Although he made no pretence regarding the significance of the Senate under his absolute rule, those senators he deemed unworthy were expelled from the Senate, and in the distribution of public offices he rarely favoured family members ; a policy which stood in contrast to the nepotism practiced by Vespasian and Titus.

Agriculture on a large scale is practiced further north in Alberta that anywhere else in North America, extending into the Peace River country above the 55th parallel north.

The Samaritans of Samaria ( see map at Iudaea Province ), had their temple on Mount Gerizim, and along with some other differences, see Samaritanism, were in conflict with Jews of Judea and Galilee and other regions who had their Temple in Jerusalem and practiced Judaism.

While most Anabaptists adhered to a literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount which precluded taking oaths, participating in military actions, and participating in civil government, some who practiced re-baptism felt contrariwise.

It is typically practiced on large natural boulders or artificial boulders in gyms and outdoor urban areas.

However, it may also be practiced at the base of larger rock faces, or even on buildings or public architecture ( see buildering ).

Practitioners of BDSM vary hugely in their perception of what activities are integral to BDSM, and some borderline activities ( light bondage, hot wax, blindfolds ) may be practiced by people identifying as " vanilla " ( i. e., not into BDSM ) – so inclusion in the community is usually dependent on self-proclaimed identification with the community.

The dense population of Marquesas Islands, Polynesia, was concentrated in the narrow valleys, and consisted of warring tribes, who sometimes practiced cannibalism on their enemies.

Illegal and punishable crime is the violation of any rule of administrative, fiscal or criminal liability on the part of agents of the state or practice of any wrongdoing and notoriously harmful to self or against third parties, provided for in criminal law, since they practiced with guilt ( the first act that causes injury criminal actions or omissions to produce adequate evidence also illegal ).

* Competition Climbing: A formal, competitive sport of recent origins, normally practiced on artificial walls that resemble natural rock formations.

The Rodale Institute says that Regenerative agriculture, if practiced on the planet ’ s 3. 5 billion tillable acres, could sequester up to 40 % of current CO < sub > 2 </ sub > emissions.

However, this stricter version of diet is often practiced only on special occasions.

The latter, which was based on earlier codes and supplemented by the commentary by Moshe Isserles that notes other practices and customs practiced by Jews in different communities, especially among Ashkenazim, is generally held to be authoritative by Orthodox Jews.

The revival of Dianic Wicca was practiced on Winter Solstice 1971, in which Zsuzsanna Budapest led a ceremony in Hollywood, California.

The most radical militant feminist activism was practiced by the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women, which was founded by Léon and her colleague, Claire Lacombe on 10 May 1793.

Here's a small sample of the other sports practiced on the island:

Some time ago, when the reading public was alarmed at being told how London milk is adulterated, timid persons deprecated the exposure, on the plea that it would give instructions in the art of adulterating milk ; a vain fear, milkmen knew all about it before, whether they practiced it or not ; and the exposure only taught purchasers the necessity of a little scrutiny and caution, leaving them to obey this necessity or not, as they pleased.

It was only halfway through the initiation, he says, that it dawned on him what kind of group it was, and that Witchcraft was still being practiced in England.

They were Indians who practiced Hinduism and Buddhism and were focusing on taking over Central Asia.

Traditional Chinese Medicine that is based on the use of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage and other forms of therapy has been practiced in China for thousands of years.

It has also been argued that the USSR practiced colonialism as did other imperial powers and was carrying on the old Russian tradition of expansion and control.

Anthropologist Laila Williamson notes that " Infanticide has been practiced on every continent and by people on every level of cultural complexity, from hunter gatherers to high civilizations, including our own ancestors.

He believes that " Science is being practiced by people who are dependent on being paid for what they are going to find out ," not for what they actually produce.

It was formed on the principle of kendo not as a martial art but as educational sport, and it has continued to be practiced as such to this day.

Loki counters that Odin once practiced seiðr on the island of Samsey ( now Samsø, Denmark ), and, appearing as a wizard, traveled among mankind, which Loki condemns as perverse.

Herbal medicine is still practiced in many parts of the world but the traditional grand herbal, as described here, ended with the European Renaissance, the rise of modern medicine and the use of synthetic and industrialized drugs.

He became openly corrupt and practiced extortion on a grand scale.

Small scale deforestation was practiced by some societies for tens of thousands of years before the beginnings of civilization.

Large scale agriculture was practiced and an extensive network of canals was used for the purpose of irrigation.

It built heavily fortified settlements, engaged in bronze metallurgy on an industrial scale and practiced complex burial rituals reminiscent of rituals known from the Rigveda and the Avesta.

The Aztec practiced human sacrifice on an unusually large scale ; a sacrifice would be made every day to aid the sun in rising, the dedication of the great temple at Tenochtitlán was reportedly marked with the sacrificing of thousands, and there are multiple accounts of captured Conquistadores being sacrificed during the wars of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

Farming in Hidalgo County was not practiced on a large scale until the latter part of the nineteenth century.

However, the civil service examinations were practiced on a much smaller scale in comparison to the stronger, centralized bureaucracy of the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1279 ).

Although Jews have been present in Japan and Judaism has been practiced since the 16th century, on a very limited scale, in Japan, Japan comprised but a small part of Jewish history from the ending of Japan's " closed-door " foreign policy to World War II.

It also accredits baptism for the dead, but on a far more limited scale than that currently practiced by the LDS church.

This might be as a farmer, agriculturalist, or hobbyist, and can be practiced on a large or small scale, for food, fun, or profit.

" Terracing " is also practiced by farmers on a smaller scale by laying out the direction of furrows to slow water runoff downhill, usually by plowing along either countour lines or keylines.

The science of physical cosmology as it is practiced today had its subject material defined in the years following the Shapley-Curtis debate when it was determined that the universe had a larger scale than the Milky Way galaxy.

Formations must be able to be delineated at the scale of geologic mapping practiced in the region.

In 1935, Pope Field hosted 535 aircraft in one day as the Army Air Service practiced large scale operations along the East Coast.

Ethoxylation is commonly practiced, albeit on a much smaller scale, in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to increase water solubility and, in the case of pharmaceuticals, circulatory half-life of non-polar organic compounds.

When practiced repeatedly over a large scale area, or without intervening fallow periods, the nutrient poor soils may be exhausted or eroded to an unproductive state.

In addition, cattle and sheep farming is practiced in the region on a relatively large scale on the grasslands where the soil is unsuitable for cultivation.

No formation is considered justifiable and useful that cannot be delineated at the scale of geologic mapping practiced in the region.

In the case of poultry, free range was the dominant system until the discovery of vitamins A and D in the 1920s, which allowed confinement to be practiced successfully on a commercial scale.

Agriculture is practiced on a small scale.