This led to the introduction of a far more substantial pay lead for nurses in geriatric and psychiatric hospitals, together with ( for the first time ) premium rates for weekend and night work.

* The introduction of an “ employment premium ” ( 2002 ), similar to tax credits in the UK and US, providing a state subsidy to low-wage earners.

One of Macmillan's innovations at the Treasury was the introduction of premium bonds, announced in his budget of 17 April 1956.

The success of Grey Goose in the marketplace has been credited as inspiring introduction of other more expensive " premium " vodkas.

The introduction of the Dom Pérignon label set a trend in which many other champagne houses came to introduce their own premium label of champagne intended to surpass their regular vintage champagne.

* La Traviata DVD ; premium 2-DVD edition ( behind the scenes, rehearsals, introduction to the opera etc.

The assembly line developed by Ford Motor Company between 1908 and 1915 made assembly lines famous in the following decade through the social ramifications of mass production, such as the affordability of the Ford Model T and the introduction of high wages for Ford workers.

The following year the Amiga product line was expanded with the introduction of two new models: the Amiga 2000 for high-end graphics and business use, and the Amiga 500 for home use.

In the Restoration and eighteenth century, poetry written in couplets is sometimes varied by the introduction of a triplet in which the third line is an alexandrine, as in this sample from Dryden, which introduces a 6-5-6 triplet after two pentameter couplets:

They determined to reinvestigate the motion of γ Draconis ; the telescope, constructed by George Graham ( 1675 – 1751 ), a celebrated instrument-maker, was affixed to a vertical chimney stack, in such manner as to permit a small oscillation of the eyepiece, the amount of which ( i. e. the deviation from the vertical ) was regulated and measured by the introduction of a screw and a plumb line.

Since its introduction at games by the " Roar from 34 ", led by Wild Bill Hagy and others, in the late 1970s, it has been a tradition at Orioles games for fans to yell out the " Oh " in the line " Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave " in " The Star-Spangled Banner ".

In germ line gene therapy, Germ cells, i. e., sperm or eggs, are modified by the introduction of functional genes, which are integrated into their genomes.

Since the introduction of firearms classifications have changed initially to reflect their formations on the battlefield as line infantry, and later to reflect modes of transport and type of tactics used by specific units as Mechanized infantry or airborne infantry.

Since the introduction of the original Lomo LC-A, Lomography has produced and marketed an entire line of their own analog cameras.

The straight man delivers the cue line again, and the Inquisition bursts back in ( complete with jarring chord ), and the introduction is tried again.

The introduction of Boeings as from 1961 sensibly reduced the travel time on this line.

In his introduction to Mishneh Torah Maimonides provides a generation by generation account of the direct line of all those who transmitted this tradition beginning with Moses himself up until the Mishnaic era.

With the introduction of their line of Gundam models, the popularity of the show began to soar.

But then they expanded the line greatly with the introduction of the 65816, a fairly straightforward 16-bit upgrade of the original 65C02 that could also run in 8-bit mode for compatibility.

The 968 became the final model in an evolving line, starting almost 20 years earlier with the introduction of the Porsche 924.

Traditionally, the portable line trailed the desktops in the utilization of the latest processors, with the notable exception of the PowerBook G3 which occurred simultaneously with the desktop Power Macintosh G3 introduction.

This is largely due to reduced hull-building costs brought about by the introduction of fibreglass hulls, and increased automation and " production line " techniques for yacht building, especially in Europe.

The product line was further extended in 2004 with the introduction of the i5 servers, the first to use the IBM POWER5 processor.

The slight change in line impedance caused by the introduction of a tap or splice will show up on the screen of a TDR when connected to a phone line.

Maximum Purple became Medium Violet but got dropped from the line up with the introduction of the Crayola No 64 box in 1958.

V < sub > CC </ sub > and Ground are carryovers from TTL logic and that nomenclature has been retained with the introduction of the 54C / 74C line of CMOS.

* IBM's 1987 introduction of the incompatible and proprietary MicroChannel Architecture ( MCA ) computer bus, for its Personal System / 2 ( PS / 2 ) line.

In 1978 Printronix doubled line speed with the introduction of the P600.

This was partly overcome by the introduction of a Royal Navy idea to angle the flight deck away from the centre line so that the aircraft landing had a clear run away from the usual forward deck park.

* Oldsmobile Delta 88 ( 1965 – 1989 ) While the " 88 " series of Oldsmobile's date back to the 1940s, and were offered in a variety of trim levels, the introduction of the Delta 88, which superseded the Super 88 line as Olds mid-level full-sized vehicles, was a watershed event for the division.

It also makes a fine introduction to the international art form with good examples of Italian and English madrigals plus several French `` chansons ''.

Significantly, Huxley also worked for a time in the 1920s at the technologically advanced Brunner and Mond chemical plant in Billingham, Teesside, and the most recent introduction to his famous science fiction novel Brave New World ( 1932 ) states that this experience of " an ordered universe in a world of planless incoherence " was one source for the novel.

It also serves as an exceptional introduction to the concept and use of argumentative language, lending itself well to secondary and post-secondary essay courses.

The prose introduction to Lokasenna and Snorri's list of kennings state that Ægir is also known as Gymir, who is Gerðr's father, but this is evidently an erroneous interpretation of kennings in which different giant-names are used interchangeably.

With the introduction of the ESA / 390 architecture, AIX / 370 was replaced by AIX / ESA in 1991, which was based on OSF / 1, and also ran on the System / 390 platform.

Until the introduction of gunpowder into western warfare artillery depended upon mechanical energy to operate and this severely limited the kinetic energy of the projectiles while also requiring the construction of very large apparatus to store sufficient energy.

She also wrote the updated introduction to Sagan's book The Cosmic Connection, the epilogue of Billions and Billions, and her own novel, A Famous Broken Heart.

The introduction also employs the use of the mediant to tonic relationship which further distorts the tonic key until it is finally played by the bassoon in the lowest possible register.

The second movement, a scherzo and trio, is also in D minor, with the introduction bearing a passing resemblance to the opening theme of the first movement, a pattern also found in the Hammerklavier piano sonata, written a few years earlier.

Originally Gaussian frequency-shift keying ( GFSK ) modulation was the only modulation scheme available ; subsequently, since the introduction of Bluetooth 2. 0 + EDR, π / 4-DQPSK and 8DPSK modulation may also be used between compatible devices.

The introduction of gloves of " fair-size " also changed the nature of the bouts.

They also sang " Peggy Sue " on The Arthur Murray Party on December 29 and were given a polite introduction by Kathryn Murray.

He also secured the abolition of the purchase of commissions in the army, and of religious tests for admission to Oxford and Cambridge ; the introduction of the secret ballot in elections ; the legalization of trade unions ; and the reorganization of the judiciary in the Judicature Act.

This led to the return of dropped characters, including Little Plum, Baby Face Finlayson and The McTickles, but also led to the introduction of new strips such as Little Monkey.

In addition to his novels, Campbell also wrote a column for X Ray Magazine in 2001, an issue of the popular comic series The Hire, comic book adaptations of his Man With The Screaming Brain and most recently he wrote the introduction to Josh Becker's The Complete Guide To Low Budget Feature Film Making.

As noted in the introduction, Bézout's identity works not only in the ring of integers, but also in any other principal ideal domain ( PID ).

The introduction of these new products has also been accompanied by an increased use of traditional instruments such as loans and credit cards.

DeMille also appeared as himself in Paramount's 1947 all-star musical comedy Variety Girl and he narrated many of his later films, as well as appearing on screen in the introduction to The Ten Commandments.

Bede also describes hot baths in the geographical introduction to the Ecclesiastical History in terms very similar to those of Nennius.

Union citizens have also extensive rights to move in order to exercise economic activity in any of the Member States which predate the introduction of Union citizenship.

India has also the oldest evidence for the introduction of toe-stirrups.

The introduction of missile weapons that required less skill than the longbow, such as the crossbow and hand cannon, also helped remove the focus somewhat from cavalry elites to masses of cheap infantry equipped with easy-to-learn weapons.

New pressures also saw introduction of the third weekly episode on 20 October 1989, broadcast each Friday at 19: 30.

2011 also showed the introduction of the character Kirsty Soames.