Alternatively, if characters ' attribute ranks are close, the weaker character can try to change the relevant attribute by changing the nature of the conflict.

Alternatively, if the boards are pre-dealt, " curtain cards " may be supplied which have each hand printed on them, so that each player can check at the beginning of the deal that he has the right cards.

Alternatively, if a line is constructed perpendicularly between Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, the point where the above mentioned line and this line intersect marks the Southern Celestial Pole.

Alternatively, if using more than one or two techniques for every experiment is infeasible, some of the benefits of consilience may still be obtained if it is well-established that these techniques usually give the same result.

Alternatively, if positive pressures are required, standard glassware can not be used, energy must be used for pressurization and there is a higher chance of side reactions occurring in the distillation, such as decomposition, due to the higher temperatures required to effect boiling.

Alternatively, two figures are congruent if one can be moved on top of the other so that it matches up with it exactly.

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Alternatively, if the two waves of the same wavelength and frequency are out of phase, then the wave crests will align with wave troughs and vice-versa.

Alternatively, if the last step is carried out in air:

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Alternatively, if several different minerals can be dated from the same sample and are assumed to be formed by the same event and were in equilibrium with the reservoir when they formed, they should form an isochron.

Alternatively, if M is a linear subspace then ; apply this inequality to the subspace defined by the ( orthogonal ) complement of the image of BC in the image of B, whose dimension is ; its image under A has dimension

Alternatively, if the excited-state atom is perturbed by an electric field of frequency, it may emit an additional photon of the same frequency and in phase, thus augmenting the external field, leaving the atom in the lower energy state.

Alternatively, since expendable multistage rockets entail discarding costly structure and engines, if the stages could be reused, this could permit much cheaper operation since the parts costs would be amortized over many flights.

Alternatively, if a predatory ancestor already flying and therefore with long forelimbs, used them to capture prey, it could be pulled on to a predatory foot claw, later inherited and demonstrated by the fighting Velociraptor.

Alternatively, if,, and are known, but is not adjustable, the voltage difference across or current flow through the meter can be used to calculate the value of, using Kirchhoff's circuit laws ( also known as Kirchhoff's rules ).

Alternatively, if we want to have reasonable discussion we may be practically forced to accept Occam's razor in the same way we are simply forced to accept the laws of thought and inductive reasoning ( given the problem of induction ).

Alternatively, if the magma is erupted it forms volcanic rocks such as basalt, andesite and rhyolite ( the extrusive equivalents of gabbro, diorite and granite, respectively ).

Alternatively, if a strip with an even number of half-twists is cut in half along its length, it will result in two linked strips, each with the same number of twists as the original.

Alternatively, if the data matches the machine address, the data is accepted.

Alternatively, some agree that negative rights may be violated by a government action, but argue that it is justifiable if the positive rights protected outweigh the negative rights lost.

Alternatively, if is discrete, one can construct as the set of all ultrafilters on, with a topology known as Stone topology.

Alternatively, a slightly different drink is claimed to have been invented in the 1920s during Prohibition, by an " Old Man Bishop " in a local community named Long Island in Kingsport, Tennessee ..

Alternatively, the supernova may have resulted from the merger of two white dwarfs, so that the limit was only violated momentarily.

Alternatively, some commentators have postulated that Paul's recurring illness was poor eyesight, which caused him to write in characteristically large letters.

Alternatively, the word " gematria " is generally held to derive from Greek geōmetriā, " geometry ", which was used as a translation of gēmaṭriyā, though some scholars believe it to derive from Greek grammateia, rather ; it's possible that both words had an influence on the formation of the Hebrew word.

Alternatively, the name may derive from the verb na · ṣar, נ ָ צ ַ ר, " watch, guard, keep ," and understood either in the sense of " watchtower " or " guard place ", implying the early town was perched on or near the brow of the hill, or, in the passive sense as ' preserved, protected ' in reference to its secluded position.

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Alternatively, the Trojans and Pallas Athena were the judges in that, following Nestor's advice, spies were sent to the walls to overhear what was said.

Alternatively table tennis was played with paddles made of cigar box lids and balls made of champagne corks.

Alternatively, accounts by Carminantonio Iannaccone ( as a researched and written about by The Washington Post ) establish the creation of tiramisu by him on 24 December 1969 in Via Sottotreviso while he was head chef at Treviso, near Venice.

Alternatively the fee may have been waived by the commanding officer of the regiment, Lord Cobham, who was related to the Pitt brothers by marriage.

Alternatively, another tradition maintains that Matthias was stoned at Jerusalem by the Jews, and then beheaded ( cf.

Alternatively, this change in attitude amongst the Allies ( who had waited patiently off the coast of Salamis for at least a week while Athens was captured ) may have been in response to Persian offensive maneuvers.

Alternatively, the name was reported by Queanbeyan newspaper owner John Gale in the 1860s to be an anglicisation of the indigenous name ' nganbra ' or ' nganbira ', meaning " hollow between a woman's breasts ", and referring to the Sullivans Creek floodplain between Mount Ainslie and Black Mountain.

Alternatively, Ino was also stricken with insanity and killed Melicertes by boiling him in a cauldron, then took the cauldron and jumped into the sea with it.

Alternatively, she became pregnant with Trambelus while still on board the ship and then escaped ; it is also possible, though, that the mother of Trambelus was not Hesione, but a certain Theaneira.

Alternatively, he was said to have arisen from the mutual love between Poseidon and Nerites.

Alternatively, Aleus put Auge and the baby in a crate that was set adrift on the sea.

Alternatively, Aleus exposed Telephus and sold Auge into slavery ; she was thereby given as a gift to King Teuthras.

Alternatively, Idomeneus was driven out of Crete by Leucus, who had seduced and then killed Idomeneus ' wife Meda and usurped the throne of Crete.

Alternatively, Caca, Cacus ' sister, told Heracles where he was.

Alternatively, it was not an oracle, but an omen, that induced Gelanōr to renounce his kinship in favor of Danaos.

Alternatively, he was the son or brother of Auletes and founded Felsina ( modern Bologna ) or Perusia or Cesena.

Alternatively, some early texts call the hero " Fionn mac Umaill ", which may indicate his father's name was originally Umall.

Alternatively, some scholars identify Ptolemy Neos Philopator with Ptolemy Memphites, a son of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra II who was murdered by his father about 132 / 131 BC after his mother had tried to depose Physcon and proclaim their son king ; yet others point to a number of minor co-regents – all of whom were named Ptolemy as was the tradition in the dynasty.