Prior to taking over at MIPS, Vij was an executive at Cavium Networks, Xilinx and Altera.

Prior to this system being put in place, users could " double dose " if they were able to convince the prescriber to give them a new prescription to replace the one that they had " lost ", by taking each prescription to a different pharmacy.

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 taking a deposition, the court reporter administers the same oath or affirmation that the deponent would take if the testimony were being given in court in front of a judge and jury.

Prior to taking action to initiate industrial democracy, workers would need to educate themselves with technical and managerial knowledge in order to operate industry.

Prior to the " Americans " taking over this town it was owned by a Native American Tribe, the " Lenni-Lenape ".

Prior to their taking the stage, Queen's sound engineer covertly switched out the limiters that had been installed on the venue's sound system so the performance would be louder than the others.

The uprising spread to the provinces, taking the lives of the abbess of the Benedictine nuns in Évora, the Prior of the Collegiate Church of Guimarães, and Lançarote Pessanha, Admiral of Portugal, who was murdered at the Castle of Beja.

Prior to official release on VHS and Laserdisc in 1996, the film was re-released to select theaters on March 8, 1996 taking in $ 550, 000.

Prior to taking any over-the-counter medications, individuals should initiate discussions with their health care provider ( s ) to avoid adverse affects associated with long-term usage or preexisting conditions.

Prior was 0 – 4 in four starts with a 7. 71 ERA, until he was once again put on the disabled list July 14, after straining his left oblique muscle while taking batting practice.

In 1501 he succeeded Sir John Kendal as Grand Prior in England, taking responsibility for all their property in England.

Prior to Sean taking over in 2009, David Elliot illustrated six books in the Redwall series, including Eulalia !, published in 2007.

Around £ 1. 7million was spent improving the venue for high profile acts ( taking inspiration from Union Chapel, Islington ), and featured performances from the Lightning Seeds, Johnny Flynn, Eddi Reader and Maddy Prior.

Prior to 1969, taking steps to cause an abortion was an offence liable to life imprisonment.

Prior to taking on the role of Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Bartleman had a distinguished career of more than 35 years in the Canadian foreign service.

Prior to the establishment of the Festival, it was not uncommon to see productions of Rossini's music taking place to mark occasions in his life and death.

Prior to the football team taking the field, a highlight video of previous games is shown on the jumbotron, nicknamed " Duckvision ".

Prior to the 1960s, the usual method of calculating probability was based on frequency: taking the ratio of favorable results to the total number of trials.

Prior to his selection, Eurig Wyn had spent about a year building up a profile in Ynys Môn with a view to eventually taking the seat back from the Labour Party ( UK ), following Plaid Cymru's loss in 2001.

Prior to taking the throne, he had served in important roles in the administrations of his grandnephews Emperor Mu, Emperor Ai, and Emperor Fei.

Prior to Stern taking over as chairman in 2004, the Liberal Party's longtime leader was Raymond Harding ( born Branko Hochwald ; January 31, 1935 – August 9, 2012 ).

Prior to the Local Government Act taking effect in 1974, Devizes was a municipal borough.

Prior to taking up the post of chair of the CQC, Barbara Young was the chief executive of the Environment Agency ( 2000 – May 2008 ), an appointment which led to her becoming a non-affiliated member in the House of Lords ; previously she had taken the Labour Party whip.

Prior to taking the stage for the shows, Bowie would play his new song (" Telling Lies ") over the loudspeaker, but as the single was only available for download over the Internet, most fans did not recognize the song.

Prior to 1931, as soon as the first necessary run to win the game scored, the play was over, and the batter was credited only with the number of bases needed to drive in the winning run.

Prior to his death, Parsons stated that he wanted his body cremated at Joshua Tree and his ashes spread over Cap Rock, a prominent natural feature there ; however, Parsons ' stepfather arranged for a private ceremony back in New Orleans and neglected to invite any of his friends from the music industry.

Prior to this proposal, Goethe, de Saussure, Venetz, Jean de Charpentier, Karl Friedrich Schimper and others had made the glaciers of the Alps the subjects of special study, and Goethe, Charpentier as well as Schimper had even arrived at the conclusion that the erratic blocks of alpine rocks scattered over the slopes and summits of the Jura Mountains had been moved there by glaciers.

Prior to the introduction of pneumatic tires, riding over the large wheel of the " penny-farthing " gave a much smoother ride, which accounts for their popularity.

Prior to this contract agreement the Padres had offered to renew Gonzalez's contract during the offseason at $ 380, 500, only $ 500 over the league minimum for the 2007 season.

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 events leading to Qin dominance over China, they had gained possession of much of Sichuan to the southwest.

Prior to round one of the 1998 season, Carey booted six second half goals in the Ansett Cup Grand Final against St Kilda, earning himself the Michael Tuck Medal, as the best on ground in the pre-season Grand Final, and issuing an ominous warning to the rest of the competition that he was over his injury woes of the previous year.

Prior to his death, Marlon Brando provided some voice work for Vito, which was eventually deemed unusable and was dubbed over by a Brando impersonator.

" Prior to Taylor's attempt, on October 19 a domestic cat named Iagara was sent over the Horseshoe Falls in her barrel to test its strength.

Prior to 1975, jurisdiction over family law matters was held and exercised largely by state Supreme courts under the Matrimonial Causes Act.

Prior to the commencement of incubation the parent will sit over the eggs without actually warming them.

During the Grunwick dispute — where workers struck over pay, working conditions and the owner George Ward's refusal to recognise their trade union — there was a split in the Conservative Shadow Cabinet between the conciliatory approach of Jim Prior, the Shadow Employment Secretary, and Keith Joseph.

Prior to ascending the throne, he was a leader of the royal army in the French Wars of Religion against the Huguenots, and took part in the victories over them at Battle of Jarnac and Battle of Moncontour.

Prior to 1962, in addition to comics published through Dell, Western published some comics under its own name, particularly giveaways such as March of Comics and the annual kite safety title ( which featured an array of licensed characters ) published over a span of 32 years for power utility companies.

Prior to the introduction of specialised video connector standards such as SCART, TVs were designed to only accept signals through the aerial connector: signals originate at a TV station, are transmitted over the air, and are then received by an antenna and fed into the TV.

Prior to 1924, the County Court was the main civil court in Ireland, having jurisdiction over most civil matters, except for the larger actions which were heard by the High Court of Justice in Ireland or the Assizes.

On 12 October 1534, Prior Henry Bassingbourne confirmed Henry VIII ’ s supremacy over the Church and rejected the incumbent " Roman Bishop ".

Prior to this break up Arcadia's population had grown considerably with over 1, 000 permanent residents and boasted for ranching.

Prior to this time, many early ranchers had driven cattle over the Great Western Cattle Trail from Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, the present townsite of Elk City being in the direct path of that famous trail.

Prior to around 1915, The Coos region was largely isolated from the rest of Oregon due to difficulties in crossing the Coast Range and fording rivers, and the Pacific Ocean was used to link people to other areas, including San Francisco, which was an easier two-day trip compared to traveling inland over rugged terrain.

Prior to their three-peat, it had been over 25 years since a Texas boy's basketball program had won three or more consecutive state championships.

Prior to 1990, the only Disney-published Disney comics were the ones published in Italy, after Disney Italia took over from Mondadori in 1988.