531 résultats pour "trade"

• 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...

• FAIRE CE QUI NOUS PLAÎT, EST CE ÊTRE LIBRE ?

  posée à soi-même ; un tel pouvoir de se donner des lois, voilà la 1iberté. Ne pas confondre - Libre arbitre et libertéLe libre arbitre est la faculté absolue de se décider de soi-même sans être déterminé par une règle, mais selon uneentière contingence. Exercer son libre arbitre n'est pas nécessairement exercer sa liberté.La liberté est la faculté de se décider soi-même d'après une règle posée à soi-même, le plus souvent la loi du devoir.Exercer sa liberté exige d'exercer son libre-arbitre. Défi...

• HUSSERL: OEUVRES ET PHOTOGRAPHIE

  HUSSERL ŒUVRES PRINCIPALES : PHILOSOPHIE DER ARITHMETIK (1891) PHILOSOPHIE DE L'ARITHMtTIQUÈ LOGISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN (1900) (1901) RECHERCHES LOGIQUES PHILOSOPHIE ALS STRENGE WISSENSCHAFT (1910) (19u) LA PHILOSOPHIE COMME SCIENCE RIGOUREUSE (trad. française 1955) IDEEN ZU EINER REINEN PHAENOMENOLOGIE UND PHAENOMENOLOGISCHEN PHILOSOPHIE Tome I (1913) IDtES DIRECTRICES POUR UNE PHtNOMtNOLOGIE (trad. française 1950) VORLESUNGEN ZUR PHAENOMENOLOG...

• Towards Independence - Protest and Unrest in the Colonies

  The seven year war and its aftermath (1756-1736) This is when the hostility between the colonies and Britain became more important. The French and British fought for the land that was east the Mississippi river. At first, the British settled for business, but then the French arrived and built Forts along the line to stave off the British. Of course the French lost because their territory to defend was too large. → The French was kicked out of...

• Yukon Territory - Facts and Figures.

  GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Dennis Fentie Legislature Legislative Assembly 18 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 1 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 1 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$1.5 billion (2006) Income per capita 31,526 (2001 estimate) GDP by economic sectorAgriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.4 percent (2004) IndustryConstruction 9.4 percent (2004) Manufacturing 0.2 percent (2004) Mining 6 perc...

• Northwest Territories - Facts and Figures.

  GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Joseph Handley Legislature Legislative Assembly 19 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 1 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 1 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$4.2 billion (2006) Income per capita 36,645 (2001 estimate) GDP by economic sectorAgriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.5 percent (2004) IndustryConstruction 8.7 percent (2004) Manufacturing 0.2 percent (2004) Mining 53.5...

• Nunavut Territory - Facts and Figures.

  GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Paul Okalik Legislature Legislative Assembly 19 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 1 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 1 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$1,184 million (2006) Income per capita 28,215 (2001 estimate) GDP by economic sectorAgriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.1 percent (2004) IndustryConstruction 16.1 percent (2004) Manufacturing 0.1 percent (2004) Mining 2.5 p...

• Manitoba - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,406 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 79 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Gary Doer Legislature Legislative Assembly 57 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 14 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$45 billion (2006)...

• New Brunswick - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,865 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 84 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Shawn Graham Legislature Legislative Assembly 55 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 9 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 10 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$25 billion (2006)...

• Québec - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,667 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 84 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Jean Charest Legislature National Assembly 125 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 24 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 75 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$283 billion (2006)...

• Saskatchewan - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,035 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 80 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Lorne Calvert Legislature Legislative Assembly 58 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 14 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$46 billion (2006...

• British Columbia - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,970 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 86 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Gordon Campbell Legislature Legislative Assembly 79 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 34 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$180 billion (2...

• Ontario - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,274 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 88 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Dalton McGuinty Legislature Legislative Assembly 103 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 24 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 103 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$558 billion...

• Alberta - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,275 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 83 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Ed Stelmach Legislature Legislative Assembly 83 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 26 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$240 billion (2006)...

• Nova Scotia - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,021 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 85 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Rodney MacDonald Legislature House of Assembly 52 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 10 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 11 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$32 billion (200...

• Prince Edward Island - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 2 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,926 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 80 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Patrick George Binns Legislature Legislative Assembly 27 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 4 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 4 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$4.3 billio...

• Newfoundland and Labrador - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,253 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 79 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Danny Williams Legislature House of Assembly 48 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 5 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 7 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$26 billion (2006)...

• DBQ slavery

  When they arrived in America, African slaves were washed, and their skin was cover by animal fat or oil to look healthier. Moreover, sometimes they were branded to be recognizing as a slave. Then, they were sold in slave’s auction or market. When a slave’s auction would happen in the town, posters were published in order to advertising slave owners. It existed two different slave auctions: the first, called the “May the highest bidder wins” was to give the higher amount of money for...

• Andorra Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician 275 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 303 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 12 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Parliamentary coprincipality Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 C...

• Federated States of Micronesia Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,667 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 323 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 89 percent (1980) Female 88 percent (1980) Male 91 percent (1980) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 6.7 percent (2001-2002) Number of years of compulsory schooling 8 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school Not available GOVERNMENTForm of governmentCon...

• Conatus et philo allemande (mémoire M1)

  Notre lecture générale de l’ Éthique 1 s’installe dans une attention au dessin que son propos exprime. Un dessin au double trait : à la fois global et géométrisé dans lequel les éléments sont inclus, à la fois particulier dans lequel chaque élément se présente comme ancrage singulier d'une forme approchée par conjonction des éléments, au regard de la causalité immanente au fondement du projet. Un propos à la double incidence : à la fois explicite, p...

• Antigua and Barbuda Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 18 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 5,882 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 400 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 89 percent (1995) Female 88 percent (1995) Male 90 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 12 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 19 students per teacher (1999-2000) GOVERNMENT...

• Togo Facts and Figures.

  Population per hospital bed 662 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 63.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 49.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 77.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.7 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 35 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of governmentMultiparty republic Voting qualifications Universal adult Cons...

• Tonga Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 12 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,903 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 313 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 99.6 percent (1995) Female 99.5 percent (1995) Male 99.7 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVER...

• Palau Facts and Figures.

  Population per hospital bed 200 people (1998) Literacy rateTotal 92 percent (1980) Female 90 percent (1980) Male 93 percent (1980) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 9.9 percent (2001-2002) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2000) Number of students per teacher, primary school 15 students per teacher (1998-1999) GOVERNMENTForm of governmentSelf-governing territory in free association with the United States pursuant to the Compact of Free Ass...

• Saint Lucia Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 13 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 193 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 313 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 81.7 percent (1995) Female 82.4 percent (1995) Male 80.8 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 8.2 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVE...

• Guinea Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 87 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 8,734 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,816 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 41.1 percent (2000) Female 27 percent (2000) Male 55.1 percent (2000) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 45 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVER...

• Brunei Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 13 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 994 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 385 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 92.8 percent (2005 estimate) Female 89.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 95.5 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3 percent (1998) Number of years of compulsory schooling 12 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 13 students per teach...

• Rwanda Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 83 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 21,150 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 605 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 72.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 67.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 78 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.8 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 60 students pe...

• Tunisia Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 22 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 745 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 588 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 76.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 66.7 percent (2005 estimate) Male 85.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 6.7 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students pe...

• Oman Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 18 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 758 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 500 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 78.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 70.5 percent (2005 estimate) Male 84.9 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.8 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling Not available Number of students per teacher, primary school 21 students per teach...

• Victoria (city, British Columbia) - Geography.

  routes, and good agricultural land. These advantages were publicized by Sir James Douglas, the chief factor (administrative head) of the company’s Pacific Coastoperations, who founded the fort. They were in turn recognized by the British Colonial Office, which made Victoria the capital of the colony of Vancouver’s Island (the oldname for Vancouver Island) in 1849. The community’s growing commercial importance during the Fraser River and Cariboo gold rushes of the 1850s led to itsincorporation in...

• VHH5E11 - Histoire ancienne – Licence Histoire 3e année Devoir

  « Des magistrats ont fait mettre à mort leur propre fils contrairement à toute coutume, à toute loi préférant l'intérêt de la patrie aux liens naturels les plus étroits », cet extrait de l'ouvrage Histoires 1 de Polybe (v. 200 av. J.-C.-v. 118 av. J.-C.) est révélateur de la complexité des relations entretenues entre les pères et les fils dans la société romaine. Organisée autour de la figure paternelle, cette dernière connut de profondes mutations entre l'ép...

• Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) - Geography.

  VII HISTORY Indigenous nations have lived around Yellowknife Bay for thousands of years. The historic occupants were the Athapaskan-speaking Dogrib people, hunters of caribou.The Dogrib were displaced briefly in the early 19th century by the Yellowknife band of the Chipewyan nation, who moved into the area to participate in the fur trade.The bay, and eventually the city, were named for the Yellowknife band, whose name is believed to derive from their yellow knife blades hammered out of native...

• Executive Branch.

  Popular pressure for increased regulation of businesses increased in the early 20th century. This pressure led to laws such as the Pure Food and Drug Acts, and the1906 Meat Inspection Act. Pressure for reform also led to creation of the Federal Trade Commission in 1914 to prevent unfair business practices. Worldwide depressionin the 1930s brought new demands that government take a more activist role in regulating businesses, protecting workers, and ensuring national economic stability. Aspart of...

• Blue Whale - biology.

  Mature females may give birth once every two or three years. The gestation period lasts about 11 months. A single young is usually born the following spring; twins arerare. The females migrate to warm regions to give birth. The young nurse for seven or eight months, gaining as much as 90 kg (200 lb) per day. VII CONSERVATION STATUS Blue whales were not targeted by the whaling industry until the late 1800s after faster steam-powered ships were developed. The peak slaughter of blue whalesoccurre...

• 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...

• Python (snake) - biology.

  pythons are prey for monitor lizards, crocodiles, storks, eagles, and predatory mammals ranging from hyenas to leopards and other cats depending on the region. V PYTHONS AND HUMANS Modern humans have lived alongside pythons for thousands of years. The giant species have been treated with both reverence and fear. Pythons have been widelyassociated with fertility, water, and the Earth. Some African tribes have worshiped pythons as protective spirits. Among Aboriginal Australians the Rainbow Serpe...

• Marx, Karl - philosophie.

  4. 1 Un révolutionnaire indésirable Peu après la parution du Manifeste, des révolutions éclatent en France (Révolution de février 1848, IIe République) et en Allemagne. Le gouvernement belge, craignant que cette vague de révolutions ne déferle sur la Belgique, chasse Karl Marx, qui regagne alors Paris, puis la Rhénanie. Il s'installe enfin à Cologne où il fonde et édite un journal communiste, la Neue rheinische Zeitung (la « Nouvelle Gazette rhénane ») et où il dirige la section locale d...

• Cape Verde - country.

  station and a submarine cable station at Mindelo still attracted many ships until World War I. Trade increased again toward the middle of the 20th century. In an attempt to avert growing nationalism, Portugal in 1951 designated its African colonies, including Cape Verde, as overseas provinces. The provincial status gaveCape Verdeans access to higher education, but lack of job opportunities and poverty in the islands forced many of the educated to take administrative jobs on theAfrican mainland....

• Articles of Confederation - history.

  The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different states in this union, the free inhabitants of each of these states,paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from Justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states; and the people of each stateshall have free ingress and regress to and from any other state, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same dut...

• Aboriginal Australians - history.

  Current archaeological evidence suggests that human occupation of Australia began around 50,000 to 60,000 years ago. The first settlers are believed to havemigrated from Southeast Asia in gradual stages, by way of the islands of Indonesia. Around 50,000 years ago sea levels were as much as 120 m (390 ft) lower thanthey are today, and Australia was joined with New Guinea and Tasmania to form one giant landmass called Sahul, or Greater Australia. Scholars believe that the firstmigrants to Sahul ca...

• Great Lakes - Geography.

  of 1972 and 1978, have focused on water-quality problems in the Great Lakes. The International Joint Commission on the Great Lakes, established under the BoundaryWaters Treaty, implements and oversees these agreements and has limited authority to regulate obstructions or diversions of boundary waters that would affect thenatural level or flow of lake waters. B Exotic Species The fish populations of the lakes have changed dramatically in the 20th century; changes were wrought at first by overfis...

• Shanghai - geography.

  language. V EDUCATION AND CULTURE Shanghai is one of China’s leading centers of learning and culture. The metropolitan area is home to more than 40 institutions of higher learning. These include some ofChina’s most famous universities, such as Fudan University (founded in 1905), Tongji University (1907), and the East China Normal University (1951). A large branch ofthe Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in Shanghai, and extensive research is undertaken in areas such as semiconductors, laser...

• Zambia - country.

  The Livingstone Museum, at Livingstone, has a collection relating to the archaeology and natural history of southern Africa. The Institute for African Studies of theUniversity of Zambia publishes studies relating to central Africa. IV ECONOMY The wealth of Zambia is based largely on mining in the rich copper belt, and downturns in copper prices have severely damaging economic consequences. Someprocessing and manufacturing has been started since independence, and during the 1970s attempts were...

• Central African Republic - country.

  Manufacturing activity in the Central African Republic is very limited. Products include cottonseed, peanut, and sesame oils; textiles; leather goods; tobacco products;soap; flour; bricks; and paint. The output of electricity in 2003 was 106 million kilowatt-hours, 80.19 percent of which was generated in hydroelectric installations. Gemdiamonds account for nearly all the country’s mineral output and two-thirds of its export revenue. Production was 250,000 carats in 2004. Uranium was discovered i...

• Lima (Peru) - geography.

  home to a wide range of museums, many focusing on Peru’s indigenous heritage. These include the National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, the GoldMuseum of Peru, the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank, and the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, which specializes in pre-Hispanic ceramics. Art and history museumsare also found in metropolitan Lima, including the National Museum of the Republic, the Museum of Peruvian Culture, and the Museum of the Inquisition, in the buildingwhere colonial Cathol...

• Kolkata - geography.

  area, and trains have north-south lines with a few east-west connections. There are two major train terminals: Sealdah in the east central part of Kolkata and Hāoraacross the river from the Central Business District. Electric trams operate in Kolkata proper. The aging buses, trains, and tram cars suffer from overloading, creatinguncomfortable rides. Subway construction started in 1972 and became operational with 7 km (4.3 mi) of line in 1984. By 1995 all of the subway’s 16.4-km (10.2-mi)route fr...

• Comoros - country.

  Since 1981 the currency has been the Comorian franc. The Comorian franc had a fixed exchange rate with the French franc of 50 to 1 until 1994, when the rate was changed to 75 Comorian francs to 1 French franc. In 2006, the Comorian franc exchanged at an average of 392 to U.S.$1. Transport between the islands is mostly by air, and there is an international airport at Hahaia on Njazidja where jets can land. Road networks have been built betweenmost of the main island settlements, but the mountai...