During a 1935 – 1942 colonization attempt, the island was most likely on Hawaii time, which was then 10. 5 hours behind UTC .< ref > Since it is uninhabited the island's time zone is unspecified, but it lies within a nautical time zone 12 hours behind UTC.

Since the beginning of Norman rule in the 12th century, the city has functioned as the capital in varying geopolitical entities: Lordship of Ireland ( 1171 – 1541 ), Kingdom of Ireland ( 1541 – 1800 ), island as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801 – 1922 ), and the Irish Republic ( 1919 – 1922 ).

Since September 11, 2001, the island is guarded by patrols of the United States Park Police Marine Patrol Unit.

Since the island is close to Africa, many illegal immigrants try to enter the European Union through it, by a dangerous boat trip from Morocco.

Since the southwestern half of the island lies in the rain shadow of the mountains, it has a semiarid climate and receives fewer than of rainfall annually.

Since the age of the dinosaurs, as the island moved north due to the effects of continental drift, some geologists assert that it may have been fully submerged at various intervals.

Since only a very limited number of Dutch citizens were allowed on this island, the posts of physician and scientist had to be combined.

Since the foreigners were driven from the island empire, explains the Reciter, there has been nothing to threaten the changeless cycle of their days.

Since 1997 Sardinian has been an official language on the island, together with other languages spoken there.

Since rain is rare on the island from mid-spring till mid-autumn, many plants depend on the scant moisture provided by the common, early morning fog condensing on the ground as dew.

Since then, wind and wave erosion have caused the island to steadily diminish in size: as of 2002, its surface area was.

Since Turkey's invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus in 1974, following ethnic clashes and turmoil on the island, an administration recognized by Turkey only was declared in 1983 – the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Since 960s the island had been under Muslim rule as the Emirate of Sicily, a state of the Fatimid Caliphate.

Since the epidemic, Tinta Negra Mole and Complexa are the workhorse varieties on the island, and are found in various concentrations in many blends and vintage wines.

Since the water level of the lake can vary greatly between years, what may be considered an island in a high water year may be considered a peninsula in another, or an island in a low water year may be covered during another year.

Since the European exploration of the world, the " discovery " of every continent, island, and geographical feature, for the European traveler, led to the notion that the native people were " discovered " ( though many were there centuries or even millennia before ).

Since 1855 the national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi bought most of the island of Caprera in the Maddalena archipelago, where he moved because of the loss of his home town of Nice.

Since then, touristic activities on the island have developed considerably, with real estate prices reaching very high levels.

Since the local population is distributed all over the island, it seldom gets crowded.

Since the 1950s, the advent of mass tourism has transformed the island into a centre of attraction for foreign visitors and attracting workers from mainland Spain.

Since the 19th century, the island has had a sizable community of Portuguese-Americans, concentrated primarily in the three down-Island towns of Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and Edgartown ; they traditionally worked alongside other island residents in whaling and fishing.

Since achieving independence in 1966, the island nation of Barbados has transformed itself from a low-income economy dependent upon sugar production, into an upper-middle-income economy based on tourism and the offshore sector.

Since discovery by humans, numerous species have been introduced to the island, some deliberately, like the casurina, the feral pig, the Cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinalis ), anoles, ladybird beetles, and the Kiskadee, some incidentally, like the Norwegian rat ( Rattus norvegicus ) and the Black Rat ( Rattus rattus ), and the others accidentally, like the scale mites, and the brown widow spider ( Latrodectus geometricus ).

Since this decision Gate House has become a co-ed residence identical to the other Upper Burwash houses.

Since two houses may be very different from one another, a design pattern for houses must be broad enough to apply to both of them, but not so vague that it doesn't help the designer make decisions.

Since 1714, the succession of the British monarchs of the houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( Windsor ) has been due to their descent from James VI and I of the House of Stuart.

Since the adoption of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, the office has been vacant twice while awaiting confirmation of the new Vice President by both houses of Congress.

Since hotel records are sparse during some of that time, it is thought that they may have spent considerable time in and around safe houses related to the al-Qaeda leader in Spain, Imad Yarkas.

Since the late 1990s and especially since the arson which took place in one of these buildings, the city undertook a policy of deconstruction of these houses which is still in progress at the moment.

Since independence, the city has grown rapidly and now houses nearly half the national population.

Since completion, the Columbus Lighthouse, which supposedly houses Columbus ' remains, has been a minor tourist attraction.

Since fewer than five cards are face up, this means no straights, flushes, or full houses will count for this purpose.

Since the mythic event drew together numerous heroes — among whom were many who were venerated as progenitors of their local ruling houses among tribal groups of Hellenes into Classical times — the Calydonian Boar hunt offered a natural subject in classical art, for it was redolent with the web of myth that gathered around its protagonists on other occasions, around their half-divine descent and their offspring.

Since their respective declines, the government has been one of the major employers in the town: the maximum-security Port Laoise Prison, which houses the majority of the Irish Republican political prisoners sentenced in the Republic, the Midlands Prison, and the Department of Agriculture are all large-scale employers in the town.

Since Tampa was still a small town at the time ( population less than 5000 ), Ybor built hundreds of small houses around his factory to accommodate the immediate influx of mainly Cuban and Spanish cigar workers.

Since the exit of mining in the 1970s, Warren has seen a steady decline in its standard of living, but its residential district still houses a significant portion of the population and it boasts ownership of many public services including City Hall, Greenway Elementary School, Bisbee High School, and the historic Warren Ballpark.

Since 2005, the building houses a visitors centre.

Since the track's removal, the town has been reduced to a few houses and the Clover Leaf Township Hall.

Since 2005 the proceedings of both houses have been made available over the internet by HEAnet and the eDemocracy Unit of the Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Since the rise of the skiing and tourist economy, Park City houses more tourists than residents.

Since many operas are large-scale productions, opera houses are usually large – generally more than 1, 000 seats and often several thousand seats.

Since the latter part of the nineteenth century, opera houses generally have an orchestra pit, where a large number of orchestra players may be seated at a level below the audience, so that they can play without overwhelming the singing voices.

Since the 1990s, however, many opera houses have begun using a subtle form of sound reinforcement called acoustic enhancement ( see below ).

Since 1995, it has been part of the Modern Arts Centre ( Centar savremenih umjetnosti ) and houses approximately 1, 500 works of art.

Since a lot of houses in the town are painted blue, Sortland is sometimes referred to as " the blue city ".

Since the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, members of both houses of Congress have been directly elected.

Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party ; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the party does not have a majority in either house of the Congress.