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2009 ASB Classic

This was consistent with the surface change that was also implemented at the Australian Open.

Bhogi

In Andhra Pradesh, the day preceding Makara Sankranti is called Bhogi (భోగి) and this is when people discard old and derelict things and concentrate on new things causing change or transformation.

BMW M12

The Megatron programme ended as a result of a change of Formula One engine rules which banned turbocharged engines at the end of 1988, with American driver Eddie Cheever achieving the old BMW engine's last podium finish with third place in the 1988 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Bone Regency

In 1605, during the reign of the tenth king of Bone Latenri Tuppu Matinro Ri Sidenreng, Islam entered Bone and caused a change in local culture, including a renaming of various aspects of the regal system.

Bunny Lewis

Other film credits included work on A Change of Heart (1962), The Painted Smile (1962) and One Too Many (1950).

Causecast

Ryan's commitment to community engagement around social change also led him to form the Impact and Education sections of the Huffington Post with Arianna Huffington.

Cecile Platovsky

She helped change the movement of women in the fashion industry, along with Donna Karan and Liz Claiborne.

ChangeFIFA

Joining forces with Change FIFA, Damian Collins, Conservative Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe and member of the House of Commons' Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for Sepp Blatter's re‑election as FIFA president to be suspended and a "reform agenda" to be introduced at football's ruling organisation.

Charles Gordone

His acting credits included Brother Jerro in "The Trials of Brother Jerro Bohem," Hickey in "Of Mice and Men," and The Valet in Jean Genet's The Blacks (1961–1966) alongside of James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, and many other Black actors who went on to change Hollywood.

Chimerin 1

When lipid diacylglycerol (DAG) binds to the C1 domain, CHN1 is transferred to the plasma membrane and negatively regulates Rho-family small GTPases RAC1 and CDC42, thus causing the morphological change of axons by pruning the ends of axon dendrites.

ClientEarth

Employees of ClientEarth include Professor Ludwig Kramer and CEO James Thornton environmentalist; the latter was named by the New Statesman in 2009 as one of "ten people who could change the world".

Del Dettmar

He co-produced (with Dave Brock) the album Doremi Fasol Latido and is credited as composer of the tracks "One Change" (Doremi Fasol Latido), "Electronic No. 1" (Space Ritual) and "Goat Willow" (Hall of the Mountain Grill).

Egon Wolff

The formation of the Teatro Experimental de la Universidad de Chile (Experimental Theatre of the University of Chile) in 1941, followed by the founding of the Teatro del Ensayo de la Universidad Catolica (TEUC) (Theatre Actor Studio of the Catholic University) in 1943 created a qualitative change in Chilean theatre.

EOTO

After experiencing dubstep at DJ Skream's set at Shambhala during the summer of 2008, the duo saw a change in their sound.

Gedney family

Joshua Gedney and his brother Joseph were forced to change their names to Gidney and to flee from New York to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1783.

Gerry Robinson

In June 2008, Robinson was one of four Labour donors who expressed their concerns with Gordon Brown's leadership and stated he would not be contributing any more money to the Labour Party until there was a change of leader.

Gotham Road

In 2003 the band went on to change their name to Gotham Road and went on to record the "Seasons of the Witch" EP which contained five new songs as well as two reworked Graves songs.

Greater Jakarta

Jabodetabek, Depok was carved out of Bogor Regency in 1999, leading to the new name (but covering the same area as Jabotabek) Similarly, South Tangerang was carved out of Tangerang Regency, without a name change or area change.

Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale

A change of scene being deemed necessary to insure his recovery, he obtained, through Dr. Batty, the post of medical attendant to Edward, fifth earl of Oxford, who was then on a tour in Italy.

Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact On European Seas

To assess biodiversity and its relationship with environmental factors such as climate change, DNA barcoding and other molecular techniques will be used.

Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

When Philip Augustus succeeded Louis in 1180, Hugh seized the opportunity and forced several men to change alliance to Burgundy.

Ian Dennis / Fox Bronte

In January 2010, he drank different coloured juices to change the colour of his urine - to create a portrait of British National Party leader Nick Griffin.

Interstate '82

The vehicle models have been updated to reflect the change in era, and overall, the game has a New Wave feel, with several hitherto-unreleased Devo songs being on the soundtrack, as opposed to the first game's funk-inspired style.

Iwrestledabearonce EP

The EP contains five songs, all of which boast extreme tempo and change between various genres throughout, as well as the use of short cover tunes or samples (including the theme from Inspector Gadget as well as samples from other popular media such as Scary Movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Super Mario Bros. and Clerks).

Joshua Kadison

It peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and Filipino actor/singer Jericho Rosales recorded and released a version of it on his own 2009 album Change. Painted Desert Serenade went platinum in the US and Germany, and went multi-platinum in Australia and New Zealand.

Kingdom of Tondo

One famous Japanese merchant, Luzon Sukezaemon (呂宋助左衛門), went as far as to change his surname from Naya (納屋) to Luzon (呂宋).

Lalbaug

Due to the communal riots in 1946, orders were issued to change the route of the Ganesh Immersion Procession.

Logan Northern Australia Water Scheme

Following a change of government, the canal component of the scheme was rejected by the incoming Premier, Richard Court, who considered Perth did not have a water problem.

Malibongwe Drive

The change was part of an ongoing plan by the city of Johannesburg to create politically neutral names to replace "upsetting" reminders of South Africa's racial past.

Margaret Kirkby

The register of John Thoresby, Archbishop of York, confirming the enclosure suggests to Hughes that "in common with the epistles of Rolle, Margaret desired an eremitic life in order that she might fashion herself as a servant of God more freely and more quietly with pious prayers and vigils. Such language indicates how she and Rolle were pioneering a change in the conception of the eremitic vocation".

Mexican-American women in the U.S. from 1900–60

The future marked a key turning point for Mexican American women, as the Chicano Movement and Civil Rights Movement was emerging, and women's role in society was beginning to change.

Mike Kim

He is currently a Managing Director at Ferrazzi Greenlight, a management consulting firm and research institute, working with founder and CEO Keith Ferrazzi on human behavior and culture change.

Molecular drive

Molecular drive is a term coined by Gabriel Dover in 1982 to describe evolutionary processes that change the genetic composition of a population through DNA turnover mechanisms.

Mookie Blaylock 1991 United States Tour

However, concerns about trademark issues with the name "Mookie Blaylock" necessitated a name change; the band's name became "Pearl Jam".

Myron Mixon

Series two brought a change in format, with it becoming a competition-game show, and Mixon as one of the three judges alongside Art Smith and Warren Sapp.

Raja'a Alem

Her short story "One Thousand Braids and a Governess" has been translated into English and published in "Voices of Change: short stories by Saudi Arabian women writers" edited by Abubaker Bagader, Ava M. Heinrichsdorff, Deborah Akers Her birth in Mecca and her family background is highly influential to her work and outlook.

Ramesh Kumar Nibhoria

He was invited to the Al Gore lecture on climate change at Cambridge University.

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Spiritual Wisdom From the Science of Change is a book by Western Connecticut State University English Professor John Briggs and Physicist F. David Peat (who also co-authored Turbulent Mirror).

Skyglobe

A mouse can be used to change the viewing direction or to point at objects; the object under the mouse will be named in the lower-left corner of the screen, along with its horizontal and equatorial coordinates.

Strange Change Machine

The Strange Change Machine was a Mattel toy from the late 1960s, in which "shape memory" plastic figures of prehistoric animals & science fiction-like creatures could be reconstituted from compressed "time capsule" form, and re-compressed back into that form.

Sutton Town A.F.C.

Another now defunct club (1996), Oakham United, based close to the King's Mill Hospital on the boundary between Sutton and Mansfield, applied to change their name to Sutton Town when the previous club became defunct but were denied permission by the Nottinghamshire FA.

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius is also referenced in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, when Tony Wilson's character is recited an excerpt of "The Consolation of Philosophy" by a panhandler to whom he has just given pocket change.

The Fartz

The original idea was that the Fartz would simply change their name to 10 Minute Warning, but after one west coast tour with the Dead Kennedys, Blaine decided to quit and was replaced on vocals by Steve Swad (formerly of The Swads).

The Price of Sugar

The documentary shows the poor working conditions in the sugar cane plantations, and political control exerted by the Vicini family to stifle efforts to change the situation.

Title and style of the Canadian monarch

Liberal Member of Parliament Eugène Marquis in 1945 tabled a motion in the House of Commons proposing that a change to the King's title be a subject of discussion at the next Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference; Marquis suggested that the title include each of the King's dominions, giving him the designation King of Canada.

Tommaso dei Cavalieri

John Addington Symonds, the early British homosexual activist, undid this change by translating the original sonnets into English and writing a two-volume biography, published in 1893.

Trevor Colbourn

In 1978, Governor Reubin Askew approved the change of name from Florida Technological University to the University of Central Florida.

Ulnaby

It is thought that the reduction in size of the village was in response to the success of the cloth industry, which encouraged change from labour-intensive arable land to pasture.

Unión Temuco

Unión Temuco's sponsorship is Entel PCS and the sponsor brand of Temuco was the Italian company Lotto (2008–2010) and in 2011 the club change brand to Mitre.

Władysław III of Poland

The situation did not change even after the Sejm (Polish parliament) had gathered in Piotrków in 1438, and declared the fourteen-year-old king to have attained his majority.


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