Economics‚ Kyoto University‚ Kyoto‚ Japan Email: k.naito.71@gmail.com‚ k.nishida@ft7.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp Received November 30‚ 2011; revised December 20‚ 2011; accepted December 28‚ 2011 ABSTRACT This paper presents a simple model to investigate the relationship among initial income inequality‚ education and economic growth. Public expenditure on education is determined through majority voting. Although preferences of individuals are not single-peaked‚ the individual with the median income becomes the
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ARTICLE Investigation of the relationship between place characteristics and child behavior in residential landscape spaces: a case study on the Century Sunshine Garden Residential Quarter in Hefei Zao Lin‚ Rui Zeng‚ Maosheng Ye College of Architecture and Art‚ Hefei University of Technology‚ Hefei 230009‚ China Received 6 December 2011; accepted 16 January 2012 KEYWORDS Abstract Place characteristics; Child behavior; Action capacity; Relationship; Residential landscape spaces
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Macbeth: The thin line between tragedy and dark humor. William Shakespeare ’s Macbeth has always been considered one of the literary worlds most celebrated tragedies. It is arguably the darkest and most gruesome of his plays. The protagonist‚ Macbeth‚ is the poster child for tragic hero‚ "a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that‚ combined with fate and external forces‚ brings on a tragedy" (www.dictionary.com). And until recently we were satisfied with
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Hurstwood becomes jobless and continuously gambles to Carrie’s dismay. Theodore Dreiser reiterates that the former relationship was based on the reason that Hurstwood depended on her for “something to eat” (274). Hurstwood’s gradual shift from being a top manager of Fitzgerald and Moy’s saloon to a beggar ends Carrie and Hurstwood’s relationship and renews her independence. As the story progresses‚ Carrie begins to realize that she has become the breadwinner of the Hurstwood household by playing roles
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judge me by how many times I have fallen and gotten back up again” respectively said by Nelson Mandela illustrates the young protagonist Mildred Peacock of Point Haven‚ Michigan. A mother of five‚ Mildred‚ undergoes multiple struggles throughout her life reflecting on and from children. With all but one of her children being born to a crooked‚ cheating‚ alcoholic father‚ Mildred was making ends meet with little to no money‚ few jobs and a rundown car for her family. In the novel Mama by Terry McMillan
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and maintain an affluential reputation. This central theme is apparent in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ which is further translated into Billy Morrissett’s Scotland‚ PA. Although Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s desire to “achieve absolute monarchical authority is absurdly reduced to the McBeths’ desperate bourgeois ambitions‚” in Scotland‚ PA‚ the main concept remains intact (Hoefer 154). Essentially‚ Macbeth is transformed from a tragic play about the uncontrollable desperation for monarchial power kindled
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The master’s view of slavery and Christianity was dismal. Many of these masters did not seek to convert their slaves to their own religion of Christianity. This paragraph will seek to explore why the relationship between slaves‚ their masters and their converting‚ or lack thereof‚ to Christianity was so tense. Initially‚ slavery was justified on the premise of missionary activity particularly among the Catholics of France and Spain in the New World‚ though certainly not only relegated to them. Charles
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One of the greatest American adventure stories started on February 28‚ 1803‚ when President Thomas Jefferson gained approval for his visionary project. This project was to explore the unknown West with a small expeditionary group. President Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to head this expedition. Both Lewis and Clark had close ties to Jefferson. Meriwether Lewis was one of Jefferson’s secretaries and William Clark was a close friend. The initial idea of the expedition was
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Findings After reading these three articles between how coaches and players do not get along with them attacking each other and when a player does something terrible and the coach defends them. We all have been in a situation where we do not want to be talked to by a family member or friend just because he had a bad day‚ but when you bring that attitude to a sporting event or practice sometimes the player or coach my lose their composure. Which happened in the three articles that I read‚ dealing
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before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”Luke 22:15‚ 16. The writer would start from comprehending the meaning and origins of Passover. Meanwhile‚ this paper would explore the links between Passover and the
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