Our technology is developing by leaps and bounds‚ which constantly afford us tremendous assistance‚ but in terms of simplifying people lives‚ we should not neglect its adverse effects. Modern technology complicates our lives rather than simplifies them. The constant development of technology brings about/generates new and increasingly complicated knowledge‚ which we must understood or even mastered as it’s people’s survivable necessity. People truly have to learn more techniques than ever before
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KPMG Sued by New Century Trustee Over Subprime Lender’s Demise By Sophia Pearson - April 2‚ 2009 00:36 EDT April 2 (Bloomberg) -- KPMG International‚ which oversees the fourth-largest U.S. accounting firm‚ was sued by the trustee for bankrupt subprime lender New Century Financial Corp. over claims it failed in its role as “gatekeeper.” Negligent audits and reviews by KPMG LLP‚ the U.S. member firm of KPMG International‚ led to New Century’s collapse‚ according to lawsuits filed yesterday
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{draw:g} {draw:g} {draw:g} Table of Contents Introduction Who was Charles Darwin? Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ England. Originally‚ Darwin did not believe in the idea of evolution and trained to be a priest before studying geology and biology. In 1831‚ when Darwin was 22‚ he set sail around the world on HMS Beagle‚ a naval survey ship. The trip lasted for 5 years during which time the ship stopped at many places including the Galápagos Islands‚ just off the west
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Was Boudicca real? Boudicca‚ known in Welsh as Buddug‚ was the queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe in approximately AD60. She ruled alongside her husband and king‚ Prasutagus. When the Romans travelled to Britain‚ Boudicca and Prasutagus were allowed to keep their kingdom so long as they gave half of their money to the Romans‚ and when Prasutagus died‚ the Romans were to get half of the Iceni kingdom. Boudicca and her husband agreed to this. When Prasutagus died‚ however‚ the Romans dishonoured their
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definition‚ it is clear to me that Socrates was wise in every aspect of the word. He shows this wisdom while on trial for his life. Socrates was charged with “corrupting the youth of Athens” and “not believing in the gods the states believes in‚ but in new spiritual being” (Plato‚ 3). In ancient Greece‚ judicial proceedings could be initiated by any citizen‚ and in Socrates’ case‚ Meletus was the initiator. These charges were brought to a trial that was presided over by the king Archon. The number
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France was a policy that was known to be horrific. Even though this ideology was violent in nature‚ Robespierre thought that it was completely justified. Robespierre made very clear that the interests of the Republic were of utmost importance. He described how there were both internal and external forces working to dismantle the Republic‚ and that the supporters of the Republic should value reason while the Republic’s enemies should experience terror. He made a point that terror in this case was not
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economic openness. In a deeper sense‚ it was a strategic ideology that promoted a new international order based on altruistic ideals while providing the international framework that protected and advanced American economic and security interests. One of the main promises of Wilsonianism included national self-determination but the reality of the postwar situation limited the implementation of this principle. Wilson’s desire to have people establish their own nations was evident in his “Fourteen Points”
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong ’o ’s Visions of Africa Author(s): Christine Loflin Source: Research in African Literatures‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 4 (Winter‚ 1995)‚ pp. 76-93 Published by: Indiana University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3820228 Accessed: 22/06/2010 13:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you
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Was Jesus real? Though some may not believe Jesus was the divine Christ that Christianity venerates as the Son of God and savior of the world‚ and may regard accounts of the miracles and wonders attending him as mere legendary accretion; nevertheless they certainly believe there had to have been a central figure that began Christianity. Perhaps he was just a wandering teacher‚ or an exorcist‚ an apocalyptic prophet or a zealot who opposed the Romans. Perhaps he was all these things‚ or even
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The French Revolution was a time in France where people wanted to do something about the Old Regime and new developed ideas. During this period‚ peasants and other lower-class people wanted the same rights and freedoms the nobles had. New assemblies of people were forming; trying to create laws to limit the power of the monarchy and eventually get rid of it. Jacobins‚ a group of radicals‚ became enemies of France because they were murdering the people of their own country. This is when Robespierre
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