To try to answer this question more definitely, a randomized double-blind study was started in September 2008 and was completed in March 2010.

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For this reason, Armenia was virtually unaffected by the Liquidity crisis of September 2008.

On September 11, 2008, a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III successfully completed the first landing in Antarctica using night-vision goggles at Pegasus Field.

On September 25, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ( ADAAA ).

Polish Constitutional Court however, in September 2008, decided that the regulations were unconstitutional and dismissed them.

In September 2008, Acadia moved to a student-owned notebook computer version of the Acadia Advantage, now named Acadia Advantage 2. 0.

On 26 September 2008, the university announced its intention to return swimming to a varsity status in September 2009.

On 1 September 2008, Aston Martin announced the revival of the Lagonda marque.

The company has posted a three phase turn down schedule, which was completed in September 2008.

All Alltel AMPS and D-AMPS service was discontinued in September 2008

AOL released an all-new AIM for the Macintosh on September 29, 2008 and the final build on December 15, 2008.

The system was formally launched on 1 September 2005, and in 2008 the Bundestag moved to a new system based on its evaluation.

On 7 September 2008 he took part in Soccer Aid 2008, and on 6 June 2010 in Soccer Aid 2010, playing for the Rest of the World vs a team of England celebrities and ex pros.

In the Beano's home city of Dundee, a special exhibition was held at the University of Dundee featuring original artwork and other memorabilia loaned from D. C. Thomson-it ran until 20 September 2008.

The protest ended in September 2008 after a lengthy court process.

As of September 2008, only one law remained to be approved, but was delayed because it had a faulty procedure for approval.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

On 28 September 2008, the CSU failed to gain an absolute majority, attaining 43 %, of the vote in the Bavaria state election for the first time since 1966 on a percentage basis and was forced into a coalition with the FDP.

In September 2008, Reality Deviant Publications published Shadows of Cthulhu, a supplement that brings Lovecraftian gaming to Green Ronin's True20 system.

The sellout streak set a Major League Baseball record ; this was broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008, though Boston's Fenway Park is considerably smaller than Progressive Field.

Augustus (, September 23, 63 BC – August 19, 14 AD ) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.

However, as Andronikos ' rule went on, the Emperor became increasingly paranoid and violent – in September 1185, Andronikos ordered the execution of all prisoners, exiles and their families for collusion with the invaders – and the Byzantine Empire descended into a terror state.

In late September, both the League and the Ottoman Empire mobilized their armies.

The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from September – November 1944 on the island of Peleliu, present-day Palau.

*" The Empire of the Necromancers " — Weird Tales, September 1932 LW1

Unable, however, to resist the urging of Charles V, the pope, after proposing Mantua as the place of meeting, convened the council at Trent ( at that time a free city of the Holy Roman Empire under a prince-bishop ), on December 13, 1545 ; the Pope's decision to transfer it to Bologna in March, 1547 on the pretext of avoiding a plague failed to take effect and the Council was indefinitely prorogued on 17 September 1549.

The Australian Mounted Division was armed with swords and in September, after the successful breaching of the Ottoman line on the Mediterranean coast by the British Empire infantry XXI Corps was followed by cavalry attacks by the 4th Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Division and Australian Mounted Divisions which almost encircled two Ottoman armies in the Judean Hills forcing their retreat.

Five months after the release of Tommy, The Kinks released another concept album, Arthur ( Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire ) ( September 1969 ), written by Ray Davies ; though considered by some a rock opera, it was originally conceived as the score for a proposed but never realised BBC television drama.

It was occupied by Japanese troops in September, 1914, and passed to the Japanese Empire under the Versailles Treaty in 1919 as a mandated territory under League of Nations supervision.

On the 29th of September, 1898, Samori Ture was captured by the French Commandant Gouraud and exiled to Gabon, marking the end of the Wassoulou Empire.

Guatemala gained independence from Spain on September 15, 1821 ; it briefly became part of the Mexican Empire and then for a period belonged to a federation called The United Provinces of Central America, until the federation broke up in civil war in 1838 – 1840 ( See: History of Central America ).

* 1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Forceful and determined, he summoned the bishops of the Holy Roman Empire to attend an assembly at Mainz on 8 September 1122.

Brazil gained independence as a monarchy on September 7, 1822, and the Empire of Brazil lasted until 1889.

In September 1939, Menzies found himself a wartime leader of a small nation of 7 million people that depended on Britain for defence against the looming threat of the Japanese Empire, with 100 million people, a very powerful military, and an aggressive foreign policy that looked south.

Suleiman I (;, Sultān Suleimān-i evvel or, Kānūnī Sultān Suleimān, Modern Turkish: I. Süleyman () or Kanuni Sultan Süleyman ; 6 November 1494 – 5 / 6 / 7 September 1566 ) was the tenth and longest-reigning Emperor, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566.

In the British Empire that year, September 2 was immediately followed by September 14.

* 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days ( the previous day was September 2 ).

* Empire State Building in New York was evacuated several times on September 11 and after due to false reports of potential threats.

Although the Empire of Japan was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth.

* September 29 – Italy declares war on Ottoman Empire.

* Second Sino-Japanese War ( 7 July 1937 – 9 September 1945 ) – fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan.

* September 29 – Second Balkan War: A peace treaty is signed in Constantinople between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria.