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Mae Jemison, Other public appearances: Jemison is an active public speaker who appears before private and public groups promoting science and technology as well as providing an inspirational and educational message for young people. "Having been an astronaut gives me a platform," says Jemison,"but I'd blow it if I just... | Did she advocate for anything? | In 2016, she partnered with Bayer Corporation to promote and advance science literacy in schools, |
A large body of mathematical work would still be valid when calling 1 a prime, but Euclid's fundamental theorem of arithmetic (mentioned above) would not hold as stated. For example, the number 15 can be factored as 3 · 5 and 1 · 3 · 5; if 1 were admitted as a prime, these two presentations would be considered differen... | What is another function that primes have that the number 1 does not? | Euler's totient function |
The-Dream, Personal life: The-Dream has eight children. After dating for six months, Nash married his girlfriend Nivea in 2004. Together they had three children, daughter Navy Talia (on May 10, 2005) and twin sons London and Christian (April 19, 2006). Nivea filed for legal separation on December 10, 2007. Nash said th... | When was the child born? | Nash filed divorce papers in Georgia on February 17, 2010, just nine days before Christina gave birth to their daughter on February 26, |
Electrical recording preceded electrical home reproduction because of the initial high cost of the new system. In 1925, the Victor company introduced the Victor Orthophonic Victrola, an acoustical record player that was specifically designed to play electrically recorded discs, as part of a line that also included elec... | What was a drawback of early home recording systems? | high cost |
Osceola, Relics: After Osceola's death, army doctor Frederick Weedon persuaded the Seminole to allow him to make a death mask of Osceola, this being a European-American custom at the time for prominent people. Later he removed Osceola's head and embalmed it. For some time, Weedon kept the head and a number of personal ... | Was he successful doing the death mask? | Later he removed Osceola's head and embalmed it. For some time, Weedon kept the head and a number of personal objects Osceola had given him. |
Dell was listed at number 51 in the Fortune 500 list, until 2014. After going private in 2013, the newly confidential nature of its financial information prevents the company from being ranked by Fortune. In 2014 it was the third largest PC vendor in the world after Lenovo and HP. Dell is currently the #1 shipper of PC... | In which state is Dell the sixth largest company? | Texas |
Ara Parseghian, First national title: In 1966, Parseghian guided Notre Dame to its first national championship since the Leahy era. Led by quarterback Terry Hanratty, running back Nick Eddy, star receiver Jim Seymour, and fullback Larry Conjar, the offense was best in the nation in scoring, with an average of 36.2 poin... | How did they win it? | the offense was best in the nation in scoring, |
Joko Widodo, Economic performance: In the first quarter of 2015, year-on-year GDP grew 4.92 percent. In the second quarter it grew 4.6%, the lowest figure since 2009. Anything less than 6 per cent and Indonesia cannot absorb the new entrants to its labour market each year. Furthermore since most of 2017 economic growth... | What impact did Joko have on his country? | trade war initiated between the U.S. and China, U.S. Federal Reserves |
Greek cuisine is characteristic of the healthy Mediterranean diet, which is epitomized by dishes of Crete. Greek cuisine incorporates fresh ingredients into a variety of local dishes such as moussaka, stifado, Greek salad, fasolada, spanakopita and souvlaki. Some dishes can be traced back to ancient Greece like skordal... | What is added to almost every dish in Greece? | Olive oil |
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Marriage and children: Bernhard met then-Princess Juliana at the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Juliana's mother, Queen Wilhelmina, had spent most of the 1930s looking for a suitable husband for Juliana. As a Protestant of royal rank (the Lippe-Biesterfelds were a ... | Did they have any children? | Prince Bernhard was father of six children, |
Ryuichi Sakamoto, 2010s-present: Throughout the latter part of the 2000s, Sakamoto collaborated on several projects with visual artist Shiro Takatani, including the installations LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible... (2007-2013), commissioned by YCAM, Yamaguchi, collapsed and silence spins at the Museum of Contemporary... | What happen in the present day | In January 2017 it was announced that Sakamoto would release a solo album in April 2017 through Milan Records; |
Spielberg then revisited his Close Encounters project and, with financial backing from Columbia Pictures, released Close Encounters: The Special Edition in 1980. For this, Spielberg fixed some of the flaws he thought impeded the original 1977 version of the film and also, at the behest of Columbia, and as a condition o... | What new footage did Columbia require for a Close Encounters revisit? | the interior of the mothership |
Steve Wynn, Frontier and the Golden Nugget (1967-1989): Wynn and his young family moved in 1967 to Las Vegas where his success with his family's business allowed him to purchase a small stake in the Frontier Hotel and Casino. That year he met E. Parry Thomas, dubbed by Vanity Fair as "the most influential banker in Las... | Where was the Frontier located? | Las Vegas |
Kim Jae-joong, Soundtracks and collaborations: Apart from TVXQ and JYJ, Kim has worked on solo activities as a singer. He sang "Insa" (insa lit. Greeting) for the soundtrack of A Millionaire's First Love. Kim collaborated with label-mates The Grace for the Japanese version of their song "Just for One Day", which was fe... | What other soundtracks did he do? | He also sang "Found You" and "For you It's Separation, For me It's Waiting" for the soundtrack of the television drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal, |
Every major company selling the antipsychotics — Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson — has either settled recent government cases, under the False Claims Act, for hundreds of millions of dollars or is currently under investigation for possible health care fraud. Following charges ... | Firms such as Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca have settled claims under what act? | False Claims Act |
A shipbuilding boom in the early part of the 20th century became massive during World War I, making Seattle somewhat of a company town; the subsequent retrenchment led to the Seattle General Strike of 1919, the first general strike in the country. A 1912 city development plan by Virgil Bogue went largely unused. Seattl... | What was the first general labor strike in the 20th century? | Seattle General Strike |
Navigation is based on a variety of senses. Many birds have been shown to use a sun compass. Using the sun for direction involves the need for making compensation based on the time. Navigation has also been shown to be based on a combination of other abilities including the ability to detect magnetic fields (magnetocep... | What does using the sun for direction involve? | the need for making compensation based on the time |
Billy Taylor, Mid-career: In 1952 Taylor composed one of his most famous tunes, "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free", which achieved more popularity with the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Nina Simone covered the song in her 1967 album Silk & Soul. The tune is widely known in the UK as a piano in... | Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? | Taylor also worked as a DJ and program director on radio station WLIB in New York in the 1960s. |
Lata Mangeshkar, Overall collaborationEdit: From the 1940s to the 1970s, Mangeshkar sang duets with Asha Bhosle, Suraiya, Usha Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, and Mahendra Kapoor. In 1964, she sang "Chanda Se Hoga" with P.B. Sreenivas from Main Bhi Ladki Hoon. Mukesh died in ... | Who did she collaborate with? | Mangeshkar sang duets with Asha Bhosle, Suraiya, Usha Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, and Mahendra Kapoor. |
There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water. There are approximately 5×1030 bacteria on Earth, forming a biomass which exceeds that of all plants and animals. Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient ... | How does bacteria help to sustain life in hydrothermal vents and cold seeps? | by converting dissolved compounds |
Horace Plunkett, Pioneering co-operation: At first, Plunkett resolved to hold himself aloof from party politics, and he set himself to bring together people of all political views for the promotion of the material prosperity of the Irish people. In 1891 he was appointed to the newly established Congested Districts Boar... | Did this increase profits | which guaranteed fair prices without middlemen absorbing the profits. |
The US-built ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first electronic programmable computer built in the US. Although the ENIAC was similar to the Colossus it was much faster and more flexible. It was unambiguously a Turing-complete device and could compute any problem that would fit into its memor... | What was the first electronic programmable computer built in the United States? | ENIAC |
The study of plants is vital because they underpin almost all animal life on Earth by generating a large proportion of the oxygen and food that provide humans and other organisms with aerobic respiration with the chemical energy they need to exist. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria are the major groups of organisms that ... | Why are plants important to human life? | oxygen and food |
Fleet Foxes, Formation and early years (2005-06): Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset both attended Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, and soon became close friends. Pecknold and Skjelset bonded over a mutual appreciation of Bob Dylan and Neil Young and began making music together. Their paren... | Did anything else significant happen during this period? | By late 2006 the Seattle press began to take notice of the band; |
The city of Houston has a strong mayoral form of municipal government. Houston is a home rule city and all municipal elections in the state of Texas are nonpartisan. The City's elected officials are the mayor, city controller and 16 members of the Houston City Council. The current mayor of Houston is Sylvester Turner, ... | What type of municipal elections are held in Texas? | nonpartisan |
Monty Python, Cleese departs; the circus closes: Having considered the possibility at the end of the second season, Cleese left the Flying Circus at the end of the third. He later explained that he felt he no longer had anything fresh to offer the show, and claimed that only two Cleese- and Chapman-penned sketches in t... | What other aspects of this article are interesting? | "It was on an Air Canada flight on the way to Toronto, when John (Cleese) turned to all of us and said 'I want out.' |
Lee Trevino, Humor: Throughout his career, Trevino was seen as approachable and humorous, and was frequently quoted by the press. Late in his career, he remarked, "I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell." At t... | What was important about Lee's humor? | Throughout his career, Trevino was seen as approachable and humorous, and was frequently quoted by the press. |
CBS broadcast Super Bowl 50 in the U.S., and charged an average of $5 million for a 30-second commercial during the game. The Super Bowl 50 halftime show was headlined by the British rock group Coldplay with special guest performers Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVII and Super Bowl XLVIII halfti... | Which network broadcasted Super Bowl 50 in the U.S.? | CBS |
Although it is said that the "dog is man's best friend" regarding 17–24% of dogs in the developed countries, in the developing world they are feral, village or community dogs, with pet dogs uncommon. These live their lives as scavengers and have never been owned by humans, with one study showing their most common respo... | Dog cognition has been studied on what kind of dogs? | pet dogs living in human homes. |
Snoop Dogg, 2007-12: Ego Trippin', Malice n Wonderland and Doggumentary: In July 2007, Snoop Dogg made history by becoming the first artist to release a track as a ringtone prior to its release as a single, which was "It's the D.O.G.". On July 7, 2007, Snoop Dogg performed at the Live Earth concert, Hamburg. Snoop Dogg... | What was snoops next job or album | Snoop was appointed an executive position at Priority Records. His tenth studio album, Malice n Wonderland, |
George Martin, Parlophone: Following his graduation, he worked for the BBC's classical music department, then joined EMI in 1950 as an assistant to Oscar Preuss, the head of EMI's Parlophone Records from 1950 to 1955. Although having been regarded by EMI as a vital German imprint in the past, it was then not taken seri... | Did he produce any albums during this period? | Martin's breakthrough as a producer came with the Beyond the Fringe show cast album, |
Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice presidency first term (1997-2005): Ebtekar was the first woman to serve as Vice-President of Iran when the reformists came to power. Along with Zahra Shojaei, she participated in the first cabinet since the Islamic Revolution to include women. She has been described as a leftist in Mohammad Khata... | What did she do next? | In May 1999, the WorldNetDaily claimed that she and President Mohammad Khatami had been in the guest list of the 1999 Bilderberg conference held |
Fred Hampton, Chicago: About the same time that Hampton was successfully organizing young African-Americans for the NAACP, the Black Panther Party (BPP) started rising to national prominence. Hampton was quickly attracted to the Black Panthers' approach, which was based on a ten-point program that integrated black self... | Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? | Hampton was successfully organizing young African-Americans for the NAACP, the Black Panther Party |
Gwen Stefani, Other ventures: Stefani made most of the clothing that she wore on stage with No Doubt, resulting in increasingly eclectic combinations. Stylist Andrea Lieberman introduced her to haute couture clothing, which led to Stefani launching a fashion line named L.A.M.B. in 2004. The line takes influence from a ... | Can you tell me other important aspects of her ventures? | In late summer 2007, Stefani launched a perfume, L, as a part of her L.A.M.B. collection of clothing and accessories. |
Barcelona is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win the continental treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League, and also... | How many competition wins did Barcelona have in 2011? | five |
Flotsam and Jetsam (band), 2013-2014: No Place For Disgrace 2014: In June 2013 the band headlined at the Warriors of Metal Festival in Columbus Ohio, then returning home, Flotsam hired manager Jeff Keller(JKM). His roster includes the likes of: UDO, Destruction, Lordi, Hirax, Primal Fear, Satan, Suicidal Angels. In 20... | Was No Place for Disgrace a hit album? | there was a lot of fan requests to have "No Place for Disgrace" |
Greg Gutfeld, Career: After college he had an internship at The American Spectator, as an assistant to conservative writer R. Emmett Tyrrell. He then worked as a staff writer at Prevention magazine and in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, as an editor at various Rodale Press magazines. In 1995 he became a staff writer at Men's Hea... | What did Gutfeld do for a living? | In 1995 he became a staff writer at Men's Health. He was promoted to editor in chief of Men's Health in 1999. |
Kenneth Anger, 1953-60: Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome and Hollywood Babylon: In 1953, soon after the production of Eaux d'Artifice, Anger's mother died and he temporarily returned to the United States in order to assist with the distribution of her estate. It was during this return that he began to once more immers... | was it successful? | various European film festivals, winning the Prix du Cine-Club Belge and the Prix de l'Age d'Or, |
Fairport Convention, 1986-97: Stability: The new band began a hectic schedule of performing in Britain and the World and prepared material for a new album. The result was the all-instrumental Expletive Delighted! (1986). This showcased the virtuosity of Sanders and Allcock, but perhaps inevitably was not popular with a... | what was so good about this album? | they turned to some of the most talented available in the contemporary folk scene. |
One theory is that, while disobedience may be helpful, any great amount of it would undermine the law by encouraging general disobedience which is neither conscientious nor of social benefit. Therefore, conscientious lawbreakers must be punished. Michael Bayles argues that if a person violates a law in order to create ... | What needs to be avoided with civil disobedience? | general disobedience |
Southampton's largest retail centre, and 35th largest in the UK, is the WestQuay Shopping Centre, which opened in September 2000 and hosts major high street stores including John Lewis and Marks and Spencer. The centre was Phase Two of the West Quay development of the former Pirelli undersea cables factory; the first p... | What was the name of the third phase of West Quay development that got put on hold because of the recession? | Watermark Westquay |
Almost all ctenophores are predators – there are no vegetarians and only one genus that is partly parasitic. If food is plentiful, they can eat 10 times their own weight per day. While Beroe preys mainly on other ctenophores, other surface-water species prey on zooplankton (planktonic animals) ranging in size from the ... | What is the name of the two-tentacled cydippid that feedsentirely on salps called? | Lampea |
Audra McDonald, Television and film: McDonald has also made many television appearances, both musical and dramatic. In 2001, she received her first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for the HBO film Wit, starring Emma Thompson and directed by Mike Nichols. She also has ap... | What did she do in television? | In 2001, she received her first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for the HBO film |
Stephen Hillenburg, Personal life: Hillenburg's wife, Karen, is a chef who teaches at the New School of Cooking in Culver City, California. Hillenburg deems her to be the funniest person that he knows. The couple have a son named Clay (born c. 1998). Hillenburg formerly resided in Hollywood and in Pasadena, and now liv... | Any references to spongebob in the article? | after his diagnosis, in which he affirmed that he would continue to work on SpongeBob SquarePants |
Testament (band), Dark Roots of Earth (2010-2013): As early as 2009, Testament commenced writing new material for their tenth album. In an interview with Metalheadz, guitarist Eric Peterson stated that there were about four songs written and that "there's other guys in the band who like to play the more rock melodic st... | Is the Dark Roots of the Earth the name of an album? | On 14 July 2011, it was announced that the tenth Testament studio album would be called Dark Roots of Earth, |
In a nonpartisan system, no official political parties exist, sometimes reflecting legal restrictions on political parties. In nonpartisan elections, each candidate is eligible for office on his or her own merits. In nonpartisan legislatures, there are no typically formal party alignments within the legislature. The ad... | Was the administration of George Washington nonpartisan? | The administration of George Washington and the first few sessions of the United States Congress were nonpartisan. |
Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa and depends largely on groundwater. With an average rainfall of about 350 mm per annum, the highest rainfall occurs in the Caprivi in the northeast (about 600 mm per annum) and decreases in a westerly and southwesterly direction to as little as 50 mm and less per annu... | Where does the highest rainfall occur in Namibia? | Caprivi |
In the years to follow, public revelations on the state of Charles and Diana's marriage continued. Even though support for republicanism in Britain seemed higher than at any time in living memory, republicanism was still a minority viewpoint, and the Queen herself had high approval ratings. Criticism was focused on the... | What state of affairs produced revelations and problems for Elizabeth? | Charles and Diana's marriage |
The exact nature of relations between Tibet and the Ming dynasty of China (1368–1644) is unclear. Analysis of the relationship is further complicated by modern political conflicts and the application of Westphalian sovereignty to a time when the concept did not exist. Some Mainland Chinese scholars, such as Wang Jiawei... | Who were Wang Jiawei and Nyima Gyaincain? | Mainland Chinese scholars |
As the premiers did not come to an agreement on this question, the Parliamentary Council was supposed to address this issue. Its provisions are reflected in Article 29. There was a binding provision for a new delimitation of the federal territory: the Federal Territory must be revised ... (paragraph 1). Moreover, in te... | In the revision of Article 29, what was a binding provision for a new delimitation of the federal territory? | the Federal Territory must be revised |
Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: In 1997, Krakauer expanded his September 1996 Outside article into what has become his best-known book, Into Thin Air. The book describes the climbing parties' experiences and the general state of Everest mountaineering at the time. Hired as a journalist by the magazine, Krakauer had partic... | Did this book win any other awards? | The American Academy of Arts and Letters gave Krakauer an Academy Award in Literature in 1999 for his work, |
Other lossy formats exist. Among these, mp3PRO, AAC, and MP2 are all members of the same technological family as MP3 and depend on roughly similar psychoacoustic models. The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft owns many of the basic patents underlying these formats as well, with others held by Dolby Labs, Sony, Thomson Consumer El... | Which company owns many of the patents that cover the other formats? | Fraunhofer Gesellschaft |
Women in Finland, In History: In the late 18th century and early 19th century private schools for girls were established in Finland, among the more known being those of Christina Krook, Anna Salmberg and Sara Wacklin. These schools were criticized for its shallow education of accomplishments, which resulted in the deci... | What was she majoring in at the university? | advanced classes |
Scarlett Johansson, Music career: In 2006, Johansson sang the track "Summertime" for Unexpected Dreams - Songs From the Stars, a non-profit collection of songs recorded by Hollywood actors. She performed with the Jesus and Mary Chain for a Coachella reunion show in Indio, California, in April 2007. The following year, ... | What happened to the album anywhere I lay my head? | NME named the album the "23rd best album of 2008", and it peaked at number 126 on the Billboard 200. |
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Attitudes to Nazi Germany: Prince Bernhard was a member of the "Reiter-SS", a mounted unit of the SS and joined the Nazi party. He later also joined the National Socialist Motor Corps. Various members of his family and friends were aligned with the Nazis prior to the Second World ... | What was the significance of Prince Bernhard being involved with Nazi Germany? | Hitler himself gives an account of the conversation he had with Bernhard in his Tischgesprache (Table Conversations). |
From the caliphate's north-western African bases, a series of raids on coastal areas of the Visigothic Kingdom paved the way to the permanent occupation of most of Iberia by the Umayyads (starting in 711), and on into south-eastern Gaul (last stronghold at Narbonne in 759). Hisham's reign witnessed the end of expansion... | Who defeated the Arabs at the Battle of Tours? | Franks |
Tristan Tzara, Name: S. Samyro, a partial anagram of Samy Rosenstock, was used by Tzara from his debut and throughout the early 1910s. A number of undated writings, which he probably authored as early as 1913, bear the signature Tristan Ruia, and, in summer of 1915, he was signing his pieces with the name Tristan. In ... | Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? | Tzara wanted to keep Tristan as his adopted first name, and that this choice had later attracted him the "infamous pun" Triste Ane Tzara (French for "Sad Donkey Tzara"). |
The Reformation in Europe officially began in 1517 with Martin Luther (1483–1546) and his 95 Theses. The Reformation greatly changed the Baltic region. Its ideas came quickly to the Livonian Confederation and by the 1520s were widespread. Language, education, religion and politics were transformed. Church services were... | When did the The Reformation in Europe start? | 1517 |
Paul Warfield, Early years and college: Paul Dryden Warfield was born in Warren, Ohio. His father, Dryden Warfield, was a deacon in a Baptist church. Warfield attended Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, where he was a star running back and defensive back for the Panthers. He scored 92 points as a junior in 1958, ... | What happened after he played for Ohio state? | A two-time letterman in track and field at Ohio State, Warfield competed as a broad jumper, hurdler, and sprinter. |
Hide (musician), 1987-1997: X Japan: hide joined X Japan (then called X) in February 1987, becoming the band's lead guitarist and occasional songwriter, going on to compose songs like "Celebration", "Joker" and the single "Scars". X released their first album Vanishing Vision, through drummer Yoshiki's own Extasy Recor... | What songs did Hide sing when he first joined X? | compose songs like "Celebration", "Joker" and the single "Scars". |
Virat Kohli, Playing style: Kohli is a naturally aggressive batsman with strong technical skills. He usually bats in the middle-order, but, on many occasions, has opened the innings as well. He bats with a slightly open-chested stance and a strong bottom-hand grip, and is said to have quick footwork. He is known for hi... | Does it say any of his fellow players in the article? | ". His teammates have praised his confidence, commitment, focus and work ethics. |
Tony Orlando, Tony Orlando and Dawn: Orlando was tempted back to a recording career when he was asked to record a demo record of "Candida", with backup singers including Toni Wine (who wrote the song) and Linda November. Concerned about a possible conflict of interest with his April-Blackwood duties, Orlando sang under... | what was the project? | November. Concerned about a possible conflict of interest with his April-Blackwood duties, Orlando sang under the condition that his name not be associated with the project, |
Alia Bhatt, Upcoming projects: Bhatt has performed playback singing for the song "Sooha Saaha" in Highway (2014). A. R. Rahman, the composer of the film, invited her to his music school to undergo training. In 2014, she sang the unplugged version of the song "Samjhawan", for the composers Sharib-Toshi, in Humpty Sharma... | Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? | In 2017, Bhatt launched an ecological initiative named CoExist to raise awareness about the welfare of street animals. |
After the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, Emperor Nero accused the Christians as convenient scapegoats, who were later persecuted and killed. From that point on, Roman official policy towards Christianity tended towards persecution. During the various Imperial crises of the 3rd century, “contemporaries were predisposed to... | What was the persecution of the Christians by Rome? | official policy |
Southern California is also home to a large home grown surf and skateboard culture. Companies such as Volcom, Quiksilver, No Fear, RVCA, and Body Glove are all headquartered here. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, professional surfers Rob Machado, Tim Curran, Bobby Martinez, Pat O'Connell, Dane Reynolds, and Chris W... | What famous snowbaorder lives in southern California? | Shaun White |
North American fur trade, Mid-18th Century: Deerskin trade was at its most profitable in the mid-18th century. The Creeks rose up as the largest deerskin supplier, and the increase in supply only intensified European demand for deerskins. Native Americans continued to negotiate the most lucrative trade deals by forcing... | What was different about their relationship with the British? | The Creeks adapted to the new economic trade system, and managed to hold onto their old social structures. |
A treaty is null and void if it is in violation of a peremptory norm. These norms, unlike other principles of customary law, are recognized as permitting no violations and so cannot be altered through treaty obligations. These are limited to such universally accepted prohibitions as those against the aggressive use of ... | What is true of acts such as genocide and piracy in regard to treaty law? | no state can legally assume an obligation to commit or permit such acts |
During the administration of U.S. President Martin Van Buren, nearly 17,000 Cherokees—along with approximately 2,000 black slaves owned by Cherokees—were uprooted from their homes between 1838 and 1839 and were forced by the U.S. military to march from "emigration depots" in Eastern Tennessee (such as Fort Cass) toward... | Which US President oversaw the forced westward relocation of Cherokees beginning in 1838? | Martin Van Buren |
The Swiss Federal budget had a size of 62.8 billion Swiss francs in 2010, which is an equivalent 11.35% of the country's GDP in that year; however, the regional (canton) budgets and the budgets of the municipalities are not counted as part of the federal budget and the total rate of government spending is closer to 33.... | What are the two main sources of income for the federal government? | value-added tax (33%) and the direct federal tax (29%) |
Ruth Buzzi, Early successes: Before graduation from college, Buzzi was already a working actress with a union card in musical and comedy revues. Her first job in show business was at 19, traveling with singer Rudy Vallee in a live musical and comedy act during her summer break from college; it allowed her to graduate w... | What other characters did she play? | series. Buzzi saw her first taste of national fame as "Shagundala the Silent", a bumbling magician's assistant |
Kim Deal, Youth and college: Deal was born in Dayton, Ohio. Her father was a laser physicist who worked at the nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Kim and her identical twin sister Kelley were introduced to music at a young age; the two sang to a "two-track, quarter-inch, tape" when they were "four or five" years o... | What college did she attend? | Following high school, Deal went to seven different colleges, including The Ohio State University, but did not graduate from any of them. |
Miracle on Ice, Exhibitions: In exhibitions that year, Soviet club teams went 5-3-1 against National Hockey League (NHL) teams, and a year earlier, the Soviet national team had routed the NHL All-Stars 6-0 to win the Challenge Cup. In 1979-80, virtually all the top North American players were Canadians, although the nu... | What else did you find interesting about this section? | The game was also costly for the Americans off-ice, as defenseman Jack O'Callahan pulled a ligament in his knee; |
Shared doctrines would include beliefs about one God; the virgin birth; miracles; atonement for sins through the death, burial, and bodily resurrection of Jesus; the Trinity; the need for salvation (through belief in Jesus Christ as the son of God, his death and resurrection, and confession of Christ as Lord); grace; t... | Beliefs about one God; the virgin birth; miracles; atonement for sins through the death, burial, and bodily resurrection of Jesus are examples of what? | Shared doctrines |
The Strokes, Room on Fire (2003-2004): The group began recording their follow-up in 2002 with producer Nigel Godrich (best known for his work with Radiohead), but later split with him in favor of Gordon Raphael, the producer of Is This It. Recordings with Godrich were never revealed. In August 2003, the band toured Jap... | what were some of the songs? | "Reptilia", "Meet Me In The Bathroom", "The Way It Is", "Between Love & Hate" (formerly known as "Ze Newie") and "12:51" ( |
The new Kievan state prospered due to its abundant supply of furs, beeswax, honey, and slaves for export, and because it controlled three main trade routes of Eastern Europe. In the north, Novgorod served as a commercial link between the Baltic Sea and the Volga trade route to the lands of the Volga Bulgars, the Khazar... | Which route was a central post in Kiev? | Dnieper route |
On July 19, 2013, West was leaving LAX as he was surrounded by dozens of paparazzi. West became increasingly agitated as a photographer, Daniel Ramos, continued to ask him why people were not allowed to speak in his presence. West then says, "I told you don't talk to me, right? You trying to get me in trouble so I stea... | What was Kanye convicted for after his paparazzi attack? | misdemeanor criminal battery and attempted grand theft |
A route through Beringia is seen as more likely than the Solutrean hypothesis. Kashani et al. 2012 state that "The similarities in ages and geographical distributions for C4c and the previously analyzed X2a lineage provide support to the scenario of a dual origin for Paleo-Indians. Taking into account that C4c is deepl... | What is more likely than the Solutrean hypothesis? | route through Beringia |
The halogen lamp reduces uneven evaporation of the filament and eliminates darkening of the envelope by filling the lamp with a halogen gas at low pressure, rather than an inert gas. The halogen cycle increases the lifetime of the bulb and prevents its darkening by redepositing tungsten from the inside of the bulb back... | How does the halogen bulb decrease darkening over time? | by redepositing tungsten from the inside of the bulb back onto the filament |
Elizabeth's many historic visits and meetings include a state visit to the Republic of Ireland and reciprocal visits to and from the Pope. She has seen major constitutional changes, such as devolution in the United Kingdom, Canadian patriation, and the decolonisation of Africa. She has also reigned through various wars... | How is Victoria related to Elizabeth? | great-great-grandmother |
Albert Sidney Johnston, Civil War: At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Johnston was the commander of the U.S. Army Department of the Pacific in California. Like many regular army officers from the South, he was opposed to secession. But he resigned his commission soon after he heard of the secession of his adopt... | When did Johnston decide to join the confederacy? | he evaded arrest and joined the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles as a private, leaving Warner's Ranch May 27. |
At the concluding Treaty of Utrecht, Philip renounced his and his descendants' right to the French throne and Spain lost its empire in Europe. The British Empire was territorially enlarged: from France, Britain gained Newfoundland and Acadia, and from Spain, Gibraltar and Minorca. Gibraltar became a critical naval base... | Which country did Britain acquire Newfoundland and Acadia from? | France |
Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi and 7800deg Fahrenheit (1984-1985): Once the band began playing showcases and opening for local talent, they caught the attention of record executive Derek Shulman, who signed them to Mercury Records and who was part of the PolyGram company. Because Jon Bon Jovi wanted a group name, Pamela Maher, a f... | Were there other singles from this album? | Out of Love" and the ballad "Silent Night". |
Graeme Obree, Origins: Obree was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire but has lived almost all his life in Scotland and considers himself Scottish. An individual time triallist, his first race was a 10-mile time trial to which he turned up wearing shorts, anorak and Doc Marten boots. He thought the start and finish were at t... | What did that mean for him in the race? | when officials told him to continue. He still finished in "about 30 minutes." |
Transferring GameCube development to the Wii was relatively simple, since the Wii was being created to be compatible with the GameCube.[o] At E3 2005, Nintendo released a small number of Nintendo DS game cards containing a preview trailer for Twilight Princess. They also announced that Zelda would appear on the Wii (th... | At E3 in 2005, what console did Nintendo reveal the next Zelda game would be developed for? | Wii |
When aspirated consonants are doubled or geminated, the stop is held longer and then has an aspirated release. An aspirated affricate consists of a stop, fricative, and aspirated release. A doubled aspirated affricate has a longer hold in the stop portion and then has a release consisting of the fricative and aspiratio... | What is comprised of a stop, fricative, and aspirated release? | An aspirated affricate |
The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the... | What is the Russian Revolution? | the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. |
Slash (musician), 2008-2015: "Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators": In September 2008, Slash began production on his debut solo album. He described the process of recording by himself as "cathartic." He also mentioned working on the album gave him a chance to "...take a little bit of a break from all the... | did they win any awards | In the beginning of 2013 Slash received award for "Best Guitarist Of The Year 2012" by Loudwire's readers. |
Eritrea is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, and is an observing member of the Arab League. The nation holds a seat on the United Nations' Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). Eritrea also holds memberships in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, I... | What is the abbreviation for the United Nations' Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions? | ACABQ |
Jo Stafford, Marriage to Paul Weston and later career: Although Weston and Stafford had known each other since their introduction at the King Sisters' party, they did not become romantically involved until 1945, when Weston traveled to New York to see Stafford perform at La Martinique. They were married in a Roman Cath... | Did she have any notable television appearances? | She appeared on NBC's Club Oasis in 1958, |
By this point Frederick was increasingly concerned by the Russian advance from the east and marched to counter it. Just east of the Oder in Brandenburg-Neumark, at the Battle of Zorndorf (now Sarbinowo, Poland), a Prussian army of 35,000 men under Frederick on Aug. 25, 1758, fought a Russian army of 43,000 commanded by... | How many Russians were in defense? | Russian army of 43,000 |
Tesla theorized that the application of electricity to the brain enhanced intelligence. In 1912, he crafted "a plan to make dull students bright by saturating them unconsciously with electricity," wiring the walls of a schoolroom and, "saturating [the schoolroom] with infinitesimal electric waves vibrating at high freq... | Who approved of this plan? | William H. Maxwell |
Harry Hooper, Boston Red Sox: Breaking into the majors with the Red Sox in 1909, Hooper played in 81 games and hit .282. Between 1910 and 1915, he teamed with Tris Speaker (CF) and Duffy Lewis (LF) to form the Golden Outfield, one of the finest outfield trios in baseball history. Religious differences may have been the... | What other gaming stats does he have? | 1915, in game five of the 1915 World Series, he became the second player to hit two home runs in a single World Series game. |
The practice of playing one or two preseason exhibition games by each team before the start of the regular season was discontinued when the NBC contract was initiated, and the regular season was extended from 14 games, the length that it had been since 1996, to 16 from 2001 to 2010, and since 2016. From 2011 to 2015, t... | A contract with what television network led to the discontinuation of exhibition games in the preseason? | NBC |
The conceptual view provides a level of indirection between internal and external. On one hand it provides a common view of the database, independent of different external view structures, and on the other hand it abstracts away details of how the data are stored or managed (internal level). In principle every level, a... | How does the conceptual view handle how data is managed? | abstracts away details |
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Production work: Sakamoto's production credits represent a prolific career in this role. In 1983, he produced Mari Iijima's debut album Rose, the same year that the Yellow Magic Orchestra was disbanded. Sakamoto subsequently worked with artists such as Thomas Dolby; Aztec Camera, on the Dreamland (199... | Why does he take that break and play hip hop? | minutes, and then go back to what he was doing. He's always trying to trip himself up like that, and to discover new things. |
Margot Kidder, 1975-1979: Superman, mainstream recognition: In 1975, Kidder was cast in a lead role in The Great Waldo Pepper opposite Robert Redford, she also appeared in The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and 92 in the Shade (1975) with Peter Fonda, all of which established her as a commercially viable leading lady. Ki... | What did this mean for everyone | She appeared on the March 9, 1975 edition of The American Sportsman, |
West's fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has been noted by writers for its maximalist aesthetic and its incorporation of elements from West's previous four albums. Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson perceives that such elements "all recur at various points", namely "the luxurious soul of 2004's ... | Kid Cudi joined Kanye for which album? | 808s & Heartbreak |
Harry Hopkins, New Deal: In March 1933, Roosevelt summoned Hopkins to Washington as federal relief administrator. Convinced that paid work was psychologically more valuable than cash handouts, Hopkins sought to continue and expand New York State's work-relief programs, the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. He ... | What about fera | involved giving money to localities to operate work relief projects to employ those on direct relief. |
A higher flight phase results in a higher vertical ground reaction force. Vertical ground reaction force represents external force which the gymnasts have to overcome with their muscle force and has an impact on the gymnasts linear and angular momentum. Another important variable that affects linear and angular momentu... | What is vertical ground reaction force? | s external force which the gymnasts have to overcome with their muscle force and has an impact on the gymnasts linear and angular momentum |
Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people have always been centered around the Aegean and Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed b... | Which city in modern Turkey was once a major center of Greek culture? | Constantinople |
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