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.

Moyes has broken the club record for highest transfer fee paid on four occasions, signing James Beattie for £ 6 million in January 2005, Andy Johnson for £ 8. 6 million in summer 2006, Yakubu for £ 11. 25 million in summer 2007, and Marouane Fellaini for £ 15 million in September 2008.

On 14 September Moyes was sent to the stands by referee Alan Wiley during a game against Stoke City.

Moyes admitted an improper conduct charge in September in relation to his behaviour towards referee Martin Atkinson following a 3-3 draw with Manchester United.

There were some historic moments for the Cubs as well ; they claimed the ' 35 pennant in thrilling fashion, winning a record 21 games in a row in September.

A similar declaration was issued with regard to Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo's conferring of episcopal ordination on four men-all of whom, by virtue of previous Independent Catholic consecrations, claimed already to be bishops-on 24 September 2006: the Holy See, as well as stating that, in accordance with Canon 1382 of the Code of Canon Law, all five men involved incurred automatic (" latae sententiae ") excommunication through their actions, declared that " the Church does not recognise and does not intend in the future to recognise these ordinations or any ordinations derived from them, and she holds that the canonical state of the four alleged bishops is the same as it was prior to the ordination.

In September 1949 Orwell invited his accountant Harrison to visit him in hospital, and Harrison claimed that Orwell then asked him to become director of GOP Ltd and to manage the company but there was no independent witness.

On 17 September 1179, when Hildegard died, her sisters claimed they saw two streams of light appear in the skies and cross over the room where she was dying.

Frederick finally arrived on the Sixth Crusade in September 1228, and claimed the regency of the kingdom in the name of his infant son.

In September 1940, press reports claimed that it had to have declared war on Britain in support of Italy ; however, this was later denied by the Sanmarinese government.

On September 19, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published his photograph alongside Badr Alhazmi's, whom they claimed was the actual hijacker who had stolen his identity.

In September 2005 an Israeli AIDS expert claimed that Arafat bore all the symptoms of AIDS based on obtained medical records.

Yamoussoukro is also the site of what is claimed to be the largest Christian place of worship on Earth: The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, consecrated by Pope John Paul II on 10 September 1990.

Shortly after the September 11 attacks, family and friends claimed that Jarrah did not exhibit the same “ smoldering political resentments ” or “ cultural conservatism ” as Mohamed Atta.

“ He said he had even bought a new suit for the occasion .” Jarrah ’ s family in Lebanon claimed in September 2001 that he was an innocent passenger on the plane.

Sigismund claimed these rights for himself and designated Frederick to represent him as elector of Brandenburg in the imperial election of 20 September 1410.

Staff at Shuckum's Oyster Pub and Seafood Grill in Hollywood, Florida claimed they recognized both Atta and Marwan as two of the people who had been at the restaurant on either September 7 or 8.

A baptismal certificate issued in 1894 lists his date of birth as October 20, 1890 ; however Morton himself and his half-sisters claimed he was born on September 20, 1885.

The bloodiest incident by far was the September 2004 Beslan hostage crisis, in which Chechen insurgents attributed to Shamil Basayev ( who alternatingly denied and claimed responsibility ) seized control of a school.

He claimed that an early election would jeopardize both the September 2005 Gaza withdrawal plan and the standing of the party in a national unity government with Sharon.

Of particular note is 5 September 1853 ; Wagner claimed in his autobiography Mein Leben that on this date the musical idea came to him while he was half asleep in a hotel in La Spezia in Italy, but this has been disputed by Deathridge and others.

At the same time, Raeder worked to promote National Socialist ideology as opposed to the NSDAP in the Navy, ordering in September 1936 that all officers read a tract by Kriegsmarine Commander Siegfried Sorge called Der Marineoffizier about what it took to be a good officer., Sorge had claimed that one could not be a good naval officer without believing in National Socialist values.

" Hoffman would not respond to accusations that he had plagiarized the book, as claimed in an article by Izak Haber in Rolling Stone magazine ( No. 92, 10 September 1971 ), entitled " How Abbie Hoffman Won My Heart and Stole Steal This Book "; Haber is acknowledged in the book as having done a great deal of the research.

It is now officially claimed by the Communist Party of China that Mao in his last year turned against Jiang Qing and her associates, and that after his death on 9 September 1976, they attempted to seize power ( the same allegation made against Lin Biao in 1971 ).

On 11 September 2008, BBC Radio Four's Document programme claimed to have unearthed a secret plan – codenamed Doomsday – which proposed to cut all of the United Kingdom's constitutional ties with Northern Ireland and transform the province into an independent dominion.

In September 2012 FUNAI claimed that loggers are only 6 kilometers away from the Awa.

Smith visited the hill each year on the fall equinox ( September 22 ) between 1823 and 1827 and claimed to be instructed by the angel Moroni.

That same year Tolhurst filed a lawsuit against Smith and Fiction Records in 1991 over royalties payments, and claimed joint ownership of the name " The Cure " with Smith ; the verdict was handed out in September 1994 in favour of Smith.

On September 1, 1983, the Korean Air Flight 007, a South Korean civilian airliner, flew over Sakhalin and was shot down by the Soviet Union, just west of Sakhalin Island, near the smaller Moneron Island ; the Soviet Union claimed it was a spy plane.