Whether the 10th of Tevet falls 7 or 8 days after Hanukkah depends on whether the preceding month of Kislev has 29 or 30 days in the relevant year.

Whether a given act or omission constitutes a crime does not depend on the nature of that act or omission.

Whether a reaction actually will go in the arbitrarily-selected forward direction or not depends on the amounts of the substances present at any given time, which determines the kinetics and thermodynamics, i. e., whether equilibrium lies to the right or the left.

Whether or not it was supported by being suspended with ropes from a frame remains unknown, but very likely given its total weight.

Whether a given bill will be proposed and enter into force is generally a matter of the legislative priorities of government.

Whether this order was actually given is disputed ; Medina was acquitted of all charges relating to the incident at a separate trial in August 1971.

Whether a given form of speech prefers to use prepositions such as ad, ex, de for " to ", " from " and " of " rather than simple case endings is a matter of style.

Whether the title of " Doctor " was given to him due a knowledge of medicine, or conferred upon him as a degree, is unknown.

Whether a given star is circumpolar at the observer's latitude ( θ ) may be calculated in terms of the star's declination ( δ ).

Whether the old text was already too deeply rooted, or whether Rabbenu Tam did not correct these verbal forms consistently and grammatically, the old perfects are still retained at the beginning of the formula, although a future meaning is given to them.

Whether he did this because he was afraid to test his power or because he refused to do anything which would have given the Senate pretext to initiate violence remains unknown.

Whether her power of prediction is deterministic or not is a concept given much treatment in all three films.

Whether this speech was ever given by Stalin is still the subject of dispute by historians and no proof is as yet unanimously accepted.

Whether the cover was contrived or not, it is still an item of mail sent through the same postal system as other covers from a given country, with a postage stamp ( s ) and postmark, and is often more historically significant than covers set with no intention of recovery.

Whether in haste after the greenhouse incident or not, Robinson left for Dublin in 1861, where the influence of David Moore, head of the botanical garden at Glasnevin, a family friend, helped him find work at the Botanical Gardens of Regent's Park, London, where he was given responsibility for the hardy herbaceous plants, specializing in British wildflowers.

( Whether Paul survives the repercussions of his and JC's betrayal is up to the player, however given his appearance in Invisible War, it can be said that canonically Paul survives.

The late U. S. President Ronald Reagan wrote of him: " Whether flying combat missions over Korea, or winning gold medal after gold medal at the Olympics, or serving as an ambassador of goodwill among the young athletes of Africa, you have given your all.

Whether or not such a " trans-discipline " can maintain its momentum remains to be seen given the incertitude about the boundaries of such disciplines as community development.

Whether a larva becomes a worker or a queen depends on the kind of food it is given after the first three days of its larval form.

Whether in book or magazine form, the programs were sometimes specific to a given home computer and sometimes compatible with several computers.

Whether it is a book, a piece of furniture, a garment or a household item, it is all freely given away, although some operate a one-in, one-out – type policy ( swap shops ).

Whether the characterization of a law fits within one of the enumerated matters depends on the breadth given by the court to each matter.

Whether Elektra had come to Athena's shrine of the Palladium as a pregnant suppliant and a god cast it into the territory of Ilium, because it had been profaned by the hands of a woman who was not a virgin, or whether Elektra carried it herself or whether it was given directly to Dardanus vary in sources and scholia.

Whether a breach of a given rule will be stigmatized will depend on the significance of the moral or other tenet it represents.

Whether this would have worked is unknown, as the series was canceled before much detail could be given.

In addition, works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain, except that books originally published outside the US by non-Americans are exempt from this requirement, if they are still under copyright in their home country ( see How Can I Tell Whether a Copyright Was Renewed for more details ).

Whether the rumour of Oxford's death was related to the illness mentioned in his letters earlier in the year is unknown.

Whether this was intended as a drug reference was unclear, but the line would enter rock music when the song was a hit for the Byrds later in the year.

Whether he was a child or an adult during his time in Constantinople is unclear, as the year of his birth is unknown.

Whether or not the government is defeated in the imminent confidence vote, most political pundits are predicting an election call this year — many predicting by this summer.

Whether the farce succeeded is moot ; Japan withdrew from the League the following year.

Whether connected or not, the old Priory of St Andrew's was dissolved by commission later in the year, one of the last monasteries to be dissolved.

Whether Lucy shifted her support from Brigham Young to Strang in the year following that October Conference is a matter of debate.

Whether the conspiracy was real or not, Caligula so accused him and Lepidus was executed in the same year.

In a few months the band was getting regular local press and in a little over a year they had recorded and released the EP My Ears Are Ringing But My Heart's OK ( 1999 ) and the full-length Luxury or Whether It Is Better To Be Loved than Feared ( 2000 ) to positive reviews.

Whether they choose to visit and study abroad for one year, one semester or one week, those who participate in study abroad programs consistently report strong advantages and benefits.

Whether or not the so-called " fourth formula " is to be ascribed to a continuation of this synod or to a subsequent but distinct assembly of the same year, its aim is like that of the first three ; while repudiating certain Arian formulas it avoids the orthodox term " homoousios ," fiercely advocated by Athanasius and accepted by the First Council of Nicaea.

Whether or not Plato's tale of the lost continent of Atlantis is true, skeptics concede that the myth may have some foundation in a great tsunami of ancient times.

Whether a relation of an object is one of its properties may complicate such an argument.

In May 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court provided an opinion after it was asked to certify a question referred by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington: “ Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron .” The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that NCRL ’ s internet filtering policy did not violate Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.

Whether this similarity was intentional or accidental, it may explain why the plainer fashion of placing the stars in three parallel rows was preferred by many Americans over the quincuncial style.

Whether there is any truth to the accusation may never be known with any certainty.

Whether an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament may expressly apply to the Island as regards matters of self-government, or whether this historic power is now in abeyance, is a matter of legal debate.

Whether they were actually lovers is unknown, but their destruction of their letters to each other may point to something beyond mere privacy.

Whether the horti Maecenatiani bought by Fronto actually were the former gardens of Maecenas is unknown, and the domus Frontoniana mentioned in the twelfth century by Magister Gregorius may also refer to the gardens of Maecenas.

Whether objects heavier than the Planck mass ( about the weight of a large bacterium ) have a de Broglie wavelength is theoretically unclear and experimentally unreachable ; above the Planck mass a particle's Compton wavelength would be smaller than the Planck length and its own Schwarzschild radius, a scale at which current theories of physics may break down or need to be replaced by more general ones.

Whether a landform is called a mountain may depend on usage among the local people.

Whether or not the settlement must be completely deserted, or may contain a small population, is also a matter for debate.

Whether this was done at the behest of Anno II, or whether it may have made by Richeza, isn't clarified.

Whether this further revision of continuity has an in-universe rationale is as yet unknown, but it may stem from continuity changes wrought by the reality-fracturing conclusion of Infinite Crisis.

Whether commissioned officer, mercenary, or both, Standish apparently came to Holland around 1603 and may, according to historian Tudor Jenks, have seen service during the Siege of Ostend in which Vere's English troops were involved.

Whether or not it was considered as the national capital may never be known.

Whether or not Napoléon and his generals had in advance the consideration of securing the town in order to provide the soldiers with a shelter for the freezing night, the soldiers may have taken action on their own initiative to secure such a shelter.

Whether this invasion was directed against Amlaíb, or perhaps intended to support him by plundering only northern Northumbria which may have been outwith his control, is uncertain.

Whether it truly became extinct in England is unknown ; it has been speculated that it may have survived wild long enough for trees used in cultivation in England to derive from native ( rather than imported ) sources.

Whether a particular disability is " visible " or " invisible " can vary on both individual and contextual bases ; a wheelchair user may only use the wheelchair under certain circumstances and move apparently normally under others, a prosthetic limb may or may not be apparent, depending on clothing.

Whether cane-like ( with many joints ) or spherical ( with one or few joints ), they are all produced from a long lived creeping stem called a rhizome which may itself be climbing or pendulous.

Whether or not I act in conformity with a propagating evaluation, I may decide to spread the news to others.