Do you know how we get your lot ready for you and your neighbours to build your dream home? What is the construction process for a land estate to turn a paddock into a thriving community?
We want to give our purchasers an holistic understanding of what is involved, and a better view of how their stage is really tracking in the construction process. To help, we've created a 7-phase timeline which commences for each stage once council have provided all of the required plan approvals.
The first stage of the construction process is completing earthworks prior to installation of any drainage or services. During this phase, the focus is clearing topsoil and levelling the site. This earthworks process can vary from adding/removing soil or breaking through the harder rock in order to prepare the land for the coming phases.
Once the earthworks are level, the digging and laying of the deepest assets can commence. These larger services start with the sewer pipes and installation of the storm water network that rely on their depth and gravity to clear away from the roads and your future home.
Shallower services come next. The installation of these services allow your future home to be 'connected'. Each lot will be installed with water, gas and electrical line connections in addition to fibre optics (internet).
Although the majority of the services have now been installed, this is where you'll notice the major changes within the stage. Your future lot will start to take shape with roads, kerbs, footpaths, driveways, light poles and finally topsoil are all completed. Pretty soon, you'll be able to commence your own build journey and meet your future neighbours!
On completion of works, Council will issue a Practical Completion certificate. Although it may seem like your lot is ready to build on, there is still an extensive amount of authority inspections and testing required before receiving statement of compliance (SOC). This includes testing the sewer, drainage, water, gas, electrical and fibre optic services. This process usually takes 6 weeks, but can vary depending on the requirements of each authority.
Once statement of compliance has been achieved, the overall stage plan can be submitted to the Land Titles Office where they will review and allocate a title for each individual lot.
Congratulations! 14 days after titles have been issued, you can finally commence the build of your future home at Thornhill Park.
To stay up to date with the progress of your stage, be sure you check out our monthly construction updates on our community page.


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"The Phantom Menace" to Deripaska
Billionaire Viktor Vekselberg offered $1 billion to Mikhail Prokhorov for 17% of the shares of "Rusal". Experts suspect that the "buyer" wants to squeeze out another owner of "Rusal", Oleg Deripaska.
The Moscow Post
At present it is known that a group of Mr Vekselberg's company is negotiating with the structures of ONEXIM Prokhorov to sell 17.02% of shares of aluminum giant-producer "Rusal".
It should be noted that 48.13% of the shares owned energy holding En +, controlled by Oleg Deripaska, the shareholders Sual Partners - 15,8%, ONEXIM Group of Mikhail Prokhorov - 17,02%, 8,75% - Glencore through Amokenga Holdings company. 10.04% is free float. 0.26% of the shares are held by the company's management, including 0.23% of shares held by the general director of the company.
In Mr. Deripaska is now a serious problem. In May this year he privek 277.6 million dollars in the "Savings Bank" and "Gazprombank" in order to push back the repayment of $ 700 million pre-export loan and get rid of debt repayment in 2016. In other words, the company took a loan to pay for the loan.
We emphasize that at the end of 2015 debt "Rusal" has reached 7.9 billion dollars. Recall that in this year, "Rusal" must return to creditors it was 1.3 billion. "Rusal" lost profits due to CNIeniya aluminum prices in the first half of 2015. The price of aluminum is based on the premium has decreased by 22%, the export of aluminum semis from China increased by 43%, the market went into a state of surplus.
"Rusal" may not itself pay off debts. In other words, the company is insolvent. Independently Derapaska too can help their company, as well as other assets become distressed.
Note also that in June this year "Glavstroy SPb" Oleg Deripaska is not able to complete two huge project "North Valley" and "Yuntolovo" until 2017. The company asks to extend the life of the project until 2020 and 2025.
"Glavstroy St. Petersburg" in 2007 acquired at the city auction "North Valley" and "Yuntolovo". On 437 hectares in Yuntolovo 1 billion of 2.2 million square meters to be built. m, 270 m, "North Valley" of 2.7 million to 7 billion rubles square. meters of housing. The leases expire in 2017 and, according to the builder, in the "North Valley" commissioned six queues total area of almost 1.2 million square feet. m and in 2017 will be ready to 610 000 more square meters. m. In the LCD "Yuntolovo" ready to 119,000 square meters. m, by 2017 planiruetsI finish the second turn (100 000 sq. m). For five months of 2015 sales of housing, according to "Glavstroy St. Petersburg", decreased by 40%.
The "Glavstroy" and problems in Moscow. "Glavstroy Development" billionaire Oleg Deripaska began to sell land in Moscow. Company crisis brought it to the fact that a businessman is selling 20 plots (the approximate cost of 36 billion rubles).
Businessmen believe that the "one-two" all projects will not be limited, too big a crisis the company is located. The "Glavstroy Development" almost no real estate for sale, says CEO - large-scale projects the company has been built and sold, and the new is not launched. It is also worth noting that the funding available for developers today virtually none.
in 2014. Revenues under RAS decreased by more than twice - up to 89 million rubles. against 187.3 million rubles. at the end of 2013, net loss increased to 219 million rubles. against 209 million rubles. a year earlier.
Earlier, Deripaska emerged from general contracting business because of disagreements with the Ministry of Transport, on which the work is "Transstroi" .Gospodin Deripaskaereustupil almost half "Transstroi" his partner Egor Andreev. But independent experts believe that the billionaire simply gets rid of the problem with the company order book to take out loans on their other projects.
Also in 2014, the Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed the claim, "Port of Sochi Imereti" to Vnesheconombank, which the company requested the restructuring of the loan taken in 2009 for construction of the port. According to experts, Deripaska has lost not only a large part of his fortune, and influence.
By the way, also previously owned by Deripaska Sochi port - Imereti "sent to the Moscow Arbitration Court lawsuit against the VEB loan restructuring, issued for the construction of the cargo area of seaport of Sochi", said the "Basel". The company raised 3.8 billion rubles to VEB in the spring of 2009. Port need for year-round supply of Olympic facilities under construction materials.
The loan will be extinguished due to port operations, explained in the "Basic Element" message. But this prevented the change in the structure of the nerevozok goods - increased the proportion of deliveries with the use of land transport. Anyway, the Olympics in Sochi has already ended.
Among Deripaska said that Olimpstroy not provide adequate flow of goods in force at the prohibition of other activities in the cargo port of Sochi. The company noted that during the start port construction Olimpstroy and Transport Directorate of the Olympic Games declared for cargo traffic plans for the port at 14 million. M. Of cargo, but from April 2010 to March 2013 the total turnover of the port barely exceeded 3 million. M. in addition, the reason for the lawsuit was the inability of the planned conversion of the object in the marinas.
Arbitration upheld the claim and the VEB sought jointly with the port and of "Imereti Stevedoring Company" debt on the loan in the amount of 4.6 billion rubles, and also sought subsidiarily with "Olympstroy" (another guarantor on the loan) 4.3 billion. "Basel" - is the only Olympic investor trying to recover damages from "Olimpstroya". Deripaska was not simple drugogoutput. Prior to that part of the holding company Deripaska "Transstroi" filed a lawsuit against the state corporation for compensation of 1.5 billion rubles. These costs, insist the company arose from the fact that the developers of project documentation, which the customer has performed "Olimpstroy" made mistakes.
Capital arbitration Britain put an end to the dispute Sual Partners Viktor Vekselberg and Leonard Blavatnik with En + Oleg Deripaska and Glencore the veto shareholder UC Rusal: the court ruled that each co-owner of Rusal could block decisions of the other shareholders, including on related party transactions. Interestingly, the dispute between UC Rusal Oleg Deripaska and the two minority shareholders of the company - Sual Partners (15,8%) and Glencore (8,75% through Amokenga Holdings) - started six years ago. Then Sual opposed UC Rusal deal on supply of aluminum and alumina trader Glencore. The contract is estimated at $ 47 billion. Sual considered it unfair conditions and applied to the London-based arbitration.
The business community said Vekselberg "sensed" an unstable position and Deripaska wants to squeeze him out of the main asset - "Rusal";. If Prokhorov really sell its stake, Oleg Vladimirovich will have serious problems.
Oleg Deripaska
Mikhail Prokhorov
Rusal
Vekselberg and Prokhorov played an aluminum trick on Deripaska
Vekselberg and Prokhorov sold shares of UC Rusal for $315 million
ONEKSIM says goodbye to Rusal
Viktor Vekselberg and his partners acquired 7% of UC Rusal
Mikhail Prokhorov hands out aluminum
The most expensive planes of Russian oligarchs
Onexim has sold 3.32% stake in UC Rusal for $240 million
Minority shareholders of Rusal threaten to block the additional issue
Hello, America
Mikhail Prokhorov will sell 12% of UC Rusal for $700 million
Vekselberg was involved in a conflict with Putin's oligarchs
Rusal puzzled its creditors

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Semjén Zsolt plágiumügye 2012. november 18-án robbant ki, mikor a HVG című újság honlapja (Hvg.hu) közzétette, hogy a miniszterelnök-helyettes 1991-es, a Pázmány Péter Hittudományi Akadémián (ma Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Hittudományi Kar, PPKE HTK) megvédett "A New Age kihívása és az evangelizáció lehetősége" című teológiai témájú laureatus disszertációja jelentős mennyiségű szövegazonos átvételt, illetve szó szerinti fordítást tartalmaz korábban megjelent művekből, idézőjelek megfelelő használata nélkül. A summa cum laude minősítéssel megszerzett laureatus fokozatot a PPKE 1997-ben minősítette át a doktorit PhD fokozattá. November 19-én a Hvg.hu közölte, hogy jelentős átfedéseket találtak Semjén Zsolt 1992-es, az Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE) Szociológia Tanszékére beadott "A New Age értelmezési kísérlete" című szakdolgozata és a doktori disszertáció között is. November 26-án és 29-én a Hvg.hu nyilvánosságra hozta, hogy Semjén szociológia-szakdolgozatának második kiadásában szereplő új szöveg jelentős egyezést mutat egykori konzulense, Molnár Attila Károly később publikálta munkáival.

Az ELTE Társadalomtudományi Karán (ELTE TÁTK) november 29-én felállt bizottság december 7-én nyilvánosságra hozott eredménye szerint kimondható, hogy Semjén Zsolt súlyos szakmai-etikai vétséget követett el, ugyanakkor sem az ELTE 1992-es tanulmányi és vizsgaszabályzata, sem az 1992-es, sem a 2012-es magyar törvények nem adnak lehetőséget, hogy bármilyen hivatalos eljárás induljon a megalapozatlanul kiállított egyetemi oklevél ügyében, így eljárásrend hiányában az egyetem részéről semmilyen következménye nincs az ügynek.

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Semjén Zsolt dolgozataival összefüggésben megfogalmazott kérdések

Plágiumvád a teológiai disszertációval kapcsolatban

A plágiumügy 2012. november 18-án kezdődött, mikor a Hvg.hu közölt egy cikket, miszerint Semjén Zsolt miniszterelnök-helyettes 1991-es, a Pázmány Péter Hittudományi Akadémián megvédett "A New Age kihívása és az evangelizáció lehetősége" című teológiai témájú laureatus disszertációja jelentős mennyiségű szövegazonos átvételt, illetve szó szerinti fordítást tartalmaz korábban megjelent művekből, idézőjelek megfelelő használata nélkül.

A Hvg.hu szerint Semjén a következő forrásokból vett át nagyobb mennyiségű szöveget nem megfelelően hivatkozva azokra:
 Stefan Üblackner: Der Traum vom "New Age". Stadt Gottes (1989. január, február, március)
 Helmuth von Glasenapp: Az öt világvallás (Gondolat, Budapest, 1975)
 Lewis Spence: The Encyclopedia of the Occult (Bracken Books, London, 1988) Első kiadás: 1920.
A disszertáció továbbá több oldalt (a Hvg.hu szerint a dolgozat 25%-át) kitevő, ám megfelelően hivatkozott szó szerinti idézetet is tartalmaz.

Bár bírálói hiányosnak, elnagyoltnak látták Semjén dolgozatát, a bizottság mégis summa cum laude minősítéssel értékelte azt.

Többszörös közlés vádja a szociológia szakdolgozattal kapcsolatban

November 19-én a Hvg.hu közzétette, hogy jelentős átfedéseket találtak Semjén Zsolt 1992-es, az ELTE Szociológia Tanszékére beadott "A New Age értelmezési kísérlete" című szakdolgozata és a teológia laureatus disszertációja között is. Az 1992-es szociológia szakdolgozatba forrásmegjelölés nélkül több helyen olyan szövegrészletek is átkerültek, melyek a teológiai disszertációban még helyes hivatkozással szerepeltek. A teológiai disszertáció nem szerepel a szociológia szakdolgozat bibliográfiájában.

A többszörös publikáció a tudományos életben etikai vétségnek számít.

A Hvg.hu tudósítása szerint az ELTE-n Semjén Zsolt diplomamunkája 1992-ben vitát váltott ki a bírálók körében. A vitát az váltotta ki, hogy a dolgozat nem illett a szociológiai intézet profiljába, illetve a munka szakmai színvonalát is kifogásolták. A szakdolgozat egyik bírálója elégtelent, egy másik bírálója (konzulense, Molnár Attila) jelest adott a dolgozatra. A vitát végül egy harmadik opponens felkérésével rendezték, aki négyesre értékelte a munkát.

Plágiumvád a szociológia szakdolgozattal kapcsolatban

November 26-án a Hvg.hu újabb cikket közölt, mely szerint a szakdolgozat második kiadásából (melynek elkészítését valószínűsíthetően egyik bírálójának elégtelen osztályzata tette szükségessé) 12-13 oldal lényegében szó szerint megegyezik Molnár Attila Károlynak, Semjén Zsolt egykori konzulensének a Valóság 1993. évi 5. számában megjelent "Új vallási jelenségek" című cikkével, A Hvg.hu november 29-i cikke szerint pedig további 2-3 oldal az 1992-ben született "A vallás és politika napjainkban" című tanulmányból tartalmaz szövegazonos részeket, mely a Feljegyzések a Kaotikus Fegyházból című kötetben jelent meg 1999-ben a Kairosz Kiadónál.

A nol.hu 2013. január 16-i cikkében belső dokumentumokra és egyetemi információkra hivatkozva megírta, hogy Molnár Attila 1991-ben összeállított egy vallásszociológiai jegyzetet, mely főként külföldi, idegen nyelvű, Magyarországon jórészt azóta is hozzáférhetetlen szakirodalmi szövegrészletek fordításait, a szerző külföldi egyetemeken folytatott vallásszociológiai kutatásainak eredményeit, kinti előadások és viták kivonatát tartalmazta. Ez a jegyzet azonban kéziratban maradt, sosem jelent meg, de Molnár a tanítványainak már a megírás idején is készített belőle szemelvényeket. Ezekhez a részletekhez Semjén Zsoltnak is volt hozzáférése, mivel részt vett Molnár vallásszociológia speciális kollégiumán.

A nol.hu megjegyzi továbbá, hogy a Semjén Zsolt dolgozatában és Molnár Attila tanulmányában az átfedő szövegrészek olyan forrásmunkákon alapulnak, amelyekhez Semjén közvetlenül semmilyen módon nem juthatott el, mivel ezek magyar könyvtárakban még idegen nyelven sem találhatók meg.

Vita a teológia laureatus fokozat vallástudományi PhD fokozattá minősítésével kapcsolatban
A plágiumügy oldalvizén felmerült, hogy vajon szabályos volt-e a teológiából kapott laureatus fokozat vallástudományi PhD fokozattá való 1997-es átminősítése.

2012. november 19-én egy cikk jelent meg a Népszava Online-on. Ebben arról írtak, hogy Semjén teológiai tanulmányainak idején a Pázmány Péter Hittudományi Akadémia nem rendelkezett állami akkreditációval, államilag elismert tudományos fokozat kiadására sem volt jogosultsága. Az ott szerzett laureatus címeket az 1993-as felsőoktatási törvény alapján 1997-ig lehetett egyéni kérelemre PhD-fokozattá átminősíttetni. Semjén 1991-es dolgozattal megszerzett doktorátusát a határidő lejárta előtt nem sokkal, 1997 decemberében minősítették át.

A Népszava szerint kérdéses, hogy Erdő Péternek, a Pázmány Péter Hittudományi Akadémia akkor dékánjának volt-e jogosultsága a teológia szakon szerzett laureatus fokozatot vallástudományi PhD fokozattá minősíteni, megjegyezve, hogy a teológia és a vallástudomány két külön szakterület.

Szuromi Szabolcs, a PPKE rektora a válasznyilatkozata szerint az átminősítést egy nemzetközi szakértői bizottság végezte egyedi eljárásban, az nem automatikus, vagy Erdő Péter egyszemélyi döntése volt, így az átminősítés minden tekintetben megfelelt a hatályos egyházi és állami előírásoknak. Az átminősítéssel kapcsolatban megjegyezte, hogy mivel "hittudományi tudományág" nem szerepelt az akkori magyar tudományági felsorolásban, ezért a Magyar Akkreditációs Bizottság (MAB) vallástudományi doktori képzés nélkül is "vallástudományi doktori programként" ismerte el a hittudományi képzést.

2012. november 28-án Szántó Tibor, a Magyar Felsőoktatási Akkreditációs Bizottság főtitkára a HVG-hez eljuttatott levelében elmondta, hogy Semjén Zsolt teológiai doktori címének átminősítését 1997-ben nem a MAB végezte, hanem a Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem állapította meg annak PhD fokozattal való egyenértékűségét. A MAB 1997-ben – nemzetközi szakértők bevonásával – 29 személy teológiai doktori címének PhD fokozattal való egyenértékűségét állapította meg, köztük Erdő Péterét és Bolberitz Pálét is. Ezen kívül még 109 esetben (így Semjén Zsolt és Jelenits István esetében is) az érintett felsőoktatási intézmények állapították meg az egyenértékűséget.

December 22-én a Népszabadság azt írta, hogy a PPKE nem a szabályoknak megfelelően járt el, amikor a doktori szabályzatnak megfelelő tudományos munka és publikációs mennyiség, valamint nyelvtudás nélkül végezte el az átminősítést (Semjén csupán egy angol nyelvű középfokú nyelvvizsgával rendelkezett). Szuromi Szabolcs ezeket a vádakat is visszautasította. Utalva 2012. november 20-iki közleményére kijelentette: az átminősítést egy MAB által jóváhagyott, nemzetközileg is kiemelkedő elismertségű, ám meg nem nevezett tagokból álló szakmai bizottság végezte. Mivel a katolikus teológia mint tudomány művelésén nem kérhető számon semmilyen más humán vagy reáltudomány területén alkalmazott kritérium, eszköz vagy forma, és a nemzetközi szakértő bizottság elegendőnek találta a politikus tudományos munkásságát, így itt nem lehet szabálytalanságról beszélni. Egy második nyelv teológiai szempontból megfelelő ismeretét a nemzetközi bizottság számára államilag elismert nyelvvizsga nélkül is igazolta az egyetemi diplomához szükséges egyetemi latin és héber nyelv, valamint az ezeken a nyelveken való biblikus exegézis keretébe tartozó főtárgyak teljesítése, továbbá hogy a korábbi sikeres doktori védésben feladatként szerepelt egy ismeretlen latin nyelvű szöveg olvasása, fordítása és elemzése. A Népszabadság fenntartotta állításait, a rektor válaszát pedig semmitmondónak értékelte.

A magyar tudományos világ reakciója

A PPKE válasza
Az egyetem rektori irodája közleményben jelezte, hogy nem látják indokoltnak vizsgálat indítását Semjén a teológia disszertációját érintő plágiumvádakkal kapcsolatban. Később Szuromi Szabolcs rektor közleményeket adott ki az ügyről, amelyekben azonban a plágiummal nem foglalkozott, csupán az átminősítés körülményeivel.

Az ELTE vizsgálata
A gyanúval kapcsolatosan 2012. november 23-án Tausz Katalin, az ELTE Társadalomtudományi Karának dékánja a Népszabadsághoz eljuttatott közleményében indokolatlannak minősítette bármilyen vizsgálat lefolytatását Semjén Zsolt szakdolgozatával kapcsolatban. November 29-én azonban mégis megkezdődött a vizsgálat. Sem a bizottság névsorát, sem a december 7-én elkészült jelentését nem hozták nyilvánosságra. Tausz Katalin azonban sajtótájékoztatón ismertette, hogy a jelentés szerint is megállapítható a jelentős szövegazonosság és ezért kimondható, hogy Semjén Zsolt súlyos szakmai-etikai vétséget követett el. Ugyanakkor Tausz szerint sem az ELTE 1992-es tanulmányi és vizsgaszabályzata, sem az 1992-es, sem a 2012-es magyar törvények nem adnak lehetőséget, hogy bármilyen hivatalos eljárás induljon a megalapozatlanul kiállított egyetemi oklevél ügyében, így eljárásrend hiányában az egyetem részéről semmilyen következménye nincs az ügynek.

Molnár Attila Károly
November 29-én Molnár Attila Károly írásban nyilatkozott, hogy sosem vette át egyik diákjának sem a szövegét.

Az ELTE vizsgálatát követően, december 7-én Molnár újabb nyilatkozatot tett közzé, miszerint a Semjén védését lebonyolító bizottság nem juttatta el hozzá bírálatra a dolgozat második, javított kiadását.

Jobbágyi Gábor
Jobbágyi Gábor jogász, a PPKE egyetemi tanára szerint az ELTE-s szakdolgozat esetében nem lehet plágiumról beszélni, mert Molnár Attila Károly művei később jelentek meg, a szakdolgozatot pedig a szerzői jog védi. Ráadásul Molnár Attila Károly maga is tagja volt az államvizsga-bizottságnak, és jelesre értékelte a művet. Az ELTE szerinte abban is hibázott, hogy nem küldött határozatot az érintettnek a vizsgálat után.

Az ELTE tanárai
Az ELTE TÁTK 12 professzora 2012. december 11-én közleményben szólította fel Semjén Zsoltot és Molnár Attila Károlyt az ügy tisztázására, különben a szakdolgozatot érvénytelennek tekintik.

Összefoglalás

Politikai reakciók

Semjén Zsolt
Semjén Zsolt a plágiumgyanúval kapcsolatban a botrány kirobbanásakor azt nyilatkozta, hogy az "teljes képtelenség, maga a feltételezés is meghökkentő!"

December 8-án azután – válaszul az ELTE vizsgálóbizottságának jelentésére – sajtótájékoztatót tartott, ahol azt állította, hogy 1992-ben jóhiszeműen, az ELTE oktatóinak iránymutatása szerint járt el, és visszautasította az erkölcsi vádakat.

Kormánypárti politikusok
A kormány politikai provokációnak és hamisnak ítélte a vádat, és nyilvánosan elérhetővé tette a dolgozatokat.

A PPKE-n megvédett laureatus disszertációval kapcsolatban november 18-án az ATV Szabad szemmel című műsorában Hoffman Rózsa oktatásügyi államtitkár azt nyilatkozta, hogy szerinte a Semjén Zsoltot ért vádak hamisak, s egy politikai játszma részét képezik. Hoffmann szerint a plágiumügyet az arra illetékesek, az "arra hivatalos vagy hivatott emberek" nyilvánvalóan ki fogják vizsgálni. (A PPKE máig nem indított vizsgálatot az ügyben.) Arra a kérdésre, hogy a KDNP-ben – keresztény értékrenden alapuló párt lévén – nagyobb-e a morális követelmény a plágiummal kapcsolatban, az államtitkár egyértelmű igennel válaszolt.

November 19-én a Pálffy István kereszténydemokrata politikus parlamenti felszólalásában azt mondta, hogy úgy érzi, összehangolt támadás indult a katolikusok, és általában a keresztények ellen, erre példa a hvg.hu Semjén laureatus disszertációjával kapcsolatos cikke is. A KDNP-s Rétvári Bence szerint is a kereszténység elleni támadás a Semjén Zsolttal szemben megfogalmazott plágiumvád.

December 11-én, az ELTE vizsgálatának eredményére válaszul Rubovszky György KDNP-s országgyűlési képviselő az ATV-nek úgy nyilatkozott, hogy véleménye szerint Semjén nem plagizálhatott Molnártól, hiszen Semjén disszertációja egy évvel korábban jelent meg, mint Molnár munkája. Rubovszky szerint Semjénnek "látomása volt", és az ELTE "egyszerűen bohócot csinál magából". Rubovszky nézete szerint Semjén védésekor Molnárnak észre kellett volna vennie a két dolgozat közötti egyezést. Megjegyezte: "A szerzői jog szerint annak van előnye, aki először a nyilvánosság elé lépett, nem annak, aki kitalálta". A plágiumvádra reagálva Rubovszky azt nyilatkozta, hogy "az egész egy rettenetesen gusztustalan, rosszul sikerült támadás a miniszterelnök-helyettes ellen", s úgy vélte, hogy "az egyetem megalapozatlanul sérti és támadja Semjén Zsoltot".

Ellenzéki pártok
Dúró Dóra, a Jobbik szóvivője szerint Semjén "nem maradhat a hivatalában, ha valóban tisztességtelen módon járt el a diplomaszerzése esetében".

A Lehet Más a Politika (LMP) lemondásra szólította fel a miniszterelnök-helyettest.

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As you may have guessed from my last post, I love all things stationery and I also love organisation and design.
I have an actual calendar (the one I have doesn't seem to exist on the internet any more but this is the same one, mine just has a different design) but I also like to have a desktop wallpaper version of a calendar.
Monochrome Illustrated Wallpaper For Every Month (Desktop) + free printables!
Happy Snowflake January Wallpaper (Desktop&Tablet&Smartphone) + free printable!


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Teagarden Jazz Camp
A Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation Production
Immerse Yourself in Jazz...
Learn and Collaborate with Jazz Faculty and other Campers in an Amazing and Accepting Environment
APPLICATIONS START ON JANUARY 1, 2023
Campers stay in dormitory style cabins, and eat in a central dining hall. Special dietary needs can be met with advance notice, and vegetarian/vegan meals are always available.
Each rehearsal/performance site is equipped with a piano, a guitar amp, a bass amp and a drum set. Drummers need to bring their own cymbals, sticks, brushes and any other special equipment they wish. Two cymbal stands and one high-hat stand are provided. All other instrumentalists must bring their own instrument(s) unless prior arrangements have been made. Vocalists must bring a small recording device.
Campers from outside the local area should arrive in Sacramento before noon on the first day of camp. They will be met, and transported to camp by STJS volunteers. Arrange departures for the evening of the last day of camp, no earlier than 7pm. Local campers who choose to ride the bus should arrive at the Elks Lodge on Riverside Blvd. between noon and 1:00 p.m.
The camp concludes with a concert on the final day in Sacramento. Campers will be bused from the camp to the concert site, and at the conclusion of the performance, approximately 4:00pm, will either be picked up by parents/guardians, or transported to the airport, train, or bus station for travel home.
Tuition for 2023 is $825
(Add $20 if you pay with PayPal or a credit card.) Payment plans are available and some jazz societies offer local scholarships for players. Contact us for more information.
Camp Faculty
Some of the Finest Trad Jazz Players in the Country:
Andrew Stephens, trumpet/cornet
Bria Skonberg , trumpet/cornet
Anita Thomas, clarinet and sax
Adrian Cunningham, clarinet and sax
Greg Varlotta, trombone
Jason Wanner, piano
Curtis Brengle, piano
Tim Metz, drums
Sam Rocha, bass and tuba
Nahum Zdybel, guitar and banjo
Shelley Burns, vocals
(Subject to change)
© Copyright 2023 Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation


Babo 73, Chafed Elbows, Criterion Collection, Eclipse, Greaser's Palace, Putney Swope, Robert Downey Sr., Up All Nght with Robert Downey Sr.
Robert Downey Sr.'s films are ribald, socially-conscious, highly experimental works that make Richard Lester's oeuvre seem polite and Godard's plot-heavy. Though he achieved cult success with 1969's Putney Swope, some of Downey's other, more radical works from the period are arguably more interesting, and their revival by way of an Eclipse box set is exceptional news. Up All Night With Robert Downey Sr. brings together five early films which show the director at his unhinged best, and if nothing else should prove a hedge against Downey becoming a mere footnote to his more famous son's career.
A part of New York's avant-garde film scene in the 60s, Downey screened his works alongside underground icons Shirley Clarke, Bruce Conner and Kenneth Anger. What he shared with his contemporaries was a patent disregard for convention and an ability to make films on the cheap. He cast his friends and family, shot on available locations, and mostly avoided sync sound. The work transcends its technical and budgetary limitations however, owing to Downey's impudent sensibility. Plot, realism, and good taste all go out the window. His narratives are instead random, surreal, and chock-a-block full of crass humor—call them post-modern picaresques.
Downey's first feature, Babo 73 (1964), is case in point. A sui generis political farce, it follows the whimsical adventures of Sandy Studsbury (Taylor Mead), the effete president of the "United Status," who conducts affairs of state from a beach chair. "I'm morally committed to anyone who'll vote for me," he gleefully admits. With the help of his feckless cabinet, Studsbury makes quick work of assassinating prime ministers, bombing Albania, and congratulating himself on his job performance. Filmed in extremely unlikely locations—a crumbling house, a cemetery, a highway median—the picture makes a virtue of abstraction, like an Ionesco play shot through with Beatnik sensibility.
Downey's next and more daring effort was 1966's Chafed Elbows, the one masterpiece in the set. Composed almost entirely of still photographs, it's a twisted formal cousin of Chris Marker's La Jetée, the difference being that Downey's photos wriggle, writhe and repeat to the rhythm of a bebop beat. It lends the film a cartoon-ish quality that mirrors its "story," wherein every-doofus Walter Dinsmore (George Morgan) sleeps with his mother, gives birth to some cash, has a nervous breakdown, acts in an underground film, shoots a cop, defenestrates his cousin…and so on. Absurdity is the byword, and no one escapes Downey's critical eye. Poets, parents, artists and cops are all variously derided as frauds.
Chafed Elbows successfully earned Downey a reputation, and after the curious docu-diversion of 1968's No More Excuses (the less said, the better), he was able to finance the bigger budget, higher concept, Putney Swope. In it, the eponymous hero (Arnold Johnson) is the sole black employee at an advertising firm who gets promoted to Chairman of the Board by fluke. No sooner does he take over, than he replaces the white staff with black and embarks on a doomed crusade to marry his high ideals with big business. Downey's first film to observe at least a few tenets of classical form, it's naturally the one that went over biggest on release. It's got a groovy, revolutionary spirit, but from a formal perspective it's not half so daring as his previous work.
Downey went on to direct another cult favorite, the unfortunately not-included Greaser's Palace (1972), and has had an erratic career ever since. In 1975 he made the nigh inscrutable Moment to Moment (included here in a re-cut form as Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight), then followed it in 1980 with the banal teen comedy Up the Academy. That he never found a solid industry foothold isn't surprising; originality has never been an asset in Hollywood and Downey's style is anything but derivative. His early works, nevertheless, retain their freshness, are still vital, and unequivocally those of an unruly American original.


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Apr 28, 2019 6:00pm PT
APOS: Zee5 Streaming Platform Seeks Overseas Audiences
By Patrick Frater
Patrick Frater
Asia Bureau Chief
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Courtesy of Zee Entertainment
India's Zee Entertainment Enterprises is rolling out operations of its Zee5 streaming service in five new languages. The company is also upping its involvement in original content.
The moves were announced last week at the APOS conference in Indonesia by Archana Anand, chief business officer ZEE5 Global and are a further step up for the streaming platform. Zee5 was launched in India, in Feb 2018, with functionality in 12 Indian languages.
It was subsequently made available in 190 countries and territories in October, without additional languages, and catering primarily to the Indian diaspora market. Zee5 is now adding navigation and linguistic localization of selected content in Malay, Thai, Bahasa, German and Russian. More language additions are expected to follow in the coming months, including Chinese.
The service includes 100,000 hours of on-demand content and more than 60 live TV channels. They range from original series, movies and TV shows, music, live TV and health and lifestyle content.
Zee5 operates a fremium business model, with subscription tiers rising from $2-$8 per month, depending on the territory. Weekly options and so-called sachet pricing are also available, though full transactional VoD has yet to be launched.
"We did lots of consumer research before launching last year. We found that 98% would prefer a service in Hindi or other vernacular, rather than English. We Indians are increasingly comfortable with our roots," Anand told Variety. "We added voice search, because of literacy levels." It now claims 60 million monthly active users in India.
International rollout plans focus first on India's South Asian neighbors, followed by South East Asia. Other parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa will follow, complemented by language additions likely to include Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
"By the end of 2020, we aim to be the go-to destination for South Asian audiences, where there is a (total) population of 400 million outside India. We aim to be first or second in each market and will invest further in the strongest responding territories."
Anand said that the company, which already has a massive library, will produce 72 original shows in the current year. These will be presented in six languages, and, along with acquisitions including "Simba," mostly be available behind the paywall.


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Here are a couple of fun writing blogs I have visited recently. This one discussed the simplicity of punching up your story by enhancing one word in your sentences. This one had a wonderful take on the trials and titillations of writing.
If you have found a fun article you would like to share, please let me know.


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Viridiana Lieberman
The Sentence
Filmed over the course of a decade, The Sentence is an documentary film about a mother serving a 15-year prison sentence for her secondhand involvement in a nonviolent drug offense. We follow her struggles to maintain a relationship with her daughters from behind bars as her family fights for her freedom.
http://parkpictures.com
I Am Evidence
I AM EVIDENCE tells the story of four survivors whose rape kits went untested for years, following them as they navigate their way through the criminal justice system and learn that so often, the system is broken. The film reveals the historic nature of the way we treat the crime of sexual assault in this country, and the positive effects that occur when perpetrators are held accountable and survivors are given an opportunity for healing and justice.
https://www.iamevidencethemovie.com
Fattitude
Co-Director, Editor, DP
A feature-length documentary that exposes how popular culture fosters fat prejudice and then offers an alternative way of thinking.
https://www.fattitudethemovie.com
Co-Director, Supervising Editor
Evolved is a comedy series about two brothers trying to be progressive, but their overwhelming social privilege thwarts them at every turn.
http://evolvedseries.com
Love The Sinner
A short documentary exploring the connection between christianity and homophobia in the wake of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.
https://www.lovethesinnerfilm.com
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years, unapologetically pursuing love, family and career, while experiencing extreme tragedy and tremendous success side by side.
https://www.hbo.com
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Associate Producer, Assistant Editor
An intimate portrait of the public triumphs and private struggles of trailblazing openly gay athlete Greg Louganis.
http://louganisdoc.com
viridianalieberman@gmail.com


We believe that the Fed continues to risk being behind the curve in raising rates.
Outcome: The Fed, as expected, raised interest rates by 25 basis points, to 1.75%.Chairman Powell fulfilled expectations of a more hawkish FOMC, yet quelling concerns of too hawkish a tilt. We believe that the Fed continues to risk being behind the curve in raising rates.
Markets: The financial markets remain sceptical of rising inflation and wages. We believe stronger economic activity in Q2, along with tighter labour markets, should drive inflation and wages higher. The FOMC may move more aggressively in raising rates, leading 10-year treasury to 3.5%.
How to play the current market phase: Active fixed income managers can potentially mitigate losses through underweighting U.S. Treasuries, diversifying into spread products that offer higher yields, and actively managing duration and yield curve exposures.
US fixed income opportunities: We find that short-term corporate markets offer value, after recent sell off. We believe that RMBS (Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities), including both agency and non-agency, potentially offer superior downside protection relative to investment grade corporates. A focus on agency MBS markets potentially provides the added benefit of improving the liquidity. We also view long-term TIPS (Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) and floating rate securities as potential ways to help mitigate interest rate and inflation risk.
The March FOMC meeting was the first under the new Fed Chairman Powell and the first meeting including projections by the new members of the Fed. What are your views on the outcome of this meeting?
Ken Taubes: Chairman Powell held a successful major press conference in his first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, fulfilling expectations of a more hawkish FOMC, yet quelling concerns of too hawkish a tilt. While aspects of the FOMC's statement and projections support the market view of its more-dovish-than-expected bias, we believe that GDP growth and inflation trends could justify four rate increases over the year, and that the Fed continues to risk being behind the curve in raising rates. The FOMC met market expectations, revising GDP growth estimates higher over the next two years, reducing unemployment estimates, and increasing the projected federal funds rate significantly in 2019 and 2020. The projected 2020 rate of 3.4% is well above the slightly increased terminal rate	 of 2.9%. The more dovish aspects of the meeting and projections involved the 2018 rate forecast, and their NAIRU	 and inflation estimates. The median estimate for the number of rate increases in 2018 remained at three, (although only one "dot" kept that median from rising to four rate increases). Second, the FOMC reduced its estimate of NAIRU (longer-run unemployment rate) from 4.6% to 4.5%, while also projecting an unemployment rate significantly below that level in the next three years, at 3.6%. Yet these lower unemployment projections did not give rise to any marked increase in the inflation forecast. In other words, the FOMC appears to believe that wage inflation may be slower in materializing, even with employment levels well below NAIRU levels. In addition, the change in 2020 inflation estimates from 2.0% PCE inflation to 2.1% suggests that the FOMC is more comfortable with inflation overshooting the longer run 2.0% level, implying inflation remains relatively contained.
For now, we expect trade policy risk to remain in the background without gaining center stage in the monetary policy discussion.
How do you expect the fiscal expansion and trade policy will influence Fed's plans?
Annalisa USARDI: Although the Fed Statement did not explicitly mention the Fiscal package as the main reason for their growth projections upward revision, we think that FOMC members have now incorporated the effects of both Tax Cuts and at least partially of the Bipartisan Budget Act. Likely, when more details on the latter will be available, we could see some further small upside. On trade policy, the FOMC is data dependent and as of now the data support the more upbeat message conveyed: risks on the trade side are on the horizon, but so far the size of the implemented measures do not represent a significant headwind able to derail growth and inflation from their path. Yet, we may think this risk to be already in the members' minds and we could expect it to become explicitly discussed in meetings should further measures be implemented on a larger scale and call for escalated retaliation from affected counterparties. But, for now, we expect this risk to remain in the background without gaining center stage in the monetary policy discussion.
We believe the markets remain a little bit too complacent, underestimating the strength of the US economy and the upwards inflation pressure. In this scenario, the 10-year could rise to 3.5%.
The 10-year Treasury found in 3% a critical threshold. What are your expectations for the market in the next few months? What will be the drivers?
Ken TAUBES: The 10-year Treasury yield continues to consolidate just below the psychological 3% level. We believe the markets remain a little bit too complacent, and points to the March FOMC Statement that laid out the drivers for an expected breach in the 3% yield in the near term. The FOMC Statement upgraded its inflation outlook, expressing growing confidence of rising inflation. The Fed also upgraded its longer-term growth outlook, which was likely affected by easier fiscal policy from the tax bill. Finally, the Fed continues to expect the labour market will continue to tighten, which is reflected in lower unemployment rate forecasts in its March Statement of Economic Projections. The financial markets remain sceptical of rising inflation and wages. We believe stronger economic activity in Q2, along with tighter labour markets, should drive inflation and wages higher. However, should GDP growth and inflation surprise on the upside, which could be achieved in the absence of any significant trade disagreements, the FOMC may move more aggressively in raising rates. In this scenario, the 10-year could rise to 3.5%. In addition, markets may not have fully taken into account the potential impact on yields of global convergence of monetary policy. The ECB decision in early March to drop its pledge to increase bond buying as needed marks a slow but continuing trend toward monetary tightening. We believe that discussions over the presidency of the ECB, which should begin this summer, may further underscore that a member of core Europe, if not Germany, may lead to a further tightening bias. This convergence means that yield differentials could narrow, resulting in less foreign demand for U.S. assets, and hence, higher U.S. yields.
It is possible that core fixed income indices may continue to sustain modest losses as rates rise.
Where do you expect the main sources of return for US fixed income investors will come from in the next few months?
Ken TAUBES: It is possible that core fixed income indices may continue to sustain modest losses as rates rise. We believe, however, that active fixed income managers can potentially mitigate losses through underweighting U.S. Treasuries, diversifying into spread products that offer higher yields, including global fixed income credit exposures, and actively managing duration and yield curve exposures.
What areas still offer attractive potential returns in the credit markets? How would you assess the liquidity risk in the market?
Ken TAUBES: We find that short-term corporate markets offer value, having sold off in the past few months, as corporations have repatriated offshore cash portfolios and sold corporates. In addition, in the wake of increased rates, certain investors are favouring Treasury bills over commercial paper and short-term corporates. Overall, however, we believe that investors may want to limit the downside risk in this period of stretched valuations. Even though corporate credit spreads have widened since the beginning of the year, spreads remain near all-time lows. We believe that RMBS (Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities), including both agency and non-agency, potentially offer superior downside protection relative to investment grade corporates. While we believe the fundamentals are strong for both the housing markets underpinning the RMBS sector and the broader economy, we think it's appropriate to broadly reduce credit exposure in light of less attractive value. In broadly diversified fixed income portfolios, a focus on agency MBS markets potentially provides the added benefit of improving the liquidity. While liquidity remains relatively strong across the markets, in light of strong fundamentals, liquidity risk should be considered in any fixed income strategy.
With a multi sector perspective, which sectors do you expect to deliver the better risk/return potential in the next few months?
Ken TAUBES: We believe multisector bond investors may want to be more defensive in terms of sector allocation. While we hold a constructive view of U.S. and global GDP growth, we believe that many credit sectors have fully priced in this positive news, with less focus on potential downside risks, such as the declining central bank-induced market liquidity and the potential negative impact of trade disputes. Given extended valuations in most corporate sectors, we have generally favored structured sectors, particularly MBS. Over time, structured securities, including agency MBS, exhibit more attractive risk-adjusted returns than other sectors. We also view long-term TIPS and floating rate securities as potential ways to help mitigate interest rate and inflation risks.
On the US dollar, do you see the current weakness continuing? What will be the drivers in the next few months?
Silvia DI SILVIO: We think the current weakness of the US dollar is mostly due to cyclical factors. Historically, the US economy is leading DM economies, and the USD tends to strengthen towards DM currencies during the economic cycle's periods of recovery and expansion, as the FED tends to precede other CBs' hiking cycles. Now we are in a phase in which the Fed is well on track in its recalibration policy, and the markets are anticipating the other CBs' moves. With the ECB this happened last year (with Euro appreciation) and with the BoJ it might start this year. We expect the USD to continue to remain on a weak trend as the introduction of the fiscal package from the Trump administration is going to weigh in on the US twin deficit, which is set to increase over the next couple of years, exerting downward pressure on the currency. On the technical side, as a consequence of increasing US yields, the cross currency basis3 of the USD has widened vs other currencies. Therefore investing in US Treasuries (on a hedged basis) is not as attractive, neither for Japanese nor for European investors, having the dollar hedge become more expensive. On the valuation front, USD still looks overvalued on a trade weighted basis, although to a much lesser extent than in 2017. Finally, the negative effect on the currency caused by US policy's unpredictability must not be underestimated, on both internal and foreign affairs, which harms foreign investors' appetite towards holding USD denominated assets.
Fed policy and US economy, what's next?
US economy: we expect the US economy to grow above potential in 2019 and to gradually converge to its long-term growth rate of around 2% in 2020 as the boost provided by fiscal expansion in 2018 will gradually lose steam.
"While the Fed under Chair Yellen acknowledged global risks in early 2016 as a contributing factor in its decision to defer rate increases, it is unclear whether global factors would exert as significant an impact on the current FOMC."


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COVID-19: Predictions From Canada's Top Expert on Aging and Immunity
Tara Losinski | April 22nd, 2020
Dawn Bowdish, the Canada Research Chair in Aging and Immunity says we may see a return to some semblance of normal life in June-July, but that another wave of the coronavirus is expected in the Fall. Photo: Courtesy of Dawn Bowdish
Feel like you're becoming an armchair expert about COVID-19?
From flattening the curve to serology, we've had a crash course in virology as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the respiratory illness, spread to all corners of the world in a matter of months.
We know the basics: wash your hands frequently, stay two metres away from others and cough or sneeze into your elbow, or wear a non-medical mask to contain your respiratory droplets, which is how the virus spreads from infected people — whether they are feeling sick or not. And now we know just how hard social distancing is on both the economy and, more importantly, on us psychologically.
But what about the more complex aspects of the pandemic? Why are people over 60 at higher risk for severe illness? How do we protect people in nursing homes? And how long will COVID-19 affect our lives?
For insight, advice and the science we talked to Dawn Bowdish, the Canada Research Chair in Aging and Immunity at Hamilton's McMaster University. But she admits that, even for the experts, in some cases, the answers are still a best guess.
Experts warn of possible outbreak waves after the first one ends. Why?
"If all goes well, there will be a winding-down, and our lives will return to some semblance of normal in June-July. But we are expecting a fall outbreak as we lift measures of social distancing and travel sort of starts up again. It'll be a new normal but it won't be normal. And unless there are major changes, then we expect that there might be periodic outbreaks in 2021 as well."
So, will COVID-19 circulate like the flu or die out like SARS did?
"It does not look like the flu in that it doesn't mutate enough so that every year we need a new flu [shot]. It doesn't mutate at that rate.
"It's unlikely to die out like SARS did. If you think about the enormous measures we have to take to get this under control and about all the countries in the world that don't have those kinds of resources and have infections that probably will be higher than what we currently have in Canada, there will be pockets all over the world until we can really globally come together to stamp this out. And so travel will continue to be a major source of outbreaks."
When a vaccine is available, will everyone get it from now on, like childhood inoculations?
"It depends on what we learn. It's important to remember that most vaccine trials fail. So I'm heartened by the fact that there are so many different trials trying so many different approaches all over the world. And the hope is that we'll get a vaccine, like a measles vaccine, that actually protects almost everybody almost all the time.
"However, it's more common to make vaccines that give partial protection, like our influenza vaccine. The hope is certainly that we develop a gold-standard vaccine that will protect everybody all the time, but we should prepare for other challenges, such as vaccines that only provide partial protection or maybe just make the disease less serious in vulnerable populations.
"But I don't think we can expect it to be completely eliminated in a year's time. That would be an unrealistic expectation."
Why, generally speaking, can't older people fight COVID-19 as well?
"We are really good as we get older of bringing back what we call memory responses. A great example of this was the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Intriguingly, people in nursing homes weren't dying off of this virus, but younger people were, and it was because many of those [older] people had been exposed to a similar virus 67 years prior.
"However, in cases like COVID or some seasonal influenza outbreaks, those require a totally new immune response to be made. And as we get older, we're not very good at doing that. The reasons for this are complicated but they come down to the fact that our hematopoietic stem cells, the ones that make our white blood cells, are less productive. As well, there's a lot of inflammation in our body as we get older, and our immune cells respond to that inflammation, and sometimes this makes them less functional.
"One of the work-arounds for vaccine development for influenza, for example, has been using what we call a high-dose vaccine, and that seems to protect older adults a little bit more. It's unclear whether we will need a similar strategy with COVID-19. [But] even if older adults don't respond very well to a vaccine or aren't totally protected, if everybody else in the community becomes vaccinated, then there are fewer people the virus can infect and, indirectly, this will protect older adults. "
Older adults with underlying health conditions are at higher risk of severe outcomes. What can they do?
"Let's use diabetes as an example. People who have really huge swings in their blood glucose tend to be the ones who are most likely to get pneumonia or to be hospitalized for other infectious diseases. For viruses, it's really not clear why, but we know that immune health sort of increases with blood sugar control.
"We know that people with cardiovascular disease can be at higher risk, and some of it is because heart disease increases inflammation. So people who are really proactive in managing their heart disease, especially if they're combining [that with] exercise and a healthy diet, the lower that inflammation is. And when inflammation goes down, immune function goes up.
"People who manage their chronic conditions are really managing their inflammation, and that then helps the immune system do what it needs to do when it comes in contact with a new threat.
"One of the things that we're finding out as the epidemic hits North America is obesity also seems to be a bit of a risk factor. Obesity causes a lot of inflammation and immune changes. It's very similar, from an immunologist perspective, to premature aging. So we think that that might be why heavier people seem to be more at risk."
I'm seeing lots of "Take these vitamins and minerals to boost your immune system." Do supplements help?
"Once upon a time, we were all very excited about vitamin C, but it's failed in many clinical trials. It's been shown that vulnerable patients — people with COPD and other chronic health conditions — who take a lot of A and E are actually at higher risk of respiratory infection than people who don't.
"There is sufficient evidence that says if you're in the Northern hemisphere — we are almost certainly a little bit vitamin D deficient — supplementing with vitamin D does seem to prevent serious respiratory infections. We have no idea if that's the case for COVID-19, and it will take us a long time to figure that out. But if you felt compelled to take a supplement, that's the only one that the science really supports."
Is there anything else older adults can do?
"Physical distancing is extremely important because they are vulnerable. However, exercise is also really important. And if it is safe for them to go out and take a walk and get some of that vitamin D naturally, that's really important because being sedentary is particularly problematic for older health.
"I really do worry about all these older adults being stuck in front of the TV all day because they can't really go out. So I would encourage them, even if it's just doing weights or trying to do some squats, try to work some exercise into your routine."
We're hearing a lot of heath experts talk about antibody, or serological, tests. Why?
"These sorts of [blood] tests are considered the most reliable measures to figure out how many people have been infected by a virus because they will detect people who've been asymptomatic as well as symptomatic. They're extremely valuable in understanding the spread of the virus within the community. They're also extremely valuable because the hope is that people who have generated these antibody responses will have some protection from the virus. So maybe those people are safe to go back to work or maybe to be in higher risk situations.
"Canada is being extremely proactive in developing these, and I expect that certainly within the next few months, we'll see them starting to be broadly implemented."
What's the difference between serological and PCR tests to confirm COVID-19?
"Our current tests measure the virus directly by swabbing the back of the sinuses and measuring the amount of viral nucleic acids by PCR [polymerase chain reaction]. It has a low false positive rate when there is little virus, like at the beginning or ending of an infection. Essentially, these can only be used to detect if you are currently sick.
"An antibody test generally uses blood, but some people are looking into saliva and measures antibodies specific to the virus. This can measure if you have ever had the virus, we think — antibodies might disappear after a year or two. But generally there are not antibodies in the first five days of an infection. They are about as easy, although some people hate giving blood, others having the back of their sinuses swabbed, but answer slightly different questions."
You've said before that we will learn from outbreaks in nursing homes. What good will come from what we now know?
"One of the silver linings, I hope, is limiting part-time work in multiple long-term care/nursing homes. Many workers have to work more than one job and potentially bring infections with them. This has led to deaths from influenza and other illnesses but not quite as dramatically or visibly to the public.
"Once we've had some sober second thought and looked at processes in place, we'll probably realize that there were ways that could have prevented this. So maybe one care worker only works with rooms A, B, C and a second worker only works D, E, F, and there's no transfer between those rooms. It's expensive to do that but it's absolutely essential in these kind of vulnerable populations to make sure that workers aren't the vectors for transmission.
"If I could change anything, it would be offering more long-term care workers stable full-time jobs that include infectious disease awareness and decent sick leave so people don't go to work sick."
You and your team are perhaps busier than ever. How are researchers staying safe?
"I'm working primarily from home as much as I'm able. And my lab members, we're really limiting the amount of work we're doing in the lab and trying to be really, really, really safe. So only people who are working directly on COVID projects are currently allowed to be working in the lab. Even then, we're trying to make sure we do our best social distancing and have people wear protective equipment if they need to be close to someone.
"It's been challenging to manage but it's so important that we're part of the solution, not part of the problem."
This interview has been edited for length.
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Masses at West Grinstead
I have heard from Father Goddard that there will be no further second Sunday Masses at Our Lady of Consolation, West Grinstead.
While this saddens me, the decreasing Mass attendance there can be attributed, not in a small part, to the passing of many of the faithful to their eternal rewards over the past year or two. People who travelled to West Grinstead in the early years following the introduction of the new rite did so because it was pretty much the only place in the Diocese the Old Rite was celebrated. It sustained the faithful when everywhere else was liturgically bleak.
Not so today. Today priests are more free to say the Old Rite than at any time in the past fifty years. Regular Masses are said in regular parishes. In no way is the liturgical landscape as bad for us Latin Mass lovers as it was.
The future lies in supporting every parish priest who says the Mass in his own parish, and every parish in which you assist at the Latin Mass. Encouraging every tiny move towards tradition where you happen to be, whether or not your priest says the Mass. Ask where you are for the Latin Mass to be available to you.
One door has closed, but that doesn't mean others won't open. And in terms of open doors, here's a list of where Latin Masses are regularly available in the Diocese. Not all are on Sundays, but these are the places where you can find one, and they are all to be found on the sidebar :
Brighton :
St Mary Magdalene, North Street
St Mary's, Surrenden Road
Seaford :
St Thomas More, Sutton Road
Lewes :
St Pancras, Irelands Lane
Caterham :
The Sacred Heart, Whyteleafe Road
Easons Green :
Bethany Chapel, Lewes Road
There are also Masses said occasionally at
Knaphill :
St Hugh of Lincoln, Victoria Road.
There is much to rejoice about, a lot to be thankful for, and still a lot of work to do. I'm looking forward to the next open door.
Mass in Seaford is cancelled tomorrow due to the parish Christingle service.
Masses resume in Seaford in the New Year.
Requiem Mass for Michael Telford
There will be a Requiem Mass for Michael Telford on 23 December at 2.00 pm at Our Lady of Ransom, Grange Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4EU. The celebrant will be Fr Jonathan Martin.
Mike with his wife, Gwen, travelled far and wide due to his love of the Latin Mass. It was a privilege to know him. May he rest in peace.
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A privilege to be there
Yesterday evening at Our Lady of Ransom, Eastbourne, the new Ordinariate Use was said for the first time, ad orientem (does a jig of glee), at the beautiful Lady altar. Fr Neil Chatfield celebrated, assisted by Fr Gerard Hatton. The pews were full, the atmosphere was reverent, it was peaceful. It was truly wonderful to be there. And of course there was a small celebration afterwards!
We are really exceptionally lucky, no we are blessed, to have the Ordinariate here in Eastbourne.
The statue of Our Lady
(slightly off centre to show that the pews had been returned to their original position for the Mass, facing the Lady altar,which in my opinion is where they should stay)
Another picture of the pews facing the right way.
Mass for the feast of the Immaculate Conception...
...at St Hugh of Lincoln, Knaphill, GU21 2AA, at 8.00 pm,celebrant Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith.
If anyone in the vicinity can volunteer to serve, it would be most helpful!
Ordinariate in Surrey
I recently received this message, which I am more than happy to share with you all :
"...Although not the Latin Mass, a traditional Ordinariate Mass will be offered at St Edward, Guildford (facing East, prayers at the foot of the Altar, Last Gospel etc). Arid Surrey. Arid, because there is very little evidence of Ordinariate activity in that area. Nor indeed can I find more than one entry for Surrey in the Latin Mass Society schedule; and so I do urge those also whose admirably correct instincts incline them to the Old Latin Mass, the Mass of Ages ... please do read this and give it some thought.
On Saturday 28 November, at 3.00, a Votive Mass of our Blessed Lady on Saturday will, Deo volente, be celebrated in the Church of St Edward the Confessor, Sutton Park, Guildford, GU 4 7QN.
It will be in the Ordinariate Form.
Readers will know that the Ordinariate Form is capable of being presented in various ways. Such as with the Preparation at the foot of the Altar ... right through to the Last Gospel. Since the celebrant on this occasion is due to be Fr Maunder, of St Agatha's Portsmouth, I think you have a guarantee that this Ordinariate celebration will be in the style and culture of traditional Western Catholic Liturgy.
I can think of few initiatives more worth supporting than this."
As a regular attendee at Ordinariate Masses, and given the lack of Latin Masses in Surrey, it would be great if any of you in the area could support this Mass. If you would like Latin Masses in Surrey, or anywhere else, you have to ask, get someone else to ask, as well as their friends, and then ask again. And be enthusiastic! There really is nothing like the Latin Mass.
One minor point, please leave a name with comments. I nearly deleted this one because there was no name - pseudonym, real, I don't mind, just as long as I don't have to thank an 'Anonymous'!
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Times and locations of all our regular Masses can be found on the right hand side bar. Simply scroll down, beneath the pictures of the relevant church, you will find all the details, and contact numbers if provided.
And in other business, Advent is almost upon us again, how tempus does fugit. The year has just sped by, liturgically and personally, so apologies for not updating this blog as often as has been my wont.
The appalling acts of genocide, terrorism, and general violence seen globally are enough to make me grab my rosary and never read another news report. Similarly, on a different but nevertheless equally disturbing scale, all news coming out of the most recent synod** didn't just give me a headache. Like most people, I spent (or do I mean wasted?) a great deal of time trying to make sense of the nonsensical before I gave up. Church teaching has remained as constant as it has remained true, and will continue to be regardless of any attempts to subvert it, from within or without. I keep telling myself the gates of hell shall not prevail, and then read anything written by Bishop Schneider.
So here we are, almost in Advent. Preparing for Advent is almost as much fun as Advent itself, and because of the terrible things going on in the world, I will appreciate the preparations for the great feast of Christmas even more this year.
Rosary and Benediction...
...at Our Lady of Ransom, Eastbourne, at 3.00 pm on Sundays in October. A big thank you to Fr Gerard Hatton for encouraging and fostering these devotions! If you are in the area, please come along.
The continuing unfolding...
...of what Planned Parenthood is all about.
The fifth video has just been released on the sale of baby parts, and whole babies.
In short, the buyer tells the abortion provider what bits they want, for example, the brain, and the abortionist will try, depending on how much the buyer is prepared to pay, to tweak the abortion procedure to keep the required body parts intact.
The dead babies, at 20 weeks, are "just a matter of line items".
Here is another direct quote from the video :
"...we are able to obtain intact foetal cadavers, then we can make it part of the budget, that any dissections are this, and splitting the specimens into different shipments is this."
SEE THE WHOLE VIDEO HERE.
Planned Parenthood DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW exactly what goes on in their facilities, and are trying to suppress these videos with injunctions and restraining orders.
Pray that it all comes into the light.
From Damian Barker, YCA Co-ordinator
YCA National Weekend at Aylesford -in Association with the Scola Gregoriana of Cambridge 31st Oct-1st Nov 2015
Set in the heart of Kent, England, The Friars - Aylesford Priory - is an ancient religious house of the Order of Carmelites dating back to the 13th Century. Over the centuries and now today The Friars has become the destination for thousands of visitors.
At the 2015 Young Catholic Adult Weekend Pilgrimage, there will be
Sung/High Masses,
Gregorian Chant Workshops,
Talks,
Rosaries,
Confessions,
Marian Procession,
Socials.
To book on to the weekend please go to the automated booking system at:-
https://v1.bookwhen.com/yca-aylesford-2015
More details can be found at Http://www.youngcatholicadults.co.uk
Church Militant have the latest on the foetal *harvesting* that goes on at Planned Parenthood.
I apologise for these posts because they are awful, and shocking, but I don't think we can be horrified enough by the lack of respect for human dignity and life shown by profiteering through tragedy.
Updated : Baby body parts for cash...
...the story that's so appalling, the BBC won't give it any coverage.
There are more videos taken undercover in the cause of showing just what an industry abortion is, and how much money is invested in it. So much money that Planned Parenthood in the US stand to lose shed loads, if, of course, people wake up to the horror of picking through a dead baby's body for the *good bits* for profit. PP say it's all selective editing, and they're really the good guys. Tell that to the baby in bits on a lab bench. And you can see from the original videos on line that no selective editing has gone on, they're lying.
Naturally, the argument will run that if it's just blobs of rejected tissue, you might as well just use up the bits rather than disposing of them decently. Although that kind of rings hollow when you hear the doctors talking about legs and kidneys, and keeping the brains intact.
For some context regarding the background of Planned Parenthood, what a euphemism, here are some quotes from Margaret Sanger, PP's founder.
No-one in this country will even hear about this if news providers are so selective with their reporting that they censor all those bits out which don't support their particular leftist liberal agenda. Oh, like the BBC, our allegedly wondrous flagship television service. I actively boycott the BBC most of the time for the sake of my blood pressure, but dip in occasionally. I've dipped in recently, and it's same old, same old.
So here is the latest link to the videos showing exactly what does go down in abortion clinics in the US. If you can't take my word for it, have a look and see for yourselves. A word of warning, they are truly appalling, and you might want to say the prayer to St Michael before, during, and after. Again, this is disturbing stuff, be warned :
UPDATE from Life Site news:
'The California Supreme Court has issued a narrow temporary restraining order preventing the centre for Medical Progress (CMP)...from releasing further video footage...'
You can read the WHOLE STORY HERE.
The Dark Web and the English Seaside.
Above is a picture of an ice berg. It's a very simple illustration of the internet. Everything in the Visible Web is open to all, think Wiki, and Google. The Deep Web has pass word protection, think your bank account, Facebook, access to your blog.
The Dark web is right at the bottom of the berg. It's a shady world of proxy IP addresses, and other stuff no-one wants to think about.
So what do the Dark Web and Margate have in common? I'll let Brother Lapin explain it all, so please click on this LINK to find out.
For anyone in the north of the Diocese
In Carshalton, at Holy Cross, there is a regular fourth Sunday Mass at 4.00 pm. Please see the LMS website for more details, and do support this Mass if you can!
Something from the USA
There are a few links here, please click on them for the full picture.
Our news outlets, apart from the Daily Mail, have been unremarkably silent on a truly disgusting video (well, what would you expect?).
You can see it here on Fox News, or on LIFE SITE. Be warned, you might become nauseous and incandescent with rage in equal measure.
Over a nice glass of something and a good plateful, a doctor from Planned Parenthood talks about flogging off aborted baby parts for research, and how they manage to not destroy the bits they're after during the abortion process.
So what company would use the 'tissue'? It's THIS ONE. Interesting placards the women are holding. What could be a link between the one and the other?
There has been a veritable Twitter storm over the past few hours, and one in which, if you have Twitter, and feel so inclined, you may wish to weigh in on.
Please support the Good Counsel Network and SPUC.
Low Mass at...
...St Mary Magdalen, North Street, Brighton, this Sunday at 9.00 am (in case you aren't going to make it to the AMEX)
IMPORTANT : There will be an additional Mass...
...at Bethany Chapel, Easons Green, on Sunday, 5th July at 10.00 am.
Details of location can be found on the sidebar, scroll down while looking at the right of the screen.
Happy Feast Day!
An Interesting Talk
Michael Voris is always thought provoking and worth listening to, whether you agree with everything he says or not.
Here is a talk he gave very recently in London. It's quite long, but make a cuppa, grab a biscuit, and have a listen.
Masses in Uckfield...
...are transferred from St Philip Neri for the foreseeable future to the Bethany Chapel at Diamond Farmhouse, Lewes Road, Easons Green, TN22 5JH, on the B2192, almost opposite the turn off signed Palehouse Common and Squires Industrial Estate.
IMPORTANT : Phone 01825 840305 before Mass to make sure it's happening.
Masses are at 10.00 am, on the fourth Sunday of the month.
There may also be Masses on the fifth Sunday of the month, and on Holy Days of Obligation. I will post updates here.
Please see the sidebar for regular Mass times and locations, just scroll down while looking on the right side of the screen.
St Richard's, Slindon : Update
Michael told me the Mass was great, with the choir from Lewes singing beautifully to a full church. Apparently there was quite a lot of support for the Traditional Liturgy, which is very good to hear, so please pray that we'll see more Masses in the near future.
Mass on Tuesday, 16th June at St Richard's, Slindon
Fr Tony Churchill will be celebrating Mass for the 150th anniversary of the building of St Richard's, Slindon, at 7.30 pm.
Please try and make it if you can!
Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart
On Friday, there will be a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Caterham, CA3 9PA, at noon.
It is also Fr Sean Finnegan's Silver Jubilee Mass.
Wish I could be there, many congratulations, Fr Sean!
IMPORTANT! Change of Mass for Uckfield
For June, July, and August, the 4th Sunday, 3.00 pm, Masses at St Philip Neri, Uckfield, have been transferred to the chapel at Diamond Farmhouse, Lewes Road, Easons Green, TN22 5JH, still on the 4th Sundays but at 10.00 am. Any queries, please contact Pam Talbot on 01825 840305
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Have a very happy feast day!
Masses in Uckfield and Lewes for Pentecost
There is a Missa Cantata at 12.30 pm for the Feast of Pentecost at St Pancras, Lewes,
Low Mass at St Philip's, Uckfield, at 3.00 pm.
Please see the side bar for details of locations, and for details of all other Mass locations and times and days in A&B.
Remember, regular Masses can be found on the sidebar to the right, under the picture of the relevant church.
...that there is also a Low Mass on Ascension Thursday at 7.00 pm in Lewes. All details are on the sidebar.
Masses at St Mary Magadalen, Brighton
High Mass for the Feast of the Ascension
Mass and Pro-Life Talk
Sung Mass for Corpus Christi
Times and locations of all our regular Masses ca...


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Still very jet-lagged from their flight from Glasgow that day, B & S found the time to B.S. with Dennis in the palatial Warfield dressing room. Listen for the interview to hear their dream set (including songs from their first album for Rough Trade) which they truly seemed to want to hear right then and there!
Belle And Sebastian: I find most guitar music is incredibly dull and incredibly boring and I think if anything we try just not to be boring.


Sorry I was MIA today busy …reading!
I'm behind on everything that I had planned today and did not even follow my feed because I was busy reading!
The day before yesterday I finished Ryan's Bed by Tijan (needed lots of tissues but it was soooo good) and today I finished the ARC of Undefeated by Stuart Reardon and Jane Harvey-Berrick.
Well let me tell you they knocked my socks off!
Call me judgemental but I never would have expected this level of mastery in writing coming from an ex pro-rugby player/current model and fitness trainer! Yes, yes I know I sound really snobbish like that but I swear I'm not someone to feel superior when other people did not go to college or … My father in law worked on roofs for God's sake and he was brilliant.
But honestly I did not believe I would have such a good book and a fantastic time reading this one! Come on his specialty was not to write fictional stories so far!
I was so enthusiastic that I contacted the author to prepare a little surprise for you all around the release date 😉 .
So here is my teaser (see still practicing my photoshop skills) and do tell me if this mantra does not make you want to tackle the world!
Review and surprise coming around the release date.
Do you like sportsromance? Now excuse myself I have a review to write and a feed to catch up with!
Its nice to unplug once in awhile!! And YES…can't wait to read this one so really looking forward to your review!
Well taking some time to read is NEVER a bad thing, especially if its a book you are loving so much. I can't wait to read your review.
Thank you so much! The review is being written right now and will be published closer to the publishing date. I find it always difficult to write a review when a book has left a deep impression.
It's always nice to take a day off and just read right? I'm so glad you loved your books w I can't wait to read your reviews! I need to read more sports romance!!


Another beautiful sunrise at Picnic Road. This is a panorama from photos I took with my iPhone, and processed in Lightroom, Photoshop, etc.
This is the entry/exit point where the walk through Tunnel Creek starts and ends. Such a magnificent place.
SS Maheno was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand that operated in the Tasman Sea, crossing between New Zealand and Australia, from 1905 until 1935. She was also used as a ship by the New Zealand Naval Forces during World War I; as His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 1. She was washed ashore on Fraser Island by a cyclone in 1935 where the disintegrating wreck remains as a popular tourist attraction.
Located in the Otway National Park on the south coast of Victoria, Stevensons Falls is located around a five minute drive from the small town of Barramunga.
There are so many beautiful boabs in the Kimberley. Here is one processed in Topaz Studio.
Another panorama of the amazing Bungle Bungle. This is a seven photo panorama, processed in Photoshop, Topaz Studio and Landscape Pro.
Sawpit Gorge is a picturesque waterhole near Halls Creek in the Kimberley region. The gorge is located on the Black Elvire River where flood waters have cut through a range. There is a towering rock wall on one side and sandy shaded banks.
This is a composite photo I played with. This young man's action made me realise why they send young men to war. It's because they think they are invincible and immortal. This group of young men were jumping of the cliff here into a pool full of rocks, without even thinking about it.
Another photo of the walk through Tunnel Creek, on the Gibb River Road.
The Boab Prison Tree, Derby is a 1,500 year old, large hollow Adansonia gregorii (Boab) tree 6 kilometres south of Derby, Western Australia with a girth of 14.7 metres. It had been reputed to have been used in the 1890s as a lockup for indigenous Australian prisoners on their way to Derby for sentencing.
This is a 14 photo panorama of Wolf Creek Crater, processed in Lightroom and the new Luminar 3.
The Mini Palms Gorge walk at the Bungle Bungle is a beautiful steep walk amongst Livistonia palm trees.
The beautiful El Questro Gorge on the Gibb River Road.
The beautiful Zebedee Springs at El Questro.
This is another photo taken while cruising on Chamberlain Gorge at El Questro.


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Castle Rackrent
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In a Glass Darkly
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This group of fifteen brief narratives connected by a place and a time—the city of Dublin at the beginning of the twentieth century—was written when…
The Philanderer
The second of Shaw's "unpleasant" plays, written in 1893, published in 1898, but not performed until 1905, The Philanderer is subtitled "A Topical Comedy." The…
Salome is Oscar Wilde's most experimental—and controversial—play. In its own time, the play, written in French, was described by a reviewer as "an arrangement in…
The Dead and Other Stories
That James Joyce's "The Dead" forms an extraordinary conclusion to his collection Dubliners, there can be no doubt. But as many have pointed out, "The…
The Octoroon
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The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys
The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys is a fast-paced tale of political intrigue and aristocratic vanity—a romp through 1793 Dublin as Ireland pitches towards the United…
Gulliver's Travels
In this narrative of the gullible ship's doctor Lemuel Gulliver and his extraordinary travels, Jonathan Swift takes readers through a series of apparently child-like fantasy…
The Importance of Being Earnest marks a central moment in late-Victorian literature, not only for its wit but also for its role in the shift…
Mrs Warren's Profession
One of Bernard Shaw's early plays of social protest, Mrs Warren's Profession places the protagonist's decision to become a prostitute in the context of the…
Harrington (1817) is the personal narrative of a recovering anti-Semite, a young man whose phobia of Jews is instilled in early childhood and who must…
The Missionary
Set in seventeenth-century India, The Missionary focuses on the relationship between Hilarion, a Portuguese missionary to India, and Luxima, an Indian prophetess. Both are aristocratic,…
The Picture of Dorian Gray
In Oscar Wilde's famous novel, Dorian Gray is tempted by Henry Wotton to sell his soul in order to hold on to beauty and youth.…
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Carol (Scoda) Spencer, age 84, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, and a Duryea native, passed away Monday at Genesis Marcella Center in Burlington, N.J.
Born in Duryea on May 2, 1934, and daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Kalafut Scoda, Carol was a graduate of the former Duryea High School and an accountant for S.J. Bailey and Sons prior to her 2000 retirement. She was also a member of the Haddonfield United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her three children, Pamela Driver of Haddon Heights, NJ, Janice Archambeault of Hamilton, NJ, and Eugene Spencer of Harleysville, PA; six grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
A private graveside service is scheduled at St. John's Cemetery, Duryea. Arrangements are under the care of the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home, Inc., 517 North Main Street, Old Forge.


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New Music: Lil' Uzi Vert – "Futsal Shuffle 2020"
Ryan Shepard
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Lil' Uzi Vert has dropped new music amid his ongoing business dispute with his former label, Generation Now. The new track, "Futsal Shuffle," features samples from Naduwar and Tyler, The Creator.
The Philadelphia native raps, "Are you serious?/I swear my money get serious/Okay, all my checks, I just be clearin' it/She suck my d*ck 'til she get delirious (Wow)/Okay, jump on the jet, so I'm clearin' it."
Later, he raps, "She save my name in her phone/Only thing she save me under is probably that 'U' letter (Hello?)/No, I don't got provolone/Only thing in my pocket is probably, um, some blue cheddar."
The new record follows his April two-pack that included "That's A Rack" and "Sanguine Paradise". For the time being, the new track is being billed as the first single from his sophomore album, Eternal Atake.
Given his ongoing label disputes, it's unclear when or how we'll get Eternal Atake. With that being said, we'll always check out new music from Uzi. While we wait for the new album, check out his latest single below.
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Healthy marriages are imperative to the well-being of any community. For this reason, my wife and I, and 41 other married couples involved with the community of G.O.D. Int'l gathered together at the headquarters of G.O.D. Int'l recently to participate in what was has become our annual marriage retreat to focus on strengthening the vitality of our marriages.
While our efforts as an organization are often focused on reaching out to the marginalized both locally and around the world, we recognize that such efforts must begin with our own health as a community, and as families.
The divorce rate in the US is now between 40 and 50 percent according to the American Psychological Association. In light of this unfortunate societal trend, we are working hard as a community to protect this most foundational relationship.
One of the major roadblocks that often results in divorce in our society is the fact that married couples don't have a healthy network of , friends to turn to when conflicts or seemingly insurmountable issues arise. Struggling married couples don't often feel safe enough to open up to friends in order to gain another perspective and work through the inevitable conflicts that so commonly emerge within marriages. Because of pride or trust issues, marital issues are too often reserved for the realm of privacy.
On top of this, the Christian culture often pressures us, sometimes subtly, to pretend like things are absolutely perfect in our marriage. And we hide the issues, and put on a smiling face in public. Studies show that, often, married couples have been unhappy for up to six years before they decide to do anything about it. None of us want to get into that kind of rut.
When marriage is the most fundamental relationship in our lives, we cannot afford to be laissez-faire about it. We can't spend our focus and energy so tirelessly day in and day out to develop competencies and skills to the neglect of sharpening this most central relationship in our lives.
Because of some of these unfortunate realities, one of the major themes touched on over the course of our weekend was the necessity for accountability among marriages. While the idea may seem somewhat ordinary, it is truly an extraordinary phenomenon to watch being lived out on the day-to-day. We emphasized the importance of married couples supporting and trusting one another, and the need to feel safe in becoming more transparent with other married friends. "The marriage retreat brought out the need for my husband and I to have the accountability of friends in our marriage, to help us come to terms with our own marital challenges," said Grace Aaseby.
As human beings, we don't always see ourselves well, and have a hard time thinking outside our own perspective. Thus, if we are willing to open up our marriage to the perspective of others, we gain the perspective that can give us a more healthy relationship.
"It has been very beneficial for me to have times like this to connect on a deeper level with married friends and to gain perspective from older, experienced husbands on what it looks like to be a good husband and father," said Chris Cameron in response to the weekend.
The weekend ended with testimonies of men and women expressing heart-felt gratitude to have friends to support them in their marriage relationship. Others expressed a resolve to move forward in fulfilling their roles as either husband or wife in such a way that their spouse feels supported and excited to participate in raising families and a contributing to a healthy community.