In May 2009 Sparrow announced that it now has its own helicopter service based at its downtown Lansing hospital's new $ 2. 5 million helipad.

Two former prime ministers — Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott and Sir Mackenzie Bowell — served in the 1890s while members of the Senate ; both, in their roles as Government Leader in the Senate, succeeded prime ministers who died in office ( John A. Macdonald in 1891 and John Sparrow David Thompson in 1894 ), a convention that has since evolved toward the appointment of an interim leader in such a scenario.

In Steven Moffat's short story " What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow " ( the basis for the Tenth Doctor episode " Blink "), the Ninth Doctor has a rooftop sword fight with two Sontarans in 21st century Istanbul, defeating them with the help of spy Sally Sparrow, apparently before the events of " Rose " in his personal timeline.

The largest species is the crowned pigeon of New Guinea, which is nearly turkey-sized, at a weight of 2-4 kg ( 4. 4-8. 8 lb ) The smallest is the New World ground-dove of the genus Columbina, which is the same size as a House Sparrow and weighs as little as 22 g. With a total length of more than 50 cm ( 19 in ) and weight of almost 1 kg ( 2 lb ), the largest arboreal species is the Marquesan Imperial Pigeon, while the Dwarf Fruit Dove, which may measure as little as 13 cm ( 5. 1 in ), has a marginally smaller total length than any other species from this family.

Sparrow ( Arnold Stang ), who runs a con selling homeless dogs, clings to him like a young brother, but Schwiefka ( Robert Strauss ), whom Frankie used to deal for in his illegal card game, has more sinister reasons for welcoming him back, as does Louis ( Darren McGavin ), Machine's former heroin dealer.

Later the genus name Fringilla came to be used only for the Chaffinch and its relatives, and the House Sparrow has usually been placed in the genus Passer created by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.

This sparrow breeds over most of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia, where it is known as the Tree Sparrow, and it has been introduced elsewhere including the United States, where it is known as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow or German Sparrow to differentiate it from the native unrelated American Tree Sparrow.

The Eurasian Tree Sparrow has no true song, but its vocalisations include an excited series of tschip calls given by unpaired or courting males.

In addition to her own releases, she has collaborated with a number of artists on various studio projects and releases including lending an early studio version of the song A Little More from Lay It Down on Sparrow Records ' 1999 compilation album Listen Louder.

The White-throated Sparrow also has at least two calls, in addition to its song.

* Lazer Lederhendler, The Sparrow has Cut the Day in Half

Also, boxes have been added in the famous jail scene, and the treasure room at the end with Jack Sparrow now has a sparkling effect.

Since then, Mary Russell has revoked all film rights, believing that Hollywood cannot and will not make a film version of The Sparrow that is faithful to the book.

* Progressive / Symphonic rock band Metaphor has produced a concept album / rock opera based on The Sparrow ( with the author's permission ).

The Italian Sparrow has been classified as a hybrid with the House Sparrow, the same species as the Spanish Sparrow, the same species as the House Sparrow, and as a separate species.

The Spanish Sparrow has a highly complex distribution in the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, and southwest to central Asia.

In Madeira the Spanish Sparrow is common in cultivated areas, but it has not fully adapted to nesting in buildings or breeding in the drier north of the island.

The Sparrow Health System Laboratory performs over 3 million tests per year, at various laboratory sites, which include four remote testing facilities and thirteen patient service centers.

In 1976 he made The Return Of The Prodigal Son, a " musical tragedy ", but four years earlier had made one of his greatest films, The Sparrow ( 1972 ), both co-productions with Algeria.

Sparrow wears four rings, two of which belong to Depp.

K-9's co-creator Dave Martin wrote a series of four children's books entitled The Adventures of K9, published by Sparrow Books in 1980.

He studied with London for four years, getting bit parts until he won the lead role in Franco Zeffirelli's period feature Storia di una Capinera ( Sparrow ) opposite Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave.

The 1989 story ends on top of Sparrow Hills as dawn breaks, with the four friends overlooking the panorama of Moscow.

Although the external dimensions of the Sparrow remained relatively unchanged from model to model, the internal components of newer missiles represent major improvements, with vastly increased capabilities.

Ornithologists often divide the Chipping Sparrow into two major groups: the Eastern Chipping Sparrow and the Western Chipping Sparrow.

In the years after Reznikoff's death in 1976, Black Sparrow brought all his major works back into print.

In the years immediately following his death, Black Sparrow brought all his major poetry and prose works back into print.

* Sparrow Mass, or Missa Brevis No. 10 in C major, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( 1775-76 )

The music of Grenada has included the work of several major musicians, including Eddie Bullen, David Emmanuel, one of the best-selling reggae performers ever, and Mighty Sparrow, a calypsonian.

It was the Newsboys first album following the departure of lead singer John James in 1997, as well as their first release on a major label, the EMI-owned Sparrow Records.

Released in late 1995, " WOW 1996 " was the first in the WOW series and the first recording put together by the three major Christian record companies of the time: Word Records ( now Word Entertainment ), Sparrow Records ( now part of EMI Christian Music Group ), and Reunion Records ( now part of Sony's Provident Label Group ).

The Lonely Island has collaborated with many major artists including T-Pain in " I'm on a Boat ", Akon in " I Just Had Sex ", Justin Timberlake in " Dick in a Box ", " Motherlover " and " 3-Way ( The Golden Rule )" ( the last of which also featured Lady Gaga ), Beck in " Attracted to Us ", Rihanna in " Shy Ronnie " and " Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde ", Michael Bolton in " Jack Sparrow ", Nicki Minaj in " The Creep ", Julian Casablancas in " Boombox ", Jack Black in " Sax Man ", Norah Jones in " Dreamgirl ", Snoop Dogg in " Turtleneck and Chain ", Will Ferrell in " Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions ", Santigold in " After Party ", Natalie Portman in " Natalie's Rap ", E-40 in " Santana DVX ", Adam Levine in " Iran So Far ", and Seth Rogen in " Like a Boss ".

The Sparrow electrical systems in a Corbin Sparrow VIN28 is composed of three isolated sections.

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the segment of former Route 3-a from Port Jervis to Callicoon was designated as NY 97, even though two sections of the route — between NY 42 at Sparrow Bush and Mongaup and from Pond Eddy to near the hamlet of Tusten — were still incomplete.

Designed with the same form-and-fit factors as the previous generation of semiactive guided Sparrow missiles, it is a fire-and-forget missile with active guidance.

Guidance for the Sparrow required that the launching aircraft use its radar to continuously illuminate a single target for the missile's " passive " seeker to track, or guidance would be lost.

| missiles = 8 × AIM-4 Falcon, Canadair Velvet Glove ( cancelled 1956 ), 2 AIM-7 Sparrow II 2D active guidance missiles ( cancelled )

Unlike the AIM-7M ' Sparrow III ' the AMRAAM is lighter and more versatile with superior ECM / ECCM and capable of engaging high-g targets, along with an active-radar homing warhead ( unlike the semi-active homing warhead of the ' Sparrow III ') with standard datalink for mid-course guidance and correction purposes.

A final upgrade to the Sparrow was the AIM-7P, which replaced the M's guidance system with an improved model that allowed mid-course upgrades to be sent from the launching platform via new rear-mounted antennas.

However, in R. v. Sparrow the Court developed a test to limit section 35 that Hogg has compared to the section 1 Oakes test.

Sparrow admitted to all the facts in the charge but justified it on the ground that he was exercising his aboriginal right to fish under section 35 ( 1 ) of the Constitution Act, 1982.

They held that Sparrow was exercising an " inherent " Aboriginal right, that existed before the provincial legislation and that was guaranteed and protected by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

The Supreme Court ruled in R. v. Sparrow that, before 1982 ( when section 35 came into effect ), Aboriginal rights existed by virtue of the common law.

Moreover, in R. v. Sparrow the Court developed a test to limit section 35 that Hogg has compared to the section 1 Oakes test.