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kawaiiuscassius: mambostuck by toastyhat // highblood trolls

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:53:56 +0700

kawaiiuscassius:

mambostuck by toastyhat // highblood trolls

Coker #1

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:43:44 +0700

Secara iseng dan penasaran, akhirnya aku menulis sebuah nama di Google. Sekedar ingin tahu seperti...

emilianadarling: ahoycaptainsteve: An escaped sheep was found...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:09:29 +0700

emilianadarling:

ahoycaptainsteve:

An escaped sheep was found with 60 pounds of wool.

Shrek the sheep ran away and hid in a cave in New Zealand for 6 years. When Shrek was finally found in 2004, the sheep had gone unsheared for so long that it had accumulated 60 pounds of wool on its body, enough to make 20 suits! The sheep became famous and even got to meet the Prime Minister. Shrek finally passed away last month at the age of 16.

LOL is this what they looked like when they roamed wild? how majestic XD

This is the most majestic sheep I’ve ever seen in my life.

borntoberussian: jamietheignorantamerican: rastafari420: realc...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:42:51 +0700

borntoberussian:

jamietheignorantamerican:

rastafari420:

realcertified:

rarararaeeeee:

In 1961, Leonid Rogozov, 27, was the only surgeon in the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, he felt severe pain in the stomach and had a high fever. Rogozov examined himself and discovered that his appendix was inflamed and could burst at any time. With a local anesthesia, he operated himself to remove the appendix. An engineer and a meteorologist assisted surgery.

WOW.

thug life,

this man was born with the most manliest of ballsacks

That’s the most metal thing I’ve ever read in my entire life.

Apparently you don’t hear enough stories about Russians.

kittylevin: Of all the Chechnya-related photographs I’ve seen...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:16:46 +0700

kittylevin:

Of all the Chechnya-related photographs I’ve seen in my life, this has to be my favorite.

This picture was taken when Chechnya was ravaged by war with Russia during the early 90s.

oldsamovar: Красота русского стиля. The beauty of Russian...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:36:58 +0700

oldsamovar:

Красота русского стиля. The beauty of Russian style.

free-parking: These color photographs were all taken in the...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:35:37 +0700

free-parking:

These color photographs were all taken in the Russian Empire between 1909 and 1918.

Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii was a Russian photographer born in 1863. After studying chemistry with Mendeleev and later with Adolf Miethe, Gorskii started developing his own techniques and processes of color photography, giving it a quality that impresses even today.
In 1909, he convinced the Tsar Nicolas II to send him on a trip across the Russian Empire to document its impressive diversity. It was a 10-year project, during which Gorskii took over 10,000 pictures.

The diversity of the people, and the shockingly modern colors of their portraits, make them impossible to forget. They are our contemporaries, now that they stopped hiding between the unfocused black-and-whiteness.

They are almost too present. [via]

Photo

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:26:46 +0700

sufiness: 19th century photo of the English traveler Sir John...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:09:29 +0700

sufiness:

19th century photo of the English traveler Sir John Kirk showing a daughter and son of the Sultan of Zanzibar protected by two guards

dynamicafrica: RIP to legendary Tanzanian Taarab singer Fatma...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:54:58 +0700

dynamicafrica:

RIP to legendary Tanzanian Taarab singer Fatma binti Baraka, popularly known as Bi Kidude, who passed away on April 17th, 2013, at her home on the island of Zanzibar. She is believed to have surpassed 100 years of age.

As a child, she was singled out for her fine voice and, in the 1920s, sang locally with popular cultural troupes, combining an understanding of music with an equally important initiation into traditional medicine.

At age 13, after a forced marriage she fled Zanzibar to mainland Tanzania. Bi Kidude toured mainland East Africa with a taarab ensemble, visiting the major coastal towns and inland as far west as Lake Victoria and Tanganyika.

She walked the length and the breadth of the country barefoot in the early 1930s fleeing another unhappy marriage. In the 1930s she ended up in Dar es Salaam where she sang with Egyptian Taarab group for many years. In the 1940s she returned to Zanzibar where she acquired a small mud hut to be her home.

She is known for her role in the Unyago movement which prepares young Swahili women for their transition through puberty. She is one of the experts of this ancient ritual, performed only to teenage girls, which uses traditional rhythms to teach women to pleasure their husbands, while lecturing against the dangers of sexual abuse and oppression.

(source)

Public Shaming: The Definitive "People Who Thought Chechnya was the Czech Republic" Collection

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:59:37 +0700

Public Shaming: The Definitive "People Who Thought Chechnya was the Czech Republic" Collection:...

quantumaniac: Introduction to How Marijuana Works Marijuana is...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:35:06 +0700

quantumaniac:

Introduction to How Marijuana Works
Marijuana is the buds and leaves of the Cannabis sativa plant. This plant contains more than 400 chemicals, including delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the plant’s main psychoactive chemical. THC is known to affect our brain’s short-term memory. Additionally, marijuana affects motor coordination, increases your heart rate and raises levels of anxiety. Studies also show that marijuana contains cancer-causing chemicals typically associated with cigarettes.

Marijuana plants contain more than 400 chemicals, 60 of which fit into a category called cannabinoids. THC is just one of these cannabinoids, but it’s the chemical most often associated with the effects that marijuana has on the brain. Cannabis plants also contain choline, eugenol, guaicacol and piperidine. The concentration of THC and other cannabinoids varies depending on growing conditions, plant genetics and processing after harvest.

Marijuana in the Body

Every time a user smokes a marijuana cigarette or ingests marijuana in some other form, THC and other chemicals enter the user’s body. The chemicals make their way through the bloodstream to the brain and then to the rest of the body. The most powerful chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), which is primarily responsible for the “high” associated with the drug.

The most common way of using marijuana is smoking. Smoking is also the most expedient way to get the THC and other chemicals into the bloodstream. When the smoke from marijuana is inhaled, the THC goes directly to the lungs. Your lungs are lined with millions of alveoli, the tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs. These alveoli have an enormous surface area — 90 times greater than that of your skin — so they make it easy for THC and other compounds to enter the body. The smoke is absorbed by the lungs just seconds after inhaling.

You can also eat marijuana. In this case, the marijuana enters the stomach and the blood absorbs it there. The blood then carries it to the liver and the rest of the body. The stomach absorbs THC more slowly than the lungs. When marijuana is eaten, the levels of THC in the body are lower, but the effects last longer

Marijuana and the Brain

THC is a very potent chemical compared to other psychoactive drugs. An intravenous (IV) dose of only 1 milligram can produce serious mental and psychological effects. Once in your bloodstream, THC typically reaches the brain within seconds after it is inhaled and begins to go to work.

Marijuana users often describe the experience of smoking marijuana as initially relaxing and mellow, creating a feeling of haziness and light-headedness. The user’s eyes may dilate, causing colors to appear more intense, and other senses may be enhanced. Later, feelings of a paranoia and panic may be felt by the user. The interaction of the THC with the brain is what causes these feelings. To understand how marijuana affects the brain, you need to know about the parts of the brain that are affected by THC. Here are the basics:

Neurons are the cells that process information in the brain. Chemicals called neurotransmitters allow neurons to communicate with each other.

Neurotransmitters fill the gap, or synapse, between two neurons and bind to protein receptors, which enable various functions and allow the brain and body to be turned on and off.

Some neurons have thousands of receptors that are specific to particular neurotransmitters.

Foreign chemicals, like THC, can mimic or block actions of neurotransmitters and interfere with normal functions.

In your brain, there are groups of cannabinoid receptors concentrated in several different places. These cannabinoid receptors have an effect on several mental and physical activities, including:

Short-term memory

Coordination

Learning

Problem solving

Cannabinoid receptors are activated by a neurotransmitter called anandamide. Anandamide belongs to a group of chemicals called cannabinoids. THC is also a cannabinoid chemical. THC mimics the actions of anandamide, meaning that THC binds with cannabinoid receptors and activates neurons, which causes adverse effects on the mind and body.

High concentrations of cannabinoid receptors exist in the hippocampus, cerebellum and basal ganglia. The hippocampus is located within the temporal lobe and is important for short-term memory. When the THC binds with the cannabinoid receptors inside the hippocampus, it interferes with the recollection of recent events. THC also affects coordination, which is controlled by the cerebellum. The basal ganglia controls unconscious muscle movements, which is another reason why motor coordination is impaired when under the influence of marijuana.

The “Munchies”

One peculiar phenomenon associated with marijuana use is the increased hunger that users feel, often called the “munchies.” Research shows that marijuana increases food enjoyment and the number of times a person eats each day.

Until recently, the munchies were a relative mystery. However, a recent study by Italian scientists may explain what happens to increase appetite in marijuana users. Molecules called endocannabinoids bind with receptors in the brain and activate hunger.

This research indicates that endocannabinoids in the hypothalamus of the brain activate cannabinoid receptors that are responsible for maintaining food intake.

Other Physiological Effects of Marijuana

In addition to the brain, the side effects of marijuana reach many other parts of the body, which include:

Problems with memory and learning

Distorted perception

Difficulty with thinking and problem solving

Loss of coordination

Increased heart rate

Anxiety, paranoia and panic attacks

The initial effects created by the THC in marijuana wear off after an hour or two, but the chemicals stay in your body for much longer. The terminal half-life of THC is from about 20 hours to 10 days, depending on the amount and potency of the marijuana used. This means that if you take one milligram of THC that has a half-life of 20 hours, you will still have 0.031 mg of THC in your body more than four days later. The longer the half-life, the longer the THC lingers in your body.

The debate over the addictive capacity of marijuana continues. Ongoing studies now show a number of possible symptoms associated with the cessation of marijuana use. These symptoms most commonly include irritability, nervousness, depression, anxiety and even anger. Other symptoms are restlessness, severe changes in appetite, violent outbursts, interrupted sleep or insomnia. In addition to these possible physical effects, psychological dependence usually develops because a person’s mind craves the high that it gets when using the drug.

Beyond these effects that marijuana has, marijuana smokers are susceptible to the same health problems as tobacco smokers, such as bronchitis, emphysema and bronchial asthma. Other effects include dry mouth, red eyes, impaired motor skills and impaired concentration. Long-term use of the drug can increase the risk of damaging the lungs and reproductive system, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). It has also been linked to heart attacks.

Although marijuana is known to have negative effects on the human body, there is a raging debate over the use of medicinal marijuana. Some say that marijuana should be legalized for medical use because it has been known to suppress nausea, relieve eye pressure, decrease muscle spasms, stimulate appetite, stop convulsions and eliminate menstrual pain. Because of its therapeutic nature, marijuana has been used in the treatment of several conditions including: cancer and AIDS (to supress nausea and stimulate appetite), glaucoma (to alleviate eye pressure), epilepsy (to stop convulsions) and multiple sclerosis (to decrease muscle spasms).

Source: HowStuffWorks

ohsoromanov: The decision [to kill the imperial family] was not only expedient but necessary. The...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:09:00 +0700

ohsoromanov: The decision [to kill the imperial family] was not only expedient but necessary. The...

Before and after the surgery. The surgeon took four impacted...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:40:14 +0700

Before and after the surgery. The surgeon took four impacted molars and…… at least I look chubbier.

MINIATURE ART BY HASAN KALE

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:48:31 +0700

MINIATURE ART BY HASAN KALE

My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancerone of the saddest and most...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:45:00 +0700

My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer
one of the saddest and most beautiful photo essays I’ve ever seen

drkrislynn: caitlintoxicated: kristinmargaret: strawberry-narr...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:09:01 +0700

drkrislynn:

caitlintoxicated:

kristinmargaret:

strawberry-narry:

soloontherocks:

drippingwithinsanity:

Let’s begin with the history of Ishtar, yes? She is the Babylonian goddess of fertility, war, love, and sex. Now, let’s keep in mind that Babylonia was an active civilization a few thousand years before Christianity came about. Now, Easter came about during the Second Century, so around 200 AD, long after Babylonia was gone and their texts about Ishtar unfound and untranslated.

Easter on the other hand is COMPLETELY separated from Ishtar. In the second century, Christian missionaries began to come into contact with the Ancient Saxons who celebrated the return of spring and celebrating their goddess of offspring and springtime. This celebration was called Eastre(though it obviously had a Saxon spin on the name because this is the translated name from the Christian missionaries).

In order to convert the pagans to christianity, they needed to absorb the traditions the pagans had without destroying the sactity of christianity. Luckily for them, Eastre fell around the same time as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ, so for them, it made sense to alter the festival of Eastre to fit with Christian morrays, and the spelling also changed from Eastre to Easter.

Now where did the bunny come from? The goddess worshipped by the Saxons was given an earthly symbol of a rabbit. And because rabbits were the most fertile animal that Saxons and Christians new of, that image was also absorbed into Easter as a way to represent new life.

The eggs didn’t show up until after Easter was practiced in the Americas. German settlers taught their children that if they behaved, their Easter bunny would leave them colored eggs.

Now, throughout this, Ishtar has not been mentioned because Ishtar has nothing to do with the modernization of Easter. Easter was a festival taken from the Saxons and molded over time to fit with a changing culture and to absorb more followers.

marry me

who needs school when you have tumblr

Reblogging for the knowledge bomb that just exploded.

i always wondered what the hell rabbits and eggs had to do with jesus…

Stick THAT in your easter baskets

A perfect gift from Mr. Late For Court

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:49:52 +0700

I received a very awesome postcard from an attorney living in Seattle, Gordon. His handwriting...

aechlys: Since I’ve seen so many great pictures lately I...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:36:59 +0700

aechlys:

Since I’ve seen so many great pictures lately I thought I’d share this amazing picture:
This was taken by the Romanov children’s tutor, Pierre Gilliard (seen sitting at the head of the table) of Olga (left front) and Tatiana (right middle) with servants in Tobolsk on April 1918, less than three months before the two girls were killed with their entire immediate family and three servants.

I was amazed when I found this picture- this shows pretty much exactly what they looked like when they met their end. If only the others were in it, too. This picture was taken by Gilliard and kept by him- thus why it has survived. It might’ve been taken on his last visit to them in Tobolsk.

Photo

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:33:57 +0700