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


What is the source of amazonite's color?

For many years, the source of amazonite's color was a mystery.


Who commonly, or at least attempt to, abide by the rule of law?

Substantive conceptions of the rule of law go beyond this and include certain substantive rights that are said to be based on, or derived from, the rule of law.


Which actor also attended the celebrations?

The torch arrived in Sanya, Hainan on May 4 with celebrations attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials and Chinese big names like Jackie Chan.


For what annual New Haven art event, held in early October, is the Erector Square complex used?

The Erector Square complex in the Fair Haven neighborhood houses the Parachute Factory gallery along with numerous artist studios, and the complex serves as an active destination during City-Wide Open Studios held yearly in October.


What does BYU mandate of it's student members of the LDS Church to be?

BYU mandates that its students who are members of the LDS Church be religiously active.


When did Beijing lose to Li Zicheng's rebel forces and the Manchu-led Qing dynasty?

His short reign was described by later historians as the first reign of the so-called Southern Ming dynasty.


How many Turkish Cypriots were displaced due to the violence?

In some areas, Greek Cypriots prevented Turkish Cypriots from travelling and entering government buildings, while some Turkish Cypriots willingly withdrew due to the calls of the Turkish Cypriot administration.


Often, those gifts were only temporary leases, which the magnates never returned (in the 16th century, the anti-magnate opposition among szlachta was known as the ruch egzekucji praw—movement for execution of the laws—which demanded that all such possessions are returned to their proper owner, the king).


When did communism fall in allies of the Soviet Union?

The Soviet economic and political system collapsed, leading to the end of communism in the satellite countries in 1989, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union itself in 1991.


How many district courts does Oklahoma have?

Oklahoma has two courts of last resort: the state Supreme Court hears civil cases, and the state Court of Criminal Appeals hears criminal cases (this split system exists only in Oklahoma and neighboring Texas).


When was antibacterial-resistance demonstrated?

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


In contrast to this viewpoint, an article and associated editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine in May 2015 emphasized the importance of pharmaceutical industry-physician interactions for the development of novel treatments, and argued that moral outrage over industry malfeasance had unjustifiably led many to overemphasize the problems created by financial conflicts of interest.


Time is one of how many fundamental physical quantities?

Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in both the International System of Units and International System of Quantities.


What city did Winston Churchill bomb in retaliation for the killing of civilians?

Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941, 16 British cities suffered aerial raids with at least 100 long tons of high explosives.


What area is covered by the Lord-Lieutenant?

The area served by the Lord-Lieutenant (termed now a ceremonial county) covered the entirety of the administrative county and the county boroughs, and was expanded whenever boroughs annexed areas in neighbouring counties such as Wythenshawe in Manchester south of the River Mersey and historically in Cheshire, and southern Warrington.


Where is Nigeria's second satellite's ground receiving station?

NigeriaSat-2, Nigeria's second satellite, was built as a high-resolution earth satellite by Surrey Space Technology Limited, a United Kingdom-based satellite technology company.


About how many people get a Toxocara infection each year?

In the United States, about 10,000 cases of Toxocara infection are reported in humans each year, and almost 14% of the U.S. population is infected.


For the majority of Dell's existence, what were they a vendor of?

The company has since made additional acquisitions in storage and networking systems, with the aim of expanding their portfolio from offering computers only to delivering complete solutions for enterprise customers.


In what year did the space shuttle Challenger explode after launch?

The space industry also suffered in 1986 after the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after launch.


How long were Jefferson and Hemmings in a relationship?

Of numerous relationships between male slaveholders, overseers, or master's sons and women slaves, the most notable is likely that of President Thomas Jefferson with his slave Sally Hemings.


How are the plant roots able to communicate with rhizome bacteria, fungi, and insects within the soil?

These interactions are governed by syntactic, pragmatic, and semantic rules,[citation needed] and are possible because of the decentralized "nervous system" of plants.


What is the differentiation process driven by?

The newly formed testicles in the fetus are responsible for the secretion of androgens, that will cooperate in driving the sexual differentiation of the developing fetus, included its brain.


What have researchers in science labs been making?

The world of clothing is always changing, as new cultural influences meet technological innovations.


What's the name of the famed warship built in Southampton for Henry V?

From 1904 to 2004, the Thornycroft shipbuilding yard was a major employer in Southampton, building and repairing ships used in the two World Wars.


From 1966, Witness publications and convention talks built anticipation of the possibility that Christ's thousand-year reign might begin in late 1975 or shortly thereafter.


When would other targets be considered available?

Even so, the decision by OKL to support the strategy in Directive 23 was instigated by two considerations, both of which had little to do with wanting to destroy Britain's sea communications in conjunction with the Kriegsmarine.


After amending the joint agreement, who received the larger portion of Lithuania?

Eleven days after the Soviet invasion of the Polish Kresy, the secret protocol of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was modified by the German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation,) allotting Germany a larger part of Poland and transferring Lithuania's territory (with the exception of left bank of river Scheschupe, the "Lithuanian Strip") from the envisioned German sphere to the Soviets.


The special effects include blue light, music playing and what else?

Music plays and various animations are also displayed on the ceiling.


How many years would of strong profit would it take to generate enough capital to support additional lending?

According to the Brookings Institution, the traditional banking system does not have the capital to close this gap as of June 2009: "It would take a number of years of strong profits to generate sufficient capital to support that additional lending volume.


It is somewhat less dense than iron and has a hexagonal crystal structure, with a distorted form of hexagonal close packing, in which each atom has six nearest neighbors (at 265.9 pm) in its own plane and six others at a greater distance of 290.6 pm.


Which type of oily animals where also used as lamps after being threaded with wick?

These lamps were made from naturally occurring materials such as rocks, shells, horns and stones, were filled with grease, and had a fiber wick.


Goetz, a son-in-law of Louis B. Mayer decided to bring "prestige" to the new company.


What version of PS3 contained Photo Gallery?

It was introduced in system software version 2.60 and provides a range of tools for sorting through and displaying the system's pictures.


According to surveys in 2007 and 2009, what percent of the population believes in cults of ancestors?

According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, 23.02% of the population believes and is involved in cults of ancestors, while 2.62% of the population identifies as Christian, decreasing from 3.92% in 2004.


What is the area near Hamden that was renamed for Eli Whitney?

That area is still known as Whitneyville, and the main road through both towns is known as Whitney Avenue.


Where do Jem, Scout, and Dill observe the trial of Tom Robinson?

No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony.


What was the name the first cousing that Victoria married?

Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840.


Who has used programs such as Carnivore and NarusInsight to eavesdrop on the systems of internet service providers?

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


A separate, unconnected section of 155th Street runs under the viaduct, connecting Bradhurst Avenue and the Harlem River Drive.


What began as an almost exclusively linguistic and philological enterprise?

As early as 1833, Slavic languages were recognized as Indo-European.


In what year did the population of New York reach an all-time high for the second time in this period?

New York's population reached all-time highs in the 2000 Census and then again in the 2010 Census.


The Oklahoma City Thunder has been regarded by sports analysts as one of the elite franchises of the NBA's Western Conference and that of a media darling as the future of the league.


In what year were department store sales beaten by larger stores?

In 2003, U.S. department store sales were surpassed by big-box store sales for the first time (though some stores may be classified as "big box" by physical layout and "department store" by merchandise).


The system was monochrome only, and was used only on VHF for the first French TV channel.


In what year did the iTunes store begin allowing users to buy video games?


Who states that Christian believers agree that Jesus has a unique significance?

Linda Woodhead attempts to provide a common belief thread for Christians by noting that "Whatever else they might disagree about, Christians are at least united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance."


In Africa, the finances are often moved where?

Economists argue that one of the factors behind the differing economic development in Africa and Asia is that in Africa, corruption has primarily taken the form of rent extraction with the resulting financial capital moved overseas rather than invested at home (hence the stereotypical, but often accurate, image of African dictators having Swiss bank accounts).


The rules governing ligature formation can be quite complex, requiring special script-shaping technologies such as ACE (Arabic Calligraphic Engine by DecoType in the 1980s and used to generate all the Arabic examples in the printed editions of the Unicode Standard), which became the proof of concept for OpenType (by Adobe and Microsoft), Graphite (by SIL International), or AAT (by Apple).


What section begins after the first half of The Times newspaper?

The sport section is at the end of the main paper.


How large is the metropolitan area of Paris?

The metropolitan area of the city is 2,300 km2 (890 sq mi).


Originally based on the English alphabet, ASCII encodes 128 specified characters into seven-bit integers as shown by the ASCII chart on the right.


In 2007, which airlines made deals to include iPod connections on their planes?

Beginning in mid-2007, four major airlines, United, Continental, Delta, and Emirates, reached agreements to install iPod seat connections.


What years were William Halfpenny active?

The period saw the growth of a distinct and trained architectural profession; before the mid-century "the high-sounding title, 'architect' was adopted by anyone who could get away with it".


Which town do the New Jersey Devils hockey team play?

The New York Islanders and the New York Rangers represent the city in the National Hockey League.


At what temple did the ceremonies for the Yongle Emperor's deceased parents take place?

In fact, this was the same title that Kublai Khan had offered the Sakya Phagpa lama, but Deshin Shekpa persuaded the Yongle Emperor to grant the title to religious leaders of other Tibetan Buddhist sects.


What percentage of drugs were shown to be ineffective after an FDA study?

Manufacturers henceforth had to prove to FDA that their drugs were effective as well as safe before they could go on the US market.


How many newborn American babies were affected by thalidomide?

Over 20,000 Americans received thalidomide in this "study," including 624 pregnant patients, and about 17 known newborns suffered the effects of the drug.[citation needed]


Where does Nigeria's movie industry rank worldwide?

Nigerian cinema is Africa's largest movie industry in terms of both value and the number of movies produced per year.


When was Go Set a Watchman introduced to the public?

This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird but is not a continuation of the narrative.


Who makes the editorial decisions for The Northwestern University Law Review?

Student editors make the editorial and organizational decisions and select articles submitted by professors, judges, and practitioners, as well as student pieces.


What role did Montini fill for Pius XII?

Pius XII did not have a personal secretary.


Who was responsible for the bringing Greek culture as far as Asia?

The period known as classical antiquity began with the rise of the city-states of Ancient Greece.


What weather feature does Neptune have stronger than any other planet?

These weather patterns are driven by the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the Solar System, with recorded wind speeds as high as 2,100 kilometres per hour (580 m/s; 1,300 mph).


William Wordsworth lived from what year to what year?

John "Walking" Stewart (1747-1822), whose insistence in seeing matter as endowed with a moral dimension had a major impact on the philosophical poetry of William Wordsworth (1770-1850).


An ESC sent from the terminal is most often used as an out-of-band character used to terminate an operation, as in the TECO and vi text editors.


Bern has a population of 140,634 people and 34% of the population are resident foreign nationals.


What kind of realism did Popper believe Tarski's theory supported?

The theory also seemed, in Popper's eyes, to support metaphysical realism and the regulative idea of a search for truth.


In what year was the Detroit Opera House purchased?

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


When did Green make a deal to shore up the starting rotation?

The team's commitment to contend was complete when Green made a midseason deal on June 15 to shore up the starting rotation due to injuries to Rick Reuschel (5–5) and Sanderson.


what group's productions for Mel and Kim added elements of house to the europop sound?

Stock Aitken Waterman's productions for Mel and Kim, including the number-one hit "Respectable", added elements of house to their previous Europop sound, and session group Mirage scored top-ten hits with "Jack Mix II" and "Jack Mix IV", medleys of previous electro and Europop hits rearranged in a house style.


Outside of France, where are the other three branches of the Sorbonne library located?

There are several academic libraries and archives in Paris.


What colors were used in the redecorations overseen by King Edward VII?

Buckingham Palace—the Ballroom, Grand Entrance, Marble Hall, Grand Staircase, vestibules and galleries redecorated in the Belle époque cream and gold colour scheme they retain today—once again became a setting for entertaining on a majestic scale but leaving some to feel King Edward's heavy redecorations were at odds with Nash's original work.


For example, a community has existed for over a millennium in the Holy Land, and one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem has been called the Armenian Quarter.


It also has an impressive 15th century Gothic cathedral, the Münster, and a 15th-century town hall.


How long did the Persian empire control the northern India subcontinent?

In 530 BC Cyrus the Great, King of the Persian Achaemenid Empire crossed the Hindu-Kush mountains to seek tribute from the tribes of Kamboja, Gandhara and the trans-India region (modern Afghanistan and Pakistan).


What did Victoria and her mother disagree on?

Though queen, as an unmarried young woman Victoria was required by social convention to live with her mother, despite their differences over the Kensington System and her mother's continued reliance on Conroy.


Which  Alexander Archipenko piece was similar to other Cubist scupltures of that time?

" These positive/negative reversals were ambitiously exploited by Alexander Archipenko in 1912–13, for example in Woman Walking.


How often does Friday Cheers take place on Brown's Island?

There are also parks on two major islands in the river: Belle Isle and Brown's Island.


What disagreements did the  Luftwaffe staff center around?

Disputes among the OKL staff revolved more around tactics than strategy.


What product is processed cottonseed oil?

The cottonseed meal that is left generally is fed to ruminant livestock; the gossypol remaining in the meal is toxic to monogastric animals.


Who said many African Americans have NAtive American heritage?

The writer Sherrel W. Stewart's assertion that "most" African Americans have significant Native American heritage, is not supported by genetic researchers who have done extensive population mapping studies.


What type of battalion is normally tasked to a manoeuvre division in the field army?

For example, the UK's Anti-Aircraft Command, commanded by a full British Army general was part of ADGB.


How many lemuns does a 15 watt fluorescent lamp produce?

A wax candle produces on the close order of 13 lumens, a 60 watt incandescent lamp makes around 700 lumens, and a 15-watt compact fluorescent lamp produces about 800 lumens, but actual output varies by specific design.


What two electromagnetic tools do birds use to find their destinations?

Migratory birds may use two electromagnetic tools to find their destinations: one that is entirely innate and another that relies on experience.


It was common for kings and nobles of the period to keep mistresses, but chroniclers complained that John's mistresses were married noblewomen, which was considered unacceptable.


This contributed to an increase in 1-year and 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) rates, making ARM interest rate resets more expensive for homeowners.


Who owned the Detroit Drive in this period?

The AFL's first dynasty came to an end when their owner, Mike Ilitch (who also owned Little Caesars Pizza and the Detroit Red Wings) bought the Detroit Tigers baseball team and sold the AFL team.


The MoD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability.


Interracial relationships have had a long history in North America and the United States, beginning with the intermixing of European explorers and soldiers, who took native women as companions.


Supreme Courts in New York serve what function?

Further, trial courts of general jurisdiction in New York are called the Supreme Court, and the intermediate appellate court is called the Supreme Court, Appellate Division.


What did Burke think the war with France was against?

Burke regarded the war with France as ideological, against an "armed doctrine".


What was the amount of the production loan Universal sought to complete Show Boat?

Universal was forced to seek a $750,000 production loan from the Standard Capital Corporation, pledging the Laemmle family's controlling interest in Universal as collateral.


How large was the land (in acres) that the institution was founded on?

The latter two colleges were incorporated by Royal Charter into the Imperial College of Science and Technology and the CGLI Central Technical College was renamed the City and Guilds College in 1907, but not incorporated into Imperial College until 1910.


What is almost never mixed or confused with studies of the Ancient Near East?

In the modern sense, it is likely to mean any or all of the Arabic languages.


Eisenhower was a president of what country?

Tito met many world leaders during his rule, such as Soviet rulers Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev; Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, Indian politicians Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi; British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher; U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter; other political leaders, dignitaries and heads of state that Tito met at least once in his lifetime included Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Yasser Arafat, Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Georges Pompidou, Queen Elizabeth II, Hua Guofeng, Kim Il Sung, Sukarno, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Suharto, Idi Amin, Haile Selassie, Kenneth Kaunda, Gaddafi, Erich Honecker, Nicolae Ceaușescu, János Kádár and Urho Kekkonen.


What Adventist groups observe the Sabbath?

Although the Adventist churches hold much in common, their theologies differ on whether the intermediate state is unconscious sleep or consciousness, whether the ultimate punishment of the wicked is annihilation or eternal torment, the nature of immortality, whether or not the wicked are resurrected after the millennium, and whether the sanctuary of Daniel 8 refers to the one in heaven or one on earth.


What year did Frédéric leave Warsaw after moving with his family to the south annex of Krasiński Palace?

In 1827, soon after the death of Chopin's youngest sister Emilia, the family moved from the Warsaw University building, adjacent to the Kazimierz Palace, to lodgings just across the street from the university, in the south annex of the Krasiński Palace on Krakowskie Przedmieście,[n 5] where Chopin lived until he left Warsaw in 1830.[n 6]


What is the size requirement for entry into the AG2R Race?

The Transat AG2R Race, held every alternate year, is an event which originates in Concarneau in Brittany, France, reaching St. Barthélemy.


When is the Gordie Howe International Bridge expected to open?

On February 18, 2015, Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced that Canada has agreed to pay the entire cost to build a $250 million U.S. Customs plaza adjacent to the planned new Detroit–Windsor bridge, now the Gordie Howe International Bridge.


Whose responsibility is it to assure that assent has been granted?

Independently of the method used to signify royal assent, it is the responsibility of the Clerk of the Parliaments, once the assent has been duly notified to both houses, not only to endorse the act in the name of the monarch with the formal Norman French formula, but to certify that assent has been granted.


Bell and his assistant Charles Sumner Tainter jointly invented a wireless telephone, named a photophone, which allowed for the transmission of both sounds and normal human conversations on a beam of light.


How many days are in the Gregorian calendar?

In the Julian calendar a leap year occurs every 4 years, but the Gregorian calendar omits 3 leap days every 400 years.


When was the Armistice Agreement signed?

The war is considered to have ended at this point, even though there was no peace treaty.


Children were taught to memorize facts through methods that originated during which time period?

The predominant educational psychology from the 1750s onward, especially in northern European countries was associationism, the notion that the mind associates or dissociates ideas through repeated routines.


The research was conducted over several schools within the Cherry Creek School District and was conducted through University of Colorado.


Aside from symbolizing cultures, what else are architectural works thought of as?

Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art.


What is the superorder containing the Anseriformes?

The earliest divergence within the Neognathes was that of the Galloanserae, the superorder containing the Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans and screamers) and the Galliformes (the pheasants, grouse, and their allies, together with the mound builders and the guans and their allies).


The term alp, alm, albe or alpe refers to what in modern languages?

The term for the mountain peaks varies by nation and language: words such as horn, kogel, gipfel, spitz, and berg are used in German speaking regions: mont, pic, dent and aiguille in French speaking regions; and monte, picco or cima in Italian speaking regions.


What, in nature, is most likely to make things green?

By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy.


How were hackers able to obtain unrestricted access to Rome's networking systems?

The intruders were able to obtain classified files, such as air tasking order systems data and furthermore able to penetrate connected networks of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, some Defense contractors, and other private sector organizations, by posing as a trusted Rome center user.


There are four hundred securities listed on the stock exchange, of which almost three hundred are offshore funds and alternative investment structures attracted by Bermuda's regulatory environment.


This level of testing usually requires thorough test cases to be provided to the tester, who then can simply verify that for a given input, the output value (or behavior), either "is" or "is not" the same as the expected value specified in the test case.


Who secured the domestic rights to broadcast games 116 and 38 respectively?

The deal was worth £1 billion a year domestically as of 2013–14, with BSkyB and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively.


What established the European balance of power in 1815?

This new power destabilized the European balance of power established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars.


What was the public's literacy rate in leading up to the early 19th century in the empire?

Because of a low literacy rate among the public (about 2–3% until the early 19th century and just about 15% at the end of 19th century),[citation needed] ordinary people had to hire scribes as "special request-writers" (arzuhâlcis) to be able to communicate with the government.


What did the committee decide was important?

The committee decided it was important to support uppercase 64-character alphabets, and chose to pattern ASCII


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


What religion were all naturalists working at the two English universities?

All naturalists in the two English universities (Oxford and Cambridge) were Church of England clergymen, and science became a search for these laws.


At what age was Spielberg embarrassed by his family being Jewish?

"It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews.


What did Greeks do that caused a later deal to be made with the Italians ?

In later times, the Romioi plied the sea-lanes of the Mediterranean and controlled trade until an embargo imposed by the Roman Emperor on trade with the Caliphate opened the door for the later Italian pre-eminence in trade.


How did Whitehead define the "fallacy of misplaced concreteness"?

These occasions of experience are logically distinct, but are progressively connected in what Whitehead calls a "society" of events.


In what month and year was Juan Garza executed?

The complex has so far been the only location used for federal executions post-Gregg.


What year did the "discoveries are property" concept appear in French law?

The statement that "discoveries are...property" goes back earlier.


In what year did the St Paul's Pro-Cathedral get built?

Other 19th century neoclassical buildings include RNH Bighi (1832), St Paul's Pro-Cathedral (1844), the Rotunda of Mosta (1860) and the now destroyed Royal Opera House (1866).


The 3rd-generation iPod Shuffle does not have any controls on the actual player; instead it has a small control on the earphone cable, with volume-up and -down buttons and a single button for play and pause, next track, etc.


Although the Banners and Green Standard armies lingered on as a drain on resources, henceforth the Yongying corps became the Qing government's de facto first-line troops.


What is the name of the Japanese national anthem?

The famous Japanese poem known as the Iroha (いろは), of uncertain authorship, was also written during the Heian period.


What is the source of much of BYU's funding?

Students attending BYU are required to follow an honor code, which mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings such as academic honesty, adherence to dress and grooming standards, and abstinence from extramarital sex and from the consumption of drugs and alcohol.


How many days does the Spoleto Festival USA run each year?

The annual Piccolo Spoleto festival takes place at the same time and features local performers and artists, with hundreds of performances throughout the city.


How much have the domestic televsion rights increased from 2010-12 to 2012-13?

The total domestic rights have raised £3.018 billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 2010–11 to 2012–13 rights.


In the southern part of the state, in a region known as Aridoamerica, Chichimeca people survived by hunting, gathering, and farming between AD 300 and 1300.


In what historical period did Walter Taylor's improvements on block-making play an important role?

Walter Taylor's 18th century mechanisation of the block-making process was a significant step in the Industrial Revolution.


How did slave states react to Lincoln's election?

After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 (who southerners thought would work to end slavery) states in the South seceded from the United States, beginning with South Carolina in late 1860.


Modern dogs likely began when human beings were considered to be what?

These dates imply that the earliest dogs arose in the time of human hunter-gatherers and not agriculturists.


What were the benefits of the new system of double-entry bookkeeping?

In the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a process took place – primarily in Italy but partly also in the Empire – that historians have termed a 'commercial revolution'.


What did Sir William Thomson's tide-predicting machine use to function?

It used a system of pulleys and wires to automatically calculate predicted tide levels for a set period at a particular location.


Who did Emperor Xian give his throne to?

This formally ended the Han dynasty and initiated an age of conflict between three states: Cao Wei, Eastern Wu, and Shu Han.


What is not required but can be chosen to protect a player from head injuries?

Headgear is not a required piece of basic equipment, but players today may choose to wear it to protect themselves from head injury.


What name refers to the period of instability during the rift between Tito and the USSR?

This rift with the Soviet Union brought Tito much international recognition, but also triggered a period of instability often referred to as the Informbiro period.


What is the main industrial area of Raleigh?

Raleigh's industrial base includes banking/financial services; electrical, medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment; clothing and apparel; food processing; paper products; and pharmaceuticals.


Who was the first professor of the Royal College of Chemistry?

The Royal College of Chemistry was established by private subscription in 1845 as there was a growing awareness that practical aspects of the experimental sciences were not well taught and that in the United Kingdom the teaching of chemistry in particular had fallen behind that in Germany.


What instruments did Chopin's father play?

Chopin was of slight build, and even in early childhood was prone to illnesses.


Which music stations strive to play under represented music?

For fans of classical music there are 3MBS and ABC Classic FM.


Which principles did Leibniz's arguments trade heavily upon?

Arguing against the absolutist position, Leibniz offers a number of thought experiments with the purpose of showing that there is contradiction in assuming the existence of facts such as absolute location and velocity.


Other than boats, what do people often build with wood?

Nearly all boats were made out of wood until the late 19th century, and wood remains in common use today in boat construction.


What kind of influence was Melbourne to Victoria?

Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of his daughter if he had one", and Victoria probably saw him as a father figure.


What style of religious dedication was not uncommon for outer border areas?

Rome's citizen-soldiers set up altars to multiple deities, including their traditional gods, the Imperial genius and local deities – sometimes with the usefully open-ended dedication to the diis deabusque omnibus (all the gods and goddesses).


What kind of milk has been replaced with coconut milk on Tuvalu?

The cuisine of Tuvalu is based on the staple of coconut and the many species of fish found in the ocean and lagoons of the atolls.


What goal is cited as the reason these killings took place?

At the time, the colony leaders were apparently hoping to achieve their vision of a "purer absolute theocracy" within their colony .[citation needed]


Jan van Eyck's paintings are known for what characteristics?

The two cultures influenced each other and learned from each other, but painting in the Netherlands remained more focused on textures and surfaces than the idealized compositions of Italy.


What changed in 1885 due to the FA changing rules?

These schools produced the civil servants and military and naval officers required to build and maintain the British empire, and team sports were considered a vital tool for training their students to think and act as part of a team.


In September of 1978, what bureaucracy did Gaddafi speak out against?

In March 1978, the government issued guidelines for housing redistribution, attempting to ensure the population that every adult Libyan owned his own home and that nobody was enslaved to paying their rent.


What leader said daylight saving gives people more "opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness"?

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


The last recorded conflict in Montana between the U.S. Army and Native Americans occurred in 1887 during the Battle of Crow Agency in the Big Horn country.


What country did Queen play in for the first time in 1975?

In 1975, the band left for a world tour with each member in Zandra Rhodes-created costumes and accompanied with banks of lights and effects.


Bell's patent was for the method and what for transmitting vocal and other sounds telegraphically?

Bell returned to Boston the same day and the next day resumed work, drawing in his notebook a diagram similar to that in Gray's patent caveat.


Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich.


Some cultures, however, disapprove of such waste.


Surrounding the medieval core there is a ring of late 19th- and early 20th-century neighbourhoods, with newer neighbourhoods positioned farther out.


Who was a controversial figure due to a corked-bat incident?

Despite the fact that the Cubs had won 89 games, this fallout was decidedly unlovable, as the Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game early and then lied about it publicly.


Currently how much of Egypt's population is connected to sanitary sewers?

About one half of the population is connected to sanitary sewers.


The term "great power" was first used to represent the most important powers in Europe during the post-Napoleonic era.


An insects 3-part body includes a throat, abdomen, and what?

Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.


What was Imperial's overall GPA rank according to the Times Higher Education?

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


In a Federal Reserve survey of 4,000 households, what percent reported wealth decline between 2007 and 2009?

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


The city has a unique status in Brazil, as it is an administrative division rather than a legal municipality like other cities in Brazil.


How did Peirce view inductive vs deductive reasoning?

To this, Peirce added the concept of abductive reasoning.


What age demographic is modern rock radio focused on?

In 1997, Mike Marino of KMXB in Las Vegas described the format as reaching "an audience that has outgrown the edgier hip-hop or alternative music but hasn't gotten old and sappy enough for the soft ACs."


When were birds represented in early cave paintings?

With the advent of scientific interest in birds, many paintings of birds were commissioned for books.


What is one of the earlier biographies on Buddhism?

Scholars are hesitant to make unqualified claims about the historical facts of the Buddha's life.


How many men were studied for tests on the flavor of beer in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal in 2013?

The 49 men in the study were subject to positron emission tomography scans, while a computer-controlled device sprayed minute amounts of beer, water and a sports drink onto their tongues.


How were the British-French hostilities concluded?

Spain lost control of Florida to Great Britain, but it received from the French the Île d'Orléans and all of the former French holdings west of the Mississippi River.


In 1956, Conkling left Columbia, he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. Records, and Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company.


The discipline of ecology is a combination of what two subjects?

The discipline of ecology typically traces its origin to the synthesis of Darwinian evolution and Humboldtian biogeography, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


How do Candidate Conservation Agreements differ from Safe Harbor agreements?

The FWS will then assure that if, in the future the unlisted species becomes listed, the landowner will not be required to do more than already agreed upon in the CCA.


Some 3,200 short-term visitors arrived on the island in 2013.


What year did the brewing company BrewDog start producing a beer called Ghost Deer?

In September 2011, the Scottish brewery BrewDog produced Ghost Deer, which, at 28%, they claim to be the world's strongest beer produced by fermentation alone.


It is generally considered that the point of such learning is to enable one to put one's faith into practice; some Presbyterians generally exhibit their faith in action as well as words, by generosity, hospitality, as well as proclaiming the gospel of Christ.


What year did Dr. Rowan Williams apologize to the Freemasons?

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, appeared to harbour some reservations about Masonic ritual, whilst being anxious to avoid causing offence to Freemasons inside and outside the Church of England.


Where in Africa is it possible to buy out brokerages in cotton?

This is only possible in former British colonies and Mozambique; former French colonies continue to maintain tight monopolies, inherited from their former colonialist masters, on cotton purchases at low fixed prices.


What characteristic about fatty acids requires them to be an essential component in a diet?

The fundamental components of protein are nitrogen-containing amino acids, some of which are essential in the sense that humans cannot make them internally.


What was a key change brought about by Christian thought?

Augustine's City of God is an influential work of this period that attacked the thesis, held by many Christian Romans, that the Christian view could be realized on Earth.


What did the Arabs introduce that continues to be relevant to Palermo's culture today?

The Arabs also introduced many agricultural crops which remain a mainstay of Sicilian cuisine.


From sniffing over the hands of the elders (called mangnginge in Chamorro), the passing down of legends, chants, and courtship rituals, to a person asking for permission from spiritual ancestors before entering a jungle or ancient battle grounds.


His family came from a small, relatively un-influential tribal group called the Qadhadhfa, who were Arabized Berber in heritage.


What are simply lowest quantum mechanical energy state of photons?

Virtual photons (which are simply lowest quantum mechanical energy state of photons) are also responsible for electrostatic interaction between electric charges (which results in Coulomb law), for spontaneous radiative decay of exited atomic and nuclear states, for the Casimir force, for van der Waals bond forces and some other observable phenomena.


How did supply-side economics try to increase the amount of money in the market?

Monetarism focuses on using the supply and demand of money as a method for controlling economic activity.


What are biomorphism and zoomorphic architecture based after design wise?

One such reaction to the cold aesthetic of modernism and Brutalism is the school of metaphoric architecture, which includes such things as biomorphism and zoomorphic architecture, both using nature as the primary source of inspiration and design.


Who was the French Minister of Marine in 1701?

By 1778, its population was up to 2,144 and it was the third-largest city in the Province of Quebec.


Trends about use of pesticides have been published from which country?

A study of USA pesticide use trends through 1997 was published in 2003 by the National Science Foundation's Center for Integrated Pest Management.


What major problem did bitumen as a pigment show itself to be?

Although widely used for a time, it ultimately proved unstable for use in oil painting, especially when mixed with the most common diluents, such as linseed oil, varnish and turpentine.


Other categories of consumption are herbivory (eating parts of plants), fungivory (eating parts of fungi), and detritivory (the consumption of dead organic material (detritus)).


How many Indians helped build the infrastructure?

However, draining the wetlands also changed the habitat for fish and birds and the areas accessible for Indian cultivation close to the capital.


Who began the interest in Whitehead at Chicago's Divinity School?

Early followers of Whitehead were found primarily at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where Henry Nelson Wieman initiated an interest in Whitehead's work that would last for about thirty years.


Following Garreth Mallory's promotion to M, on a mission in Mexico City unofficially ordered by a posthumous message from the previous M, 007 James Bond kills three men plotting a terrorist bombing during the Day of the Dead and gives chase to Marco Sciarra, an assassin who survived the attack.


What does the SAW in M249 SAW stand for?

Many units are supplemented with a variety of specialized weapons, including the M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), to provide suppressive fire at the fire-team level.


Because Neptune's atmospheric methane content is similar to that of Uranus, some unknown atmospheric constituent is thought to contribute to Neptune's colour.


Did the people want Athanasius as their bishop?

The clergy and people were determined to have him as their bishop, Patriarch of Alexandria, and refused to accept any excuses.


When is distortion most common on a gramophone record?

Distortion towards the end of the side is likely to become more apparent as record wear increases.


What locomotives are usually more reliable?

They have no local emissions, an important advantage in tunnels and urban areas.


On the east side of the main park area is the National Museum of Visual Arts.


When was his nomination as apostolic visitor made official?

In February 1925, the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri summoned him to the Vatican and informed him of Pope Pius XI's decision to appoint him as the Apostolic Visitor to Bulgaria (1925–35).


What was seen as the behind the Roman influence in the east?

It was not until the time of the Roman Empire that the entire Roman world was organized into provinces under explicit Roman control.


What was the charity that Madonna was involved in when in Malawi?

The adoption raised strong public reaction, because Malawian law requires would-be parents to reside in Malawi for one year before adopting, which Madonna did not do.


How has breeding helped in the pultry industry?

In about 1800, chickens began to be kept on a larger scale, and modern high-output poultry farms were present in the United Kingdom from around 1920 and became established in the United States soon after the Second World War.


When did the Conspiration des poignards take place?

During the Consulate, Napoleon faced several royalist and Jacobin assassination plots, including the Conspiration des poignards (Dagger plot) in October 1800 and the Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise (also known as the Infernal Machine) two months later.


30% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 2% used it as the main language with family, friends or at work.


Who first suggested the existence of discrete inheritable units?

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


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

They resettled from the Pitcairn Islands, which had become too small for their growing population.


What year was Arnold J toynbee becoming metaphysical about the Near East?

By 1916, when millions of Europeans were becoming casualties of imperial war in the trenches of eastern and western Europe over "the eastern question," Arnold J. Toynbee, Hegelesque historian of civilization at large, was becoming metaphysical about the Near East.


The civil service was increasingly filled with natives at the lower levels, with the British holding the more senior positions.


While no studies have shown that the Act's negative effects, in total, exceed the positive effects, many economists believe that finding a way to reduce such perverse incentives would lead to more effective protection of endangered species.


The zinc is applied electrochemically or as molten zinc by hot-dip galvanizing or spraying.


Who coined the term "abominable mystery"?

That event was studied by sequencing the genome of an ancient flowering plant, Amborella trichopoda, and directly addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery."


By turning phase two on, the firefighter enables the car to move.


On what date was a study created to research the impart of women in direct involvement?

These trials were called Combat-Related Employment of Women.


When his father was transferred to Cairo in 1933, Nasser joined him and attended al-Nahda al-Masria school.


What type ratings did securities first in line receive from rating agencies?

Securities with lower priority had lower credit ratings but theoretically a higher rate of return on the amount invested.


How many nominations has American Idol received for Outstanding Reality Competition Program?

American Idol was nominated for the Emmy's Outstanding Reality Competition Program for nine years but never won.


What did financial institutions do prior to the crisis?

Prior to the crisis, financial institutions became highly leveraged, increasing their appetite for risky investments and reducing their resilience in case of losses.


What clubs were playing during the first penalty?

This led to penalty shoot-outs being introduced, the first of which came on 26 November 1991 when Rotherham United eliminated Scunthorpe United.


In Chicago, Marshall Jefferson had formed the house group Ten City Byron Burke, Byron Stingily & Herb Lawson(from "intensity").


What species did the elephants at the Gash River seem to form a symbiotic relationship with?

The elephants seemed to have formed a symbiotic relationship with olive baboons, with the baboons using the water holes dug by the elephants, while the elephants use the tree-top baboons as an early warning system.


What is a safety feature found in passenger elevators they generally do not have?

they usually do not have the same safety features found in passenger elevators, like various ropes for redundancy.


The Russian Revolution of 1917 (and similar, albeit less successful, revolutions in many other European countries) brought communism - and in particular the political theory of Leninism, but also on a smaller level Luxemburgism (gradually) - on the world stage.


What did Estonia hope to restore after the removal of the USSR?

Although initially the Germans were welcomed by most Estonians as liberators from the USSR and its oppressions, and hopes were raised for the restoration of the country's independence, it was soon realised that the Nazis were but another occupying power.


The physical relief of the island is dominated by two mountain ranges, the Troodos Mountains and the smaller Kyrenia Range, and the central plain they encompass, the Mesaoria.


Especially palm oil companies like Sime Darby (Malaysia) and Golden Veroleum (USA) are being accused by critics of the destruction of livelihoods and the displacement of local communities, enabled through government concessions.


What is something more important to Thuringia than most areas of Germany?

Nevertheless, they are more important than in the most other areas of Germany, especially within rural regions.


What did the new post-punk artists believe?

These artists instead defined punk as "an imperative to constant change", believing that "radical content demands radical form".


Which Confederate general failed to capture the Union fort at Knoxville?

The Confederates, led by General James Longstreet, did attack General Burnside's Fort Sanders at Knoxville and lost.


What was the final track on Queen's The Game?

One of Mercury's most notable performances of The Game's final track, "Save Me", took place in Montreal, and the concert is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal.


Since 1974, there has been a short daily news broadcast on state-run All India Radio.


Many more antibiotics were made following the end of what war?

The aftermath of World War II saw an explosion in the discovery of new classes of antibacterial drugs including the cephalosporins (developed by Eli Lilly based on the seminal work of Giuseppe Brotzu and Edward Abraham), streptomycin (discovered during a Merck-funded research program in Selman Waksman's laboratory), the tetracyclines (discovered at Lederle Laboratories, now a part of Pfizer), erythromycin (discovered at Eli Lilly and Co.) and their extension to an increasingly wide range of bacterial pathogens.


What is the second largest Protestant denomination in North Carolina?

The second-largest Protestant denomination in North Carolina after Baptist traditions is Methodism, which is strong in the northern Piedmont, especially in populous Guilford County.


Children aged 5–14 worked alongside the parents.


Dogs are predators and scavengers, and like many other predatory mammals, the dog has powerful muscles, fused wrist bones, a cardiovascular system that supports both sprinting and endurance, and teeth for catching and tearing.


What's another thing the paper showed hostility to?

Despite its initial opposition to the closures, until 1997, the newspaper repeatedly called for the implementation of further Thatcherite policies, such as Royal Mail privatisation,[verification needed] and social security cutbacks, with leaders such as "Peter Lilley is right, we can't carry on like this",[verification needed]


What math competition has Russian as an official language?

Russian is one of the official languages (or has similar status and interpretation must be provided into Russian) of the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, World Health Organization, International Civil Aviation Organization, UNESCO, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Telecommunication Union, World Meteorological Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Criminal Court, International Monetary Fund, International Olympic Committee, Universal Postal Union, World Bank, Commonwealth of Independent States, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Eurasian Economic Community, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, International Organization for Standardization, GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, International Mathematical Olympiad.


In 2013 how many years had IBM generated the most patents by a business?

As of 2013[update] the company held the record for most patents generated by a business for 22 consecutive years.


Where are the biggest population of Puerto Ricans on the mainland?

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


When did the mandolin's popularity begin to fall?

Salvador Léonardi mentioned this decline in his 1921 book, Méthode pour Banjoline ou Mandoline-Banjo, saying that the mandolin had been declining in popularity from previous times.


His new expertise in tank warfare was strengthened by a close collaboration with George S. Patton, Sereno E. Brett, and other senior tank leaders.


In which census are these numbers coming from?

Detroit is the center of a three-county urban area (population 3,734,090, area of 1,337 square miles (3,460 km2), a 2010 United States Census) six-county metropolitan statistical area (2010 Census population of 4,296,250, area of 3,913 square miles [10,130 km2]), and a nine-county Combined Statistical Area (2010 Census population of 5,218,852, area of 5,814 square miles [15,060 km2]).


Which two figures refused to back down after the churches worked out their disagreements?

When the Ottomans demanded changes, Nicholas refused and prepared for war.


How does La Liga sell its broadcasting rights?

This is in contrast to some other European Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs.


The plan, a grid with two main axes meeting at a central square and an additional square in each corner, was based on Thomas Holme's 1682 plan for Philadelphia.


What is the best known Cubist architecture building?

The best-known Cubist building is the House of the Black Madonna in the Old Town of Prague built in 1912 by Josef Gočár with the only Cubist café in the world, Grand Café Orient.


In what year was Melbourne Chinatown founded?

An influx of interstate and overseas migrants, particularly Irish, German and Chinese, saw the development of slums including a temporary "tent city" established on the southern banks of the Yarra.


Where were valuable items from Buckingham Palace taken during WWI?

Its more valuable contents were evacuated to Windsor but the royal family remained in situ.


What did the forum question about US interference?

Furthermore, in a cathartic blow to the US-backed elite, it questioned US interference through diplomats and NGOs.


What is presumed to be written upon the Cascajal Block?

What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block.


What death penalty drug ceased to be manufactured in 2011?

Hospira, the only U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental, stopped making the drug in 2011.


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

In Tulsa, Oklahoma's oldest resident professional company is American Theatre Company, and Theatre Tulsa is the oldest community theatre company west of the Mississippi.


Who designed the Praça dos Três Poderes?

It is a tourist attraction in Brasília, designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer as a place where the three branches would meet harmoniously.


Who manages New Haven's farmers' market?

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.


Despite the Genesis's head start, much larger library of games, and lower price point, the Genesis only represented an estimated 60% of the American 16-bit console market in June 1992, and neither console could maintain a definitive lead for several years.


How was gold spluttering used in vinyl creation?

Vinyl pressings were made with stampers from master cuts that were electroplated in vacuo by means of gold sputtering.


Which consul was responsible for the reforms that allowed all citizens access to join the Roman army?

In 107 BC, all citizens, regardless of their wealth or social class, were made eligible for entry into the Roman army.


What decade does the sulfite process date to?

The kraft process, invented in the 1870s and first used in the 1890s, is now the most commonly practiced strategy, one of its advantages is the chemical reaction with lignin, that produces heat, which can be used to run a generator.


How much revenue did beer bring in in 2006?

More than 133 billion litres (35 billion gallons) are sold per year—producing total global revenues of $294.5 billion (£147.7 billion) in 2006.


Local associations of a special kind are an amalgamation of one or more Landkreise with what?

Local associations of a special kind are an amalgamation of one or more Landkreise with one or more Kreisfreie Städte to form a replacement of the aforementioned administrative entities at the district level.


Who was in the commercial with Beyonce in 2004?

Beyoncé has worked with Pepsi since 2002, and in 2004 appeared in a Gladiator-themed commercial with Britney Spears, Pink, and Enrique Iglesias.


What does the Italian term for their winter time, ora solare, translate to in English?

Continental Europe uses similar phrases, such as Sommerzeit in Germany, zomertijd in Dutch-speaking regions, kesäaika in Finland, horario de verano or hora de verano in Spain and heure d'été in France, whereas in Italy the term is ora legale, that is, legal time (legally enforced time) as opposed to "ora solare", solar time, in winter.


How many free people of color lived in NC in 1860?

In addition, 30,463 free people of color lived in the state.


What has the research that has been done already show about sexual orientation show?

There is no substantive evidence which suggests parenting or early childhood experiences play a role when it comes to sexual orientation.


With what standard is the automatic exposure control system calibrated?

The Standard Output Sensitivity (SOS) technique, also new in the 2006 version of the standard, effectively specifies that the average level in the sRGB image must be 18% gray plus or minus 1/3 stop when the exposure is controlled by an automatic exposure control system calibrated per ISO 2721 and set to the EI with no exposure compensation.


What are 2 metals that can be absorbed in an ultra high vacuum system?

The water absorption of aluminium and palladium becomes an unacceptable source of outgassing, and even the adsorptivity of hard metals such as stainless steel or titanium must be considered.


What was the decisive battle in the Northwest territories against the native population there?

President Washington dispatched a newly trained army to the region, which decisively defeated the Indian confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.


Who encouraged peanut production in Guinea-Bissau?

The Portuguese encouraged peanut production.


How many 24-hour rapid transit systems are located in New York?

Like the New York City Subway, the PATH operates 24 hours a day; meaning three of the six rapid transit systems in the world which operate on 24-hour schedules are wholly or partly in New York (the others are a portion of the Chicago 'L', the PATCO Speedline serving Philadelphia, and the Copenhagen Metro).


The nature of the Canadian Forces has continued to evolve.


Minority leaders are typically energetic and aggressive campaigners for partisan incumbents and challengers.


What chemistry do hydrides serve as bridging ligands?

This function is particularly common in group 13 elements, especially in boranes (boron hydrides) and aluminium complexes, as well as in clustered carboranes.


What breed was the largest dog known to have lived?

The tallest dog is a Great Dane that stands 106.7 cm (42.0 in) at the shoulder.


Bern was the site of the 1954 Football (Soccer) World Cup Final, a huge upset for the Hungarian Golden Team, who were beaten 3–2 by West Germany.


Disappointed, he enrolled in the law school at King Fuad University, but quit after one semester to reapply to the Military Academy.


Which branch of government denied the UNFPA funding?

Over the course of the Bush Administration, a total of $244 million in Congressionally approved funding was blocked by the Executive Branch.


In 1973, which historian objected to comparisons between Napoleon and Hitler?

David G. Chandler, a foremost historian of Napoleonic warfare, wrote in 1973 that, "Nothing could be more degrading to the former [Napoleon] and more flattering to the latter [Hitler].


Which two Swiss cities have been ranked as having the highest quality of life in the world?

Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities with the highest quality of life in the world, with the former ranked 2nd globally, according to Mercer.


The Russians eventually offered battle outside Moscow on 7 September: the Battle of Borodino resulted in approximately 44,000 Russian and 35,000 French dead, wounded or captured, and may have been the bloodiest day of battle in history up to that point in time.


What is the literal translation of the Dutch phrase, "Kun jij je pen niet vinden?"

In a tag question the word order is the same as in a declarative clause: "Jij kunt je pen niet vinden?"


what would happen if the trade did not return a profit for at least 3 years?

The high profits reported by the company after landing in India initially prompted King James I to grant subsidiary licences to other trading companies in England.


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

Other New Haven militia members were on hand to escort George Washington from his overnight stay in New Haven on his way to Cambridge.


What was the topic of the first Solvay Conference?

Max Planck received the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta".


When did Marvel's British-themed superhero first appear?

In October 1976, Marvel, which already licensed reprints in different countries, including the UK, created a superhero specifically for the British market.


What percent are Jewish intermarriage rates at?

Jewish intermarriage rates run at over 35% and recent studies suggest that the percentage of Israelis descended from both Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews increases by 0.5 percent every year, with over 25% of school children now originating from both communities.


Who portrayed Chopin in the 1991 film, Impromptu?

Chopin's life and his relations with George Sand have been fictionalized in numerous films.


What region did Napoleon invade in an effort to extend the Continental System?

Hoping to extend the Continental System, Napoleon invaded Iberia and declared his brother Joseph the King of Spain in 1808.


When did the Pictish tribe start to inhabit the islands?

Hiberni (Ireland), Pictish (northern Britain) and Britons (southern Britain) tribes, all speaking Insular Celtic, inhabited the islands at the beginning of the 1st millennium AD.


In what year did the Doomsday project occur?

It was typical for each disc to start with the disc catalog (a few blank frames) then the video introduction before the rest of the data.


Innovations in what kind of management is Dell known for?

Dell was a pure hardware vendor for much of its existence, but with the acquisition in 2009 of Perot Systems, Dell entered the market for IT services.


Was CBC's application for a digital transitter in Fredricton approved or rejected?

On March 23, 2011, the CRTC rejected an application by the CBC to install a digital transmitter serving Fredricton, New Brunswick in place of the analogue transmitter serving Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick, which would have served only 62.5% of the population served by the existing analogue transmitter.


What include a synopsized adaptation of Twain's story?

The latter included a synopsized adaptation of his story that Twain stated had appeared, unattributed to Twain, in a Professor Sidgwick’s Greek Prose Composition (p. 116) under the title, "The Athenian and the Frog"; the adaptation had for a time been taken for an independent ancient Greek precursor to Twain's "Jumping Frog" story.


Who is known as the father of deconstruction?

These included Paul de Man who taught in the Departments of Comparative Literature and French, J. Hillis Miller, Geoffrey Hartman (both taught in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature), and Harold Bloom (English), whose theoretical position was always somewhat specific, and who ultimately took a very different path from the rest of this group.


KU's academic computing department was an active participant in setting up the Internet and is the developer of the early Lynx text based web browser.


On which day did CBC release an updated announcement stating they were striving to update all 27 transmitters?

On December 16, 2010, some months after the CRTC issued a bulletin reminding broadcasters that analog transmitters had to be shut off by the deadline in mandatory markets, the CBC revised the documents accompanying its August 6, 2010 news release to state that it had the money for and is striving to transition all 27 transmitters by August 31, 2011.


From the 1990s onwards, the predominant approach to constructing phylogenies for living plants has been molecular phylogenetics, which uses molecular characters, particularly DNA sequences, rather than morphological characters like the presence or absence of spines and areoles.


Under what immediate jurisdiction of the Catholic Church does New Haven fall?

There are churches for all major branches of Christianity within the city, multiple store-front churches, ministries (especially in working-class Latino and Black neighborhoods), a mosque, many synagogues (including two yeshivas), and other places of worship; the level of religious diversity in the city is high.


Roughly how many days of sunshine does Santa Monica get annually?

It happens suddenly and it may last some hours or past sunset time.


Other city states formed federated states in self-defense, such as the Aetolian League (est. 370 BCE), the Achaean League (est. 280 BCE), the Boeotian league, the "Northern League" (Byzantium, Chalcedon, Heraclea Pontica and Tium) and the "Nesiotic League" of the Cyclades.


What are the names of some of the  human right organizations that have been involved in Burmese relations.

International human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have repeatedly documented and condemned widespread human rights violations in Myanmar.


More recently leeches have been used to assist in microsurgery, and their saliva has provided anti-inflammatory compounds and several important anticoagulants, one of which also prevents tumors from spreading.


What decade saw the birth of the soft adult contemporary format?

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.


He also perfected a sparse, percussive blues style, especially up the neck in keys that had not been used much in country music, notably B and E.


What is it called when the census counts every person wherever they are the night of the census?


In what year did the Marshall Islands become a sovereign nation?

Self-government was achieved in 1979, and full sovereignty in 1986, under a Compact of Free Association with the United States.


When does secondary schooling typically take place?

The exact boundary between primary and secondary education also varies from country to country and even within them, but is generally around the seventh to the tenth year of schooling.


What is one of the issues with affirmative action?

The most effective way to cure society of exclusionary practices is to make special efforts at inclusion, which is exactly what affirmative action does."


How many times has Tennessee supported Democratic presidential candidates in the general elections since the 1950s?

Since then, more of the state's voters have shifted to supporting Republicans, and Democratic presidential candidates have carried Tennessee only four times.


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

Much of this service can be attributed to the Alaska bypass mail program which subsidizes bulk mail delivery to Alaskan rural communities.


What scientist first studied black body radiation?

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


What is the name of the major airport in Mexico City?

This traffic exceeds the current capacity of the airport, which has historically centralized the majority of air traffic in the country.


Which chemical of the brain is involved with arousal?

There are dozens of other chemical neurotransmitters that are used in more limited areas of the brain, often areas dedicated to a particular function.


Which type of configuration is often manufactured with the leads parallel to the body of the capacitor?

Radial leads might more accurately be referred to as tandem; they are rarely actually aligned along radii of the body's circle, so the term is inexact, although universal.


When was it advised for North Koreans to attempt to defeat the opposing forces at Inchon?

On 18 September, Stalin dispatched General H. M. Zakharov to Korea to advise Kim Il-sung to halt his offensive around the Pusan perimeter and to redeploy his forces to defend Seoul.


The traditional culture of farming, cheesemaking, and woodworking still exists in Alpine villages, although the tourist industry began to grow early in the 20th century and expanded greatly after World War II to become the dominant industry by the end of the century.


Which three people were the first to ride the Saturn V rocket into space?

On December 21, 1968, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to ride the Saturn V rocket into space on Apollo 8.


When did the questioning of human sexual responses begin?

Berlin sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld published a scheme in 1896 that measured the strength of an individual's sexual desire on two independent 10-point scales, A (homosexual) and B (heterosexual).


Along with rap/hip-hop, what genre of music were aging listeners not as interested in?

The growth of AC was a natural result of the generation that first listened to the more "specialized" music of the mid-late 1970s growing older and not being interested in the heavy metal and rap/hip-hop music that a new generation helped to play a significant role in the Top 40 charts by the end of the decade.


How many torchbearers participated in Macao?

A total of 120 torchbearers participated in this event including casino tycoon Stanley Ho.


The Egyptian art collection at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art in Shawnee is considered to be the finest Egyptian collection between Chicago and Los Angeles.


What was displayed in Kentucky courthouses?

In ruling on the Mount Soledad cross controversy on May 3, 2006, however, a federal judge ruled that the cross on public property on Mount Soledad must be removed.


In the Eastern Church Sergei Bulgakov argued that the crucifixion of Jesus was "pre-eternally" determined by the Father before the creation of the world, to redeem humanity from the disgrace caused by the fall of Adam.


What is an example of a Sassanid language?

Middle Iranian languages included Middle Persian (a language of Sassanid Iran), Parthian, and Bactrian.


What was Boardwalk Hall formerly known as?

Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the "Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall", is an arena in Atlantic City along the boardwalk.


What program handled "essential aliens" that did not fall under normal immigration policies?

" It created the program "PL-110", to handle defectors and other "essential aliens" who fell outside normal immigration procedures.


How much in loans has Armenia received since 1993?

Loans to Armenia since 1993 exceed $1.1 billion.


In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe.


Many of Bermuda's hotels are located along the south shore of the island.


The regattas are hosted and organized by the Schuylkill Navy, an association of area rowing clubs that has produced numerous Olympic rowers.


At what point were all members of the household named on a census?

Native Americans were included among "Other;" in later censuses, they were included as "Free people of color" if they were not living on Indian reservations.


The meaning of federalism, as a political movement, and of what constitutes a 'federalist', varies with country and historical context.[citation needed]


In what year did Sultan Selim I order the massacre of 40,000 people whom he considered heretics?

With these conquests, Selim further solidified the Ottoman claim for being an Islamic caliphate, although Ottoman sultans had been claiming the title of caliph since the 14th century starting with Murad I (reigned 1362 to 1389).


Who did Princess Margaret marry in 1960?

In 1960, she married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created Earl of Snowdon the following year.


Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states (German: Bundesland, or Land).[a]


Where was the oldest brain that was found?

The brain, estimated to be over 5,000 years old, was found in the skull of a 12 to 14-year-old girl.


What place had police experience violent problems with protesters?

After the hand-off, protests continued internationally, with particularly violent confrontations with police in Nepal.


Who did Barnes believe was best able to advance the interests of architects?

Soon after the passing of the 1931 Act, in the book published on the occasion of the Institute's centenary celebration in 1934, Harry Barnes, FRIBA, Chairman of the Registration Committee, mentioned that ARCUK could not be a rival of any architectural association, least of all the RIBA, given the way ARCUK was constituted.


How dense was the population of Kathmandu in 1991?

With this new area, the population density which was 85 in 1991 is still 85 in 2001; it is likely to jump to 111 in 2011 and 161 in 2021.


What was another name for the Ottoman Empire?

On eleven occasions, the sultan was deposed (replaced by another sultan of the Ottoman dynasty, who were either the former sultan's brother, son or nephew) because he was perceived by his enemies as a threat to the state.


What used to be the main draw on electricity?

Although some early proponents of DST aimed to reduce evening use of incandescent lighting, which used to be a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly and research about how DST affects energy use is limited or contradictory.


Currently, Brazil does not have any territories, therefore, for now the courts serve only cases from the Federal District.


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


Who did Detroit argue with when trying to plane a regional transit system?

But the inability of Detroit and its suburban neighbors to solve conflicts over transit planning resulted in the region losing the majority of funding for rapid transit.


Pesticides contribute to what sort of pollution?

Pesticide use raises a number of environmental concerns.


Outside Europe, Napoleonic Code has been used as the basis for certain parts of what?

The memory of Napoleon in Poland is favorable, for his support for independence and opposition to Russia, his legal code, the abolition of serfdom, and the introduction of modern middle class bureaucracies.


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


Where was the first bridge built across the River Itchen?

The northernmost bridge, and the first to be built, is at Mansbridge,


How much land did the Allen brothers buy?

In August 1836, two real estate entrepreneurs—Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen—from New York, purchased 6,642 acres (26.88 km2) of land along Buffalo Bayou with the intent of founding a city.


How many people across the Tibetan Plateau speak 'greater Tibetan'?

Tibetan is also spoken by approximately 150,000 exile speakers who have fled from modern-day Tibet to India and other countries.


Which child of Jefferson identified as black?

Of the descendants of Madison Hemings, who continued to identify as black, some in future generations eventually identified as white and "married out", while others continued to identify as African American.


A Frankish identity emerged and so did their Frankish or Franconian language.


The film was another huge box office smash, grossing over $591 million worldwide.


Failure to register can result in large fines and closure of place of worship.


In 1829 on a trip back to Berlin Chopin was a guest of who?

On an 1829 return trip to Berlin, he was a guest of Prince Antoni Radziwiłł, governor of the Grand Duchy of Posen—himself an accomplished composer and aspiring cellist.


The judgement effectively made strikes illegal since employers could recoup the cost of lost business from the unions.


what song by marshall jefferson became a big house hit?

One 1986 house tune called "Move Your Body" by Marshall Jefferson, taken from the appropriately titled "The House Music Anthem" EP, became a big hit in Chicago and eventually worldwide.


What religions does Nigeria have besides the top two?

Nigeria is a religiously diverse society, with Islam and Christianity being the most widely professed religions.


On what day was the Richard Gilder Boathouse established?

The Richard Gilder Boathouse is named to honor former Olympic rower Virginia Gilder '79 and her father Richard Gilder '54, who gave $4 million towards the $7.5 million project.


The Chinese government established what city in this disputed area?

However to sustain its relationship with China the Vietnamese government has actively sought to head off protests during the torch relay, with Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng warning government agencies that "hostile forces" may try to disrupt the torch relay.


Who led a military coup against Shagari?

His regime was overthrown by another military coup in 1985.


what hit single did atkins release in 1985?

Techno-Scratch" was released by the Knights Of The Turntable in 1984 which had a similar techno sound to Cybotron.


In what year was a bridge proposed between County Antrim in Northern Ireland to Galloway, Scotland?

A proposal in 2007, estimated the cost of building a bridge from County Antrim in Northern Ireland to Galloway in Scotland at £3.5bn (€5bn).


What does this allow riders to do at the top?

The passenger cabs are mechanically separated from the lift mechanism, thus allowing the elevator shafts to be used continuously while passengers board and embark from the cabs, as well as move through show scenes on various floors.


The Green Book consisted of how many volumes?

He laid out the principles of this Theory in the three volumes of The Green Book, in which he sought to "explain the structure of the ideal society."


Exposure to what compounds can also trigger asthma?

Low air quality from factors such as traffic pollution or high ozone levels, has been associated with both asthma development and increased asthma severity.


What was the name the first cousing that Victoria married?

Their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the sobriquet "the grandmother of Europe".


The Space Age brought the first human spaceflight during the Vostok programme and reached its peak with the Apollo program which captured the imagination of much of the world's population.


When was the Developer preview initially intended to expire?

Originally set to expire on March 11, 2012, in February 2012 the Developer Preview's expiry date was changed to January 15, 2013.


Are previous leaders a hendrence to the current government?

While former military leaders still wield enormous power in the country, Burmese Military have taken steps toward relinquishing control of the government.


What was the name of vincent van Gogh's brother?

These studies were avidly followed by artists such as Vincent van Gogh.


In what village is Moorgreen Hospital located?

The Trust owns and manages Southampton General Hospital, the Princess Anne Hospital and a palliative care service at Countess Mountbatten House, part of the Moorgreen Hospital site in the village of West End, just outside the city.


What was the eastern church subsequently known as?

Theological and political differences emerged, and by the early and middle 8th century issues such as iconoclasm, clerical marriage, and state control of the church had widened to the extent that the cultural and religious differences were greater than the similarities.


What is exchanged between between bacterial strains or species via plasmids that have this resistance?

Cross-resistance to several antibacterials may also occur when a resistance mechanism encoded by a single gene conveys resistance to more than one antibacterial compound.


What method, derived from the Romans, was traditionally used to build ships?

Other improvements to ships included the use of lateen sails and the stern-post rudder, both of which increased the speed at which ships could be sailed.


In Greek mythology, Hellen, the patriarch of Hellenes, was son of Pyrrha and Deucalion, who ruled around Phthia, the only survivors after the great deluge.


In what year did The Lives of Others win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language?

The Berlin International Film Festival, held yearly since 1951, is one of the world's foremost film and cinema festivals.


What issue can complicate electric railway service?

Disadvantages of electric traction include high capital costs that may be uneconomic on lightly trafficked routes; a relative lack of flexibility since electric trains need electrified tracks or onboard supercapacitors and charging infrastructure at stations; and a vulnerability to power interruptions.


How many members did VVAW have when Kerry joined it?

According to Nixon Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, "I didn't approve of what he did, but I understood the protesters quite well", and he declined two requests from the Navy to court martial Reserve Lieutenant Kerry over his antiwar activity.


Along with the Ba'ath Party and Muslim Brotherhood, what group was notably banned in Misrata?

Catching the authorities' attention, they expelled his family from Sabha.


Who donated land to create a Victorian-style park in 1891?

Bannerman Park is a Victorian-style park located near the downtown.


How much of Nigeria's population is Animist and other religions?

Nigerians are nearly equally divided into Christians and Muslims, with a tiny minority of adherents of Animism and other religions.


What did the World Economic Forum's Global Competetiveness Report Rank Switzerland's economy as?

The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report currently ranks Switzerland's economy as the most competitive in the world, while ranked by the European Union as Europe's most innovative country.


At what age did schooling begin in Hungary?

Formal schooling did not start in Hungary until the age of ten.


Chopin's tombstone, featuring the muse of music, Euterpe, weeping over a broken lyre, was designed and sculpted by Clésinger.


With which team did Barcelona have a 1-1 draw in the 2015-16 Copa del Rey?

On 4 January 2016, Barcelona's transfer ban ended.


Which state has started to regulate the word "nutritionist"?

Some states, such as the State of Florida, have begun to include the title "nutritionist" in state licensure requirements.


What is the name of Wallace Steven's work that explains how cubism can be translated into poetry?

"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" is also said to demonstrate how cubism's multiple perspectives can be translated into poetry.


This has important potential implications for a hydrogen economy, as hydrogen can be produced on-site and does not need to be transported.


Though separated by nine years, Joan and Richard were close, as they both shared a natural curiosity about the world.


When did the relations between the Rus and Byzantines start to become more complicated?

Byzantine sources do not mention the attack, but a pair of treaties in 907 and 911 set forth a trade agreement with the Rus', the terms suggesting pressure on the Byzantines, who granted the Rus' quarters and supplies for their merchants and tax-free trading privileges in Constantinople.


M&M's Pretzel Chocolate Candies was a sponsor of the season nine tour.


What is the name of the political party's leader that The Times supported in the 2001 general election?

For the 2001 general election The Times declared its support for Tony Blair's Labour government, which was re-elected by a landslide.


How much is construction of Holyport College predicted to cost?

David Cameron is the 19th British prime minister to have attended the school, and has recommended that Eton set up a school in the state sector to help drive up standards.


Attempts to reconcile which two fields resulted in a widespread rejection of prophecy?

The cultural exchange during the Age of Enlightenment ran in both directions across the Atlantic.


What insurance company is located in downtown Detroit?

A number of the city's downtown employers are relatively new, as there has been a marked trend of companies moving from satellite suburbs around Metropolitan Detroit into the downtown core.[citation needed]


What was the name of Sinai's film that ushered in Iran's new era of film after the 1979 Revolution?

Critics considered this a remarkable event in the history of Iranian cinema.


What is the largest city owned gas utility?

Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), overseen by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, is the nation's largest municipally owned natural gas utility.


it was seen as a disappointment, mainly with the critics.


Is it possible for a bilateral treaty to have more than two parties?

The treaty establishes rights and obligations between the Swiss and the EU and the member states severally—it does not establish any rights and obligations amongst the EU and its member states.[citation needed]


What kind of applications did the interdisciplinary program help shape?

KU's School of Business launched interdisciplinary management science graduate studies in operations research during Fall Semester 1965.


About how many people died during the Draft Riots of 1863?

According to historian James M. McPherson (2001), at least 120 people were killed.


Which Alaskan indigenous group is now well-known for their art?

The Tlingit people developed a society with a matrilineal kinship system of property inheritance and descent in what is today Southeast Alaska, along with parts of British Columbia and the Yukon.


In exchange for helping Austria, Russia wanted to be freely able to handle any issues they had with who?

Russia had assisted Austria's efforts in suppressing the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and expected gratitude; it wanted a free hand in settling its problems with the Ottoman Empire — the "sick man of Europe".


What was the main subject of controversy that arose within the Reformed Church during the beginning of the Republic?

In the first years of the Republic, controversy arose within the Reformed Church, mainly around the subject of predestination.


In what year did Sony and BMG Germany merge?

In August 2004, Sony entered joint venture with equal partner Bertelsmann, by merging Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group, Germany, to establish Sony BMG Music Entertainment.


How did Spielberg influence the public's behavior?

Gerry Philpott, president of E-Poll Market Research, supported Spielberg's score by stating, "If anyone doubts that Steven Spielberg has greatly influenced the public, think about how many will think for a second before going into the water this summer."


Dish network Tv takes example of what type of antenna?

An example of a high-gain antenna is a parabolic dish such as a satellite television antenna.


Who remains unaffected when a party's reservation is accepted by a second party?

If the state accepts them (or fails to act at all), both the reserving state and the accepting state are relieved of the reserved legal obligation as concerns their legal obligations to each other (accepting the reservation does not change the accepting state's legal obligations as concerns other parties to the treaty).


Canada's Supreme Court didn't actually become that country's highest court until when?

The title "Supreme" can be confusing because, for example, The Supreme Court of British Columbia does not have the final say and controversial cases heard there often get appealed in higher courts - it is in fact one of the lower courts in such a process.


Around what year did construction continue after a period of financial struggle?

As the school suffered reduced income while still under construction, the completion and further development of the school has since depended to some extent on wealthy benefactors.


At present the region is home to 14 million people and has 120 million annual visitors.


How much were they ordered to pay in damages for the strike?

The judgement effectively made strikes illegal since employers could recoup the cost of lost business from the unions.


Where did John von Neumann circulate the first draft of a report on the EDVAC?

The theoretical basis for the stored-program computer was laid by Alan Turing in his 1936 paper.


When did the Communist troops cross the Yangtze River?

By late 1949, the PLA was pursuing remnants of KMT forces southwards in southern China, and only Tibet was left.


How long are each of the subway systems?

The two largest metropolitan areas have subway systems: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area, each with more than 35 km (22 mi) of lines.


She also gives various concerts each year in different ensembles.


What did the 2007 study decide was the parent group for annelids?

The 2007 study also noted that the ladder-like nervous system, which is associated with segmentation, is less universal previously thought in both annelids and arthropods.[n 2]


The first American to orbit around the planet was whom?

Almost a year after the Soviet Union put a human into orbit, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, on February 20, 1962.


What does Nasser's brother's name translate to?

Nasser's biographers Robert Stephens and Said Aburish wrote that Nasser's family believed strongly in the "Arab notion of glory", since the name of Nasser's brother, Izz al-Arab, translates to "Glory of the Arabs"—a rare name in Egypt.


A new "File History" function allows incremental revisions of files to be backed up to and restored from a secondary storage device, while Storage Spaces allows users to combine different sized hard disks into virtual drives and specify mirroring, parity, or no redundancy on a folder-by-folder basis.


What type of swarm was a concern because of the emperor's ethics?

In addition to his many other roles, the emperor acted as the highest priest in the land who made sacrifices to Heaven, the main deities known as the Five Powers, and the spirits (shen 神) of mountains and rivers.


What did the Watch Tower Society admit in 1980?

From 1966, Witness publications and convention talks built anticipation of the possibility that Christ's thousand-year reign might begin in late 1975 or shortly thereafter.


When were the immigration protocols relaxed in Norfolk Island?

Until recently immigration to Norfolk Island even by other Australian citizens was heavily restricted.


Fimbriae (sometimes called "attachment pili") are fine filaments of protein, usually 2–10 nanometres in diameter and up to several micrometers in length.


What is the French term for the Republic of the Congo?

The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic, West Congo[citation needed], or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa.


Which government awards the Order of the Chrysanthemum?

21 decorations were from Yugoslavia itself, 18 having been awarded once, and the Order of the National Hero on three occasions.


The German Empire had how many universities?

At the end of the Middle Ages, about 400 years after the first university was founded, there were twenty-nine universities spread throughout Europe.


To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go


What number indicates the minimum score for a country to be considered a "high development" country?

A HDI of 0.8 or more is considered to represent "high development".


When did the American Idol Experience open?

The winner of the finals show received a "Dream Ticket" that granted them front-of-the-line privileges at any future American Idol audition.


The war was one of the first to be documented in what two ways?

The war was one of the first to be documented extensively in written reports and photographs.


During which years did the Synod have power to enact measures?

Since 1993, the Sodor and Man Diocesan Synod has had power to enact measures making provision "with respect to any matter concerning the Church of England in the Island".


What year saw a film version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

His two biggest hits for Universal were The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925).


Draža Mihailović was found guilty of collaboration, high treason and war crimes and was subsequently executed by firing squad in July 1946.


Run by the French government, it performs mostly French classics at the Salle Richelieu in the Palais-Royal at 2 rue de Richelieu, next to the Louvre.


The environmental intervention was linked to the conceptualization of what process?

This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualisation of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism.


At what rate is standard 35mm photographic film exposed and projected?

To be shown on standard television, in PAL-system countries, cinema film is scanned at the TV rate of 25 frame/s, causing a speedup of 4.1 percent, which is generally considered acceptable.


What memorial commemorates the naval victory over the Spanish Armada?

Plymouth has 20 war memorials of which nine are on The Hoe including: Plymouth Naval Memorial, to remember those killed in World Wars I and II, and the Armada Memorial, to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada.


What happens in many cases when a word starts with an 's'?

Often 'b' & 'p' are interchangeable, for example 'baggage' becomes 'pagas', 'lob' (to throw) becomes 'loopima'.


Sanskrit (/ˈsænskrɪt/; Sanskrit: saṃskṛtam [səmskr̩t̪əm] or saṃskṛta, originally saṃskṛtā vāk, "refined speech") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism, a philosophical language in Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism, and a literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in Greater India.


Which college in Newham does Eton College co-sponsor?

David Cameron is the 19th British prime minister to have attended the school, and has recommended that Eton set up a school in the state sector to help drive up standards.


What type of variations are there between the Quanznou and Zhangzhou tone system?

There are minor variations between the Quanzhou and Zhangzhou tone systems.