Britain's John Curry turned figure skating on its head in 1976 when he swept the board in men's competition, winning the Olympic gold medal as well as the world and European championships.
"My goal is to write music on ice," was how he summed up his approach, considering himself to be a "skater choreographer".
His Grand Slam in 1976 marked a turning point in the sport, the fruition of his brilliant and innovative strategy of removing the classical performance from the straight-jacket in which it had been confined and injecting it with a choreographed energy never before seen on the ice.
The "music" - whose inspired notes moved figure skating from elegant sporting discipline to art form - was important too, in that ultimately it sealed the fate of the compulsories, an exercise Curry loathed and which had kept him off the podium on more than one occasion.
The beauty of Curry's approach lay in his desire to incorporate the most spectacular and technically difficult aspects of the sport into a finely-tuned, choreographed peformance.
Curry loved dancing and skating from an early age and would have become a ballet dancer if his father had let him.
He left school at the age of 16 after his father died and moved to London, where he began working with the coach Arnold Gerschwiler.
Most of Curry's meagre earnings in this tough early period went to pay for dance and figure skating lessons.
In 1973 he made a crucial decision to begin work with the hugely respected coach Carlo Fassi and moved his training base to Colorado in the United States.
Taking up competition at a relatively late age, he had his first international success at the 1974 European championships, where he won the bronze medal.
It was the start of a meteoric rise to the top.
Curry's wonderful Olympic victory at Innsbruck was the highlight of his career and it gave Britain their first ever men's gold medal at the Winter Games.
Turning professional, the "Nureyev of the ice" created his own figure skating show called "The John Curry Theatre of Skating" which allowed him to give full rein to his skills as a choreographer.
Curry discovered he was HIV positive in 1987 and sadly by 1991 he began to suffer the symptoms of full-blown AIDS. He returned to England where he lived for three years before dying on April 15, 1994, aged just 44.


I'm going to talk about various headache causes and treatment. For simplicities sake when I say headache I'm referring to all forms of headaches and migraines, unless otherwise stated.
While many people don't think of food being responsible for headaches, researchers for over 50 years have been showing how foods can cause headaches and migraines. Foods containing Tyramine (a naturally occurring chemical) are widely taught to cause headaches. These foods can include chocolate, preserved meat, alcohol, cheese, and many others.
But other foods, not high in Tyramine, can also cause headaches. Foods causing headaches is a very debatable topic between doctors, with most not even suggesting how food can often trigger a headache. This doesn't align with research and clinical experiences though. One study of 88 children with frequent migraines showed 93% recovered from following a strict hypo-allergenic diet.
If a person eats a food they are sensitive to his or her body will mount an immune response, which causes the release of histamine. Certain foods also contain higher amounts of histamine. No matter the form, histamine has been linked to causing vascular headaches. Low histamine diets can really help a lot of chronic headache sufferers, and one can find many recipes here.
Studies have shown most headache sufferers to have food allergies.
As you can see, there are many ways foods can cause headaches, be it from an allergy, Tyramine, or histamines. We'll talk more about testing for food allergies later.
Many holistic health care practitioners have been teaching for years how dysbiosis (too many bad microbes) can wreak havoc on ones body. Fungal/Candida dysbiosis causes the production of aldehyde and benzene in ones body. Both of these chemicals are widely known to cause a wide range of physical effects, including severe headaches. All forms of dysbiosis will cause the production of unwanted chemicals in ones body, in addition to increasing inflammation and increasing ones overall total load.
Much of the food we intake in today's society are nutrient poor compared to past generations. Also because of dysbiosis and inflammation we don't always properly absorb the nutrients from our food as well as we should. Both of these issues can lead to nutrient deficiencies. Deficiencies in vitamin B6, zinc, folic acid, and magnesium (to name a few) can all cause headaches.
Vitamin B6 is used up by your body in times of stress, which we all have too much of in today's society and in the formation of adrenaline. It is also a key nutrient in breaking down histamine, and studies have shown to be used up when one is near electromagnetic fields (EMF), which we are on a daily basis.
Zinc can be used up when eating foods one is sensitive to, because it acts to stop the release of unwanted histamine. Zinc is also needed in the production of pancreatic enzymes, which is needed to properly digest food.
Many things we are exposed to daily in our environment can also cause headaches; perfumes people wear, shampoo or lotion with fragrance added, pollution in the air, the smell of rubber walking by a new shoe store, etc. etc. These are just a few examples of potential environmental triggers, which can set off a headache in many people.
A cervicogenic headache is one where the head pain is referred from the bones and/or muscles in the neck. Researchers estimate that approximately 18% of all headaches are of this variety. If a bone is subluxated (misaligned in ones neck) then it can cause irritation to the surrounding nerves. This irritation can lead to one experiencing a headache. When assessing ones neck for subluxations the doctor should always evaluate the function of the supporting neck muscles. For numerous reasons ones muscles may not be working properly, and using certain types of specific therapy on the muscles can help them regain their proper tone and contractile ability. If needed, the subluxation can also be corrected by using a very specific chiropractic adjustment on the neck. By working both the vertebrae (bones) and muscles one can help to greatly reduce, if not completely eliminate, these cervicogenic headaches.
For nearly 100 years doctors have researched the effects of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and headaches.
As mentioned in my previous blog on Fatigue, poor functioning adrenal glands can result in ones blood sugar not being able to balance correctly. Working to restore proper adrenal gland function can help one who suffers from hypoglycemic headaches.
Approximately 7-14% of women report having migraines only during menstruation. These hormonal headaches are thought to be caused by dropping estrogen levels during a woman's monthly cycle. Hormonal imbalances can be caused by intake of xeno-estrogens in ones diet, your liver being overloaded and not being able to break down estrogen correctly, or improper production.
Drugs to remove your headache?
Sometimes taking an Ibuprofen, Aspirin, or other Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) will help with your headache, allowing you to continue on with your day. Great! All Fixed! But wait, was your headache caused by a lack of NSAIDs? I think not. NSAIDs work by shutting down your body's production of prostaglandins. You have 3 forms of prostaglandins, with #1 and #3 being anti-inflammatory and #2 being pro-inflammatory. Blocking of this #2 pathway is why NSAIDs work in relieving a headache. One major problem with taking an NSAID is it shuts down all forms of prostaglandins, meaning that it may make you feel good initially by shutting down the #2 pathway, but will cause more long term harm by also shutting down your natural anti-inflammatory #1 and #3 pathways.
And, we cannot overlook NSAIDs causing intestinal bleeding.
What can I do to stop my headaches?
As mentioned, many things can cause headaches including food allergies, dysbiosis, hormonal imbalances, musculoskeletal issues, and improper blood sugar handling. In some people if they stop eating chocolate, or no longer drink wine, ones headaches will go away. Sadly though, it typically is not this cookie cutter to help one who suffers from headaches.
Getting checked on food sensitivities/toxicities is one of the best initial steps in starting to decrease your headaches. There are many ways to check for food sensitivities including skin prick, blood, elimination, and other manors. My personal favorite, and the main one I use in my practice to evaluate food sensitivities is Applied Kinesiology. Using this technique we are able to see how your body neurologically responds to various foods in real-time testing, giving us a fast and immediate way to give you a custom diet program. You want to make sure your doctor can also check you for dysbiosis, adrenal function, and hormone function to see if these may be contributing factors to your headaches. By lowering your overall total load then you will be less likely to develop a headache from environmental causes, as spoken about before. In some circumstances certain nutrients will boost your toxin handling ability, allowing you be exposed to the same triggers in moderation without the unwanted side effects getting a headache.
In cases of a cervicogenic headache you should have your neck vertebrae and musculature evaluated. By correcting any subluxations and working on any muscular imbalances you can relieve the pressure on the irritated nerves, decreasing the referral pain, which caused the headache.
Getting checked on all of these things will give you the best chance of getting rid of your headaches for good!
As always, please feel free to email me at DrNoahLebowitz@gmail.com or comment below with any questions you may have.


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The planets of the solar system as depicted by a NASA computer illustration. Orbits and sizes are not shown to scale.
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Ever since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, kids grew up learning about the nine planets of our solar system. That all changed starting in the late 1990s, when astronomers began to argue about whether Pluto was a planet. In a highly controversial decision, the International Astronomical Union ultimately decided in 2006 to call Pluto a "dwarf planet, " reducing the list of "real planets" in our solar system to eight.
However, astronomers are now hunting for another planet in our solar system, a true ninth planet, after evidence of its existence was unveiled on Jan. 20, 2016. The so-called "Planet Nine, " as scientists are calling it, is about 10 times the mass of Earth and 5, 000 times the mass of Pluto.
Here's the order of the planets, starting nearest the sun and working outward through the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune — and Planet Nine.
Solar System Pictures: A Photo Tour
If you insist on including Pluto, then that world would come after Neptune on the list; Pluto is truly way out there, and on a wildly tilted, elliptical orbit (two of the several reasons it got demoted). Interestingly, Pluto used to be the eighth planet, actually. More on that below.
Terrestrial planets
The inner four worlds are called "terrestrial planets, " because, like Earth, their surfaces are all rocky. Pluto, too, has a solid surface (and a very frozen one) but has never been grouped with the four terrestrials.
Jovian planets
The four large outer worlds — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — are known as the "Jovian planets" (meaning "Jupiter-like") because they are all huge compared to the terrestrial planets, and because they are gaseous in nature rather than having rocky surfaces (though some or all of them may have solid cores, astronomers say). According to NASA, "two of the outer planets beyond the orbit of Mars — Jupiter and Saturn — are known as gas giants; the more distant Uranus and Neptune are called ice giants." This is because, while the first two are dominated by gas, while the last two have more ice. All four contain mostly hydrogen and helium.
The IAU definition of a full-fledged planet goes like this: A body that circles the sun without being some other object's satellite, is large enough to be rounded by its own gravity (but not so big that it begins to undergo nuclear fusion, like a star) and has "cleared its neighborhood" of most other orbiting bodies. Yeah, that's a mouthful.
The problem for Pluto, besides its small size and offbeat orbit, is that it shares its space with lots of other objects in the Kuiper Belt, beyond Neptune. Still, the demotion of Pluto remains controversial.
The IAU planet definition puts other small, round worlds in the dwarf planet category, including the Kuiper Belt objects Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.
Also now a dwarf planet is Ceres, a round object in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres was actually considered a planet when discovered in 1801 and then later deemed to be an asteroid. Some astronomers like to consider Ceres as a 10th planet (not to be confused with Nibiru or Planet X), but that line of thinking opens up the possibility of there being 13 planets, with more bound to be discovered.
Source: www.space.com
Modern solar system model
Latest discoveries in solar system
History of solar system
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OSUIT School of Watchmaking - Two years of your time will serve you for a lifetime.
Custom designed labs are located in the award-winning Donald W. Reynolds Technology Center.
OSUIT is phasing out the Watchmaking & Microtechnology program within the School of Engineering Technologies. OSUIT will no longer be accepting applications for or enrolling new students in the Watchmaking & Microtechnology program, and only courses required for current students will be offered.


Tulle fabric has always been popular among wedding gown designers but is becoming ever-more so with each passing season. Both big-name fashion houses and independent designers (including Alexander McQueen, YSL, Oscar de la Renta, Rocha, Delpozo and Moschino) are using more and more tulle in their creations and you can get the look for yourself right here at Bridal Fabrics.
Tulle was originally painstakingly woven by hand from pure silk, two factors that ensured prices remained prohibitive for most ordinary people. A patent for a tulle-weaving machine was granted in 1809 and this, combined with the invention of synthetic fabrics, caused prices to fall and tulle to become more accessible. As accessibility increased, so did both the popularity and variety of tulle for bridal wear, evening gowns and lingerie.
Twilight Sequinned Tulle/p> Wedding gown material that features floral motifs and themes will always be around but, during recent seasons, we have noticed more and more abstract designs on the couture runways. Twilight Sequinned Tulle fits perfectly into this category with its big, bold design, comprising a repeating zigzag made up of reflective sequins. Choose from Ivory, Silver or Champagne to create your dream dress.
Synthetic fabric is used to make many modern tulle fabrics but Phenomenon takes its cues from traditional design methods and is made using 100% silk. Weighing just five mommy, Phenomenon has a surprisingly firm handle; washing the fabric by hand at 40 degrees will soften this handle and increase drape. This is a particularly wide lace (145") so if you like this fabric but need it to be of reduced size, we recommend Sensation Silk Tulle, which measures 73" in width.
Carnival is a soft knitted Polyamide Italian Tulle, which is available in 31 colours measuring 150cm (59") wide and weighing 19.5 gsm. This beautiful coloured tulle has a variety of uses including Bridal Dress over lays and under skirts to name but a few and can be washed at 30 degrees.


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The Nissan MTX 4x4 is a two-sleeper, ideal for a comfortable and refined safari getaway. It offers power and reliability for exploring Africa's tough terrain.
The 6 berth River motor-home has been designed for the family. With your rental, you will travel and see the scenery and the kids will be safely buckled up in the back and entertained. With larger fridge space, you don't have to worry about shopping regularly.
Sleep this way, sleep that way. Whether you prefer a double bed or two singles, the 2 berth motor-home offers you the flexibility to choose. Let take your world with you. Don't leave home without your beloved golf clubs or fishing rods.
The Nissan Single Cab 4x4 is a reliable camping-equipped vehicle for two people.
The Nissan Single Cab MSEP is a reliable holiday companion, perfectly equipped for two adults and long distances.
The Ford Ranger 4x4 Single Cab is equipped to satisfy all of your outdoor touring needs.


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Our Facials begin with a detailed consultation and in depth skin analysis using Matis Technology to identify your skins condition.
A wonderful retreat that offers a perfect blend of cleansing, exfoliation, and moisturizing treatments for people on the go.
A treatment to specifically address breakouts that are frequently associated with adolescent skin. This facial includes cleansing, exfoliation with steam, and extractions using our MATIS Oil regulating ingredients. This relaxing facial will help control those unwanted breakouts and oily skin.
A deep cleansing regimen, followed by an exfoliation treatment, pore extractions, warm towels and a moisturizing lotion.
The primary focus of this treatment is to extract blackheads, as well as soothe the skin with a warm towel and customized moisturizer.
A treatment targeted at the windows of your soul. A complete "facial" for the eye area including a revolutionary eye massage with glass spheres and a mask that test trials have shown decrease wrinkle depth by up to 27% and increase moisture by 60%.
Designed for all thirsty skin looking to plump those fine lines and wrinkles. An exceptional source of hydration for those lacking comfort and suppleness making the skin radiant.
This Nouveau signature facial is a custom blended facial designed for your skin's needs. Service includes cleansing, steam, a toning face massage, exfoliation, and a nourishing masque selected for your skin type, leaving your skin refreshed, hydrated and looking radiant.
This facial provides the ultimate regimen designed and prescribed for oily skin. It cleans without drying out the skin combining the best of nature with science. The skin is perfectly cleansed and refreshed, impurities and dead cells removed. Pores are tightened and the complexion is brighter. We offer the products for retail to support this ritual.
Renew and transform your skin. Increases your skins smoothness and firmness while increasing your skins hydration. This amazing anti-aging facial provides an instant workout for the skin: lifting, toning, firming, smoothing, brightening and hydrating benefits – what are you waiting for! A targeted treatment using mixology with cocooning textures to speed up cellular regeneration, lock in moisture, improve skin texture and elasticity.
For all women and men in search of a cosmetic response that treats expression lines with visible results. Corrective repair acts on 3 levels, relaxation of the muscles involved in the appearances of wrinkles, filling of wrinkle creases and restructuring of the skin The skin is visibly smoothed and wrinkles seem to disappear. With each application, the skin regains its firmness.


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Introducing DERBY PINES - Lemont's brand new upscale subdivision offers an intimate community of 8 luxurious single family homes. Premium location and breathtaking views overlooking the signature hole of Ruffled Feathers, the island green. CUSTOMIZE the home of your dreams. Use your plan or one of the builders plans. 8 spectacular lots to choose from. Look out and walk out lots available. Prices range from $650,000 to $1,000,000 plus. Pictures represent previously built homes. Lemont is home to Blue Ribbon award recipient, LEMONT HIGH SCHOOL. Come walk the grounds and see why this is the idyllic setting for your custom dream home. Standard features include 3 car garage, fireplace and full basement. Minutes to expressway access and Metra. 30 minutes to O'Hare or Midway airports.


The Langhe territory is ideal for discovering an excellent wine production and to make tastings in cellars and go for wine shops. Land of noble vineyards, extended between the provinces of Asti and Cuneo, thanks to the particular conformation of the ground and the temperate microclimate offers excellent full-bodied and elegant wines, to be tasted during a stay in a Farmhouse with wine-tasting in the Langhe from Piedmont .
Along the gentle hills of the Strada del Barolo, you will make a journey into the heart of the territory where the undisputed protagonist is the wine, but also a natural and cultural heritage made up of producers, wine shops, museums and castles. Just stay a weekend in Agriturismo with wine-tasting in the Langhe to discover the most representative wineries of this place, where you will be presented a wide range of wine labels, including the most famous Nebbiolo, Barolo, Barbaresco, Dolcetto, Moscato and Monferrato .
Almost 300 wineries are ready to let you know their production and tell their story to show you the world of traditions, people and moments that is behind a glass of wine, to taste with the combination of cheeses, meats and other typical Piedmontese products . You can take advantage of your food and wine holiday in Agriturismo to participate in truffle tasting, another leading product of Langhe, in particular the area of Alba that every year organizes a festival to celebrate its famous white tuber.
At your wine and food weekend in Farmhouse in Langhe , you can combine side activities such as walks in the vineyards, trekking on the trails and visits to wine museums . Among these we recommend the Barolo Wine Museum which offers innovative routes to discover the culture and the wine tradition. Not far from the Renato Ratti dei Vini d'Alba Museum , which presents an excursus on the regional history of wine with historical documents and ancient tools.Finally, in the Castle of Grinzane Cavour you will find the Piedmontese Regional Enoteca where you can still feel the traces of Camillo Cavour, which thanks to his passion for the wine world made it a center of production of great wines that today hosts a regional wine shop and an interesting and rich ethnological museum.
Look on Agriturismo.net our Agriturismo with cellars in Langhe where it is possible to enjoy wine tasting sessions, choosing accommodations as B & B, Apartments, Hotel, Farmhouse with wine-tasting in the Langhe region!


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La spiaggina è un tipo di automobile scoperta per il tempo libero, destinata prevalentemente all'uso estivo, nelle località turistiche. Si distingue da altre tipologie di automobili per essere priva di portiere e padiglione, quest'ultimo generalmente sostituito da tendalino con centine o laminato amovibile. Gli interni sono realizzati con materiali resistenti all'acqua.

Storia
La nascita delle automobili tipo spiaggina si colloca nell'immediato dopoguerra ad iniziativa di alcuni carrozzieri italiani che trasformarono utilitarie della produzione di serie allo scopo di renderle adatte alle esigenze di alcuni facoltosi clienti, durante il periodo di villeggiatura nelle località balneari.

Le modifiche, apportate su indicazione del committente erano le più varie e, generalmente, comprendevano l'asportazione del tetto e la sua sostituzione con un tendalino centinato in cotone, l'installazione di sedili in tela o vimini e l'eliminazione delle superfici vetrate laterali e posteriori, oltre che degli sportelli d'accesso.

La denominazione "spiaggina" deriva da una delle prime vetture di questo tipo, la Fiat 500 Boano Spiaggia del 1958, realizzata su pianale e meccanica Fiat Nuova 500 e disegnata da Mario Boano. Tale vettura, nonostante sia stata costruita in soli due esemplari, divenne celebre sui rotocalchi di tutto il mondo per essere fotografata con i suoi proprietari, Gianni Agnelli e Aristotele Onassis. Probabilmente, contribuì all'affermarsi del termine "spiaggina", anche in riferimento alle spiaggine pieghevoli utilizzate negli stabilimenti balneari, dato che all'epoca della loro presentazione i giornalisti paragonavano questo tipo di vetture a "mobili da spiaggia".

Dalla seconda metà degli anni cinquanta, svariati modelli di spiaggina vennero costruiti in piccole serie dai principali carrozzieri italiani fino ai primi anni novanta, tra cui la carrozzeria Moretti di Torino che dopo i successi della 127 e 126 minimaxi creò l'unica spiaggina a trazione integrale: la Moretti Panda Rock, prodotta fino a dicembre 1989.

Con la chiusura definitiva di tutti i carrozzieri che lavoravano e modificavano telai di produzione Fiat, il termine "spiaggina" è caduto nel dimenticatoio a causa delle norme sulla sicurezza e delle disposizioni europee. Ma queste vetture rimangono sempre ammirate da molti appassionati e fanno registrare quotazioni da record in tutte le aste mondiali.

Come omaggio celebrativo al primo modello Fiat del 1958, in occasione del 60º anniversario dalla sua creazione, Pininfarina ha realizzato nel 2018 un nuovo modello di Spiaggina in collaborazione con Garage Italia di Lapo Elkann.

Modelli

Alcuni modelli di spiaggina:

Vignale Barchetta 600
Vignale Spiaggetta 600
Ghia Jolly 600
Savio Jungla 600
Pininfarina Eden Roc 600
Pininfarina Marine 600
Fissore Marinella 600
Motto Campestre 600
Francis Lombardi Maggiolina 500
FV 500 Venturina
Ghia Jolly 500
Moretti Cabrio 500
Moretti Isetta
DAF 32 Michelotti Beach Car
Sibona & Basano Decathlon 500
Savio Spiaggina 500
Savio Albarella 500
Automirage Pick Wick 500
Zagato Zanzara 500
Foulkes Impala
OSI Week-end
Michelotti Shellette
Moretti Minimaxi
Fiat 126 Cavalletta
Moretti 126 Minimaxi
Moretti 127 Midimaxi
Frua Dingy
Fissore Scout

Pur nate con destinazioni d'uso diverse, sono comprendibili tra le spiaggine anche:

Citroën Méhari
Delta Yeti
Ferrario Lucertola 500
Ferves Ranger
Mini Moke
Moretti Panda Rock
Renault 4CV Ghia Jolly
Renault 4 Simpar Plein Air
Renault Rodéo
Renault 4 Frog

Note

Voci correlate
 All-terrain vehicle
 Dune buggy
 Quad-bike

Altri progetti

Tipi di automobili

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Deaths can generally be very shocking and unexpected. In Ghana, celebrity deaths are especially heartbreaking for many people who take them as a stark reminder of the transience of life.
Bob Santo, Suzzy Williams, Margaret "Araba Stamp" Quainoo, Terry Bonchacha, Kwame Owusu Ansah, Michael Dwamena, and Paa Bobo are among the big name celebrities who have left this world.
The actor and former president of the Ghana actor's guild died on April 12, 2016, in China, where he had gone to undergo a kidney transplant.
He had been battling kidney disease for months.
The Efiewura TV series actor, Lucky Azasoo-Nkornoo, aka Mc Flava Pounds, died after a short illness on May 4, 2016.
The popular gospel musician died on July 15, 2016. He was reportedly found unconscious in his home at about 2am and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was 47.
The popular sports presenter died on May 10, 2017 in London, where he had sought treatment for cancer. He was 42.
It is not immediately clear what led to his death, but he was believed to be diabetic. He was 37.
The veteran highlife musician died on October 26, 2017 after a short illness. She was 72.


On Saturday March 11, students from the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) – Virginia participated in the thirteenth annual Anesthesiology Skills Workshop at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Originally a program developed by Anesthesiology Consultants of Virginia and the Anesthesiology Student Interest Group at VCOM, this popular, hands-on workshop now welcomes attending anesthesiologists from Valley Anesthesia and ACV, Inc. Approximately 80 medical students attended the workshop this year, coming from VCOM, Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
The workshop began with presentations from John Butterworth, MD, chair of anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and Michael Fowler, MD, VCU anesthesiology residency program director. Both speakers talked about the characteristics anesthesiology program directors look for in clinical residents, and followed with a panel Q&A session.
After the presentation and discussion, students moved to a post-surgical care unit where students practiced antegrade and fiber-optic guide retrograde intubation skills with simulation models. Students also gained hands-on experience with volatile anesthetics, ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, lumbar puncture, epidural approaches, and central and peripheral line placement. Finally, a demonstration and discussion of the anatomy of the airway was provided using video presentation and plastinated specimens.
VCOM faculty and alumni Ashleigh Dunn, DO; Brent Carter, DO; and Richard Wyeth, PhD, also participated in the workshop. The success of this event relies on the anesthesiologists who give their time, particularly event organizer Christy Sherman, MD, and Carilion Hospital and Clinic.


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Censored: Vimeo removes Bible News Prophecy video 'COVID-19 Leading to 666?'
In what can be termed 21st century book burning, video platform Vimeo removed the BibleNewsProphecy sermonette video 'COVID-19 Leading to 666?'
Here is what Vimeo's notice said:
Hello Bible News Prophecy,
Your video "COVID 19 Leading to 666?" has been removed for violating our Guidelines.
Reason: You cannot upload videos that depict or encourage self-harm, falsely claim that mass tragedies are hoaxes, or perpetuate false or misleading claims about vaccine safety.
For more information on our content and community policies, please visit https://vimeo.com/help/ guidelines.
If you believe this was an error, please reply to this message as soon as possible to explain. (Please be aware that Vimeo moderators take action as violations come to our attention. "I see other people do it" is not a valid explanation.)
Vimeo Staff
Yet, their accusations really were not true.
So, to appeal, I wrote the following:
Dear Vimeo:
You removal does not make any sense to us.
Your stated reason for removal was "You cannot upload videos that depict or encourage self-harm, falsely claim that mass tragedies are hoaxes, or perpetuate false or misleading claims about vaccine safety."
Our video DOES NOT "depict or encourage self-harm, falsely claim that mass tragedies are hoaxes, or perpetuate false or misleading claims about vaccine safety."
None of those matters are in the video.
Is the real concern that you do not believe that we can quote biblical prophecies and tie them in with world events?
Because that is what that video does.
If there is a specific statement made that you have a problem with, please let me know.
But reviewing your guidelines, we violated none of them.
Please reconsider as this makes no sense to us.
We will see if they reinstate it.
Notice also the following report related to YouTube and COVID-19:
Youtube Admits to Blocking Videos Even Though they 'Don't Violate Community Guidelines'
In the wake of the Coronavirus Crisis, many social media companies have announced a reduction in staff to comply with social distancing norms.
That's why Silicone Valley tech titans like Google, who owns Youtube, have placed a heavier reliance on algorithms rather than human censors to "help with some of the work normally done by reviewers."
Youtube claimed in a blog that they are switching to "automated systems" that "will start removing some content without human review, so we can continue to act quickly to remove violative content and protect our ecosystem."
There's just one problem. In the very next sentence, Youtube contradicts itself saying that they will remove content even if it doesn't violate their community standards: "As we do this, users and creators may see increased video removals, including some videos that may not violate policies."
A tweet was also sent out by Youtube on Monday confirming the new decree.
As COVID-19 evolves, we're doing our best to support those who watch, create, & make a living on YouTube. Many of us here & in our extended workforce are unable to work as usual, so we're reducing staffing in certain offices, causing some disruptions → https://t.co/F5BjkMZ5Yn
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) March 16, 2020
Now, as it turns out, I do intend to make another sermonette video for our Bible News Prophecy program later today related to COVID-19–we will see if/how YouTube and Vimeo respond.
Currently, the video that Vimeo removed is still available on YouTube. Here is information on that as well as a link to view it yourself:
COVID-19 Leading to 666?
The novel coronavirus of Wuhan, China fame, is now called COVID-19. It has also been called the 'Coronapocalypse.' Does COVID-19 have any prophetic ramifications? What did Jesus teach about pestilences and sorrows in the Olivet prophecy in Matthew 24? Could COVID-19 be the ride of the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse? Why was this type of disease expected according to the Old Testament prophecies in Deuteronomy and Leviticus? What has the US Centers for Disease Control warned about? What has the CDC reported about the flu? Were there lessons about fear and infections in the 2011 movie 'Contagion'? Because of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO), nation of Iran, and certain French locations are telling people not to use cash, but instead electronic forms of payment. The US Federal Reserve is now quarantining money repatriated from Asia to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus on US currency bills. Is COVID-19 worse than we have been told or could this all be a 'false flag' event to encourage people to move towards a cashless society? If the thousands of deaths associated with COVID-19 are pushing parts of the world towards cashlessness, how much more likely will the ride of the fourth horseman and over a billion human deaths motivate people to move to making electronic payments that can be monitored? The Bible tells of a soon coming society that controls buying and selling to force allegiance to a coming European Beast power, known as 666 (Revelation 13:16-18). Does the 'great tribulation' begin before ride of the fourth horseman or with the opening of the fifth seal of Revelation 6? Do the words of Jesus helps us better understand the sequence of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse and the start of the Great Tribulation? Will the ride of the fourth horseman help lead to the rise of 666? Is that ride very close? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more.
Here is a link to our video: COVID-19 Leading to 666?
UPDATE 1300: We just put up a version the above with dubbing in the Spanish language:
El COVID-19 ¿Conduce al 666?
El Nuevo coronavirus de Wuhan, famoso en China, ahora se llama COVID-19. También se le ha llamado "Coronapocalipsis" ¿Tiene el Covid-19 alguna ramificación profética? ¿Qué enseñó Jesús sobre las pestes y aflicción en la profecía del monte de los Olivos en Mateo 24? ¿Podría el Covid-19 ser el galopar del cuarto jinete del apocalipsis? ¿Por qué se esperaba este tipo de enfermedad según las profecías del Antiguo Testamento en Deuteronomio y Levítico? ¿Sobre que han advertido el Centro de Control de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos? ¿Qué ha informado el CDC sobre la gripe? ¿Hubo lecciones sobre el miedo y las infecciones en la pelicula de 2011 :Contagio"? Debido al Covid-19, la Organización Mundial de la salud (OMS) la nación de Irán y ciertos lugares culturales y los Franceses están pidiendo a las personas que no usen dinero en efectivo, sino formas de pagos electrónicos, La Reserva Federal de los Estados Unidos ahora está poniendo en cuarentena el dinero repatriado de Asia para reducir la posible propagación del coronavirus en los billetes en moneda estadounidense. El Covid-19 es peor de 1o que se nos ha dicho o ¿podría ser todo un evento de "falsa bandera" para alentar a las personas a avanzar hacia una sociedad sin dinero en efectivo? Si las miles de muertes asociadas con el Covid-19 están empujando a partes del mundo hacia la falta de dinero en efectivo, ¿Cuánto más probable será el galopar del cuarto jinete y mas de mil millones de muertes humanas motive a las personas a realizar pagos electrónicos que pueden ser monitoreados? La biblia habla de una sociedad que vendrá pronto y que control a las compras y las ventas para forzar la lealtad al poder de una bestia Europea, conocido como 666 (Apocalipsis 13: 16-18) ¿Comienza la "Gran Tribulación antes del galopar del cuarto jinete o con la aperture del quinto sello de Apocalipsis 6? ¿Las palabras de Jesús nos ayudan a comprender major la secuencia de los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis y el comienzo de la Gran Tribulación? ¿El galopar del cuarto jinete ayudará al ascenso del 666? ¿Está esa cabalgata muy cerca? El Dr. Thiel aborda estos asuntos y más. Aquí hay un enlace para nuestro video: El COVID-19 ¿Conduce al 666? Creo que esto afectará a Europa, por lo que en el future estará más dispuesto apoyar a un hombre fuerte (Ver también mi última publicación: Pat Buchannan: El coronavirus matará al Nuevo Orden Mundial?
Here is a link to the video with dubbing into Spanish: El COVID-19 ¿Conduce al 666?
Because of threats, problems, and algorithm biases from YouTube, we in the CCOG have taken steps over the past several years to be able to prolong our presence on the Internet should YouTube someday suspend us like it has done to others.
This is not paranoia. The prudent foresees evil and takes action (Proverbs 22:3).
Vimeo removing our COVID-19 Leading to 666? video demonstrates that, yes, anti-biblical platforms do remove content in their efforts to censor.
23 When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes (Matthew 10:23).
And while that is referring to physical persecutions, which are also going to come again (see Persecutions by Church and State), the above principle is part of why we have our BibleNewsProphecy videos on multiple platforms.
For example, our COVID-19 Leading to 666? video remains online at our Brighteon Bible News Prophecy and Bitchute Prophecy channels.
Vimeo's action is just another in a series of censorship attacks we in the Continuing Church of God have faced–to see more of those we have endured, check out the article: Preparing for the 'Short Work' and The Famine of the Word.
Did you know that the Bible warns about this?
8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the Lord; 10 Who say to the seers, "Do not see,"And to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. 11 Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us."
"Because you despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely on them, 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall ,Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. 14 And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter's vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern." (Isaiah 30:8-14)
Many who do not trust the Bible, but instead trust in oppression and perversity, want 'smooth things.'
But in the CCOG, we continue to proclaim what the Bible teaches.
Let it be stated that the Bible shows that a European totalitarian dictator will rise up (Revelation 13, 17:12-13) and control buying and selling (Revelation 13:16-18). Vimeo does not seem to want that proclaimed. We will see if and how they respond to our appeal request.
Yet, irrespective of how Vimeo handles this, more censorship is coming.
4 … the night is coming when no one can work. (John 9:4, NKJV)
4… the night cometh, when no man can work (John 9:4 KJV)
In an October 23, 1980 co-worker letter, Herbert Armstrong wrote:
The Bible warns us the time is just ahead when NO MAN CAN WORK—in the Lord's Work.
In a November 22, 1982 co-worker letter, Herbert Armstrong wrote:
… brethren and co-workers, the prophesied Great Tribulation (nuclear World War III) will start soon after the European unification. That means OUR WORK OF SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD WILL BE FINISHED! We have not now much more time. Soon shall come a FAMINE of hearing the Word of the Lord (Amos 8:11). God says, work while it is day, for the night is coming when no man can work – in the Work of God! Nothing else is important in our lives, now, but this all-important Work of God. (http://cog-ff.com/html/pcomments_07_04_08.html, viewed 10/03/13)
So, the Bible tells of a time that will come when the word of God will not be found. And that would seem to be because it will be taken off the internet. In the 21st century, the internet is accessed by people in every country, and thus some type of internet restriction/suspension/site removal is coming.
Was freedom of the press and its demise prophesied?
The old Worldwide Church of God (WCG) correctly pointed out that it was:
THE MOST important work in the world cannot be done without freedom of the press!
What is that work?
It is the work of announcing that God will restore His Government to the whole earth! But before the Government of God is restored, it must first be announced! The good news of that announcement — the Gospel of the Kingdom of God — must be preached (Matthew 24:14) to all nations (Matthew 28:19). And the nations must choose whether they will want it or resist it.
In this day, God has made the MASS media available to accomplish His work. But reaching a mass audience with the good news of God's soon-coming Government requires the freedom to PUBLISH. Notice Mark 13:10: "And the gospel must first be published among all nations."
Further, God lays a special duty on his messenger and Church to publicly disseminate certain warnings to certain nations. Ezekiel 33:1-7 describes God's charge upon the watchman. When the watchman sees "the sword" come upon the land — a prophetic symbol of military devastation — he must "blow the trumpet" or God will hold him personally responsible.
This duty requires that a message warning about some very unpleasant events be published as far and as wide as possible to the latter-day descendants of ancient nations.
Similarly, when God charged the prophet Jeremiah with a message, he also had an affirmative duty from God to spread it to as wide an audience as possible. Jeremiah was given a message so important he could hardly contain himself: "But his [God's] word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones…" (Jeremiah 20:9).
So God's servants really have no choice as to exercising the right to publish their message freely. Their message is not for their personal benefit — but to the whole world!
Governmental Reaction
And yet while the Bible places a duty on God's servants, it also warns that this world — even now and in the future — will not always allow the freedom to publish.
In the past a government's excuse for persecution was that God's message IS TOO DISTURBING to be allowed to circulate freely.
In the Old Testament, Elijah, for example, was hauled before King Ahab for the ancient equivalent of the crime of disturbing the peace: "Ahab said unto him [Elijah], Art thou he that troubleth Israel?" (I Kings 18:17).
Elijah's defense was that he wasn't troubling Israel, only bringing some very distressing news from God to Ahab's government (verse 18).
Likewise, the religious and political authorities of Amos' day tried to subject him to "prior restraint" — from speaking his message at all — because the message he brought from God was TO CONTROVERSIAL!
"Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words…. Also Amaziah said unto Amos… prophesy not again any more at Bethel" (Amos 7:10, 12-13). Amaziah tried to deny Amos a forum for God's message in ancient Israel. Amos' message was too upsetting to the political and religious establishments!
The prophet Jeremiah was even subjected to an ancient form of book burning. God commanded Jeremiah to write down "all the words that I [God] have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations…" (Jeremiah 36:2).
Jeremiah put the words on a roll. Eventually, however, possession of the roll came to one of the king's top aides, who read it to the king (verse 21). After reading "three or four leaves" of the scroll, the aide, ever eager to please a now distraught king, threw the roll into the fireplace (verse 23). Afterwards, the king attempted, unsuccessfully, to seize Jeremiah for putting God's word to writing.
Earlier, Jeremiah had already endured actual imprisonment for the content of his spoken message (Jeremiah 20:2).
In the New Testament, the authorities tried to prevent the apostles from preaching the Gospel. The apostles were forcibly brought before the council. The high priest asked them: "Did not we straightly command you that you should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine…" (Acts 5:28).
In other words, the civil and religious authorities were seeking to regulate the content of their message!
In response, the apostle Peter declared the firm rule that "we ought to obey God rather than men" (verse 29). Since Peter and company had a God-ordained duty to say what they were saying, the commands of the civil government of Jerusalem were in direct conflict with God's.
For the future, the Bible prophecy reveals that the time will come when most of this world's nations will be led by Satan to abolish freedom of the press — and all related freedoms. Why? To prevent any publishing of God's message from reaching any substantial number of people!
`Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it" (Amos 8:11-12).
Elsewhere the Bible reveals how this prophesied press clampdown will take place. Revelation 13 describes a great religious-civil power that will arise in the place of the old Roman Empire. This prophesied power will not allow free speech, a free press or the free exercise of any religion — except the official religion of the state.
Why Free Press Important
The Gospel is the good news of a government that will REPLACE the governments of this world. Yet replace is a mild word! The prophet Daniel flatly declares that the Government of God will "break in pieces and consume" the nations of this world that resist Him (Daniel 2:44).
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God proclaims that there is a higher power than human government, another and divine government to whom men, whether they know it or not, ultimately owe allegiance. For this reason early Christians were accused of doing "contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus" (Acts 17:7).
No wonder the governments of this world have historically sought to suppress the publishing of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God — for it is ultimately the news of their overthrow by Christ at His return!
Some have tried to justify the suppression of press freedom on the grounds that the free circulation of false ideas would create havoc for human government."Lying opinions, than which no mental plague is greater," wrote Pope Leo XIII, "and vices which corrupt the heart and moral life, should be diligently repressed by public authority, lest they insidiously work the ruin of the state."
The key error is the failure to see the difference between the government of man and the government of God. God does not reveal the whole of His spiritual truth to society at large — only to those He calls (see Romans 8:30).
Man, cut off from God, cannot be trusted to pass judgment on whether God's truth is, in fact, "true." The Bible reveals that Satan has deceived "the whole world" (Revelation 12:9).
Christ said his true church would be a little flock, not a majority of the political community (Luke 12:32). Thus, no human government can ever be really certain that it can tell a "lying opinion" from a true one.
Because men's minds are limited, men must have the truth revealed to them by God. When God doesn't reveal it, as He doesn't to most of society, the safest course open to humans is the greatest possible circulation of ideas. The Bible supports this idea when it declares: "Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the MULTITUDE of counselors there is safety" (Proverbs 11:14).
Even if false ideas circulate under freedom of the press, at least God's Word will also be able to go out unhindered.
Free societies pay a very high price for freedom of the press — pornography circulates freely because human courts say they can't really tell the difference between pornography and other kinds of writing or expression. This is a very high price — but at least it does insure the free circulation of God's truth, as well as other religious ideas.
If you grant human government the authority to censor what is printed or spoken, you allow the government to stop any message it doesn't approve of.
Government tried to suppress Elijah, Amos and Jeremiah; it is prophesied to suppress God's true Gospel again in the future. The power to censor bad writing easily becomes the power to suppress good writing.
There is a reason why God began, and based, his end-time work in the country on earth where freedom of the press is greatest — and why God's Church has grown the most, as a rule, in countries where press freedom is substantial. Since the spreading of God's Word is the most important activity on earth — the preservation of freedom of the press is one of the most awesome responsibilities God lays on human government. (Calkins J. FREE PRESS IN THE BIBLE? Was It Prophesied? Plain Truth. May 1981)
So, the WCG predicted a time of censorship.
The Philadelphia portion of the Church of God did begin in the USA and its most faithful remnant, the Continuing Church of God, is still based out of the USA.
But now, in the USA and especially out of it, we are seeing more and more restrictions and censorship. Those who do not truly respect biblical teachings and prophecies think they know more truth than the God of the Bible.
The old WCG also predicted that a time resembling George Orwell's 1984 society in various articles. Here are excerpts from several of them:
"You had to live in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized."
That is the frightening world of George Orwell's 1984 — a world where two-way "telescreens" and unremitting surveillance make solitude an impossibility, privacy a punishable crime. It is the government of "Big Brother," a government that pries into all aspects of citizens' lives.
It is also a world which lies nearer at hand than most of us would like to admit. It is a world which many well-meaning people are unwittingly helping to usher in. …
A surprising amount of what we do or say in public — and often in private — is gathered, summarized, evaluated, codified, transferred, combined and filed away by number. The erosion of personal privacy has become a hallmark of our computerized, technologically sophisticated age. Indeed, the right to privacy now stands in greater jeopardy than at any time in the history of mankind!
What emerges, upon investigation, is a chilling picture of a democracy being eaten away by the unrestrained use of intrusive technology, a democracy being undermined by governmental and private institutions left to their own devices through the apathy of the citizenry. The implications are frightening.
This erosion of privacy can be traced to the workings of two main power centers; government and the news media. …
The framers of the U.S. Constitution well remembered the infamous British "writs of assistance" — general warrants authorizing wide-ranging searches. It was not uncommon for officials of the British Crown to burst unannounced into colonial homes and businesses, arresting the occupants and seizing property.
Nevertheless, that "most valued" right of privacy which the Founding Fathers built into the Constitution is now being increasingly trampled upon, pushing us ever closer to the brink of Orwell's "Big Brother" world of 1984. Few realize the extreme gravity of the situation. (Rader SR, Stump KW. Big Brother Is Watching You: THE ASSAULT ON PRIVACY! Plain Truth, May 1979)
Orwell (his real name was Eric Blair) caught the fancy of many readers with his best-selling 1984, which has since become the standard definition for extreme mental and physical oppression. … George Orwell's novel is centered in England, where in that isle by 1984 is headquartered an extreme socialistic philosophy that dominates the United States, Latin America and what was once the British Empire. Orwell vividly paints the scene of a world-ruling empire that enslaves humanity rather than frees it. … (INGSOC is short for English Socialism) …
Numerous literary critics believe Orwell meant the novel as a warning. …
The apostle Paul warned that there were those "who suppress the truth" (Rom. 1:18, RAV). …
Jesus knew that his message of government would be suppressed. But he also determined that the time would come when his original unadulterated message would be thundered across this globe. The exciting aspect of this foreknowledge is that this prophesied event barely precedes the actual reestablishment of God's kingdom upon earth. Jesus himself thus declared: "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end [Greek: alon — this "age" of man, not this physical globe] will come" (Matt. 24:14, RAV). …
Orwell, as one writer put it, was convinced "that modern man [is] inadequate to I cope with the demands of his history." Indeed, the Orwellian INGSOC will appear in form. The Bible prophesies a terrible time soon to come (Matt. 24:21) — a short dark age of religious and political persecution. (Snyder MA. Is a New Dark Age Coming? Plain Truth, January 1984)
God asserts that children are His gift (Psalm 127:3). God puts responsibility for proper child rearing squarely on the parents (Deuteronomy 6:7, Proverbs 22:6). A parent is, while not an absolute owner of a child, God's trustee who has the God-given right to care for and train the child as God's steward.
But a different idea is gaining influence today. The idea is government owns your child. The reason behind the idea is that social planners-people who consider it their business to remake society according to what they think is good-will be unable to bring about a "just" or "equal" society unless government is able to control child rearing.
Mark the following frightening words: "… the fact that children are raised in families means there is no equality. In order to raise children with equality we must take them away from families and communally raise them" (emphasis ours). The statement was made by Mary Jo Baine, assistant professor of education at Wellesley College.
The sentiment is echoed by top government bureaucrats in the United States. "Children do not belong to parents," says Edward Zigler, director of the U.S. Government Office of Child Development.
The 1972 Minneapolis Declaration of Feminism, as you would expect, follows the antifamily party line: "… With the destruction of the nuclear family, children must be seen as the responsibility of the entire society, rather than the individual." (Evidently, the Minnesota feminists don't even recognize the existence of parents, only that of society and individuals).
Even more chilling is the fact that such jackboot antifamily sentiments are occasionally found among judges in our society. Judge Lisa Richette of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, reportedly said: "If there is a least detrimental alternative, remove the child and don't worry about the right of the parents. The child belongs to society. The parents were only biological producers." (Evidently, Judge Richette has never read the decision of the American Supreme Court made in 1925 before the recent attack on the family, which directly contradicts her sentiments. "The child," said the Supreme Court in one of its greatest moments, "is not the mere creature of the state" (Pierce v. Society of Sisters).
When you read of the statements of people such as Professor Baine, Mr. Zigler or Judge Richette, you cannot help but be reminded of a book that showed penetrating insight into the modern world. It is George Orwell's 1984.
The book prophesies a horrible, nightmarish future for mankind. Life will be a vast prison-human government will be in control of everything. There will be no freedom. There will be no individuality, and the family will be or made the servant of the state.
The following passage from 1984 practically describes to a tee the kind of world advocated by Ms. Baine, Mr. Zigler and Judge Richette: "Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it."
In George Orwell's nightmare world of 1984, children will be allowed to remain with parents, but the human state will claim their loyalties. Children will certainly "not belong to their parents." They will belong to "Big Brother" (the government). In fact, in Mr. Orwell's prophetic novel, children are encouraged to spy on, turn in and terrorize their parents!
Compare author Orwell's prophecy with the equally prophetic words of Jesus Christ, describing the time before the return of Christ: "… the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death" (Matthew 10:21). (Calkins J. THE MOVEMENT TO DESTROY THE FAMILY. Plain Truth, May, 1980)
The world already too much resembles George Orwell's nightmare vision of 1984, where Big Brother regulated the lives of everyone. But in addition to the dangers of total-intarianism, Orwell also warned of the corruption of language which inevitably accompanies it. The rulers of the 1984-state will tell you that they are protecting your basic human rights – to be their slaves. Orwell summed it up when he described the slogan of Big Brother society: "Freedom is Slavery. War is Peace. Ignorance is Strength."
It calls to mind the words of the Old Testament prophet: "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil" (Isa. 5:20). Indeed, Isaiah's point is essentially the same as Orwell's: Language must have consistent and specific meaning or all manner of evil will be called good. The reluctance of world leaders to say precisely what they mean by "human rights" is a serious matter. (Calkins J. HUMAN RIGHTS COME FROM GOD. Plain Truth, August 1978)
Since these articles came out, governments, computer technologies. and internet companies have been used which make the situation worse. Now, seeing the time of totalitarian control is even easier to predict.
The prophet Amos was inspired to record the following:
11 "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord God,
"That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall not find it. (Amos 8:11-12)
But let me add that Matthew 24:14 will be fulfilled BEFORE the full 'famine of the word' happens.
After the Gospel of the Kingdom of God has sufficiently reached the world the end comes and the Beast will rise up (Matthew 24:14-22, Revelation 13) and more totalitarian controls will be put in place.
Actually, Europe is in the process of establishing an enforcer for 666 controls. We have a related video:
EU Setting Up 666 Enforcer?
The European Union is in the process of establishing the European Public Prosecutor's Office. This is a major, first-of-its-kind move, with the EU setting up a European-wide prosecutor's office that will have power to investigate and charge people for financial crimes committed against the EU. It looks like this type of office may end up persecuting those that do not have the mark of the Beast when they "buy or sell" as that will later be considered a financial crime in Europe. What does 666 mean? How has that name been calculated? How can we be certain that this is a prophecy for Europe and not Islam? Is the appointment of this new office of significant prophetic importance? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more by pointing to scriptures, news items, and historical accounts.
Here is a link to the sermonette video: EU Setting Up 666 Enforcer?.
Related to internet control, the Continuing Church of God has the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:
Internet Censorship and Prophecy
Are concerns about internet censorship limited to nations such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. But what about the USA, Canada, and Germany? What about the European Union? What about internet media companies such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, or email services like MailChimp? Has the attempt to control information been made by various ones over the centuries? Was the New Testament affected by it? What about the church throughout the centuries? Has the Bible already been partially censored? Which Bible prophecies point to coming Internet censorship? What about the Book of Amos? What about the coming 666 Beast and final Antichrist? Is there anything that can be done about this? Should Philadelphian Christians be working on anything now? Will preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God vs. a highly media-supported alternative lead to a 'famine of the word'? More internet censorship is coming as various statements in the Bible support.
As Vimeo's video removal shows, internet censorship is happening now! Here is a link to one of our videos warning about that: Internet Censorship and Prophecy.
We also put out the following:
Orwell's 1984 by 2024?
In 1949, the late George Orwell wrote a disturbing book about a totalitarian government called "nineteen-eighty four." Despite laws that are supposed to protect freedom of speech and religion, we are seeing governments taking steps consistent with those that Geroge Orwell warned against. We are also seeing this in the media, academia, and in private companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter. With the advent of technology, totalitarianism beyond what Orwell wrote is possible. Does the Bible teach the coming a totalitarian state similar to George Orwell's? What about the Antichrist and 666? Will things get worse? What is the solution? Dr. Thiel answers these questions and more. A written article of related interest is titled "Totalitarian controls getting closer–The Guardian pushing internet censorship."
Here is a link to our video: Orwell's 1984 by 2024?
Many big tech companies are biased against the Bible and those who claim to teach what it teaches.
Yet, the biblical reality is that 666 control and Orwellian suppression of the truth is coming.
We are getting closer to that day, with technologies unheard of when God inspired Amos and John to warn what would happen.
For those who would like to see our removed video, here is a YouTube link that was still operating earlier today: COVID-19 Leading to 666?
Preparing for the 'Short Work' and The Famine of the Word What is the 'short work' of Romans 9:28? Who is preparing for it? Here is a link to a related video sermon titled: The Short Work.
Internet Censorship and Prophecy Are concerns about internet censorship limited to nations such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. But what about the USA, Canada, and Germany? What about the European Union? What about internet media companies such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, or email services like MailChimp? Has the attempt to control information been made by various ones over the centuries? Was the New Testament affected by it? What about the church throughout the centuries? Has the Bible already been partially censored? Which Bible prophecies point to coming Internet censorship? What about the Book of Amos? What about the coming 666 Beast and final Antichrist? Is there anything that can be done about this? Should Philadelphian Christians be working on anything now? Will preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God vs. a highly media-supported alternative lead to a 'famine of the word'? More internet censorship is coming as various statements in the Bible support.
Persecutions by Church and State This article documents some that have occurred against those associated with the COGs and some prophesied to occur. Will those with the cross be the persecutors or the persecuted–this article has the shocking answer. There is also a YouTube video sermon you can watch: The Coming Persecution of the Church. Here is information in the Spanish language: Persecuciones de la Iglesia y el Estado.
Orwell's 1984 by 2024? In 1949, the late George Orwell wrote a disturbing book about a totalitarian government called "nineteen-eighty four." Despite laws that are supposed to protect freedom of speech and religion, we are seeing governments taking steps consistent with those that George Orwell warned against. We are also seeing this in the media, academia, and in private companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter. With the advent of technology, totalitarianism beyond what Orwell wrote is possible. Does the Bible teach the coming a totalitarian state similar to George Orwell's? What about the Antichrist and 666? Will things get worse? What is the solution? Dr. Thiel answers these questions and more in this video.
Canadian censoring of the Bible In 2017, Lauri Skori of the Battle River School board told a religious school in Alberta, Canada that it could not teach/read certain portions of the Bible. In 2002, a court in Canada ruled against one who referred to certain scriptures that some homosexuals objected to. In 2017, there was "An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code" related to those who wish to be considered transgendered. Government officials in Canada and elsewhere have been ruling against the Bible. Is any of this prophesied? Will this get worse? What was the prophet Amos inspired to write? This is a video.
Internet Control, Famine of the Word, and 666 Is the internet going to be used to suppress the teaching of the word of God?
COVID-19 Leading to 666? The novel coronavirus of Wuhan, China fame, is now called COVID-19. It has also been called the 'Coronapocalypse.' Does COVID-19 have any prophetic ramifications? What did Jesus teach about pestilences and sorrows in the Olivet prophecy in Matthew 24? Could COVID-19 be the ride of the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse? Why was this type of disease expected according to the Old Testament prophecies in Deuteronomy and Leviticus? What has the US Centers for Disease Control warned about? What has the CDC reported about the flu? Were there lessons about fear and infections in the 2011 movie 'Contagion'? Because of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO), nation of Iran, and certain French locations are telling people not to use cash, but instead electronic forms of payment. The US Federal Reserve is now quarantining money repatriated from Asia to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus on US currency bills. Is COVID-19 worse than we have been told or could this all be a 'false flag' event to encourage people to move towards a cashless society? If the thousands of deaths associated with COVID-19 are pushing parts of the world towards cashlessness, how much more likely will the ride of the fourth horseman and over a billion human deaths motivate people to move to making electronic payments that can be monitored? The Bible tells of a soon coming society that controls buying and selling to force allegiance to a coming European Beast power, known as 666 (Revelation 13:16-18). Does the 'great tribulation' begin before ride of the fourth horseman or with the opening of the fifth seal of Revelation 6? Do the words of Jesus helps us better understand the sequence of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse and the start of the Great Tribulation? Will the ride of the fourth horseman help lead to the rise of 666? Is that ride very close? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more in this video.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse What do each of the four horseman of the Apocalypse represent? Have they began their ride? Did Jesus discuss the any of this? Might their rides coincide with the "beginning of sorrows? Do they start their ride prior to the Great Tribulation? Did Nostradamus or any other 'private prophets' write predictions that may mislead people so that they may not understand the truth of one or more of the four horseman? There is also a related YouTube video titled The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Biological Warfare and Prophecy Is biological warfare possible? Was it prophesied? Scientists have long warned that pathogenic organisms like the coronavirus could be weaponized. Furthermore, back in 2017, there were concerns that the biological research facility being constructed in Wuhan, China was risky and that a coronavirus from it could be released. On January 25, 2020, China's President Xi Jinping publicly stated that the situation with the Wuhan-related strain of the coronavirus was grave. Did Church of God writers like the late evangelist Raymond McNair warn that engineered viruses (the "Doomsday bug") were consistent with prophecies from Jesus? Did a warning from CCOG leader Bob Thiel warn about risks of genetically-modified (GMO) mosquitoes come to pass? Could human research and/or the consumption of biblically-unclean animals such as bats and snakes be a factor in current outbreaks or coming future pestilences? What about famines? How devastating have pestilences been? How devastating are the prophesied ones going to be? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more in this video.
Is God Calling You? This booklet discusses topics including calling, election, and selection. If God is calling you, how will you respond? Here is a link to a related sermon: Could God be Calling You? A short animation is also available: Is God Calling You?
Christian Repentance Do you know what repentance is? Is it really necessary for salvation? A related sermon is also available titled: Real Christian Repentance.
Should the Church Still Try to Place its Top Priority on Proclaiming the Gospel or Did Herbert W. Armstrong Change that Priority for the Work? Some say the Church should mainly feed the flock now as that is what Herbert W. Armstrong reportedly said. Is that what he said? Is that what the Bible says? What did Paul and Herbert W. Armstrong expect from lower level leaders? A related sermon is available titled Priority of the Philadelphia Work.
The Mark of Antichrist What is the mark of Antichrist? What have various ones claimed? Here is a link to a related sermon What is the 'Mark of Antichrist'?
Mark of the Beast What is the mark of the Beast? Who is the Beast? What have various ones claimed the mark is? What is the 'Mark of the Beast'?
Some Doctrines of Antichrist Are there any doctrines taught outside the Churches of God which can be considered as doctrines of antichrist? This article suggests at least three. It also provides information on 666 and the identity of "the false prophet." Plus it shows that several Catholic writers seem to warn about an ecumenical antipope that will support heresy. You can also watch a video titled What Does the Bible teach about the Antichrist?
There is a Place of Safety for the Philadelphians. Why it May Be Petra This article discusses a biblical 'place of safety' and includes quotes from the Bible and Herbert W. Armstrong on this subject–thus, there is a biblically supported alternative to the rapture theory. There is also a video on the subject: Might Petra be the Place of Safety? Here is something related in the Spanish language: Hay un lugar de seguridad para los Filadelfinos. ¿Puede ser Petra?
Physical Preparation Scriptures for Christians. We all know the Bible prophecies famines. Should we do something? Here is a version in the Spanish language Escrituras sobre Preparación física para los Cristianos. Here is a link to a related sermon: Physical preparedness for Christians.
Does God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End? Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2027 or 20xx? There is also a video titled The 6000 Year Plan: Is the end of humanity's reign almost up? Here is a link to the article in Spanish: ¿Tiene Dios un plan de 6,000 años?
Is There A Secret Rapture for the Church? When and Where is the Church Protected? What does the Bible really teach? Does the Church flee or is it taken up just prior to the great tribulation? Who really is left behind? There is also a YouTube video with information Did Jesus Teach a Pre-tribulation Rapture?
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The goal of this research is to understand and quantify the potential and limitations of moving-target defense (MTD) systems to protect computer networks. To achieve this goal, we are building a fully functional prototype MTD system that will automatically adapt multiple aspects of the network's logical and physical configuration. We also plan to (1) create a set of analytical models to quantify the effectiveness of MTD systems, and (2) address key research questions such as how an MTD system's effect can be measured in terms of security gain and mission impact, what are the key parameters of an MTD system, whether an MTD system that can adapt multiple configuration aspects is feasible for reasonable threat assumptions, and whether an intelligent MTD triggered by attack/risk indicators can be more effective than a purely random MTD.
A Theory of Cyber Attacks -- A Step Towards Analyzing MTD Systems. Rui Zhuang, Alexandru G. Bardas, Scott A. Deloach, and Xinming Ou. In CCS 2015 MTD Workshop, Denver, CO, US, October, 2015.
Compiling abstract specifications into concrete systems - bringing order to the cloud. Ian Unruh, Alexandru G. Bardas, Rui Zhuang, Xinming Ou, and Scott A. DeLoach. In 28th Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA'14), Seattle, WA, USA.
Towards a theory of moving target defense. Rui Zhuang, Scott A. DeLoach, and Xinming Ou. In First ACM Workshop on Moving Target Defense (MTD 2014), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, November, 2014.
Model-driven, moving-target defense for enterprise network security. Scott DeLoach, Xinming Ou, Rui Zhuang, Su Zhang. In Uwe Aßmann, Nelly Bencomo, Gordon Blair, Betty H. C. Cheng, Robert France (eds) State-of-the-Art Survey Volume on Models @run.time. Springer LNCS, Volume 8378, 2014, pp 137-161.
Investigating the application of moving target defenses to network security. Rui Zhuang, Su Zhang, Alexandru G. Bardas, Scott A. DeLoach, Xinming Ou, and Anoop Singhal. 6th International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems (ISRCS), San Francisco, CA, August, 2013.
Mission-oriented moving target defense based on cryptographically strong network dynamics. Justin Yackoski, Jason Li, Scott A. DeLoach, and Xinming Ou. The 8th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop (CSIIRW), Oak Ridge, TN, Jan 2013.
Simulation-based approaches to studying effectiveness of moving-target network defense. Rui Zhuang, Su Zhang, Scott A. DeLoach, Xinming Ou, and Anoop Singhal. National Symposium on Moving Target Research, Annapolis, MD, USA, June, 2012.
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PHOTOS: Rashmika Mandanna looks super cute as she flaunts her cat ear cap at the airport
The South beauty Rashmika Mandanna was spotted at Hyderabad airport yet again in another cool outfit. The actress opted for black denim paired with a neon green tee and a baseball cap with cat ears.
Written By Khushboo Ratda 237689 reads Mumbai Updated: October 9, 2019 04:38 am
Rashmika Mandanna, who rose to fame with the successful 2016 film Kirik Party, is one of the most popular actresses in Kannada and Telugu film industry. The stunning actress recently won the hearts of the audience with her film, Dear Comrade. The film starred Vijay Deverakonda in the lead role. Meanwhile, Rashmika has a series of big movies lined up for next year and the actress is busy with the shooting of the films. Rashmika has been travelling city to city for the shooting of her upcoming films.
The South beauty was spotted at Hyderabad airport yet again in another cool outfit. Rashmika opted for black denim paired with a neon green tee and a baseball cap with cat ear. The actress was all smiles for the paparazzi and she looks adorable like never before. Rashmika Mandanna surely knows how to tease paparazzi with her quirky poses. Moreover, we love how she always chooses to go simple and cool at the airport. Check out the photos below.
On the work front, Rashmika is currently busy with Mahesh Babu's Telugu action film Sarileru Neekevvaru. Written and directed by Anil Ravipudi, the film also has Vijayashanti and Prakash Raj in other important roles. The stunner also has a film with Allu Arjun and a Tamil film titled Sultan opposite actor Karthi. She is also working on a film titled Bheeshma opposite Nithiin.
Rashmika Mandanna is soon to make her big Bollywood debut opposite Shahid Kapoor in the Hindi remake of Telugu film, Jersey.
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Galata (turško Galata oz. Karaköy, grško , Galatas) je bila mestna četrt Konstantinopla, zdaj Carigrad, Turčija.

Nahaje se na severni obali zaliva Zlati rog, ki jo ločuje od zgodovinskega Konstantinopla. Preko Zlatega roga je zgrajenih več mostov, od katerih je najslavnejši Galatski most. Srednjeveška Galata je bila od leta 1273 do 1453 kolonija Genovske republike. Na najvišji točki Galate stoji slavni Galatski stolp. Sedanja Galata se imenuje Karaköy in je del carigrajskega samoupravnega mestnega območja Beyoğlu (Pera).

Etimologija
O izvoru imena Galata obstaja več teorij. Grki so prepričani, da izvira bodisi iz besede Galatai,  ki se nanaša na Galce oziroma Gote, ki so v helenističnem obdobju živeli na tem mestu pred preselitvijo v centralno Anatolijo, bodisi iz besede galatas, ko pomeni mlekar, ker so na tem območju v srednjeveškem (bizantinskem) obdobju pasli drobnico in živino. Po drugi hipotezi je galata različica italijanske besede calata, ki pomeni del pomolov v pristanišču, namenjenih jutranjim trgovskim ladjam za izkrcavanje in vkrcavanje blaga ali potnikov in začasno shranjevanje blaga in ladijske opreme. Ker je bil ta del Zlatega roga več stoletij v posesti Genovske republike, bi ime lahko bilo genovskega izvora. Naziv Galata je kasneje privzela Genova v imenu svojega pomorskega muzeja Galata Museo del Mare.

Zgodovina

V zgodovinskih dokumentih se Galata pogosto omenja kot Pera. Naziv izhaja iz starogrškega ledinskega imena za prostor Peran en Sykais, kar pomeni veliko polje na drugi strani.

Mestna četrt se prvič omenja v poznoantičnih zapisih kot Sykai ali Sycae. Do leta 425 n. št., ko je bila zbrana Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae, je že kot 13. regija postala integralni del mesta. Po Notiii je cesar Honorij (vladal 395–423) v njej zgradil forum, javno kopališče, gledališče, ulico s stebriščem in 435 stanovanjskih blokov. Mesto je bilo obzidano verjetno že v 5. stoletju. Sykai je dobil pod Justinjanom I. (vladal 527–565) popolne mestne pravice in novo ime – Iustinianopolis. V 7. stoletju je bil najbrž povsem opuščen. Od njega je ostal samo velik stolp Megalos Pyrgos (kastellion tou Galatou), ki je nadziral severni konec verige, ki je blokirala vhod v Zlati rog.

V 11. stoletju je bila v Galati ustanovljena mestna judovska skupnost, ki je štela okoli 2.500 oseb. Leta 1171 je bilo v Galati ustanovljeno genovsko naselje, ki je bilo kmalu skoraj v celoti uničeno. Četudi so Genovežani vztrajno trdili, da uničenje nima nobene zveze z Beneško republiko, je bizantinski cesar Manuel I. Komnen (vladal 1143–1180) uničenje izkoristil kot izgovor za aretacijo vseh beneških državljanov in zaseg njihovega premoženja v celem Bizantinskem cesarstvu. Kastelion in judovsko četrt so izropali in uničili katoliški križarji v četrti križarski vojni leta 1403, malo preden so izropali Konstantinopel (1204).

V obdobju Latinskega cesarstva (1204-1261), ki je nasledilo Bizantinsko, so v Galati na mestu bizantinske cerkve iz 6. stoletja zgradili katoliško kapelo, posvečeno svetemu Pavlu. Kapelo so leta 1325 znatno razširili dominikanski fratri in jo preimenovali v cerkev svetega Dominika, lokalni prebivalci pa so jo še vedno imenovali cerkev sv. Pavla. Leta 1407 je papež Gregor XII. za vse obiskovalce samostana sv. Pavla v Galati uvedel odpustke, da bi s temi dohodki vzdrževal samostansko cerkev. Sultan Mehmed II. je cerkev v letih 1475-1478 preuredili v mošejo in jo imenoval Galatska mošeja (Galata Camii) ali Velika mošeja (Cami-i Kebir). Sultan Bajazid II. je mošejo prepustil španskim Mavrom, ki so pred špansko inkvizicijo leta 1492 pobegnili v Konstantinopel.

Leta 1261 so četrt ponovno zavzeli Bizantinci. Cesar Mihael VIII. Paleolog (vladal 1259–1282) jo je v skladu z Nimfejskim sporazumom leta 1267 prepustil Genovski republiki. Leta 1303 so bile postavljene natančne meje kolonije. Njeno utrjevanje je bilo prepovedano. Genovežani se prepovedi niso držali in s širjenjem obzidja kolonijo celo povečali. Gradnja obzidja in Galatskega stolpa, ki se je prvotno imenoval Christea Turris - Kristusov stolp, je bila končana leta 1348. Vse utrdbe so ostale nedotaknjene do 19. stoletja, ko je bila večina njih podrta, da se je lahko mesto razširilo proti severu. Ohranjen je samo zelo majhen del obzidja v bližini Galatskega stolpa.

Ko je Konstantinopel leta 1453 osvojil sultan Mehmed Osvajalec, je bila Galata in njena okolica naseljena z genovskimi in beneškimi katoliki in nekaj Grki, Armenci in Judi. Krščanski prebivalci so bili med osmanskim obleganjem Konstantinopla nevtralni in se niso postavili niti na osmansko stran niti proti njej. Sodobni zgodovinar Halil İnalcık je na podlagi popisa prebivalstva leta 1455 izračunal, da je med obleganjem in po padcu mesta pobegnilo okoli 8 % galatskega prebivalstva.

Popis iz leta 1455 je pokazal, da so Judje prebivali predvsem v četrtih Fabya in Samona v bližini sedanjega Karaköya. Čeprav so grško govoreči Judje Galate po padcu mesta očitno ostali na svojih domovih, ni bilo po letu 1472 nobenega več. Stanje je ostalo nespremenjeno do sredine 16. stoletja.

Dogodki v Galati so v tedanjih virih opisani različno. Po nekaterih so tisti, ki so se bili pripravljeni vdali osmanski floti, šli k sultanu in mu predali mestne ključe. Dogodek je v zapisih Mihaela Dukasa in Giovannija Lomellina opisan zelo neskladno, Laonik Halkokondil pa piše, da je genovski župan mesta še pred prihodom osmanske flote izročil mestne ključe osmanskemu poveljniku Zagan Paši in ne sultanu. Beg kristjanov iz mesta je opisal udeleženec dogodkov Leonard s Hiosa:

 "Tisti, ki se pred prihodom turških ladij niso uspeli vkrcati na svoje ladje, so bili aretirani. Matere so aretirali, otroke pa pustili, včasih tudi obratno. Mnogi so poskušali plavati preko zaliva in utonili. Ljudje so se razkropili (po mestu) in brez usmiljenja ropali drug drugega."

Po zapisih Dukasa in Mihaela Kristobula vojska Zagan Paše ni bila nasilna do prebivalcev. Halkokondil korektnega obnašanja vojakov ne omenja, Leonard s Hiosa pa piše, da so vsi tisti Galatčani, ki so se v nasprotju z ukazi iz Genove ponižno vdali, ostali živi in obdržali svoje premoženje. Premoženje beguncev se je zaplenilo. Dukas in Lomellino pišeta, da so vsem tistim, ki so se v treh mesecih vrnili, premoženje vrnili.

Po osmanski osvojitvi je bilo v Galati zgrajenih več impozantnih palač. Bankalar Caddesi (Bančna ulica) je postala finančno središče Osmanskega cesarstva. Leta 1880 je bilo veliko zgradb podrtih zaradi gradnje tramvajske proge. Galata in Pera sta bili v poznem 19. in zgodnjem 20. stoletju del Občine 6. okrožja, Carigrad pa Prefektura mesta Konstantinopel.

V osmanskem obdobju je v Galati izhajalo veliko časopisov nemuslimanskih manjšin in v tujih jezikih. Tiskali so se podnevi in raznašali ponoči, ker oblasti tiskanja ponoči v Galati niso dovolile.

Na začetku 20. stoletja so bile v Galati ambasade evropskih držav in znatna krščanska skupnost. Matthew Ghazarian jo je na začetku 20. stoletja zaradi večjezičnosti opisal kot "bastion različnosti".

Sodobna Galata je znana po športnem klubu Galatasaray S.K., enem najboljših v Turčiji. Ustanovljen je bil leta 1905.

Galerija

 Pomembne zgradbe
 Arabska mošeja, nekdanja cerkev sv. Dominika (1325)
 Galatski stolp (1348)
 cerkev sv. Benedikta (1427)
 sinagoga Zülfaris (1823)
 cerkev sv. Petra in Pavla (1843)
 Kamondske stopnice (1880)
 Avstrijska visoka šola sv. Jurija (1882)
 Aškenaška sinagoga (1900)
 Italijanska sinagoga (1931)
 sinagoga Neve Shalom (1951)

 Pomembni Galatčani in prebivalci Galate
 Abraham Salomon Camondo
 Konstantin Samuel Rafinesque
 Seydi Ali Reis

Sklici

Viri

Zunanje povezave

 Galata and the Galata Bridge (en)
 Jewish Sites in Galata, Istanbul  (en)

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Q: list of inline images to wrap I have a series of 10 images (thumbnails) 90x45 px I'd like to be listed horizontally, which I managed to by using inline-flex, in two rows of 5.
Problem is that when resizing the window at a certain size (1024px-1180) the last image overlaps the right column.
I am using bootstrap 3.0 with a 3-5-4 setup.
I would like to use one row so that regardless of how many images they'd wrap in new row.
i.e.
this

img1-img2-img3-img4-img5-img6-img7-img8-img9-img10-img11...

would become

img1-img2-img3-img4-
img5-img6-img7-img8-
img9-img10-img11...

This is what I have now

content

    content

of course the list goes on with as many items as images.
The relevant (I think) css I have is this
.fz-thumbnails-ul {
  display: inline-flex;
  list-style: none;
  margin-bottom: 3px;
  padding: 0;
}
.fz-thumbnails-ul > li {
  margin: 0 3px 0 0;
}

Thank you
EDIT
My solution thanks to LOTUSMS sample, changed the above css to this
.fz-thumbnails-ul  {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
}
.fz-thumbnails-ul li {
  display: inline-flex;
  margin: 0 3px 0 0;
}

A: After some classes cleanup and CSS re-structure, your solution will work if you follow this as a guideline and modify accordingly:
HTML

        content

        content

CSS
.fz-intro-link img {
  display: inline-flex;
  list-style: none;
  margin-bottom: 3px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 5px 9px;
}
.left{
    background:green;
}
.center{
    background:blue;
}
.right{
    background:orange;
}

Here is the DEMO
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Life can become all too overwhelming, especially when we let all of our responsibilities pile up and let the mess crowd our minds.
We can, however, reclaim control and free our racing minds from the chaos by practicing a little something called mindfulness.
Mindfulness is all about focusing your attention on the present moment; engaging in this practice allows us to take a step back and better understand our thoughts/feelings.
In addition to mindfulness, you can free your mind by completing a quick journal entry, engaging in a favorite hobby, talking to a friend, and even checking to make sure exhaustion and hanger aren't playing a role.
Sometimes, life becomes a bit much. Everything piles up. Work, school, bills, and every other little making of our day to day. And more often than not, we let this mess completely clutter our minds. Before we know it, we're sent into overdrive: our thoughts are racing and we're struggling to keep up.
Fortunately, we can slow these racing thoughts down. We can reassume power over our minds. And we can begin to live healthier. This probably leaves you begging the question, "How?" Don't worry, we're going to make it really easy for you. First, we'll teach you about a little something called mindfulness and then offer a few additional tips for escaping your overcrowded headspace.
1) Do a quick scribble. Jotting down some thoughts and some doodles can help to free your mind, according to Credentialed Art Therapist and Counselor Jodi Rose. "I suggest doing a quick 'scribble' of the emotions or energy associated with the thoughts… this art-making will slow heart and breath rate and also reduce the production of the stress hormone cortisol," she says.
3) Ask yourself, "Am I hangry or tired?" You should take a minute to consider other factors that might be affecting your feelings. For example, being hungry or tired can make you irritable and exacerbate a range of problems. "Get something to eat and wait for 20 minutes to see if you feel better," Licensed Professional Counselor Helen Godfrey suggests.


Please note that this is a general timetable and students must use their personal timetables for their own exams as they may have had times moved due to exam clashes.
The attached timetable is only for written exams in the Summer exam season which runs from 13th May to 20th June 2019. 26th June is a Contingency day for GCSE and/or GCE examinations should sustained national or local disruption arise during June 2019 examination series. All students must be available for this contingency day should the need arise.
There may well be other exams but unless they are in the Summer season and written, they will not appear on this timetable.


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