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• Shrimp - biology.

  shrimp have a maximum length of about 20 cm (8 in). On the West Coast, the Franciscan Bay shrimp is caught commercially. Freshwater shrimp are most common in warm parts of the world. They include river shrimp, edible shrimp that are trapped or farmed in the tropics, and also all trueshrimp that have become adapted for life in caves. Cave shrimp are typically pale, with vestigial (nonfunctioning) eyes, and they find their way mainly by touch. Decapod shrimp also include animals that are rarely ea...

• forêt.

  C'est une forêt relativement mal connue. Les forêts galeries, le long des fleuves, tels les Varzeas de l'Amazone ou les marécages — gri-gri de Guyane, poto-poto de Côted'Ivoire ou swamp forest du Nigeria — en constituent les faciès floristiques et fauniques les plus riches. Cette forêt dense, appelée aussi forêt pluvieuse, est entourée deforêts dites sèches ou de mousson là où les pluies sont moins abondantes et où apparaît une saison sèche plus ou moins longue. Alors le caractère sempervirent s...

• forêt (faune & Flore).

  C’est une forêt relativement mal connue. Les forêts galeries, le long des fleuves, tels les Varzeas de l’Amazone ou les marécages — gri-gri de Guyane, poto-poto de Côted’Ivoire ou swamp forest du Nigeria — en constituent les faciès floristiques et fauniques les plus riches. Cette forêt dense, appelée aussi forêt pluvieuse, est entourée deforêts dites sèches ou de mousson là où les pluies sont moins abondantes et où apparaît une saison sèche plus ou moins longue. Alors le caractère sempervirent s...

• tunnel.

  Le second tunnel de Fréjus (1975-1980), qui traverse le col de Fréjus dans les Alpes, fait 13 km de long pour relier la France à l’Italie. Le tunnel du Saint-Gothard en Suisse est le plus long tunnel routier des Alpes (16,9 km). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés.

• Indian Music I INTRODUCTION Classical Dance of South India The southern Indian kathakali is a dance drama that dates from the 17th century.

  Sangita Ratnakara, was written in the 13th century. However, subsequent writers tended to focus on the emotional connotations of individual ragas, associating them with moods, performance times, colors, and deities, and grouping them in terms of families. The modern theoretical system began in the 16th century, when ragasbegan to be classified according to scale—72 in the Karnāṭak system and 10 principal ones in the Hindustani. The 72 mela, as the Karn āṭak scales are called, are derived thro...

• London (England) - geography.

  D The East End and Docklands The East End, beyond the City of London and the Tower, has long been the home of London’s docks and immigrants. It has frequently been characterized by slums, poverty,and crime. This is the area where the notorious criminal Jack the Ripper prowled. Some portions, such as Bethnal Green, were slums during the Victorian period. Manypoorer immigrants and working-class Londoners still reside in the East End, but its weekend street markets are very popular, especially Pet...

• Aerospace Medicine - astronomy.

  medically as aeroembolism and popularly as the bends, leads to confusion, paralysis, or neurocirculatory collapse. The most characteristic symptoms of the bends arepain in the large joints resulting from pressure of the gas on tendons and nerves, together with spasm of the blood vessels. Preflight inhalation of pure oxygen toeliminate nitrogen from the system has proved valuable as a preventive measure. Rapid decompression, resulting from accidental failure at high altitudes of thepressure withi...

• 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...

• Easter.

  Many Easter traditions originated long before the beginning of the Christian era. Like Christmas, which is related to pre-Christian winter festivals, Easter is connected inmany ways with early pagan rituals that accompanied the arrival of spring. Easter is also associated with the Jewish festival of Passover. A Easter Eggs The Easter egg is associated with beliefs of particularly ancient origin. The egg was an important symbol in the mythologies of many early civilizations, including those ofIn...

• Hundred Years' War.

  knowledge of English tactics. Du Guesclin became Constable of France (head of the army) in 1370, and when he died in 1380, Clisson succeeded him. Charles also reorganized the French military, developing a full-time, professional army for the first time, and established a regular system of taxation to pay for it. Inaddition, France gained an important ally on the throne of the Spanish kingdom of Castile, Henry II, who had pledged support for Charles V. When the Caroline war began in 1369, the Eng...

• Hundred Years' War .

  knowledge of English tactics. Du Guesclin became Constable of France (head of the army) in 1370, and when he died in 1380, Clisson succeeded him. Charles also reorganized the French military, developing a full-time, professional army for the first time, and established a regular system of taxation to pay for it. Inaddition, France gained an important ally on the throne of the Spanish kingdom of Castile, Henry II, who had pledged support for Charles V. When the Caroline war began in 1369, the Eng...

• Surgery.

  III SURGICAL PROCEDURES Surgical procedures are classified as optional, required, elective, urgent, and emergent based on the patient’s medical condition. Optional surgery consists of operationsthat are not required but which the patient chooses to undergo as with some types of cosmetic surgery. Required surgery is performed when only surgery will correct aproblem—such as cataracts—but the surgery can be delayed for a period of weeks or months. Elective surgical procedures usually involve cond...

• Bahrain - country.

  A Religion Almost all Bahrainis and the majority of nonnatives are followers of Islam (Muslims). About 70 percent of all native Bahrainis belong to the Shia branch of Islam, whilethe remainder, including the ruling al-Khalifa clan, are adherents of the Sunni branch. Non-Muslims, including Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and Jews, account for 15percent of the total population. High unemployment among the Shia population has caused considerable discontent on the part of this group toward the Sunni...

• Telescope - astronomy.

  Observatory). In some telescopes designed in the 1990s, the mirror’s weight has been dramatically reduced by sandwiching a honeycomb pattern of glass ribs between a thin, butrigid, concave mirror and a flat back plate. Engineers have even developed meniscus mirrors—mirrors that are too thin to support their own weight. An adjustableframework supports the meniscus mirror, and servomechanical actuators, controlled by computer, continually adjust the shape of the mirror as it tracks celestial tar...

• Han Dynasty - History.

  However, these reforms faced serious opposition. The feudal barons formed an alliance and rebelled against Wang Mang. They were joined by members of the Liufamily, who were descended from Jingdi (Ching-ti), a former Han emperor, and a civil war followed. As the empire fell into disorder, militant secret societies formedarmed bands and attacked villages and towns. Wang Mang had believed that proper institutions would eventually bring peace to China, but in AD 23, an army led by the Liu clan brea...

• Mountain Climbing.

  teeth on one side, and a straight, flat, metal blade called an adze on the other. Ice axes have many uses. One of the most common is to help the climber stay balanced on steep slopes. The climber swings the axe with a short, quick movement to lodge the pick in snow or ice, creating a secure anchor. If a climber should slip and beginsliding down a snowfield, a self-arrest can be performed by turning face down on the snow and burying the pick in the snow surface. The climber’s weight over the...

• Orthodox Church.

  formally defined by an ecumenical council, as it was in Catholicism, some Orthodox theologians have taught that the act of becoming a monk or the service of burial canalso be sacraments. The sacramental practice of the Orthodox differs in many details from Western customs. Baptism is administered by immersing the child or adult three times under thewater, each time in the name of one of the persons of the Trinity. It is followed immediately by anointment with chrism, a sacred perfumed oil that r...

• Oise. affluent de rive droite de la Seine, long de

• Pendant de longs mois, l'armée de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, assiège Jérusalem, puis brise les murailles et massacre la population.

• Corps humain LA MÉMOIRE

  La mémoire TEST DE MÉMORISATION précédentes. Dans certaines maladies ou acci­ dents qui détruisent le lobe frontal du cerveau, le sujet est totalement incapable d'enregistrer les faits immédiats et les perd en quelques secondes, quelle que soit l'attention qu'il leur porte. La mémoire à long terme semble au contraire douée d'une capacité illimitée et surtout large­ ment sous-utilisée. Parmi les millions d'informa­ tions perçues chaque jour par le cer veau,...

• Harry lui raconta sa rencontre avec lui sur le Chemin de Traverse.

  —Vous allez bientôt apercevoir Poudlard, dit Hagrid en se retourna\ nt vers eux. Après le prochain tournant. Il y eut alors un grand « Oooooh ! ». L'étroit chemin avait soudain débouché sur la rive d'un grand l\ ac noir. De l'autre côté du lac, perché au sommet d'une montagne, un immense château hérissé de tours pointues étincelait, de toutes ses fenêtres dans le ciel étoilé. —Pas plus de quatre par barque, lança Hagrid en montrant une flott\ e de petits canots alignés le long de la rive....

• Collège: Les animaux le long d'un cours d'eau (SVT)

  Il est donc logique d'observer, en descendant le cours d'une rivière, des changements dans sa faune piscicole. Les espèces de poissons occupent, en effet, des zones bien distinctes, liées à leur préférence de température et d'oxygénation. Ainsi le vairon, parexemple, ne peut se pêcher que dans des eaux agitées et bien oxygénées, tandis que la tanche recherche les eaux calmes et peuoxygénées : les caractéristiques du milieu influent sur les conditions de respiration des poissons qui déterminen...

• JEANNE DE BOURGOGNE (1292-1329) Elle épouse Philippe le Long qui devient roi de France en 1316.

• Barbu: Il porte bien son nom, car il a de longs poils au menton.

• pont (structure).

  toiture, et cette idée sera reprise et déclinée au XIXe siècle aux États-Unis. En 1502, Léonard de Vinci conçoit le projet d’un pont qui doit être construit à Istanbul : un pont en arc en maçonnerie d’une seule travée de 240 m. Des projets moins ambitieux sont menés à terme au cours de ce siècle, tels que le pont Notre-Dame (1512) — qui sera détruit et remplacé en 1853 — et le Pont-Neuf (1578-1604) à Paris, le Rialto (1588-1591) à Venise, le pont Santa Trinità (1566-1569) à Florence, œuvre de...

• pont (structure) - architecture.

  toiture, et cette idée sera reprise et déclinée au XIXe siècle aux États-Unis. En 1502, Léonard de Vinci conçoit le projet d’un pont qui doit être construit à Istanbul : un pont en arc en maçonnerie d’une seule travée de 240 m. Des projets moins ambitieux sont menés à terme au cours de ce siècle, tels que le pont Notre-Dame (1512) — qui sera détruit et remplacé en 1853 — et le Pont-Neuf (1578-1604) à Paris, le Rialto (1588-1591) à Venise, le pont Santa Trinità (1566-1569) à Florence, œuvre de...

• Grèbe esclavon: Il hiverne surtout le long des côtes.

• Pepi II, le plus long règne de l'histoire

  Une politique «familiale» C omme son père et son demi-frère, le nouveau pharaon, en âge de gouver­ ner et certainement toujours secondé par Djâou, poursuit la même politique familiale. Le Sinaï, le pays de Pount (avec lequel les pharaons commerçaient déjà sous la v• dynastie) fournissent plus que jamais les métaux pré­ cieux et les produits exo­ tiques si recherchés des Égyp­ tiens. La Nubie, contrée vita­ le pour l'économie...

• Nuit des longs couteaux (seconde guerre mondiale).

• Chats à poil long: Chat sacré de Birmanie.

• Chats à poil long: Persan shell cameo.

• LES LETTRES FËANORIENNES

  vocaliques utilisées en sindarin. On observera l’affectation du 30 au y vocalique, et aussi un procédé de dénotation des diphtongues qui consiste à inscrire le tehta venant après le y au - dessus de la voyelle. Le signe venant après le w (nécessaire à la prononciation des phonèmes au, aw ) était représenté, dans ce mode d’écriture, par la boucle du u ou par une variante de cette boucle. Mais les diphtongues étaient souvent orthographiées intégralement, comme c’est le cas dans la trans...

• Chats à poil long Persan écaille-de-tortue.

• injuste et n'a pas fait un usage correct de la rhétorique.

  A. LES RÈGLES DE L'ENTRETIEN DIALECTIQUE 1. DIALOGUER, CE N'EST PAS DISCOURIR [RÉCIT DE SOCRATE] Ceux qui étaient présents ayant fait une ovation au beau discours de Protagoras, je lui dis : « Il se trouve que pour ma part je suis un homme oublieux et quand on me tient un long discours, j'en oublie le sujet. S'il se trouvait que je fusse dur d'oreille, il te faudrait pour t'entretenir avec moi me parler plus haut qu'aux aut...

• Heilongjiang o u Hei-long-kiang.

• Une vie Puis, comme il fallait quelqu'un pour tenir les bêtes quand les maîtres seraient descendus, il avait fait un petit domestique d'un jeune vacher nommé Marius.

  cette pensée douloureuse les obsédait, et ils aimaient mieux se taire tristement que de toucher à ce sujet pénible. Au trot inégal des deux bêtes, la calèche longeait les cours des fermes, faisait fuir à grands pas des poules noires effrayées qui plongeaient et disparaissaient dans les haies, était parfois suivie d'un chien-loup hurlant, qui regagnait ensuite sa maison, le poil hérissé, en se retournant encore pour aboyer vers la voiture. Un gars en sabots crottés, à longues jambes nonchal...

• Les chats

  Le prrsan • Ce chat d'origine récente n'est apparu qu'au XIX' siècle. il est pourtant devenu en peu de temps le chat à poils longs le plus apprécié et le plus répandu. C'est un compagnon affectueux et calme, plutôt méfiant envers les étrangers. il existe un grand nombre de variétés de pelages : noir, blanc, crème, roux, bleu, fumé, bicolore, chinchilla ... Tête: ronde et grosse avec un nez court • Oreilles : f . : .. "'-., ,., ou vert, c...

• Dinosaurs.

  protected their necks. Ankylosaurus was about 33 feet (10 meters) long. ORNITHOPODS Ornithopods were once the most numerous plant-eating dinosaurs. There were many different kinds.Over time, ornithopods developed broad beaks. These later ornithopods are called duck-billed dinosaurs.Some ornithopods were small and ran fast. Others were huge. Iquanodon, for example, was 25 feet (7.5 meters) long. PACHYCEPHALOSAURS These dinosaurs walked on two feet. They had thick, dome-shaped skulls. Scienti...

• Electric Lighting.

  successful arc lamp in 1878. Tungsten filaments were substituted for carbon filaments in incandescent lamps in 1907, and gas-filled incandescent lamps were developedin 1913. The fluorescent lamp was introduced in 1938. See also Lamp. For most of the 20th century the incandescent light bulb was widely used for lighting in homes. More energy-efficient and longer-lasting fluorescent lamps were adoptedfor industrial and office use. In 1979 a compact fluorescent bulb that screwed into ordinary lig...

• Le Chat, La Belette Et Le Petit Lapin

  Tout au long du récit, les personnalités des protagonistes apparaissent.* C'est la belette évoquée par la périphrase « la dame au nez pointu », qui entre en scène la première, aussitôt définie par soncaractère « rusé » et sournois : elle vole le terrier en l'absence du propriétaire, et saura par la suite argumenter face au lapin.*Ce « Janot » apparait bien ridicule (le nom commun lui-même désigne dans l'ancienne langue un personnage perpétuellementberné) lorsqu'il gambade dans la campagne, insou...

• Chine. Luoyang-Long Men, la grotte Juxiah Si.

• Incipit Au Bonheur Des Dames, Zola

  leur arrivée devant le magasin. En effet, les trois jeunes gens perçoivent le magasin petit à petit, au fil de leur avancée dans lesrues. Il apparaît alors une structure spéciale, où sont alternés discours et narration : les personnages découvrent le magasin parétapes, selon leur regard, et seules quelques phrases dîtes par Jean et Denise viennent s'ajouter à la description de la découverte,appuyant sur l'émotion ressentie par ces jeunes personnes, «Ah bien ![...] en voilà un magasin ! »lignes 1...

• 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...

• Bac L anglais

  12AN1LME1 Page : 2/4 Joseph Netmaker brought the letter out to me. Winter had just started to settle itself into the country. Joseph walked on snowshoes from the town. ‘This is for you, Niska,’ he said. ‘It is from the Canadian boss, their hookimaw.’ As soon as I saw the brown letter, the English words written upon it, I knew what it contained. I sat down beside the fire and stirred at it with a stick while Joseph read, first out 5 loud and in his stumbling English, then for me in our l...

• Bat - biology.

  tomb bat has rather small ears. The shapes of bat ears are extremely varied. The wide ears of the Australian false vampire bat meet above the head and are fused.Many bats are able to turn their ears in the direction of faint noises. Bat hearing and its use in echolocation are highly developed. Some bats have large, conspicuous eyes, while others may have small beady eyes. This variation suggests that vision plays different roles in the lives of various species.Despite the familiar expression, 'b...

• Telephone.

  digits is dialed. The development of inexpensive and reliable amplification provided by the introduction of the transistor in the 1960s made practical the design of adialing system based on the transmission of relatively low power tones instead of the higher-power dial pulses. Today most telephones have push buttons instead of a rotary dial. Touch-Tone is an optional service, and telephone companies still maintain the ability to receive pulsedialing. Push-button telephones usually have a switch...

• Duck - biology.

  from water. When ducks feed they push their tongue against the top of their mouth to squeeze water through the lamellae, leaving the food behind. Mergansers arefish-eating ducks with slender bills that are notched on the edges like the blade of a saw. These saw-toothed beaks help the ducks catch and hold their slippery prey. VI COURTSHIP AND REPRODUCTION Ducks form pairs long enough to mate, but most species find new mates each year. In a few species, including buffleheads and whistling ducks,...

• Dinosaur - biology.

  The behavior of dinosaurs was governed by their metabolism and by their central nervous system. The dinosaurs’ metabolism—the internal activities that supply thebody’s energy needs—affected their activity level. It is unclear whether dinosaurs were purely endothermic (warm-blooded), like modern mammals, or ectothermic (cold-blooded), like modern reptiles. Endotherms regulate their body temperature internally by means of their metabolism, rather than by using the temperature oftheir surroundin...

• Ship. I INTRODUCTION Ship, vessel that is buoyant in the water and used

  B1 Biremes Experience soon proved that longer ships posed a new set of problems: They were weaker structurally, more difficult to maneuver, and presented a larger target to anyenemy ship with a ram. In the 8th century BC Mediterranean shipbuilders eliminated these problems with the bireme , a war galley built to accommodate two levels, or banks , of oarsmen. Oarsmen on the lower level rowed oars from ports cut into the side of the vessel, while those above rowed from the deck. This arrangemen...

• Inuit.

  VII HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND CLOTHING Inuit homes are of two kinds: walrus or sealskin tents for summer and huts or houses for winter. Winter houses are usually made of stone, with a driftwood orwhalebone frame, chinked and covered with moss or sod. The entrance is a long, narrow passage just high enough to admit a person crawling on hands and knees.During long journeys some Canadian Inuit build igloos, winter houses of snow blocks piled in a dome shape (the term igloo comes from the I...