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What is an example of financial innovation pertinent to the financial crisis?
The term financial innovation refers to the ongoing development of financial products designed to achieve particular client objectives, such as offsetting a particular risk exposure (such as the default of a borrower) or to assist with obtaining financing.
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What model described the opposite of approach as unmoving but with resistance and strength?
This still left open the question of whether the opposite of approach in the prefrontal cortex is better described as moving away (Direction Model), as unmoving but with strength and resistance (Movement Model), or as unmoving with passive yielding (Action Tendency Model).
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Features on a browser can range from minimal with little support to what?
Available web browsers range in features from minimal, text-based user interfaces with bare-bones support for HTML to rich user interfaces supporting a wide variety of file formats and protocols.
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What wavelenght is used to pull data from a CD?
By measuring the intensity change with a photodiode, the data can be read from the disc.
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What plans became universal inside larger houses?
Windows in all types of buildings were large and regularly placed on a grid; this was partly to minimize window tax, which was in force throughout the period in the United Kingdom.
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ASCI was the most common character encoding on the world wide web until when?
ASCII was the most common character encoding on the World Wide Web until December 2007, when it was surpassed by UTF-8, which is fully backward compatibe to ASCII.
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Who gave the coat of arms to others?
As there were not enough nobles, Vytautas trained suitable men, relieving them of labor on the land and of other duties; for their military service to the Grand Duke, they were granted land that was worked by hired men (veldams).
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When was the Helvetic Republic established?
In 1798 he established the Helvetic Republic in Switzerland; two years later he led an army across the St. Bernard pass and conquered almost all of the Alpine regions.
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Which queen wanted to shorten her skirt's hemline?
After World War I, when Queen Mary wished to follow fashion by raising her skirts a few inches from the ground, she requested a lady-in-waiting to shorten her own skirt first to gauge the king's reaction.
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Being close to what commercial area gives Estonia a competitive advantage?
Proximity to the Scandinavian markets, its location between the East and West, competitive cost structure and a highly skilled labour force have been the major Estonian comparative advantages in the beginning of the 2000s (decade).
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The former Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a cultural center opened in what year?
A branch of the National University's CCU cultural center was inaugurated in 2007 in the facilities of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs, known as Tlatelolco, in north-central Mexico City.
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From where do zygotes derive their genetic information?
This suggests that everything that separates us from chimpanzees must be encoded in that very small amount of DNA, including our behaviors.
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Near what were most restaurants opened?
The famous Paris restaurants of the 19th century, including the Café de Paris, the Rocher de Cancale, the Café Anglais, Maison Dorée and the Café Riche, were mostly located near the theatres on the Boulevard des Italiens; they were immortalised in the novels of Balzac and Émile Zola.
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What's the name of the restaurant Schwarzenegger opened with his wife?
In 1992, Schwarzenegger and his wife opened a restaurant in Santa Monica called Schatzi On Main.
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In what century did the Xeer system begin?
The Xeer legal system is assumed to have developed exclusively in the Horn of Africa since approximately the 7th century.
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Who remembered Dominic as a cheerful fellow?
He rarely spoke, so little of his interior life is known.
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Who can freely withdraw from their reserve accounts at the Federal Reserve?
Commercial banks can freely withdraw in cash any excess reserves from their reserve account at the Federal Reserve.
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What text did Burnet base his work off of?
Burnet and his contemporaries interpreted Earth's past in terms of events described in the Bible, but their work laid the intellectual foundations for secular interpretations of Earth history.
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What is a parliamentary model on which other systems have been based?
In such systems, the head of state or the head of state's official representative (i.e. the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a largely ceremonial position, although often with reserve powers.
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When was the spring training home of the Oakland Athletics built?
the Cubs also have another Mesa training facility called Fitch Park, this complex provides 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) of team facilities, including major league clubhouse, four practice fields, one practice infield, enclosed batting tunnels, batting cages, a maintenance facility, and administrative offices for the Cubs.
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Who did Raskin immediately hire to help him on the Apple project in 1979?
His initial team would eventually consist of himself, Howard, Joanna Hoffman, Burrell Smith, and Bud Tribble.
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Kant thought of time as a fundamental part of what?
Kant thought of time as a fundamental part of an abstract conceptual framework, together with space and number, within which we sequence events, quantify their duration, and compare the motions of objects.
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At what school did John Vincent Atansoff and Clifford E. Berry work?
In the US, John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford E. Berry of Iowa State University developed and tested the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) in 1942, the first "automatic electronic digital computer".
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What is the DVB?
These recommendations, however, did not fit in the broadcasting bands which could reach home users.
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According to Hayek, what was the cause of the banks' wrongful allocation of funds?
In his Prices and Production (1931), Hayek argued that the business cycle resulted from the central bank's inflationary credit expansion and its transmission over time, leading to a capital misallocation caused by the artificially low interest rates.
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When did the Cremyll-Stonehouse ferry first operate?
There is also a pedestrian ferry from the Mayflower Steps to Mount Batten, and an alternative to using the Tamar Bridge via the Torpoint Ferry (vehicle and pedestrian) across the River Tamar.
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Who put the Nazi-Soviet Relations publication together?
The decision to publish the key documents on German–Soviet relations, including the treaty and protocol, had been taken already in spring 1947.
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In hopes of not repeating another mistake, which show did PepsiCo sponsor?
PepsiCo sponsored the American version of Cowell's The X Factor in hopes of not repeating its Idol mistake until its cancellation.
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Where was Washington University located during the first half of the 1800's.
By the 1890s, owing to the dramatic expansion of the Manual School and a new benefactor in Robert Brookings, the University began to move west.
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What helps pilots find the direction to the airport?
Some airports are equipped with a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) to help pilots find the direction to the airport.
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What was the origin of maize?
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species.
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What man is credited with the emergence of the German nation?
The concept of a German nation was developed by German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder.
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What discussion technique are Plato and Aristotle responsible for?
Subsequently, Plato and Aristotle produced the first systematic discussions of natural philosophy, which did much to shape later investigations of nature.
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How many members are in the Grand Lodge of England?
The largest single jurisdiction, in terms of membership, is the United Grand Lodge of England (with a membership estimated at around a quarter million).
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When was the City of Houston incorporated?
Houston was founded in 1836 on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou (now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837.
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Where was Napoleon put under house arrest?
According to Bourrienne, jealousy was responsible, between the Army of the Alps and the Army of Italy (with whom Napoleon was seconded at the time).
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How many cigarettes did Eisenhower smoke daily at West Point?
Eisenhower stated that he "gave [himself] an order" to stop cold turkey in March 1949 while at Columbia.
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Who lanced and treated the abscess on Queen Victorias arm?
In late November 1871, at the height of the republican movement, the Prince of Wales contracted typhoid fever, the disease that was believed to have killed his father, and Victoria was fearful her son would die.
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What is the extreme low temperature of Atlantic City?
During this time, the city gets a sea breeze off the ocean that often makes daytime temperatures much cooler than inland areas, making Atlantic City a prime place for beating the summer heat from June through September.
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Where did one of the massacres occur?
In 1980 the PAIGC acknowledged in its newspaper Nó Pintcha (dated 29 November 1980) that many Gueinean soldiers had been executed and buried in unmarked collective graves in the woods of Cumerá, Portogole, and Mansabá.
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Which company was GE's partner in the Short Fils, Big Ideas project?
According to GE, the campaign garnered more than 1.5 billion total media impressions, 14 million online views, and was seen in 156 countries.[citation needed]
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What makes Windows Store apps unique?
According to Microsoft developer Jensen Harris, these apps are to be optimized for touchscreen environments and are more specialized than current desktop applications.
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When did Yeltsin acquire a seat on the Supreme Soviet?
Composing the final legislative group in the Soviet Union, those elected in 1989 played a vital part in reforms and the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union during the next two years.
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what is shanghai jiaotong rated
The university is partially based in the inner city as well as in the Uithof campus area, to the east of the city.
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When did Britain first use brass?
Britain's first use of brass occurred around the 3rd–2nd century BC.
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When was the next session announced?
The first session ended in a solemn ceremony on 8 December 1962 with the next session scheduled to occur in 1963 from 12 May to 29 June – this was announced on 12 November 1962.
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Does a high ranking on the HDI indicate shorter or longer life expectancy at birth?
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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How many women live in Southampton?
The 20–24 age range is the most populous, with an estimated 32,300 people falling in this age range.
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What part of a human does language processing?
Different linguists therefore take different approaches to the problem of assigning sounds to phonemes.
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What type of decorative items use traditional Tuvalu designs?
The artistic traditions of Tuvalu have traditionally been expressed in the design of clothing and traditional handicrafts such as the decoration of mats and fans.
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Who was the holder of the previous patent for the "plastic music box"?
In September 2007, during a lawsuit with patent holding company Burst.com, Apple drew attention to a patent for a similar device that was developed in 1979.
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Who do Hindus believe lives in Mount Kailash?
The mountain is a holy pilgrimage site for both Hindus and Tibetans.
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How many Knights and Dames Commander?
Although the Order of the British Empire has by far the highest number of members of the British Orders of Chivalry, with over 100,000 living members worldwide, there are fewer appointments to knighthoods than in other orders.
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How many feet high is the highest peak of Saint Helena?
The highest point of the island is Diana's Peak at 818 m (2,684 ft).
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Who was the author of "Decades of History from the Deterioration of the Roman Empire
The term "Late Middle Ages" refers to one of the three periods of the Middle Ages, along with the Early Middle Ages and the High Middle Ages.
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Which government announced a $3.1 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant in June 2007?
Both projects are being conducted under controversial Public-Private Partnerships and a multitude of independent reports have found that neither project is required to supply water to the city and that Sustainable Water Management is the best solution.
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Why did some music lovers frown upon diaphragming?
Sometimes this was called "diaphragming" the source material and not favoured by some music lovers for its unnatural side effects.
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When did conditions become difficult for mosaic art in Rome?
Christian mosaic art also flourished in Rome, gradually declining as conditions became more difficult in the Early Middle Ages.
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What is a torta frita?
Beef is very important in Uruguayan cuisine and an essential part of many dishes.
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How many people did Kerry say had died in Syria as of Jan 2014?
In January 2014, having met with Secretary of State, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, Kerry said "We touched on just about every major issue that we are both working on, that are issues of concern to all of us.
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What party was the FBI concerned with?
The files were collected for various reasons.
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What system tells the flying probe where to go and what to do?
For small or medium volume production flying probe testers are used where test probes are moved over the board by an XY drive to make contact with the copper lands.
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What are the names of various companies that produce and export fish products?
Portuguese processed fish products are exported through several companies, under a number of different brands and registered trademarks, such as Ramirez (the world’s oldest active canned fish producer), Bom Petisco, Nero, Combate, Comur, General, Líder, Manná, Murtosa, Pescador, Pitéu, Tenório, Torreira and Vasco da Gama.[citation needed]
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What dynasty ruled the Sultanate of Ifat?
The historian al-Umari records that Ifat was situated near the Red Sea coast, and states its size as 15 days travel by 20 days travel.
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What is the emblem of England?
Despite the death of Queen Mary on 24 March, the coronation on 2 June 1953 went ahead as planned, as Mary had asked before she died.
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Having a diverse workplace allows for employers to do what?
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, many private sector employers have concluded that a diverse workforce makes a "company stronger, more profitable, and a better place to work."
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What is the Dutch language officially called in the Netherlands?
The use of the word Vlaams ("Flemish") to describe Standard Dutch for the variations prevalent in Flanders and used there, however, is common in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Who shared the first homosexual kiss on EastEnders?
He also recalls MacKenzie headlining a January 1989 story about the first same-sex kiss on the BBC television soap opera EastEnders "EastBenders", describing the kiss between Colin Russell and Guido Smith as "a homosexual love scene between yuppie poofs ... when millions of children were watching".
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What is Iran's most popular online social network?
Direct access to Facebook has been blocked in Iran since the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, due to organization of the opposition movements on the website; but however, Facebook has around 12 to 17 million users in Iran who are using virtual private networks and proxy servers to access the website.
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What language does Czech share its handling of ordinal format with?
Ordinal numbers (1st) use a point as in German (1.).
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The leading author and solicitor of the letters page in The Times had how many articles published?
Published letters were long regarded as one of the paper's key constituents.
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What is the Berggarten?
The Berggarten is an important European botanical garden.[citation needed]
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When does glass stop moving like a liquid?
The reason for the observation is that in the past, when panes of glass were commonly made by glassblowers, the technique used was to spin molten glass so as to create a round, mostly flat and even plate (the crown glass process, described above).
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What country borders CAR in the North?
The CAR covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi) and had an estimated population of around 4.7 million as of 2014[update].
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When did patents required to implement MP3 expire in most countries?
In most countries, patents cannot be filed after prior art has been made public, and patents expire 20 years after the initial filing date, which can be up to 12 months later for filings in other countries.
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What are two examples of trees in the broadleaf forests east of the Aravalli's?
This region is home to the Kathiarbar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion, with tropical dry broadleaf forests that include teak, Acacia, and other trees.
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What group is not easily infected?
While a few organisms can grow at the initial site of entry, many migrate and cause systemic infection in different organs.
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What is St. George credited with?
St. George's was settled that year and designated as Bermuda's first capital.
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What do Bulgarian linguists regard the Macedonian language as?
Nevertheless, before the establishment of a literary standard of Macedonian in 1944, in most sources in and out of Bulgaria before the Second World War, the southern Slavonic dialect continuum covering the area of today's Republic of Macedonia were referred to as Bulgarian dialects.
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What are the four factors that determine how the body reacts to an antigen?
The body’s capability to react to antigen depends on a person's age, antigen type, maternal factors and the area where the antigen is presented.
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In what general area of the lungs is SImon focus usually located?
This is known as a Simon focus and is typically found in the top of the lung.
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What Greek word is -logy derived from?
The word phonology comes from the Greek φωνή, phōnḗ, "voice, sound," and the suffix -logy (which is from Greek λόγος, lógos, "word, speech, subject of discussion").
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Who was a parent of Python?
Four days after his birth, Apollo killed the chthonic dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring.
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What kind of trade may have been the origin of the "buck"?
Other well-known names of the dollar as a whole in denominations include "greenmail", "green" and "dead presidents" (the last because deceased presidents are pictured on most bills).
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How many earthquakes occurred on March 5, 2012?
There has, however, been a spike in the number of earthquakes in the last six years, most notable being a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in 2015 with its epicentre in Nepal, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake on 25 November 2007, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake on 7 September 2011, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake on 5 March 2012, and a swarm of twelve earthquakes, including four of magnitudes 2.5, 2.8, 3.1, and 3.3, on 12 November 2013.
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Who does Shiji claim that its leaders were descended from?
Instead, this area was populated by peoples collectively known as the Hundred Yue, including the Dongyue and the Ouyue.
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What type of resident lived at the site in Soan River Valley?
Isolated remains of Homo erectus in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in central India indicate that India might have been inhabited since at least the Middle Pleistocene era, somewhere between 500,000 and 200,000 years ago.
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When was Hyderabad founded?
During his rule, he had the Charminar and Mecca Masjid built in the city.
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Who was sent to Korea to act as an advisor to Kim Il-Sung?
As the overall commander of Chinese forces, Zhou Enlai suggested that the North Koreans should attempt to eliminate the enemy forces at Inchon only if they had reserves of at least 100,000 men; otherwise, he advised the North Koreans to withdraw their forces north.
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What professor was retired in a 2003 labor strike?
Professor David Graeber was 'retired' after he came to the defense of a student who was involved in campus labor issues.
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Which type of pesticides have seen rapid growth in development?
These include the pyrethroids, rotenoids, nicotinoids, and a fourth group that includes strychnine and scilliroside.:15
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How many Greek natural citizens are Catholic?
There are not official statistics about Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost, but the Orthodox Church estimates the followers as 20,000.
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Can you name some common pulses used in Cyprus?
Fresh vegetables and fruits are common ingredients.
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Beyonce is contributing to which food-donation campaign?
Beyoncé became an ambassador for the 2012 World Humanitarian Day campaign donating her song "I Was Here" and its music video, shot in the UN, to the campaign.
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Along with infant and animal emotion, what did Scarantino and Griffiths believe the situated perspective could help to explain?
Griffiths and Scarantino suggested that this perspective on emotion could be helpful in understanding phobias, as well as the emotions of infants and animals.
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What was used to separate parts of grain?
As observed in Han miniature tomb models, but not in literary sources, the crank handle was used to operate the fans of winnowing machines that separated grain from chaff.
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What are the biggest sports draws in Cork?
Hurling and football are the most popular spectator sports in the city.
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Who wrote a book on the Mozart effect?
One of the co-authors of the original studies of the Mozart effect commented "I don't think it can hurt.
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When were the last days of the Dominion of Newfoundland?
The movement ultimately failed when, in a 1948 referendum, voters narrowly chose to confederate with Canada (the Economic Union Party supported an independent "responsible government" that they would then push toward their goals).
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What does the acronym LED refer to?
Some jurisdictions, such as the European Union, China, Canada and United States, are in the process of phasing out the use of incandescent light bulbs while others, including Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil and Australia, have prohibited them already.
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