In what month and year was the grand opening of Drake Circus Shopping Centre?

In 2004 the old Drake Circus shopping centre and Charles Cross car park were demolished and replaced by the latest Drake Circus Shopping Centre, which opened in October 2006.


Insect pollinators are essential to the life-cycle of many flowering plant species on which most organisms, including humans, are at least partly dependent; without them, the terrestrial portion of the biosphere (including humans) would be devastated.


What is the interest of the Savile club at Eton?

Those in existence at present include: Aeronautical, African, Alexander Cozens (Art), Amnesty, Archeological, Architectural, Astronomy, Banks (conservation), Caledonian, Cheese, Classical, Comedy, Cosmopolitan, Debating, Design, Entrepreneurship, Geographical, Henry Fielding, Hispanic, History, Keynes (economics), Law, Literary, Mathematical, Medical, Middle Eastern, Model United Nations, Modern Languages, Oriental, Orwell (left-wing), Simeon (Christian), Parry (music), Photographic, Political, Praed (poetry), Rock (music), Rous (equestrian), Salisbury (diplomatic), Savile (Rare Books and Manuscripts), Shelley, Scientific, Sports, Tech Club, Theatre, Wellington (military), Wine and Wotton’s (philosophy).


What was a subject that all Dominican students had to learn?

Information about the schools of the English Province is limited, but a few facts are known.


What type of legal system is the Philippines officially?

While the Philippines is generally considered a civil law nation, its Supreme Court is heavily modelled after the American Supreme Court.


Which publication said Nintendo's best console ever was the SNES?

In 2007, GameTrailers named the SNES as the second-best console of all time in their list of top ten consoles that "left their mark on the history of gaming", citing its graphic, sound, and library of top-quality games.


What was the total bounty offered for Captian Every after England heard that the Ganj-i-Sawai was  taken

In response, a combined bounty of £1,000 was offered for Every's capture by the Privy Council and East India Company, leading to the first worldwide manhunt in recorded history.


How much of near-shore marine annelids are burrowing?

The burrowing of marine polychaetes, which may constitute up to a third of all species in near-shore environments, encourages the development of ecosystems by enabling water and oxygen to penetrate the sea floor.


What were some of the rights women had during this time period?

Certain rights were accorded to women, such as property and inheritance rights.


What is lowered in children who have pets?

Research has, however, pointed to significantly less absenteeism from school through sickness among children who live with pets."


How much money did the State Department give the traffickers?

The Kerry Committee report found that "the Contra drug links included..... payments to drug traffickers by the U.S. State Department of funds authorized by the Congress for humanitarian assistance to the Contras, in some cases after the traffickers had been indicted by federal law enforcement agencies on drug charges, in others while traffickers were under active investigation by these same agencies.


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

An estimated 20,000 Somalis emigrated to the U.S. state of Minnesota some ten years ago and the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) now have the highest population of Somalis in North America.


How did the Egyptian press react to Nasser's accomplishments?

Consequently, Nasser's prestige was greatly boosted as was his self-confidence and image.


What is the largest private university in Uruguay?

ORT Uruguay was first established as a non-profit organization in 1942, and was officially certified as a private university in September 1996, becoming the second private educational institution in the country to achieve that status.[citation needed]


What date was the Charleston earthquake of 1886?

On August 31, 1886, Charleston was nearly destroyed by an earthquake.


Who coaches the University of Arizona men's basketball team?

The University of Arizona Wildcats sports teams, most notably the men's basketball and women's softball teams have strong local interest.


What was Nigeria's population density in 2009?

The results of the most recent census were released in December 2006 and gave a population of 140,003,542.


What is a person called who does the initial pencil work for the artwork?

Particularly in American superhero comic books, the art may be divided between a penciller, who lays out the artwork in pencil; an inker, who finishes the artwork in ink; a colourist; and a letterer, who adds the captions and speech balloons.


Anjiro was not an intellectual, but he impressed Xavier because he took careful notes of everything he said in church.


What did the Romans call the third hour before sunrise?

For example, Roman water clocks had different scales for different months of the year: at Rome's latitude the third hour from sunrise, hora tertia, started by modern standards at 09:02 solar time and lasted 44 minutes at the winter solstice, but at the summer solstice it started at 06:58 and lasted 75 minutes.


What two exports has the Congo begun producing recently?

The current administration presides over an uneasy internal peace and faces difficult economic problems of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty, despite record-high oil prices since 2003.


How do cancer patients usually control their background pain?

Breakthrough pain is transitory acute pain that comes on suddenly and is not alleviated by the patient's normal pain management.


What is the profession of the individual who referred to Somalia as a "Nation of Bards"?

The textile-making communities in Somalia are a continuation of an ancient textile industry, as is the culture of wood carving, pottery and monumental architecture that dominates Somali interiors and landscapes.


Where created the first practical integrated circuits?

In his patent application of 6 February 1959, Kilby described his new device as "a body of semiconductor material ... wherein all the components of the electronic circuit are completely integrated".


In what year was a large scale solar distillation project constructed in Las Salinas?

A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in 1872 in the Chilean mining town of Las Salinas.


What is the Armenian term for settlment?

Each community is self-governing and consists of one or more settlements (bnakavayrer, singular bnakavayr).


Where did Italy start using the AC system?

Three-phase AC railway electrification was used in Italy, Switzerland and the United States in the early twentieth century.


Where are consonants aspirated in just the final position?

Aspirated consonants are not always followed by vowels or other voiced sounds.


What are the titles of the standard media apps on current Apple devices?

While the iPhone and iPad have essentially the same media player capabilities as the iPod line, they are generally treated as separate products.


What is the elevation of Tennessee's highest point?

The highest point in the state is Clingmans Dome at 6,643 feet (2,025 m).


Having formally applied for full membership in 2003, Greece became the ESA's sixteenth member on 16 March 2005.


Who wrote American Idol: The Untold Story?

The Untold Story, said, "You have this alliance between young girls and grandmas and they see it, not necessarily as a contest to create a pop star competing on the contemporary radio, but as .... who's the nicest guy in a popularity contest," he says, "And that has led to this dynasty of four, and possibly now five, consecutive, affable, very nice, good-looking white boys."


Who owns the Football Association Premier League?

The Football Association is not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the Premier League, but has veto power as a special shareholder during the election of the chairman and chief executive and when new rules are adopted by the league.


After World War II, two new competing formats came onto the market and gradually replaced the standard "78": the 33 1⁄3 rpm (often just referred to as the 33 rpm), and the 45 rpm (see above).


How many top five singles came from her first album?

The album's lead single, "Crazy in Love", featuring Jay Z, became Beyoncé's first number-one single as a solo artist in the US.


When did Beyoncé release her first solo album?

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child.


What are some other major wrestling companies?

Currently, the largest professional wrestling company worldwide is the United States-based WWE, which bought out many smaller regional companies in the late 20th century, as well as its primary US competitors WCW and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in early 2001.


Who came up with a way to quickly produce penicillin?

Later, Norman Heatley developed the back extraction technique for efficiently purifying penicillin in bulk.


In 1579 a number of the northern provinces of the Low Countries signed the Union of Utrecht, in which they promised to support each other in their defence against the Spanish army.


What caused the downfall of the downfall of the the original kingdom in Myanmar?

In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country.


What percentage of Islamic women were educated before the 1200s?

Prior to the 12th century, women accounted for less than one percent of the world’s Islamic scholars.


Who gave Spectre a perfect rating in The Daily Telegraph?

Mark Kermode, writing in The Guardian, gave the film four out of five stars, observing that the film did not live up to the standard set by Skyfall, but was able to tap into audience expectations.


How long would a lunar eclipse be visible?

They concluded that such an eclipse would have been visible, for thirty minutes, from Jerusalem and suggested the gospel reference to a solar eclipse was the result of a scribe wrongly amending a text.


" They state that the Ming dynasty, by issuing imperial edicts to invite ex-Yuan officials to the court for official positions in the early years of its founding, won submission from ex-Yuan religious and administrative leaders in the Tibetan areas, and thereby incorporated Tibetan areas into the rule of the Ming court.


Who was President Roosevelt's key advisor?

The Pacific War Council was formed in Washington, on 1 April 1942, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his key advisor Harry Hopkins, and representatives from Britain, China, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Canada.


What is the nickname of the city that the government is trying to push now?

This motto was quickly adopted as a city nickname, but has faded since the new motto Capital en Movimiento ("Capital in Movement") was adopted by the administration headed by Marcelo Ebrard, though the latter is not treated as often as a nickname in media.


ArenaBowl XXV returned to a neutral site and was once again played in New Orleans, where the Rattlers returned and defeated the Philadelphia Soul.


What happens to a state's obligations under a treaty upon its withdrawal from the treaty?

When a state withdraws from a multi-lateral treaty, that treaty will still otherwise remain in force among the other parties, unless, of course, otherwise should or could be interpreted as agreed upon between the remaining states parties to the treaty.[citation needed]


Madonna's major influences include Karen Carpenter, The Supremes and Led Zeppelin, as well as dancers Martha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev.


What is the mode of travel for Antarctic tours?

Travel is largely by small or medium ship, focusing on specific scenic locations with accessible concentrations of iconic wildlife.


What was the goal of the first trading companies?

Elizabeth I of England, primarily interested in trade with the east, collaborated with English merchants to form the first trading companies to the far-flung regions, using their own jargon.


What denominational variance do they adhere to for the most part ?

During the first centuries after Jesus Christ, the New Testament was originally written in Koine Greek, which remains the liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church, and most of the early Christians and Church Fathers were Greek-speaking.


The story of Tharapita's or Taara's flight from Vironia to Saaremaa has been associated with a major meteor disaster estimated to have happened in 660 ± 85 BC that formed Kaali crater in Saaremaa.


Czechs immigrated from Europe to the U.S. primary from 1848 to when?

In the 2000 United States Census, Czech was reported as the most-common language spoken at home (besides English) in Valley, Butler and Saunders Counties, Nebraska and Republic County, Kansas.


What did Burke think was missing from the French Revolutionary Government?

Burke's last publications were the Letters on a Regicide Peace (October 1796), called forth by negotiations for peace with France by the Pitt government.


What allowed the paternal line of the imperial family to gain influence over royal succession?

While the Fujiwara fell into disputes among themselves and formed northern and southern factions, the insei system allowed the paternal line of the imperial family to gain influence over the throne.


How does a sangoma in Swaziland communicate?

At the end of the training, a graduation ceremony takes place where all the local sangoma come together for feasting and dancing.


Why is Iranian cuisine so diverse besides being influenced by other cultures?

Iranian cuisine is diverse due to its variety of ethnic groups and the influence of other cultures.


What acts cover tort damages from police brutality cases?

Due to the perennial inability of legislatures in the U.S. to enact statutes that would actually force law enforcement officers to respect the constitutional rights of criminal suspects and convicts, the federal judiciary gradually developed the exclusionary rule as a method to enforce such rights.


When did protesters run into the outfield and try to set fire to the U.S. flag?

On April 25, 1976, at Dodger Stadium, father-and-son protestors ran into the outfield and tried to set fire to a U.S. flag.


How long has this name immutability been guaranteed?

This immutability has been guaranteed since Unicode version 2.0 by the Name Stability policy.


What does each greater level of assembly have?

In this governmental structure, each component has some level of sovereignty over itself.


What animal species was delisted in August 2008?

Two examples of animal species recently delisted are: the Virginia northern flying squirrel (subspecies) on August, 2008, which had been listed since 1985, and the gray wolf (Northern Rocky Mountain DPS).


Why would hybrids have characteristics that keep them from being fertile?

Chapter VIII addresses the idea that species had special characteristics that prevented hybrids from being fertile in order to preserve separately created species.


Beyoncé's vocal range spans four octaves.


In place of instruments, what do some modern a cappella groups implement?

There also remains a strong a cappella presence within Christian music, as some denominations purposefully do not use instruments during worship.


Nicky Minaj became a spokesperson for which brand of soda after seeing Beyonce involved with it?

American indie rock band White Rabbits also cited her an inspiration for their third album Milk Famous (2012), friend Gwyneth Paltrow studied Beyoncé at her live concerts while learning to become a musical performer for the 2010 film Country Strong.


How old was the oldest brain discovered thought to be?

The oldest brain to have been discovered was in Armenia in the Areni-1 cave complex.


Pali: धम्म dhamma) that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one").


What is locally referred to as the Australian Dream?

Melbourne is typical of Australian capital cities in that after the turn of the 20th century, it expanded with the underlying notion of a 'quarter acre home and garden' for every family, often referred to locally as the Australian Dream.


With the German occupation of Western Europe, the intensification of submarine and air attack on Britain's sea communications was feared by the British.


What locomotives are usually more reliable?

Electric locomotives are usually quieter, more powerful, and more responsive and reliable than diesels.


How high is the continent of Antarctica above sea level?

First, much of the continent is more than 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level, and temperature decreases with elevation in the troposphere.


The city's bus system is being over hauled to work with what other program?

The city is also in the process of implementing a 5-year and 20 year Bike Action Plan with a goal of attaining 14 to 35% bicycle transportation mode share by 2030 through the installation of enhanced bicycle infrastructure throughout the city.


When did work begin on the 105 mm static mounting AA gun?

The US ended World War I with two 3-inch AA guns and improvements were developed throughout the inter-war period.


Most albums included three or four records, with two sides each, making six or eight tunes per album.


What is it called when a bird's kidneys extract nitrogenous waste from their bloodstream and secrete it as uric acid?

Like the reptiles, birds are primarily uricotelic, that is, their kidneys extract nitrogenous waste from their bloodstream and excrete it as uric acid instead of urea or ammonia through the ureters into the intestine.


What is the average annual rainfall of Guam?

The months of January and February are considered the coolest months of the year with overnight low temperatures of 70–75 °F (21–24 °C) and low humidity levels.


What do the structure of a contempory traditional orchestra consist of?

To fill this gap in the literature, mandolin orchestras have traditionally played many arrangements of music written for regular orchestras or other ensembles.


What did China introduce to the war in 1951?

On 1 March 1951 Mao sent a cable to Stalin, in which he emphasized the difficulties faced by Chinese forces and the urgent need for air cover, especially over supply lines.


The Twilight Princess manga was only available in what country?

A Japan-exclusive manga series based on Twilight Princess, penned and illustrated by Akira Himekawa, was first released on February 8, 2016.


Besides customer problems, what other area is Comcast often criticized over?

The company is often criticized by both the media and its own staff for its less upstanding policies regarding employee relations.


How can a DBMS database migration be made easier?

Typically a DBMS vendor provides tools to help importing databases from other popular DBMSs.


What position was Tito appointed to in 1941 by the Central Committee?

On 10 April 1941, Slavko Kvaternik proclaimed the Independent State of Croatia, and Tito responded by forming a Military Committee within the Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party.


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


What policy guaranteed that characters have a unique and immutable name?

All graphic, format, and private use characters have a unique and immutable name by which they may be identified.


What Richmond street contains a notable amount of Victorian buildings?

The affluent area between the Boulevard, Main Street, Broad Street, and VCU, known as the Fan, is home to Monument Avenue, an outstanding collection of Victorian architecture, and many students.


What percentage of Norfolk Island is a permanent pasture?

There is a strong belief on the island that some of the revenue generated from Norfolk's EEZ should be available to providing services such as health and infrastructure on the island, which the island has been responsible for, similar to how the Northern Territory is able to access revenue from their mineral resources.


What differentiates placozoans from the ctenophora and the cnidaria?

The tiny placozoans are similar, but they do not have a permanent digestive chamber.


Where is Gerda Abst a professor mandolin?

She is now also professor mandolin at the music high school “Koninklijk Conservatorium Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen”.


Armenian literature dates back to 400 AD, when Mesrop Mashtots first invented the Armenian alphabet.


What year was Clinton v. City of New York decided by the supreme court?

Congress has the sole power to legislate for the United States.


The Avars asked the Slavs to accept the suzerainty of the Avars, he however declined and is reported as saying: "Others do not conquer our land, we conquer theirs –


The Times was the first newspaper to send correspondents to what kind of event?

W. H. Russell, the paper's correspondent with the army in the Crimean War, was immensely influential with his dispatches back to England.


How were the different factions distinguished from eachother?

More than 500,000 residents fled during this time because of persecution, increased poverty and better economic opportunities in the West or in other former Soviet republics.


What types of advanced books did some Japanese women read?

Though many of the texts written for women during the Tokugawa period only pertained to how a woman could become a successful wife and household manager, there were those that undertook the challenge of learning to read, and also tackled philosophical and literary classics.


How many BYU campus rooms are used for the purposes of LDS Church congregations?

Over 900 rooms on BYU campus are used for the purposes of LDS Church congregations.


This campaign is known as "The Race to the Dan" or "The Race for the River."


Apollo 17 landed on the Moon on which date?

The first landing was followed by another, precision landing on Apollo 12 in November 1969.


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

In 1918, after World War I ended, the Slavs established such independent states as Czechoslovakia, the Second Polish Republic, and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.


What language originated the word bitumen?

The expression "bitumen" originated in the Sanskrit, where we find the words jatu, meaning "pitch," and jatu-krit, meaning "pitch creating", "pitch producing" (referring to coniferous or resinous trees).


Why did Steele think people were not attacking Barrack Obama?


When was the ductile form of tungsten invented?

By 1910, a process was developed by William D. Coolidge at General Electric for production of a ductile form of tungsten.


Who do we owe gratitude for even some species of cotton to?

Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally.


In what river does the Bronx have 4 peninsulas?

East of the Bronx River, the borough is relatively flat and includes four large low peninsulas, or 'necks,' of low-lying land which jut into the waters of the East River and were once saltmarsh:


By what year was the greater part of the army presence in Plymouth gone?

Post-war, Devonport Dockyard was kept busy refitting aircraft carriers such as the Ark Royal and, later, nuclear submarines while new light industrial factories were constructed in the newly zoned industrial sector attracting rapid growth of the urban population.


What color garment is used in traditional chants to represent the purity of Mary's conception ?

Your clothing is white as snow, and your face is like the sun.


He also has the power to issue pardons and reprieves.


How much did Stick and Sweet Tour grossed?

With a gross of $280 million, it became the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist then, surpassing the previous record Madonna set with the Confessions Tour; it was later surpassed by Roger Waters' The Wall Live.


When was Spielberg named the 'most influential celebrity in America'?

According to Forbes' Most Influential Celebrities 2014 list, Spielberg was listed as the most influential celebrity in America.


Open from 1804, these were the cemeteries of Père Lachaise, Montmartre, Montparnasse, and later Passy; these cemeteries became inner-city once again when Paris annexed all neighbouring communes to the inside of its much larger ring of suburban fortifications in 1860.


Captain James Cook's vessel HMS Endeavour anchored and resupplied off the coast of St Helena in May 1771, on her return from the European discovery of the east coast of Australia and rediscovery of New Zealand.


In which year did Feynman orate the Caltech commencement speech?

In 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of "a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty" on the part of the scientist.


Elections in 2006 were again won by Rahmon (with 79% of the vote) and he began his third term in office.


How many children came back from Auschwitz?

On 16–17 July 1942, following German orders, the French police and gendarmes arrested 12,884 Jews, including 4,115 children, and confined them during five days at the Vel d'Hiv (Vélodrome d'Hiver), from which they were transported by train to the extermination camp at Auschwitz.


Oliver Cromwell was given an elaborate funeral there in 1658, only to be disinterred in January 1661 and posthumously hanged from a gibbet at Tyburn.


How did Pitt's strategy affect Britain's future plans?

Pitt Head of the government from 1756 to 1761, and even after that the British continued his strategy.


What is the exception to this reduction?

There are a few instances of unreduced [e], [o] in some words.


What are the districts of Germany considered?

The Districts of Germany (Kreise) are administrative districts, and every state except the city-states of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen consists of "rural districts" (Landkreise), District-free Towns/Cities


Is the age that peope are allowed to marry universally decided upon?

Nonetheless, new legal privileges converge with shifting social expectations to usher in a phase of heightened independence or social responsibility for most legal adolescents.


What ideaology is found in the natural sciences?

Groups of humans have always identified themselves as distinct from neighboring groups, but such differences have not always been understood to be natural, immutable and global.


In parts of the country, Romani is spoken by who?

This goes for the Arvanites, an Albanian-speaking group mostly located in the rural areas around the capital Athens, and for the Aromanians and Moglenites, also known as Vlachs, whose language is closely related to Romanian and who used to live scattered across several areas of mountainous central Greece.


In 1770, who reported that Medri Bahri was a distinct political entity from Abyssinia?

The Scottish traveler James Bruce reported in 1770 that Medri Bahri was a distinct political entity from Abyssinia, noting that the two territories were frequently in conflict.


In what form does the Quran say God sends his messages to people?

This comes out in Quran 42:51, in which it is stated: "It is not for any mortal that God should speak to them, except by revelation, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger to reveal by his permission whatsoever He will."


But the saint seems to have divined what was preparing in secret against him.


When did the reference software become an international standard?

It was approved as a draft technical report (DTR/DIS) in November 1994, finalized in 1996 and published as international standard ISO/IEC TR 11172-5:1998 in 1998.


What came to a halt during the moment of silence?

Cars and trucks on Beijing's roads also came to a halt.


What year was the RMS Saint Helena supposed to be decommissioned?

The RMS Saint Helena was due for decommissioning in 2010.


It is used for football, rugby union and track and field athletics.


Quantum Dot LEDs can do what special skill?

This allows quantum dot LEDs to create almost any color on the CIE diagram.


What sort of reality did Collier believe was knowable?

The universe cannot exist as it appears if there is no perceiving mind.


What Beaux Arts structure on New Haven's Chapel Street was built on the site believed to formerly feature the home of Roger Sherman?

The cemetery is known for its grand Egyptian Revival gateway.


Which country did Britain ally with in 1902?

Germany was rapidly rising as a military and industrial power and was now seen as the most likely opponent in any future war.


How did the Nazis conjure up anti-Semitic feelings in civilians?

The Nazis used propaganda to great effect to stir up anti-Semitic feelings within ordinary Germans.


When did the Computer Emergency Readiness Team investigate 79 hacking incidents at energy companies?

The Internet is a potential attack vector for such machines if connected, but the Stuxnet worm demonstrated that even equipment controlled by computers not connected to the Internet can be vulnerable to physical damage caused by malicious commands sent to industrial equipment (in that case uranium enrichment centrifuges) which are infected via removable media.


In recent years, what usage has risen dramatically?

3G/4G mobile internet usage has been on a sharp increase in recent years, with a 340% increase between August 2011 and August 2012.


What is a condition that can cause symptoms of astham in children?

Many other conditions can cause symptoms similar to those of asthma.


What is an issue of reporting pain specific to Asians?

Many Asians do not want to lose respect in society by admitting they are in pain and need help, believing the pain should be borne in silence, while other cultures feel they should report pain right away and get immediate relief.


Henry VIII's wine cellar at the Palace of Whitehall, built in 1514–1516 for Cardinal Wolsey, is in the basement of Main Building, and is used for entertainment.


What was the purpose of the created of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company?

The name Shell is linked to The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company.


If a tree starts forming heartwood right away, will its sapwood layer be thin or thick?

Some species begin to form heartwood very early in life, so having only a thin layer of live sapwood, while in others the change comes slowly.


What language are most languages of Italy derived from?

The languages of Italy are primarily Latin-based Romance languages, with the most widely spoken languages falling within the Italo-Dalmatian language family.


How long is the track connecting Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire?

Thus, Congo is one of the most urbanized countries in Africa, with 70% of its total population living in a few urban areas, namely in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire or one of the small cities or villages lining the 534-kilometre (332 mi) railway which connects the two cities.


The team that discovered M458 was led by who?

The team led by Peter Underhill, which discovered M458, did not consider the possibility that this was a Slavic marker, since they used the "evolutionary effective" mutation rate, which gave a date far too old to be Slavic.


What features allow the cable-ready TVs to display HD content without an external box?

They have a QAM tuner built-in and/or a card slot for inserting a CableCARD.


As of January 2013, The Sunday Times has a circulation of how many people?

As of January 2013, The Times has a circulation of 399,339 and The Sunday Times of 885,612.


Where did the Texas bulb begin its life?

The "Centennial Light" is a light bulb that is accepted by the Guinness Book of World Records as having been burning almost continuously at a fire station in Livermore, California, since 1901.


Which private contractor acted as police for businesses?

Public organizations were supplemented by private contractors, notably the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which was hired by individuals, businessmen, local governments and the federal government.


When did the Avid Life Media CEO resign?

After the second data dump, Avid Life Media CEO Noel Biderman resigned, but the website remained functional.


On 19 May, George VI personally accepted and approved the Letter of Credence of the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Daniel Calhoun Roper; gave Royal Assent to nine parliamentary bills; and ratified two international treaties with the Great Seal of Canada.


What is the official name of the missile test facility?

Marshallese land owners receive rent for the base.


What other beginnings of origination do some of the last names of the Greeks share ?

Finally, in addition to Greek-derived surnames many have Latin, Turkish and Italian origin.


How much of the subsidized bulk mail delivery program goes to carriers who offer passenger service?

The program requires 70% of that subsidy to go to carriers who offer passenger service to the communities.


What other instrument did the Tennessee string bands use?

Howard Armstrong, who is famous for blues violin, got his start with his father's mandolin and played in string bands similar to the other Tennessee string bands he came into contact with, with band makeup including "mandolins and fiddles and guitars and banjos.


The Guinness World record was credited to which production designer?

After wrapping up in England, production travelled to Morocco in June, with filming taking place in Oujda, Tangier and Erfoud, after preliminary work was completed by the production's second unit.


What nation possessed the Dutch East Indies?

Mexico, Free France and many other countries also took part, especially forces from other British colonies.


In addition, the feathers of a bird suffer from wear-and-tear and require to be molted.


What did President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo establish?

In 2004, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo established the Consultative Commission which suggested such a Charter Change but no action was taken by the Philippine Congress to amend the 1987 Constitution.


What religious activity was responsible for the growing demand for hostelries?

A traveller in the early Middle Ages could obtain overnight accommodation in monasteries, but later a demand for hostelries grew with the popularity of pilgrimages and travel.


Why did Darwin feel plants had something comparable to a brain?

Darwin experimented on the movements of plant shoots and roots towards light and gravity, and concluded "It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the tip of the radicle . .


What entity provides help with the management of time for new students at Notre Dame?

The program also includes a Learning Resource Center which provides time management, collaborative learning, and subject tutoring.


In what areas of the US does Comcast operate?

It is the second largest pay-TV company after the AT&T-DirecTV acquisition, largest cable TV company and largest home Internet service provider in the United States, and the nation's third largest home telephone service provider.


How did Tajikistan change their economy?

Tajikistan has achieved transition from a planned to a market economy without substantial and protracted recourse to aid (of which it by now receives only negligible amounts), and by purely market-based means, simply by exporting its main commodity of comparative advantage — cheap labor.


How many passengers ride the Staten Island Ferry annually?

Other ferry systems shuttle commuters between Manhattan and other locales within the city and the metropolitan area.


Who was at the forefront of the fight to change the laws on defective products?

Notably, the most broadly influential innovation of 20th-century American tort law was the rule of strict liability for defective products, which originated with judicial glosses on the law of warranty.


When did most Catalan speakers leave northern Catalonia?

People from the Spanish Alacant province settled around Oran, whereas Algiers received immigration from Northern Catalonia and Minorca.


The Fajr-3 missile uses what type of propulsion system?

Since the 1979 Revolution, to overcome foreign embargoes, Iran has developed its own military industry, produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, guided missiles, submarines, military vessels, guided missile destroyer, radar systems, helicopters and fighter planes.


An entertainment listings guide in the Saturday edition of The Times is called what?

These supplements were relaunched in January 2009 as: Sport, Weekend (including travel and lifestyle features), Saturday Review (arts, books, and ideas), The Times Magazine (columns on various topics), and Playlist (an entertainment listings guide).


How did the Quebec Act of 1774 affect religion?

The act protected Catholic religion and French language, which enraged the Americans, but the Québécois remained loyal and did not rebel.


What anniversary did the chain take place on?

An estimated 2 million people joined hands to form a human chain extending 600 kilometres (370 mi) across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which had been forcibly reincorporated into the Soviet Union in 1944.


(An example of a perdurantist is David Lewis.)


Other than Tibetan Buddhism, what other Buddhism supports bardo?

According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next.


Who noted that Gaddafi made long speeches?

Biographer Daniel Kawczynski noted that Gaddafi was famed for his "lengthy, wandering" speeches, which typically involved criticising Israel and the U.S.


Who got emails asking him to boycott the torch relay?

In an effort to counter the pro-Tibet protesters and show their support for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more than 2,000 Chinese also gathered on the torch route and demonstrated with signs, banners and Chinese flags.


What was the name of the BBC changed to in 1960?

The channel also introduced the science fiction show Doctor Who on 23 November 1963 - at 17:16 - which went on to become one of Britain's most iconic and beloved television programmes.


The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other large aerial bomb attacks by the United States Army Air Forces, accompanied by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on 8 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945.


Restrictions were placed on the activities of the Revolutionary Committees; in March 1988, their role was narrowed by the newly created Ministry for Mass Mobilization and Revolutionary Leadership to restrict their violence and judicial role, while in August 1988 Gaddafi publicly criticised them, asserting that "they deviated, harmed, tortured" and that "the true revolutionary does not practise repression."


Many lawsuits turn on the meaning of a federal statute or regulation, and judicial interpretations of such meaning carry legal force under the principle of stare decisis.


Who first patented the process that creates an oxide usable in the retort process?

William Champion's brother, John, patented a process in 1758 for calcining zinc sulfide into an oxide usable in the retort process.


To whom is the quote "it was like playing men from outer space" attributed?

After the game, a bewildered Syd Owen said, "it was like playing men from outer space".


MediaOne merged with what telecommunications company?

Comcast University started in 1999 as well as Comcast Interactive Capital Group to make technology and Internet related investments taking its first investment in VeriSign.


How many PCs was Dell's Indian plant slated to make in 2007?

an estimated $60 million in a new manufacturing unit in Chennai, India, to support the sales of its products in the Indian subcontinent.


Who was the  vice royalty of the Sakya regime established by?

He adds that "Although agreements were made between Tibetan leaders and Mongol khans, Ming and Qing emperors, it was the Republic of China and its Communist successors that assumed the former imperial tributaries and subject states as integral parts of the Chinese nation-state."


The Sangha is considered to provide a refuge by preserving the authentic teachings of the Buddha and providing further examples that the truth of the Buddha's teachings is attainable.


Mahayana includes which practices of Buddhism?

Mahayana which includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai) is found throughout East Asia.


What other career fields have seen an increase in active combat missions?

Beyond combat flight crew personnel, perhaps the most dangerous USAF jobs are Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Combat rescue officer, Pararescue, Security Forces, Combat Control, Combat Weather, Tactical Air Control Party, and AFOSI agents, who deploy with infantry and special operations units who disarm bombs, rescue downed or isolated personnel, call in air strikes and set up landing zones in forward locations.


Who controlled the newly restored government of the Republic of Korea?

On 27 September, MacArthur received the top secret National Security Council Memorandum 81/1 from Truman reminding him that operations north of the 38th parallel were authorized only if "at the time of such operation there was no entry into North Korea by major Soviet or Chinese Communist forces, no announcements of intended entry, nor a threat to counter our operations militarily...


What is one of the many ways the DCA utilizes passive defense to protect from enemy attacks?

It includes detection and warning; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense; camouflage, concealment, and deception; hardening; reconstitution; dispersion; redundancy; and mobility, counter-measures, and stealth.


How many days of full sun does Tucson get each year?

The state manages all water in Arizona through its Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR).


Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the Liberty Bell are the city's most famous attractions.


What is the U.S.'s largest museum complex?

The Detroit Historical Society provides information about tours of area churches, skyscrapers, and mansions.


The integrated circuit of a computer was the idea of whom?

The next great advance in computing power came with the advent of the integrated circuit.


What percentage of adolescents reporting having experienced physical violence in a relationship?

In heterosexual couples, there is no significant difference between the rates of male and female aggressors, unlike in adult relationships.


What did A.W Kinglake make the British out to be?

More recently, the historians Andrew Lambert and Winfried Baumgart have argued that, first, Britain was following a geopolitical strategy in aiming to destroy a fledgling Russian Navy which might challenge the Royal Navy for control of the seas, and second that the war was a joint European response to a century of Russian expansion not just southwards but also into western Europe.


How did Virgil earn his nickname "Parthenias" or "maiden"?

One, the Catalepton, consists of fourteen short poems, some of which may be Virgil's, and another, a short narrative poem titled the Culex ("The Gnat"), was attributed to Virgil as early as the 1st century AD.


The establishment of what body was the subject of A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States?

In a case involving the creation of the National Recovery Administration called A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935), Congress could not authorize the president to formulate codes of "fair competition.


What country is used as an example for limited forms of communications?

Mobile telecommunications and radio broadcasting help to fight corruption, especially in developing regions like Africa, where other forms of communications are limited.


Israel's humanitarian efforts officially began in 1958, with the establishment of MASHAV, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Agency for International Development Cooperation.


Mrigavyadha destroys animal instinct in who?

The word Mriga, in many Indian languages including Malayalam, not only stands for deer, but for all animals and animal instincts (Mriga Thrishna).


What is the biggest office building in Tucson?

Tucson's largest office building is 5151 East Broadway in east Tucson, completed in 1975.


What was the chivalric order established by Edward III in 1348?

This new-found ethos can be seen as a response to the diminishing military role of the aristocracy, and gradually it became almost entirely detached from its military origin.


What type of axioms were used by von Neumann in his lattice work?

This conclusion is the culmination of 140 pages of brilliant and incisive algebra involving entirely novel axioms.


What was the intended purpose of youtube's "shows" section?

The move was intended to create competition with websites such as Hulu, which features material from NBC, Fox, and Disney.


How far do penguins travel when they migrate?

These routes can cover over 1,000 km (620 mi).


Greece, which is one of the world's largest shipping powers, middle powers and top tourist destinations, has the largest economy in the Balkans, where it is an important regional investor.


What sort of airspace is the DCA designed to protect?

A major goal of DCA operations, in concert with OCA operations, is to provide an area from which forces can operate, secure from air and missile threats.


Under what name were those lectures later published?

One famous story illustrating the level of difficulty of Whitehead's philosophy centers around the delivery of Whitehead's Gifford lectures in 1927–28 – following Arthur Eddington's lectures of the year previous – which Whitehead would later publish as Process and Reality:


How long has Microsoft Windows supported WGL-4?

Several subsets of Unicode are standardized: Microsoft Windows since Windows NT 4.0 supports WGL-4 with 652 characters, which is considered to support all contemporary European languages using the Latin, Greek, or Cyrillic script.


What was the increase of Greece's industrial output between 2005 and 2011?

Eurostat statistics show that the industrial sector was hit by the Greek financial crisis throughout 2009 and 2010, with domestic output decreasing by 5.8% and industrial production in general by 13.4%.


Who described outreach events at Eton as "unfair and indefensible?"

According to The Economist, Oxford and Cambridge admit more Etonians each year than applicants from the whole country who qualify for free school meals.


Maintaining his interest in Arab nationalist activism, he refused to join any of the banned political parties active in the city – including the Arab Nationalist Movement, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the Muslim Brotherhood – claiming he rejected factionalism.


Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational.


This adds complexity to implementations of those protocols, and to other network protocols, such as those used for E-mail and the World Wide Web, on systems not using the NVT's CR-LF line-ending convention.


When was the new constitution for CAR approved?

To date, the Peace Corps has not returned to the Central African Republic.


What is the biggest school in Thuringia?

It was founded in 1860 and came to prominence as Germany's leading art school during the inter-war period, the Bauhaus.


How many volumes does the University Library contain?

The library system participates with 15 other universities in digitizing its collections as a part of the Google Book Search project.


The audience at Live Aid clapped to what Queen Song?

We understood our audience and played to them but that was one of those weird accidents because of the (music) video.


In 2014, what percentage of the city identified as Protestant?

According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 57% of the population of the city identified themselves as Christians, with 25% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 29% professing Roman Catholic beliefs.


Spartan hegemony was succeeded by a Theban one after the Battle of Leuctra (371 BC), but after the Battle of Mantinea (362 BC), all of Greece was so weakened that no one state could claim pre-eminence.


Approximately how many total viewers watched the England World Cup qualifier on the internet on 10 October 2009?

The number of subscribers, paying between £4.99 and £11.99 each, was estimated at between 250,000 and 300,000 and the total number of viewers at around 500,000.


How are parasites distiguished from grazers?

Parasites can at times be difficult to distinguish from grazers.


Sheryl Crow felt the show undermined art and promoted what?

Others focused on the personalities in the show; Ramin Setoodeh of Newsweek accused judge Simon Cowell's cruel critiques in the show of helping to establish in the wider world a culture of meanness, that "Simon Cowell has dragged the rest of us in the mud with him."


How many troops were allocated to Zipingpu?

About 2,000 troops have been allocated to Zipingpu, trying to release the pressure through spillway.


Who was accused of teaching the public how to power text for the winner?

It was claimed, later retracted, that 38 million of the 100 million votes cast on the night came from Allen's home state of Arkansas alone, and that AT&T employees unfairly influenced the votes by giving lessons on power-texting at viewing parties in Arkansas.


VH1 listed her at what number on their 100 Sexiest Artists list?

VH1 listed her at number 1 on its 100 Sexiest Artists list.


What long term issues can arise from frequent diarrhea?

Other long term problems that can result include stunted growth and poor intellectual development.


Of all major Hispanic groups, Puerto Ricans are the least likely to be proficient in Spanish, but millions of Puerto Rican Americans living in the U.S. mainland nonetheless are fluent in Spanish.


What does the Roman Catholic Church say is not comparable to their sacraments and dogmas?

According to Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) the Eastern Orthodox Church shares the same view on the subject.


What is the largest school of medicine in Europe?

It is also a major centre for biomedical research, and three of the UK's five academic health science centres are based in the city – Imperial College Healthcare, King's Health Partners and UCL Partners (the largest such centre in Europe).


Archaeologist Louis Binford criticised the idea that early hominids and early humans were hunters.


What is the largest Indo-European ethno-linguistic group in Europe?

Presently over half of Europe's territory is inhabited by Slavic-speaking communities, but every Slavic ethnicity has emigrated to other continents.


around when did the great plains become productive for crop growing

Center pivot irrigation is used extensively in drier sections of the Great Plains, resulting in aquifer depletion at a rate that is greater than the ground's ability to recharge.


What denomination does the oldest church in Plymouth belong to?

The city's oldest church is St Andrew's (Anglican) located at the top of Royal Parade—


Along with energy crisis, what other significant historical event led to countries adopting DST?

Historically, retailing, sports, and tourism interests have favored daylight saving, while agricultural and evening entertainment interests have opposed it, and its initial adoption had been prompted by energy crisis and war.


How did they manage the tensions in the present of Spanish Transition to democracy?

Besides, unlike in the federal system, the main taxes are taken centrally from Madrid (except for the Basque Country and Navarre, which were recognized in the Spanish democratic constitution as charter territories drawing from historical reasons) and then distributed to the Autonomous Communities.


Were Greek temples built in the Hellenistic period larger or smaller than classical temples?

The royal palace (basileion) also came into its own during the Hellenistic period, the first extant example being the massive fourth-century villa of Cassander at Vergina.


What house was the founder of the Ottoman empire?

Osman's name in turn was derived from the Persian form of the name ʿUthmān عثمان of ultimately Arabic origin.


The UK national curriculum is adapted for local use.


How did the Bovington sign course director think of Gaddafi?

Noting that Gaddafi's favourite hobbies were reading and playing football, he thought him an "amusing officer, always cheerful, hard-working, and conscientious."


In January 2012, YouTube stated that the figure had increased to four billion videos streamed per day.


What frequency does green light with a wavelength of 555 nanmetres have?

For example, green light with a wavelength of 555 nanometres (the approximate wavelength to which human eyes are most sensitive) has a frequency of 7014540000000000000♠540 THz (7014540000000000000♠540×1012 Hz).


In what year did the Marshall Islands receive sovereignty?

In 1986, the Compact of Free Association with the United States entered into force, granting the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) its sovereignty.


They made their debut appearance at the 2006 BET Awards and re-appeared in the music videos for "Irreplaceable" and "Green Light".


The LAME encoder allows bit rates that are what?

According to the ISO standard, decoders are only required to be able to decode streams up to 320 kbit/s.


Who's writing were very influential on the design of the United States Constitution?

His writings considerably influenced the opinions of the framers of the United States Constitution.


His youngest daughter, Eleanor, married William Marshal's son, also called William, and later the famous English rebel Simon de Montfort.


Why did natives consider Africans to have a 'Great Medicine'?

Indigenous Americans learned that Africans had what Indigenous Americans considered 'Great Medicine' in their bodies because Africans were virtually immune to the Old-World diseases that were decimating most native populations.


Which type of music was popular during the 90s?

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


Why is Brasilia a good place for air sports?

Practitioners of such sports reveal that, because of the city's dry weather, the city offers strong thermal winds and great "cloud-streets", which is also the name for a manoeuvre quite appreciated by practitioners.


Do all plants have male and female parts?

In many land plants the male and female gametes are produced by separate individuals.


What year was the priests' grammar book put into print?

An Estonian grammar book to be used by priests was printed in German in 1637.


How many historical Christian creeds did Martin write about?

Philosopher Michael Martin, in his book The Case Against Christianity, evaluated three historical Christian creeds (the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed) to establish a set of basic assumptions which include belief in theism, the historicity of Jesus, the Incarnation, salvation through faith in Jesus, and Jesus as an ethical role model.


In October 1963, TI announced the first commercial hemispherical LED, the SNX-110.


General Baptists shared similarities with who?

Gourley wrote that among some contemporary Baptist scholars who emphasize the faith of the community over soul liberty, the Anabaptist influence theory is making a comeback.


Theories given for the success of Southerners on Idol have been: more versatility with musical genres, as the Southern U.S. is home to several music genre scenes; not having as many opportunities to break into the pop music business; text-voting due to the South having the highest percentage of cell-phone only households; and the strong heritage of music and singing, which is notable in the Bible Belt, where it is in church that many people get their start in public singing.


What activities are popular in the mountains of Tucson?

Catalina Highway stretches 25 miles (40 km) and the entire mountain range is one of Tucson's most popular vacation spots for cycling, hiking, rock climbing, camping, birding, and wintertime snowboarding and skiing.


At what stage does a doctor begin empirical therapy?

Empirical therapy is usually initiated before the doctor knows the exact identification of microorgansim causing the infection as the identification process make take several days in the laboratory.


How many prisoners of war were executed in the sack of Delhi?

The Sultanate suffered significantly from the sacking of Delhi revived briefly under the Lodi Dynasty, but it was a shadow of the former.


Which parts of Turkey are characterized by a Mediterranean climate?

The Mediterranean climate covers much of Portugal, Spain, Southeast France, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, the Western and Southern coastal regions of Turkey as well as the Mediterranean islands.


What event led to Russia being renamed the Russian Federation?

On December 25, 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republic was renamed the Russian Federation, which it remains to this day.


What programming did IBM use in the 1970s?

By the time so-called "glass TTYs" (later called CRTs or terminals) came along, the convention was so well established that backward compatibility necessitated continuing the convention.


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

East of Fort Washington Avenue, the street becomes increasingly commercial, becoming dominated entirely by retail stores where the street reaches Broadway and continues as such until reaching the Harlem River.


What famous Grecian author inspired later authors and their works?

Roman heroes such as Scipio Africanus, tended to study philosophy and regarded Greek culture and science as an example to be followed.


What has the state of Louisiana done to combat the nutria?

In the US state of Louisiana, a non-native rodent known as a nutria has become so destructive to the local ecosystem that the state has initiated a bounty program to help control the population.


Which original judge left prior to the start of the season?

Ellen DeGeneres joined as a judge to replace Paula Abdul at the start of Hollywood Week.


The three airports that have the most people come through them in NYC are which?

New York's airspace is the busiest in the United States and one of the world's busiest air transportation corridors.


Where is the Papalote Children's Museum located?

The Papalote children's museum, which houses the world's largest dome screen, is located in the wooded park of Chapultepec, near the Museo Tecnológico, and La Feria amusement park.


By moving the latter two, who were Ba'athists, to Cairo, he neutralized important political figures who had their own ideas about how Syria should be run.


How many litres of water will the Wonthaggi desalination plant be capbale of treating per year?

In response to low water supplies and low rainfall due to drought, the government implemented water restrictions and a range of other options including: water recycling schemes for the city, incentives for household water tanks, greywater systems, water consumption awareness initiatives, and other water saving and reuse initiatives; also, in June 2007, the Bracks Government announced that a $3.1 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant would be built on Victoria's south-east coast, capable of treating 150 billion litres of water per year, as well as a 70 km (43 mi) pipeline from the Goulburn area in Victoria's north to Melbourne and a new water pipeline linking Melbourne and Geelong.


Who does Charles Lamb speculate were once children?

Many social codes are broken by people in symbolic courtrooms: Mr. Dolphus Raymond has been exiled by society for taking a black woman as his common-law wife and having interracial children; Mayella Ewell is beaten by her father in punishment for kissing Tom Robinson; by being turned into a non-person, Boo Radley receives a punishment far greater than any court could have given him.


Which alumni was a co-creator of "The Young and the Restless", and "The Bold and the Beautiful"?

Lee Phillip Bell hosted a talk show in Chicago from 1952 to 1986 and co-created the Daytime Emmy Award-winning soap operas


The protesters were unhappy with the pollution in what body of water?

On October 17, 1987, about 3,000 Armenians demonstrated in Yerevan complaining about the condition of Lake Sevan, the Nairit chemicals plant, and the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, and air pollution in Yerevan.


When were the first published reports of bitumen extraction in Albania?

After centuries of silence, the first mentions of Albanian bitumen appeared only in 1868, when the Frenchman Coquand published the first geological description of the deposits of Albanian bitumen.


When did China join the Galileo project?

In October 2004, China officially joined the Galileo project by signing the Agreement on the Cooperation in the Galileo Program between the "Galileo Joint Undertaking" (GJU) and the "National Remote Sensing Centre of China" (NRSCC).


Who defeated the Kakatiya dynasty in 1310?

Muhammad bin Tughluq succeeded to the Delhi sultanate in 1325, bringing Warangal under the rule of the Tughlaq dynasty until 1347


Frédéric François Chopin (/ˈʃoʊpæn/; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik fʁɑ̃.swa ʃɔ.pɛ̃]; 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin,[n 1] was a Polish and French (by citizenship and birth of father) composer and a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano.


Relativity illustrates that what is interchangeable?

Relativity shows that matter and energy (including the spatially distributed energy of fields) are interchangeable.


What event caused the end of Ahom rule in Assam?

The Ahoms brought with them a tribal religion and a language of their own, however they later merged with the Hindu religion.


Some courts called it "the traceable amount rule."


In which year did Andrew Johnson become President?

In 1864, Andrew Johnson (a War Democrat from Tennessee) was elected Vice President under Abraham Lincoln.


Roger Ebert, who named it the best film of 2002, praised its breathtaking vision of the future as well as for the way Spielberg blended CGI with live-action.


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


Her marriage to rapper Jay Z and portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records (2008) influenced her third album, I Am...


How long does it take for patents to expire after being filed?

In most countries, patents cannot be filed after prior art has been made public, and patents expire 20 years after the initial filing date, which can be up to 12 months later for filings in other countries.


Which church is affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Malawi?

Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Malawi is an existing small church.


New Haven served as home to what two notable 19th century architects?

The city has been home to a number of architects and architectural firms that have left their mark on the city including Ithiel Town and Henry Austin in the 19th century and Cesar Pelli, Warren Platner, Kevin Roche, Herbert Newman and Barry Svigals in the 20th.


Anatomy, biology, geology, mineralogy, and zoology are all studies of which subject?

Some historians have marked the 18th century as a drab period in the history of science; however, the century saw significant advancements in the practice of medicine, mathematics, and physics; the development of biological taxonomy; a new understanding of magnetism and electricity; and the maturation of chemistry as a discipline, which established the foundations of modern chemistry.


Which type of music was popular during the 90s?

Techno and rave was happening in the 90's and had a lot of different forms.


What event caused the citizens to reconsider how the government of Mexico City was set up?

In the 1980s, given the dramatic increase in population of the previous decades, the inherent political inconsistencies of the system, as well as the dissatisfaction with the inadequate response of the federal government after the 1985 earthquake, residents began to request political and administrative autonomy to manage their local affairs.[citation needed]


In what year did the establishment of Coconut Grove occur?

Coconut Grove was established in 1825 and is the location of Miami's City Hall in Dinner Key, the Coconut Grove Playhouse, CocoWalk, many nightclubs, bars, restaurants and bohemian shops, and as such, is very popular with local college students.


The war was fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire.


What type of message was left on the mosaics at Butrint?

In fulfilment of the vow (prayer) of those whose names God knows.


What happens if the wrestler doesn't break a hold?

If the referee reaches the count of five, and the wrestler still does not break the hold, they are disqualified.


What elements in 19th century European literature were a reaction to the romanticism movement?

The inevitable reaction was the explosion of Romanticism in the later 18th century which reclaimed the imaginative and fantastical bias of old romances and folk-literature and asserted the primacy of individual experience and emotion.


Also, both devices operate in the depletion mode, they both have a high input impedance, and they both conduct current under the control of an input voltage.


When did India and Pakistan gain independence?

Though Britain and its allies were ultimately victorious in 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union rose as pre-eminent world powers and the British Empire declined.


The 7th century was a tumultuous period of wars between Austrasia and Neustria.


What's the minimum amount of copper a layer in a PCB can have to be considered "heavy copper"?

PCB designers and fabricators often use heavy copper when design and manufacturing circuit boards in order to increase current-carrying capacity as well as resistance to thermal strains.


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.


Who was able to describe the process of evaporation?

Han-era astronomers adopted a geocentric model of the universe, theorizing that it was shaped like a sphere surrounding the earth in the center.


What did Bell think could be collected from farm and factory byproduct?

Methane gas, he reasoned, could be produced from the waste of farms and factories.


Although the Greeks call the country Hellas or Ellada (Greek: Ἑλλάς or Ελλάδα) and its official name is the Hellenic Republic, in English it is referred to as Greece, which comes from the Latin term Graecia as used by the Romans, which literally means 'the land of the Greeks', and derives from the Greek name Γραικός.


The American observer said what about the damage to London?

The physical damage to civilian London, to sum up, was more general and more extensive than I had imagined.


What film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1998?

Cacoyannis also directed Zorba the Greek with Anthony Quinn which received Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film nominations.


He proceeded to sail up what he named the North River, also called the Mauritis River, and now known as the Hudson River, to the site of the present-day New York State capital of Albany in the belief that it might represent an oceanic tributary.


Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,255 (2008 census).


What process caused the financial system to both expand and become fragile?

Thus, policymakers did not immediately recognize the increasingly important role played by financial institutions such as investment banks and hedge funds, also known as the shadow banking system.


What was a key factor in Frossard's disasterous retreat to the south?

Seriously flawed communications between Frossard and those in reserve under Bazaine slowed down so much that by the time the reserves received orders to move out to Spicheren, German soldiers from the 1st and 2nd armies had charged up the heights.


The oldest brain found in a cave was from what gender of human?

The oldest brain to have been discovered was in Armenia in the Areni-1 cave complex.


When was the time limit on video length first enacted on youtube?

When YouTube was launched in 2005, it was possible to upload long videos, but a ten-minute limit was introduced in March 2006 after YouTube found that the majority of videos exceeding this length were unauthorized uploads of television shows and films.


What did Napoleon III and the royal couple visit?

Napoleon III met the couple at Dunkirk and accompanied them to Paris.


What philosophical term corresponds to the type of interpretation in ta'wil?

There is a spiritual reality—which is the main objective of ordaining a law, or the basic aim in describing a divine attribute—and then there is an actual significance that a Quranic story refers to.


What is the purpose of the geostationary orbit satellites in the BeiDou-2 system?

The new system will be a constellation of 35 satellites, which include 5 geostationary orbit satellites for backward compatibility with BeiDou-1, and 30 non-geostationary satellites (27 in medium Earth orbit and 3 in inclined geosynchronous orbit), that will offer complete coverage of the globe.


Casas Adobes is centered on the historic Casas Adobes Plaza (built in 1948).


What aspect does Alister McGrath argue is important in Christianity?

Christian theologian Alister McGrath writes that there are good reasons to suggest that a "personal god" is integral to the Christian outlook, but that one has to understand it is an analogy.


What was West Berlin under the sovereignty of?

From 1957, when the French-occupied Saar Protectorate was returned and formed into the Saarland, the Federal Republic consisted of ten states, which are referred to as the "Old States" today.


What did Bermuda's merchant shipping fleet do whenever it had the chance?

For the first two centuries of settlement, the most potent armed force operating from Bermuda was its merchant shipping fleet, which turned to privateering at every opportunity.


When was the first comprehensive school opened in Gibraltar?

Students may also continue into the sixth form to complete their A-levels.


Strasbourg features a number of prominent parks, of which several are of cultural and historical interest: the Parc de l'Orangerie, laid out as a French garden by André le Nôtre and remodeled as an English garden on behalf of Joséphine de Beauharnais, now displaying noteworthy French gardens, a neo-classical castle and a small zoo; the Parc de la Citadelle, built around impressive remains of the 17th-century fortress erected close to the Rhine by Vauban; the Parc de Pourtalès, laid out in English style around a baroque castle (heavily restored in the 19th century) that now houses a small three-star hotel, and featuring an open-air museum of international contemporary sculpture.


What did Chinese laborers do after they left that line of work?

They rapidly left working as laborers, and set up groceries in small towns throughout the South.


How many plant species does Brazil's Atlantic Forest contain?

Brazil's Atlantic Forest is considered one such hotspot, containing roughly 20,000 plant species, 1,350 vertebrates, and millions of insects, about half of which occur nowhere else.[citation needed]


What is the type of symbiotic relationship where the symbionts can live together but can also survive alone?

Others are facultative (optional): they can, but do not have to live with the other organism.


How old are most of the native language speakers in northern Catalonia?

In Northern Catalonia, Catalan has followed the same trend as the other minority languages of France, with most of its native speakers being 60 or older (as of 2004).


What percent of the Bronx is Hispanic and Latino Americans?

In 2009, Hispanic and Latino Americans represented 52.0% of the Bronx's population.


Over what period of time did the reconstruction plan for the Somali Post cover?

The government's overall reconstruction plan for Somali Post is structured into three Phases spread out over a period of ten years.


What is the main driver of the economy now?

The population peaked at more than two million residents in 1950, then began to decline with the restructuring of industry, which led to the loss of many middle-class union jobs.


Which season's dark mornings led to people complaining about the switch from DST?

The plan generated widespread complaints due to the dark of wintertime morning, and thus was abandoned in 2014.


The city is  located 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border.


What is a reason why the water from a water stabilisation pond may be unusable?

A further environmental advantage is that algae grow in such ponds and consume carbon dioxide in photosynthesis, although algae may produce toxic chemicals that make the water unusable.


Where did Kanye and his mother relocate when he was 10?

At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to Nanjing, China, where she was teaching at Nanjing University as part of an exchange program.


Which state in the US is the only to have higher fuel prices than Alaska?

Fuel cost per gallon is routinely 20–30¢ higher than the continental United States average, with only Hawaii having higher prices.


What Russian institutions were removed in the decade following Estonia's reclaim of independence?

This was a result of the migration policies essential to the Soviet Nationalisation Programme aiming to russify Estonia – administrative and military immigration of non-Estonians from the USSR coupled with the deportation of Estonians to the USSR.


How many days a year does Detroit get a thick snow pack?

These usually occur during spring and summer.


In art, what is the name for the motif of Mary cradling the body of Jesus?

While not recorded in the Gospel accounts, Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, called a "pietà" or "pity".


Who has said that Barrino's rendition of Summertime has been his top moment of all seasons?

The performance of "Summertime" by Barrino, later known simply as "Fantasia", at Top 8 was widely praised, and Simon Cowell considered it as his favorite Idol moment in the nine seasons he was on the show.


When did Madonna have nude photos taken of her in New York?

In July, Penthouse and Playboy magazines published a number of nude photos of Madonna, taken in New York in 1978.


who thought the great plains were the locations of Quivira and Cíbola?

With the arrival of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, a Spanish conquistador, the first recorded history of encounter between Europeans and Native Americans in the Great Plains occurred in Texas, Kansas and Nebraska from 1540-1542.


How many doctoral degrees did Northwestern confer during the 2012-2013 school term?

Northwestern conferred 2,190 bachelor's degrees, 3,272 master's degrees, 565 doctoral degrees, and 444 professional degrees in 2012–2013.


When did explorer Carl Anton Larsen become a British citizen?

Among them was the founder of Grytviken, Captain Carl Anton Larsen, a prominent Norwegian whaler and explorer who, along with his family, adopted British citizenship in 1910.


What is Kingsbridge Armory being turned into?

Under consideration for future development is the construction of a platform over the New York City Subway's Concourse Yard adjacent to Lehman College.


Philadelphia hosts numerous local and collegiate rowing clubs and competitions, including the annual Dad Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegiate rowing event in the U.S, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, all of which are held on the Schuylkill River.


The public hospital that has been around the longest in the US is what?

The most well-known hospital in the HHC system is Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States.


What was  the Soviet Union suffering from in the 1980's?

The Cold War drew to a close in the late 1980s and the early 1990s.


Catalan pronouns exhibit T–V distinction, like all other Romance languages (and most European languages, but not Modern English).


What group was to approve the new democratic constitution?

As a consequence, opposition parties were legalized and a national congress of civil and political groups met to draft a new democratic constitution to be approved by a national referendum.


Outside of kayfabe, this is done to give wrestlers a break from the action (as these matches tend to go on for long periods of time), and to make the action in the ring easier to choreograph.


Were there more Democrats or Republicans in 2007?

In 2007, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by about 7 to 6 in the city, and Democrats currently (as of 2015[update]) hold a 5-4 majority in the city council.


When did Burke become the Prime Minister's private secretary?

In 1765 Burke became private secretary to the liberal Whig statesman, Charles, Marquess of Rockingham, then Prime Minister of Great Britain, who remained Burke's close friend and associate until his untimely death in 1782.


What book did James Gleck write about Feynman?

and Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick.


What forces measurement attempts to choose between trade-offs, in quanta?

There are a number of other such pairs of physically measurable values which obey a similar rule.


What type of BYU TV network opened in 2000 under Pres. Merrill J. Bateman?

Bateman was responsible for the building of 36 new buildings for the university both on and off campus, including the expansion of the Harold B. Lee Library.


When is Oklahoma city sever weather season begin?

The Oklahoma City metropolitan area is one of the most tornado-prone major cities in the world, with about 150 tornadoes striking within the city limits since 1890.


How did the Bow Street group pay their employees?

Unlike the stipendiary system at Bow Street, the river police were full-time, salaried officers prohibited from taking private fees.


It is one of the three major divisions of Christendom, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.


Resistance to infection (immunity) may be acquired following a disease, by asymptomatic carriage of the pathogen, by harboring an organism with a similar structure (crossreacting), or by vaccination.


The province's name derives from the Zhe River (浙江, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay.


Which historian commented that the king's act in associating with Chamberlain as unconstitutional?

While broadly popular among the general public, Chamberlain's policy towards Hitler was the subject of some opposition in the House of Commons, which led historian John Grigg to describe the King's behaviour in associating himself so prominently with a politician as "the most unconstitutional act by a British sovereign in the present century".


How long has copper been used in building construction?

Roofs, flashings, rain gutters, downspouts, domes, spires, vaults, and doors have been made from copper for hundreds or thousands of years.


Which conservative party is popularly against joining the EU?

Full EU membership is a long-term objective of some in the Swiss government, but there is considerable popular sentiment against this supported by the conservative SVP party.


Richmond is also home to four of the largest law firms in the United States: Hunton & Williams, McGuireWoods, Williams Mullen, and LeClairRyan.


Where is a monument located that honors Avicenna?

There is also a crater on the Moon named Avicenna and a plant genus Avicennia.


What is a notable achievement about the Kleines Fest im Großen Garten?

The most important Cabaret-Event is the Kleines Fest


What plan appropriated $13.7 billion over five years?

As a result, it was revealed that CIA's annual budget in Fiscal Year 1963 was US $550 million (inflation-adjusted US$ 4.3 billion in 2016), and the overall intelligence budget in FY 1997 was US $26.6 billion (inflation-adjusted US$ 39.2 billion in 2016).


According to the official Twenty-Four Histories, the History of Ming compiled in 1739 by the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Ming dynasty established the "É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office" (Chinese: 俄力思軍民元帥府) in western Tibet and installed the "Ü-Tsang Itinerant High Commandery" and "Amdo-Kham Itinerant High Commandery" to administer Kham.


What would citizens of Cork pay to neighboring lords in order to prevent them from attacking their city?

For much of the Middle Ages, Cork city was an outpost of Old English culture in the midst of a predominantly hostile Gaelic countryside and cut off from the English government in the Pale around Dublin.


From what entity was the Albufera bought?

At its founding by the Romans, it stood on a river island in the Turia, 6.4 km (4 mi) from the sea.


What was the practical ceiling of the effective heavy guns?

Of the "heavies", some 200 were of the obsolescent 3 in (76 mm) type; the remainder were the effective 4.5 in (110 mm) and 3.7 in (94 mm) guns, with a theoretical "ceiling"' of over 30,000 ft (9,100 m) but a practical limit of 25,000 ft (7,600 m) because the predictor in use could not accept greater heights.


At the funeral of the tenor Adolphe Nourrit in Paris in 1839, Chopin made a rare appearance at the organ, playing a transcription of Franz Schubert's lied Die Gestirne.


what happens to the reflected wave which allows the antenna to reach its asympotic feedpoint impedance?

Thus the antenna's impedance, given by the ratio of feedpoint voltage to current, is altered due to the antenna's proximity to the ground.


How many named lakes are there in Montana?

Other major lakes include Whitefish Lake in the Flathead Valley and Lake McDonald and St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park.


What buddhism has a goal of Buddhahood or rainbow body?

Tibetan Buddhism aspires to Buddhahood or rainbow body.


What is the name of the process being considered in Arizona that allows copper to be recovered?

Copper can also be recovered through the in-situ leach process.


"Compensation" is the name of the system used for what type of elevators?

Elevators with more than 30 m (98 ft) of travel have a system called compensation.


What team plays its home games at Weston Mill?

The city also has four Non-League football clubs; Plymouth Parkway F.C. who play at Bolitho Park, Elburton Villa F.C. who play at Haye Road, Vospers Oak Villa F.C. who play at Weston Mill and Plymstock United F.C. who play at Deans Cross.


When did Barry Weiss become CEO of RCA/Jive?

RCA/Jive Label Group CEO Barry Weiss left the company in March 2011 to become the new CEO of Island Def Jam and Universal Republic, which were both part of Universal Music Group.


Until what era did spells persist in the empire?

Archaeology confirms the widespread use of binding spells (defixiones), magical papyri and so-called "voodoo dolls" from a very early era.


What can be used to make glass less refractive?

These high-index glasses (inaccurately known as "crystal" when used in glass vessels) cause more chromatic dispersion of light, and are prized for their diamond-like optical properties.


What was tyrothricin used for during the war?

Research results obtained during that period were not shared between the Axis and the Allied powers during the war.


The second main principle, sola fide (by faith alone), states that faith in Christ is sufficient alone for eternal salvation.


What were the countries who supported the US's post-9/11 invasions called?

Support for the U.S. cooled when America made clear its determination to invade Iraq in late 2002.


Where in the rankings does Houston's gross domestic product place it compared to other U.S. domestic areas?

Only 26 countries other than the United States have a gross domestic product exceeding Houston's regional gross area product (GAP).


What is a something that determines the size of thermal mass?

Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy.


When was the first wrap-around concert hall in the Western Hemisphere opened?

These include the Mexico City Philharmonic, which performs at the Sala Ollin Yoliztli; the National Symphony Orchestra, whose home base is the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of the Fine Arts), a masterpiece of art nouveau and art decó styles; the Philharmonic Orchestra of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (OFUNAM), and the Minería Symphony Orchestra, both of which perform at the Sala Nezahualcóyotl, which was the first wrap-around concert hall in the Western Hemisphere when inaugurated in 1976.


What type of disease if often studied to understand damage to the brain?

In humans, the effects of strokes and other types of brain damage have been a key source of information about brain function.


In Australia, what percent of non-passerine birds are partially migratory?

Many fully migratory species show leap-frog migration (birds that nest at higher latitudes spend the winter at lower latitudes), and many show the alternative, chain migration, where populations 'slide' more evenly north and south without reversing order.


In additions, the train line is also connected with which airline services?

Amtrak also codeshares with United Airlines for travel to any airport serviced by United Airlines, via Newark Airport (EWR) originating from or terminating at Union Station,


What are the variations in the text of witnesses known as?

At the same time, the critical text should document variant readings, so the relation of extant witnesses to the reconstructed original is apparent to a reader of the critical edition.


If the Minority Leader's party takes control of the House, and the party officers are all re-elected to their seats, the Minority Leader is usually the party's top choice for Speaker for the next Congress, while the Minority Whip is typically in line to become Majority Leader.


What Ukrainian political group was involved in the defeat of the German Empire?

The German Empire conquered Ukraine during World War I and was planning on either annexing it or installing a puppet king, but was defeated by the Entente, with major involvement by the Ukrainian Bolsheviks.


About how much does it cost per year to pay workers in the New York fashion industry?

As of 2013, the global advertising agencies of Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, both based in Manhattan, had combined annual revenues of approximately US$21 billion, reflecting New York City's role as the top global center for the advertising industry, which is metonymously referred to as "Madison Avenue".


How much natural gas is Egypt producing in a day?

Egypt was producing 691,000 bbl/d of oil and 2,141.05 Tcf of natural gas (in 2013), which makes Egypt as the largest oil producer not member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the second-largest dry natural gas producer in Africa.


In 1995, material costs were 30 cents for the jewel case and 10 to 15 cents for the CD.


What is another name for the first self reproducing computer program?

Beginning in 1949, von Neumann's design for a self-reproducing computer program is considered the world's first computer virus, and he is considered to be the theoretical father of computer virology.


How far out of alignment is Oklahoma's western edge from Texas's border?

The western edge of the Oklahoma panhandle is out of alignment with its Texas border.


How many levels of pre-Ubaid pottery were excavated by the French in the 1980s?

The connection is most clearly seen at Tell Awayli (Oueilli, Oueili) near Larsa, excavated by the French in the 1980s, where eight levels yielded pre-Ubaid pottery resembling Samarran ware.


How many Tibetans died during the Great Leap Forward?

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


The Jardin des Plantes was the first botanical garden in Paris, created in 1626 by Louis XIII's doctor Guy de La Brosse for the cultivation of medicinal plants.


By nightfall a major component of the VII and VII Corps withdrew towards what Prussian position?

By 18:30, a considerable portion of the VII and VIII Corps disengaged from the fighting and withdrew towards the Prussian positions at Rezonville.


Investitures, which include the conferring of knighthoods by dubbing with a sword, and other awards take place in the palace's Ballroom, built in 1854.


Each transaction has well defined boundaries in terms of which program/code executions are included in that transaction (determined by the transaction's programmer via special transaction commands).


By how many rivers is the city of New Haven drained?

Not all of these small streams have continuous flow year-round.


Who was fired from First Secretary position by Gorbachev?

On June 23, 1989, Gorbachev removed Rafiq Nishonov as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR and replaced him with Karimov, who went on to lead Uzbekistan as a Soviet Republic and subsequently as an independent state.


What method of lighting have been used since 1820s?

He set up a network of kerosene distilleries which would later become Standard Oil, thus completely abolishing the need for whale-oil lamps.


By dying what did Decius avoid for the battle?

The devotio was the most extreme offering a Roman general could make, promising to offer his own life in battle along with the enemy as an offering to the underworld gods.


Both Roger Williams and John Clarke, his compatriot and coworker for religious freedom, are variously credited as founding the earliest Baptist church in North America.


What other international laws deal with child labour?

Both the Worst Forms Convention (C182) and the Minimum Age Convention (C138) are examples of international labour standards implemented through the ILO that deal with child labour.


What do physical and chemical properties of hydrogen depend on?

Many physical and chemical properties of hydrogen depend on the parahydrogen/orthohydrogen ratio (it often takes days or weeks at a given temperature to reach the equilibrium ratio, for which the data is usually given).


Which voting concern has been present since the first season?

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


In degrees Celsius, what is the average January temperature in Miami?

Miami has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am) with hot and humid summers and short, warm winters, with a marked drier season in the winter.


What are the names of the two separate Estonian languages?

Modern standard Estonian has evolved on the basis of the dialects of Northern Estonia.


What was the general opinion of the law?

Although the line was adjusted several times to take frontier settlements into account and was impossible to enforce as law, it was strongly resented by backcountry settlers throughout the Appalachians.


This is the first season to have what kind of auditions?

Karen Rodriguez was one such auditioner and reached the final rounds.


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

The next year, Madonna was featured in the film Who's That Girl.


How long is the run that the USAF airmen are tested on for the fitness program?

As part of the Fit to Fight program, the USAF adopted a more stringent physical fitness assessment; the new fitness program was put into effect on 1 June 2010.


Some types of worms, such as leeches, also have an enlarged ganglion at the back end of the nerve cord, known as a "tail brain".


Who was the first person from Europe to observe the Marshall Islands?

Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to see the islands in 1526, commanding the ship Santa Maria de la Victoria, the only surviving vessel of the Loaísa Expedition.


How much money does the University of Houston attract to Houston a year?

The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area, $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated.


when the east india company move to commercial  trading what  company did they surpass?

The East India Company also launched a joint attack with the Dutch United East India Company on Portuguese and Spanish ships off the coast of China, which helped secure their ports in China.


What video game console uses infrared LEDs?

The Nintendo Wii's sensor bar uses infrared LEDs.


What two agencies had a lack of co-operation?

The primary reasons for the failures included: agency cultures resistant to change and new ideas; inappropriate incentives for promotion; and a lack of cooperation between the FBI, CIA and the rest of the United States Intelligence Community.


Terry Neill was recruited by the Arsenal board to replace Bertie Mee on 9 July 1976 and at the age of 34 he became the youngest Arsenal manager to date.


In who's book did von Neuman find errors in the author's equations?

Kaldor recommended that von Neumann read a book by the mathematical economist Léon Walras.


What does green represent in Ireland and Scotland?

In Ireland and Scotland especially, green is used to represent Catholics, while orange is used to represent Protestantism.


Did the rapid rise of motor vehicle ownership and highway developments lead to an increasing or declining inner city population?

In later years, with the rapid rise of motor vehicle ownership, the investment in freeway and highway developments greatly accelerated the outward suburban sprawl and declining inner city population.


How many governments are apart of federalism?

Its distinctive feature, exemplified in the founding example of modern federalism of the United States of America under the Constitution of 1789, is a relationship of parity between the two levels of government established.


In the College of Cardinals, the elected Dean needs the approval of who?

The Dean of the College of Cardinals, or Cardinal-dean, is the primus inter pares of the College of Cardinals, elected by the cardinal bishops holding suburbicarian sees from among their own number, an election, however, that must be approved by the Pope.


What % of the population claimed social security benefits in 2006/7?

Nevertheless, 22% of the population claimed social security benefit in 2006/7, most of them aged over 60, a sector that represents 20% of the population.


In what year did the New Delhi Railway Station open?

The last stumbling block was the Agra-Delhi railway line that cut right through the site earmarked for the hexagonal All-India War Memorial (India Gate) and Kingsway (Rajpath), which was a problem because the Old Delhi Railway Station served the entire city at that time.


In some armies the term All-Arms Air Defence (AAAD) is used for air defence by non-specialist troops.


What did European mysticism concentrate on that English mysticism didn't?

English Dominican mysticism in the late medieval period differed from European strands of it in that, whereas European Dominican mysticism tended to concentrate on ecstatic experiences of union with the divine, English Dominican mysticism's ultimate focus was on a crucial dynamic in one's personal relationship with God.


Who was the author of the 1943 Plan for Plymouth?

The redevelopment of the city was planned by Sir Patrick Abercrombie in his 1943 Plan for Plymouth whilst simultaneously working on the reconstruction plan for London.


What prompts darkness over the land in old literary works?

Géza Vermes describes the darkness account as typical of "Jewish eschatological imagery of the day of the Lord", and says that those interpreting it as a datable eclipse are "barking up the wrong tree".


While these older letters have been abandoned at one time or another, they may be used in this and related articles.


What is the typical base type for automotive lamps?

Bayonet base lamps are frequently used in automotive lamps to resist loosening due to vibration.


What did the majority of Estonians view the Germans as?

The Germans used Estonia's resources for their war effort; for the duration of the occupation Estonia was incorporated into the German province of Ostland.


When does the majority of the rain fall in Mexico City?

The cold period spans from November to February when polar air masses push down from the north and keep the air fairly dry.


What happens with these soft feacal pellets?

Soft faecal pellets of partially digested food are excreted and generally consumed immediately.


What was the title of the article Nasser wrote for his school paper?

He took up acting in school plays for a brief period and wrote articles for the school's paper, including a piece on French philosopher Voltaire titled "Voltaire, the Man of Freedom".


What is the tallest mountain closests to Bern?

The two mountains closest to Bern are Gurten with a height of 864 m (2,835 ft) and Bantiger with a height of 947 m (3,107 ft).


When was the Football League originally founded?

The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.


What nation's military destroyed Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114?

In February 1973, Israeli forces shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, which had strayed from Egyptian airspace into Israeli-held territory during a sandstorm.


Johnson released "As Long as You Love Me" as his coronation single while Irene released "We Are One".