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 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 becoming Stiff Little Fingers, Jake Burns, vocals and guitar, Henry Cluney, guitar, Gordon Blair, bass, and Brian Faloon, drums, were playing in a rock music cover band, Highway Star, in Belfast.

Prior to being cast in the role, Robinson knew little of the Star Trek franchise and had never seen an episode of any of the television series.

Prior to joining Cacophony in 1987, Becker worked his way through the Franciscan, a Takamine acoustic, a Fender Musicmaster, and finally, a black Fender Stratocaster with a DiMarzio Steve Morse humbucker in the bridge ( seen in the Black Star video, circa 1986 ).

Prior to hosting Card Sharks, he appeared as a special guest on the original NBC version alongside Jim Perry, promoting his 1979 game show All Star Secrets, which he also produced.

Prior to the Clone Wars, the Old Republic had constructed a fleet of 200 Dreadnaughts ( huge forerunners to Imperial Star Destroyers ) that were highly automated.

Prior to the Return of the Jedi comic, the strips in the UK Star Wars comics were printed in black and white, even those taken from the American color versions.

Prior to its current format, the station was called Star 106. 9FM ( Call sign 4QFM ), playing the " classic " hits and was a change in format from what was 106. 9 " Q " FM.

Prior to Star Trek science fiction productions from Forbidden Planet to Rocky Jones, Space Ranger assumed that a long-range Starship would land on planets.

Prior to the debut album's release the band was called Star 69, but was forced to change the name after a band from New York threatened to sue.

Prior to the nomination, some members of the provincial party expressed concern about Hillier's candidacy, and the Toronto Star speculated that the party might disqualify him.

Prior to the opening of the tunnel, cross-harbour vehicular traffic depended on ferries and for passengers, the Star Ferry.

Prior to her Star Trek: The Next Generation appearances, she had appeared in a series of Oil of Olay commercials.

Prior to the Almanach, navigators seeking to determine their position in the high seas had to correct for " compass error " ( the deviation of the magnetic north from the true north ) by recourse to the quadrant and the Pole Star.

Prior to that, In A Rage For Revenge, Gerrold included several characters, particularly children who were fated to be eaten by worms, named after friends he had made when attending his first UK Star Trek conventions.

Prior to making a Las Vegas promotional appearance to ride the champion thoroughbred race horse Rising Star, Sonny discovers the horse has been drugged and is injured.

Prior to receiving the Cross of Valour, which was presented August 19, 1988, he was awarded the Star of Courage the second highest Canadian civilian award for bravery, on March 6, 1987 for a separate act.

Prior to his major league career, Bumbry served in Vietnam and was awarded a Bronze Star.

Prior to the closing, there had been a partial merging of the newspaper staff with the Star.