FACTS: Hilda Louise Boehm became pregnant and believed in good faith that Louis Gail Fiege was the Father. Fiege promised to pay Boehm for the child’s birth and upbringing expenses, in return for Boehm to abstain from criminal bastardy proceedings against him. Fiege made successive payments under the agreement amounting to $480, until blood test definitively proved he could not be the child’s biological Father, and subsequently stopped payments. Boehm incurred a total of $2,895.80 for the birth and up for adoption expenses of her daughter, and submitted outstanding payment of $ 2,415.80 to Fiege, of which he refused to honor. After which, Boehm initiated criminal bastardy proceedings to enforce the outstanding child support payments.
The Petitioner’s is residing at 123 W. Golf Road, Patriot, Massachusetts 12345. The respondent is residing at 456 E. Lark Street, Patriot, Massachusetts 12345. 7. The Petitioner is willing to transfer interest of marital home to respondent once she has relocated to a different state. The minor or dependent children of this marriage are: David Bean Jr. born on June 5, 2005 Patricia Bean born on July 1, 2008 The minor or dependent children are residing with plaintiff at above said estate of 123 West Golf Road, Boston, Massachusetts.
American Indians, Water Rights, Dams, and Problems In many parts of the United States there has been controversy over water and the building of dams and their effects on Native Indians and their rights. Although there have been many treaties and laws set in place to protect American Indians rights to water and land use there has been an increased ignorance of these legal decisions. In southwestern America, where water is scarce, dams are causing problems with Native Indians and their rights to the usage of land and water. The creation of dams upsets the natural eco-balance found in these rivers including natural spawning areas and plant growth to help keep the river healthy. With the ecosystem disruptions, the lands flooded by the dam can often cover sacred lands to American Indians.
It is shot through delicacy, beauty, compassion and a sense of loss, like any other film the director Denis has created. White Material takes place in an unknown nameless country at an incomprehensible time. The historical order is even unclear, and also the characters in the film are confusing because we can’t describe their relationship to one another. For example, I thought that Maria Vial was married to her husband, but as it turns out he cheated on her and they were divorced. The type of unclearness that is shown in the film leads to confusion that frustrates the audience itself.
English 1001-05 11 October 2012 Glen Canyon Imagine walking Edward Abbey’s essay, “The Damnation of a Canyon,” a chapter in his book, Beyond the Wall, published in 1971, focuses on the effects that the Glen Canyon Dam has on Glen Canyon, the environment, the people, and the history of the region. He argues that the building of the Glen Canyon Dam and the making of Lake Powell now destroy the beauty that was once a part of Glen Canyon. He believes that the construction of the dam destroyed historical sites, Indian ruins and local wildlife. Abbey argues that, despite predictions that recreations would be cheap once the dam and Lake Powell are finished, it is now even more expensive to enjoy oneself. He focuses a lot on how much of the canyon’s environment has been destroyed.
The term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him information or a confession(Flint paragraph 1).In my opinion I consider water boarding to be a torture method because it causes the individual to have a near death experience due to the sensation of drowning and in some cases it is responsible for deaths like in "The Kilmer Rouge", which is responsible for approximately 1.5 million Cambodian deaths during the 1970's.(Serrano,2009,parag.3). Water boarding has many negative aspects, one of its physical aspects is when the victim goes through a state of struggle ,panic, breath holding, swallowing and vomiting. Even though its not extremely painful one becomes unconscious as if they are drowning in the water(Wallach 2007).However another aspect of water boarding is that it leaves few permanent physical marks but the psychological impact on torture victims mind is lasting. (Walsh,2009,parag 1&2). According to Allen Keller, psychologically water boarding can result in significant long term post
Although ‘Blessing’ and ‘Night of the scorpion’ have similar themes, they both use very different techniques to portray the message. The poems vary in length and language and are different in the emotions they convey. One of the most obvious similarities these two poems have in common is the use of water. Although they both contain water in some form, they both come from different perspectives. In ‘Blessing’ Imtiaz likens water to ‘silver’ and a ‘Rush of fortune’ as though it’s a precious treasure this village has come across.
The River- The Grace of God Mary Flannery O’Connor was an American novelist who often wrote in a Southern Gothic style which relies on supernatural and ironic events. Her writing also reflects Roman Catholic faith which symbolizes the morality of right and wrong decisions. In general, O’Connor vision of grace in the stories described as appalling realization of characters which sometimes kills them. According to the short-story ‘’The River’’ where the protagonist achieves his grace in death, since he chooses to strive for salvation rather than live in the household with his parents. Specifically, the grace of God from this story, demonstrates the relationships of faith among Mr. Paradise, Harry, and Mrs. Connon.
Being a woman and being in politics is one thing in a Muslim country (unfortunately, unfortunately because even Islam gives the freedom to women to work), but attaining the position of prime minister is another. Her father’s death left a feeling of compassion and “pity” which played in her favor and by the early 90’s, she had amassed a substantial number of followers. She had won many prizes, such as the United Nations prize in the field of human rights and the prize for freedom by the liberal international. Bhutto revived the “dream” for a lot of the female population of the country. This is so as, girls saw her as their idol and remained in mind the fact that it’s possible even for a woman to do anything she wants if she has the will and the education to do it.
Although three completely different points of focus, water, regeneration/lack of regeneration and the legend of the Fisher King, they are recurrent throughout the poems five parts and intertwine on many levels to allude to a deeper meaning behind almost every line. A repeated theme in the poem is death by water. This in itself is a strong statement as drowning is one of the bleakest ways of dying on account of the slow and suffocating nature. The first mention of water comes in line 8 with reference to the Starnbergersee Lake where King Ludwig ll of Bavaria drowned in 1886. The phrase ‘Fear death by water’ is used in line 55, preceded by reference to ‘The Hanged Man’ which alludes to the self-sacrifice of the fertility god whose resurrection will bring fertility to the land and people.