Fighting poverty (Published in FOCUS‚ newsletter of the Financial Exctuives Institute of the Philippines‚ July 17‚ 2013) The presentation of De La Salle University Chairman Francis G. Estrada during the 6th general membership meeting of FINEX was truly glaring – that the percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line has remained almost unchanged in the past eight years. A report of the Asian Development Bank causes of the high incidence of poverty in the country that includes low
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differed from the ways that we fight fires today. In the past‚ man-kind didn’t know the chemistry of fire and the different kinds of fire that ignite. Technology has improved a lot from the 1700’s. When technology improved‚ so did the techniques of fighting fires. Firefighters have learned that fires can start from something as simple as a frayed wire and can start from something as complex as a lightning bolt. Technology of Firefighting: When there was a fire in the 1700’s‚ fire fighters had to
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GloFish The GloFish was the first genetically modified animal to become available as a pet. It is a natural Zebrafish which has had genetic information from bioluminescent jellyfish added to its DNA. It was originally produced to provide a warning system for pollution but with the addition of further colors its viability for the pet market became clear. It was introduced to the US market in December 2003 by Yorktown Technologies of Austin‚ Texas. 9 Grapple The grapple is a relatively new
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Daniel Wallace’s Big Fish tells the story of a father and son trying to communicate and make up for lost time at the time of the father’s death. In the novel‚ the father’s death takes place in four different stories or "takes." In the midst of these accounts of his death‚ we are told through stories and tall tales just what the father‚ Edward Bloom‚ was really like. Throughout the story are one page chapters where the story shifts and the life of Edward Bloom is told by others and through this
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“Betta Fish are also called Siamese Fighting Fish. The name Betta is pronounced as the Greek letter beta‚ and because of this‚ the name is often misspelled in American English‚ with one t instead of two.”1 In the tank it is most important for you not to put to of the male betta fish in the same tank or else they will fight until one dies. As the temperatures of the water changes so will the fishes’ moods and actions and an example of the water changes is that as the temperature drops in the tank
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Fish is abundant in the Philippines and is the cheapest source of protein‚ thanks to advances made in aquaculture or fish farming. Aquaculture is contributing significantly to food security‚ livelihood‚ and the economy. It involves raising seaweeds‚ milkfish‚ tilapia‚ shrimp‚ oysters and mussels in tanks or enclosures‚ ponds‚ pens‚ cages and open coastal waters. Fish Farming has been practiced over a hundred of years. It is a viable‚ sustainable
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Activity 1 Activity name: Fish Graphing Age group: This activity is designed for 5-year-olds Objective(s): This activity will help the children learn to develop the skills to sort‚ count and graph objects. Children will be able to sort different goldfish crackers into groups by their color‚ count how many of each color that they have and be able to display this information using a pre-printed bar graph. Developmental domain addressed: Activity focuses on the cognitive domain but also touches
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Eating fish is labeled as being good for your health; however is farmed fish good for you? More people are opting to eat fish. They have been influenced by reports from the American Heart Association‚ The United States Department of Agriculture and also mass media‚ that eating fish regularly (1 to 2 times a week)‚ may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from asthma and prostate cancer to heart disease. With this increase awareness of healthy benefits of eating fish adds to the trend of fish
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Ventilation and Oxygen Consumption in Fish Sally Ming Bio 102- PR# 2 12/12/12 Abstract Goldfish (Carassius Autarus)‚ when subjected to warm temperatures will have a high rate of ventilation compared to those exposed in colder environment. In a class experiment‚ we observed and recorded the effects of water temperature at [25 C] warm and [15 C] cold on ventilation and consumption rates in goldfish. For one hour at 15min intervals we observed differences in both ventilation and consumption
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TABACO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TABACO CITY BATTERY-OPERATED FISH SCALING DEVICE PROPONENTS: NIÑO REY B. BORNILLA GIL C. BRUTAS JR. ERIKA C. MAE LU NESIE B. VOLANTE CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter includes the background of the study‚ statement of the problem‚ significance of the study and the scope and limitations. Background of the Study Innovation of technology is very advance nowadays. For that reason‚ man is now determined to generate more beneficial projects
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