Even though scientific research is not their main goal, many amateur astronomers make a contribution to astronomy by monitoring variable stars, tracking asteroids and discovering transient objects, such as comets.

Even though she knew it would not help her as an amateur, Grandchamp continued her efforts, and eventually did box professionally for a time.

Even as the minstrel show was dying out in all but amateur theater, blackface performers became common acts on vaudeville stages and in legitimate drama.

Even those members of the faculty who believed that the role of intercollegiate athletics was growing out of control respected Hayes personally for his commitment to academics, the standards of integrity with which he ran his program, and the genuine enthusiasm he brought to his hobby as an amateur historian.

Even so, Hobbs was not a certain choice ; the influential Archie MacLaren was critical of his batting at the time, and Hobbs may have owed his selection to the support of the Surrey amateur H. D. G. Leveson Gower.

Even among scientifically inclined UFO research efforts, data collecting is often done by amateur investigators.

Even if the amateur team loses, squaring off against a professional team may well be the highlight of their season.

Even in team sports that normally use a traditional league format, some teams often exist outside of any league ; these teams are generally known as barnstorming teams and either schedule games against local professional or amateur competition or bring their own competition, such as the barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters did when they toured with the Washington Generals.

Even after professional foot racing died out, it was not until 1915 that the professional record of 4: 12¾ ( set by Walter George in 1886 ) was surpassed by an amateur.

Even though chess programs of the time could not defeat a chess master, they were more than a match for most amateur players.

" Even though the women who perform in these films typically appear on many reality websites within a short span of time, most of these websites claim that each female is an amateur.

Even their first foray into the US Open Cup was a disappointing one, as they shockingly lost 4 – 2 in the first round to Indianapolis-based USASA amateur side Reggae Boyz.

Even today there is a certain activity, on an amateur level, searching for grains of gold.

Even the films of the at-bat ( by amateur filmmaker Matt Miller Kandle, Sr .) that emerged during the 1990s have not allowed any definitive conclusions.

Even though the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) does not pay amateur athletes, these athletes do not profit from the revenue that they are actually making at their respected universities.

Even today, his memoir with its graphical language is a treat to ' read and follow ' for the amateur geologists who want to study the rock successions of the northern Dharwar craton of South India.

Even touching an alpha source is usually not harmful, though many alpha sources also are accompanied by beta-emitting radio daughters, and alpha emission is also accompanied by gamma photon emission.

Even before hostilities commenced in Europe, one of the most played songs on radio was Irving Berlin's " God Bless America ," popularized by CBS's own Kate Smith.

Even without radio play, many hybrid and regional styles made their way into Top 20 charts.

Even after the advent of commercial television and radio, the CBC has remained one of the main elements in Canadian popular culture through its obligation to produce Canadian television and radio programming.

Even though Smith was managing a Minneapolis radio station, he was still broadcasting as Wolfman Jack on XERF via taped shows that he sent to the station.

Even rarer is a vinyl version of the sampler for Anthology 2, which was only sent to college radio stations and featured a different cover ( though the contents were the same ).

Even though slower, with an open cockpit, no radio, and armed with only two machine guns ( a 12. 7 mm /. 5 in and a 7. 7 mm /. 303 in Breda-SAFAT ), the Falchi could easily outturn the Hurricanes and the Spitfires and proved difficult to hit.

Even though many boomboxes had dual cassette decks and included dubbing, line, and radio recording capabilities, the rise of recordable CDs first and of high-density MP3 players later have further reduced their popularity to such an extent that it is difficult to find a new dual-decked boombox.

Even after MAPL was implemented in the early 1970s, some radio stations were criticised for restricting their Canadian content to off-peak listening hours, in program blocks mockingly known as " beaver hours ".

Even more distressing to Rice was the break with radio preacher Charles E. Fuller, whose namesake seminary quickly moved to the vanguard of the neo-evangelical movement.

Even in the age of modern communications and mass media, according to one study, "… although the Received Pronunciation of Standard English has been heard constantly on radio and then television for over 60 years, only 3 to 5 % of the population of Britain actually speaks RP … new brands of English have been springing up even in recent times ...." What the vernacular would be in this case is a moot point: "… the standardisation of English has been in progress for many centuries.

Even after the big name comedians moved to television, radio comedy continued, notably from Bob and Ray, The Firesign Theatre and segments heard on NBC's Monitor.

Even if radio and television stations preserve archives of their broadcasts, those backcatalogs are inaccessible in practice to the general public, leaving it to a small number of underground tape traders to exchange the rare, lucky moments when something unexpected or historical came across the air.

She also played the same dignified, poised dowager in other movies, with W. C. Fields ( Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, 1941 ) and ( Tales of Manhattan, 1942 ), Abbott and Costello ( Little Giant, 1946 ), Laurel and Hardy ( The Dancing Masters, 1943 ), Red Skelton ( Bathing Beauty, 1944 ), Jack Benny ( The Horn Blows at Midnight, 1945 ), Wheeler and Woolsey and George " Spanky " McFarland ( Kentucky Kernels, 1934 ) and ( High Flyers, 1937, with Lupe Vélez thrown in for good measure ), radio comedian Joe Penner ( The Life of the Party, 1937 ), George " Gabby " Hayes ( Sunset in El Dorado ), and Danny Kaye ( Up In Arms, 1944 ), and on television with Martin and Lewis ( The Colgate Comedy Hour, December 1951 ).

Even broadcasters that do not ordinarily accept advertising, such as the CBC's radio services, are required to accept these political ads during a federal election.

Even after the shut down of WorldSpace services in India in December 2008, Sai Global Harmony continued to be broadcast over the satellite radio system, and gradually began to expand its services via internet streaming.

Even after 1990, state governments were slow in relinquishing monopoly control of radio broadcasting.

Even censorship of radio and the press was administered by the Danish government, rather than by the occupying German civil and military authorities.

Even until 1955, he worked with the Navy improving radio-wave propagation by tracking the sun's emissions and studying the effect of the aurora on radio propagation for the Department of Defense ( Menzel & Boyd, p. 60 ).

Even with the expanded network, some areas were not adequately covered and for this reason up to 1700 voluntary interceptors ( radio amateurs ) were recruited to detect illicit transmissions by ground wave.

Even so, early magnetic amplifiers incorporating powdered-iron cores were incapable of producing radio frequencies above approximately 200 kHz.

Even Hospital Radio Lynn, the town's Hospital radio service, linked up for 2 hours of requests on a Saturday evening.

Even though he was without a formal education, Mello was an eloquent preacher, using radio to spread his message, and his program, The Voice of Brazil for Christ, lasted on the air for two decades.

Even the troops detailed for the mission were given misdirection, told they were headed for a cold region and outfitted with ski boots, fleece-lined parkas, and other winter equipment.

Even the minimal requirements of a central government, skilled personnel and officers, equipment, and a capital city with government buildings were missing.

Even though the signal travels at the speed of light, it still requires about half a second to travel that distance ( not including the much smaller latencies inside the communications equipment ).

Even peasants, who did not share the bonds of kinship and culture, would often avoid killing a nobleman, valuing the high ransom that a live capture could bring, as well as the valuable horse, armour and equipment that came with him.

Even if the RPG hit does not completely disable the tank or kill the crew, it can still damage external equipment, lowering the tank's effectiveness or forcing the crew to abandon and destroy it.

Even in untouched areas, the lack of maintenance and repair, the absence of new equipment, the heavy over-use, and the deliberate relocation of equipment by the Confederates from remote areas to the war zone ensured the system would be ruined at war's end.

Even though it originally started out as a shipbuilding company, its most visible consumer product lines are its motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, although the company and its subsidiaries also manufacture personal water craft, ships, industrial plants, tractors, trains, small engines, and aerospace equipment ( including military aircraft ).

Even using crude equipment, these two men had obtained an outstanding diffraction picture of DNA which sparked further interest in this molecule.

Even advanced kyudoka may own non-bamboo yumi and ya because of the vulnerability of bamboo equipment to extreme climates.

Even with commercially prepared paints, watercolor is prized for its nontoxic, tap ready solvent ; lack of odor or flammability ; prompt drying time ; ease of cleanup and disposal ; long shelf life ; independence from accessory equipment ( jars, rags, easels, stretchers, etc .).

Even when paddle-like bats, and finally racquets, became standard equipment for the game by the late 1600s, the name did not change.

Even as rules become stricter, the necessities of war become more numerous ; in addition to food, shelter, and ammunition, today's militaries require fuel, batteries, spare mechanical parts, electronic equipment, and many other things.

Even some un-amplified equipment caused interference in some cases.

Even in today's world of automation and mass production, most Belgian chocolate is still made by hand in shops using original equipment.

Even households generate hazardous waste from items such as batteries, used computer equipment, and leftover paints or pesticides ..< ref >" Toxic Waste.

Even though the primary weapon remains the same in all the kits ( being defined by the soldier class — see below ), there is a variety of equipment to be chosen as the secondary weapon.

Even if stations and others with that type of need were willing to allow for this type of automatic capture, assuming the events for activation were critical, there was no way for automated equipment at the station to know when the message was complete and restore it back to normal operation.

Even in an urban setting, wool was often a symbol of a wife's duties, and equipment for spinning might appear on the funeral monument of a woman to show that she was a good and honorable matron.

Even so, the nearest clinic may not provide decent care because of the lack of qualified staff and equipment such as ones in the Guatemalan highlands.

Even where equipment is symmetrical, periodic turning may still be necessary in order to even wear.

Even here, assistance can be provided with equipment such as pick-to-light units.

Even step-down power transformers required, amongst other things, to protect low-voltage equipment from mains voltage by isolating the secondary and primary such as are used in older " wall warts ", are not usually described specifically as " isolation transformers ".

Even after the proper equipment arrived, some still continued to use tennis equipment on both kinds of courts.