What internet services were decreased in the area?

Eventually, a handful of major news and media websites were made accessible online in the region, albeit with dramatically pared back webpages.


In parallel, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano in Nagoya were working on developing the important GaN nucleation on sapphire substrates and the demonstration of p-type doping of GaN. Nakamura, Akasaki and Amano were awarded the 2014 Nobel prize in physics for their work.


When did the vinyl LP records Era begin?

When the 12-inch vinyl LP era began in 1949, the single record often had the same or similar number of tunes as a typical album of 78s, and was still often referred to as an "album".


What year was the Rotovirus vaccine used?

Since this time, more effective vaccines have been developed that have the potential to save many thousands of lives in developing nations, while reducing the overall cost of treatment, and the costs to society.


What historically significant Dutch document begins with the phrase "Forsachistu diobolae"?

From this Frankish document written around 510 the oldest sentence has been identified as Dutch:


What is it called when too many consumers attempt to save or pay down debt at the same time?

Too many consumers attempting to save (or pay down debt) simultaneously is called the paradox of thrift and can cause or deepen a recession.


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

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


During what period was adult contemporary its most commercially successful?

By the 1980s, tastes had changed and radio formats reflected this change, including musical artists such as Journey.


What was later realized that caused naturalistic mechanisms such as neo-Lamarckism to be embraced?

Eventually it was realised that supernatural intervention could not be a scientific explanation, and naturalistic mechanisms such as neo-Lamarckism were favoured over natural selection as being more compatible with purpose.


PAL consoles face another incompatibility when playing out-of-region cartridges: the NTSC video standard specifies video at 60 Hz while PAL operates at 50 Hz, resulting in approximately 16.7% slower gameplay.


How large is the metro system of Mexico City?

Mexico City is the only city in the world to use the icon reference and has become a popular culture trademark for the city.


When was the Commonwealth Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act adopted?

From an academic perspective, social enterprise is for the most part considered a sub-set of the nonprofit sector as typically they too are concerned with a purpose relating to a public good, however these are not bound to adhere to a nonprofit legal structure and many incorporate and operate as for-profit entities.


Which two mayors accomplished the zoning code revamp?

The zoning changes were intended to rectify incorrect zoning mapping that would streamline future community preferences and development, which the city forecasts an additional 100,000 residents and 40,000 jobs to be added to Philadelphia in 2035.


According to the census of 2000, what percentage of Swiss are Jehova's Witnesses?

As of the 2000 census other Christian minority communities include Neo-Pietism (0.44%), Pentecostalism (0.28%, mostly incorporated in the Schweizer Pfingstmission), Methodism (0.13%), the New Apostolic Church (0.45%), Jehovah's Witnesses (0.28%), other Protestant denominations (0.20%), the Old Catholic Church (0.18%), other Christian denominations (0.20%). Non-Christian religions are Hinduism (0.38%), Buddhism (0.29%), Judaism (0.25%) and others (0.11%); 4.3% did not make a statement.


Which bacteria cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever disiease?

One species of Rickettsia causes typhus, while another causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever.


In what types of eukaryotes is there a large amount of non-coding DNA?

In prokaryotes, most of the genome (85–90%) is non-repetitive DNA, which means coding DNA mainly forms it, while non-coding regions only take a small part.


What was the name of  the editor who helped Lee finish her book?

After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled "Go Set a Watchman", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s.


The scramble continued into the 1890s, and caused Britain to reconsider its decision in 1885 to withdraw from Sudan.


What were they using the airport to stage for?

Chengdu Shuangliu Airport reopened later on the evening of May 12, offering limited service as the airport began to be used as a staging area for relief operations.


The works of which two scholars were used to teach Sanskrit to the higher castes of India?

Sanskrit linguist Madhav Deshpande says that when the term "Sanskrit" arose it was not thought of as a specific language set apart from other languages, but rather as a particularly refined or perfected manner of speaking.


Who discovered the incompleteness theorem of 1931?

It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be deduced from them, and hence that Principia Mathematica could never achieve its aims.


For what  did Canadian natives use asphalt as a waterproofing material?

However, it wasn't until 1787 that fur trader and explorer Alexander MacKenzie saw the Athabasca oil sands and said, "At about 24 miles from the fork (of the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers) are some bituminous fountains into which a pole of 20 feet long may be inserted without the least resistance."


Where did a large percentage of experts on the modern Middle East began their training?

Expertise on the modern Middle East is almost never mixed or confused with studies of the Ancient Near East, although often "Ancient Near East" is abbreviated to "Near East" without any implication of modern times.


Prior to the semi-finals, fixtures ending in a tie are replayed once only.


What percentage of building collapsed in Beichuan?

In the city of Dujiangyan, south-east of the epicenter, a whole school collapsed with 900 students buried and fewer than 60 survived.


What form does Link take in the Twilight Realm?

However, "Wolf Link" gains several key advantages in return—he moves faster than he does as a human (though riding Epona is still faster) and digs holes to create new passages and uncover buried items, and has improved senses, including the ability to follow scent trails.[i]


What kind of prediction does the assumption that black body radiation is thermal lead to?

It still was not clear why the spectrum of a hot object had the form that it has (see diagram).


What were Sun staff accused of in a 2014 trial?

In October 2014, the trial of six senior staff and journalists at The Sun newspaper began.


Who was not pleased by de Melo's second marriage?

In contrast to his father, Joseph I was fond of de Melo, and with the Queen Mother's approval, he appointed Melo as Minister of Foreign Affairs.


Beyonce took home how many awards at the 57th Grammy Awards?

At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2015, Beyoncé was nominated for six awards, ultimately winning three: Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for "Drunk in Love", and Best Surround Sound Album for Beyoncé.


What did Imperial College announce it would do after Professor Grimm's death?

The College has announced an internal inquiry into Stefan Grimm's death.


It bound the peasant to the land, as only one son (not the eldest) was permitted to leave the village; townsfolk (Polish: "mieszczaństwo") were prohibited from owning land; and positions in the Church hierarchy could be given only to nobles.


By late August, the Pusan Perimeter had some 500 medium tanks battle-ready.


Who was the first person to take a spacewalk?

On March 18, 1965, about a week before the first American piloted Project Gemini space flight, the USSR accelerated the competition, by launching the two-cosmonaut Voskhod 2 mission with Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov.


What was the issue Nasser led a protest against?

The incident garnered his first mention in the press: the nationalist newspaper Al Gihad reported that Nasser led the protest and was among the wounded.


Signatories to the CPPC are required to prevent and punish what?

Despite official protests from other signatories (notably Cyprus and Norway) on the ethics and legal standing of these reservations, the immunity from prosecution they grant has been invoked from time to time, as when the United States refused to allow a charge of genocide brought against it by former Yugoslavia following the 1999 Kosovo War.


When is the weekly Mail forecast to pass The Sun in terms of circulation?

The average circulation for The Sun on Sunday in March 2014 was 1,686,840; but in May 2015 The Mail on Sunday sold more copies for the first time, an average of 28,650 over those of its rival: 1,497,855 to 1,469,195.


Thus, most U.S. law (especially the actual "living law" of contract, tort, property, criminal, and family law experienced by the majority of citizens on a day-to-day basis) consists primarily of state law, which can and does vary greatly from one state to the next.


Which forms retained the long bony tails of their ancestors?

Many groups retained primitive characteristics, such as clawed wings and teeth, though the latter were lost independently in a number of avialan groups, including modern birds (Aves).


Who eradicated the Sakya viceregal regime?

The Mongol Yuan court was forced to accept him as the new viceroy, and Changchub Gyaltsen and his successors, the Phagmodrupa Dynasty, gained de facto rule over Tibet.


Botany was greatly stimulated by the appearance of the first "modern" text book, Matthias Schleiden's Grundzüge der Wissenschaftlichen Botanik, published in English in 1849 as Principles of Scientific Botany.


What trophy is awarded to the winner of Canadian inter-university football competition?

Canadian football is also played at the high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels: the Canadian Junior Football League, formed May 8, 1974, and Quebec Junior Football League are leagues for players aged 18–22, many post-secondary institutions compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport for the Vanier Cup, and senior leagues such as the Alberta Football League have grown in popularity in recent years.


The funeral procession to Père Lachaise Cemetery, which included Chopin's sister Ludwika, was led by the aged Prince Adam Czartoryski.


The Inuplat population inhabit what areas?

The North Slope and Little Diomede Island are occupied by the widespread Inupiat people.


When was the Joe Louis memorial dedicated?

A memorial to Joe Louis at the intersection of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues was dedicated on October 16, 1986.


How many members were in the Young Liberals by Sept 1945?

It became the nucleus of the Liberal Party's youth division, the Young Liberals.


Which script evolved from the Gupta script in the 8th century?

Around the eighth century, the Śāradā script evolved out of the Gupta script.


What position of power did Harold L. Ickes hold?

FDR's New Deal programs often contained equal opportunity clauses stating "no discrimination shall be made on account of race, color or creed",:11 but the true forerunner to affirmative action was the Interior Secretary of the time, Harold L. Ickes.


In Mongolian, Neptune is called Dalain Van (Далайн ван), reflecting its namesake god's role as the ruler of the sea.


What is the name of the university's group service-learning expedition in Asia, Africa or Latin America?

A large and growing number of students participate in the university's Global Engagement Summer Institute (GESI), a group service-learning expedition in Asia, Africa, or Latin America, in conjunction with the Foundation for Sustainable Development.


Who was sent to negotiate a peace treaty with the rebels?

Two months later, after consultation with the Audencia of Santo Domingo, Enriquillo was offered any part of the island to live in peace.


Knowledge of Latin was widespread, and most szlachta freely mixed Polish and Latin vocabulary (the latter, "macaronisms"—from "macaroni") in everyday conversation.


What division of dialects does Hokkien belong to?

The term Hokkien (福建; hɔk˥˥kɪɛn˨˩) is itself a term not used in Chinese to refer to the dialect, as it simply means Fujian province.


One of the first quantum effects to be explicitly noticed (but not understood at the time) was a Maxwell observation involving hydrogen, half a century before full quantum mechanical theory arrived.


Name some historic private houses in the county

Somerset has 11,500 listed buildings, 523 scheduled monuments, 192 conservation areas, 41 parks and gardens including those at Barrington Court, Holnicote Estate, Prior Park Landscape Garden and Tintinhull Garden, 36 English Heritage sites and 19 National Trust sites, including Clevedon Court, Fyne Court, Montacute House and Tyntesfield as well as Stembridge Tower Mill, the last remaining thatched windmill in England.


Who became president of the Congo in 1968?

One year later, President Ngouabi proclaimed Congo Africa's first "people's republic", the People's Republic of the Congo, and announced the decision of the National Revolutionary Movement to change its name to the Congolese Labour Party (PCT).


What was the cause of the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians?

The cause of the onus was the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians because they were Christians, but it seemed to spill over into the protracted conflicts of the Balkans.


Teeth (singular tooth) are small whitish structures found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates that are used to tear, scrape, milk and chew food.


When did Namibia become German Imperial protectorate?

The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by San, Damara, and Namaqua, and since about the 14th century AD by immigrating Bantu who came with the Bantu expansion.


What do dancers lampoon in the ritual heralding the coming of King Carnival?

It includes a raucous procession of floats and dancers lampooning current events or public figures and a bitingly satiric sermon (el sermo) delivered by the King himself.


The McLeod gauge can measure vacuums as high as 10−6 torr (0.1 mPa), which is the lowest direct measurement of pressure that is possible with current technology.


Furthermore, such a dissociation makes the prosecution of bribery offences easier since it can be very difficult to prove that two parties (the bribe-giver and the bribe-taker) have formally agreed upon a corrupt deal.


How many countries did the group of Greenpeace activists represent?

Around the same time period, a reporter for Fortune magazine spoke with Edward Itta, an Inupiat Eskimo leader and the former mayor of the North Slope Borough, who expressed that he was conflicted about Shell's plans in the Arctic, as he was very concerned that an oil spill could destroy the Inupiat Eskimo's hunting-and-fishing culture, but his borough also received major tax revenue from oil and gas production; additionally, further revenue from energy activity was considered crucial to the future of the living standard in Itta's community.


How did the Good Friday earthquake compare to the 1989 San Francisco earthquake?

It was the second-most-powerful earthquake in the recorded history of the world, with a moment magnitude of 9.2.


Why were television ratings down across the board during American Idols seventh season?

The strong finish of season seven also helped Fox become the most watched TV network in the country for the first time since its inception, a first ever in American television history for a non-Big Three major broadcast network.


What were members who did not practice the physical craft known as?

There is no clear mechanism by which these local trade organisations became today's Masonic Lodges, but the earliest rituals and passwords known, from operative lodges around the turn of the 17th–18th centuries, show continuity with the rituals developed in the later 18th century by accepted or speculative Masons, as those members who did not practice the physical craft came to be known.


What tradition was fostered by Eisenhower's reaction to McCarthy's subpoena threats?

Ike's denial of McCarthy's access to his staff reduced McCarthy's hearings to rants about trivial matters, and contributed to his ultimate downfall.


Where was the Telugu film industry ranked in 2012 in India in comparison to Bollywood?

In 2005, Guinness World Records declared Ramoji Film City to be the world's largest film studio.


What were all members instructed to report weekly to the Brooklyn headquarters?

In 1919, he instituted the appointment of a director in each congregation, and a year later all members were instructed to report their weekly preaching activity to the Brooklyn headquarters.


What religion was Steven Spielberg's family?

Three years later, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.:548 Spielberg attended Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957, in classes taught by Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.


What day did the torch arrive in San Francisco?

The torch relay's North American leg occurred in San Francisco, California on April 9.


Which nationalities worked together in the Battle of Umm Qasr?

The first ground attack came at the Battle of Umm Qasr on 21 March 2003 when a combined force of British, American and Polish forces seized control of the port city of Umm Qasr.


In what year did Italians discover the Code of Justinian?

Although there were substantial changes in society and political structures, the break with Antiquity was not complete.


Who portrayed Chopin in A Song to Remember?

The 1945 biographical film A Song to Remember earned Cornel Wilde an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his portrayal of the composer.


The small woolen dolls called Maniae, hung on the Compitalia shrines, were thought a symbolic replacement for child-sacrifice to Mania, as Mother of the Lares.


Cooler objects glow less than objects that are what?

The hot object in equilibrium with light absorbs just as much light as it emits.


What condition are bears usually brought in in?

Usually declawed and muzzled, they often wrestled shoot matches against audience members, offered a cash reward if they could pin the bear.


Single leg skills are found in the form of what normally?

Single leg skills are generally found in the form of scissors, an element often done on the pommels.


Which sister did Frédéric play duets with sometimes while being tutored at this time?

His elder sister Ludwika also took lessons from Żywny, and occasionally played duets with her brother.


When was the earliest Presbyterian churches founded by Scotland in England?

A number of new Presbyterian Churches were founded by Scottish immigrants to England in the 19th century and later.


The Southminster Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg has partnerships with churches in which two countries?

The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, western Africa is also healthy and strong in mostly the southern states of this nation, strong density in the south-eastern states of this country.


Mahayana schools recognize all or part of what?

Mahayana schools recognize all or part of the Mahayana Sutras.


Which Indie band said Beyoncé was an inspiration for one of hteir albums?

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.


Is the migration to Thuringia steady or fluctuating?

Between Thuringia and the other German states, the balance is negative:


One such problem is "laser lock", where the player reads the same two fields for a given frame over and over again, causing the picture to look frozen as if the movie were paused.


What is the maximum efficiency of reflective capsule bulbs as tested in labs?

Laboratory proof-of-concept experiments have produced as much as 45 lm/W, approaching the efficacy of compact fluorescent bulbs.


What did Myanmar do that made it know to be one of the originals in a particular finance producing endeavor ?

The wealth was however, mainly concentrated in the hands of Europeans.


When did Humphrey Gilbert first set sail for the West Indies?

That year, Gilbert sailed for the West Indies with the intention of engaging in piracy and establishing a colony in North America, but the expedition was aborted before it had crossed the Atlantic.


Planned by Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig Hilberseimer and Alfred Caldwell it includes a landscaped, 19-acre (7.7 ha) park with no through traffic, in which these and other low-rise apartment buildings are situated.


What was the literacy rate of Rajasthan in 1991?

This was the highest leap in the percentage of literacy recorded in India (the rise in female literacy being 23%).


In empirical therapy, a patient has proven or suspected infection, but the responsible microorganism is not yet unidentified.


What does a student receive when work is Sent Up For Good?

For Good and the student will receive a card to be signed by House Master, tutor and division master.


Which entity subsumed the Kakatiya dynasty?

The Kakatiya dynasty was reduced to a vassal of the Khilji dynasty in 1310 after its defeat by Sultan Alauddin Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate.


Along with the New Orleans VooDoo, Kansas City Brigade, Philadelphia Soul and Georgia Force, what former team returned for the 2011 season?

For the 2011 season, the Philadelphia Soul, Kansas City Brigade, San Jose SaberCats, New Orleans VooDoo, and the Georgia Force returned to the AFL after having last played in 2008.


An MRI study on dogs proved that dogs use the same parts of what as humans?

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


Most mature clitellates (the group that includes earthworms and leeches) are full hermaphrodites, although in a few leech species younger adults function as males and become female at maturity.


Each year, how much more money does New York City give to the federal government than it gets back?

It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in taxes (or annually sends $11.4 billion more than it receives back).


When was the photoelectric effect first observed?

It was first observed by Alexandre Edmond Becquerel in 1839, although credit is usually reserved for Heinrich Hertz, who published the first thorough investigation in 1887.


Where did British forces and Egyptian police clash?

On 25 January 1952, a confrontation between British forces and police at Ismailia resulted in the deaths of 40 Egyptian policemen, provoking riots in Cairo the next day which left 76 people dead.


What agreement was reached a the Council of Nicaea ?

The meeting reached consensus on the Nicene Creed and other statements.


What are the four recognized levels of testing software?

Tests are frequently grouped by where they are added in the software development process, or by the level of specificity of the test.


Geography alone was not a sufficient explanation of the terms, he believed.


When was the Promenade des Berges de la Seine built?

One of the newest parks, the Promenade des Berges de la Seine (2013), built on a former highway on the Left Bank of the Seine between the Pont de l'Alma and the Musée d'Orsay, has floating gardens and gives a view of the city's landmarks.


What percentage of sexually active teenagers will contract an STI?

Adolescents in the United States often chose "anything but intercourse" for sexual activity because they mistakenly believe it reduces the risk of STIs.


Having unearthed Lilienfeld’s patents that went into obscurity years earlier, lawyers at Bell Labs advised against Shockley's proposal because the idea of a field-effect transistor that used an electric field as a "grid" was not new.


The British wanted to attack that afternoon, but the French wanted to defer the attack.


What does the amygdala region of the brain do?

The only significant group difference between these orientations was found in the amygdala, a brain region known to be involved in regulating fear.


Witchety grubs serve as personal clan totems in what country?

In the case of the 'San' bush-men of the Kalahari, it is the praying mantis which holds much cultural significance including creation and zen-like patience in waiting.:9


How many visitors came to London for Victorias coronation?

She became the first sovereign to take up residence at Buckingham Palace and inherited the revenues of the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall as well as being granted a civil list allowance of £385,000 per year.


What is one possible serious side effect of over-using antibiotics?

However, some antibiotics have been associated with a range of adverse side effects.


Who modelled the effigies in the museum?

During recent conservation of Elizabeth I's effigy, a unique corset dating from 1603 was found on the figure and is now displayed separately.[citation needed]


Who did not want to participate in the relay as 'caged woman'?

On April 16, a protest was organised in Delhi "against Chinese repression in Tibet", and was broken up by the police.


When is the Tucson Festival of Books held?

Since 2009, the Tucson Festival of Books has been held annually over a two-day period in March at the University of Arizona.


This European place applies even if the team is relegated or is not in the English top flight.


What type of research was Princess Elizabeth station built to study?

Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert stated: "This base will be the first of its kind to produce zero emissions, making it a unique model of how energy should be used in the Antarctic."


What did Chopin create for Grand Duke Constantine?

In 1817 the Saxon Palace was requisitioned by Warsaw's Russian governor for military use, and the Warsaw Lyceum was reestablished in the Kazimierz Palace (today the rectorate of Warsaw University).


When were public schools become more and more developed?

Charter schools are another example of alternative education, which have in the recent years grown in numbers in the US and gained greater importance in its public education system.


What were the two Japanese sects of Buddhism?

Tendai originated in China and is based on the Lotus Sutra, one of the most important sutras of Mahayana Buddhism; Saichō was key to its transmission to Japan.


During what season does the emperor penguin breed?

The emperor penguin is the only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica, while the Adélie penguin breeds farther south than any other penguin.


What theory did Erasmus Darwin outline in the 1790s?

Georges Cuvier strongly disputed such ideas, holding that unrelated, fixed species showed similarities that reflected a design for functional needs.


What Muslim endeavors thrived on the coastal areas of south India?

Additionally, Muslim trading communities flourished throughout coastal south India, particularly on the western coast where Muslim traders arrived in small numbers, mainly from the Arabian peninsula.


What appointment was the start of Cesar's political rise?

In the middle Republican era, even Scipio's tentative hints that he might be Jupiter's special protege sat ill with his colleagues.


The front of the Hudson River was named what by Estevao Gomes?

A Spanish expedition led by captain Estêvão Gomes, a Portuguese sailing for Emperor Charles V, arrived in New York Harbor in January 1525 aboard the purpose-built caravel "La Anunciada" and charted the mouth of the Hudson River, which he named Rio de San Antonio.


Why is using racial categorization for profiling often criticized?

This use of racial categories is frequently criticized for perpetuating an outmoded understanding of human biological variation, and promoting stereotypes.


What specialized academy does Southampton Solent University host?

It is also host to the Warsash Maritime Academy, which provides training and certification for the international shipping and off-shore oil industries.


Who recognized and gave Russia the special guardian role?

Nicholas believed that the European powers, especially Austria, would not object strongly to the annexation of a few neighbouring Ottoman provinces, especially considering that Russia had assisted Austria's efforts in suppressing the Hungarian Revolution in 1849.


Under what circumstances do glaciers form?

This glacial ice will fill the cirque until it 'overflows' through a geological weakness or vacancy, such as the gap between two mountains.


Who first suggested the existence of discrete inheritable units?

The existence of discrete inheritable units was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822–1884).


According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorn Ey (Thorn Island)) in the 7th century, at the time of Mellitus, a Bishop of London.


What state of affairs produced revelations and problems for Elizabeth?

Criticism was focused on the institution of the monarchy itself and the Queen's wider family rather than her own behaviour and actions.


In what year was amphetamine first tested on asthma patients?

Following the work of Henry Dale and George Barger at Burroughs-Wellcome, academic chemist Gordon Alles synthesized amphetamine and tested it in asthma patients in 1929.


What interdisciplinary fields has anthropology been central in the development of?

Anthropology is a global discipline where humanities, social, and natural sciences are forced to confront one another.


What conflicts can be attributed to Disraeli's stance on foreign policy?

Disraeli's expansionist foreign policy, which Victoria endorsed, led to conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu War and the Second Anglo-Afghan War.


When a computer goes back and repeats instructions of a program over until an internal condition is met is called what?

Similarly, a computer may sometimes go back and repeat the instructions in some section of the program over and over again until some internal condition is met.


Where did the Kadamba dynasty originate?

Kadamba (345 – 525 CE) was an ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka, India that ruled northern Karnataka and the Konkan from Banavasi in present-day Uttara Kannada district.


Who stopped attending Cabinet with the passage of the Ministry of Defence Act of 1946?

The three existing service Ministers—the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary of State for Air—remained in direct operational control of their respective services, but ceased to attend Cabinet.


What other massive agency's creation was the DHS compared to?

A new cabinet-level agency called the United States Department of Homeland Security was created in November 2002 to lead and coordinate the largest reorganization of the U.S. federal government since the consolidation of the armed forces into the Department of Defense.[citation needed]


Optimized for rapid acceleration, these motors have a rotor that is constructed without any iron core.


Atticus is tasked with killing what animal in the novel?

Carolyn Jones argues that the dog represents prejudice within the town of Maycomb, and Atticus, who waits on a deserted street to shoot the dog, must fight against the town's racism without help from other white citizens.


What color is also used interchangeably with "undried" for wood?

Drying produces a decided increase in the strength of wood, particularly in small specimens.


Athanasius is a renowned Christian theologian, a Church Father, the chief defender of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century.


What has Guam recently being trying to protect?

Tumon Bay has since been made into a preserve.


Her coronation took place on 28 June 1838 at Westminster Abbey.


What year did Estonia reclaim their independence?

In 1999, Estonia experienced its worst year economically since it regained independence in 1991, largely because of the impact of the 1998 Russian financial crisis.[citation needed]


What is the study of the differenet varieties of Catalan?

It is a subdiscipline of Catalan philology and other affine studies and has as an objective to analyse the relation between the Catalan language, the speakers and the close reality (including the one of other languages in contact).


What is one reason the world population of Jews difficult to determine?

In addition to issues with census methodology, disputes among proponents of halakhic, secular, political, and ancestral identification factors regarding who is a Jew may affect the figure considerably depending on the source.


What are organisms called that show carnivory and herbivory?

Organisms that eat detritivores or parasites would also be difficult to classify by such a scheme.


19 Recordings, a recording label owned by 19 Entertainment, currently hold the rights to phonographic material recorded by all the contestants.


Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and peaks in the Pennine Alps cosist of what?

The core regions of the Alpine orogenic belt have been folded and fractured in such a manner that erosion created the characteristic steep vertical peaks of the Swiss Alps that rise seemingly straight out of the foreland areas.


How many people saw the first step onto the Moon?

His first words when he stepped off the LM's landing footpad were, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."


What happens when you bite something you cant chew?

Teeth (singular tooth) are small whitish structures found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates that are used to tear, scrape, milk and chew food.


When the brethren left Prouille, then, to begin their apostolic work, Dominic sent Matthew of Paris to establish a school near the University of Paris.


The American Library Associated ranked To Kill a Mockingbird where on its most frequently challenged books of 2000-2009?

To Kill a Mockingbird has been a source of significant controversy since its being the subject of classroom study as early as 1963.


The particular syntax (sentence-structure) characteristics of a text's source language are adjusted to the syntactic requirements of the target language.


What remains as a testament to the time and work the indigenous people spent cultivating the flora of the Americas?

Although some indigenous peoples of the Americas were traditionally hunter-gatherers—and many, especially in Amazonia, still are—many groups practiced aquaculture and agriculture.


What shortcoming was noticeable, from the start, for Wesley Clark?

This weakness was apparent in his first few debates, although he soon presented a range of position papers, including a major tax-relief plan.


During the period of Georgian architecture what did landowners turn into?

There was an enormous amount of building in the period, all over the English-speaking world, and the standards of construction were generally high.


What choir did Beyoncé sing in for two years?

Beyoncé's interest in music and performing continued after winning a school talent show at age seven, singing John Lennon's "Imagine" to beat 15/16-year-olds.


Whom are referred to as "The forgoten people?"

Throughout their history, the Liberals have been in electoral terms largely the party of the middle class (whom Menzies, in the era of the party's formation called "The forgotten people"), though such class-based voting patterns are no longer as clear as they once were.


Which medium allowed for multiple audio tracks, Laserdisc or VHS?

LaserDisc had a number of advantages over VHS.


Where does Canada rank in world's oil supplies?

Because of oil price increases after 2003, producing bitumen became highly profitable, but as a result of the decline after 2014 it became uneconomic to build new plants again.


Accordingly, Masons swear at each degree to keep the contents of that degree secret, and to support and protect their brethren unless they have broken the law.


What share of the US digital music player market does iPod hold?

Since October 2004, the iPod line has dominated digital music player sales in the United States, with over 90% of the market for hard drive-based players and over 70% of the market for all types of players.


Along with Jama Korshel, who led the Supreme Revolutionary Council?

Alongside Barre, the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) that assumed power after President Sharmarke's assassination was led by Lieutenant Colonel Salaad Gabeyre Kediye and Chief of Police Jama Korshel.


Which contestant was saved by the judges in season nine of American Idol?

That week, Adam Lambert was invited back to be a mentor, the first Idol alum to do so.


Who did Gorbachev make First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party in 1988?

Gorbachev refused to make any changes to the status of Nagorno Karabakh, which remained part of Azerbaijan.


What was the child vaccination rate according to a 2005 survey of Hyderabad?

Only 61% of children had been provided with all basic vaccines (BCG, measles and full courses of polio and DPT), fewer than in all other surveyed cities except Meerut.:98


What did the LEAA say was reduced 10% to 13% in Washington, DC during daylight savings?

However, the LEAA did not filter out other factors, and it examined only two cities and found crime reductions only in one and only in some crime categories; the DOT decided it was "impossible to conclude with any confidence that comparable benefits would be found nationwide".


What is another likely country for statehood?

Some proposals call for the Virgin Islands to be admitted with Puerto Rico as one state (often known as the proposed "Commonwealth of Prusvi", for Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands, or as "Puerto Virgo"), and for the amalgamation of U.S. territories or former territories in the Pacific Ocean, in the manner of the "Greater Hawaii" concept of the 1960s.


Who are the only women who follow the tradition of covering half of their faces, though not their hair?

In offices, both men and women often dress in suits.


What buddhism has a goal of Buddhahood or rainbow body?

Mahayana Buddhism instead aspires to Buddhahood via the bodhisattva path, a state wherein one remains in this cycle to help other beings reach awakening.


Where did Augustine say time could not appear?

But Augustine presented the first philosophical argument for the reality of Creation (against Aristotle) in the context of his discussion of time, saying that knowledge of time depends on the knowledge of the movement of things, and therefore time cannot be where there are no creatures to measure its passing (Confessions Book XI ¶30; City of God Book XI ch.6).


What social media platform did Beyoncé upload a picture of her paper ballot on?

Beyoncé uploaded pictures of her paper ballot on Tumblr, confirming she had voted in support for the Democratic Party and to encourage others to do so.


Which directions does the South Saharan run?

The South Saharan steppe and woodlands ecoregion is a narrow band running east and west between the hyper-arid Sahara and the Sahel savannas to the south.


What can products not use if they want to avoid infringing on patent rights?

In September 1998, the Fraunhofer Institute sent a letter to several developers of MP3 software stating that a license was required to "distribute and/or sell decoders and/or encoders".


What relations does the television show Gilmore Girls have to New Haven city?

A fictional native of New Haven is Alex Welch from the novella, The Odd Saga of the American and a Curious Icelandic Flock.


What company helped in the creation of community service videoconferencing?

While videoconferencing technology was initially used primarily within internal corporate communication networks, one of the first community service usages of the technology started in 1992 through a unique partnership with PictureTel and IBM Corporations which at the time were promoting a jointly developed desktop based videoconferencing product known as the PCS/1.


Approximately how many African Americans lived in Tennessee in 1900?

In 1889 the General Assembly passed four laws described as electoral reform, with the cumulative effect of essentially disfranchising most African Americans in rural areas and small towns, as well as many poor Whites.


What was the seat of government during the colonial times of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata?

It is located in front of Constitution Square, in Ciudad Vieja.


To prevent high water pressures at lower elevations what were built on many of the city's buildings?

In the 1800s, the city required their installation on buildings higher than six stories to prevent the need for excessively high water pressures at lower elevations, which could break municipal water pipes.


Who did General Hodge restore power to, resulting in protests?

He established control by restoring to power the key Japanese colonial administrators, but in the face of Korean protests he quickly reversed this decision.


What does this type of elevator use to propel the cage?

A elevator of this kind uses a vacuum on top of the cab and a valve on the top of the "shaft" to move the cab upwards and closes the valve in order to keep the cab at the same level.


How many months of washing did a 1999 study look at?

In 1999, a study of the effect of washing on the formaldehyde levels found that after 6 months after washing, 7 of 27 shirts had levels in excess of 75 ppm, which is a safe limit for direct skin exposure.


Between 1948 and 1970, how many Jewish refugees relocated to Israel?

Between 1948 and 1970, approximately 1,150,000 Jewish refugees relocated to Israel.


What assistant naval secretary did Fiske serve under?

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


What is one of the main papers of Mexico City?

Dozens of daily newspapers are published, including El Universal, Excélsior, Reforma and La Jornada.


The medieval city is a foundation of what family?

The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century.


What happens when the private banking system is weakened?

This alternative requires that the tax revenues and credit of the wealthy member countries be used to refinance the previous borrowing of the weaker member countries, and is politically controversial.


Who used tuple calculus to show the functionality of databases?

Codd's solution to the necessary looping was a set-oriented language, a suggestion that would later spawn the ubiquitous SQL.


How many different countries air American Idol on television?

In Canada, the first thirteen seasons of American Idol were aired live by CTV and/or CTV Two, in simulcast with Fox.


Ruins of merchants' homes that survive today are evidence that Southampton had rich people in what century?

Surviving remains of 12th century merchants' houses such as King John's House and Canute's Palace are evidence of the wealth that existed in the town at this time.


How many tourists visited Boston in 2011?

Boston's status as a state capital as well as the regional home of federal agencies has rendered law and government to be another major component of the city's economy.


The largest of these was Titograd, now Podgorica, the capital city of Montenegro.


How many of the richest families had a decrease in total wealth between 2007 and 2009?

The Federal Reserve surveyed 4,000 households between 2007 and 2009, and found that the total wealth of 63 percent of all Americans declined in that period.


Which barbarians were depicted in heroic form?

The image of Alexander the Great was also an important artistic theme, and all of the diadochi had themselves depicted imitating Alexander's youthful look.


What is the abbreviated alphabet called?

Because of these three ancient Vyākaraṇins (grammarians), this grammar is called Trimuni Vyākarana.


How many jobs were there in Southampton in March of 2007?

In March 2007 there were 120,305 jobs in Southampton, and 3,570 people claiming job seeker's allowance, approximately 2.4 per cent of the city's population.


Whose letter does the introduction to On the Origin of Species refer?

The Introduction establishes Darwin's credentials as a naturalist and author, then refers to John Herschel's letter suggesting that the origin of species "would be found to be a natural in contradistinction to a miraculous process":


What is the last step in the stemmatic method?

" But in fact, the critic employs conjecture at every step of the process.


How much space is World Trade Center 4 projected to have?

World Trade Center 4, with 40 floors and 53,500 square metres (576,000 sq ft) of space is under construction as of 2010[update].[citation needed]


Ultimately, 16th century works of Andreas Vesalius, sometimes called the father of modern medicine, overturned Galen's ideas.


Who is Washington University's food provider on campus?

Washington University's North Campus and West Campus principally house administrative functions that are not student focused.


It is that exactly that will be the great fame of one's descendants."


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

However the longest continuously-singing group is probably The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, which was formed in 1909 and once included Cole Porter as a member.


How many casualties did the French suffer?

One French army was now immobilised and besieged in the city of Metz, and no other forces stood on French ground to prevent a German invasion.


Which term meaning "the mother book" does the Quran apply to itself?

The term mus'haf ('written work') is often used to refer to particular Quranic manuscripts but is also used in the Quran to identify earlier revealed books.


In what year did Japan establish a base in New Guinea?

The Japanese established a major base in the Australian Territory of New Guinea in early 1942.


What eye color shows the least presence among those of Greek heritage ?

In conclusion the hair colour of young Greeks are mostly brown, ranging from light to dark brown.


Professional wrestling (colloquially abbreviated to pro wrestling or wrestling) is an athletic form of entertainment based on a portrayal of a combat sport.


How many underwriters was Richard M. Bowen III responsible for at Citigroup?

Testimony given to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission by Richard M. Bowen III on events during his tenure as the Business Chief Underwriter for Correspondent Lending in the Consumer Lending Group for Citigroup (where he was responsible for over 220 professional underwriters) suggests that by the final years of the U.S. housing bubble (2006–2007), the collapse of mortgage underwriting standards was endemic.


When did Houston receive a ranking in the top of Kiplinger's Best cities list?

In 2008, Houston received top ranking on Kiplinger's Personal Finance Best Cities of 2008 list, which ranks cities on their local economy, employment opportunities, reasonable living costs, and quality of life.


What was Detroit's 2010 Mexican population?

In 2010 Detroit had 48,679 Hispanics, including 36,452 Mexicans.


Who placed the Sakya viceregal regime position of authority?

In 1358, the Sakya viceregal regime installed by the Mongols in Tibet was overthrown in a rebellion by the Phagmodru myriarch Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364).


How many times could it add or subtract a second?

It combined the high speed of electronics with the ability to be programmed for many complex problems.


At what rate is the drain-source current increased when the gate-source current is increased?

The conductivity is varied by the electric field that is produced when a voltage is applied between the gate and source terminals; hence the current flowing between the drain and source is controlled by the voltage applied between the gate and source.


What type of architecture does the Music Palace have?

i les Ciències), which contains an opera house/performing arts centre, a science museum, an IMAX cinema/planetarium, an oceanographic park and other structures such as a long covered walkway and restaurants.


Of the top 10 zip codes with the most expensive housing prices in the United States, how many are in Manhattan?

New York City is home to some of the nation's—and the world's—most valuable real estate.


What is the total length of the Detroit International Riverfront?

The second phase is a two-mile (3 km) extension from Hart Plaza to the Ambassador Bridge for a total of five miles (8 km) of parkway from bridge to bridge.


How much of Pakistan's population lives in Punjab?

Undivided Punjab is home to six rivers, of which five flow through Pakistani Punjab.


Does intimacy between same-sex siblings increase or decrease during adolescence?

Mixed-sex siblings pairs act differently; siblings drift apart during early adolescent years, but experience an increase in intimacy starting at middle adolescence.


How does short term memory encode information?

Another part of long-term memory is episodic memory, "which attempts to capture information such as 'what', 'when' and 'where'".


What hunters allow for anti-poaching activities?

Advocates argue that these hunters allow for anti-poaching activities and revenue for local communities.[citation needed]


Some have posited that the facts of lower socioeconomic status for people of color suggest that Brazil practices a kind of one-drop rule, or discrimination against people who are not visibly European in ancestry.


What type of defense did plants adaptively evolve in response to insects?

Conversely, some interactions between plants and insects, like pollination, are beneficial to both organisms.


What is the gender make-up of the residence halls at Washington University?

It is the location of all the freshman buildings as well as several upperclassman buildings, which are set up in the traditional residential college system.


What is Oakland Counties rank in affluence in 2009?

But internal county statistical methods – based on measuring per capita income for counties with more than one million residents – show that Oakland is still within the top 12, slipping from the 4th-most affluent such county in the U.S. in 2004 to 11th-most affluent in 2009.


With what did the college boy's hit the shooter with?

Victoria was outraged when he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, but was so pleased by the many expressions of loyalty after the attack that she said it was "worth being shot at—to see how much one is loved".


A BIOS chip is located where in a computer?

This chip (hardware) is located on the motherboard and has the BIOS set up (software) stored in it.


The tambourine, bells and rumble-pot are all what type of instrument?

Brass instruments in the Renaissance were traditionally played by professionals who were members of Guilds and they included the slide trumpet, the wooden cornet, the valveless trumpet and the sackbut.


Are pesticides chemical or biological agents?

According to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 9 of the 12 most dangerous and persistent organic chemicals are organochlorine pesticides.


What other age occurred at the same time as the Islamic Golden Age?

The Islamic Golden Age coincided with the Middle Ages in the Muslim world, starting with the rise of Islam and establishment of the first Islamic state in 622.


When was the Computer Emergency Response Team of Estonia established?

The main cyber warfare facility is the Computer Emergency Response Team of Estonia (CERT), founded in 2006.


Individual members of enveloping structures are known by what terms?

The individual members of these surrounding structures are known as sepals and petals (or tepals in flowers such as Magnolia where sepals and petals are not distinguishable from each other).


Which system was the most complex of the three?

Y-Gerät was the most complex system of the three.


What are Jehovah Witnesses' gatherings opened and closed with?

Gatherings are opened and closed with kingdom songs (hymns) and brief prayers.


Perhaps the most influential contributor to the development of naval mining was a Swede resident in Russia, the inventor and civil engineer Immanuel Nobel (the father of Alfred Nobel).


Growth rates during adolescent are comparible to those of what other life stage?

Teenage and early adult males may continue to gain natural muscle growth even after puberty.


In what arrondissement is the Sorbonne library in Paris located?

The Sorbonne Library in the 5th arrondissement is the largest university library in Paris.


Finally, amid rockets and explosions, the King's body is burned in a massive pyre.


What brought on the Douglas business's company growth?

Douglas's business grew astronomically with the onset of World War II, employing as many as 44,000 people in 1943.


Besides parking requirements, what land use regulations does Houston have?

Regulations include mandatory lot size for single-family houses and requirements that parking be available to tenants and customers.


Amphetamine was developed by Smith, Kline and French as a nasal decongestant under the trade name Benzedrine Inhaler.


To what language did Catalan display similarities?

Old Catalan shared many features with Gallo-Romance, diverging from Old Occitan between the 11th and 14th centuries.


What dictates passenger elevator capacities?

Passenger elevators capacity is related to the available floor space.


What is another way to refer to the PhulMali?

Millions of them were killed trying to protect their land.


What are serological tests based upon the ability of an antibody to do?

These tests are based upon the ability of an antibody to bind specifically to an antigen.


What shouldn't architecture be assumed to promote, according to Rondanini?

Nunzia Rondanini stated, "Through its aesthetic dimension architecture goes beyond the functional aspects that it has in common with other human sciences.


What properties determine dimension in lattice theory?

Von Neumann provided an abstract exploration of dimension in completed complemented modular topological lattices: "Dimension is determined, up to a positive linear transformation, by the following two properties.


In 1860, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?

Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population.


Who was the leader of the group attacked by the people of the Marshall Islands in 1834?

In 1834, Captain DonSette and his crew were killed.


Who did Inzunza and Zucche accept money from?

In 2009, a judge acquitted Zucchet on seven out of the nine counts against him, and granted his petition for a new trial on the other two charges; the remaining charges were eventually dropped.


What caused population growth to decline  in the 1980s?

One wave of the population boom ended abruptly in the mid-1980s, as oil prices fell precipitously.


The Taifa period ended with the conquest of the Almoravids who came from Morocco in 1086 winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Sagrajas, followed a century later in 1147, after the second period of Taifa, by the Almohads, also from Marrakesh.


What did the published scheme attempt to do?

From at least the late nineteenth century in Europe, there was speculation that the range of human sexual response looked more like a continuum than two or three discrete categories.


Galen thought that for a person to have gout, kidney stones, or arthritis was scandalous, which Gratzer likens to Samuel Butler's Erehwon (1872) where sickness is a crime.


Initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, he came to rule according to his own Third International Theory before embracing Pan-Africanism and serving as Chairperson of the African Union from 2009 to 2010.


How many metals have a natural color that isn't gray?

The characteristic color of copper results from the electronic transitions between the filled 3d and half-empty 4s atomic shells – the energy difference between these shells is such that it corresponds to orange light.


What have remained unchanged while the knowledge has grown?

By 1968, the field of environmental physiology had advanced and expanded significantly, but the science of clothing in relation to environmental physiology had changed little.


Mean low temperatures for early to mid January range from the low 40s Fahrenheit (4–7 °C) in northern Florida to above 60 °F (16 °C) from Miami on southward.


What city did Jayapala invade at least twice?

Jayapala saw a danger in the consolidation of the Ghaznavids and invaded their capital city of Ghazni both in the reign of Sebuktigin and in that of his son Mahmud, which initiated the Muslim Ghaznavid and Hindu Shahi struggles.


In what language does the Clerk of the Parliaments announce Parliament's decision?

The Clerk of the Parliaments, an official of the House of Lords, traditionally states a formula in Anglo-Norman Law French, indicating the sovereign's decision.


Where was oil found that promoted the development of the oil industry in Houston?

The following year, oil discovered at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont prompted the development of the Texas petroleum industry.


How do cancer patients usually control their background pain?

It is common in cancer patients who often have background pain that is generally well-controlled by medications, but who also sometimes experience bouts of severe pain that from time to time "breaks through" the medication.


What month was a delay caused by Japanese rearguards north of Rangoon?

Slim feared that the Japanese would defend Rangoon house-to-house during the monsoon, placing his army in a disastrous supply situation, and in March he had asked that a plan to capture Rangoon by an amphibious force, Operation Dracula, which had been abandoned earlier, be reinstated.


When did the Great Fire of London occur?

Few structures in central London pre-date the Great Fire of 1666, these being a few trace Roman remains, the Tower of London and a few scattered Tudor survivors in the City.


French historians generally use the beginning of which King's reign to date the start of the Enlightenment?

As to its end, most scholars use the last years of the century, often choosing the French Revolution of 1789 or the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1804–15) as a convenient point in time with which to date the end of the Enlightenment.


What are three international organizations that Portugal belongs to?

It is a member of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations, the European Union, the Eurozone, OECD, NATO and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.


What is the technique that analyzes the constituent bonds of molecules to identify them?

Infrared vibrational spectroscopy (see also near-infrared spectroscopy) is a technique that can be used to identify molecules by analysis of their constituent bonds.


When was the tide-predicting machine invented by Sir William Thomson invented?

The tide-predicting machine invented by Sir William Thomson in 1872 was of great utility to navigation in shallow waters.


What was used to power the plants engine?

Shuman’s plant used parabolic troughs to power a 45–52 kilowatts (60–70 hp) engine that pumped more than 22,000 litres (4,800 imp gal; 5,800 US gal) of water per minute from the Nile River to adjacent cotton fields.


Why was there critcism of the elite clubs?

That season also saw two of the Big Four (Chelsea and Liverpool) finish outside the top four places for the first time since 1994–95.


Deism holds that God is wholly transcendent: God exists, but does not intervene in the world beyond what was necessary to create it.


The study of the humanities at the end of the early modern period replaced the study of the work of what individual?

Aristotle was no longer a force providing the epistemological and methodological focus for universities and a more mechanistic orientation was emerging.


later in 2009 what service replaced youtube for TV

In June 2009, YouTube XL was introduced, which has a simplified interface designed for viewing on a standard television screen.


What helped tourism grow to new heights in the 1960-1970's?

By the end of the 1970s, international business had supplanted tourism as the dominant sector of Bermuda's economy (see Economy of Bermuda).


What singer came in third on the sixth season of American Idol?

This season saw the first Idol Gives Back telethon-inspired event, which raised more than $76 million in corporate and viewer donations.


Even though it was predicted that the Korean War would end in August, who was less than optimistic about the prediction?

Although Kim's early successes had led him to predict that he would end the war by the end of August, Chinese leaders were more pessimistic.


What law involving slaves did the city react strongly to?

The city reacted strongly to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, contributing to President Franklin Pierce's attempt to make an example of Boston after the Anthony Burns Fugitive Slave Case.


What is another example aside from racial quotes of affirmative action for collegiate admissions?

Opponents of affirmative action argue that these policies are outdated and lead to reverse discrimination which entails favoring one group over another based upon racial preference rather than achievement.


It must be a lifelike portrayal because Eirene was really a redhead as her original Hungarian name, Piroska shows.


In what city can KU's Edwards campus be found?

The Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas, in the Kansas City metropolitan area.


What percentage of students at Notre Dame are the children of former Notre Dame students?

" It has also been commended by some diversity oriented publications; Hispanic Magazine in 2004 ranked the university ninth on its list of the top–25 colleges for Latinos, and The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education recognized the university in 2006 for raising enrollment of African-American students.


On the median strip of what road is New Haven planning to create a secondary biotechnology district?

A former SNET telephone building at 300 George Street is being converted into lab space, and has been so far quite successful in attracting biotechnology and medical firms.


It arrived in January with a civilian engineering crew, however it was March before it was sufficiently advanced to be of any appreciable value.:439


Are short-range bluetooth accessories able to be used?

Mobile phones must be in airplane mode or with mobile service disabled, with no signal bars displayed, and cannot be used for voice communications due to Federal Communications Commission regulations that prohibit any airborne calls using mobile phones.


What case was Jefferson's concept apropos to?

Jefferson's concept of "separation of church and state" first became a part of Establishment Clause jurisprudence in Reynolds v. U.S., 98 U.S. 145 (1878).


What was Roman London's population in the 2nd century?

At its height in the 2nd century, Roman London had a population of around 60,000.


In 2006, did most people prefer the Xbox 360 or PS3 versions of cross-platform games?

Sony also continued to lose money on each PS3 sold through 2010, although the redesigned "slim" PS3 has cut these losses since then.


How does the aerial refueling aircraft supply fuel during flight?

The USAF's KC-135 and KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft are based on civilian jets.


What was a major reason Victoria's monarchy was not as popular as some others?

In March 1864, a protester stuck a notice on the railings of Buckingham Palace that announced "these commanding premises to be let or sold in consequence of the late occupant's declining business".


What's the name of Valve's software update system?

He also claimed that the inclusion of Steamworks (Valve's system to automatically update their software independently) would help to make the PS3 version of Portal 2 the best console version on the market.


How are alternative splicing and coding sequences distributed?

Early work in molecular genetics suggested the model that one gene makes one protein.


The villages are well connected to roads, public health centers, and now with Lokmitra kendra using high-speed broadband.


The three gospels speak of the presence of which priests?

Apart from these women, the three Synoptic Gospels speak of the presence of others: "the chief priests, with the scribes and elders"; two robbers crucified, one on Jesus' right and one on his left, whom the Gospel of Luke presents as the penitent thief and the impenitent thief; "the soldiers", "the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus"; passers-by; "bystanders", "the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle"; and "his acquaintances"


What does the last exposed number on the plate represent?

The speed of the emulsion was then expressed in 'degrees' Warnerke (sometimes seen as Warn. or °W.) corresponding with the last number visible on the exposed plate after development and fixation.


Where did children from urban areas primarily work?

What industries children work in depends on if they grew up in a rural area or an urban area.


What was Edward Oxford charged with after his assassination attempt?

He was tried for high treason and found guilty, but was acquitted on the grounds of insanity.


Did the military sanctions imposed by India affect the business workings of it's relations in Burma ?

International relations progress indicators continued in September 2012 when Aung San Suu Kyi visited to the US followed by Myanmar's reformist president visit to the United Nations.


What year did Chopin compose his first work?

By the age of seven Fryderyk had begun giving public concerts, and in 1817 he composed two polonaises, in G minor and B-flat major.


Modern Egypt is considered to be a regional and middle power, with significant cultural, political, and military influence in North Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world.


Comcast's purchase of Spectator gave them what sports teams in Philadelphia?

In 2002, Comcast paid the University of Maryland $25 million for naming rights to the new basketball arena built on the College Park campus, the XFINITY Center.


Who assigned the First Battalion of Chihuahua for integration into the army?

President Juárez, in an effort to organize a strong defense against the French, decreed a list of national guard units that every state had to contribute to the Ministry of War and the Navy; Chihuahua was responsible for inducting 2,000 men.


What was the former name of the Mayflower Theatre?

The largest theatre in the city is the 2,300 capacity Mayflower Theatre (formerly known as the Gaumont), which, as the largest theatre in Southern England outside London, has hosted West End shows such as Les Misérables, The Rocky Horror Show and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as regular visits from Welsh National Opera and English National Ballet.


As cartridges couldn't be returned to Nintendo, the developers took on the entirety of what?

Nintendo required that they be the sole manufacturer of all cartridges, and that the publisher had to pay in full before the cartridges for that game be produced.


Hiramatsu (Schnell) was given the right to wear swords, as well as a residence in the castle town of Wakamatsu, a Japanese wife, and retainers.


The university is host to several museums including the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and the Spencer Museum of Art.


In the Greek Septuagint, christos was used to translate the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ, messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed."


Where is the Royal Institute Library's Reading Room located?

The Reading Room, designed by the building's architect George Grey Wornum and his wife Miriam, retains its original 1934 Art Deco interior with open bookshelves, original furniture and double-height central space.


Under what agreement did the Australian government support the US?

The Howard Government invoked the ANZUS treaty in response to the attacks and supported America's campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.


Who was the ruler of the underworld in ancient Egypt?

In wall paintings, the ruler of the underworld, Osiris, was typically portrayed with a green face, because green was the symbol of good health and rebirth.


In addition to others, Western culture considers eating dog meat as what?

Proponents of eating dog meat have argued that placing a distinction between livestock and dogs is western hypocrisy, and that there is no difference with eating the meat of different animals.


What 1994 film brought Schwarzenegger back together with director James Cameron?

His next film, the comedy drama True Lies (1994), was a popular spy film, and saw Schwarzenegger reunited with James Cameron.


What has the 'war on terror' been used as an excuse for?

It is argued that the term war is not appropriate in this context (as in War on Drugs), since there is no identifiable enemy, and that it is unlikely international terrorism can be brought to an end by military means.


How many times was the release date for Kanye's first album pushed back?

West's perfectionism led The College Dropout to have its release postponed three times from its initial date in August 2003.


Runway edge lighting consists of white lights spaced out on both sides of the runway, indicating the edge.


Which theorist argued that not everyone fully achieves identity?

He described the resolution of this process as a stage of "identity achievement" but also stressed that the identity challenge "is never fully resolved once and for all at one point in time".


Researchers tested simvastatin, later sold by Merck as Zocor, on 4,444 patients with high cholesterol and heart disease.


What grade was given to Northwestern on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card  by The Sustainable Endowments Institute?

The 2010 Report by The Sustainable Endowments Institute awarded Northwestern a "B-" on its College Sustainability Report Card.


Where is the first known use of 'samurai'?

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


What role was Montini not perceived to fill unlike some of his fellow cardinals?

He was viewed as most likely to continue the Second Vatican Council, which already, without any tangible results, had lasted longer than anticipated by John XXIII, who had a vision but "did not have a clear agenda.


Which Hungarian ruler was killed at the Battle of Varna?

Hungary was the last bastion of the Latin Christian world in the East, and fought to keep its rule over a period of two centuries.


What is an entrenched constitutional principle in Germany?

Though international relations including international treaties are primarily the responsibility of the federal level, the constituent states have certain limited powers in this area: in matters that affect them directly, the states defend their interests at the federal level through the Bundesrat (literally Federal Council, the upper house of the German Federal Parliament) and in areas where they have legislative authority they have limited powers to conclude international treaties "with the consent of the federal government".


What organization did Berners-Lee create?

The first web browser was invented in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.


Explorers in the employ of what nation discovered the Azores?


What date is still commemorated by Powder House Day in New Haven?

On 23 April 1775, which is still celebrated in New Haven as Powder House Day, the Second Company, Governor's Foot Guard, of New Haven entered the struggle against the governing British parliament.


From what passage is cited as being one of the first known examples of using the word heresy?

The number of people executed as heretics under the authority of the various "ecclesiastical authorities"[note 1] is not known.[note 2]


Thinkers out of the Frankfurt School combined Marxian and what other perspective?

Out of the Frankfurt School, thinkers like Herbert Marcuse, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Jürgen Habermas combined Marxian and Freudian perspectives.


Who are the Madonna Companion Biographers?

In The Madonna Companion biographers Allen Metz and Carol Benson noted that more than any other recent pop artist, Madonna had used MTV and music videos to establish her popularity and enhance her recorded work.


The HDI was developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, often framed in terms of whether people are able to "be" and "do" desirable things in their life, and was published by the United Nations Development Programme.


What two ancient Roman festivals is Carnival thought to stem from?

While forming an integral part of the Christian calendar, particularly in Catholic regions, many Carnival traditions resemble those antedating Christianity.


What did the city provide during the Great Depression?

The city provided recreational and educational programs, and hired people for public works projects.


Which body of water is to the east of Zhejiang?

Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China.


The term "Moors" has been used in Europe in a broader, somewhat derogatory sense to refer to Muslims, especially those of Arab or Berber descent, whether living in North Africa or Iberia.


Which alphabet is a special case because it transitioned from bicameral to unicameral?

Many other writing systems make no distinction between majuscules and minuscules – a system called unicameral script or unicase.


What apps can one expect the People app to match with?

Apps can use "contracts"; a collection of hooks to provide common functionality that can integrate with other apps, including search and sharing.


What were the Tanguts able to do in only decades that took the Chinese centuries?

The Tangut Empire was especially efficient in such efforts; exploiting the then newly invented block printing, and with the full support of the government (contemporary sources describe the Emperor and his mother personally contributing to the translation effort, alongside sages of various nationalities), the Tanguts took mere decades to translate volumes that had taken the Chinese centuries to render.[citation needed]


What was Bell's reward for his dehusking machine?

In return, John Herdman gave both boys the run of a small workshop in which to "invent".


What program interviewed Queen on 22 September 2010?

On 20 August 2010, Queen's manager Jim Beach put out a Newsletter stating that the band had signed a new contract with Universal Music.


What encoding reduces the heterogeneity of a dataset by sorting SNPs?

Genetics compression algorithms are the latest generation of lossless algorithms that compress data (typically sequences of nucleotides) using both conventional compression algorithms and genetic algorithms adapted to the specific datatype.


What to Galician's call themselves in their language?

Galicia's inhabitants are known as Galicians (Galician: galegos, Spanish: gallegos).


The name "Israel" (Standard Yisraʾel, Isrāʾīl; Septuagint Greek: Ἰσραήλ Israēl; 'El(God) persists/rules' though, after Hosea 12:4 often interpreted as "struggle with God") in these phrases refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the angel of the Lord.


By what nickname is Tennessee officially known?

Tennessee is known as the "Volunteer State", a nickname some claimed was earned during the War of 1812 because of the prominent role played by volunteer soldiers from Tennessee, especially during the Battle of New Orleans.


How much rain is received in the region where Burma is located ?

It lies in the monsoon region of Asia, with its coastal regions receiving over 5,000 mm (196.9 in) of rain annually.


What type of format were adult contemporary and easy listening stations meant to share?

Whereas most easy listening music was instrumental, created by relatively unknown artists, and rarely purchased, AC was an attempt to create a similar "lite" format by choosing certain tracks (both hit singles and album cuts) of popular artists.


When did Max Weinrich write "A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot"?

"A language is a dialect with an army and navy") in YIVO Bleter 25.1, 1945, p. 13.


What view did Louis Agassiz have of On the Origin of Species?

While some commentators have taken this as a concession to religion that Darwin later regretted, Darwin's view at the time was of God creating life through the laws of nature, and even in the first edition there are several references to "creation".


How should the tiles be aligned next to each other?

A tile mosaic is a digital image made up of individual tiles, arranged in a non-overlapping fashion, e.g. to make a static image on a shower room or bathing pool floor, by breaking the image down into square pixels formed from ceramic tiles (a typical size is 1 in × 1 in (25 mm × 25 mm), as for example, on the floor of the University of Toronto pool, though sometimes larger tiles such as 2 in × 2 in (51 mm × 51 mm) are used).


What radio stations can they be heard on?

One of their members, mandolin virtuoso Paul Hooper, has had a number of Concertos written for him by composers such as Eric Gross.


What was the first film Schwarzenegger co-starred in with Sylvester Stallone?

He starred in the fifth Terminator movie Terminator Genisys in 2015 and will reprise his role as Conan the Barbarian in The Legend of Conan.


In what year were Zucchet's seven out of nine counts acquitted?

In 2009, a judge acquitted Zucchet on seven out of the nine counts against him, and granted his petition for a new trial on the other two charges; the remaining charges were eventually dropped.


On how many sides of the Lightning connector are the pins located?

Apple Lightning cables have pins on both sides of the plug so it can be inserted with either side facing up.


How do Buddhists believe their suffering can be ended?

BCE.[note 1] He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance and craving.


How many bulbs does the average ribbon machine produce per hour?

After the bulbs are blown, and cooled, they are cut off the ribbon machine; a typical machine of this sort produces 50,000 bulbs per hour.


What do Ethnoarchaeologists gain a better understanding of by studying living human groups?

Archaeologists examine these material remains in order to deduce patterns of past human behavior and cultural practices.


What new positions did Nasser give himself ?

Nasser appointed himself the additional roles of prime minister and supreme commander of the armed forces on 19 June 1967.


Which sediements in the US are an indication of the break up of Pangaea?

The first nonmarine sediments in the rift that marks the initial break-up of Pangea—which separated New Jersey from Morocco—are of Late Triassic age; in the U.S., these thick sediments comprise the Newark Supergroup.


What was the title of Deep Purple's 1980s reunion album?

Established bands made something of a comeback in the mid-1980s.


What was the name of the Shell Group's new parent company?

In November 2004, following a period of turmoil caused by the revelation that Shell had been overstating its oil reserves, it was announced that the Shell Group would move to a single capital structure, creating a new parent company to be named Royal Dutch Shell plc, with its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, a secondary listing on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, its headquarters and tax residency in The Hague, Netherlands and its registered office in London.


What color of clothing were merchants that had registered with the state forced to wear?

State-registered merchants, who were forced by law to wear white-colored clothes and pay high commercial taxes, were considered by the gentry as social parasites with a contemptible status.


What title change will be happening to reduce racial tensions?

In April 2016 Salovey announced that "despite decades of vigorous alumni and student protests," Calhoun's name will remain on the Yale residential college explaining that it is preferable for Yale students to live in Calhoun's "shadow" so they will be "better prepared to rise to the challenges of the present and the future."


How was the migrating of ospretys and honey buzzards tracked?

The ability of birds to navigate during migrations cannot be fully explained by endogenous programming, even with the help of responses to environmental cues.


A clause like "in witness whereof" or "in faith whereof" typically signals what in a treaty?

The end of a treaty, the eschatocol (or closing protocol), is often signaled by a clause like "in witness whereof" or "in faith whereof," the parties have affixed their signatures, followed by the words "DONE at," then the site(s) of the treaty's execution and the date(s) of its execution.


What was the average net household income in Paris in 2011?

The average net household income (after social, pension and health insurance contributions) in Paris was €36,085 for 2011.


In Max Schoop's method, what was used to create the flame-sprayed pattern on the board?

Arthur Berry in 1913 patented a print-and-etch method in Britain, and in the United States Max Schoop obtained a patent to flame-spray metal onto a board through a patterned mask.


Which era did Cennino Cennini actively paint in?

For example, purple on a computer screen is made by a similar formula to used by Cennino Cennini in the Renaissance to make violet, but using additive colors and light instead of pigment: it is created by combining red and blue light at equal intensity on a black screen.


What is a potential attack vector for utilities such as the power grid?

Computers control functions at many utilities, including coordination of telecommunications, the power grid, nuclear power plants, and valve opening and closing in water and gas networks.


What wood has recently started being used to make baseball bats in addition to hickory and ash?

Many types of sports equipment are made of wood, or were constructed of wood in the past.


Rosen suggests that a central part of Chopin's uniqueness is how he handles what?

Rosen suggests that an important aspect of Chopin's individuality is his flexible handling of the four-bar phrase as a structural unit.


A concern is that UV light may leak from a malfunctioning light source and cause harm to human eyes or skin.


What did the Army traditionally take control of to defeat the Indians?

The usual strategy in Indian wars was to seize control of the Indians winter food supply, but that was no use in Florida where there was no winter.


Soldiers from which country were brought to the Congo?

Nevertheless, Massamba-Débat was unable to reconcile various institutional, tribal and ideological factions within the country and his regime ended abruptly with a bloodless coup d'état in September 1968.


What camera style does Spielberg often use?

If one views each of his films, one will see this shot utilized by the director, notably the water scenes in Jaws are filmed from the low-angle perspective of someone swimming.


What subjects can only be legislated by the central legislative body in India?

But to implement international treaties, Parliament can legislate on any subject overriding the general division of subject lists.


When did conventional carriers start recovering aircraft at an angle to port of the axial line of the ship?

The primary function of this angled deck is to allow aircraft that miss the arresting wires, referred to as a bolter, to become airborne again without the risk of hitting aircraft parked forward.


What did Japan call the occupied group of Asian nations?

Japanese officials integrated what they called the Japan–China Incident (日支事変, Nisshi Jihen?) into the Greater East Asia War.


Which country did England negotiate the Treaty of London with?

In 1603, James VI, King of Scots, ascended (as James I) to the English throne and in 1604 negotiated the Treaty of London, ending hostilities with Spain.


What genre of music did season ten American Idol contestant Lauren Alaina sing?

McCreery won the competition on May 25, being the youngest male winner and the fourth male in a row to win American Idol.


How are the results simplified when using the SASO?

However, results can be further simplified into four summaries that look specifically at responses that correspond to either homosexuality, heterosexuality, bisexuality or asexuality.


What ancient civilization utilized neoclassicism in city planning?

Ancient façades and building layouts were oriented to these city design patterns and they tended to work in proportion with the importance of public buildings.


Beyonce received how many nominations at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards?

She tied with Lauryn Hill for most Grammy nominations in a single year by a female artist.


National Guardsmen are under the authority of who?

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


When did the term "Hispanic" begin being used?

The term "Hispanic" as an ethnonym emerged in the 20th century with the rise of migration of laborers from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America to the United States.


Police tried to prevent the protest but took no action to stop it once the march was underway.


Who patented an incandescent light bulb in Russia in 1874?

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


The electronic transition frequency of which element defines the second?

Examples include the apparent motion of the sun across the sky, the phases of the moon, the swing of a pendulum, and the beat of a heart.


What term refers to the legislature of the Isle of man?

Special procedures apply to legislation passed by Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man.


When did Apple reveal that most of the iTunes selection was free from DRM?

However, in a deal with Apple, EMI began selling DRM-free, higher-quality songs on the iTunes Stores, in a category called "iTunes Plus."


In what year was the Janissary corp disbanded?

The disbandment of the centuries-old Janissary corps by Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826 (Auspicious Incident) was a good deed for the country in the longer term, but it has deprived the country from its army forces for the nearest future.


In the Basque Country, it is a common belief that the name of St. John's was given by Basque fishermen because the bay of St. John's is very similar to the Bay of Pasaia in the Basque Country, where one of the fishing towns is also called St. John (in Spanish, San Juan, and in Basque, Donibane).


How many square kilometers in size is Kathmandu?

According to the 2011 census, Kathmandu Metropolitan City has a population of 975,453 and measures 49.45 km2 (19.09 sq mi).


What language did the Jews speak prior to assimilating into German culture?

However tolerance and assimilation of Jews in German society suddenly ended during the Crusades with many Jews being forcefully expelled from Germany and Western Yiddish disappeared as a language in Germany over the centuries, with German Jewish people fully adopting the German language.


How many buildings are on BYU's main campus?

The main campus in Provo, Utah, United States sits on approximately 560 acres (2.3 km2) nestled at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and includes 295 buildings.


what are the 2 sections of the somerset levels

The Somerset Levels (or Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known) are a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset, between the Quantock and Mendip hills.


How many classes of research does Woolf encourage?

However, this system has been criticized by Clifford J. Woolf and others as inadequate for guiding research and treatment.


The invariant interval that separates two events in Minkowski spacetime can either be what?

Different observers may calculate different distances and different time intervals between two events, but the invariant interval between the events is independent of the observer (and his velocity).


First, he promoted Confucian orthodoxy and reversed what he saw as his father's laxness by cracking down on unorthodox sects and by decapitating an anti-Manchu writer his father had pardoned.


What contains disciplinary rules for Buddhist Monks and nuns?

Pitaka contains disciplinary rules for the Buddhist monks and nuns, as well as explanations of why and how these rules were instituted, supporting material, and doctrinal clarification.


What is the goal of the Carnival painters?

"On the last day of Carnival painters flood the street to paint each other.


What type of system is American Federalism?

In the dual-sovereign system of American federalism (actually tripartite because of the presence of Indian reservations), states are the plenary sovereigns, each with their own constitution, while the federal sovereign possesses only the limited supreme authority enumerated in the Constitution.


In the late 1820s, the parts of historic Armenia under Iranian control centering on Yerevan and Lake Sevan (all of Eastern Armenia) were incorporated into the Russian Empire following Iran's forced ceding of the territories after its loss in the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) and the outcoming Treaty of Turkmenchay.


One of the first "age hardening" alloys used were called?

Because they often exhibit a combination of high strength and low weight, these alloys became widely used in many forms of industry, including the construction of modern aircraft.


Those with low levels of identity diffusion are classified as what?

Weinreich's identity variant similarly includes the categories of identity diffusion, foreclosure and crisis, but with a somewhat different emphasis.


What ruling forbid the government from executing child rapists?

However, three states maintained the death penalty for child rape, as the Coker decision only imposed a ban on executions for the rape of an adult woman.


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

Some of the private affiliates have begun adding CBC's overnight programming to their schedules since the network began broadcasting 24 hours a day.


What is the name of the travel magazine sold by The Times?

The first issue of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine was in 2003, and it includes news, features and insider guides.


The European Union has prescribed an indicative renewable energy target of what percent?

For example, the European Union has prescribed an indicative renewable energy target of 12 per cent of the total EU energy mix and 22 per cent of electricity consumption by 2010.


It is planned to begin serving global customers upon its completion in 2020.


What Swiss world famous physicist developed his Special relativity while working in Bern?

Many Nobel prizes have been awarded to Swiss scientists, for example to the world-famous physicist Albert Einstein in the field of physics who developed his Special relativity while working in Bern.


Which two Tennessee metropolitan areas have been most supportive of the Republican Party?

In the early 21st century, Republican voters control most of the state, especially in the more rural and suburban areas outside of the cities; Democratic strength is mostly confined to the urban cores of the four major cities, and is particularly strong in the cities of Nashville and Memphis.


Libelles were generally written in what form?

Written mostly in the form of pamphlets, the libelles "slandered the court, the Church, the aristocracy, the academies, the salons, everything elevated and respectable, including the monarchy itself".


When did the al-Qarawiyin officially become a university?

The madrasa of al-Qarawīyīn, one of the two surviving madaris that predate the founding of the earliest medieval universities and are thus claimed to be the "first universities" by some authors, has acquired official university status as late as 1947.


If the hippocampus doesn't store information what does it do?

Furthermore, it may be involved in changing neural connections for a period of three months or more after the initial learning.


In late 1920, the communists came to power following an invasion of Armenia by the Red Army, and in 1922, Armenia became part of the Transcaucasian SFSR of the Soviet Union, later forming the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936 to September 21, 1991).


Why did different sects come about within Shiism?

Within Shia Islam (Shiism), the various sects came into being because they differed over their Imams' successions, just as the Shia - Sunni separation within Islam itself had come into being from the dispute that had arisen over the succession to Muhammad.


What is the amount of solar energy absorbed by the earth?

The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year.


The French forces retreated to Montreal, where on 8 September they surrendered to overwhelming British numerical superiority.


Along with the Miami River, near what body of water are Miami seafood restaurants notably located?

Located on the Atlantic Ocean, and with a long history as a seaport, Miami is also known for its seafood, with many seafood restaurants located along the Miami River, and in and around Biscayne Bay.


Some people consider physicalism to be synonymous with what?

Thus the term "physicalism" is preferred over "materialism" by some, while others use the terms as if they are synonymous.


What humanitarian concept did Montini see nationalism as violating?

Like Achille Ratti before him,[a] he felt confronted with the huge problem, not limited to Poland, of excessive nationalism: "This form of nationalism treats foreigners as enemies, especially foreigners with whom one has common frontiers.


What institution has contributed to the growth of fuel biotechnology?

There are more than 400 biotechnology companies in the area.


South America was formerly which continent?

Though Gondwana was still intact in the beginning of the Cretaceous, Gondwana itself broke up as South America, Antarctica and Australia rifted away from Africa (though India and Madagascar remained attached to each other); thus, the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans were newly formed.


What percentage of Kathmandu's economy is trade?

Manufacturing is also important and accounts for 19% of the revenue that Kathmandu generates.


Which computer is the Harvard architecture modeled after?

This is called the Harvard architecture after the Harvard Mark I computer.


In Greece, copper was known by the name chalkos (χαλκός).


What is the name of the dog in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest lived?

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


Which mountain is a holy pilgrimage for both Hindus and Tibetans?

The Indus and Brahmaputra rivers originate from a lake (Tib: Tso Mapham) in Western Tibet, near Mount Kailash.


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


What was Eisenhower's title after Germany's surrender?

He reclassified German prisoners of war (POWs) in U.S. custody as Disarmed Enemy Forces (DEFs), who were no longer subject to the Geneva Convention.


Which inventor created the first useful DC motor?

In 1886, Frank Julian Sprague invented the first practical DC motor, a non-sparking motor that maintained relatively constant speed under variable loads.


The forces of what countries did people serve before the unification?

Prior to Confederation in 1867, residents of the colonies in what is now Canada served as regular members of French and British forces and in local militia groups.


About what time did the big tech boom in Seattle fizzle?

Many of the Seattle area's tech companies remained relatively strong, but the frenzied dot-com boom years ended in early 2001.


Most of the segments contain the same sets of organs, although sharing a common gut, circulatory system and nervous system makes them inter-dependent.


Ridge Bond, native of McAlester, Oklahoma, starred in the Broadway and International touring productions of Oklahoma!, playing the role of "Curly McClain" in more than 2,600 performances.


How many overseas territories does Britain still have?

The British Antarctic Territory is subject to overlapping claims by Argentina and Chile, while many countries do not recognise any territorial claims in Antarctica.


What they did not contain was hops, as that was a later addition, first mentioned in Europe around 822 by a Carolingian Abbot and again in 1067 by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen.


What historical event led to many department stores in the area being destroyed?

During the course of the American occupation of the Philippines, many department stores were built throughout the city, many of which were located in Escolta.


How many meters did the Sangamonian Stage raise sea levels compared to their present level?

Beginning some 130,000 years ago the Sangamonian Stage raised sea levels to approximately 25 feet (8 m) above the current level.


Where are consonants aspirated in just the final position?

In Wahgi, consonants are aspirated only in final position.


What business organization is the Congo a member of?

The country is a member of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).


Modern Greek theater was influenced by what?

The modern Greek theatre was born after the Greek independence, in the early 19th century, and initially was influenced by the Heptanesean theatre and melodrama, such as the Italian opera.