3381 résultats pour "péres"

• Supercomputer.

  the specific model and configuration of the supercomputer. In July 1995, computer scientists at the University of Tokyo, in Japan, broke the 1 teraflop (1 trillion floating-point operations per second) mark with a computer theydesigned to perform astrophysical simulations. Named GRAPE-4 (GRAvity PipE number 4), this MPP supercomputer consisted of 1,692 interconnected processors. InNovember 1996, Cray Research debuted the CRAY T3E-900, the first commercially available supercomputer to offer teraf...

• Don Giovanni de Mozart et da Ponte

  Fin de l'écriture par da Ponte au printemps 1787 Composition par Mozart du printemps jusqu'en octobre 1787 Première le 29 octobre 1787 Je vais vous faire une courte biographie de Mozart et de da Ponte sans trop m'y attarder : - Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, ou plus simplement Wolfgang Mozart est né le 27 janvier 1756 à Salzbourg . Lui et sa sœur Maria-Anna, beaucoup moins connu, sont des enfants prodiges de la musique, encore jeunes quand leur père exhibe leurs talents...

• Définition du terme: DANSANT, -ANTE, participe présent et adjectif.

  lieu de réunion ou d'une réunion] Où l'on danse, pendant lequel (laquelle) on danse. Réunion dansante, souper, thé dansant : Ø 3.... elle me parla avec impatience de cette vie mondaine qu'on lui imposait, et je compris que si elle courait les mariages, les enterrements, les baptêmes, les premières communions, les thés, les lunches, les ventes de charité, les réunions de famille, les goûters de fiançailles, les soirées dansantes, ce n'était pas de gaieté de coeur;... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, Mémoire...

• CHOPIN, Frédéric (1810-1849) De père français et de mère polonaise, Chopin naît près de Varsovie.

• Jean COUSIN, dit le Père Vers 1490 - Sens 1560 - Paris Il était peintre-verrier à Sens avant de venir s'installer à Paris en 1540.

• Définition: ÉTOUFFER, verbe.

  PÈRE, Le Comte de Monte-Christo, tome 2, 1846, page 653 ). « Pour recommencer quand nous serons plus forts? », ne pouvait s'empêcher de dire Alexis, que les pommes de terre étouffaient, surtout qu'il n'y avait pas de vin (ELSA TRIOLET, Le Premier accroc coûte deux cents francs, 1945, page 219) : Ø 4. Elle [Hélène de Rieu] luttait âprement contre l'âge qui l'engraissait et la ridait; frottée d'onguents et d'huiles de toilette, sanglée dans des corsets qui l'étouffaient, elle s'imaginait rajeunir...

• Définition: ÉTOUFFANT, -ANTE, participe présent et adjectif.

  croyait maintenant à la trahison de don José comme à la lumière du soleil, et elle fut tentée de passer ses bras autour du cou de l'infâme pour l'étouffer. PIERRE-ALEXIS, VICOMTE PONSON DU TERRAIL, Rocambole, les drames de Paris, tome 4, 1859, page 190. · Expression. Que la peste, le diable l'étouffe. Juron invoquant la malédiction. Que le diable étouffe le procureur de la nation d'Allemagne! (VICTOR HUGO, Notre-Dame de Paris, 1832, page 25 ). — Spécialement. SÉRICICULTURE. Tuer les vers à soi...

• Le progrès technique

  Jacquard numérique programmable par ordinateur. Cette innovation a eu des répercussions à plusieurs niveaux :- Du côté de la production, cela permet de rendre plusieurs métiers capables de fabriquer une même dentelle, etdonc de produire en temps donné une commande. Les services commerciaux parlent d'une plus grande réactivité.- Cela diminue le temps d'intervention sur une machine. Un montage de carton nécessite plusieurs jours, plus lesréglages. Le Jacquard numérique nécessite l'introduction d'u...

• RÉTIF ou RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE : sa vie et son oeuvre

  apparaître comme la lente maturation du futur écrivain, puis l'épanouissement de son destin. Le désir d'écriture est toujours déjà là chez le jeune pâtre, aussi loin que remonte son souvenir, mais, inversement, la formation de l'enfant et de l'adolescent est effacée au profit du surgissement, impérieux et relativement tardif, de sa vocation. Dans la France du xvme siècle finissant, où les droits d'auteur n'existent pas encore mais où les encyclopédis­ t...

• La Controverse De Valladolid

  sur place. Expert juriste et théologien reconnu, son intervention au cours de la deuxième partie de la controverse(mi-avril, mi-mai 1551), permettra de clarifier le débat, au détriment semble-t-il, de Las Casas. Il est en effet acquisà la cause de Sépulveda. La controverse de Valladolid n'a pas seulement consisté en une réunion de quatre jugesreligieux (cinq si l'on compte l'évêque, présent par intermittences et silencieux la plupart du temps), mais égalementà la présence d'administrateurs et ju...

• Raconter la parabole de l'enfant prodigue et en expliquer le sens suivant les intentions du Sauveur

  mon père et lui dirai : " J'ai péché contre le ciel, j'ai " péché contre vous; je ne suis plus digne d'être votre cr: fils, mais traitez~moi comme un de vos serviteurs. » Et il se leva et partit. Son père l'aperçut de loin, et, malgré les haillons qui le couvraient, malgré sa pâleur et sa maigreur, il le reconnut: un père peut-il méconnaître son fils? Touché de compassion, il courut à sa rencontre et l'at­ tira dans ses bras. Le jeune...

• LA PEUR DE CHEZ ZOLA ET MAUPASSANT

  une fille d'une servante. Lorsque Oswald revient chez sa mère, il tombe amoureux de la jeune fille, qu'il veut épouser. La vérité éclate alors. Les revenants, c'est le passé auquel on ne peut pas échapper. La pièce, jouée en Allemagne dès 1883, n'a été représentée en France pour la première fois que le 30 mai 1890 par Antoine au Théâtre-Libre. •Alphonse Daudet, L'Obstacle (1390) À quelques jours du mariage, la famille de la jeune fil...

• Balzac, Honoré de - écrivain.

  Au tournant de 1830, Balzac a trouvé la nouvelle formule romanesque, celle du roman de mœurs contemporaines, capable de fondre et de transcender les acquis techniques ou stylistiques de ses essais de jeunesse. Sous le titre de « Scènes de la vie privée », il réunit des ensembles de textes, reposant sur des drames secrets dont les causes sont dans l’opposition des caractères et des intérêts et dont les batailles sont des procès, parmi lesquels on retiendra Gobseck et Une double famill e (183...

• Fig. 72 Lanciers. Ensemble provenant d'Assiout. Bois. H = 1,93 m.

  CHAPITRE VII Le Moyen Empire Les premiers tempsdel'unité Montouhotep IIprend lasuccession d'AntefIIIvers 2061. Quand ilmonte surletrône, souslenom de Séânkhibtaoui, «Celui quivivifie lecœur desDeux Terres »,son pouvoir s'étenddelaPremière Cataracte au 10 e nome deHaute-Égypte, c'est-à-direqu'ilestencore limitéaunord parcelui desprinces d'Assiout. Unepaix armée s'estétablie entrelesdeux royaumes ;elle estinterrompue parlarévolte dunome thinite, qui,durement éprouvé parune nouvelle famine,bascule...

• BROSSE, Salomon de (1575-1626) Architecte C'est par son père Jean de Brosse, lui-même architecte, et par son grand-oncle, Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau, que Salomon est formé à l'architecture.

• BARBEY D’AUREVILLY : sa vie et son oeuvre

  des Diaboliques) le placent au tout premier rang des constructeurs d'univers. Le monde aurevillien est étrange, de cette étrangeté qui n'est pas moins inquié­ tante d'être, au fond, familière : ensemble poétique sans référent à force de références, système moral unique et qui servit de repère à beaucoup, modèle idéologique ter­ riblement déchiffrable parce qu'irréductiblement contra­ dictoire. u Une lente et pénible résignation à la littérature n (J. P...

• Benito PÉREZ GALDOS : Nazario

  Nazarin constitu e la pr emi ère parti e d'un diptyque dont la suite (Halma) , parue la m êm e ann ée (1895) , n 'a pas en c ore é té traduit e en fran çai s. B enito Pérez Gald6s. Photo Roger- Violl e t. Le livre Un prêtre non conformiste L e prêtre Nazarin vit misérablement dans les bas-fonds de Madrid. [] héberge et soigne Andara , une prostituée blessée au cours d'une rixe et recherchée par la police. Elle fini~ par s'en­ fuir après avoir i...

• Martini ( Giovanni Battista , dit le Père ), 1706-1784, né à Bologne, compositeur et théoricien de la musique italien.

• LE NOTRE, André (1613-1700) Jardinier, architecte Après la mort de son père en 1637, André Le Nôtre devient comme lui jardinier du roi en 1645.

• Eugène de Rastignac vers la comtesse de Restaud Exposé sur le Père goriot

  Exposé sur le Père goriot Introduction : Le père goriot paru en 1835 est considéré aujourd'hui comme la clef de voûte du système colossal, du projet herculéen qu’entreprend Balzac, rien de moins que la peinture dans son entièreté de la société de son époque. C'est, en effet, à cette date de 1835 que Balzac invente le personnage reparaissant, ressort majeur de son œuvre. En première analyse nous pourrions résumer l'histoire du Père goriot de la manière suivante : un père, véritable Christ d...

• Tuberculosis.

  TB has existed for thousands of years. Scars on a skull found in Turkey indicate the presence of the disease 500,000 years ago. Scientists also have found tubercles inmummified bodies from ancient Egypt. References to TB can be found in the writings of ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and China. The term tuberculosis was first used in 1839; it was derived from the Latin word tubercula, meaning small lump, referring to the small scars seen in tissues of infected individuals. TB reappeared in Europe...

• Ski nordisch: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Winterspiele.

  1924 Thorleif Haug, NOR Thoralf Strømstad, NOR Johan Gröttumsbraten, NOR 1928 Per-Erik Hedlund, SWE Gustaf Jonsson, SWE Volger Andersson, SWE 1932 Veli Saarinen, FIN Väinö Liikkanen, FIN Arne Rustadstuen, NOR 1936 Elis Wiklund, SWE Axel Wikström, SWE Nils-Joel Englund, SWE 1948 Nils Karlsson, SWE Harald Eriksson, SWE Benjamin Vanninen, FIN 1952 Veikko Hakulinen, FIN Eero Kolehmainen, FIN Magnar Estenstad, NOR 1956 Sixten Jernberg, SWE Veikko Hakulinen, FIN Fjodor Terentjew, URS 1960 Kalevi Hämäl...

• The Gambia - country.

  The population of The Gambia (2008 estimate) is 1,735,464, making it one of the least populous countries of Africa. Still, the country has a fairly high overall populationdensity of 174 persons per sq km (449 per sq mi), and the population is increasing at a rate of 2.7 percent a year. Banjul, formerly called Bathurst, is the capital andonly seaport. The largest city is Serrekunda, a transportation hub and commercial center. B Religion and Language The great majority of the people of The Gambia...

• LE NOTRE, André (1613-1700) Jardinier, architecte Après la mort de son père en 1637, André Le Nôtre devient comme lui jardinier du roi en 1645.

• Tobacco - biology.

  quality cigars are made entirely by hand, most cigars are manufactured by machine. Chewing tobaccos are generally made from thick grades of leaves to which binders and flavorings are added. Chewing tobacco is formed by pressing the tobacco intoblocks known as plugs. Snuff is made by grinding tobacco into fine powder, which is then allowed to ferment for a long period of time. Frequently, snuff is scented withspices, such as jasmine or cloves. V TOBACCO INDUSTRY Over 6 million tons of commercial...

• Barbados - country.

  Barbados is served by a public library system centered in Bridgetown. B Culture The culture of Barbados combines English institutions, which evolved through more than three centuries of English rule, with a folk culture of African origin. Because ofits English traditions, Barbados is sometimes called “Little England.” Cricket has traditionally been the national game, and the island has produced some of the sport’sgreatest players. Water sports including surfing, swimming, snorkeling, and sailin...

• Tanzania - country.

  The population of Tanzania (2008 estimate) is 40,213,162, giving the country an overall population density of 45 persons per sq km (118 per sq mi). Yet the populationdistribution is irregular, with high densities found near fertile soils around Kilimanjaro and the shores of Lake Malawi, and comparatively low density throughout much ofthe interior of the country. In the late 1960s and 1970s the Tanzanian government resettled most of the rural population in collective farming villages as part of i...

• Health Care System in Canada.

  With a few exceptions, provincial health plans cover all medically necessary services, so that patients need not pay directly for anything except so-called incidental costs.These incidental costs include items such as a patient’s private hospital room, unless it is specified by a physician, and transportation to the hospital. Provincial healthplans also do not cover some nonessential procedures, such as laser surgery for the eye, cosmetic surgery, procedures to reverse sterilization, and, in mos...

• Costa Rica - country.

  protection from future deforestation is not guaranteed. Deforestation places Costa Rica’s rich biodiversity in danger. The country’s location on the cusp between Northand South America and its abundance of tropical forests make it home to a great variety of species, many of them rare and threatened. Deforestation also contributesto the country’s problematic rate of soil erosion. Costa Rica is party to international treaties concerning biodiversity, climate change ( see Global Warming), endangere...

• Cyprus - country.

  40,000 cubic meters (1.4 million cubic feet) of salt water into fresh water per day, opened at Dhekelia in 1997, and a second larger plant opened at Larnaca in 2001. III PEOPLE OF CYPRUS The combined population of the Greek and Turkish sectors (2008 estimate) is 792,604. The overall population density is 86 persons per sq km (222 per sq mi). About69 percent of the island’s inhabitants live in urban areas. Greek-speaking Cypriots make up approximately 85 percent of the population. About 12 perc...

• LABERTHONNIÈRE Lucien (186o-1932) Le Père Laberthonnière, de l' Oratoire, est un des initiateurs de ce qu'on a appelé péjorativement la pensée « moderniste ».

  se fonde toute connaissance et la pensée s'épuise à tenter d'en ressaisir la richesse infinie. Entreprise condamnée dès le principe : la connaissance procède par décomposition et le jugement qui détermine le réel, distinguant l'attribut (le « What ») du sujet (le « That »), brise l'unité immédiate et s'interdit par là même d'atteindre jamais le réel auquel l'apparence s'oppose comme le fragmentaire au total (Appearance and Reality, 1893). Ma...

• 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...

• Uzbekistan - country.

  E Environmental Issues The evaporation of the Aral Sea is one of the worst ecological disasters in the world. The Aral has shrunk so much that it now holds only about one-fifth the volume ofwater it held in 1960. The shrinkage is due to irrigation withdrawals from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, a practice that began on a massive scale in the early 1960s aspart of the Soviet Union’s ill-conceived drive to increase cotton yields in Central Asia. Growing cotton in the naturally arid and saline soil...

• Dominican Republic - country.

  Manatees and sea turtles also live in Dominican waters. Common birds include blue herons, glossy ibis, flamingos, and brown pelicans. E Environmental Issues Urban dwellers of the Dominican Republic enjoy good access to safe water, but rural communities do not. While current water use is low relative to available resources,water shortages do occur. Although deforestation was once a serious problem in the Dominican Republic, by the beginning of the 21st century, the annual rate of deforestation h...

• Cell (biology) - biology.

  proteins, or other proteins required by the cell. While relatively simple in construction, prokaryotic cells display extremely complex activity. They have a greater range of biochemical reactions than those found in theirlarger relatives, the eukaryotic cells. The extraordinary biochemical diversity of prokaryotic cells is manifested in the wide-ranging lifestyles of the archaebacteria andthe bacteria, whose habitats include polar ice, deserts, and hydrothermal vents—deep regions of the ocean un...

• Whale - biology.

  III BEHAVIOR OF WHALES Studies of whales in captivity have taught scientists much about the complex social behavior of whales. Since the late 1980s, advances in the use of satellite trackingsystems have also broadened opportunities for scientists to observe how whales behave in the wild. A Swimming and Diving Whales swim by making powerful up-and-down movements of the tail flukes, which provide thrust. The power comes from body muscles that flex the lower spine upand down in a wavelike motion...

• Bangladesh - country.

  F Environmental Issues Waterborne diseases such as cholera are a serious threat to public health in Bangladesh. Until the 1970s, many of Bangladesh’s people became sick from drinkingpolluted water drawn from surface rivers. Aid agencies such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) built shallow wells throughout the country to help provide asafe source of drinking water to Bangladesh’s poor. In the 1990s, however, it was discovered that many of these wells were contaminated by arsenic, a...

• Supreme Court of Canada.

  whether the leave to appeal will be granted and the case heard by the Court. The Court has no specified criteria by which it determines whether to grant leave, and the Court does not give reasons for its decision. The key factor appears to be acase’s degree of national importance. Other factors might include the impact of uncertainty in the challenged law, the case’s appropriateness for developing the law torespond to changing social needs, and the presence of a split decision at the court of ap...

• Kenya - country.

  threatens fish and other water life in the lake by depriving them of oxygen. Kenya is well known for its game parks—including Masai Mara Game Park and Tsavo National Park in the south, and Marsabit National Reserve in the north—whichattract large numbers of tourists and much revenue. Conservation of wildlife within reserves has thus received high priority. About 13 percent (2007) of Kenya’s totalland is protected. There are 229 (2004) threatened species in Kenya. Threatened habitats include the...

• Kazakhstan - country.

  mismanagement. Between 1949 and 1991 the Soviet government conducted about 70 percent of all of its nuclear testing in Kazakhstan, mostly in the northeastern area near the city ofSemipalatinsk (now Semey). Nearly 500 nuclear explosions occurred both above and below ground near Semipalatinsk, while more than 40 nuclear detonationsoccurred at other testing grounds in western Kazakhstan and in the Qyzylqum desert. More than 1 million of Kazakhstan’s inhabitants were exposed to dangerous levelsof ra...

• Hungary - country.

  Northern Hungary lacks sufficient water, especially between July and October, when precipitation levels are typically low. Canals irrigate the Great Hungarian Plain,which is subject to drought. Because of the country’s mainly flat terrain, only limited water resources can be harnessed for hydroelectric power. F Environmental Issues Rapid industrialization in Hungary following World War II contributed significantly to a number of major environmental problems, including air, water, and soil pollu...

• Democratic Republic of the Congo - country.

  Except in the high elevations, the country’s climate is very hot and humid. The average annual temperature in the low central area is about 27°C (about 80°F).Temperatures are considerably higher in February, the hottest month. At altitudes above about 1,500 m (about 5,000 ft) the average annual temperature is about 19°C(about 66°F). Average annual rainfall is about 1,500 mm (about 60 in) in the north and about 1,300 mm (about 50 in) in the south. Frequent heavy rains occur fromApril to November...

• Christopher Columbus I INTRODUCTION Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Italian-born Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall in the Americas instead.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus - explorer.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Ire per ignes I et gladios ausim J'oserai passer au traven des flammes et des glaives Cette expression est empruntée...

  Ire per ignes I et gladios ausim J'oserai passer au traven des flammes et des glaives Cette expression est empruntée aux Métamorphoses d'Ovide (8, 76 sq.) et signifie qu'on se sent prêt à tout risquer pour obtenir quelque chose: le même binôme épée I feu est employé avec une signification analogue dans l'Ars amatoria d'Ovide (2, 379), de même que par plusieurs auteurs: cf. Silius Italicus ( 14, 175), Tertullien (Scorpiace, Pl 2, 132a), Lucifer de Cagliari (Moriendum esse pro Dei fllio, Pl 13. 10...