Where was the band Talking Heads based out of?

A variety of subsequent groups, including New York-based Talking Heads and Boston-based Mission of Burma, combined elements of punk with art school sensibilities.


Why are many BYU athletes older than other schools' players?

This has caused minor controversy, but is largely recognized as not lending the school any significant advantage, since players receive no athletic and little physical training during their missions.


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


Which Scottish theologian is first credited with using the phrase "rule of law"?

The concept, if not the phrase, was familiar to ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, who wrote "Law should govern".


In what year did The Times change its broadsheet format to a compact size?

The Times began printing headlines in a new font, Times Modern.


The first American to travel into space was whom?

Though he did not achieve orbit like Gagarin, he was the first person to exercise manual control over his spacecraft's attitude and retro-rocket firing.


How many years does a president have in office in St. Barts?

The island has a president (elected every five years), a unicameral Territorial Council of nineteen members who are elected by popular vote and serve for five-year terms, and an executive council of seven members.


What is the second principle of Protestantism?

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


WHat is the earliest surviving use of the clan name of the polish knights?

The documentation regarding Raciborz and Albert's tenure is the earliest surviving of the use of the clan name and cry defining the honorable status of Polish knights.


It is an agglutinative language; in other words, morphemes ("units of meaning") are added together to create words, unlike analytic languages where morphemes are purely added together to create sentences.


" Only the heads of households were identified by name in the federal census until 1850.


What organization sought to strip Washington University of its tax-exempt status in the 1940's?

The process of desegregation at Washington University began in 1947 with the School of Medicine and the School of Social Work.


What ended up not being supported in the GameCube version of Twilight Princess?

However, support for the Wii controller did not make it into the GameCube release.


What was the Western Electric System believed to do?

The intent of the new Western Electric system was to improve the overall quality of disc recording and playback.


The BOM, code point U+FEFF has the important property of unambiguity on byte reorder, regardless of the Unicode encoding used; U+FFFE (the result of byte-swapping U+FEFF) does not equate to a legal character, and U+FEFF in other places, other than the beginning of text, conveys the zero-width non-break space (a character with no appearance and no effect other than preventing the formation of ligatures).


Who copied Charles Todd's Monopoly board?

The misspelling was said to have been introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence Parker Brothers.


Hoe often do hurricanes hit North Carolina?

Only Florida and Louisiana are hit by hurricanes more often.


In what state is the Earth's outer core?

Uranium is the 51st element in order of abundance in the Earth's crust.


What was the title of Gertrude Stein's 1906-1908 book?

Picasso in turn was an important influence on Stein's writing.


At what time on Earth did Armstrong first step onto the Moon?

The first humans on the Moon would wait another six hours before they ventured out of their craft.


(Even if every matter particle could somehow be removed from a volume, it would be impossible to eliminate all the blackbody photons.)


Schwarzenegger became a millionaire by what age?

Following his move to the United States, Schwarzenegger became a "prolific goal setter" and would write his objectives at the start of the year on index cards, like starting a mail order business or buying a new car – and succeed in doing so.


What type of lifestyle was prevalent in Siberia until the European Age of Discovery?

Peoples that preserved paleolithic hunting-gathering until the recent past include some indigenous peoples of the Amazonas (Aché), some Central and Southern African (San people), some peoples of New Guinea (Fayu), the Mlabri of Thailand and Laos, the Vedda people of Sri Lanka, and a handful of uncontacted peoples.


Where did the Normans go off to instead of publishing the book?

Instead the Normans whirled off to New York.


What is are kind of nuclear force is not time-reversibile?

For example, certain processes in quantum mechanics, relating to the weak nuclear force, are not time-reversible, keeping in mind that when dealing with quantum mechanics time-reversibility comprises a more complex definition.


In what film did a parody of the "Win one for the Gipper" speech appear?

In the film Knute Rockne, All American, Knute Rockne (played by Pat O'Brien) delivers the famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech, at which point the background music swells with the "Notre Dame Victory March".


What was the first feature film to receive funding  from Eurimages?

The first was I Sphagi tou Kokora (1992), completed in 1996, Hellados (And the Trains Fly to the Sky, 1995), which is currently in post-production, and Costas Demetriou's O Dromos gia tin Ithaki (The Road to Ithaka, 1997) which premiered in March 2000.


The 33 1⁄3 rpm LP (for "long-play") format was developed by Columbia Records and marketed in June 1948.


Many of Namibia's inhabitants have to resort to "flying toilets", plastic bags to defecate which after use are flung into the bush.


By how much in percent has the population of Detroit declined since 1950?

Following suburbanization, industrial restructuring, and loss of jobs (as described above), by the 2010 census, the city had less than 40 percent of that number, with just over 700,000 residents.


What subjects did Ibn Sina mainly write about?

His writings were concerned with various subjects, most notably philosophy and medicine.


What percentage did the unemployment rate reach in December, 2009?

By early December 2009, the unemployment rate had reached 10.2% – a 23-year record high.


What year did The Times change its name from The Daily Universal Register?

The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967.


In comparison, the 2010 Census Redistricting Data indicated that the racial makeup of the city was 661,839 (43.4%)


Who was the pope who headed the Ecumencial Council of Trent in that year?

In the year 1563 the influential Ecumenical Council of Trent, headed by Pope Pius IV, wrote about the importance of selecting good Cardinals.


How is public notice given regarding a listing?

Public notice is given through legal notices in newspapers, and communicated to state and county agencies within the species' area.


Miami is also considered a "hot spot" for dance music, Freestyle, a style of dance music popular in the 80's and 90's heavily influenced by Electro, hip-hop, and disco.


In what century did Christian thought begin to be influenced by the scholasticism of Aristotle?

Christian theologians have held idealist views, often based on Neoplatonism, despite the influence of Aristotelian scholasticism from the 12th century onward.


What style of architecture did Gothic architecture evolve from?

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


The 360 earned 38 nominations and 12 wins from what organization in 2007?

The 2007 Game Critics Awards honored the platform with 38 nominations and 12 wins – more than any other platform.


The Total Force Policy was adopted by Chief of Staff of the Army General Creighton Abrams in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and involves treating the three components of the army – the Regular Army, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve as a single force.


On estimate how many megatonnes of pesticides were used between 2006 and 2007?

As of 2007, there were more than 1,055 active ingredients registered as pesticides, which yield over 20,000 pesticide products that are marketed in the United States.


What is another name for roche moutonnee?

They range in length from less than a meter to several hundred meters long.


Where did Northwestern University opened an additional campus at in 2008?

In 2008, the university opened a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar with programs in journalism and communication.


Unfortunately, requiring two characters to mark the end of a line introduces unnecessary complexity and questions as to how to interpret each character when encountered alone.


In what year did the Church of Cyprus organize a referendum?

In January 1950, the Church of Cyprus organised a referendum under the supervision of clerics and with no Turkish Cypriot participation, where 96% of the participating Greek Cypriots voted in favour of enosis, The Greeks were 80.2% of the total island' s population at the time (census 1946).


Where did the two authors work together as paleontologist?

The authors worked together as paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History, New York.


When did the United States Patent and Trademark Office grant Foster's patent?

Foster's application was granted on March 27, 1990.


Young musicians are educated in the conservatory, a department of the Utrecht School of the Arts.


What new military academy was formed in June 1914?

In June 1914 a new military academy, the Naval Aviation School (Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi) was founded.


What is the condition that happens in winter in Namibia?

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


What was the fertility rate of women in 2012?

In 2007, the HIV infection rates stood at 2% of the population aged 15–49


In what year did apple release the special U2 model of the iPod?

In 2006 Apple presented a special edition for iPod 5G of Irish rock band U2.


The Duke and Duchess of York had two children: Elizabeth (called "Lilibet" by the family), and Margaret.


The water pump supplied water pressure to a plunger located where?

A water pump supplied a variable level of water pressure to a plunger encased inside a vertical cylinder, allowing the level of the platform (carrying a heavy load) to be raised and lowered.


Which BYU building is one of the most attended art museus in the Mountain West?

The campus is home to several museums containing exhibits from many different fields of study.


In the United States Civil War the city was spared from any significant battle, only falling in the closing days of the war, though it did not escape the economic hardships that plagued the rest of the American South during the Reconstruction Era.


How many modern Portugese words have Arabic origins?

Today, there are approximately 800 words in the Portuguese language of Arabic origin.


Space Center Houston is the official visitors' center of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.


Iran lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. Its borders are with Azerbaijan (611 km or 380 mi, with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave, 179 km or 111 mi) and Armenia (35 km or 22 mi) to the north-west; the Caspian Sea to the north; Turkmenistan (992 km or 616 mi) to the north-east; Pakistan (909 km or 565 mi) and Afghanistan (936 km or 582 mi) to the east; Turkey (499 km or 310 mi) and Iraq (1,458 km or 906 mi) to the west; and finally the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the south.


In 1200, what area did the houses of Savoy, Zahringer, Habsburg, and Kyburg comprise?

By 1200, the Swiss plateau comprised the dominions of the houses of Savoy, Zähringer, Habsburg, and Kyburg.


Besides salt what other major natural resources does Mali produce?

Some of Mali's prominent natural resources include gold, being the third largest producer of gold in the African continent, and salt.


The range stretches from the Mediterranean Sea north above the Po basin, extending through France from Grenoble, eastward through mid and southern Switzerland.


Who hosted the party whre Chopin met George Sand?

In 1836, at a party hosted by Marie d'Agoult, Chopin met the French author George Sand (born [Amantine] Aurore [Lucile] Dupin).


What two centres of Mamluk power was the country located?

The country was located between the two centres of Mamluk power, Cairo and Damascus, and only saw some development along the postal road connecting the two cities.


What happened to many of the larger suburban mansions from the boom era?

Height limits in the Melbourne CBD were lifted in 1958, after the construction of ICI House, transforming the city's skyline with the introduction of skyscrapers.


What the did Accurate News and Information Bill hope to accomplish?

The third, the Accurate News and Information Bill, purported to force newspapers to print government rebuttals to stories to which the provincial cabinet objected.


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

As of iOS 5, separate apps named "Music" and "Videos" are standardized across all iOS-powered products.


After the Counter-Reformation, when the Roman Catholic Church regained power in Poland, the nobility became almost exclusively Catholic, despite the fact that Roman Catholicism was not the majority religion in Commonwealth (the Catholic and Orthodox churches each accounted for some 40% of all citizens population, with the remaining 20% being Jews or members of Protestant denominations).


Some airfield runways were painted green during what war?

Measures such as camouflaging important buildings were common in the Second World War.


Who do the mosaics at the the basilica of San Lorenzo depict as being abducted?

In the St Aquilinus Chapel of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, mosaics executed in the late 4th and early 5th centuries depict Christ with the Apostles and the Abduction of Elijah; these mosaics are outstanding for their bright colors, naturalism and adherence to the classical canons of order and proportion.


Who's responsibility was it to edit the standard for Layer I?

Much of its technology and ideas were incorporated into the definition of ISO MPEG Audio Layer I and Layer II and the filter bank alone into Layer III (MP3) format as part of the computationally inefficient hybrid filter bank.


Which South American country 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.


Many Seattle radio stations are also available through Internet radio, with KEXP in particular being a pioneer of Internet radio.


Aborigines were not allowed to vote and were often confined to reserves and forced into low paid or effectively slave labour.


As the Jurchens had traditionally "elected" their leader through a council of nobles, the Qing state did not have in place a clear succession system until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor.


The Dutch Water Line, moved east of the city in the early 19th century required open lines of fire, thus prohibiting all permanent constructions until the middle of the 20th century on the east side of the city.


What processed meat, featured in WEEI-FM's ad slogan, rhymes with Joni?

Termed "the acoustic equivalent to Prozac", soft adult contemporary, a more adult-oriented version of AC, was born in the late 1970s and grew in the early 1980s.


The difficult question is whether federal judicial power extends to formulating binding precedent through strict adherence to the rule of stare decisis.


What international exercises does the RCN partake in?

The RCN participates in NATO exercises and operations, and ships are deployed all over the world in support of multinational deployments.


Greek Science was advanced by the works of the mathematician Euclid and the polymath Archimedes.


What unit was used in the DIN to express speeds?

This revision also saw significant changes in the definition of film speeds in order to accommodate then-recent changes in the American ASA PH2.5-1960 standard, so that film speeds of black-and-white negative film effectively would become doubled, that is, a film previously marked as "18° DIN" would now be labeled as "21 DIN" without emulsion changes.


Who was the author of the book, The Yong Mans Gleanings?

The first known use of the word "computer" was in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by English writer Richard Braithwait: "I haue read the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number.


What is the mean yearly temperature in Hyderabad in Celsius?

The coolest temperatures occur in December and January, when the lowest temperature occasionally dips to 10 °C (50 °F).


Which production company engineered the EditDroid machines in the 1980s?

Only 24 EditDroid systems were ever built, even though the ideas and technology are still in use today.


What was under development in both the Soviet Union and Britain in the 1930s?

During the 1930s solid fuel rockets were under development in the Soviet Union and Britain.


Where was the torch event held in Vietnam?

following reports that the Chinese government had established a county-level city named Sansha in the disputed territories, resulting in anti-Chinese demonstrations in December 2007 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.


In 1990, when King Baudouin advised his cabinet he could not, in conscience, sign a bill decriminalising abortion (a refusal patently not covered by a responsible minister), the Council of Ministers, at the King's own request, declared Baudouin incapable of exercising his powers.


As of 2013, how many people worked for a securities business in New York?

The city's securities industry, enumerating 163,400 jobs in August 2013, continues to form the largest segment of the city's financial sector and an important economic engine, accounting in 2012 for 5 percent of the city's private sector jobs, 8.5 percent (US$3.8 billion) of its tax revenue, and 22 percent of the city's total wages, including an average salary of US$360,700.


What kind of building materials do they use?

Most hunter-gatherers are nomadic or semi-nomadic and live in temporary settlements.


Along with hospitals, medical centers and biotechnology industries, what is notably present in the Civic Center?

Downtown Miami is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies.


What was the main reason Sanjaya garnered such attention?

Teenager Sanjaya Malakar was the season's most talked-about contestant for his unusual hairdo, and for managing to survive elimination for many weeks due in part to the weblog Vote for the Worst and satellite radio personality Howard Stern, who both encouraged fans to vote for him.


Who came in fourth in the 2013 Open World Taekwondo Challenge Cup?

In the martial arts, Faisal Jeylani Aweys and Mohamed Deq Abdulle also took home a silver medal and fourth place, respectively, at the 2013 Open World Taekwondo Challenge Cup in Tongeren.


What part of the freeway system is Beltway 8?

Beltway 8 and its freeway core, the Sam Houston Tollway, form the middle loop at a diameter of roughly 23 miles (37 km).


What kinds of fish are abundent in the British Isles?

Many larger animals, such as wolf, bear and the European elk are today extinct.


What scheduled bearer of the torch boycotted?

A coalition of Thai human rights groups announced that it would organise a "small demonstration" during the relay, and several hundred people did indeed take part in protests, facing Beijing supporters.


Who helped write the song "No Boundaries"?

Both Allen and Lambert released the coronation song, "No Boundaries" which was co-written by DioGuardi.


What meeting did Napoleon and Czar Alexander participate in in 1808?

In 1808, Napoleon and Czar Alexander met at the Congress of Erfurt to preserve the Russo-French alliance.


Where did Queen receive the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors?

Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 25 May 2006.


Which ideas do scientist lean towards causing sexual orientation?

They favor biologically-based theories, which point to genetic factors, the early uterine environment, both, or the inclusion of genetic and social factors.


In which region of the state did culture develop?

Between AD 300 and 1300 in the northern part of the state along the wide, fertile valley on the San Miguel River the Casas Grandes (Big Houses) culture developed into an advanced civilization.


The Medieval period begins with the fall of what city?

The Medieval period includes music from after the fall of Rome to about 1400.


What subject did Kanye's mother teach at her university?

His parents divorced when he was three and he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois.


A straightforward method of counteracting the UHI effect is to paint buildings and roads white and plant trees.


How much of the Bronx is white (including Hispanic) as of 2009?

320,640 whites called the Bronx home, of which 168,570 were non-Hispanic whites.


What became more common during the Baroque era?

During the Baroque era, keyboard music played on the harpsichord and pipe organ became increasingly popular, and the violin family of stringed instruments took the form generally seen today.


How far was the relay route in kilometers in the Middle East?

Sultanate of Oman: Muscat was the torch's only stop in the Middle East, on April 14.


What type of law handled IP rights before 1994 in TRIP signatories?

In the context of trademarks, this expansion has been driven by international efforts to harmonise the definition of "trademark", as exemplified by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ratified in 1994, which formalized regulations for IP rights that had been handled by common law, or not at all, in member states.


What is the population growth rate of Somerset county

Population growth is higher than the national average, with a 6.4% increase, in the Somerset County Council area, since 1991, and a 17% increase since 1981.


What did Victoria believe that an official proclamation transferring control from the company to the monarchy would do?

She wrote of "her feelings of horror and regret at the result of this bloody civil war", and insisted, urged on by Albert, that an official proclamation announcing the transfer of power from the company to the state "should breathe feelings of generosity, benevolence and religious toleration".


What is the average day temperature on the coast in June and September?

The middle of summer is hot – in July and August on the coast the average temperature is usually around 33 °C (91 °F) during the day and around 22 °C (72 °F) at night (inland, in the highlands average temperature exceeds 35 °C (95 °F)) while in the June and September on the coast the average temperature is usually around 30 °C (86 °F) during the day and around 20 °C (68 °F) at night in Limassol, while is usually around 28 °C (82 °F) during the day and around 18 °C (64 °F) at night in Paphos.


What major nationalist movement has Nigeria had?

Nationalism has also led to active secessionist movements such as MASSOB, Nationalist movements such as Oodua Peoples Congress, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and a civil war.


The hierarchical position of treaties relative to domestic legislation in Brazil determines whether the latter can do what to the former and vice versa?

The hierarchical position of treaties in relation to domestic legislation is of relevance to the discussion on whether (and how) the latter can abrogate the former and vice versa.


On 5 February 1987, the Minister of National Defence created an office to study the impact of employing men and women in combat units.


What did the United States place on Japans war efforts?

With the occupation of French Indochina in the years of 1940–41, and with the continuing war in China, the United States placed embargoes on Japan of strategic materials such as scrap metal and oil, which were vitally needed for the war effort.


Great Marlow Buckinghamshire 1742) an inventor, manufacturer and merchant of London.


Submarines and naval aircraft damaged what primarily?

Hitler correctly noted that the greatest damage to the British war economy had been done through submarines and air attacks by small numbers of Focke-Wulf Fw 200 naval aircraft.


The time span that is counted as the classical for the Greeks is from eras ?

The classical period of Greek civilization covers a time spanning from the early 5th century BC to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC (some authors prefer to split this period into 'Classical', from the end of the Persian wars to the end of the Peloponnesian War, and 'Fourth Century', up to the death of Alexander).


With whom did Tito sign an agreement on September 28 1944?

On 12 September 1944, King Peter II called on all Yugoslavs to come together under Tito's leadership and stated that those who did not were "traitors", by which time Tito was recognized by all Allied authorities (including the government-in-exile) as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, in addition to commander-in-chief of the Yugoslav forces.


What publications are put out by the UCC?

Today, the shouts of the vendors selling the Echo can still be heard in various parts of the city centre.


Rotation matrix groups are utilized in computer graphics with what concept?

Via Euler angles, rotation matrices are used in computer graphics.


Nowadays, only the short title and what else are read?

Promulgation originally consisted of the reading of the Act in English and Manx; but, after 1865 the reading of the title of the act and a summary of each section were sufficient.


It was complemented by a program called "Grand Challenges Explorations" (2011 to 2013 with some follow-up grants reaching until 2015) which involved grants of US$100,000 each in the first round.


It was first used for the State Opening of Parliament by George III in 1762 and has been used by the monarch for every coronation since George IV.


Who was nominated for President during the 1964 Democratic National Convention?

The city hosted the 1964 Democratic National Convention which nominated Lyndon Johnson for President and Hubert Humphrey as Vice President.


What was the abbey's annual income as of 2016?

In 1535, the abbey's annual income of £2400–2800[citation needed]


How many colleges make up BYU at its main campus?

The university also administers two satellite campuses, one in Jerusalem and one in Salt Lake City, while its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsors sister schools in Hawaii and Idaho.


With which organization did Li file a civil rights complaint?

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


Ethnic minorities such as Azerbaijanis make up what percentage of Iran's population?

As with the spoken languages, the ethnic group composition also remains a point of debate, mainly regarding the largest and second largest ethnic groups, the Persians and Azerbaijanis, due to the lack of Iranian state censuses based on ethnicity.


The actress Maria Nafpliotou, in the role of a High Priestess, ignited the torch of the first torchbearer, a silver medalist of the 2004 Summer Olympics in taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece, who handed the flame over to the second torchbearer, Olympic champion in women's breaststroke Luo Xuejuan from China.


In what year were the prince electors elect them selves as King?

Because the duchy was outside of the core Holy Roman Empire, the prince-electors of Brandenburg were able to proclaim themselves King of Prussia beginning in 1701.


How much of DEI's energy output is from natural gas?

Energy production in Greece is dominated by the Public Power Corporation (known mostly by its acronym ΔΕΗ, or in English DEI).


What foundation had already begun relief work in the area?

The Amity Foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked US$143,000 for disaster relief.


What did the 19th century produce in Catalan literature?

In parallel, however, the 19th century saw a Catalan literary revival (Renaixença), which has continued up to the present day.


In 1986, Michael Dell brought in Lee Walker, a 51-year-old venture capitalist, as president and chief operating officer, to serve as Michael's mentor and implement Michael's ideas for growing the company.


In 198 BC, during the Second Macedonian War Philip was decisively defeated at Cynoscephalae by the Roman proconsul Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Macedon lost all its territories in Greece proper.


Where was Moura Photovoltaic Power Station located?

In 2006, the world's largest solar power plant at that date, the Moura Photovoltaic Power Station, began operating near Moura, in the south, while the world's first commercial wave power farm, the Aguçadoura Wave Farm, opened in the Norte region (2008).


What type of religious educaton did Tito attend as a child?

After an incident where he was slapped and shouted at by a priest when he had difficulty assisting the priest to remove his vestments, Tito would not enter a church again.


When Eisenhower remarked that Yugoslavia's neutralism was "neutral on his side", Tito replied that neutralism did not imply passivity but meant "not taking sides".


Boston police and local groups make an effort toprevent youth from doing what?

Like many major American cities, Boston has seen a great reduction in violent crime since the early 1990s.


Migrating birds can lose their way and appear outside their normal ranges.


What is a major implication of the Erie doctrine?

When hearing claims under state law pursuant to diversity jurisdiction, federal trial courts must apply the statutory and decisional law of the state in which they sit, as if they were a court of that state, even if they believe that the relevant state law is irrational or just bad public policy.


Which short narrative poem was attributed to Virgil as early as the 1st century AD?

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


What conditions effect the mixture of carbonate and sulfate in copper?

It can be a mixture of carbonate and sulfate compounds in various amounts, depending upon environmental conditions such as sulfur-containing acid rain.


Part of the Russian resistance was credited[by whom?]


Which tribe named the settlement as kaw-goosh-kaw-nick?

On 25 May 1824, the town plat was registered with Wayne County as "Annarbour;" this represents the earliest known use of the town's name.


How many MRAP vehicles has the Pentagon bought since 2007?

The Pentagon bought 25,000 MRAP vehicles since 2007 in 25 variants through rapid acquisition with no long-term plans for the platforms.


What version of firmware update gave the PlayStation 3 its 3D capability?

Firmware update 3.30 officially allowed PS3 titles to be played in 3D, requiring a compatible display for use.


What kind of passive construction does Czech have?

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


Who hit a three run walk off homer off of closer Tom "Flash" Gordon?

That run died when Preston Wilson hit a three run walk off homer off of closer Tom "Flash" Gordon, which halted the team's momentum.


What is the death rate among chickens who are intensivley breed to be broilers?

Chickens raised intensively for their meat are known as "broilers".


How did Gaddafi manage to attend elementary school so far from home?

During the week Gaddafi slept in a mosque, and at weekends walked 20 miles to visit his parents.


Which wards elect city council members in the alternate year from the mayor?

Both the council members and the mayor serve four-year terms; none face term limits.


How was Seattle ranked on literacy in 2005-2006?

A 2008 United States Census Bureau survey showed that Seattle had the highest percentage of college and university graduates of any major U.S. city.


Between 1923 and 1924 Hayek worked as a research assistant to Prof. Jeremiah Jenks of New York University, compiling macroeconomic data on the American economy and the operations of the US Federal Reserve.


Along with slangs, patois and pidgins, what is another type of smiilar speech variety?

Where a distinction can be made only in terms of pronunciation (including prosody, or just prosody itself), the term accent may be preferred over dialect.


For how many years did the Warsaw Pact formally exist?

On 1 July 1991, in Prague, the Czechoslovak President Václav Havel formally ended the 1955 Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR.


What epic poems are written in post-Vedic Sanskrit?

A significant form of post-Vedic Sanskrit is found in the Sanskrit of Indian epic poetry—the Ramayana and Mahabharata.


What is the name of the prayer that is listed in the Qua-ran  is used to enact a safeguard on kids from the  the devil ?

should therefore not be taken in isolation from the Quran, and is to be interpreted within the specific context of exonerating Mary and her child from the charges that were made against them and is not a general statement.


Are squabs treated differently from other piegons by humans aside from consumption?

When they hatch, the squabs are fed by both parents on "pigeon's milk", a thick secretion high in protein produced by the crop.


What is the initial phantom body pain sensation experienced by people with spinal cord damage?

Paraplegia, the loss of sensation and voluntary motor control after serious spinal cord damage, may be accompanied by girdle pain at the level of the spinal cord damage, visceral pain evoked by a filling bladder or bowel, or, in five to ten per cent of paraplegics, phantom body pain in areas of complete sensory loss.


Secondary education in the United States did not emerge until 1910, with the rise of large corporations and advancing technology in factories, which required skilled workers.


In which year did England win the FIFA World Cup for the first and only time?

The England team won their first and only World Cup title in 1966.


Stringed instruments during the Renaissance included the viol, the lyre, the cittern, the lute and what other instrument?

Percussion instruments include the triangle, the Jew's harp, the tambourine, the bells, the rumble-pot, and various kinds of drums.


What happened with people with Shigella were treated with anti-diarrheal medication?

They cite in support of this argument research published in 1973 that found that treating Shigella with the anti-diarrhea drug (Co-phenotrope, Lomotil) caused people to stay feverish twice as long as those not so treated.


What exists between the alleged color-blindness of most whites and the persistence of a system of inequality?

There are contradictions between the alleged color-blindness of most whites and the persistence of a color-coded system of inequality.


What is the depth of the Niger Delta Nembe Creek Oil field?

The Niger Delta Nembe Creek Oil field was discovered in 1973 and produces from middle Miocene deltaic sandstone-shale in an anticline structural trap at a depth of 2–4 km.


Prior to Mendel's work, the dominant theory of heredity was one of blending inheritance, which suggested that each parent contributed fluids to the fertilisation process and that the traits of the parents blended and mixed to produce the offspring.


How many years is the deal with Legendary Pictures intended to run?

In July 2013, Universal made an agreement with Legendary Pictures to market, co-finance, and distribute Legendary's films for five years starting in 2014, the year that Legendary's similar agreement with Warner Bros. expires.


Plato's philosophy attempted to explain life from what standpoint?

Aristotle of Stagira, the most important disciple of Plato, shared with his teacher the title of the greatest philosopher of antiquity.


Which structure was the first used for the purposes of the college?

They immediately acquired two students and set about building additions to the campus.


When did aircraft carriers begin being know as the capital ship of the fleet?

This change took place during World War II in response to air power becoming a significant factor in warfare, driven by the superior range, flexibility and effectiveness of carrier-launched aircraft.


What are the other modern and hunting types of dogs called?

These include the "old world dogs" (e.g., Malamute and Shar Pei), "Mastiff"-type (e.g., English Mastiff), "herding"-type (e.g., Border Collie), and "all others" (also called "modern"- or "hunting"-type).


The counterweight is located in the hoist-way and rides a separate railway system; as the car goes up, the counterweight goes down, and vice versa.


What type of topic is physical pain important in relation to many issues?

Physical pain is an important political topic in relation to various issues, including pain management policy, drug control, animal rights or animal welfare, torture, and pain compliance.


Due to the replanting of trees the center of the city is called what?

The New Haven Green is currently home to three separate historic churches which speak to the original theocratic nature of the city.


What legal case sought to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to regular greenhouse gases?

The city government was a petitioner in the landmark Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency Supreme Court case forcing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants.


Whose conceptions of separation have long been argued over?

Jefferson and James Madison's conceptions of separation have long been debated.


If a species may be harmed, who holds final say on whether the project may proceed?

The question to be answered is whether a listed species will be harmed by the action and, if so, how the harm can be minimized.


What is the name of the most inexpensive Mac offered?

By contrast the MSRP of the MacBook laptop lines have dropped through successive generations such that the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro constitute the lowest price of entry to a Mac, with the exception of the even more inexpensive Mac Mini (the only sub-$1000 offering from Apple, albeit without a monitor and keyboard), not surprisingly the MacBooks are the top-selling form factors of the Macintosh platform today.


What was the Ottoman Empire's struggle against in the Crimean War?

The result was the Crimean War, 1853–1856, in which the British Empire and the French Empire supported the Ottoman Empire in its struggle against the incursions of the Russian Empire.


A memorial service for the nine victims was held on which college's campus?

Senior pastor Clementa Pinckney, who also served as a state senator, was among those killed during the attack.


The first collected edition was by Breitkopf & Härtel (1878–1902).


Which port is Australia's largest container and general cargo port?

Ship transport is an important component of Melbourne's transport system.


At what age did Von Neumann begin to study advance calculus?

Although Max insisted von Neumann attend school at the grade level appropriate to his age, he agreed to hire private tutors to give him advanced instruction in those areas in which he had displayed an aptitude.


How many millions of dollars did ''The Pink Panther'' gross world-wide?

At the same time, B'Day was re-released with five additional songs, including her duet with Shakira "Beautiful Liar".


What is the largest opposition party in the Scottish Parliament?

Labour runs a minority government in the Welsh Assembly under Carwyn Jones, is the largest opposition party in the Scottish Parliament and has twenty MEPs in the European Parliament, sitting in the Socialists and Democrats Group.


Where were the Jews confined prior to being transported to Auschwitz?


Along with manors, where did peasants in the High Middle Ages often live?

Many were no longer settled in isolated farms but had gathered into small communities, usually known as manors or villages.


Due to the presence of coral reefs, what activities are popular in Biscayne Bay?

Biscayne Bay has numerous coral reefs which make snorkeling and scuba diving popular.


What is the ECOS within the Swazi education system?

The Examination Council of Swaziland (ECOS) administers this examination.


what was the 1989 hit theme released by KMS?

In 1988, as house music became more popular among general audiences, Kevin Saunderson's group Inner City with Paris Gray released the 1988 hits "Big Fun" and "Good Life", which eventually were picked up by Virgin Records.


Who provided the majority of funds for his concert tour in London?

This tour was suggested to him by his Scottish pupil Jane Stirling and her elder sister.


What happened after they decided agasint shifting?

The committee debated the possibility of a shift function (like in ITA2), which would allow more than 64 codes to be represented by a six-bit code.


Aside from biofuels what other renewable energy activities is Shell involved with?

Shell was vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading.


What civilian group in Greece fought against Nazi occupation?

Greece was eventually occupied by the Nazis who proceeded to administer Athens and Thessaloniki, while other regions of the country were given to Nazi Germany's partners, Fascist Italy and Bulgaria.


Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.


How many blocks west of Second Avenue does E 122nd Street run?

This segment runs in East Harlem and crosses portions of Third Avenue, Lexington, and Park


What did Isaac Asimov consider heresy as?

He acknowledged by examples that heresy has repeatedly become orthodoxy.


IBM has worked with architects and designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, I.M. Pei, and Van der Rohe, name one  more.

The company's contributions to architecture and design, which include works by Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and I.M. Pei, have been recognized.


IBM expanded their nondiscrimination policy in 1984 to include what?

In 1984, IBM added sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy.


The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, currently headed by Colonel General Seyran Ohanyan, while military command remains in the hands of the General Staff, headed by the Chief of Staff, who is currently Colonel General Yuri Khatchaturov.


Anthropologist Stewart Guthrie contends that people project human features onto non-human aspects of the world because it makes those aspects more familiar.


How many ancient canons exist in the Eastern Church?

The Apostolic Canons or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty-five in the Eastern, fifty in the Western Church) concerning the government and discipline of the Early Christian Church, incorporated with the Apostolic Constitutions which are part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers


The type of videographic recording medium used and the image's characteristics determine what?

The optimum format for a broadcast depends upon the type of videographic recording medium used and the image's characteristics.


What dictates that a receipt for expenditures of all public money must be published?

The sums of money reported in the "Statements" are currently being expressed in U.S. dollars (for example, see the 2009 Financial Report of the United States Government).


(pinyin: jīdū tú), literally "Christ follower.


What year did the Union Castle shipping line slowly start to reduce their service calls to the island?

Curnow Shipping, based in Avonmouth, replaced the Union-Castle Line mailship service in 1977, using the RMS (Royal Mail Ship)


Which non-profit non-governmental organization is located in Ann Arbor?

The city is also home to National Sanitation Foundation International (NSF International), the nonprofit non-governmental organization that develops generally accepted standards for a variety of public health related industries and subject areas.


What is the point of near field communications?

New features and functionality in Windows 8 include a faster startup through UEFI integration and the new "Hybrid Boot" mode (which hibernates the Windows kernel on shutdown to speed up the subsequent boot), a new lock screen with a clock and notifications, and the ability for enterprise users to create live USB versions of Windows (known as Windows To Go).


What did changing the status of the abbey create?

Henry VIII assumed direct royal control in 1539 and granted the abbey the status of a cathedral by charter in 1540, simultaneously issuing letters patent establishing the Diocese of Westminster.


What do lice require human clothing to do?

Scientists are still debating when people started wearing clothes.


Along with the 88, what other AAA battalion gun made a good anti-tank weapon?

Also available to the Americans at the start of the war was the 120 mm M1 gun stratosphere gun, which was the most powerful AA gun with an impressive 60,000 ft (18 km) altitude capability.


What was the movement called also known as execution of laws?

One of the most famous members of this movement was Jan Zamoyski.


In what nation's pubs is food often served?

The latter tend to provide alcohol (and, in the UK, soft drinks and often food), but less commonly accommodation.


What do the Italian Swiss call Switzerland?

Straddling the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh.


What priesthood rules do Protestant churches reject?

Protestant churches reject the idea of a celibate priesthood and thus allow their clergy to marry.


What do the katharos vase and vine refer to?

Peacocks are symbols of paradise and resurrection; shown eating or drinking from the vase they indicate the route to eternal life.


What year did oil price spikes in Iran lead to inflation?

Due to the 1973 spike in oil prices, the economy of Iran was flooded with foreign currency, which caused inflation.


The United Nations Organization and UNICEF felt the relay could be used as what?

The United Nations Organization and its children's agency UNICEF withdrew their staff, saying that it wasn't sure the event would help its mission of raising awareness of conditions for children and amid concerns that the relay would be used as a propaganda stunt.


According to Hayek, what is necessary for the implementation of a socialist economy?

In Hayek's view, the central role of the state should be to maintain the rule of law, with as little arbitrary intervention as possible.


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

The second Allstar game was in Oct. 2013, with two games, the first in Honolulu, Hawai'i, the second being in Beijing, China.


What was the name of the company that held the patents from Edison's research?

During 1889, Thomas Edison had business interests in many electricity-related companies: Edison Lamp Company, a lamp manufacturer in East Newark, New Jersey; Edison Machine Works, a manufacturer of dynamos and large electric motors in Schenectady, New York; Bergmann & Company, a manufacturer of electric lighting fixtures, sockets, and other electric lighting devices; and Edison Electric Light Company, the patent-holding company and the financial arm backed by J.P. Morgan and the Vanderbilt family for Edison's lighting experiments.


When did many of the ideas associated with the term "race" arise?

The European concept of "race", along with many of the ideas now associated with the term, arose at the time of the scientific revolution, which introduced and privileged the study of natural kinds, and the age of European imperialism and colonization which established political relations between Europeans and peoples with distinct cultural and political traditions.


What library was Pres. Bateman responsible for expanding?

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


Madonna brought which type of music to mainstream with Ray of Light?

In True Blue, she incorporated classical music in order to engage an older audience who had been skeptical of her music.


During which dynasty was the term Xizang first used?

Tibetan people, language, and culture, regardless of where they are from, are referred to as Zang (Chinese: 藏; pinyin: Zàng) although the geographical term Xīzàng is often limited to the Tibet Autonomous Region.


Wat was the purpose of the Patriarch when they were sent north?

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


What year did the Neuropsychopharmacology journal publist a study about the effect on the brain of beers flavor?

Test results indicated that the flavour of the beer triggered a dopamine release, even though alcohol content in the spray was insufficient for the purpose of becoming intoxicated.


Who is the only reigning Monarch to have visited the island?

King George VI is the only reigning monarch to have visited the island.


Paganism was forbidden by what Roman Emperor?


What is the capacity of long term memory?

The storage in sensory memory and short-term memory generally has a strictly limited capacity and duration, which means that information is not retained indefinitely.


Several documentaries have been produced looking at professional wrestling, most notably, Beyond the Mat directed by Barry W. Blaustein, and Wrestling with Shadows featuring wrestler Bret Hart and directed by Paul Jay.


What should MPI characterization of a person be combined with for deriving the most useful case descriptions?

The Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) is a questionnaire designed to assess the psychosocial state of a person with chronic pain.


Who opened some of the first department stores in the Philippines?

Some of the earliest department stores in the Philippines were located in Manila as early as 1898 with the opening of the American Bazaar, which was later named Beck's.


What king united the tribes in the 9th century?

The migration-period peoples who later coalesced into a "German" ethnicity were the Germanic tribes of the Saxons, Franci, Thuringii, Alamanni and Bavarii.


Which Chinese admiral was related to the development of Islam in Indonesia & Malaya?

Indonesian religious leader and Islamic scholar Hamka (1908–1981) wrote in 1961: "The development of Islam in Indonesia and Malaya is intimately related to a Chinese Muslim, Admiral Zheng He."


Why did P. Christiaan Klieger believe that the Ming court supported high Tibetan lamas?

Sperling states that the delicate relationship between the Ming and Tibet was "the last time a united China had to deal with an independent Tibet," that there was a potential for armed conflict at their borders, and that the ultimate goal of Ming foreign policy with Tibet was not subjugation but "avoidance of any kind of Tibetan threat."


What are the most visible predators of insects?

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


In 2012, Miami was classified as an Alpha−World City in the World Cities Study Group's inventory.


One exception that is not high speed high rise and large capacity is what?

But it can also be some form of disc type like 1 or more calipers over a disc in one end of the motor shaft or drive sheave which is used in high speed, high rise and large capacity elevators with machine rooms(an exception is the Kone MonoSpace's EcoDisc which is not high speed, high rise and large capacity and is machine room less


Lester Brown states that the market does not incorporate what?

Lester Brown states that the market "does not incorporate the indirect costs of providing goods or services into prices, it does not value nature's services adequately, and it does not respect the sustainable-yield thresholds of natural systems".


Who was a notable chief of the Miami police?

Miami's chief of police, H. Leslie Quigg, did not hide the fact that he, like many other white Miami police officers, was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.


What is the estimated number of mobile subscribers in Somalia in 2015?

According to the Somali Economic Forum, the number of internet users in Somalia rose from only 200 in the year 2000 to 106,000 users in 2011, with the percentage continuing to rise.


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

As of August 2015, Jehovah's Witnesses report an average of 8.2 million publishers—the term they use for members actively involved in preaching—in 118,016 congregations.


Which company is responsible for the HD version of Twilight Princess?

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, is being developed by Tantalus Media for the Wii U. Officially announced during a Nintendo Direct presentation on November 12, 2015, it features enhanced graphics and Amiibo functionality.


New Delhi has a literacy rate of 89.38% according to 2011 census, which is highest in Delhi.


What is the title of Airbourne's debut lp?

Fellow Australians Airbourne's début album Runnin' Wild (2007) followed in the hard riffing tradition of AC/DC.


Where are the majority of the U.S.'s crimes prosecuted?

The majority of the crimes committed in the United States are prosecuted and punished at the state level.


The London Natural History Society has document how many species of butterfly?

The London Natural History Society suggest that London is "one of the World's Greenest Cities" with more than 40 percent green space or open water.


AME Zion Churches were first established in what part of America?

Historian Eric Foner noted that blacks were glad to be relieved of the many regulations of slavery and to operate outside of white surveillance.


Where would one find a collection of historical medical equipment?

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


What plumbing component was once made out of elm?

Elm in particular was used for this purpose as it resisted decay as long as it was kept wet (it also served for water pipe before the advent of more modern plumbing).


What was the profession of George Marshall?

In its early years Universal released three brands of feature films — Red Feather, low-budget programmers; Bluebird, more ambitious productions; and Jewel, their prestige motion pictures.


What was Menander I refered to by in Buddhist texts?

In about 155 (or 165) BC he seems to have been succeeded by the most successful of the Indo-Greek kings, Menander I. Menander converted to Buddhism, and seems to have been a great patron of the religion; he is remembered in some Buddhist texts as 'Milinda'.


Which lobes of the lungs are more often affected by TB?

Tuberculosis may become a chronic illness and cause extensive scarring in the upper lobes of the lungs.


What type of degree was given out at a English university?

English, French and German universities usually awarded bachelor's degrees, with the exception of degrees in theology, for which the doctorate was more common.


What is another benefit of measuring sexuality on two scaless verses just the Kinsey scale?

When they are measured independently, the degree of heterosexual and homosexual can be independently determined, rather than the balance between heterosexual and homosexual as determined using the Kinsey Scale.


The Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation, but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24 km torch route in Taiwan.


What type of musicians were artists such as Diana Ross, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King and Janis Ian?

Easy Listening radio also began including songs by artists who had begun in other genres, such as rock and roll or R&B.


Who was an ancestor of the First Families of Virginia?

As a result, English laws did not exclude people with some Indigenous American ancestry from being considered English or white.


Regulations were proposed by Obama in January 2010 to limit the ability of banks to engage in which type trading?

In January 2010, Obama proposed additional regulations limiting the ability of banks to engage in proprietary trading.


When was Gelug was given the right to conduct the New Years prayer?

However, it was not until 1518 that the secular Phagmodru ruler captured Lhasa from the Rinbung, and thereafter the Gelug was given rights to conduct the New Years prayer.


An unauthorized user with physical access to a computer can likely do what?

An unauthorized user gaining physical access to a computer is most likely able to directly download data from it.


Which individual held the responsibility to oversee the interactions of the empire's nobles with the court?

The Minister of the Household was in charge of the emperor's security within the palace grounds, external imperial parks and wherever the emperor made an outing by chariot.


Whose work did the theory of Stanley Schachter build on?

Stanley Schachter formulated his theory on the earlier work of a Spanish physician, Gregorio Marañón, who injected patients with epinephrine and subsequently asked them how they felt.


How many passenger trips were made by tram in Melbourne between 2013-2014?

Melbourne is currently building 50 new E Class trams with some already in service in 2014.


Identity diffusion, foreclosure, and crisis are categories of what?

Here, with respect to identity diffusion for example, an optimal level is interpreted as the norm, as it is unrealistic to expect an individual to resolve all their conflicted identifications with others; therefore we should be alert to individuals with levels which are much higher or lower than the norm – highly diffused individuals are classified as diffused, and those with low levels as foreclosed or defensive.


What did the rebellion to the new football measures start?

There was a mood of alarm and mistrust, and, while the crisis was developing, the presidents of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton developed a project to reform the sport and forestall possible radical changes forced by government upon the sport.


On what street was the Grecian Saloon located?

A most famous London saloon was the Grecian Saloon in The Eagle, City Road, which is still famous because of a nursery rhyme: "Up and down the City Road / In and out The Eagle /


Who was the first person to carry the torch in Macao?

It was the first time that the Olympic torch had traveled to Macau.


The newer constitution divide power among what branches of government?

The constitution provides for a separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.


What was on HD1 for 4 or 5 hours per day?

The HD1 channel was initially free-to-air and mainly comprised sporting, dramatic, musical and other cultural events broadcast with a multi-lingual soundtrack on a rolling schedule of 4 or 5 hours per day.


What was the name of the database product created by IBM?

Codd's ideas were establishing themselves as both workable and superior to CODASYL, pushing IBM to develop a true production version of System R, known as SQL/DS, and, later, Database 2 (DB2).


France had to consent to pay how much in war indemnity?

Bismarck honoured the armistice, by allowing train loads of food into Paris and withdrawing Prussian forces to the east of the city, prior to a full withdrawal once France agreed to pay a five billion franc war indemnity.


How did The Sun describe John Major's Conservatives?

John Major's Conservatives, it said, were "tired, divided and rudderless".


How many soldiers defended Torii's last stand?

In a dramatic last stand, the garrison of 2,000 men held out against overwhelming odds for ten days against the massive army of Ishida Mitsunari's 40,000 warriors.


What group was established in 1921 in response to the clash between socialism and consumerism?

Socialism confronted consumerism in the chain State Department Stores (GUM), set up by Lenin in 1921 as a model retail enterprise.


What did the 1912 exhiibtion of Cubism show?

The fact that the 1912 exhibition had been curated to show the successive stages through which Cubism had transited, and that Du "Cubisme" had been published for the occasion, indicates the artists' intention of making their work comprehensible to a wide audience (art critics, art collectors, art dealers and the general public).


Where were the computations for hydrogen bomb worked out?

Von Neumann's hydrogen bomb work was played out in the realm of computing, where he and Stanislaw Ulam developed simulations on von Neumann's digital computers for the hydrodynamic computations.


Who did a study in 2007 regarding the five countries with the highest rates of software piracy?

According to a 2007 BSA and International Data Corporation (IDC) study, the five countries with the highest rates of software piracy were: 1.


What was created in 2001 to give students comic scholarships?

Early post-war Japanese criticism was mostly of a left-wing political nature until the 1986 publication for Tomofusa Kure's Modern Manga: The Complete Picture,[j] which de-emphasized politics in favour of formal aspects, such as structure and a "grammar" of comics.


What is the treatment of choice for diarrhea?

Loperamide may help decrease the number of bowel movement but is not recommended in those with severe disease.


What was Comcast's lobbying budget in 2013?

Comcast's PAC, the Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Political Action Committee, is the among the largest PACs in the US, raising about $3.7 million from 2011-2012 for the campaigns of various candidates for office in the United States Federal Government.


Whatyear did Victoria marry Prince Albert?

After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances.


To the Romans, he was known in this capacity as Averruncus (/ˌævəˈrʌŋkəs/ AV-ər-RUNG-kəs; from Latin āverruncare, "to avert").


For example, Henri Poincaré founded what is now called algebraic topology by introducing the fundamental group.


How many 400+ foot skyscrapers have been built or are in the process of being built in Miami since 2001?

Since 2001, Miami has been undergoing a large building boom with more than 50 skyscrapers rising over 400 feet (122 m) built or currently under construction in the city.


In what region does Estonia hold one of the highest per capita income levels?

Estonia has had a market economy since the end of the 1990s and one of the highest per capita income levels in Eastern Europe.


Who was the architect that design the New Haven Free Public Library?

Cass Gilbert, of the Beaux-Arts school, designed New Haven's Union Station and the New Haven Free Public Library and was also commissioned for a City Beautiful plan in 1919.


How do Emus migrate long distances during droughts?

Emus Dromaius novaehollandiae in Australia have been observed to undertake long-distance movements on foot during droughts.


Who performed at the New Palace Theatre in the 1930s?

Built in 1815, Union Street was at the heart of Plymouth's historical culture.


Who made the move to standardize recordings?

Broadcasters were faced with having to adapt daily to the varied recording characteristics of many sources: various makers of "home recordings" readily available to the public, European recordings, lateral-cut transcriptions, and vertical-cut transcriptions.


What did most of Gondwana become when the polar ice melted?

As a result of continued warming, the polar ice caps melted and much of Gondwana became a desert.


What were revised between 1951 and 1955?

In 1951 and 1955, the Easter liturgies underwent revision, most notably including the reintroduction of the Easter Triduum.


When did the Rhine Rift earthquake occur?

An additional natural disaster was the Rhine rift earthquake of 1356, one of Europe's worst which made ruins of Basel.


Here we have an apotropaic situation, where a god originally bringing the plague was invoked to end it.


Later that day, Gorbachev hinted for the first time that he was considering stepping down.


What is the simplest case of an ISP using an upstream ISP?

ISPs with more than one point of presence (PoP) may have separate connections to an upstream ISP at multiple PoPs, or they may be customers of multiple upstream ISPs and may have connections to each one of them at one or more point of presence.


During what year did Ashkenazi Jews account for 92 percent of Jews worldwide?

Other estimates place Ashkenazi Jews as making up about 75% of Jews worldwide.


What did constitutional changes in 2007 prohibit?

Dessouki also stated that "the real center of power in Egypt is the military".


When was the phonome's modern concept developed?

While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a given language or across languages to encode meaning.


What is the name of the american Poet who is associated with talking about the rigiorous architecture of Cubism?

This is quite different from the free association of the Surrealists and the combination of unconscious utterance and political nihilism of Dada."


What was the population of Greater New Haven in 2010?

It is the second-largest city in Connecticut (after Bridgeport), with a population of 129,779 people as of the 2010 United States Census.


About how much had the death rate from TB been reduced in Europe by the midpoint of the 20th century?

In Europe, rates of tuberculosis began to rise in the early 1600s to a peak level in the 1800s, when it caused nearly 25% of all deaths.


An inclined plane with a conveyor belt describes what type of elevator?

When such mechanisms (or spiral screws or pneumatic transport) are used to elevate grain for storage in large vertical silos, the entire structure is called a grain elevator.


How many votes were cast for contestants in the first season?

Over 110 million votes were cast in the first season, and by season ten the seasonal total had increased to nearly 750 million.


Which group did Presbyterian churches union with?

Most Reformed churches which trace their history back to Scotland are either presbyterian or congregationalist in government.


What man-made body of water was designed in part by George Washington?

The resistance to the slave trade was growing by the mid-nineteenth century; in one famous case in 1848, Henry "Box" Brown made history by having himself nailed into a small box and shipped from Richmond to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, escaping slavery.


What may guarantee the self-governing status of the competent states?

As well as reflecting the federal structure of the state this may guarantee that the self-governing status of the component states cannot be abolished without their consent.


How did post-punk artists once again approach the studio?

Author Matthew Bannister wrote that post-punk artists rejected the high cultural references of 1960s rock artists like the Beatles and Bob Dylan as well as paradigms that defined "rock as progressive, as art, as 'sterile' studio perfectionism ... by adopting an avant-garde aesthetic".


What is the name of the Midrash compilation?

It may correspond to a Greek word that may have existed in the Greek dialect of the Palestinian Jews, or the text is corrupted from "Germanica."


The writers Jonassohn and Bjornson cite various reasons for the lack of widespread support of what?

Jonassohn and Björnson go on to say that none of these alternative definitions have gained widespread support for various reasons.


How many of the former republics had representatives sign the Protocol?

Doubts remained over the authority of the Belavezha Accords to disband the Soviet Union, since they were signed by only three republics.


Which city in North America held the most slaves in the 1700s?

Discovery of the African Burying Ground in the 1990s, during construction of a new federal courthouse near Foley Square, revealed that tens of thousands of Africans had been buried in the area in the colonial years.


What non-profit cardiovascular educational association is headquartered in Hyderabad?

Hyderabad is also home to a number of centres specialising in particular fields such as biomedical sciences, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, such as the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) and National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).


How is Puerto Rico designated in its constitution?

Puerto Rico is designated in its constitution as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico".


Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name.


What company was dissolved after the Indian Rebellion?

After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British East India Company, which had ruled much of India, was dissolved, and Britain's possessions and protectorates on the Indian subcontinent were formally incorporated into the British Empire.


He commanded most of Japan's major clans during the invasion of Korea (1592–1598).


What units are the bulb sizes measured in?

The numbers represent the maximum diameter, either in 1⁄8 of an inch, or in millimeters, depending on the shape and the region.


What is a sounds commonly heard when listening to a vinyl that is unintentional.

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


When did ducks begin to appear in the books of Western Europeon Society ?

Despite this, ducks did not appear in agricultural texts in Western Europe until about 810 AD, when they began to be mentioned alongside geese, chickens, and peafowl as being used for rental payments made by tenants to landowners.


What actions of the Soviet Union did The United States oppose?

The Soviet Union created the Eastern Bloc of countries that it occupied, annexing some as Soviet Socialist Republics and maintaining others as satellite states that would later form the Warsaw Pact.


Where are the peaks smaller in the range?

The peaks in the easterly portion of the range, in Austria and Slovenia, are smaller than those in the central and western portions.


Where was the Royal Institute's Drawing and Archives Collections located originally?

In 2004, the two institutions created the Architecture Gallery (Room 128) at the V&A showing artefacts from the collections of both institutions, this was the first permanent gallery devoted to architecture in the UK.


What is Napoleon's legal achievement, still reaching a quarter of the world's legal systems?

His lasting legal achievement, the Napoleonic Code, has been adopted in various forms by a quarter of the world's legal systems, from Japan to Quebec.


Ranthamb National Park is known by photographers as what?

Ranthambore National Park is known worldwide for its tiger population and is considered by both wilderness lovers and photographers as one of the best place in India to spot tigers.


Kerry's paternal grandparents, shoe businessman Frederick A. "Fred" Kerry and musician Ida Lowe, were immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.


What was the time period of Frankish rule?

Two chronicles, one written by Leontios Machairas and the other by Georgios Voustronios, cover the entire Middle Ages until the end of Frankish rule (4th century–1489).


However, a group of central European economists led by Austrian School economists Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek identified the collectivist underpinnings to the various new socialist and fascist doctrines of government power as being different brands of political totalitarianism.


When was the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins put into effect?

Only in a few narrow limited areas, like maritime law, has the Constitution expressly authorized the continuation of English common law at the federal level (meaning that in those areas federal courts can continue to make law as they see fit, subject to the limitations of stare decisis).


when was jesse saunders' "on and on" a hit?

By 1985, although the exact origins of the term are debated, "house music" encompassed these locally produced recordings.


When did Coca-Cola stop being a sponsor of American Idol?

The third major sponsor AT&T Wireless joined in the second season but ended after season 12, and Coca-Cola officially ended its sponsorship after season 13 amidst the declining ratings of Idol in the mid-2010s.


Who was the first ambassador to South Vietnam?

In late 1954, Gen. J. Lawton Collins was made ambassador to "Free Vietnam" (the term South Vietnam came into use in 1955), effectively elevating the country to sovereign status.


What does the Shimonoseki Strait divide?

Samurai fought at the naval battle of Dan-no-ura, at the Shimonoseki Strait which separates Honshu and Kyushu in 1185.


Tanasi is know to have been located and mapped by British traders by which year?

It is not known whether this was the same town as the one encountered by Juan Pardo, although recent research suggests that Pardo's "Tanasqui" was located at the confluence of the Pigeon River and the French Broad River, near modern Newport.


What did the integrated system for ADGB link?

Command and control remained primitive until the late 1930s, when Britain created an integrated system for ADGB that linked the ground-based air defence of the army's AA Command, although field-deployed air defence relied on less sophisticated arrangements.


Roncalli was elected pope on 28 October 1958 at age 76 after 11 ballots.


Despite all the propaganda that ws presented to the East Prussians what did German populations want within the country?

Despite Nazi propaganda presenting all of the regions annexed as possessing significant German populations that wanted reunification with Germany, the Reich's statistics of late 1939 show that only 31,000 out of 994,092 people in this territory were ethnic Germans.[citation needed]


Why is it so difficult to locate bugs in software?

The job of testing is an iterative process as when one bug is fixed, it can illuminate other, deeper bugs, or can even create new ones.


When will income tax be introduced on Norfolk Island?

The introduction of income taxation will now come into effect on July 1, 2016, with a variation of opinion on the island about these changes but with many understanding that for the island's governance to continue there is a need to pay into the commonwealth revenue pool so that the island can have assistance in supporting its delivery of State government responsibilities such as health, education, medicare, and infrastructure.


What school of Yale is located nearest the intersection of Prospect and Sachem streets?

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 was severed in 1942, leaving Switzerland completely surrounded by the Axis?

Switzerland's trade was blockaded by both the Allies and by the Axis.


What was the nationality of Estêvão Gomes?

The first scientific map to show the North American East coast continuously, the 1527 world map known as the Padrón Real, was informed by Gomes' expedition, and labeled the Northeast as Tierra de Esteban Gómez in his honor.


Later, however, accompanied by his brother, a favorite pupil, and two slaves, Ibn Sina escaped from the city in the dress of a Sufi ascetic.


Ford Motor Company and Coca-Cola were two of the first sponsors of American Idol in its first season.


The most important urs are: urs of Data Ganj Buksh at Lahore, urs of Hazrat Sultan Bahu at Jhang


The numbers of antelope plummeted across Botswana, with a resultant decline in predator numbers, while elephant numbers remained stable and hippopotamus numbers rose.


Sophisticated schemes were promulgated where children in these colonies between the ages of 5–14 were hired as an apprentice without pay in exchange for learning a craft.


The X Corps were forced to evacuate by 24 December in order to reinforce the badly depleted U.S. Eighth Army to the south.


What was required of a LaserDisc to continue playback after 60 minutes?

After one side was finished playing, a disc has to be flipped over in order to continue watching a movie, and some titles fill two or more discs.


What is the number 4 leading cause of death in the world?

While the number of deaths due to nearly every disease have decreased, deaths due to HIV/AIDS have increased fourfold.


Who was believed to have prevented this from occurring to Mary ?

The proclaimed Roman Catholic dogma states "that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin."


What did the strongest aftershock measure?

Between 64 and 104 major aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.1, were recorded within 72 hours of the main quake.


Who warned of impending Israeli attack on Syria in May 1967?

May he deployed his troops in Sinai near the border with Israel, on 19 May he expelled the UN peacekeepers stationed in the Sinai Peninsula border with Israel, and on 23


What text did Burnet base his work off of?

Beginning with Thomas Burnet's Sacred Theory of the Earth in 1681, natural philosophers began to explore the idea that the Earth had changed over time.


These worms were discovered in the late 1980s at the hydrothermal vents near the Galapagos Islands and have since been found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps in all of the world's oceans.


What does the Catholic church considered "mixed" in a "mixed marriage"?

He opened the final session of the council, concelebrating with bishops from countries where the Church was persecuted.


First, Frederick devastated Prince Soubise's French force at the Battle of Rossbach on 5 November 1757 and then routed a vastly superior Austrian force at the Battle of Leuthen on 5 December 1757 With these victories, Frederick once again established himself as Europe's premier general and his men as Europe's most accomplished soldiers.


Books such as From a Crooked Rib and Links are considered important literary achievements, works which have earned Farah, among other accolades, the 1998 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.


Who forced William the Lion to swear fealty to him?

He refused William's request for the earldom of Northumbria, but did not intervene in Scotland itself and focused on his continental problems.


What countries is trophy hunting frowned upon?

The safari method of hunting was a development of sport hunting that saw elaborate travel in Africa, India and other places in pursuit of trophies.


What is the official name for the Minister in charge of tourism on Norfolk Island?

Four of the members of the Assembly formed the Executive Council, which devised policy and acted as an advisory body to the Administrator.


What is the average temperature of the Baltic Islands?

Estonia is situated in the northern part of the temperate climate zone and in the transition zone between maritime and continental climate.


Birds preen often with the application of secretions from which gland?

A behaviour termed as anting in which the bird encourages ants to run through their plumage is also thought to help them reduce the ectoparasite load in feathers.


In what city and state did the arena football test game take place?

The test game was played in Rockford, Illinois, at the Rockford MetroCentre.


How much larger is a dog's olfactory cortex than a person's?

Dogs can detect odour in one part per trillion, as their brain's olfactory cortex is (relative to total brain size) 40 times larger than humans.


What do many people fear pain treatment will lead to?

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


What positive effects does a slower-evaporating filament enable?

The coiled-coil filament evaporates more slowly than a straight filament of the same surface area and light-emitting power.


In which era, did the first phylum of multicellular organisms appear?

Over the next 400 million years or so, invertebrate diversity showed little overall trend, and vertebrate diversity shows an overall exponential trend.


What did the schools elect to contribute money towards, in light of their allegations?

In addition, the schools together agreed to contribute another £3m to a new charitable educational fund.


What excuse did Kolingba use to deny the election results?

After using the excuse of alleged irregularities to suspend the results of the elections as a pretext for holding on to power, President Kolingba came under intense pressure from GIBAFOR to establish a "Conseil National Politique Provisoire de la République" (Provisional National Political Council, CNPPR) and to set up a "Mixed Electoral Commission", which included representatives from all political parties.[citation needed]


What is it called when a person's vocal cords stay open after a consonant?

Voiceless aspiration occurs when the vocal cords remain open after a consonant is released.


The Historic Center is the oldest part of the city (along with some other, formerly separate colonial towns such as Coyoacán and San Ángel), some of the buildings dating back to the 16th century.


Right now what percentage of children are employed in the US?

Africa has the highest percentage of children aged 5–17 employed as child labour, and a total of over 65 million.


What ethnice groups did the Qing thin made up China?

The emperors equated the lands of the Qing state (including present day Northeast China, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet and other areas) as "China" in both the Chinese and Manchu languages, defining China as a multi-ethnic state, and rejecting the idea that "China" only meant Han areas.


how many raised on orthodox Jewish homes abandon orthodox Judaism typically?

Among Orthodox Jews, the fertility rate stands at about 4.1 children per family, as compared to 1.9 children per family among non-Orthodox Jews, and intermarriage among Orthodox Jews is practically non-existent, standing at about 2%, in contrast to a 71% intermarriage rate among non-Orthodox Jews.


Where did Sir Henry Norman travel in 1894

In 1894, Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet, a journalist, travelled to the Far East, afterwards writing a book called The Peoples and Politics of the Far East, which came out in 1895.


Water is delivered at a cost of A$3.50 per m3.


How many USAF personnel did the reduction end in during 2008?

These same constraints have seen a sharp reduction in flight hours for crew training since 2005 and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel directing Airmen's Time Assessments.


At that time, who helped develop materialism?

In Ancient Indian philosophy, materialism developed around 600 BC with the works of Ajita Kesakambali, Payasi, Kanada, and the proponents of the Cārvāka school of philosophy.


As one of the financial powers, has Germany ever tried to force the crisis states into leaving the eurozone?

Germany, as a large and financially stable state being in the focus to be asked to guarantee or repay other states debt, has never pushed those exits.


Zhejiang was part of the Wu during the Three Kingdoms.


What percentage of out-of-state tourists stayed in Tennessee for four or more nights?

, 25% stayed one night, 15% stayed two nights, and 11% stayed 4 or more nights.


What French official was kept in the dark about le Secret du roi?

French policy was, moreover, complicated by the existence of the le Secret du roi—a system of private diplomacy conducted by King Louis XV.


What happens if a Cardinal is named in pectore, and the pope dies?

If a pope dies before revealing the identity of an in pectore cardinal, the cardinalate expires.


What condition did Frédéric describe the piano that arrived to him through many dangerous obstacles?

I finished them on your little piano, which arrived in the best possible condition in spite of the sea, the bad weather and the Palma customs.


Chapultepec Park houses the Chapultepec Castle, now a museum on a hill that overlooks the park and its numerous museums, monuments and the national zoo and the National Museum of Anthropology (which houses the Aztec Calendar Stone).


How many seasons did the first television rights contract award to Sky?

Sky's monopoly was broken from August 2006 when Setanta Sports was awarded rights to show two out of the six packages of matches available.


What do many scholars regard the Late Middle Ages as the beginning of?

Some historians, particularly in Italy, prefer not to speak of the late Middle Ages at all, but rather see the high period of the Middle Ages transitioning to the Renaissance and the modern era.


Who decided that chemistry and alchemy were different?

The theory that all matter is made of atoms, which are the smallest constituents of matter that cannot be broken down without losing the basic chemical and physical properties of that matter, was provided by John Dalton in 1803, although the question took a hundred years to settle as proven.


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

In 2007 the Chennai facility had the target of producing 400,000 desktop PCs, and plans envisaged it starting to produce notebook PCs and other products in the second half of 2007.[citation needed]


St. George's Town, St. George's Island and St. George's Parish are all referred to as what?

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


What Toronto building was built in 1817?

In Montreal, English born architect John Ostell worked on a significant number of remarkable constructions in the Georgian style such as the Old Montreal Custom House and the Grand séminaire de Montréal.


Who was the Greek king immortalized in Buddhist canon?

A Greek king, Menander, has even been immortalized in the Buddhist canon.


Who was the first President of Guinea-Bissau?

Following independence, the PAIGC killed thousands of local Guinean soldiers who had fought along with the Portuguese Army against guerrillas.


What was the world's first artificial nuclear reactor?

The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor (after Enrico Fermi's Chicago Pile) and was the first reactor designed and built for continuous operation.


How many private schools are in the Francophone public school district?

There are currently 36 primary, elementary and secondary schools in the city of St. John's, including three private schools.


How old was Beyonce when she went to her first Michael Jackson concert as a kid?

Aged five, Beyoncé attended her first ever concert where Jackson performed and she claims to have realised her purpose.


What was the 1993 PowerBook 165c Apple's first portable computer to feature?

The 1993 PowerBook 165c was Apple's first portable computer to feature a color screen, displaying 256 colors with 640 x 400-pixel resolution.


What good fortune from Russia assisted Frederick the Great?

Frederick the Great’s personal reputation was enormously enhanced, as his debt to fortune (Russia’s volte-face after Elizabeth’s death) and to the British subsidy were soon forgotten while the memory of his energy and his military genius was strenuously kept alive.


What's the approximate number of students in Germany who are enrolled in a university of technology?

There are 17 universities of technology in Germany with about 290,000 students enrolled.


When were intergender singles bouts fought on a national scale?

Later, Chyna became the first female to hold a belt that was not exclusive to women when she won the Intercontinental Championship.


What year did Victoria fall down the stairs at Windsor?

Beatrice and Henry planned to marry, but Victoria opposed the match at first, wishing to keep Beatrice at home to act as her companion.


How many basic emotions did Ekman recognize?

His research findings led him to classify six emotions as basic: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise.


Who was modern Greece's first president?

As soon as the Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821, several Greek Cypriots left for Greece to join the Greek forces.


Which BYU building features films in several languages?

This is an on-campus apartment complex where students commit to speak only their chosen foreign language while in their apartments.


Here in June 1849 he was visited by Jenny Lind.


How does long term memory encode information?

While short-term memory encodes information acoustically, long-term memory encodes it semantically:


What did the potato blight cause Victoria to be called?

In Ireland, Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen".


What decision allowed Gaddafi to move Libya closer to socialism?

For Gaddafi, this was an important step towards socialism.


In the 1970 s what developer built high rises in downtown Houston?

many by real estate developer Gerald D. Hines—culminating with Houston's tallest skyscraper, the 75-floor, 1,002-foot (305 m)-tall JPMorgan Chase Tower (formerly the Texas Commerce Tower), completed in 1982.


What is name of one of the compositions composed by Athanasius while he lived as a monk?

Athanasius, after remaining some days in the neighbourhood of the city, finally withdrew into the desert of Upper Egypt, where he remained for a period of six years, living the life of the monks, devoting himself to the composition of a group of writings; "Apology to Constantius", the "Apology for his Flight", the "Letter to the Monks", and the "History of the Arians".


In 310 Agathocles invaded Tunisia and defeated what army?

Agathocles then invaded Italy (c. 300 BCE) in defense of Tarentum against the Bruttians and Romans, but was unsuccessful.


What was the population of San Diego at the time of the 2010 census?

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


The parish baptismal record gives his birthday as 22 February 1810, and cites his given names in the Latin form Fridericus Franciscus (in Polish, he was Fryderyk Franciszek).


When did Methodist and Baptist preachers oppose slavery and urge manumission?

By the mid-19th century, northern Baptists tended to oppose slavery.


The Germans recorded how many causualties in the battle?

Once blocked from retreat, the French in the fortress of Metz had no choice but to engage in a fight that would see the last major cavalry engagement in Western Europe.


Other major campus installations include towers in Montreal, Paris, and Atlanta; software labs in Raleigh-Durham, Rome, Cracow and Toronto; Johannesburg, Seattle; and facilities in Hakozaki and Yamato.


How long is the pipeline from the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam which the HMWSSB operates?

The HMWSSB regulates rainwater harvesting, sewerage services and water supply, which is sourced from several dams located in the suburbs.


Thomas Jefferson's influential Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was enacted in 1786, five years before the Bill of Rights.


What party has won every election in Namibia?

Since independence Namibia has successfully completed the transition from white minority apartheid rule to parliamentary democracy.


What was the reason behind demolishing the city walls?

To show that the city was safe against attack, he had the city walls demolished, replacing them with Grands Boulevards.


What type of sports are popular in Brasilia?

Brasília is known as a departing point for the practice of unpowered air sports, sports that may be practiced with hang gliding or paragliding wings.


What is included in the list of organizations allowed to use .org?

It is not designated specifically for charitable organizations or any specific organizational or tax-law status, however; it encompasses anything that is not classifiable as another category.


How much does a safari hunter spend compared to an average ecotourist?

Safari hunters are also more likely to use remote areas, uninviting to the typical ecotourist.


I British term probably coined by Amyas Borton and believed to derive via the Royal Flying Corps from the music-hall comedian George Robey's line "Archibald, certainly not!").


Other than CD parameters, what else can be used as parameter references?

They may use the Compact Disc (CD) parameters as references (44.1 kHz, 2 channels at 16 bits per channel or 2×16 bit), or sometimes the Digital Audio Tape (DAT) SP parameters (48 kHz, 2×16 bit).


What process can sometimes seem arbitrary today?

All these characters have on the left a radical of three short strokes (氵), which is a reduced form of the character 水 shuǐ meaning "water", indicating that the character has a semantic connection with water.


Who wrote that it was not suprising that the blame for 9/11 was trying to be blamed on a masonic world order?

Professor Andrew Prescott of the University of Sheffield writes: "Since at least the time of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, antisemitism has gone hand in hand with anti-masonry, so it is not surprising that allegations that 11 September was a Zionist plot have been accompanied by suggestions that the attacks were inspired by a masonic world order".


What was something used to minimize the impact of the soverign-debt crisis?

This changed with the recent sovereign-debt crisis.


Where did Cabrillo leave from to embark on his journey to the West Coast?

Arriving on his flagship San Diego, Vizcaíno surveyed the harbor and what are now Mission Bay and Point Loma and named the area for the Catholic Saint Didacus, a Spaniard more commonly known as San Diego de Alcalá.


What is more significant than isotropic gas pressure past the Karman line?

The thermosphere in this range has large gradients of pressure, temperature and composition, and varies greatly due to space weather.


What did the agency propose to find Southwest Airlines?

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


What era did this discrimination take place?

During the apartheid era, those classed as "Coloured" were oppressed and discriminated against.


Who did the Chinese lose territory to in exchange for help?

In return for promises of support against the British and the French, the Russian Empire took large chunks of territory in the Northeast in 1860.


When was the activity of desktop publishing first used?

In 1985, the combination of the Mac, Apple's LaserWriter printer, and Mac-specific software like Boston Software's MacPublisher and Aldus PageMaker enabled users to design, preview, and print page layouts complete with text and graphics—an activity to become known as desktop publishing.


When was the Promenade des Berges de la Seine inaugurated?

Bertrand Delanoë also transformed a section of the highway along the left bank of the Seine into an urban promenade and park, the Promenade des Berges de la Seine, which he inaugurated in June 2013.


Turkish cuisine originates from what source?

Many common dishes in the region, descendants of the once-common Ottoman cuisine, include yogurt, döner kebab/gyro/shawarma, cacık/tzatziki, ayran, pita bread, feta cheese, baklava, lahmacun, moussaka, yuvarlak, köfte/keftés/kofta, börek/boureki, rakı/rakia/tsipouro/tsikoudia, meze, dolma, sarma, rice pilaf, Turkish coffee, sujuk, kashk, keşkek, manti, lavash, kanafeh, and more.


Which RAF technical advisor was the conversation passed onto?

In June 1940, a German prisoner of war was overheard boasting that the British would never find the Knickebein, even though it was under their noses.


Did the FBI keep files on Elvis Presley?

The FBI has maintained files on numerous people, including celebrities such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, the band MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, and Mickey Mantle.


Intermediate matchings will lose some signal strength, but not as much as a complete mismatch.


In what former industrial facility is the Richmond National Battlefield Park Visitors Center located?

Near the riverfront is the Richmond National Battlefield Park Visitors Center and the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, both housed in the former buildings of the Tredegar Iron Works, where much of the ordnance for the war was produced.


What year did the Mayflower set sail from Southampton?

The port was the point of departure for the Pilgrim Fathers aboard Mayflower in 1620.