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In the early part of '60s, parishioners came to see Rev. Father Gerard Loiselle, P.M.E. for financial assistance, such as payment for hospital bills, money to buy medicines, school tuition fees, and other emergencies. These were the parishioners living at the slum areas within the Parish of Sta. Ana in Davao City, who are mostly workers in factories, sales girls of department stores, stevedores, construction workers, sidewalk vendors and employees of either government or private offices within the parish.
Concerned with the situation, Fr. Loiselle a missionary priest from Canada, thought of organizing a cooperative patterned after the "Caise Populaire" of Levis, Quebec Canada his native country. If coops succeeded in almost all parishes in Canada, he thought why not in the Philippines? He believed that the coop philosophy of self-help emphasizes also the principle of brotherhood of men. "If you teach a person how to catch fish he will eat the rest of his lifetime," Fr. Loiselle reasoned out.
With the help of his assistant Rev. Fr. Lalonde, also a native of Canada, the first series of coop orientation seminars were conducted among the members of the Barangay sa Birhen Organization headed by Mr. Hardencio Hofileña. After a series of meetings, the organization was form by 25 pioneering members with starting capital of P 242.00 collected from themselves. On February 26, 1967, an election of officers was conduct and the officers were the following: President Mr. Hardencio Hofileña an active leader of the Barangay Sa Birhen, Vice President Mr. Hipolito de Guzman, a government employee; Secretary Mr. Epifanio Datoy an employee of private enterprise; Treasurer Mr. Pedro Domingo, a retired government employee; and Mr. Jovito Placa, a businessman engaged in carenderia business.
On March 29, 1967, Sta. Ana Parish Credit Union was registered under the Cooperative Administration Office of the Department of Finance with the assistance of other parishioners who were members of a closed type employees cooperative like Mr. Fernando Saludes of the Governm ent Employees of Davao City Credit Union and Atty. Fernando Alag, Sr. of the PNB Employees Credit Union in Davao City.
To be a member, one has to undergo a minimum of 36 hrs. orientation seminar on the principles and practices of the cooperative. Then, individually, they submit for personal interview by the officers of the cooperative who approve the application for membership. This practice is being observed up to now, however, the seminar on the pre-membership is currently conducted twice a week and reduced to one and a half hour (1 1/2 hr.) per session only.
1967- The Sta. Ana Multipurpose Cooperative, Inc. was organized on February 26, 1967 among parishioners of Sta. Ana Parish Catholic Church, initiated by the PME fathers led by Rev. Fr. Gerard Loiselle, PME, parish priest. Its original million pesos, and the share capital reached 2.7 million pesos.
1968- Adopted the Mortuary Assistance Program, which gave mortuary assistance to the family of the deceased members, through a contribution deducted from member's individual savings deposit account.
1969- Office moved into the new Sta. Ana Parish Center which was offered by the Parish. The Education Committee published the first newsletter "Ang Paglaum".
1970- Accepted minor depositors as associate members without voting rights through special minor deposit accounts.
1971- Adopted new financial services – the petty cash loans and quick loan schemes.
1972- The general Assembly approved the hiring of a full time Manager of the Cooperative.
1973- Assets reached P500,000.00 with total loan granted of One Million (P1,000,000.00) Pesos.
1975- The first One Million (P1,000,000.00) Pesos in assets was reached.
1976- Re-registered as a full-pledged Kilusang Bayan for Credit by the Bureau of Cooperative Development, under the Ministry of the Local Government and Community Development (MLGCD) on February 11, 1976.
1978- Assets now reached Two Million (P2,000,000.00) Pesos. Installed an NCR Electronic Machine which led to the mechanization of entries in the ledgers and passbooks.
1979- Adoption of the Cooperative Auditing program of MASS-SPECC as external auditor.
1980- The name of Sta. Ana Parish Cooperative Credit Union, Inc. was amended to Sta. Ana Credit Cooperative Inc., office moved from the Sta. Ana Parished Center to the Wee Eng Building at C. de Guzman St., Davao City, a step towards self-reliance.
1981- Amended the area of coverage from Sta. Ana Parish to the whole city poblacion of Davao City.
1982- Recipient of the Thrift Honor Award from the Bureau of Cooperatives Development (BCOD). Assets reached Five Million (P5,000,000.00) Pesos and share capital reached P2.7 Million Pesos.
1983- Acquired a 150 sq. m. lot along Monteverde Avenue, Sta. Ana District, Davao City. Adopted a policy to cover all loans with Loan Protection Plan (LPP) through CLIMBS and CISP, Cooperative Insurance Organization.
1984- Construction of a new building at Monteverde Avenue, costing half million pesos, and office transferred to the new building on October 8, 1984.
1985- Assets reached P8.5 Million Pesos with total loan granted of P5.2 Million Pesos.
1986- Expanded the services through the creation of a Buying Club exclusively for members using the 1984 and 1985 dividends as initial capital. Introduction of members credit cards with a term of 30 days.
1987- Created a Scholarship Fund for deserving children of the members.
1988- Amended the By-laws to convert the credit cooperative into a multipurpose cooperative, approved the MA-BCOD on March 20. 1988. Assets reached P10 Million Pesos.
1989- Acquired prime lot at Magsaysay Avenue, Davao City.
1990- January 18, 1990 – A ground breaking ceremony was held at the site of the proposed 3 storey building.
1991- January 18, 1991 – Inaugurated the new 3 storey building costing 4.5 Million Pesos. Assets reached 25 Million Pesos.
1992- Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws increasing the authorized capital to P180M.
1993- Approved a motorcycle-financing plan for collectors and credit investigators/appraisers. Three (3) brand new motorcycles were purchased for the purpose. Purchased four (4) additional computers for savings and share capital and accounting. Purchased also air condition units for the office.
1994- Purchased a 42,208 sq. m lot situated in Mintal, Davao City at P 80.00 per sq. m. intended for the housing program of the cooperative for its members. Purchased also the adjacent lot in Monteverde St., owned by the Montano family.
1995- Approved the SAMULCO Mutual Benefit Services (SMBS) per G.A Res. No. 95-06 a new benefits service for the member's coverage including immediate members of the family. Issued ID's to members with the share certificate combined.
1996- The assets of the cooperative reached P 110 million. Launching of the Savings Product, a progressive savings product that provides increasing interest rates as the amount of Time Deposit increases. Construction/ ground breaking of the new P 18M building at Monteverde St., replacing the old first building.
1997- Inaugurated the new building on November 8, 1997. The Buying Club was transferred from Magsaysay St. to Monteverde St. for a unified management, under one full time manager. Combined assets of SAMULCO reached P 138.5 Million.
1998- Acquired two adjacent lots to the Monteverde property for P 10M pesos. Lot with building thereon is now occupied by the expanded Buying Club. The other lot is with a 3-door apartment standing thereon, and the Land Accounting Office, MASS-SPECC and CLIMBS are now renting the apartments.
2000- Building at Magsaysay-Chavez Sts., vacated by the Buying Club was renovated and now houses the SAMULCO Polyclinic and Diagnostic Center and Pharmacy. It was inaugurated on February 18, 2000.
SAMULCO expanded its business operations by putting up branches in strategic places in Davao City.
2002- Putting up of Matina branch at the junction of Matina crossing going to Matina Aplaya.
2005- Panacan branch was put up at a rented building in front of the Panacan Public market.
2007- Acquired an Automated Teller Machine (ATM); dubbed as Pinoy Coop ATM, the first cooperative in Southeastern Mindanao connected with Megalink, Bancnet and Expressnet.
2008 – Following its strategic plan, another branch in Puan has recently been put up to service the third district of Davao
To date, SAMULCO is operating at half a billion assets, internally sourced out from the 24,449 strong members
A leading World Class Cooperative empowering its members.
SAMULCO is committed to improve the quality of life of members and community through excellent savings, credit and allied services.
Objectives and Purposes of SAMULCO
- To encourage thrift and savings mobilization among members for capital formation;
- To engage in merchandising, marketing and distribution of consumer goods to members;
- To extend health services, putting up medical clinic and drug store;
- To acquire and develop land for residential units;
- To extend loans for productive and providential purposes;
- To engage in Funeral Care Services for deceased member's, its immediate family and dependents.
- To engage in Micro Mutual Benefit Assistance (MBA) a Life Insurance Services of the cooperative for the protection of the members, immediate family members and dependents
- To promote the cooperative as a way of life.
Our Commitment
The 43rd year of SAMULCO was full of challenges amidst the political and economic development of the country. It has proven that a cooperative can a successful business enterprise if managed properly. Believing in the principle of self reliance and mutual cooperation, it has survived and in fact, achieved faster growth during difficult times. SAMULCO acted as an alternative banking by the people, of the people and for the people, with preferential option to the poor who need it most, the marginal workers, small business and farmers and many others who recognize the need of each other.


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According to the Partnership for a New American Economy, immigrant entrepreneurs are responsible for 18 percent of all Fortune 500 companies, including tech and business giants Google, Yahoo, Big Lots, and BJ's Wholesale Club. Combined, those enterprises pump $1.7 trillion in annual revenue into our economy and employ 3.7 million workers around the world.
Immigrant-owned small businesses can also make a big impact. As highlighted in the U.S. Chamber's recent report, Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Creating Jobs and Strengthening the Economy, immigrants are not solely job creators in the high tech sector. They are helping rejuvenate local communities and creating employment opportunities for their neighbors. And they are tapping into high-growth sectors and starting businesses in food, manufacturing, transportation, construction, money transfer and travel services, and tourism. These growth businesses put Americans to work at home and often connect our markets with customers outside of the United States.
America's top notch colleges and research institutions also help draw the world's talent. More than half of the master's and Ph.D. students studying the natural sciences and engineering disciplines at U.S. colleges and universities are foreign born. But after we educate these scientists and engineers in our institutions, U.S. immigration laws discourage them from remaining here. We should abandon this mindless practice. Instead, we should allow the talented individuals we already attract to stay and work in the United States if employers want to hire them. Doing so would help draw global investment, create and retain jobs for our workers, and grow our economy.
What's more, foreign born individuals with education and expertise in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields are needed to meet the growing demand for high-skilled workers. Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce projects that by 2018 there will be 2.8 million job openings in technology-related careers at all levels. Of those jobs, 1.2 million will be new, and 1.6 million will be replacements for retirees—and nearly 800,000 of them will require an advanced degree. However, by 2018, the United States will only have produced about 400,000 American STEM graduates with a master's or a Ph.D. As a result, we face a skills gap that will compromise our global competitiveness. We must have the right people in those jobs, including high-skilled immigrants, to keep key innovation industries strong and productive.
The bottom line is this: If we are going to continue to attract and retain the world's most creative entrepreneurs who want to better their lives and add to our economy, we have to adopt a rational immigration policy that harnesses the energy and innovation of enterprising foreigners. We have to cut the red tape that holds back enterprising immigrants and ensure that we welcome job creators of every size and in every sector. It is also critical that we enable high-skilled immigrants and foreign students to invest their talent in our knowledge economy.
If we do not adopt these rational reforms, we will wind up doing something irrational — sending innovation to our competitors at the expense of our own economic growth and job creation.
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Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) hasn't really been living up to his playboy image during Grey's Anatomy Season 8, but it seems like that's about to change thanks to a little infusion of Gossip Girl into the Grey's world.
According to TV Line, actress Holley Fain — who played Madeline Vanderbilt, Trip Vanderbilt's manipulative wife on Gossip Girl — will join the cast as a reoccurring character in November. She's an ophthalmologist at another hospital who will also, surprise, surprise, be a love interest for Mark.
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Football coach Dan Mullen stepped on to the Mississippi State campus and challenged fans to show up.
He vowed that if they showed up, things would change.
For 16-consecutive home games, State fans have sold out Davis Wade Stadium, proving they were committed to supporting their Bulldogs.
All Mullen has done is lead MSU to back-to-back bowl victories, igniting the fanbase and building expectations to a fever pitch.
Wins aren't the only thing Mullen has had a hand in building as the Bulldogs have dedicated over $100 million to new facilities and facility upgrades to support the football program.Â
Mississippi State finalized its $75 million expansion/renovation of Davis Wade Stadium on Wednesday, demonstrating its support of Mullen and the maroon and white faithful.Â
"I'm so excited right now," said Mullen. "When I got here, one of the first things I tried to do was tell our fanbase if you sell out the stadium, we can build a winning program, but we need to do that first.
"They deserve this. They've sold out 16-straight games. We are to the point now where some people are expanding stadiums because they think this is an arms race. We're expanding because we have a need for more seating in one of the great stadiums in the Southeastern Conference."
As head coach, Mullen shared his thoughts on what attributes the additions should have, but didn't really worry himself with the overall scope of the project.Â
"(MSU athletic director) Scott (Stricklin) and I got together and talked about bowling it in and adding the jumbotron to keep it exciting," said Mullen. "We want to keep the excitement we have, (and) that edge. I've been involved some, but not nearly as much as with our football facility."
Some would look at the pressure of filling the stadium each week and wilt, not Mullen, he relishes the opportunity.
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Wow - I finished. This one was a challenge to use as many brads as possible. Possible is relative!! We'll see what tomorrow brings..
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of all the cards you made last night, i like this one best. what a creative way to use brads!! have to go back and look more closely to see if you drew those lines to create the diamond pattern or if it's a stamp. either way, really cool...ReplyDelete
Actually, it's a stamp, but I did have to use the stamp a ma jig, and it was so late that it took two tries to keep it from being all wonky. I'm not sure I could use that set without the stamp a ma jig. Thanks for looking!! =)ReplyDelete
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One of the greatest things about social networking sites such as Twitter is the interaction it provides between writers such as myself -- only plug, I swear -- and fans. It has been quite fun to get to know what fans are feeling and thinking, from the ACC to the SEC to the WAC.
The most fun I have, however, is when there's a news story involving an NCAA infraction. USC. North Carolina. Tennessee. Auburn. Ohio State. Oregon.
That, I would argue, is when it's really fun to open up Tweetdeck and see what shows up in my timeline and what rolls in on my mentions feed.
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CBSSports.com is taking a long look at cheating in college football in a series of stories. To date, we have run the following:
• How hard is it to win without cheating?
• What teams cheat the most?
• Does a major violation actually mean you'll win more?
It has been a fascinating look at the game, but what struck me the other day -- and this is where Twitter comes in -- is how just about every fan base takes the news that their team, yes their team, got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Though I didn't take any psychology classes in college, I did pay attention enough to recognize something I felt was vaguely familiar: The Kübler-Ross model.
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. You probably know them better by their more common name of "The Five Stages of Grief."
After going back and forth with so many people over the Internet the past several years, I came to see that college football fans, just as people reacting to the sudden death of a loved one, went through each of the five stages upon realizing that their program would eventually be headed for the NCAA's Committed on Infractions.
My colleague Andy Staples over at SI.com felt it necessary to provide "a public service" to dishonest coaches everywhere a few weeks ago with an NCAA Cheating for Dummies handbook. Because I'm a man of the people, I wanted help the fans through what can be a traumatic experience: going through a major violation at your school. So, without further ado: The Five Stages of NCAA Infractions Grief.
|Lache Seastrunk could be the most costly recruit in Oregon history. (US Presswire)
This is probably the longest stage of grief and the first to pop up. Usually a story breaks with damning evidence that a school or a coach committed serious violations. More often than not, it's a story from my former colleagues at Yahoo! Sports and college football angels of death, Charles Robinson and Dan Wetzel. All the stories from them and others are meticulously reported, fact-checked, run through several layers of lawyers and solid enough to run that many are willing to risk their journalistic reputations on it. Bottom line is they've got your program in some very hot water and, more often than not, it means a few members of the NCAA enforcement staff will be on campus within 48-72 hours.
Typical responses from fans: "This isn't happening." "It's not true." "We were not doing this." "We're clean." "So what?" And in some parts of the country, "Nuh-uh."
What it means: There is always the initial shock and in the age of the Internet, often time to prepare for a news story to come out. Almost immediately, fans will lose any connection to reality and like a turtle crawling into its shell, will retreat to the safety of denial. Facts, witness statements and records are not evidence against your program, but rather fabrications. Fans typically put on their (insert bowl here) T-shirt and head to the game room to watch highlights of the pummeling of an opposing team. Usually this lasts until the NCAA delivers a formal Notice of Inquiry or it becomes clear there will be one shortly.
Fan base in this stage: Oregon. Let's face it, the NCAA can interpret their bylaws how they see fit and it's unlikely they like the fact that the Ducks -- and Chip Kelly -- approved $25,000 for a recruiting package that had far less information than Rivals provided for $9.95 a month. Keep thinking that you're good being in a "gray area" with the bylaws, but in the end, the NCAA gets to decide what's black and what's white.
|Cam Newton brought titles, glory and NCAA scrutiny to Auburn. (US Presswire)
Perhaps the best stage to observe from afar, this is where fan bases turn on the media. With the rise of blogs, it has been fascinating to see fans pick apart stories line-by-line in the hope of finding mistakes, figuring out bias on behalf of the writers or even accusing a rival school of being behind it all. The absolute best is when the local media starts to dig into a school and then they get thrown into the lot of organizations who are only coming after a school because they were successful.
Typical responses from fans: "They're out to get us." "It's not fair!" "It's all the media's fault!" And "This can't happen to us."
What it means: Though there is a little bit of denial, fans have at least moved on and recognized that their program probably did something wrong (but it's nothing like what the media has described). As a wise, green Star Wars character once said, "Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." Such is the case when a school commits a major NCAA infraction.
Fan bases in this stage: Auburn. Say something about Cam Newton on Finebaum then sit back, listen and you'll understand. Plenty of Ohio State fans are still hovering in the anger stage.
|Terrelle Pryor's final game will not be recalled for OSU's victory. (US Presswire)
While the diehards and last holdouts will do what they can to skip this stage, most rational fans will move onto the bargaining stage with some regret. This typically is the "beg for forgiveness stage" and where people try and talk themselves into anything that can starve off severe NCAA sanctions.
Typical responses from fans: "Things were not that bad." "We'll be fine no matter what." "All in." "The program will survive." And "The self-sanctions will be enough to please the Committee on Infractions."
What it means: This is when universities and their fans buy into the fact that they've been caught but now they're reformed and will never cheat again. This is when you hear school presidents trumpet the fact that they're adding several compliance officers and that they're changing their practices. Sometimes there's self-sanctions in the form of a few scholarships lost or the head coach starts collecting unemployment benefits. What it all comes down to is the chance to keep playing at a high level in exchange for getting off light for their infractions by saying they've changed.
Fan bases in this stage: Ohio State, North Carolina. With both programs set to appear before the COI in the next couple of months, the fans of these teams are starting to talk themselves into the fact that things can't be that bad. Buckeyes fans will point to the fact that Jim Tressel is gone and that he was responsible for the major infractions while ignoring the fact that several players played a full season while ineligible. Tar Heels fans also will point to the fact that the ineligible players are gone and the assistant coach has been fired while ignoring the fact that the head coach knew the assistant coach for decades and there was an academic scandal on top of everything. As one North Carolina fan reasoned to me, "We had a bowl ban under John Bunting, what's two more years of it?"
|Years after leaving, Lane Kiffin remains a whipping boy in Knoxville. (US Presswire)
This is usually when a school has had its COI hearing and the long, drawn-out, agonizing wait for a ruling begins. Fans tend to realize that they'll receive some sort of sanctions that will very likely hurt the program for the next couple of years. The really tough part about getting through this stage comes from the ridicule fans take from rivals and from the media speculating on what kind of penalties the school will receive. Fans understand that it's coming, but that doesn't make it any easier to take.
Typical responses from fans: "Why bother?" "Who cares?" And "I'm still a diehard fan no matter what."
What it means: Fans realize that their program will be set back and that wins -- at least for a while -- will be much harder to come by. There's a bit of a separation between the program and the pride fans once had for it. Some fair-weather fans will likely move to pro sports (if they're not locked out). The passion some once had for a team is simply no longer there despite all of the good memories.
Fan base in this stage: Tennessee. The Volunteers had a good run under Bruce Pearl, who transformed a school known as a women's basketball power into a not-too-shabby men's program. Most fans recognize that it's a new era in Knoxville with the turnover at football, men's basketball and the athletic director positions. They still don't mind wondering what could have been and the good news is that they can continue to take shots at Lane Kiffin to help cheer them up.
|It hasn't been all roses for Reggie Bush and USC since his departure. (US Presswire)
This is the toughest stage to move into and rightfully so. It's just plain hard to accept the facts and accept the punishment that has been doled out. It stinks. But once the process has run its course, there's just not much a school can do about it. With the infractions appeals process limited in scope and success, acceptance is happening sooner rather than later for many college football followers.
Typical responses from fans: "Don't worry." "We'll be fine." "It will be OK." And "Can't wait until next year."
What it means: There will be plenty of fans that simply don't make it to this stage. They'll fight to avoid acceptance for years. But eventually it will come and fans will learn that it will be alright for their beloved program. Coming to terms with the aftermath is tough but marks the beginning of the end of the infractions process. Moving on is a hard but necessary step to put things like an infractions case behind them.
Fan base in this stage: Southern California. The Trojans were given the worst sanctions since SMU's death penalty. With athletic director Pat Haden confirming that the school will not pursue legal options following the denial of their appeal, USC fans have started to look to the future. It's no longer about what "they" (the NCAA) did but rather what will happen this upcoming season or -- perhaps more importantly -- what will happen when the sanctions are gone.
It's a long road. It's a tough road. But it's a road that just about every fan in some form or fashion will take. The grief process is a painful one but don't worry, there are plenty of other fans that are going through much the same thing you are. If there's one thing to take away from the CBSSports.com look at cheating in college football, it's that more often than not, programs come back stronger than ever following some trouble with the NCAA.
Besides, look over there at (insert program here), they're doing far worse things than what happened at your school. Bet you can't wait for them to get hammered.


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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan was finally feeling the jet lag midday Monday after arriving Saturday in Beijing and embarking on a flurry of meetings with the Hainan Group and the American Chamber. But that didn't stop her from finishing and posting her newsletter in the few hours of "down time" she will likely enjoy on the jam-packed trade mission to China with City Council President Larry Reid, Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin and other port officials.
Quan is there to promote Oakland's Port and city as a good place to do business. She's talking to the Hainan Group about using Oakland as a hub to capitalize on the growing foreign tourism to Northern California.
Hainan Airlines is the Southwest of China, and the only five-star rated airline in the country. The parent company also owns hotels.
It's clear that Chinese people are investing in the United States, Quan said, but she is "struck by the variety of investments" they are interested in.
As far as how people are responding to her as an elected representative of a major American city, she said it seems to have a special significance for older Chinese, who tell her how proud they are of her, Quan said in a call from Beijing Monday (late Sunday night, my time).
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US President Barack Obama called President Mohamed Morsi yesterday to discuss the situation in Gaza.
Obama commended Egypt's efforts to de-escalate the situation and expressed his hope that these efforts would be successful, according to a White House statement.
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A top Republican senator is concerned that furloughs resulting from the sequester could endanger some federal employees' security clearances.
Susan Collins of Maine has asked the agency that handles the government security clearance process not to rescind employees' credentials because of financial problems stemming solely from being furloughed. "I understand the reason a security clearance could be revoked for an employee who is in financial trouble because of decisions he or she made," Collins wrote in a March 19 letter to Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry. "In these unusual circumstances, however, employees may have financial difficulties due to the unexpected impact of sequestration."
The government can revoke the security clearances of federal employees who fall into financial debt, which in turn can cost them their jobs since some positions require those credentials. Many agencies have said they will have to furlough workers to comply with the mandatory spending cuts under sequestration, meaning affected employees will receive smaller paychecks during the next six months.


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YIELD: Makes 4 or 5 servings
Cook the sweet potato noodles in a large pot of boiling water for 4 to 5 minutes. Immediately drain and rinse thoroughly under cold water. Be sure not to overcook the noodles, or they will lose their chewy texture. If you like, cut the noodles with scissors into 6- to 7-inch lengths for easier eating.
Blanch the spinach in boiling water. Rinse immediately under cold water, squeeze the water from the leaves and form into a ball, and then cut the ball in half. Combine the spinach, half the garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of the sesame oil, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small bowl. Set aside to let the flavors soak in.
Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef, the remaining garlic, 1 teaspoon of the soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon of the sesame oil. Stir-fry until the beef is cooked, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the onion, mushrooms, and carrot and cook until the onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the green onions and stir-fry for another minute. Remove from the heat.
In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the noodles, beef mixture, spinach, remaining 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, and the sugar. Serve warm, sprinkled with sesame seeds.
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Thread: Dream Eater, nothin' sweeter!
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Dream Eater, nothin' sweeter!
Here is my finished "Dream Eater" from this weeks "Creature Of the Week" challenge. It's actually my first finished piece of "concept art" so I thought I would post it here. Crits welcome.
It's a insecty / lobster type thing that feeds on dreams and nightmares. A bit predictable I know, but I am here to learn and improve.>>> My Sketchbook of Mystery<<<
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A great amalgam of disturbing features. I really like its appearance. It reminds me of a modernized take on the style of art used in the period of the Bayeux Tapestry. Like those illustrations in old manuals and bibles depicting various demons like Beelzebub, which your piece reminds me of. I remember an ink drawing showing a bloated figure made up of insect parts.
I like the posture of your Dream Eater. Its limbs and wings are all spread out, kind of like an animal trying to intimidate. At the same time, there's a sort of lethargic feeling that I'm getting from the posture and its "face". Kind of like it has just enough energy to rear back and puff up.


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Grand Mountains in Arizona
My friends and I took a trip through Arizona during our last spring break. The view was
absolutely breathtaking and we all forgot that these roadtrips to the middle of nowhere
were the usual settings for horror-movie-type-slasher films.
It was amazing for me to see the slowly melting snow that lay on the peaks of
mountains surrounded by all that desert, sand and cacti.
These photos just go to show that it truly is a wonderful world.
All images taken on the road in Arizona on the way to the Grand Canyon
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Being a bit of a fanboy it is hard to review a Bose headset, but then it is also hard not to review a new offering from one is one of the world's most loved audio companies. The latest from Bose is a set of earphones and headphones that look more vibrant and young than the sober, but fantastic, range of headphones the company has been selling so far. The new Bose FreeStyle earbuds and SoundTrue around-ear and on-ear headphones mark a change in the company's design philosophy.
DESIGN: My review unit was an on-ear headphone, smaller than most other units of this type. The set folds enough to fit in the palm of your hands. The earcups can turn 180 degrees to let it fold flat, making this a good choice for people who like to hear their music the way they want it even when on the move. The set is also extremely lightweight at 140 grams with the cable, which can be detached and stashed away for storage. The set comes with a small leather case.
The design is supposed to be young, but the purple and mint combination of the review unit felt a bit too young for me. I would like to stick to the all-black finish, for I feel the white and mint combinations would not be very conducive to Indian conditions. I felt the mint earcups on the unit I had was accumulating dust within a week of exposure to Delhi conditions. I would not want that to happen to a set of headphone that cost as much a mid-range smartphone.
The soft headband and the memory foam cushions are amazingly comfortable and ideal for long hours of usage. They can be easily adjusted to fit all types of ears and heads.
PERFORMANCE: I have often said that writing about the performance of a Bose headphone is like writing analyzing the pickup of a Ferrari. You know it is going to be good, that is a given. The SoundTrue headphones too did not disappoint on any count. I tried it with a wide range of genres, ranging from the racy theme of the Game of Thrones to the soul stirring numbers from the legendary Kronos Quartet.
They are also extremely flexible, with the ability to push extreme bass when needed and present the lows as they should be when needed. It can also rise to the occasion when you are listening to vocal heavy titles.
LITTLE BIT EXTRA: The SoundTrue headphones come with a small inline remote on the cord, near where your mouth would be. That is because the remote also houses the microphone, letting you make calls from your smartphone. Bose has for a couple of years accepted the fact that the phone is becoming the primary source of music for most people and in-line remotes have been …continued »


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Probably the game with the best story I have ever playedSTJ | Feb. 4, 2013 | Review of Mass Effect 3 - PC
Before I get to Mass Effect 3 I have to advise you to play the first and second games,because as people have mentioned it's not the same without the attachment to the characters that you build up in the previous titles. The Start of the game - Is in my opinion the weakest bit of the game,and I found it quite hard to play the game as it was (As much as I like it) just dragging on.There are however certain missions that you can miss unless you do them right away.All in all I expected more from the beginning however it does introduce a extremely important character* that you will rarely ever see. The Mid-Way Mark - Is the best bit of the game..The bit where the story develops,where you meet up with your crew* and the main and side missions are most interesting.You want to,like in the beginning,do everything you can do now because you will need all of the help you can get for the end.This bit of the game is introduced by something that will likely leave you very sad assuming you played the previous games.I don't quite remember ever shedding a tear because of a game. The Ending - You need to pay attention to this bit of the game and do what you came to do originally*.You should also download the free DLC (Extended Cut) because it's a crying shame it wasn't included from the beginning and in my opinion the ending should not be played without it. A quick heads up considering the Multiplayer - You have to play it for a bit to get the most out of the support you manage to rally.But you shouldn't regret playing it as the multiplayer is quite nicely done.Just about every weekend there is a challenge that will net you nice loot if completed and overall there is plenty to see and do in the Multiplayer.Not to mention it gives you the chance to roughly see what the other classes you could've picked are like. To sum it up - Mass Effect 3 is an amazing if slightly flawed game and the only thing which I see people complaining about nowadays is the 'forced' multiplayer which you can avoid but should not because it will come back to haunt you.It has superb characters and I can say i came out of the game without hating even one of them.The story does go weird sometimes but is overall still amazing.I can praise this game all day long but let's end it with this. It's superb and it's worth the money,just remember to play the previous titles first.
A Newbies ReviewSTJ | Dec. 7, 2012 | Review of Towns - PC
So I tried the likes of Dwarf Fortress before and I was utterly confused However recently I have found this game and here is what my first actual 'town' ended up being: After failing to build a house (Not having learned how to properly place a roof yet) My previous town had been slaughtered by Ghosts...so I swiftly loaded up a new map.Naturally I found the first larger mountain I could and hollowed it out and from there on I had little trouble with any hostile NPCs...That is to say after I locked everyone in there.. There is one certain thing through the whole game that annoyed me.If you had a storage that allowed let's say bones (Which drop anywhere on the map once something dies there) a Villager would run across the map to get it,even when it's surrounded by monsters.Other than this the game was enjoyable and new.You can build anything from small towns,vault type shelters to a giant building housing everything you need (If you so desire and feel like giving your workers something to do for the next couple of hours) The further you dig down the greater treasure expects you...or the Hero that's visiting your town and exploring the dungeons. I found it to be trial and error for me...but after a few hours I had a nice idea of what I wanted to do,and when I finally managed to do it,I looked at the clock and realized I should've gone to sleep a long time ago.And for me that defines a game as worth playing.
NostalgiaSTJ | Oct. 21, 2011 | Review of VVVVVV - PC
Theres not much to say about this...See that cluster of Pixels with the two black dots on top?That's you.Your on a Spaceship with something goes terribly wrong and your crew is transported via emergency teleport into parts unknown,your goal is too find them.How do you accomplish this seemingly impossible task on the huge spaceship you ask?By reversing gravity.You will travel through many enemies,some with very tricky traps,moving platforms,hidden items and notes.While your doing all of that there is amazing music playing in the background guiding you through.Basically this game is at a low price as it is,and is way worth it,buy it and you will see,or download the demo first if you don't take my word :)
More Lego GamesSTJ | Oct. 21, 2011 | Review of LEGO Batman The Videogame - PC
After playing Lego Indiana Jones that was an amazing game and is sure to be in my CD Collection for a long time too come,I'd say Batman has slightly improved on the concept,granted that my memories of it are a bit far back in time.I'd recommend the game too anyone who likes fun and creative Co-op games(And this to people who need to have fancy graphics,it's actually not bad in that department),because honestly this game is twice the fun with twice the players.So remember... 1=Fun 1+1=Tons of Fun
Lots of FunSTJ | Sept. 18, 2011 | Review of Just Cause 2 - PC
You remember when you first put the GTA IV Disk into your computer?You would install the game,start it up,do 1 mission, and just started sandboxing the living hell out of the game? This is kind of it! Now,this game and myself do NOT see eye to eye....The Voice acting is everything but good,It's trying to take itself seriously,or i might have missed the joke somewhere....Now you might think...oh no,the game isn't good? WRONG! If your looking for a time-waster this game is amazing, the amount of time i invested into exploring the beautiful Jungles, Villages, Towns, Mountain Tops and Cities...My god and all of that on a scale close to Minecraft And all of that in the most amazing graphics.. Just thinking about it makes me loose my concentration... Right, back to things at hand, Great Game,i f it is on sale, buy it, you WILL NOT BE SORRY!
Worth it!STJ | Sept. 18, 2011 | Review of Killing Floor - PC
First Impression: I honestly can't say that I have put many hours into it,but it's an amazing game,despite what people might say about the graphics or engine... Game: Is not the slightest bit forgiving, so if you are going to play it, make sure you adjust the difficulty accordingly, since it's brutal if your looking at one direction for more then 5 seconds...The game itself has a wide choice of guns, accordingly to several Perks you can choose to level, of course depending on perk you will do better with certain weapons, so make sure you want to play what you picked... Maps are well made and the strategic welding of doors, honestly kind of under appreciated.. Oh and theres different types of Mutants! Conclusion: Worth buying,however try to have some friends with you on that one,because it's more enjoyable with people you can actually rage at!That's about it,Good Hunting!


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A man smokes a cigarette as he sits at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, March 29, 2013. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed
BAGHDAD: Attacks mostly targeting security forces in and around Baghdad and in northern Iraq, one of them a suicide bombing, killed three people on Sunday, the latest in a spike in unrest ahead of elections.
The suicide bomber blew up a car at a military checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, just west of the capital, killing one person and wounding seven, including at least three soldiers, a security official and a medical source said.
And on the capital's northern outskirts, a magnetic "sticky bomb" attached to a car detonated near a checkpoint, killing the vehicle's driver.
Five shootings and bombings in Kirkuk and Mosul, both northern cities, killed one person and wounded six. All of the injured were policemen or soldiers.
The attacks come ahead of provincial elections scheduled for April 20, due to be held in 12 of Iraq's 18 provinces, the country's first polls since a parliamentary vote in March 2010.
But questions have been raised over the credibility of the polls as they have been postponed in two provinces roiled by months of protests, and 11 candidates have been killed, according to an AFP tally.
Although markedly lower than its peak in 2006 and 2007, levels of violence remain high in Iraq -- at least 266 people have been killed in attacks this month, the highest figure since August 2012.
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by Martin Joergensen
Other websites steal GFF content!
The thing is that this web site has a Featured Fly. very nice concept with a new pattern now and then. Only problem is, that their featured fly isn't theirs! It's ours - or rather Kasper Mühlbach's. "Their" article Epoxy Miracle is bit-by-bit exactly the same as ours because they have simply copied the HTML-code from our page and pasted it into their own. The links still point to GFF!
Since I (or Kasper for that matter) have never had any contact with the webmaster of this site, I guess he just forgot to ask permission. There might be a reason for that, because he would not have gotten it! It's a firm policy of ours that we do not distribute our content as is. You can copy for a club newsletter, you can translate and you can borrow from us. But only after getting the permission and only for non-commercial purposes. We spend a lot of time and othyer ressources building GFF, and expect some respect for our copyright.
Of course I have contacted the webmaster. I posted my name and a notice on their contact form several times, but to no avail. Nobody has returned to me. Of course there is no other contact information on the page, so a direct email is unavailable.
This is not the first time somebody has copied our material. We have a lot of good stuff on our site, and the temptation seems to become just too much sometimes. Usually we get immediate apologies if we contact people, but not rarely have we been treated like we just landed from out of space and had no idea what we were talking about.
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The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has promised that it would going ahead with its planned audit of the fiscal allocation and statutory disbursement of funds from the country's Excess Crude Oil Account (ECA), ecological funds and 13 per cent derivation allocation which are shared between the country's three tiers of government.
NEITI also disclosed yesterday in Abuja that this intended audit of revenue allocation, disbursement and application from these revenue sources will also cover key government agencies such as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with respect to the latter's management of funds for the development of natural resources.
The Executive Secretary of NEITI, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, explained at the signing of the contract for the commencement of the audit process by indigenous audit, tax and assurances firm (SIAO) professional services, that the audit which will cost the agency N148 million to execute, will cover revenue allocations and disbursement in this regard from the period 2007 to 2011.
Ahmed noted that the exercise was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in November 2012, and has also gained the support of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), a dominant bloc within Nigeria's three tiers of government that has often contested the management and distribution of revenue from the various accounts.
She stated that the audit process was not intended in any way to witch-hunt any of the covered entities but to provide baseline information required for planning and development amongst the three tiers of government while reducing lingering frictions between parties to the funds.
Accordingly, the nine-month duration audit exercise will seek to establish "who gets what and how they get" funds accrued to the federation account from the oil and gas sector. The Federal Government, states such as Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers, Edo, Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Ondo, Abia and Imo as well as their local governments will majorly come under the searchlight of the audit exercise.
"Under Section 2 of the NEITI Act, 2007, we have a responsibility of ensuring transparency and accountability by governments in the allocation, disbursement and application of revenues earned from oil, gas and mining sector.
In line with this provision, the decision by NEITI to implement this part of the law is not only legal but imperative in view of the mutual suspicion and distrust that have existed among the federal, state and local governments over who gets what and how," Ahmed said.
She stated further: "The scope of the audit is expected to cover actual disbursements of funds accrued to the federation account from the oil and gas sector to beneficiaries such as federal, state, local government councils and relevant agencies as well as tracking actual application of these funds. The audit will also examine the issues surrounding 13 per cent derivation to benefitting states."
When asked about the body language of the three tiers of government to the planned audit with regard to possible cases of misappropriation, Ahmed said: "The contract for the exercise was approved by FEC in late November and previous engagements we have made have shown that the governors are very clearly interested in the audit that will report on how disbursement of funds that are pooled in the federation account is made.
"They are interested in the report because there is always an allegation that states are not getting what is due to them and so there is the support but we know very well that a lot of the states resist such exercise but we are planning a consultation to mitigate that and we do not plan to cover the 36 states of the federation because it is an inaugural exercise.
"We are mindful of the challenges that we will face but NEITI being a multi-stakeholder mechanism and the nature of the NEITI process itself is what gives us the courage to embark on this and we are going to be asking for support from the media and civil society.
"It is about reporting facts as they are and gaps that could be improved upon, we are going to use a lot persuasion because we cannot coerce the governments."


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I am a 19 year old guy and I have a question both about club etiquette and general advice. I have gone to nightclubs/pubs a few times with my friends and on the dance floor sometimes girls seem to stand very close to me and seem to be "inviting me" or waiting for me to make some kind of move (everyone tells me, and I suspect its true). Occasionally they even rub up against me with their bum and such. I usually try to escape or pretend it didn't happen because I just get TOO nervous. Later, I kick myself because half the time it's a girl I find attractive and would be interested in either getting to know or having some kind of frisky contact with on the dance floor. One of the things is I am terrified of moving badly or out of rhythm, of doing something awkward. My friends are all kinda fed up with me as I ask them about their encounters and seem to pass up any potential encounter I could have out of nerves or fear. They think I'm kinda 'living through them' by not doing anything myself. I'm also wondering about consent. If a girl dances up to me and rubs against me, that shows interest but isn't 100% consent, so how can I put my arms around her or dance close to her but ask? It's hard to ask because of loud music, maybe running away as I do is the best option.
I had sex for the first time shortly after turning 20 (about a year ago), but I wish I had done it sooner. I know I had been ready and willing at age 16 or so -- the problem was just that no one was interested in me that way, but in the other girls around me. It still hurts, in a bizarre and surprising way. I feel like being a virgin for so long was not my choice; I feel like the decision was made for me by other people who decided I wasn't attractive enough to be with. To this day I still wonder if I'm intensely sexually unattractive, and if the occurrence at age 20 was just a fluke that will not repeat itself. How can I let go of this? How can I cope with late loss of virginity and stop seeing it as a personal failure to pass muster in terms of attractiveness?
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My boyfriend and I, both 18, are very comfortable with each other. We took things slow, somewhat due to my discomfort in the religious section and partly to make it more genuine. Skip forward a bit and we are delving into the world of sexual activity. I want to steer clear of PIV sex for pregnancy reasons and virginity reasons. But the other day we were exploring each others' bodies and before we knew it we were having anal sex. Thankfully my boyfriend used much lotion in the absence of lube and took it very slow. We both enjoyed it and were even able to switch positions once or twice with little to no difficulty. My question for the staff of Scarleteen is simply this, is there something I'm missing? From word of mouth anal is supposedly unpleasant, unsafe, and should be avoided; but my boyfriend and I really enjoyed ourselves. We want take a day and just explore the possibilities but is there such thing as too much or things that I should be wary about before we even consider more anal sex? Thanks.
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My boyfriend of 2 years is pressuring me to send him nude pictures of myself to him. My question is not whether or not I should send him the pictures, because I'm not going to. It's regarding what I should do about his overwhelming sexual desire and uncontrollable temper, and recent accusations he has made towards me.
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columnBy Sosthenes Paulo Mwita
HELLO Readers. Today I tackle a subject that touches all children and their parents. I look at the most common injuries that afflict young children especially in their homes. Children's injuries range dangerous falls from tree canopies to electric shocks and attacks from animals. Most injuries can be easily prevented if parents watch young children carefully.
In fact, most parents do not fancy being "lectured" on how to keep their children out of harm's way. Nevertheless, it is the trivialities that they know about that send children into graves. Children aged between 18 months and four years are, invariably, at high risk of death from serious injuries.
The main causes of children's injuries in the home include burns from open fires, stoves, cooking pots, hot foods, boiling water, hot fats, paraffin lamps, irons and so on. Children also suffer nasty cuts from broken glass, knives, scissors or axes. They also often fall from beds, windows, tables, trees and stairs. Choking on small objects such as coins, buttons or nuts is also a serious matter. Poisoning from kerosene, insecticides and bleach is another threat.
In rural Tanzania children face a slightly different array of dangers. Older children born to peasant families, for example, often risk being stung by bees and wasps or bitten by snakes or wild cats when tending cattle on grazing grounds. Wasps may not kill a child but bees, snakes and wild cats can. The children also risk taking dangerous kicks from cows and donkeys. These animals dislike the presence of children.
A well-placed kick from a donkey can kill a child. A well-placed head butt from a sheep can maim or even kill a child. When annoyed, cattle or pets emit noises that can be quite scary to children. An angry camel can terrify a child with a bite. Camels are also notorious for spitting into the faces of their handlers. Pets such as dogs and cats can bite or scratch children with their claws especially when protecting their young.
A chicken that is walking its brood can attack an approaching child viciously with its talons. Burns and scalds are among the most common causes of serious injury among young children. Children need to be prevented from touching cooking stoves, boiling water, hot food and hot irons. Burns cause serious injury and permanent scars and some are fatal. The great majority of these are preventable.
Keeping young children away from fires, matches and cigarettes can prevent burns. Keep stoves on a flat, raised surface, such as a kitchen table, out of the reach of children. Turn the handles of cooking pots away from children. Always keep petrol, paraffin, lamps, matches, candles, lighters, hot irons and electric cords out of the reach of young children. Children can be seriously injured if they put their fingers or other objects into electric sockets.
Power sockets should be covered to prevent access. Falls are a common cause of bruises, broken bones and serious head injuries. discouraging children from climbing onto unsafe places such as trees can prevent serious falls. Use railings to guard stairs, windows or balconies. Keep your home clean and well lit. Children are incredibly curious beings. Knives, razors and scissors should be kept out of the reach of young children.
Older children should be trained to handle them safely. Sharp metal objects, machinery and rusty cans are likely to cause badly infected wounds. Children's play areas should be kept clear of these objects. Household refuse, including broken bottles and old cans, should be disposed of safely. Enlightening children on the dangers of throwing stones or sharp objects can prevent other injuries.
Older children should be discouraged from using catapults. Young children like to stuff things in their mouths. Small objects should be kept out of their reach to prevent choking. Playing and sleeping areas should be kept free of small objects such as buttons, beads, coins, seeds, nails and nuts. Very young children should not be given groundnuts (peanuts), hard sweets, or food with small bones (especially fish bones) and seeds. They should always be supervised during meals.
Cut or tear children's food into small pieces. Feeding a child with your hands is a better approach. Coughing, gagging and high-pitched, noisy breathing or the inability to make any sound at all indicates breathing difficulty and possible choking. Choking is a lifethreatening emergency. Caregivers should suspect an infant is choking when he or she suddenly has trouble breathing. Poisons, medicines, bleach, acid, and liquid fuels such as paraffin should never be stored in drinking bottles.
All such liquids and poisons should be kept in clearly marked containers out of children's reach. I must stress here that poisoning is a very serious danger to small children. Bleach, insect and rat poison, paraffin and household detergents can kill or permanently injure a child. Many poisons do not need to be swallowed to be dangerous. They can kill, damage the brain, blind or permanently injure if they are inhaled.
Some poisons can enter the body through spores in the skin. They can be equally dangerous if they get onto the child's skin or into the eyes; or onto the child's clothes. If poisons are put in soft drink or beer bottles, jars or cups, children may drink them by mistake. Medicines, chemicals and poisons should be stored in tightly sealed original containers.
Medical drugs meant for adults can kill small children. Medicine should only be given to a child if it was meant for that child and never be given to a child if it was prescribed for an adult. Overuse or misuse of antibiotics can cause deafness in small children. Children should be kept away from any mass of water. Children can drown in less than two minutes, sometimes in very small amounts of water.
Wells, tubs and buckets of water should be covered. Children should not be exposed to long working hours or work that is hazardous or interferes with schooling. They must also be protected from dangerous tools and exposure to poisonous chemicals. Any employer who engages a child in bad labour risks a jail term. Good luck.