QUES: In 2006, the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), criticized Beyonce for wearing and using fur in her clothing line House of Dereon. In 2011, she appeared on the cover of French fashion magazine L'Officiel, in blackface and tribal makeup that drew criticism from the media. A statement released from a spokesperson for the magazine said that Beyonce's look was "far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce" and that it was "a return to her African roots".

Which French magazine did Beyonce show up on the cover of?
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ANS: L'Officiel
QUES: During the first half of the 1920s, engineers at Western Electric, as well as independent inventors such as Orlando Marsh, developed technology for capturing sound with a microphone, amplifying it with vacuum tubes, then using the amplified signal to drive an electromagnetic recording head. Western Electric's innovations resulted in a greatly expanded and more even frequency response, creating a dramatically fuller, clearer and more natural-sounding recording. Distant or less strong sounds that were impossible to record by the old methods could now be captured. Volume was now limited only by the groove spacing on the record and the limitations of the intended playback device. Victor and Columbia licensed the new electrical system from Western Electric and began issuing electrically recorded discs in 1925. The first classical recording was of Chopin impromptus and Schubert's Litanei by Alfred Cortot for Victor.

What company was vital in progression of quality sound recordings?
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ANS: Western Electric
QUES: Palermo experiences a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification: Csa). Winters are cool and wet, while summers are hot and dry. Temperatures in autumn and spring are usually mild. Palermo is one of the warmest cities in Europe (mainly due to its warm nights), with an average annual air temperature of 18.5 C (65.3 F). It receives approximately 2,530 hours of sunshine per year. Snow is usually a rare occurrence, but it does occur occasionally if there is a cold front, as the Apennines are too distant to protect the island from cold winds blowing from the Balkans, and the mountains surrounding the city facilite the formation of snow accumulation in Palermo, especially at night. Between the 1940s and the 2000s there have been eleven times when considerable snowfall has occurred: In 1949, in 1956, when the minimum temperature went down to 0 C (32 F) and the city was blanketed by several centimeters of snow. Snow also occurred in 1999, 2009 and 2015. The average annual temperature of the sea is above 19 C (66 F); from 14 C (57 F) in February to 26 C (79 F) in August. In the period from May to November, the average sea temperature exceeds 18 C (64 F) and in the period from June to October, the average sea temperature exceeds 21 C (70 F).

How do Palermo's temperatures compare to the rest of Europe?
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ANS:
one of the warmest cities in Europe