However, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 treats the fetus as a separate person for the purposes of assault and other violent crimes, under certain limited circumstances.

However, in 2004, Maher concluded that " Physical treatments, such as acupuncture, backschool, hydrotherapy, lumbar supports, magnets, TENS, traction, ultrasound, Pilates therapy, Feldenkrais therapy, Alexander technique, and craniosacral therapy are either of unknown value or ineffective and so should not be considered " when treating lower back pain with an evidence-based approach.

However, in fall 2004, three former Costa Rican presidents ( Jose Maria Figueres, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, and Rafael Angel Calderon ) were investigated on corruption charges related to the issuance of government contracts.

However, in October 2004, the Cuban government announced an end to this policy: from November US dollars would no longer be legal tender in Cuba, but would instead be exchanged for convertible pesos ( since April 2005 at the exchange rate of $ 1. 08 ) with a 10 % tax payable to the state on the exchange of US dollars cash — though not on other forms of exchange.

However, a truly exceptional cold snap swept the island in February 2004, during which period the whole island was blanketed with snow.

However, as attendance began to dwindle — the Rockies fell to just sixth in the National League in attendance in 2002, and ninth in 2003 and 2004 — the club could no longer afford to build through big-name free agents.

However, with the influx of new members in 2004, together with awarding Turkey candidate status, public opinion in the EU turned against enlargement.

However, there is very strong optimism with the conclusion of peaceful elections during the year 2004 and the election of the reformist president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

However, in the election to the European Parliament of June 2004, the party lost both of the European Parliament seats.

However, this program too ran into problems around 2004 – 05, and was put on hold in favor of an open competition for what became known as the OICW Increment 1.

However, there has been considerable controversy over this as later researchers have failed to reproduce the original findings of Rauscher ( e. g. Steele, Bass & Crook, 1999 ), questioned both theory and methodology of the original study ( Fudis & Lembesis 2004 ) and suggested that the enhancing effects of music in experiments have been simply due to an increased level of arousal ( Thompson, Schellenberg & Husain, 2001 ).

However, in 2004, the International Union of Geological Sciences ratified the Ediacaran age to be a geological age of the Neoproterozoic, ranging from 635 to 542. 0 ± 1. 0 million years ago.

However, in 2004 Paraguay ’ s meat production and exports rebounded.

However, the geographical distribution is somewhat uneven ; for example, in 2004:

However, they vanished in December 2004 while on bail and returned to Ireland.

However, the military of Somalia was later gradually reconstituted with the establishment of the Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ) in 2004.

However, in 2004, a new Somali government was formed.

However, this changed with the establishment in 2004 of the Transitional Federal Government, an entity which currently enjoys international recognition and support.

However, in Locke v. Davey, 540 U. S. 712 ( 2004 ), the Court held that states could exclude majors in " devotional theology " from an otherwise generally available college scholarship.

However, in 2004, he was voted 13th in the SABC3's Great South Africans.

However, the dispute was soon resolved and she received $ 125, 000 per episode until 2004 when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $ 360, 000 an episode.

However, according to Naithani & Kakkar ( 2004 ), " all herbal preparations should be checked for toxic chemical residues to allay consumer fears of exposure to known neuro-toxicant pesticides and to aid in promoting global acceptance of these products ".

However, in 2004 a tunnel was built under the city centre with two underground tram stations (" Spui " and " Grote Markt "); it is shared by RandstadRail lines 2, 3 and 4 and tram route 6.

However, several candidates were on the ballot in 2004 under the Natural Law Party banner, including Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Walt Brown.

However, with a calmer political situation in 2004, GDP rebounded 50. 1 trillion bolivares, and has risen strongly since, to 66. 1 trillion bolivares in 2007 ( both in constant 1998 bolivares ).

However while in his cell awaiting trial for theft, Barco, in a fit of apprehension, made an attempt to take his own life.

Experiments have been conducted to attempt the synthesis of ununennium ( Uue ), which is likely to be the next member of the group, but they have all met with failure .< ref name =" link "> However, ununennium may not be an alkali metal due to relativistic effects, which are predicted to have a large influence on the chemical properties of superheavy elements.

However, perhaps the first organised attempt to conserve cultural patrimony was the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in the UK, influenced by the writings of John Ruskin the society was founded by William Morris and Philip Webb in 1877.

However, two years earlier, Umlauf had watched as the composer's attempt to conduct a dress rehearsal of his opera Fidelio ended in disaster.

However, since 2001, more emphasis has been placed on Defense-Independent Pitching Statistics, including Defense-Independent ERA ( dERA ), in an attempt to evaluate a pitcher's performance regardless of the strength of the defensive players behind him.

However, it seems that the Duke ’ s favoured scheme was to return to the Moselle valley ( where Marshal Marsin had recently taken command of French forces ) and once more attempt an advance into the heart of France.

However, since Cardinal Quignonez's attempt to reform the Breviary employed this principle — albeit with no regard to the traditional scheme — such notions had floated around in the western Church, and can particularly be seen in the Paris Breviary.

However, when it happened, he did not attempt to undermine it.

However, states that he was instigated by Viscount Ji Huan to invade the Lu capital in an attempt to avoid dismanteling the Bi fortified walls.

However, some cosmologists and physicists do attempt to investigate what could have occurred before the Big Bang, using such scenarios as the collision of membranes to give a cause for the Big Bang.

However, the study made no attempt to ascertain the occurrence of the disease in other parts of the state, or elsewhere in the country.

However, the campaigns of the previous year had inflicted heavy losses on the Sassanids and they did not attempt another round of campaigns that year.

The opening of Korea to foreign Christian missionary activity in the late 19th century saw some improvement in the status of the baekjeong ; However, everyone was not equal under the Christian congregation, and protests erupted when missionaries attempted to integrate them into worship services, with non-baekjeong finding such an attempt insensitive to traditional notions of hierarchical advantage.

However, relations were strained for a time following the 26 June 1995 assassination attempt against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak as he was leaving the OAU summit meeting in Addis Ababa.

" However the word may be used as a colloquial term of endearment or in an attempt at humorous self-deprecation ( e. g., in such phrases as " I know I'm just an old fart " or " you do like to fart about !").

However the Agents ' first attempt is botched and they are forced to flee to safety.

However, this attempt failed and the Russians were rebuffed.

However, since network news use of the term pertained primarily to the criminal activities despite this attempt by the technical community to preserve and distinguish the original meaning, the mainstream media and general public continue to describe computer criminals with all levels of technical sophistication as " hackers " and does not generally make use of the word in any of its non-criminal connotations.

However, Hoover did pursue many policies in an attempt to pull the country out of depression.

However, should a player cross the zone in an attempt to gain an advantage ( e. g., better position ) their team cedes the ball.

However, on April 7, 2010, this attempt failed as well, and General Motors officially said it was shutting down the Hummer SUV brand and offering rich rebates in a bid to move the remaining 2, 200 vehicles.

However only a handful of Freud's followers were sufficiently qualified in hypnosis to attempt the synthesis.

However, most scholars now accept partial authenticity and many attempt to reconstruct their own version of the authentic kernel, and scholars such as Geza Vermes have argued that the overall characterizations of Jesus in the Testimonium are in accord with the style and approach of Josephus.

However, such an act was never a real possibility ; upon debriefing Philby in London on 24 May 1937, Maly wrote to the NKVD, " Though devoted and ready to sacrifice himself, does not possess the physical courage and other qualities necessary for this attempt.

However, an attempt to convert this interesting geometrical construction into a bona-fide model of reality founders on a number of issues, including the fact that the fermions must be introduced in an artificial way ( in nonsupersymmetric models ).