289 résultats pour "urbana"
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Jakarta - geography.
than half the households use piped water for drinking. Fewer still use piped water for bathing and washing. Only a small part of Jakarta is served by piped sewers and manyhomes lack septic tanks. III ECONOMY Jakarta developed as a center of trade under the Europeans and it continues to play an important role in international and domestic commerce. The metropolitan region isIndonesia's largest economic center; it attracts most of Indonesia's domestic and foreign investment and, as the administr...
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Droit administratif des biens
l'achat des terrains frappés de la servitude. Le terrain ainsi acquis est alors incorporé au domaine public maritime. e)- Terrains soustraits artificiellement à l'action des flots (Endigages)-(art. L. 2111-4-5°). Ces terrains demeurent dans le domaine public maritime naturel, sous réserve des dispositions contraires, d'actes de concession translatifs de propriété, légalement pris et régulièrement exécutés. SERVICES GEOGRAPHIQUES 26 75, Avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31300 TOULOUSE - Tél.: 05.34 50 5...
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Päpste.
Vitalian, heiliger 657-672 Adeodat II. 672-676 Donus 676-678 Agathon, heiliger 678-681 Leo II., heiliger 682-683 Benedikt II., heiliger 684-685 Johannes V. 685-686 Conon 686-687 Theodor 687 Paschalis 687 Sergius I., heiliger 687-701 Johannes VI. 701-705 Johannes VII. 705-707 Sisinnius 708 Konstantin 708-715 Gregor II., heiliger 715-731 Gregor III., heiliger 731-741 Zacharias, heiliger 741-752 Stephan (II.) 4 752 Stephan II. (III.) 752-757 Paul I., heiliger 757-767 Konstantin 767-769 Philipp 768...
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Blues
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INTRODUCTION
Listening to the Blues
Blues music comes in a variety of styles and forms, including acoustic blues, electric blues, rock, and jazz.
recording of “How Many More Years” demonstrate this structure: a. How many more years do I got to let you dog me around?a. How many more years do I got to let you dog me around?b. I just as soon be dead, sleeping six feet in the ground. Each lyric line is typically sung over the first half (first two bars) of a four-bar line. After each lyric line (the “call”), an instrumental response is commonly played, alsoconsisting of approximately two bars. The tension created by the two-bar call-and-res...
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Île-de-France.
de ces dernières années sont marquées par un recul de l'agriculture sous la poussée urbaine, par le desserrement industriel vers la banlieue, par la désindustrialisation régionale et, simultanément, par la montée du secteur tertiaire, seul créateur d'emplois. Les trois quarts de la population active francilienne travaillent désormais dans les activités de service, localisées massivement à Paris et dans la banlieue ouest (par exemple, la Défense) et comprenant une part croissante d'emplois fémini...
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México - (exposé en espagnol).
Guadalajara ; Monterrey , centro de la industria pesada del país; Puebla , una de las más antiguas del país; León , centro agrícola; Ciudad Juárez , centro manufacturero; Tijuana , ciudad fronteriza, Veracruz , puerto principal del país; Acapulco , una ciudad turística de fama mundial... ¡Todas ellas superan el millón de habitantes! México es un país rico en recursos naturales ( plata , antimonio, azufre, petróleo y gas,) y agrícolas (cereales, algodón, arroz, fruta, henequén, chile…). En...
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Honolulu - geography.
Much of Honolulu’s growth and development has concentrated along the southern coast of Oahu. This area is framed to the east by the remnants of a large extinct volcanoknown as Diamond Head and includes Waikiki, located west of Diamond Head; the downtown area, situated near Honolulu Harbor; Honolulu International Airport; andnewer communities in the western part of the island. Two parallel mountain ranges of volcanic origin, the Koolau and Waianae mountains, run north to south across much ofthe i...
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Définition du mot:
ALIGNEMENT, substantif masculin.
? En particulier. [En parlant de maisons, de leurs fa?ades, d'une rue, d'une ville, le compl?ment d?terminatif pouvant ?tre implicite] : ? 4. Le bourg de Pietranera est tr?s irr?guli?rement b?ti, comme tous les villages de la Corse, car, pour voir une rue, il faut aller ? Cargese, b?ti par M. de Marbeuf. Les maisons, dispers?es au hasard et sans le moindre alignement, occupent le sommet d'un petit plateau, ou plut?t d'un palier de la montagne. PROSPER M?RIM?E, Colomba, 1840, page 68. ? 5......
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Athens (Greece) - geography.
expected to further develop the city’s tourism industry. Athens serves as the hub of Greece’s national transportation network. The Greek railway system is centered in Athens, and ferries sail to the rest of the country from theport at Piraeus. The urban area itself in Athens is served by taxis and public buses that must contend with heavily congested traffic. The major part of the city’s metrosubway, Attiko Metro (Athens Metro), was completed in 2000 and serves the heart of Athens; extensions to...
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El Salvador (república) - geografía.
Los recursos naturales de El Salvador son básicamente agrícolas y forestales. Destacan los cultivos de café, algodón y caña de azúcar. Se encuentran maderas de gran valorcomercial, como roble negro, cedro, guayacán o palosanto, caoba, granadillo y árbol del caucho. Hay depósitos minerales, en cantidades reducidas, de oro, plata, piedracaliza y yeso. 2.4 Vegetación y fauna Las montañas de El Salvador están cubiertas por pastizales y por bosques poco densos de encinas y coníferas. La vegetación n...
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Executive Branch.
Popular pressure for increased regulation of businesses increased in the early 20th century. This pressure led to laws such as the Pure Food and Drug Acts, and the1906 Meat Inspection Act. Pressure for reform also led to creation of the Federal Trade Commission in 1914 to prevent unfair business practices. Worldwide depressionin the 1930s brought new demands that government take a more activist role in regulating businesses, protecting workers, and ensuring national economic stability. Aspart of...
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Vietnam - geografía.
del país está más urbanizada que el norte, y todavía son elevadas las cifras de población rural (73% en 2005), a pesar del proceso creciente de urbanización. 3.1 Características de la población Los vietnamitas, emparentados con los chinos meridionales, constituyen el mayor grupo étnico de Vietnam y representan aproximadamente el 88% de la población total; elresto son miembros de unas 53 minorías étnicas que se concentran sobre todo en las regiones montañosas. El número de chinos ha descendido c...
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Suiza - geografía.
3 POBLACIÓN En conjunto la población suiza es de descendencia alpina, nórdica, eslava o dinárica. La composición étnica de Suiza está definida generalmente por las comunidadeslingüísticas principales: alemanes, franceses, italianos y réticos (reto románico). Menos del 10% de la población está compuesta por otros grupos étnicos, como españoles yturcos. 3.1 Características de la población Suiza tiene una población (según estimaciones para 2008) de 7.581.520 habitantes, lo que supone una densidad...
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Finlandia - geografía.
Finlandia cuenta con aproximadamente un 61% de población urbana. El finés y el sueco son los idiomas oficiales. El finés es una lengua ugrofinesa. El sueco se hablaprincipalmente en los distritos del oeste y suroeste, así como en las islas Åland. El idioma saami o lapón se considera un dialecto del finés. La Iglesia evangélica luterana deFinlandia es el principal culto del país y sus miembros suponen alrededor del 90% de la población; en cualquier caso se garantiza la libertad de culto. La Igles...
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Phoenix (city, Arizona) - geography.
The company’s irrigation system followed the network of canals that were built there by the Hohokam some 500 years earlier. In October 1870, several settlers foundedthe site of modern Phoenix. In recognition of the former Hohokam culture, settler Darrell Duppa likened the new community to the phoenix, a mythological bird thatconsumed itself by fire every 500 years and arose anew from the ashes. Thereafter, the group adopted Phoenix as the settlement’s name. Within a short time the areawas produc...
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Données clés Nom de naissance Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Naissance 15 avril 1452 Vinci , Toscane , Italie Décès 2 mai 1519 (à 67 ans) Château du Clos Lucé , Amboise , Touraine , France Nationalité Italien Maître Andrea del Verrocchio Élèves Salai , Francesco Melzi … Mouvement artistique Haute Renaissance Œuvres réputées La Joconde , La Cène , L’ Homme de Vitruve , etc. Mécènes Laurent de Médicis , Ludovic Sforza , François I er de France … modifier Léonard de V...
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Irán - geografía.
3 POBLACIÓN Cerca de la mitad de la población de Irán (46%) es persa descendiente de los pueblos indoeuropeos originales que llegaron a la región desde Asia central en el segundomilenio antes de Cristo. El resto de la población está compuesta por azeríes (17%), kurdos (9%) y otros grupos como gilaníes, luríes (también denominados lur o luros),mazandaraníes, beluchis, árabes y bactrianos. 3.1 Características de la población Irán cuenta con una población (2008) de 65.875.223 habitantes, concentr...
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Brazil - country.
occasional droughts. Brazil contains a wealth of mineral and plant resources that have not yet been fully explored. It possesses some of the world’s largest deposits of iron ore and containsrich deposits of many other minerals, including gold and copper. Brazil’s fossil fuel resources are modest, but this limitation is offset by the considerable hydroelectricpotential of the nation’s many rivers. Although Brazil is an important producer of tropical crops, areas of highly fertile land are limited...
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Le Corbusier : sa vie et son oeuvre
• Entre-temps, il développe le principe de la cellule comme unité de l'habitat collectif . Cette nouvelle conception s'applique à l'immeuble Clarté (Genève ) en 1932, au p11vil/on suisse de 111 Cité universit11ire (Paris) , à la maison-refuge de l'Armée du Salut (Paris) et au Centrosoyouz (Moscou), en 1933, puis au ministère de l'Éducation nationale et de la Culture à Rio de Janeiro (1936-1943), élaboré avec les architectes brésiliens Oscar Niemeyer et...
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Contrôlant une aire métropolitaine de plus de 10 millions d'habitants, Londres est une
grande capitale européenne.
L'organisation spatiale L'objectif majeur dans les années quarante-soixante fut de décongestionner Londres, en incitant habitants et industries à s'installer à la périphérie, au-delà de la Ceinture verte. Ainsi furent édifiées huit villes nouvelles, aujourd'hui achevées, comme Crawley ou Stevenage. La priorité est passée, depuis deux décennies, à la revitalisation des quartiers populaires, construits au XIX e siècle et frappés désormais par la désindustrialisation (Lambeth, East End). C'est da...
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Jacksonville (Florida) - geography.
and southern sections and avoiding the downtown bottleneck where Interstate 95 crosses the Saint Johns River at the Fuller Warren Bridge. In addition to being a regional highway crossroads, the city is a railway hub, with Amtrak passenger service and several freight routes. The city’s expanding airport,located in northern Jacksonville, was the nation’s fastest growing in passenger volume in the mid-1990s. V GOVERNMENT Jacksonville has a mayor-council form of municipal government. The mayor and...
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Latin American Architecture
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INTRODUCTION
Oldest Cathedral in the Western Hemisphere
The oldest cathedral in the Western hemisphere is the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, constructed between 1512 and
1541 in Santo Domingo, now the capitol of the Dominican Republic.
Colonial FortressThe imposing fortress of San Felipe de Barajas, in the foreground, was built in the mid-17th century to defend the colonialport settlement of Cartagena. Modern day Cartagena, Colombia, can be seen in the background.Dave G. Houser/Post-Houserstock/Corbis The use of architecture and urban planning as tools of European conquest is a recurrent theme in Latin American history. King Philip II of Spain ordered town plannersto use a grid or checkerboard plan for the layout of new towns...
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Québec (city) - Geography.
rotates between the mayors of small, medium, and core municipalities. The QUC is responsible for zoning, regional development, property valuation, waste disposal, andtourism promotion. City planning and public transit are handled in collaboration with the municipalities. Other municipal functions such as public works, libraries, water,parks, fire and police services, street repair, and traffic control are left to the municipalities. VII CONTEMPORARY ISSUES In recent years the St. Lawrence Rive...
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Latin America.
adequate housing and services, most were forced to live in shantytowns that came to encircle all large Latin American cities. One of the key problems facing Latin America in the late 20th century was the rapid rise of external debt during the 1980s. The borrowed money had been used bycorrupt, or at best inefficient, governments in non-productive projects. These large debts meant that many countries had to spend up to 30 percent of their net incometo pay interest on their loans. Some countries, s...
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Denver - geography.
Denver is the center of professional sports in the Rocky Mountain region. Major league teams are the Denver Broncos (football), Colorado Rockies (baseball), DenverNuggets (basketball), and Colorado Avalanche (ice hockey). Coors Field (opened in 1995) is the home of the Colorado Rockies. The Broncos began play at the newlyconstructed Invesco Field at Mile High in 2001, and the Nuggets and Avalanche play at the Pepsi Center. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, one of thelargest such shows i...
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China - country.
North China lies between the Mongolian Steppe on the north and the Yangtze River Basin on the south. It stretches west from the Bo Hai gulf and the Yellow Sea to theeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Administratively, North China includes Beijing and Tianjin municipalities; Shandong and Shanxi provinces; most of Hebei, Henan,and Shaanxi provinces; and portions of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Gansu provinces. Humans have lived in the agriculturally rich region of Nor...
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Ohio - geography.
conflict with modified Gulf air and causing frontal or cyclonic storms. Gulf air is dominant in summer. In fall, polar air passing over Lake Erie is modified, delaying thekilling frost along the adjacent shoreline. C1 Temperatures The mean annual temperatures for the state range from 9° C (48° F) in the northeast to 13° C (55° F) in the south. Average January temperatures range from -4° C(24° F) in the west to 2° C (35° F) in the south. July averages are 24° C (76° F) in the south and 23° C (73...
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Ohio - USA History.
conflict with modified Gulf air and causing frontal or cyclonic storms. Gulf air is dominant in summer. In fall, polar air passing over Lake Erie is modified, delaying thekilling frost along the adjacent shoreline. C1 Temperatures The mean annual temperatures for the state range from 9° C (48° F) in the northeast to 13° C (55° F) in the south. Average January temperatures range from -4° C(24° F) in the west to 2° C (35° F) in the south. July averages are 24° C (76° F) in the south and 23° C (73...
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African Theater
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INTRODUCTION
African Theater, traditional, historical, and contemporary dramatic forms in Africa south of the Sahara.
The period after World War II ended in 1945 led to the struggle for and achievement of independence in many African countries. The new nation-states were oftenestablished along colonial boundaries and power was handed over to a bourgeois class who had been educated in Europe. The epoch-making era of nationalismproduced a number of African playwrights who merged African theatrical traditions with European forms. These plays are still widely performed and read in many partsof the continent. Nigeri...
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African Theater
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INTRODUCTION
African Theater, traditional, historical, and contemporary dramatic forms in Africa south of the Sahara.
The period after World War II ended in 1945 led to the struggle for and achievement of independence in many African countries. The new nation-states were oftenestablished along colonial boundaries and power was handed over to a bourgeois class who had been educated in Europe. The epoch-making era of nationalismproduced a number of African playwrights who merged African theatrical traditions with European forms. These plays are still widely performed and read in many partsof the continent. Nigeri...
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Black Death.
disappeared in the West. V DISAPPEARANCE OF PLAGUE Plague became less common in Europe after the 1530s. The last plague in England was in 1665, the last in Western Europe in 1722. Numerous theories have beenoffered to explain the disappearance of plague. It has been argued that black rats, the primary carriers of plague, may have been replaced by larger brown rats that donot carry the infection. A second theory suggests that increased immunity among the rodents that carried the disease or chang...
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Black Death .
disappeared in the West. V DISAPPEARANCE OF PLAGUE Plague became less common in Europe after the 1530s. The last plague in England was in 1665, the last in Western Europe in 1722. Numerous theories have beenoffered to explain the disappearance of plague. It has been argued that black rats, the primary carriers of plague, may have been replaced by larger brown rats that donot carry the infection. A second theory suggests that increased immunity among the rodents that carried the disease or chang...
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Folk Dance
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INTRODUCTION
Traditional Irish Dancing
Irish dancing comprises mainly reels and jigs and may be accompanied by lively folk music played on the fiddle, harp, or
bagpipes.
Highland Games and DancesHighland dances are part of the Highland Games, a series of events held annually in various parts of Scotland, Canada,and the United States. Dance historians point out that warriors from the Scottish Highlands once went into battle dancingand playing the bagpipes. Highland dances, performed to music played on bagpipes or fiddles, remain an important part ofScottish culture.Courtesy of BBC Worldwide Americas. All Rights Reserved. Folk dances are usually thought to be simp...
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Côte d'Ivoire - country.
D Culture Traditional artistic expressions in Côte d’Ivoire include woodcarvings (particularly masks), decorative fabrics, and acrobatic dancing. Urban populations have beengreatly influenced by French culture. The French language is almost universally used in the written literature of Côte d’Ivoire, to the exclusion of the African languages. IV ECONOMY About 60 percent of Côte d’Ivoire’s total labor force is employed in farming and forestry. Government efforts to avoid dependence on a small...
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Canadian Literature
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INTRODUCTION
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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Belize - country.
Education is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Attendance at primary schools was nearly universal in 2002–2003, but only 78 percent of children ofsecondary school age were enrolled in school. Higher education is available at colleges in Belize City and Corozal. The literacy rate of 93 percent is one of the highest inLatin America. C Government Belize is governed under a constitution that became effective at independence in 1981. Belize recognizes the British monarch as its o...
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Ancient Rome .
attributed to Numa, including the selection of virgins to be priestesses of the goddess Vesta. He also established a calendar to differentiate between normal workingdays and those festival days sacred to the gods on which no state business was allowed. His peaceful reign lasted from 715 to 673 BC. Under Tullus Hostilius (672–641 BC) the Romans waged an aggressive foreign policy and began to expand their lands by the conquest of nearby cities like Alba Longa. When the warlike King Hostilius co...
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Ancient Rome - USA History.
attributed to Numa, including the selection of virgins to be priestesses of the goddess Vesta. He also established a calendar to differentiate between normal workingdays and those festival days sacred to the gods on which no state business was allowed. His peaceful reign lasted from 715 to 673 BC. Under Tullus Hostilius (672–641 BC) the Romans waged an aggressive foreign policy and began to expand their lands by the conquest of nearby cities like Alba Longa. When the warlike King Hostilius co...
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New Jersey - geography.
C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...
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New Jersey - USA History.
C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...
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Water Pollution.
Cryptosporidium in the water supply of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sickened more than 400,000 people and killed more than 100. H Thermal Pollution Water is often drawn from rivers, lakes, or the ocean for use as a coolant in factories and power plants. The water is usually returned to the source warmer than when itwas taken. Even small temperature changes in a body of water can drive away the fish and other species that were originally present, and attract other species in placeof them. Thermal pol...
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Acid Rain.
the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, a quarter of the lakes and ponds are acidic, and many have lost their brook trout and other fish. In the middleAppalachian Mountains, over 1,300 streams are afflicted. All of Norway’s major rivers have been damaged by acid rain, severely reducing salmon and trout populations. E Plants and Animals The effects of acid rain on wildlife can be far-reaching. If a population of one plant or animal is adversely affected by acid rain, animals that feed on tha...
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Country Music
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INTRODUCTION
Willie Nelson
Country singer and musician Willie Nelson gained national popularity during the 1970s for a string of country hits,
including the 1978 hits "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and "Georgia On My Mind.
Singer and mandolin player Bill Monroe is known as the father of bluegrass music. A virtuoso mandolin player, Monroe combined traditional folk ballads and gospel songswith string-band music played at very fast tempos. Monroe, with his band The Blue Grass Boys, performed from the mid-1920s until Monroe’s death in 1996. Otherwell-known bluegrass performers include banjo player Earl Scruggs, who played with Monroe during the 1940s; the Osborne Brothers, a duo from Kentucky known forits work during...
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Roman Empire .
A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...
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Roman Empire - History.
A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...
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Pittsburgh - geography.
College of Allegheny County (1966), with branches in the city and suburbs. Pittsburgh has many outstanding cultural institutions. The Oakland district is where Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are located. The CarnegieMuseums of Pittsburgh include The Carnegie Museum of Art (including the Scaife Galleries), which holds a distinguished motion-picture and video collection and a uniquestudy of architecture; the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, which displays an extensi...
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California - geography.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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California - USA History.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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Kirchengeschichte - Religion.
Die Araber bereiteten nicht nur dem Königreich von Toledo ein Ende, sie schwächten auch das christliche Byzantinische Reich, das den Aufstieg der Karolinger zuSchutzherren des Papstes anerkennen musste. Dieser Aufstieg fand symbolträchtigen Ausdruck in der Krönung Karls des Großen zum Kaiser („Cäsar”) am 25. Dezember800 durch Papst Leo III. in der Peterskirche in Rom. Die Missionierung Europas wurde vom karolingischen Großreich und dann von der ihm folgenden deutschenReichskirche fortgesetzt. De...
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Bahrain - country.
A Religion Almost all Bahrainis and the majority of nonnatives are followers of Islam (Muslims). About 70 percent of all native Bahrainis belong to the Shia branch of Islam, whilethe remainder, including the ruling al-Khalifa clan, are adherents of the Sunni branch. Non-Muslims, including Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and Jews, account for 15percent of the total population. High unemployment among the Shia population has caused considerable discontent on the part of this group toward the Sunni...