177 résultats pour "projectifs"
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Phoenix (city, Arizona) - geography.
The company’s irrigation system followed the network of canals that were built there by the Hohokam some 500 years earlier. In October 1870, several settlers foundedthe site of modern Phoenix. In recognition of the former Hohokam culture, settler Darrell Duppa likened the new community to the phoenix, a mythological bird thatconsumed itself by fire every 500 years and arose anew from the ashes. Thereafter, the group adopted Phoenix as the settlement’s name. Within a short time the areawas produc...
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Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg
The imaginative films of Steven Spielberg are known for their technical creativity and memorable characters.
Courtesy of Everett Collection Spielberg teamed up with writer-producer George Lucas in the 1980s to make the action-adventure Indiana Jones film series: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Other directorial projects during this period included the science-fiction fantasy E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial , at the time the highest-grossing film ever made; The Color Purple (1985), a drama based on the novel...
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Word & Image
A Journal of Verbal/Visual Enquiry
ISSN: 0266-6286 (Print) 1943-2178 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.
Reception and interference: reading Jean Molinet's rebus-poems ADRIAN ARMSTRONG Northern French culture in the late Middle Ages is marked not only by a proliferation of visual images, but also by the knowledge which these images convey, velY often in the form of figurative discourse. Traditional coded or symbolic visual fornls include heraldly, where tinctures and charges often accumulate particular connotations, and typological staine...
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Tampa - geography.
The Port of Tampa is the country’s deepwater port closest to the Panama Canal and is among the nation’s busiest; products passing through the port include cement,citrus fruits, coal, petroleum, ammonia, phosphate, and sulfur. The port also is home to a shrimp fleet and is increasingly a port of departure for cruise ships. A number of highways and expressways link Tampa to the rest of the metropolitan region and the state. Interstate 4 leads inland toward Orlando and forms the axis ofthe eastern...
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Cela mesure environ trois kilomètres de long sur trente-cinq millimètres
réalisateur scénario Le plan de travail. Il peut y avoir une part plus ou moins importante d'improvisation au moment du tournage, par exemple pour intégrer le jeu propre des acteurs, même si un découpage technique élaboré a été réalisé. Mais, de toute façon, celui-ci doit être assez précis pour que les principaux collaborateurs du film puissent prévoir et regrouper tout ce qui sera nécessaire, le 23 e jour du tournage par exemple, pour un certain nombre de plans. Lors du découpage technique,...
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NASA - astronomy.
Challenger shuttle after launch in 1986 and the Columbia shuttle during reentry in 2003, killing both crews. Investigations traced the accidents to design flaws and tomanagement problems. Both accidents led to design and procedure changes, and to a temporary stoppage of shuttle flights. Following the Columbia disaster, NASA alsoannounced plans to retire the shuttle in 2010, after completion of the International Space Station (ISS), a human orbital research facility. The Constellation program is...
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Confederation of Canada - Canadian History.
Québec conference seemed in many ways to give Macdonald the centralized union he wanted. The federal government would control banking, finance, defense,transportation, and commerce among the provinces. It would also have far greater powers of taxation than the provincial governments would have. In private,Macdonald predicted that the central government would be so strong that it would soon swallow up the provinces completely. Yet the Québec resolutions were vague or contradictory enough to give...
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Dallas (Texas) - geography.
VI RECREATION Dallas contains more than 400 parks that cover a total of about 20,000 hectares (about 50,000 acres). Notable parks include Marsalis Park, which contains the DallasZoo, and the parks surrounding White Rock Lake, Bachman Lake, and Lake Cliff. City-owned greenbelts parallel White Rock Creek, Turtle Creek, and the Trinity River.Fair Park contains a number of museums, the city aquarium, and the Cotton Bowl stadium (the site of the annual Cotton Bowl college football game), as well as...
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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INTRODUCTION
Robie House
The Frederick C.
Hills/DeCaro HouseAmerican architect Frank Lloyd Wright, a pioneer of modern architecture, lived and worked in the Chicago area during thelate 19th and early 20th centuries. He designed many single-family houses, known as prairie houses. The Hills/DeCarohouse in Oak Park, west of Chicago, is one of more than 20 houses Wright designed while living in the town between 1890and 1910.© 2007 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Photo: Mary Ann Hemphill/Photo Researc...
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Digestive System.
The stomach, located in the upper abdomen just below the diaphragm, is a saclike structure with strong, muscular walls. The stomach can expand significantly to storeall the food from a meal for both mechanical and chemical processing. The stomach contracts about three times per minute, churning the food and mixing it with gastricjuice. This fluid, secreted by thousands of gastric glands in the lining of the stomach, consists of water, hydrochloric acid, an enzyme called pepsin, and mucin (the...
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Lesotho - country.
V GOVERNMENT Under the terms of the constitution of 1965, which was suspended in 1970, Lesotho was a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature. After a coup in 1986,legislative and executive powers were vested in the king but actually exercised by a 6-member military council and a 20-member council of ministers. In 1993 Lesothoadopted a new constitution that redefined the role of the monarchy and altered the legislative branch of the government. The king, who is head of state, has no...
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Yangtze - Geography.
A Agriculture and Industry Today about 400 million people, or about one-third of the population of China, live in the Yangtze Basin. Many are engaged in agriculture. The basin contributes nearlyhalf of China’s crop production, although only one-quarter of the basin is arable. The most fertile areas for farming are the Sichuan Basin, the plains between theYangtze and its tributary the Han, and the plains of the lower basin. In all about 40 percent of the cereals, more than 30 percent of the cott...
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John Diefenbaker.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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John Diefenbaker - Canadian History.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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Republic of Singapore - country.
Singaporeans of Chinese and Indian ancestry live in small, nuclear families. Housing favors smaller families, as most units consist of small apartments in high-risebuildings. Western clothing is common, and foods reflect the Chinese, Malay, and Indian origins of the people. D Social Issues Since Singapore became an independent state in 1965, government policies have brought orderliness and efficiency to the country. Examples are supplanting slum andsquatter areas with high-rise public housing p...
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Globalization.
higher living standard for their people. The World Bank made loans to developing countries for dams and other electrical-generating plants, harbor facilities, and otherlarge projects. These projects were intended to lower costs for private businesses and to attract investors. Beginning in 1968 the World Bank focused on low-cost loansfor health, education, and other basic needs of the world’s poor. B International Monetary Fund The IMF makes loans so that countries can maintain the value of thei...
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John F.
by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). By the end of 1949 government troops had beenoverwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, includingKennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Kennedy easily won reelection to Congress in 1948 and 1950. In 1952 he decided to r...
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John F.
by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). By the end of 1949 government troops had beenoverwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, includingKennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Kennedy easily won reelection to Congress in 1948 and 1950. In 1952 he decided to r...
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Alberta - Geography.
C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...
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Alberta - Canadian History.
C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...
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South Dakota - geography.
C1 Temperatures Average January temperatures are everywhere less than -4° C (24° F) and decrease to less than -12° C (10° F) in some northern sections. The January temperaturesin Sioux Falls range from -16° to -4° C (3° to 24° F). Nightime lows of -29° C (-20° F) occur during most winters. July averages are in the low and middle 20°s C (lowand middle 70°s F) throughout most of the state, and are somewhat lower in the Black Hills. The average temperature range in Sioux Falls in July is 17° to 30...
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South Dakota - USA History.
C1 Temperatures Average January temperatures are everywhere less than -4° C (24° F) and decrease to less than -12° C (10° F) in some northern sections. The January temperaturesin Sioux Falls range from -16° to -4° C (3° to 24° F). Nightime lows of -29° C (-20° F) occur during most winters. July averages are in the low and middle 20°s C (lowand middle 70°s F) throughout most of the state, and are somewhat lower in the Black Hills. The average temperature range in Sioux Falls in July is 17° to 30...
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TermS Chapitre 1
2 L'organisation politique du monde est toujours basée sur le rôle des États et hiérarchisée par leur puissance , il y a des puissances de rang mondial, continental ou régional. Ces puissances organisent le monde par leur liens avec d'autres États sous la forme de réseaux d'alliances, de traités,... et aussi par leur contrôle des espaces et des frontières. De 1945 à 1989, le monde était dominé par les pays occidentaux (Etats-Unis, Europe) et la guerre froide partag...
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Les techniques de judo
• 0-uchi-gari :approcher l'adversaire et le décrocher du sol par un large fauchage de sa jambe gauche avec notre jambe dro�e. ou l'Inverse, par l'intérieur -en faisant passer la jambe de fauchage entre ses jambes. Maintenir l'adversaire dans le déséquilibre vers l'arrière avec les mains et le poids du corps, jusqu'à ce qu'il chute à plat dos. • Ko-soto-gake : approcher l'adversaire et accrocher sa jambe gauche entre le mollet et le talon avec...
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LES TECHNIQUES DU JUDO (Exposé – Sports & Loisirs – Collège/Lycée)
Accentuer son déséquilibre avec les mains et le projeter par-dessus le point de blocage en tournant les épaules . • 0-uchi-gari : approcher l'adversaire et le décrocher du sol par un large fauchage de sa jambe gauche avec notre jambe droite , ou l'inverse , par l'intérieur- en faisant passer la jambe de fauchage entre ses jambes . Mainteni r l'adversaire dans le déséqui libre vers l'arrière avec les mains et le poids du corps, jusqu'à ce qu'il chute à pla...
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moment.
2. MATHÉMATIQUES : moments d'une variable aléatoire. Soit X une variable aléatoire prenant les valeurs x 1, x 3, ..., x n avec les probabilités p 1, p 2, ..., p n : on appelle moment d'ordre r de X, où r est un entier naturel non nul, la somme m r (X) = x1r p 1 + x2r p 2 + ... + xnrpn . Cette notion s'étend au cas d'une variable aléatoire absolument continue de densité p . Le moment d'ordre r de X est alors donné par une intégrale impropre : m r (X) = ò-¥+¥ tr p (t)d t. Le mom...
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LE TRAVAIL PERMET-IL LA PRISE DE CONSCIENCE DE SOI ?
comme réalisation de soi, tant sur un plan individuel que collectif. Perfectionnement de soi, projection de soi dans une activité extérieure, concrétisation de son utilité sociale, le travail comporte d'indéniables aspects positifs pour l'individu qui l'accomplit. Il se pourrait toutefois que cela ne soit pas toujours le cas. Ainsi, nous verrons, en un second moment, des aspects plus sombres du travail en nous rendant attentifs à l'organisation sociale et économique, dans laquelle il s'inscrit e...
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Ronsard – Sonnets pour Hélène - « Quand vous serez bien vieille »
Ronsard, « quand vous serez bien vieille »Pierre de Ronsard a vécu au XVIe siècle. Il est un adepte de l’ épicurisme , et une figure majeure de la littérature poétique de la Renaissance . En 1547, Ronsard fait la connaissance de Joachim du Bellay . Il décide de créer avec son ami et quelques autres jeunes poètes un groupe qui prendra quelques années plus tard le nom de la Pléiade . Leur objectif est de soutenir le français contre ses détracteurs, enrichir son vocabulaire et son style et c...
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Geometry
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Geometry, branch of mathematics that deals with shapes and sizes.
Conic sections, a commonly studied topic of geometry, are two-dimensional curves created by slicing a plane through a three-dimensional hollow cone. A Euclid’s Postulates Euclid, who lived about 300 BC, realized that only a small number of postulates underlay the various geometric theorems known at the time. He determined that these theorems could be deduced from just five postulates. 1. A straight line may be drawn through any two given points. 2. A straight line may be drawn infinitely or be...
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Article de presse: Lendemains de fête en Asie
réserve, sur la reprise des exportations dopées par les dévaluations des monnaies. Situations transitoires " Nous avons confiance dans les perspectives de croissance future de la région, et estimons que la crise actuelle se révéleratransitoire pour peu que ces économies comblent les insuffisances de leur système financier ", a expliqué, le 11 septembre àHongkong, un des responsables de la Banque mondiale pour l'Asie du Sud-Est, Javad Shirazi. " A l'exception de la Thaïlande,ces économies o...
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Whitehorse - Geography.
Another issue in Whitehorse is water quality. Bacteria levels in Schwatka Lake, the city’s water source, have increased in recent years due to population growth in areasabove the lake. In addition, the city’s sewage treatment system discharges wastewater into the Yukon River. The level of waste treatment is not adequate, and thesewage poses a health hazard. Whitehorse is presently improving its sewage treatment system. VII HISTORY Whitehorse was founded during the Klondike gold rush of the lat...
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Ottawa (city, Ontario) - Geography.
strike in November 1996. Finally, the outcome of the debate over Québec’s future within Canada will have a decisive impact on Ottawa because the National CapitalRegion includes parts of both Québec and Ontario. VII HISTORY Before European explorers arrived in Canada, the area around Ottawa was inhabited by hunters and gatherers of the Algonquian and Iroquoian ( see: Iroquoian Family) peoples. In 1613 the area was visited by Samuel de Champlain, founder of the French empire in North America. In...
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projet d établissement ehpad
PROJET D’ETABLISSEMENT 2010 – 2013 -EHPAD “LES JARD INS DU CASTEL » - 35410 CHATEAUGIRON 2 Avant propos Le projet institutionnel de l’EHPAD « Les Jardins d u Castel » s’est voulu ambitieux. Il est le fruit d’une réflexion collective, d’une conf rontation de points de vue qui ont largement occupé l’année 2010. Avec la convention tripartite 2009 - 2013, le projet d’établissement 2010 -2013 est la clé de voûte de la politique mené e par les acteurs d...
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L'histoire de la guerre pendant le 20 eme siècle
© Nathan 2011, Histoire 1 re coll. Sébastien Cote 69 • Chapitre 5 – De la Guerre froide aux nouvelles confl ictualités – Pierre Grosser, 1989, l’année où le monde a basculé, Perrin, Paris, 2009. – Stanislas Jeannesson, La Guerre froide, La Découverte, coll. « Repères », Paris, 2008. – Georges-Henri Soutou, La guerre de cinquante ans. Les relations Est-Ouest 1943-1990, Fayard, Paris, 2001. – Collectif, Le temps de la Guerre froide, Le Seuil, coll. « Points histoire », Paris, 1994 (artic...
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Global Warming.
some of the warming influence of increasing greenhouse gases. A1 Carbon Dioxide Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas, after water vapor. Carbon dioxide constantly circulates in the environment through a variety of naturalprocesses known as the carbon cycle. It is released into the atmosphere from natural processes such as eruptions of volcanoes; the respiration of animals, whichbreathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide; and the burning or decay of plants and other organic...
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Colorado (river, North America) - Geography.
sometime between AD 1300 and 1400, but their descendants, the Hopi and Pueblo people, continue to farm and irrigate using the river's waters. The first European to visit the river was probably Spanish soldier and explorer Francisco de Ulloa, who explored the mouth of the Colorado in 1539. In 1540 and 1541another Spaniard, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, traveled through much of the region around the Colorado River. An exploring party from the Coronado expedition,led by Garcia López de Cárdenas,...
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Slovakia - country.
The country is divided informally into the three regions of Western Slovakia, Central Slovakia, and Eastern Slovakia, corresponding to administrative divisions that wereabolished in 1989. Most of Slovakia’s 600,000 Hungarians live in the southern parts of Western and Central Slovakia, which served as the cultural center of Hungary forseveral centuries after Hungary proper was invaded by the Ottomans in the 16th century. The Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities are concentrated in the northernregio...
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geo 2014 bac
a ) planisphère p.28 Indice de d éveloppement humain il va de 0 à 1 et la moyenne mondial est à 0,75 → p.28 1. Les E? tats a? IDH e? leve? sont les pays de? veloppe? s : E? tatsUnis, Canada, E? tats de l’Europe occidentale, Japon, Australie, Argentine, E.A.U . Ils appartiennent majoritairement a? l’Ame? rique du Nord, a? l’Europe de l’Ouest et a? l’Oce? anie. 2. Les E? tats a? IDH tre? s faible sont majoritairement africains. 3. La limite Nord /Sud est conventionnelle ca...
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Atlanta - geography.
Prominent cultural and historical institutions in the city include the High Museum of Art (1983), designed by the noted postmodern American architect Richard Meier; theAtlanta Symphony; the Atlanta History Center, which maintains a history museum, historic houses and gardens, and extensive library and archives; NexusContemporary Art Center; the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center; the Apex Museum; the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University; the Clark Atlanta University ArtGallery; Fernbank Scie...
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Teeth.
treatments to reduce the risk of tooth decay; clear plastic coatings painted on the teeth, called dental sealants, and applications of the mineral fluoride, which fortifiestooth enamel, are two such treatments. Fluoride is also added to public water supplies in a process called fluoridation, which benefits more than 150 million Americans. Gum disease, or periodontal disease, is a progressive condition that worsens with age. Gum disease occurs when bacteria eat away at gum tissue, causing it to p...
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California - geography.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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California - USA History.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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Himalayas - geography.
result of deforestation the habitat of most of the wildlife has been destroyed. They are now restricted to special protected areas such as the Jaldapara and Kazirangasanctuaries in India ( see Kaziranga National Park) and the Chitawan preserve in Nepal. There are few animals in the Middle Himalayas because of extensive deforestation. In the Great Himalayas musk deer, wild goats, sheep, wolves, and snow leopards are found. The existence of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti has beenreported by highla...
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Pittsburgh - geography.
College of Allegheny County (1966), with branches in the city and suburbs. Pittsburgh has many outstanding cultural institutions. The Oakland district is where Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are located. The CarnegieMuseums of Pittsburgh include The Carnegie Museum of Art (including the Scaife Galleries), which holds a distinguished motion-picture and video collection and a uniquestudy of architecture; the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, which displays an extensi...