At the 2012 meeting in Vancouver, Canada, the American Association for the Advancement of Science ( the world's biggest science conference ), support was reiterated for a cetacean bill of rights, listing cetaceans as " non-human persons ".

The biggest questions for the new president-elect and new government are how to address corruption at the level of the bureaucracy, citizens and parties ; how to address the expectations of the Egyptian people ; how to bring people from different backgrounds and different voices to support social accountability during economic and political transition to an active developmental state.

The Christian Democrat group was the biggest group at formation, but as time wore on it lost support and was the second-biggest group by the time of the 1979 elections.

Patterning itself after Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy, Metaxas ' regime promoted various concepts such as the " Third Hellenic Civilization ", the Roman salute, a national youth organization, and introduced measures to gain popular support, such as the Greek Social Insurance Institute ( IKA ), still the biggest social security institution in Greece.

The event has been the biggest sporting event ever held in Wales, however it would not have been possible without the financial support given by the WRU and the Cardiff Athletic Club.

Politicians of the biggest opposition parties, CHP and BDP also lent their support to the demonstration.

Hall was recorded saying " It's a crime to send me on the biggest amphibious attack in history with such inadequate naval gunfire support.

Despite this support among sectors of the upper classes, his overwhelming victory was above all due to the support of the biggest class in France: the peasants.

Castro toured various countries in support of CD, the biggest success included Argentina, Italy and America.

Deciding it would make the label look bad for firing Summers if Rogers continued to be a major success ( his duet with Dolly Parton, " Islands in the Stream ", had been one of the biggest hits of 1983 ), Rogers received very little support from the label during the next several years he was with them.

In 2002, Harris ran against Sarasota Attorney Jan Schneider for the congressional district vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Dan Miller, winning by 10 percentage points in this solidly Republican district-and a victory helped with one of the biggest first term campaign fund raising efforts in the history of this district and substantial support from the Bush family.

Perhaps the biggest beneficiaries of the Kornilov Affair were the Bolshevik Party, who enjoyed a revival in support and strength in the wake of the attempted coup.

The biggest problem for the Māori was that their society was ill-adapted to support a sustained campaign.

In support of the album, Pink embarked on the world I'm Not Dead Tour, for which ticket sales in Australia were particularly high ; she sold approximately 307, 000 tickets in Australia, giving her the record for the biggest concert attendance for an arena tour by a female artist.

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan was seen as Martin's biggest rival for the position, however, his position was weakened due to his public declaration of support for Cowen the previous week.

Nathan aggressively researched treatment options and Giuliani was quoted as saying, " I felt so fortunate to have not only someone who loved me and cared about me, but also someone who was an expert with an enormous amount of knowledge of medicine and science-she was the single biggest support that I had.

The surge in National support marked the biggest single gain by a political party in a single poll in Colmar Brunton's polling history.

He was one of the leaders of the centre-left Estonian Labour Party, that saw its biggest support after the 1919 and 1920 elections.

League, arguably the biggest club in Japan and in Asia called the city home after strong support from its citizens.

In the 1970s and 1980s the hospital received support from its biggest campaigner Jimmy Savile who gave it a high profile on his television appearances, and raised an immense amount of money for the hospital.

nerves are stretched like a wire ; the simplest outing becomes a huge challenge-I have to have Angela's arm to support me most days ... my balance or lack of it is probably my biggest problem.

Thainstone Mart, to the south east of the town, is the biggest livestock market in Scotland, and rents out commercial units to various agricultural support services.

The party's ' Vote Labour Everywhere ' strategy was changed in 2000 to support Ken Livingstone for London Mayor and this ultimately led to the biggest purge in the party's history.

LithTech Talon's biggest selling point lay in its capable multiplayer support, more efficient when compared to prior versions of LithTech multiplayer that featured poor networking code.

The Goo Goo Dolls vocalist and guitarist Johnny Rzeznik has stated that Paul Westerberg has been and always will be his biggest inspiration.

Fish was heavily influenced by Peter Hammill, two of guitarist Steve Rothery's biggest influences were David Gilmour and Andrew Latimer, keyboard player Mark Kelly's biggest inspiration was Rick Wakeman, Pete Trewavas especially loved Paul McCartney's bass lines and Mick Pointer was fond of Neil Peart's drumming.

" Kelly Rowland named her the biggest inspiration of her career because " she works extremely hard.

* Singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry, and served as the setting and inspiration for many of her songs, including her biggest hit " Ode to Billie Joe " ( 1967 )

Reluctant at first, Harryhausen managed to develop the systems necessary to maintain proper color balances for his DynaMation process, resulting in his greatest masterpiece ( and biggest hit ) of the 50s, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad ( 1958 ), a major inspiration for Dennis Muren, decades later a long-time multi-Oscar-winning head of George Lucas ' Industrial Light and Magic special effects company.

Club Brugge was a key inspiration for the creation of Mexico's biggest football club Club Deportivo Guadalajara better known as " Chivas ".

While creating the music for Final Fantasy XII, however, his biggest musical inspiration was former regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu.

Only a few characters are removed from the movie, clearly the biggest visual inspiration for the game, such as Shadout Mapes, Piter De Vries, Reverend Mother Ramallo and Glossu Rabban.

Of autobiographical inspiration, it is his biggest personal success in France and his most intimate film also.

Ciara said that watching Destiny's Child and Janet Jackson perform on a television program while staying home from school inspired her to pursue a career in music, and cites superstar siblings Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson as her biggest inspiration.

Avant cites R. Kelly as his biggest influence and inspiration.

Lewis has cited Stevie Wonder as his biggest inspiration, and Lewis has often been compared to him because of the similarities in their tones.

Pundik has stated that Nirvana is his biggest inspiration.

The duo, although largely forgotten now, were at the peak of their careers in the 1930s and were the biggest inspiration to the British team of Morecambe and Wise.

When asked for the source of his greatest creative inspiration, American singer songwriter Bob Dylan selected Burns ' 1794 song A Red, Red Rose, as the lyrics that have had the biggest effect on his life.

A such phenomenon is growing popular in Japan since the 90's with its dedicated manga ( Shutokō Battle's biggest inspiration being Wangan Midnight ), anime series and video games ( C1 Circuit, Wangan Trial, Naniwa Wangan Battle ).

But the biggest shift in company history came in 1953 ; the Burroughs Adding Machine Company was renamed the Burroughs Corporation and began moving into computer products, initially for banking institutions.

The music was revised completely but the biggest change came in the footage used – reflecting the methods and nature of newsgathering, while a strong emphasis was placed on the BBC logo itself.

One of the highlights came on August 5, when the Indians completed the biggest comeback in MLB History.

The biggest news of the season came on July 30 when the Indians traded four prospects for Colorado Rockies star pitcher, Ubaldo Jiménez.

Atkins's own biggest hit single came in 1965, with " Yakety Axe ", an adaptation of his friend saxophonist Boots Randolph's " Yakety Sax ".

On 13 January 1953, the biggest anti-semitic affair in the Soviet Union was initiated with an article in Pravda that began what came to be known as the Doctors ' plot, in which a number of the country's prominent Jewish physicians were accused of poisoning top Soviet leaders and arrested.

Minsky says that the biggest source of ideas about the theory came from his work in trying to create a machine that uses a robotic arm, a video camera, and a computer to build with children's blocks.

As June came to a close, the Brewers made their biggest move for playoff contention as they traded 4 prospects, most notably Matt LaPorta, to the Cleveland Indians for CC Sabathia.

Reflecting on his career in 1930, Cobb told Grantland Rice, " The biggest thrill I ever got came in a game against the Athletics in 1907 September 30 ...

On January 5, 1967, the biggest gas attack came against the village of Kitaf, causing 270 casualties, including 140 fatalities.

The biggest challenge came in the form of the FCC's chain broadcasting investigation — the " monopoly probe ," as it was often called.

In December 1973, his biggest break came with an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

The biggest competition for MiniDisc came from the emergence of MP3 players.

The biggest wave came in April 1968, when riots occurred in over a hundred cities in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King.

A two-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring soul, funk, and disco songs such as his two biggest hits, " You're the First, the Last, My Everything " and " Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe.

The second biggest Pride Parade in Brazil is Rio de Janeiro Gay Pride Parade, numbering about 2 million people, traditionally taking place in Zona Sul or Rio's most affluent neighborhoods between the city center and the world-famous oceanic beaches, which usually happens in the second part of the year, when it is winter or spring in the Southern Hemisphere, generally characterizing milder weather for Rio de Janeiro ( about 15 ° C in difference ), except for some storm and cold fronts which occasionally came from southerly latitudes through the year but most commonly in winter.

The autism-related MMR study in Britain caused use of the vaccine to plunge, and measles cases came back: 2007 saw 971 cases in England and Wales, the biggest rise in occurrence in measles cases since records began in 1995.

But the biggest threat to the Mission's stability came from the presence of Spanish settlers who sought to take over Capistrano's fertile lands.

Secularization came to be seen by Protestants as the biggest threat to Christian values, however, and by the 1980s Catholic bishops and evangelicals had begun to work together on issues such as abortion.

The demonstration — the biggest anti-Martelly protest since he came to power in May — showed that Aristide still enjoys a measure of popularity.

One of her biggest commercial successes came in 1988 when she starred in Bull Durham.

While most major studios eventually began putting SDDS tracks on their releases ( Universal exclusively supported DTS until 1998, and Paramount and Fox placed SDDS tracks on only their biggest releases until 2001-2002 ), most independent films only came with Dolby Digital tracks, leaving many SDDS-equipped theaters playing analog sound in otherwise state-of-the-art auditoriums.

He's Darkwing's self-proclaimed biggest fan, even spending a year designing the Thunderquack just out of fanboy urges ; the hero originally found him annoying but quickly came to see him as a friend.

Entertainment came from the Foxtel Main Stage included a set from Zoe Badwi and Garcon Garcon, and included one of the biggest ever “ Mr and Mrs Fair Day ” competitions.

The biggest push towards abolishing the jurisdictional, legal effects of the State line came when the Lions Club voted to sponsor a project for the consolidation of the two school systems in the town.