He seemed very pleased with himself, as though some intricate scheme was working out exactly as he had planned.

Historical records indicate that Copernicus was unaware of the fundamental aspects of his so-called ' revolution ', unaware perhaps of its historical importance, he rested content with having produced a simpler scheme for prediction.

One item in this unhappy scheme was to have Germany policed exclusively by its continental neighbors, among whom only the Soviet Union possessed real military strength.

The committee's final report, on December 30, 1907, stated, in part, that " the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.

" The project, later called the Mills Commission, concluded that " Base Ball had its origins in the United States " and " the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence available to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1839.

Of great surprise to many fans was a brand new color scheme ; apparently the original colors used by the franchise since Major League Baseball awarded it to Jerry Colangelo's ownership group in 1995 were to be discontinued.

While some fans applauded the redesign, most of the reaction to the new color scheme, which included the changing of the historical purple and traditional Arizonan colors of copper and turquoise to a reddish color known as " Sedona Red " similar to that of the Phoenix Coyotes and Arizona Cardinals color schemes, was pointedly negative.

The National Cartoonists Society ( NCS ) convened an ethics hearing, and Fisher was expelled for the forgery from the same organization that he had helped found ; Fisher's scheme had backfired in spectacular fashion.

Originally Gaussian frequency-shift keying ( GFSK ) modulation was the only modulation scheme available ; subsequently, since the introduction of Bluetooth 2. 0 + EDR, π / 4-DQPSK and 8DPSK modulation may also be used between compatible devices.

Although each variant of bridge has its own particular scheme for awarding and accumulating points, all are based upon whether or not the contract for each deal was made or defeated and by how many tricks.

The scheme was abandoned when Corel's shares fell and it became clear that there was really no strategic fit.

However, it seems that the Duke ’ s favoured scheme was to return to the Moselle valley ( where Marshal Marsin had recently taken command of French forces ) and once more attempt an advance into the heart of France.

The naming scheme for " Bollywood " was inspired by " Tollywood ", the name that was used to refer to the cinema of West Bengal.

The midrashic book of Jasher argues that prior to revealing his identity, Joseph asked Benjamin to find his missing brother ( i. e. Joseph ) via astrology, using an astrolabe-like tool ; it continues by stating that Benjamin divined that the man on the throne was Joseph, so Joseph identified himself to Benjamin ( but not the other brothers ), and revealed his scheme ( as in the Torah ) to test how fraternal the other brothers were.

Rather than being written as history, the Deuteronomistic history – Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings – was intended to illustrate a theological scheme in which Israel and her leaders are judged by their obedience to the teachings and laws ( the covenant ) set down in the book of Deuteronomy.

Carl Linnaeus ( Swedish original name Carl Nilsson Linnæus, 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778 ), also known after his ennoblement as, was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature.

ASCII was introduced in 1963 and is a 7-bit encoding scheme used to encode letters, numerals, symbols, and device control codes as fixed-length codes using integers.

The scheme was not a success, however, as the Cubans either succumbed to diseases brought from Spain such as measles and smallpox, or simply refused to work, preferring to slip away into the mountains.

Improvements were made in nursing accommodation in order to recruit more nurses and reduce labour shortages which were keeping 60, 000 beds out of use, and efforts were made to reduce the imbalance “ between an excess of fever and tuberculosis ( TB ) beds and a shortage of maternity beds .” In addition, BCG vaccinations were introduced for the protection of medical students, midwives, nurses, and contacts of patients with TB, while a pension scheme was set up for employees of the newly-established NHS.

Under the Coal Industry Nationalisation ( Superannuation ) Regulations of 1950, a pension scheme for mineworkers was established.

This ' new colonialism ' was generally a failure, at times even spectacularly so ( such as the Tanganyika groundnut scheme ).

The most commonly used classification scheme was originally developed by Wladimir Köppen.

With the main aims in mind, the group launched the LocAle scheme in 2007 which was developed by Steve Westby of the Nottingham branch to help promote locally brewed beers and also help with environmental issues.

The hermeneutic method held by an individual or church will greatly affect their interpretation of the book of Revelation, and consequently their eschatological scheme.

* Many Facebook games operate on a pyramid scheme system where you are greatly hindered in the game play unless you recruit your friends and family to play the game too.

In the early 1980s, the INLA was greatly weakened by splits and criminality within its own ranks, as well as the conviction of many of its members under the British supergrass scheme.

The Thameslink Programme is a major £ 5. 5 billion scheme to extend the service to a further 100 stations and to greatly increase capacity on the central London section to accommodate more frequent and longer trains.

NP-hard problems vary greatly in their approximability ; some, such as the bin packing problem, can be approximated within any factor greater than 1 ( such a family of approximation algorithms is often called a polynomial time approximation scheme or PTAS ).

Bergman greatly contributed to the advancement of quantitative analysis, and he developed a mineral classification scheme based on chemical characteristics and appearance.

Many previously unknown archaeological sites have been identified through the scheme and it has contributed greatly to the level of knowledge of the past.

The area, once recognised as being amongst the most deprived in the UK, has benefited greatly from the very substantial urban regeneration scheme for east Manchester initiated in the late 1990s.

This scheme greatly improves offroad performance, but is quite complicated and requires more power to operate, thus most 2WD machines are either " exotic " bikes for enthusiasts or created with special uses in mind.

This scheme greatly improves offroad performance, but is more complicated and requires more power to operate, thus most 2WD machines are vehicles created with special uses in mind such as trials or military use.

The design was greatly influenced by Eliel Saarinen, who had submitted an earlier scheme.

This reflected a change in attitude amongst military planners that a land war in Europe was increasingly likely, and a turning away from Tirpitz's scheme for worldwide expansion using the navy.

This was part of a response to an Aboriginal Stolen Generations inquiry, which found widespread suffering had taken place amongst Australian Aboriginal children forcibly placed into the care of white parents in a little-publicised state government scheme.

It does allow the Minds in particular to scheme amongst themselves in a very efficient manner, and occasionally withhold information.

Mirkin worked on the concept for a long time, basing the story on NASA's Teacher in Space Project scheme to send ordinary civilians into space in order to spark interest amongst the general public.

By linking the payments to farmers to a number of strict environmental standards ( amongst others ) in the so-called cross compliance scheme, farmers will have to face cuts in their subsidy levels if they don ’ t meet the strict environmental requirements.

# Heil and Farewell ( December 13, 1992 ) – Having arranged for Nicolae Ceauşescu, Jr. to sneak into Germany amongst a group of refugees in exchange for half of a hidden treasure valued at $ 50 million, Alan finds his scheme imperiled when hundreds of neo-Nazis begin to riot and lay siege to the hostel where the refugees are being housed.

In April 1929 the College Council decided it would take the steps towards applying to the Privy Council for a Royal Charter, but on the advice of the Drapers ' Company first devised a scheme for development and expansion, which recommended amongst other things to reamalgamate the People's Palace and the College, with guaranteed provision of the Queen's Hall for recreational purposes, offering at least freedom of governance if not in space.

Kelly gave the go-ahead in 2007 for billions of pounds of public money to be spent on the Crossrail project in London which caused outrage amongst MPs in other cities, especially Manchester, who have been told no public transport funding will be given without a Congestion Charge scheme.

In 1790 Jessop founded, jointly with partners Benjamin Outram, Francis Beresford and John Wright, the Butterley Iron Works in Derbyshire to manufacture ( amongst other things ) cast-iron edge rails – a design Jessop had used successfully on a horse-drawn railway scheme for coal wagons between Nanpantan and Loughborough, Leicestershire ( 1789 ).

It also pioneered a maverick Profit Share Scheme where 100 % of income from listener signups was distributed amongst bands who sign up for the profit share scheme.

This intervention caused a good deal of controversy amongst supporters and opponents of the scheme, especially as Manningham-Buller stated that ID cards would in fact disrupt the activities of terrorists, noting that significant numbers of terrorists take advantage of the weaknesses of current identification methods to assist their activities.

* The D of E scheme is enormously popular amongst the Senior School pupils ; many achieve the Gold Award.

At some time an initiative to assist others was felt amongst the Social Security Advisory Committee so The Employment Skills and Regulations scheme.

Zacarias Moussaoui was considered as a replacement for Ziad Jarrah, who at one point threatened to withdraw from the scheme because of tensions amongst the plotters.

John Banks proposed to underground large sections of the scheme ( earning it the nickname ' tunnelway ' amongst some commentators ) and proposed to pay for the construction costs at least partly by selling Auckland City's 25 % shareholding in Auckland International Airport, and by charging a $ 5 toll.

The proposed scheme favoured by Peacock Visual Arts was never put to public consultation and it is therefore difficult to assess its popularity amongst the residents of Aberdeen.

In contrast to this, the scheme is often amongst the policies of a number of minor parties and independent candidates.

It was a competition winning scheme chosen in 1995 from amongst 235 competing proposals.

As one of the world ’ s longest established engineering consultancies, with a heritage of over 150 years, Hyder has created landmark designs across the globe including the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Cairo wastewater scheme and London ’ s Tower Bridge amongst many others.

The arrival of hundreds of thousands of readily employable migrant workers under the post-war immigration scheme, coupled with intense competition amongst lenders, discouraged proper investigation into buyers.

However, this scheme eventually collapsed due to the frequent infighting and mistrust the party, military, and the various ministries had amongst one another.

This first edition is known amongst fans as the " Green Edition " because of the color scheme of its cover design.

The work of both painters is distinguished by breadth, precision and a charming scheme of coloring, and the unfinished works of the elder brother are amongst some of the most beautiful miniatures ever produced.