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    SATURDAY Ruled by the Roman God of the harvest and planting. In Roman mythology, Saturn is the god of agriculture, New starts and firmly planting your seeds of intention or good focuses on Saturday. Saturday in English derives from “Saturn’s day” which was taken from the Latin, “dies Saturni”. Saturn was a Roman god and, over different periods of time, associated with wealth, plenty, and time. The day in Spanish and French (“sabado” and “samedi” respectively) was named simply as it is the Jewish

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    Wildside Project

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    These flowers fascinated my thoughts on nature. The first plant I found was the Mojave Aster, which I didn’t even know existed. I also discovered other beautiful plants, like the Datura, which I have always seen growing on the sides of roads. There are so many types of flowers in the desert and collecting plants for pressing has also made me more interested in my environment. When I visited the Joshua Tree National Park on a field

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    nightshade, the little apple of death and the suicide tree. Whilst these would be enough to put any sane person off eating them I suppose it only helps if you know the name! Jimsonweed is often listed on other websites as being deadly, along with other Datura plants. I have to say I’ve tried this one personally and lived to tell the tale. So whilst it seems this plant can be deadly, it’s not getting onto my list. 10. Oleander (Nerium oleander) Oleander (Nerium oleander) Oleander / Jericho

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    The circumstance to Clairvius Narcisse’s disappearance was that he was raised from the grave by a voodoo priest and forced to work as a slave on a sugar plantation in northern Haiti. The documentation of Narcisse’s death is what made his case of “zombification” unique. The documentation pertaining to his hospital visit and time of death was enough evidence to build a case to warrant an investigation. The cohesion of Haitian society is rich in a unique culture that was inherited from African traditions

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    Zombie Myths

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    be turned into a zombie by some powder strike being circulated into the bloodstream though a wound. One of the powder includes tetrodotoxin, which is a neurotoxin found in the flesh of puffers. Some other powders consists of deliriant drugs such as datura, a poisonous flowering plant. Additionally, for the clear understanding of a zombie most of the researchers take Davis’s work into

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    Desert Vegetation Desert flora have adapted to combat extreme weather conditions. The various types of plants have micro evolved to survive in the heat, along with other environmental deficits. The physical and behavioral adaptions have allowed these plant species to flourish. It’s important to understand the plants adaptations to the climate and environment, as well as the medical uses and dangers of these plants. The various vegetation within the desert biome have overcome the dry climate and

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    Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection and The Red Lotus of Chastity are two Indian stories that depict the different gender roles in the culture at that time. Sakuntala follows the story of a young girl who marries the King that has declared his love for her. When he leaves her with promises to return, she is cursed that her love will no longer remember her. In Red Lotus, the story centers on Devasmita and her fight to keep her marriage vows and her husband safe. These are two similar stories of

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    In this paper I will be answering three main questions about the use of mind altering hallucinogenic substances within the ancient Maya civilization. • How and why did the Maya use these hallucinogenic substances? • What hallucinogens Did the Maya use? • What hallucinogenic substances were available in the Maya region or via trade routes? The following substances are the most widely documented substances used by the ancient Maya. Drugs, drinks, and ritual enemas were used all across the Maya

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    Abstract Faster and uniform germination of seed as well as establishment of vigourous crop is of paramount importance in direct-seeded rice crop, which in turn depends on seed germination and vigour per se. Rice being an albuminous seed, it is hypothesized that galactomannan hydrolysing enzymes (viz., β-mannanase, β-mannosidase and α-galactosidase) play important role in loosening of the embryo-surrounding tissue viz., endosperm, which in turn governs the speed of germination. The study was an assessment

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    The effects of more than a century of repression against the indigenous peoples of the Americas are visible. In the United States, poor families in cheap government subsidized houses, youth who do not remember the history of their people and fall into the trap of drugs and alcohol like their parents; men and women trying to survive without employment, own land rented to white ranchers lost the use of its inhabitants. How are indigenous communities tremendously affected by alcohol? To better understand

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