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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from eating the mushroom are extremely rare. After parboilingwhich removes the mushroom's psychoactive substancesit is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia, such as the Middle East, India, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the fly agaric was the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature.[1] The Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Marco Allegro also proposed that early Christianity sprang from cultic use of the fly agaric in Second Temple Judaism, and that the mushroom itself was used by the Essenes as an allegory for Jesus Christ.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies, with differing cap colour have been recognised to date, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolata, guessowii, and formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades which may represent separate species.
Although generally considered poisonous, deaths are extremely rare, and it has been consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling in plentiful water. However, Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia; however, such traditions are far less well-documented. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed the fly agaric was in fact the Soma talked about in the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; although this theory has been refuted by anthropologists, it gained common credence when first published in 1968.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, there are few documented human deaths from its consumption, and after having been parboiled it is eaten as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia, but such traditions are far less well documented. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the fly agaric was the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literaturę.
A beautiful, warm October day ... just perfect for a bit of autumn colour and fungi at Sheffield Park Garden near Uckfield, East Sussex.
From Wikipedia -
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.
Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from eating the mushroom are extremely rare. After parboiling - which removes the mushroom's psychoactive substances - it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia, such as the Middle East, India, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the Fly Agaric was the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature. The Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Marco Allegro also proposed that early Christianity sprang from cultic use of the Fly Agaric in Second Temple Judaism, and that the mushroom itself was used by the Essenes as an allegory for Jesus Christ.
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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies, with differing cap colour have been recognised to date, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolata, guessowii, and formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades which may represent separate species.
Although generally considered poisonous, deaths are extremely rare, and it has been consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling in plentiful water. However, Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia; however, such traditions are far less well-documented. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed the fly agaric was in fact the Soma talked about in the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; although this theory has been refuted by anthropologists, it gained common credence when first published in 1968.
The common name in English is thought to have been derived from its European use as an insecticide, when sprinkled in milk. The fly-killing agent is now known to be ibotenic acid. An alternative derivation proposes that the term fly- refers not to insects as such but rather the delirium resulting from consumption of the fungus. This is based on the medieval belief that flies could enter a person's head and cause mental illness.
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A beautiful, warm October day ... just perfect for a bit of autumn colour and fungi at Sheffield Park Garden near Uckfield, East Sussex.
From Wikipedia -
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.
Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from eating the mushroom are extremely rare. After parboiling - which removes the mushroom's psychoactive substances - it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia, such as the Middle East, India, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the Fly Agaric was the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature. The Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Marco Allegro also proposed that early Christianity sprang from cultic use of the Fly Agaric in Second Temple Judaism, and that the mushroom itself was used by the Essenes as an allegory for Jesus Christ.
A stabbing incident occurred in the Dripping Springs Apartments Thursday evening at 5:40 pm. The exact address is 1208 Dripping Spring Road in front of Apartment J.
According to residents of the apartment complex, a party began during the mid-morning hours and continued with a varying number of participants coming and going from a center apartment.
One of the attendees stated that the party was generally peaceful with entertaining music and laid back party goers until things went haywire at the end.
One person with familiarity of the party and its tragic, abrupt end said,
"We were all having a good time, listening to music ... very chill. Then, the next thing I know there is a man stabbed lying on my sidewalk bleeding."
Following a 911 call concerning the incident, Officer Kelly Hubbard of the Cullman Police Department (CPD) arrived on scene first.
Multiple officers from CPD along with emergency responders from Cullman Fire Rescue and Cullman Emergency Medical Services arrived soon thereafter.
The male stabbing victim was treated at the scene by medical technicians from Cullman EMS. They stabilized the patient so he could be transported to a waiting Air Evac Lifeteam medical helicopter which was staged nearby.
Air Evac then delivered the victim to Huntsville Hospital with what are believed to life-threatening injuries.
One resident of Dripping Springs Apartments was certain the male victim had been 'stabbed multiple times with blood everywhere'.
In the meantime, the alleged knife assailant fled the crime scene on foot. A neighbor who saw the man leave the scene assisted investigators with CPD in identifying the whereabouts of the fleeing man.
CPD quickly took the suspect into custody. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
After the medical situation cleared, Lieutenant Jody Martin and Sergeant Adam Clark led a forensic investigation of the crime scene.
The exact medical status of the victim is currently unknown, but he is believed to be undergoing surgery at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Gene Bates of the Cullman Police Department indicates that the alleged knife assailant was:
ROGER DALE HINES (57) of Cullman
Hines been arrested and will charged with:
• Assault - 2nd Degree
Those charges could be upgraded based upon the outcome of the victims medical status.
Hines was taken to the Cullman County Detention Center for booking. There is not information on bond availability and amounts at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Bates stated that significant levels of alcohol intoxication may have been a causal factor in the incident. The veracity of witnesses reports of the altercation may be impaired by similar effects of intoxicants. Bates confirmed that the investigation is active and ongoing believing that their police work will continue into at least tomorrow morning.
Residents of the Dripping Springs Apartments were in varying emotional states following the incident. Several residents communicated that this altercation is not reflective of the overall housing complexes day-to-day mood and behavior.
For the full story with images and interview, please see: cullmantoday.com/2017/01/13/dripping-springs-apartment-st...
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric (play /ˈæɡərɪk/) or fly Amanita (play /ˌæməˈnaɪtə/), is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies, with differing cap colour, have been recognised to date, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, and formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades which may represent separate species.
Although generally considered poisonous, deaths are extremely rare, and it is consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia; however, such traditions are far less well-documented. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed the fly agaric was in fact the Soma talked about in the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature.[1
A stabbing incident occurred in the Dripping Springs Apartments Thursday evening at 5:40 pm. The exact address is 1208 Dripping Spring Road in front of Apartment J.
According to residents of the apartment complex, a party began during the mid-morning hours and continued with a varying number of participants coming and going from a center apartment.
One of the attendees stated that the party was generally peaceful with entertaining music and laid back party goers until things went haywire at the end.
One person with familiarity of the party and its tragic, abrupt end said,
"We were all having a good time, listening to music ... very chill. Then, the next thing I know there is a man stabbed lying on my sidewalk bleeding."
Following a 911 call concerning the incident, Officer Kelly Hubbard of the Cullman Police Department (CPD) arrived on scene first.
Multiple officers from CPD along with emergency responders from Cullman Fire Rescue and Cullman Emergency Medical Services arrived soon thereafter.
The male stabbing victim was treated at the scene by medical technicians from Cullman EMS. They stabilized the patient so he could be transported to a waiting Air Evac Lifeteam medical helicopter which was staged nearby.
Air Evac then delivered the victim to Huntsville Hospital with what are believed to life-threatening injuries.
One resident of Dripping Springs Apartments was certain the male victim had been 'stabbed multiple times with blood everywhere'.
In the meantime, the alleged knife assailant fled the crime scene on foot. A neighbor who saw the man leave the scene assisted investigators with CPD in identifying the whereabouts of the fleeing man.
CPD quickly took the suspect into custody. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
After the medical situation cleared, Lieutenant Jody Martin and Sergeant Adam Clark led a forensic investigation of the crime scene.
The exact medical status of the victim is currently unknown, but he is believed to be undergoing surgery at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Gene Bates of the Cullman Police Department indicates that the alleged knife assailant was:
ROGER DALE HINES (57) of Cullman
Hines been arrested and will charged with:
• Assault - 2nd Degree
Those charges could be upgraded based upon the outcome of the victims medical status.
Hines was taken to the Cullman County Detention Center for booking. There is not information on bond availability and amounts at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Bates stated that significant levels of alcohol intoxication may have been a causal factor in the incident. The veracity of witnesses reports of the altercation may be impaired by similar effects of intoxicants. Bates confirmed that the investigation is active and ongoing believing that their police work will continue into at least tomorrow morning.
Residents of the Dripping Springs Apartments were in varying emotional states following the incident. Several residents communicated that this altercation is not reflective of the overall housing complexes day-to-day mood and behavior.
For the full story with images and interview, please see: cullmantoday.com/2017/01/13/dripping-springs-apartment-st...
A stabbing incident occurred in the Dripping Springs Apartments Thursday evening at 5:40 pm. The exact address is 1208 Dripping Spring Road in front of Apartment J.
According to residents of the apartment complex, a party began during the mid-morning hours and continued with a varying number of participants coming and going from a center apartment.
One of the attendees stated that the party was generally peaceful with entertaining music and laid back party goers until things went haywire at the end.
One person with familiarity of the party and its tragic, abrupt end said,
"We were all having a good time, listening to music ... very chill. Then, the next thing I know there is a man stabbed lying on my sidewalk bleeding."
Following a 911 call concerning the incident, Officer Kelly Hubbard of the Cullman Police Department (CPD) arrived on scene first.
Multiple officers from CPD along with emergency responders from Cullman Fire Rescue and Cullman Emergency Medical Services arrived soon thereafter.
The male stabbing victim was treated at the scene by medical technicians from Cullman EMS. They stabilized the patient so he could be transported to a waiting Air Evac Lifeteam medical helicopter which was staged nearby.
Air Evac then delivered the victim to Huntsville Hospital with what are believed to life-threatening injuries.
One resident of Dripping Springs Apartments was certain the male victim had been 'stabbed multiple times with blood everywhere'.
In the meantime, the alleged knife assailant fled the crime scene on foot. A neighbor who saw the man leave the scene assisted investigators with CPD in identifying the whereabouts of the fleeing man.
CPD quickly took the suspect into custody. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
After the medical situation cleared, Lieutenant Jody Martin and Sergeant Adam Clark led a forensic investigation of the crime scene.
The exact medical status of the victim is currently unknown, but he is believed to be undergoing surgery at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Gene Bates of the Cullman Police Department indicates that the alleged knife assailant was:
ROGER DALE HINES (57) of Cullman
Hines been arrested and will charged with:
• Assault - 2nd Degree
Those charges could be upgraded based upon the outcome of the victims medical status.
Hines was taken to the Cullman County Detention Center for booking. There is not information on bond availability and amounts at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Bates stated that significant levels of alcohol intoxication may have been a causal factor in the incident. The veracity of witnesses reports of the altercation may be impaired by similar effects of intoxicants. Bates confirmed that the investigation is active and ongoing believing that their police work will continue into at least tomorrow morning.
Residents of the Dripping Springs Apartments were in varying emotional states following the incident. Several residents communicated that this altercation is not reflective of the overall housing complexes day-to-day mood and behavior.
For the full story with images and interview, please see: cullmantoday.com/2017/01/13/dripping-springs-apartment-st...
Gluttony: over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or intoxicants to the point of waste.
2.5 sec at f/5.6, 105 mm, ISO100, 0 EV, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
(Friends camera as the gremlins has misplaced the SD card for my camera...)
I is for Irresponsibly Inhaling Incandescent Intoxicants
ODC
and yeah the little bit of food smudge was blatantly intentional
via islam is my life ift.tt/1fdzlZk
Gradually the Muslims who remained in Riyadh sinistral the port and cosmopolitan to City to join their honey Oracle, and amongst them was a emotional miss titled ‘A’isha, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Shortly after inward in Metropolis, ‘A’isha, who was now cardinal eld old, as joined to the Vaticinator Muhammad (security and blessings of God be upon him), who was now fifty-four period old. It was at this quantity that she remaining her ancestry’s unit and joined that the Seer Muhammad (quietude and blessings of God be upon him).
‘A’isha subsequent reported that the Diviner Muhammad (tranquility and blessings of God be upon him) had told her that Jibril came to him and showed him a ikon of her on a helping of conservationist textile and said, “She is your mate in this earth and in the next man.” Active her nuptials, she cognate that presently before she was to lose her parents’ shelter, she slipped out into the yard to recreation with a someone. “I was performing on a plaything and my lengthened running material became rumpled,” she said. “They came and took me from my endeavor and prefab me intelligent.” They clad her in a ceremony coiffe, “For redemptive and for spirit, may all be cured.” Then, in the proximity of the grinning Diviner (quietude and blessings of God be upon him) a dish of concentrate was brought. The Oracle drank from it himself and then offered it to ‘A’isha. She shyly declined it, but when he insisted she intake as source and then offered the concavity to her missy Asma’ who was move beside her. The others who were mouth also drank from it, and that was all there was to the somebody and solemn happening of their nuptials.
Her marriage to the Seer (pacification and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not difference ‘A’isha’s devilish slipway, and her poet friends continuing to regularly locomote to see her in her own position. “I would be playacting with my dolls,” she erstwhile said, ‘with the girls who were my friends, and the Seer (peacefulness and blessings of God be upon him) would proceed in and they would misadventure out of the house and he would go out after them and alter them back, for he was amused for my intoxicant to get them there.” Sometimes he would say, “Fiat, where you are,” before they had abstraction to parting, and would also tie in their games.
“One day,” ‘A’isha said, “the Prophet (tranquility and blessings of God be upon him) came in when I was activity with my dolls and said, “‘A’isha, whatever occupation is this?’ ‘It is Solomon’s horses,’ I replied, and he laughed.” On added function, during the life of the Id al Adha, two puppylike girls were with ‘A’isha in her position, singing a song some the famous struggle of Bu’ath and scrap a tambourine in clip. “The Messenger of Allah (serenity and blessings of God be upon him) came in,” said ‘A’isha, ‘and lay drink with his encounter upset departed. Then Abu Bakr came, and scolded me, language, ‘What is this philharmonic instrument of Genie doing in the domiciliate of the Messenger of God?’ The Courier of Allah overturned towards him and said, ‘Pass them lonely, for these are the days of the ‘Id.’”
After a patch, ‘A’isha asked the girls to reach, and the Seer asked ‘A’isha whether she would similar to watch the Abyssinians who were gift a battle display with their weapons in the masjid and she said yes. “By Allah,” said ‘A’isha, “I retrieve the Courier of Allah (peacefulness and blessings of God be upon him) unfelled at the entryway of my gathering, display me with his disguise, so that I could see the sport of the Abyssinians as they played with their spears in the masjid of the Traveller of Allah (serenity and blessings of Allah be upon him). He kept still for my inebriant until I had sufficiency and then I went hind in, so you can shaft imagine how a teen fille enjoyed watching this pass.”
Many might somebody viewed the ritual of Muhammad and ‘A’isha as an extraordinary matrimony, but then the two partners were special group. The Prophet Muhammad (pacification and blessings of Allah be upon him) was the sunset of the Prophets and the first of commencement; and ‘A’isha was a really rational and lawful actress missy with a really well retentiveness.
‘A’isha (may Allah be entertained with her) spent the next cardinal years of her chronicle with the Diviner (repose and blessings of God be upon him), and she grew into class, she remembered all that she saw and heard with large limpidity, for to be the mate of the Seer was yet many than tremendous. So such happened around him – the Quran continued to be revealed, ayat by ayat, and fill’s hearts were constantly being upset over and transformed, including hers and she was a viewer of so often of all that took property. It is not stunning, thus, that a outstanding hatful of the knowledge that we plant hump today, active how our honey Religionist (pact and blessings of God be upon him) lived and behaved, was prototypic remembered and then taught to others by ‘A’isha. It is thanks to this statesmanly and big japanese when she joined the Vaticinator Muhammad, ‘A’isha was a snappy newborn woman who relieve had a majuscule accumulation to see when she married the Seer, (may God be encouraged with her, and serenity be upon him) she was very excitable to study, yet, for she had a crystallize hunch, and a quick watch and an exact hardware. She was not aghast be glad with her) became so advised that one of her generation old to say that if the noesis of ‘A’isha were settled on one view of the scales that of all separate women on the otherwise, ‘A’isha ‘s take would prevail the different. She old to sit with the remaining women and permission on the noesis that she had received from the Oracle (heartsease and blessings of Allah be upon him) and eternal after he had died, and as far as she lived, she was a publication of noesis and book for both women and men. Abu Musa formerly said, “Whenever a informing appeared dubious to us, the Companions of the Religionist, and we asked ‘A’isha roughly it, we e’er learned something from her most it.”
On one occasion, the Religionist Muhammad (tranquility and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her, “O ‘A’isha, here is Jibril gift you greetings of quietude.” “And on him be quietness.” She said, ‘and the humaneness of Allah.” When she was informatory Abu Salama about this, she superimposed, “He (import the Prophet Muhammad (pacification be upon him) ) sees what I do not see.” As asymptomatic as state extremely rational, ‘A’isha became a really lissom poet oriental. When she prototypic came to smouldering in the Seer’s house as a small missy, a noticeable and lasting relatio
When ‘A’isha grew up, Sawda, who was by then an old {woman, gave up her share of the Prophet’s moment in favour of ‘A’isha and was cognition to manage his menage and be Umm al Mumineen – ‘The Parent of the Believers’ – a appellation of tenderness that was surrendered to all of the wives of the Oracle, (may Allah be glad with them), which habitual what the Quran understandably states that no man could espouse any of them after they had been wedded to the Seer for:
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their ownselves, and his wives are as their mothers. (Qur’an: 33:6)
O you wives of the Prophet, if any of you is openly indecent, the punishment for her will be doubled – and that is easy for Allah. And whoever of you submits to Allah and His Messenger has right action, We shall give her a reward twice over and We have prepared a generous provision for her. O you wives of the Prophet, you are not like any other women. If you are fearful of Allah then do not be soft in yspeech, lest someone whose heart is sick is attracted to you, but speak words that are wise. And stay quietly in your houses, do not make a dazzling display like that of the time of ignorance before and establish prayer and pay the Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Surely Allah wishes to remove impurity far from you, O People of the House, and to purify you completely. And remember that ayahs of Allah that are recited in your houses and the wisdom. Surely Allah is Alpervading, All Aware. (Quran 33:30-34)
It is sometimes difficult to picture what life must have been like for the wives and the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) because the light that emanated from him and through them was so unique. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had no shadow because he was light and this light illuminated the hearts and minds and understanding of his followers, giving them insight without blinding them. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was truly a mercy to all the worlds, and no one with a clean heart could possibly forget this, least of all the Prophet himself.
read more on the next article ‘A’isha (May Allah be pleased with her)
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I managed to complete round 51 of the All New Scavenger Hunt.
Mannequin, vanishing point, leaping, hook, nature taking over, non-cube die.
Souvenir, favorite place, first thing in the morning, public restroom, seasonal dress, obsolete.
Someone in uniform, 50/50, shooting blind, push-pull, heart and stroke awareness, two-legged.
A knife, fork and spoon; tree house; peCAN; CANoe; intoxiCANts; CANtilevered.
Invisible spiders spin
tiny webs of sharp silk,
colored burgundy
by the sweet intoxicant occupying
the translucent palace
within my grasp.
The Wine Glass !!!
Arbutus unedo (strawberry tree) is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to western France and Ireland. Due to its presence in southwest and northwest Ireland, it is known as either "Irish strawberry tree", or cain or cane apple (from the Gaelic name for the tree, caithne, or sometimes "Killarney strawberry tree".
Taxonomy
Arbutus unedo was one of the many species described by Carl Linnaeus in Volume One of his landmark 1753 work Species Plantarum, giving it the name it still bears today.
A study published in 2001 which analyzed ribosomal DNA from Arbutus and related genera found Arbutus to be paraphyletic, and A. unedo to be closely related to the other Mediterranean Basin species such as A. andrachne and A. canariensis and not to the western North American members of the genus.
Arbutus unedo and A. andrachne hybridise naturally where their ranges overlap; the hybrid has been named Arbutus × andrachnoides (syn. A. × hybrida, or A. andrachne × unedo), inheriting traits of both parent species, though fruits are not usually borne freely, and as a hybrid is unlikely to breed true from seed. It is sold in California as Arbutus x Marina named for a district in San Francisco where it was hybridized.
Fruit
Arbutus unedo grows to 5–10 m tall, rarely up to 15 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm. Zone: 7–10
The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) broad, with a serrated margin.
The hermaphrodite flowers are white (rarely pale pink), bell-shaped, 4–6 mm diameter, produced panicles of 10–30 together in autumn. They are pollinated by bees.
The fruit is a red berry, 1–2 cm diameter, with a rough surface. It matures in about 12 months, in autumn, at the same time as the next flowering. It is edible; the fruit is sweet when reddish, and tastes similar to a fig. However, some people find it bland, meally and tasteless.
The name unedo is attributed to Pliny the Elder, who allegedly claimed that "unum tantum edo", meaning "I eat only one".It is not known whether he meant that the fruit was so good he could eat only one, or whether he meant that the fruit was uninteresting so he ate only one.
Distribution
Arbutus unedo is widespread in the Mediterranean region: in Portugal, Spain and southeastern France; southward in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, and eastward in Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Syria. It is also found in western France, Albania, Bulgaria and southwestern Ireland
Its disjunct distribution, with an isolated relict population in southwestern and northwestern Ireland, notably in Killarney and around Lough Gill in County Sligo, which is its most northerly stand in the world, is a remnant of former broader distribution during the milder climate of the Atlantic period, the warmest and moistest Blytt-Sernander period, when the climate was generally warmer than today. The red-flowered variant, named A. unedo rubra by William Aiton in 1785, was discovered growing wild in Ireland in 1835.
Uses
Arbutus unedo serves as a bee plant for honey production, and the fruits are food for birds. The fruits are also used to make jams, beverages, and liqueurs (such as the Portuguese medronho, a type of strong brandy). Many regions of Albania prepare the traditional drink raki from the fruits of the plant (mare or kocimare in Albanian), hence comes the name of the drink "raki kocimareje". In order to reduce the high content of methanol in the drink, the spirit is distilled twice. Honey produced has a characteristic bitter taste.
In folk medicine, the plant has been used for antiseptic, astringent, intoxicant, rheumatism, and tonic purposes.
Cultivation
Arbutus unedo is cultivated as an ornamental plant by plant nurseries. It is used as a single or multi-trunked ornamental tree, and as a specimen or hedge shrub in gardens and public landscapes. When grown as a tree rather than a shrub, basal sprouts are kept pruned off. The plant prefers well-drained soils, and low to moderate soil moisture.
Unlike most of the Ericaceae, A. unedo grows well in basic (limy) pH soils. In cold climates it prefers a sheltered position due to its late flowering habit.
Arbutus unedo is naturally adapted to dry summer climates. It is therefore useful for planting in regions with Mediterranean climates, and has become a very popular ornamental plant in California and the rest of the west coast of North America. It is hardy in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 10.
It also grows well in the cool, wet summers of western Ireland and England, and temperate regions of Europe and Asia. Pests include scales and thrips, and diseases include anthracnose, Phytophthora, root rot, and rust.
Arbutus unedo: habit
Its Mediterranean habitat, elegant details of leaf and habit and dramatic show of fruit with flowers made Arbutus unedo notable in Classical Antiquity, when Pliny thought it should not be planted where bees are kept, for the bitterness it imparts to honey.
The first signs of its importation into northern European gardens was to 16th-century England from Ireland. In 1586 a correspondent in Ireland sent plants to the Elizabethan courtiers Lord Leicester and Sir Francis Walsingham. An earlier description by Rev. William Turner (The Names of Herbes, 1548) was probably based on hearsay. The Irish association of Arbutus in English gardens is reflected in the inventory taken in 1649 of Henrietta Maria's Wimbledon: "one very fayre tree, called the Irish arbutis standing in the midle parte of the sayd kitchin garden, very lovely to look upon" By the 18th century Arbutus unedo was well known enough in English gardens for Batty Langley to make the bold and impractical suggestion that it might be used for hedges, though it "will not admit of being clipped as other evergreens are."[9]
In the United States, Thomas Jefferson lists the plant in his Monticello gardens in 1778.
The form A. unedo f. rubra and the hybrid A. × andrachnoides, have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
In the UK the gardens at Dunster Castle include the National Plant Collection of Strawberry Trees—A. unedo. During the early 1980s the steep banks on the south side of the castle were planted with over four hundred specimens. With the nine cultivars that were acquired at a later date, this constitutes the "National Arbutus Collection".
Symbolic uses
Central panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, which was first described by José de Sigüenza as "The Picture of the Strawberry Tree".
The Garden of Earthly Delights, a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, was originally listed by José de Sigüenza, in the inventory of the Spanish Crown as La Pintura del Madroño – "The Painting of the Strawberry Tree".
The tree makes up part of the Coat of arms of Madrid (El oso y el madroño, The Bear and the Strawberry Tree) of the city of Madrid, Spain. In the center of the city (Puerta del Sol) there is a statue of a bear eating the fruit of the Madroño tree. The image appears on city crests, taxi cabs, man-hole covers, and other city infrastructure. The fruit of the Madroño tree ferments on the tree if left to ripen, so some of the bears become drunk from eating the fruits.[citation needed]
A bear and a madroño (strawberry tree) are the symbol of Madrid.
The tree is mentioned by Roman poet Ovid, in Book I: 89–112 "The Golden Age" of his Metamorphoses: "Contented with food that grew without cultivation, they collected mountain strawberries and the fruit of the strawberry tree, wild cherries, blackberries clinging to the tough brambles, and acorns fallen from Jupiter’s spreading oak-tree."
The poet Giovanni Pascoli dedicated to the strawberry tree a poem. In that he refers to the Aeneid passage which Pallas in, killed by Turnus, was posed on branches of strawberry tree; the poet saw the colours of that plant a prefiguration of the flag of Italy and considered Pallas the first national cause martyr.Pascoli's ode says:
(Italian)
O verde albero italico, il tuo maggio
è nella bruma: s'anche tutto muora,
tu il giovanile gonfalon selvaggio
spieghi alla bora
Oh green Italian tree, your May month
is in the mist: if everything die,
you, the youthful wild banner
unfold to the northern wind
In the Italian Risorgimento the strawberry tree, because of its autumnal colours, the same colours of the Italian flag, at the same time red for fruits and white for flowers, beyond the green colour of leaves, was considered, indeed, a symbol of the flag.
(Wikipedia)
A stabbing incident occurred in the Dripping Springs Apartments Thursday evening at 5:40 pm. The exact address is 1208 Dripping Spring Road in front of Apartment J.
According to residents of the apartment complex, a party began during the mid-morning hours and continued with a varying number of participants coming and going from a center apartment.
One of the attendees stated that the party was generally peaceful with entertaining music and laid back party goers until things went haywire at the end.
One person with familiarity of the party and its tragic, abrupt end said,
"We were all having a good time, listening to music ... very chill. Then, the next thing I know there is a man stabbed lying on my sidewalk bleeding."
Following a 911 call concerning the incident, Officer Kelly Hubbard of the Cullman Police Department (CPD) arrived on scene first.
Multiple officers from CPD along with emergency responders from Cullman Fire Rescue and Cullman Emergency Medical Services arrived soon thereafter.
The male stabbing victim was treated at the scene by medical technicians from Cullman EMS. They stabilized the patient so he could be transported to a waiting Air Evac Lifeteam medical helicopter which was staged nearby.
Air Evac then delivered the victim to Huntsville Hospital with what are believed to life-threatening injuries.
One resident of Dripping Springs Apartments was certain the male victim had been 'stabbed multiple times with blood everywhere'.
In the meantime, the alleged knife assailant fled the crime scene on foot. A neighbor who saw the man leave the scene assisted investigators with CPD in identifying the whereabouts of the fleeing man.
CPD quickly took the suspect into custody. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
After the medical situation cleared, Lieutenant Jody Martin and Sergeant Adam Clark led a forensic investigation of the crime scene.
The exact medical status of the victim is currently unknown, but he is believed to be undergoing surgery at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Gene Bates of the Cullman Police Department indicates that the alleged knife assailant was:
ROGER DALE HINES (57) of Cullman
Hines been arrested and will charged with:
• Assault - 2nd Degree
Those charges could be upgraded based upon the outcome of the victims medical status.
Hines was taken to the Cullman County Detention Center for booking. There is not information on bond availability and amounts at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Bates stated that significant levels of alcohol intoxication may have been a causal factor in the incident. The veracity of witnesses reports of the altercation may be impaired by similar effects of intoxicants. Bates confirmed that the investigation is active and ongoing believing that their police work will continue into at least tomorrow morning.
Residents of the Dripping Springs Apartments were in varying emotional states following the incident. Several residents communicated that this altercation is not reflective of the overall housing complexes day-to-day mood and behavior.
For the full story with images and interview, please see: cullmantoday.com/2017/01/13/dripping-springs-apartment-st...
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Some of "The Rules":
#6. DISCIPLINARY ACTION may result in loss of some or all of your privileges and/or confinement in the Treatment Unit.
#7. TREATMENT UNIT is the segregation section of the Institution where privileges may be restricted to a minimum.
# 30. CELLHOUSE RULES
Caps are never worn in the cellhouse. You may smoke in your cell, in the Library or in A-Block, but not elsewhere in the cellhouse. DO NOT SMOKE OR CARRY LIGHTED CIGARETTES OR PIPES ON THE GALLERIES OR FLATS IN THE CELLHOUSE AT ANY TIME. WALK -- DO NOT RUN when moving from one place to another.
Upon entering the cellhouse, remove your cap and walk directly and quietly to your cell. Loud talking, loitering or visiting on the galleries, stairs or aisles is not permitted. Don't enter any other inmate's cell at any time.
When you talk in the cellhouse, talk quietly. Don't create a disturbance. Keep your cell neat and clean and free from trash and contraband. Keep your property neatly arranged on your shelves, as shown in the cell diagram on Page #8. Don't leave things stacked on the bars or on your folding table and seat. Don't paste or tack anything on the walls or shelves in your cell. Keep the floor and the bars of the cell-front free from dust and dirt. The only articles permitted on the cell floor are shoes, slippers, trashbaskets, drawing boards and musical instruments.
Your cell is subject to search at any time. Contraband items found in your cell will be confiscated and a disciplinary report will be placed against you for possession of same.
Any dangerous articles such as money, narcotics, intoxicants, weapons, or tools, found in your cell or on your person, that could be used to inflict injury, destroy property, or aid in escape attempts will result in disciplinary action and possibly U.S. District Court action. The presence of articles of this nature on your person or in your cell will be considered evidence of intent to use them for unlawful purposes. "Extra" razor blades are classed as dangerous weapons.
At the wake-up bell in the morning you must get out of bed and put on your clothes. Make up your bed properly (as shown in the diagram on Page #8) with your pillow at the end near the bars, blankets tucked neatly under the mattress, and extra blankets folded neatly at the foot of the bed. Sweep your cell and place the trash in the trash basket. Don't attempt to flush trash down the toilet. Don't sweep trash or dirt out onto the gallery or off the gallery.
At 9:30 P.M. lights out, retire promptly. All conversations and other noises must cease immediately.
Keep your person, clothing, bedding, cell equipment, toilet articles, personal property, library books, etc., clean and in good order at all times. You must not mark or deface your cell, library books, furniture, equipment or fittings of the institution. Do not throw anything from your cell at any time.
Advise the cellhouse Officer when you need hot water and a mop to clean your cell. You will be required to remain in your cell and clean it whenever it is reported for being dirty.
Loud talking, shouting, whistling, singing or other unnecessary noises are not permitted. You are permitted to hold QUIET conversations and to play games QUIETLY with your adjoining neighbors ONLY.
Do not tamper with the electric outlets or radio fixtures in your cell. If they do not operate properly, notify the Cellhouse Officer.
Your cell light must be turned out when you leave your cell except when you go to meals. LEAVE YOUR CELL LIGHT BURNING WHEN YOU GO TO MEALS.
"SPEED, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure....I myself have never traveled at much more than 80mph in a car; but those who have drunk a stronger brewage of this strange intoxicant tell me that new marvels await anyone who has the opportunity of passing the hundred mark." -Aldous Huxley - Wanted, a New Pleasure
I hope I've got the name right, I've always wanted to see one of these. 600mm is probably not the ideal focal length for fungi ! According to Wikipedia :
Although generally considered poisonous, deaths are extremely rare, and it is consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There's at least two words there I don't understand !
It also says there is some evidence that Amanita muscaria contained the substance used by the vikings to produce their berserker rages in battle, not a fungi to be trifled with ! Or to make a trifle out of for that matter...............
A song by the band Bardo Pond from their album entitled Amanita, possibly an acquired taste.............
Fling vodka is blended with pure American grain vodka specially sourced from Lawrenceburg in the US, and is manufactured through a process which involves at least 108 stages of continuous distillation, thereby ensuring sublime purity and smoothness.
and Thums-up ,strong, fizzy Indian answer to Coca-cola co.
A beautiful, warm October day ... just perfect for a bit of autumn colour and fungi at Sheffield Park Garden near Uckfield, East Sussex.
From Wikipedia -
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.
Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from eating the mushroom are extremely rare. After parboiling - which removes the mushroom's psychoactive substances - it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia, such as the Middle East, India, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the Fly Agaric was the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature. The Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Marco Allegro also proposed that early Christianity sprang from cultic use of the Fly Agaric in Second Temple Judaism, and that the mushroom itself was used by the Essenes as an allegory for Jesus Christ.
GROSS sehn ||| LARG seeing..... ||| ..... Aufnahmeort sehen ||| Photoplace seeing
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Es war schon ein berauschender Anblick,
als wir in den Geirangerfjord einfuhren
The sight was intoxicantly ,
at the time when we were in the Geiranger fiord imports
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Gesehn: Kreuzfahrt, Norwegen, Olesund bzw. Geiranger Fjord
Seen: Cruise, Norway, Olesund or Geiranger Fjord.
...
Todos hemos quedado cautivados alguna vez por los colores del otoño. Pero, ¿por qué las hojas de los árboles cambian de color? ¿De dónde vienen estos amarillos, naranjas y rojos embriagadores?
We all have been captured at some time by the colors of the autumn. But, why do the leaves of the trees change color? From where do these yellow come, oranges and red intoxicant?
®vjgandia.
Novembre 2009.
I am aware I have a number of unconscious mannerisms. Little things I do without thinking whilst I'm thinking of other things, or listening to people, etc. We all have them.
I place the tips of my thumb and forefinger together and gently graze the surface of the nails of each against my top and bottom lips, then progressively replace my forefinger with each other finger on my hand and repeat. This only works with dry lips [ie, not freshly licked nor balmed], and it is also appears to have further calming effect on me when my fingernails are polished.
I almost obsessively rub my lips together when I'm wearing lip balm.
I play with my hair, curling it round my fingers, running my fingers through it constantly. The only time this really becomes less is when my fingers are otherwise employed. Otherwise my hair is to my fidgety fingers what a cigarette is to the fidgety fingers of a smoker. Despite how pronounced this habit already is, it of course becomes even worse when I'm in the presence of someone I particularly fancy and am nervous around.
Having said that, sometimes it's just alcohol or other intoxicants that bring out this compulsive behaviour. At a New Year's Eve party a number of years ago a friend of a friend I was standing talking with actually came straight out and asked me if I had a boyfriend. I did at the time, so I replied in the affirmative. I said that I thought he knew and he said he was pretty sure, but the way that I was playing with my hair was like that of someone unconsciously preening themselves to attract another. At that point I had hair long enough to hang in my arse-crack when standing up straight, tied in ponytails [and on a side note, a chain of safety pins strung from my nose-ring to my earring as it was a punk-themed party].
In the past year or so I acquired a new quirk: I pluck my eyelashes. Yes, I "said" my eyelashes, not my eyebrows. This isn't a "stand in front of the mirror, tweeze them" thing. It's a "my eye is irritated, my contact lens is getting edgy, I think I need to hunt down stray eyelashes that are coming loose" thing. I do it at work, on the tram, in the middle of conversations. It's something done as the need arises. Generally it's effective in resolving the issue, so I don't think it's a bad habit, per se. However, about a month ago I managed to do some serious compulsive tweaking and ended up with a "bald patch" of about one to two millimetres along my top eyelid. Since then I've tried to cut back...
Piercing The Eyeball- Masoom Ali Baba Panipat at Makanpur
He is Masoom Bawa of Bu Shah Qalandar of Panipat and the most famous Qalandari Malang.
He wears pink and is one of the most friendly person and walks from Kaliar Sharif to Delhi Nizamudin and from there along with the Malangs Rafaees they walk from Delhi To Ajmer Sharif with the Standard,
Their arrival begins the Urus of Khwajah Garib Nawaz.
From Wikipedia
The Qalandariyyah (Arabic: قلندرية, Hindi: क़लन्दरिय्या, Bengali: ক়লন্দরিয়্য়া), Qalandaris or Kalandars are wandering Sufi dervishes. The term covers a variety of sects, not centrally organized. One was founded by Qalandar Yusuf al-Andalusi of Andalusia, Spain.
Starting in the early 12th century, the movement gained popularity in Greater Khorasan and neighbouring regions, including the South Asia.[1] The first references are found in the 11th-century prose text Qalandarname (The Tale of the Kalandar) attributed to Ansarī Harawī. The term Qalandariyyat (the Qalandar condition) appears to be first applied by Sanai Ghaznavi (died 1131) in seminal poetic works where diverse practices are described. Particular to the qalandar genre of poetry are terms that refer to gambling, games, intoxicants and Nazar ila'l-murd - themes commonly referred to as kufriyyat or kharabat. The genre was further developed by poets such as Fakhr al-din Iraqi and Farid al-din Attar.
The Qalandariya may have arisen from the earlier Malamatiyya and exhibited some Buddhist and Hindu influences in South Asia.[2] They condemned the use of drugs and dressed only in blankets or in hip-length hairshirts.[3]
The writings of qalandars were not a mere celebration of libertinism, but antinomial practices of affirmation from negative action. The order was often viewed suspiciously by authorities.
The term remains in popular culture. Sufi qawwali singers the Sabri brothers and international Qawwali star Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan favoured the chant dam a dam masta qalandar (with every breath ecstatic Qalandar!), and a similar refrain appeared in a hit song from Runa Laila from movie Ek Se Badhkar Ek that became a dancefloor crossover hit in the 1970s.
In Pakistan and North India, descendents of Qalandariyah faqirs now form a distinct community, known as the Qalandar biradari.
From the session "Start Over: The Next Age of Digital Media"
Photo: Ståle Grut / NRKbeta
Session description:
If you were going to build a new media brand from scratch how would you do it? What would matter in 2017? How would you avoid the distractions and intoxicants that taint so many other endeavors? How do you tell the truth in a post-truth age? When the media is under attack, how does it fight back? When the business model is broken, how do you put it back together?
The Outline is answering those questions right now in a way that no one else can. Hear its CEO and editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky explain how the perfect time to rebuild is when you’re standing in the rubble.
O Amanita muscaria, conhecido como agário-das-moscas ou mata-moscas é um fungo basidiomiceto natural de regiões com clima boreal ou temperado do hemisfério norte. Possui propriedades psicoativas e alucinógenas em humanos. O componente ativo é o ácido ibotênico
Efeitos
Os efeitos dos cogumelos parecem estar associados às condições psicológicas e emocionais do consumidor, assim como ao contexto em que esse consumo se verifica. São semelhantes ao LSD mas menos intensos e duradouros.
As primeiras reacções começam por ser de carácter físico: náuseas, dilatação das pupilas, aumento do pulso, da pressão sanguínea e da temperatura. Se ocorrer ansiedade e vertigens, estas deverão desaparecer no período de uma hora. Para além disso, o consumidor poderá sentir um aumento da sensibilidade perceptiva (cores mais intensas, percepção de detalhes) com distorções visuais e sinestesia ou mistura de sensações (os sons têm cor e as cores têm sons), acompanhadas de euforia, sensação de bem-estar, aumento da autoconfiança, grande desinibição e aumento do desejo sexual. Os efeitos alucinogéneos podem acarretar alguma desorientação, ligeira descoordenação motora, reacções paranóicas (bad trips), inabilidade para distinguir entre fantasia e realidade, pânico e depressão.
Os efeitos começam a surgir cerca de 25 a 30 minutos após a ingestão e podem durar até 6 horas.
Time Lapse da Amanita muscaria
"O casamento é como os cogumelos: quando descobrimos se são bons ou ruins, já é tarde demais!"
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From the comments:
Posted by juror-x
December 11, 2009, 5:35PM
motherto6,
As a juror in the case, I would like to respectfully speak to what you wrote.
While I do not presume to speak for all of the jurors, I believe I can safely opine that most and probably all of us wished to convict on all counts. I will also say that I was both surprised and impressed by how honest all of the jurors were about a wide array of topics and aspects of the case and I honestly do not believe that any juror's related experiences were a determining factor in the verdict.
Based on the LAW, and based on the EVIDENCE presented, we were unable to determine guilt beyond a reasonable doubt on the most serious charge, which included "depraved indifference" -- something that requires proving the defendant's STATE OF MIND at the time of the accident -- which is an incredibly difficult thing to prove. The definition of "depraved indifference" as it was presented to us included but was not limited to the following:
"Depraved indifference refers to a person's STATE OF MIND [emphasis added] in recklessly engaging in conduct which creates grave risk of death [...] utter disregard for value of human life [...] a willingness to act not because he means to cause, but does not care if grievous harm will result [...] wicked, evil, or inhuman state of mind [...] brutal heinous and despicable acts, conduct wanton, deficient in a moral sense devoid of regard for life of others and so blameworthy as to justify putting the same criminal liability as one who intentionally kills... recklessly engages in conduct which creates risk of death but is unaware of risk solely by voluntary intoxication. In determining, may consider whether the mind was affected by intoxicant to such a degree that it is incapable of forming the mental state."
Having heard all of the evidence in the case, the presumption of innocence, reasonable doubt, all aspects of every detail presented, as well as regretting the dearth of evidence as to certain aspects that we wish was presented that could have given us "beyond reasonable doubt" -- and making no assumptions about what *could* have occurred, rather sticking to the evidence that was presented -- the vast majority of us felt as if we had to acquit on the most serious charges that included "depraved indifference" as it was presented to us, based on the law and the evidence.
All counts that did not include "depraved indifference" were determined to be "guilty" fairly quickly and unanimously based on the evidence. Some expressed that they wish the law/charge given as it pertains to "depraved indifference" could have been worded in such as way as to allow us to convict.
All in the jury room were very sorry for the family's loss, and had little if any sympathy for the defendant. Each of us put ourselves in the defendant's seat, and also put ourselves in the position of how we would feel if the deceased were our son/daughter/spouse/friend/parent. Of course, we were specifically instructed not to consider any sympathy for either the defendant or the injured/deceased in coming to a legal decision, based on the law, the charge, and all of the facts/evidence in the case. And while most of us expressed to each other quite clearly that we hope the judge gives the maximum sentence on each count, that is beyond our control and is not supposed to be considered when rendering a verdict, nor was it considered or discussed at any length until after the verdicts were reached.
Again, while I hesitate to speak for anyone but myself, I don't believe that any individual juror was completely satisfied with the outcome. The jury was certainly comprised of quite a variety of people from all walks of life and I gained a great respect for everyone who served, whether or not I agreed with each of their views on a wide variety of issues.
I honestly feel as if each member of the jury, based on the law, the charges, and the evidence, faithfully carried out their civic duties to the very best of their abilities. I also feel as if all involved in the case conducted themselves completely professionally; it was a genuinely humbling experience to be a part of and one that nobody on the jury took lightly.
This is all I wish to say, as to discuss all of the minute details of the case (most of which will never appear in the S.I. Advance) and how they affected the verdicts would take weeks of non-stop typing.
motherto6, while I do not know your connection to this case and do not wish to presume, you did state that you spoke to at least one member of the jury, so you were obviously present for part or all of the trial and you express dissatisfaction about the verdict. I can only say that if you knew the deceased or injured parties personally, that my sincere condolences go out to you and I also sincerely hope that you can find a modicum of satisfaction that the defendant was found guilty on most of the charges and will hopefully be serving a significant time in prison. Best to you.
A stabbing incident occurred in the Dripping Springs Apartments Thursday evening at 5:40 pm. The exact address is 1208 Dripping Spring Road in front of Apartment J.
According to residents of the apartment complex, a party began during the mid-morning hours and continued with a varying number of participants coming and going from a center apartment.
One of the attendees stated that the party was generally peaceful with entertaining music and laid back party goers until things went haywire at the end.
One person with familiarity of the party and its tragic, abrupt end said,
"We were all having a good time, listening to music ... very chill. Then, the next thing I know there is a man stabbed lying on my sidewalk bleeding."
Following a 911 call concerning the incident, Officer Kelly Hubbard of the Cullman Police Department (CPD) arrived on scene first.
Multiple officers from CPD along with emergency responders from Cullman Fire Rescue and Cullman Emergency Medical Services arrived soon thereafter.
The male stabbing victim was treated at the scene by medical technicians from Cullman EMS. They stabilized the patient so he could be transported to a waiting Air Evac Lifeteam medical helicopter which was staged nearby.
Air Evac then delivered the victim to Huntsville Hospital with what are believed to life-threatening injuries.
One resident of Dripping Springs Apartments was certain the male victim had been 'stabbed multiple times with blood everywhere'.
In the meantime, the alleged knife assailant fled the crime scene on foot. A neighbor who saw the man leave the scene assisted investigators with CPD in identifying the whereabouts of the fleeing man.
CPD quickly took the suspect into custody. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
After the medical situation cleared, Lieutenant Jody Martin and Sergeant Adam Clark led a forensic investigation of the crime scene.
The exact medical status of the victim is currently unknown, but he is believed to be undergoing surgery at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Gene Bates of the Cullman Police Department indicates that the alleged knife assailant was:
ROGER DALE HINES (57) of Cullman
Hines been arrested and will charged with:
• Assault - 2nd Degree
Those charges could be upgraded based upon the outcome of the victims medical status.
Hines was taken to the Cullman County Detention Center for booking. There is not information on bond availability and amounts at the time of this report.
Lieutenant Bates stated that significant levels of alcohol intoxication may have been a causal factor in the incident. The veracity of witnesses reports of the altercation may be impaired by similar effects of intoxicants. Bates confirmed that the investigation is active and ongoing believing that their police work will continue into at least tomorrow morning.
Residents of the Dripping Springs Apartments were in varying emotional states following the incident. Several residents communicated that this altercation is not reflective of the overall housing complexes day-to-day mood and behavior.
For the full story with images and interview, please see: cullmantoday.com/2017/01/13/dripping-springs-apartment-st...
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Kava (Piper methysticum) (Piper Latin for "pepper", methysticum Greek for "intoxicating") is an ancient crop of the western Pacific. Other names for kava include ʻawa (Hawaii), 'ava (Samoa), yaqona (Fiji), and sakau (Pohnpei). The word kava is used to refer both to the plant and the beverage produced from its roots. Kava is a legal intoxicant in many countries and if consumed before driving would be widely regarded as DUI. It is a tranquilizer primarily consumed to relax without disrupting mental clarity. Its active ingredients are called kavalactones.
Traditionally it is prepared by either chewing, grinding or pounding the roots of the kava plant. Chewing is followed by depositing into a bowl, mixing with water and straining through the cloth-like fiber of a coconut tree. Grinding is done by hand against a cone-shaped block of dead coral; the hand forms a mortar and the coral a pestle. The ground root/bark is combined with only a little water, as the fresh root releases moisture during grinding. Pounding is done in a large stone with a small log. The product is then added to cold water and consumed as quickly as possible.
The extract is an emulsion of kavalactone droplets in starch. The taste is slightly pungent, while the distinctive aroma depends on whether it was prepared from dry or fresh plant, and on the variety. The colour is grey to tan to opaque greenish.
Kava is served from a huge bowl scooped up by a communal half coconut shell. It looks like dirty water, smells like dirty water, has a texture like dirty water and tastes like dirty water. After the 11th bowl I didn't care.
This gentleman insisted that i click him... my d70s readily obliged.... After all you dont argue with a man high on 'bhaang'! This guy was high and raring to go and get his hands dirty while playing holi. Having intoxicants and then playing holi is quite common here ;-)
Bhatinda - That the various measures police have failed to have a deterrent effect as far as crime is concerned was evident today when four youths looted an onion seller on Mansa road at gunpoint. The incident occurred on Sunday night, below the flyover on Bathinda-Mansa road.
Surprisingly, the area where the looting took place is a stone’s throw away from the Police Lines where senior police officials reside and the office of a DSP is also located.
Residents of the area said the place is quite close to the residence of an MLA but the flyover has become a haven for criminals and drug addicts. It is difficult to venture out in this particular stretch where the addicts, equipped with arms, keep loitering around.
“Lack of preventive action and absence of swift damage control with greater affirmative action is the main reason why criminal activities have increased in every nook and corner of the city,” said Gian Chand, a social activist residing in the same locality.
Gian Chand added that political patronage to the criminals also contributes in keeping the criminals in high spirits and making the policemen nonchalant.
“The youths were my age, between 20 to 25 years. While I am burning the midnight oil to keep the pot boiling, they are hooked to drugs and are involved in other criminal activities,” said Sulakhan Singh, a resident of Fakarsar Theri village in Muktsar, who was the victim.
Sulakhan along with other villagers comes to Bathinda from Muktsar to sell onions in loudspeaker fitted tractor-trailers. They purchase onions from Dabwali in Haryana and park their vehicles overnight under the flyover before venturing out in the wee hours.
“Under the influence of heavy intoxicants, two of the boys first came on foot and demanded money claiming they are employees of the Municipal Corporation. When I argued saying it’s 11.30 pm and no government employee asks for money in this manner, then they took out a pistol and took away my purse containing Rs 500 and my Aadhaar card,” Sulakhan said.
He said the matter was immediately brought to the notice of the police and two policemen arrived. Meanwhile, the addicts too returned on their bikes. They were overpowered by the other onion sellers with the help of the police. One of them managed to escape while the three others were taken to the police station where a case under sections 379-B, 506 and 34 of the IPC and sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered against them.
A senior lawyer stated that section 379-B is a recently amended section of the IPC by the Punjab Government after Haryana. Anyone booked under this section may undergo a minimum of five years of imprisonment and a maximum of ten years.
A beautiful, warm October day ... just perfect for a bit of autumn colour and fungi at Sheffield Park Garden near Uckfield, East Sussex.
From Wikipedia -
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.
Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from eating the mushroom are extremely rare. After parboiling - which removes the mushroom's psychoactive substances - it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia, such as the Middle East, India, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the Fly Agaric was the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature. The Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Marco Allegro also proposed that early Christianity sprang from cultic use of the Fly Agaric in Second Temple Judaism, and that the mushroom itself was used by the Essenes as an allegory for Jesus Christ.