In what year were corps V and corps VII reactivated?

Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops remained stationed in West Germany, with others in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, until the 1990s in anticipation of a possible Soviet attack.


About how many villas are available for rent in St. Barts?

St. Barthélemy has about 25 hotels, most of them with 15 rooms or fewer.


How many people are employed in the Texas Medical Center?

Employing more than 73,600 people, institutions at the medical center include 13 hospitals and two specialty institutions, two medical schools, four nursing schools, and schools of dentistry, public health, pharmacy, and virtually all health-related careers.


She has received co-writing credits for most of the songs recorded with Destiny's Child and her solo efforts.


What three cities were imperative for the scholarly and economic exchanges ?

Not coincidentally, on the eve of 1821, the three most important centres of Greek learning were situated in Chios, Smyrna and Aivali, all three major centres of Greek commerce.


Over the following years the city continued to grow, with the population increasing to 20,292 in 1920 and 36,818 in 1940.


Erasmus can be said to have lit the match that sparked a radical change in thinking in his era along with who?

Henceforth Renaissance humanism, particularly in the German North, became concerned with religion, while Italian and French humanism concentrated increasingly on scholarship and philology addressed to a narrow audience of specialists, studiously avoiding topics that might offend despotic rulers or which might be seen as corrosive of faith.


They also produce normal droppings, which are not eaten.


Where did Kerry's boat escape to safety?

Though wounded like several others earlier that day, Kerry did not lose any time off from duty.


Which first year student was given the task yelled for by the Librarian?

The last boy to arrive was given the task.


What caused the Qing armies to lose many battles?

Early during the Taiping Rebellion, Qing forces suffered a series of disastrous defeats culminating in the loss of the regional capital city of Nanjing in 1853.


What are the conditions like in Nigerian prisons?

According to the US Department of State, the most significant human rights problems are: use of excessive force by security forces; impunity for abuses by security forces; arbitrary arrests; prolonged pretrial detention; judicial corruption and executive influence on the judiciary; rape, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners, detainees and suspects; harsh and life‑threatening prison and detention centre conditions; human trafficking for the purpose of prostitution and forced labour; societal violence and vigilante killings; child labour, child abuse and child sexual exploitation; female genital mutilation (FGM); domestic violence; discrimination based on sex, ethnicity, region and religion.


Who passed symbolic resolutions against the Patriot Act?

Also, governing bodies in a number of communities have passed symbolic resolutions against the act.


The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Florida in 2010 was $748 billion.


Have the people of Turkey held any feeling towards the cloth symbol of the Greeks ?

The Greek flag is widely used by the Greek Cypriots, although Cyprus has officially adopted a neutral flag to ease ethnic tensions with the Turkish Cypriot minority – see flag of Cyprus).


What year started the increase of population to 7 billion?

At least until the middle of the 21st century, worldwide losses of pristine biodiverse land will probably depend much on the worldwide human birth rate.


What Richmond-area station is affiliated with CBS?

The major network television affiliates are WTVR-TV 6 (CBS), WRIC-TV 8 (ABC), WWBT 12 (NBC), WRLH-TV 35 (Fox), and WUPV 65 (CW).


What part of the Bible references the death of Jesus?

The earliest detailed accounts of the death of Jesus are contained in the four canonical gospels.


How many casualties did the Blitz ultimately cause?

The Allies did so later when Bomber Command attacked rail communications and the United States Army Air Forces targeted oil, but that would have required an economic-industrial analysis of which the Luftwaffe was incapable.


What was the name of the first legal casino in the eastern United States?

Immediately after the legislation passed, the owners of the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel began converting it into the Resorts International.


Which president declared it "a matter of national interest" to introduce HDTV to the US?

Upon visiting a demonstration of MUSE in Washington, US President Ronald Reagan was impressed and officially declared it "a matter of national interest" to introduce HDTV to the US.


What percentage of drugs were shown to be ineffective after an FDA study?

An FDA - National Academy of Sciences collaborative study showed that nearly 40 percent of these products were not effective.


Municipalities have how many major policy responsibilities?

The municipalities have two major policy responsibilities.


What was the policy of increasing nuclear weapons while decreasing conventional forces called?

Indeed, Eisenhower embarked upon a greater reliance on the use of nuclear weapons, while reducing conventional forces, and with them the overall defense budget, a policy formulated as a result of Project Solarium and expressed in NSC 162/2.


Per Nielsen, how many homes exist in the Richmond-Petersburg DMA?

There are also a wide variety of radio stations in the Richmond area, catering to many different interests, including news, talk radio, and sports, as well as an eclectic mix of musical interests.


What type of music was Date Records known for?

In 1958, Columbia founded another label, Date Records, which initially issued rockabilly music.


When were low voltage electrolytic capacitors with porous carbon electrodes invented?

In 1957 H. Becker developed a "Low voltage electrolytic capacitor with porous carbon electrodes".


The demise of what left considerable confusion as to what was to be meant by "Near East"

The demise of the sick man of Europe left considerable confusion as to what was to be meant by "Near East".


How did the British production fare as a result of all the bombing?

In aircraft production, the British were denied the opportunity to reach the planned target of 2,500 aircraft in a month, arguably the greatest achievement of the bombing, as it forced the dispersal of industry.


Bodhisattvas are not encouraged to eat what?

In Eastern Buddhism, there is also a distinctive Vinaya and ethics contained within the Mahayana Brahmajala Sutra (not to be confused with the Pali text of that name) for Bodhisattvas, where, for example, the eating of meat is frowned upon and vegetarianism is actively encouraged (see vegetarianism in Buddhism).


These early samurai armors were made from small individual scales known as kozane.


How much in contributions did the Labour party get from January to Marrch 2008?

Between January and March 2008, the Labour Party received just over £3 million in donations and were £17 million in debt; compared to the Conservatives' £6 million in donations and £12 million in debt.


According to Fred Bronson, author of books on the Billboard charts, no other entity has ever created as many hit-making artists and best-selling albums and singles.


What do some viruses store their genome in instead of DNA?

The concept of a gene continues to be refined as new phenomena are discovered.


What is the previous name of oldest recorded college a cappella group?

The Rensselyrics of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (formerly known as the RPI Glee Club), established in 1873 is perhaps the oldest known collegiate a cappella group.[citation needed]


The 20th century calendar period (1901–2000) includes most of the early modern musical era (1890–1930), the entire high modern (mid 20th-century), and the first 25 years of the contemporary or postmodern musical era (1975–current).


Poland was affected by trade connections with what League?

At the end of the 12th century, Europe was divided into a multitude of city states and kingdoms.


Which darker post-punk bands gave rise to gothic rock?

Bands such as Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus and the Cure played in a darker, more morose style of post-punk that lead to the development of the gothic rock genre.


What did builder's use in place of steel rods as re-inforcement?

On May 15, 2008 Geoffery York of the Globeandmail.com reported that the shoddily constructed buildings are commonly called "tofu buildings" because builders cut corners by replacing steel rods with thin iron wires for concrete re-inforcement; using inferior grade cement, if any at all; and using fewer bricks than they should.


The Hanseatic League was not exclusively German in any ethnic sense: many towns who joined the league were outside the Holy Roman Empire and a number of them may only loosely be characterized as German.


Gray color is often called what when referring to dogs?

It is common for most breeds to shed this coat.


Almost all of the asset-backed issuance in 2009 was supported by what Federal Reserve program?

In 2009, private issuance was less than $150 billion, and almost all of it was asset-backed issuance supported by the Federal Reserve's TALF program to aid credit card, auto and small-business lenders.


At what time was Secunderabad an important sport center?

During British rule, Secunderabad became a well-known sporting centre and many race courses, parade grounds and polo fields were built.:18 Many elite clubs formed by the Nizams and the British such as the Secunderabad Club, the Nizam Club and the Hyderabad Race Club, which is known for its horse racing especially the annual Deccan derby, still exist.


How many acres is the Narayanhity Palace?

The palace area covers (30 hectares (74 acres)) and is fully secured with gates on all sides.


The suffix "-stan" (Persian: ـستان -stān) is Persian for "place of" or "country" and Tajik is, most likely, the name of a pre-Islamic (before the seventh century A.D.) tribe.


What sort of idealist did Hegel define himself as?

Absolute idealism is G. W. F. Hegel's account of how existence is comprehensible as an all-inclusive whole.


What was Canada's date for the switch between analog and digital transmission?

Incidentally, that was also the date for analogue to digital transition in Canada.


Starting in Manhattan, the George Washington Bridge terminates in what New Jersey county?

The Brooklyn Bridge is an icon of the city itself.


Whose effigy was placed on a ship on wheels?

Also there are some indications that the effigy of Nerthus or Freyr was placed on a ship with wheels and accompanied by a procession of people in animal disguise and men in women's clothes.


Henry Hudson worked for which company in the 1600s?

In 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson re-discovered the region when he sailed his ship the Halve Maen ("Half Moon" in Dutch) into New York Harbor while searching for the Northwest Passage to the Orient for his employer, the Dutch East India Company.


Additives for sizing purposes may be mixed with it and/or applied to the paper web later in the manufacturing process; the purpose of such sizing is to establish the correct level of surface absorbency to suit ink or paint.


The City of Oklahoma City has operated under a council-manager form of city government since 1927.


Who was the core staffer to the legislation that worked for the EPA and continued to work in the Office of Endangered Species?

Dr. Train was assisted by a core group of staffers, including Dr. Earl Baysinger at EPA (currently Assistant Chief, Office of Endangered Species and International.


Characters with diacritical marks can generally be represented either as a single precomposed character or as a decomposed sequence of a base letter plus one or more non-spacing marks.


What terms are often linked to people who illegally use or distribute content that is not their own?

The original meaning of piracy is "robbery or illegal violence at sea", but the term has been in use for centuries as a synonym for acts of copyright infringement.


How many districts does the federal government control in 1970?

In 1970 Mexico City was split into four different delegaciones: Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, Venustiano Carranza and Benito Juárez, increasing the number of delegaciones to sixteen.


Who was one of the English aristocrats who supported the Lollard movement?

In spite of influential supporters among the English aristocracy, such as John of Gaunt, the movement was not allowed to survive.


What is Oklahoma's rank among states producing crude oil?

While the state ranked eighth for installed wind energy capacity in 2011, it is at the bottom of states in usage of renewable energy, with 94 percent of its electricity being generated by non-renewable sources in 2009, including 25 percent from coal and 46 percent from natural gas.


There are 33,400 Russian-speaking Finns, amounting to 0.6% of the population.


Which river touches the major shopping district near 181st Street?

West of Fort Washington Avenue, 181st Street is largely residential, bordering Hudson Heights and having a few shops to serve the local residents.


Where did princess Victoria move to after she was married?

Victoria felt "sick at heart" to see her daughter leave England for Germany; "It really makes me shudder", she wrote to Princess Victoria in one of her frequent letters, "when I look round to all your sweet, happy, unconscious sisters, and think I must give them up too – one by one."


What was one noble thing the poor szlachta did?

As some szlachta were poorer than some non-noble gentry, some particularly impoverished szlachta were forced to become tenants of the wealthier gentry.


What is an example of the multiracial identity movement at work?


Which American Enlightenment sympathiser was known for his political activism and advances in physics?

Several Americans, especially Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, played a major role in bringing Enlightenment ideas to the New World and in influencing British and French thinkers.


Who is the mayor of Houston since the last election?

The current mayor of Houston is Sylvester Turner, a Democrat elected on a nonpartisan ballot.


What endospore-forming bacteria can cause tetanus disease?

Endospore-forming bacteria can also cause disease: for example, anthrax can be contracted by the inhalation of Bacillus anthracis endospores, and contamination of deep puncture wounds with Clostridium tetani endospores causes tetanus.


During the Napoleonic Occupation of Spain, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest of progressive ideas, declared Mexican independence in the small town of Dolores, Guanajuato on September 16, 1810 with a proclamation known as the "Grito de Dolores".


When did the Iconodules  change the cross in the Hagia Sophia?

There were similar crosses in the apses of the Hagia Sophia Church in Thessaloniki and in the Church of the Dormition in Nicaea.


These storyboards are not intended as an end product and are rarely seen by the public.


How much money has been invested in Detroit in 2013-2014?

Since 2006, $9 billion has been invested in downtown and surrounding neighborhoods; $5.2 billion of that in has come in 2013 and 2014.


In degrees Fahrenheit, what is the normal range of high temperatures in Miami?

Highs generally range between 70–77 °F (21–25 °C).


The Faculties of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences merged in 2005 to become which faculty?

In November 2005 the Faculties of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences merged to become the Faculty of Natural Sciences.


Where does transcription occur in eukaryotes?

In eukaryotes, transcription occurs in the nucleus, where the cell's DNA is stored.


Who was considered to be the last king of the Roman Kingdom?

The last king of the Roman Kingdom, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown in 509 BC by a group of noblemen led by Lucius Junius Brutus.


Which river flooded in 1908, preceding the expansion of Hyderabad?

After the 1908 flooding of the Musi River, the city was expanded and civic monuments constructed, particularly during the rule of Mir Osman Ali Khan (the VIIth Nizam), whose patronage of architecture led to him being referred to as the maker of modern Hyderabad.


What year did American Idol first air on FOX?

However, Rupert Murdoch, head of Fox's parent company, was persuaded to buy the show by his daughter Elisabeth, who was a fan of the British show.


How much did Schwarzenegger spend to convert a Hummer to run on hydrogen?

The conversion was reported to have cost about US$21,000.


What kind of tourism attracts tourists yearly?

Being a city on the Ill and close to the Rhine, Strasbourg has always been an important centre of fluvial navigation, as is attested by archeological findings.


Who could the ex serfs sell their land to?

The ex serfs could only sell land to other peasants, not szlachta.


What does the Castro culture's name mean?

It is usually considered a local evolution of the Atlantic Bronze Age, with later developments and influences and overlapping into the Roman era.


North Carolina has a variety of shopping choices.


What was updated on the gunsight as a target moved?

In this method when the sights were on the target, the barrel was pointed at the target's future position.


Which British territory received independence in 1961?

Most of the UK's Caribbean territories achieved independence after the departure in 1961 and 1962 of Jamaica and Trinidad from the West Indies Federation, established in 1958 in an attempt to unite the British Caribbean colonies under one government, but which collapsed following the loss of its two largest members.


Why was the Royal College of Chemistry founded?

As a result of a movement earlier in the decade, many politicians donated funds to establish the college, including Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone and Robert Peel.


What historical event illustrated that dividing sovereignty was not possible?

The descent of the United States into Civil War in the mid-nineteenth century, over disputes about unallocated competences concerning slavery and ultimately the right of secession, showed this.


What did the Power Mac G4 have trouble overcoming after they dropped their price and upgraded their hardware?

A price drop and hardware upgrades could not offset the earlier perception of the Cube's reduced value compared to the iMac and Power Mac G4 lineup, and it was discontinued in July 2001.


What are two companies that make iPod accessories?

The dock connector also allowed the iPod to connect to accessories, which often supplement the iPod's music, video, and photo playback.


In 2001, what organization accused UNFPA of sharing office space with Chinese family planning officials?

"We located the family planning offices, and in that family planning office, we located the UNFPA office, and we confirmed from family planning officials there that there is no distinction between what the UNFPA does and what the Chinese Family Planning Office does," said Scott Weinberg, a spokesman for PRI.


Greater Boston as a commuting region is home to 8.1 million people, making it the sixth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.


What Eurpoean university practices are considered to be adapted from madaris?

Nevertheless, Makdisi has asserted that the European university borrowed many of its features from the Islamic madrasa, including the concepts of a degree and doctorate.


Aside from die casting, what are alloys of zinc mixed with copper, aluminium and magnesium used for?

Alloys of primarily zinc with small amounts of copper, aluminium, and magnesium are useful in die casting as well as spin casting, especially in the automotive, electrical, and hardware industries.


Who replaced Lord Rosebery the year following his appointment?

His government was weak, and the following year Lord Salisbury replaced him.


Who can become ordained to the Catholic priesthood after a period of study?

Therefore, Protestants desiring full communion with the Catholic Church are not re-baptized (although they are confirmed) and Protestant ministers who become Catholics may be ordained to the priesthood after a period of study.


These are called rías and are divided into the smaller Rías Altas ("High Rías"), and the larger Rías Baixas ("Low Rías").


Which pope affirmed Paul VI Humanae Vitae?

Pope John Paul II later reaffirmed and expanded upon Humanae vitae with the encyclical Evangelium vitae.


What did racial bias generally mean for Chinese people?

In the South, some Chinese married into the black and mulatto communities, as generally discrimination meant they did not take white spouses.


For what part of a motion picture projector did the Motion Picture Trust hold a patent?

For Laemmle and other such entrepreneurs, the creation in 1908 of the Edison-backed Motion Picture Trust meant that exhibitors were expected to pay fees for Trust-produced films they showed.


How many smaller cities did Mexico City make up at its height?

By that time, the total number of municipalities within the Federal District was twenty-two.


Escalating violence culminated with the 1946 King David Hotel bombing which Bruce Hoffman characterized as one of the "most lethal terrorist incidents of the twentieth century".


Which Island is geographically considered a part of Southeast Asia?

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India are geographically considered part of Southeast Asia.


How much debt was the AFL reported to have as of July 20, 2009?

In early August 2009, numerous media outlets began reporting that the AFL was folding permanently and would file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.


How do Afro-multiracials identify in the 21st century?

He claims that black-looking Arabs, much like black-looking Latin Americans, consider themselves white because they have some distant white ancestry.


What is the aim of new research institutes?

Cairo University is ranked as 401-500 according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking) and 551-600 according to QS World University Rankings.


What league are the Toronto Bluejays in?

Several MLB teams used to play regular exhibition games during the year against nearby teams in the other major league, but regular-season interleague play has made such games unnecessary.


What English Archbishop was a member of the Freemasons?

Since the founding of Freemasonry, many Bishops of the Church of England have been Freemasons, such as Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher.


Where do Canadian Forces members go for training?

Both officers and non-commissioned members receive their basic training at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.


The party's founder and longest-serving leader Robert Menzies envisaged that Australia's middle class would form its main constituency.


What exemption was removed from Windows 8.1?

With the retail release returning to full version software for Windows 8.1, the "Personal Use License" exemption was removed from the OEM SKU, meaning that end users building their own PCs for personal use must use the full retail version in order to satisfy the Windows 8.1 licensing requirements.


What is the name of the western river in the city of New Haven?

The city is drained by three rivers; the West, Mill, and Quinnipiac, named in order from west to east.


Tucson became a part of the United States of America, although the American military did not formally take over control until March 1856.


Dog minds have been shaped by thousands of years of contact with what species?

As a result of this physical and social evolution, dogs, more than any other species, have acquired the ability to understand and communicate with humans and they are uniquely attuned to our behaviors.


What was the population of San Diego at the time of the 2010 census?

The city had a population of 1,307,402 according to the 2010 census, distributed over a land area of 372.1 square miles (963.7 km2).


In what year did the Senate declare the Bacchus subversive?

The mystery cult to Bacchus followed; it was suppressed as subversive and unruly by decree of the Senate in 186 BC.


What is the larger count for numbers of dogs considered to populate the planet?

all dog population estimates are based on regional human population densities and land uses.


How can botany be applied to the construction industry?

Modern botany is a broad, multidisciplinary subject with inputs from most other areas of science and technology.


Where is the UNESCO World Heritage Site located?

In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


On which date was it announced that BT was awarded a broadcasting contract?

On 13 June 2012, the Premier League announced that BT had been awarded 38 games a season for the 2013–14 through 2015–16 seasons at £246 million-a-year.


What is the basic characteristis of Muhammad and the prophets?

Otherwise others are nobler than Muhammad's offspring and they are to be followed and obeyed; and the offspring of Muhammad are obedient and subject to the offspring of Muhammad’s enemies such as Abi Jahl or Ibn Abi Ma’eet.[original research?]


What did the March 2013 agreement decide?

In return for a €10 billion bailout from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, often referred to as the "troika", the Cypriot government was required to impose a significant haircut on uninsured deposits, a large proportion of which were held by wealthy Russians who used Cyprus as a tax haven.


When did the Mapuche surrender to the Chilean army?

During the Occupation of Araucanía the Mapuche surrendered to the country's army in the 1880s.


To what controversial organization did a Miami chief of police belong?

Miami's chief of police, H. Leslie Quigg, did not hide the fact that he, like many other white Miami police officers, was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.


After negotiations, the heqin agreement in 198 BC nominally held the leaders of the Xiongnu and the Han as equal partners in a royal marriage alliance, but the Han were forced to send large amounts of tribute items such as silk clothes, food, and wine to the Xiongnu.


Which part of the brain has led to many distortions among different species?

These distortions can make it difficult to match brain components from one species with those of another species.


In what year was the Formosa Resolution passed?

He gave strong financial support to the new nation of South Vietnam.


How many Iraqi insurgents were killed from 2003-2011?

23,813 insurgents were killed in Iraq between 2003–2011.


What surrounds the Sichuan basin to the west?

The Sichuan basin is surrounded by the Himalayas to the west, the Qin Mountains to the north, and mountainous areas of Yunnan to the south.


On what day was Alaska officially named a state?

Statehood for Alaska was an important cause of James Wickersham early in his tenure as a congressional delegate.


How many Oscars did Close Encounters get nominated for, besides Best Director?

Rejecting offers to direct Jaws 2, King Kong and Superman, Spielberg and actor Richard Dreyfuss re-convened to work on a film about UFOs, which became Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).


Where did the reserve team for the main Hanover team used to play?

Arminia Hannover is another very traditional soccer team in Hanover that has played in the first league for years and plays now in the Niedersachsen-West Liga (Lower Saxony League West).


How many concillors sit on Southampton's City Council?

Council elections are held in early May for one third of the seats (one councillor for each ward), elected for a four-year term, so there are elections three years out of four.


What do government agencies view the animals as?

However, once Europeans arrived, game animals were introduced by acclimatisation societies to provide New Zealanders with sport and a hunting resource.


What is the floor exercise events performed on now?

Today, the floor event occurs on a carpeted 12m × 12m square, usually consisting of hard foam over a layer of plywood, which is supported by springs or foam blocks generally called a "spring" floor.


In what year did Tito travel to the U.S. to visit Washington D.C., amist protest by anti-communist Croat, Serb and Albanian groups?

During the visit strict security was imposed in Washington, D.C. owing to protests by anti-communist Croat, Serb and Albanian groups.


What month and day was the death of Prince Albert?

His birthday (14 December 1895) was the 34th anniversary of the death of his great-grandfather, Prince Albert, the Prince Consort.


Along with distribution and studio operations, what part of Universal was retained by Carl Laemmle, Jr. during bankruptcy?

The theater chain was scrapped, but Carl, Jr. held fast to distribution, studio and production operations.


How many endemic species of fungi have been found?

St Helena's biodiversity, however, also includes marine vertebrates, invertebrates (freshwater, terrestrial and marine), fungi (including lichen-forming species), non-vascular plants, seaweeds and other biological groups.


The rock drawings in Valcamonica are more than 5000 years old; more than 200,000 drawings and etchings have been identified at the site.


It was the first year of Tribeca featuring a showcase of producers who do what?

The statement occurred during the third year that the festival used the Internet to present its content, while it was the first year that it featured a showcase of content producers who work exclusively online.


The safety and efficacy of new drugs must be approved by what organization in the US?

The FDA review the data and if the product is seen as having a positive benefit-risk assessment, approval to market the product in the US is granted.


What is required of hunting migratory waterfowl?

In cases where there are more prospective hunters than the quota for that species, tags are usually assigned by lottery.


For example, Armenians who originate from Iran are referred to as Parskahay (Պարսկահայ), while Armenians from Lebanon are usually referred to as Lipananahay (Լիբանանահայ).


In what countries was the hunting for trophies frowned upon, back in the day and in modern times?

In the 19th century, southern and central European sport hunters often pursued game only for a trophy, usually the head or pelt of an animal, which was then displayed as a sign of prowess.


What is important for a student in education?

Studies have shown that while educational attainment is important in predicting intelligence in later life, intelligence at 53 is more closely correlated to intelligence at 8 years old than to educational attainment.


Iran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi).


What is the traditional use of the falekaupule?

Another important building is the falekaupule or maneapa the traditional island meeting hall, where important matters are discussed and which is also used for wedding celebrations and community activities such as a fatele involving music, singing and dancing.


In Medieval and early Modern Europe what ethnicity were lumped together?

Medieval and early modern Europeans applied the name to Muslim Arabs, Berbers, Black Africans and Europeans alike.


In 1930 Thuringia was one of the free states where the Nazis gained real political power.


When does evidence show the earliest known barley beer was produced?

Some of the earliest Sumerian writings contain references to beer; examples include a prayer to the goddess Ninkasi, known as "The Hymn to Ninkasi", which served as both a prayer as well as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people, and the ancient advice (Fill your belly.


Who was annoyed that Victoria was welcomed at each of her visits to central England?

William compared the journeys to royal progresses and was concerned that they portrayed Victoria as his rival rather than his heiress presumptive.


Although reaction towards its performance improvements, security enhancements, and improved support for touchscreen devices was positive, the new user interface of the operating system was widely criticized for being potentially confusing and difficult to learn (especially when used with a keyboard and mouse instead of a touchscreen).


On what date did Bismarkck receive the disturbing report on the Posen situation?

The Franco-Prussian War thus turned out to be a significant event also in German–Polish relations, marking the beginning of a prolonged period of repressive measures by the authorities and efforts at Germanisation.


How were the terms for "green" derived in the Germanic, Romance, Slavic, and Greek languages?

Thus, the languages mentioned above (Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Greek) have old terms for "green" which are derived from words for fresh, sprouting vegetation.


What song was the lead single from the film's sound track?

In 2003, Beyoncé starred opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr., in the musical comedy The Fighting Temptations as Lilly, a single mother whom Gooding's character falls in love with.


Which hospital is located at the end if 27th Street?

Heading east, 27th Street passes through Chelsea Park between Tenth and Ninth Avenues, with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) on the corner of Eighth.


Known as the fraternal birth order (FBO) effect, this theory has been backed up by strong evidence of its prenatal origin, although no evidence thus far has linked it to an exact prenatal mechanism.


Which frequencies are you most likely to hear tonearm skating?

Another reason for very low frequency material can be a warped disk: its undulations produce frequencies of only a few hertz and present day amplifiers have large power bandwidths.


What poet did Chopin use verses from for songs?

Chopin was also acquainted with the poet Adam Mickiewicz, principal of the Polish Literary Society, some of whose verses he set as songs.


What political theory did Popper say did not meet his falsifiability criterion?

It also inspired him to take falsifiability as his criterion of demarcation between what is, and is not, genuinely scientific: a theory should be considered scientific if, and only if, it is falsifiable.


How old was Tikhonov when he stopped being Chairman?

At the next Central Committee meeting on October 15, Tikhonov retired from the Politburo and Talyzin became a candidate.


AFL Global and Ganlan Media were created in 2012 by businessman Martin E. Judge, founder and owner of the Judge Group.


Following the Reconstruction era, as blacks set up independent farms, white planters imported Chinese laborers to satisfy their need for labor.


What 2005 publication in its third edition kept to that ruling?

In 2005, the third edition of Mammal Species of the World upheld Opinion 2027 with the name Lupus and the note: "


What type of buildings were took the most effort to build?

From about 900 CE onwards, the movements of both clerics and tradesmen carried architectural knowledge across Europe, resulting in the pan-European styles Romanesque and Gothic.


How many online views did the Short Films, Big Ideas campaign generate?

Short Films, Big Ideas was launched at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in partnership with cinelan.


What drug does Nigeria ship from South America to Europe and South Africa?

Nigerian criminal groups are heavily involved in drug trafficking, shipping heroin from Asian countries to Europe and America; and cocaine from South America to Europe and South Africa. .


What states that there is no general federal common law?

Under the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), there is no general federal common law.


How many people were on the U.S. fact-finding team?

Specifically, a three-person U.S State Department fact-finding team was sent on a two-week tour throughout China.


When was the Georgia Constitution amended to add Article IV, Section 10?

in 1789 the Georgia Constitution was amended as follows: "Article IV.


What method formally adds inverses to elements to any monoid?

There is a general method to formally add inverses to elements to any (abelian) monoid, much the same way as (Q ∖ {0}, ·) is derived from (Z ∖ {0}, ·), known as the Grothendieck group.


How many tourist visas were granted in 2003?

The majority of the 300,000 tourist visas granted in 2003 were obtained by Asian Muslims, who presumably intended to visit important pilgrimage sites in Mashhad and Qom.


Which group of people was excited by the German translation of On the Origin of Species?

Evolutionary ideas, although not natural selection, were accepted by German biologists accustomed to ideas of homology in morphology from Goethe's Metamorphosis of Plants and from their long tradition of comparative anatomy.


What type of construction is best for applications that need to portion space carefully?

Cordwood construction can save significant space and was often used with wire-ended components in applications where space was at a premium (such as missile guidance and telemetry systems) and in high-speed computers, where short traces were important.


Along with a new constitution, Mali became what type of state in 1991?

After a long period of one-party rule, a coup in 1991 led to the writing of a new constitution and the establishment of Mali as a democratic, multi-party state.


What happens if a population exceeds the carrying capacity of their habitat?

Hunting is claimed to give resource managers an important tool in managing populations that might exceed the carrying capacity of their habitat and threaten the well-being of other species, or, in some instances, damage human health or safety.[citation needed]


Who was the artist of the first song used?

The song "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega was the first song used by Karlheinz Brandenburg to develop the MP3.


How did video game ratings affect Nintendo?

Game players were not the only ones to notice the violence in this game; US Senators Herb Kohl and Joe Lieberman convened a Congressional hearing on December 9, 1993 to investigate the marketing of violent video games to children.[e]


Besides fire, what else is charcoal used for?

Charcoal, a pure form of carbon made by pyrolysis of wood, has a long history as a metal-smelting fuel, as a filter material and adsorbent and as an artist's material and is one of the three ingredients of gunpowder.


At what age was Spielberg embarrassed by his family being Jewish?

I was embarrassed by the outward perception of my parents' Jewish practices.


Texts concerning Aksobhya Buddha were written down in what century?

The earliest Mahāyāna sūtras to include the very first versions of the Prajñāpāramitā genre, along with texts concerning Akṣobhya Buddha, which were probably written down in the 1st century BCE in the south of India.


What new name was given to Revue Productions in 1966?

The company reverted in name to Universal Pictures.


What game was created, to later be banned by administration?

In spite of administration opposition, students revived the game in 2009, 2011, and 2014, but its future remains uncertain.


What alternative name were the Greeks known by ?

Of the new eastern religions introduced into the Greek world, the most successful was Christianity.


The Enlightenment era religious commentary was, in part, a response to which war?

Theologians of the Enlightenment wanted to reform their faith to its generally non-confrontational roots and to limit the capacity for religious controversy to spill over into politics and warfare while still maintaining a true faith in God.


How much energy is contained in the light to which human eyes are most sensitive?

3.58×10−19 J. That is a very small amount of energy in terms of everyday experience, but everyday experience is not concerned with individual photons any more than with individual atoms or molecules.


What area in Hyderabad contains the Hyderabad Airport?

It is home to information technology and bio-pharmaceutical companies and to landmarks such as Hyderabad Airport, Osman Sagar, Himayath Sagar and Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park.


When did European countries establish colonies in Africa?

European countries established a few coastal colonies in Africa by the mid-nineteenth century, which included Cape Colony (Great Britain), Angola (Portugal), and Algeria (France), but until the late nineteenth century Europe largely traded with free African states without feeling the need for territorial possession.


Who reported that South Korea's military was not ready for combat?

In South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu (1961), R.E. Appleman reports the ROK forces' low combat readiness as of 25 June 1950.


What is the name of the secondary school for the island?

The island has three primary schools for students of age 4 to 11: Harford, Pilling, and St Paul’s.


Who makes a choice after the team that wins the coin toss has made their decision?

The remaining choice is given to the opposing captain.


What country did the torch get to for the first time?

Kazakhstan: The first torchbearer in Almaty, where the Olympic torch arrived for the first time ever on April 2, was the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev.


When did professional teams begin to dominate the Canadian football championship?

Initially an amateur competition, it eventually became dominated by professional teams in the 1940s and early 1950s.


What was the title of the first scientific and literary journal?

The first scientific and literary journals were established during the Enlightenment.


However, on March 14, Jones was disqualified in 12th place for concealing arrests and outstanding warrants.


What was the result of the 2005 election?

Despite being a persistent critic of some of the government's policies, the paper supported Labour in both subsequent elections the party won.


To what body was Eisenhower assigned after Pearl Harbor was attacked?

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until June 1942 with responsibility for creating the major war plans to defeat Japan and Germany.


Built between 1804 and 1869 in Neoclassical style, with a series of Doric and Ionic columns, it became a National Heritage Site in 1975.


The zone has attracted investors and developers from more than 20 countries to carry out their projects there.


With whom did the  early Romans expect to associate?

Ancient votive deposits to the noble dead of Latium and Rome suggest elaborate and costly funeral offerings and banquets in the company of the deceased, an expectation of afterlife and their association with the gods.


What is the incremental compensation required by investors for taking on addition risk called?

The pricing of risk refers to the incremental compensation required by investors for taking on additional risk, which may be measured by interest rates or fees.


What did the Roman emperor Claudius decide

These fortresses were designed to house a cohort of about 500 Roman soldiers.


The Janet Nicoll visited three of the Ellice Islands; while Fanny records that they made landfall at Funafuti, Niutao and Nanumea, Jane Resture suggests that it was more likely they landed at Nukufetau rather than Funafuti.


The flexibility of what segment could support economic growth in Samoa?

Observers point to the flexibility of the labour market as a basic strength for future economic advances.[citation needed]


How many dialects have been identified in the Slavic Alps?

In the Slavic Alps alone 19 dialects have been identified.


What is a pub that plays pop and hip-hop music called?

Shove ha'penny and Bat and trap were also popular in pubs south of London.


Influences also came to her from the art world, most notably through the works of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.


During what years did the wars between the Army and the Seminoles take place?

The second strategy was to form alliances with other Indian tribes, but that too was useless because the Seminoles had destroyed all the other Indians when they entered Florida in the late eighteenth century.


What is the most visited art museum in the world?

In 2014 Paris received 22.4 million visitors, making it one of the world's top tourist destinations.


What real-life pub provided the model for Orwell's The Moon Under Water?

It became famous (or according to others, infamous) during a period spanning the 1920s to the mid-1950s as a meeting place for many of London's artists, intellectuals and bohemians such as Dylan Thomas, Augustus John, and George Orwell.


Devotion is an important part of the practice of most what?

In Nichiren Buddhism, devotion to the Lotus Sutra is the main practice.


Brasília has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) according to the Köppen system, with two distinct seasons: the rainy season, from October to April, and a dry season, from May to September.


Rebirth into the formless realms can only be attained by who?

Rebirths in the Ārūpyadhātu (formless realms) can be attained by only those who can meditate on the arūpajhānas, the highest object of meditation.


The city also has an active garage rock genre that has generated national attention with acts such as:


What was the name of Queen Victoria's first grandchild?

They had been betrothed since September 1855, when Princess Victoria was 14 years old; the marriage was delayed by the Queen and Prince Albert until the bride was 17.


What perception do some feel that the nickname "The Lord's University" gives about university officials?

BYU has been considered by some Latter-day Saints, as well as some university and church leaders, to be "The Lord's university".


Name three sub-cultures in the Center City?

Philadelphia's Gayborhood, which is located near Washington Square, is home to a large concentration of


Did the glass industry have a preference for older working boys?

Many factory owners preferred boys under 16 years of age.


On what date were the armies under Władysław III defeated by Murad II?

On 10 November 1444, Murad II defeated the Hungarian, Polish, and Wallachian armies under Władysław III of Poland (also King of Hungary) and John Hunyadi at the Battle of Varna, the final battle of the Crusade of Varna, although Albanians under Skanderbeg continued to resist.


Who came up with a way to quickly produce penicillin?

For their successful development of penicillin, which Fleming had accidentally discovered but could not develop himself, as a therapeutic drug, Ernst Chain and Howard Florey shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Fleming.


The constitutional movement in Iran lasted from 1906 until what year?

The struggle related to the constitutional movement continued until 1911, when Mohammad Ali Shah was defeated and forced to abdicate.


What are two of the large non-state run research institutions in Portugal?

A number of both national and multinational high-tech and industrial companies, are also responsible for research and development projects.


Sogdian's close relative Yaghnobi barely survives in a small area of the Zarafshan valley east of Samarkand, and Saka as Ossetic in the Caucasus, which is the sole remnant of the once predominant Scythian languages in Eastern Europe proper and large parts of the North Caucasus.


(16-bit applications are developed for CPUs compatible with x86 2nd generation, first conceived in 1978.


In which century did Islamic madrasas start to transform into universities?

Scholars like Arnold H. Green and Hossein Nasr have argued that starting in the 10th century, some medieval Islamic madrasahs became universities.


During what time did London have the world's largest population, city-wise?

London was the world's most populous city from around 1831 to 1925.


What university did Edmond Halley attend?

The site of this telescope is near Saint Mathew's Church in Hutt's Gate, in the Longwood district.


Until the 1880s most of Africa remained unchartered, with western maps from the period generally showing blank spaces for the continent’s interior.


What was the first non-Pixar movie to win the Best Animated Feature Film award?

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, was not released until October 2011, due to the complexity of the computer animation involved.


Who was the chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations?

Tony Goh, chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations, has said the ACCO would be taking "thousands" of pro-Beijing demonstrators to Canberra by bus, to support the torch relay.


What were the majority of the differences in the revised budget due to the temporary changing of?

Most of the differences in the revised budget deficit numbers were due to a temporary change of accounting practices by the new government, i.e., recording expenses when military material was ordered rather than received.


Many scripts, including Arabic and Devanagari, have special orthographic rules that require certain combinations of letterforms to be combined into special ligature forms.


What is the median age of viewers this season?

While the overall viewer number has increased this season, its viewer demographics have continued to age year on year – the median age this season


How many monasteries were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution?

During the Great Leap Forward, between 200,000 and 1,000,000 Tibetans died, and approximately 6,000 monasteries were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.


What is the definition of Space Control according to the US and its allies?

This mission area includes: operations conducted to protect friendly space capabilities from attack, interference, or unintentional hazards (defensive space control); operations to deny an adversary's use of space capabilities (offensive space control); and the requisite current and predictive knowledge of the space environment and the operational environment upon which space operations depend (space situational awareness)" (JP 1-02).


Who was Universal's chairman of the board of directors after the Standard Captial takeover?

Because the Laemmles personally oversaw production, Show Boat was released (despite the takeover) with Carl Laemmle and Carl Laemmle Jr.'s names on the credits and in the advertising campaign of the film.


On which month and day did Saturnalia start?

For the start of the Roman Saturnalia, on December 17 authorities chose an enemy of the Roman people to represent the Lord of Misrule in each community.


Along with lamellar armor, what armor replaced scale armor?

The creation of heavily armoured cataphract-type soldiers as cavalry was an important feature of the 5th-century Roman military.


What music began associated with the lower classes?

It was the base of the later laïkó (song of the people).


What historical mission is a major tourist attraction in San Diego?

Tourism is a major industry owing to the city's climate, its beaches, and numerous tourist attractions such as Balboa Park, Belmont amusement park, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and SeaWorld San Diego.


What made identifying House leadership difficult?

Internal party disunity compounded the difficulty of identifying lawmakers who might have informally functioned as a minority leader.


What City College initiative did Northwestern announce signing on with in 2016?

Through this partnership, Northwestern is one of 15 Illinois public and private universities that will "provide scholarships to students who graduate from Chicago Public Schools, get their associate degree from one of the city's community colleges, and then get admitted to a bachelor's degree program."


In what century was polygenism most widespread?

Polygenism was popular and most widespread in the 19th century, culminating in the founding of the Anthropological Society of London (1863) during the period of the American Civil War, in opposition to the Ethnological Society, which had abolitionist sympathies.


Who might a higher price exclude from the market?

While the application of IP rights can allow companies to charge higher than the marginal cost of production in order to recoup the costs of research and development, the price may exclude from the market anyone who cannot afford the cost of the product, in this case a life-saving drug. "


How is the Russian SU-33 able to launch from the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov?

Another disadvantage is on mixed flight deck operations where helicopters are also present such as a US Landing Helicopter Dock or Landing Helicopter Assault amphibious assault ship a ski jump is not included as this would eliminate one or more helicopter landing areas, this flat deck limits the loading of Harriers but is somewhat mitigated by the longer rolling start provided by a long flight deck compared to many STOVL carriers.


In 1775, Patrick Henry delivered his famous "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in St. John's Church in Richmond, crucial for deciding Virginia's participation in the First Continental Congress and setting the course for revolution and independence.


On his way to Finland, Broz was caught and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress for three weeks.


What tool was used to improve sound quality in early recordings for special effects?

For fading instrumental parts in and out while recording, some performers were placed on a moveable platform, which could draw the performer(s) nearer or further away as required.[citation needed]


What is it called when a public test continues indefinitely?

Beta versions can be made available to the open public to increase the feedback field to a maximal number of future users and to deliver value earlier, for an extended or even indefinite period of time (perpetual beta).[citation needed]


What year was the Southampton Docks company created?

In October 1838 the foundation stone of the docks was laid and the first dock opened in 1842.


How was it determined that homes of industrial workers were targeted?

Captured German air crews also indicated the homes of industrial workers were deliberately targeted.


ESPN took over the package Setanta held for the FA Cup from the 2010–11 season.


How many days a week does the city encourage people to go without a car?

The introduction of Metrobús bus rapid transit and the Ecobici bike-sharing were among efforts to encourage alternate, greener forms of transportation.


Name a soundtrack in the film Who's That Girl?

She contributed four songs to its soundtrack, including the title track and "Causing a Commotion".


Which country has Nigerians sending the second-most money home?

According to the International Organization for Migration, Nigeria witnessed a dramatic increase in remittances sent home from overseas Nigerians, going from USD 2.3 billion in 2004 to 17.9 billion in 2007.


What is the OSHA uranium exposure limit for an 8-hour workday?

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 0.2 mg/m3 over an 8-hour workday and a short-term limit of 0.6 mg/m3.


What is the rivalry between OSU and University of Oklahoma called?

The state has four schools that compete at the highest level of college sports, NCAA Division I. The most prominent are the state's two members of the Big 12 Conference, one of the so-called Power Five conferences of the top tier of college football, Division I FBS.


How come no one knows for sure when Gaddafi was born?

Nomadic Bedouins, they were illiterate and kept no birth records.


What arrived in January with an engineering crew?


What has the pits from the Tuvalu air runways construction  impacted?

Since 1994 a project has been in development to assess the environmental impact of transporting sand from the lagoon to fill all the borrow pits and low-lying areas on Fongafale.


Who coined the name "mammal" from the scientific name Mammalia?

According to Mammal Species of the World, 5,416 species were known in 2006.


The Jantar Mantar consists of how many architectural astronomy instruments?

It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments.


What is the name of the canine that is reported to have lived the longest?

The dog widely reported to be the longest-lived is "Bluey", who died in 1939 and was claimed to be 29.5 years old at the time of his death.


Who funded the linking of computers around the US in the 1970s?

The effort was funded by ARPA (now DARPA), and the computer network that resulted was called the ARPANET.


How many days did Henry Hudson spend exploring the region?

He made a ten-day exploration of the area and claimed the region for his employer.


What type of view did Lamb have of the Mirror?

Murdoch found he had such a rapport with Larry Lamb over lunch that other potential recruits as editor were not interviewed and Lamb was appointed as the first editor of the new Sun.


What was Liberia's score and rank on the 2007 Corruption Perceptions index?

This score represented a significant improvement since 2007, when the country scored 2.1 and ranked 150th of 180 countries.


What are some of the components of the reserve force?

Approximately 26,000 citizen soldiers, sailors, and airmen and women, trained to the level of and interchangeable with their Regular Force counterparts, and posted to CAF operations or duties on a casual or ongoing basis, make up the Primary Reserve.


What is the average rainfall in February along the coast?

The months of December through March supply most of the rain, with February the only month averaging 2 inches (51 mm) or more of rain.


What is an example of something that serves a function other than protection?

Clothing can and has in history been made from a very wide variety of materials.


the percept at 200 Hz is commonly referred to as the missing fundamental, which is often?

In a situation like this, the percept at 200 Hz is commonly referred to as the missing fundamental, which is often the greatest common divisor of the frequencies present.


What are some popular childhood diseases?

In 2012, approximately 3.1 million people have died due to lower respiratory infections, making it the number 4 leading cause of death in the world.


What are the two standard antenna types?

Antenna arrays may employ any basic (omnidirectional or weakly directional) antenna type, such as dipole, loop or slot antennas.


I which church was Beyonce  a member and soloist  in the choir?

Beyoncé was also a member of the choir at St. John's United Methodist Church as a soloist for two years.


What do many people consider to be the source of our modern musics familiarity with us?

In a discussion of any ancient music, however, non-specialists and even many musicians have to be reminded that much of what makes our modern music familiar to us is the result of developments only within the last 1,000 years; thus, our ideas of melody, scales, harmony, and even the instruments we use may not have been familiar to Romans who made and listened to music many centuries earlier.[citation needed]


How many college students does Boston attract?

Boston's colleges and universities have a significant effect on the regional economy.


Which parts of tools are sometimes made out of wood?

Wood has always been used extensively for furniture, such as chairs and beds.


Who founded the worlds first football league?

England is also home to the world's first football league, which was founded in Birmingham in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor.


To what extent does wealth reach from affluent down to average population?

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.


According to a report in 2011, by what year could solar energy provide a third of the world's energy?

The energy from the sun could play a key role in de-carbonizing the global economy alongside improvements in energy efficiency and imposing costs on greenhouse gas emitters.


They formed the backdrop to one of the earliest football-related films, The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939).


What sort of customers did Selfridges most often cater to?

The shop floors were structured so that goods could be made more accessible to customers.


It was founded by Mithridates I in 291 BC and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 63 BC.


What Island in Nova Scotia did the Bells go to in 1885?

Bell also built the Bell Boatyard on the estate, employing up to 40 people building experimental craft as well as wartime lifeboats and workboats for the Royal Canadian Navy and pleasure craft for the Bell family.


EP discs were cheaper to produce, and were used in cases where unit sales were likely to be more limited or to reissue LP albums on the smaller format for those people who had only 45 rpm players.


Who was responsible for getting BYU acknowledged as an official university?

At the beginning of his tenure, the school was not officially recognized as a university by any accreditation organization.


What is a good technique to foster party harmony?

Other techniques for fostering party harmony include the appointment of task forces composed of partisan colleagues with conflicting views to reach consensus on issues; the creation of new leadership positions as a way to reach out and involve a greater diversity of partisans in the leadership structure; and daily meetings in the Leader's office (or at breakfast, lunch, or dinner) to lay out floor strategy or political objectives for the minority party.


What part of Oklahoma has oak savannahs?

Partial plains interrupted by small, sky island mountain ranges like the Antelope Hills and the Wichita Mountains dot southwestern Oklahoma; transitional prairie and oak savannahs cover the central portion of the state.


What eats at the plastic and aluminum found in CDs?

The fungus Geotrichum candidum, found in Belize, has been found to consume the polycarbonate plastic and aluminium found in CDs.


Each branch is then divided into offices and divisions, each headed by an assistant director.


What percent of Bronx residents called themselves "Sub-Saharan African" in 2009?

Blacks of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin represented over one-third (35.4%) of the Bronx's population.


In what year was the Malleus Maleficarum published?

The papacy further refined the practice in the Mass in the Late Middle Ages, holding that the clergy alone was allowed to partake of the wine in the Eucharist.


Before 1919 what were the German states called?

Before this time, the constituent states of the German Empire were called Staaten (States).


What types of containers is beer generally sold in?

Beer is sold in bottles and cans; it may also be available on draught, particularly in pubs and bars.


In 1921 the American Museum of Natural History hosted what event?

In 1921, he was the honorary president of the Second International Congress of Eugenics held under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.


In what year was the Honor Code expanded to include other school standards, such as rules regarding drug use?

Maeser created the "Domestic Organization", which was a group of teachers who would visit students at their homes to see that they were following the schools moral rules prohibiting obscenity, profanity, smoking, and alcohol consumption.


What does a B.mus. or M.mus. degree include?

degree (which includes individual lessons from professors).


The different colors of phosphors that can be used is based on what?

If several phosphor layers of distinct colors are applied, the emitted spectrum is broadened, effectively raising the color rendering index (CRI) value of a given LED.


When is the first known use of 'samurai'?

According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning "to wait upon" or "accompany persons" in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau.


What formed on the outside of the earth after it cooled?

The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as the result of a Mars-sized object with about 10% of the Earth's mass impacting the planet in a glancing blow.


What has the doctrine of incorporation been used to ensure?

While it has not been fully implemented, the doctrine of incorporation has been used to ensure, through the Due Process Clause and Privileges and Immunities Clause, the application of most of the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights to the states.


What else would the post-punk bands record under?

Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept.


Do some cultures not use the term "Black people"?

For many other individuals, communities and countries, "black" is also perceived as a derogatory, outdated, reductive or otherwise unrepresentative label, and as a result is neither used nor defined.


Who commanded the UK's Anti-Aircraft Command?

Heavier guns and long-range missiles may be in air-defence brigades and come under corps or higher command.


What method is used to divide asphalt from other materials?

The resulting material is typically further treated to extract small but valuable amounts of lubricants and to adjust the properties of the material to suit applications.


Along with coal and grain, what was the most important import in 18th century Plymouth?

Foulston was important for both Devonport and Plymouth and was responsible for several grand public buildings, many now destroyed, including the Athenaeum, the Theatre Royal and Royal Hotel, and much of Union Street.


What type of exoskeleton do insects have?

Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.


What did Napoleon display tolerance related to during his time in Egypt?

During the campaign in Egypt, Napoleon showed much tolerance towards religion for a revolutionary general, holding discussions with Muslim scholars and ordering religious celebrations, but General Dupuy, who accompanied Napoleon, revealed, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death, the political reasons for such behaviour: "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one".[note 8]


Who was the model for Humboldtian science?

Humboldtian science refers to the early 19th century approach of combining scientific field work with the age of Romanticism sensitivity, ethics and aesthetic ideals.


What artist worked with Kanye on his album Graduation?

Sean Fennessey of The Village Voice writes that West "absorb[ed] the gifts of his handpicked collaborators, and occasionally elevat[ed] them" on previous studio albums, noting collaborators and elements as Jon Brion for Late Registration, DJ Toomp for Graduation, and Kid Cudi for 808s & Heartbreak.


The choice of seals, or chamber geometry ,for example impact a pump. Together these are options are called what?

Collectively, these are called vacuum technique.


(Cherokee: Asgaya gigageyi / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎩᎦᎨᏱ; or translated ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎹ (òɡàlàhoma),


Which successful World Touring Car Championship driver was produced in Switzerland despite the ban on motorsport events?

Motorsport racecourses and events were banned in Switzerland following the 1955 Le Mans disaster with exception to events such as Hillclimbing.


He has also been a snowboarder, windsurfer, and sailor.


Which New York-based newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism?

Two of the three national daily newspapers in the United States are New York papers: The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, which has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journalism.


After the land was claimed for Spain, how many years passed before the settlement of Alta began?

Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later.


What is the name of the momument to the victims of war and violence?

On the edge of the Old Town are the Market Hall, the Leine Palace, and the ruin of the Aegidien Church which is now a monument to the victims of war and violence.


Approximately how many monasteries in the Kathmandu area are run by Tibetan Buddhists?

There are over 108 traditional monasteries (Bahals and Bahis) in Kathmandu based on Newar Buddhism.


The history of the Bronx during the 20th century may be divided into four periods: a boom period during 1900–29, with a population growth by a factor of six from 200,000 in 1900 to 1.3 million in 1930.


However, it is unclear whether or not antibiotics cause obesity in humans.


What communion do most residents of the island belong to?

Most residents belong to the Anglican Communion and are members of the Diocese of St Helena, which has its own bishop and includes Ascension Island.


He was worshipped as Acraephius (/əˈkriːfiəs/ ə-KREE-fee-əs; Ἀκραιφιος,[clarification needed] Akraiphios, literally "Acraephian") or Acraephiaeus (/əˌkriːfiˈiːəs/ ə-KREE-fee-EE-əs; Ἀκραιφιαίος, Akraiphiaios, literally "Acraephian") in the Boeotian town of Acraephia (Ἀκραιφία), reputedly founded by his son Acraepheus; and as Smintheus (/ˈsmɪnθjuːs/ SMIN-thews; Σμινθεύς, Smintheus, "Sminthian"—that is, "of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe") near the Troad town of Hamaxitus.


When did Comcast hope to complete its deal for Time Warner?

On February 13, it was reported that Time Warner Cable agreed to the acquisition.


When did President Kennedy issue Executive Order 11114?

The order supplemented to his previous 1961 executive order declaring it was the "policy of the United States to encourage by affirmative action the elimination of discrimination in employment".:72 Through this order, all federal funds, such as "grants, loans, unions and employers who accepted taxpayer funds, and other forms of financial assistance to state and local governments," were forced to comply to the government's policies on affirmative action in employment practices.:72


Who did the Slavs have contact with in Ukraine?

In the postulated homeland region (present-day Ukraine), they had contacts with the Iranic Sarmatians and the Germanic Goths.


Who was the director of the Philips audio division in 1974?

In 1977, Philips then established a laboratory with the mission of creating a digital audio disc.


How could aircraft engage bombers when fitted with a turret?

In subsequent months a steady number of German bombers would fall to night fighters.


What term is given to the Head of Music?

The School participates in many national competitions; many pupils are part of the National Youth Orchestra, and the School gives scholarships for dedicated and talented musicians.


What other device shares the interface used by the iPod Touch?

The user interface for the iPod Touch is identical to that of the iPhone.


What types of wisdom did Mackintosh say Burke had?

Mackintosh later agreed with Burke's views, remarking in December 1796 after meeting him, that Burke was "minutely and accurately informed, to a wonderful exactness, with respect to every fact relating to the French Revolution".


Which airport near Paris was one of the first to add civil facilities for handling passenger traffic?

One of the earliest such fields was Paris – Le Bourget Airport at Le Bourget, near Paris.


What did the Commonwealth Liberal Party merge to form?

The Commonwealth Liberal Party merged with several Labor dissidents (including Billy Hughes) to form the Nationalist Party of Australia in 1917.


The Hungarians had thrown off Turkish rule by 1688.


His short reign was described by later historians as the first reign of the so-called Southern Ming dynasty.


This film and the Spielberg-produced Gremlins led to the creation of the PG-13 rating due to the high level of violence in films targeted at younger audiences.


Poles of the 17th century assumed that "szlachta" came from the German "schlachten" ("to slaughter" or "to butcher"); also suggestive is the German "Schlacht" ("battle").


What state did Kanye West hide in while writing his next album?

Following the highly publicized incident, West took a brief break from music and threw himself into fashion, only to hole up in Hawaii for the next few months writing and recording his next album.


What does stimuli generate to send signals along a nerve fiber?

At the peripheral end of the nociceptor, noxious stimuli generate currents that, above a given threshold, begin to send signals along the nerve fiber to the spinal cord.


What two districts are extensions of the Paris business district?

Two other important districts, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Levallois-Perret, are extensions of the Paris business district and of La Defense.


Which two reigning monarchs had weddings at the abbey?

There have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey since 1100.


What concept is characterized by abrasive leads and darker arpeggios?

Netherlands brought together a concept of "Dirty Dutch", electro house subgenre characterized by very abrasive leads and darker arpeggios, with prominent DJs Chuckie, Hardwell, Laidback Luke, Afrojack, R3hab, Bingo Players, Quintino, Alvaro, Cedric Gervais, 2G, etc.


What was NOT triggered by Vieira's death?

Vieira's death did not trigger widespread violence, but there were signs of turmoil in the country, according to the advocacy group Swisspeace.


What was the site of the final battle for the Mughals?

The remnants of the Mughal dynasty were finally defeated during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also called the 1857 War of Independence, and the remains of the empire were formally taken over by the British while the Government of India Act 1858 let the British Crown assume direct control of India in the form of the new British Raj.


When did the Ottoman Empire conquer Constantinople?

Dynastic struggles and wars of conquest kept many of the states of Europe at war for much of the period.


When did the Werhmacht cross south border of Estonia?

At the end of July the Germans resumed their advance in Estonia working in tandem with the Estonian Forest Brothers.


What nickname prompted a return to the canon on the club crest?

This was dropped after the move to Highbury in 1913, only to be reinstated in 1922, when the club adopted a crest featuring a single cannon, pointing eastwards, with the club's nickname, The Gunners, inscribed alongside it; this crest only lasted until 1925, when the cannon was reversed to point westward and its barrel slimmed down.


How manys students take advantage of BYU's study abroad programs?

In 2001, the Institute of International Education ranked BYU as the number one university in the U.S. to offer students study abroad opportunities.


From the wines chosen, TCM also includes recommended movies to watch with each, such as a "True Grit" wine, to be paired with the John Wayne film of the same name.


What did augers seek to understand through observances?

Magistrates sought divine opinion of proposed official acts through an augur, who read the divine will through observations made within the templum before, during and after an act of sacrifice.


Which member of Spectre had been presumed to be dead?

Bond infiltrates a Spectre meeting, where he identifies the leader, Franz Oberhauser.


What to the migrating birds usually follow?

Most migrations begin with the birds starting off in a broad front.


What is the most prominent religion in New Haven?

New Haven is a predominantly Roman Catholic city, as the city's Dominican, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Puerto Rican populations are overwhelmingly Catholic.


When was Carrion Jr. first elected Borough President?

Until March 1, 2009, the Borough President of the Bronx was Adolfo Carrión Jr., elected as a Democrat in 2001 and 2005 before retiring early to direct the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy.


Why was the PVA unable to advance beyond Seoul?

The PVA had outrun its logistics capability and thus were unable to press on beyond Seoul as food, ammunition, and matériel were carried nightly, on foot and bicycle, from the border at the Yalu River to the three battle lines.


Some fair dealing laws, such as Canada's, include similar royalty requirements.


The OPC was quite unique; Frank Wisner, the head of the OPC, answered not to the CIA Director, but to the secretaries of defense, state, and the NSC, and the OPC's actions were a secret even from the head of the CIA.


In addition to Yale Reparatory Theatre, what are two additional major theatre houses located in New Haven?

The shuttered Palace Theatre (opposite the Shubert Theatre) is being renovated and will reopen as the College Street Music Hall in May, 2015.


Starting in the center of Kathmandu, how many kilometers must one travel to reach Tribhuvan International Airport?

A recent extension to the international terminal has made the distance to the airplanes shorter and in October 2009 it became possible to fly directly to Kathmandu from Amsterdam with Arkefly.


The bureau has participated to varying degrees, which has ranged from direct involvement in the creative process of film or TV series development, to providing consultation on operations and closed cases.


What did Ibn al-Nafis use to explain the events in Theologus Autodidactus?

Theologus Autodidactus, written by the Arabian polymath Ibn al-Nafis (1213–1288), is the first example of a science fiction novel.


How many passengers travel by Palermo ferry annually?

Inside the Port of Palermo there is a section known as "tourist marina" for sailing yachts and catamarans.


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]


It was reported that under the current deal with GE that it would happen in November or December.


What happened after Henry Nelson Wieman gave a lecture about Whitehead?

Wieman's lecture was so brilliant that he was promptly hired to the faculty and taught there for twenty years, and for at least thirty years afterward Chicago's Divinity School was closely associated with Whitehead's thought.


Where was the first Rock Oil mine built?

The modern petroleum industry started in 1846 with the discovery of the process of refining kerosene from coal by Nova Scotian Abraham Pineo Gesner.


Historian H. Paul Varley notes the description of Japan given by Jesuit leader St. Francis Xavier (1506–1552):


What term is given to the Head of Music?

The current "Precentor" (Head of Music) is Tim Johnson, and the School boasts eight organs and an entire building for music (performance spaces include the School Hall, the Farrer Theatre and two halls dedicated to music, the Parry Hall and the Concert Hall).


In what time period did the most brutal battles occur?

The majority of the fighting ended in 1920 with the defeat of General Pyotr Wrangel in the Crimea, but a notable resistance in certain areas continued until 1923 (e.g., Kronstadt Uprising, Tambov Rebellion, Basmachi Revolt, and the final resistance of the White movement in the Far East).


How many bus lines does the STIF oversee?

The syndicate coordinates public transport and contracts it out to the RATP (operating 347 bus lines, the Métro, eight tramway lines, and sections of the RER), the SNCF (operating suburban rails, one tramway line and the other sections of the RER) and the Optile consortium of private operators managing 1,176 bus lines.


What do the people of Cyprus rely on for domestic and agricultural supply of water?

Dams remain the principal source of water both for domestic and agricultural use; Cyprus has a total of 107 dams (plus one currently under construction) and reservoirs, with a total water storage capacity of about 330,000,000 m3 (1.2×1010 cu ft).


Which movie earned Madonna a Golden Globe Award?

She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, particularly after she founded entertainment company Maverick (including the label Maverick Records).


How many insititutions comprise the Association of American Universities' membership?

There are also educational and research sites in Parsons and Topeka, and branches of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita and Salina.


Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs.[citation needed]


How would you describe a diet of a species that eats primarily dead organic material?

On the other hand, detritivores simply eat dead organic material arising from the decay of dead individuals and have no direct impact on the "donor" organism(s).


What geographic feature keeps some cold inland air from reaching Richmond?

The open waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean contribute to the humid summers and mild winters.


What is the most important sports event held on Tuvalu?

A major sporting event is the "Independence Day Sports Festival" held annually on 1 October.


Where is there little variation in the length of day throughout the year?

There is evidence that this enables the migrants to obtain more of their preferred foods such as fruits.


Has the level of crime in Palermo risen or declined?

The city, however, still has high unemployment levels, high corruption and a significant black market empire (Palermo being the home of the Sicilian Mafia).


How many types of trees are in Crotona Park?

The land for these parks, and many others, was bought by New York City in 1888, while land was still open and inexpensive, in anticipation of future needs and future pressures for development.


The original Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 on 161st Street and River Avenue, a year that saw the Yankees bring home their first of 27 World Series Championships.


Who discussed the idea of a collective effervescence?

He explained how the heightened state of emotional energy achieved during totemic rituals transported individuals above themselves giving them the sense that they were in the presence of a higher power, a force, that was embedded in the sacred objects that were worshipped.


What policy did the Marble Palace introduce?

He offered European retail merchandise at fixed prices on a variety of dry goods, and advertised a policy of providing "free entrance" to all potential customers.


Eastern North Carolina is also known as what?

Differences in the settlement patterns of eastern and western North Carolina, or the Low Country and uplands, affected the political, economic, and social life of the state from the 18th until the 20th century.


Who composed the first printed constitutions for Freemasons?

At the dawn of the Grand Lodge era, during the 1720s, James Anderson composed the first printed constitutions for Freemasons, the basis for most subsequent constitutions, which specifically excluded women from Freemasonry.


What did the BBC say that Glencore used child labour for in 2012?

BBC, in 2012, accused Glencore of using child labour in its mining and smelting operations of Africa.


Who did Avicenna learn Indian arithmetic from?

According to his autobiography, Avicenna had memorised the entire Quran by the age of 10.


Who did Paul Morley collaborate with on the Art of Noise?

Writers like Paul Morley began advocating "overground brightness" instead of the experimental sensibilities promoted in early years.


For the first quarter of 2009, what was the annualized rate of decline in GDP in Germany?

The Brookings Institution reported in June 2009 that U.S. consumption accounted for more than a third of the growth in global consumption between 2000 and 2007.


Dimitris Lipertis, Vasilis Michaelides and Pavlos Liasides are folk poets who wrote poems mainly in the Cypriot-Greek dialect.


The Holocaust (which roughly means "burnt whole") was the deliberate and systematic murder of millions of Jews and other "unwanted" during World War II by the Nazi regime in Germany.


During the middle and early parts of what decade did the similarity of Easy Listening and Hot 100 increase?

The Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s, when the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio once more began to soften.


What did former student Tracy Hall invent as a BYU professor of chemistry and Director of Research?

While there, he invented a new type of diamond press, the tetrahedral press.


What village protested over the large-scale death of fish in a nearby river on September 15, 2011?

On Thursday, September 15, 2011, more than 500 people from Hongxiao Village protested over the large-scale death of fish in a nearby river.


What French sociologist and anthropologist stated that Whitehead was "the greatest philosopher of the 20th century"?

French sociologist and anthropologist Bruno Latour even went so far as to call Whitehead "the greatest philosopher of the 20th century."


Without specific primary qualities, an object would not be what it is.


What will be the end result of God's kingdom?

Satan will subsequently attack Jehovah's Witnesses, an action that will prompt God to begin the war of Armageddon, during which all forms of government and all people not counted as Christ's "sheep", or true followers, will be destroyed.


What counties does the GRTC link to Richmond?

Local transit and paratransit bus service in Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield counties is provided by the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC).


When did Panama's Department stores first start?

Panama's first department stores such as Bazaar Francés, La Dalia and La Villa de Paris started as textile retailers at the turn of the nineteenth century.


How many Georgians speak Russian natively?

Ethnologue cites Russian as the country's de facto working language.


For whom was Enlightenment mankind's final coming of age, the emancipation of the human consciousness from an immature state of ignorance?"

For Kant, Enlightenment was mankind's final coming of age, the emancipation of the human consciousness from an immature state of ignorance."


What year were students killed as part of a road cleanup project?

In 2012 there was an accident near city of Nalchik where a car killed several pupils cleaning up a highway shoulder during their "holiday work" as well as their teacher who was supervising them.


when was Chip E's hit "It's House" released?

As Heard At The Warehouse", which was shortened to simply "House".


Along with CHR, Top 40 and Latino, what format have former AC stations transitioned to?

Beginning with the 2005-2007 economic downturn and eventual recession most stations went for the more chart-based CHR, along with the top 40, urban and even Latino formats.


The first show drew 9.9 million viewers, giving Fox the best viewing figure for the 8.30 pm spot in over a year.


Who was known for focusing on the environment in the 1960s?

Sustainability in architecture was pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright, in the 1960s by Buckminster Fuller and in the 1970s by architects such as Ian McHarg and Sim Van der Ryn in the US and Brenda and Robert Vale in the UK and New Zealand.


How many of Ibn Sina's shorter works were said to have been created in Rey?

Ibn Sina, however, remained hidden for forty days in sheikh Ahmed Fadhel's house, until a fresh attack of illness induced the emir to restore him to his post.


Over 72,500 Mexicans lived in the Bronx, and they formed 5.2% of the population.


How old was George H. Brimhall when he completed High School?

He had not received a high school education until he was forty.


What are code points in the range U+DC00-U+DFFF known as?

Thus the range of code points that are available for use as characters is U+0000–U+D7FF and U+E000–U+10FFFF (1,112,064 code points).


What's Sony's budget line of PS3 games called in Japan?

Sony have since launched their budget range of PlayStation 3 titles, known as the Greatest Hits range in North America, the Platinum range in Europe and Australia and The Best range in Japan.


What agreement did the Belavezha Accords supersede?

The agreement declared dissolution of the USSR by its founder states (i.e. denunciation of 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the USSR) and established the CIS.


Approximately how many people live throughout the year at research stations across Antarctica?

There are no permanent human residents, but anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside throughout the year at the research stations scattered across the continent.


Schwarzenegger's initial divorce petition failed to provide for attorney's fee reimbursement and what other condition of divorce?

Schwarzenegger came under fire after the initial petition did not include spousal support and a reimbursement of attorney's fees.


What was a possible reason for Chopin's failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska?

Sand, in a letter to Grzymała of June 1838, admitted strong feelings for the composer and debated whether to abandon a current affair in order to begin a relationship with Chopin; she asked Grzymała to assess Chopin's relationship with Maria Wodzińska, without realising that the affair, at least from Maria's side, was over.


In exchange for helping Austria, Russia wanted to be freely able to handle any issues they had with who?

Russia, as a member of the Holy Alliance, had operated as the "police of Europe", maintaining the balance of power that had been established in the Treaty of Vienna in 1815.


Where was the event launching the publicly-available archive held?

Information had been kept on digital tape for five years, with Kahle occasionally allowing researchers and scientists to tap into the clunky database.


What year was Cyprus supposed to host the international art festival Manifesta?

One of the features of Cypriot art is a tendency towards figurative painting although conceptual art is being rigorously promoted by a number of art "institutions" and most notably the Nicosia Municipal Art Centre.


What is a measure of pesticides determined in EPA studies?

Studies must be conducted to establish the conditions in which the material is safe to use and the effectiveness against the intended pest(s).


Spanish was the language spoken by the first permanent European settlers in North America.


The request was denied and Ubayd-Allah bin Ziyad killed Muslim bin Agail.


Do those who from Greek descent desire an education from other parts of the world ?

Hundreds of thousands of Greek students attend western universities every year while the faculty lists of leading Western universities contain a striking number of Greek names.


What two languages mentioned have have preaspirated [ʰp ʰt ʰk]?

In Icelandic, preaspirated stops contrast with double stops and single stops:


What must a police officer recite to a suspect upon arrest/

In turn, the exclusionary rule spawned a family of judge-made remedies for the abuse of law enforcement powers, of which the most famous is the Miranda warning.


What is preserved as an example of medieval architecture?

In Switzerland, Château de Chillon is preserved as an example of medieval architecture.


The Antebellum Period is often considered to have begun with the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854,[citation needed] although it may have begun as early as 1812.


What product significantly dropped in price at the end of World War I?

German merchants and settlers were active in introducing large scale plantation operations and developing new industries, notably cocoa bean and rubber, relying on imported labourers from China and Melanesia.


What belief did Galileo have at the time that appeared to be extremely heretical to the church?

Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy", namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the centre of the universe, that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to Holy Scripture.


To which college did Sylvester Primer belong?

It is typically heard in wealthy white families who trace their families back generations in the city.


In what century did Scandinavian settlement begin in northern England?

It was West Saxon that formed the basis for the literary standard of the later Old English period, although the dominant forms of Middle and Modern English would develop mainly from Mercian.


To whom do Bucopho take the decisions and concerns?

As noted above, there are 55 tinkhundla in Swaziland and each elects one representative to the House of Assembly of Swaziland.


Until what time did the Vestal retain their social distinctions?

They seem to have retained their religious and social distinctions well into the 4th century, after political power within the Empire had shifted to the Christians.


What are three languages employed by the Manichaeans?

Manichaean texts were written in a script closely akin to the Syriac script.


Who commanded the soldiers sent by Camillo di Cavour?

The deployment of Italian troops to the Crimea, and the gallantry shown by them in the Battle of the Chernaya (16 August 1855) and in the siege of Sevastopol, allowed the Kingdom of Sardinia to be among the participants at the peace conference at the end of the war, where it could address the issue of the Risorgimento to other European powers.


Who partitioned Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia?

Peaceful protests in Yerevan supporting the Karabakh Armenians were met with anti-Armenian pogroms in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait.


How many satellites were launched from 2009-2011?

It was followed by further nine satellites during 2009-2011, achieving functional regional coverage.


What year did Howard Kendall return to manage Everton?

Howard Kendall had returned in 1990 but could not repeat his previous success, while his successor, Mike Walker, was statistically the least successful Everton manager to date.


Who pointed out that "if copyright were a natural right nothing could justify terminating this right after a certain period of time"?

On the assumption that intellectual property rights are actual rights Stallman argues that this claim does not live to the historical intentions behind these laws, which in the case of copyright served as a censorship system, and later on, a regulatory model for the printing press that may have benefited authors incidentally, but never interfered with the freedom of average readers.


What backup element is still found on Windows 8?

Backup and Restore, the backup component of Windows, is deprecated.


Which Civil War general used Houston as a headquarters?

During the American Civil War, Houston served as a headquarters for General John Bankhead Magruder, who used the city as an organization point for the Battle of Galveston.


What stupa is located close to the Taragaon Museum?

Restoration works began in 2010 to rehabilitate the Taragaon hostel into the Taragaon Museum.


Also in occasional modern use is 鱻 (xiān "fresh"; variant of 鮮 xiān) with 33 strokes.


Who became Catholicos in Etchmiadzin in 1441?

In 1441, a new Catholicos was elected in Etchmiadzin in the person of Kirakos Virapetsi, while Krikor Moussapegiants preserved his title as Catholicos of Cilicia.


What would be the traditional form of a gender-invariable adjective?

There is a tendency to abandon traditionally gender-invariable adjectives in favour of marked ones, something prevalent in Occitan and French.


The city is also home to PBS station WGBH-TV, a major producer of PBS programs, which also operates WGBX.


What is one religious text that was thought to eventually lead to a peace between all?

In the high Renaissance, in fact, there was a hope that more direct knowledge of the wisdom of antiquity, including the writings of the Church fathers, the earliest known Greek texts of the Christian Gospels, and in some cases even the Jewish Kabbalah, would initiate a harmonious new era of universal agreement.


Howmany hours a day does SNTV broadcast?

After a 20-year hiatus, the station was shortly thereafter officially re-launched on April 4, 2011.


What institute promotes awareness of native culture?

In 2010, there were 245 museums in Estonia whose combined collections contain more than 10 million objects.


In what year to Candolle introduce the Candollean system?

Adanson (1763), de Jussieu (1789), and Candolle (1819)


What was the government of China accused of during the Kokang offensive ?

During the incident the government of China was accused of giving military assistance to the ethnic Chinese rebels.


What does the host make that affect its genes?

As a result, the host favors endosymbiont's growth processes within itself by producing some specialized cells.


What is the specific moral code for monks and nuns?

The precise content of the vinayapitaka (scriptures on Vinaya) differs slightly according to different schools, and different schools or subschools set different standards for the degree of adherence to Vinaya.


Where did Ptolemy settle his most of his veterans?

Ptolemy built new cities such as Ptolemais Hermiou in upper Egypt and settled his veterans throughout the country, especially in the region of the Faiyum.


Various interpretations of the term may include some or all of these regions.


What nickname has been given to the fans who sit in the bleacher section at Wrigley Field?

The "Bleacher Bums" is a name given to fans, many of whom spend much of the day heckling, who sit in the bleacher section at Wrigley Field.


On 2 December 1942, as part of the Manhattan Project, another team led by Enrico Fermi was able to initiate the first artificial self-sustained nuclear chain reaction, Chicago Pile-1.


How much of Nigeria's population can read?

68% of the Nigerian population is literate, and the rate for men (75.7%) is higher than that for women (60.6%).


How is Kazakhstan's human rights record compared to the rest of the world?

In September 2013, West was widely rebuked by human rights groups for performing in Kazakhstan at the wedding of authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev's grandson.


In a course at the LSA summer institute in 1991, Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky developed optimality theory—an overall architecture for phonology according to which languages choose a pronunciation of a word that best satisfies a list of constraints ordered by importance; a lower-ranked constraint can be violated when the violation is necessary in order to obey a higher-ranked constraint.


Starting in the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, that limit has been exceeded.