the creation of the first printing press in the fifthteenth century by Johannes Gutenberg‚ printing has come a long way with modern printers able to print thousands of books in a matter of days. The first form of printing that is known of appeared in China in something called block printing. Block printing was the transfer of ink to paper from carvings of characters in small wooden blocks and was used on playing cards and paper money (Kreis‚ Steven). The first movable type was also created in China
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Journal of World Business 39 (2004) 49–60 Ethics in international business: multinational approaches to child labor Ans Kolka‚*‚ Rob Van Tulderb a Amsterdam graduate Business School‚ University of Amsterdam‚ Roetersstraat 11‚ 1018 WB Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands b Rotterdam School of Management‚ Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ The Netherlands Abstract How do multinationals address conflicting norms and expectations? This article focuses on corporate codes of ethics in the area of child labor
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Johannes Brahms was a German Composer‚ Pianist and conductor of the 19th century or the Romantic period. He was one of the 3 B?s or the Big three: Bach‚ Beethoven and Brahms. Johannes was a very self-critic man he burned many of his pieces before he could get anyone?s opinion on them and he burned all of his compositions that he wrote before the age of 19. Johannes Brahms was born on Tuesday 7th may 1833‚ in the city of Hamburg the birthplace also of Mendelssohn. Johann Brahms was himself a musician
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Johannes Kepler‚ who was born December 27‚ 1571 and died on November 15‚ 1630. He created the three major laws of planetary motion. These three laws are called the Law of Ellipses‚ the Law of Equal Areas‚ and the Law of Harmonies. Kepler’s first law is called the Law of Ellispes or the Law of Orbits. This law states that planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus. Think of the elliptical shape as a part of a cone. This is the shape of the orbit that becomes an inverse square force
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Johannes Vermeer Vermeer was a realist painter who focused on chiaroscuro and became a master in using this technique. The artist delighted in the technicalities of the camera obscura that had emerged in Dutch markets at this time and was an avid fan of using various lens and glass contraptions to discover new forms of capturing light in various contexts. There is little information about Vermeer’s personal life. He seems to have devoted his time to his work and never left his hometown of Delft
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Hum300GD Johannes Kepler was born the son of a poor mercenary solider in 1571 in Weil der Stadt‚ Wurttemburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He began his education in Wurttemburg through a scholarship program designed to produce teachers and Lutheran pastors. In 1589‚ Kepler entered the theological seminary at the University of Tubingen. It was here that he first learned of Copernican astronomy from Michael Maestlin. The University of Tubingen awarded Kepler his MA in 1591. In 1594 Kepler interrupted
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Johannes Brahms was born on May 7‚ 1833‚ in Hamburg‚ which is the second largest city in Germany. Brahms was known for being a composer of romantic music. He started playing piano at an early age‚ and he used his gift to "[help] to supplement the rather meager family income by playing the piano in restaurants and theaters‚ as well as by teaching" (Johannes Brahms). His piano teachers were Otto Cossel and Eduard Marxsen. At a young age he gave some public concerts in Hamburg. Though he was not
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overall power factor to unity. What is the new line current? 6. A 4157- Vrms‚ three-phase supply is applied to a balanced Y-connected three-phase load consisting of three identical impedances of 4836.870. Taking the phase to neutral voltage Van as reference‚ calculate: a. The phasor currents in each line b. The total active and reactive power supplied to the load 7. Repeat problem 6 with the same three-phase impedances arranged in a
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Hieronymus Bosch Horrendous torture‚ carnal mutilations‚ flying fish‚ the fires of hell‚ and the sinister depths of the human imagination are just a few of the illustrations found in the paintings of Bosch. Hieronymus van Aken‚ commonly known Bosch‚ is acknowledged worldwide as one of the most popular and most intriguing artists in history. A true master of symbolism‚ this paradox-riddled man was a herald in genre painting and landscaping. He was a painter rich in ideas with what is seemingly
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special appeal. The art of Johannes Vermeer was a coveted prize to both of them. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering were powerful‚ ruthless people that were obsessed with art. Hitler had been rejected as a student from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. According to the Richard Berge‚ Bonni Cohen‚ and Nicole Newnham in The Rape of Europa‚ this disturbed Hitler in part because he worked in realism
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