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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...
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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...
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- Michigan, lac.
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- Michigan (lac).
- Detroit 1 PRÉSENTATION Detroit, ville du nord-est des États-Unis, située dans le sud-est de l'État du Michigan, à quelques kilomètres du lac Érié.
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Arthur Miller
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INTRODUCTION
Arthur Miller
American playwright Arthur Miller began writing plays while a student at the University of Michigan.
devoted his life to the pursuit of “success.” His misguided philosophy has ruined the lives of his wife and two sons. When Loman is too old to travel, he loses his job. In aseries of scenes, brilliantly dramatized by the playwright, Loman relives his experiences. Eventually his mind begins to fail, and he commits suicide. Although Miller generally wrote in a realistic style ( see Realism), much of Death of a Salesman is conveyed expressionistically ( see Expressionism) through Willy Loman’s mi...
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College Football Bowl Games.
1995 Alabama 24Ohio State 17 1996 Tennessee 20Ohio State 14 1997 Tennessee 48Northwestern 28 1998 Florida 21Penn State 6 1999 Michigan 45Arkansas 31 2000 Michigan 37Florida 34 2001 1 Michigan 31Auburn 28 2002 Tennessee 45Michigan 17 2003 Auburn 13Penn State 9 2004 Georgia 34Purdue 27 2005 Iowa 30Louisiana State 25 2006 Wisconsin 24Auburn 10 2007 Wisconsin 17Arkansas 14 2008 Michigan 41Florida 35 1. In 2001 its name was changed from Citrus Bowl to Capital One Bowl. . Champs Sports Bowl.Year Winn...
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Great Lakes - geography.
Boats on Lake MichiganLake Michigan is the only one of the five Great Lakes that is entirely within the borders of the United States. It is used for commercialshipping as well as recreation. This view of the lake includes the city of Chicago in the background.Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs The Great Lakes, interconnected by rivers, straits, and canals, together form one of the world’s busiest shipping arteries. The lakes are linked with the Atlantic Ocean via theSt. Lawren...
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Indiana - geography.
Michigan in Michigan. There are about 1,000 small natural lakes in Indiana, chiefly in the northern part of the state. The largest is Lake Wawasee, which covers almost 13 sq km (5 sq mi). Inthe central part of the state there are several lakes that were created behind dams on a number of smaller streams. They include Monroe Lake, near Bloomington; Geistand Eagle Creek reservoirs, northeast and northwest of Indianapolis; and Mississinewa and Huntington reservoirs, north of Marion. C Climate Most...
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Indiana - USA History.
Michigan in Michigan. There are about 1,000 small natural lakes in Indiana, chiefly in the northern part of the state. The largest is Lake Wawasee, which covers almost 13 sq km (5 sq mi). Inthe central part of the state there are several lakes that were created behind dams on a number of smaller streams. They include Monroe Lake, near Bloomington; Geistand Eagle Creek reservoirs, northeast and northwest of Indianapolis; and Mississinewa and Huntington reservoirs, north of Marion. C Climate Most...
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Illinois - geography.
the state before joining the Mississippi River at Grafton. The Illinois has been deepened and straightened and forms part of the Illinois Waterway. The watershed between rivers that flow into the Mississippi river system and rivers that flow into the Great Lakes is low and in many places is not easily discernible. Inwhat is now the Chicago area, explorers had little difficulty portaging, or carrying, their canoes over the low watershed between the Des Plaines River, which flows intothe Illinois,...
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Illinois - USA History.
the state before joining the Mississippi River at Grafton. The Illinois has been deepened and straightened and forms part of the Illinois Waterway. The watershed between rivers that flow into the Mississippi river system and rivers that flow into the Great Lakes is low and in many places is not easily discernible. Inwhat is now the Chicago area, explorers had little difficulty portaging, or carrying, their canoes over the low watershed between the Des Plaines River, which flows intothe Illinois,...
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Detroit - geography.
of German and Irish immigrants. In the first half of the 20th century, the percentage of foreign-born residents declined, even though many immigrants arrived fromeastern Europe. During World War II (1939-1945), both whites and blacks were attracted from the South to work in the city’s defense industries. In 1950 foreign-bornand black residents each made up about 16 percent of the total population. In the five decades after 1950, the city lost almost half of its population, as many white resident...
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Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.
VI EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Chicago has one of the largest public school systems in the United States. The Chicago Board of Education administers the system in a centralized fashion; in recentyears it has been experimenting with local school councils as a means of partial devolution of authority. These councils, established in 1989, have authority in severalareas, including the ability to approve budgets and curriculum. In addition, Chicago has many private schools, including larg...
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Michigan - Facts and Figures.
Native Americans 0.6 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 3.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 3.3 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 414 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 386 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 10.5 percent (2006) Number...
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La ville de Chicago
noir» et de l'action violente; Martin luther King. qui leur oppose l'action civique .non violente, s'établit à Chicago en 1966 pour y mener une campagne contre la ségrégation en matière de logement et d'emploi. Dès cette époque, Chicago a été supplantée par los Angeles comme ville En 1976, du premier maire noir, Horold Woshington, reflète une évolution qui a les habitants ME.311 rl'•";,,;n• européenne quitter la ville pour les banlieues, abandonn...
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Milwaukee - geography.
acts ranging from alternative rock to country music. During the rest of the summer months, the park is the site of weekend festivals staged by Milwaukee’s majorethnic groups: Italian, Irish, German, African American, Polish, Mexican, Native American, and Asian. The Great Circus Parade, featuring the world’s largest collection ofornate circus wagons, is another staple of Milwaukee’s festival season. The Wisconsin State Fair is held annually in nearby West Allis. V RECREATION The largest single u...
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Milwaukee - geography.
Milwaukee Museum of ArtThe Quadracci Pavilion, a dynamic addition to the Milwaukee Museum of Art in Wisconsin, opened in 2001. Designed by Spanisharchitect Santiago Calatrava, it features a 27-m (90-ft) high entrance hall enclosed by a sunscreen that can be raised or lowered. It isthe first building in the United States to be designed by Calatrava, who came to international attention after designing a breathtakingbridge for Expo '92, a world’s fair held in Seville, Spain, in 1992.Joseph Sohm; Vi...
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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...
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Wisconsin (state) - geography.
-6° C (22° F) in the southeast, along the Lake Michigan shore. During winter extremely cold weather persists for several weeks at a time. C2 Precipitation Average annual precipitation ranges from 700 to 800 mm (28 to 32 in). Rainfall is generally heaviest during the spring and summer, and snowfall is generally moderatein the south, but can be quite heavy in the north. Thunderstorms, sometimes accompanied by devastating tornadoes, are common in spring and summer, particularly inthe southern part...
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Wisconsin (state) - USA History.
-6° C (22° F) in the southeast, along the Lake Michigan shore. During winter extremely cold weather persists for several weeks at a time. C2 Precipitation Average annual precipitation ranges from 700 to 800 mm (28 to 32 in). Rainfall is generally heaviest during the spring and summer, and snowfall is generally moderatein the south, but can be quite heavy in the north. Thunderstorms, sometimes accompanied by devastating tornadoes, are common in spring and summer, particularly inthe southern part...
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Analyse
Introduction Through this company analysis, different aspects of DTE Energy Company will be cover in a financial viewpoint. I will firstly give a brief description of DTE Energy Company, after that analyze the industry in which it operates, describe its major market, analyze its financial statement with a spread sheet for the financial analysis, and finally I will determine if I will invest in this company or not. Company, Industr...
- Flint 1 PRÉSENTATION Flint, ville des États-Unis, dans l'État du Michigan.
- Birkhoff (George David) Mathématicien américain (Overisel, Michigan, 1884 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944).
- Coppola Francis Ford, né en 1939 à Detroit (Michigan), cinéaste américain.
- Lindbergh Charles, 1902-1974, né à Detroit (Michigan), aviateur américain.
- Ferber Edna , 1887-1968, née à Kalamazoo (Michigan), femme de lettres américaine.
- Flaherty Robert Joseph, 1884-1951, né à Iron Mountain (Michigan), cinéaste américain.
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le Canada (Travaux Personnels Encadrés – Géographie - Enseignements Pratiques Interdisciplinaires)
• le Canada compte de nombreux lacs de grandes dimension s. • Avec ses 27 750 km' en territoire canad ien, contre 53 600 km' aux États Unis , le lac Supérieur est le plus vaste des Grands lacs d 'Amérique du Nord . Bordé au nord et à l'est par l'Ontario , à l'ouest par le Minnesota (É.-U .) et au sud par le Wisconsin ( É .-U.) et le Michigan (É.-U.), il s'étend sur 258 km du nord au sud et sur 616 km d 'ouest en est. Situé à 183 mau-dessus du niveau...
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Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.
The Chicago River divides the city into three broad sections, known traditionally as the North, West, and South sides. The North Side is largely residential, interspersed withindustry. The West Side generally is a lower-income residential area and contains numerous industrial, railroad, and wholesale-produce facilities. The South Side occupiesalmost half the city and contains diverse residential neighborhoods, ranging from decayed tenement districts to areas of modest detached houses. The South...
- Ford Henry, 1863-1947, né à Wayne County (Michigan), industriel américain, fondateur de la Ford Motor Company.
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Detroit - geography.
Automobile industrialist Henry Ford was born near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863. Ford built his first automobile in 1893 and establishedhis own manufacturing company ten years later. The Ford Company headquarters are in Dearborn, as is the Henry Ford Museum,shown here, which tells of the transition of the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society, a change in which Fordplayed a central part.Townsend P. Dickinson/Photo Researchers, Inc. The Detroit city center also houses one of t...
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Chicago.
gratte-ciel house-music Illinois jazz - Une musique de couleur nuancée Michigan (lac) negro-spiritual Oliver (Joe, dit King) rotary clubs Sears, Roebuck and Co. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Les natifs de ce lieu Bloch Robert Bloomfield Leonard Burroughs Edgar Rice Chandler Raymond Cooke Sam Disney (Walter Elias, dit Walt) Dos Passos John Roderigo Endrèze (Arthur Kraeckmann, dit Arthur) Farrell James Thomas Fischer (Robert James, dit Bobby) Ford Harrison Fosse (Robert Louis,...
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Assisted Suicide.
regardless of the fairness of the procedures used (substantive due process). In the Glucksberg case, the Court indicated that the liberty interest protected by the 14th Amendment does not encompass the right to determine the timing and manner of one’s own death. The Court’s decision means that each state may determine whetheror not to prohibit or permit (and otherwise regulate) assisted suicide. In 2006 the Court upheld Oregon’s law permitting physician-assisted suicide. In a 6-to-3 decision,...
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Basket-ball : palmarès du Championnat NBA.
2000 Los Angeles Lakers(Californie) Indiana Pacers (Indiana) 2001 Los Angeles Lakers(Californie) Philadelphia 76 ers (Pennsylvanie) 2002 Los Angeles Lakers(Californie) New Jersey Nets (New Jersey) 2003 San Antonio Spurs (Texas) New Jersey Nets (New Jersey) 2004 Detroit Pistons (Michigan) Los Angeles Lakers (Californie) 2005 San Antonio Spurs (Texas) Detroit Pistons (Michigan) 2006 Miami Heat (Floride) Dallas Mavericks (Texas) 2007 San Antonio Spurs (Texas) Cleveland Cavaliers (Ohio) . Classem...
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Lac Supérieur ?
Villes et agglomérations e plus de 30 000 hab. • plus de10 000 hab. • moins de 10 000 hab. Ports principaux -- Routes principales · · ····· ·· Territores indiens Fôrets et réserves naturelles ) Caribou 50 km LAc SupÉRiEuR Une forme de croissant Le lac Supérieur est le plus septentrional et le plus occidental des cinq grands lacs nord-américains. L e lac Supérieur est bordé à l'est et au nord par la pro vince canadienne de...
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Précocement indépendants, nés des courants migratoires les
plus variés fondus grâce au melting-pot, épris de libertés
démocratiques, persuadés de la supériorité du capitalisme libéral,
dotés de ressources abondantes, les États-Unis conservent leur
rôle de superpuissance.
suprême s'appelle la « Court of Appeals », les cours d'appel prennent le nom de « Appelate Courts » et les tribunaux de première instance, celui de « Supreme Courts ». Il n'existe pas de vraie hiérarchie entre les tribunaux fédéraux et les tribunaux des États de l'Union. Toutefois, en cas de divergence profonde sur un point de droit important entre les différents États, la Cour suprême des États-Unis peut accepter de juger une affaire sur pourvoi contre une décision de Cour suprême d'un...
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Thomas Edison.
While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...
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Thomas Edison - USA History.
While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...
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Labor Union.
B The Legal Environment The legal environment, which permits certain types of union activities and prohibits others, also influences the extent of union organization. States with right-to-worklaws have much lower unionization rates than other states. In the United States, the states with the lowest unionization rates are North Carolina, South Carolina, SouthDakota, and Arkansas—states that have right-to-work laws. In 2000 the unionization rate in these states ranged from 4.44 percent to 6.7 per...
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Museum.
History museums are dedicated to promoting a greater appreciation and knowledge of history and its importance to understanding the present and anticipating thefuture. They range from historic sites and small historic house museums to large, encyclopedic institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of AmericanHistory in Washington, D.C. Many cities and states have historical societies that operate museums or historic sites. History museums usually collect a wide range ofobjects, includi...
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American Westward Movement - U.
British expansion. However, Native Americans of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley lashed out against the English in an attempt to preserve their independence, theirland, and their way of life. With the Ottawa chief Pontiac as their most visible leader, the tribes waged a bloody and costly war. As a result, the British governmentdecided to keep the white settlers apart from the Native Americans. It issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, banning all white settlement beyond the Appalachians andstatin...
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North America - Geography.
D Climate Although North America has considerable climatic variety, five principal climatic regions can be identified. The northern two-thirds of Canada and Alaska, as well as all ofGreenland, have subarctic and arctic climates, in which long, dark, bitterly cold winters alternate with brief, mild summers. Most of the region, which receives relativelylittle precipitation, is covered with snow and ice during much of the year. A second climatic region is made up of the eastern two-thirds of the U...
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Ford Henry
Industriel américain
* 30.7.1863, Wayne County, Michigan
+ 7.4.1947, Detroit
Fils d'un fermier d'origine irlandaise, le fondateur de...
Ford Henry Industriel américain * 30.7.1863, Wayne County, Michigan + 7.4.1947, Detroit Fils d'un fermier d'origine irlandaise, le fondateur de la Ford Motor Company débute sa carrière comme monteur-réparateur dans une manufacture de machines agricoles, puis devient ingénieur en chef à la Edison Illuminating Company de Detroit en 1887. C'est à cette époque qu'il construit sa première automobile. En 1889, l'apparition sur le marché de la première automobile à bas prix, la "spider" de R.E. Olds, l...
- Red Grange's Greatest Game.
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Lac Huron ?
plus de 250 000 hab. plus de 100 000 hab. plus de 30 000 hab. plus de 10 000 hab. Port principale -- Routes principales -- Parcs naturels ......... Territoires indiens Lac Érié , , km LAc HuRoN Une région tranquille Le lac Huron offre des paysages étonnants qui ont inspiré de nombreux peintres. D euxième en importance des cinq grands lacs amé ricains avec lesquels il forme une véritable mer inté rieure (254 000 km 2...
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Windsor (Ontario) - geography.
IV ECONOMY Casino WindsorCasino Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, opened in 1998. The hotel and casino provide an important boost to the economy of the city bycreating many new jobs and by attracting tourist traffic to the region.Richard Sheinwald/AP/Wide World Photos Windsor has been a base of American automobile companies from the beginning of the 20th century and it remains a major center of auto industry employment andmanufacturing. The Ford Motor Company built an auto manufacturing plant in Wi...