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Outstanding Math Facts: (Addition and Subtraction)- Seery Awbrey, Madeline Butts, Jack Dostal, Hale Hulme, Karly Jans, Tyler Morrison, Zade Podhajsky, Emma Scherrer. Outstanding Math Facts: (Addition)- Kameron Bergen, Carissa Calderwood, Garett Fuller, Izach Henson, Chance Hulme, Wyatt Lunde.Outstanding Math Facts: (Subtraction)- Caleb DeBoef, Ethan Deegan. Outstanding Spelling- Seery Awbrey-Quarter 2, Kameron Bergen- Quarter 3, Madeline Butts- Quarters 1,2,3,4, Jack Dostal- Quarters 3,4, Hale Hulme- Quarters 1,2,3,4, Karly Jans- Quarters 1,2,3,4, Wyatt Lunde- Quarters 1,2,3,4, Tyler Morrison- Quarters 1,2,3,4, Zade Podhajsky- Quarters 1,2,3,4, Emma Scherrer- Quarters 1,2,3,4.Two year Conflict Manager Awards - 2008 -2009- Carly Ackman, Linda Babinat, Katie Brandvig, Landon Calderwood, Dylan Clausen, Brieanna Ewoldt, Kelon Hansen, Destany Himschoot, Brody Hulme, Paul Kaufmann, Anna Kvidera, Olivia Pargeon, Kelsey Pokorny, Peyton Sears, Zachariah Smith, Hailey Stedman, Joseph Swanger, Alexis Taylor, Caleb Wheeler, Aubree Beenken, Zachery Dixon, Alexa Dostal, Shawn Eisele, Brayton Ewing, Zachary Finical, Alyssa Henricks, Austin Hora, Sara Howard, Jessica Jacobs, Tristan Johanningmeier, Rian Kelsey-Weida, Rachel Kopriva, Emma Schafer, Colton See, Jessica Ubben, Abi Watson, Madison Wood. 5th Grade Band Awards; Solo Ribbons: Good- Kenny Carroll, Madison Claussen. Excellent Kodi Hillman, Sally Howard, Alicia Martinez, Samm Sienknecht, Marissa Sloyer, Caden Stuart, Clayton Vogeler, Samantha Watson, Brian Zobel(trumpet), Logan Zobel. Superior; Claire Dahms (trumpet and piano), Jessica Dunkel-Jensen, Madison Howard (flute and snare drum), Zack Kennedy (snare drum and bells), Ben Panfil (alto sax and piano), Abbie Schafer, Sara Young, Brian Zobel (piano). Coe College Honor Band participants; Madison Howard, Abbie Schafer, Marissa Sloyer, Sara Young.
6th Grade Band Awards: Solo Ribbons: Good Dylan Claussen, Paul Kaufmann (bells), Rachel Kopriva, JR Friestad, Rian Wieda (bells). Excellent- Carly Ackman, Linda Babinat, Aubree Beenken, Destany Himschoot, Sara Howard, Jessi Jacobs, (alto sax and snare drum), Emma Schafer, Alexis Taylor. Superior: Landon Calderwood (horn, snare drum, piano), Alexa Dostal, Paul Kaufmann (snare drum), Anna Kvidera (piano), Olivia Pargeon, Jessica Ubben, Abigail Watson, Rian Weida (snare drum and piano). Highly Superior- Anna Kvidera, Madison Wood. Coe College Honor Band participants: Destany Himschoot, Anna Kvidera, Madison Wood. Mrs. Sherri Johnson Fourth Grade Awards: In order to earn this award, the student must be absent a total of two times. These times include both tardies and school absences. Outstanding Attendance: Joe Earley, Carlee Feisel, Cameron Hoeg, David Jones, Parker Lunde. To earn the Responsible Student Award, the students must not have earned a pink behavior sheet for the mark system all year. This means that these students have done an excellent job of doing assigned work and remembering their materials for class. Responsible Student: Luke Babinat, Alexis Burrage, Tanner Calderwood, Brittany Catron, Courtney Ceaser, Joe Earley, Carlee Feisel., Jacob Gorder, Cameron Hoeg, David Jones, Noah Kaufmann, Khristain Koesterer, Marika Kopriva, Amber Sealock, Olyvia Wheeler. To earn the following awards, the students must maintain an A or A- all four quarters of fourth grade. Outstanding Speller: Luke Babinat, Alexis Burrage, Joe Earley, Carlee Feisel, Jacob Gorder, Cameron Hoeg, Noah Kaufmann, Marika Kopriva, Parker Lunde, Amber Sealock, Olyvia Wheeler. Outstanding Mathematician: Joe Earley, Carlee Feisel, Cameron Hoeg. Outstanding Scientist: Joe Earley, Carlee Feisel, Cameron Hoeg. Outstanding Social Scientist: Luke Babinat, Tanner Calderwood, Carlee Feisel, Jacob Gorder, Cameron Hoeg, Marika Kopriva, Amber Sealock.
Outstanding Reader: Luke Babinat, Joe Earley, Carlee Feisel, Cameron Hoeg, Noah Kaufmann, Khris Koesterer. Outstanding Writer: Joe Earley, Carlee Feisel, Jacob Gorder, Cameron Hoeg, Noah Kaufmann, Marika Kopriva, Amber Sealock. Perfect Spelling Lists: Luke Babinat Qtr. 4 Joe Earley, Qtr. 4, Carlee Feisel Qtrs. 1,2,3,4, Jacob Gorder Qtrs. 1,2, Cameron Hoeg Qtrs. 1,2,3,4, Noah Kaufmann Qtrs. 1,4, Marika Kopriva Qtr. 4, Olyvia Wheeler Qtr. 4. social studies awards:
Capitals Award For this award, students had to place all 50 capitals in the correct state on a map using a list. Alexis Burrage, Madison Finical, Shelby Larison, Amber Sealock. Capitals Outstanding Achievement. For this award, students had to place all 50 capitals in the correct state on a map without using a list. Luke Babinat, McKenzie Beck, Joe Earley, Will Earley, Jacob Gorder, Blake Greiner, Cameron Hoeg, Jake Hlas, Marika Kopriva, Noah Kaufmann, Clayton Sienknecht, Jacob Snyder. Capitals Highest Honors For this award, students had to memorize the correct spelling and placement on the map of all 50 capitals. Carlee Feisel, Mallory Laube. Mrs. Lorenzen's Fourth Grade Class Awards *Outstanding means they earned A's or A-'s all 4 nine weeks *Responsible Student means they did not earn a mark sheet for incomplete work all year. *Outstanding Attendance means they have not missed or been tardy more than 2 times.
McKenzie Beck -Outstanding Speller, Outstanding Reader, Outstanding Writer. Will Earley - Outstanding Speller, Perfect list Qtr. 1, Outstanding Reader, Outstanding Writer, Outstanding Math, Outstanding Scientist, Blake Greiner-Outstanding Speller, Perfect Lists Qtrs. 1, 2, 3, 4 Responsible Student Reanna Hemenway- Outstanding Speller, Perfect Lists Qtr. 4. Responsible Student Jake Hlas - Outstanding Speller, Perfect Lists Qtrs. 1, 2, 3, 4, Outstanding Reader, Outstanding Writer, Outstanding Scientist, Outstanding Social Scientist, Responsible Student, Morgan Johnson, Responsible Student, Cael Kopriva - Outstanding Speller, Mallory Laube - Outstanding Speller, Perfect Lists Qtrs. 1, 2, 3, 4, Outstanding Writer, Outstanding Reader, Outstanding Mathematician, Outstanding Scientist, Outstanding Social Scientist, Outstanding Attendance, Responsible Student, Nicole Lehman - Responsible Student, Ben Mason - Outstanding Speller, Responsible Student, Madison Sears - Responsible Student Outstanding Attendance,Clayton Sienknecht Outstanding Speller, Perfect Lists Qtr. 1, Responsible Student, Jacob Snyder, Responsible Student, Seth Tradel Outstanding Speller, Responsible Student, Leah WalkerResponsible Student, McKenzie WoodOutstanding Speller, Perfect Lists Qtrs. 1, 2, 3 Outstanding Reader, Responsible Student. All 6th grade- Perfect Spellers: Brody Hulme, Anna Kvidera, Zachariah Smith. Attendance Award: Zachariah Smith, Anna Kvidera, Destany Himschoot, Landon Calderwood, Carly Ackman. All Year Honor Roll: Linda Babinat, Destany Himschoot, Brody Hulme, Jessica Ubben, Anna Kvidera, Kelsey Pokorny, Alexis Taylor, Zachariah Smith, Dylan Clausen, Brieanna Ewoldt, Landon Calderwood.Responsible Student: Olivia Pargeon, Linda Babinat, Brieanna Ewoldt, Destany Himschoot, Landon Calderwood, Hailey Stedman, Jessica Ubben, Dylan Clausen, Anna Kvidera, Kelsey Pokorny, Brody Hulme, Alexis Taylor, Safety Patrol: Brieanna Ewoldt Ms. Carter's Sixth Grade Class Awards: Zach Finical, Alyssa Henricks, Destany Himschoot, Anna Kvidera, Olivia Pargeon, Kelsey Pokorny, Peyton Sears, Haliey Stedman, Alexis Taylor, Jessica Ubben, Aubree Beenken, TJ Ceaser, Alexa Dostal, Brayton Ewing, Noah Franklin, Sara Howard, Tristan Johanningmeier, Paul Kaufmann, Rian Weida, Rachel Kopriva, Taylor Mauderer, Alex Morrison, Emma Schafer, Colton See, Abi Watson, Tony Weber, Madison Wood, Carly Ackman, LInda Babinat, Landon Calderwood, Dylan Clausen. Mrs. Henck's Sixth Grade Class Awards. Honor Roll 1st Quarter: Aubree Beenken, Alexa Dostal, Shawn Eisele, Noah Franklin, Sarah Howard , Jessi Jacobs, Tristan Johanningsmeier, Paul Kaufman, Rian Kelsey Weida, Rachel Kopriva, Emma Schafer, Colton See, Abi Watson, Tony Weida, Madison Wood. Perfect Spelling Quarter 1: Aubree Beenken.Honor Roll 2nd Quarter: Aubree Beenken, Alexa Dostal, Shawn Eisele, Noah Franklin, Sara Howard, Jessi Jacobs, Paul Kaufman, Rian Weida, Rachel Kopriva, Emma Schafer, Abi Watson, Madison Wood. Perfect Spelling Quarter 1 & 2: Madison Wood. Honor Roll 3rd Quarter: Aubree Beenken, Alexa Dostal, Shawn Eisele, Brayton Ewing, Sara Howard, Jessi Jacobs, Paul Kaufman, Rian Weida, Abi Watson, Tony Weber, Emma Schaefer, Madison Wood. Responsible Student Award: Alexa Dostal, Shawn Eisele, Abi Watson, Jessi Jacobs, Madison Wood, Paul Kaufman, Sara Howard, Aubree Beenken, Tony Weida. Outstanding Attendance: Tristan Johanningmeier, Emma Schaefer, Tony Weber, Madison Wood, Rachel Kopriva, TJ Ceaser, Brayton Ewing, Austin Hora, Colton See. Ms. Gieseman Fifth Grade Class Awards: Outstanding Student (made honor roll all four quarters): Claire Dahms, Taylor Harms, Sally Howard, Alicia Martinez, Conner Roy, Sara Young, Alyssia Keahnna. Outstanding Attendance: Sally Howard, Sara Young, Brian Zobel, Alyssia Keahnna. Responsible Student: AJ Beenken, Breanna Catron, Claire Dahms, Tristan Catron, Sally Howard, Kyle Isenhower, Alicia Martinez, Conner Roy, Sara Young, Brian Zobel, Alyssia Keahnna. Mr. Krusey's Fifth Grade Awards- Outstanding Attendance: (2 or less absent days)- Charlie Ambrose, Kalan Deke, Abe Snyder, Logan Zobel. Responsible Student Award: Cinda Akers, Zach Ameling, Maddy Clausen, Huston Danker, Kalan Deke, Kodi Hillman, Madison Howard, Grant Lidgett, Ben Panfil, Abbie Schafer, Samm Sienknecht, Shane Wendt, Alyssa Wrage, Logan Zobel. All 4 Quarters Honor Roll: Cinda Akers, Kenny Carroll, Maddy Clausen, Kalan Deke, Kodi Hillman, Madison Howard, Zach Kennedy, Grant Lidgett, Ben Panfil, Riley Rohach, Abbie Schafer, Samm Sienknecht, Marissa Sloyer, Shane Wendt, Alyssa Wrage, Logan Zobel.


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Walking Water is about inspiring us to talk about water, share our stories, listen to the stories before us, and change our behavior in ways that create sustainable practices for all. It is about Talking Walking Water.
Talking Water will create circles, groups, events that make space for that story all around the world and give focus to our local water-ways as connected to a global way of water.
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The Assistant Secretary shall carry out a program for making grants to tribal organizations with applications approved under parts A and B of this subchapter, to pay for the Federal share of carrying out tribal programs, to enable the tribal organizations to provide multifaceted systems of the support services described in section 3030s–1 of this title for caregivers described in section 3030s–1 of this title.
(b) Requirements
In providing services under subsection (a) of this section, a tribal organization shall meet the requirements specified for an area agency on aging and for a State in the provisions of subsections (c), (d), and (e) ofsection 3030s–1 of this title and of section 3030s–2 of this title. For purposes of this subsection, references in such provisions to a State program shall be considered to be references to a tribal program under this part.
Source(Pub. L. 89–73, title VI, § 631, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title VI, § 604(3),Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2288.)
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A prior section 631 ofPub. L. 89–73was renumbered section 641 and is classified to section 3057l of this title.
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text: Kai Rooney snapped playing dress-up again Celebrity news News & Gossip 0 Coleen and Wayne Rooney have been raiding the dressing up box as doting dad Wayne posts super-cute pic of Kai in a Harry Potter costume Wayne Rooney took to Twitter yesterday to post a photo of his 2-year-old son Kai playing witches and wizards in an oh-so-sweet Harry Potter fancy dress costume. Wayne tweeted, "Kai dressed up as harry potter. So cute and funny." Toddler Kai wore a long black cloak with the Hogwart's scarf round his neck, a pair of round-framed glasses and a magic wand to complete the wizardy look. It's not the first time Kai has raided the dressing up box and he certainly seems more interested in make-believe than following in his father's footsteps! Last August he was pictured as Woody the cowboy from Toy Story and earlier this month, mum Coleen tweeted a pic of her little man dressed up as Peter Pan. Lucky boy Kai has also been seen driving a Bob The Builder trike and an electric powered quad worth £500. It seems his doting parents can't help but spoil the little lad. Perhaps Kai needs a brother or sister to share all his toys with… Read more... Kai Rooney struts his stuff on the beach Will Kai be a jockey when he grows up? Family facts: Coleen and Wayne Rooney By Ellen Stewart 0 Comments Share Like this article? Showing of Uh-oh! You need to be logged in to do this... Sign In Sign Up Load more posts Write a comment


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A Florida sheriff's deputy is facing possible termination after she punched her estranged husband's new girlfriend while she say in her patrol car in uniform.
Osceola County Sheriff's Deputy Edeania Nettles, 39, was arrested and suspended last week after allegedly punching St. Cloud Police Officer Jennifer Hoyos, 26, at a park. Deputy Nettles encountered Officer Hoyos with Sgt. Elbert John Nettles at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday at Ted Broda Memorial Park.
After punching her in the face, the off-duty deputy pulled Officer Hoyos from her patrol car. The two women grappled, and Hoyos had a skinned knee, bloody lips, a clump of hair pulled out, and scratches on her neck, reports WFTV.
On Thursday, Hoyos requested a stalking injuction against Nettles, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
aj @ 10/7/2013 2:47 PM
Edeania Nettles, 39.... Jennifer Hoyos, 26.... can u say "upgrade"? But seriously. Don't fish off the company peer and get your home life squared away before you hit the street and try to solve other peoples problems.
Capt. Crunch @ 10/7/2013 6:16 PM
Why punch the girlfriend it takes two to tango. If you know your going to get in trouble for punching someone punch the ex- husband he is the one who cheated on you. Should have thanked the girlfriend for showing you what a dumbass your husband is.
Capt. Crunch @ 10/7/2013 6:20 PM
Why punch the girlfriend if it wasn't her it would be another one. Should thank the girlfriend for showing you what a falsehearted person your husband was.
TheRookie @ 10/7/2013 11:01 PM
Years ago I had to warn, and teach my oldest son, Do not s__t where you eat. He was always trying to go out/date with co-workers, and/or supervisors. Then he would wonder why they treated him a different way while at work. He's finally learned, after having to quit a job because of that.
mike @ 10/8/2013 5:08 AM
Do they teach "cat fighting" in the academies now???
Ima Leprechaun @ 10/8/2013 7:45 PM
After reading the headline but before reading the article my guess was this was a domestic incident. Right on the money. All should be fired including the male.
Ima Leprechaun @ 10/8/2013 7:47 PM
Although now that I think of it even Officers in Florida convicted of murder while on duty get less than 12 years in prison so all three will probably get the medal of honor.


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Sushi Machine supplied a third Autec ASM860CE Maki robot to repeat customer Bowl of Rice when they opened their third sushi shop.
Sushi business Bowl of Rice opened their first outlet in Gisborne with an ASM860E Maki robot from Sushi Machine followed by a second ASM860CE Maki robot when they opened another shop in Taylors Hill.
Following an installation review at Bowl of Rice's Keilor East branch in March 2012, owner Ivy ordered another Autec ASM860CE Maki robot. Ivy explains that they will continue to use the model as long as the machine performs well and the price is right. Being a 230V model, the Autec ASM860CE does not require any external transformer.
Sushi Machines owner Melvin Wee visited Bowl of Rice Taylors Hill in June 2012 together with the designer of the ASM860CE Maki robot, Design Engineer Takashi Hosogane from Japan. The visit by the designer of her favourite sushi machine delighted Ivy as she had the opportunity to discuss her thoughts about the machine. She was also impressed with the attention given to her and her sushi business.


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Senate commences oversight of 215-megawatt Kaduna Power Plant, others
The Senate Joint Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, and Gas, says it will commence on-the-spot assessment of the 215-Megawatt Kaduna Power Plant on Monday.
Sen. Bassey Akpan, Co-Chairman of the joint committee and Chairman, Senate on Gas, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Akpan said that the Kaduna plant oversight was part of the committee's investigation into alleged inconsistencies in contract implementation of the facility and its failure to generate electricity.
He said that similar oversight would be conducted in other gas plants across the country to ascertain their functionality.
"We are doing on-the-spot assessment of the plant on Monday and we will also be visiting every other gas-producing facility across the country, next week.
"The revelations we have are quite disheartening. By the time we are done and we do our final report, it will be an eye-opener on the rot in the power sector.
"The minister will definitely appear before us because he is not bigger than the Senate.
"We will give another date by the time we are done with the site visits,'' he said.
Akpan said the committee would see to the end of the investigation, adding "if we must move forward as a country we must do the right thing.''
The joint committee had at its investigative hearing on Nov. 27, ordered suspension of the planned commissioning of the 215-Megawatt Kaduna Power Plant over inconsistencies in contract implementation pending conclusion of its investigation.
The committee had expressed dissatisfaction with reasons given by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Mr Louis Edozie, who defended change of parameters of the plant from gas-powered to diesel-powered plant.
It expressed reservation with the rationale behind converting the plant from gas-powered to diesel, which was more expensive.
The committee also expressed displeasure with the discrepancies in contract figures presented by the Ministry of Power and the consultant handling the project.
The Senate had on June 15, 2017, mandated the joint committee to investigate the Kaduna 215-Megawatt Power Plant's failure to generate electricity.
The project was approved in 2009 with an expected completion date of 2012.
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Nigerians open one million bank accounts monthly: NIBSS
Mr Niyi Ajao, Managing Director, Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), says one million bank accounts are opened monthly by Nigerians as the nation's financial inclusion rate increased to 63.6 per cent from 45.4 per cent recorded in 2016.
Ajao made the disclosure at the launch of the 2018 Financial Inclusion Survey by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) on Tuesday in Lagos.
He said with the rise in the rate, the efforts of stakeholders in the financial industry were beginning to pay off.
Ajao, however, said that there was need to do more if the country would meet the 20 per cent exclusion rate by 2020.
According to the survey, 63.6 per cent of Nigeria's adult population of 99.6 million have access to financial services, while 36.4 per cent, equalling 36.6 million of the adult population are financially excluded.
Out of the 36.6 million adult population that are financially excluded, 55.9 per cent are women, while 44.1 per cent are men.
The survey also showed that 39.7 per cent of the population are banked.
Ajao said that NIBSS, which holds data for the banking industry had recorded up to one million new accounts being opened in banks on a monthly basis.
He said that majority of the new accounts were opened by people who already had accounts.
The managing director said that more than 30 million Bank Verification Number (BVN) holders had continued to make more transactions as the volume of electronic transactions grew.
"When we look at the figures for adult population for EFINA report for 2016, 96.4 million and now 99.6 million.
"This is about 3.3 per cent growth of adult population if you look at the number of financially included, 56.4 million as at 2016 has grown to 63.6 million in 2018 that is a growth of 11 per cent.
"So, the increase is way above the population growth and that means the efforts of all players have yielded fruits but we need to continue with the efforts.
"This is because we still have a lot to conquer if we must achieve the 20 per cent exclusion by 2020.
"We have seen NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) which we use to gauge the payment behaviour of Nigerians from 2016 up," Ajao said.
He said that the inclusion rate was growing slowly until 2018 when the volume doubled year on year.
"This year by our projection, we will be doing one billion NIP in 2018. We did half of that in 2017.
"It is clear that what we are experiencing is that it is the few banked people that are doing all the transactions.
"Throughout 2017, the volume of transactions kept on growing, instant payment, Point of Sale (POS), bulk payment, even during the recession when the value of transaction became smaller, we were having more and more volume done.
"That again points out that we are winning the war gradually against cash. More people that would have done cash are now doing e-payment," Ajao said.
"However, the few banked are the ones doing majority of the transactions.
"This year alone, we have 9.9 BVN holders do all the instant payment transactions we saw in the third quarter and that shows the structure we have in place.
"This growth looks much lower than what we see in the bulk of e-payment, it is this same account holders who are opening new accounts and who are doing more transactions."
NNPC educates Senate on NLNG dividend account
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has shed light on the probe of alleged illegal withdrawal from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Dividend Account by the Senate, clarifying that there was nothing illegitimate about it.
In a statement, the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said the clarification was made by the corporation's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr. Isiaka Abdulrazaq, at an interactive session with the media over the weekend in Lagos.
The release stated that in a detailed presentation, the CFO clarified that the Senate probe was not about missing money as was being insinuated in some quarters, but rather an investigation into whether NNPC acted legally in withdrawing the sum of $1.05bn from the NLNG Dividend Account to support fuel importation.
According to the release, while granting the statutory right of the legislators to carryout oversight functions, NNPC CFO said that relevant extant laws such as the Appropriation Act 2018 defines revenue from NNPC as net of cost, indicating that NNPC has the right to defray the cost of its operations from earnings.
He also cited the NLNG Act which explicitly provides that NNPC could defray its cost from the dividends, as one of the legal grounds relied upon for the expenditure without recourse to appropriation by the National Assembly.
Expatiating further on the matter, Mr. Abdulrazaq, according to the release, cited the case instituted by some state governments in 1999 seeking the interpretation of revenue on account of their contention that all accruals from oil and gas operations amount to revenue and should be swept into the Federation Account.
The ruling on that case by the Supreme Court in 2002, according to him, was in tandem with NNPC's position that revenue is accruals net of cost.
"We have provided the legal authority on which we rely to use funds from the NLNG Dividend Account to the Senate. We believe they will reason with us. But if need be, we will seek legal opinion on it", the CFO stated.
On the general impression that NNPC and indeed the entire Oil and Gas Industry is opaque, Mr. Abdulrazaq contended that in the light of efforts made by the Management of the NNPC since the inception of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to entrench a culture of transparency, nothing could be further from the truth.
"NNPC is very open and transparent. We publish our NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations reports in the media. No one does monthly reporting, not even the international oil companies or the publicly quoted companies. The best they do is quarterly reports. But we do monthly reports of revenue (profit and loss for the entire corporation, including the subsidiaries). We do operations report on how much oil and gas was produced, sold and the monetary value; how much products the refineries processed and how much was imported and sold by PPMC. We do all these to defuse the perception of opacity. Yet some people still say we are opaque, and I think that is not fair", he argued.
Abdulrazak disclosed that as part of the stewardship accounting designed to make NNPC's operations transparent to the public, the inherited six-year unaudited accounts of the corporation have been audited up to date, stressing that the account for 2017 has been fully audited, approved and forwarded to relevant authorities.
On fuel supply and efforts to ensure zero-scarcity throughout the end of year festivities and beyond, the CFO disclosed that NNPC has 2.6 billion litres of premium motor spirit (petrol) in offshore and onshore storage that could last for 52 days at 50 million litres per day consumption.
Also speaking at the event, the Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Mallam Bello Rabiu, said the major focus of the Upstream Autonomous Business Unit of the NNPC was to drive down the cost of crude oil production and link the Oil and Gas Industry with the economy.
According to him, bringing down the cost of production would lead to cheaper energy cost which would in turn boost industrial and economic growth.
He said security and funding that used to be the bane of Upstream operations have been largely taken care of by the corporation through practical engagement with stakeholders in the Niger Delta region and the cash-call exit programme.
The COO said that as part of efforts to drive down cost, the NNPC was looking at extending the Escravos-Warri crude oil evacuation pipeline surveillance contract model to downstream pipelines to guarantee efficient crude supply to the refineries post-rehabilitation.
"Before now, it was not possible to get crude to Warri and Kaduna refineries. But with the kind of security contract in place for the Warri-Escravos Pipeline, we now have 99% crude oil recovery rate. The balance is paid for by the contractor. That is why we have replicated that model for the Trans-Forcados Pipeline to guarantee security", Mallam Rabiu explained.
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…to generate 36MW of power
The Federal Government at the weekend, expressed excitement over firm's $600 million (N183 billion) investment in an integrated iron ore mining processing and steel production.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, during a meeting with the firm, African Natural Resources and Mines Limited, in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, led by Mr Raj Gupta.
According to a statement by the Minister's Spacial Adviser on Media and Communications, Mr Paul Ella Abechi, the investment will boost the solid minerals sector and the entire economy, which will lead to increased revenue generation and job creation under the diversification policy of the Federal Government.
She said, "In a bid to diversify away from oil and increase government revenues, I met this evening with African Natural Resources and Mines Limited led by Mr. Raj Gupta who are investing $600m in an integrated iron ore mining, processing and steel production project in Kagarko Local Government, Kaduna State.
"This is about the first major investment in the mining sector in more than two decades. The project will have a capacity of 5.4 metric tonnes per annum and will create 3,500 direct jobs and thousands of indirect jobs."
According to her the steel plant will generate 36 megawatts of electricity to the national grid that would boost the already generated megawatts of power for other economic activities.
"About 36 megawatts of electricity is to be generated from the waste heat which will increase power supply to Kagarko Local Government to help develop other industries and urbanize the local area. The surplus will also be added to the national grid."
The Minister further explained that the company's steel will carry out beneficiation, pelletizing and convert iron into direct used iron for steel manufacturing and that it will galvanise the industrial space into a hub of production of finished goods for local consumption and export.
"The integrated steel manufacturing project has its focal point in mining iron ore, beneficiating, pelletizing and transforming into Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) which is the primary raw material in steel manufacturing."
Expressing optimism the Minister said the project will massively impact on the local people and the nation at large based on the potential it has to transform the socio-economic life of Nigerians.
"This project will drive industrial and community development, generate more power, create employment for locals, substitute imports, crude steel production, royalties and reposition the mining sector", she stated.
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PHP is a programming language that allows
you to generate webpages on the fly. PHP has been developed originally
by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 and started out to replace a set of perl
scripts to do recuring things on Rasmus homepage. He called this the
Personal HomePage toolkit (hence PHP). I was developed C and thus has a
C-style syntax. People who are used to programming in any C style
language will find the syntax very recognisable. After a while Rasmus
added functionality to connect to a database and published his code as
opensource on the internet. As with many opensource projects, the usage
and development exploded, and it is now one of the most used scripting
language for website, competing with Microsoft's ASP.
This guide will show you how to create your first PHP application.
Things You Will Need
- You will need a webserver that supports PHP. This can be an account with a webhosting provider or a copy of the apache/php server software on your local computer like xampp
- This guide assumes you have a basic knowledge of standard HTML
- You will need a text editor, or even better, a PHP editor like Zend Studio or Eclipse.
Step 1Lets make a basic "Hello World" HTML page first, just to refresh your HTML. Lets make standard white page with "Hello world" centered on it.
< html >
< head > < title > Hello World! < /title >< /head >
< body >
< div align="center" >Hello World !
< /body >
< /html >
That should have been easy enough, if you are having problems with this, I advise you to read up about basic HTML first.
Step 2Now, before we start doing PHP, lets explain some things first:
All PHP code should be included within the php parser tags: < ?php [code] ? >
You can also put in larger chunks of code like this:
< ?php
of code]
? >
This can be mixed in a HTML page: < div align="center" >< ?php [code] ? >< /div >
Step 3So lets put something dynamic on our hello world webpage. Like for example, the current date and time.
For this we can use the date function, which will return a string with the date and time formatted as specified in a string.
The format string can be something like: "Y-m-d H:i:s" which would return the current date and time in the format of: 2010-01-27 11:36:54. You can shift around the letters to get another format, for example: "d/m/Y" will return 27/01/2010. For all the format options, check out the PHP.net page about the date function.
So lets include the date in our HTML page, generated by PHP code:
< html >
< head >< title >Hello World!< /title >< /head >
< body >
< div align="center" >Hello World! Today the date is < ?php echo date("m-d-Y"); ? >< /div >
< /body >
< /html >
This shall display as:
As you can see, I have also used the echo function. This function will display a string to the user. Since the date function return a string, echo will take the string that the date function returns as input and will display it to the user. You could also use < ?= as a shorthand for "< ?php echo". In the example above we could have also written: < ?= date("m-d-Y"); ?>
Also note that there is a ';' at the end of the line of code. As with all C-style syntax languages, this is a requirement. It tells the parser: This is the end of this line of code. There are exceptions like for example a function or class declaration, or in a if/else or while statement.
If you do not include the ';' at the end of the line, PHP will tell you about it in an error message.
For example, if we would feed this piece of code to PHP:
echo "Hello"
echo "World!";
The parser would then complain that it has got an 'echo' while it expected a ';'. This is because without the ';' after the first line, the parser starts reading the second line right after it.
Lets get the date format in a better english:
< div align="center">Hello world! Today is < ?= date("F, ds Y") ? >< /div>
This would display:
Step 4So you just wrote your first PHP application. How does it feel ?
Want more ? Lets do a simple If statement.
Lets say that instead of Hello World we want to say Goodmorning World, Good afternoon World, Goodevening World and Goodnight World, depending on the server time.
We can use simple if statements for this.
The syntax for an if statement is:
if (condition) {
[code to execute when condition is true]
Condition has to return a boolean true or false. This can be an equasion, or some other formula that would return true or false.
For now it is important that an equasion in a C-style language always is made of "==". If you use "=" this is an assignment.
For example:
$a = 1;
if ($a == 1) {
echo "A is 1";
In the example above, first we set the variable $a to 1. (A variable always stats with a dollar-sign). Then we use an If statement together with an equation to see if $a actually does match 1, if this is the case (and it is), we show the user: A is 1.
$a = 5
if ($a = 1) {
echo "A is 1";
The example above looks the same, and to the untrained eye, you would expect that the application would show nothing to the user, since we have set $a to 5 and not to 1, so the If statement should not execute the echo code.
However, the example above does not contain an equasion but an assignment. And an assignment always return a boolean true when the assignment was succesfull. Since this is almost always the case, the if statement will receive a boolean true as input and will execute the code, even if $a is not 1.
Note however, since we have done an assignment on $a, for all the code behind this if statement, $a will be 1!.
Other equasions that can be used are:
- $x == $y - does $x match $y ?
- $x != $y - does $x NOT match $y ?
- $x < $y - is $x smaller then $y ?
- $x > $y - is $x bigger then $y ?
- $x <= $y - is $x smaller then or equal to $y ?
- $x >= $y - is $x bigger then or equal to $y ?
Step 5So how are we going to handle this ?
First we would need to know what time of day it is. The date function can handle this for us.
We only need to look at the hour, so lets ask the date function to get the hour and we'll put it in a variable.
$hour = date("H");
Keep in mind that this will return the hour in 24h format. So 1PM is 13, 10AM is 10, 11PM is 23 and so on.
Now, we need to write some if statements and look if the current time is bigger then the time from where we would start to say goodmorning, goodafternoon, goodevening and goodnight.
We know that the clock starts at 0h (midnight). So lets set our greeting variable to goodnight.
$greeting = "Goodnight";
Now we can write if statements to see if $hour is larger or equal to 6am (goodmorning), noon (goodafternoon) or 6pm (goodevening).
if ($hour >= 6) {
$greeting = "Goodmorning";
if ($hour >= 12) {
$greeting = "Good afternoon";
if ($hour >= 18) {
$greeting = "Goodevening";
So now, from 0 to 6, $greeting will be "Goodnight", from 6 to 12, $greeting will be "Goodmorning", from 12 to 18 it will be "Goodafternoon" and from 18 to 0 it will be "Goodevening".
Now we can adjust our Hello world code so it includes the greeting:
< div align="center" >< ?= $greeting; ? > World! Today is < ?= date("F, ds Y"); ?> < /div >
This would then display for example:
Let me show you the full code now:
< ?php
$hour = date("H");
$greeting = "Goodnight";
if ($hour >= 6) {
$greeting = "Goodmorning";
if ($hour >= 12) {
$greeting = "Good afternoon";
if ($hour >= 18) {
$greeting = "Good evening";
? >
< html >
< head >< title >Hello world! < /head >
< body >
< div align="center" > World! Today is < /div>
< /body >
< /html>
Keep in mind that the time is server based. This means that if the server is located in London, it will be on London time. So while it might be morning on the westcoast, the time difference of 9 hours would make it evening on the server in London.


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Now's a good time to tell your clients how to substantiate their charitable gifts on their 2017 federal income tax returns, due April 17, 2018.
Strict, detailed and overlapping substantiation requirements must be met for charitable deductions to be allowed. And generally, there's no second chance if deadlines are missed or requirements aren't satisfied.
Alert. The Internal Revenue Service points out in IRS Publication 557 (January 2017) —"Tax Exempt Status for Your Organization" that: "The donor is responsible for requesting and obtaining the written acknowledgment from the donee."
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|2012-10-19, 00:06
|Link #4921
Gin-Sama no Tameni!
44th episode is up, remind me why Lacus thought it was a good idea to fire at the ZAFT ships?
|2012-10-19, 01:27
|Link #4922
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
|2012-10-19, 07:25
|Link #4923
Join Date: Sep 2009
Age: 24
Damn, they really showed Fllay on top of Kira...
Anyway, pretty emotional episode. Although Kira's an idiot. Yes, you heard the voice of your old sex buddy on the intercom. And that means you can just forget about the battle? Really like Athrun for staying level headed here, although there isn't much for him to emo over, but still.
Also, nice to see one of the druggies do something OTHER than fighting.
|2012-10-19, 07:33
|Link #4924
As I make you stop, think
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Europe - The Netherlands
Age: 29
|2012-10-19, 10:26
|Link #4925
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
At 6:03, did Kira just kill an M1 Astray pilot or is that pilot dead already?
Kira's cry is funny, but yay for Find the Way, makes the whole scene so sad in a good way.
Also, a couple of things:
Someone once asked why Cagalli had to be taken out of the room while Lacus got to stay. Well, as we can see, Kira wasn't ready yet to discuss their parents at that moment.
Also, someone (maybe a different someone) also asked about Lacus' ring. Well, as we can see, Kira was wondering if he should be alive. He even has the tendency to be reckless and allow himself to almost be killed. Lacus wants him to know that she was happy to have met him and that she wants to live (and even stay with her).
|2012-10-20, 01:16
|Link #4926
he is a CHAR
Join Date: Dec 2009
I just wanted to share this with you guys if you haven't seen it already.
Even though it's mostly CG to advertise Gunpla, the Freedom vs Impulse fight was better than all the fight scenes in Destiny combined. Actually better than a lot of recent Gundam fight scenes.
Basically it's what should have been animated in Destiny instead of that horrendous stock footage. The action starts at around 0:57
If they ever make a Destiny remake or movie, they definitely need to put something like that.
Any thoughts?
Last edited by zeroexia; 2012-10-20 at 01:31.
|2012-10-20, 05:09
|Link #4928
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
In that video Freedom is performing like it's supposed to and actually uses it's other Weapons. The people behind that video even see this. And all this for what? Just to make way for Strike Freedom but not like the way we got it. If they do a Remaster they should change up that fight to something like this.
|2012-10-20, 10:03
|Link #4929
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
|2012-10-20, 15:59
|Link #4930
he is a CHAR
Join Date: Dec 2009
If the animation quality of Gundam Unicorn or even Gundam 00 was used to remake SEED/ Destiny and without stock footage, I honestly believe it would give rise to some of the best action ever.
The best action scenes from SEED were when the fluidity of the pilots' piloting was shown. They could transition from dodging to attacking extremely quickly and continue the momentum. The video exemplified that in how the Impulse and Freedom moved.
Although some may dislike it but I really like the acrobatic maneuvers of the Freedoms and was disappointed when they merely repeatedly used stock footage instead or not even show those maneuvers like in the show's version of the Freedom vs Impulse fight.
Where was Kira's beam dodging? He was able to dodge DRAGOONs with over 40 beam nozzles but he can't dodge a beam rifle or even a rocketing upper piece of the impulse?
DESTINY needs a remake, getting rid of all the stock footage. I'm sure that if all the stock footage was replaced and some parts of the story clarified, then people will actually stop hating it and like it more.
But unfortunately, most of DESTINY is stock footage.
|2012-10-20, 16:11
|Link #4931
he is a CHAR
Join Date: Dec 2009
It also makes more symbolic sense if you think about it. Shinn gives up his free-will, or Impulse Gundam, to be a slave to the Destiny the Chairman gives him, or Destiny Gundam, and in doing so, he destroys his Freedom, the Freedom Gundam.
A fight between Freedom and Destiny would have been more evenly matched, although the vastly superior tech of the Destiny would have given Shinn a victory.
It would be nice to see the reactions of Kira to a mobile suit that maneuvers better than him and actually show that he can still adapt like in the original SEED where he adapted to the greater speed of the dog mobile suits and the underwater mobile suits.
|2012-10-20, 16:17
|Link #4932
Praise the sun!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sweden
Age: 29
Honestly if they redid the battle and had Shinn defeat Kira without him being distracted and Kira using Freedom's arsenal to the fullest we'd have a shitstorm on every Seed related thread on every forum until the end of time. i hope to god they don't redo that battle. lol
|2012-10-20, 17:10
|Link #4933
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
What i'm saying is redo the entire Fight and the Overall Outcome.1. Both pilots going all out, both at full potential. 2. Have both pilots Take each other out(not killed). This way everyone can be satisfied and not feel like they been cheated, better and more believable outcome, and transition to Kira eventually getting Strike Freedom.
No Bull. No Hocus Pocus. No Distractions. Just a Great Fight with a more Believable, Satisfying, Outcome/Conclusion.
Is that so Wrong?
|2012-10-20, 18:05
|Link #4934
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
So I'll say it again: It looks good, but it's nothing special for a SEED/Destiny fight.
|2012-10-21, 00:03
|Link #4935
he is a CHAR
Join Date: Dec 2009
Destiny even used stock footage from SEED, just recolored or modified to fit the new mobile suits. That's an even greater problem than SEED had, which used stock footage of itself. I mean a sequel using the stock footage of its predecessor is sad.
This PV actually created new fight sequences instead of copying from the show, fight sequences that I felt Destiny should have had.
On a side note, was the problem with Destiny's animation really due to Morosawa being late on scripts? That they couldn't make new animation because of the short time they had due to her lateness. Or was there another reason? I haven't seen any other Gundam series with such bad animation, full of stock footage, as Destiny. If so, any new CE honestly should not have her again.
|2012-10-21, 00:28
|Link #4936
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Besides, clashing sabers and firing CIWS are things that have been done in SEED/Destiny anyway, considering they're regular moves. So even if it's not an exact copy of a previous scene (or stock footage), it's still not something as praiseworthy as you're making it out to be.
|2012-10-21, 01:28
|Link #4937
Powered by AMD Athrun 64
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Washington, DC
|2012-10-21, 03:09
|Link #4938
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
He really was hestiating about fighting Zaft though. Going easy on Shinn aside (which he was, seeing as he wastes his distance advantage ineffectually trying to shake Shinn off, instead of Full Bursting him while Shinn was still flying towards him, not to mention him actually disabling Shinn and then trying to leave him be only to get the spare parts rammed into him from behind while Shinn gets to fully repair himself) had he and the AA just outright leveled the Zaft force after them instead of Kira slowly picking them off while AA just tried to make the ships move by shooting near misses, and had they let the 10 or so Murasame's help out, they'd have been long gone before Minerva even showed up.
Likewise even if they haven't, Shinn wouldn't have been to focus on Kira so intently if he had to also worry about the Murasame's attacking him.
But since they were afraid of Zaft filming the footage and altering it to make them look like they were hostile agressors against Zaft with Orb's support, they had to hold back, less Durandal use them as an excuse to invade Orb later on.
Which failed, because Durandal got another excuse anyway, so really they might as well have not bothered trying to not escalate the situation.
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Roz Savage's weather gauge is a bit more sophisticated. Savage, who aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean, relies on people like Rick Shema. Shema, heads up a company in Hawaii called Weatherguy.com, which is providing her with marine forecasts and helping her refine her route. She'll be regularly uploading data from an onboard weather station.
Recently, Savage got the forecast she was hoping for--she set off Sunday morning from the harbor in Crescent City, Calif., just south of the Oregon border. She had planned to take off from San Francisco about a month ago, but weather was not on her side.
Savage, who also aims to raise awareness about the effects of pollution in our oceans, is rowing across the ocean in three stages. The 39-year-old Brit expects to reach Hawaii in a few months. In all, she plans to travel about 6,700 miles, ending up in Australia in 2009.
Among the safety gadgets she has aboard her 24-foot boat is a positioning beacon from Marine Track. You can follow her latest position by clicking here. Information includes latitude, longitude and distance to finish. As of Monday afternoon, she had traveled 22.5 nautical miles, with 2,030.3 more to go.
In her first blog entry since she set off, Savage writes: "This afternoon I listened to an audio book of Robinson Crusoe, which seemed appropriate in the circumstances. It helped to listen to a story where everything happens at snails's pace--it takes him about month just to make a table--as it helped me lapse into the slower pace of ocean life."
Ah, a slower pace. I have a feeling that my sun-smacked neighbor down the street knows a little something about that too.


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After years of rumours, months of teasing and weeks of waiting, SteamOS is finally here. The beta release of the gaming distro signalled the start of Valve's tentative entry into the hardware market. The same day as the release, the first wave of Valve's own Steam Machines went out. These beta units, while never truly meant to grace store shelves, are the first examples of many more third-party offerings to come. This massive step from Valve is making waves around the tech and games world, so we decided to talk to a few of the people that could help us truly understand the position Valve is in, and what their next move might be.
Expert profiles
- Ron Gilbert, game industry veteran; the man behind the Monkey Island series, Ron Gilbert has been in the industry for 25 years. Last year, The Cave became the first of his games to be released on Linux. He now runs the indie studio Beep Games, Inc, currently making mobile games.
- Ethan Lee, Linux porter; an important name behind the scenes of indie gaming, his fork of MonoGame is one of the most important tools for bringing games over to Linux. He helped port some of the biggest names in indie games last year, including Fez, Rogue Legacy and Super Hexagon.
- Johnnemann Nordhagen, indie game developer; a co-founder of the Fullbright Company and former employee of 2K Marin. Johnnemann was one of the minds behind 2013's indie hit Gone Home. He's a game programmer and is currently backpacking the world before getting on with his next project.
"I'm working on the Android version of that iOS game I made, Scurvy Scallywags" Ron Gilbert said as we greeted him on the phone. We'd managed to catch him one morning to chat about SteamOS, interrupting his ongoing work to port his latest game. Having a background in programming, Ron was mainly doing it himself as a learning process, his plan to make sure the next title he made would be more cross-platform friendly. The topic quickly changed to Linux as a way to play videogames.
"I think it's an interesting platform," he told us. "Not that I want it to come out bad, but there isn't anything special about it. I think that the more places people can play games is good… so I think getting games onto Linux is great, because people can run a desktop platform that they really want to run and they can play games without having to dual boot into Windows or any of this other junk that I certainly don't want to do."
We asked him to clarify exactly what he meant by Linux not being special, assuming he meant how it's not particularly different from a technical standpoint. "Building a game for Windows or the Mac or Linux is very, very similar. Sure, you have OpenGL versus Direct X, and you have that to deal with. But hopefully people are writing code that has layers, platform layers, anyway between the code and the hardware."
With the recent rise of indie games and the Humble Bundle, Linux gaming is invariably on the rise, however Steam's entry into Linux has helped as well. "Steam has really embraced the Linux platform and it's made it a viable platform to actually develop for. And you see games that actually get dinged if they're on Steam and they don't have a Linux version, and so it just causes people to go that extra effort to go ahead and produce a Linux version of the game."
This is where Ethan Lee comes in. We've spoken to him before; he's been porting games to Linux for roughly two years now, and demand for his skills has been increasing over the past year with the idea of Steam for Linux as a serious contender for gaming becoming more accepted.
"Right around the time that Steam for Linux came out is when I started really pushing a usable version of MonoGame. The version that works," he told us, not sure if Steam or his MGSDL2 solution was the cause of this. "So, basically around the time that Steam for Linux became serious, MGSDL2 happened… before April I only had two ports out. From April to December I shipped nine more."
And Ethan revealed that things didn't seem to be showing any signs of slowing down. "I said in January, 'Oh this year I'm not going do 11 ports in one year'. And now I have seven in January and I think 'oh'."
SteamOS quickly came up in our conversation with Ron, Ethan and even Johnnemann Nordhagen. Johnnemann told us himself that while it was the ease of porting Unity games that got Gone Home on Linux, they were surprised by the number of sales on it.
"They're not huge, but they're not forgettable, either," he said before clarifying that about three per cent of their sales on Steam were made on the Linux version. This doesn't count the users buying it on other platforms before playing it on Linux, and he believes that the Humble Bundle Linux numbers are higher still.
"As a developer I think having a standard distribution to develop and test against is a great thing!" he said about SteamOS. "One thing we've found while doing technical support is that the variance in distributions definitely creates some unforeseen issues (and Unity technically only supports Ubuntu)!"
Just to get a picture of how the PC is split up these days, Johnnemann told us that 90 per cent of their overall Gone Home sales were via Steam. Other developers in the past have hinted at similar numbers, and it points towards just how much Steam dominates the PC market.
Ron's initial reaction to SteamOS, though, was not as positive: "It was kind of… odd. It was a little bit of like 'Does the world really need another console?' and it seems we've had this influx of these other consoles. Ouya and the like. Do we really need another one? Is that just more fragmentation?" This is before we talked about the then 13 different Steam Machine offerings.
"Do you remember the 3DO machine?" Ron replied when we told him about the Steam Machines that had been revealed. The price was high, and there was a lot of variety – possibly more than most consumers would be able to meaningfully parse. "That was their problem," he continued with his analogy. "Because they built this really nice, interesting hardware. And then they just had third parties make it. Phillips made one, Samsung made one, all these other companies made them and I don't think they had any consistent control over anything."
Still, Ethan didn't think that the fragmentation would be too much of an issue: "That was really the concern. The weird thing is because people were thinking about a Steambox and not SteamOS along with it… people think Valve is trying to solve a hardware problem first. And while they do have Steam Controller that they probably spent a lot of time on, the fact is I'm not really sure they care too much about the hardware. They're really just saying, 'Look we'll just let OEMs do it' and then we're going to solve the software problem, which is a significantly bigger threat right now. A Steam Box would be complete crap if it had to have Windows 8 on it."
On the subject of price though, everyone agreed that they needed to be priced similar to consoles, and not just the low-end ones. "I really don't even have a guess!" Johnnemann replied when we asked him if he had an idea on how much Steam Machines should cost. "PC gaming isn't as expensive as it used to be, but it's still pricier than consoles. Obviously getting it below that point would be a killer blow, but I don't know if Valve is even thinking that way."
"It's one of those things where if I had been presenting it, I would have suggested that this is the initial high-end market." Ethan told us, further clarifying the point that Johnnemann was making. "The fact is I look at the specs and I think you could do a lot less and have a cheap version of it, but they don't have it because [of the early adopters]… they're going to be the first to buy this, and probably don't care about the cheap version. The problem is they presented it as wide variety. The fact is they only wanted to make an emphasis on 'We can have multiple Steam Boxes' it didn't really say 'We can have a box that is cheaper than an Xbox One'."
It's also worth remembering that one of the reasons Microsoft and Sony can sell their machines at a relatively low price for consumers is because they treat them as loss leaders, as Ron explained: "Sony and Microsoft, they sell their machines at a loss. Just so they can make the money on the software sales. You would think that Valve would be able to do that too, because they sell the software. But if they're licensing it out to these third parties then they've lost the ability to do that… that seems like kind of a mistake."
So while our panel of experts think that there may be a few issues to iron out at the moment, they all appear to be generally positive about the future of SteamOS and gaming on Linux in general. The industry itself is slowly beginning to accept the idea of Linux as a gaming platform, however some of the culture needs to change. It goes back to Ron working on his Android port and learning from that.
"If I ever want to make anything for Steam I certainly want to be able to support Linux as well," he said. "Yeah, I may hire somebody to do that initial Linux port but then I want to pull all their code back into my codebase, so I can just build Linux versions of stuff much easier. And I don't see ever doing a game for Steam that doesn't include a Linux version."
SteamOS 1.0 Alchemist – review
Linux gaming distros are few and far between – however, they do exist in varying forms. SteamOS is definitely the first of its kind though, offering a pure gaming experience designed to be used in the living room thanks to Steam's native ten-foot display mode. As the name suggests, it's designed to boot straight into Valve's Steam distribution platform, allowing you to download games from your library of content, and purchase more games via the store.
SteamOS is based on Debian 7.0 and at the moment you'll be seeing some of this core while setting up your own Steam Machine. Specifically, you'll be forced to log in to a GNOME desktop in order to complete set up, and while this is only a very brief thing, it can be quite confusing for newer users as Colby tells us: "The Debian desktop [GNOME] is nice, but you definitely need to have a background in Linux to use it. I'm certain that most of your readers do, but I'm a recent convert and I found it difficult at first."
You only get to this point after installation though. For now, there are some fairly strict limitations on how and where SteamOS can be installed – decent hardware aside, the biggest limitation right now is that you're forced to use UEFI to install it. This has its advantages in terms of booting straight into SteamOS, as well as making sure people generally have newer hardware, however it's not entirely common just yet. The installation also requires a wipe of your system, so dual-booting is a little more tricky than just installing alongside – however, you can dual-boot after it's completed.
Once you've gone through the entire installation ordeal, you'll finally be dropped into SteamOS. More specifically, Steam's Big Picture Mode, the aforementioned ten-foot display option. Text is larger, and menus are simpler, allowing for people to easily navigate the Steam interface with a controller from their sofa. Colby mentioned to us that he finds it somewhat clunky, and there should perhaps be a tutorial to help you around the interface. Compared to the standard Steam interface though, admittedly used with a mouse and keyboard, Big Picture Mode can be a little jarring.
The selection of games right now is just over ten per cent of the full collection of Steam games. More titles are being added every week, and there's a steady stream of indie games being released to Steam for Linux even if the AAA titles are rarely coming over. Most of the compatible games work at full capacity but, thanks to the nature of Steam, patches can be added and games updated incredibly quickly. This gives it an advantage over consoles, which require a lengthy and costly approval process.
It's overall a fantastic first start for Valve, even despite some of the typical beta limitations. The limitations on graphics cards were quickly lifted, and development seems active enough that any major issues with it are being dealt with and added to future patches. As a console replacement, it's still missing some media capabilities, such as streaming movies and music either from online services or within a local network, but for what is basically a port of the current release of Steam for Linux, it's a very promising beginning.
Colby tells us he's liked it, and we have to agree. Even with the installation problems and hardware limitations, the power of Valve and Steam is really shining through. If this is the beta release, then we cannot wait for the full release by the time the hardware is launched.
If you fancy installing and dual-booting SteamOS, check out this guide.


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There are many different medical tests that are now available online including blood tests, metabolic function tests, reproductive hormone tests, nutrient health tests, heart tests, HIV tests and peak flow meter tests according to the University of Rochester's Medical Center and Fox News. The first step in obtaining one of these online medical tests is finding a reputable online blood lab and purchasing one of the tests, reports Fox News.
The next step is to set up an appointment to get the person's blood drawn. At this time, there is not a way to bypass this step to make the process completely virtual. However, once the blood has been drawn, the person does not need to meet with a doctor or attend any follow-up appointments, reports Fox News. All of the results from the tests are typically e-mailed to the person within 24 to 48 hours.
One of the biggest benefits of purchasing lab tests online is the cheaper cost when compared with that of the typical doctor's office visit. Medical professionals warn, however, that many consumers of these types of tests are not equipped to understand and interpret the results, as noted by Fox News and the University of Rochester's Medical Center. This makes it difficult for people to know what they need to do next in order to improve their health based on their online lab results.


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Full PS Vita Firmware Update 3.10 Details: Ups 100 App Limit to 500, More
Last night, firmware update 3.10 for the PlayStation Vita became available to download. One of the biggest features brought along with this new update is the increase of apps on the home screen from 100 to 500, a feature people have been asking about for months and months now.
Here's a brief list of the changes brought along in 3.10:
- You can now display up to 500 applications on the home screen.
- A Calendar application has been added for PS Vita, allowing you to set up gaming events with your friends. Sync your Google calendar to have all your events with you on your PS Vita. You can also share your favorite events by using the Messages and Email applications.
- A new "Manage Content on Memory Card" option has been added to the Content Manager application. You can now view the data on your memory card, making it easier than ever to manage content on your PS Vita. You can now view memory usage by content type, and delete content and applications.
- You can now send and receive voice messages using the Messages application on PS Vita. Exchange voice messages with your friends and players on PS4 and PS Vita.
The US site hasn't updated yet to reflect 3.10 yet, but the UK site has, and it details everything to do with 3.10:
Main Features
Messages – You can now send and receive voice messages.
- Select [Attach] on the message entry screen, then follow the subsequent screens.
Calendar – You can start the application from the home screen.
- In the Calendar application, you can manage upcoming events. When creating an event, you can associate an application, such as a game, and add information about friends who might participate in the event. You can also send the event to others using applications such as Messages and Email, and sync events with Google Calendar.
Content Manager – [Manage Content on Memory Card] has been added to the LiveArea screen.
- You can now verify the allocation of data on the memory card, delete applications and saved data and manage content.
- Due to this feature update, [Settings] > [Application Data Management] has been removed.
- Up to 500 application icons can now be displayed on the home screen. This includes icons inside folders.
Other Features
- You can now change the title of a message with two or more other members, if the message has [Messages with other players] displayed next to it. From the message entry screen, select [Options] > [Change Title].
Parental Controls
- You can now prevent PlayStation Store from opening. You can also use Parental Controls to adjust settings for a service to block the display of offensive websites. Select [Features] > [Trend Micro Web Security]. You might be charged to use this service.
- [Size] has been added as a sorting option for items in the content list.
- You can now perform a keyword search for content on a connected computer. The list of categories or content on the connected computer is displayed on your system, and you can select [Search] in the upper left corner of the screen.
- You can now adjust settings so that the screen does not automatically rotate when you move or tilt your PS Vita system. To stop the screen from rotating, view any image or video, and then select [Options] > [Settings] > [Rotate Screen Automatically] to switch off the feature.
- [Freeform] has been added as a shooting mode for the panoramic camera.
- [Date & Time] > [Daylight Saving] has been removed, and [Adjust Daylight Saving Automatically] has been added. To make automatic adjustments for daylight saving, enable this feature. This feature is only available if you set your region in [Date & Time] > [Time Zone] to a region that implements daylight saving.
- [30 Minutes] has been added as a setting for [Power Save Settings] > [Enter Standby Mode Automatically].
- You can now use a Bluetooth keyboard with the PS Vita system. You can enter English or Japanese text.
What do you think of 3.10 so far? Let us know in the comments below.


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Alaska Animal Advocates is a non profit group dedicated to enriching the lives of companion animals in Alaska. In order to do this, we will place homeless pets in loving environments, address medical concerns, spay or neuter, and offer training as is needed. Our food bank will provide food to pets whose families are in crisis. We believe that every animal deserves a loving home for his/her entire life, and AAA will provide the resources to make this happen.
Alaska Animal Advocates is a Matsu Valley based animal rescue group. We rescue dogs throughout the state of Alaska and place them in foster homes until they adopted into their forever homes. Each dog is spayed or neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated and dewormed. We are comprised entirely of volunteers, who we see as the lifeblood of our organization. We have many opportunities for volunteers, such as:
- Fostering
- Conducting home visits
- Helping at adoption clinics
- Transporting dogs, food, supplies, etc.
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This finishing powder by Smashbox is a translucent one. I've read a number of reviews online and most people are happy with it. There were an odd few who said that it can give a white cast to their face and ruin their makeup. I was tentative about buying this product but the lady at Mecca Maxima assured me by saying that if I'm not happy with it, I can return it within 14 days. I happily paid $40 for it.
Just like most loose powder products, this one isn't very portable. A lot of powder comes out through the sift when I carry it around in my bag. So I'll just have to set my makeup at home. The packaging is decent, nothing fancy or expensive. I've used it a few times now and it did not give me a white cast, like the MM lady promised. What really impresses me is that it gives my face a smooth satin finish. It lasts few hours and you don't need a lot of product. In fact, the best way to avoid any form of white cast is to use a very minimal amount.
It blends in so smoothly that it's not detectable to the naked eye. I can only feel its presence when I touch my face and get a satin feel. It's does not feel heavy or cloggy as well. I would probably term it "lightweight".
So overall, I am happy with my purchase.
- Decent packaging.
- Not portable.
- Amazing satin finish; "lightweight".
- Lasts a few hours and don't need a lot of product.
- Not cheap but not expensive either.


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Greenbelt, MD (PRWEB) February 20, 2014
DataTech911 wishes to thank the fine people at JEMS, PennWell Corporation, all of the other Conference Sponsors and the many hundreds agencies and First Responders in attendance for making the EMS Today Conference so successful for our organization.
DataTech911 appreciates the fine reception received for the DataTech911 product suite and the opportunity to meet and chat with the many attendees who visited either the DataTech911 main booth or the DataTech911 display within the MCI City Real World Multi-Casualty Emergency Medical Response Demonstration. DataTech911 also wants to give a special thanks to those who attended the StatusNet911 Hot Products 2014 presentation.
The time spent discussing what EMS problems the community will face in the future and what solutions will be needed was very beneficial. Understanding what works and what is needed is vital to helping develop the solutions of the future.
DataTech911 helps first responders save lives by providing valuable tools for effective system status management and monitoring. DataTech's software provides a high level of predictive, analytical, and vital operational information to emergency officials during multi and mass casual incidents, natural disasters, potential bioterrorism threats, and more—helping first responders identify and react to medical emergencies faster than ever before.
DataTech911 solutions, comprised of BioAlert911, DataWatch911, FirstResponse911, and StatusNet911, includes advanced bio surveillance and EMS software. All products interface directly with existing EMS and 911 systems to enhance the speed and effectiveness of emergency response. By raising the level of coordination and interoperability between multiple CADs, PSAPs, dispatchers, and all responding agencies across multiple municipalities, DataTech911 software solutions facilitate rapid, more effective, EMS management and coordination.
DataTech911 provides products and technologies which enhance the speed & effectiveness of emergency medical response, improve response systems management with advanced analysis tools, communications capabilities, and more.


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The NYSE Composite index is the stock market index that represents all of the stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It includes over 2,000 stocks, such as real estate investment trusts, depositary receipts, tracking stocks and foreign listings.
The NYSE Composite Index serves as a general indicator of the performance of the NYSE as a whole. Stocks that are excluded from the index include limited partnerships, ETFs, derivatives and closed-end funds.
The vast majority of stocks listed on the NYSE originate from United States companies, but some of the largest companies listed on the index are foreign. Large foreign companies are represented in all 10 categories of the Industry Classification Benchmark, including oil and gas and materials companies. Most foreign issuers on the index are from Canada, China, Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom. There are separate indexes for financial, utility, transportation and industrial companies listed on the NYSE.
The index was originally issued in 1965 and had an original value of 50 points. In 2003 it was reset to a value of 5,000 points. As of March 2015, the record closing high for the index was 10,406.77 on December 31. The record closing low was 347.77 in October of 1974.


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By Jack Russell
Today, Politico broke news of a recently released internal document that could possibly implicate the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) in a criminal campaign finance scheme. The confidential report, which warned RSLC leadership of "possible criminal penalties" for what appears to be a financial "white washing" scheme, was prepared by the D.C. law firm BakerHostetler.
The report is the result of a RSLC internal investigation into "alleged misconduct" by leaders within the group who conspired improperly with a state party to use the RSLC as a pass-through for controversial donations, essentially laundering money from group who state parties and candidates considered "toxic" – routing the cash out to the RSLC and directly back to the state party.
According to Politico, a specific case involving the Alabama Republican Party triggered the investigation and accusations:
The RSLC has faced no legal or criminal consequences in connection with its Alabama activities. But the RSLC report's conclusions — furiously contested at the time and firmly denied to this day by three officials named in the report — inflamed an explosive internal confrontation at the organization.
In North Dakota, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has been the recipient of very large RSLC donations. In 2013, RSLC cash accounted for over 70% of all campaign contributions to Stenehjem's coffers. According to the North Dakota Secretary of State, a single $150,000 donation from the RSLC on December 19, 2013 left Stenehjem with $211,841 in donations for the year.
A December 2013 donation of $150K from the Republican State Leadership Committee to ND AG Wayne Stenehjem accounted for over 70% of his campaign donations for the entire year.
While there has been no investigation into the original source of the RSLC donations to Stenehjem, the group's prior activities do tend to call into question the source of the large sum of cash. Money laundering of this type allows a candidate to distance themselves from otherwise unpopular sources. Taking cash donations directly from sources like big tobacco, big oil or gambling could be seen as 'political suicide'. Using the RSLC as a source to white wash the cash would be tempting – and likely illegal.
Interestingly, the amount of the Alabama donation that sparked the original investigation, and eventual internal shake-up at the RSLC, was $150,000.
H/T – Jeff Stevens from The Everlasting GOP Stoppers
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