The last time there was a major spike in immigration into Germany, in the 90s, refugees were largely left to their own devices.
When new episodes of that long-running BBC science-fiction drama were broadcast in Britain last year, executives at the BBC America cable channel observed a major spike in illegal file sharing of the show in the United States.
I also reported on a major spike in gang killings, including that involving Obama deportee Giovanni Miranda, who I interviewed there last year, just days before he was shot and killed in his bedroom by gang members while he was holding Simón, his one-year-old.
There are a few reasons almonds have become this season's bad guy: A major spike in planting (25% from 2013 to 2014, according to statistics on sales of new almond trees), the increase in almond acres owned by investment firms, the fact that the majority of the state's almonds are planted in one of its driest regions (San Joaquin Valley), and the skyrocketing demand for almond milk.
Still, collectively we are seeing a major spike in data usage in North America when you consider all of the other services in aggregate.
The lack of a major spike in the VIX is probably due to the fact that historical volatility on the SPX has failed to pop significantly higher.
Linkage analyses indicated that grain yield showed significantly positive correlation with plant height, leaf area and major spike components (P ≤ 0.05), suggesting that plant type of wheat was altered for better yield production as a result of MRFS operation.
Let's hope that this isn't foreshadowing things to come: Apple is officially launching its server-based iCloud alongside iOS5, which is obviously reliant on Apple's servers being able to handle a lot of traffic (I imagine there's going to be a major spike as people update their photo streams for the first time).
Decrem, who now serves as SVP and General Manager for Disney Mobile, says that the game is seeing around 25,000 downloads per hour right now, which is on par with what it saw on Christmas day last year (app downloads see a major spike on Christmas as people try out their new iPhones and iPod touches, so expect this number to surge even higher this year).
The initiative triggered a major spike in the number of Suspicious Activities Reports filed with the Manhattan DA.
The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war.
