For example, the BBB has reported it was receiving four times as many inquiries about quack devices and 10 times as many complaints compared with two years ago.

criticized on several grounds. There are many such tests ( 10 in one table ) and recommendations

The Asteraceae may represent as much as 10 % of autochthon flora in many regions of the world.

Ibn Yunus observed more than 10, 000 entries for the sun's position for many years using a large astrolabe with a diameter of nearly 1. 4 metres.

* 1991 – A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around, killing at least 138, 000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.

Most Aster CT-80's ( about 10 thousand of them ) were sold to schools for computer education, in a project first known as the " honderd scholen project " ( one hundred schools project ), but which later involved many more than just one hundred schools.

Historians identify several waves of migration to the United States: one from 1815 – 1860, in which some five million English, Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian, and others from northwestern Europe came to the United States ; one from 1865 – 1890, in which some 10 million immigrants, also mainly from northwestern Europe, settled, and a third from 1890 – 1914, in which 15 million immigrants, mainly from central, eastern, and southern Europe ( many Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Italian, and Romanian ) settled in the United States.

Although many assume that the biblical Mark the Cousin of Barnabas ( Colossians 4: 10 ) is the same as John Mark ( Acts 12: 12, 25 ; 13: 5, 13 ; 15: 37 ) and Mark the Evangelist, the traditionally believed author of the Gospel of Mark, according to Hippolytus of Rome, the three " Mark " s are distinct persons.

Approximately 10 % of patients will experience a notable protracted withdrawal syndrome, which can persist for many months or in some cases a year or longer.

Population in the watershed has been rising for many decades and is projected to rise to about 10 million by 2030.

From April 17 to 19, 2005, the volcano began spewing ash and gas, forcing as many as 10, 000 people to flee.

This is particularly so in Sydney and Melbourne, where headways on many lines in the core of the network reach 3 – 5 minutes in peaks and 10 – 20 minutes off peak ( about 18 hours a day ) and enter an underground loop for passenger distribution in the city centre ; and where ridership per capita exceeds the sum of metro and commuter rail in comparable North American urban areas such as Toronto, Boston or the San Francisco Bay Area.

Columbus has been home to many manufacturing companies, including Noblitt-Sparks Industries ( which built radios under the Arvin brand in the 1930s ) and Arvin Industries, now Meritor, Inc. After merging with Meritor Automotive on July 10, 2000, the headquarters of the newly created ArvinMeritor Industries was established in Troy, Michigan, the home of parent company, Rockwell International.

The census in Malaysia is carried out every 10 years, like many nations, since 1960 ( with the exception of the fourth census, which was carried out in 1991 ).

When intervals between fires drop below 10 to 15 years, many chaparral species are eliminated and the system is typically replaced by non-native, invasive, weedy grassland.

In traditional European usage, one centillion is 10 < sup > 600 </ sup >, which is equal to ( 10 < sup > 6 </ sup >)< sup > 100 </ sup >; that is, it's the number with a hundred times as many zeroes as a million.

Championship takes at least 6 years and often as many as 10 years to obtain.

A traditional finger counting system still in use in many regions of Asia works in this way, and could help to explain the occurrence of numeral systems based on 12 and 60 besides those based on 10, 20 and 5.

Masters ' Diving events are normally conducted in age-groups of 5 or 10 years, and attract competitors of a wide range of ages and experience ( many, indeed, are newcomers to the sport ); the oldest competitor in a Masters ' Diving Championship was Viola Krahn, who at the age of 101 was the first person in any sport, male or female, anywhere in the world, to compete in an age-group of 100 + years in a nationally organized competition.

There are 10 types of monsters, including possessed humans as well as specifically hellish monsters, all which vary in many ways.

FBI agents assembled the ransom money from several Seattle-area banks — 10, 000 unmarked 20-dollar bills, many with serial numbers beginning with the letter " L " indicating issuance by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, most carrying a " Series 1969-C " designation — and made a microfilm photograph of each of them.

David Huffman ( 10 May 1945 – 27 February 1985 ) was a character actor with many television, film and stage credits.

Due to the introduction of new technologies, many workers have been made redundant in the recent years, creating a total unemployment rate of about 10 %.

Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

Observers claim that the Chinese community in Angola might include as many as 300, 000 persons at the end of 2010, but nothing near to reliable statistics are at this stage available on this point.

Another popular method of exploiting this bug was to simply use thrust to keep the ship in motion with 1 or 2 asteroids in the play field, allowing the player to pick off as many 1, 000 point UFOs as possible.

Achill has a long history of human settlement and there is evidence that Achill was inhabited as many as 5, 000 years ago.

Official statistics show that as many 575, 000 tourists visited Armenia from abroad in 2009 ; the government stated earlier in 2010 that the figure will surpass 620, 000 in 2010.

* 1989 – The deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1, 300, injuring 12, 000, and leaving as many as 80, 000 homeless.

The book made many Americans appreciate their country's economic progress and sold over 40, 000 copies, mostly in the U. S.

According to Plato, Atlantis was a naval power lying " in front of the Pillars of Hercules " that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9, 000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC.

Today the BHS has over 30, 000 members in 800 chapters across the United States, and the barbershop style has spread around the world with organizations in many other countries.

This is a total of over 24, 000 jobs, since Aarau's population is about 16, 000 it draws workers from many surrounding communities.

The Vietnam Red Cross reported as many as 3 million Vietnamese people have been affected by Agent Orange, including at least 150, 000 children born with birth defects.

On 24 April 1826 over 1, 000 men and women, many armed, gathered at Whinney Hill in Clayton-le-Moors to listen to a speaker from where they marched on Sykes ’ s Mill at Higher Grange Lane, near the site of the modern police station and Magistrate ’ s Courts, and smashed over 60 looms.

Tallard's force had suffered considerably more than Marlborough's troops on their march – many of his cavalry horses were suffering from glanders, and the mountain passes were proving tough for the 2, 000 wagons of provisions.

La Colonie omits a casualty figure in his Chronicles of an old Campaigner ; but Saint-Simon in his Memoirs states 4, 000 killed, adding ' many others were wounded and many important persons were taken prisoner '.

There are nearly 20, 000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher.

Over 500, 000 objects from the department are now on the online collection database, many with high quality images.

Over 350, 000 objects spanning two million years tells the story of the history of man, from three major continents and many rich and diverse cultures.

New Zealand formerly used the term borough to designate self-governing towns of more than 1, 000 people, although 19th century census records show many boroughs with populations as low as 200.

In 2004, the government discovered that many of the soldiers it was paying did not exist and that there were only about 19, 000 soldiers in the army, as opposed to the 24, 000 that had been previously believed.