Since in a majority of constellations the brightest star is designated Alpha ( α ), many people wrongly assume that Bayer meant to put the stars exclusively in order of their brightness, but in his day there was no way to measure stellar brightness precisely.

Since the southern sky lacks an easily visible pole star, Alpha and Gamma ( known as Acrux and Gacrux respectively ) are commonly used to mark south.

Since Alpha Centauri is the star system closest to Earth, it indicates that, in the altered timeline, the Romulans invaded Earth's stellar region, despite not even being prompted by Earth's role in the encouragement of interplanetary cooperation.

Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s, Nickelodeon as a brand has expanded into include language-or culture-specific Nickelodeon channels for various other territories in different parts of the world including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia, Asia, and recently Canada, and has licensed some of its cartoons and other content, in English and local languages, to TV and cable stations such as KiKA and Super RTL in Germany, RTÉ Two ( English speaking ) and TG4 ( Irish speaking ) in Ireland, YTV ( in English ) and VRAK. TV ( in French ) in Canada, Canal J in France, Alpha Kids in Greece and CNBC-e in Turkey.

Since returning to Australia in 1994, Kats-Chernin has written four operas (: Iphis, 1997, Sydney ; Matricide, the Musical, 1998, Melbourne ; Mr Barbeque, 2002, Lismore ; Rage of Life, 2010, Antwerp ), two piano concertos and compositions for many performers and ensembles, including The Song Company, the Sydney Alpha Ensemble, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Chamber Made Opera, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony.

Since this was their first meeting, members of Alpha Phi Omega — the service fraternity in charge of taking care of Shasta I, the university's mascot — brought her to the game.

" Since 1995, Alpha Group has also come under scrutiny for its involvement in both the First Chechen War between 1994 – 96, as well as the Second Chechen War between 1999-2009.

Since the initial Eve Alpha testing in late 2003 the number of modules increased from two to four and no third party modules have been announced by Social Strata or integrated with the software as originally planned.

Since its founding, the Alpha Delta Phi has adopted several fraternity songs written by members of its chapters.

Since her Miss America win, Whitestone has completed her studies at Jacksonville State University, where she was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and has continued to promote awareness of Deaf issues.

Since 1943, the spectrum of Alpha Persei has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified.

Since Eugene Fama, many academics believe financial markets are too efficient to allow for repeatedly earning positive Alpha, unless by chance.

Since that time, Sigma Alpha has become a national organization consisting of over 70 chapters, with undergraduate and alumnae members.

Since then, Epsilon Sigma Alpha chapters have been organized in Germany, Guam, Denmark, Peru, Australia, Mexico, the Philippines, and Scotland.

Since college, Walker has been a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Since the mid-1990s the Alpha course programme has remained largely unchanged allowing the energy of the church to develop other initiatives which fit with the Alpha course such as creating courses on marriage preparation, parenting teenagers, bereavement and recovering from divorce as well as publishing new books.

Since the show was produced before the development of Street Fighter Alpha, he does not resemble his in-game counterpart at all.

Since the release of Fedora 9 Alpha, all future release of Fedora will provide Jigdo as an alternative download method for people without BitTorrent access.

Since the series predates the production of Street Fighter Alpha 3, Cody is depicted in his original outfit from Final Fight.

Since Pi Alpha Phi's founding in the early 20th century, the fraternity has expanded with chapters at campuses throughout the nation.

Since they were banned from joining a traditional Greek fraternity, Pi Alpha Phi's Founding Fathers wanted to ensure that Asian American Awareness would forever be an important part of the Fraternity.

Since its founding, Alpha Delta Gamma has expanded conservatively to keep a small but strong brotherhood ; thus, the fraternity has chartered 29 chapters in its 85 year history.

Since Stein as leader was the only musician under contract by name, the rest of the band broke off, sent to New Orleans for drummer Tony Sbarbaro, and on June 5, started playing under the name, The Dixie Jass Band.

Since the Virgin is Captain General of Artillery ( which is indicated for the baton and the sash that has his feet ) from the September 24, 1916, en route from the Cathedral Shrine and is accompanied by cadets Artillery Academy and the Band ( which has to be brought from the Academy of Toledo since disappeared local ).

Since 2008 it has again been held by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, a federally recognized tribe.

Since 1982, Shaffer has served as musical director for David Letterman's late night talk shows: as leader of " The World's Most Dangerous Band " for Late Night with David Letterman ( 1982 – 1993 ) on NBC, for which he also composed the theme song, and as leader of the CBS Orchestra for the Late Show with David Letterman ( 1993 – present ) on CBS.

Since 1904, the town has been the home of the Llangollen Silver Band.

Since 1983, the town has played host to the first outdoor Pipe Band competition of the season in Scotland.

Since its original release, Stretchin ' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band has been reissued and remastered several times.

Since then, the group has reunited as Split Enz several times, though its members have gone on to create other successful musical groups with one another since the breakup in 1984, such as Crowded House, Schnell Fenster, Citizen Band and the Finn Brothers.

Since 1930, when the Scottish band association ( today known as the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association ) was formed, there has been a World Pipe Band Championship competition, known as ' The Worlds ' held annually in Glasgow during August.

Since 2005, EA has published seven games that received " Universal Acclaim " ( Metacritic score 90 or greater ): Battlefield 2, Crysis, Rock Band, FIFA 12, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age: Origins.

The track " White Punks on Dope " was an " absurd anthem of wretched excess " and a tribute to their rich, white teenage fan base in San Francisco Since then the song has been covered by Mötley Crüe, and the German rock musician Nina Hagen took the tune and set new lyrics to it ( not a translation of the original lyrics ), titled her work TV-Glotzer (" Couch Potato "), and used this song as the opening track of her own debut album Nina Hagen Band, released 1978 on CBS / Germany Records.

Since the 1903 Coronation Pageant, the Royal Marines Band Service, as the representative military music service of the Royal Navy ( as the Armed Forces ' Senior Service ) and the Corps of Royal Marines, use this band formation format, unique to the British Armed Forces military bands.

* Breakup Songs of 1981: The Cars " Since You're Gone ", The Human League " Don't You Want Me ", The Greg Kihn Band " The Breakup Song ( They Don't Write ' Em )".

Since its inception, Foreigner has been led by English musician Mick Jones ( former member of Nero and the Gladiators, Spooky Tooth and The Leslie West Band ) who, in early 1976, met with ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald and formed Foreigner with Lou Gramm ( ex-Black Sheep ), Dennis Elliott, Al Greenwood, and Ed Gagliardi as a sextet.

Since then it has been a Signal Corps post, a showcase for US Army's cavalry and since the 1940s, home to the US Army's elite ceremonial units-The US Army Band (" Pershing's Own ") and the US Army's 3d Infantry Regiment (" The Old Guard ").

Since 1952, the straw boater hat has been part of the uniform of the Princeton University Band, notably featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine in October, 1955.

Since then he has undertaken recording work in America with members of the Blues Brothers Band, recording in Nashville with Australia singer / songwriter James Blundell and doing session work for many individuals and bands including legendary Aussie singer / songwriter Ed Kuepper.

Since the ' 80s he had managed Jesus and Mary Chain, The Lilac Time, Primal Scream, Mogwai, The Kills, The Libertines, Mew, Dirty Pretty Things, The Beta Band and Black Affair.

Since its inception in 1977, the Concert Band has been a mainstay of the college.

Since arriving in Austria, Ed has composed a concerto for Cello “ Fantasy for Cello and Big Band ” recorded with Fritz Kleinhapl on cello on the Ars Label ( 2001 ).

Since then she has written a host of highly-acclaimed and popular television drama serials, including Band of Gold ( 1995 ), Playing the Field ( 1998 ) for BBC One, Fat Friends ( 2000 ), Between the Sheets ( 2003 ) and Strictly Confidential ( 2006 ) for ITV.

Since their founding in 1987 The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band has worked consistently to develop a musical language that is specific to its place and time, rooted squarely in a folk tradition while embracing the possibilities of the present.

Since 1994, Beartrap Meadow has been home to the popular Beartrap Summer Festival the third weekend of July which features bluegrass music and has included bands such as Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.