References: Davies‚ Hugh. Tsunami PNG 1998 – Extracts from Earth Talk. University of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby‚ (revised 1999). Everingham‚ Ian B. Preliminary Catalogue of Tsunamis for the New Guinea/Solomon Islands Region‚ 1768-1972. Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources Report 180 (1977). Everingham‚ Ian B. Tsunamis in Papua New Guinea. Science in New Guinea (1976). National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program report: Designing for Tsunamis. (2001). Pacheco‚ K.‚ Robertson‚ I.‚ and Yeh‚ H
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is “the accuracy in measurement and it must measure what it purports to measure” (Cooper‚ Robertson and Tinline‚ 2003‚ pp 49) Different types of validity can be considered as per the research area. Research shows while hiring an employee through a standard recruitment and selection process the construct validity‚ content validity and criterion based validity play a very crucial role (Cooper‚ Robertson and Tinline‚ 2003‚ pp 53). Validity can also fall under different types like faith validity
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Robertson has the stronger defensible position in regards to the ethical issue of when‚ if ever‚ it is morally permissible or even obligatory to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from an infant that is severely handicapped. Engelhardt’s strongest opposing argument is his claim that there is no obligation to treat when the infant’s own life would be worse than death – this is also known as the “injury of continued existence”. Engelhardt takes a nonconservative stance on this issue – meaning that
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believers‚ according to evangelist and reality star Phil Robertson. The new Christian film which features Robertson as the narrator‚ gives viewers a peek into how godless societies evolved and how various regimes increasingly grew hostile toward people who stick to the teachings of the Bible. “Torchbearer” also shows the consequences that Christians in the past had to face for their commitment to Jesus Christ‚ Breitbart details. In “Torchbearer‚” Robertson explains that God created everything and that he
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Starting off with a paragraph taken from an article written by John H. Langbein: “…the main work of a legal system is deciding matters of past fact. Blackstone remarked that “experience will abundantly show that above a hundred of our lawsuits arise from disputed facts‚ for one where the law is doubted of.” Was the traffic light red or green? Was it O.J. Simpson or somebody else who wielded the dagger? Find the facts and the law is usually easy…”1 Adrian Keane and Paul McKeown have noted down that
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representation‚ as a result of an authors inherent bias towards their own perspective. This bias causes an author to attempt to influence the perspective a reader will take on the text‚ whether this influence is intentional or otherwise. Geoffrey Robertson is one such author‚ whos collection of essays titled The Justice Game contains a number of techniques in order to sway readers to support his perspective on the legal cases which he writes about. Paul Waterhouse’s current affairs story Would you
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The initial review of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker generally followed a pattern: the brilliance of the actors was celebrated and the questions of influence‚ primarily Beckett’s‚ were linked to discussions of the relationship between the comic and serious elements in the play. Interpretations of the ’meaning’ varied from the literal to the fully allegorical‚ by way of generalized abstract tags. Subsequent academic criticism‚ deriving from textual study rather than stage performance‚ has early always
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CHARACTER OF DAVIES IN CARETAKER BY HAROLD PINTER Davies‚ an old tramp‚ is the protagonist in The Caretaker. His portrayal‚ says Ruby Cohen‚ is "a bitter commentary on the human condition". In their attitudes towards the old man‚ the human derelict‚ the two brothers present only surfaces contrasts. Mick begins by knocking him down‚ whereas Aston‚ instead of allowing him to die in despair‚ rescues him‚ shares his room with him and opens up home to him. Bother the brothers name the old man as caretaker
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on the body. The actual issue is legalizing the marijuana to have control over it or keeping it illegal so that people “don’t consume it”. In “Pat Robertson Says Marijuana Use Should be Legal”‚ Pat Robertson who is a five decade long evangelical leader and former presidential candidate states that he believes marijuana should be legalized. Robertson states that marijuana use should be viewed in the same way that alcohol use is. He doesn’t think it makes sense to incarcerate someone over the possession
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Reuben‚ Davy‚ and Sweed were at August Shultz’s cabin. Reuben follows Davy hunting‚ and when Reuben observes Davy holding his gun waiting to shoot‚ he sees focus in his face like never before. He uses many descriptive words when explaining Davy holding the gun such as "I remember the low angle at which he held his shotgun; I remember his shadowed‚ patient eyes--he looked ready to burst from cover and chase down an antelope." (Page. 14) a little while later‚ while redescribing the scene with Davy hunting
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