Modern disc golf started in the early 1960s, when it seems to have been invented in many places and by many people independently.

Modern libraries are increasingly being redefined as places to get unrestricted access to information in many formats and from many sources.

Modern Orthodoxy, in general, places a high national, as well as religious, significance on the State of Israel, and Modern Orthodox institutions and individuals are, typically, Zionist in orientation.

Modern religious skepticism typically places more emphasis on scientific and historical methods or evidence, with Michael Shermer writing that it is a process for discovering the truth rather than blanket non-acceptance.

" Modern scholars generally consider only one of the attributed epigrams to be unquestionably authentic ( an inscription for the seer Megistius quoted by Herodotus ), which places in doubt even some of the most famous examples, such as the one to the Spartans at Thermopylae, quoted in the introduction.

The University also places some emphasis on the study of art, running the Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art.

In the May – June 2000 issue of Modern Maturity, the AARP highlighted what they called the most ' alive ' places to retire in the U. S. Bisbee was a runner-up as one of the " quirkiest " towns in America.

Here two characteristics are manifest: in general, Modern Orthodoxy places a high national, as well as religious, significance on the State of Israel, and institutions and individuals are, typically, Zionist in orientation ; relatedly, involvement with non-orthodox Jews will extend beyond " outreach " to include institutional relations and cooperation ; see further under Torah Umadda.

Modern usage places less emphasis on these fatalistic distinctions.

Modern stops are mere steel and glass / perspex constructions, although in other places, such as rural Britain, stops may be wooden or brick built.

Modern, advanced projectors typically use a carousel that holds a large number of slides ; a mechanism automatically pulls a single slide from the carousel and places it in front of the lamp.

But the Rockhopper's congeners occur on remote islands in the New Zealand region, whereas the rockhopper penguins are found in places that were visited by explorers and whalers since the Early Modern era.

Modern Chinese chronology has generally accepted Martini's dates, except that it usually places the reign of Huangdi in 2698 BC ( see next paragraph ) and omits Huangdi's predecessors Fuxi and Shennong, who are considered " too legendary to include.

Modern clockmakers may be employed by jewellers, antique shops, and places devoted strictly to repairing clocks and watches.

Modern criticism has long since put the letter of Clement too late to allow this theory to be tenable, and now Hans Waitz places it after 220, and Harnack after 260.

Modern bank vaults typically contain many safe deposit boxes, as well as places for teller cash drawers, and other valuable assets of the bank or its customers.

Modern thinking in occupational safety and health identifies noise as hazardous to worker safety and health in many places of employment and by a variety of means.

Modern arsenals were established at places like Hanyang Arsenal, which produced German Mauser rifles and mountain guns.

The temples not only serve as places of worship but also provide lessons on the sacred texts and the Talmud for both children and adults, along with courses in Modern Hebrew, while other social facilities include a kindergarten, an old people's home, A guest house, The Kosher House Giardino dei Melograni, a Kosher Restaurant " Hostaria del Ghetto " and a bakery.

Modern DNS server packages with sophisticated database back ends such as SQL servers and Active Directory allow administrators to make updates to the database in multiple places ( such systems employ Multi-master replication ), with the database back end's own replication mechanism handling the replication to all other servers.

As well as stone circles, The Modern Antiquarian includes other megalithic monuments, hill forts, barrows and unusual places.

Many of his works are now exhibits in places such as Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, or Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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Modern ecology is a young science that first attracted substantial scientific attention toward the end of the 19th century ( around the same time that evolutionary studies were gaining scientific interest ).

Haredi Judaism is less accommodating to modernity and has less interest in non-Jewish disciplines, and it may be distinguished from Modern Orthodox Judaism in practice by its styles of dress and more stringent practices.

Modern interest in the monster was sparked by a sighting on 22 July 1933, when George Spicer and his wife saw ' a most extraordinary form of animal ' cross the road in front of their car.

Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes.

In the middle 19th century, a nostalgic interest in pre-Cromwell Christmas traditions swept Victorian England following the publications of Davies Gilbert's Some Ancient Christmas Carols ( 1822 ), William B. Sandys's Selection of Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern ( 1833 ), and Thomas K. Hervey's The Book of Christmas ( 1837 ).

In 2004, CHHB and Landmarks sold their equity interest in SHSB to MKLand-controlled companies, namely Modern Eden ( 12. 5 %), Impressive Circuits ( 12. 5 %) and Virtual Path ( 25 %), resulting in MKLand-controlled companies becoming the majority shareholder of SHSB.

Modern versions account for changing interest rates ( Merton, 1976 ), transaction costs and taxes ( Ingersoll, 1976 ), and dividend payout.

The risk-free interest rate is highly significant in the context of the general application of Modern Portfolio Theory which is based on the Capital Asset Pricing Model.

Modern American interest in knapping can be traced back to the study of a California Native American called Ishi who lived in the early twentieth century.

Modern historians have proposed that the treaty established the river Liris the boundary between their spheres of interest.

An interest in short form Japanese poetry began in 1976 when he was asked to review Makoto Ueda's Modern Japanese Haiku ( University of Toronto Press, 1976 ).

Modern interest in the concept stems from particle theories, notably the grand unified and superstring theories, which predict their existence.

She eventually becomes Rabo's love interest and later the two of them are expelled from Gregory's studio when he catches them leaving the Museum of Modern Art together.

Modern historiography of Czarniecki includes works of Czapliński, Stanisław Herbst, Adam Kersten and Zdzisław Spieralski ; however Podhorecki notes that while he has been a major figure in the Polish history, and is discussed extensively in Polish historiography, he has never been a subject of much interest to foreign historians, concluding that he was a major persona in Polish, but not European, history.

Encouraged by Paley's avid interest in modern art and his outstanding collection, Paley became a trustee of the Rockefeller family's Museum of Modern Art in the 1930s and, in 1962, was tapped by then-chairman David Rockefeller to be its president.

Awareness that older kinds of song were being abandoned prompted renewed interest in collecting folk songs during the 1830s and 1840s, including the work of William B. Sandys ' Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern ( 1833 ), William Chappell, A Collection of National English Airs ( 1838 ) and Robert Bell's Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England ( 1846 ).

Modern Christian Zionism is a politically potent consequence of this religious interest in the modern state of Israel, as contemporary events are interpreted in light of their relationship to biblical prophecy.

His interest led to a broad mastery of all branches of the physical sciences and gave fruit with many publications, in particular, a 1929 paper in Reviews of Modern Physics that recommended a standard set of values for the constants based on earlier published results.

It opens to the public with exhibitions Ways to Art, Parallels in Art, and Trends in Contemporary Art, signaling its new interest in Modern Art.

Alongside his scholarly books and articles in journals, his series of lectures and essays ( like " Modern Letters ") in the general press ( print as well as radio and television ) also drew interest both for the originality of their content and their lucid prose.

Shapiro's interest in formal verse and prosody led to his writing a long poem about the subjects, Essay on Rime ( 1945 ); A Bibliography of Modern Prosody ( 1948 ); and, with Robert Beum, A Prosody Handbook ( 1965 ; reissued 2006 ).

The witch trials in Early Modern Europe are at least indirectly related to this revival of scholarly interest in the occult.

The first exhibitions were held in rented premises organised by Penrose, ' 40 Years of Modern Art ' was followed by ' 40, 000 Years of Modern Art ' reflecting his interest in primitivism.