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A cutting plane method from analytic centers for stochastic programming
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The stochastic linear programming problem with recourse has a dual block-angular structure. It can thus be handled by Benders' decomposition or by Kelley's method of cutting planes; equivalently the dual problem has a primal block-angular structure and can be handled by Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition—the two approaches are in fact identical by duality. Here we shall investigate the use of the method of cutting planes from analytic centers applied to similar formulations. The only significant difference form the aforementioned methods is that new cutting planes (or columns, by duality) will be generated not from the optimum of the linear programming relaxation, but from the analytic center of the set of localization.
KeywordsCutting plane Stochastic programming Analytic center Interior-point method
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Bend The Knee – Matt Hoss' Game Of Thrones Blog
Series 7 Episode 2: STORMBORN
What a bumperpack episode! I had planned to keep it a lot lighter after last week's behemoth blog, but like a dead Clegane, I come back alive with a vengeance. Spoilers ahead. Enjoy and please share with your friends!
Eye of the Stormborn
We start where episode one finished, with Dany and her advisors around Stannis' old War table. Remember Stannis? Rack your brains. He's the one… you know… the grumpy king? Not that one. He was the one who burnt his only daughter alive for a battle he didn't even win. Remember? That seems so long ago. Remember when the worst thing in Westeros was Joffrey hitting a chubby baker's boy? Or when Sansa's Direwolf was put down. The story is far darker now. Shit has got real. Game Of Thrones is essentially mirroring real-life in that aspect. The two worlds share many similarities; in fact only difference between real-life and Game Of Thrones, is that with Game Of Thrones there is a chance that I might be able to see boobs. It's a small chance we can but hope.
Daenerys Targaryen discusses what type of Queen she should be in this coming invasion. Daenerys claims that she doesn't want to be "Queen of the Ashes". This is a good thing really, as she never plays cricket and she'd be rubbish playing against Australia. She won't be "Queen of the Ashes" but she is at the very least Queen of "Over-long and unnecessary hard-to-spell names".
Varys and Daenerys have a stormy encounter. It was a close shave for a man who has literally has a close shave. Varys has to lie for his life and say that his intentions is to help the common people, which he says whilst wearing an expensive silk gown: you don't see many of those in Flea Bottom do you? Varys channels his inner-Corbyn and he attempts to claim to be working for the many, for all the common people. Next we'll be seeing Varys with the hashtag #GrimeforVarys, eating Pringles on youtube and doing headline speech Glastonbury festival (at least he will better than fucking Ed Sheeran). He almost sounds Marxist with his rhetoric – well as Marxist as you can get with a Queen with three dragons who plans for total domination.
Dany entirely mistrusts Varys and almost kills him but she gives him a final chance to prove loyalty and Varys swears his allegiance. However the dialogue in this scene sounds like they are doing their own take of the Dirty Dancing classic: "Time Of My Life".
Dany: Do you swear your loyalty to me Varys?
Varys: (Sings) I Swear. It's the truth.
Dany: And I swear this: if you betray me, I'll burn you alive.
Awkward Pause
Varys: AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOOOOUUUU!
Less romantic than the initial version. Not as catchy.
This scene with Dany ends with by having a meeting with Melisandre. Moments after being blamed for not being loyal enough, Varys has a go at Melisandre for not being loyal enough, which really goes against the argument he just made of 'being for the peopl'. What a turncoat bellend. Melisandre worships the Lord Of Light. This religion is quite extreme and quite annoying. The Red Priests are like Jehovah's Witnesses but with more fire and necromancy, but less door knocking. Swings and roundabouts.
GOT gets more liberal this week. After last week's episode having a 'woman' on screen (Bloody Liberal snowflakes), they decided to go a step further. They discuss "The Prince That Was Promised" but they state that the terminology of Prince is gender neutral, meaning that it could be applicable to Daenerys. IT'S PC GONE MAD. What's going to happen next week? Daenerys and her band of FEMINAZIS give up on total dominance AND JUST TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS? Instead of killing all the men in a battle for the Iron Throne, Daenerys decides to kill everyone by giving an 28 point lecture on Feminist theory and intersectionality. IT'S BLOODY PC GONE MAD. (N.B. I feel like Alex Jones when I write in caps)
There was actually a deleted scene for the Melisandre scene and in an effort to recreate it: I've typed up the script here for you and it goes like this.
Melisandre: Welcome to Dragonstone!
Dany: We've just set up in the war room.
Melisandre: (Panic) You haven't touched the war-table have you?!
Dany: Of course I have, we've started our plans. Is there a reason why I shouldn't have touched it?
Melisandre: Err no reason. Definitely did not have mad lustful sex with a king of Westeros resulting with me giving birth to a shadow assassin which was sent to kill King Renly. No reason.
(Tyrion slowly rubs his hands with sexual deviancy)
"Shit. They totally know"
Melisandre gives the suggestion to meet up with King of the North, Jon Snow (Westeros' saddest king), as he could be a great ally. IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING- JON AND DAENERYS will meet! They can join forces and be Westeros' finest double act. They can call themselves "A Song of Ice and Fire" and wear the appropriate spandex. I'm personally looking forward to their meeting as it could be an epic alliance OR it could be Westeros' next batch of hot incest love. Fingers crossed!
Talking about potentially awkward family reunions, Tyrion sends a raven from Dragonstone to Winterfell to relay this message. Sansa, his ex-wife, received this message and mutters "He doesn't text or call for two years and now he wants an alliance! Typical! Alimony first – then we'll talk". But it is worthwhile to mention that they are technically still married. They both kinda forgot to annul the marriage due to the fact that they were both fleeing from the capital as fugitives for Joffrey's death and they were both too busy escaping, becoming heartbroken and getting so powerful so they can enact their revenge on Cersei to call each other. Pretty busy, but pretty similar schedule. Maybe they don't need a divorce after all!
How to train your Dragon (to receive Ballista bolts in the forehead)
Westeros' best Claire Underwood impersonator, Cersei Lannister sits in the Throne room trying to deal with the people scared about dragons. Being a cold-blooded creature herself, she understands why they could be scared of terrifying monsters. She receives a lot of angry and accusing questions asking how will she deal with the problem, and she gives unsatisfying replies. It's essentially like watching Question Time but David Dimbleby has been replaced with a 7 foot tall resurrected corpse
who can crush a man's skull (like normal Question Time).
Maester Qyburn (Arch-Nemesis of the Smurfs) attempts to provide a solution to the infestation of giant fire lizards by taking the Queen into the basement. Creepy. In fact this one of the creepiest places in Westeros. The only other place to beat THIS LEVEL of creepiness is any room with Littlefinger in it.
These giant and priceless skulls are tactlessly shot at with a giant crossbow which Qyburn has organised. Qyburn asks Cersei to "pull the lever" of the Ballista. Unfortunately this is his version of "Pull my finger" and farts in front of the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms instead of firing a bolt. After profusely apologising, he creates a plan to kill dragons. Meanwhile Jaime meets the Randall Tarly's unfortunately named son: Dickon. Don't ask how he got that name.
War. What is it good for? (Destroying Lannisters)
The war talks begin with Dany and her potential allies. What is great here is that all of the leaders and the people in charge of the war plans are women. IT'S PC GONE MAD AGAIN – THE DAILY MAIL WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS! OBVIOUSLY ONLY MEN CAN CREATE CHAOS AND START WARS.
These fierce and highly dangerous women discuss how to take over Westeros and they do it well as they plan to take over King's Landing and Casterley Rock. It's like Westeros' version of Loose Women, but the only thing that is 'loose' is a bowstring, as an arrow flies towards your face (presumably for making the comparison to Loose Women).
50 Shades Of Grey Worm:
This episode refocuses our attention on Westeros' most boring romance between Dany's advisors: Missandei (runner-up in the 'Over-long and unnecessarily hard-to-spell names' competition) and Grey Worm (runner-up to the Bald Eunuch of the Year Award, behind Varys). Finally, the Unsullied finally gets sullied (I don't know what that means) and starts his courtship with Missandei. And that is putting politely. It was rather a steamy scene and it looks like they were making music video for Foreigner "I want to know what love is". Seriously: it works so well. Watch it below. VERY MUCH NSFW.
My mum watched this scene and she said to me afterwards:
"Ooh, I loved that scene, I really wanted to see what he was packing down there". That's my mother who said that. I only threw up 3 times. But obviously the response to that was "Well – he is called Grey Worm for a reason".
This explicit scene ends with Grey Worm saying "Shall we take this to the War Table?".
A new feature of this blog series is to count a running total of boobs throughout the series:
Current Series Boob Count (CSBC)
2 (excluding Littlefinger)
Arya Kidding me?
Arya follows in her father's footstep and takes on Sean Bean's miserable demeanor for the whole episode. She even stays miserable when she meets old friend HOT PIE! He's back (N.B. Hot Pie was originally my stripper name). Despite lack of grace whilst Arya wolfs (pun intended) down her free food, the pair catch up.
Hot Pie: What have you been up to?
Arya: I was blind for a bit, moved to Braavos to become an assassin, and killed the entire Frey house in one fell swoop.
Hot Pie: I butter bread before baking it. It makes it taste a lot better.
One of the biggest Game Of Thrones theories was quashed in this scene as we find out that Hot Pie is NOT VEGAN. This is a shock to the devastated online community who have been conspiring on this theory for many years.
Finally they go their separate ways; Arya says "Try not to get yourself killed". Hot Pie replies to this with "I won't, I'm a survivor". IDIOT. No one in Westeros has ever survived longer than 5 minutes with that being said. Either this is some blatant foreshadowing or it's a red herring and we are going to be seeing Hot Pie ride one of Dany's dragons into battle very soon.
Arya goes into the woods and on her way up to Winterfell. We finally see what happened with Arya's Direwolf, Nymeria. It seems that Nymeria has got a wolfpack, but Arya has not got her wolf back. This is a very emotive scene as Arya finally found someone in this world she loves, but was rejected by it. Arya seen listening to Elliot Smith as she welcomes adulthood into her life.
It's funny that Arya was blank and docile whilst meeting her old albeit chubby, friend but she connects so much more to a six foot tall Direwolf which could rip her to shreds. She has a more engaging interaction with future rug than with a person that can't tell what gender Arya is (PC GONE MAD).
Sand Snakes and Grey Joys.
Obviously the final scene was something not to be missed. Yara Greyjoy (Although she is called Asha in the books) was getting off with Elleria Sand in a round of 'Secondary character love-making'. (Oh andthere was also a ship battle. BUT MORE ON THE KISSING). Theon stands watching over the two lust-birds and Elia asks Yara/Asha the following.
"Phew – what's that smell?"
"Reek's in here" Yara/Asha replies.
Euron, as a member of the DUP, starts attacking the ships as he strictly against same-sex sex scenes. An epic battle ensues and Euron eliminates the majority of the Greyjoys and Martells. Theon is fighting and then he sees Yara/Asha/Potentially Lily Allen been held hostage by their Uncle Euron. This family has some serious issues, more issues than Jeremy Kyle is qualified to deal with.
This is it. This is Theon's chance for redemption. This is his chance to prove that he is not Reek anymore but he is a man. More than that: he is a hero. He is a champion of what is wrong and what is right AND he has just jumped off the boat in cowardice. Like a dog ashamed of pissing on the carpet, he jumps off the boat in shame.
In all fairness, I actually have a theory why he did that. Theon jumped off the boat, not because he was scared, just because he wanted to replicate his Jack/Rose moment from Titanic by himself.
Other shit this week:
Bran still trapped within his own plothole. Writers attempt to dig him out ASAP.
Jorah, after seeing Cersei'sFinnish Metal band look last week decided to go one step further and get his whole body done. Unfortunately the look he has ended up with is the budget version of The Thing from Fantastic Four.
Hearing that they are the current trend, Varys gets a topknot and is immediately called a "bald cunt" by The Hound.
Olenna Tyrell joins the ranks of Duncan Bannatyne, Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis, as she takes her own advice and she decided to "Be A Dragon". If Dany fails as Queen, she's out.
Cersei abdicates her throne to recognise the one true ruler of Westeros: Hot Pie. He is king of baking bread and making peace. His first and only policy is to butter the entirety of Westeros to make it taste better.
Thanks for reading! Please share and leave a comment! See you next week.


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In case you weren't already insanely jealous of celebrity's lifestyles, consider that Antonio Banderas recently was paid to go on an around the world trip with one of the most beautiful women on the planet. He did so by taking a press tour with sexy co-star Salma Hayek in promotion of their hilarious family film, "Puss In Boots." While on the road, the latin actor created a paparazzi feeding frenzy and was interviewed by hundreds of media outlets worldwide. Before stepping into the international spotlight, Antonio slipped on his favorite Hublot replica watch – the incredibly stylish Best Fake Hublot Big Bang.
What a lucky man. Here, Antonio follows Salma into another promotional interview. He wears a casually cool outfit, pairing simple black slacks with a fitted beige sweater. With his sweater sleeves rolled up, his Swiss Replica Hublot attracts a lot of attention. Its highly visible, oversized face exudes masculine energy, just like Antonio.
The Hublot Replica Big Bang that Antonio wears is famous in the watch world for its amazingly strong and durable construction. It features a solid stainless steel case with triple-wrapped gold plating, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass, and a swiss-made, perpetual movement system that doesn't require batteries to function. It also allows wearers to keep track of time with considerable precision, as it has luminescent hour markers and hands and a time and date mechanism.


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Lauren Max
These photographs showcase the diverse landscapes of the Northwest and some of the human interactions and wonderment with them.
Lauren Max, a Northwest Native, enjoys shooting candid lifestyle photography and colorfully eccentric portraits. Her work exhibits qualities of freedom and wild beauty found both in people and the world around us. She is currently a staff photographer for Seattle's City Arts Magazine.


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Price 5,000 gp; Slot none; CL 5th; Weight 1 lb.; Aura faint transmutation
This small glass vial contains an effervescent blue liquid. When imbibed, a vial of reckless courage instills a sense of bravery in the drinker, granting a +4 enhancement bonus on saving throws against fear effects. If the drinker is under a fear effect, she can attempt a new saving throw with a +2 bonus. The drinker becomes eager to rush into danger, and as a result, all of her modes of movement (including burrow, climb, fly, and swim speeds) increase by 30 feet, to a maximum of double her normal speed in any given form of movement, for 5 rounds.
Cost 2,500 gp; Feats Craft Wondrous Item; Spells haste, remove fear
Pathfinder Player Companion: Antihero's Handbook © 2017, Paizo Inc.; Authors: Emily Brumfield, Violet Hargrave, Susann Hessen, Mikko Kallio, Lyz Liddell, Adrian Ng, Joe Pasini, Lacy Pellazar, Kyle T. Raes, David N. Ross, and Kendra Leigh Speedling.


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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Bobble Me Johnny (ha ha)
So yesterday night I went to a 6oth Birthday celebration for my ex-boss, Johnny Lee.
We have known each other since 1996, when he moved me down to work at EMI/Capitol Records as an A.D.
We became really good friends, to the point where I consider Johnny part of my extended family down here in L.A.
As part of my tribute to him, I gave him the ultimate personalized gift you can give anyone...themselves!..or at least in the form of a custom made bobblehead.
I have done this on 2 other occasions, where I ordered online on a site called whoopassenterprises.com.
Usually the likeness is sorta close, but they always go over really well.
I actually was able to "do it right" this time, by designing and constructing a box with it.
The sides have his key album covers on them, Inside is a Hollywood scene background, and finallly the back has a timeline with key dates pulled out.
Highly recommend having this done for anyone having a significant Birthday celebration. (well at least the the people who you like!)
2 comments:
- Slick said...
Wow, great job on the packaging.
- joven orozco said...
wow! too cool. gotz to get one!
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Manfred Gerstenfeld: "Dutch Muslim Parties: A New Development in Islamization"
L'erudit jueu Manfred Gerstenfeld, qui fou director del CAPE de Jerusalem, publica avui el report número 906, dels Perspectives Papers, del Begin-Sadat Center, "Dutch Muslim Parties: A New Development in Islamization", relatiu a l'emergència dels partits musulmans a Holanda a les eleccions de l'any passat, que promouen un nou islamisme refractari a la integració a les societats obertes occidentals.
La influència de la xarxa europea d'entitats islàmiques promoguda pel règim turc d'Erdogan està obtenint els primers èxits electorals gràcies també a la complicitat de l'islamogauchisme que denuncia l'historiador de referència de l'esquerra francesa Jacques Julliard.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The emergence of Muslim political parties in the Netherlands is a new facet of Islamization. One of these parties, Denk, has three seats in parliament and is also represented at the local level, as are other Muslim parties. They usually oppose integration and do not accept Dutch culture as the country's dominant culture. Anti-Semitism is a regular attribute, often disguised as hate speech against Israel.
New facets of Islamization keep emerging in Western Europe. An important one is the emergence of Muslim political parties, a development that has occurred primarily in the Netherlands so far. These parties exist on both the local and national levels. While identity politics in the Netherlands has greatly decreased, the full impact of this new development is not yet understood.
The main Muslim party in the Netherlands is called Denk (Think). It came into being after two Turkish-born parliamentarians, Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk, were expelled from the Labour (PvdA) faction at the end of 2014. They had opposed the integration policy for immigrants of then PvdA Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher. Shortly before his expulsion from the party, Öztürk said to Ahmed Marcouch, another Labour Muslim parliamentarian, "May Allah punish you."
As long as Kuzu and Öztürk represented Labour, they could not speak outside their assigned areas of competence; nor could they make statements contradicting the party line. Now that they have their own party, they are free to take far more radical positions.
In the 2017 parliamentary elections, Denk won three seats of a total 150. Besides Kuzu and Öztürk, the Moroccan Farid Azarkan was also elected. An estimated 1.2 million Muslims live in the Netherlands, of whom 500,000 are Turks and 400,000 are Moroccans. Recent polls indicate that if elections were held now, Denk would increase its number of seats.
Many Turks hold dual Dutch and Turkish nationality, and 115,000 Turks in the Netherlands voted in the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum. Of these, 71% backed Erdoğan's proposal. About the same number of voters participated in the 2018 Turkish parliamentary elections. Of these, 62% voted for Erdoğan's AKP. In Turkey, that party received 53% of the vote.
There are several other Muslim parliamentarians in the established Dutch parties, but Kuzu and Öztürk are viewed as the only loyal Erdoğan supporters in the Dutch parliament. This is worthy of note, as under Erdoğan's presidency the democratic character of Turkey has been greatly eroded.
Denk participated in the 2018 municipal elections, where it won council seats in 13 out of the 14 municipalities where it had candidates – mainly in larger cities. Several other Muslim parties gained seats in municipal councils, such as in Rotterdam and The Hague.
The Denk program is a lengthy document. It doesn't accept Dutch culture as the dominant culture of the Netherlands. It states that not only do the immigrants have to listen to the Dutch, but also the reverse. One example of such a statement goes as follows: "When I think about the Netherlands I dream about a healthy Netherlands where Nurse Thea takes into account the desires and demands of Aunt Latifa." This could include discriminatory attitudes. For instance, a Muslim woman may refuse to be treated by a male doctor. A Muslim may also be an anti-Semite who doesn't want to be attended by a Jewish nurse. Both scenarios have occurred.
So far, elected representatives of Muslim parties have not been part of ruling municipal coalitions. In Rotterdam before the 2018 municipal elections, three left-wing parties – PvdA, Green Left (GL), and the Socialist Party (SP) – intended to cooperate with the Muslim party Nida. It then became known that Nida had called Israel a terror state in 2014 and would not refute this. PvdA and GL backed out of the agreement, but SP remained.
Muslim parties' attitudes towards Israel and Jews are often hostile. Earlier this year, almost all parties in the Amsterdam municipal council signed, at the request of the Jewish community, a document entitled the "Amsterdam Jewish Accord." It states that Jews have a right to security paid for by the city government, that anti-Semitism needs to be fought, and that the Jewish elements of Amsterdam's history should be taught to the general population. Two parties refused to sign the agreement: Denk and BIJ1, a party comprised mainly of black immigrants. A candidate in the Amsterdam elections claimed on behalf of Denk that Israel and the West had played a role in establishing ISIS.
The pro-Israel organization CIDI has stated that Denk's parliamentary questions and promotion on Facebook are riddled with anti-Semitic symbols, suggestions, and insinuations, hidden as criticism of Israel.
Some representatives of other Muslim parties make extreme anti-Semitic remarks. In The Hague, a Dutch councilman who converted to Islam, Arnoud van Doorn, blamed Zionism for the failed 2016 coup in Turkey. On May 4, National Memorial Day, when the more than 100,000 Dutch Jews murdered in the Holocaust were remembered, he said the Palestinians were equal to the victims of the Holocaust. He has also tweeted, "May Allah exterminate the Zionists."
Last year Israeli schoolchildren visited the Dutch parliament. Another Muslim council member in The Hague, Abdoe Khoulani, called the students "Zionist terrorists in training" and "future child murderers and occupiers." A Dutch judge dismissed a court case against Khoulani, saying his remarks did not constitute incitement to hate.
Belgium is another country where Muslims are politically organized, though on a much smaller scale. The Islam party has two representatives in municipal councils. Its program includes the introduction of sharia and a 100% Islamic state in Belgium. The party also promotes separation between men and women on public transport. Islam has announced that it will contest 28 municipalities in the October elections. If the phenomenon of Muslim parties spreads elsewhere in Western Europe, incitement and societal tensions are likely to increase further.


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So, there was alot of waterskiing last weekend.
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well the first and fourth ones are. but it would be nice if anyone else would post some. I think we may have spent to much time in the beer tent to do make any vids of our own.ReplyDelete
so if you have any of your own throw them our way
Mad-City is posting some videos in the nationals recap story... you found one of them, but here's another:ReplyDelete
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JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
10 It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AMERICA)
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,(U.S.A) and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,(U.S.A) and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,(AMERICA) my people,(CHRISTIANS,JEWS) that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her (AMERICA-NEW YORK) even as she rewarded you,(WITH FALSE FLAG TERRORISM) and double unto her double according to her works:(DOUBLE-EMP 1ST,THEN RUSSIA NUKE ATTACKS U.S.A) in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.(PROBABLY A RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK WILL SET THE WHOLE SITUATION UP AS RUSSIA HACKS THE USA ARMY COMPUTERS.THEN THE EMP,THEN THE NUKE ATTACK)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Putin Shows Off New Nuclear Weapons, Warns West to 'Listen'-[Bloomberg]-Olga Tanas, Andrey Biryukov-March 1, 2018
Vladimir Putin used his state-of-the-nation speech to deliver a stern warning to the U.S. that Russia has a series of new high-technology nuclear weapons that he said can overcome any defenses."Efforts to contain Russia have failed, face it," Putin said in a nearly two-hour address he illustrated with video clips of the new arms, which included underwater drones, intercontinental missiles and a hypersonic system he said "heads for its target like a meteorite."He said Russia had long warned the U.S. not to go ahead with anti-missile systems that Moscow feared could erode its nuclear deterrent. "Nobody listened to us. Listen now," he said.The unusual display of military might was the most dramatic element of the speech, which started with pledges to deliver a "decisive breakthrough" to boost living standards and raise spending on health and infrastructure. Putin used the annual address to lay out priorities for the fourth presidential term he's expected to win easily in the March 18 election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin unveils new nuclear weapons: 'Listen to us now'-By PATRICK REEVELL-ABCNEWS
MOSCOW — Mar 1, 2018, 7:32 AM ET-President Vladimir Putin today declared that Russia has tested a new generation of nuclear weapons, including a nuclear-powered cruise missile that he said has unlimited range.Speaking at his annual State of the Nation address, Putin boasted about a series of the new weapons -- including underwater drones capable of launching nuclear strikes and a hypersonic missile -- that he said were all-but invulnerable to missile-defense systems.He said the nuclear-powered cruise missile had been successfully tested in late 2017 as he showed a video apparently of the test."The missile's test-launch and ground trials make it possible to create a brand-new weapon, a strategic nuclear missile powered by a nuclear engine," Putin told an audience in a hall by the Kremlin. "The range is unlimited. It can maneuver for an unlimited period of time."No one in the world has anything similar," Putin said to applause.The video showed the missile's firing into the sky and then flying, before switching to a graphic that simulated the rocket's meandering around the globe, headed toward the United States before turning south and flying down to the South Atlantic.Putin said Russia was developing the array of new weapons in response to the United States' creation of a missile-defense shield that has been partly deployed in Europe. A refusal to listen to Russia's concerns about the shield, which Moscow has voiced for well over a decade, had forced it to develop a deterrent that could overcome any conceivable kind of missile defense, he said."No one listened to us," Putin said. "Listen to us now."Russia is also now in the "active phase" of testing a new intercontinental-ballistic missile, known as the Sarmat, that would replace its Soviet predecessor and could carry more warheads and fly further, he said.Putin said the missile, which was previously known and has been named Satan 2 by NATO, effectively has no range limit, is able to reach "any point in the world" and could not be stopped by any missile-defense system.Another weapon, a hypersonic missile carried by aircraft, called "Kinzhal" or "Dagger," had already been deployed in Russia's Southern Military District, he said.He painted a terrifying picture of another of the weapons, a new intercontinental-hypersonic missile called "Avangard,"' which he said could fly at 20 times the speed of sound."It comes to targets like a meteorite; like a burning sphere," Putin said.Putin presented the weapons as lifting Russia into a new league of nuclear deterrent, putting it on a par with the United States for the foreseeable future. He stressed that the new weapons were intended to be entirely defensive, saying Russia wants "constructive relations" with the United States and the European Union, which he said Russia would always consider partners."I'd like to stress that Russia's growing military might does not threaten anyone, and we have never planned to use this potential for offensive, even more so aggressive purposes," Putin said. "We are not threatening anyone, and have no intention to attack anyone or grab anything from anyone at gunpoint."Russia's growing military might is a reliable guarantee of peace on earth," he added, "because this might continue to help maintain the strategic balance and the global balance of forces, which, as you know, has been a key factor of international security since World War II."
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Could 'Stealth' Fuel Tanks Give Navy Super Hornets the Range to Destroy Chinese Air Defenses?-[The National Interest]-Kris Osborn-February 27, 2018
Beijing might be in trouble.Could 'Stealth' Fuel Tanks Give Navy Super Hornets the Range to Destroy Chinese Air Defenses? The Navy is formally beginning development of Conformal Fuel Tanks for its Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter to better equip the aircraft to strike longer-range targets, stay longer on attack missions and lower its radar signature.In development by Boeing for several years, the CFT effort involves engineering two new 3,500 gallon fuel tanks aligned along the contours of the aircraft to decrease the overall weight of the fighters and increase the payload or weapons capacity, Boeing developers have told Warrior Maven.While the F-18 is not a stealth aircraft, the conformal shape of the fuel tanks also slightly contributes to stealthy characteristics of the fighter, making it slightly less observable to enemy radar or reducing what's called the "radar signature."The CFTs will allow the Super Hornet to carry, and therefore deliver, more bombs for attack because the platform will be lighter and carry less drag, developers said.The service recently awarded Boeing a $219 million deal to produce the CFTs for the newest upgraded Super Hornets Block III – to emerge in the 2020s.According to Boeing developers, The CFTs can add 120 nautical miles to a strike mission and allow for longer time on station by about 25 to 30 minutes.Also, Boeing officials explained that the CFT's provide substantial value to the EA-18G Growlers because the reduced drag afforded by the new tanks creates much less drag for the aircraft, allowing it to reach higher altitudes. Reaching higher altitude for an electronic warfare aircraft allows it to jam and identify signals from a much wider field of view, Gillian explained.In addition, by the early 2020s the Growler will be configured with a new technology called the Next-Generation Jammer – a new jamming technology which will allow the electronic warfare platform to jam signals on more frequency and jam multiple signals at the same time.The emerging Block III will build upon the current Block II configuration of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, which first deployed in 2008; Block II is engineered with a host of signature-reducing and endurance enhancing modifications compared to prior models of the aircraft.Some of the enhancements include the use of Active Electronically Scanned Array, or AESA, radar, "jamming" decoys and an integrated electronic countermeasures system. The countermeasures system consists of three main components; they include and on-board jammer, visually cued radar warning receiver and a decoy, according to Navy officials.Attacking Chinese Air Defenses-Range extension is, without question, a defining element of the potential advantages offered by conformal fuel tanks, as it would enable Super Hornets to attack targets from farther at-sea distances. This would, among other things, potentially enable a carrier launched F/A-18 to fly toward and attack Chinese land-based air defenses while operating at off-shore distances less vulnerable to Chinese DF-21D long-range anti-ship missiles, called "carrier killers."Data from Naval Air Systems Command specifies the Super Hornet combat range at 1,275 nautical miles, a distance which roughly enables strikes from 500 miles away. Chinese carrier killer missiles are said to be able to strike carriers operating as far as 900 miles off shore.While there is some debate as to the Chinese missiles ability to hit moving targets, and carrier strike groups are of course armed with an array of layered defenses, adding distance to a Super Hornet's strike range could greatly impact the threat calculus.In fact, this issue is at the heart of a very critical Navy effort to engineer a new carrier-launched re-fueler by the early to mid-2020s. The drone aircraft now in development, called the MQ-25 Stingray, could bring the promise of more than doubling the strike range of an F/A-18 or F-35C.This article originally appeared on Warrior Maven.
Satellite images show 'new Iranian base' outside Damascus to house missiles capable of hitting Israel-[The Telegraph]-Raf Sanchez-February 28, 2018
Images from the Israeli satellite firm ImageSat International appear to show a pair of newly built missile hangars on the base, which strongly resemble hangars at another Iranian compound that Israel bombed last year.The new base, located around eight miles north-west of Damascus, is being run by the Quds Force, the expeditionary arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which has spearheaded Iran's involvement in Syria, according to Fox News.If the base is confirmed to hold Iranian missiles, its presence will likely increase the tensions between arch rivals Israel and Iran over Syria, which have been growing sharply in recent months.Those tensions erupted in early February when Israel shot down an Iranian drone that entered its airspace from Syria and in turn lost one of its F-16 fighter jets to a Syrian regime anti-aircraft missiles.Iran's presence in Syria-Western diplomats and the UN have repeatedly warned such skirmishes could easily erupt into a devastating full-blown conflict, potentially pitting Israel against Iran and its allies in both Lebanon and Syria.Israel has largely stayed out of the war that has raged in Syria for the past seven years, but it has laid down a series of what it calls "red lines" aimed mainly at limiting the presence in Syria of both Iran and its proxy group Hizbollah.One of those red lines is to prevent Iran from using its alliance with the Assad regime to establish any permanent military bases in Syria."Iran continues to try to cross those red lines," said Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, at the Munich security conference. "Israel will not allow the Iranian regime to put a noose of terror around our neck."Last December Israeli jets and ground missiles struck an alleged Iranian base in the Syrian city of al-Qiswah, eight miles south of Damascus. Satellite images taken of the al-Qiswah facility before it was destroyed show a white hangar around 30 metres long and 20m wide.ImageSat International said its satellites showed a pair of similar hangars at the newly spotted base at Jabal ash Sharqi, northwest of Damascus.The Israeli government's policy is usually to neither confirm nor deny its strikes in Syria and senior officials rarely talk openly about its military activities against Iran and Hizbollah. Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli defence minister, played down reports of the new base on Wednesday. "We are listening and following the events. We will also act in the international arena to achieve everything possible," he said.Maps published by the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think tank, show Iran has dozens of long-term military facilities across Syria, ranging from headquarters to training facilities to drone bases.While Israel has carried out periodic strikes against the most significant facilities, it has been unable to stop the proliferation of Iranian bases.Repeated diplomatic efforts by Mr Netanyahu to try to convince Russian leader Vladimir Putin to rein in Iran's expansion in Syria have so far failed to win over the Kremlin."I don't think Israel has a grand vision of how it's going to prevent Iran from consolidating its presence in Syria," said Michael Horowitz, a senior analyst at the Le Beck geopolitical consultancy."Israel has tactical measures that can delay the Iranian entrenchment but on a strategic level they are trying to talk to the Russians and it's not working."A senior former Israeli air force commander said that in the absence of a political agreement with Russia on limiting Iran's presence in Syria, Israel's military would use air strikes try to "raise the cost" to Iran."An attack aimed at Israel from Iran would be very inefficient and Israel would have a long time to prepare. But an attack from Syria would be a different ball game because they are dramatically closer," the commander said.Iran's arming of Hizbollah in Lebanon and its establishment of bases in Syria is usually presented by Israel as evidence of Iran's determination to wipe out the Jewish state.Iran regularly makes provocative anti-Semitic statements about Israel and at times even paints its missiles with Hebrew letters threatening Israel's destruction.But many analysts believe that beneath the bluster, Iran is not eager for a war with Israel's superior military and is focused mainly on trying to discourage attacks on its own territory by either Israel or the US."It's more of a mechanism of deterence, especially at a time when Iran is uncertain of the intentions of the current US administration. For them having a presence in Lebanon and Syria is both offensive and defensive," said Holly Dagres, the curator of the Iranist newsletter.
Anti-Semitic incidents rose 57 percent in U.S. last year: group-[Reuters]-By Gina Cherelus-YAHOONEWS-February 27, 2018
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States surged by 57 percent last year, according to a tally by the Anti-Defamation League, an increase the advocacy group's chief executive blamed in part on President Donald Trump.The group's Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents counted 1,986 such incidents last year, including physical assaults, vandalism and attacks on Jewish institutions, up from 1,267 incidents in 2016, making it the largest single-year increase on record.ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that Trump bore some responsibility for the increase for not condemning events like last summer's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as scattered incidences of bomb threats, cemetery desecration and school bullying."Some of his tweets and rhetoric have emboldened and given encouragement to the worst segments of society, anti-Semites and bigots," Greenblatt said in a phone interview. "The president's comments on the rally, saying there were good people on both sides, was a low point under his leadership and during his presidency."A White House representative did not respond to a request for comment.During a news conference in February 2017, Trump referred to himself as the "least anti-Semitic person that you've seen in your entire life," adding that he was also the least racist person. He has often noted that he has a Jewish daughter, grandchildren and employees.According to the ADL's report, there were 1,015 incidents of harassment, where bomb threats against Jewish institutions increased by 41 percent and incidents of vandalism increased by 86 percent. The group also said that incidents of physical assault dropped by nearly half from 2016.Overall, the report found the second-highest number of anti-Semitic incidents since the ADL started tracking them in 1979. The highest number was reported in 1994, when the ADL reported multiple unsolved arsons, cross burnings and a drive-by shooting.Incidents were reported in all 50 states for the first time in at least a decade, according to the ADL's report.The group is not the only one to find an increase in biased behavior. In its most recent report, the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported that the number of hate crimes directed against Muslims in the United States rose 91 percent in the first six months of 2017, compared with the same period in 2016.(Reporting by Gina Cherelus; Editing by Scott Malone and Jonathan Oatis)
EU should end foreign policy vetoes, Germany says By Andrew Rettman-MAR 1,18-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:29-EU foreign policy decisions should be made by majority votes, not by consensus, Germany's defence minister has said."We are thinking about perhaps moving towards a majority vote in diplomacy and foreign affairs so that we can respond rapidly to crises and speak with one voice, one European voice," Ursula von der Leyen said at an event in London on Wednesday (28 February)."And so you cannot be blocked by the one country who doesn't want you to utter anything in the direction [that] Europe wants to speak," she added, according to the Reuters news agency.Von der Leyen spoke at a symposium at the London School of Economics (LSE), where she once studied.The EU treaty currently says that "the European Council shall act unanimously" when it takes decisions on common foreign and security policy (CFSP).The treaty contains derogations for votes on minor CFSP actions, but even these can be vetoed by any of the 28 EU states on grounds of "vital and stated reasons of national policy".The German minister's proposal to abolish the cardinal rule comes at a time of deeper EU military integration, designed to create joint rapid reaction forces.It also comes amid deeper EU integration more broadly speaking in the context of the UK's decision to leave the bloc.Von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the new EU military capabilities would be complementary to Nato and would focus on humanitarian missions.Brexit will leave Germany and France as the EU's main military powers, with the German minister saying that European allies had to increase military spending to develop modern capabilities."The whole modernisation process will have to go on over years in Germany - and many, many other countries too," she said.Von der Leyen met with UK defence minister Gavin Williamson the same day.The British defence chief restated the UK's commitment to EU security after it leaves Europe in March next year."Germany is one of our closest allies and I look forward to even closer cooperation," Williamson said."The UK and Germany face the same intensifying threats to our way of life and we work closely together to protect our citizens from harm", he added.The British parliament is currently debating how to legally decouple UK foreign policy from the EU as part of the government's wider Brexit bill.Speaking on future UK sanctions policy, British foreign minister Boris Johnson told MPs at a debate last week that "the aim of the bill is to grant Her Majesty's Government full power over British sanctions policy after we leave the EU and, in a memorable phrase, to take back control."He endorsed the bill on the same grounds that Von der Leyen endorsed abolishing EU unanimity - that the UK should not be bound by 27 potential vetoes from other EU states."Nothing in the bill will stop us concerting our sanctions with any measures imposed by the EU, but if there is no agreement in the EU, as there often is not, Britain can act independently",
Couples lug AR-15 assault rifles to Pennsylvania church blessing-[Reuters]-By Eduardo Munoz-February 28, 2018
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. (Reuters) - Hundreds of couples toting AR-15 rifles packed a Unification church in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to have their marriages blessed and their weapons celebrated as "rods of iron" that could have saved lives in a recent Florida school shooting.Women dressed in white and men in dark suits gripped the guns, which they had been urged to bring unloaded to the church in the rural Pocono Mountains, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Philadelphia. Many celebrants wore crowns - some made of bullets - while church officials dressed in flowing bright pink and white garments to go with their armaments.Reverend Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon, leader of the church after the death of his father and church founder, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, blessed the roughly 250 couples at the service, a church spokesman said.The Feb. 28 marriage blessing ceremony had been planned long before a man with an AR-15 assault-style rifle massacred 17 students and school staff in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, the spokesman said.Students from an elementary school near the church were relocated for the day to distance them from the gun-toting couples at the ceremony, according to the Wallenpaupack School District website.Moon said in a statement that the staff of the Florida school should have been armed, an option President Donald Trump has said should be explored nationwide and which teacher unions have criticized."Each of us is called to use the power of the 'rod of iron' not to arm or oppress as has been done in satanic kingdoms of this world, but to protect God's children," he said, citing the Book of Revelation in the Bible."If the football coach who rushed into the building to defend students from the shooter with his own body had been allowed to carry a firearm, many lives, including his own, could have been saved," Moon's statement said.The Pennsylvania school district three years ago called off classes during the massive manhunt for survivalist Eric Frein, who police said used an AK-47-style weapon to ambush a Pennsylvania state trooper barracks and then fled into the mountains.Frein was found guilty in April of killing a Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another in the September 2014 attack.(Reporting by Eduardo Munoz; Editing by Barbara Goldberg, Bill Trott and Lisa Shumaker)
Parkland Shooter's Rifle Magazines Were Etched With Swastikas: Reports-[HuffPost]-Hayley Miller-YAHOONEWS-February 28, 2018
Officials say they found swastikas etched into the Florida high school shooter's rifle magazines, CNN and CBS News reported.It's unclear whether Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who police say confessed to opening fire Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has any connections to white supremacist groups. Florida's Department of Children and Family Services investigated Cruz in 2016 after video on Snapchat showed the teen cutting his arms. During the investigation, Cruz's mother told officials her son had drawn "hate signs," including a Nazi symbol and the words "I hate N*****s," on his backpack at some point, reported the Sun-Sentinel.Initial media reports of the massacre connected Cruz to the Florida-based white supremacist group Republic of Florida. But there later proved little evidence of such a link.Sources tell CBS News the accused gunman left 180 rounds of ammunition inside the school. Officials also say they found swastikas on the magazines for his bullets. @BojorquezCBS is hearing from one of the last people to see the suspect before the massacre https://t.co/ypTVtrXUeA pic.twitter.com/w4qgxoKbKl— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 28, 2018-The accused gunman fired 150 rounds in roughly seven minutes, killing 17 people, before trying to escape by dropping his rifle and his backpack in an attempt to blend in with other students, investigators have said.Cruz left behind 180 rounds of ammunition, which suggests the death toll could have been higher if the gunman continued shooting instead of attempting to flee, according to CNN and CBS News.A Broward County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told HuffPost the investigation was "active and ongoing," and would not confirm reports regarding swastikas and ammunition found in the school. A representative for the Coral Springs Police Department directed questions to the sheriff's office.This article has been updated to include comment from the sheriff's office.This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
Mike Pence Suggests Legal Abortions In U.S. Could End 'In Our Time'-[HuffPost]-Dominique Mosbergen-February 28, 2018
Standing before a roomful of anti-abortion activists in Nashville on Tuesday, Mike Pence described the "great progress" made under President Donald Trump to limit women's access to legal abortions in the U.S. and abroad.He called for the activists in the room to work ever harder to help "restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law." He then made a stunning suggestion: that legal abortion could "once again" be banned in the U.S., and that it could happen "in our time."Speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Susan B. Anthony List and Life Institute, an anti-abortion group, the vice president announced that "life is winning in America once again," before ticking off the many policies enacted under Trump aimed at limiting access to abortions."The President reinstated the Mexico City Policy to prevent American tax dollars from funding organizations that promote or perform abortions beyond our borders," said Pence, a devout Christian who's been described as one of Washington's most anti-abortion Republicans. "Our administration has stopped U.S. funding of the United Nations Population Fund so American taxpayers are no longer forced to support abortion around the world," the VP added, his words met with loud applause and cheers. "And I can't tell you how proud I was in my role as president of the Senate to cast the tie-breaking vote on a bill the President signed to allow states like Tennessee to defund Planned Parenthood."Spoke at the @SBAList luncheon about how the Trump Admin has been keeping its word to STAND FOR the sanctity of HUMAN LIFE. We've reinstated the Mexico City Policy, allowed states to defund Planned Parenthood & @POTUS addressed this year's March for Life from the @WhiteHouse. pic.twitter.com/9irXVrtCWk— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 27, 2018 -In his speech, Pence described Trump as the "most pro-life president in American history." Over the years, Trump has had a mixed record on women's reproductive rights. In 1999, he even described himself as "very pro-choice," though he's since said that he changed his mind on the issue after meeting the child of a friend who decided not to have an abortion.Pence said the Trump administration would continue to push measures to restrict abortion access, but he stressed that "the opposition is always looking for ways to undo our achievements" and urged anti-abortion activists to take action. "For all the progress since 1973," he added, referencing the year of the Roe v. Wade decision, "I just know in my heart of hearts that this will be the generation that restores life in America."While we have made great progress, we still have much more to do. Americans, especially younger Americans, are choosing and embracing the sanctity of LIFE more and more every day, and we have to be their voice. pic.twitter.com/PqjHVnbXld— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 27, 2018
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Snow and wind paralyze European airports, trap drivers-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-March 1, 2018
GENEVA (AP) — Exceptional snow and wind forced airports to close Thursday in Scotland, Switzerland and France and stranded several hundred drivers in their cars as a Siberian cold snap stretched across Europe.Geneva's airport closed after the Swiss city was hit with 13 centimeters (about five inches) of snow over a three-hour period in the early morning.It reopened several hours later after extensive de-icing of the runway, plans and facilities.Several deaths have been attributed to the unusually cold late-winter weather across Europe. The fatalities include a man in his 60s who was pronounced dead after being pulled from a frozen lake in London on Wednesday, the city ambulance service said.Snow shut Glasgow and Edinburgh airports in Scotland, and there are cancellations at Heathrow and other airports in Britain. Airports in the southern French cities of Montpellier and the Atlantic beach resort of Biarritz were also affected.Hundreds of drivers were trapped in their cars overnight in Scotland and authorities said everyone except emergency-services workers should stay off the roads.Police in the county of Lincolnshire in eastern England say most roads there are impassable, with as much as two feet (60 centimeters) of snow in rural areas.Forecasters say a new storm is due to bring blizzards, freezing rain and thunderstorms to Ireland, southwestern England and Wales on Thursday.About 2,000 cars were blocked on highways in the Herault region of southern France, where snow — and snowplows — are extremely rare.Snow blanketed Paris and the surrounding region Thursday, and authorities urged Paris commuters to leave their cars at home because of dangerous conditions.


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Dr Claudia Harzer is Visiting Professor for Positive Psychology at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, and Visiting Professor for Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Dr Harzer received her master's degree in psychology from the University Bielefeld, Germany, and her PhD in psychology from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Since 2012 she worked as visiting professor at several universities in Germany and taught courses on positive psychology, health promotion, psychological assessment, and test development. Her research is mainly focused on the role of character strengths and strengths-related person-job fit for various indicators of optimal functioning at work (e.g., well-being, performance). In 2013, she has been awarded the Dissertation Award by the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). She actively contributes to the dissemination of positive psychology by (a) publishing in scientific journals (e.g., Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Happiness Studies, Journal of Positive Psychology, Human Performance), (b) delivering talks at academic conferences, different universities, and companies, (c) teaching courses on positive psychology and supervising theses of bachelor, master, and doctoral students with topics linked to positive psychology, and (d) disseminating her findings to the broader public via press releases and interviews in public media.


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Mexico to quadruple investment in clean energy technologies
According to Mexico's Secretary of Energy, the country will increase investments in the research and development of clean energies four-fold over the next five years, to reach US$310m, in line with the commitment acquired at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) that took place in Paris.
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The Bouchreouite rug is one of the most creative rugs in the market when it comes to design and texture. It's made by Berber women from recycled clothes, so you know you're getting a rug with a lot of history behind and also a rug that represents "creative recycling". Many tribes in the high Atlas Mountains make it, as it's a good way to utilize every piece of fabric.
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Hello! Welcome or welcome back to Le Blog. I'm Kathleen LeBlanc, owner and head stylist at Luxe LeBlanc. Today, I'll be answering some frequently asked questions about my life as a wardrobe stylist, personal shopper and style blogger. Let's go!
This past weekend I had the honor of speaking with a crowd of beautiful women about self branding through wardrobe. I started with this question;
"who do you think works with wardrobe stylists/personal shoppers?"
The room echoed with a simultaneous response, "stars!" I asked the ladies to dig deeper and still they responded with a list of people whom they felt were of a certain unreachable caliber. This is a myth that I enjoy debunking every chance I get. Stylists are not solely for the rich and famous.
There are many stigmas with my line of work that I encounter on a daily. So today I'm inviting you into my office to get a better grasp and understanding of what it means to be a wardrobe stylist, personal shopper and fashion blogger.
What does a wardrobe stylist do?
In short, I put outfits together for people to wear. This can vary from a celebrity rocking the latest custom Gucci gown to the everyday career man or woman who just doesn't have the time, patience or confidence to dress themselves. While a common question I'm asked is "who's the biggest person you've worked with?" My response, "everyday people like you" often disappoints. Yes, I enjoy working with influential people however, my focus is to help transform the everyday person who struggles with their style, into a star in their mind and mirror first and the rest will follow.
My passion is confidence building and personal development. My tool is my knowledge of style, color and fit. So, I help my clients understand their personal sense of style or brand and how to translate that into their wardrobe. Knowing that your first impression begins (unfortunately) with your appearance, I cannot stand to see someone with so much to offer, misrepresenting and disqualifying themselves from their next opportunity all because they do not look the part. This is why I love what I do.
What does a personal shopper do?
So a personal shopper in the fashion world, has a roundabout knowledge of what different stores and brands have to offer, who they best cater to (body types, heights, skin tones, style esthetic, etc.) and finds the right clothing and fit for their clients. On the daily, I am exploring a variety of brands and taking notes. This makes my job easier when a client tells me she wants and luxury animal print pump within a $200 budget or a classic, reliable white button down that can accommodate their size 12 frame and J-cup breasts. As a personal shopper, I take the guess work out of shopping and provide a more concise selection, catering to your needs. Some clients prefer my services virtually, while others prefer an in-person experience. Either way, I'm happy to be a style problem solver.
Don't I have to have lots of money to hire a wardrobe stylist or personal shopper?
Hiring a wardrobe stylist is certainly an investment but it's no different than the money you allocate to get your hair done, go on weekend trips, attend concerts or fine dining. You might be surprised to find out that your non-negotiable self-spoilers surpass the cost of styling services. I dare you to compare your activities to my rates here. I'm not asking you to give up one for the other but it's certainly worth the investment. My goal is to teach you, then have you on your way with an occasional check in. Besides, it's actually more costly to keep shopping for things you don't like only to have them sitting in the back of your closet until you find the courage to get rid of them. However if you're just over the thought of shopping or can't be bothered with figuring it all out, my Luxe subscription service might be perfect for you!
So what does your work day look like?
It varies on the day. I've created a weekly schedule for myself that allocates time for working with current clients (meetings, shopping, closet clean outs and special events), introducing myself to potential new clients, email correspondence twice a day and communicating with brands for blog features. I also, schedule, execute photo shoots and write blog posts for my style blog and social media. This comes with the task of creating and carrying out a planned content calendar, attending shows and networking events.... [Insert deep breath, Lol]. Am I missing anything? Oh yeah! And I'm a wife and mom so I've scheduled in family time, cooking and self care. I've also recently acquired a once-a-week teaching position in Fashion and Music. I have an amazing team and network that continues to grow so it may look like a lot and can be but I'm so grateful for my village. Coat
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Walt Disney World offers all resort guests and visitors complimentary transportation across the property and provides transportation to and from the Orlando International Airport for all resort guests. However, rental cars are available at Walt Disney World for those needing a vehicle to travel off-property for part of their stay to visit nearby attractions, restaurants or shopping areas.
Select a rental car agency located at Walt Disney World that meets your needs. Alamo offers rental cars to all Walt Disney World guests while National provides rental services to members of its Emerald Club. Each agency offers its own selection of vehicles, rental rates and discounts.
Make a rental reservation. Complete an online reservation request form or call your preferred rental agency to reserve a vehicle in advance of your stay or upon arrival at Walt Disney World.
Travel to the Walt Disney World Car Care Center, located just outside of the Magic Kingdom's parking area to pick up your vehicle. Contact the Car Care Center (no website; 1000 Car Care Drive, Lake Buena Vista; 407-824-3470) by phone at least an hour before needing your rental vehicle, to schedule a complimentary shuttle ride to the center from any Walt Disney World resort seven days a week.
Complete the rental process. Provide your driver's license, a valid credit card any any other requested information to the rental car agent at the Car Care Center. Complete all rental paperwork and pay all applicable fees before receiving you rental vehicle.
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