2000 started in historic fashion for Els being given a special honour by the Board of Directors of the European Tour awarding him with honorary life membership of the European Tour because of his two U. S. Opens and three World Match Play titles.

Following the awarding of the 2012 Olympic Games to London, the government announced that special dispensation would be granted to allow the various shooting events to be held, as had been the case previously for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

For instance, an honorary doctor of the Auckland University of Technology takes the special title HonD instead of the usual PhD Some universities, including the Open University grant Doctorates of the University ( DUniv ) to selected nominees, while awarding PhD or EdD degrees to those who have fulfilled the academic requirements.

The Pulitzer Prize jury has the option of awarding special citations where they consider necessary.

Most stage races have a special category for the best climber, usually by awarding points at the important summits of the race.

A special system for awarding competition points operates in The Co-operative Championship competitions.

He also encouraged people to make new and more accurate maps by awarding special prizes in order to encourage exploration.

There is also the provision of awarding the Großkreuz in a special rare design, in which the central medallion with the black eagle is surrounded by a stylized laurel wreath in relief.

By awarding fellowships and special grants, the SNSF supports young researchers.

This article specifically provides special quotas for the Malay and other indigenous peoples of Malaysia in admission to the public service, awarding of public scholarships, admission to public education institutions and the awarding of trade licences.

Awards for Biotech Journalism had given Angelo Palmones, DZMM station manager a special citation during the awarding ceremonies at the Balai Kalinaw in University of the Philippines Diliman on November 29, 2007.

The jury also commented on the Fulton ordinary's court which has been under fire for its practices in the appointment of appraisers, guardians and administrators and the awarding of fees and compensation.

The scoring and criteria for awarding a stolen base to a runner are covered by rule 10. 07 of the Major League Baseball rule book.

1931 saw a further narrowing of the criteria for awarding a stolen base.

Although each variant of bridge has its own particular scheme for awarding and accumulating points, all are based upon whether or not the contract for each deal was made or defeated and by how many tricks.

The awards sparked a debate as to whether or not the Air Force was awarding too many medals to its members, and whether the Bronze Star should be awarded for non-combat service.

This prompted the Air Force to take down stories of the two posted to the internet, and to clarify its criteria for awarding medals.

Muhammad promoted concubines Maria Qibtia and Rehana as Umm-ul-Momineen ( Mother of all Muslims ) awarding them same splendid household, rights, privileges, protocol and status as he had ensured for all other wives who belonged to reputed race, tribes and / or families.

PhDs that were awarded in the United States are recognized if the awarding institution is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a " Research University ( high research activity )" or as a " Research University ( very high research activity ).

The main exceptions to this system occur in some Latin American leagues, which divide football championships into two sections named Apertura and Clausura ( Spanish for Opening and Closing ), awarding a champion for each.

Berkeley and visiting Prof. Harold Stone, for which he was awarding the 1989 Turing award.

The subcommittee recommended that the automatic award of titles be abolished, criticized the methods used for awarding titles based on qualifying performances, and called for a change in the makeup of the Qualification Committee.

The modern system for awarding FIDE titles evolved from the " Dorazil " proposals, presented to the 1970 Siegen Chess Olympiad FIDE Congress.

There is the widespread use of " promotional consideration ", in which a game show receives a subsidy from an advertiser in return for awarding that manufacturer's product as a prize or consolation prize.

" This definition has been adopted by the Small Business Administration as well as by many federal, state, and municipal agencies for the purposes of awarding government contracts to minority owned businesses.

Three types of academy exists: high school-level institutions awarding academic qualifications, university-level institutions awarding bachelor's degree level qualification, and those preparing officer cadets for commissioning into the armed services of the state.

The government offended the army rank-and-file by refusing to fund pensions for disabled war veterans in 1936 while awarding 1, 500 gold pesos a year to Estigarribia.

In February 1836, after studying 97 proposals, the Commission chose Charles Barry's plan for a Gothic-style palace, awarding him a prize ( or “ premium ”) of £ 1500.

He was accused of awarding benefices and bishoprics in return for sexual favours and nominated a number of young men as cardinals, some of whom were celebrated for their looks.

With the establishment of the Legion of Merit, by an Act of Congress, the practice of awarding the Purple Heart for meritorious service was discontinued.

In 1904, The U. S. Patent Office reversed its decision, awarding Marconi a patent for the invention of radio, possibly influenced by Marconi's financial backers in the States, who included Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie.

Ultima Onlines success resulted in Guinness World Records awarding the game 8 world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008.

The success of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series has led to Guinness World Records awarding the series seven world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008.

The success of the Colin McRae Rally games resulted in Guinness World Records awarding the series 6 world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008.

Sweden was the fourth-to-last jury, conceding their brief lead by awarding Germany eight points and Norway the full twelve.

He conjectures that greater legal status may be assigned to online relationships ( pointing out that contractual relationships, such as business transactions, online are already seen as just as " real " as their offline counterparts ), although he states it to be hard to imagine courts awarding palimony to people who have had a purely online sexual relationship.

In the 2004 edition of their album guide, Rolling Stone were less favourable, awarding the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, which was nonetheless an improvement from Dave Marsh's one star rating in the 1983 edition of the publication.

Allmusic, while still positive, were less impressed, awarding the album three stars out of five.

According to the series ' companion book, The Tick: Mighty Blue Justice !, at least one of the judges was amazed by this ( perhaps by The Tick's survival ), awarding The Tick a score of 10 out of 10.

It ranks 65th out of more than 5, 000 community colleges in the United States in awarding associates degrees.

" The degree of abridgement, 30 out of the 100 chapters ( which corresponds to roughly 1 / 6 of the whole text ), and the excising, e. g., most of the verse, has led to some recent critics awarding it the lesser place of a good retelling of the story.

In 2003, the Gray Panthers took out full page newspaper ads around the country, including The Washington Post and The Washington Times asking federal officials to stop awarding federal contracts to MCI WorldCom.

" However Empire magazine called the movie " pretty bad " awarding it two stars out of a possible five.

* In a broader sense, the term victory title is sometimes used to describe the repeatable awarding of the invariable style of Imperator ( Greek equivalent Autokrator ; see those articles ), which is the highest military qualification ( as modern states have awarded a non-operational highest rank, sometimes instituted for a particular general ), but even when it marks the recipient out for one or more memorable victories ( and the other use, as a permanent military command for the ruler, became in fact the more significant one ), it does not actually specify one.

Pachachi vocally opposed the process of awarding out contracts to US firms after the ousting of the Ba ' ath regime and criticised Washington over the plans for a US-led civilian authority to hand out reconstruction contracts without the approval of an elected Iraqi government.

Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine gave it a very positive review from Morissette's career, awarding it four-and-a-half stars out of five.

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video was first given out in 1984, awarding the best videos that involved the conceptual interpretation of a song.

" Ken Hanke of the Mountain Xpress was less impressed, describing the film as a " good, but never quite great biopic ", while still awarding it four stars out of five.

He also helped settle the Six Nations that had been driven out of New York during the war, issuing what is now known as the Haldimand Proclamation, awarding them a tract of land on the Grand River in what is now southern Ontario.

There is further variation to these systems, shown in Call of Duty: World at War rewarding players fully for kills and awarding bonus points to assisting players while Gears of War 2 splits points proportionally by damage ( although a guaranteed 10 points out of 175 are given to the killer ) and thereby ensuring that the player who got credit for an assisted kill does not receive as many points for such a kill as an unassisted one.

" Rolling Stone said that the album " contains the most blues of any album Waits has made " but added " the problem is that it's more of the same ", describing it as " the latest installment of discourse ," awarding the album three out of five stars.

Initially, the school gave out two-year diplomas in commercial and classical programs before awarding its first academic degrees in 1915.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave a highly positive review, awarding the film three and a half stars out of four, remarking:

Todd McCarthy of Variety magazine called the film " flat-out hilarious " and Neil Smith of BBC proclaimed that " there's not a weak scene in this super-funny picture " while awarding it a rating of five stars out of five.

However, Internet film critic James Berardinelli, in spite of awarding it two and a half stars out of four, gave the film a somewhat scathing review.

The album has been described as being " bitter about ex-girlfriends ", with an excessive concentration on " post-breakup angst ", receiving relatively positive reviews, with Allmusic awarding it three out of five and Popmatters also being favourable.

In 2011, the DRPA initiated the process of awarding an engineering contract to plan out the redecking of the bridge, as the concrete deck, its asphalt overlay, and the joints between the concrete have deteriorated after 35 years of service.

IGN similarly lauded the game, also awarding it 9 out of 10.