It is not enough for the owners‚ in order to discharge the burden‚ merely to prove the incursion of seawater into the insured vessel that sunk in mid- sea. Any entry of sea water is not in itself a peril of the sea and the incursion is been shown as an accidental or fortuitous. In Rhesa Shipping Co. S.A. v. Herbert David Edmunds‚ the Vessel‚ Popi M‚ was sailing through the Mediterranean in calm seas and fair weather when there was a large and sudden
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English 101 To Think Pink or Not “Pink Think” by Lynn Peril is an excerpt from the introduction to Pink Think‚ a book that examines the influences of the feminine ideal. Lynn Peril was born in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin‚ but has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985. She writes‚ edits‚ publishes‚ and detritus of popular culture‚ especially that concerning gender-related behavioral instructions. The Author starts off the essay with her thesis saying that the human female is bombarded with advice
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Answers * Assess the modern approaches to the definition of ’intention’ in English criminal Law -look at hierarchy of fault elements‚ intention v recklessness‚ foresight and intention 1) For some offences prosecution must prove BRD that the accused intended a particular consequence. ie murder‚ intention to kill/GBH ‚ recklessness will not suffice 2) also in OAPA 1861‚ s18 intention alone suffices ‚ intent to wound/GBH 3) there is no stat definition of intention. Its meaning is found
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Comparing “I am Nujood. age 10 and divorced” by Nujood Ali and “Persian Girls by Nahid Rachlin These two novels trace the lives of women oppressed by their patriarchal societies‚ and their longing‚ courage and eventual struggles to regain control of their lives‚ freedom and happiness. Both are memoirs and‚ set in largely Islamic contexts with Nahid in Iran‚ and Nujood in Yemen. In Persian Girls‚ Nahid is taken away from her adoptive mother and stripped of her blissful Iranian childhood‚ to
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In Cormac McCarthy’s novel All the Pretty Horses‚ the setting is used to represent the main characters transformation over time from one terrain to another. The limitedness of the Texan terrain scattered with barbed wire restrictions identifies the restlessness that motivates John Grady’s brevity in the region at the beginning of the novel. Meanwhile‚ the Mexican wilderness that John Grady Cole’s sets out for comes to epitomize how the vast territory of fenceless space shapes his experiences as they
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impose a general duty on citizens to assist persons who are in peril? The general duty to assist a person in peril could also be defined as a Good Samaritan law. A Good Samaritan law offers legal protection to individuals who help to aid a person in peril. The Good Samaritan laws were named after a parable told in Luke 10:25-37 of the bible. The story tells us about a traveler giving aid to a person of a different ethnic background in peril. This applies as long as the Good Samaritan uses reasonable
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Morality Among the "Outcasts of Poker Flat" As Mr. John Oakhurst‚ gambler‚ stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty third of November‚ 1850‚ he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere from the preceding night. Two or three men‚ conversing earnestly together‚ ceased as he approached‚ and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air‚ which‚ in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences‚ looked ominous. Mr. Oakhurst’s calm handsome face
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of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty” (Tanner & Tanner‚ 1995‚ p. 4). Jefferson theorized that indifference to education puts liberty and self-governance in peril. Education could provide each individual the opportunity to gain knowledge in order to promote self-governing and freedom (Tanner & Tanner‚ 1995). Throughout the development of education in the United States‚ individuals
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Juwan Henderson What is the American Dream? When individuals fail to live up to their ideals‚ this is when reality falls short of expectations. The quest to obtain what everyone really wants can be an all-encompassing one‚ requiring all of their devotion and effort. It is especially painful to see others possess what one cannot have. For the characters in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ these problems are all too real. Gatsby works for a lifetime to gain back what he feels is rightfully
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LETTERS TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF MALOLOS On February 22‚ 1889‚ Rizal wrote the famous letter now known as “To the Young Women of Malolos” as per the request of Marcelo H. del Pilar. This famous letter was written by Rizal in Tagalog while he was residing in London. The story behind this letter is as follows: On December 12‚ 1888‚ a group of 20 young women from Malolos petitioned Governor-General Weyler for permission to open a “night school” so that they could study Spanish under Teodoro Sandiko
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