This put both Belle & Sebastian and Jeepster firmly on the map, and enabled them to release several EPs with Belle & Sebastian throughout 1997, as well as signing their second act, Snow Patrol, later in the year.

Prometheus () is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who in Greek mythology is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization.

The act enabled seasonal residents to tax and issue bonds to provide services independent of the town of Groton ; typically such municipal corporations provided services that the larger township could not or would not provide.

Walter held a legateship from Pope Celestine III from 1195 to 1198, which enabled him to act with the pope's delegated authority within the English Church.

The crucifixion itself was considered to be the act which enabled God to allow humanity into the three-tiered resurrection scheme, as Jesus had paid the initial death penalty for breaking the Law.

P. Decius might have performed some heroic act which then enabled him to become the first of his family to reach the consulship in 340, but if so no detail of the historical event survives.

A year later an act enabled the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company ( LB & SCR ) to acquire and operate the line.

It occurred to him that if the television audience was enabled by a device to augment television viewing with receiving information or commercial offers through the television, then perhaps the web address could act as a signal and the television cable could be the conduit.

* After the United States occupied Iraq, the absence of Iraqi police and the reluctance of the U. S. to act as a police force enabled looters to raid homes and businesses, especially in Baghdad, most notably the Iraqi National Museum.

Yet the reference in the act to " objects of ... scientific interest " enabled President Theodore Roosevelt to make a natural geological feature, Devils Tower, Wyoming, the first national monument three months later.

The constitutional delegation of authority that enabled Congress to enact the Presidential Succession Act is twofold: the authority of Congress to regulate cases when neither a President-elect, nor a Vice President-elect have qualified, determining who shall act as President in that specific situation stems from section 3 of the 20th Amendment.

The New Road was enabled by an act of Parliament passed in 1756.

Moreover, it was his act of self-sacrifice that enabled Sara Felton ( another finalist among the three teams that called the Grudge Match ) to reach the final goal and win the game.

The chief " conspirators " were easily ensnared and were executed when the Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise ( December 1800 ) enabled Bonaparte to act with rigour.

A second act of parliament was obtained on 26 April 1796, which enabled the canal to be extended by half a mile ( 0. 8 km ) ending in a sea lock in Cardiff docks.

The act enabled three tiers of broadcasting, these being public, commercial and community.

Madame de Montespan took such a fancy to Mme Scarron that she had the king reinstate her pension, an act which enabled Françoise to stay in Paris.

Voltaire supported him for a time and enabled him to act in his private theatre and also before the duchess of Maine.

* Medicare modernization act, an American Congressional act that enabled the creation of medicare plans and health savings accounts

With " Les associés " he sang for several years in small places in France, Belgium, Switzerland before becoming more and more popular after the release of Bénabar ( 2001 ) that enabled him to be the opening act for Henri Salvador.

William Brown Library and Museum opened in 1860, named after a Liverpool merchant whose generosity enabled the Town Council to act upon an 1852 Act of Parliament which allowed the establishment of a public library, museum and art gallery, and in 1871 the council organised the first Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, held at the new library and museum.

Success enabled Cole and Rosamond to tour America and Europe with their act.

Examples of corruption ranged from nursing sisters demanding money to provide extra blankets and / or food or to allow visitors outside normal hours, firemen lived by the saying, ' Mo chin mo sui ' ( no money no water ) and in fact sometimes asked for money to turn off the water, preventing water damage, once a fire had been put out ; officials in Lands and Public Works departments secured huge sums of money for ' advice ' and ' signatures ' that procured the award of tenders and enabled developments and projects to proceed ; the Royal Hong Kong Police was also in on the act and entire stations were organised to ' make money ' from hawkers, licences and in many other illicit schemes.

Luce lead the charge and through his efforts, an act was passed by Congress in 1874 that enabled individual states to request from the Navy retired or obsolete vessels to train seamen.

Norepinephrine-dopamine disinhibitors ( NDDIs ) act by antagonizing the serotonin 5-HT < sub > 2C </ sub > receptor, which normally acts to inhibit norepinephrine and dopamine release, thereby promoting outflow of these neurotransmitters.

Nicotine is believed to act as an antidepressant, by it stimulating the release of dopamine and norepinephrine ; additionally, nicotine is believed to exert an antidepressant effect due to the desensitisation of nicotinic receptors which occurs as a result of tolerance.

While not featuring the censoring mosaics of the original Japanese version, the US release of La Blue Girl was edited during the initial VHS release and all scenes featuring Miko's companion Nin-Nin engaged in a sexual act were removed, probably to avoid the charge of pedophilia, in spite of the fact that the character is not a minor but a dwarf ninja.

Inspired by a visit to Japan, Black & More ( Coldcut ) primarily created Ninja Tune in 1990 to act as a vehicle by which they could release music of a more underground nature, free from the restraints placed on artists by major labels ( the same restraints that were put on them via their brief stints with Arista and Big Life ).

The layer can also act as a release agent, helping the product separate from its mould.

Colloids act to store nutrients that might be leached and to release those ions in response to soil pH.

Drugs may act by 1 ) serving as a precursor for the neurotransmitter ; 2 ) inhibiting neurotransmitter synthesis ; 3 ) preventing storage of neurotransmitter in the presynaptic vesicle ; 4 ) stimulating or inhibiting neurotransmitter release ; 5 ) stimulating or blocking postsynaptic receptors ; 6 ) stimulating autoreceptors, inhibiting neurotransmitter release ; 7 ) blocking autoreceptors, increasing neurotransmitter release ; 8 ) inhibiting neurotransmission breakdown ; or 9 ) blocking neurotransmitter reuptake by the presynaptic neuron.

Many CB < sub > 1 </ sub > receptors are located on axon terminals, where they act to inhibit the release of various neurotransmitters.

Cathine is somewhat less understood, being believed to act upon the adrenergic receptors causing the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine.

Zeolites can also act as water moderators, in which they will absorb up to 55 % of their weight in water and slowly release it under the plant's demand.

The U. S. criticized the act as a " sham trial " and has since worked towards the release of the two journalists.

: In unanimously adopting Resolution 1440 ( 2002 ), the United Nations Security Council condemned the " heinous " act and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

The Council also demanded immediate and unconditional release of all hostages of that terrorist act and expressed the deepest sympathy and condolences to the people and the government of the Russian Federation and to the victims of the terrorist attack and their families.

In short, the act gives protection to native species ( especially those at threat ), controls the release of non-native species, enhances the protection of SSSIs and builds upon the rights of way rules in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.

( a ) Except as provided in subsection ( b ) of this section, whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, seizes or detains and threatens to kill, to injure, or to continue to detain another person in order to compel a third person or a governmental organization to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the person detained, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life and, if the death of any person results, shall be punished by death or life imprisonment.

# Combined flocculation / disinfection systems – available as sachets of powder that act by coagulating and flocculating sediments in water followed by release of chlorine.

Ashcroft appeared with Coldplay at Live 8 in 2005, followed by the release of Keys to the World in 2006 and a particularly successful tour that included gigs as the support act for Coldplay's Twisted Logic Tour.

After Kamal left the act in 2000, The Jerky Boys continued on as a solo act featuring only Brennan, before going on hiatus after the 2001 release of their final album, The Jerky Tapes.

This led to greater commercial success ; by its fifth release the label had its first Top 20 chart entry with LFO and their eponymous single, " LFO ", which sold 130, 000 copies and peaked at # 12 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1990 ; by coincidence, that same month another Warp act, Tricky Disco, reached # 14 in the UK chart with another eponymous single, " Tricky Disco ".

In undeveloped regions with permeable soils that receive sufficient amounts of precipitation, the water table typically slopes toward rivers that act to drain the groundwater away and release the pressure in the aquifer.