The other organisations that maintain the SI system, also known by their French initialisms are the General Conference on Weights and Measures () ( CGPM ) and the International Committee for Weights and Measures () ( CIPM ).

** In the season 3 episode " Half Measures ," Jesse requests Walter's help in producing ricin to use against a pair of rival drug dealers who have employed children in their practice.

Measures were taken to control the Buddhist organisations, and to limit their power and influence.

Measures are taken to make the public space less attractive to them, including the removal or design of benches to restrict their use for sleeping and resting, restricting access to certain times, locking indoor / enclosed areas.

The Troy pound and the pennyweight lost their official status in the United Kingdom in the Weights and Measures Act of 1878 ; only the Troy ounce and its decimal subdivisions remained official.

Measures also frequently require subjects to self-report upon their own ability or capacity for empathy, using Likert-style numerical responses to a printed questionnaire that may have been designed to tap into the emotional, cognitive-affective or largely cognitive substrates of empathic functioning.

Local members who refuse to obey the instructions of Conservative Central Office can have their Association suspended ( put on " Special Measures "), as was done to the Slough Association at that election when they refused to deselect their candidate.

Scale 1 ( AKA the Hypochondriasis Scale ): Measures a person's perception and preoccupation with their health and health issues., Scale 2 ( AKA the Depression Scale ): Measures a person's depressive symptoms level., Scale 3 ( AKA the Hysteria Scale ): Measures the emotionality of a person., Scale 4 ( AKA the Psychopathic Deviate Scale ): Measures a person's need for control or their rebellion against control., Scale 5 ( AKA the Femininity / Masculinity Scale ): Measures a stereotype of a person and how they compare.

* An Essay towards the Recovery of the Jewish Measures and Weights, comprehending their Monies ; by help of ancient standards, compared with ours of England: useful also to state many of those of the Greeks and Romans, and the Eastern Nations ( London, 1686 )

The remaining members recorded 1997's Weights and Measures as a four-piece, working with members of The Wonder Stuff, Capercaillie, Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull to round out the studio effort, and added Tobin Frank for their concert tour.

The SWL was forced underground due to the implementation of the War Measures Act during World War II and their anti-war polemics which resulted in the group's publication being banned.

Following the resolution of the Crisis and expiration of the War Measures Act, Choquette brought in the services of the Quebec Ombudsman and provided the vehicle by which anyone unjustly treated had their case reviewed and given proper compensation.

Measures were taken to modernize the central bodies and a certain success was achieved in stabilizing the chronic Habsburg finances.

Measures that assess spread in comparison to the typical size of data values include the coefficient of variation.

Measures to reduce corona losses include conductors having large diameter ; often hollow to save weight, or bundles of two or more conductors.

Measures of crime include simple counts of offences, victimisations or apprehensions, as well as population based crime rates.

Measures include speed humps, chicanes, curb extensions, and living street and shared space type schemes.

Measures taken to ensure national security include:

Measures for preventing lactic acidosis in ruminants include avoidance of excessive amounts of grain in the diet, and gradual introduction of grain over a period of several days, to develop a rumen population capable of safely dealing with a relatively high grain intake.

Exceptions include the Welsh Language Acts 1967 and 1993 and also the Government of Wales Act 1998, plus Measures of the National Assembly for Wales passed since the Government of Wales Act 2006, which apply in Wales but not in England.

Measures may include the use of physiological cues like facial expressions, vocal changes, and other body rate measures.

Measures to combat orthostatic intolerance include elevation of the head of the bed, frequent small meals, a high-salt diet, fluid intake, and compression stockings.

Measures which are effective include avoiding the allergen.

In the Sanquhar basin the strata belong to the Coal Measures, and include several valuable coal-seams which are probably the southern prolongations of the members of this division in Ayrshire.

The laws passed under this article include the Internal Security Act 1960 ( ISA ) ( which was repealed in 2012 ) and the Dangerous Drugs ( Special Preventive Measures ) Act 1985.

These are largely the sandstones and mudstones of the Coal Measures but include a small section of shales and sandstones assigned to the Millstone Grit Series.

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Measures that may help to prevent nausea or vomiting include:

Measures include grip blocking, heather replanting, juniper woodland planting ( especially in ghylls ).

Measures taken to prevent such explosions include:

Measures to control lightning can mitigate the hazard ; these include lightning rods, shielding wires, and bonding of electrical and structural parts of buildings to form a continuous enclosure.

His appearances in notable films include Three Men and a Baby, Wall Street, Celtic Pride, Beverly Hills Cop II, Quiz Show, Hoffa, Mrs. Doubtfire, Air Force One, Striptease, Amistad, The Negotiator, Extreme Measures, Session 9, Primary Colors and L. A.

Measures which have been taken to mitigate disasters which might be caused by future eruptions include a new law in the vicinity of Mount Rainier, requiring assessment of geological hazards before any new developments ; limitations on high density housing developments in the Taal Caldera ; and the development of an evacuation plan for parts of Naples which might be affected in the event of an eruption at Vesuvius.

Measures include limitations or cancellations of high-level government visits or expelling or withdrawing diplomatic missions or staff.

Management measures of NAFO ( see NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures updated every year ) include Total Allowable Catches ( TACs ) and quotas for regulated stocks, as well as restrictions for by-catch, minimum fish size, area, and time.

Measures may include the use of physiological cues like facial expressions, vocal changes, and other body rate measures.

Measures to overcome this include:

The symbol ua is recommended by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, and the international standard ISO 80000, while au is recommended by the International Astronomical Union, and is more common in Anglosphere countries.

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (), is an international standards organisation, one of three such organisations established to maintain the International System of Units ( SI ) under the terms of the Metre Convention ( Convention du Mètre ).

# Measures, numbers, money, days, months, years, clock time, and international words are in English forms, e. g. Date / Time: 20 May 1972 at 21: 00

Its use is recommended by the General Conference on Weights and Measures and other international organizations.

On May 20, 1875, 17 of 20 countries signed a document known as the Metric Convention or the Treaty of the Meter which established the International Bureau of Weights and Measures under the control of an international committee elected by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.

Measures taken to achieve this have included the creation of the London Climate Change Agency, the London Energy Partnership and the founding of the international Large Cities Climate Leadership Group.

This bar of metal, like the international prototype kilogram, is maintained under controlled conditions at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures headquarters in France, which is one of the principal measurement standards laboratories of the world.

Among the supporters of such an international system of units was Thomas Jefferson who, in 1790, presented a document Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States to congress in which he advocated a decimal system that used traditional names for units ( such as ten inches per foot ).

Maxwell Fyfe brought up Raeder's order of 15 October 1939, which read: " Measures which are considered necessary from a military point of view will have to be carried out, even if they are not covered by existing international law ... Every protest from neutral powers will have to be turned down ... The more ruthlessly economic warfare is waged ... the sooner the war will come to an end ".

Article 2. specified: " Measures concerning the international relations of the Principality shall always be the subject of prior consultations between the Government of the Principality and the French Government.

Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self-defence shall be immediately reported to the Security Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security.

The Treaty of the Meter established the Bureau international des poids et mesures ( BIPM, International Bureau of Weights and Measures ) in Sèvres, France, to provide standards of measurement for worldwide use.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures approved an updated version of the metric system in 1960 named Le Système international d ' unités ( International System of Units ) and abbreviated SI.

Measures taken by members in exercise of this right of self-defence shall be immediately reported to the Security Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security.

The International Committee for Weights and Measures ( abbreviated CIPM from the French Comité international des poids et mesures ) consists of eighteen persons from Member States of the Metre Convention ( Convention du Mètre ) appointed by the General Conference on Weights and Measures ( CGPM ) whose principal task is to ensure world-wide uniformity in units of measurement by direct action or by submitting proposals to the CGPM.

The CIPM meets annually at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures ( BIPM, Bureau international des poids et mesures ), and discusses reports presented to it by its Consultative Committees.

Measures designed to reduce the vulnerability of the international financial system have been put forward by several international institutions.

The last Imperial Standard Yard in bronze was made in 1845 ; it served as the standard in the United Kingdom until the yard was redefined by the international yard and pound agreement as 0. 9144 metre in 1959 ( statutory implementation: Weights and Measures Act of 1963 ).

In 1960, SI units were adopted as a worldwide system of measurement by international agreement at the General Conference on Weights and Measures.