The earliest descriptions of a global communications network came long before the World Wide Web entered popular awareness, though not before traditional science-fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke and some social commentators such as James Burke began predicting that such networks would eventually form.

* 1965-Arno Penzias, Robert Wilson, Bernie Burke, Robert Dicke, and James Peebles discover the cosmic microwave background radiation, eventually confirmed at approximately 2. 7K

Despite his initial reluctance, like several former gospel singers Aretha Franklin, and Wilson Pickett, Burke was " molded into a more secular direction when he signed with Atlantic in the ' 60s ," and became one of " the " backsliders ," artists who " preferred a secular acclaim to the gospel obscurity ", after deciding eventually that " secular music was not the anithesis of the church but, rather, ' a new avenue, a new dimension to spread the gospel.

Burke and Gluckstern originally planned to move the team to Minnesota ( which had lost the North Stars to Dallas in 1993 ), but eventually reached an agreement with Phoenix businessman Jerry Colangelo that would see the team move to Arizona and become the Phoenix Coyotes.

Burke previously worked for the Vancouver Canucks and he helped them build the team that eventually went to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1994.

The first target was a member of the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, Canon Ulick Burke of Knock, who eventually reduced his rents by 25 %.

The Cloncurry River was named by Burke after Lady Elizabeth Cloncurry, his cousin, with the town eventually taking its name from the river.

The teams then battled for 9 more innings in what became the longest game in Major League Baseball playoff history, with the Astros eventually winning the game ( and the series ) in the bottom of the 18th inning on a Chris Burke home run.

St. Norbert's second president, Father Dennis Burke, expanded the college, anticipating the student population would eventually reach 2000.

Continuing the strong family tradition of genealogy and heraldry, another of Burke's sons, Sir Henry Farnham Burke, would eventually rise to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms.

Upon her arrival in Collinsport, she met the brooding Burke Devlin ( first played by Mitchell Ryan, later briefly portrayed by Anthony George ), with whom she would eventually become romantically involved.

Burke married three times, first to Grany or Grace, daughtor of Mulrone O ' Carrol, by whom he had Richard, who eventually succeeded him as Second Earl of Clanricarde.

The riot was eventually quelled by the Beechworth police under the command of Robert O ' Hara Burke from 80 kilometres away.

Beginning as one room above the Parkway Movie Theater off Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland, the Museum eventually expanded to its present site in the former Burke Mansion ( architect: Daniel J. Patterson ) down the road from the Claremont Resort and Spa in Berkeley.

Therefore if we are astonished by the connections Burke is able to weave among past events, then we will be equally surprised by what the events of today eventually lead to, especially events we weren't even aware of at the time.

Their first single, " Bella Stella " the refrain of which was performed in Italian by Nicole Heiland and the raps performed by Dean Burke and Patrice " Lady Scar " Gansau in English was released in late 1999 which eventually became a hit entering the top-10 both in Germany and Austria also reaching number 12 in Switzerland.

Burke ’ s father died when he was barely a few months old and he was eventually sent to live with his uncle in Poplar.

Burke eventually showed ( in a very small sample of neurons ) that smaller motoneurons have a greater number of synaptic inputs from a single input source.

The Dodgers eventually dealt Burke to the Oakland Athletics for Billy North, by some accounts a much less talented player, suggesting homophobia was behind the trade.

Modern European conservatives such as Edmund Burke have found the extreme idealism of either democracy may endanger broader liberties, and similarly reject " abstract reason " as a guide for political theory.

The town was named either for a tavern or a Samuel Burke.

When the plant later entered more widespread use, Burke demanded that companies either pay fees for use of the name, or cease its use.

" A shot was fired, presumably killing the flight attendant, and Burke announced " I'm the problem ," and two more shots are heard that either incapacitated or killed the pilots.

As such, with the width of the valley precluding the establishment of continuous linear defensive, Burke was forced to place his two available battalions on the high points on either side of it, with 3 RAR occupying Hill 504 to the east of the river and 2 PPCLI occupying Hill 677 to the west.

" Burning " and " dodging " ( either increasing the amount of light that one area of the print receives, or decreasing the amount of light in order to achieve the ideal tonal range in a particular area ) require painstaking work with photographic masks, or the use of a production contact printing machine ( Arkay, Morse, Burke and James are manufacturers who make contact printing machines ).

It was alleged that Cafora agreed to become a police informant and either Burke or Angelo Sepe murdered them and disposed of the bodies.

Lord Derby sent botanist Joseph Burke to collect animals, either alive or dead, from South Africa for his museum and menagerie.

For years, the New York Police Department and the FBI believed that DeSimone had either been murdered by Burke, or that he was in hiding to avoid being killed.

" ( Also attributed to Edmund Burke ; the quote cannot be definitely traced to either man.

On June 19, 2007, Burke lost to Chris Benoit ( which would be Benoit's last match before his death ) in a match that would decide who would face either CM Punk or Marcus Cor Von for the vacant ECW World Championship at Vengeance: Night of Champions.

However, in a shock result that had not been predicted by any prominent commentator, much less either candidate, Brennan fell to the ALP candidate, James Burke, at the 2005 election.

This sporadic type of planetary radiation is discussed by Burke ( chap. 13 ) and Gallet ( chap. 14 ).

Charles Burke got turned down by Dartmouth and he is a straight-A student ''.

Edmund Burke, an Anglo-Irish politician who served in the British House of Commons and opposed the French Revolution, is credited as one of the founders of conservativism in Great Britain.

There is a debate in the historiography, because Hooker lived too early, Halifax did not belong to any party, Hume was not involved in politics, and Burke was a Whig.

Edmund Burke is often considered the father of conservatism in the English-speaking world.

Burke was a Whig, while the term Tory is given to the later Conservative Party.

On the more sinister side, famous criminals from Edinburgh's history include Deacon Brodie, pillar of society by day and burglar by night, who is said to have influenced Robert Louis Stevenson's story, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the murderers Burke and Hare who provided fresh corpses for anatomical dissection by the famous surgeon Robert Knox and Major Weir a notorious warlock.

Monica ’ s first serious relationship is with family friend Richard Burke who is 21 years her senior.

Johnson said in 1778: " Reynolds is too much under Fox and Burke at present.

He is under the Fox star and the Irish constellation Burke.

* Edmund Burke: Irish member of the British parliament, Burke is credited with the creation of conservative thought.

She is also known for her role on Fastlane as Wilhelmina ' Billie ' Chambers, as well as her current role of Elizabeth Burke in the USA Network television series White Collar.

Peter Burke describes sprezzatura in The Book of the Courtier as “ nonchalance ”, “ careful negligence ”, and “ effortless and ease .” The ideal courtier is someone who “ conceals art, and presents what is done and said as if it was done without effort and virtually without thought .” ( 31 ).

After preliminary proposals failed, including one to establish an international airport at what is now Burke Lake Park, the current site was selected by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1958.

The town is designated as the county seat for Burke County, North Carolina and is subsequently renamed " Morgantown " and later shortened to become Morganton.

* June 6 – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster is murdered and the Burke Civil War begins in Ireland.

Smith, an advocate of desegregation, concluded his commentary at the end of the program by recalling the admonition commonly attributed to Edmund Burke -- " All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

This interpretation is not helped by the trio of lawyers she gets to defend her from the claims, Burke, Thurtell, and Hayes, named after prominent murders of the time ( although this may have been further commentary aimed at the legal profession ).

His first roommate is Girard Burke, the arrogant son of a wealthy spaceship builder.