Formerly known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ the pork barrel is government spending for projects intended to benefit the constituents of the legislators. It has a noble intention but is at the same time an invitation to corruption. In fact‚ one may call it institutionalized corruption. Senators and Congressmen are given millions of Pesos as an automatic appropriation in the General Appropriations Act to implement projects that they think their constituents need only to have
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Pork barrel scandal tHE SHOCKING P10 BILLION PORK BARREL SCANDAL HAS OCCUPIED THE PUBLIC ATTENTION IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS SINCE IT FIRST EXPLODED IN MID-jULY. tHE NEWS HAD BEEN COVERED IN BOTH PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA‚ AS WELL AS IN SOCIAL MEDIA VIA THE INTERNET. iT IS INTERESTING TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND RELATE THEM WITH THE PRESENT AS THE EVENTS UNFOLD. lET US USE tHE mILLION pEOPLE mARCH HELD AT THE lUNETA(rIZAL pARK) HELD ON AUG. 26‚ 2013 AS A REFERENCE DATE. tHE
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A Poem for “Magic” A Poem for “Magic”‚ written by Quincy Troupe is a truly dazzling poem. I’m not usually one who can easily relate to a poem but this one elicits so much passion for the game of basketball that it resonates in my head. The way that the game is described in the poem makes me think back to the mindset I had when I was just a little kid playing dunk ball on my 6 foot hoop in the driveway. I could do whatever I wanted on that hoop and it made the game feel magical being able to fly
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Essay: Pork Barrel A cure‚ a treat‚ an alliance‚ a devastation or just a play. What do we really know about that so called Pork Barrel? All nation introduce to there governance the power of pork barrel stating that it’s a program serving righteous benefits for the society that concentrates on the people’s cost. But as a result of what they said Pork Barrel‚ I‚ you‚ we can’t see a single glimpse of faith brought by them. How can we say were free when we know that our
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unchanged staple in our society. It is a game so culturally revered‚ so quintessentially American‚ that it has been forever dubbed our national pastime. Baseball also has an illustrious literary tradition that surpasses simply writing about a sport. The stories told on and off the field by some very distinguished twentieth-century American writers have undoubtedly carved out their own place in American literary tradition and have used the game as a metaphor for American childhood and innocence. John Thorn
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Magic Tricks:- Magic Trick: Card Tricks – Introduction Before the would-be conjurer may hope to mystify an audience successfully with a pack of cards he must master certain sleight of hand moves that are a part of every card trick that requires skill. These moves can be attained only by constant practice. There are a number of these sleights‚ but only such as are necessary successfully to perform the particular tricks herein described will be explained. Of late years a number of so-called "card
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[pic] What is Magic Realism? The definition for magic realism can be explained as fantasy combined with realism: a style of art or literature that depicts fantastic or mythological subjects in a realistic manner. “Magic realism--the capacity to enrich our idea of what is ’real’ by incorporating all dimensions of the imagination‚ particularly as expressed in magic‚ myth and religion.” (Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia) Examples of Magic Realism Invisible Tap Rashid tells Haroun where he receives
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Magic is something that everyone has heard of‚ yet not everyone believes it exists. Magic is everywhere; It may disguise itself in all sorts of different ways‚ like in the presence of a book series that becomes a phenomenon‚ or a movie that takes you to a different world while you’re still sitting in your seat; But it exists just the same. One of the most popular types of magic in this day and age is movie magic. Movie magic is the art of creating things for the big screen‚ that will take it’s
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Tamika O’Neal October 12‚ 2012 In Class Essay Magic As a child fairytales was the only things that I read and even watched. I imagined many worlds of magic and fun. To me‚ fairytales and magic should be a part of every child’s youth. The reason is‚ with fairytales‚ they are the starting point to a child’s creativity and imagination but are also taught lessons in everyday life. As a child those lessons in the beginning are hard for then to comprehend as they are not fully capable to understand
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necessary for a tragedy. The elements of tragedy are also evident in people as well. Earvin “Magic” Johnson exemplifies a tragic hero and his life path fits a large portion of the components of tragedy. Magic Johnson was a person of noble uprising and also posed a tragic flaw in his character. Ever since he was a young person‚ he loved playing basketball and was good at it. He obtained the nickname “Magic” after scoring a triple double his freshman year in high school. He rose to fame during his
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