What percentage fell into haplogroups that are specific to East and South Asian populations?

The DNA clearly shows that both Poles and Russians are not different from the neighbouring European populations.


Diamond states that the final result of Hayek's statements are what?

Arthur M. Diamond argues Hayek's problems arise when he goes beyond claims that can be evaluated within economic science.


What wish of Virgil's did Lucius Varius Rufus and Plotius Tucca disregard?

According to the tradition, Virgil traveled to Greece in about 19 BC to revise the Aeneid.


Which seabird has the longest-distance migration?

The Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea has the longest-distance migration of any bird, and sees more daylight than any other, moving from its Arctic breeding grounds to the Antarctic non-breeding areas.


Lipopolysaccharides, also called endotoxins, are composed of polysaccharides and lipid A that is responsible for much of the toxicity of gram-negative bacteria.


In what year did the league have two divisions?

The divisional winners met in a best-of-5 series to advance to the World Series, in a "2–3" format, first two games were played at the home of the team who did not have home field advantage.


On 12 June 2008, the Central African Republic requested assistance from the UN Peacebuilding Commission, which was set up in 2005 to help countries emerging from conflict avoid devolving back into war or chaos.


By 2007 how many square feet of office space did Houston have?

In the 1960s, Downtown Houston consisted of a collection of mid-rise office structures.


Why is Nanjing so strong in textiles and minting?

It led in textiles, minting, printing, shipbuilding and many other industries, and was the busiest business center in East Asia.


Cramer built a different Republican Party in Florida, attracting local white conservatives and transplants from northern and midwestern states.


What was Planck studying in the last part of the nineteenth century?

In the last years of the nineteenth century, Planck was investigating the problem of black-body radiation first posed by Kirchhoff some forty years earlier.


Along with Devonian slate, Middle Devonian limestone and limestone, what stone provides the geologic base of Plymouth?

The bulk of the city is built upon Upper Devonian slates and shales and the headlands at the entrance to Plymouth Sound are formed of Lower Devonian slates, which can withstand the power of the sea.


Which state did Urrea prepare to invade?

On July 20, Governor Elorriaga was reinstated, and Baca along with the legislative minority were brought back to form a new legislature, which met on September 1.


Who led the Prussian assault on Prague in 1757

In early 1757, Frederick II again took the initiative by marching into the Kingdom of Bohemia, hoping to inflict a decisive defeat on Austrian forces.


How did the Prussians slow the advance of the Russians?

The Russian army was heavily dependent upon its main magazines in Poland, and the Prussian army launched several successful raids against them.


What is the pub with the longest name in the UK?

The Old 13th Cheshire Rifleman Corps Inn and the Q Inn.


What are the major county offices in Oklahoma?

The state is divided into 77 counties that govern locally, each headed by a three-member council of elected commissioners, a tax assessor, clerk, court clerk, treasurer, and sheriff.


What is the name of the Chinese social network?

Microsoft denied the claims in a number of posts on the Chinese social network Sina Weibo, which stated that the company had never "assisted any government in an attack of another government or clients" or provided client data to the U.S. government, never "provided any government the authority to directly visit" or placed any backdoors in its products and services, and that it had never concealed government requests for client data.


Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III.


What did the Treaty of Balta Liman do for Ottoman markets?

The Anglo-Ottoman Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Balta Liman that opened the Ottoman markets directly to English and French competitors, would be seen as one of the staging posts along this development.


Churches filled up with monuments to what?

Especially in country parishes, the external appearance generally retained the familiar signifiers of a Gothic church, with a tower or spire, a large west front with one or more doors, and very large windows along the nave, but all with any ornament drawn from the classical vocabulary.


Who was the well known sea vessel captain of the Greeks who sailed to Asia  ?

Notable Greek seafarers include people such as Pytheas of Marseilles, Scylax of Caryanda who sailed to Iberia and beyond, Nearchus, the 6th century merchant and later monk Cosmas Indicopleustes (Cosmas who sailed to India) and the explorer of the Northwestern passage Juan de Fuca.


What is another term for the Avignon Papacy?

Ecclesiastical officials convened at the Council of Constance in 1414, and in the following year the council deposed one of the rival popes, leaving only two claimants.


Apparently the sailor did not connect with the soldier, as Mahan believed he was innovating the term Middle East.


Who donates discard Western clothing to people in poor places?

These garments are less expensive, mass-produced Western clothing.


How much money did American Idol generate from its first eight seasons?

The dominance of American Idol in the ratings had made it the most profitable show in U.S. TV for many years.


When did Elizabeth become the longest reigning monarch?

The Queen surpassed her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-lived British monarch in December 2007, and the longest-reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015.


Which country has Nigerians sending the most money home?

The United States accounts for the largest portion of official remittances, followed by the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Spain and France.


He abolished slavery in Portugal and in the Portuguese colonies in India; reorganized the army and the navy; restructured the University of Coimbra, and ended discrimination against different Christian sects in Portugal.


Neighbours, Kath & Kim, Winners and Losers, Offspring, and Underbelly are examples of what kind of media produced in Melbourne?

Television shows are produced in Melbourne, most notably Neighbours, Kath & Kim, Winners and Losers, Offspring, Underbelly , House Husbands, Wentworth and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, along with national news-based programs such as The Project, Insiders and ABC News Breakfast.


The elevator located at the Casco Viejo station in the Bilbao Metro is also used for what?

For example, there is a 3-station underground public elevator in Yalta, Ukraine, which takes passengers from the top of a hill above the Black Sea on which hotels are perched, to a tunnel located on the beach below.


When was homosexuality legalized in Bermuda?

Both measures were in response to a decision by His Hon Mr. Justice Ian Kawaley, Chief Justice of Bermuda's earlier ruling that same sex spouses of Bermuda citizens could not be denied basic Human Rights.


Aside from Plymouth High School for Girls and Devonport High School for Boys, what state grammar school is present in Plymouth?

There is also an independent school Plymouth College.


In order for a unconstitutional statue to disappear, it has to be deleted by?

Notably, a statute does not disappear automatically merely because it has been found unconstitutional; it must be deleted by a subsequent statute.


What expansion team joined the league in 2011?

It was the first time the AFL returned to Pittsburgh since the Pittsburgh Gladiators were an original franchise in 1987 before becoming the Tampa Bay Storm.


What law protects the teaching of Arabic and Islamic traditions in Mindanao?

While there are state-recognised Islamic schools, such as Ibn Siena Integrated School in the Islamic City of Marawi, Sarang Bangun LC in Zamboanga and SMIE in Jolo, their Islamic studies programmes initially varied in application and content.


What year did one the first community service usages of videoconferencing take place?

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


In his 2004 presidential campaign, Kerry criticized George W. Bush for the Iraq War.


What opened the door to plant genetic engineering?

The concept originally stated by Gottlieb Haberlandt in 1902 that all plant cells are totipotent and can be grown in vitro ultimately enabled the use of genetic engineering experimentally to knock out a gene or genes responsible for a specific trait, or to add genes such as GFP that report when a gene of interest is being expressed.


What did Brahmagupta use the number zero for?

He also lucidly explained the use of zero as both a placeholder and a decimal digit, along with the Hindu-Arabic numeral system now used universally throughout the world.


What is the process of making a novel device look like a familiar device?

The process of making a novel device look like a familiar device is also known as extension.


Where are Protestants especially notable in Zhejiang?

In 1999 Zhejiang's Protestant population comprised 2.8% of the provincial population, a small percentage but higher than the national average.


Until when were Canadian forces in Afghanistan?

They have been deployed in Afghanistan until 2011, under the NATO-led United Nations International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), at the request of the Government of Afghanistan.


Canada's Cyber Security Strategy is part of a larger, integrated approach to critical infrastructure protection, and functions as a counterpart document to the National Strategy and Action Plan for Critical Infrastructure.


Which other country had a sizable naval army?

Originally, Canada was thought to have had the third-largest navy in the world, but with the fall of the Soviet Union, new data based on Japanese and Soviet sources found that to be incorrect.


The draft became extremely unpopular, and President Nixon ended it in 1973, forcing the military (the Army especially) to rely entirely upon volunteers.


What was the reason behind these interactions?

The article noted that major healthcare organizations such as National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the World Economic Forum, the Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Food and Drug Administration had encouraged greater interactions between physicians and industry in order to bring greater benefits to patients.


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

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 Welsh devolution was rejected outright while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40% support.


Where is the headquarters for the Rainbow Times?

Various LGBT publications serve the city's large LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community such as The Rainbow Times, the only minority and lesbian-owned LGBT newsmagazine.


Who designed the Bronx Museum of the Arts' 2006 expansion?

The museum was temporarily closed in 2006 while it underwent a major expansion designed by the architectural firm Arquitectonica.


Who did Beyoncé perform privately for in 2011?

In 2011, documents obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that Beyoncé was one of many entertainers who performed for the family of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.


What demographic was the most percentage of the households in total?

There were 230,233 households, 29.4% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families.


What language was no longer promoted as one of Estonia's main languages?

Estonian went back to being the only state language in Estonia which in practice meant that use of Estonian was promoted while the use of Russian was discouraged.


The function of the brain from an evolutionary-biological thought is what?

From an evolutionary-biological perspective, the function of the brain is to provide coherent control over the actions of an animal.


When WAS the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company founded?

Their father had owned an antique company in Houndsditch, London, which expanded in 1833 to import and sell sea-shells, after which the company "Shell" took its name.


These terms came to a sudden halt following the Revolutions of 1848 and the Crimean War in 1856, paving the way for German unification in the 1860s.


What types of churches attract tourists to Palermo?

Numerous tourists are attracted to the city for its good Mediterranean weather, its renowned gastronomy and restaurants, its Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque churches, palaces and buildings, and its nightlife and music.


What Platonic idea lost influence as a result of the work of Ockham and Duns Scotus?

Their efforts undermined the prevailing Platonic idea of "universals".


Who was UN Secretary General when Elizabeth addressed the UN?

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, introduced her as "an anchor for our age".


What method of execution was used on James W. Rodgers?

The last use of the gallows between 1608 and the moratorium was when Kansas hanged George York on June 22, 1965.


How many college students does Boston attract?

Boston attracts more than 350,000 college students from around the world, who contribute more than $4.8 billion annually to the city's economy.


What type of conditions do many garment works endure?

Mass-produced clothing is often made in what are considered by some to be sweatshops, typified by long work hours, lack of benefits, and lack of worker representation.


What Empire split to create France and Germany?

The Oaths of Strasbourg is considered as marking the birth of the two countries of France and Germany with the division of the Carolingian Empire.


what may possibly be a solution to net neutrality concerns?

On 23 April 2014, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was reported to be considering a new rule that will permit ISPs to offer content providers a faster track to send content, thus reversing their earlier net neutrality position.


In adults, what conditions can cause the symptoms of asthma?

In adults, COPD, congestive heart failure, airway masses, as well as drug-induced coughing due to ACE inhibitors should be considered.


When was the first electric light installed in the Eastern Market?

In 1885 the first line of the Melbourne cable tramway system was built, becoming one of the worlds most extensive systems by 1890.


What first person from the USSR controlled their own spacecraft?

Gherman Titov became the first Soviet cosmonaut to exercise manual control of his Vostok 2 craft on August 6, 1961.


What years did the Rinpungpa regime start and end?

Helmut Hoffman states that the Ming upheld the facade of rule over Tibet through periodic missions of "tribute emissaries" to the Ming court and by granting nominal titles to ruling lamas, but did not actually interfere in Tibetan governance.


What was the most common type of brick used to construct London's older buildings?

Older buildings are mainly brick built, most commonly the yellow London stock brick or a warm orange-red variety, often decorated with carvings and white plaster mouldings.


The importance of what military arm increased during the Carolingian era?

In military technology, one of the main changes was the return of the crossbow, which had been known in Roman times and reappeared as a military weapon during the last part of the Early Middle Ages.


Are Greeks in danger of contributing vastly to the problem of population control ?

Today, Greeks are the majority ethnic group in the Hellenic Republic, where they constitute 93% of the country's population, and the Republic of Cyprus where they make up 78% of the island's population (excluding Turkish settlers in the occupied part of the country).


In lucha libre, cheap-shots and male-female attacks are not uncommon.


What has been a main area of solar chemical research since the 1970s?

Another approach uses the heat from solar concentrators to drive the steam reformation of natural gas thereby increasing the overall hydrogen yield compared to conventional reforming methods.


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

The primary exposure that Africans and Indigenous Americans had to each other came through the institution of slavery.


What famous revolutionary war speech was given in Richmond?  Where?

During the Revolutionary War period, several notable events occurred in the city, including Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775 at St. John's Church, and the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson.


What was the previous name of Rajamangala University of Technology?

There are two former institutes of technology, which already changed their name to "University of Technology":


WPXD channel 31 is an affliate of which TV network?

WPXD channel 31, an affiliate of the ION Television network, is licensed to the city.


What is the most widely known medium for classical music?

The symphony orchestra is the most widely known medium for classical music and includes members of the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments.


How many Japanese prisoners were taken on Iwo Jima?

The Japanese losses totaled well over 20,000 men killed, and only 1,083 prisoners were taken.


Who was the creator of the encyclopedia that The Times was known for selling to America?

During his tenure (1890–1911), The Times became associated with selling the Encyclopædia Britannica using aggressive American marketing methods introduced by Horace Everett Hooper and his advertising executive, Henry Haxton.


Who began to increase their coverage of weaker debts?

If the European central bank were to deal directly with failing banking systems sovereign debt would not look as leveraged relative to national income in the financially weaker member states.


What was the population of Tuscon according to the 2010 U.S. Census?

The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area (CSA), with a total population of 980,263 as of the 2010 Census.


Where do Armenians mostly live besides Armenia?

There is a wide-ranging diaspora of around 5 million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside of modern Armenia.


When was the Global Integrity Index first published?

A second wave of corruption metrics has been created by Global Integrity, the International Budget Partnership, and many lesser known local groups.


An example shown has a low range quality score of what value?

As an example, in a public listening test featuring two different MP3 encoders at about 128 kbit/s, one scored 3.66 on a 1–5 scale, while the other scored only 2.22.


In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world music influences.


What is the first requirement in order for bacteria to bind and recombine with other bacteria's DNA

In order for a bacterium to bind, take up and recombine donor DNA into its own chromosome, it must first enter a special physiological state termed competence (see Natural competence).


Why are the buildings so shoddily built?

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


Who was the child of Emilie Victoria Kraus who might have been another of Napoleon's illegitimate children?

Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810–1868), the son of his mistress Maria Walewska, although acknowledged by Walewska's husband, was also widely known to be his child, and the DNA of his direct male descendant has been used to help confirm Napoleon's Y-chromosome haplotype.


The major Allied participants were the United States, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom (including the armed forces of British India, the Fiji Islands, Samoa, etc.), Australia, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the Netherlands (as the possessor of the Dutch East Indies and the western part of New Guinea), New Zealand, and Canada, all of whom were members of the Pacific War Council.


Where are Dancing with the Stars, MasterChef, and The Block filmed?

Television shows are produced in Melbourne, most notably Neighbours, Kath & Kim, Winners and Losers, Offspring, Underbelly , House Husbands, Wentworth and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, along with national news-based programs such as The Project, Insiders and ABC News Breakfast.


Pesticides are inspected often to make sure they meet up to date safety regulations from what period of time.

Pesticides produced before November 1984 continue to be reassessed in order to meet the current scientific and regulatory standards.


Who chastis Scout for the way she dresse and accuses her of ruining her family name?

For example, Mrs. Dubose chastises Scout for not wearing a dress and camisole, and indicates she is ruining the family name by not doing so, in addition to insulting Atticus' intentions to defend Tom Robinson.


What was formed in 1941 to protect airfields?

The Army's Anti-aircraft command, which was under command of the Air Defence UK organisation, grew to 12 AA divisions in 3 AA corps.


Who made the instruments used by the Dubliners?

The instruments used are either flat-backed, oval hole examples as described above (made by UK luthier Roger Bucknall of Fylde Guitars), or carved-top, oval hole instruments with arched back (made by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland).


In the 1880s, who constructed the first solar cell?

The first solar cell was constructed by Charles Fritts in the 1880s.


What makes up majority of the eastern Sichuan province?

The eastern part of the province is mostly within the fertile Sichuan basin (which is shared by Sichuan with Chongqing Municipality).


What year did Dell announce its buyout deal?

After several weeks of rumors, which started around January 11, 2013, Dell announced on February 5, 2013 that it had struck a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal, that would have delisted its shares from the NASDAQ and Hong Kong Stock Exchange and taken it private.


When did Switzerland sign the Kyoto Protocol?

With Mexico and the Republic of Korea it forms the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG).


Who was dean of Yale Medical School from 1920 to 1935?

He established the "Yale System" of teaching, with few lectures and fewer exams, and strengthened the full-time faculty system; he also created the graduate-level Yale School of Nursing and the Psychiatry Department, and built numerous new buildings.


Whic British city was nicknamed "Cottonopolis" because of its cotton production?

The advent of the Industrial Revolution in Britain provided a great boost to cotton manufacture, as textiles emerged as Britain's leading export.


Kangra district was top ranked with a population strength of 1,507,223 (21.98%), Mandi district 999,518 (14.58%), Shimla district 813,384 (11.86%), Solan district 576,670 (8.41%), Sirmaur district 530,164 (7.73%), Una district 521,057 (7.60%), Chamba district 518,844 (7.57%), Hamirpur district 454,293 (6.63%), Kullu district 437,474 (6.38%), Bilaspur district 382,056 (5.57%), Kinnaur district 84,298 (1.23%) and Lahaul Spiti 31,528 (0.46%).


In 1996–1997, a research study was conducted on a large population of middle age students in the Cherry Creek School District in Denver, Colorado, USA.


In what year 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 percent of oil made up Japan's domestic consumption?

In an effort to discourage Japanese militarism, Western powers including Australia, the United States, Britain, and the Dutch government in exile, which controlled the petroleum-rich Dutch East Indies, stopped selling oil, iron ore, and steel to Japan, denying it the raw materials needed to continue its activities in China and French Indochina.


Gustavo Gutierrez is faculty of which institute?

The university also houses the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.


What is a concern with the new zinc pennies?

In 1982, the US Mint began minting pennies coated in copper but made primarily of zinc.


Besides the endurance running hypothesis, what other theory of food collection is there?

This hypothesis does not necessarily contradict the scavenging hypothesis: both subsistence strategies could have been in use – sequentially, alternating or even simultaneously.


What are some items used to dry clothes without the use of electricity?

Clothes lines, clotheshorses, and clothes racks dry clothes through evaporation by wind and sunlight without consuming electricity or gas.


What was the name of the area in England ruled by the Vikings?

The eagerness of Vikings in the Danelaw to communicate with their southern Anglo-Saxon neighbors produced a friction that led to the erosion of the complicated inflectional word-endings.


At what river was Hasdrubal Barca defeated at?

Hasdrubal managed to break through into Italy only to be defeated decisively on the Metaurus River.


What causes the government to exert greater control over broadcast media than print media?

The government exerts greater control over broadcast media than print media, especially due to finance and licensing.


Moneypenny informs Bond that the information he collected leads to Mr. White, former member of Quantum, a subsidiary of Spectre.


Who studied rage and shame cycles in married couples?

Retzinger (1991) conducted studies of married couples who experienced cycles of rage and shame.


The loss in value resulted in a clause being written in which article in the US Constitution?

This was a primary reason for the "No state shall... make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts" clause in article 1, section 10 of the United States Constitution.


How much of the Bronx's population is black (not including Hispanic)?

Blacks of non-Hispanic origin made up 30.8% of the population.


Samuel Johnson was so irritated at hearing it continually praised, that he made a parody of it, where the devil appears to a young Whig and predicts that in short time, Whiggism will poison even the paradise of America!


In what borough is Stickball Boulevard located?

Stickball, a street version of baseball, was popularized by youths in the 1930s, and a street in the Bronx was renamed Stickball Boulevard in the late 2000s to memorialize this.


What are North Korea and China examples of?

North Korea and China are examples; others can be found in Fascist states, such as Nazi Germany between 1934 and 1945.


Killer Queen reached what number on the Billboard Hot 100?

The single "Killer Queen" from Sheer Heart Attack reached number two on the British charts, and became their first US hit, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.


Which Melbourne rail station was the world's busiest passenger station in 1926?

The city has rail connections with regional Victorian cities, as well as direct interstate rail services to Sydney and Adelaide and beyond which depart from Melbourne's other major rail terminus, Southern Cross Station in Spencer Street.


Are the cocoa beans grown in Samoa high or low quality?

Samoan cocoa beans are of very high quality and used in fine New Zealand chocolates.


What emissions did Dell strive to reduce?

It is listed in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics that scores leading electronics manufacturers according to their policies on sustainability, climate and energy and how green their products are.


A HDI below 0.5 is considered to represent "low development".


What is one of the reasons experts believe contributed to the volatilaty in oil prices in 2008?

Experts debate the causes, with some attributing it to speculative flow of money from housing and other investments into commodities, some to monetary policy, and some to the increasing feeling of raw materials scarcity in a fast-growing world, leading to long positions taken on those markets, such as Chinese increasing presence in Africa.


What was an early version of the fiddle called?

As well, early versions of the organ, fiddle (or vielle), and trombone (called the sackbut) existed.


What language is used for formal purposes by business and government institutes of New Delhi?

English is primarily used as the formal language by business and government institutes.


How did Gaddafi deal with peer pressure regarding his cultural background?

Bullied for being a Bedouin, he was proud of his identity and encouraged pride in other Bedouin children.


HOw much of the population do Sikh's make up?

Sikhs mostly live in towns and cities and constitute 1.16% of the state population.


When did Houston start using light rail lines?

METRO began light rail service on January 1, 2004, with the inaugural track ("Red Line") running about 8 miles (13 km) from the University of Houston–Downtown (UHD), which traverses through the Texas Medical Center and terminates at NRG Park.


Where does the digestions of some fats start?

Complete digestion of one molecule of fat (a triglyceride) results a mixture of fatty acids, mono- and di-glycerides, as well as some undigested triglycerides, but no free glycerol molecules.


Who voted against the bill to end the constitution of Jamaica?

The bill removed political power from plantation owners who were resisting measures associated with the abolition of slavery.


In early times, who was generally electied to cardinal?

The rule remains that, if the person elected Pope is not yet a bishop, he is consecrated by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, the Cardinal Bishop of Ostia.


When was Smeaton's Tower first constructed?

It is open to the public and has views over the Plymouth Sound and the city from the lantern room.


what is another word for availability of telephone lines?

There are presently around 25 mainlines per 1,000 persons, and the local availability of telephone lines (tele-density) is higher than in neighboring countries; three times greater than in adjacent Ethiopia.


What  kind of particles are quarks and leptons?

This atomic matter is in turn made up of interacting subatomic particles—usually a nucleus of protons and neutrons, and a cloud of orbiting electrons.


The new German nationalists, mostly young reformers such as Johann Tillmann of East Prussia, sought to unite all the German-speaking and ethnic-German (Volksdeutsche) people.


What prominent composer was once a member of The Whiffenpoofs?

Groups often join one another in on-campus concerts, such as the Georgetown Chimes' Cherry Tree Massacre, a 3-weekend a cappella festival held each February since 1975, where over a hundred collegiate groups have appeared, as well as International Quartet Champions


How many universities and academies participated in the 2013 trans-genome study?

Thus, analysis of Ashkenazi Jews together with a large sample from the region of the Khazar Khaganate corroborates the earlier results that Ashkenazi Jews derive their ancestry primarily from populations of the Middle East and Europe, that they possess considerable shared ancestry with other Jewish populations, and that there is no indication of a significant genetic contribution either from within or from north of the Caucasus region", the authors concluded.


The Min River is a major tributary of what river?

Li Bing, engineered the Dujiangyan irrigation system to control the Min River, a major tributary of the Yangtze.


When did Marcin Woźniak search specifically for Slavic sub-group of R1a1a [M17]?

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


The Encyclopaedia Britannica was modelled along the same lines as a work from which country?

The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1771) was modelled along the same lines as the German lexicons.


Who was said to have given money to the Dalai Lama?

According to the Washington Times on April 15, however, the Chinese government was attempting to "calm the situation" through censorship: "All comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour have been deleted.


Besides the rough terrain, why was it difficult to get to the area?

However, due to the rough terrain and close proximity of the quake's epicenter, the soldiers found it very difficult to get help to the rural regions of the province.


What man was almost ready to give Kanye a record deal?

According to Capitol Record's A&R, Joe Weinberger, he was approached by West and almost signed a deal with him, but another person in the company convinced Capitol's president not to.


Grand theft Auto V was released in what year?

(2004), Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (2005), L.A. Rush (2005), Midnight Club: Los Angeles (2008), Cars Race-O-Rama (2009), Grand Theft Auto V (2013) as a fictional district – Del Perro, Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013) as a fictional U.S. military base – Fort Santa Monica, The Crew (2014), Need for Speed (2015)


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


Who did the London merchants petition to get permission to sail the Indian Ocean?

Soon after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean.


Debutantes wore the feather of which bird in their hair?

Débutantes wore full court dress, with three tall ostrich feathers in their hair.


What two towns were pinnacle for artistic production?

In the late 19th century, many artists in the French provinces and worldwide flocked to Paris to exhibit their works in the numerous salons and expositions and make a name for themselves.


What was the vacuum created by the mercury displacement pump?

In 1654, Otto von Guericke invented the first vacuum pump and conducted his famous Magdeburg hemispheres experiment, showing that teams of horses could not separate two hemispheres from which the air had been partially evacuated.


Dogs had a worth to what type of early humans?

The dogs' value to early human hunter-gatherers led to them quickly becoming ubiquitous across world cultures.


How large in square kilometers is Greater Hyderabad?

Greater Hyderabad covers 650 km2 (250 sq mi), making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in India.


Who did Ponsonby report the Munshis lies about his parentage to?

Equerry Frederick Ponsonby (the son of Sir Henry) discovered that the Munshi had lied about his parentage, and reported to Lord Elgin, Viceroy of India, "the Munshi occupies very much the same position as John Brown used to do.


What are the basic types of agricultural groups?

Hunting and gathering was humanity's first and most successful adaptation, occupying at least 90 percent of human history.


In the 2014 rankings produced by Times Higher Education, what position was Imperial ranked for GPA?

In rankings produced by Times Higher Education based upon the REF results Imperial was ranked 2nd overall for GPA and 8th for "research power" (compared to 6th and 7th respectively in the equivalent rankings for the RAE 2008).


Any treaty provision that conflicts with the US Constitution is considered what under US law?

The Supreme Court ruled in the Head Money Cases that "treaties" do not have a privileged position over Acts of Congress and can be repealed or modified (for the purposes of U.S. law) by any subsequent Act of Congress, just like with any other regular law.


Who was the first to prohibit the paper from being in its library?

A Conservative council in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, was the first to ban the paper from its public library, shortly after Page 3 began, because of its excessive sexual content.


Are the speed limits on I-19 marked in miles or kilometers?

I-19 is the only Interstate highway that uses "kilometer posts" instead of "mileposts", although the speed limits are marked in miles per hour instead of kilometers per hour.


Costs of flocking include bullying of socially subordinate birds by more dominant birds and the reduction of feeding efficiency in certain cases.


What did demonstrators wear during the media rally?

Journalists described the jailings as a blow to the recently-won news media freedoms that had followed five decades of censorship and persecution.


How did other news outlets report on Lord Kilbracken's words?

Although many other British press services covered Lord Kilbracken's public comments, none of them made the argument that the Sun did in its editorial and none of them presented Lord Kilbracken's ideas without context or criticism.


What complaints did Von Neumann's neighbor's have?

At Princeton he received complaints for regularly playing extremely loud German march music on his gramophone, which distracted those in neighbouring offices, including Albert Einstein, from their work.


What other three states were approved in the same year?

Congress approved Montana statehood in February 1889 and President Grover Cleveland signed an omnibus bill granting statehood to Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Washington once the appropriate state constitutions were crafted.


How often are pesticides produced more recently evaluated for safety?

The EPA regulates pesticides to ensure that these products do not pose adverse effects to humans or the environment.


How many Japanese troops defended Okinawa?

Hard-fought battles on the Japanese home islands of Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and others resulted in horrific casualties on both sides but finally produced a Japanese defeat.


What did parents accuse builders of doing?

Local officials urged them not to protest but the parents demonstrated and demanded an investigation.


As a result of the freedom, different encoders can result in different quality even if which aspect of the file is the same?

Besides the bit rate of an encoded piece of audio, the quality of MP3 files also depends on the quality of the encoder itself, and the difficulty of the signal being encoded.


Although professional wrestling in Mexico (lucha libre) also has stories and characters, they are less emphasized.


In what year did a red helium-neon laser come to be?

Today, red and red-orange laser diodes are widely available to the public in the form of extremely inexpensive laser pointers.


Catalan verbs are traditionally divided into three conjugations, with vowel themes -a-, -e-, -i-, the last two being split into two subtypes.


What organization researched the use of regional Dutch dialects and found their usage declining?

Dutch dialects and regional languages are not spoken as often as they used to be.


Who became the Fire Chief in November 2008?

Thomas served as Fire Chief until June 2008, and was succeeded by Chief Thomas Carr in November 2008.


On May 15, 2013, Resident Commissioner Pierluisi introduced H.R. 2000 to Congress to "set forth the process for Puerto Rico to be admitted as a state of the Union," asking for Congress to vote on ratifying Puerto Rico as the 51st state.


What 1979 comedy film featured Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas, and Ann-Margret?

In 1980, he starred in a biographical film of the 1950s actress Jayne Mansfield as Mansfield's husband, Mickey Hargitay.


What's the Swedish word for a polytechnic school?

After January 1, 2006, some Finnish ammattikorkeakoulus switched the English term "polytechnic" to the term "university of applied sciences" in the English translations of their legal names.


In 1932, Raleigh Memorial Auditorium was dedicated.


What was invented in approximately 1286?

In the 12th and 13th centuries, Europe produced economic growth and innovations in methods of production.


What is one family of birds have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid to their chicks?

The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks.


What was the war against the German occupiers considered?

From 1904 to 1907, the Herero and the Namaqua took up arms against the Germans and in calculated punitive action by the German occupiers, the 'first genocide of the Twentieth Century' was committed.


Whic British city was nicknamed "Cottonopolis" because of its cotton production?

From the late 18th century on, the British city of Manchester acquired the nickname "Cottonopolis" due to the cotton industry's omnipresence within the city, and Manchester's role as the heart of the global cotton trade.


What did the person who spoke to the media at Trocadéro say China lacked?

Among them was Jane Birkin, who spoke to the media about the "lack of freedom of speech" in China.


What branch of the US military was born in Philadelphia?

Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States.


What is the problem facing the job market in Thuringia?

The Thuringian population has a significant sex ratio gap, caused by the emigration of young women, especially in rural areas.


How many lunch carts are there in Yale's Campus during lunchtime?

The carts cluster at three main points: by Yale – New Haven Hospital in the center of the Hospital Green (Cedar and York streets), by Yale's Trumbull College (Elm and York streets), and on the intersection of Prospect and Sachem streets by the Yale School of Management.


What automotive brands exist in Portugal?

Industry is diversified, ranging from automotive (Volkswagen Autoeuropa and Peugeot Citroen), aerospace (Embraer and OGMA), electronics and textiles, to food, chemicals, cement and wood pulp.


This new force became known as the Xiang Army, named after the Hunan region where it was raised.


What did previous religious orders do for a living?

Dominic sought to establish a new kind of order, one that would bring the dedication and systematic education of the older monastic orders like the Benedictines to bear on the religious problems of the burgeoning population of cities, but with more organizational flexibility than either monastic orders or the secular clergy.


What, according to the text, are two examples of "old world" dogs?

Systematic analyses of the dog genome has revealed only four major types of dogs that can be said to be statistically distinct.


When was the first figure skating championship held?

Large hotels were built during the Belle Époque; cog-railways, built early in the 20th century, brought tourists to ever higher elevations, with the Jungfraubahn terminating at the Jungfraujoch, well above the eternal snow-line, after going through a tunnel in Eiger.


Which group provides opportunities for Eastern Europe and Asia exchange students?

Similarities — in systems or even in ideas — that schools share internationally have led to an increase in international student exchanges.


Youtube doesn't do what to videos before they're posted?

YouTube does not view videos before they are posted online, and it is left to copyright holders to issue a DMCA takedown notice pursuant to the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.


What kind of words does Catalan have few of?

Catalan has few suppletive couplets, like Italian and Spanish, and unlike French.


When did Washington University secure its charter?

Crow secured the university charter from the Missouri General Assembly in 1853, and Eliot was named President of the Board of Trustees.


What did Gaddafi tell the people that the revolution represented?

He proclaimed that the revolution meant "freedom, socialism, and unity", and over the coming years implemented measures to achieve this.


What were two large ports on the English east coast in the North?

In the north, substantial efforts were made against Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland, which were large ports on the English east coast.


Khweldi Hameidi was sent to arrest crown prince Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi, and force him to relinquish his claim to the throne.


How many editions were published of Sarah Trimmer's history textbook for children?

These popular works were written in a discursive style, which was laid out much more clearly for the reader than the complicated articles, treatises, and books published by the academies and scientists.


Which element has a enthalpy of combustion at −286 kJ/mol?

The enthalpy of combustion for hydrogen is −286 kJ/mol:


What actions caused the decline of the Mughal Empire?

The Mughal Empire reached the zenith of its territorial expanse during the reign of Aurangzeb and also started its terminal decline in his reign due to Maratha military resurgence under Shivaji.


When Africa was colliding with Eurasia which seaway ceased to be during the Miocene?

During the Miocene continents continued to drift toward their present positions.


What species colonizes the mammalian colon?

All multicellular organisms are colonized to some degree by extrinsic organisms, and the vast majority of these exist in either a mutualistic or commensal relationship with the host.


In addition to the Dean and canons, there are at present two full-time minor canons, one is precentor, and the other is sacrist.


Bagaru and Sanganer represent what type of art?

The block prints, tie and dye prints, Bagaru prints, Sanganer prints, and Zari embroidery are major export products from Rajasthan.


What book by Nick Hornby has twice been adapted for film?

More recently, the book Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby was an autobiographical account of Hornby's life and relationship with football and Arsenal in particular.


How many Egyptian soldiers died during the fighting?

Despite the commanded withdrawal of Egyptian troops, about 2,000 Egyptian soldiers were killed during engagement with Israeli forces, and some 5,000 Egyptian soldiers were captured by the Israeli Army.


How many CPUs do supercomputers typically possess?

Supercomputers in particular often have highly unique architectures that differ significantly from the basic stored-program architecture and from general purpose computers.


In what case did the Supreme Court allow Section 1983 to be used to challenge a method of execution?

Therefore, the Supreme Court held in the Hill case that a prisoner can use Section 1983 rather than habeas corpus to bring the lawsuit.


What is the only sport newspaper in Namibia?

Other mentionable newspapers are the tabloid Informanté owned by TrustCo, the weekly Windhoek Observer, the weekly Namibia Economist, as well as the regional Namib Times.


Which season ten contestant was in the hospital instead of at the Top 13 results show?

Casey Abrams, who suffers from ulcerative colitis, was hospitalized twice and missed the Top 13 result show.


In what season was Ace Young a finalist on American Idol?

Prior to the announcement of the winner, season five finalist Ace Young proposed marriage to season three runner-up Diana DeGarmo on stage – which she accepted.


Who was given the task of creating a dictionary in the Novi Sad Agreement?

Matica hrvatska and Matica srpska were to work together on a dictionary, and


Why might Darwin have postponed publishing his theory of evolution for over 20 years?

Reasons suggested have included fear of religious persecution or social disgrace if his views were revealed, and concern about upsetting his clergymen naturalist friends or his pious wife Emma.


What pact contained many Russian-speaking countries?

In the 20th century, Russian was mandatorily taught in the schools of the members of the old Warsaw Pact and in other countries that used to be satellites of the USSR.


Who did Beyoncé team up with in 2010 to get her fashions into Brazil?

In July 2009, Beyoncé and her mother launched a new junior apparel label, Sasha Fierce for Deréon, for back-to-school selling.


Who did the 5th Dalai Lama beg for help from?

When an ally of the Ü-Tsang ruler threatened destruction of the Gelugpas again, the fifth Dalai Lama Lozang Gyatso pleaded for help from the Mongol prince Güshi Khan (1582–1655), leader of the Khoshut (Qoshot) tribe of the Oirat Mongols, who was then on a pilgrimage to Lhasa.


Which two vernaculars hold relation to the official language?

It is also used to write Pali, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism, as well as several ethnic minority languages, including Shan, several Karen dialects, and Kayah (Karenni), with the addition of specialised characters and diacritics for each language.


What is the highest street number within the borough of Manhattan?

Marble Hill is also within the borough of Manhattan, so the highest street number in the borough is 228th Street.


What material were the gates of the Temple of Jerusalem made from?

The gates of the Temple of Jerusalem used Corinthian bronze made by depletion gilding.


What kind of routines do general gymnastic groups perform?

General gymnastics enables people of all ages and abilities to participate in performance groups of 6 to more than 150 athletes.


What part of the country has the Köppen Climate Classification of (BWh)?

The vast northern desert part of Mali has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification (BWh) with long, extremely hot summers and scarce rainfall which decreases northwards.


About what year was the Franciscan friary established in Southampton?

On the other hand, many of the medieval buildings once situated within the town walls are now in ruins or have disappeared altogether.


For example, antibacterial selection for strains having previously acquired antibacterial-resistance genes was demonstrated in 1943 by the Luria–Delbrück experiment.


What did they used to call the municipalities within Mexico City?

The city consists of sixteen municipalities (previously called boroughs).


What area was once the site of a significant pre-reformation movement, but now only has a small number of Protestants?

Over the last several decades, religious practice has been declining as secularization has increased.


In addition to suspending their obligations under a treaty to the violating party, what may result from a material breach of treaty obligations?

A material breach may also be invoked as grounds for permanently terminating the treaty itself.


West was later released from the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division station in Culver City on $20,000 bail bond.


Among which group is a capella becoming more prominent?

a cappella groups are also gaining in popularity.


What variety has there been in the materials of clothing throughout history?

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


What radio DJ was originally hired as a judge in season one but declined?

A fourth judge, radio DJ Stryker, was originally chosen but he dropped out citing "image concerns".


When did political subgroups begin to appear in Estonia?

In the first centuries AD, political and administrative subdivisions began to emerge in Estonia.


In the nominative, genitive, partitive, illative, inessive, elative, allative, adessive, ablative, translative cases what always agrees with the noun in number and case?

With respect to the Proto-Finnic language, elision has occurred; thus, the actual case marker may be absent, but the stem is changed, cf.


The Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck who created the first settlement as part of the New Netherland colony in 1639.


What was the score in the final game that Everton won its second FA Cup in 1993 against Manchester City?

Everton also won their second FA Cup in 1933 with a 3–0 win against Manchester City in the final.


What change in building heights did Seattle make to increase population density in its downtown ?

The Seattle City Council later voted to relax height limits on buildings in the greater part of Downtown, partly with the aim to increase residential density in the city centre.


Soon after his return, he was summoned and interrogated by Prime Minister Ibrahim Abdel Hadi regarding suspicions that he was forming a secret group of dissenting officers.


Many wet-chemical tests for copper ions exist, one involving potassium ferrocyanide, which gives a brown precipitate with copper(II) salts.


On 23 October the people gathered about the proscribed bishop to protest against the emperor's decree; but Athanasius urged them to submit, consoling them with the promise that his absence would be of short duration.


In 2010, what was conducted on mummified remains of baboons?

Led by a research team from the Egyptian Museum and the University of California, the scientists used oxygen isotope analysis to examine hairs from two baboon mummies that had been preserved in the British Museum.


When was the Anglo -Russia Entente signed?

The immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914, the spark (or casus belli) for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.


Who traditionally paid for scholars to study natural sciences?

In addition to religious subjects, they also taught the "rational sciences," as varied as mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, alchemy, philosophy, magic, and occultism, depending on the curriculum of the specific institution in question.


Both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange suspended trading of companies based in southwestern China.


Do Haredi Jews tend to have large or small families?

It is noteworthy that these Haredi Jews often have extremely large families.


What was the prototype for the Ferranti Mark 1?

The LEO I computer became operational in April 1951  and ran the world's first regular routine office computer job.


Which governing body controls the England national football team?

The England national football team represents England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man for football matches as part of FIFA-authorised events, and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.


What is considered to be the most authoritative constitutional power?

This power would often be used to obstruct political opponents.


In the latter part of the second revolution, Thomas Alva Edison developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.


What city was the Olympic Torch at on April 3rd?

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


Of the street vendors in Hyderabad what percentage owned their own stall in 2007?

According to a survey published in 2007, it had 40–50,000 street vendors, and their numbers were increasing.:9


What was the new name of the Canadian Armed Forces?

After the 1980s, the use of the "Canadian Armed Forces" name gave way to "Canadian Forces";[citation needed]


Cyprus was a naval outpost which overlooked what canal?

By 1906, when the Famagusta harbour was completed, Cyprus was a strategic naval outpost overlooking the Suez Canal, the crucial main route to India which was then Britain's most important overseas possession.


Some new immigrants arrived as refugees with no possessions and were housed in temporary camps known as ma'abarot; by 1952, over 200,000 immigrants were living in these tent cities.


New Orleans Arena, home of the New Orleans VooDoo, served as the site of ArenaBowl XXI on July 29, 2007.


How did the gridlock between Whitlam and Fraser end?

Following the 1974–75 Loans Affair, the Malcolm Fraser led Liberal-Country Party Coalition argued that the Whitlam Government was incompetent and delayed passage of the Government's money bills in the Senate, until the government would promise a new election.


What is lessened when people are with their pet dogs?

The health benefits of dogs can result from contact with dogs in general, and not solely from having dogs as pets.


Karim did not attend the party and denied that it had occurred, but Chen commented that the idea that YouTube was founded after a dinner party "was probably very strengthened by marketing ideas around creating a story that was very digestible".


Did women in the studys become aroused to heterosexual stimulation?

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


A court system with a hierarchy of different administrative courts occurs in what kind of legal system?

Jurisdictions with a civil law system often have a hierarchy of administrative courts separate from the ordinary courts, headed by a supreme administrative court as it the case in the Netherlands.


Storyboards and what are thought to be comics by some?

Wordless novels are books which use sequences of captionless images to deliver a narrative.


How many times did Sumerian farmers plow, harrow and rake the ground?

After drying, they plowed, harrowed, and raked the ground three times, and pulverized it with a mattock, before planting seed.


A recent inspection indicated that the damage was less severe than initially feared, and it remains structurally stable and safe.


The Iron Age began around 500 BC with the emergence of iron-working settlements in an area south of present-day Mandalay.


What consumer trend has hurt many personal computer manufacturers?

Nonetheless, like other personal computer manufacturers, the Macintosh lines have been hurt by consumer trend towards smartphones and tablet computers (particularly Apple's own iPhone and iPad, respectively) as the computing devices of choice among consumers.


In which direction does the groove in a normal disc run?

The sound is encoded by fine variations in the edges of the groove that cause a stylus (needle) placed in it to vibrate at acoustic frequencies when the disc is rotated at the correct speed.


Artifacts from which era suggest that the moon was used to reckon time around 6,000 years ago?

Artifacts from the Paleolithic suggest that the moon was used to reckon time as early as 6,000 years ago.


How many endemic faunal species do forests harbor?

The forests play a vital role in harbouring more than 45,000 floral and 81,000 faunal species of which 5150 floral and 1837 faunal species are endemic.


Who was the first democratically elected President?

Ange-Félix Patassé became president, but was later removed by General François Bozizé in the 2003 coup.


The first department stores Lane Crawford was opened in 1850 by Scots Thomas Ash Lane and Ninian Crawford on Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong Island.


How many of Andrew Johnson's veto's were over turned by Congress

" Congress, however, managed to override fifteen of Johnson's twenty-nine vetoes.


The 360 Pro's original storage was replaced by a hard drive of what size in 2008?

The "Xbox 360 Core" was replaced by the "Xbox 360 Arcade" in October 2007 and a 60 GB version of the Xbox 360 Pro was released on August 1, 2008.


Which famous automobile designer is considered a non - academic alumni?


Daniel and his friends received their diet for 10 days and were then compared to the king's men.


Above what temperature is the β form of uranium hydride created?

Two crystal modifications of uranium hydride exist: an α form that is obtained at low temperatures and a β form that is created when the formation temperature is above 250 °C.


How many of the Australian Football League's teams are based in the Melbourne metropolitan area?

Nine of the League's teams are based in the Melbourne metropolitan area: Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda, and Western Bulldogs.


The convention deposed Carranza in favor of whom?

After Carranza took control in 1914, Villa and other revolutionaries who opposed him met at what was called the Convention of Aguascalientes.


How much warmer is Neptune's south pole to the rest of it's atmosphere?

The relative "hot spot" is due to Neptune's axial tilt, which has exposed the south pole to the Sun for the last quarter of Neptune's year, or roughly 40 Earth years.


What adjascent communities also hold a high Jewish population?

The city has a sizable Jewish population with an estimated 25,000 Jews within the city and 227,000 within the Boston metro area; the number of congregations in Boston is estimated at 22.


In 1957, the Saar Protectorate rejoined the Federal Republic as which city?

German reunification in 1990, in which the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) ascended into the Federal Republic, resulted in the addition of the re-established eastern states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (in German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Saxony (Sachsen), Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt), and Thuringia (Thüringen), as well as the reunification of West and East Berlin into Berlin and its establishment as a full and equal state.


When was the so-called February Countercurrent?

Jiang Hua (term 1956-1968), was the "chief justice" on the Special Court in the case against the Gang of Four in 1980.


Windows 8 also adds native support for USB 3.0 devices, which allow for faster data transfers and improved power management with compatible devices, and hard disk 4KB Advanced Format support, as well as support for near field communication to facilitate sharing and communication between devices.


During what years was Suleiman the Magnificent alive?

Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566) captured Belgrade in 1521, conquered the southern and central parts of the Kingdom of Hungary as part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars,[not in citation given] and, after his historical victory in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, he established Turkish rule in the territory of present-day Hungary (except the western part) and other Central European territories.


What have some structures evolved to protect?

Usually, other structures are present and serve to protect the sporophylls and to form an envelope attractive to pollinators.


Because word order is flexible in Czech, what does it tend to actually be used for?

Although Czech has a periphrastic passive construction (like English), colloquial word-order changes frequently produce the passive voice.


What event led to the return of Estonians back home?

This conflict continued into the early 1950s.


Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 601,222.


Out of 10,000 people, how many people are bitten by dogs in the United States?

The incidence of dog bites in the US is 12.9 per 10,000 inhabitants, but for boys aged 5 to 9, the incidence rate is 60.7 per 10,000.


In what year did Everton take 7,000 travelling fans with them to an away game?

In October 2009, Everton took 7,000 travelling fans to Benfica, their largest ever away crowd in Europe since the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.


What was the median income for a family in the city?

The per capita income for the city was $15,402.


What month and year saw the introduction of the TCM Wineclub?

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


What sector has expanded radiply by selling outsourcing services to North America and Europe?

The IT sector has been stimulated by new Egyptian entrepreneurs with government encouragement.[citation needed]


What style are most windows on secular Gothic structures?

The country-houses of the nobility were slow to abandon the appearance of being a castle, even in parts of Europe, like England, where defence had ceased to be a real concern.


Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single shortly after Mercury's death


Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction is common in what profession?

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction is common in professional athletes.


Who visited the Ukraine while the protests were taking place?

In late February, large public rallies took place in Kiev to protest the election laws, on the eve of the March 26 elections to the USSR Congress of People's Deputies, and to call for the resignation of the first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Volodymyr Scherbytsky, lampooned as "the mastodon of stagnation.


What house of the Supreme Soviet was not functioning as of December 26, 1991?

After dissolution of the USSR, Russia declared that it assumed the rights and obligations of the dissolved central Soviet government, including UN membership.


Which languages are used for teaching in the schools of Hyderabad?

Depending on the institution, students are required to sit the Secondary School Certificate or the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.


What influenced the look of the Digimons?

The franchise was first created in 1997 as a series of virtual pets, akin to—and influenced in style by—the contemporary Tamagotchi or nano Giga Pet toys.


When did the Red Army fall back to the Parnu River?

The Red Army retreated behind the Pärnu River – Emajõgi line on 12 July.


Why did Kari Marx criticize Humanist Philosophy's?

For Friedrich Nietzsche, humanism was nothing more than a secular version of theism.


Which bus service passes West Quay going in both directions?

Certain Bluestar services also do this, while others stop at Bargate and some loop round West Quay, stopping at Hanover Buildings.


In what year did the historic old town in the center of Bern become a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010).


What does the word "Prehensio" translate into?

For Whitehead, the term "prehension" indicates that the perceiver actually incorporates aspects of the perceived thing into itself.


Where did the torch relay happen in India?

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


What natural substance was used in early road pavings?

In many cases, these early pavings were made from naturally occurring "bituminous rock", such as at Ritchie Mines in Macfarlan in Ritchie County, West Virginia from 1852 to 1873.


What did a bunch of Germanic tribes celebrate?

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


What might someone knowledgable about the history of pesticides call ther period of the 1940s and 1950s?

Some sources consider the 1940s and 1950s to have been the start of the "pesticide era."


What is the average wind speed in miles per hour for St. John's?

The St. John's area is subject to freezing rain (called "silver thaws"), the worst of which paralyzed the city over a three-day period in April 1984.


How many Aboriginal Protectors for the Aborigines of Victoria were appointed in 1839?

Between 1836 and 1842 Victorian Aboriginal groups were largely dispossessed[by whom?] of their land.


What was the fate of the other partners of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company?

Eventually all would be bought out by Laemmle.


Russian victories against which countries increased British fears?

As far as Britain was concerned, defeats inflicted by Russia on Persia and Turkey demonstrated its imperial ambitions and capabilities and stoked fears in Britain of an overland invasion of India.


What posses a threat each year to Florida

Hurricanes pose a severe threat each year during the June 1 to November 30 hurricane season, particularly from August to October.


How does BYU feel about being rated the #1 stone cold sober school?

As mentioned earlier, The Princeton Review has rated BYU the "#1 stone cold sober school" in the nation for several years running, an honor which the late LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley had commented on with pride.


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


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

As a result of Setanta Sports's demise, England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on 10 October 2009 was shown in the United Kingdom on a pay-per-view basis via the internet only.


The Luftwaffe's change in strategy targeted what primarily?

In particular, the West Midlands were targeted.


What are the minimum number of families in the APG system?

In APG II (2003) it is not settled; at maximum it is 457, but within this number there are 55 optional segregates, so that the minimum number of families in this system is 402.


What does the USAF use Electronic warfare aircraft for?

Electronic warfare aircraft are used to keep airspaces friendly, and send critical information to anyone who needs it.


It is owned by the Landmark Trust and is open to the public.


What did President Sarkozy think Secretary of State Rice was?

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (who was famously mistaken for a "recent American immigrant" by French President Nicolas Sarkozy), said "descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that.


What was the lockout chip number for most of Europe, save the UK and Italy?

Known regions are: USA/Canada (3193 lockout chip), most of Europe (3195), Asia (3196) and UK, Italy and Australia (3197).


What was the result of the weakening of both Prussia and Austria?

In 1763 a peace settlement was reached at the Treaty of Hubertusburg, ending the war in central Europe.


What is the date that Cyrpus attained independence?

The UK retained the two Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, while government posts and public offices were allocated by ethnic quotas, giving the minority Turkish Cypriots a permanent veto, 30% in parliament and administration, and granting the three mother-states guarantor rights.


When did the ACLU first challenge the Patriot Act?

Political interest groups have stated that these laws remove important restrictions on governmental authority, and are a dangerous encroachment on civil liberties, possible unconstitutional violations of the Fourth Amendment.


Which are the first areas to be pruned during puberty?

Some of the most developmentally significant changes in the brain occur in the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in decision making and cognitive control, as well as other higher cognitive functions.


Who designed the Bronx Museum of the Arts' 2006 expansion?

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, founded in 1971, exhibits 20th century and contemporary art through its central museum space and 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of galleries.


What families are playable characters in Total War: Shogun 2?

The player is able to choose one of the most powerful families of Japan at the time, the Taira, Minamoto or Fujiwara; each family fielding two branches for a total of six playable clans.


On July 28 2013 what type of elections were held?

Presidential elections were held on 28 July 2013, with a second round run-off held on 11 August, and legislative elections were held on 24 November and 15 December 2013.


In the late 1930s the 10.5 cm FlaK 38 appeared soon followed by the 39, this was designed primarily for static sites but had a mobile mounting and the unit had 220v 24 kW generators.


What iPod feature allowed for USB connections with the device?

The third generation began including a 30-pin dock connector, allowing for FireWire or USB connectivity.


Excavations in and near Agordat in central Eritrea yielded the remains of an ancient pre-Aksumite civilization known as the Gash Group.


How many TV films did Universal sign Spielbergo to direct?

Another TV film (Something Evil) was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of The Exorcist, then a major best-selling book which had not yet been released as a film.


Who introduced the first major model for communication in 1949?

The sender was the part of a telephone a person spoke into, the channel was the telephone itself, and the receiver was the part of the phone where one could hear the other person.


What are examples of a cell's external environment?

Gene expression can be regulated at any step: from transcriptional initiation, to RNA processing, to post-translational modification of the protein.


What was reportly the largest ship in the Mughal Convoy in the Indian Fleet?

The Mughal convoy included the treasure-laden Ganj-i-Sawai, reported to be the greatest in the Mughal fleet and the largest ship operational in the Indian Ocean, and its escort, the Fateh Muhammed.


Whites make up how much of Namibia's population?

Whites (mainly of Afrikaner, German, British and Portuguese origin) make up between 4.0 and 7.0% of the population.


What building did William Buckland model the Hammon-Harwood House?

Unlike the Baroque style that it replaced, which was mostly used for palaces and churches, and had little representation in the British colonies, simpler Georgian styles were widely used by the upper and middle classes.


How many destroyers were in the U.S. Third Fleet?

The U.S. Third Fleet was formidable – nine large carriers, eight light carriers, six battleships, 17 cruisers, 63 destroyers and 1,000 planes – and completely outgunned Ozawa's force.


What was Marvel's self-hosted comic book convention called?

Marvel held its own comic book convention, Marvelcon '75, in spring 1975, and promised a Marvelcon '76.


After Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire, her debut single, "Everybody", was released in October 1982, and the second, "Burning Up", in March 1983.


What files was the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI's raid mainly focused on?

The files detailed the FBI's extensive COINTELPRO program, which included investigations into lives of ordinary citizens—including a black student group at a Pennsylvania military college and the daughter of Congressman Henry Reuss of Wisconsin.


How many carriers did Nagumo have at the Battle of Midway?

Alerted to the need of a second strike on Midway, but also wary of the need to deal with the American carriers that he now knew were in the vicinity, Nagumo twice changed the arming orders for his aircraft.


Who presented a solution to the philosophical problem of induction centered around falsifiability?

Among his contributions to philosophy is his claim to have solved the philosophical problem of induction.


Termites, bees, wasps, and what other insect are social insects?

Though perhaps not as advanced as honey bees, bumblebees also potentially have some social communication behaviors.


What path did Buddha find to soothe the strictness of Sramana religions?

Shramana gave rise to the concept of the cycle of birth and death, the concept of samsara, and the concept of liberation.


Since the end of the World Wars, the term "great power" has been joined by a number of other power classifications.


Who was the developer of the Milanese mandolin?

The strings ran between the tuning pegs and a bridge that was glued to the soundboard, as a guitar's.


How long did the Timurid empire last in Iran?

In 1370, yet another conqueror, Timur, followed the example of Hulagu, establishing the Timurid Empire which lasted for another 156 years.


What does rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a source of?

Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds.


Who is Greece the most important trading partner to?

Greece has the largest economy in the Balkans and is as an important regional investor.


What led to the last great Taínos rebellion?

Increasing punishment of the Taínos for revolting against forced labour, despite measures put in place by the encomienda, which included religious education and protection from warring tribes, eventually led to the last great Taíno rebellion.


Who was the President of the United States in 1939?

They visited the 1939 New York World's Fair and stayed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House and at his private estate at Hyde Park, New York.


What component of a universal motor is most likely to fail?

An advantage of the universal motor is that AC supplies may be used on motors which have some characteristics more common in DC motors, specifically high starting torque and very compact design if high running speeds are used.


The acceptance of new concepts and sciences by universities brought these ideas what?

Although universities may have been slow to accept new sciences and methodologies as they emerged, when they did accept new ideas it helped to convey legitimacy and respectability, and supported the scientific changes through providing a stable environment for instruction and material resources.


What's a third name for double daylight saving time or Double Summer Time used in Europe?

See British Double Summer Time and Central European Midsummer Time for details.


Which Federal Records Center houses materials relevant to JFKs assassination?

For example, the FRC in Lenexa, Kansas holds items from the treatment of John F. Kennedy after his fatal shooting in 1963.


How do Serbian nationalists feel about the Croatians using their language?

The nationalists among the Croats conflictingly claim either that they speak an entirely separate language from Serbs and Bosnians or that these two peoples have, due to the longer lexicographic tradition among Croats, somehow "borrowed" their standard languages from them.[citation needed]


What party did the D.C. Statehood Party merge when?

The nearest this movement ever came to success was in 1978, when Congress passed the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment.


A database management system (DBMS) is a computer software application that interacts with the user, other applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data.


Naturally occurring glass, especially the volcanic glass obsidian, has been used by many Stone Age societies across the globe for the production of sharp cutting tools and, due to its limited source areas, was extensively traded.


What library has a vast assortment of rare books and manuscripts?

The Beinecke Rare Book Library has a large collection of rare books and manuscripts.


What 1683 work resulted in the standard use of tripartite periodization?

Tripartite periodization became standard after the German historian Christoph Cellarius published Universal History Divided into an Ancient, Medieval, and New Period (1683).


What does Luke say one of the rebels does?

Luke also follows Mark, though he describes the rebels as common criminals, one of whom defends Jesus, who in turn promises that he (Jesus) and the criminal will be together in paradise.


Why did the world community notice the need for help?

Because of the magnitude of the quake, and the media attention on China, foreign nations and organizations immediately responded to the disaster by offering condolences and assistance.


Some cable boxes are capable of doing what?

HDTV can be recorded to D-VHS (Digital-VHS or Data-VHS), W-VHS (analog only), to an HDTV-capable digital video recorder (for example DirecTV's high-definition Digital video recorder, Sky HD's set-top box, Dish Network's VIP 622 or VIP 722 high-definition Digital video recorder receivers, or TiVo's Series 3 or HD recorders), or an HDTV-ready HTPC.


What crime was Gaddafi suspected of being involved in during his time in the military?

British trainers reported him for insubordination and abusive behaviour, stating their suspicion that he was involved in the assassination of the military academy's commander in 1963.


In it he expressed two propositions: first, infants are not to be baptized; and second, "Antichristians converted are to be admitted into the true Church by baptism.


Federalism also finds expression in ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church).


How much of Sudan's medicines were produced by a pharmaceutical plant Clinton's operation bombed?

The plant produced much of the region's antimalarial drugs and around 50% of Sudan's pharmaceutical needs.


What is the name of the first North American torchbearer?

The start was at McCovey Cove, where Norman Bellingham of the U.S. Olympic Committee gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Chinese 1992 Olympic champion swimmer Lin Li.


What is the largest country that was included among the seven promoted countries?

Seven countries were promoted to this category this year, leaving the "medium development" group: Albania, Belarus, Brazil, Libya, Macedonia, Russia and Saudi Arabia.


What does the color red symbolize in the clothing worn by Cardinals?

When in choir dress, a Latin-rite cardinal wears scarlet garments — the blood-like red symbolizes a cardinal's willingness to die for his faith.


The Army will be keeping 5,681 of what vehicle?

Of the total number of vehicles the Army will keep, 5,036 will be put in storage, 1,073 will be used for training, and the remainder will be spread across the active force.


On which date did Arsenal name a fully foreign 16-man squad for a match?

Arsenal were the first to name a completely foreign 16-man squad for a match.


Thailand has been treated by the United States in the same way as such other Axis-occupied countries as Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Poland, and the Netherlands.


IBM expanded their nondiscrimination policy in 1984 to include what?

He also publicized the policy so that in his negotiations to build new manufacturing plants with the governors of two states in the U.S. South, he could be clear that IBM would not build "separate-but-equal" workplaces.


How many people died as a result of the MVD and NAA clash in 1918?

Clashes soon broke out between the NAA and Soviet Internal Security Forces (MVD) troops based in Yerevan when Armenians decided to commemorate the establishment of the 1918 First Republic of Armenia.


What organization is trying to revive Sanskrit?

Even the local Muslims converse in Sanskrit.


What was Spain's first national police force called, in Spanish?

They adapted an existing brotherhood to the purpose of a general police acting under officials appointed by themselves, and endowed with great powers of summary jurisdiction even in capital cases.


Who is the first MMA fighter to participate in carrying the Olympic torch?

Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko was one the torch bearers.


What other system of calculations are inherent in the Gregorian calendar?

Calculating the day of the week is not very simple, because of the irregularities in the Gregorian system.


Against which opponent did Knute Rockne tell his team to "win one for the Gipper?"

Although Weis led his team to two Bowl Championship Series bowl games, his overall record was 35–27, mediocre by Notre Dame standards, and the 2007 team had the most losses in school history.


What types of taxes do Puerto Ricans pay?

Residents of Puerto Rico pay U.S. federal taxes: import/export taxes, federal commodity taxes, social security taxes, therefore contributing to the American Government.


What subjects was Popper authorized to teach in secondary school in 1929?

In 1929, he obtained the authorisation to teach mathematics and physics in secondary school, which he started doing.


Where is the memorial for the Armenian Genocide?

In 1967, a memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was built at the Tsitsernakaberd hill above the Hrazdan gorge in Yerevan.


What was Tito's form of communism called?

Tito's form of communism was labeled "Titoism" by Moscow, which encouraged purges against suspected "Titoites'" throughout the Eastern bloc.


What Church did Victoria consider herself aligned with?

He passed the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874, which removed Catholic rituals from the Anglican liturgy and which Victoria strongly supported.


Who said "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death."?

According to author Michael Carrithers, while there are good reasons to doubt the traditional account, "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death."


During which years did the execution of the Boston martyrs take place?

Another example of the persecution of heretics under Protestant rule was the execution of the Boston martyrs in 1659, 1660, and 1661.


In February 2015 over fifteen hundred extras were hired for the pre-title sequence set in Mexico, though they were duplicated in the film, giving the effect of around ten thousand extras.


There was a marked trend towards what type of approach to political issues?

Much academic debate regarded one or both of two pragmatic topics: how (or whether) to apply utilitarianism to problems of political policy, or how (or whether) to apply economic models (such as rational choice theory) to political issues.


How much money did preview showings generate in the US and Canada?

However, after grossing $5.25 million from its early Thursday night showings and $28 million on its opening day, weekend projections were increased to $75–80 million.


What is the linguistic categorization of *ćw and *dźw?

(This coincides with the state of affairs in the neighboring Nuristani languages.)


In what group of people do the Portuguese have their origin?

The most important demographic influence in the modern Portuguese seems to be the oldest one; current interpretation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA data suggests that the Portuguese have their origin in Paleolithic peoples that began arriving to the European continent around 45,000 years ago.


After the team moved to what city were the cannon left off the crest?

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


The internal migration shows a strong tendency from rural areas towards the big cities.


What is the name of the coach terminus in Melbourne?

The main passenger airport serving the metropolis and the state is Melbourne Airport (also called Tullamarine Airport), which is the second busiest in Australia, and


Which candidate went on to win the South Carolina primary?

Clark and Dean dropped out during this time, leaving Edwards as the only real threat to Kerry.


In 1855, Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens negotiated the Hellgate treaty between the United States Government and the Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and the Kootenai people of western Montana, which established boundaries for the tribal nations.


What is the most common climate across Tennessee?

The Gulf of Mexico is the dominant factor in the climate of Tennessee, with winds from the south being responsible for most of the state's annual precipitation.


How many Iraqi insurgents were killed from 2003-2011?

In response to the September 11 attacks, and as part of the Global War on Terror, U.S. and NATO forces invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, displacing the Taliban government.


What is the Latin for Avicenna's psychology parts in his Book of Healing?

Notably, Avicenna develops what is called the "flying man" argument in the Psychology of The Cure I.1.7 as defense of the argument that the soul is without quantitative extension, which has an affinity with Descartes's cogito argument (or what phenomenology designates as a form of an "epoche").


Crows will cooperate with small birds to drive away what predators?

Crows are frequently mobbed by smaller songbirds as they prey on eggs and young from these birds' nests, but these same crows will cooperate with smaller birds to drive away hawks or larger mammalian predators.


The most common zinc ore is sphalerite (zinc blende), a zinc sulfide mineral.


In what year did the Southern New England Telephone Company, formerly the District Telephone Company of New Haven, establish operations in the area?

The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization and a Fortune 1000 company, is headquartered in New Haven.


Who is the earliest king that is authenticated by actual physical evidence and not just legend?

(c. 26th century BC), whose name is also mentioned in the Gilgamesh epic—leading to the suggestion that Gilgamesh himself might have been a historical king of Uruk.


For every 100 females age 18 and over, how many males were there?

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males.


Why was the ability to play DVD-Video taken off of Windows Media Player?

As with prior versions, third-party DVD player software can still be used to enable DVD playback.


What year saw the founding of Kathmandu's fire department?

The fire service in the city is also overlooked by an international non-governmental organization, the Firefighters Volunteer Association of Nepal (FAN), which was established in 2000 with the purpose of raising public awareness about fire and improving safety.


Storms of this magnitude are generally the result of cold air damming that affects the city due to its proximity to the Appalachian Mountains.


What are the 2 titular names of God in the Jewish religion?

In the ancient Egyptian era of Atenism, possibly the earliest recorded monotheistic religion, this deity was called Aten, premised on being the one "true" Supreme Being and Creator of the Universe.


Did Thomas Newman compose the score after filming or during filming?

Mendes revealed that the final film would have more than one hundred minutes of music.


What is different about a true predator?

A true predator can commonly be known as one that kills and eats another living thing.


How many CPSU endorsement having candidates lost to independents?

In district races, run-off elections were held in 76 constituencies on April 2 and 9 and fresh elections were organized on April 20 and 14 to May 23, in the 199 remaining constituencies where the required absolute majority was not attained.


Along with Arabia and Ethiopia, what land has songs that sound similar to those of Somalia?

That is, they only use five pitches per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale, such as the major scale.


What is the only film to have a higher ticket sale in Paris than Spectre?

In Paris, it has the second highest ticket sales of all time with $4.1 million tickets sold only behind Spider-Man 3 which sold over $6.32 million tickets in 2007.


How many people lived in Lawton in 2010?


Is the Lagrange formalism or the Hamiltonian more convenient for non-conservative systems?

Usually, the Lagrange formalism is mathematically more convenient than the Hamiltonian for non-conservative systems (such as systems with friction).


One may become an autodidact at nearly any point in one's life.


What was the average number of people in a Plymouth household?

The city's average household size was 2.3 persons.


The ADB estimates that, at any one time, about 15% of the adult male population works abroad as seafarers.


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


What has the simplest known circadian clock?

The simplest known circadian clock is that of the prokaryotic cyanobacteria.


Until 1817, Edward's niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales, was the only legitimate grandchild of George III.


"It's Time for a Change", urging voters to elect a new government after more than a decade of unbroken Conservative rule.


Where is a 10-meter statue of Tito located?

Slovenia has several streets and squares named after Tito, notably Tito Square in Velenje, incorporating a 10-meter statue.


What is the name of another French Dominican friar during this time?

It is at the École Biblique that the famed Jerusalem Bible (both editions) was prepared.


What is the burial place of Fructuoso Rivera?

The cathedral is the burial place of Fructuoso Rivera, Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Venancio Flores.


On 23 October 1501, at Mielnik Polish–Lithuanian union was reformed at the Union of Mielnik (Polish: unia mielnicka, unia piotrkowsko-mielnicka).


How many children in Africa are working in the arigucultural sector?

Children in Africa today are often forced into exploitative labour due to family debt and other financial factors, leading to ongoing poverty.


In what buddhism is the goal a state of nirvana?

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


Why did English Freemasonry almost come to a halt in 1799?

In 1799, English Freemasonry almost came to a halt due to Parliamentary proclamation.


The competition is open to any eligible club down to Levels 10 of the English football league system - all 92 professional clubs in the Premier League and Football League (Levels 1 to 4), and several hundred "non-league" teams in Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System (Levels 5 to 10).


Later that year she became the first solo female artist to headline the main Pyramid stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival in over twenty years, and was named the highest-paid performer in the world per minute.


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

Household survey results suggest the percentage of households spending less than £20 per week on a per capita basis fell from 27% to 8% between 2000 and 2004, implying a decline in income poverty.


What was the maximum length of the CAA60 format?

The final variant of CAA is CAA70, which could accommodate 70 minutes of playback time per side.


What types of church were the Benedictines known for?

A part of their influence was that towns developed around them and they became centers of culture, learning and commerce.


What is the dining table laid with for state banquets?

State banquets also take place in the Ballroom; these formal dinners are held on the first evening of a state visit by a foreign head of state.


A person can get away from samsara by doing what?

In the Buddhist view, liberation from samsara is possible by following the Buddhist path.


There are show caves open to visitors in the Cheddar Gorge, as well as its locally produced cheese, although there is now only one remaining cheese maker in the village of Cheddar.


The majority of population groups at this time were still highly mobile hunter-gatherers; but now individual groups started to focus on resources available to them locally, thus with the passage of time there is a pattern of increasing regional generalization like, the Southwest, Arctic, Poverty, Dalton and Plano traditions.


From what ideals did Classical architecture emerge?

The architecture and urbanism of the Classical civilizations such as the Greek and the Roman evolved from civic ideals rather than religious or empirical ones and new building types emerged.


How many teams were relegated from the Premier League in 1995?

On 8 June 2006, FIFA requested that all major European leagues, including Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the 2007–08 season.


From then on Utrecht became one of the most influential seats of power for the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands.


The founder lineages were likely from what type of mtDNA pool?

In 2006, a study by Behar et al., based on what was at that time high-resolution analysis of haplogroup K (mtDNA), suggested that about 40% of the current Ashkenazi population is descended matrilineally from just four women, or "founder lineages", that were "likely from a Hebrew/Levantine mtDNA pool" originating in the Middle East in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.


The theorbo and what other Baroque instrument fell into disuse?

Classical musicians continued to use many of instruments from the Baroque era, such as the cello, contrabass, recorder, trombone, timpani, fortepiano and organ.


What are Airmen expected to be competent in for these Building Partnerships missions?

Building Partnerships is described as airmen interacting with international airmen and other relevant actors to develop, guide, and sustain relationships for mutual benefit and security.


What is the basic organizational unit of Freemasonry?

The Masonic Lodge is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry.


What kind of elephant did the Ptolemies use?

Seleucus received Indian war elephants from the Mauryan empire, and used them to good effect at the battle of Ipsus.


What are the grammatical moods of Czech verbs?

It is the form found in dictionaries and the form that follows auxiliary verbs (for example, můžu tě slyšet—"I can hear you").


Who were the next settlement of people on Norfolk Island descended from?

These were the descendants of Tahitians and the HMS Bounty mutineers, including those of Fletcher Christian.


Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930.


What river was the Mercian region south of?

In terms of geography the Northumbrian region lay north of the Humber River; the Mercian lay north of the Thames and South of the Humber River; West Saxon lay south and southwest of the Thames; and the smallest, Kentish region lay southeast of the Thames, a small corner of England.


The modern cognates of original words have been used whenever practical to give a close approximation of the feel of the original poem.


How is the Russian term for air defence abbreviated?

In Russian the AA systems are called zenitnye (i.e. "pointing to zenith")


Who was brought in to preach "positive thinking"?

The season started with Mack Newton being brought in to preach "positive thinking.


Current decisions by the NPCSC do not affect what?

This power is a legislative power and not a judicial one in that an interpretation by the NPCSC does not affect cases which have already been decided.