On February 29, the Marlins were recognized on Sports Illustrated's magazine for the 5th time ( 11 / 3 / 1997, Edgar Renteria who had a walk-off hit in Game 7 of the World Series ; 5 / 25 / 1998, Mike Piazza after his trade from the Dodgers ; 11 / 3 / 2003 ; Josh Beckett, after winning World Series MVP and 3 / 12 / 07 Dontrelle Willis, chronicling global warming with Willis in a flooded Sun Life Stadium.

* 1997 First Rays of the New Rising Sun

The albums Beyond the Sun ( 1997 ) and Eurocentric ( 2000 ) were released posthumously and re-constructed ( and expanded with new unreleased songs ) in 2004 into two albums: Auchtermatic and Transmission Impossible.

The EJB specification was originally developed in 1997 by IBM and later adopted by Sun Microsystems ( EJB 1. 0 and 1. 1 ) in 1999 and enhanced under the Java Community Process as JSR 19 ( EJB 2. 0 ), JSR 153 ( EJB 2. 1 ), JSR 220 ( EJB 3. 0 ) and JSR 318 ( EJB 3. 1 ).

The JNDI specification was first released by Sun Microsystems on March 10, 1997., the current version is JNDI 1. 2.

The complete Servlet specification was created by Sun Microsystems, with version 1. 0 finalized in June 1997.

In 1997 the " Dr Sun Yat-sen Hawaii foundation " was formed online as a virtual library.

* Cannes: Fifty Years of Sun, Sex & Celluloid: Behind the Scenes at the World's Most Famous Film Festival by Peter Bart ( Miramax, 1997 )

Between 1997 and 1999, the company spun off several well-loved but poorly selling campaign settings ( including Planescape, Dark Sun and Spelljammer ) to fan groups, focusing business primarily on the more profitable Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms lines.

Among Perry's numerous awards are the Presidential Medal of Freedom ( 1997 ), Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( 1998 ) and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun ( 2002 ), awarded by the Emperor of Japan.

Shaming of the Sun was released in 1997 followed by Come on Now Social in 1999.

* Shaming of the Sun ( 1997 ) US # 7

Despite playing in the 1996 Rose Bowl, 1997 Citrus Bowl, 2000 Alamo Bowl, 2003 Motor City Bowl, 2005 Sun Bowl, 2009 Alamo Bowl, 2010 Outback Bowl, 2011 TicketCity Bowl, and 2011 Texas Bowl, the last bowl game Northwestern won was the 1949 Rose Bowl.

In 1997 Sun started to migrate away from SBus to the Peripheral Component Interconnect ( PCI ) bus, and today SBus is no longer used.

* Shirzad Aghaee, Imazh-ha-ye mehr va mah dar Shahnama-ye Ferdousi ( Sun and Moon in the Shahnama of Ferdousi, Spånga, Sweden, 1997.

* Sang backup vocals and played the harmonica on the Indigo Girls song " Shame on You ", on their album Shaming of the Sun ( 1997 ).

* 1997: Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers, vocals on " Setting Sun "

* Ein Heit – Lightning and the Sun ( 1997 )

JavaPOS was developed by Sun Microsystems, IBM, and NCR Corporation in 1997 and first released in 1999.

Black built the new paper around the Financial Post, an established financial newspaper in Toronto which he purchased from Sun Media in 1997.

Sillars used his column in The Sun to make clear such concerns and accordingly advised people to abstain from voting in the 1997 referendum which endorsed the principle of devolution.

A rock opera titled A Place in the Sun was created and performed by Utah country band Grain in 1997.

*" Leeds ", a song by Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls ; Shaming of the Sun, ( 1997 )

By March 1997, many of the leading newspapers – including The Sun, once a staunch Thatcherite paper – had declared their support for Labour.

Thus in 1996, Leica Camera AG was founded, followed in October 1997 by Leica Geosystems AG, and on April 1, 1998 by Leica Microsystems AG.

On April 2, 1997, Sun Microsystems and Netscape announced their intention to combine IFC with other technologies to form the " Java Foundation Classes ".

However, the company was bought by Sun Microsystems in 1997, and the team got focused on Java, releasing the HotSpot virtual machine, and work on Strongtalk stalled.

In 1997, Animorphic was purchased by Sun Microsystems.

The concept began in Sun Microsystems Laboratories in 1997 as a project codenamed NeWT or NetWorkTerminal.

While a software engineer at Sun Microsystems ( 1997 – 2001 ), Davidson created Tomcat, a Java ‐ based webserver application and the Ant Java ‐ based build tool.

She was approached by James Cameron to play the part of " Rose Dawson Calvert " for his 1997 blockbuster Titanic with Kate Winslet to play her younger self, but she turned down the role and the part of Rose was given to Gloria Stuart.

Major managed to survive to the end of the Parliament, but called an election on 17 March 1997 as the five-year limit for its timing approached.

As presidential elections scheduled for July 1997 approached, tensions between the Lissouba and Sassou Nguesso camps mounted.

In late 1997, John Doherty ( a former United player who had left the club shortly before the disaster ) approached club chairman Martin Edwards on behalf of the Manchester United Former Players ' Association to request a testimonial for those victims of the Munich disaster – both the survivors and the dependants of the ones who were lost.

After a tour in 1997, Slash approached Blues Ball bassist Johnny Griparic about forming a new lineup of Slash's Snakepit.

Following a tour in 1997, Slash approached Griparic about forming a new lineup of Slash's Snakepit They began looking for a singer, receiving over 300 audition tapes from mostly unknown singers.

In early 1997, German label Nuclear Blast approached HammerFall with a contract for a European release deal, which included four albums.

In 1997, in spite of his lack of experience in dramatic roles, Bana was approached by director Andrew Dominik to appear in the film Chopper ( 2000 ), a biopic based on the life of infamous Australian criminal Chopper Read.

Other notable instanced occurred on July 24th 1997 when the guided missile destroyer and frigate rendered honors to the Constitution during her 200th Birthday celebration, and on September 14, 2001, when the crew of the German destroyer Lütjens manned the rails as they approached the destroyer USS Winston Churchill and displayed an American flag and a banner reading " We Stand By You ".

In February 1997, in an investor meeting with Microsoft, Steve Perlman was approached by Microsoft's Senior Vice President for Consumer Platforms Division, Craig Mundie.

She initially attempted to repeat her 1997 strategy of seeking nominations from four county councils, and approached all the county councils in the country, but was rebuffed.

However, as the 1997 – 98 season approached, the Spurs were considered a notable threat in the NBA.

While his 25 goals marked the lowest total of his career since his 22-game 1997 – 98 season, his 56 assists approached a personal best.

Green was approached in 1997 by A & R rep Mike Gitter from Roadrunner Records.

: In 1997, the Universal Press Syndicate approached me and asked if we could work together.

Development of System Shock 2 began in 1997 when Looking Glass Studios approached Irrational Games with an idea to co-develop a new game.

In February 2000, DeYoung was approached to perform a concert featuring his many songs from Styx, as well as his solo works and his 1997 stage musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with an orchestra.

In 1997, the band were approached by Wurlitzer Jukebox who released the single, " Press a Key ".

In 1997, reigning Miss Venezuela Marena Bencomo visited Táchira, where Veruska approached her for an autograph.

In 1997, Bizarre Creations were approached by Sega Europe to make a street racer for the upcoming Dreamcast console.

In 1997, Playboy approached Sytch in regards to posing nude for the magazine, but she declined the offer.

Blaustein approached the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) about involving the company in the film in 1997.

As a new century approached Berghaus introduced the Simplex concept in 1997, the idea was that by minimising the layers of fabric in a garment and getting rid of any unnecessary styling, you achieve a more breathable, lightweight product.

In 1997, with the popularity of the NBC series ER on the rise, the cable network Animal Planet approached Taylor about doing a reality series based on emergency care for animals, much like AP's sister network TLC ( TV channel ) was doing with its new ER-based reality show Trauma: Life in the E. R.