Prior to this paper, limited information-theoretic ideas had been developed at Bell Labs, all implicitly assuming events of equal probability.

Prior to the events, the university received a facelift that included extensive renovations to the Rice – Eccles Stadium, a light rail track leading to downtown Salt Lake City, a new student center known as the Heritage Center, an array of new student housing, and a 134-room campus hotel and conference center.

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

Prior to the events of Spider-Island, after Martin Li's secret identity is exposed to the public, May and Jay formally announce their intention to leave New York for good for their own safety and move to Boston.

Prior to that, it had been claimed but with no control over the region by Somaliland since the 1991 events of the Somali Civil War.

Prior to this the 2nd SAS War Crimes Investigation Team ( 2 SAS WCIT ) had been formed to, amongst other things, look into the events after Loyton.

Prior to 1970, Papua New Guinea was known as the Australian Trust Territory of Papua and New Guinea, and its flag for sporting events was the bird of paradise on a green background.

Prior to its construction, major events were usually held at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as it was the largest stadium in Sydney.

Prior to the events of the series, Jack fathered Sydney with Irina Derevko, a long-term KGB spy who married Jack to get close to the CIA, specifically to steal the details of Project Christmas, which Jack was developing for the Agency.

Prior to 2013, the Super Quiz replaced one of the seven objective events each year ; from 2003-2012, it alternated between replacing science and social science.

Prior to these events many players had competed online.

Prior to the events of the miniseries, Christine is finally imprisoned for the subsequent murder via poison of Wendell's father.

Prior to the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ), the Enterprise undergoes an 18-month refit overseen by its new commanding officer, Willard Decker ( Stephen Collins ).

Prior to the rise of social media networks, K-Pop concerts and related events outside East and Southeast Asia were mostly unheard of.

Prior to the events of the sequel, Revan bade farewell to the nine comrades who had accompanied him on his quest, knowing that none whom he loved could safely accompany him in the places he had to walk ; the only NPC with certain knowledge of where and why ( his navigation droid, T3-M4 ) won't say.

Prior to the events of Macross 7, Max is appointed commander of the 7th Macross Fleet and captain of the flagship Battle 7, with a de-micronized Exsedol Folmo as his advisor.

Prior to these events, Thayer had worked with Kiss as a songwriter on their 1989 album Hot in the Shade and a session guitarist on the 1998 album Psycho Circus, and had assisted Frehley in re-learning his guitar parts to old Kiss songs for a reunion tour after the latter's long long hiatus from the band.

Prior to these events, McKusick had seriously planned to go into the ministry.

Prior to its acquisition by Garda, the company had an active local and national presence, participating in local events such as parades and Laurel, Montana's Aviation and Technology Week.

Prior to " Restless " Whedon often used dreams and cryptic dialogue to foreshadow events, but in this episode foreshadowing becomes a major function of many of the images, conversations, and inferences.

Prior to the events of Dune: House Atreides, Fenring had murdered the Crown Prince Fafnir, older brother to Shaddam, to secure Shaddam's position as heir.

Prior to the events of the game, LeChuck had been in a brief but unsuccessful relationship with Elaine Marley, the governor of Mêlée Island.

Prior to the events of The King of Fighters ' 96, one of the " Four Heavenly Kings " of the legendary creature Orochi, Goenitz, easily defeats Kyo, provoking The current host, Chizuru Kagura, wants to gather Kyo and Iori Yagami in her team to defeat Orochi in the same way as their ancestors and stop Goenitz.

Prior to the events of Gotham Underground, Tetch falls victim to his own mind control devices at the hands of Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Prior to the events mentioned below, Tamihere often figured as a perceived " rising star " of the Labour caucus: some commentators expected him to play a prominent role in the party's future, and sometimes even mentioned his name as that of a potential Prime Minister.

Prior to creating the Asterix series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in the Tintin magazine.

Prior to World War I, the British explosives chemist Oswald Silberrad obtained British and U. S. patents for a series of plastic explosives called " Nitrols ", composed of nitrated aromatics, collodion, and oxidising inorganic salts.

Prior to the release of the TV series, the name Robotech was used by model kit manufacturer Revell on their Robotech Defenders line in the mid-1980s.

Prior to 2002, SIGGRAPH papers were printed in the SIGGRAPH Conference Proceedings series of publications.

Prior to working in the film industry, the Wachowskis wrote comic books for Marvel Comics ' Razorline imprint, namely Ectokid ( created by horror novelist Clive Barker ) in 1993 as well as writing for Epic Comics ' Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Clive Barker's Nightbreed comic series.

Prior to Michelangelo's involvement, the Overseers of the Office of Works of the Duomo ( Operai ), consisting mostly of members of the influential woolen cloth guild, the Arte della Lana, had plans to commission a series of twelve large Old Testament sculptures for the buttresses of the cathedral of Santa Maria Del Fiore.

Prior to the launch of its HD feed in 2004, some sitcoms and drama series were presented in this format, but now reality, talk, and game shows ( American Idol being the lone exception, as it is presented in High Definition ) are only presented in the enhanced definition widescreen mode.

The " anxious sweetness " of the fictional Abbot Heribert is set against the proud and ambitious Prior Robert, who Kollman argues " almost becomes the true villain of the series ".

When Ngô Quyền ( King of Vietnam ) ( 939 – 944 ) restoring sovereign power in the country, the next millennium Vietnam advanced by the accomplishments of a series of dynasties: Ngôs, Đinhs, Prior Lês, Lýs, Trầns, Hồs, Posterior Trầns, Later Lês, Mạcs, Trịnhs, Nguyễns, Tây Sơns and again Nguyễns.

Prior to implantation, the embryo remains in a protein shell, the zona pellucida, and undergoes a series of cell divisions.

Prior to launch, Soyuz 1 engineers are said to have reported 203 design faults to party leaders, but their concerns " were overruled by political pressures for a series of space feats to mark the anniversary of Lenin's birthday.

Prior to Kids Incorporated, Lynch and Biller created and produced a long-running music video series for TBS, Night Tracks.

Prior to this episode, Rod Serling had written an episode called " The Happy Place " as the pilot for his new series.

Prior to this they had reportedly saved an episode of Saturday Night Live by breaking through a picket line and hosting the show against the union's wishes ; the episode was a ratings smash the likes of which the series had not seen since the 1970s.

Prior to the establishment of a series of dams, the river dropped in, from Dalton to Bath.

Prior to the district's founding, the town had a series of public schools.

Prior to the development of the ISO 14000 series, organizations voluntarily constructed their own EMS systems, but this made comparisons of environmental effects between companies difficult and therefore the universal ISO 14000 series was developed.

Prior to his playing " Captain Michael Gallant " Crabbe had hosted a local NYC based children's film wraparound television series The Buster Crabbe Show.

Prior to this, UBS had operated through a series of correspondent banks and representative offices.

Prior to filming, Fry and Laurie were already a successful double act with TV series A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster.

Prior to that, the Columbus Bullies of the American Football League ( 1940 ) played the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1941 in a three-game series, which Columbus won, 2 games to 1.

" Prior to her role as Grimbridge, Nelkin played only small cameo roles in television series like CHiPs and The Waltons.

" Prior to their creation, nearly all the previous villains in the series were considered too likable.