Should the Past be Judged? We can learn a lot from consulting the past. We learn more about our world‚ more about our history‚ and even more about ourselves. Spanish aphorist George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (qtd. in Moncur 1). In general terms‚ this famous aphorism means that it is important for us to study and learn from history in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes. However‚ the standards and values that we use today to judge
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Africa’s Golden Past “Africa’s Golden Past” was a very interesting article I’ve read. I’ve learned about the different countries in Africa. I’ve learn the many different art forms Africa have for example‚ languages‚ of different sorts‚ wars that occur in our great Motherland‚ and great achievements of Kings. I learn about different cultures that Africa has to offer. There were many parts of Africa that was very wealthy with gold. After reading through “Africa’s Golden Past” I believe argument
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CXC short story award 2007 The CXC short story award 2007 went to this answer. CXC English A paper 2 question: Write a story which includes the words‚ "The phone rang once and stopped. It rang again. This was it now." Beads of sweat slowly trickled down my face‚ the numbing feeling of guilt stealthily creeping up my spine. I sat in my western looking living room on the cowboy patterned sofa‚ shaking from head to toe. The dingy brown‚ the room had been painted‚ it seemed nauseating at this moment
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The Lab #4 Assessment Questions and Answers 1. What is a PHP Remote File Include (RFI) attack‚ and why are these prevalent in today’s Internet world? RFI stands for Remote File Inclusion that allows the attacker to upload a custom coded/malicious file on a website or server using a script. This vulnerability exploits the poor validation checks in websites and can eventually lead to code execution on server or code execution on website (XSS attack using javascript). RFI is a common vulnerability
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Celta Pre-Course Task Task 1 1. In a part time multilingual group with mixed abilities. 2. I would like to teach closed monolingual groups with little formal education. Task 2 3. Each adult learner brings their own characteristics to the table. Adult learners usually have developed literacy and thinking skills in comparison to children but they may also have productive or unproductive learning experiences previously‚ and so may have set patterns. Task 3 1. I would want to find out their
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Simple Past Tense * Expresses an activity/ activities that happened at a specific time in the past. * From : V + d‚ ed‚ ied Irregular verb action verb * Negative – did + not + base V Was/were ‘be’ verb * Negative – was/were + not * Time expression : yesterday‚ two days ago last year‚ just now‚ in 1998 * Example : 1. Mariam finished her homework last night 2. They graduated two years ago.
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The Past‚ Present and Future Throughout the last 50 years‚ humanity has witnessed many changes that have attired and changed our lives in many ways. The emergence of technology in our lives‚ for example‚ has caused life to become simpler by making connections easier between people. Changes such as these have caused many differences between each generation. Whilst comparing the life of our generation and our parent’s generation we can see that various aspects have changed like technology‚ education
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1. James plans to fund his individual retirement account‚ beginning today‚ with 20 annual deposits of $2‚000‚ which he will continue for the next 20 years. If he can earn an annual compound rate of 8 percent on his deposits‚ the amount in the account upon retirement will be 98845.84(since it is a retirement plan so‚ assumed to be annuity due) correct 91‚523.93 – ordinary annuity in this accumulation phase. 2. $100 is received at the beginning of year 1‚ $200 is received at the beginning of year
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problems in the past and perhaps they will face new difficulties in the future.In the past‚ black Americans and other racial groups have been discriminated against and enslaved.Throughout the history black people have been denied many important things.Black Americans could not work‚ live‚ shop‚ eat‚ or travel where they wanted.They couldn’t vote‚ they were forced to go to separate schools and were also excluded from universities.A large majority of blacks lived in poverty.Many years have past since those
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Past and Current Trends Daniel Muldoon Psy/425 May 20th‚ 2013 Barbara Nosal Past and Current Trends Illicit drug use in the United States has been around for many years. Just because it has been around for this long does not mean that it is good for the people. This type of illegal activity has been known to bring around violence‚ gangs‚ prostitution‚ and other illegal activities. To see how the use of illegal drugs has evolved‚ one must look at the past trends of drug use and the current
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