Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday, 11 May 2014

The European Union Times


Posted: 10 May 2014 09:24 AM PDT

A stunning memorandum originating from the Presidential Office relating to President Putin’s highly protected and secretive 4-day visit to the Valaam Monastery late last month has terrified the Kremlin today as it states that the massive nuclear war strike drills conducted this past week were “directly related” to a “vision” the President had in which he “saw” that Russia would soon stand alone in battling a United States which is now being controlled by “Satanic” forces.
According to this memorandum, Putin had his “vision” on 28 April while he was seeking the “solace and silence” of the Valaam Monastery as US-backed NATO forces continued flooding into the border regions of Russia as the Ukrainian Crisis continues to escalate.
The Valaam Monastery is a stauropegic (subordinated directly to a Patriarch or Synod, rather than to a local Bishop) Russian Orthodox Church monastery in Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe, and is often referred to as the “spiritual home” of Putin.
Important to note about Putin as it regards to his “visions”, this memorandum notes, is that it has long been known/suspected that he is one of the “seven special children” designated, educated and protected by the Church that have guided Russia for nearly 100 years towards what is commonly refereed to in Christianity as the apocalypse.
Putin, it should be remembered, has been “described as a mystery” with no records surviving of any ancestors, or any people, with the surname “Putin” beyond his grandfather Spiridon Ivanovich (1879–1965), who was a chef and cooked for Vladimir Lenin, Lenin’s wife Nadezhda Krupskaya, and on several occasions for Joseph Stalin, and who had been “secretly baptized” to the Church by his mother when he was a child.

Likewise to be remembered, Stalin (a former Orthodox seminary student), with the backing of the Church, “toppled” Lenin in 1924 after the catastrophic Communist led anti-religious campaign and persecutions that saw nearly all of the Orthodox clergy, and many of its believers, shot or sent to labor camps.
Upon Stalin taking power he was unable to immediately halt the persecution of the Church, but by the late 1930’s he was able to mitigate the Communist damage so that by the 1980’s there were still over 50 million believers, but only about 7,000 registered active churches in Russia.
For his efforts in saving the Church from Lenin and the Communists, it is, also, critical to note, Stalin is still highly revered by the Orthodox leadership, and as noted by Russian historian Mikhail Babkin who recently (January) in commenting on the Church’s release of a 2014 calendar devoted to Stalin stated: “The link between the Moscow Patriarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church and Stalin remains close to sacred.”
As to the “seven special children” protected by the Church to guide and lead Russia into the “end times”, and of which Putin is believed to be the last one, it should be remembered that they were “designated to be” on 13 July 1917 when in the third of Her six apparitions at Fatima, the Blessed Virgin told the three shepherd children that She would return later to ask for the consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart.
Our Lady emphasized the importance of this request, which was accompanied by a dire warning:
“If My requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated. In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.”

The Orthodox Church in hearing of this dire warning by the Blessed Virgin, as the “legend/stories” are now told, and while in the midst of the Russian Revolution (8 March – 8 November 1917) that would soon see their near destruction at the hands of the Lenin-led Communists, they began the “programme” to ensure that these “seven special children” would not only survive for the next century, but would also be able to protect Russia from becoming a godless nation to stand as a bulwark against Satan in the “end times”.
So, with the “secretly baptized” Stalin-Church-linked Putin now leading Russia, and a nearly 100-year-long “cover up/disinformation campaign” having been waged against its “consecration” ordered by the Blessed Virgin in 1917, and with a tearful Putin declaring in an historic speech on the night of his Presidential election victory in 2012 that “a group who planned to destroy Russia from the inside was defeated because the people had recognized these imposters and rejected them”, the terror in the Kremlin today regarding his “vision” about a “Satanic America” is that much more alarming.
And with new reports now coming from the United States showing that school children are now being “forced to worship a sun god”, having to say their Pledge of Allegiance to Allah instead of their Christian God, and even their most prestigious Harvard University planning to hold a “black mass” this week to honor Satan… one can readily see Putin’s “vision” coming to pass…and much sooner than anyone realizes.
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Posted: 10 May 2014 09:11 AM PDT

Russia has drafted a program for colonization of the moon, and plans to send the first expeditions to build a permanent lunar base in 2030, the Russian Izvestia daily said Thursday, citing an official document.
“The moon is a space object for the future exploration by terrestrial civilization, and a geopolitical competition for the Moon’s natural resources may begin in the 21st century,” said a report on a potential lunar program prepared by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Roscosmos space agency and Moscow State University.
The program aims to build an inhabited moon base and testing ground by the middle of the century, which would allow mineral extraction on Earth’s only natural satellite.
The project calls on developing a range of long-distance space technology to ensure the country can explore the moon independently from foreign partners.
Earlier proposals for lunar exploration focused on strong international cooperation, as it was believed no single country could afford interplanetary projects on its own.
Russia will plan separate three- or four-year-long lunar projects for the next 16 years, according to the plan.
The first four will take place between 2016 and 2025 and will focus on defining the physical and chemical composition of the moons south pole, where the future base will be sited.
Space roundtrips are scheduled for 2028-30, and manned lunar exploration for 2030-40.
The first stage will cost the government 28.5 billion roubles ($800 million), Izvestia said.
Previous lunar expeditions, which started with the USSR’s Luna program in 1959 and the US landing the first man on the Moon 10 years later, discovered aluminum, iron, titanium, rare earths and other minerals.
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Posted: 10 May 2014 08:59 AM PDT
Girl power: The movie is released in the UK on April 23 and will be hitting US cinemas on April 25. (Screenshot from The Other Woman movie)
The star of The Other Woman, a film about fidelity, claimed it was almost impossible for couples to stay married for life.
Cameron, 41, said: “We can have all of these girlfriends, all of these friendships. I know with my girlfriends I do totally different things with each one of them.
“I have different conversations. We like things that others don’t like.
“There are different commonalities in each one of them and when I want to do those certain things, I can go to that girlfriend and we do those things together.
“That’s perfectly fine that she doesn’t like to do the thousands of other things that I like to do.
“I’m perfectly okay with that with her.
“For some reason, we get into relationships and we expect one man to understand ‘all’ the parts of us and meet all of those needs.
“I think that’s where everything fails.”
Asked if having lots of partners was better, the single star added: “Why not? Why would that be so bad?”
In an interview promoting the new film, she also revealed she is writing another book that will follow up her women’s advice guide The Body Book.
She said: “These things evolve. You start off with one concept, do the research and the pieces fall into place.”
Some celebrity news sites even went as far as saying that Cameron Diaz is trying to convert the world to polyamory. Polyamory is a type of relationship with more than 2 partners (of any sex) but where no marriage and family commitment is usually (but not always) involved, as opposed to polygamy where marriage and family commitment is always involved.
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Posted: 10 May 2014 08:46 AM PDT
Stephen Hawking has warned that artificial intelligence has the potential to be the downfall of mankind. ‘Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history,’ he said writing in the Independent. ‘Unfortunately, it might also be the last’.
A sinister threat is brewing deep inside the technology laboratories of Silicon Valley.
Artificial Intelligence, disguised as helpful digital assistants and self-driving vehicles, is gaining a foothold – and it could one day spell the end for mankind.
This is according to Stephen Hawking who has warned that humanity faces an uncertain future as technology learns to think for itself and adapt to its environment.
In an article written in the Independent, the renowned physicist discusses Jonny Depp’s latest film Transcendence, which delves into a world where computers can surpass the abilities of humans.
Professor Hawking said dismissing the film as science fiction could be the ‘worst mistake in history’.
He argues that developments in digital personal assistants Siri, Google Now and Cortana are merely symptoms of an IT arms race which ‘pale against what the coming decades will bring.’
But Professor Hawking notes that other potential benefits of this technology could also be significant, with the potential to eradicate, war, disease and poverty.
‘Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history,’ he said. ‘Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.’
In the short and medium-term, militaries throughout the world are working to develop autonomous weapon systems, with the UN simultaneously working to ban them.
‘Looking further ahead, there are no fundamental limits to what can be achieved,’ said Professor Hawking.
‘There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains.’
In fact, IBM has already developed smart chips that could pave the way for sensor networks that mimic the brain’s capacity for perception, action, and thought.
One day, it could allow computer scientists to develop a machine with a brain that is even more intelligent than that of humans.
‘As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a singularity,’ said Professor Hawking
Professor Hawking added experts are not prepared for these scenarios. Offering a comparison, he said that if aliens were to tell us they would arrive within a few decades, scientists would not just sit waiting for their arrival.
‘Although we are facing potentially the best or worst thing to happen to humanity in history, little serious research is devoted to these issues.
‘All of us should ask ourselves what we can do now to improve the chances of reaping the benefits and avoiding the risks.’
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Posted: 10 May 2014 07:26 AM PDT

More than a decade after a Japanese soy sauce manufacturer said it had discovered a molecule in its sauce that could be used to fight HIV, the findings have been confirmed by university scientists.
According to a team of virologists at the University of Missouri, a flavor-enhancing molecule found in soy sauce – called EFdA – is up to 70 times more powerful than typical drugs like Tenofovir, which is often used as a first line of defense before the disease builds up a resistance.
“Patients who are treated for HIV infections with Tenofovir, eventually develop resistance to the drugs that prevent an effective or successful defense against the virus,” said Stefan Sarafianos, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology in the University of Missouri School of Medicine, and a virologist at the Bond Life Sciences Center.
“EFdA, the molecule we are studying, is less likely to cause resistance in HIV patients because it is more readily activated and is less quickly broken down by the body as similar existing drugs.”
The discovery of the powerful molecule dates back to 1998, when Japanese soy sauce company Yamasa established a division of food scientists with the intention of studying how the body’s immune system reacted to the chemicals contained in food. According to Vocativ, the company discovered the potential of EFdA in 2001, when it noticed the make-up of the molecule bore a striking resemblance to existing HIV drugs on the market.
Thirteen years later, that research has been verified. When it comes to individuals whose bodies haven’t developed a resistance to Tenofovir, the soy sauce molecule is 10 times more effective.
“Not only does EFdA work on resistant HIV, it works better on HIV that has not become Tenofovir resistant,” Sarafianos said.
According to the University of Missouri’s science blog, EFdA’s effectiveness was also proven in monkeys by Sarafianos and other researchers like Michael Parniak of the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institutes of Health’s Hiroaki Mitsuya. In 2012, the three researchers showed that even in animals nearing death, EFdA allowed for rapid and impressive recovery.
“These animals were so lethargic, so ill, that they were scheduled to be euthanized when EFdA was administered,” Parniak told the blog. “Within a month they were bouncing around in their cages, looking very happy and their virus load dropped to undetectable levels. That shows you the activity of the molecule; it’s so active that resistance doesn’t come in as much of a factor with it.”
Moving forward, the researchers hope to apply EFdA most effectively in preventative measures, which the team sees as the best way to halt the spread of the disease. Continued research into the molecule could lead to other breakthroughs and even better ways to battle HIV.
“We want to understand how long EFdA stays in the bloodstream and cells,” Parniak said. “If we understand structurally why this drug is so potent it allows us to maybe develop additional molecules equally potent and a combination of those molecules could be a blockbuster.”
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Posted: 09 May 2014 03:55 PM PDT

Washington has voiced support for the bloody crackdown on anti-coup activists in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, blaming Russia for inciting the violence there. In the meantime OSCE condemned the use of force by Kiev.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has condemned the actions of Ukrainian military in using force against pro-federalization activists and civilians in the city of Mariupol.
“I strongly condemn the violence, and call upon all parties to exercise maximum restraint and to take immediate steps to de-escalate a situation which has caused the loss of many lives, and created a climate of fear and anxiety,” said Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan.
At the same time, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki seemingly condemned the violence too, which she immediately blamed on “pro-Russia separatists.”
“Well, we condemn the outbreak of violence caused by pro-Russia separatists this morning in Mariupol, which has resulted in multiple deaths,” she said.

Despite clear evidence that Kiev has used heavy armored vehicles and tanks against the civilian population, on the day which is considered holy by most of Ukrainians, the Victory Day, the US State Department continued to blame local pro-federalization militias – almost defenceless compared to the outnumbering Ukranian armed forces – for the bloodshed.
“We continue to call for groups who have jeopardized public order by taking up arms and seizing public buildings in violation of Ukrainian law to disarm and leave the buildings they have seized. So certainly, we are aware of that. We’re watching it very closely,” Psaki said.
Even-though Washington is repeatedly endorsed Kiev’s military operation in the southeast of the country, Psaki called on Moscow to act.
“Any steps Russia would be willing to take to defuse tensions in accordance with its Geneva commitments. We’ve seen their words before. What we’re waiting for is actions, and if this crisis is going to end, we need their words to be made real,” Psaki said referring to President’s Putin’s recent call for a direct dialogue between Kiev and anti-coup protesters in southeast Ukraine as a key measure to ending the crisis.
“So if they are serious about what they’re saying, they need to tell separatists to lay down their arms, to release those who are being held, and that, obviously, we have not seen happen,” Psaki added.

There are conflicting reports about the killed and injured, when Ukrainian military attacked the positions of self-defense squads in in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the Azov Sea city, near the Russian border. Self-defense forces have managed to prevent the takeover of the city, which has been held by pro-federalization supporters for over a week.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said that about 20 so-called “terrorists” were killed and four more were taken captive, according to a statement posted on Interior Minister Arsen Avakov’s Facebook page. According to Mariupol health officials, at least 7 people have been killed and 39 injured, Ria Novosti reports. Amids fighting, RT’s stringer in Mariupol has been injured while trying to film and is now in hospital. Doctors say that in spite of his bulletproof vest he has sustained a serious injury in the abdomen and now remains in critical condition.
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Posted by Roberto Abraham Scaruffi at 19:57