The best current ( 2009 ) estimate of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) for the value of the astronomical unit in meters is A = m, based on a comparison of JPL and IAA – RAS ephemerides.

The Roman epic The Eagle, based on the 1954 novel The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, was filmed on location in Achiltibuie for a week in October 2009.

TNT announced in 2009 that it too would be making a TV movie based on Bixby's life.

*** Dennis and Gnasher ( 2009 TV series ), the latest series based on the Beano comic, released on September 7, 2009.

Among the various enhancements, support for advanced shader model 3. 0 based graphics was added to EDuke32 during late 2008-early 2009.

In a further sign of regeneration in the area, the Docklands now has its own symphony orchestra-Docklands Sinfonia-which was formed in January 2009 and is based at St Anne's Limehouse.

In 2009 he also wrote a book, Drood, based on Charles Dickens ' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

* In March 2009, some EDS employees, based in the USA and Puerto Rico, were informed that their salaries would be cut 10 % during the April 2009 pay periods, albeit with no reduction to drop a salary below $ 40, 000 a year.

However, emerging research based on brain autopsies of 50 deceased ET patients ( as of December 2009 ), showed clear degenerative and pathological abnormalities, including " messy " neurofilaments which can impede nerve impulses.

In the year 2009, the was Sam Fransikachea Visvaxiponnachea Dekhin, Jezu-Noketra Bhaxen Porzollum-ia, which translates from Konkani into English as ' Inspired by the faithfulness of Saint Francis, let us shine like Jesus, the Star ', probably based on the year's pastoral theme of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão Noketram Bhaxen, Sonvsarant Porzollum-ia which translates into English as ' Shine like Stars, in the World '.

* John Crowley's 2009 novel Four Freedoms is largely based on the themes of Roosevelt's speech.

With an A Score ( or D score ) being the difficulty score, which as of 2009 is based on the top 8 high scoring elements in a routine ( excluding Vault ).

This is based on 1989 to 2009 data, estimated by CIA.

In February 2009, the Polish paper Polska wrote that over one third of the Federation top officials were former Nazi activists, and based this on an article published by the German magazine Der Spiegel in 2006.

According to the all-time ranking published in 2009 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an organization recognised by FIFA, based on clubs ' performance in international competitions, Juventus were Italy's best club and second in Europe of the 20th century.

In 2009, Voight played Jonas Hodges, the villain, in the seventh season of the hit Fox drama 24, a role that many argue is based on real life figures Alfried Krupp, Johann Rall and Erik Prince.

* Kings ( U. S. TV series ), a 2009 series loosely based on the Biblical story of King David

In August 2009 the UK and US based company EditShare acquired Gee Broadcast and the Lightworks editing platform from, along with their video server system GeeVS.

In May 2009 Sparrow announced that it now has its own helicopter service based at its downtown Lansing hospital's new $ 2. 5 million helipad.

Mötley Crüe had announced that the movie The Dirt, based on the book written by Mötley Crüe and Neil Strauss, might be released in 2009.

* The Balinese New Year, based on the Saka Calendar ( Balinese-Javanese Calendar ), is called Nyepi, and it falls on Bali's Lunar New Year ( 26 March in 2009 ).

In 2009, the operations and maintenance contract for the day-to-day management and operation of the Fence was awarded to Five Rivers Services, LLC, based out of Colorado Springs, CO. On September 30, 2011, Five Rivers Services was awarded a $ 7, 022, 503 firm fixed price with cost reimbursable line items contract modification to manage, operate, maintain, and logistically support the nine Air Force Space Surveillance System field stations, presumably for Fiscal Year 2012.

The QFracture score was developed in 2009 and is based on age, BMI, smoking status, alcohol use, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, asthma, use of tricyclic antidepressants or corticosteroids, liver disease, and a history of falls in men.

In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

In 2009, on her album Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie released a new version of " America the Beautiful ".

Based on phylogenetic research, the latest ( 2009 ) revision of the APG classification groups together the former families Hemerocallidaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae sensu stricto and Asphodelaceae as the Xanthorrhoeaceae.

Based on phylogenetic research, the latest ( 2009 ) revision of the APG classification groups together these three families under the conserved name of Amaryllidaceae.

Based on phylogenetic research, the latest ( 2009 ) revision of the APG classification supports the use of a single broadly defined family, Asparagaceae sensu lato.

The band completed their third album and released it exclusively digital on August 29, 2009.

The most recent elections to the House of Representatives were held on 12 March 2009.

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

On 10 September 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for " the appalling way he was treated ".

Until May 2009, the only successful published attacks against the full AES were side-channel attacks on some specific implementations.

In interviews made before his 2009 death, Woolfson said he planned to release one track from the " Sicilian " album, which in 2008 appeared as a bonus track on a CD re-issue of the Eve album.

It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush, and later amended with changes effective January 1, 2009.

< li > A unit was sold in September 2009 for $ 17, 000 on eBay.

" The Musician ", oil painting | oil on canvas by Tamara de Lempicka, 1929, stolen in 1 May 2009 from the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art.

Another example is when a few passengers and flight attendants teamed up to subdue Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who attempted to detonate explosives sewn into his underwear aboard Northwest Flight 253 on December 25, 2009.

The Atlanta Falcons wore 1966 throwback jerseys for 2 home games in 2009 – against the Carolina Panthers on September 20 and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 29.

The rise of TCP / IP during the 1990s led to a re-implementation of most of these types of support on that protocol, and AppleTalk became unsupported as of the release of Mac OS X v10. 6 in 2009.

A free agent at the end of the season, on February 11, 2009, Dunn agreed to a two-year $ 20 million contract with the Washington Nationals.

The following day, on 26 June 2009, the patriarch announced that he would not unveil the Ark after all, but that instead he could attest to its current status.

In June 2009, an announcement was made that All Quiet on the Western Front will be remade.

* President Obama's Speech to the NAACP on July 16, 2009 — full video by MSNBC

Namco Bandai has purchased a 34 % stake in Atari Europe on May 14, 2009, paving the way for its acquisition from Infogrames.

Ray Ivany began his position as President and Vice-Chancellor on 1 April 2009.