Because of linked interacting photosynthesis and calcification in the ecosystem, calcium concentrations and alkalinity continually fall during the day and are stable or rise slightly at night. The pH of the microcosm ranges from 7.96 В± 0.01 (n = 62) in the morning to 8.29 В± 0.10 (n = 39) in the late afternoon. The physical and chemical components of the microcosm were measured in the metabolic unit and closely match those of the St. The discussion presented represents data accumulated throughout the 9th year of 10 years of operation. The ATS, lighted at night, had three 100 W metal halide lamps. The local businessmen who refused Carpeso their support must back someone, right?Д«orrowing from mayor-elect Mike RamaвЂ™s list of oft-repeated quotes: I wasnвЂ™t born yesterday.The Caribbean coral reef ecosystem model shown in Figure 5 received natural sunlight from one side, south-facing at 37.5В° N latitude the metabolic unit had sixД®xperimental coral reef microcosm (5.0 m2 1680 l)ДЇigure 5 Diagram of coral reef microcosm with its refugium.Д 600 1000 1400 1800 2200 0200 0600 0800 1200 1600 2000 2400 0400ДЇigure 6 Comparison of mean daily oxygen concentration in the coral reef microcosm in comparison with that over the wild analog reef (1-year means).ДЎ60WVHF flourescent lamps (to match tropical intensity), step-cycled to bring mid-day peak intensity to approximately 800uEm'2s' and total incoming light to 220 Langleys/day (Figure 6). Which is not to say that the fight was that clear cut. But what he lacked in the two, he more than made up for with people who volunteered their time and effort for the campaign. This means he did not have the polished political machinery and campaign war chest of the opponent who ran under PDP-Laban. Loyalty to your people matters, another said.

The incumbent mayor Carpeso also did not have the support of local businessmen because, during his term, larger players like Puregold and 578 Emporium were able to enter the local market. But it is also not for those who overstay their welcome. Input following a quick message to contacts I still had among Eastern Samar-based journalists said many people didnвЂ™t take too kindly to the Carpeso brothersвЂ™ act of trying to establish a dynasty of their own. Having somewhat of an awareness of what the town went through, the way it voted does make perfect sense if indeed those who held the townвЂ™s reins after 2014 failed to improve conditions. Our participation in the response then was to jump from area to area with a low power FM transmitter and a studio-in-a-suitcase to broadcast what we hoped was life saving and life sustaining information to the affected communities while communicating their needs to other humanitarian actors. To say that things were difficult and remained difficult for several months after would be an understatement. The town, at that time, had not yet fully recovered from the destruction brought by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) on Nov. I spent some time there in 2014 as part of the wider humanitarian response after Typhoon Ruby unleashed its devastating payload of 215 kilometer-per-hour winds onto Dolores. If the reason behind the way Dolores voted was indeed this frustration over the status quo, then Dolores might as well be the microcosm of the Philippines in general and Cebu City in particular. Granted, Rivera - whose family resides in an informal settlement called Lanang - did serve nine years as barangay captain before starting to sell at the local public market. Was it a case of the local electorate getting tired of their townвЂ™s old political elite and choosing instead a virtual nobody?

Zaldy Carpeso, brother of the incumbent mayor and vice mayoral aspirant Shonny NiГ±o Carpeso, by a margin of 562 вЂ“ 11,508 votes against 10,946.Дolores has 30,124 registered voters, roughly as many voters as our Barangay Tisa in Cebu City. Rivera, a high school dropout running as an independent, defeated Dr. Meaning, as per Bureau of Local Government Finance DO 23-08, its average annual income for the last four years is above P35 million but below P45 million.ДЄnd according to the latest census, 53 percent of the townвЂ™s population lives below the poverty threshold, which is computed at P10,727 a month for a family of five.Д«ut Dolores hit the news in a big way days after the May 9 elections when 62-year-old Rodrigo Rivera, who Manila-based news websites say was a vegetable vendor at a public market, got proclaimed town mayor.

Its people number less than 45,000 not even the population of our Duljo and Mambaling combined. Dolores is a small town in Eastern Samar that faces the Pacific.

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