Congressional earmarks: let’s get rid of them In fiscal year 2008‚ there were 11‚524 earmarks totaling $16‚501‚833‚000 for appropriations accounts. A Congressional earmark is a provision that directs funds to be spent on specific projects. Congressional earmarks should be banned and the unused money should be returned to the citizens. The largest Disadvantage of congressional earmarks that I can see is the amount of money they use. An earmark on an Alaskan highway bill was for a bridge‚ that took
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Rain Barrels are quickly growing as the number one "green" product across the country - and in today’s economy‚ can you blame them? It is important for people as consumers to find new solutions for their rising water cost‚ stressed water systems‚ and dwindling resources. Rain barrels - also known as rain catchment systems and water cisterns - have exploded on to the market. They offer a number of alternatives to water preservation and usage. They are quite simple to use - the barrels help reduce
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“Makibaka Wag Magbaboy” The Pork Barrel System in the Philippines Casunuran‚ Ivan Rhey O. De Ocampo‚ John Robert S. Veloso‚ Victor Luis C. III Table of Contents Pork Barrel and its History……………………………………………………………………… 3 Usage of the Pork Barrel………………………………………………………………………… 6 Officials that uses the Pork Barrel……………………………………………………………….. 7 Importance of Pork Barrel………………………………………………………………………. 8 For abolition or continuation………...…………………………………………………………. 10 Conclusions
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Cream Cracker under the Settee by Alan Bennett How does Bennett use dramatic devices to bring the character of Doris alive? Alan Bennett was born in Leeds on the 9th May 1934‚ and attended Leeds Modern School then gained a place at Sydney Sussex College‚ Cambridge. This clearly shows he was well educated. However‚ Alan Bennett attended Exeter College where he had gained a 1st class honours degree in History. Bennett later became an actor and a playwright; his career led him to narrating many
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Magic Barrel"‚ Salzman uses supernatural powers to lead Finkle to choose his daughter as his bride by causing him pain‚ influencing his faith in God and appearing as a fantasy. The Magic Barrel’’ traces a young man’s struggle to come to terms with his identity and poses the religious question of how people‚ Jews and others‚ may come to love God. Is human love‚ the story asks‚ a necessary first step to loving God? (Marie Rose Napierkowski. Vol. 8.). In Malamud’s story the "The Magic Barrel" takes
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Less than 10% of cookie and cracker buyers look for gluten-free varieties. While gluten-free developments attract attention due to new product innovation‚ at this point‚ this feature does not make or break cookie or cracker purchase. Table of Content Scope and Themes What you need to know Definition Data sources Sales data Consumer survey data Abbreviations and terms Abbreviations Executive Summary The market Cookie sales grow 17%‚ crackers 19% from 2008-13 Figure 1: Total
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my best. I don’t care if the girls are older‚bigger‚taller‚because all i know is that i can do it. Then they called my name in the arena because it was my turn to do my event. This event is barrels. So i went around the 1 barrel and did great and then 2 barrel was great to but when i went around the third barrel and tipped it but it standed back up and i ran my horse back home.
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To All Concern‚ I would like to file a professionalism complaint against Stetson Autumn in London Program participate Kristen Bracker. Her conduct violates Stetson University College of Law Code of Student Professionalism and Conduct sections V(a)‚ V(b)(13)‚ and V(b)(14). On Monday‚ October the 10th‚ I went to the dormitory laundry room and while I was down there Ms. Bracker entered the room. I turned and asked her if any of the laundry belonged to her. She said “No‚” and immediately exited the
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Frito-Lay Company - Cracker Jack 1. Why has Borden Foods decided to sell Cracker Jack? Borden Foods is in the process of divesting of snack and non-food products in order to focus efforts and resources in growing their pasta and grain based meal segments. Borden management has also recognized the value and equity in the heritage Cracker Jack brand. The Cracker Jack brand currently (1996) sits in the number two position in terms of Ready-To-Eat (RTE) caramel popcorn product category market share
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Priority Development Assistance Fund scam I. Issues on Problems: The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam‚ also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam‚ is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF‚ popularly called "pork barrel")‚ a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government‚ mostly
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