The area west of London's city is characterized by what type of building?

Some areas of the city, particularly those just west of the centre, are characterised by white stucco or whitewashed buildings.


Flower evolution continues to the present day; modern flowers have been so profoundly influenced by humans that some of them cannot be pollinated in nature.


What is the maximum prison time for infringement under the new law?

Maximum penalties can be five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.


On which date did Detroit file bankruptcy?

On November 7, 2014, Judge Rhodes approved the city's bankruptcy plan, allowing the city to begin the process of exiting bankruptcy.


Where did Chopin and Hiller go with the person Chopin met in the spring of 1834?

In the spring of 1834, Chopin attended the Lower Rhenish Music Festival in Aix-la-Chapelle with Hiller, and it was there that Chopin met Felix Mendelssohn.


The typic Swiss chalet originated from where?

The typical Swiss chalet originated in the Bernese Oberland.


What is notable about the city forest Eilenriede?

Some other popular sights are the Waterloo Column, the Laves House, the Wangenheim Palace, the Lower Saxony State Archives, the Hanover Playhouse, the Kröpcke Clock, the Anzeiger Tower Block, the Administration Building of the NORD/LB, the Cupola Hall of the Congress Centre, the Lower Saxony Stock, the Ministry of Finance, the Garten Church, the Luther Church, the Gehry Tower (designed by the American architect Frank O. Gehry), the specially designed Bus Stops, the Opera House, the Central Station, the Maschsee lake and the city forest Eilenriede, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe.


Which village do 3rd and 4th Street extend into?

Great Jones Street connects East 3rd to West 3rd.


Where are many of the corporate headquarters and other tall buildings located?

Interlomas, which are also the city's most important areas of class A office space, corporate headquarters, skyscrapers and shopping malls.


In 2006 the population of Pima County, in which Tucson is located, passed one million while the City of Tucson's population was 535,000.


How much material did the North Koreans give to the Chinese communists?

According to Chinese sources, the North Koreans donated 2,000 railway cars worth of matériel while thousands of Koreans served in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the war.


What damaged the Eisenhower Pine in February 2014?

The tree was removed in February 2014 after an ice storm caused it significant damage.


What is the modern replacement for Ceefax?

This service allows BBC viewers to view textual information such as the latest news on their television.


What does the first stage of puberty involve for males?

The first ejaculation of seminal fluid generally occurs about one year after the beginning of accelerated penis growth, although this is often determined culturally rather than biologically, since for many boys first ejaculation occurs as a result of masturbation.


The two great ancient Greek historians were?

In ancient Greece, the epics of Homer, who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, and Hesiod, who wrote Works and Days and Theogony, are some of the earliest, and most influential, of Ancient Greek literature.


How soon after did another series start after the Digimon Adventure 02?

The film series also feature several DigiDestined having their partners Digivolve up to the Mega level for the first time, a feat only Tai and Matt had achieved previously.


What did the smallpox epidemic reduce the population down to in Chamorro?

Captain Juan de Santiago started a campaign to pacify the island, which was continued by the successive commanders of the Spanish forces.:68–74


Who did Madonna play in the role A League Of Their Own?

In 1992, Madonna had a role in A League of Their Own as Mae Mordabito, a baseball player on an all-women's team.


In 1203, what area was a stronghold of the Cathar?

At that time the south of France was the stronghold of the Cathar or Albigensian heresy, named after the Duke of Albi, a Cathar sympathiser and opponent to the subsequent Albigensian Crusade (1209–1229).


Why did On the Origin of Species likely raise so much interest and debate?

The book aroused international interest and a widespread debate, with no sharp line between scientific issues and ideological, social and religious implications.


What does it take a person to be able to do?

Relying exclusively on unedited machine translation, however, ignores the fact that communication in human language is context-embedded and that it takes a person to comprehend the context of the original text with a reasonable degree of probability.


Most make insects contain a pair of what?

Most male insects have a pair of testes, inside of which are sperm tubes or follicles that are enclosed within a membranous sac.


What percentage of Imperial's staff was deemed to be internationally excellent in 2008?

The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise also showed five subjects – Pure Mathematics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering – were assessed to be the best[clarification needed] in terms of the proportion of internationally recognised research quality.


The leading contenders for power at this time were Hong Taiji's oldest son Hooge and Hong Taiji' half brother Dorgon.


What year did the foundation end its run?

In 2008, following the death of West's mother, the foundation was rechristened "The Dr. Donda West Foundation."


Madonna and Maverick sued which company for poor bookkeeping and mismanagement of resources?

The next year Madonna and Maverick sued Warner Music Group and its former parent company Time Warner, claiming that mismanagement of resources and poor bookkeeping had cost the company millions of dollars.


How many Fortune 500 companies call Philadelpia home?

Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies.


How does the University Library rank among North American university libraries?

The Northwestern library system consists of four libraries on the Evanston campus including the present main library, University Library and the original library building, Deering Library; three libraries on the Chicago campus; and the library affiliated with Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.


About how large is the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in acres?

Gateway National Recreation Area contains over 26,000 acres (10,521.83 ha) in total, most of it surrounded by New York City, including the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Brooklyn and Queens, over 9,000 acres (36 km2) of salt marsh, islands, and water, including most of Jamaica Bay.


What is required of hunting migratory waterfowl?

Hunting migratory waterfowl requires a duck stamp from the Fish and Wildlife Service in addition to the appropriate state hunting license.


Who was the leader of the American Idol band in season five?

With the exception of seasons one and two, the contestants in the semifinals onwards perform in front of a studio audience.


What is the name of the trumpet like musical instrument made of wood has become the epitome of traditional Swiss music?

The alphorn, a trumpet-like musical instrument made of wood, has become alongside yodeling and the accordion an epitome of traditional Swiss music.


The humoral (antibody) response is defined as the interaction between antibodies and antigens.


Who initially proposed using the term "Native American" to recognize the primacy of the native population?

However, since the 20th century, indigenous peoples in the Americas have been more vocal about the ways they wish to be referred to, pressing for the elimination of terms widely considered to be obsolete, inaccurate, or racist.


How much did Beyoncé get for a deal with a soft drink company in 2012?

Nevertheless, NetBase found that Beyoncé's campaign was the most talked about endorsement in April 2013, with a 70 per cent positive audience response to the commercial and print ads.


On 25 September, Seoul was recaptured by South Korean forces.


Who was one of the original survivor's to sail on to Jamestown.

Among them was John Rolfe, whose wife and child died and were buried in Bermuda.


Whose philosophy heavily influenced Hayek?

On his mother's side, Hayek was second cousin to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.


What ancient civilization lived in Punjab?

Punjab was part of the Indus Valley Civilization, more than 4000 years ago.


In pence, what did the cheapest beer cost in the four-ale bar?

This bar was known as the four-ale bar from the days when the cheapest beer served there cost 4 pence (4d) a quart.[citation needed]


When did American military involvement ramp up in Vietnam?

The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1959 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos (see Secret War) and in the strategic bombing (see Operation Rolling Thunder) of North Vietnam.


Bird migration is not limited to birds that can fly.


The word ale comes from Old English ealu (plural ealoþ), in turn from Proto-Germanic *alu (plural *aluþ), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European base *h₂elut-, which holds connotations of "sorcery, magic, possession, intoxication".


When was the word "genocide" first used?

Before this, in 1941, Winston Churchill described the mass killing of Russian prisoners of war and civilians as "a crime without a name".


What do these policy statements suggest?

No major mental health professional organization has sanctioned efforts to change sexual orientation and virtually all of them have adopted policy statements cautioning the profession and the public about treatments that purport to change sexual orientation.


Who would be responsible for the election of a plebeian tribune?

Once a measure received support from a majority of the tribes, the voting would end.


How many votes did the vote of confidence lose by in 1979?

When the Labour government duly refused to push ahead with setting up the proposed Scottish Assembly, the SNP withdrew its support for the government: this finally brought the government down as it triggered a vote of confidence in Callaghan's government that was lost by a single vote on 28 March 1979, necessitating a general election.


How many seats are in the Legislative Council of Saint Helena?

These proposals were put to a referendum on 23 March 2013 where they were defeated by 158 votes to 42 on a 10% turnout.


What types of stimuli were found to arouse women?

The study found that women's genitals become aroused to both human and nonhuman stimuli from movies showing humans of both genders having sex (heterosexual and homosexual) and from videos showing non-human primates (bonobos) having sex.


What was society in  the Tokugawa period based in?

Society in the Japanese "Tokugawa period" (Edo society), unlike the shogunates before it, was based on the strict class hierarchy originally established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.


In 1524, the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, and as of 1585 it was officially known as Ciudad de México (Mexico City).


The majority of experts agree that the earliest pre-modern human migration via Beringia took place at least 13,500 years ago, with disputed evidence that people had migrated into the Americas much earlier, up to 40,000 years ago.


In what city and state did the 1993 All-Star Game occur?

In 1993, the league staged its first All-Star Game in Des Moines, Iowa, the future home of the long-running Iowa Barnstormers, as a fundraiser for flood victims in the area.


Dyed flax fibers that could have been used in clothing have been found in a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia that date back to 36,000 BP.


What outcome surprised the Germans the following day?

The French were unaware of German numerical superiority at the beginning of the battle as the German 2nd Army did not attack all at once.


what was the name of Blake Baxter's 1987 hit recording?

Blake Baxter's 1986 recording, "When we Used to Play / Work your Body", 1987's "Bounce Your Body to the Box" and "Force Field", "The Sound / How to Play our Music" and "the Groove that Won't Stop" and a remix of "Grooving Without a Doubt".


In what year did the Battle of Actium take place?

The Hellenistic period covers the period of ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year.


Who was the Governor of Michigan in 1967?

Governor George W. Romney ordered the Michigan National Guard into Detroit, and President Johnson sent in U.S. Army troops.


By what year had DVD taken over the LaserDisc market?

Although the LaserDisc format was supplanted by DVD by the late 1990s, many LD titles are still highly coveted by movie enthusiasts (for example, Disney's Song of the South which is unavailable in the US in any format, but was issued in Japan on LD).


Who did Eisenhower donate his farm to in 1967?

Eisenhower retired to the place where he and Mamie had spent much of their post-war time, a working farm adjacent to the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, only 70 miles from his ancestral home in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.


What special item is included with certain versions of Twilight Princess HD?

Special bundles of the game contain a Wolf Link Amiibo figurine, which unlocks a Wii U-exclusive dungeon called the "Cave of Shadows" and can carry data over to the upcoming 2016 Zelda game.


Where was coal first found on Antarctica?

It was first recorded near the Beardmore Glacier by Frank Wild on the Nimrod Expedition, and now low-grade coal is known across many parts of the Transantarctic Mountains.


What was the samurai's short sword called?

katana and wakizashi) becoming more of a symbolic emblem of power rather than a weapon used in daily life.


Who invited Dominic to stay in the Roman Basilica of Santa Sabina?

Before that time the friars had only a temporary residence in Rome at the convent of San Sisto Vecchio which Honorius III had given to Dominic circa 1218 intending it to become a convent for a reformation of nuns at Rome under Dominic's guidance.


The elections for the first regular legislature were disputed, and it was not until May 1, 1826, that the body was installed.


What is one called that believes he has the one religion, but that the others aren't necessarily wrong?


When was the Satavahana Empire divided into smaller states?

They had to compete with the Shunga Empire and then the Kanva dynasty of Magadha to establish their rule.


What is the illusion given by these effects?

Because there is no roof, passengers are able to see the walls of the shaft by looking up, which gives the illusion of the room stretching.


Guinea-Bissau's GDP per capita is one of the lowest in the world, and its Human Development Index is one of the lowest on earth.


How dense was the population of Kathmandu in 1991?

In one decade, the population increased from 427,045 in 1991 to 671,805 in 2001.


While celebrating their heritage as lodges of black Americans, Prince Hall is open to all men regardless of race or religion.


What is the largest employer in Detroit?

Midtown's anchors are the city's largest single employer Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, and the Henry Ford Health System in New Center.


What was the most recent year of the Phillipines pushing for statehood?

As recently as 2004, the concept of the Philippines becoming a U.S. state has been part of a political platform in the Philippines.


In which season was Bo Bice a contestant on American Idol?

Season four premiered on January 18, 2005; this was the first season of the series to be aired in high definition, although the finale of season three was also aired in high definition.


Before the Bey Hive, fans of Beyonce were called what?

Fans were previously titled "The Beyontourage", (a portmanteau of Beyoncé and entourage).


Several protesters who tried to disrupt the relay were promptly arrested by the police.


SURE provides what kind of service to the territory?

SURE provide the telecommunications service in the territory through a digital copper-based telephone network including ADSL-broadband service.


In March 2012, which party won by an historic landslide?

In March 2012, the new party achieved Government in an historic landslide, led by former Brisbane Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman.


In what year was it announced that the Shell Group would move to a single capital structure?

The shares of the company were issued at a 60/40 advantage for the shareholders of Royal Dutch in line with the original ownership of the Shell Group.


Angels in the Outfield was Eisenhower's favorite movie.


How many acres were burned in the historic Cedar Fire of 2003?

In October 2003, San Diego was the site of the Cedar Fire, which has been called the largest wildfire in California over the past century.


What was the event called that caused  Ayutthaya  to reclaim lost territories ?

With Burma preoccupied by the Chinese threat, Ayutthaya recovered its territories by 1770, and went on to capture Lan Na by 1776.


What year did the first undergraduate class including women graduate from Yale?

The undergraduate class of 1973 was the first class to have women starting from freshman year; at the time, all undergraduate women were housed in Vanderbilt Hall at the south end of Old Campus.[citation needed]


What are the Digimon villians main goals?

The franchise focuses on Digimon creatures, which are monsters living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.


Spanish-language television networks, including MundoFox (WFXZ-CD), Univision (WUNI), Telemundo (WNEU), and Telefutura (WUTF-DT), have a presence in the region, with WNEU and WUTF serving as network owned-and-operated stations.


What type of weather changes did areas outside of the tropics experience?

Eventually, tropics were restricted to the equator and areas beyond the tropic lines featured extreme seasonal changes in weather.


When might the size of an antenna cause an issue?

The physical size of an antenna is often a practical issue, particularly at lower frequencies (longer wavelengths).


A Sanskrit loanword encountered in many Southeast Asian languages is the word bhāṣā, or spoken language, which is used to refer to the names of many languages.


Who were the main characters in Stover at Yale?

The narrator, Nick Carraway, wrote a series of editorials for the Yale News, and Tom Buchanan was "one of the most powerful ends that ever played football" for Yale.


It has 90 legally trained judges elected by the voters.


What percentage of copper is used in electrical wires?

The major applications of copper are in electrical wires (60%), roofing and plumbing (20%) and industrial machinery (15%).


What is the name of the process under development at the Weizmann Institute?

Hydrogen production technologies been a significant area of solar chemical research since the 1970s.


How did he believe Jesus came into the world?

Also in these books, Athanasius put forward the belief that the Son of God, the eternal Word through whom God created the world, entered that world in human form to lead men back into the harmony from which they had earlier fallen away.


How many Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University?

Twenty-five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university.


What type of architecture does the Music Palace have?

The Music Palace (Palau De La Música) is another noteworthy example of modern architecture in Valencia.


Mary McDonagh Murphy interviewed celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Rosanne Cash, Tom Brokaw, and Harper's sister Alice Lee, who read the novel and compiled their impressions of it as children and adults into a book titled Scout, Atticus, and Boo.


What administrative division did Sakhalin Island become a part of?

The status of the southernmost Kurils remains in dispute with Japan.


Does hinduism only believe in a single god?

There is no clear consensus on the nature or even the existence of God.


Who played a cameo in a film about Feynman?

In 1946, Feynman wrote a letter to her, expressing his deep love and heartbreak, that he kept for the rest of his life.


What was Boardwalk Hall formerly known as?

Boardwalk Hall was Atlantic City's primary convention center until the opening of the Atlantic City Convention Center in 1997.


What type of metal makes better alloys than traditional steel?

In the past, small batches of amorphous metals with high surface area configurations (ribbons, wires, films, etc.) have been produced through the implementation of extremely rapid rates of cooling.


How many clean diesel and hybrid taxicabs did New York City have in 2010?

Mass transit use in New York City is the highest in the United States.


On January 7, 2012, Beyoncé gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.


What were National Guard members considered before 1903?

Since the Militia Act of 1903 all National Guard soldiers have held dual status: as National Guardsmen under the authority of the governor of their state or territory and, when activated, as a reserve of the U.S. Army under the authority of the President.


Who reigned Rome during the Crucifixion of Jesus?

Christian traveller and historian Sextus Julius Africanus and Christian theologian Origen refer to Greek historian Phlegon, who lived in the 2nd century AD, as having written "with regard to the eclipse in the time of Tiberius Caesar, in whose reign Jesus appears to have been crucified, and the great earthquakes which then took place"


Which president was given control of Florida

Andrew Jackson served as military governor of the newly acquired territory, but only for a brief period.


Where was Namibia ranked on Press Freedom in 2013?

In 2009, Namibia dropped to position 36 on the Press Freedom Index.


Name two of the metropolitan areas that are enjoyed most frequently by tourist in Myanmar  ?

Nevertheless, much of the country is off-limits to tourists, and interactions between foreigners and the people of Myanmar, particularly in the border regions, are subject to police scrutiny.


How many boarding bridges does Brasilia's airport have?

In 2014, the airport received 15 new boarding bridges, totalling 28 in all.


What economist testified to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in January 2010?

Economist Mark Zandi testified to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in January 2010: "The securitization markets also remain impaired, as investors anticipate more loan losses.


How many visitors attended Eton Dorney during the 2012 Olympics?

Access to the 400-acre parkland around the Lake is provided to members of the public, free of charge, almost all the year round.


In the late 17th century the capital of Deccan Suba was moved, to where?

During his rule, he had the Charminar and Mecca Masjid built in the city.


What may be used to weight the importance of components?

Equal-loudness contours may also be used to weight the perceptual importance of components.


In 1992 Armenia's largest institution of higher learning, Yerevan State University, had eighteen departments, including ones for social sciences, sciences, and law.


What suggests that Kathmandu is as old as it is?

There are people of other religious beliefs as well, giving Kathmandu a cosmopolitan culture.


What is the name of the IBM project that redirected $1 billion each year to increase energy efficiency?

On November 2008, IBM’s CEO, Sam Palmisano, during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, outlined a new agenda for building a Smarter Planet.


What does needing energy to digest impose?

Each step in digestion requires energy, and thus imposes an "overhead charge" on the energy made available from absorbed substances.


Which magazine did Beyonce pose on the cover for in August of 2015?

She headlined the 2015 Made in America festival in early September and also the Global Citizen Festival later that month.


What counterpoints Yale's gothic towers?

These tower forms at Yale act in counterpoint to the college's many Gothic spires and Georgian cupolas.


What is the period of breeding during which one of the adult birds is always present at the nest?

The chick guard stage describes the period of breeding during which one of the adult birds is permanently present at the nest after chicks have hatched.


What is the name of the newspaper with the most varied political support in British history?

This makes it the most varied newspaper in terms of political support in British history.


What type of musical piece did Chopin compose for his friend's ruling father?

Fryderyk and his family moved to a building, which still survives, adjacent to the Kazimierz Palace.


What is the present day system being used by Houston for representation?

The ward designation is the progenitor of the eleven current-day geographically oriented Houston City Council districts.


Which supporters protested near the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?

Just days before the relay supporters of Falun Gong demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in the Malaysian capital.


How many units of the Famicom were sold in Japan by the beginning of 1985?

By the beginning of 1985, the Famicom had sold more than 2.5 million units in Japan and Nintendo soon announced plans to release it in North America as the Advanced Video Entertainment System (AVS) that same year.


What year did the Manchester institution begin?

Kendals (formerly Kendal Milne & Faulkner) in Manchester lays claim to being one of the first department stores and is still known to many of its customers as Kendal's, despite its 2005 name change to House of Fraser.


What is the population of New York City as of 2014?

Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a separate county of New York State.


How many copies did Reflections on the Revolution in France sell in 2 months?

Immediately after reading Price's sermon, Burke wrote a draft of what eventually became, Reflections on the Revolution in France.


Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was the first alloy discovered, during the prehistoric period now known as the bronze age; it was harder than pure copper and originally used to make tools and weapons, but was later superseded by metals and alloys with better properties.


How many strings do the Lombardic mandolins have?

The instruments have 6 strings, 3 wire treble-strings and 3 gut or wire-wrapped-silk bass-strings.


Why was the new iMac G4 considerably more expensive than the G3?

The flop of the Power Mac G4 Cube, along with the more expensive iMac G4 and heavy eMac, meant that Macintosh desktop sales never reached the market share attained by the previous iMac G3.


WHen did Brown announce his intention to stand down?

On 10 May 2010, after talks to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats broke down, Brown announced his intention to stand down as Leader before the Labour Party Conference but a day later resigned as both Prime Minister and party leader.


What is the name of the mosaic in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio?

The surviving apse mosaic of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, which shows Christ enthroned between Saint Gervasius and Saint Protasius and angels before a golden background date back to the 5th and to the 8th century, although it was restored many times later.


What systems did the Sumerians develop which remain the first known these types to this day?

They developed the first known codified legal and administrative systems, complete with courts, jails, and government records.


The skull bones in adults are fused and do not show cranial sutures.


By the Heian period, this word had developed into the verb saburahu (さぶらふ, "to serve, to attend"), from which a deverbal noun saburahi (さぶらひ, "servant, attendant") was later derived, and this noun then yielded samurahi (さむらひ) in the Edo period.


John grew up to be around 5 ft 5 in (1.68 m) tall, relatively short, with a "powerful, barrel-chested body" and dark red hair; he looked to contemporaries like an inhabitant of Poitou.


The Marzilibahn funicular is, with a length of 106 m (348 ft), the second shortest public railway in Europe after the Zagreb funicular.


Historically, AC motors were used for single or double speed elevator machines on the grounds of cost and lower usage applications where car speed and passenger comfort were less of an issue, but for higher speed, larger capacity elevators, the need for infinitely variable speed control over the traction machine becomes an issue.


What state employed Robert Patton in May 2014?

In May 2014, Oklahoma Director of Corrections, Robert Patton, recommended an indefinite hold on executions in the state after the botched execution of African-American Clayton Lockett.


Who commissioned the change of the typeface of The Times in 1931?

It was commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically antiquated.


How was the lawsuit decided for Apple vs. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard?

After four years, the case was decided against Apple, as were later appeals.


Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, Sakya Pandita's nephew became Imperial Preceptor of Kublai Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty.


Insects show how toxic they are with what kind of colors?

Such insects often advertise their toxicity using warning colors.


How would a Dutch speaker say "doghouse"?

Like most Germanic languages, Dutch forms noun compounds, where the first noun modifies the category given by the second (hondenhok = doghouse).


What is the abbreviation for the United Nations' Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions?

Aligned Movement, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Permanent Court of Arbitration, and the World Customs Organization.


What was the state of George VI's health during 1951?

When she toured Canada and visited President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., in October 1951, her private secretary, Martin Charteris, carried a draft accession declaration in case the King died while she was on tour.


What part of the US Constitution outlines the relationship among the states?

The states are guaranteed military and civil defense by the federal government, which is also obliged by Article IV, Section Four, to "guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government".


What remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles?

"Near East" remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates: "the Nearer East," reverting to the classical and then more scholarly distinction of "nearer" and "farther.


How did an isolated setting like an island help flowering plants evolve?

Flowering plants may have evolved in an isolated setting like an island or island chain, where the plants bearing them were able to develop a highly specialized relationship with some specific animal (a wasp, for example).


What size and power of government is popular in Estonia?

Today, Estonian society encourages liberty and liberalism, with popular commitment to the ideals of the limited government, discouraging centralised power and corruption.


What did the documents that were aired during the 60 Minutes segment come to be known as?

Serious doubts about the documents' authenticity quickly emerged, leading CBS to appoint a review panel that eventually resulted in the firing of the news producer and other significant staffing changes.


This number far exceeded the number of slaves who were taken to the Americas.


Besides the population density, what else contributed to the severity of the quake?

Teruyuki Kato, a seismologist at the University of Tokyo, said that the seismic waves of the quake traveled a long distance without losing their power because of the firmness of the terrain in central China.


How much of Ireland's Russian speakers are Russian citizens?

However, of this only 13% were Russian nationals.


In addition to Stop & Shop, what new supermarket is located one block from the Green and is poised to serve the growing downtown population?

In particular, the area surrounding the New Haven Green has experienced an influx of apartments and condominiums.


What company was previously headquartered in the Downtown Macy's?

The Miami grid is primarily numerical so that, for example, all street addresses north of Flagler Street and west of Miami Avenue have "NW" in their address.


How does flagellum function within the cell?

The flagellum is a rotating structure driven by a reversible motor at the base that uses the electrochemical gradient across the membrane for power.


What direction do you travel to get from Richmond to Sandston?

Richmond International is now served by nine airlines with over 200 daily flights providing non-stop service to major destination markets and connecting flights to destinations worldwide.


Did adolescents report more sexual or social events to researchers?

The researchers state that these results are important because the results focus on the more positive aspects of adolescents and their social and romantic interactions rather than focusing on sexual behavior and its consequences.


What new short range systems did the British naval use?

British naval missiles used included Sea Dart and the older Sea Slug longer range systems, Sea Cat and the new Sea Wolf short range systems.


Current central and northern Melbourne was explored by whom?

On 30 August 1835 the party disembarked and established a settlement at the site of the current Melbourne Immigration Museum.


In what year did the Queen Elizabeth receive its name from the Queen?

The Duchess of Cornwall in December 2007, and the Queen named Queen Elizabeth in the city during October 2011.


An insect molts when it outgrows its exoskeleton, which does not stretch and would otherwise restrict the insect's growth.


The logo combines the zodiac signs of all four members: two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor), a crab for Cancer (May), and two fairies for Virgo (Mercury).


How is royal assent currently granted in the Isle of Man?

Before the lordship of the Island was purchased by the British Crown in 1765 (the Revestment), the assent of the Lord of Mann to a bill was signified by letter to the governor.


Who currently provides uniforms to Notre Dame sport teams?

The university marching band plays at home games for most of the sports.


Who can no longer design a large structure?

A large structure can no longer be the design of one person but must be the work of many.


How many million people died from the Black Death?

These troubles were followed in 1347 by the Black Death, a pandemic that spread throughout Europe during the following three years.[AC]


Why were DJs inspired to create their own house records?

Juan Atkins, an originator of Detroit techno music, claims the term "house" reflected the exclusive association of particular tracks with particular clubs and DJs; those records helped differentiate the clubs and DJs, and thus were considered to be their "house" records.


Which department's faculty can be associated with university hospitals?

RWTH Aachen, TU Dresden and TU München also have a faculty of medicine associated with university hospitals (Klinikum Aachen, University Hospital Dresden, Rechts der Isar Hospital).


What weapon did the the KPA use that was successful early in the Korean conflict?

The initial assault by North Korean KPA forces were aided by the use of Soviet T-34-85 tanks.


The culture associated with the samurai such as the tea ceremony, monochrome ink painting, rock gardens and poetry were adopted by warrior patrons throughout the centuries 1200–1600.


In what year was the first iPod released?

The most recent iPod redesigns were announced on July 15, 2015.


Phonograph records are generally described by their diameter in inches (12", 10", 7"), the rotational speed in rpm at which they are played (16 2⁄3, 33 1⁄3, 45, 78), and their time capacity resulting from a combination of those parameters (LP – long playing 33 1⁄3 rpm, SP – 78 rpm single, EP – 12-inch single or extended play, 33 or 45 rpm); their reproductive quality or level of fidelity (high-fidelity, orthophonic, full-range, etc.), and the number of audio channels provided (mono, stereo, quad, etc.).


How many years of selective breeding did it take to domesticate maize?

According to both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter had achieved many accomplishments.


What year was Gilbert awarded for his efforts?

In contrast to previous definitions based solely on the degree of Aboriginal ancestry, in 1990 the Government changed the legal definition of Aboriginal to include any:


What was the nickname given to Queen Victoria because all of her children married into noble families?

Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840.


Did the Spanish conquer land in the United States?

The Spanish language has been present in what is now the United States since the 16th and 17th centuries, with the arrival of Spanish colonization in North America that would later become the states of Florida, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California.


The League tried to enforce economic sanctions upon Italy, but to no avail.


What does a description of a wanted individual include beyond their racial category?

From the perspective of law enforcement officers, it is generally more important to arrive at a description that will readily suggest the general appearance of an individual than to make a scientifically valid categorization by DNA or other such means.


What Plymouth Jew was mentioned by Sir Francis Drake?

The Plymouth Synagogue is a Listed Grade II* building, built in 1762 and is the oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in the English speaking world.


What Hanoverian leader lost the Battle of Hastenbeck?

This problem was compounded when the main Hanoverian army under Cumberland was defeated at the Battle of Hastenbeck and forced to surrender entirely at the Convention of Klosterzeven following a French Invasion of Hanover.


What language originated the word bitumen?

From the same root is derived the Anglo Saxon word cwidu (mastix), the German word Kitt (cement or mastic) and the old Norse word kvada.


The French Marines and naval infantry intended for the invasion of northern Germany were dispatched to reinforce the French Army of Châlons and fell into captivity at Sedan along with Napoleon III.


Which party did Don Chipp seperate to form in 1977?

Fraser won further substantial majorities at the 1977 and 1980 elections, before losing to the Bob Hawke led Australian Labor Party in the 1983 election.


Who has been president of the Society since 2000?

Since Knorr's death in 1977, the position of president has been occupied by Frederick Franz (1977–1992) and Milton Henschel (1992–2000), both members of the Governing Body, and since 2000 by Don A. Adams, not a member of the Governing Body.


What is the unique design feature of English cathedrals?

The distinctive characteristic of English cathedrals is their extreme length, and their internal emphasis upon the horizontal, which may be emphasised visually as much or more than the vertical lines.


What caused valuable information to be lost while using the KInsey scale?

It would have been quite simple for Kinsey to have measured the two dimensions separately and report scores independently to avoid loss of information.


What were the traditional building materials on Tuvalu?

The traditional buildings of Tuvalu used plants and trees from the native broadleaf forest, including timber from: Pouka, (Hernandia peltata); Ngia or Ingia bush, (Pemphis acidula); Miro, (Thespesia populnea); Tonga, (Rhizophora mucronata);


In what year did it land the name, Sony Music Entertainment?

It is the world's second largest recorded music company, after Universal Music Group.


Another example of a handicraft drawn to Hyderabad is Kalamkari, a hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile that comes from cities in Andhra Pradesh.


What was the name of the manservent that Victoria had in the 1860's?

Through the 1860s, Victoria relied increasingly on a manservant from Scotland, John Brown.


An argument with Pope Innocent III led to John's excommunication in 1209, a dispute finally settled by the king in 1213.


How many Windows 8 licenses were purchased by January 2013?

Windows 8 was released to a mixed critical reception.


What year was the first youtube question asked to a presidential nominee?

In 2012, more than a third of the U.S. Senate introduced a resolution condemning Joseph Kony 16 days after the "Kony 2012" video was posted to YouTube, with resolution co-sponsor Senator Lindsey Graham remarking that the video "will do more to lead to (Kony's) demise than all other action combined."


Consent for a party's unilateral interpretation of a treaty may be implied if that state has acted upon its view of the treat without what from another party?

No one party to a treaty can impose its particular interpretation of the treaty upon the other parties.


What is McTaggart's second series called?

The first series, which means to account for our intuitions about temporal becoming, or the moving Now, is called the A-series.


In what year was the British Museum built?

It was to be William Wilkins's winning design for the public competition for Downing College, Cambridge that announced the Greek style was to be the dominant idiom in architecture.


To whom were School Hall and School Library erected in memoriam of?

The very large and ornate School Hall and School Library (by L K. Hall) were erected in 1906-8 across the road from Upper School as the school's memorial to the Etonians who had died in the Boer War.


What was the name of the governing body headed by Gaddafi after the revolution?

Becoming Chairman of the governing Revolutionary Command Council (RCC), Gaddafi abolished the monarchy and proclaimed the Republic.


Or, between two pennants flottant Argent, each charged with a cross Gules, over the sphere the words DEUS INDICAT" (Latin: God Indicates).


Jonathan of the PDP was declared the winner on 19 April 2011, having won the election with a total of 22,495,187 of the 39,469,484 votes cast, to stand ahead of Muhammadu Buhari from the main opposition party, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), which won 12,214,853 of the total votes cast.


Yugoslavia had a liberal travel policy permitting foreigners to freely travel through the country and its citizens to travel worldwide, whereas it was limited by most Communist countries.


What was the new method of linear programming that von Neumann suggested?

Later, von Neumann suggested a new method of linear programming, using the homogeneous linear system of Gordan (1873), which was later popularized by Karmarkar's algorithm.


What type of airplane was the German craft Holmes rammed into?

In fact the Dornier Do 17 bomber was empty.


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

Music was a major part of everyday life.[citation needed]


What did the Boston Globe have to say about Yale?

The Boston Globe wrote that "if there's one school that can lay claim to educating the nation's top national leaders over the past three decades, it's Yale."


When did Catalan rulers broaden their territory to north of the Ebro River?

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


How many companies are involved with the network of buses?

The bus network, which is currently run by three companies since 2011, provides more than 370 routes covering all parts of the city and suburban areas.


What was the name of Hannibal's family member that wanted to join his army in battle?

By this time Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca sought to cross the Alps into Italy and join his brother with a second army.


The resolution would welcome the torch with "alarm and protest at the failure of China to meet its past solemn promises to the international community, including the citizens of San Francisco, to cease the egregious and ongoing human rights abuses in China and occupied Tibet."


What areas does the Brown School Library have represented scholars?

Many of the faculty have training in both social work and public health.


Give an example of someone who was a caretaker manager?

i.e. more than 12 weeks – the amount of time an unqualified caretaker manager is allowed to take control).


What is the range of accuracy for the free service offered to civilians?

The restricted military service has a location accuracy of 10 centimetres, can be used for communication, and will supply information about the system status to the user.


Why could the Tories and the Opposition Whigs never form a single party?

At times they cooperated with the "Opposition Whigs", Whigs who were in opposition to the Whig government; however, the ideological gap between the Tories and the Opposition Whigs prevented them from coalescing as a single party.


Who first discovered the basic properties of capacitors?

In October 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania, Germany, found that charge could be stored by connecting a high-voltage electrostatic generator by a wire to a volume of water in a hand-held glass jar.


Which actress from America was initially held and then gave a speech about China and Sudan?

She later gave a speech criticizing China's relations with Sudan in Hong Kong, as there was also a small minority of people protesting about China's role in the crisis of Darfur.


What per capita index does Guinea-Bissau rank as one of the lowest in the world?

More than two-thirds of the population lives below the poverty line.


What organization offered possible solutions Arab-Israeli conflict, which Nasser supported?

Nasser mediated discussions between the pro-Western, pro-Soviet, and neutralist conference factions over the composition of the "Final Communique" addressing colonialism in Africa and Asia and the fostering of global peace amid the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union.


What does the potency of antibacterials depend upon?

A bactericidal activity of antibacterials may depend on the bacterial growth phase, and it often requires ongoing metabolic activity and division of bacterial cells.


When was Nunez elected as president of FC Barcelona?

In 1978, Josep Lluís Núñez became the first elected president of FC Barcelona, and, since then, the members of Barcelona have elected the club president.


What are some of the other terms for zinc?

The metal was also called Indian tin, tutanego, calamine, and spinter.


What did the published scheme attempt to do?

Berlin sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld published a scheme in 1896 that measured the strength of an individual's sexual desire on two independent 10-point scales, A (homosexual) and B (heterosexual).


What did Lodygin use as a burner in his lamp?

Later he lived in the USA, changed his name to Alexander de Lodyguine and applied and obtained patents for incandescent lamps having chromium, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, molybdenum and tungsten filaments, and a bulb using a molybdenum filament was demonstrated at the world fair of 1900 in Paris.


Other birds are scavengers; some of these, like vultures, are specialised carrion eaters, while others, like gulls, corvids, or other birds of prey, are opportunists.


Who did Hoyte van Hoytema replace as cinematographer?

Dennis Gassner returned as the film's production designer, while cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema took over from Roger Deakins.


What activity is done using a greased pole?

Originally signaling the end of the yearly cane harvest, it evolved into a national festival.


CPUs that are constructed on a single integrated circuit are called what?

Early CPUs were composed of many separate components but since the mid-1970s CPUs have typically been constructed on a single integrated circuit called a microprocessor.


Which two groups saw increasing ethnic conflicts in 1988?

Ethnic tensions had escalated between the Armenians and Azerbaijanis in spring and summer 1988.


What changes to a keystone predator can seriously affect an ecosystem's equilibrium?

Introduction or removal of this predator, or changes in its population density, can have drastic cascading effects on the equilibrium of many other populations in the ecosystem.


Pomors are distinguished by the presence of Y Haplogroup N among them.


Why did the US impose an arms embargo on Turkey?

Among a variety of sanctions against Turkey, in mid-1975 the US Congress imposed an arms embargo on Turkey for using American-supplied equipment during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.


Many people have a highly varied ancestry.


What is the largest consumer of insects?

Insectivorous insects, or insects which feed on other insects, are beneficial to humans because they eat insects that could cause damage to agriculture and human structures.


Unicode contains how many thousands of characters in its repertoire?

Developed in conjunction with the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS) standard and published as The Unicode Standard, the latest version of Unicode contains a repertoire of more than 120,000 characters covering 129 modern and historic scripts, as well as multiple symbol sets.


When did Viking invasions begin in the British Isles?

The relations between the descendants of Vikings in England and counterparts in Normandy, in northern France, lay at the heart of a series of events that led to the Norman conquest of England in 1066.


How was the republican sentiment in Britain changed?

In 1870, republican sentiment in Britain, fed by the Queen's seclusion, was boosted after the establishment of the Third French Republic.


What is the maximum amount of funds the FDIC guarantees in insured accounts?

The FDIC guarantees the funds of all insured accounts up to US$100,000, and has declared a special advance dividend to the roughly 10,000 depositors with funds in excess of the insured amount, guaranteeing 50% of any amounts in excess of $100,000.


Why did the first elected head of government of Mexico City resign?

The first elected head of government was Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas.


They consist of marine clay levels along the coast, and the inland (often peat based) moors.


The Dutch considered the entire Delaware River valley to be part of their New Netherland colony.


In 1819 the island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay.


In what year did the first scientific and literary journal appear?

The first journal, the Parisian Journal des Sçavans, appeared in 1665.


By which decade had the KKK become very active in Detroit?

"By the 1920s the city had become a stronghold of the KKK," whose members opposed Catholic and Jewish immigrants, as well as black Americans.


What is an example of a shorter migration?

The Arctic tern holds the long-distance migration record for birds, travelling between Arctic breeding grounds and the Antarctic each year.


As of 2014 how many inhabitants lived in the administrative region?

The administrative region covers 12,012 km² (4,638 mi²), with approximately 12 million inhabitants as of 2014, and has its own regional council and president.


How many self-identified LGB people live in the New York metropolitan area?

The New York metropolitan area is home to a self-identifying gay and bisexual community estimated at 568,903 individuals, the largest in the United States and one of the world's largest.


What song did Beyoncé donate to the 2012 World Humanitarian Day campaign?

Beyoncé is also taking part in "Miss a Meal", a food-donation campaign, and supporting Goodwill charity through online charity auctions at Charitybuzz that support job creation throughout Europe and the U.S.


Nevertheless, the spread of MS-DOS and OS/2 (IBM866), traditional Macintosh (ISO/IEC 8859-5) and Microsoft Windows (CP1251) created chaos and ended by establishing different encodings as de facto standards, with Windows-1251 becoming a de facto standard in Russian Internet and e-mail communication during the period of roughly 1995–2005.


What firm in England and Wales decides if the NHS allows drugs?

In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approves drugs for use, though the evaluation is done by the European Medicines Agency, an agency of the European Union based in London.


Millions of dollars of grants to news organizations have funded reporting on education and higher education, including more than $1.4 million to the Education Writers Association to fund training for journalists who cover education.


At Live Aid, held at Wembley on 13 July 1985, in front of the biggest-ever TV audience of 1.9 billion, Queen performed some of their greatest hits, during which the sold-out stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison.


How much did tourists spend in Boston in 2011?

Tourism also composes a large part of Boston's economy, with 21.2 million domestic and international visitors spending $8.3 billion in 2011; excluding visitors from Canada and Mexico, over 1.4 million international tourists visited Boston in 2014, with those from China and the United Kingdom leading the list.


Despite a never-ending attack of Prussian infantry, the soldiers of the 2nd Division kept to their positions.


What famous author described parts of the mall in his books?

Stenbock-Fermor conceived of the Passage as more than a mere shopping mall, but also as a cultural and social centre for the people of St Petersburg.


How many years as Czech continued to evolve and gain in regional importance?

Czech continued to evolve and gain in regional importance for hundreds of years, and has been a literary language in the Slovak lands since the early fifteenth century.


The resulting digital stream of 1s and 0s is subdivided into labeled packets, which are then transmitted through a digital network of some kind (usually ISDN or IP).


Who established the first samurai-led administration?

He eventually seized control of the central government, establishing the first samurai-dominated government and relegating the Emperor to figurehead status.


At which tip of Southampton Water is Southampton located?

The Test—which has salt marsh that makes it ideal for salmon fishing—runs along the western edge of the city, while the Itchen splits Southampton in two—east and west.


For how long did the Paris Commune exist?

The Commune lasted for two months before it was crushed by the French Army, with much bloodshed.


What can sometimes be meant by the term aerial specifically?

In the United Kingdom and other areas where British English is used, the term aerial is sometimes used although 'antenna' has been universal in professional use for many years.


What did the Qing do to reform land ownership?

The government broadened land ownership by returning land that had been sold to large landowners in the late Ming period by families unable to pay the land tax.


How much of the proposed act must be currently read aloud on St John's Day?

This was reduced in 1895 to the titles and a memorandum of the object and purport of the act, and, since 1988, only the short title and a summary of the long title have been read.


Of the ten species removed due to extinction, how many are believe to have already been extinct when listed?

As of September 2012, fifty-six species have been delisted; twenty-eight due to recovery, ten due to extinction (seven of which are believed to have been extinct prior to being listed), ten due to changes in taxonomic classification practices, six due to discovery of new populations, one due to an error in the listing rule, and one due to an amendment to the Endangered Species Act specifically requiring the species delisting.


What movie studios did Comcast and their partner buy?

On April 8, 2005, a partnership led by Comcast and Sony Pictures Entertainment finalized a deal to acquire MGM and its affiliate studio, United Artists, and create an additional outlet to carry MGM/UA's material for cable and Internet distribution.


What other types of wave besides light has its own intensity?

Other waves, such as sound or the waves crashing against a seafront, also have their own intensity.


What type of math did the Torpedo Data computer use to fire a torpedo at a moving target?

This was the Torpedo Data Computer, which used trigonometry to solve the problem of firing a torpedo at a moving target.


In 2009, the two-way section of 10th Street between Avenue A and the East River had bicycle markings and sharrows installed, but it still has no dedicated bike lane.


How many fire trucks did West Germany donate to Kathmandu?

In 1975, a West German government donation added seven fire engines to Kathmandu's fire service.


In what year did the reauthorization of capital punishment occur?

Since the death penalty was reauthorized in 1976, 1,411 people have been executed, almost exclusively by the states, with most occurring after 1990.


Target pests can include insects, plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, birds, mammals, fish, nematodes (roundworms), and microbes that destroy property, cause nuisance, or spread disease, or are disease vectors.


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


Y Haplogroup N are found at high rates in who?

Pomors are distinguished by the presence of Y Haplogroup N among them.


What is expected when the relationships are made public?

In the US, starting in 2013, under the Physician Financial Transparency Reports (part of the Sunshine Act), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has to collect information from applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations in order to report information about their financial relationships with physicians and hospitals.


What percentage of the population considers themselves American

Many of these were of English or Scotch-Irish descent; however, their families have lived in the state for so long, that they choose to identify as having "American" ancestry or do not know their ancestry.


In what year did Gateway Community College open its newly consolidated downtown campus?

Gateway Community College has a campus in downtown New Haven, formerly located in the Long Wharf district; Gateway consolidated into one campus downtown into a new state-of-the-art campus (on the site of the old Macy's building) and was open for the Fall 2012 semester.


What runs perpendicular to the laidlines?

They run perpendicular to the "chainlines", which are further apart.


What do the Vilanovins mock the media friendly Carnivals as being about?

It adopts an ancient style in which satire, the grotesque body (particularly cross-dressing and displays of exaggerated bellies, noses and phalli) and above all, active participation are valued over glamorous, media-friendly spectacles that Vilanovins mock as "thighs and feathers".


In what geographic part of Somalia is Zeila located?

The history of Islam in Somalia is as old as the religion itself.


What is the most important sports event held on Tuvalu?

The most important sports event within the country is arguably the Tuvalu Games, which are held yearly since 2008.


What area of the world was less severely affected by the credit crunch according to The World Bank report In February 2009?

The greatest impact of the global economic crisis will come in the form of lower oil prices, which remains the single most important determinant of economic performance.


In archaic Greece he was the prophet, the oracular god who in older times was connected with "healing".


When was the decision made for this council?

This decision was announced on 29 January 1959 at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.


What is the SI unit of illuminace and luminous emittance?

The SI unit of illuminance and luminous emittance, being the luminous power per area, is measured in Lux.


What types of education greatly differs from Islamic education?

For details Read "A Qur’anic Methodology for Integrating Knowledge and Education: Implications for Malaysia’s Islamic Education Strategy" written Tareq M Zayed  and "Knowledge of Shariah and Knowledge to Manage ‘Self’ and ‘System’: Integration of Islamic Epistemology with the Knowledge and Education" authored by Tareq M Zayed


Why do infants and young childrens memories need to be assesed differently?

Habituation and operant conditioning techniques have been used to assess infants’ recognition memory and the deferred and elicited imitation techniques have been used to assess infants’ recall memory.


The redesign of notes is being planned by which organization?

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


New Delhi's alternate-day travel scheme allowed trucks to enter the city after what hour?

In an attempt to curb air pollution in New Delhi, which gets worst during the winter, a temporary alternate-day travel scheme for cars using the odd- and even-numbered license plates system was announced by Delhi government in December 2015.


In June 1989 who was Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing?

In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households.


How are international businesses discouraged from operating in Burma?

Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries against the former military government, coupled with boycotts and other direct pressure on corporations by supporters of the democracy movement, have resulted in the withdrawal from the country of most US and many European companies.


Minor officials administered tests to enforce the classifications.


What section of Central North Carolina has the most dense population?

The Piedmont region of central North Carolina is the state's most urbanized and densely populated section.


Greek merchant families already had contacts in other countries and during the disturbances many set up home around the Mediterranean (notably Marseilles in France, Livorno in Italy, Alexandria in Egypt), Russia (Odessa and Saint Petersburg), and Britain (London and Liverpool) from where they traded, typically in textiles and grain.


The Banská Akadémia was originally intended for training workers in what two precious metals?

University buildings are still at their place today and are used for teaching.


What is the hierarchy of the Canadian Armed Forces?

It begins at the top with the most senior-ranking personnel and works its way into lower organizations.


What type of charge could a capacitor pick up a transient charge from?

High-voltage capacitors are stored with the terminals shorted, as protection from potentially dangerous voltages due to dielectric absorption or from transient voltages the capacitor may pick up from static charges or passing weather events.


What are the General Categories of Unicode?


What word describes the approximate rates at which sunset and sunrise change with the seasons?

While the times of sunrise and sunset change at roughly equal rates as the seasons change, proponents of Daylight Saving Time argue that most people prefer a greater increase in daylight hours after the typical "nine-to-five" workday.


Unidirectional traveling wave antennas are terminated by a resistor at one end equal to the antenna's characteristic resistance, to absorb the waves from one direction.


What was the name of the first song that Taylor Hicks released after winning American Idol?

On May 30, 2006, Taylor Hicks was named American Idol, with Katharine McPhee the runner-up. "


Where in the year 77 BC was an uprising?

Around the same time, another of Sulla's former lieutenants, Marcus Licinius Crassus, had just put down the Spartacus-led gladiator/slave revolt in Italy.


What battleship sunk in the Havana Harbor?

When the U.S. battleship Maine sank in Havana Harbor, the U.S. blamed Spain and the Spanish–American War broke out in 1898.


What is the term for a subdivision of a hizb?

A juz' is sometimes further divided into two ḥizb (plural aḥzāb), and each hizb subdivided into four rubʻ al-ahzab.


What does the host make that affect its genes?

These cells affect the genetic composition of the host in order to regulate the increasing population of the endosymbionts and ensuring that these genetic changes are passed onto the offspring via vertical transmission (heredity).


What grades in Indian schools have an option for Sanskrit study?

In such schools, learning Sanskrit is an option for grades 5 to 8 (Classes V to VIII).


In late December, Barcelona's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was unsuccessful and the original transfer ban was reinstated, leaving the club unable to utilise the 2015 winter and summer transfer windows.


what is the purpose of a mailbox provider?

It provides email servers to send, receive, accept, and store email for end users or other organizations.


The Kuru kingdom was the first state-level society of the Vedic period, corresponding to the beginning of the Iron Age in northwestern India, around 1200 – 800 BCE, as well as with the composition of the Atharvaveda (the first Indian text to mention iron, as śyāma ayas, literally "black metal").


Although a proclaimed atheist, who was it that said "the word 'God' is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation"?

Some non-theists avoid the concept of God, whilst accepting that it is significant to many; other non-theists understand God as a symbol of human values and aspirations.


What is an example of a quantity that time is used to define, mentioned in the paragraph?

The operational definition leaves aside the question whether there is something called time, apart from the counting activity just mentioned, that flows and that can be measured.


These are: The leatherback sea turtles which have leather skin instead of a shell and are the largest of the type found here, some times measuring a much as 3 m (average is about 1.5 m) and weighing about 450 kg (jellyfish is their favourite diet); the hawksbill turtles, which have hawk-like beaks and found near reefs, generally about 90 cm in diameter and weigh about 60 kg and their diet consists of crabs and snails; and the green turtles, herbivores which have rounded heads, generally about 90 cm in diameter and live amidst tall sea grasses.


When did Fiske propose his reforms to the way the Navy operated?

Fiske, as aide for operations in 1913–15 to Assistant Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt, proposed a radical reorganization of the Navy to make it a war-fighting instrument.


Who offers the Lighting Certification Examination?

(NCQLP) offers the Lighting Certification Examination which tests rudimentary lighting design principles.


Which contestant sold more albums than all except two from season three of American Idol?

One of the most talked-about contestants during the audition process was William Hung whose off-key rendition of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" received widespread attention.


How strong was the May 25 aftershock in Qingchuan county?

On May 25, an aftershock of 6.0 Mw (6.4 Ms according to CEA) hit northeast of the original earthquake's epicenter, in Qingchuan County, Sichuan, causing eight deaths, 1000 injuries, and destroying thousands of buildings.


In which year did Sante Fe inhabitants return home from seeking refuge?

In 1680 settlers from Santa Fe, New Mexico sought refuge in El Paso Del Norte for twelve years after fleeing the attacks from Pueblo tribes, but returned to Santa Fe in 1692 after Diego de Vargas recaptured the city and vicinity.


Around how many casualties did the French suffer at Rivoli?

He immediately went on the offensive, hoping to defeat the forces of Piedmont before their Austrian allies could intervene.


What type of government does New York City have?

The government of New York is more centralized than that of most other U.S. cities.


Traditionally, retailing, tourism, and what other industry have been in favor of DST?

Winston Churchill argued that it enlarges "the opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness among the millions of people who live in this country" and pundits have dubbed it "Daylight Slaving Time".


Where are both Monte Rosa and Matterhorn located?

In the southeast the long Engadin Valley, encompassing the St. Moritz area in canton of Graubünden, is also well known; the highest peak in the neighbouring Bernina Alps is Piz Bernina (4,049 m or 13,284 ft).


Touloulous get in free, and are even given condoms in the interest of the sexual health of the community.


In what year did the Soviet Union collapse?

The United States under President Ronald Reagan increased diplomatic, military, and economic pressure on the Soviet Union, which was already suffering from severe economic stagnation.


Napoleon left Iberia for Central Europe to deal with whom?

After the invasion of Russia in 1812, the number of French troops in Spain vastly declined as Napoleon needed reinforcements to conserve his strategic position in Europe.


What professional is Ian Penman known from?

British music publications such as the NME and Sounds developed an influential part in this nascent post-punk culture, with writers like Jon Savage, Paul Morley and Ian Penman developing a dense (and often playful) style of criticism that drew on critical theory, radical politics and an eclectic variety of other sources.


Who was the Sixth US Army Group's commander?

Field Marshal Montgomery insisted priority be given to his 21st Army Group's attack being made in the north, while Generals Bradley (12th U.S. Army Group) and Devers (Sixth U.S. Army Group) insisted they be given priority in the center and south of the front (respectively).


Who did Joseph Lister base his work off of?

Lister's work was based on the important findings by French biologist Louis Pasteur.


A host computer tricked into indirectly allowing access to restricted files is known as what?

It has also been shown that the promise of ACLs of giving access to an object to only one person can never be guaranteed in practice.


Who comprised the original Mac team besides Raskin?

Raskin was authorized to start hiring for the project in September 1979, and he immediately asked his long-time colleague, Brian Howard, to join him.


What service area is covered by the BeiDou-1 system?

The area that can be serviced is from longitude 70°E to 140°E and from latitude 5°N to 55°N. A frequency of the system is 2491.75 MHz.


Who possibly created the earliest system of writing?

They are claimed to belong to a population certainly different from that which built the previous megalithic temples.


In the late 17th century the capital of Deccan Suba was moved, to where?

The annexed area was renamed Deccan Suba (Deccan province) and the capital was moved from Golkonda to Aurangabad, about 550 km (342 mi) northwest of Hyderabad.


Who split the leadership roles in the Qing dynasty?

The early Qing emperors adopted the bureaucratic structures and institutions from the preceding Ming dynasty but split rule between Han Chinese and Manchus, with some positions also given to Mongols.


About how many minutes does Saskatoon, Saskatchewan stay ahead of mean solar time?

For example, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is at 106°39′ W longitude, slightly west of center of the idealized Mountain Time Zone (105° W), but the time in Saskatchewan is Central Standard Time (90° W) year-round, so Saskatoon is always about 67 minutes ahead of mean solar time, thus effectively observing daylight saving time year-round.


What may self-identification not correlate with precisely?

And there are differences between sex and gender; self-identification may not be correlated with biology perfectly.


Does the government allow access to any desired  media channels for residents ?

At the same time, international NGOs are mindful of the ethical quandary of how to work with the government without bolstering or appeasing it.


How many modes does perception occur in according to Whitehead?

The term is meant to indicate a kind of perception that can be conscious or unconscious, applying to people as well as electrons.


When is the head of Charles Regatta held?

One of the best known sporting events in the city is the Boston Marathon, the 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race which is the world's oldest annual marathon, run on Patriots' Day in April.


What was the degree of Frédéric's association with political insurrection?

His works remain popular, and he has been the subject of numerous films and biographies of varying degrees of historical accuracy.


What led to guerrilla submarine missions in early 1942?

As well, basing in Australia placed boats under Japanese aerial threat while en route to patrol areas, reducing their effectiveness, and Nimitz relied on submarines for close surveillance of enemy bases.


What do the Tibetans call traditional idealistic paintings?

Nepali art is commonly divided into two areas: the idealistic traditional painting known as Paubhas in Nepal and perhaps more commonly known as Thangkas in Tibet, closely linked to the country's religious history and on the other hand the contemporary western-style painting, including nature-based compositions or abstract artwork based on Tantric elements and social themes of which painters in Nepal are well noted for.


Who was the first indigenous Australian elected to the House?

Historically, Liberal Governments have been responsible for the carriage of a number of notable "socially liberal" reforms, including the opening of Australia to multiethnic immigration under Menzies and Harold Holt; Holt's 1967 Referendum on Aboriginal Rights; Sir John Gorton's support for cinema and the arts; selection of the first Aboriginal Senator, Neville Bonner, in 1971; and Malcolm Fraser's Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976.


What is the most popular sport in Germany?

Sport forms an integral part of German life, as demonstrated by the fact that 27 million Germans are members of a sports club and an additional twelve million pursue such an activity individually.


How many congregations did the Jehovah's Witnesses have in 2015?

In the same year, they conducted "Bible studies" with over 9.7 million individuals, including those conducted by Witness parents with their children.


What can be added to f0 to create a standing wave pattern?

The standing wave forms with this desired pattern at the design frequency, f0, and antennas are normally designed to be this size.


Who said that Albania is the most pro-American country in Europe?

In reference to President George W. Bush's 2007 European tour, Edi Rama, Tirana's mayor and leader of the opposition Socialists, said: "Albania is for sure the most pro-American country in Europe, maybe even in the world ...


Barcelona ranked first in the IFFHS Club World Ranking in what years?

Barcelona was ranked first in the IFFHS Club World Ranking for 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 and currently occupies the second position on the UEFA club rankings.


What did Victoria think of her suiter, the Prince Alexander of Orange?

William IV, however, disapproved of any match with the Coburgs, and instead favoured the suit of Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, second son of the Prince of Orange.


On this grand occasion, all the state rooms are in use, as the royal family proceed through them, beginning at the great north doors of the Picture Gallery.


What was the most recent glaciation that has shaped the British Isles?

The islands have been shaped by numerous glaciations during the Quaternary Period, the most recent being the Devensian.[citation needed]


What happens to a majority of ingested uranium?

However, soluble uranium compounds tend to quickly pass through the body, whereas insoluble uranium compounds, especially when inhaled by way of dust into the lungs, pose a more serious exposure hazard.


How many deaths did the Soviet Union suffer in the war?

The former Soviet Union and China suffered the most casualties.


Which organization declared the First Year of Studies program at Notre Dame "outstanding?"

This program has been recognized previously, by U.S. News & World Report, as outstanding.


About how many cubic kilometers of the vast stock forest's wood were harvested in 1991?

In 1991, approximately 3.5 cubic kilometers of wood were harvested.


What is Zhejiang's own development model dubbed?

As a result, Zhejiang has made itself one of the richest provinces, and the "Zhejiang spirit" has become something of a legend within China.


Who devised the Weston film speed ratings?

The meter and film rating system were invented by William Nelson Goodwin, Jr., who worked for them and later received a Howard N. Potts Medal for his contributions to engineering.


What retired NASA Office of inspector general is outspoken about the FAA?

Rather than commend the agency for proposing a $10.2 million fine against Southwest Airlines for its failure to conduct mandatory inspections in 2008, he was quoted as saying the following in an Associated Press story: "Penalties against airlines that violate FAA directives should be stiffer.


In the audition rounds, what do contestants who win the approval of the judges receive?

From the semifinal onwards the contestants perform their songs live, with the judges making their critiques after each performance.


What eventually led to the creation of the peasant/smerdy class?

However, in the 13th century they began to slowly lose their rights and became less equal in the eyes of the law.


—wanted to attend church and so the Queen and Prince Philip took them that morning.


Name one way  regulars choose their Pubs?

Known as "locals" to regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to home or work, the availability of a particular beer, as a place to smoke (or avoid it), hosting a darts team, having a pool or snooker table, or appealing to friends.


When did the decolonization of Africa and the Caribbean accelerate?

The 1960s and 1970s saw an acceleration in the decolonisation of Africa and the Caribbean.


How long had it been since an earthquake of similar magnitude?

The earthquake was the worst to strike the Sichuan area in over 30 years.


What condition does an abnormal color usually indicate in wood?

Abnormal discoloration of wood often denotes a diseased condition, indicating unsoundness.


How many members in total does the Basij have?

Up to 11 million men and women are members of the Basij who could potentially be called up for service; GlobalSecurity.org estimates Iran could mobilize "up to one million men".


Where is the memorial for the Armenian Genocide?

This occurred after mass demonstrations took place on the tragic event's fiftieth anniversary in 1965.


When are symptoms of asthma normally worse?

Symptoms are usually worse at night and in the early morning or in response to exercise or cold air.


How many Soviet allied countries were members of the Warsaw Pact?

The Warsaw Pact (formally, the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac, akin in format to NATO) was a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.


What ports were the Portuguese restricted to?

The Portuguese in Guinea were largely restricted to the port of Bissau and Cacheu.


What did Cara Cusumano say about piracy in 2014 that people want?

Cusumano further explained that downloading behavior is not merely conducted by people who merely want to obtain content for free:


The African Lodge re-titled itself what?

Thus, separated from both UGLE and any concordantly recognised U.S. Grand Lodge, African Lodge re-titled itself as the African Lodge, Number 1 – and became a de facto "Grand Lodge" (this Lodge is not to be confused with the various Grand Lodges on the Continent of Africa).


Later edition of texts such as what has the Rupa Jhanas?

Schmithausen, in his often-cited article On some Aspects of Descriptions or Theories of 'Liberating Insight' and 'Enlightenment' in Early Buddhism notes that the mention of the four noble truths as constituting "liberating insight", which is attained after mastering the Rupa Jhanas, is a later addition to texts such as Majjhima Nikaya 36.[page needed]


What stimuli did men show no arousal towards?

Men did not show any sexual arousal to non-human visual stimuli, their arousal patterns being in line with their specific sexual interest (women for heterosexual men and men for homosexual men).


Why did members of the clergy oppose the use of chloroform for childbirth?

In 1853, Victoria gave birth to her eighth child, Leopold, with the aid of the new anaesthetic, chloroform.


In order not to let the routine administration take over the running of the empire, the Qing emperors made sure that all important matters were decided in the "Inner Court," which was dominated by the imperial family and Manchu nobility and which was located in the northern part of the Forbidden City.


What percentage of India's total area is Rajasthan?

It is located on the western side of the country, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the "Rajasthan Desert" and "Great Indian Desert") and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus river valley.


Which major time period were these suggested hairs from?

In the 1950s, it was suggested that the foramina (passages) in the maxillae and premaxillae (bones in the front of the upper jaw) of cynodonts were channels which supplied blood vessels and nerves to vibrissae (whiskers) and so were evidence of hair or fur; it was soon pointed out, however, that foramina do not necessarily show that an animal had vibrissae, as the modern lizard Tupinambis has foramina that are almost identical to those found in the nonmammalian cynodont Thrinaxodon.


Former Foxwoods CEO Scott Butera was hired as his successor as commissioner.


Each succession dispute brought forth a different tariqah (literal meaning 'path'; extended meaning 'sect') within Shia Islam.


This has resulted in loss of genetic diversity and biodiversity as a whole.


What board member resigned in November 2010?

The company's 14 member Board of Directors is responsible for overall corporate management.


When did the B-2A aircraft enter into service of the US Air Force?

The service's B-2A aircraft entered service in the 1990s, its B-1B aircraft in the 1980s and its current B-52H aircraft in the early 1960s.


How long have messenger pigeons been used?

Falcons and cormorants have long been used for hunting and fishing, respectively.


When did Chopin's relationship with Sand start to deteriorate?

In 1847 Sand published her novel Lucrezia Floriani, whose main characters—a rich actress and a prince in weak health—could be interpreted as Sand and Chopin; the story was uncomplimentary to Chopin, who could not have missed the allusions as he helped Sand correct the printer's galleys.


He was a member of the Soviet Communist Party and the Soviet secret police (NKVD).


What are three main criterias of bacterial metabolism?

The distribution of metabolic traits within a group of bacteria has traditionally been used to define their taxonomy, but these traits often do not correspond with modern genetic classifications.


Which philosopher has criticized Hawking's formulation?

Upon occasion, Hawking has stated that time actually began with the Big Bang, and that questions about what happened before the Big Bang are meaningless.


How many volumes does the Kaiser Library contain?

This collection of around 45,000 books is derived from a personal collection of Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.


In what year did Barcelona begin the construction of a new stadium?

The building of Camp Nou commenced on 28 March 1954, before a crowd of 60,000 Barça fans.


Which historic great players have played at Yankee Stadium?

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.


In August, the Russians again made an attack towards the base at Balaclava, defended by the French, newly arrived Sardinian and Ottoman troops.:461


The Knickebein was the same as the Lorenz but used how many beams?

The Germans developed the short-range Lorenz system into the Knickebein aid, a system which used two Lorenz beams with much stronger signal transmissions.


What did English laws not exclude people with some native blood from being?

Some early male settlers married Indigenous American women and had informal unions with them.


By which year had Darwin's theory become more complex and supported by a lot of evidence?

Darwin's barnacle studies convinced him that variation arose constantly and not just in response to changed circumstances.


What churchman was influential in the development of the Winchester standard?

A later literary standard, dating from the later 10th century, arose under the influence of Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester, and was followed by such writers as the prolific Ælfric of Eynsham ("the Grammarian").


When may conventional social rules be broken?

The festivities end on Ash Wednesday with elaborate funeral rituals marking the death of King Carnival, who is typically burned on a pyre in what is called the burial of the sardine (enterrament de la sardina), or, in Vilanova, as l'enterro.


When was improvisation in classical music performance common?

The primacy of the composer's written score has also led, today, to a relatively minor role played by improvisation in classical music, in sharp contrast to the practice of musicians who lived during the baroque, classical and romantic era.


As one of the oldest school which was founded in 1660, what is it's name?

New Haven is home to a number of other private schools as well as public magnet schools, including Metropolitan Business Academy, High School in the Community, Hill Regional Career High School, Co-op High School, New Haven Academy, ACES Educational Center for the Arts, the Foote School and the Sound School, all of which draw students from New Haven and suburban towns.


Besides the general media and motion picture categories, which category contains media that is not static?

Records include paper documents, microfilm, still pictures, motion pictures, and electronic media.


ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text.


How did the Gregorian calendar set these same of the full moon not preceding Easterconditions?

The Gregorian calendar reproduced these conditions by removing ten days.


What two Marvel characters were part of that campus heroes section?

In 1965, Spider-Man and the Hulk were both featured in Esquire magazine's list of 28 college campus heroes, alongside John F. Kennedy and Bob Dylan.


What can cause symptoms and asthma serverity to change?

Low air quality from factors such as traffic pollution or high ozone levels, has been associated with both asthma development and increased asthma severity.


How many banks does London operate overseas?

London has over 480 overseas banks, more than any other city in the world.


In what year did Thomas J. Watson, Sr. join CTR?

Watson joined CTR as General Manager then, 11 months later, was made President when court cases relating to his time at NCR were resolved.


What part of the Marshall Islands experienced drought in 2013?

In 2013, the northern atolls of the Marshall Islands experienced drought.


In what year did the newer Atlantic City Convention Center open?

Boardwalk Hall was Atlantic City's primary convention center until the opening of the Atlantic City Convention Center in 1997.


What machine strips off the entire head of the cotton plant?

Cotton strippers are used in regions where it is too windy to grow picker varieties of cotton, and usually after application of a chemical defoliant or the natural defoliation that occurs after a freeze.


Where did the Chinese stop the Operation Ichi-Go incursion?

Though Japan suffered about 100,000 casualties, these attacks, the biggest in several years, gained much ground for Japan before Chinese forces stopped the incursions in Guangxi.


How do first order neurons enter the spinal cord?

The pain signal travels from the periphery to the spinal cord along an A-delta or C fiber.


Does summertime gets weather hotter than 90 degrees?

Summers are humid and warm, with temperatures exceeding 90 °F (32 °C) on 7–8 days per year.


What is the typical August dew point in degrees Fahrenheit?

Dewpoints in the warm months range from 71.9 °F (22.2 °C) in June to 73.7 °F (23.2 °C) in August.


Johannes Kepler created a model of what?

Galileo ("Father of Modern Physics") also made use of experiments to validate physical theories, a key element of the scientific method.


How many runners carried the torch in New Delhi?

India: Due to concerns about pro-Tibet protests, the relay through New Delhi on April 17 was cut to just 2.3 km (less than 1.5 miles), which was shared amongst 70 runners.


Which birds did they use as a trial run?

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


The Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), a major combatant in the 1992–1997 Civil War and then-proponent of the creation of an Islamic state in Tajikistan, constitutes no more than 30% of the government by statute.


who produced the song "on and on" in 1984?

"On and On" is sometimes cited as the 'first house record', though other examples from around that time, such as J.M. Silk's "Music is the Key" (1985), have also been cited.


How many Pulitzer Prize laureates attended the Medill School of Journalism?

The bestselling author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, George R. R. Martin, earned a B.S. and M.S. from Medill.


Avicenna wrote a number of short treatises dealing with Islamic theology.


Which physics subject was affected by The Romantic Movement?

The Romantic Movement of the early 19th century reshaped science by opening up new pursuits unexpected in the classical approaches of the Enlightenment.


Spielberg later abandoned Interstellar, which was eventually directed by Christopher Nolan.


What only sends the differences within those pixels and blocks?

Some video compression schemes typically operate on square-shaped groups of neighboring pixels, often called macroblocks.


What kind of pavement was commissioned for in front of the High Altar?

None were buried there until Henry III, intensely devoted to the cult of the Confessor, rebuilt the abbey in Anglo-French Gothic style as a shrine to venerate King Edward the Confessor and as a suitably regal setting for Henry's own tomb, under the highest Gothic nave in England.


Where can you buy downloadable content for the PSP and PS3?

The PS3 store can also be accessed on PSP via a Remote Play connection to PS3.


It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.


How many states does Dominion Virginia Power operate in?

The company, based in Richmond, is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, serving retail energy customers in nine states.


It consists of cells, and the cell walls are composed of micro-fibrils of cellulose (40% – 50%) and hemicellulose (15% – 25%) impregnated with lignin (15% – 30%).


How many nursing homes does HHC operate?

HHC operates 11 acute care hospitals, five nursing homes, six diagnostic and treatment centers, and more than 70 community-based primary care sites, serving primarily the poor and working class.


On the next day, December 18, protests turned into civil unrest as clashes between troops, volunteers, militia units, and Kazakh students turned into a wide-scale confrontation.


What do respiratory organisms use as electron donors?

Respiratory organisms use chemical compounds as a source of energy by taking electrons from the reduced substrate and transferring them to a terminal electron acceptor in a redox reaction.


Historically, the state was traversed by the main lines of three east-west transcontinental routes: the Milwaukee Road, the Great Northern, and the Northern Pacific.


Of the fourteen tallest skyscrapers in Florida, how many are in Miami?

The city currently has the eight tallest (as well as thirteen of the fourteen tallest) skyscrapers in the state of Florida, with the tallest being the 789-foot (240 m)


On the night of 10 August in Washington, American Colonels Dean Rusk and Charles H. Bonesteel III were tasked with dividing the Korean Peninsula into Soviet and U.S. occupation zones and proposed the 38th parallel.


Which of the Great Lakes is entirely located in US territory?

The Ohio and Tennessee Valleys and the Midwest consist largely of rolling hills and productive farmland, stretching south to the Gulf Coast.


Tinker Air Force Base (27,000); University of Oklahoma (11,900); University of Central Oklahoma (2,900); and Norman Regional Hospital (2,800).


How many judges were on the panel for this season?

This was also the first season without executive producer Nigel Lythgoe who left to focus on the international versions of his show


In exchange for altering the property to a more beneficial state, what does the landowner gain from the Safe Harbor agreement?

A landowner can have either a "Safe Harbor" agreement or an Incidental Take Permit, or both.


Fryderyk was the couple's second child and only son; he had an elder sister, Ludwika (1807–55), and two younger sisters, Izabela (1811–81) and Emilia (1812–27).


What did Zhou Enlai do as a result of the significant amount of Chinese casualties?

The situation became so serious that, on November 1951, Zhou Enlai called a conference in Shenyang to discuss the PVA's logistical problems.


Which country did Frédéric go to first after setting out for Western Europe?

With Woyciechowski, he headed for Austria, intending to go on to Italy.


Where did Nintendo start unveiling the new systems?

Nintendo seeded these first systems to limited American test markets starting in New York City on October 18, 1985, following up with a full-fledged North American release of the console in February of the following year.


What Buddhism emerged in the second half of the 20th century in Japan?

In the second half of the 20th Century a modern movement in Nichiren Buddhism: Soka Gakkai (Value Creation Society) emerged in Japan and spread further to other countries.


In what year did the subway begin operation?

The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private systems, helped bind the new city together.


What is the relation between the number of base pairs and total complement of genes in a species called?

Both the number of base pairs and the number of genes vary widely from one species to another, and there is only a rough correlation between the two (an observation known as the C-value paradox).


What percentage of the European population consisted of monks?

But throughout the Middle Ages the population of the towns probably never exceeded 10 per cent of the total population.


For what reason as the 1945 entrance stipulation removed?

In 1945, the school introduced a nationality statute conditioning entry on the applicant's father being British by birth.


During what time did the Dionysus cult become popular?

Much later, a statue of Marsyas, the silen of Dionysus flayed by Apollo, became a focus of brief symbolic resistance to Augustus' censorship.


What direction has infant mortality rate taken?

There was a noticeable decline of the infant mortality rate (during the 1970s to the 1980s the infant mortality rate was 101-132/1000 live births, in 2000 the rate was 50-60/1000, and in 2008 it was 28-30/1000).


Along with Egypt, what nation did Libya have border issues with in this era?

A particularly hostile relationship developed with the United States and United Kingdom, resulting in the 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya and United Nations-imposed economic sanctions.


In approximately what year did revitalization most recently begin to occur in downtown New Haven?

Since approximately 2000, many parts of downtown New Haven have been revitalized, with new restaurants, nightlife, and small retail stores.


What is one of the sources electricity is being generated from?

While diesel locomotives burn petroleum, electricity is generated from diverse sources including many that do not produce carbon dioxide such as nuclear power and renewable forms including hydroelectric, geothermal, wind and solar.


What style of architecture came after the Gothic style?

It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture.


What is the population of the smallest canton?

Their populations vary between 15,000 (Appenzell Innerrhoden) and 1,253,500 (Zürich), and their area between 37 km2 (14 sq mi) (Basel-Stadt) and 7,105 km2 (2,743 sq mi) (Graubünden).


When were settlements started in southern Mesopotamia?

The Sumerian people who settled here farmed the lands in this region that were made fertile by silt deposited by the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.


What is more likely than the Solutrean hypothesis?

A route through Beringia is seen as more likely than the Solutrean hypothesis.


What type of ambulance will the Army have 301 of?

The other most retained vehicle will be the Navistar MaxxPro Dash with 2,633 vehicles, plus 301 Maxxpro ambulances.


What did Cerón name the islands from which people threw rocks at his vessel?

These islands, which he named "Los Pintados", may have been Ujelang.


Who was Speaker of the House between 1953 and 1955?

There were exceptions, Leonard W. Hall, for example, who as chairman of the Republican National Committee tried to open the administration's eyes to the political facts of life, with occasional success.


When did Japan formally have signed the surrender?

In Japan, 14 August is considered to be the day that the Pacific War ended.


What two Egyptian leaders personal conflicts played a large part in Egypt's poor showing  in the war?

The Supreme Executive Committee, set up by Nasser to oversee the conduct of the war, attributed the repeated Egyptian defeats to the Nasser–Amer rivalry and Amer's overall incompetence.