Half of the increase was from higher summer melting, with the rest caused by velocities of some glaciers exceeding those needed to balance upstream snow accumulation ( Krabill et al., L24402, GRL 2004 ).

Half links ( also known as offsets ) are available and are used to increase the length of the chain by a single roller.

Half ( 51 percent ) of new car buyers have researched online and the number of consumers who check prices online continues to increase.

Tony Benn controversially claimed " Half a million jobs lost in Britain and a huge increase in food prices as a direct result of our entry into the Common market ", using his position as Industry Minister as an authority.

*" Half of the government departments should be abolished and the rest trimmed to the bone.

Stand ( to prayer ) by night, but not all night ,- Half of it ,- or a little less, Or a little more ; and recite the Qur ' an in slow, measured rhythmic tones.

Half of the meltdown was done before 1980 ( measured in volume ).

Half crazed by the weight dragging, the dust, and the heat, the horse leaped our wall, dashing out the rider's brains against it, and leaving him lying there among us -- while the horse crashed away through the brush.

Half a mile below at the mouth of Salyer's Canyon was an old ranch that the company had purchased from A. J. Armstrong, occupied by a Mexican, his wife, and an old trapper.

Two comprehensive histories of Engelbart's laboratory and work are in What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry by John Markoff and A Heritage of Innovation: SRI's First Half Century by Donald Neilson.

* A west coast pale ale brewed by Half Acre Beer Company, Chicago, IL.

1842 Half Quart coin issue by the Royal Mint

Novels such as " Half Life " by Shelley Jackson and " Light " by M. John Harrison have received the James Tiptree, Jr. award for incorporating themes of fantasy and sexuality.

* 2006 The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente and Half Life by Shelley Jackson ; with special recognition for Julie Phillips ' biography of James Tiptree, Jr., James Tiptree, Jr .: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon

In autumn 2006, Smith starred opposite Belinda Lang in a tour of a new comedy An Hour and a Half Late by French playwright Gérald Sibleyras, which was adapted by Smith.

A major scale may be seen as two identical tetrachords separated by a whole tone, or whole step, the new set of steps " Whole: Whole: Half: Whole: Whole: Whole: Half "( in Semi-tone 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 ).

The first recorded exploration by the Dutch of the area around what is now called New York Bay was in 1609 with the voyage of the ship Halve Maen or " Half Moon ", captained by Henry Hudson, in the service of the Dutch Republic, as the emissary of Holland's stadholder Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

On March 14, 1942, the first patient was treated for streptococcal septicemia with US-made penicillin produced by Merck & Co. Half of the total supply produced at the time was used on that one patient.

After some time spent inactive, he was asked to play the famous Half Note in New York City in 1971 by guitarist Jim Hall.

Half the native population of Hispaniola in 1518 was killed by smallpox.

Half a dozen or more times a day, Potsdamer Platz ground to a halt while a train of 60 to 100 wagons trundled through at walking pace preceded by a railway official ringing a bell.

* 1236: Half of Iberia has been reconquered by the Christians.

In September 2012, she will be featured in a campaign called " 30 Songs / 30 Days " to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn ’ s book.

Half a dozen urban plans for Tirana prepared by consultants have included proposals on how to guide development.

Half or more of the trench is filled with " green " ( unfired ) bricks which are stacked in an open lattice pattern to allow airflow.

Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100, 000 families need to be relocated and the death tally exceeds 2, 000.

The Half Kaddish is used to punctuate divisions within the service: for example, before Barekhu, between the Shema and the Amidah and following readings from the Torah.

Half a manatee's day is spent sleeping in the water, surfacing for air regularly at intervals no greater than 20 minutes.

A more elaborate example is HLROM ( Half Left to Right, Ones to Memory ), which takes the Left half of the register contents, places them in the Right half of the memory location, and replaces the left half of the memory location with Ones.

Half a century later Rav Saadia Gaon, also of Sura, composed a siddur, in which the rubrical matter is in Arabic.

Theodore " Ted "/" Half Ted " Raimi ( born December 14, 1963 ) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Lieutenant Tim O ' Neill in seaQuest DSV and Joxer the Mighty in Xena: Warrior Princess / Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are Sprint Distance, which has a swim, cycling, run ; Intermediate ( or Standard ) distance, commonly referred to as " Olympic distance " ( swim, bike, run ; the Long Course ( swim, ride, run, such as the Half Ironman ), and Ultra Distance ( swim, ride, and a full marathon: run ); the most recognized branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon.

* Half of the Limburg province of Belgium is added to the Netherlands ( since 1839 there is a Belgian Limburg and Dutch Limburg ).

Kingston is served well by a modern bus system ( JUTC ), mini buses, and taxis, which operate throughout the city with major hubs at Parade, Cross Roads, Half Way Tree and elsewhere.

Kingston is served well by a modern bus system ( JUTC ), mini buses, and taxis, which operate throughout the city with major hubs at Parade, Cross Roads, Half Way Tree and elsewhere.

The marathon is the only road running event featured at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the Summer Olympics, although there is also an annual IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

The foremost separate road running event is the annual IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ( formerly World Road Running Championships ).

* Garry's Mod ( Half Life 2 Mod )-The Physics Gun is used in the sandbox game to build using props by freezing them in mid-air with an adjustable distance tractor beam

Half of the campaign goal is intended for the endowment to provide long-lasting support for faculty, students and breakthrough innovations.

A well-known result of this process is Half Dome, located in Yosemite Valley.

In the Bay Area, for example, the average maximum temperature in July is about at Half Moon Bay on the coast, at Walnut Creek only inland, and at Tracy, just inland.

The valley is about long and up to a mile deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines.

Between them both, at the eastern end of the valley, is Half Dome, the most famous and most recognizable natural feature in the Sierra Nevada.

Above and to the northeast of Half Dome is Cloud's Rest ; at 9926 feet ( 3025 m ), the highest point around Yosemite Valley.

The youngest Yosemite Valley pluton is the 87 million year old Half Dome granodiorite, which makes up most of the rock at Glacier Point, the Royal Arches, and its namesake, Half Dome.