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    For most people‚ there is a bubble in which they feel safe. There is a bubble that surrounds them and their loved ones and inside that bubble‚ nothing terrible can happen. For me‚ that bubble is Camp Seafarer for Girls-- well‚ it is most of the time. I’ll get tell you that story later‚ first‚ I’m going to tell you a little about this place I call home. It’s June 20‚ the Saturday before Father’s Day‚ 2009. My mom has packed my sister and me each duffle bags full of outfits in ziploc bags sorted

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    The Filipino Seafarer A Life between Sacrifice and Shopping by Gunnar M. Lamvik Dept. of Social Anthropology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirment for the Dr. Art. degree 2002 Contents Acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1 Part II Migration – a Philippine specialty 8 Part III 2.1 Different perspectives on migration 2.2 The Filipinos – a people in motion 9 14 Why do people go and who are actually leaving? 19 3.1 Inducements

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    products. Philippines provide more than one quarter of the world’s seafarers employed abroad internationally trading ships and its position as the world’s leading suppliers of seafarers .Filipino seafarers have also become a vital component of the country’s Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) economy (Amante‚ 2005). Different foreign and local shipping companies provide one of the largest job opportunities for the Filipino seafarers. Philippines is the leading maritime manpower in its industry‚ contributing

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    Tchaikovsky‚ and “Elegy to the Blind”. “Sleeping Beauty Waltz” was especially sweet. It was almost like a lullaby. The piece was fast and strong at times and at other times soft and sweet. I especially liked the climax of this piece. It had contained This piece is by far my favorite piece in the ones that people played at this concert. I recognized the tune from many places. I feel like parts of the tune was used in Tom and Jerry‚ which I watched a lot when I was younger. “Elegy to the Blind” was

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    (BIMCO) and International Shipping Federation (ISF) 2005 Update shows that in the year 2005‚ the world demand for seafarers was at 1‚059‚000. 476‚000 of which were for officers while the remaining 586‚000 were ratings. In the same year‚ the actual supply for officers was at 466‚000 and supply of ratings was 721‚000. Using these figures‚ it can be inferred that the crewing industry for seafarers has a deficit for officers’ supply amounting to 10‚000 capable‚ certified and qualified individuals. This problem

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    Shanee Thompson Professor Black ENG-243 June 8th‚ 2018 The Art of Elegies “I watch these lines grow and the art of poetry harden me // into sorrow as measured as this‚ to draw the veiled figure / of Mamma entering the standard elegiac” (Walcott ll. 48-50). An elegy is a poem that reflects on the death of a loved person or object. Just like mourning many elegies start based on memories or a recollection of thought‚ shared with the deceased. Then the speaker usually

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    Chapter I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The role of a yaya in today’s world is a great deal different. Mothers’ today maintain the ultimate authority and control over how their children are cared for by the nanny. Modern living requires long hours of social activities of parents or guardians which are the reasons for the demand of the services offered by nannies to look after their child/children and to do some related household management. The demand for this service increases due to

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    and awe-inspiring. In old Anglo-Saxon literature‚ most works were devoted to the sea‚ and in "The Seafarer" it applauds the sea‚ but at the same time the author has deference for its power. Robert Frost’s "Nothing Gold Can Stay" also shows this devotion and despite the fact that their subjects differ‚ the ideas that the two poems are attempting to get across are not too different. In "The Seafarer‚" it continuously refers to the sea as the author’s passion‚ even so he has respect for it‚ "My soul

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    beginning and end of the manuscript. The ‘Battle of Maldon’ poses a challenge to scholars as there are two different types of elegies which include a heroic elegy and a religious elegy. These elegies are interconnected together throughout the poem. The beginning of the poem determines the mood and feeling within the poem. Byrthnoth‚ the leader of the

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    When people lose important things in their lives‚ they generally mourn. An elegy is defined by a poem which mourns the death of a person or laments something lost. Anglo-Saxon poems are often elegies‚ which were written around the late 10th Century. The Seafarer is a poem that has a man who is traveling across the sea‚ but is faced with harsh winter weather. The Wife’s Lament has a woman who has lost her husband and is then tortured by isolation. The Wanderer is about a lone man who is traveling

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