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Martial Arts.
These movements are based on stylized renditions of ancient kung fu arm and foot blows. C Tae Kwon Do Tae kwon do (Korean for 'way of hands and feet') was founded in 1955 by a group of masters led by Korean general Choi Hong Hi. It is the national sport and pastimeof Korea and is also popular throughout the world. Often referred to as Korean karate, tae kwon do is reputedly based on ancient Korean and modern Japanesemethods of combat. Basic to tae kwon do are many spectacular kicks, particularl...
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Petit essai d'historiographie : Race et Histoire, Claude LEVI-STRAUSS
George Duthuit Peggy Guggenheim., ou encore trois grands de l'ethnologie américaine, Robert Lowie A.L.Kroeber etle retraité Boas ; mais la rencontre décisive du linguiste Jakobson lui fait prendre conscience du potentiel de laméthode structurale. Il enseigne alors au Etats-Unis avant de rentrer en France en 1947, via Londres. L'annéesuivante, il est nommé chercheur au CNRS et soutien sa thèse sur Les structures élémentaires de la parenté (1949) devant le doyen de la Sorbonne, Davy, président du...
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Otto Klemperer (chef d'orchestre)
, DATES CLES 1885 Né le 1 4 ma i à Bres la u , en Silésie, (a ujo urd'hui en Polog ne). 190 6 Premi er co nce rt au Neues Theater de Berlin , o ù il diri ge Otph ée aux Enf e rs d'O ffe n bac h. D evi e nt premier ch ef d 'orc h estr e a djo int à l'opéra de Pragu e. 1913 Dir ecte ur d e la musiqu e à l'o péra de Barm en. 1917 Chef d'orc h estr e ( pui s directe ur d e la musiqu e) à l'op éra de Colog ne. 1919 Épouse Jo hann a Ge issl er. 192...
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gothique, art - peinture.
tendent vers une certaine rigueur formelle et un équilibre des proportions. Par exemple, les différents types de voûtements sont abandonnés pour ne retenir, à quelques exceptions près, que la voûte quadripartite sur travée barlongue. En plan, un transept saillant sépare la nef et le chevet d’égale importance, alors qu’en élévation les grandes arcades possèdent la même hauteur que les fenêtres hautes. L’élévation est à trois niveaux : grandes arcades, triforium et fenêtres hautes. Les supports so...
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gothique, art - sculpture.
tendent vers une certaine rigueur formelle et un équilibre des proportions. Par exemple, les différents types de voûtements sont abandonnés pour ne retenir, à quelques exceptions près, que la voûte quadripartite sur travée barlongue. En plan, un transept saillant sépare la nef et le chevet d’égale importance, alors qu’en élévation les grandes arcades possèdent la même hauteur que les fenêtres hautes. L’élévation est à trois niveaux : grandes arcades, triforium et fenêtres hautes. Les supports so...
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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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Himalayas - geography.
result of deforestation the habitat of most of the wildlife has been destroyed. They are now restricted to special protected areas such as the Jaldapara and Kazirangasanctuaries in India ( see Kaziranga National Park) and the Chitawan preserve in Nepal. There are few animals in the Middle Himalayas because of extensive deforestation. In the Great Himalayas musk deer, wild goats, sheep, wolves, and snow leopards are found. The existence of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti has beenreported by highla...
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Florida - USA History.
accidentally introduced into the region in the 1880s, and it spread with alarming rapidity throughout the upper reaches of the river. The plant is very difficult toeradicate, and it has also clogged the channels of other Florida rivers. To increase drainage of the Everglades, which drain naturally to Florida Bay and the Gulf ofMexico, a number of drainage channels and canals have been built across southern Florida. Among the rivers flowing from the peninsula to the Gulf of Mexico are the Suwanne...
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Jesus Christ
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INTRODUCTION
Jesus Christ (between 8 and 4
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Monday and Tuesday, according to the synoptists), he drove from the Temple the traders and moneychangers who, by long-established custom, had been allowed totransact business in the outer court (Mark 11:15-19), and he disputed with the chief priests, the scribes, the Pharisees, and the Sadducees questions about hisauthority, tribute to Caesar, and the resurrection. On Tuesday, Jesus also revealed to his disciples the signs that would usher in his Parousia, or second coming. See Second Coming. O...
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Jesus Christ.
Monday and Tuesday, according to the synoptists), he drove from the Temple the traders and moneychangers who, by long-established custom, had been allowed totransact business in the outer court (Mark 11:15-19), and he disputed with the chief priests, the scribes, the Pharisees, and the Sadducees questions about hisauthority, tribute to Caesar, and the resurrection. On Tuesday, Jesus also revealed to his disciples the signs that would usher in his Parousia, or second coming. See Second Coming. O...
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Atom - chemistry.
Atoms have several properties that help distinguish one type of atom from another and determine how atoms change under certain conditions. A Atomic Number Each element has a unique number of protons in its atoms. This number is called the atomic number (abbreviated Z). Because atoms are normally electrically neutral,the atomic number also specifies how many electrons an atom will have. The number of electrons, in turn, determines many of the chemical and physical properties ofthe atom. The ligh...
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Asia - geografía.
Al norte del núcleo montañoso central existen varias depresiones estructurales importantes. Más al norte, entre el Tien Shan y los montes Altái, se halla la cuenca deDzungaria, perteneciente a China. Al sur, entre el Tien Shan y las cordilleras Karakorum y Kunlun, se extiende la vasta cuenca de Tarim, en la que se encuentra uno de losdesiertos más grandes de la latitud media, el Takla Makan. Finalmente, rodeada por el Kunlun y el Altun, está la profunda cuenca Qaidam (Tsaidam). Los tipos de suel...
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Algas - ciencias de la naturaleza.
Con excepción de las cianobacterias, que también han recibido el nombre de algas verdeazuladas, las algas están formadas por células eucariotas —es decir el interior de lacélula está organizado en orgánulos separados por una membrana, entre los que se encuentran el núcleo y las mitocondrias. Las cianobacterias son organismos procariotas,es decir organismos unicelulares bastante simples que carecen de núcleo. Sin embargo, como su actual nombre indica, las cianobacterias tienen características sim...
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Vocabulaire:
COMPLÉTIF, -IVE, adjectif.
STATISTIQUES?: Fr?quence absolue litt?raire?: 1.
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chimie - chimie.
3.2. 1 La transmutation des métaux En Égypte, la théorie d’Aristote est admise par les artisans, en particulier à Alexandrie, qui devient, après 300 av. J.-C., le centre intellectuel du monde antique. Selon les artisans, les métaux terrestres tendraient à devenir de plus en plus parfaits et à être ainsi progressivement transformés en or ; en outre, ils pensent pouvoir effectuer plus rapidement cette opération dans leurs propres ateliers et transmuter ainsi les métaux courants en or, métal inalt...
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Droits de la famille
Aspect historique : On a pu distinguer deux conceptions différentes de la famille, selon la priorit é donn ée aux liens du sang ou à l’alliance. Si l’on privil égie la parent é, on va se trouver en pr ésence de la conception lignage de la famille. Cela peut donc être une conception assez étendue de la famille. Si la pr éférence est donn ée au lien d’alliance, on se trouve en pr ésence de la famille foyer. On tend g énéralement ...
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aviation militaire.
3 L’AVIATION DE GUERRE DE 1918 À 1939 À la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale, 17 700 avions ont été produits au total par les belligérants. Des dizaines de milliers d’hommes ont été formés à leur construction et à leur utilisation. La France à elle seule a produit 92 400 moteurs, autant que ses alliés et l’Allemagne réunis ; elle a fourni notamment tous les avions sur lesquels ont combattu les pilotes américains. Ce potentiel nouveau en matériels, en spécialistes et en capacité industrielle es...
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aviation militaire.
3 L’AVIATION DE GUERRE DE 1918 À 1939 À la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale, 17 700 avions ont été produits au total par les belligérants. Des dizaines de milliers d’hommes ont été formés à leur construction et à leur utilisation. La France à elle seule a produit 92 400 moteurs, autant que ses alliés et l’Allemagne réunis ; elle a fourni notamment tous les avions sur lesquels ont combattu les pilotes américains. Ce potentiel nouveau en matériels, en spécialistes et en capacité industrielle es...
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literature universelle
SECOLUL AL XIX-LEA ÃN RAPORT CU SECOLUL AL XX-LEA. TENDINÅ¢E GENERALE Secolul al XIX-lea explicÄ - atât evoluÅ£ia generalÄ a culturii în secolul XX, care are cu acesta relaÅ£ii de continuitate Åi reacÅ£ii polemice - cât Åi pe noi înÅine, ca individualitÄÅ£i. Secolul XIX nu e omogen Åi uniform, ci contradictoriu Åi tensionat. DupÄ 1800 se observÄ o densitate de evenimente Åi valori, un ritm alert de progres, mai ales în a 2-a jum. a sec. XIX ExistÄ diferenÅ£e important...
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À l'extrémité occidentale de l'Eurasie, la France occupe une
position charnière entre l'Europe du Nord et l'Europe du Sud.
Géographie Les conditions naturelles Ni le relief, ni les sols, ni les conditions climatiques n'ont été des obstacles au peuplement et au développement économique. La France n'a certes pas de climat qui permette plusieurs récoltes par an, ni de delta particulièrement fertile, mais elle ne connaît aucun facteur physique trop contraignant, n'est pas affectée d'une grande probabilité de risques naturels majeurs, et bénéficie par ailleurs d'une grande diversité de terroirs. L'évolution géolog...
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Coins and Coin Collecting.
U.S. coins dates from 1909, when the first Lincoln Cents appeared during the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. George Washington’s profile was used on thequarter-dollar of 1932, a coin originally intended as a one-year commemorative to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth. The design quickly became so popular thatit was retained for regular-issue quarters and is still being used today. Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower are theother Americ...
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- La royauté homérique
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Burkina Faso - country.
powers to promote the welfare of the people. The Lobi live in the southwest as farmers and hunters. Defiant of newcomers, they live in small terraced fortifications. The Bobo are chiefly farmers, artisans, and metalworkers living in large villages in the west-central part of the country. The Gourounsi are mainly artisans and farmers in the south-central areas. Their society is lesshighly structured than that of the other Voltaic groups. Christianity has made substantial inroads among them. The M...
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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...
- sciences politiques l1
- Droit administratif
- la société de l’information
- Arménie
- Cuba
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Connecticut - geography.
The state’s shoreline, when all the bays and inlets are taken into account, has a total length of 995 km (618 mi). The coastline is deeply indented by long estuaries androcky inlets, and there are many sandy beaches and stretches of tidal marsh. There are several good harbors along the coast, the most important of which is at NewHaven. A few small islands lie offshore in Long Island Sound. D Climate Connecticut has long, hot summers and cold winters. The climate does not vary greatly from place...
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Connecticut - USA History.
The state’s shoreline, when all the bays and inlets are taken into account, has a total length of 995 km (618 mi). The coastline is deeply indented by long estuaries androcky inlets, and there are many sandy beaches and stretches of tidal marsh. There are several good harbors along the coast, the most important of which is at NewHaven. A few small islands lie offshore in Long Island Sound. D Climate Connecticut has long, hot summers and cold winters. The climate does not vary greatly from place...
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Han Dynasty - History.
However, these reforms faced serious opposition. The feudal barons formed an alliance and rebelled against Wang Mang. They were joined by members of the Liufamily, who were descended from Jingdi (Ching-ti), a former Han emperor, and a civil war followed. As the empire fell into disorder, militant secret societies formedarmed bands and attacked villages and towns. Wang Mang had believed that proper institutions would eventually bring peace to China, but in AD 23, an army led by the Liu clan brea...
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Renaissance Art and Architecture
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Renaissance Composition
During the Renaissance (15th and 16th centuries) artists discovered new ways to help them create more realistic and
compelling images.
with reliefs, had been familiar for centuries. A Early Renaissance Sculpture Ghiberti’s Gates of ParadiseThe Gates of Paradise are bronze doors created by Italian Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti between 1425 and 1452for the east entrance to the baptistery of the Florence Cathedral in Italy. This detail, showing Isaac and Esau, is from oneof the doors' ten panels, each of which illustrates a story from the Bible. Ghiberti endowed the scenes with volume, depth,and movement, and helped initi...
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Kansas City (Missouri) - geography.
Major institutions of higher education in Kansas City are a branch (established in 1929) of the University of Missouri, Avila College (1916), Rockhurst College (1910),DeVry Institute of Technology (Missouri) (1931), and the Kansas City Art Institute (1885). Schools in neighboring suburbs include Park University (1875), in Parkville,and William Jewell College (1849), in Liberty. Baptist, Nazarene, and Methodist theological schools are also located in the area. Midwest Research Institute, one of t...
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Trinidad and Tobago - country.
III PEOPLE The history of Trinidad and Tobago is reflected in the makeup of its population, among the most ethnically diverse in the Caribbean. Blacks of African ancestry andAsians of Indian ancestry each make up about 40 percent of the population. The remainder is mainly of mixed ancestry, although there are also small groups of peopleof Chinese, European, South American, and Middle Eastern descent. The ethnic diversity of Trinidad and Tobago owes its origins to slavery and its abolition. Afr...
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- Cours de droit Constitutionnel
- Cours droit bancaire
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Automobile Racing.
beginning in 1906 at Le Mans it came to refer to the principal F1 auto race in a given nation, except in the United States, where the term continues to be used lessdiscriminately. After the end of World War I in 1918, when automobile racing blossomed internationally, a series of GP races in several nations became reserved for F1competition, and an annual GP calendar was developed consisting of national races, such as the French Grand Prix and the British Grand Prix. An annual award calledthe Wor...
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Radio.
signal, such as a musical note. This form of modulation, AM, is used in many radiotelephony services including standard radiobroadcasts. AM is also employed for carriercurrent telephony, in which the modulated carrier is transmitted by wire, and in the transmission of still pictures by wire or radio. See Broadcasting, Radio and Television. In FM the frequency of the carrier wave is varied within a fixed range at a rate corresponding to the frequency of a sound signal. This form of modulation, p...
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Greek Mythology.
world in search of her; as a result, fertility left the earth. Zeus commanded Hades to release Persephone, but Hades had cunningly given her a pomegranate seed toeat. Having consumed food from the underworld, Persephone was obliged to return below the earth for part of each year. Her return from the underworld each yearmeant the revival of nature and the beginning of spring. This myth was told especially in connection with the Eleusinian Mysteries, sacred rituals observed in the Greektown of Ele...
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drame et art dramatique.
Par la suite, les comédies traitant d’un sujet athénien, aussi bien que les tragédies à thème philosophique, perdent de leur attrait. On voit alors se développer une forme de comédie locale (appelée comédie nouvelle), dont il ne subsiste qu’un seul exemple complet : l’Avare ou le Misanthrope (317 av. J.-C.), de Ménandre. Ces pièces sont construites autour d’une situation familiale mêlant amour, argent et quiproquos, et de types sociaux fortement dessinés et faciles à identifier : le père avare...
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drame et art dramatique - littérature.
Par la suite, les comédies traitant d’un sujet athénien, aussi bien que les tragédies à thème philosophique, perdent de leur attrait. On voit alors se développer une forme de comédie locale (appelée comédie nouvelle), dont il ne subsiste qu’un seul exemple complet : l’Avare ou le Misanthrope (317 av. J.-C.), de Ménandre. Ces pièces sont construites autour d’une situation familiale mêlant amour, argent et quiproquos, et de types sociaux fortement dessinés et faciles à identifier : le père avare...
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Mexico City - geography.
The park houses some of Mexico's most important public buildings, including Chapultepec Castle. Construction of the castle began in 1783. Positioned on the park’shighest elevation, the castle functioned as a fortress during colonial times. It once served as the presidential residence and now houses the National Museum of History,which includes murals by 20th-century Mexican painter Juan O'Gorman. Los Pinos, the official residence and working offices of the president, is also on the grounds, buti...
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Newfoundland and Labrador - Geography.
Precipitation averages about 1,120 mm (about 44 in) yearly in Newfoundland. In Labrador precipitation varies from about 1,020 mm (about 40 in) in the southeast toabout 510 mm (about 20 in) in the extreme north. Heavy winter snowfalls are common, especially in Newfoundland. D Plant Life About one-third of Newfoundland is forested, and most of the rest of the island is made up of barren areas of reindeer moss and lichens. The forests consist almostentirely of conifers. The most important species...
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Newfoundland and Labrador - Canadian History.
Precipitation averages about 1,120 mm (about 44 in) yearly in Newfoundland. In Labrador precipitation varies from about 1,020 mm (about 40 in) in the southeast toabout 510 mm (about 20 in) in the extreme north. Heavy winter snowfalls are common, especially in Newfoundland. D Plant Life About one-third of Newfoundland is forested, and most of the rest of the island is made up of barren areas of reindeer moss and lichens. The forests consist almostentirely of conifers. The most important species...