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• South Carolina - geography.

  (20° F) or lower, occur each winter. July temperatures average 27° C (80° F) in most of the state, with temperatures in the lower 20°s C (lower 70°s F) in themountains. Except in the mountains, summer daytime highs throughout South Carolina often enter the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F). The temperature in July in Columbiaranges from 21° to 33° C (70° to 92° F). D2 Precipitation Central South Carolina has an average annual precipitation (both rainfall and snowfall) of 1,140 mm (45 in). Greater amo...

• South Carolina - USA History.

  (20° F) or lower, occur each winter. July temperatures average 27° C (80° F) in most of the state, with temperatures in the lower 20°s C (lower 70°s F) in themountains. Except in the mountains, summer daytime highs throughout South Carolina often enter the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F). The temperature in July in Columbiaranges from 21° to 33° C (70° to 92° F). D2 Precipitation Central South Carolina has an average annual precipitation (both rainfall and snowfall) of 1,140 mm (45 in). Greater amo...

• Israel (country) - country.

  harbor in the northern part of the country, and Ashdod, an artificial deepwater port to the south, serve as the main seaports on the Mediterranean. The port of Elat onthe Gulf of Aqaba provides Israel’s only access to the Red Sea, making it extremely important to the country’s shipping interests. D Natural Resources Although much of Israel’s desert regions contain poor soils, the northern Negev, the coastal plains, and the interior valleys provide patches of productive soils. Anestimated 18 per...

• I am going to talk about the notion “spaces and exchanges”.

  a documentary about “The Wall”. The Wall is the Mexico - United States barrier. Americans have built the Wall in order to prevent immigrants from crossing the border. The “Wall” is at the centre of a controversy, in fact some people are against it because they think that it is very expensive and ineffective. It jeopardizes the immigrants' health and safety and moreover it damages the environment. But the major part of Americans is for because they think it prevents illegal immigrants from enteri...

• Misfits

  misfits among other misfits”. I would like to conclude my presentation by quoting an Apple quote that shows how misfits are utile to the society: “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they...

• Who am I, who are you

  Because friends come in different colors, shapes, nationalities, religions... So please, don't judge a person from the outside!   We can learn from each other, About different cultures, We can teach each other, Different languages, And spread love and peace all over the world.   Wars were made, People were dead, Concepts were made, Justice was sometimes served, But wars didn't disappear! I wish we can all scream: Yes to love & no to wars!   My brother lets hold our hands together, And shout to t...

• on the road de kerouac

  able to give up everything just because they have enough of the other people. But this is also the decision of the main character in Kerouac's text, according to him, he is different, that's why he decided to exclude himself of the white society, he is working to live, but when the work is over, he moves to an another place, he's living on the road. In Beardsley's painting we can see a woman at the top she is half naked and we can see a demon at the bottom. Indeed, she is half naked, she is show...

• Venizélos Elefthérios, 1864-1936, né à La Canée (Crète), homme politique grec.

• THE TRANSCENDENTAL ANALYTIC: THE DEDUCTION OF THE CATEGORIES -KANT

  Consider, for instance, the concept of ‘cause', which appears in Kant's list of categories. If it is a priori thenexperience cannot be cited as its origin; indeed, experience – as Hume had shown – could never establish thenecessity and universality of the link binding cause and effect together. No doubt our experience does suggest tous various generalizations. But might there not be a world of experience in which such great chaos reigned thatnothing could be identified as cause and ef...

• Referencing method

  There are several different ways that you can cite an information source within the text of your essay. See our full guide for more information. References: Full bibliographic details for each work you have used, or cited, are given in the reference list at end of your assignment. The reference list enables your lecturer to understand what information you have cited and to help them find the original work if they wish to. The reference list contains details of all the things you ha...

• mythes and heroes

  and recognized. In sport, Respect is also important but athletes transmit others values. For instance, Mohammed Ali, heavyweight champion of the world, teaches the importance of the determination, the courage and the will through his fight. He shows us that we should never give up in front of the difficulty because the perseverance always pays. Also, some heroes are important because they protect us by serving their country. Some men and women are ready to put their life in danger and to sacrifi...

• oraux anglais

  white family . Her father is a magistrate . They are a the top of the social lader and despise black people . He is treated as a slave and is deprived of any fundammental rights . The father was racist . She regards his as a coward . · There is also the text « That is our tragedy » of Monica Ali . Monica Ali deals with woman’s situation in an immigrant society. There is a theme of feminism in the novel. This text involves the notion of community, foreign adaptation difficulties, as...

• Analyse Twelfth Night de William Shakespeare (en anglais)

  woman : Viola, herself in love with Orsino; and as if it was not enough, Malvolio and Sir Andrew are as well in love with Olivia and  both believe they have a chance. Illyria seems to be in a total fever. Shakespeare shows that these passions only create confusion, that one has to deal with them with a lot of measure, self-control and reason. Therefore he truly celebrates order.     In addition to love, identity is as well a very big source of disorder and confusion in Twelfth Night. Shakespeare...

• Commentaire the great expectations

  take on an adult point of view on his own deed. It seems that he is now older and looking back on past events : “ So I called myself Pip” (l.2); it shows that the story is retrospective. When looking on this former events, his behaviour is often characterized by adjectives linked to childhood, and which seems here derogatory : “infant tongue” (l.1), “childish conclusion” (l.10). Finally, one can easily notice that the story is not narrated by a young boy, but...

• Comment faire du commerce en France

  age. France being a part of the so called“Old Continent” is considered a country which has one of the   longest and most influential histories. Moreover, the French people are well known for their pessimism and their complaining about the present   or the future.  Conflicts&Synergies We can take the example of “the age of retirement” as the  people nowadays have to work longer than the   previous generation in all these three countries, or the fact of losing certain social benefits, as it is in ...

• A suggestion of romance

  beast feels for Belle grows stronger every day and every night, he would ask her to marry him only to be refused each time. Belle, dreaming of a prince she is persuaded is kept as a prisonner in this castle, always answer him that she only love the Beast as a friend.  After several month, Belle eventually become home sick and asks the Beast if he could let her see her family. He allowed her if she would return after one week and give her a mirror where she could see the Beast at any time she wan...

• ÉTRANGER — GROUPE 2, SESSION DE JUIN 1995 LANGUE VIVANTE 1- SÉRIE L

  sible, so close at hand. Y ou walk through London, for instance, and every alleyway holds secrets. Every church and every row of shops and houses tells a story. It is not like that in America. America star­ ted yesterday. America does not build on, it builds over. There are 30 no medieval ruins in New Jersey. There are no 700-year-old castles in Nebraska.[ ... ] Most of the Americans 1 know who live permanently in London left home for a single, c...

• Lion - biology.

  Lions usually hunt at night, alone, or in groups. Their preferred prey are large hoofed mammals, such as zebras and wildebeests, but they will go after small hares aswell as huge giraffes. Typically, a lion hunting alone will slowly and silently stalk its prospective victim, trying not to be seen, until it is about 30 m (about 98 ft) away.Then with a burst of speed, the lion will run toward the prey, grab it, and throw it to the ground. The lion kills the prey by biting the back of the animal’s...

• Devops

  Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to our first session of the DevOpS Academy. I am your host, Lawrence Muthoga and I look after Microsoft Open source business across Middle Eastern Africa and a good thing with the open source world is it runs on Dev OPS Dev OPS is the engine that fuels it and so it's only right that I step in and share with you why you should care about Dev OPS in this first session in this series of videos, we're going to be talking about. Not just why you ne...

• Madrid - geography.

  Madrid’s Plaza MayorBuilt in the early 17th century, the Plaza Mayor was used for a variety of activities, including bullfights, executions during theInquisition, and festivals. Today it is one of Madrid’s main tourist attractions.Cesar Lucas/The Image Bank The traditional heart of Madrid is an area 3.9 sq km (1.5 sq mi). In 1656 King Philip IV had a city wall built around the area. Over the next 200 years the city grew throughconstruction of taller buildings and the use of open land within the...

• Steam Engine.

  wear caused by this pressure, steam-engine valves are frequently made in a cylindrical form entirely enclosing the piston, so that the pressure is equal all around thevalve and friction is minimized. The development of this type of valve is attributed to the American inventor and manufacturer George Henry Corliss. In other types ofslide valves, the moving portion of the valve is designed so that steam does not press directly on the back of the valve. The linkage between the piston of the engine...

• Antarctica - geography.

  The geographic South Pole lies near the center of the continent in East Antarctica. This point is where all map lines of longitude converge at the southern end ofEarth’s axis of rotation. Distinct from the geographic south pole is the south magnetic pole, where the lines of force of Earth’s magnetic field emerge vertically,arching upward over the planet to enter Earth again at the north magnetic pole. The south-seeking end of a compass needle points to the south magnetic pole. Thesouth magnetic...

• Ice Ages.

  B Future Ice Ages The record of previous glacial activity is the best indicator for future ice ages. Scientists examine the evidence for the numerous 100,000-year glacial-interglacial cycleswithin the present ice age to attempt a forecast of future ice ages. Since all previous ice ages lasted tens of millions of years, our present ice age will likely continue fora considerable amount of time. Each glaciation begins slowly and may take 80,000 years or more to reach its maximum extent. A rapid me...

• Excerpt from Oliver Twist - anthology.

  Now, Mr. Bumble was a fat man, and a choleric; so instead of responding to this open-hearted salutation in a kindred spirit, he gave the little wicket a tremendousshake, and then bestowed upon it a kick which could have emanated from no leg but a beadle’s. “Lor, only think,” said Mrs. Mann, running out—for the three boys had been removed by this time,—“only think of that! That I should have forgotten that the gatewas bolted on the inside, on account of them dear children. Walk in, sir, walk...

• From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - anthology.

  'Wherebouts?' says I. 'Down to Silas Phelps's place, two mile below here. He's a runaway nigger, and they've got him. Was you looking for him?' 'You bet I ain't! I run across him in the woods about an hour or two ago, and he said if I hollered he'd cut my livers out—and told me to lay down and stay where Iwas; and I done it. Been there ever since; afeard to come out.' 'Well,' he says, 'you needn't be afeard no more, becuz they've got him. He run off f'm down South, som'ers.' 'It'...

• Police.

  body. In larger agencies, executive officers may be selected through a civil service or merit system, after moving through the ranks from patrol officer to sergeant,lieutenant, captain, and (in still larger agencies) deputy or assistant chief. At the county level, the head of the agency usually holds the title sheriff. The sheriff is almost always elected and has the power to appoint deputies. Sheriffs'departments often provide law enforcement services for unincorporated areas of counties and ar...

• Federal Reserve System.

  and their powers were also expanded. For example, discount rates now had to be approved periodically by the board. Sales and purchases of governmentsecurities—the open-market operation that previously had been managed solely at the discretion of the presidents of the reserve banks—were centralized in the FederalOpen Market Committee (FOMC), consisting of the seven governors, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and four other reserve bank presidentsserving on a rotating basis....

• Courts in the United States.

  The term circuit derives from the original structure of these courts. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789, trials of certain cases were required to be held before three-judge circuit courts consisting of two Supreme Court justices and the federal trial judge in the district court. In addition to their regular duties, Supreme Court justices were required to ride circuit, traveling from district to district within their assigned circuit, often covering great distances. In 1891 Congress establishe...

• Mesopotamian Art and Architecture I INTRODUCTION Mesopotamian Art and Architecture, the arts and buildings of the ancient Middle Eastern civilizations that developed in the area (now Iraq) between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from prehistory to the 6th century BC.

  arts. III EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD Figures from Tell AsmarCreated around 2700 bc, these stone figures are from the city of Tell Asmar in what today is Iraq. From the Temple ofAbu, the statuettes stood in watchful prayer with the wide, staring eyes often found in Sumerian sculpture. The figuresare in the Iraq Museum, Baghdād, Iraq.Art Resource, NY The first historical epoch of Sumerian dominance lasted from about 3000 BC until about 2340 BC. While earlier architectural traditions continued, a ne...

• Biodiversity.

  a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), and most also have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These molecules direct the production of proteins—molecules responsiblefor the structure and function of virtually all living cells. This is the evolutionary chain of life. All species are descended from a single common ancestor. From that ancient single-celled microbe, all inherited RNA. As time goesby, species diverge and develop their own peculiar attributes, thus making their own contribution to biodiv...

• Biodiversity - biology.

  a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), and most also have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These molecules direct the production of proteins—molecules responsiblefor the structure and function of virtually all living cells. This is the evolutionary chain of life. All species are descended from a single common ancestor. From that ancient single-celled microbe, all inherited RNA. As time goesby, species diverge and develop their own peculiar attributes, thus making their own contribution to biodiv...

• Arabic Literature I INTRODUCTION Arabic Literature, literature written in the Arabic language, from the 6th century to the present.

  The life of the Prophet Muhammad also generated its own literary sources, primary among which is the hadith. The hadiths were a collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions, transmitted through a chain of authorities said to go back to Muhammad himself. The two most famous collections of hadiths are those of al-Bukhari andMuslim in the 9th century. These works provide a wealth of information covering all aspects of a Muslim's life, from prayer to personal, social, and business conduct. The...

• Delaware - geography.

  D Climate Delaware has generally hot and humid summers and mild winters. D1 Temperature In July, average daytime temperatures are usually in the upper 20°s to lower 30°sC (80°sF) or even higher. But because summer nights tend to be cooler than thedays, July averages are about 24°C (about 75°F). In addition, onshore sea breezes can reduce daytime temperatures along the coast by 3 to 6 Celsius degrees (5 to 10Fahrenheit degrees). January averages range from -1°C (31°F) at Newark, in the north, t...

• Delaware - USA History.

  D Climate Delaware has generally hot and humid summers and mild winters. D1 Temperature In July, average daytime temperatures are usually in the upper 20°s to lower 30°sC (80°sF) or even higher. But because summer nights tend to be cooler than thedays, July averages are about 24°C (about 75°F). In addition, onshore sea breezes can reduce daytime temperatures along the coast by 3 to 6 Celsius degrees (5 to 10Fahrenheit degrees). January averages range from -1°C (31°F) at Newark, in the north, t...

• Albania - country.

  Joining the international community in its concern over the degradation of the environment, Albania is party to international agreements concerning biodiversity, climatechange, and wetlands. III THE PEOPLE OF ALBANIA In 2008 Albania’s population estimate was 3,619,778, resulting in an average density of 132 persons per sq km (342 per sq mi). More and more people have left ruralareas for urban ones, particularly in the northern districts, such that in 2005 some 45 percent of the population live...

• Analyse de l'article (1997) - Can we believe what we do not understand ? de François Recanati, philosophe du langage

  Table des matieres 1 La construction d'un systeme methodique 4 1.1 Mise en evidence des dierents types d'enonces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 La relation entre quasi-beliefetmeta-belief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 Aspect linguistique : critique de la semantique indeterminee chez Sperber 7 2.1 Le caractere representationnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Le deferential operator R x() comme alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 La vision anti-dualiste ent...

• Canada (fiche d'identité) Code international: CAN Superficie: 9 970 610 km2 Population: 26 620 000 h.

• Portfolio llce art et contestation How can art denounce prejudices and injustice while supporting black people's fight ?

  How can art denounce prejudices and injustice while supporting black people's fight ? INTRODUCTION: Today, I'm going to talk about art and protest. Art can be used as a counter-power through painting, film and music. It has allowed artists to express their perception of the world and to question the values of our contemporary societies.I will use 6 documents to explain my points, first the song "This is America" by Donald Glover and then the painting "Equal Justice" by Ted Eilis to show th...

• Ashcan ou (Ash Can) School Cette expression («école de la poubelle») désigne un groupe de peintres américains qui exposèrent pour la première fois (à Philadelphie et à New York) en 1908, sous le nom de The Eight («les Huit»): R.

• Ressources gratuites : EXPRESSIONS UTILES EN CLASSE

  J'ai des questions. Je n'ai pas de question(s). I have some questions. I don't have any questions. 14. J’ai oublié mon/ma . . . à la maison. I forgot/left my. . .at home. 15. Est-ce que vous pouvez me donner . . . ? Can you give me. . . ? 16. Est-ce que vous pouvez m’aider? Can you help me? 17. Est-ce que je peux emprunter un stylo/ un crayon s’il vous plaît ? Can I have a pen/pencil, please? 18. Est-ce que je peux avoir une feuille de papier s’il vous plaît ? Can I have a piece of...

• Stultitiast... venatum ducere invitas canes

  Stultitiast... venatum ducere invitas canes Il est stupide de mener à la chasse les chiens malgré eux Cette sentence qu'on peut rattacher au topos selon lequel tout devient difficile lorsque la motivation manque (n. 1257) est empruntée à Plaute (Stichus, 139), qui l'utilise à propos d'une femme mariée contre son gré et qui déteste son mari. La sentence fut citée par Erasme (Adagio, 4, 1, 27, Volentem bovem ducito); elle possède un précédent grec chez Théognis, où l'image d'un animal attac...

• Myths and heroes

  Then, we compared sporting women to superheroines. For instance, Hope Solo, American goal keeper, was associated to Catwoman because she’s got quick reflexes and she’s nicknamed “The Cat”. Always in sport, we watched a video redrawing the life of Oscar Pistorius until Olympics of London, Oscar Pistorius is a 200 meters runner Paralympics who’s nicknamed the “blade runner”. Finally, we wrote paragraphs on various types of heroes of the everyday-life such as the paralympians, the nur...

• The opening of Rear Window

  see the window: it is the only thing which the viewer can focus on in a similar way to the audience of a theatre, focusing on the stage. This credit sequence has some symbolic as the plot lies on what is seen through the window. The fact that the shutters open will allow the action to take place. It also makes the viewer feel like he is waking up in a warm atmosphere created by the sepia color of the shutters and the touch of red used for the credits. As we are going to see, the open...

• seats and form of power

  Second of all, it is already known that the USA’s judicial system can be random. The « Hot coffee » field can illustrate this. Some citizens tend to take advantage of the legal system. To recap, Stella Liebeck, 79, spellef hot coffee on herself, got 3rd degree burns on her legs and sued McDonald’s for serving her the coffee. She won a jury verdict of 2.9$ M, which was reduced and the case was...

• Cellular Radio Telephone.

  There were more than 120 million wireless subscribers in the United States in 2001, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, with thenumber of new users increasing significantly each year. Forecasters and regulators did not anticipate this growth, however. Network equipment and start-up costs weresubstantial, and the cost to consumers was high. Providers had limited their networks to a small group of high-volume business users. Eventually, the providersrecognized th...

• black south african english

  ‘She said she had come looking for me.’ Comment: certain contexts (e.g. a subordinate clause preceded by a main clause with past tense verbs) the simple past corresponds to the past perfect of StE: Modality 8. how am I going to construct a good sentence so as this person can be able to hear me clearly. ‘ … so that this person can understand me clearly.’ Comment: other modals ( shall, must, may, might, will, would, should ), which all allow collocations with be able 9. it can be in Computer Sci...

• The idea of progress

  express 65 feelings with her facial expressions or Baxter who is made of plastic in orther to help human workers an keep them safe. On the other hand opposers claim that robots also have drawbacks. To begin with, they are not totally controlable and we can’t trust them. The film « robocop » is a clear example of the risk we are running if the robots doesn’t retake the message we deliver to it. Mrs. Weston has clearly put it when she says that no one knows what it may be thinking. In a...

• Oral Bac Anglais - Idea of Progress : Designer Babies

  Trait selection can be a service, it sounds like a business, a transaction, a deal. Pr oviding people with a service could be positive. The problem is that no everybody would agree. Even I have trouble setting a limit. Think it can become bad, when it stops become non medical. It definitely sounds bad, unethical when doctor offer to craft a baby. - In a r ecent U.S. survey of 999 people who sought genetic counseling, a majority said...

• Kangaroos.

  In captivity with plenty of food and water, large kangaroos can live up to 28 years. Smaller kangarooshave shorter lives. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Artistic style

  The ancient rhetoricians discussed style in terms of rhetorical figures, both semantic (such as metaphor andpersonification) and syntactic (such as asyndeton and antithesis). Contemporary stylisticians and discourseanalysts have used modern linguistic techniques to identify particular stylistic features of poems, plays and ordinarydiscourse. Style in this sense is identified as how something is said rather than what is said: with form rather thancontent. Very different things can be s...