Prior to 31 December 2010, deposits with building societies of up to £ 50, 000 per individual, per institution, were normally protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ( FSCS ), but Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies negotiated a temporary change to the terms of the FSCS to protect members of the societies they acquired in late 2008 / early 2009.

Prior to the 2009 season, the Royals renovated Kauffman Stadium.

Prior to 2009, the Pleistocene was defined to be 1. 805 million years ago to present, such that the present definition of the Pleistocene includes a portion of what was prior to 2009 defined as part of the Pliocene.

Meanwhile, a delegation from the African Union Commission praised the election for taking place with " calm and serenity " Prior to the 2009 election, Tunisia amended its constitution to allow more candidates to run for president, allowing the top official from each political party to compete for the presidency regardless of whether they held seats in parliament.

Prior to the 2009 season, the maximum team roster size was changed from 13 players ( 11 active and 2 inactive ) to 11 players ( all active ).

Prior to the 2009 – 10 NHL season, the Blackhawks made another major free agent purchase, signing Marian Hossa to a 12-year contract worth 62. 8 million dollars.

* Lizbeth Neuman, 49, of Prior Lake, MN ( died October 17, 2009 )

Prior to 13 December 2009, the Circle line formed a simple loop with 27 stations and of track, as shown below:

Prior to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, the park was renowned for being home to the tallest tree in Victoria.

On April 10, 2009, zebra mussel shells were discovered on the shore of Lower Prior Lake.

Prior to 2009 students attended Parkdale Elementary in grades K – 2, and Main Street Elementary for grades 3 – 8.

Prior to March 2009 digital music files with digital rights management were available for purchase from the iTunes Store encoded in a proprietary derivative of the AAC format that used Apple's FairPlay DRM system.

Prior to his death, he was collaborating on a project with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice, under the moniker Heaven & Hell, whose only studio album, The Devil You Know, was released on April 28, 2009.

Prior to 2009, the requirement was for six concerts in addition to the Last Night when purchasing a ticket in advance.

Prior to 2009, MSNBC used a graphic scheme which contained highly angular shapes.

Prior to 2009, the party had only been out of power for a brief 11 month period between 1993 and 1994.

Prior to March 11, 2009, XMRO was included with XM Radio subscriptions, or was available separately for $ 7. 99 / month to Internet-only subscribers.

Between October 2008 and June 2009, Askham Bryan College of Agriculture opened its Guisborough Centre, located on the same site as Prior Pursglove College.

Prior to retirement in 2009, she chaired Harvard College's influential Committee on Undergraduate Education.

Prior to the 2009 constitutional reforms, if no candidate received half the popular vote, the president was chosen by a vote in a joint legislative session from among the top two candidates ( prior to 1995, the top three candidates were eligible ).

Prior to its closure in 2009, the Valley of the Fallen was the third most visited site of the Patrimonio Nacional after only the Royal Palace of Madrid and El Escorial.

Prior to the 2009 NASL split several other cities had been mentioned as being locations where future USL-1 franchises might be launched, including St. Louis, Missouri ( led by the current PDL franchise St. Louis Lions ), Orlando, Florida ( with Mexican side Pachuca being rumored as connected to it ), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, Hamilton, Ontario, San Antonio, Texas and Ottawa, Ontario.

Prior to 2009, the final was played as a single leg at the higher seed's stadium.

Prior to the passage of the United States Constitution, several States passed their own various copyright laws between 1783 and 1787, the first state being Connecticut.

Prior to the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Cuba maintained strong economic and political ties to the United States.

Prior to its takeover the company was headquartered in a facility in Northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States that now serves as HP's United States headquarters.

* Woodson, C. G., The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War.

Prior to the American Civil War, much of the Southern United States was covered in vast tracts of primeval hardwood forests that were suitable as habitat for the bird.

Prior to the Reagan administration, the United States economy experienced a decade of rising unemployment and inflation, ( known as stagflation ).

Prior to its dissolution in 1991, the USSR had the second largest economy in the world after the United States.

Prior to 1991, the Somali Navy participated in several joint exercises with the United States, Great Britain and Canada.

Prior to its formal accession to the United Nations, Switzerland had maintained an observer role at the UN's General Assembly and its Economic and Social Council.

Prior to 1871 the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Americans of the United States but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 ( ch.

Prior to establishing the nation's capital in Washington, D. C., the United States Congress and its predecessors had met in Philadelphia, New York City, and a number of other locations.

Prior to World War I, Gretzky's paternal grandfather Anton ( Tony ) Gretzky immigrated along with his family to Canada via the United States from the Russian Empire ( what is now Grodno, Belarus ).

Prior to earning his law degree, Daley served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

Prior to its breakup in 1984, Bell System's legal monopoly over telephony in the United States allowed the company to impose strict rules on how consumers could access their network.

Prior to the referendum representatives of Southern Rhodesia visited Cape Town where the Prime Minister of South Africa, Jan Smuts, eventually offered terms he considered reasonable and which the United Kingdom government found acceptable.

Prior to United States Supreme Court decisions Reynolds v. Sims and Baker v. Carr in the 1960s, the basis of representation in most state legislatures was modeled on that of the U. S. Congress: the members of the smaller chamber represented geography and members of the larger chamber represented population.

Prior to the signing of this law, all commercial satellite launches in the United States were limited to NASA's Space Shuttle.

Prior to his days as a leading member of the Yippie movement, Hoffman was involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ), and organized " Liberty House ", which sold items to support the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States.

Prior to the 1960s, mens rea in the United States was a very slippery, vague and confused concept.

Prior United States military involvement in Vietnam intensified following the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964.

Prior to 2000, the United States armed forces trained together with the UPDF as part of the African Crisis Response Initiative.

Prior to 1927, radio was regulated by the United States Department of Commerce.