It also means that their letters can be used as an alternative method of " numbering " ordered items, in such contexts as numbered lists.

* Cone Penetrometer apparatus, an alternative method to the Casagrande Device in measuring the Liquid Limit of a soil sample

An alternative method is to define the region based on ethnicity, and in particular, areas populated by Eastern Turkic, Eastern Iranian, or Mongolian peoples.

( An alternative method for indicating list items, without numbering them, is to use a bulleted list.

An alternative method, called " rythmo band " ( or " lip-sync band "), has historically been utilized in Canada and France.

René Descartes ( 1596 – 1650 ) developed analytic geometry, an alternative method for formalizing geometry.

An alternative method is program derivation, to " develop proof and program hand in hand ".

They begin with a critique of the past ” such that they review the ways women have been oppressed ; “ they seek alternative biblical and extrabiblical traditions that support ” the ideals Feminists are trying to advance ; and finally “ feminists set forth their own unique method of theology, which includes the revisioning of Christian categories .” Grenz and Olson also mention, however, while all feminists agree there is a flaw in the system, there is disagreement over how far outside of the Bible and the Christian tradition women are willing to go to seek support for their ideals.

With a table of appropriate size, this method is likely to be much faster than any alternative approach ( such as sorting the file and comparing all consecutive pairs ).

Braid therefore revised the theory and practice of Mesmerism and developed his own method of " hypnotism " as a more rational and " common sense " alternative.

An alternative method of solar-calendar intercalation, which does not vary the number of days in the year, works by varying the lengths of certain days.

For the benefit of users wishing to produce statistics and indexes oriented towards medical care, the Ninth Revision included an optional alternative method of classifying diagnostic statements, including information about both an underlying general disease and a manifestation in a particular organ or site.

A common alternative method of securing LDAP communication is using an SSL tunnel.

During 1995-1997, the Library of Congress received $ 2 million in appropriations to deacidify 72, 000 books using the Bookkeeper commercial method and evaluate alternative methods.

The baggage train provided an alternative supply method that was not dependent on access to a water-way.

An alternative method used by home gardeners and smaller-scale growers involves covering the growing area with organic mulches such as straw or with plastic sheets.

An alternative method to solving, once finding the first non-trivial solution, one could take the original equation and factor the left hand side as a difference of squares, yielding Once in this form, one can simply raise each side of the equation to the kth power, and recombining the factored form to a single difference statement.

An alternative method involves the application of unfolding measurement models, the most general being the Hyperbolic Cosine Model ( Andrich & Luo, 1993 ).

An alternative recording method not requiring a grid is also in use, where positions on a board are labeled left to right by letters a through h and top to bottom ( far-to-near ) by digits 1 through 8 ( Note that this is the opposite of the chess standard, with numerals running upward away from the side ( White ) that has a through h left to right, and also that the perspective may be that of either player ( with no fixed standard )), so that the very first move of a game may be ( based upon standard starting set-up ) d3, c4, f5 or e6.

An alternative method is to install another layer directly over the worn layer.

An alternative to coating for some biological samples is to increase the bulk conductivity of the material by impregnation with osmium using variants of the OTO staining method ( O-osmium, T-thiocarbohydrazide, O-osmium ).

The Smolen convention ( see below ) provides an alternative method to show a five-card major and game-going values.

An alternative method is to estimate the current altitude ( angle ) of the sun from navigation tables, then set the index bar to that angle on the arc, apply suitable shades only to the index mirror, and point the instrument directly at the horizon, sweeping it from side to side until a flash of the sun's rays are seen in the telescope.

Boehme presented his system as an alternative to the Aristotelian method which he believed could provide a more profound knowledge and more control of nature than the Aristotelian method did.

Central to the ethic is the empowerment of individuals and communities, encouraging the employment of alternative approaches when faced with bureaucratic or societal obstacles to achieving their objectives.

In 2003 the Cardinal Newman Society launched a campaign to stop performances of the play on Catholic university campuses, instead promoting and encouraging alternative events.

This understanding of family values does not promote conservative morality, instead focusing on encouraging and supporting alternative family structures, access to contraception and abortion, increasing the minimum wage, sex education, childcare, and parent-friendly employment laws, which provide for maternity leave and leave for medical emergencies involving children.

* Clean Cities Program U. S. DOE program encouraging alternative fuel use

As a member of the Upper House, Kenny has been active in writing anti-smoking legislation and legislation encouraging the use of alternative fuels.

Janowitz did so by encouraging " new theoretical outlooks and alternative methodological approaches " through hiring more diverse faculty members from different disciplines ( 18 ).

In addition to voter registration and the MFDP, the Summer Project also established a network 30 to 40 voluntary summer schools – called " Freedom Schools " – as an alternative to Mississippi's totally segregated and underfunded school system.

This legal structure is used as an alternative to condominium registration, either when the government will not allow conversion of an existing apartment building to a condominium, or to avoid the expense and difficulty of doing so.

This produces distortions as the rate of VAT is that of the member state of registration, not where the customer is located, and an alternative approach is therefore under negotiation, whereby VAT is charged at the rate of the member state where the purchaser is located.

By the passage of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 an optional system of registration for non-Anglican places of worship was passed which gave certain legal and fiscal advantages for those that registered, and " alternative religion was not only lawful, but was often facilitated by the law.

This training model has been introduced via the ' 5 + 1 ' pathway as a transitional alternative to the ' 4 + 2 ' system that has been in place for many years as a basic standard for registration as a psychologist in Australia.

On review the Supreme Court, via Mr. Justice Frankfurter, found southern racial problems `` a sensitive area of social policy on which the federal courts ought not to enter unless no alternative to adjudication is open ''.

As an alternative, Long proposed federal legislation capping personal fortunes, income and inheritances.

Under his leadership, some supporters of the federal Reform Party of Canada and former Social Credit members became attracted to the BC Liberals, winning key by-elections against the remnants of the Social Credit in the Fraser Valley region, solidifying the BC Liberals ' claim to be the clear alternative to the existing BC NDP government.

For example, the " ABC New Jersey Tax-Exempt Bond Fund " would generally have to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80 % of its assets in bonds that are exempt from federal income tax, from the alternative minimum tax and from taxes in the state of New Jersey.

The law required states with land-grant colleges ( such as Oklahoma State University, then Oklahoma A & M ) to either admit African-Americans, or provide an alternative school for them to attend as a condition of receiving federal funds.

He believes that public health care should be provided only to the elderly and children, that drug control policy should be a state and not a federal issue, that alternative fuels are a long-term solution but that increased oil drilling is required in the short term, and that investment tax credits should be provided for farm investment.

An article in the German press claimed that the Rechnungshof ( independent federal audit division ) urgently recommended " to work up an alternative solution in US-European co-operation and to negotiate a solution with the foreseeable partners " because of the " recognisably high risks in all areas ".

Other alternative schools are organized in the Bundesverband der Freien Alternativschulen ( federal association of free alternative schools ).

The FairTax is a tax reform proposal for the federal government of the United States that would replace all federal income taxes ( including the alternative minimum tax, corporate income taxes, and capital gains taxes ), payroll taxes ( including Social Security and Medicare taxes ), gift taxes, and estate taxes with a single broad national consumption tax on retail sales.

The Fair Tax Act is designed to replace all federal income taxes ( including the alternative minimum tax, corporate income taxes, and capital gains taxes ), payroll taxes ( including Social Security and Medicare taxes ), gift taxes, and estate taxes with a national retail sales tax on new goods and services.

*. fed. us: federal government agencies ( an alternative to. gov )

It is especially known for publishing an alternative federal budget on an annual basis.

It is presented as an alternative to the Canadian federal policies of multiculturalism.

In that year, the university also received $ 500, 000 in federal funding to develop a " green print " initiative to research alternative fuel technology and determine its carbon footprint.

At the hearings, the automakers also presented the hydrogen vehicle as a higher alternative to the gasoline car, bolstered by a recent federal earmark for hydrogen research.

Residents of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are beginning to lobby federal and local politicians and bureaucrats to see the 2-vessel May-December service maintained and enhanced as an alternative to the Confederation Bridge in the event of a disaster forcing closure of the span.

Gohmert offered an alternative plan to kick-start the economy with his tax holiday bill that would allow taxpayers to be exempt for two months from having federal income tax taken out of their paychecks.

Most states and the federal rules, however, provide exceptions to the rape shield law where evidence of prior sexual history is used to provide an alternative explanation for physical evidence, where the defendant and the alleged victim had a prior consensual sexual relationship, and where exclusion of evidence would violate the defendant's constitutional rights.

Missouri Republicans criticized Carnahan's vote, noting that passage of the bill resulted in $ 107 million in federal funding for Lost Creek Wind Farm, an alternative energy facility owned by Russ Carnahan's brother, Tom Carnahan.

It was bolstered by the 2005 ruling in United States federal court that a public school district requirement for science classes to teach that intelligent design is an alternative to evolution was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.