and proliferation of hyphenated entities such as "thing-in-itself" (Immanuel Kant), "things-as-interacted-by-us" (Arthur Fine), "table-of-commonsense" and "table-of-physics" (Sir Arthur Eddington) which are "warning signs" for conceptual idealism according to Musgrave because they allegedly do not exist but only highlight the numerous ways in which people come to know the world.


In what year was epinephrine discovered?

Injected epinephrine proved to be especially efficacious for the acute treatment of asthma attacks, and an inhaled version was sold in the United States until 2011 (Primatene Mist).


Besides mysticism, belief in witches and witchcraft became widespread, and by the late 15th century the Church had begun to lend credence to populist fears of witchcraft with its condemnation of witches in 1484 and the publication in 1486 of the Malleus Maleficarum, the most popular handbook for witch-hunters.


What famous neighbor did Von Neumann have that may have been distracted by the music Von Neumann played?

At Princeton he received complaints for regularly playing extremely loud German march music on his gramophone, which distracted those in neighbouring offices, including Albert Einstein, from their work.


How many cities or towns are there in all of England and Wales with a ceremonial sheriff acting as the Mayor's deputy?

The city has a Mayor and is one of the 16 cities and towns in England and Wales to have a ceremonial sheriff who acts as a deputy for the Mayor.


The university offers more than 345 degree programs.


What was the name of Raghuram Rajan's controversial paper delivered in 2005?

In 2005, at a celebration honouring Alan Greenspan, who was about to retire as chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Rajan delivered a controversial paper that was critical of the financial sector.


What do archaeological records clearly show about the Sumerian culture?

However, the archaeological record shows clear uninterrupted cultural continuity from the time of the early Ubaid period (5300 – 4700 BC C-14) settlements in southern Mesopotamia.


Discrepancy in what spec brought about a class action suit against Apple in 2003?

In 2003, class action lawsuits were brought against Apple complaining that the battery charges lasted for shorter lengths of time than stated and that the battery degraded over time.


Hipparchus measured the precession of what?

Pliny reports that Hipparchus produced the first systematic star catalog after he observed a new star (it is uncertain whether this was a nova or a comet) and wished to preserve astronomical record of the stars, so that other new stars could be discovered.


What did he write about human rights in?


Which national park in Tennessee sees more visitors that any other in the United States?

Other major tourist attractions include the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga; Dollywood in Pigeon Forge; the Parthenon, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and Ryman Auditorium in Nashville; the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg; and Elvis Presley's Graceland residence and tomb, the Memphis Zoo, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.


When did Henry II appropriate the estates of the late Earl of Cornwall?

John had spent the conflict travelling alongside his father, and was given widespread possessions across the Angevin empire as part of the Montlouis settlement; from then onwards, most observers regarded John as Henry II's favourite child, although he was the furthest removed in terms of the royal succession.


Of the final two, which was an early favorite to win?

Clarkson was not initially thought of as a contender, but impressed the judges with some good performances in the final rounds, such as her performance of Aretha Franklin's "Natural Woman", and Betty Hutton's "Stuff


According to reports, which loans performed better than some loans securitized by private investment banks?

The majority report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, written by the six Democratic appointees, the minority report, written by 3 of the 4 Republican appointees, studies by Federal Reserve economists, and the work of several independent scholars generally contend that government affordable housing policy was not the primary cause of the financial crisis.


Where was Representative Thomas Tucker from?

Others, such as Rep. Roger Sherman of Connecticut, believed the clause was unnecessary because the original Constitution only gave Congress stated powers, which did not include establishing a national religion.


The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, including The Times of India (founded in 1838), The Straits Times (Singapore) (1845), The New York Times (1851), The Irish Times (1859), Le Temps (France) (1861-1942), the Cape Times (South Africa) (1872), the Los Angeles Times (1881), The Seattle Times (1891), The Manila Times (1898), The Daily Times (Malawi) (1900), El Tiempo (Colombia) (1911), The Canberra Times (1926), and The Times (Malta) (1935).


Where does the Constitutional Council meet?

The Constitutional Council, an advisory body with ultimate authority on the constitutionality of laws and government decrees, also meets in the Montpensier wing of the Palais Royal.


What does Florida have the largest collection of

It has the largest collection of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne buildings in both the United States and the entire world, most of which are located in the Miami metropolitan area, especially Miami Beach's Art Deco District, constructed as the city was becoming a resort destination.


Greece became the tenth member of the European Communities (subsequently subsumed by the European Union) on 1 January 1981, ushering in a period of sustained growth.


What is the earliest recorded instance of circadian rhythm?

The observation of a circadian or diurnal process in humans is mentioned in Chinese medical texts dated to around the 13th century, including the Noon and Midnight Manual and the Mnemonic Rhyme to Aid in the Selection of Acu-points


When were the Russian Empire, Serbia, and Montenegro the only free Slavic states in the world?

As of 1878, there were only three free Slavic states in the world: the Russian Empire, Serbia and Montenegro.


Along with the President and Vice President, how many other members make up the Executive Board?

They are appointed "from among persons of recognised standing and professional experience in monetary or banking matters by common accord of the governments of the Member States at the level of Heads of State or Government, on a recommendation from the Council, after it has consulted the European Parliament and the Governing Council of the ECB".


Which parish was transferred from Knowsley to the district of West Lancashire?

One parish, Simonswood, was transferred from the borough of Knowsley in Merseyside to the district of West Lancashire in 1994.


How do Jehovah's Witnesses see themselves in regards to the power structure of the church?

Sociologist Andrew Holden states that most members who join millenarian movements such as Jehovah's Witnesses have made an informed choice.


The campaigns of French Emperor and General Napoleon Bonaparte characterized the Napoleonic Era.


In what war were the Czechs defeated at the Battle of White Mountain?

The publication of the Kralice Bible spawned widespread nationalism, and in 1615 the government of Bohemia ruled that only Czech-speaking residents would be allowed to become full citizens or inherit goods or land.


On what boulevard does the Republic Day parade take place each year?

The Rajpath which was built similar to the Champs-Élysées in Paris is the ceremonial boulevard for the Republic of India located in New Delhi.


When did Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation expect to begin design work for a new carrier?

Several months later, on 3 November 2011 the Russian newspaper Izvestiya reported that the naval building plan now included (first) the construction of a new shipyard capable of building large hull ships, after which Moscow will build two (80,000 tons full load each) nuclear-powered aircraft carriers by 2027.


What are SNES game cartridges officially called in Japan?

The cartridge media of the console is officially referred to as Game Pak in most Western regions, and as Cassette (カセット, Kasetto?) in Japan and parts of Latin America.


Where did Egyptian plan to get funds to use for reconstruction of infrastructure?

Although one of the main obstacles still facing the Egyptian economy is the limited trickle down of wealth to the average population, many Egyptians criticise their government for higher prices of basic goods while their standards of living or purchasing power remains relatively stagnant.


The beatification ceremony for Paul VI was held on 19 October 2014, which means that he can now be called "Blessed".


In 1918, after the Russian Revolution, all non-Russian countries declared their independence from the Russian empire, leading to the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia.


What are the openings in the digestive chambers for animals in the Bilateria group called?

The digestive chamber has two openings, a mouth and an anus, and there is also an internal body cavity called a coelom or pseudocoelom.


What general topic is eschatology about?

The doctrine of the last day and eschatology (the final fate of the universe) may be reckoned as the second great doctrine of the Quran.


Along with the recession, what broad economic trend marked the decline of adult contemporary radio stations?

Diminishing physical record sales also proved a major blow to the AC genre.


What is the benefit to using copper for things such as counter tops and hand rails?

Some of copper's other important benefits as an architectural material include its low thermal movement, light weight, lightning protection, and its recyclability.


How long did the suppression of time clues study last?

Studies by Nathaniel Kleitman in 1938 and by Derk-Jan Dijk and Charles Czeisler in the 1990s put human subjects on enforced 28-hour sleep–wake cycles, in constant dim light and with other time cues suppressed, for over a month.


In cell division, what two cells are created?

The growth, development, and reproduction of organisms relies on cell division, or the process by which a single cell divides into two usually identical daughter cells.


What is more significant than isotropic gas pressure past the Karman line?

Beyond this line, isotropic gas pressure rapidly becomes insignificant when compared to radiation pressure from the Sun and the dynamic pressure of the solar winds, so the definition of pressure becomes difficult to interpret.


What is the name of the largest denomination of Presbyterian church in Vanuatu?

The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu is the largest denomination in the country, with approximately one-third of the population of Vanuatu members of the church.


In what 1806 proclamation did Napoleon begin to impose the Continental System?

Following his triumph, Napoleon imposed the first elements of the Continental System through the Berlin Decree issued in November 1806.


Which cathedral was first to be rebuilt in the new style from 1150 to 1231?

Noyon Cathedral, also in France, saw the earliest completion of a rebuilding of an entire cathedral in the new style from 1150 to 1231.


How many minor political parties are there?


What types of annelids have evolved jaws?

Two families, the Eunicidae and Phyllodocidae, have evolved jaws, which can be used for seizing prey, biting off pieces of vegetation, or grasping dead and decaying matter.


In an attempt to clarify the division of judicial competences, an administrative council laid down that religious matters were to be handled by religious courts, and statute matters were to be handled by the Nizamiye courts.


What year  was the  Victor Orthophonic Victrola released?

Electrical recording preceded electrical home reproduction because of the initial high cost of the new system.


What type of imaging was used to study the relationship between humans and dogs?

The latest study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to humans and dogs together proved that dogs have same response to voices and use the same parts of the brain as humans to do so.


Who are currency readers meant to assist?

It also plans larger, higher-contrast numerals, more color differences, and distribution of currency readers to assist the visually impaired during the transition period.


When did John Hawkins and Francis Drake attack Spanish and Portuguese slave ships?

This effort was rebuffed and later, as the Anglo-Spanish Wars intensified, Elizabeth I gave her blessing to further privateering raids against Spanish ports in the Americas and shipping that was returning across the Atlantic, laden with treasure from the New World.


There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order.


The Torch is designed in reference to the traditional Chinese concept of the 5 elements that make up the entire universe.


The initial work was aimed at determining critical ratios and what else?

This work added to a variety of reports from authors dating back to Fletcher, and to the work that initially determined critical ratios and critical bandwidths.


In what county was glass with uranium oxide content found?

Yellow glass with 1% uranium oxide was found in a Roman villa on Cape Posillipo in the Bay of Naples, Italy, by R. T. Gunther of the University of Oxford in 1912.


Near what body of water was the Maersk Tigris seized?

On 28 April 2015, the Iranian navy seized the Marshall Island-flagged MV Maersk Tigris near the Strait of Hormuz.


What causes the assumption of constant capacitance to fail even if the effect is linear in nature?

Such an example is temperature dependence.


The Tyndale New Testament was one of the first great translations from what style?

The first great Tudor translations are, accordingly, the Tyndale New Testament (1525), which influenced the Authorized Version (1611), and Lord Berners' version of Jean Froissart's Chronicles (1523–25).


The British settlers who had remained also resented Spanish rule, leading to a rebellion in 1810 and the establishment for ninety days of the so-called Free and Independent Republic of West Florida on September 23.


These surges may be caused by failure of the underlying bedrock, the pooling of meltwater at the base of the glacier — perhaps delivered from a supraglacial lake — or the simple accumulation of mass beyond a critical "tipping point".


Originally, legislative power was exercised by the sovereign acting on the advice of the Curia Regis, or Royal Council, in which important magnates and clerics participated and which evolved into parliament.


The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor.


An earlier play, a farce entitled "Vakâyi'-i 'Acibe ve Havâdis-i Garibe-yi Kefşger Ahmed" ("The Strange Events and Bizarre Occurrences of the Cobbler Ahmed"), dates from the beginning of the 19th century, but there remains some doubt about its authenticity.


What was the vertical blanking interval used for in LaserDiscs, preventing Macrovision signal to be implemented?

It was claimed that Macrovision's Copyguard protection could not be applied to LaserDisc, due to the format's design.


How many days did Nasser attend classes in his senior year?

Nasser's involvement in political activity increased throughout his school years, such that he only attended 45 days of classes during his last year of secondary school.


Higher speed CD-RW discs, Ultra Speed (16x to 24x write speed) and Ultra Speed+ (32x write speed) are now available.


What compression is usually performed with even more specialized techniques?

Compression of human speech is often performed with even more specialized techniques; speech coding, or voice coding, is sometimes distinguished as a separate discipline from audio compression.


what year did the first permanent settler arrive?

After being joined by an Andrew Millet, three of the four men died in 1812; however, the survivor among the original three permanent settlers, Thomas Currie (or Tommaso Corri) remained as a farmer on the island.


What ingredient is used for amylotytic fermentation in sake?

Unlike sake, mould was not used to saccharify the rice (amylolytic fermentation); the rice was probably prepared for fermentation by mastication or malting.


What gene did Konopka and Benzer map in the early 1970 s?

However, recent studies show that deletion of clock does not lead to a behavioral phenotype (the animals still have normal circadian rhythms), which questions its importance in rhythm generation.


When did Valencia surrender to the French?

Marshal Suchet began a long siege of the city in October 1811, and after intense bombardment forced it to surrender on 8 January 1812.


How many IMAX screens was Spectre shown on in North America?

IMAX generated $9.1 million for Spectre at 374 screens, premium large format made $8 million from 429 cinemas, reaping 11% of the film's opening, which means that Spectre earned $17.1 million (23%) of its opening weekend total in large-format venues.


It also implicates that qualitative changes are made to the memories when they are transferred to long-term store during sleep.


Did the query starter believe that the festival for Mary's conception had authorization to be held ?

St Bernard blames the canons of the metropolitan church of Lyon for instituting such a festival without the permission of the Holy See.


Were the szlachta obscure and mysterious or obvious and proud.

The nobility negotiated substantial and increasing political and legal privileges for itself throughout its entire history until the decline of the Polish Commonwealth in the late 18th century.


Who defines the Near East as including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt. Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Isreal, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the West Bank, and Yemen?

According to the National Geographic Society, the terms Near East and Middle East denote the same territories and are 'generally accepted as comprising the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Syria, and Turkey'.


When did the Southern and Northern Nigeria Protectorates merge?

Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia.


The Taiping Rebellion (1850–64) and Dungan Revolt (1862–77) in Central Asia led to the deaths of some 20 million people.


What year did Congress pass the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?

In response to this episode, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which for the first time required pre-market demonstration of safety before a drug could be sold, and explicitly prohibited false therapeutic claims.


How many of the lakes were a danger to people?

As of May 27, 2008, 34 lakes had formed due to earthquake debris blocking and damming rivers, and it was estimated that 28 of them were still of potential danger to the local people.


What is the name of the second largest bank found in Connecticut?

Other notable companies based in the city include the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company (the candy-making division of the Hershey Company), the American division of Assa Abloy (one of the world's leading manufacturers of locks), Yale University Press, and the Russell Trust Association (the business arm of the Skull and Bones Society).


According to Avicenna, what always exists?

The necessary is the source of its own being without borrowed existence.


What could we monitor electronically that could help inform new methods of wood protection?

As scientists and engineers further learn and develop new techniques to extract various components from wood, or alternatively to modify wood, for example by adding components to wood, new more advanced products will appear on the marketplace.


The hypothalamus is located at the base of what?

The hypothalamus is a collection of small nuclei, most of which are involved in basic biological functions.


Where did the state place on population chart?

Kangra district was top ranked with a population strength of 1,507,223 (21.98%), Mandi district 999,518 (14.58%), Shimla district 813,384 (11.86%), Solan district 576,670 (8.41%), Sirmaur district 530,164 (7.73%), Una district 521,057 (7.60%), Chamba district 518,844 (7.57%), Hamirpur district 454,293 (6.63%), Kullu district 437,474 (6.38%), Bilaspur district 382,056 (5.57%), Kinnaur district 84,298 (1.23%) and Lahaul Spiti 31,528 (0.46%).


What is Spain thinking of doing to the two surnames?

In Spain, every person officially has two surnames, one of which is the father's first surname and the other is the mother's first surname.


What might cause an individual to lose consciousness from MI?

Loss of consciousness (due to inadequate blood flow to the brain and cardiogenic shock) and sudden death (frequently due to the development of ventricular fibrillation) can occur in MIs.


The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series holds two exhibition events annually - the Sprint Unlimited, held at Daytona International Speedway at the start of the season, and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, held at Charlotte Motor Speedway midway through the season.


What university awarded Lee an honorary doctorate in 2006?

During the ceremony, the students and audience gave Lee a standing ovation, and the entire graduating class held up copies of To Kill a Mockingbird to honor her.[note 5] Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 5, 2007 by President George W. Bush.


In 1998, after the return of Steve Jobs, Apple consolidated its multiple consumer-level desktop models into the all-in-one iMac G3, which became a commercial success and revitalized the brand.


The Presbyterian denominations from the British Isles were inspired by these principles in what document?

It was enacted as law by the Scottish Parliament, and became one of the foundational documents of Presbyterian church legislation elsewhere.


When did the Soviet Union develop Transformator?

In 1958, the Soviet Union developed Тransformator (Russian: Трансформатор, meaning Transformer), the first high-resolution (definition) television system capable of producing an image composed of 1,125 lines of resolution aimed at providing teleconferencing for military command.


Who first used the term Iranian language?

Some recent scholarship, primarily in German, has revived this convention.


When was the passage of the 14th Amendment?

The issue is complex, however, as the incorporation ultimately bases on the passage of the 14th Amendment in 1868, at which point the first amendment's application to the state government was recognized.


Near what body of water did al-Umari say Ifat was located?

The historian al-Umari records that Ifat was situated near the Red Sea coast, and states its size as 15 days travel by 20 days travel.


From the 1750's to the early 1830's is the era of Mozart and what other composer?

The term "classical music" has two meanings: the broader meaning includes all Western art music from the Medieval era to today, and the specific meaning refers to the music from the 1750s to the early 1830s—the era of Mozart and Haydn.


Many early members of the Terek Cossacks were what?

Many early members of the Terek Cossacks were Ossetians.


What is one of the regular folk festivals called?

A local pioneer of folk song collection in the first half of the 19th century was Shakespearean scholar James Orchard Halliwell, but it was not until the second folk revival in the 20th century that the full range of song from the county, including industrial folk song, began to gain attention.


What famous writers have lived in Tucson?

The accomplished and awarded writers (poets, novelists, dramatists, nonfiction writers) who have lived in Tucson include Edward Abbey, Erskine Caldwell, Barbara Kingsolver and David Foster Wallace.


Britain had been surprised by the sudden Prussian offensive but now began shipping supplies and ₤670,000 (equivalent to ₤89.9 million in 2015) to its new ally.


What Tennessee cities are connected by I-269?

When completed, I-69 will travel through the western part of the state, from South Fulton to Memphis.


WPXD channel 31, an affiliate of the ION Television network, is licensed to the city.


What are the means of transportation in the area?

The area is served by a number of primary transportation corridors including Glenwood Avenue U.S. Route 70, Interstate 540, Wake Forest Road, Millbrook Road, Lynn Road, Six Forks Road, Spring Forest Road, Creedmoor Road, Leesville Road, Strickland Road, and North Hills Drive.


What was the lockout chip number for Asia?

Known regions are: USA/Canada (3193 lockout chip), most of Europe (3195), Asia (3196) and UK, Italy and Australia (3197).


A person below the age of majority may gain adult rights through what process?

A person below the age of majority may gain adult rights through legal emancipation.


In addition to sensors and technical fire control, and weapons, what else did air defence evolution cover?

Throughout the 20th century air defence was one of the fastest-evolving areas of military technology, responding to the evolution of aircraft and exploiting various enabling technologies, particularly radar, guided missiles and computing (initially electromechanical analog computing from the 1930s on, as with equipment described below).


What community covers the area from Downtown San Diego to the peninsula?

Point Loma occupies the peninsula across San Diego Bay from downtown.


What scientific discipline is still taught in modern madaris?

This is why Ptolemaic astronomy was considered adequate, and is still taught in some modern day madaris.


What did IBM use to analyze the results from the online discussion?

Results were data mined with sophisticated text analysis software (eClassifier) for common themes.


Which software can aid in the design of robotically created mosaics?

With robotic production, colored tiles are loaded into buffers, and then the robot picks and places tiles individually according to a command file from the design software.


Cyprus was a naval outpost which overlooked what canal?

The island would serve Britain as a key military base for its colonial routes.


What small errors caused large errors in shell fall height and the time until exploding?

At long range, the aircraft remains in firing range for a long time, so the necessary calculations can in theory be done by slide rules - though, because small errors in distance cause large errors in shell fall height and detonation time, exact ranging is crucial.


The First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule, broke out in 1987, with waves of uncoordinated demonstrations and violence occurring in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.


What was another country with similar immigration patterns to post Soviet Estonia?

When Estonia was invaded and occupied by the Soviet Union in World War II, the status of the Estonian language changed to the first of two official languages (Russian being the other one).


What is the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System named after?

It is named after the Big Dipper constellation, which is known in Chinese as Běidǒu.


Which Gospel provides an identical account of the Virgin Birth as Sura 19 in the Qur'an?

These state beliefs in both the Immaculate Conception of Mary and the Virgin birth of Jesus.


What is an example of an early form of digital video and audio communication?

During this time, there was also research into other forms of digital video and audio communication.


Reformed charismatic denominations are the Sovereign Grace Churches and the Every Nation Churches in the USA, in Great Britain there is the Newfrontiers churches and movement, which leading figure is Terry Virgo.


What factors did the situated perspective believe to be most important?

A situated perspective on emotion, developed by Paul E. Griffiths and Andrea Scarantino , emphasizes the importance of external factors in the development and communication of emotion, drawing upon the situationism approach in psychology.


Who was responsible for the BYU's first campus outside of the U.S.?

Jeffrey R. Holland followed as president in 1980, encouraging a combination of educational excellence and religious faith at the university.


When did Beyonce become the first African American woman to win Pop songwriter of the year?

In 2001, she became the first African-American woman and second woman songwriter to win the Pop Songwriter of the Year award at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards.


Madonna, Cher, Gloria Estefan and Kylie Minogue are artists in what genre of music?

Generally, Hot AC radio stations target their music output towards the 18-54 age group and a demographic audience of both men and women.


Others have more or less equated postmodern music with the "contemporary music" composed from the late 20th century through to the early 21st century.


During the Reagan administration, the United States regarded him as "Public Enemy No. 1" and Reagan famously dubbed him the "mad dog of the Middle East".


On what date was Napoleon taken off the list of generals in service due to his refusal to serve in Vendée?

On 15 September, Bonaparte was removed from the list of generals in regular service for his refusal to serve in the Vendée campaign.


What did the soldiers who emigrated form?

This resulted in a great number of soldiers from Hanover eventually emigrating to Great Britain, where the King's German Legion was formed.


What group does the inverse of gN include?

The coset eN = N serves as the identity in this group, and the inverse of gN in the quotient group is (gN)−1 = (g−1)N.e[›]


As of 2011, how many people live in the Marshall Islands?

The country's population of 53,158 people (at the 2011 Census) is spread out over 29 coral atolls, comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets.


What does the Canadian Armed Forces mostly consist of?

Thereafter, a distinctly Canadian army and navy was established, followed by an air force, that, because of the constitutional arrangements at the time, remained effectively under the control of the British government until Canada gained legislative independence from the United Kingdom in 1931, in part due to the distinguished achievement and sacrifice of the Canadian Corps in the First World War.


Why were alternative energy sources judged uneconomical in 2001?

The cost of a gallon of gas in urban Alaska today is usually 30–60¢ higher than the national average; prices in rural areas are generally significantly higher but vary widely depending on transportation costs, seasonal usage peaks, nearby petroleum development infrastructure and many other factors.


How many ships were destroyed on May 8, 1941?

Operations against London up until May 1941 could also have a severe impact on morale.


Who was made Senate Majority Leader after the 1954 election?

Eisenhower had to work with the Democratic Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (later U.S. president) in the Senate and Speaker Sam Rayburn in the House, both from Texas.


Along with anger, disgust, happiness, sadness and fear, what is one of Ekman's basic emotions?

For more than 40 years, Paul Ekman has supported the view that emotions are discrete, measurable, and physiologically distinct.


In the winter of 1939–40, about 100,000 Jews were thus deported to Poland.


What people have a thistle for their Commonwealth emblem?

The ceremony in Westminster Abbey, with the exception of the anointing and communion, was televised for the first time.[d] Elizabeth's coronation gown was embroidered on her instructions with the floral emblems of Commonwealth countries: English Tudor rose; Scots thistle; Welsh leek; Irish shamrock; Australian wattle; Canadian maple leaf; New Zealand silver fern; South African protea; lotus flowers for India and Ceylon; and Pakistan's wheat, cotton, and jute.


What year was Grande Ile classified as a World Heritage site?

Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre.


Nasser died several hours later, around 6:00 p.m. Heikal, Sadat, and Nasser's wife Tahia were at his deathbed.


The Cambridge Rules, first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848, were particularly influential in the development of subsequent codes, including association football.


what are the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and TB 303 examples of?

These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house.


Which range of months is Tennessee's wettest?

The Gulf of Mexico is the dominant factor in the climate of Tennessee, with winds from the south being responsible for most of the state's annual precipitation.


What von Neumann work was published in 1944?

Von Neumann improved and extended the minimax theorem to include games involving imperfect information and games with more than two players, publishing this result in his 1944 Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (written with Oskar Morgenstern).


In addition to linguistics and genetics, what field of study researches Samoan origins?

The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards.


What can a wrestler do to show a willing submission?

Also, since Ken Shamrock (a legitimate UFC competitor in its early days) popularized it in 1997, a wrestler can indicate a voluntary submission by "tapping out", that is, tapping a free hand against the mat or against an opponent.


How many groups were involved in conflict of World War II?

When World War II started in 1939, it divided the world into two alliances—the Allies (the United Kingdom and France at first in Europe, China in Asia since 1937, followed in 1941 by the Soviet Union, the United States); and the Axis powers consisting of Germany, Italy and Japan.[nb 1]


What are the most commonly used encodings?

UTF-8 and UTF-16 are probably the most commonly used encodings.


In the fall of 2014, which school did 40.6% of undergraduates enroll in?

In the fall of 2014, among the six undergraduate schools, 40.6% of undergraduate students are enrolled in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, 21.3% in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, 14.3% in the School of Communication, 11.7% in the Medill School of Journalism, 5.7% in the Bienen School of Music, and 6.4% in the School of Education and Social Policy.


In which year did the Premier League decide to give BSkyB broadcasting rights?

The League's decision to assign broadcasting rights to BSkyB in 1992 was at the time a radical decision, but one that has paid off.


Along with electronic pop, what type of music was the most successful in the 1980s?

Although dance-oriented, electronic pop and ballad-oriented rock dominated the 1980s, soft rock songs still enjoyed a mild success thanks to artists like Sheena Easton, Amy Grant, Lionel Richie, Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Leo Sayer, Billy Ocean, Julio Iglesias, Bertie Higgins and Tommy Page.


What is the highest point on the island of Cyprus?

The highest point on Cyprus is Mount Olympus at 1,952 m (6,404 ft), located in the centre of the Troodos range.


At minimum, how many regular season games did the AFL agree to broadcast?

ESPN would televise a minimum of 17 regular season games, most on Monday nights, and nine playoff games, including ArenaBowl XXI on ABC.


What period of music did the iPod help bring to a close?

The iPod's popularization of digital music storage allows users to abandon listening to entire albums and instead be able to choose specific singles which hastened the end of the Album Era in popular music.


Under Reid, multiple artists from the Jive half of the former RCA/Jive Label Group moved to Epic.


What was the name of the local government and tribunal?

These reforms, while establishing a local government and tribunal (the Real Audiencia del Reino de Galicia) and bringing the nobleman under submission, also brought most Galician monasteries and institutions under Castilian control, in what has been criticized as a process of centralisation.


What is the average temperature of Neptune's south pole?

In 2007, it was discovered that the upper troposphere of Neptune's south pole was about 10 K warmer than the rest of its atmosphere, which averages approximately 73 K (−200 °C).


When do caged birds change their preferential direction?

The occurrence of Zugunruhe even in cage-raised birds with no environmental cues (e.g. shortening of day and falling temperature) has pointed to the role of circannual endogenous programs in controlling bird migrations.


In what year did Stalin order the development of ICBMs?

The United States had used these weapons operationally during World War II, and it could use them again against the Soviet Union, laying waste its cities and military centers.


What organizations were created by Medieval craftsmen?

The role of architect was usually one with that of master mason, or Magister lathomorum as they are sometimes described in contemporary documents.


What was the name of the film's soundtrack called?


Victoria found Gladstone's demeanour far less appealing; he spoke to her, she is thought to have complained, as though she were "a public meeting rather than a woman".


How many years was Parral an important economic and cultural center?

The absence of servants and workers forged the spirit of northern people as self-dependent, creative people that defended their European heritage.


What is the most common reason for software failure?

For example, in the case of a lack of backward compatibility, this can occur because the programmers develop and test software only on the latest version of the target environment, which not all users may be running.


Germans do not liken the gods to whose countenance?

Tacitus wrote in his Germania: Germania 9.6: Ceterum nec cohibere parietibus deos neque in ullam humani oris speciem adsimulare ex magnitudine caelestium arbitrator – "The Germans, however, do not consider it consistent with the grandeur of celestial beings to confine the gods within walls, or to liken them to the form of any human countenance."


Minimally, how many hours are devoted weekly to network programming in CBC's private affiliates?

Such stations generally follow the CBC schedule, airing a minimum 40 hours per week of network programming.


Why did the oversea nominations discontinue?

Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were at first made on the nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, the Viceroy of India, and the colonial governors, as well as on nominations from within the United Kingdom.


How many physicians did Namibia have in 2002?

The country had only 598 physicians in 2002.


In 1997, a year after the divorce, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris.


Tzu Chi was the first force from outside the People's Republic of China to join the rescue effort.


Finally, while leaving a peace rally in November 1995, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a far-right-wing Jew who opposed the Accords.


In what year did Eisenhower have a heart attack?

Eisenhower was publicly noncommittal about Nixon's repeating as the Vice President on his ticket; the question was an especially important one in light of his heart condition.


How much is the worth of the British Crown Estate?

The British Crown Estate – with holdings of £9.4 billion in 2014 – is held in trust by the sovereign and cannot be sold or owned by Elizabeth in a private capacity.


When did formal colonization of the Congo River delta begin?

After centuries as a major hub for transatlantic trade, direct European colonization of the Congo river delta began in the late 19th century, subsequently eroding the power of the Bantu societies in the region.


What is Canada's defense policy based on?

Based on that strategy, the Canadian military is oriented and being equipped to carry out six core missions within Canada, in North America and globally.


What company sponsors the Thanksgiving Day parade?

The New York Wheel, a 630-foot ferris wheel, was under construction at the northern shore of Staten Island in 2015, overlooking the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, and the Lower Manhattan skyline.


What causes glaciers to deform and flow?

Glaciers form only on land and are distinct from the much thinner sea ice and lake ice that form on the surface of bodies of water.


Who was responsible for the lyrics of Avenue X?

It was produced by Playwrights Horizons with book by John Jiler, music and lyrics by Ray Leslee.


Certain bacteria form close spatial associations that are essential for their survival.


What provides bandwidth for the connecting of hosting ISPs and access ISPs?

In the simplest case, a single connection is established to an upstream ISP and is used to transmit data to or from areas of the Internet beyond the home network; this mode of interconnection is often cascaded multiple times until reaching a tier 1 carrier.


What year was the first dog sent into space?

In 1957, a husky-terrier mix named Laika became the first animal to orbit the Earth.


What is the name of the MMA fighter who carried the torch in Russia?

This gives him the distinction of the being the first active MMA fighter to carry the Olympic flame.


When did Chen Fangyun come up with the idea for a satellite navigation system?

The original idea of a Chinese satellite navigation system was conceived by Chen Fangyun and his colleagues in the 1980s.


What were some groups doing along the torch route that was not supportive of the Olympics?

These protests, which ranged from hundreds of people in San Francisco, to effectively none in Pyongyang, forced the path of the torch relay to be changed or shortened on a number of occasions.


Did the query starter believe that the festival for Mary's conception had authorization to be held ?

Bernard would seem to have been speaking of conception in the active sense of the mother's cooperation, for in his argument he says: "How can there be absence of sin where there is concupiscence (libido)?" and stronger expressions follow, showing that he is speaking of the mother and not of the child.


With the Constitution of 1988 Brasília gained the right to elect its Governor, and a District Assembly


When performing a yurchenko, gymnasts "round-off" so hands are on the runway while the feet land on the springboard (beatboard).


When did the Catalan rulers take over Valencia and the Balearic Islands?

During the 11th and 12th centuries the Catalan rulers expanded up to north of the Ebro river, and in the 13th century they conquered the Land of Valencia and the Balearic Islands.


Grand Secretary Yang Tinghe under Jiajing was determined to break the eunuch influence at court which typified the Zhengde era, an example being the costly escort of the eunuch Liu Yun as described above in his failed mission to Tibet.


Unlike E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which depicted friendly alien visitors, War of the Worlds featured violent invaders.


How many votes were cast during the final week?

Out of a total of 24 million votes, Studdard finished just 134,000 votes ahead of Aiken.


What do most mosaics from the 7th-9th centuries have in common?

Another great work of Pope Leo, the apse mosaic of Santa Susanna, depicted Christ with the Pope and Charlemagne on one side, and SS.


Baptist churches are widely considered to be what?

Baptist churches are widely considered to be Protestant churches, though some Baptists disavow this identity.


The largest police presence in the US is NYPD with how many people?

Members of the NYPD are frequently referred to by politicians, the media, and their own police cars by the nickname, New York's Finest.


There are four categories of terra nullius, land that is unclaimed by any state: the small unclaimed territory of Bir Tawil between Egypt and Sudan, Antarctica, the oceans, and celestial bodies such as the Moon or Mars.


By when does the plan call for improvement of rural Tibetan income?

From January 18–20, 2010 a national conference on Tibet and areas inhabited by Tibetans in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai was held in China and a substantial plan to improve development of the areas was announced.


What does Tuscon have a high net loss of?

Tucson averages 11.8 inches (299.7 mm) of precipitation per year, more than most other locations with desert climates, but it still qualifies due to its high evapotranspiration; in other words, it experiences a high net loss of water.


What were the group of friends of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra called?

In 1901 the accession of Edward VII saw new life breathed into the palace.


When was the North lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty?

After the north was lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1127 following the Jingkang Incident, Hangzhou became the capital of the Southern Song under the name Lin'an.


A bit reservoir allows for what kind of changes in effective bit rate?

Layer III audio can also use a "bit reservoir", a partially full frame's ability to hold part of the next frame's audio data, allowing temporary changes in effective bitrate, even in a constant bitrate stream.


Hemlock is what kind of chemical produced from a plant?

Some of these compounds are toxins such as the alkaloid coniine from hemlock.


Why do nations risk significant political impacts if a carrier is lost or even used in conflict?

The large, modern Nimitz class of US carriers has a displacement nearly four times that of the World War II–era USS Enterprise, yet its complement of aircraft is roughly the same—a consequence of the steadily increasing size and weight of military aircraft over the years.


Which direction does Neptune's winds move relevant to the plant's rotation?

The difference in flow direction is thought to be a "skin effect" and not due to any deeper atmospheric processes.


In what village is Moorgreen Hospital located?

It provides local hospital services to 500,000 people in the Southampton area and specialist regional services to more than 3 million people across the South of England.


In which season did Ford Motor Company become a sponsor of American Idol?

Ford Motor Company and Coca-Cola were two of the first sponsors of American Idol in its first season.


Who designed the headquarters of the MoD?

The headquarters of the MoD are in Whitehall and are now known as Main Building.


Central Catalan is considered the standard pronunciation of the language and has the highest number of speakers.


What scientist first studied black body radiation?

The electromagnetic field obeys laws of motion similarly to a mass on a spring, and can come to thermal equilibrium with hot atoms.


Who announced that SV40 was not associated with cancer?

In 2004 the United States Cancer Institute announced that it had concluded that SV40 is not associated with cancer in people.


What nations' assets did Nasser nationalize in 1957?

Nasser also decided to cooperate with the Soviet Union in the construction of the Aswan Dam to replace the withdrawal of US funds.


When was the Joe Louis memorial dedicated?

The image is often used as a symbol of Detroit and the statue itself is occasionally dressed in sports jerseys to celebrate when a Detroit team is doing well.


What did an alternate version of the incandescent lamp substitute for a wire filament?

The electrode then became incandescent, with the arc contributing little to the light produced.


What term is visual anthropology sometimes used interchangeably with?

Visual anthropology is concerned, in part, with the study and production of ethnographic photography, film and, since the mid-1990s, new media.


Which Democratic candidate lost his own state in the 2000 general election?

Republican George W. Bush received increased support in 2004, with his margin of victory in the state increasing from 4% in 2000 to 14% in 2004.


What philosophy characterized the Mau resistance?

By the late 1920s the resistance movement against colonial rule had gathered widespread support.


Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques.


In what year did Rome claim victory against the city of Veii?

One by one Rome defeated both the persistent Sabines and the local cities, both those under Etruscan control and those that had cast off their Etruscan rulers.


If there is no profit involved, what would happen to criminal charges of fraud?

The ruling gave rise to what became known as the "LaMacchia Loophole," wherein criminal charges of fraud or copyright infringement would be dismissed under current legal standards, so long as there was no profit motive involved.


What is the name of the BYU campus in Jerusulem?

During his administration, the university added a campus in Jerusalem, now called the BYU Jerusalem Center.


Most crevices are no deeper than what measure?

Beneath this point, the plasticity of the ice is too great for cracks to form.


The chairman of the Walloon Parliament stated on July 17, 2008 that, "Brussels would take an attitude".


How many minorities were granted cultural autonomies?

The Law on Cultural Autonomy for National Minorities was reinstated in 1993.


In what year did the American Revolutionary War end?

When the British forces evacuated at the close of the war in 1783, they transported 3,000 freedmen for resettlement in Nova Scotia.


What has Sassou's regime attempted to censor?

Internationally, Sassou's regime has been hit by corruption revelations despite attempts to censor them.


Who besides the Manchus and the Han made up the Eight Banners?

Han Chinese Banners were made up of Han Chinese who defected to the Qing up to 1644 and joined the Eight Banners, giving them social and legal privileges in addition to being acculturated to Manchu culture.


Along with Taiwan, what empire was Korea considered to be apart of?

In 1937, the colonial Governor-General, General Jirō Minami, commanded the attempted cultural assimilation of Korea's 23.5 million people by banning the use and study of Korean language, literature, and culture, to be replaced with that of mandatory use and study of their Japanese counterparts.


In what year was the Eiffel Tower built?

The notable architectural landmarks of Paris include Notre Dame Cathedral (12th century); the Sainte-Chapelle (13th century); the Eiffel Tower (1889); and the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre (1914).


What Arab leader completed the early ambitions of Arabs by conquering parts of northern India?

After conquering Persia, the Arab Umayyad Caliphate incorporated parts of what are now Afghanistan and Pakistan around 720.


How much land has the Duck Stamp Act help purchase?

Since 1934, the sale of Federal Duck Stamps has generated $670 million, and helped to purchase or lease 5,200,000 acres (8,100 sq mi; 21,000 km2) of habitat.


What sold out venue did Queen play in Canada?

On 24 and 25 November, Queen played two sell out nights at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada.


The USA PATRIOT Act of October 2001 dramatically reduces restrictions on law enforcement agencies' ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records; eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expands the Secretary of the Treasury's authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadens the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts.


Mīmāṃsākas considered the purpose and power of language was to clearly prescribe the proper, correct and right.


How many doctors saw Frédéric by the 3rd of December?

I finished them on your little piano, which arrived in the best possible condition in spite of the sea, the bad weather and the Palma customs.


Who joined the CEO of Epic Records in becoming the CEO of Sony Music?

Doug Morris, who was head of Warner Music Group, then Universal Music, became chairman and CEO of the company on July 1, 2011.


What do the Jehovah Witnesses believe God will use the kingdom in heaven for?

The kingdom is viewed as the means by which God will accomplish his original purpose for the earth, transforming it into a paradise without sickness or death.


WHen did the Canal de l'Ourcq start providing Paris with water?

From 1809, the Canal de l'Ourcq provided Paris with water from less-polluted rivers to the north-east of the capital.


What Greek word did gymnastics derive from?

The word gymnastics derives from the common Greek adjective γυμνός (gymnos) meaning "naked", by way of the related verb γυμνάζω (gymnazo), whose meaning is to train naked", "train in gymnastic exercise", generally "to train, to exercise".


When do contestants start singing two songs?

Each finalist performs songs based on a weekly theme which may be a musical genre such as Motown, disco, or big band, songs by artists such as Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley or The Beatles, or more general themes such as Billboard Number 1 hits or songs from the contestant's year of birth.


What was the result of the election of two popes at the same time?

The French crown's increasing dominance over the Papacy culminated in the transference of the Holy See to Avignon in 1309.


What type of music was used in traditional mass?

Further experimentation with the new Mass by liturgists, such as the usage of pop/folk music (as opposed to the Gregorian Chant advocated by Pope Pius X), along with concurrent changes in the order of sanctuaries, was viewed by some as vandalism.


What artist created the engraving Beer Street and Gin Lane?

The drunkenness and lawlessness created by gin was seen to lead to ruination and degradation of the working classes.


Beside European nations and Native Americans, who else attacked the Charleston settlement?

The early settlement was often subject to attack from sea and land, including periodic assaults from Spain and France (both of whom contested England's claims to the region), and pirates.


How many times were the America's Cup yacht races hosted by the San Diego Yacht Club from 1988 to 1955?

The San Diego Yacht Club hosted the America's Cup yacht races three times during the period 1988 to 1995.


What is the current rating of for Burma from the  Freedom in the World report and what caused the current standing ?

Previously giving Myanmar its lowest rating of 7, the 2012 Freedom in the World report also notes improvement, giving Myanmar a 6 for improvements in civil liberties and political rights, the release of political prisoners, and a loosening of restrictions.


It might be argued, however, that while containing the most strokes, it is not necessarily the most complex character (in terms of difficulty), as it simply requires writing the same sixteen-stroke character 龍 lóng (lit. "dragon")


However, the four years that elapsed between the publication of ASCII-1963 and ISO's first acceptance of an international recommendation during 1967 caused ASCII's choices for the national use characters to seem to be de facto standards for the world, causing confusion and incompatibility once other countries did begin to make their own assignments to these code points.


What was the first BeiDou system called?

The first BeiDou system, officially called the BeiDou Satellite Navigation Experimental System (simplified Chinese: 北斗卫星导航试验系统; traditional Chinese: 北斗衛星導航試驗系統; pinyin: Běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng shìyàn xìtǒng) and also known as BeiDou-1, consists of three satellites and offers limited coverage and applications.


In binary fission. when does each genome separate into daughter cells?

Binary fission is extremely fast compared to the rates of cell division in eukaryotes.


In what library can the book New York, culture capital of the world, 1940–1965 be found?

A book containing a series of essays titled New York, culture capital of the world, 1940–1965 has also been published as showcased by the National Library of Australia.


What type of content is delivered at madaris?

Madaris have varied curricula, and are not all religious.


What percentage of those elected from 1868 to 1876 were Freemen?

Freed slaves were faced with poverty and discrimination, but a large community of free people of color had been well-established in the city before the war and became the leaders of the postwar Republican Party and its legislators.


What do peasants make up the vast majority of in the world?

The second area was concerned with the vast majority of the world's population at the time, the peasantry, many of whom were involved in complex revolutionary wars such as in Vietnam.


Jan van Eyck's paintings are known for what characteristics?

Though not – as previously believed – the inventor of oil painting, Jan van Eyck was a champion of the new medium, and used it to create works of great realism and minute detail.


Up to 15,000 protesters wearing armbands bearing radioactivity symbols and carrying the banned red-and-white Belorussian national flag filed through torrential rain in defiance of a ban by local authorities.


When was construction finished on the United Nations Headquarters?

New York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power.


On whose behalf did Pat-rights take Apple to court?

In 2005, Apple faced two lawsuits claiming patent infringement by the iPod line and its associated technologies: Advanced Audio Devices claimed the iPod line breached its patent on a "music jukebox", while a Hong Kong-based IP portfolio company called Pat-rights filed a suit claiming that Apple's FairPlay technology breached a patent issued to inventor Ho Keung Tse.


What organization officially outlined the church's relationship to state?

The pastoral constitution Gaudium et spes stated that the Catholic Church is not bound to any form of government and willing to cooperate with all forms.


Humans have an average EQ in the 7-to-8 range, while most other primates have an EQ in the 2-to-3 range.


How many stressed phonemes are there in Catalan?

Catalan has inherited the typical vowel system of Vulgar Latin, with seven stressed phonemes: /a ɛ e i ɔ o u/, a common feature in Western Romance, except Spanish.


What democratic principles were followed by the Plymouth Colony?

These Congregationalists were convinced that the democratic form of government was the will of God.


The First World War began in 1914 and lasted to the final Armistice in 1918.


Samurai was a word used by the Kuge aristocratic class with warriors themselves preferring the word bushi.


What is one agency who is trying to help make the trade of pesticides safer?

Three other efforts to improve regulation of international pesticide trade are the United Nations London Guidelines for the Exchange of Information on Chemicals in International Trade and the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission.[citation needed]


Whereas most responses can be distinguished as falling into one of the five enumerated races, there remains some write-in responses which fall into the "Mixture" heading which cannot be racially categorized.


How many computers were connected to the internet in 1988?

On November 2, 1988, many started to slow down, because they were running a malicious code that demanded processor time and that spread itself to other computers – the first internet "computer worm".


In March of 2012 whom gained control of Mali?

In March, military officer Amadou Sanogo seized power in a coup d'état, citing Touré's failures in quelling the rebellion, and leading to sanctions and an embargo by the Economic Community of West African States.


What's Southampton University's radio station called?

Commercial radio stations broadcasting to the city include The Breeze, previously The Saint and currently broadcasting Hot adult contemporary music, Capital, previously Power FM and Galaxy and broadcasting popular music, Wave 105 and Heart Hampshire, the latter previously Ocean FM and both broadcasting adult contemporary music, and 106 Jack FM (www.jackradio.com), previously The Coast 106.


Are hardwood or softwood species more uniform in structure?

In coniferous or softwood species the wood cells are mostly of one kind, tracheids, and as a result the material is much more uniform in structure than that of most hardwoods.


Approximately how many extant bird species are flightless?

Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes.


Which airport is the second busiest in Australia?

Melbourne is also home to Australia's most extensive freeway network and has the world's largest urban tram network.


What did the studies regarding the effectiveness of hypnosis lack?

The authors concluded that "although the findings provide support for the general applicability of hypnosis in the treatment of chronic pain, considerably more research will be needed to fully determine the effects of hypnosis for different chronic-pain conditions."


It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression.


Exceptions include highly lignified cells, the sclerenchyma and xylem which are dead at maturity, and the phloem sieve tubes which lack nuclei.


What Edmund Burke concept is linked to Boullee's ideas?

There are links between Boullée's ideas and Edmund Burke's conception of the sublime.


During this era, following the genocide of Shakyas in Lumbini by Virudhaka, the survivors migrated north and entered the forest monastery in Sankhu masquerading as Koliyas.


In mid-2015 the government of Zhejiang recognised folk religion as "civil religion" beginning the registration of more than twenty thousand folk religious associations.


What product is bitumen used in manufacturing as a sealant?

Roofing shingles account for most of the remaining asphalt/bitumen consumption.


What did Plymouth council estimate the cost to refurbish the Civic Centre municipal office building to be?

Once a home of Waldorf and Nancy Astor, it was given by Lady Astor to the City of Plymouth as an official residence for future Lord Mayors and is also used today for civic hospitality, as lodgings for visiting dignitaries and High Court judges and it is also available to hire for private events.


When was Ravenna conquered by the Eastern Roman Empire?

After 539 Ravenna was reconquered by the Romans in the form of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) and became the seat of the Exarchate of Ravenna.


Slavs that were caught were moved to what area?

This process was facilitated by a large influx of Greeks from Sicily and Asia Minor to the Greek peninsula, while at the same time many Slavs were captured and re-settled in Asia Minor and those that remained were assimilated.


According to German historian Reinhart Koselleck, which two social structures left a decisive imprint on the Age of Enlightenment?

Scottish professor Thomas Munck argues that "although the Masons did promote international and cross-social contacts which were essentially non-religious and broadly in agreement with enlightened values, they can hardly be described as a major radical or reformist network in their own right."


What year did Southampton's Franciscan friary shut down?

The last remains of the Franciscan friary in Southampton, founded circa 1233 and dissolved in 1538, were swept away in the 1940s.


According to John Harrison, through the Constitution, what is law?

Law Professor Frederick Mark Gedicks disagrees, writing that Cicero, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and the framers of the U.S. Constitution believed that an unjust law was not really a law at all.


What year did Schwarzenegger's interview with Talk magazine take place?

In an interview with Talk magazine in late 1999, Schwarzenegger was asked if he thought of running for office.


A plaster cast of what part of Alberts body was placed in the coffin with the Queen?

In 1897, Victoria had written instructions for her funeral, which was to be military as befitting a soldier's daughter and the head of the army, and white instead of black.


When was Reza Shah forced to abdicate in Iran?

In 1941, Reza Shah was forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and established the Persian Corridor, a massive supply route that would last until the end of the ongoing war.


Who particularly noted the unnatural sexual appetites of Africans?

He saw Africans as inferior to Whites especially in regards to their intellect, and imbued with unnatural sexual appetites, but described Native Americans as equals to whites.


What would a hobbiest need to transfer historic recordings to digital formats?

Anyone can do this using a standard record player with a suitable pickup, a phono-preamp (pre-amplifier) and a typical personal computer.


It covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1,704,000.


Where do 90% of the population live in Himachal Pradesh?

According to a 2005 Transparency International survey, Himachal Pradesh is ranked the second-least corrupt state in the country after Kerala.


Where were the Uyghurs transferred from?

The four men were among 22 Uyghurs who claimed to be refugees, who were captured in 2001 in Pakistan after fleeing the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan.


What percentage of plant and animal species extinction is predicted in the 21st century?

While Southeast Asia is rich in flora and fauna, Southeast Asia is facing severe deforestation which causes habitat loss for various endangered species such as orangutan and the Sumatran tiger.


What language is used in Eritrean university education and many technical fields?

Modern Standard Arabic and English serve as de facto working languages, with the latter used in university education and many technical fields.


How much glacial surface area is typically considered accumulation zone?

In general, the accumulation zone accounts for 60–70% of the glacier's surface area, more if the glacier calves icebergs.


What is the most common way of referring to a language without making the determination of whether it's a dialect or independent language?

There are various terms that linguists may use to avoid taking a position on whether the speech of a community is an independent language in its own right or a dialect of another language.


What part of the province of Tarragona is Central Catalan spoken?

It is spoken in the densely populated regions of the Barcelona province, the eastern half of the province of Tarragona, and most of the province of Girona.


In what year did the northern parts of the country form the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged?

During the mid-8th century, the area was incorporated into the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, which became a part of England in the 10th century.


In December 1969, Libya founded the Arab Revolutionary Front with Egypt and Sudan as a step towards political unification, and in 1970 Syria stated its intention to join.


Accounts of the use of leeches for the medically dubious practise of blood-letting have come from China around 30 AD, India around 200 AD, ancient Rome around 50 AD and later throughout Europe.


What book did Stout and Jeanine M. Love author that further examines the on between Whitehead and Follett?

" This connection is further analyzed by Stout and Jeannine M. Love in Integrative Process: Follettian Thinking from Ontology to Administration


What non-native birds caused the bird populations of Norfolk Island to suffer?

The birds have also suffered from the introduction of mammals such as rats, cats, pigs and goats, as well as from introduced competitors such as common blackbirds and crimson rosellas.


What imagery is suggested in the Chinese characters of the dynasties new name?

In the later part of the dynasty, however, even the Manchus themselves had forgotten this possible meaning.


What subset of Unicode is used by Windows?

Other standardized subsets of Unicode include the Multilingual European Subsets: MES-1 (Latin scripts only, 335 characters), MES-2 (Latin, Greek and Cyrillic 1062 characters) and MES-3A & MES-3B (two larger subsets, not shown here).


What is the term that accounts for the constituents of the haploid genome?

Genome composition is used to describe the make up of contents of a haploid genome, which should include genome size, proportions of non-repetitive DNA and repetitive DNA in details.


The presence of whom in the French "lodges of adoption" formed in the 1780s was die to the close ties shared with aristocratic society?

German historian Reinhart Koselleck claimed that "On the Continent there were two social structures that left a decisive imprint on the Age of Enlightenment: the Republic of Letters and the Masonic lodges.


How did Victoria describe the physical appearance of Alexander?

Alexander, on the other hand, was "very plain".


West and East Slavs are sometimes combined into a single group called what?

Present-day Slavic people are classified into West Slavic (chiefly Poles, Czechs and Slovaks), East Slavic (chiefly Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians), and South Slavic (chiefly Serbs, Bulgarians, Croats, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Slovenes, and Montenegrins), though sometimes the West Slavs and East Slavs are combined into a single group known as North Slavs.


"Rudi", "Walter" and "Tito" are names that what person assumed?

As the Communist Party was outlawed in Yugoslavia starting on 30 December 1920, Josip Broz took on many assumed names during his activity within the Party, including "Rudi", "Walter", and "Tito."


In what year was a new interdisciplinary management program launched at KU's School of Business?

KU's School of Business launched interdisciplinary management science graduate studies in operations research during Fall Semester 1965.


Who is another prime minister who reiterated the principles of cabinet solidarity?

Walpole required that no minister other than himself have private dealings with the king, and also that when the cabinet had agreed on a policy, all ministers must defend it in public, or resign.


Greece's multiple governments came together in what year?

The two governments were united in 1917, when Greece officially entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente.


When were the Nieszawa statutes granted?

In 1454 King Casimir IV granted the Nieszawa Statutes (Polish: "statuty cerkwicko-nieszawskie"), clarifying the legal basis of voivodship sejmiks (local parliaments).


Which season had the biggest voting controversy?

The mechanism of voting had also aroused considerable criticisms, most notably in season two when Ruben Studdard beat Clay Aiken in a close vote, and in season eight, when the massive increase in text votes (100 million more text votes than season 7) fueled the texting controversy.


When were the staple foods in the Roman republic typically eaten at?

Fingers were used to eat solid foods and spoons were used for soups.[citation needed]


What did the gaelic root of the word for God mean?

The reconstructed Proto-Indo-European form * ǵhu-tó-m was likely based on the root * ǵhau(ə)-, which meant either "to call" or "to invoke".


Character is called what in Hellenistic art?

The motif of deceptively realistic naturalism in art (aletheia) is reflected in stories such as that of the painter Zeuxis, who was said to have painted grapes that seemed so real that birds came and pecked at them.


Who pioneered research that led to the new ANSI values?

Based on earlier research work by Loyd Ancile Jones (1884–1954) of Kodak and inspired by the systems of Weston film speed ratings and General Electric film values, the American Standards Association (now named ANSI) defined a new method to determine and specify film speeds of black-and-white negative films in 1943.


When was the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company founded?

The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company was a Dutch company founded in 1890 to develop an oilfield in Sumatra, and initially led by August Kessler, Hugo Loudon, and Henri Deterding.


Who was president Dwight D. Eisenhower's press secretary?

On July 29, 1955, James C. Hagerty, president Dwight D. Eisenhower's press secretary, announced that the United States intended to launch "small Earth circling satellites" between July 1, 1957, and December 31, 1958, as part of their contribution to the International Geophysical Year (IGY).


Who was the first person to sequence a viral genome?

A few months later, the first eukaryotic genome was completed, with sequences of the 16 chromosomes of budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae published as the result of a European-led effort begun in the mid-1980s.


Pepsi-Cola was first produced in 1898 in New Bern.


It was the first European war to be photographed.


What was the sole territory that the empire kept in the Balkans after 1913?

Justin McCarthy estimates that during the period 1821 to 1922 several million Muslims died in the Balkans, with the expulsion of a similar number.


During what century did the Investiture Controversy occur?

The emperor saw the protection of the Church as one of his responsibilities as well as wanting to preserve the right to appoint his own choices as bishops within his lands, but the papacy insisted on the Church's independence from secular lords.


How were James O. Fraser, Alfred James Broomhall, and Isobel Kuhn involved with Tibet?

In 1877, the Protestant James Cameron from the China Inland Mission walked from Chongqing to Batang in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, and "brought the Gospel to the Tibetan people."


How many millions of years ago had Homo erectus spread throughout Europa and Asia?

However, this is not the first species of homininae: the first species of genus Homo, Homo habilis, are theorized to have evolved in East Africa at least 2 million years ago, and members of this species populated different parts of Africa in a relatively short time.


How does Whitehead describe the process of a typical person noticing a chair?

By way of illustration, Whitehead uses the example of a person's encounter with a chair.


What was the Decian decree meant to root out?

In the wake of religious riots in Egypt, the emperor Decius decreed that all subjects of the Empire must actively seek to benefit the state through witnessed and certified sacrifice to "ancestral gods" or suffer a penalty: only Jews were exempt.


The Bronx is referred to, both legally and colloquially, with a definite article, as the Bronx.


What act allowed polytechnic schools to become universities?

These institutions are sometimes referred to as post-1992 universities.


When was the final defeat of the Ptolemaic Kingdom?

The Hellenistic period may be seen to end either with the final conquest of the Greek heartlands by Rome in 146 BC following the Achean War, with the final defeat of the Ptolemaic Kingdom at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, or even the move by Roman emperor Constantine the Great of the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople in 330 AD.


In what sort of theme pub could one find visitors singing with musical accompaniment?

Examples of theme pubs include sports bars, rock pubs, biker pubs, Goth pubs, strip pubs, gay bars, karaoke bars and Irish pubs.


Where are most of the low density area of Detroit located?

These neighborhoods are concentrated in the northeast and on the city's fringes.


Comparing brain sizes among different creatures is used most commonly by what?

The brains of humans and other primates contain the same structures as the brains of other mammals, but are generally larger in proportion to body size.


Why was the ability to play DVD-Video taken off of Windows Media Player?

Support for playing DVD-Video was removed from Windows Media Player due to the cost of licensing the necessary decoders (especially for devices which do not include optical disc drives at all) and the prevalence of online streaming services.


What amount of copper salt is toxic in animals?

Gram quantities of various copper salts have been taken in suicide attempts and produced acute copper toxicity in humans, possibly due to redox cycling and the generation of reactive oxygen species that damage DNA.


When was the so-called February Countercurrent?

Tan Zhenlin (term 1949-1952), the inaugural Party Secretary, was one of the leading voices against Mao's Cultural Revolution during the so-called February Countercurrent of 1967.


Which division of Dell were unsuccessful in developing mobile devices?

The growing popularity of smartphones and tablet computers instead of PCs drove Dell's consumer segment to an operating loss in Q3 2012.


What states that EU Member States must ensure that the origin of electricity produced from renewables can be guaranteed?

According to the directive the EU Member States must ensure that the origin of electricity produced from renewables can be guaranteed and therefore a "guarantee of origin" must be issued (article 15).


During the Middle Ages, the Aristotelian view was adopted and further developed by scholasticism and Thomas Aquinas in particular.


Victoria found Gladstone's demeanour far less appealing; he spoke to her, she is thought to have complained, as though she were "a public meeting rather than a woman".


How many non-white people lived in New York in 1890?

New York's non-white population was 36,620 in 1890.


What was also utilized to control ground targets?

Their larger 90 mm M3 gun would prove, as did the eighty-eight, to make an excellent anti-tank gun as well, and was widely used late in the war in this role.


What is the English equivalent of the term abbreviated by J.C.B.?

The academic degrees in canon law are the J.C.B. (Juris Canonici Baccalaureatus, Bachelor of Canon Law, normally taken as a graduate degree), J.C.L. (Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Licentiate of Canon Law) and the J.C.D. (Juris Canonici Doctor, Doctor of Canon Law).


High-rise buildings may be restricted to prevent obstruction of what views?

In the dense areas, most of the concentration is via medium- and high-rise buildings.


After leaving Destiny's Child, how many records did Beyoncé release under her own name?

Throughout a career spanning 19 years, she has sold over 118 million records as a solo artist, and a further 60 million with Destiny's Child, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.


What sort of meat is sold in Somali businesses in Minneapolis?

The city of Minneapolis hosts hundreds of Somali-owned and operated businesses offering a variety of products, including leather shoes, jewelry and other fashion items, halal meat, and hawala or money transfer services.


Where was the lisle thread originally made?

This type of thread was first made in the city of Lisle, France (now Lille), hence its name.


What is the name of Madonna's seventh album?

American music critic Ann Powers explained that what Madonna searched for with Orbit "was a kind of a lushness that she wanted for this record.


What is more contemporary Egyptian Pop Singer?

Prominent contemporary Egyptian pop singers include Amr Diab and Mohamed Mounir.


What is one way by which pesticides lose their efficacy?

For example, the presence of halogens within a chemical structure often slows down degradation in an aerobic environment.


Olduwan, Mousterian, and Levalloisian are all types of what?

Human time on Earth is divided up into relevant cultural traditions based on material, such as the Paleolithic and the Neolithic, of particular use in archaeology.[citation needed]


What nightclub in Southampton was nominated for the UK's best small nightclub?

The city also has several smaller music venues, including the Brook, The Talking Heads, The Soul Cellar, The Joiners and Turner Sims, as well as smaller "club circuit" venues like Hampton's and Lennon's, and a number of public houses including the Platform tavern, the Dolphin, the Blue Keys and many others.


In what year was the Empire State Building completed?

The Art Deco style of the Chrysler Building (1930) and Empire State Building (1931), with their tapered tops and steel spires, reflected the zoning requirements.


What impressed Liu Bei so much about Nanjing?

Sun Quan relocated his capital to Nanjing after Liu Bei's suggestion as Liu Bei was impressed by Nanjing's impeccable geographic position when negotiating an alliance with Sun Quan.


Who made rough calculations and implied that Ashkenazi Jews make up less than 74% of the Jewish population worldwide?

Other estimates place Ashkenazi Jews as making up about 75% of Jews worldwide.


What document established the border between Russia and Estonia?

For this reason the borders between Estonia and Russia are still not defined.


What percentage of viewership across the UK is constituted by the BBC?

The domestic TV BBC television channels are broadcast without any commercial advertising and collectively they account for more than 30% of all UK viewing.


Faced with their continuing inability to find a substantial site, the Companies were eventually persuaded by the Secretary of the Science and Art Department, General Sir John Donnelly (who was also a Royal Engineer) to found their institution on the eighty-seven acre (350,000 m²) site at South Kensington bought by the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners (for GBP 342,500) for 'purposes of art and science' in perpetuity.


What kind of insects attract the most attention from humans?

A serious environmental problem is the decline of populations of pollinator insects, and a number of species of insects are now cultured primarily for pollination management in order to have sufficient pollinators in the field, orchard or greenhouse at bloom time.:240–243


After the assassination of Uthman in 656, Ali, a member of the Quraysh tribe and the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, was elected as the caliph.


Who does Melissa Checker have a relationship with?

Environmental anthropology is a sub-specialty within the field of anthropology that takes an active role in examining the relationships between humans and their environment across space and time.


Why is a plant chosen for the study of its cells?

The single celled green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, while not an embryophyte itself, contains a green-pigmented chloroplast related to that of land plants, making it useful for study.


What failure caused the the flares of civil war to spark up again?

Octavian was granted a series of special powers including sole "imperium" within the city of Rome, permanent consular powers and credit for every Roman military victory, since all future generals were assumed to be acting under his command.


During what war was the island used as a Royal Navy station?

During World War II, the islands were used as a top secret Royal Navy weather and radio station codenamed HMS Atlantic Isle, to monitor Nazi U-boats (which were required to maintain radio contact) and shipping movements in the South Atlantic Ocean.


For this, he was arrested in 1820 and executed in 1822 by garroting.


In 1908 what percent of the city's population was foreign-born?

In 1908, 30% of the city's population of 300,000 was foreign-born.


Which institute involving animal life did Cavanaugh create at Notre Dame?

Cavanaugh also established the Lobund Institute for Animal Studies and Notre Dame's Medieval Institute.


Where did the creator of Mr Benn and King Rollo study?

George Passmore of Turner Prize winning duo Gilbert and George was born in the city, as was Labour politician Michael Foot whose family reside at nearby Trematon Castle.


In what year did Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo publish a paper about long-term potentiation?

In 1971 Tim Bliss and Terje Lømo published a paper on a phenomenon now called long-term potentiation: the paper showed clear evidence of activity-induced synaptic changes that lasted for at least several days.


What was the name for "the double-axe men?"

In her earliest depictions she is accompanied by the "Mister of the animals", a male god of hunting who had the bow as his attribute.


How many African American lived in Charleston in 1880?

In Charleston, the African American population increased as freedmen moved from rural areas to the major city: from 17,000 in 1860 to over 27,000 in 1880.


How many soldiers did Parisian Taxis transport to the front line at the First Battle of the Marne?

The city was also bombed by Zeppelins and shelled by German long-range guns.


What is getting cheaper as a result of technilogical change?

Renewable energy technologies are getting cheaper, through technological change and through the benefits of mass production and market competition.


With the film a huge success at the box office, Spielberg used the profits to set up the Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization that archives filmed testimony of Holocaust survivors.


What US ambassador spoke about the widespread support for Nasser's nationalization of the canal?

US ambassador Henry A. Byroade stated, "I cannot overemphasize [the] popularity of the Canal Company nationalization within Egypt, even among Nasser's enemies.


: Classic and Contemporary Readings (Oxford, 2003); Peter Goldie (1946–2011), a British philosopher who specialized in ethics, aesthetics, emotion, mood and character; Nico Frijda (1927–2015), a Dutch psychologist who advanced the theory that human emotions serve to promote a tendency to undertake actions that are appropriate in the circumstances, detailed in his book The Emotions (1986).


On what day was Alaskan Statehood finally approved by Congress?

The Alaska Statehood Committee and Alaska's Constitutional Convention would soon follow.


Which churches teach that Jesus' brothers and sister were step-siblings from a previous marriage of Joseph the Betrothed?

The term Ever-Virgin (Greek ἀειπάρθενος) is applied in this case, stating that Mary remained a virgin for the remainder of her life, making Jesus her biological and only son, whose conception and birth are held to be miraculous.


Chasetown, whilst playing at Level 8 of English football during the 2007–08 competition, are the lowest-ranked team to play in the Third Round Proper (final 64, of 731 teams entered that season).


How many MP were elected in the 1910 election?

The 1910 election saw 42 Labour MPs elected to the House of Commons, a significant victory since, a year before the election, the House of Lords had passed the Osborne judgment ruling that Trades Unions in the United Kingdom could no longer donate money to fund the election campaigns and wages of Labour MPs.


Gautama invented a new kind of human without what?

While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss]


What were preserved in typical bronze inscriptions?

The traditional picture of an orderly series of scripts, each one invented suddenly and then completely displacing the previous one, has been conclusively demonstrated to be fiction by the archaeological finds and scholarly research of the later 20th and early 21st centuries.


Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, the Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although he was the archbishop of one of the most ancient and prominent sees in Italy, he had not yet been made a cardinal.


What ages are officially compulsary for education in Eritrea?

Education in Eritrea is officially compulsory between seven and 13 years of age.


When did the University of Michigan leave Detroit?

The University of Michigan was established in 1817 in Detroit and later moved to Ann Arbor in 1837.


The use of a mixed script of Han characters and Latin letters is also seen, though remains uncommon.


What allows unhindered light and thermal radiation?

The stability of the atmosphere above the desert prevents any convective overturning, thus making rainfall virtually non-existent.


He learned poker, which he called his "favorite indoor sport," in Abilene.


Pope John XXIII did not live to see the Vatican Council to completion.


Where was support found for Greek philosophy?

Access to Greek texts from the Byzantine Empire, along with Indian sources of learning, provided Muslim scholars a knowledge base to build upon.


What is the determining factor where zinc and magnesium are very similar chemically?

Because of this some of their salts have the same crystal structure and in circumstances where ionic radius is a determining factor zinc and magnesium chemistries have much in common.


R. C. Harvey, Will Eisner and others are considered to be comic what?

Theorists such as Töpffer, R. C. Harvey, Will Eisner, David Carrier, Alain Rey, and Lawrence Grove emphasize the combination of text and images, though there are prominent examples of pantomime comics throughout its history.


What causes the assumption of constant capacitance to fail even if the effect is linear in nature?

There is yet another group, which may be linear but invalidate the assumption in the analysis that capacitance is a constant.


What do the external ectoderm and an internal endoderm layers develop into?

It first invaginates to form a gastrula with a digestive chamber, and two separate germ layers — an external ectoderm and an internal endoderm.


Beyoncé announced a hiatus from her music career in January 2010, heeding her mother's advice, "to live life, to be inspired by things again".


What were the subjects of Frederic Remington's paintings?

Western painter Frederic Remington (Yale 1900) was an artist whose heroes gloried in combat and tests of strength in the Wild West.


At how many mya did mammals first appear in time?

Sharks appeared about 450 Mya, amphibians about 400 Mya, reptiles about 350 Mya, and mammals about 200 Mya.


What song did Clay Aiken first release after losing American Idol?

This Is the Night", as well as in their subsequent album releases.


In Army XXI, how many are active in periodic army training?

The structure of the Swiss militia system stipulates that the soldiers keep their Army issued equipment, including all personal weapons, at home.


When do thunderstorms usually occur in Detroit?

These usually occur during spring and summer.


To what measurement, in cm, did the wingspans of giant dragonfly-like forms reach?

The lack of flying vertebrates could have been another factor.


What did Operation Smiles do for the Philippines?

After JSOTF-P disbanded, as late as November 2014, American forces continued to operate in the Philippines under the name "PACOM Augmentation Team".


What television network was contracted to show Arena Football League games in 2010?

The league announced plans for the upcoming season and details of its contract with NFL Network to broadcast AFL games in 2010.


Who popularized the mandolin in Western Swing Music?

Chris Thile of California is a well-known player, and has accomplished many feats of traditional bluegrass, classical, contemporary pop and rock; the band Nickel Creek featured his playing in its blend of traditional and pop styles, and he now plays in his band Punch Brothers.


What did they use to teach birds a migration route?

It has been possible to teach a migration route to a flock of birds, for example in re-introduction schemes.


How many CDs were mass produced in 1988?

In 1988, 400 million CDs were manufactured by 50 pressing plants around the world.


What music followed ancient Egyptian art music?

Burgh (2006), suggests that the roots of Western classical music ultimately lie in ancient Egyptian art music via cheironomy and the ancient Egyptian orchestra, which dates to 2695 BC.


What proportion of bannerman were Manchu by 1648?

Due to a revolt by Han in Liaodong in 1623, Nurhachi, who previously gave concessions to conquered Han subjects in Liaodong, turned against them and ordered that they no longer be trusted; He enacted discriminatory policies and killings against them, while ordering that Han who assimilated to the Jurchen (in Jilin) before 1619 be treated equally as Jurchens were and not like the conquered Han in Liaodong.


The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain management and electronic commerce, particularly its direct-sales model and its "build-to-order" or "configure to order" approach to manufacturing—delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications.


Where did the Arabs establish as the capital of the newly conquered territory?

After several incursions, the Hindu kings east of Indus defeated the Arabs at the Battle of Rajasthan, halting their expansion and containing them at Sindh in Pakistan.


What was the death rate during the Middle Passage?

For the transported, harsh and unhygienic conditions on the slaving ships and poor diets meant that the average mortality rate during the Middle Passage was one in seven.


The organization stated that analysis should be based on comparison of neighborhoods within the city and not what?

The research organization called for comparisons based on neighborhoods, blocks, or standard methodologies (similar to those used by Brookings, DiversityData, and other established institutions), not based on municipalities.


Although the ECB is governed by European law directly and thus not by corporate law applying to private law companies, its set-up resembles that of a corporation in the sense that the ECB has shareholders and stock capital.


In 2009, Tucson ranked as the 32nd largest city and 52nd largest metropolitan area in the United States.


What is becoming increasingly economic in both developing and devloped countries?

Without a level playing field, however, high market penetration of renewables is still dependent on a robust promotional policies.


What does a forensic archaeologist become stimulated to do in the presence of buried victims?

Practical anthropology, the use of anthropological knowledge and technique to solve specific problems, has arrived; for example, the presence of buried victims might stimulate the use of a forensic archaeologist to recreate the final scene.


Who was killed in the attack of the Social Democrats?

On the night of 31 July 1932 there was a bomb attack on the headquarters of the Social Democrats in Königsberg, the Otto-Braun-House.


Where was a parade held for the President of South Vietnam?

This was due to North Vietnam's support of "uprisings" in the south and concern the nation would fall.


What publication revealed information about the working conditions of iPod labor?

On June 11, 2006, the British tabloid The Mail on Sunday reported that iPods are mainly manufactured by workers who earn no more than US$50 per month and work 15-hour shifts.


The BBC also introduced Ceefax, the first teletext service, starting in 1974.


the spread of grasslands and what have been strongly linked?

Traditionally, the spread of grasslands and the development of grazers have been strongly linked.


With its good links to the motorway system, Bridgwater has developed as a distribution hub for companies such as Argos, Toolstation, Morrisons and Gerber Juice.


Who is the largest vegetable producing district in the state?

Solan is the largest vegetable producing district in the state.


What is the 2009 population of Whites in Detroit?

According to an estimate of the Michigan Metropolitan Information Center, from 2008 to 2009 the percentage of non-Hispanic White residents increased from 8.4% to 13.3%.


How many dimensions did Melzack and Casey describe pain in terms of?

The paper ends with a call to action: "Pain can be treated not only by trying to cut down the sensory input by anesthetic block, surgical intervention and the like, but also by influencing the motivational-affective and cognitive factors as well."


The Anarkali Market and Jahangir's Tomb are prominent in the city of Lahore as is the Lahore Museum, while the ancient city of Taxila in the northwest was once a major centre of Buddhist and Hindu influence.


Who disagreed with the idea of unilaterally bombing the North Korean military?

Acting on State Secretary Acheson's recommendation, President Truman ordered General MacArthur to transfer matériel to the Army of the Republic of Korea while giving air cover to the evacuation of U.S. nationals.


What group opposed the nominalists on the subject of universals?

This movement tried to employ a systemic approach to truth and reason and culminated in the thought of Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274), who wrote the Summa Theologica, or Summary of Theology.


In the audition rounds, 121 contestants were selected from around 10,000 who attended the auditions.


Where does pain-related activity in the thalamus spread to?

Spinal cord fibers dedicated to carrying A-delta fiber pain signals, and others that carry both A-delta and C fiber pain signals up the spinal cord to the thalamus in the brain have been identified.


What did the new constitution require for voter registration?

In 1899 the state legislature passed a new constitution, with requirements for poll taxes and literacy tests for voter registration which disfranchised most black Americans in the state.


What were non-Muslims also known as in the Islamic Ottoman State?

Under the millet system, non-Muslim people were considered subjects of the Empire, but were not subject to the Muslim faith or Muslim law.


How istricking the user accomplished in clickjacking?

Clickjacking, also known as "UI redress attack or User Interface redress attack", is a malicious technique in which an attacker tricks a user into clicking on a button or link on another webpage while the user intended to click on the top level page.


What was the name of the Pact of August 1939?

The government did not build them for large populations before the war because of cost, time to build, and fears that their very safety would cause occupants to refuse to leave to return to work, or that anti-war sentiment would develop in large groups.


Which contestant had to go to the hospital during the week of the top 20?

The schedule was rearranged so the boys performed first and she could perform the following night instead; she later revealed that Ken Warwick, the show producer, wanted to disqualify her but she begged to be allowed to stay on the show.


What artist did Kanye West have a feud with over Amber Rose?

He announced in January 2016 on Twitter that SWISH would be released on February 11, after releasing new song "Real Friends" and a snippet of "No More Parties in L.A." with Kendrick Lamar.


However, the army was hopeless in battle against the western forces, particularly against the young Mahmud of Ghazni.


What college of further education offers vocational courses and ESOL programs?

Southampton City College is a further education college serving the city.