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• War of 1812 - History.

  the thorough training they received in handling guns was far ahead of contemporary British standards. As hostilities loomed, Congress authorized a regular army of 35,000 men, but when the United States officially declared war in June 1812, the actual land force was lessthan 10,000 and nearly half of these soldiers were raw recruits. The existing troops were also widely scattered in small garrisons. The government planned tosupplement this regular force with 50,000 volunteers and 100,000 militiam...

• War of 1812 - U.

  the thorough training they received in handling guns was far ahead of contemporary British standards. As hostilities loomed, Congress authorized a regular army of 35,000 men, but when the United States officially declared war in June 1812, the actual land force was lessthan 10,000 and nearly half of these soldiers were raw recruits. The existing troops were also widely scattered in small garrisons. The government planned tosupplement this regular force with 50,000 volunteers and 100,000 militiam...

• Mammal - biology.

  On land, mammals live in many different habitats, and at a wide range of altitudes. Many mammals dig burrows as refuges or as places to raise their young, but somehave developed a largely subterranean lifestyle, feeding on small animals or plant roots beneath the soil's surface. These animals, including moles and mole-rats, digthrough the ground either with spadelike front paws or with their teeth, and they detect danger by being highly sensitive to vibrations transmitted through the soil.Most m...

• Africa.

  The highest elevations in Africa are found in the various ranges of East Africa. After Kilimanjaro, the next highest peaks are Mount Kenya (5,199 m/17,057 ft), north ofKilimanjaro in central Kenya; Margherita Peak (5,109 m/ 16,762 ft) in the Ruwenzori Range on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC); Ras Dashen (4,620 m/ 15,157 ft) in the Ethiopian Highlands of northern Ethiopia; Mount Meru (4,565 m/ 14,977 ft), close to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania; and MountElgon (4,...

• Alaska - geography.

  depression surrounded by highlands and have the coldest winter and hottest summer temperatures in Alaska. Once the Kuskokwim River passes through theKuskokwim Mountains, it forms the southern edge of a vast lake-studded alluvial plain bounded on the north by the Yukon River. This water-logged lowland is a majorsummer nesting area for birds. Fairbanks is the major city in this region, while Fort Yukon is the major community in the Yukon Flats and Bethel the largest settlementon the Lower Kuskokwi...

• Alaska - USA History.

  depression surrounded by highlands and have the coldest winter and hottest summer temperatures in Alaska. Once the Kuskokwim River passes through theKuskokwim Mountains, it forms the southern edge of a vast lake-studded alluvial plain bounded on the north by the Yukon River. This water-logged lowland is a majorsummer nesting area for birds. Fairbanks is the major city in this region, while Fort Yukon is the major community in the Yukon Flats and Bethel the largest settlementon the Lower Kuskokwi...

• DRAME Huis clos JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905-1980) L'auteur Né à Paris, issu d'un milieu intellectuel et bourgeois, Sartre entre à l'Ecole...

  DRAME Huis clos JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905-1980) L'auteur Né à Paris, issu d'un milieu intellectuel et bourgeois, Sartre entre à l'Ecole normale supérieure et passe une agrégation de philosophie en 1929. Il se lie avec Simone de Beauvoir et en­ seigne la philosophie. L'expérience de la guerre le conduit à s'engager et à prendre position sur les événements·qui ont marqué le monde contemporain. Il devient le chef de file de l'existentialisme, philosophie selon laquelle l'homme se définit par son e...

• Usage et définition du mot: ARABLE, adjectif.

  soupirs, on e?t dit qu'il portait sur lui tous ses domaines?: bois, fermes, pr?s et clos, garennes et d?fends, terres arables et labourables! PAUL AR?NE, Jean des Figues, 1870, page 32. Remarque?: 1. " Elle [terre arable] s'oppose ? terre de for?t ou de lande. (...) L'?quivalent, hors culture, c'est la terre v?g?tale. " (Dictionnaire des sols (GEORGES PLAISANCE, ANDR? CAILLEUX) 1958). 2. Dans l'exemple 5, terres arables s'oppose sans doute ? terres labourables comme pr?s ? clos, garennes ? d?...

• The opening of Rear Window

  see the window: it is the only thing which the viewer can focus on in a similar way to the audience of a theatre, focusing on the stage. This credit sequence has some symbolic as the plot lies on what is seen through the window. The fact that the shutters open will allow the action to take place. It also makes the viewer feel like he is waking up in a warm atmosphere created by the sepia color of the shutters and the touch of red used for the credits. As we are going to see, the open...

• La mort des amants - sixième partie des Fleurs du Mal, partie consacrée à la mort

  survie de l'âme et de l'amour dans la mort. La mort est donc, à double titre, une figure de l'amour parfait parce qu'elle n'en conserve que l'essence spirituelle et elle le rend éternel en le libérant du temps. La Mort des amants revêt également un caractère idéal, car la mort engendre une rêverie qui comble toutes les aspirations du poète. Nous sommes dans un univers où les deux amants évoluent au niveau onirique. Le seul temps employé dans ce sonnet est le futur : «...

• FAUT-IL LAISSER UNE PLACE À L'IRRATIONNEL DANS LA CONDUITE DE LA VIE ?

  pouvoirs.De cet assujettissement de l'irrationnel par la raison, nous pouvons développer quelques exemples. Ainsi, chezPlaton, la sphère irrationnelle des passions et des désirs est complètement niée en tant que telle et soumise aucontrôle de la raison. Loin d'accorder une place au fond sauvage et irrationnel de notre être, Platon tente de lemaîtriser grâce aux pensées raisonnables et il le nie donc en tant que tel. Ainsi, dans la République, est posée laquestion « Que faire de nos désirs...

• La présence d'autrui nous évite-t-elle la solitude ?

  La présence d'autrui peut également être une présence hostile et agressive :Sartre, dans Huis clos, suggère par la célèbre formule « L'enfer, c'est lesautres » que le regard d'autrui, lorsqu'il me méprise ou me condamne sanspitié, peut m'enfermer comme en une prison dans une image atrophiée etdéshumanisée de moi-même. Si Sartre nous fait sentir toute cette « part du diable » qu'il peut y avoir dansnos rapports avec autrui – qui, comme sa pièce de théâtre « Huis clos » tendà montrer,...

• La Maison Tellier Commentaire

  La Maison Tellier • • La Maison Tellier    • • • Résum é n°1    • Un samedi soir  à F écamp, les habitu és du caf é­bordel municipal trouvent porte   close et s’en vont d épit és. L’un d’entre eux s’avise que l’ établissement de plaisir   est ferm é « pour cause de premi ère communion ». En effet, la tenanci ère,   madame Tellier, a d écid é d’emmener sa petite troupe  à la premi ère communion   de la fille de son menuisier campagnard de fr ère. Apr ès un voyage en train   assez tumultueux,...

• Arts et Culture HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

  Henri deTou/ouse-Lautrec ! Toulouse-Lautrec exécuta cette très a belle affiche en 1893, à l'intention du cabaret de son ami, Aristide Bruant. (1 852-193 1), par exemple. II appréciait les impres­ sionnistes, surtout Edgar Degas (1834-1917), dont le style permit à Toulouse-Lautrec d'affiner le sien, caractérisé par la ligne. Celle-ci domine ses œuvres, au détriment des couleurs ou des matières. Sa peinture est identifiable par ses des­ sins aux tra...

• la science et la morale chez Kant

  Révolu t ion des l u m iè res (qu i est scien t i f ique : XV I I , Gal i lée, etc...) : on passe du monde clos (des g recs) à l’ un ive rs i n f i n i : à u n monde (moderne) où l’espace et le temps son t i n f i n is : le monde est u n chaos dénué de sens a p r io r i pu isque l’u n ive rs est i n f i n i. Le monde n’est donc p l us u n doux cocon où on a na t u re l lemen t sa p lace. Cf KOYRÉ : d u monde clos à l’ un ivers i n f i n i John DO N ES: « l a ph i l...

• Celtics Win in 1957.

  The game stayed close throughout the first overtime and a last-second basket pulled the Hawks back into another tie, forcing a second extra period. Late in thesecond overtime Boston's Jim Loscutoff hit two free throws for a 125-123 Celtics lead in the final seconds. Because several St. Louis players had fouled out inovertime, Alex Hannum, the player-coach for the Hawks, inserted himself into the game for the first time in the series. Hannum threw an inbounds pass off thebackboard that Pettit gat...

• than a year ago.

  It would begetting sohot that myskin would starttoget blisters. Itwould feelsogood toget away fromtheheat, buton the other hand, whenIhit the sidewalk Iwould die,obviously. WhichwouldIchoose? WouldIjump orwould Iburn? I guess Iwould jump,because thenIwouldn't havetofeel pain. Onthe other hand, maybe Iwould burn,because thenI'd at least have achance tosomehow escape,andeven ifIcouldn't, feelingpainisstill better thannotfeeling, isn'tit? I remembered mycell phone. I still had afew seconds. Who sho...

• Article de presse: Moscou-Pékin, vers le schisme

  (début février). Février : tournée de M. " K " en Inde, où l'ont précédé Vorochilov et Kozlov, et en Indonésie, alors en brouille avec la Chine.But du voyage: réparer les dégâts causés par la politique chinoise. M. " K " suggère la participation de la Chine à une phaseultérieure du " sommet ", mais avec d'autres Asiatiques, dont l'Inde. Silence de la presse chinoise sur le voyage cependant ZhouEnlai, tout de même assoupli, accepte d'aller discuter à New-Delhi. 21 avril : textes de doctrin...

• Yellowstone National Park Trip Planner

  1 Explore Yellowstone safely You must stay on boardwalks and designated trails around hydrothermal features. Delicate formations and crust surrounding them is thin and breaks easily, and often overlies scalding water. Visitors have died in them. • To x i c gases exist at dangerous levels in some areas. If you feel sick, leave immediately. • Pets are prohibited in hydrothermal areas. • Swimming is prohibited where water f lows entirely from a hydrothermal spring or pool. Wher...

• Stevenson: From Treasure Island - anthology.

  air in front of him: ‘Will any kind friend inform a poor blind man, who has lost the precious sight of his eyes in the gracious defence of his native country, England, and God bless KingGeorge!—where or in what part of this country he may now be?’ ‘You are at the “Admiral Benbow,” Black Hill Cove, my good man,’ said I. ‘I hear a voice,’ said he—‘a young voice. Will you give me your hand, my kind young friend, and lead me in?’ I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eye...

• CINÉMA ET LITTÉRATURE

  le sens d'une description littéraire ne peut être clos; comme le précise Robbe-Grillet, elle ne donne pas à voir l'objet ou le paysage décrits, mais développe de mot en mot un dessin imaginaire qui se plaî't à les « faire bouger, bifurquer, changer soudain de sens, foisonner, s'éloigner» (Trans-Europ-Express, ciné-roman, 1966). L'image cinématographique, elle, offre un monde défini­ tivement installé dans la présence : le film se déroule, mais les...

• Odyssey Greek The epic poem by Homer that describes the adventures of Odysseus on his homeward voyage to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

  turn his men back into their human forms. Under her spell, he dallied for a year on the island of the sorceress, who gave him warnings about the perils he would encounter on his way home. Odysseus in the Underworld - Mythology. After suffering under the spell of the witch-goddess Circe for a year, Odysseus and his crew grew restless and wanted to leave. On the advice of Circe, Odysseus and his crew visited the Underworld (1) to consult the ghost of the blind seer Tiresias. Tiresias had many wa...

• Rabelais: textes extraits de Gargantua et Pantagruel

  RABELAIS , Gargantua (1542), chap. XXI Orthographe modernisée ***** Très cher fils, Entre les dons, grâces et prérogatives desquelles le souverain plasmateur Dieu tout puissant a endouairé et aorné l'humaine nature à son commencement, celle-ci me semble singulière et excellente, par laquelle elle peut en état mortel acquérir espèce d'immortalité et, en décours de vie transitoire, perpétuer son nom et sa semence : ce qui est fait par lignée issue de nous en mariage légitime....

• MÉRIMÉE Prosper : sa vie et son oeuvre

  tiel de la gloire de Mérimée. A y regarder de près, on constate qu'elle participe plus d'une hésitation sur les formes que d'un parti pris esthétique. Tantôt dramaturge, tantôt conteur, J'écrivain paraît user indifféremment des ressources de la mise en scène ou de l'économie du récit . Habile à nouer des combinaisons dramatiques serrées, pleines de vivacité et strictement découpées, donnant sa mesure dans la saynète (le Carro sse du Saint Sacrement)...

• Killer Whale - biology.

  V REPRODUCTION Mating occurs more often among killer whales of different pods to avoid inbreeding within pods. About 16 to 18 months after mating, females give birth to a single calf.Newborn calves weigh about 200 kg (440 lb) and are about 2.5 m (8 ft) long. Mothers nurse their calf for 14 to 18 months, although mothers continue to be protectiveof their young long after the offspring have been weaned. Scientists do not know how long killer whales live in the wild. Scientists estimate that male...

• voyage, récit de - littérature.

  On dispose également de témoignages écrits, antérieurs à la conquête européenne, émanant de voyageurs arabes : le rihla (« journal de voyage »), d’inspiration occidentale, apparaît au XIIe siècle, et réunit le récit pur d’un périple, décrit au jour le jour, à des observations géographiques, sociétales, religieuses et historiques. Ibn Djubayr (1145-1217) laisse un récit de voyage en Orient, tandis que Ibn Battuta, dont le rihla apparaît comme le modèle du genre, décrit certaines régions de l’...

• what did you do?

  ceilings, theplates, thewindows, thelampshades! Wasitan act ofrebellion! Anact ofexpression! Werethepaintings good, orwas that beside thepoint! Ineeded tosee itfor myself, andIneeded totell the world about it!Iused tolive for reporting likethat! Stalin found outabout thecommunity andsent histhugs in,just afew days before Igot there, to break alloftheir arms! Thatwasworse thankilling them! Itwas ahorrible sight,Oskar: theirarms incrude splints, straight infront ofthem likezombies! Theycouldn't fe...

• 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....

• Arab Music I INTRODUCTION Umm Kulthum Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum was revered throughout Egypt, North Africa, and the Near East for her powerful voice and improvisational skill.

  The rhythmic structure of Arab music is similarly complex. Rhythmic patterns have up to 48 beats and typically include several downbeats (called dums ) as well as upbeats (called taks) and silences, or rests. To grasp a rhythmic mode, the listener must hear a relatively long pattern. Moreover, the performers do not simply play the pattern; they elaborate upon and ornament it. Often the pattern is recognizable by the arrangement of downbeats. The Rhythm in Arab Music illustration demonstratesa...

• Boxing.

  C Offensive Techniques To be effective, boxers must have an assortment of punches that are coordinated with their footwork. Less powerful punches often serve the important role of settingup the fighter’s chief “weapons,” as boxing analysts sometimes call a boxer’s main offensive skills. C1 Feinting Moving the hands or head to confuse an opponent is called feinting. A smart boxer will first test the opponent by trying different feints, noting the reaction to each onebefore deciding which will b...

• Badminton.

  Once play has started, players tend to hit straight, low-flying shots called drives. When the shuttle remains close to the center of the court, net shots can be a goodoption. Net shots can be hard-hit or delicate. They are aimed at the front area of the opponent’s court, forcing the opponent to play the shot close to the net. If the opponent manages to return a net shot, the return must be hit high to clear the net. This gives the player a chance for a smash—the deadliest attacking stroke inbadm...

• 5, 6, 7, 5, 4, 6!

  new movie? Iwrote, "What's happened?" andshowed itto ayoung businessman watchingthetelevision, hetook asip of his coffee andsaid, "Nooneknows yet,"hiscoffee haunts me,his"yet" haunts me.Istood there, aperson inacrowd, was Iwatching theimages, orwas something morecomplicated happening?Itried tocount thefloors above where the planes hadhit,the fire had toburn upthrough thebuildings, Iknew thatthose people couldn't besaved, andhow many were onthe planes, andhow many wereonthe street, Ithought andth...

• Uranus (planet) - astronomy.

  V COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE A Interior of Uranus Uranus contains mostly rock and water, with hydrogen and helium (and trace amounts of methane) in its dense atmosphere. Astronomers believe that Uranus, likeNeptune, formed from the same material—principally frozen water and rock—that composes most of the planet’s moons. As the planet grew, pressures andtemperatures in the planet’s interior increased, heating the planet’s frozen water into a hot liquid. Uranus probably has a relatively small roc...

• Aegean Civilization .

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

• Aegean Civilization - USA History.

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

• Houston - geography.

  Prominent historical and cultural institutions include the Civic Center Complex, located in the central business district. The complex is composed of the George R. BrownConvention Center; the Wortham Center, which is the home of the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet; and the Jesse H. Jones Hall for Performing Arts, whichis the home of the Houston Symphony. The nearby Alley Theatre houses a professional repertory acting company. Among other local professional performance groupsare the Ma...

• Hurricane.

  V HOW HURRICANES ARE DETECTED AND MONITORED Since 1943 U.S. military and civilian aircraft have been flying into hurricanes to measure wind velocities and directions, the location and size of the eye, air pressures,and temperatures in different parts of the storm. A coordinated system of tracking hurricanes was developed in the mid-1950s, and steady improvements have beenmade over the years. In addition to reports from aircraft, geosynchronous weather satellites (since 1966) and ocean buoys tha...

• San Antonio (city, Texas) - geography.

  The SBC Center is the home venue for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's NationalBasketball Association (WNBA). The dome also serves as the site for the Alamo Bowl, an annual post-season college football game. Large themed amusement parks inthe San Antonio area are Fiesta Texas and Sea World of Texas. San Antonio’s major annual event is the Fiesta, a ten-day celebration in late April with carnivals, ethnic feasts, art...

• Herman Melville.

  information in Omoo , but various religious groups condemned both books for their unfavorable comments on the work and insensitivity of missionaries in the South Seas. Mardi is a philosophical allegory framed by another adventure at sea. The book’s hero, accompanied by characters representing the intellect, poetry, history, and philosophy, searches the world for universal truth. The book is filled with descriptions—intended as allegories—of human customs, religions, governments, and historical...

• Diabetes Mellitus.

  Once diabetes is diagnosed, treatment consists of controlling the amount of glucose in the blood and preventing complications. Depending on the type of diabetes, thiscan be accomplished through regular physical exercise, a carefully controlled diet, and medication. Individuals with Type 1 diabetes must receive insulin, often two to four times a day, to provide the body with the hormone it does not produce. Insulin cannot be takenorally, because it is destroyed in the digestive system. Consequent...

• Gardening - biology.

  of synthetic and organic fertilizers, see Organic Farming.) Fertilizers usually are sold in packages, on which the percentage by weight of the macronutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) are listed on thelabel—always in the order N-P-K. For example, a fertilizer that is labeled 10-5-3 is 10 percent nitrogen, 5 percent phosphorus, and 3 percent potassium. V PLANTING AND TRANSPLANTING Before planting seeds, gardeners prepare, or till, the soil using a variety of methods. Some...

• Richard Nixon.

  As President Eisenhower neared the end of his second term, his vice president emerged as his logical successor, and the president endorsed Nixon in March. Nixonreceived an impressive vote in party primaries, and at the Republican National Convention, held in Chicago in July, he received all but ten of the delegates’ votes on thefirst ballot. Nixon chose as his running mate the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. An unusual feature of the campaign wasa serie...

• Richard Nixon

  As President Eisenhower neared the end of his second term, his vice president emerged as his logical successor, and the president endorsed Nixon in March. Nixonreceived an impressive vote in party primaries, and at the Republican National Convention, held in Chicago in July, he received all but ten of the delegates’ votes on thefirst ballot. Nixon chose as his running mate the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. An unusual feature of the campaign wasa serie...

• La maison Tellier de Maupassant (texte intégral)

  était comme un repos dans le badinage polisson des particuliers ventrus qui se livraient chaque soir à cettedébauche honnête et médiocre de boire un verre de liqueur en compagnie de filles publiques. Les trois dames du premier s'appelaient Fernande, Raphaëlle et Rosa la Rosse. Le personnel étant restreint, on avait tâché que chacune d'elles fût comme un échantillon, un résumé de typeféminin, afin que tout consommateur pût trouver là, à peu près du moins, la réalisation de son idéal. Fer...

• hunger games

  épouse la forme de mes pieds. J'enfile un pantalon, une chemise, je fourre ma longue natte brune dans une casquette et j'attrape ma gibecière. Sur la table, sous un bol en bois qui le protège des rats affamés et des chats, m'attend un très joli petit fromage de chèvre, enveloppé dans des feuilles de basilic. C'est mon cadeau de la part de Prim pour le jour de la Moisson. Je le range dans ma poche en me glissant dehors. À cette heure de la matinée, notre quartier du district Douze, surno...

• Coral Reef.

  sensitive to particles of mud or sediment settling on them, which means that corals rarely grow close to rivers or other sources of sediment. In the sea, light is filteredout by depth, so reef-building corals can only grow in relatively shallow water. Even in the clearest oceans few reef-building corals grow below a depth of 80 to 100 m(260 to 328 ft). Although corals need nutrients, they cannot thrive in areas where there are large amounts of nutrients. Typically, microscopic organisms in the p...

• Syria - country.

  D Education Primary education is free and compulsory for all children aged 6 through 12. Some 78 percent of the adult Syrian population was estimated to be literate in 2005.Primary schools enrolled 2.8 million pupils in the 2000 school year, and 1.1 million students attended secondary schools and vocational institutes. In 1998, 94,110 Syrian students were enrolled in institutes of higher education. Syria has universities in Damascus, Ḩalab, Ḩim ş, and Al L ādhiq īyah. Also in Damascus isthe Ar...

• Andrew Jackson.

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• Andrew Jackson

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• History of Astronomy - astronomy.

  Egypt, the Sun was directly overhead at noon. On the same date and time in Alexandria, Egypt, the Sun was about 7 degrees south of zenith. With simple geometryand knowledge of the distance between the two cities, he estimated the circumference of the Earth to be 250,000 stadia. (The stadium was a unit of length, derivedfrom the length of the racetrack in an ancient Greek stadium. We have an approximate idea of how big an ancient Greek stadium was, and based on that approximationEratosthenes was...