1771 résultats pour "ones"

• Life - The Best Play Ever (Erving Goffmann)

  ● Nowadays, we observe more and more often that there is a lack of interpersonal communication, such as "face to face". The more we emphasizes the development of modern technology, the more it seems that this type of communication appears to hinder , and more, this affects communication with the individual self. By "individual and social imaginary" as Erving Goffman calls it in the book "Presentation of self in everyday life”, the real individual self (mine or yours) is partially repla...

• essay2

  Berger particularily focuses on one of the most significant symbol of the elite : The suit. Describing how odd it is tha t peasants buy a nd wear suits when it represents a direct contradiction with their working environment. Even if it doesn't fit t hem a n d make them look « mis-shapen », « abnormal » ( p31 ). This also apparents to one of the definitions of the « Trickle-down effect » : A product or a trend trickles dow n the fashion ladder from catwalk shows to com...

• Arcesilaus

  relying wholly on ideas which the Stoics themselves maintained, reduced it to absurdity. (He chose a grotesqueexample: amputate your leg, grind it up, and blend it into the Aegean sea. By the thesis of interpenetration, the legwill blend with every part of the sea and the fleet of King Antigonus will sail through your leg.) The Stoics held thatif you know something, you must have 'apprehended' it; that apprehension is assent to an 'apprehensiveappearance' ( phantasia katal ēptik ē ); an...

• Vancouver (British Columbia) - geography.

  Canada from Hong Kong in the 1990s, many settling in the Vancouver metropolitan area.Lindsay Hebberd/Woodfin Camp and Associates, Inc. The population of the city of Vancouver increased from 384,500 in 1961 to 545,671 at the 2001 census, with growth in every five-year period except from 1971 to 1976. Inthe same 35-year period, the population of the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area more than doubled, from 827,000 to 2,076,100. Between 1996 and 2001, the city’spopulation grew 8.5 percent, and met...

• devoir d'anglais

  deal positively with a rejection is to ask for feedback if the firm doesn't make it clearwhy your application was rejected. It's the best way to find out why you were turned down and therefore makeadjustments for the next job interview. Another positive aspect is to show how motivated you are and how capableyou are of adjusting to the firm's requirements, something useful if you re-apply in the future.The document also highlights the fact that being rejected doesn't necessarily mean that you wer...

• The History of the British Labour Movement (1789-1951)

    ·         The French revolution The author finds just one comparison between the French revolution of 1789, and the Russian revolution of 1917 with the common which is the power of ideology in both Revolutions. The French revolution had the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" (the actual French motto). These three words mean the ideas of people at this time. According to the ideas of the majority, the taxes were unfair, the government was old fashion and the mind was changing. These facts we...

• Rome (Italy) - geography.

  of Etruscan and Roman art and is located in the mid-16th-century country house of Pope Julius III, and the Borghese Gallery, a museum of paintings and sculpture housedin an early 17th-century palace. The National Roman Museum, designed by Michelangelo, features exhibits of Greek and Roman sculpture, including the Ludovisi Collectionof antiquities. Important collections of art and decorative pieces can also be seen in some of the city’s other palaces. Among these are the Farnese Palace, built bet...

• It was twelve weekends earlier that I'd gone to visit Abe Black in Coney Island.

  the boardwalk, likefunnel cakesandcotton candyandhotdogs. Itwas analmost perfect day,except thatAbedidn't know anything aboutthekey orabout Dad.Hesaid hewas driving intoManhattan andcould givemearide ifIwanted one. Itold him, "Idon't getincars with strangers, andhow didyou know Iwas going toManhattan?" Hesaid, "We're not strangers, andIdon't know howIknew." "Doyouhave anSUV?" "No.""Good. Doyou have agas-electric hybridcar?" "No." "Bad." While wewere inthe carItold himallabout howIwas going tomee...

• Lead - chemistry.

  compounds are considered serious hazards for children. Children are especially at hazard from lead, even at levels once thought safe. Lead can reduce intelligence,delay motor development, impair memory, and cause hearing problems and troubles in balance. In adults, one lead hazard at levels once thought safe is that ofincreased blood pressure. Present-day treatment of lead poisoning includes the administration of calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacidic acid, or EDTA, a chelatingagent; lead i...

• Achilles I INTRODUCTION Thetis Dipping Achilles in the Styx The sea nymph Thetis is seen dipping her son Achilles in the River Styx to make him immortal.

  Priam Reclaims the Body of HectorThe relief sculpture on this ancient Roman sarcophagus, discovered in northwestern Greece, depicts an event fromHomer’s epic poem the Iliad. In this scene Priam, the king of Troy, reclaims the body of his son, Hector, from the Greekwarrior Achilles, who has killed Hector in battle. Hector’s recumbent body is seen in front of a chariot.Chris Hellier/Corbis Achilles fought many battles during the Greeks’ ten-year siege of Troy. When the Mycenaean king Agamemnon sei...

• A suggestion of romance

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

• San Diego - geography.

  Also in the city is the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, founded by Jonas Salk, the developer of a vaccine for polio, to conduct basic science research on human health. The cultural heart of San Diego is Balboa Park. Located there are the San Diego Museum of Art, with a permanent collection of works from the Italian Renaissance, and theSan Diego Natural History Museum, emphasizing the American Southwest. The San Diego Museum of Man explores the origins of humans, while the Reuben H. Fleet...

• Alligators and Crocodiles.

  During cold winters, alligators bury themselves in mud. There they can hibernate until spring. WHERE CROCODILES LIVE Four species of crocodiles live in the Americas. These crocodiles are found in southern Florida, Cuba andother Caribbean islands, southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. The Indo-Pacific crocodile lives along the seacoasts of India, southern China, Malaysia, and Australia.The swamp crocodile is found in the lakes and rivers of India. The Nile crocodile lives...

• true love

  or to play games. At the time the first computers were built the people maybe thought they   were dangerous and could get out of control. Even before Asimov, some people wrote   about machines that could become mightier than humans. But those presentations said   that a machine, for example a computer, was like a wild beast that could kill you if you did   not pay enough attention. I think Asimov's thoughts about computers and their future were not wrong. It is true that   we try to improve the ...

• Ecosystem.

  work. The tiny bacteria and fungi feed upon the remains of the salmon. They break down the salmon intochemical nutrients. Nutrients from the salmon go into the soil. The roots of plants along the riverbank take up the nutrients. They use the nutrients to make food. Inthis way, nutrients get recycled back through the ecosystem. WHAT CAN HARM AN ECOSYSTEM? Any change in one living or nonliving part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts. Droughts,storms, and fires can change ecosystems....

• Amphibians.

  AN AMPHIBIAN’S LIFE Amphibians that live in cold places spend most of their time trying to keep wet and warm. In hot places,they try to keep wet and cool and usually come out only at night. During the day, they stay under rocksor logs or in the ground. Amphibians hibernate (become inactive) during cold winters. They become inactive in hot places during the summer. Almost all grown-up amphibians are meat eaters. Frogs and salamanders have sticky tongues. They flickout their tongues to catch ins...

• Whales.

  whales travel to cool waters near the Arctic or Antarctica every summer. They feed on krill , small animals that look like shrimp. In the winter, baleen whales head for warmer waters near the equator tobreed. Other whales do not migrate. Narwhals, for instance, live year-round in the cool waters of the Arctic andNorth Atlantic oceans. HAVING BABY WHALES After male and female whales mate, it takes from 10 to 16 months for a baby whale to form. The lengthof time depends on the whale species. A wh...

• The Ice Bowl.

  Starr peppered the Dallas defense with short passes. Three tosses to Anderson and one to Mercein accounted for 46 yards. An 8-yard run by Mercein moved thePackers to Dallas's 3-yard line with a minute left. Anderson ran the ball twice, skidding and sliding for a total of 1 yard. At third down with 16 seconds remaining,Green Bay used its last time out to set up the play. “That's why I decided to keep the ball. I knew the other backs might have trouble getting started,” Starr told a New York Time...

• Mao ZedongIINTRODUCTIONMao Zedong (1893-1976), foremost Chinese Communist leader of the 20th century and the principal founder of the People's Republic of China.

  outside the government was also muted because the educated elite remembered the turmoil of the “Hundred Flowers” and “Antirightist” campaigns of 1957. Mao’srelationship with intellectuals was an uneasy one, and he was critical of the gap between the lives of the urban educated elite and the rural masses. These tensions wereamong the underlying causes of the Cultural Revolution, a period of social unrest and political persecution launched by Mao in 1966. Mao mobilized youth into the RedGuards to...

• Mao Zedong.

  outside the government was also muted because the educated elite remembered the turmoil of the “Hundred Flowers” and “Antirightist” campaigns of 1957. Mao’srelationship with intellectuals was an uneasy one, and he was critical of the gap between the lives of the urban educated elite and the rural masses. These tensions wereamong the underlying causes of the Cultural Revolution, a period of social unrest and political persecution launched by Mao in 1966. Mao mobilized youth into the RedGuards to...

• Mao Zedong - History.

  outside the government was also muted because the educated elite remembered the turmoil of the “Hundred Flowers” and “Antirightist” campaigns of 1957. Mao’srelationship with intellectuals was an uneasy one, and he was critical of the gap between the lives of the urban educated elite and the rural masses. These tensions wereamong the underlying causes of the Cultural Revolution, a period of social unrest and political persecution launched by Mao in 1966. Mao mobilized youth into the RedGuards to...

• qu'est ce qu'un homme seul

  Solitude au divin ou au barbare : diamant ou déchu de l'humanité. L'homme a vocation a s'intéger : famille, sociale ou politique lui permet de s'identifier, accomplique son être. L'homme est déchu dans la solitude.  Médiation d'autrui : folie, narcisse meurt. La solitude c'est la mort. Autodestruction. Culture de la solitude.   Transition : la solitude (sens de souffrance morale) augmente du fait de la communauté.  On ne se sent jamais autant seul qu'a plusieurs. La solitude authentique commence...

• Bee - biology.

  wood. They have long tongues and are excellent pollinators of many plants. They carry their pollen on brushy areas near the middle of the hind leg. Carpenter bees are also in the digger bee family. The most familiar bees are the honey bees and their close relatives. In this family are bees that make intricate nests and live in complex societies. The pollen-carrying structure in these bees is a smooth, bristle-surrounded area on one segment of the hind leg. This structure is known as a pollen...

• Titanic (motion picture, 1997) Titanic (motion picture, 1997), drama about the sinking of a luxury liner during its first transatlantic voyage, based on the true story of the Titanic disaster that occurred in 1912.

  Derrick Lea (Leading stoker Barrett)Richard Ashton (Carpenter John Hutchinson)Sean. M. Nepita (Elevator operator)Brendan Connolly (Scotland road steward)David Cronelly (Crewman)Garth Wilton (First class waiter)Martin Laing (Promenade deck steward)Richard Fox (Steward no. one)Nick Meaney (Steward no. two)Kevin Owers (Steward no. three)Mark Capri (Steward no. four)Marc Cass (Hold steward no. one)Paul Herbert (Hold steward no. two)Emmett James (First class steward)Christopher Byrne (Stairwell stewa...

• The Scarlett letter

  The Scarlet Letter is an american romantic novel of fiction, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in the mid-nineteenth century. It is considered to be his best work. Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer from the nineteen century. He is a dark romantic (anti-transcendentalist) which means that he explores the psychological effects of guilt and sin, madness, derangement in the human psyche. The Scarlett letter is marked by this exploration. The st...

• Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Essay

  and her husband is supposed to meet her there. She finds comfort in the person of Minister Arthur Dimmesdale, and let herself be tempted by an act of passion, and love that gave birth to a « sinful » child. Then Hester has to carry the burden of her shame embodied in the Scarlet Letter, and in Pearl. Hester follows what we can call natural laws : Roger Prynne (aka Chillingworth) is described as old, deformed, and a man of science confine in his books, whereas Hester is young...

• Buenos Aires (city) - geography.

  Casa Rosada, Buenos AiresThe Casa Rosada (Pink House) is Argentina’s presidential palace, containing the offices of the president. Located on the Plaza de Mayoin downtown Buenos Aires, the palace also contains a museum that is open to the public.Eduardo Gill/Black Star/PNI The Plaza de Mayo, situated close to the waterfront at the eastern edge of Buenos Aires, was the starting point for the original settlement. As the city expanded outward in asemicircle, the plaza continued to serve as the prin...

• Johnson Knocks Out Jeffries.

  Through the fight's first three rounds the boxers—picking, jabbing, and feigning—proceeded slowly. Even at this cautious pace Johnson scored several shatteringblows, smiling or laughing several times during the early rounds. By the fourth round Johnson was in control, and he continued to batter Jeffries for ten more rounds. In the 15th, Johnson knocked down Jeffries with a left. Theformer champion rose groggily to his feet only to be met by another left from Johnson to the jaw. This punch pr...

• Galileo (spacecraft) - astronomy.

  Great Red Spot, sustains itself on energy gained from the upper atmosphere, perhaps by absorbing the energy of smaller atmospheric disturbances. In 1999 Galileotook detailed photographs of Io’s volcanic eruptions; scientists hope to use the observations to learn more about similar volcanic activity that occurred on Earth eonsago. Observations taken by Galileo in 2000 lent strength to the theory that Europa may have an ocean of liquid water. The spacecraft’s magnetometer recorded regularchanges i...

• An Injured Home Run.

  couldn't do it,” Gibson later said. “But once I got up in that cage, I didn't feel anything until I was going around the bases.” Gibson sent Dodgers batboy Mitch Poole to tell Lasorda that the slugger was ready if needed. Lasorda hustled to the batting cage to talk to Gibson himself. “As soonas he heard that I wanted to hit,” Gibson said, “he took off.” During Davis's at bat Gibson entered the dugout and sat in the corner wearing a helmet and holding ablack bat. Davis drew a walk, Gibson lim...

• George Frideric Handel.

  Handel’s most important contribution to music history undoubtedly lies in his oratorios. Although the genre had existed in the 17th century, Handel seems to haveinvented the special type known as English oratorio, with its dazzling choruses. His influence on later generations can be seen most clearly in the history of the oratorio:Handel’s Messiah is one of only a few 18th-century works to remain in the performance repertory from its composer’s lifetime until today. The oratorios of later comp...

• 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...

• Evans Wins Gold.

  have fun.” Although she acted like a bubbly teenager, she undoubtedly possessed a competitive fire. As her coach Bud McAllister told Women's Sports and Fitness, “It's like death for her to lose.” Swimmer and television analyst John Naber added, “Janet doesn't swim a race, she attacks a race,” according to the magazine. “Andthat tells you a lot about what is going on upstairs.” Meanwhile, television viewers in the United States admired the teenager who almost single-handedly salvagedthe U.S. wom...

• Trojan War - Mythology.

  Agamemnon stole Briseis away from Achilles. Furious, Achilles withdrew from the war, causing a serious setback to the Greeks. The quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon was one of the starting points of the events of the latter part of the Trojan War described by Homer in the Iliad. Later, Achilles would rejoin the war and help bring the Greeks to victory, this time under the leadership of his dear friend Patroclus. Hector killed Patroclus. Achilles then slew Hector and dragged his dead body...

• Hayes Wins Olympic Marathon.

  entered the stadium,” Pietri told the New York Times after the race. “When I heard the people cheering and knew I had nearly won, a thrill passed through me and I felt my strength going.” Visibly confused, Pietri stood for a moment before making a wrong turn—heading left instead of following a red cord to the right. Officials tried to redirect thedelirious runner, but only after several attempts did he correctly change his course. “He staggered along the cinder path like a man in a dre...

• The Undefeated Dolphins.

  The Dolphins weren't seriously challenged during the remainder of the regular season. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 31-10; the Patriots, 37-21; the NewYork Giants, 23-13; and the Colts, 16-0. In the playoffs Miami defeated the Cleveland Browns, 20-14, and then captured the American Football Conference (AFC)championship by downing the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-17. Miami's opponent in Super Bowl VII was the Washington Redskins. The Redskins had finished the regular season with an 11-3 r...

• Protein.

  Myosin, the protein chiefly responsible for muscle contraction, combines with actin, another muscle protein, forming actomyosin, the different filaments of whichshorten, causing the contracting action. VI GLOBULAR PROTEINS Unlike fibrous proteins, globular proteins are spherical and highly soluble. They play a dynamic role in body metabolism. Examples are albumin, globulin, casein,hemoglobin, all of the enzymes, and protein hormones. The albumins and globulins are classes of soluble proteins a...

• William Blake.

  best-known illustrations, popularly known as The Ancient of Days, the frontispiece to his poem Europe, a Prophecy (1794). Much of Blake’s painting was on religious subjects: illustrations for the work of John Milton, his favorite poet (although he rejected Milton’s Puritanism), for JohnBunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, and for the Bible, including 21 illustrations to the Book of Job. Among his secular illustrations were those for an edition of Thomas Gray’s poems and the 537 watercolors for Ed...

• Han Dynasty - history.

  of merit rather than birth. Written examinations were adopted as a means of determining the best qualified people, although use of the examinations in actually makingappointments was limited. A school was established at the capital for training government officials. The administrative bureaucracy was systematized, and a career civilservice was created and extended through much of the empire. Although personally interested in the magical side of Daoism, Wudi made a descendent of Confucius the sup...

• Han Dynasty - history.

  of merit rather than birth. Written examinations were adopted as a means of determining the best qualified people, although use of the examinations in actually makingappointments was limited. A school was established at the capital for training government officials. The administrative bureaucracy was systematized, and a career civilservice was created and extended through much of the empire. Although personally interested in the magical side of Daoism, Wudi made a descendent of Confucius the sup...

• Samuel de Champlain.

  From 1616 to 1620 Champlain spent most of each year in France, with brief summer visits to Québec. In France he had to struggle to keep the Canadian enterprisealive, raise capital, and enlist workers. He also had to fight to keep his command over Québec. In 1618 he presented reports on the future of the French colonies inAmerica to the king and to the French Chamber of Commerce. In these reports he proposed that 300 settler families and 15 Récollets be established at Québec, with 300 soldiers to...

• Samuel de Champlain - explorer.

  From 1616 to 1620 Champlain spent most of each year in France, with brief summer visits to Québec. In France he had to struggle to keep the Canadian enterprisealive, raise capital, and enlist workers. He also had to fight to keep his command over Québec. In 1618 he presented reports on the future of the French colonies inAmerica to the king and to the French Chamber of Commerce. In these reports he proposed that 300 settler families and 15 Récollets be established at Québec, with 300 soldiers to...

• Cotton - biology.

  VII COTTONSEED Once a waste-disposal problem for gins, cottonseed is now a valuable by-product. The seed goes to oil mills, where it is delinted of its linters in an operation similar toginning. The bare seed is then cracked and the kernel removed. The meal that remains after the oil has been extracted is high in protein. Linters are used for paddingin furniture and automobiles, for absorbent cotton swabs, and for manufacture of many cellulose products such as rayon, plastics, lacquers, and sm...

• Devops

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

• Physiology.

  III RECENT ADVANCES Among the most important advances of the 20th century are the discovery of new hormones; recognition of the role of vitamins; discovery of blood types; developmentof the electrocardiograph and electroencephalograph, to record the activity of the heart and brain; discovery of the cause and cure of pernicious anemia by GeorgeRichards Minot, William Parry Murphy, and George Hoyt Whipple, all American physicians; and greater understanding of metabolism, the role of enzymes, and...

• Central Processing Unit.

  Development of the computer chip started in 1958 when Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments demonstrated that it was possible to integrate the various components of aCPU onto a single piece of silicon. These computer chips were called integrated circuits (ICs) because they combined multiple electronic circuits on the same chip.Subsequent design and manufacturing advances allowed transistor densities on integrated circuits to increase tremendously. The first ICs had only tens of transistorsper chip com...

• Édouard Manet I INTRODUCTION Manet: Tradition and Innovation French impressionist painter Édouard Manet shocked art audiences in Paris with Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass; 1863, Musée d'Orsay, Paris), which depicts a nude woman at a woodland picnic.

  Le Déjeuner sur l’herbeLe Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) by Édouard Manet was painted in 1863. When it was first displayed, therough brushwork and undefined areas of color were as distressing to the public as the nude woman who was neither aclassical goddess nor a symbol in an allegory. Manet claimed that the real subject of the painting was light, and it was thatphilosophy that gave birth to impressionism.Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York After his father died in 1862, Manet...

• Andes - geography.

  smaller trees lies above the zone of rain forest. Among the smaller trees is found the wild cinchona, a source of quinine, a drug used to treat malaria. In the southernAndes, broadleaf and coniferous trees cover the lower slopes. Coniferous forests are found above 2,000 m (6,500 ft), and the timberline is generally about 3,000 m(about 10,000 ft) above sea level. Above the timberline are treeless highland meadows, but the high plateaus of the central Andes support only a sparse covering ofgrasses...

• Vienna - geography.

  V HISTORY Throughout its existence Vienna has been a frontier post. Originally a Celtic settlement (Vindobona), it was taken over by the Romans in the 1st century BC and fortified by Emperor Augustus as part of the defenses against the Germanic tribes that lived north of the Danube. In the 5th century AD, however, the Romans evacuated thearea. In the 9th century Austria became part of the renewed Roman Empire of Charlemagne, and in 976 Emperor Otto II granted it to the Babenberg family. By the...

• 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...