to are Gilded Age and Belle Époque. In the USA and several other countries‚ the boom was manifested in suburban development and urban sprawl‚ aided by automobile ownership. Many Western governments funded large infrastructure projects during this period. Here the redevelopment of Norrmalm and the Stockholm Metro‚ Sweden. The post–World War II economic expansion‚ also known as the postwar economic boom‚ the long boom‚ and the Golden Age of Capitalism‚ was a period of economic prosperity in the mid-20th
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OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION: INTERROGATING THE OIL COMPANY’S ADHERENCE TO ARTICLE 40 ON COMMUNITY COMPENSATION Indigenous communities across the globe have been victims of unwarranted exploitation by private investors in the search for among others oil and gas. Whenever governments and oil companies intend to enrich themselves from the oil revenue‚ history has indicated that voiceless citizens are subjected to inhuman treatment and torture‚ deprivation of their indigenous community rights‚ disruption
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During the 1950s‚ after World War II‚ the economy was booming‚ and many Americans were living “the American Dream‚” or enjoying material comfort. By 1956‚ the majority of Americans no longer had industrial jobs‚ such as working in the factories‚ producing goods. Instead‚ more Americans were working in professional occupations that paid more than the industrial jobs‚ such as sales‚ insurance‚ communications‚ and advertising. In addition‚ Americans in the 1950s had more leisure time than ever‚ working
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captured prisoners of war‚ or civilians that had to pass through transit camps” (World War 2” 3). In the novel ‘The Hiding Place’ the Ten-Boom family is taken from their home into a Dulag for pre-questioning before being sent into an official camp. Many of the people at these transit camps were thoroughly questioned on much of their private life‚ such as the Ten-Boom family when they were being moved. “Ahead of me in line‚ Betsie answered‚ “Unmarried‚” for the twentieth time that day. “Number of children
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history were; the stock market crash‚ which led to the “Great Depression”‚ the baby boom on the other hand led to increases in jobs during the 1960’s‚ and finally GST replaced “Manufacture Sales Tax” (MST) in 1990. The morning of October 24th 1929 is known as “Black Thursday” because on this day the stock market crashed in America but it affected most of the world including Canada. The cause
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was one of the worst man made disasters in recent history. Back in 2010‚ an estimated 47‚000 people and 7‚000 boats/vessels were involved in the cleanup process. “It was estimated by a government-commissioned panel of scientists that 4‚900‚000 barrels of oil had already leaked into the Gulf.” (Pallardy) An excessive amount of oil has polluted the region. The government and BP had to take action as soon as possible‚ before the spill reaches further distances. The disaster
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BOOM’ S PROBLEM PS 4.3 – Torque (Rotational Equilibrium) Problems 1. A crane supports a 3.0 kN weight as shown. The crane’s boom is 8.0 m long and is at an angle of 30˚ from the horizontal. If the hydraulic support is attached to the boom 2.0 m from the bottom of the boom‚ then: a) what is the compressional force in the hydraulic? b) what is the magnitude and direction of the force on the pin at the bottom of the boom? a) ∑Torque = 0 F cos 30˚ x 2.0 = 3000 cos 30˚ x 8.0 F = 24
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places constraints or obligations upon a business‚ businesses must adapt to changes in the law quickly in order to avoid prosecution. ECONOMIC FACTORS: Economic factors are often effected by social changes‚ for example through booms and slumps in the economy; in a boom most businesses benefit‚ whereas in a slump most businesses feel a negative effect. Other economic factors are tied in with legal issues‚ for example a change in the minimum wage. POLITICAL FACTORS: Political factors are similar
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Ireland?* Abstract While Irish GNP quadrupled between 1990 and 2007‚ this Celtic Tiger growth came from two distinctive‚ sequential booms‚ with export driven growth during the 1990s being followed after 2000 by a credit fuelled construction boom. Bank lending rose from 60 per cent of GNP in 1997 to 200 per cent in 2008‚ causing a house price bubble and a building boom where 20 per cent of GNP came from construction. The collapse of the credit bubble leaves Ireland with high unemployment‚
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massive expansion in population‚ infrastructure‚ and industry. Those expansions started with a boom of the economy in the middle to late 1800s due to the discovery of natural gas in east central Indiana. Starting with the way of life before that discovery‚ the Delaware County region expanded because of multiple people and industries and now enjoys many successes even years after the gas boom. The gas boom in Delaware County not only affected the area immediately in a positive way‚ but it also impacted
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