“The Amanita mushroom is used as an entheogen by the people of Siberia‚ and has a religious significance in these cultures. There is traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East‚ North America‚ and Scandinavia”‚ Mescaline elaborated
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A Biome is all of the life zones‚ all plants‚ animals‚ and other organisms‚ as well as the physical environment in a particular area. A biome is characterized by its plant life‚ which is determined by its location. For example‚ northern coniferous forests exist in sub-arctic portions of North America and Asia‚ but further north‚ the conditions are simply too harsh and the season too brief for trees to grow. Instead of trees‚ the short vegetation of the tundra thrives in these areas. The same occurs
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The Byzantine Empire‚ in western Asia and southeastern Europe‚ expanded into eastern Europe. The Byzantine Empire‚ with territory in the Balkans‚ the Middle East‚ and the eastern Mediterranean‚ maintained very high levels of political‚ economic‚ and cultural life between 500 and 1450 C.E. The empire continued many Roman patterns and spread its Orthodox Christian civilization through most of eastern Europe‚ Belarus‚ Ukraine‚ and Russia. Catholic Christianity‚ without an imperial center‚ spread in
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Have you ever looked at a horse and wonder how we got to the modern horse we have today? Imagine a world where there were horses of all colors‚ sizes‚ shapes were roaming the earth‚ but was no bigger than a size of a dog. Today’s horses only represent a fraction of the horse family tree‚ known as Equine. All the other branches of horses called Equidae are now extinct. The Equid family appeared 55 million years ago‚ in North America‚ which branched off into different genera such as grazers‚ left browsers
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future challenges took office at the Entreprise Headquarter. A new vision for Entreprise reflecting a strong commitment to excellence has been created and approved by the board. The vision is to become the leading railway technical contractor in Scandinavia by 2010 and in Europe by 2015. A four track transformation plan to support the implementation of the vision has been generated: Ready‚ Set‚ Go aims at mobilising the organisation‚ Better Time on the Track focuses on processes and continuous improvements
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Witches in Pre-Christian Scandinavia • Why are we looking at this? it is very different from Christianity‚ has a different model of the witch • the other reason: Christianity adopted many elements from Norse mythology and transformed them Film Clip: The Witches‚ Opening Scene: set in Norway Questions for class: what is said about good and evil The description of the witch What is she wearing? What do you know about Nordic Mythology? Nordic Paganism • is characterized
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Kampard opened his first furniture showroom‚ and two years after that‚ IKEA began designing its owned low priced furniture. In 1958‚ IEKA opened its inaugural store‚ in Almhult‚ Sweden; at 6700 square meters‚ it was the largest furniture display in Scandinavia at the time. By the time IKEA opened its flagship store in Stockholm in 1965‚ IKEA had become the favored furniture shopping destination for price-conscious Swedes. By 2002 IKEA was the world’s most prominent furniture retailer. Although
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Who discovered America? When most people think about this‚ the first thing that comes to mind is Christopher Columbus. When Columbus returned from the Antilles in 1493‚ he was not the first European to have stepped foot on the New World. What if I were to say that the Vikings were the ones who actually discovered America? However‚ they didn’t get credit for it because of the bad things that they have did. Leif Eriksson set out from Greenland towards the west and first reached Baffin Island which
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PRO Gay Marriage Same-sex couples should be allowed to publicly celebrate their commitment in the same way as heterosexual couples. [40] The Human Rights Campaign Foundation states that many same-sex couples "want the right to legally marry [and] honor their relationship in the greatest way our society has to offer..." Same-sex couples should have access to the same benefits enjoyed by heterosexual married couples. Many benefits are only available to married couples‚ such as hospital visitation
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1. Many luxury good firms such as Faber Castell (writing instruments‚ art material)‚ Rolex (watches)‚ Gucci (bags‚ fashion)‚ Versace (cloth‚ fashion)‚ Hermès (bags‚ fashion) were family business for several generations. Why was family ownership historically dominating in the luxury industry? Family ownership has historically dominated the luxury industry for want of maintaining the organizational culture—its adherence to certain values that are deemed too important to dilute with the introduction
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