According to the 2010 U. S. Census, however, the county's population exponentially increased to 77, 422 ( a 42. 6 % increase from 2000 ), making it the fastest growing county in Missouri and one of the fastest growing in the nation as the county becomes more suburban as booming growth continues in Springfield.

According to the US Census 2007 estimate, the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 133, 333 residents.

According to donation land claim records, Stevens was the first settler to stake a claim in the Springfield locale, arriving in October 1847.

According to a 2007 story in Forbes magazine's list of " America's Wildest Weather Cities " and the Weather Variety Index, Springfield is the city with the most varied weather in the United States.

According to King's Handbook of Springfield, by Moses King, the Pioneer Valley " is not an ordinary river channel ; it is, in fact, a trough between two systems of mountains.

According to Herbert Marshall Lloyd, an attorney and editor of Morgan's works, Lewis was descended from James Morgan, brother of Miles, who were Welsh pioneers of Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, respectively.

According to executive producer and current showrunner Al Jean, Hawking was asked to guest-star because " we were looking for someone much smarter than all the Mensa members Springfield ," and so they " naturally thought of him.

According to Omine, the list " never ended ", and when the writers realized the amount of fat people there were in Springfield, they decided that the residents should try and " go for the world record " in the " fattest people " category.

According to Courtney Vaughn from Springfield, Missouri who has been a frequent observer over the last decade explains that there is basically a main spooklight coming from the West that is almost always visible especially from two certain spots along country road E 50 Rd.

According to popular folklore, Mount Tom takes its name from Rowland Thomas, a surveyor who worked for the settlement of Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1660s.

According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) secretariat, the overwhelming direct cause of deforestation is agriculture.

According to Lemley, it was only at this point that the term really began to be used in the United States ( which had not been a party to the Berne Convention ), and it did not enter popular usage until passage of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980.

According to Chernow, Madison's position " was a breathtaking evolution for a man who had pleaded at the Constitutional Convention that the federal government should possess a veto over state laws.

According to a International Committee of the Red Cross review of the Biological Weapons Convention, " Toxins are poisonous products of organisms ; unlike biological agents, they are inanimate and not capable of reproducing themselves.

The UN does not define “ racism ”; however, it does define “ racial discrimination ”: According to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,

According to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 9 of the 12 most dangerous and persistent organic chemicals are pesticides.

According to the Montevideo Convention of 1933, the most cited source for the definition of statehood, a state must possess a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states.

According to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,

According to the United Nations Convention against illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, since Bouterse was convicted before his election as Head of State in 2010 he has no immunity.

According to the Ramsar Wetland Convention 1971, parts of Moreton Bay are listed as a wetland of international importance.

According to its own ruling, the Convention elected its president every fortnight.

According to Article 42 of the Hague Convention, " territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army.

According to 1932 Convention between Italy and Turkey all these islets-with the exception of Rho and Strongili-were assigned to Turkey.

According to the Protocol III of the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons governing the use of incendiary weapons:

According to Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna ( CITES ), it is allowed to sell 30 tons.

According to the agreement signed, the city of Houston bought the land for the arena and an adjoining parking garage, which was near the George R. Brown Convention Center, and paid for it by selling bonds and borrowing $ 30 million.

According to the ICRC the design was based on the Swiss flag by reversing of the colours of that flag, in order to honor Switzerland, where the first Geneva Convention was held.

According to the BBC, Ma ' ale Adumim is widely regarded by the international community as illegal under international law according to the Fourth Geneva Convention ( article 49 ), which prohibits an occupying power transferring citizens from its own territory to occupied territory.

According to its preamble, the purpose of the Convention is " to consolidate in this hemisphere, within the framework of democratic institutions, a system of personal liberty and social justice based on respect for the essential rights of man.

According to international copyright law, such as the Berne Convention, scanlations are illegal.

According to Article I of the Constitution of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, it is " composed of those bodies which have agreed to work together upon the basis of the historic Baptist position that the Bible is the all-sufficient ground of faith and practice ".

According to its mission statement, " he Convention exists to assist our churches to carry out their individual mission for Christ and to do that which we believe God calls us to do together.

According to the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association ( BACVA ), spending from domestic travelers in 2002 was $ 8. 476 billion statewide ; $ 2. 8 billion in Baltimore alone.

According to Ronald M. Kreitner, executive director of West Side Renaissance Inc., the " Convention Center will help contribute to the success of the theatres and the retail ," referring to the development of the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center / Hippodrome Theatre, as well as new retail ventures in the area.

According to the Garuda Purana, a soul after leaving the body, travels through a very long & dark tunnel towards South.

According to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, " Problems associated with drug trafficking are potentially the most serious threat to stability in the BVI ".

According to its Memorandum & Articles of Association, its objectives are :- “ To act as Nominee or agent or attorney either solely or jointly with others, for any person or persons, partnership, company, corporation, government, state, organisation, sovereign, province, authority, or public body, or any group or association of them ....” Bank of England Nominees Limited was granted an exemption by Edmund Dell, Secretary of State for Trade, from the disclosure requirements under Section 27 ( 9 ) of the Companies Act 1976, because, “ it was considered undesirable that the disclosure requirements should apply to certain categories of shareholders .” The Bank of England is also protected by its Royal Charter status, and the Official Secrets Act.

According to the U. S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools 2011 ranking, " California Institute of Technology headlines the new rankings, with top billing in three categories: chemistry, earth sciences and physics.

According to a report by the Hennessee Group, hedge funds were approximately one-third less volatile than the S & P 500 between 1993 and 2010.

According to Jex & Britt, individual and organization research can be divided into four unique research focuses.

According to the American Productivity & Quality Center (" APQC ") there are basic principles an organization can develop to encourage and reward innovation.

According to A & E Biography, there is also a belief among some Russians that Stalin himself murdered his wife after the quarrel, which apparently took place at a dinner in which Stalin tauntingly flicked cigarettes across the table at her.

According to Berry's biographer Mark A. Moore, " The song ( with backing vocals, plus additional instruments added by the Ernie Freeman combo ) had a raucous R & B flavor, with a bouncing bomp-bomp vocal hook that would become a signature from Jan on future recordings.

According to the book Local DJ, a Rock & Roll History, the band was performing in the area as an opening act for Herman's Hermits.

" According to Allmusic, " Moon, with his manic, lunatic side, and his life of excessive drinking, partying, and other indulgences, probably represented the youthful, zany side of rock & roll, as well as its self-destructive side, better than anyone else on the planet.

According to Jefferson himself, one goal was to find a " direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce with Asia " ( the Northwest Passage ).

According to Tarnow's theory, long-term memories are stored in dream format ( reminiscent of the Penfield & Rasmussen ’ s findings that electrical excitations of cortex give rise to experiences similar to dreams ).

According to economists Donald Deere ( Texas A & M ), Kevin Murphy ( University of Chicago ), and Finis Welch ( Texas A & M ), Card and Krueger's conclusions are contradicted by " common sense and past research ".

According to an Ernst & Young report, Poland ranks 7th in the World in terms of investment attractiveness.

According to a 2001 article in U. S. News & World Report, Limbaugh had an eight-year contract, at the rate of $ 31. 25 million a year.

According to the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll:

According to Sears ( p. 12 ) scientific investigation ( Walker & Leakey 1993 ) of the Nariokotome Skeleton provided further evidence for the Carrier theory.

According to John Storm Roberts, R & B became the vehicle for the return of Cuban elements into mass popular music.

According to the Microsoft Developer Network the patterns & practices of Security Engineering consists of the following activities:

According to the 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations claimed 214, 738 members in 2002.

According to U. S. News & World Report, the University of Manitoba is among the top 20 universities in Canada and top 400 universities in the world as of 2009.

According to the Weimar Republic 1928 Law on Firearms & Ammunition, firearms acquisition or carrying permits were “ only to be granted to persons of undoubted reliability, and — in the case of a firearms carry permit — only if a demonstration of need is set forth .” The Nazis replaced this law with the Weapons Law of March 18, 1938, which was very similar in structure and wording, but relaxed gun control requirements for the general population.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 55 % of U. S. emergency care now goes uncompensated.