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Experiencing more acne as the mercury rises? Here's the ultimate skincare guide to keeping summer acne breakouts at bay.
Warm weather and long days–summers sound delightful! But are they really? With summer comes the onslaught of the dreaded summer acne breakouts.
Do you also start experiencing breakouts as the temperatures rise? You are not alone. Summer acne breakouts on both the face and the body are extremely common. But the good news is that by taking a more seasonal approach to your skincare, you can easily treat and prevent these flare ups.
What causes summer acne breakouts?
Do you ever wonder why the breakouts get worse in the hotter months? Here are some of the factors responsible for summer acne breakouts:
- Heat
During summers, we tend to sweat a lot. The sweat combines with all the sticky gunk, grime, and pollutants in the air to produce the ideal environment for pores to clog and acne-causing bacteria to thrive.
- Touching your skin often
We know how uncomfortable it can get during the summer because of sweat and excessive oil production. You tend to touch our skin more—blotting sweat with towels, or sheets, wiping our makeup with our fingers and dusting on powder to reduce shine. By doing so, you risk introducing acne-causing bacteria to your face and irritating your skin barrier. And we all know that an irritated skin barrier can exacerbate acne.
- Air-conditioning
While air-conditioning is a respite from soaring temperatures, it can worsen your summer acne breakouts. Air conditioning removes moisture from the air, making it extremely drying. Thus, it sucks moisture from your face, causing your skin to overproduce oil to compensate for the dryness. And more oil production leads to more breakouts.
How to prevent summer acne breakouts?
Here are a few tips and tricks that can help treat and prevent your summer acne breakouts:
- Deeply cleanse your skin
Excessive heat and humidity can cause your oil glands to work overtime, thus leading to summer acne breakouts. You can't stop your oil glands from producing oil, but you can take steps to control excess production.
It is crucial to cleanse your face twice a day during summer to get rid of all the sweat and oil. I recommend using a gentle, foaming face wash to get rid of acne and prevent future breakouts. Try Dr G Sebum control facewash. But don't get carried away—avoid overwashing as it can dry out your skin, cause inflammation, and induce acne.
- Switch to a lightweight moisture
Have you been using heavy, intensely hydrating moisturisers during the cooler months? To keep summer acne breakouts at bay, I recommend swapping out heavier and thicker moisturisers for more lightweight, water-based lotions and serums. Humectants, such as hyaluronic acid, are great for summers as they provide hydration without the risk of pore-clogging– especially when combined with clarifying products. Try the lightweight Dr G HA Intense Moisturiser for hydrated and supple skin during summers.
- Swap out your sunscreen
No matter what season it is, sunscreen is non-negotiable. For complete sun protection, use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher. And don't forget to reapply it after every two hours.
But if you have oily, acne-prone skin, slathering on a greasy sunscreen can cause problems. Use a lightweight, non-comedogenic mineral sunscreen to prevent stickiness and summer acne breakouts. To prevent body acne, I recommend using spray-on clear sunscreens, which are alcohol-based and hence less likely to clog your pores.
- Add active ingredients to your skincare
If you have been battling summer acne breakouts for a while, incorporating active ingredients into your skincare routine can be a game-changer. Try these active ingredients for clear and healthy skin during summer:
- Salicylic acid: Salicylic acid is a godsend for people with acne-prone skin as it unclogs pores and reduces inflammation. Whether you are dealing with whiteheads, blackheads, or pustules, salicylic acid can treat them all.
- Benzoyl peroxide: If you are dealing with inflammatory acne, you can add benzoyl peroxide to your skincare regimen. It kills acne-causing bacteria and stops breakouts dead in their tracks. You can add a benzoyl peroxide face wash or toner into your skincare routine or directly use it as a spot treatment.
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Infertility in females is common nowadays. It is an inability to conceive after trying continuously for a period of 1 year. Fertility In Women is commonly related to the problem of inducement of ovulation in females. Ovulation problem depends on various reasons like stress, obesity, etc. A lot of women begin to think that they are infertile when their periods continue for 3 or 4 months after trying to get pregnant for the first time. infertility is doubted in the females who do not conceive even after having unprotected sex for 1 year.
Causes of infertility
There are different causes for infertility. Many people think that women are only responsible for infertility. However, it is not true. Problems with ovulation are one of the common causes of infertility in women. Blockages of the fallopian tube, endometriosis, PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) are some other reasons for infertility problems in women. It can be cured by Anovulation Treatment. If we talk about the symptoms of infertility in females then the most common symptom is the inability of a woman to conceive after trying for a considerable period of time. Along with this, women who are infertile may suffer from the problem of irregular menstrual periods. Females who are naturally fertile go through periods of infertility during the menstrual cycle. There are methods that can be used to determine the period of fertility in women within a cycle, by checking the changes in basal temperature or cervical mucus. Medical science says infertility is of two kinds, primary and secondary. A couple is considered to be affected by primary infertility if they have never been able to conceive, whereas, in the case of secondary infertility, the couple is not able to conceive after having conceived and carried a normal pregnancy previously. A woman may be infertile because her ovaries do not mature and release eggs. In such a case, proper medication may be used to cure the problem. Infertility may exist in either sex. The causes that affect fertility in either sex may be genetic, combined infertility, or unexplained infertility.
Genetic causes are :
Hypothalamic-pituitary factors: Kallmann Syndrome
Treatment Procedures
The treatment procedures for infertile women have advanced drastically. Assisted Reproductive Technology or ART includes various procedures which are partially and wholly artificial and helps in making a woman pregnant. Fertility drugs are used and artificial insemination is done with the help of one of the procedures like Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer, IN VITRO Fertilization, egg donation, etc. . Acupuncture is one of the best treatments that does not offer any kind of pain. It relaxes the body. Ovulation problems can be treated effectively with acupuncture. In order to induce ovulation in women, acupuncture is done. One should get acupuncture done by an experienced professional. In various cases, controlling blood sugar levels by lowering down the intake of sugar and starch; also helps in the inducement of ovulation in women.
Diagnosing and treating infertility Methods
It is used to achieve pregnancy by wholly or partially artificial means known as Assistive Reproductive Technology or ART and is used in infertility treatment. While the definition of the term is by no means exact, it is generally taken to be any method, which does not resort to the process of intercourse and uses insemination such as IUI or fertilization of the egg in the laboratory i.e. in IVF. One definition of ART, that of The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes all fertility treatments in which both eggs and sperm are handled. The definition also specifies that procedures generally involve surgically removing the eggs from the ovary, combining them with sperm in the laboratory, and then inserting them into the woman's, or another woman's body.
It also specifies that procedures do not include where only the eggs or the sperm are handled, or where a woman takes medication only to stimulate egg production with no intentions of having them retrieved. The various methods are as follows. Diagnosing and Treating Infertility Medical procedures Manual procedures In this category fall all the different methods that ART includes such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and derivatives of IVF such as OCR, AZH, ICSI, ZIFT, as well as other methods, which are not dependent on IVF. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a technique where the fertilization of the sperm and the egg is induced outside the female body. Treat Pa will help the patient to find the best infertility hospital in Bangalore and help choose the right doctor satisfied with the patient's requirements and support.


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196 A1Z Dial Universal Test Plunger Indicator. Excellent Condition In Original Box. The pictures provided were taken of the exact item you will receive, moments.
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Having a LEGO party? Attach this free printable LEGO gift tag to one of the new collectible LEGO minifigures or any LEGO minifig for the perfect party guest thank-you!
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post for LEGO; the content and opinions expressed are my own.
Did you know the LEGO minifigure is celebrating its 40th birthday this year? I had no idea those adorable LEGO minifigs were that old.
Heck, we're nearly the same age, which isn't all that cool considering they look like they haven't aged a day. I mean, where are the wrinkles?
I love any excuse to celebrate LEGO. Last year I shared these delightful mini funfetti bundt cakes to celebrate the LEGO Friends 5th anniversary.
The whole stepping on a LEGO thing is a sign of true friendship. It might also be a sign you're slightly crazy because it's a super painful experience... perhaps more painful than childbirth. Just sayin'.
But back to the LEGO minifigure. When the first minifigs were released in 1978, they included a castle, space, and town set. I am a big fan of the space set because I'm pretty sure that was where Benny, a.k.a. 1980-Something Space Guy, got his start. And I love Benny.
Since LEGO launched its line of minifigures, they've produced over 3.7 million of those little guys. And gals. And superheroes. And ninjas. And princesses. And hobbits. And adorably cute winking knight dressed in a unicorn costume.
They even have a caveman and cavewoman set AND a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Baby Groot minifigure!
I feel like its 40th birthday is something to celebrate if only to try to collect every one of the characters from the LEGO Minifigures Party series. Yes, even the creepy clown with his balloon dogs should be in your collection. (He's out of focus in the photo above because, hello, clowns.)
The LEGO Minifigures Party series includes Dragon Suit Guy, Firework Guy, Elephant Costume Girl, LEGO Brick Suit Guy, LEGO Brick Suit Girl, Cactus Girl (love this one!), Party Clown (not as creepy as real crowns but still), Cake Guy, Unicorn Guy (another fave), Flowerpot Girl (my overall fave), Birthday Party Girl, Birthday Party Boy, Spider Suit Boy, Cowboy Costume Guy, Race Car Guy, and Cat Costume Girl. But that's not all!
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The series also includes a rare replica of one of the first minifigures ever produced... the 1978 Police Officer. So awesome!
If you're planning to celebrate the minifigs' birthday or incorporate LEGO minifigures into a LEGO party, you'll want this free printable LEGO gift tag for those LEGO party favors. You can attach it to LEGO minifigure packs, minifigure keychains or magnets, or even to a LEGO set that includes a minifig.
You'll also want these amazingly easy and adorable mini funfetti cake mix donuts to go with those adorable minifigures. Nothing says a party like funfetti, and nothing is more irresistible than a mini-sized dessert!
Here's what you'll need to make the LEGO gift tags:
- "I figure you're an awesome friend" printable gift tag file (PDF)
- White cardstock
- Color Printer
- Paper trimmer
- Blue curling ribbon
Here's how to create the gift tag:
- Download the "I figure you're an awesome friend" LEGO gift tag file (link above).
- Print the printable gift tag on a color printer on white cardstock and trim the tags to size.
- Punch a hole in the gift gag and attach using blue curling ribbon or your favorite ribbon.
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The creation of CultureTrax, a web-based application for cell culture researchers and scientists.
CultureTrax™ is a web-based application for cell culture researchers and scientists.
CultureTrax software was developed by a group of veteran product development engineers and stem cell scientists. Their vision is to accelerate scientific discoveries and development of breakthrough therapies based on advanced cell culture technology. This web-based application transforms and empowers cell culture scientists to realize the full potential of their research and collaborate more effectively.
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CultureTrax software was developed with the goal of creating a platform that would improve stem cell research by helping stem cell scientists conduct their research in a more efficient way. Acumium is making that goal a reality.


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Flavorsome eggplant covered with layers of cheese and tomato sauce – the eggplant parmesan is one of the ultimate comfort foods. This Italian classic is recreated by chefs worldwide and loved by foodies everywhere.
Get your hands on this delicious dish – find eggplant parmesan near you with delivery or pickup in the Slice app. Order from your local, mom and pop pizzerias now.
This Italian dish is a layered casserole (lasagna-like), assembled with sliced eggplant, cheese, and tomato sauce. The eggplant is typically breaded and fried, then it gets covered with cheese and tomato sauce, and finally everything is baked together.
However, there are varieties to this dish without breading the eggplant. Moreover, it can be made with vegan, dairy-free cheese. Thus, keto and vegan varieties are created.
The Parmigiana (Parmigiana di melanzane or Melanzane alla parmigiana as it is called in Italy) is a classic Italian dish. The exact place of origin is debatable, although it is attributed to Naples. Both Parma and Sicily claim that the dish was born there.
The name Parmigiana connects the dish to Parma where Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is produced. However, this dish isn't as popular there as it is in Sicily and Naples.
Furthermore, no stories are supporting the Sicilian claim of the dish.
Which leaves us with Naples. There are some old Neapolitan recipes for a similar dish like the Parmigiana from the 18th century.
Moreover, the modern version of the Parmigiana has tomato ragù as one of the main ingredients. The dish evolved in Naples in the mid-19th century, which increased the popularity of the tomato in Italian cuisine.
In the US, the dish came with the Italian immigrants. Usually, it is a vegetarian dish, however, it can be made with chicken or veal, too. It is often served with a side of pasta, and chicken parmesan is served as a filling of a sub sandwich, too.
To create the original meatless Parmigiana chefs use ingredients such as:
It is assembled in layers and topped with cheese before baking. It is often served with a side of pasta or a simple, fresh salad.
There are many varieties of eggplant parmesan. Some of them include:
One cup of the dish can have from 350 to 400 calories. From them, 27.43g (68%) come from fat, 11.65g (13%) from carbs, and 17.66g (19%) from protein.
Find delicious eggplant parmesan near you and order with delivery or pickup with the Slice app.
If in New York, order it from Peperino NYC Pizza where it is made with lightly fried eggplant, herb-infused ricotta, pecorino Romano, provolone, and mozzarella cheese.
In Philadelphia, why don't you try the one from Cosimo's Pizza Café? It is made with plum tomato sauce, a touch of Romano, and mozzarella cheese, served with penne.
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Contributed by: Vern
Reviewed by: Evelyn Corsini, MSW, January 2011
Vern is a 55 year old man from Minnesota who sent this story to respond to the painACTION newsletter question, "I have been able to get good support from other people by…" Vern has had 5 failed back surgeries and has been living with chronic pain for over 10 years.
"I have been able to get good support from other people" by starting my own support and research group (Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Support and Research Advocacy Group) on Facebook. Because of personality differences the group was an off spring of a similar group. Although personality differences will always occur in support groups it is most important to keep very close tabs on all conversations to ensure there are no personal attacks. I think that is why I have found so much support there. We all have the same "disorder" so it makes it easy to get good understanding from one another. Although we do share stories about "chronic pain" in general, we focus on the problem we all have in common.
Unlike other groups, we are a "closed" board and new members are asked to share their stories or at least a little about their back problems with me prior to their approval to become a member. Because we are focused on Failed Back Surgery a lot of the members have become very close. It also enables us to understand what each of us is or has gone through.
We still deal with chronic pain but on a more general basis. I have recommended the American Pain Foundation (APF) to all the members and let them know they can find a lot of information there on not only how to deal with their pain but also how to become involved in helping others deal with their pain.
Having created this group and finding the American Pain Foundation because of it, it has opened new doors for me to not only receive more support but also offer it by becoming more involved in the APF. I am in the process of preparing my application to become a "state leader" for the organization, however, because of my pain have procrastinated in doing so.
The support I receive from our little family in the group has helped me through serious bouts with depression and even more serious bouts with pain just by knowing there are other people out there who have gone through the same thing that I have. Some of them having the same exact problems in the same exact areas. That is the reason we limit the group to those who have the same problems it seems to create a better understanding of each other.
My plans for the future include starting a support group primarily for back surgery patients which should give me an even better understanding of what different people go through and how they deal with it.
painACTION editorial note: There are national organizations that provide support for people living with chronic pain, through their websites, telephone links, and groups that meet in many communities. Check out The American Chronic Pain Association(www.theacpa.org), The American Pain Foundation (www.painfoundation.org), and the U.S. Pain Foundations (www.uspainfoundation.org).


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SAN JOSE, CA (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Mediation talks aimed at resolving San Jose's lawsuit over Santa Clara County's proposed fairgrounds concert hall project ended with county officials promising more litigation in the ongoing land-use feud with the city.
County officials said promised to file a countersuit today accusing the city of violating the same 2001 land-use agreement that is at the heart of the music hall dispute.
"We want to be made whole for the damages to the fairgrounds theater, and we want the city to perform what it agreed to do in 2001," County Executive Pete Kutras told the Mercury News.
City Attorney Rick Doyle told the paper that although he had not seen the lawsuit yet, "I don't believe the county's claims have much merit."
Whether the two sides will settle out of court or move to trial is unclear at this point, but both said that last Tuesday, April 26th, discussions were productive and they expect to continue talking.
House of Blues is fighting for permission to build the 7,000-seat concert hall at the county fairgrounds site located within the San Jose city limits. City officials have shown interest at having a venue build downtown, possibly in a deal with the San Jose Sharks, rather than on the fairgrounds. Neither party, however, has brought forward a viable financing plan.
County officials said that while the discussions may lead to a better understanding between the city and county on land-use issues that come up in the future, they were pessimistic about chances for settling the venue dispute.
"Whether we can resolve the pending issues, given the immediacy of all this, I don't know," County Counsel Ann Ravel told the paper.
County officials have been trying to develop a concert hall at the fairgrounds since 1999, and gave their final approval last May for the project to proceed. San Jose and downtown merchants filed separate lawsuits in August to stop the project.
While the merchants' suit was thrown out, a judge in San Mateo County agreed to let the city take its case to trial, effectively stopping the project.
San Jose's suit contends that the land-use agreement required the county to seek city approval for the music hall.
The county's countersuit argues the city violated the agreement by suing over the project rather than settling out of court, noting that the city had plenty of opportunity to raise objections during county approval processes. The suit alleges the city "acted to purposefully undermine the fairgrounds theater project and to support a downtown concert theater" location favored by downtown merchants, which has failed to gain traction. –by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers


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"Night of the Apocalypse"
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The word apocalypse in Greek means "revelation". The night of Great Friday is called the Night of Apocalypse because it is on this night that we read the entire Holy Book of Revelation. On this night we celebrate the descent of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into the pit of Hades to restore all those who died on the hope of the resurrection to Paradise. The church gathers around the tomb of the Lord Jesus Christ the whole night in prayers and rituals.
This special night is begun with the opening of the altar curtain, which symbolizes when Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ opened the gates of Paradise on the great Friday. The Night of Apocalypse is divided into eight major parts: Midnight Praises, Prayer of Prime Hour, Morning Raising of Incense, Prayers of the Third and Sixth Hours, Revelation, Prayers of the Ninth Hour, the Divine Liturgy, and the Prayers of the Eleventh Hour.
Midnight Praises
The Midnight Praises on the Night of Apocalypse are expanded to include all the praises of the prophets of the Old Testament. The night begins with the reading of the Holy Book of Psalm 151, "I am the youngest of my brethren..." Although this Holy Psalm is about David, the words of the Holy Psalm also apply to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
For example, like David...Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was not from the tribe of Levi, which is the tribe of the priesthood, like David He was a shepherd who tended the flock of the Father, His Father's sheep. He fought Satan...David's Goliath, He used the sword of the Lord... the cross to defeat Satan, and He took away disgrace...sin from His people. The reading of the Holy Psalm 151 is a continuation of Great Friday when all 150 Holy Psalms are read during burial in the 12th Hour while chanting Golgotha.
In this night, there are three processions which are symbolic of:
- the joy and happiness of entering Paradise
- Preaching to the world that the gates of Paradise have been opened, and
- Saints departing from Hades and entering Paradise.
The number three in the processions symbolizes that the Lord rose from the dead on the third day.
All the praises from the Old Testament are then read and sung. These praises come from the prophets and persons of the Old Testament like Moses, Hannah, Jonah, Manasseh, Isaiah, Daniel, Hezekiah, Elijah, David, and the Three Young Men. These praises are significant in that they speak of one specific topic: the salvation of the Lord. These prophets and Old Testament figures did not see the salvation, but looked upon it from afar.
The reading of these praises is also symbolic of the fact that the prophecies regarding salvation have now been fulfilled. During these praises, there are deacons who chant from within the altar and there are other deacons who chant from outside of the altar. The deacons chanting from within are symbolic of the Saints who entered Paradise and those who stand outside represent the congregation, the people in the church participating with the Saints in praising God.
The story of Susannah the Virtuous is then read from the Holy Book of Daniel. In the story, two elders, who wanted to commit sin with her, of adultery, wrongfully accuse Susannah. The people then believing the words of the elders sought to kill her. Daniel being moved by the Spirit of God speaks with the elders separately and reveals to the people who would condemn Susannah that the elders bear false witness against her and Daniel then reveals the truth.
This story is symbolic of the death of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by false witnesses and how He rose from the dead after that, much like Susannah was to face death from the false witness of the elders but she was brought back to life. In this way, Susannah is symbolic of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Also as Daniel saved Susannah from death, so also the Lord Jesus Christ saved us from the sentence of death.
Raising of Incense
During the Raising of Incense the Holy Psalm is read half in Paschal Tune and half in the Annual Tune. The people on the earth, like the disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ were not aware that the gates of Paradise had been opened, which is why the first half is said in Paschal Tune. The second half of the Holy Psalm, which is said in the Annual Tune, is symbolic of the saints who entered Paradise and were joyful. This represents the transition between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
The Holy Book of Revelation
After the Raising of the Incense, the Third and Sixth Hours are prayed according to the rituals of that night. After the Third and Sixth Hours Prayers have been read, the church begins to read the Holy Book of Revelation. The Holy Book of Revelation is read on Night of the Apocalypse because the Holy Book of Revelation refers to the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ; the Church.
In the Holy Gospel of St. John, St. John calls Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the "bridegroom" (John 3:29) and in the Holy Book of Revelation 21:9 St. John refers to the "bride" of the Lord Jesus Christ; the church...and tells St. John..."Come I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife." Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ shed His blood on the cross and descended into Hades to get his bride, the saints and then opened the gates of Paradise. Now there is a bridegroom and we await the bride by reading the description of the church in the Holy Book of Revelation.
The story of salvation is that God the Father chose a bride for His Son, who paid for His bride, not with gold or silver, but with His Precious Blood. We are engaged to the Lord Jesus Christ; purified by His water and blood (Ephesians 5:25), wedded at the moment of His death on Great Friday.
All the hymns of the holy book of revelations are related to the bride of Christ: the church. These hymns call the bride to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit, enumerate the number the sealed bride, the song of the bride (Alleluia), and the foundation of the heavenly Jerusalem (the bride of Christ).
The book of revelation is read between the Sixth and the Ninth hour since at that time the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, shed His blood and descended into Hades to restore Adam and his children to the paradise of joy.
The anointing of oil by the priests to the congregation before the Divine Liturgy is referred to in the Holy Book of Revelation 7:2-8, in which the servants of God must have sealed upon their foreheads. We are anointed with oil to seal us; to say that we are the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ. Following this, the Ninth Hour is prayed in preparation for the Divine Liturgy.
The Divine Liturgy
The Night of Apocalypse ends with the Divine Liturgy and the Holy Communion; called the "Supper of the Wedding of the Lamb" (Revelation 19:9). This Divine Liturgy is unique in that we do not pray the "Prayer of Reconciliation" because the Lord Jesus Christ must trample death by His death (1 Corinthians 15) and death was not yet abolished at this point. Although we do not pray the Commemoration of the Saints on Covenant Thursday, we do pray the Commemoration of the Saints on Bright Saturday because Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has opened the gates of Paradise.
During Holy Communion the church prays the Eleventh Hour, chants selected Holy Psalms, and reads the prophecies of the Glorious Feast of Resurrection.
May we all enter into a blessed Holy Week with daily church attendance and solemn prayers and scriptural readings befitting its spiritual remembrance.
H.G. Bishop Youssef
Bishop, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
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Here's what we learned from the Rams' 29-22 preseason victory Saturday night against the Chargers at SoFi Stadium:
Lance McCutcheon is a playmaker
Rams coach Sean McVay turned to senior offensive assistant Greg Olson and told him he was right after one of McCutcheon's dynamic plays.
McCutcheon, an undrafted rookie, put on a show versus the Chargers with five receptions for 87 yards and two touchdowns. The 6-foot-3 wideout from Montana State connected with quarterback Bryce Perkins for a 60-yard touchdown in the second quarter that required McCutcheon to track the ball in tight space before breaking multiple tackles.
Later in the fourth quarter, McCutcheon had an 11-yard, jump-ball touchdown reception.
"We talked about it," Perkins said. "He was adamant over and over. He's like, 'If they're close, man, just give me the jump ball and I'll make the play.' He made great plays in camp and I felt comfortable giving him those opportunities."
Olson didn't need to see McCutcheon in training camp to know the Rams had a promising wide receiver. McVay said Olson predicted that he's going to do well in the preseason after being around McCutcheon for one day in the offseason program.
"There are certain young guys that just have that right look in their eye where you can see they're mature beyond their years," McVay said of McCutcheon.
McCutcheon said star wide receivers Allen Robinson and Cooper Kupp have helped with his development. The rookie put it all together in his preseason debut with his mom in attendance from Montana.
"They're geniuses when it comes to this game," McCutcheon said about Kupp and Robinson. "I'm always trying to pick their brain, see what they're doing."
McVay said Sunday that McCutcheon has a realistic chance of making the 53-man roster, but mentioned that he'll need to earn it by also contributing on special teams. The Rams might have a logjam at wide receiver with Kupp, Robinson, Van Jefferson, Tutu Atwell, Ben Skowronek, Brandon Powell and Jacob Harris.
Lance McCutcheon said his phone is blowing up with messages after his two-touchdown performance. He went on do not disturb mode #Rams pic.twitter.com/psPpkRzQvh
— Gilbert Manzano (@GManzano24) August 14, 2022
What they said about Perkins
Perkins picked up where he left off last preseason by completing 10 of 17 passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns along with 39 rushing yards and a 1-yard touchdown run.
"Really pleased with Bryce Perkins," McVay said. "His ability to make plays off schedule, to be able to get in and out of the huddle … That was exciting. How the heck did he get out of a couple of those (scrambles), but he's a playmaker. When things do break down … that's an elite trait that he has, the ability to break tackles."
Perkins again flashed his athleticism, something he did last summer, but he also displayed his improvements as a passer in the pocket. McVay credited offensive coordinator Liam Coen for calling plays that best suited Perkins' skill set.
"I think he did a great job," Perkins said of Coen. "I got to open up my ears a little bit more, because I was having a hard time hearing him on some of them. I think he did a great job. Liam is a great dude, great coach. Smart. I really enjoyed my first year with him and I am glad he's back."
Last summer, Perkins forced the Rams to keep three quarterbacks on the 53-man roster. He might force them to do it again after another dazzling preseason performance.
What comes next
The Rams return to Thousand Oaks to prepare for their second preseason game. They host the Houston Texans at SoFi Stadium Friday night.
There will likely be no Atwell in that game because McVay said the wide receiver had done enough in training camp and wanted to keep him out of harm's way. With Jefferson dealing with a knee injury, McVay said that also played a role in Atwell not playing because the team isn't sure whether Jefferson will be available for the season opener.
"He's going to be a part of what we're doing this year," McVay said of Atwell.
Despite McCutcheon's dominant debut, he likely won't join Atwell on the sideline because the Rams prefer their rookies to gain experience in the preseason and they also need players to be available with Tuesday's deadline to trim the roster from 90 to 85.
McVay said he was pleased with the debut performances of right guard Logan Bruss and cornerbacks Derion Kendrick and Decobie Durant.
Those rookies will get another opportunity to impress against the Texans.
Bryce Perkins opens the locker room to reporters for first time in two years #Rams pic.twitter.com/ABmRFSMx4z
— Gilbert Manzano (@GManzano24) August 14, 2022
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Time to pay up, Jimmy's Seafood.
The Baltimore restaurant offered Jeremy Maclin free crab cakes for the duration of his contract if he signed with the Ravens.
Less than a half-hour after the news of Maclin agreeing to terms with the team broke, the receiver was ready to collect his bounty.
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You have to think restaurants in Philadelphia and Buffalo — the Eagles and Bills were reportedly the other teams in the running to sign Maclin — are kicking themselves right now. An offer of free Philly cheesesteaks or Buffalo wings may have convinced him to sign with their teams. Alas!
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So what are you doing to stay busy and occupied? Spring cleaning has been more active than other spring seasons. The grass will get mowed more often. Hopefully you've called more folks than normal. Hmm ... how about planting a "victory garden?"
I found this information from the National Garden Bureau: "When the Victory Garden Manual was first written in 1943, it was pretty easy to come up with reasons to grow your own vegetables. It was wartime and food was scarce. The food that was available might not have been the freshest or healthiest. Statistics say that in 1943, nearly 40% of all fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. were grown in-home and community victory gardens. That's impressive!
"Now, as National Garden Bureau celebrates its 100th anniversary (1920-2020), it seems timely to reintroduce the concept of victory gardening with quick and easy steps to plan and grow your own vegetable garden. The National Garden Bureau is calling it: Victory Garden 2.0!
"All credit goes to the author of this book, James H. Burdett. Mr. Burdett founded the National Garden Bureau in 1920 as a way to enlist horticultural writers and broadcasters in the noble effort of mass education to create a population of gardeners. In the process, he improved the lives of citizens both in wartime and in times of peace."
We are fighting an invisible battle. I call the coronavirus a violent storm and look forward to the calm after this horrific storm. Think about planting a simple 8' x 8' garden. I'd love to hear from those that grew up in Greencastle during WWII and helped with the "victory gardens" in the back yards of our community. Getting outside is great therapy. Grow that small garden. Take that walk. Sit on that porch.
Growing up we had a big garden and would help grand-ma, aunts and uncles in their gardens as well at harvest time. Aunts and uncles would drive the tractors plowing up potatoes. We'd dig them out and have quite the bounty. Quite a garden coup. Now, Tina and I love to watch our grandchildren pick fresh vegetables in their own little gardens. It's amazing how much yield these 8' x 8' garden plots produce. Last fall, Quinn loved to pick and eat the cherry tomatoes before they made it to the back door. The community rabbits and insects enjoyed their share of the early bounty as well.
We have distance worshipped for Palm Sunday. I encourage you to distance worship Easter Sunday via the internet, telephone and in your home with your loved ones and your spiritual families. "Till The Storm Passes By" was one of my Dad's favorite hymns. Look it up on YouTube if you are able and listen to the words. After every storm, there is a calm; a rainbow; a time to be thankful.
So how can we be helpful to others? Check on those who are unable to supply their daily needs. Help a senior or one that may be challenged and make sure they have healthy food and staple items. Call them every day just to say hello with telephone companionship. Decades ago I was a cadet at the police academy. The training was mentally and physically challenging. I clearly remember a sergeant standing in front of the class. His two words stuck! "Have confidence" was his firm message to me and the other cadets in the class.
My message to you is "have confidence" until this storm passes by. We are blessed.


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You learn you can do your best even when itĺs hard, even when youĺre tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage. ~ Joe Namath
The best protection any woman can have... is courage. ~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. ~ Baltasar Gracißn
The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!~ Timothy Luce
Courage is fear that has said its prayers. ~ Dorothy Bernard
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"Groundbreaking" New Avatar Mobile Game Coming, Has Huge Budget and Bold Ambitions
"The Avatar game will deliver new and unexpected thrills to gamers for the foreseeable future."
A new video game based on James Cameron's Avatar universe is on the way, but it might not be the game you were hoping for. Kabam, the mobile/social developer behind Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit games, has reached a deal with Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and 20th Century Fox to make a "AAA massively multiplayer mobile strategy game" based on Avatar.
The untitled game will combine the characters and environments from the Avatar films (only one movie has been released so far, but four sequels are coming), along with "innovative game design" and the "highest production values."
Like Ubisoft did with Cameron for its 2009 console game, Kabam says it will "work closely" with Lightstorm to make the game. Kabam has high hopes for it, describing the game as "groundbreaking" and one that will offer an "unprecedented mobile experience."
Kabam pledged to continually update and evolve the game after its release. Cameron is planning four Avatar sequels and Kabam says "the game will take players into new, uncharted territory" as these movies are released.
"We develop games that people return to and play for years, and the Avatar game will deliver new and unexpected thrills to gamers for the foreseeable future," Kabam COO Kent Wakeford said in a statement. "James Cameron and the Avatar franchise are synonymous with groundbreaking technology and pushing the envelope. We plan to live up to those standards by creating the best AAA massively multiplayer mobile game possible for the franchise."
As for Lightstorm, COO and Avatar producer Jon Landau said the movie's universe is so big that there is no way it could be completely covered in the films alone.
"We think fans will be excited by the level of additional depth and detail that they will be able to experience in this game," he said.
Kabam president and chief creative officer Mike Verdu added that the Avatar game will represent the company's biggest-ever release. It will also have one of the largest development budgets in mobile gaming history.
No images or gameplay footage has been published, and there is no word yet on a release date. Avatar 2 is slated for 2018, with the three further sequels coming in 2020, 2022, and 2023.
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How to keep tabs on your company and personal brand using Google Alerts
How big is the World Wide Web in 2007? The answer to that question is hard to pin down, to say the least. I can find little reliable data since a report published by Berkeley in 2003 (at that time the Web had 170 terabytes of information, 17x the size of the Library of Congress), and an analysis done by Antonio Guilli in 2005 placing the number at 11.5 billion Web pages. The most recent data that I could find was an article from Pandia from February 2007 indicating that the size of the World Wide Web is somewhere between 15 and 30 billion pages, probably closer to 30 billion.
My point? The Web is big. Huge. And the best way that I know how to keep up with the new information that is being produced about my brands on a daily basis is to use Google Alerts.
This is a simple tool to use, and in my opinion, every professional up and down an organization should be using it. To set it up, take the following steps:
- Go to the Google news home page.
- Click the icon in the left-hand column that says "News alerts."
- Enter the search terms that you want to track. I recommend tracking your company name and your personal name at the very minimum.
- In the "type" field, select "comprehensive" – this will track the Web, news, blogs, groups and all the information that Google has indexed.
- How often depends on your needs. I recommend once-per-day, but if you are really a stickler for finding out information more quickly, you could select "as it happens." The only warning about that setting is that you'll be getting multiple notifications per day and it could quickly overwhelm your inbox depending on how many alerts you set up.
- Click "create alert."
- In the past I needed to confirm my alerts – I no longer need to do that, but I'm not sure if that is because I am using a Gmail account, because I have set up so many news alerts in the past, or because Google has done away with the confirmation step. So just be aware that you may have to confirm your subscriptions (or you may not).
That's it! You'll now start getting notifications to your inbox. You can remove subscriptions by following the links that are in each email, and Google has created a page to manage alerts that will let you see all your notifications in one place and add and remove them easily.
That covers the how, but a quick word on the why you should do this. The primary reason to set up alerts is obvious – if you are the owner or an executive of a company or work in the PR department, it is your responsibility to monitor your brands. This is the easiest, least-intensive way to make sure that you are up-to-date on what people are saying about your company. But there are some other benefits that you might not realize:
– You will know what is going on with your company. If you're an executive, you are likely privy to information before the rest of the employees, so this might not apply to you as much as to the non-executive who isn't kept up-to-speed. It's possible that by monitoring your company's alerts, you'll find out about acquisitions, financials, layoffs and even scandals before the rest of your colleagues. This happened famously at New York Times Digital where employees found out about layoffs before they were announced because of an article that was published in the New York Times.
– You will make sure that a bad image of you isn't being leaked to the public. By keeping tabs on your personal brand (ie, your name) you will make sure that you know what people are saying about you and how you are being portrayed on the Web. Think that your MySpace page won't show up in a Google search? Think again. By monitoring my alerts with my maiden name (Melissa Reyen), I found out that I am among the record holders for Harvard softball for most times grounded into a double play. Slightly embarrassing, but not as embarrassing as this.
– You will look smart. If you set up alerts to monitor not only your company, but also your competitors and the product or service that your company produces, you will be able to stay on the cutting-edge of the news for your industry. When you find out a particularly juicy tidbit, you can email your colleagues, who will think that you are super-smart and insightful for knowing this information, even though it was sent directly to you from Google.
– You can be proactive. If you find out that some unfortunate information is being spread about your company, you can work to to avert the problem and end up looking like a hero. When I worked at Ziff Davis, we were often accused of spamming people – anyone who works at a publishing company knows that this is a fairly regular occurrence, not because we were spamming, but because there are humans involved in the unsubscribe process and things occasionally go wrong. This happened, and my colleague Mary Hart was on the case quickly to respond to a blogger who was ranting. Her actions immediately turned the rant into praise for the exemplary customer service that she provided.
Bottom line: If you don't have Google Alerts set up, do it today. The small amount of effort will be well worth it.


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Last month, offshore marine operator Attollo Offshore mobilised a jackup accommodation unit to one of the world's most innovative renewable energy projects – Ørsted's Borkum Riffgrund 2.
The contract follows on from Attollo's recent success in the Southern North Sea's Race Bank windfarm project, which is now widely recognised as the benchmark for the successful construction and delivery of a windfarm.
Developed in the German North Sea, Ørsted's Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm comprises the largest wind turbines in the German North Sea and is expected to produce sufficient electricity to power nearly half a million homes per annum.
Attollo's workscope will see the Aberdeen-based company – renowned for its smarter operations of offshore assets – provide accommodation and construction support for the hook-up and commissioning of the 450-MW high-voltage substation.
Ben Moore, managing director at Attollo Offshore says, "Attollo is delighted to be a part of this ground-breaking project, after our success at Race Bank. In comparison to the 4 MW turbines used within Borkum Riffgrund 1, the Borkum Riffgrund 2's 8 MW turbines are the ultimate demonstration of the innovation and growing ambitions of Ørsted and the global offshore wind industry for a green energy future."
Dennis Bormann, Deputy Construction Project Manager for BKR02, adds, "With Attollo Offshore operating the Atlantic Amsterdam, we have extensive flexibility for the commissioning works on our BKR02 OSS topside, in terms of accommodation, storage, power supply and the whole logistical set-up."
"The crew is well trained and experienced, capable of conducting complex lifting operations, as well as ad-hoc tasks. This has allowed us to focus on getting our power production to run in time," Bormann concludes.


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The luxury Mystique Resort in Santorini, Greece is special for more than one reason. If the pictures are not enough to convince you, then let us share some details about this haven of relaxation an pampering.
Over 2000 square meters (over 21,500 square feet) of luxury await you at the Mystique Resort where eighteen suites and villas offer high-end accommodation. The extensive use of local stone and wood creates a very natural, organic environment in every villa, and this is very well completed by antique textiles and patterns used as décor elements.
At the hotel, where you arrive by using complimentary to/from airport/port transportation in an air-conditioned shuttle, a valet and a butler will assist you during your entire stay. As part of the numerous guest facilities we mention the 24 hour room service, your selection of daily fresh fruit and mineral water, in-house laundry and pressing service, and the massage sessions with aromatherapy.
Dining outlets include the Charisma Gourmet Restaurant, the Secret Wine Cave and the Aura Pool Bar. You can also choose to serve your meal in a more private environment, at your choice. To top it all off, amazing views of the water will give you a delightful sense of serenity, every day.


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Word family noun sport adjective sporting unsporting sporty verb sportFrom Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_310_hsportsport1 /spɔːt $ spɔːrt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 games a) [countable]DSSPORT/GAME a physical activity in which people compete against each other My favourite sports are tennis and swimming. a sports team All students are encouraged to take part in a sport. He picked up the newspaper and turned to the sports pages. b) [uncountable] British EnglishSPORT/GAME sports in general Why is there so much sport on TV? I always hated sport at school.GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• In British English, you say: I like watching sport on TV. Sport is an uncountable noun in this meaning.• In American English, you say: I like watching sports on TV. Sports is a plural noun in this meaning.2 hunting [countable]DLOSPORT/GAME an activity that people do in the countryside, especially hunting or fishing the sport of falconry a demonstration by people opposed to blood sports (=sports that involve killing animals)3 helpful person [countable usually singular] (also good sport) old-fashionedHELP a helpful cheerful person who lets you enjoy yourselfbe a sport (=used when asking someone to help you) Be a sport and lend me your bike.4 → a good sport5 → a bad/poor sport6 man/boy spoken a) AusETALK TO somebodyMAN used when speaking to someone, especially a man, in a friendly way See you later, sport. b) American English old-fashionedTALK TO somebody used when speaking to a boy in a friendly way7 fun [uncountable] old-fashionedENJOY/LIKE DOING something fun or amusement Did she torment him merely for sport?8 → make sport of somebody → field sports, water sports, winter sportsCOLLOCATIONSverbsplay (a) sportMy ambition was to play sport at the highest level.take part in (a) sportStudents are encouraged to take part in a sport of some kind. do sport British English, do sports American EnglishI did a lot of sport at school.take up a sport (=start doing it)I took up the sport six years ago.compete in a sport (=do that sport in competitions)She competed in various sports when she was young.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sporta team sportI liked playing team sports such as football and rugby.an individual sportYou have to be mentally tough to compete in individual sports.a spectator sport (=one that people enjoy watching)Football is the most popular spectator sport.competitive sport(s) (=in which people compete and try to win)Competitive sport teaches valuable lessons which last for life.a contact sport (=one in which players have physical contact with each other)People get hurt in contact sports, but they also have fun.a winter sport (=skiing, ice skating etc)More and more people are taking up winter sports.an extreme sport (=one that is dangerous)Many teenagers are attracted to extreme sports such as snowboarding.professional sport(s) (=which people are paid to do)The kind of money involved in professional sport makes cheating inevitable.a minority sport (=one that very few people do)Minority sports rarely feature on TV.sports + NOUNa sports teamA lot of schools have their own sports teams.a sports clubShe joined her local sports club.a sports field/groundThe village has its own sports field.a sports eventIs this country able to stage a major sports event?a sports fan (=someone who enjoys watching sport)He was a big sports fan.a sports personality (=someone who is famous for playing sport)The event will be opened by a well-known sports personality.sports facilitiesAll our holiday camps have wonderful sports facilities.sports equipmenta new online store selling all kinds of sports equipmenta sports injuryThe clinic specializes in treating sports injuries.COMMON ERRORS ► Don't say 'make (a) sport'. Say do (a) sport or play (a) sport. THESAURUSplaces where people do sport field (also pitch British English) a large area of ground, usually covered with grass, where team sports are playedA few kids were playing on the football field.a hockey fieldstadium a large sports field with seats all around it for people to watch team sports or track and field competitionsThe atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium was amazing.a football stadiumground British English a sports field and the seats and buildings around it, belonging to a particular football, rugby, or cricket teamI met my friends inside the ground.ballpark/park American English a stadium where baseball is playedBusch Stadium is one of the newest ballparks in Major League.court an area with lines painted on the ground, for tennis, badminton, basketball, or volleyballThe hotel has four tennis courts and a volleyball court.diamond the area in a baseball field that is within the shape formed by the four bases. The diamond can also be the whole fieldThe pitcher stands in the middle of the diamond.There's a playground, a picnic area, and a baseball diamond.track a circular path with lines on it, for running onIn the relay, each runner runs once around the track. gym a room with machines which you can use to do exercisesHe spends an hour in the gym every day.pool/swimming pool a place where you can swimHe jumped into the deep end of the pool.I'll meet you outside the swimming pool.sports centre British English, sports center American English a building where you can play many types of indoor sportsWhy not do exercise classes at your local sports centre?health club a small sports centre, where you pay to be a memberHow much does it cost to join a health club?
Examples from the Corpussport• Sport has always been very important in this part of the country.• She's interested in cinema, music and sport.• They include My Yahoo!, a Web site providing personalized news, weather and sports.• Motorcycle racing can be a dangerous sport.• Soccer is Mark's favorite sport.• His favourite sports are swimming and tennis.• Many sports are a form of disciplined warfare.• We don't do much sport at my school.• I think everyone should do at least one sport, in order to keep fit.• Today's kids need to spend less time watching television, and more time playing sports.• Will the state promote sport as a safe, numbing kind of nationalistic cocoon for healthy, obedient citizens?• Minnie's been a real sport about all the houseguests.• But first with the weekend's sport here's Tim Russon.• The Sporting News recently had the nerve to name Woods the most powerful man in all of sports.• The special place that they had enjoyed in traditional sports was much reduced.• Which sports do you play at school?blood sports• The centre actively campaigns to abolish blood sports and cares for sick foxes.• The ban on hunting has been welcomed by anti blood sports campaigners.• An extreme example of Western attitude towards animals is the so-called blood sports, most of which have now died out.• There is an aesthetic, if we can dignify it with that word, which distinguishes blood sports from each other.• Then the person you are speaking to slips in words like blood sports, slaughter, cruel, fluffy creatures.• This is the question of field or blood sports.• Has the blood sports lobby lost the argument?• The antipathy to blood sports is more profound because it is unethical to torment and kill any sentient creature for mere entertainment.be a sport• The Notting Hill star, 39, was sporting his new spiky hairdo.• But baseball is a sport with deep roots in the past.• But then most of the police - even the ones in cars - are sporting red noses for the occasion.• His clients were sports stars like jockey Pat Eddery and boxer Lennox Lewis.• His father was a sports writer covering boxing for the Chicago Journal and the Chicago Times.• Gary Healea was a sports fan in the original sense of the word: a fanatic.• A super gift idea is a sports movie video.• Lets face it, most of us are sports fans.sportsport2 verb 1 → be sporting something2 [intransitive] literaryENJOY/LIKE DOING something to play together happily the sight of dolphins sporting amidst the waves→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpussport• Will came back from his trip sporting a mustache and a beard.• The ancient gas refrigerator sports a screwdriver for a door handle.• It seems that every police car is brand-new, and Hussein's soldiers sport crisp, new uniforms.• When it finally is released, the new Windows will sport some cool new features.• Whales were spouting and sporting with each other.• Even fewer pull it off while sporting zoot suits.Origin sport1 (1300-1400) disport


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Bates India signs Sourabh Mishra as Planning Head
Mishra is joining Bates from Saatchi & Saatchi India, where he is currently Chief Strategy Officer. He will commence his new role at Bates in October 2012
Bates India has appointed Sourabh Mishra as National Planning Head and Group Chief Strategy Officer. Mishra is joining Bates from Saatchi & Saatchi India, where he is currently Chief Strategy Officer. He will commence his new role at Bates in October 2012.
Based out of Mumbai, Mishra will lead strategic planning and brand management at Bates across its offices in India. His mandate includes strongly integrating media and discipline neutral solutions into Bates' core planning process and practices.
Commenting on his appointment, Sanjay Thapar, Chief Executive Officer, Bates India, said, "We are excited to welcome Sourabh within the Bates' fold and have him as part of the leadership team. Sourabh's strategic planning abilities, knack to get under the skin of brands combined with his incisive consumer insights are second to none and will play a critical role in delivering solutions to clients that will take their campaigns to the next level. We have great confidence in his abilities and are privileged to have recruited someone of his calibre into the business."
Mishra added here, "Bates' holistic solutions driven approach and the 'changengage' philosophy represent an opportunity to create solutions for today's fast changing times driven by engagement ideas that provoke conversations among brands and customers."
In a career spanning two decades, Mishra has experience of working with both advertising agencies and client organisations. He has headed the strategy planning function in agencies since 2004 and started his career with Contract Advertising, where he spent almost seven years. He later worked at BPL Telecom, Ogilvy & Mather, McCann Erickson, Everest Brand Solutions, Reliance Capital and TBWA India. At Everest, he played a crucial role in spearheading the planning function and subsequently rebranding the agency.
He has worked with a diverse category of brands that include FMCG, automobiles, healthcare, financial services, travel, telecom and technology. He has worked on the brand strategy for several multinational and Indian clients, including, General Mills, Cadbury, Coca Cola India, Skoda Auto, Mahindra Renault, TVS, ITC Foods, India First Life Insurance, Bajaj Allianz, Angel Broking, Reliance Capital, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Novartis, Dabur, Ayurvedic Concepts (Himalaya), Cox & Kings, BPL, MTS, Reliance Communications, Tata Telecom, IBM, SAP, Lenovo, Polaris and Oracle.
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Transaction Finance Manager (7865) job at The Guinness Partnership
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of England's leading providers of affordable housing and care services. We build and manage homes and provide housing services to approximately 135,000 clients nationwide. Of our 65,000 householdsmore than 70% are let at social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or partly owned by the people who live in them.
Our vision is to provide great service, provide great homes, be a great company and be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our employees, any profit we make is reinvested in new and existing homes and improving services.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Transactional Finance Manager to join our team at Oldham on a permanent basis.
This is a brand new role in our finance structure, the successful candidate will report to the Head of Payments and Revenue and be responsible for the effective and efficient management of revenue processing, payment processing and account function customer, respecting the agreed agreements. service level agreements and processes. You will also manage, develop and coach revenue and payment officers to deliver services in compliance with industry regulations and company policies.
We are currently testing hybrid work which offers the possibility of working 3 days from home and 2 days in the office.
What we are looking for
Not only will you be an experienced manager in transactional finance, but you will also have excellent leadership skills, as you will be responsible for 12 direct reports.. You will also be able to demonstrate:
- Experience managing a large transactional finance team in a complex organization.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
- Proven experience in customer service.
- Good attention to detail with ability to prioritize and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
- Excellent verbal and written communications and ability to present effectively at different levels of an organization.
- The ability to understand business operations and identify key risks and implement strong controls to mitigate those risks.
- Able to challenge, engage, influence and add value at a senior operational level and within the broader senior finance team.
- Demonstrates Guinness behaviors.
Essential Qualities:
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Just having the Moon in your work sector as Saturn prepares for his direct turn in your income sector today is an advantage, but even more so because of the taste of things to come this brings. As Saturn ends a five month retrograde phase that has had all your focus on the past and the rear view mirror, the Moon is connecting with Uranus, in retrograde motion in your work sector. As well as a chance to join the dots on the income and job fronts looking back, as the tide turns your intuition will pick up on major developments ahead on both fronts.
Life doesn't offer extensions. However, we can all recall times, when something we were disappointed was coming to an end continued in some way. But this probably took the form of a new chapter commencing rather than a prolonged lifespan. That's why you mustn't convince yourself that what you see unfolding now marks the end of a chapter that you want and need to continue. Evolving and ending aren't always the same thing.
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Sagittarius free horoscope prediction September 17th 2019
General Overview: A change in routine could be refreshing. Look for ways to switch it up at home or in the workplace. A small tweak in your schedule can make a big difference in your day, but don't expect that a Taurus will stick with the plan. The bull is more restless than usual.
Love/Friendship: A flirtation could get awkward if the other person doesn't share your feelings. You can play it off and act like it isn't a big deal even though it stings. Don't take it to heart. If you're putting yourself out there, you'll have more options in the days and weeks ahead. If you're in a relationship and you're spending more time with your friends than your partner, you've got problems. It might be time to figure out what's going on.
Career/Finance: Despite your best efforts at relaying communication, a team project could still go astray. With messenger Mercury at odds with disruptor Uranus, you can't predict how people will interpret information and execute ideas. Who knows? A mistake could turn out to be the jolt of inspiration that your project needed. Cross your fingers and hope for the best.
Personal Growth/Spirituality: A new exercise routine could get you energized about fitness. With the earthy Taurus Moon contacting inventive Uranus in your wellness zone, it's a good time to change it up. A plan with streamed workouts might appeal to you.
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Astrology of Sagittarius for today September 17th 2019
It's no good pretending to be nice, especially when you are feeling intense and powerful emotions that there is just no way you can possibly express them nicely. Think calmly about everything you are about to start doing. You will face difficulties and failures that you have caused yourself. Your desire to confront the people in close proximity will only bring you harm. A trip, even on a rainy day, will be refreshing. A message from the universe – you need to change. The astral influences encourage you to think of new ways of solving your problems. Plans made during this cycle will be extremely useful. Deterioration of your material condition is a serious possibility right now. All difficulties are easy to overcome if you don't worry too much.
Active social life and participation in public events will benefit for strengthening your relationships, all this will help you get closer together with your partner if you have one, and if you don't your chanced of finding some to love grows exponentially. You'll have the perfect opportunity to make a final decision but don't rush and show composure. You're under the heavy influence of emotion. All the while this period it's possible to be angry and irritable because of problems in your personal relationships that take up all of your time. If you are to travel soon, check again if all your documents are intact. Do not share your plans because you will be disappointed that they have come to the ears of your competitors. Decide whether you are sure in the exactness of your actions. Useful new knowledge and information promise you opportunities for affirmation. Do not share the conclusions you have made with inappropriate people.
Do not show ambition and do not make any changes in your professional life. The period is particularly fruitful for people of art – they will receive their dream proposal. Stubbornness can prevent you assess the situation correctly, and you may get a lot of disappointments if you don't show patience and self-control. You're about to ruin your mood because of some hastiness that has hindered you. By working on your issues, most likely by talking them through, some amazing changes will take place. This is a good time to put your money toward something meaningful – something that will help you. Your trips will be successful if you are careful behind the wheel. Consider whether it is in your favor to agree on meeting new people. Planetary energy indicates that you will have the opportunity to plan a goal. Difficulties will help you prove what you're capable of.
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September 17th 2019 Sagittarius zodiac sign online forecast
Your personality will act like a perfume today. Avoid overspending and dubious financial schemes. Your problems will be serious- but people around you will not notice the pain you are going through-Probably they feel it is none of their business. Look forward to new relationship for happiness Slow progress of work brings minor tensions. Pending problems need to get sorted out soon and you know that you have to start somewhere- so think positively and start putting efforts today. In a regular married life, this day will act as a delicious dessert.
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Product Leaders who consistently build great products over time are said to have great "product sense." Product sense is simply the ability to consistently build for value. More than ever, Artificial Intelligence needs product sense. AI won't figure out what problems to solve. If as product leaders we aren't aligned with a human need, we're just going to build a very powerful system to address a very small—or perhaps nonexistent—problem. We have a tremendous opportunity to shape a more humanist and inclusive world in concert with AI, and it starts by remembering our roots: finding and addressing real human needs, upholding human values, and designing for augmentation, not automation.


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At present, both Cuba and the U.S. subject the Cuban economy to substantial political risk, i.e., nonmarket loss from state actions like eminent domain, embargos, and tax policy. In Miami, unresolved claims for property expropriated by the Cuban government are the most visible examples. More globally, potential foreign investors in Cuba seek assurance that neither the U.S. nor Cuba will take state action that threatens commercial activity. The problem of political risk in Cuba is wider, more bilateral, and more complicated than just these two special interests. For several decades, no real movement on addressing these problems has been made.
As part of normalizing relations between the U.S. and Cuba, though, it now becomes possible to imagine making some headway. Settlement mechanisms for claims and foreign investment regimes have been proposed, but they tend not to grapple with the full range of competing interests at stake. In particular, existing proposals focus narrowly only on the private property interests of particular owners. Moreover, D17 (December 17, 2014, the day the two countries announced a concerted policy of normalization) fundamentally changes the rules of the game.
So a fresh look at political risk in Cuba is in order, especially now as private expectations about the Cuban economy are beginning to take shape. Rather than adding to the existing proposals, this paper sets out the interests that any successful framework for managing political risk in Cuba must satisfy. These interests are meta-criteria that serve as the beginning of a conversation about political risk.
I identify four such sets of interests: sovereign bilateralism, legal finality, dignitarian interests, and public supremacy. Any settlement mechanism must rest on the idea that Cuba and the U.S. are legal equals as sovereigns. This is a process interest. To produce legal finality for these claims, the mechanism must be exclusive, timely, comprehensive, and binding on all affected parties. This is a structure interest. For some, property claims may stand in for nonfinancial dignitarian interests that cannot be monetized. Acknowledging these cultural claims (rather than property claims) will help to resolve both sets of claims. Finally, questions about property interests must be put in the context of wider public interests at stake in the normalization between the two countries. When public and private interests conflict, the public should trump the private. This is a context interest that will help to decide when choosing between trade-offs.
As a preliminary exercise, this essay starts by sketching the pending political risk claims in respect of Cuba. It then sets out the terms of reference for each set of interests.
What makes political risk about the Cuban economy complex is that the risk is created both by the U.S. and Cuba. Moreover, in addition to any private claims against either country, each country has claims against the other.
Certified Claims Against Cuba
When the Cuban government expropriated property through the urban and agrarian reforms, it created claims to indemnification from those who lost property. Most of the U.S. claims arose in connection with oil refineries and other industrial operations owned by foreign investors. Cuba's internal law governed disputes with its citizens but the claims of foreigners is subject to international law. Cuba settled most of its expropriation claims with citizens from other countries but not those of U.S. citizens whose property was taken. With respect to these claims, the Cuban Claims Program of the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission has conducted two Cuban Claims Programs, which have certified 5,913 restitutionary claims with a market value — including interest — of about $6–8 billion. About 900 of these claims belong to corporations that own 85% of their face value, with the remaining 15% divided among roughly 5,000 individuals; of the 48 largest claims, all but five belong to corporations. 1
Public International Law Claims of Cuba Against the U.S.
In addition to these claims, Cuba has asserted claims of its own against the U.S. for embargo losses (imagine Cuba as a balance sheet with the expropriation claims on the liability-side and the embargo claims on the asset-side). For example, an international tribunal convened by the Cuban government to consider claims against the U.S. (including for embargo losses of over $100 billion) held that U.S. policy against Cuba constituted genocide.
Claims of the U.S. Against Cuba
The Johnson Debt Default Act prohibits credit access in the United States for countries that are in default of their obligations to the United States. 2 At present, Cuba is in default on one U.S. obligation — a non-concessional credit of $32,267,000 issued by the U.S. Export-Import Bank. 3
Private Claims Against Third Parties
Expanding the range of claimants, Congress in 1996 passed the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act ("Helms-Burton"), letting certain classes of claimants whose property was expropriated by the Cuban government sue in federal court against third parties who had acquired interests in the expropriated property.
Claims of Third Parties Against the U.S.
Insofar as the U.S. attempts to intervene in the Cuban economy, foreign investors might have a claim against the Treasury Department for interference with contracts.
The first conceptual hurdle (and the easiest one to handle) deals with perceptions about the relative legitimacy of the U.S. and Cuba as potential partners in any settlement mechanism. No serious questions exist about whether the government of the U.S. is empowered to enter into a settlement mechanism. However, certain sectors of U.S. society have long resisted recognizing the sovereignty of the Cuban government. This sector includes influential members of the Cuban-American political community and, to a lesser extent, their allies. Moreover, at various times the U.S. government has tried to recruit Cuban citizens to destabilize the Cuban government. The rationale for this view is that the current Cuban government lacks legitimacy because it — or its antecedent — came to power through violent rather than democratic means. 4 The idea that Cuba's sovereignty is defective has virtually no support outside of this small but highly influential community, but that minority view has had outsized influence in the popular imagination of some sectors of the diaspora, especially in Miami.
In terms of designing a settlement mechanism between the two countries this is not, strictly speaking, a legal issue because there are no legal challenges to the ongoing negotiations. Implicitly, the U.S. recognizes without reservation the legal authority and the legitimacy of the Cuban government to conduct these negotiations. So nothing has to be done as a legal matter. However, it may be useful to engage, address, and definitely resolve any lingering objections to Cuban sovereignty to facilitate a formal resolution of ongoing disputes between the two countries.
For example, both countries and numerous commentators point out that the two countries do not agree on several major political issues. Given that this is the norm between countries, it seems odd to keep pointing it out. It may be that as part of normalization between the two counties, some expect Cuba to capitulate to U.S. preferences about the island's internal affairs. Since this is inconsistent with a long-arm notion of Cuban sovereignty, the notion of capitulation should be addressed and rejected as inconsistent with a country's sovereign prerogatives.
This is not to say that no disputes about sovereignty exist between the two countries. The longstanding U.S. embargo of the island involves a form of economic warfare intended explicitly and in effect to undermine the Cuban government. The extraterritorial reach of the embargo also implicates the sovereignty of other countries. Also, still unresolved is the question of the U.S. presence in Guantanamo. Any serious settlement of these political questions will have to address both the embargo and Guantanamo.
Political risk involves uncertainty about actions that a government may take in the future. To eliminate this risk effectively, a mechanism must create finality, not only as a legal matter but, perhaps more importantly, in terms of the resulting expectations of participants and observers. Some will welcome the outcome of settlement and others will not, but all must be convinced that there is no legal appeal from the decision. This requires designing a mechanism consistent with general ideas about process, fairness, and judicial power.
Creating legal finality may also help individuals to reach emotional finality about these issues. Many people who have experienced financial and cultural losses in Cuba still hold out hope that something can be done. Legal finality — however it ends up distributing the gains and losses involved in political risk — will help to extinguish expectations about things turning out differently.
Settlement of any private property claims must be situated in the wider context of national reconciliation. By this I mean the process by which island Cubans and diaspora Cubans (in the U.S. and elsewhere) must discover a new modus vivendi that takes note of the past without being mired in it. This means creating a new narrative about property claims. Because they have been reduced to a dollar value, property losses create the illusion that their meaningful settlement is possible. In part, though, restitution claims only "stand in" for more complex experiences of loss, including to dignitarian interests that cannot be monetized. Some kind of reconciliation process to address dignitarian interests rather than financial ones may help to serve both. 5
The final set of interests recognizes that normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba involves public interests that go beyond private expectations and property interests. Especially because these public and private interests may come into conflict, a rule of decision is needed to resolve these conflicts. I suggest that the rule of decision should consistently favor public interests over private ones. Granted, what counts as a public interest in Cuba is highly contestable because socialist ideology has subordinated the private to the collective. Ironically, this happened while other countries experimented with neoliberal arrangements that reduced state power. As Cuba becomes more active in the global market, the incipient liberalization of the island's economic system will likely increase economic inequality, at least at first. This trend poses the greatest risk to groups like the aged, children, the disabled, the existing poor, and the unskilled, those least able to hit the ground running in a market economy. In the long run, a strong private sector and market incentives should lift the fortunes of many; in the short run, though, private interests have little to offer the vulnerable. A welfare state whose public interests can trump private prerogatives can better tend to these groups.
In a tentative and preliminary form, this essay has suggested meta-criteria that should inform the resolution of political risk claims in respect of Cuba. Both Cuba and the U.S. should endorse these meta-criteria in general form. It is hoped that doing so would make it easier to work out the technical particulars of any settlement mechanism. Like a judgment-proof debtor, however, Cuba lacks the liquidity needed to fund settlement of any major claims. A properly designed mechanism could create an interest shared by various claimants in providing Cuba with this settlement liquidity. Candidates for these interest groups include current holders of certified claims, other claimants, commercial firms and commercial and industrial lobbies interested in participating in the Cuban economy, the Cuban government, and others who want to engage with Cuba.
- Rolando Anillo-Badía, Outstanding Claims To Expropriated Property in Cuba, Cuba in Transition—Volume 21, ASCE 2011. ↩
- The Johnson Act provides: "Whoever, within the United States, purchases or sells the bonds, securities, or other obligations of any foreign government or political subdivision thereof or any organization or association acting for or on behalf of a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, issued after April 13, 1934, or makes any loan to such foreign government, political subdivision, organization or association, except a renewal or adjustment of existing indebtedness, while such government, political subdivision, organization or association, is in default in the payment of its obligations, or any part thereof, to the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both." 18 U.S.C. § 955. ↩
- See 2002 U.S. Government Foreign Credit Exposure report (known as the Salmon Report for the color of the report) prepared as requested by Conference Report on the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–167, 103 Stat. 1195. See also José M. Gabilondo, Sending the Right Signals: Using Rent-Seeking Theory to Analyze the Cuban Central Bank, 27 Hous J. Int'l L. 483, 506–07 (2005). Available at: http://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_publications/90 ↩
- This is part of a wider view that Cuba's legal system is structurally defective or — in its most extreme version — that there is no legal system on the island. Attorneys and academics familiar with Cuba have long criticized these assertions, but they have enjoyed so much support among certain quarters that they have captured some of the popular imagination. ↩
- I explored this issue in greater detail in Cuban Claims: Embargoed Identities and the Cuban-American Oedipal Conflict (el grito de la Yuma), 9 Rutgers Race & L. Rev. 335 (2008). Available at: http://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_publications/85. ↩


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