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Who criticized Microsofts closed platform Windows Store?
However, Tom Warren of The Verge stated that Microsoft's addition of the Store was simply responding to the success of both Apple and Google in pursuing the "curated application store approach."
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What percentage of copper is used in roofing and plumbing?
The major applications of copper are in electrical wires (60%), roofing and plumbing (20%) and industrial machinery (15%).
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What company did Hilleman later work for?
Early progress toward the development of vaccines occurred throughout this period, primarily in the form of academic and government-funded basic research directed toward the identification of the pathogens responsible for common communicable diseases.
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How far was it from Chengdu?
The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km (12 mi).
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What types of music did musicians begin to play the mandolins in?
Musicians began playing it in Celtic, Bluegrass, Jazz and Rock-n-Roll styles — and Classical too.
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What political group has a disproportionately large number of Protestants?
Episcopalians and Presbyterians, as well as other WASPs, tend to be considerably wealthier and better educated (having graduate and post-graduate degrees per capita) than most other religious groups in United States, and are disproportionately represented in the upper reaches of American business, law and politics, especially the Republican Party.
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What can scientists deduct from the direction of the striations?
By mapping the direction of the striations, researchers can determine the direction of the glacier's movement.
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What is the value temperature of most of the desert?
However, most of the desert has a value in excess of 25 °C (77 °F).
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In what year did the battle of Marj Rahit occur?
The partisans of Marwan triumphed at a battle at Marj Rahit, near Damascus, in 684, and Marwan became caliph shortly thereafter.
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What year was the Federal Civil Rights Act?
Black citizens had no political voice in the state until after the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed to enforce their constitutional rights.
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What is another name for New Englans school of Art and Design
Metropolitan Boston is home to several conservatories and art schools, including Lesley University College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, New England Institute of Art, New England School of Art and Design (Suffolk University), Longy School of Music of Bard College, and the New England Conservatory (the oldest independent conservatory in the United States).
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What is used to apply watermarks and other patterns?
All paper produced by paper machines as the Fourdrinier Machine are wove paper, i.e. the wire mesh that transports the web leaves a pattern that has the same density along the paper grain and across the grain.
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What did Whitehead believe was the relationship between the individual and social aspects of religion?
" In this way the individual and universal/social aspects of religion are mutually dependent.
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What did Altan Khan threaten the Mongol princes and subjects with if they did not convert?
Laird writes that Altan Khan abolished the native Mongol practices of shamanism and blood sacrifice, while the Mongol princes and subjects were coerced by Altan to convert to Gelug Buddhism—or face execution if they persisted in their shamanistic ways.
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What shape is the sliver park where Houston Street, First Street, and First Avenue meet?
Peretz Square, a small triangular sliver park where Houston Street, First Street and First Avenue meet marks the spot where the grid takes hold.
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What political mixture did Calvin prefer?
Politically, Calvin favoured a mixture of aristocracy and democracy.
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What was Kerry doing when he was wounded on Mar 13, 1969?
On March 13, 1969, on the Bái Háp River, Kerry was in charge of one of five Swift boats that were returning to their base after performing an Operation Sealords mission to transport South Vietnamese troops from the garrison at Cái Nước and MIKE Force advisors for a raid on a Vietcong camp located on the Rach Dong Cung canal.
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Michael Lund criticized the novel for demonizing whom?
Another criticism, articulated by Michael Lind, is that the novel indulges in classist stereotyping and demonization of poor rural "white trash".
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What sort of dielectric is used in low capacitance devices?
However, low capacitance devices are available with a vacuum between their plates, which allows extremely high voltage operation and low losses.
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What political party did not have trust in standing armies?
After the war, though, the Continental Army was quickly given land certificates and disbanded in a reflection of the republican distrust of standing armies.
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Where was the first safety elevator installed?
He demonstrated it at the New York exposition in the Crystal Palace in a dramatic, death-defying presentation in 1854, and the first such passenger elevator was installed at 488 Broadway in New York City on March 23, 1857.
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In what year did Arsenal join The Football League?
In the 1930s, Arsenal won five League Championships and two FA Cups, and another FA Cup and two Championships after the war.
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Which major journalist resigned as foreign correspondent of the Times in 1988?
Robert Fisk, seven times British International Journalist of the Year, resigned as foreign correspondent in 1988 over what he saw as "political censorship" of his article on the shooting-down of Iran Air Flight 655 in July 1988.
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What did the US Navy rely on?
Worst of all, before the war, an uninformed US Customs officer had seized a copy of the Japanese merchant marine code (called the "maru code" in the USN), not knowing that the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) had broken it.
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In 2005, what anniversary was house music celebrating?
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley proclaimed August 10, 2005 to be "House Unity Day" in Chicago, in celebration of the "21st anniversary of house music" (actually the 21st anniversary of the founding of Trax Records, an independent Chicago-based house label).
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Why didn't the Japanese launch their planned attack on September 22, 1945?
The plan was scheduled to launch on September 22, 1945, but was not carried out because Japan surrendered five weeks earlier.
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What did writers of the Tanzimat period hope to accomplish with their publications?
This diversity was, in part, due to the Tanzimat writers' wish to disseminate as much of the new literature as possible, in the hopes that it would contribute to a revitalization of Ottoman social structures.
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Are there any visual signs of tracking when listening to a record?
If played back on a mono subwoofer system, the noise will cancel, significantly reducing the amount of rumble that is reproduced.
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What is the name of the smaller airport near Mexico City?
Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (IATA Airport Code: TLC) in nearby Toluca, State of Mexico, although due to several airlines' decisions to terminate service to TLC, the airport has seen a passenger drop to just over 700,000 passengers in 2014 from over 2.1 million passengers just four years prior.
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Which equipment was used for the Doomsday Project?
In 1986, a SCSI-equipped LaserDisc player attached to a BBC Master computer was used for the BBC Domesday Project.
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Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), or Anglican issues were called what?
After the second half of the 17th century and during the 18th century, a "general process of rationalization and secularization set in," and confessional disputes were reduced to a secondary status in favor of the "escalating contest between faith and incredulity".
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What nearby radio stations can be picked up in Cork?
A number of neighbouring counties radio stations can be heard in parts of Cork City including Radio Kerry at 97.0 and WLR FM on 95.1.
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How man wards are there in Southampton?
Council elections are held in early May for one third of the seats (one councillor for each ward), elected for a four-year term, so there are elections three years out of four.
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What is the plant expression of circadian rhythm?
Circadian rhythms occur as a plant entrains to synchronize with the light cycle of its surrounding environment.
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Who discovered tyrothricin?
In 1939, coinciding with the start of World War II, Rene Dubos reported the discovery of the first naturally derived antibiotic, tyrothricin, a compound of 20% gramicidin and 80% tyrocidine, from B. brevis.
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What is being caused by links between soverign debt and failing national banks?
If the European central bank were to deal directly with failing banking systems sovereign debt would not look as leveraged relative to national income in the financially weaker member states.
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Who did Russia first have issues with when moving towards the warmer ports in the Black Sea?
For over 200 years, Russia had been expanding southwards across the sparsely populated "Wild Fields" toward the warm water ports of the Black Sea that did not freeze over like the handful of other ports available in the north.
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Which ruler requested a marriage alliance with the Han in AD 90?
When a request by Kushan ruler Vima Kadphises (r. c.
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Which are Neptune's four innermost moons?
Neptune's innermost four moons—Naiad, Thalassa, Despina and Galatea
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Where are major touring acts hosted in the city?
The private Lincoln Theatre is one of several clubs in downtown Raleigh that schedules many concerts throughout the year in multiple formats (rock, pop, country).
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What year was the Development and Economic Planning Department formed?
The Development and Economic Planning Department, which still operates, was formed in 1988 to contribute to raising the living standards of the people of Saint Helena.
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Greece's climate is mainly of what type?
The Pindus mountain range strongly affects the climate of the country, as areas to the west of the range are considerably wetter on average (due to greater exposure to south-westerly systems bringing in moisture) than the areas lying to the east of the range (due to a rain shadow effect).
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On which run did Bell's metal detector give a small indication?
Alternatively, although Bell had detected a slight sound on his first test, the bullet may have been lodged too deeply to be detected by the crude apparatus.
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When was the Conditional Access Directive passed in the EU?
Other examples are Article 7 of the Software Directive of 1991 (91/250/EEC), and the Conditional Access Directive of 1998 (98/84/EEC).
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What follows the preamble in a treaty?
A long treaty may further group articles under chapter headings.
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Who succeeded the Taira clan?
However, the Taira clan was still very conservative when compared to its eventual successor, the Minamoto, and instead of expanding or strengthening its military might, the clan had its women marry Emperors and exercise control through the Emperor.
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Approximately how many days in a given year will London experience temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius (or 77 degrees Farenheit?
On average London will see 31 days above 25 °C (77.0 °F) each year, and 4.2 days above 30.0 °C (86.0 °F) every year.
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What does Jehovah Witnesses' literature provide about non-blood medical procedures?
Jehovah's Witnesses accept non-blood alternatives and other medical procedures in lieu of blood transfusions, and their literature provides information about non-blood medical procedures.
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What group in the US was popular?
An Italian musician, Carlo Curti, hastily started a musical ensemble after seeing the Figaro Spanish Students perform; his group of Italian born Americans called themselves the "Original Spanish Students," counting on the American public to not know the difference between the Spanish bandurrias and Italian mandolins.
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What act was the bureau initially tasked with enforcing?
In the same year, its name was officially changed from the Division of Investigation to the present-day Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI.
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What did reviewer GB Mathews say algebraic structures possessed?
In a separate review, G. B. Mathews wrote, "It possesses a unity of design which is really remarkable, considering the variety of its themes."
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When does Oklahoma get the most rain?
Mid-summer (July and August) represents a secondary dry season over much of Oklahoma, with long stretches of hot weather with only sporadic thunderstorm activity not uncommon many years.
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Clarke was what to Williams?
According to a Baptist historian who has researched the matter extensively, "There is much debate over the centuries as to whether the Providence or Newport church deserved the place of 'first' Baptist congregation in America.
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the holy roman empire due to its many different conquests was seen as what type of society?
The Hanseatic League was not exclusively German in any ethnic sense: many towns who joined the league were outside the Holy Roman Empire and a number of them may only loosely be characterized as German.
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When did Windows 8 manufacturing begin?
However, only a day after its release to manufacturing, a copy of the final version of Windows 8 Enterprise N (a version for European markets lacking bundled media players to comply with a court ruling) leaked online, followed by leaks of the final versions of Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise a few days later.
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Which race of people made it the highest growing ethnicity between 2000-2010 in NYC?
Hispanics of any race represented 28.6% of the population, while Asians constituted the fastest-growing segment of the city's population between 2000 and 2010; the non-Hispanic white population declined 3 percent, the smallest recorded decline in decades; and for the first time since the Civil War, the number of blacks declined over a decade.
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What institution is in charge of Samoa's currency?
The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on agriculture and fishing at the local level.
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What are the most visible predators of insects?
While birds are perhaps more visible predators of insects, insects themselves account for the vast majority of insect consumption.
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What year was the county of Hampshire officially named?
After the establishment of Hampshire County Council, following the act in 1888, Southampton became a county borough within the county of Hampshire, which meant that it had many features of a county, but governance was now shared between the Corporation in Southampton and the new county council.
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What major secession movement has Nigeria had?
Nationalism has also led to active secessionist movements such as MASSOB, Nationalist movements such as Oodua Peoples Congress, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and a civil war.
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What percentage of Spanish exports does Valencia's port handle?
Small and medium-sized industries are an important part of the local economy, and before the current crisis unemployment was lower than the Spanish average.
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Which element is the only that has different names for its isotopes?
During the early study of radioactivity, various heavy radioactive isotopes were given their own names, but such names are no longer used, except for deuterium and tritium.
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Where can people using iPods on planes view the device's interface?
The free service will allow passengers to power and charge an iPod, and view video and music libraries on individual seat-back displays.
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Why would someone attempt to unite two different databases?
This in spite of the fact that tools may exist to help migration between specific DBMSs.
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Why was Mevastatin never marketed?
Mevastatin was never marketed, because of its adverse effects of tumors, muscle deterioration, and sometimes death in laboratory dogs.
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Why do food chains start with plants?
Plants and other photosynthetic organisms are at the base of most food chains because they use the energy from the sun and nutrients from the soil and atmosphere, converting them into a form that can be used by animals.
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Who is responsible for designing large parts of New Delhi?
Large parts of New Delhi were planned by Edwin Lutyens (Sir Edwin from 1918), who first visited Delhi in 1912, and Herbert Baker (Sir Herbert from 1926), both leading 20th-century British architects.
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What is the average time an American watches TV in day?
Google does not provide detailed figures for YouTube's running costs, and YouTube's revenues in 2007 were noted as "not material" in a regulatory filing.
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Why are Low German varieties regarded as dialects of standard German?
The Low German varieties spoken in Germany are often counted among the German dialects.
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Are there reasons for the dark meat that poultry has?
Dark meat, which avian myologists refer to as "red muscle", is used for sustained activity—chiefly walking, in the case of a chicken.
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How many troops did Napoleon send to begin the invasion of Portugal?
Unhappy with this change of policy by the Portuguese government, Napoleon sent an army to invade Portugal.
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How many people attended the University of Kansas at its Edwards and Lawrence locations in the fall semester of 2014?
Enrollment at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses was 23,597 students in fall 2014; an additional 3,371 students were enrolled at the KU Medical Center for a total enrollment of 26,968 students across the three campuses.
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How much fuel did electric train used less than diesel in the middle of 1970 in USSR?
Nevertheless, the cost of diesel fuel was about 1.5 times more (per unit of heat energy content) than that of the fuel used in electric power plants (that generated electricity), thus making electric railways even more energy-cost effective.
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What was the name of the poem by Goethe?
At the same time, some Alsatians were in opposition to the Jacobins and sympathetic to the invading forces of Austria and Prussia who sought to crush the nascent revolutionary republic.
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Britain competed with which country to fill the Asian power vacuum in the 19th century?
As far as Britain was concerned, defeats inflicted by Russia on Persia and Turkey demonstrated its imperial ambitions and capabilities and stoked fears in Britain of an overland invasion of India.
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Rather than host the old festivals, what type of events does Nanjing host each year?
Instead, Nanjing, as a popular tourist destination, hosts a series of government-organised events throughout the year.
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What did General-in-Chief He petition Empress He for?
General-in-Chief He Jin (d. 189 AD), half-brother to Empress He
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Who painted the Mond Crucifixion.
Well known works of Christian art by masters such as Raphael (e.g., the Mond Crucifixion), and Caravaggio (e.g., his Entombment) depict the Virgin Mary as part of the crucifixion scene.
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What KU department was rated second in its field?
The city management and urban policy program was ranked first in the nation, and the special education program second, by U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.
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The people that lived in the British Isles during the Roman Empire era spoke which language?
At the time of the Roman Empire, about two thousand years ago, various tribes, which spoke Celtic dialects of the Insular Celtic group, were inhabiting the islands.
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What is the government of India based on?
The Constitution originally provided for a two-tier system of government, the Union Government (also known as the Central Government), representing the Union of India, and the State governments.
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In what hemisphere did west Antarctica share during the Cambrian?
West Antarctica was partially in the Northern Hemisphere, and during this period large amounts of sandstones, limestones and shales were deposited.
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How many people in the United States had a telephone by 1886?
The Bell Telephone Company was created in 1877, and by 1886, more than 150,000 people in the U.S. owned telephones.
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When was Principles of Phonology published?
An influential school of phonology in the interwar period was the Prague school.
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What types of activities are granted rights in reserved forests?
The unclassed forests covers 6.4 percent of the total forest area and they are marked by the following characteristics:
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What percent of the Bronx has mixed Caucasian and Native American heritage?
People of mixed Caucasian and Native American heritage number over 2,450 members and form 0.2% of the population.
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Why did New York State ban unmarked cars for traffic cops?
Some police forces use unmarked or minimally marked cars for traffic law enforcement, since drivers slow down at the sight of marked police vehicles and unmarked vehicles make it easier for officers to catch speeders and traffic violators.
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Which religious group is the second largest with 150,000 members?
Another major group, inhabitants who follow Eastern Orthodox Christianity, practised chiefly by the Russian minority, and the Russian Orthodox Church is the second largest denomination with 150,000 members.
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To what first broadcast did Arsenal provide match highlights?
Arsenal also featured in the first edition of the BBC's Match of the Day, which screened highlights of their match against Liverpool at Anfield on 22 August 1964.
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What are some of the animals in Annelida?
These two groups have long been considered close relatives because of the common presence of trochophore larvae, but the annelids were considered closer to the arthropods because they are both segmented.
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On what date was the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store launched?
Apple debuted the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on September 5, 2007, in its Media Event entitled "The Beat Goes On...".
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What type of party could be found at venues like Club 57?
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world music influences.
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What two applications came bundled with Macs 2 days after "1984" was aired?
Two days after "1984" aired, the Macintosh went on sale, and came bundled with two applications designed to show off its interface: MacWrite and MacPaint.
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Who is the Thunders point guard?
The Thunder is led by first year head coach Billy Donovan and is anchored by several NBA superstars, including perennial All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook, 2014 MVP and four-time NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant, and Defensive Player of the Year nominee and shot-blocker Serge Ibaka.
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How much, in US dollars, has China invested in Tibet since 2001?
From January 18–20, 2010 a national conference on Tibet and areas inhabited by Tibetans in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai was held in China and a substantial plan to improve development of the areas was announced.
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What does a researcher have to identify to carry out empirical research?
In the same way as Barth, in his approach to ethnicity, advocated the critical focus for investigation as being "the ethnic boundary that defines the group rather than the cultural stuff that it encloses" (1969:15), social anthropologists such as Cohen and Bray have shifted the focus of analytical study from identity to the boundaries that are used for purposes of identification.
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What was determined to be the smallest effective round in 1935?
However, in 1935 their trials showed that the minimum effective round was an impact fused 2 lb HE shell.
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Campidanese Sardinian is a variant of what language?
Furthermore, the Gallo-Romance language of Ligurian and the Catalan Algherese dialect are also spoken in Sardinia.
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In what memior written by Queen Victoria was John Brown praised?
A painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer depicting the Queen with Brown was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and Victoria published a book, Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, which featured Brown prominently and in which the Queen praised him highly.
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At the time of his house arrest, Napoleon was serving with what military entity?
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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