" Gurzadyan and Vardanyan argue that " Tigranes could have seen Halley's Comet when it passed closest to the Sun on August 6 in 87 BCE " as the comet would have been a " most recordable event "; for ancient Armenians it could have heralded the New Era of the brilliant King of Kings.

Locomotion No 1 of the Stockton & Darlington Railway at the 1925 100th anniversary cavalcade. In 1822, Stockton witnessed an event which changed the face of the world forever and heralded the dawn of a new era in trade, industry and travel.

The launch was widely heralded in the official Chinese state media with newspapers devoting far more space to the launch than any recent event.

His arrival has been heralded as the most significant event in the band's formation.

The Sci-Fi Channel original series Farscape ( which is in fact not American, but actually Australian, and premiered on the Nine Network ), while never garnering a widespread audience, was heralded by critics and gained a dedicated fanbase, which helped the creators wrap up several story lines in the miniseries event Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars after the show's cancellation.

The most significant event at this time was the return of the original steam locomotive " Sea Lion " in September 1987, which was much heralded in the local press.

This event was heralded as the discovery of the book of life, a view still prevalent in the popular press and among many scientists.

The group also heralded at dawn the ox-running event held that day.

Let us quote once more from R. G. Collingwood: `` History is properly concerned with the actions of human beings Regarded from the outside, an action is an event or series of events occurring in the physical world ; ;

His fellow Virginian, George Washington, had stated, `` I believe no event was ever received with more heartfelt joy ''.

Literal flatness now tends to assert itself as the main event of the picture, and the device boomerangs: the illusion of depth is rendered even more precarious than before.

Speaking of the present status of civil defense in the city, Mr. Hawksley said he would be willing to bet that not more than one person in a hundred would know what to do or where to go in the event of an enemy attack.

The Portland school board was asked Monday to take a positive stand towards developing and coordinating with Portland's civil defense more plans for the city's schools in event of attack.

This made the internal current East to West as previously mentioned, but in the event of a later convention change it would have become West to East, so that the East electrode would not have been the ' way in ' any more.

This is not an annual event ; the most recent performances have been in August 2000 and 2005 but more are planned.

According to textual scholars, this is really the Jahwist's account of the reunion after Joseph identifies himself, and the account of the threat to enslave Benjamin is just the Elohist's version of the same event, with the Elohist being more terse about Joseph's emotions towards Benjamin, merely mentioning that Benjamin was given five times as many gifts as the others.

Before Wiseman's publication, Thiele had determined from the biblical texts that Nebuchadnezzar's initial capture of Jerusalem occurred in the spring of 597 BC, while other scholars, including Albright, more frequently dated the event to 598 BC.

During a major news event one or more of the main news presenters may be sent to present live for the channel from the scene of the story, where they will conduct interviews with the people involved, question correspondents, introduce related reports and also give general information on the story, much as a reporter sent to cover a story would.

For instance, John Stuart Mill famously suggested that " the Battle of Marathon, even as an event in British history, is more important than the Battle of Hastings ".

John Stuart Mill's famous opinion was that " the Battle of Marathon, even as an event in British history, is more important than the Battle of Hastings ".

In Czechoslovakia, that required a Soviet-backed Czechoslovak coup d ' état of 1948, the brutality of which shocked Western powers more than any event so far and set in a motion a brief scare that war would occur and swept away the last vestiges of opposition to the Marshall Plan in the United States Congress.

The event consists of a number of individual contra dances, divided by a scattering of other partner dances, perhaps one or more waltzes, schottisches, polkas, or Swedish hambos.

A conspiracy theory explains an event as being the result of an alleged plot by a covert group or organization or, more broadly, the idea that important political, social or economic events are the products of secret plots that are largely unknown to the general public.

" With more than 2, 000 dead, the 44-day Costa Rican Civil War resulting from this uprising was the bloodiest event in twentieth-century Costa Rican history ", but the victorious junta drafted a constitution guaranteeing free elections with universal suffrage and the abolition of the military.

William Lycan, for example, argued in his book Consciousness and Experience that at least eight clearly distinct types of consciousness can be identified ( organism consciousness ; control consciousness ; consciousness of ; state / event consciousness ; reportability ; introspective consciousness ; subjective consciousness ; self-consciousness )— and that even this list omits several more obscure forms.

Within cartilaginous fish, approximately 80 % of the sharks, rays, and skates families survived the extinction event, and more than 90 % of teleost fish ( bony fish ) families survived.

) In more prosaic terms, those who hold to the Copenhagen understanding are willing to say that a wave function involves the various probabilities that a given event will proceed to certain different outcomes.

This made the internal current East to West as previously mentioned, but in the event of a later convention change it would have become West to East, so that the West electrode would not have been the ' way out ' any more.

According to The General History of the Pirates, published more than 25 years after the event by an author whose very identity remains in dispute, Kidd made peaceful overtures to Culliford: he " drank their Captain's health ," swearing that " he was in every respect their Brother ," and gave Culliford " a Present of an Anchor and some Guns.

Also, some Maoist groupings attack even some of the shifts and changes that occurred while Mao was still alive and in leadership, like his 1972 welcoming of Richard Nixon ( see lesser evil for more on this event ).

Still, in the absence of naked singularities, the universe is deterministic — it's possible to predict the entire evolution of the universe ( possibly excluding some finite regions of space hidden inside event horizons of singularities ), knowing only its condition at a certain moment of time ( more precisely, everywhere on a spacelike 3-dimensional hypersurface, called the Cauchy surface ).

This was not the first appeal but some have seen the murder of the legate as a turning point in papal policy — whereas it might be more accurate to see it as a fortuitous event in allowing the Pope to excite popular opinion and to renew his pleas for intervention in the south.

Chianti that meets more stringent requirements ( lower yield, higher alcohol content and dry extract ) may be labelled as Chianti Superiore, although Chianti from the " Classico " sub-area is not allowed in any event to be labelled as " Superiore ".

In practice a groveling letter of apology to the court is sufficient to ward off this possibility, and in any event the warrant is generally ' backed for bail ' i. e. bail will be granted once the arrest has been made and a location where the person can be found in future established.

Under FINA law, no dive may be changed after the deadline for the dive-sheet to be submitted ( generally a period ranging from one hour to 24 hours, depending on the rulings made by the event organiser ).

Modern German features the cognate term Ostern, but otherwise, Germanic languages generally use the non-native term pascha for the event.

A calendar era indicates a span of many years which are numbered beginning at a specific reference date ( epoch ), which often marks the origin of a political state or cosmology, dynasty, ruler, the birth of a leader, or another significant historical or mythological event ; it is generally called after its focus accordingly as in Victorian era.

Today, the floor event occurs on a carpeted 12m × 12m square, usually consisting of hard foam over a layer of plywood, which is supported by springs or foam blocks generally called a " spring " floor.

Accordingly, life insurance is generally not considered to be indemnity insurance, but rather " contingent " insurance ( i. e., a claim arises on the occurrence of a specified event ).

Commentators generally agree that, in the event molecular nanotechnology were developed, mankind should permit self-replication only under very controlled or " inherently safe " conditions.

They will generally have the ability to retain functionality while waiting for an event such as a button press or other interrupt ; power consumption while sleeping ( CPU clock and most peripherals off ) may be just nanowatts, making many of them well suited for long lasting battery applications.

Phobias are generally caused by an event recorded by the amygdala and hippocampus and labeled as deadly or dangerous ; thus whenever a specific situation is approached again the body reacts as if the event were happening repeatedly afterward.

Occasionally, some backup quarterbacks may be used to receive long snaps as a holder for field goal or extra point attempts, as quarterbacks generally have good ball handling skills, and may have to become the passer in the event of a bad snap, an aborted kick attempt or a designed trick play.

The largest St Piran's Day event is the march across the dunes to St Piran's cross which thousands of people attend, generally dressed in black, white and gold, and carrying the Cornish Flag.

Christians generally believe the anticipated event is predicted in biblical messianic prophecies.

Component reliability, generally defined in terms of component failure rate, and external event probability are both used in quantitative safety assessment methods such as FTA.

Miniature wargamers generally prefer rule sets that can be used for any battle in a particular era or war, instead of a specific event, as is common in board wargames.

It is generally considered inappropriate for a man to remove his jacket during a formal social event, but when hot weather and humidity dictate, the ranking man ( of the royal family, the guest of honor ) may give men permission by noticeably taking off his jacket.

Late point of attack plays are generally reactions to an event that has already occurred, or to an outcome that is imminent.

Belgian nationality is generally considered to date from this event.

Athletes gain entry into these competitions by earning selection from their national athletics governing body, which is generally done by assessing athletes via their past achievements or performances at a national selection event.

In addition to being one of the top five international marathons run over the distance of 42. 195 kilometres, the rounded metric conversion of the traditional distance of 26 miles and 385 yards ,( 26 miles and 385 yards ), the London Marathon is generally regarded as a very competitive and unpredictable event, and conducive to fast times.

The public holidays are generally days of celebration, like the anniversary of a significant historical event, or can be a religious celebration like Christmas.

His successor, King Harald Hardrada attempted the invasion of England in 1066, but was beaten and killed at the battle of Stamford Bridge, an event which is generally considered the end of the Viking Age.

Non-traumatic causes generally happen over a period of time, and are not triggered by one certain event.

The bookmaker does not generally attempt to make money from the bets themselves, but rather by acting as a market maker and profiting from the event regardless of the outcome.

Brazil and Germany had been the leading bidders to host the cancelled 1942 World Cup ; since both the 1934 and 1938 tournaments had been held in Europe, football historians generally agree that the 1942 event would most likely have been awarded to a South American host country.