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I'd write a sonnet for this speech bubble, but it wouldn't really fit in the space. So just enjoy my single award-winning sonnet. No, seriously, I won $50 with this poem back in high school.
Sonnet #47,001
Were I to try my hand at poetry --
A very pleasant way to pass the time --
I know that I would be a prodigy,
A master of the rhythm and the rhyme.
The words would flow like liquid from my pen,
And metaphors and similes would too.
I'd write to rival Shakespeare's works, and then
I would be hailed as something fresh and new.
Any and every poetry award!
They would be more or less already mine.
They'd hail me as a Poem-Writing Lord;
They'd bow down to my Poem-Writing Shrine.
Yes, I could be the best poet, no doubt --
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Friday was the kickoff for the 2013 Rookery Bay Nature Festival. The weekend will be highlighted by about 40 guided field activities including bird watching and kayaking. There's also a guided trek around the Shell Island Preserve area where participants will get an insight into native Calusa and post-Civil War settler lifestyles. Film maker Elam Stoltzfus will discuss his adventures in filming the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition ("1000 miles in 100 days") on Saturday. Go to www.rookerybay.org for more information.


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Here's a little secret not many Linux administrators know:
If you don't care about post-mortem analysis of a system and just want it to perform much faster, especially if you're running MySQL just remount the partition where your databases are stored with the noatime option:
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If you can live with its limitations, the new 12-inch MacBook delivers a groundbreaking design that points the way to the next chapter in laptops.
You can dive into the various subcategories here for detailed suggestions for every need and budget, but on this page, we present the current laptops that are our personal favorites, because of style, power, value, or just because we like them.
Current 15-inch MacBook Pro owners won't feel the need to upgrade, but the handful of tweaks included here keep this expensive system at the top of the list for powerful midsize laptops.
While still a great all-around useful laptop, the 13-inch MacBook Air is stuck with a lower-res display and a design that's no longer cutting-edge.
Apple's newest Mac accessories use the same proprietary connection as its iPhones and iPads, dashing the hopes that it would embrace a common alternative.
While the upcoming 12-inch MacBook has all the buzz, this 13-inch system gets a handful of updates to remain a top choice for combining power and portability.
If you own a MacBook Air from the past couple of years there's really no need to upgrade, but a small spec bump and minor price cut make the most-current Air even more attractive.
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So, I was doing a search of beta Pokemon's names (Happa, Honooguma , Kurusu, etc) and found a first-hand description of the Pokémon G/S demo from Nintendo Spaceworld 1997 (first public showing of the games)
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I used Google & Babblefish Translate for now to get some info out of it. Seems to me that there was a demo of the game & it started after the Oak intro with the player already having some pokemon. Looks like the 3 lost starters were actually programmed into this demo. You fought some battles & the demo ended. Seems a bit like the Ruby/Sapphire Pokemon Festa demo.
Then some kind of demo reel that showed other new pokemon names was showed. It has old (beta) town names/ beta pokemon names & other game features that aren't made entirely clear from the automatic translation. Might try and email the guy to see if he has any pics/videos from it.
Found some more info about the demo
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How can u tell the expiration date on grizzly tobacco cans
Grizzly utilizes the same dating system as Kodiak, which is at the bottom of the can. There's a lot of letters and numbers on the bottom, but you only need to check the last two. That will state when the product was made (Example: 418N117D6 - D6 means it was made in April of 2006).
Grizzly tobacco was introduced by the Memphis based American Snuff Company in 2001. Over the years Grizzly tobacco has become the best-selling smokeless tobacco product line in the United States. They hold more than 25% of the total market, and just about 50% of the total Wintergreen flavor market out of all of its competition in the United States.
Of interest, according to Washington Post volume for its smokeless tobacco brands that include Grizzly and Kodiak rose more than 9 percent compared from a year ago. The brands had a 33 percent share of the U.S. retail market, which is tiny compared to cigarettes.
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For those protesting the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, you must protest each and every young man's murder.
For I have friends of all races.
And if you merely protest Trayvon's death, you are telling me (and the world) that you are a racist. That it takes a White-Hispanic man to elevate you to action.
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Regina's Powers Are Back! Top 5 Magical Moments From Once Upon a Time Season 2, Episode 2
Part of the fun of Once Upon a Time is that we never quite know which spells will be cast or which crazy monster will need to be slain. To keep track of it all, here are the Top 5 magical moments from Season 2, Episode 2: "We Are Both."
5. Sneezy loses his memory — and Gold almost does, too.
Sneezy's biggest problem no longer has anything to do with a oversensitivity to pollen, since, after crossing the line to leave town, the poor guy can't remember his Fairytale Land self. So why does Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) want to leave town so badly that he's willing to smash up his shop, Hulk-style, when he learns this? We assume he wants to track down Baelfire, given those maps that Gold had with him. But since Bae hates magic, we think Gold has a bit more self-improvement to undergo before he's ready to reconcile with his son.
4. Pinocchio decides to stretch his legs a bit.
We can all take a sigh of relief that August Booth/Pinocchio's (Eion Bailey) body is no longer stiff as a board. That said, even though he's now mobile, he does still appear to be made of wood (unless we just didn't see his transformation). However, we're very intrigued about what the guy might have up his wooden sleeves, now that he's out of that bed. Plus, he might be able to leave Storybrooke, since he was never a part of the curse. Let's just hope that he keeps far away from any open flames.
3. David and Jefferson get to know each other.
If you gotta find someone, you don't need Dog the Bounty Hunter (or Emma [Jennifer Morrison] the Bounty Hunter) — just use Gold's potion, as David/Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) does to find Jefferson (Sebastian Stan) in a totaled car. We don't know where Jefferson was heading in that car (maybe to find his daughter?), but he's clearly up to something, as he only tells David that he doesn't have a portal. So where will David find one? (Maybe David should have threatened Jefferson with that sword like he did with Regina [Lana Parrilla]!)
2. Regina gives Cora a shove in the right direction
In a Fairytale Land flashback, we see that Regina pushes Cora [Barbara Hershey] into a looking glass that Rumple provides — and poor Cora didn't even have a chance to pack a suitcase full of her favorite feathered dresses and lacy cloaks to prepare for this trip. We have a feeling Cora might be the Queen of Hearts, which means she may have been sent to Wonderland — but then we see her in Mulan's (Jamie Chung) pit in present-day Fairytale Land. If Cora still has her magic, Mulan better take cover.
1. Regina gets her magic back — so here come the fireballs.
Regina had trouble regaining her full powers — that is, until she blows on the book of spells that Gold gave her mother. (Somehow, this particular family heirloom isn't quite as touching as most people's.) Goodbye wallpaper trees grabbing people, hello actual trees grabbing people. And since this is Regina we're talking about, she can't quite toss the spell book into the fire even after telling Henry (Jared Gilmore) she wants to redeem herself. Who knows what trickery we might be in store for? (Translation: Stay away from trees.)
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The Atlantic Club Riptide Team is a year round competitive Swim Team offering high quality professional coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities. The Atlantic Club strives to instill values such as structure, discipline, balancing, and hard work into our athletes. These values allow our athletes to be successful in any endeavor they encounter be it inside or outside of the pool. Swimmers range from all ages - novice to Olympic Trials qualifiers. The program is under the direction of Head Coach Stephanie Crofton.
Riptide Swim team season begins in September and ends in March. Practice groups and practice times are determined by a combination of age and ability. Each practice group is directed by a head coach and two assistant coaches. TAC Swim team practices in the complex pool and meets take place at various venues throughout New Jersey.
We also offer two recreational summer teams. Summer swim season begins Mid June and ends Mid August. Each team practices three times each week and competes in 6-7 swim meets.
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The program is held on the 44-acre campus of The Atlantic Club. The facilities are outfitted with the latest Saline Salt-Water filtration system which reduces chlorine in the water and improves air quality dramatically. The Riptide swim team trains in a 6-lane 25 meter pool throughout the year and a 6-lane 50 meter pool during the summer.
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There are many questions sur- rounding the proposed horse-racing track, resort and casino that need to be addressed, but the major one Mahoning Valley residents are asking has been answered unequivocally: There won't be one dime of taxpayer money in the $300 million project. The developers aren't even asking for a tax abatement or any other government assistance.
Indeed, the only involvement they seek from the Valley's elected officials is a lobbying effort with the Ohio Racing Commission for a license to operate a race track. There hasn't been a new one issued in about 50 years.
But two of the partners in Mahoning Valley Development Group, which would develop Mahoning Valley Downs & Resort, expressed confidence this week that the license would be approved because the financing already is in place. Rick Lertzman and Dr. Brad Pressman said that three national companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission are putting up most of the money, but they would not identify them. Lertzman and Pressman said it would be up to the investors to make public their involvement.
Who are these investors and why do they think that an eighth horse-racing track in Ohio will succeed when the industry, by all accounts, is in dire financial straits?
What about the casinos that are within driving distance of this region, and what effect will the proposed casinos in Cleveland have on the financial success of Mahoning Valley Downs & Resort?
Lertzman, a former business consultant, and Dr. Pressman, a retired podiatrist, also said that the group has secured options on 200 acres in the Valley and is looking to accumulate another 200. They would not reveal the location of the site because they're concerned about the price being artificially increased.
The two partners have some experience in the push to expand gambling in Ohio. Two years ago, they were part of a group that sought to build a casino resort in Clinton County. But the voters defeated a constitutional amendment to permit the expansion.
However, last year, Ohioans approved an amendment that permitted casino-style gambling in the state, with two casinos to be built in Cleveland, and one each in Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo.
Video lottery terminals
Also last year, then Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly decided to permit video lottery terminals (electronic slot machines) in Ohio's seven horse-racing tracks. Strickland asked the Ohio Supreme Court to determine whether the VLTs are permitted as an extension of the state lottery, or whether they are banned under the state's anti-gambling constitutional language. The supreme court has not issued a decision.
Lertzman and Pressman have said that the project will move forward even if video lottery terminals are deemed to be illegal when placed in race tracks.
However, they are confident that Ohio will ultimately join surrounding states, including Pennsylvania and West Virginia, in legalizing slots.
Meanwhile, the residents of the Mahoning Valley are being asked to support the developer's application for a license from the Ohio Racing Commission.
Such support will come once all the details of the project are made public, especially the identities of the major investors. That the proposal calls for developing the project at no cost to taxpayers is a major selling point. But a wary region still demands: Show us the money.
Questions. 1) Did they "buy" land in Lordstown that was owned by the chamber? 2) Will the Michael Moore/Henry Silva concept scare off the attempt by the Valley's State Democraic office holders to bring the race track from Toledo here? 3) Why all of a sudden are our state democratic office holders supporting gambling when they all came out against the casinos?
The Rust Belt needs to stop kidding themselves into believing casinos are the new economy. No one is going to travel to gamble here, passing several casinos along the way, so the people who will gamble there are locals. Many will lose money they can't afford because there is no real economy here, anymore. They will do nothing to grow the economy.
We need a business friendly climate to attract them to this area, not high tax rates and unions waiting to pounce on them as soon as they get here. The problem is, we've never accepted the real reasons why industry left here in the first place. We've spent decades blaming everyone but ourselves, and where has that gotten us?


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COLUMBIA- The Columbia Police Department released a crime data report Friday for 2013 which showed crime was down compared to past years.
Columbia Police released the data in the annual Uniform Crime Reporting, or UCR report.
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Easter Hill Country Tour FAQ's
What is Easter Hill Country Tour (EHCT)?
Easter Hill Country Tour is a three-day bike tour based out of Kerrville, Texas over Easter weekend. Originally hosted by the Lubbock Bicycle Club in 1974, it has been hosted by four bicycle clubs in rotation. Host clubs are now the Fort Worth Bicycling Association, Houston Bicycle Club, San Antonio Wheelmen, and the Austin Cycling Association. The four clubs act cooperatively to pass along useful information to one another, but there is an underlying friendly rivalry to plan the prettiest routes and best social events.
Where is EHCT held?
EHCT is based out of Kerrville, Texas and generally uses a variety of routes that start and end in Kerrville. Kerrville is about 45 miles northwest of San Antonio, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Some host clubs move Friday's set of rides to nearby Fredericksburg to permit access to some favorite routes near there. We will not ride Fredericksburg this year because traffic became busy on the most popular routes there (especially Willow City Loop).
How are the routes on this ride?
Kerrville is situated in one of the prettiest parts of the Texas Hill Country, and the routes are laid out to showcase the scenery and roads. The geological history of this area tends to produce small, intimate valleys with steep hillsides capped with Edwards limestone. So the hills here tend to be relatively short (compared to long mountain passes like Colorado), but are often steep. Some are quite challenging.
Routes are selected to use small back roads as much as possible; when it is occasionally necessary to access bigger roads, the only ones used are those with broad shoulders for safe, enjoyable cycling.
What lodging accommodations are available?
About half of EHCT participants camp at Kerrville City Park (formerly Kerrville State Park). About half stay at one of the many excellent quality motels and hotels in Kerrville. For more information go to our Meals and Lodging page.
What equipment do I need to enjoy EHCT?
A nice bicycle is, of course, the requisite starting point. Almost all participants use a road bike, since the local roads are generally excellent; there is no advantage to a mountain bike (which is generally slower). Since you will be spending some part of three days on the bike, it should be comfortable. Basic safety gear (helmet) is needed, as well as basic tools (spare tube, patch kit, tire levers, simple tools, tire pump or CO2 inflator). All routes are carefully mapped, with cue sheets on the back of each map, so a basic cyclecomputer is needed to keep track of miles and tenths. Some cyclists use GPS to track their progress, but this is not needed.
There are no start times posted. When do the rides start?
There is no mass start time for any of the rides. Most riders arrive at the start point between 8 and 9:30 a.m. , although some start as early as 7 for the century. Many riders contact other riders at Thursday packet pickup and arrange to meet at a particular time. The only limiter on start time is the closure times for the various rest stops on the course: you should plan to get past those points while the rest stops are still open.
My packet contains several sets of maps. How do I decide which to ride?
Maps are color coded for each day. There will be rest stops for Friday's routes on Friday's routes only, and ditto for Saturday's and Sunday's rides. There are generally three distance choices for Friday, four for Saturday (including a century), and two for Sunday, so the rider packet will contain maps for each. Again, all of Friday's routes will be on one color paper, Saturday's on another, and Sunday's on a third. Riders may choose the distance they prefer from among that day's routes.
Will there be rest stops at EHCT?
There will be rest stops approximately every 10-15 miles on routes each day. All rest stops include water, snacks, and porta-cans.
What about SAG support?
There will be several roving SAG vehicles on each route each day, generally less than 20 miles apart. SAG's will have small first aid kits, spare tubes, patch kits, floor pumps, water/sports drinks/bonk bars and can move you and your bike to the next rest stop. If you are bonking, the rest and fuel may be enough to get you moving again. If your bike is broken, we can get you both back to town.
PLEASE DO NOT ARRANGE FOR YOUR OWN PRIVATE SAG VEHICLE. It may make you feel better, but it means more cars to interfere with everyone's enjoyment of these quiet country roads. Our SAG's are concerned about all the riders on the route, not just you. There are few things more annoying to local motorists (and to other riders) than a lone vehicle trundling along behind a rider at 15mph with four- way flashers on. PLEASE DON'T DO IT.
Can I use credit or debit cards to register for EHCT?
The three primary ways to register for EHCT will be by cash or personal check to the Fort Worth Bicycling Association (either by mail in advance or on site) or by using Active.com online. The FWBA does not process credit or debit cards, although Active.com can. But note that this option is only available until advance registration closes.
Can I get digital maps in advance to download into my bicycle GPS?
Digital maps will not be available in advance because of problems with "freeloaders" in previous years. Maps can only be picked up at packet pickup on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. You can always download routes into your GPS after obtaining the paper copies on site.


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Bacon and Egg Salad (serves 2)
8 slices of smoked streaky bacon
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4 stalks celery, chopped
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1. Grill the bacon until crisp, drain on kitchen paper and cool
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Paia reflects its heritage as a unique Hawaiian plantation village that originated in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The first Paia mill was constructed in the 1870's as the sugar industry took hold on Maui. Paia Town was established later in 1896 with the founding of a company store for plantation workers.
In recent decades, Paia has become a laid back town with local businesses and a coexistence between longtime residents and those attracted by the area's world windsurfing. The unique blend of shops, boutiques, and restaurants that make up Paia has become a destination in its own right, nestled along some of Maui's best beaches and still surrounded by sugar cane.
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It can be difficult to find remnants of authentic Hawaii behind the multitude of resorts, but this is one of the last holdouts. Located on Maui's northern coast just off highway 36, Paia was founded as a sugarcane enclave and though the sugar mill closed in 2000, the town is as alive as ever. Boutiques featuring everything from high-end fashion to beachwear line the streets, and with some of the world's best windsurfing spots in the area, you're sure to find an opportunity to put your new gear to good use. Because it sits along the route to Hana, the town is pleasantly devoid of major resorts and offers a great stopping-off place for a few hours or a few days. While in the area, explore Hookipa Beach, where you're sure to see a bevy of windsurfers. Café des Amis and Café Mambo serve up eclectic Mediterranean dishes and both offer excellent people watching along Baldwin Avenue."


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Dose–response relationship
The dose–response relationship, or exposure–response relationship, describes the change in effect on an organism caused by differing levels of exposure (or doses) to a stressor (usually a chemical) after a certain exposure time.[1] This may apply to individuals (e.g.: a small amount has no significant effect, a large amount is fatal), or to populations (e.g.: how many people or organisms are affected at different levels of exposure).
Studying dose response, and developing dose–response models, is central to determining "safe" and "hazardous" levels and dosages for drugs, potential pollutants, and other substances to which humans or other organisms are exposed. These conclusions are often the basis for public policy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed extensive guidance and reports on dose-response modeling and assessment, as well as software.[2]
Dose–response relationships generally depend on the exposure time and exposure route (e.g., inhalation, dietary intake); quantifying the response after a different exposure time or for a different route leads to a different relationship and possibly different conclusions on the effects of the stressor under consideration. This limitation is caused by the complexity of biological systems and the often unknown biological processes operating between the external exposure and the adverse cellular or tissue response.
Dose–response curve[edit]
A dose–response curve is a simple X–Y graph relating the magnitude of a stressor (e.g. concentration of a pollutant, amount of a drug, temperature, intensity of radiation) to the response of the receptor (e.g. organism under study). The response may be a physiological or biochemical response, or even death (mortality), and thus can be counts (or proportion, e.g., mortality rate), ordered descriptive categories (e.g., severity of a lesion), or continuous measurements (e.g., blood pressure).[3] A number of effects (or endpoints) can be studied, often at different organizational levels (e.g., population, whole animal, tissue, cell).
The measured dose (usually in milligrams, micrograms, or grams per kilogram of body-weight for oral exposures or milligrams per cubic meter of ambient air for inhalation exposures) is generally plotted on the X axis and the response is plotted on the Y axis. Other dose units include moles per body-weight, moles per animal, and for dermal exposure, moles per square centimeter. In some cases, it is the logarithm of the dose that is plotted on the X axis, and in such cases the curve is typically sigmoidal, with the steepest portion in the middle. Biologically based models using dose are preferred over the use of log(dose) because the latter can visually imply a threshold dose when in fact there is none.
The first point along the graph where a response above zero (or above the control response) is reached is usually referred to as a threshold-dose. For most beneficial or recreational drugs, the desired effects are found at doses slightly greater than the threshold dose. At higher doses, undesired side effects appear and grow stronger as the dose increases. The more potent a particular substance is, the steeper this curve will be. In quantitative situations, the Y-axis often is designated by percentages, which refer to the percentage of exposed individuals registering a standard response (which may be death, as in LD50). Such a curve is referred to as a quantal dose-response curve, distinguishing it from a graded dose-response curve, where response is continuous (either measured, or by judgment).
A commonly used dose-response curve is the EC50 curve, the half maximal effective concentration, where the EC50 point is defined as the inflection point of the curve.
Statistical analysis of dose-response curves may be performed by regression methods such as the probit model or logit model, or other methods such as the Spearman-Karber method.[4] Empirical models based on nonlinear regression are usually preferred over the use of some transformation of the data that linearizes the dose-response relationship.[5]
Dose–response curves can be fit to the Hill equation to determine cooperativity.
Problems with linear model[edit]
The concept of linear dose-response relationship, thresholds, and all-or-nothing responses may not apply to non-linear situations. A threshold model or linear no-threshold model may be more appropriate, depending on the circumstances. A recent critique of these models as they apply to endocrine disruptors argues for a substantial revision of testing and toxicological models at low doses.[6]
See also[edit]
- Arndt-Schulz rule
- Ceiling effect (pharmacology)
- Certain safety factor
- hormesis
- Pharmacodynamics
- Schild regression
- Spatial epidemiology
- Weber–Fechner law
- ^ Crump, KS; Hoel, DG; Langley, CH; Peto, R (1976). "Fundamental carcinogenic processes and their implications for low dose risk assessment". Cancer Research 36 (9 Part1): 2973–9. PMID 975067.
- ^ Lockheed Martin (2009). Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Version 2.1 User's Manual Version 2.0 (PDF) (Doc No.: 53-BMDS-RPT-0028) (Draft ed.). Washington, DC: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information.
- ^ Altshuler, B (1981). "Modeling of dose-response relationships". Environmental Health Perspectives 42: 23–7. doi:10.1289/ehp.814223. PMC 1568781. PMID 7333256.
- ^ Hamilton, MA; Russo, RC; Thurston, RV (1977). "Trimmed Spearman-Karber method for estimating median lethal concentrations in toxicity bioassays". Environmental Science & Technology 11 (7): 714–9. doi:10.1021/es60130a004.
- ^ Bates, Douglas M.; Watts, Donald G. (1988). Nonlinear Regression Analysis and its Applications. Wiley. p. 365. ISBN 9780471816430.
- ^ Vandenberg, LN; Colborn, T; Hayes, TB; Heindel, JJ; et al. (2012). "Hormones and endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Low-dose effects and nonmonotonic dose responses". Endocrine Reviews 33 (3): 378–455. doi:10.1210/er.2011-1050. PMC 3365860. PMID 22419778.
External links[edit]
- Online Tool for ELISA Analysis
- Online IC50 Calculator
- Ecotoxmodels A website on mathematical models in ecotoxicology, with emphasis on toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic models
- CDD Vault, Example of Dose-Response Curve fitting software


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Bellagio Dinner Buffet
Bellagio (last visit: September 2007).
I'd been to the buffet at Paris: not impressed. The buffet at Mirage: definitely not impressed. The buffets at Wynn - all three meals: somewhat more impressed, but not enough to return. I decided buffets were not for me.
So what happened? As luck would have it, I ended up in Las Vegas at the same time that my brother was visiting. We have different tastes in restaurants, and a buffet seemed like a good compromise. He thought Bellagio was pretty good, so off we went.
The buffet area is busy and not particularly pretty. It feels a lot like an upscale cafeteria - not bad, but lacking character. No big deal. Service was fine, with drinks coming quickly, and dirty plates being cleared quickly. I still haven't figured out how buffet staff know not to give your table away when you get up to get seconds (and thirds and...), but somehow it works.
Compared to Wynn, the selection at Bellagio is smaller, and the overall quality is about the same. However, Bellagio has a few dishes that are more interesting, or of better quality. The evening I was there, the standouts were:
· Beef Wellington with Bearnaise Sauce. The pastry crust was reasonably flaky, the beef was tender, and the sauce was good. I went back for seconds.
· African Bluenose. Some sort of firm white fish, it was fully cooked but still juicy.
· Whole Quail. There really wasn't anything special about the quality, but I give the buffet extra points for offering something a little different.
· Desserts. The variety of desserts is small, but I'm a sucker for rich chocolate offerings, and there were several that featured ganache or other chocolate fillings. The creme brulee was also good.
There were plenty of other items that were nothing special (e.g., marinated squid that was pretty standard, curried duck that didn't have much flavor, dried out gyro meat). Nonetheless, I give Bellagio the nod over my prior favorite buffet - Wynn - because Bellagio's offerings are a little more interesting. I still think buffets aren't worth it, but if you want to try a dinner buffet, this one is a good choice.
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Attachment 3 - Audit Evaluation for EOR Tax Credit
Attachment 3
Audit Evaluation for EOR Tax Credit
Significant Expansion Issue.
This issue is most prevalent for tax years in the early 1990's although it can be an issue for later years. IRC §43 generally restricts the credit to projects where first injection of the tertiary injectant into the reservoir occurred after December 31, 1990. However, the regulations provide an exception for projects that are "significantly expanded" after that date. Reg. §1.43-2(d) (2) states:
(2) Substantially unaffected reservoir volume. A project is considered significantly expanded if the injection of liquids, gases, or other matter after December 31, 1990, is reasonably expected to result in more than an insignificant increase in the amount of crude oil that ultimately will be recovered from reservoir volume that was substantially unaffected by the injection of liquids, gases, or other matter before January 1, 1991.
It is the expansion of the pre-1991 project that is treated as a qualified project, not the continuation of the original project. Reg. §1.43-2(d) (1). Thus, only those costs paid or incurred to implement the significant expansion project qualify for the EOR credit. The costs to carry on the pre-1991 project do not qualify even if they were paid or incurred after 1990.
The starting point for the review of this issue will be to determine if the project described in the Petroleum Engineer's Certification meets the definition of a significant expansion project in the regulations. Examiners should make sure the certification contains all the items required by Reg. §1.43-3, especially an adequate delineation of the reservoir volume affected by the pre-1991 project and the post-1990 expansion. Without adequate delineations it is nearly impossible to determine whether an activity (such as injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into certain wells) was done to carry on the pre-1991 project or to implement the post-1990 expansion project. An adequate delineation means a visual three-dimension representation such as a structure map combined with an annotated well log section. See TAM 103300-05 (cited as PLR 2005-35028) for an in-depth discussion of this topic.
The practical application of the significant expansion exception is fairly straightforward where the pre-1991 project and the post-1990 expansion project constitute distinct layers or vertical portions of the same reservoir. For example, a steam flood that began before 1991 in the upper portion of a reservoir with significant vertical thickness would not preclude the significant expansion of the steam flood into the lower portion of the reservoir. This would be accomplished by identifiable physical activities such as the installation of new injection wells or the completion of existing injectors into the lower portion of the reservoir. Likewise, an aerial expansion of a tertiary flood to unflooded patterns on the periphery of a reservoir is fairly straightforward to review. As long as the effect of the pre-1991 flooding is limited to certain patterns, the implementation of flooding in peripheral patterns can constitute a significant expansion. Approval from an oil and gas agency is often required before these types of expansions can be undertaken, and operators typically must submit a substantial amount of information to gain approval. This information is usually available for review by the public.
Some taxpayers have taken the position that various "infill projects" can also qualify as significant expansions even when first injection of the tertiary injectant into the project area occurred well before January 1, 1991. Typically these are CO2 floods that involve the same overall reservoir volume, but the flood has been modified after 1990 to varying degrees. The modifications may include such things as:
switching injectors and producers
altering the water-alternating-gas ratios
changing the daily injection rates or
deciding to eventually inject a cumulative volume of CO2 in excess of that described in the original project plan.
Taxpayers have generally argued that these modifications are affecting reservoir volume that was significantly unaffected by the pre-1991 injection of the tertiary injectant. For many years the position of the Petroleum Industry Technical Advisors and LMSB has been that these kinds of arguments are contrary to the clear holdings of two specific regulations.
Absent a ruling from the IRS, a project that commenced before 1991 can not be qualified for the credit unless the tertiary recovery method has been terminated for more than 36 months before being implemented again. See 1.43-2(d) (3) and Example 2 of Reg. §1.43-2(d)(5).
The more intensive application of the same tertiary recovery method to the same reservoir volume does not constitute a significant expansion project. This is true even if the more intensive use is expected to result in an increase in ultimate recovery of crude oil. See Example 5 of Reg. §1.43-2(d)(5).
A few taxpayers have taken the very aggressive stance that an EOR project is significantly expanded on January 1, 1991 by the mere fact that the continued operation of the project (i.e. with normal levels of injection) will recover more oil than compared to the oil recovery that would occur if the use of the tertiary were to cease on that date. A project that is claimed as qualifying for the EOR credit based on such a premise should be rejected. All the costs that were claimed as qualified by the taxpayer should be disallowed by the examiner. The examiner should also obtain the identity of all the working interest owners in the project and contact the Petroleum Industry Technical Advisors with such information.
These types of arguments were also addressed in great length in TAM 103300-05 (cited as PLR 2005-35028) and rejected. The TAM states that in order to affect reservoir volume unaffected by previous EOR efforts, at least new wells or new perforations in wells would be required.
An examiner may encounter a project that the taxpayer treats as a significant expansion and which consists of the drilling of new wells and / or the opening of new perforations in existing wells, both of which relate to a reservoir that had first injection before 1991. The examiner must use professional judgment to determine if the purpose of such activity was to facilitate the interaction of tertiary injectant with oil that occupies reservoir volume that had not been swept by the pre-1991 injection project and would not be swept through the conclusion of that project. See TAM 200227002 (23 Jul 2001) for a discussion of this topic.
If the examiner concludes that a legitimate significant expansion project exists, the final step will be to ensure that the costs claimed as qualified are only those which are attributable to the significant expansion project. Costs that are attributable to the continuation of the pre-1991 project are not qualified. Ascertaining the spud date of the injection wells used in the expansion project is a useful audit tool.
Qualified Costs. Even when the project described in the Petroleum Engineer's certification appears to be qualified, the correctness of the costs claimed by the taxpayer can not be assured. The certification is usually written before many of the costs to implement the project are incurred. While the certification might state how many producing or injection wells will be drilled, it may not identify them or how much they will cost to drill and equip. It is incumbent upon the taxpayer to determine whether the cost of any particular well, piece of tangible equipment, or tertiary injectant was incurred for the primary purpose of implementing one or more enhanced oil recovery projects, at least one of which is a qualified enhanced oil recovery project. See Reg. §1.43-4(c)(1). The examiner will want to verify the project costs to the activities described in the project certification.
Qualified EOR projects are often interspersed with other non-qualifying projects from both an operational and book and records standpoint. Experience has shown that tax departments that do not consult with their operations department often claim costs that are not qualified. Examiners may want to verify that the identity of qualified wells, equipment, and injection volumes was done by a technically qualified person.
Examples of issues identified include the following:
Injection volumes (and costs) were overstated because some of the injection wells were completed in multiple reservoirs, one of which was not part of a qualified EOR project.
The qualified cost of tangible equipment and wells was overstated because these assets were installed to implement both a qualified EOR project and a non-qualified project EOR project on the same property.
When EOR projects are implemented at the commencement of production to improve the overall project economics in addition to increasing the ultimate recovery of oil, certain costs may not meet the primary purpose test under Reg §1.43-4(c). Contact the Petroleum TA if you encounter this situation.
Tertiary Injectant Costs Issue.
Included as a category of qualified costs under section 43(c)(1) are "qualified tertiary injectant expenses (as defined in §193(b))" which are paid or incurred in connection with a qualified EOR project and for which a deduction is allowable for the taxable year. This specific definition of qualified tertiary injectant expenses was retroactively amended and broadened by Congress in Section 317(a)(1)-(2) of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2673A-5872000. To date Reg §1.43(b)(1) has not been modified to reflect this change in the law.
Revenue Ruling 2003-82 holds that the definition of the term "qualified tertiary injectant expenses" (as defined in §193(b)) includes expenditures related to the use of a tertiary injectant as well as expenditures related to the acquisition (whether produced or acquired by purchase) of the tertiary injectant. Specifically included in the former are costs to inject, recover, and reinject the purchased and produced tertiary injectants. The ruling also holds that "qualified tertiary injectant expenses" do not include costs a taxpayer would have paid or incurred in the development or operation of a mineral property if an EOR project had not been implemented with respect to the property. Costs that are related to the use of a tertiary injectant and that also are related to other activities (for example, primary or secondary recovery) must be reasonably allocated among the tertiary injectant and the other activities to determine the amount of tertiary injectant expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the taxable year.
Taxpayers' Claims for Additional Credit. Following the issuance of Revenue Ruling 2003-82, many taxpayers filed claims for additional EOR tax credit. To prepare such claims they often extract broad categories of costs from their historical accounting records and apply allocation formulas to such costs. Reviewing these claims can be challenging, time–consuming, and require specialized knowledge of oil production operations. If such claimed amounts are material then a SRS referral should be made to obtain the services of an IRS Petroleum Engineer.
The books and records for production operations (sometimes called "lease operating statements") will normally have a category of costs for the acquisition by purchase of tertiary injectants. However, such records usually will not specify the cost to self produce or use tertiary injectants. For instance, a producer may have accounting records that indicate the cost of purchased electricity that was consumed in the overall operation of an oil field undergoing an EOR process, which may include many activities unrelated to tertiary injectants. However, it is unlikely that the accounting records will have captured the cost of electricity used to operate the specific equipment that handled tertiary injectants. Examiners will want to make note of the cost – on a $/MCF or $/Bbl basis - to acquire injectants via purchase.
Analyze Each Claim in Terms of "Activities" and "Costs." For an effective and efficient examination, analyze this issue from two different aspects – "activities" and "costs." Revenue Ruling 2003-82 clearly states that the cost to inject a tertiary injectant will qualify as a tertiary injectant expense and generate the tax credit. Without knowing how the injection process works, it is impossible to determine or estimate the injection cost. The importance and interrelationship of these two aspects can be shown by an example.
An investigation of the facts indicates that the following activities were undertaken to
accomplish injection of CO2 during the taxable period:
An electrically powered gas compressor was run nearly continuously to compress and deliver to injection wells CO2 purchased from a third party supplier.
Electricity to power the compressor and for other unrelated leasehold operations was purchased from an unrelated supplier. There was no record of how much electricity was actually consumed by the compressor.
As part of their general duties, pumpers (i.e. field maintenance personnel) made periodic visits to the compressor to check on its operation and to adjust same
The pumpers replaced items consumed in operation of the compressor such as lubricating oil and small parts. These items came from a spare parts warehouse on the premises that served several facets of the overall operation
The compressor was shut down once for major maintenance that was performed by outside vendors
A field foreman supervised the work of the pumpers and outside vendors
An investigation of the facts showed that the taxpayer recorded expenditures that
relate to the above activities or to the compressor in general:
They purchased electricity for use in overall field operations
They paid wages to the pumpers and to the field foreman
They paid benefits and taxes on behalf of the pumpers and field foreman
They paid a supply company to keep their spare parts warehouse stocked
They paid the outside vendor for the major maintenance
Only by having a good understanding of the activities performed to inject the tertiary injectant and the purpose behind the associated expenditures, can the examiner determine a reasonable allocation method to arrive at what cost was paid or incurred for the injection operation. In this example if electricity is a major cost, then a reasonable allocation may require a knowledgeable individual to estimate how much electricity was consumed in operating the compressor for the taxable period, and to compare this to the total amount purchased. Allocating the cost of labor and benefits to the operation of the compressor could be quite challenging. It may require an interview of someone who is knowledgeable about all the duties of these personnel. If, for instance, the personnel cost pales in comparison to the electricity cost, then it's probably not worth the time to achieve a rigorously correct allocation method of the personnel cost.
Activities: Examiners should gain a thorough understanding of all the important physical activities that were conducted in the operation of the qualified EOR project(s). Since EOR projects often exist within larger oil and gas production operations, this understanding must extend to what activities benefited both the qualified EOR project and other oil and gas recovery projects within the larger operations. From the totality of all the activities conducted in the operation of the qualified EOR project, the examiner will have to determine which ones had a reasonable nexus to the acquisition, production or use of the tertiary injectant.
In making this determination a good place to start is the operator's Petroleum Engineer's certification submitted for the project. As mentioned earlier, other sources of information include industry articles, filings with regulatory commissions, and the taxpayer's website. A process or flow diagram of the surface operations of the field where the EOR lies should be requested. An interview with a knowledgeable technical representative of the taxpayer or operator may be necessary.
Examples of Qualifying and Non-Qualify Activities: LMSB has determined that certain activities are either qualifying or non-qualifying for purposes of the tax credit
Qualifying Activities include:
The operation of source wells, pumps, compressors, meters, lines, etc. to transport tertiary injectant from point of acquisition to the EOR project and eventual injection into the reservoir
The operation of equipment used to produce, recover, recycle and reinject tertiary injectant into the reservoir
The repair of equipment used to produce, recover, recycle and reinject tertiary injectant into the reservoir
Performing workovers on injection wells
Non-Qualifying Activities include:
Workovers on wells that do not produce any fluids used for injection or to fuel equipment used to handle tertiary injectants
Workovers on wells that do produce fluids used for injection or to fuel equipment used to handle tertiary injectants, when the sole purpose of such workover is to improve the efficiency of recovering saleable hydrocarbons
Disposing of tertiary injectant (as opposed to recovery for reinjection)
Conducting environmental studies
The operation of any wells or equipment that is located outside of the bounds of the project unless it is specifically described in the petroleum engineer's certification
Costs: Examiners should now focus on which costs (or portion of costs) should be viewed as having been paid or incurred in order to conduct the activities of acquiring, producing or using tertiary injectants in a qualified EOR project. The allocation of costs follows the nature of the underlying expenditures. It is not uncommon for a taxpayer to combine a wide variety of expenditures into a pool of costs and then allocate the total to tertiary injectant expenses based on relative volumes of fluids injected or number of injection wells operated. Only if the taxpayer can explain the nexus between an expenditure and the acquisition or use of a tertiary injectant should the expenditure be subject to any pooling or allocation.
Examples of Qualifying and Non-Qualify Costs: LMSB has determined that certain costs are either qualifying or non-qualifying for purposes of the EOR tax credit.
Qualifying Costs include:
Wages and fringe benefits of field personnel, to the extent they are engaged in qualifying activities (i.e. the operation of equipment to produce or acquire or use tertiary injectant). Assumes such costs are of the nature that non-operators would reimburse the operator.
Payments to third parties for consumables such as raw materials, fuel, and utilities used for qualifying activities
Expenditures to third parties to perform qualifying activities
Overhead / administrative costs to the extent they support qualifying activities and are of the magnitude that non-operators would reimburse the operator
Non-Qualifying Costs include:
Royalties and severance taxes paid on value of hydrocarbon sales
Ad valorem taxes based on appraised value of mineral
Ad valorem taxes based on appraised value of equipment
Amounts paid for non-qualifying activities
Overhead above field level that would not be reimbursed by non-operators
Allocation or Apportionment of Activities: When a facility is operated in order to recover substances that are saleable (or used other than in the tertiary recovery process) and also tertiary injectant, the activities undertaken to operate the facility must be assigned or allocated on a reasonable basis to the substances produced by the facility. An allocation based on the relative value or relative volume of the useable substances produced by the facility may be reasonable at times. An example of an oil skimmer will demonstrate why allocation based on relative volume may not always be reasonable.
This example deals with a miscible water-alternating-gas (MWAG) project which is a qualified EOR project. Because the injection of the water is necessary to move the miscible gas and mobilized oil through the reservoir, it is clearly related to the use of the miscible gas. Therefore, the reasonable cost to acquire, inject, recover and recycle water can be a qualified tertiary injectant cost. In this case, a processing vessel in the recovery / recycling phase yields fluid composed of 97% water and 3% oil which is suitable for injection without further processing. The value of the oil, however, is such that the operator installs an oil skimmer to recover the entrained oil for sale. Regardless of the relative volumes of oil and water, none of the costs to operate the skimmer are qualified in this case because the stream was already suitable for injection. Once a stream of liquid or gas is chemically suited for injection, no further processing of such stream is an activity related to handling a tertiary injectant. Of course the subsequent pumping or compression of such stream to actually inject it into the reservoir is qualified activity, and the cost of doing so is related to the use of a tertiary injectant.
If in the above example the fluid was not suitable for injection as a tertiary injectant, it will be a question of fact if any particular allocation method is reasonable. To that end it will be important to ask why the operation is being conducted and what benefits it brings. In order to test the reasonableness of any taxpayer allocation it will be very important to know whether the operator could have obtained additional "fresh" injectants from outside sources, what the price was during the time in question, and what additional processing (if any) was required so that it could be injected. To demonstrate this concept, consider the following example:
Assume from the earlier example that the skimmer must be operated to obtain saleable oil, and as a side benefit it also produces water suitable for injection. The latter reduces the amount of "make-up" water the operator must obtain from outside sources for injection. Further assume that the sales price of oil is $20 per barrel, and the acquisition cost for water is $0.10 per barrel. Thus, from the previous example the 3 barrels of oil could have been sold for $60 and the 97 barrels of water allowed the taxpayer to avoid spending $9.70 on make-up water. An allocation based on relative volumes would assign 97% of the cost of the activity to water, with the remainder to the saleable oil. Depending on the cost to operate the skimmer, this allocation method could yield a cost for the 97 barrels of water that exceeds the cost to obtain that amount of make-up water. With these facts it is clear that an allocation based on volumes of recovery is not realistic. This is because the operation was required to obtain both saleable oil and injectable water, but the benefit was approximately 86% in favor of recovering saleable oil ($60 out of $69.70). Using this methodology as recommended by LMSB, only 14% of the cost of this activity qualifies as a tertiary injectant expense.
If the oil in the example would not have been saleable due to the need for further processing, then an allocation based on relative value may be too difficult to perform for this particular piece of equipment. An allocation based on relative volume may be the only expedient method. When that method is used for major quantities of fluids that are recovered and / or recycled for reinjection, the examiner should make a final computation of the average cost per unit of same for the entire EOR project.
If the average cost per unit is in excess of the cost to obtain fresh injectant it should be adjusted downward accordingly. Another possible approach is to compare the average operating costs before and after the implementation of a tertiary injection project in order to get a feel for the reasonable percentage of overall operating expenses that relates to qualifying activities. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Monograph on CO2 flooding suggests that operating costs increase on the order of 10% upon initiation of a CO2 flood. This 10 % increase excludes the cost of purchasing CO2 and handling produced gas. (See Practical Aspects of CO2 Flooding, SPE Monograph Series, Vol. 22, page 63)
Continue to check with the Petroleum Industry Technical Advisors for updates on this issue.


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