These were, of course, Advent (i.e. the 4 weeks before Christmas, a period of four Sundays, starting in the last week of November or in the very first days of December) and Lent (the period of 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday, Easter is a moveable feast, so the starting date of Lent floats between 4 February and 10 March).
Of course, the advent of predictive health models potentially benefits everyone.
In a fine summing-up, Kershaw lays out the factors – utter defeat of the enemy, purging of collaborators, continued American involvement, and of course the advent of a nuclear umbrella – that had been so conspicuously absent after the first world war and that anchored stability following the second.
But the most important break with the past was, of course, the advent of a new generation of black stars who dominated the National League (the American League was much slower to integrate), prodding the sport out of its horse-and-buggy torpor and into the hyperkinetic present.
And of course, the advent and uptake of platforms like Scringo — that make it even easier for developers to 'socialise' their apps — is only going to accelerate this fragmentation.
And, of course, with the advent of wide-area low-power networks like this, the new limiting factor for the Internet of Things becomes the sensors, not the networks.
Of course, with the advent of the internet, policies of the mainstream media protecting one or both may be moot.
Newspapers first, of course, but the advent of marrying ads to radio and then to TV was real pay dirt (just watch Mad Men if you don't believe me).
When you have the opportunity, inquire about your opponent's type of game, weaknesses and strengths from people in a position to know best; of course, with the advent of video playback and the publishing of both statistics and commentaries, you have the luxury of reviewing this information in the comfort of your home or club for many sports, something Sun Tzu didn't have available!
At Colgate, faculty are experimenting with online learning, from SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses) such as the Advent of the Atomic Bomb to massive online courses like Greeks at War and Medicating for Mental Health: Judicious Use of Psychiatric Drugs.
The other big change in shopping, of course, has been the advent of the Internet.
