PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISSTANCE FUND (PDAF) By: PEREZ‚ Chrysalyka C. 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
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The Adelphia Scandal In 1952‚ John Rigas purchased his own cable company. By the late 1990’s‚ he had turned it into the sixth largest cable company in the United States with 5.6 million customers. The business was always run as a family style business which led to fraudulent acts among family members and upper level executives. The family has been accused of stealing $3.1 billion from Adelphia and is now facing criminal charges. Adelphia was forced to file chapter 11 bankruptcy and as of April
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY S. Rajasekar School of Physics‚ Bharathidasan University‚ Tiruchirapalli – 620 024‚ Tamilnadu‚ India∗ P. Philominathan Department of Physics‚ Sri AVVM Pushpam College‚ Poondi‚ Thanjavur – 613 503‚ Tamilnadu‚ India V. Chinnathambi Department of Physics‚ AKGS Arts College‚ Srivaikundam – 628 619‚ Tamilnadu‚ India In this manuscript various components of research are listed and briefly discussed. The topics considered in this write-up cover a part of the research methodology paper
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CES 1213 : TESL METHODOLOGY 1.0 THE DESUGGESTOPEDIA METHOD * What is desuggestopedia ? Desuggestopedia is the opposite of suggest. To overcome some learning problem this method puts an importance on “desuggesting limitations to learning”. * The originator of desuggetopedia is Georgi Lozanov. Lozanov was a Bulgarian educator and a psychiatrist. Lozanov believed that learning was a matter of attitude‚ not aptitude. * Desuggestopedia is the application of the study of suggestion to pedagogy
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The Watergate scandal had everything. Nixon disgraced the presidency by lying to the country and abusing his power and his committees were involved in illegal acts and a big cover up‚ all leading to little side roads of corruption and lies. Watergate is by far one of the worst presidential scandals in the history of the United States. In the story of Watergate‚ five burglars were found breaking into democratic offices at the Watergate complex in Washington DC. The break-in was passed off as just
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WorldCom Scandal Formerly known as WorldCom‚ now known as MCI‚ this U.S.-based telecommunications company was at one time the second-largest long distance phone company in the U.S. Today‚ it is perhaps best known for a massive accounting scandal that led to the company filing for bankruptcy protection in 2002. In 1998‚ the telecommunications industry began to slow down and WorldCom’s stock was declining. CEO Bernard Ebbers came under increasing pressure from banks to cover margin calls on
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Current issue: Scandals in auditing Enron Scandal 1. Introduction Accounting scandals are political or business scandals which arise with the disclosure of financial misdeeds by trusted executives of corporations or governments. These days‚ not too often‚ these scandals are splashed as headlines across media. Why? Because there are complex groups of stakeholders who might be seriously affected by the scandals. Enron scam was the most remarkable scandal in 20 centuries by their institutionalized
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METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE This paper will discuss the method of research to be used‚ the respondents of the study‚ the sampling technique‚ the instrument to be used‚ the validation of the instrument‚ the administration of the instrument and the statistical treatment of the data that will be gathered. Method of Research to be used According to Swetnam (2000) "Writing Your Dissertation" How To Books‚ research falls into two basic styles‚ "objective" and "subjective". Objective approaches are concerned
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Research Methodology Unit 1 Unit 1 An Introduction to Research Structure: 1.1 Meaning and Definition of Research Objectives 1.1.1 Research and Scientific Method 1.1.2 Characteristics of Research 1.2 Purpose of Research 1.3 Types of Research 1.3.1 Pure Research 1.3.2 Applied Research 1.3.3 Exploratory Research 1.3.4 Descriptive Research 1.3.5 Diagnostic Study 1.3.6 Evaluation Studies 1.3.7 Action Research 1.4 Research Approaches 1.5 Significance of Research in Social and Business Sciences
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By: Leigh Overstreet THE WATERGATE SCANDAL Watergate is a hotel in Washington D.C. where the Democratic National Committee held their campaign headquarters. The current president at the time was Richard M. Nixon‚ who was involved in the scandal himself and which lead to the cause of his resignation. The Watergate scandal should not have happened‚ but it did and it caused the American people to judge less of their government system. The scandal began on June 17‚ 1972‚ with the arrest of five men
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