On the other hand, the bright vision of the future has been directly stated in science fiction concerned with projecting ideal societies -- science fiction, of course, is related, if sometimes distantly, to that utopian literature optimistic about science, literature whose period of greatest vigor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries produced Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward and H. G. Wells's A Modern Utopia.

His contentious public persona during this period was captured on a late sixties comedy LP called Al Capp On Campus.

On 18 November 2008 the band released The BBC Sessions, which features songs from the period of 1996 – 2001 ( including the last recordings featuring Isobel Campbell before she left the band ), along with a second disc featuring a recording of a live performance in Belfast from Christmas 2001.

On the other hand, taking a longer-term view, the number of journeys in 2002 – 3 was lower than for the 1950 – 60 period.

" On a similar note, the Ethiopian historian-anglophile Bahru Zewde observed that " few events in the modern period have brought Ethiopia to the attention of the world as has the victory at Adwa ;".

It was especially important for preserving in its libraries manuscripts of Greek and Latin authors throughout a period when instability and disorder caused their mass-destruction in western Europe and north Africa: On the city's fall, thousands of these were brought by refugees to Italy, and played a key part in stimulating the Renaissance, and the transition to the modern world.

Three albums released in years 1975 and 1976 ( Caught in the Act, Movin ' On, Hot On The Tracks ) are considered the peak of their harder funk period.

On 22 December 2010, the UN declared the period from 2011 to 2020 as the UN-Decade on Biodiversity.

On Windows computers, extensions consist of a dot ( period ) at the end of a file name, followed by a few letters to identify the type of file.

On the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, his son, Richard Cromwell, inherited the title Lord Protector, but internal divisions among the republican party lead to his resignation, the end of the Protectorate and a second period of Commonwealth government by a Council of State and Parliament.

She continued to make minor and frequently nostalgic period musicals such as Starlift, The West Point Story, On Moonlight Bay, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, and Tea For Two for Warner Brothers.

The 2006 " Days of Syn " was on 26 – 28 August ( UK August Bank Holiday weekend ) and featured a talk on Dr. Syn at the Anglican church at 6: 30 p. m. On Sunday at 3 p. m. there was a church service where Dr. Syn and the cast appeared in period costume.

On a budget of $ 40, 000 ($ 20, 000 from Corman and $ 20, 000 from another producer who wanted to buy the movie's English rights ), Coppola directed in a period of just nine days, Dementia 13, his first feature from his own original screenplay.

On average, the scores of African-American children who did not receive formal education during that period decreased at a rate of about six IQ points per year.

On November 7, 2007, during a period of mass protests, President Saakashvili declared Tbilisi to be in a state of emergency.

On the advice of her New South Wales Premier only, the Queen appoints the Governor to carry out most of her constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time — known as serving At Her Majesty's pleasure — though five years is the normal convention.

On November 16, 1932, Carías assumed office, beginning what was to be the longest period of continuous rule by an individual in Honduran history.

On February 1, 1950, contract N8ss-2660 was approved for 1, 000 units “ especially adapted for general reconnaissance or command communications ” and “ constructed for short period underwater operation such as encountered in landing and fording operations.

Jarmusch's distinctive aesthetic and auteur status fomented a critical backlash at the close of this early period, however ; though reviewers praised the charm and adroitness of Mystery Train and Night On Earth, the director was increasingly charged with repetitiveness and risk-aversion.

On the one hand, this period has seen the university ’ s growth as one of the foremost centres of the excellence in the country, while on the other, this period has also seen it being affected by naxalite violence that claimed, among others, the life of Prof. Gopal Chandra Sen, who was the vice chancellor of the university at the time of his death.

On January 15, 2000, Mihdhar and Hazmi arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Bangkok and were admitted as tourists for a period of six months.

On 18 February 2011, the day after the first protests that were to lead to the 2011 Libyan civil war, Libya appeared to have withdrawn all of its BGP prefix announcements from the Internet for a short period, cutting it off from the rest of the global Internet.

On the international level, the interwar period was characterized by an attempt to put Luxembourg on the map.

On the wall of this square there are delightful bas-reliefs of musical instruments.

On the other hand instruments for the screening of bipolar disorder have low sensitivity and limited diagnostic validity.

On February 15, 2011, she played one of the instruments live from orbit on National Public Radio.

On the left of the tree are agricultural instruments and on the right is a factory, showing Dedham's history first as a town of farmers and then a one with a number of mills and factories, particularly along Mother Brook.

Some tracks were composed using Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies cards: " Boys Keep Swinging " entailed band members swapping instruments, " Move On " used the chords from Bowie's early composition " All the Young Dudes " played backwards, and " Red Money " took backing tracks from " Sister Midnight ", a piece previously composed with Iggy Pop.

On some instruments ( e. g., piano, harp, xylophone ), discrete tones are clearly audible when sliding.

On a similar note, hundis referred to legal financial instruments evolved on the Indian sub-continent.

On occasion, a performance of " You Enjoy Myself " involved Gordon and Anastasio performing synchronized maneuvers on mini-trampolines while playing their instruments.

On 1A2 key systems or similar key-operated telephone instruments, the hold position, i. e., the hold condition, of a line is often indicated by winking the associated lamp at 120 impulses per minute.

On December 10, 2007, instruments on board Voyager 2 sent data back to Earth indicating that the solar system is asymmetrical.

On instruments with stoppable strings, such as the violin or guitar, the player can shorten the vibrating length of the string, using their fingers directly ( or more rarely through some mechanical device, as in the nyckelharpa or the hurdy gurdy ).

On some string instruments, the fingerboard has frets, raised ridges perpendicular to the strings that stop the string at precise intervals, in which case the fingerboard is also called a fretboard.

On Hutcherson's vibraphone the resonators on the high end are much longer than they need to be to produce an arched front as seen in many instruments ( and the cap is near the top of those tubes ).

On 23 January 1973, he released The Six Wives of Henry VIII, an instrumental concept album based on his interpretations of the musical characteristics of the wives of Henry VIII, using keyboard instruments.

On string instruments, for example, the finger used to stop the string can be wobbled on the fingerboard, or actually moved up and down the string for a wider vibrato.

On the original BBC Radio series, the music was provided by Colin Sell, but when the show migrated to television, Richard Vranch ( also of The Comedy Store Players ) became the resident musician until the last series of the British show, playing electric guitar and piano and other instruments.

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On the same show, the Nairobi Trio abandons their instruments for a safe cracking job ; still with a background of " Solfeggio " but speaking, two of the three appear in an " Outer Space " sketch.

The Sound Lab allows museum-goers to learn the basics of playing various instruments and On Stage features a simulated onstage experience.

On instruments using decimal measure, as shown in the diagram below, the indicating scale would have 10 graduations covering the same length as 9 on the data scale.

On earlier instruments, the use of rollers on the low E ♭ and C natural keys seems to have been more common than having them on the G ♯, low C ♯ and B natural keys.

On solo pieces like " Country Music ( A night in Hell )," he demonstrates his slapping and two-handed tapping proficiency as well as the ability to make the bass imitate the sounds of a wide range of instruments ; the piece has since become a popular live piece.

On the fall of France in 1940, Messiaen was made a prisoner of war, during which time he composed his (" Quartet for the end of time ") for the four available instruments — piano, violin, cello and clarinet.

After leaving the Velvet Underground, Cale worked as a record producer and arranger on a number of albums, including Nico's The Marble Index, Desertshore and ( later on Island ) The End .... On these he accompanied Nico's voice and harmonium using a wide array of instruments to unusual effect.

On most modern western instruments, frets are metal strips inserted into the fingerboard.