Robin Gibb

The end of slavery and the slave trade in the British Empire began with the Abolition of the slave trade act, 1807. This action by the Parliament made it illegal to engage in the slave trade throughout the British colonies. [footnoteRef:1] Abolishment groups continued to pressure the government for more changes and the eventual passage of the Slavery Abolition act of 1833 freed all slaves throughout the British Empire. These political movements were the result of several decades of…

show evidence of human sacrifice. At Cuello in addition to disarticulated and decapitated remains found in various contexts, archaeologists also recovered two mass burials, containing 32 and 12 individuals that showed evidence of ritual sacrifice (Robin, 1989). Evidence of human sacrifice was also found at the sites of Kaminaljuyu, Nebaj, Piedras Negras, Tikal, Luubantun, Altun-Ha, Barton Ramie, Baking pot, San Jose and Mountain Cow among others (Kron, 2011, Weiss-Krejci,…

euthanasia would only cause more pain as it would introduce more unneeded stress to the patient. There are also questions on whether it is really a doctor’s job to end a patient’s life. An article in The New Zealand Herald by John Gibb summarized a speech from Professor Robin Taylor. Taylor urged his medical students to refuse contributing directly to the death of a patient. He stated that a doctor’s job is to “save life when we can, to relieve suffering when we cannot, and never to contribute…

bird species currently on the island tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), bellbird (Anthornis melanura), hihi (Notiomystis cincta), yellow crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps), red crowned parakeet, tomtits (Petroica macrocephala), North Island robins (Petroica longipes), silvereye, kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), grey warbler (Gerygone igata) fantail and rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) (Girardet, Veitch, & Craig, 2001). Species that have been translocated onto the island include…