Since in practice it is not worth contrasting a zero probability with one that is nearly indistinguishable from zero, he prefers to categorize himself as a " de facto atheist ".

Since 2005 Alicante has been home to Ciudad de la Luz, one of the largest film studios in Europe.

Since 1995 Medellín has had a modern urban railway referred to as the Metro de Medellín, which also connects with the cities of Itagüí, Envigado, and Bello.

Since becoming an institution of the state, aside from official commitment to communism and Marxism-Leninism, the party also has de facto unrecognized factions including consumerist and neoliberal figures including business people on the right who effectively support capitalism, as well as factions on the left that oppose the right in the party, and other factions.

Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns, considerable scholarly effort has been devoted to investigating such a connection.

Since Joseph de Guignes in the 18th century, historians have associated the Huns who appeared on the borders of Europe in the 4th century with the Xiongnu who migrated out of the Mongolia region some three hundred years before.

Since old to middle, the de facto Standard Japanese had been Kansai dialect, especially Kyoto.

Since his introduction in 1996, Jaxson de Ville has served as the Jaguars ' mascot.

Since the early 20th century, a form of standardized Mandarin ( described above ) has been the official and de facto national standard language in China and it is today one of the most frequently used varieties of Chinese among Chinese diaspora communities internationally.

Since Jiang Zemin became the national party chief in June 1989, all but one former Shanghai party chief was elevated to the Politburo Standing Committee, the de facto highest decision-making body in China, including Jiang Zemin ( General secretary and President ), Zhu Rongji ( Premier ), Wu Bangguo ( Chairman of the National People's Congress ), Huang Ju ( Vice Premier ), and Xi Jinping ( Vice President ).

Since Rio de Janeiro is the most popular Brazilian city worldwide, usually samba is used to identify Brazilians as part of the same national culture, even if nowadays Sertanejo is the most popular style in Brazil.

Since 1943 only a single urban outbreak in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia has occurred.

Since either of these options would require the assistance of the French fleet then in the West Indies, a ship was dispatched to meet with French Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse who was expected at Cap-Français ( now known as Cap-Haïtien, Haiti ), outlining the possibilities and requesting his assistance.

Since at least the mid-19th century, a group of Catholic flagellants in New Mexico called Hermanos de Luz (" Brothers of Light ") have annually conducted reenactments of Jesus Christ's crucifixion during Holy Week, in which a penitent is tied — but not nailed — to a cross.

Since this is a general rule the receiver doesn't need extra information about the location of the stuffing bits in order to do the de stuffing.

Since the majority of that music is written in D major, G major, or one of the corresponding musical modes, use of the D major or G major key signatures is a de facto standard.

Since the 1960s, with the latest developments on commercial aviation, the highest ranked football teams of Mozambique and the other African overseas provinces of Portugal, started to compete in the Taça de Portugal ( the Portuguese Cup ).

Since guerre means war in French, nom de guerre did not make sense to the British, who did not understand the French metaphor.

Since the 2nd century AD, the light of the city has attracted many famous painters and sculptors such as Chagall, Matisse, Niki de Saint Phalle, Klein, Arman and Sosno.

Since a Van de Graaff generator can supply the same small current at almost any level of electrical potential, it is an example of a nearly ideal current source.

Since the uncertainty relation can be derived from the wavefunction in other interpretations of quantum mechanics, it can be likewise derived ( in the epistemic sense mentioned above ), on the de Broglie – Bohm theory.

Since 1987, the Manneken has had a female equivalent, Jeanneke Pis, located on the east side of the Impasse de la Fidélité / Getrouwheidsgang.

Since the complete division of Nicosia following the Turkish Invasion in 1974, the Nicosia Turkish Municipality has become the de facto local authority of northern Nicosia.

Since the 2008 agricultural sector strikes, political support for President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her husband, ex-president Néstor Kirchner, diminished considerably.

Since Infante John's and Infante Peter's deaths in 1939, Infante Philip ( son of Sancho IV and María de Molina, thus brother of Infante Peter ), Juan Manuel ( the king's second-degree uncle by virtue of being Ferdinand III's grandson ) and Juan el Tuerto ( the late Juan's son and the king's second-degree uncle ) split the kingdom among themselves according to their aspirations for regency, even as it was being looted by moors and Levantine nobility.

Since every day brought the arrival of the Spartans closer, the delay worked in favor of the Athenians.

Since its arrival in 1974, what is known as Danza Azteca in the U. S., ( and known by several names in its homeland of the central States of Mexico: danza Conchera, De la Conquista, Chichimeca, and so on.

Since the arrival of humans around 2, 350 years ago, Madagascar has lost more than 90 percent of its original forest.

( Since according to tradition Carthage was founded in 814 BC, the arrival of Trojan refugees a few hundred years earlier exposes chronological difficulties within the mythic tradition.

Since the arrival of Lou Gerstner in 1993, IBM has viewed such colossal internal developments as too risky.

Since her arrival as the King's bride, Anne never left England ; both of her parents had died by the time her marriage was annulled and her brother, a strict Lutheran, did not approve of her adherence to Anglicanism.

Since its arrival in the Caribbean, the British had tried every means to know the state of the defenses of Cartagena without success.

Since the arrival of Christianity among the Inuit, anirniq has become the accepted word for a soul in the Christian sense.

Since the arrival of the Cane Toad in the park, many populations of reptiles have crashed.

Since 1998, Othello has also been home to the Sandhill Crane Festival, celebrating the annual arrival of Sandhill Cranes to the nearby Columbia National Wildlife Refuge.

Since the information is encoded in the time of arrival ( either differentially, or relative to a common clock ), the presence

Since the clearing of forests provided it with much more suitable habitat, the groundhog population is probably higher now than it was before the arrival of European settlers in North America.

Since any change in ownership typically corresponds to bandwidth-intensive movement of objects stored in the DHT from one node to another, minimizing such reorganization is required to efficiently support high rates of churn ( node arrival and failure ).

Since the arrival of these methods, market researchers have been able to make better, more accurate, suggestions to their clients regarding the decision to move forward, revise, or start over with a product concept.

Since his arrival, the magazine has received numerous awards, including multiple National Magazine Awards — the industry ’ s highest honor.

Since the arrival of the Baatezu, the larvae have been molded by the devils into lemures in an effort to prevent large numbers of nupperibo developing.

Since Andros ' commission included Connecticut, he asked Connecticut Governor Robert Treat to surrender the colonial charter not long after his arrival in Boston.

" Since his arrival in the U. S., backed by a group of prosperous but shady entrepreneurs, Carnera's career has been less glorious than fantastic.

Since that time, Andrews has seen the arrival of other fallen leaders, but no other death has caused such national attention.

Since Guam is outside the United States customs jurisdiction, passengers from all arrival flights go through GCQA inspection.

Since the arrival of the Boeing 737s, the Air North property has expanded and now includes the original Hawker Hangar and cargo area, a new 737 tent-hangar, a new reservations / administration building, an in-house catering and cabin services department, and a small ground equipment hangar.

The Bulletin summarized the opposition opinion in its editorial: ‘ Since the day of the Governor-General ’ s arrival, he has shown a disposition to assert, and Mr Barton to allow, powers utterly at variance with the rights of a self-governing people ’.

Since he was gay and flamboyant, his arrival in what was at that time a very conservative country caused some consternation.

Since Stanley's arrival, numerous rumors had gone around about Emin's intentions and the likely fate of the soldiers, and in August of the previous year matters had come to a head ; a number of officers rebelled, deposed Emin as governor, and kept him and Jephson under a sort of house arrest in Dufile until November.

Since the team's arrival in New Jersey after relocating from London where they were previously known as the London Tigers, the team kept the Tigers affiliation for that season only, before switching affiliations to the Boston Red Sox in 1995.