Mercury was often used in mining, to extract precious metals like gold and silver from their ores.


How many families were still without permanent homes?

1,300 schools had been reconstructed, with initial relocation of 25 townships, including Beichuan and Wenchuan, two of the most devastated areas.


The Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of leisure opportunities at more than 150 sites throughout the city, which include: 8,100 acres (33 km2) of park land, 78 miles (126 km) of greenway, 22 community centers, a BMX championship-caliber race track, 112 tennis courts among 25 locations, 5 public lakes, and 8 public aquatic facilities.


Where do you look for the pronunciation of different dialects?

The descriptions below are mostly for this variety.


In March of 2012 whom gained control of Mali?

In January 2012 a Tuareg rebellion began in Northern Mali, led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad.


The typical image of migration is of northern landbirds, such as swallows (Hirundinidae) and birds of prey, making long flights to the tropics.


Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold.


What allows Link to switch between his two forms?

Now able to use it to switch between both forms at will, Link is led by Midna to the Mirror of Twilight located deep within the Gerudo Desert, the only known gateway between the Twilight Realm and Hyrule.


What makes Washington University unique among other American universities?

Early on, Eliot solicited support from members of the local business community, including John O'Fallon, but Eliot failed to secure a permanent endowment.


Who put a stop to the lack of law and presence of disorder in post-Revolutionary France?

His critics charge that he was not significantly troubled when faced with the prospect of war and death for thousands, turned his search for undisputed rule into a series of conflicts throughout Europe and ignored treaties and conventions alike.


What were India's two largest political parties in the 1940s?

The borders drawn by the British to broadly partition India into Hindu and Muslim areas left tens of millions as minorities in the newly independent states of India and Pakistan.


Where studio hosts the live final rounds on American Idol?

The finals are broadcast in prime time from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, in front of a live studio audience.


What did Bruce Voeller do with his findings?

Voeller generalized this finding and used it as part of the modern gay rights movement to convince politicians and the public that "we [gays and lesbians] are everywhere".


How many torchbearers carried the torch?

No politicians from the pro-democracy camp were selected as torchbearers.


What is an example of a product Wall Street invented to answer the demand for income generating investments?

This pool of money had roughly doubled in size from 2000 to 2007, yet the supply of relatively safe, income generating investments had not grown as fast.


The Soviet Union beat the US to this, with the October 4, 1957 orbiting of Sputnik 1, and later beat the US to the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961.


Though invasion plans were drawn up the the Germans, which war did Switzerland escape attack during?

During World War II, detailed invasion plans were drawn up by the Germans, but Switzerland was never attacked.


For example, at the time those nations were being established, factions known as "federalists" in the United States and Australia advocated the formation of strong central government.


Where had Napoleon advanced to when he received word that Paris was lost?

Napoleon had advanced as far as Fontainebleau when he learned that Paris was lost.


What was the document Nasser backed to push his socialist reforms?

In order to organize and solidify his popular base with Egypt's citizens and counter the army's influence, Nasser introduced the National Charter in 1962 and a new constitution.


The present-day population of Ashkenazi Jews is thought to be between which two numbers?

It is estimated that in the 11th century Ashkenazi Jews composed only three percent of the world's Jewish population, while at their peak in 1931 they accounted for 92 percent of the world's Jews.


Which factors concerning the Good Friday earthquake do some believe caused a higher survival rate?

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


Who were the main competitors that  had a monopoly of the spice trade in Malaccan?

In 1634, the Mughal emperor extended his hospitality to the English traders to the region of Bengal, and in 1717 completely waived customs duties for the trade.


What percent of Japanese troops died on Okinawa?

Of the 117,000 Japanese troops defending Okinawa, 94 percent died.


What was key factor did the Prussian General Staff study?

The Prussian General Staff developed by Moltke proved to be extremely effective, in contrast to the traditional French school.


How much of the rainforest remains in Norfolk Island today?

The Norfolk Island palm (Rhopalostylis baueri) and the smooth tree-fern (Cyathea brownii), the tallest tree-fern in the world, are common in the Norfolk Island National Park but rare elsewhere on the island.


Who did Turner ink a deal with to distribute Warner Bros. films from before 1950?

Before the creation of Turner Classic Movies, films from Turner's library of movies aired on the Turner Broadcasting System's advertiser-supported cable network TNT – along with colorized versions of black-and-white classics such as The Maltese Falcon.


Who was the first reigning monarch from Britain to set foot in Spain?

In 1889, during a stay in Biarritz, she became the first reigning monarch from Britain to set foot in Spain when she crossed the border for a brief visit.


The ideals of the Enlightenment were incorporated into which two United States documents?

The Americans Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson came to Europe during the period and contributed actively to the scientific and political debate, and the ideals of the Enlightenment were incorporated into the United States Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.


What wheelchair-bound bearer of the Olympic torch displayed a Tibetan flag?

Two torchbearers carried the flame running slowly behind a truck and surrounded by Olympic security guards.


What was the name of the new link between India and China by land?

The American General Joseph Stilwell, who also was deputy commander to Mountbatten and commanded U.S. forces in the China Burma India Theater, directed aid to China and prepared to construct the Ledo Road to link India and China by land.


What two indiginous pre-hispanic culture has survived to this point?

Two aspects of indigenous pre-Hispanic culture that withstood time are chenchule' and inafa'maolek.


What percentage of people who've had upper limbs amputated feel phantom pain?

The prevalence of phantom pain in upper limb amputees is nearly 82%, and in lower limb amputees is 54%.


How did the French assist against the rebels?

In November 2006, Bozizé's government requested French military support to help them repel rebels who had taken control of towns in the country's northern regions.


Where do archeologists believe that alchemy was first practiced?

The Baghdad Battery, with copper cylinders soldered to lead, dates back to 248 BC to AD 226 and resembles a galvanic cell, leading people to believe this was the first battery; the claim has not been verified.


In 525 BC, the powerful Achaemenid Persians, led by Cambyses II, began their conquest of Egypt, eventually capturing the pharaoh Psamtik III at the battle of Pelusium.


How many people at the last census were under 18?

Philadelphia's death rate was at its lowest in at least a half-century, 13,691 deaths in 2013.


What force used Sunderland flying boats out of Devonport?

This was largely due to Plymouth's status as a major port Charles Church was hit by incendiary bombs and partially destroyed in 1941 during the Blitz, but has not been demolished, as it is now an official permanent monument to the bombing of Plymouth during World War II.


What was the first novel published under this deal?

Marvel first licensed two prose novels to Bantam Books, who printed The Avengers Battle the Earth Wrecker by Otto Binder (1967) and Captain America:


Who was allowed to wear feather cloaks and palaoa in old school Hawaiian society?

In China, before establishment of the republic, only the emperor could wear yellow.


What cannot travel on Downtown Miami streets during "Bike Miami"?

The city has begun construction of bike routes as of late 2009, and ordinances requiring bike parking in all future construction in the city became mandatory as of October 2009.


Animals that consume parts of their prey are considered to be

Grazing organisms may also kill their prey species, but this is seldom the case.


It is bounded on the east by Arkansas and Missouri, on the north by Kansas, on the northwest by Colorado, on the far west by New Mexico, and on the south and near-west by Texas.


How many people died on the first German raid on London?

The first German raid on London, on 7 September 1940, killed about one thousand civilians, mostly in the East End.


How do robberies at BYU's Provo compare to the national average?

Murder is rare, and robberies are about 1/10 the national average.


When did Arsenal FC leave Highbury stadium?

The original stadium was designed by the renowned football architect Archibald Leitch, and had a design common to many football grounds in the UK at the time, with a single covered stand and three open-air banks of terracing.


What younger sister of Beyonce also appeared in Destiny's Child?

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


What are some consequences of the investments

First, sub-Saharan Africa already suffered from a shortage of primary doctors before the arrival of the Gates Foundation, but "by pouring most contributions into the fight against such high-profile killers as AIDS, Gates grantees have increased the demand for specially trained, higher-paid clinicians, diverting staff from basic care" in sub-Saharan Africa.


What type of highways let commuters get to cities fast?

He, Ning–Hang enable commuters to travel to Shanghai, Hefei, Hangzhou, and other important cities quickly and conveniently.


What percentage of Smartphone users use the youtube app?

According to GlobalWebIndex, YouTube was used by 35% of smartphone users between April and June 2013, making it the third most used app.


Located in the North-West of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the north.


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

Scout's primary identification with her father and older brother allows her to describe the variety and depth of female characters in the novel both as one of them and as an outsider.


How many down-ballot candidates did Kerry help support?

Kerry established a separate political action committee, Keeping America's Promise, which declared as its mandate "A Democratic Congress will restore accountability to Washington and help change a disastrous course in Iraq", and raised money and channeled contributions to Democratic candidates in state and federal races.


What opposition movement was based in Arabia and Basra?

Following the death of Husayn, Ibn al-Zubayr, although remaining in Mecca, was associated with two opposition movements, one centered in Medina and the other around Kharijites in Basra and Arabia.


What type of words are used to do sound effects in comics?

Speech balloons themselves are strongly associated with comics, such that the addition of one to an image is sufficient to turn the image into comics.


How does the 360 S then react to an overheating situation?

The newer Xbox 360 S model indicates system overheating when the console's power button begins to flash red, unlike previous models where the first and third quadrant of the ring would light up red around the power button if overheating occurred.


Who authored Whitehead's biography that is considered to be the most reliable description of Whitehead's life?

Additionally, Whitehead was known for his "almost fanatical belief in the right to privacy", and for writing very few personal letters of the kind that would help to gain insight on his life.


In 2013, on what day were Arena Football League games usually broadcast on CBS Sports Network?

For the 2013 season, the league's new national broadcast partner was the CBS Sports Network.


The Candidate Conservation Agreement is closely related to the "Safe Harbor" agreement, the main difference is that the Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances(CCA) are meant to protect unlisted species by providing incentives to private landowners and land managing agencies to restore, enhance or maintain habitat of unlisted species which are declining and have the potential to become threatened or endangered if critical habitat is not protected.


What is necessary to stabilize the low oxidation state of zinc(l) compounds?

Most zinc(I) compounds contain formally the [Zn2]2+ core, which is analogous to the [Hg2]2+ dimeric cation present in mercury(I) compounds.


Who was a great admirer of some of the methods of the Iroquois Confederacy?

As well, there was no spread of this doctrine within the New World and the advanced civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Mohican, Delaware, Huron and especially the Iroquois.


The decision to change strategy is sometimes claimed as a major mistake by the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL).


What ranking in the country does Greater Boston metro hold as far as economy?

Encompassing $363 billion, the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the sixth-largest economy in the country and 12th-largest in the world.


Who commanded the Union armies during the Seven Days Battles?

The Seven Days Battles followed in late June and early July 1862, during which Union General McClellan threatened to take Richmond but ultimately failed.


What were the early concerns for the field of Sociology culture?

For instance, relationships between popular culture, political control, and social class were early and lasting concerns in the field.


The distance of the French forces and their allies allowed the Ministry of War, led by General Negrete, to reorganize the state's national guard into the Patriotic Battalion of Chihuahua, which was deployed to fight in the battle of Matamoros, Tamaulipas against the French.


What was ether originally thought to be made of?

While outer space provides the most rarefied example of a naturally occurring partial vacuum, the heavens were originally thought to be seamlessly filled by a rigid indestructible material called aether.


According to the Maplecroft Child Labour Index how many countries post risks for child labour?

Maplecroft Child Labour Index 2012 survey reports 76 countries pose extreme child labour complicity risks for companies operating worldwide.


By what year had all of the pirates in the NC Province been captured or killed?

Pirates menaced the coastal settlements, but by 1718 the pirates had been captured and killed.


Who believed that behind the appearance of things, there was a permanent principle of mathematics?

This probably influenced the theory of numbers of Pythagoras, who believed that behind the appearance of things, there was the permanent principle of mathematics.


Until what day is the Quran believed to be in effect?

The concept of inimitability originates in the Quran where in five different verses opponents are challenged to produce something like the Quran: "If men and sprites banded together to produce the like of this Quran they would never produce its like not though they backed one another."


Timing and pace of comics is made by adjusting size, shape and what of panels?

The size, shape, and arrangement of panels each affect the timing and pacing of the narrative.


Two of the lions are found above the handles on either side of the trophy – the third is symbolised by the captain of the title winning team as he raises the trophy, and its gold crown, above his head at the end of the season.


At what event did the major Allied powers assert their conditions at the end of the war?

The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was precipitated by the rise of nationalism in Southeastern Europe as the Great Powers took up sides.


What is another name for the Confederacy's executive mansion?

The Confederate Congress shared quarters with the Virginia General Assembly in the Virginia State Capitol, with the Confederacy's executive mansion, the "White House of the Confederacy", located two blocks away.


Many annelids move by peristalsis (waves of contraction and expansion that sweep along the body), or flex the body while using parapodia to crawl or swim.


Since then, the director now reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who in turn reports to the President.


What was Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn's Japanese name?

Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556?–1623?), a Dutch colleague of Adams' on their ill-fated voyage to Japan in the ship De Liefde, was also given similar privileges by Tokugawa Ieyasu.


What is the city's sole fresh water river?

The Bronx River, which flows through the Bronx and Westchester County, is the only entirely fresh water river in the city.


What is the main principle of lectio brevior?

The first is the general observation that scribes tended to add words, for clarification or out of habit, more often than they removed them.


How did the Egyptian press react to Nasser's accomplishments?

Nasser was welcomed by large crowds of people lining the streets of Cairo on his return to Egypt on 2 May and was widely heralded in the press for his achievements and leadership in the conference.


Who led the final government of the RSFSR?

The Government was known officially as the Council of People's Commissars (1917–1946), Council of Ministers (1946–1978) and Council of Ministers–Government (1978–1991).


Who earned an Academy Award for the song "Vogue" and "Sooner or Later?"

Rolling Stone called it an "elaborately choreographed, sexually provocative extravaganza" and proclaimed it "the best tour of 1990".


In what borough did the Stonewall riots happen?

The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.


How many routes does Nanjing's airport run?

The airport is connected by a 29-kilometre (18 mi) highway directly to the city center, and is also linked to various intercity highways, making it accessible to the passengers from the surrounding cities.


Early 20th century critics such as Ezra Pound, T. E. Hulme, and T. S. Eliot considered humanism to be sentimental "slop" (


In what country was the trading base for the Dutch?

The British—who set up a trading post in the west coast port of Surat in 1619—and the French.


How many people are in the original Digimon?

Its premise is a group of 7 kids who, while at summer camp, travel to the Digital World, inhabited by creatures known as Digital Monsters, or Digimon, learning they are chosen to be "DigiDestined" ("Chosen Children" in the Japanese version) to save both the Digital and Real World from evil.


Akkadian's language can be traced to the Semitic branch of what languages?

The Sumerian language is generally regarded as a language isolate in linguistics because it belongs to no known language family; Akkadian, by contrast, belongs to the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.


The core institution of the inner court was the Grand Council.[g]


How long does it usually take to be promoted from second to first lieutenant in the USAF?

DOPMA also establishes limits on the number of officers that can serve at any given time in the Air Force.


In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die".


What is sufficient to divide the weather patterns in Europe into a wet north and dry south?

The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of temperature, often accompanied by precipitation in the form of snow or rain.


Overall, in the 1996–2006 period, the number of hunters over the age of sixteen declined by ten percent, a drop attributable to a number of factors including habitat loss and changes in recreation habits.


When were the surface-to-air missile systems introduced?

Artillery weapons of this sort have for the most part been superseded by the effective surface-to-air missile systems that were introduced in the 1950s, although they were still retained by many nations.


What government body advises the president on appointing a Lieutenant Governor?

The head of state of Delhi is the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government and the post is largely ceremonial, as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Delhi is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers.


Which island is part of Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park?

Together with Cortegada Island, these make up the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park.


What happens when an anesthetic injection is directed into the nerves a limb stump?

Local anesthetic injections into the nerves or sensitive areas of the stump may relieve pain for days, weeks, or sometimes permanently, despite the drug wearing off in a matter of hours; and small injections of hypertonic saline into the soft tissue between vertebrae produces local pain that radiates into the phantom limb for ten minutes or so and may be followed by hours, weeks or even longer of partial or total relief from phantom pain.


What determines how fast a tungsten filament evaporates?

Because of this, the lifetime of a filament lamp is a trade-off between efficiency and longevity.


What was one of the factors for this behavior in Africa?

In the case of Africa, one of the factors for this behavior was political instability, and the fact that new governments often confiscated previous government's corruptly obtained assets.


What type of tissue takes up most of the body of a leech?

However, leeches and their closest relatives have a body structure that is very uniform within the group but significantly different from that of other annelids, including other members of the Clitellata.


It is not clear how much the early Ming court understood the civil war going on in Tibet between rival religious sects, but the first emperor was anxious to avoid the same trouble that Tibet had caused for the Tang dynasty.


Who spoke disparagingly about the Drake Circus Shopping Centre?

It received negative feedback before opening when David Mackay said it was already "ten years out of date".


The Diocese of Saint Helena has it's own what?

The 150th anniversary of the diocese was celebrated in June 2009.


What period is covered by the 2009 Human Development Report?

The 2009 Human Development Report by UNDP was released on October 5, 2009, and covers the period up to 2007.


In what geographical region of the United States is New York City located?

Most of New York City is built on the three islands of Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island.


Where have many of these US Air Force pilots chosen to find employment instead?

In response to squadron groundings and flight time reductions, many Air Force pilots have opted to resign from active duty and enter the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard while pursuing careers in the commercial airlines where they can find flight hours on more modern aircraft.


The ability to boot a write-locked SD card with a USB adapter is particularly advantageous for maintaining the integrity and non-corruptible, pristine state of the booting medium.


In May 1957 Diem, then President of South Vietnam, made a state visit to the United States for ten days.


Where had northern printing been moved to?

In January 2008 the Wapping presses printed The Sun for the last time and London printing was transferred to Waltham Cross in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, where News International had built what is claimed to be the largest printing centre in Europe with 12 presses.


Archaeology, which studies past human cultures through investigation of physical evidence, is thought of as a branch of anthropology in the United States, while in Europe, it is viewed as a discipline in its own right, or grouped under other related disciplines such as history.


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

Geologically, Plymouth has a mixture of limestone, Devonian slate, granite and Middle Devonian limestone.


What newspaper was founded by Express Newspaper?

The new editor of The Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, took up his post in 1981 just after these developments, and "changed the British tabloid concept more profoundly than [Larry] Lamb did", according to Bruce Page, MacKenzie


What was the new name given to the Russian SFSR after the resignation of Gorbachev?

On December 25—just hours after Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union—the Russian SFSR was renamed the Russian Federation (Russia), reflecting that it was now a sovereign state with Yeltsin assuming the Presidency.


In what year was the Pure Food and Drugs Act passed?

This was followed in 1906 by the Pure Food and Drugs Act, which forbade the interstate distribution of adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs.


What has the KInsey scaled been praised for?

However, the scale has been criticized because it is still not a true continuum.


What would original term "bacteria" determine?

The term "bacteria" was traditionally applied to all microscopic, single-cell prokaryotes.


Who thought Burke was like an architect remodeling an old house instead of tearing it down?

The Cobdenite Radical Francis Hirst thought Burke deserved "a place among English libertarians, even though of all lovers of liberty and of all reformers he was the most conservative, the least abstract, always anxious to preserve and renovate rather than to innovate.


What year was RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company founded?

Winston-Salem is the birthplace of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR), founded by R. J. Reynolds in 1874 as one of 16 tobacco companies in the town.


At what location was the North African campaign planned?

The word "expeditionary" was dropped soon after his appointment for security reasons.


* listed building designed by architect George Grey Wornum with sculptures by Edward Bainbridge Copnall and James Woodford.


What group is the enemy of the protagonist?

Several recurring James Bond characters, including M, Q and Eve Moneypenny return, with the new additions of Léa Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann, Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx, Andrew Scott as Max Denbigh and Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra.


Where was Feyman sent after his work at Los Alamos?

Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality.


However, the fact that their development cost can be spread over a large number of users means that they are often the most cost-effective approach.


What caused Darwin to change his mind about the unbridgeable gap between animals and humans?

The three Fuegian missionaries the expedition returned to Tierra del Fuego were friendly and civilised, yet to Darwin their relatives on the island seemed "miserable, degraded savages", and he no longer saw an unbridgeable gap between humans and animals.


How does Popper describe the "monsters" that evolve in his view of evolutionary processes?

Popper contrasted this view as "evolution from within" or "active Darwinism" (the organism actively trying to discover new ways of life and being on a quest for conquering new ecological niches), with the naturalistic "evolution from without" (which has the picture of a hostile environment only trying to kill the mostly passive organism, or perhaps segregate some of its groups).


What is the average number of pups per litter?

An average litter consists of about six puppies, though this number may vary widely based on the breed of dog.


Copper rose over speculations that production in southwestern China may be affected, and oil prices dropped over speculations that demand from China would fall.


If a team is relegated in the Premier League what type of tv payment do they receive?

Though designed to help teams adjust to the loss of television revenues (the average Premier League team receives £55 million while the average Football League Championship club receives £2 million), critics maintain that the payments actually widen the gap between teams that have reached the Premier League and those that have not, leading to the common occurrence of teams "bouncing back" soon after their relegation.


Who initially proposed using the term "Native American" to recognize the primacy of the native population?

During the latter half of the 20th century and the rise of the Indian rights movement, the United States government responded by proposing the use of the term "Native American," to recognize the primacy of indigenous peoples' tenure in the nation, but this term was not fully accepted.


In what year did Kathmandu create its initial international relationship?

KMC's constant endeavor is to enhance its interaction with SAARC countries, other International agencies and many other major cities of the world to achieve better urban management and developmental programs for Kathmandu.


What was the murders of the missionaries called?

On November 1, 1897, two German Roman Catholic missionaries were murdered in the southern part of Shandong Province (the Juye Incident).


Suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness, and unease is the translation of what word?

Dukkha is commonly translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc., and it is said to have the following three aspects:


What was the Water Boiler that Feyman worked on?


What kind of audio can a sophisticated MP3 encoder produce?

A more sophisticated MP3 encoder can produce variable bitrate audio.


Who contructed the airbase used on Norfolk Island during World War II?

The airstrip was constructed by Australian, New Zealand and United States servicemen during 1942.


Which Basin did the Han lose authority of?

After the new Protector General of the Western Regions Chen Mu (d. AD 75) was killed by allies of the Xiongnu in Karasahr and Kucha, the garrison at Hami was withdrawn.


What is something that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots do not have in common?

However, the two communities have distinct religions and religious cultures, with the Greek Cypriots traditionally being Greek Orthodox and Turkish Cypriots traditionally being Sunni Muslims, which has partly hindered cultural exchange.


How many planes were allowed to be operated commercially although not in compliance with FAA safety regulations?

This was validated by a report by the Department of Transportation which found FAA managers had allowed Southwest Airlines to fly 46 airplanes in 2006 and 2007 that were overdue for safety inspections, ignoring concerns raised by inspectors.


When was KU's engineering school established?

The KU School of Engineering is an ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the main campus.


Why were laws like the one drop rule enacted?

In their attempt to ensure white supremacy decades after emancipation, in the early 20th century, most southern states created laws based on the one-drop rule, defining as black, persons with any known African ancestry.


Czech's word order is flexible because it uses what to convey word function in a sentence?

Because Czech uses grammatical case to convey word function in a sentence (instead of relying on word order, as English does), its word order is flexible.


Who has Kanye finally settled with an married in 2014?

West began an on-and-off relationship with designer Alexis Phifer in 2002, and they became engaged in August 2006.


The score does not provide complete and exact instruction on how to do what?

Even if the tempo is written with an Italian instruction (e.g., Allegro), we do not know exactly how fast the piece should be played.


How many students were disabled in Xinhua?

According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the earthquake killed 5,335 students and left another 546 children disabled.


What empire was Taxila a center of learning of?

Taxila was a great centre of learning and intellectual discussion during the Maurya Empire.


With the continuing controversy that had surrounded the military service of George W. Bush since the 2000 Presidential election (when he was accused of having used his father's political influence to gain entrance to the Texas Air National Guard, thereby protecting himself from conscription into the United States Army, and possible service in the Vietnam War), John Kerry's contrasting status as a decorated Vietnam War veteran posed a problem for Bush's re-election campaign, which Republicans sought to counter by calling Kerry's war record into question.


When did this Civil War take place to free the Iranian peoples from Assyrian rule?

The civil war ravaged the Assyrian Empire between 616 BC and 605 BC, thus freeing their respective peoples from three centuries of Assyrian rule.


What is the diameter of the center of Beltway 8?

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


How much heat is required for the natural production of asphalt?

The great majority of asphalt used commercially is obtained from petroleum.


What was the main problem with applying early electric motors to industry?

Due to the high cost of primary battery power, the motors were commercially unsuccessful and Davenport went bankrupt.


Victoria initially opposed Beatrice's marriage to what man?

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


How does the mental health profession approach efforts to change sexual orientation?

These include the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association, National Association of Social Workers in the USA, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the Australian Psychological Society.


What is a major reason that Bermuda has problems with overpopulation?

With seafaring the only real industry in the early decades, by the end of the 18th century, at least a third of the island's manpower was at sea at any one time.


What church interuppts 11th Street between Broadway and Fourth Avenue?

East 11th streets runs from Fourth Avenue to Avenue C and runs past Webster Hall.


For what month does Southampton hold the UK's record high temperature?

It has held the record for the highest temperature in the UK for June at 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) since 1976.


Hosted by Robert Osbourne, the network also marks the occurrence of a film actor's birthday (either antemortem or posthumously) or recent death with day- or evening-long festivals showcasting several of that artist's best, earliest or least-known pictures; by effect, marathons scheduled in honor of an actor's passing (which are scheduled within a month after their death) pre-empt films originally scheduled to air on that date.


How far do bike paths stretch in Strasbourg?

The CTS also operates a comprehensive bus network throughout the city that is integrated with the trams.


In addition to the U.S. and Canada, what European country sees very few tuberculosis infections?

As tuberculosis is uncommon in most of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, BCG is administered only to those people at high risk.


Where was the highest known temperature in Tennessee recorded?

The highest recorded temperature is 113 °F (45 °C) at Perryville on August 9, 1930 while the lowest recorded temperature is −32 °F (−36 °C) at Mountain City on December 30, 1917.


What are the markets called that are located and run by the boroughs?

A staple for consumers in the city is the omnipresent "mercado".


What the sub-group of cyborg anthropology very closely related to, in addition to STS?

The sub-group was very closely related to STS and the Society for the Social Studies of Science.


In 2016, Israel's population was an estimated 8,476,600 million people, of whom 6,345,400 (74.9%) were recorded by the civil government as Jews.


Along with the National Museum of Nepal, what notable Nepalese museum is present in Kathmandu?

Kathmandu is home to a number of museums and art galleries, including the National Museum of Nepal and the Natural History Museum of Nepal.


Demotic speaking Greek refugees were placed where?

Because the term "Greeks" in the exchange was based on religion Cappadocian Greeks, Pontian Greeks, and non Greek followers of Greek Orthodoxy were all subject to the exchange as well.


St Fin Barre's Cathedral serves the Protestant faith and is possibly the more famous of the two.


What was the aim of the City and Guilds College when it was founded?

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.


The Spartans made their last stand at what battle location?

Despite a heroic resistance at Thermopylae by Spartans and other Greeks led by King Leonidas, and a simultaneous naval engagement at Artemisium,[page needed]


How many weeks did Mexican partisans hold San Diego before it was recaptured by Americans?

Mexican partisans held San Diego for three weeks until October 24, 1846, when the Americans recaptured it.


Who operates and is able to conduct airland missions?

JP 4-02, Health Service Support, further defines it as "the fixed wing movement of regulated casualties to and between medical treatment facilities, using organic and/or contracted mobility airframes, with aircrew trained explicitly for this mission.


Which two sections of the graduate exam did Feynman excel in?

Feynman's thesis applied the principle of stationary action to problems of quantum mechanics, inspired by a desire to quantize the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory of electrodynamics, laying the groundwork for the "path integral" approach and Feynman diagrams, and was titled "The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics".


According to official federal statistical studies, the service sector accounted for the largest portion of the state economy at 59.28%; the manufacturing and industrial sector is estimated to account for 34.36% of the state's GDP, with the agricultural sector accounting for 6.36% of the state's GDP.


When was the first BDS-3 satellite launched?

The first BDS-3 satellite was launched 30 September 2015.


How was the Burma framework affected by WWII ?

After independence, the country was in ruins with its major infrastructure completely destroyed.


About what did the Shell executive boast in relation to the leaked communication?

The same executive also boasted that the Nigerian government had forgotten about the extent of Shell's infiltration.


What did 19th century formal architectural training neglect?

There was also the rise of the "gentleman architect" who usually dealt with wealthy clients and concentrated predominantly on visual qualities derived usually from historical prototypes, typified by the many country houses of Great Britain that were created in the Neo Gothic or Scottish Baronial styles.


After initial success the revolt was ended by the invasion of the Teutonic Order.


At the end of the Napoleonic wars, Germany had established itself as what, in continental Europe?

Although Great Britain remained the dominant world power, British involvement in European affairs during the late 19th century was very limited, allowing Germany to exercise great influence over the European mainland.[citation needed]


How many members compose the legislature?

They are popularly elected from multi-member constituencies to serve a four-year term.


LaserDisc was first available on the market, in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1978, two years after the introduction of the VHS VCR, and four years before the introduction of the CD (which is based on laser disc technology).


When were contradictory views to  the belief of Mary's parentage struck down ?

Catholics believe that Mary was not the product of a virginal conception herself but was the daughter of a human father and mother, traditionally known by the names of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne.


Who currently heads the Emil Verban Society?

Verban initially believed he was being ridiculed, but his ill feeling disappeared several years later when he was flown to Washington to meet President Ronald Reagan, also a society member, at the White House.


What is the name of an independent radio broadcast run out of KU?

The university houses the following public broadcasting stations: KJHK, a student-run campus radio station, KUJH-LP, an independent station that primarily broadcasts public affairs programs, and KANU, the NPR-affiliated radio station.


What clause gives Puerto Rican citizens the same rights as US citizens?

This constitution was created when the U.S. Congress directed local government to organize a constitutional convention to write the Puerto Rico Constitution in 1951.


So when was the firs national broadcast?

The first FA Cup Final on Radio was in 1926 between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City but this was only broadcast in Manchester, the first national final on BBC Radio was between Arsenal and Cardiff in 1927.


Philip Francis wrote to Burke saying that what he wrote of Marie-Antoinette was "pure foppery".


He had a non-direct association with what?

In his native Poland, in France, where he composed most of his works, and beyond, Chopin's music, his status as one of music's earliest superstars, his association (if only indirect) with political insurrection, his love life and his early death have made him, in the public consciousness, a leading symbol of the Romantic era.


When might coreless motors be used in servo applications?

Large, powerful, but slow-responding servo loops may use conventional AC or DC motors and drive systems with position or speed feedback on the motor.


About what year was the Franciscan friary established in Southampton?

The last remains of the Franciscan friary in Southampton, founded circa 1233 and dissolved in 1538, were swept away in the 1940s.


What was Von Neumann's given name as member of Austro-Hungarian nobility?

In 1913, his father was elevated to the nobility for his service to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by Emperor Franz Joseph.


All LAtin characters required by POJ can be represented by what?

Prior to June 2004, the vowel akin to but more open than o, written with a dot above right, was not encoded.


What was one portion of preparing a new edition of the Holy Scriptures?

One aspect of that effort entailed digitizing the text and preparing appropriate footnotes, another aspect required establishing the most dependable text.


Nanjing is also the biggest container port along the Yangtze River; in March 2004, the one million container-capacity base, Longtan Containers Port Area opened, further consolidating Nanjing as the leading port in the region.


HD content can be displayed by cable-ready TVs without using what?

They have a QAM tuner built-in and/or a card slot for inserting a CableCARD.


Orthodox variants were mandatory in printed works, while the (unofficial) simplified characters would be used in everyday writing or quick notes.


What can imperfective verb undergo to make other imperfective verbs?

In suffix pairs, a different infinitive ending is added to the perfective stem; for example, the perfective verbs koupit (to buy) and prodat (to sell) have the imperfective forms kupovat and prodávat.


A manifest violation is required to invalidate a party's consent to a treaty due to a reluctance internationally to inquire into what aspects of other states?

A party's consent to a treaty is invalid if it had been given by an agent or body without power to do so under that state's domestic law.


This initiative aims to progressively eliminate child labour through strengthening national capacities to address some of the causes of child labour.


Was a law enacted in 1991 allowing corporations to sell land holdings or was it repealed?

Provisions of ANCSA allowing the corporations' land holdings to be sold on the open market starting in 1991 were repealed before they could take effect.


What causes water quality problems in Guam?

During the rainy season sediment is carried by the heavy rains into the Fena Lake Reservoir and Ugum River, leading to water quality problems for southern Guam.


What did Germany take from Estonia for their war strategy?

The Germans used Estonia's resources for their war effort; for the duration of the occupation Estonia was incorporated into the German province of Ostland.


How many Oscars did Close Encounters win?

It won Oscars in two categories (Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond, and a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing, Frank E. Warner).


What is the main source of income for Paris?

The largest part of the budget (38 percent) went for public housing and urbanism projects; 15 percent for roads and transport; 8 percent for schools (which are mostly financed by the state budget); 5 percent for parks and gardens; and 4 percent for culture.


When carbon metabolism is called autotrophic?

Carbon metabolism in bacteria is either heterotrophic, where organic carbon compounds are used as carbon sources, or autotrophic, meaning that cellular carbon is obtained by fixing carbon dioxide.


What is the best know musical genre amongst the Tigrinya?

The most popular Eritrean artist is the Tigrinya singer Helen Meles, who is noted for her powerful voice and wide singing range.


Reviewer Andrew Sarris called it the best film of the year and later included it among the best films of the decade.


What is made up of producing a difference given a source and a target?

Thus, one can consider data compression as data differencing with empty source data, the compressed file corresponding to a "difference from nothing.


What did the publication of the Kralice Bible spawn?

The publication of the Kralice Bible spawned widespread nationalism, and in 1615 the government of Bohemia ruled that only Czech-speaking residents would be allowed to become full citizens or inherit goods or land.


What was Charleston's population in 2010?

With a 2010 census population of 120,083


What colonies did Japan conscript soldiers from?

Japan conscripted many soldiers from its colonies of Korea and Formosa (Taiwan).


Where are some LEDs in machine vision systems found?

Optical computer mice are an example of LEDs in machine vision, as it is used to provide an even light source on the surface for the miniature camera within the mouse.


According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next.


A rheostat is the size and shape of what?

This was mounted upright or sideways on the cab wall and operated via a projecting handle, which was able to slide around the top half of the cylinder.


These products include glued laminated timber (glulam), wood structural panels (including plywood, oriented strand board and composite panels), laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and other structural composite lumber (SCL) products, parallel strand lumber, and I-joists.


What claimed that inflation and economic growth were linked?

This was largely due to the prevailing economic view at the time that inflation and real economic growth were linked (the Phillips curve), and so inflation was regarded as relatively benign.


What was associated with culture during this German practice?

In practice, culture referred to an élite ideal and was associated with such activities as art, classical music, and haute cuisine.


What year did a publication come out indicating having a pet does not mean lower risk of heart disease in the elderly?

In one study, new guardians reported a highly significant reduction in minor health problems during the first month following pet acquisition, and this effect was sustained in those with dogs through to the end of the study.


What kinf of explanation does De Rerum Natura provide for phenomena?

The Latin poem De Rerum Natura by Lucretius (ca.


What is the result of tectonic movements within the Dead Sea Transform?

The Jordan Rift Valley is the result of tectonic movements within the Dead Sea Transform (DSF) fault system.


According to democratic rules of the 106th congress what committee does minority leader head?

For example, under Democratic rules for the 106th Congress, the minority leader may call meetings of the Democratic Caucus.


What do people with less than 60-65% of European descent usually cluster with?

In several genetic tests, people with less than 60-65% of European descent and 5-10% of Amerindian descent usually cluster with Afro-Brazilians (as reported by the individuals), or 6.9% of the population, and those with about 45% or more of Subsaharan contribution most times do so (in average, Afro-Brazilian DNA was reported to be about 50% Subsaharan African, 37% European and 13% Amerindian).


Where are "exhibition match" and "friendly match" not synonymous?

In the UK and Ireland, "exhibition match" and "friendly match" refer to two different types of matches.


As a whole, the Mexico side of the San Diego-Tijuana market has two duopolies and one triopoly (Entravision Communications owns both XHAS-TV and XHDTV-TV, Azteca owns XHJK-TV and XHTIT-TV, and Grupo Televisa owns XHUAA-TV and XHWT-TV along with being the license holder for XETV-TV, which is run by California-based subsidiary Bay City Television).


What area is given to be the nesting point of a small group of pagans by a infamous philosopher from Greek ?

Aristotle names ancient Hellas as an area in Epirus between Dodona and the Achelous river, the location of the great deluge of Deucalion, a land occupied by the Selloi and the "Greeks" who later came to be known as "Hellenes".


What are two new titles under the Marvel NOW! line of comics?

Marvel discontinued its Marvel Adventures imprint in March 2012, and replaced them with a line of two titles connected to the Marvel Universe TV block.


Of what nationality is Alumnus Eero Saarinen?

Alumnus Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect of such notable structures as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Washington Dulles International Airport main terminal, Bell Labs Holmdel Complex and the CBS Building in Manhattan, designed Ingalls Rink at Yale and the newest residential colleges of Ezra Stiles and Morse.


Greece help found what economic organizations?

Greece was a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).


When was free agency first scheduled to begin?

Shortly thereafter, another press release announced that the draft would be held on December 9 and free agency would commence on December 11.


Who is known as the father of deconstruction?

Jacques Derrida, the father of deconstruction, taught at the Department of Comparative Literature from the late seventies to mid-1980s.


Nonetheless, the film was still a huge blockbuster hit in 1984.


What was the focus of aristocratic culture during this period?

These ties led to the prevalence of the feud in aristocratic society, examples of which included those related by Gregory of Tours that took place in Merovingian Gaul.


When was Ireland's police force established?

Meanwhile, the authorities in Glasgow, Scotland successfully petitioned the government to pass the Glasgow Police Act establishing the City of Glasgow Police in 1800.


What was Morton Meyerson's position at his former company?

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


How many Jews were slaughtered in the Holocaust?

The persecution reached a peak in Nazi Germany's Final Solution, which led to the Holocaust and the slaughter of approximately 6 million Jews.


When did a spacecraft get closest to Neptune?

The spacecraft's closest approach to the planet occurred on 25 August 1989.


Name a nation that has a one-party political system.

Many countries have numerous powerful political parties, such as Germany and India and some nations have one-party systems, such as China.


What did Business Insider call San Diego in 2013?

San Diego was ranked as the 20th-safest city in America in 2013 by Business Insider.


What percentage of Australia's cotton crop was GM in 2009?

The total cotton area in India was 12.1 million hectares in 2011, so GM cotton was grown on 88% of the cotton area.


In what year was amphetamine first tested on asthma patients?

Amphetamine was eventually developed for the treatment of narcolepsy, post-encepheletic parkinsonism, and mood elevation in depression and other psychiatric indications.


How would you distribute power to allow for a greater gain?

The antenna's power gain (or simply "gain") also takes into account the antenna's efficiency, and is often the primary figure of merit.


What topic was a sticking point at the Bishops' Conference?

The two could not reach an agreement on the state of the Catholic Church.


How much precipitation on average falls within the city?

The city receives about 35.9 inches (91.2 cm) of precipitation annually, of which 8.6 inches (21.8 cm) is snow.


The final showdown was between Justin Guarini, one of the early favorites, and Kelly Clarkson.


Typically what were the nationalities of ships that traveled to and from England via the Straight of Gibraltar?

The traffic in woollen cloths shipped undyed and undressed from London to the nearby shores of the Low Countries, where it was considered indispensable.


Greece, Finland, Romania and Turkey use what kind of government?

See also "First Minister", "Premier", "Chief Minister", "Chancellor", "Taoiseach", "Statsminister" and "Secretary of State": alternative titles usually equivalent in meaning to, or translated as, "prime minister".


Is Southampton's higher education sector weak or strong?

The city has a strong higher education sector.


Portugal, long a country of emigration (the vast majority of Brazilians have Portuguese ancestry), has now become a country of net immigration, and not just from the last Indian (Portuguese until 1961), African (Portuguese until 1975), and Far East Asian (Portuguese until 1999) overseas territories.


In what year did the Manhattan Neighborhood Network begin?

The oldest public-access television channel in the United States is the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, founded in 1971.


What led to a reduction in the power of the peers?

The Liberal government was unable to proceed with all of its radical programme without the support of the House of Lords, which was largely Conservative.


What are the names of the Greco-Turkish dances?

There is also a form of musical poetry known as chattista which is often performed at traditional feasts and celebrations.


Where did Chopin create most of his works?

In his native Poland, in France, where he composed most of his works, and beyond, Chopin's music, his status as one of music's earliest superstars, his association (if only indirect) with political insurrection, his love life and his early death have made him, in the public consciousness, a leading symbol of the Romantic era.


Journalist and author Thomas Laird, in his book The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama, writes that Wang and Nyima present the government viewpoint of the People's Republic of China in their Historical Status of China's Tibet, and fail to realize that China was "absorbed into a larger, non-Chinese political unit" during the Mongol Yuan dynasty, which Wang and Nyima paint as a characteristic Chinese dynasty succeeded by the Ming.


Who policed mortgage originators and maintained relatively high standards prior to 2003?

In the view of some analysts, the relatively conservative government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) policed mortgage originators and maintained relatively high underwriting standards prior to 2003.


Where were Matare and Welker working when inventing the point-contact transistor?

In 1948, the point-contact transistor was independently invented by German physicists Herbert Mataré and Heinrich Welker while working at the Compagnie des Freins et Signaux, a Westinghouse subsidiary located in Paris.


Rome fought against the Carthaginians in what war?

Shortly afterwards, Rome became involved in Sicily, fighting against the Carthaginians in the First Punic War.


In what year was it revealed that Everton had entered talks to build a new 55,000 seat stadium in Kirkby?

The club took the unusual move of giving its supporters a say in the club's future by holding a ballot on the proposal, finding a split of 59% to 41% in favour.


What is the name of a US government agency tasked with trying to stop improper use of antibiotics?

In France, an "Antibiotics are not automatic" government campaign started in 2002 and led to a marked reduction of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, especially in children.


On the shore are ghost crabs, which always live on the beach in small burrowed tunnels made in sand, and the hermit crabs, which live in land but lay eggs in water and which also eat garbage and sewerage.


What is the major limitation of traditional character encodings?

Unicode has the explicit aim of transcending the limitations of traditional character encodings, such as those defined by the ISO 8859 standard, which find wide usage in various countries of the world but remain largely incompatible with each other.


What was the republican government amenable to?

While the republican government was amenable to war reparations or ceding colonial territories in Africa or in South East Asia to Prussia, Favre on behalf of the Government of National Defense, declared on 6 September that France would not "yield an inch of its territory nor a stone of its fortresses.


Nepali is the most commonly spoken language in the city.


what year were the islands declared dependent of saint helena?

Prior to roughly this period, passing ships stopped irregularly at the island for a period of mere hours.


Throughout European history was child labour seen as a positive?

In European history when child labour was common, as well as in contemporary child labour of modern world, certain cultural beliefs have rationalised child labour and thereby encouraged it.


How many times was Seoul captured in a year?

This was the city's fourth conquest in a years' time, leaving it a ruin; the 1.5 million pre-war population was down to 200,000, and people were suffering from severe food shortages.


Besides lessening the burden on the courts, what is the effect of this license?

This has the effect of reducing infringement – and the burden on courts – by simply permitting certain types of uses under terms that the copyright owner considers reasonable.


When did the Apollo 11 mission land back on Earth?

When the spacecraft splashed down, 2,982 days had passed since Kennedy's commitment to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade; the mission was completed with 161 days to spare.


Which team did Notre Dame's football team find inspiration from?

With the long history, Notre Dame has accumulated many rivals, and its annual game against USC for the Jeweled Shillelagh has been named by some as one of the most important in college football and is often called the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football in the country.


What did Beyoncé announce in January 2010?

Beyoncé announced a hiatus from her music career in January 2010, heeding her mother's advice, "to live life, to be inspired by things again".


Together with two neighbouring islands, it forms one of Australia's external territories.


How do regulatory regions on different chromosomes operate in order to allow regions on different chromosomes to come into contact with one another?

Regulatory regions can even be on entirely different chromosomes and operate in trans to allow regulatory regions on one chromosome to come in contact with target genes on another chromosome.


What part of a tree often stays impressively sound even when hundreds or thousands of years old?

It is remarkable that the inner heartwood of old trees remains as sound as it usually does, since in many cases it is hundreds, and in a few instances thousands, of years old.


or hara kiri, which allowed a disgraced samurai to regain his honor by passing into death, where samurai were still beholden to social rules.


What type of church do Protestants believe in?

Protestants reject the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine that it is the one true church, believing in the invisible church, which consists of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ.


How much did VMware stock fall after the merger announcement?

Fortune said there was a lot for Dell to like in EMC's portfolio, but "does it all add up enough to justify tens of billions of dollars for the entire package?


Game animals were introduced here by whom?

The islands making up New Zealand originally had no land mammals apart from bats.


At what level is Rajasthan ranked in India for visits by foreigners?

Rajasthan attracted 14 percent of total foreign visitors during 2009–2010 which is the fourth highest among Indian states.


Where are Protestants especially notable in Zhejiang?

Zhejiang is one of the provinces of China with the largest concentrations of Protestants, especially notable in the city of Wenzhou.


Neptune is not visible to the unaided eye and is the only planet in the Solar System found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation.


The Spanish crown wanted to turn the region into what type of industry?

Around 1528, a group of Spaniard explorers, led by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, first entered the actual territory of what is now Chihuahua.


Who starred as Daniel Ruettiger in the film Rudy?

The song also was prominent in the movie Rudy, with Sean Astin as Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles.


Where was the first safety elevator installed?

In 1852, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke.


What is one particular industry that exploits Endangered Species Act loopholes?

According to research published in 1999 by Alan Green and the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), loopholes in the ESA are commonly exploited in the exotic pet trade.


Whatyear did Victoria marry Prince Albert?

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


Which of her teachers discovered Beyonce's musical talent?

Her singing talent was discovered when dance instructor Darlette Johnson began humming a song and she finished it, able to hit the high-pitched notes.


The emperor Julian made a short-lived attempt to revive traditional and Hellenistic religion and to affirm the special status of Judaism, but in 380 under Theodosius


Who was UN Secretary General when Elizabeth addressed the UN?

During her visit to New York, which followed a tour of Canada, she officially opened a memorial garden for the British victims of the September 11 attacks.


What may be triggered suddenly by a spark?

Plants also release oxygen during photosynthesis, which is utilized by living organisms as an electron acceptor, to release the energy of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.


In what movie was it originally planned to kill the character Mr. White?

Christensen's character was reportedly killed off in a scene intended to be used as an epilogue to Quantum of Solace, before it was removed from the final cut of the film, enabling his return in Spectre.


What Hebrew word is used to describe Mary in Isaiah 7:14?

The Gospel of Matthew describes Mary as a virgin who fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14, mistranslating the Hebrew word alma ("young woman") in Isaiah 7:14 as "virgin", though.[citation needed]


How many football teams compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport?

At the university level, 26 teams play in four conferences under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport; the CIS champion is awarded the Vanier Cup.


The hemline of daytime skirts were allowed to rise after which year?

Following their accession in 1936, King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, allowed the hemline of daytime skirts to rise.


In what year did Chandraguta's son come to the throne?

By the time he died in c. 272 BC, a large part of the subcontinent was under Mauryan suzerainty.


In an interview prior to season five, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe indicated that Aiken had led the fan voting from the wildcard week onward until the finale.


What are some of the sets or ideals most school systems follow?

Most school systems are designed around a set of values or ideals that govern all educational choices in that system.


How did the British production fare as a result of all the bombing?

Yet, overall the British production rose steadily throughout this period although there were significant falls during April 1941, probably influenced by the departure of workers of Easter Holidays according to the British official history.


Which French citizen was involved in naming the Marshall Islands?

Around 1820, Russian explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern and the French explorer Louis Isidore Duperrey named the islands after John Marshall, and drew maps of the islands.


What country do the Appalachian mountains extend into?

The highest of the group is Mount Mitchell in North Carolina at 6,684 feet (2,037 m), which is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River.


How many official rado iand TV networks does the governemt of Somalia run?

Print media in the country is also progressively giving way to news radio stations and online portals, as internet connectivity and access increases.


In a June 2008 speech, Timoty Geithner placed blame for credit market freezing on which system?

This meant that disruptions in credit markets would make them subject to rapid deleveraging, selling their long-term assets at depressed prices.


Along with rock and roll, what genre of music was sometimes featured on Easy Listening radio?

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


How many restaurants is New York home to?

Some 4,000 mobile food vendors licensed by the city, many immigrant-owned, have made Middle Eastern foods such as falafel and kebabs popular examples of modern New York street food.


What was the first album Beyoncé released as a solo artist?

Their hiatus saw the release of Beyoncé's debut album, Dangerously in Love (2003), which established her as a solo artist worldwide, earned five Grammy Awards and featured the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy".


What was the problem with manufacturing the tungsten filament?

It was found that very pure tungsten formed filaments that sagged in use, and that a very small "doping" treatment with potassium, silicon, and aluminium oxides at the level of a few hundred parts per million greatly improved the life and durability of the tungsten filaments.


Igbo Ukwu made the oldest bronze art using which process?

In West Africa, the oldest bronzes made using the lost-wax process were from Igbo Ukwu, a city under Nri influence.


A scientific study of dog genetics has shown only how many  types of dogs being determinably distinct?

Purebred dogs of one breed are genetically distinguishable from purebred dogs of other breeds, but the means by which kennel clubs classify dogs is unsystematic.


Many scripts, including Arabic and Devanagari, have special orthographic rules that require certain combinations of letterforms to be combined into special ligature forms.


The first six rounds are qualifiers, with the draws organised on a regional basis.


When was Claridge's asphalt the most often used?

In England, "Claridge's was the type most used in the 1840s and 50s"


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

Fryderyk and his family moved to a building, which still survives, adjacent to the Kazimierz Palace.


What is the name of the observatory built in Connaught Place by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur?

Jantar Mantar located in Connaught Place was built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur.


Where is an important stopover location?

Some examples of important stopover locations are the Bay of Fundy and Delaware Bay.


Within a species not all populations may be migratory; this is known as "partial migration".


Lionel Robbins' The Great Depression was a result of his support for what?

Hayek continued his research on monetary and capital theory, revising his theories of the relations between credit cycles and capital structure in Profits, Interest and Investment (1939) and The Pure Theory of Capital (1941), but his reputation as an economic theorist had by then fallen so much that those works were largely ignored, except for scathing critiques by Nicholas Kaldor.


How can scientists use bacteria in the study of plants?

Schell and Van Montagu (1977) hypothesised that the Ti plasmid could be a natural vector for introducing the Nif gene responsible for nitrogen fixation in the root nodules of legumes and other plant species.


Where are the indigenous peoples referred to as "American Indians"?

Indigenous Polynesian peoples, which include Marshallese, Samoan, Tahitian, and Tongan, are politically considered Pacific Islands American but are geographically and culturally distinct from indigenous peoples of the Americas.


It began with the Baroque era, running from roughly 1600 to the middle of the 18th century.


What day is know in the United States as "V-J Day"?

However, as Imperial Japan actually surrendered on 15 August, this day became known in the English-speaking countries as "V-J Day" (Victory in Japan).


Who pleaded to Congress for slaughtering bison?

In 1875, General Philip Sheridan pleaded to a joint session of Congress to authorize the slaughtering of herds in order to deprive the Indians of their source of food.


What draws together the axes of cultural and social anthropology?

Cultural anthropology is the comparative study of the manifold ways in which people make sense of the world around them, while social anthropology is the study of the relationships among persons and groups.


What sort of capacitors are used to carry a varying signal from the conductive plate of one tube to the grid circuit of the next stage?

A leaky capacitor can cause the grid circuit voltage to be raised from its normal bias setting, causing excessive current or signal distortion in the downstream tube.


What is considered the minimal energy increment of a hypothetical oscillator?

First recognized in 1900 by Max Planck, it was originally the proportionality constant between the minimal increment of energy, E, of a hypothetical electrically charged oscillator in a cavity that contained black body radiation, and the frequency, f, of its associated electromagnetic wave.


What are the people who raise Digimon called?

In many incarnations, Digimon are raised by humans called "Digidestined" or "Tamers", and they team up to defeat evil Digimon and human villains who are trying to destroy the fabric of the Digital world.


"IC" stands for "Identification Code;" these items are also referred to as Phoenix classifications.


What event did Victoria attend in 1866 for the first time following Albert's death?

In 1866, Victoria attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time since Albert's death.


When did KU start fielding a football team?

The team plays at Memorial Stadium, which recently underwent a $31 million renovation to add the Anderson Family Football Complex, adding a football practice facility adjacent to the stadium complete with indoor partial practice field, weight room, and new locker room.


Which Queen tour was the first to feature Spike Edney?

The band responded to the critics by stating that they were playing music for fans in South Africa, and they also stressed that the concerts were played before integrated audiences.


The study and following of classical writers was said to be a solution to what issue?

Paul Johnson agrees that Petrarch was "the first to put into words the notion that the centuries between the fall of Rome and the present had been the age of Darkness".


What is created by the many canyons and hills throughout San Diego?

The San Diego River runs through the middle of San Diego from east to west, creating a river valley which serves to divide the city into northern and southern segments.


What term describes the nature of how the university is partially funded?

The university offers more than 345 degree programs.


What was the date of the battle of Cowpens?

Following General Daniel Morgan's victory over the British Cavalry Commander Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781, southern commander Nathanael Greene led British Lord Charles Cornwallis across the heartland of North Carolina, and away from the latter's base of supply in Charleston, South Carolina.


During what season were "cubbie-bear" mascots outside of Wrigley on game day?

Through the 2013 season, there were "Cubbie-bear" mascots outside of Wrigley on game day, but none are employed by the team.


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


Are minority leadership roles specified closely?

The roles and responsibilities of the minority leader are not well-defined.


Drug-resistant TB is one of the barriers to success of the Stop TB Partnership's initiative; what's the other other?

A number of targets they have set are not likely to be achieved by 2015, mostly due to the increase in HIV-associated tuberculosis and the emergence of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis.


When did the US begin to experience a growing multiracial identity movement?

Because more Americans have insisted on being allowed to acknowledge their mixed racial origins, the 2000 census for the first time allowed residents to check more than one ethno-racial identity and thereby identify as multiracial.


What was the percentage of whites in 1970?

According to the 2010 Census, whites made up 51% of Houston's population; 26% of the total population were non-Hispanic whites.


In what part of France was Cluny Abbey founded?

Monastic reform became an important issue during the 11th century, as elites began to worry that monks were not adhering to the rules binding them to a strictly religious life.


Which major Latin epic is Virgil known for?

He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.


How far away was the potential conflict Burke argued against?

Second, Burke worried about the uncertainty surrounding whether Britain would win a conflict in America. "


According to which entity can tourism be a tremendous development tool & means to preserving the cultural diversity of the planet?

According to UNESCO, "tourism, if correctly conceived, can be a tremendous development tool and an effective means of preserving the cultural diversity of our planet."


What new type of armor replaced the old?

In the 1500s a new type of armor started to become popular due to the advent of firearms, new fighting tactics and the need for additional protection.


For which industry were elevators first used?

Starting in the coal mines, by the mid-19th century elevators were operated with steam power and were used for moving goods in bulk in mines and factories.


For which New Haven neighborhood did the Orange Street bike lane provide a connection to downtown?

In 2004, the first bike lane in the city was added to Orange Street, connecting East Rock Park and the East Rock neighborhood to downtown.


What shape is the cage in the Emlen funnel?

Orientation behaviour studies have been traditionally carried out using variants of a setup known as the Emlen funnel, which consists of a circular cage with the top covered by glass or wire-screen so that either the sky is visible or the setup is placed in a planetarium or with other controls on environmental cues.


Among the 225 Ukrainian deputies, most were conservatives, though a handful of progressives made the cut.


Centrifugation and pressing are prime examples of what?

Because of reduced nutritional value, processed foods are often 'enriched' or 'fortified' with some of the most critical nutrients (usually certain vitamins) that were lost during processing.


Water storage and supply for Melbourne is managed by Melbourne Water, which is owned by the Victorian Government.


After this success, she started developing her debut album, Madonna, which was primarily produced by Reggie Lucas of Warner Bros.


What is particularly important in closed habitats like forests?

This has led to the development of many mixed-species feeding flocks, which are usually composed of small numbers of many species; these flocks provide safety in numbers but increase potential competition for resources.


What is the pure silver dollar referred to as?

The pure silver dollar is known as the American Silver Eagle.


Whose suggestion prompted the development of peripheral pattern theory?

Both peripheral pattern theory and gate control theory have been superseded by more modern theories of pain[citation needed].


The physics of quantum mechanics included special cases for what work?

This new mathematical formulation included as special cases the formulations of both Heisenberg and Schrödinger.


What was the strategic purpose to settle this area

Somerton took over from Ilchester as the county town in the late thirteenth century, but it declined in importance and the status of county town transferred to Taunton about 1366.


Is Calvin Veltman' relevant to today's Hispanic Americans?

Calvin Veltman undertook, for the National Center for Education Statistics and for the Hispanic Policy Development Project, the most complete study of English language adoption by Hispanophone immigrants.


Software stored in hardware that cannot be changed easily is called what?

When software is stored in hardware that cannot easily be modified (such as BIOS ROM in an IBM PC compatible), it is sometimes called "firmware".


How long did the FSF boycott GNU software for the Macintosh platform?

In 1988, Apple sued Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard on the grounds that they infringed Apple's copyrighted GUI, citing (among other things) the use of rectangular, overlapping, and resizable windows.


What leader took power in Sudan and was inspired by Nasser?

Also in 1969, Colonel Gaafar Nimeiry, a supporter of Nasser, took power in Sudan.


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


Where do traditional mandolin orchestras remain popular?

To fill this gap in the literature, mandolin orchestras have traditionally played many arrangements of music written for regular orchestras or other ensembles.


Which two of the big four banks are headquartered in Melbourne?

The city was rated 41st within the top 50 financial cities as surveyed by the MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index (2008), second only to Sydney (12th) in Australia.


By the end of the Western Roman Empire, the town was known simply as Parisius in Latin and Paris in French.


Why was Ohio allowed to use a biblical passage as its motto?

In God We Trust" has been challenged as a violation, but the Supreme Court has ruled that ceremonial deism is not religious in nature.


What color is the logo on the 60 GB PS3?

The 60 GB model was to be the only configuration to feature an HDMI port, Wi-Fi internet, flash card readers and a chrome trim with the logo in silver.


Which Hellenistic poet was known for bucolic hexameter poetry?

The biographical tradition asserts that Virgil began the hexameter Eclogues (or Bucolics) in 42 BC and it is thought that the collection was published around 39–38 BC, although this is controversial.


Mill's empiricism thus held that knowledge of any kind is not from direct experience but an inductive inference from direct experience.


What was the primary function of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company?

The terms of the merger gave 60 percent ownership of the new group to the Dutch arm and 40 percent to the British.


In the Xeer system, what are judges called?

The Xeer legal system also requires a certain amount of specialization of different functions within the legal framework.


What classification guide did Theophrastus create?

He also recognises that other minerals have characteristic crystal shapes, but in one example, confuses the crystal habit with the work of lapidaries.


Shares in the ECB are not transferable and cannot be used as collateral.


In what year was Von Neumann offered a lifetime professorship?

He remained a mathematics professor there until his death, although he announced that shortly before his intention to resign and become a professor at large at the University of California.


The child was given rights of inheritance to the father's property, so mixed-race children could share in any wealth of the father.


What was the nationality of the first European to observe the Marshall Islands?

Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to see the islands in 1526, commanding the ship Santa Maria de la Victoria, the only surviving vessel of the Loaísa Expedition.


How many United States presidents are interred in Hollywood Cemetery?

Hollywood Cemetery is the burial grounds of two U.S. Presidents as well as many Civil War officers and soldiers.


Because compressed data must be decompressed to use, this extra processing imposes computational or other costs through decompression; this situation is far from being a free lunch.


Where did many of the San Diego Zoo's exotic animals come from?

The menagerie of exotic animals featured at the 1915 exposition provided the basis for the San Diego Zoo.


How many licenses did Microsoft sell in the first six months?

Despite the reaction of industry experts, Microsoft reported that they had sold 100 million licenses in the first six months.


What was the title of Jean-Baptiste Wicar's artwork inspired by the Aeneid?

The Aeneid appears to have been a great success.


How are judges placed on Sweden's high courts?

Exceptions are issues where the Supreme Court is the court of first instance.


Who says genetic tests can't tell the difference between different Native American nations?

In addition, not all Native Americans have been tested, so scientists do not know for sure that Native Americans have only the genetic markers they have identified.


It was occupied by piratical kingdoms of the Barbary Coast, de facto independent since the 18th century.


In what other types of areas did forest gardening show up?

Forest gardens originated in prehistoric times along jungle-clad river banks and in the wet foothills of monsoon regions.[citation needed]


The Grand Orient de France is considered what type of Freemasonry?

At the other end of the spectrum, "Liberal" or Continental Freemasonry, exemplified by the Grand Orient de France, does not require a declaration of belief in any deity, and accepts atheists (a cause of discord with the rest of Freemasonry).


Which states belong to the British-Irish Council?

Since then the role and scope of the body has been expanded to include representatives from the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the States of Jersey, the States of Guernsey and the High Court of Tynwald (Isle of Man).


Where did she perform wearing Baker's hula skirt?

Beyoncé paid homage to Baker by performing "Déjà Vu" at the 2006 Fashion Rocks concert wearing Baker's trademark mini-hula skirt embellished with fake bananas.


What became the dominant system of Islamic logic?

Avicenna endorsed the law of noncontradiction proposed by Aristotle, that a fact could not be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense of the terminology used.


What war did Eisenhower want to end as president?

Eisenhower also conducted the first pre-inaugural cabinet meeting in history in late 1952; he used this meeting to articulate his anti-communist Russia policy.


What does the winner of the Sprint Unlimited get?

Both events carry a hefty purse of over USD $1,000,000.


After the war, the architectural style called Rondo-Cubism was developed in Prague fusing the Cubist architecture with round shapes.


What is the system that preserves the documents of US Presidents?


However, some scholars postulate that one person alone could not have developed a new script which was universally adopted, but could only have been a contributor to its gradual formation.


What state's law says that death sentences must take place in an "enclosure"?

54–100 requires death sentences to be conducted in an "enclosure" which "shall be so constructed as to exclude public view.


What was the Executive Order 9808 issued in response to?

Following the Sergeant Isaac Woodard incident, President Harry S. Truman, himself a combat veteran of World War I, issued Executive Order 9808 establishing the President's Committee on Civil Rights to examine the violence and recommend appropriate federal legislation.


Was his classification scheme meant for males or females?

The classification scheme, which was meant only to describe males, separated them into three basic categories: dionings, urnings and uranodionings.


What notable project was funded by Richmond's "admissions tax"?

This has led to tensions, as the city Richmond City levied an "admissions tax" to fund large arts projects like CentreStage, leading to criticism that it is funding civic initiatives on the backs of the organic local culture.


What is necessary to receive a Bagrut certificate?

Proficiency in core subjects such as mathematics, the Hebrew language, Hebrew and general literature, the English language, history, Biblical scripture and civics is necessary to receive a Bagrut certificate.


What does "A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot" mean in English?

The Yiddish linguist Max Weinreich published the expression, A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot ("אַ שפּראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמײ און פֿלאָט":


In the Soviet Union this was called Voyska PVO, and had both fighter aircraft and ground-based systems.


Which Eton society is centered around horses?

Societies tend to come and go, of course, depending on the special enthusiasms of the masters and boys in the school at the time, but some have been in existence many years.


Of later Mongol and Tibetan accounts interpreting the Mongol conquest of Tibet, Laird asserts that "they, like all non-Chinese historical narratives, never portray the Mongol subjugation of Tibet as a Chinese one."


What was the purpose of the thermionic triode?

The thermionic triode, a vacuum tube invented in 1907, enabled amplified radio technology and long-distance telephony.


Where is the Temple Israel Community Center located?

According to Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer, spiritual leader of Temple Israel Community Center in Cliffside Park and former executive editor of Jewish Week, this leaves "Orthodox" as "an umbrella term that designates a very widely disparate group of people very loosely tied together by some core beliefs."


In what year did Ben Franklin write a satire suggesting firing cannons at sunrise to wake people up?

During his time as an American envoy to France, Benjamin Franklin, publisher of the old English proverb, "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise", anonymously published a letter suggesting that Parisians economize on candles by rising earlier to use morning sunlight.


What was one of the criticisms Bowers faced after editing Maggie?

There were, however, intermediate cases that could reasonably have been attributed to either intention, and some of Bowers's choices came under fire – both as to his judgment, and as to the wisdom of conflating readings from the two different versions of Maggie.


The imperial system Napoleon created was based on what model?

To expand his power, Napoleon used these assassination plots to justify the creation of an imperial system based on the Roman model.


Which bacteria is more difficult to eradicate?

These films can range from a few micrometers in thickness to up to half a meter in depth, and may contain multiple species of bacteria, protists and archaea.


What dialects comprise the southern group?

These are sometimes considered either variants of a South Estonian language, or separate languages altogether.


This name was released to the public on 12 December, with an explanation that it involved Asian nations achieving their independence from the Western powers through armed forces of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.


In what town is Southampton Airport located?

Southampton Airport is a regional airport located in the town of Eastleigh, just north of the city.


What sort of philosopher was Richard Rorty?

This argument does not take into account the issues pertaining to hermeneutics, especially at the backdrop of analytic philosophy.


What was the primary debate at the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting of 1860?

Their disagreement over human origins came to the fore at the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting featuring the legendary 1860 Oxford evolution debate.


What building does the Detroit Symphony Orchestra play in?

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.


In Canada, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was founded in 1729, making it the first police force in present-day Canada.


Who rejected the proposal due to poor word phrasing?

The note met with the approval of Nicholas I; however, Abdülmecid I rejected the proposal, feeling that the document's poor phrasing left it open to many different interpretations.


The borough of Staten Island is primarily located on what island?

New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York State's mainland.


IBM acquired Kenexa (2012) and SPSS (2009) and PwC's consulting business (2002), spinning off companies like printer manufacturer Lexmark (1991), and selling off product lines like its personal computer and x86 server businesses to Lenovo (2005, 2014).


Although Peirce severely criticized many elements of Descartes' peculiar brand of rationalism, he did not reject rationalism outright.


What ancient civilization lived in Punjab?

The Indus Valley Civilization spanned much of what is today Pakistan and eventually evolved into the Indo-Aryan civilisation.


In what year did Foxconn workers first unionize?

Foxconn, Apple's manufacturer, initially denied the abuses, but when an auditing team from Apple found that workers had been working longer hours than were allowed under Chinese law, they promised to prevent workers working more hours than the code allowed.


What devices make use of infrared homing?

Infrared tracking, also known as infrared homing, refers to a passive missile guidance system, which uses the emission from a target of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared part of the spectrum to track it.


Which Charleston community had a large influence on jazz music?

As it has on every aspect of Charleston culture, the Gullah community has had a tremendous influence on music in Charleston, especially when it comes to the early development of jazz music.


The Nyaya–Vaisesika school (600 BC - 100 BC) developed one of the earliest forms of atomism, though their proofs of God and their positing that the consciousness was not material precludes labelling them as materialists.


What were the names given to the various dialects predating the 19th century?

Prior to the 19th century, they were collectively called "Illyric", "Slavic", "Slavonian", "Bosnian", "Dalmatian", "Serbian" or "Croatian".


Stephen Hawking and co-author Leonard Mlodinow state in their book, The Grand Design, that it is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.


Who first built the dikes in Lake Texcoco?

The Aztecs built dikes to separate the fresh water used to raise crops in chinampas and to prevent recurrent floods.


How much of the children of Jefferson and Hemmings were white?

Seven-eighths white by ancestry, all four of his Hemings children moved to northern states as adults; three of the four entered the white community, and all their descendants identified as white.


Who did Philetaerus declare himself loyal to?

His descendant, Attalus I, defeated the invading Galatians and proclaimed himself an independent king.


On what date did the PlayStation Plus service officially launch?

Rumors of such service had been in speculation since Kaz Hirai's announcement at TGS 2009 of a possible paid service for PSN but with the current PSN service still available.


Baroque style was mostly used for which buildings?

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


What part of the Afro-Asiatic language family is Somali a part of?

Somalis (Somali: Soomaali, Arabic: صومال) are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa (Somali Peninsula).


Visually, the interior of the brain consists of areas of so-called grey matter, with a dark color, separated by areas of white matter, with a lighter color.


Who did Wycliffe believe should read the Bible?

The Hussite church, although the target of a crusade, survived beyond the Middle Ages.


Who was critical of John's performance as king?

Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical of John's performance as king, and his reign has since been the subject of significant debate and periodic revision by historians from the 16th century onwards.


Which city was originally not a part of the Federal Republic of Germany?

The creation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 was through the unification of the western states (which were previously under American, British, and French administration) created in the aftermath of World War II.


On 26 March 2014 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the head of the Egyptian Armed Forces, who at this time was in control of the country, resigned from the military, announcing he would stand as a candidate in the 2014 presidential election.


What do heavily laden aircraft sometimes require the assistance from?

The disadvantage of the ski-jump is the penalty it exacts on aircraft size, payload, and fuel load (and thus range); heavily laden aircraft can not launch using a ski-jump because their high loaded weight requires either a longer takeoff roll than is possible on a carrier deck, or assistance from a catapult or JATO rocket.


Who attacked Armenia when they became too distant from Seleucid rule?

Armenia later became a vassal state of the Seleucid Empire, but it maintained a considerable degree of autonomy, retaining its native rulers.


Along with the period 6:30 pm–9:30 pm, what opening hours were acceptable under the Defence of the Realm Act?

The restrictions were tightened by the Defence of the Realm Act of August 1914, which, along with the introduction of rationing and the censorship of the press for wartime purposes, restricted pubs' opening hours to 12 noon–2:30 pm and 6:30 pm–9:30 pm.


What has come from similarities in systems?

The global campus online, led by American universities, allows free access to class materials and lecture files recorded during the actual classes.


When did the Mossad LeAliyah Bet disband?

Immigration to Israel during the late 1940s and early 1950s was aided by the Israeli Immigration Department and the non-government sponsored Mossad LeAliyah Bet ("Institution for Illegal Immigration").


How many volumes was Queen Victorias journal?

From July 1832 until just before her death, she kept a detailed journal, which eventually encompassed 122 volumes.


Which contestant was talked about most for having a record deal before being a contestant on American Idol?

Contestant David Hernandez also attracted some attention due to his past employment as a stripper.


What state declared its intention to withdraw from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?

When North Korea declared its intention to do this the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting as registrar, said that original signatories of the ICCPR had not overlooked the possibility of explicitly providing for withdrawal, but rather had deliberately intended not to provide for it.


Where did actor Warren Beatty attend school?

Amsterdam-based comedy theater Boom Chicago was founded by Northwestern alumni, and the school has become a training ground for future The Second City, I.O., ComedySportz, Mad TV and Saturday Night Live talent.


Netscape wanted to have a competitive browser using what?

That browser would eventually evolve into Firefox, which developed a respectable following while still in the beta stage of development; shortly after the release of Firefox 1.0 in late 2004, Firefox (all versions) accounted for 7% of browser use.