While many cases an alien language is but an element of fictional reality, in a number of science fiction works the core of the plot are linguistic and psychological problems of communication between various alien races.

* In Larry Niven's Known Space fictional universe ( 1964 ), neutronium is actual neutron star core material.

In the following decades Hermann Gunkel drew attention to the mythic aspects of the Pentateuch, and Albrecht Alt, Martin Noth and the tradition history school argued that although its core traditions had genuinely ancient roots, the narratives were fictional framing devices and were not intended as history in the modern sense.

Verdu describes Tiberium as being at the center of the fictional C & C universe as well: " This enigmatic crystal is at the core of our gameplay as well as our fiction.

The core of the magazine consists of 5-10 articles on subjects related to philately, ranging from highly technical subjects such as " Accra overprints on Gold Coast stamps ", to the fictional stamps and envelopes that have been used as movie props.

The fictional " Kerensky Cluster ", which formed the core of their space, is many jumps worth of jump drive travel from the Inner Sphere, and is represented as being totally cut off from it.

BattleTechs wargaming core and the prevalence of warfare in the franchise's fictional universe makes weaponry a key technology.

The " Company of Death " was a foot soldier unit, that, according to later chronicles, was led by the in fact fictional Alberto da Giussano, and formed the core of the Lombard infantry.

* The God Emperor of Mankind, one of the core characters in the Warhammer 40, 000 fictional universe.

* It forms the core of Didier Daeninckx ' 1984 thriller Meurtres pour mémoire, which is also the first attempt to mine the archives of the massacre through the form of a fictional enquiry.

Though The Dillards were a tremendous influence on the main core of musicians who started Southern California's country rock movement in the late 1960s ( which further extended from that genre into today's country music ), their biggest claim to fame is playing the fictional bluegrass band " The Darlings " on The Andy Griffith Show, introducing many Americans to bluegrass who had never heard it.

Note that a homeworld is not necessarily a core world-especially once its natural resources are depleted, and much population emigrates to search for life in space colonies ( this is for example the fate of Earth in fictional universes of Legend of Galactic Heroes or The Foundation Series ).

The core of the Stargate Program is Stargate Command ( SGC ), based at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Replicators return in Stargate: The Ark of Truth, where one is created by the Asgard computer core on the Earth ship Odyssey by IOA agent James Marrick.

This overall budget covers core technical work, cooperation and partnerships, leading to Food and Agriculture Outcomes by 71 %; Core Functions by 11 %; the Country Office Network by 5 %; Capital and Security Expenditure by 2 %; Administration by 6 %; and Technical and Cooperation Program by 5 %.

In former years, an archaeological field school offered through Harvard's Summer School Program, conducted in the residential area outside the monumental core, has provoked controversy amongst local archaeologists.

In general a core curriculum of an MPP program includes courses on Microeconomics, Public Finance, Research Methods, Statistics and Advanced Data Analysis, Qualitative Research, Population Methods, Politics of Policy Process, Policy Analysis, Ethics, Public Management, Urban Policy & GIS, Program Evaluation, and more.

In its current state, it consists of three core programs: Schlesinger Library, Fellowship Program, and Academic Ventures.

She ultimately meets her end in the Source of The Matrix, merging with a human inside the core of the Machine code base itself, combining the three core groups ; Man, Machine and Program.

" The College of Idaho PEAK Program is designed to “ prepare students to lead fulfilling and productive lives ” through its unique interdisciplinary core curriculum.

For example, the Interactive Mathematics Program uses The Game of Pig as the core example for its Year 1 probability curriculum, and offers a downloadable Pig simulation tool to test simple strategies for long term scoring.

The core of CIMMYT is its two main programs: the Global Wheat Program and the Global Maize Program.

While at Michigan, Crecine established a joint Law and Public Policy program with the Michigan Law School and joint Ph. D. programs with Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning, and Industrial Engineering, each of which were represented in the core curriculum of the IPPS Masters Program.

The Rome Program includes a continuation of the College's core curriculum program for juniors ( PHIL 301 Medieval Philosophy and THEO 301 Moral Theology during the Fall ; PHIL 302 Modern Philosophy and THEO 302 Apologetics in the spring ), as well as courses in Italian, Roman Art & Architecture, and a general catch all course that highlights Rome as a center of culture.

The University Honors Program has 200 student members, and is designed to allow students to take Honors versions of the necessary core classes, which are supposed to be more challenging and more encouraging of independent student research.

Electron micrograph of microfossils from a sediment core obtained by the Deep Sea Drilling Program

The AFOSI Research and Technology Protection Program provides focused, comprehensive counterintelligence and core mission investigative services to safeguard Air Force technologies, programs, critical program information, personnel and facilities.

A full time psychologist and communications specialist are the core of a Student Assistance Program providing help to students at risk.

The first TSPS was deployed in 1969 and used the Stored Program Control-1A CPU, " Piggyback " twistor memory ( a proprietary technology developed by Bell Labs similar to core memory ) and IGFET Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor solid state memory devices similar to DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory.

The Religious Education as a core subject is a vital element of the curriculum where individuals are to develop themselves: “ intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally and of course, spiritually .” The education also involves: “ the distinct but complementary aspect of the school's religious dimension of liturgical and prayer life of the school community .” In Catholic schools, teachers teach a Religious Education Program provided by the Bishop.

MSDE was initially designed by ( then ) Microsoft Program Manager Jeff Alger and later implemented by Peter Byrne ( core ), Ronald R. Martinsen ( core / setup ), and Mike Maringas ( setup ).

Toward the middle of 2002, the station hired Sean Demery ( formerly of 99X in Atlanta ) as Program Director in hopes of bringing back listeners and refocused on core alternative rock artists, more popular hits, and established artists, playing a mix of critically acclaimed artists from The Cure, The Pixies, Depeche Mode, The Clash and current artists like Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, and The Killers.

Team science activities are supported by eleven core functions: Biomedical Informatics ; Community Engagement ; Concierge ; Clinical Resource Center ; Epidemiology and Biostatistics ; Evaluation ; Innovations and Partnerships ; Pilot Program ; Regulatory ; Research Education and Training ; and Technology Core Laboratories.

Students can enroll in core curriculum courses through the college's STEPS ( Studies That Enhance Program Success ) program.

George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.

The burden of these reflections is that a broader unity among the free nations is at the core of our needs.

It is hypothesized that fertility is a function of the social system when the population as a whole is considered and a function of the subsystems when the two-fold division of core families and marginal families is considered.

but this is deceptive, for the core of membership is concentrated in a single social and economic stratum.

The congregation perishes when it is no longer possible to replenish that core from the neighborhood ; ;

moreover, residential mobility is so high in metropolitan areas that churches have to recruit constantly in their core stratum in order to survive ; ;

But where the core of NATO is concerned, the Secretary of State has not only reiterated the United States' profound attachment to the alliance, `` cornerstone '' of its foreign policy, but has announced that five nuclear submarines will eventually be at NATO's disposal in European waters.

That is, when Mr. Milstein thrust straight to the core of the music, sparks flying, bow shredding, violin singing, glittering and sometimes spitting, Mr. Hendl could go along.

It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and a core aspect of various religious traditions, though the concept of ' others ' toward whom concern should be directed can vary among cultures and religions.

The general consensus amongst scholars is that Luwian was spoken — to a greater or lesser degree — across a large area of western Anatolia, including ( possibly ) Wilusa (= Troy ), the Seha River Land ( to be identified with the Hermos and / or Kaikos valley ), and the kingdom of Mira-Kuwaliya with its core territory of the Maeander valley.

The churches of the Anglican Communion have traditionally held that ordination in the historic episcopate is a core element in the validity of clerical ordinations.

* 1945 – Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Admission to any of the public universities in Arizona is ensured to residents in the top 25 % of their high-school class with a GPA of 3. 0 in core competencies.

Its purpose is to initialize the Amiga hardware and core components of AmigaOS and then attempt to boot from a bootable volume, such as a floppy disk or hard disk drive.

Along with tarot divination, astrology is one of the core studies of Western esotericism, and as such has influenced systems of magical belief not only among Western esotericists and Hermeticists, but also belief systems such as Wicca that have borrowed from or been influenced by the Western esoteric tradition.

The adrenal medulla is the core of the adrenal gland, and is surrounded by the adrenal cortex.

Bufotenin, an alkaloid from some toads, contains an indole core and is produced in living organisms from the amino acid tryptophan.

When a core electron is removed, leaving a vacancy, an electron from a higher energy level may fall into the vacancy, resulting in a release of energy.

ATM is a core protocol used over the SONET / SDH backbone of the public switched telephone network ( PSTN ) and Integrated Services Digital Network ( ISDN ), but its use is declining in favour of All IP.