Before sea levels rose at the end of the last Ice Age, Borneo was part of the mainland of Asia, forming, with Java and Sumatra, the upland regions of a peninsula that extended east from present day Indochina and Thailand.

Before UA's creation, Hollywood studios were vertically integrated, not only producing films but forming chains of theaters.

Before the stability problems of Schwarzschild wormholes were apparent, it was proposed that quasars were white holes forming the ends of wormholes of this type.

Before leaving Paris he heard, and was deeply impressed by, the octet of the American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan which was to give him the idea of forming his own octet on his return to Buenos Aires.

Before forming the Mountain West Conference, seven of the eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference ; half were WAC charter members at its formation in 1962-UNLV had only joined the WAC in 1996.

Before forming Bread, Gates had worked with Royer's previous band, The Pleasure Fair, producing and arranging the band's 1967 album, The Pleasure Fair.

Before that time the whites had most, if not all, of the control over any means expression, culture, and so on Rumba forming and for once being able to be expressed openly gave some of the control back to the Afro-Cubans.

Before forming The Mars Volta, Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez ( members of the post hardcore group At The Drive In ), along with friends Ikey Owens and Jeremy Ward, recorded a series of dub albums under the name De Facto.

Before forming Culture Club, Boy George and Marilyn worked as cloakroom attendants at the Blitz.

Before the ruin of Beleriand at the end of the First Age, the sea was narrow and ice-filled in the north, forming the strait of Helcaraxë, the Grinding Ice.

Before this could be done, the couple sailed out to sea and drowned themselves, forming the island now called < strong > Marinduque </ strong >.

Before independence, Hindus and Sikhs had formed 20 per cent of the population of the areas now forming Pakistan, presently the percentage has " whittled down to one-and-a half percent ".

: Before the war nineteen steam war vessels had been built in the States forming the Confederacy, and the engines of all of these had been contracted for in these States.

Before the elections Levintal made several conciliatory gestures toward Hetz, attempting negotiations with them, the anti-corruption Tafnit party led by Uzi Dayan, and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak over the prospect of forming a united front, but to no avail.

Before leaving the city he succeeded in forming, on 22 April 1529, a secret understanding between Saxony, Hesse, Nuremberg, Strasburg, and Ulm.

Before forming A Perfect Circle, Howerdel worked as a guitar tech for Faith No More, Fishbone, David Bowie, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Guns N ' Roses, and Tool, among other bands.

Before forming TNK-BP, the field was developed by Samotlorneftgaz and TNK-Nizhnevartovsk.

Before forming a band for his post-Kiss career, Frehley had previously done a solo album in 1978.

Before 1906, the White River joined the Green River near Auburn, and the combined river ( under the name " White ") joined the Black River at Tukwila, forming the Duwamish River, which emptied into Elliott Bay at Seattle.

Before forming the Dream Syndicate, Wynn played guitar in the Davis, California-based band The Suspects, whose members included vocalist Kendra Smith ( who later played bass in the Dream Syndicate ), Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair ( who would form True West ); in 1979 they released a single, " It's Up to You " b / w " Talking Loud.

Before forming Ace of Base, Malin sang in her church's choir.

Before these new transport links were constructed, there was just a scattering of farmhouses forming part of the township of Marsden, which also covered what was to become Nelson.

Before forming the APA, Faarooq and Bradshaw were known as the Hell's Henchmen and were later a part of The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness as The Acolytes.

Before forming Key, the founding members worked for another visual novel development company called Nexton under the brand Tactics.

Before forming the company, several of the founders had created the game Zork on mainframes while attending or working at MIT.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, most hijackings involved the plane landing at a certain destination, followed by the hijackers making negotiable demands.

Before November 2001 The World Factbook website was updated yearly ; from 2004 to 2010 it was updated every two weeks ; since 2010 it has been updated weekly.

Sandi Simcha Dubowski's movie Trembling Before G-d ( 2001 ) documented the experiences of several homosexual Modern Orthodox and Haredi Jews.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks ,( 9 / 11 ) airport screening was provided by private companies which were contracted with the airline or airport.

Valhalla is referenced in the video game titles Valhalla ( 1983 ), Valhalla: Before the War ( 1995 ), Valkyrie Profile ( 2000 ), Max Payne ( 2001 ), Valhalla Knights ( 2006 ), Final Fantasy XI ( 2002 ), Halo 3 ( 2007 ), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ( 2011 ), and Final Fantasy XIII-2 ( 2011 ).

Before 2001, when Gruyère gained Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) status as a Swiss cheese, some controversy existed whether French cheeses of a similar nature could also be labeled Gruyère ( French Gruyère style cheeses include Comté and Beaufort ).

Before an eradication effort was launched in 2001, the sub-Antarctic Campbell Island had the highest population density of brown rats in the world.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, most TFRs were in the interest of safety to flying aircraft with occasional small restrictions for Presidential movements.

Before the rule change, Canada submitted one film in a different language — Atanarjuat ( 2001 ), shot in Inuktitut.

Before Pierce died, he allowed Robert S. Griffin to live with him for a month, with the result being the self-published work The Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds ( 2001 ).

Before the election of 2004, Karzai led the country after being chosen by delegates of the Bonn Conference in December 2001 to head an interim government after the removal of the Taliban Emirate.

Before the playoffs, the Avalanche acquired star defenseman Rob Blake and center Steven Reinprecht from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Adam Deadmarsh, Aaron Miller and their first-round 2001 Draft pick.

Before departing from Berlin to Washington, D. C. in 2001, Mrs. Falke-Ischinger was the Berlin bureau chief of the German weekly “ Rheinischer Merkur ”.

* @ Toon ( 2001 – 2004 ): Before each first commercial break for most of the shows, the block featured some viewer submissions and game high scores from the official website.

Before the 2001 season began there was already question if Las Vegas could support a professional team due to past failed attempts with: Las Vegas Americans ( Soccer 1984-85 ), Las Vegas Dustdevils ( Soccer-CISL-1994-1995 ), Las Vegas Posse ( Football-CFL-1994 ) Las Vegas Quicksilvers ( Soccer-NASL-1976-1978 ), Las Vegas Seagulls ( Soccer-ASL-1979 ), Las Vegas Sting ( Football-Arena Football League-1994-1995 ) and Las Vegas Thunder ( IHL-1993-1999 ) The Outlaws were sponsored by Cox Communications, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Station Casinos, PacifiCare Health Systems and Findlay Toyota.

* Jimmy Carter, An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood ( New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001 ).

Before becoming First Selectwoman in 2001, Marella was an attorney with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

* J. Franklin, The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal ( Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 ) ch.

Subsequent album releases from Better Than Ezra include Closer, ( Beyond Records, 2001 ), Before the Robots, ( Artemis Records, 2005 ) and Paper Empire.

Delpy reprised her Before Sunrise character, Céline, with a brief animated appearance in Waking Life ( 2001 ), and again in a 2004 sequel, Before Sunset.

* Testimony of Richard S. Lindzen Before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 2001

Before the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in 2001, according to an article in The Guardian, the flight had " something of a cult status in Washington Heights.

Before 2001, judging was on a scale of 10 like that of artistic gymnastics.

Before the first court date in September 2001, Vreme magazine organized a mediation attempt between the two parties, with Kusturica and Srbljanović meeting face to face in the magazine's offices.