In the federal system, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32 ( i )( 4 ) provides that the court must " address the defendant personally in order to permit the defendant to speak or present any information to mitigate the sentence.

The defense counsel will then make a " plea in mitigation " ( also called " submissions on penalty ") wherein he or she will attempt to mitigate the relative seriousness of the offense and heavily refer to and rely upon the defendant's previous good character and good works ( if any ).

The scans were for scientific purposes and to mitigate any chances of collision with a satellite.

If a signing key is lost or compromised, it can be revoked to mitigate any future transactions.

He admitted that " a few localities raised taxes ," which Goodspeed expected, but both counted on the flypaper effect to mitigate any widespread or persistent increases.

Dust masks can be worn to reduce inhalation of ash and mitigate against any respiratory health affects.

The gold employed was to mitigate and purify any pollution or negative thoughts and feelings towards death.

The A and J root servers are " anycasted ” and are no longer operated from any of the company's own datacenters as a means to increase redundancy and availability and mitigate the threat of a single point of failure.

In 2010, the largest trade associations representing airline management interests before Capitol Hill, Airlines for America and the Regional Airline Association, opposed this legislation stating that they could self-regulate themselves and they already had begun implementing systems by which to mitigate any tarmac delays.

To make matters worse, Muldoon did not deliver on many of his pledges, depriving Social Credit of any significant victories with which to mitigate its earlier setback.

Since this interaction may have negative effects, it is studied to determine its magnitude, and to determine any actions that may be taken to mitigate it.

The measure was forced on Churchill by the British Chiefs of Staff, not only to re-establish British presence in the region, but to mitigate any perception in the U. S. that the British were doing nothing to help defeat Japan.

Possibly as an insurance policy with which to mitigate any subsequent criticism, Adams wisely had gone on record early in the selection process ( 15 February 1861 ), as supporting the idea, in principle, that the directorship be made an independent position, rather than continuing to be attached to a professorship which might cause time and energy conflicts due to heavy academic duties, as had seemed to be the case previously.

Contrary to Islamic law, which prohibits any unnecessary delay in burial, Mehmed II's body was transported to Constantinople, where it lay neglected ; three days passed prior to perfumed candles being placed with the corpse so as to mitigate its stench.

Thus, any activating mutation downstream of SOS1 may be subject to less regulation that may mitigate the consequence of such mutations giving rise to the phenotypic differences seen between these syndromes.

The project must accommodate measures to mitigate any detrimental effects to other infrastructure.

The WGWAP suggested a moratorium on all industrial activities in the area until their effects had been studied or plans made to mitigate any negative effects of industrial activity had been implemented.

This generally will require the park to be a some distance away from traffic to mitigate any concerns, and always requires an appropriate fence or barrier to ensure that dogs do not run away and end up in precarious situations, and adequate lighting if dog parks are open past sunset.

In light of the threat it poses to nearby populations, Santa María has been designated a Decade Volcano, identifying it as a target for particular study by volcanologists to mitigate any future natural disasters at the volcano.

To mitigate this perceived unfairness, legal systems apply the doctrine of contra proferentem ; giving the benefit of any doubt in favor of the party upon whom the contract was foisted.

Any federal agency whose project, funding or permit may affect a historic property, both those listed or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, must consider the effects on historic properties and " seek ways to avoid, minimize or mitigate " any adverse effects on historic properties.

To help mitigate these risks, it is important to not rely on any one single method of sampling to gather data about a target sector.

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.

Restrictions may be placed upon a medical certificate to mitigate any concern for safety.

Blackstone Financial Management changed its name to BlackRock Financial Management a few years later to mitigate potential confusion with other Blackstone Group affiliates and to reduce the need for certain corporate governance restrictions that had been placed on it by The Blackstone Group.

Sometimes this appears to be a deliberate switch: The Brothers Grimm, having put in their first editions versions of Snow White and Hansel and Gretel where the villain was the mother, altered it to a stepmother in later editions, perhaps to mitigate the story's violence.

Rather, an excess of fuel is inserted with reactivity control mechanisms, such that the reactivity control is inserted fully at the beginning of life to bring the reactor from supercritical to critical ; as the fuel is depleted, the reactivity control is withdrawn to mitigate the negative reactivity feedback from fuel depletion and fission product poisons.

In fact, while the climate of widespread moral uncertainty can in some way be explained by the multiplicity and gravity of today's social problems, and these can sometimes mitigate the subjective responsibility of individuals, it is no less true that we are confronted by an even larger reality, which can be described as a veritable structure of sin.

To mitigate the differences between K & R C and the ANSI C standard, the (" standard c ") macro can be used to split code into ANSI and K & R sections.

* hedge or mitigate risk in the underlying, by entering into a derivative contract whose value moves in the opposite direction to their underlying position and cancels part or all of it out ;

Direct conversion of the kinetic energy of the fusion products into electricity is in principle possible and would mitigate this problem.

Although archeological evidence of this grain has been found in Roman contexts along the Rhine, Danube, and in the British Isles, Pliny the Elder was dismissive of rye, writing that it " is a very poor food and only serves to avert starvation " and spelt is mixed into it " to mitigate its bitter taste, and even then is most unpleasant to the stomach " ( N. H. 18. 40 ).

The government yielded to the outcry ; but the expedients by which it sought to mitigate the evil, notably the division of those entitled to relief into classes, only increased the alarm and discontent.

This is an obvious allegory on the supposed power of prayer to mitigate the misfortunes into which one's folly has led one.

Commentators, including the American Bankers Association in January 2010, have also argued that the ability of commercial banking firms to acquire securities firms ( and of securities firms to convert into bank holding companies ) helped mitigate the financial crisis.

The American Bankers Association, former President William J. Clinton, and others have argued that the GLBA permission for affiliation between securities and commercial banking firms “ helped to mitigate ” or “ softened ” the financial crisis by permitting bank holding companies to acquire troubled securities firms or such troubled firms to convert into bank holding companies.

A way to mitigate this issue is to recruit experience into the group and / or proactively provide diverse training to internal consultants.

Its direct effect on the physiology of brain cells and neurotransmitters is currently debated, but by sending high frequency electrical impulses into specific areas of the brain it can mitigate symptoms and / or directly diminish the side effects induced by Parkinsonian medications, allowing a decrease in medications, or making a medication regimen more tolerable.

This may or may not mitigate these security concerns, since an intruder might first simply break into one of those accounts.

Soriano III embarked on an ambitious internationalization program, hoping to expand into other countries and mitigate the effects of the Philippines ' unstable economy.

In 2007, the cities of Chongqing and Chengdu were selected to run pilot projects intended to mitigate the rural-urban divide and ease integration of rural residents into the cities.

The barriers are strategically placed to mitigate the flow of illegal border crossings along the Mexico – United States international border into the Southwestern United States.

The Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act was signed into California law on December 22, 1972 to mitigate the hazard of surface faulting to structures for human occupancy.

Plans have been made to increase the number into the thousands in an effort to mitigate the country's obesity epidemic.

Fire hoses built into a structure can sometimes be used by occupants to mitigate fires while the fire department is responding.

In order to mitigate these problems, some integrated development environments, such as recent versions of XEmacs and Microsoft's Visual Studio, provide a hybrid interface which allows splitting the parent window into multiple MDI-like " panes ," each with their own separate TDI tab set.

The obvious need to mitigate and tame the power of the province of Syria, which had shown itself over and over to be a hotbed of rebellion, was then accomplished in three parts: The aforementioned reorganization of Syria into two political units, the reduction of its territory in favor of Arabia, and the marriage of the emperor to the shrewd Julia Domna.

CEI has opposed a range of regulatory intervention into commercial activities including bans on alcohol advertising, fuel economy mandates and proposals to mitigate global warming.

To mitigate the harshness of the common-law rule, Pennsylvania divided murder into " degrees " in 1794.

Forestry periodical noted that planting forests to mitigate CO < sub > 2 </ sub > emissions was a temporary solution for about 40 years that did not take into account CO < sub > 2 </ sub > emissions from the later harvesting stage.

Various measures to mitigate the impact on the public service obligations of the institution were contemplated by Parliament, and a compromise was agreed to limit the impact of the deficit, the main component of which was the authorization of the sale of DR's concert hall into private ownership.

Walker has also taken the position that there will be no technological change that will mitigate health care and social security problems into 2050 despite ongoing discoveries.