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Spectacular Lotus Center - an architectural marvel in China From the artificial lake, which is located in the very center of the Chinese city of Wujin, a modern architectural marvel has been blooming since 2013 - the "Lotus Building" which shows three phases of lotus flowering, from a young bud to a mature flower. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWaYICODsWs The building changes color depending on the time of day and weather conditions, which makes it even more attractive, and the beautiful complex, which spreads over about 3.5 hectares, includes an artificial pond and a national park. It is conceived as an inhabited sculptural form, which emerges from the lake. Colors and light combine with each other and illuminate the space, creating a bright and upbeat interior atmosphere, regardless of the weather conditions. The hexagonal mosaic covers all exterior and interior surfaces and creates an endless space with a Studio 505 7m high chandelier at the top, which becomes the center of attention both outside and inside. The project is designed to reduce energy consumption with over 2,500 geothermal piles guided through the artificial lake base, the entire mass of lake water and soil, which are used to provide cooling in summer and warm air in winter for both lotuses and two floors of the building below the lake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9dPMMmYhIU Design Studio 505 creates a vibrant public empire. The key to that is the night lighting system that changes colors every 20 seconds. **Lotus Center and National Park have become the most popular sights in Wujin, as a contribution to the social and cultural life of the city.**

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"Earth created by God when he was angry" The skeleton coast is located in Africa, between the Namib Desert and the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 500 km long and covered with white sand. Seen from the air, it looks magnificent. It is furrowed by millions of sand dunes, between which desert plates in the shape of spikes emerge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SAxh6FrE9A These slabs can move up to 15 m during the year. This coast is the most dangerous coast in the world. Due to dangerous currents, winds and sharp reefs, many ships ran aground on it, so that the bones of whales, sunken sailors and the wreckage of stranded ships lie along the entire coast. It just got its name from the bones that cover it. A cold Benguel current flows on the coast, bringing a thick fog of the ocean (the Angolans call it "cassimbo"). Winds blow from the land to the sea, rain rarely falls and the amount of precipitation does not exceed 10 millimeters per year while the climate is inhospitable. The Bushmen call this area "Earth created by God when he was angry", while the Portuguese sailors called it "the door to hell". Namib - one of the driest deserts in the world. "Skeleton Coast" is located hundreds of kilometers away from settlements and sources of drinking water. The remains of sunken ships can be seen not only in the water, but also on the shore. The northern part of the skeleton of the coast is a protected area of ​​the National Nature Park "Skeleton Coast". The wrecks of passenger ships, tugs, gunboats, galleys, huts and fast sailing ships lie scattered along the entire Skeleton Coast. Twelve decapitated skeletons, lying on the shore together with a children's skeleton next to an abandoned hut, were found in 1943. A message was written on a nearby rock: "I continue towards the river 100 km north of here, and if anyone finds this and follows me, God will help them." This message was written in 1860. To this day, it has not been revealed who the tragic victims were. , how their shipwreck occurred and why they were found beheaded.

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Grapefruit and medicine do not go together. Some medications and some foods just don't go together. Food can reduce the effect of a drug, prevent or make digestion difficult, but a drug can also create chaos, kill appetite, or prevent the body from using nutrients, vitamins, or minerals. The negative effect of foods that do not agree with the medicine taken is reflected in the fact that the organism does not use all the medicine taken, but only one part of it. The effect of food-drug interactions is not always the same. It varies and depends on the dose of the medicine taken, the composition of the meal, gender, age, body composition, as well as the general health condition of the patient. Children, the elderly, adolescents, the malnourished, the chronically ill, smokers and alcoholics are at greatest risk, and these groups should take the utmost care about the mismatch between food and medicine. Most of us like grapefruit, but it also has some harmful consequences for our health if taken with certain medications. Grapefruit and its juice, whether freshly squeezed or from the freezer, contain the substance furanocoumarin. After ingestion, this compound interferes with the action of liver enzymes, which are necessary for the absorption of the drug. And that means that the ingredients of the drug freely "cruise" through the body, because if the drug does not bind to these liver enzymes, its concentration in the blood automatically increases. This allows the side effects of the drug to be manifested easily and quickly, which can sometimes be life-threatening. That is why it is much better to completely eliminate this citrus from the diet at the time when you are taking the medicine. There is a surprisingly long list of drugs that "do not like" grapefruit. These are, above all, those used to treat depression (antidepressants), psychosis and erectile dysfunction. It also does not go with medications against angina pectoris, hypertension, arrhythmia, increased blood cholesterol levels, involuntary body cramps, epilepsy, cancer, gastrointestinal reflux (return of contents from the stomach) and HIV infection. For patients taking these medications, even the smallest glass of grapefruit juice can cause side effects that can last for at least three days and longer. If you are taking any of these medications, forget about this fruit! Still, there is a solution! A good substitute for grapefruit is orange, because it has similar nutrients, and there is no risk of it interacting with the medicine.

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Who paid for the construction of the Statue of Liberty? The statue, whose full name is "Freedom illuminates the world", is a gift from France to the United States, although only in part. The statue was made by the French, and the pedestal by the Americans. Due to the lack of money on both sides of the Atlantic, the gift arrived ten years late: it was to be unveiled to mark the 100th anniversary of American independence in 1876. The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island, 2.5 kilometers from the southern tip of Manhattan. Although the waters around the island belong to the federal state of New Jersey, the state of New York is responsible for the Island of Freedom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3utCntXrPo Sculptor Fredrik-Auguste Bartholdi was fascinated by the idea and set out to design a potential statue and promote the idea of ​​construction. The problem, of course, was how to pay for it. The promoters of the statue in France formed an organization, the Franco-American Union, in 1875. Donations began to appear throughout France in 1875. It was inappropriate for the French national government to donate money for the statue, but various city authorities gave thousands of francs. 180 towns, cities and villages gave money. Thousands of French students made small contributions. Descendants of French officers who fought in the American Revolution a century earlier, including Lafayette's cousins, made donations. The copper company donated copper plates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QM0tipFQ9c The cost of the statue continued to rise. Faced with a lack of money, the Franco-American Union held a lottery. Merchants in Paris donated prizes, and tickets were sold. The lottery was successful, but more money is still needed. Sculptor Bartholdi eventually sold miniature versions of the statue, with the name of the buyer who engraved them. Finally, in July 1880, the Franco-American Union announced that enough money had been raised to complete the construction of the statue. The total cost of the huge copper and steel statue was about two million francs. But another six years would pass before the statue could be erected in New York. The head of the statue was presented at the World's Fair in Paris in 1878. After that, the statue was disassembled into 350 parts and transported across the Atlantic by the ship "Iser" in stormy weather. It was reassembled in four months, and on October 28, 1886, the statue was unveiled by the then President of the United States, Grover Cleveland. The statue without a pedestal is 46 meters high, and its nose is 137 centimeters long. "Lady Liberty" holds in her left hand a board with the date of the declaration of independence of the United States, and in her right, high above her head, a torch. He has a crown with seven arms on his head (one for each continent). The Statue of Liberty does not stand, but walks. The right foot is raised, and around the legs of the statue there are broken shackles, which symbolize liberation. The torch was originally supposed to serve as a lighthouse, but experts did not manage to get enough light. That is why the torch has no function today. 100 years ago, the right hand of the statue was damaged in an explosive attack, in sabotage carried out by the Germans. Since then, only the janitor can climb the torch, the long, wobbly ladder. Visitors can enter the statue, if they register in advance, and climb to the crown itself. A small museum is located in the pedestal. The statue has numerous twins in other cities, including Colmar and Alsace. The statue is only 12 meters high and is made of artificial resin. Why right there? Designer Bartoldi was born in Colmar in 1834.

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The Olympic myth of the creation of the world In the beginning of all things, Mother Earth Gea, rose from Chaos and was born in the dream of Uranus. Watching her lovingly from the mountain, Uranus pours fertile rain on her secret cracks, and she gives birth to grass, flowers and trees, along with beasts and birds. This rain caused rivers to flow and cavities to be filled with water, and so the seas and lakes became. Her first children - half-humans - were the old giants Brijarej, Gig and Kot. Then three one-eyed Cyclops appeared, who were builders of giant walls and master blacksmiths, first in Thrace, and later in Crete and Ziki. The Cyclops were called Bront, Sterop, and Argej, and their spirits lived in the volcanic craters of Etna until Apollo killed them to avenge the death of Asclepius. Uranus gave birth to the Titans with Mother Earth, as he put his rebellious sons Cyclops in Tartarus, in the gloomy underworld, which is as far from the earth as the earth is from the sky. The anvil would take nine days to fall to the bottom. In order to take revenge, Mother Earth persuaded the Titans to strike at their father, and they did so. They were led by Kron, who was the youngest of the seven and when his mother armed him with a flint sickle. They surprised Uranus in his sleep and the ruthless Crohn castrated him with a flint sickle, grabbed his genitals with his left hand (since then his left hand has always been considered a bad omen) and threw them into the sea near Cape Drepanum. But drops of blood from the wound fell on Mother Earth, and she gave birth to three Erinyes, furies who avenge the crimes of parental murder and perjury; they were called Alekta, Tisifona and Megajra. Ash tree nymphs, called Melia, are also born from this blood. The Titans then released the Cyclops from Tartarus and entrusted all power to the Crown. But as soon as he became the supreme lord, Kron again put the Cyclops in Tartarus together with the Storuks and, taking his sister Rea as his wife, ruled over Elis.

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Belgrade Fortress Kalemegdan https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=u2V6ugFm1IU&list=PLB3jn1_H4eQnhzG8RX9wLXQe09qys67f2&index=1 The Belgrade Fortress, built on a white ridge above the mouths of two large rivers, demolished several times and rebuilt over 16 centuries, is today a trademark of the Serbian capital. The Belgrade Fortress was built in a long span between the 2nd and 18th centuries. It was demolished and rebuilt many times and became a symbol of a city that is always rebuilt and created. `Kalemegdan Church Ruzica` Knowing the history of the Belgrade Fortress means knowing a good part of everything that happened in this area and understanding the way of life that modern Belgrade lives. All the armies, peoples and conquerors that passed through this area left their mark, so the Belgrade Fortress can boast of several layers that they raised: Romans, Serbs, Turks, Austro-Hungarians. `Remains of a Roman castrum` The first fortification in this area was built by the Romans in the 2nd century and was the permanent seat of the IV Flavian Legion. It was destroyed by the Goths, Huns, Avars and Slavs. Somewhere in those turmoils, the ancient city of Singidunim was built next to it, built on the same white ridge, after which it got its Slavic name: "BEO-city". Today's Belgrade Fortress encompasses the Upper and Lower City and the field in front of the fortress itself, which the Turks called "Kalemegdan", combining the word "kale", which means city, fortress and "megdan" - the Turkish word for field. Today, the most beautiful and largest park in the Serbian capital, used to be a field where the enemy was expected. There is more history in every step you take through the Belgrade Fortress than can be written in any book. A large number of stories are related to the so-called "Roman well", which was actually built in the first half of the 18th century. Most of the gates that led to the city have been preserved, as well as the Clock Tower, which has maintained all the authentic architectural and stylistic features to this day. One of the few preserved monuments of Islamic architecture in Belgrade is the Damad Ali Pasha's turbe in the Lower Town, and there is also a large powder magazine and a hamam - an old Turkish bath. Those who love the history of warfare and weapons should visit the Military Museum in the Lower Town and the Nebojsa Tower - a medieval cannon tower that was turned into a dungeon by the Turkish invaders. Belgrade Fortress still stands today, resisting time, still hiding many secrets

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Drug Mules Women in the International Cocaine Trade It is known that the drug mafia uses "mules" that transmit drugs in the internal parts of the body, most often in the stomach, but also in the anal and vaginal openings. This way of transmitting drugs was devised in South America, and in the meantime, "mules" have appeared in the United States, the Balkans, and even Russia. Although this type of drug smuggling is, in the opinion of the dealer, the safest because it is difficult to detect, it is a very risky business. Namely, "mules" most often transfer cocaine and heroin, which is packaged in special plastic ampoules resistant to stomach acid, which the courier swallows. During the journey, which often lasts longer than 24 hours, the "mule" must neither eat nor drink anything so as not to cause the secretion of stomach acid, which can pierce ampoules of the drug, which, when outside the ampoule, can kill "Mule". After transporting the narcotics to the destination, the "mules" expel the ampoules from the body with the help of laxatives. How many packets he can swallow depends on the organism of the person who is engaged as a "mule", and experiences show that in that way up to a kilogram of drugs can be smuggled. Dealers, through various intermediaries, find people who have a clean record and who are ready to earn a solid amount, and, as they believe, effortlessly, with a vacation in one of the rich countries of the Middle East or some other exotic country. The salary is one thousand or two euros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZhprLxrkUk The future "mules" are paid for everything, but at no time do they know who is behind the whole job. At the expense of the organizers, future "mules" travel to a certain country, where a connection awaits them and they spend a few days. They prepare them to swallow packages of drugs, and if they pass all the controls and return safely to their country, they do not find out on whose order they smuggled drugs because they are in contact only with intermediaries. Criminals do not choose the ways in which illegal actions lead to "dirty" money. Drug trafficking, along with smuggling, is at the very top of criminal activities for profit in the world, as well as in other countries in Europe and the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SOUI8GjWTE Smugglers come up with new ideas every day, and their creativity has no end.

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Purple color and Feng Shui... Purple is considered one of the strongest colors that exist. In art and design, purple is very popular. Due to its extremely small presence in nature, it marks uniqueness. Symbolism of purple: sublimity, spirituality, dignity, high position, respect, elegance, luxury, wealth, sophistication. When decorating a home, according to Feng Shui teachings, it should be used sparingly. The color purple has a strong connection with the spiritual realms, and in terms of the energy centers of the human body, it is connected with the higher energy center - the 7th chakra of the cosmic connection. Purple color is not recommended in large quantities in a modern home, so as not to disturb the harmony in it and endanger the health of the household. This would mean that large pieces of furniture, complete walls and purple floor mats are not good Feng Shui. And if you really like this color and would like to decorate your home with it, it is desirable that it be on a smaller scale and in a specific way. Many Feng Shui masters believe that the purple color on the wall, or a larger amount of this color in the space, can trigger diseases related to human blood circulation. In that regard, it is desirable to be frugal with it. So the areas where purple can be are: south, southwest, center and north-east of your home. This would mean that even problematic large sofas, walls and purple carpets can be placed in these locations. It would certainly be advisable to choose lighter versus darker colors of purple. Lavender color is one of the most recommended. If you use purple in places that are not intended for it, such as the east, southeast, northwest, west and north, you will weaken their positive effects in your home. At the same time, a great way to present the purple color in your home in a balanced way is to choose an amethyst crystal (which is purple), which is one of the most powerful Feng Shui crystals.

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The Mind Is A Very Good Servant, And A Very Bad Master. Somehow it seems to me that if I were to try to describe the current situation in the world now, I could say that a great division is noticeable. I see conscious people who have taken responsibility for their lives, regardless of the circumstances, the pandemic and the madness that surrounds us, they find beauty in every day and swim in the unknown thanks only to work on themselves for years. And I see those who wander and frantically seek answers from parents, the boss, politics, the state, but always somewhere outside and complain about life, the past, lack of money, pandemic. When you draw the line, it looks like that, roughly. Division. The same thing happens to both, but the perception is completely different. Some are awake and experience life and appearances around them fully consciously, while others are still asleep and waiting for some higher force to save them, when they sink deep into the mud. And that's where the mind comes in ... do we need it? What do you mean, someone will say, so we can't function without the mind? Of course, we cannot and it is very important to us in everyday life, however, we must not follow the line of easier resistance and let it completely control us. We have to constantly reconsider whether what we are doing is now, realistically, correctly and morally at the moment, or we are acting according to learned patterns and patterns of behavior or instilled habits, or someone told us that it should be so and we took it for granted. Then it is important not to give in, to resist him. Now, brave people don't let that break them, but unfortunately those who aren't so brave make some justification for themselves or try to blunt themselves in various ways from television to alcohol, food, sex and various types of opiates, legal or illegal. , it is completely irrelevant. https://galaksijanova.rs/

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Athina The Last Onassis. For Christmas 1969, 19-year-old Christina Onassis, the daughter of the Greek billionaire Aristotle, fell in love with the beautiful and rich Deni Merintet from Detroit. Against was Father Onassis, who chose Peter Lubandris, the heir of a wealthy Greek shipowner family, as his son-in-law. The father succeeded, and Kristina got pregnant in an English hospital. As soon as she recovered in St. Maurice, she met Luis Bazuald, an Argentine athlete, with whom she spent time in Switzerland. The relationship doesn't last long, and in Monte Carlo she meets the much older Joseph Bolker (48), a businessman from Los Angeles, who reminded Kristina of her father. They got married, and mother Tina gave her a house and a check for a million dollars. Kristina lived in that marriage for only six months. The divorce is again influenced by her father, who gives her $ 75 million, and now she goes from line to line. When she felt quite happy, an evil fate dealt a terrible blow to the whole family: her brother Aleksandar died in a plane crash at the airport in Athens. AFTER the death of her brother and parents, Kristina marries Alexander Andreadis, the son of a Greek billionaire, on the advice of her aunt. It turned out that this was a marriage of convenience, and she will soon go to Russia, where she will marry Sergei Kauzov. But the harsh winter does not suit her and she goes to Paris. There, he falls mortally in love with the much younger Niki Marloleon. His parents break up, and Kristina falls into depression. At the beginning of 1982, at the age of 32, he went to a mental hospital for the first time. After recovering, he seeks entertainment in California, where he experiences a flash adventure with actor Jack Nicholson. But she is increasingly addicted to narcotics, and scandals are changing. He says that millions are not all that is needed for happiness in life . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDcx1cyRlYo She then married the Frenchman Thierry Russell, with whom she gave birth to a daughter, Athena, at the age of 35. She signed a will in Geneva on October 20, 1988, and died 38 days later in a sanatorium near Buenos Aires. In her will, she appointed a board that will take care of her daughter Athena until she reaches the age of majority, and she left "only" one million and 420,000 dollars a year to her husband Russell, with whom she divorced in the meantime, the father of Athens. The legendary Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis left half of his property to his only heir, his daughter Christina, during his lifetime. From the second half, he founded the charity "Onassis Foundation" in memory of his son who, also under insufficiently clarified circumstances, died in a plane crash. The foundation, which is very successfully managed by Onassis' long-term faithful associates in Greece, aims to promote Greek culture in the world. Athens Russell also inherits the significant property of her grandmother Athena Lebanon, after which it was named in accordance with Greek customs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sofq4FELTmA The management of the inheritance of Onazis' minor granddaughter has been the subject of a court dispute for years between her father, Thierry Russell, and a board composed of members of the Foundation's board, to whom Kristina Onazis bequeathed the disposal of property until Athens came of age. Even the 34-year-old Athena was not bypassed by the 'curse of the Onassis family' and her life, despite the incredible wealth she inherited, was anything but a fairy tale. in Buenos Aires, a housekeeper found the lifeless body of Christina Onassis, who was 37 at the time, in the bathtub. At that time, Athens was with the nanny in their Swiss home. The body of the only daughter of the Greek billionaire was transported first to Athens, and then to the private island of Scorpios, which was given to her by her father and where she is buried. She found solace in everything she went through in horses and riding, so at the age of 17 she enrolled in a riding school in Belgium, run by former Brazilian Olympian Nelson Pessoa. It was he who introduced her to another of his students, Alvaro de Miranda Neto, a handsome professional horse rider, who was 12 years older than her. Athens soon became fascinated by this Brazilian, despite the fact that he had a two-year-old daughter with a long-term girlfriend. After turning 18, Athens traveled with her boyfriend to Brazil to meet his family, and after only a few months, she bought a large villa with a spacious yard in the best neighborhood in Sao Paulo. From 2005 to 2017, she was married to Brazilian jockey Alvaro de Miranda Neto (46). When her security in Florida caught him "in bed" with a Belgian model, that marriage could no longer survive. It turned out that Alvaro Miranda had been seeing his mistress for eight years, and that he started that relationship after his wedding to Athens. Apparently not wanting to go through everything her mother went through, Athens immediately froze their joint bank accounts, and in a secret divorce lawsuit he allegedly demanded half of her fortune. It is said that in the end he agreed to the amount of 100 million dollars, as well as to the part agreed in the prenuptial agreement - that he will receive one million dollars for each year of marriage. The curse of the Onassis family has been talked about for years. Either way, the fact that no heiress had an easy life. **Today, at the age of 35, Athens is ready to continue living even stronger, and she is sure that she will not allow anyone to deceive her anymore.**

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CIA project MKULTRA - Project code name for hidden secret mind control operations. The CIA had a secret MK-ultra project, which was carried out during 1957 and 1960, and whose goal was to control the human mind using drugs and methods such as hypnosis. During the early period of the Cold War, the CIA was convinced that the Communists had discovered a cure or technique that would allow them to control the human mind. In response, the CIA launched its own secret program, called MK-ultra, in search of a mind control drug that could be a weapon against the enemy. That is why in 1952, the then CIA director Allen Dales approved the MK-ultra program. Under the supervision of Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, agents experimented with various forms of behavioral modifications. The fact that they focused on the transformation and control of personality led to the fact that most conspiracy theorists believe that the military application of experiments was only a cover, and that the real goal was the control of civilians. Some people who were experimented with, including Gottlieb himself, were drug users, so drinks with the addition of LSD were often used at parties, where people's reactions were monitored. Most of the patients were volunteers, but there were also many cases when experiments were done on people who did not know they were guinea pigs. So a certain Frank Olsen killed himself after a psychotic episode he had because, without his knowledge, he was given LSD. Secret programs that included the use of psychoactive substances were also applied during the war in Vietnam, LSD was given to soldiers, and they were also implemented on the general population. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pptzcFu2CA During the sixties, that drug was inserted into the water supply system of an American city. The entire population was subjected to the experiment, and then a study was done on the influence of LSD on the behavior of citizens. Later, LSD was combined with the so-called "Angelic dust." Officially, these tests were completed in the 1960s, although many people claim that this hidden “war” on the human mind continues today. Government documentation is limited. In 1973, CIA Director Richard Helms ordered the MKULTRA archive to be completely destroyed. However, this was never done, but continued with even more brutal improvement of what has already been achieved, and an impressive amount has been achieved! Experiments involving electroshocks, mental and physical abuse have been used systematically on a large number of subjects, including children.

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Conspiracy theories at the time of the Covid 19 pandemic? Conspiracy theories are born because of the emptiness created by everything that is unknown and unexplained. However, what distinguishes conspiracy theory from a simple alternative explanation is the existence of an "evil plan, organized by a secret and small group of individuals." According to him, every conspiracy theory has three basic elements - a conspiracy, a plan and a goal of mass manipulation. If we look at what level of conspiracy is necessary for everything to be secret, then we come to the necessity of the existence of someone who actually controls and organizes it all. The belief that the world can be controlled is a very powerful driver of conspiracy theories in times of crisis, when there is no explanation for certain phenomena. The corona virus pandemic has slowed or completely stopped many economic and social activities, but not the production of (dis) information. The media and digital platforms were flooded with "discoveries" about the new virus, and citizens became increasingly confused by different and often contradictory data. The so-called "conspiracy theories" have become a hit on social networks, and on the other hand, neither some domestic media, nor political officials and other public figures have resisted to get involved in their transmission and promotion. The corona pandemic has given rise to a number of theories, from the way the virus originated - whether naturally or in a laboratory in Wuhan, through its spread via the 5G network, to the ultimate goal - inventing a vaccine to chip American billionaire Bill Gates. Unverified and fabricated information went so far that Instagram started deleting posts regarding the 5G network, while the internet giant YouTube removed and banned all posts regarding the treatment of the corona, which was not confirmed by the World Health Organization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaYfoGwH33I Such theories are very easy to remember and fit into the already existing system of prejudices, so they are easily retold and upgraded. Faced with a large amount of misinformation and the constant spread of panic from tabloid and political circles, citizens try to calm the feeling of uncertainty by finding any answer, and then they become easy prey for conspiracy theorists. Because it is easier to believe in any answer than in the fact that there are no answers to many questions of existential importance at the moment. Conspiracy theories are currently accepted among people for two reasons, the first is that people sit at home and have too much free time, and the second is that they feel important when they share a story like this on Facebook or in a Viber group, with a comment like "People, "open your eyes!", "what are they doing to us!" Conspiracy theories can sometimes be interesting in moments of leisure, but in such delicate moments they are extremely dangerous. Sources: dw.com danas.rs

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The richest but also the most mysterious family in history. Rothschild. If conspiracy theories are to be believed, some of the most powerful families have ruled the world for centuries and hold many planetary decisions, processes and strategies in their hands. This family established the first significant international banking business from Hesse Kassel near Frankfurt, which was inherited by five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild. The wealth of the Rothschilds was first mentioned in the 18th century, and their influence was strengthened when they financed the British war against Napoleon. Descendants of this powerful family can be found among the nobility of Great Britain and Austria, where they bear the hereditary title of baron of the Habsburg monarchy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z02QfS1TFaE During the 19th century, at its peak, the Rothschild family possessed by far the greatest private wealth in the world, as well as by far the greatest wealth in modern world history. The family fortune later "collapsed" because it was divided among hundreds of descendants. Today, companies in the Rothschild family cover a much smaller scale than they did during the 19th century, although they still cover a diverse range of areas, including finance, mining, energy, mixed production, viticulture and wine production, and charities. In addition to charitable organizations and charitable work, the Rothschilds are also credited with the highest position in the world Illuminati hierarchy. As their wealth grew, so did their social status, all five of Mayer's sons were given the noble title of Baron of the Austrian Empire, and his great-grandson Nathan Mayer was the first Jew to enter the UK Parliament, and his son Lionel Walter Rothschild was is the first Jew to receive the title of British Baron (his father bought the title with the estate). The head of the British family branch has always been considered the informal leader of British Jews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sM3KOYPL_A The only fact that most people know about this family is that they are rich. However, there are some interesting facts about them. They include everything: from secret societies, wars, incest and everything else you can expect from a rich, somewhat dysfunctional family. When a family has more money than people think they have, the family wants to keep that money, and one way to do that is to marry each other. The Rothschilds thus prevented other people from entering their circle and thus began to they claim their money. It is unacceptable to many, but for them it was a good financial strategy. The whole incest movement was led by the founder of the family, Mayer Amschel Rothschild. He set up the whole lineage so that the women of the Rothschild family were very limited in their ability to marry when it came to inheriting. The only way to get their money was to marry their relatives. Namely, there is a story that many witnesses who entered their home claim that they saw signs of respect for Satan inside. The Rothschilds allegedly kept a free seat for the Lord of Darkness at the table, and no one was allowed to sit in that seat. This statement is of course difficult to confirm, but in several different documents this information is stated. To add a little more intrigue to this story, a story circulated about some members of the Rothschilds that they signed their name with the seal of King Solomon. Although the seal was considered a symbol of the Jewish people, it was not an official symbol at the time. It was then seen as a symbol used by Satanists. So far, much has been heard from conspiracy theorists about secret societies, such as the Illuminati and Freemasons, but most of these stories began with the Rothschild family. One thing that didn't help suppress the gossip about the Illuminati was the parties that the Rothschilds organized. The most famous is the one from which there are photographs from 1972. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGbPXq8OJE4&feature=emb_logo The invitations were sent to the guests "upside down", so they needed a mirror to see what was written, and when you arrived, the lights on the house would become bright red. Many of these parties involved some very strange ways of dressing: wearing animals on their heads and masks with several faces. The Rothschilds ruled the world, and few people know anything about them!

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The mystery of the 33rd parallel Why many ancient historical sites and various significant events are associated with this parallel cannot be said with certainty because there are various theories and assumptions. But it is certainly an interesting synchronicity that connects them all, as evidenced by the data below. Coincidence or not, maybe one day we will find out… The 33rd parallel on the map covers the central part of North America, North Africa, the central part of Asia and Japan. As far as North America is concerned, the cities of Phoenix, Los Angeles and Dallas gravitate around this parallel. On March 13, 1997, a large number of Phoenix citizens reported seeing mysterious luminous objects in the sky. After more than two decades, this event has been recorded in history as the most massive reporting of unidentified flying objects. US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. His brother, Robert, was also killed near Parallel 33 in 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. This is not the end of coincidences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7fKlk441dQ The "Trinity" test was conducted in the city of Alamogordo and the first explosion of a nuclear bomb was carried out. and ships. In Asia, at this longitude, there is a place that is important for all humanity. The first civilization was conceived at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and there are also the oldest cities Jerusalem and Damascus, which are important for the world's two largest religions, Christianity and Islam. Iraq), the cradle of Sumerian civilization, was the place where this parallel acts as a junction of two important rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, while some biblical texts suggest that this is exactly the place where the Garden of Eden was located. Further east, in China, in the province of Shaanxi, there is a white pyramid, which archaeologists believe is simultaneous with the objects in Giza. The famous "Terracotta Warriors" were also found at this archeological site. One part of the Great Wall of China spans the 33rd parallel, and along the coast of Japan there is the "Dragon's Triangle", to which numerous disappearances of ships and planes are also connected, as in the case of the "Bermuda Triangle". In the famous city of Casablanca (Africa), there is a large hexagonal pyramid on the 33rd degree. Further east, there is a complex of pyramids in Giza. At the end of this interesting journey we arrive in Japan where the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are located. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il_RIMciPwI A nuclear bomb was dropped on these two places for the first and only time in history, and the fact that this military operation was ordered by the 33rd American President Franklin Rusvelt, can be an additional argument that nothing in the world happens by accident. This number also appears many times in the Bible. It has already been mentioned that Jesus Christ was crucified at the age of 33, and it is believed that this event took place on April 3, 33 AD. Also, according to the most holy book of Christians, King David ruled Jerusalem for 33 years, and Jacob had 33 children. A link to this number can also be found in science because it is the number of turns in the complete DNA sequence. If you look at the 33rd place in the table of elements of the periodic table, there is arsenic, a very toxic substance. But the greatest mysteries and unusual synchronicities can be found when it comes to the entire planet, more precisely, its 33rd parallel.

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What is BOT? The term bots is being placed more and more often in the media, but also in everyday communication, which is why it is necessary to explain the true meaning of this word. The term bot itself is taken from the English language and is used to denote a software robot, ie. an intelligent software agent that may have elements of artificial intelligence. In a figurative sense, it also means a person who opens accounts, fake profiles on social networks (twitter, facebook, ...) and puts positive comments on critical texts, and reacts to negative comments with resentment and defense. They are often used by political parties or other interest groups or individuals to defend and popularize their own views and interests. These are programs that do something useful for your boss. Whether they collect some information from sites, or send emails and fill out web forms (spammers). An example is, for example, a google bot, which visits sites and monitors changes and puts data into their database, and then when we google something, we get an answer from the database that the bot previously filled. On the other hand, we have bots that register on forums and use the account only once and hang a couple of ads (eg "adult movie" and other similar things). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEbzk4vTHsQ These are so-called spam bots. Various scripts are used to protect against spam bots. These are the letters we type before we send our response to a topic or similar. There is another type of "bots" on most regional sites. These are people who open more new accounts (profiles) and they are called "multi", which is actually the correct name, because the bot is a program, not alive. Possession of a multi is generally punishable by a “permanent ban”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEhiLh-wyWE Spambot - leaves advertisements, malicious links on sites, sends emails to email addresses that he finds on your site, can register on your site or forum and then spam there as well. This type of bot, as you guessed, belongs to the malicious ones. Chatbot - usually used on porn sites where a visitor to a porn site shows a chatbox like the one that appears when someone contacts you on Facebook To protect themselves from this intelligent attack, webmasters set up, in most cases, CAPTCHA protection, where you are asked to answer a question, recognize a photo, solve a mathematical equation and the like that spambot does not expect.

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The most popular drugs in Serbia are marijuana, heroin and cocaine Cocaine Cocaine is a very powerful drug obtained from the leaves of the Erytroxylon coca plant that grows in South America. Even the priests of the ancient Incas knew its effects and chewed coca leaves to improve strength and drive away hunger. Even today, in Peru, chewing coca leaves is allowed and socially accepted. Cocaine occurs in the form of a white powder, although street dealers mix it with other substances such as lactose, starch, chalk, powder, aspirin, to get the amount. Cocaine is most commonly snorted, but it can also be injected. Cocaine causes psychological addiction very quickly. Due to the short-term effects of cocaine, there is an increasing recurrence of doses, so tolerance develops rapidly. After using cocaine, there is a feeling of intense satisfaction. The person feels awake, energetic and confident. At the same time, breathing and heart rate are accelerated, blood pressure is raised, pupils are dilated, appetite is suppressed and the need for sleep is reduced. Large doses of cocaine lead to euphoria, anxiety, anxiety, strange and violent behavior, twitching, hallucinations, headaches, chest pain, rapid shallow breathing, muscle cramps, nausea. If an overdose occurs, seizures, heart attack and stroke, kidney failure, coma and death occur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMMOlj68mnM Cocaine use has also been linked to suicides, homicides and fatal accidents. The effects of cocaine appear after just a few seconds and last from 30 minutes to 1 hour. When the effects stop, the person feels very depressed, nervous and irritable. Some users try to avoid this condition by drinking alcohol or using heroin. People who are addicted to cocaine can have trouble sleeping, eating and having sexual problems. Dramatic mood swings, illusions, hallucinations and paranoia can occur. Repeated use can lead to problems with memory, attention and behavior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbGH1fWiQc Chronic snoring can cause blockage, leakage and bleeding from the nose, and cavities of the barrier that separates the nostrils can also appear. People who inject cocaine are at risk of contracting the HIV virus that causes AIDS. Cocaine does not create physical addiction, but mental addiction is very strong and develops quickly, which leads to addiction to drug cravings. Addicts sometimes inject a mixture of heroin and cocaine called "speedball", and this mixture can easily lead to death. If snorted it causes strong euphoria, fatigue disappears, courage, strength, self-confidence are felt, and its action is very short, about an hour. Smoked cocaine is called "crack". It creates a strong and instantaneous excitement that lasts for about 20 minutes. Abrupt cessation of cocaine use causes withdrawal syndrome. Muscle aches, unstoppable trembling, eating and sleeping disorders, depression, nervousness, irritability and a strong craving for drugs occur. Withdrawal symptoms can last for several weeks.

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Don't lose faith in yourself. I saw so many faces, exhausted, numb, empty… I saw souls who didn't care about anything anymore and I wondered; how the hell does a man become so empty? How does everything break down in you so much that you no longer have the will to fight? For dreams, for ideals, for change, for the better sebe for yourself? It never occurred to me to give up. But people give up. They give up every day. Life defeats them and they let him. They defeat themselves and lose their sense and will to be. Defeat them hard year. They are defeated by a bad relationship, they are defeated by work and unpaid bills. They are defeated by debts, diseases, earthquakes… But most of all, they are defeated by that dull melancholy to which they simply indulge. I don't blame them. There are days when it is difficult to lift your head from the pillow, let alone get up and go into the day, to meet everything and everything, all the misery and unbelief. There are those days and they often turn into a week and a month and sometimes a year. But I would be damned if I allowed myself to turn into life. And, to bite it from the inside out, or like moths, along the edges. M.K.

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Lost password vs $220milions in BTC The price of bitcoin has recorded a historical growth that has risen by 92% in a month and about 340% in a year. But one investor was unfortunately denied access to his coin because ... **he forgot his password.** This owner of bitcoin, Stefan Thomas, a programmer who was born in Germany and lives in San Francisco, has only two speculations left to understand the password for his wealth, which is worth about 220 million dollars. The password will allow him to unlock a small hard drive, known as IronKey, which contains the private keys of a digital wallet containing 7,002 bitcoins. Although the price of Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday, it is still higher by more than 50 percent compared to just a month ago, when it exceeded its previous high of about $ 20,000. In an interview with The New York Times, Stefan Thomas, a German developer living in California, revealed that he was given bitcoin, which varied in value over the years before it recently jumped, as a reward for shooting an animated video about bitcoin in 2011. About 20% of existing bitcoins appear to be in "lost or otherwise stranded wallets," which is about $ 140 billion. So ... write down your passwords, account numbers, etc. in several places so that the same thing would not happen to you as to Stefan Thomas. Source: www.9news.com.au

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From a hacker kid to the American "ENEMY NUMBER 1" Julian Assange is, without a doubt, the most controversial White Hat hacker in modern history. Early in his career as a programmer in Australia, Assange pleaded guilty to hacking into agencies such as the Pentagon, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy. He was born in 1971 in Townsville, Australia as Julian Paul Hawkins. His parents divorced early, and his mother remarried, so now he bears the surname of his stepfather Assange. However, in 1979, his mother divorced again. As a child, he often moved and practically lived as a nomad. Already at the age of 16, Assange became a hacker. He was arrested in 1991 for breaking into computers. He pleaded guilty to all counts of the indictment, but was sentenced to a fine of 2,100 Australian dollars for good behavior. In the meantime, he continued his education, studied programming, mathematics and physics, but did not graduate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EWdCII5TLk Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006 on his home server. When he assembled the group with which he founded Wikileaks, he interpreted his intention as opposing regimes such as China, Russia and Central Asian countries, and then also any illegal and immoral behavior of governments or companies, "including the American government." As it turned out, most of the piquancy was related to the United States and its policy. Since then, Wikileaks has published hundreds of thousands of documents on illegal killings in Kenya, on toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, the Church of Scientology, but that was just the beginning. Assange became globally known in 2010, after WikiLeaks disclosed more than 251,000 diplomatic dispatches on November 28, that is, correspondence between the State Department and US diplomatic missions around the world. That material contained as much as 40 percent of confidential material, and more than six percent of secret documents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgw6FoFPhjo An Interpol warrant for Assange was issued on November 30, 2010, and on December 7, the British arrested him, at the request of Sweden. In that country, he is accused of alleged crimes of a sexual nature. PostFinance, a Swiss bank, blocked his funds, in December 2011, on the grounds that the reported place of residence did not correspond to the truth, while MasterCard, Visa Inc., PayPal, as well as Bank of America prevented the inflow of funds to WikiLeaks. According to Assange, in the best of times, "Wikileaks" received up to 85,000 British pounds a day. However, in 2012, the Reykjavik District Court of Iceland ruled that Visa Inc. violated the contract and thus caused damage of 20 million dollars. `Wikileaks Gathers $37M in BTC Since 2010 - Over $400K Sent After Julian Assange's Arrest` Assange fled to the Ecuadorian embassy in London in June 2012, where he received political asylum and where he stayed until April 2019, when the new Ecuadorian authorities revoked his asylum and annulled the citizenship he had acquired in the meantime. He was arrested by the British police because he violated the bail set by the court by fleeing to the embassy. Sweden immediately renewed the investigation and the request for extradition, and Assange is in extradition detention. His friends claim that his health has been damaged so much due to his detention conditions that his life is in danger, and they demand his release. After all, Assange himself emphasized that he no longer believes in the positive outcome of his case and that he fears that the United States will not leave him alone because of what he did. As he put it: "It is possible that I was sentenced to death." But .... "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States due to accusations of espionage and hacking of state computers, a British judge has decided," the Guardian reports. The verdict was handed down to the Central Criminal Court by District Judge Vanessa Baraitser. The judge blocked the request due to concerns about Assange's mental health and the risk of suicide in the United States. She presented evidence of his self-harm and suicidal thoughts and said: "The overall impression is that he is a depressed and sometimes desperate man who is afraid for his future." She stated that extradition to the United States is a risk for him. The American prosecutor's office announced that it would appeal the decision of the British judge, Assange's lawyer Edward Fitzgerald said today. He said he would file a bail application for Assange on Wednesday, pending an appeal. If America's appeal against the British court's decision for conspiracy to possess and disclose national defense information, conspiracy to break into a computer, possession of national defense information (seven counts) and disclosure of national defense information (nine counts) is upheld, he faces 175 years in prison . **"When governments stop torturing and killing people, when corporations stop abusing the legal system, then, perhaps, the time will come to raise the issue of the responsibility of freedom of speech fighters." J.A**

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Secrets of ancient Egypt: What is papyrus, who invented it? Papyrus is the first man-made writing material. This material, similar to today's paper, began around 2500 BC. e. to be made in Egypt from a wild marsh plant, a species of reed also called papyrus. This grass,like plant grows next to or in water, is up to four meters high, and its stem is woody and soft, sometimes up to ten centimeters thick. The papyrus plant had multiple uses in ancient Egypt. Baskets, asuras, clothes, ropes were made of slender stalks, and even sails were made of thicker stalks. Its core, when cooked, was food for the poor, and when it dried, it was used as fuel. Depending on the quality of the papyrus, its price has also changed. The most expensive papyrus was used for books, and cheaper options were bought for letters or personal notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIb02hE-dCA Today, the papyrus plant is often used as an ornamental plant in ponds and pools in warm regions or in botanical gardens. Today, it is known how the writing material was produced from it, based on the records of the Roman writer Pliny the Younger. The process began by splitting the stem of the papyrus plant into strips, which were then thinned and ironed. The strips were then arranged next to each other, and the second row of strips was stacked over them, at right angles. Such layers of papyrus are then glued with Nile mud water or wheat flour glue. The leaves obtained in this way are then spread out in the sun to dry. Papyrus was one of the main export products of Egypt for some time, and around 1500 BC. e. the main shopping center for papyrus sales was located in the city of Byblos. He arrived in Greece in the 7th century BC. e., and then to Rome and other parts of Europe, where it was used as a writing material until the 10th century. On papyrus, it was written with a pen made of pointed reeds (calamus) in black and red. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpMmaBw5ZLU The papyrus book had the shape of a scroll and it was usually written only on the inside of the ribbon, in columns written perpendicular to the length of the scroll. In Egypt itself, papyrus was used during the pharaonic dynasties. It was exported to Greek countries, and then to Rome, and to all other Mediterranean countries. Papyrus was used to write Greek texts in Egypt until VIII. century, and the Arabs used it until the X century. In some European countries (eg in the Roman Curia) it was used until the XI. st. It was pushed out of use by more durable parchment, and in the Arab world by increasing paper production. Many papyrus books and documents have been preserved in Egypt (very rarely in other countries). Depending on the climate, various writing materials were used. Lead pencil:Pencil made of lead with a decorative end; it was first used in the Middle Ages and was later replaced by the graphite lead pencil. Steel pen:Curved point mounted on a handle; it is dipped in an inkwell to write. Stylus: Pointed instrument used by the ancient Greeks to etch wax tablets; the flattened end was used to erase etching. Quill:Large feather with a hollow stalk (calamus) that is sharpened to a point and dipped in ink to write; it was used in the Middle Ages. Cane pen:Instrument that was used from antiquity through the Middle Ages to write on papyrus and parchment; it remains the traditional instrument of Arabic calligraphy. Egyptian reed pen: Small reed that is sharpened to a point and used to draw hieroglyphics on clay tablets or to write in ink on papyrus. Writing brush:Natural bristles set into a handle and dipped in ink to write; it has been used for Chinese calligraphy for 4,000 years. Roman metal:Metal writing instrument devised by the Romans in ancient times; it is the ancestor of the modern metal pen, which appeared in the 19th century.

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Date Rape Drug... Rape drug (given rape drug) is a term used for any narcotic that can be used in the sexual exploitation of a victim. These are usually substances with sedative, hypnotic and amnestic effects, and they are added to food or drink without the victim's knowledge. There is a very wide range of drugs that can have this effect, sedatives from the group of benzodiazepines, other hypnotics, and a combination of alcohol with a sedative effect. It works by making it impossible for the victim to defend himself from the abuser, and it can also cause temporary memory loss, so the victim does not remember anything that happened in the period that followed the consumption. Most often, everything looks like a nightmare, and then there is a feeling of guilt, helplessness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc8UAowWzGs It works very quickly, 15-20 minutes after consumption, and the effect usually lasts four to six hours, but there are also known cases when it lasted twelve hours. These include GHB, ketamine and flunitrazepam, better known as rohipnol. Flunitrazepam is a drug used in the treatment of insomnia (insomnia), and was developed by the pharmaceutical company Roche in the early 1970s. It first appeared on the market in 1975, and is legally sold in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Mexico. Worldwide, flunitrazepam is known by its brand name Rohypnol which has become synonymous with the drug rape. Namely, rapists use flunitrazepam as a means of stunning their victims by inserting it into the victim's drink, so the victim is unable to resist after consuming it because he loses his ability to reason and has reduced motor skills, and at additional doses anterograde amnesia may occur after consuming flunitrazepam. The first abuse of flunitrazepam was recorded in the 1980s, and flunitrazepam can be used alone or in combination with other drugs. In addition to rapists, it is also used by robbers to put their victims to sleep, and it is often used by alcoholics and heroin addicts. It is popular among high school and college students as a recreational drug. GHB, better known as a rape drug, falls into the category of nervous system depressants. It has no color or smell, so it is easy to put it in the drink of a potential victim. Different names for GHB are also G, Liquid .... As for the appearance itself, GHB is a powdery white form, and it can also be a colorless liquid that is often colored for camouflage. In addition, GHB may be the active ingredient in some tablets or capsules. 1 gram of GHB powder can be diluted in 1 ml of water. It is also frightening to think how dangerous the existence of such drugs can be when they are in the hands of sexual abusers. The question that arises in itself is what a person can do to prevent being a victim of rape and the effects of the narcotics that enable that act. There are a few simple precautions that should be followed. First of all, neither public nor private parties should accept an already poured glass and open drinks, whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic, from people you do not know or do not trust. In cafes, bars and clubs, take drinks only directly from the bartender and watch what he pours for you. Don’t leave your glass anywhere, and while you’re at the table don’t turn your back on the table. Also, it is important to be careful, especially if you hear that these drugs are being talked about or if you notice that your friends seem too intoxicated by the amount of alcohol they ingest. The only recommendation on such an occasion is to leave the place where you are immediately.

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Passive smokers get sick more than smokers. Cigarette smoking, whose main ingredient is nicotine, is a very common addiction among the population. Like most addictive diseases, nicotine exerts its effects through the mechanisms of dopaminergic and other reward systems in the brain. When tobacco is unavailable or a person tries to quit smoking, it occurs through the symptoms of withdrawal syndrome, which may not be so physically pronounced and lasts only a few days, but the craving for cigarettes can last for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18Vz51Nkos Although legally accepted in almost all countries of the world, tobacco is one of the biggest poisons man consciously enters into his organism while endangering both his health and the health of the people around him myself. The big problem with smoking is that young people start consuming tobacco earlier and earlier, no realizing its bad sides. Every year, about 4 million people lose their lives due to smoking, ie. every 8 seconds one person dies from some diseases caused by tobacco smoke, which contains over 4,000 harmful and 43 carcinogenic substances. Tobacco smoke is full of carcinogenic agents, such as carbon monoxide, tar, etc. Nicotine is a highly toxic drug and is as addictive as heroin. So, smoking is an addictive disease, up to now, widely socially accepted. It does not cause immediate harmful effects such as drug and alcohol abuse. Mechanism of action destroys the enzyme mono-amino oxidase B (MAO) - which eliminates dopamine, and the accumulation of dopamine causes a feeling of satisfaction in smokers. In addition to 4,000 harmful substances and none of the useful ones that exist in tobacco, the tobacco industry in cigarettes inserts an additional 600 chemical components. Sulfur is added to give low-quality tobacco a yellow color. Lead is added to correct the taste and because of this ingredient smokers often feel a metallic taste in their mouth. To stabilize the moisture and not to dry out the tobacco, the manufacturers add antifreeze. To prevent the ash from crowning, asbestos fibers are added, and in order for the ash to be white, titanium dioxide is added. With a large dose of radioactivity, it is only possible to grow "quality" tobacco. Combustion of paper and tobacco produces hydrogen selenium, two hundred times more toxic than hydrogen cyanide acids. In addition to having a detrimental effect on the smoker's body, tobacco smoke has a very adverse effect on the health of non-smokers living in a smoky room. Involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke leads to secondary, passive smoking. Secondary smoke has a higher concentration of harmful ingredients than smoke inhaled by a smoker. It contains a mixture of toxic chemicals that are associated with diseases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWBcYpXpt4s Passive smoking causes numerous diseases, including acute respiratory infections, asthma, and lung cancer. Passive smoking causes coughing, sneezing, burning, redness and tearing of the eyes, irritation in the nose, throat, difficulty breathing and headache.

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Stop Taking Heroin..... Addiction disease is often seen as a consequence of pampering, lack of discipline and self-control, even human whimsy. Paradoxically, a sick person is expected to "start", wake up, get serious, help himself. Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, games of chance, drugs, food, the Internet, shopping - addiction can have many faces and affect anyone. Addiction can have a devastating effect not only on the body, but also on the soul, social life and financial situation. Addiction is a disease and must be treated like any other disease. Unlike other diseases, they are characterized by a lack of control and the characteristic lack of a strong desire of a person to be cured of the disease. The specificity of the addiction disease is that the person no longer has control over his behavior, so it is pointless to ask him to establish that control. Motivation for the treatment of addiction is more than half of the work done, but by the very nature of the disease, it is exactly what is missing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhfZ7ZPPRQA Heroin addiction is a chronic, progressive, recurrent disease. There is a popular belief that anyone who tries heroin is rarely cured of it. In the case of heroin, the folk belief coincides with scientific facts. There is no trial for heroin. Sometimes two or three "trials" are enough to create a complete heroin addiction. Most heroin addicts were unaware of what the substance they were "trying" was. When we say that someone is not aware of what they are trying, it is because rarely does anyone see themselves as a person who has withdrawn from all important people in their life, who is no longer able to perform everyday functions if it is not "done" or who does not find pleasure in one joy of life except heroin itself. Also, rarely does anyone see themselves as a person who is capable of having only one goal - to procure heroin and does not dare to fulfill that goal, every day, over and over again. Rarely does anyone see such a life as desired, but it is exactly the reality for anyone who ventures into the world of heroin. Complete abstinence from opiates as a treatment outcome is rarely achieved. That is why prevention is extremely important. The education of young people is the most important factor influencing the reduction of the number of heroin users today. Heroin is a derivative of morphine, a drug produced from opium poppy, and is probably the most dangerous drug today in terms of the speed of addiction it causes. Heroin in nature does not exist in isolation, it is neither in the cocoon nor in the poppy stalk. It arrives on the market as a white crystalline powder. Pure heroin is as white as cocaine, but it is not marketed. Depending on the purity of the mixture, ie the type and amount of the substance added by the dealers, the color of the heroin varies from light brown to brownish-reddish hue. In order to increase the amount of drugs on the market, and thus the earnings, a variety of substances are added to pure heroin (powdered sugar, various powdered detergents, gypsum, etc.). Heroin is a natural, heavy drug that is produced from morphine, and according to its action, it belongs to opioids. Heroin (diacetylmorphine) is a synthetic derivative of morphine, and the speed and strength of its action are a consequence of its good fat solubility, which allows it to pass the blood-brain barrier faster. There is a risk of overdose with every heroin intake, to know. Heroin has the strongest addictive properties, mental and physical, known to date. In 97% of users, addiction occurs within less than twenty days of regular use.

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Steroids - a faster way to death, not to the goal. As soon as you enter the story called "building your own body", you realize how much blood, tears and sweat it takes for more serious, visible progress. Since time immemorial, people have been trying to find shortcuts and speed up the process of progress. At what price? Many young people, unaware of the risks, engage in a story called "steroids". The term "steroid" refers to a broad category of molecules that share a similar molecular structure but have many different functions. When people talk about steroids in sports, they mean a subcategory of steroids that resembles the hormone testosterone. Although first-class athletes and bodybuilders started using steroids in the 1950s, most of today's users are not actually athletes, but people who want a certain body appearance. Do not mix anabolic steroids with corticosteroids. Steroids have two main effects: androgenic, which develops male sexual characteristics, and anabolic, which promotes growth. The effects of building muscle help the body retain protein, a building block necessary for muscle and bone growth. Unfortunately, people who take steroids run the risk of some side effects during the treatment, and sometimes the use of steroids can leave lasting consequences on the psychophysical development of a young person. Some of the consequences that are manifested are increased hair growth in the area of ​​the face and body, the development of a deep voice, aggression, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMie31YQIHA&feature=emb_logo The question arises as to the purpose of taking steroids, usually young or old people who want to build muscle mass in a fast way and thus be more attractive to themselves and others. Steroid users at that time do not think about the consequences of hormonal imbalance and other consequences that taking steroids brings. The main health difficulties that occur with the abuse of anabolic steroids are: tumor and liver cancer, jaundice, fluid retention, high blood pressure, elevated LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowered HDL (good cholesterol); other difficulties are: kidney tumor, acne and shivering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2V7YQhsFo4 Steroids leave gender-related health consequences: for men: reduced testicles, decreased sperm count, infertility, baldness, breast growth, increased risk of getting prostate cancer for women: facial hair growth, baldness, irregularity or cessation of the menstrual cycle, enlarged clitoris, deeper voice for adolescents: premature cessation of growth due to premature bone maturation and accelerated pubertal changes. This means that adolescents run the risk of staying low if they take anabolic steroids before they are fully developed. The accumulation of steroids in the body disturbs the internal balance, when the body tries to eliminate the excess of steroids and other hormones. Steroid abuse can cause growth retardation in adolescents, persistent headaches, bone pain, nausea, as well as changes in the level of the digestive system and urinary system. An unexpected side effect is that the use of steroids can cause tendon weakening, exposing athletes to the risk of serious injuries. Enlargement of the heart, which later leads to heart failure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JGpqAlHWe0 High blood pressure, Atherosclerosis, Elevated cholesterol Heart palpitations, heart attack, stroke, anaphylactic and septic shock, etc. Finally, there is ample evidence that users may become addicted to steroids. They may become tolerant, leading to higher doses over time. This increases the risk of harmful effects, which is very common in users who take higher doses, for a longer period of time. Do you know what happens in your body when you use steroids. People who have used them said that in the beginning the feeling is great, but later, the body starts to get used to it, so you have to constantly increase the dose, to later come to a period where you will be extremely unhealthy and where your body can simply to turn off.

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Napoleon's complex - truth or myth? Did Bonaparte earn this honor by his nature or is it all just a byproduct of propaganda? Napoleon I Bonaparte succeeded in resurrecting the empire that died as a result of the French Revolution at the beginning of the 19th century, and then threw continental Europe at his feet. He was one of the most famous military geniuses, and today we often mention him because of a psychological phenomenon. According to tradition, Napoleon compensated for the low growth by fighting. The Napoleon complex is one of the biggest male problems they have to deal with all their lives. A person who has an average or smaller number of inches than most, feels inadequate and less valuable. The stereotype that accompanies shorter men is that they are more aggressive, louder and have a greater desire to attract attention and prove themselves, which Freud explained by the fact that it is a defensive ego attitude that makes a man unable to bear to be below average. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QvImmSvvtU Anthropologists justify the more aggressive performance of lower men by the evolutionary theory according to which lower and weaker men proved their superiority by being loud and aggressive. Although Napoleon was not considered a giant in the physical sense, he was certainly not unusually short. If the French ruler was of average height, then why did we remember him as a short figure? It is British propaganda that immortalized him as a temperamental dwarf, and James Gilray is especially deserving, whose numerous caricatures were very popular during Napoleon's reign (1799-1814, 1815). Gilray was a talented cartoonist and graphic artist. He ruthlessly ridiculed Bonaparte, to the extent that on one occasion a French statesman demanded that the British authorities censor his drawings. How did the opinion that Napoleon was extremely short? It is believed that this stems from the fact that the French ruler was always surrounded by a personal guard made up of extremely tall and large men. Wherever Napoleon went, he was shorter than anyone who made up his entourage, so the French people remembered him as a "little corporal" - first a sign of sympathy, and later an insult to the general.

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Feng Shui: a wallet that attracts wealth. In today's Feng Shui, a wallet is a kind of symbol of prosperity, and it depends on your wallet whether you will live in poverty or in wealth. Another argument - the wallet has been in contact with you for a long time (in your pocket or purse) so a constant exchange of energy is inevitable. Feng Shui teaches us how to create an environment that inspires, motivates, gives us power and attracts good things. Happiness and wealth, or abundance, are a common theme in feng shui art, so certain plants attract money, and there is a belief that the wallet should be a certain color. So let's see what needs to be done. Cleaning: Take everything out of your wallet, just everything. Wipe it whole with a damp microfiber cloth to clean it. Sort everything you find inside: You probably have a bunch of receipts, bills, or slips of paper that you don't really need. If there are those among you that you have to keep, their place is not in your wallet, but somewhere in the house where you keep other papers related to finances. Discard all expired membership cards, and write the numbers from the business cards to the phone.Don't forget the cash - straighten the banknotes nicely and then arrange them. How many times have you searched for money, because you don't know where each banknote is, or from 20 dinars do you think it is 100? Arrange the banknotes by value, from the smallest to the largest, and always keep them that way. This is the first step towards getting "chaos" out of your wallet and it will mean a lot to you. What goes into which compartment?: Always carry only what you need to have with you every day in your wallet. If crumpled banknotes fall out of it, bank receipts that have already faded, business cards will subconsciously irritate you as soon as you open it. Put everything you need often in the most easily accessible compartment. Add one piece of paper to it: Good energy attracts good energy, so in one of the wallet compartments put a piece of paper on which you wrote an affirmation by hand, a message to yourself, maybe even a check that you wrote to yourself for a certain amount and you will not cash it, as symbols of attracting good energy. Where to keep it?: You have arranged the wallet, it is ready to attract good energy and abundance, now it would not be good to just put it in a bag full of chaos. Let tidying up your purse be your next step! When it comes to color, avoid blue wallets. The blue color is a symbol of water and it literally "washes" money out of the wallet. Try to intuitively choose the right color or play it safe and choose a wallet in red. The fact is that the red color according to Feng Shui is quite universal, and the powerful force of this color is used for various purposes, especially to activate a certain zone or strengthen magical objects and symbols. Enhance the flow of money that passes through your wallet, with special talismans. Put on the largest banknote and it is best if it is in shades of green. Three Chinese coins, tied with a red ribbon are a real magnet for money. They are carried in a wallet or placed in the wealth sector, which is located in the southeastern part of the apartment or house.

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What does his swimsuit tell you about him? Wouldn’t you agree that a woman’s choice of swimsuit says a lot about her? Well, so did the man about him! Bathing shorts, bermuda shorts, shorts, bathing suit, "mankini", is a great choice for a man who plans to visit the beach and each of them reveals some part of his personality and lifestyle. So let's go; Bathing shorts are similar to ordinary shorts that we wear on land during the summer, but they are made of lighter materials that are easier to dry. Shorts are short, usually ending somewhere above the knee, but can be narrow or wide. It is the most popular type of bathing suit among men in North America, but it has also conquered Europe in recent decades. Guys who wear bathing shorts value life, lead an active life and take care of how they look on the beach. Shorts lying close to the body reveal greater self-confidence, which can sometimes be a very good thing, and sometimes bad if it is excessive Bermuda Bermuda shorts are very similar to swimming shorts, but they are usually a bit longer, ending below or at knee height. They are made for water sports that involve the use of any board (hence the name in English - boardshorts; board-board and shorts-shorts). Guys who wear Bermuda shorts are usually adventurous, sometimes addicted to adrenaline and value freedom above all else. They have many interests and are rarely bored. Although they are relaxed most of the time, they can easily become bored and as a result they can become a little grumpy sometimes. Shorts Also known as "spido", bathing suits have dominated as a type of bathing equipment among men over the past decades. Now they are the most popular in Europe, they are very short and have a V-shape, which leaves the thighs completely naked and fits very close to the body, and they tell you more than they suggest what a man's greatest treasure is. The guy who wears pants is either a traditionalist at heart or has a very strong personality and he doesn't care what others think of him. His lifestyle is neither predominantly active nor passive - he likes to enjoy life as much as he can and often appreciates high-quality things. So now you see dear ladies whether this is true or not.

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There is no further from this point, and there is no living soul on it! The farthest point from any land on our planet is the so-called "Point Nemo." Where is it? In the middle of the ocean surrounded by millions of km2 of water surface. Its geographical coordinates are 48 ° 52.6 ′ south latitude and 123 ° 23.6 ′ west longitude. The nearest mainland is more than 1600 km (small islands from the group of Easter Islands). It is interesting that the closest people to this point are those who are in space, on the international space station. Point Nemo is located in an inaccessible part of the ocean, an area in the center of the South Pacific, farthest from land and people, and from anywhere else on Earth. Nemo is located exactly between Australia, South America and Antarctica. It takes over 2,700 kilometers from Point Nemo to the nearest mainland, and those are the islands of Pitcairn in the north, the Easter Islands in the west and Antarctica in the south. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bifbg12u28&feature=emb_logo Neither ships nor planes pass over this area and there is absolutely nothing but the ocean. And precisely because the place is so far from civilization and traffic, it was chosen as the best for the graveyard of spacecraft and satellites, without fear that an uncontrolled crash of the plane could injure or cause damage. Exactly four kilometers below the surface of the ocean is the largest cemetery of spacecraft and satellites since 1971. In the last 48 years, over 300 aircraft and satellites have ended their lives here. Most of the "inhabitants" of Point Nemo, more precisely about 200 buildings, belong to Russia. The heaviest spacecraft that crashed there in 2001 is also Russian-made, and it is the MIR space station weighing 140 tons. It is here that the International Space Station (ISS) is planned to end its century after 2024

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Conspiracy: A secret story about the protocols of the sages of Zion Believe it or not, Hitler was not the first to come up with the theory that it was the Jewish people who wanted to dominate the world. He was obsessed with a pamphlet entitled "Protocol of the Sages of Zion" in which records from a secret meeting of powerful Jews that took place in a castle located in the Moonraker spacecraft were allegedly leaked. It turned out to be a hoax that is a plagiarism of pieces - satire from the 19th century. Despite the fact that it may be partly responsible for the Holocaust, it actually arose from a completely different motive: to soften the attitude towards political dissidents in pre-communist Russia. In 1921, the London Times presented conclusive proof that the Protocols was a "clumsy plagiarism." The Times confirmed that the Protocols had been copied in large part from a French political satire that never mentioned Jews,Maurice Joly's Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu (1864). Other investigations revealed that one chapter of a Prussian novel, Hermann Goedsche's Biarritz (1868), also "inspired" the Protocols. Of great importance is the fact that the whole theory, in its various forms, is the product of political and propaganda intrigue whose ultimate goal has no direct connection with the Jewish people themselves. He was used as a scapegoat in the conflict between reactionary, monarchist and revolutionary-liberal currents, primarily in France, and then in Germany and Russia. False accusations, forgeries and anti-Semitic spins served as a counter-revolutionary means to discredit the revolution in France, but also as a preventive method to prevent the outbreak of revolutions in other monarchies. Due to its closeness to progressive and modernist ideas, as well as the possession of great wealth, the archetype of the "Jewish banker", who bribes and controls the liberal global elite, has become the ideal enemy of the Church and the Monarchy in these theories. However, the truth about the emergence of the notorious forgery that directly legitimized anti-Semitic violence and the Holocaust is much more absurd and banal, which makes the whole thing more tragic and monstrous. Despite the fact that many anti-Semitic movements, from the Black Centuries to the Nazis, seriously believed in conspiracy theory, it was nevertheless based on a false document that served the purposes of current political reckoning. Pyotr Ivanovich Rachkovski began his career as a junior civil servant. When he was arrested by the secret police in 1879 for alleged involvement in the assassination attempt on General Dretnell, he was faced with a choice: either he would be deported to Siberia or he would start working for the secret service. Already in 1881, he became active in the right-wing organization of the Holy Society, which would be the forerunner of the anti-Semitic Black Centuries, which would later reflect on his closeness to anti-Semitic ideas in drafting the Protocol of the Sages of Zion. In 1884, he became the head of all operations outside Russia and from his headquarters in Paris followed the work of all revolutionary and terrorist groups for the next 19 years. The first anti-Semitic action was shown in 1887, when he sent a fabricated letter to Moscow by a certain revolutionary Ivanov, claiming that the revolutionary terrorists were predominantly Jews, and in 1890 he sent another letter entitled "Confessions of an Old Revolutionary" accusing the same Jews of are British agents. Two years later, a text appeared in which Plekhanov was falsely signed as the author, claiming that the confession was his, and that the representatives of the People's Will published it without his permission. All these texts were written by Rachkovski personally. Pyotr Rachkovsky is one of the greatest manipulators, a spy for the Russian tsar. He worked for the Russian Secret Police (Okhrana) and, among other things, took care of exposing revolutionary groups, both in Russia and throughout Europe. One of the measures he took was instructed journalism where the newspapers wrote what they were told. Okhrana probably invented the above-mentioned document called the Protocol, which aimed to discourage the communists from starting a revolution, because it seemed that the communists themselves were being used as an instrument of the Jews who would rule the world. Why were the Jews taken as the main actors, probably because there were some in the area. It is obvious that the goal was not achieved because the Russian revolution took place a few years later. Yet this wicked document, the Protocol came into the hands of dangerous and reckless people, such as Hitler, and the rest is a terrifying history. Reference: Cohn, Norman. “A warrant for Genocide: the myth of Jewish world-conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, (London: Serif, 1996), 80

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Fear of disease profits for the pharmaceutical industry Are you just shy or do you need medication for social anxiety? Is your nervousness and tension curable with pills for premenstrual dysphoric disorder? Are you focused on health or worried about illness? Today, menopause is presented as a health disorder, osteoporosis and elevated cholesterol as very serious diseases, and people are constantly afraid of deadly viruses that threaten to destroy humanity. Today, drug manufacturers present elevated cholesterol and osteoporosis as diseases, although they are only risk factors, and certain diseases such as restless legs syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome are exaggerated. It is not unusual to know that pharmaceutical companies promote non-existent diseases and exaggerate minor health problems in order to make as much profit as possible, thus exposing healthy people to risk. Halitosis is a fictional disease.Halitosis most often occurs due to the fermentation of food particles by anaerobic gram-negative bacteria in the mouth, which creates sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide and the metal mercaptan. Several systemic diseases produce substances that can be felt in the breath, and which, although they do not have an unpleasant odor, are typically considered halitosis. Due to bad breath, more and more people visit doctors, who in turn prescribe special caladons and mouthwashes, on which the industry earns huge money. But experts claim that bad breath is in most cases a simple fabrication, and that it is natural to feel a certain smell in the breath, and that condition can usually be corrected by increasing water intake and changing the diet. Lowering bad cholesterol prevents heart disease. Perhaps one of the biggest health myths of Western culture is the misuse of the fictional term "bad cholesterol" by the media and the medical profession. In addition, the naive public has been deceived by the false connection between cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases. Cholesterol has never been proven to cause heart disease, on the contrary, cholesterol is vital for the body and any attempt to lower it can have devastating consequences, especially as we age. As for your appearance - don't worry, there is a rich program of cosmetic products at your disposal. The cosmetics industry is also looking for its share of the cake. She has an active participation in shaping trends, so playing on the card of your dissatisfaction with looks and vanity will offer you a chance to be "fancy" with their make-up, pomades, powders. This is not just about trends, but about imposing a false need to "look perfect" without a single "dot" on your face, even when you are at the age when it is normal. So, wherever you turn, you will be able to see advertisements and messages with pictures of perfect models (which are otherwise ironed in Photoshop), but you will need to look exactly like that - like a movie star. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNskp_MQTkA Thanks to the marketing of the pharmaceutical industry, the ups and downs of everyday life have become mental disorders, common ailments turned into frightening conditions, and more and more ordinary people are turning into patients. Through promotional campaigns exploiting our deepest fears of death, decay, and disease, the billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry is literally changing the meaning of humanity. The world's pharmaceutical giants are no longer satisfied with selling drugs only to the sick, but billions of revenues are generated at the expense of healthy people whose fear of death and disease has been used to trick them into lying about the need for treatment. The outcome is often very dangerous because of most of these drugs otherwise healthy people do more harm than good. However, they cannot get help from doctors either, because a good part of the medical profession works closely with the pharmaceutical industry, which lubricates them heavily.

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