David George Joseph Malouf (born 1934) is an Australian writer. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000‚ his 1993 novel Remembering Babylon won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996‚ he won the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award in 2008‚ and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Malouf was born in Brisbane‚ Australia‚ to a Christian Lebanese father and an English- Jewish mother. He was an avid reader as a child‚ and at 12 years old was reading
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When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should
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The Life of David Gale “Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another‚ but similars that breed their kind” (George Bernard Shaw). There are civilizations and niches of hunters all over the world that believe if you drink the blood of the steer you kill you reach a level of enlightenment that only hunters and those willing to take a life are subject to. If this is true what happens psychologically to the hired hands of “correctional facilities” that either apply
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According to David Hume‚ “A wise man‚ therefore‚ proportions his belief to the evidence.” In order to believe in something there must be a solid amount of evidence to substantiate the knowledge or the belief. Evidence is in this case‚ is defined as something that is presented in support of an assertion. Though it is important to note that the support that an evidence provides could be either strong or weak. As for something to be considered a ‘strong’ form of evidence‚ it must be provided with anything
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Moore’s “Proof of an External World” attempts to prove that an external world exists by using his own common sense. The problem with common sense is that while the person may just know something by thinking about it properly‚ it comes down to their own perception. Moore’s argument and proof for an external world is “here is one hand‚ and here is another”. He goes on to state that he knows this to be true‚ so an external world does exist. He states his three conditions for an argument to work‚ and
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Data Integrity Proofs in Cloud Storage Sravan Kumar R Ashutosh Saxena Software Engineering and Technology labs Infosys Technologies Ltd Hyderabad‚ India Email: sravan r@infosys.com Software Engineering and Technology labs Infosys Technologies Ltd Hyderabad‚ India Email: ashutosh saxena01@infosys.com Abstract—Cloud computing has been envisioned as the de-facto solution to the rising storage costs of IT Enterprises. With the high costs of data storage devices as well as the rapid
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Mill’s proof of the principle of utility. Many criticisms are worthy of consideration against Mill’s proof‚ such as those of Philosophers Henry Sidgwick and G.E.Moore. This essay will explain the main steps in Mill’s proof‚ examine some
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Rabbit Proof Fence in the context of Australian identity: In the introductory lecture our attention was focused on a number of core themes which run throughout the course. One such theme was the concept of a nation and the way in which cultural products of the nation shape our sense of identity. Rabbit Proof Fence is an important film to examine within this context as it is the first international film to examine the issue of Australia’s Stolen Generation. The film brought the story of the
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there is always the few who are against it. One of the main arguments against capital punishment is that someone can wrongfully be charged for a crime they did not commit and then wrongfully have their life taken away. In the film‚ The Life of David Gale‚ the director‚ Alan Parker‚ tells of the story of a man who is sentenced to capital punishment for a crime‚ which he makes the audience believe‚ did not commit. With its over-reliance on pathos‚ its weak use of logos‚ and its tricky use of symbolism
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whether the external world exists given that there is no proof thereof. Skeptics’ declare that one cannot begin to know anything about the external world as there is no way of distinguishing between reality and dreams. On the other hand‚ however‚ Philosopher G.E. Moore argues that there is a way to prove the existence of the external world‚ and that just because one cannot prove something‚ that necessarily doesn’t
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