Topic: Visiting Forces Agreement (Balikatan) Thesis Statement: The Philippines should consider terminating its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States before it’s too late for the government to overcome its unexpected dilemma. I. What is the RP–US Visiting Forces Agreement? a. A bilateral agreement between the between the Philippines and the United States consisting of two separate agreement documents. a. Balikatan as VFA-1 b. Balikatan as VFA-2 or the Counterpart Agreement
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English IV Dale 14 March 2013 The Norman Conquest The Norman conquest of England was a military invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. King Harold‚ with his Saxon army‚ and Duke William fought at the Battle of Hastings on October 14‚ 1066. King Harold was killed in the battle and his army left. On December 25 1066 William was crowned the new King of England. On December 25 1066 William was crowned the new King of England( The History of the Norman Conquest). William was a Duke who
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Norman Conquest 1066 King Edward had taken a vow of chastity‚ so upon his death in 1066 there was lack of a clear heir to the throne. There were 3 contenders: * William of Normandy – nephew of Edward‚ claimed that Edward promised him the throne and that Harold II of had sworn agreement to this. * Harold II – riches and powerful of the English aristocracy. * Harald III of Norway – based on previous agreement between Magnus of Norway and the earlier Danish King‚ where if either died without
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The first thing I notice when I walk in to the center on an early Monday afternoon is the smell‚ that acute smell of spray-on cleaning solution used in hospitals. Everything is completely static clean‚ and the entrance lobby reminds me off my dentists’ office. Tasteful blue chairs and maroon couches surround a large waiting area in full view of a receptionists’ desk on the side. The magazines on the coffee table are of the inconsequential type‚ stuff like "Parenthood" and "Popular Mechanic." A couple
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I recently went to an interfaith convention and met many people from many religions. Among them were Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Daoism‚ Judaism‚ Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Sikhism. I got to learn a little about every religion‚ and I thought you might be interested since you are going to be a religion major. All these religions vary because not all of them have one God. There are some with many gods‚ just like there are some religions that do not have a God. The religion I want to talk about is one that
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The chief object of ports is‚ of course‚ bodily exercise. “A sound mind in a sound body” is a well-known saying. The heath of the body is essential for success in life. An unhealthy man is always sad‚ gloomy ad therefore loses confidence in him. To keep healthy‚ one must take an active interst in sports. Thus sports serve an essential purpose in life because they ensure good health and build a fine physique. If one is bodily fit‚ one feels capable of hard endeavor and life without endeavor is useless
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Norman McCaig writes the poem‚ summer farm in a metaphysical style. His poem talks about the more complicated questions of existence and life itself‚ that can not be explained by the physical realm of things. His poem begins describing the farm that surrounds him‚ and then changes subject as his mind wanders seeking to answer metaphysical questions that are lingering in his head. The first verse of the poem is a general description of the farm. However his thoughts seem to be in a pattern‚ picking
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For Hours and Hours and Hours “Its all your fault‚ don’t deny it.” he was calm collected and obviously aware of the victory to come. “No... I did nothing‚” my sister yelled at him‚ oblivious to how childish she sounded‚ rage was hidden in her voice. Honestly I don’t know why she stays with him‚ they argue when nothing is wrong. He can’t even support himself‚ I don’t know why she tolerates him forgetting dates and birthdays. She could do so much better‚ but I guess shes afraid to lose him.
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My partner and I went to Mass at the Christopher House on Campus Sunday April third. After reading my partner’s side of what was going on at church I understood a lot of what was going on. I realized that at this time of the year the Catholic religion are celebrating lent. This explains the purple cloak I described that the man‚ or as they call him “Father‚” was wearing. During Lent the people of the Catholic religion are not to eat meat on Fridays until after Easter. This does not explain the
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Norman Albao BSECE I-1 PAINTING I. Introduction The “kambas ng lipunan” is a painting made by Joey Velasco‚ one of the most popular painters in the Philippines. He started on the painting of the last suffer but he made some changes on the original painting. He replaced the disciples of Jesus by some kids that he has encountered in his life. He painted this type of painting because of his pity to the children of the street. His inspiration comes from the children that he has encountered
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