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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...
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September 11 Attacks - U.
around and flew it back toward Washington, D.C. Flying low and fast, the airplane hit the Pentagon at 9:37 AM. In a bit of good fortune, the plane crashed into the west side of the building, which had recently been reinforced with stronger construction and blast-resistant windows in order to withstand a terrorist attack. Even so, theplane penetrated three of the Pentagon’s five concentric rings, taking a chunk out of the building and incinerating dozens of offices and the people who worked in t...
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Automobile.
Electric motors have been used to power automobiles since the late 1800s. Electric power supplied by batteries runs the motor, which rotates a driveshaft, the shaftthat transmits engine power to the axles. Commercial electric car models for specialized purposes were available in the 1980s. General Motors Corporation introduced amass-production all-electric car in the mid-1990s. Automobiles that combine two or more types of engines are called hybrids. A typical hybrid is an electric motor with ba...
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Russland - geographie.
Stanowoigebirge und Dshugdshurgebirge. Im Fernen Osten erheben sich das Burejagebirge und der Sichote-Alin. 2.2 Küsten, Flüsse, Seen und Meere Russland hat von allen Ländern der Erde die längste, ununterbrochene Küstenlinie. Sie erstreckt sich entlang dem Nordpolarmeer und dem Pazifischen Ozean über mehr als32 000 Kilometer. Weitere Küstenabschnitte bestehen am Schwarzen Meer und Kaspischen Meer im Süden. Russland besitzt nur sehr wenige ganzjährig zugängigeMeereshäfen; der größte Teil der Küst...
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Russland - geographie.
Stanowoigebirge und Dshugdshurgebirge. Im Fernen Osten erheben sich das Burejagebirge und der Sichote-Alin. 2.2 Küsten, Flüsse, Seen und Meere Russland hat von allen Ländern der Erde die längste, ununterbrochene Küstenlinie. Sie erstreckt sich entlang dem Nordpolarmeer und dem Pazifischen Ozean über mehr als32 000 Kilometer. Weitere Küstenabschnitte bestehen am Schwarzen Meer und Kaspischen Meer im Süden. Russland besitzt nur sehr wenige ganzjährig zugängigeMeereshäfen; der größte Teil der Küst...
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Laos - country.
by the year 2025. About one-quarter of Laos’s people live in mountainous regions. The rest live in upland valleys or on the flood plains of the Mekong and its tributaries.Just over three-quarters of the population live in rural areas, although the proportion of people living in urban areas is steadily increasing. Vientiane is the capital and largest city of Laos. Louangphrabang, the former royal capital, is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Other major cities are theregional capitals...
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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...
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Japan - country.
island’s fertile soils support agriculture and provide the vast majority of Japan’s pasturelands. In addition, Hokkaidō contains coal deposits, and the cold currents off itsshores supply cold-water fish. Winters are long and harsh, so most of Hokkaid ō is lightly settled, housing about 5 percent of Japan’s population on approximately 20 percent of its land area. However,its snowy winters and unspoiled natural beauty attract many skiers and tourists. Hokkaid ō is thought of as Japan’s northern fr...
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- Questions pour comprendre le XXe siècle
- Cours de droit Constitutionnel
- Droit administratif
- Cours d'institutions juridictionelle
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L'ordinateur - LA RÉVOLUTION INFORMATIQUE
Applications Les logiciels ou applications, fonctionnant dans le cadre du système d'exploitation , sont les outils proprement dit de l'utilisateur d'un ordinateur . Ils traitent les données dans le cadre d'une activité précise : traitement du texte , de l'image , du son ... Les principales catégories de logiciels sont les suivantes : • Traitement de texte : logiciel servant~ éditer un texte, c'est-~-dire ~ le taper et le mettre en forme . Ward est de loin...
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