Johannes Kepler revolutionized the science community with his improvements made to Nicolaus Copernicus’s heliocentric model. Not only was Copernicus a huge influence on astronomy at the time‚ Kepler would eventually become just as big of an influenced to others as well. Kepler adopted the Copernican heliocentric model at a young age even after receiving opposition from the theologians. He introduced the three laws of planetary motion in Astronomia Nova and later Harmonices Mundi. Johannes Kepler
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musical instruments in their performances. Although their content tended to be crass and vulgar it did lend itself to themes of the day. That being themes of religious and political nature. Their style of performance was very similar to that of the Old Roman Theatre. They performed at festivals and fairs of the day‚ not to mention in open town roads. Liturgical Dramas During this time period in Europe the Catholic Church became the preeminent authoritative power. Many local ordinaries (Bishops‚ Cardinals
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Social and Economic Impacts Of Haiti and Japan Earthquakes Haiti Social Impacts 3 million people affected Over 220.000 deaths 330.000 injured 1.3 million people made homeless Several hospitals collapsed Economic Impacts 30.000 commercial buildings collapsed Business destroyed Damage the main clothing industry Airport an port damaged Japan Social Impacts The disaster will weigh on Japan’s economic growth through negative impact on consumption‚ capex projection‚ and
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Perfection was what artists and craftspeople aimed for when creating something. They considered their skills a sacred gift; respected materials used and thanked the successful creations of beautiful objects. While working‚ sword-makers prayed and believed that when finished‚ the sword would have its own spirit. Also‚ potters often made items of a semi-religious nature. The cups and pots used during the Japanese tea ceremony had to be special. Sake‚ which is a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented
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Journal of Economics 11 : 1 (Summer 2006) pp. 19-34 Trade Liberalization and Economic Development: Evidence from Pakistan Bushra Yasmin‚ Zainab Jehan‚ Muhammad Ali Chaudhary* Abstract Unrestricted trade stimulates economic growth and bridges socioeconomic gaps existing in different countries of the world. Pakistan has adopted trade liberalization policies since the late 1980s with the same expectations. This study has empirically analyzed how trade liberalization has affected economic development
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Economic growth has been used with other terms such as development‚ modernization‚ westernization and industrialization. It is‚ in other words‚ a transition from a simple‚ low-income economy to a modern‚ high- income economy. Its scope includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic‚ political‚ and social well-being of its people. Though it is often measured by rate of change of gross domestic product‚ it is generally understood in terms of increase in per capita income
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Economic development in New Zealand ! HDI Life expectancy GDP per capita PPP Literacy rate Mean years of schooling 2010 0.907 80.40 years $25‚293 99% 12.4 years 2013 0.919 80.82 years $25‚689 99% 12.5 years ! The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy‚ education‚ and income indices used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. From the year 2010 to 2013‚ New Zealand’s HDI has gone up
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Economics Chapter 1 I. An Economic way of Thinking What’s Economics? - The study of choices people make to satisfy their needs and wants. - It is the study of how society choose to use it’s scarce resources to satisfy it’s unlimited needs and wants. Economists: - Someone who studies the choices that people make. - Someone who studies the economic theory and applies it to the real world. Economic Actions: 1. Micro-economic: Study of one single factor of economy. (Mobile co.) 2. Macro
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On Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan launched a sneak attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor‚ destroying the peace of a beautiful Hawaiian morning and leaving much of the fleet broken and burning. The destruction and death that the Japanese military put upon Pearl Harbor that day was 18 naval vessels (including eight battleships) sunk or heavily damaged‚ 188 planes destroyed‚ over 2‚000 servicemen killed was exacerbated by the fact that American commanders in Hawaii were caught by surprise
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ROLE OF CONSTRUCTION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Provides for economic development and expansion of economic activities Major consumer of physical and natural resources Produces waste Pollutes environment BUILDING MATERIALS “You employ stone‚ wood and concrete and with these materials‚ you build homes and places: that is construction” – Le Corbusier Attitudes Towards Building Materials Possibilities and appropriateness Attitudes Efficiency of use (engineering point of view) Adequacy
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