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    gasses push a projectile out of a barrel. The gun hasn’t changed much since it was created in china centuries ago. Other than looks it has kept the same principle elements‚ the primer‚ the propellant‚ and the projectile (Leghorn). A primer is a small explosive that occurs when the trigger is pulled to light the propellant. Despite what many people think‚ the propellant doesn’t explode‚ it burns. It burns very quickly‚ but even after the bullet leaves the barrel it still burns for a moment. If the

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    Smoked Pork belly with Burnt Ends using Electric Smoker Ingredients: 1. Pork belly- 5 lbs. nicely sliced into cubes 2. Olive oil- 3 tbsp.‚ extra virgin 3. Dry rub- all-purpose‚ as per the use 4. Barbecue sauce- any of your favorite To prepare the rub 1. Cumin- 1 tbsp. 2. Coriander- 1 tbsp. 3. Chili powder- 1 tbsp. 4. Onion powder- 1 tbsp. 5. Paprika- 1 tbsp. 6. Salt to taste To prepare the barbecue sauce: 1. BBQ sauce- 1 cup‚ any of your favorite 2. Unsalted butter- 3 tbsp. 3. Honey- tbsp

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    and his first ever feature film‚ Lock‚ Stock‚ and Two Smoking Barrels ( commonly referred to as Lock‚ Stock. Then‚ not two years later‚ Ritchie directed his second successful film‚ Snatch‚ which grossed eighty three and a half million US dollars‚ around four times as much as Lock‚ Stock. Ritchie has gone on to direct blockbuster movies such as Revolver‚ Rock’N’Rolla and the Sherlock Holmes series. Lock‚ Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch‚ will be the films evaluated. The two films known

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    THE EFFECTS OF RISING OIL PRICES PER BARREL ON THE OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONING OF THE MINING INDUSTRY IN Research Proposal Candidate: Faculty: Economics and Administrative Sciences Instructor: Cyprus International University‚ Haspolat‚ Lefcosa‚ Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not an increase in the price charged for oil per barrel will have an impact on the overall functioning of the mining industry and the operations carried out

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    PDAF SCANDAL

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    I. INTRODUCTION PDAF or Priority Development Assistance Fund is a form of pork barrel which has been a very controversial issue in our country today. These are funds given or allocated to government officials in order to support and be spent on community projects and/or repairs and improvements. G. Luis Igaya of Institute for Popular Democracy defined pork barrel as “a practice of the Congress to divert national funds into their districts whether it be in the form of

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    PDAF Argumentative Paper

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    Say Yes to Pork and No to Corruption The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ better known as “Pork Barrel” is a public fund regularly distributed among the members of the congress to cater to the legislators’ local projects for the development of their particular communities. The “Pork Barrel Scam” is currently a sensitive and obfuscated issue in our country as Pork Barrel is a frequent target for critics who say that it facilitates corruption. They say it makes it easier for politicians

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    Good day‚ I’m Gaspar P. Asco Jr.‚ defending the affirmative side on whether the priority development assistance fund or also known as the pork barrel funds should be abolish. To begin with let me discuss a brief backgrounder of the PDAF or the so called “pork barrel”. What really is PDAF or pork barrel? The term "pork barrel" is used to mean funds allocated to the members of the Philippine House of Representatives and the Philippine Senate to spend as they see fit without going through the normal

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    network but to gather millions of people to protest about the current system of the government and was called The Million People March. The Million People March is a series of protest for the abolishment of the “Pork Barrel” or Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) wherein a pork barrel is a fixed fund allotted to each lawmaker to enable them to finance an infrastructure project either within their district or anywhere else in the country‚ in a given budget year. August 26‚ 2013‚ National Heroes

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    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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    September 30‚ 2013 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) I. INTRODUCTION The history of ‘pork barrel’ started way back on 1922‚ during the American colonial period. The PDAF in its current form was reintroduced on 1986 during Corazon Aquino’s administration with the creation of the Countryside Development Fund (CDF) in 1990‚ since Ferdinand Marcos blocked or stopped this pork barrel system during his dictatorship. But on Corazon’s administration the budget for CDF was relieve with ₱2

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