The mumblecore film genre, which began in the mid-2000s, and uses video cameras and relies heavily on improvisation and non-professional actors, has been described as influenced in part by what one critic called " the spring-break psychodrama of MTV's The Real World ".

During the mid-2000s, Beckley began correspondence with Adam Schlesinger of the independent rock music group Fountains of Wayne.

In the mid-2000s, growth of its non-gaming ( lodging, food, retail ) revenue began to outpace gaming receipts and demand for high-rise condominiums was surging, with median property prices in Las Vegas twice the national average.

In the mid-2000s, Radio One began to consider selling non-core stations, stations that don't target African Americans or those in very small black markets ( such as Augusta, Georgia where four stations were sold ).

In order to tap into social networking sites, which began to play larger roles in ad campaigns in the mid-2000s, Gil was to maintain a blog, promote an online petition to save his job.

In the mid-2000s he began sitting on the board of directors of the comic industry charity A Commitment To Our Roots ( ACTOR ), renamed in 2006 the Hero Initiative.

In the mid-2000s, discussion began of upgrading or totally replacing the terminal as it has structural and safety problems and leaves little to no room for expansion.

The development, a public-private partnership between developer Federal Realty Investment Trust of Rockville, Maryland ( the operator of several other regional town-center-like developments such as Bethesda Row, Pentagon Row, and Rockville Town Center ) and the county, began in the mid-2000s.

The " real oldies " format mostly faded in popularity in the mid-2000s ( decade ) as less expensive formats, including satellite-fed progressive talk radio, became more attractive to station operators who began reducing their investments into AM radio stations.

Part of a large group of documentaries that began appearing in the mid-2000s as technology improved, the film was narrated by Ron Silver.

Elektra Records thus began re-issuing several LIVE PHISH Volumes 1 through 20 in clamshell CD cases in the mid-2000s.

The station began to broadcast a few off-network sitcoms such as Seinfeld, King of the Hill, 3rd Rock From the Sun, and Malcolm in the Middle by the late 1990s and mid-2000s ( and also as of the 2008-2009 season, no off-network sitcoms were on its schedule — a rarity for a Fox station ).

In the mid-2000s, a Spokane, Washington-based broadcaster, the Mutual Broadcasting System ( not related to the former network ), began using the Mutual and Liberty names on its two stations, KTRW AM 970 Spokane ; and KTAC FM 93. 9 Ephrata, Washington.

In the mid-2000s, renovations began on the stadium, including the replacement of all the stadium's box seats.

While long-distance inland calls have been offered by calling cards, by the mid-2000s conventional carriers reduced their rates to be competitive ; however in many countries calling-card type indirect services can be much cheaper than normal calls.

Throughout the mid-2000s, Cisco also built a significant presence in India, establishing its Globalization Centre East in Bangalore for $ 1 billion, and planning that 20 % of Cisco's leaders would be based there.

Since the mid-2000s, online video-sharing sites such as YouTube have also provided a venue for stand-up comedy, and many comedians ' performances can be viewed online.

Reconstruction of A-15 through La Prairie in the mid-2000s removed a grassy median at km 49 where ramps were to be built for a directional T-interchange to connect with A-6.

Only now, in the mid-2000s, are his former Midtown parcels beginning to be developed.

KKR's $ 44 billion takeover of Texas-based power utility, TXU, in 2007, proved to be the largest leveraged buyout of the mid-2000s buyout boom and the largest buyout completed to date.

A French-language dub could be seen on Radio-Canada's Saturday morning lineup well into the mid-2000s.

In the mid-2000s, Quesada imposed a moratorium on the practice of creatively bringing back characters thought to be dead, known as " dead is dead ".

In the mid-2000s, London clubs such as How Does it Feel to be Loved?

Sócrates lives in Lisbon, although he used to be a registered elector of the municipality of Covilhã, the place where he voted until the law was changed ( since after the mid-2000s every person votes in one's residential area ).

The site at Falmer was identified during the 1998 – 99 season and it was hoped that the stadium would be ready in the early to mid-2000s.

Hollywood's chute formerly allowed one mile ( 1, 609 m ) races, but when its finish line was moved forward in the late 1980s one mile ( 1, 609 m ) races could no longer be accommodated, and became the longest distance that could be run out of its chute ( an unintended consequence of this was that by the mid-2000s 7½-furlong m dirt races had gained considerable popularity in the United States when such races had rarely if ever been run before at most tracks, even those where the track's configuration made it possible to do so ).

The departure of the Captain would be the start of many defections by high profile personalities, including " Storm " Kennedy, Keith Michaels, Lisa Knight, and Ron Pritchard, who programmed the station for most of the late 90's through the mid-2000s.

However, in other parts of the world that used the PAL or SECAM analog standards, standard-definition television is now usually shown with a 16: 9 aspect ratio, with the transition occurring between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s.

Because the main client used to access the service became known as Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft started referring to the entire service as the Windows Live Messenger Service in its support documentation in the mid-2000s.

A typical CT store with the look used from the mid-2000s to 2007, when the black background took place of the red background.

Castle has used this costume on occasion in mid-2000s stories before The Punisher War Journal vol.

Legal names have since only been used for legal documents, such as contracts, and have not been used publicly ; however, since the mid-2000s, the popular name has also been used for legal documents related to contract procurements where the legal name was used heretofore.

In latter-day references, " Robotech Defense Force " has been replaced with " United Nations Defense Force ", but that term is not used in any official references published before the mid-2000s.

Research done in the mid-2000s by the Dutch / Timorese linguist Aone van Engelenhoven, for example, revealed that the Makuva language, formerly spoken by the Makuva tribe but believed to have been extinct since the 1950s, was still used occasionally.

The Battle Dress Uniform ( BDU ) are fatigues that were used by the United States military as their standard uniform for combat situations from the early 1980s to the mid-2000s ), or commercial " duck hunter " patterns.

Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops, oftentimes abbreviated to the acronym, PASGT ( pronounced " pass-get "), is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the mid-1980s until the mid-2000s ( decade ), when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet, Modular Integrated Communications Helmet, and Interceptor body armor.

For a time in the mid-2000s the aeromedical evacuation aircraft used were either the Pilatus PC-12 or the Beechcraft King Air 200 series.

The news operation at WIVB is generally considered a straight newscast, as opposed to the more activist approach of WGRZ ( WIVB highlighted this in an advertising campaign in the mid-2000s, when it used the slogan " today's news and tomorrow's weather " and asserted that it " doesn't take sides ," a reference to WGRZ's use of the " On Your Side " slogan ).

Farmer Jack is remembered in metro Detroit for their " It's Always Savings Time " jingle, which was used in the 1990s and again in the mid-2000s.

WPLJ introduced a new logo in July 2009. This logo of WPLJ was used from the mid-2000s until July 2009 in radio | 2009.

Passenger numbers at the airport peaked in the early to mid-2000s when the facility was used by around 500, 000 passengers per year, however this had fallen to around 275, 000 passengers in 2011.

Cole power plant was demolished after sitting unused for nearly a decade, followed in the mid-2000s by the demolition of the Gathercole ( once Riverview Collegiate ) building, which had formerly housed the Saskatoon Board of Education offices, and was last used as a hospital set in the filming of a short-lived television show.