query: which of the following is the purpose of free trade agreements?

pos: Free-trade area A free-trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free-trade agreement (FTA). Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers – import quotas and tariffs – and to increase trade of goods and services with each other.

neg: "Legislation enacted by the federal and various state governments to regulate trade and commerce by preventing unlawful restraints, price-fixing, and monopolies, to promote competition, and to encourage the production of quality goods and services at the lowest prices, with the primary goal of safeguarding public welfare by ensuring that consumer demands will be met by the manufacture and sale of goods at reasonable prices.Antitrust law seeks to make businesses compete fairly. It has had a serious effect on business practices and the organization of U.S. industry. Premised on the belief that free trade benefits the economy, businesses, and consumers alike, the law forbids several types of restraint of trade and monopolization. These fall into four main areas: agreements between competitors, contractual arrangements between sellers and buyers, the pursuit or maintenance of monopoly power, and mergers.The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 (15 U.S.C.A. Â§ 1 et seq.) is the basis for antitrust law, and many states have modeled their own statutes upon it. As weaknesses in the Sherman Act became evident, Congress added amendments to it at various times through 1950. The most important are the Clayton Act of 1914 (15 U.S.C.A. Â§ 12 et seq.) and the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936 (15 U.S.C.A. Â§ 13 et seq.). Congress also created a regulatory agency to administrate and enforce the law, under the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 (15 U.S.C.A. Â§Â§ 41--58). In an ongoing analysis influenced by economic, intellectual, and political changes, the U.S. Supreme Court has had the leading role in shaping how these laws are applied.Enforcement of antitrust law depends largely on two agencies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which may issue cease and desist orders to violators, and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, which can litigate. Private parties may also bring civil suits. Violations of the Sherman Act are felonies carrying fines of up to $10 million for corporations, and fines of up to $350,000 and prison sentences of up to three years for persons. The federal government, states, and individuals can collect triple the amount of damages they have suffered as a result of injuries.Origins Antitrust law originated in reaction to a public outcry over trusts, which were late-nineteenth-century corporate monopolies that dominated U.S. manufacturing and mining. Trusts took their name from the quite legal device of business incorporation called trusteeship, which consolidated control of industries by transferring stock in exchange for trust certificates. The practice grew out of necessity. Twenty-five years after the Civil War, rapid industrialization had blessed and cursed business. Markets expanded and productivity grew, but output exceeded demand and competition sharpened. Rivals sought greater security and profits in cartels (mutual agreements to fix prices and control output). Out of these arrangements sprang the trusts. From sugar to whiskey to beef to tobacco, the process of merger and consolidation brought entire industries under the control of a few powerful people. Oil and steel, the backbone of the nation's heavy industries, lay in the hands of the corporate giants John D. Rockefeller and J. P. Morgan. The trusts could fix prices at any level. If a competitor entered the market, the trusts would sell their goods at a loss until the competitor went out of business and then raise prices again. By the 1880s, abuses by the trusts brought demands for reform.History gave only contradictory direction to the reformers. Before the eighteenth century, common law concerned itself with contracts, combinations, and conspiracies that resulted in restraint of free trade, but it did little about them. English courts generally let restrictive contracts stand because they did not consider themselves suited to judging adequacy or fairness. Over time, courts looked more closely into both the purpose and the effect of any restraint of trade. The turning point came in 1711 with the establishment of the basic standard for judging close cases, ""the rule of reason."" Courts asked whether the goal of a contract was a general restraint of competition ( naked restraint) or particularly limited in time and geography  ( ancillary restraint ). Naked restraints were unreasonable, but ancillary restraints were often acceptable. Exceptions to the rule grew as the economic philosophy of laissez-faire  (meaning ""let the people do what they please"") spread its doctrine of noninterference in business. As rival businesses formed cartels to fix prices and control output, the late-eighteenth-century English courts often nodded in approval.By the time the U.S. public was complaining about the trusts, common law in U.S. courts was somewhat tougher on restraint of trade. Yet it was still contradictory. The courts took two basic views of cartels: tolerant and condemning. The first view accepted cartels as long as they did not stop other merchants from entering the market. It used the rule of reason to determine this, and put a high premium on the freedom to enter contracts. Businesses and contracts mattered. Consumers, who suffered from price-fixing, were irrelevant; the wisdom of the market would protect them from exploitation. The second view saw cartels as thoroughly bad. It reserved the rule of reason only for judging more limited ancillary restrictions. Given these competing views, which varied from state to state, no comprehensive common law could be said to exist. But one approach was destined to win out.The Sherman Act and Early Enforcement In 1890, Congress took aim at the trusts with passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, named for Senator John Sherman (R-Ohio). It went far beyond the common law's refusal to enforce certain offensive contracts. Clearly persuaded by the more restrictive view that saw great harm in restraint of trade, the Sherman Act outlawed trusts altogether. The landmark law had two sections. Section 1 broadly banned group action in agreements, forbidding "" [e]very contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy,"" that restrained interstate or foreign trade. Section 2 banned individuals from monopolizing or trying to monopolize. Violations of either section were punishable by a maximum fine of $50,000 and up to one year in jail. The Sherman Act passed by nearly unanimous votes in both houses of Congress.Although sweeping in its language, the Sherman Act soon revealed its limitations. Congress had wanted action even though it did not know what steps to take. Historians would later dispute what its precise aims had been, but clearly the lawmakers intended courts to play the leading role in promoting competition and attacking monopolization: judges would make decisions as cases arose, slowly developing a body of opinions that would replace the confusing precedents of state courts. For a public expecting overnight change, the process worked all too slowly. President Grover Cleveland's Justice Department, which disliked the Sherman Act, made little effort to enforce it.Initial setbacks also came from the Supreme Court's first consideration of the statute, in United States v. E. C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1, 15 S. Ct. 249, 39 L. Ed. 325 (1895). Rejecting a challenge to a sugar trust that controlled over 98 percent of the nation's sugar refining capacity, the Court held that manufacturing was not interstate commerce. This was good news for trusts. If manufacturing was exempt from the Sherman Act, then they had little to worry about. The Court only began strongly supporting use of the law in the late 1890s, starting with cases against railroad cartels. By 1904, some three hundred large companies still controlled nearly 40 percent of the nation's manufacturing assets and influenced at least 80 percent of its vital industries.After the turn of the twentieth century, federal enforcement picked up speed. President Theodore Roosevelt's announcement that he was a ""trustbuster"" predicted one important aspect of the future of antitrust enforcement: it would depend largely on political will from the executive branch of government. Roosevelt and his successor, President William Howard Taft, responded to public criticism over the rapid merger of even more industries by pursuing more vigorous legal action, and steady prosecution in the first decade of the twentieth century brought the downfall of trusts.In 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company and the American Tobacco Company in landmark rulings that brought down two of the most powerful industrial trusts. But these were ambiguous victories. In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, 221 U.S. 1, 31 S. Ct. 502, 55 L. Ed. 619, for example, the Court dissolved the trust into thirty-three companies, but held that the Sherman Act outlawed only restraints that were anticompetitive---subject, furthermore, to a rule of reason. Critics of all stripes jumped on this decision. Some feared that conservative judges would now gut the Sherman Act; others predicted a return to lax enforcement; and businesses worried that in the absence of specific unlawful restraints, the rule of reason gave courts too much freedom to read the law subjectively.Congressional Reform up to 1950 Dissatisfaction brought new federal laws in 1914. The first of these was the Clayton Act, which answered the criticism that the Sherman Act was too general. It declared four practices illegal but not criminal: (1) price discrimination---selling a product at different prices to similarly situated buyers; (2) tying and exclusive-dealing contracts---sales on condition that the buyer stop dealing with the seller's competitors; (3) corporate mergers---acquisitions of competing companies; and (4) interlocking directorates---boards of competing companies, with common members.Quick to hedge its bets, the Clayton Act qualified each of these prohibited activities. They were only illegal where the effect ""may be substantially to lessen competition"" or ""tend to create a monopoly."" This language was intentionally vague. Despite specifying different tests for violations, Congress still wanted the courts to make the difficult decisions. One important limitation was added: the Clayton Act exempted unions from the scope of antitrust law, refusing to treat human labor as a commodity.The second piece of federal legislation in 1914 was the Federal Trade Commission Act. Without attaching criminal penalties, the law provided that ""unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce are hereby declared illegal."" This was more than a symbolic attempt to buttress the Sherman Act. The law also created a regulatory agency, the FTC, to interpret and enforce it. Lawmakers fearing judicial hostility to the Sherman Act saw the FTC as a body that would more closely follow their preferences. Originally, the commission was designed to issue prospective decrees and share responsibilities with the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department. Later court rulings would allow it greater latitude in attacking Sherman Act violations.These laws helped satisfy the short-term demand for tougher, more explicit action from Congress. Before long, antitrust enforcement would shift with the mood of the country. As World War I and the 1920s reversed the outlook of previous years, antitrust policy was characterized by the hands-off policies of President Calvin Coolidge, who declared, ""The business of America is business."" Economic trends created and supported this attitude; prosperity seemed a worthwhile reward. In this era, the Justice Department gave more attention to promoting fairness than it did to attacking restrictive practices and monopoly power. Although activities such as price-fixing still came under attack, other kinds of business cooperation flourished and even received official encouragement in the early years of the New Deal. This flirtation lasted a good fifteen years, intensifying after the stock market crash of 1929. Following what historians called the era of neglect, antitrust made a resurgence. In 1935, the Supreme Court struck down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Industrial Recovery Act, which coordinated industrywide output and pricing, in ALA Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495, 55 S. Ct. 837, 79 L. Ed. 1570. The decision radically affected New Deal--era policy. The following year, Congress passed the Robinson-Patman Act, an attempt to make sense of the Clayton Act's bans on price discrimination. The Robinson-Patman Act explicitly forbade forms of price discrimination, in order to protect small producers from extinction at the hands of larger competitors. By 1937, economic decline brought federal antitrust enforcement back with a vengeance, as Roosevelt's administration began an extensive investigation into monopolies. The effort resulted in more than eighty antitrust suits in 1940. One federal court case in this period, United States v. Aluminum Co. of America, 148 F.2d 416  (2d Cir. 1945) (hereinafter Alcoa ), changed antimonopoly law for years to come. Since the 1920s, the Supreme Court had looked skeptically on the role of a business's size in judging monopoly cases. In United States v. United States Steel Corp., 251 U.S. 417, 40 S. Ct. 293, 64 L. Ed. 343 (1920), it said, "" [T]he law does not make mere size an offense, or the existence of unexerted power an offense. It, we repeat, requires overt acts."" The decision weakened the monopoly ban of the Sherman Act. Rather than focus on abusive business conduct, Alcoa emphasized the role of market power. Judge Learned Hand wrote for the court, ""Many people believe that possession of unchallenged economic power deadens initiative, discourages thrift and depresses energy; that immunity from competition is a narcotic, and rivalry is a stimulant, to industrial progress; that the spur of constant stress is necessary to counteract an inevitable disposition to let well enough alone."" The standard that emerged from this decision applied a two-part test for determining illegal monopolization: the defendant (1) must possess monopoly power in a relevant market and (2) must have improperly used exclusionary acts to gain or protect that power.Congress added its last piece of important legislation in 1950 with the Celler-Kefauver Antimerger Act, addressing a weakness in the Clayton Act. Because only anticompetitive stock purchases had been forbidden, businesses would circumvent the Clayton Act by targeting the assets of their rivals. Supreme Court decisions had also undermined the law by allowing businesses to transfer stock purchases into assets before the government filed a complaint. The Celler-Kefauver amendment closed these loopholes.The Supreme Court and Evolving Doctrine Vigorous enforcement of antitrust legislation created an immense body of case law. After 1950, Supreme Court decisions did more than anything else to shape antitrust doctrine. Two competing outlooks emerged. One regarded markets as fragile, easily distorted by private firms, and readily correctable through public intervention. Economic efficiency mattered less, in this view, than the belief in the antitrust doctrine's ability to meet social and political goals. The opposing view saw business rivalry as generally healthy, doubted that public intervention could cure defects, and emphasized the self-correcting ability of markets to erode private restraints and private power. This outlook opposed the use of antitrust measures except to stop behavior that clearly harms the efficiency of business.The most aggressive doctrine was developed under Chief Justice Earl Warren. The Warren Court often saw the need for decentralized social, political, and economic power, a goal it put ahead of the ideal of economic efficiency. In 1962, its first ruling on the Celler-Kefauver Act, Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294, 82 S. Ct. 1502, 8 L. Ed. 2d 510, held that a merger between two firms accounting for only five percent of total industry output violated the principal antimerger provision of the antitrust laws. Brown Shoe also reflected the Court's hostility toward vertical restraints  (restrictions imposed in contracts by the seller on the buyer, or vice versa).This aggressive trend peaked in 1967 in United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., 388 U.S. 365, 87 S. Ct. 1856, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1249. Arnold concerned nonprice vertical restraints  (territorial or customer restrictions on the resale of goods). The majority ruled that such restraints were per se illegal---in other words, so harmful to competition that they need not be evaluated. In ensuing years, critics condemned the Court's use of ""per se"" tests to invalidate agreements between competitors or between sellers and buyers. The so-called Chicago school, led by scholars Robert H. Bork and Richard A. Posner, argued that some nonprice vertical restraints actually led to gains in economic efficiency. These ideas would soon take hold.By the mid-1970s, the Court backed off its robust interventionism. Two pivotal decisions came in 1977, including the most important since World War II, Continental TV v. GTE Sylvania, 433 U.S. 36, 97 S. Ct. 2549, 53 L. Ed. 2d 568. In a decisive departure from the previous decade's rulings, the Court abandoned its hostility toward efficiency. Now, for evaluating nonprice vertical restraints, it returned to the use of a rule of reason. Per se rules would remain influential, but economic analysis would be the primary tool in formulating and applying antitrust rules. The second powerful change in doctrine was Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, 429 U.S. 477, 97 S. Ct. 690, 50 L. Ed. 2d 701. Brunswick said antitrust laws ""were enacted for the `protection of competition, not competitors.' "" The irony was addressed to private antitrust litigants. If they wanted to sue, the Court said, they would have to prove ""antitrust injury."" This decision threw out the old view that the demise of individual firms was plainly bad for competition. Replacing it was the view that adverse effects to businesses are sometimes offset by gains in reduced costs and increased output. Increasingly, after Brunswick, the Supreme Court and lower courts would accept economic efficiency as a justification for dominant firms to defend their market position. By 1986, efficiency-based analysis was widely accepted in federal courts.Even against this restrictive background, explosive change occurred. The early 1980s saw the dramatic conclusion of a historic monopoly case against the telephone giant American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)  ( United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 552 F. Supp. 131 [D.D.C. 1982], aff'd in Maryland v. United States, 460 U.S. 1001, 103 S. Ct. 1240, 75 L. Ed. 2d 472 [1983]). The Justice Department settled claims that AT&T had impeded competition in long-distance telephone service and telecommunications equipment. The result was the largest divestiture in history: a federal court severed the Bell System's operating companies and manufacturing arm (Western Electric) from AT&T, transforming the nation's telephone services. But the historic settlement was an exception to the political philosophy and level of enforcement that characterized the decade. As the 1980s were ending, the Justice Department dropped its thirteen-year suit against International Business Machines (IBM). This lengthy battle had sought to end IBM's dominance by breaking it up into four computer companies. Convinced that market forces had done the work for them, prosecutors gave up.Throughout the 1980s, political conservatism in federal enforcement complemented the Supreme Court's doctrine of nonintervention. The administration of President Ronald Reagan reduced the budgets of the FTC and the Department of Justice, leaving them with limited resources for enforcement. Enforcement efforts followed a restrictive agenda of prosecuting cases of output restrictions and large mergers of a horizontal nature (involving firms within the same industry and at the same level of production). Mergers of companies into conglomerates, on the other hand, were looked on favorably, and the years 1984 and 1985 produced the greatest increase in corporate acquisitions in the nation's history.As the Supreme Court strengthened requirements for evidence, injury, and the right to bring suit, antitrust cases became harder for plaintiffs to win. Most decisions in this period narrowed the reach of antitrust. A few rare exceptions, such as Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp., 472 U.S. 585, 105 S. Ct. 2847, 86 L. Ed. 2d 467  (1985), which condemned a monopolist's unjustified refusal to deal with a rival, faintly recalled the tough outlook of the Warren Court. Nonintervention, however, took precedence. In the strongest example, Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 106 S. Ct. 1348, 89 L. Ed. 2d 538 (1986), the majority dismissed allegations that Japanese television manufacturers had engaged in a twenty-year pricing conspiracy designed to drive U.S. electronics equipment manufacturers out of business. The Court discouraged claims that rested on ambiguous circumstantial evidence or lacked ""economic rationality,"" suggesting that lower courts settle these by summary judgment (judicial decision without a trial).The 1990s Once again proving that antitrust law never remains static, the late 1980s and early 1990s brought more changes in enforcement, economic analysis, and court doctrine. At the state level in the late 1980s, governments attacked mergers and restraints. The Supreme Court gave these efforts support in California v. American Stores Co., 495 U.S. 271, 110 S. Ct. 1853, 109 L. Ed. 2d 240 (1990), upholding the ability of state governments to break up illegal mergers. Another trend came again from academia, where, for years, critics of the Chicago school had been reevaluating its highly influential efficiency model. They concluded that a proper analysis of efficiency goals showed that efficiency demanded tighter antitrust controls, not stubborn nonintervention.An important 1992 Supreme Court case seemed to support this view. Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, 504 U.S. 451, 112 S. Ct. 2072, 119 L. Ed. 2d 265 (hereinafter Kodak ), concerned tying arrangements  (contracts between buyer and seller that restrict competition) in the sale and service of photocopiers. Kodak sold replacement parts only to buyers who agreed to have Kodak exclusively service the machines, and the restriction prompted a lawsuit from eighteen independent service organizations (ISOs). The company defended itself by arguing that even if it did monopolize the market, it lacked the necessary market power for a Sherman Act violation. The Court rejected the idea that this was enough to create a legal rule that equipment competition precluded any finding of monopoly power in the parts and services industry. In declaring Kodak's arrangement illegal, Justice Harry A. Blackmun warned about the dangers of relying on economic theory as a substitute for ""actual market realities""---in this case, the harm done to ISOs who were shut out of the service market.After the Reagan years, antitrust attitudes sharpened in Washington, D.C. The administration of President George Bush adopted a slightly more activist approach, reflected in joint guidelines on mergers issued in 1992 by the FTC and the Justice Department. In following the trend away from strict Chicago school efficiency standards, the guidelines looked more closely at competitive effects and tightened requirements. But understaffed government attorneys generally lost court cases. President Bill Clinton took this activism further. Anne K. Bingaman, his appointee to head the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, beefed up the division's staff with sixty-one new attorneys, declaring her organization the competition agency. The Antitrust Division filed thirty-three civil suits in 1994, roughly three times the annual number brought under Reagan and Bush. It won some victories without going to court, in one instance compelling AT&T to keep a subsidiary private, but it lost a major lawsuit claiming that General Electric had conspired with the South African firm of DeBeers to fix industrial diamond prices.Under President Clinton, the most important antitrust action involved a federal probe of the computer software giant Microsoft Corporation. In its potential for far-reaching action, this was the biggest antitrust case since those involving AT&T and IBM. Competitors complained that Microsoft used illegal arrangements with buyers to ensure that its disk operating system would be installed in nearly 80 percent of the world's computers. In-depth investigations by the FTC and the Department of Justice followed. In mid-1994, under threat of a federal lawsuit, Microsoft entered a consent decree designed to increase competitors' access to the market. All the parties involved---the original complainants, Microsoft, and the government---expressed relative satisfaction. But in early 1995, a federal judge rejected the agreement, citing evidence of other monopolistic practices by Microsoft. In a highly unusual move, the Justice Department and Microsoft together appealed the decision. The uncertain future of the case carried the threat of further action against the nation's fifth-largest industry.CROSS-REFERENCES Bork, Robert; Chicago School; Clayton Act; Corporation; Justice Department; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; Posner, Richard; Restraint of Trade; Robinson-Patman Act; Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Unfair Competition.Articles from West's Encyclopedia of American Law are published on West's Legal Directory Law Information Center with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal or other professional advice. If legal advice or other professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought." Antitrust law seeks to make businesses compete fairly. It has had a serious effect on business practices and the organization of U.S. industry. Premised on the belief that free trade benefits the economy, businesses, and consumers alike, the law forbids several types of restraint of trade and monopolization.

neg: - Trade and investment agreements. On this page, you can find Canada's free trade agreements (FTA), foreign investment promotion and protection agreements (FIPA), plurilateral agreements, and World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements. Use the drop-down menu to search for agreement by country, agreement type or status.

neg: What is the purpose of the World Trade Organization? In a major policy shift, Trump suggests ignoring the World Trade Organization. What are the repercussions if the US violates the WTO agreement... Is the World Trade Organization (WTO), that was founded in 1995, aimed at supervising and liberalizing international trade? What is the function of the World Trade Organization? What is WTO (world trade organisation)?

neg: Free trade Not to be confused with Free market or Fair trade. Free trade is a policy followed by some international markets in which countries' governments do not restrict imports from, or exports to, other countries. Free trade is exemplified by the European Economic Area and the Mercosur, which have established open markets. Most nations are today members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral trade agreements.

neg: Trading blocs Free trade within the bloc. Knowing that they have free access to each other's markets, members are encouraged to specialise. This means that, at the regional level, there is a wider application of the principle of comparative advantage.

neg: Free-trade area Description[edit] Unlike a customs union (the third stage of economic integration), members of a free trade area do not have a common external tariff, which means they have different quotas and customs taxes, as well as other policies with respect to non-members.

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neg: - In theory, the meaning of “free trade” is simple: it is the reduction, and ultimately, elimination of government-imposed barriers to international trade.

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neg: Federal Trade Commission Federal Trade Commission. FTC. Federal agency whose purpose is to encourage free enterprise and prevent restraint of trade and monopolies. Many mergers and acquisitions will go through the Federal Trade Commission if there is a concern that the merged company would be too much of a monopolistic force. The agency also protects consumers against deceptive practices such as false advertising or identity theft.

neg: What Is the Purpose of the WTO? What are the functions of the World Trade Organization? A: The main function of the World Trade Organization, or WTO, is ensuring that international trade flows as smoothly as possible in the multilateral trading s... Full Answer >

neg: - Loading the player... Free trade is the economic policy of not discriminating against imports from and exports to foreign jurisdictions. Buyers and sellers from separate economies may voluntarily trade without the domestic government applying tariffs, quotas, subsidies or prohibitions on their goods and services.

neg: Business The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members (rank and file members) and negotiates labour contracts (collective bargaining) with employers. The most common purpose of these associations or unions is maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment.

neg: - 2015-05-31T08:39:06-04:00. One function of both the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the European Union (EU) is to (3) reduce economic barriers and foster friendship. This question is archived.

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neg: - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was established as an independent administrative agency pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. The purpose of the FTC is to enforce the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce..

neg: European Single Market The overall purpose of the duties is to ensure normal conditions of competition and to remove all restrictions of a fiscal nature capable of hindering the free movement of goods within the Common Market.

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neg: North American Free Trade Agreement The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and entered into force on 1 January 1994 in order to establish a trilateral trade bloc in North America. NAFTA has three member States, namely Canada, Mexico and United States.

neg: chapter 3 agreement that eliminates most tariffs and trade restrictions on agricultural and manufactured products to encourage trade among Canada, USA, and Mexico. asia pacific economic cooperation (apec) an international trade alliance that promotes open trade and economic and technical cooperation among member nations. european union (eu) a union of European nations established in 1958 to promote trade among its members; one of the largest single markets today.

neg: What Is the Purpose of the WTO? A: According to its own website, the purpose of the World Trade Organization, WTO, is to monitor WTO trade agreements, facilitate trade negotiations, mediate trade disputes, monitor international trade policies and provide assistance to developing economies.

neg: - NAFTA's purpose is to increase trade in North America. Its history began in 1981, when Ronald Reagan campaigned for this free trade zone. NAFTA's purpose is to increase trade in North America.

neg: - The purpose of the European Economic Area (EEA) is to extend the EU’s internal market to countries in the European Free Trade Area (EFTA). These countries either do not wish to join the EU or have not yet done so.

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query: where is havana

pos: Havana Havana is a city in Mason County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,577 at the 2000 census, and 3,260 at a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Mason County. Havana is located on the Illinois River at 40°17′49″N 90°3′36″W / 40.29694°N 90.06°W / 40.29694; -90.06 (40.297067, -90.060004).

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neg: - Locations around this longitude. 1  Havana, Cuba. 2  Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. 3  Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada.  Columbus, Ohio, 1  USA. Knoxville, Tennessee,  USA.

neg: - The total flight duration from Miami, FL to Havana, Cuba is 57 minutes. This assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. It also adds an extra 30 minutes for take-off and landing. Your exact time may vary depending on wind speeds.

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neg: - On July 7, 2016, the United States Department of Transportation announced that Newark was one of ten cities to operate flights to José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba. The flight will be the only non-stop flight to Cuba in the New York metropolitan area.

neg: - Monthly weather averages give the best indication of what the weather is usually like for every month of the year including figures for temperature, rainfall and sunshine.The Cuba climate guide shown below is for Havana.ituated at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico to the south of Florida and The Bahamas, Cuba is both the largest and the most northerly of the Caribbean islands. Up to the late 1950's it was a popular tourist destination especially for visitors from the United States.

neg: Cuba, NM Cuba is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 590. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. A fast growing town located off the busy 550 highway, Cuba has a large amount of new construction, and several hotels, restaurants and bars. Cuba is located at 36°1′6″N 106°57′35″W / 36.01833°N 106.95972°W / 36.01833; -106.95972 (36.018325, -106.959642).

neg: - Cuba: Introduction. Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean consisting of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Its nearest neighbors are the United States, Bahamas, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

neg: - 228 miles / 366.93 km / 198.13 nautical miles. Miami-Havana travel direction & Map • Distance calculator. Current time in Havana : , Sun, 11 Oct, 2015, 08:50 PM -04:00, Havana-Lat: 23.1319, Long: -82.3642. Current time in Miami : Sun, 11 Oct, 2015, 08:50 PM -04:00, Miami-Lat: 25.7743, Long: -80.1937.

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neg: The Walking Dead 's Sonequa Martin-Green is pregnant: Is Sasha expecting, too? Ignore the pregnancy. The Walking Dead cast is already filming Season 5 and, considering they had enough footage to put together a promo to release in July at Comic-Con, it's safe to assume they're almost done.

neg: - Located in Havana, Florida, just 15 minutes from Tallahassee. Amenities include: Gated and deed-restricted, community, Community lake and park, 4 miles of riding trails, Underground utilities, Paved roads, Spring-fed lake, 5-acre park, 10+ acre homesites, 3,000...

neg: - - Flights from Guantanamo (Cuba) to Havana (Cuba) 1  Havana - José Martí International Airport Description José Martí International Airport (HAV) – Occasionally known by its former name Rancho-Boyeros Airport, Cuba’s biggest airport is located 18 km southwest of the capital, Havana.

neg: Massive Discount Flea Market in Central Havana, Cuba Huge, Cheap Flea Market in Central Havana Now this is where average Cuban shops. They don’t go to expensive state stores to buy goods, they do their basic shopping at flea markets. Check out this inexpensive flea market where you can get a great pair of hand made leather sandals for less than 9CUC ($9).

neg: - The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line flight distance from Miami, FL to Havana, Cuba (as the crow flies), which is about 228 miles or 367 kilometers. Your trip begins in Miami, Florida. It ends in Havana, Cuba.

neg: Complications in the Colon: Diverticular Disease, Seeds & Nuts Diverticular disease is a broad term referring to any inflammation, infection, or injury to diverticuli (the singular form is diverticulum) in the colon. A diverticulum is a pouch that forms in the colon wall. The pouch forms when the muscles of the colon squeeze against a hard stool.

neg: - Distance from Miami, FL to Havana, Cuba. The total distance from Miami, FL to Havana, Cuba is 228 miles. This is equivalent to 367 kilometers or 198 nautical miles. Your trip begins in Miami, Florida. It ends in Havana, Cuba. Your flight direction from Miami, FL to Havana, Cuba is Southwest (-142 degrees from North). The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to fly from Miami, FL to Havana, Cuba. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance (as the crow flies).

neg: - According to our research of Florida and other state lists there were 60 registered sex offenders living in Havana, Florida as of September 01, 2017. The ratio of number of residents in Havana to the number of sex offenders is 29 to 1. Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tallahassee, FL (14.6 miles , pop. 150,624).

neg: - Locations around this longitude. 1  Havana, Cuba. 2  Charleston, West Virginia, USA. 3  Columbia, South Carolina, USA.  George Town, Cayman 1  Islands. Orlando, Florida,  USA.

neg: Where is Cuba Located? Where is Cuba Located? Cuba is a country with a medium population which is located in the continent/region of North America. Countries near Cuba include Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. Its biggest cities and towns include Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín and Guantánamo.

neg: Where is Cuba Located? Cuba is a country with a medium population which is located in the continent/region of North America. Countries near Cuba include Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.uba is a country with a medium population which is located in the continent/region of North America. Countries near Cuba include Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.

neg: Massive Discount Flea Market in Central Havana, Cuba Huge, Cheap Flea Market in Central Havana. Now this is where average Cuban shops. They don’t go to expensive state stores to buy goods, they do their basic shopping at flea markets. Check out this inexpensive flea market where you can get a great pair of hand made leather sandals for less than 9CUC ($9). The atmosphere is great, the sellers are friendly, the prices are cheap and even negotiable. Learn about more fantastic places like this in the Real Havana guide.


query: how many books has l ron hubbard written

pos: How many books has Ron Hubbard written? Answer by kpini (26) Ron Hubbard has written 29 full novels as well as over forty short fiction stories. In 2006 he was awarded the Guinness Worlds Record for most published works with 1,084 fiction and non-fiction works translated into more than 71 different languages. add a comment.

neg: How Common Is A False Negative Pregnancy Test And What Causes It? A negative result on a home pregnancy test COULD mean that you are not pregnant, that the test was performed too early, or that there was a problem with the technique or timing. If you suspect that you are pregnant and that you received a false negative, wait for a few days and test again.

neg: Reluctant Habits Be Sociable, Share! In 2006, Little Brown published a 10th anniversary edition of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest that featured a foreword by Dave Eggers. Eggers’s introduction observed that Infinite Jest was “1,067 pages long and there is not one lazy sentence. The book is drum-tight and relentlessly smart and, though it does not wear its heart on its sleeve, its deeply felt and incredibly moving.”

neg: Anxiety and physical illness Anxiety and physical illness. Understanding and treating anxiety can often improve the outcome of chronic disease. With headlines warning us of international terrorism, global warming, and economic slowdown, we're all likely to be a little more anxious these days.

neg: - exists and is an alternate of . Lisa Gardner has written a total of 225 books. Touch and Go, Maggie's Man, Catch Me, Live to Tell, The Next Accident, The Third Victim, Love You More, Live To Tell and The Killing Hour are just a few of the books written by Lisa Gardner. Lisa Gardner has written a total of 225 books.

neg: - Main article: Philip Jose José farmer. Bibliography in a writing career spanning more than 60 (years–1946), 2008 farmer published almost 60, novels over 100 short stories and (novellas many expanded or combined into), novels two fictional biographies and numerous, essays articles and ephemera in fan. publications

neg: Novelist James Patterson preaches the power of kids' books Fiction writer James Patterson came to Venice High School on May 21 to encourage… (Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles…) James Patterson has written so many books, he's lost track of the exact number. Ask him how many novels he's penned for 2012 alone and he shrugs, then guesses: Twelve or 13?.

neg: Quentin Hubbard Quentin Hubbard. Geoffrey Quentin McCaully Hubbard (January 6, 1954 – November 12, 1976), was the son of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and his third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard. He died at the age of 22 in an apparent suicide.

neg: How many Daniel-x books from James Patterson are there? How many books has James Patterson wrote? He has written at least 74 books either by himself or with somebody else, however he could have written more this is how many i have found so far. What is the order of James Pattersons books? James Patterson has written quite a few series of books, along with stand alone books.

neg: How Many Books Has J.K. Rowling Written? Joanne (J.K.) Rowling has written and subsequently published the seven books in the Harry Potter series, two novels for adults (one under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith), supplements to the Potter...

neg: - L. Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz and 13 other books in the series. There were 25 other books written after his death. L. Frank Baum. L. Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz and 13 other books in the series. <br /> There were 25 other books written after his death.L.

neg: Where can I scatter cremated remains? Answer: In Alberta, as with most of Canada, there are no actual laws pertaining to the scattering of cremated remains. However, there are some guidelines that should be followed. In all cases, permission should be obtained prior to scattering. Scattering is permitted on any Crown land, including in water.

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How many books did Charles Dickens write? The most famous one is Oliver Twist. AND HE DID ACTUALLY START WRITING A BOOK BEFORE HE DIED CALLED THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD ....... ! 2. A Message from the Sea
 3. A Tale of Two Cities
 4. All The Year Round
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neg: How many novels has james patterson written? Best Answer: He has written: •1976 - The Thomas Berryman Number. •1977 - Season of the Machete. •1977 - The Jericho Commandment (published again in 1997 as See How They Run) •1980 - Virgin. •1986 - Black Market (published again in 2000 as Black Friday) •1988 - The Midnight Club.

neg: Arthur C. Clarke Biography An author of more than 100 books, Arthur C. Clarke’s imagination and insight influenced modern science via works like his classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

neg: The Chronicles of Narnia This article contains information about the series of books written by C.S. Lewis. For information about the film series, see The Chronicles of Narnia movie series. The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy books, written by British author C. S. Lewis. They have been published since 1954 and have sold over 100 million copies in 41 languages.

neg: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power The Church of Scientology, started by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard to clear people of unhappiness, portrays itself as a religion. In reality the church is a hugely profitable global racket that survives by intimidating members and critics in a Mafia-like manner.ost cults fail to outlast their founder, but Scientology has prospered since Hubbard's death in 1986. In a court filing, one of the cult's many entities -- the Church of Spiritual Technology -- listed $503 million in income just for 1987.

neg: How Isaac Asimov Wrote 500+ Books (or â3 Writing Habits for Long-Term Successâ) How Isaac Asimov Wrote 500+ Books (or “3 Writing Habits for Long-Term Success”) In the early stages of writing my doctoral dissertation, I was lucky to eke out more than a few sentences a day. Words came out as slowly as liquid petroleum dripped out of decaying dinosaur bones.

neg: - There are 7 books in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (aka, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

neg: Dr. Seuss bibliography Over the course of his long career, Geisel wrote over 60 books. Though most were published under his well-known pseudonym, Dr. Seuss, he also authored over a dozen books as Theo LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone.

neg: How many Daniel-x books from James Patterson are there? From prior to 2003 to 2009, James Patterson has written around 63 books. If you go to this website you can see all the names of his books and the years they were published. ht…tp://www.jamespatterson.com/books.php.

neg: Eagle Has Flown He taught at Leeds College of Commerce and James Graham College. He has written more than 60 books including The Eagle Has Landed, Touch the Devil, Confessional, The Eagle Has Flown, and Eye of the Storm. He is also the author of the Sean Dillon series. His novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages.

neg: Stephen King's Real Horror Story: How the novelist's addiction to drink and drugs nearly killed him Writing 63 books over 35 years, with best-selling stories such as Carrie, The Shining, Misery and The Green Mile turned into blockbusting movies, King has long been one of the world's most successful authors, with an estimated fortune of £135million.

neg: - Yet she’s often cited as an influential nurse who improved the lot of nurses. How did she do it? She wrote mystery novels! One of her first books, The Man in Lower Ten, penned in 1906, was the first American detective story to crack a best-seller list. Ms. Rinehart wrote more than 60 books and remained a top-selling author for almost 50 years.

neg: - 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling (shelved 74 times as books-made-into-movies) avg rating 4.36 — 2,095,256 ratings — published 1998.

neg: Who was L. Ron Hubbard? Who was L. Ron Hubbard? L. Ron Hubbard was an author, philosopher, humanitarian and Founder of the Scientology religion. He was born March 13, 1911, in Tilden, Nebraska, and passed away January 24, 1986. His long and adventurous road to discovery began at an early age.


query: are radio waves considered dangerous

pos: Are Wireless Signals Dangerous to your Health? So a value of 1.6 W/Kg for mobile phones means that your head can receive up to this amount of Radio Frequency energy with the phone in use. High levels of Radio Wave exposure causes tissue to heat up. So the higher the level of SAR the more dangerous it is considered to be.

neg: Electrical Pollution, Its Health Effects, and the Solution Every person is affected by electrical pollution, but some people are more sensitive, less resilient and therefore more susceptible to health problems associated with high frequency radio waves (this is known in the medical literature as radio wave sickness). 1  When initially high electrical pollution level was reduced to a safe level of under ...

neg: - Alpha, beta and gamma radiation. The degree to which each different type of radiation is most dangerous to the body depends on whether the source is outside or inside the body. If the radioactive source is inside the body, perhaps after being swallowed or breathed in: 1  Alpha radiation is the most dangerous because it is easily absorbed by cells. 2  Beta and gamma radiation are not as dangerous because they are less likely to be absorbed by a cell and will usually just pass right through it.

neg: Electromagnetic Radiation electromagnetic radiation, they are the most damaging to human tissue. 8) Compared to all other types of electromagnetic radiation, radio waves have the lowest 9) An overexposure to can result in sunburns and

neg: Radio Frequency Dangers Real and Imagined Dangers. Since no definitive truth exists on the safety of radio frequencies in the environment around us, consumers should at least be aware that there could be dangers: 1  Some claims suggest cell phone RFs may instigate brain tumors and even cancer.

neg: Is cell phone radiation actually dangerous? We asked an expert Triff/Shutterstock. “It’s looking increasingly likely that cellular phones (mostly smartphones these days) are harmful in terms of cancer risk, particularly to the head and neck,” says Joel M. Moskowitz, Director of the Center for Family and Community Health at the University of California at Berkeley.

neg: How are electromagnetic waves harmful to humans? Generally, ionizing radiation are high energy waves and are all harmful, even in low amounts, such as gamma rays, x-rays, and ultraviolet waves. These types of radiation cause ionization of atoms and molecules, leading to destruction of the molecules in cells and DNA. If DNA is destroyed in a cell, that cell can be cancerous. Lower energy waves, such as visible light, infrared radiation, and radio waves are not harmful (again, except in extreme cases). Exposure to high levels of visible or infrared radiation (for example from a powerful laser) can cause blindness and can burn the skin. Microwaves are a low energy wave that are in fact fairly harmful. Exposure to intense microwaves can cause intense heating of the tissue, potentially causing severe burning.

neg: - Gamma rays are dangerous because they cause cellular damage that leads to DNA damage, cancer and radiation sickness. Because gamma rays are such a high-intensity, ionizing form of radiation, they pass through normal protections, such as skin, clothing, foil and goggles. Only high-mass shielding, such as lead, can stop them. Continue Reading.

neg: Homework Help: Gamma rays more dangerous? Gold Member. Gamma rays are more dangerous outside the body for precisely the reasons you state. Alpha particles are 'stopped' if you like by a few cm of air, so unless you are close to an alpha emitter, very few (if any particles are going to reach you).

neg: What Are Radio Waves? Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation, as are microwaves, infrared radiation, X-rays and gamma-rays.

neg: - Although there have been some concerns that radiofrequency energy from cell phones held closely to the head may affect the brain and other tissues, to date there is no evidence from studies of cells, animals, or humans that radiofrequency energy can cause cancer.

neg: - No, a radio wave is not a mechanical wave. A radio wave is a form of electromagnetic (EM) energy, and it does not require a medium through which to travel like a mechanical wa … ve does.Radio waves can travel through the vacuum of space.Let's contrast that with a mechanical wave. A mechanical wave involves the transfer of mechanical energy into and through a medium. Sound waves (which travel through air) and water waves (which move through water) are mechanical waves.They cannot travel without a medium through which to move. 11 people found this useful.o, a radio wave is not a mechanical wave. A radio wave is a form of electromagnetic (EM) energy, and it does not require a medium through which to travel like a mechanical wa … ve does.

neg: Radio Waves to Gamma-rays As I mentioned briefly before, radio waves are also light waves. Infrared radiation is a kind of light wave (usually abbreviated as IR). The same is true of ultraviolet waves (UV), x-rays, and gamma-rays. These are all different kinds of light.

neg: - Radio waves radio waves: Low frequency electromagnetic radiation used to transmit information such as television and radio programmes. have the lowest frequencies and longest wavelengths, while gamma waves have highest frequencies and shortest wavelengths. The wavelengths vary across the electromagnetic spectrum from about 10–15 m to more than 104 m. Page: 1  1. 2  2. 3  3. 4  4. 5  Back. 6  Next.

neg: Marconi Gets Mars' Message Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Radiofrequency and Microwave Radiation. Radiofrequency (RF) and microwave (MW) radiation are electromagnetic radiation in the frequency ranges 3 kilohertz (kHz) - 300 Megahertz (MHz), and 300 MHz - 300 gigahertz (GHz), respectively.

neg: Which type of radioactive decay is most dangerous? the gamma radioactive decay is the least dangerous. Alpha, beta and gamma are the three main types of radioactive decay. yes, it is because of the spontaneous disintegration of the radionuclide in which it is emitting a large amount of radiation that will affect the DNA cells in the human body.

neg: - These have different wave lengths and frequencies, hence different energies also. Light is important for the existence of life, on the other hand gamma rays are harmful for living organisms. X-rays, radio waves and Infrared are used in different scientific and medical applications.

neg: Mobile phone radiation The truth is, there is no conclusive evidence one way or the other, but here are few facts about levels of radiation transmission from mobile phone antennas: 1  To get a dose of radiation considered dangerous from a mobile phone transmission antenna, you'd have to be almost touching it.

neg: Do police radar guns give off potentially harmful radiation? Radar Guns give out a very low wave form of radiation, radio waves, most commonly X, K, and Ka bands. Since these are even lower bandwidth than that of a normal radio transciever there is a greater chance of getting radiation posioning standing next to a radio, than getting it from being shot at by a police radar gun.

neg: - Radio frequency interference, RFI, is any undesirable electrical energy with content within the frequency range dedicated to radio frequency transmission. Conducted RFI is most often found in the low frequency range of several kHz to 30MHz.

neg: How are Radio Waves Blocked? They all use invisible waves to transmit information. These waves, called radio waves, are a type of electromagnetic radiation. Radio waves are not harmful; in fact they are an extremely useful method of global communication. Being a simple form of electromagnetic radiation, they move in waves from place to place with limited change.

neg: - Quick Answer. Gamma rays are dangerous because they cause cellular damage that leads to DNA damage, cancer and radiation sickness. Because gamma rays are such a high-intensity, ionizing form of radiation, they pass through normal protections, such as skin, clothing, foil and goggles. Only high-mass shielding, such as lead, can stop them. Keep Learning.

neg: Are Wireless Signals Dangerous to your Health? This electromagnetic radiation is in the form of Radio Waves, and is coming from the wireless router and wireless adaptor. The wireless signals are Radio Waves, and the Radio Waves are electromagnetic radiation.

neg: Why do they consider radioactive matter with long half lives more dangerous than matter with a short half life? The biggest danger from radioisotopes with mid-to-long half lives is that they can keep an entire region of earth nastily radioactive for a very long time, e.g. hundreds or thousands or even tens of thousand of years.

neg: - If the radioactive source is outside the body: 1  Alpha radiation is not as dangerous because it is unlikely to reach living cells inside the body. 2  Beta and gamma radiation are the most dangerous sources because they can penetrate the skin and damage the cells inside.

neg: - Any device that jams or disrupts cell phone calls, text messages, or other wireless. communications by emitting an interfering radio frequency signal is illegal and may not be. marketed or operated in the United States, except in the very limited context of. authorized, official use by the federal government.


query: when did hurricane sandy come

pos: - Hurricane Sandy - October 29, 2012. Summary: Hurricane Sandy was the 18th named tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 - November 30). Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on October 22nd and intensified into a hurricane as it tracked north across Jamaica, eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. Sandy moved northeast of the United States until turning west toward the mid Atlantic coast on the 28th.

neg: - Andrew first became a tropical depression on August 16 1992 and on August 17, became the first tropical storm of the season. On August 22 it reached hurricane strength. It reached the south east coast of the USA on August 24th.ndrew first became a tropical depression on August 16 1992 and on August 17, became the first tropical storm of the season. On August 22 it reached hurricane strength. It reached the south east coast of the USA on August 24th.

neg: - Superstorm sandy, hurricane katrina. Overnight, supertyphoon haiyan slammed into the philippines, forcing more than 150,000 families, that's 750,000 individuals, to evacuate, leaving countless stranded throughout the country's more than 7,000 small islands. Wind gusts up to 235 miles per hour, roughly the top speed of a formula one racer.

neg: The Dash Use a dash [ — ] (or two hyphens [ -- ] on old-fashioned typewriters) or dashes as a super-comma or set of super-commas to set off parenthetical elements, especially when those elements contain internal forms of punctuation: All four of them—Bob, Jeffrey, Jason, and Brett—did well in college.

neg: Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina formed as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005, as the result of an interaction of a tropical wave and the remains of Tropical Depression Ten.

neg: - Sandy was forecast to drop as much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain, and the mountains of Appalachia were expected to receive up to 3 feet (1 meter) of snow. The NHC urged citizens to consult their local National Weather Service forecast offices for more information.

neg: How Global Warming Made Hurricane Sandy Worse Satellite loop from the University of Wisconsin, showing Hurricane Sandy as it made landfall in New Jersey. The upper-air flow over the Atlantic Ocean was temporarily jammed by a powerful area of high pressure near Greenland and a storm system in the Central Atlantic, leaving the storm no escape route away from the U.S.

neg: Hurricane Sandy Sandy briefly re-intensified to Category 2 intensity on the morning of October 29, around which time it had a wind diameter of over 1,150 miles (1,850 km). The convection diminished while the hurricane accelerated toward the New Jersey coast, and the hurricane was no longer tropical by 2100 UTC on October 29.andy caused two deaths and damage estimated at $700 million (2012 USD) in The Bahamas. In Canada, two were killed in Ontario and an estimated $100 million (2012 CAD) in damage was caused throughout Ontario and Quebec.

neg: The Night Hurricane Sandy Hit New York City The Night Hurricane Sandy Hit New York City. October 29, 2012 started ominously in New York City. President Obama had issued an emergency declaration for the state of New York late the night before. School was canceled across the city. A pre-storm surge had already caused severe flooding in Red Hook, Gowanus, and Hoboken.

neg: Deaths Associated with Hurricane Sandy â OctoberâNovember 2012 Characteristics of reported deaths related to Hurricane Sandy for all deaths and drowning deaths — Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, October 28–November 30, 2012.

neg: - Galveston Hurricane 1900. This killer weather system was first detected over the tropical Atlantic on August 27. While the history of the track and intensity is not fully known, the system reached Cuba as a tropical storm on September 3 and moved into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on the 5th.

neg: Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina Tropical Depression Twelve formed a category 1 hurricane over the Bahamas at 5:00 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) on August 25, 2005, partially from the remains of Tropical Depression Ten, which had dissipated due to the effects of a nearby upper tropospheric trough.

neg: - One year after Hurricane Sandy hit the north-east US, The Guardian's Adam Gabbatt re-visits Staten Island, New York, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. 'This year has been a horrific rollercoaster,' South Beach resident Anna Maglione-Buono told him. Published: 29 Oct 2013.

neg: Texas The Atlantic tropical-cyclone basin is one of six in the world and includes much of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. The official Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and ends November 30 each year; however, the season can begin and has begun earlier and ended later. The earliest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the South Carolina coast was Tropical Storm Anna on May 10th, 2015.

neg: Hurricane Sandy flooding, Lewes, Delaware Please try again later. A time-lapse video of coastal flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Lewes, Delaware from Oct. 28-30, 2012 resulting from the combined effects of storm surge and astronomical tide. Note: The #4 record high tide was Jan. 28, 1998 (+8.68' mllw) and #5 was Feb. 5, 1998 (+8.49' mllw).

neg: Superstorm Sandy: Facts About the Frankenstorm Hurricane Sandy, a late-season post-tropical cyclone, swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States in late October 2012. The storm left dozens dead, thousands homeless and millions without power. Total damage is expected to be in the billions of dollars.

neg: Hurricane Emily Event Overview. Hurricane Emily was the fifth named storm, first hurricane, and only major hurricane of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. The tropical wave that spawned Emily moved off the West Coast of Africa on August 17, 1993 and into the Cape Verde Islands.

neg: Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a long-lived hurricane that made landfall three times along the United States coast and reached Category 5 at its peak intensity. The storm initially developed as a tropical depression in the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005.

neg: Deaths Associated with Hurricane Sandy â OctoberâNovember 2012 References. 1  Saul MH. Parts of New York City evacuated for Hurricane Sandy. 2  Farag NH, Rey A, Noe R, Bayleyegn T, Wood AD, Zane D. Evaluation of the American Red Cross disaster-related mortality surveillance system using Hurricane Ike data—Texas 2008. 3  Federal Emergency Management Agency. 4  Federal Emergency Management Agency.

neg: Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York On November 6, some of the state's residents that had been evacuated for Sandy were evacuated a second time due to a nor'easter that was expected to bring high winds, rain and possible snow to areas of New York.

neg: Hurricane Sandy: October 28 as it happened New York 'will flood every two years'. Hurricane Sandy is threatening the Eastern Seaboard, and meteorologists are predicting no mercy from the Category 1 storm’s rain and winds. Apart from the water and wind damage, hurricanes have a history of knocking out the tech that keeps us going. Datacenters are most critical.

neg: - The hurricane strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near Cape Romano around 1030 UTC October 24 as a Category 3 hurricane. The eye crossed the Florida Peninsula in less than five hours, moving into the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane.

neg: This date in science: Hurricane Sandy hits U.S. Northeast Jersey shore after Sandy struck on October 28, 2012. Bottom line: Hurricane Sandy affected millions of lives and became the second-costliest storm to hit the United States with damage totals estimated around $65 billion dollars. Sandy killed nearly 200 people across the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States.

neg: - Hurricane Emily. Hurricane Emily was the fifth named storm, first hurricane, and only major hurricane of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. The tropical wave that spawned Emily moved off the West Coast of Africa on August 17, 1993 and into the Cape Verde Islands.

neg: This date in science: Hurricane Sandy hits U.S. Northeast Sandy tied the Great Long Island Express Hurricane of 1938 as the most powerful storm ever to hit the U.S. Northeast north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Storm surge pushed across parts New York and New Jersey.

neg: Hurricane Sandy: October 28 as it happened It is a little over-dramatised but you get the idea. Hurricane Sandy is expected to cause a storm surge of six to 11 feet in waters around New York City and New Jersey. 03.20 All New York subways, buses and trains have completely halted but that isn't stopping some businesses from staying open.


query: what is the record for the largest number of children born to one woman

pos: What is the record number of children born to one woman ? Asker's rating. Report Abuse. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765 a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets. Source(s): http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/uselessfact... jelly-bean · 9 years ago.

neg: - Tarawood Antigone, a four year old brown Burmese owned by Valerie Gane of Oxfordshire, UK, holds the record for having the largest number of kittens in a litter. 19 kittens were born in one litter on August 7th, 1970. Four were stillborn. The surviving fifteen kittens consisted of 1 female & 14 males.

neg: - Key Zip or Address or click on the map. This page shows a Google Map with an overlay of Zip Codes for Bonsall, San Diego County, California. Users can easily view the boundaries of each Zip Code. Bonsall, San Diego County, California Zip Code Map Boundary Version 3.0 Copyright © 1996-2014 John Coryat - USNaviguide. All rights reserved.

neg: Crevice corrosion Depending on the environment developed in the crevice and the nature of the metal, the crevice corrosion can take a form of: pitting (i.e., formation of pits), filiform corrosion (this type of crevice corrosion that may occur on a metallic surface underneath an organic coating), intergrannular attack, or; stress corrosion cracking.

neg: The Largest Number of Children in One Family on Record? USA Today recently came out with a family on record with the most children born to one couple, the Chernenko family of Sacromento, 17 children. Originally from the Ukraine, this family shows that having many children can be a great blessing from God.

neg: Top 10 crazy, amazing and world record breaking pregnancy facts 8) In March 2004, a Texas woman gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys. The boys were named Jacob and Jacoby, Jason and Justin, and weighed between 2lbs 5 oz and 3 lbs 4oz. Proud mum Sheryl McGowen, 35, had been through years of fertility treatments.

neg: Mother gives birth to the 'heaviest girl ever born in the world' weighing FIFTEEN pounds (the same as a 6-month-old) A mother has given birth to a baby girl weighing a staggering 15lbs - the heaviest female ever born in the world. Nandini, 19, who goes only by her initial name, welcomed her first child, a daughter, by C-section on Monday evening at a government-run hospital in Hassan in southern state Karnataka.

neg: Feodor Vassilyev Feodor Vassilyev (Russian: ѳеодоръ васильевъ) (c. 1707 – 1782) was a peasant from Shuya, Russia. His first wife sets the record for most children birthed by a single woman. She gave birth to a total of 69 children; however, few other details are known of her life, such as her name, date of birth or death.

neg: 70-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth Illustration by Barry Falls. Rajo Devi became the oldest woman in recorded history to ever give birth on November 28, when the 70-year-old delivered a baby girl in India. Married for 50 years, she had been trying, without success, to have a child for much of that time, until she entered menopause (which was 20 years ago).

neg: Born With Two Vaginas: Not So Rare A variety of uterine or mullerian anomalies occur in about 1 in 200 births, according to Berghella. You do the math - probably more than 100 million women in the world have it.. The reproductive tract is made of two tubes next to each other all the way from the vagina to the fallopian tubes, he said.

neg: - There is a record that has a pretty large number of children born to one mother. A Russian woman had 69 children in 40 years (1725 to 1765)! They were twins (16 sets), triplets (7 sets), and quads (4 sets). Only two failed to live passed infancy.

neg: Lesson Two When you look at this diagram remember that it is a cycle that involves a cell division at cytokinesis. The daughter cells then start their own cell cycle at the point just after cytokinesis. Maybe this diagram to the right will make that clear. The big mother cell divides at cytokinesis into two smaller daughter cells.

neg: - 1 Nigeria has the highest rates of multiples with more identical twins than fraternal. while China has one of the lowest with multiple births occurring one in 300 births.  The largest surviving complete set is of septuplets (in US). Three complete sets of sextuplets survive in the UK (6 girls in 1983.

neg: USA: Mother Gives Birth to 17 Babies at Once! Facebook 14.9k Twitter 182 15.1k. Indianapolis| An American woman has totally annihilated the former World Record for the most babies in a lone pregnancy by giving birth to seventeen babies over 29 hours last weekend at the Indianapolis Memorial Hospital.

neg: Multiple birth Twins are by far the most common form of multiple births in humans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report more than 132,000 sets of twins out of 3.9 million births of all kinds each year, about 3.4%, or 1 in 30. Triplets

neg: What is the most children a woman has ever had? exists and is an alternate of . A Russian peasant woman once had 67 children, she had lots of twins & triplets & quads and died having her 67th child. Nadya Octomom Suleman gave birth to octuplets in January 2009, in California. They all survived and just celebrated their first Birthday.

neg: - In 1978, China instituted its one child policy to address its massive overpopulation problem, and since that time, as many as 400,000,000 abortions have taken place. With Chinese parents' strong traditional preference for boys, it's not surprising that the vast majority of them were destined to be little girls.

neg: The Youngest Parents in the World â When Children Have Children Lina Vanessa Medina – The youngest mother in History. A Peruvian Lina Medina gave birth to a baby boy at the age of five in 1939. At present, she is still considered the youngest mother all over the world and registered in Guinness World Records.

neg: Top 10 crazy, amazing and world record breaking pregnancy facts In a very rare occurrence, the two eggs implanted inside her both split in two – making the planned twins quadruplets. 9) In May 2003, twins were born in Jerusalem from 12-year-old frozen embryos. It’s reported to be the longest human cryopreservation. The boy and girl born weighed five pounds each. 10) The Hanselman sextuplets were born in just one minute in Ohio in February 2004 to Jennifer, 29, and Keith, 30.

neg: What is the record number of children born to one woman ? Report Abuse. The largest set in which all members survived more than a few days is septuplets, the first of which was in 1997. The largest set to have even a single member survive is octuplets, in 1998 (with the seven surviving octuplets born in Texas).

neg: What is the record number of children born to one woman ? Highest Number of Children in Modern Times The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, of which only 55 of them are documented. She is listed in the 1999 Guinness World Records but dropped from later editions.

neg: Fertility Rates  (Children per Family) World Statistics Then say that 20% of the 18-year-olds had a baby, 40% of the 19-year-olds, 50% of the 20-year-olds, and 30% of the 21-year-olds. Adding these up gives 140%, so the average woman in this hypothetical society has 1.4 children in her lifetime. Of course in real life women women are typically having children from ages 17 or 18 up to their 30's, and some have children even younger or older, so there are a lot more than four numbers to add together.

neg: How to Cook Frozen Meatballs in a Crockpot Step 3. Pour your favorite sauce into the crockpot. Pour enough sauce into the pot to cover the meatballs. Use marinara sauce, spaghetti sauce, barbecue sauce or any other sauce your tastebuds crave.

neg: How to add, edit, and copy FastPass+ reservations in My Disney Experience How to get new FastPass+ reservations. These are the steps to use when using a browser on a desktop, mobile, or tablet. 1. Make sure you're logged in to My Disney Experience. 2. Click on My Disney Experience and then FastPass+. 3. Click the New FastPass+ button. 4. Select the names of all of the people in your group and then click Next.

neg: You Will Be Shock Of The Worldâs Youngest Mother Ever Recorded In Historyâ¦ I Canât Believe At Her Age She Became Pregnant! On May 14, 1939, Lina gave birth to a baby boy. The child was delivered by way of caesarean section, as Lina’s pelvis was too small to perform natural birth. Her son was named Gerardo. Lina Medina was officially became the youngest confirmed mother in medical history, aged 5 years, 7 months and 21 days. As one would expect, taking advantage was immediately considered and Lina’s father was arrested on suspension of incest. He was later released due to lack of evidence.

neg: America's largest family, the Bates, on miracle 19th child who survived after failing to breathe on his own at birth America's largest family, the Bates, on miracle 19th child who survived after failing to breathe on his own at birth. 1  The Bates, from Lake City, Tennessee, have 19 children in total after Jeb Colton Bates was born in February, 2012. 2  They are the stars of a new reality TV show called United Bates Of America.


query: what is the test on your thyroid called

pos: Thyroid Hormone Tests Test Overview. Thyroid hormone tests are blood tests that check how well the thyroid gland is working. The thyroid gland makes hormones that regulate the way the body uses energy. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland that lies in front of your windpipe (trachea), just below your voice box (larynx).

neg: Thyroid Panel A thyroid panel is a group of tests that may be ordered together to help evaluate thyroid gland function and to help diagnose thyroid disorders. The tests included in a thyroid panel measure the amount of thyroid hormones in the blood. These hormones are chemical substances that travel through the blood and control or regulate the body's metabolism—how it functions and uses energy.

neg: What Is a TSH Test? TSH stands for “thyroid stimulating hormone” and the test measures how much of this hormone is in your blood. TSH is produced by the pituitary gland in your brain. This gland tells your thyroid to make and release the thyroid hormones into your blood. The Test. The TSH test involves simply drawing some blood from your body.

neg: - Thyroid hormone blood tests include: Total thyroxine (T4). Most of the thyroxine (T4) in the blood is attached to a protein called thyroxine-binding globulin. Less than 1% of the T4 is unattached. A total T4 blood test measures both bound and free thyroxine.

neg: Thyroid Scan A thyroid scan uses a radioactive tracer and a special camera to make a picture of the thyroid gland. The radioactive tracer used in this test is usually iodine or technetium. A thyroid scan is done to help find problems with the thyroid gland.

neg: - Most precipitation in the Coniferous forest arrives as rain in summer. The average yearly precipitation is 12 to 33 inches.hat is the average yearly precipitation in a tropical rain forest? in the tropical rain forest, 50-260 inches(125-660cm) is the yearly average precipitation.

neg: How big a deposit do I need? 90%, 95% and 100% mortgages. The number of 90% and 95% mortgages on the market is on the increase so provided you meet lenders’ affordability criteria if you have a 10% or 5% deposit it may be possible for you to get a mortgage.ou can find typical first time buyer mortgage rates. The number of 90% and 95% mortgages on the market is on the increase so provided you meet lenders’ affordability criteria if you have a 10% or 5% deposit it may be possible for you to get a mortgage.

neg: Thyroid Function Tests Thyroid function tests are blood tests which help to check the function of the thyroid gland. They are mainly used to detect hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid). Note: the information below is a general guide only.

neg: - This test measures the amount of thyroid antibodies in your blood. The test can help find out whether you have a problem with your thyroid. Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located near the base of your throat above your collarbone.

neg: - Guide. Thyroid hormone tests are blood tests that check how well the thyroid gland is working. The thyroid gland makes hormones that regulate the way the body uses energy. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland that lies in front of your windpipe (trachea), just below your voice box (larynx).

neg: - 24. Thyroid function tests are blood tests which help to check the function of the thyroid gland. They are mainly used to detect hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid). Note: the information below is a general guide only.

neg: Thyroid Hormone Tests Thyroid hormone blood tests include: Total thyroxine (T4). Most of the thyroxine (T4) in the blood is bound to a protein called thyroxine-binding globulin. Less than 1% of the T4 is free. A total T4 blood test measures both free and bound thyroxine.

neg: - Thyroid function test. A blood test measuring your hormone levels is the only accurate way to find out whether there's a problem. The test, called a thyroid function test, looks at levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroxine (T4) in the blood.he test, called a thyroid function test, looks at levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroxine (T4) in the blood.

neg: Diagnosing Thyroid Disease With Blood Tests The most common thyroid test is the blood test that measures the amount of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in your bloodstream. The test is sometimes called the thyrotropin-stimulating hormone test. TSH that is elevated, or above normal, is considered indicative of hypothyroidism.

neg: Thyroid Scan A thyroid scan is a nuclear medicine test that uses a radioactive iodine tracer to examine the structure and function of the thyroid gland. thyroid that is enlarged or pushed off to one side could be a sign of a tumor. Nodules will absorb more or less iodine and will look darker or lighter on the scan (usually lighter if there is a tumor). If part of the thyroid appears lighter, it could be a thyroid problem.

neg: - Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH). Guide. A thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test is used to check for thyroid gland problems. TSH is produced when the hypothalamus releases a substance called thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). TRH then triggers the pituitary gland to release TSH.TSH causes the thyroid gland to make two hormones: triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). T3 and T4 help control your body's metabolism.Triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) are needed for normal growth of the brain, especially during the first 3 years of life.SH causes the thyroid gland to make two hormones: triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). T3 and T4 help control your body's metabolism. Triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) are needed for normal growth of the brain, especially during the first 3 years of life.

neg: - Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH). Guide. A thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test is used to check for thyroid gland problems. TSH is produced when the hypothalamus releases a substance called thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). TRH then triggers the pituitary gland to release TSH.TSH causes the thyroid gland to make two hormones: triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). T3 and T4 help control your body's metabolism.Triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) are needed for normal growth of the brain, especially during the first 3 years of life. Find the cause of an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism). 2  TSH levels can help determine whether hypothyroidism is due to a damaged thyroid gland or some other cause (such as a problem with the pituitary gland or the hypothalamus).

neg: Thyroid function tests Thyroid function tests. Thyroid function tests are used to tell whether your thyroid is working normally. The most common thyroid function tests are: Total, or free T4 (the main thyroid hormone in your blood)

neg: Thyroid Hormone Tests The thyroid gland makes hormones that regulate the way the body uses energy. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland that lies in front of your windpipe (trachea), just below your voice box (larynx). The thyroid gland uses iodine from food to make two thyroid hormones: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3).

neg: Thyroid Goiter Blood tests are done to check the level of thyroid hormones in your body. A blood test may also show if you have an autoimmune disease that caused your goiter. An ultrasound uses sound waves to show pictures of your thyroid on a screen. A fine-needle biopsy is done to get a tissue sample from your thyroid gland for testing. A thyroid scan is done to take pictures of your thyroid gland.

neg: Thyroid Hormone Tests Thyroid hormone blood tests include: 1  Total thyroxine (T4). 2  Most of the thyroxine (T4) in the blood is attached to a protein called thyroxine-binding globulin. 3  Less than 1% of the T4 is unattached. 4  A total T4 blood test measures both bound and free thyroxine.hy It Is Done. Thyroid hormone tests are done to: 1  Find out what is causing an abnormal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test. 2  For more information, see the topic Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) .

neg: - Guide. A thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test is used to check for thyroid gland problems. TSH is produced when the hypothalamus releases a substance called thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). TRH then triggers the pituitary gland to release TSH.

neg: TSH A TSH test measures the amount of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in your blood. TSH is produced by the pituitary gland. It tells the thyroid gland to make and release thyroid hormones into the blood. A blood sample is needed.

neg: Diagnosing Thyroid Disease With Blood Tests Diagnosing thyroid disease is a process that can incorporate numerous factors, including a clinical evaluation, various blood tests, imaging tests, biopsies, and other tests. In this article, you’ll learn more about the various blood tests that are used as part of thyroid disease diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing follow-up and management. TSH Test The most common thyroid test is the blood test that measures the amount of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in your bloodstream.

neg: - Definition. A noun phrase is word group with a noun or pronoun as its head. The simplest noun phrase consists of a single noun, as in the sentence  Bells were ringing.. The head of a noun phrase can be accompanied by modifiers, determiners (such as the, a, her), and/or complements, as in . An example of a noun-noun phrase is 'resource availability.' This phrase means 'availability of resources.' To shorten phrases like this, it is very common in scientific English for the second part (of resources) to be moved in front of the headword (availability).

neg: Thyroid Function Tests Thyroid function tests are blood tests which help to check the function of your thyroid gland. They are mainly used to detect an underactive thyroid(hypothyroidism)...


query: where is kurdish spoken

pos: Kurdish Kurdish is a macrolanguage that consists of a continuum of closely related languages spoken over a large territory that encompasses Turkey, Kurdistan, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan with a large diaspora spread all over Europe and the United States. Status.

neg: - In modern times, Kurds have tried to set up independent states in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, but their efforts have been crushed every time. The Kurdish People * 15 million to 20 million Kurds live in a mountainous area straddling the borders of Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.About 8 million live in southeastern Turkey. * The Kurds are a non-Arabic people who speak a language related to Persian.Most adhere to the Sunni Muslim faith. 15 million to 20 million Kurds live in a mountainous area straddling the borders of Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. About 8 million live in southeastern Turkey. * The Kurds are a non-Arabic people who speak a language related to Persian. Most adhere to the Sunni Muslim faith.

neg: - Albanian is spoken by about 6 million people, mainly in Albania and Kosovo. There are 2 principal dialects: Gheg, the northern dialect, and Tosk, the southern dialect and official language of the Republic of Albania. Pimsleur's Albanian teaches the Tosk dialect.Learn Albanian today with Pimsleur.lbanian is spoken by about 6 million people, mainly in Albania and Kosovo. There are 2 principal dialects: Gheg, the northern dialect, and Tosk, the southern dialect and official language of the Republic of Albania. Pimsleur's Albanian teaches the Tosk dialect.

neg: The Kurdish language The Kurdish language. Kurdish, the most widely spoken language in the Kurdistan Region, is in the Indo-European family of languages. The Kurdistan Region’s official languages for government purposes are Kurdish and Arabic. The two most widely spoken dialects of Kurdish are Sorani and Kurmanji.he Kurdistan Region’s official languages for government purposes are Kurdish and Arabic. The two most widely spoken dialects of Kurdish are Sorani and Kurmanji.

neg: - Kurdish (Kurdi / kurdí / کوردی’к). Oeрди öрди kurdish is a member Of The western iranian Branch-Of indo. European languages approximately 26 million People speak Kurdish, In, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan azerbaijan Kazakstan. and afghanistanpproximately 26 million people speak Kurdish in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan and Afghanistan.

neg: - While some of the native languages such as Kurdish (Iraq and Syria), Berber (Algeria and Morocco), Mahri (Yemen), and Jebali (Oman) are still spoken in this area, some languages have gradually shrunk.

neg: Kurds The Kurds are the people or group of peoples indigenous to Kurdistan, an area that includes parts of Northern Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.Kurdish communities can also be found in Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan.In recent decades, Kurds have migrated to European countries and the United States, and a significant Jewish Kurdish community migrated to Israel. Kurds speak several varieties Kurdish, an Iranian-Branch Indo-European language.urdish communities can also be found in Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan. In recent decades, Kurds have migrated to European countries and the United States, and a significant Jewish Kurdish community migrated to Israel.

neg: - A largely Sunni Muslim people with their own language and culture, most Kurds live in the generally contiguous areas of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Syria  a mountainous region of southwest Asia generally known as Kurdistan (Land of the Kurds).bout 8 million live in southeastern Turkey. * The Kurds are a non-Arabic people who speak a language related to Persian. Most adhere to the Sunni Muslim faith. Turkey * 1920: After World War I, when the Ottoman Empire is carved up, the Kurds are promised independence by the Treaty of Sevres.

neg: Talk:Kurdish languages Kurdish is an Iranian language, which is the western branch of Ind0-Iranian, which is a branch of the Satem group of the Indo-Iranian languages. Then, I seriously doubt the status of Kurdish as a SOUTH-western Iranian language. Only Persian is southwestern, linguistically speaking. Kurdish and Baluchi are NORTHwestern.

neg: Turkish language Turkish language. Turkish ( Türkçe ), also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 10–15 million native speakers in Southeast Europe (mostly in East and Western Thrace) and 60–65 million native speakers in Western Asia (mostly in Anatolia).

neg: - The Kurds are the majority population in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan and in the autonomous region of Rojava, and are a significant minority group in the neighboring countries Turkey and Iran, where Kurdish nationalist movements continue to pursue greater autonomy and cultural rights.s a whole, the Kurdish people are adherents to a large number of different religions and creeds, perhaps constituting the most religiously diverse people of West Asia. Traditionally, Kurds have been known to take great liberties with their practices.

neg: Assyrian language: what is it? Assyrian is a dialect of Akkadian, an extinct Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. It was in use for 2,500 years but has not been spoken for more than 2,000 years. The Assyrian dialect of Akkadian was spoken in the Northern areas of Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq.

neg: Who are the Kurds? Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state.

neg: - It is also spoken in Syria (500,000); Armenia (100,000) in regions bordering Iraq; and in Iran (100,000) south of Armenia and east of Iraq. There are unknown numbers of speakers in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Smaller communities speak the language (about 70 thousand) in Lebanon and in Europe, the US, and Canada.

neg: - Contact Us. Turkey. The official language, Turkish, is the first language spoken by 90% of the 71.1m population. Minority languages include Kurdish, spoken by 6% of the population, although this isn't recognised as an official language.

neg: Turkish language Turkish (Tuerkce (türkçe·help)), info also referred to As Istanbul, turkish is the most widely spoken of The turkic, languages with around–10 15 million native speakers In Southeastern (europe mostly In European) turkey and–55 60 million native speakers In Western (asia mostly In Asian). turkey

neg: - The largest cluster of dialects still spoken are known as North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) and are found in Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran.(See the NENA Database Project in the links below.) The most prominent dialect among NENA is Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.yriac was the Aramaic dialect that was spoken around Edessa. This became the language i … n which Christianity was preached east of the Roman empire. Syriac is Aramaic, but not all Aramaic is Syriac. Many words in Syriac have subtle differences from the Aramaic root, but the word remains the same.

neg: Kurds More Kurds live in Turkey than anywhere else. They are the second-largest ethnic group in Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. They are the third-largest group (after Azerbaijanis) in Iran. Kurds also live in Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, and other places across Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although they live among them, Kurds are ethnically unrelated to Turks, Arabs, and Iranians. 3 • language The Kurdish language is related to Persian (or Farsi), the language spoken in Iran.

neg: Part 4. Examining Process It is considered a financing because of the bargain and the fact that the lessee is obligated for virtually 100% of the cost of the asset. • Why would a customer want this: A small company that has limited access to capital and is not concerned about accounting or tax benefits.

neg: Bi xÃªr hatin bo malpera me! There are two major literary versions of Kurdish, based on two major dialects of the language: Kurmanji-Kurdish is spoken in the northern areas of Kurdistan (in Turkey, Armenia, Syria and northern Iraq) and is written in the Roman (Latin) script.

neg: - The Kurds (Kurdish: Kurd, کورد) also the Kurdish people (Kurdish: Gelê Kurd, گەلی کورد) are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a contiguous area spanning adjacent parts of eastern and southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), western Iran (Eastern or Iranian Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern or Iraqi Kurdistan), and northern ...

neg: - Kurdish, the most widely spoken language in the Kurdistan Region, is in the Indo-European family of languages.The Kurdistan Region’s official languages for government purposes are Kurdish and Arabic.urdish, the most widely spoken language in the Kurdistan Region, is in the Indo-European family of languages.

neg: Kurdish (KurdÃ® / Ú©ÙØ±Ø¯Û) Kurdish is a member of the Western Iranian branch of Indo-European languages. Approximately 26 million people speak Kurdish in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan and Afghanistan.Kurdish began to appear in writing in a version of the Persian alphabet during the 7th century AD.pproximately 26 million people speak Kurdish in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan and Afghanistan.

neg: - Kurdistan is autonomous in Iraq, they have a government in Iraq. But not Syria, Turkey and Iran. In Turkey, Kurdish culture, language, history, and politics are actively repressed. Things are changing in Syria it is possible that the Kurds walkout of this revolution one autonomy richer. 1 person found this useful.

neg: Talk:Kurdish languages No, both are the same name (Kurdish), but with a different disambiguator (language vs. languages) attached to it. -- JorisvS (talk) 09:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC). JorisvS: Here we are only comparing two, distinct terms / names (not the same word Kurdish vs Kurdish): Kurdish language and Kurdish languages.

neg: - Kurdish in Iraq are mainly divided between Central and Northern dialects. Northern is spoken in the regions around the Great Zab river, and the provinces of Dahuk and Mosul. Central is spoken south of the Great Zab river, in the provinces of Sulaymaniyah, Irbil, Kirkuk, Khanaqin and Mandali.