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• Middle Ages .

  Saints were very important in Late Antiquity. They were considered both models of virtue and powerful miracle workers. One of the most well-known saints of the periodwas Saint Anthony. Anthony gave away all his possessions and left his hometown in Egypt to live alone in the desert and pray. Anthony was one of the first Christianmonks. The word monk comes from a term meaning 'alone.' Gradually Anthony attracted followers, and he eventually became the center of a whole community of monks who wis...

• Rembrandt I INTRODUCTION Rembrandt (1606-1669), Dutch baroque artist, who ranks as one of the greatest painters in the history of Western art.

  of his collection of art and antiquities, taken before an auction to pay his debts, showed the breadth of Rembrandt's interests: ancient sculpture, Flemish and ItalianRenaissance paintings, Far Eastern art, contemporary Dutch works, weapons, and armor. Unfortunately, the results of the auction—including the sale of hishouse—were disappointing. These problems in no way affected Rembrandt's work; if anything, his artistry increased. Some of the great paintings from this period are The Jewish Brid...

• Excerpt from A Midsummer Night's Dream - anthology.

  BOTTOM: Well, proceed. QUINCE: Robin Starveling, the tailor? STARVELING: Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE: Robin Starveling, you must play Thisbe’s mother. Tom Snout, the tinker? SNOUT: Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE: You, Pyramus’ father; myself, Thisbe’s father; Snug, the joiner, you the lion’s part; and I hope here is a play fitted. SNUG: Have you the lion’s part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me; for I am slow of study. QUINCE: You may do it extempore; for it is nothing but roaring. BOTTOM: Let...

• Ancient Greece.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece .

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece - USA History.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Native American Policy.

  of white settlement dominated policy during the second quarter of the 19th century. IV REMOVAL PERIOD The idea of moving Native Americans to a different part of the country was not new. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson had suggestedthat tracts of land in this vast new territory could be given to native peoples if they agreed to cede their lands in the eastern part of the country. Transfers occurred in apiecemeal way, but no consistent removal program developed u...

• Regina - geography.

  other welfare agencies, especially in the inner city where indigenous residents are concentrated. Rates of drug and alcohol addiction and violent crime are high. Theseproblems are serious everywhere in western Canada, but the situation has also worsened as a result of government cutbacks: The federal government, which hasjurisdiction over Canada’s indigenous population, no longer gives aid to those who have left their reserves to live in cities. VI HISTORY Southern Saskatchewan was once populat...

• Anglais Devoir Cned

  WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS DECIDING WHAT TO DO OR WHAT NOT TO DO!" Quinn sighed and left without a second word, as they felt their heart slowly breaking.   That's when they realized that Taylor didn't understand love; or simply didn't understand   what love meant to them. The state university is bustling with activity. There are tables surrounding the perimeter of   the green quad, and people are lined up around the quad like the longest snake that ever   existed. It is the Fall Quarter Greek Li...

• Helicopter.

  naturally flaps down so as to increase lift. Flapping allows the differences in lift caused by uneven rotor tip speed to cancel out, producing a stable ride. Many helicoptersuse mechanical hinges with lubricated bearings, but some use flexible straps made of a composite material in order to reduce the required maintenance. Helicopters require different amounts of lift and thrust at different times during flight, because the aerodynamic forces acting on them change during hovering andacceleration...

• From "Song of Myself" - anthology.

  Till that becomes unseen and receives proof in its turn.Showing the best and dividing it from the worst age vexes age,Knowing the perfect fitness and equanimity of things, while they discuss I am silent, and go bathe and admire myself.Welcome is every organ and attribute of me, and of any man hearty and clean,Not an inch nor a particle of an inch is vile, and none shall be less familiar than the rest.I am satisfied—I see, dance, laugh, sing;As the hugging and loving bed-fellow sleeps at my side...

• Spread of Islam - History.

  Muhammad died in 632 and was succeeded by Abu Bakr, the father of Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha. Abu Bakr was the first caliph ( khalifah, Arabic for “successor”) of Islam. Like Muhammad, Abu Bakr was a member of the Quraysh clan. While neither Abu Bakr nor any subsequent caliph claimed the role of prophet, they wereleaders of this new religious enterprise that was quickly becoming a political entity as well. The first four caliphs, all of whom were selected by some form of council ofMuslims,...

• Vocabulaire relatif à la restauration (base)

  dessert ? The burgers are very good. / Les hamburgers sont délicieux. Sorry, the hamburgers are off. / Pardonnez-moi, mais, les hamburgers ont mauvais goûts. Is everything all right ? / Tout va bien ? Did you enjoy your meal ? / Le repas vous a-t-il plu ? Are you paying together ? / Allez-vous régler l'addition ensemble ? May I show you to a table ? / Puis-je vous proposer une table ? If you wait, there'll be a table for you free in a minute. / Veuillez patienter un petit p...

• Estados Unidos de América - geografía.

  los Grandes Lagos incrementan este tipo de precipitaciones. En enero, se da un tiempo de intenso frío y escasa caída de nieve, a causa de que las masas de aire delAtlántico no pueden penetrar muy al norte en pleno invierno. Finalmente, las ocasionales tormentas en la kona (costa oeste) de Hawai durante el invierno son consecuencia de la entrada de masas de aire procedentes del norte del Pacífico que aprovechan el desplazamiento de la corriente en chorro hacia el sur. El régimen de lluvias habi...

• Miami (Florida) - geography.

  Port of MiamiThe Dante B. Fascell Port of Miami-Dade, known simply as the Port of Miami, is one of the world’s leading passenger ports. Tourism isan important part of Miami’s economy, and many tourists board cruise ships at the Port of Miami.F. Stuart Westmorland/Photo Researchers, Inc. Miami’s economy, until recently dominated by tourism, is increasingly diversified. Tourism still plays a significant role, with more than 10 million visitors staying overnightin Miami-Dade County each year. A siz...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Druids - anthology.

  Besides these two great annual festivals, the Druids were in the habit of observing the full moon, and especially the sixth day of the moon. On the latter they soughtthe Mistletoe, which grew on their favourite oaks, and to which, as well as to the oak itself, they ascribed a peculiar virtue and sacredness. The discovery of it was anoccasion of rejoicing and solemn worship. 'They call it,' says [1st-century Roman encyclopedist] Pliny [the Elder], 'by a word in their language, which means 'heal-a...

• From Uncle Tom's Cabin - anthology.

  the evils of slavery from sketches like these, is not the half that could be told, of the unspeakable whole. In the northern states, these representations may, perhaps, be thought caricatures; in the southern states are witnesses who know their fidelity. What personalknowledge the author has had, of the truth of incidents such as here are related, will appear in its time. It is a comfort to hope, as so many of the world's sorrows and wrongs have, from age to age, been lived down, so a ti...

• Complex Numbers I INTRODUCTION Complex Numbers, in mathematics, the sum of a real number and an imaginary number.

  sometimes referred to as an Argand diagram. If a complex number in the plane is thought of as a vector joining the origin to that point, then addition of complexnumbers corresponds to standard vector addition. Figure 1 shows the complex number 3 + 2 i obtained by adding the vectors 1 + 4 i and 2 - 2 i. Figure 1: Complex Plane in Cartesian CoordinatesThis graph illustrates the addition of two complex numbers by using vectors in the complex plane with cartesiancoordinates. The parallelogram shows...

• THE RIGHT TO DIE

  When people talk about euthanasia (1), they always insist on the right to live and say that cases like this young boy's are very unusual. But sooner or later we bave got to realise tbat we are produclng so-called unusual cases by the hundreds. Of course no-one bas the right to take another's life. But our hospitals are already full of old people who are carefully being kept balf alive, although we know that they wiU never be nor...

• Roman Art and Architecture - history.

  house, records office, and basilica. Imperial Forum, RomeThe Roman Forum was founded at the beginning of the Roman republic (around 500 bc), and it continued to develop into the late 2ndcentury ad. Among the ruins seen here are the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (since converted into a church, background, left),the foundations of the Basilica Julia (foreground, center), and the three remaining columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux(background, right).Donadoni/Bruce Coleman, Inc. The basili...

• Vincent van Gogh I INTRODUCTION Church at Auvers by Van Gogh Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh spent the last months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, under the care of Dr.

  III PARIS Van Gogh's Self-PortraitThe burning eyes of this Self-Portrait are an example of how 19th-century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh attempted tocapture the human essence and emotions of his subjects. During the last several years of his life, van Gogh created anumber of self-portraits. The expressive brushstrokes and vibrant colors in these paintings are typical of this later style.Bridgeman/Art Resource, NY In 1886 van Gogh went to live with Théo in Paris, where he became familiar with...

• Ecosistema - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  Todos los medios y ecosistemas naturales se enfrentan ahora a una dificultad sin precedentes: la humanidad. El ser humano ha comprimido en unos pocos siglos cambiosque en su ausencia hubiesen exigido miles o millones de años. Las consecuencias de estos cambios están todavía por ver. A continuación se describen los impactos másimportantes de la actividad de los seres humanos sobre los ecosistemas ( véase Impacto ambiental). 4.1 Destrucción y fragmentación de hábitats La influencia más directa...

• Excerpt from The Winter's Tale - anthology.

  Of all that hear me, and my near'st of kinCry fie upon my grave! LEONTES. I ne'er heard yetThat any of these holder vices wantedLess impudence to gainsay what they didThan to perform it first. HERMIONE. That's true enough,Though 'tis a saying, sir, not due to me. LEONTES. You will not own it. HERMIONE. More than mistress ofWhich comes to me in name of fault I must notAt all acknowledge. For Polixenes,With whom I am accused, I do confessI loved him as in honour he required:With such a kind of lov...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Bacchus (Dionysus) - anthology.

  me their fishing rods and nets and their fisherman's trade. This I followed for some time, till growing weary of remaining in one place, I learned the pilot's art and howto guide my course by the stars. It happened as I was sailing for Delos we touched at the island of Dia and went ashore. Next morning I sent the men for fresh water,and myself mounted the hill to observe the wind; when my men returned bringing with them a prize, as they thought, a boy of delicate appearance, whom they hadfound a...

• Reino Unido - geografía.

  2.5. 1 Flora En la antigüedad, la mayor parte del Reino Unido, con la excepción de las montañas y los páramos del norte, el oeste y las zonas pantanosas, estuvo cubierta de bosques dehoja caduca dominados por el roble. Las plantaciones de coníferas de crecimiento rápido en Gales y el noreste de Escocia constituyen una buena parte del 10% del territoriodel Reino Unido que todavía está arbolado. Alrededor de una cuarta parte del Reino Unido, principalmente en Escocia, el suroeste de Inglaterra, G...

• Victoria (city, British Columbia) - geography.

  Legislative Building, VictoriaThe British Columbian legislature is housed in Victoria, the provincial capital. Britain’s historical influence is reflected in both thearchitecture of the province’s government buildings and the constitution of its legislative body. The province is formally headed by alieutenant governor who represents the Crown, but true executive power rests with the premier, a member of the legislature who isusually also the majority party leader.Geroge Hunter/ALLSTOCK, INC. The...

• Edmonton - geography.

  States airlines. Edmonton has a light-rail transit (LRT) system, which was the first of its kind in Canada, as well as an international airport and three smaller, special-purpose airports. V GOVERNMENT Seventeen separate cities, towns, and counties make up Edmonton’s metropolitan area. Each has its own municipal government, with an elected mayor or reeve andcouncil. In the city of Edmonton, the largest municipality, elections are held every three years for a mayor and for 12 councillors who rep...

• Libia - geografía.

  3 POBLACIÓN La población nativa de Libia es principalmente de origen bereber y árabe; entre el 15 y el 20% de la población está compuesta por trabajadores extranjeros y sus familias.Alrededor del 87% de la población vive en áreas urbanas, aunque algunos libios todavía viven en grupos nómadas o seminómadas. 3.1 Características de la población Libia tiene una población (según estimaciones para 2008) de 6.173.579 habitantes. La densidad de población es de sólo 3,5 hab/km². A pesar de esto, su dis...

• Warsaw - geography.

  (after Katowice in the south). Warsaw, more than anywhere else in the country, has benefited from the boom in construction and commerce that followed the fall ofCommunism in 1989. Warsaw’s unemployment was negligible in the 1990s (3 percent in 1997 compared with a national average of 11 percent), wages in Warsaw werebetter than average, and the city is the top destination for foreign investment. For example, an Italian company took over the Warsaw steelworks, a South Korean firmpurchased an auto...

• Cuenca - geografía.

  precipitaciones sobrante discurre rápidamente hacia los arroyos y ríos. Por el contrario, el agua infiltrada se desplaza a menorvelocidad, como interflujo y flujo transversal en los suelos parcialmente saturados y como agua subterránea en suelos saturados. Las cuencas reciben agua en forma de precipitaciones como parte del ciclo del agua (ciclo hidrológico). Algunas precipitaciones regresan a la atmósfera una vez que hansido captadas por la vegetación y se han evaporado en la superficie de las h...

• Aves no voladoras - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  Argentina National Tourist Office/Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Reservados todos los derechos. Las 18 especies de pingüinos se han adaptado a vivir en el medio acuático. Suele decirse que vuelan bajo el agua, su verdadero medio natural. Viven en las áreas frías delhemisferio sur, alimentándose de grandes cantidades de pescado y krill. Tienen una cubierta de plumas densa y una gruesa capa de grasa bajo la piel que los protege tantodel frío como de la sal marina. Su...

• If he asks anything, just let him know that it will be OK.

  That's true. It's ashame tobe inside. I guess so. But here weare. I wanted toturn toface him, butIcouldn't. Imoved myhand totouch hishand. They letyou outofschool? Practically immediately. Do you know whathappened? Yeah. Have youheard fromMom orDad? Mom. What didshe say? She said everything wasfineandshewould behome soon. Dad willbehome soon,too.Once hecan close upthe store. Yeah. You pressed yourpalms intothebed likeyou were trying tolift itoff us. Iwanted totell you something, butIdidn't know...

• Etiopía - geografía.

  Los recursos de Etiopía son principalmente agrícolas. La meseta es fértil y todavía no está completamente desarrollada. La diversidad de suelos, clima y altitudes permite laobtención de una gran variedad de productos agrícolas. Hay también una gran variedad de depósitos minerales; los principales explotados comercialmente son hierro,cobre, cinc, plomo, potasio, oro y platino. 2.3 Flora y fauna PraderaLas praderas forman una zona ecológica entre los desiertos y los bosques templados e incluyen u...

• Acropolis - geography.

  The Erechtheum is one of the most elaborate buildings on the Acropolis. Its plan is irregular, probably because of the sloping site and the need to preserve earlier placesof worship on the site or nearby. Porches project from three sides of the Erechtheum, but they are at different heights and are not centered on each side. GracefulIonic columns support the porches on the eastern and northern sides. Elegant caryatids (columns carved in the shape of draped female figures) support the Porch of t...

• Acropolis - USA History.

  The Erechtheum is one of the most elaborate buildings on the Acropolis. Its plan is irregular, probably because of the sloping site and the need to preserve earlier placesof worship on the site or nearby. Porches project from three sides of the Erechtheum, but they are at different heights and are not centered on each side. GracefulIonic columns support the porches on the eastern and northern sides. Elegant caryatids (columns carved in the shape of draped female figures) support the Porch of t...

• John Milton I INTRODUCTION John Milton Seventeenth-century writer John Milton ranks as one of the greatest poets in the history of English literature.

  liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” In Of Education (1644) Milton advocated an education combining classical instruction, to prepare the student for government service, with religious training. The third group of pamphlets includes those Milton wrote to justify the execution of Charles I. The first of these, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649), deals with constitutional questions and particularly with the rights of the people a...

• Burthogge, Richard

  'Colours are [not] without the Eye… although they seem so to Sense' (1678: 13-14 ). Yet the understanding equally 'doth Pinn its Notions upon Objects' (1694: 58 ): substance, accidents, powers, similitude, whole, part, cause, effect and so on 'own no other kind of Existence than… an Objective [that is, intentional] one' . Yet it does not follow that nothing is real, since intentional or 'cogitable' beings are characteristically grounded in realities: 'Notions of the Minde a...

• Venezuela - geografía.

  impulsar el turismo. 2.4 Flora y fauna Las diferencias paisajísticas, climáticas y topográficas de las regiones de Venezuela dan origen a una enorme variedad vegetal. En las selvas nubladas de las cordilleras de laCosta y de los Andes, así como en las serranías, destaca la presencia de cedro dulce, jarillo o apamate, que son árboles maderables, además de la presencia de variasespecies de palmas y orquídeas, como la catleya, flor nacional. En las pluvisilvas del sur de Venezuela se encuentran ár...

• Texte oral bac the rabbits who caused all the trouble

  After the wolves announce plans "to civilize" the rabbits if they don't stop causing natural disasters, the rabbits decide to flee to an island. But the other animals living out of harm's way convince the rabbits to stay because "This is no world for escapists" and guarantee them protection against the wolves "in all probability". To be able to eat the rabbits without being threatened by the other animals living in the forest, the wolves have a plan to ruin the rabbits' way of living systematic...

• España - geografía.

  2.5 Temas medioambientales La tierra básicamente montañosa y semiárida de España alberga más de 5.000 especies vegetales diferentes. Los bosques cubren el 35,4% (2005) del país, aunque estascifras incluyen formaciones de pinos y eucaliptos plantados para estabilizar el suelo o para aprovechar su pulpa, utilizada en la fabricación de papel. La tierra agrícolacomprende el 37,3% del país. Entre las áreas protegidas de España hay parques nacionales, parques naturales y regionales, reservas marítima...

• Rap I INTRODUCTION Jay-Z Rapper Jay-Z rose to popularity with such albums as Vol.

  Run-DMCTypically in rap music, vocalists recite rhyming lyrics in time to a beat that may be sampled from prerecorded music byother groups. Black youths developed rap music on the streets of inner cities in the United States during the 1970s, butthe style has expanded to include a wider variety of performers and audiences. The rap group Run-DMC, shown here, wasa powerful early influence in the genre. The group helped bring rap music into the mainstream when it released “WalkThis Way” (1986), a s...

• Thomas Edison.

  While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...

• Thomas Edison - USA History.

  While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...

• Cattle - biology.

  head, and the leading states are Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, Iowa, Colorado, and California. Dairy cattle in the United Statesare estimated to number 9.2 million head; the leading states are California, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, and Iowa. See also Animal Husbandry; Branding; Diseases of Animals. Contributed By:Perry Thomas CuppsMicrosoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights r...

• THE LAST OF THE OPTIMISTS

  the last of the optimists these days in America, and in a funny way, they balance the outrageous pessimism of ali other writers of our time. 1. Commentaire dirigé JAMES RESTON, International Herald Tribune, Monday, December 15, 1975. 1) In what way can an advertisement be a bit of a fraud? 2) What does a street look like when the dustmen are on strike? 3) How does the author show that he did not write this article in praise of advertising?...

• Desert - geography.

  irrigation from rivers or wells. Such transformations of deserts are not without problems. Evaporation of the irrigation water results in the accumulation of salt on thesurface soil, eventually rendering it useless for further crop production. By tapping reservoirs of fossil water deep beneath the desert, humans are, in effect, miningwater. Once this water is gone, it is irreplaceable. Burning and overgrazing of semiarid lands on the periphery of deserts can irreversibly damage the plants thatco...

• Desert - Geography.

  irrigation from rivers or wells. Such transformations of deserts are not without problems. Evaporation of the irrigation water results in the accumulation of salt on thesurface soil, eventually rendering it useless for further crop production. By tapping reservoirs of fossil water deep beneath the desert, humans are, in effect, miningwater. Once this water is gone, it is irreplaceable. Burning and overgrazing of semiarid lands on the periphery of deserts can irreversibly damage the plants thatco...

• Dystopia

  Bastien Gobet English loving Alex with Lena’s own terms and living without him with “theirs”, which clearly illustrates the values of resistance, determination and the search of freedom. Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. (James McTeigue) The value of determination is the most present in the film V for Vendetta. Even though determination goes hand in...

• Lions.

  since ancient times. They have also hunted the animals lions need for food. In many places, people havedestroyed the areas where lions lived by building towns, roads, and farms. There are about 100,000 lions left in the world. Only a few hundred Asian lions live in India. Most lionslive on game reserves in Africa. Thousands of lions also live in zoos and circuses around the world. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Virgin Islands of the United States - geography.

  government comptroller is appointed by the secretary of the interior, and the judge of the district court is appointed by the president of the United States. V HISTORY Saint CroixSaint Croix is the largest, most densely populated island in the Virgin Islands of the United States. Located southeast of Puerto Rico inthe Caribbean Sea, Saint Croix has two large port towns: Christiansted at the east end and Frederiksted on the western tip. SinceChristopher Columbus visited it in 1493, the island ha...