resolutions calling for the scrapping of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in the wake of Glenn Defense Marine Asia’s dumping of toxic waste on the waters of Subic Bay. It’s way past due. On the face of it‚ the connection between the two is merely tangential. After being accused of dumping untreated waste on the waters off the Bay‚ Glenn Defense‚ a US Navy contractor‚ said it could not be investigated‚ or castigated‚ by Philippine authorities as it fell under the umbrella of the VFA. And in any
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A large number of Puritan merchants obtained a grant of land for Massachusetts and New Hampshire‚ and acquired a charter form the king to create the Massachusetts Bay Company. This meant that Massachusetts and New Hampshire were part of a Charter Colony—supported by a Company instead of the crown. A large migration of 17 ships and 1‚000 people set sail for New England for one reason: to build a Puritan refuge. Their
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Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies Both Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were started in the seventeenth century‚ but both for different reasons. Virginia was chartered to make a profit‚ whereas Massachusetts used their charter to flee religious persecution and live in freedom. Both colonies did however face similar struggles. They had to learn how best to survive the land they now lived on. This involved learning what would grow best and the best way to grow it. They also had to try
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English. They were frustrated with over-population‚ poverty‚ or lack of freedom of religion. In the early 1600s‚ England sent groups of settlers to the “New World” to establish permanent colonies. They founded the Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although the two first colonies of America were similar‚ they also had very distinct differences. Virginia was founded by merchants and adventurers looking to profit from the land. Massachusetts was founded by Puritans looking for freedom
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Even though the Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were the some of the oldest and most heavily populated of the English colonies‚ their differences in their economies‚ politics‚ religions and society set them apart. Some of the differences include the southern Virginia colony having a representative assembly‚ while Massachusetts Bay colony had a democratic assembly‚ and the main crop of Virginia being tobacco‚ while the Massachusetts economy revolved around lumbar‚ fishing and trade. Virginia
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Massachusetts Bay and Religious Intolerance When Puritans arrived in America in 1620‚ they had experienced religious intolerance in the Old world‚ yet they still supported Europe’s theory that in order to have unity within a state‚ everyone must be of the same faith. Puritans believed in predestination‚ which meant that God had already decided which of his children would receive the privilege of going to heaven and which would not‚ and one could not persuade His judgment. This belief‚ along with
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Diane Fenchel is a chiropractic physical therapist at Anchor Bay Spine Center in New Baltimore‚ Michigan. She has a second job for which she is the manager of the physical therapy department in a medical care facility. She spoke unfavorably of her second job‚ however. Diane said she does not like the system in place there‚ “it’s disorganized and has a lot of obstacles everyone has to push through‚ plus I don’t like the traditional medical field anyway.” Unfortunately Diane’s position does not
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Guantanamo bay prison on the island of Cuba. America has always symbolized a nation that promotes and protects human rights and always stood as a symbol of democracy for the rest of the world. However‚ the long standing tradition of obeying the values instituted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been reversed by Guantanamo Bay. The human rights that the United States stands for have not been provided for the detainees at Guantanamo and the sheer existence of the Guantanamo Bay camp contradicts
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“Let’s go tobogganing in Mooney’s Bay‚” my friend Henry suggested. After that‚ we decided to meet up at Mooney’s Bay at three o’clock sharp. This was my first winter in Canada and I felt quite nervous about tobogganing. I was in second grade at the time and I was terribly afraid of the possibility of injuring myself. It was a hard decision‚ but I knew I had to go tobogganing one way or another‚ so I decided to go with Henry to Mooney’s Bay. The journey to Mooney’s Bay felt inevitably long as I was anxious
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A Pelican Bay State Prison inmate‚ Jesse Perez‚ was recently awarded $25‚000 in damages in reference to a case filed against correctional officers that were accused of acting in violation of the prisoner’s First Amendment rights. Perez was identified by officers at another prison as a member of the Mexican Mafia. After he was identified in 2005‚ Perez was transferred to Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit. The lawsuit was filed against the officers who claimed they identified him as a member of the
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