698 résultats pour "local"

• Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

  A Religious Freedom Although religious freedom has not generally been curtailed in the United States, Roman Catholics, Jews, and members of such unconventional Protestant groups as theOneida Community and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have historically been discriminated against and sometimes have even been persecuted,although today overt discrimination has almost vanished. The federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as many state and local laws, prohibits religious discrimi...

• French Revolution.

  B2 Assembly of Notables and Estates-General To pressure the parlements into accepting the plan, Calonne decided to gain prior approval of it from an Assembly of Notables—a group of hand-picked dignitaries hethought would sympathize with his views. But Calonne had badly miscalculated. Meeting in January 1787, the assembly refused to believe that a financial crisis reallyexisted. They had been influenced by Necker’s argument that state finances were sound and suspected that the monarchy was only...

• French Revolution .

  B2 Assembly of Notables and Estates-General To pressure the parlements into accepting the plan, Calonne decided to gain prior approval of it from an Assembly of Notables—a group of hand-picked dignitaries hethought would sympathize with his views. But Calonne had badly miscalculated. Meeting in January 1787, the assembly refused to believe that a financial crisis reallyexisted. They had been influenced by Necker’s argument that state finances were sound and suspected that the monarchy was only...

• Lyndon B.

  A1 First Years in Office Johnson quickly made a two-fold reputation. He was a firm supporter of Roosevelt’s program, both domestic and foreign, and he was also a tireless worker on behalf ofthe voters he represented. Often the two activities coincided, as was the case when he helped to bring public power into Texas through the Rural ElectrificationAdministration and the Lower Colorado River Authority. He also secured funds for the building of dams, roads, and other public improvements in his di...

• Utah - geography.

  Temperatures decrease from the south to the north in the state. In the mountains the average temperature drops about 0.5°C (about 1°F) for every about 300 m(about 1,000 ft) rise in elevation. Average July temperatures range from less than 16°C (60°F) in the mountains to more than 27°C (80°F) in a few locations insouthern Utah. At Salt Lake City average July temperatures range from a low of 18°C (64°F) to a high of 33°C (92°F). There is a great variation between daytime andnighttime temperatures,...

• Utah - USA History.

  Temperatures decrease from the south to the north in the state. In the mountains the average temperature drops about 0.5°C (about 1°F) for every about 300 m(about 1,000 ft) rise in elevation. Average July temperatures range from less than 16°C (60°F) in the mountains to more than 27°C (80°F) in a few locations insouthern Utah. At Salt Lake City average July temperatures range from a low of 18°C (64°F) to a high of 33°C (92°F). There is a great variation between daytime andnighttime temperatures,...

• West Virginia - geography.

  Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...

• West Virginia - USA History.

  Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...

• Ontario - Geography.

  governed Ontario’s initial settlement and development. The province’s most important river is the St. Lawrence. Its route was much improved and enlarged by dredgingand canal building in the mid-20th century. This enabled large ocean-going vessels to reach Great Lake ports ( see St. Lawrence Seaway). The Ottawa River was an important early route to the interior for fur traders and timber merchants. The Niagara River, because of its falls, is a great center of hydroelectric power as well as aninte...

• Ontario - Canadian History.

  governed Ontario’s initial settlement and development. The province’s most important river is the St. Lawrence. Its route was much improved and enlarged by dredgingand canal building in the mid-20th century. This enabled large ocean-going vessels to reach Great Lake ports ( see St. Lawrence Seaway). The Ottawa River was an important early route to the interior for fur traders and timber merchants. The Niagara River, because of its falls, is a great center of hydroelectric power as well as aninte...

• Florida - USA History.

  accidentally introduced into the region in the 1880s, and it spread with alarming rapidity throughout the upper reaches of the river. The plant is very difficult toeradicate, and it has also clogged the channels of other Florida rivers. To increase drainage of the Everglades, which drain naturally to Florida Bay and the Gulf ofMexico, a number of drainage channels and canals have been built across southern Florida. Among the rivers flowing from the peninsula to the Gulf of Mexico are the Suwanne...

• Le bicaméralisme est-il nécessaire aujourd’hui en France ?

  le « gardien vigilant » de la décentralisation et la « maison des collectivités territoriales ». Le Sénat s’est construit une vraie capacité technique à s’occuper de lalégislation des collectivités territoriales (en matière financière notamment, thèmes relatifs à expérimentation, à la péréquation et à l’autonomie locale présents dansles débats au Sénat bien avant qu’ils ne soient inscrits dans la Constitution). Transition : Ernest Duvergier de Hauranne, La République conservatrice, 1873.« La sec...

• Histoire du droit de l'environnement

  Notion de droit humanitaire et environnemental = le droit humanitaire est aussi un droit nouveau. Le droit humanitaire influe sur le droit de l’environnement. Ledroit humanitaire c’est la limitation des effets de la guerre sur les populations civiles et l’instauration de mécanismes de protection des droits de l’homme.Ceci n’est pas nouveau. Dans les faits, on trouve cette interaction entre le droit humanitaire et le droit de l’environnement. Dans la Grèce antique on retrouve desdispositions conc...

• Polynésie française (1989-1990) En 1989, le plan de développement quinquennal a été adopté par le gouvernement local et le gouvernement...

  Polynésie française (1989-1990) En 1989, le plan de développement quinquennal a été adopté par le gouvernement local et le gouvernement de la République française dans un contexte politique confus où le président du gouvernement, Alexandre Léontieff, a été critiqué, même par ses amis politiques. Le Premier ministre français, Michel Rocard, a incité les Polynésiens à compter sur eux-mêmes, mais l'économie est toujours grandement dépendante des subventions de la métropole, d'autant plus que le pr...

• Les établissements publics locaux sont rattachés à une commune, comme la caisse des écoles, le centre communal d'action sociale et...

  Les établissements publics locaux sont rattachés à une commune, comme la caisse des écoles, le centre communal d'action sociale et l'office public d'HLM. I] La caisse des écoles La caisse des écoles est un établissement public communal ou intercommunal, présidé par le maire, qui intervient en direction des enfants relevant de l'enseignement du premier et du second degré, du public et du privé (depuis le l" janvier 2005), dans tous les domaines de la vie scolaire (social, culturel, éducatif, san...

• Définition: AGENCE, substantif féminin.

  agence photographique : " Celle qui propose sous forme de clichés ou par bélinographe des photographies d'actualité. " (Glossaire des termes de presse(BERNARD VOYENNE) 1967); agence locale : " Services rédactionnels détachés d'un quotidien régional. " (Glossaire des termes de presse (BERNARD VOYENNE)1967); agence de publicité : " Firme commerciale servant d'intermédiaire entre les annonceurs et la presse. " (Glossaire des termes de presse (BERNARD VOYENNE)1967). c) Généralement péjoratif . domai...

• La diffusion du christianisme: Deux mille ans d'expansion

  • Les hérésies dites « cathares » qui touchent le sud de l'Europe sont combattues par de nouveaux ordres, tels les dominicains, qui se donnent pour mission de faire revenir les hérétiques dans le giron de l'Église . Leur instr ument est le t ribunal de l'Inq uisition. Leur esprit de mission et de conversion trouvera un champ d'application lors des conquêtes de l'Amérique et de l'Afrique. P LU SI EUR S IDENTITtS ORTHODO X ES • En Europe de l'est, l'ort...

• Mfecane - history.

  they were broken up around 1822 by the Mpondo, under Faku. In 1819 the Zulu defeated the Ndwandwe and took over their former territory. The Ndwandwe were forced north across the Phongolo River. A group of Ndwandwe refugees,led by Soshangane, fled into what is now southern Mozambique, where they overran the local Tsonga people and became known as the Gaza. Soshangane went on to createthe Gaza Empire, which stretched along the coast from Delagoa Bay to the lower Zambezi. In 1826 other Ndwandwe gro...

• Kenya.

  4 INSTITUTIONS ET VIE POLITIQUE 4.1 Organisation des pouvoirs La République du Kenya est régie par la Constitution de 1963, amendée à plusieurs reprises. Le système constitutionnel instaure un régime présidentiel fort, dans lequel lepouvoir exécutif est exercé par le président de la République, qui est à la fois le chef de l’État et le chef de gouvernement. Le président de la République est élu au suffrageuniversel pour un mandat de cinq ans renouvelable une fois. Il est assisté par un vice-pr...

• fonction publique territoriale

  Section 1 : une approche éclatée historiquement 1) Comment ces concepts n’ont pas pu trouver leur place au sein des collectivités locales ? A) L’émergence de la notion de FP et de fonctionnaire Rappel historique, jusqu’à 1946 : L’ancien régime se caractérisait par le système des offices (charge permanente accordée par le roi qui conférait un statut juridique et social qui ne cesse au décès de son titulaire). Système qui évolue vers la...

• Article de presse: L'escalade au Vietnam

  1966, l'armée de Saigon laisse les Américains faire le travail. Au sol, le général Westmoreland épuise ses troupes dans lesopérations " de recherche et de destruction " et, dans les airs, l'aviation opère sans relâche, au Nord comme au Sud. Il pense, enjuillet 1965, pouvoir vaincre " vers la fin de 1967 ". La CIA avertit cependant Washington: le Vietcong demeure puissant, et laguerre aérienne ne pourra faire plier la RDV. Elle n'est pas écoutée : Johnson accède à toutes les demandes de son comma...

• À l'extrême-ouest de l'Afrique, le Sénégal est un pays du Sahel, à population pluriethnique.

  steppe Les livres tropiques - savane-parc au Sénégal, page 5294, volume 10 tropiques - paysage de la Casamance, dans le sud du Sénégal, page 5296, volume 10 Afrique - paysage de savane au Sénégal, page 61, volume 1 Afrique - irrigation au Sénégal, page 68, volume 1 Les aspects humains. Les Ouolofs, ou Wolofs, principal groupe ethnique, et les Sérères occupent les régions les plus densément peuplées de l'Ouest. Les autres groupes importants sont les Toucouleurs, dans la vallée du Sénégal...

• Manila - geography.

  Manila played an important role in trade as a port for the Manila galleons, huge trading ships that carried goods from Manila to Acapulco, Mexico (then part of NewSpain). During this time, Chinese merchants settled in Manila and became middlemen for other trade from China. By the 1590s the Chinese had become aneconomically important community. Many Chinese, aware of the political and social advantages enjoyed by the Roman Catholics in the colony, converted to Catholicismand married Filipino wome...

• d'expulsion de la substance divine, si l'on en croit la légende d'Isis et de Rê.

  quatre couples degrenouilles etde serpents quiassemblent leursforces pourcréer etdéposer unœuf surune butte émergeant horsdel'eau. Cescouples sontchacun composés d'unélément etde saparèdre :Noun et Naunet, l'océanprimordial qu'Héliopolis intègre,commenousl'avons vu,dans sonpropre système, Hehet Hehet, l'eauquicherche savoie, Kekou etKeket, l'obscurité, et,enfin, Amon, ledieu caché etsa parèdre Amaunet. Parlasuite, lorsque ledernier élément del'ogdoade, Amon,deviendra ledieu dynastique, leclergé...

• projet d établissement ehpad

  PROJET D’ETABLISSEMENT 2010 – 2013 -EHPAD “LES JARD INS DU CASTEL » - 35410 CHATEAUGIRON 2 Avant propos Le projet institutionnel de l’EHPAD « Les Jardins d u Castel » s’est voulu ambitieux. Il est le fruit d’une réflexion collective, d’une conf rontation de points de vue qui ont largement occupé l’année 2010. Avec la convention tripartite 2009 - 2013, le projet d’établissement 2010 -2013 est la clé de voûte de la politique mené e par les acteurs d...

• African Theater I INTRODUCTION African Theater, traditional, historical, and contemporary dramatic forms in Africa south of the Sahara.

  The period after World War II ended in 1945 led to the struggle for and achievement of independence in many African countries. The new nation-states were oftenestablished along colonial boundaries and power was handed over to a bourgeois class who had been educated in Europe. The epoch-making era of nationalismproduced a number of African playwrights who merged African theatrical traditions with European forms. These plays are still widely performed and read in many partsof the continent. Nigeri...

• African Theater I INTRODUCTION African Theater, traditional, historical, and contemporary dramatic forms in Africa south of the Sahara.

  The period after World War II ended in 1945 led to the struggle for and achievement of independence in many African countries. The new nation-states were oftenestablished along colonial boundaries and power was handed over to a bourgeois class who had been educated in Europe. The epoch-making era of nationalismproduced a number of African playwrights who merged African theatrical traditions with European forms. These plays are still widely performed and read in many partsof the continent. Nigeri...

• Senegal - country.

  Although most of the population works in agriculture, Senegal has a growing industrial sector, one of the largest in West Africa. Nevertheless, two cash crops remain atthe foundation of the economy—peanuts and cotton. Important technical and economic assistance has been provided by France and other countries of the EuropeanUnion and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). In 2006 the gross domestic product (GDP) was $9.2 billion, or $760.90 a person. A Agriculture...

• 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...

• Guyane française 2001-2002 Les trajectoires nationales de deux figures locales Ce département français d'outre-mer (DOM) a fait parler de lui...

  Guyane française 2001-2002 Les trajectoires nationales de deux figures locales Ce département français d'outre-mer (DOM) a fait parler de lui en 2002 avec la candidature à l'élection présidentielle d'avril-mai 2002 (pour une fraction de la gauche) de la députée guyanaise Christiane Taubira-Delannon (sous l'étiquette PRG - Parti radical de gauche). Celle-ci a remporté 2,32 % des suffrages et a été réélue députée lors des élections législatives de juin suivant. L'autre député réélu du DOM, Léon B...

• 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...

• Cat. I INTRODUCTION Cat, small, mainly carnivorous animal, Felis silvestris catus, member of

  D Coat Colors The domestic cat's original coat color was probably grayish-brown with darker tabby stripes, a color that provides excellent camouflage in a variety of environments. Allother coat colors and patterns are the result of genetic mutations; for example, solid coat colors such as black and blue are the result of a gene that suppresses tabbystripes; an orange coat is the result of a gene that transforms black pigment to orange; and a solid white coat is the result of a gene that complet...

• Cat - biology.

  D Coat Colors The domestic cat's original coat color was probably grayish-brown with darker tabby stripes, a color that provides excellent camouflage in a variety of environments. Allother coat colors and patterns are the result of genetic mutations; for example, solid coat colors such as black and blue are the result of a gene that suppresses tabbystripes; an orange coat is the result of a gene that transforms black pigment to orange; and a solid white coat is the result of a gene that complet...

• romain, art - peinture.

  2.3. 1 Les temples Les temples romains présentent des formes variées, dans lesquelles s’expriment les héritages étrusque et grec, mais aussi un goût original pour l’ampleur des volumes, la richesse du décor, la mise en scène. Les plus nombreux sont rectangulaires, mais il existe aussi des temples ronds. Le cœur du temple est la cella, salle qui abrite la statue de culte. Dans un temple courant, un vestibule (le pronaos) précède la cella ; des portiques bordent certaines faces ou entourent l...

• romain, art - sculpture.

  2.3. 1 Les temples Les temples romains présentent des formes variées, dans lesquelles s’expriment les héritages étrusque et grec, mais aussi un goût original pour l’ampleur des volumes, la richesse du décor, la mise en scène. Les plus nombreux sont rectangulaires, mais il existe aussi des temples ronds. Le cœur du temple est la cella, salle qui abrite la statue de culte. Dans un temple courant, un vestibule (le pronaos) précède la cella ; des portiques bordent certaines faces ou entourent l...

• Trinidad and Tobago - country.

  III PEOPLE The history of Trinidad and Tobago is reflected in the makeup of its population, among the most ethnically diverse in the Caribbean. Blacks of African ancestry andAsians of Indian ancestry each make up about 40 percent of the population. The remainder is mainly of mixed ancestry, although there are also small groups of peopleof Chinese, European, South American, and Middle Eastern descent. The ethnic diversity of Trinidad and Tobago owes its origins to slavery and its abolition. Afr...

• Roman Empire - history.

  the master of Rome. Three years later the Senate proclaimed him Augustus, the supreme ruler. III THE EMPIRE UNDER AUGUSTUS Roman Emperor AugustusAugustus, the first Roman emperor, brought peace, order, and prosperity to Rome after the civil wars that followed the assassinationof Roman leader Julius Caesar. Caesar had adopted the young Octavian, later known as Augustus, as his heir. After a victory overMark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, Augustus had absolute power over the entire Roman Empire....

• Estados Unidos de América - geografía.

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

• Biodiversité locale (sud de Combourg)

  de la planète ( recherche internet et vous i ndiquerez quelle(s) difficulté(s) peut(vent) engendrer l’application de certaines mesures ) - en conclusion, vous déterminerez les causes principales de l'érosion de la biodiversité. (voir dernier document) * Exemple du thon rouge: 1A partir du tableau (évolution du stock de thon rouge), construire le graphique présentant l'évolution du stock de thon rouge en Méditerranée en fonction du temps. 2 Déterminer graphiquement l'année probabl...

• New Orleans - geography.

  D Metropolitan Region The New Orleans metropolitan region covers 8,800 sq km (3,400 sq mi) and includes the counties—known in Louisiana as parishes— of Orleans, Jefferson, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Saint James, and Plaquemines. At the center is the city of New Orleans, which is coextensive withOrleans Parish. It has a land area of 468 sq km (181 sq mi). Extending from this base are numerous suburban towns in the surrounding parishes. Metairie, Harahan...

• Slovakia - country.

  The country is divided informally into the three regions of Western Slovakia, Central Slovakia, and Eastern Slovakia, corresponding to administrative divisions that wereabolished in 1989. Most of Slovakia’s 600,000 Hungarians live in the southern parts of Western and Central Slovakia, which served as the cultural center of Hungary forseveral centuries after Hungary proper was invaded by the Ottomans in the 16th century. The Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities are concentrated in the northernregio...

• Czech Republic - country.

  enforcement of environmental regulations. Environmental considerations have also led some government officials to promote nuclear energy as a key source of powerfor the country’s future. The Czech Republic produces most of its energy by burning domestic coal. Much of the coal burned is low quality with a high ash and sulfur content—a key componentof acid rain—producing high levels of air pollution. Forests in the Czech Republic are among the most seriously affected by acid rain in all of Europe....

• Manitoba - Geography.

  E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...

• Manitoba - Canadian History.

  E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...

• Aboriginal Australians - History.

  Until Europeans began to settle in Australia in 1788, the Aboriginal way of life was supported by hunting, gathering, and fishing. Like other hunting and gatheringpeoples, Aboriginal people had an extremely detailed knowledge of their environment, especially plant ecology and animal behavior. The deep connection betweenAboriginal people and the natural world influenced every part of their culture, including their food gathering, tools, trade, religion, art, music, language, and socialorganizatio...

• Native American Architecture.

  B Relationship to the Universe and Nature A more profound difference between European American and Native American perceptions lay in how human beings saw themselves in relationship to the universe andin what they believed their responsibilities were to the natural world and to each other. Most European Americans saw themselves as separate from creation andadversaries of nature, ever struggling to conquer and subdue nature and force it to yield to their will. Native Americans saw themselves as...

• South Dakota - geography.

  C1 Temperatures Average January temperatures are everywhere less than -4° C (24° F) and decrease to less than -12° C (10° F) in some northern sections. The January temperaturesin Sioux Falls range from -16° to -4° C (3° to 24° F). Nightime lows of -29° C (-20° F) occur during most winters. July averages are in the low and middle 20°s C (lowand middle 70°s F) throughout most of the state, and are somewhat lower in the Black Hills. The average temperature range in Sioux Falls in July is 17° to 30...

• South Dakota - USA History.

  C1 Temperatures Average January temperatures are everywhere less than -4° C (24° F) and decrease to less than -12° C (10° F) in some northern sections. The January temperaturesin Sioux Falls range from -16° to -4° C (3° to 24° F). Nightime lows of -29° C (-20° F) occur during most winters. July averages are in the low and middle 20°s C (lowand middle 70°s F) throughout most of the state, and are somewhat lower in the Black Hills. The average temperature range in Sioux Falls in July is 17° to 30...

• Roumanie (1995-1996) La Roumanie a vécu en 1996 au rythme des élections: locales en juin, législatives et présidentielle en novembre....

  Roumanie (1995-1996) La Roumanie a vécu en 1996 au rythme des élections: locales en juin, législatives et présidentielle en novembre. Soucieux de se positionner comme une force de rassemblement "centriste", le Parti de la démocratie sociale de Roumanie (PDSR) - qui depuis 1992 ne bénéficie pas d'une majorité parlementaire suffisante pour gouverner seul a pris quelque distance avec certaines des formations nationalistes (comme le Parti de la Grande Roumanie) qui, de 1993 à 1995, ont constitué se...

• Gabon 1996-1997 Aboutissements des "accords de Paris" d'octobre 1994, les élections locales (octobre et novembre 1996), puis les élections législatives...

  Gabon 1996-1997 Aboutissements des "accords de Paris" d'octobre 1994, les élections locales (octobre et novembre 1996), puis les élections législatives de décembre 1996 ont abouti à des résultats contrastés. A l'occasion des élections locales, l'opposition a pris le contrôle des deux plus importants centres urbains, Libreville avec le père Paul Mba Abessole du Rassemblement national des bûcherons, et Port-Gentil avec Marie-Augustine Houangni Ambourone du Parti gabonais du progrès. Cependant, la...