Research on Pork Barrel Scam The misuse of the pork barrel—public funds that finance pet projects of lawmakers—appears to have continued on the watch of President Aquino‚ with huge amounts being funneled into bogus nongovernment organizations (NGOs). Between 2010 and 2012‚ some P500 million of pork went to fake NGOs through the state-owned Philippine Forest Corp.‚ the office of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor)‚ documents obtained by the Inquirer showed
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applications. In the past‚ they had interesting applications which in many cases were at the top of the mechanical engineering of the time. The most ancient documents regard camshafts used to operate devices like saws‚ hammers‚ bellows‚ and so on. The barrels of widespread mechanical musical instruments like organs‚ carillons and musical boxes originated from primordial camshafts. Ancient musical devices are sometimes quoted as the first programmable robots. The automata of the XVIII and XIX century
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Practice exercise: Supply‚ demand and market equilibrium The World Market for Crude Oil: Is the Era of Cheap Oil Over? Written by Daniel Fernández-Kranz* Last updated April‚ 2013 * The material used in this exercise comes mainly from the document on the market for crude oil from the Research Department of ‘La Caixa’‚ September 2008: Oil-thirsty emerging economies. The Price of oil has experienced a sharp increase since 2000. Many have warned that the era of cheap oil is over and that this can
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drinkers. 3. Analysis MMBC faces potentially losing more revenue at the current forecasted compound annual decrease rate of 2% – the projected decrease for MMB standalone in year-to-year net revenue from actual 520‚000 barrels sold in 2005 (USD 50.4 m) to 470‚039 barrels (approximately USD 45.6 m) by 2010 totals nearly 10% (see Exhibit
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Pakistan is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources but also one of the poorest among them in their management. The country is abundant in the vital resources including that of energy‚ agriculture‚ minerals‚ population‚ and geography‚ but unlike the developed countries‚ these have not been properly exploited due to poor management. This dismayed situation is caused due to several‚ both chronic and acute‚ flaws which have led to poor governance of country since its
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horses usually put tie downs on their horses to keep there heads down‚ it helps with hot head horses. When they can’t keep there heads down‚ or when they keep acting up at the gate when the person is going into the arena. If someone wants to get a barrel horse they
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of Gulf’s exploration and development program in net present value terms. Your computations should arrive at the present value of E&D’s annual “Net profits per barrel” = After tax profit per barrel + Tax shield per barrel – Cost of finding a barrel; keeping in mind there is a number of years between finding a barrel and producing a barrel. When Gulf was placed on the auction block‚ a minimum bid level was established at $70 per share. Yet only a few months before‚ Gulf was trading in the $40
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MEMORANDUM To: Chris Prangel From: 001-84-1544 Date: March 4‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Subject: Bringing the Brand to Light ------------------------------------------------- Mr. Prangel as we all know Mountain Man Beer Company has been in the market over eight decades; manufacturing a beer known for its authenticity‚ quality and toughness. In all these years we have seen many regional breweries vanished by fatal decisions. Mountain Man Beer Company is
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My speech will be related to an important echo that face technology with is computer threats. I will cover some of important threats that face most of us; I will tell you how to protect your computer from threats‚ how to deal with hackers‚ crackers and what to do if your computer was attacked. The most popular threat that face computers are viruses‚ A virus is a program written intentionally to change the way your computer operates without your permission or knowledge. Their behavior is similar
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students thinking. Students are not expected to know the answers to the Prior Knowledge Questions.] The scouts are making s’mores out of toasted marshmallows‚ chocolate‚ and graham crackers. 1. What is wrong with the image below? There aren’t enough ingredients to make four s’mores. 2. Assuming a s’more requires two graham crackers‚ one marshmallow‚ and one piece of chocolate‚ how many s’mores could you make with the ingredients shown? 2 (or 2.5) Gizmo Warm-up In a chemical reaction‚ reactants interact
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