What are popular ways that fish are used in Burma ?

Seafood is a common ingredient in coastal cities such as Sittwe, Kyaukpyu, Mawlamyaing (formerly Moulmein), Mergui (Myeik) and Dawei, while meat and poultry are more commonly used in landlocked cities like Mandalay.


What are the two main native Alaskan language families?

The Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks claims that at least 20 Alaskan native languages exist and there are also some languages with different dialects.


What percentage of Plymouth consists of non-religious people?

Since the 2001 Census, the number of Christians and Jews has decreased (-16% and -7% respectively), while all other religions have increased and non-religious people have almost doubled in number.


What famous palace is located in London?

Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard.


What city has the most high-rise buildings in the world?

Manhattan's skyline, with its many skyscrapers, is universally recognized, and the city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world.


What science is based on linguistics, mathematics, and engineering?

Computer science, built upon a foundation of theoretical linguistics, discrete mathematics, and electrical engineering, studies the nature and limits of computation.


What was the focal depth of the earthquake?

The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km (12 mi).


Which group represents at least 70% of Jews worldwide?

Ashkenazi Jews represent the bulk of modern Jewry, with at least 70% of Jews worldwide (and up to 90% prior to World War II and the Holocaust).


Keith Richards is the guitarist of what band?

Dave Davies of The Kinks, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, Pete Townshend of The Who, Hendrix, Clapton and Beck all pioneered the use of new guitar effects like phasing, feedback and distortion.


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


What can even translations completely done by a human still be prone to?

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


What unique form of dance originated in the neighbourhods of Montevideo?

Uruguayan tango is a unique form of dance that originated in the neighbourhoods of Montevideo towards the end of the 1800s.


What band combined religious imagery with political commentary into their music?

The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds.


Phillip Bard contributed to the theory with his work on animals.


Who intervened when the "A" was painted various colors?

Because of the three-color paint scheme often used, the shape of the A can be vague and indistinguishable from the rest of the peak.


What type of element would be used to encounter less reactance?

On the other hand, a thick element presents less reactance at an off-resonant frequency, and consequently a Q as low as 5.


Brigham Young University (often referred to as BYU or, colloquially, The Y) is a private research university located in Provo, Utah, United States.


How many African Americans identify as multiracial on the Census of 2002?

According to the Census Bureau, as of 2002, over 75% of all African Americans had multiracial ancestries.


In what year did European countries first recognize Switzerland's independence from the Holy Roman Empire?

It was not until more than one hundred years after these internal wars that, in 1648, under the Peace of Westphalia, European countries recognized Switzerland's independence from the Holy Roman Empire and its neutrality.


The Franchthi cave has evidence of what 3 ancient eras?

The earliest evidence of the presence of human ancestors in the southern Balkans, dated to 270,000 BC, is to be found in the Petralona cave, in the Greek province of Macedonia.


What unique feature does this ride provide guests?

The central element of this attraction is a simulated free-fall achieved through the use of a high-speed elevator system.


Who is Greece the most important trading partner to?

Greece was the largest foreign investor in Albania in 2013, the third in Bulgaria, in the top-three in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and largest foreign investor in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.


How much of a Siboglinidae's weight is symbiotic bacteria?

However, in members of the tube-dwelling family Siboglinidae the gut is blocked by a swollen lining that houses symbiotic bacteria, which can make up 15% of the worms' total weight.


What may we assume the parties to a treaty intended the treaty's obligations to be if the treaty included an expiration date?

Other treaties may self-terminate if the treaty is meant to exist only under certain conditions.[citation needed]


After the sale of Kashmir, what did the area become?

As a result of the three Carnatic Wars, the British East India Company gained exclusive control over the entire Carnatic region of India.


Who are the Highland Quichuas primarily descended from?

Primarily consisting of the descendents of Incans, they are Kichwa speakers and include the Caranqui, the Otavalos, the Cayambi, the Quitu-Caras, the Panzaleo, the Chimbuelo, the Salasacan, the Tugua, the Puruhá, the Cañari, and the Saraguro.


How can electrolytic capacitors be safely used after having been stored unused for a long time?

They can be restored before use (and damage) by gradually applying the operating voltage, often done on antique vacuum tube equipment over a period of 30 minutes by using a variable transformer to supply AC power.


What is a common method used during regression testing?

Regression testing focuses on finding defects after a major code change has occurred.


Unlike the heavier guns, these smaller weapons are in widespread use due to their low cost and ability to quickly follow the target.


After fourteen consecutive years of economic growth, Greece went into recession in 2008.


Min dialects are spoken on the border where?

Other varieties of Chinese are spoken as well, mostly along the borders; Mandarin and Huizhou dialects are spoken on the border with Anhui, while Min dialects are spoken on the border with Fujian.


In what aspect of the festival did political figures try to out do each other?

The triumph of a Roman general was celebrated as the fulfillment of religious vows, though these tended to be overshadowed by the political and social significance of the event.


What percentage of Houston's population is African-American?

Blacks or African Americans made up 25% of Houston's population.


How did Popper characterize the wide applicability and immunity to criticism of psychoanalytic theory?

This realisation had an important consequence when Popper later tackled the problem of demarcation in the philosophy of science, as it led him to posit that the strength of a scientific theory lies in its both being susceptible to falsification, and not actually being falsified by criticism made of it.


What culture was well established by the 6th Century BC?

By the 6th century BC, the Celtic La Tène culture was well established.


What did Adolf Hitler have a lifelong romantic fascination with?

His first visit to the area was in 1923 and he maintained a strong tie there until the end of his life.


Where is the official city TV station broadcast from?

The City of New York has an official television station run by the NYC Media Group and broadcasting from Bronx Community College, and Cablevision operates News 12


What often allow users to locate entries in several ways?

Most dictionaries also allow searches by total number of strokes, and individual dictionaries often allow other search methods as well.


When was the Commonwealth Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act adopted?

A nonprofit organisation in Australia can choose from a number of legal forms depending on the needs and activities of the organisation: co-operative, company limited by guarantee, unincorporated association, incorporated association (by the Associations Incorporation Act 1985) or incorporated association or council (by the Commonwealth Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976).


During Which dynasty does Josef Kolmaš claim Tibet was considered an organic part of China?

Yet he states that this was a radical change in regards to all previous eras of Sino-Tibetan relations.


What governmental style of monarch is Elizabeth?

As a constitutional monarch, she has not expressed her own political opinions in a public forum.


When did the Pictish tribe start to inhabit the islands?

The first Anglo-Saxons arrived as Roman power waned in the 5th century and eventually dominated the bulk of what is now England.


In APG III (2009) there are 415 families.


For what time period does NARA have census records available for?

This includes census records from 1790 to 1930, ships' passenger lists, and naturalization records.


Suga Mama is also a song on which Beyoncé album?

The band have supported Beyoncé in most subsequent live performances, including her 2007 concert tour The Beyoncé Experience, 2009–2010 I Am... World Tour and 2013–2014 The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.


In what city is Westminster Abbey located?

The building itself is the original abbey church.


How is hydrogen used as a food additive?

Hydrogen is an authorized food additive (E 949) that allows food package leak testing among other anti-oxidizing properties.


The most commonly used kind of URI starts with http: and identifies a resource to be retrieved over the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).


Rolling Stone reported that the music industry was urging them to return the money they earned for the concerts; a spokesperson for Beyoncé later confirmed to The Huffington Post that she donated the money to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.


When did the Israel national football team qualify to the FIFA World Cup?

In 1994, UEFA agreed to admit Israel and all Israeli sporting organizations now compete in Europe.[citation needed]


What did David Lloyd George's coalition government reject in 1921?

During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during World War I, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three Services that made up the armed forces of the United Kingdom—the British Army, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Air Force.


What chemical was discovered to have caused the hole in the ozone?

Since the 1970s, an important focus of study has been the ozone layer in the atmosphere above Antarctica.


What are machines that operate with no contact to the outside world called?

For instance, programs such as Carnivore and NarusInsight have been used by the FBI and NSA to eavesdrop on the systems of internet service providers.


What was the name of Queen's 1977 album?

Their 1977 album, News of the World, contained "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", which have become anthems at sporting events.


Who worked with the natives to help solve their dietary issues?

Eijkman cured the natives by feeding them brown rice, discovering that food can cure disease.


Where did the torch relay finish in Turkey?

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


What is the name for a lamp base with one or more contacts on the base and a shell used as a contact or used only as a mechanical support?

Contacts in the lamp socket allow the electric current to pass through the base to the filament.


What year did Hudson first present his two-hour daylight saving theory to the Wellington Philosophical Society?

Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Hudson, whose shift-work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and led him to value after-hours daylight.


What role did Eisenhower serve under Fox Conner?

Under Conner's tutelage, he studied military history and theory (including Carl von Clausewitz's On War), and later cited Conner's enormous influence on his military thinking, saying in 1962 that "Fox Conner was the ablest man I ever knew."


What did Williams say should be done about Hopkins?

I’m not saying gag her: I’m saying fight her".


What are the standards called that implement connections to storage devices?

It has also been extended to support a wide variety of novel devices as many systems can be controlled with the familiar metaphor of file manipulation within directories.


What is the oldest community theater group west of the Mississippi River?

Prominent theatre companies in Oklahoma include, in the capital city, Oklahoma City Theatre Company, Carpenter Square Theatre, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, and CityRep.


Because of their patent, what didn't Siemens & Halske have to give Bell?

The value of the Bell patent was acknowledged throughout the world, and patent applications were made in most major countries, but when Bell had delayed the German patent application, the electrical firm of Siemens & Halske (S&H) managed to set up a rival manufacturer of Bell telephones under their own patent.


Where did the Dalai Lama's government flee to during the 1959 Tibetan Rebellion?

After the Dalai Lama's government fled to Dharamsala, India, during the 1959 Tibetan Rebellion, it established a rival government-in-exile.


Karl Lachmann (1793–1851) greatly contributed to making this method famous, even though he did not invent it.


The biggest changes in the brain during puberty occur in the parts of the cortex that process what kinds of information?

The biggest changes in the folds of the brain during this time occur in the parts of the cortex that process cognitive and emotional information.


Anthropologists called it an example of a hypodescent rule, meaning that racially mixed persons were assigned the status of the socially subordinate group.


As a result, the diversity of plant life is very low and limited in distribution.


How much did the Princess Elizabeth station cost?

Costing $16.3 million, the prefabricated station, which is part of the International Polar Year, was shipped to the South Pole from Belgium by the end of 2008 to monitor the health of the polar regions.


When was DNA sequencing first used for grouping plants?

As a simple example, prior to the use of genetic evidence, fungi were thought either to be plants or to be more closely related to plants than animals.


When were the various supplemental charters consolidated?

Supplemental Charters of 1887, 1909 and 1925 were replaced by a single Charter in 1971, and there have been minor amendments since then.


Fachhochschulen first came about in the early years of what decade?

Fachhochschulen were first founded in the early 1970s.


The goal of Metternich and Archduke Charles regarding the Treaty of Schönbrunn was to attempt the preservation of what?

Metternich and Archduke Charles had the preservation of the Habsburg Empire as their fundamental goal, and to this end they succeeded by making Napoleon seek more modest goals in return for promises of friendship between the two powers.


In most US and Canadian jurisdictions, passenger elevators are required to conform to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Standard A17.1, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators.


What is the main function of direction lanterns?

An example of a place whose elevators use only the color convention to differentiate between directions is the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, where a single circle can be made to light up green for "up" and red for "down".


How many people were injured in the May 25 aftershock?

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


Until which year did his extended term last?

Before President Benito Juárez was forced to flee, Congress granted him an emergency extension of his presidency, which would go into effect in 1865 when his term expired, and last until 1867.


These events came to be dubbed the "Winter of Discontent".


The first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City was Dominican trader Juan Rodriguez (transliterated to Dutch as Jan Rodrigues).


What did astronomers believe the shape of the Sun to be during this era?

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


What century produced the first Russian univeristy, library, theatre, public museum, and independent press?

In Russia, the government began to actively encourage the proliferation of arts and sciences in the mid-18th century.


Pachelbel's Canon has influenced popular songs since what decade?

Numerous examples show influence in the opposite direction, including popular songs based on classical music, the use to which Pachelbel's Canon has been put since the 1970s, and the musical crossover phenomenon, where classical musicians have achieved success in the popular music arena.


In what source can references to cotton be found in Iran?

In Persian poets' poems, especially Ferdowsi's Shahname, there are references to cotton ("panbe" in Persian).


Which theologian wrote that Mary is considered to be "superior to all created beings," but is not to be the object of worhip?

However, she is not considered a "substitute for the One Mediator" who is Christ.


During development, the brain is made up of three swellings at the front of what?

At the earliest stages of brain development, the three areas are roughly equal in size.


The entrance is approached from the east cloister walk and includes a double doorway with a large tympanum above.


The Near East is otherwise nearly identical to the Middle East, except that it extends partly into Central Asia and the Caucasus, regions that the State Department considers to be in Asia.


What is involved with White-box testing?

White-box testing (also known as clear box testing, glass box testing, transparent box testing and structural testing, by seeing the source code) tests internal structures or workings of a program, as opposed to the functionality exposed to the end-user.


The first emperor of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang (the Hongwu Emperor), who overthrew the Yuan dynasty, renamed the city Yingtian, rebuilt it, and made it the dynastic capital in 1368.


Who led the French army defending Genoa against the Austrian siege?

In the spring of 1800, Napoleon and his troops crossed the Swiss Alps into Italy, aiming to surprise the Austrian armies that had reoccupied the peninsula when Napoleon was still in Egypt.[note 5]


the spread of grasslands and what have been strongly linked?

However, an examination of mammalian teeth suggests that it is the open, gritty habitat and not the grass itself which is linked to diet changes in mammals, giving rise to the "grit, not grass" hypothesis.


Where on the Avalon Peninsula is St. John's located?

It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland.


In what year did the First Crusade take Jerusalem?

Tens of thousands of people from all levels of society mobilised across Europe and captured Jerusalem in 1099.


How many directions does the E-plane of the radio waves oscillates back and forth?

In linear polarization the electric field of the radio wave oscillates back and forth along one direction; this can be affected by the mounting of the antenna but usually the desired direction is either horizontal or vertical polarization.


What ingredient is notably absent from a New Haven-style pizza when ordered plain?

Apizza may be red (with a tomato-based sauce) or white (with a sauce of garlic and olive oil), and pies ordered "plain" are made without the otherwise customary mozzarella cheese (originally smoked mozzarella, known as "scamorza" in Italian).


This pericardial sac is filled with a serous fluid for lubrication.


What instrument did Chopin play for Charles Hallé when the latter visited him?

Late in 1844, Charles Hallé visited Chopin and found him "hardly able to move, bent like a half-opened penknife and evidently in great pain", although his spirits returned when he started to play the piano for his visitor.


Samuel changed something that was in the old meaning of the metaphor, what was it?

Samuel Pufendorf took over this metaphor in a modern context, meaning something similar, but no longer assuming that philosophy was man's natural perfection.


What is an easy way to produce hydrogen?

If, however, the gas is to be burnt on site, oxygen is desirable to assist the combustion, and so both electrodes would be made from inert metals.


Who would prefix Sir, and Dames Grand Cross?

Clergy of the Church of England or the Church of Scotland do not use the title Sir or Dame as they do not receive the accolade (i.e., they are not dubbed "knight" with a sword), although they do append the post-nominal letters.


Which university was Li alleging racial discrimination against?

In 2006, Jian Li, a Chinese undergraduate at Yale University, filed a civil rights complaint with the Office for Civil Rights against Princeton University, claiming that his race played a role in their decision to reject his application for admission and seeking the suspension of federal financial assistance to the university until it "discontinues discrimination against Asian Americans in all forms" by eliminating race and legacy preferences.


Although NPOs are permitted to generate surplus revenues, they must be retained by the organization for its self-preservation, expansion, or plans.


What did some of the fossils Darwin found on St. Jago resemble?

He read Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology and from the first stop ashore, at St. Jago, found Lyell's uniformitarianism a key to the geological history of landscapes.


What has the Houston ship channel served to promote into success?

Much of its success as a petrochemical complex is due to its busy ship channel, the Port of Houston.


What device was used to produce the measurements of sea level change on Tuvalu?

Whether there are measurable changes in the sea level relative to the islands of Tuvalu is a contentious issue.


In what language did Anjiro speak to Xavier?

Xavier made the decision to go to Japan in part because this low-ranking samurai convinced him in Portuguese that the Japanese people were highly educated and eager to learn.


What can regulatory regions of a gene be far removed from?

Therefore, a broad, modern working definition of a gene is any discrete locus of heritable, genomic sequence which affect an organism's traits by being expressed as a functional product or by regulation of gene expression.


Name one airport that offers inter-terminal transportation.

Major airports with more than one terminal offer inter-terminal transportation, such as Mexico City International Airport, where the domestic building of Terminal 1 is connected by Aerotrén to Terminal 2, on the other side of the airport.


What is the range of average temperature in the Sichuan Basin?

Due to great differences in terrain, the climate of the province is highly variable.


What was the name of the military action against Libya?

The U.S. continued to play a major role in Operation Unified Protector, the NATO-directed mission that eventually incorporated all of the military coalition's actions in the theater.


The last Ming ruler, the Chongzhen Emperor, committed suicide when the city fell, marking the official end of the dynasty.


What is the ratio of black and Asian schoolchildren to white schoolchildren?

In January 2005, a survey of London's ethnic and religious diversity claimed that there were more than 300 languages spoken in London and more than 50 non-indigenous communities with a population of more than 10,000.


What concept is of basic importance in modern physics?

Lie groups are of fundamental importance in modern physics: Noether's theorem links continuous symmetries to conserved quantities.


After the Licensing Act 2003, who determined the operating hours of pubs?

By the time the law came into effect, 60,326 establishments had applied for longer hours and 1,121 had applied for a licence to sell alcohol 24 hours a day.


Who has authority of school systems in Switzerland?

The minimum age for primary school is about six years in all cantons, but most cantons provide a free "children's school" starting at four or five years old.


What type of Roman item was traded on the Silk Road network?

Even before Han's expansion into Central Asia, diplomat Zhang Qian's travels from 139 to 125 BC had established Chinese contacts with many surrounding civilizations.


It was nominated for Best Picture and featured Spielberg's first of three collaborations with actor Richard Dreyfuss.


What type of sacrifices were required to expiate the minor prodigies ?

The discovery of an androgynous four-year-old child was expiated by its drowning and the holy procession of 27 virgins to the temple of Juno Regina, singing a hymn to avert disaster: a lightning strike during the hymn rehearsals required further expiation.


What is the most used antihypertensive drug today?

A major shortcoming of hydralazine monotherapy was that it lost its effectiveness over time (tachyphylaxis).


What item did Lee give the actor Gregory Peck after portraying Atticus Finch?

Peck met Lee's father, the model for Atticus, before the filming.


Cases of totally drug-resistant TB have been found in what country in addition to Italy and India?

It was first observed in 2003 in Italy, but not widely reported until 2012, and has also been found in Iran and India.


What are also in the precincts of Westminster Abbey?

It was natural for the learned and literate monks to be entrusted with education, and Benedictine monks were required by the Pope to maintain a charity school in 1179.


When was the Lorelei Fountain written about?

The Bronx has also become home to a peculiar poetic tribute, in the form of the Heinrich Heine Memorial, better known as the Lorelei Fountain from one of Heine's best-known works (1838).


How do some plants avoid cross pollination?

Species boundaries in plants may be weaker than in animals, and cross species hybrids are often possible.


WHat were nobles named in german language?

In the Lithuanian language nobles were named ponai.


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


Whose death in 1779 led to a civil war in Iran?

Another civil war ensued after the death of Karim Khan in 1779, out of which Aqa Mohammad Khan emerged, founding the Qajar Dynasty in 1794.


James Thomson was the brother of what famous figure?

The first modern analog computer was a tide-predicting machine, invented by Sir William Thomson in 1872.


Two days later on 23 June, she engaged two Indian Muslims as waiters, one of whom was Abdul Karim.


With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the MoD does not foresee any short-term conventional military threat; rather, it has identified weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, and failed and failing states as the overriding threats to Britain's interests.


What station in Valencia was built for high-speed trains?

A new temporary station, Estación de València-Joaquín Sorolla, has been built on land adjacent to this terminus to accommodate high speed AVE trains to and from Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Alicante.


Who theorized about pulmonary circulation?

Muslim physicians contributed to the field of medicine, including the subjects of anatomy and physiology: such as in the 15th century Persian work by Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn al-Faqih Ilyas entitled Tashrih al-badan (Anatomy of the body) which contained comprehensive diagrams of the body's structural, nervous and circulatory systems; or in the work of the Egyptian physician Ibn al-Nafis, who proposed the theory of pulmonary circulation.


What has many organizations claiming ownership of patents related to aspects of MP3 led to?

In the past, many organizations have claimed ownership of patents related to MP3 decoding or encoding.


These include SunTrust Bank (based in Atlanta), Capital One Financial Corporation (officially based in McLean, Virginia, but founded in Richmond with its operations center and most employees in the Richmond area), and the medical and pharmaceutical giant McKesson (based in San Francisco).


What fraction of Marshall Islands residents are religious?

The majority of the citizens of the Marshall Islands are of Marshallese descent, though there are small numbers of immigrants from the United States, China, Philippines and other Pacific islands.


What did Victoria wear upon her death in her coffin?

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


What concerns arise when the lifting cylinder leaks fluid into the ground?

There are also environmental concerns should the lifting cylinder leak fluid into the ground.


In what conference did the Fighting Irish take part in in 2012?

They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since the 2013–14 school year.


When was the armistice signed between Russia and Central powers?

The Bolsheviks made peace with the German Empire and the Central Powers, as they had promised the Russian people prior to the Revolution.


What was Gerald Ford's role as minority leader under Johnson administration?

As Minority Leader during [President Lyndon Johnson's] Democratic administration, my responsibility has been to propose Republican alternatives," said Minority Leader Gerald Ford, R-MI.


How old was Pelagija Belousava when Tito met her?

There he met Pelagija Belousova who was then thirteen; he married her a year later, and she moved with him to Yugoslavia.


What are the strengths of the simple model?

The strengths of this model are simplicity, generality, and quantifiability.


Kanye's foundation was changed to what name following his mother's death?

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


What did Masonic concentration camp inmates have to wear?

Masonic concentration camp inmates were graded as political prisoners and wore an inverted red triangle.


What is the exponential dependence of a reaction rate on temperature?

The speed of a chemical reaction (at given temperature T) is related to the activation energy E, by the Boltzmann's population factor e−E/kT – that is the probability of molecule to have energy greater than or equal to E at the given temperature


On this basis, they formulated a strong principle of demarcation between sentences that have sense and those that do not: the so-called verification principle.


The last victim of the Inquisition was Gaietà Ripoli, a teacher accused of being a deist and a Mason who was hanged in Valencia in 1824.


What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville athletic teams?

In addition, the women's basketball team has won a host of SEC regular-season and tournament titles along with 8 national titles.


When air enters both the oral and nasal cavities, where does it flow through?

As a result, air is sucked into or expelled out of the lungs, always moving down its pressure gradient.


Who do death penalty opponents believe may sometimes be executed?

Furthermore, some opponents argue that the arbitrariness with which it is administered and the systemic influence of racial, socio-economic, geographic, and gender bias on determinations of desert make the current practice of capital punishment immoral and illegitimate.


What do some a capella groups do other than sing words?

In addition to singing words, some a cappella singers also emulate instrumentation by reproducing instrumental sounds with their vocal cords and mouth.


How often do female wolves enter estrus?

Dogs lack a functioning pre-caudal gland, and most enter estrus twice yearly, unlike gray wolves which only do so once a year.


The interceptors were no longer built because of the shift of the bombing role to what?

A number of jet interceptors such as the F-102 Delta Dagger, the F-106 Delta Dart, and the MiG-25 were built in the period starting after the end of World War II and ending in the late 1960s, when they became less important due to the shifting of the strategic bombing role to ICBMs.


This system is typical in bees and wasps.


What farms use biologically destructive pesticides

Although some polyculture farmers use the same techniques, they also employ integrated pest management strategies as well as strategies that are more labor-intensive, but generally less dependent on capital, biotechnology and energy.


For what sort of organisms is the embryo normally engineered?

For multicellular organisms, typically the embryo is engineered which grows into the adult genetically modified organism.


Where is the Musee d-Art et d'Histoire located?

In the 1770s Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a Swiss watchmaker, built a mechanical doll (automata) that could write holding a quill pen.


What is a primary interest to prospective NPO employees?

The initial interest for many is the wage and benefits package, though many who have been questioned after leaving an NPO have reported that it was stressful work environments and implacable work that drove them away.


For small dogs, what is the average number of pups in a litter?

In general, toy dogs produce from one to four puppies in each litter, while much larger breeds may average as many as twelve.


Which term for his religious outlook did Popper prefer?

Some forms of atheism are arrogant and ignorant and should be rejected, but agnosticism—to admit that we don't know and to search—is all right. ...


What is involvement with non-orthodox Jews known as?

It also practices involvement with non-Orthodox Jews that extends beyond "outreach (Kiruv)" to continued institutional relations and cooperation; see further under Torah Umadda.


How many states were ruled by myriarchies?

Starting in 1236, the Mongol prince Kublai, who later ruled as Khagan from 1260–1294, was granted a large appanage in North China by his superior, Ögedei Khan.


What is the Policia de Seguranca Publica - PSP (Public Security Police)?

Portugal's main police organizations are the Guarda Nacional Republicana – GNR (National Republican Guard), a gendarmerie; the Polícia de Segurança Pública – PSP (Public Security Police), a civilian police force who work in urban areas; and the Polícia Judiciária – PJ (Judicial Police), a highly specialized criminal investigation police that is overseen by the Public Ministry.


How many species of plants have been identified in the Alpine regions?

These do not reach exactly to the same elevation, nor are they often found growing together; but their upper limit corresponds accurately enough to the change from a temperate to a colder climate that is further proved by a change in the presence of wild herbaceous vegetation.


How many roads lead out of the outer ring of Connaught Place?

Twelve separate roads lead out of the outer ring of Connaught Place, one of them being the Janpath.


It began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002, as an addition to the Idols format based on the British series Pop Idol and has since become one of the most successful shows in the history of American television.


What was the high priest in the College of Pontiffs called?

Constantine the Great, who along with Licinius had decreed toleration of Christianity in the Roman Empire by what is commonly called the "Edict of Milan", and was the first Roman Emperor baptized, set precedents for later policy.


Yang Min, a computer scientist at Fudan University, also stated that "the security features of Windows 8 are basically to the benefit of Microsoft, allowing them control of the users' data, and that poses a big challenge to the national strategy for information security."


What did Goring believe the Kriegsmarine would gain with further support?

Thereafter, he would refuse to make available any air units to destroy British dockyards, ports, port facilities, or shipping in dock or at sea, lest Kriegsmarine gain control of more Luftwaffe units.


Who was the President pro tempore of the Senate in 1801 that was native to New Haven?

New Haven is the birthplace of former president George W. Bush, who was born when his father, former president George H. W. Bush, was living in New Haven while a student at Yale.


São Paulo is a Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier currently in service with the Brazilian Navy.


Along with chicken, what food was included in "chicken in a basket"?

In the 1950s some British pubs would offer "a pie and a pint", with hot individual steak and ale pies made easily on the premises by the proprietor's wife during the lunchtime opening hours.


The term transistor was coined by John R. Pierce as a contraction of the term transresistance.


What document was changed to cause a change in government?

In 1974 ministerial government was introduced to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony through a change to the Constitution.


How is translation of sung texts different than translations of poetry?

There is the option in prose sung texts, less so in verse, of adding or deleting a syllable here and there by subdividing or combining notes, respectively, but even with prose the process is almost like strict verse translation because of the need to stick as closely as possible to the original prosody of the sung melodic line.


Irish Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Niall Blaney, has suggested that the body should shadow the British–Irish Council's work.


When was this further endorsed by the CTIA?

The GSM Association (GSMA) followed suit on 17 February 2009, and on 22 April 2009, this was further endorsed by the CTIA –


Apart from the United Nations headquarters, the Swiss Confederation is host to many UN agencies, like the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and about 200 other international organisations, including the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization.


What did the courts rule was NOT infringement?

The first prong was decided in favor of the news generators; in June 2014 the second prong was decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which ruled that the temporary web cache of consumers of the aggregator did not infringe the copyright of the news generators.


What is an opening through the head called?

The salivary ducts lead from the glands to the reservoirs and then forward through the head to an opening called the salivarium, located behind the hypopharynx.


Shoots can be elaborate affairs with guns placed in assigned positions and assistants to help load shotguns.


What is the word for inference in the Prabhakara subschool?

The Prābhākara subschool of Mīmāṃsā considered five epistemically reliable means to gaining knowledge: pratyakṣa (perception), anumāṇa (inference), upamāṇa (comparison and analogy), arthāpatti (postulation, derivation from circumstances), and śabda (word, testimony of past or present reliable experts).


What was formed in 2002 to replant parts of the great wood?

The modern landscape is very different, with widespread bare rock in the lower areas, although inland it is green, mainly due to introduced vegetation.


Which political supporter of Willett's proposal had already used the half-hour version of DST at Sandringham?

The US was even more skeptical: Andrew Peters introduced a DST bill to the US House of Representatives in May 1909, but it soon died in committee.


What was the name of the heating system that first used Glauber's salt?

The "Dover House" (in Dover, Massachusetts) was the first to use a Glauber's salt heating system, in 1948.


What is the title and name of the ruler whose son Chopin was friends with?

During this period, Fryderyk was sometimes invited to the Belweder Palace as playmate to the son of the ruler of Russian Poland, Grand Duke Constantine; he played the piano for the Duke and composed a march for him.


When was the first British Mont Blanc ascent?

Edward Whymper reached the top of the Matterhorn in 1865 (after seven attempts), and in 1938 the last of the six great north faces of the Alps was climbed with the first ascent of the Eiger Nordwand (north face of the Eiger).


What forms of availability dictated Pre-agrarian diets?

The relative nutritional benefits and drawbacks of these dietary changes and their overall impact on early societal development is still debated.


What type of covers of pop and rock songs were usually played on adult contemporary?

The custom recordings were usually instrumental versions of current or recent rock and roll or pop hit songs, a move intended to give the stations more mass appeal without selling out.


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


Where did General Bozize flee to escape?

Eventually, Patassé came to suspect that General François Bozizé was involved in another coup attempt against him, which led Bozizé to flee with loyal troops to Chad.


How much is the worth of the British Crown Estate?

The Royal Collection, which includes thousands of historic works of art and the Crown Jewels, is not owned by the Queen personally but is held in trust, as are her official residences, such as Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, and the Duchy of Lancaster, a property portfolio valued in 2014 at £442 million.


Along with provinces what type of states did the Ottoman empire have control over?

Some of these were later absorbed into the Ottoman Empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries.[dn 4]


Who does Scout revere above everyone else?

Outsiders are also an important element of Southern Gothic texts and Scout and Jem's questions about the hierarchy in the town cause scholars to compare the novel to Catcher in the Rye and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.


What  problem did the teacher's publication solve for the Holy Roman leader with act that was committed  to do in response to the actions of the teacher  ?

Spada furnished an interpretation whereby Pius IX was relieved of the problem of seeming to foster a doctrine not in agreement with the Aquinas' teaching.


Which country had successful public analog HDTV broadcasting?

Japan remained the only country with successful public broadcasting of analog HDTV, with seven broadcasters sharing a single channel.


HOw many cases of diarrhea are there a year?

Frequent episodes of diarrhea are also a common cause of malnutrition and the most common cause in those younger than five years of age.


Along with the Marianas, where do typhoons that begin in the Marshalls sometimes terminate?

The climate is hot and humid, with a wet season from May to November.


What percentage of electricity was produced from renewable energy in 2009?

Renewable wind energy was about 6% of total consumption in 2009.


What is the percentage of Asian speakers in Seattle?

Those who spoke Asian languages other than Indo-European languages made up 10.2% of the population, Spanish was spoken by 4.5% of the population, speakers of other Indo-European languages made up 3.9%, and speakers of other languages made up 2.5%.


The conquest of the Western Xia alarmed Tibetan rulers, who decided to pay tribute to the Mongols.


This gives the migrants an opportunity to refuel for the next leg of the voyage.


From what country did the largest number of foreign-born immigrants originate as of 2011?

Approximately 37% of the city's population is foreign born.


What in part inspired the sounds of many British rock bands and singers in the 60s, 70s, and 80s?

In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, musicians and groups like Elton John, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Queen, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Small Faces, Iron Maiden, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, Cat Stevens, The Police, The Cure, Madness, The Jam, Dusty Springfield, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Sade, derived their sound from the streets and rhythms vibrating through London.


Between what years did famine and drought afflict the country?

The Traoré regime faced student unrest beginning in the late 1970s and three coup attempts.


What problems could occur with laser rot?

This was a problem that was termed "laser rot" among LD enthusiasts, also called "color flash" internally by LaserDisc-pressing plants.


Why is it bad that a category is merely socially constructed?

Brace has criticized this, the practice of forensic anthropologists for using the controversial concept "race" out of convention when they in fact should be talking about regional ancestry.


What were paddy fields used for primarily to grow in smaller areas?

Han farmers also used the pit field system (aotian 凹田) for growing crops, which involved heavily fertilized pits that did not require plows or oxen and could be placed on sloping terrain.


How long does someone have to be enrolled in alim courses to earn a certificate or graduate?

The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed]


What branch of Christianity does the Angican Communion fall under?

Thus unlike the Protestant churches at large, the Anglican Communion (which includes the Episcopal Church in the United States) includes segments which still retain some veneration of Mary.


What was the multi day of remembrance for the dead?

Ceres functioned as an intermediary between the realms of the living and the dead: the deceased had not yet fully passed to the world of the dead and could share a last meal with the living.


What architectural style was used to design the Virginia State Capitol?

It is the second-oldest US statehouse in continuous use (after Maryland's) and was the first US government building built in the neo-classical style of architecture, setting the trend for other state houses and the federal government buildings (including the White House and The Capitol) in Washington, D.C.


How much did the population of the Americas decrease after first contact with the Europeans?

Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with Europeans.


Such a reading of Heidegger's thought is itself deeply controversial; Heidegger includes his own views and critique of Humanism in Letter On Humanism.


What system tells the flying probe where to go and what to do?

The CAM system instructs the electrical tester to apply a voltage to each contact point as required and to check that this voltage appears on the appropriate contact points and only on these.


Who is responsible for the university's expansion into law and management schools?

Oaks continued the expansion of his predecessor, adding a law school and proposing plans for a new School of Management.


The invention of elevators brought with it questions of social etiquette and formalities, generally referred to as what?

In Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator, author Andreas Bernard documents other social impacts caused by the modern elevator, including thriller movies about stuck elevators, casual encounters and sexual tension on elevators, the reduction of personal space, and concerns about personal hygiene.


What was the name of the magazine of which multiple editors were involved in the Title IX complaint?

While unsuccessful in the courts, the legal reasoning behind the case changed the landscape of sex discrimination law and resulted in the establishment of Yale's Grievance Board and the Yale Women's Center.


What was a unique feature of World Records records?

As these were played from the outside to the inside, the rotational speed of the records increased as reproduction progressed.


What can be considered one of the causes that led to the downfall of the Roman Republic?

Sulla's actions marked a watershed in the willingness of Roman troops to wage war against one another that was to pave the way for the wars which ultimately overthrew the Republic, and caused the founding of the Roman Empire.


While LEDs have the advantage over fluorescent lamps that they do not contain mercury, they may contain other hazardous metals such as lead and arsenic.


What explorer led the Nimrod Expedition into Antarctica?

An expedition led by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen from the ship Fram became the first to reach the geographic South Pole on 14 December 1911, using a route from the Bay of Whales and up the Axel Heiberg Glacier.


The corner of Broadway and West 31st Street is home to what business?

31st Street begins on the West Side at the West Side Yard, while 32nd Street, which includes a segment officially known as Korea Way between Fifth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan's Koreatown, begins at the entrance to Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.


In what century did the habit arise of pubs selling beer from only one brewery?

The usual arrangement for a tied house was that the pub was owned by the brewery but rented out to a private individual (landlord) who ran it as a separate business (even though contracted to buy the beer from the brewery).


What framework did Dominic use in order to build his institution?

They could practice ministry and common life while existing in individual poverty.


What are the 67th, 69th, and 70th floors of the GE Building at Rockerfeller Center nicknamed?

Guests ascending to the 67th, 69th, and 70th level observation decks (dubbed "Top of the Rock") atop the GE Building at Rockefeller Center in New York City ride a high-speed glass-top elevator.


When did hostilities in the Persian Gulf War begin?

The coalition commenced hostilities in January 1991, resulting in a decisive victory for the U.S. led coalition forces, which drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait with minimal coalition deaths.


A single, omniscient God who is imagined to have created the universe and is particularly attentive to the lives of humans has been imagined, embellished and promulgated in a trans-generational manner.


Civil war broke out shortly afterwards, with the barons aided by Louis of France.


What is the sweep of land from the Nile Valley through Anatolia called?

The Near East may acquire varying meanings, but the Ancient Near East always has the same meaning: the ancient nations, people and languages of the enhanced Fertile Crescent, a sweep of land from the Nile Valley through Anatolia and southward to the limits of Mesopotamia.


During what war were the first digital computers invented?

During this time the first electronic digital computers were developed.


The Achaemenid Empire was the known enemy of what nation's histories during its existence?

In Greek history, the Achaemenid Empire is considered as the antagonist of the Greek city states, for the emancipation of slaves including the Jewish exiles in Babylon, building infrastructures such as road and postal systems, and the use of an official language, the Imperial Aramaic, throughout its territories.


On the uneven bars, the gymnast performs a routine on two horizontal bars set at different heights.


What country is the second on the list for child labour in accordance to the Maplecroft Child Labour Index?

The ten highest risk countries in 2012, ranked in decreasing order, were: Myanmar, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Burundi, Pakistan and Ethiopia.


The Greek national basketball in 2012 held what ranking in Europe?

As of 2012, it ranked 4th in the world and 2nd in Europe.


After a four-week period, who could refer a proposed measure to the Supreme Court?

Section 102 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 required the Clerk to the Assembly to present measures passed by the assembly after a four-week period during which the Counsel General for Wales or the Attorney General could refer the proposed measure to the Supreme Court for a decision as to whether the measure was within the assembly's legislative competence.


Peel decided to standardise the police force as an official paid profession, to organise it in a civilian fashion, and to make it answerable to the public.


Hidalgo's headless body was first displayed outside the prison but then buried in the Church of St Francis in Chihuahua.


Which group regulates the Galician language?

The Royal Galician Academy, the institution responsible for regulating the Galician language, whilst recognizing it as a legitimate current denomination, has stated that the only official name of the country is Galicia.


On what day and month was Spectre released to the Chinese market?

In its second weekend, it added $12.1 million falling precipitously by 75% which is the second worst second weekend drop for any major Hollywood release in China of 2015.


The city of Nanjing was razed after the Sui dynasty took over it.


Who did the Ming Dynasty decline titles from after receiving invitations?

The Ming dynasty granted titles to lamas of schools such as the Karmapa Kargyu, but the latter had previously declined Mongol invitations to receive titles.


El Tour de Tucson produced and promoted by Perimeter Bicycling has as many as 10,000 participants from all over the world, annually.


Would would a non filled area in a vinyl press cause when listening to a record?

This flaw causes a grinding or scratching sound at the non-fill point.


What was a common background of post-punk musicians?

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


What question were Greek philosophers trying to answer?

The earliest Greek philosophers, known as the pre-Socratics, provided competing answers to the question found in the myths of their neighbors: "How did the ordered cosmos in which we live come to be?"


For instance, northern Nigeria did not outlaw slavery until 1936 whilst in other parts of Nigeria slavery was abolished soon after colonialism.


What can happen if a doctor doesn't prescribe to a person's weight and prior use?

Common forms of antibiotic misuse include excessive use of prophylactic antibiotics in travelers and failure of medical professionals to prescribe the correct dosage of antibiotics on the basis of the patient's weight and history of prior use.


When did CBC discontinue its late-night broadcast of The National?

This second airing was later replaced with other programming, and as of the 2012-13 television season, was replaced on CBC's major market stations by a half-hour late newscast.


How long did the Great Irish Famine cause a population decline in Ireland?

The famine, which caused a century-long population decline, drastically reduced the Irish population and permanently altered the demographic make-up of the British Isles.


In February 1998, Osama bin Laden signed a fatwā, as head of al-Qaeda, declaring war on the West and Israel, later in May of that same year al-Qaeda released a video declaring war on the U.S. and the West.


What word literally means "warding off evil?"

Alexicacus (/əˌlɛksᵻˈkeɪkəs/ ə-LEK-si-KAY-kəs; Ἀλεξίκακος, Alexikakos, literally "warding off evil"), Apotropaeus (/əˌpɒtrəˈpiːəs/


Armies of the period could be formed from either feudal or mercenary forces.


By what name is the first standardized version of the Quran known?

These codices had differences that motivated the Caliph Uthman to establish a standard version now known as Uthman's codex, which is generally considered the archetype of the Quran known today.


What decorative vocabulary did Georgian designs draw from?

Until the start of the Gothic Revival in the early 19th century, Georgian designs usually lay within the Classical orders of architecture and employed a decorative vocabulary derived from ancient Rome or Greece.


What was referred to as "food factor X"?

Also in 1922, H.M. Evans and L.S. Bishop discover vitamin E as essential for rat pregnancy, originally calling it "food factor X" until 1925.


Who chaired the committee created by Executive Order 10925?

The first time "affirmative action" is used by the federal government concerning race is in President John F. Kennedy's Executive Order 10925, which was chaired by Vice President Johnson.


What is the typological form of Estonian?

The canonical word order is SVO (subject–verb–object).


How many operations has the Canadian Military been part of since 1947?

Canada maintained an aircraft carrier from 1957 to 1970 during the Cold War, which never saw combat but participated in patrols during the Cuban Missile Crisis.


What is another name for the Treaty of Balta Liman?

It is possible to see the decline in the significance of the land routes to the East as Western Europe opened the ocean routes that bypassed the Middle East and Mediterranean as parallel to the decline of the Ottoman Empire itself.


What are cytokinins responsible for in plants?

Cytokinins are a class of plant hormones named for their control of cell division or cytokinesis.


Who is the head church of the Anglican Communion?

Tuvalu has the only established church in Reformed tradition in the world, while Tonga—in the Methodist tradition.


What has the been a massive increase in the number of households with in Greece?

At the same time, there has been a massive increase in the proportion of households with a broadband connection, from 4% in 2006 to 55% in 2013 (compared with an EU average of 30% and 76%).


What was the name of the film that Gwyneth Paltrow starred in as a musician?

Nicki Minaj has stated that seeing Beyoncé's Pepsi commercial influenced her decision to appear in the company's 2012 global campaign.


How can the memory of Napoleon in Poland be characterized as?

After the fall of Napoleon, not only was Napoleonic Code retained by conquered countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, parts of Italy and Germany, but has been used as the basis of certain parts of law outside Europe including the Dominican Republic, the US state of Louisiana and the Canadian province of Quebec.


What will IBM use to analyze weather and make predictions?

The acquisition seeks to use Watson for weather analytics and predictions.


What would be a cause of low frequency sounds when listening?

If played back on a mono subwoofer system, the noise will cancel, significantly reducing the amount of rumble that is reproduced.


In addition to Carboniferous, what other insect order is inclusive of extant groups, stem groups and Paleozoic groups?

Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct.


Literacy rate in the Muslim world varies.


Glaciers pick up rocks and sediment with them as they flow.


Life expectancy increased from 44.8 years during the 1960s to 72.12 years in 2009.


What colors are the official ones used by Notre Dame in sport competition?

The official colors of Notre Dame are Navy Blue and Gold Rush which are worn in competition by its athletic teams.


Van Praag writes that this conquest "marked the end of independent China," which was then incorporated into the Yuan dynasty that ruled China, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea, parts of Siberia and Upper Burma.


In what three years was Melbourne proclaimed the "World's Ultimate Sports City"?

The city is home to the National Sports Museum, which until 2003 was located outside the members pavilion at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.


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

The view of the Roman Catholic Church is that Protestant denominations cannot be considered churches but rather that they are ecclesial communities or specific faith-believing communities because their ordinances and doctrines are not historically the same as the Catholic sacraments and dogmas, and the Protestant communities have no sacramental ministerial priesthood and therefore lack true apostolic succession.


How many square miles does San Diego cover?

They, along with the Riverside–San Bernardino, form those metropolitan areas in California larger than the San Diego metropolitan area, with a total population of 3,095,313 at the 2010 census.


What is the term for light radiation in the 4000–400 cm−1 spectrum?

If an oscillation leads to a change in dipole in the molecule then it will absorb a photon that has the same frequency.


In 2011, what percentage of Dutch adults spoke Frisian?

In 1995, 27 percent of the Dutch adult population spoke a dialect or regional language on a regular basis, while in 2011 this was no more than 11 percent.


What type of animal lives inn the higher peaks?

Wildlife such as ibex live in the higher peaks to elevations of 3,400 m (11,155 ft), and plants such as Edelweiss grow in rocky areas in lower elevations as well as in higher elevations.


Name one of the poetic authors who was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Award from the Greeks ?

Alexandrian Constantine P. Cavafy and Nobel laureates Giorgos Seferis and Odysseas Elytis are among the most important poets of the 20th century.


With the help of strong iPod sales, how much profit did they turn in 2007?

Apple's 2007 year revenue increased to US$24.01 billion with US$3.5 billion in profits.


What did Margo McCaffery introduce in 1968?

A definition of pain widely employed in nursing, emphasizing its subjective nature and the importance of believing patient reports, was introduced by Margo McCaffery in 1968: "Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does".


Who said "The mlecchas are wedded to the creations of their own fancy."

The Mahabharata compliments them as "the all-knowing Yavanas" (sarvajnaa yavanaa) i.e. "The Yavanas, O king, are all-knowing; the Suras are particularly so.


What is the name of the world's second largest indoor athletic building?

Yale also maintains the Gales Ferry site where the heavyweight men's team trains for the Yale-Harvard Boat Race.


What is a definition of signal-to-noise ratio?

The noise-based speed is defined as the exposure that will lead to a given signal-to-noise ratio on individual pixels.


What is the period of the Gupta Empire called?

This period has been called the Golden Age of India and was marked by extensive achievements in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Hindu culture.


Who made the heliocentric model popular?

Nicolaus Copernicus revived the heliocentric model of the solar system described by Aristarchus of Samos.


What term in Brasil and Spain refers to a polytechnic institute?

Higher education systems, that are influenced by the French education system set at the end of the 18th century, use a terminology derived by reference to the French École polytechnique.


Who paid for Chopin's apartment in Chaillot?

At the end of November, Chopin returned to Paris.


Who was responsible for the lyrics of Avenue X?

A cappella has been used as the sole orchestration for original works of musical theater that have had commercial runs Off-Broadway (theaters in New York City with 99 to 500 seats) only four times.


What is one prominent, specific terrorist group targeted by the War on Terrorism?

The War on Terrorism is a global effort by the governments of several countries (primarily the United States and its principal allies) to neutralize international terrorist groups (primarily Islamic Extremist terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda) and ensure that countries considered by the US and some of its allies to be Rogue Nations no longer support terrorist activities.


What research university is located in Midtown?

The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law is located Downtown across from the Renaissance Center.


How many people are in London's Metropolitan area?

London's urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.


What part of the automaton did Bell create?

The boys would carefully adjust the "lips" and when a bellows forced air through the windpipe, a very recognizable "Mama" ensued, to the delight of neighbors who came to see the Bell invention.


To who did Kanye state that Beck should hand his award over to?

After the awards show, West stated in an interview that he was not joking and that "Beck needs to respect artistry, he should have given his award to Beyoncé".


Where do thousands of early tombs still exist?

These tombs are particularly numerous in Ireland, where there are many thousand still in existence.


When did the country of Namibia officially become a country?

The country officially became independent on 21 March 1990.


Glam metal band Steel Panther is from what city?

A more serious attempt to revive glam metal was made by bands of the sleaze metal movement in Sweden, including Vains of Jenna, Hardcore Superstar and Crashdïet.


When was the Behistun inscription written?

Genuine Old Persian is best attested in one of the three languages of the Behistun inscription, composed circa 520 BC, and which is the last inscription (and only inscription of significant length) in which Old Persian is still grammatically correct.


Later the Qianlong Emperor bestowed the title Marquis of Extended Grace posthumously on Zhu Zhuliang in 1750, and the title passed on through twelve generations of Ming descendants until the end of the Qing dynasty.


In what month and year did Chopin give his final performance?

In February 1848, with the cellist Auguste Franchomme, he gave his last Paris concert, which included three movements of the Cello Sonata Op.


What did John do once he contained Alexander in Scotland?

Once John contained Alexander in Scotland, he marched south to deal with the challenge of the coming invasion.


On what date did the lowest temperature in Melbourne's records occur?

While snow is occasionally seen at higher elevations in the outskirts of the city, it has not been recorded in the Central Business District since 1986.


After the design of IAS, who built the computer?

The next computer that von Neumann designed was the IAS machine at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.


What document declared the upgrade of University College at Highfield?

Southampton acquired city status, becoming the City of Southampton in 1964.


What is the largest makhtesh in the world?

The largest makhtesh in the world is Ramon Crater in the Negev, which measures 40 by 8 kilometers (25 by 5 mi).


Chopin's Polish dance music was developed for what type of hall?

Chopin also endowed popular dance forms with a greater range of melody and expression.


Like all major English football clubs, Arsenal have a number of domestic supporters' clubs, including the Arsenal Football Supporters' Club, which works closely with the club, and the Arsenal Independent Supporters' Association, which maintains a more independent line.


Who gave more exposure to the term heresy when attempting to descredit opponents during the early centuries of Christianity?

He also pointed out the concept of apostolic succession to support his arguments.


What party are most public officials of New York members of?

The Democratic Party holds the majority of public offices.


Where there any significances that contributed to the increase or decrease in population numbers ?

A large percentage of the population growth since the state's foundation has resulted from annexation of new territories and the influx of 1.5 million Greek refugees after the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey.


What undeciphered writings were found alongside the rock paintings?

Inscriptions have been found beneath many of the rock paintings, but archaeologists have so far been unable to decipher this form of ancient writing.


Smaller reception rooms are decorated in which style?

Many smaller reception rooms are furnished in the Chinese regency style with furniture and fittings brought from the Royal Pavilion at Brighton and from Carlton House.


In what year was the Eiffel Tower built?

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


How did Nasser try to deal with the military following the coup attempt?

Thereafter, Nasser began a process of depoliticizing the armed forces, arresting dozens of leading military and intelligence figures loyal to Amer.


What current dominates the coastal area of Namibia?

Weather and climate in the coastal area are dominated by the cold, north-flowing Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean which accounts for very low precipitation (50 mm per year or less), frequent dense fog, and overall lower temperatures than in the rest of the country.


What was increasing and consuming a lot of bandwidth?

At this time, the number of television channels was growing rapidly and bandwidth was already a problem.


When were Slavic languages recognized as Indo-European?

Slavic studies began as an almost exclusively linguistic and philological enterprise.


Who wrapped a Tibetan flag around her body and later waved it?

A university student and former RDHK radio host Christina Chan wrapped the Tibetan snow lion flag around her body and later began waving it.


What do airports use to assure smooth traffic flow between departing and arriving aircraft?

Many airports have lighting that help guide planes using the runways and taxiways at night or in rain, snow, or fog.


When was the wedding of Rolfe and Pocahontas?

For instance, on April 5, 1614, Pocahontas, a Powhatan woman in present-day Virginia, married the Englishman John Rolfe of Jamestown.


What type of is Wigan and Leigh College?

Institutes in Hyderabad include the National Institute of Rural Development, the Indian School of Business, the Institute of Public Enterprise, the Administrative Staff College of India and the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy.


What judge is the Chief Justice of the Tuvalu High Court?

The superior court is the High Court of Tuvalu as it has unlimited original jurisdiction to determine the Law of Tuvalu and to hear appeals from the lower courts.


What did red white and black become associated with in Germany?

Red, white, and black were the colors of the German Empire from 1870 to 1918, and as such they came to be associated with German nationalism.


How many professors have been disciplined according to the new Statement on Academic Freedom?

These restrictions have caused some controversy as several professors have been disciplined according to the new rule.


Which network broadcasts Premier League live in India?

As of the 2013–14 season, Canadian broadcast rights to the Premier League are jointly owned by Sportsnet and TSN, with both rival networks holding rights to 190 matches per season.


Drug trafficking and money laundering are considered what?

Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is also considered political corruption.


What incident was the most deadly military accident that occurred on Cyprus?

Current senior officers include Supreme Commander, Cypriot National Guard, Lt. General Stylianos Nasis, and Chief of Staff, Cypriot National Guard: Maj.


What is another term for soul competency?

Other tenets of Baptist churches include soul competency (liberty), salvation through faith alone, Scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice, and the autonomy of the local congregation.


What disease took the heaviest toll on Napoleon's army?

To speed up the retreat, Bonaparte ordered plague-stricken men to be poisoned with opium; the number who died remains disputed, ranging from a low of 30 to a high of 580.


What is inserted in software as audio codecs?

Audio compression algorithms are implemented in software as audio codecs.


When did much of the spread of Protestantism occur in the 20th century?

Changes in worldwide Protestantism over the last century have been significant.


Who became Patriarch in Alexandria while Athanasius was away?

When Emperor Constantine I died, Athanasius was allowed to return to his See of Alexandria.


How many of the Mayan glyphs had phonetic or syllabic interpretations?

The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphs from a superficial resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian writing) was a combination of phonetic symbols and logograms.


Drawing inspiration from elements of punk rock while departing from its musical conventions and wider cultural affiliations, post-punk music was marked by varied, experimentalist sensibilities and its "conceptual assault" on rock tradition.


What polymer is found in spores and pollen?

Sporopollenin is a chemically resistant polymer found in the outer cell walls of spores and pollen of land plants responsible for the survival of early land plant spores and the pollen of seed plants in the fossil record.


In which year was Pelayos proclaimed king?

Pelayos' plan was to use the Cantabrian mountains as a place of refuge and protection from the invading Moors.


How long were Jefferson and Hemmings in a relationship?

As noted in the 2012 collaborative Smithsonian-Monticello exhibit, Slavery at Monticello: The Paradox of Liberty, Jefferson, then a widower, took Hemings as his concubine for nearly 40 years.


In Iliad, his priest prays to Apollo Smintheus, the mouse god who retains an older agricultural function as the protector from field rats.


What was the main focus of the 5th season?

The story focuses on the challenges faced by the members of D.A.T.S. ("Digital Accident Tactics Squad"), an organization created to conceal the existence of the Digital World and Digimon from the rest of mankind, and secretly solve any Digimon-related incidents occurring on Earth.


What happens to the power that is not absorbed by the antenna?

The power supplied to the antenna terminals which is not radiated is converted into heat.


In which year would Julius Caesar hope to be elected to the position of consul?

Caesar would be elected consul in 59 BC, and would then serve as governor of Gaul for five years.


How many parks are there approximately in Hanover?

With around 40 parks, forests and gardens, a couple of lakes, two rivers and one canal, Hanover offers a large variety of leisure activities.


What represents Apollo as a Northern intruder?

The connection with Dorians and their initiation festival apellai[clarification needed] is reinforced by the month Apellaios in northwest Greek calendars, but it can explain only the Doric type of the name, which is connected with the Ancient Macedonian word "pella" (Pella), stone.


What benefit did the use of the Wente style condenser microphone offer?

This was in spite of some carbon microphones used, which had resonances that colored the recorded tone.


Where do Oklahoma's winds bring moisture from?

The humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa) of central, southern and eastern Oklahoma is influenced heavily by southerly winds bringing moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.


Who's lack of concern helped the Mongols jump at a chance to reclaim their old vassal of Tibet?

He adds that the Ming court's lack of concern for Tibet was one of the reasons why the Mongols pounced on the chance to reclaim their old vassal of Tibet and "fill once more the political vacuum in that country.


In the Bermuda land mass, how many bays are named "Horseshoe Bay"?

There is a Hamilton Parish in addition to the City of Hamilton (which is in Pembroke Parish).


What type decline does lower wages and higher unemployment lead to?

In addition, governments have enacted large fiscal stimulus packages, by borrowing and spending to offset the reduction in private sector demand caused by the crisis.


What dictates the splice sites to generate the final mature mRNA?

The sequences at the ends of the introns, dictate the splice sites to generate the final mature mRNA which encodes the protein or RNA product.


In how many languages were students in institutions of higher education being educated in 1974?

In 1974, there were 475 institutes of higher education in the republic providing education in 47 languages to some 23,941,000 students.


What is considered to be central to the teachings of Buddhism?

These four truths explain the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome.


What is the single factor that can be precisely measured?

Of course only the total resistance Rr + Rloss can be directly measured.


Who is the author of "Who Governs? Democracy an Power in An American City"

Democracy and Power in An American City, a very influential book in political science by preeminent Yale professor Robert A. Dahl, which includes an extensive history of the city and thorough description of its politics in the 1950s.


Who was on the committee that found a new site for Washington University?

By the 1890s, owing to the dramatic expansion of the Manual School and a new benefactor in Robert Brookings, the University began to move west.


What compound was discovered to induce sleep?

In 1903 Hermann Emil Fischer and Joseph von Mering disclosed their discovery that diethylbarbituric acid, formed from the reaction of diethylmalonic acid, phosphorus oxychloride and urea, induces sleep in dogs.


A series of experiments performed from the late 1800s to the early 1900s revealed that diabetes is caused by the absence of a substance normally produced by the pancreas.


Liberia is one of the world's poorest countries, with a formal employment rate of 15%.


What are the standards called that implement connections to storage devices?

USB implements connections to storage devices using a set of standards called the USB mass storage device class (MSC or UMS).


Where is the doll Pierre Jaquet-Droz built today?

Along with two other complex machines, the doll is at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and still operates.


How many Roman Catholic immigrants are in Greece?

There are not official statistics about Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost, but the Orthodox Church estimates the followers as 20,000.


What do many villages have that protects them in times of imminent or impending danger ?

Many villages have a guardian nat, and superstition and taboos are commonplace.


Who started influencing department stores in the 1970's?

In the 1970s, they came under heavy pressure from discounters.


What was predicted to happen to a nucleus-orbiting electron under Rutherford's model?

If that charge were to be an electron orbiting a nucleus, the radiation would cause it to lose energy and spiral down into the nucleus.


What was the rate that the GDP expanded?

The GDP of Tajikistan expanded at an average rate of 9.6% over the period of 2000–2007 according to the World Bank data.


As per estimate in 2013 how much would a partner program member earn with ad revenue off of pre-roll advertising per 1000 views?

Assuming pre-roll advertisements on half of videos, a YouTube partner would earn 0.5 X $7.60 X 55% = $2.09 per 1000 views in 2013.


What was a benefit of early radio recordings?

The early electric recordings were reminiscent tonally of acoustic recordings, except there was more recorded bass and treble as well as delicate sounds and overtones cut on the records.


This allows the placement of almost any nominal term as a sentence topic, without having to use so often the passive voice (as in French or English), or identifying the direct object with a preposition (as in Spanish).


What Hong Kong university was created in 1991?

The first polytechnic in Hong Kong is The Hong Kong Polytechnic, established in 1972 through upgrading the Hong Kong Technical College (Government Trade School before 1947).


Tranquilizers affect which of the two common neurotransmitters?

Because of their ubiquity, drugs that act on glutamate or GABA tend to have broad and powerful effects.


On what hill did construction of Lutyen's Bungalow Zone begin?

In the south, land up to Safdarjung's Tomb was acquired in order to create what is today known as Lutyens' Bungalow Zone.


What did both the majority and dissenting opinions reiterate?

Rutledge, on behalf of the four dissenting justices, took the position that the majority had indeed permitted a violation of the wall of separation in this case: "Neither so high nor so impregnable today as yesterday is the wall raised between church and state by Virginia's great statute of religious freedom and the First Amendment, now made applicable to all the states by the Fourteenth."


What people were discovered by early settlers of Florida

In 1559, Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano established a colony at present-day Pensacola, one of the first European settlements in the continental United States, but it was abandoned by 1561.


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

The Canonbury Tavern, Canonbury, was the prototype for Orwell's ideal English pub, The Moon Under Water.


The Cross Sound Cable company has what sort of structure located near New Haven?

Near New Haven there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Cross Sound Cable.


What was the importantance of the imperial Harem?

The Imperial Harem was one of the most important powers of the Ottoman court.


When was the opening scene of Spectre filmed?

In addition to the principal cast, Alessandro Cremona was cast as Marco Sciarra, Stephanie Sigman was cast as Estrella, and Detlef Bothe was cast as a villain for scenes shot in Austria.


What form was the evidence of ancient cultures discovered in ?

Evidence of neolithic age domestication of plants and animals and the use of polished stone tools dating to sometime between 10,000 and 6,000 BC has been discovered in the form of cave paintings near the city of Taunggyi.


What other flaws complicate the problem of identifying faulty scientific hypotheses?

Rather than offering a set of instructions that merely need to be followed diligently to achieve science, Popper makes it clear in The Logic of Scientific Discovery that his belief is that the resolution of conflicts between hypotheses and observations can only be a matter of the collective judgment of scientists, in each individual case.


Which country did Britain ally with in 1904?

Recognising that it was overstretched in the Pacific and threatened at home by the Imperial German Navy, Britain formed an alliance with Japan in 1902 and with its old enemies France and Russia in 1904 and 1907, respectively.


What belief should bever be mixed widespread?

While moderate alcohol consumption is unlikely to interfere with many common antibiotics, there are specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious side-effects.


" These conditions had enabled Greek as well as many other European governments to spend beyond their means, while meeting the deficit targets of the European Union.


How many households had children under the age of 18 living with them?

There were 15,848 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 24.8% were married couples living together, 23.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% were non-families.


What year did Chancellor Wrighton submit another bid for a presidential debate at Washington University after 2004?

"These one-of-a-kind events are great experiences for our students, they contribute to a national understanding of important issues, and they allow us to help bring national and international attention to the St. Louis region as one of America's great metropolitan areas," said Wrighton.


What is the formal name of the Interstate Highway System?

Commemorative signs reading "Eisenhower Interstate System" and bearing Eisenhower's permanent 5-star rank insignia were introduced in 1993 and are currently displayed throughout the Interstate System.


What kind of policy did The Times express reservation for when concerning the political stances of Barack Obama?

In November 2012, it endorsed a second term for Barack Obama although it also expressed reservations about his foreign policy.


Which Senator fought back against the criticism of Title VII?

Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey corrected this notion: "there is nothing in [Title VII] that will give power to the Commission to require hiring, firing, and promotion to meet a racial 'quota.'


Along with the Cistercians, what new monastic order was founded in the High Middle Ages?

New monastic orders were founded, including the Carthusians and the Cistercians.


Where was the ELEXCON fair held in 2009?

The price of the terminals was explained as being due to the cost of imported microchips.


Ehud Barak, elected Prime Minister in 1999, began the new millennium by withdrawing forces from Southern Lebanon and conducting negotiations with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and U.S. President Bill Clinton at the 2000 Camp David Summit.


At what pub did Thomas Paine write The Rights of Man?

It was mentioned by Charles Dickens, became a Lyons Corner House, and is now a Co-operative Bank.


What formerly effective tool for international disputes is no longer effective among peer powers?

As evidence, Baron outlines that since the Cuban missile crisis (1962) during the Cold War, these influential Western nations have resolved all disputes among the great powers peacefully at the United Nations and other forums of international discussion.


How many bird species have been driven to extinction in Guam?

As many as twelve bird species are believed to have been driven to extinction.


Which format held recordings ranging from 10 to 15 minutes?

The 7-inch 45 rpm format normally contains one item per side but a 7-inch EP could achieve recording times of 10 to 15 minutes at the expense of attenuating and compressing the sound to reduce the width required by the groove.


What is the approximate error for every 3,300 years?

This approximation has an error of about one day per 3,300 years with respect to the mean tropical year.


Who composed the The Finnish Infantry Regiment 200?

The call resulted in around 38,000 new enlistments and several thousand Estonians who had joined the Finnish Army came back to join the newly formed Territorial Defense Force, assigned to defend Estonia against the Soviet advance.


Of what venue was Chopin an often invited guest?

His innovations in style, musical form, and harmony, and his association of music with nationalism, were influential throughout and after the late Romantic period.


What are artifacts, faunal remains and human altered landscapes the evidence of?

Artifacts, faunal remains, and human altered landscapes are evidence of the cultural and material lives of past societies.


What legal system is still used by florida

This would be the first introduction of much of the English-derived legal system which Florida still has today including trial by jury, habeas corpus and county-based government.


What happened at the start of John's reign?

At the start of John's reign there was a sudden change in prices, as bad harvests and high demand for food resulted in much higher prices for grain and animals.


Lazzat Un Nisa, a book compiled in the 15th century at Qutb Shahi courts, contains erotic paintings with diagrams for secret medicines and stimulants in the eastern form of ancient sexual arts.


What did the attack between Rus and Byzantines lead to?

The attack was the first encounter between the Rus' and Byzantines and led the Patriarch to send missionaries north to engage and attempt to convert the Rus' and the Slavs.


What behavior causes swamping of a gene pool?

Genetic pollution leads to homogenization or replacement of local genomes as a result of either a numerical and/or fitness advantage of an introduced species.


What technology did IBM use for its 2003 internet-based discussion?

In 2003 it initiated a project to redefine company values.


Why did the Liberian economy decline after 1980?

This decline was accelerated by the outbreak of civil war in 1989; GDP was reduced by an estimated 90% between 1989 and 1995, one of the fastest declines in history.


There are reports that registration on the local level is sometimes difficult to obtain.


In what way did Whitehead view God as deficient?

Whitehead thus sees God and the world as fulfilling one another.


What family purchased the Detroit opera House?

The Nederlander Organization, the largest controller of Broadway productions in New York City, originated with the purchase of the Detroit Opera House in 1922 by the Nederlander family.


Where was an account of the study published?

A detailed account of the techniques used to isolate the sounds deleted during MP3 compression, along with the conceptual motivation for the project, was published in the 2014 Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference.


In what month did U.S. funding of UNFPA resume?

By resuming funding to UNFPA, the US will be joining 180 other donor nations working collaboratively to reduce poverty, improve the health of women and children, prevent HIV/AIDS and provide family planning assistance to women in 154 countries."


What drives the wider acceptance of renewable energy technologies?

Public policy and political leadership helps to "level the playing field" and drive the wider acceptance of renewable energy technologies.


What is the beginning of a typical treaty called?

Since the late 19th century, most treaties have followed a fairly consistent format.


Wifi, bluetooth, and cell phone networks are examples of what?

Researchers in 2011 were even able to use a malicious compact disc in a car's stereo system as a successful attack vector, and cars with built-in voice recognition or remote assistance features have onboard microphones which could be used for eavesdropping.


Who are the indigenous people of the Americas descended from?

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the descendants of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas.


When did Cruyff win his third Ballon d'Or?

Cruyff received this prestigious award a third time (the first player to do so) in 1974, while he was still with Barcelona.


What city became the state capital of South Carolina?

Although the city lost the status of state capital to Columbia in 1786, Charleston became even more prosperous in the plantation-dominated economy of the post-Revolutionary years.


When was the Silurian period believed to have begun?

The Silurian is a major division of the geologic timescale that started about 443.8 ± 1.5 Ma.


The Spanish Supreme Court hears all cases related to law in what areas?

In most private law cases, two Supreme Court judgements supporting a claim are needed to appeal at the Supreme Court.


What is the Drosophila gene the cause of?

Their interactions result in an interlocked feedback loop of gene products resulting in periodic fluctuations that the cells of the body interpret as a specific time of the day.[citation needed]


When was 'Robopocalypse' scheduled for release?

It was set for release on April 25, 2014, with Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth set to star, but Spielberg postponed production indefinitely in January 2013, just before it had been set to begin.


What is the non-native varmint of Louisiana?

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


Besides weather resistance, why else is Japan black used in paints?

Other uses include cattle sprays, fence-post treatments, and waterproofing for fabrics.


First, the difficulty in estimating the impact of bombing upon war production was becoming apparent, and second, the conclusion British morale was unlikely to break led OKL to adopt the naval option.


What is the name of the dog with four eyes in Norse mythology?

In Philippine mythology, Kimat who is the pet of Tadaklan, god of thunder, is responsible for lightning.


On a state level the city is part of which district number?

On the state level, the city is part of the 18th district in the Michigan Senate, represented by Democrat Rebekah Warren.


On a tour to Ghana in 1961 what did Elizabeth dismiss as a fear?

No attempt was made, but a riot did break out while she was in Montreal; the Queen's "calmness and courage in the face of the violence" was noted.


New York City's women's basketball team is called what?

The city is well known for its links to basketball, which is played in nearly every park in the city by local youth, many of whom have gone on to play for major college programs and in the NBA.


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

uric acid is excreted along with feces as a semisolid waste.


Which film did Madonna starred in that was directed by Ritchie?

, the title song of the James Bond film Die Another Day, in which she had a cameo role, described by The Guardian film reviewer as "incredibly wooden".


Of Africa what rank in size country is Mali?

Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert, while the country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Senegal rivers.


Sputnik 1 started orbiting on what date?

The Space Race peaked with the July 20, 1969 US landing of the first humans on the Moon with Apollo 11.


who returned to england after sailing around Cape Comorin?

One of them, Edward Bonventure, then sailed around Cape Comorin and on to the Malay Peninsula and subsequently returned to England in 1594.


Why was Nintendo accused of antitrust behavior?

GameSpy remarked that Nintendo's punishment was particularly weak giving the case's findings, although it has been speculated that the FTC did not want to damage the video game industry in the United States.


What was used to fill a mill pond that became the Haymarket Square?

The largest reclamation efforts took place during the 19th century; beginning in 1807, the crown of Beacon Hill was used to fill in a 50-acre (20 ha) mill pond that later became the Haymarket Square area.


What shopping center is located along Broadway?

Park Place, a recently renovated shopping center, is also located along Broadway (west of Wilmot Road).


What is it called when a non-profit uses it's money as it should?

This is known as the distribution constraint.


What is a major river of the province in addition to the Qiangtang River?

Major rivers include the Qiangtang and Ou Rivers.


Where did Roger Williams establish a Baptist church?

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


What year was the International Chopin Piano Competition founded?

The Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Poland lists on its website over eighty societies world-wide devoted to the composer and his music.


Countries might change their DST policy by enactments, adjustments, and what other type of policy changes?

Since then, the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals.


What is another thing that Gregor Mendel was the first to demonstrate?

Although he did not use the term gene, he explained his results in terms of discrete inherited units that give rise to observable physical characteristics.


What was the difference between LaserDisc and LaserVision in the UK?

PAL discs could carry one pair of audio tracks, either analog or digital and the digital tracks on a PAL disc were 16-bit 44.1 kHz as on a CD; in the UK, the term "LaserVision" is used to refer to discs with analog sound, while "LaserDisc" is used for those with digital audio.


About how many people are members of the various parade groups?

Carnival groups stand out for their clothes full of elegance, showing brilliant examples of fabric crafts, at the Saturday and Sunday parades.


What term did Microsoft give to its exception privilige for web browsing?

Microsoft advertises this exception privilege "New experience enabled" (formerly "Metro-style enabled").


What was the name of Gaddafi's female bodyguard?

Starting in the 1980s, he travelled with his all-female Amazonian Guard, who were allegedly sworn to a life of celibacy.


What part of 2015 did the government of Zhejiang recognise folk religion as 'civil religion'?

Buddhism has an important presence since its arrival in Zhejiang 1,800 years ago.


In what year did Napoleon lead his army into Damascus?

His army had succeeded in a temporary increase of French power in Egypt, though it faced repeated uprisings.


Maurice Schlesinger and Camille Pleyel were what to Chopin?

Chopin's original publishers included Maurice Schlesinger and Camille Pleyel.


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.


What was John F. Kennedy's criticism of the President based on?

In the 1960 presidential election, Democratic candidate and future President John F. Kennedy "criticized President Eisenhower for not ending discrimination in federally supported housing" and "advocated a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission".:59


What do East Asians have to thank for their relatively light skin?

The East Asians owe their relatively light skin to different mutations.


How many blocks west from the intersection of Mount Morris Park does W 122nd Street run?

W 122nd Street runs six blocks (3,280 feet (1,000 m))


How does the determination between Patois and Creole French usually determined?

Unlike other populations in the Caribbean, language preference between the Créole and Patois is geographically, and not racially, determined.[page needed]