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G4591, New October 2003
Silage is the harvest of whole corn plants at 60 to 70 percent whole plant moisture with kernels at 1/2 milk line to black layer. At this stage, maximum dry matter yield silage quality occurs.
Corn silage can be made from corn planted for silage or from corn planted for harvest as a grain crop. Frequently corn harvested for silage was planted for harvest as a grain crop. Farmers have several reasons to reconsider their harvest method. They or a neighbor may have a need for silage that was not anticipated at planting time. Early frost may necessitate harvesting the crop as silage. Drought may have reduced grain yields substantially so that the value of the crop is greater as silage than for grain.
For many years farmers have priced silage using the rule of thumb that silage value per ton is 8 to 10 times the price of a bushel of corn. A factor of 8 to 9 is used to price silage in the field; the factor of 9 to 10 is used for pricing it in storage. A higher factor is used for lower priced corn; a lower factor for higher priced corn. While the rule of thumb has merit it may err in valuing silage because it does not take into account the percent dry matter of the silage. Percent dry matter has a large effect on the cost of silage.
The value of silage is useful information for anyone considering the harvest of corn for silage. A farmer planting and harvesting silage for his own use needs to know the profitability of silage relative to alternative crops that could be grown. A farmer wanting to sell it to a neighbor needs to know its value relative to the price that could be obtained by allowing the crop to mature and harvest as grain. A farmer may want to contract with nearby dairies to grow silage and needs to know the profit potential.
Silage, and other forage crops, can also be used in intensive cropping systems to purposefully remove crop nutrients from the soil. In areas that have high concentrations of phosphorus and potassium and where runoff potential exists, it may be prudent to plant silage in order to more quickly remove some of the nutrients. Use of forage crops to harvest nutrients may become increasingly important as environmental regulation of animal feeding operations requires that manure-applied nutrients be limited to the removal capacity of the crops grown on the land receiving the manure.
The calculations described in this guide have been automated in silagevalue.xls, an Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that allows the user to enter the same values asked for in the guide. The spreadsheet completes all of the computations for all of the methods of valuing silage: in the field, in the silo and delivered to the feedlot.
Silage harvest requires specialized equipment. Because silage choppers and wagons are not found on many grain farms, livestock producers who purchase corn crops for making silage may harvest the crop themselves with equipment that they already own and operate. Then the value of the standing crop in the field needs to be determined.
Grain from corn varieties selected for grain production, but harvested as silage, typically supplies 50 to 55 percent of the dry matter of the silage and 65 to 70 percent of the protein and energy value of the silage. These percentages allow using grain production per acre or estimated percentage of grain in the harvested crop as a base for determining the value of the crop, contributing to a fair and equitable price.
Value can be determined either by using grain yield per acre or by assuming dry matter from grain.
Yield per acre can be estimated from harvesting a sample area of the field. A few rows can be left throughout the field for later grain harvest to determine yield per acre or, if preferred, several plots of .01 acre each can be harvested by hand and the grain weighed to determine average yield (Table 1).
If small plots are harvested by hand with no yield loss, a 5 to 6 percent allowance for harvest losses should be deducted from the calculated yield. Typical threshing loss should be less than 5 percent. Losses increase beyond 5 percent if lodging has occurred.
Table 1
Length of row to give .01 acre.
Gross value of the crop in the field is estimated by multiplying the estimated yield by the market value of the grain (Table 2). The price to charge for harvesting as silage is the gross value of the grain adjusted for various economic impacts of harvesting the crop as silage. Expenses that the farmer does not incur (expenses that would be subtracted from the charge for silage) include grain harvest (combining), drying and hauling costs. An expense that the farmer might incur because of silage harvest is increased fertilizer requirements due to the removal of additional nutrients from the land in the form of stover. These expenses would need to be added to the gross value of the grain in the field.
Table 2
Calculation of price for corn standing in field using estimated yield.
Convert custom charge per acre to charge per bushel by dividing the per acre charge by the number of bushels anticipated.
The silage can be priced by the acre by stopping at the computation of gross value per acre. The livestock producer purchasing the silage will probably want an estimate of the silage value per ton by dividing the gross value per acre by the estimated yield in tons.
Rather than estimating silage yield (tons per acre), you can estimate value by taking advantage of the fact that most varieties of corn recommended for grain yield about 50 to 55 percent of the total plant dry matter in grain. Weather conditions may cause a variation in grain and total silage yield. Generally, however, the silage dry matter value is not affected appreciably, except when severe hail or drought reduces yield of grain to less than 20 .
Convert the net price per bushel computed in Table 2 to a dry matter price per ton by multiplying by 42.265. The silage price per ton of dry matter is obtained by multiplying the price of dry matter in grain by the estimated grain content (typically 50 to 55 percent). This price can be converted to a wet basis by multiplying the dry matter basis times the percent dry matter in the silage (Table 3).
Table 3
Calculations of price for corn standing in the field assuming 55 percent of dry matter from grain.
Corn varieties planted for silage are more variable, and some of these will have lower percentages of grain. For these, the average yield of grain and silage used by the company marketing the seed should give a close estimate of the percentage of grain in the whole plant chop.
Moisture content of the grain and harvested silage needs to be estimated to accurately price the silage. A 5 percent increase in dry matter can raise the value of the grain in the silage by 11 to 14 percent. Normal silage usually ranges from 30 to 40 percent dry matter at harvest
When estimating the value of the chopped silage delivered to the feedlot, costs of chopping and hauling must be added to the price of the standing crop (Table 4). These costs vary substantially, depending on length of haul, type of equipment, and volume of silage harvested and delivered. If a custom charge is used, the charge per acre is divided by the number of tons of silage to put it on a per-ton charge.
Table 4
Silage value delivered to the silo.
Care must be taken to ensure that the basis of pricing the silage is consistent. If the silage is priced on a dry matter basis, the dry matter tonnage is used to compute per acre harvest cost. If the price is on a wet basis, the wet basis tonnage is used to compute per acre harvest cost.
If the crop is to be purchased on the basis of per ton weight at the silo, the price will also vary considerably with the moisture content.
To compute the costs of chopped forage delivered to the silo, add the per-ton cost of harvesting to the value in the field.
If silage is priced as delivered to the feed bunk, the cost of filling and removal from the silo and the cost of storage must be included. Storage costs include allowance for cost of the storage structure and for silo losses.
Filling and removal costs vary with the type of storage but range from $1.50 per ton to $2.50 per ton. Table 5 assumes $1.50 per ton filling and removal cost of 35 percent dry matter material.
Table 5
As fed cost of silage.
Storage costs must involve charges for both storage structures and storage losses. The two usually are dependent on each other in that the higher the cost of the storage structure, the lower the silo losses will be. The range in silo losses is shown in Table 6. You will need to estimate your own silo losses and storage costs, and then combine them into costs per ton. The example in Table 5 assumes a total of 20 percent increase in cost of the silage to cover storage cost and loss.
Table 6
Silage losses with various storing methods.
Drought-damaged corn
Drought-damaged silage results when the growth of most plants is stopped at an immature stage and yield of grain is usually below 15 to 20 . Drought-damaged silage usually has 80 to 90 percent of the feed value of high-grain corn silage per unit of dry matter if the moisture content of the crop is 70 percent or less when harvested. If the moisture content is much above 70 percent, silage of this type tends to be unpalatable and of much lower feed value.
When drought causes reduction of yields to 20 to 40 , the silage produced appears to be equal to much higher yielding corns, but the tonnage per acre is reduced proportionally.
Early frost damage corn
If a crop damaged by early frost can be allowed to field dry to an acceptable moisture range (60 to 70 percent) without excessive leaf loss or lodging, the feeding and storage quality of the damaged crop is similar to normal silage. The value of such a crop is similar to that of normal silage.
If the silage is harvested above 70 percent or below 60 percent moisture levels, a discount should be taken to the normal silage price.
Storage equipment and when silage is harvested
For bunker and pit silos, harvesting silage from 65 to 70 percent moisture is ideal for packing and storage quality. For conventional upright silos and sealed silos, harvesting the silage in the 60 to 65 percent range is better for storage.
This paper has looked at the value of the silage to the crop producer. It does not address the value of the silage as a feedstuff. A silage market requires that the cost to the crop producer be less than the value to the livestock feeder so that incentive exists for market-oriented trade.
Evaluating silage costs to determine the possibility of trade implies that a short-term decision is being considered. The crop producer is attempting to decide in the middle of the growing season what is the best business opportunity.
If a crop producer desires to build a longer term business as corn silage supplier to a livestock producer, selection of specific varieties, optimal harvest maturity and harvest handling can add feed value to the silage, for which the livestock producer might be willing to pay. Negotiating additional compensation for the silage producer willing to accommodate the livestock producer's needs can result in significant profitability increases for both parties.
The feed value of silage would be established by comparing it to alternative feedstuffs and rations that provide similar nutrients.
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All good investment decision-making is forward looking. Whether you are buying or selling, it doesn't matter where prices have been in the past.
Now, that said, price and volume charts may occasionally indicate where there is support or resistance. That might be worthy of consideration in the short-run. When I was an institutional bond manager, competing against few others, but larger others, that was more important. Not sure it is so important when competitors are smaller.
My main concern is that investors focus forward. Use your best data. and estimate future advantage. Be aware of mean reversion, so don't let mere changes in price affect your opinion. Always aim for the best possible future return.
We win and lose constantly in the market. Don't let past successes delude you, they may be historical accidents. Instead, focus forward to try to see what opportunities and threats are in front of you.
There were two hard things I had to learn when I was a corporate bond manager: 1) learning to sell lower than my original sell. 2) Learning to buy higher than my original buy. That meant I had to forget my original cost basis, and try to estimate the best forward value that I could.
That is a tough place to be, but it is rational. Always look forward, and estimate where you will have the best outcomes going forward. You will get superior results from doing that.
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Albany County minority election districts case can proceed
Whether to include Hispanics in minority population is key issue
A lawsuit that alleges Albany County didn't do enough in 2011 to create a new election district made up mostly of minority voters can go forward, a judge ruled.
In a decision issued Tuesday, Judge Lawrence E. Kahn ruled there are enough black residents in a compact geographic area in the county to create a fifth minority district, allowing the case to proceed to trial.
The plaintiffs — who include local NAACP leader Anne Pope and former County Legislator Wanda Willingham — brought the action seeking to invalidate the 2011 redistricting map by arguing the 2010 census showed a growth in the minority population, and therefore, minority representation should have been increased to five legislators out of 39 from the current of four. The suit says the county violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
One of the key disputes in the case is whether Hispanics should be included with blacks as part of the minority population. The plaintiffs contend they should, while the county has argued blacks and Hispanics are not politically cohesive because they don't vote the same way, and therefore, should not be grouped together.
County Attorney Tom Marcelle said he is "extremely confident" the county will prevail in the case, adding that the decision to proceed to trial by Kahn was "wise and cautious" and that it will allow the court to "review the very divisive issue of whether to combine Hispanics and blacks as a single minority."
The plaintiffs' lawyer, Paul DerOhannesian, said the county is trying to "minimize the number of minorities" by "eliminating Hispanic voters from the equation" and relying on a definition of minority as only "single race black."
The county said there are significantly fewer blacks in the voting population than the census numbers show because a percentage of them are convicted felons.
In a footnote, Kahn rejected the argument by the county that there aren't enough blacks for an additional district, in part, since so many are on parole and unable to vote. "(To) deny relief on such basis would be irresponsible," wrote Kahn.
"I think it's an enormous victory for the plaintiffs," said DerOhannesian. "We're looking forward to the trial of this case and resolving this before the next county election in 2015."
The issue of minority districts also came up following the 1990 and 2000 censuses, and in both cases, plaintiffs successfully sued in federal court to create additional minority-majority districts.
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Maroon Accents: 5 Rooms that Get it Right
When used in excess, maroon can look heavy and outdated. But just a bit of maroon can be rich and glamorous, especially if your accent is a well-chosen chair or unusual pendant light.
- A smart combination of maroon, cream, and wood makes for an ultra-chic dining room in this London home. From Staffan Tollgard Design Group.
- This bright, welcoming living room features a classic maroon couch updated with pops of yellow and blue. From Elle Decor Japan.
- A gorgeous maroon rug is all the color needed in this minimalist bedroom in Antwerp. From Love Nordic.
- The openwork maroon pendant lamp adds an unexpected shot of color to an eclectic dining nook. HGTV via DecorPad.
- Elegant wood furniture upholstered in solid purple and maroon fabrics looks chic against glass windows and foliage. Michael Wee via Desire to Inspire.


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STAMFORD, Conn. — Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will work for NBC during its Winter Olympics coverage in her childhood home of Sochi.
The four-time Grand Slam champion lived in Sochi until she was 6 and still has family and friends in the area. She was Russia's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a silver medal.
NBC Olympics executive producer Jim Bell says that Sharapova "transcends sports as one of the world's most recognizable stars." He adds that "Maria will offer a unique and personal perspective on a place she knows so well."
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Nellie Colburn, Lewiston
"It's getting there. I've been around Lewiston all my life. I've seen the changes on lower Lisbon Street. It looks classier."
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Stephanie Starbird, Casco
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Bernadette Pelletier, Lewiston
"Slowly. I've seen lots of buildings go down that really needed to go down."
Paris Teague, Auburn
"Yeah. There's a lot more going on. A lot has changed."
Jon Proctor, Lewiston
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Raymond Saucier, Greene
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Fund drive by firefighters, UCU raises $1,000-plus for family hit by fire
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Border Patrol firming up plan for Old Town airport
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For the first time the Portuguese Parliament hosted a conference dedicated to biodiversity. The event brought together Parliamentarians, NGOs and scientists to share information on the challenges biodiversity is facing and to discuss the next steps for conservation.
"Working with Parliamentarians is crucial to achieve IUCN's mission to conserve biodiversity. Adequate legislation on biodiversity is necessary to ensure our future. This conference is a step in the right direction - enhancing cooperation with the Portuguese government who is a State Member of IUCN" Hans Friederich, IUCN Regional Director (a.i.) for Pan-Europe stated.
Led by the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Territorial Planning and Local Government, the two-day international conference involved nearly 20 Parliamentarians, including the Speaker of the House, the Minister and State Secretary for Environment and the Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries.
"This conference is very important for Portugal, as the challenges for our natural environment are key issues that need to be addressed by law makers, managers and scientists alike. Experts from Portugal and other European countries have provided the Parliament with valuable information to debate our future strategy for biodiversity" said Julio Miranda Calha, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Territorial Planning and Local Government.
Political leaders were joined by an impressive cast of speakers from a variety of Portuguese scientific institutions who presented facts and figures about the state of biodiversity in Portugal, as well as international representatives from IUCN, the European Commission, the European Environment Agency, and Spanish Fundacion Biodiversidad.
Humberto Rosa, Secretary of State for Environment of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning stressed the need to get biodiversity recognized as a key issue and said: "We need to develop a market for biodiversity if we want to get the public to understand its real economic value. The intrinsic value of nature is also very important, but it does not help us in convincing lawmakers and the public that losing nature and biodiversity means a real loss for humans".
IUCN will continue to work with the Government of Portugal to help develop legislation for biodiversity and respond to the challenges which may raise from the discussions at the UN General Assembly High Segment on Biodiversity in September and the subsequent 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan in October this year.


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As of December 15, 2017, AOL Instant Messenger products and services will be shut down and will no longer work.If you are an AOL member, AOL products and services like AOL Mail, AOL Desktop Gold and Member Subscriptions will not be affected.
Many Americans have memories of AOL Instant Messenger I'm sure - probably memories of talking to your crush late at night, or planning evenings out drinking with friends. Here in The Netherlands we used MSN Messenger - I have those same memories, just from a different client. AOL, ICQ and MSN have long been replaced by WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage, but I'm sure teens of today still use them for the same thing.
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MP903, New May 2008
In smooth sumac, pinnately compound leaves offer summer thermal cover, while dense clusters of red hairy fruits provide food.
©Ted Bodner, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Aromatic sumac's leaves and its fruit arrangement are quite different from the other common midwestern sumacs, but this species' growth habit and denser branching make it better for quail habitat.
USDA-NRCS Plants Database/Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook.
Smooth sumac (R. glabra) is so named for the smooth main stems and central leaf stems.
Scott Sudkamp, Missouri Department of Conservation
The central stems of winged sumac (R. copallina) leaves are winged.
Four species of sumac occur commonly in the Midwest, often growing as thicket-forming shrubs, but occasionally up to 20 feet tall.
Sumacs can grow in a variety of Midwest soil types and occur in most habitat communities, including prairies, old fields, pastures and open woodlands. Winged, smooth and staghorn sumac have single stems and a broad reaching canopy of pinnately compound leaves. Fragrant sumac, which produces an aromatic odor when crushed, has three leaves resembling poison ivy but with more serrated margins. The leaves of all species often turn a brilliant red in autumn. Fruits are red and persist well through winter and into early spring. Smooth sumac tends to be invasive in pastures and hayfields. Fragrant sumac is the best of the four for quail habitat plantings.
The primary benefit of sumacs to bobwhites is the summer thermal cover they provide. The branches do not interlace extensively and therefore provide little if any winter cover. The lack of a dense canopy often allows fescue or brome to grow in the understory as well, negating its value as woody cover. While not especially energy rich, seeds are commonly consumed by quail. The fruits can become important to bobwhite survival during periods of deep snow or ice in the late winter when other food items have become depleted or are otherwise unavailable.
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Giselle [Stolper, President, MHA-NYC], thank you for those kind words. Good evening, everyone. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, and most especially, Ken Fisher, his family, and all the great folks from the Fisher House Foundation:
I am greatly honored to be here to help recognize Ken and his family for their dedication to the men and women who safeguard our Nation—today, and those who performed those duties in years past, like the men who stormed ashore at Normandy, France, sixty-nine years ago today.
Combat demands courage—we know that. But bearing the burdens of combat in the aftermath of war also takes courage. Thanks to advances in battlefield medicine and a world-class military medical evacuation system, more troops are surviving combat today, some with catastrophic injuries, requiring prolonged hospitalization—months and years of surgery, pain, recovery, uncertainty. Any loss of hope can be challenging, and their refusal to give up is both courageous and profound.
For six years now, VA has collaborated with the Mental Health Association of New York's "Linked-2-Health Solutions" to manage our Veterans' Crisis Line. The crisis line has answered over 800,000 calls and responded to more than 100,000 chats and texts from Veterans in need. Most importantly, 29,000 of those callers were rescued from suicides-in-progress because we were there to help.
And so, congratulations, as well, to the Mental Health Association of New York for its many initiatives over many years to care for the Veterans of every great generation, especially today, for those who fought in Iraq and are fighting in Afghanistan.
Because of our work, President Obama's budget requests between 2009 and 2014 increased mental health funding for VA by nearly 57 percent. And this past Monday, the President hosted a national mental health summit at the White House to focus on the need to work together to demystify the issues surrounding mental health, especially overcoming the stigma associated with treatment. As a result:
Let us use these resources and opportunities wisely to address our mental health needs, especially to dispel the stigma surrounding treatment.
You will find few more aware of the needs of our wounded warriors, our Veterans, their families, and our survivors than Ken Fisher. The Fisher House Foundation, which he leads, provides free or low-cost lodging to Veterans and military families at military and VA medical centers, saving them $200 million in food, lodging, and transportation since 1990.
There are currently 60 Fisher Houses in operation, serving over 700 families daily. Remarkably, Ken and the Fisher House Foundation give these houses to the government as gifts!
The foundation also administers the Hero Miles Program and the Heroes Legacy Scholarship Program to help Veterans and the families of those Servicemembers who have died or have been severely disabled since 9/11.
So Ken—thank you for your generous and unwavering advocacy for all who serve and have served our Nation in uniform, their families, and our survivors. On behalf of them all, and the great men and women at VA and DoD who care for them, I am honored to present you with this award. Its inscription reads, "The Mental Health Association-New York City honors Ken Fisher and his family for their commitment to the well-being of our Nation's Veterans, June 6, 2013."


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Washington, D.C. – Priests for Life National Director Fr. Frank Pavone congratulated Joseph Scheidler and the Pro-life Action League for their victory at the Supreme Court, which ruled in the Scheidler vs. NOW case in favor of the pro-life activists.
"For decades, in this case and many others, pro-choice groups have tried to paint us who oppose abortion as violent people. Today, yet again, that strategy fails."
Fr. Pavone urged pro-life citizens to be more active than ever. "The proper response to this ruling is to increase our peaceful, legal presence at killing centers everywhere, without fear of ridicule, false arrest, or persecution. Let's follow Joe Scheidler's example of persevering in protest of the greatest evil of our times, abortion. In particular, pastors should call their people to prayerful protest outside abortion killing centers, and should be there with them. The Supreme Court takes our First Amendment rights seriously; so should we."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.
Click here for further comments from Fr. Frank on this victory.
Supreme Court Syllabus of the Scheidler Case (PDF Format)
Justice Breyer Opinion on the Scheidler Case (PDF Format)
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is an absolute breath of fresh air for the Hideo Kojima-conceived series. Stealth is all well and good and it most definitely has its place in the Metal Gear universe, but Kojima Productions' choice of handing over a cyborg ninja-focused action game to PlatinumGames, the architects of highly technical brawlers like Bayonetta and Vanquish, was a master stroke. The collaboration has proven to be valuable for both parties, as I learned last week during my extended hands-on preview time.
That event also offered an opportunity to sit down with Yuji Korekado and Atsushi Inaba, Revengeance's lead producers for Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, respectively. Since the interview was conducted entirely through a translator, we're going to use more of a Q&A-style format for delivering it, in the hopes of better preserving the essence of each response. I covered a lot of ground during our brief chat, exploring what drew PlatinumGames to the project in the first place, the sort of message that a title like "Metal Gear Rising" sends, and how this new entry fits into the larger universe.
Can you talk a little bit about what drew PlatinumGames to the Metal Gear universe in the first place?
Korekado: Metal Gear Solid: Rising started development at Kojima Productions. At that point it was based on Raiden, and we wanted over-the-top action based on references from Metal Gear Solid 4, where he acrobatically fights Gekkos. We wanted the users to have that fun playing the game. At that point, Kojima Productions handled it and it was still an action game.
How did the work divide up between the two studios?
Korekado: As far as the division of labor, Kojima Productions looked over the world view and how it fit into the timeline of Metal Gear, as well as the script, story, and cutscenes. We left all of the game design and development to PlatinumGames. [The collaboration] blended perfectly.
One thing that immediately struck me after spending a few hours in Revengeance is how tightly the story comes together. Metal Gear is traditionally known for its deeply involved plotlines and lengthy cutscenes. Can you talk a bit about how that approach has been altered in Revengeance?
Korekado: As far as cutscenes go, we wanted to hit directly, short and pretty. The reason being this is an up-tempo game, very fast-paced, and we didn't want to ruin the game flow with long cutscenes. In the past we've had very long cutscenes in all Metal Gear Solids, but we felt with an action game we had to switch it up. If we weren't able to convey any message that the player needs to know through cutscenes, we do that through real-time codecs… as Raiden is walking through the stage.
On the PlatinumGames side, how much freedom were you given to paint your own take on the Metal Gear universe?
Inaba: When it comes to game design, we had complete freedom. In actuality, the script was really wrapped around the game design so we didn't have too many problems on the PlatinumGames side. The script writer on Kojima Productions' side had to put in a lot more effort based on our game design because he had to revise it based on [what we were doing].
In the beginning, Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames got together and put a wrap on the story and the script, the messaging that we wanted to convey. We pretty much abided by that, but of course when the game design and the development moves forward, there's a lot of things that could change. Based on those changes the script did have to be revised accordingly. So it went both ways. If the script changed, the game design had to change a little bit, but it usually went with the game design changing and the script writer having to make some revisions on the story side.
The title of the game changed fairly late in its development. Can you talk a bit about the reason for that change? Can you also speak to the use of "Rising" in the title? It's a word that implies a birth or a dawning of something. How does that apply to this particular story?
Korekado: The reason for the title change — and of course there's a lot of reasons for it — is this is a different kind of Metal Gear. It's not stealth-based, it's action-based. We were a little concerned that maybe fans wouldn't accept it [when it was first announced]. We feel that all the fans have been calling for a new franchise and that they're catching onto the fun of this game. If we feel the support and the feedback to make another game, of course we'd like to move onto another one.
As far as "Rising" in the Metal Gear universe, it's not our choice. It really is up to the fans. We bring up something and we really engage feedback. Everything is a beginning and we feel that "Rising" is a start. There's another reason that we wanted to make this game: in the Metal Gear universe, there are so many unique characters and we just wanted to add more background to one character. That doesn't just pertain to Raiden; there are so many others. I think we're able to prove that, using one of these characters and creating the game, we're able to expand on the universe. Moving forward, we'd like to venture out and see if there are other characters as well. But once again, that isn't really something we can just push forward on. We have to engage feedback from our fans.


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I run couple of websites in Amazon EC2 using Fedora 64bit + Apache, PHP, MySQL and Python.
I have only SSH login. I do take regular snapshots of my system for backup.
Can you please suggest me any software or tool which can taken incremental backup my my /etc/www/html directory ?
- The tool should take regular backup.
- If possible BOTH files and database.
- It should run every single day.
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ROCKFORD — We're not the only ones who really like to eat breakfasts and lunches at Egg Harbor Cafe.
On Sunday, my boyfriend and I decided to go again to the restaurant in the Edgebrook shopping center for breakfast at 10:15 a.m. and got one of the last tables. By 10:45 a.m., there were a dozen people waiting to be seated.
We've eaten there other days of the week for breakfast and lunch when it's not so busy. And the food and service have been great every time. The cafe, one of 17 mostly operating in the Chicago suburbs, opened here in 2007.
My favorite for breakfast is the Eggsceptional Skillet Combo ($9.49), which I had again Sunday. I selected sausage and spinach as my two choices for the dish that combines potatoes, Monterey Jack and cheddar cheeses, and an egg. The yolk from the over-easy egg I ordered dribbled over the potatoes, veggie and meat to make a yummy combo. On the side, you get banana bread French toast — decadent — and a cup of fresh fruit with melon, strawberries and grapes.
My boyfriend had blueberry pancakes ($6.99), which came with a small cup of blueberry compote (a fruit syrup) to smother the pancakes in, and he poured syrup over the top, too. The blueberries in the pancakes were plentiful and tasty. His side of bacon was extra, $3.49. He really likes the coffee, which costs $2.50. But you get a pot of it, and you can take home the rest in a take-out cup.
My favorite for lunch is the Door County Melt ($9.99), and I've had it several times. Chicken salad is blended with dried cranberries, toasted pecans and diced apples and grilled on multigrain bread with Monterey Jack and cheddar cheeses and tomato. To. Die. For. And the mini potato pancakes that I order with applesauce and a small side salad with poppy seed dressing are just as good.
The biggest problem I have is eyeing all the great-looking menu items others are eating — including the Turkey and Pear Grilled Cheese with potato pancakes, and the Gourmet Havarti and Pear Omelette — but resorting back to my favorites.
The decor of Egg Harbor Cafe is country style, featuring chicken statues, baskets with pretend eggs and the like.
Would I be spoiling the surprise if I said I'm going to get a family member a certificate again to Egg Harbor Cafe for Christmas?
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The Miami Dolphins have had a pretty solid defense the past few seasons, and 2012 was no exception.
Defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle's unit finished seventh in points allowed per game (20.0), 12th in yards allowed (356.8), seventh in sacks (42) and featured the NFL's stingiest red zone defense.
However, the Dolphins softened against the run (4.0 yards per carry allowed), which is a drop off compared to the unit's 3.7 and 3.6 yards per carry average the previous two seasons.
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In a shocker, the United States Food and Drug Administration has discovered the presence of mice, ants and cockroaches in food served on airlines in the country.
Through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Show '20/20' obtained lists of recent health violation records from the FDA, the agency in charge of inspecting airlines and their outside food caterers.
Over almost four years, the industry counted more than 1,500 health violations, the 'ABC News' reported.
'Significant' problems were found at a much higher rate than in other industries the FDA inspects, the agency said in a statement. Food facilities at LSG Sky Chefs, a major provider of airline food, were found to be infested with ants, dead and live flies, and cockroaches 'all over'.
"You can't have insect remains and feces of rodents and dead flies (in these areas)," former health inspector Roy Costa told the paper.
"You put that all together, and you have a time bomb," said Roy Costa, a food-industry consultant and former health inspector.
Roaches and gnats 'too numerous to count', unrefrigerated food and dirty areas were found at another catering company, Gate Gourmet. The company said it fixes any problems immediately and claims 'none of the FDA's observations... indicated a threat to the health of the travelling public'.
Meanwhile, mice were found on a Delta Airlines plane, which the airline said was an isolated incident. There were also incidents involving old or mouldy products and employees not washing their hands.
"This clearly was an isolated incident and we cooperated with the FDA immediately to resolve it immediately after it was brought to our attention," the airline said in a statement, according to the report.


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Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes can now rightly be considered favourites going into any race weekend following their performance at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.
Rosberg claimed his second victory of the season at Silverstone while team-mate Lewis Hamilton grabbed 4th having suffered a catastrophic puncture which dropped him from 1st to last place.
Mercedes have typically looked fast over one lap during most qualifying sessions this season but have suffered badly with quick tyre degradation on race days.
However the Brackley-based team look to have come up with a solution to their problem - rivals will say thanks to their illegal in-season test with Pirelli - with Hamilton going longer on the hard tyre than anyone else on the grid at the notoriously hard-wearing British Grand Prix.
They'll also likely be helped by a switch of tyres by Pirelli after the Hungarian Grand Prix to make them tougher after the puncture controversy that has dominated the aftermath of Sunday's race.
Rosberg says that the development from that start of the season to the Mercedes W04 puts them well and truly among the elite of Formula 1.
"Slowly but surely we are dropping into the role of being favourites, which is fantastic," said the German.
He added: "Now things are coming together. We built up the team with more employees, working together better. A lot of fantastic people have joined the team to complement the fantastic people that we already had.
"They managed to build a great car over the winter. Then in the development race this season, which was our big weakness last year, it seems to be going pretty well at the moment - which is another sign of the team building and having learned from our issues in past years.
"We have fantastic momentum in the team at the moment. It's great to be a part of it."
The result at Silverstone means Hamilton is 43 points back from Drivers' Championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who was forced to retire with a transmission problem. Rosberg is a further seven point back from Hamilton, while Mercedes are up to 2nd, 48 points behind Red Bull, in the Constructors' Championship.
Despite Rosberg's optimism, Hamilton is a little more cautious ahead of the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring this weekend.
I don't think we're favourites," said the 2008 champion. "Red Bull is still favourite. They're leading the championship. We are improving and getting closer."


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I would use regular 2 row (the 1.8L stuff) as opposed to Pale Ale malt. Any particular reason for all the wheat? Carapils will be great here - lots of pro IPA brewers use it.
Quote from: blatz on January 16, 2013, 03:10:53 PMI would use regular 2 row (the 1.8L stuff) as opposed to Pale Ale malt. Any particular reason for all the wheat? Carapils will be great here - lots of pro IPA brewers use it.I tend to like the slightly darker Pale Ale Malt. Has a little more 'oomph' to it.
absolutely - was only giving one opinion - to each their own. I personally don't like it as it gives a candy like malt sweetness to the flavor that I find intrudes on hop forward. american styles. on my IPAs, I usually use something like the following: Rahr 2 row at around 85%, Munich or Vienna at 10% and British extra light crystal at 5% and find the malt flavor is perfect for my tastes. YMMV.
Also, I don't think your beer software is taking the 3.5oz of dry hopping into account in the IBU calculation.
With all of the different hops in this recipe, what aroma are you going for? Citrusy? Piney? Floral? Fruity?
As for the AA's for the hops, I have not changed that in Beersmith yet, should I just average the 3 hops together and then use that value?
I have never done a hopstand before, is that just tossing in the hops at flameout and steeping them for 45 mins? I was planning on tossing in the "aroma" hops/flameout out hops in and steeping for 20 mins and then whirl-pooling for 10 and then cooling. Should I leave them in for 45 mins and then whirl-pool and chill?
Do you think once I adjust the AA's I should add a small charge @ 30 mins. or so to up the IBU's a bit, they seem a bit low as of now..


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Development charges are imposed against all new development (residential and non-residential lands, buildings or structures) within the City in accordance with the Development Charges Act, 1997. By-laws enforce the application of development charges that are required to recover the growth-related capital costs associated with providing infrastructure and facilities to service new development.
The following is an overview of the City of Markham development charges and is intended for use as a guide. You should review the by-laws and the Development Charges Act, 1997, and consult with the Development Finance Staff at the City of Markham.
In December 2017, Council approved the Development Charges Background Study update, and the new by-laws went into effect December 13, 2017. Development Charge Background Studies are required in accordance with the Development Charges Act, 1997, as amended, in order to enact new Bylaws.
Three types of development charges within the City are imposed under a number of by-laws. They are:
Every development application is evaluated to determine to what extent development charges are applicable. You may be required to pay development charges for any residential or non-residential development if you are:
The City of Markham collects development charges and education development charges on behalf of itself and three external jurisdictions. Charges are collected on behalf of and remitted to the Region of York, the York District School Board and the York Catholic District School Board as required by law. Each jurisdiction is responsible for setting the rates of its own development charges and for determining any exemptions.
For subdivisions, a portion of the total development charges is required at the time the subdivision agreement is executed. The balance is collected at the building permit stage.
All development charges must be paid in full prior to the issuance of a building permit.
An area specific development charge is applied by the municipality in areas where services and infrastructure benefit a specific geographical area. As a result, municipal development charges are more equitably distributed.
Landowners may enter into credit agreements with the municipality to provide infrastructure works and services instead of paying all or a portion of the applicable area specific charge.
Development Charges are adjusted semi-annually on January 1st and July 1st of each year, in accordance with the Statistics Canada Quarterly Construction Price Statistics Index. View Markham's current development rates.
The amount of development charges you are required to pay depends on several factors, including:
In all instances you must establish that the proposed development is entitled to an exemption. You should check with each jurisdiction to determine if you qualify for any exemptions.
For inquiries dealing with calculations and exemptions, contact appropriate municipality or school board below:
Hard copies of Markham's development charge by-laws are available from Monday to Friday, between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, at:
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2 things I have been working on are facial structure and legs - with attention to balanced poses and how they work. Like many cartoonists, my eye lies to me a lot and I naturally draw things out of proportion.
I think I am just beginning to understand how the major facial muscles and features interrelate with each other. The curves all weave in and out of each other in an organized, logical pattern. For example, the cheek starts under the eye socket, puffs out and then weaves into the smile, then reverses direction and aims into the top of the chin under the lip. I have been faking it for decades, as many cartoonists do. One day I might actually do it from memory where it makes some sense.
I missed it in the drawings below.
So when I am copying, I look for knowledge and understanding. Not just the specific shapes I am copying, but the general forms and relationships causing the specific shapes. I try to find things that make some sense and then write them down in the hopes I remember them and can put them to use later.
I don't have the greatest memory, so I have to do lots and lots of drawings, studies and analysis. I need my own personal tutor who'll fix all my drawings and tel me exactly what's wrong with them and correct them in front of me.
I envy the artists who seem to understand the sense of anatomy and perspective through instinct and feeling. There aren't many. Frank Frazetta's one of them. He has some otherwordly gift. - Owen Fitzgerald's another. These two artists don't just copy and repeat stock cartoon shapes and poses; they customize every pose and angle to the scene.
I'm not sure why I want to know all this stuff. There are many famous cartoonists who had successful careers and made entertaining cartoons without ever doing natural poses - even cartoonists who are renowned for their human drawings - like Al Capp and Milton Caniff. Don't get me wrong; they are both talented storytellers and stylists, but like many cartoonists - stiff.


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Clothing and Bedding
Keep at least one complete change of clothing and footwear, suitable for your climate, per person in the disaster kit. Consider including blankets or a sleeping bag to help keep warm if living in a colder climate.
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Include a first-aid kit with the following items:
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- Sterile adhesive bandages/gauze pads
- Sunscreen; tube of petroleum jelly
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- Battery-operated radio with extra batteries
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- Disinfectant, such as household chlorine bleach
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- Matches in waterproof container
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- Paper; pen or pencil
- Personal hygiene items (toilet paper, soap)
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- Pliers, wrench (to turn off home's gas and water)
- Signal flares; whistle; compass
Keep at least a three-day supply of water per person, or about three gallons — two quarts for drinking and two quarts for food preparation and sanitation needs. If you have pets, be sure to include extra water for them. Store the water in clean, sealed containers such as polyethylene (PET) bottles or glass. Check for leaky containers and replace periodically.
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Keep a three-day supply of prescription medication on hand for all family members who need them. People with young children may need to include diapers or formula in their kit. Also keep a portable, waterproof container with any important records such as wills, insurance policies, deeds and other important legal documents, bank/credit card account numbers, family records (birth, marriage, death certificates) and important telephone numbers.
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Life on the edge in San Diego
Rescue mission, bounty hunters, boat live-aboards, runaways, process servers, knights in Balboa Park
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My wife said, "It's almost a religious experience." She wasn't talking about a psychedelic sunset or a sweat lodge, but wine-tasting in Ramona, where folks like Joe Cullen are putting magic in a bottle.
On an unseasonably cool late-September afternoon, Cullen, fresh from picking, met us at his place and showed us the apparatus that comprises a one-man winery. Never having witnessed the actual machinations of vinting before, I didn't know a de-stemmer from a hydro-presser. Pointing to a little John Deere rig filled with pomace, the residue left after pressing, he invited us to roll it in our hands. He gestured to a shed where a 70-gallon fermentation tank made of cylindrical white plastic held freshly fermented Syrah rendered from 820 pounds of grapes. With a long-handled ladle, he dipped into the tank and offered a taste of embryonic wine. So, we drank the sweet, unfiltered juice, and proclaimed it "sublime."
"I'm 'micro,'" quips Cullen, who's also purple from head to toe. It's pressing time at Cactus Star Vineyard at Scaredy Cat Ranch and the crew — that would be Joe — is immersed in the process of turning just-picked clusters of Syrah grapes into young wine. We've made our way here via the twists and turns of Ramona's least prosaic roads, the ones that lead oenophiles beyond the ramshackle shacks of rusted ruritania to the cloistered acres where artisanal wines are born.
Self-taught, Cullen's first exposure to enology was in Dushore, Pennsylvania, which he calls "a dot on the map," a burg so small that even today it has only one traffic light. "I grew up on a dairy farm, and we made wine. It wasn't good wine," he chuckles, "but we made wine." Eventually, after earning an electrical engineering degree from Penn State (he designs controls for steel mills), he succumbed to the call of the grape. "I started out in my basement in Pittsburgh; it was a pretty big basement, actually. There was this wholesale produce market called 'the strip' that was open from midnight to 5:00 a.m. You could buy just about any kind of grape you wanted, so that was exciting. They'd truck them in from California."
The essence of wine, what it means to witness — to taste, smell, and feel the process of transforming grape to juice to wine — seems to flow across Cactus Star. Imbued with a sense of spirituality, it consists of no more than a cluster of southwestern-style, tile-roofed structures built by Cullen. The smallest bonded winery in Ramona, it's a one-horse, two-dog ranchette, studded with big slabs of granite and the occasional cholla cactus. But the scenery would be of little import if the finished product weren't superb, which I think is. The intense raspberry essence that Cullen is able to coax from his Grenache, for example, indicates that this is serious wine made by a man who doesn't take himself too seriously.
Notwithstanding the understated humility of Cullen and other small-acreage artisans, the quality of Ramona's wine hasn't gone unnoticed. Bill Schweitzer, who grows grapes under the banner of Paccielo Vineyards (but doesn't make wine) is vice president of the Ramona Valley Vineyard Association. I asked him to compare the Ramona wine scene to Temecula's. "They have more limos, but we make better wine. I regard Temecula as the kind of place you go for a bachelor party or a wedding." Schweitzer, whose Nebbiolo plantings bring top-dollar around these parts (a dollar a pound) thinks that San Diegans who venture up to Temecula for grape fermentations are missing out on serious squeezin's right in their backyard.
"Backyard" is an apt expression, because the boutique wine revolution roiling the Ramona Valley is at the mom 'n' pop end of the scale continuum. Certainly, the grape growing sector of the wine business in Ramona remains small-scale. "We're gentlemen farmers," quips Schweitzer, whose viticulture group has around 80 members. Most of the growers have four acres or less under cultivation, but according to Schweitzer, they all have an advantage over Temecula. "We have a better micro-climate; it's cooler."
If you want to tour the heart of Ramona's wine country, don't follow the crowds. Washboard dirt roads, wrong turns and small signs, it's the antithesis of corporate enology. Ramona vineyards are inconspicuous; you'll see horses before you'll see the vines. You'll notice chickens, goats, sheep, a big-humped Brahma bull or two, but not many tourists. When you get to streets with names like Chablis Road, you're there: you're in the Ramona Valley AVA, pardner. AVA? That's an American Viticultural Area, a prestigious designation awarded to Ramona in 2006, one of only three (the others are San Pasqual Valley and Temecula) in Southern California.
And it's there you've got to be. Because if you want to savor the flavor of Ramona's finest, don't reconnoiter the shelves of your nearby big-box grocer. With the notable exception of the Ramona Albertsons, as well as independent grocer Major Market in Escondido, San Diego area supermarkets don't stock them. Neither do most bottle shops, save for nearby Holiday Wine Cellar and a few others. But it's not a question of quality, say the winemakers; it's simply not possible for a tiny producer (we're talking as few as 300 cases a year) to make money selling wholesale. If you find a Ramona wine at a retailer, says Cactus Star's Cullen, "It's for the exposure." As a consequence, the action (and profits, if any) is still at the tasting room.
San Diego County ordinance No. 10067, adopted on August 4, 2010, regulates where and when the county's wineries can sell wine, as well as where the grapes must originate and how much can be made. All told, the ordinance is far more proscriptive than prescriptive: in exchange for doing away with the exorbitant and red tape-draped major use permit, wineries falling under the aegis of the ordinance are barred from doing a multitude of things. Want to cook food on the premises? Sorry, can't do that. Weddings, birthday parties? Nope. Amplified music? No way, no how. And one more thing. You'd better kick out your guests before the sun goes down.
Nice to know how Ramona is growing.
Mike is being coy. We all know who you are, Carolyn. So quit turning in your neighbors and go along for the ride. This is a beautiful thing for our community, our county and our state.


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Faculty Handbook
Expense and Refreshment Policy
State funds may be used to provide payment or reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in transacting University business. State funds refer to all operating and self supporting funds administered by Western Connecticut State University.
This policy provides guidelines concerning when meals and refreshments may be paid for with State funds. Applicability of this policy is limited to non-travel business meals and refreshments. Non-travel business would include meetings, training sessions, conferences, or other University-sponsored events to conduct official University business. Travel-related meals and refreshments are covered under the University's Travel Policy.
Meals are defined to include food and non-alcoholic beverages provided at breakfast, lunch, or dinner to attendees of University-sponsored functions. Refreshments are defined to include beverages such as coffee, tea, bottled water, juice, and soda, and food items such as pastries, fruit, chips, cookies, and cake.
In all cases, the purchase must serve the purposes and needs of the University. Prudent judgment for incurring meal and refreshment expenses is essential. Resources are limited, and business meals and refreshments are subject to close public examination and audit. Business meals and refreshments must be fully necessary, reasonable, and supportable in all instances.
Allowable meals and refreshment expenses
1. Meal expenses for University employees generally are a personal responsibility. However, payment or reimbursement for meals of employees may be allowed when:
a. The meal charge is part of a conference or workshop expense;
b. A search committee, or search committee representative, hosts a candidate for a position;
c. An employee hosts a visiting lecturer, potential donor, or other guest on official University business; or
d. It is necessary to hold a meeting to carry out official University business which extends through breakfast, lunch, or dinner and the primary purpose of the meeting is not the meal. In this circumstance, the meal expense requires prior written approval by the appropriate Vice President or the President.
2. Refreshments may be provided during official University business meetings involving a combination of University employees and external individuals, such as a meeting with industry representatives, an external task force or advisory group, or volunteers.
3. Refreshments may be provided for staff retreats held for the purpose of the University's work-related planning. A meal also may be provided for day-long staff retreats with prior written approval of the appropriate Vice President or the President.
4. Refreshments may be provided at events hosted by the President, Vice Presidents, Associate Vice Presidents, Chief Officers, or Dean's recognizing work related achievements or milestones by employees, including retirement after significant service years or significant service to WCSU.
5. University-wide events may be hosted by the President or others with prior written approval of the President for purposes such as opening semester University meetings, annual Campus Pride event, holiday party, etc.
6. The purchase of coffee and accompanying condiments (ie: sugar, creamer, etc.) is permissible for Dean's offices and above.
7. Sodexo Food Service Operations: Sodexo retains exclusive catering rights and has the right of first refusal to provide catering of refreshments or prepared foods for Campus events. If catering services are required, please contact Sodexo's catering personnel at 7-8755. For catering services to be provided, a fully approved food service form needs to be submitted to the Administrative Services' department two weeks in advance.
Non-allowable meals and refreshment expenses
1. Refreshments or meals generally may not be provided in conjunction with ordinary, recurring staff meetings or other regularly scheduled business meeting of employees. However, occasionally, certain circumstances may exist that warrant refreshments at a staff meeting. The provision of refreshments at a staff meeting under special circumstances is permissible provided prior written approval is given by the appropriate Vice President or the President.
2. Ad-hoc committee meetings and informal meetings consisting solely of university employees should not include breakfast, lunch, dinner, or coffee/beverage service expenses (except events paid by special allocated collective bargaining Faculty Development Funds or grant-supported expenses with pre-approval through the grant budget.)
Documentation and payment
When meals or refreshments are provided for a University meeting or event, the following information must be provided with the payment or reimbursement request in a timely manner:
In addition, when the individual who is the authorized signatory for the funding Banner organization participates in the meeting or event, his/her supervisor must also sign the reimbursement request before payment or reimbursement may be made.
Other non-allowable expenses
Certain types of expenses generally are not considered reasonable and necessary for the University, and therefore, generally may not be paid or reimbursed with State funds. Non-allowable expenses include payments or reimbursements for:
1. Alcoholic beverages;
2. Gifts purchased for University employees, relatives, or outside individuals in recognition of personal life events such as birthdays, births, or deaths (e.g. flowers, gift boxes, purchased cakes);
3. Donations or gifts of any kind to individuals, including outside organizations and individuals and University faculty, staff, and students unless deemed to be a promotional initiative for the University and approved by the division Vice President;
4. Gift cards in support of student programming unless approved by the division's Vice President;
5. Office parties or employee entertainment (both internal and external);
6. Holiday celebrations or meals for employees, including secretary's day
7. Political events, contributions, or donations;
8. Purchases from a University employee or his or her immediate family unless completed through competitive bidding process administered through the University's Purchasing Office;
9. Reimbursement for sales tax incurred when personal funds are used to purchase goods or services for the University.
Exceptions Under certain circumstances, it may be in the best interest of the University to invoke an exception to this policy, and exceptions may be granted by the President or Vice President for Finance and Administration. Individuals who believe an exception is in the University's best interests must request written approval in advance of incurring the expense.
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This is a special place to be…
You know your marriage has weathered well when love brings you to the place where you bear the other's sharp word or dark mood, knowing as you do that these raw places cover a weary or wounded soul and require tenderness, not scorn or assault. Forgiveness is given, easily, before it's ever asked, the scuffle brushed away, no more bother than a stray piece of lint.
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… and it takes time.
It takes understanding over the long haul.
It takes listening first, second and third more often than not.
I confess, it means I should mute the TV or turn it off to keep traveling towards this space in the journey together.
We went to Greenville, SC last Friday, just the two of us. We walked. We ate wonderful food. We saw Falls Park and all the upgrades around the Downtown area.
Mostly, I enjoyed that we were there together. The walking, the words, the silence – all coming through as part of the long haul kind of life we're living out together.


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Skip to comments.BREAKING: It Turns Out Obama Gave ACORN $541K This Year, Not $80K
Posted on 07/11/2011 5:06:04 PM PDT by Nachum
Remember that story from a few days ago, the one about the Obama administration giving ACORN a $79,819 grant in March despite a federal law that prohibits the government from giving money to ACORN?
It turns out that sum is a lowball figure.
I discovered Obamas Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave ACORN another $461,086 in January. The funds were earmarked for ACORN Housing Corp. in January under HUDs Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP), according to the government website USAspending.gov.
In order words, the Obama administration gave fraud-ridden ACORN nearly a half million dollars to be used on housing development.
The administration isnt even trying to conceal the fact that it gave this money to ACORN.
USAspending.gov identifies the recipient as ACORN Housing Corporation Inc. even though that nonprofit entity filed papers last year legally changing its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA).
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Betting the 541K is also a low figure.
I'm thinking it's time for Breitbart to break out some more of the ACORN sting videos he says he's been saving. Git 'em, git 'em!
Where is Bonehead on this latest Commie revelation??
There is nothing ethical about this administration and those that support it. They are dirty, rotten snakes.
Atlanta has this big cheating teacher scandal going on (all are Democrats) where the "teachers" erased answers and filled in the correct ones for the youth. Do you have any doubt those same districts would commit massive voter fraud for what they think is a good self serving reason?
It is sick what our nation has become.
Call him irresponsible...
Didn't you hear? That was GW Bush's fault. Seriously. The "thinking" that the LSM pimped was that GW was to blame because he signed a law that made the testing mandatory. See, insisting teachers teach was what caused all this.
Not kidding.
PS I thinking forcing teachers to "teach to a test" stinks, but it's better than having teachers not teach at all. WAY better!
The money was given to ACORN apparently in defiance of Public Law 111-117 which spells out in pretty clear terms that ACORN shouldnt be getting any government funding.
The level of corruption is staggering. On top of it all, he acts like a dictator, he doesn't have to observe the law.
He doesn't have a Constitutional bone in his body.
Sweet! I have to obey the law and this administration doesn't. Scumbags.
The pesants? But the pesants looove me. Pull!
Would someone explain how a president can give someone money when they are not congress and have no power to issue debt
Good Lord...START the Impeachment Hearings, NOW!!
Notice that there is a lot coming out now about "the Won"?
They are circling the wagons .. his political days are numbered.
Why should he observe the law? We have shown him with the birth certificate issue that he can do anything and his skin color will protect him.
You know what the irony is? The leftwing knee jerk reaction would be to call you a racist because you referred to his skin color.
You are absolutely right. I would expand the definition of racist to include those who use color to get over on people.
Racism isn't a word anymore. It's a state of mind. A manipulative one at that.
The left can call me whatever they want to, and I simply don't care. The triviality of the term, the overuse, has had the effect of inoculating me. I'm immune.
I used to fear the term, but now I would just tell any one who dared to use the term at me, screw you.
I know who I am, and I reserve my judgment of people based on the individual. However, I am not ignorant of statistics that basically say the worse two segments of our population are leftist and blacks, with 90% of blacks overlapping into the leftist group.
I don't know what the problem is with the majority of the US black population. I think the leftist welfare state destroying work ethic, family structure, morality and infusing a hatred and entitlement of that hatred against "whitey" is the core of the problem. It is horribly sad.
I have many good black friends who are good people and good parents or children of their parents. Most don't have an ounce of the above traits. Several have some deep seeded issues from "community" pressures and pressures from how they were told they should act and feel.
It is horribly sad. Leftist, Satan have twisted and broken so many people throughout our country and the world.
I was on another forum and some guy pulled the race card. I told him I didn't hate black people; I told him that I believed we had a lousy president who just happened to be black. Ended that debate real fast.
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You could see his smile from the eighth pole to the wire. It was business as usual for Leandro Mora, Doug O'Neill's assistant trainer, but Mora and everyone connected to Team O'Neill were still ecstatic the morning after I'll Have Another's brilliant victory in the Kentucky Derby.
"It was too bad I couldn't go," said Mora. "I was supposed to go yesterday, but I couldn't because we had horses running here and we have to take care of business. But that's alright, because it's still the same great feeling. Doug called me after the Derby to give me some congrats. So now we're just enjoying it. I spoke to the boys this morning and he looks fine. I guess they were worried about him getting too hot after the race. It took a long time with the ceremonies and things like that, but they gave him a bath right there on the track and everything was cool."
I'll Have Another, whose base of operations has been at Betfair Hollywood Park, is now the toast of California. "This is such a great little horse. He hasn't done anything wrong for us. We're going to leave a crew with him and he's going to stay there. We took seven or eight other horses with him, but they're coming back. We'll probably give him a couple of days to settle down and relax and then go to Baltimore (Pimlico) right after that. The plans haven't been finalized yet.
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The 28-year-old rider from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands arrived in the U.S. in June of 2001 and rode his first horse two months later at Thistledown in Ohio.
"I always liked to keep busy. When I was a teenager in St. Croix I would get to ride every so often,'' he said. "The track at St. Croix would run every other weekend and when they weren't running there, I would take a boat to ride at St. Thomas, which was on a nearby island."
He was a hard worker from the start, riding days at Thistledown and nights at Mountaineer Park in West Virginia. After compiling more than 50 victories between the two tracks as an apprentice, Krigger was toying with the idea of moving to Kentucky when he was talked out of it by former jockey agent turned trainer Wayne McDonnell, who had Bay Area connections.
Northern California agent Boone McCanna, who had Dennis Carr at the time, was looking to replace an injured rider and McDonnell recommended Krigger. McCanna took the suggestion and convinced the bug boy to travel west. In his first month at Golden Gate, Krigger won 12 races, one of them for powerhouse trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
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"Is it that many already?," asked the always smiling reinsman. It was, but the road show was about to cease in 2011.
"Last year was the year I've been waiting on. The agent I had up north last year was the same agent I had as an apprentice (McCanna). I'd always wanted to go back up there with him, and finally he called me last year and said, 'Let's do it.' It was something I'd been waiting on for a long time."
"I was doing really well at Golden Gate (42 victories between Oct. 20-Dec.18), but when I got a call from Tom Knust asking me to come down to Southern California, I knew I had to try it again.
"I had ridden briefly at Santa Anita when I had the bug and I was happy to have Tony Matos as my agent. I told myself that when I got another good agent, that's when I would come back."
Krigger had a career year in 2011, winning 165 races and finishing in the money 52% of the time. He began this year on a strong note, winning 32 races through the beginning of May and cracking the top 10 at Santa Anita.
"I'm hoping to stay on this circuit. I've always wanted to be here. I wasn't surprised I did so well at Santa Anita because I've always totally believed in myself. From the time I had the bug, I've always felt I was a great rider and I've always ridden like a great rider. I've heard a lot of people say I'm getting better, and time does make you better, I can't deny that."
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Most of Krigger's family, including his mother and sister, are still in St. Croix,. "I'm glad I got to spend a lot of time with them a few years ago," said Krigger, "because my business is good and I haven't had a chance to get back there recently."
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"It's every rider's dream to ride in the Kentucky Derby and I'm just patiently waiting for my time,'' he said. "I'm pretty sure when it comes, it will be with a good horse. I don't just want to go there to ride, I want to go to win."
CLOSING STRIDES—Ivan Puhich, longtime agent and currently representing Mario Gutierrez, was surprisingly low-key about the monumental victory. "I just watched the race home alone. I've been around too long to get excited,'' said Puhich. "I never yelled. I quit yelling when I was around 15 years old."………*Mora* also reported that Siempre Mio, who now boasts Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol as part owners, is doing perfect and should run soon. Whether the two Los Angeles Laker stars will be able to see their recent acquisition in action depends on how long the team is alive in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
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Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has seized on the Texas governor's remarks in his bid to reclaim the lead in the Republican nomination race, saying Perry's assault on one of the revered legacies of the New Deal would imperil Republican efforts to defeat President Barack Obama.
The Perry campaign fired back Thursday, accusing Romney of inconsistencies on Social Security and saying that Perry is committed to repairing the 76-year-old retirement program.
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Perry first assailed Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" in his book, "Fed Up." He stood behind his remarks in Wednesday's Republican debate in California.
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Romney's campaign declared Thursday that Perry is "reckless, wrong on Social Security."
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