These measured positions are then compared with those calculated by the laws of celestial mechanics: an assembly of calculated positions is often referred to as an ephemeris, in which distances are commonly calculated in astronomical units.

These authors proved, however, that no optical system can justify these suppositions, since they are contradictory to the fundamental laws of reflexion and refraction.

These teachings discuss the ministry and atonement of Jesus, the laws of justice and mercy, the need for repentance, and the resurrection and judgment of all people.

These Sunday laws enacted at the state and local levels would sometimes carry penalties for doing non-religious activities on Sunday as part of an effort to enforce religious observance and church attendance.

These studies have been challenged by several Brazilian ministries, which assert that recent improvements in environmental laws, enforcement and public attitudes have fundamentally reduced the threat posed to forests by such projects.

These include various predictions of the downfall of the northern kingdom, the equivalent prediction of the downfall of Judah following the reign of Manasseh, the extension of Josiah's reforms in accordance with the laws of Deuteronomy, and the revision of the narrative from Jeremiah concerning Judah's last days.

These laws describe the behaviour of a black hole in close analogy to the laws of thermodynamics by relating mass to energy, area to entropy, and surface gravity to temperature.

These laws might have paved the way to removing the worst of the poverty during the previous regimes.

These laws vary from time to time and from place to place: note variations in gambling laws, for example, and the prohibition or encouragement of duelling in history.

Because his vision of personal and social perfections was framed as a revival of the ordered society of earlier times, Confucius is often considered a great proponent of conservatism, but a closer look at what he proposes often shows that he used ( and perhaps twisted ) past institutions and rites to push a new political agenda of his own: a revival of a unified royal state, whose rulers would succeed to power on the basis of their moral merits instead of lineage. These would be rulers devoted to their people, striving for personal and social perfection, and such a ruler would spread his own virtues to the people instead of imposing proper behavior with laws and rules.

These laws in ancient India discriminated between castes.

These laws sharply circumscribe any non-governmental political activity: street demonstrations, non-approved political organizations, and un-registered financial donations are formally banned.

These experiments are used to prove, verify, and reinforce laws and theorems such as Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws, etc.

These areas are not mutually exclusive — for example, laws governing water pollution in lakes and rivers may also conserve the recreational value of such water bodies.

These laws regulated public drinking water systems, toxic substances, pesticides, and ocean dumping ; and protected wildlife, wilderness, and wild and scenic rivers.

These successes were followed by the enactment of a whole series of laws regulating waste ( Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ), toxic substances ( Toxic Substances Control Act ), pesticides ( FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ), clean-up of polluted sites ( Superfund ), protection of endangered species ( Endangered Species Act ), and more.

These laws were intended to promote the production of media arts, including film scenery, and stipulate that the government – on both the national and local levels – must lend aid in order to preserve film media.

These laws were among the first race-based measures instituted by the Third Reich.

These laws did not extend to the regions affected by the Protestant Reformation.

These laws must be wisely and lovingly observed.

These laws and customs vary from country to country, and have varied over time.

These laws vary to some extent, such acts are called incestuous.

These numbers are set up by a company offering low charge calls in the UK, these numbers are meant to be used as a sort of operator that you go through in order to qualify for these cheap calls.

These interventions were meant to put an end to democratic liberalization efforts and uprisings that had the potential to compromise Soviet hegemony inside the Eastern bloc, which was considered by the Soviets to be an essential defensive and strategic buffer in case hostilities with NATO were to break out.

These requirements are meant to keep the game fair ( preventing switching the dice or making a " controlled shot ").

These schedules were not meant to be fixed, but were to be adapted to meet the needs of each library.

These types of barrels earned a reputation for weakness and were never meant to be used with modern smokeless powder, or any kind of moderately powerful explosive.

These barrels are proof marked and meant to be used with light pressure loads.

These locations were meant more as meal replacements for those who had " lost their appetites and suffered from jaded palates and weak chests.

These images are meant to show outsiders a stern look at whose turf is whose.

These examples were meant to show the limitations of the barter system, leading to the eventual introduction of currency and money.

These processes meant the royal courts had a more significant role in local law cases, which had previously been dealt with only by regional or local lords.

These are the sacraments of Anointing of the Sick ( which, in spite of not being reserved for the dying, is sometimes mistakenly supposed to be what is meant by " the last rites "), Penance and the Eucharist.

These advances have meant that Usenet is used to send and receive many terabytes of files per day.

These smaller " home-use " plotters became popular for desktop business graphics and in engineering laboratories, but their low speed meant they were not useful for general printing purposes, and different conventional printer would be required for those jobs.

These were precisely the ' urban ills ' Modernism was meant to ' solve ', but more often than not, the types of ' comprehensive ', ' one size fits all ' approaches to planning made things worse., and residents began to show interest in becoming involved in decisions which had once been solely entrusted to professionals of the built environment.

These changes meant that the Secretariat, until that time solely responsible for the development and implementation of state policies, had lost much of its power.

These facts made it impractical to use Preece's system on either ships, boats, or ordinary islands ( ones much smaller than Great Britain or Greenland ), and the relatively short distances that a practical Preece system could span meant that it had few advantages over underwater telegraph cables.

These Olympic games were the first since September 11, 2001, which meant a higher level of security than ever before provided for the Games.

These were originally little sketches or doodles by artists, not really meant to be seen, but Chodowiecki turned them into " bonus items " for collectors.

These requirements are meant to be followed for road construction.

These efforts were meant to make Cisco a " household " brand – a strategy designed to support the low-end Linksys products and future consumer products ( such as Flip Video camera acquired by Cisco in 2009 ).

These competitions and festivals are for gifted children and young pianists and are meant to support their talents.

These withdrawals meant that Switzerland and Turkey qualified without having to play their final round of matches.

These solutions did not inter-operate and meant being tied into a single manufacturer's method at each exchange.

These positions include Slip ( often there are multiple slips next to each other, designated First slip, Second slip, Third slip, etc., numbered outwards from the wicket-keeper ) meant to catch balls that just edge off the bat ; Fly slip ; Gully ; Leg slip ; Leg gully ; the short and silly positions.