Finally, CMB's bus franchise was terminated on 31 August 1998, and its routes went to New World First Bus ( NWFB ), Citybus and KMB on 1 September 1998.

Besides the eight Dennis Dart Coach Express retained to operate the free shuttle service mentioned above, most of the fleet was transferred to New World First Bus in 1998 after the end of CMB's franchise.

Two prototypes ( ML1 and ML2 ) entered CMB services was the only 3-door Metrobus in CMB's fleet and KMB acquired three ( M1-M3, later renumbered 3M1-3M3 ), all were bodied with MCW MkII body.

Half of all proceeds went to the CMB's scholarship fund while half were given to a memorial fund to honor one of the Marching Virginians who was killed during the violence.

The telescope also measures the CMB's E-mode polarization, and foreground polarization ; its life is 27 months ; 3 to reach the position, 2 years of observation.

After the Second World War, the network of CMB's routes expanded with exploding population on the island.

With the opening of the MTR Island Line in the 1985, and CMB's reputation of outdated ethos and poor services over the years, ridership on CMB declined.

Meanwhile, competitors such as Citybus had successfully lured passengers from CMB's franchised routes to their own residential routes.

Meanwhile, the company is operating a free shuttle bus service between Island Place ( one of the CMB's real estate developments ) near the North Point MTR station and North Point Government Offices.

CMB's record of the same account is the vostro account.

The comet was thus a serendipitous discovery, but one that quickly overshadowed the results from their main observing program.

This serendipitous observation began the modern era of antibiotic discovery.

The serendipitous discovery of a spring during the subterranean retreat's excavations enabled it to be filled with the relaxing sound of trickling water, which would quietly echo around the chambers.

Weissman and Koe recalled that the group did not set up to produce an antidepressant of the SSRI type — in that sense their inquiry was not " very goal driven ", and the discovery of the sertraline molecule was serendipitous.

Traditionally, the mint leaves were used as a preservative, this practice arising from the serendipitous discovery that Halloumi kept better and was fresher and more flavoursome when wrapped with mint leaves.

The era of radio telescopes ( along with radio astronomy ) was born with Karl Guthe Jansky's serendipitous discovery of an astronomical radio source in 1931.

* astro-ph / 0302547 CSL-1: a chance projection effect or serendipitous discovery of a gravitational lens induced by a cosmic string?

Important work included development of the walking-stalk skin graft, and the discovery that immersion in saline promoted healing as well as improving survival rates for victims with extensive burns-this was a serendipitous discovery drawn from observation of differential healing rates in pilots who had come down on land and in the sea.

In the past most drugs have been discovered either by isolating the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery.

Historically, drugs were discovered through identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery.

The definitive discovery of the Uranian Rings was made by astronomers James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and Douglas J. Mink on March 10, 1977, using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, and was serendipitous.

He also notes that his prize-winning research was originally an investigation of the molecular identity of the human blood Rh factor, and his initial discovery of aquaporins was purely serendipitous.

This was a serendipitous discovery that came about when a fellow graduate, Timothy S. Chang, who was teaching a course on antibody production obtained chickens from Glick that had been bursectomised ( removal of the bursa ).

This was yet another serendipitous discovery: Rosenberg had initially wanted to explore the possible effects of an electric field on the growth of bacteria.

Due to the serendipitous nature of Thornley's choice of literary subject matter, he was called to testify before the Warren Commission in Washington, D. C. on May 18, 1964.

The French finally acquired the islands through a cunning mixture of strategies, including the policy of ' divide and conquer ', chequebook politics and a serendipitous affair between a sultana and a French trader that was put to good use by the French, who kept control of the islands, quelling unrest and the occasional uprising.

M. E. Graebner describes serendipitous value in the context of the acquisition of a business as " windfalls that were not anticipated by the buyer prior to the deal ": i. e., unexpected advantages or benefits incurred due to positive synergy effects of the merger.

94 November – December issue of HBR ) points out that the serendipitous quality of innovation is highly recognized by managers and links the success of Japanese enterprises to their ability to create knowledge not by processing information but rather by " tapping the tacit and often highly subjective insights, intuitions, and hunches of individual employees and making those insights available for testing and use by the company as a whole ".

It describes the suppression of serendipitous discoveries or research results by powerful individuals.

Drafted 133rd overall in the 6th round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, Alfredsson was a serendipitous pick by the Senators.

The plot turns on Dr. Jacob's serendipitous recognition of a fellow member by their shared, secret " mark of Cain.

A serendipitous encounter with lecture notes by mathematician Marcel Riesz inspired Hestenes to study a geometric interpretation of Dirac matrices.

In, however, pitchers started to regain control, helped by a serendipitous invention by minor league pitcher Russ Ford.

World War II Panzer tank treads lubricated by their own squeak provide the most famous, if serendipitous, example.

The plot turns on Dr. Jacob's serendipitous recognition of a fellow member by their shared, secret " Mark of Cain.

One of the serendipitous highlights of his work in the late forties was the recording of his Cuban-influenced song " Repetition " using a big band and string orchestra, for an anthology album called The Jazz Scene intended to showcase the best jazz artists around at that time.

Casey wasn't given a unisex name intentionally, but it was a serendipitous choice because the character's childlike voice left Casey's gender ambiguous.

Among the most serendipitous discoveries that the Nimbus missions made possible was that of a gaping hole in the sea ice around Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere winters of 1974-76.

In one recent case, serendipitous relief of symptoms was noted from treatment with varenicline, a treatment for nicotine addiction.

The case was unusual and serendipitous, as few medical practitioners have been able to observe and document the progress of postmortem fetal extrusion.

* The serendipitous presence within the region of Florence in the early 15th century of certain individuals of artistic genius, most notably Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Piero della Francesca, Donatello and Michelozzo formed an ethos out of which sprang the great masters of the High Renaissance, as well as supporting and encouraging many lesser artists to achieve work of extraordinary quality.

Those dances that do not " work " are quickly dropped from repertory, while those that do are celebrated as serendipitous discoveries.