This year the centenary is being celebrated with a range of events, including a massive open-air performance in June as part of the Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013.
Although swimmers and sprinters face no resistance beyond water and air, peak-performance feats in other sports must face strong defenses, which only improve as each sport gains sophistication.
Amazingly complex internal-combustion engines give great performance and clean air, and the new hybrids (gasoline and electric) go 21 kilometers on a liter.
For two extraordinary hours on May 24, 1987, Max Roach (1924-2007) made music live on the air from the Jazz 88 Performance Studio at WBGO in Newark, N.
The categories have been changed by battery suppliers, turbo power gasps of air that allow for mindful performance, and an industry that has been electrified by Tesla and an outcry for alternative fuels.
The former star of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air delivers his finest ever performance on the big screen, coming as close as anyone could to capturing the charisma that made Ali The Greatest.
Each car was scored for its performance in terms of air pollution, fuel efficiency and carbon footprint ratings.
The Navy team had also canceled a performance set for MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, last weekend.
Throughout the ordeal, Al Jazeera effectively leveraged the power of the cloud to stay on the air and scale its reach and performance.
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The study said on-time performance generally decreases as air travel increases.
Realizing the significance of his performance, Sastre punched the air with delight in the closing meters of his ride and he holds a one minute and five seconds advantage over Evans in the overall classification.
The performance looks even better in comparison with Air France's closest European rivals.
Roth was doing research on flight performance for a U.S. Air Force contractor and had relied on the assistance of Nourgostar and of Xin Dai, a Chinese national also studying under him.
While the law does not currently require the payment of performance royalties from over-the-air (terrestrial) radio stations to artists and record labels, it does require services offering streaming digital content online, like Pandora or Spotify, to make such royalty payments.
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Lieutenant Colonel Tom McIntyre, X-37B program manager for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, explained the third X-37 flight will not only help the Air Force better evaluate and understand the vehicle's performance characteristics, but this first re-flight is an important step in the program.
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Tygart said in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" set to air in full Sunday that, even if others also took performance-enhancing drugs, Armstrong "was on an entirely different playing field" given how much "inside information" and "special access" he had.
Not surprisingly, the countries are wealthy and among the world's greenest as well, according to the Environmental Performance Index, a joint product of Columbia University and Yale University, which measures performance against 25 indicators, such as measures of air pollution, water supply or use of natural resources.
Gulf Air came in second with 90.77% on-time performance, and Japan Airlines placed third with 90.24%.
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Actual flight performance has gotten more unpredictable because of problems in the air-traffic control system.
As with any minimalist device -- especially one without a screen -- the Zeppelin Air's biggest drawback is the lack of control over its performance.
Many Kenyans would rather forgo air conditioning, leather seats and automatic windows for all-terrain performance, reliability and cost, according to a survey Jackson ran of 1, 500 potential car buyers in Kenya.
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It is also over one day in the air and 20 time zones crossed - hardly conducive to peak athletic performance and very possibly more than any athlete's body can handle.
Partly because it was the first such interrogation of a sitting German minister to be broadcast live, gallons of ink were spilled and hours of air time devoted to analysing every detail of Mr Fischer's performance.
For all the reasonably robust performance so far, there is a fragile feeling in the air.
For example, all Executive models are equipped with Adaptive air-suspension featuring Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), which combines superior performance and enhanced ride comfort.
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The report noted that, despite major advances in micro-air-vehicle technology, no-one had been able to match the aerodynamic performance and manoeuvring capability of insects.
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The telemetry used in civil aviation transmits data on engine performance and the behaviour of other systems back to base while the plane is in the air.
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