698 résultats pour "locaux"
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Labor Unions in Canada - Canadian History.
job. Before collective bargaining begins, workers elect a bargaining committee. The bargaining committee determines the workers’ demands and strategy innegotiations with the employer. Local unions usually are part of national or international unions. These national and international unions employ a staff for organizing workers at the local level, doingresearch, educating union members about labor and political matters, and working with local union leaders. Unions hold regular conventions of dele...
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Library (institution).
rooms, special galleries for exhibitions, auditoriums for lectures or concerts, computer rooms, children’s rooms, photocopy rooms, and classrooms. A3 Lending Materials As part of their mission to provide information resources to the community, public libraries allow users to borrow items from their collections for limited amounts of time.To be eligible to borrow public library materials, a user must register her or his name, address, and other basic information with the local library’s circulat...
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Article de presse: Chine : le grand bond en avant des privatisations
elles valorise, pour le compte de l'Etat, des participations dans plusieurs dizaines d'entreprises. " Notre objectif est de soustraireces entreprises des secteurs commerciaux et industriels pour les orienter vers la finance, les infrastructures et les hautestechnologies " , explique Li Yong, président de Wuhan State-owned Assets Management Company. Flanqué de deux jeunescollaborateurs, à la mine sage et appliquée de titulaires de MBA, M. Li est fier de pouvoir annoncer que huit de ses entreprise...
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Thème 2: “Le temps des rois” Sous-thème: Louis IX, le « roi chrétien » au XIIIe siècle.
LA SYNTHESE DES FONDEMENTS SCIENTIFIQUES I. LOUIS IX : un roi qui a transformé l'organisation du royaume de France a) Un domaine qui s'étend et un pouvoir royal qui grandit Au XIIIème siècle, la société française est marquée par la féodalité et la puissance des grands seigneurs. Lorsqu'il est sacré roi de France à Reims en 1226, Louis IX n'a que douze ans et c'est donc sa mère, la reine Blanche de Castille qui a assuré la direction du royaume (conformément au testament de Louis...
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Public Education in the United States.
opportunities for them to break out from whatever social or economic circumstances constrained their development. IV HIGHER EDUCATION During the 20th century participation in higher or postsecondary education in the United States increased as dramatically as it did in American high schools. At thebeginning of the century about 2 percent of Americans from the ages of 18 to 24 were enrolled in a college. There were fewer than 1,000 colleges then, with enrollmenttotaling about 157,000 students. N...
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Taxation.
Thus, corporate income faces a higher tax burden than income earned by individuals or by other types of businesses. Tax legislation passed in 2003 in the United Statesattempted to address this issue by lowering the tax rate on dividends. Some economists have proposed abolishing the corporate income tax and instead taxing the owners of corporations (shareholders) through the personal income tax.Other students of the tax system see the corporate income tax as the price corporations pay in return f...
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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...
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Tourisme et Mondialisation
populations locales. Texte de référence, ce code se présente comme une synthèse des textes précédents, assortie de la prise en compte de préoccupations nouvelles. Ilvise à promouvoir un " nouvel ordre touristique mondial ", équitable, responsable et durable, au bénéfice partagé de tous les acteurs, dans un contexte " d'économieinternationale ouverte et libéralisée ". Les organisations onusiennes se mobilisent désormais pour faire connaître et promouvoir le développement durable dutourisme. Le PN...
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Federalism.
the Commerce Clause during the New Deal in the 1930s. The New Deal, which President Franklin Roosevelt created to confront the country’s economic depression,included laws affecting nearly every home and workplace. The Supreme Court upheld most of Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives, including laws setting minimum standardsfor pay and working conditions, protecting labor unions, and regulating farm production. After World War II (1939-1945), national authority under the Commerce Clausecontinued to g...
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Indianapolis - geography.
Amateur athletic competitions are frequent in Indianapolis. Each summer it is the site for the finals of the Hoosier State Games, with athletes of all ages and skill levelscompeting in 21 sports. In 1987 Indianapolis hosted the Tenth Pan American Games, and is often the site for numerous Olympic trials and collegiate sportschampionships. Among the many sports facilities are those for tennis, bicycle racing, skating, and track and field. The city’s professional football team, the Indianapolis Col...
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Comment s’organise la production la distribution et la communication d’un produit mondialisé comme coca cola dans notre monde actuel ?
L'entreprise dit ne plus être un entreprise américaine. Elle veut être une entreprise locale dans chaque pays. Doug Ivester a dit en 2000 : "Je souhaite que Coca -Cola devient une entreprise locale partout où elle se trouve dans le monde, think global, act local. Coca -Cola ne veut plus être une World Company. Quelque soit l'en droit du monde où nous nous trouvons, nous sommes une entreprise locale." En 2005, Coca -Cola Company avait des parts d...
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Quand est due la taxe locale d'équipement ?
DROIT FISCAL taxes et redevances de-France, figurent sur la liste fixée par le décret 72-988 du 5 octobre 1972. Toutefois, le conseil muni cipal de ces communes peut décider de renoncer à la perception de la taxe. Cette décision est valable pour une période de 3 ans à compter de la date de son entrée en vigueur. Dans les autres com munes, la TLE peut être instituée par le conseil mu nicipal. • Constructions exo nérées o...
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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States (1861-1865) and one of the great leaders in American history.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln - USA History.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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- Monbazillac, localité du département de la Dordogne.
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Antilles et Guyanes, littérature des.
2. 3 La spécificité haïtienne et guyanaise La littérature haïtienne naît de son indépendance, en 1804. Le premier janvier de la même année, l’écrivain Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre (1776-1806) rédige la proclamation d’indépendance qui ouvre le champ à une littérature nationaliste. Les récits historiques qui ont été produits à cette période font état d’une époque violente. Alors que se succèdent des poésies glorifiant les hommes de cette époque, des œuvres militantes, telle la Cantate à l’Indépendanc...
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Arab Music
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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...
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Vanuatu - country.
and Luganville. V GOVERNMENT Vanuatu is governed under a constitution that came into effect with the republic’s independence in 1980. The president of Vanuatu serves as head of state, a largelyceremonial office. The president is elected by Vanuatu’s parliament and the heads of regional government councils. The parliament, or legislature, is a single-chamberbody whose membership has increased several times since independence; in 1998 the parliament had 52 members. Members of parliament are chose...
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Toronto - geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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Toronto - Geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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- Un jugement de J. Lemaître sur la « couleur locale ».
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Le drame romantique et la couleur locale.
46 • Drame romailtique I 233 Le drame est la poésie complète. Victor Hugo ► En 1827, Victor Hugo publie le texte d'un long drame historique en vers intitulé Cromwell. L'histoire littéraire et la postérité ne retiendront de ce volumineux ouvrage que la courte mais décisive «Préface» qui l'accompagne. Celle-ci constitue un véritable tournant dans la carrière littéraire de son auteur. Avec elle, le jeune poète -légi timiste en politique, classiq...
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Sierra Leone (country) - country.
commodities such as palm oil, palm kernels, coffee, cacao, ginger, kola nuts, and piassava (palm fibers) are grown for export. Cattle, goats, and sheep are raised, andthe fishing industry is of increasing importance. B Mining Gem and industrial diamonds are the leading mineral products of Sierra Leone. In 2004, 309,390 carats of gem-quality diamonds were produced. Rutile, a titanium oreof which Sierra Leone has one of the world’s largest deposits, and bauxite are also mined in large quantities....
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Guatemala - country.
C Climate The climate of Guatemala varies according to elevation, from hot coastal plains to cold mountain heights. Most of the population lives between 900 and 2,400 m (3,000and 8,000 ft) above sea level, where there are warm days and cool nights with average annual temperatures of 20°C (68°F). The coastal regions are hot and humid,with average annual temperatures of 28°C (83°F). A rainy season, from May through October, is sometimes called “winter” because it brings cloudy afternoons andlower...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - country.
Except in the high elevations, the country’s climate is very hot and humid. The average annual temperature in the low central area is about 27°C (about 80°F).Temperatures are considerably higher in February, the hottest month. At altitudes above about 1,500 m (about 5,000 ft) the average annual temperature is about 19°C(about 66°F). Average annual rainfall is about 1,500 mm (about 60 in) in the north and about 1,300 mm (about 50 in) in the south. Frequent heavy rains occur fromApril to November...
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Canadian Literature
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Canadian Literature, literature of the peoples of Canada.
William Henry DrummondPoet William Henry Drummond described the lives of French Canadian farmers, loggers, and rural workers in verse thatreflected their mix of French and English speech. He gained recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Library of Congress In the early 19th century, most Canadian poetry imitated earlier British poetry. Poets Oliver Goldsmith (grandnephew of the Anglo-Irish writer of the same name),Charles Sangster, Charles Mair, and Levi Adams exemplified literary...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
disorder that local white officials would be forced to end segregation to restore normal business relations. The strategy did not work in Albany. During months ofprotests, Albany’s police chief jailed hundreds of demonstrators without visible police violence. Eventually the protesters’ energy, and the money to bail out protesters,ran out. The strategy did work, however, in Birmingham, Alabama, when SCLC joined a local protest during the spring of 1963. The protest was led by SCLC member FredShut...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
disorder that local white officials would be forced to end segregation to restore normal business relations. The strategy did not work in Albany. During months ofprotests, Albany’s police chief jailed hundreds of demonstrators without visible police violence. Eventually the protesters’ energy, and the money to bail out protesters,ran out. The strategy did work, however, in Birmingham, Alabama, when SCLC joined a local protest during the spring of 1963. The protest was led by SCLC member FredShut...
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Honolulu - geography.
of Brigham Young University. The state’s largest museum, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, is located in Honolulu. It contains a large collection of Polynesian archaeological artifacts, as well asmany exhibits on Hawaiian history and culture. The museum also has an extensive entomological collection with more than 13 million specimens. Other importantmuseums include the Honolulu Academy of Arts, known for its extensive collection of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art; the Contemporary Museum, wit...
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Qing Dynasty - History.
The Manchus also dealt with the problem of Russian expansion into northeastern Asia. In 1689 the Treaty of Nerchinsk was signed by an envoy from the Manchu courtand a Russian representing Peter the Great. The treaty, the first between China and a Western country, established territorial boundaries and defined rules ofcommerce for the two powers. Through the mid-18th century, the Manchus continued to consolidate their power. In 1720 the Qing ruler sent forces to fight the Mongols in Tibet and the...
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Le référendum en France
- Art 11C initial (rédaction de 1958, en vigueur en 1962).Art. 11 (en 1962). – Le Président de la République, sur proposition du Gouvernement pendant la durée des sessions ou sur proposition conjointe des deuxassemblées, publiées au Journal officiel, peut soumettre au référendum tout projet de loi portant sur l'organisation des pouvoirs publics, comportant approbation d'unaccord de Communauté, ou tendant à autoriser la ratification d'un traité qui, sans être contraire à la Constitution, aurait d...
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Article 1407 du Code général des impôts : commentaire
la taxe, non seulement des locaux d'habitation proprement dits, mais aussi de leurs de- pendances, c'est-A-dire de tout local ou terrain qui, en raison de sa situation par rapport a la partie principale du local, de son amenagement ou de sa destination, peutetre considers comme une an- nexe de celle-ci. II s'agit des garages, jardins d'agre- ment, pares et terrains de jeu, mais egalement les parkings privatifs, les serres d'agrement et autres constructions (re- mises, installations spor- tives),...
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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...
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Le mandat politique
bénéfice des employés pour assis ter aux réunions des organes des collectivités ainsi qu'une compensation financière des pertes de revenus éventuelles. Enfin , elle prévoit le principe d'une formation pour les élus locaux assumée financièrement par la collectivité et dispensée par des organismes agréés auprès du ministère de l'Intérieur. LES MANDATS PARLEMENTAIRES NATIONAUX LES SENATEURS Durée du mandai Les sénateurs assurent, selon l'article 2...
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San Diego - geography.
Qualcomm Stadium is the home of the San Diego Chargers, playing major league football. PETCO Park is the home of the San Diego Padres, playing major leaguebaseball. Major sporting events in the city include a professional golf tournament in February, hydroplane races on Mission Bay in late summer, and the Holiday Bowlpostseason college football game in December. VI ECONOMY The total value of all the goods and services produced in San Diego make it one of the most powerful economies in the worl...
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Mount Everest - geography.
endangered or killed when their tents collapsed or were ripped to shreds by the gales. Hypothermia, the dramatic loss of body heat, is also a major and debilitatingproblem in this region of high winds and low temperatures. Another hazard facing Everest climbers is the famous Khumbu icefall, which is located not far above Base Camp and is caused by the rapid movement of the Khumbuglacier over the steep rock underneath. The movement breaks the ice into sérac (large, pointed masses of ice) cliffs...
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Kiribati - country.
mainly from Japan, the European Union (EU), and Australia. Kiribati’s only major exports are copra (dried coconut meat), cultivated seaweed, and fish. The United States, Australia, and New Zealand are the leading purchasers ofthe country’s exports. Despite the cultivation of crops for local consumption, Kiribati is heavily dependent upon imported foods. Other imports include machinery andequipment, manufactured goods, and imported fossil fuels, which supply most of the country’s energy. Australi...
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Indian Treaties in Canada - Canadian History.
Pontiac led an attack on British forts in the Great Lakes area to end British domination and to reinforce Indian autonomy. In response, British king George III issued theRoyal Proclamation of 1763 to try to appease the Indians of the interior. The proclamation set aside land for the Indians west of the Appalachian Mountains anddescribed this land as “lands reserved to [Indians] … as their Hunting Grounds.” The proclamation not only recognized Indian land ownership, but also required thattreaties...
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Native American Architecture
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Native American Architecture, traditional architecture of the peoples of who lived in North America before Europeans arrived.
Mound Builders who resided in the area.John Elk III/Bruce Coleman, Inc. Another mound building culture, named Hopewell, also appears to have originated in Ohio but expanded west to Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma, south to Louisiana,Mississippi, and Alabama, east to Georgia and the Appalachian Mountains, and north to Wisconsin, Michigan, and lower Ontario in Canada. The Hopewell culture lastedfrom about 200 BC to 400 AD. Hopewell people built large, linear mounds to create enclosures in geometrical...
- L'HISTOIRE ET LA COULEUR LOCALE CHEZ RACINE
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Mobilités, flux et réseaux de communication dans la mondialisation: la connexion inégale du territoire français à l'Europe et au monde par les réseaux de transport et numérique
considérablement baissé. Des générations de Français se sont cantonnées pendant des siècles à des déplacements limités à l'échelle locale (commune, bourg proche) ; il fallait 24 heures pour rallier Paris depuis Versailles au xviiie siècle : il faut aujourd'hui 12 h pour aller de Paris à Tokyo. • La population française est désormais connectée à l'espace-monde au travers du « village global » (via internet), mais aussi grâce à des réseaux aériens performants. Elle fréquente aussi plus facile...
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anesthésie.
troncs nerveux. Le bloc physique permet l'anesthésie des troncs nerveux du plexus trachéal, et donc une anesthésie du membre supérieur. Enfin, pour des interventions chirurgicales considérées comme mineures, il est possible de n'injecter l'anesthésique que localement, au voisinage de la zone à opérer. C'est l'anesthésie dite locale, l'anesthésique interrompant la conduction nerveuse uniquement à l'endroit où il est injecté. La surveillance médicale. Tout au long de l'anesthésie, le malade est s...
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- cal. n.m., induration locale de l'épiderme causée par un frottement
- Saint-Savin, localité du département de la Vienne, sur la Gartempe.