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• Alcoholism.

  Although a consensus is growing among health professionals that alcohol dependence is a disease, society’s attitudes toward individuals with drinking problems remainambivalent and confused. Until the mid-20th century, the typical picture of the alcoholic was of someone without steady employment, unable to sustain familyrelationships and most likely in desperate financial straits. But this stereotype was largely dispelled when highly respected people publicly admitted their alcoholdependence and...

• Internet.

  usually pays a fixed monthly fee for a dedicated connection. In exchange, the company providing the connection agrees to relay data between the user’s computer andthe Internet. Dial-up is the least expensive access technology, but it is also the least convenient. To use dial-up access, a subscriber must have a telephone modem, a device thatconnects a computer to the telephone system and is capable of converting data into sounds and sounds back into data. The user’s ISP provides software that con...

• Mexican Revolution.

  growing economic and social difficulties. Although Madero called for free and democratic elections, and a ban on reelection at all levels of government, he offered little tourban workers seeking higher wages and better working conditions, or to indigenous people seeking the restoration of their traditional lands. Madero’s intention was tolead a political rebellion, not a social revolution. Despite the political nature of the plan, it became a rallying point for poor and working-class Mexicans, m...

• Ice Hockey.

  Each period begins with a face-off at the blue dot at center ice. During the face-off one player from each team lines up at the dot with the stick blade on the ice. After the referee drops the puck, the two players attempt to gain possession of it. Quick hands and strength are essential qualities for players participating in the face-off. Once the puck is dropped, it is in play until an official’s whistle stops it, a goal is scored, or time expires. The team on offense tries to move the puck f...

• Cloning - biology.

  found that such embryo cells are totipotent (able to give rise to all the different cell types in the body). Exploiting this characteristic, scientists developed three techniques to clone embryo cells: blastomere separation, blastocyst division, and somatic cell nuclear transfer. A Blastomere Separation In blastomere separation, scientists fertilize an egg cell with a sperm cell in a laboratory dish. The resulting embryo is allowed to divide until it forms a mass of aboutfour cells. Scientist...

• Technology.

  loose soil in this region, known as the Fertile Crescent, was easily scratched for planting, and an abundance of trees was available for firewood. By 5000 BC, farming communities were established in areas known today as Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Greece, and the islands of Crete and Cyprus. Agricultural societies in these places constructed stone buildings, used the sickle to harvest grain, developed a primitive plowstick, and advanced their skills inmetalworking. Trade in flint al...

• Jupiter (planet) - astronomy.

  Beneath the supercritical fluid zone, the pressure reaches 3 million Earth atmospheres. At this depth, the atoms collide so frequently and violently that the hydrogenatoms are ionized—that is, the negatively charged electrons are stripped away from the positively charged protons of the hydrogen nuclei. This ionization results in asea of electrically charged particles that resembles a liquid metal and gives rise to Jupiter’s magnetic field. This liquid metallic hydrogen zone is 30,000 to 40,000 k...

• Croatia - country.

  III PEOPLE OF CROATIA The total population of Croatia at the time of the 1991 census was 4,784,265; a 2008 estimate was 4,491,543. During and after the war ethnic Serbs fled Croatia whileethnic Croats moved in. Croatia’s population growth rate in 2008 was -0.04 percent, despite population gains due to immigration. Croatia’s natural population growthrate, which measures births and deaths, has been negative since 1998. Life expectancy at birth was 75 years in 2008. The population density in 2008...

• Dominican Republic - country.

  Manatees and sea turtles also live in Dominican waters. Common birds include blue herons, glossy ibis, flamingos, and brown pelicans. E Environmental Issues Urban dwellers of the Dominican Republic enjoy good access to safe water, but rural communities do not. While current water use is low relative to available resources,water shortages do occur. Although deforestation was once a serious problem in the Dominican Republic, by the beginning of the 21st century, the annual rate of deforestation h...

• Bicycle.

  narrow as possible to minimize weight and interference with pedaling. F Specialty Bicycles Many other types of bicycles are designed for special purposes. Although not as common as standard single-rider racing, touring, mountain, or recreational bicycles,they nonetheless have significant niches. Recumbent bicycles are bicycles on which the rider sits upright as if in a chair, with legs and feet stretched out in front. Because they support the rider’s lower back,recumbents allow the rider far mo...

• Nunavut - Canadian History.

  The Arctic Lands is a complex geological area that is centered on the Arctic Ocean. It includes coastal plains, plateaus, and mountains. Coastal plains and plateaus arefound in the western Northwest Territories section of the Arctic Lands, such as on Victoria Island, which is mostly a large, flat plateau. In striking contrast to theserelatively gentle landscapes, the eastern Nunavut section of the Arctic Lands is dominated by a jagged chain of ice-covered mountains. The mountains on EllesmereIsl...

• 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...

• Cambodia - country.

  The population of Cambodia is 14,241,640 (2008 estimate). Population growth per year is estimated at 1.8 percent, one of the highest rates in Asia. The rate of infantmortality is also high. The population density is 81 persons per sq km (209 per sq mi), with the densest concentrations on the heavily cultivated central plain. Themountainous regions of the country, where malaria is widespread, are thinly populated, as are the poorly watered northern provinces. During the late 1970s, under thebruta...

• Albania - country.

  Joining the international community in its concern over the degradation of the environment, Albania is party to international agreements concerning biodiversity, climatechange, and wetlands. III THE PEOPLE OF ALBANIA In 2008 Albania’s population estimate was 3,619,778, resulting in an average density of 132 persons per sq km (342 per sq mi). More and more people have left ruralareas for urban ones, particularly in the northern districts, such that in 2005 some 45 percent of the population live...

• Thomas Jefferson I INTRODUCTION Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States (1801-1809) and author of the Declaration of Independence.

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Thomas Jefferson.

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Thomas Jefferson

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Thomas Jefferson - USA History.

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Michigan - geography.

  The interior location of Michigan in the northern part of North America results in a continental climate, characterized by four definite seasons with moist, mild to hotsummers and snowy, cold winters. Winds off of Lakes Michigan and Superior in winter create heavy snow accumulations in nearby areas. The tempering effects of LakeMichigan account for the presence of the state’s famous fruit-growing belt along the lake’s shore. Since the water is colder than the land in spring, the westerly windspa...

• Michigan - USA History.

  The interior location of Michigan in the northern part of North America results in a continental climate, characterized by four definite seasons with moist, mild to hotsummers and snowy, cold winters. Winds off of Lakes Michigan and Superior in winter create heavy snow accumulations in nearby areas. The tempering effects of LakeMichigan account for the presence of the state’s famous fruit-growing belt along the lake’s shore. Since the water is colder than the land in spring, the westerly windspa...

• Le 8 octobre 1999, le Premier ministre Víctor Joy Way Rojas a présenté sa démission au président Alberto Fujimori. Le...

  Le 8 octobre 1999, le Premier ministre Víctor Joy Way Rojas a présenté sa démission au président Alberto Fujimori. Le 13 octobre, un nouveau gouvernement était constitué sous la direction d'Alberto Bustamente Belaúnde, un avocat de 49 ans. Ce dernier, également en charge du portefeuille de la Justice, a déclaré qu'il poursuivrait la politique de son prédécesseur. Dès le 14 octobre, des manifestations ont éclaté pour demander un changement de politique et pour protester contre une éventuelle réél...

• LA VIE AMÉRICAINE Introduction·: Les Américains considèrent qùe I' "american way of lite" représente la civilisation par excellence et la...

  LA VIE AMÉRICAINE Introduction·: Les Américains considèrent qùe I' "american way of lite" représente la civilisation par excellence et la proposent en exemple à tous tes peuples.· 1. La religion. a. Les Américains croient en Dieu. 2,7 % seulement d'entre eux se déclarent sans religion. L'athéisme est extrêmement mal vu dans tous les milieux. b. Plus de la moitié sont protestants, mais ils se répartissent en plu­ sieurs Églises : dans l'ordre décroissant, on trouve les baptistes, les méthodiste...

• l'education

  [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] weapon in our quest; we should use it so as to clarify the incoherencies that we may believe exist. In order to give an end to my essay, I do not believe that the educational system should change or be limited to certain knowledge. It’s the individual himself who should change his way of thinking. School gives you all the theoretical tools to improve yourself and get out of ignorance, but it is us as individual to shape our mind and give logic to wh...

• Doping and drugs are unavoidable in sports

              Let's not generalize this drugs problem to all athletes. Sometimes ago, sports used to be a way of having fun, but now since it has become a business and because of all the pressure, the field had damaged: sport is became a racial and cultural competition, but also a mean to show who is superior. 

• Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas

  them being there).11 But God is also the final cause of creatures, that to which they aim, tend, or return (reditus),that which contains the perfection or goal of all created things.12 According to Aquinas, everything comes from Godand is geared to him. God accounts for there being anything apart from himself, and he is what is aimed at byanything moving towards its perfection. Aristotle says that everything aims for its good (Ethics I, i, 1094a3).Aquinas says that any created good derives...

• Infinity (mathematics).

• LANGUE

  Scientists use animals to learn more about health problems that affect both humans and animals, and to assure the safety of new medical treatments. M edical researchers need to understand health problems before they can develop   ways to treat them. Some diseases and health problems involve processes that   can only be studied in a living organism. Animals are necessary to medical   research when it is impractical or unethical to use humans. Animals make good research subjects for a variety of...

• English

  typical elements to define a style. Hairs can be read, blue, blond or black, it can be   long, short, curly, straight or it can be a crest. About what it concerns the behavior,   people can be excited, funny, stiff or run wild, impossible is nothing. Instead of copying   what is shown in the newspapers, or in fashion magazines, creating your own style is   like you have to mix what you've seen. Then, thanks to your personality, your liking and   your opinions, you change it. Then, the «   classi...

• archaeology and religion

• Commentaire the great expectations

  take on an adult point of view on his own deed. It seems that he is now older and looking back on past events : “ So I called myself Pip” (l.2); it shows that the story is retrospective. When looking on this former events, his behaviour is often characterized by adjectives linked to childhood, and which seems here derogatory : “infant tongue” (l.1), “childish conclusion” (l.10). Finally, one can easily notice that the story is not narrated by a young boy, but...

• Snowboarding.

  In 1986 Europeans began organizing regional events. The International Snowboard Federation held its first World Championships in 1993. At the 1998 Winter Olympicsin Nagano, Japan, Europeans took nine of the 12 medals awarded. At the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, however, the United States led the way with fivemedals, including a 1-2-3 finish in the men’s halfpipe competition. Contributed By:Mary McKhannMicrosoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserv...

• Since the late 1980s

  mid-1990s, strong criticism emerged and researchers debated the pros and cons of developing such “dangerous” technologies. However, technological limitations at the time still allowed researchers to claim these social concerns were theoretical rather than actual, and the matter faded from public consciousness again until the early 2000s. By the turn of the 21 st century, mobile phone penetration was globally on the rise, and a vision of ubiquitous information and communication technologies n...

• Art and truth

  literature can illuminate how we ought to live has come from Martha Nussbaum. Her detailed analyses of literaryworks - the novels of Henry James in particular - set out to show that literature provides a means of extending ourmoral awareness beyond the limits to which traditional moral philosophy can take us. 'Schematic philosophers'examples', Nussbaum says, 'almost always lack the particularity, the emotive appeal, the absorbing plottedness, thevariety and indeterminacy, of good fiction;...

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

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

• english writings

  Now,nobody can deny the importance roles that have been played by women .They work honestly for instance their participation in political life.Women try to issue more laws to be egalitarian in terms of sexual equality,they realize that responsibility must be shared at home,ine the family,in the educational sphere and finally in the workplaces.Moreover they involve in political parties to describe the problems of today's society in an intersting way and provide innovative solutions.Even...

• ÉTRANGER — GROUPE 1, SESSION DE JUIN 1995 LANGUE VIVANTE 2 - SÉRIE L

  Mary Marshall had been related to bis sister' s husband' s family - but other than that, be didn't know much about ber. "I believe 30 she made a living of sorts selling herbs." Zoe described the state of the place. "ln time, when Lowell bas improved it, it will be sold. But not for very much. lt's the long­ term prospect of bis unemployment that worries me. lt isn't good for bim emotionally. And, of course, we need the money". In case...

• devoir d'anglais

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

• Robin Hood I INTRODUCTION Robin Hood The legendary hero Robin Hood is a popular figure from English folklore.

  Errol FlynnIn 1938 Australian-born motion-picture actor Errol Flynn won the heart of Maid Marian and defeated his evil foes as RobinHood in The Adventures of Robin Hood.Corbis Some people believe that Robin Hood was an actual person, usually identified as Robert Fitzooth, the earl of Huntington. Others think that Robin was not a real personand that the stories about him developed for historical and cultural reasons. In medieval England, peasant masses struggled to make a meager living while a re...

• Vocabulaire lexico

  have a better tomorrow you can’t win them all you have to accept something with resignation ça peut pas toujours aller comme on veut things can only get better the situation is certain to improve ça ne peut que s’améliorer that’s life you have to accept things as they are you win some you lose some you’ve got nothing to lose used to encourage someone to do something by telling them they can only gain something tu n’as rien à perdre his bark is worse than his bite...

• Confucian philosophy, Japanese

  1 Confucian philosophy in early Japan The earliest extant Japanese histories record that in AD 285 - the actual date was probably a century or so later - Wani, of the Korean kingdom of Paekche, brought copies of the Analects (Lunyu ; in Japanese, Rongo ) of Confucius and the Qianziwen (Thousand Character Classic; Senjimon in Japanese) from Korea to Japan ( Confucian philosophy, Korean ). Even though most scholarship on Japan tends to identify this introduction of Confucian texts with...

• Confucian philosophy, Korean

  neglected by more traditional Confucianism. Read with new eyes, an entirely new level of meaning was uncovered in the ancient texts: they discovered a Confucian foundation for the meditative cultivation of consciousness that had been a particular strength of the Buddhists, and to frame it and provide an account of sagehood equal to Buddhist talk of enlightenment, they found a complete metaphysical system, a Confucian version of the kind of thinking that had been elaborated mainly under Daoist au...

• A suggestion of romance

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

• Lamia

  reason would tell him that it is not safe enough to depend only on a career as a poet. He saw in himself the ability and didn't let count anything else what could speak against the life of poet. This alike attitude is seen in Lycius when he listens to Lamia not to invite Appolonius to the marriage, even though he had learned everything by Appolonius, had always listen to his advices and obeyed his words. It is as if Keats saw himself turning away from his reason, shutting it out from his dream-l...

• Text - science as a vocation

• Perseus Greek Son of the god Zeus and Danae; husband of Andromeda; father of Perses; slayer of the Gorgon Medusa.

  Perseus slew Medusa and cut off her head, which he carefully stowed in his leather bag. From the blood of Medusa sprang Chrysaor and the winged horse, Pegasus, children of Medusa and the sea god, Poseidon. Perseus and Andromeda - Mythology. With Medusa’s head in his leather bag, Perseus set off on his winged sandals to take the head to King Polydectes of Seriphos. As he flew along the coast, he saw a beautiful woman chained to a rock, weeping. She was Andromeda, daughter of King Cepheus of Eth...

• Telecommunications.

  commonly referred to as wireless communications, use technologies such as cordless telephones, cellular radio telephones, pagers, and satellites. Wirelesscommunications offer increased mobility and flexibility. In the future some experts believe that wireless devices will also offer high-speed Internet access. C Wires and Cables Wires and cables were the original medium for telecommunications and are still the primary means for telephone connections. Wireline transmission evolved fromtelegraph...

• South Africa Wins Rugby World Cup.

  “Shosholoza,” a ballad sung by black workers. On the eve of opening day the team requested a tour of Robben Island. More than 60,000 people at Ellis Park—including a jersey-clad Mandela—watched the Springboks score an unlikely first-round victory over Australia, winners ofthe previous World Cup in 1991. Few sightings of the former national flag were reported. In the neighboring black township of Soweto, residents watched the gameon television, even though the Springboks' first and only black...

• Excerpt from Macbeth - anthology.

  As they had seen me with these hangman’s hands.Listening their fear I could not say “Amen”When they did say “God bless us.” LADY. Consider it not so deeply. MACBETH. But wherefore could not I pronounce “Amen”?I had most need of blessing, and “Amen”Stuck in my throat. LADY. These deeds must not be thoughtAfter these ways; so, it will make us mad. MACBETH. Methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more!Macbeth does murder sleep—the innocent sleep,Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care,The...

• Butcher Wins the Iditarod.

  Butcher's winning streak ended in 1989 when she finished in second place, 65 minutes behind Joe Runyan. She was back on top a year later, gliding down FrontStreet two hours ahead of Runyan. A boisterous crowd of Nome locals greeted Butcher with sirens and banners. Her time of 11 days 1 hour 53 minutes sliced 13hours off the course record she had set in 1986. Conditions for the 1990 race were particularly unforgiving. The 70 mushers contended with the deepest snow in 25 years, several unseaso...