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    Anglo-Saxons are the people who gave us the first masterpieces of English literature. ”The Seafarer‚” “The Wanderer‚” and “The Wife’s Lament” all came from the Exeter Book. The Exeter Book originally belong to the Leofric era ( reference ).The leofric era was from (c.958-1028).The first bishop of exeter had donated the exeter book to the exeter cathedral library. The three poems are similar in style and content. “The Seafarer” is about men who made a living on a boat. The people had to leave all of the ladies

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    “Musee des Beaux Arts and Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” Many people don’t realize what is happening in the world. People choose to ignore what is really important‚ for example‚ human suffering and death. Others can’t seem to forget loved ones that have passed away and of course people don’t know what happens after death. Both poems “Musee des Beaux Arts” and “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” themes are about death. “Musee des Beaux Arts” was written in 1940. The poem indicates a

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    chose to pass on stories generation to generation to reveal their feelings and experiences. Poems made a great impact in easing the pain. In the poems‚ "The Seafarer" and "The Wanderer"‚ the themes of loneliness and exile exist throughout both of the poems. The unknown authors portray the two themes through detail and emotion. "The Seafarer" creates a storyline of a man who is "lost" at sea. There is a major reference to the concept of the sea and how it "captures" the soul and leaves a lonely

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    Q) Compare and contrast Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” and Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village”. Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village” and Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” were published within a gap of two years in the final decade of eighteenth century‚ i.e. 1740 and 1742 respectively. Both the poems were written in the Pastoral form‚ by which they portrayed as well as challenged the socio-political and economic developments in the eighteenth century

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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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    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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