An alternative is the Seawater Greenhouse which desalinates water through evaporation and condensation using solar energy as the only energy input.

Steiner began using the word to refer to his philosophy in the early 1900s as an alternative to theosophy, the term for Madame Blavatsky's movement, itself from the Greek, with a longer history with a meaning of " divine wisdom ".

As an alternative means of producing long-lived bohrium isotopes suitable for a chemical study, the synthesis of < sup > 267 </ sup > Bh and < sup > 266 </ sup > Bh were attempted in 1995 by the team at GSI using the highly asymmetric reaction using an einsteinium-254 target.

An alternative is to avoid using any type of Ace asking and use the cue bid alternative.

An alternative theory ( using the example of negative utilitarianism ) is that some consider the reduction of suffering ( for the disadvantaged ) to be more valuable than increased pleasure ( for the affluent or luxurious ).

The alternative terminology rotor or rotational and alternative notations rot F and ∇ × F are often used ( the former especially in many European countries, the latter, using the del operator and the cross product, is more used in other countries ) for curl and curl F.

Bruce Sterling in his universe of Shaper / Mechanist suggested an idea of alternative cyborg called Lobster, which is made not by using internal implants, but by using an external shell ( e. g. a Powered Exoskeleton ).

It has also been used by the Vatican as an alternative to using months named after Roman deities.

Some software may be bypassed successfully by using alternative protocols such as FTP or telnet or HTTPS, conducting searches in a different language, using a proxy server or a circumventor such as Psiphon.

It has tried to maintain the exclusive right to sell products using the " Coca-Cola " name and its diminutive form " Coke ", by suggesting the alternative of " cola drink " as a generic name for similar types of carbonated soft drinks.

An alternative approach, which preceded the ERM, is using the Relational model and dependencies ( mathematical relationships ) among data to normalize the database, i. e., to define the (" optimal ") relations ( data record or tupple types ) in the database.

With good range ( up to 200 m indoors and 6 km using directional antennae outdoors ), dedicated spectrum, high interference immunity, open interoperability and data speeds of around 500 kbit / s, DECT appeared at one time to be a superior alternative to Wi-Fi.

The most common alternative to intinction is for the communicants to receive the consecrated juice using small, individual, specially made glass or plastic cups known as communion cups.

A review of 145 alternative medicine Cochrane reviews using the 2004 database revealed that 38. 4 % concluded positive effect or possibly positive ( 12. 4 %) effect, 4. 8 % concluded no effect, 0. 69 % concluded harmful effect, and 56. 6 % concluded insufficient evidence.

Noninvasive surgery using the gamma knife or other devices used in radiosurgery is currently being investigated as an alternative to traditional open surgery in patients who would otherwise qualify for anterior temporal lobectomy.

Creating and using alternative publishing systems and their accompanying file viewers still makes a lot of business sense, given the content and presentation control they provide.

As an alternative to using a particular system of units, one can reduce all measurements to dimensionless quantities expressed in terms of ratios between the quantities being measured and various fundamental constants such as Newton's constant, the speed of light and Planck's constant ; physicists can define at least 26 dimensionless constants which can be expressed in terms of these sorts of ratios and which are currently thought to be independent of one another.

These aspects can be emphasized by using the alternative acronym WIMP, which stands for windows, icons, menus and pointing device.

For local detail surveys, tacheometers are commonly employed although the old-fashioned rectangular technique using angle prism and steel tape is still an inexpensive alternative.

* Windlasses are sometimes used on boats to raise the anchor as an alternative to a vertical capstan ( see anchor windlass ).

In the early 1970s, he predicted that the then-predominantly Caucasian city of Monterey Park and the San Gabriel Valley would serve as an anchor for new ethnic Chinese immigrants as an alternative to the old Chinatown in Los Angeles, but it was immediately dismissed and brushed off as mere speculation at the time.

Deol was also an entertainment specialist on CityPulse at Six, host of MuchMusic ’ s news shows FAX and RapidFAX, and co-host of Citytv ’ s alternative fashion and style show Ooh La La. Deol worked as a news anchor with VTV Vancouver and host with Citytv Vancouver in 2002.

When asked about the impact of the gasoline alternative on the economies of rural Minnesota by then KSAX-TV anchor Corey Poppe, Dutcher was unable to comment asking Poppe to define E-85.

With regard to historic properties ( those properties that are listed or that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, or properties designated as historic under State or local law ), those facilities must still comply with the provisions of Title III of the ADA to the " maximum extent feasible " but if following the usual standards would " threaten to destroy the historic significance of a feature of the building " then alternative standards may be used.

Alternative medicine is frequently grouped with complementary medicine or integrative medicine, which, in general, refers to the same interventions when used in conjunction with mainstream techniques, under the umbrella term complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM.

After nearly becoming extinct in the 1940s and 50s, the Liberal Party revived its fortunes somewhat under the leadership of Jo Grimond in the 1960s, by positioning itself as a radical centrist non-socialist alternative to the Conservative and Labour Party governments of the time.

For the purpose of section 243 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Consolidation ) Act 1992, a crime means an offence punishable on indictment, or an offence punishable on summary conviction, and for the commission of which the offender is liable under the statute making the offence punishable to be imprisoned either absolutely or at the discretion of the court as an alternative for some other punishment.

The language of the DSM was described as " simultaneously precise and vague " in order to provide an aura of scientific objectivity yet not limit psychiatrists in a semantic or financial sense, and the manual itself compared to " a militia's Web page, insofar as it constitutes an alternative reality under siege " by critics.

This was also used by Open Source Initiative ( OSI ) under the name " The Open Source Definition ", the only change being that use of the term " free software " was replaced by OSI's alternative term for free software, " open-source software ".

Domestically, the film was limited in release, having been pre-sold to some theaters ( under alternative titles such including I Led Two Lives, He or She?

Some countries have alternative provisions for senior appointments: In Sweden, under the Instrument of Government of 1974, the Speaker of the Riksdag has the role of formally appointing the Prime Minister, following a vote in the Riksdag, and the Prime Minister in turn appoints and dismisses cabinet ministers at his / her sole discretion.

This dish is available in many restaurants throughout the country mostly under the name " İskender kebap ", " Bursa kebabı ", or at times with an alternative one made up by the serving restaurant such as " Uludağ kebabı ".

By this time the " New " Labour Party was seen as a reformed and fresh alternative under the leadership of Tony Blair, and after eighteen years in office the Conservatives lost the 1997 general election in one of the worst electoral defeats since the Great Reform Act of 1832.

They point out that alternative access technologies, such as wireless local loop, have proven uncompetitive and / or impractical, and that under current pricing models, the incumbent is in many cases, depending on the regulatory model, guaranteed a fair price for the use of its facilities, including an appropriate return on investment.

CMF units were sometimes scorned by AIF soldiers as " chocolate soldiers " or " chockos ", because " they would melt under the pressure " of military operations ; or in an alternative version of the story of the origin of this term, as a result of the 1930s ' uniforms of Militia soldiers, these soldiers were considered by AIF volunteers and some civilians as soldiers only for show like the soldiers in garish 19th century dress uniforms shown on tins of chocolates that were commonly sold in Australia in the 1930s, hence the name " chocolate-tin soldiers " for Militia members.

However, it is now believed that, used as directed under the care of a qualified psychiatrist, this class of drugs is a viable alternative treatment for intermediate-to long-term use.

* ( short for " alternative ") Usenet hierarchy, under which these groups would be allowed.

Musically, Test For Echo still retained much of the hard rock / alternative style already charted on the previous record with Lifeson and Lee's playing remaining more or less unchanged ; however, a distinct modification in technique became apparent in Peart's playing from his jazz and swing training under the tutelage of jazz instructor Freddie Gruber during the interim between Counterparts and Test For Echo.

In the UK, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers put forward a slate of candidates in the 2009 European Parliament elections under the banner of No to EU – Yes to Democracy, a broad left-wing alter-globalisation coalition involving socialist groups such as the Socialist Party, aiming to offer an alternative to the " anti-foreigner " and pro-business policies of the UK Independence Party.

Another well-known song, recorded by Nina Simone, Judy Collins and Marc Almond, is " Pirate Jenny ", which was also recorded by Steeleye Span under the alternative title " The Black Freighter ".

Today, it is Tibetan Buddhism and various forms of Hinduism that show the strongest Tantric influence, as well as the international postural yoga movement and most forms of American alternative spirituality grouped under the New Age rubric.

An alternative characterization of Euclidean vectors, especially in physics, describes them as lists of quantities which behave in a certain way under a coordinate transformation.

Google Chrome includes similar functionality, where the 404 is replaced with alternative suggestions generated by Google algorithms, if the page is under 512 bytes in size.

An alternative club version was released under the " He's Frank ( Washing Up )" title with the video featuring some footage of Iggy Pop acting and saying lyrics.

A useful example is the difference in the chronology of the Great Depression in the U. S. under the view of alternative definitions.

Barrow, a fervent reformer and once a member of the Barbados Labour Party, had left the party to form his own Democratic Labour Party, as the liberal alternative to the conservative BLP government under Adams.

Another alternative is to place the glassware under vacuum, lower the boiling points of the remaining volatiles.