U.S. President Nixon launched the "War on Drugs" [made famous by right wing sweethearts Pres. Ronald and First Lady Nancy Reagan].

Those measures helped to create a stigma that brought an end to the early phase of psychedelic research, says Rick Doblin, founder the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

Psychedelic Therapy
Psilocybin treats alcoholism
"There is this tendency when drugs become criminalized for their non-medical use, their medical use then subsequently also becomes suppressed," says Doblin.

But since early 2000, a new willingness to look again at these drugs has shifted the research landscape. And thanks to the fundraising efforts of MAPS and the Heffter Research Institute, modern-day psychedelics studies are now happening at top academic research facilities, including Johns Hopkins University, New York University, the University of New Mexico, and UCLA.

"These agents have very broad applicability within psychiatry and can be used for mood disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders," says Dr. Stephen Ross, a psychiatrist and psychedelics researcher at NYU School of Medicine. "They can be used for so many things that our treatment have not improved in recent years."

But the drugs are powerful and must be used with caution, especially since it's believed they can exacerbate serious mental conditions, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. However, used in a supervised setting with trained therapists, these drugs have the potential to offer properly-screened patients much-needed new treatment options.

Pills of drug confiscated by the police.
Psychedelic Science: E for PTSD
"We are not at all referencing our work to the recreational drug-use world, which is rife with potential risks," says Dr. Charles Grob, director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and a pioneer in modern-day psychedelics research. "We are talking about developing a new model...to be used within medicine and psychiatry."

Grob says psychedelics offer a rather unusual paradigm in which many patients are reporting relief with as few as one or two supervised applications of the drugs, used in conjunction with limited psychotherapy.

"This is very different than conventional drug treatment, which, more often than not, administers a drug on a daily basis for weeks, months and even years," Grob says.

And research into these drugs is a bit less conventional as well. Because the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) classifies these illegal drugs as "Schedule One" substances -- considered risky with "no currently accepted medical use" -- scientists must adhere to strict protocols when researching them. Those include rules on how the drugs are used, handled, and stored.

But a greater challenge remains financing. So far, the government has yet to fund research into psychedelics. That leaves private donations as the sole source of funding.

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Scientists in this field say they believe as more evidence into the varied uses for these drugs is collected and published the government will be more likely to grant research funding requests.

And as more time passes, Grob says, the stigma brought on by the excesses of 1960s counterculture will further fade.

"The '60s are long over. As the Moody Blues used to sing, 'Timothy Leary is dead'…and many of those with whom he fought have also exited," Grob says, "It's a new world and there is a greater need than ever for more effective treatment models for individuals for whom our conventional treatment models are often sorely lacking." LISTEN

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Wisdom Quarterly makes Daily Top 1000 sites

4 Imponderables, Powers of a Buddha, 4 Kinds of Intrepidity
world map

Worldwide distribution of Wisdom Quarterly visitors as of Sept. 2011 (ClustrMaps.com)

ClustrMaps (see bottom of page) has a "Daily Top 1000" websites based on daily averages of unique visitors. We have been notified that worldwide we are the 734th most visited website measured by them. Now this is odd because ClustrMaps regularly under counts our daily count compared to Blogspot's own internal count by at least 50 percent. We are regularly amazed that Netizens visit Wisdom Quarterly from far outside the US, with non-US visitors sometimes exceeding American hits. It is magnificent to share the Dharma and transformational information. We share any merit accruing to us with our readers. Tell a friend.


Four Imponderables
Wisdom Quarterly translation (AN 4.77)
"There are these Four Imponderables that should not be pondered because to do so would cause one to become vexed and mentally unhinged.
  1. The range of [influence of] a buddha is imponderable and should not be pondered because to do so would cause one to become vexed and mentally unhinged.
  2. The range of jhana of a person immersed in meditative-absorption [the powers one is able to obtain by way of the absorptions]...
  3. The [mysterious] working out of karma...
  4. A first cause or origin of the world...
"These are the Four Imponderables that should not be pondered because to do so would cause one to become vexed and mentally unhinged."
  • *NOTE: Presumably the range of powers a buddha develops as a result of becoming a supremely enlightened (samma sam) buddha -- such as the Ten Powers of a Tathagatha (a term the Buddha used to refer to himself and others in the past like him).
The Buddha teaches the fourfold assembly of female/male followers and nuns/monks in India.

Ten Powers of a Tathagata
Nanamoli Thero & Bhikkhu Bodhi translation (DN 12)
1. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Vesali in the grove outside the city to the west.... 9. "Sariputta, the Tathagata has these ten Tathagata's powers, possessing which he claims the herd-leader's place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahma.[5] What are the ten?

10. (1) "Here, the Tathagata understands as it actually is the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible.[6] And that [70] is a Tathagata's power that the Tathagata has, by virtue of which he claims the herd-leader's place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahma.

11. (2) "Again, the Tathagata understands as it actually is the results of actions undertaken, past, future and present, with possibilities and with causes. That too is a Tathagata's power...[7]

12. (3) "Again, the Tathagata understands as it actually is the ways leading to all [rebirth] destinations [duet to the working out of karma]. That too is a Tathagata's power...[8]

13. (4) "Again, the Tathagata understands as it actually is the world with its many and different elements. That too is a Tathagata's power...[9]

14. (5) "Again, the Tathagata understands as it actually is how beings have different inclinations. That too is a Tathagata's power...[10]

15. (6) "Again, the Tathagata understands as it actually is the disposition of the faculties of other beings, other persons. That too is a Tathagata's power...[11]

16. (7) "Again, the Tathagata understands as it actually is the defilement, the cleansing and the emergence in regard to the jhanas, liberations, concentrations, and attainments. That too is a Tathagata's power...[12]...

Sir Lankan monoliths in the Afghan style of ancient Northwest India (Itchypaws/Flickr)

The Four Kinds of Intrepidity
22. "Sariputta, the Tathagata has these four kinds of intrepidity, possessing which he claims the herd-leader's place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahma [that is, the Supreme Wheel of Dharma]. What are the four?

23. "Here, I see no ground on which any recluse or brahm[i]n or god [deva] or Mara or Brahma or anyone at all in the world could, in accordance with the Dhamma, accuse me thus: 'While you claim full enlightenment, you are not fully enlightened in regard to certain things.' [72] And seeing no ground for that, I abide in safety, fearlessness, and intrepidity.

24. "I see no ground on which any recluse... or anyone at all could accuse me thus: 'While you claim to have destroyed the taints, these taints are undestroyed by you.' And seeing no ground for that, I abide in safety, fearlessness, and intrepidity.

25. "I see no ground on which any recluse... or anyone at all could accuse me thus: 'Those things called obstructions by you are not able to obstruct one who engages in them.' And seeing no ground for that, I abide in safety, fearlessness, and intrepidity.

26. "I see no ground on which any recluse... or anyone at all could accuse me thus: 'When you teach the Dhamma to someone, it does not lead him when he practices it to the complete destruction of suffering.' And seeing no ground for that, I abide in safety, fearlessness, and intrepidity.

27. "A Tathagata has these four kinds of intrepidity, possessing which he claims the herd-leader's place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahma.[14]

28. "Sariputta, when I know and see thus, should anyone say of me... he will [as a result of the this very heavy negative karma] wind up in hell[s]....

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Wisdom Quarterly map of visitors (Archive 1)


This map will be archived on approximately 29 Sep 2009 [explain]. It shows 83,621[?] visits from 29 Sep 2008 to 27 Sep 2009. Statistics updated 28 Sep 2009 at 09:19GMT. Count is updated every 24 hours, but map updates are deliberately different, as explained in Notes and FAQ.Previous 24hrs: 866.

Explanation: Maps get archived at regular intervals (weekly, monthly, or yearly), as described in our explanatory timeline. By default, archives happens yearly, but are sometimes delayed. Naturally, people always like to have ever more dots, but the regular archive is the only way we can avoid having the maps turn into a giant red smear and continue delivering a scalable service.

If it helps to explain things to readers, copy and paste the archive map referred to above, and add that in to the appropriate page near your current active ClustrMaps thumbnail map with a suitable commentary (e.g., "Last year's totals"). Note that for users of the free ClustrMaps service, only the thumbnail maps, NOT the large detail maps, are saved in the archive! This news does not do you much good after the fact. But we're trying to make it more obvious in advance in other places throughout the site, and as of October 2007 we have added advance warning emails to let you know when this is about to happen so you can save a snapshot of your older map.

When you are warned in advance, the predicted date of the archive is only approximate because there can be small delays when a heavy archiving load is incurred. Finally, note that even when a map archive has just taken place, the existing map will stay displayed until the NEXT map update. This helps to avoid displaying a totally empty map until there are fresh dots to show!

TOTAL: 314,100
Current Country Totals (from 29 Sep 2008 to 27 Sep 2009)
United States (US) 41,493
United Kingdom (GB) 6,073
India (IN) 4,747
Canada (CA) 4,741
Australia (AU) 2,215
Germany (DE) 1,795
Netherlands (NL) 1,140
Singapore (SG) 1,112
Thailand (TH) 1,075
France (FR) 968
Malaysia (MY) 927
Italy (IT) 783
Brazil (BR) 780
Indonesia (ID) 726
Sweden (SE) 637
Mexico (MX) 612
Sri Lanka (LK) 533
Philippines (PH) 529
Spain (ES) 514
Poland (PL) 486
Norway (NO) 463
Belgium (BE) 437
Pakistan (PK) 426
Japan (JP) 377
Saudi Arabia (SA) 374
Switzerland (CH) 359
Denmark (DK) 350
Romania (RO) 328
New Zealand (NZ) 312
Greece (GR) 307
United Arab Emirates (AE) 304
Finland (FI) 299
Turkey (TR) 283
Hungary (HU) 280
Hong Kong (HK) 277
South Africa (ZA) 266
Ireland (IE) 263
Portugal (PT) 253
Vietnam (VN) 250
Argentina (AR) 243
Korea, Republic of (KR) 240
Austria (AT) 221
Czech Republic (CZ) 220
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) 204
Russian Federation (RU) 199
Israel (IL) 195
Taiwan (TW) 195
Dominican Republic (DO) 184
Europe (EU) 183
Bulgaria (BG) 161
Colombia (CO) 154
Chile (CL) 140
Croatia (HR) 130
Serbia (RS) 117
China (CN) 115
Slovakia (SK) 109
Egypt (EG) 109
Nepal (NP) 108
Slovenia (SI) 107
Peru (PE) 103
Qatar (QA) 101
Bhutan (BT) 101
Ukraine (UA) 99
Lithuania (LT) 98
Puerto Rico (PR) 96
Bangladesh (BD) 88
Kuwait (KW) 87
Latvia (LV) 80
Venezuela (VE) 75
Estonia (EE) 71
Costa Rica (CR) 49
Asia/Pacific Region (AP) 48
Trinidad and Tobago (TT) 47
Iceland (IS) 43
Morocco (MA) 43
Bahrain (BH) 39
Cambodia (KH) 38
Panama (PA) 34
Macedonia (MK) 33
Mauritius (MU) 31
Malta (MT) 30
Palestinian Territory (PS) 29
Cyprus (CY) 27
Mongolia (MN) 27
Georgia (GE) 26
Tunisia (TN) 26
Guatemala (GT) 26
Algeria (DZ) 26
Jordan (JO) 25
Jamaica (JM) 25
Brunei Darussalam (BN) 25
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) 22
El Salvador (SV) 22
Guam (GU) 21
Nigeria (NG) 21
Lebanon (LB) 20
Ecuador (EC) 18
Oman (OM) 17
Maldives (MV) 16
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA) 16
Uruguay (UY) 16
Kenya (KE) 15
Luxembourg (LU) 15
Albania (AL) 14
Senegal (SN) 12
Paraguay (PY) 12
Bahamas (BS) 11
Fiji (FJ) 11
Bolivia (BO) 10
Macau (MO) 10
Moldova, Republic of (MD) 10
Myanmar (MM) 10
Honduras (HN) 10
Iraq (IQ) 9
Barbados (BB) 9
Netherlands Antilles (AN) 9
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY) 7
Kazakstan (KZ) 7
Belize (BZ) 7
Yemen (YE) 7
Sudan (SD) 7
Saint Lucia (LC) 6
Belarus (BY) 6
Tanzania, United Republic of (TZ) 6
Armenia (AM) 6
Greenland (GL) 5
Grenada (GD) 5
Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 5
Jersey (JE) 5
Montenegro (ME) 5
New Caledonia (NC) 5
Monaco (MC) 4
Faroe Islands (FO) 4
Cayman Islands (KY) 4
Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI) 4
Reunion (RE) 4
Aruba (AW) 4
Cameroon (CM) 4
Bermuda (BM) 4
Namibia (NA) 4
Ghana (GH) 3
Gibraltar (GI) 3
Martinique (MQ) 3
Uzbekistan (UZ) 3
Mozambique (MZ) 3
Swaziland (SZ) 3
Botswana (BW) 3
French Guiana (GF) 2
Angola (AO) 2
Isle of Man (IM) 2
Guyana (GY) 2
Rwanda (RW) 2
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) 2
Syrian Arab Republic (SY) 2
Afghanistan (AF) 2
Guadeloupe (GP) 2
Dominica (DM) 2
Lesotho (LS) 2
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (CD) 1
Zimbabwe (ZW) 1
Zambia (ZM) 1
Samoa (WS) 1
Solomon Islands (SB) 1
Papua New Guinea (PG) 1
Seychelles (SC) 1
Djibouti (DJ) 1
Antigua and Barbuda (AG) 1
Montserrat (MS) 1
San Marino (SM) 1
Haiti (HT) 1
Andorra (AD) 1
Turks and Caicos Islands (TC) 1
Virgin Islands, British (VG) 1
Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC) 1
Guinea (GN) 1
Suriname (SR) 1
Liechtenstein (LI) 1
Azerbaijan (AZ) 1
Burkina Faso (BF) 1
Mali (ML) 1
Uganda (UG) 1

Sunday, September 28, 2008