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He also measures the specific gravities of eighteen gemstones, discovering that there is a correlation between the specific gravity of an object and the volume of water it displaces, and he theorizes that gravity exists within the heavenly bodies and celestial spheres, criticizing the Aristotelian views of them not having any levity or gravity and of circular motion being an innate property of the heavenly bodies.
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Among measures in anticipation of crisis are plans to inject into the turmoil as assistants of key decision makers qualified persons who are cognizant of the corrosive effect of crisis upon personal relationships and are also able to raise calm and realistic voices when overburdened leaders near the limit of self-control.
He also demanded that Kennedy take additional measures to increase international tension: specifically to crush the Cuban revolution, resume nuclear testing, resist more vigorously admission of China to its lawful seat in the United Nations, and postpone non-military programs at home ''.
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee tabled a resolution before the Continental Congress declaring the colonies independent ; at the same time he also urged Congress to resolve “ to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign Alliances ” and to prepare a plan of confederation for the newly-independent states.
However, there were more ancient measures that were also farthingales.
He also trimmed staff and took other cost-cutting measures, and in 1987 he changed Combined's name to Aon.
However, autonomous buildings also usually include some degree of sustainability through the use of renewable energy and other renewable resources, producing no more greenhouse gases than they consume, and other measures.
Barges are also used for very heavy or bulky items ; a typical barge measures 195 by 35 feet ( 59. 4 m × 10. 6 m ), and can carry up to 1, 500 tons catalytic cracking unit reactor was shipped by barge from the Tulsa Port of Catoosa in Oklahoma to a refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The convention also offers decision-makers guidance based on the precautionary principle that where there is a threat of significant reduction or loss of biological diversity, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to avoid or minimize such a threat.
Laissez faire economic liberals considered such measures to be an unjust imposition upon liberty, as well as a hindrance to economic development, and, as the working class in the West became increasingly prosperous, they also became more conservative.
Other complexity measures are also used, such as the amount of communication ( used in communication complexity ), the number of gates in a circuit ( used in circuit complexity ) and the number of processors ( used in parallel computing ).
Availability also relates to failure and recovery from it ( see Recovery from failure and disaster below ): Upon failure and during recovery normal availability changes, and special measures are needed to satisfy availability requirements.
The word also means to subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops ; and by extension to compel by any violent measures or threats.
It also influenced the thought behind the Antigonish Movement, which implemented cooperatives and other measures to aid the poor in the Canadian Maritimes.
Thus, if rainfall amounts and intensities increase in many parts of the world as expected, erosion will also increase, unless amelioration measures are taken.
Later, he also referred to himself as a " phonometrician " ( meaning " someone who measures sounds ") preferring this designation to that of a " musician ", after having been called " a clumsy but subtle technician " in a book on contemporary French composers published in 1911.
Personality measures have also been tested.
In the following year he went to Germany to be present as papal nuncio at the coronation of Emperor Charles V, and was also present at the Diet of Worms, where he headed the opposition to Martin Luther, advocating the most extreme measures to repress the doctrines of the reformer.
Creative measures must also be used, including the use of double agents, or even bogus " liberation " or sympathizer groups that help reveal insurgent personnel or operations.
A Geiger – Müller counter, also called a Geiger counter, is a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation.
The costs of these provisions are offset by a variety of taxes, fees, and cost-saving measures, such as new Medicare taxes for those in high-income brackets, taxes on indoor tanning, cuts to the Medicare Advantage program in favor of traditional Medicare, and fees on medical devices and pharmaceutical companies ; there is also a tax penalty for those who do not obtain health insurance, unless they are exempt due to low income or other reasons.
If he or she is also chief executive, he or she can thus politically control the necessary executive measures without which a proclaimed law can remain dead letter, sometimes for years or even forever.
Sentence completion had since then also been used extensively in memory research, especially in tapping into measures of implicit memory, and also has been used in psychotherapy as a tool to help tap into the motivations and drives of the patient.
They also prohibited usury and took a number of measures in favor of women's rights, by declaring equality of the sexes and introducing women to political life.
Metaxas also improved the country's defenses in preparation for the forthcoming European war, constructing, among other defensive measures, the " Metaxas Line ".
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In addition to the authentication and acknowledgment procedures which precede and follow the sending of the go messages, again in special codes, each message also contains an `` internal authenticator '', another specific signal to convince the recipient that he is getting the real thing.
One-day conferences covering some specific phase of business management, also part of the continuing activities of the Small Business Administration, aid community economic development programs.
The reflection of radiation originating from the anode holder and reflected back to it by the surrounding metal surfaces should also be small because of the peculiar characteristic of the metal surfaces and of the specific geometry.
A red filter, Zeiss barrier filter with the code ( Schott ) designation BG 23, was also used in the ocular lens assembly as it improved the contrast between specific and nonspecific fluorescence.
But the really controversial aspect of customer-cost imputation arises because of the cost analyst's frequent practice of including, not just those costs that can be definitely earmarked as incurred for the benefit of specific customers but also a substantial fraction of the annual maintenance and capital costs of the secondary ( low-voltage ) distribution system -- a fraction equal to the estimated annual costs of a hypothetical system of minimum capacity.
they had also had to generalize it -- to the point, finally, where the illusion of depth and relief became abstracted from specific three-dimensional entities and was rendered largely as the illusion of depth and relief as such: as a disembodied attribute and expropriated property detached from everything not itself.
The artists tried also to represent motion in a specific moment ( Myron ), which may be considered as the reappearance of the dormant Minoan element.
Amateur astronomers also use star charts that, depending on experience and intentions, may range from simple planispheres through to detailed charts of very specific areas of the night sky.
It is also used for the initiation ceremony specific to many Sufi orders.
Aphrodite also has many other local names, such as Acidalia, Cytherea and Cerigo, used in specific areas of Greece.
New York also has specific laws against Hazing when such threats are made as requirement to join an organization.
Note also that antibodies tend to discriminate between the specific molecular structures presented on the surface of the antigen ( as illustrated in the Figure ).
It's also a specific time to practice Alexander's principle of conscious " directing " without " doing.
Ares may also be accompanied by Kydoimos, the demon of the din of battle ; the Makhai (" Battles "); thev " Hysminai " (" Acts of manslaughter "); Polemos, a minor spirit of war, or only an epithet of Ares, since it has no specific dominion ; and Polemos's daughter, Alala, the goddess or personification of the Greek war-cry, whose name Ares uses as his own war-cry.
It focuses on historical Norse paganism of the Viking Age as described in the Eddas, but proponents also take a more inclusive approach, defining it as " Northern European Heathenry " not limited to a specific historical period.
This could be either the normal military dress, with a tunic to about the knees, armour breastplate and pteruges, but also often the specific dress of the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor, with a long tunic and the loros, a long gold and jewelled pallium restricted to the Imperial family and their closest guards.
Antibody genes also re-organize in a process called class switching that changes the base of the heavy chain to another, creating a different isotype of the antibody that retains the antigen specific variable region.
The Oropouche virus also causes disruption in cultured cells-cells which are cultivated in distinct and specific conditions.
Jewelry of the Aleuts is also specific to which region it hails from.
The one New Testament reference to the city of Armageddon found in Revelation 16: 16 in fact also makes no specific mention of any armies being predicted to one day gather in this city, but instead seems to predict only that " they ( will gather ) the kings together to .... Armageddon.
Scholars generally agree that many of the personalities of Beowulf also appear in Scandinavian sources ( specific works designated in the following section ).
There are also cycling specific multi-tools that combine many of these implements into a single compact device.
CEN, European Committee for Standardisation, also has a specific Technical Committee, TC333, that defines European standards for cycles.
He also wrote several shorter letters and essays discussing specific aspects of computus.
Changes can also be caused by natural events such as a large meteor hitting Earth and selective breeding ( artificial selection ) of plants by humans for specific traits.
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