2002 saw the launch of Major League Gaming, a North American professional videogame league, the largest organized professional gaming league.

In 2006, Major League Gaming was the first televised console gaming league in the United States, with their Halo 2 Pro Series being broadcast by USA Network.

But a later lawsuit by Bally Gaming alleged that United admitted downplaying Rainwater's level of control because Major League Baseball frowned on team owners being involved in the gaming industry.

Lawrence " Larry " Hryb (), also known by his Xbox Live gamertag Major Nelson, is the Director of Programming for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live.

Major newspapers and magazines in Belgium are printed monolingual either in Dutch or in French.

Major Dutch-language weekly magazines in 2008 are Kerk en Leven ( Drukkerij en Uitgeverij Halewijn ) ( 409, 817 ), Dag Allemaal ( 402, 097 ), HUMO ( 227, 614 ), Libelle ( magazine ) ( Sanoma Belgium ) ( 216, 506 ), TV-Blad ( 158, 283 ), Story ( Belgian magazine ) ( Sanoma Belgium ) ( 159, 833 ), Plus Magazine ( Belgium ) ( 134, 242 ), TV-Familie / Blik ( 129, 328 ), Flair ( magazine ) ( Sanoma Belgium ) ( 126, 831 ), Knack ( magazine ) ( Roularta Media Group ) ( 126, 646 ), Trends ( magazine ) ( Roularta Media Group ),'t Pallieterke, ....

Major French-language weekly magazines in 2008 are Trends / Tendance ( Roularta Media Group ), Le Vif / L ' Express ( Roularta Media Group ), Télé Moustique ( Sanoma Belgium ), Femmes d ' Aujourd ' hui ( Sanoma Belgium ), ....

In 1993, Major had also sued two magazines, New Statesman and Society and Scallywag, as well as their distributors, for reporting rumours of an affair with a caterer, even though at least one of the magazines had said that the rumours were false.

Major supply and ammunition depot magazines were set up for the British by General Ligonier at Ghent, Oudenarde and Tournai, while the Dutch General Vander – Duyn placed theirs at Mons, Charleroi and Tournai.

Winchell went back to reading magazines, gathering jokes from them and putting together a comedy routine, which he then took to the Major Bowes Amateur Hour, winning first prize.

Major magazines such as Time and the Saturday Evening Post ran profiles of Carter, and he counted Will Rogers and Walter Winchell among his friends.

* Major woman's magazines

* Major industries typically each have one or more trade magazines that constantly feature articles about plant operations, new equipment and processes and operating and maintenance tips.

Major Polish newspapers and news magazines, such as Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita, and Polityka, regularly commission CBOS to conduct polls.

Major American science fiction magazines include Amazing Stories, Astounding Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

In the fall of 1934, having seen the emergence of Famous Funnies and other oversize magazines reprinting comic strips, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson founded National Allied Publications and published New Fun # 1 ( Feb. 1935 ).

Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team.

Owned by Nintendo of America, the Mariners are one of three Major League Baseball teams under corporate ownership ; the other two are the Atlanta Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays.

Major customers include Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, IBM, Dell, Lenovo, Linksys, Logitech, Nintendo, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel ( Avaya ), TiVo and Cisco Systems.

** Major League Baseball 2K6 ( Nintendo GameCube, PSP, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 )

** Major League Baseball 2K7 ( PSP, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance )

** Major League Baseball 2K12 ( PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Wii )

Major Japanese electronics companies include Canon, Casio, Citizen, Fujifilm, Fujitsu, Hitachi, JVC Kenwood, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Nikon, Nintendo, Olympus, Panasonic, Pioneer, Ricoh, Seiko Group, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Toshiba.

Luthor even attempted to send a team of heroes after them under the leadership of Captain Atom-the team consisting of Major Force, Black Lightning, Power Girl, Starfire, Katana and Green Lantern, but this plan failed when Katana and Power Girl quickly sided with Superman and Batman and Major Force was apparently killed, Power Girl noting that Luthor had assumed in his arrogance that the heroes would obey him simply because he was President.

Major non-manufacturing employers include Nebraska Public Power District, which is headquartered in Columbus ; Columbus City Schools ; and Columbus Community Hospital.

Major employer the Idaho Power Company now operates three hydroelectric dams on the Snake River.

Along with Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower, the chief of staff to Major General Douglas MacArthur, the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines, and Mr. Rodriquez of the National Power Corporation, Casey presented the project to President Manuel Quezon, who approved it.

Power metal often makes use of Major chord progressions as well as circle progressions.

The division consisted of: the 1st Brigade of veterans of the Peninsular War under Major General Frederick Philipse Robinson, composed of the 3 / 27th, 39th, 76th and 88th Regiments of Foot ; the 2nd Brigade of troops already serving in Canada under Major General Thomas Brisbane and made up of the 2 / 8th, 13th and 49th Regiments of Foot, the Regiment de Meuron, the Canadian Voltigeurs and the Canadian Chasseurs ; and the 3rd Brigade of troops from the Peninsula and various garrisons under Major General Manley Power, consisting of the 3rd, 5th, 1 / 27th and 58th Regiments of Foot ).

Major technology firms such as Electronic Arts, Creo ( now part of Eastman Kodak ), Ballard Power Systems and Telus base their operations in Burnaby ; heavy industry includes Chevron Corporation and Petro-Canada petroleum refineries on the shores of Burrard Inlet.

Major programming changes occurred on 30 October 2000 with CNBC Asia expanding Asia Squawk Box to 2 hours, Asia Market Watch to 2 hours in the morning and 1½ hours in the afternoon and Power Lunch Asia to 1 full hour.

* Major blackout: Power is now restored in New York City, Toronto, and most of Ottawa.

* 3 Major Problems in Restoring Power After a Black Out Space Weather

The 2nd SAS squadron under command Major Power had a similar composition but only two troops.

The Fordson Power Major Tractor ( 56 ) featured steering operated by the steering wheel and was finished in Ford's traditional blue.

A half track version of the Fordson was available in March 1962 as the Fordson Power Major with Roadless Half Tracks ( 54 ).

The Fordson Power Major Tractor was issued with a new Beast Carrier Trailer, carrying a load of four plastic calves, as GS33 in March 1965 and the Working Conveyor on F. C. Jeep ( 64 ) was released in June 1965.

* Vron-Ikka-a Major in the Kree army ; slept with Rick Jones in an attempt to gain the rights to his memoirs ; believed they held the secret to his Destiny Power

Major acts who have recorded there include Walter Becker, The Kinks, Arctic Monkeys, Aerosmith, Counting Crows, The Clash, Kings of Leon, Marc Anthony, The B-52's, Tony Bennett, Michael Brecker, Devo, Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, Dream Theater, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Throwing Muses, Serge Gainsbourg, The Strokes, Bryan Adams, Bernadette Peters, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett Trio, Neil Young, Harry Connick, Jr., Iggy Pop, Madonna, Journey, Muse, George Michael, Betty Carter, Sum 41, John Mayer, Moby, Vanessa Williams, Blondie, Porcupine Tree, Chic, Joan Jett, David Bowie, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Rumble Strips, Trey Anastasio, Helix, Kathem Al Saher, Gang Starr, Honor Society, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the band Power Station, which was named after the studio itself.

The outbreak of the February Revolution in Russia had withdrawn Serbia's Major Power champion from the diplomatic table.

Lady Edwina first sets out to seduce, then gradually falls in love with, Major Rama Safti ( Tyrone Power ) who represents the " new India.