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Best Budget Golden Triangle Tour Package Of Delhi Agra Jaipur For Groups
Location: Jaipur
Duration: 6 Nights / 7 Days
Holiday Type: Heritage Tours
Interest Type: Golden Triangle Tours
Package Type: Golden Triangle Tour
Location: Jaipur
Duration: 6 Nights / 7 Days
Holiday Type: Heritage Tours
Interest Type: Golden Triangle Tours
Package Type: Golden Triangle Tour
Delhi :- Delhi, also known as the National Capital Territory of India is the capital of India. Delhi was the site of ancient Indraprastha (Khandavprastha), the ancient capital of the Pandavas during the Mahabharata. In AD 1639, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built a new walled city named Shahjahanabad, in Delhi, which served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1649 until the Rebellion of 1857.Shahjahanabad today is Old Delhi.
The greater part of Old Delhi is still confined within the space of Shah Jahans walls, and several gates built during his rule—the Kashmiri Gate, the Delhi Gate, the Turkman Gate, and the Ajmeri Gate—still stand. In 1911 the British determined to shift the capital of India from Calcutta (Kolkata) to Delhi, and a three-member committee was formed to plan the construction of the new administrative centre.
The key architect on the committee was Sir Edwin Lutyens; it was he who gave shape to the city. The British moved to the partially built New Delhi in 1912, and construction was completed in 1931. A new capital city, New Delhi, was built to the south of the old city during the 1920s. When the British left India in 1947, New Delhi became its national capital and seat of the union government. Delhi's culture has been influenced by its lengthy history and historic association as the capital of India. This is exemplified by many significant monuments in the city, the Mughals and the Turkic rulers constructed several architecturally significant buildings, such as the Jama Masjid – India's largest mosque and the Red Fort.
Three World Heritage Sites – the Red Fort, Qutub Minar and Humayun's Tomb – are located in Delhi. Other monuments include the India Gate, the Jantar Mantar – an 18th-century astronomical observatory – and the Purana Qila – a 16th-century fortress. The Laxminarayan temple, Akshardham temple, the Bahai Lotus temple and the ISKCON temple are examples of modern architecture. Raj Ghat and associated memorials houses memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and other notable personalities. Several government buildings and official residences reminiscent of British colonial architecture, including the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Secretariat, Rajpath, the Parliament of India and Vijay Chowk. Safdarjung's Tomb is an example of the Mughal gardens style. Chandni Chowk, a 17th-century market, is one of the most popular shopping areas in Delhi for jewellery and Zari saris. Delhi's arts and crafts include, Zardozi – embroidery done with gold thread and Meenakari – the art of enamelling.
Places Of Interest :- Qutub Minar, Red Fort, India Gate, Lotus Temple, Connaught Place, Birla Mandir, Jantar Mantar, Akshardham Temple, Iskon Temple etc..
Agra :- Agra is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort . The city is mentioned in the epic Mahabharata, where it was called AgrevaM51;a ("the border of the forest"). Legend ascribes the founding of the city to Raja Badal Singh, a Sikarwar Rajput king (c. 1475), who's fort, Badalgarh, stood on or near the site of the present fort.
However, the 11th century Persian poet Mas'ud Sa'd Salman writes of a desperate assault on the fortress of Agra, and then held by the Shahi King Jayapala, by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. Sultan Sikandar Lodi was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in 1506. He died in 1517 and his son, Ibrahim Lodi, remained in power there for nine more years, finally being defeated at the Battle of Panipat in 1526. Between 1540 and 1556, Afghans, beginning with Sher Shah Suri ruled the area. It achieved fame as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1658. It is generally accepted that Sultan i, the Ruler of the Delhi Sultanate founded Agra in the year 1504.
After the Sultan's death the city passed on to his son Sultan Ibrahim Lodi. He ruled his Sultanate from Agra until he fell fighting to Babar in the First battle of Panipat fought in 1526. The golden age of the city began with the Mughals. It was known then as Akbarabad and remained the capital of the Empire under the Emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan later shifted his capital to Shahjahanabad in the year 1689. Since Akbarabad was one of the most important cities in India under the Mughals, it witnessed a lot of building activity.
Babar, the founder of the Mughal dynasty, laid out the first formal Persian garden on the banks of river Yamuna. The garden is called the Aram Bagh or the Garden of Relaxation. His grandson Akbar raised the towering ramparts of the Great Red Fort, besides making Agra a centre for learning, arts, commerce and religion. Akbar also built a new city on the outskirts of Akbarabad called Fatehpur Sikri. This city was built in the form of a Mughal military camp in stone.
The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world, the mausoleum of Shah Jahan's favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of the New Seven Wonders of the world, and one of the three World Heritage Sites in Agra. Completed in 1653, the Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal king Shah Jahan as the final resting place for his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Finished in marble, it is perhaps India's most beautiful monument. This perfectly symmetrical monument took 22 years (1630–1652) of labour and 20,000 workers, masons and jewellers to build and is set amidst landscaped gardens. Built by the Persian architect, Ustad 'Isa, the Taj Mahal is on the south bank of the Yamuna River. It is an acknowledged masterpiece of symmetry. Verses of the Koran are inscribed on it and at the top of the gate are twenty-two small domes, signifying the number of years the monument took to build.
The Taj Mahal was built on a marble platform that stands above a sandstone one. The most elegant dome of the Taj Mahal has a diameter of 60 feet (18 m), and rises to a height of 80 feet (24 m); directly under this dome is the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal. Shah Jahan's tomb was erected next to hers by his son Aurangzeb. The interiors are decorated with fine inlay work, incorporating semi-precious stones. Agra Fort (sometimes called the Red Fort), was commissioned by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565, and is another of Agra's World Heritage Sites. A stone tablet at the gate of the Fort states that it had been built before 1000 but was later renovated by Akbar. The red sandstone fort was converted into a palace during Shah Jahan's time, and reworked extensively, Notable buildings in the fort include the Pearl Mosque or Moti Masjid, the Diwan-e-Aam and Diwan-e-Khas (halls of public and private audience),Jahangir's Palace, Khas Mahal, Shish Mahal (mirrored palace), and the Musamman Burj. The fort is a typical example of Mughal architecture, effectively showing how the North Indian style of fort construction differed from that of the South. In the South, the majority of forts were built on the seabed like the one at Bekal in Kerala.
Places Of Interest :- Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Sikandra etc.
Jaipur :- Jaipur is the famous city and capital of Rajasthan. Jaipur is known as the Pink City of India because of the colour used exclusively in the walled city.The capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur is rich in history and culture. Here the past comes alive in magnificent forts and palaces. The bustling bazaars of Jaipur, famous for jewellery, fabric and shoes, possess a timeless quality and are surely a treasure-trove for the shoppers. This fascinating city with its romantic charm takes you to an epoch of royalty and tradition.
Places Of Interest :- Hawa Mahal, Galta Monkey Temple, Amber Fort and Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jantar Mantar, Government Central (Albert Hall) Museum, Kanak Vrindavan Valley, Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh, Vidyadhar Garden.
Please Note :- These rates are valid for Indian Passport holders only, foreigners are requested to, please cross check the rates with our tour experts before booking the package.
Important Note :- This is a proposal of quotation and not a confirmation of booking. Rates are subject to revision, hence we requests our customers to check the current rates with our Tour Experts in the moment of confirmation of the services or before the final booking...
Pick up from Delhi Airport/Railway station and proceed to Hotel. Check in hotel, Fresh up at the hotel and in the afternoon go for some local sightseeing. In the evening come to the hotel for an overnight night stay.
Today after breakfast, proceed to local sightseeing at Delhi. This day visit India Gate, Akshardham Temple, Birla Mandir etc. Return back to the hotel in the evening. Overnight stay at hotel.
Early morning get up have your breakfast at the hotel and precede to Agra, post lunch check in the hotel and after fresh n up go for local sightseeing here. Return back to the hotel in the evening for an overnight stay here. (Note: - Taj Mahal closes on every Friday. )
Today after breakfast further proceed for local sightseeing at Agra, Return back to the hotel in the evening and overnight stay at hotel.
Get up early morning have your breakfast at the hotel and check out, after breakfast further proceed to your next destination Jaipur. Post lunch check in the hotel at Jaipur. Fresh up and take a short rest at the hotel, in the afternoon go for some local sightseeing. Come back to the hotel in the evening for the night stay here.
After morning breakfast the entire day is free to explore the Jaipur and nearby areas, go for local sightseeing and come back to the hotel in the evening.
Get up early in the morning pack up your bags and have your breakfast at the hotel and after morning breakfast further proceed to Delhi with lots of sweet memories, and your trip ends at Delhi Airport/Railway station.


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Most of the time, the recipes I put together are things I miss eating that have always been verboten high-carb choices. Give me something delicious that we're told is off-limits, that might cause someone to either hug Little Debbie snack cake stands or chase the pizza car down the street, chewing the steel belted radials, and I'm on it like Newman's Own on a bag o' salad.
Then, for my friends like Ron (my donut buddy) and Eric (keeping it real), I want to do something extra special for some of the honeys out there who are trying to stick to this lifestyle without living a total life of despair consisting of licking only strips of bacon or pretending that ricotta cheese is a dessert.
I mean PuhLEASE! Lifestyle alert! If you don't want to go to rehab (I say No, No, No), tell your way of eating who's its daddy with this chocolate glaze recipe I put together (goes with everything, including that purse) and an easy donut recipe (which, hellooooo? Donuts on low-carb? For diabetics? For gluten-intolerant?) OH YES!
So, to Ron, Eric, and all of you Krazy Kravin Krispy Kreme Kats out there, get out of bed, throw back those 1950's curlers, and let me hear you yell, "IT'S TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS!
Low-Carb, (gluten-free) Donuts (of the oopsie variety)
3 eggs, separated
3 ounces cream cheese
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1 packet Splenda
2 Tbsp Davincis Vanilla Syrup (Sugar Free)
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
In a bowl, whip egg whites with cream of tartar until peaks are stiff (about 5 minutes).
In separate bowl, blend cream cheese, yolks, baking powder and davincis sugar free syrup. Adding half of the yolk batter at a time to the whites and using a tall spoon (I use an iced tea spoon), make a lazy sine wave through the batter once. Turn the bowl 90 degrees and repeat. Add second half of the yolk mix and repeat sine wave two more times.
Place in ungreased, nonstick angel food miniature cake pans.
Bake for 30 minutes. Remove pans from oven and let cool on a cooling rack.Makes 4 crullers.
Chocolate Glaze
2 Lindt 80% dark chocolate squares (buy in candy bar)
1 Tbsp davincis vanilla sugar free syrup
2 small packets Splenda
2 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
2 Tbsp butter
In a microwavable bowl, combine ingredients. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir well. Dip tops of crullers into mixture. Drizzle any remaining mixture to fill bare spots. Let crullers rest on cooling rack until glaze has set.
Will coat 6-8 crullers, and can be used for other purposes.
This does dry to a shiny glaze.
Keep unused portions and completes recipes in cooler temperatures.
Nutritional information for entire chocolate glaze recipe:
Calories: 349, Carbohydrates: 5, Fiber: 2, Net Carbohydrates: 3, Protein: 3, Fat: 36
Nutritional information without glaze/with glaze (glaze will easily coat 6-8 crullers):
Calories: 218/273, Carbohydrates: 2/1, Fiber: 0/1, Net Carbohydrates: 2/3, Protein: 7.5 grams/ 8 grams, Fat: 18 grams/ 24 grams
Angel food pans for you little devils.
Wilton makes the most adorable mini non-stick angel food cake pans. You can find them at some super markets (Kroger and King Soopers), Super Wal-Mart, Super-Target, Michaels, and Hobby Lobby in the baking pans section. These little beauties will be dangling from the pegs on the wall, and come in a set of two for roughly $4.

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Aloha Bloggerinos,
Well we are fully in the grips of summer. I knooooowww everyone lluurrvveess the summer, but I find it a bit of a struggle to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I love the sunshine, the flowers, the BBQ's and paddling pools, but I must say, I don't take well to the heat. I get very red and then once I'm red, there's no going back. I'm not a sweaty person so I think that's why I can't keep a nice temperature. I get all hot and bothered and grumpy and if a wasp comes by then that's the end of it for me!!
Slight anti-summer (I'm a hoot to go on holiday with hahaha!), the other night I was invited out for a few drinkeronies with my work chums and so here is my outfit. FYI, It was in the evening so I didn't get the dreaded red-face and was merry and bright! Woop!
As you know, I am a curvy size 16-18 (closer to 18 if I'm honest) and 5"7. Curvy, voluptuous, big boned, bonny, buxom, call it what you like, I am a little bit fat. However, I really think that if you dress your shape properly and have a bit of self belief, you can still look lovely. No, I don't look good in a playsuit, but floaty summer dress? Throw it my way!!
So this is what I wore:
Dress: New Look
Cardi: New Look
Sunglasses: Primark
Sandals: Old Trusty Primark!
Mattmoo doesn't wait for me to do a nice face before he snaps. Grr!
Cheesy pose, scrunched up face. Good times.
And to quench your pretties thirst, here are the accessories:
(Please excuse my roots, appointment this week!)
Hair Flowers: Monsoon Children's Section
Glitter Headband: Primark
Bangles: Topshop
Gold Zippy Clutch: H&M
Earrings: Topshop
So that's it Bloggerinos. Is it a yay or a nay?


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Peyton Manning underwent a concussion test late in the first half of the Denver Broncos' 17-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, but he never left the game, Mike Klis of The Denver Post reported.
"I'm fine, everything checked out OK, " Manning told Klis. "I took a hit there, but I was cleared."
Manning was hit by Chiefs defensive lineman Tyson Jackson during a touchdown pass to Jacob Tamme late in the second quarter. Manning's head slammed to the ground, so the Broncos administered a test on him, then cleared him. The team also took X-rays after the game as a precaution.
The hit came on Manning's last pass of the half, and he was less accurate in the second half. Manning completed 13 of 17 passes for 137 yards, with a touchdown and an interception, in the first half. He connected on 9 of 20 throws for 148 yards and a TD after halftime.
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6 But the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with ea strong hand he will fdrive them out of his land."
2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, g"I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as hGod Almighty,1 but by my name the iLord I did not make myself known to them. 4 jI also established my covenant with them kto give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. 5 Moreover, lI have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, m'I am the Lord, and nI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and oI will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7 I pwill take you to be my people, and qI will be your God, and you shall know that mI am the Lord your God, who has brought you out nfrom under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you into rthe land that I sswore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. mI am the Lord.' " 9 Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they tdid not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.
10 So the Lord said to Moses, 11 "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land." 12 But Moses said to the Lord, "Behold, the people of Israel have tnot listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for uI am of uncircumcised lips?" 13 But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the vsons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben. 15 The wsons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon. 16 These are the names of the xsons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. 17 The ysons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. 18 The zsons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. 19 The asons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. 20 bAmram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years. 21 cThe sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The dsons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of eAmminadab and the sister of fNahshon, and she bore him gNadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The hsons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites. 25 Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and ishe bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their clans.
26 These are the Aaron and Moses jto whom the Lord said: "Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt kby their hosts." 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.
28 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 the Lord said to Moses, l"I am the Lord; mtell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you." 30 But Moses said to the Lord, "Behold, nI am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?"
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1 As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces, he heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, famous for its wealth in silver and gold,
and that its temple was very rich, containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weapons left there by Alexander, son of Philip, king of Macedon, the first king of the Greeks.
He went therefore and tried to capture and pillage the city. But he could not do so, because his plan became known to the people of the city
who rose up in battle against him. So he retreated and in great dismay withdrew from there to return to Babylon.
While he was in Persia, a messenger brought him news that the armies sent into the land of Judah had been put to flight;
that Lysias had gone at first with a strong army and been driven back by the Israelites; that they had grown strong by reason of the arms, men, and abundant possessions taken from the armies they had destroyed;
that they had pulled down the Abomination which he had built upon the altar in Jerusalem; and that they had surrounded with high walls both the sanctuary, as it had been before, and his city of Beth-zur.
When the king heard this news, he was struck with fear and very much shaken. Sick with grief because his designs had failed, he took to his bed.
There he remained many days, overwhelmed with sorrow, for he knew he was going to die.
So he called in all his Friends and said to them: "Sleep has departed from my eyes, for my heart is sinking with anxiety.
I said to myself: 'Into what tribulation have I come, and in what floods of sorrow am I now!
Yet I was kindly and beloved in my rule.' But I now recall the evils I did in Jerusalem, when I carried away all the vessels of gold and silver that were in it, and for no cause gave orders that the inhabitants of Judah be destroyed.
I know that this is why these evils have overtaken me; and now I am dying, in bitter grief, in a foreign land."
Then he summoned Philip, one of his Friends, and put him in charge of his whole kingdom.
He gave him his crown, his robe, and his signet ring, so that he might guide the king's son Antiochus and bring him up to be king.
2 King Antiochus died in Persia in the year one hundred and forty-nine.
3 When Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up the king's son Antiochus, whom he had reared as a child, to be king in his place; and he gave him the title Eupator.
The men in the citadel were hemming in Israel around the sanctuary, continually trying to harm them and to strengthen the Gentiles.
But Judas planned to destroy them, and called all the people together to besiege them.
4 So in the year one hundred and fifty they assembled and stormed the citadel, for which purpose he constructed catapults and other devices.
Some of the besieged escaped, joined by impious Israelites;
they went to the king and said: "How long will you fail to do justice and avenge our kinsmen?
We agreed to serve your father and to follow his orders and obey his edicts.
And for this the sons of our people have become our enemies; they have put to death as many of us as they could find and have plundered our estates.
They have acted aggressively not only against us, but throughout their whole territory.
Look! They have now besieged the citadel in Jerusalem in order to capture it, and they have fortified the sanctuary and Beth-zur.
Unless you quickly forestall them, they will do even worse things than these, and you will not be able to stop them."
When the king heard this he was angry, and he called together all his Friends, the officers of his army, and the commanders of the cavalry.
Mercenary forces also came to him from other kingdoms and from the islands of the seas.
His army numbered a hundred thousand foot-soldiers, twenty thousand cavalry, and thirty-two elephants trained for war.
They passed through Idumea and camped before Beth-zur. For many days they attacked it; they constructed siege-devices, but the besieged made a sortie and burned these, and they fought bravely.
Then Judas marched away from the citadel and moved his camp to Beth-zechariah, on the way to the king's camp.
The king, rising before dawn, moved his force hastily along the road to Beth-zechariah; and the armies prepared for battle, while the trumpets sounded.
They showed the elephants the juice of grapes and mulberries to provoke them to fight.
The beasts were distributed along the phalanxes, each elephant having assigned to it a thousand men in coats of mail, with bronze helmets, and five hundred picked cavalry.
These anticipated the beast wherever it was; and wherever it moved, they moved too and never left it.
A strong wooden tower covering each elephant, and fastened to it by a harness, held, besides the Indian mahout, three soldiers who fought from it.
The remaining cavalry were stationed on one or the other of the two flanks of the army, to harass the enemy and to be protected from the phalanxes.
When the sun shone on the gold and bronze shields, the mountains gleamed with their brightness and blazed like flaming torches.
Part of the king's army extended over the heights, while some were on low ground, but they marched forward steadily and in good order.
All who heard the noise of their numbers, the tramp of their marching, and the clashing of the arms, trembled; for the army was very great and strong.
Judas with his army advanced to fight, and six hundred men of the king's army fell.
Eleazar, called Avaran, saw one of the beasts bigger than any of the others and covered with royal armor, and he thought the king must be on it.
So he gave up his life to save his people and win an everlasting name for himself.
He dashed up to it in the middle of the phalanx, killing men right and left, so that they fell back from him on both sides.
He ran right under the elephant and stabbed it in the belly, killing it. The beast fell to the ground on top of him, and he died there.
When the Jews saw the strength of the royal army and the ardor of its forces, they retreated from them.
A part of the king's army went up to Jerusalem to attack them, and the king established camps in Judea and at Mount Zion.
5 He made peace with the men of Beth-zur, and they evacuated the city, because they had no food there to enable them to stand a siege, for that was a sabbath year in the land.
The king took Beth-zur and stationed a garrison there to hold it.
For many days he besieged the sanctuary, setting up artillery and machines, fire-throwers, catapults and mechanical bows for shooting arrows and slingstones.
The Jews countered by setting up machines of their own, and kept up the fight a long time.
But there were no provisions in the storerooms, because it was the seventh year, and the tide-over provisions had been eaten up by those who had been rescued from the Gentiles and brought to Judea.
Few men remained in the sanctuary; the rest scattered, each to his own home, for the famine was too much for them.
Lysias heard that Philip, whom King Antiochus, before his death, had appointed to train his son Antiochus to be king,
had returned from Persia and Media with the army that accompanied the king, and that he was seeking to take over the government.
So he hastily resolved to withdraw. He said to the king, the leaders of the army, and the soldiers: "We are grow-ing weaker every day, our provisions are scanty, the place we are besieging is strong, and it is our duty to take care of the affairs of the kingdom.
Therefore let us now come to terms with these men, and make peace with them and all their nation.
Let us grant them freedom to live according to their own laws as formerly; it was on account of their laws, which we abolished, that they became angry and did all these things."
The proposal found favor with the king and the leaders;
he sent peace terms to the Jews, and they accepted. So the king and the leaders swore an oath to them, and on these terms they evacuated the fortification.
But when the king entered Mount Zion and saw how the place was fortified, he broke the oath he had sworn and gave orders for the encircling wall to be destroyed.
Then he departed in haste and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip in possession of the city. He fought against him and took the city by force.


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It is a complete rewrite, not using any HP code, and it does not require an
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Distribution (economics)
In economics, distribution is the way total output, income, or wealth is distributed among individuals or among the factors of production (such as labour, land, and capital).[1] In general theory and in for example the U.S. National Income and Product Accounts, each unit of output corresponds to a unit of income. One use of national accounts is for classifying factor incomes[2] and measuring their respective shares, as in national Income. But, where focus is on income of persons or households, adjustments to the national accounts or other data sources are frequently used. Here, interest is often on the fraction of income going to the top (or bottom) x percent of households, the next x percent, and so forth (defined by equally spaced cut points, say quintiles), and on the factors that might affect them (globalization, tax policy, technology, etc.).
Descriptive, theoretical, scientific, and welfare uses[edit]
Income distribution can describe a prospectively observable element of an economy. It has been used as an input for testing theories explaining the distribution of income, for example human capital theory and the theory of economic discrimination (Becker, 1993, 1971).
In welfare economics, a level of feasible output possibilities is commonly distinguished from the distribution of income for those output possibilities. But in the formal theory of social welfare, rules for selection from feasible distributions of income and output are a way of representing normative economics at a high level of generality.
Neoclassical distribution theory[edit]
In neoclassical economics, the supply and demand of each factor of production interact in factor markets to determine equilibrium output, income, and the income distribution. Factor demand in turn incorporates the marginal-productivity relationship of that factor in the output market.[3][4][5][6] Analysis applies to not only capital and land but the distribution of income in labor markets.[7]
The neoclassical growth model provides an account of how the distribution of income between capital and labor is determined in competitive markets at the macroeconomic level over time with technological change and changes in the size of the capital stock and labor force.[8] More recent developments of the distinction between human capital and physical capital and between social capital and personal capital have deepened analysis of distribution.
Vilfredo Pareto proposed the distribution of income can be described by a power-law: this is now called the Pareto distribution.
See also[edit]
- Median household income (simplest measure of relative and absolute in income distribution)
- Income quintiles (from the top 20% on down for the U.S.)
- Household income in the United States
- Personal income in the United States
- Economic inequality (worldwide overview; causes, effects, normative perspectives)
- Generational accounting
- Involuntary unemployment
Distribution of what?[edit]
Distribution theories[edit]
Classical distribution theory[edit]
Marxian distribution theory[edit]
Neoclassical distribution theory[edit]
- Neoclassical microeconomic model of labor market demand and supply
- Production function
- Outline of industrial organization
- Production theory basics
Normative economics of distribution[edit]
- Welfare economics
- Distributive justice
- Justice (economics)
- Social choice theory
- Social welfare function
- ^ Paul A. Samuelson and William D. Nordhaus (2004). Economics, 18th ed., [end] Glossary of Terms, "Distribution."
- ^ "Glossary "Factor income"". Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. 2 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ John Bates Clark (1902). The Distribution of Wealth. Analytical Table of Contents).
- ^ Philip H. Wicksteed (1914). "The Scope and Method of Political Economy in the Light of the 'Marginal' Theory of Value and Distribution," Economic Journal, 24(94), pp. 1–23.
- ^ George J. Stigler (1941). Production and Distribution Theories: The Formative Years (analytical exposition of successive contributions by ten neoclassical economists from about 1870 to 1910). New York: Macmillan. Chapter-preview links.
- ^ C.E. Ferguson (1969). The Neoclassical Theory of Production and Distribution. Cambridge. Description & review excerpt.
- ^ J.R. Hicks (1932, 2nd ed., 1963). The Theory of Wages. London: Macmillan.
- ^ F.H. Hahn (2008). "neoclassical growth theory," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. Abstract.
- A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, ed. (2000). Handbook of Income Distribution, v. 1. Elsevier. Description & chapter-preview links.
- _____ (2001). "Income Distribution," International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, pp. 7265–71. Abstract.
- Gary S. Becker (1971). The Economics of Discrimination (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-04115-5. (UCP descr)
- Gary S. Becker (1993). Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education (3rd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-04120-9. (UCP descr)
- Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift (2008). "egalitarianism." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Sheldon Danziger and Peter Gottschalk (1995). America Unequal, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA ISBN 0-674-01810-9 (book abstract)
- Sheldon Danziger, Robert Haveman, Robert Plotnick (1981). "How Income Transfer Programs Affect Work, Savings, and the Income Distribution: A Critical Review," Journal of Economic Literature 19(3), pp. 975–1028.
- Milton Friedman and Simon Kuznets (1945). Income from Independent Professional Practice NBER.
- Julian Lamont (2003). "Distributive Justice", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Gian Singh Sahota (1978). "Theories of Personal Income Distribution: A Survey", Journal of Economic Literature, 16(1), pp. 1–55.
- Xavier Sala-Martin (2006)."The World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and… Convergence, Period,"(+ button to enlarge), Quarterly Journal of Economics," 121(2), May, pp. 351–97.
- Paul A. Samuelson and William D. Nordhaus (2004). Economics, 18th ed.,
- ch. 12: How Markets Determine Incomes
- ch. 13: The Labor Market
- ch. 14: Land and Capital
- ch. 14: Appendix Markets and Economic Efficiency .
- U.S. Census Bureau ([1999] 2004). "Income Inequality (1947–1998)."
Some distribution entries from The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (1987):
- "distribution, law of," v. 1, pp. 869–72, by J.B. Clark [1926].
- "distribution theories, classical," v. 1, pp. 872–76, by Luigi Pasinetti.
- "distribution theories, Keynesian," v. 1, pp. 876–78, by Mauro Baranzini.
- "distribution theories, Marxian," v. 1, pp. 878–83, by David M. Gordon.
- "distribution theories, neoclassical," v. 1, pp. 883–86, by Christopher Bliss.
- "distributive justice," v. 1, pp. 886–88, by Edmund S. Phelps.
- "imputation," v. 2, pp. 838–39, by Murray N. Rothbard.
- "inequality between persons," v. 2, pp. 821-24, by Anthony F. Shorrocks.
- "interest and profit," v. 2, pp. 877–79, by Carlo Panico.
- "marginal productivity theory," v. 3, pp. 323–25, by Robert F. Dorfman.
- "Marxian value analysis," v. 3, pp. 383–87 by J.E. Roemer.
- "profit and profit theory," v. 3, pp. 1014–21, by Meghnad Desai.
- "wages, real and money," v. 4, pp. 840–42, by Henry Phelps Brown.
Some distribution entries from The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2008), 2nd Ed.:
- "classical distribution theories" by Massimo Pivetti. Abstract.
- "convergence" by Steven N. Durlauf and Paul A. Johnson. Abstract.
- "equality of opportunity" by J.E. Roemer. Abstract.
- "income taxation and optimal policies" by Louis Kaplow. Abstract.
- "national income" by Thomas K. Rymes. Abstract.
- "skill-biased technical change" by Giovanni L. Violante. Abstract.
- "wage inequality, changes in" by Stephen Machin and John Van Reenen. Abstract.
- "women's work and wages" by Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn. Abstract.
External links[edit]
- U.S. National income by type of income, 1959–2005 from 2006 Economic Report of the President via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.


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Serves: 4
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
1 tsp caster sugar
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
4 tbsp olive oil
350g fresh runner beans, shredded
1 small red onion, thinly sliced into rings
25g pack fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
2 tbsp Cooks' Ingredients Nonpareille Capers, rinsed and dried
1. Spoon the mustard, sugar and garlic into a large bowl, whisk in the vinegar and 3 tbsp of the oil until emulsified and thickened.
2. Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the beans for 5 minutes until just tender. Drain well and add to the dressing. Toss together, then tip onto a serving plate and scatter with the red onion and parsley.
3. Heat the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil in a small frying pan and fry the capers until crisp. Drain on kitchen paper then scatter over the salad. Perfect with griddled or barbecued chicken.


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(This post continues discussing issues I described back in January in Academic publication boycott)
Some weeks ago I received a couple of emails the same day: one asking me to submit a paper to an open access journal, while the other one was inviting me to be the editor of an 'special issue' of my choice for another journal. I haven't heard before about any of the two publications, which follow pretty much the same model: submit a paper for $600 and—if they like it—it will be published. However, the special issue email had this 'buy your way in' feeling: find ten contributors (i.e. $6,000) and you get to be an editor. Now, there is nothing wrong per-se with open access journals, some of my favorite ones (e.g. PLoS ONE) follow that model. However, I was surprised by the increasing number of new journals that look at filling the gap for 'I need to publish soon, somewhere'. Surprised until one remembers the incentives at play in academic environments.
If I, or most academics for that matter, want to apply for academic promotion I have to show that I'm a good guy that has a 'teaching philosophy' and that my work is good enough to get published in journals; hopefully in lots of them. The first part is a pain, but most people can write something along the lines 'I'm passionate about teaching and enjoy creating a challenging environment for students…' without puking†. The second part is trickier because one has to really have the papers in actual journals.
Personally, I would be happier with only having the odd 'formal' publication. The first time (OK, few times) I saw my name in a properly typeset paper was very exciting, but it gets old after a while. These days, however, I would prefer to just upload my work to a website, saying here you have some ideas and code, play with it. If you like it great, if not well, next time I hope it'll be better. Nevertheless, this doesn't count as proper publication, because it isn't peer reviewed, independently of the number of comments the post may get. PLoS ONE counts, but it's still a journal and I (and many other researchers) work in many things that are too small for a paper, but cool enough to share. The problem: there is little or no credit for sharing so Quantum Forest is mostly a 'labor of love', which counts bugger all for anything else.
These days as a researcher I often learn more from other people's blogs and quick idea exchanges (for example through Twitter) than via formal publication. I enjoy sharing analysis, ideas and code in this blog. So what's the point of so many papers in so many journals? I guess that many times we are just 'ticking the box' for promotions purposes. In addition, the idea of facing referees' or editors' comments like 'it would be a good idea that you cite the following papers…' puts me off‡. And what about authorship arrangements? We have moved from papers with 2-3 authors to enough authors to have a football team (with reserves and everything). Some research groups also run arrangements where 'I scratch your back (include you as a coauthor) and you scratch mine (include me in your papers)'. We break ideas into little pieces that count for many papers, etc.
Another related issue is the cost of publication (and the barriers it imposes on readership). You see, we referee papers for journals for free (as in for zero money) and tell ourselves that we are doing a professional service to uphold the high standards of whatever research branch we belong to. Then we spend a fortune from our library budget to subscribe to the same journals for which we reviewed the papers (for free, remember?). It is not a great deal, as many reasonable people have pointed out; I added a few comments in academic publication boycott.
So, what do we need? We need promotion committees to reduce the weight on publication. We need to move away from impact factor. We can and need to communicate in other ways: scientific papers will not go away, but their importance should be reduced.
† Making an effort to prepare interesting lectures doesn't hurt either.
‡ These days it is fairly common editors 'suggesting' to include additional references in our manuscripts, which just happen to be to papers in the same journal, hoping to inflate the impact factor of the journal. Referees tend to suggest their own papers (some times useful, many times not). Lame, isn't it?
PS. 2012-10-19 15:27 NZST. You also have to remember that not because something was published it is actually correct: outrageously funny example (via Arthur Charpentier). Yep, through Twitter.


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Northern Lights illuminate Derbyshire's night sky
Stargazers were treated to the rare phenomenon – which is caused by electrically charged particles from the Sun entering the Earth's atmosphere – last night.
The three pictures in our video slideshow were taken by Colin Dixon in Fox House, Robert Scriven at Mam Tor and Matthew Bunting at Ashover Rock near Clay Cross.
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Hide AdMatthew said: "I often go chasing the Northern Lights when there is due to be a show, but usually have to travel in the car to Northumberland to get photos.
"This is by far the best show I have seen in the UK."
Also known as Aurora Borealis, the ethereal light display was visible as far south as Essex.
Astronomer Mark Thompson,a presenter for the BBC's Stargazing Live programme, said the astronomical event was "a rare treat" for the country.


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Source: Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) The head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, heads off to Ukraine on Wednesday for a visit aimed at deepening the dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox in the former Soviet state.
The Cardinal will spend two days in the capital Kiev, meeting with the small Greek and Latin Catholic communities there. He'll also hold talks with the Ukrainian Orthodox leader, Metropolitan Volodymyr, of the Moscow Patriarchiate,and other representatives of that Church.
On Saturday the cardinal travels to the Western city of Lviv, the Catholic heartland of the country and on Monday he will make a brief visit to Uzhorod and Mukachevo, close to the border with Slovakia and Hungary. In each of these cities he will also meet with Catholic and Orthodox leaders, before returning to Rome on Wednesday June 12th.
This visit to Ukraine comes 12 years on from the first historic journey of a pope, John Paul II, to the country, where he prayed for a healing of divisions between East and Western Christianity.
Just before his departure, Cardinal Koch talked to Philippa Hitchen about his hopes for continuing this healing process…..
"It's the first time I am able to go to Ukraine and for me it's very important to have meetings with all the Churches, the Orthodox, the Greek Catholic and Latin Catholics…..I see it as very important to deepen relationships between Catholics and Orthodox because we also have a difficult situation between the Orthodox Churches and it's clear we can have official relations only with the Orthodox Church united with the Patriarchate of Moscow…..I think it's important that Pope Francis has had responsibility for all the Oriental Catholic Churches (in Argentina) and he knows this reality so the dialogue between Oriental Catholics and Orthodox Churches is very important for him…."


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Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer are classic examples of hoplophobes, whose blatant disregard for the U.S. Constitution would make our Founding Fathers roll in their collective graves.
by Chipperman October 14, 2004
An irrational fear of weapons, generally guns, usually occuring as a result of a liberal upbringing or the fact that the person is just a wimp in general. Rather than deal with the fear said hoplophobe will assign human characteristics to a weapon ie "guns are evil" or "guns kill" to justify the fear rather than deal with the core problem of being a sissy.
Due to his aversion to weapons, all the the police could do for young Seth the hoplophobe was chalk his cold dead body out on the floor as he had no defense for the thug that broke into his one bedroom apartment in San Fran, the policed noted the irony in the fact that the killer had scored three hits in the "O" portion of Seth's OBAMA 08 T-shirt.
by DVick September 5, 2008


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Consumers to suffer if GM goes under
Higher car prices, the end of incentives and vehicle shortages could occur if GM and other Big Three automakers don't get a bailout, according to experts.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A bankruptcy of one of the Big Three automakers could hit American consumers hard, industry experts warn.
General Motors (GM, Fortune 500) said on Nov. 7 that it will run out of the cash it needs to operate late this year, or early next year. On Tuesday, Chrysler LLC CEO Robert Nardelli told the Senate Banking Committee his firm is also at risk of running out of cash. The CEOs of GM, Ford Motor (F, Fortune 500) and Chrysler are seeking financial assistance from the federal government.
Executives at GM have repeatedly maintained that bankruptcy is not an option. Nardelli said his firm also wants to avoid filing. But there is enough opposition to a bailout to make bankruptcy, or even outright failure, of two of the nation's largest automakers a serious risk in the coming two months.
As a result, some experts predict higher car and truck prices, vehicle shortages and difficulty finding replacement parts for owners of American, as well as Asian cars, if Detroit's Big Three don't get the $25 billion they are asking Congress for.
"Vehicles could cost anywhere from 5% to 15% more, maybe even more than that," said Michael Robinet, vice president of global vehicle forecasts for auto consultant CSM Worldwide.
The main reason prices would head higher is that production for the overall industry would be cut by a GM bankruptcy, especially if buyers shun GM models due to concerns about warranties or resale prices.
GM, despite years of market share losses, is still the nation's largest automaker by U.S. sales volume, with a 22% market share.
"Anything that would take significant supply out, would shift the market to a seller's market very quickly," said David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research, a Michigan think tank that is a strong advocate of a government bailout.
Others say that the incentives that many automakers have offered buyers, such as cash-back or low financing rates, may be a thing of the past if GM goes bankrupt. That could make it even tougher to entice consumers to buy in this difficult economic environment.
Sales tracker Edmunds.com estimates the average incentive on each vehicle sold in October was $2,677, up $500, or 23%, from a year ago.
Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation (AN, Fortune 500), the nation's largest auto dealer group, adds that a painful recession could accompany a GM bankruptcy and further eat into the current weak demand for new vehicles.
"The economy is going to be in such a state of shock, with double-digit unemployment, that few people will buying cars," Jackson said when asked about how bad he thought the economy could get if GM went bankrupt.
There are some experts who believe that General Motors and Chrysler will be able to continue operations even if they are forced into bankruptcy.
Still, even if GM and Chrysler were to survive a bankruptcy filing, they might not be able to pay their supplier base. GM alone owes $28 billion to suppliers as of Sept. 30. A comparable number is not available for closely-held Chrysler. If suppliers don't get money they are owed, some would likely have to shut down themselves.
"Many of the parts suppliers will have to file for bankruptcy immediately - some that day, some two or three days later when banks sweep their accounts and put a halt to their borrowing," said Kriss Andrews, head of the North American auto practice for consultant BBK, who has specialized in bankruptcy among suppliers in recent years.
That would be a major headache for car owners, according to Kimberly Rodriguez, co-leader of global automotive services for accounting firm Grant Thornton.
She said she's worried that many replacement parts will be in short supply if there are widespread bankruptcies across the supplier base. In many cases, there's a single supplier making specific parts. So closure of one supplier can make it difficult to get a new part.
"The first thing they'll stop making is [replacement] parts," she said about the suppliers. "That's the least profitable business they do. If the production suppliers aren't functioning, the 150 million used vehicles out there are going to have trouble."
But bankruptcies at parts makers wouldn't just cause consumers problems when trying to find replacement parts. Because automakers share suppliers, bankruptcies in the parts sector would quickly cut into production of all brands of vehicles made in North America. That would feed into the shortage of vehicles and cause prices to rise.
Ford has more cash on hand relative to its ongoing losses and is not in the immediate cash crisis that GM and Chrysler face. But a GM or Chrysler bankruptcy could spark a cash crisis at Ford as well, because of the impact on suppliers. There would also be production problems for financially healthy Asian manufacturers.
"A major portion of the supply base will be decimated. It will be a very small number of days, if not hours, before Ford and Chrysler will be affected [by a GM bankruptcy], and the same is true of Asian manufacturers," said Andrews.
Toyota Motor (TM), Honda Motor (HMC), Nissan and Kia, have 17 North American assembly lines now operating and two more under construction. Together, their North American plants built 3.5 million vehicles in 2007. The Asian automakers will top that total this year - which is more than what Ford and Chrysler will build this in North America this year.
But the Asian automakers' North American plants don't have the excess capacity to make up for the loss of GM, especially if they see disruptions in the supplier base, according to experts.
"There's no way for them to meet demand, even in this reduced demand environment," said Rodriguez. "You can't ramp up production that quickly. We'll be faced with a massive increase in imports."


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Since its enactment in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has been impressing observers with its sweep. From banning executive loans and auditor conflicts of interest, to setting up financial sign-offs by top executives, to governing audit committees and whistle-blowers, Sarbox cuts a wide swath through Corporate America.
In the first few years of compliance with the act, many finance chiefs seemed too busy to step back and analyze it. Now, however, most sizable companies have ample experience with the toughest parts of Sarbox: certification under Section 404 (governing internal controls over financial reporting) and Section 302 (governing sign-offs of financials by senior executives). With the hectic pace abating somewhat, some CFOs are willing to sound off on Sarbox's shortcomings. And one of the biggest problems many have with the act is its very sweep.
Pressed by risk-averse auditors and stringent regulators, finance executives say they've been awash in a vast sea of details, with little ability to set priorities about what to focus on in their compliance efforts. Taking their inspiration from enterprise risk management (ERM) — a "holistic" approach in which a corporation's entire array of threats is managed together — many finance chiefs favor a "risk-based" strategy of Sarbox adherence.
Instead of pursuing a checklist approach that calls for managers to put the same level of effort into mending each risk, the strategy would enable executives to channel corporate energies into the most serious problems. Complying with the act is a "broad and tedious" endeavor, drawing executives into excessive documentation of company processes, says Rich Goudis, the CFO of Herbalife, a Los Angeles-based weight management company.
By contrast, corporations should be able to proceed on the basis of "risk-based assessments," according to Goudis. That would enable them to place a high priority on preventing financial misstatements, for example, and a low one on less pressing threats, he says.
The major flashpoint of the argument is the way that auditors attack Section 404. Some finance chiefs feel that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has taken a heavy-handed approach to Auditing Standard No. 2, which instructs auditors on how to check their clients' internal-control reviews.
As a result of AS2, accountants test and retest internal-control audits to make sure their sign-offs are beyond question. For their part, CFOs contend that foreknowledge of independent-auditor nit-picking forces their companies into indiscriminate documentation of internal controls.
Not that auditors would have much reason to cut down on their work even if the rules were less demanding. They have "no financial incentive" to do less testing, says Robert Daleo, CFO of The Thomson Group. To an accountant, not doing an extra test would mean less fee money, he notes.
There are signs, however, that the PCAOB is moving towards a more flexible way of regulating auditor attestations. In a November 30, 2005, report on the initial implementation of AS2, the board criticized auditors who "did not alter the nature, timing, and extent of their testing to reflect the level of risk."
By taking a one-size-fits-all approach to their testing, accountants apparently ignored the risk profiles specific to individual companies. "As a result, some auditors appeared to have expended more effort than was necessary in lower-risk areas," the board stated, noting that "in some cases, a higher-risk area should have received more attention than it did."
Now, the PCAOB is telling auditors to customize their internal-control attestations. As they pick up more experience in such audits, the board expects them "to focus on the particular risks" of each client's control system.
Some think that the board should be even more specific and spell out "where the real pain points of cost and errors are," in Daleo's words. For example, the PCAOB has stated that external auditors may rely on the work of internal auditors and others rather than retracing previous steps. Instead, Daleo maintains that the board should say that auditors must rely on the work of others. By taking discretion out of auditors' hands, the board would also relieve them of the temptation to test everything.
For some finance chiefs, a risk-based approach means more than just the ability to set priorities; it also helps determine marching orders for a company's enterprise risk management program. Pitney Bowes, the Stamford, Connecticut-based mail and document-management company, is in the opening stages of an ERM effort that finance chief Bruce Nolop would like to see used as a model for Sarbox compliance.
Rather than focusing on maintaining a set number of mandated procedures, the ERM approach has forced Pitney-Bowes executives to regard the company risks from "a macro, shareholder-advantage perspective," Nolop says. Working closely with the audit committee and the entire board of directors, managers began the process by asking employees from many different departments a question: What risks could have a material impact on the company?
The CFO finds it interesting that the biggest risks didn't end up being financial ones. The most-often-cited threats include impairment of the company's brand image and breeches of customers' privacy. Nolop says that executives were already made aware of financial risks through the company's routine business activities; for example, during efforts to obtain financing for customers, they learned a great deal about the effects of interest-rate fluctuations. Hedging and other mitigation techniques are already in place at the company for such exposures, he says.
In comparison to a "procedural" approach to regulatory compliance, which tends to treat risks as stemming from isolated business units, the ERM approach looks at the ripple effect throughout the entire company and beyond, according to Nolop. Concerning supply-chain risk, for instance, executives first consider what they would do if the company ran out of certain parts, then address how they'd respond if the parts suppliers ran out themselves.
Ironically, ERM can be a less efficient process than simple Sarbox compliance. For Sarbanes-Oxley — as CFOS know all too well — regulators and auditors have provided pages and pages of implementation guidance. On the other hand, says Nolop, an enterprisewide approach to risk "means you flounder a little bit to come up with the best processes and procedures. But in the end," he adds, "you are able to go where the analysis takes you, and you come up with better understanding."


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Ssshhh…The Big Secret on the Cereal Boxes. Here's Lookin' At You, Kid!
Have you ever walked down an aisle at HyVee or Sunshine and felt like you were being watched? Your kids probably feel it in the cereal aisle.
According to a recent study by researchers from Cornell and Yale, the eyes of cartoon spokes-characters on cereal boxes are sometimes tilted downward to catch the gazes of children walking by.
The results of the study confirmed that over 30% of children felt "more connected" to the cereal that "looked" at them.
I had to find out. So I snapped these pictures at my neighborhood grocery store on my way home. Take a look at what I found.
Almost every popular kids' cereal had the spokes-character's gaze meeting the eyes of small children as they walk down the aisle.
Yes, I get it. it's called marketing. But...oh, not you, too, Trix Rabbit!


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Guwahati, Reuters—Suspected tribal rebels have shot dead 11 Muslims in attacks in India's northeasterly tea-growing state of Assam, where tension has run high during a drawn-out general election, officials said on Friday.
Police said they suspected militants from the Bodo tribe were behind the attack in a region where tension between ethnic Bodo people and Muslim settlers spilled over two years ago into clashes in which dozens were killed and 400,000 fled their homes.
Bodo representatives argue that many of the Muslims are illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh encroaching on their ancestral lands, and election candidates including front-runner Narendra Modi have called for tighter migration controls.
In one of the incidents, eight people were killed by a group of suspected Bodo guerrillas.
In the other, three members of one family including two women were shot dead, and a baby was wounded, said a senior police officer in the state's main city, Guwahati.
Voting was held over several days in Assam to help security forces handle violence from any of the separatist or tribal militant groups active in the state.
Polling in the Bodo region ended on April 24, in what residents say was a tight race between a Bodo and a non-tribal candidate, although results from the five-week national election are not due for another two weeks.
Modi, the prime-ministerial candidate of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said last week that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in the nearby state of West Bengal should have their "bags packed" in case he came to power, accusing the state government of being too soft.
"Stopping infiltration"
Arun Jaitley, the BJP's leader in the upper house of parliament in New Delhi and a strong contender for finance minister should the party come to power, denied that Modi's comments risked stirring communal tensions in the northeast.
"It just shows a determination that we want to stop infiltration. Any government should try to stop that," Jaitley told reporters in the capital on Friday.
In Assam, the BJP condemned the attack and accused the state government, led by India's ruling Congress party, of not protecting its citizens.
"I call upon all parties not to communalize the issue, but to work for restoration of peace immediately," said Sarbananda Sonowal, leader of the BJP in Assam.
Police reinforcements were sent to the two districts where the attacks took place, and could be seen in television footage patrolling with automatic rifles.
"The authorities will take firm action against those involved in this crime," said state government spokesman Nilamoni Sen Deka.
Two years ago, Assam's state government was criticized for not acting quickly enough to stop intercommunal clashes, which triggered sometimes violent protests by Muslims in cities across India.
About 30,000 migrants from the northeast temporarily returned home after threats of reprisals by Muslims circulated by text message.


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Date: November 14, 2010
App type: Game, Xbox LIVE
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release date: October 16, 2010
Price: $4.99
Requirements: Access to your data connection, sensors, media library, Xbox LIVE, phone identity
Monopoly is a surprisingly addictive game that is, perhaps, maybe a bit too close to the original board game. In fact, in my first outing against the onboard AI, I was getting routinely trounced courtesy of a number of strategies involving trades, auctions and mortgages that my family growing up either avoided on purpose or just didn't know existed. Once I figured out what was going on, and consulted the actual rules, I was all set. This is a seriously faithful reproduction of the age-old board game.
What's interesting about this game is that Monopoly breaks with a number of the establish norms for good mobile gaming: It's not a quick game and it's not necessarily the type of thing you can play well little chunks at a time. And yet, it works so well with the touch screen-based mobile form factor of Windows Phone, and you can speed some things up by removing unnecessarily bits (like shaking the screen to roll the dice, which is cute at first but gets old). I usually have an in-progress game waiting for me that I can return to again and again.
Monopoly is also a great game to look at, and it's quite engaging. But it's a hard game. Even after getting re-acclimated to the monopoly world, I had to tune down the AI to put up a respectable fight. I admit this may be a limitation of the reviewer. You can play with up to four players, a mix of humans and AI, but there's no online multiplayer, so you'd have to huddle around the phone. It's unclear how fun that could be: Just get the real game.
As a more intelligent diversion than the usual mobile game, Monopoly is quite successful and good fun. And if you're an achievement whore--go on, admit it--this one coughs up achievements like a Pez dispenser.
Because Monopoly is an Xbox LIVE title, it offers the following Achievements:
Deal Of The Century
Form a monopoly as a result of trading.
Points: 20
Everybody Starts Somewhere
Buy a property.
Points: 10
Globe Trotter
Land on every property on the board.
Points: 20
Moving On Up
Build your first set of houses.
Points: 15
No Mercy
Be responsible for the bankruptcy of another player.
Points: 20
Now You're On Your Way
Own a monopoly.
Points: 10
Rolled To Freedom
Rolled a double to get out of jail.
Points: 10
Rolled To Jail
Roll three doubles in a row and get sent to jail.
Points: 10
Taking Sides
Own every property, including any ports and utilities, down one whole side of the board
Points: 40
The View From The Top
Build your first set of hotels.
Points: 25
Transport King
Own the monopoly on the transport properties.
Points: 10
You've Got The Power
Own the monopoly on the utilities
Points: 15


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Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 5: Animating with Keyframes
Please note that the lesson files that accompany this book are not available with this sample chapter. They are made available upon the purchase of the book.
Lesson Files |
Motion5_Book_Files > Lessons > Lesson_04 |
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Motion5_Book_Files > Media > Stage Motion5_Book_Files > Media > Rockumentary |
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This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. |
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Record keyframes Set keyframes manually Use the Keyframe Editor Change keyframe interpolation and adjust keyframe curves Add, move, and change the values of keyframes on a curve Set keyframes for multiple layers simultaneously Change keyframe timing in the Timeline Choose keyframe curves for editing in the Keyframe Editor |
In the previous lesson, behaviors allowed you to create animation procedurally—you applied a behavior that contained a set of instructions for making the layer animate. Setting keyframes is a way to articulate an animation—that is, manually identify exactly what, when, and how you want to animate.
The term keyframes, or key frames, originates from traditional hand-animation techniques in which a senior artist would draw "key" poses of a character and turn over those images to a junior artist, who would draw the in-between frames to create smooth character animation from one keyframe to the next.
In Motion, keyframes work much the same way: You are the senior artist, creating your composition and identifying the frames you want to establish as keyframes; and the computer acts as the junior artist, creating in-between frames of animation through a process called interpolation.
Whether you should choose to animate using keyframes or behaviors is not always a clear-cut decision; but as a rule of thumb, if you want repeated, continuous motion—such as a graphic drifting across the screen, a pendulum swinging, or a neon sign blinking—use behaviors. If you want animation that starts, stops, and changes direction at specific points in time, use keyframes.
In this lesson, you'll open the stage project and animate the curtains using keyframes to compare that method to animating with behaviors. You'll also experiment with interpolation types and adjusting keyframe Bezier handles. We'll then set and adjust keyframes in the Rockumentary project to animate multiple layers to form a composition.
Recording Keyframes
The easiest way to set keyframes is to turn on recording. When recording is turned on, every change you make to any keyframeable parameter will be recorded as a keyframe at the playhead location, locking in the new value at that point in time. In this exercise, you will use recording to set a keyframe for the rotation value of the first cog, which will cause the curtains to part.
- Open Motion5_Book_Files > Lessons > Lesson_04 > Keyframes Start, and save the project to the Student_Saves folder.
This is the stage project you worked with in the previous lesson. The position of the curtains is linked to the Cog1 layer with the Link behavior, as is the rotation of all the other cog layers. But the Cog1 layer is not currently animated. You can test the animation by rotating the Cog1 layer.
- Open the Stage and Gears groups, select the Cog1 layer, and in the Canvas, drag the rotation handle.
Rotating the Cog1 layer clockwise turns the other cogs and opens the curtains. In the previous lesson, you animated the rotation of this layer using a Rate behavior and stopped the rotation with a Stop behavior. The result was a rather abrupt ending. Here, you'll animate the rotation by recording keyframes.
- Press Command-Z to undo the rotation, and at the bottom of the Canvas, click the Record button. The button turns red to let you know that recording is enabled.
- Press F1 to open the Properties Inspector.
The value fields for all parameters are now red, another warning sign that recording is enabled. If you change any red parameter, it won't change for the whole project; it will change only at the playhead position. Let's see how this works.
- In the timing display in the toolbar, type 5. (5 period) and then press Return (or Enter) to move the playhead to the frame at five seconds. This is the frame where you want the curtains to stop opening.
- In the Properties Inspector, drag left in the Rotation value field to about −300 degrees as you watch the curtains open in the Canvas.
A yellow diamond appears to the right of the value field to indicate that a keyframe for this parameter has been set at the current playhead location.
- Play the project. The curtains animate open until 5:00, and then stop.
- Stop playback on any frame other than 5:00 or 0:00. The yellow diamond for Rotation is now gray. A gray diamond indicates that at least one keyframe for this parameter exists, but not at the current playhead location.
- Move the playhead to the start of the project. The diamond turns yellow again, indicating that a keyframe exists at the playhead. But wait a minute. You only set a keyframe at 5:00, not at 0:00. Why is there a keyframe here, too?
A single keyframe will not create animation; it locks the value of the keyframed parameter at a point in time, but the parameter will have that same value at all other points in time. To animate with keyframes, you need to have at least two keyframes with different values.
When you use recording to set keyframes, Motion assumes that you want the value to change over time, so it automatically sets a keyframe with the original value at the beginning of the layer you are animating. Remember that recording will always perform this action, although sometimes you may not want a keyframe at the beginning of the layer.
By default, when recording is enabled, any other changes you make to the Cog1 layer, such as adjusting its position or scale, will set keyframes for that parameter as well. Sometimes, you'll want to make an overall adjustment to a parameter without setting a keyframe, yet you'd still like to add keyframes to a parameter you've already animated.
- Double-click the Record button. The Recording Options dialog opens. One of the options in this dialog is to "Record keyframes on animated parameters only."
- Select "Record keyframes on animated parameters only" and click OK. If necessary, click the Record button, or press A, to turn on recording
Now only the Rotation value field is red, indicating that keyframes will be applied only to changes to this parameter. Changes to other parameters will change the value for all points in time.
- Change the Position Y value for the Cog1 layer, and play the project. The Cog1 layer and all its clones are in new locations, but their positions don't change over time as they would with keyframes.
- Press Command-Z to undo the position change. Double-click the Record button, deselect the "Record keyframes on animated parameters only" checkbox, and click OK. You are returned to the default setting. If necessary, click the Record button to turn off recording.
You've now animated the Cog1 layer and the curtains linked to it using keyframes. But the resulting animation is very similar to the animation in the last lesson: The curtain movement still comes to an abrupt stop at 5:00. You can make the curtains slow to a smoother stop by using keyframe interpolation.


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On the PHP Addiction blog today, there's a new post where Doug Hill asks a question of his fellow developers - are there advantages to having a standard container library for PHP?
Most compiled languages that I have used have some kind of container implementation, Lists, Maps, Trees, Stacks and all their many variations. PHP has arrays and the SPL.
The only problem he's noted so far is that containers made in userland would be slower than ones created natively. A comment from Antony Dovgal points out a project similar to what he's looking for that's already in the works.


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A POD is required for all non-residential zoning districts, 2-family and multi-family developments, and all sites with a Unit Plan of Development (UPD), and Planned Area Development (PAD).
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A Plan of Development (POD) is a site plan which describes how a parcel of land is proposed to be improved. It includes outlines of all structures and site improvements, including but not limited to:- Property lines- Setbacks- Driveways- Landscaping- Existing structures- Proposed structures- Utility connectionsTypically, a POD does not involve any entitlements – that is, there is no requirement to obtain additional approvals for the type of development proposed (i.e., zoning, variance, etc.). The POD review focuses on reviewing the entire project layout for basic design and compatibility and to ensure that a project meets applicable regulations and policies.
Often the term plan of development and site plan are used interchangeably. However, in the case of a POD, the site plan must convey the conditions that will ultimately exist at build-out, whereas the site plan submitted for building or construction permits may only consider existing structures and those contemplated by the particular permit.
Yes. For any existing 2-family, multi-family, or commercial developments, an as-built POD (subject to certain conditions and to a zoning clearance review and fee) will be allowed for any development existing prior to September 22, 2008. Industrial developments have a similar allowance, but are subject to the existing effective date of October 15, 1984. An as-built POD is processed via a land use application, with the average process time of 2 to 3 weeks. For proposals on existing 2-family, multi-family, or commercial developments involving internal tenant improvements, additional wall signs, and other non-layout changes or minor permits, only building permits will be required.
Effective September 22, 2008, PODs are processed administratively by staff. Because this office has no control over the quality of submittals, nor the number of resubmittals required, or the time it takes an applicant to make such resubmittal(s), the average processing timeframe is 90 days. Additionally, a number of reasons could require the POD to be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Supervisors for review or appeal by either staff or the applicant, which may increase the time.
Yes. A POD may be processed through the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Supervisors concurrent with a Zone Change request (under the Zone Change application) or it may be processed administratively (under a separate POD application). All Zone Change requests that require a POD will be charged as a Zone Change with Overlay and a separate POD request will be charged accordingly. Therefore, if a Zone Change and POD are processed under 1 application at the same time, there is a financial savings.
Amendments to existing PODs may be processed administratively via a Major or Minor Amendment process if they do not change or alter the Board of Supervisors' approved development standard or stipulation of approval. The main difference between a major and minor proposal is in scope of work proposed and required fees.
Yes. POD approvals are valid for 2 years, with a possible extension of 1 additional year. The POD approval will essentially "vest" with issuance of a building or construction permit.
No, however it is recommended. Pre-Application meetings are attended by representatives from Planning, Drainage review, Zoning review, Transportation, Environmental Services, and Flood Control. If the POD is submitted in conjunction with a request for a Zone Change, a pre-application meeting is required.


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Daly to contest Indy 500 for AJ Foyt Racing
IndyCar News/Releases, IndyCar team PR — By More Front Wing Staff on April 2, 2013 9:13 am[Source: AJ Foyt Racing press release]
WALLER, Texas April 2, 2013—As the son of a race driver, Conor Daly spent most of his life watching the Indianapolis 500 from the grandstands. This year the 21-year-old rising star will be seeing the race from the cockpit of an Indy car.
Daly has been hired to drive A.J. Foyt's No. 41 ABC Supply Honda in this year's Indianapolis 500, joining Takuma Sato who pilots the No. 14 ABC Supply Honda in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Daly, who grew up in nearby Noblesville, Indiana, will be making his formal IndyCar debut in the 500 on May 26th although he did test the ABC Supply Indy car in December.
"I almost can't describe what it means to have the opportunity to race in the Indianapolis 500," Daly said. "I have been to the 500 every year of my existence except for last year when I raced in Monaco. It is truly my home race since I was born and raised in the Indianapolis area. I am so thankful that A.J. and Larry [Foyt] have given me my first shot at the greatest race in the world. I know this will sound cheesy but I've never been happier in my life; this race means so much to me."
Daly will participate in the Rookie Orientation Program (ROP) on Thursday, April 11th along with three other rookies: Tristan Vautier, Carlos Munoz, and A.J. Allmendinger, who has won Indy Car races while competing in Champ Car but has never raced in the Indy 500.
"I'm excited about bringing Conor to Indy for his first race at the 500," Larry Foyt. "I've been watching him come up through the open wheel ranks, and when we met at the F-1 race in Austin, Texas last year, we hit it off immediately. Doing the test at Sebring confirmed he could make the step up to an Indycar, and with my dad's guidance, the potential is there for a great month of May."
Young Daly recalled his first experiences at the track, saying, "In my early years I spent most of my time at 'Racing Babies' under the Tower Terrace suites watching the races because my whole family was busy working the race weekend. When I got older, no matter how hot it was I was always sitting in the front row of one of my Mom's Tower Terrace suites watching every single lap of the race. The Indy 500 is part of my life; I love everything about the month of May."
Although Conor's father Derek, an ex-Formula 1 and IndyCar driver, retired from competition before Conor was old enough to watch, his family has remained active in motorsports.
"I'm thrilled that Conor was A.J.'s choice," said Derek Daly, who is also Conor's manager. "With A.J. and the engineering talent within the team it will be an ideal learning environment for Conor. This year's 500 will be a highly emotional event for me and my family."
Daly, who turned 21 two days after his Dec. 13th IndyCar test at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway, has spent the last two seasons competing in GP3, the European-based single-seater series which is a forerunner to Formula One. Daly has won in every series he has competed in, including GP3, Firestone Indy Lights, Star Mazda, and Skip Barber. He won national titles in the Mazda and Barber series.
For the senior Foyt, the decision to hire Daly was based on the positive experience in testing with him at Sebring.
"He ran well at Sebring when we needed someone to do some testing in the off season. He was fast, smooth, and didn't get in trouble," Foyt said. "When we made a change on the car he felt it. I found him to be very savvy on the chassis setups. In fact, when we made a minor change which was really nothing, he thought about it and said it felt no different. I told him that was the right answer because we didn't do anything he'd be able to feel, so that impressed me too. I've run a lot of rookies at Indy and I think Conor will do a good job for us."
Daly must pass two of the three phase speed test during ROP at Indy April 11th. Drivers must run 10 laps at 200-205 mph, another 10 laps at 205-209 mph, and finally, 15 laps at 210+ mph. The drivers may complete the third phase during the first week of practice and must do so before attempting to qualify on Pole Day, May 18th. The rain date for the ROP is Friday, April 12th.
The 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500 will be held Sunday, May 26th. The race will be broadcast live by ABC starting at 12 noon ET.
Tags: AJ Foyt Racing, Conor Daly


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Simple and inexpensive residential water tank monitors can offer peace of mind for thousands of concerned citizens in China who are in need of safe and drinkable tap water.
Water contamination in China's major cities is a serious concern for its dense populations, making it a basic necessity for households to find ways to ensure that the water coming through their taps is fit for domestic use. Now, simple-to-use and inexpensive technologies that monitor and control water quality in residential roof-top water tanks have entered the Chinese market, making it easier for the residents of Shanghai, Beijing, and other highly populated cities whose water sources are prone to contamination to rest assured that the water at home is safe for hygiene, cooking, and drinking.
It has been widely reported that many of China's cities have highly polluted waterways due to industrial waste pollution, which makes domestic water vulnerable to industry-produced chemicals. Pollution is a serious concern in Beijing, leading China to develop a new plan to improve that situation over the coming years, according to a Reuters report. And earlier this year, thousands of pig carcasses were found floating in the Huangpu River, Shanghai's main water source for drinking water, posing a serious health hazard for residents.
As such, residents and visitors to China are mostly advised to use tap water for hygiene only and to use bottled or boiled water for drinking.
Many of the cities' residential buildings and towers supply domestic water to homes via rooftop water tanks, and in some areas the water is heavily chlorinated for disinfection. Besides the problem of municipal-sourced contamination, water tanks can develop mold or bacteria from foreign organisms. The tanks might be emptied, inspected, and cleaned only once or twice a year, while it takes only one day for water to become contaminated or for its chlorine levels to become unbalanced and unfit for home use.
An efficient and cost-effective way for residents, hotels, and office buildings to continuously monitor the water quality is by installing a water analyzer and controller on-site, such as the Prizma, a patented technology developed by Blue I Water Technologies.
This solution uses an innovative electro-optic test strip technology for monitoring and controlling the water's chemical levels, such as chlorine and pH. This system is set to automatically test the water in the residential tank at regular intervals (usually once a day) and assures chemical balancing for the water. It is automatically calibrated and alerts management of inadequate disinfection in real time via online reports, allowing for a prompt response to the problem.
"While solving the problem of water contamination might have become a national mission for China, residents still cannot always know whether the water coming into their taps from municipal and national systems is fit for use at all times. They need to have low-cost solutions such as this one to ensure that their home water is clean and safe for use and to feel that they have that under control," says Stela Diamant, chief technology officer for Blue I Water Technologies.
This free educational webinar will provide a detailed process for climate-driven "pre-response" in a variety of key areas including: Supply Chain Disruptions, Employee Safety and Productivity, Regulatory and Compliance Risks …and many more areas.


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Discovery Place Child Care is located in Hampstead, NC on HWY 210, just shy of the intersection of HWY 17. This 4 STAR child care center is known for its safe and loving environment for children from ages six weeks to twelve-years-old. There are age specific development curriculum, nutritious meals and...more about Discovery Place Child Care
Home Schooling
The State of North Carolina permits schooling outside both public and private schools for children whose parents/guardians prefer to administer their education. Under the auspices of the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education in Raleigh, home schooling requires, for children between ages 7 and 16, registration, participation in annual standardized achievement testing and maintenance of immunization records. The educational program must operate on a regular schedule, excluding reasonable holidays and vacations, during at least nine calendar months a year by a person with a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; attendance records are required.
State statute defines a home school as "a non-public school in which one or more children of not more than two families or households receive academic instruction from parents or legal guardians, or a member of either household." The law permits (no more than) two households to combine as one home school and allows the children from both households to be taught together by members of either household.
Growing consistently in popularity, home-school enrollment in Brunswick, Pender and New Hanover counties has soared in recent years. A family considering home instruction would begin by obtaining a Home School Information Packet from the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education, either by going to their website www.ncdnpe.org, or calling (919) 733-4276. Twenty-four-hour voice mail is available. Support for home-schooling families is offered by North Carolinians for Home Education (NCHE), the state's primary advocacy group. NCHE is a private, non-profit group with a full-time staff in Raleigh and can be reached at (919) 790-1100. The web address is www.nche.com, where you'll also find links to support groups and other resources, including several local support groups in New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick counties.


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Before or shortly after the tenant moves in, the landlord and the tenant should walk through the unit together and inspect it in detail for any existing damage or defects and necessary cleaning, especially noting the general condition of all appliances. A checklist should be completed at this time. If the unit is furnished, the checklist includes a general description of all of the furniture in the unit. The landlord and the tenant both sign the checklist and each party keeps a copy.
If the landlord is not available to do the walkthrough, the tenant should complete the checklist anyway and give the landlord a copy. Try to get a friend to witness the condition of the unit or take pictures, specifically of any damaged or defective item in the unit. This information can prove invaluable when trying to get a return of the security deposit. Photographs and witnesses can prove that a condition existed at the beginning of the lease term.
The tenant takes the unit "as is" in its present condition. The rule of caveat emptor or "buyer beware" prevails in the landlord-tenant situation. Unless there is an agreement otherwise or the landlord makes a fraudulent misrepresentation, the tenant takes the unit as found with all known existing defects and those defects that can be determined by a reasonable inspection. It is the tenant's responsibility to examine the unit to determine its safety and condition before moving in.
Representations about the unit's general condition made by the landlord during negotiations for a lease, such as "The unit is spotless" or "The unit is in fabulous shape," are generally considered to be "dealer talk," "puffing" or mere expressions of opinion. If these opinions are not put in writing as the landlord's warranty or guarantee, the tenant will have little recourse if the statements prove to be untrue. However, if the landlord does indeed fraudulently misrepresent the habitability or condition of the unit, intending that the tenant rely on these statements, and the tenant does reasonably rely, the tenant may elect either to vacate the unit and rescind the lease or to remain in possession and sue the landlord for damages for the fraud. Fraud is a difficult matter to prove. A tenant should always seek legal assistance before moving out of a unit and breaking a lease.
A landlord does not have a duty to disclose to the tenant obvious defects which can be seen by the tenant during a reasonable inspection. However, the landlord is obligated to tell the tenant about hidden defects that the tenant could not discover by an ordinary examination but which are known or should have been known by the landlord. Upon discovery of the facts, the tenant may vacate the unit and end the lease, or s/he may remain in the unit and sue the landlord for damages. Again, a tenant should never move out of a unit or break a lease without first seeking legal advice.


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Telephone at (831) 920-3890
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The City of Marina business license is valid within the City limits.
Use and home-occupation permit – Planning Department (831) 884-1220
Fictitious business name filing – County of Monterey Clerk's Office (831) 755-5450
No, a City of Marina business license is required.
Yes, see City Ord. Ch. 5.20 http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Marina/
Business exemptions include: charitable and nonprofit organizations, disabled veterans, minors (under sixteen years of age; see code), and artists and art exhibits (less than $1,000 per year). For proof of qualification, see City Ord. Ch. 5.12
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The City business license expires on June 30th of each year. The business license tax is due on July 1st for the license period of July 1st – June 30th. For renewal process, see answer above.
See City Ord. Ch. 5.16. codepublishing.com/CA/Marina
Late payment penalties are applied as follows: August 1st -31st of 10%, Sept 1st – 30th of 35%, after Oct 1st of 50%. See City Ord. Ch. 5.16 codepublishing.com/CA/Marina
For change of address:
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For change of ownership:
A new business license application is required.
Apply online at marina.hdlgov.com or call (831) 920-3890


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'Metallica Through the Never' Trailer: Off to Never-Neverland
Metallica has been rocking for over twenty five years now, and though some of their more recent albums aren't that good, they still know how to put on a show. Their concert film 'Metallica Through the Never' should be a good ride, and this latest trailer shows off the music, and the strange approach to the material.
As you can see, Dane DeHaan plays a roadie who has -- let's call them -- "magical adventures" during the course of the film. Though it's hard to say from this traier if the narrative works, it is obvious that the band still delivers a kick-ass show, so it could be fun for that.
'Metallica Through The Never' hits Imax 3-D theaters on September 27, and will expand into regular theaters on October 4. Here's the film's synopsis:
Award-winning filmmaker Nimród Antal (Predators, Kontroll) creates a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event, Metallica Through the Never. The music-driven feature film combines a bold narrative and spectacular live-performance footage of one of the most popular and influential rock bands in history to produce a bracing, raw and visceral cinematic experience. Emerging young star Dane DeHaan (The Place Beyond the Pines, Kill Your Darlings, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) portrays Trip, a young roadie sent on an urgent mission during Metallica's roaring live set in front of a sold-out arena audience.
As the band performs many of their most iconic songs for tens of thousands of devoted fans on a never-before-seen stage created exclusively for the film, Trip is dispatched outside the arena to meet a disabled delivery truck and recover a mysterious item being transported to the show. But the seemingly simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure when his car is hit by an out-of-control driver. Trip, dazed and bruised, climbs out of his van only to find himself pitched into the middle of a tense standoff between angry protesters and charging riot police. In the ensuing mayhem, a vicious masked horseman sets his murderous eye on Trip while delivering indiscriminate deathblows to rioters and cops alike. Fleeing through the desolate, post-apocalyptic urban streetscape, Trip has only his wits to protect him as he attempts to deliver the band's precious cargo and avoid becoming the horseman's next victim.
Featuring dazzling pyrotechnics, the most elaborate live-performance stage ever built and imagery drawn from the band's trailblazing iconography, the immersive 360-degree show creates a mind-bending, ear-shattering mirror image of the destruction and chaos of Trip's journey. Metallica Through the Never's state-of-the-art 3-D photography, captured using up to 24 cameras simultaneously, engulfs audiences in one of the most innovative and exciting cinematic experiences ever imagined.
Metallica is James Hetfield (vocals, guitar), Lars Ulrich (drums), Kirk Hammett (guitar, background vocals) and Robert Trujillo (bass, background vocals). The band has sold over 110 million albums worldwide and was one of the top-ten grossing touring acts of 2012, generating $86.1 million in ticket sales from just 30 shows.
Metallica Through The Never is written and directed by Nimród Antal and produced by Charlotte Huggins (Journey to the Center of the Earth). The film will be released by Picturehouse in North America on September 27, 2013, exclusively in over 300 IMAX® 3-D theaters, and will expand into additional theaters on October 4, 2013.
And here's the film's new poster: