* The hall inspired the name of an Asgard starship commanded by Supreme Commander Thor, in the television series Stargate SG-1 named Beliskner.

In the final issues of the four-issue Armageddon: Inferno limited series, the JSA returned to the modern-day DC Universe when Waverider transported the " daemen " of the interdimensional Abraxis to Asgard as a substitute for the JSA in the Ragnarok cycle, allowing the team to return to Earth.

* In the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, some advanced races ( such as the Asgard and the Ancients ) have holo technology, albeit generally not to the extent of a Star Trek-style holodeck.

This particular book in the series ' main plot point is the ingress of several characters-the Slavic thunder god Perun, O ' Sullivan, a werewolf, a vampire, Finnish folk legend Väinämöinen, and Taoist fangshi Zhang Guo Lao-into Asgard to kill Norse thunder god Thor, all for their own varied reasons.

The Asgard are a highly advanced, fictional extraterrestrial race in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

She also developed some magical abilities after a series of adventures in Asgard.

In the show, the Replicators are primarily the enemies of the Asgard race, however, they act like a plague against all life thus, in the series, Earth must also contend with them on several occasions.

** In the Marvel Comics comic book series The Invaders, Thor was summoned by Hitler to battle that superhero group ; however, Thor soon realized he was being used, and returned to Asgard.

* Asgard, the Earth Golem in the Wild ARMs video game series

Thor: Son of Asgard is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from March 2004 to January 2005.

Written by Akira Yoshida and illustrated by Greg Tocchini, the series follows Thor's early adventures in Asgard with Sif and Balder.

The series expands upon Egyptian mythology ( notably the Egyptian gods Apep / Apophis, and Anubis as Goa ' uld villains ), Norse mythology ( notably the god Thor as an Asgard ally ), Arthurian legend ( notably Merlin as an Ancient ally ), and many other mythologies like Greek and Roman mythology.

The events of the last quarter of an hour, mysterious to any bird accustomed only to the predictable life of coop and barnyard, had overcome the doctor's hen and she gave out a series of cackly wails, perhaps mourning her nest, but briefly enjoyed.

After a series of debates in 1858 that gave national visibility to his opposition to the expansion of slavery, Lincoln lost a Senate race to his arch-rival, Stephen A. Douglas.

Actinium gave the name to the actinide series, a group of 15 similar elements between actinium and lawrencium in the periodic table.

A draw in the final Test gave England victory in an Ashes series for the first time in 18 years and their first Ashes victory at home since 1985.

A publisher named Edwin Othello Excell gave the version of " Amazing Grace " set to " New Britain " immense popularity by publishing it in a series of hymnals that were used in urban churches.

( c. 4 ), who likewise follows Hippolytus's Compendium, adds some further particulars ; that ' Abraxas ' gave birth to Mind ( nous ), the first in the series of primary powers enumerated likewise by Irenaeus and Epiphanius ; that the world, as well as the 365 heavens, was created in honour of ' Abraxas ;' and that Christ was sent not by the Maker of the world but by ' Abraxas.

He used the method of exhaustion to calculate the area under the arc of a parabola with the summation of an infinite series, and gave a remarkably accurate approximation of pi .< ref >

Biodynamic agriculture, the first intentional form of organic farming, began in the 1920s when Rudolf Steiner gave a series of lectures since published as Agriculture.

Steiner gave several series of lectures to physicians and medical students.

Bishop Wigers ( 1138 – 60 ) was the first of a series of bishops of the Premonstratensian Order, which chose the occupants of the see until 1447 ; in that year a bull of Nicholas V gave the right of nomination to the elector of Brandenburg, with whom the bishops stood in a close feudal relation.

At first the predictions of Einstein's formula were seemingly refuted by a series of experiments by Svedberg in 1906 and 1907, which gave displacements of the particles as 4 to 6 times the predicted value, and by Henri in 1908 who found displacements 3 times greater than Einstein's formula predicted.

In addition, the Polish American Congress gave the series an award for portraying Polish Americans in a good manner.

In 1929, Heisenberg gave a series of invited lectures at the University of Chicago explaining the new field of quantum mechanics.

He gave a series of lectures on unit operations at the Manchester Technical School ( University of Manchester today ) in 1887, considered to be one of the earliest such about chemical engineering.

He described how fire gave rise to the other elements as the: " upward-downward path ", (), a " hidden harmony " or series of transformations he called the " turnings of fire ", (), first into sea, and half that sea into earth, and half that earth into rarefied air.

In a series of experiments beginning in the mid-1880s, Theodor Boveri gave the definitive demonstration that chromosomes are the vectors of heredity.

At the Chicago 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Muybridge gave a series of lectures on the Science of Animal Locomotion in the Zoopraxographical Hall, built specially for that purpose in the " Midway Plaisance " arm of the exposition.

In 1808 he gave a series of speeches in French-occupied Berlin, Addresses to the German Nation.

He gave a series of lectures on Dante at the Santo Stefano church in 1373 and these resulted in his final major work, the detailed Esposizioni sopra la Commedia di Dante.

The researchers gave their participants a choice: they could either bet on the outcome of a series of coin tosses, use an " expert " opinion to sway their decision, or choose a risk-free alternative instead for a smaller financial reward.

He visited the United States in 1924, and gave a series of illustrated lectures in New York City and other cities in the United States that were attended by very large and enthusiastic audiences, sparking Egyptomania in America.

In mathematics, Archimedes used the method of exhaustion to calculate the area under the arc of a parabola with the summation of an infinite series, and gave a remarkably accurate approximation of pi.

Though the Astros were poised to close out the series in Game Five in Houston, Brad Lidge gave up a monstrous two-out three-run home run to Albert Pujols, forcing the series to a sixth game in St. Louis, where the Astros clinched a World Series appearance.

In 1982, Loach and Central Independent Television were commissioned by Channel 4 to make Questions of Leadership, a documentary series on the response of the British trade union movement to the challenge posed by the policies of the Thatcher government, which also gave members an opportunity to call their own leaders to account.

It consists of a series of pipes and a pressure-measuring chamber which record the rise and fall of the water surface.

It entailed the recruitment of clerical scholars from Mercia, Wales and abroad to enhance the tenor of the court and of the episcopacy ; the establishment of a court school to educate his own children, the sons of his nobles, and intellectually promising boys of lesser birth ; an attempt to require literacy in those who held offices of authority ; a series of translations into the vernacular of Latin works the king deemed " most necessary for all men to know "; the compilation of a chronicle detailing the rise of Alfred's kingdom and house ; and the issuance of a law code that presented the West Saxons as a new people of Israel and their king as a just and divinely inspired law-giver.

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

In August 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series titled Dark Alliance, alleging that the contras contributed to the rise of crack cocaine in California.

By the end of the " Kino-Pravda " series, Vertov made liberal use of stop motion, freeze frames, and other cinematic " artificialities ," giving rise to criticisms not just of his trenchant dogmatism, but also of his cinematic technique.

Along with the commercial growth has come the rise of video games also depicting graffiti, usually in a positive aspect – for example, the Jet Set Radio series ( 2000 – 2003 ) tells the story of a group of teens fighting the oppression of a totalitarian police force that attempts to limit the graffiti artists ' freedom of speech.

Enlisted soldiers and non-commissioned officers rise through a series of nine ranks, namely ( in English translation ): Private 2nd class, Private 1st class, Corporal, Chief Corporal, Sergeant, Chief Sergeant, Adjutant, Chief Adjutant, Major.

Commissioned officers rise through a series of six ranks, namely ( in English translation ): Sub-Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Captain, Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel.

It gave rise to a series of devastating wars among the tribes, including the Yamasee War.

With the rise of the DVD video format, box sets featuring season or series runs of television series have become an increasingly important retail item.

Heavily rooted in the original Celtic source material which gave rise to the later and more familiar versions of the Arthurian legend, the series has received critical acclaim for its creative retelling of the Arthur legend and historical credibility.

A series of large privatizations, the stability fostered by the start of Turkey ’ s EU accession negotiations, strong and stable growth, and structural changes in the banking, retail, and telecommunications sectors have all contributed to the rise in foreign investment.

It reviewed scenes from Danger Man and The Prisoner, incorporated interviews with cast members ( including McGoohan ) and fans, and addressed the political environment giving rise to the series and McGoohan's heavy workload.

The growing popularity of Uncanny X-Men and the rise of comic book specialty stores led to the introduction of a number of ongoing spin-off series nicknamed " X-Books.

The sheer size of the displacement — the largest migration of children in history — and the degree of exploitation that occurred, gave rise to new agencies and a series of laws that promoted adoption arrangements rather than indenture.

* The Aubrey – Maturin series of novels is a sequence of 20 historical novels by Patrick O ' Brian portraying the rise of Jack Aubrey from Lieutenant to Rear Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars.

The 2005 television series Rome gives a fictionalized account of Caesar's rise and fall, featuring Kevin McKidd as the character of Lucius Vorenus and Ray Stevenson as the character of Titus Pullo.

The combination of mostly British chassis and American V8 engines gave rise to the popular and spectacular Can-Am series in the 1960s and 1970s.

IMSA GTP continued for a few more years but was replaced by a series for World Sports Cars – relatively simple open-top prototypes – which gave rise to cars such as the Ferrari 333SP and the Riley & Scott Mk 3, supported by GTs.

Beginning at the edge of the Reflecting Pool, the steps rise to the Lincoln Memorial Circle roadway surrounding the edifice, then to the main portal, intermittently spaced with a series of platforms.

However, because of the predicted thousand years until the rise of the next Empire ( of which only a few hundred had elapsed ), the series lacked a sense of closure.

They are connected by their early place in his published works and chronological placement within his overarching Foundation Universe, set around the rise of Asimov's Galactic Empire, between the Robot and Foundation series to which they were linked in Asimov's later novels.

What is generally conceded, though, is that between 1820 and 1830, a series of economic downturns, combined with the rise of a liberal opposition within the Chamber of Deputies, ultimately felled the conservative Bourbons.