For example, if an author is paid a modest advance of $ 2000. 00, and their royalty rate is 10 % of a book priced at $ 20. 00-that is, $ 2. 00 per book-the book will need to sell 1000 copies before any further payment will be made.

Altair was later observed to be flattened by infrared interferometric measurements made by the Palomar Testbed Interferometer in 1999 and 2000.

His father and brother, Abdul Rahman al-Haznawi, reportedly last heard from him in late 2000, after he made references to training in Afghanistan.

In 2000, some moderately positive developments toward the implementation of recommendations made by the OSCE AMG were observed but were not sufficient in the realm of access to fair and free elections.

InterBase 6. 0 was made available as an open source product in July 2000.

* AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs ( 1924 – 1998, list made in 2000 )

Although previous big-name pitchers, including Bill Swift, Bret Saberhagen, and Darryl Kile, had struggled in Colorado, following the 2000 season O ' Dowd made two very splashy signings in the free-agent market, signing Denny Neagle to a five-year contract worth $ 51 million, followed five days later by signing Mike Hampton to an eight-year, $ 121 million contract.

In 2000, Venter and Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health and U. S. Public Genome Project jointly made the announcement of the mapping of the human genome, a full three years ahead of the expected end of the Public Genome Program.

Ownership of the Amiga line passed through a few companies, from Escom of Germany in 1995, and then to U. S. PC clone maker Gateway in 1997, before an exclusive lifetime license was made to Amiga, Inc., a Washington company founded by former Gateway employees Bill McEwen and Fleecy Moss in 2000.

Immediately after Pfieffer's ouster, Capellas was elevated to interim chief operating officer by Rosen, and after several months Capellas was made President and CEO, also assuming the title of Chairman on September 28, 2000 when Rosen retired from the board of directors.

EDuke was released as a patch for Atomic Edition users on July 28, 2000, and included a demo mod made by several beta testers.

One of the earliest objects made of smelted iron dates is a dagger dating to before 2000 BC, found in a context that suggests it was treated as an ornamental object of great value.

The 2000 comedy Best in Show, made by some of the same actors from This is Spinal Tap, was also done as a mockumentary, this time of various contestants at a fictional dog show.

Despite the severe damage the economy of Georgia suffered due to civil strife in the 1990s, Georgia, with the help of the IMF and World Bank, has made substantial economic gains since 2000, achieving robust GDP growth and curtailing inflation.

A person buried at the Maritime Archaic site at Port au Choix, Newfoundland, dating to about 2000 BC, was found surrounded by more than 200 Great Auk beaks, which are believed to have been part of a suit made from their skins, with the heads left attached as decoration.

A Microsoft Windows ( 2000 or newer ) port was made available starting with the 2. 2. 0 series.

One of the reasons given for developing Galileo as an independent system was that position information from GPS can be made significantly inaccurate by the deliberate application of universal Selective Availability ( SA ) by the US military ; this was enabled until 2000, and can be re-enabled at any time.

There has been a major return to the zombie genre in horror movies made after 2000.

Exceptions were made for Jews with over 1, 000 pounds in cash ( roughly 100, 000 pounds at year 2000 rates ) or Jewish professionals with over 500 pounds.

In the 2000 Centurion Test, Marlon Aronstam contacted him offering R500, 000 for the charity of his choice together with a gift if Cronje declared and made a game of it.

The Queen of the Inch necklace is an article of jewellery made of jet found on Bute that dates from circa 2000 BC.

In 2000, the SEC enacted Rule 10b5-1, which defined trading " on the basis of " inside information as any time a person trades while aware of material nonpublic informationso that it is no defense for one to say that she would have made the trade anyway.

The three-party coalition made up of the LDP, New Komeito, and the New Conservative Party maintained its majority in the Diet following the June 2000 Lower House elections.

Lebanon's economy has made impressive gains since the launch of " Horizon 2000 ," the government's $ 20 billion reconstruction program in 1993.

Though inflation spiked again after Russia ’ s 1998 currency devaluation, Moldova made great strides in bringing it under control: 18. 4 % in 2000, 6. 3 % in 2001, and 4. 4 % in 2002.

Seymour later worked as a record producer in Dublin, producing Irish group Bell X1's debut album, Neither Am I in 2000.

Though a Broadway production starring Nathan Lane and Victor Garber and directed by Sam Mendes was announced for Spring 2000, the New York debut of the musical was delayed.

In a 2000 poll by Q to discover the 100 greatest British albums of all time as voted by the British public, the Undertones ' eponymous debut LP was voted the 90th greatest British album.

The sport made its debut on the Olympic program at the Sydney Games in 2000 over the Olympic Distance ( swim: – bike: – run: ).

Furtado continued the collaboration with Eaton and West, who co-produced her debut album, Whoa, Nelly !, which was released in October 2000.

In 2000, Straczynski returned to radio drama with The City of Dreams for scifi. com and an original 20-part radio drama series entitled The Adventures of Apocalypse Al for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that was to debut in 2007 but has not yet aired.

Recruited to the AFL by the Swans, Kelly made his debut in 1990 after being the best player in his school, and was appointed captain in 1993, won the Brownlow Medal ( the AFL's highest individual honour ) in 1995, won club best and fairests in 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1997, All-Australian selection in 1995, 1996 and 1997 ( the last two as captain ), and the AFLPA's Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2000.

Forman co-starred alongside actor Edward Norton in the actor's directorial debut, Keeping the Faith ( 2000 ), as the wise friend to Norton's conflicted priest.

Originally released in 2000, it is the ninth title in the Final Fantasy series and last to debut on the PlayStation.

The band re-released their debut full-length album Fungus Amongus on November 7, 2000.

He released his debut album Be Here Soon on January 1, 2000.

September 2000 saw the New Zealand release of their debut album, Geographica.

Dave King, who had been the team's head coach since their debut in 2000, was fired midseason and replaced by general manager Doug MacLean.

Mark Z. Danielewski, born March 5, 1966 in New York City, New York, is an American author, best known for his debut novel House of Leaves ( 2000 ).

In order to meet Norman's hospital bills, in November 2002 Solid Rock Records began releasing the Essential Series on CD-R, a set of seven Norman albums, with 142 songs ( including 16 previously unreleased songs ), which comprised: Instigator, which included rough mix versions of two previously unreleased songs, " Butterfly " and " Kulderachna ", both removed from 1973's So Long Ago the Garden ; Agitator, which included three unreleased bonus tracks, " Sweet Silver Angels ", " God, Part 2 ", and " People In My Past "; Liberator, which included songs that were aimed at " liberating Christians who felt trapped inside the church and also providing a cultural doorway to allow those who felt dismissed and isolated by Christianity to find their way into fellowship with Christ regardless of the church's response toward them "; Collaborator, which featured songs representing " the combined efforts of Charles and Larry from lyrics and melodies to arrangements and production ", including three unreleased songs: " Perfect World ", " Don't Wanna Be Like You ", and " Jesus Is God ", recorded about 2000 ; Emancipator, included two unreleased songs of Norman singing with Randy Stonehill: a Christian version of the folk song " He Was a Friend of Mine ", which had been popularized by The Byrds and Bob Dylan, which was re-titled " He is a Friend of Mine ", and " I Love You ", the song Stonehill and Norman co-wrote in 1971 for Stonehill's Born Twice album ; Infiltrator, which sees love as " the most powerful infiltrator in the world ", is a collection of Norman's love songs, and includes two new releases: a cover of David Noble's " Waves of Grace ", and " Stranger, Won't You Change "; and Survivor, included the full 8-minute version of " Dark Passage ", an unreleased third verse of " Baby Out of Wedlock ", and " One Star Remains ", which is Judee Sill's " My Man On Love " from her 1971 eponymous debut album.

Beginning with their self-titled debut in 1982, the Call went on to produce a total of 10 albums by 2000.

A second Sandman miniseries-Sandman Presents: Petrefax ( 2000 )-soon followed, before the June 2000 debut of Lucifer.

He made his major league baseball debut on April 5, 2000 for the Cincinnati Reds.

The band then signed onto Republic Records and released their debut album, The Better Life, in 2000.

Hasselhoff made his Broadway debut in 2000 in the title role of Jekyll & Hyde.

Adams made his solo debut in 2000, with Heartbreaker ( produced by Ethan Johns ).

SimCity 2000 has been released on a wide range of platforms and version since its debut in 1994, ranging from ports of personal computers and video game consoles, to special editions.

In 2000, Procol Harum received some attention after the song " In Held Twas in I ", appeared on Transatlantic's debut album.

Their debut album on Maverick Records, Wasting Time, was released in July 2000 and Destination Unknown in 2001.