End of the Century

Introduction: The document that we are going to study is a press-article. It was taken in the New York Times, a daily American journal. It was written on Friday, September 24, 2010. The author of this article is unknown. There isn’t a title in this document, just the date of publication and the name of the journal. There is a little picture that we are going to describe later. We don’t know if this article do the first page of the N.Y.T, because we just have an extract of the journal, but it isn’t

Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1847. The son of a civil servant, Stoker was a sickly child. Stoker’s mother, a charity worker and writer, spent a good deal of time entertaining her son with fantastic tales. Stoker went on to study math at Trinity College and graduated in 1867, at which time he joined the Irish civil service. He also worked as a freelance journalist and drama critic, which enabled him to meet the legendary stage actor Henry Irving. The two men became lifelong friends, and Stoker

Killing the Polar Bears? December 14, 2005 It may be the latest evidence of global warming: Polar bears are drowning. Scientists for the first time have documented multiple deaths of polar bears off Alaska, where they likely drowned after swimming long distances in the ocean amid the melting of the Arctic ice shelf. The bears spend most of their time hunting and raising their young on ice floes. In a quarter-century of aerial surveys of the Alaskan coastline before 2004, researchers from the U.S

Understanding the Fundamentals of Music Part I Professor Robert Greenberg THE TEACHING COMPANY ® Robert Greenberg, Ph.D. San Francisco Performances Robert Greenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1954 and has lived in the San Francisco Bay area since 1978. He received a B.A. in music, magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 1976, where his principal teachers were Edward Cone, Daniel Werts, and Carlton Gamer in composition; Claudio Spies and Paul Lansky in analysis; and Jerry

abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus/embryo, resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term abortion

dominant figure in the South African liberation movement, burning his pass as a peaceful protest. The twentieth century in South Africa can't be retrospectively looked at with pride, because of the practice of apartheid.  Apartheid had similarities to segregation in the American South, but was much worse.  Black weren't able to vote and separation from the whites in public businesses, They represented seventy percent of the population, and were forced to live in a small area of the country. They

The 60’s L'accès universel à l'éducation élémentaire a été réalisé dès le milieu des années 60 = Universal access to elementary education was reached as early as the mid-60s. A defining chapter in America's past, the '60s shaped a generation and sculpted a political landscape that can still be seen today. The story of the '60s is illuminated with images of freedom protests, atom bombs, flower power, and a nation divided by war. = Un chapitre déterminant dans l'Amérique au delà, les années 60

The Amish: A Culture of Tradition and Preservation The Amish, or Amish Mennonite church fellowships, are a Christian religious denomination known for their simple living, plain dress, and resistance to the adoption of many modern conveniences. They originated back in Europe due to a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptists in 1693 (Gutkind, 1953). In the early 18th century, many Amish immigrated to North America in areas such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Ontario

situé dans les highlands en ecosse the loch ness is a lake located in the shcotiss highlands le loch mesure environ 39 km ; sa largeur est de 1,5km et sa profondeur est de 258 m. c'est l'un des plus grand lac de grande bretagne. the length of the loch ness is about 39km, its width about 2km and it deepness about 250 meters Le Loch Ness se situe sur le trajet du canal calédonien qui relie la côte Est à la côte Ouest de l'Écosse it is on the route of the calédonien channel crossing Scotland

------------------------------------------------- The climate has become one of the major problems of the beginning of the century. The planet is changing and the policies must be act. If no there will be many problems in a few decades: rising temperatures, pollution,illness… In European Union, the Climate Package was born at the end of December. I – Presentation Climate Package The climate package of European Union is an action plan adopted the 23th January 2008 by the European Commission. It approved by the European Council the 11th