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• Washington, D.

  structures built according to L’Enfant’s plan. During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the White House, destroying its interior. President James Madison and hisfamily lived in the Octagon while the White House was being rebuilt. South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially endsat 14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose m...

• North Carolina - geography.

  The drainage divide in North Carolina follows the Blue Ridge range on the eastern margin of the mountain region. This is called the “Eastern Continental Divide.” West ofthis divide, rivers drain into the Mississippi River through the Tennessee River and other tributaries of the Ohio River. The French Broad, the largest, and the LittleTennessee flow into the Tennessee River. The New River flows into the Kanawha River of West Virginia which in turn flows into the Ohio River. Most of the state’s ri...

• North Carolina - USA History.

  The drainage divide in North Carolina follows the Blue Ridge range on the eastern margin of the mountain region. This is called the “Eastern Continental Divide.” West ofthis divide, rivers drain into the Mississippi River through the Tennessee River and other tributaries of the Ohio River. The French Broad, the largest, and the LittleTennessee flow into the Tennessee River. The New River flows into the Kanawha River of West Virginia which in turn flows into the Ohio River. Most of the state’s ri...

• New York - geography.

  The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...

• New York - USA History.

  The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...

• Suriname (country) - country.

  Tongo, a Creole language. Also known as Taki-Taki, Sranang Tongo includes elements of several languages and is the vehicle for most interethnic communication. Otherlanguages spoken in Suriname include Hindi, Javanese, Chinese, English, and French. Small numbers of Native Americans still speak indigenous languages. The main religions in Suriname are Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. The majority of Christians are Roman Catholics, and members of the Moravian Church predominateamong Protestants. E...

• znayu.

  Pour desraisons quej'allais connaître quelquesminutesplustard, lapensée deFrydka a conduit JackGreene auxannées deguerre, etc'est àce moment-là qu'ilm'aditqu'il avait entendu parlerdusort demes parents, ensoulignant bienqu'ilenavait entendu parler seulement, puisqueàun moment donnéilavait dûsecacher. Je peux vousdire,a-t-il commencé, queRuchele apéri le29 octobre 1941. J'ai été sidéré et,immédiatement après,bouleversé parlaprécision decesouvenir. J'ai dit, Permettez-moi devous demander pourquoi–...

• African American History - U.

  In their day-to-day lives, slaves and servants shared similar grievances and frequently formed alliances. Advertisements seeking the return of slaves and servants whohad run away together filled colonial newspapers. When a slave named Charles escaped in 1740, the Pennsylvania Gazette reported that two white servants, a 'Scotch man' and an Englishman, escaped with him. Sometimes interracial alliances involved violence. During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, slaves and servants took up armsagainst Na...

• Galaxy - astronomy.

  Astronomers have obtained images of young galaxies using the Keck Telescope in Hawaii and the Hubble Space Telescope, which resides in an orbit high above Earth’satmosphere and thus avoids atmospheric interference. Photos from the HST show galaxies that are as far as 13 billion light-years away from Earth, which means theyformed soon after the universe formed about 13.7 billion years ago. The galaxies appear to be spherical in shape, and may be early precursors of elliptical and spiralgalaxies....

• Michigan - geography.

  The interior location of Michigan in the northern part of North America results in a continental climate, characterized by four definite seasons with moist, mild to hotsummers and snowy, cold winters. Winds off of Lakes Michigan and Superior in winter create heavy snow accumulations in nearby areas. The tempering effects of LakeMichigan account for the presence of the state’s famous fruit-growing belt along the lake’s shore. Since the water is colder than the land in spring, the westerly windspa...

• Michigan - USA History.

  The interior location of Michigan in the northern part of North America results in a continental climate, characterized by four definite seasons with moist, mild to hotsummers and snowy, cold winters. Winds off of Lakes Michigan and Superior in winter create heavy snow accumulations in nearby areas. The tempering effects of LakeMichigan account for the presence of the state’s famous fruit-growing belt along the lake’s shore. Since the water is colder than the land in spring, the westerly windspa...

• GROUPE DE BAIGNEURS de CÉZANNE

  GROUPE DE BAIGNEURS Vers 1890 Peintre français Analyse ~ Il s'agit d 'une d es no m bre u ses vers io ns du thè m e d es baign eurs e t baig n eu ses, suje t entr e­ pri s pa r C é zann e à la f in des années 1870 et r epri s inl ass abl e m e nt jusqu'à la f in d e sa vie . L e thèm e trouve s on express io n l a plu s a bo uti e dans l a r éalisation magistra le d es très célèbres Gran­ des Bai gn e uses du Mu seum of Art d e Phil ad el­ p...

• Saudi Arabia - country.

  C Natural Resources Some of the world’s largest oil and natural gas fields lie beneath Saudi Arabia and its offshore waters, representing the country’s most economically important naturalresource. In 2007 Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves were estimated at 264 billion barrels. Before the discovery and exploitation of these reserves in the mid-20th century,Saudi Arabia was one of the poorest countries in the world. Its relatively small population subsisted in a harsh environment with little agricultur...

• Public Education in the United States.

  opportunities for them to break out from whatever social or economic circumstances constrained their development. IV HIGHER EDUCATION During the 20th century participation in higher or postsecondary education in the United States increased as dramatically as it did in American high schools. At thebeginning of the century about 2 percent of Americans from the ages of 18 to 24 were enrolled in a college. There were fewer than 1,000 colleges then, with enrollmenttotaling about 157,000 students. N...

• Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania) - geography.

  national trend of migration from eastern cities to the warmer climate of the Sun Belt. Whereas in 1950 Philadelphia contained more than 2 million people and ranked as the third largest city in America, the city's population plunged to 1,517,550 by 2000.In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 1,448,394. While the city proper was decreasing in population, the metropolitan area centered on Philadelphia grew. In 2006 the region had 6.2 million inhabitants. Philadelphiaranked as the nation’s...

• Algeria - country.

  areas to fishing. National parks, including the giant Tassili N’Ajjer National Park in the eastern corner of the country, comprise a large proportion of the protected area. The effects of Algeria’s human population on the fragile landscape have been severe. The greatest ecological threats are deforestation and burning of scrub vegetation,conversion of steppe habitat to arable land, and soil erosion due to overgrazing and poor farming practices. Pollution of Mediterranean coastal waters is pervas...

• Myanmar (Birmanie) 1993-1994 A l'instar de près d'une dizaine d'autres groupes ethniques, les Karen se sont ralliés, in fine, à...

  Myanmar (Birmanie) 1993-1994 A l'instar de près d'une dizaine d'autres groupes ethniques, les Karen se sont ralliés, in fine, à un processus de pourparlers avec la junte au pouvoir à Rangoon en vue d'un cessez-le-feu. Même le baron de la drogue, Khun Sa, bien que sous le coup d'un mandat d'arrêt aux États-Unis, en a appelé aux autorités américaines et a proposé de mettre fin dans les cinq ans à la production d'opium dans l'État shan en échange d'une aide humanitaire et de sa reconnaissance comm...

• Switzerland - country.

  formation over higher elevations. The wind reverses direction about sundown and moves down the valley as a cool downdraft. The foehn, which occurs during the wintermonths, is a dry and relatively warm airflow that is drawn northward over the Alps. The foehn can quickly melt snow and ice, increasing the risk of mudslides andavalanches. D Natural Resources Waterpower is the chief natural resource of Switzerland. The principal source of water is runoff from the considerable annual precipitation th...

• Ancient Rome .

  attributed to Numa, including the selection of virgins to be priestesses of the goddess Vesta. He also established a calendar to differentiate between normal workingdays and those festival days sacred to the gods on which no state business was allowed. His peaceful reign lasted from 715 to 673 BC. Under Tullus Hostilius (672–641 BC) the Romans waged an aggressive foreign policy and began to expand their lands by the conquest of nearby cities like Alba Longa. When the warlike King Hostilius co...

• Ancient Rome - USA History.

  attributed to Numa, including the selection of virgins to be priestesses of the goddess Vesta. He also established a calendar to differentiate between normal workingdays and those festival days sacred to the gods on which no state business was allowed. His peaceful reign lasted from 715 to 673 BC. Under Tullus Hostilius (672–641 BC) the Romans waged an aggressive foreign policy and began to expand their lands by the conquest of nearby cities like Alba Longa. When the warlike King Hostilius co...

• 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...

• 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...

• SYSTÈME SOLAIREGÉNÉRALITÉSOn entend par « Système solaire » une famille de corps célestes formée par l'étoileSoleil et par une multitude de corps distribués autour d'elle.

  2 auraient échappé jusqu'ici à nos observations. La génération actuelle d'instruments astronomiques n'est pas en mesure d'identifier des corps de dimensions planétaires aux confins du domaine gravitationnel du Soleil. Les astronomes pensent que, s'il y avait une autre planète au-delà des orbites de Neptune et de Pluton, celle-ci pourrait être découverte grâce aux perturbations induites par sa force d'attraction. Vers la fin des années 80, analysant les trajectoires des sondes interplanét...

• Burundi - country.

  D Way of Life Most Burundians live in self-contained compounds of small round grass huts scattered over the country’s many hills. The rugo , the traditional Tutsi hut, is divided into sections and surrounded by an enclosure and cattle corrals. Families farm scattered plots of land on different soils at different altitudes to minimize crop failure. Thefloors of valleys are avoided due to higher temperatures and tsetse fly infestation. Social roles are largely determined by ethnicity, with the T...

• LE PETIT LEXIQUE DE LITTERATURE

  Le Burlesque sera particulièrement à la mode entre 1640 et 1660. Il s'en prendra tour à tour à l'épopée, à latragédie, au portrait, au roman. Voir : Scarron : Virgile travesti ; Cyrano ; Boileau : Le Lutrin. CARTÉSIANISME. — Prend son origine dans le Discours de là Méthode de Descartes et surtout dans la première règle: « ne recevoir jamais aucune chose pour vraie que je ne la connusse évidemment être telle ». C'est la négation dela méthode d'autorité qui, depuis la scolastique, au Moye...

• Zoology - biology.

  is still in its infancy and is quite controversial, chiefly because it has raised anew the old dispute about whether behavior is genetically determined. See Animal Behavior; Sociobiology. Embryology, the study of the development of individual animals, has investigated the way in which developing parts interact—for example, the interactions between theeyestalk and the epidermis during development of the lens of the eye. The emerging field of molecular development applies the techniques of molecu...

• géométrie.

  L'axiomatisation de la géométrie. Ainsi, à la fin du XIX e siècle, les problèmes de fondements de la géométrie étaient-ils totalement élucidés ; en 1899, David Hilbert énonça explicitement et exhaustivement les axiomes de la géométrie euclidienne sous une forme ordonnée qui fait clairement apparaître les liens et les différences avec les autres géométries alternatives. Cependant, après les travaux de Georg Cantor sur les nombres réels et les avancées de Giuseppe Peano, Ernst Zermelo et des logi...

• Expressionism I INTRODUCTION Auguste Rodin Regarded as the foremost sculptor of the 19th and 20th centuries, French artist Auguste Rodin captured both dynamic movement and inner psychological states.

  Improvisation 28 (second version)Improvisation 28 (second version) was painted by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky in 1912. Kandinsky used energeticcolor and form to express the spiritual content of his work. He was also a musician and saw a connection between thevisual arts and music, which he attempted to convey in paintings such as this one.© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris./Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York A new phase of German expressionism called Die Neue...

• Armenia (country) - country.

  because of ethnic tension brought on by a secessionist conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited predominantly by Armenians in western Azerbaijan. In thereverse direction, many Armenian refugees entered Armenia from Azerbaijan during the conflict. Armenia’s official state language is Armenian, an Indo-European language with no surviving close relatives. It has a unique 38-letter alphabet that dates from the early5th century. Of its many spoken dialects, the most important are Eastern or Y...

• Ant - biology.

  The workers of many ant species carry a stinger within the hind end of the gaster. These ants use the stinger to defend against their enemies. In some species, workerants lack a stinger but use the tip of their gaster to squirt or dab poison at other small animals and when fighting battles with other ants, fending off predators, or killinginsects or other animals that they use as food. III PHYSIOLOGY Ants have a rigid, external skeleton called an exoskeleton that gives the soft, inner body its...

• Les singes

  L'homme moderne (Homo sapiens), seule espèce actuelle, est répandu dans le monde entier qu'il peuple depuis 40 000 ans. Adapté à tous les climats, à toutes les latitudes, il se caractérise par une grande diversité culturelle; en ce sens, il représente une réussite d'adaptation biologique au milieu. CARACTÈRES PARTICULIERS Fondamentalement arboricoles, les singes ne présentent en fait aucune spécialisation remarquable -à la différence de ce qui s'...

• Frans Hals : LE BANQUET DES OFFICIERS DE SAINT-GEORGES

  Le Banquet des offi ciers de la garde civ ique de Sa int-G e o r ges a été command é à Frans Hal s, lui­ même membre de c ette garde , pour décorer la salle où se réuni ssai ent les notables qui la dirigeaient. La peinture a é té exécut ée en 1616 et elle est demeu rée en place jusqu 'à l a fin du xv11• siècle, date à laquelle elle a été transportée au Prinsenhof , la r é sidence occasion ­ nelle du stadhouder - le gouverneur des Provi...

• Vertebrate - biology.

  E Reptiles Compared to amphibians, reptiles are much more fully adapted to life on land. They have scaly, waterproof skin, and they either give birth to live young or lay eggs withwaterproof shells. There are about 7,000 species alive today, including snakes, alligators, and turtles. During the age of the dinosaurs, about 230 million to 65 millionyears ago, reptiles outnumbered all other land vertebrates put together. F Birds Birds evolved from flightless reptiles but underwent some major chan...

• début ; puis un jour je les vis tous occupés à tracer sur le papier des lignes horizontales ondulées.

  de nature intellectuelle. Lapossession del’écriture multiplieprodigieusement l’aptitudedeshommes àpréserver les connaissances. Onlaconcevrait volontierscommeunemémoire artificielle, dontledéveloppement devrait s’accompagner d’unemeilleure conscience dupassé, doncd’une plusgrande capacité àorganiser leprésent etl’avenir. Après avoiréliminé touslescritères proposés pourdistinguer labarbarie delacivilisation, onaimerait aumoins retenir celui-là : peuplesavecousans écriture, lesuns capables decumule...

• Theater I INTRODUCTION The Art of Theater BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.

  Theater at EpidaurusAncient Greek dramas were performed in open-air theaters like this one in Epidaurus, Greece, which was designed byPolyclitus the Younger in 350 bc. A festival of ancient Greek drama is still held in the summer in this 14,000-seat theater.Roger Wood/Corbis Fundamental to the theater experience is the act of seeing and being seen; in fact, the word theater comes from the Greek word theatron , meaning 'seeing place.' Throughout the history of world cultures, actors have used...

• pleure parce qu'il s'est fait mal, s'est disputé ou a faim, ou parce qu'il ne veut pas se laisser épouiller.

  et sont eux-mêmes traitéscomme desenfants ; ilsparticipent auxrepas, reçoivent lesmêmes témoignages detendresse ou d’intérêt –épouillage, jeux,conversation, caresses–que leshumains. LesNambikwara ontdenombreux animaux domestiques : deschiens d’abord, etdes coqs etpoules, quidescendent deceux qu’a introduits dansleurrégion la commission Rondon ;dessinges, desperroquets, desoiseaux dediverses espèces, et,àl’occasion, desporcs etchats sauvages oudes coatis. Seullechien semble avoiracquis unrôle uti...

• 1910 Juillet (Histoire chronologique)

  MARDI 12 Itali e. La province de Forli est paraly­ sée et la moisson arrêtée en raison d'un conflit entre bracciami (travailleurs agricoles) et mezzadri (métayers) au sujet de l'utilisation des machines agri­ coles. Le conflit dégénère en bagarres parfois sanglantes et e:xige l'interven­ tion de l'armée. Un accord permet cependant d'éviter la ru pt ure entre les deux groupes rivaux. SAMEDI 16 Espagne. Grève des mineurs de Bilbao qui revendiquent une...

• Italy - country.

  C Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources. Much of the land is unsuitable for agriculture because of mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, lacks substantialdeposits of basic natural resources such as coal, iron, and petroleum. Natural gas is the country’s most important mineral resource. Other deposits include feldspar andpumice. Many of Italy’s mineral deposits on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich...

• CHRONOLOGIE Mai 1999 dans le monde (histoire chronologique)

  ment paradoxale : en effet, la composi­ tion de la nouvelle Knesset, élue à la proportionnelle intégrale, reOète la divi­ sion de l'électorat, quinze partis y étant représentés. Les deux grandes forma­ tions, le Parti travailliste (27 sièges sur 120) et le Likoud (19 sièges), perdent respectivement 7 et 13 sièges ; le parti ultra-orthodoxe des juifs séfarades, le Shass, progresse fortement (de 10 à 17 sièges), ainsi que, dans une moindre mesure, les par...

• LA GENDARMERIE (Travaux Pratiques Encadrés – Institutions & Politique)

  • La gendarmerie départementale dispose également d'unités spécialisées, chargées de missions ponctuelles et qui peuvent aussi bien apporter un appui aux brigades que développer des activités bien ciblées : les unités de recherche, qui se consacrent uniquement à la police judiciaire; les pelotons de surveillance et d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (PSIGN), rattachés à une compagnie et implantés dans les zones sensibles sur le plan de la délinq...

• Grand oral du bac : médecine LES PSYCHOTHÉRAPIES

  Les psychothérapies essaye de mettre à jour ses craintes inconscientes et ses sentiments de culpabilité en l'incitant à plus d'indulgence vis-à-vis de lui-même. La thérapie comportementale La thérapie comportementale, appelée égale­ ment béhaviorisme, fait appel aux formes clas­ siques du conditionnement. Elle est utilisée dans les hôpitaux psychia­ triques et se fonde sur les théories élaborées par le psychologue américain Burrhus F Skinner (1904-1990),...

• Vocabulaire: COMMANDÉ, -ÉE, participe passé et adjectif.

  MAURICE BARR?S, L'Appel au soldat, 1897, page 445. 2. Emploi comme substantif. Personne soumise aux ordres, aux directives de quelqu'un ou, plus g?n?ralement, au pouvoir plus ou moins direct, plus ou moins accentu?, d'une personne, d'un groupe social, etc. Ainsi l'enfant [noble] apprenait les dessous d'une vaste organisation, d?butait ? sa vie de commandement par l'int?rieur, en vivant parmi les command?s (JEAN-BALTHASAR MALLARD, COMTE DE LA VARENDE, Le Centaure de Dieu, 1938, page 20) : ? 2...

• automobile, industrie1PRÉSENTATIONautomobile, industrie, secteur de production industrielle englobant la conception, la fabrication et la commercialisation des véhicules automobiles.

  Vers 1911, plus de 600 000 voitures circulent sur les routes américaines, beaucoup plus que dans les pays européens, mais la plupart de ces véhicules fonctionnent encore à la vapeur ou à l’électricité. La France est, en 1913, le premier exportateur mondial d’automobiles. L’industrie nationale est passée d’une production de 1 850 véhicules en 1898, à 45 000 à la veille de la Première Guerre mondiale. Les Établissements Renault, qui ont produit 6 véhicules en 1898, en commercialisent près de 4 5...

• automobile, industrie.

  Vers 1911, plus de 600 000 voitures circulent sur les routes américaines, beaucoup plus que dans les pays européens, mais la plupart de ces véhicules fonctionnent encore à la vapeur ou à l’électricité. La France est, en 1913, le premier exportateur mondial d’automobiles. L’industrie nationale est passée d’une production de 1 850 véhicules en 1898, à 45 000 à la veille de la Première Guerre mondiale. Les Établissements Renault, qui ont produit 6 véhicules en 1898, en commercialisent près de 4 5...

• LES SINGES (Exposé – SVT – Collège/Lycée)

  t:homme moderne (Homo sopiens) , s eule espèce actuelle, e st répandu dans le monde entier qu'il peuple depuis 40 000 ans. Adapté à tous les climats, à toutes les latitudes, il se caractérise par une grande diversité culturelle ; en ce sens , il représente une réussite d'adaptation biologique au milieu . CARACTÈRES PARTICULIERS Fondamentalement arboricoles , les singes ne présentent en fait aucune spécialisation remarquable- à la différence de ce qu...

• Aztec Empire.

  tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...

• Aztec Empire - USA History.

  tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...

• Republican Party.

  the reaction to the depression that the Republican Party controlled Congress for only 4 of the 48 years between 1932 and 1980. The Republicans did win the presidencyfour times during that period—in 1952, 1956, 1968, and 1972—when the Democratic Party split or when some unusual combination of circumstances occurred. Fromthe 1930s through the 1970s, however, the Democratic Party was the dominant party in the United States. The response of the Republicans to this new situation was confusion, anger,...

• Maya Civilization.

  destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...

• Maya Civilization - History.

  destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...