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In 1 April 2012 by-elections the NLD won 43 of the 45 available seats; previously an illegal organisation, the NLD had never won a Burmese election until this time. The 2012 by-elections were also the first time that international representatives were allowed to monitor the voting process in Myanmar. Following announcement of the by-elections, the Freedom House organisation raised concerns about "reports of fraud and harassment in the lead up to elections, including the March 23 deportation of Somsri Hananuntasuk, executive director of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), a regional network of civil society organisations promoting democratization." However, uncertainties exist as some other political prisoners have not been released and clashes between Burmese troops and local insurgent groups continue.

Question: Who raised concerns of fraud in the elections held in the Burma 2012 elections ?
Answer: the Freedom House organisation raised concerns

Question: Did all of the political prisoners obtain freedom due to the election in Burma of 2012 ? 
Answer: some other political prisoners have not been released

Question: Who was expelled from Myanmar before the elections of 2012 and what position did they hold ?
Answer: Somsri Hananuntasuk, executive director of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)

Question: Are international monitors used in the elections of Burma ?
Answer: The 2012 by-elections were also the first time that international representatives were allowed to monitor the voting process in Myanmar

Question: Does the political party of Aung San Suu Ky hold any positions among the ruling faction ?
Answer: 43 of the 45 available seats
Typical jungle animals, particularly tigers and leopards, occur sparsely in Myanmar. In upper Myanmar, there are rhinoceros, wild buffalo, wild boars, deer, antelope, and elephants, which are also tamed or bred in captivity for use as work animals, particularly in the lumber industry. Smaller mammals are also numerous, ranging from gibbons and monkeys to flying foxes and tapirs. The abundance of birds is notable with over 800 species, including parrots, peafowl, pheasants, crows, herons, and paddybirds. Among reptile species there are crocodiles, geckos, cobras, Burmese pythons, and turtles. Hundreds of species of freshwater fish are wide-ranging, plentiful and are very important food sources. For a list of protected areas, see List of protected areas of Myanmar.

Question: What industry is supported by animal labor in Burma ?
Answer: the lumber industry

Question: What is an important protein source  in the Burmese diet?
Answer: Hundreds of species of freshwater fish

Question: What animals where domesticated in Burma for industry use ?
Answer: elephants, which are also tamed or bred in captivity for use as work animals

Question: What is note worthy about the bird population of Burma ?
Answer: The abundance of birds is notable with over 800 species

Question: Are large jungle cats part of the animal population of Burma ? 
Answer: Typical jungle animals, particularly tigers and leopards, occur sparsely in Myanmar
The elections of 2010 resulted in a victory for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party. Various foreign observers questioned the fairness of the elections. One criticism of the election was that only government sanctioned political parties were allowed to contest in it and the popular National League for Democracy was declared illegal. However, immediately following the elections, the government ended the house arrest of the democracy advocate and leader of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her ability to move freely around the country is considered an important test of the military's movement toward more openness. After unexpected reforms in 2011, NLD senior leaders have decided to register as a political party and to field candidates in future by-elections.

Question: What was the name of the winning unit in the 2010 elections in Burma ?
Answer: The elections of 2010 resulted in a victory for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party

Question: Were the elections held in an unbiased manner Burma in 2010 ? 
Answer: Various foreign observers questioned the fairness of the elections.

Question: What were some of the opinions foreign advisers stated about the Burma 2010 elections ?
Answer: One criticism of the election was that only government sanctioned political parties were allowed to contest in it

Question: What was the Burmese official decision concerning the legitimacy of National League for Democracy in 2010 ?
Answer: the popular National League for Democracy was declared illegal
Though the country's foreign relations, particularly with Western nations, have been strained, relations have thawed since the reforms following the 2010 elections. After years of diplomatic isolation and economic and military sanctions, the United States relaxed curbs on foreign aid to Myanmar in November 2011 and announced the resumption of diplomatic relations on 13 January 2012 The European Union has placed sanctions on Myanmar, including an arms embargo, cessation of trade preferences, and suspension of all aid with the exception of humanitarian aid.

Question: How have international relations developed due to the recent political changes in Burma ? 
Answer: relations have thawed since the reforms following the 2010 elections.

Question: What did the United States do in response to the reform changes of the 2010 Burma elections ? 
Answer: the United States relaxed curbs on foreign aid to Myanmar in November 2011 and announced the resumption of diplomatic relations

Question: What type of activity has the European Union engaged in in response to the reforms made in Burma ?
Answer: sanctions on Myanmar, including an arms embargo, cessation of trade preferences, and suspension of all aid with the exception of humanitarian aid.

Question: How did the United States treat Myanmar prior to the changes made in Burmese government ? 
Answer: years of diplomatic isolation and economic and military sanctions
Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries against the former military government, coupled with boycotts and other direct pressure on corporations by supporters of the democracy movement, have resulted in the withdrawal from the country of most US and many European companies. On 13 April 2012 British Prime Minister David Cameron called for the economic sanctions on Myanmar to be suspended in the wake of the pro-democracy party gaining 43 seats out of a possible 45 in the 2012 by-elections with the party leader, Aung San Suu Kyi becoming a member of the Burmese parliament.

Question: How are international businesses discouraged from operating in Burma?
Answer: Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries against the former military government, coupled with boycotts

Question: What was the result for internationals companies attempting to conduct business in Burma ? 
Answer: the withdrawal from the country of most US and many European companies

Question: Who called for the sanctions in Burma to be given reprieve ?
Answer: British Prime Minister David Cameron

Question: What did Aung San Suu Kyi become a part of in Burma ?
Answer: the Burmese parliament
In 2008, India suspended military aid to Myanmar over the issue of human rights abuses by the ruling junta, although it has preserved extensive commercial ties, which provide the regime with much-needed revenue. The thaw in relations began on 28 November 2011, when Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich and his wife Ludmila arrived in the capital, Naypyidaw, the same day as the country received a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who also met with pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. International relations progress indicators continued in September 2012 when Aung San Suu Kyi visited to the US followed by Myanmar's reformist president visit to the United Nations.

Question: Why did India stop supporting the military in Myanmar in 2008 ?
Answer: over the issue of human rights abuses by the ruling junta

Question: Did the military sanctions imposed by India affect the business workings of it's relations in Burma ?
Answer: it has preserved extensive commercial ties

Question: Who helped to improve the relations between India and Burma?
Answer: Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich and his wife Ludmila

Question: What city in Burma was visited by the envoy from India 
Answer: the capital, Naypyidaw
In May 2013, Thein Sein became the first Myanmar president to visit the White House in 47 years; the last Burmese leader to visit the White House was Ne Win in September 1966. President Barack Obama praised the former general for political and economic reforms, and the cessation of tensions between Myanmar and the United States. Political activists objected to the visit due to concerns over human rights abuses in Myanmar but Obama assured Thein Sein that Myanmar will receive US support. The two leaders discussed to release more political prisoners, the institutionalisation of political reform and rule of law, and ending ethnic conflict in Myanmar—the two governments agreed to sign a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement on 21 May 2013.

Question: Who is the first official Burmese delegate to visit the white house following the 2010 elections in Burma ?
Answer: Thein Sein became the first Myanmar president to visit the White House in 47 years

Question: When was the most prior visit from a Burmese representative to the  United States prior to 2010 ? 
Answer: the last Burmese leader to visit the White House was Ne Win in September 1966

Question: Was the visit from the Burmese delegate welcome in the United States in 2010?
Answer: Political activists objected to the visit due to concerns over human rights abuses in Myanmar

Question: Did the visit to the United States result in the release of political prisoners in Burma ? 
Answer: leaders discussed to release more political prisoners

Question: What agreements were made in the visit to the United States by the Burmese in the 21 century ?
Answer: to sign a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement on 21 May 2013.
Myanmar's armed forces are known as the Tatmadaw, which numbers 488,000. The Tatmadaw comprises the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The country ranked twelfth in the world for its number of active troops in service. The military is very influential in Myanmar, with all top cabinet and ministry posts usually held by military officials. Official figures for military spending are not available. Estimates vary widely because of uncertain exchange rates, but Myanmar's military forces' expenses are high. Myanmar imports most of its weapons from Russia, Ukraine, China and India.

Question: What is the name of the military in Burma ?
Answer: Tatmadaw

Question: How large is the military of Burma ? 
Answer: numbers 488,000

Question: Which traditional branches of the military does Burma have?
Answer: Army, the Navy, and the Air Force

Question: What ranking does Burma hold for the number of troops currently serving on active military duty ?
Answer: The country ranked twelfth in the world for its number of active troops in service.

Question: From where does Burma receive most of its military artillery ?
Answer: Myanmar imports most of its weapons from Russia, Ukraine, China and India.
International human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have repeatedly documented and condemned widespread human rights violations in Myanmar. The Freedom in the World 2011 report by Freedom House notes, "The military junta has ... suppressed nearly all basic rights; and committed human rights abuses with impunity." In July 2013, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners indicated that there were approximately 100 political prisoners being held in Burmese prisons.

Question: What are the names of some of the  human right organizations that have been involved in Burmese relations. 
Answer: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Question: In 2011 what did the group Freedom House say concerning the Burma military?
Answer: The military junta has ... suppressed nearly all basic rights; and committed human rights abuses with impunity

Question: How many prisoners are still held in Burma on political crimes?
Answer: In July 2013, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners indicated that there were approximately 100 political prisoners being held
Child soldiers have and continue to play a major part in the Burmese Army as well as Burmese rebel movements. The Independent reported in June 2012 that "Children are being sold as conscripts into the Burmese military for as little as $40 and a bag of rice or a can of petrol." The UN's Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, who stepped down from her position a week later, met representatives of the Government of Myanmar on 5 July 2012 and stated that she hoped the government's signing of an action plan would "signal a transformation." In September 2012, the Myanmar Armed Forces released 42 child soldiers and the International Labour Organization met with representatives of the government as well as the Kachin Independence Army to secure the release of more child soldiers. According to Samantha Power, a US delegation raised the issue of child soldiers with the government in October 2012. However, she did not comment on the government's progress towards reform in this area.

Question: How are children used in the conflicts in Burma?
Answer: Child soldiers have and continue to play a major part in the Burmese Army as well as Burmese rebel movements.

Question: How are children obtained for use as solders in Burma ? 
Answer: Children are being sold as conscripts into the Burmese military for as little as $40 and a bag of rice or a can of petrol

Question: How many child solders were released from the Burmese military in 2012 ?
Answer: the Myanmar Armed Forces released 42 child soldiers
The Rohingya people have consistently faced human rights abuses by the Burmese regime that has refused to acknowledge them as Burmese citizens (despite some of them having lived in Burma for over three generations)—the Rohingya have been denied Burmese citizenship since the enactment of a 1982 citizenship law. The law created three categories of citizenship: citizenship, associate citizenship, and naturalised citizenship. Citizenship is given to those who belong to one of the national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee. Associate citizenship is given to those who cannot prove their ancestors settled in Myanmar before 1823, but can prove they have one grandparent, or pre-1823 ancestor, who was a citizen of another country, as well as people who applied for citizenship in 1948 and qualified then by those laws. Naturalized citizenship is only given to those who have at least one parent with one of these types of Burmese citizenship or can provide "conclusive evidence" that their parents entered and resided in Burma prior to independence in 1948. The Burmese regime has attempted to forcibly expel Rohingya and bring in non-Rohingyas to replace them—this policy has resulted in the expulsion of approximately half of the 800,000 Rohingya from Burma, while the Rohingya people have been described as "among the world's least wanted" and "one of the world's most persecuted minorities." But the origin of ‘most persecuted minority’ statement is unclear.

Question: What section of the Burmese population is routinely discriminated against ?
Answer: The Rohingya people

Question: When was the citizenship laws placed into effect in Burma ?
Answer: 1982

Question: How does one become a full citizen in Burma ?
Answer: Citizenship is given to those who belong to one of the national races

Question: What races are considered for full citizenship in Burma?
Answer: national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee

Question: What happens if one is not able to prove ancestral claim on full citizenship ?
Answer: Associate citizenship is given to those who cannot prove their ancestors settled in Myanmar before 1823

Question: When did the Rohingya lose citizenship rights in Burma?
Answer: the Rohingya have been denied Burmese citizenship since the enactment of a 1982 citizenship law

Question: How is the decision made on who gets full citizenship rights in Burma?
Answer: Citizenship is given to those who belong to one of the national races

Question: What races are considered to be the of the the national races in Burma ? 
Answer: national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee.

Question: How can one prove their race in Burma ?
Answer: prove their ancestors settled in Myanmar before 1823

Question: How many of the  Rohingya people have new changes in citizenship caused to become refugees ? 
Answer: expulsion of approximately half of the 800,000 Rohingya from Burma,
According to the Crisis Group, since Myanmar transitioned to a new government in August 2011, the country's human rights record has been improving. Previously giving Myanmar its lowest rating of 7, the 2012 Freedom in the World report also notes improvement, giving Myanmar a 6 for improvements in civil liberties and political rights, the release of political prisoners, and a loosening of restrictions. In 2013, Myanmar improved yet again, receiving a score of five in civil liberties and a six in political freedoms

Question: What is the name of the individuals who gave relevant information on the recent events in Burma ?
Answer: the Crisis Group

Question: Have there been any advances in the human rights situation in Myanmar?
Answer: the country's human rights record has been improving

Question: What is the current rating of for Burma from the  Freedom in the World report and what caused the current standing ?
Answer: Myanmar improved yet again, receiving a score of five in civil liberties and a six in political freedom

Question: What caused Myanmar to receive a rating of 6?
Answer: improvements in civil liberties and political rights, the release of political prisoners, and a loosening of restrictions.

Question: What was the previous rating for Burma?
Answer: lowest rating of 7
The major agricultural product is rice, which covers about 60% of the country's total cultivated land area. Rice accounts for 97% of total food grain production by weight. Through collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute 52 modern rice varieties were released in the country between 1966 and 1997, helping increase national rice production to 14 million tons in 1987 and to 19 million tons in 1996. By 1988, modern varieties were planted on half of the country's ricelands, including 98 percent of the irrigated areas. In 2008 rice production was estimated at 50 million tons.

Question: What is the major farming production crop in Burma? 
Answer: rice

Question: What percentage of  the countries's farm-able land is used for the major farming production crop in Burma? 
Answer: 60%

Question: What category does the major farming production crop in Burma fall into ? 
Answer: food grain production

Question: How is production in the category tallied ?
Answer: by weight

Question: How many novel types of this crop did Burma develop as of 1997 ?
Answer: 52 modern rice varieties
Many US and European jewellery companies, including Bulgari, Tiffany, and Cartier, refuse to import these stones based on reports of deplorable working conditions in the mines. Human Rights Watch has encouraged a complete ban on the purchase of Burmese gems based on these reports and because nearly all profits go to the ruling junta, as the majority of mining activity in the country is government-run. The government of Myanmar controls the gem trade by direct ownership or by joint ventures with private owners of mines.

Question: What is the difficulty with expanding the gem business in Burma ?
Answer: US and European jewellery companies, including Bulgari, Tiffany, and Cartier, refuse to import these stones based

Question: Why is Burma experiencing this problem with the gems industry  ?
Answer: reports of deplorable working conditions in the mines.

Question: Who gave information on the gem industries in Burma ?
Answer: Human Rights Watch

Question: What did the group advised based on the information's results ?
Answer: encouraged a complete ban on the purchase of Burmese gems based

Question: Who receives the majority of financial benefits from the gem mining ? 
Answer: the ruling junta
The most common way for travellers to enter the country seems to be by air. According to the website Lonely Planet, getting into Myanmar is problematic: "No bus or train service connects Myanmar with another country, nor can you travel by car or motorcycle across the border – you must walk across.", and states that, "It is not possible for foreigners to go to/from Myanmar by sea or river." There are a small number of border crossings that allow the passage of private vehicles, such as the border between Ruili (China) to Mu-se, the border between Htee Kee (Myanmar) and Ban Phu Nam Ron (Thailand) (the most direct border between Dawei and Kanchanaburi), and the border between Myawaddy (Myanmar) and Mae Sot (Thailand). At least one tourist company has successfully run commercial overland routes through these borders since 2013. "From Mae Sai (Thailand) you can cross to Tachileik, but can only go as far as Kengtung. Those in Thailand on a visa run can cross to Kawthaung but cannot venture farther into Myanmar."

Question: How are most visitors ushered into the city of Myanmar ?
Answer: by air

Question: Is Myanmar convenient to other countries in South East Asia ? 
Answer: No bus or train service connects Myanmar with another country, nor can you travel by car or motorcycle across the border – you must walk across

Question: Are there any cruise travel destinations for Myanmar ?
Answer: It is not possible for foreigners to go to/from Myanmar by sea or river.

Question: How long have bus tours been available to tourist of Myanmar ?
Answer: one tourist company has successfully run commercial overland routes through these borders since 2013.

Question: How far are the people from Taiwan ,but not actually citizens of Taiwan, allowed to venture into the Myanmar territory ?
Answer: Those in Thailand on a visa run can cross to Kawthaung but cannot venture farther into Myanmar
Flights are available from most countries, though direct flights are limited to mainly Thai and other ASEAN airlines. According to Eleven magazine, "In the past, there were only 15 international airlines and increasing numbers of airlines have began launching direct flights from Japan, Qatar, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany and Singapore." Expansions were expected in September 2013, but yet again are mainly Thai and other Asian-based airlines according to Eleven Media Group's Eleven, "Thailand-based Nok Air and Business Airlines and Singapore-based Tiger Airline".

Question: Can one travel by plane from any country in Myanmar ?
Answer: Flights are available from most countries

Question: Is there anyway to decrease travel time in getting to Myanmar ?
Answer: direct flights are limited to mainly Thai and other ASEAN airlines

Question: Has the travel industry considered making changes to fight plans for Myanmar ?
Answer: 5 international airlines and increasing numbers of airlines have began launching direct flights from Japan, Qatar, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany and Singapore.

Question: What airlines travel to Myanmar that currently has development plans towards expanding ? 
Answer: Thailand-based Nok Air and Business Airlines and Singapore-based Tiger Airline".
The provisional results of the 2014 Myanmar Census show that the total population is 51,419,420. This figure includes an estimated 1,206,353 persons in parts of northern Rakhine State, Kachin State and Kayin State who were not counted. People who were out of the country at the time of the census are not included in these figures. There are over 600,000 registered migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand, and millions more work illegally. Burmese migrant workers account for 80% of Thailand's migrant workers. Population density is 76 per square kilometre (200/sq mi), among the lowest in Southeast Asia.

Question: How many are estimated people live in Burma officially?
Answer: provisional results of the 2014 Myanmar Census show that the total population is 51,419,420

Question: Who may have been left out of the 2014 census in Burma ?
Answer: an estimated 1,206,353 persons in parts of northern Rakhine State, Kachin State and Kayin State who were not counted.

Question: How many people in Burma are currently using a work visa for Thailand?
Answer: 600,000 registered migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand

Question: How many of the Burmese  people are predicted to work in Thailand without authorization 
Answer: millions more work illegally

Question: What percentage of emigrant workers in Thailand that are from Myanmar ?
Answer: 80% of Thailand's migrant workers
The Bamar form an estimated 68% of the population. 10% of the population are Shan. The Kayin make up 7% of the population. The Rakhine people constitute 4% of the population. Overseas Chinese form approximately 3% of the population. Myanmar's ethnic minority groups prefer the term "ethnic nationality" over "ethnic minority" as the term "minority" furthers their sense of insecurity in the face of what is often described as "Burmanisation"—the proliferation and domination of the dominant Bamar culture over minority cultures.

Question: What is the largest percentage of  the Burmese populace ?
Answer: Bamar form an estimated 68% of the population

Question: What is the smallest percentage of the Burmese populace ?
Answer: Overseas Chinese form approximately 3% of the population

Question: What is the preferential term for those in Burma that are not a part of the racial majority ?
Answer: ethnic nationality

Question: What percentage of the population is of the  Rakhine descendant line ?
Answer: Rakhine people constitute 4% of the population

Question: What does the term Burmanisation make people feel ?
Answer: the proliferation and domination of the dominant Bamar culture over minority cultures.
Mon, who form 2% of the population, are ethno-linguistically related to the Khmer. Overseas Indians are 2%. The remainder are Kachin, Chin, Rohingya, Anglo-Indians, Gurkha, Nepali and other ethnic minorities. Included in this group are the Anglo-Burmese. Once forming a large and influential community, the Anglo-Burmese left the country in steady streams from 1958 onwards, principally to Australia and the UK. It is estimated that 52,000 Anglo-Burmese remain in Myanmar. As of 2009[update], 110,000 Burmese refugees were living in refugee camps in Thailand.

Question: What percentage of people in Burma are related by linguistically lines to the Khmer. 
Answer: 2% of the population, are ethno-linguistically related to the Khmer

Question: Which community previously held a persuasive authority on the Burmese population?
Answer: Anglo-Burmese

Question: When did a mass migration of the community that  previously held a persuasive authority on the Burmese population start?
Answer: 1958 onwards

Question: Where did the majority of these people end up after Burma ?
Answer: principally to Australia and the UK
Myanmar is home to four major language families: Sino-Tibetan, Tai–Kadai, Austro-Asiatic, and Indo-European. Sino-Tibetan languages are most widely spoken. They include Burmese, Karen, Kachin, Chin, and Chinese (mainly Hokkien). The primary Tai–Kadai language is Shan. Mon, Palaung, and Wa are the major Austroasiatic languages spoken in Myanmar. The two major Indo-European languages are Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, and English. Little known fact about Myanmar is there are more than 130 languages spoken by people in Myanmar. Since many of them are known only within small tribes around the country, they may have been lost (many if not all) after a few generations.

Question: What are the four categories for the most prolific dialects used in Burma ?
Answer: Sino-Tibetan, Tai–Kadai, Austro-Asiatic, and Indo-European.

Question: What are the primary languages of Europe that are used in Burma ?
Answer: Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, and English

Question: How many different types of dictionaries could you potentially need to cover all the languages spoken in Myanmar 
Answer: there are more than 130 languages spoken by people in Myanmar

Question: Are the languages of Myanmar widely used by other nations  ?
Answer: many of them are known only within small tribes around the country

Question: What is the preferred lingo for the Tai–Kadai language?
Answer: The primary Tai–Kadai language is Shan
Burmese, the mother tongue of the Bamar and official language of Myanmar, is related to Tibetan and Chinese language. It is written in a script consisting of circular and semi-circular letters, which were adapted from the Mon script, which in turn was developed from a southern Indian script in the 5th century. The earliest known inscriptions in the Burmese script date from the 11th century. It is also used to write Pali, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism, as well as several ethnic minority languages, including Shan, several Karen dialects, and Kayah (Karenni), with the addition of specialised characters and diacritics for each language.

Question: What is the matriarchal brogue of Burma that became the countries' standard vernacular ?
Answer: Burmese

Question: Which two vernaculars hold relation to the official language?
Answer: Tibetan and Chinese language

Question: How is the recognized official language of Burma displayed ? 
Answer: It is written in a script consisting of circular and semi-circular letters

Question: On what is the visual display of the language a subset of  ? 
Answer: the Mon script, which in turn was developed from a southern Indian script in the 5th century

Question: From when are the  first impressions of the visually displayed language ?
Answer: The earliest known inscriptions in the Burmese script date from the 11th century.
Many religions are practised in Myanmar. Religious edifices and orders have been in existence for many years. Festivals can be held on a grand scale. The Christian and Muslim populations do, however, face religious persecution and it is hard, if not impossible, for non-Buddhists to join the army or get government jobs, the main route to success in the country. Such persecution and targeting of civilians is particularly notable in Eastern Myanmar, where over 3000 villages have been destroyed in the past ten years. More than 200,000 Muslims have fled to Bangladesh over the last 20 years to escape Islamophobic persecution.

Question: Does Burma have more than one religion ?
Answer: Many religions are practised in Myanmar

Question: Are public displays allowed for the celebration of religion in Myanmar ?
Answer: Festivals can be held on a grand scale.

Question: Are all welcomed to practice faith openly in Burma 
Answer: Christian and Muslim populations do, however, face religious persecution

Question: Can anyone in Burma Join the military forces in Burma ?
Answer: it is hard, if not impossible, for non-Buddhists to join the army

Question: What are the best routes for career achievement in Burma ?
Answer: join the army or get government jobs, the main route to success in the country.
The educational system of Myanmar is operated by the government agency, the Ministry of Education. The education system is based on the United Kingdom's system due to nearly a century of British and Christian presences in Myanmar. Nearly all schools are government-operated, but there has been a recent increase in privately funded English language schools. Schooling is compulsory until the end of elementary school, approximately about 9 years old, while the compulsory schooling age is 15 or 16 at international level.

Question: Who runs the school system in Myanmar ?
Answer: the Ministry of Education

Question: What country is Burma to credit for its academic system ?
Answer: United Kingdom's

Question: Why is this country so influential to the Burma academics ?
Answer: due to nearly a century of British and Christian presences in Myanmar.

Question: Are there any alternatives to the public school system in Burma ?
Answer: privately funded English language schoo

Question: Are children required to go to school or can they choose to stay at home and work ?
Answer: Schooling is compulsory until the end of elementary school
In a traditional village, the monastery is the centre of cultural life. Monks are venerated and supported by the lay people. A novitiation ceremony called shinbyu is the most important coming of age events for a boy, during which he enters the monastery for a short time. All male children in Buddhist families are encouraged to be a novice (beginner for Buddhism) before the age of twenty and to be a monk after the age of twenty. Girls have ear-piercing ceremonies (နားသ) at the same time. Burmese culture is most evident in villages where local festivals are held throughout the year, the most important being the pagoda festival. Many villages have a guardian nat, and superstition and taboos are commonplace.

Question: Customarily where is the expected place in the lives of the people for the home of monks in Burma ?
Answer: In a traditional village, the monastery is the centre of cultural life.

Question: What event is exceedingly relevant for young males that involves monks in Burma ? 
Answer: A novitiation ceremony called shinbyu

Question: What do girls of the village get in comparison the the young male event ?
Answer: Girls have ear-piercing ceremonies (နားသ) at the same time.

Question: What is the biggest celebration held in local events in Burma ?
Answer: the most important being the pagoda festival

Question: What do many villages have that protects them in times of imminent or impending danger ?
Answer: Many villages have a guardian nat
Israelites enjoyed political independence twice in ancient history, first during the periods of the Biblical judges followed by the United Monarchy.[disputed – discuss] After the fall of the United Monarchy the land was divided into Israel and Judah. The term Jew originated from the Roman "Judean" and denoted someone from the southern kingdom of Judah. The shift of ethnonym from "Israelites" to "Jews" (inhabitant of Judah), although not contained in the Torah, is made explicit in the Book of Esther (4th century BCE), a book in the Ketuvim, the third section of the Jewish Tanakh. In 587 BC Nebuchadnezzar II, King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, besieged Jerusalem, destroyed the First Temple, and deported the most prominent citizens of Judah. In 586 BC, Judah itself ceased to be an independent kingdom, and its remaining Jews were left stateless. The Babylonian exile ended in 539 BCE when the Achaemenid Empire conquered Babylon and Cyrus the Great allowed the exiled Jews to return to Yehud and rebuild their Temple. The Second Temple was completed in 515 BCE. Yehud province was a peaceful part of the Achaemenid Empire until the fall of the Empire in c. 333 BCE to Alexander the Great. Jews were also politically independent during the Hasmonean dynasty spanning from 140 to 37 BCE and to some degree under the Herodian dynasty from 37 BCE to 6 CE. Since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, most Jews have lived in diaspora. As an ethnic minority in every country in which they live (except Israel), they have frequently experienced persecution throughout history, resulting in a population that has fluctuated both in numbers and distribution over the centuries.[citation needed]

Question: How many times did Israelites have political independence in ancient history? 
Answer: twice

Question: From where did the term Jews originate?
Answer: Roman "Judean

Question: When was land divided into Israel and Judah?
Answer: After the fall of the United Monarchy

Question: Inhabitants of Judah are known as what?
Answer: Jews

Question: When did the Babylonian exile end?
Answer: 539 BCE
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew vary slightly depending on whether a religious or national approach to identity is used. Generally, in modern secular usage Jews include three groups: people who were born to a Jewish family regardless of whether or not they follow the religion, those who have some Jewish ancestral background or lineage (sometimes including those who do not have strictly matrilineal descent), and people without any Jewish ancestral background or lineage who have formally converted to Judaism and therefore are followers of the religion.

Question: In modern secular usage Jews include how many groups?
Answer: three

Question: What makes the definition of a Jew vary slightly? 
Answer: whether a religious or national approach to identity is used

Question: Which religion shares some characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion and a culture?
Answer: Judaism
India's cotton-processing sector gradually declined during British expansion in India and the establishment of colonial rule during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This was largely due to aggressive colonialist mercantile policies of the British East India Company, which made cotton processing and manufacturing workshops in India uncompetitive. Indian markets were increasingly forced to supply only raw cotton and, by British-imposed law, to purchase manufactured textiles from Britain.[citation needed]

Question: How did British rule effect Indian cotton processing?
Answer: declined

Question: During what centuries did British rule effect Indian cotton production?
Answer: late 18th and early 19th

Question: What British business's policies damaged the Indian cotton industry?
Answer: British East India Company

Question: What cotton products did British law mandate that India was allowed to sell?
Answer: raw cotton

Question: If instead of producing fabrics, where was India forced to purchase cotton products?
Answer: Britain
Cotton remained a key crop in the Southern economy after emancipation and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Across the South, sharecropping evolved, in which landless black and white farmers worked land owned by others in return for a share of the profits. Some farmers rented the land and bore the production costs themselves. Until mechanical cotton pickers were developed, cotton farmers needed additional labor to hand-pick cotton. Picking cotton was a source of income for families across the South. Rural and small town school systems had split vacations so children could work in the fields during "cotton-picking."

Question: What was the procedure called which involved workers to work for a share of the profits? 
Answer: sharecropping

Question: What difficulty in harvesting cotton required a large labor force?
Answer: hand-pick

Question: Besides adults what segment of the southern US population was involved in the harvesting of cotton?
Answer: children

Question: What function of southern schools was created for children to pick cotton?
Answer: split vacations

Question: What part of the southern population worked as sharecroppers?
Answer: landless
Organic cotton is generally understood as cotton from plants not genetically modified and that is certified to be grown without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals, such as fertilizers or pesticides. Its production also promotes and enhances biodiversity and biological cycles. In the United States, organic cotton plantations are required to enforce the National Organic Program (NOP). This institution determines the allowed practices for pest control, growing, fertilizing, and handling of organic crops. As of 2007, 265,517 bales of organic cotton were produced in 24 countries, and worldwide production was growing at a rate of more than 50% per year.

Question: What are organic plants understood to be?
Answer: not genetically modified

Question: Without what are organic plants meant to be grown ? 
Answer: synthetic agricultural chemicals

Question: What is meant by synthetic chemicals?
Answer: fertilizers or pesticides

Question: What group in the US determines the allowed practices in organic agriculture?
Answer: National Organic Program

Question: How much organic cotton was produced worldwide in 2007?
Answer: 265,517 bales
Cotton lisle is a finely-spun, tightly twisted type of cotton that is noted for being strong and durable. Lisle is composed of two strands that have each been twisted an extra twist per inch than ordinary yarns and combined to create a single thread. The yarn is spun so that it is compact and solid. This cotton is used mainly for underwear, stockings, and gloves. Colors applied to this yarn are noted for being more brilliant than colors applied to softer yarn. This type of thread was first made in the city of Lisle, France (now Lille), hence its name.

Question: What is a fine, tightly twisted type of cotton fabric?
Answer: Cotton lisle

Question: What is lisle considered to be as a fabric?
Answer: strong and durable

Question: What does extra twisting of lisle thread produce?
Answer: single thread

Question: Where was the lisle thread originally made?
Answer: Lisle, France

Question: How is color perceived to be for lisle in comparison to softer yarns? 
Answer: more brilliant
In addition to concerns over subsidies, the cotton industries of some countries are criticized for employing child labor and damaging workers' health by exposure to pesticides used in production. The Environmental Justice Foundation has campaigned against the prevalent use of forced child and adult labor in cotton production in Uzbekistan, the world's third largest cotton exporter. The international production and trade situation has led to "fair trade" cotton clothing and footwear, joining a rapidly growing market for organic clothing, fair fashion or "ethical fashion". The fair trade system was initiated in 2005 with producers from Cameroon, Mali and Senegal.

Question: What type of labor have some countries come under fire for employing?
Answer: child

Question: What usage that causes worker damage have some countries been reported doing? 
Answer: exposure to pesticides

Question: What country has been accused of forced child and adult labor?
Answer: Uzbekistan

Question: Where does Uzbekistan rank as a cotton exporter?
Answer: third largest

Question: What system was started in 2005 to deal with organic and ethically produced products?
Answer: fair trade
A public genome sequencing effort of cotton was initiated in 2007 by a consortium of public researchers. They agreed on a strategy to sequence the genome of cultivated, tetraploid cotton. "Tetraploid" means that cultivated cotton actually has two separate genomes within its nucleus, referred to as the A and D genomes. The sequencing consortium first agreed to sequence the D-genome relative of cultivated cotton (G. raimondii, a wild Central American cotton species) because of its small size and limited number of repetitive elements. It is nearly one-third the number of bases of tetraploid cotton (AD), and each chromosome is only present once.[clarification needed] The A genome of G. arboreum would be sequenced next. Its genome is roughly twice the size of G. raimondii's. Part of the difference in size between the two genomes is the amplification of retrotransposons (GORGE). Once both diploid genomes are assembled, then research could begin sequencing the actual genomes of cultivated cotton varieties. This strategy is out of necessity; if one were to sequence the tetraploid genome without model diploid genomes, the euchromatic DNA sequences of the AD genomes would co-assemble and the repetitive elements of AD genomes would assembly independently into A and D sequences respectively. Then there would be no way to untangle the mess of AD sequences without comparing them to their diploid counterparts.

Question: What is the final sequencing goal of sequencing diploid cotton genomes first ?
Answer: tetraploid cotton

Question: What type of cotton has two separate genomes within its nucleus? 
Answer: Tetraploid

Question: When did a group of researchers decide to sequence the genomic structure of tetraploid cotton?
Answer: 2007

Question: What type of genome must be sequenced first to prevent confusion before the tetraploid form?
Answer: diploid

Question: In order to understand the tetraploid forms, what must be used as a comparison in cotton gene sequencing?
Answer: diploid counterparts
In signal processing, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation. Compression can be either lossy or lossless. Lossless compression reduces bits by identifying and eliminating statistical redundancy. No information is lost in lossless compression. Lossy compression reduces bits by identifying unnecessary information and removing it. The process of reducing the size of a data file is referred to as data compression. In the context of data transmission, it is called source coding (encoding done at the source of the data before it is stored or transmitted) in opposition to channel coding.

Question: What involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation?
Answer: data compression

Question: What can be either lossy or lossless?
Answer: Compression

Question: What reduces bits by identifying and eliminating statistical redundancy? 
Answer: Lossless compression

Question: What is the process called of reducing the size of a data file?
Answer: data compression

Question: What is the process called of encoding at the source of the data before it's processed?
Answer: source coding
Compression is useful because it helps reduce resource usage, such as data storage space or transmission capacity. 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. Data compression is subject to a space–time complexity trade-off. For instance, a compression scheme for video may require expensive hardware for the video to be decompressed fast enough to be viewed as it is being decompressed, and the option to decompress the video in full before watching it may be inconvenient or require additional storage. The design of data compression schemes involves trade-offs among various factors, including the degree of compression, the amount of distortion introduced (when using lossy data compression), and the computational resources required to compress and decompress the data.

Question: What helps reduce resource usage?
Answer: Compression

Question: What must be decompressed? 
Answer: compressed data

Question: What is subject to a space-time complexity trade off? 
Answer: Data compression

Question: What type of scheme involves trade offs among other things?
Answer: data compression
In lossy audio compression, methods of psychoacoustics are used to remove non-audible (or less audible) components of the audio signal. Compression of human speech is often performed with even more specialized techniques; speech coding, or voice coding, is sometimes distinguished as a separate discipline from audio compression. Different audio and speech compression standards are listed under audio coding formats. Voice compression is used in internet telephony, for example, audio compression is used for CD ripping and is decoded by the audio players.

Question: What is used for CD ripping?
Answer: audio compression

Question: What methods are used to remove non-audible components of audio signals?
Answer: psychoacoustics

Question: What compression is usually performed with even more specialized techniques?
Answer: human speech

Question: What is used in internet telephony? 
Answer: Voice compression

Question: What is encoded by audio players?
Answer: audio compression