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Economic Development Authority of the City of Manassas, Virginia Rules and Procedures
Purpose and Scope
- Section 1.1. Purpose. These Rules shall govern the submission of Applications to the Authority, application and administrative fees, consideration of matters to be brought to the attention of the Authority relating to the authorization, issuance and sale of its Bonds, the adoption of Financing Documents, reports to be submitted to the Authority, and such other matters as are contained herein.
- Section 1.2. Scope. These Rules are supplementary to the Authority's Bylaws and the Act. In the event of any conflict between the Authority's Bylaws, the Act and these Rules, the provisions of the Bylaws and the Act shall prevail.
- Section 2.1. Definitions. As used in these rules and procedures, the following terms shall have the meaning as set forth herein, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
- "Act" shall mean the Virginia Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act, Chapter 49, Title 15.2, Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended.
- "Applicant" shall mean any individual, person, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity applying for industrial development revenue bond financing, or for whose benefit the Authority has issued its Bonds, or who requests the Authority to take any action.
- "Application" shall mean the Authority's application for industrial development revenue bond financing as in effect from time to time.
- "Authority" shall mean the Economic Development Authority of the City of Manassas, Virginia, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- "Bonds" shall mean any notes, bonds and other obligations authorized to be issued by the Authority pursuant to the Act
- "Code" shall mean the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended.
- "Financing Documents" shall mean any resolutions, instruments, documents, papers, elections, certificates or financing statements required to be adopted or authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of its Bonds.
- "IRC" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
- "Project" shall mean any land, improvements, machinery, equipment or property financed by the issuance and sale of the Authority's bonds.
- "Rules" shall mean these Rules and Procedures of the Authority, as may be in effect from time to time.
- Section 3.1. Copies to be Provided Applicants. A copy of these Rules shall be furnished by the Authority's Secretary to each prospective Applicant.
- Section 3.2. Compliance with Rules and Procedures. Each Applicant shall comply with these Rules in the submission of its Application or any Financing Documents to the Authority and in requesting that the Authority take any action, including the adoption of Financing Documents. Failure to comply with these rules and procedures shall constitute sufficient reason for the Authority to refuse to consider any Application, Financing Documents or any other matter to be brought before the Authority by or on behalf of any Applicant.
- Section 3.3. Amendments. These Rules may be changed from time to time by the Authority by the vote of a majority of its Directors present at any meeting of the Authority, provided notice of such change shall have been given to each Director before such meeting. These Rules may, notwithstanding the foregoing, be amended without prior notice upon the affirmative vote of all Directors of the Authority.
- Section 3.4. Preparation and Distribution of Agenda and Minutes.
- A preliminary agenda for the Authority's regular meeting shall be prepared and distributed by the Authority's Secretary no later than five days before the Authority's regularly scheduled meeting date. In the case of special meetings of the Authority, the agenda shall be included in the call issued for such meeting. When action is to be taken with reference to a Project or the issuance of Bonds, the agenda shall contain a description of the type, nature and location of the project, the name of the Applicant and the nature of the action to be taken by the Authority. The agenda for regular meetings of the Authority shall state that it is a preliminary agenda subject to change at or before the Authority's meeting.
- A copy of the agenda for the Authority's meeting shall be provided to the following: each officer and director of the Authority, the Authority's Counsel, and to each person, firm or organization which shall have submitted a written request to the Authority's Secretary that its name be placed on the mailing list for the agenda of the Authority's meetings, which request shall include the address of the person, firm or organization submitting a written request to receive copies of the Authority's agenda shall renew such request in writing every six months during the months of June and December for the next succeeding six month period. If any request is not so received, such name and address shall be deleted from the mailing list.
- Preliminary drafts of the minutes of the Authority's meeting shall, as soon as practicable following the meeting be mailed or delivered to each officer and director of the Authority and the Authority's counsel. Each preliminary copy of the minutes so distributed shall be marked to indicate that it is a preliminary draft subject to additions or corrections at the Authority's next meeting. The date of approval of the Authority's minutes shall appear at the foot of the last page of the minutes and shall, when approved, be signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Authority.
Application Procedures, Fees, and Requirements
- Section 4.1. Applications. Each Applicant shall submit a fully and accurately completed Application to each Director of the Authority, the Authority's Secretary and its Counsel at least seven (7) days before the Authority's meeting at which the Application is to be considered. Each Application shall include all requested exhibits. In the event all requested exhibits are not available or not to be made part of the public record, a statement of explanation will be attached to the Application. The Authority recommends that each Applicant seek the advice of the Authority's Counsel respecting completion of the Application before submitting it to the Authority.
- Section 4.2 Application Fees. The Authority charges an application fee based upon the requested amount of Bonds to be issued by the authority in accordance with the following:
Amount of Issue Fee $0 to $4,999,999 $250.00 $5,000,000 to $9,999,999 $500.00 $10,000,000 to 19,999,999 $750.00 $20,000,000 and higher $1,000.00
- The application fee shall be paid to the Authority prior to consideration of the inducement resolution to be adopted on behalf of the Applicant. Application fees, upon acceptance by the Authority, are non-refundable. No interest shall be paid on application fees held by the Authority. If a proposed issue of Bonds is increased to an amount requiring payment of a greater application fee, the difference shall be paid to the Authority before such increase is authorized by the Authority.
- Section 4.3. Administrative Fees. The Authority requires reimbursement of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of its Bonds and by virtue of its Bonds being outstanding. (See Section 5.2)
- The Authority charges an annual administrative fee for all projects financed by the Authority. The administrative fee is initially payable at closing and thereafter is payable annually and due on the anniversary date of the issuance of the Bonds at a rate of 1/10 of 1% of the outstanding principal amount of the bond up to and including $5,000,000 and those cases where the outstanding principal is in excess of $5,000,000, 0.075% for $5,000,001 to and including $100,000,000 and .05% for $100,000,001 and over. (Note: Annual Administrative Fee was adopted by the Authority on April 21, 1998).
- Section 4.4. Transcripts of Proceedings. Each Applicant receiving Bond financing through the Authority shall furnish to the Authority upon the sale and delivery of the Bonds, two complete transcripts of the Financing Documents relating to such Bonds. Bond transcripts shall be hardback bound in library standard quality binders at the cost and expense of the Applicant.
- Section 4.5 Bond Validation Proceedings. The Authority may require that before issuance, its bonds be validated by the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia, pursuant to the requirements of Article 6, Chapter 5, Title 15.2 of the Code. The costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with any bond validation proceeding required by the Authority, including attorneys' fees, shall be paid by the Applicant.
- Section 4.6 Additional Information Required of Applicants.
- The Authority may adopt an inducement resolution conditioned upon the subsequent furnishing of certain information satisfactory to the Authority. All required information shall be promptly furnished to the Authority and failure of any Applicant to furnish such information shall constitute a ground for rescission of any inducement resolution adopted pursuant to such conditions.
- The Authority may, at its option, require the furnishing of appraisals, evaluations or reports respecting the Project or any portion thereof. The Authority may retain advisors and consultants to advise it regarding any Project or other action which it is requested to undertake by any Applicant. All costs, fees and expenses of such appraisals, reports, consultants and advisors incurred by the Authority after prior notification to the Applicant shall be paid by the Applicant.
- Since the Authority usually acts based upon information furnished to it solely by the Applicant, the Authority reserves the right to require at any time the furnishing of additional information concerning the Applicant, its financial statements, and any other information deemed relevant by the Authority. In instances where the Applicant has undergone changes in form or management or where the security to be given for payment of the Bonds has changed, the Applicant shall report such changes promptly to the Authority.
- Section 4.7. Projects Outside the City of Manassas. Any application to finance a Project located outside the City of Manassas shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the governing body of the county, City or town in which the Project is proposed to be located reciting that such local governing body approves the proposed financing of the Project by the Authority. Following the adoption of an inducement resolution for such Project, the Applicant shall furnish to the Authority a certified copy of a resolution duly adopted by such local governing body stating that such local governing body concurs with the inducement resolution adopted by the Authority.
Provisions to be Incorporated into Resolutions and Financing Documents
- Section 5.1. Inducement Resolutions. Each inducement resolution adopted by the Authority shall provide that it shall continue in full force and effect for a period of two years unless specifically extended by the Authority.
- Section 5.2. Payment of Authority Expenses. The Financing Documents adopted by the Authority for the benefit of any Applicant shall provide that the Applicant agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Authority (including attorney's fees) in connection with:
- the authorization, issuance and sale of the Authority's Bonds;
- the ownership, occupation, operation or use of the Project being finances, whether owned by the Authority or the Applicant;
- prepayment or redemption of the Authority's Bonds;
- administrative costs and expenses of the Authority, including the fees of attorneys, accountants, engineers, appraisers or consultants, paid or incurred by the Authority by reason of the Bonds being outstanding or pursuant to requirements of the Financing Documents; and
- Such other fees and expenses of the Authority, not directly related to the Project being financed for the Applicant, but attributable to the Authority's financing of industrial or commercial Projects, including without limitation, a share of costs of the authority's annual audit as required by code Section 15.1-1377, determined as follows:
- All costs and fees relating to the annual audit and directly attributable to a particular Applicant or Project, shall be charged to such Applicant; and
- Any costs and fees of such audit not directly attributable to any Applicant or Project shall be allocated among all Applicants having Bonds outstanding, pro rata, as the original face amount of the Bonds issued for such Applicant bears to the total original face amount of Bonds issued by the Authority of which any portion of any issue remains outstanding and unpaid.
- Section 5.3. Indemnification of the Authority. Each Applicant shall agree to indemnify and save harmless the Authority and its officers, directors, employees and agents (hereinafter the "Indemnitees") from and against all liabilities, obligations, claims, damages, penalties, fines, losses, costs and expenses (hereinafter referred to as "Damages"), including without limitation:
- all amounts paid in settlement of any litigation commenced or threatened against the Indemnitees, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Applicant;
- all expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation of, preparation for or defense of any litigation, proceeding or investigation of any nature whatsoever, commended or threatened against the Applicant, the Project or the Indemnitees:
- any judgments, penalties, fines, damages, assessments, indemnities or contributions; and
- the reasonable fees of attorneys, auditors, and consultants; provided that the damages arise out of:
- failure by the Applicant, or its officers, employees or agents, to comply with the terms of the Financing Documents and any agreements, covenants, obligations, or prohibitions set forth therein:
- any action, suit, claim or demand contesting or affecting the title of the Project;
- any breach of any representation or warranty set forth in the Financing Documents or any certificate delivered pursuant thereto, and any claim that any representation or warranty of the Applicant contains or contained any untrue or misleading statement of fact or omits or omitted to state any material facts necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made;
- any action, suit, claim, proceeding or investigation of a judicial, legislative, administrative or regulatory nature arising from or in connection with the construction, acquisition, ownership, operation, occupation or use of the Project; or
- any suit, action, administrative proceeding, enforcement action, or governmental or private action of any kind whatsoever commenced against the Applicant, the Project or the Indemnitees which might adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Bonds, the Financing Documents, or the performance by the Applicant or any Indemnitee of any of their respective obligations thereunder.
- Section 5.4. Bond Counsel Opinion Required. Before issuing and delivering any of its Bonds, the Authority shall receive an unqualified approving opinion of recognized bond counsel licensed to practice law in Virginia and approved by the Authority stating, among other things, that the Bonds have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered, that the interest thereon is exempt from Federal income taxation under IRC §103 (or other applicable provision of law) and taxation by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that the Bonds are exempt from registration requirements under applicable state and Federal securities laws.
- Section 5.5. Covenants to Preserve Tax Exempt Status of Bonds. All Financing Documents presented for approval by the Authority shall contain appropriate covenants of the Applicant designed to insure compliance with the requirements of IRC §103 to preserve the tax exempt status of interest on the Bonds, including without limitation, "arbitrage" requirements, capital expenditure limitations and reporting requirements.
- Section 5.6. Payments in Lieu of Taxes. In the event title to the Project is held by any person or entity not subject to real or personal property taxes, the Applicant and any user of the Project, unless specifically exempted by the Authority, shall enter into an agreement to pay all taxes, levies, assessments, charges or other impositions which may be levied by any taxing authority on the Project as if such Applicant or user held title to the Project or any portion thereof.
- Section 6.1. Interim Reports by Applicants. Each Applicant shall file with the Authority a written report describing the status of its proposed financing no later than the last day of the second month after the adoption of an inducement resolution for the Applicant and every three months thereafter until the adoption of any Financing Documents by the Authority. Such written report shall include the proposed purchaser of the Bonds, the proposed terms of the Bonds, the status of Financing Documents, and the current status of the Project. Each applicant shall promptly notify the Authority of any significant or material changes to any information previously furnished by the Applicant to the Authority, including specific descriptions of new or changed plans for the placement of the bonds and the security to be offered.
- Section 6.2. Annual Reports of Applicants. Each Applicant, after the issuance and sale of the Authority's Bonds for the benefit of such Applicant, shall annually report to the Authority no later than June 30 the status of the Project, which shall include the outstanding and unpaid balance of Bonds issued for the Project, whether any event of default has occurred under the Financing Documents, and other information relating to the financing of the Project and benefits to the City of Manassas.
- Section 6.3. Reports by Authority Chairman, Directors, etc. At each regular meeting of the Authority, the Chairman, each Director, the Secretary-Treasurer and the Authority's counsel shall report any action taken on behalf of the Authority since the last regular meeting, including receipt of reports required under Sections 4.6, 6.1 and 6.2. No later than September 1 of each year, the Chairman of the Authority shall report in writing to the Authority on the status, as of the end of the Authority's fiscal year, of each active and outstanding inducement resolution of the Authority and the status of each issue of the Authority's Bonds.
- Section 7.1. Enforcement of Provisions. The Authority may refuse to consider or adopt any inducement resolutions, Financing Documents or any other matters presented for its consideration if the Applicant has failed to comply with the requirements of these Rules.
- Section 7.2 Repeal of Actions Previously Taken. The Authority may rescind or repeal any inducement resolution previously adopted by it or any other action taken by the Authority because of failure of the Applicant to comply with the provisions of these Rules or because of substantial changes in the management, ownership, Project plan or financial circumstances of the Applicant; provided, however, no inducement resolution or action taken by the Authority shall be repealed or rescinded unless prior written notice of such proposed action shall have been mailed to the Applicant at lease three weeks before the date upon which such action is proposed to be taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such action shall be taken by the Authority which will impair or adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Authority's Bonds.
ARTICLE VIII Statements of Policy
- Section 8.1. Construction, Operation and Effect of Rules. These Rules are intended as guidelines to promote and insure the orderly and consistent consideration of Applications, Financing Documents and other matters brought before the Authority. For good cause, application of these Rules may be modified and waived upon a case by case basis upon the consent of the Authority. Any action taken by the Authority not in conformity with these Rules shall, nevertheless, be fully effective as if taken in compliance with these Rules. It is, however, the policy of the Authority that each Applicant comply fully and completely with these Rules, and failure to comply with these Rules my constitute grounds for refusal by the Authority to take any action requested.
- Section 8.2. Approval of Inducement Resolution not to Constitute an Endorsement of Applicant. The purpose of the Authority, as set for the in the Act, is to promote industry and develop trade by inducing manufacturing, industrial, governmental and commercial enterprises to locate in or remain in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pursuant to the Act, the Authority's powers shall be exercised for the benefit of the inhabitants of Virginia through the promotion of their safety, health, welfare, convenience or prosperity. Accordingly, the Authority's decision to adopt an inducementresolution or take other action will be based largely upon these factors. Further, the Act prohibits the Authority from operating any enterprise or Project. Since the Authority is a conduit for providing tax exempt financing to promote the commerce and industry of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Manassas, and given the express prohibition against operating enterprises or Projects, the Authority believes it is improper for it to inquire into matters relating the business judgment of the management of any Applicant not relevant to the foregoing factors. The Authority may, however, examine the business decisions and other aspects of management of the Applicant should it deem such matters relevant to the authorization, issuance and sale of its Bonds.
- Section 8.3. Security for Payment of Bonds. The Authority will require a showing that any issue of its Bonds is fully and adequately secured. If the Bonds are secured by a lien upon or security interest in the Project financed with the proceeds of such Bonds, the Authority may require an appraisal of the Project showing that it is valued in an amount sufficient to pay the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds issued to finance such Project.
- Section 8.4. Compliance with Rules. These Rules were adopted by the Authority to assist in the orderly and expeditious conduct of its business. As stated in Section 3.2 of these Rules, the Authority has reserved the right to require that any Applicant strictly conform to the requirements of the Rules. Among other things, the Rules require that each Applicant inform the Authority of any new developments or material changes in information which has been submitted to the Authority, either orally or in writing. Matters concerning the structure of the financing, the prospective purchasers of the Bonds and security for payment of the Bonds are items of particular interest to the Authority; however, the Authority expects to be kept informed of all material changes to information submitted to it.
(Note: The Authority adopted the Rules and Regulations as written on October 20, 1981)


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You may have noticed that Marco Rubio voted against the cliff deal, while Paul Ryan voted for it. Now that sets up an interesting little potential set-to in 2016, no?
Rubio seems to have made the calculation that the supposedly "new" GOP is going to be awfully similar to the extant one and decided that a vote accommodating the schemes of the Kenyan is one he'd rather not have to explain away in those candidate forums come 2015. But it was a serious chickenshit vote. Look at the number of extremely conservative legislators who took their leader McConnell's advice and voted aye. If they could do it, he could. This is 2016's first RIV (Romneyesque Invertebrate Vote).
Ryan has made a different bet. I think in some part he just wanted to stand with Boehner on this one. Maybe he's also thinking, is this vote really, really going to be a litmus test come 2015-16? We can't possibly know, of course, but I admit that I like Ryan's wager. At some point, you have to have enough confidence in yourself as a pol to explain away a few votes.
It might surprise you if I say that I always admired Rudy Giuliani in this regard. He made it a habit of saying, "Look, I did what I did. If you disagree that much, there are other people to go vote for." Of course he never made it to the White House and never will. I think there's a chance, in fact there's every chance, that it's Rubio's vote that is going to look stupid and callow, especially to a general election audience. I can hear our Hillary now...

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As part of the launch of a new Religion and Media Concentration in its Master of Arts in Religion program at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, I was asked to interview one of their profs as part of their Religion and Media blog tour. I have no real connection to Luther Seminary, but this looks like a great program and I always think its a good idea to engage people in conversations about media and religion.
— From the program description
"We know that God has a history of speaking: in the beginning, God spoke and the world came into being; Jesus spoke and the waves were calmed. So how is God's church speaking to today's culture? And how is the church hearing what the world is saying? Critical issues and critical questions for a critical time. Explore with us!"
I drew Rev. Dr. Mark V. Hoffman, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and asked him the following questions. If you get chance, he'll be responding here so feel free to push back, affirm and generally interact with the good doctor!
How would you respond to those who say that all of the focus on digital media and technology is only widening the gap between the have/s and have not's.
Are you saying that the gap is a good or bad thing? Just teasing, but we do want to remember up front that not everyone thinks technology is the key to the future. With that in mind, I'm still understanding technology to be a positive. Besides the simple exchange of information (which make access to the Internet so fearful to repressive governments), I think it has made us all more aware of the smallness and linked-togetherness of our world.
If technology can make us all better world citizens, I'm for it!
In any case, it certainly is important to be aware of this gap issue, and I think initiatives like One Laptop per Child are commendable. Still, I don't believe technology is a zero-sum game. Just because I have a desktop computer, notebook, and a smartphone doesn't mean someone else doesn't. In fact, the case is likely that the early adopters of new technology bear much of the costs of development and implementation that eventually make the technology more affordable and available for everyone. Ugh… I suppose that sounds a bit like trickle-down technology, but it is significantly different than trickle-down economics. The idea is not to let the technology accumulate at the top in the developed nations. Rather, and I'm being a bit cynical here, I think if you follow the money, there is tremendous incentive to make technology cheaper and more widespread.
I think there is evidence that the gap is narrowing. The author of this site is a consultant and expert on the "Global Mobile Market." He notes the tremendous growth in mobile subscriptions in China and India and other emerging nations. A lot of interesting stuff on that page, but the data that really caught my attention was on slide 10 of his show. (Look here at ChurchMag to see the chart quickly.) Doubtless there are a bunch of ways to sort out the data, but the number of people who have mobile subscriptions exceeds that of those who have electricity. (How does that work?) The figures are close for those two categories, but the real stunner is that mobile subscriptions greatly exceed the availability of safe drinking water! From a Christian and humanitarian perspective, providing water is a more basic need we should be addressing than providing more technology. The glib way of putting this is that when Jesus saw the crowds and "had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd," (Mark 6.34), he ended up feeding them, not 'friending' them! Still, before he fed them, he first "began to teach them many things." If Jesus had had the technology available to enhance his teaching–or better, if he were teaching in today's technologically enhanced environment–I suspect he would use it.
What are a few of the more compelling reasons that churches should be open new technological and media possibilities? Conversely, if you could offer a cautionary thought for churches who are ready to begin using media and technology in new ways, what would it be?
As a Lutheran, I'm trying to think about this question in terms of what Martin Luther might have said when asked about the pros and cons of the printing press. That new technology certainly was an important element in the success of the Reformation movement, but it also became a medium that was used by Luther's opponents and resulted in the turmoil of that period. Ultimately, the technology continued to develop, and all parties pretty much ended up jumping on board rather then being left behind.
So, I suppose one compelling reason churches need to pay attention to technological and media possibilities is simply because those possibilities are not going to wait for the church's imprimatur in order to keep moving on. The issue is less about if we use the technology but how. A second reason I would mention for using technology is its potential for creating connections, especially global ones. I fear that churches often become rather closed communities. One of the things that the Internet has done is highlighted our interconnectedness with people from our past, those with shared interests, and communities around the world. The church has always been committed to mission support and encouraging members to go on mission trips, but technology is now able to create, grow, and sustain those relationships like never before. A third reason: new tech and media possibilities are simply 'interesting.' I'm not talking about providing more entertainment in the church. Nor am I referring to how all this technology fascinates me personally when I think about how it all is largely a binary manipulation of 0's and 1's. Rather, it's interesting in the sense that usually (there are exceptions to everything) dynamic is more interesting than static, color than monochrome, new than old. But that brings me to some cautions. We don't want to be investing in technology simply because it is new or because everyone else is doing it. Back in 1996 I created a website for the church I was serving. The Internet was still in its dialup infancy, and to have a website was really a cutting edge medium. Around that time, I also was able to move from using an overhead projector to PowerPoint in our teaching service. This also had a very progressive feel to it. But I became aware of two things.
1) Just because you are able to flex a little technological muscle doesn't mean you should. We had to think about the reasons for maintaining the web site and for using new technologies. If they don't serve a purpose, then you are wasting your time.
2) Back in the 1990's, it was fairly easy to use new technologies in church and generate a 'gee-whiz' factor. That doesn't last long on its own, but even more, it quickly became evident that other secular and business-oriented groups were adopting those technologies, and they were generating way more professional results than we had money, time, knowledge, or personnel to do in the church.
Now, our use of technology was looking very ordinary at best. So, we need to acknowledge that we are not going to be able to use new media with the same degree of professionalism and 'gee-whizness' that you see elsewhere on TV or the Internet. My recommendation is to think in terms or simple, tasteful, functional, and effective. A church will want to do the best it can with technology, but I don't they should try to compete with the secular media. It's kind of like how you use fonts. Sure, you can use a billion fancy fonts these days, but the most effective use of fonts is one that is simple, tasteful, functional, and effective. The question, then to keep in mind: Does the media enhance our message? Or better, does the media we use promote the Message, the Gospel?
Mark Vitalis Hoffman is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His website CrossMarks offers Bible study materials and resources. He is a mentor for Fisher's Net online courses and he blogs at Scroll and Screen, a biblical studies and technological tools blog. He is ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. His 14 years of parishexperience in Minnesota and North Dakota were often focused on Christian education. Hoffman holdsa B.A. from University of Illinois and a M.Div. from Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary. His M.A.,M.Phil. and Ph.D. are from Yale University.


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The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) is an organization founded in 1960 and designed to help cooperation among the several Orthodox Christian jurisdictions to be found in the Americas. It acts as a clearinghouse for educational, charitable, and missionary work in the Americas. Its member hierarchs meet semi-annually for discussion and decisions on inter-Orthodox and ecumenical matters, to review the work of its commissions and dialogues, and to plan future events.
The members of SCOBA are represented by archbishops, metropolitans, and bishops of the Orthodox Churches in North and South America that are in communion with the four ancient Orthodox Patriarchates of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, and those that are in communion with them. A number of the member jurisdictions are canonically subject to the Church of Constantinople. Not all jurisdictions on American soil which are in communion with these patriarchates are also members of SCOBA (e.g., the churches in the US belonging to the Church of Jerusalem or the Church of Russia).
In November of 1994, at the famous Ligonier Meeting at the Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, the hierarchs of SCOBA voted together in terms of forming an Orthodox Church of America, a single holy synod and church administration for all Orthodox Christians living in America, declaring themselves no longer to be a diaspora but rather a missionary church. The outcome of that meeting has yet to come to fruition.
- Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
- American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
- Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Orthodox Church in America
- Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada
- Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA
Current Officers
- Archbishop Demetrios (Trakatellis), Chair
- Metropolitan Philip (Saliba), Vice-Chair
- Metropolitan Christopher (Kovacevich), Secretary
- Metropolitan Nicholas (Smisko), Treasurer
- Bishop Dimitrios, General Secretary
- Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting (EOCS)
- International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
- Orthodox Christian Education Commission (OCEC)
- Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF)
- Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC)
- Orthodox Christian Network (OCN)
External links
- Official SCOBA website
- SCOBA on the website of the Orthodox Church in America


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Ubuntu and HP TouchSmart Sound
I upgraded my Ubuntu install on my HP TouchSmart machine to version 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). Ubuntu 11.04 Unity Desktop experience is so nice and smooth that I started using my HP TouchSmart actively again. It had been sitting gathering dust for the last many months!
The last version of Ubuntu on this machine was 10.04, which was upgraded to 11.04, via a 10.10 upgrade en route. During 10.04 days, I had trouble getting Ubuntu to work smoothly on this machine. The internal speakers did not work (only external speakers did), the wifi did not work, and the touch screen lost its touch qualities. After I upgraded to 11.04, I somehow believed many of these past woes would get corrected but that wasn't the case. So I actively started making some effort to resolve these issues. Getting the internal speaker sound to work was the first of the things I did and surprisingly a few minutes is all I needed to solve the problem.
The fix on the TouchSmart is really a simple and 1 line addition to a configuration file. Open the terminal and type the following:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
This will open alsa-base.conf in gedit, the official text editor on the Gnome desktop. If you like vi instead of gedit then open the file as follows:
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
At the very end add the following 1 line to alsa-base.conf file:
options snd-hda-intel model=touchsmart
Now, save the file and reload alsa using:
sudo alsa force-reload
and the internal speakers are in business. That was quick and simple. Wasn't it?
A little peek into why this fix works and how this may apply to systems other than the TouchSmart:
Find out the model of your sound card using:
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec
On my TouchSmart the output is as follows:
Codec: Analog Devices AD1984A
ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux OS. Browse the ALSA documentation to see list of supported audio models for your card. The documentation is available in /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz, which is a compressed file. You can list the content of this file, without decompressing, as follows:
gunzip -c /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz
It may be a good idea to page through the file using the more command like so:
gunzip -c /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz | more
On my machine, I see the following entries relevant to AD1984A :
.... AD1884A / AD1883 / AD1984A / AD1984B ==================================== desktop 3-stack desktop (default) laptop laptop with HP jack sensing mobile mobile devices with HP jack sensing thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad X300 touchsmart HP Touchsmart ....
(First column is the model and second one is the description)
This explains why the value of snd-hda-intel model was set to touchsmart. This hopefully also gives you a clue to find your sound card model and its supported configuration values for that model if you have a problem getting sound to work on your own Ubuntu install.
For additional reference, consider reading https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators have closed a small lender in Maryland, marking the ninth U.S. bank failure of 2014 after 24 closures last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) � Regulators have closed a small lender in Maryland, marking the ninth U.S. bank failure of 2014 after 24 closures last year.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday that it has taken over Slavie Federal Savings Bank, in Bel Air, Maryland.
The lender, which operated two branches, had roughly $140.1 million in assets and $111.1 million in deposits as of March 31.
Bay Bank FSB, based in Lutherville, Maryland, has agreed to pay the FDIC a premium of 0.20 percent to assume Slavie Federal's deposits. It also agreed to buy about $129.9 million of the failed bank's assets.
Slavie Federal's failure is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $6.6 million.
U.S. bank failures have been declining since they peaked in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession.
Only three banks went under in 2007. That jumped to 25 in 2008, after the financial meltdown, and ballooned to 140 in 2009.
In 2010, regulators seized 157 banks, the most in any year since the savings and loan crisis two decades ago. The FDIC has said 2010 likely was the high-water mark for bank failures from the recession. They declined to 92 in 2011 and fell to 51 in 2012.
In a strong economy, about four or five banks close annually.
From 2008 through 2011, bank failures cost the deposit insurance fund an estimated $88 billion, and the fund fell into the red in 2009. With failures slowing, the fund's balance turned positive in the second quarter of 2011. The fund had a $48.9 billion balance as of March 31.
The FDIC has said it expects bank failures from 2012 through 2016 will cost the fund $10 billion.


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CCMA Luncheon Seminar
Designed mainly for graduate students interested in computational and applied mathematics and related areas, this seminar usually gives an introduction to a research topic without assuming the audience has any prior knowledge on the topic, and, in most cases offers an introduction to the CAM Colloquium by, for example, defining basic concepts important to the Colloquium talk. The seminar is 30 minutes long, followed by a discussion over lunch. The schedule of speakers is below.


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We start our interview at the half way mark in this clip. In this segue we look into the death of John Wheeler. This is TIMELY information with regard to the EBOLA outbreak. A company called NOBLIS, located in Falls Church, Virginia was working on chemical and biological threats to the United States. They were a spin off of MITRE CORPORATION. The CEO, Amr A. ElSawy, was Director of the FAA on that special day 9/11. German hacker Marcus Hess accessed the military computer networks known as SAGE.We still see the future by looking into the past even the recent past of this interview. The players are still on the field. The game is still live. Perhaps you've fallen asleep, but they are on the move 24/7.
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The Virginia Arts Festival got welcoming news from a recent economic impact study it commissioned.
The festival hired a Philadelphia firm, Tourism Economics, to look at 2012 attendance figures and the economic impact locals and out-of-town visitors had on the region and the state. Tourism Economics in turn hired a Hampton Roads firm, Continental Research, which interviewed more than 700 festival-goers.
The 2012 festival took place April 16-June 29 in venues from Virginia Beach to Williamsburg. Here are some of the highlights:
• 58,000 people attended festival performances and events. Of that number, almost 27 percent were out-of-town visitors. That figure is twice the number of people who came from out of town in the early years of the festival.
• The 58,000 attendees spent $3.6 million on lodging, food, shopping and other categories.
• More than 2,300 artists who participated in the festival also spent another $200,000 in the region.
• The festival's $7.1 million budget had the most direct impact on the local economy by employing area performers and local production and audio-visual companies, renting facilities, paying staff and buying advertising in local media.
• In all, the festival budget and money spent by attendees and artists amounted to $10.9 million for the local economy.
• The total statewide economic impact amounted to $17.3 million, which includes $6.9 million in labor income, supporting 231 jobs.
• These expenditures directly or indirectly generated more than $1.1 million in local and state taxes, including almost $490,000 in sales and lodging tax revenue.
"I think it's the visibility of the festival and the fact that we've increased the number of productions that are unique to this area," says Festival Director Robert Cross in explaining the increased visitation. "It's always a balancing act of presenting programs that have broad appeal with other things that keep it fresh."
Since the beginning, the festival has presented the Virginia International Tattoo, an evening of military bands, bagpipers, drill teams and choruses from around the world choreographed to lighting and music. That event continues to draw record crowds, and the festival has added performances to accommodate the increased attendance.
Those unique events include performances of the Bernstein Mass and Mahler Eighth Symphony, visits by the Birmingham Royal Ballet, and cutting-edge performers such as ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro and European cabaret singer Meow Meow.
And more good news: Based on the report, the Virginia Tourism Corporation approved a $50,000 grant for tourism marketing for the festival.
Daniel Nelson Irish tour
Daniel Nelson is bringing a troupe of Irish dancers and musicians to the Kimball Theatre later this month.
Performances of "An Irish Dancing Christmas!" will take place at 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday Nov. 23-25 at the Merchants Square venue. Tickets are now on sale.
For several years, Nelson has taught Irish dancing at his studio in York County. He was named Southern Champion in regional Irish dance competitions in 2006 and 2008 and has twice competed in World Championships in Ireland. Locally, he's participated in the Virginia International Tattoo presented by the Virginia Arts Festival.
This will be his first attempt to produce an Irish dancing show. Nelson is using dancers and musicians from the Hampton Roads area and is also bringing in performers from Richmond and Washington, D.C. The various dance companies involved include Rhythm Of Ireland, Margie Williams School of Dance, Heart Of Ireland, and Hurley School of Irish Dancing.
The musicians include Keltish, a five-piece band, with Chelle Fulk on strings, Catherine Hauke on percussion and Michael Kazalski on brass.
"They'll be playing everything from traditional Celtic songs to original compositions and historic and familiar Christmas music," says Nelson.
Tickets are $20 adults, $17 seniors and students, and $14 children under 12. They're available by calling 800-HISTORY or online at http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/plan/calendar/kimball/irish-dancing-christmas/.
More information on The Nelson Academy of Irish Dance is available by calling 757-253-2437 or online at nelson-academy.com.
Castleton summer lineup
Music-lovers looking for summer getaways around the state should consider a trip to the Castleton Festival. The 2013 season has been announced.
Organized by conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife, Dietlinde Turban-Maazel, as co-artistic directors, the festival takes place July 6-28, 2013, on their farm in Rappahannock County about 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.
The festival's fifth season will offer three new productions:
• Puccini's "The Girl of the Golden West," conducted by Maazel, will open the festival on Saturday, July 6.
• A double bill of "La Voix Humaine" ("The Human Voice"), premiering July 13, will pair the Poulenc opera and the Cocteau play, both by the same name.
• Verdi's "Otello," a former production from England's Glyndebourne festival staged by Sir Peter Hall, will be presented July 13, 19, 26 and 28.
Other festival productions in 2013 include "Mostly Mahler" — four symphonic concerts, chamber music, and a song recital featuring works of Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Britten and Weber. There also will be a work performed by a composer under age 25 selected and conducted by Maazel.
The festival brings together about 200 staff members and residents, including 70 young musicians in the Castleton Festival Orchestra and 40 singing residents.
Subscription packages start at under $100 and will be available beginning Monday, Nov. 26, by calling 866-974-0767 or online at castletonfestival.com. Single tickets go on sale in April 2013.
David Nicholson can be reached at 757-247-4794 or by email at email@example.com.


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1. How many memory locations are available in 8086 microprocessor?
2. What are the flags available in 8086 microprocessor?
3. What are the general purpose registers in 8086?
4. What are the functional units in 8086?
5. What is the purpose of BIU?
6. What is the purpose of EU?
7. What is the purpose of segment register?
8. What are the segment registers in 8086?
9. What is the function of IP?
10. What is the function of control unit?
11. What is the use of base pointer register?
12. Mention the index registers of 8086.
13. What are the flags in 8086? What are the various interrupts in 8086?
14. What is meant by Maskable interrupts?
15. What is Non-Maskable interrupts?
16. Which interrupts are generally used for critical events
17. Give examples for Maskable interrupts?
18. Give example for Non-Maskable interrupts?
19. What is the Maximum clock frequency in 8086?
20. What are the various segment registers in 8086?
21. Which Stack is used in 8086
22. What are the address lines for the software interrupts?
23. What are the address lines for the hardware interrupts? -
24. Which Segment is used to store interrupt and subroutine return address registers?
25. Which Flags can be set or reset by the programmer and also used to control the operation of the processor?
1. Draw the block diagram of 8086 mp and explain? (12)
2. Explain the architecture of Intel 8086 with the help of a block diagram? (12)
3. Describe the sequence of event that may occur during the different T state in the opcode fetch machine cycle of 8086? (8)
4. List out the maskable and non maskable interrupts available in 8086? (6)
5. Explain the Maximum mode of operation of 8086. (12)
6. Write short notes on addressing memory. (4)
7. Explain the minimum mode of operation of 8086. (12)
8. Write notes on addressing input and output devices? (4)
9. Design an 8086 based system in minimum mode containing 64kb of EPROM and64kb of RAM (12)
10. Give the functions of NMI, BHE and TEST pins of 8086? (4)
11. Explain the various multiprocessor configurations. (16)
12. Discuss in detail the various signal of 8086. (10)
13. Explain in detail about 8086 memory banks and associated signals for byte andword operations. (6)
1. What is SIM and RIM instructions?
2. Which is the tool used to connect the user and the computer?
3. What is the position of the Stack Pointer after the PUSH instruction?
4. What is the position of the Stack Pointer after the POP instruction?
5. Logic calculations are done in which type of registers?
6. What are the different functional units in 8086?
7. Give examples for Micro controllerWhat is meant by cross-compiler?
8. What is the purpose of CLK signal in an 8086 system?
9. Differentiate the operating modes of 8086 processor?
10. What is a segment override prefix? Give an example.
11. What is the use of LATCH signal on the data lines?
12. What is the need for MN/MX pin in 8086 system?
13. What is the purpose of QUEUE in 8086 processor?
14. Give the operation of CBW and TEST instructions of 8086?
15. List few string instructions of 8086?
16. What is the use of LOCK prefix?
17. What is the purpose of REP prefix?
18. What are assembler directives?
19. What are the advantages of ALP?
20. Define a MACRO?
21. What is MACRO expansion?
22. What are the types of Multiprocessor configuration?
23. What is Co-processor?
1. Write an assembly language program to add two 2-digits BCD Number? (4)
2. Explain the instruction set of 8086? (10)
3. Write notes on status flag? (6)
4. Explain the similarities diff b/w subtract and compare instructions in 8086
5. Write an assembly language program to convert on array of ASCII code to correspondingbinary (hex) value. The ASCII array is stored starting from 4200H.The first element of thenumber of elements in the array. (8)
6. Explain addressing modes of 8086? (10)
7. Write an ALP to Add two 8 bit numbers? (4)
8. How do the instructions of 8086 is classified based on their function and word length?Give an example? (8)
9. Explain the 8086 Bit Manipulation instructions with an example for
each. (6)
10. Write an 8086 program to convert BCD Data to Binary Data. (8)
Explain the Relative addressing mode and the Implied addressing
mode with its syntax. Use an example. (8)
1. Name the two modes of operation of DMA controller?
2. List the operating modes of 8253 timer.
3. Give the control word format of timer?
4. What is the use of USART?
5. Compare serial and parallel communication.
6. What is the use of Keyboard and display controller?
7. What are the functions performed by 8279?
8. What is PPI?
9. Give the control word format for I/O mode of 8255?
10. Give the BSR mode format of 8255.
11. What is the need for interrupt controller?
12. What are the registers present in 8259?
13. What are the applications of 8253?
14. Define interrupts.
15. Define DMA process.
16. Give the status word format of 8257.
17. What are the types of serial data communication?
18. What is baud rate?
19. What is USART?
20. What are the features of 8279?
21. List some of the features of INTEL 8259 (Programmable Interrupt Controller)
22. What are the control words of 8251A and what are its functions ?
23. What are the display modes supported by the 8279 chip?
24. Name any two coprocessors and their use.
25. Give the format of program clock word of 8279 and mention its purpose.
26. Mention any two coprocessors and their use.
27. What is 2 key lockout and n key roolover?
28. Name the two types of CRT display systems.
29. What do you mean by leading edge and trailing edge problems in hexadecimal keyboards?
30. State any two main functions of a CRT controller.
1. Draw the Block diagram and explain the operations of 8251 serial communication interface. (16)
2. Draw the Block diagram of 8279 and explain the functions of each block. (16)
3. Draw the block diagram of programmable interrupt controller and explain its operations.(16)
4. Discuss in detail about the operation of timer along with its various modes. (16)
5. Draw the Block diagram of DMA controller and explain its operations.
6. Explain the 8279 keyboard and display controller with a neat sketch.
7. Describe the architecture and working of 8253 timer
1. What is Micro controller?
2. What is the difference between microprocessor & micro controller?
3. List the addressing modes of 8051?
4. Explain the instructions used to access external RAM.
5. List the features of 8051 microcontroller?
6. Explain the interrupts of 8051 microcontroller?
7. What is the function of program counter in 8051?
8. Write about the jump statement?
9. Write about CALL statement in 8051?
10. Explain the operating mode0 of 8051 serial ports?
11. Explain the operating mode2 of 8051 serial ports?
12. Explain the mode3 of 8051 serial ports?
1. With neat sketch explain the architecture of 8051 microcontroller. (16)
2. Draw the Pin Diagram of 8051 and explain the function of various
3. signals. (16)
4. List the various Instruction available in 8051 microcontroller. (16)
5. Explain the memory structure of 8051 (16)
6. Explain the I/O port structure of 8051. (16)
7. Draw the pin configuration of 8051, Explain each pin.
8. Explain the instruction set of 8051. (16)
10. Draw the format of SCON register. Explain different bits in it. (16)
11. Write an assembly language program to find "Fibonacci Series" of "N" given term. (16)
12. Write an assembly language program for stepper motor control.
1. How is the microcontroller used for the traffic light control application?
Differentiate microprocessor from microcontroller in system design.
2. What are the design considerations for washing machine control?
3. What are the advantages of 8051 microcontroller in washing machine control?
4. How is stepper motor interfaced with microcontroller?
5. What is I2C?
1. Explain how microcontrollers and microprocessors can be used for the
washing machine control application. Use sketches.
2. Explain with a neat sketch how microcontrollers and microprocessors can
be used for the stepper motor control application.
3. Explain in the detail the process involved in the design of traffic light controller with example.


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Delivery DriverWebster, Texas Apply Now Date posted 10/24/2016
Come Join Panera Bread – an industry leading, award winner!
We are growing — both as a Company and as Individuals!
We are shaping food culture within the restaurant industry through our pride and commitment to innovation and differentiation.
Delivery Team Member
Panera is seeking Delivery Team Members (Drivers) to coordinate drop-off of our customer orders with 100% on-time delivery and a high level of customer service.
- Highly Competitive Wages
- Mileage and Tips Paid Daily
- Flexible and Independent Schedule
- No Cash Handling Required
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the associate occupying this position. Associates may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
- Valid driver's license and clean driver's record
- Proof of insurance
- Excellent customer service skills – polite, courteous and respectful
- Superior verbal communication skills
- Able to work a flexible schedule with early start times
- Maintain a professional appearance
Please apply online today. Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Panera Bread is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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This lovely bold heart has been screen printed in red ink.
Lovingly stitched and printed in the UK using terrific heavy weight cotton.
Also available in black, hot pink, metallic gold or metallic gold on black cotton.
- Made in the UK
- Heavy weight natural cotton
- Screen printed in red
- Mid-length handles
- 360mm by 420mm (14¼ by 16½ inches)


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I spotted this article the other day about the new Olay CC Cream and wanted to share:
(From Happi.com)
As a leader in skin care with an eye for emerging trends, Olay is bringing the first-ever mass market CC line of products to the United States beginning in October 2012. CC, or Color & Correct, Creams have started to emerge in Asia as a new category and are designed for women who love BB Creams for their ability to provide a quick, flawless finish but are seeking skincare solutions that deliver long-term benefits, according to the company.
The Olay Total Effects CC Tone Correcting Line treats seven signs of aging, while also providing immediate color correction with tinted formulas that include UV protection or tone correction over time. The multiple, must-have instant and long-term benefits leave skin luminous and even-toned with the reduced appearance of discolorations, fine lines and wrinkles.
Olay Total Effects CC Tone Correcting UV Moisturizers include the Olay-exclusive Essential Glucosamine Complex, containing N-acetyl glucosamine and niacinamide.
Olay Total Effects CC Tone Correcting Line will be available in October 2012 for a suggested retail price of $21.50 each where Olay products are sold.
Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula facial care products is helping women everywhere to achieve a flawless complexion with the launch of two new skin care items – the Cocoa Butter Formula Eventone BB Cream and Cocoa Butter Formula Eventone Dark Spot Corrector. Both products feature Palmer's exclusive Tone Enhancing Complex, an advanced blend of tone perfecting ingredients including cocoa butter, niacinamide, soy, licorice extract, synovea and vitamin C.
The BB Cream ($11) is an all-in-one complexion SKU that primes, perfects and protects skin, replacing the need for multiple products. The Tone Enhancing Complex, combined with mineral pigment, moisturizes, primes, evens skin tone and provides SPF 15 sun protection, all in one convenient tube. Available in two shades, light/fair and medium/dark, the formula also can be used as a primer for foundation or on its own for lightweight coverage.
The Dark Spot Corrector ($15) is a pigment-perfecting concentrate that delivers a dose of key active skin-lightening ingredients to even tone and reveal a more radiant complexion. This powerful complex, combined with the pigment-perfecting Japanese songyi mushroom extract, keeps skin looking brighter and more radiant, according to the company.
Have you spotted any of these new products in stores near you yet? Thoughts?


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Non-Medical Treatments for Shift Work Disorder
Non-Medical Treatments for Shift Work Disorder
In addition to behavioral changes and good sleep habits, there are some non-medical options for improving symptoms of Shift Work Disorder. One of these options may help regulate your sleep or improve your alertness on the job.
Melatonin is a drowsy-making chemical naturally produced by the body. In people not working night shifts, melatonin levels increase a few hours before bedtime when the body is preparing for sleep. Melatonin levels remain high at night, decrease in the morning, and remain very low during the rest of the day. If you work on a shift schedule and you're exposed to light during the evening or night, your body's natural production of melatonin can become suppressed. In addition, light at night can cause a change in the timing of this melatonin profile (which is normally high at night and low during the day). In most shift workers, the melatonin profile does not realign properly with night work and sleep during the daytime. This lack of proper alignment of the melatonin profile—and the rest of the circadian system—contributes to disturbed daytime sleep, decreased alertness during night shifts, and presumably to many other health problems associated with shift work.
Taking melatonin may help to "reset" your internal clock if you need to adjust to an irregular schedule. Melatonin is sold as a dietary supplement like vitamins and minerals and is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. If you're considering taking melatonin, discuss it with your doctor and make sure you use it properly—in the correct dose and at the proper time. Inappropriate use of melatonin can backfire and increase sleep problems.
Light therapy
Light is a powerful signal for your internal clock. Light therapy may help shift workers adjust to irregular schedules. Light has two primary effects on your sleep/wake pattern. It has an alerting effect, and it also has the ability to gradually shift sleeping patterns earlier or later, depending on the timing of light exposure. During light therapy, you sit near a light box for a prescribed amount of time. The time of day is very important to achieve the desired effect. Exposure to bright light early in a person's wake period (and dim light at the end of the wake period) has the effect of moving the internal clock earlier. Exposure to light late in the day delays the timing of the internal clock. The timing of exposure to light can help you establish a better sleep/wake pattern, based on your work schedule and needs.
Your doctor may advise light therapy as a way to help you alter your sleep patterns and become more alert and productive for shift work. Your doctor will need detailed information about your work schedule and sleep patterns before prescribing the timing and amount of light therapy that is best for you. Light boxes are available in stores and online, and are sometimes covered by insurance.
Caffeine can make you more alert and productive during your shift. As low as 200 mg of caffeine (a cup of coffee has 100-200mg of caffeine, a can of soda has 30-40mg) has been found to improve alertness for those who wish to be awake at night. A nap followed by caffeine may be especially effective. Caffeine remains in your body for many hours, so make sure to taper off your caffeine intake as your shift winds down, ideally limiting your caffeine to the beginning half of your shift.


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England: Arsenal, Liverpool draw; United wins
Manchester United surged seven points clear in the English Premier League thanks to Wayne Rooney's double in a 2-1 win over Southampton, while third-place Chelsea's slim title hopes virtually ended following a late implosion at Reading on Wednesday.
The European champions surrendered a two-goal cushion with three minutes left to draw 2-2, heaping further misery on under-pressure manager Rafa Benitez. Thankfully for Benitez, Chelsea's leading rivals for the Champions League spots couldn't capitalize.
Fourth-place Tottenham only drew 1-1 thanks to Gareth Bale's solo goal that began in his own half, while Arsenal and Liverpool - the Premier League former heavyweights - missed a chance to close the gap on the top four by drawing 2-2 in an entertaining match at Emirates Stadium.
It meant fifth-place Everton was the big winner, beating West Bromwich Albion 2-1 to move one point behind Tottenham and pull three clear of Arsenal.
While a fierce race for the last two Champions League places intensifies behind them, United marches on toward a 20th title.
The leaders capitalized on second-place Manchester City's 0-0 draw at lowly Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday, but only after recovering from conceding a sloppy goal from a defensive mix-up and then withstanding a second-half onslaught by Southampton.
"My experience of this club, when you are going for championships, is that there are always games where you can say we were a bit lucky,'' United manager Alex Ferguson said. "This was one of those nights.''
Rooney scored in the eighth and 27th minutes to make it nine goals in nine games for the England striker, who is finally starting to shine after seeing fellow striker Robin van Persie take most of the plaudits this season.
Those goals canceled out Southampton's opener in the third minute, which arrived when Michael Carrick's weak back-pass wasn't cleared by goalkeeper David de Gea - allowing Jay Rodriguez to nip in and score.
Ferguson said Southampton's display was the best from a visiting side at Old Trafford this season.
"It's very important for my players to hear (that),'' recently appointed Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino said. "But we leave with no points. We did play well but I'm upset at not getting a draw at least. It doesn't console me.''
Benitez was flabbergasted after seeing Chelsea throw away what seemed a watertight lead, when Adam Le Fondre halved the deficit and equalized in the fifth minute of injury time.
"The atmosphere was not good in the dressing room,'' Benitez said. "We did everything to win the game. For 85 minutes we were dominating everything.
"It is very difficult to take.''
Juan Mata and Frank Lampard scored either side of halftime for Chelsea, which remains four points ahead of a Tottenham side rescued by the sublime skills of Bale in the 80th minute.
The Wales winger collected the ball inside his own half before embarking on a fast-paced dribble, which ended with him cutting inside and smashing a rising shot into the corner.
"It was nice to get a goal of that nature,'' Bale said, "and it was important to get back into the game.''
Norwich had gone in front through Wes Hoolahan in the 32nd minute and will be happy with the point after losing embarrassingly to non-league side Luton in the FA Cup only five days earlier at Carrow Road.
Leighton Baines' first-half brace - one a powerful shot and the second a penalty - saw off West Brom at Goodison Park and boosted Everton's chances of qualifying for the Champions League.
Arsenal's draw with Liverpool did little to improve either side's hopes of climbing back into the top four, showing up both teams' deficiencies.
Shocking defending by the hosts let in Luis Suarez for the opener after five minutes and then Jordan Henderson in the 60th.
But Liverpool, without a win against a top-10 team all season, defended far too deeply thereafter and goals by Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott earned Arsenal a point.
"We were outstanding going forward but nervous defensively,'' Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "We showed quality and spirit to draw.''
Fulham beat West Ham 3-1 with Dimitar Berbatov setting the home team on its way with the opening goal on his 32nd birthday.


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Judge LeRoy Martin Jr. insisted Friday he was merely transferring the matter, not recusing himself.
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Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot visits Washington, D.C. Legalized pot and a progressive income tax face hurdles in Springfield. And Cubs fans boo the return of Addison Russell.
Paris Schutz and guests discuss a state bill that would direct publicly traded companies in Illinois to boost their boardroom hiring of women and people of color.
More than 100 people gathered Friday along a chain-link fence outside a badly damaged Illinois silicone factory to remember four men who died in an explosion at the facility.
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Art fairs, rock bands, sweet treats and an early Thanksgiving celebration usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.
A Wisconsin operation that manufactured thousands of vaping cartridges a day may have been packing them with far more THC oil than the packaging claimed, authorities said Wednesday.
A group of Northeastern Illinois University students, faculty, staff and alumni plan to protest a sold-out event Thursday featuring former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
One of the most comprehensive investigations undertaken by federal authorities revealed widespread violations in the way Chicago Public Schools handles and investigates sexual violence cases. "The findings were deeply disturbing," one federal education official said. "We cannot permit this to recur in Chicago or anywhere else."
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Nearly a third of adults in Illinois were obese in 2017, compared to roughly 28% seven years ago, according to a new report that offers recommendations to curb the trend – including a sugar-sweetened beverage tax.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city plans to act with a sense of urgency on it's just-announced Vision Zero safety plan, a $6 million effort to eliminate the number of traffic-induced serious injuries and deaths.
The Italian conductor has been named as "music director designate" at Lyric Opera Chicago, where Sir Andrew Davis will retire as music director at the end of the 2020-2021 season.
Boeing 787 Dreamliners once praised as "beautiful" by President Donald Trump could become a casualty of his escalating trade war with China. That and other business news from Crain's Chicago Business.
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The Onslow County Sheriff�s Office is asking for the public�s help and Crime Stoppers is offering rewards in the shooting deaths of two men killed in separate drug-related incidents early last month.
The Onslow County Sheriff�s Office is asking for the public�s help and Crime Stoppers is offering rewards in the shooting deaths of two men killed in separate drug-related incidents early last month.
Watson Earl Chentlen was killed March 6 and Joseph C. MacDonald was killed March 10.
Both men had been recently charged with drug counts: Chentlen faced trial and MacDonald had turned state�s witness.
Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said he couldn�t rule out that the cases were related.
�When you are dealing with drugs you never know how far out the circle extends,� Brown said.
Chentlen, 20, crashed his Cadillac sedan on N.C. 53 at around 11:30 p.m. Responding deputies found that he had been shot in the chest and his driver�s side door had multiple bullet holes.
Investigators are looking for two or three suspects in the crime. The suspects knew Chentlen prior to the shooting, Brown said.
The incident began at Chentlen�s residence in Gainey�s Mobile Home Park.
Four days later, MacDonald, 48, was shot and killed at a mobile home park a few miles down N.C. 53 from where Chentlen died.
He received one gunshot wound while at his residence in Winter Wood MHP.
MacDonald had pleaded guilty to lesser charges and was scheduled to testify against an alleged dealer in a high-profile drug trafficking case the week he died. That case was postponed, but Brown said the trial didn�t hinge on MacDonald�s testimony.
Crime Stoppers of Onslow County is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest or apprehension in either case.
Anyone with information concerning these incidents can contact the Jacksonville/Onslow Crime Stoppers at 910-938-3273 or the Onslow County Sheriff�s Office at 910-455-3113. Callers to Crime Stoppers do not have to reveal their identities. For more information and updates like Crime Stoppers on Facebook at Facebook.com/onslowcrimestoppers.
Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.


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Fast food giant Taco Bell launched an advertising campaign Friday to fight back against a lawsuit filed in California charging its taco filling isn't beef.
The print ads say, in huge letters, "Thank you for suing us. Here's the truth about our seasoned beef." The ads then outline in detail the meat's ingredients.
The class-action lawsuit was filed late last week in federal court claiming Taco Bell falsely advertised its products as "beef."
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The suit alleges that the fast-food chain actually uses a meat mixture in its burritos and tacos that contains binders and extenders and does not meet requirements set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be labeled beef.
Taco Bell quickly denied the accusation. "The lawsuit is bogus and filled with completely inaccurate facts," Taco Bell President Creed said in an interview.
Taco Bell says its seasoned beef contains 88 percent USDA-inspected beef and the rest is water, spices and a mixture of oats, starch and other ingredients that contribute to the "quality of its product." The company said it uses no extenders.
The fast-food chain placed full-page print ads in Friday's editions of the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times and other papers as well as online ads to "set the record straight," company President Greg Creed told The Associated Press.
The lawsuit doesn't specify monetary damages but asks the court to order Taco Bell to stop marketing it under its current terms.


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TSAR are back! And in fine form too. LA rock band TSAR make a welcome return with The Dark Stuff EP and kick off with a video for "Police Station".
TSAR were formed in Los Angeles in 1998 and quickly planted their flag in the name of a new kind rock at the center of the exploding Silverlake music scene. Garage rockers, punks and glam babies alike flocked to eastside clubs to catch TSAR's bombastic live performances and catchy power-pop/punk songwriting.
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Hampshire schools pioneer and RIBA Royal Gold Medallist Colin Stansfield Smith has died aged 80 following a stroke, writes John Pardey
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Colin died last night in Winchester hospital after suffering a massive stroke nearly two weeks ago while playing cards with his friends at home. He never regained consciousness.
In 1985, Colin wrote that, 'Architects are the rightful custodians of the public estate because they have the capacity to introduce joy, imagination and wit into our environments.'
Arriving at Hampshire County Council in 1974, Colin inherited a vast estate of educational buildings, fire stations, old people's homes, libraries and schools. In his eighteen years as County Architect, Colin not only redefined school design in the UK but also changed a culture of public service.
Faced with bureaucratic systems and organisations, he reorganised the office structure to avoid formula by creating multi-disciplinary groups, with each handling a geographic area, responsible for all the existing buildings and projects in its area regardless of type. He invested in talent and grew a great team who worked 'for Colin', not for the Council.
Colin's belief that the local authority mind-set of efficient building production had to be replaced with a commitment to the environment, from buildings to graphics and everything in between was happily shared by his great supporter, Freddie Emery-Wallace, ('EW' as he was known), Leader of the Council, whose maxim was always to be 'roughly right than precisely wrong' suited Colin's approach to the 'approximate' art of architecture.
He would win by stealth, by subterfuge, by confrontation
Leading from the front as he had done during more than a hundred first-class cricket games for Lancashire during the 50s, his style was one of wearing down committees by going on relentlessly about something slightly off the point and finding 'functional pegs' on which to hang his arguments (security, energy use, maintenance and so on), never the artistic, or architectural reasons which he would slip through. He would win by stealth, by subterfuge, by confrontation.
In all my years working alongside Colin, first at Portsmouth School of Architecture where we met and later collaborating on various projects, he often referred to one small project that seemed to summarise his approach – the fairly modest Bridgemary Community school in Gosport completed in 1984. Here Colin took a bleak environment of system school buildings set in a sea of tarmac and surrounded by chain-link fencing and with the need for a new sports hall as a catalyst, set about preparing a masterplan for the future of the site. He spent the money tearing up the fences and built walls to link the best of the existing buildings centred on a new courtyard. The new walled environment became a more compact campus engendering a sense of place – 'a walled garden, for growing children rather than just plants' was one of his favourite analogies.
The early Hampshire schools that were to catch attention were the so called 'big roof' schools, that began with Newlands at Yateley in 1979. Here large pitched roofs had an environmental driver, bringing ventilation and light into deep plans and could not be further from the system-built flat roof schools and became champions for 'critical regionalism' in design.
Now acting more like a private practice than a local authority office, Colin not only entered competitions and submitted work to the Royal Academy, but also brought in outside consultants like Ted Cullinan, Michael Hopkins, Richard MacCormac and Peter Aldington, as well as engineers like Tony Hunt and Ted Happold that further invigorated the design development in Hampshire.
Hopkins' Velmead School in Fleet from 1984 was to spawn a move from brick and tiled pitched roof schools to elegant metal sheds, culminating in Colin's Queens Inclosure School in Cowplain five years later. Another move, this time to timber sheds was seen in the Bordon Whitehill School from 1991 – yet this diversity in style was entirely consistent for Colin, who was fond of being aligned with Isaiah Berlin's definition of a 'fox' who would draw on a wide variety of ideas, so long as it ends in quality.
His legacy at Hampshire County Architects continues and twenty-one years on, under his protégé Bob Wallbridge, the quality of buildings has remained consistently high, winning dozens of further awards with buildings of joy and imagination. I think it fair to say that he was exasperated by recent Government's disregard for high quality public architecture and for schools in particular and could feel history repeating.
Leaving Hampshire in 1992 he became Professor at Portsmouth University School of Architecture and continued his commitment to improving the environment by passing his knowledge to a new generation of architects.
He continued to design and I have been lucky enough to work on about a dozen schools with him in private practice (with only two built much to his frustration) as well as a John Lewis store in his alma mater town of Cambridge. Colin was wise, generous, warm and driven – he had an incredibly competitive edge and hated losing – so all the projects that ran aground in the exposed private sector were a constant frustration. He could from time to time take one's breath away with an insightful angle on a design issue, or when he would say things like, 'when I had lunch with Nehru', or 'Sigfreid Sassoon was a lovely man' or, 'now when I had dinner with Princess Diana, oh boy, …'.
John Pardey
RIBA president Angela Brady
Colin was one of my all-time school design heroes. He knew the value if designing for kids and teachers and all his innovative projects related to their natural context, inspirational educationally and blended into their landscape with a scale for kids to relate to. When I was chair of Civic Trust Awards a few years ago I was so impressed with his legacy of excellent schools that we gave Hampshire County Architects a special award for their schools. You can imagine his disappointment as we discussed the current school crisis and the total lack of innovation and design input, so different to his day. He still inspires today and he will be sadly missed and dearly remembered.
RIBA president elect Stephen Hodder
Colin was unique; a very gentle erudite man, a Mancunian, a county cricket player, a Royal Gold Medallist, an educator, but foremost an architect who changed the direction of school design. Woodlea and Queen's Inclosure Primary Schools became exemplars for recent thinking on architecture as a catalyst for a transformative culture in education. I first met Colin while teaching at the University of Manchester School of Architecture. He was an external examiner and his constructive support for the school and students had such a positive and profound impact. Only three weeks ago, after viewing the Charles Correa exhibition at Portland Place, Colin engaged Angela and myself in a wonderful and warm discussion in the President's Office (over an Irish whisky!) about the future of education. I shall hold dearly that last memory.
Bob Wallbridge, head of the Architects and Design Team at Hampshire County Council
In the nearly twenty years since his retirement as County Architect, Colin continued to be a close personal friend. He always welcomed and took time to nurture talented young architects, his legacy lives on through all of us in Hampshire. Colin was an exceptional influence on our lives, a man of energy, vitality and passion, a true champion for architecture in the public realm. Colin was unrelenting in his drive for excellence, we will remember our days with him undaunted by challenges, courageous, insightful and his conviction for all things architectural, tempered by his overwhelming sense of social purpose, humanity and generosity of spirit. Colin will be sorely missed but continues to be an inspiration for us all.
Colin Stansfield Smith (1932-2013)
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Very sad news indeed. I had the great pleasure of introducing Sir Colin (then Professor of Design Studies at Portsmouth) as guest speaker at the 1991 Norwich Lecture at the UEA during my tenure as NAA President, following his Royal Gold Medal Award.
A remarkable man with a remarkable story and legacy.
This is indeed a very sad loss to the architectural profession.
Sir Colin was my academic tutor during my Diploma in Architecture course at the University of Portsmouth until my graduation in the summer of last year.
In my studio groups thesis design, we worked on the regeneration of Portsmouth and Gosport Harbour underneath a concept in which he proposed entitled 'Edge City'.
During this time he persevered in us the critical understanding of the Architect as someone, through a clear and passionate vision, could impart a positive change towards society through design.
The profession is entering an uncertain future, the Architect is dogged by economic limitations and sidelined by a diversifying design team. Sir Colin will be sadly missed. His guile, his conviction and his passion to the nature of what it means to be an Architect, and his resolution to the importance of design in raising the quality of our environment, is ever more relevant.
To all students that shared in his knowledge and experience by working under him as a tutor, I hope we can take these lessons he taught and hope it can help us to champion the necessity of vision and ambition that we can bring to the design team, and engender a robustness to the profession for the future.
Sorry to hear this news. A nice piece by John Pardy. Sir Colin was my final year Diploma tutor. He sort of made the group of students set up a studio outside his office, on a daily basis he would wander in to see what we were up to, many insightful comments, and design process tips, and one day he even walked in with Daniel Libeskind. He had this amazing talent of being stood by my drawing board giving a tutorial, and seemingly without me knowing ending up on my chair with my pencil in his hand, and me stood next to him listening. We used to call him God............
In an Ashes season, it would be remiss not to refer to Colin's achievements on the cricket field. He was a leading all-rounder for Cambridge University where he led the bowling attack, under the captaincy of Ted Dexter. In the late season he played with Lancashire in Cyril Washbrook's side where he opened the bowling with Brian Statham. In 1957 he was second in the County's bowling averages with 29 wickets at 14.27, just behind Statham's 100 wickets at 12.57.
No doubt the combination of competitiveness with style and generosity served him well in both his passions.
Very sad news. I was lucky enough to be tutored by Colin at Portsmouth School of Architecture where he was a true master. Whilst the 1980s saw many local authorities selling off their property departments to the highest bidder, Sir Colin and his team at Hampshire showed there was another way. They created some truly inspirational buildings where excellence in design and quality of light and space were the key drivers - not profit. The fact that these projects were often realised through relatively modest budgets is testament to the skills of Sir Colin as an architect.
Michael Gove take note. A visionary award winning architect who designed inspirational schools that represented excellent value for money.
He will be remembered as one of the giants of public service who was tireless in his championship of excellence, innovation and liberal values. Always generous with his time – and his opinions - he was enormously encouraging to younger architects and fledgling practices. The schools built under his leadership in Hampshire and the profoundly humanist culture of architecture he created there will stand as his memorial.
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